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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-18

Mashiugfen. Jan Pres ld' nt
Roosevelt has issued commissions io
the FORTS second h'utenants Of tho
marin. CORPS. whose nominations Urr0
confirmed hy the nate ON jan
uary IL.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-18
Lord Amllor-i Passes lwn,-

London. Jan H. Lord Amherst of
ACkney. whose famous library WAS
sold recently at public auction in
London. died iast night OF apoploNy-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-18
IITTIE BUSINESS EXPECTED
AT OPENING SESSION TODAY
Ancient CAPITAL Thronged With Applicants for Places on
legislative Pay Roll; Strong Disposition to Keep Number
of Employees Down TO Minimum Necessary Tor PROPER
transaction of Public Business: W. F. Brogan OF This
Cty to Be Chief Clerk Of Council.

there is still strong feeling that ac-
ton may be taken at this session, and
this is serving to arouse unusual IN
terest in what is generally felt to be
the last session of the Kew Mexico ter
ritorial Legislature
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-18
TOMORROW WILL DECIDE
FATE OF ALBUQUERQUE'S
PROPOSED SEVER SYSTEM

DUTY of Every Citizen to Go to the Polls and Vote for the Inn
provement Which Means Greater Albuquerque and
Anticipates Day When Duke City viii Have 10000 Pop
uIaon-a Failure to Vote on the Proposition is EquNa-
en to Vote Against It.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-18
f A M|ERA REPUBLICAN CHOICE
FOR SPEAKER; SP|ESS TO
PRESIDE OVER COUNCIL

eynpced Fqht for Honor of Presiding Over House OF Repre-
senatWeS in Thirty eighth Legislative Assembly FaIS 10
Materaze; Harmony Feature Of Caucus Yesterday Han
low Of albuquerque Slated for Chairman OF Senate Com
mrtee on Appropriations.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-18
SHARP FIGHT FOR
SENATE IN ILLINOIS

Springfield. lii. Jan i5.-Thc real
fight for the election Of the United
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-18

SURVIVORS TELL GRIM TALE
OF SUFFERING MD DEATH
salt Lake City, Jan. IA num-
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
FRICHTFUL DEATH
FOR IGNORANT BOY
Knows Nothing of Elevators and
Is Mangled While Riding
Against Orders

Sixteen year old Norman Hon, who
arrived from Australia seeking his for
tune only a few days ago. secured his
first position in America yesterday at
Filmer Brothers electro company. and
was killed late in the afternoon while
at work. The lad met terrible death,
being crushed and mangled beneath an
elevator.
The youth never had ridden in an
elevator and was delighted with the
automatic lift in the building. In the
afternoon he was sent from the fifth to
the second floor, acting in his capacity
of proof boy, and was warned not to
ride down in the elevator. He dis
regarded the command and met death.
Shortly after he had started on the
errand screams were heard by the en-
ployes all over the building. and they
rushed to the elevator shaft to find
Hoff caught between the elevator and
the wall between two floors. The ele-
vator was pressing down upon him. and
some one stopped the power. But the
elevator could neither be raised nor
lowered so mangled was the boy be-
tween it and the wall, and a call was
sent in for chemical engine No. of
the fire department.
When the engine arrived Lieutenant
Colman and Hoseman Michael Munson
saw that the only way to extricate the
lad was to chop through the wall. and
this they did. When they had care
fully cut around the pinioned youth
and taken him out it was found that
he was dead. His body was removed
to the morgue.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
JUDGE OUTRAGED
FOR NFGRO'S BILL
Home of Federal Jurist Dis
mantled by Insolent
Claim Collectors

ATLANTA, Ga. April s.-The home of
United States Circuit Court Judge W.
B. Sheppard was dismantled today to
satisfy judgment obtained by a
negro who was run down by the judges
automobile A special meeting of the
Atlanta bar association has been called
to consider means of disciplining the
for the Judge There is great excite
ment here over the. affair. which mem
bers of the bar association characterize
as an outrage.
Judge Sheppard had agreed to pay
the negro's medical bill and gave him
$50 The negro's attorneys rejected
this proposition. however, and swore
out writ of attachment. One of the
attorneys, accompanied by a constable
and a force of negroes, went to the
Judges home and found Mrs. Shep-
pard alone with her children, one of
them a baby six months old. They
seized everything in sight and carted
it away. took all the furniture except
the beds, the clothing of the entire
family, the trunks and even the chill
drens toys.
All the time Mrs. Sheppard says she
was pleading with the men to wait
until her husband returned. but they
refused and she says they We're rough
and insolent.
Judge Sheppard has denounced the
treatment as not only outrageous, but
as an attack upon the dignity OF the
United States court.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
TRACING CLEW TO
CPOCKER PEARLS

Miss Jennie Crocker's necklace
of 53 fawIess pearls, valued at
$4,000. was lost at the Mardi
Gras ball Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 23.
An army of detectives was put
on the case. but no clew was OBJ
fsined until March 3, when a COM
munication from an alleged burg
lar. writing from Oakland, led the
search across the bay.
Interest in the loss wns waning
when George Bohmer, messboy
at the st. Francis hotel, was
caught stealing the purse of
guest. March 10 BONNER was
Jailed and sweated In the belief
that he was the pearl thief. This
proved incorrect.
Miss Jennie Crocker. and, later,
Captain of Detectives Anderson,
received letters from Panama, Civ
ing information of pearls, thought
TO be Miss Crocker's. Detectives
have been working hard on this
clew for several days, and the
telegraph wires between San
Francisco and the canal zone are
hot with messages. 1t is be-
lieyed that the discovery of the
Jewels Is mt hand.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
BOY KILLS SWEETHEART
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
Murderer Aged Seventeen Years
and Girl Victim Fourteen

Ell PAsO. Tex. April s.-Because
his IA year old sweetheart. Blanche
Atkinson, had broken an engagement
with him, Clay *Ratcliffe. aged II, to-
night stepped to the girls side in one
of the principal streets here, pulled a
revolver and shot her. infiicting fatal
wound
Then Ratcliffe pointed the gun at
1s year old Eva Mipolzki, who was a
companion of the Atkinson girl. Eva
ran into nearby store before he could
fire.
Ratcliffe then turned the pistol on
himself and fell dead with bullet
through his heart.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Few Changes Made by House
Except TO Reduce Reve=
nues in Several Ways
Petroleum Placed on Free List
After Contest With Re-
pubIicans Opposing
Barley Duty Restored, Dollar
Lumber Rate Upheld and
Bill Sent to Senate
CalifornianS Ask for Increase In
Duty Upon Lemons and Hops

WASHINGTON. April 9.-Sena-
tor Flint has secured the consent
of the senate committee TO in
crease the lemon schedule TO 1 Z
cents. There will be opposition TO
this increase. and il il hardly ex-
pected by the CaIifOrnians that
they can hold that increase, but
they expect 10 hold the rate at
to increase the duty on hops. Tele-
grams have been received from
Governor GiIIett and other Cali
fornians urging a higher hop duty.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
LOS ANGELES NOW BOASTS
OF 100000 POPULATION
Increase During Last Year
Nearly 1900 a Month
[SpeeiaI Di.paieh 70 The CaIIl

ISpccidl Dispdfch 70 The Call
LOS ANGELES. April 9.-The annual
census taken by the publishers of the
Los Angeles city directory, which was
completed today. shows a bona fide
population. exclusive of transient and
tourists. of 307322 persons The in
crease during the last year was 21, ,415.
or nearly 1900 a month.
Forty-nine years ago Los Angeles
had population of 400.
In 1870 the population was 5000:
in 1880, $4,000; in 1893 the $4,000 mark
was passed: in 1903. 1s4,6S7, or nearly
double in 10 years; in the next four
years. 1907. IT had practically doubled
again, the census showing 263.7S2.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
DISTRIBUTED Sz50,OOO
AS EASTER OFFERING
Honolulu Banker Makes Prince
Iy Gift to Churches

HONOLULU. April 9.-Charles NJ.
Cooke, president of the Bank Of
Hawaii and head of numerous business
enterprises in this city, distributed
$25o.000 among various churches and
charities today in commemoration Of
the religious significance OF the day.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
MUIR STILL FIGHTING
TO SECURE FREEDOM
Obtains Writ After the Third
Requisition Is Signed

DENVER, April s.-After Governor
shanroth. today had honored the third
set of requisition papers for w. A. Muir
Of San Francisco, who Is wanted by the
California authorities on the charge of
embezzlement, Muir was released on
$500 bonds pending the hearing OF a
writ OF habeas corpus which is re-
turnable tomorrow morning.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
MOONSHINERS KILLED
BY REVENUE MEN
Mountaineers in Virginia Re
sist Raid on Illicit Still

TAxwELL, Va, April 9--In pitched
battle between moonshiners and reve-
nue. officers in Buchanan county today
it is believed that one or more of the
moonshiners were killed. They were
operating a whisky distillery when sur
prised by the deputies, who began
shooting when the moonshiners showed
fight.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
FRLANGFR HOME
BATTLE is NEAR
Biggest Fight in History of
American Stage May
Break May |

NEW YORK, April "a. L. Erlanger
of klaw & Erlanger, theatrical man
ayers. arrived tonight from Europe. He
declined to make any statement re-
garding the recent announcement by
the Shuberts that they had Withdrawn
from the theatrical managers associa-
ton. This move by the Shuberts, it is
thought, may prove preliminary to
what by May l may become the biggest
financial contest in the history of the
American stage
Erlanger this evening struck re-
porter who greeted him on board the
him concerning the theater trust He
hit the newspaperman such a blow on
the nose as TO knock him over on a
bed The reporter is r. K. Trevor,
who is connected with the New York
City news association. Erlanger is a
pugilistic honors. Trevor is a slight
and mild hammered youth.
Erlanger announced that statement
in regard to the situation would be
issued from his Office shortly.
1t is stated that the particular dis
pute which brought about the sew
erance of all connections between the
Shuberts and the theatrical situation
occurred this week in Philadelphia.
The play The Three Twins" began an
engagement at the syndicate's theater
in alleged violation of contract by
which it was to have been produced in
Philadelphia only at the Shuberts'
theater.
Considerable interest is manifested
in the probable action of David Belasco
LiebIer & Co. and Harrison Grey Fiske
Millions Back Shuberts
| CINCINNATI, April 9.-The millions
OF the Mackays. Vanderbilts and other
New Workers are said to be back OF
the Shuberts in a fight reported to be
opening against the Klaw and Erlanger
theatrical combination.
Max Anderson, president of the Co
lumbia theater here, is quoted to this
effect.
According to Anderson, the straw
that broke the camel's back" was a
speech which Abraham Erlanger, just
before sailing for England a few weeks
ago. made at a public dinner in New
York in which he is said to have made
some remarks about the new or ma
tional theater which wealthy men are
building in New York to promote dra-
matte art Lee Shubert has been en-
gagged to manage this theater.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPHONE kEARNY Sc
SATURDAY, APRIL 10. 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS

YESTERDAY northwest wind maxi
mum temperature, as; minimum. 81.
FORECAST FOR TODAY Increasing cloudi-
ness and cooler; brisk west wind. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Miss CrOckers S Pearls
Maybe in Canal Zone
Police and Owner of the Stolen $4,000 Necklace
Receive Important CleWs From
Panama About Jewels
TWO BORED PEARLS FOUND WHERE
THEY HAD BEEN PAWNED BY COOK

Chief Police Cook there letter
the
VIII JenneC Crocke $4,000 pearl necklace
the local police department secretly but
working supplied their
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Speeial Dispateh 70 ~ CaIl

7
Nv TASHINGTON, April 9.-The
M Payne tariff bill goes from the
house 10 the senate with so few
changes. as result of the action today,
that every estimate that has been made
regarding the work which is cut out
for the senate, in correcting the in
equalities Of the Payne bill and provid-
ing for additional revenues, viii surely
be verified If the bill as ultimately
agreed upon shall be anything like sat
isfactory TO both houses.
What was declared to be a sensation
in the hnal action Of the house on the
biH the placing OF petroleum on the
free list, was not in any sense a sensa-
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

.T1HE United Railroads has made an
other stealthy attempt to wrest
\ valuable franchises from the city
government. Through its new
representative. Attorney Joseph d. Red
ding. it has within the last few days
presented to the members OF the board
of supervisors with more or less secrecy
a series of propositions for the en-
largement of It's holdings The propos-
ais are skillfu1Iy framed. but in the last
analysis they entail complete surrender
on the part of the city. How far Red
ding has been able to win over indi-
viduaI members of the board to his
views does not appear. for there has
been no formal vote upon the subject.
1t is understood. however. that his sug-
gestions were not received with favor
by the public utilities COMMITTEES.
The most fragrant proposition is one
by which the United Railroads plans
not only to extend it's Sutter line TO
the ferry, but at the same time to
swallow the Geary street road. Again
it has mapped out a campaign by which
it means to make Valencia street its
perpetual asset.
sounds" Supervisors
Redding has for some time been
Sounding" members of the board OF
supervisors. Word was heralded that
he had come to the coast in behalf OF
the United Railroads seeking peace
t. t.
it must be peace. 1t appears. on such
terms as the company dictates. on
cia1ly Redding represents the United
Railways investment company. the
parent Organization controlling the
United Railroads.
The main purpose of Readings en-
ployment is to obtain for the United
Railroads the extension OF the Suffer-
trolley permit to the ferry. II is well
understood that such a permit would.
under the state law. bar third com
pany from lower Market street. After
much discussion the company offered to
pay the city $4,000 a year for the privi-
Iege. The city authorities desired solely
to keep the streets open and not to
give them over to private corporation.
They stipulated. therefore. that the
United Railroads could have the permit
in lower Market street on condition
that the city be allowed to operate a
municipality owned line over the tracks
from Sutter street to the ferry This
would have made it possible to extend
the Geary street line to the ferry.
Redding's Offers
Matters remained thus at deadlock
until Redding came forward with new
proposals from the company. He made
three alternative Offers for the troll
ley permit in Market street for the
Sutter line:
| IA temporary permit. ~ths matter
to be settled in the courts
! 2.-Exchange of transfers with the
Geary street road.
3.-The Geary street line to be sold.
and then allowed to run to the ferry
on condition that the United Railroads
should have the free use of the Geary
street tracks
/ in reply to the first proposition. Red
ding was told that the temporary per-
nit had been tried and that there was
nothing ito settle in the courts" On
the second proposal It was reafarmed
by several members of the board that
nothing short of the right to use the
Market street tracks to the ferry would
be accepted
The third proposition was the crosn-
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
BarIev Duties Restored

The action OF the house committee
Ia recommending the restoration Of
barley duties to - cents bushel, in
stead Of Is cents, as the Payne bill
carried the item. was reported from the
committee as something OF a sensation.
The house sustained the proposition.
Also, by a more pronounced vote than
was given in the committee of the
whole the retention Of the dollar rate
on lumber was agreed TO by the house
What is the senate to do about it?
First and foremost the senate must fill
in every gap left hy the ways and
means committee and the house in re-
spect to the question of revenues.
Every move made by re house during
the week tended to reduce rather than
10 add TO the volume Of revenues. AS
outlined in the preliminary investiga-
ton now in progress the senate propo-
sitions tend toward an elevation of
duties - generally higher levels of
protective rates than are carried in the
EsTne bill as it goes to the upper house.
The finance committee is preparing to
report bill to the senate increasing
tie duties on practically all leading i'm
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
Bill Passed by Biz Maiority


WASHINGTON, April 9.-After three
weeks consideration the Payne tariff
bill was passed by the house of repre-
sentatiyes tonight amid great excite
ment, by a vote Of 2I7 TO 1sl. One re-
publican, Austin Of Tennessee, voted
against the measure, and four demo-
Gratis. all from Louisiana-Broussard
EstopinaI. Pujo and wicklife-voted
for. It Any attempt by Champ Clark.
the minority leader, to recommit the
hin with instructions signaIly failed.
The day was filled with excitement
rom the moment the session began at
noon until adjournment. The members
were keyed UP to the highest pitch. and
2 practically full membership remained
on duty throughout. The final vote
demonstrated the capacity of the re
publican organization to get together
Midnight Deal Charged
The situation with respect 10 lumber
was greatly relieved to the republican
leaders when it became apparent that
the advocates OF the proposition placing
il on the free list were IN the minority.
Because OF that fact. Fitzgerald, New
York. charged that a midnight deal
had been made whereby free lumber
was 70 be voted down and the rates
on barley and barley malt increased
md this Notwithstanding the deniaIs
of Mann, Illinois, and Cushman, Wash
ington, who offered the barley amend
ments.
The general public was greatly in
terested in the proceedings and the
galleries were packed. Both the diplo-
matte and executive reservations were
fully occupied, Mrs. Taft being among
those present
Petroleum on Free List
one Of the principal changes in the
bill was the placing of petroleum on
the free list today.
Among the other important amend
mep2 made since the bill came from
committee were those striking out the
! provision for a duty on tea and the
1countervaiIing duty on coffee.
The so called Joker" in the cotton
cloth schedule which il was said. would
Continued ON PAGE 8. Column 3
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
SUBURBAN
COAST

Oakland Merchants exchange plans rals
banquet. T..
Plumpest boy infant in los Gatos
parade VIII reeeive.a silver cup from Pre-
Taft p.
Stanford faculty modifes the funk
system. Pa,
Wife murderer when run down in Marin
ty hills by pursuers kills himself. PA
Famous travelling Masonic trowel will be
by special train 10 City of Mexico. p,
Asiatic exclusion league secretary
for $4,000 damages for libel by Co
Weekly. PA,
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
EASTERN
FOREIGN

Roosevelt praises the relief work of Americans
at Messina. Page ~
Empty balloon falls and passengers are miss
ing, some belongings being found. Page IL
Coroner's jury in Canada exonerstes John Cros
sett on charge of cannibalism. Page II
Mexico 10 subsidize west coast steam
ers sailing north to San Francisco and
Seattle. Page IL
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

Continued ON Page 8, Column ,
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
SPORTS

Passenger for Manila who misses liner Man
churia at wharf has vain chase after big shin
In revenue cutter Golden Gate. Page 10
LABOR
Tue labor council wants 10 more Of o'Con-
nells recall proposition. Page 8
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
EDITORIAL

The argument on Hetch Hetchy Page 10
Responsibility on the senate tariff makers 10
Resolutions, but no ships Page 10
Tafrs proposed visit to California. Page 10
Evening journal., 1909-12-31
STORM DISCLOSES
SECRET MARRIAGE

Had II not been for the blizzard, il is
probable that the secret marriage of
lS-year-old Lillian Zellers to George
Drain, both Of Philadelphia, in Will
mington on December 4, would still be
known only TO themselves. II is prob
able, also, that the young bride would
still he living with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard p. Zellers. instead
of with the grandparents of her hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Drain.
lt happens that Drain was not liked
by the father of Miss Zellers, which
accounts for the quiet marriage. After
it was over. Mrs. Drain returned to
the Zellers home. But when Drain be-
came sick with appendicitis and was
taken to the Hahnemann Hospital, she
went to his bedside each day.
on Sunday she put on her overcoat
and furs and said she was going 70
call on a sick friend. Her father OBJ
jected because of the weather. and for
bade her to go Then the secret came
out, but Zellers was so angry that he
still refused his permission.
That was more than the worried
bride would submit to. She left home
and went to her husbands relatives
Since then she has been permitted &c
go to the hospital whenever she de-
sired.
Evening journal., 1909-12-31

mssion.ng "a The FIRST American Dread
noughis. ihe Delaware and North Da-
kota. ana the reforms which may mean
the prnciieal ending of the naval ring
In Washington.
Trom Festival to Death.
The year has been rich in celebra-
tions. Cen;eraries have been held Of
the birth of Lincoln. Darwin. Tenny-
son. Poe. Holmes. Gladstone and 9TH
ers and Of the death Of Thomas Paine.
The AlGsk~- YUKON Pacific exposition,
the Hudson 'ultOn celebration. the ter
centenary OF The discovery Of Lake
Champlain. The Portola festival and
others have made 1909 a gala time in
America.
Death likewise has been busy. 1t is
impossible 20 give more than a few
names Of famous ones who have pass
ed but they have belonged to all de-
partmcnis - haman efIort-in litera-
turc. Aiccruou Charles Swinburne.
George Meredith. Edward Everett
Hale ana Richard Watson Glider; in
opera and lie drama. Heinrich Con-
ried. Coquciin aud Modjeska; in the
military and navy. Admirals Rojest-
vensky and Ccrvera. General Henry c.
Corbin General T.. NJ. McCook and
General O o. Howard; in public af-
fairs. carroll d. Wright. Ethan A.
Hitchcock Governor John A. Johnson
and Justice Rufus W. Peckham: In
iouTnausis Theodore Barth, Colonel I
K. Mcclure. Albert Pulitzer and w. n
Ia6an: IN finance. Henry II. Rogers
and Edward II. Hartman; in other
fields. Rev Theodore Cuyler, Lord RI
pom. Professor simon Newcomb. Wi
liam Lloyd Garrison. Baron Tweed
mouth ard Ccrarn LuWhroso.
Evening journal., 1909-12-31
MRS. TAFT BUYS
PIILLIES BALL PARK

PHILADELPHIA Dec. Si,-Mrs. Annie
sinton Taft. sister-in-law OF President
Taft and Che wife Of Charles r. Taft. OF
Cincinnati Is the new owner Of the Phil
adelpha National League baseball
grounds. The deed and lease for the
property were filed in the city Hall late
yesterday afternoon and show that Mrs.
Taft and not her husband, has the title
10 the grounds.
John T. Rogers and a. J. Reach. the
FORMER owners OF the grounds. transferred
the title. Charles W. Murphy. president
81 the Chicago National League Club,
represented tho purchaser. who was am
nounced as Mrs. Charles p. Taft
The purchase price was not given out.
but the papers hled I'm the Recorder OF
Deeds Office show that the price paid was
s250o0o. The Philadelphia National
League Baseball Club is given a lease
on The grounds for % years. with the
privilege Of buying the plot at the cx-
piration OF 20 years.