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The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
FRESNO COMPLAINS OF
HIGH FREIGHT RATES
Railroad Board Leaves Decision
on Suit to Merchants

FRESNO, Feb 25.-At a session of
three members of the state railroad
commission held in this city today the
question OF high freight rates was dis
cussed with local committee appoint.
ed by the chamber of commerce and
consisting OF Senator George w. Cart
wright and Attorneys F. Fl. Short and
M. *. Harris.
At the conclusion of the session it
was decided that the question as to
whether suit shall be filed before the
interstate commerce commission
against the railroad companies to COM
pei them to establish lower rates
should be decided by the local chamber
Of commerce. A meeting will be called
to discuss the question.
The three state commissioners here
were II. D. Loveland OF San Francisco,
A. G. Irwin of Sacramento and Theo-
dore Summerland of Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
Asks Pointed Question

At the afternoon session Jones was
being questioned by Attorney Vertrees
a S to the affidavit he and CLAWS made
detailing what Mckenzie had said as to
James r. Garfield not being retained in
the Taft cabinet because of his hostility
to the Alasga coal claimants, when
Senator Nelson interrupted:
You drew the conclusion, did you,
that the president was bad because he
did not retain Garfield as secretary of
the interior?p
Not at all. I thought some of
Tafts advisers had got around him and
said; Here. this fellow Garfield does
not suit us. He is not in favor of the
development of Alaska. We want a
western man who knows the situation
put in his place"
And you believed they had cor
rupted the president to that extent, did
you?" persisted the chairman.
NO: l don't think president should
be held responsible for all he does on
the advice of his advisers. And, any
way, it may have been all bombast on
Mckenzie's part and made for the pur-
pose of impressing CLAWS and myself
of his Importance
But you believed his statement i'm
portant enough to make that affidavit?"
Yes, and we sent it to the president,
so If there was any reflection on him
we sent it to the right place.
Wasn't it your object to reflect upon
the PRESIDENT
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
DIED

GADE-In this city. February %. 1910. Louise.
dearly beloved wife OF Adolph H. Gade and
loving mother Of Maude F. Gade and Mrs
81 years.
friends and scQuaintsnces arc respectfully
invited 10 attend the funeral tomorrow (SuD-
day. February %. st 80 .. ~, from her
late residence. 19oeis Golden Gate avenue
Tnterment Cypress Lawn cemetery.
this city. February p, 1910.
William McGiDty. dearly beloved husband Of
the late Mary McGinty. and loving father Of
Mrs r. II. Nagle. a. native Of ireland.
Friends and scqDsintances are respectfully
Invited 10 attend the funeral today fSatur-
day. At ! o'clock p. M. from the parlors
~ Ne Western undertaking company. 1926
Valencia street between Twenty third and
Twenty fourth. Interment Holy Cross ceme-
Ae...
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
STARTS FIRE WITH OIL
AND BURNS TO DEATH
CloVerdaIe Woman Dies After
Terrible Suffering
I [Seeeial Dnpateh . ~ CaN

J OFccIoI LLs1oICH 70 nc ON
cLOvERDALE, Feb. 25.-Mrs. A. l.
Story. wife Of a laborer, died here this
morning after suffering great agony
for "a hours as the result of frightful
burns received yesterday morning
when a can OF coal OIL exploded, en-
veloping her in flames
Mr.. Story arose first TO take friend
TO the early train and started the fire
IN the kitchen stove. The fire did not
burn well and the woman attempted to
assist il with the aid of coal OIL
Mrs. Story ran screaming into the
bedroom where her six weeks old child
was sleeping, but realized that she was
endangering the little one. so ran out
of the room and building into the street
just as her husband returned. He ex-
tinguished the flames. but the woman
had been fatally burned
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
TfVIS EXPECTS
TO SELL WATER
BY WHOLESALE
Will Make Proposition to Cities
of Oakland, Berkeley and
Alameda
Chief Engineer of the Bay Cities
Company Says Coast Range
Will Be Tapped

from the most advantageous sources.
For. the present we VIII deal only with
municipalities, and our plan does not
include distributing system"
IN discussing the plans OF the Tevis
company at his home In Oakland last
evening. C. T.. Gilman. chief engineer
Of the company, said:
Mr.. Tevis has decided to go into
the business of supplying water. The
Bay Cities water company will come
10 Oakland and viii establish a system
10 supply that city. Berkeley. Alameda
and the adjacent communities in Ala
media county.
Water From Coast Range
The plans for development OF the
coast range watersheds owned by
Mr. Tevis VIII be perfected and the
company has the capital with which
TO go ahead as fast as conservative
business methods demand.
This is not the same proposition
that was offered TO the people OF Oak
land several years ago. At that time
we offered 10000. 600 gallons Our de-
VelOpment now viii reach IS 900. 600
gallons q DAY. and will be drawn from
an uninhabited section Of the Coast
range, undefled and unpolluted. We
can develop zoo. 100000 gallons daily.
The other project was only a small
portion OF the quantity of water which
the Bay Cities water company owns.
This decision has been reached be-
cause of the heavy gpowth OF popula-
ton in Oakland and contiguous terri
tory, and the constantly increasing
need OF developing new sources OF sup
ply. It has been based upon business
proposition
CONFIDENCE IN MARKET
We believe that there is GOOD
market for our water and we are 60
ing TO sell il upon the belief that we
can offer larger quantity and A better
quality Of goods than any competitor.
II IS upon this basis that we shall do
business"
Gilman said that. so far as he knew.
san Francisco was not considered in
the decision of Tevis to go into the
Oakland field. Gilman Will take charge
OF the work here. He asserted that II
was straight out business proposition
and that the field would be handled for
patrons in A businesslike manner.
No POLITICS IN III
We want it TO be understood" con-
cluoed the chief engineer, that this is
cleancut project. untarnished by pol
itics, and is here to stick"
Frank c. Havens. who holds a large
interest in the Peoples water company.
was last night asked as TO the new
company. He said:
I know nothing about it. You might
just as well inquire of a brick house. [
have not seen Mr.. Tevis since last De-
cember, and then only casually"
Report has been. that Tevis would
try 10 buy the Peoples water company
plant for distributing system in con-
nection with his watershed. Those who
are familiar with the situation see DOS
sibilities in such a move. The Peo-
pies company owns the distributing
system which supplies the three east
side cities. as we'll as q large territory
outside. including San Leandro and a
considerable part OF Alameda county in
that vicinity.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
DON GASPAR'SFACf
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
Sign Painter Indicted for In
fringing Copyright of Old
Explorers Features
Bogus Army Lieutenant Must
Stand Trial for Defrauding
Local People

Jabez Swan. a sign painter. was in
dicted by the federal grand jury yes
terday for allowing his commercial art
to infringe on the medallion portrait
of Don Gaspar de Portola, copyrighted
by Matte May Glover. If convicted in
the United States district court Swan
will have to pay Mrs. Glover 10 times
the compromise offer made by her, as
well as suffer the penalties of the law.
The only existent portrait of the dis
coyerer of San Francisco bay Yas
found by Mrs. Glover in minute pen
sketch placed between the leaves OF
moldy Spanish tome in a private
library, presenting the left side of the
don's head. From this a medallion was
modelled, which was Immediately copy
righted in preparation for the Portola
festival. AS the only portrait extant
1T brought its maker a large revenue
in royalties from the souvenir and sign
makers
GIVEN CLASSIC PROFILE
While the profile of the Glover don
was rugged and irregular in face and
beard. the big plaster portraits from
Swans shop had classical noses, the
beard neatly Van Dyked and the he'll
met made ornate with flowing pIumes
behind not TO omit a decorated steel
collar
In the preliminary examination be-
fore Commissioner Heacoek, Swan
claimed that his Don Gaspar was sim
ply Spanish don, such as might be
found wandering around anywhere
those days. Mrs. Glover stuck by her
belief that it was clearly stolen in idea
and conception from her copyrighted
discoverer. She won.
!. Swan sold his plaster dons, which
~ctR aIz hrcrt, fnra
apiece. All Mrs. Glover asked of him
was 81 each just to protect her copy
right Swan replied that he owed moth
ing, and. while he would offer $40 TO
get rid" of her, he would not give a
cent more.
His conviction in the United States
district court, were 1t obtained. would
automatically give Judgment OF $40
for each of the 25 portraits TO Mrs.
Glover. Besides. the law prescribes
penalties of its own.
BOGUS OFFICER INDICTED
An indictment was filed yesterday
against Lieutenant Bernard NJ. Levy.
now serving a sentence in the Los
Angeles jail for frauds worked while
masquerading as an officer of the army.
The four counts against him here are
for bilking O'Connor, Moffatt & Co.. the
Hotel Argonaut, the San Francisco
stationery company and S. Rose. all in
small sums. At the end of his term
he will be brought here for trial
August A. Liljefelt. who loaned 1855
of government money to soldiers at 20
per cent month while acting as post
master on Alcatraz island. was indicted
for embezzlement He was found short
in his accounts by Postal Inspector
James O'Connell while waiting to be
reimbursed by the army pay day.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
Secret Conference Held

Mayor Mccarthy, just returned from
his trip to Los Angeles for the dedica-
tion OF the labor temple in that city,
spent three hours yesterday afternoon
in conference with the members of the
board of public works behind locked
doors.
1t was stated at the conclusion of
the conference that subjects dealing
with the general work of the depart
mfnt had been thoroughly discussed
and gone over, but that there was no
announcement to make concerning any
new policies adopted or any prospective
changes within the department. Dur
ing the conference, representatives of
city engineers and city architects Of
fees were called into consultations
we discussed general Matters
said the mayor, after the adjournment
of the meeting. "and went over the
work OF the department in considerable
detail. We talked of sewers, streets,
sidewalks, the new city hall, the Geary
street road, the Hetch Hetchy problem
and a number of other matters No
definite steps were taken except to ex-
change ideas upon the subjects under
discussion and to consider the best
ways of accomplishing what Is before
U.S."
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
BoGUs OFFICER INDICTED

HAAR HELD FOR MURDER-Herman Hasr
held for trial before the superior court by
Police Judge Deasy yesterday for fatally stab
bfng Henry Faust in saloon at Groves and
Laguna streets February 13. The judge fixed
honds 50 900.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26

Fare and pure as good old wine,
Shasta Water for health--yours and
mine.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
Sensational Charges Features OF
BallingeT-Pinchot Investigation
Agent in Charge Of Coal Lands Prosecu-
ton Accused Of Incompetency
Continued from Page .

to send Sheridan out to take charge of
case CLAWS had worked up.
When Attorney Vertrees began to
cross examine the witness there soon
came clash with Attorney Brandeis.
Vertrees asked Jones If he wanted an
unfayorable inference from his testi-
n1ony as to the testimony being taken
before commissioner rather than be-
fore the register and receiver of the
Juneau land office.
Brandeis arose to object.
objection oyerruled," said Nelson.
we are going to let everything in
here You set the example at the
beginning.
beg your pardon shouted Bran
deis; II have presented nothing here
that ID not material"
Jones proved more defiant and ag
gressive on cross examination than
CLAWS. He said it was immaterial to
him what differences were drawn from
his testimony
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
Sharply Criticises Sheridan

The witness sharply criticised the
conduct of Special Agent James NJ
Sheridan, who was sent by the land
Office to supplant CLAWS as the man
to conduct hearings on the Alaska
cases before the commissioners ap
pointed to take testimony. Jones said
he attempted to assist Sheridan, but
he would not listen to anything.
He just went in and at the first
hearing threw the Cunningham jour
nails and all our affidavits on the table
and said that was a prima facie case"
Jones declared.
The other side immediately asked
for recess, during which they ex-
amined all our evidence, every bit Of
our case, and when we resumed the
hearing the witnesses all denied they
meant what they said in the affidavits.
Sheridan's conduct was SUCH as to give
the other side the advantage of know
ing in advance all the evidence we
had
AS to Sheridan being competent
and experienced lawyer. as the land
office claimed Jones said Sheridan was
graduated only year or twoeago from
a law school In Washington.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
GEfxo KILLS ofr1cER-memnhis.

EEGkO KILLS 0fF1CEH-Memrhis, Tenn. Feb.
25.--Deputy sheriff W. J. Lucy in an effort to
arrest negro here today was shot and in
stantly killed by the negro. WHO in turn was
killed by two other deputy sheriffs
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
Only Ono .Bromo auiaise''

That is Laxative Brono Quinine. Look
for signature of E.W Grove. Used WORLD
over TO Cure Cold in One Day. 25c. .
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
JApANEsE BONDS oYERsuHsoRI1Ep-rokro.

Feb. 25.--Tbe domestic bond conversion closed
tonight. having been about twice oversub-
scrfbed- The government eDtempiates the con
TsrsieR ef s5o,000. 600 Of foreign bondR
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
HOT WATER HEATING SYSTEN-San Fran
cisco. Cal, February 8. 1910. Sealed proposals
in triplicate, will be received here until II a. n
Ing all material and labor required to properly
install q Hot Water Heating System IN Build
ing No I at Fort Mason. Cal Preference will
be givea TO articles OF domestic production or
manufacture, conditions Of quality and price
(Including In the price Of foreign productions
and manufacture the duty thereon) being equal
and such preference viii be given to articles Of
American production and manufacture produced
on the Pacific Coast to the extent Of consunlp
tion required by the public service there. All
information furnished application to the Chief
Quartermaster, Department Of California Chrou-
icle Building. San Francisco. Cal r. Won
SCHRADER, Chief Quartermaster.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
Corrohorates CLAWS Story

Jones corroborated what CLAWS had
testified to as to the statement MADE
by Donald A. Mckenzie, that the reason
James r. Garfield was not retained IN
Tafs's cabinet was BECAUSE of his
hostility to the Alaska coal claims.
The affidavit made by Jones and CLAWS
as to the conversation with Mckenzie,
described by CLAWS as lobbyist, was
introduced in evidence and read.
Mckenzie, according to the affidavit,
said he talked with Garfield in Wash
ington, and that his hostility to the
Alaska claims was such that they
brought pressure 10 bear upon senator's
and others to prevent his being re-
tanned in the cabinet, and that was the
reason he was not retained by Presi-
dent Taft They wanted some one In
the cabinet who understood the needs
of Alaska
Jones said he and CLAWS felt that if
Mckenzie and other claimants in
Alaska had power enough to remove
a cabinet officer, they themselves would
be removed if their reports didn't
suit
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
No Serious Prosecution
Senator Fletcher said:

Senator FLETCHER said:
do you mean to say to this COM
mittee that there had been no serious
prosecutions of this case up to this
time?"
1T was serious to the extent of the
inability Of the prosecutor. l don't
mean to say there was any purpose or
intent to smooth the cases over"
Did you indicate to the department
your objections to the manner in which
the cases were being conducted"
NO" replied the witness, and then
added, amid laughter: They might
have thought / was insubordinate.'
Returning to Sheridan, Jones said he
suggested many questions to Sheridan
on which to cross examine witnesses,
but he would not ask them, saying:
You can go on the stand at the fin
ish and rebut all you want to.
DO you mean to charge that Sheri-
dan was incompetent or corrupt" de-
manded Senator Nelson sof the wit
ness
Il think he was unwise in his con-
duct of the case. I think he is bright
and competent. / don't believe he was
corrupt
The witness detailed more about
Sheridan's conduct Of the case. Once,
amid laughter, he said that when Sheri-
dan was cautioned against leading
witness, he replied:
Il wasn't leading him; I was only
trying to indicate to him what his an
swer was expected to be-
Praises CLAWS knowledge
IF Sheridan hadn't been sent out
there to present this testimony Claws
would have presented it, wouldn't hep
asked Representative Olmstead.
YES SIR
And do you think he has had more
experience as a lawyer than Sheridan"
CLAWS is not a lawyer; but he knows
more law than Sheridan
The witness said he considered 1T a
reflection on CLAWS for the department
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26

Sealed proposals. in triplicste. will be re-
eefved at the office Of Commissioner of lmmigra
tion. Appraisers Stores Building. San Francisco
California until $50 D. m.. March II. 1910, and
then opened Immediately thereupOn. for at
labor and materials repaired for the construction
and complete equipment Of steel hull ferry
boat for the Department Of Commerce and La
bor Specifications and drawings may be OBJ
tanned upon application 10 Hart II. North. Com
missioner Of Immigration.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26

session, Attorney Brandeis, for the
prosecution, requested permission to
introduce in evidence the statements
mittee on territories by stephen Birch,
managing director, and J. n. Steel, at
torney for the Alaska syndicate, or
-Guggenheim syndicate, for the
exploitation of Alaska.
These statements told in part OF the
Guggenheim Cunningham coal claims,
which have been the source of all the
trouble incident to the present inquiry.
Jones Called to Stand
Special Agent Horace T. Jones, VINO
worked with CLAWS on the Alaska
cases. having arrived in the city since
the last adjournment of the commit
tee, was called TO the stand, whlle
Pinchot waited.
Jones was examined by Brandeis as
TO his work on the coal cases in lSoi.
The witness said he consulted Freely
with Commissioner Ballfnger when the
latter was in Seattle in July, 1901 lie
told Ballinger that Special Agent Love
in Alaska was only half hearted In ms
work, because he was candidate TOT
United States marshal
II told the commissioner he ADDED
spirit for an investigator, and ne
agreed with me. The commissioner
asked me to make an investigation OF
all the criticisms as soon as posslpie'
as. he wanted to be in posltion 70
appear before congress to aovocate
remedial legislation. He wanted 10
know Just what the conditions were
in the various Alaska groups, so he
could speak intelligently. l told MIN
it would be sufficient to interview two
or three claimants Sin each group
Told BalIinger of Case
Love said he was very glad / had
been assigned to the work, for ne nao
been greatly embarrassed In attempt-
ing TO investigate a number OF people
who were his friends i told baliinger
this
The witness said he not seen the
report made by Love on the Cunning.
ham cases, dated August 2. 1917, until
December of that year, when GlaVis
told him about it. 1t is claimed II
was on this report of August tnat
Commissioner Ballinger, in January.
1908, ordered the Cunningham claims
to be clear listed for patent
Jones corroborated CLAWS testimony
as to his efforts TO get the Alaska
cases taken up by the grand jury at
Seattle. CLAWS was criticised in At
torney General Wickersham's report 10
the president for not having done any
thing toward a criminal prosecution.
Jones said he went TO District Attorney
Todd at Seattle by direction OF CLAWS
who was then his chief.
Todd said it was useless 10 take
the cases up at Seattle, for Judge
Hanford was constitutionally opposed
to land fraud cases, and he did not
want to be humiliated by being turned
down." the witness said
Todd suggested that we take the
matter up with the attorney general
at Washington, and get the attorney
general to direct him to take up the
matter at Seattle.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-11

est ranges, which looked so much like
soft, rich, brown velvet, IN the warm
and glowing light. and changed. as they
became more distant, frst into purple
| and then into n deep blue. But II the
dawn and early morning had been thus
lrreproachable In their silent. photo
graphic majesty OF the picturesque
what shall We say OF the sunsetf For
blazing fire lighted the west, first
with a yellow golden glow OF indesorib-
able splendor, which later passed
through the various hues OF red. YER
million. hellOtropo. and purple, embrace
ing a long arc Of the horizon and reach
ing far into the sky, The sea. which
had moved IN white-eapped swells all
morning. was CLASSY still in the late
afternoon II looked like a vast sheet
Of FURNISHED gold 10 the south Of the
setting sun. and was alternately either
mirror or a dark abyss to the east
and north.
When the boat arrived az Bird Island
"a small tapering, brush-covered hill
with boac hes or gray. wave-worn rocks
or OF gray and white sand-innumer-
able gulls filled the air and covered
the rocks; long v-shaped lines OF pei
lcnns arose and noated majestically
on steadily beating or motionless
wings, great blue herons stood out like
picturesque statues from the higher
rocks or slowly rose in graceful hight
above our heads. The water was COW
cred with the birds, swimming from
their rocky coverts; the air resounded
with their shrll cries, I'm places the
sky was obscurcd by their numbers
Young pelicans, in droves resembling
sheep. nounderod clumsily over the
rocks. trying 10 reach the water;
young herons barely able 20 walk or
fly. struggled limping from their large
willow-bun nests, and became en-
tangled I'm the greasewood. The writ
er freed one of these, hopelessly en-
shared where II might have persisted.
Many Of the adult gulls, in their COM
lcal and needless terror. stood on the
rocks with heads thrown back and
bills open uttering long and continu-
Gus shrieks while the brownish young
of all sizes. scrambled over the rocks
inturing themselves in their rush for
safety.
This entire situation shows that the
breeding places Of these great birds are
without protection and that the land
ing Of people on Bird Island should be
prevented. Our company was very
careful to avoid injury or unnecessary
alarm to the birds; but both are In
evitable as long as people actually set
foot upon the island. The birds can
be sufficiently observed from the boat,
without landing. And opera glasses, at
that short range. will reveal in suf-
ficient detail the various features OF
interest about the ways Of the feather
ed lake dwellors, without disturbing
them by walking amid their nests and
young
our conviction is that the state
should assume control Of all the is
lands and should take such steps as
are necessary to protect these public
benefactors from death or injury. BY
the exercise Of its power Of eminent
domain the state could acquire posses
sion OF any OF the Islands now taken
up. and could place such safeguards
about them as 10 insure safe breeding
places to these friends OF man.