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rofi 1 Mtinsa frfus 54iiWJfia BI TKBSMTS HJWJ wWfi 1F WKI XX safsl 55 Nf PN I UUI II II 1 1 II II I II A31RKEY Judge Childs Aided Election of Mian Wha Had Never Tried a Case HOWE ON STAND Tells How Jurist Helped Him Ttqlmportant Office in Crescent City dv vp By KESSETHQ ADAMS social Dispatch to The Chronicle SXCRAMHNTO April tDl Norte not the Blu GrM country should hav been the scene oftt romantic tales of the Cumberland rang which John ox Jr cava to literature For th writer of fiction ther ti material galore In California northernmost eountr and no imaginative facultle are required to whip It into readable hap Bach day of tbl inveetlgation of Judge John I Child on impeachment cb arses develop iomt new ana inter eetlng high light on the characteristic of the people of Del Norte Could any novelist hope to place a raw high ohool lad freah from the hills Into a treat univerilty have him emerge In a year or so a full fledged lawyer return him to his Mountain home and elect him District Attorney before he had bad a sin tie case oould any novelist do that and et by with hi reader Echo answers It couldnt be done And ret that what Jud Childs Hid for Oeorce How of Crescent City who was a witness tor the de fen at the Childs hearing tonight TALE OF DI1TRJCT ATTORNBT Bow told the Assembly InvestigatingInvestigating committee the story of his rla from a youth in school to the office of District Attorney of Del Norte In the short space of six years Gleaning of the detail of the meteorlo advance Jn the career of Howe Interested the five member of the leglalatlv Inquisitorial body Immensely tonight All of the lnveetlgator are lawyer They bad no iuoh easy time attaining the goal ot their ambition aa did George Bow It was plain to be en that they were temporarily more Interested In Howe than in John Child and hi trouble When How told of probating a 290000 estate in Del Norte of 1105 the1 committeemen gasped I wanted the practice I wanted a tart I would have done the probate work for nothing Juet to get experience explained this youttul practitioner at law Of course the proeecutlon is endeavoring to prove that Howe would have probated the estate without compensation In order to drive out of Del Norte the only other attorney there on Frank Taft CHILDS AIDS HOWS The charge Is made that Judge Childs wanted Howe to have all the law practice In the county Howe got it or nearly all of It Taft picked up and left He testified the other night that he couldnt make a living In Del Norte becauae Howe cut fees and Judge Child threw business In the way of his protege Judge Childs is the best friend I ever had declared the witness He used his Influence to get me Into Stanford as a special I passed my law examinations In HOB returned to college again and then In 1J07 went home and was elected District Attorney Had you practiced law before you were elected Inquired Assemblyman Satterwhlte No I had not was the frank admission Howe denied that Judge Child had rolauaed his position as Superior Judge to get him clients He said the Judge had been mighty good to him had taken aa Interest In him from the time he was a boy I ran the Judges paper for hint when I was going to school the witness said When the Bartol eases came on In Crescent City Judge Child namd How oourt reporter and Howe mad 1100 The appointment created a void In the legal profession of Del Norte There was no lawyer left to defend the acouaod And that why How wa appointed court reporter contends Jim Henley of the proeecutlon I took the Job Howe maintain becauae Minnie Walton the court stenographer asked to She said didnt Ilk to report such case And that the way It goe For every charge of the proeecutlon the defense haa a logical answer and for each anawer Hanley ha a come back lnJ the form of another aoeusa tlon FRANK BAHTOL Olf STAND Frank Bartol husband of Ruby Bartol and father ot May followed Bow to the stand In whispers Bartol told the com tnlttee the unprintable detail of the tory he says his boy Robert related to him concerning the alleged assault upon hi 11 year old slater When ho had concluded Hanley brought forth an affidavit by Clifford Bartol aldeat ion of Bartol in which the boy now yeara old allege that hi father attempted to persuade him to defame his mothers character and Join the forces of the defense Peter Maaa who was on of the three Justices of the peas called to gather by Judge Chllde to try the Seeing San ranctsco is incomplete without a visit to the Hof Brau the most prosperous of all the citys great eating places The Music i Unique The Cuisine i Unique The Prices Unique W1orbangampdetatei No cabaret butjri jbcxi timijior tt9paUtthear and thheart 1 i Vet jtLxVr jUKi3iTtTK it aM i oWo i I KUia UoiAi UIUM1UC in Leoisianire 4i 3 Subduer the Aicatraz Siren Special Dispatch to Tse Oareelcle SACRAMBNTO Artl ST Vael Sam bow ha the Leg Ulature Callferala te reckon with la the matter at that aelsy Irea ef hie a Aleatra lelaad ass exued faleep la Xh BeHh b4 ef Sea Fraactec ea aeaayfeasTr atghto aad the pre I teeu slaMker eeektagr eltKI bb feaveat bothered him a bit He haa sea right tootlag tee Aleatraaalrea Bat today th Seaate adeyted I Aeemfelyseaai Tie Caaesa reeeo I latlea pleadlag with Caacreea te i aiwHtlsu the ekrtekiag whU tle aad ta measure un tm Caaeea aad Seaater Welfe I wh handled the reeelatlea la I the appr heaee daat ear what klad ef a aeketltute Vad arovldre fee the alrea Neither deee the North Eae ethlag rvaia am mmr wer7 jit 1H7 i waat relief aad the Legl latar i yupataetleally tuM bobmA their vansa Qee eeeeeee aeeea UbelBult Instituted against the jurist by Rev Walters waa put on the stand by the defense Maaa who ald he had been a Sunday rchool teacher In Creacent City for forty years testified he did not believe Judge Child was guilty of mlaoon duot la the libel case What become ot the Sheriar Assemblyman Satterwhlte asked Judga Childs Just before adjournment tonight Well Sheriff Huffman blew up the other night answered the Judge but hell be well enough to appear tomorrow TAX AMENDMENT PASSESSENATE Measure to Allow Legislature to Handle Levies Approved a Vote of 28 to 5 by Special rjtapetch to The Chrenlcle 8ACRAMENT0 April IT With four Democrats and one Republican voting against It the Thompson proposed constitutional amendment abolishing the State Board of Equalisation and reorganising the tax ayatem ot California under a tax commlaalon wa paaaed In the Senate today by a vote of It to 5 The measure 1 backed by the administration It aeek to obtain the approval of the people to the removal of constitutional reatrlctlona from leglalatlv action on taxation No change In the preaent ayatem of taxation can be made except by constitutional amendment Senator Duncan Stuckenbruck Purkltt and Shearer Democrat and Senator Ballard Republican voted agalnat the measure There Is considerable opposition to the propoeed amendment In the Assembly and It la aaid that it may be defeated In the lower houee A two Lxhlrds vote Is required for it approval Friend of the present mem ber 6f the State Board of Equalisation cJalra they can defeat the act In the Aaaambly Other Assembly measures passed by the Senate were By Harris diving labor union exclusive rights to their label or trad marks By McCray Making posaeaafon of elk meat a felony designed to give better protection to a herd of elk brought from Tellowatone Park By I Wright Permitting deputies of the State Labor Commlaalon to mak arrests for violations of the labor lawsi a Radical Changes in Game Laws of State SACRAMENTO April 17The deer hunting season In California have been materially altered by the Legislature In the new fish and game bill creating four large game district already passed by both houses and by a Senate bill passed by the Assembly today and ready for Governor Johnsons algnatur In the coming fall the open season for deer will be August Itth to October ISth In Game dlatrict 1 which covera the eaatern half of the San Joaquin and Sacramento valley the Sierra Nevada and the countle north of Mendocino and Glenn The Sao ramento and San Joaquin river are the weatern boundary of dlatrict jtuguat lit to September ltth In Game dlatrict 1 and I which run from the northern boundaries of Mendocino and Glenn down through the coast counties the Coast rang and the weatern halt of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valley to the northern boundary of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties September 1st to October 1st in Game dlatrict 4 which lncludee all of Southern California Other Senate fish and game bills paaaed by the Aaaambly eatabllah the following change Open season on dueka and gee October Uth to February 1st open season valley quail and cottontail rabbit November lat to January lit open aeaaon mountain quail groua and aage hen September lat to December lat open ason black baas May 1st to December 1st Black bass 1 limited to twenty five fish a day and sale 1 forbidden Trout under twelve Inches In length cannot be sold Gam bird and deer can not be killed half an hour after aunaet or half an hour before aunrla Uae of explosive to kilt flan or dlccharglng ot petroleum acid coal tar or deleterious aub atance Into water of the Stat la made a mlademeanor a i lgiilatetoEnd Majr 6th Rush Work Special Mapeteate The Chronicle SACRAMENTO April IT With the adoption by the Aaaembly today of four special roles to accelerate leg lalatlve machinery and providing for adjournment sine die of th Legislator May th the Stat Administration paved the way for an early cessation of lawmaking The adjournment resolution nowr goea to the Senate for concurrence Flve mlnutf speeehee an night eeaaions Beginning tomorrow evening will aid the lower houae In expediting Its buelneas ii a AtfDlTORlVACCOUITSi SACRAMENTO April J7Tofaelll tat the keeping of audi tor account the Aaaemoir peaaea today the Byrne Bin requiring i county treaaurers to file dupl leate recelpta with andltor when luing reoelpts for court I moneys aeposiieu xnis out la oe alrned te rive audltora a check on all court depoait a which la not had under a fliilEIOluer inAtMn ESlfi Prisoners to Build Roads In Mountains free Men Not Affected Says Johnson SACRAMENTO April ST Governor Jbhnaonatgned today the Meek convict labor bill permitting prisoner of the Stat penitentiaries to build Stat highway A atatement was issued by the Governor In which he aid that apprehension that fro labor wjll be affected la groundlea Stern Highway Commlaaloner original advocate of the bUL plana to take peraonal charge of th convicts and live with them in the mountains where they will be put to Work running highway Into hitherto lnaco lbl part of the Stat It 1 planned to gradually work out an honor ays Kern Faithful work will be reward ed by reduction of priaon terms Governor Johneon declared th plan 1 an experiment but one that wlU be cautiously carefully and Ju dlcloualy undertaken without Injury to free labor but In the hope that neceaaary highway may be contracted where under the preaent system they are nbw almost Impossible of construction GOVERNORS STATEMENT HI atatement aald After a very thorough hearing and lnveatlgatlon I have algned the Meek convict labor law The aot la experimental and while some of its enthusiastic advocates have talked In rather extravagant terms about the tremendous saving that will be made by the use of convicts upon our roads I do not expect It to accomplish much from the economlo standpoint The apprehension expreaaed that free labor will be affected 1 I am aure groundlea Th law will enable some of thoae In our State priaon who deserve It and desire It to work in the eunllght and th air lnatead of remaining In priaon cell The lnoentlve of ehorter terma for efficient work la given and It 1 in the larger humanltarlanlam that the act 1 algned by me The road upon which convleta will be put to work will be built where otherwii no roada would be built They will be need In localltlea which would otherwlae go without road and where experience has demonstrated the almost Impossibility ot constructing roada In th usual manner with free labor By building roada In localltlea where otherwise roada would not be conatruoted the impetus will be given for other work which may employ free labor and free labor will thus be benefited COLORADO LAW Colorado ha thl law and I wired Hon Allison Stocker state Treasurer Judge Ben Llndsey and others to ascertain the effect of the law apHn free labor and from the economlo and humanitarian standpoints The repllea I have received are all alike and I quote that from Judge Llndaey who under date of April lat telegrapha as follows Our convlot labor law permitting convicts to work on roads has been a great success from everv stnd point It has helped the convict a wen a th Stats and there haa never been any aerloua objection that It In terfered with free labor I believe It la generally aupported by the labor union themselves and the good effectfrom a humanitarian and economlo atandpolnt can not be auoceai fully queatloned It eeem th Ideal ayatem of oonvlct labor satisfying to all Public Defenders for Counties of State Assembly Puses Senate Measure Providing for Counsel for the Accused Special Dispatch te The Chronicle SACRAMENTO April ST On the theory that the State duty 1 to defend its eltlsen charged with orlme a well as to prosecute them the Aaaambly pasaed today Senator Henry Lyons bill creating publle defender in all California countle Under the bill srovlalon tmfclla defender muet defend persona financially unable to employ eounael who are charged with offenaee agalnat tho law To county hoard of aupervliore 1 delegated the power to appoint de fender The neceaalty for appointing auch offlclala however la left to the dlecretlon of the boarda In Loa Angelee San Franolace and Alameda countle th salary of the proposed new offlclala la fixed at 13000 a year In other counties compensa tion ranges from 11300 to 13400 a year Th bill now goe to Governor Johnson for approval Road Bond Issue Bill Reported Out Special Diapetchi te Tke Ctanmlcle SACRAMENTO April 37 The Senate Highway Committee today reported to the Senate a bill providing for the lubtnlaalon of a 113000000 highway bond propoaltlon to th people Thl bill wa agreed upon at a conference with the Highway Commlaalon recently The committee maintain that the 112004000 la neceaaary to complete th Stat road system begun under the 118000000 now being dlaburaed Increase of 2329970 Over Appropriations of the 1913 Legislature Special Mapateii The Chrealele SACRAMENTO April ST It will require I1531MS0 for the maintenance of th Stat Government during the coming two year Thl sum wa recommended today In the appropriation bill Introduced by th Assembly Ways and Means wommmee It call for an increase of S2S29ITo over tho amount appropriated by the ij legislature to support state de partmente for the biennial period wnicn end June 20th thl year The amount the Johnaon admlnla tratlon propoaee to appropriate Increase thblennlal coat to th people of California Stat Government by 5UJ055 over what It waa whan it cam into office GREAT nrCRBASB In 1109 th general appropriation bill total was 9688575 a compared with tne iiojz60 which the Legislature now Is ked to appropriate The 1911 Legislature the first under the Johnson administration appropriated 10870860 for general support or 4458780 leaa than now asked In 191S the general appropriation bill totePwae 12990 The amount reoommended by the Way and Means Committee ia 88570 leaa than propoeed In the State budget prepared Jointly by the State Controller and State Board of Control The gentral appropriation bill make no provision for the special needa of lnatltutlona departments and commissions To fill this class of demand for money aeveral mllllona of dollars la asked In Individual appropriation bills The total of special appropriation bills paaaed by the 1913 Legislature and approved by the Governor totaled 674088 exclualve of reimbursements made to oounties by loss of taxation reeultlng from the gross earning ayatem It 1 expected that fully that amount of special appropriation will be paased at th preaent aeaalon WRIGHTS STATEMENT Chairman Wright of the Way and Meane Committee aay th big Increase in the general appropriation is due to bringing several new department within Its acope He eaya Thl increaae 1 largely due to the fact that the State now la caring for departments under the general appropriations which two yeara ago were provided for by apodal appropriation bills a i Compulsory Education Bill Passes Senate Parents to Be Compelled to Send Children to School Through the Eighth Grade Special MspetcB to The Chronicle SACRAMENTO April 27 Assemblyman Gebharts compulsory educa tion bill wa pasaed In the Senate this afternoon without opposltioa The measure which waa introduced at the request of the Womana Council of Sacramento authorise the Judge of the Juvenile Court to compel parent to nd their children to echool until they hav completed the eighth grade The bill raises the age for aohool attendance to 18 year and make other change in the exiatlng educational laws Thla aame bill wa debated for an entire day In the Assembly aeveral weeka ago and rereferred to commit tee where the opposition to It waa overcome Senator Cohn handled th bill In the upper houae a Prominent Southern Grocer Is Missing The aaalatance of the San Francisco police waa aaked last night by the Loa Angeles police In an effort to locate Alfred Prosaer prominent grocer of Hollywood Cal who haa been missing alnce laat month dra Anaon of the Mataonla apartments Post and Leavenworth atreets notified the police laat night that Proaaer according to a letter aha had received from Mrs Proaaer had left hla atore about the middle of March and alnc that time haa not been aeon It la feared that he waa suffering from a mental breakdown Proaaer waa well known in Loa An galea a i MONEY BILLS SACRAMENTO April 3T Six bills by Senator Breed carrying a total appropriation of 58000 tor improvements at the California School for the Deaf and Blind Berkeley were reported for pasaage to the Senate today by the Senate Finance Committee together with an appropriation ef 8000 for the State Industrial Home for the Adult Blind at Oak land i DITORCE BILL Special Dtspeteh tO The Chronicle SACRAMENTO April 2T Interven tion of the Dlatrict Attorney In divorce caaes 1 auhorlaedt in bills by Senator Anderion which were pasaed In the upper houae today A call at the Senate wa required to get the necessary number of vote The re sult was 13 to IS fdKorrnKrarit i VICHY ftfliy smfWll xlrMKNCHKKnmuG fKoptCKrri MUeESNOW IT the same as before the War rj a Normal shipments from France havoj how been resumed and Afifaimmf iMJjneTWWatericanilriad8 piled by an Dealers 3 ftt soUtoQUAJiTrirrssrijT3 A mm NO EASY BOSS WRITES COL ROOSEVELT More Political History Revealed Trial in Syracuse New York at CeatUard frees Pag 1 at th end of a day ot Inactivity than he wa on tho day when one question after another waa being aaked him Th belief prevailed here tonight that the eroaa examlnatlon of the former President would end sometime tomorrow Barnea was in court again thl afternoon having returned from Albany where he went to attend the tat eonatltutlonal convention a TEDDYS DBAUNQS WITH PIATT Colonel Under Cross Ezamiiiation Ee veals Political Secrets STRACOSB April 31 William I Barnum the croas examiner tarted off hi Inquiry today by salting Colonel Rboaevelt whether he had taken the advice ot Senator Piatt In regard to th nomination for th Vlce Preaidency In 1100 Old you value Senator Platf a advice asked Barnum I am unable to say replied Colonel Roosevelt You were entirely friendly with him then Ohyea answered the Colonel Old he advlae you to accept the nomination Dont aay advlae air aald Colonel Roosevelt Well a a reult of your Interview with Bo Piatt did he ao advlae your Colonel Roosevelts counsel objected to th queatlon which waa ruled out PLATT ADVISES Barnum picked up a package of eusra Tne nrat one read waa from Senator Piatt to Colonel Roosevelt uiunon feoruary I 1800 In the letter the Senator agreed to postpone an engagement becauae of tne Illness of Mra Piatt The Senator alao wrote Perhaps Henry Pur roy would be a wlaa selection for th charter commlaalon Purroy a Democrat waa auggeated In a letter written by Colonel Roosevelt read yaaterday The following letter by Senator platt dated February 5 UOO waa read I have hardly had time to give the consideration it deserves to your letter of February 1 and the matters Involved therein and am Inclined to take more time for mature deliberation The Vlce Prealdentlal queetlon la a very important one and a great deal depend upon it Mrs Piatts oondltlon Is considerably Improved and It looks now as though I should be able to get to New Tork soon at which time ws can personally discuss the Vlce Preslden tlal and other questions Did you Jlscuas the queatlon in purauance of that letter asked Mr Barnum I did DISLIKES VICE PRESIDENCY Then thla reply from Colonel Roosevelt dated February 7 UOO waa read Tour very kind note hal Juat been received I note that you expect to be In New York on Saturday If ao I ahall not try to lunch with you but if convenient I will cell on you at the Fifth Avenue Hotel at My train geta in at 130 and ao I do not auppoee I could get to the hotel in time take lunch with you WlU you wire me on receipt of thla notsT I aaw Korene and told him I had written to you that I would not take the Vlce Prealdentlal nomination but that I wanted nothing aald untll I nea a cnance to talk matter over with you I would a great deal rather be anything aay profeaaor ot history than Vlce Prealdent Then thl telegram dated May 7 1S00 from Senator Platt to Colonel Roosevelt was read Our friends of the New York Central are very anxious to have you sign Senate bill 763 exempting from the franchise tax grade croealnga of steam railroads I hope you can consistently do so Senator Depew ia very anxious SORRY IF HE CAUSED TROUBLE Th following wa Colonel Roosevelts reply I received yonr telegram and one from Ford yesterday It waa too late for me to act I had already published a memorandum eta ting not merely that Ford waa agalnat the bill but that the 8tate Tax Commissioners opposed the bllL I did not receive your telegram until yesterday Sunday It wa then altogether too late to get at the oommlaalon and again go over the matter with them I am exceedingly aorry If any hardahlp ha been caused either te the New York Central or the Long Island Railroad but It was a matter where I really had to act according to the advice of the commission unless It could be ahown that they were In the wrong On December IS00 Colonel Roosevelt telegraphed to the Senator thla Am greatly conoerned because charter commlaalon has arranged lunch for myself and Odell next Wednesday thfa being only day they could get that would ault ua both Do you really regard it as Important for me to come Cant Woodruff take my place Doe President really expect me Senator Platt In reply telegraphed Colonel Roosevelt Think your absence from meeting of oommlaalon will be deplored by the Prealdent and the other Governors Meeting ot charter oommlaalon seems to me should be secondary Let them postpone Then Colonel Roosevelt tele Tanned All right In view of your aecond telegram I will come but you are not an eaay boss LETTER COMPLIMENTS BARNES When Ivlna later In th day took up th cross examination he asked Colonel Roosevelt What percentage of your administrative acta aa Governor did you dlacuee with Senator PlattT I cant tell Probably In the majority of cases Ivlna turned to the letters The first was dated from Oyater Bay September 16 1908 addreaaed to Barnes In It Colonel Roosevelt aald after the election he wanted to aee Barnee In Washington He complimented Barnes for making the Hughes nomination unanimous Look at this letter Was it written before or after your eleotion It was written before The letter was the one already in evidence in which Colonel Roosevelt utold Mr Barnes we are to be con gratulated for the whole business national and State Mr Ivlns then produced a eerles of letters which pasaed between Colonel Rooeevelt and Mr Barnea between l0e and 1910 Colonel Roosevelt Identified the let tera and carbon ooplea as authentic BARNES ASKS FAVOR In the first letter dated In 1804 Mr Barnea aaked Colonel Roosevelt whether he could do anything tor a man who wanted to be appointed to an office Mr Barnea alao wrote about oockaureneaa of Charles Murphy of Tammany Hall Mr Barnea aald the Democrats had a way of dividing up offlcea before electlona and that ha believed they would make aerloua blundera In reply Colonel Rooeavelt wrote that he would do what he could for the man Colonel Ham and that it waa delightful having you and Mra Barnea here In another letter dated September 16 1104 Colonel Rooeevelt wrote about apolntments of Mr Barnea The tenor of all the lettera waa friendly but in some caaea almost formal In the next letter Colonel Roosevelt thanked Barnea for hla efforts in thla election In 1910 the lettera written by the Colonel began to appear upon the atatlonery of the Outlook Colonel Rooeevelt aald In one letter that be deemed he had been quoted correctly In an Interview In the New York World The next letter contained an Invitation to Barnes to vieit Colonel Rooaevelt In the magaslne omoe In New York Do you remember aaked Ivlna what took place at a meeting In a New York hotel between youraelf Mr Barnea and Mr Ward No Had you dreamed then that Mr Barnes had a Mr Hyde element in him Waant It my testimony that that element waa In him from the begin nine aaked Colonel Rdoeovelt You testified you met Mr Barnes at the Lincoln dinner In U11T Yea I remember that Now I want you to read your tes timony aa marked here aald Ivlna handing the witness a copy ot his direct testimony The Colonel complied Hare you anytalDg te correct or amend A Simply this am not sore be was cnalr maa BTsrj one realised however taat be oaa come Dtcx lDto aomuaoee LINCOLN LETTER INCIDENT Is tbat all A Tea Uat Is all eteept as I Just told 700 Oh I in not sure be was In tbe official position as leader of tae publlrtn party There Is ootblng else Mow jou tutlflM that If Bsraes wnoli act In tbe spirit shown br Thurlow Weed every one would support him A Thats rlsht I think tbe letter came from Bsraes himself I am net sore Isnt It fart thst Mr Barnea was showlnr tho letter which was written br Wood to Abraham Lincoln to a friend wbon 7011 reached over snd took It urine Id like to see thst A I dont know I think I had seen a copy of tbat letter before Did I ear a letter from Wood to Abrsbam Lincoln May bo It was Iran Lincoln te Weed I think It wis Mr Ivtns produced a photograph of the letter It was from Lincoln to Weed Tho witness aald that was the letter Ton told Mr Bsraes yon wintod hltn to mMAsS MMmMi Mrl i wXSSBSEfiKi 1 9 sLmlWlsMsjMMlSsWlBsmwllaMJgm IH a 4 ViV ir XifjDJjCSj Alit ulyiwvr mwm Ji 1itlr AiBmAnmhMmmk Eastern States Suffer Another Day of Hat Temperatures Very High in Many Cities but Cool Weather Predicted for Today WASHINGTON April 11 Th heat wave of the laat few daya from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantio coast bad moderated tonight and cooler weather is predicted Temperature exceeding the highest ever recorded during the month of April were reported aa follows Richmond Va 96 degreea Waahlngton 96 Hartford Conn Albany and New York city 90 Wythe vllle Va 88 and Aahevllle 84 Previous high records for April were equaled at Philadelphia with 92 degreea and Atlantio City 84 Rural Credits Bills Placed Before Senate Special Dispatch te Tho Chronicle SACRAMENTO April 17 Senator Brown today introduced the administration rural credit measure which were prepared after an InveatlgatJpn of the subject by Dean Barrowa the University of California and Harrla Welnetock Theae men were commissioned by the Governor to make a study ot the matter and report to him The Brown measures are the reault One le a bill and the other a propoeed constitutional amendment The bill ereatea a commission of five members who shall report to the Governor by October 1 1916 On the baala of thla report legislation will be framed by the next Legislature to put a rural eredita ayatem Into operation In California The corn million members will serve without pay They are allowed 5000 for expenses and are authorised to investigate in the United States and foreign countries The constitutional amendment eubmlta to the people the propoaltlon ef the State loaning Ita credit IMltllHIIIIIII bo Wood Instrad of a Platt despite roar relations with the lattor A Too COLONEL AND CORPORATIONS Did yon while President In 1809 direct tbe Attorney General of tbe United Btitu to brief toy action sfalnst tho stool corporation A I did not 0 Did Mr Prick Jodse Osrv and Mr Perkins cootrlbote to your campaign A Yes Were tbty connected wltn the stool cor porttlen A TOS Did yon erer lnstmct the Attorney GeneralGeneral to bring any action acalnst tho New Bavea Railroad In reply to an objection Mr Ivlna aald the evidence was dealgned to prove that Colonel Rooaevelt himself did not frown upon alliances between politics and buslneaa Mr Bowera argued that there waa no evidence to ahow that any action ahould have been taken agalnat the ateel corporation or the New Haven Railroad Hla objection waa overruled Colonel Rooeevelt anawered the Queatlon In the affirmative Did yoo ever bear of tne Tennessee Coal and Iron Company Ar I did Did you approve of the acquisition by the steel eorporstlon of the Tennessee Coal snd Iron Company A I did Did you ever order sn Investigation of the Amerlcsn nsrvetter Company A No Wes Ut Perkins In tnat company A wes Did yon over order aa lnvestlastlon of tho American Powder Company A 1 dont know Was Coleman dnPont In that company A I dont know Wss be a contributor A I dont know Ton told me ho was CJ Do yoo remember the stats convention ef 110 A Tea Did your relations with Mr Barnes continue friendly nntll after February 1911 A They did Didnt yoc have dlemsalons ss early ss April laiOT A Discussions ves Didnt you fneke remarks shout Mr Bsrnes to the newapspers A 1 oppoaed him strongly In 1910 FMlllli wwm VI Superintendent DanteleUs Tulare Officials Road VVi Be Built Via Hanford VISALIA April Mark DanJi4 superintendent of national prktD partment of the Interior tbdajriisA sured Tulare county offlclala oftli hearty co operation of the Fdtat Government in plan for thYobTb atructlon of a highway from tb creat of the Sierra to the Paclflo ocaan via Coallnga and Hanford1 Ac cording to a atatement made today by James Borae deputy district attorney with the sanction of Daniels the Federal Government la begin work soon on a system of roada and trail through th Sequoia National Park which will connect wit the county highway at Lemon Cove A county road to form one link In the highway from the coast to the Yoaemlte valley ha th aupport of tne State Highway Commlaaloner and an appropriation for tho work 1 pending In the State Legislature After declaring that the portion ol the park that le altuated In Tuiar county 1 the Swltserland of Amer I lea Superintendent Daniel aay that not only haa the approval oi Secretary of the Interior Lane i been aecured for plana for popularising the Sequoia National Park but certain transcontinental railroads have assured him that preparations are be ing made to spend several hundn thousand dollars In a publicity cam palgn with th purpose of eventu ally eecurlng an annual attendant in th California park of a quart i of a million people According to Superintendent Dan iels a bill I now being prepared foi submission to Congreas to enlarge th Sequoia foreet on the eaat alope of the Sierra It Is planned he aay when this is done to extend automc bile roada through tbe mountal paaaes making a cross State road grades suitable for automobiles Ti i iiuana Gamblers Seized by SAN DIEGO April 27 Undr or dare from Colonel Esteban Cantu1 civil and military Governor of Lower I California the rough and ready Montel Carlo at Tijuana Max which been rapidly acquiring nattoo wldel notoriety was closed this aftemoon1 Twenty six men said to be bunkol men gamblers steerers and capper jf tre rounded up by the Mexican au orltlea under command ot Lieuten ant Colonel Francisco Vasques aub prefecto and forced to march aero the American boundary where theyl were aelxed by a poase of Sen Dies police and Sheriffs officers Lat1 afternoon the Ramblers were lodg in the City Jail Many complaints have been mad I the local authorities by wealthy Eaat I ern tourists and others that theyl been fleeced by Tijuana bunko but the police were unable to reach the gamblers on the Mexican ldoofl the border i It 1 aald that th Tijuana gam bllng resort are licensed by the Lower California government and are a source of considerable revanua Tho action of the Governor In cloalng the resorts was unexpected It is believed the many reporte of lawlessn Tijuana ia responsible for tho elaaJH up order a 1 I Witt feus Several Interesting Sales Commence Today Wednesday i i Sale of Trimmed Hatslf Tr WT A tf P7E ror women ait w03 Regular Values 1250 2 SPECIAL SALE OF Womens Dress and Walking Puimps Pumps in all materials regular prices 4 to 10 NOW 195 to 585 Also some reductions on broken lines of hlvhi grade button shoes Hi 3 SPECIAL SALE OF STAMPED GOODS Third Floor Stamped goods including white and ecru plllowl 4rk1tf3 a rraTfrsCli 1 gvfcffa rrYT 3 fl fl I A fl A sTw eO 3 Svt A 4 Vt2j VI IltU4lSVV4f WUA Ji 1U Wll 0 UIUUK VUtteV9M tan linen dresses unmade waists and 6 9 and 2 inch doylies at 4 OFF REGULAR PRICES 4 SPECIAL SALE OF Shepherd Check Suiting in large variety of styles 38 inches wide regular 60c yard 50 to incnes wiae regular 91 yara boo 48 Inches wide regular 1175 yard 15 50 inches wide regular 200 yard 150y 00 incnes wiae regular 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