HENEf'S miM LEADS NUBS
(By United PreM.)
TtTSON. Ariz. July 27? Mayor H<?
noy, ;i brother of Francis J. Ht?ney, j
the San Francisco graft prosecutor,
lead a force of spocial deputies in a 1
raid against the Tucson gambling
houses last night. Several houses
were raided ami many arrests were
made.
The gamblers have been running
?'wide open" In defiance to the auth
orities. Many complaints about crook
ed work have been made.
GENERAL BELL
LIKES ALASKA
Maj. lion. J. Franklin Boll, chief of
staff anil virtual commander in chief
of the United States army, arrived
iu Skagway on the Peterson from
Fort Seward at 7 o'eloek last night,
accompanied by Mrs. Bell and Capt.
F. W. Sladon. secretary of the gene
ral staff. They were guests of the
Pullen house and left this morning
for Whitehorse. from there the party
accompanied by Major Richardson,
will go down the Yukon and inspect
Fort Gibbon and Fort Egbert. The
party will then proceed to Nome. Mrs
F. J. Honey will also make the trip.
Col. Reynolds also went to White
horse this morning.
Major General Bell left Seattle
some three weeks ago and went to
Yaldez, whore he inspected Fort Lis
cum. and met Major Richardson and
Mr. and Mrs. Heney.
Major General Bell is one of the
best known officers iu the 1'nited
States Army. He saw active service
in the Philippines.
General Bell was most enthusiastic
o\er the scenic beauties of Alaska.
He stated that his visit to Alaska
had no particular significance and
that it was part of his routine work.
He is the first army commander,
however, to make the trip. He stated
that he found everything satisfactory
at Fort Seward and Fort Liscum.
"Getting Information first hand,"
said he, "is bettor than depending
upon reports. For instance, when
there seemed a necessity for troops
in the Tanana, during the alleged
riots. I was not certain whether they
?HOT WAY
BE REMOVED
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, I). C. July 27? It
is rumored that Richard Balllnger,
Secretary of the Interior, may ask for
the resignation of Clifford Pinchot,
the head of the government forestry
bureau. A lack of co-operation and
the erratic habits of Pinchot are said
to be the cause of the disagreement
between Hallinger and his subordinat
m. p. sips joe
ELECIfiOLIZED
Till- White Pass & Yukon shops
are now usini doctrU ity for power
instead of steam. ? The change was
made last Saturday, when the "juice"
was turned on for the first time. Th
motors and electrical machinery ar
rived in Skagway al>out two weeks
ago and the work of installing them
was started at once.
The electricity used is generated
in the old power plant of the White
Pass & Yukon. This power will be
used until tlie Home Power company
get their plant into shape to furnish
the White Pass shops with "ju'ee."
could have been gotten to the scene
quicker from Fort Gibbon than fronr
Kort Liscum at Valdez. After I fin
ish my trip I will have a much bet
ter grasp of the situation."
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Civic Corruption Caused By Public Ser
vice Corporations ? Municipal Own
ership The Remedy ? He Will Keep
After "Higher Ups" And 'Expects
To Be District Attorney.
BY WALTER W. LIGGETT.
Is Francis J. Honey sincere? Is he
earnest In the fight he has waged .
against graft and grafters for three]
years in San Francisco? Or Is ho a
"four flusher" as his enemies main- j
tain ?
These are questions that have
puzzled every man who has studied j
the career of the greatest graft pros- >
ecutor ever produced In this country
and the writer Is free to admit that
until he personally talked with Fran
cis J. Heney on a street corner In
Skagway last night he was undecided
as to his sincerity.
It isn't possible In a limited length
of time to probe a man's soul, to un
cover his innermost motives, but wheni
I left Francis Heney at the tennln-|
ation of our conversation I went away
with the firm belief that he Is ab
solutely sincere, that he practices
what he preaches, that the man has
high ideals of civic patriotism which
have lead him to make the fight he
has.
Municipal reform Isn't a fine spun
theory with Frank Heney. He Isn't
a blue stocking reformer. He believes
that he can put his finger on the
sore spot that Is contaminating so
many of the municipalities In America
? not San Francisco alone, but Pitts
burg, New York, Philadelphia and
others to a loss or greater degree.
And he believes that he knows the
remedy. Hero Is the story in his own
colloquial phraseology:
"The trouble with San Francisco
and the trouble with nearly every Am
I erican city where graft has been un- 1
covered lies with the public service
corporations, the street railroads, the
water, heat and light companies. To
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begin with they seek advantages from
j the people; higher rates, lower tax
ation, or special privileges. To get
this they ally themselves with the pol
itical bosses, just as originally the
public service corporations created
the political bosses. Then the corrup
i tlon starts. 'Business' Is to blamo. .
"Before the fire the businoss men,
the merchants and bankers and con
tractors of San Francisco knew that
in voting for Schmitz they were put
ting Ruef in power. They knew he
was a wolf, a spoiler. But they did
n't care. They knew he was for sale
and they were willing to pay the price
? to get special privileges ? you see?
They got them. And they got a wide
open town. Everybody was satisfied.
Business was good.
"But after the fire peculiar condi
.a ..i-.. i .
lions arose. The city was rebuilding
and the business men. couldn't stand
the price. Ruef was still holding them
up. That was when they called for
Burns and they called for me.
"Well, we came and we started to
Mil I
work. It was all well and good when
we went after the little fellows, the
small grafters; but when we started
after the "Higher Ups," the men who
had made Ruef and Schmitz. possible,
then their friends, the respectable
business men and bankers, wanted to
call It off.
"I believe that two-thirds of the
voters of San Francisco want to see
Patrick Calhoun convicted. They ha\
n't any doubt of his guilt. There is
n't any. We would have convicted
him With an honest jury. I pcisonall/i
know that four of the last Jurymen
were fixed. But that's a different
story. The point is that the common
people want to see him conv'cted, but
his friends and associates, the busi
ness men, don't want the prosecution
carried any farther. It will li irt bus
iness, they think.
"With the exception of the Call and
the Bulletin, the papers have all been
against us. Thy have instilled poison
into the minds of tn? peopl". They
have lied about us ?>nd misrepresent
ed our motives. Aid if yet: keep ly
ing about one tiling for two solid
years you will make pjjple b'litve
jou. That Is one dlsooi'ragia;: tli'nt.
The people of big citl-s must rely on
newspapers for th-"?* facts. Yi?u can't
rely on mass .n^eti ij.j al.ine to get
the fafts before toe people \nl the
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CANADA TO BUILD BATTLESHIPS
(By United Press.)
MONTREAL, Can. July 27? The
Canadian government will build a
navy and maintain a number of first |
class battleships. Two battleships
of the Dreadnausht type may also be
built and presented to the English ad
mirality.
majority of the papers bave fougM
the prosecutlo.! IS- I ;1?i iplte nil :nls
1 am certain ilia*, ibe people of i lie
city favor the prosecution by an over
whelming majority.
"I am going to run for district at
torney this fall. If the people want
the prosecution continued they will
vote for me. They know what I have
done. If they want the prosecution
dropped they can vote for the man
that the crowd against me will put
up. There will be no confusion of
issues.
"Do I expect to be elected?
"Yes, I expect to be elected by a
two to one vote. I have faith in the
people and believe that they want to
see good government.
"I am going back to San Francisco
and take charge of the Calhoun case
as soon as the Jury is selected.
"Do I really expect a conviction?
"You can never tell. People told
me I could never convict Senator
Mitchell of Oregon. We tried Con
gressman Williamson of Oregon three
times and the betting was ten to one
the last time that there would be an
acquittal. But he was convicted. YtO
never can tell. See? Give us an
honest jury and we will convict Cal
houn. The first vote in the first trial
was eight to four for acquittal. But
four of the men were fixed. There
are plenty of honest jurymen. Give
us twelve and I will convict Calhoun.
"What is the remedy for the muni
cipal corruption by the public service
corporations?
"There are several remedies. I be
llevo municipal ownership is one. Ev*
ery city should own and operate its
own light and water plants. There
is no excuse for corporations control
ling those things. The people should
own them and save the profits.
"The kind of corruption that comes
from vice in the saloon and red light
districts is easy to control. The trou
ble lies with the public service cor
porations.
"The value of the San Francisco
prosecution lies in the conditions it
has revealed. It won't help much to
send any one man to jail. It may
have a slight deterent effect, but It
wont help much. But tho sources
and causes of municipal corruption
have been revealed and the American
people are far greater asses than I
think them to be if they allow these
conditions to go unchanged. The rem
edy lies with the people."
Francis J. Heney told me more. He
told me specific Instances of jury
fixing. He told me how Burns, his
detective, was approached by bribers
and how "Bill" had tried to entrap
them and had failed through the
treachery of a friend. He told me
how he himself had been approached
indirectly.
"You know d ? d well I'll spit in
your, eye if you tell me that, I said,
and then he suddenly found business
elsewhere." That was Heney's ans
wer.
Heney has a merry eye. But he has
a bull dog jaw. He uses profanity
profusely, but he uses it to make viril
utterances which would do credit to a
Lincoln or a Washington. He clench
es his fist and pounds the air when
he wants to illustrate some vital
point. But he speaks softly of ene
mies, for he is fighting conditions, not
men.
Is Frank Heney sihcere?
Talk to him thirty minutes and you
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won't ask the question.
RIVER REPORTS
The Dawson reached Whltetaorse
at 0:40 o'clock last nipht with 91!
passengers. The Casca reached Low- 1
or Le Barge at 7 o'clock this morning j
The Whltehorse passed Stewart River
at 2 this morning, the Bonanza King|
passed Yukon Crossing at 8:I!U this
morning, and the Selkirk reached
Dawson this morning, all bound up
stream.
The Dawson will sail from White
horse tonight.
The City of Seattle will not arrive
in Skagway until Thursday evening,
according to a cable received today
by Prank Stuart from Ketchikan. She
has on board 150 passengers and I':!
tons of freight
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