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GRAFT MAYOR
IS SENTENCED
Convicted 'Frisco Chief Executive,
Schmitz, Given Five Years.
PRAISED JUDGE’S ACT
Vociferous Cheering Broke Forth from
Great Crowd in Courtroom When
Sentence Was Announced.
At San Francisco Monday Eugene
K. Schmitz, convicted of extortion, was
•cnlenced to live years in the peni
tentiary When the sentence was pro
nounced there was a remarkable out
burst of applause from the hundreds
of persons who crowded Judge Dunne’s
courtroom.
Judge Dunne sentenced Schmitz
to imprisonment in San Quentin peni
tentiary. Sentence followed the recent
conviction of Schmitz for extorting sl,-
175 from French restaurant keepers
of San Francisco.
As the lust words of the sentence
fell from the Judge’s lips the great
crowd that had stood throughout the
dramatic scene sent up a thunderous
cheer. “Good for you!" shouted a man
iu the hack of the room. His ejacula
tion was echoed and re-echoed by one
after another of the spectators. Sev
eral threw their hats Into the air, oth
ers scrambled on chairs to look over
the shoulders of the crowd. The great
est confusion .prevailed.
Attorney Frairail of the defense rais
ing his voice above the din, called
to Judge Dunne: “Your honor,
cheering is a very unseemly oc
currence.”
"Well,” retorted Judge Dunne, with
P ill, “If we had a sheriff worthy of
the nafie, it would have been stopped
inntant’ly.”
Sheriff Thomas Odell was standing
inside the trial rail and he turned to
the court and protested: "Nobody
could have stopped that, your honor.”
Special Agent Hums of the prosecu
tion led a number of bailiffs aud said:
“Clear the courtroom! Clear the court
room!”
Hut only a few of the hundred and
odd apparently delighted men obeyed
the sharp order. Some of them hust
led unceremoniously out into the hall
ways. About one hundred others kept
their vantage places around the coun
sel table, where Schmitz sat dictating
c statement to the newspaper men.
The dramatic atmosphere was height
ened by a staff of newspaper photog
raphers who exploded flashlight after
flashlight, until the courtroom was so
filled with smoke that it became sti
fling.
The sentence of the convicted mayor
wa in one respect without a parallel
In the criminal annals of San Fran
cisco. Half a dozen times Judge
Duune was interrupted by Schmitz,
who protested in strong words against
the “delivery of a lecture” instead of
the pronouncement of judgment. He
accused the court of unnecessarily hu
miliating him and giving opportunity
for further humiliation by the report
ing of his remarks in the press. Once,
replying to the prisoner, Judge Duune
said:
"Such brazen effrontery was proba
bly no more than should be expected
and It was the duty of the court to
hear it in patience.”
At another time Attorney Metson
f the defense iuterposed a vigorous
objection in support of his client "to
the court’s lecture."
Judge Dunne’s reply was that Mr.
Hot non, instead of interrupting the
znnvoi dings, ought to be given a day
in court to answer to the charge that
he had attempted to tamper with the
Jury which convicted Schmitz.
Metson, restraining himself calmly,
answered in the same spirit, saying
that he was ready to*, answer any
cliarge that was made against him.
Judge Dunne warned Metson that an
other interruption would provoke a jail
•enUuee for contempt.
PRISON PREFERRED TO CONVENT.
Convicted Girl Decided Quickly on Being
Given Alternative.
Margaret Walsh, the prettiest wom
an prisoner in the Columbus. Ohio,
venitoutiary, died Friday of nephritis.
She was iu an advanced stage of the
disease when she arrived at the peni
teuitary in March to begin a threo
years’ sentence for larceny.
The girl was given the choice at her
trial iu Cleveland between a Catholic
convent of detention and the peniten
tiary and she chose the penitentiary.
YELLOW MEN AROUSED.
China to Vent Wrath on Uncle Sam Ua
less Exclusion Laws are
Greatly Modified.
The most, aggressive letter that has
come from the pen of a Chinese anent
the United States exclusion act is a
document written by Kong Yue Wei,
leader of the Chinese reform move
ment, who recently left Mexico City
for New York.
The document was written in the
form of a letter to President Roose
velt, seeking to enlist the president’s
aid in a revision of the present laws.
Just before leaving Mexico City,
Kon Yu Wei gave to The Daily Rec
ord, an afternoon paper published here,
ord, a local afternoon paper, a copy of
this letter and authorized its publica
tion.
After reciting what the Chinese have
done for the development of the west,
Mr. Kong details the treatment the
Chinese people have rceived at the
hands of the people of the United
States and says:
“Two decades of rigid enforcement
of the exclusion laws have brought
about the ill will of four hundred mil
lion people.
A united Chinese nation will seek
to assert its rights aud avenge its
wrongs. Its anger will be vented in
ways that I dread to think of.
“The time will come when a small
spark may start an uncontrollable con
flagration and the friendly ties be
tween our people 'be severed beyond
remedy.
“Americans have been wont to con
demn Russian cruelty toward the
Jaws. How much more humane has
been America's treatment of the Chi
nese?
“Can civilized America reconcile
such treatment of their fellow crea
tures with divine law? Courtesy and
kindness should he reciprocated with
out a difference between the treatment
Americans received in China and that
accorded to Chinese in America.’’
Among the modifications he sug
gests in the existing law is the abol
ishment of the objectionable features
of identification, such as photograph
and the body marks; that no restric
tion as to ports of entry be made; that
certificates issued to Chinamen by Chi
nese chambers of commerce endorsed
by American consuls should entitle
Chinese to free entry. He asks that
this be applied in the Philippine and
Hawaiian islands.
LAND TRUST MAGNATES IN JAIL
Is Suggestion of Bryan in Speech at Ban
quet in His Honor.
"Send John D. Rockefeller and a
dozen other trust magnates to prison
for a long term of years and one of
the most vital questions before the
people of this country will have been
solved," declared William J. Bryan,
at a banquet given in his honor by
Dr. Sol C. Dickey, president of the
Winona Lake assembly at Warsaw,
Indiana,
"President Roosevelt and others are
now bringing to a successful issue
tha principles and ideas 1 advocated
seventeen years ago,” Mr. Bryan con
tinued.
“This is particularly true as regards
the tariff. The president is compiling
my future speeches for me.”
Mr. Bryan took a fling at the pres
ident’s cabinet, saying that there was
not a man in it who agreed with Mr.
Rosevelt. Referring to the controver
sy between the United States and Ja
pan, Mr. Bryan, who, during his trip
around the world, visited the eastern
empire, said a little more backbone
at Washington would settle the differ
ences for all time to come without a
conflict between the two nations.
“Japan will follow in the path of
Spain and other nations once power
ful, unless there is a religious awak
ening iu that country,” he said. “There
is one thing that can save Japan and
that Is the spread of Christianity.’*
DAGOES ARE HALED TO COURT.
Six Alleged Murderers of Kidnapped Boy
Carried to Scene of Crime.
Surrounded by police officers and
special deputies, six Italians, four men
and two women who have been held
in the parish prison in New Orleans,
iu connection with the kiduaping and
murder of eight-year-old Walter La
mans, were placed aboard a train on
Wednesday and taken to Hahnville, the
seat of St. Charles parish, to be ar
raigned on the charge of conspiracy
to murder, for which they were all
indicted several days ago.
OIL MAGNATE
BEFORE COURT
Rockefeller Drew Crowd at Chicago
Same as Would a Circus.
APPEARED AS WITNESS
Judge Landis, However, Learned But Lit
tle From Head of Gigantic Trust
Anent Its Finances.
John D. Rockefeller, president of the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey,
occupied the witness stand in the Uni
ted States district court at Chicago,
Saturday, -while Judge Landis plied
him with questions regarding the
financial streng.h and the business
methods of the corporation of which
he is the head.
Mr. Rockefeller was a very willing
and an equally unsatisfactory witness.
He was ready to tell all that he knew,
but he said he knew practically noth
ing. The net result of his examination
was that he believed that during the
years 1903, 1904 and 1905, the period
covered by the indictments on which
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
was recently convicted, the net prof
its of the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey were approximately forty
per cent of an outstanding capitaliza
tion of $100,000,000.
The investigation by Judge Landis
was instituted by him for the express
ed purpose of determining whether or
not the Standard Oil company of In
diana, which was convicted of viola
tion of the law, was really owned by
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey, whether the Union Tank Line,
whose cars were used for the ship
ments made in violation of law, was
similarly owned, and also to obtain
an idea of the financial resources of
the convicted corporation in order to
inflict a fine proportioned to the of
fense and the assets of the convicted
company.
It was stated by officers of the Stan
dard Oil company of New Jersey that
it owned the greater part of the stock
of both the Union Tank Line and the
Standard Oil company of Indiana. Spe
cific figures as to the earnings of the
parent corporation were given by
Chas. M. Prat:, its secretary, and they
were close to the estimate given by
Mr. Rockefeller.
The prospective appearance in court
of the man reputed to be the richest
in the world brought about a spectacle
the like of which has never been wit
nessed in the vicinity of a Chicago
court room.
The hour set for the appearance of
Mr. Rockefeller was 10 o'clock and
an hour before that time the low-ceiled
hallway outside the cyrt room door
was densely packed by a crowd, all
of whom were anxious to obtain seats
and hear the testimony. A large squad
of United States deputy marshals, un
der the direction of United States
Marshal Hoy, and a numerous detail
of police were on hand; but even they
were unable at times to control the
crowd. The people pushed and shov
ed, and at times by sheer weight ac
tually bore the police and deputies
down the hall. The crowd was so
dense that frequent cries for assistance
were heard, and people who were jam
med against the wall frantically beg
ged for relief from pressure to which
they were subjected.
Admission to the court room was by
card only, but many people succeeded
in evading the guards, and when the
judge took his seat upon the bench,
the court room was packed to the last
inch.
No formal announcement was made
that the inquiry was ended, but Judge
Landis said immediately after the ad
journment that the investigation was
concluded as far as he personally was
concerned, and that the witnesses
were discharged.
EX-CASHIER SKIPS OUT.
Shortage of $90,000 Knocks Out Macon,
Ga., Exchange Bank.
The details of Monday’s incidents
connected with the Exchange bank at
Macon, Ga., now in a receiver's hands,
confirm the statement relative to the
accounts of former Cashier Clifford M.
Orr. The directors have admitted that
hig shortage was more than $99,000.
The accused man is beyond reach of
the bank officials, having skipped out.
His family, tonsisiing of wife and
daughter, he took with him, July 3.
SLEUTHS BAY ROCKY.
Oil Magnate is Finally Located and Per
sonally Served With That Chicago
Court Subpcena.
After a search lasting nearly twu
weeks, in which representatives of the
United States marshals of Chicago,
Cleveland, New York and Boston
have been endeavoring to serve upon
John D. Rockefeller, head of the Stan
dard Oil company, a subpena issued
by Judge Landis of the federal court
of Chicago, Mr. Rockefeller was locat
ed on the farm of his brother-in-law at
Pittsfield, Mass., and personal serv
ices made upon him by Deputy United
States Marshal Charles L. Frink of
North Adams.
After accepting service Mr. Rocke
feller explained that he had not been
endeavoring to dodge service, but that
he did not know exactly what was
wanted of him.
The deputy passed the subpena to
the oil magnate, explaining at the
same time that Mr. Rockefeller’s pres
ence in the federal court at Chicago
on July 6, was needed.
Mr. Rockefeller accepted service
with a smile, shook hands with the
deputy and expressed pleasure at meet
ing him. He invited the officer to sit
on the piazza and rest, which invita
tion was accepted. Mr. Rockefeller
chatted for a few moments, saying he
had not intended to evade the officers,
but that he did not know exactly
what was desired of him.
He referred to the newspaper sto
ries that have been printed about him
recently and ridiculed the idea that
he had been surrounded by armed
guards or that the Tacomic farm and
estate had been ripped with a search
light. As the officer was leaving the
house Mr. Rockefeller again shook
hands with him, saying he was glad
to have met him and added:
“If you are ever near my home I
hope you will come and call on me.’
Rockefeller left Pittsfield Thursday
night for Chicago. He assisted several
children staying at the home of his
son-in-law, E. P. Prentice, to light fire
works during the day.
Late in the evening Mr. Prentice
took his father-in-law in an automobile
to State Line station, on the Boston
and Albany railroad, where the west
bound express, which left Pittsfield
at 8 p. m., was flagged.
GOV. VARDAMAN NOT CONVERTED.
Answered Call for Penitents But Balked
at Total Surrender.
The Mississippi state press is Indulg
ing in considerable comment over the
report that Governor Vardanian was
among the earliest converts at a reviv
al service in Jackson recently, and the
matter is being generally discussed,
especially in political circles.
There has been a misunderstanding
concerning this incident. At the serv
ice referred to Governor Vardanian
did respond to the call of the evangel
ist for penitents, knelt at the altar
with members of the local clergy, who
prayed with them, but when the evan
gelist put the final test and asked the
penitents to surrender to Christ, the
governor was not among the number.
After stating to a member of the
Methodist clergy that he did not feel
like making the surrender the gover
nor stepped behind Hie line of converts
and afterwards took his seat. He at
tended two or three other meetings,
but did not join the peniients.
DEADLY SWATH CUT BY STORM.
Fifteen People Reported Killed and Heavy
Property Loss in Wisconsin.
It is believed that at least fifteen
lives were lost in the severe storms
that swept over a portion of western
Wisconsin on the evening of July 3rd.
Numerous other persons were injured,
and much damage to farm property
and to dwellings is reported.
According to reports received in St
Paul the little town of Oakdale on
the Milwaukee road, near Camp Doug
las, was entirely wiped out.
CASUALTIES OF GLORIOUS FOURTH.
Record-Herald of Chicago Compiles List of
Accidents in United States.
Thirty-six persons were killed and 1,-
471 injured while celebrating Indepen
dence Day, according to the Chicago
Record-Herald, which made a canvass
of the accidents in the entire United
States. In Chicago six persons were
killed by revolvers, which were sup
posed to be unloaded, and with the
deadly giant firecracker. New York fur
nished seven of the dead, while the
remainder of the list of fatalities -are
scattered over the country.
SULPHUR BATHS AT HOME.
They Heal the Skin and Take Away
Its Impurities.
Sulphur baths heal Skin Diseases, and
give the body a wholesome glow. Now
you don’t have to go off to a high-priced re
sort to get them. Put a few spoonfuls of
Hancock’s Liquid Sulphur in the hot water
and you get a perfect Sulphur bath right
in your own home.
Apply Hancock’s Liquid Sulphur to the
affected parts, and Ezcema and other stub
born skin troubles are quickly cured. Dr.
R. H. Thomas, of Valdosta, Ga., was cured
of a painful skin trouble, and he
it in the highest terms. Your druggist
sells it.
Hancock’s Liquid Sulphur Ointment is
the best cure for Sores, Pimples, Black
heads and all inflammation. Gives a soft,
velvety akin.
Washington College Girls Indignant.
When Bishop Scadding of the dio
cese of Oregon, in the Episcopal
Church, said that western girls ara
cheaper to entertain than the eastern
variety, he was unaware that he
touched a tender spot in the makeup
of the girls at the University of Wash
ington. The ’varsity young women say
the Bishop does not know whereof
he speaks, or he would not make such
assertions.*
The girls say that a gaze at Mount
Rainier is not a substitute for ice
cream and that they demand other
articles of diet besides sea food. They
also intimate that the Bishop has not
been in the habit of entertaining the
sweet girl graduates of the land or
he would not say they are cheap to
feed.
The girls do not want the impres
sion to get out, however, that they
are expensive luxuries and that they
“bleed” the youthful swains of the
west. A happy medium is the key
note of their sentiments. —The Seat
tle Times.
How She Knew.
A Washington correspondent told
the other night a story that he claim
ed to have heard from President
Roosevelt at a Gridiron Club dinner.
“Two women," he said, “iwere dis
cussing some new neighbors who had
moved into one of the most sumptuous
houses .in their city.
“ ‘They seem to be very rich,’ said
the first.
“ ‘Oh, they are,’ said the second.
" ‘Shall you call?’
“ ‘Decidedly.’
“ ‘You are sure, are you that ‘they
they—er—quite correct, quite—er —
good form?'
“ ‘Oh, my dear, I’m positive,’ said ;
the second woman. ‘They have 30
servants, 18 horses, 12 dogs, 11 auto
mobiles and one child.’ ”—Washing
ton Star.
GENERATIONS OF 1 ELBOWS.
Stella: ‘‘Don’t they ipu't on style?”
Bella: "Yes; it is only a genera
tion from the elbow grease to elbow
sleeves.” —New York Sun.
Easy Mathematics.
"Ye&” ; ; aid the man in the Rookery
the other day, “he looks to me like
a shiftless sort of a proposition.”
"He is,’’ answered the salesman.
“Why, he’s had four different jobs
during this last year.”
‘“ls that so?” queried the ether.
“How’d you find out that he’d had four
of them?”
"Ch. he’s let it out in little things
he’s said at different times,” answered
the salesman, "and I found it out by
just putting two and two together.’
“Oh, I see,” smiles his friend. “Well,
that’s easy, two and make
four, sure enough.”—Chirago Record-
Herald.
COULDN’T KEEP IT
Kept it Kid From the Children.
"We cannot keep Grape-Nuts food
in the house. It goes so fast I have
to hide it, because the children love
it so. It is just the food I have been
looking for ever so long; something
that I do not have to stop tc prepare
and still is nourishing.”
Grape-Nuts is the most scientific
ally made food on the market. It is
perfectly and completely cooked at
the factory and can be served at an
instant’s notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk if a hot dish
is desired. When milk or water ia
used, a little sugaT should be added,
but when cold ia used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can
be seen glistening on the granulesj
is sufficiently sweet to satisfy the pal/
ate. This grape-sugar is not poure/
over the granules, as some peop 1
think, but exudes from the granu'J
in the process of manufacture, whJ
the starch of the grains is chany
from starch to grape-sugar by r
process of manufacture. This, in/’
feet, is the first act of digest/ 1 -
therefore, Grape-Nuts food is b"
digested and is most perfectly 5 '
similated by the very weakest
ach. ’’There's a Reason.” J
Made at the pure food facto* of
the Postum Cos., Battle CreekJpch.
Read the little health classicfThe
Road to Wellville,” in pkga. /