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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
MURDER MYSTERY MAY
SOON BE CLEARED UP
Negro Gives Information as to
Staying of Walter e. Schultz

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE mys-
terry surrounding the murder of Walter
e. Schultz. the Chicago artist whose
body with the throat slashed was found
in field near Alexandria. Va. on March
z. may be cleared up in the arrest todav
of three negroes charged with the mur-
der They are Richard Pines. Jean Daw-
sey and Calvin Johnson
A pawn ticket for a gold watch be-
longing to Schultz was the clew which
led to the arrest
The watch had been pawned. II is
said. by Henry Smith, negro who
after a sweating by the police fur
nished information duplicating the
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
MONEY RAISED FOR
NEW TROLLEY LINE
COurtIand Avenue Association
TO Aid United Railroads

The Cortland avenue Improvement
association held a meeting at Liberty
Bell hall, Wool and Eugenia streets.
yesterday to discuss the bonus desired
by the United Railroads for the con-
struction Of the extension streetcar line
IN Cortland avenue from Mission 10
Folsom streets, a distance of Il blocks
The United Railroads has demanded a
bonus Of S12,500 before it will build this
line.
At the meeting yesterday $4,000 was
pledged This viii he deposited in the
Mission bank under the control of
board of trustees, composed Of B. Burns.
J. BianchL W. E. Brown, o. J. Lillestall
and 7. r. HuIing.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
LIQUOR Men FAVOR
POLICE BOARD Bill
Measure Would RevOIuti0nize
Methods in Trial Courts
and Commission
Tom Finn Fathers Proposal and
Pete McDonoug1 Lends
His Aid
Especial Di,paieh 10 The Call

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO, March 1.-THE Finn Macauley
passage or defeat in the assembly this
week This fact is interesting in con-
nection with the arrival here yesterday
of Pete McDonough, one of the firm of
McDonough Brothers, saloon keepers,
who, with Tom Finn, are nightly in
terested in its passage.
Tom Finn. who is responsible for the
introduction of this measure. makes
his headquarters in McDonough's sa-
loon, across the street from the hall Of
Justice. The McDonough establishment
| is a clearing house for the bail bond
| business and for other activities hav-
ing to do with the police, in all of
which Tom Finn takes warm politi-
| cal interest
BILL is REVOLUTIONARY
The passage of the police board bill
would be great feather in the cap of
Finn; it would also rebound to the
credit and profit of McDonough Broth-
ers; hence the presence here of Pete.
If the bill becomes law it will revo-
lutionize the method of procedure in
police trials and will seriously cripple
police regulations. The police COM
mission will no longer have the final
word to say about saloon licenses and
policemens stars. Dissatisfied saloon
keepers and broken" policemen will
be able to carry their cases TO the
courts for adjudication.
The bill was traded out of committee
and would have slipped through-the
assembly in like manner had not Harry
Beatty of the Thirty-sixth district been
on guard. Last Friday night Nick
Beban tried to call it up for final pass
age when the house was in the dis
order that precedes adjournment; but
Beatty protested. Again last night
Beban was watching for an oppor-
tunity to rush it through, but fortune
was against him.
CAN NOT BE JUSTIFIED
The indications are that the bill will
have to be explained before a vote is
| taken, and that should spell its defeat;
for 1t can not be justified by any hon
est explanation. Attention has been
| drawn TO the measure by newspaper
criticism and the San Francisco men
who favor it will not find many on
| their side.
Since the passage of the Islais creek
! bill the police measure has done more
| than anything else to keep the San
Francisco men in their seats. 1t has
also brought Tom Finn to the assem-
bly, side of the capitol more frequently
than has been his wont. And it has
brought Pete McDonough to Sacra-
mento.
The combination of activities is not
the happiest in the world, and there
is an even chance that the measure
will be knocked out when it is put to
! the test of an Intelligent vote
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
TAFT ATTENDS CHURCH
VISITED BY LINCOLN
Secret Service Men Accompany
the President

WASHINGTON. March 14.-President
Taft attended services this morning al
the New York avenue Presbyterian
church. where President Lincoln and
other famous statesmen once worshiped
He walked to the church with Mrs
Nicholas i. Anderson of this city. Two
frock coated and silk hated secre,
service men walked behind and sat nea,
them during services.
DIR. Wallace Radcliffe. the pastor. re-
ferred to the president in his opening
PRAYER, saving:
Bless William Howard Taft and all
his, cabinet. bless the legislators and
officers of the army and navy, bless the
adminlstration and make it a power for
good in the world"
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
INTERNATIONAL CHESS
TOURNAMENT DECIDED
Lasker and Rubenstein Divide
First Honors

ST. PETERSBURG. March 1.-THE
international chess masters tournament
which has been in progress since Feb
ruary 10 ended today. when three games
Were decided. They resulted as follows:
SaiWe beat Cohn Chotimirski lost to
Perlls and Tsochmann beat Speyer-
and A. Rubenstein divided first and sec
ond prizes. while Curas and Spielman
divided third and fourth.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
WOh Reward. Evidence Wanted
|WLU Against the Gas Robber

Il T Twenty-Five DOLLARS in cash will
be paid by The Call to the San Francisco
Il gas and electric light consumer who reports
to this office before of Saturday, March 20
\ the most fragrant of overcharging at the
\ hands of the San Francisco gas and electric
company, with proof in the shape of
ceipted bills, showing, by comparison, excessive
increases.
Reports of ovcrcharges must be sent to The
A Call office in writing, signed by the complainant
4 and accompanied by the recepted bills The
Il bills will be returned to the address given without
Il fail and without delay
No report will be considered as eligible for the
reward here offered unless it is received before
noon of March 20, 1909.
All reports must be addressed to Gas Editor
The Call.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
Amend Full Crew Bill
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
Ot. COMMERCE. BUILDING SACRA-
MENTO, March 1.-THE eleventh hour
opposition to the full crew bill, passed
by the assembly yesterday, is likely to
result in its amendment in the senate.
put the representatives of the railway
trainmen are willing that the desired
changes shall be made
After the measure had gone through
the lower house, Walter Leeds of Los
Angeles objected to the employers LA
biiity section which practically elm
mated contributory negligence
William Lemon, who has been lobby
ing Tor the BILL said today that he was
willing that the section should he
stricken from the bill, as the same
ground was covered in a law enacted
two years ago.
The present arrangement is for the
motion to reconsider to be voted down
In the morning, so that the amendment
may be made in the senate. This action
gives, the bill more chance of reaching
the governor
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
Land Bill in Danger
Special Dispatch to The Call

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF. COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO, March IA determined effort
Will be made in the assembly tomor-
row to amend Senator Thompson's bill
which is planned to put the land ring
out OF business. 1t SO happens that
John w. Preston and others who are
as strongly opposed to +. A. Hyde John
Benson and John d. Ackerman. as are
the men behind the bill, have placed
themselves in a position where they
are endangering the measure
Preston has amendments pending.
which he thinks are necessary for the
protection of those persons who have
purchased worthless certificates through
land attorneys.
Thompson. Attorney General Webb
and Surveyor General Kingsbury are
against the amendments, because they
would only endanger the bill. which
does not now affect the victims one
way or the other
With Preston and others threatening
to attack the bill. unless amendments
are made. the bill is likely to have a
tempeStuOuS time of IL this week
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
BELIEVES THAT MINERS
WILL Go ON STRIKE
Secretary of District No. 9 Pre-
diets Inability to Agree

PHILADELPHIA. March 1.-THE
anthracite miners viii strike"
Secretary Hartlin OF district No. 9 Of
the united mine workers made this
statement tonight in discussing the
unions disagreement with the mine
owners.
He based his prediction on the an
parent inability Of the opposing sides
TO get together
Heretofore the operators have al
ways made concessions, but at the last
meeting every issue which we pre-
sented was rejected he said.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
POLICE EXTER INMATE
SIBERIAN ROBBER BAND
Ten Men Killed, While Eight
Are Captured
; pETER CRIrRC \

ST. PETERSBURG. March 14.-The
police Of Krasnoyarsk capital of the
government of Yeniseisk, Siberia. have
practically exterminated band of rob-
bers that has long been harassing the
people of the Turukhansk region The
police rounded up the bandits and killed
10 while they were attempting to es-
cape. Eight others were captured.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
MANY POISONED BY
CHICKEN SANDWICHES
Hundred Overcome as Result of
Banquet, With No Fatalities

NINCENNES. Ind, March Is-Scores
OF persons were poisoned by eating
chicken sandwiches at the noon ban
Quet at the celebration Of the one
hundredth anniversary Of the institu-
uon OF Masonry Ia Indiana yesterday
The poisoned men fell on the streets
in hotels and ia stores and all the
physicians in Nincennes were called to
care for them. More than 100 cases
were reported. There have been no
fatalities.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
The wc.tingheu.c Ncrnst Lnmn

Is the only high efficiency lamp that
does not REQUIRE the use of rejecting
glassware. Its total upkeep Is the low
est. Nernst Lamp Company. 202 Aron-
son Building. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15

HARVARD FULLBAcK DEAD -camhr;doe
Mass, March 14.-Cariton Appollonno of Win,
chester. Mass. for two years fulback on the
o.. Aof meningitis. He had been engaged in en-
gineering In Springfield since graduating from
Harvard last rear,
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15

LECTURE IN CHURCH PARLoRs- Oakland
March 14--ibe young men Of the First Congre-
gationai church, Twelfth and Clay streafs viii
give reception in the parlors OF thd church
Tuesday evening. Prof. ". r Bade Will sneak
on The Panama Canal" illustrating his lecture
with stereOpticon views.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
Chances for Local Option
[S-ec;ol Dispatch 10 The CALI

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO. March 14.-After having been
delayed as long as possible by it's active
opponents the Estudil1o local option
bill will come before the senate tomor-
row. The indications are that it will
fall short of passage by two votes.
The champions of the measure are
not hopeful of putting it through Estu-
dillo has made a strong fight against
heavy odds, as indicated by the lineup
of 10 senators in favor of the bill. This
is about the way the vote will stand
when the roll is called:
HOW THEY WILL VOTE
For local option-Anthony. Bell, Bills,
Black, Boynton, Campbell, Cartwright,
Cutten, Estudillo. Mccartney, Miller,
Roseberry, Rush. Sanford Savage, Stet-
son, Thompson. Walker. Wright-19.
Against local option-Bates, BirdsalI,
Burnett Caminetti Curtin. Finn, Hare,
Hartman, Holohan. Hurd. Kennedy.
Leavitt. Lewis. Martinelli, Price, Reilly.
Strobridge, Weed, Welch, Willis, Wolfe
-21
1t is probable that every member of
the senate will be put on record on the
measure. Frank Leavitt one of the
leading opponents of local option, stated
some time ago that the reformers in the
that some of them were trying to dodge
the vote. On that account he opposed
the reference of the measure to the
judiciary committee after it came out
of the election committee. insisting that
1T was being killed by the gas route
WOLFE WANTS 1T KILLED
Eddie Wolfe admitted that he didn't
care how the bill was killed so long as
1t got the death blow somewhere and
somehow, but Leavitt's stand resulted
in the measure being reported out of
the judiciary committee for final deci-
sion on the floor. 1t is not likely that
any senator who can be found by the
sergeant at arms on call of the senate
will escape voting.
Frank Dietrich. head of the ROYAL
Arch in California, has led the fight
against the measure and Colonel Theo-
dore Gier of Oakland has occupied a
place of command in the opposition.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15

SANTA ROSA JEwELER DIES SUDDENLY
fsnts Rosa, March I4.-Hsrry Eksfrom local
leweler in business here for fhe lat - years
Cropped dead in his yard at o'clock this after
n0on. he was very popular and member ~
ne Knights Of Pythias. BE leaves a widow
80 two sons.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
Must Account to People

1t is easy for a holdover senator to
take chances. His account with the peo-
pie will not be cast up until 1912. and
time heals many wounds. but every
man jack Of the assembly returns TO
the people at once.
The assemblyman has not three years
in which TO square himself with the
people Of his district. His record is
a present asset or deficit and not
many assemblymen are going out of
their way TO hunt deficits. There is
no way OF organizing the vote in the
assembly. or in the senate, for that
matter, TO protect the Individual. Every
mans vote on a big public question is
that mans record, and he runs in a
circumscribed territory in which it is
easy for his opponents TO pack that
record into the home OF every voter. A
slip which would result in the defeat of
direct primary legislation would be
bad for the man who participated in
putting over the slip, which fact in the
event that the senate refuses to concur.
may go long way toward determin-
ing the action of several assemblymen.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
PoL1cEMAN DrscovERs nLazr =

POLICEMAN DISCOVERS BLAzE-Polceman
j. i. Lazenby discovered fire in the establish
ment OF the Princess manufacturing company
S04 Polk street. early yesterda- morning ara
notified the IRE department. The blaze caused >
damage Of about $500 TO the contents Of the
store and 500 10 the building. The building is
owned by the Hooper estate company Tho FIRE
was caused by defective wiring OF an electric
iron.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15
DIRECT PRIMARY
BILL SEEMS SAFE
Senate Is Expected to Refuse
Concurrence in Assembly
Amendments
Continued from Page L

First, several assemblymen were in
duced to vote for the district advisory
amendments, which they personally
preferred, on the assurance of mem
bers of the elections committee that the
upper house would concur.
Second, several assemblymen are in
censed at the trick perpetrated upon
them when they were assured that all
OF the first six amendments were nee
essary parts OF the district vote scheme,
when in fact two of those amendments
had nothing to do with the district
vote plan. and were designed to re-
lieve senatorial candidates from the
necessity of securing petitions. And
finally, the proponents on nonconcur-
renee are convinced that majority of
the members of the lower house are not
prepared to accept responsibility for
the emasculation or defeat of the bill,
In which the whole people is interested.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-15

The purpose of this offer is TO bring out evidence that
mill convict the gas rObber and help oDrd stopping his
dcprcdatOns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
1.-THE LAWS DELAY"

Under the commission form of gov
eminent the commissioners are al
ways in session; and. if not actually
present can be brought together in
regular session on two hours notice.
Emergencies may be declared. and all
business done with the utmost dis
patch. There are no references to
committees to investigate and report
at the next monthly meeting.
The commissioners themselves are
the investigators, If Information is
needed If all the information is at
hand, no delay occurs. Things are
thus seen to be on a business basis.
Personal responsibility, however. pre-
vents rashness. This is the rule of the
daily routine.
The commission form also provides
the proper means to make haste
slowly" BY providing for due
elaboration in the granting of a fran
chise, subsequent litigation and 'the
laws delay" in an attempt, usually in
effectua1, to curb a creature Of its
own creation, are guarded against.
A city's most important affairs of
business nature-the conduct of a
city-should not be hampered by
form or technicality.
Too great haste, amounting to
precipitation, is not in contemplation,
but only that expedition which
characterizes the actions Of men OF
ordinary intelligence in the common
affairs of life. When an act Is to be
performed, there should be man on
the ground to do it in an orderly
manner at the proper time. This is
what commission form of city govern
ment provides
More mistakes are made by men, as
q general rule, who deliberate too long
than by those who act on the spur OF
the moment. The commission form,
however, contemplates neither. but the
rderly and expeditions applying to the
conduct of the city's affairs those
methods which have met with approval
in the business transactions OF COM
lnerce and trade in general.
Division of work and responsibility,
like the letting of a contract for the
building of a house to various trades
skilled in their specialties, is what has
effected this much needed change. Men
must feel Individual responsibility to
act either efficiently or expeditiously,
end this is what the plan under con-
liberation accomplishes.
The application of the rules of BUSH
ness to government must eventually
raake government a business. which,
in turn, will require capabilities which
always mean orderly and timely per-
Torrance. We have discovered the
cause and the remedy.
At a recent meeting of our council
81 matter came up for action. which
kad been presented by some citizens
in the year A. D. 1898. Now the Pc
titioners are all gone or dead. And
yet there are those who hesitate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
SHOT IN HIS CELL.
Man Locked Up for Abandonment
Wounded by His Wife.

Chicago, Oct. 28.-Two hours after
she had caused the arrest of her hus-
band, Abraham Levy, a tailor on a
charge of abandonment. Mrs. Esther
Levy, visited the cell room of the
Harrison street police station today
and before the startled lock UP keeper
had chance to interfere. shot
through the bars at Levy, fnf1fcting a
fatal wound. In the building at the
time were a score or more Of police
men. Mrs. Levy stood in the cor
ridor of the cage, talking in a low
voice to the prisoner. who remained
locked in his cell. Suddenly she drew
the revolver which had been concealed
beneath her jacket, and fired. A
prisoner who occupied the cell with
Levy said that Mrs. Levy betrayed no
excitement in conversing with Levy.
Are you coming back to me and
the children" asked the visitor.
mo" answered Levy. you put me
here and I will remain. You tell your
story to the judge"
Mrs. Levy then shot her husband.
She was taken to the women's an
mex of the station, where she became
hysterical.
When Mrs. Levy obtained the war
rant for her husbands arrest she
charged that Levy had neglected his
home for other women and that she
had to work as a sales women to sup
port their four children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
MERCER MAKES REPORT.
Live Stock Commissioner Saves State
Over $4,000.

According to his report to the gov
ernor for the period in which he has
been in office, State Live Stock COM
missioner ]. H. Mercer has saved the
state of Kansas $2.s4S 81 In SIX months:
The total expenses for the six months
last year in which John Baker was in
office were $6,92032.
In his letter to the governor stating
the cause of the saving and the work
Of the department Mr.. Mercer said:
AS per your request herewith SUBJ
NIT a statement of the work and ex-
penditures Of this department for the
six months which we have had charge,
from April to october 1. 1909, In
elusive; also a statement taken frora
the records on file in this office Of my
predecessor for like period of time
for the year 1908.
1.-THE law requires this department to
take charge of all supposed contagious
and Infectious diseases among the live
stock of the state, but we find there has
been no attention paid whatever to the
diseases among swine. This work we
have taken up to some extent, and in a
short time will be prepared to furnis q
to the owners Of swine the hog cholera
virus from the Agricultural college at
Manhattan.
THE work in the mango districts In
the western portion Of the state, now
under quarantine, has been carried on
very successfully during the summer
months, and our purpose now is to
raise the quarantine on about twelve
Of the counties on or before the 18th of
November.
''The tuberculosis law passed at the
last session of the legislature increased
the work and also the expenditures of
the department. While we are just get
ting started with this work, yet there
have been over 1000 dairy cows tested
for tuberculosis.
1.-THE appropriation for carrying the
work of the department is made by the
legislature. as We collect no fees and
make no charges for any work done.
1.-THE records in this office show the
total expenditures of my predecessor,
from April 1. 1903, TO be s6.92o.32. During
the six months we have had charge, our
total expenditures. Including the work
in tuberculosis and experiments with the
hob cholera serum, are $3.97250-a diff
ference of $294S.32
II find this decrease of expenditures
for the department to be largely due to
the difference in the necessary travelling
expenses of the commissioner and less
number of deputy inspectors and their
travelling expenses in carrying on the
work of the department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
DYCHE COMING.
The Kansas Arctic Explorer Here
Again Next Week.

Prof. L. L. Dyche, head of the de-
rartment of natural history of the
University of Kansas, who has just
been granted q leave of absence for
two years to make additional expIora-
tons in the interest of the museum of
the university, and deliver lectures,
will speak again in Topeka next week,
Wednesday evening, November 8. at
tt Auditorium.
Prof. Dyche gave his lecture in To-
7eka couple of weeks ago, but it rain
ed through the afternoon and evening
he was here. Despite this fact he had
a large audience.
A great many were disappointed on
account of the weather preventing
their attendance. There was some talk
even of postponing the lecture, but
the people who were there.
While his subject next week will be
COOK and Peary, and the Discovery
Of the North Pole" it will be a differ
int lecture with different pictures
from the one delivered here recently.
Since Dyche was in Topeka he has
teen overwhelmed with applications
for dates. and has been extended the
special honor of an invitation. which
he accepted, from DR.. Cook to go with
him on the expedition to Mount Nc
Kinley. Prof. Dyche spent a winter
in the neighborhood of Mount McKin-
ley, and says the peak can be scaled.
He has no doubt that the records of
DR.. Cook will be found just where the
latter said they were. at the top.
The lecture was asked for by the
state teachers who will be here as we'll
as by the people of Topeka.
The seats which will be Is cents will
be placed On sale Saturday at Stans-
fields.