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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
TENDERS WARM WELCOME
Santa Barbara Dispenses With
Speeches and All Functions
Will Be Formal
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI.

SANTA BA4~BARAs April 25.-So far
as ofaciaI- entertainments. formal calls
and the. like are concerned. social
truce has been declared between the
officials of Santa Barbara and the ON
GERS of the Atlantic fleet. Mayor
Boeseke, Admiral Gala. the president
of the civic league and his fellow. men,
bers of the reception committee called
upon Rear Admiral Thomas on board
the Connecticut as soon as the fleet had
come to anchor this afternoon. and 1t
was mutually agreed that so far as is
possible formalities are TO be dispensed
with during all the time of the fleets
stay.
The idea of informality was carried
out from the beginning. Mayor
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
MACHINE RATIFIEs PROGRAM

OAKLAND. April 25.-Following the
program Of the Herrin state republican
committee, the Alameda county ma
chine committee today ratified the so
called unofficial primaries to be held
May 5. and arranged a plan for put
ting district delegation tickets In the
field for the conventions Judge Henry
A. Melvin was indorsed for delegate
at large to the national republican
convention
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

X0 to the primary polls
~ ON May S, republicans,
and break Herrin's
grip on California.
Herrin will have a ticket
of push" or confroHabIe
delegates in each assembly
district. You can beat thar
ficket-do ii.
The Lincoln Roosevelt
league will have in each as
SembIy district ticket
composed of men owing al
Iegiance TO nobody but the
people. You can elect that
fickef-dO ii.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS

YEsTERDAY-west wind: clear; maximum
temperature, 80; minimum, 80.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fair; warmer; fresh
north wind changing 10 west. Page SIS
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decorations which were incomplete yes
terday. were rushed TO completion and
the boulevard and plaza on the city
ners and flags deck the streets. while
in the gardens of the Plaza del Mar
and the grounds of the Hotel Potter
are strung thousands of Japanese Ian
terms and red tribune banners. 1t was
holiday crowd and the holiday spirit
overshadowed all else. All the busi-
ness houses of the city were closed by
8 o'clock and everybody was at the
beach. Most of them had cameras. and
there was running click click of shut
ters from the time the ships first be-
came clearly visible until the fading
light made attempts at photography
impossible.
Luncheon and dinner parties marked
the festivities at the Hotel Potter dur
ing the day, the social events culmi-
mating in the informal dance held dur
ing the evening in honor of the officers.
A welcome addition to the social life
came today with the arrival in the
city of the members Of the married
club, a number of wives and daugh-
ters of naval officers who met the fleet
at San Diego and are following it up
the coast Among the members of this
most interesting club are Mrs. W. H. H
Sutherland and the Misses Sutherland,
the wife and daughters of Captain
Sutherland of the New Jersey; Mrs. ].
a. Merriam, wife of Paymaster Merriam
of the Kansas; Mrs. f. c. Martin, wife
OF Lieutenant Martin of the New Jer-
sey; Mrs: K G. Castleman, wife of Lieu
tenant Castleman of. Admiral Thomas
staff: Mrs. Berrien, wife of Lieutenant
Berrien OF Admiral Thomas staff. and
Mrs. Norris. wife of Lieutenant Norris
of the kentucky.
FUN BEGINS TO-DAY
Athletic games in the morning and
afternoon and band concerts in the
plaza during the evening are the fea-
lures scheduled for the entertainment
tomorrow. Four hundred sailors-25
from each ship-have accepted an invi-
tation from. the father superior of the
Santa Barbara mission to attend SER
vices in the historic old church during
the morning and have been granted spe-
cial leave for this purpose.
The morning press of Santa Barbara
received a message tonight from Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans at San Luis
obispo addressed to the people of Santa
Barbara. 1t reads.
II regret more than have words to
express my inability to be present with
the Atlantic fleet to see the patriotic
enthusiasm which helped make its en-
try into Santa Barbara such beautiful
sight
But with Charlie Thomas in COM
mand nothing but perfection is possi-
BILE. Be good to the officers and men,
they deserve everything at your hands
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
EDITORIAL
DYNAMITE OUTRAGE

Two Judgments OF Heney.
A quaint literary bureau.
Military and naval uniforms.
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Oakland police arrest said By former
United Railroads employe to have plotted 10
blow up whole graft prosecution. Page 81
FIFFT
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Full program OF entertainment for the feer
stay as revised by tie committee. Page &c
Fleet welcomed At Santa Barbara; trip from
south narred By accident to the Missouri's en-
eines. Page 81
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Continued on Page SO, mIddIe Col. /
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GRAFT
POLITICS

Frank Murphy amuses Ruef.s old gang
courtroom By displaying his wit in objectins
Heney's questions. Page 6
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on Page q. middle Col
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LABOR
MARINE

japanese liner Hongkong Maru takes It's
departure for the orient crowded with pas
sengers Page s.
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Until the illumination began tonight
it was really the shore and the city it
self that made the spectacle. The
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04

Haverlill, Mass, Feb. 3.-The police
of this city today captured two men
who. by the evidence disclosed by a
search Of their persons are believed
to have broke open the safe Of the
postodce at Salisbury early today. The
capture of the two men followed only
a few hours after the postoff!ce was
entered.
The Haverhill police received a tele-
phone message this forenoon from the
conductor of an electric car, bound
from Amesbury to this city, giving
the information that two suspicious
looking men We're on board. who. the
conductor thought, might have been
connected with the break at Salisbury.
Upon the arrival of the car in this
city the police arrested the two men
and took them to police headquarters.
When the prisoners were searched,
stamps. money, revolvers ana purg-
lars tools were found upon them. IL
is believed that they are "yeggmen.
The Salisbury postoffice at SALISBURY
was located in the store Of Miss Han
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04
IN THE SENATE.
Urgent Deficiency Bili-Immigrant
Station for Philadelphia.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Senator Piles
of Washington delivered an eloquent
appeai in the Senate today in favor
of an appropriation by Congress of
$500, 900 for a government exhibit at
the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
to be held in Seattle next year. The
day was chiefly devoted to a consid-
Grafton of bills on the calendar, sew
eral of which were passed.
The Senate passed Senator Tillman's
resolution requesting the President to
give information as to what action had
been taken by the department of JUS
tice against railroads that have not
complied with the laws relating to
grants Of public lands they have re-
ceivcd in the past.
Senator Hale reported the urgent de-
ficiency bill from the committee on
appropriations and announced that he
would call it up for consideration to-
morrow. The increase recommended by
the Senate committee amounts to Soos,-
05o. The total deficiency appropriation
carried by the bill as reported is s2i,-
S.40G.
Senator Gallinger favorably report
ed from the committee on commerce
a bill increasing the mail subsidies on
steamship lines between the United
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04
NATIONAL POLITICS
DISCUSSED IN HOUSE,
Presidents Message Endorsed by Both
Sides Widows Pensions Are In
creased to S12 Per Month,

States and ports in South America,
the Philippines and Australia.
The Senate passed the bill appro-
priating s25o.000 for the purchase of
ground and the erection of an immi-
grafton station at Philadelphia.
During the consideration of the bill
Senator Bacon inquired whether tine
Improvement in the immigration sta
ton would not encourage immigra-
ton.
Senator Lodge replied that he had
never considered the matter from that
point CT view. He said he was in ia
vor Of an educational qualification for
immigrants and that a bill to that ef-
feet was passed by Congress and We
tOed by President Cleveland IF the
senator charges the destruction of that
law To Democratic President why
should he not locate the trouble in at
tempting to pass in Republican
House." interrupted Tillman.
Lodge replied that the bill had
since been passed by the Senate but
failed of passage in the House-''a Re
publican House." he added.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04
ONE KlLLED-34 INJURED.
Broken Rail DeraiIs Passenger Train
Near Britton, Mich.

Detroit, Feb. 3-Wabash passenger
train No 4. east bound from Chicago and
st. Louis, due here at 40 A. NJ, was
wrecked near Britton station. a miles
from Detroit. last night. probably by a
broken rail. One woman passenger was
killed and "A PEOPLE were injured. The
dead: Mrs. Francis Vargo, Budapest,
Hungary.
The injured: Mrs. .. w. Metz, Detroit,
several ribs broken; Mrs. a. J. Mckay.
Detroit, several ribs cracked. The re
naming injured were reported to have
sustained only sprains and bruises.
The train consisted of seven cars. all of
which but one stood the shock of the
wreck without overturning. 1t is the
coach directly behind the combination
baggage and express car and the regular
baggage car that the death and the most
serious injuries occurred. The baggage
cars remained upright rs did also the
three sleeping cars and the diner. but
the coach was overturned and badly
crushed Among the injured were num-
Der of theatrical people who were regis
tered as being from the Selasco theatre.
New York.
The injured were brought to Detroit or
a relief train and sent to hospital and
hotels here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04
BIG LOSSES BY STORM
ARE Being REPORTED.
Damage at Grand Manan Between $780,
600 and $75,000---Fishing Craft
Smashed --Schooner Sunk,

PASSPORT, Me, Feb. 3.,-Reports of
damage estimated at between $50, O90
and $4,000 at Grand Manan BY the
storm Saturday night were brought in
today by steamer. The storm is con-
1863. The property loss includes 10 or
dozen fishing vessels ranging from
Il to % tons, which were torn from
their moorinSS and dashed 10 pieces
upon the rocks. The largest two Of
these were the Nebula and the Jennie
T, averaging about. 50 tons each. There
was not enough left of them to build
a row boat.
The wind blew about SO miles an
hour in the vicinity OF Grand Manan,
while at the PASSPORT weather bureau
the maximum velocity was Is miles,
a record breaking speed
The fish curing plants al Grand
Manan Of J. Sutton CLARK and :. r.
Watt and their contents We're destroy
d by wind and rain, the loss being
$1,000 and $4,000. respectively. Several
other plants sustained damage OF one
pr two thousand dollars each.
In this vicinity COnSiderab bic DANA &c
was done to WharVeS and small ship
ping. houses and chimneys. No loss
to the larger craft has been reported,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04
S. 8. PRESCOTT.
Was WelIknown St. Adams Man and
A Native of Dixmont.

St Adams, Me. Feb. 3.-(SpeciaD.-
The funeral Of the late S. Prescott,
who passed away Thursday morning,
Jan. so, occurred at the Union church
Saturday, Feb. l, Rev. j. H. Gray Of
liciating. Mr.. Prescott came from Dix
mont nearly 80 years ago and had been
in trade here since then. BY a life of
strict integrity he won many lasting
friends With him to be right was the
essential thing. He held several posi-
tions of honor and responsibility until
failing health obliged him to give them
up He had a throat trouble for years,
this developing into tuberculosis which
was the cause of death. A widow. two
daughters and one son and a brother
and sister mourn his loss. They all
have the heartfelt sympathy of the en-
tire community.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04
Street Car Conductor Helps
Effect Capture of Yeggmen.

nah Coffin, dealer in newspapers and
magazines. The safe was forced open
early today and about SIS in stamps
and S. in money taken.
The two men refused to divulge their
identity when confronted by United
States Deputy Marshal Waters and
Postal Inspector Jennings this after
noon and are held under the names of
John Murphy and John Smith.
Murphy admits blowing the safe at
the Salisbury rostoffice and Smith
claims that ~ knows nothing about
what caused IS arrest.
The two men were taken to Boston
this afternoon. where they will be ar
raigned before United States Commits
sionor Fiske. The pair admit that they
expected arrest after the street railway
conductor telephoned to this city from
Newton, n. H., and each says he de-
cided not to try and escape, fearing
that murder would be added to tho
charge on which they are held. Smith,
however, in his statement said that he
would not have hesitated to shoot IL
an aged policeman had come after him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-04
Franco, Fearing Civil War,
Resigns Premiership.
New Cabinet Of Portugal Is
Formed Arrests al Lisbon.
No Recurrence Of Disorder...Fron.
tiers Are Guarded.

Lisbon. Feb 3.-Portugal today saw
the establishment of a new regime.
Premier Franco has resigned Office
and within As hours of the assassina-
ton of King Carlos his dictatorship
is at an end at least for the present.
Franco resigned for fear that his con-
country into rebellion. The premiers
resignation is regarded as holding a
promise of political tranquility.
A new cabinet has been formed un-
der the presidency of Rear Admiral
Amaral, a E}t?r0er Of the Progressive
Dissident party. 1t is Liberal with
monarchial tendencies.
The opening session of the new
council was held today and the young
monarch, King Manuel II, placed
himself in the hands Of his ministers.
Arrests are being made by the
wholesale in Lisbon and all suspicious
persons still at liberty are under sur
Velllance.
Up TO 4.30 this afternoon there had
been no recurrence of disorder in Lis
bon. The Portuguese frontier is being
closely guarded to prevent the escape
Of suspects.
The authorities are maintaining a
strict censorship on all outgoing tel
egraphic messages.
Tho Spanish government has order
ed a cruiser to Lisbon and it was
learned here today that two British
ships of war are on their way to the
Tagus.
The general opinion here il that
there will be modification in the
ministerial program after the funerals
of the late King and his eldest son. the
crown prince: These probably will take
place Feb. 10.
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ANOTHER BLOW.
United States Federal Court Again De
cides Against Labor Unions.


Washington. Feb 3.-Today for the
third time within a few weeks the Su-
rreme court of the United States pro-
mulgated an opinion constituting laws
adversely to the contentious of or
ganized labor.
The first Of the decisions was rem
dered Jan. 6 in the case of some rail-
way employees who sought to recover
damages under what is known as "The
employers liability law making rail-
roads responsible for injuries resulting
from the negligence of fellow SER
wants. This law the court held to be
unconstitutional
The second important finding was
announced on Jan. 80. when the Erd-
man arbitration act, forbidding the
discharge of employees because they
are members Of labor unions, was also
declared invalid.
The verdict rendered today was in
the case of Lawler VS.. Loewe, the for
mer a member of the HatterS' Union
and the latter a hat manufacturer of
Danbury. Conn. The case involved the
applicability of the seventh section of
the Shermon antitrust law to con-
spiracieS by labor unions to boycott ar
ticleS entering into interstate trade.
Under the terms of that provision. the
complaining party may collect three
times the amount of his loss if the
charge is sustained.
The union fought the case on the
ground that the law was inapplicable
Continued on Page Twc.)
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CAPITAL CHAT.
The Story Te|Iers Of the
House Cloak Rooms.
The SoutheTners Excel in
Swapping Yarns.
An Interesting Place Where the
Members Are Free and Easy.

Washington. d. c., Feb. g.
Especial. 1.-The Maine members of the
House are not very frequent at
PENDANTS on the sessions of those
notable raconteurs which convene in
the cloakrooms of the House Uncle
Amos" Allen of the first District is
rather fond of story. In his rounds
of the departments he sometimes
picks up one of the latest and carries
it along for the benefit Of some
hungering intellect. who appreciates a
good anecdote. But even Uncle
Amos" is not q cloakroom freuuenter.
He prefers sitting at the table in the
Senate restaurant and exchanging a
few good ones while he takes his
modest luncheon to loafing away his
time in the cloakroom, when very
often it is quite as instructive to be in
ones seat in the House listening to
the proceedings, or in ones committee
room attending to matters of business
The House cl0akrooms. however are
quite q lodeStone for a considerable
number of members These long and
narrow agreements surround the hall
Of the House practically on three
sides. They are nominally for
hooks on which to hang ones hat and
coat, but in reality serve many other
purposes. There are comfortable
lounges, nicely upholstered in leather
of light color. There are also plenty
of good chairs and in the rooms just
at the rear of the hall there are big
fireplaces, bountifully fed with great
logs of wood. The keen cared men
can often sit there and hear what is
going on in the House, especially if
some one of the strong lunged
brigade is speaking.
1t seems sometimes as though the
cloakrooms were going out of fashion.
For the Maine members are by no
means the only ones who do not loaf
much in those precincts. Representa-
tives Burleigh. Lttlefield. and Powers.
as well as Uncle Amos" Allen enjoy
good conversation, but like many
other men they do not especially relish
yarn swapping conversation which,
like many cloakroom conversations. is
frequently without particular point.
For instance, Representative Burleigh
likes to talk politics and legislation,
ditto Representative Littlefield, who
also enjoys Il legal conversation. The
latter is accounted one of the best
lawyers of the House and he keeps up
on all the latest wrinkles in the legal
profession, especially as these refer
to legislation. In fact there is no
difficulty getting any one of the
Maine representatives in the House to
talk on a variety of subjects when
there is conversation on. There is
CONTINUED on page Ten.)
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FORMAL INVESTIGATION
OF Portland City Hall Fire to Be Made
Wednesday.

Portland, Me, Feb. "a formal
hearing to investigate the origin Of the
fire which Quilted City hall 10 days ago
will be held Wednesday by State In
surance Commissioner s. w. Carr
Members of the city government will
be present and a large number of wit
nesSeS have been summoned. a rcp-
resentative of Commissioner Carr has
been investigating the fire since week
ago today.
AT the regular meeting Of the city
government this evening an order was
introduced for the city to sell It's Port
land 4 Ogdensherg railroad stock but
was laid on the table, and it was voted
to hire experts to examine the walls Of
the City building. which was recently
burned.
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Caused by Drunkenness
In Lumber Camps.
Loggers Club Together and Buy
Gases Of Whiskey From Boston.
Operations In Some Cases Sus.
pended...0ne Man Missing.

Bangor. Me, Feb. 3.-Serious dis
turbances have been caused this VIM
ter in Maine lumber camps by whole
sale drunkenness, and in some IN
stances it has been found necessary 10
suspend operations. In former times it
was the practice of those woodsmen
in tWos and threes for some resort
near camp and indulge in a spree last
ing a few days. but lately these re-
sorts have for the most part gone ont
of business and the loggers get their
liquor by express from Boston.
1t is the practice for such of the men
as want liquor to club together and
buy case or more of WhISkey. which
comes by express to the nearest rail-
road station and following its arrival
there enSueS q general debauch. In
some instances the liquor is brought
directly into the camps
The Great Northern Paper Co. re-
Gently was obliged to close one Of its
camps at Northeast carry because the
whole crew. numbering 30 men. went
on Il fTblpnStu utudItIl anu a. ttiolilti
Of the company's camps near Madison,
eight of the 80 men in the crew We're
discharged for drunkenness, when mon
We're badly needed
News was received here today from
the Great Northern COS. camp at
Wood stream. near Jackman, that
three of the crew left on Saturday to
get liquor that had come by express.
Their names We're Souimman, Writ
man and Nieman. At 9 o'clock Sunday
morning Whitman returned to camp in
n daZed condition while Nieman, after
wandering all day and night in the
woods. appeared some hours later at
Henry McKenneys farm house. three
miles from Wood lake. He said that
he last saw Souimman on the ice on
Wood lake, wandering ainlessly-
Searching parties have been unable to
find the missing man and it is sup
posed that he has persisted in the bit
ter cold.
There is no legal means of prevent
ING the men getting as much liquor
from Boston as they are able to pay
for and the situation is regarded by the
lumber operators as serious About
o,e-third of these woodsmen use
liouor but up to this winter they have
generally remained sober through the
season.