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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
SUPREME COURT
RULES AGAINST
GEORGE COLLINS
Last Barrier Between Lawyer
and Prison Is Now
Brushed Aside
Prisoner Still Hopeful and De-
cIares He Will Continue
Legal Fight

Jail his legal wife. Carlotta Newman
Collins, has also been overtaken by
misfortune She is reduced in circum-
stances and has been employed as a
janitress at the postoffice building.
The Collins case has been notable
chiefly for its revelations as to the
loophoIes in the law. 1t has taken
more than four years to bring the case
to it's present status. The Indictment
was found in May, 1905, and the case
in the meanwhile has wound through
the legal labyrinth of two countries.
reaching the Kings Bench in England
and the supreme court of the United
States.
The troubles of Collins became pub
lie in May. 1905. when he returned from
Chicago. bringing with him as a bride
Clarice Mccurdy Of Stockton. He had
been married in 1889 to Carlotta New
man and there had been no divorce.
The second marriage was particularly
brazen, as Collins registered with his
bride at the Palace hotel and sent out
engraved announcements of his be-
trothai. The indictment for bigamy
was returned May 10 OF that year.
Fled to Canada
Then it was that Collins claimed that
he had never married CarIotta New
man, but her sister, Agnes Newman,
who had passed away a year before.
The trial had hardly begun when the
lawyer fed to Victoria, B. C. He
fought extradition with great vigor,
and before the San Francisco authori-
ties could bring him back the case was
carried to the highest court in Great
Britain.
After Collins had been brought back
Lewis Byington, then district attor-
ney. decided 10 try him for perjury.
committed during the bigamy proceed
ings. Against the word OF Father NJ J.
Connolly of st. Johns church and other
witnesses to the ceremony Collins de-
MED that he had married Carlotta New
man. The jury in this case disagreed.
When District Attorney Langdon
came into Office he decided to prosecute
Collins for perjury committed during
Tie trial in which the jury disagreed.
The facts Of the marriage were again
involved. Hiram Johnson assisted IN
the prosecution and Judge Burnett OF
Santa Rosa presided. A verdict OF
guilty was returned, and on March 10
1906 Collins was sentenced TO Il years
in San Quentin.
Despite the conviction the case has
dragged through the courts on one
technicality or another. During all
this time the prisoner spent but q. few
days at San Quentin. and that was
right after the disaster OF April, 1906
when the Broadway jail was destroyed
At that time the lawyer made an at
tempt to escape while being taken
across the bay.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
Disgrace in federation

You have been making a wonderful
fight here against graft. There are
some who claim that it hurts a city
to have exposures of corruption. / do
not think so. 1t is more honorable 70
correct civic evils than to bear them
in ignoble silence. The disgrace is in
liberation, not in correction Corrup-
ton can not be cured by hiding 1T
and there is no secret remedy known
for it. The only way to stop corrup-
ton is to drag it into the light and
hit it-hit it hard.
1T is well enough to talk about a
city displaying its civic virtues, but il
should not be forgotten that the high
est civic virtue city can display is
the overthrow of civic depravity. You
can not measure the effect of a cru
SADIE against municipal corruption by
the number of men in stripes. The
penitentiary might be filled with cor
9uptionists, yet If people are indiffer-
ent corruption will go on just the
same. On the other hand, very few
might get where they belong. but If
the conscience of the people is aroused
corruption can be stopped through the
power of the public conscience. Make
the public conscience clean and the
public life will be clean
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
Publicity Best Cure

'tPenitentiary confinement of course,
is desirable. but as between peniten-
tiary confinement without publicity, if
such a thing were possible. and pub
LEFTY without penitentiary confne-
ment,n the later would be preferable
as a cure OF corruption.
"Grafters, whether in st. Louis.
Pittsburg, San Francisco or elsewhere.
always claim an attack on them is an
assault on the city in which they
operate. Their efforts everywhere are
to discredit those who are doing the
prosecuting. The same stock argu-
ments are used here as were used in
st. Louis and are now used in Pitts
burg The grafters 'endeavor to try
everything and everybody, except
their own guilt
Governor Folk seemed in the best of
health. He will return from Heald
burg this morning, will speak in
Berkeley under the auspices of the
Young Mems Christian association in
the evening. and then starts for
southern California via Fresno.
The public is invited to attend the
reception to be given Folk at the st.
Francis at Il o'clock. and arrange
ments may be made with George B.
Anderson. manager of the Good Gov
eminent league, for seats at the
luncheon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
ENDORSES EXTENSION OF
RAILROAD TO SHIVELEY
Chamber of Commerce Sends
Letter to Hartman and Ripley

A letter indorsing the project of ex-
tending the route of the Northwestern
Pacific railroad lines from Willets to
Shiveley. which would afford much bet
ter transportation facilities TO Eureka
and the surrounding country, has been
forwarded TO +. H. Hartman of the
Southern Pacific company, and to z. 2.
Ripley, president of the Santa Fe, by
the trustees of the chamber of COM
merce. The trustees feel that If the
extension is put through it will open
not only a wide field for the San
Francisco merchants, but a larger field
for the transportation companies. be-
country.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
SPRFCKFlS ESTATE
NOT DISTRIBUTED
Petition of Trustees Opposed
by the Two Elder Sons
of TestatOr
Continued from Page I

the petitioners. or either of them. to
any share of the estate of said Claus
Spreckels, deceased, or to the prop
erty set forth in said petition, or any
part thereof;
that the said petitioners are not en-
titled, nor is either of them entitled
to any share or distribution whatever
Of the estate of said Claus Spreckels
deceased, or any part thereof"
The petition, according to the de-
murrer. is uncertain as TO the value OF
the property set forth or of the estate
or of the character OF the estate or as
to the rents and Issues or the ihdebt-
edness of the estate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
FOLK KEPT FROM
MAKING TALK HERE
Lyceum Bureau in Los Angeles
Prevents Graft Enemy From
Speaking in City
Billed Only to Small Towns in
the State and Warned
Against League

a greater San Francisco now than you
had then. 1t is wonderful how the
city has been built up since the awful
catastrophe. This splendid metropolis
is a monument to the enterprise of the
San Francisco people. The IRE could
burn the buildings, but it could not
destroy the San Francisco spirit 1t
has been this spirit that has erected a
more magnificent city on the ruins Of
the old
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
ROOSEVELT BIOLOGIST
HAS FIFTY SPECIMENS
Returns With Many Birds and
Beasts TO Be Stuffed

NAIRoBI. British East Africa. May
Edmund Heller OF the biologists
OF the Roosevelt expedition. came into
2Sairobi this morning with some so
specimens Of animal and bird life that
are 10 be cured and preserved here
They include one rhinoeerosy six lions.
twp CRATES, 20 smaller kinds Of game,
AID 3 variety Of birds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
Confined from Page 1

Continued from Page L
order to secure the support Oh the
said republican machine for certain
candidates for office, including him.
self, he would deliver the support OF
the union labor party to certain can
didates of said republican machine
THAT the aforesaid article means, ana
said defendants intended to show
and to have the public believe that
said p. II. Mccarthy did, knowingly,
wilfully and deliberately, sacrifice the
rights, prerogatives and chances 1or
success of the said union LABOR party
for his personal gain.
While Assistant Clerk Hourihan was
preparing the warrants, the union Ia
Dor candidate for mayor stoou ps,
glowering at the ceiling. his medltd-
lions were interrupted by ATTORNEY
Frank Schilling, who came FORWARD "
congratulate him on his selectlon as
the Standard bearer of the ticket.
"Cinched the Plum"
81 see you have cinched the plum.
said Schilling. a form of congratula-
ton which Mccarthy did not appear 10
relish too highly.
MY life is an open book. known to
ALL declared Mccarthy to another by
stander. II propose to have the law
vindicate me of this charge If the
law can not give me redress it Will be
a new thing"
While Judge Shortall was signing the
warrants in his courtroom, he inquired
casually for McCarthy's health.
II am very WE'LL replied Mccarthy
in his best oratorical manner, except
for this temporary annoyance. 1t is
annoying because 1t takes up my time,
which l would prefer to devote to the
organization of labor and to securing
better hours and wages Tor the work
ingman."
Accompanied by Attorney Dudley
Sales, who will be associated with At
torney Walter Bacon in the conduct of
the case for the defendants, Charles w.
Hornick and Ernest S. Simpson went
to the hall of Justice immediately after
the warrants were issued and were re-
leased on $50 bail apiece. The police
were informed that John d. Spreekels
had left town.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
100000 REWARD FOR
MAIL TRAIN ROBBERS
Great Northern Offers Big Sum
for Capture of Bandits

ST. PAUL May 17.-The Great North
ern railroad today issued a circular
offering reward of 100000 for the
arrest and conviction of the six bandits
who held up the Great Northern fast
mail at Morse. Washington, early sun
day morning. The circular states that
1000 each will be paid for every one
of the six holdup men concerned in
tho robbery
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
FREQUENT EARTHQUAKES
CAUSE PANIC IN CHILE
One Shock Lasts Ninety Sec
onds, but Without Fatalities

TAcNA. Chile. May 1.-THE provinces
Of Tacna and africa and the country
south OF them have been visited re-
Gently by frequent earthquakes. There
was severe shock at o'clock this
morning Of 80 seconds duration. The
inhabitants were thrown into a state of
panic. but there were no fatalities, and
no material losses have been reported.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
CHAIR OF SILVICULTURE
FOR YALE UNIVERSITY
Donation of 100000 by Widow
of Morris X. Jessup

NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 17.-At
the May meeting Of the Yale corpora
ton today announcement was made
OF the offer of 100000. from Mrs Nor
ris X. Jessup for a professorship of
silviculture in the Yale forestry school.
The gift is a memorial to Mrs. Jessup's
husband, who was deeply interested in
the problems OF forestry conservation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
Made Grave Mistake

THAT committee made the grave mis-
take" said one man who knows the
union labor situation yesterday, of
confusing labor's industrial position
with the position of labor in politics.
The men who are labor men first and
politicians afterward are anxious to see
the building trades council and the
labor council drawn together as closely
as possible. but they cannot do this by
welding two political factions together.
The question is not political at all.
yet at that conference, those who
were opposed to Mccarthy as can
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18

PROPOSALS FOR administrations Me- sos.
Office Isthmian Canal Commission. Washington.
d. C.-The amendment dated May 8. 1909. con-
corning class 81 circular No. sos. should have
read as follows. and IS changed to read accord
ingly: Item 5O-AIternative bids will be re-
eeived for No. 1 long leaf yellow pine
in accordance with the yellow pine manufaetur-
ers' association for 1908. understandable grade
douglas ir in accordance with the Pacific lumber
inspection bureau export list f. for 1907. Item
51-Alfernative bids will be received for grade
prime long leaf yellow pine IN accordance with
the gulf coast classification for 1909. Regular
bids should be submitted for all lumber in this
class in accordance with the specifications as
originally printed in the circular. The commits
sion reserves the right make award for lum-
Der In accordance with specifications originally
printed in the circular under any OF the above
classihcations. Item 50-The quantities for sizes
listed below are increased to read as follows.
100000 feet B. NJ inch BY inch; 35O. 600 feet
b. NJ. inch by inch: 27J.0O0 feet b. NJ
inch BY inch 100000 feet r. NJ , inch bv 10
inch: 450. 600 feet B. NJ inch BY II inch. The
following lumber Is added to Item 50 so O0O
feet B. NJ. inch BY inch u feet 20 feex
SiS1E The earliest possible delivery is desire \
for al lumber In this class. especially the fr
five sizes under Item 50.-F. G. Boggs Car
tain Corps OF Engineers. Z ;. A., General Pur-
chasing Officer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18

PROPOSALS FOR ANIAfALs-Depot Ouarter-
masters Office. 1856 North P0int street. San
Francisco. Cal. May u. 1900-Sealed proposals.
In triplleate. subject to the usual conditions
win be received here until 10 o'clock a m
Pacific time. June Is. 1909, FOR furnishing sn,l
delivering 200 Cavalry Horses and 80 Artillery
Horses at San francisco. Cal. or other promi-
nent railroad points. The United States reserves
posals any part thereof. Blanks for Dro-
posals and full information win be furnished an
application TO this office. Envelopes containing
proposals should be marked Proposals for ami
mails. No. 679l, to be opened June Is. 1909
]. B. BELLINGER. Depot Quartefmaster. q. s.
Army.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18

MILLERS ADVANCE FLoUR-Portland. Ore.
May 1I.-NIillers at Walla WaIla have announced
that advance OF 90 cents would he placed on
four beginning today. making the third raise
that has gone into effect within three months.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18

PROPOSALS FOR GYMNASTIC APPARATUS.-
san Francisco. April 20. i90S.-Sealed pro
pogaIs IN triplicate. will be received here
mill ii a. m, May 20. 1909. and then opened.
FOR furnishing all material and labor re-
quired 70 properly Install certain gymnastic
anpsratus IN the Post Exchange and GYM
nssium at Fort Rosecrans, Cal, according tn
pIans and specifications on h1e in this ofaes
and offce Of Post QHartermaster, Fort Rose
Grams Cal. Preference given to articles OF
American production, conditions OF price ana
quality (including IN the price OF foreign Dro-
auctions the duty thereonl being equal An
information furnished on application to the
Chief Quartermaster. Department OF CaIffor-
MA Chronicle Building. San Francisco. or
post or Mr., Fort Roseerans Cal II p
BELLINGER. Acting Chief o. NJ.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
Mccarthy in Fine Fury

If there is any delay I'll quit" de-
clared Mccarthy in effect, and to avoid
any bolt the committee decided to
choose Mccarthy as their candidate for
mayor. Some of the conferees say that
If Mccarthy had not been chosen he
would have bolted with his friends and
that all hope OF harmony in the party
would have been at an end.
That the meeting of the conference
committee did not possess the charac-
ter of love feast may be gatherd from
the deliberate statement made to the
other conferees by William f. Hagerty
after it became apparent that Mccarthy
would be chosen
i II have devoted careful attention to
this matter of union labor candidate
for mayor for several weeks past" de-
clared Hagerty. II have talked to
many union labor leaders and l have
discussed the matter with workingmen.
L have yet to find a single one. who
thinks that Mccarthy can be elected"
That Hagerty summed up the opinion
of organized labor very accurately
seemed borne out yesterday by the
manner in which McCarthy's name was
discussed by union labor men. They
think that great mistake was made
in giving him the nomination and look
forward to a campaign as disastrous as
that of two wears ago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18

OFFICE Purchasing Commissary. L. s. Army
1905 North Point st.. San Francisco. Cal. May
Is 1909-Sealed proposals. in duplicate. FOR fur
nishing and delivering subsistence stores in such
Quantities as may be called for by this office
during the month OF June. 1900. and in accord
snce with specifications and conditions SET forth
in Circular No. A. War Department. Once COM
missary- General. Washington ID. c.. March p
1908, win be received at this office until M
O'Clock a. M. May %, 1909. and then opened.
Information furnished on application C. r.
KRAUTHOFF. Major. C0mmissary. \
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
Sentiment of DisapprovaI

Iaken In connection with the Selec-
tions made by the conference committee
Saturday night, the news, published In
The Call was the chief topic of dis
cussion among organized workingmen
yesterday. There is no enthusiasm
over the choice of Mccarthy to make
the fight for mayor. In its place there
is very decided sentiment of dis
approval.
Members of the conference commit
tee are beginning to tell their friends
about what happened during the pro-
tracted session, and the recital is far
from being complimentary to McCar-
thy's candidacy or to the manner in
which he forced himself upon the COM
mittee.
When the argument over The Calls
exposure was at its height one con-
fierce demanded why Mccarthy had not
already taken steps to vindicate him
self. The question was put in the most
direct manner and it could not be
evaded.
Prior to that Mccarthy had tried to
treat the charges lightly, declaring that
they came from the enemy and should
be ignored as unworthy of considera-
tien. But this lordly attitude did not
appeal to the committee, and in answer
to the question put to him Mccarthy
explained that he had already taken
steps to have papers drawn in order
to bring the matter into court.
Mccarthy was told that the charges
cast suspicion upon every member of
the conference committee and that. it
was imperative that he should clear
himself of the accusation. not so much
for his own sake, but on account of the
party.
There was a disposition in the COM
mittee to postpone action on the choice
steps to vindicate himself, but delay was
strenuously opposed both by Mccarthy
and by his representatives in the COM
mittee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18

Proposals for dredging-U- s. Engineer OF
fce. 726 Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco Cal
May IL. 1902 Sealed proposals for dredging
in stockton Channel. Cal, will be received here
until II noon. June IA. 1909. Information on
JOHN RIDDLE. Lieut.. Col. Enxrs.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-02-05
The Forest Service Laboratory.

The campaign to land the forest
service laboratory for Michigan was
carried TO the White House.
Chase S. Osborn explained to Presi.
dent Roosevelt how anxious Michigan
is. and told him OF the advantages
which the University OF Michigan Of
fers. Senator Smith and Congress.
man Townsend called on Forester Pin.
chot to make an appointment for a
committee or regents to present their
case.
Townsend has taken McLaughlin's
place on the committee from the Mich
igan delegation, so that McLaughliu's
part in boosting forestry legislation
in congress may be properly impressed
on Pinchot. Prof. Hilbert Roth, OF
the university. is here to help in the
campaign.
Wisconsin's delegation in congress
has written a letter to Pinchot asking
him to reserve decision until Presi-
dent Van Hise can arrive to present
the case of Wisconsins university
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-02-05
THE WOMAN WAS
A REAL HEROINE
FATHER JUMPED FROM BURNING
HOUSE, MOTHER RiskED LIFE
FOR CHILDREN.
ONE BURNS TO DEATH
Family Awoke to Find Home In Flames
And All Avenues Of Escape, Save
Upper Windows, Cut of.

The 6-year-o,d daughter OF Albert
Wanna, living on a farm near Gay
lord, burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the family home SUNDAY
night. Mrs. Waunza who, with her
own clothing ahame, threw two OF
her children through a window to
safety, is terribly burned, and the
doctors say that she has little chance
to live.
The family slept in the second story
of their home. They awoke after mid
night to find all means of escape, Ok
cept the windows, cut off. The father
seized his clothes and leaped to safety.
He escaped without injury. The
mother rushed to another room where
the children were sleeping. Her night
gown caught fire as she ran, but she
paid no heed to that.
She seized the youngest child, a
boy, year old, wrapped quilt about
him, and dropped him into a snow
bank, unframed. Then she threw her
4-year-old daughter from the window.
She made a heroic effort to reach the
6-year-old daughter, who was farthest
from the window. but the smoke and
flame and the agony she was enduring
drove her back. With last effort she
leaped headlong through the window
after the rescued children.
The entire family, barefooted and
only partially clad, walked through the
deep snow in a temperature below
zero TO the home of the nearest neigh
Dor, half mile. where they were cared
for and medical assistance summoned.
The woman is literally roasted from
waist to shoulders She is inconsola-
BILE over the death of the child whom
she tried in vain to save. The Agar
old girl was badly burned about the
hands, but her condition is not serious.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-02-05

or committee under penalty of being
fined ten times as much as they con-
tribute, and no person engaged In the
liquor traffic shah contribute to secure
or defeat the nomination of any can
didate All political committees shall
organize with a chairman, secretary
and treasurer. The treasurer, and he
alone and in person, shall receive and
receipt for all money paid to or be-
longing TO such committee. Such treas
urer shall publish, seven days before
any election, a sworn statement show
ing all receipts and from what
sources received by such committee.
Within ten days after the election he
shall publish a sworn statement show
ing in line manner the receipts OF
such committee, and shall leave a
certified copy of the statement with
the secretary of state, or If a local
committee, with the county clerk.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-02-05
Think Case is Weak.

The federal government will be un-
able to prosecute anyone in Oklahoma
on forgery charges on testimony fur
nished by several of the 16 Hastings
people who were recently summoned
to appear before the grand jury in
Muskegon to state their transactions
with Walter r. Eaton, secretary Of the
Indianola Land Co., of which Gov.
Haskell is president.
The doubling ones identified their
signatures before the grand jury when
shown quit claim deeds they signed
at Eaton's request after he had APP
piled for lots in their names. The
testimony given before the grand jury
was secret Each witness was or the
stand five minutes each to substan-
tiate the information given in the aft
davits they made in Hastings at the
request of the government agents. The
grand jury is composed )f Indians.
white men and negroes. The Hastings
people say the reports OF the num-
bers summoned to Muskogee as wit
nesses in the alleged land frauds have
been greatly exaggerated. People
there, they say, deplore the action of
the government and scoff at the prose
cution of the alleged land deals which
they maintain were made in good
faith with the approval of the govern
ment officials.