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THE SACRAMENTO BEE 105 SACRAMENTO CAL: FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY 22 1909-12 PAGES NO 17223 ISLANDS STILL BATTLING WITH RISING WATERS THE SPORT ARCHITECT CONTROLS THE SITUATION Low Bids Not Likely to Be Offered Under Supervision What City and County Are Up Against in Constructing New Buildings Most Districts Holding Out Against Beating of Wind and Struggle at Staten Tho Bee explained et length in Its Issues of enterduy and the day before the manner in which the County Board of Supervisor of Sucianvnto County under advice of it architect A lleroid him aigned a conti act tor tha construction of tv new Cmmtv Jail under which the county 5b to pay In exceft of ni fair cost and profit to the contractors this foOOUO to bo divided evidently among the members of the ring which engineered the lob Tha participation in the scheme of the twelve bidders eleven of whom bid bo high that the twtlfth one was permitted to take a 1100000 lob with 60000 profit added tl self-evident But without tho oKffreeHtve assistance of the architect the scheme would have been Impossible It was he who (eriltled to the Hoard that the bids were fair ones was he who through past perfonuanc and acquired reputation kepi away bidders who might huvo put in square bids it was he who secured the county's endorsement of a contract which prevents an Inspector or a sub-contra nor going on the Job who is not first endorsed bv and in fact whoever mav he the head of the ring it is through the architect that he must woik The at least thoaa who will place all responsibility on the architect saying that they hud no reason to question ids judgment when he reported the bids ns fair ones struction of the Citv Hall and tha County Court House for both of which Herold is architect Bids are to be opened for the Citv Hall on February l-G and Matthews a Sacramento contractor is tmirt to have been slated for the 1b bv the combination The Bee's expose will probably break that tiuie The County Court House plans and speolfUatiot are nearly ready and bids are to be let a soon as possible Ihere too It Is probable that the sug-KeNilon offered by The investigations will enable the Supervisors to ascertain at the proper time whether the olds are fair or not and will per haps induce bidding by outside contractors who are not in the combination Can Low Hide He Had Coder Herald It is difficult however as explained In last night's Issun to Induce the offering of bona fide bids on the part of responsible coniractoi when the architect with unlimited power under his contract Is understood to desire He success of certain contractors and is ln position to punish those who may butt in and of for a low bid when they are not wanted' It transpires that within the past few da the county authorities have executed with Herold a contract for the County Court House which Includes the objectionable features which appear In the County Jui) contract but which were eliminated from the City Hall contract through the vigilance of Trustee Ed Carmqhor Whether either Although hammered Incessantly by the wind and wave or the 4 past thlrty-alx houre moet of the leveea In the down-river leland dletrlcte are etlll keeping out the flood waters Lower Sherman 4 Venice and Twltcbell Islands have been submerged Staten Island on the Mokeiumne River In San Joaquin County 4 Is still fighting the rising stream a break lr the levee occurring this 4 morning Residents of Ryer Tyler Brannan and Andrus all had a 4 desperate fight last night and succeeded in keeping the levees in- 4 tact Grand Sutter and Merritt Islands and the Lisbon and Pearson districts are believed to be out of danger The situation la still serious with many of the lower river lsl- ends It la believed If they can hold out to-night the worst will be 4 over as the San Joaquin and Mokeiumne Rivers are falling 4 Staten Island to-day is In the most orlttcal condition A break 4 occurred In the levees on the South Fork of Mokeiumne River A 4 dredger wae near at hand and It was put to work Immediately lift- 4 sand Into the cut It wae hoped that the leland could be saved 4 A largo portion of Stockton la still flooded but the waters are 4 receding and the damage done has not been eo great a a was feaicd 4 The railroad situation is improving Trains are running both 4 East and North to-day The line between this olty and San Fran- 4 cisco via Stockton was out of commission last night la agal noven 4 Trains are running on the we'st side of the Sacramento Valley and 4 passengers are being transferred across Stony Creek where the 4 bridge was washed out yesterday 4 The Sacramento River le at a standstill here while the Amer- 4 'loan is rising slowly again The American Is still about two feet 4 lower than It was last week when the railroad bridges were washed 4 out It Is not expected to rise more than a few Inches and will be- 4 gin to recede soon Despite the heavy storm of yesterday up the valley and In the 4 mountains reports from central points this morning show that a ma- 4 Jorlty of the streams are falling with the ethers stationary 4 Snow le reported from Blsklyou Nevada Butte and other coun- 4 ties well down on the mountains with a very heavy fall higher up 4 and much colder weather 4 Considerable damage wae Cone by the high winds 4 Steam and electrlo roads are straining every nerve to get their 4 lines open and are making good progress regardless of yesterday's 4 storm In the matter of wire communication this has been the hardest 4 day yet Early this morning for Instance out of fifteen long- 4 distance calls placed only three could be gotten Toward noon many 4 of the others were secured The wires up the valley were 4 out of commission and the Western Union had difficulty In keep- 4 lng Its lines working well to the north 4 ANTI-JAPANESE ARE FIRM WAIL THAT IT WILL HURT TRADE Some San Francisco and Los Angeles Merchants Oppose Anti-Japanese Legislation The Situation as Regarded in Washington A99EMBLYMEX DEFY ORDERS TO OTB AGAINST RESTRICTION BILLS LOS ANGELES January The Merchants and Manufacturers' Association of this city passed resolutions envii VA uu iceviuviwn- Pome Broken Mntee The ring's scheme contemplated division of similar profits on the con (Continued on eighth page) 44444444444MMMM 44444 4 4 4444 Open defiance Is flaunted In the face of the corporate interests by Assembly- 1 men who have been approached and 8trongjy condemning the efforts being asked not to vote for anti-Japanese leg- ln Haeramento to enact legisla- islation The sentiment against the Jap- tjon affecting: the rights of anese Is even more decided now than especially Japanese before the receipt of the i The resolutions assert that the Fed-message and there Is every indication cral Government Is fully able to cope df decisive aotlon being taken to stop with the questioi involved and urg-thd Asiatic encroachment cntly request membets of the Legisla- In talking of his message this morn- ture to voto against the Drew bill and ing Drew of Fresno author of the bill other measures before the California prohibiting aliens from holding land Legislature said that he wae aware that powerful protfst iSom iqiit Interests were working to smother protest mow kioiit Miss Elkins and Duke of Abruzzi to Be Married at Elkins Home in June 4 4 RIVER RECORD 4 4 4 7 a 71 4 4 10 a 771 4 4 11 17 4 4 2:30 72 4 Rlee since yeeterday 7 a Hlffht of lowest Sacramento City levee 81 feet Highest record of river (Jaou- ary 17 1909) 897 feet AAA A A A A A A A A A A AAAA AAAAAAAA These Islands are flooded: Twltohell leland Lower Sherman Island Venice Island These Islands are still safe: Merritt Island Randall Island Sutter Island Ryer Island Grand Island Tyler Island Brannan Island Andrus Island AAAAAA AAA AA antl-Japantse legislation He named the ranching Interests in the San Joaquin Valley and business firms that profit by employing Japanese labor as being most determined against such a course But he declared the people were demanding action by the Legislature and said the question would be brought to an issue as previously arranged "I would like to know what kind of business association In San Frandsco favors Japanese Immigration said Assemblyman Nelson of San Francisco "Only people that are profiting under present conditions stand ln support of them I don't care who asks ms to vote against this bill nor what pressure is brought to bear 1 am going to vote against the Japanese for 1 believe them to be a menaee to the State Assemblyman Hopkins of San Francisco was equally vigorous In bis views against ths Japanese Every member of the bay delegation takes a similar view They say ths Japanese art depreciating tbs value of property wherever they go None of the Los Angeles or Oeklend delegation has received any letters from business men asking them to vote against the Drew They are almost a unit In favor of ths measure although some counsel deliberation ln considering It The laundrymen have conducted a vigorous campaign In both Houses against Japanese and have brought every pressure to advance "anti" ation the President still recognizes tbs existence of a deep-founded antagonistic sentiment to the Japanese In California and the wisdom of placating that sentiment so as to end the agitation with as little delay as possible because of the almost unanimous sentiment In the Rtute the President realizes the responsibility placed upon Governor GUiett In using his Influence upon the Legislature to stop legislation at this session and wants to do all he can to share some of that responsibility Flint ln his conference at ths White House agreed with the President In considering the burden of Governor Gillett a serious one and is willing to share with the Governor the work of allaying the agitation The President Is not hesitating to use the power of Senator Flint and will not refrain from doing anything within reason himself Senator Flint and other Californians have told the President plainly that while they are willing to help they do not place much confidence In the figures of th Government aa to the decreasing number of Japanese la this country The facts dispute the figures they declare and add that the Japanese are taking possession of whole towns The President advised hts California hearers that he would like to see a fairer trial given to the promise of the Japanese to decrease the number of tbelr citizens la this country and if this trial showed that there was no decrease he would no longer use life Influence even after he goes out of office to prevent hostile legislation Senator Fulton or Oregon after hi talk at the White House suld that the feeling against ths Japanese In this State was not as acute os In California "Japanese and Chinese children attend the same schools as whits children In our State" said the Senator "Is ths situation In California as serious as appears from dally dispatches and ths activity of the Administration ln endeavoring to suppress the anti-Japanese legislation?" Senator Flint of California was asked "Yes and no" replied the Senator "I think there Is any danger of a break with Japan at th present time Neither do I think that any hostile legislation will be passed by our Legislature but the question is one that will havs to be dealt with In the future There is no doubt that Japanese srs still coming to this country In largo numbers I know that many people are giving out figures to prove the con trary but the Japanese are there and their number la growing" Senator Flint In concerning himself with the Japanese situation with view to becoming conversant with ths subject rogards It as one requiring Infinite delloery and tact In approaching a solution He considers ths question on that cannot be disposed of at this time and one that Is liable to oome to th surface again and again as Japanese labor comes Into conflict with American labor on the Pacific Coast I 9ae Knspliftia Whe UHed I Petition the Legislature SAN FRANCISCO January A strong protest against anti-Japanese legislation has been sent to the members of both branches of the Legislature by the San Francisco business men returned recently from an extended visit to Japan made at the Invitation of various Japanese commercial organisations Tbe protest is conveyed ln a letter addressed to the President of the Senate the Speaker of the As-sombly end all members of both Houses and Is signed by ths eight San Francisco men who made the transpacific trip Ths letter is as follows: "We of the Commercial Commission of the Chamber of Commerce who re cently visited Japan beg leave to protest against the passage of certain antl-Japencee legislation now pending before your honorable bodies and as forcibly as possible to direct vour st tentlon to President Roosevelt's letter of January 1909 to Governor Gll-lett regarding said proposed legisla tlon "During our visit to Japan we paid particular attention to the question of Japanese emigration and from what we ascertained we are strongly of the opinion that th Emperor and the Government officials In Japan are sotlng ln absolute good faith regarding the restriction of Japan ee emigration to the Vnlted States "We firmly believe that any action by the Legislature which Is directed at the Japanese residents of this Btate will be taken as sn affront by the en tire Japanese Nation "The Oriental trade passing through ths ports of this fttate has assumed large proportions and Is likely to be seriously crippled by such proposed action "We therefore respeotfully request that action on any of these bills whleh affect the Japanese people be doferred indefinitely as being unwise and injudicious" A9 SRRn'iN WASHINGTON From Rio Vlata to-day It Is reported that Brannan and Ryer Islands are Mill holding out against the high water The levees of both Islands are exceedingly weak and the water la almost up to the top but It Is hoped that they will yet be saved The residents havs been fighting night and day for the past week against floods and ara hnpfar-of saving tbelr districts It was raining heavily at Rio Vista this morning The wind however was less severe than It was a few days ago and It Is believed that If the wind does not become too severe both Brannan and Ryer Islands will pass the flood siege In safety Rio Vista confirmed the reports that Twllchell Lowe gherman and Venloe Islands were flooded All the othqy Islands In the delta were reported safa Trouble Fleas baa Jeeqwla Raver The present trouble In the leland districts la not from the waters of the Sacramento River It Is caused by the San Joaquin and Mokeiumne Rlvora which came up very suddenly yesterday Prior to yesterday the San Joaquin was not alarmingly high and the v-uters from the Sacramento River were finding their way to the bay Ithout much op(Altlon at the mouth of the river When the Sen Joaquin I high the water baoks up In the sloughs and causes danger to the Ihb ends All the breaks In the levees yesterday were due to the high waters In the San Joaquin It Is the high water In the San Joaquin that the people of Brannan Island are now fighting Oread Island All Might From Ryde on Grand leland to-day The Bee learned that everything In that vicinity is perfectly safe The river Is falling a little Grand 111 and la believed to be out of danger and the residents have no fear Twltchell Island which was flooded contained about 7300 acres It was principally vegetable land The land on the Island was exceedingly rich The full extent pf the damage Is not known It la stated that one farmer lost 18000 sacks of potatoes Virtually all of the land was under cultivation Twltchell Island was also flooded two years ago and the land owners were just beginning to recover from the heavy losses sustained at that time It win probably be several months before the island will be out of water It te probable that work of closing the breaks ln the levees will begin os soon as the water In the river recedes sufficiently to permit work to begin All of lower Sherman which was flooded was under cultivation It contained about 600 acres Reports from Anttooh art to effect that the water there was higher than ever before known It wee twelve inches higher than two years ego when eo many of the Island districts wers Inundated Clarksburg Baggy From Clarksburg oomss the cheerful Information that the water Is falling both at the back and front levees and llttls danger now remains Thers Is praotlcally no wind blowing It Is declared that the slight washout In ths levee on the Merritt district which occurred early In the storm le not as serious as was at first reported It te now repaired and no further trouble Is looked for Fseas laletaa Isleton reported to The Bee to-day that Brannan Island whlcll was de dared to be somewhat shaky during the night wae In good condition to day and that the residents wars hops ful of waving their property Andrus and Tyler were also declared to be able to hold their own A break was reported on Staten Island on ths South Fork of the Mokeiumne A dredger was at work on ths levee and closed the break It was de dared there were strong hopes that ths Island would be saved from Inundation Walaat Grave High Dry Walnut Grove le high and dry and the Islands thereabouts are In good DAM GIVES WAY: 73 JOHANNESBURG (Cap Colony) January Tan whlta man and fifty nativas wars drownsd to-day In ths WUwatsrsrang Gold Mina which be came flooded by tha bursting of Knights Dam Heavy rains oaussd ths dam to give way Ths water from tbs dam floodad also the lower sections of ths town of Eburg A number of houses wars swept auay and thirteen persons were drownsd Japeaeee-Cailforala Gaeellaa of Pi mount Importonee WASHINGTON January Ths President talked cautiously with some of his Congressional visitors yesterday He went so far as to say that nothing now pending ln Congress or any of the differences between himself and Congress were of half ths importance as the Japanese-Callfornla question Although talking with great deliber (Continued on fifth page) THIRD ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN OPINION OF A CALHOUN TALESMAN OPPONENTS OF WALKER-0TIS BILL WHIPPED TO THEIR KNEES SEEK TO SAVE THEMSELVES BY COMPROMISE Offer Refused by Supporters of Anti-Gambling No Amendment to New York Law Wilt Be Direct Primary Involved home at Elkin Va tome time In June Th alnrv from Home la to th cfr'i't that th Duke ha had a row with the members of III Itoynl Family and la no lunift'r on hum king terme with ihm NEW YORK January According In a apeolal from Rome published In this city to-day the wedding of Katherine Elkina and the Duke of Abruxxl will take place at the Elkina SAN FRANCISCO January A third attempt to aMrttn th opinion of a propotlv Juror In tho trial of Patrick Calhoun by partial who connection hava not yt bean discovered wai reported to udxe Lawlor at tha opening nf to-day eeatlon Edwin Aiken an amployt of A Kina one nf the taleamen In th box TO SHOW WORLD THEY WANT PEACE mad In th Department of Marine of widt he la Srr'lr He aMri'd that it is absolutely nee-far Japan to maintain a standard na hut he the flnanrlal con dl)lon nf the country made the present economic unavoidable eieitfT AIH KHTIftKttKftTl 9C3 ST testified that a atrangar had entered Klng'a place of buelneee yeeterday and tried to aecertaln Klng'a attitude toward th graft proeecutlon Th tranger particularly aought Kina' opinion aa to tho reault of tho Kuef trial He dented him th Information waa leaking and th man went away Alkan wae oloealy questioned by Judge Lawlor who Inatruoted him to hv the man taken into euatody If abould ohanc to ae him again Both proeecutlon and defense denied any knowledge of the oulprlt and th District office wae In etructod by Judge Lawlor to make an Investigation which will have for Ilf objeot th Identification of the man who has thrlo vlalted th bom or of-flo of a talesman ln tha oase Will Arrest Aay Others When Judge Lawlor had disposed of tho Incident for th time being he addressed th score of cltlxene composing the remainder of th panel' requesting that they bring about th arrest of TOKIO January The Uudicet Committer of the lht yesterday aftr-noon listened to slati'iimuts from various rnmbrrs tin rricard lug the plans far uf expenditure which the Government hu niuppcd out In acraptlim lh- snCMst Ion tlmt tne Premier lind poetpoid rxppnill-tqrre nmomitinic tu 107iimh0oo yen Viscount tha tfr'lttry nf War esh! Ihm III department was en- 1 drav'urln to derrees rxpnmllturae Teraurhl lauqhlnxly added: "We are dolntf thle because It th'slmbl to disabuse the mind nf the world of the Idea that Japan le prietlnjr In war- Him profartos" Admiral sltn eald that dcrrrs amounilnic in nrtv nine millions wore gamblers voull come offering "compromise" "Compromise" Is always the last card by the machine the prediction did not require particular foreftighL Incidentally the ma-chine alaeyt anxious to "compromise" when Whipped never offer compromise except as a Inst recourse Two years ago whan the machine controlled tli Senate absolutely Henatora Wolf and Leavitt did not think of such a thing aa a COMPROMISE on the gam-bllng latue Henator Bell labor a he would could not get the machine to permit th antl-gambllng bill reported baok from th Committee on Publlo The pro-gambling minority In th Legislature beaten to It knee ha mad III laat and expected play ha offered to "compromise" Laat night after Walker In the Henal had emoked th Denat Commute on Fublto Morale out Into th open with Implied pledge that th antl-gambllng bill hould be reported back from tho Committee within a week and Orlffllhe and Otle In th Aaeembly had finally euo-oeeded In having ths bill In that body put to final vote and paaeagt th pro-gamblera approached th eupporter of tho bill with tho proml to let It go through the Henat without oppoel-tlon If a COMPROMISE amendment (Continued on fifth pnget (Continued on second tag ADVRRTIBBMENTB- ADYBRTlaixwe: vre (BY FRANKLIN HICHBORN) wro sllowd to prmlt pool selling and bvokmaklng fur slaty day aaoh year Their advances were met with prompt refuse 1 They were told In eu many words that 'oumprumlsa1' meana defeat fur the antl-gambllng eleniant Th people of California ara not pro-teatlng against horeo-raolng th Walker-Utla bill la drawn In tha Interest of th sport not against It: there I no good reaeon why there should not bo horso-reclng MB day a year But California Ilk New York and oul lana and Kentunky le determined that tha book-making pool-aajllng euro-thlng gambling feature that lias made horee-raolng disreputable shall be abolished not on day In the year nor 03 but 111 If th Walker-Otle bill la amended to permit poolselling and bookmaking evan for a single day out of th year the pro-gambler were Informed th author of th bill himself and' every entl-gamhllng member Of the Senate and Assembly will vote agalnal It Th apeqtacl of Senators Gue Hartman ICddi Wolfe Frank Leavitt and their following voting fur an antl-gambllng measure and Senators Chari Hell fliarlea Culten Georg Walker A Hovn-ton and other entl-gamhllng members voting against It would scarcely Inspire confidence In the effectiveness of th measure Move Was Looked For Th rOMPKOMISH proposition was not unespeoted Indeed Th Bee two weeks ago pointed out that after they found thomeelvo whipped th pro BARGAIN IIIT Fi'llliiG PRESCRIPTIONS le a apncialty with No os can give yu aa cloaa a price or uch rapid accurate acrvlce you procure at thia ettabllah-ment Ask your ocullat Ha will tall you Moro high-grade piano to bo old for In balance due Ud 4-Room Cottage Oak Park' re- but a few month Cannot bo told from new Ite atyle end up-to-date raee DURHAM CO ster 11 MAHOGANY CASK RKMDRANDT I IV OAK glim FRICB TKBPIW IN OAK WA 400 NOW MT WORLD RENOWNED HARDMAN t'fHOD FIVE MONTH BY IATURDAY CLUB MM Thee Inatru-ntenta cannot be told from new ae they tend among our regular etock Torma to ault your convenience Two and one-half years' tlma to complete payment If desired Can be exchanged at full purchaae price within three year Call write or ring up THU) BIG PIANO TOMB Oi ITRKBT WASTED WATER AND WASTED MONEY are a menace and lues to the community yet both may by proper meana be saved fur the good of all Water la ascured by Lama Money by Hanka huf to be effective both Lam and Rank must be absolutely and positively aafa Th California National Hank with Its Ten Million Dollars In assets Its heavy stock holders' liability lla conservative pollry and the keen supervision of Cncle Ham afforda that perfect protection which only unquestioned Impregnability ran ever give Tbe lesson la on dollar will open an -begin building your financial dam to-day California National BanK Northwait Oor 4th and Sti United 8tat Depoiltary On a choice 40x150 lot 3 block from car line A new hard finished 4-room dwelling just the place for a small family VVa will make easy terms HICKMAN-COLEMAN CO Real Estate Rnta and Insurance 903 8T Phos 7" 412 STREET.