THIS MUKJilXr OKtiUOaiAy, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27, 1907.
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GRAFT INQUIRY
GOES TQ OAKLAND
Battle for Telephone Franchise
Revealed to Bay City
Grand Jury.
SCHMITZ'S LOOT $750,000
ifency fills In Missing Links of Evi
dence by Examining Los Angeles
Bankers and Promoters.
Kuer Trial Postponed.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. (Special.)
The grand Jury investigation took a leap
today across the bay and landed in Oak
land. It was shown during: the examina
tion of witnesses that the Home Tele
phone Company and the Pacific States
Telephone Company had been engaged in
a battle over a franchise similar to the
warfare here which resulted in wholesale
bribery. It developed that Halsey was in
Uaktand and that Detweller was there
also. These are the men accused of brib
ing the Pan Francisco officials.
Aside from this revelation, the inquiry
failed to reveal anything of a sensational
nature. At the end of the session District
Attorney LAtigdon said the day had been
pent In "tilling in." Testimony was
given which serves to supply some of the
missing links in the general recital of
bribery.
The grand jury will soon begin to reveal
the part played bjt Mayor Schmitz in the
boodle transactions. The Mayor, it is es
timated, received close to JToO.OOO as the
result of his operations.
1-OS ANGELES MEN TESTIFY
Honey fills in Missing Links He
gar ill ng Telephone Graft.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 26. The
(rrand jury's investigation of bribery and
graft in San Francisco resulted in the
finding of no new Indictments today. But
one session was held, lasting from 2
o'clock until 5. At its conclusion District
Attorney Iangdon said:
"No new lines of information were
opened up by today's Investigation, but
from the witnessea we examined we
elicited confirmation of certain facts tend
ing to connect some links in the chain of
evidence showing bribery of San Fran
cisco officials by the Home Telephone
Company.
fc Assistant District Attorney Heney said:
"We went over no new ground today,
but purely for the purpose of clinching
evidence already adduced."
The witnesses examined before the
grand Jury at this afternoon's session
were: John M. C. Marble, a retired bank
er of Los Angeles, formerly president and
now a director of the Home Telephone
Company of that city; John: Van Lien, of
Oakland, connected with the Empire Con
struction Company, of California, the cor
poration said to have 'been organized by
the telephone company to handle the get
ting of the local franchise, in whose ob
taining the latter concern is charged with
having spent approximately J300.000 in
bribes. In addition to the $23,000 paid to
the city and the $75,000 paid to the earthquake-fire
relief fund; L. G. Burpee, vice
president of the First National Bank of
Oakland; Nicholas Prendergast, of Los
Angeles, one of the original promoters of
the Home Telephone Company of this
city: J. C. Reardon. chief clerk of the
Central Bank of Oakland, and Miss Nellie
Smith, stenographer to the firm of.
Thomas, Oerstle, Frick & Beedy, of San
Francisco. Some of these witnesses will
be recalled at tomorrow's session for fur
ther examination.
Other witnesses who were on hand but
were not called today were: Percy C.
Morgan, of the California Winegrowers"
Association, a director of the Home Tele
phone Company: T. S. Parkhurst, of Los
Angeles, and George Beanston. of the
bookkeeping department of the Pacific
States Telephone Company.
KXTORTTOX CASE POSTPONED
Ruefs Lawyer Falls in Effort to Get
Larger Liberty.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 26. The ex
tortion cases against Abraham Ruef
were called for trial this morning before
Judge Dunne In the Superior Court and
upon motion of Assistant District Attor
ney Heney were continued for one week.
Mr. Heney In asking for the postpone
ment explained the reason as the necessi
ty of proceeding at once with the exam
ination of briberies before the Grand
Jury. The continuance was vehemently
opposed by the defense.
Ruefs attorneys asked for an order of
the court directing Kllisor Blggy to per
mit Ruef to be seen at any reasonable
time by any person bearing an order from
thorn and also directing the Klisor to
take Ruef to any place in the city where
he has business at any reasonable time.
Mr. Heney responded, and in the course
of his remarks referred to Cerf. Ruefs
henchman, as having aided Ruef in his
efforts to escape. Cerf Jumped to his feet
and attempted to reply to-Mr. Heney, but
Judge Dunne silenced him.
The motion was refused. Judge Dunne
d-oilnlng to dictate the conduct of Elisor
1'lggy in hie custody of Ruef.
Glass Refuses to Talk.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 26. Louis
Glass. vice-president of the Pa
cific States Telephone & Telegraph
Company, first of the big fellows to be
indicted, was at his desk In the tfle
phone company's building at 10 o'clock
this morning. He refused, upon advice
of his attorney, to make any state
ment regarding the indictment which
charges him with authorizing the pay
ment by Halsey, aim, indicted, of the
I'.O.VOO that was split up with the Su
pervisors. To get hero he was obliged
to go to Rhyolite from Goldtleld, Nev.,
ty automobile, thence by tho Clark road
lo l.os Angeles, and then by steamer
to this city.
Names New Police Commissioner:
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. Mayor
Sehmiti today appointed Thomas Finn
to the vacancy on the Board of Police
Commissioners to which H. M. Alex
ander was last week appointed and
later found to be ineligible. The new
Police Commissioner is president of
the Stablemen's Union and has previ
ously held office under Schmitz.
ASKS DIAZ TO INTERVENE
Salvador Fears Zelaya Will Establish
Central American Union.
CITY OF MEXICO. March 26. Mexl
n has been requested by the Republic
ef Salvador to Intervene and use her
best efforts to bring about peace In
Central America.
Dr. Baltazar Estupinian, the Minister
to Mexico from Salvador, received a
telegram from his government saying
Salvador was withdrawing all her
troops from Hondurian territory and
was eager for peace. Dr. Estupinian
then conferred with President Diaz.
As a result of the conference a mes
sage was sent to Ambassador Creel In
Washington by the President. The
contents of this dispatch were not
made public, but It is stated on good
authority that President Diaz has in
structed Mr. Creel to join the Ameri
can Government In demanding the ces
sation of hostilities. Salvador has
been an active ally of Honduras.
According to an American who
has important interests in Central
America, unless the war is brought to
a close by intervention on the part
of the I'nited States and Mexico short
ly, a federation of Central American
states. with President Zelaya, of
Nicaragua, at the helm, will be the
direct end of the present conflict. For
years it has been the aim of Zelaya
to organize such a federation.
BOXILLA ORDERED SURRENDER
Flees to Amapala, Leaving Allied
Army Demoralized.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 26. It
is stated upon the highest authority here
that President Bonilla, of Honduras, after
his retreat to Amapala, following the
defeat of .the Honduran-Salvadoran
forces at Choluteca by the Nicaraguan
army, ordered from Amapala the sur
render of Tegucigalpa, capital of Hon
duras, to the victorious troops. The city
is now in the possession of the Hon-duran-Nlcaraguan
government junta.
Senor Barhona, Honduran Minister of
War, was mortally wounded, and many
commanders were captured. The allied
armies of Honduras and Salvador are
described as nearly demoralized. News
of the termination of - the war is mo
mentarily expected.
HONDURAS RETAKES TRUJILLO
Fortune of War Turns Slightly
Against Nicaragua.
NEW ORLEANS, March 26. A pri
vate telegram received here today said
that the Hondurians had recaptured
the port of Trujillo. This was the
first Carribean port of Honduras
taken by Nicaragua.
FAMIXE-STRICKEN CHINESE
EAT ONF. ANOTHER.
Fever Spreads Among Starving and
Rain Aggravates Misery Re
lief Workers Overtaxed.
SHANGHAI, March 26. The famine
stricken Chinese have been practicing
cannlbtsm in localities where the dis
tress is most acute. The spread of
fever . continues and the heavy rains
are increasing the general misery.
Spasmodic rioting has occured, but the
outbreaks have not been- serous.
The famine relief organization is
taxed to the utmost in supervising
the distributing of relief and in mana
ging the relief work. The committee
Is appealing for more voluntary help
ers. -..Large orders for grain tiave been
placed in America, Australia and Man
churia. GIVES MONEY TO COLLEGES
Oil King Makes Conditional Gifts
Aggregating $6(25,000.
NEW YORK, March 26. The first
distribution by the General Educa
tional Board since it received John D.
Rockefeller's most recent contribution
of $32,000,000, was made at a meeting
of the board today, when conditional
gifts totaling 623,000 were made to
five educational institutions.
The money was divided as follows:
Tale University, J300.003; Princeton
University, $200,000; Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Me., $50,000; Colorado Col
lege, Colorado Springs, $30,000; Mills-,
paugh College, Jackson, Miss., $5)00.
After making these appropriations
the board voted to give a total of
$42,500 to colored schools, the names
of which were not made public, lest
the help of the board tend to discour
age gifts to the schools from other
sources.
With the five principal gifts is the
condition that the institution shall
raise a specified sum of which the
board'3 appropriation shall be a part.
Yale and Princeton are to raise $2,00),
000: Colorado College, $500,000; Bow
doin. $250,000. and Millspaugh, $100,003?
These subscriptions were decided
upon after the board had considered
applications from about 400 Institutions
Further distributions, it was said, will
be made before long.
RAID ON THE TENDERLOIN
Los Angeles Police Expect to Make
Several Hundred Arrests.
I.iOS ANGELES. March 26. By order of
Mayor Harper and the Municipal Police
Commission, a large portion of the police
department is tonight engaged in a whole
sale raid upon the tenderloin sections. It
Is stated that every disorderly house in
the city will be entered before daylight
and several hundred arrests are expected
to be made.
Northwest Postal Affairs.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash.
Ington. March 26. Charles E. Hartley has
been appointed regular, John Naff substi
tute, rural carrier, route 1, at Republic,
Wash.
Katherin G. Wood has been appointed
postmaster at Foreston. Snohomish
.County, Wash., vice William Nash, re
signed. .
Portland Man After Good Job.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. March 26. Richard Nixon, of
Portland, son-in-law of Mrs. Dolph, is a
candidate for the secretaryship of the
Immigration Commission, which will go
abroad this Summer , to study immigra
tion problems.
Mansfield Too III to Act.
SCRANTON. Pa., March 26. Under the
advice of a physician, Richard Mansfield
today instructed his managers to cancel
his engagement for the remaindejof the
week. He is suffering from nervous indi
gestion and threatened with grip.
New African Gold Fields Open.
CAPE TOWN. March 26. It was an
nounced today that a proclamation would
be Issued about the end of April open
ing the Madibi gold fields to public dig
ging. Official assays show an average of
over one ounce of pure gold to a ton.
MEN
STORM
ALBANY CAPITOL
Teachers Lobby for Bill
for
Equal
Salaries to
Both Sexes.
THEY WIN WITH SMILES
Two Hundred of New York's Fairest
Overcome Opposition by Surprise
and System Lawmakers Fear
the Fury of the Women.
NEW YORK, March 26. (Special.)
The Suffragists In London stormed the
House of Commons and went to jail.
The women school teachers of Great
er New York stormed the capltol at
Albany and won a great victory.
To quote former Senator George
Washington Plunkett, who has been in
active politics for 49 years: "It was the
slickest bit of work that I ever saw
in my life."
For years the New York school teach
ers have been complaining because of
the inequality of pay. For example,
men start at $900 a year and women
at $600. In the advanced grades, for
equal work, the men receive on an aver
age 40 per cent more than the women.
The matter was taken to the Board
of Education, but that respected col
lection of dignified old fossils did noth
ing except gravely discuss it. In fact,
it might be mentioned that that is the
Board's long suit. Next to the Rapid
Transit Commission, .the Board of Edu
cation is the most talkative and least
active bureau in the city government
Plan Campaign at Albany.
Then the school teachers planned a
campaign at Albany and spent months
in preparation before they allowed even
a word of.it to leak out.
Senator McCarren, of Brooklyn, in
troduced the bill, which provided for
equal pay for the teachers employed In
like work, and fixing the amount. The
salaries paid to the men were not dis
turbed, but the remuneration of the
women was raised to correspond.
The McCarren bill remained In commit
tee for a little over a week, and then the
Senate cities committee named a day
for the public hearing on it. Whereupon
the women sprung their surprise.
A special train took 200 "school ma'ams'
to Albany. They were not the old un
happy looking ones either. Not on your
life. The delegation consisted of 200 of
the best looking girls in the city's employ,
and that is saying something on the ques
tion of appearance and style.
How They Won the Senators.
There are 51 members of the State
Senate, and each of them was visited by
two young women who had been espe
cially assigned to see what he thought
of the bill. And the assignment was not
done in any haphazard way either.
"Don't you remember me. Senator?"
'said one of the young women who called
on Thomas F. Grady. "I am Lillle .
My father told me you would be for the
bill, and so did the boys."
Grady remembered Lillie's father and
said so. He did not add, what he also
knew, that the aforesaid father controlled
a good many votes in the district, through
church and society affiliations.
"John Hennessey told me to see you,"
broke in Lillie's side partner. "John said
the schoolteachers could get justice from
you. John thinks the. world of you."
"He is one of the brightest captains in
my Assembly district," remarked the
Senator, warmly.
"John is going to marry Mamie in the
Fall," interrupted Lillie; whereat Mamie
blushed.
"Oh!" remarked the Senator, and he
thought deeply for a few minutes. Thenr
"Young ladies," he said, "this bill In
which you are interested has more merit
than any measure I have seen for years.
I would have introduced it for you my
self, gladly, gladly; but I will do all I
can to see that It Is made a law."
This is only a sample case. There were
others, many others. Before the day was
over a, big majority of the Senate were
shedding tears because of the unjust
treatment to which the poor women
schoolteachers of Greater New York had
been subjected.
The hearing before the cities committee
was one long triumph. Four or five
women made speeches, short and to the
point. They asked why a woman should
not receive as much pay If she did as
much work as a man. They quoted in
stances where women teachers had shown
to advantage in cases of panic, etc. They
pointed out that the average teacher has
generally a family to support, and wound
up by demanding "not favors, but simply
Justice.'
The only opponents of the measure were
a few ungallant men teachers, and oh,
the unhappy time they had.
"Women don't need as much money as
men," was the burden of their argument.
"Besides, if you raise their pay. we will
never get another raise unless they like
wise benefit by it."
It was the unanimous opinion at Al
bany that if the women needed anything
to give them a victory, it was the
speeches of the men. Perhaps there have
been orators at Albany who made a
worse impression, but they have not ap
peared In the history of the present gen
eration. Senator Thomas Cullen, ofBrooklyn, is
a member who seldom makes a speech.
but this occasion made him break his
rule. One of the men teachers was a
man he knew very well and Cullen had
a heart to heart talk with him in the
lobby that Interested many spectators.
"Billy," he said, "take my advice, go
back to Brooklyn and never let anybody
induce you to even cross the bridge again.
"You are a nice man, and a good man.
but I have watched you here today and
you have made at least eight kinds of a
fool of yourself.
"I take off my hat to those women.
They organized a beautiful campaign, and
worked out the details in such a way that
none of us would dare to vote against
tham n,-nn if n-untnrl fn '
"They sent up half a dozen good orators
who gave a convincing line of talk. And
SEE PAGE 12.
while the sextet were landing the com
mittee, the rest of the bunch were round
ing us up.
"I'm for the bill all right. My district
comes first and they showed me that the
district wants it. My play is to stay in
politics, and you can't do It if you turn
down your neighbors.
"You men send up a tiresome crowd of
old sissies. Half of them don't register,
and half of the others don't vote. The
only argument you make is to insult the
women. Why, anybody looking at the
crowd of you would know that the women
are worth, not only as much money as
your crowd draws, but a blamed sight
more.
"Here's the practical side of this thing.
I vote for this bill and your bunch
couldn't change 20 votes In- mv entire
it Senatorial district.
"But if I get these women after me,
their fathers and brothers and sweet
hearts would line up for the other fellow.
"Ten men schoolteachers are worth
three votes, perhaps, less; certainly not
more. Ten pretty young women teachers
can swing between 50 and 100. Why. if
they were eligible, they could fill most
of the seats in the Senate, while your
crowd couldn't elect even one Assembly
man if you all lived in the same district."
A week later the cities committee of
the Assembly also announced a hearing
on the bill. Again, a special train rolled
into Albany, this time with 300 campaign
ing teachers and half a dozen orators.
And the campaigners went through the
Assembly in a march of triumph. Each
had her victim assigned, and was loaded
with local arguments for the benefit of
that particular victim.
Pid they get pledges? AH they needed.
The men were also out campaigning,
but they didn't know how to work it, and
accomplished practically nothing.
"I hope you mean to vote against
this infamous teachers' salary bill,"
said one school principal, who tackled
Jimmy Oliver, leader of the minority.
"Where do you live, professor?"
asked the Assemblyman.
"In Montclair, N. J., a beautiful
place in the Summer time," was the
reply. "I hope some time to see you."
Male Principal Called Down.
"How many of your men teachers live
in the Fourth Assembly, New York,"
continued Oliver. "That's my district."
"Really I do not know," was the re
ply. "And I fall to see what effect that
has on the bill."
"Then let vme tell you something,"
retorted the Assemblyman, "eighty-two
women teachers live in my district.
Counting their fathers and brothers
there are 224 votes, all controlled. It
Is safe to say that friends and other
relatives would bring the number up to
nearly 1000.
"Of the fathers and brothers, two are
former Assemblymen, one was a State
Senator, one is an election district cap
tain, and about 75 are more or less ac
tive in politics. And you come here,"
continued Jimmy, who was losing his
temper, "and talk to me of beautiful
Montclair; oh forget It!"
Perhaps he did. Anyway he kept out
ef Oliver's reach for the rest of the day.
They Fear Woman Scorned.
"Yes," said Assemblyman Cuvillier, of
Harlem, who is something of a philosopher.-
"This crusade has shown what
woman, lovely woman, can accomplish
when she really sets her mind to it.
I doubt if Roosevelt could head off
this bill now, even if he tried.
"The poet, I forget which one, said,
'Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned,' and we don't want to raise
hell here. So everybody will join in to
push the bill through."
Already the measure has been unani
mously reported from committees In
both houses, sand will undoubtedly be a
law by the first of April.
And the men teachers are full of
gloom, pain and sorrow.
For they know how It feels to be fig
uratively spanked by a woman's dainty
slipper.
And it hurts! My, but it hurts.
BEATEN BY MASKED THUGS
(Continued Prom First Page.)
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Mr. Rountree, early this morning, au
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to the arrest of his wife's assailant.
Early this - morning it was reported
that Mrs. Rountree was recovering from
the brutal treatment to which she was
subjected and would suffer no serious
effects from her wound or from the
shock to her nerves.
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