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The Actual Trial.

Haywood will be tried for the murder OF
Steunenberg. The state of Idaho has vet
10 reckon with the actual murderer. the
man who laid the bomb at the gate of the
residence of the governor, who had retired
from politics. and was pursuing his way as
sheep farmer, but who. when chief execu-
tive Of his state. in spite of his allegiance
20 union labor throughout a Woodworking
life had by word and deed. shown that he
stood first and last for the law and its
Observance within the borders Of Idaho
II was the murder of Steunenberg and the
confession Of the assassin. Orchard, that
laid bare the alleged plots and counter plots
that led to the arrest of W. D. Haywood
together with Meyer, the president of the
Western Federation, and Pettibone one of
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members, and at no STAGE of the proceed
ings will an effort be made to show that
more than a score of men had any knowl-
edge of what was going on.
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Dog Plays a Part.

The day after the trial began a tramp
dog made his appearance at the jury house,
and there he remains, playing an important
part in guarding the place from intruders
Within twenty-four hours after his arrival
he was good pals with jurors and bailiffs
and very bad friends with every stranger
who turned up. He resents Sheriff Shad
Hodgin and all the deputy sheriffs, and
makes a row when any of them comes near
the jury house. He will only leave the
place when the entire jury goes out, and at
night constitutes himself Waterman. He
lis part mastiff, part hound and part I'M
known. and the jurors have given him the
name ..Railif.''
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Court Quickly Filled.

The court room filled up quickly this
morning with those who came to hear the
opening statement of the prosecution and
the first witnesses in the famous case The
jury filed in promptly at $50 o'clock. but
Judge Wood was a trife late in arriving.
1t was also stated that the delay was in
part due to the defendant, who is said to
be none too well.
When Mrs. Haywood was wheeled into
court in her invalid's chair she was handed
a large bunch of red roses by Mrs Steve
Adams, wife of one of the men said to have
been involved in the alleged Western Fed
Grafton of Miners conspiracy. Haywood
was a trife pale he took his place near
the long counsel table and declared he felt
quite we'll after his brief illness of last
night. Judge Wood appeared on the bench
at q. n
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John G. Capers of South Carolina will be
appointed commissioner of internal revenue
ad interim. The appointment is to continue
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Mr.. Hawley began his address five min
utes later. He declared he had no nten-
ton of going into the details of the states
case to any great extent. Mr.. Hawley said
he chung to the notion that the jury. after
all. is the best judge of the effect and the
weight of the evidence, as we'll as any the
cries. The evidence, he declared, would
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I'VE expect to prove that Edwin 8.
that he entered into a conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States government"
Thus abruptly defining the two counts OF
the indictment as the two problems which
confront the jury for determination. At
torney Morgan II. Beach this morning orm-
ally opened the trial of Holmes before
Justice Stafford in Criminal Court No. l.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
THEFT OF ACCOUNTANT
Steals Five Hundred From Bank and
Is Forgiven

HONOLULU, Feb. I2.-Carl Nett, an
expert accountant in Bishop & Co. s
bank for many years, disappeared sud
denly last week and an examination of
his books showed a defalcation of $500
within q few minutes after he had
left the bank.
The money was deposited in the
bank on January so. A few days later
a check for the amount deposited was
presented at the bank and payment re-
fused. the ledger showing no money
10 the credit of the drawer The de-
pOsitor went to the bank and was seen
by Nett, who left at once. buying a 3S-
caliber Harrington revolver and a box
Of fifty cartridges. Two days later he
was found hiding in St. Augustine
chapel at Waikiki. where he had been
without food.
Nett had domestic trouble, lately
securing a divorce from his wife This
brought him financial difficulty, and for
some time he practiced rigid economy
in his personal affairs.
The bank has decided not to prose-
cute him. but he viii get assistance to
so elsewhere and start a new life
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
.REh'S SON DENOUNCEs
HIS POLITICAL METHODS
Appears as Attorney for
Hayes Faction in San
Jose Court
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


SAN JOSE, Feb. 1S.-Attorney Ed
ward Rea, son of the political leader of
the anti-Hayes forces, appeared in Jus
tice Davison's court this morning to
prosecute the faction that his father
is leading against the Hayes control
The occasion was the preliminary ex-
animation of Chief of Police Carroll a
creation of the Hayes powers, on the
Ger. Carroll is alleged to have pre-
vented the arrest by a deputy sheriff
of Police Patrol Wagon Driver Navarez,
whom the Sheriff wanted for alleged
participation in the recent ballot
frauds. Attorney Rea made vigorous
plea for the Hayes faction and was not
mincing in words when he denouced
the political methods of the Rea contin-
gent.
Carroll appeared in court accom-
panied by ten policemen Deputy Dis
trict Attorney James Sex asked that
Carroll be arraigned on the charge first
preferred, that of ''rescuing'' a prisoner.
The second accusation was that of re-
sisting a county officer.
Witnesses were called for each side
The defense offered testimony in effect
that Chief Carroll had caused the arrest
of Navarez before the Sheriff's war
rant was presented and that Navarez
was held in the City Prison when the
deputy sheriff appeared with the war
rant and demanded that the accused
man be turned over to him.
At the close Of the days testimony
Justice Dawson took the case under ad-
visement until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
News of Counties Bordering the Bay
Mask and Dagger Folk
in a Pinero Play
University Students to
Produce The Weaker
Sex" March |

BERKELEY. Feb. 1s.-The lime
light will be turned upon the clever
coed" actors and the male students
who make UP the field force of the
Mask and Dagger Dramatic Society Of
the university when a picked cast pro-
duces next month Pinero's The Weak
er Sex" Annually the Mask and Dag
ger folk produce a standard play, the
event being looked upon as the climax
of student achievement in the playact-
ing field. Hearst hall viii be used for
the production of The Weaker Sex
The date is March /.
An orchestra made up of young wo-
men students will provide the Incl
dental music under the direction OF
Miss Julie Evans. Members of the
Players Club in cap and gown viii act
ushers.
The cast for the performance was an
nounced today 10 be as follows:
Sadly vivash. Ida Cowley '0s; Silvia. Rcby
BARLEY, 'O7; Mrs. Boyle-chewton, Ethel Mere
dith. OF; RhOda. Elma Edwards '0S Sady Gil-
lingham. Bess Markle. %; Sadly Lipfrott. Ross,
Schmidt, 90: Mrs. Hswley Hill. Maude Cleye-
land. 90; Petch. Helen HILL 10: Dudley Sll-
chester Dave Levy 0s; Ira See Melrowe Mar
tin. 09: Mr.. MARCUS, ". P. Carl WhitmoTe.
0S; Lord Glllingham. Walter Stern. 90 Hon
George Lptrott. George NIokle. '0S; Mr.. Hawiey
Hill. Freeman Bowley. 90; Mr.. Wade Green.
Joe Moody, %: Spencer Simon Casady, 0S.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
HORSEMAN BRINGS SUIT
AGAINST MILLIONAIRE
Losing Turf Venture to
Have It's Sequel IN
the Courts
DE RYDER PLAINTIFF
Wants Rancher Brace to Pay
Costs of Campaigning
Two Horses

OAKLAND. Feb. 1S.-Charles de Ry-
der, one of the leading harness horse
men of the coast, is at war with A.
Brace, a millionaire stock raiser of
Santa Clara County. Papers have been
prepared in a suit which will be
brought tomorrow in the Alameda
County courts by De Ryder to recover
$1,000, which he claims is due him from
Brace for services on the grand cir
cult last season.
De Ryder asserts that his bill has
been repudiated by the horse owner
who sent him East last summer to
race two harness horses. The latter
did not prove fast enough and failed
to land purses.
De Ryder asserts that guarantee
was given to him that Brace would
meet the expenses incurred in taking
the two horses East. De Ryder start
ed with $500 of Braces money. When
that gave out he drew on the million
aire, but without result.
De Ryder returned two months age
with his string Of thirty or forty
horses, among them Braces pair. Un-
able to effect a settlement, he has
ordered suit brought.
Brace declares that De Ryder has
no legal claim and that the local horse
man leased the horses and was re-
sponsible for the expenses involved.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
MAJORITY OF C0EDS'
FAVORS HONOR SYSTEM
Project Defeated by Votes
of Male Students
at University

BERKELEY. Feb. 1S.-A canvass Of
the ballots cast at the election last
Friday. which decided the fate of the
proposed honor system at the univer-
sity, shows that a majority of the Co
eds" favored the system, and that the
men students defeated the project,
casting a majority vote against the
innovation. A total Of 1919 students
voted, Of whom 758 were men and 321
women. OF the men 4O7 were against
the honor system and 351 in its favor.
Of the women III voted in favor and
80 against the plan.
The suggestion that the men stu
dents are less inclined to honor than
the women is repudiated by the Stu
dent Daily, Editor Ray Gabbert today
printing the following editorial on the
subject:
The majority Of the women proved to be in
favor Of the system, but the men stamped II
with the seal OF their disapproval by polling a
considerable plurality Of ballots against it. Does
this fact indicate that one whit
lees anxious 10 raise the moral standards of the
California undergraduate, as judged from the
academic standpoint, than their sister students
We think not; In fact, most emphatically we
know hat such is not the case We attribute
me atutnoe OF the men 10 another cause, and
that Is 70 their very evident dsinclination to be
regarded as being anything but honest and hon
orable until proven otherwise. out IN the
world. where strong, virile men-men Of broad
sympathies and generous impniEes-mingle with
their fellow creatures, It has even been the Gus
tom 70 regard ones neighbor as being honest and
upright until his words or deeds reveal his true
character. Why should IL not be the same way
IN the university We are not shutting ouI
eyes 70 the fact that cheating is practiced By
some deluded persons IN examinations but we
do maintain that no law or regulation viii ever
suffice to stamp out this malpractice. The
thing to do is TO put every man strictly on his
honor, and let him combat the evii which
prompts him 70 commit dishonorable act
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
NAVAL BILL PROVIDES
FOR COAL|NG STATION
California City Point and
San Diego to Be
Assisted

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The Senate
committee on naval affairs has insert
ed an amendment in the naval bill in
creasing the appropriation for coal and
coaling stations to S250,000, and prob
ably s150,000 will be added, making
s40O. 600 for this item. This money is
appropriated in a lump sum, but may
be used for construction work on any
coaling stations now under construc-
ton. There will be sufficient money
to complete the station at California
City Point and enough to get the San
Diego coaling station well under way.
The bill makes no direct reference to
these stations, but the Navy Depart
ment has already made it's plans for
the work as indicated.
The naval appropriation bill report
ed to the Senate today contains an
amendment proposed by Senator Per-
kins appropriating 100000 for a CEN
tral power plant at Mare Island.
A number of increases in appropria-
tions were recommended. the largest
of which was the addition Of $4,000. 900
for the armament OF new battleships,
the increase bringing the total up to
$4,000, 900.
The House provision for two battle
ships of the Dreadnought type was not
amended.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
EDWARD BREAKS THE LAW
LIMITING MOTOR SPEED
Stopped by Policeman in
Piccadilly and Is Much
Amused

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-King Edward
was visiting Sir julius Wernher when
his motor car broke down. Sir Julius
lent his own machine for the return
trip. The delay had made the King
late. He instructed Sir Julius man to
put on power. The Wernher car went
scorching along and was just entering
Piccadilly, when policeman. seeing
the vehicle coming at a tearing rate.
jumped into the middle of the street
and held up a warning hand.
You're going at an illegal speed" "
said the policeman, taking out his note
book. I must take your name and
number"
MY name is wernher," said the
king; 'the number you can see on the
car.
Very sorry" replied the policeman,
'but l shall have to summon you to ap-
pear at the Police Court tomorrow
morning
The king leaned back in the car,
convulsed with laughter, and told Sir
Julius that he could get ready to pay
a fine for scorching on Sunday
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
TWO NEGROES BATTLE
WITH RAZOR AND KNIFE
Soldier and Stableman the
Combatants in a Des-
perate Duel
RIVALS IN COURTSHIp
Wooers of Pinkie Partee
Carve Each Other With
Keen-Edged Blades

The remnants of William Turner ara
nicely bundled between the sheets of
a cot at the Central Emergency Hos
pitaI. a palpitating tribute to the razor
welding art OF Harry Williamson. In
the same institution. but IN another
cot at an opposite end OF the wars.
is the punctured anatomy of wnliaA
son. a bleeding evidence OF Turner's
skill with a pOcketknife. Between ths
two stands a policeman because the
carving feud was not ended when in
terrupted-neither man was dead
Turner is colored stableman, living
at 1855 Lombard street, near Lokos
Square Williamson Is a soldier. also
colored, In the service OF the hospital
corps at AlcatraZ Island These two
of ebon hue, were rivals for the afac-
tions of one cunningly named Pinkie
Partee. Pinkie favored the hOstIer. ana
five weeks ago Williamson. brandish
ing a revolver. put the favored suitor
TO ignOminiOus flight Turner had him
arrested for assault with a deadly wea-
pom. and the case Is now pending IN
the police court.
The soldier. in civilian clothes. YES
terday afternoon sought the domiciIa
of Pinkie's favorite. Turner was ar
nome an0s Williamson, entering the
shack, had his rival cornered. william
son had a razor. Turner had to de-
fend himself with a pocketknife The
men and blades clashed in the middle
of the room Then followed a cutting
and slashfng equal only to the widest
tales Of negro razor fights. The room
was like shambles when call for
the police brought three or four blue
coats to the scene in time TO save the
lives of the enraged combatants. Thev
were loaded into an ambulance and
taken to the Central Emergency Hos
pital. where q survey Of the damage
showed Turner minus part OF his
nose. one ear and two fingers with
deep cuts in his neck and side and
gashes in every part OF his body. The
razor had literally cut him into rib-
bons.
Williamson's injuries consisted OF
two or three stabs in the head, cuts IN
the neck, shoulder and side. Turner
had apparently held up HIS end OF the
battle against the odds Of the sharper
blade
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
WIFE TRIES To BREAK
SETTLEMENT CONTRACT
Mrs. Myra Darden Declares
Husband Bested Her
in Matter
AGREED UPON $500
Defendant Is Said to Be
Worth in Neighbor-
hood of $4,000

OAKLAND, Feb 18.-Judge Waste
took under advisement today the ques-
ton Of temporary alimony in the suit
Of Mrs. Myra A Darden for a divorce
on the ground Of cruelty from Levi T.
Darden, who owns valuable realty in
Eureka and Hayward and was once a
prominent furniture dealer in the for
mer place. The plaintiff asks for $3.50
a month allowance from the defendant
pending the trial Of her action.
Mrs Darden's demand is resisted on
the ground that Darden gave her $4,000
last summer upon her signing a con-
tract TO release all other claims TO his
property. Mrs. Darden. subsequent to
getting this money. brought divorce
suit in Eureka, but later dismissed it.
The plaintiff contends that she should
not be held TO this contract claiming
that there was not a sufficient consid-
Grafton for IL. Darden is supposed to
be worth over $4,000.
The following divorce suits were filed
today. Myrtle Cheal against Arthur
Cheal, Orynthia Weldon against Harry
j. Weldon, Hugh Frazer against Hattie
N. Frazer.
Judge Waste granted final decree
Of divorce today to Susan c. Schmidt
from William H Schmidt. The plaintiff
is given the custody of the minor child,
Alice =. Schmidt.
Ethel Geisenhofer secured a final de-
cree from Otto Geisenhofer. The plain
tiff VIII resume her maiden name of
Ethel Blankenship
Edith NJ. Smith dismissed today her
divorce action against James L Smith.
Mrs Blanche Watkins also dismissed
her divorce suit against Jonathan Wat
kins
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
CoRINNE CENTRAL FIGURE
Wins Oakland Audience When She
Appears in Col1an PLAY

OAKLAND. Feb. 1s.-Corinne, whose
dainty dances won her popularity
with the audience. was the center of
the George NJ Cohan musical comedy,
Forty Five Minutes from New York. "
which opened tonight at the Macdon-
ough Theater for a weeks run 1t is
Cohan show, bright. jolly. entertain
ing, with pretty girls, snappy cho-
ruses and some of the musical hits of
the season to supply an evenings en-
joyment
Mary, the New Rochelle housemaid,
is Corinne's vehicle of fun making
There is enough of plot to carry inter
est, as well as to furnish the ground
work for the abundance OF popular
musical numbers. Among the new
songs are so Long, Mary and Mary
Is a Grand Old Name, two of George
Cohan's neatest efforts. The show is
not booked for San Francisco this sea-
son.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
FORT|FICATI0N SURVEY
WATCHED BY JAPANESE
Brown Men on Hand to See
Uncle Sans Prepara-
tons in Hawaii

HONOLULU, Feb. IA beginning g
on the fortification of the island of
Oahu has been made by the United
States Government. The lands in the
vicinity of Diamond Head have been
surveyed so that the United States
engineer in charge of the Government
work in these islands might commence
the actual work of installing batteries.
At present there is sum of S260,000
available. The surveyors were en-
ployes of the Territory of Hawaii and
their services were contributed by the
Territory to the United States engineer.
While the surveyors were at work
two Japanese dressed as If they might
be laborers, were seated about half
way to the summit and were watching
through field glasses the work of the
engineers as they surveyed the adjacent
country. Later these same Japanese
were seen to thoroughly examine the
bottom of the crater, as if on the look
out for stakes which might have been
placed there by engineers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
.WATERLESs IRRIGATION
DISTRICT IS DISSOLVED
Selma's Project a Failure
and 1t Is Voted Out
of Existence
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SELMA, Feb. 1S.-The Selma Irri-
cation District, organized in 1890 by a
vote of 362 to 2 under the Wright irri-
cation law was disincorporated today
The board of directors met today and
canvassed the returns of the election
that was held last Wednesday, The
district was without friends and with
out finances and even the Office holders
in the organization joined in the vote
against the further perpetuation of
the district 1t has been an irrigation
district for seventeen years, but a
waterless one, as private corporations
own the canal systems and voters
defeated every proposition to issue
bonds whereby a great public owner
ship system Of irrigation could be de-
veloped.
The directors for seventeen years
have been virtually at the head OF only
dusty district and as time went by
legal complications grew up that made
it important to wipe out the organiza-
tion. 1t was worse than useless, being
a means of confusing real estate titles.
The district embraced 275,000 acres
in Southern Fresno County.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
GENTLEMEN THUGS IN
CUSTODY Of POLICE
Three Men Wanted for
Holdups About the Pan
handle Captured

The three footpads who are known
to the police of the Park station as the
gentlemen hold-up artists" are be-
1ieved to be safe behind the bars. Early
Monday morning officer Henry Johnson
of the Park station took into custody
William Mullaney, William Donohoe
and John Roach, three men whose ap-
pearance tailed with the descriptions
of the footpads. Late last night Adolph
Reuben, the head waiter at Tait's Cafe,
who was politely separated from his
valuab1es on February IL, and a bar
keeper in the saloon at Broderick and
Haight streets which was entered the
same evening, positively identified the
men as the perpetrators of the crimes
The men are now being held at the
Park, O'Farrell and Bush street sta
tions and the police believe they have
a clear case against them.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
TWO BARGEs LOST
Members of Their Crews Perish
When Craft Strike Shore

HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass. Feb. 1S.-
The barge Gerard. coal-laden. went
ashore today near Highland Light life
saving station and two OF her crew
were drowned. The barge is total
loss.
Shortly after IL o'clock two other
bargers were sighted driving ashore.
One of the barges. believed to be the
Alaska, was thrown on a bar by the
breakers two hours later and in a few
seconds it went to the bottom with all
hands on board 1t Is believed that
there were at least three or four In the
crew.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-19
SHOT DURING QUARREL
Joseph Brown Loses Arm as Result
of Dispute With Dennis Coleman

SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 1S.-Joseph
Brown, a seafaring man, was shot by
Dennis Coleman, caretaker of DR.. w
P. Hicks yacht, today. Browns arm
was amputated. The trouble arose over
a dispute between Brown and Coleman
because Coleman had abused man
named Charles Hansen, cook. The
principals in the quarrel had been
drinking together. Coleman, angry al
Browns interference, seized a shotgun
and fired a load of birdshot into
Browns arm
Soon after the shooting Coleman left
for San Francisco, where he was later
arrested at the residence of DIR. Hicks
on telegraph warrant wired the San
Francisco police by Sheriff Taylor
Coleman is now in Taylor's custody.