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Show EUGENE E. SCHMITZ TO RUN FOR MAYOR San Francisco, Nov 20. Former Mayor Eugene E. Schmltz. central figure fig-ure with Abraham Ruef in a series of graft prosecutions following the earthquake and fire of 1906. is homeward home-ward bound from New York with the definite intention of entering upon an active campaign for election a mayor next year. This announcement was mnrif today by a brother of Schmltz, who said the former mayor would I "seek vindication" at the polls. 'My brother is an innocent man Buffering under a great burden.'" said Herbert Schmitz, adding that the former for-mer mayor had been victimized by Ruef who conducted grafting opera ' tions without his knowledge. Twenty-Sftven indictments found against Schmitz after he was thrown out of office have since been dls missed. |