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Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-08
ARGUMENT IS BEGUN AND CASE
MAY Go TO JURY wEDkES
DAY NIGHT.
RECORDS BROKEN
Triai Longest and Most Costly in His
tory Of New york-May End in DIS
agreement Of Jury.

New York. April s.-A verdict In
the Thaw case may be reached Wed
nesday night, Attorney Delmas b.
gan his address this afternoon and "
he can conclude today. District Al
torney Jerome will talk tomorrow
This is the beginning Of the twelfth
week Of the trial, making Il the long
est In the history OF New York Grim
inal courts.
With the trial finished save for the
summing up, the belief that the jury
will disagree Is growing among those
who have followed the case from the
beginning. The trial has been the
longest and most costly ever held In
New York, and Justice Fitzgerald
will not allow the jury 10 be discharg-
ed until he Is certain there is no
chance Of Ito agreeing.
A disagreement would mean that
Thaw would be obliged 10 remain n
the Tombs until his regular turn
came again. probably until late in the
fall.
jerome Makes Last Effort.
With the opening Of court today
District Attorney Jerome said hc
could only ask the court formally not
TO confirm the report OF the commits.
sion In iunaey. Justice Fitzgerald
overruled the motion and ordered the
trial to proceed.
DIR. Hamilton was called as a wit.
ness. Jerome obiected. saying that
to allow Hamilton to testify would re-
open the whole case. He was sus-
tained. and the defense and state rest
ed.
Justice Fitzgerald ordered the Jury
locked up from now on. Jerome. sug-
gested that this would be something
of a hardship on the Jurors who had
no notice of It, and Justice Fitzgerald
agreed to lat the jurors go until two
O'Clock this afternoon In order to a.
range their affairs. Attorney Delmas
began his summing up address at two
O'Clock. He said he might conclude
his speech tonight. He said the tes-
timony had been so voluminous and
there had been SO many Interruptions
that 1t would take two or three hours
In refreshing the memory of the Ju
rors On the testimony. II Delmas IS
unable to conclude this afternoon
Jerome will not begin his address
unit! Wednesday morning, as he d..
sires whole day for his speech. jus
tice Fitzgerald is expected to charge
the jury on the same day Jerome
closes.
Delmas Begins His Argument.
Attorney Delmas began his argu.
ment this afternoon with statement
of Jerome, when he said:
We have no right to be here trying
this man II the real facts were
known" He said he would ask for an
acquittal On the written law of the
state of New York. He then gave a
resume of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's life.
Attorney Delmas declared that
White committed felony in his as
sault upon Evelyn Nesbit. He declar.
ed that large sums paid by White to
Mrs, Nesbit proved that he ruined
her daughter. He denounced Mrs.
Nesbit as an unnatural mother who
had given the district attorney
statement to torture the wounded
soul OF her daughter He paid trib-
ute to Jerome, calling him a master
mind, but added that even though
gifted beyond the average mind, he
could not shake the testimony Of
Evelyn Thaw.
When he touched on Thaw's love
for Evelyn, one of the Jurors was
seen to wipe his eyes.
There Arc ono carloads of freight
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-08
DOCTOR SENTENCED TO
LONG term IN PRISON

Denver. April g. DR.. Solomon
Orentreich. convicted of criminal as
sault on Rosa Berger, girl employ
ed in his office, was today sentenced
to the penitentiary for term of from
twelve to fifteen years.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-08

There are 1000 carloads OF freight
destined for California tied up along
the Tucson division of the Southern
Pacific, delayed by Washouts.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
Sacramento Woman After The Call S
Capital Prize in Great Contest
Mrs Doherty Celebrates Washingtons
Birthday in Gallant Style
ToDAY,s scoRE FOR SECOND SERIES OF PRIZES

Il
- j. f. Doherty9 Fourte c al
2M
County, Cal
sM Nevn
4ds R
fife Vaughn
Smith Creek
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A hiago
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
BAILEY WEEPs AS He
MAKES HIS DEFENSE
Says Investigation Is the
Result of a Political
Conspiracy

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. Ex-senator
Bailey was upon the stand before the
legislative investigating committee all
this morning under cross -examina-
tion. The principal statements brought
out were assertions by Bailey that
while his critics had repeatedly tried
to show that he only performed public
service for private gain, the facts
showed that they were presenting
falsehoods to further their ends.
Senator Bailey made his closing state
ment during the afternoon, in which he
said the investigation was the result
of a political conspiracy for which, he
charged, William r. Hearst was respon-
sible. He characterized the charges
brought by Representative Cooke as
calumny. He wept as he told of the
alleged prosecutions by his political
enemies.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
VARIOLA BREAKS OUT IN
MISSOURI LEGISLhTUR
Member Develops Small
pox in Seat and Com
motion Reigns

JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 22-Repre-
sentative w. ]. Salts Of Phelps County
was taken down with smallpox while
in his seat upon the floor of the House
today.
Much commotion among the other
members ensued.
The House. this afternoon, after its
hall had been fumigated, adjourned
till Monday. The Senate voted to work
a few hours this afternoon and then
adjourn till Tuesday next.
Many boarding house keepers have
refused to allow legislators to enter
their homes. and Governor Folk offered
the use Of his mansion to those unable
TO obtain quarters elsewhere.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
SCORES COLONIAL POLICY.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-The So
called colonial policy of the Govern
ment was bitterly denounced on the
floor of the House py Representative
Clark of Florida today in connection
with his resolution calling upon the
Secretary of War for a statement of
the amount of money that the Philip
pine Islands have cost the United
States. He condemned the war with
Spain as unnecessary and pronounced
the purchase of the Philippines "seri-
Gus blunder and a most grievous
wrong" In the course of his remarks
he said:
When we purchased the islands and this alien
race with them the deed was nothing more
or less than traffic in human beings. and 1t is
no greater wrong for individuals TO traffic in
humanity than IL is for nations to make bar
gain and sale OF human beings.
Within the last few days l have heard gen.
tlemen on this floor speak of our colonial pos
sessions. This smacks of empire. 1t breathes of
imperialism. 1t suggests royalty. 1t does not In
dicate the simplicity of republican government
where every citizen is a sovereign, but 1t pro-
duces visions Of kingly rule.
On motion of Payne of New York
the resolution was laid on the table by
vote of 165 to 103
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23

place from George H. Angove of So
noma.
Miss Jennie Tibbetts of Hanford, by
a gain of 5000, moved up from No. SO
to 27. Miss Tibbetts made very late
start and has only half an hour day
to devote to the contest, but she ex-
poets to be prize winner just the
same.
CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST
The contest is divided into three pc
RODS, constituted as follows: First
November 10 to January 13. eight
weeks; second, January IS to March 2
seven weeks third, March to April IA,
six weeks.
There are twenty prizes to be
competed for during each contest pc
riod. consisting Of twenty-five purses
of gold coin,. ranging in amount from
$40 up to $500, and making total OF
$4,000 from each period.
There are also twenty-five special
purses of grand sweepstake prizes Tor
the twenty-fiv contestants making the
best scores during the entire contest
the largest of these purses being $1,000
and the smallest $40 and amounting to
$4,000 in the aggregate.
The final distribution of the prizes
will be made on April Is, the first ami
versary of the San Francisco fire.
The twenty-five purses for each OF
the three contest periods and the
twenty-f five special sweepstake prizes
make a grand total of 100 prizes
amounting to $4,000, to be distributed
among the winners.
Subscribers to The Call will have the
privilege of selecting the winners OF
these prizes by preparing their sub
scriptions, for any length of time that
may be convenient, each paid sub
scription counting for certain>number
of votes that may be cast in favor of
any contestant whom the subscriber
may desire to assist in getting a share
of the money. The contestant receiv-
ing the highest number of such votes
during any contest period will,receive
the largest purse; the one receiving the
second highest number of votes the
next largest purse, and so on until the
number of prizes allotted for that pc
riod is exhausted. The same rule will
apply to the final distribution Of the
larger prizes given for the highest ag-
gregate scores.
VOTING POWER OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
The following table shows the sub
scription rates of The Call and the
voting power of subscriptions for any
period paid for:
DAILY CALL, INCLUDING SUNDAY
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23

chequer. The Calls gold prize contest
/ interested her from the start, and when
she saw how easily other women won
big purses in the first period of the
contest, she decided that she would
go in to win in the second period
She is the sort of woman who never
does things by halves Whatever she
does she does well and with all her
soul and strength.
A CAPITAL IDEA
She figured that if she could earn
s500-the prize she is aiming at-by six
or seven weeks work, she could afford
to hire a girl to do her homework
while she devoted all her time to the
contest. That is what she is doing
and never before was Sacramento so
thoroughly canvassed for any news
paper as Mrs. Doherty is canvassing
it now for The Call in order to get
the votes which will enable her to win
the grand capital prize for this period
of the contest She tells the Sacra
mentans that it is as much her business
to win the capital prize in The Calls
big contest, as 1T is the business of the
citizens of Sacramento to win their
fight against the removal of the capi-
tai of the State to Berkeley or some
other place She has made friends with
the State officials and members of the
Legislature. many of whom are helping
her in her campaign to win the capital
prize while she is doing some eff
fective lobbying among the lawmakers
to induce them to let the State capital
remain where it is. She is a charming
and convincing conversationalist, and
is no doubt doing effective service for
her home city.
So interested have. many of her fell
low townsmen become in Mrs. Doher-
/ tvs effort to win the grand capital
prize that her success will be regarded
as a good omen for the success of the
! city in retaining the seat of govern
ment for all time TO come, in spite of
i the ambitious projects of the Berkeley
residents and others.
FORMIDABLE RIVAL
/ Miss Merani and Sacred Heart Col
/ lege, the other aspirants for first hon
/ ors. in the contest, have a very formtd-
/ able rival in Mrs. Doherty, indeed, and
I to prevent her from winning the big
/ prize will take all the support either
/ of the other candidates can muster.
+ Miss Merani registered a gain of
! 4400 yesterday and Sacred Heart Col
! lege failed to tally, presumably because
| it was a holiday.
Miss Ethel Potter of Newman cap
1 tured eighth place from Emile Iver-
sen, by a gain of 1850.
/ Miss Lois B. Pfister of Newman. by a
/ gain of 2200, captured tenth place from
| Miss Mollye Sheridan of Stockton.
Mrs. Rosa e. Tracy of San Rafael,
! by a gain of $50, captured fifteenth
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
NAVY LEAGUE DEMANDS
RESPECT FOR UNIFORMS
Convention Asks States tc
Pass Laws Against
Discrimination

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Respect for
the uniforms Of the army and navy in
all public places formed the principal
topic Of discussion at the opening ses-
sion Of the Navy League Of the United
States. which met today in second an.
nuaI convention. It's membership num-
bers about 5000. General Horace Por@.
ter. former ambassador to France, pre-
sided. About $50 delegates We're in at
tendance.
The convention voted a recommenda-
tion that the governing board place the
league on record as favoring the set
Element Of all International disputes
by arbitration.
A resolution was adopted calling,
upon the. Secretary of the Navy to con-
slider in the plans Of the vessels to be
built the desirability of Including some.
space where enlisted men may read uns
disturbed. and that some such space
be assigned on ships already in COM
mission. The following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That the Navy League of tie
United States is in favor OF the passage OF q
the uniform Of petty officers and enlisted meD
Of the army and navy and marine corps at
every time and place, and also the passage OF
laws by Legislatures Of the various States max
ing 1T misdemeanor for any public house. the
ster. restaurant public place Of entertainment
n discriminate against citizens wearing such
uniforms
This afternoon the delegates were re-
ceived by the President. who addressed
them as follows:
take great pleasure IN greeting you here.
because IL is eminentiy true IN democracy
that what IS every ones business Is apt TO be
ones business, and you are here on every
) bodys business. There Is plenty Of pressure Of
4 local interest for public buildings pienty Of
harbor bill. but there is no special interest that
{ Is seeking 70 bring pressure 10 bear II ought
I 70 be brought 10 bear for matters Of great ma
] rionsl concetn-pre-em inently the navy Per
icsl life most naturally tend TO pay special
heed 20 the requests that are insistent and IL
behooves our people To encourage patriotic so
eieties like this. which shall be inslstent upon
the needs Of America as whole
The President and Congress both need to be
reminded that II Is necessary for the sake of
I America 70 encourage the upbuilding and ma in
tenance OF the United States navy. ! am
happy 70 say that. whereas last year we failed
10 get q battleship. this year we have two We
have made good the loss that we met last wear
Now. ] want all OF you IN your respective
homes through the organs Of public opinion
and by your influence upon your Representatives
in Washington TO see that the needs Of the
navy are not forgotten in the future. The navy
has no 10 speak for It save those who
speak for il because Of their devotion TO the
honor and the interest Aof the United States
and ] ask that you and those ike Won make
the din OF voices that speak only for special
interests
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
INSPECT GOTHAM SCHOOLS
San Francisco Board Surprised at Lack
OF Fairgrounds There.

NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-Mayor schnitz
is still at the Waldorf and his col
leagues are at the Imperial. The Mayor
will leave for San Francisco tomorrow
The others in the party are as yet un-
decided whether or not to spend one
day IN Boston to inspect the schools
there.
Oliver and Altman said tonight that
the entire party would probably leave
for Chicago tomorrow. The return trip
TO San Francisco viii be made via St.
Louis and New Orleans.
The party spent the entire day in
specting the school buildings here. The
lack Of Fairgrounds for the school
children OF New York struck them as
a singuiarly bad feature of the schools
here. The pupils must play in the
streets, if at all. Well equipped GYM
nasiums. however, are provided and
help TO compensate for the lack of out
door recreation grounds The San
Franciscans were well impressed with
the school system here as a whole.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
.LEAVITT SAYS GUY EARL
IS RAILROAD TRICKSTER
Explains Attempt to Repeal
the Crossing Bill Was
an Imposition

each company paying one half Of the
expense Of such separation. and pro-
vided further that the foregoing
provision shall not be construed
as requiring separation OF
grades when such separation is
physically impracticable and in case
Of any dispute or controversy as to the
physical practicability Of any under
grade or overhead crossing, the same
shall be determined by the Superior
Court Of the county in which such
county is situated in an action or pro-
4 ceeding brought by either party for
that purpose.
EARL PLAYED TRICK
Leavitt declined to discuss the mo-
tives behind the bin or to speculate
about the connections of Earl, who
asked him TO introduce the measure.
He did say that ii could not pass as in
troduced and emphatically denied any
intention to assist in any way to Sc
cure the repeal Of the crossing law.
Senator Leavitt said:
The bin was handed to me by Guy c. Earl, a
San Francisco attorney and a former Senator.
know nothing about his connections beyond the
report that he is interested. either directly or
indirectly in some power company. Earl in
formed me that the only new matter In the plli
was the section numbered three. authorizing
the condemnation OF lands owned or hel0 N trust
by the United States. and section .. providing
procedure for such condemnation. see no good
' reason why highways should not over Federal
lands and assuming that the sections indicated
TO me were the only changes IA the existing law
I introduced the bill
] now ind upon looking the matter up care
fully that the over and under grade crossing
provisions of the law which we had 50 much
trouble in securing. are left out Of this BILL Ii
Is certainly not my intention 10 interfere with
the crossing law in any shape, manner or form
shall ask the chairman Of the committee on ju-
dietary 10 have the bill amended by inserting the
law as IL now stands the statute books.
I intend 10 interfere in no way with legisla-
ton concerning railroad cross ings, but 90 be-
lieve that condemnation OF ways across United
States lands for water rights and wagon roads
should be permitted by our laws. and TO that
extent ] VIII support this bill
EARL SUDDENLY TAKEN ILL
OAKLAND. Feb. Eff there is any
such omission in the BILL it is uninten-
tional"
This and this alone. was all that Guy
C. Earl would say tonight in regard
to the omission Of the sections sof the
present act relative to grade crossings
in the bill as it has been introduced
in the Legislature.
Earl at first asked to be excused
from giving any interview on the mat
ter. He sent word TO the door that he
was confined to his room. that his Ill
ness was as serious as it was sudden,
and that IL prevented him from CONVEX
sation on the subject Of any hiatus in
his bill. Finally. in answer TO a mes
sage conveyed TO him, he made the
foregoing brief response -
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
Only One "Bromo auinine.

That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. SINH
larry named remedies sometimes de-
ceive. The first and original Cold Tab
let is a White Package with black and
red lettering; bears sig. E.W Grove. 25cs
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
MoLDER TURNS coUNTERFErrER

DENVER, Feb 22.-Arthur Sweeney,
II years old, who learned to mold In
his fathers brass -molding shop, has
been arrested here on a charge of
counterfeiting 1t is charged that
Sweeney is a member of a band of
thirty counterfeiters, ranging from Is
to "a years of age.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23

If Sacramento will make as good a
fight to retain the State capital as Mrs.
]. F. Doherty of that city is putting
up to win the grand capital prize in
The Calls gold prize contest, Berkeley
will not realize its ambition to be the
seat Of government for the State of
California.
Mrs. Doherty, the fair Sacramentan.
who for some time has been giving
Miss Norma Merani close run for
first place in the contest, celebrated
Washington's birthday by making the
greatest coup of her campaign. While
most other contestants were observing
the national holiday by refraining from
work, Mrs. Doherty took occasion to
send in 32.45o votes. making her grand
total 207, ,450 and giving her plurality
of 1880 over her popular competitor,
Miss Merani, the brilliant representa-
tive Of oakland and the Italian colony
lof California.
Up TO the present time Mrs. Doherty
has remained a good deal of mystery
TO the readers of The Call outside of
Sacramento. and few other places
where she IS personally known. Hav-
ing entered the Contest purely out of
'busfness CONSIDERATIONS and without
-theIeast desire for notoriety, she has
been reticent about having her picture
zoF any facts about her .lifes history
published. 1t was only after repeated
requests for her photograph and some
Information about herself. that she con-
scented to pose before the camera and
10 have brief biographical sketch of
herself pub1ish
: .skEFGH OF MRS. DOHERTY
= Shells a native of Buffalo, n. Y, but
when three months of age was brought
to Dixon. Solano County, by her par
ents, where she spent her girlhood
For the last fourteen years. she has
been a resident of Sacramento. The
esteem in which she is held by her
neighbors in the capital city is shown
by the way In which they are support
ing her in the gold prize contest She
has also host of friends at Dixon and
throughout the rich Capay Valley
where she is well and favorably known
She Is the proud and happy mother
Of two interesting children, boy OF
81 and girl years old. considered
by many the prettiest child in Sacra-
-mento. Her husband is a well-known
salesman. Among her various accom-
plishments is that of being an expert
milliner. She moves in the best of So
c4ety at all times and presides over
a comfortable and happy home.
| The Family fortunes being dependent
upon the thrift and industry of her
self sand husband, Mrs. Doherty is al
WAYS Milling TO be help to her family
ebys ill1proving any honorable .oppor-
tslB5 70 contribute TO the family ex-
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
MANY DIE In MINE

EAGLE PASS, Texas. Feb. "a dis
patch from Las Esperanzas, Mexico.
says that 100 bodies have been taken
from the coal mine of the Mexican Coal
and Coke Company, in which an ex-
plosion of gas occurred four days ago.
There are known to be twenty-thr
men still in the shaft and 1t is practi-
cally certain that they are all dead
Nearly one-half of the. dead miners
are Japanese.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
sMINBuRNE nINED

SAN DIEGO. Feb. 22.-Admiral w T.
Swinburne, commanding the Pacific
squadron, gathered in this harbor. was
rendered asdinner tonight at Hotel del
Coronado by the Chamber of Commerce,
at which close to 200 participated, in
cluding most of the commissioned off,
GERS of the fleet
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
RECEIVERS NOTICE

All persons having claims (other than loss
claims upon policies Of insuraneel against Ger
man National Insurance Company OF Chicago. Illi-
nois, are hereby notified that By an order entered
By the Circuit Court 0f Cook County. Illinois. on
Insurance Company lother than loss claims upon
policies Of insurance. must be fled with the nm
dersigned IN Chicago, Illinois. under oath in the
forms prescribed by said court within six ~
months from said January 11th. 1907 and ~
an such claims not so hled will be disallovsA
and forever barred from participating In the diz
tribution Of the assets Of said German National
Insurance Company.
STATE BANK OF CHICAGO.
Receiver Of German National Insurance Comoanv
JUDAH vvILLARD g WOLF.
Solicitors for Receiver
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
JAPANESE WOULD BEAT LAW

HONOLULU. Feb. 22.-It Is said that
Japanese laborers now in Hawaii who
desire to enter the United States in
tend to do SO by going through Mexico.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
ILY CALL, INCLUDING SUNDAY

For periods of more than one year
the voting power of the subscriptions
will be as follows: Daily Gail, 1000
votes for each year; Sunday Call, $50;
Weekly Call. 500.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
PILES Cured An q 10 "a nav.

Pazo Ointment guaranteed to cure any
case itching. blind, bleeding or protruding e
piles 8 to IA days or money refunded. 50cs
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23

Novel Oriental dishes that will surprise
yourself and friends. Chinese cooking,
original style. at the China. 1888 Geary. .
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-23
WE'RE NOT FOOLS LIKE
MAYOR, ; Says MACARTHUR
Exclusion Leaders Refused
to Go to White House,
Declares Editor
GIVEN INVITATION
Presidents Summons for a
Conference Was Wisely
Turned Down

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