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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
VANDALS CAUSE HAVOC
AT STATE GAME FARM
Governor Offers Reward for
Conviction of Poisoner

Miscreants have been at work at the
state game farm near Hayward and so
great has been the damage done that
Governor Gillett has authorized a re-
ward of $500 for information that will
lead to their arrest and conviction. In
one instance the pens were opened dur
ing the night and many birds were al
lowed to escape. At another time poi
soned wheat was thrown into the coops
and killed quantities of game
The first offense was committed Oc-
tober %. During the night the gates
were left ajar and in the morning the
country about was filled with pheas-
ants, partridges and valley quail. The
partridges and pheasants were enticed
back into the inclosure. but most of
the quail escaped The birds were to
be used to stock various parts of the
state.
The poison was found on the morn
ing of October 27 by j. r. Argabrite.
the superintendent of the farm. An
examination made by Frank T. Green.
the local chemist. showed that strych-
nine had been placed in the wheat. In
order to put stop to these practices
the reward of $500 was authorized.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04

feathers Beard put up bond of $20e
with the lady that he might have the
honor of being treasurer of her COM
pany at the salary of $25 week and
expenses, Burdick put up similar
bond of $500 as a guarantee that he
would be ticket collector for the
troupe, honest and dutiful.
The lady has gone now, taking the
two $500 bonds and the young men are
bemoaning their luck and their lost
coin.
Scattered about the city are many
almost actresses, chorus ladies, princi-
pals, leading men. tenors. bassos. So
pranos and comedians. They were en-
gagged by Donna Seymour to take part
in mammoth production of Blue
beard" The Haliroom Boys and other
dainty musical shows. Now Donnas
troupe has switched from comic to
grand opera. They unite in the dolor
Gus chorus from "Rigoletto":
La donna mobile"
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
BOOK OF BURNS POEMS
PURCHASED FOR $1,O25
Rare Volume Printed in 1876
Sold at Auction

BOSTON, Nov. 3.-Robert Burns
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dia-
lect,'' rare octave printed by John
Wilson at Kilmarnock in 1876. was
purchased today at the auction sale of
the private library of the late James
Brown. publisher. by George Clark
of Kilmarnock. Scotland. The price
was S1,025.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

n ESPONSIBILITY Fanciscos government for the
ensuing years will almost exclusively the union
party The republican and democratic parties viii be
represented in administrative legislative branch
the cit by small minority par
tcpation government will be nsig
nihcant.
The union labor party elected mayor attorney auditor
county Sheriff coroner police judge and II supervisors
republican party elected candidates for collector city
attorney police judge and five The demo-
candidates for recorder public administrator and
places the board OF supervisors
whole 6493 The liquor license ordinance
proposed by the liquor trade ratified by majority of 6O
receiving an affirmative of 22966 against 16256.
MCCARTHY POLLS TOTAL VOTE OF 29457
H Mccarthy complete unofficial returns
poled 2o437 1902 and Crocker 1917 McCar
plurality $780, and he nearly 10000
Croker
Charles Heney attorney
by majority approximately 92Oo receiving 36197 Heneys
2oo2 Boyle union auditor
Mathewson by than 10000
Treasurer John McDougad handy of high
polling OF 4oS4 and beating Alexander his union
opponent by nearly republican,
former ONein by Recorder Edmond
Godchaux reelected by 5000 Pohlmann, labor with
Boggs, republican, bad third.
City Attorney Percy Long by nearly
edge nearly $4,000 Mann, the
republican candidate for public administrator
o
Keleher his
republican
County Harry Mulcreyy republican by
WALSH EASILY BEATS ODONNELL FOR CORONER
Walsh oDnnen
behind
Sullivan nominee defeated Judge
forr by an neven2
aBncroft
absolutely the hands of the
of
of repub blicans or
health
through the list departments ostensby administered
o.
police He OF
of Of
within
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
RESIGNATION ENDS So
YEARS OF SEA SERVICE
Cunard Commodore Quits Cap
taincy of Mauretania

NEW YORK, Nov s.-captain John
Pritchard, commodore of the Cunard
line. who began his So years service
ali sea in $50 ton schooner and who
ends it in command of the $4,000 ton
steamship Mauretania, announced today
upon sailing for Liverpool that he had
resiRued.E.A.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
Throng Of Near-Actors, Actresses and
Others Mourn Vanished
Frenzied Financier

OMING herself from the City Angels and collecting
which the
puckng of o with
N. NJ
20 Ellis moaning lack
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY Sc
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-West wind; clear; maximum
temperature a. minimum "a.
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Fair; cooler. with
fog in morning and at night; light north winds,
changing 10 west. Page 15
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
Donna Is Changeable

Donna Seymour is remarkably
changeable.
1t was on September Is last that
Miss Seymour first invaded San Fran
cisco. Then she went to the Fairmont
and prospected the field. On the next
day she went to the ST. Francis, and
September 25 returned to Los Angeles.
1t was then that Beard came into the
tale. He was attracted by an alluring
paper 1t read:
WANTED Cashier for opera company; So
weekly and expenses; $500 cash bond required.
Beard went to see the lady at the
Belasco theater in Los Angeles.
Il. found her a handsome woman,
large, blonde, commanding, queenly in
appearance, said Beard last evening in
describing his initiation into the angel
choir
she offered me the position in
condescending manner. / thought that
she was doing me a favor in selecting
me for her treasurer. / was to get SIS
a week and was to put up 5000 in cash
as security. put up the money. First
/ found out from the manager of the
New York School of Dramatics of Los
Angeles that Miss Seymour was an
actress. She was recommended in
way by the manager of that school.
Came to San Francisco
After 1 had put up the money"
BEARD continued Miss Seymol1r said
that she found out that she could not
get enough chorus girls in Los Ange-
les, and that she had to come to San
Francisco We came UP on the same
boat, and she paid my fare of $5.s5 out
of my $500
During the Portola festival Miss
Seymour was in San Francisco, and
stayed successfully, at the st. Fran
els, the Granada and the Manx hotels.
On the morning of October "A the
newspapers here carried an ad in which
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04

VIOLATED MILK oRDINANcE-Gus Anderson.
proprietor of restaurant, was fined s25 by
Police Judge Deasy yesterday for selling wa
tered milk
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
NINE. STE|NHF|L
IN WORDY DUEL
WITH ACCUS[RS
Famous Trial of Woman for
Murder of Husband and
StepmOther Begins
Prisoner Dramatically Confesses
With Disgust That She
Has Had Many Lovers
Especial Gable 10 The Call

tOFSSt0t OdDtS " HS SdhtJ
HARIS. Nov S.-The most famous
trial France has seen since the
Dreyfus case began in Paris to-
day. when Nine. Steinheil was ar
raigned on the charge of having mur-
dered her stepmother and her husband.
She engaged in such a war of words
with President Devalles of the court of
assizes as was never seen in an Ameri-
can courtroom.
To one accustomed to the procedure
of common law the batting of the ac-
cused permitted under the Napoleonic
code seemed more barbaric than bull
fight: Infinitely more cruel than the tor
lures of the Spanish inquisition.
Battles Against Odds
Picture one woman, pale as death,
her thin face only a mark of white in
frame of widows weeds. battling
savagely. defantly for her life, sur
rounded by ghostlike lawyers in gowns
of black-scores of them. all seeming
in their garb more like ghouls than
men, scoffing, inoredulous, calm, the
white woman before them running the
whole gamut of emotions, from tears
to sneers, from suppliance to defiance,
from indignation to repentance, while
the white haired Judge, with the red
rosette of the Legion of Honor pinned
on his black robe, accused her of hav-
ing lived long life of crime-pieture
that and you have a vision of this first
day in the historic trial of Marguerite
Japy steinheil.
Only two other women were in the
in the open market as high as 200
francs. One was woman reporter,
Nine. Severine. the other woman law
yer. 1t is noteworthy that before the
trial began both women were ranged
implacably against the defendant and
their attitude has not changed.
Sentiment Against Her
One is struck Immediately by the
fact that not only these two women,
but apparently the judge and the entire
public have decided against Nine.
Steinheil. booming her in advance. New
ertheless to the unprejudiced observer
she is a terribly pathetic figure.
Through the long act of accusation
the prisoner listened unmoved, except
that over her mobile face came an ex-
preston of revolt as charges which,
in common law, would be ruled out as
irrelevant, were read against her.
The neck of her black dress was cut
low, so that occasionally one saw sobs
choking her. Her veil was thrown
back, but tears did not come into her
wide, big eyes as the mortifying aecu-
sations were rehearsed against her.
Tells History of Loves
1t was when she took the witness
stand that the duel between prisoner
and judge took place-such a duel as
France has not witnessed for hundred
years
Through it all she was dramatic;
only occasionally did she become the
atric.
She told of her lovers repentantly
and with loathing. sometimes with
disgust that brought laughter. But
laughter was rare in the court of as
sizes today. 1t may have been meIo-
drama, but there was little comedy
Tomorrow they will continue the his
tory of Nine. Steinheils many loves.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
POLITICAL
CITY

Attractive blonde clips theatrical angels wings
and vsnishes. Page
Southern Pacific explains that it could not
tribute TO the Portols fund because it had to send
empty cars for the crowds Page L
vergiIis Bogue will leave for New York. where
she will make her permanent home Page 1
John Phillip souss and his great band arrives
in town today Page 5
First passenger train on Western Pacific from
San Francisco TO Salt Lake TO be tomorrow
for official inspection Page
Preside prepares tc welcome General T. H.
Barry new commandant Page 5
golden wedding anniversary with family re-
union Page IG
Herrin returns to city from European trip and
talks of coast tc coast train three days
schedule Page
Count G. L. de Troost. victim of matri-
monial adventures, wife for divorce,
charging that she at him. Pager
Court to decide what constitutes widower
in contest over fortune left by the late
Thomas Ambrose Page7
Wireless message Of Pacific Mail liner Korea.
4.500 miles away. received on Russian HILL
making new record for communication be-
tween ship and shore. Page I6
The Chutes involved in ejectment suit brought
by Realty and Rebuilding company, Pager
OK team rate book of 1872 in possession of
protesting shippers worries the Southern Pa
cihc Page I6
Mrs. Cebrian breaks down under grueling
animation in De Layeaga will contest Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
SUBURBAN

Singers will give John Leechmsus cantats.
The Captive Maiden" TO benefit church chancel
fund Page 8
Oakland city officials to arouse enthusiasm
at annexation meetings at Fruitvsle and Mel
rose. Page o
High jinks and masquerade planned by the
university sophomores On unusually elaborate
scale. Page o
Probation officer Ruess Of Oakland urges
adult reformatory as remedy for evils OF pro-
baton system Page .
Can comic paper the Pelican be made sal
able under ruling Of faculty. is question at
university Page 8
VIII Of Simon Dikeman, eccentric Berkeley
capitalist, upheld by court contestant failing
70 prove incompetence. Page 8
County Treasurer Kelly of Oakland sues NJ
X. Blake estate company 20 collect state in
heritsnce tax Page 8
Florence Drake lie Roy viii render program Of
song at Greek theater sunday Page 0
Big hotel for San Leandro is now
planned. Page o
Laborer, held as pay check forger. may ex-
plain the disappearance of fellow worker
and cash. Page 4
Deputy county treasurer testi6es that De
Lsneey falsihed statements in Oakland graft
scandal Page s
Oakland citizens begin active campaign to
carry harbor improvement and municipal bond
issue. Page .
Oakland property anxious to improve
tide LANDS in cooperation with plan for munich
pal harbor Page 4
Chinese artist in Oakland fatally shot in
tong war started by the abduction of Bo
Cue Page a
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
EASTERN

Californian. aged 81. arrested in Bostea on a
charge Of using the mails TO defraud. Page A
Secretary Of State Knox invites Japan through
visiting commissioners, to enter compulsory peace
pact. Page
Princess Csntacuzene. daughter of General Fred
parents. Page 4
President Taft. in speech at Birmingham Ala,
urges closer reunion of north and south. Page 2
Representative Kahn promises to introduce
appropriation bill in congress for worlds fair
in San Francisco Para A
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL
Completion of the Western Pacific. Page 9
VIII keep the book keepers busy. Page
Protecting slave industry Page O.
Poker and politics ahoat. Page
Amending the federal constitution. Page o
Combination among raisin growers Page
POLITICAL
Union labor party gets IL out of is seats in
new board of supervisors. Page
John J. Sullivan gets police judgeship and Finn
sheriffs Office in close contests Page z
Union labor party will control city government
for the next two years. Page L
Anu-Tammany democrats will control New
York finances for four years and tiger is in
gloom. Page
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
SPORTS

Mrs. Eugene Murphy wins golf cup in handicap
at Burlingame. Page 10
Sir Thomas Upton asks for sporting chance to
win the Americas cup. Page III
Kyle whitney signed to meet Billy Rolfe in
Boston Page III
Dick Dwyer and Jake Hoffman will again off
ciate as starters at EmeryFille Page III
Coast league team turns tables on State
leaguers across the bay. Page 30
Seals are beaten by the Nationals, but make
great ninth inning rally. Page 10
Moving pictures of KetchelJohnson battle
make big hit with fight fans. Page 10
KetcheI says be will not take up with new
manager for another month Page 10
stanford outclasses Vancouver Rugby team
and wins by score Of 56 to Q. Page IL
Angels defeat Philadelphia Athletics in first
games Of series by 2 to /. Page 10
POLYTECHNIC defeats Lick and wins football
cha m pionship of local subleague. Page IL
Empire City fall race meeting Cancelled be-
cause of anti-betting laws. Page 10
Nevada university Rugby team will play blue
and gold at Berkeley Saturday. Page III
MARINE
French liner Amirsl Duperre. which arrived
YESTERDAY, was hove to for SO hours in typhoon
which wrought considerable damage to the
ship. Page 10
SOCIAL
Wedding OF Drummond MacGavin and Helen
Baker one OF the most brilliant events Of the
season. Page q
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
GOVERNMENT OF CITY
TO REST IN HANDS OF
UNION LABOR PARTY

Mayor, District Attorney, Auditor, Coro-
ner, County Clerk, II Supervisors and
One Police Judge on Labor TicketWin
TOTAL VOTE POLLED is 64,931
4
Liquor License Ordinance Is Ratified by
Majority of 6510; TreasurerMcDougald
Wins High Man Honors With 40, ,184
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
FOREIGN

Trial Of Nine. Steinheil. famous French woman
accused Of murder, begins with dramatic Incl
dents. Page 4
Funeral OF Prince Ito made state ceremony and
great popular demonstration. Page
Henry Farman remains In aid four hours and
flies 144 miles Page
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
Promises for Future
LiberaIity Is Deferred

eastern cities.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
SOCIAL

Wedding OF Drummond MacGavin and Helen
Baker one OF the most brilliant events of the
season. Page O
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
WHAT THE DECISION MEANS.
supreme Courts Attitude in Gas
Case of Vast Importance.

Prom the New YORK EEering Post.
II a pubIic-service corporation can go
pursuant 90 the statute and tx any
value II pIeasss upon It's franchises. then
the public Is Hslpless-except in one
way. II cannot by legislation compel
lower rates from the company. for 70
do that would be to confscate It's prop
erty. If a swollen valuation Of its fran
chises IS legally s part Of that property.
but il can construct parallel enterprises
OF its Own- A tax PERMISSION Of the
capitalization Of franchises. al inflated
values. is a direct encouragement 10 mu-
nicipal ownership. That was doubtless
in the minds o. the trainers Of the Pub
tic Service Commissions Law Of i91
when they forbade the capitalization Of
franchises altogether That Of course
governed only the future; but Il is plain
" desirable that the same principle
should be applied. so ,8r as possible 70
corporations organized before the meas
ure OF Gov. Hughes became the law Of
the State
The vast importance OF the decision
speaks for itself II means an imme-
date restoration 70 gas-cOnsurners in
lll4> N4AN DA >Jllle e-ra'l-'It. AALl al NJ
cent rate assured for some time TO come.
perhaps indefinitely. But the remOte~
consequences Of the decision are even
more weighty. II firmly establishes the
right OF regulation OF public-servics cor
pOrations. The new era upon which the
States have entered IN that regard. prom
ises TO be a long one. filed with inter
esting and beneficial experiments With
the way for them now fully opened.
legally. municipal and government own
ership recede further and further into
the background Moreover. the decision
will do much TO enhance the reputation
Of TIE courts Il is not simply that the
judges held. in the main, against the
corporation and for a popular cause, but
that they bore themselves a. fair-mind-
ed and justice-Ioving men. They viii
have helped 10 renew the peoples faith
in TIE impartiliity 81 the courts not
willing that corporations should be either
pIundered by cOnEscatOrs legislation or
permitted to plUndeT the public
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
The StaYing Major.

By virtue Of the Law which reorganized
and increased the Army Medical Depart
ment, some Of the major surgeons. i've
or six IN number. failed 10 qualify for
advancement 10 the next higher grade
and are now 10 mark time" at the head
Of the grsde Of major so long as they
shall remain on the active list. This IS
the penalty which was provided by the
law in the case Of those officers who
failed 10 demonstrate their fitness for
advancement It now appears that some,
if not al. Of these permanent majors
have sought relief from their statutory
stagnation BY an appeal 10 Congress
They desire special legislation which
shall restore them 20 the status Of promo
ton. pointing out that they are unfairly
treated as compared with other officers
notably those Of the line. who are not
thus excluded from promotion.
It has been stated that there IS some
chance that this legislation viii be
enacted. largely on the ground that the
restriction is an invidious distinction
against certain medical officers as COM
pared with their associates Of the line
If there has been injustice done to in
dividuals. il must be blamed upon the
system Of examination; r there IS any
merit in the system OF making a surgeon
mark time because he fails 10 pass the
examination for promotion. It ought 10
be continued without favor 10 individuals.
# the process requires relief in any form,
it ought to be a relief from the condition
and not in favor # this or that object
Of the law There riust have been some
very good reasons why the authorities
OF the Army Medical Department were
in favor OF this violent method OF en-
couraging the fitness Of army doctors
II that result is 10 be obtained. there
can hardly be exceptions 10 the result
OF the law. II would be much better 10
have the provision Of the law changed
entirely. and this ought 70 be done, If
ii can be shown that the provision is
unreasonable and unjust.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Dr.. TarIor on the Solid South.

Dr. Hannis Taylor maintains. in the
North American Review. that the solid
South is a national calamity. The time
has arrived. he argues. for the south 70
end her political isolation. for the simple
reason that it no longer has any reason
for being. He would emancipate the
South from the deadly one-party system.
which. while excluding her from political
communion with the rest OF the Union,
at the same time strangles the political
genius that was once the basis OF her
power" He believes that every South
ern man. without being menaced by the
banished specter Of the negro question.
must be permitted 10 he. in the South. as
is every man in the North. a Democrat
or a Republican. according as his real
convictions lead him one way OF the
other"
Dr. Taylor peTceivess as does every oh
server Of Southern conditions. that the
industrial South is pulling one way and
the political South another Yet the
economic development Of the South is the
most significant fact in her recent his
tory. It has wrought a revolution that.
as DR.. Taylor points out, brings the
South into close relations with the
principal policies Of the dominant party.
The South is in a position 10 profit more
extensively than in the past by the pro-
.ective policy; it has a peculiar interest
in our territorial expansion and in our
forward policy in the Orient Politically.
however. the South IS opposed in theory
10 all these features OF national policy
Her statesmen affect opposition in
principle 10 matters that in fact they
are forced by the economic situation Of
the South TO tacitly approve Hence
the extraordinary position some Of them
are driven into by the tariff agitation.
that a protective tariff is wrong in
principle but that as long as it exists
the South is justified in taking advantage
Of it. Nothing could be more demoral-
izing TO political conviction than such d
straddle- nothing could be more paralyz-
ing to effective leadership than adher-
ence to a set Of political principles that
may be conveniently laid aside when
time comes 10 act upon them
in the long run economic conditions
have a vital influence over political
theories. and in the nature Of things the
present antagonism between politics and
economics cannot persist in the South.
DR.. Taylor is quite right. then. in en-
phasizing the bearing Of Southern
economic development on the Southern
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Labor on the Isthmus.

Prom the Canal Record
The surplus OF labor on the isthmus
continues. No laborers were recruited
during the month. November being the
third consecutive month in which there
was no necessity Tor the recruiting OF
labor. Conditions continue 20 be such
that more laborers than are necessary for
the work can be obtained on the isthmus.
There has been noticeable tendency on
the part OF West Indian laborers 10 leave
commission quarters for quarters in the
native villages and in the jungle. Three
thousand three hundred and twsnty-one
more West Indians were living n the
bush" on November ], 1903. than on No
verrber I. Isg7. OF the q, l69 West Indians
in the employ Of the commission on No
venlber I. 1905 7.559 were living il quar-
ters furnished by the commission or Pan
ANA Railroad Company and 1880 wers
not in ,,---rters- This condition has Ger
tain objectionable features. but IL is with
ont doubt a fact that the settling OF West
indians in private quarters where they
are under less restraint and can live IN
their accustomed manner, makes f0- sta
biHty IN the force.