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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
JAPANESE PUPIL SENDS
INSULT To WHITE GIRL
Student in Mill Valley
School Author of In
decent Letter
WILL BE PROSECUTED
Missive Turned Over to Pos
tai Inspector and Of
tender to Be Arrested
BE PROSECUTED

Frank Mukai, aged Is, a Japanese
student In the Mill Valley Grammar
school, will be arrested this morning
0y the United States Marshal for send
Ing an indecent letter through the
mails. Mukaf has confessed. Postal
inspector Coyne of SausaIito has the
Objectionable letter and the facts in
the case In his possession. The stu
dents conviction seems certain and his
sentence can only be tempered by the
mercy that Federal Judge may show
Wnen taking into consideration the
standard of morals of foreigner of
this type. 1t happens that the intend
ed recipient of the vile letter is four
teen-year-OId American girl attending
the same school. This VIII tend to
make the case cause ceIebre In the
Japanese school controversy-Darticu
iariy In view of the fact that San
Franctsco's City Attorney and COM
mittee of labor union officials are ON
their way to Sacramento to lobby for
the passage of the Keane bill, excIud-
Ing Japanese from attendance in the
white schools of the State.
Mukai is a servant in the employ of
DIR. c. Rynz of Mill Valley He is ad-
mitted as pupil in the seventh grade
OF the grammar school In the sixth
grade Of the same school is Mae Have
lock, aged II. an orphan under the
guardianship of M. D. Ballantine.
Mukafs course in an American
school had evidently carried. with 1t an
admiration for an American girl pupil;
it had taught him the significance of
st. Valentines day. From other
sources he had doubtless mastered the
use of words not current in polite So
ciety, nor admitted for transport
through the United States mails. He
sent valentine to Mae Havelock. The
picture was not a love missive, but one
of the vulgar sort which low minds
conceive-a woman, not in complete
attire. The valentine was only a pic
torial suggestion of the motive of the
letter accompanying it. One of the
least offensive phrases in. the letter
was an offer OF % cents for a kiss.
Horrible enough!
Fortunately the letter and the val
entine fell into the hands of the girls
guardian mother, Mrs Ballentine She
was inclined to destroy the evidence
OF the misdeed of the young Japanese,
but Mr.. Ballantine found the missive.
He took 1t to Marshal Staples of Mill
Valley. The Marshal last Tuesday
communicated with the postal authorr
ties and the case was placed in the
hands of Inspector Coyne. The Japan
ese boy confessed and explained that
lie tHOuSHI SuCll LllluSS were QOne ON
st. Valentines day." Principal Hough
of the school was consulted and said
that while Mukai had never done any
thing disgraceful before he had been
considered as particularly fresh" in
his conduct about the school 1t was
decided that prosecution for sending
indecent matter through the mails
would be the proper course and the
Japanese student will be taken into
custody today.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
TO AID HARBoR HERE
Bill Introduced Authorizing Transfer
of s250,OO0 From school Fund 4

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 25.=At the re-
quest of Governor Gillett, Senator Ed
ward I. Wolfe of San Francisco intro
duced today a bill providing for the
transfer of $25o.O00 from the school
fund to the general fund, whence it is
to be drawn by the San Francisco haF-
Dor committee for the completion Of
urgency repair and reconstruction
work on harbor and wharves.
Governor Gillett, with the Attorney
General, has been busily engaged in
the preparation of the measure for
about ten days. The amount carried
by the bill is the limit fixed by the
Attorney General, after an examina-
tion of the States finances. The Gov
ernor's legal adviser held that under
the law the amount Of State Indebted
ness determined the amount that
might be taken from the school fund.
The Governor is very much interested
in the Improvement of the San Fran
cisco harbor and had hoped that a
larger amount might be lent. The
loan, according to the terms of the
bill. is to bear interest at 4 per cent,
and to be paid in FIVE equal install
ments, either from harbor receipts or
from the proceeds of the bonds, of
which another bill by Senator Wolfe
provides for $4,000, 900 issue
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL

SACRAMENTO. Feb. 25.-The patri-
clan negroes of Los Angeles, who have
been maintaining a lobby here undep
the direction of James Alexander, in
duced Senator Mccartney to introduce
a civil rights bill today.
The bill, which was introduced in
the House by Jake Transue, is meant
to give the negroes the same privileges
in street cars, restaurants, theaters and
other public places as are enjoyed by
the whites, but it is worded so as to
make its provisions applicable to Chi
nese, Japanese or other Asiatics. Mem
bers of the San Francisco delegation
who have made a superficial examina-
tion of the bill think it may interject
a new phase to the Japanese question
and are considering it with circum-
spection.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
MAE WOOD SUES PLATT
FOR DIVORCE, SHE SAYS
Mentions Sixteen Women
as Correspondents and
Vows Vengeance
PROMISES SENSATION
Declares Trial Will Bring
Out Story of Crime
of All Sorts
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Suit has been
brought in the Supreme Court OF this
city by Miss Mae Wood against United
States Senator Thomas G. Platt and the
case will probably create a sensation
when IL comes 10 trial.
Miss Wood, who is at Colon, Mich, Is
quoted as saying Il instituted divorce
proceedings on December 27 last In
New York against Senator Platt
through my attorney, Mr.. O'Flaherty-
L have named sixteen women as CO.
respondents. The trial will disclose
crimes OF various kinds. including rob
berry and perhaps attempted assassina-
tion."
Miss Wood attracted a great amount
OF newspaper notice at about the time
OF Senator Platt's marriage to Mrs.
LILLIAN T. Janeway In October, 1903.
The first Mrs. Platt had been dead
only few months and the announce
ment that the Senator would be mar
ried again created q vast amount OF
gossip. which was intensified when 1t
became known that Miss Wood, who
was then employed In the Postof1ce De-
partment in Washington, insisted that
she had reason TO believe that she
would become Mrs. Platt and an
nouneed that she would publish. under
the titls OF Love Letters of n Boss a
series OF gushing effusions in prose
and poetry addressed TO her by the
Senator.
with sonnets, odes, triolets and lot
OF billets doux set in type she came TO
this city at about the time OF the we'd
ding. Frank Platt, son Of the Senator,
had an opportunity to see the love let
ters before they were gwen to the pub
lie and as result there was a COM
promise and they were not published.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
DIR. p1ERcE,s REMEDIES
Trust to Nature.

A great many Americans, both men
and women, are thin, pale and puny, with
poor circulation, because they have Ill
treated their Stomachs by hasty eating
or tco much eating, by consuming alco-
holic beverages, or by too close confine-
ment to home, Office or factory, and In
consequence the stomach must be treated
in natural way before they can rectify
their earlier mistakes The muscles in
many such people, in fact in every weary,
chin and thin blooded person, do their
work with great difficulty. AS result
fatigue comes early, is extreme and lasts
long. The demand for nutritive aid is
health every tissue, bone, nerve and
muscle should take from the blood GER
tain materials and return to it certain
others. It is necessary to prepare the
stomach for the work of taking up from
the food what is necessary to make good,
rich, red blood. We must 60 to Nature
for the remedy. There were certain
country before the advent of the whites
which later came 10 the knowledge of
the settlers and which are now growing
rapidly in professional favor for the cure
OF obstinate stomach and liver troubles.
These are found to be safe and yet GER
tain in their cleansing and invigorating
effect upon the stomach, liver and blood.
These are: Golden Seal root, Queens
root, Stone root, Bloodroot, Mandrake
root. Then there is Black Cherry bark.
The medicinal principles residing In these
native roots when extracted with glyc-
crime as solvent make the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver in
vigorator, when combined in just the
right proportions, as In DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery Where there
is bankrupt vitality = such as nervous
exhaustion, bad nutrition = and thin
blood, the body acquires vigor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect of this sovereign remedy.
Although some physicians have been
aware of the high medicinal value of the
above mentioned plants, yet few have
used pure glycerine as solvent and
usually the doctors prescriptions called
for the ingredients In varying amounts,
aotth alcohol.
The sGolden Medical Discovery is a
scientific preparation compounded of the
glyceric extracts OF the above mentioned
vegetable ingredients and contains no
alcohol or harmful habft-forming drugs
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
BROKEN GABLE STRAND
CAUSES CAR ACCIDENT
Peculiar Mishap Frightens
Passengers and Causes
Death of Horse


broken strand on the Geary street
cable caused the death of valuable
horse yesterday and wild exodus
from car "a. The car had stopped near
Webster street to await the rescue of
a horse that had fallen. While a num-
Der of men were trying to raise the
animal man driving a spirited horse
attempted to pass between the car and
the PROSTATE equine. Just at that
moment the broken strand caught the
clutch of car "a and started it forward
The first horse was struck and killed
and the car continued on until it
brought up against the second one,
where the cable grip was released
Most of the passengers on the car
were women, and in their rush to es-
cape they leaped into the mud and
were sent sprawling in all directions.
Mrs. A. Steinberg, wife of the manager
of the Hotel Baltimore. was badly
bruised on the head and shoulders.
The horse killed by the car was val
ued at s400.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
LOVE BY Correspondence
IS OF SHORT DURATION
Wife Takes Revenge for
the Shortcomings of
Her Husband

The representations of Russian
correspondence matrimonial bureau
were responsible for the divorce which
was granted to Samuel Weinberg from
Annie Weinberg by Judge Mogan yes
terday. The Weinberg romance had
its beginning in the office of one of
the local agencies which make a spe-
cialty of Russian matches. Weinberg
subscribed, exchanged photographs and
loving missives with the Russian
maiden chosen for him by the execu-
tive officers, the contract was entered
into and she travelled to this country
and was married to him in March Of
last year.
Weinberg has only one arm and is
partially blind. When Mrs. Weinberg
learned of this she did not take kindly
to the discovery, but instituted q
unique method of plaguing him. She
would knock his eyeglasses off his
nose every night and when he plucked
up the courage to enter an objection
she belabored him with poker, which
she kept at hand for that special pur-
pose. The trouble eliminated in Mrs.
Weinberg's desertion, and the unhap-
py husband sued for divorce
Ida S. Bozark, a native of Switzer-
land, obtained a divorce from John
Bozark, a Persian, In Judge Graham's
court yesterday. They were refugees
in Golden Gate Park after the fire, and
q child was born to them there dur
ing the summer. Mrs Bozark alleges
that on September 2 Bozark took the
baby to the Children's Hospital against
her protest, that it died there shortly
afterward and that he refused to pay
even the burial expenses. Judge
Graham said, in granting the decree,
that Bozark deserved to be horse
whipped.
Emma M. Irving was granted a d.
vorce from B. w irving, Dora Siewert
from Harry A. Siewert and Henrietta
Marie Graves from James William
Graves.
Suits for divorce were filed by Mario
Merkel against Sebastian Merkel, James
NJ Wills against Matilda Wills and
Michael William Rehm against Jennie
Rehm.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
JAPANESE A MORAL MENACE
Burke to Make Strong Argument
Before the Legislature


Secretary Tveitmoe of the Building
Senator MCGOWAN are going to Sacra-
mento tonight for the purpose of faith
ering a bill which will put the voters
of California on record for or against
the admission of Japanese to the public
schools. A bill in the form of an
amendment to the State constitution
has been formulated, expressing what
powers the schools boards of the
State, in the separate counties, may
have in sending children of other ma
tionalities or color to schools other
than those attended by the children
of white citizens
City Attorney Burke left for the
State capital last night. He will stay
there for week or two in the interest
of the Keane bill, which amends the
present law in order to include Jap
anese" in the measure now relegating
children of Mongolian or Chinese par
entage to the Oriental schools. His ar
gument to the legislators will follow
the lines laid down in his brief in the
postponed Aoki case. He will make his
particular point upon the contention
that it is within the States rights to
legislate It's police powers, which in
clude the government of the morals
and the education of it's citizens. He
will make the point that the Japanese
are without national standard of
morality; that the presence of Japa-
nese children (and adults) in Califor-
MIA schools is moral menace to
the proper rearing of American chill
dren. Burke may also take exceptions
to the general belief that the big
stick" has interfered with California
legislation upon the Japanese subject
and reiterate his belief that failure to
go on record, in accordance with the
popular wish, will create a large sized
political graveyard.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
CAPITAL REMOVAL
Legislative Committee Listens Three
Hours 20 Arguments on Subject

Legislative Committee Listens Three
Hours 70 Arguments on Subject
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 25.-The Joint
Assembly and Senate committee on pub
lie grounds and buildings devoted more
than three hours tonight to listening
to arguments on the proposed removal
of the capital from Sacramento to
Berkeley. Louis Titus. who did most
OF the talking. for the Berkeley delega-
tion. said that the removal would prove
2 convenience to 50 per cent of the peo-
PIE of the State and would raise the tax
rate but ] cent on every 500.
Stockton. Fresno. Humboldt and Los
Angeles counties favored the removal.
TITUS said, and once the matter was
submitted TO the people. ii would ef-
fec1ually settle a question that recurs
AT every section of the Legislature.
Senator Jukens and Judge Waste OF
Oakland also spoke in favor OF the
D removal Eieitenant Governor Alden
Anderson. speaking against the re-
moval, referred to the men behind the
smOyement as the three tailors Of Too
Ley street" and asked what right they
had to bring up matter of the kind
before the people had expressed de-
sire FOR il. United States District At
qorney Robert Devlin said:
We ere gravely asked to plunge the State
into some 81 o0Q 600 OF SIS. .000, coo Of debt be-
cause some real estate men have lots to sell in
Berkeley. Millions OF taxable property were
wiped of the assessment roll by the April ire
ana our asyluIns. prisons and other institutions
making demaids which cannot be met yet
asked TO forget the So. 900. 600 spent on
the present State Capitol and build another in
Berkeley that may cost anywhere up TO
$4,000 oOo
Senator Mckee, Mayor Beard, Attor-
ney Hatfield and Frank Ryan of Sacra-
mento also spoke against the removal
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
RED LANTERN SAVES
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Signal Wakes Legislators
as Obnoxious Bill Is
About to Pass
JOHNSON VERY SLY
Just Misses Putting the
Antirailroad Measure
Through House
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1GA7 EIGHTH STR EIET

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 25.-Grove
Johnson tried to slip an antirailroad
bill through the Assembly today, but
faithful servants of the Southern Pa
cific woke to the danger just in time
and hastily despatched the offending
measure.
The bill at issue provided that all
railway trains should come to a full
stop at least 600 feet from a draw
bridge and should not go ahead until
the conductor had received definite in
formation that the draw was closed.
johnson invariably makes a speech in
behalf of the legislation he offers, but
today when the drawbridge bill was
called up he sat silent and let it go
to vote without a word. He counted
on catching the friends of the railroad
mapping. 1t was a clever scheme and
for few minutes it looked as if it
would succeed. Before Sammy Beckett
recovered from his doze, he had been
recorded as voting aye. Even Lemon
conductor by occupation, forgot the
general orders issued by Jere Burke
and ran into the open switch.
When half of the roll had been
called the vote stood % ayes and
2 noes. Then somebody flashed a
knew that it was time for downbrakes.
The noes piled up rapidly, and only
sleepers and opponents of railway die
tation voted aye.
When the rollcall ended there was
rush of programmes to be put right.
Among those who asked that their vote
be changed from aye to no were Beck
EFT, Cullen, Thompson and Fratessa of
San Francisco The gymnastic exhi-
bition continued for five minutes. At
its close the clerk announced 81 ayes
and 29 noes.
Hereafter drowsy programmes will
leave orders with the sergeant at arms
that they be called whenever any of
Grove Johnson's bills, come up for
passage.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
STREET FREIGHT SERVICE
stanton Introduces Bill Opening Thor
oughfares TO Heavy Traffic

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 25.-Stanton of
Los Angeles introduced in the Assem-
bly, today bill to make it easy for
street railroads and interurban lines to
transport freight over public streets.
The measure provides that the gov
erning body of any city, town or county
may grant holders Of street railroad
or interurban franchises permission to
carry freight for hire over or along
all or any portion of the streets or
highways embraced within such fran
chise."
Provision is made for compensation
in the form of a specified percentage of
the gross annual receipts of the roads
given this special privilege.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
WOLF DuMFouNDs LEGISLATORS
Insurance Commissioner Tries to Pre-
vent Raise I'm His Salary

SACRAMENTO, Feb 25.-Insurance
Commissioner Myron Wolf of San Fran
cisco established a precedent among
State officials today when he protested
before the Senate committee on insur-
ance against having his salary in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000 annually.
The work accomplished by Wolf after
the fire in San Francisco demonstrated
that he was very much underpaid,
members of the committee argued.
Wolf said he did not wish to have his
salary increased so much while there
were so many other demands on the
State treasury. Members of the COM
mittee We're persistent, however and
a compromise was finally effected on
$4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
FAMILY WIPED OUT

DENVER, Feb. 25.-Mrs. Benjamin
C. Wright and her 5-year-old daugh-
ter Genevieve were found dead and
the husband and father unconscious
and in a dying condition this morning
in their home at 374 South Pearl
street, this city. Traces of cyanide of
potassium were discovered on all the
bodies, indicating double murder and
suicide, or a triple suicide.
Wright was a representative OF the
International Correspondence School of
Scranton, Pa.
The cause Of the tragedy is a mys-
terry.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
OPEN PRESS NEWS BILL

SACRAMENTO, Teb. 25.-The BIZ
ennial effort of the publishers outside
the pale to share the news of the Asso-
ciated Press found voice today in a
bill introduced in the Senate by Reilly
of San Francisco, which would make
all organizations of that character un-
lawful monopolies. The author of the
bill declares its intent is trifie different
this year, however, explaining that it is
indorsed by laboring men who want a
newspaper of their own.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
vACAvILLE OFFERS EGGS
One Thousand Dozen Available for
Mayor Schmitz's Reception


Mayor Schmitz's Reception
Vacavflle is ready to contribute ma
terial for what it's wits consider will be
fitting reception to Mayor Schmitz
when he comes back from his thrilling
Washington tour, which ended in the
continuance of his trial on Indictment
and the promise to admit Japanese
smart boys" to the public schools. The
produce which the Vacavillians will con-
tribute is not the best in the world, but
Vacaville is tired of Japanese and
thinks that its offer of eggs which have
been delayed in transit or otherwise
grown old in the service will be an ap-
propriate testimonial Of Vaca Valleys
point of view.
The following telegram expresses
Vacavillian sentiment:
vACAvILLE, Feb. 25, 'oS.
San Francisco Call:
If Exclusion League is short on rot
ten eggs for reception of Schmitz dele
cation let us know. We will send ten
hundred dozen. G. A. ARNOLD,
&c. P. AKERLY."
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
JAPANESE SOUNDING HARBoRs
Disguised as Fishermen They Work In
Hawaiian Waters

HONOLULU, Feb. 19-When Purser
Freeman of the China passed through
here last week he said: I'm Manila
harbor there are plenty of Japanese en-
gagged in the work of sounding the
harbor and channel. They go out as
fishermen. but circumstances are such
that they fail to fool the authorities.
They are not satisfied with the Gov
ernment charts, but want to find out
for themselves; they want to see If the
American charts are correct. And they
are doing the same thing right here
in Honolulu harbor and down at Pearl
harbor, if people only knew it. We
don't hear any war talk in the Orient" !"
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
JUDGE woFFoRD DEAD

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 25.-John W.
Wofford, Judge of the criminal court
here since 1892 and noted for the
quaint philosophy that he injected
into his decisions, died today. In a
decision that won him fame he held
that a wife had the right to go into
her husbands pockets. He said that
when a man married he took this risk
and conferred this prerogative on his
wife.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
EMPoRTANr BILLS PASS

SACRAMENTO, Feb. Ex-senator Nc
Cartneys pure food bill passed the As
sembly today without opposition. Sem
ator Curtin's bill forbidding the dock
ing Of horses tails also passed, getting
so out of So votes. Assemblyman Cogh-
lans bill providing that where records
are destroyed by any great calamity
proof OF land titles may be made by
secondary evidence met with vigorous
opposition, but went through by vote
Of IS TO l2
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
CRIMINAL LIBEL BILL

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 25.-Sammy
Kohlmans bill making criminal libel
a felony punishable by fine Of from
$1,000 to $4,000 or imprisonment for one
to five years, passed the Assembly to-
day. Clyde Bishop Of Santa Ana ex
pressed regret that the penalty was
not fixed at death. Abe Ruef's boys
applauded the sentiment and joined
Bishop in voting for the bill.