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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-14

/ Paul Morris, a supervisor; Sylvester
CarIon, also a supervisor; T. +. Nc
Govern, president of the board; Charles
w. Terry, United States deputy min
eral surveyor of Tuolumne county; B.
II. Steinmetz, manager of the Standard
lumber company; T. S. Bullock, presi-
dent of the Sierra railroad; +. w.
Street, former member of congress; A.
C. Mackenzie, supervisor, and c. A.
Belli, cashier of the First national bank
of Sonora.
The members of the delegation were
presented to City Engineer Marsden
Manson by Assistant City Engineer
Drenzy Jones, who was formerly sur
veyor of Tuolumne county. They stat
ed that they were in sympathy with
San Francisco's plans to obtain water
supply from the Tuolumne river and
pledged such aid as they could give.
The visitors were especially con-
cerned as to the point at which this
city proposed to tap the river. They
feared that if it were below the point
where the tailings from the mines
drained in mining operations might be
subjected to serious interference. They
were shown a relief map by Manson,
which set forth clearly that the city
had no such intention. The water will
be taken above this point and will not
affect mining operations This point
cleared, the Tuolumne county repre-
sentatives gave ready assurance of
their Willingness to forward San Fran
ciSco'S water project
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|D[NIfS IMMUNITY
IN HERMANN TRIAL
Former Surveyor General OF
Oregon Testifies for Govern
ment in Conspiracy Case
Portland Lawyer Admits fiaV-
| ing Been Custodian of School
Land Certificates

PORTLAND. Ore. Jan. 1S.-The cross
examination of Henry Meldrum, former
surveyor general Of Oregon, was the
feature of today's trial in the United
States district court of Binger Hermann
on a charge of conspiracy to defraud
this government of part OF the public
domain.
MeIdrub declared that he had never
been promised immunity from prose
eution on two remaining conspiracy
charges against him in consideration OF
his testimony against Hermann, Dut
that he had been given to understand
that "the charges would be modlned-
He said that he had never been shown
any consideration by the government
and expected none
Meldrum said that he had for some
time objected 10 giving testimony in
the Hermann trial at Washington, but
that after United States District Attor
ney Baker of that city had convinced
him that il would be better for him,
he changed his mind.
Meldrum admitted under the ques
tioning of Colonel A. 5. WorthingtOn.
attorney for Hermann, that he had not
heard Hermann make any statement
that indicated that there was corrupt
lHltill III lAtC u N-C DA-O -sAS-.'-
tain forest reserve.
Four witnesses were examined before
court adjourned for the day. but out
side of MeIdrum's cross examination
there was little TO hold interest.
The upshOt of Meldrum's testimony
was that he heard nothing that indi-
Gated corrupt purpose in forming the
reserve at the conference in September,
1901 between Hermann and Mays and
that he had later told Hermann so.
w. M. Laforce, a lawyer &c this city.
and the man who the prosecution al
leges was the custodian of the school
land certificates given by Mays 20
Ormsby, testified that he had held such
certificates. but denied that he had any
knowledge that they were in the nature
of a bribe.
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MINORITY LEADER
WAKES vITRIOLIC
Champ Clark Renews Insnrgent
War on Rules, Impaling Cam
non on Shafts of Rhetoric
Compares Speaker TO Louis the
Fourteenth and Says That
CannOniSm Must Go

DAYTON. o., Jan. 13.-In speech
here tonight Champ Clark, leader Of
the minority in the house of repre-
sentatives, attacked Speaker Cannon
and "Cannonism." Clark declared that
'the tide is everywhere rising against
'Cannonism,' and that the fight
against house rules would continue un-
til crowned with complete success
The speaker criticised the action of
Senator Hale in having Cannon's KAN
sas City speech printed as a public
document and at public expense, say
ing:
Evidently the intention is to circu-
late it ad lfbitum as piece of cam
paign literature to help elect another
stand pat house of representatives,
which will, in turn, re-elect Cannon
to the speakership, for, as MacAuley
said of Sir Robert Walpole, he Is ava
ricious of power and clings to it with
the tenacity of swapping turtle and
with the desperation of drowning
man clutching at a plank in midocean-
He strikes Louis XIV L am the
state attitude and savagely belabors
all those who would liberalize the
rules of the house.
Against Hon. Joseph G. Cannon
personally 1 have nothing whatsoever;
he has done me many kindnesses.
which I have tried to repay. but 1 am
honestly of the opinion that what has
come to be known as 'CannOnism' is a
great evil in our legislative system and
should be rooted out"
In conclusion Clark said:
Certainly the republicans can not
be described as a happy family The
Parsons-Cannon row, the Ballinger-
Pinchot row, the Crane-Knox row, the
insurgent-stand patters, the constantly
increasing talk of the return from
Elba,' the central bank row, all Of
these are merely symptoms, but most
suggestive symptoms, of the disease
now affecting the C.. o. P. So. while
democrats everywhere celebrate the
glad New Year by getting together for
an assault along the line upon the
common enemy. republicans present to
the astonished gaze of men the ap-
pearance of a dissolving view"
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bring 5000, 900 more gallons of wa
ter daily from Crystal springs and
TO extend the mains to the outlying
districts.
Vote for both propositions and
get immediate municipal ownership
of our water supply. Let US have
q municipal water supply without
waiting the 10 years that it viii
take to bring the waters from the
Sierra
Remember that if you consider
the $35, 600 price above the ac-
tual value of the property, it is
worth something extra to throw
such a corporation as the Spring
Valley out of the control of our
most important public utility.
Don't be scared about the price.
IL is close to she cltys own estl-
mates in the rate suits. Here are
the figures:
Valuation OF property used in
water supply February, 1909. .$24, 404, ,139
Valuation Of property not yet in
use 4,O4J,444
Franchise assessors valuation $500, 900
Increase in value Of Lake Merced
lands -....---.---- -.-----.-.-. 2,OOO,uOO
Value Of going business (Grun-
sky's estimate).. 100000
Total ....................... 81. .o49, ,5s3
Only the first of these figures is
to be considered in fixing rates.
The company is entitled by law and
justice only to a reasonable return
on the money actually invested in
supplying water to the people.
When they come to sell they are
entitled to the fair market price
of all their property. The S55,
100000 price can not be far out Of
the way
If you vote to permit the Spring
Valley corporation to retain pos
session of the present water supply
YOU vote TO maintain a competitor
TO city system and divide the
income.
The quality of the water has
been approved by Doctor Blue. the
city board of health, and by all
. who have analyzed it.
Both water systems can be ac-
quired without exceeding the debt
limit. Long before all the money
viii be needed. the assessment roll
viii be $500, 900 600, which will give
a bonding capacity of $4,000, 1000.
All the bonds together will not
exceed SS3,0O0,000 There will be
plenty for other improvements.
". J. Dutton James MeNab
Byron Mauzy James Rolph Jr.
Walter Macarthur Or. Hartland Law
&. II. Bentley c. X Mcintosh
". d. Fennmore Charles c. Moore
r. J. Lansing Judge c. II. Lindey
Andrew NJ. Davis DR.. A. II. Giannini
lsidor Jacobs Percy V. Long
+. a. Walcott +. W Dohrmann
f. J.. Cutten Leon Sloss
= G. Buckbee
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URGE
PURCHASE OF
SPRING VALLEY
Plant Would Pay for Itself
From Earnings, Declare
Friends of Plan
Fate of Proposed Dual Water
System Now in Voters
Hands

tion Of a public utility. TO wit: A
water supply and works to be
owned and controlled by the city
and county Of san Francisco TO fur
nish TO said city and county and TO
the inhabitants thereof a sufficient
supply of water for all purposes,
the sources of sucH supply TO be
Lake Eleanor, the waters of the
Tuolumne river and its tributaries
n Tuolumne county. Cal; provided,
that II proposition No. , on this bal
Ion shall receive the necessary two
thirds vote. then bonds to the
amount Of So, ,000, 600 only shall be
issued under this authorization.
Bonds issued for such purpose shall
bear interest at the rate of y per
centum per annum, payable semi
annually.
Proposition ?. To incur a bonded
debt Of the city and county of san
Francisco 10 the amount of $35.-
100000 for the acquisition OF an eN-
listing public utility TO wit: The
water supply, works and property
of the Spring Valley water COM
pauy. corporation, 10 be owned
and controlled by the city and
county OF san Fra ncisco, for sup
piying water to said city and county
and 10 the inhabitants thereof.
Bonds issued for such purpose shall
bear interest at the rate Of & y per
cenUum per annum, payable semi
r.a
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The citizens water committee issue
ills final appeal 10 the voters yesterda y
urging them to cast their ballots toda.
for both Spring Valley and the LAX
Eleanor-Tuolumne system. The ap
peal follows:
To the Voters of san Francisco:
Vote for both propositions. That
is the only way TO secure immedl-
ate municipal ownership OF water.
Vote early and be sure you vote
Tor both propositions. The enemies
~ municipal ownership viii turn
out See that you get there first.
Remember that if you vote againSt
buying Spring Valley out YOU vote
10 buy your water from the Spring
Valley company. There is no other
way you can get II during the
years il viii take TO build from the
Huolumne. You are paying Spring
Valley over $1,000 GOO q year. Vote
10 pay this 10 the citye
IL viii take 10 bring in a new
water system you must buy water
from Spring Valley. There win be
no other place 10 get II. In those
DO years YOU viii have to pay the
company at least SIS. .000, 900, and
probably more than $50, 100000 for
water. Vote for both propositions
and pay the money TO the city.
You have said you want munich
pal ownership Of your water sup
ply. Vote to get il now instead
OF waiting until 1920. The best
the engineers can promise for
complete new system is 10 years.
Think what Spring Valley can do
10 as IN 10 years.
Remember you are paving ever
S2.600,0 000 q year TO the Spring Val
icy for water You have now TO
choose whether YOU viii pay this
40 the corporation or TO the city.
This $500. .00O Il enough to pay the
Sl.575.O00 interest on the S35,000,-
600 nr hnnnE and lea 81 600
600 for operating expenses and
other purposes. To buy Spring
Valley thus viii cost you nothing.
Vote Tor both propositions. No. L
VIII bring in additional water need
ed after the opening OF the Panama
canal No. = viii provide for more
water for present needs. Private
ownership viii not provide for
either. Public ownership must be
had.
Remember that TO buy Spring
Valley viii destroy the only active
and powerful enemy of the acquisi-
tion Of Sierra supply. It is
Spring Valley that for 40 years has
defeated the peoples efforts to own
their water. If YOU refuse to buy
them out, the corporation may
checkmate the city for another 30
years.
Vote for both propositions and
the builIinE Of homes Ten thou
sand families have been lost TO
san Francisco in the last two years
because they could not get water
TO their houses If they built in the
outlying districts.
Vote for both propositions and
destroy the opposition TO the Hetch
Hetchy grant.
Vote for both propositions and
get prompt increase Of our water
supply. If both propositions carry
there VIII be 81 500 600 Of the bond
money Immediately available to
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-14
REALTY ASSOCIATION
ELECTS ITS OFFICERS

OAKLAND. Jan. 13.-The Oakland
real estate association has elected the
following officers:
President, George w. Austin; vice president.
E. B. Bull: secretary. J. NJ. Perkins; treasurer.
Charles Tyrrell The executive committee for
the ensuing term is composed of II. L. Holcomb,
w ]. Laymance. n. NJ. Crossley, A. j. snyder.
n r Minney Walter Fl. Leimert R. W. Cot
freU
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TERMINAL RATES ARE
SOUGHT BY PETALUMA
sneeial Di,nntch TO The Call

TOpeCIdi DISPuICH 70 T TIC NtttI
PETALUMA, Jan. 13.-The Petaluma
Merchants association Will work IN
conjunction with the businessmen of
Santa Rosa to have that city declared
a terminal shipping point. This mat
ter is of vital interest to shippers all
over the county and is being worked
for by all the commercial bodies.
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CHILD RESCUED BY
MOTHER DIES FROM BURNS
Nine Months Old Girl Sue
cumbs; Fire Destroyed Home
-Special DispaLeh % ~ CalI |

ITKIAH. Jan. 1S-Valma Lake. 9
months old. daughter of Henry Lake Of
Pudding Creek. died today as result
of burns received Tuesday night, when
the frame house where she was sleep
ing was destroyed by fire.
The mother and five small children
were in the house when the fire started
and Mrs. Lake succeeded in carrying
four little ones TO safety, fOrgetting
the fifth in her excitement
When she heard the child's screams
she entered the burning house and car
ried the little one out, both receiving
terrible burns.
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New Victim Is Named

Inquiry at La Porte shows that Ole
o. Budsburg of lola, Wis, who sold his
farm and went to La Porte with the
money and whose body was found
buried in the Guinness farmyard, may
have been one of the men that We're
killed. Budsburg, as near as can be
ascertained, went to La Porte about the
time that Lamphere went to live at the
Guinness farm.
The other man. who is believed to
have been the second victim of Mrss
Guinness while Lamphere was there, was
Tonnes Petersen Lien of Rushford,
Mimi, whose disappearance and sup
posed death the Post-Dispatch says, is
made public for the first time.
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TUOLUMNE COUNTY AIDS
WATER SYSTEM FIGHT

Assurances of a desire to cooperate
with San Francisco in its efforts to OBJ
tain Sierra water supply were
brought yesterday. by a delegation of
citizens from Tuolumne county. In the
delegation were: Charles II. Seger-
strom, first vice president of the Tuol-
umne county chamber of commerce;
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McCARTHYS FOLLOWERS
FACE SERIOUS. SPII7

There is a serious split among the
followers of p. H. Mccarthy over the
water question. Exception has been
taken to the action of the Mccarthy
businesshen's association in indorsing
only the Sierra water project. Many
of the members regard both essential
to the city's welfare and protested Wig
orously yesterday that the Spring VAL
ley had not been included in the vote
of approval w. v. MacNevin, secretary
of the association, voiced his dissent in
emphatic language. He said:
Il knew nothing of the action of the
f.nnfinrIed ON PAGE Il CnIn.nu q
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ADMITS
PART IN MURDERS
AccOmplice of Mrs. Guinness
Says Woman Killed Three
Men on Farm
Fire Due TO Candle Left i'm the
House After Chlor0forming
Whole Family
Continued From Page 1

killed by Mrs. Guinness. Lamphere
however, details how Mrs. Guinness had
secreted her in the house after she re-
formed by Lampnere and his accom-
plice.
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Overwhelmed by Storm

"The CZarina was simply erwhelmeu
by the storm. Her engines and machin-
cry worked perfectly until ] shut them
off to take to the rigging when we
were pounding on the spit" said III. H.
Kentze1 first assistant engineer and
only survivor of the wreck
The storm was terrific and tossed
us about like chip. We could neither
go ahead nor back. / never saw such
an angry sea before in my life. We
struck first on the south spit, were
tossed over and around to the north
spit and, after getting into the break
ers, once succeeded in getting out be-
yond the last breaker and there cast
anchor
Captain Duggan anchored because
the sea a little farther out was worse
than any we had encountered. The
anchor began to drag and we were
tossed back broadside into the break
ers and were helpless. Captain Dug
gan sent word to the engineers to come
up on deck and for all to take to the
rigging. The anchor chain was then
cut to let the Czarina as far in on the
beach as possible to give the men a
chance to escape.
Kentzel is still on the verge of nerv-
Gus prostration from the shock and ex-
posure. When his unconscious form
was picked up last night in the surf
he had his arms and legs wrapped
about a heavy timber with death grip.
The timber had to be carried out with
him and his limbs gradually worked
1o0Se
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POLICEMAN KILLS BANDIT-Chicago, Jan. 1s-
BERNARD ScickOwski. an alleged hOldup man.
was shot and killed by Policeman Frank Mad
den here today This is the fourth alleged rob
Der killed by the Chicago police since Jan
uary /.
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Bearing this Label

DID you ever stop to think that there are
seconds" in clothing as well as anything else
At this time, especially, such clothes are
in demand by the charitable sale makers. .
something for nothing" is the way
we conduct nr business. We are o
clothing philsnthropists" nor are we in
business for our health We ask legitimate
prices for our goods. and in return give
you quality and value Can we do more
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plies Cured i'm q TO IA DAYS

Pazo Ointment guaranteed TO cure any
case of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Pro-
truding Plies or money refunded. 50cs
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Burial Follows Marriage

Mrs. Guinness informed Lamphere of
the coming of her cousins. The first
man to be killed was from Minnesota.
He never awoke from his sleep in the
Guinness house. In the darkness Lam
phere was ordered by Mrs. Guinness to
drop a gunny sack and its contents in
hole that had been made by another
farmland for rubbish.
Mrs. Guinness never told him what
became of the man. but Lamphere re-
ceived money from Mrs. Guinness.
Within a month another man arrived.
He wanted to know his rights before
paying off the mortgage on the Gun
ness farm and Mrs. Guinness took him
to st. Joseph, Mich. Lamphere thought,
where they were married.
A few nights after they came back
there was another burying. Lamphere
received money once more from Mrs.
Guinness and, he said, he became the
trusted ally of Mrs. Guinness.
Victims Groans Heard
Then Andrew Helgelein came from
South Dakota with a check for
S2,S9S.20. This was cashed, and Hell
gelein was given to understand he was
nothing more than a farmland. Lam
pnere was sent on an errand to Michi-
gan City to remain all night. He re-
turned to the Guinness home and
through hole in the floor heard Hell
gelein groan in distress. He was beg
ging Mrs. Guinness to send for a doctor
1t was choral she had given Hell
gelein, according to Lamphere. Pres
emily Helgelein fell to the floor and
Lamphere said he saw Mrs. Guinness
strike the Frustrated form and end
the mans life
Lamphere the following night buried
this body with Mrs. Guinness assistance.
Shortly after 44rs. Guinness and Lam
phere quarreled over money and he
was ordered off the farm. She put her
money in the bank the afternoon before
Lamphere, seeking money, chloroformed
all in the house, robbed and set fire to
the place.
Lamphere said he was drunk the
night he visited the place. He thought
he would find s1,500.
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Mills Waves Goodby

The drowning of the last six victims
of the disaster was probably the most
pitiful phase of the tragedy. The last
two were Captain Duggan and Harold
Mills. Before jumping, young Mills
waved his coat as goodby signal to
those gathered on shore, among whom
was his father. Captain Duggan, who
had remained close to young Mills
throughout, was the last to leave the
wreck. He stripped himself of every
stitch, rubbed his limbs to stir up cir
culation. and dived far into the foam
ing breakers
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Planned to Leave Ship

OAKLAND, Jan. 13.-Charles A.
Thompson. an oiler on the Czarina,
boarded when in port at the home of
Mrs. s. Mattson, 476 Fiftyfirst street.
The family was greatly attached to
him. His parents live at 11S Sierra
street, Reno. On his last trip to San
Francisco Thompson learned that his
father had suffered a severe stroke of
paralysis. The young man had in
tended to lay off on the trip which
ended so disastrously and visit his aged
parents. with whom his sister. Mrs.
e. Schmitt, living at 1926 Webster
street, Berkeley. is staying. She sent
word to her brother that their father
was not in critical condition, so
Thompson changed his original plan to
leave Immediately for Reno and re-
NAMED on the ship.
BERKELEY. Jan. 1S.-John II. Rob-
inson, an assistant engineer on the
Czarina, has a wife at 2135 Blake street,
this city.
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College Student Waves
Ooodby to People Ashore

the wreck
the steamship Czarina.
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Mills a Promising Youth

harold Mills was a promising young
man. AT school and college he was
well up in his studies and was noted on
the athletic field for his ability in sew
eral branches of sport. He was on his
way to Berkeley to resume his course
In special engineering when death over
took him.
The Czarina left out yesterday after
noon in. the face of a storm. bound for
San Francisco. When crossing the bar
something happened; what it was may
never be known. but it soon was real
lied by those on shore that something
had gone wrong. The vessel appeared
to stop and sea after sea struck her,
some of the waves washing her decks.
Then the big vessel continued to drift
rapidly toward the fatal spit. 1t was
thought that her engines had become
disabled, but twas soon seen that this
was not the main cause of her pre-
dicament. 1t is probable that some
thing went wrong with her rudder, as
she appeared to be beyond the control
of the helmsman Then her anchor was
dropped, but it would not hold, and
with her rudder out of commission and
big seas pounding against her the in
evitable happened. She struck the spit
and there she hung, beyond the power
of man to assist her.
News of the disaster spread like
wildfire and in few minutes the
beach was lined with people anxiously
watching developments on board the
i'll starred vessel The life crew was
notified and tugboat was sent to the
scene, but no boat could approach the
vessel and keep afioat.
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TRAGIC FEATURES
MARK SHIPWRfCk
Crowds on Beach See Last Six
Men on Czarina Swept to
Their Deaths
Captain and Young Passenger
Make Futile Attempt to
Swim Ashore
Continued from Page 1

away. Aided by long distance glasses
through which the people on shore were
watching developments it appeared as
IL the three men had resolved to make
last desperate effort to reach shore.
removing portion of their clothing
so as not to be encumbered in their
swim for life, they jumped into the sea.
Ihat was the last seen of them alive.
victory was not to be theirs. They had
fought good fight and lost, just as 27
others of their fellows had done before
them.
The identity of the sextet who had
survived the terrible night never will
Qehnltely be known, but the consensus
OF opinion is that they were Captain G.
). DugSan of San Francisco, Second Of
ncer John McNichols of San Francisco,
FIRST Officer James Hughes of San
francisco, Harold Mills. the only pas
senger, son of General Manager c. j.
Mills of the Southern Pacific company
In MarShfield and two sailors
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DISSERTATIONS PROVE
ENGINEERS CORRECT

CItlzens' Water Committee.
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FINAL APPEAL IS MADE
FOR THE DUAL SYSTEM

The citizens water committee issued
i-s final appeal 10 the voters yesterday,
urging them TO cast their ballots today
tor both Spring Valley and the Lake
Eleanor-Tuolumne system. The ap-
peal follows: