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Show SCflMITZ'S CASE CALLED' TODAY San Francisco, Jan. o Euscne 13-Schmitz, 13-Schmitz, deposed mayor of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, and oucc under penitentiary sentence following the graft Investigation Investi-gation here, will bo brought to trial on ono of tho crop of Indictments rc-turnedg rc-turnedg aainst hlin at that time on January IS. The casp was called to-dav to-dav aild Sohmltz, who was In court with his attorney answered, ready. Tho district attorney, however, naked for a dolay owing to tho press of work in his offico atfd Superior Judge Lawler named January IS for beginning begin-ning the trial. - Several members of the board of supervisors which served under Schmltz and wero Involved In the graft scandal, as well as officials of lho gas company, have beoa summoned sum-moned as witnesses. The specific case to be tried involves bribery In connection with fixing the municipal gas rate. It is possible alap that Abo Ruer,' former political boss ot the cltv now serving a fourteen-year sen-lence sen-lence in San Quentin, will bo called. |