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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
FORESTRY BUREAU
IS ARRANGED

WASHINGTON, Feb 4-Continuin o
his speech today in the Senate in criti-
cism of the administration of the nubIic
land laws, Senator Hepburn said there
was no necessity for and no likelihood
that Congress would loan the forestry
bureau S5,0Vo,JO0. as asked by the Presi-
dent. He said the last report of the
bureau showed s27S,00O to the credit of
this bureau, "and yet the proposition is
to pawn the forests of the Government
to the Government for $4,000. 600. These
gentlemen seem to treat these forests
as their own private enterprise
Hepburn said the Government had
gone into his home county in Idaho and
taken 80 per cent of the county as a
ously made public improvements. but
these had all been lost to the county
and acquired by the Government
Senator Depew asked if the Senator's
contention would destroy the whole
system of the forest reserves.
The system of forest reserves as
now operated" responded Hepburn, .is
so vicious that anything which would
destroy it would be welcome
Depew asked If it were not true that
combinations of Eastern capital had
gone into the West and grabbed nm
large timber holdings
The largest land grabber is one of
the vice presidents of the National For
est Reserve Association of the United
States,'' answered Hepburn. He owns
more land the title to which was flle-
gally obtained than any other man or
all other men in the United States. and
he is one of the vice presidents of the
Forestry Association, the president of
which is our worthy Secretary of Agri-
culture"
One of the greatest points for criti-
cism, said Hepburn, was that two acres
of grazing land to one of timber had
been withdrawn as forest reserves The
remedy, he said, was to take the ad-
ministration of the public land laws
from the Interior Department and put
1t in the hands of special land court
provision for which he had made in a
special bill now pending.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
ONE COMPANY NOT
IN TEXAS RIOT
Senate Committee Begins
Investigation of Colored
Troops at Brownsville
HEARD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The 1nvesti-
gatiop bv the Senate committee on
military affairs of the Brownsville ar
fray began today. A score OF negro
soldiers of the Twenty-hfth Infantry
who were discharged without honor
were present. but only a limited num-
Der were permitted to sit In tne COM
mittee room during the proceealnss.
Attorneys were barred tne st-,as
soldiers having no representa- w. -
present. 1t is understood that Senator
Foraker will look after the Interests
of the men if they are placed IN
jeopardy. g.
Senator Foraker called former Ser
geant Israel Harris to the STAND resdiu s-l-s
ing the happenings of August 10 anu
IA. He said:
"On that night we had some disturb
ance-some shooting. / mean was
asleep in d barracks and about II
o'clock I was aroused by the noise OF
guns Then there was the SOUND 70
arms and Company d got dressed anu
we started for our guns
The witness then told OF getting the
guns in the dark. after the racks nad
been opened. He described the racks
and showed thSst there is but one key
to a rack and tlfat each key will unlock
only one rack @hd that the keys are IA
the possession OF nOncOmrnlSslOneu
officers.
The witness said when the company
formed outside Captain Ivons of Com
pany d was present and immediately
called the r9ll and personally counted
his men and THAT none were absent
Senator Warren developed the fact
that trouble had previously occurred
between the Negro troops and people IN
Texas, and that. Harris. when he heard
the shooting, feared that members or
his company might be involved Harris
stated that he had talked with soldiers
who had claimed to have been insulted
and pushed off the sidwalks by
Brownsville citizens and he thought
thereof.
Harris said it would have been I'M
possible for the men to have cleaned
their guns between the time or the
shooting and rolIcalL
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
REPORT WILL BE BRIEF
Commerce and Navigation Committee
Has Not Much Information to Confer

-N1S wv 10 confer
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 4.-The As
sembly committee on commerce and
navigation, Of which Charles P. Cutten
is chairman. will make a report To-
morrow on its recent trip to San Fran
cisco. AS the committee had no power
10 investigate the harbor committee
and its work the report will be in no
way sensational 1t will tell merely
what was learned about the bill to
compromise the suit over the East
street property line and the bill to as
sign a small portion of the water front
10 amateur associations organized for
the purpose Of encouraging aquatic
sports.
The latter bill viii be recommended.
but action on the former is uncertain
The committee may take the ground
that ii would be inadvisable for the
Legislature TO quitclaim pronertv
without FIRST making a most searching
investigation. Early in the session As
.semblyman Berry Of Crescent City in
troouced concurrent resolution call
ing for a special committee of Assem-
blymen and Senators to make an in
vestigation of the various harbors Of
the State as recommended by Governor
Gillett in his inaugural address. This
resolution has not yet come out of the
committee on commerce and naviga
tion, but may emerge before the week
ends.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
SPUR TRACK BILL
IS INTRODUCED
Johnson Suggests Giving
the Railroad Commission
Power Concerning Them
WIDE-OPEN MEASURE
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 4.-Grove John
son introduced bill today that would
enable Herrinized Railroad Commis
sion to grant permission for the con-
struction of any number of spur tracks
in San Francisco or any other city in
the State. Since the session opened
Johnson has presented several measures
likely to arouse the opposition of the
manager of the Southern Pacific politi-
cal bureau, but his latest effort is
looked upon by reformers as evidence
that he has recanted and gone back to
the old machine. AS for Grove himself,
he explains that his only object is to
give the Railroad Commission some
thing to do.
The bill is a long one and the bug
does not appear in the title. 1t re-
poses in section s. which takes away
powers now held by boards OF super
visors and boards of trustees and con-
fers them on the Railroad Commission.
In substance the Objectionable section
provides that whenever application is
made to the commission for the con-
struction of a spur track not more than
500 feet in length from any railroad to
any industrial establishment in exist
ence, or merely contemplated, the COM
mission may take evidence, and, If it is
favorably impressed, order the con-
struction of the spur track desired. In
cases of refusal to comply with such
order the findings of the commission
SHALL in legal proceedings to compel
its enforcement, be prima facie evil
dence of the necessity of the track
Argument will be made that the pro-
posed law would work both ways, but
its opponents say they do not care to
look beyond the fact that Herrin has
controlled every Railroad Commission
as far back as they can remember. The
Southern Pacific Company has made
several attempts recently to acquire
spur track privileges in this city. This
is Johnson's home, but it is predicted
that nowhere will the popular agita-
tion against the biu be stronger than
in Sacramento.
Another unusual feature of Johnson's
bill is that it confers upon the Railroad
Commission power to make official in
vestigation into the causes of not only
railroads but streetcar accidents. What
ever the findings, they shall be prima
facie evidence against owners or opera
tors Of roads in actions for damages.
All of the powers at present conferred
on the commission are made applicable
to ''intercountry, interurban, suburban
or street railroads, operated by cleo
tricity, steam or other lawful motive
power" Still another feature of the bill
is that il authorizes the commission to
act as arbitrator of any transportation
controversy that may be submitted to
it by the parties interested.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
JOHNSON WINS A VOTE
Gains Campbell by Agreeing to Quit
Talking on Measure

Gains Campbell by Agreeing to Quit
Talking on Measure
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 4-By a vote
of 49 to the Assembly passed today
the Burke bill providing for a State
anti expectoration bill. DIR. p c.
Campbell, who represents Contra Costa
County. enlivened the debate that pre-
ceded the roll call. He argued that 1t
would not be fair to forbid a man to
spit on the sidewalk in a country
town, where no one could tell where
the sidewalk ended and the street
began.
Pathetic pleading fell on deaf ears.
Grove Johnson expressed surprise that
physician should oppose such a meri-
torious measure. With this preliminary
remark he swung into speech on the
need OF forbidding expectoration in
public places. DIR. Campbell listened
wearily for three minutes. He could
stand 1t no longer.
I'll vote aye If you'll quit talking
about it," he shouted.
An right" responded Johnson and
sat down.
DR.. Campbell kept his word. The
three negative votes were cast by
Berry of Crescent City, Birdsall of
Auburn and Bush OF NaDa-
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
HANGING FOR ROBBERY
Bill Making Such Crime Capital Ofense
Is Introduced

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 4.-Bills max
ing it possible for juries to decree that
thugs be hanged for robbery We're in
troduced in both houses of the Legisla-
ture today. Senator e. I. Wolfe of
San Francisco fathered one and As
semblyman Grove L. Johnson the other.
The measures are alike and were
drafted by Charles Sonntag, a member
of the San Francisco Grand Jury.
Under the proposed law every person
found guilty of robbery In the nrst
degree would be either hanged or i'm
prisoned for life. The jury would de-
eide which 1t should be. In its pre-
liminary clause the bill includes in the
first degree all robberies committed
between sunset and sunrise or by
means of a deadly weapon, or any
other means likely to produce great
bodily injury Under this section gas
pipe thugs<would be classed as rob-
bers of the first degree
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
CONCESSIONS EXPECTED
washington Believes Mayor and School
Board VIII Yield
WASHINGTO

WASHINGTON, Feb. f. - Mayor
Schmitz of San Francisco and the rep
resentatives of the School Board of
that city are expected to arrive in this
city on Friday, and the congressional
representatives of California made ar
rangements with the President today
to meet the delegation on that day.
put an end to all that Is important in
the Japanese school controversy.
1t is understood the meeting will be
most amicable and mutual concessions
Will be made. This impression comes
from California's representatives here,
who say they see no reason for any
further difference of opinion.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
WOULD TAKE WATER SYSTEM
Governor Asked to Secure Control o.
Private Irrigation Project

WASHINGTON, Feb 4.-Representa
tive Smith has received a communica
tion from Southern Californians urg
ing that the Government take over th'
private irrigation system near Yuma
The reasons given by signers are thaf
the administration of the water system
is bad and that it ought to be RENE
died.
Secretary Hitchcock to take posses
sion of the private water system. and
either TO make it part of the Yuma ir-
rigation project or abolish it alto
gether.
Smith says he will confer with SEN
ator Flint to see if they cannot agree
on some ground concerning the Colo
RADIO proposition
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
TO BUY PRIVATE HOLDINGS
Smith to Call Up Bill Providing for
Purchase of Land In Parks

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Representa-
tive Smith has made an arrangement
with Speaker Cannon to be recognized
to call up his bill providing for the
purchase of $500 acres in Tulare Coun-
ty, comprising all land not owned by
the Government in Sequoia and Gen
eral Grant National parks.
Small private holdings are said to be
a nuisance there. and the Interior De-
partment favorably regards the pur-
chase of the same.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
VISIT San DIEGO SCHOOL

SAN DIEGO. Feb. 4.-Members of the
Senate committee on public buildings
and grounds were here this afternoon
visiting the State Normal School and
conferring regarding the construction
of training school building as an ad-
dition to the building. The committee
consists of Senators Wright of San
Diego, Price Of Sonoma, Willis of San
Bernardino. Muenter Of Stockton and
Kennedy OF San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
AIMED AGAINST PACKERS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The Senate
occupied the first two hours of it's ses-
sion today in perfecting the House bill
permitting the Government to take an
appeal on points of law in certain GRIM
inal cases. The bill is intended to
reach cases similar to that against the
meat packers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-The Presi-
dent sent to the. Senate today the fol-
lowing nominations:
To be a member of the California
Debris Commission-Capt Thomas
H Jackson, corps of engineers.
Postmasters: California-Orlando J.
Lincoln Santa Cruz. Nevada-Charles
f. Litrell, Muslin.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
GENERAL HoLABIRD DEAD.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Brigadier-
General Samuel B. Holabird. retired.
one of the oldest and best known
United States army officers in the coun-
try, died in this city yesterday after a
brief illness. aged so years. He will
be buried in the Soldiers Home ceme-
terry on Tuesday.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
NEGROES TO HOLD FAIR

MOBILE. Ala, Feb. "A negro nat
ional fair will be held in this city next
November. A feature will be the ex-
hibit of inventions and craftsmanship
of negroes An invitation will be ex-
tended to the President of the United
States to open the fair.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
PROVIDES COAST LIGHTS

WASHINGTON. Feb. THE House
today passed the omnibus lighthouse
bill under suspension of the rules. The
measure contains items for a light
house and lighthouse tender on the
California coast and for light on Ha-
wall
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
sEpyIcE pension BILL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The House
today passed the Senate service pension
bill by vote of 1876 to 20. The bill
provides that veterans having reached
the age of So years shall receive $12
$40.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
TO Cure . Cold I'm one Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money IL 1t fails. E.
w Grnvs's sinnatnrA an aanh box 26ns
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05
WOMAN auRNEn 70 nrArH.

WOMAN BURNED TO DEArH-chicaeo. Feb
4.-Mrs. A. Haskell said to have been 9
wealthy widow OF Michigan City, Ind. was
burned to death early today in a fire which
ming street Mrs Haskell asleep when the
fire broke out.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-25
THE STATE IN
GENERAL
THE MAccABEEs WILL MAKE
THE CITY OF DETROIT THEIR
HEADQUARTERS
NEW BUILDING FOR THEM
May Not &c Immediately, But the
Question is Settled and Future
Home Will Be IN Detroit.
Msceabees to Move.

The Knights of the Maecabees OF
the World, with their fine temple, So
100000 or more surplus, and supreme
officers. viii move their plant from
Port Huron, the present headquarters
OF the order, to Detroit, and spend
100000 in providing a new building.
This action was decided upon dur
ing Friday mornings session OF the
supreme tent, holding its triennial re-
view at the Cadillac hotel. and was
brought before the convention by the
motion OF Sir knight g. w. Miller, OF
Chicago. The motion provides that
the move shall be made at the dlscre-
ton of the board of trustees; that the
amount spent shall not exceed $780,
600; that the money shall come from
the life benefit fund; that the general
fund shall provide an income OF
per cent on the investment 10 offset
the diminution of the life benefit fund.
Although this important move is left
to the discretion of the board OF trus-
tees, there is 10 doubt that ii will be
carried out within the next three
years, for 1t was evident that there
was scarcely any sentiment against 1t
among the delegates present at the
convention. Along with this announce
ment comes the news from Atlantic
City that the Ladies of the Maccabees,
large order Of similar purposes, will
eventually make Detroit their national
headquarters. This city will, there
FORE soon be the very center of fra
ternal activity, for both orders are ex-
tremely large and extend throughout
the United States and Canada. From
a business point of view it means
much. Besides the buildings necessary,
the large financial resources of the or
ders. needed TO carry on their insur-
ance work, will bring to the local
banks huge sums of capital and deal
Of business
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ADVOCATES.
The Japs Now Have Korea Where
They Can Rule.

The emperor of Korea abdlcated in
favor OF the crown prince Friday morn
ing. The crown prince is an imbeciie
and the Japanese will be able to do as
they please The next step will be the
calling of a convention which will so
limit the power of the new emperor
that he will be a nero figurehead, and
can take no official step that is not
Endorsed b. the japanese resident gen
eral.
Deserted by his cabinet and left
alone in his palace 10 worry for foIr
days the emperor tried yainly TO ind
way ont of his difficulties without
abdicating. His last ende~or was in
summoning Marquis Ito, the Japanese
resident general, WHOM he hoped
would help him out
The emperor appealed imploringly
TO Ito to help save Korea in a man
ner satisfactory to Japan ana not in.
furious TO the Korean court. Ito care.
fully avoided committing himself and
conferred with Viscount Hayashi, who
had just arrived from Toxic The in
evitable result followed Enraged
CloWuS dSScHlDltu carry III 'iS SNNh
ing at various points throughout the
city and inflammatory documents
against the Japanese are being freely
distributed, giving rise TO a forlorn
hope that some active opposition is
about TO begin Serious collisions. 1t is
believed, will take place between the
police and rioters.
The Koreans fear the emperor will
be murdered and the report of the
sudden death of one of the delegates
to The Hague also causes fear that
there will be an epidemic OF suicide
in sympathy with the emperor. The
trip there of Foreign Minister Haya.
shi of Japan is believed to have been
prompted mainly by desire to get
Japanese attention centered on Korea,
so that the anti-American agitation
will die out.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-25
Mrs Pinqree is Dead.

After a lingering illness, covering
nearly four years, Mrs. Frances Gil
bert Pingree, widow of Gov. Hazen s.
Pingree, died at the family residence
in Detroit Sunday night. Mrs. Pingree
had not been in the best of health ever
since the governors death in 1901, and
eventually contracted a rheumatic
trouble, which had kept her confined
to the house. Her death was not IN
expected
Mrs. Pingree was one of Detroit's
and Michigan's leading. women. even
before the rise of her husband to the
highest honor in the gift OF the state.
She was his companion and advisor
from the time of their marriage. and
aided him more than any one else in
his advancement, and the accomplish
meN of his ambitions. She is survived
by two children. Hazen s., Jr., and
Mrs. Sherman Depew, both of Detroit.
Notwithstanding the important part
she played, Mrs. Pingree did not seek
social honors and shrank from pub
licity. She loved her own home, and
cared more for its Identification and
the best interests of its inmates than
for the attention of the world Never
theless, she had a warm heart. While
not identified with organized charities,
she gave largely and wisely TO the
needy. She also gave time to those who
had objects which needed the COVER
nor's help and TO which he was too
busy to attend.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-25

More important than the mere pur-
chase by the Michigan Central of the
David Ward estates Detroit & Charlie
velopments probable in consequence
of the Michigan Central taking the
road into it's system. 1t is most likely
that the white pine forests through
which il passes and still larger for
ests Of hardwoods will be purchased
from the Ward estate by a syndicate
of wealthy Bay City lumber operators
at a price Of $5,000,000 or upwards,
more saw mills put in, and first the
pine and then the hardwood felled,
sawed into lumber and sent to market
on a wholesale scale.
1t is said that the Bay City lumber
men have been ready for a long time
to take the timber, either the whole
as a syndicate, or in parcels by indi-
viduals, but would not touch IT unless
the Michigan Central would take the
small railroad and guarantee the new
spurs and siding and equipment neces-
sary to the large scale handling of
the product
The Ward timber lands in Crawford,
Antrim and Charlevoix counties, but
chiefly in Antrim county, total $4,000
acres, and include large tracts Of cork
pine-the straight, tall trees without a
branch, the famous Michigan white
pine. 1t is estimated that there are
300, 900 feet of white pine lumber
in these trees and from 100000, 900
TO 2,000, 600 feet of hardwoods.
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Whoopine Cough Bacillus Found.

At recent session of the Medical
society of Vienna Dr. Heinrich Al
brecht, professor for pathological an
atomy and prosecutor of the Will
helmine hospital. stated that he had
succeeded in finding the cause of
whooping cough. II is identical with
the long known influenza bacillus. For
a long time it had been believed that
whooping cough was caused by spe-
cific kind OF bacteria, of which SO
far not much was known. AS there
exists a growing tendency to treat all
infectious diseases by means of
serum, much value was attached to
finding the cause of whooping cough.
Prof. Albrecht has prepared a Sc
rum from the whooping cough Gnflu-
enza) bacillus. which, injected into
rabbits, caused severe inflammation
of the heart These experiments may
explain why influenza has such det-
rimental influence upon the human
heart.
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AROUND THE STATE.

A Jack the pepper" is disturbing
residents of Three Oaks. The council
offers a reward for his arrest.
Circuit Judge j. W. Stone has APP
pointed Attorney F. A. Bell, of Mar
quette, as special prosecuting attor-
ney in the case against former State
Senator w. ". Mills, of Detroit,
charged with resisting and assaulting
an officer. The case will be tried on
August IL.
The celebration OF the flfty-eighth
anniversary of the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Parkinson, of Free.
port, was attended by five children,
eight grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren. Parkinson is a pio
neer resident of Michigan and civil
war veteran.
A gang of safe blowers is terrorizing
the smaller villages of Berrien coun.
~. Early this morning the lumber Of
fee OF ]. II. Sparks Son at Berrien
Springs, was wrecked, the safe being
blown up with nitro-glycerine. The
robbers got 800. The sheriff's force
is in hot chase
The report of United States Con-
sui Nell McMlllan, at Sarnla, directly
across from Port Huron, shows that
for the year ending June 80 the ex.
ports from the Sarnia district to the
United States amounted to $685.
1888 The principal articles we're:
Lumber, horses, sheep, lath. shingles,
slaves, ties, flax, beans and clover
seed.
st. Philomene Catholic church at
Beal City, Isabella county, was conse-
Grated on Thursday by Bishop Rich
ter, of Grand Rapids. assisted by some
80 priests from other parts of the
state. A large gathering OF the parish
toner's and many from surrounding
towns joined in the celebration, which
lasted all day. The edifice is a large
and oommodious structure built of
stone
An Italian laborer In the plant of
the Wolverine Cement Co. fell into a
coal crusher and may die. His scalp
was torn completely of, his face torn
and an arm crushe