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MARKET BASKET USED TO CARRY DYNAMITE ABOUT Iron Worker Testifies That His Work Did Not Please Sec retary Hockin President Ryan, He Declares, Showed Him Good Place to Put "Shot" IBv> Associated Press] INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 15.—Carrying dynamite about In a market basket was Uta way Edward F. Clark, an iron w-orker. testifying at the "dynamite conspiracy trial" today, said he ar ranged to blow up nonunion Jobs. Clark, an official of a local union in Cincinnati, pleaded guilty at the be ginning of the trial of the 45 men ac cused of complicity with the McNa mara brothers in the illegal transpor tation of explosives. In detailing his confession on the witness stand he told of personally blowing up work on a railroad bridge M the Miami river In Dayton, May 3. 1908, and of leaving behind an um brella that bore, his initials. IMPLKATES I'XIOX OFFICIALS Clark said officials of the Interna tional Association of Bridge and Struc tural Iron Workers induced him to do dynamiting. Once, he said, while in specting work in Cincinnati, President Frank M. Ryan pointed to a railroad bridge across the Ohio river and said: "There would be a good place to put a shot." Before that the witness said Herbert S. Hockin, secretary of the union, ar ranged to supply him with dynamite. 'We had had some correspondence with 9. J. McNamara, in Indianapolis, about union conditions in Cincinnati, when, in May, 1908, Hockin appeared and told me he was going to spend some money there," said Clark. "He took: me to Cumminsville, a suburb, where he Introduced me to Edward Campbell, who was to supply dynamite. Hockin said I was to receive $100 for the Dayton job. I returned to the pla< c that night with a market basket. Campbell gave me 50 half pound sticks of dynamite. Hockin wanted me to take William Bernhardt, a local official, to Dayton, but I said I would do the job alone. GETS f77 FOR EXPLOSION "The next day in Cincinnati Hockin did not appear anxious to pay me the $100. He had a newspaper account of the explosion. Finally he gave me $97 on the street. "When the question of blowing up the Harrison avenue viaduct In Cln cinnatf came up Hockin said he was not going to let me do it, as McNamara and Ryan were not pleased with the way I had done the Dayton job. I had left behind an umbrella with my Initials on it, he said, and they were likely to catch me. "But he sent me out to Campbell for more dynamite. I took it home in a basket and the next day, packing it in t> telescope case, delivered it by ap pointment to Hockin and another man at Fifth and Vine streets. That was in August, 1908, and the explosion on the Harrison avenue viaduct occurred August 6. Two more explosions oc curred In May, 1909, and another in August, all on the bridge which Ryan had pointed out, but I did not do them." CAMPBELL, BUYS DYNAMITE Edward Campbell, mentioned by Clark, testified that he formerly worked in a stone quarry and had been used to buying dynamite. He said Hockin arranged for him to drive out to a powder magazine to buy the explosive and had paid him for the livery hire. On cross examination by attorneys for the defense Clark admitted that he had been convicted on numerous charges, but denied he ever had been indicted for highway robbery or had withheld the union's funds. Joseph B. Schafer of the Cincinnati police department testified concerning a visit to the home of J. J. McNamara's mother the day after McNamara's ar rest, April 12,* 1911. He produced a battery tester and flashlight which he said he found in McNamara's trunk. Guided by Frank Eckhoff, a friend of the McNamara family, Schafer said he found a place in the woodshed near the McNamara home where r.itroglycerln had been buried. ZUCK "DIVORCE TO BE TRIED IN SAN JOSE Move of Wife's Guardian for Venue Change Fails [Special Dispatch to The Call] PAX JOSE, Nov. 15.—An'attempt to transfer the divorce action brought against Mrs. Amelia Clara Zuck by her wealthy husband, James Ralph Zuck of Gilroy, to the superior court of San Francisco failed today when Judge Richards denied a change of avenue sought by the wife's guardian, F. J. Shoeneman. Zuck accused his wife of misconduct with Eugene Arthur Wychoff In San Francisco and In their home. A general denial was entered by H. H. McPike, Mrs. Zuck's attorney. Re plying to an amended complaint, Shoeneman, who In the meantime had been appointed Mrs. Zuck's guardian, stated that his ward was incompetent, that she was irresponsible and that a complete reconciliation had taken place in San Francisco. It was also stated that Mrs. Zuck is being treated for insanity. An interlocutory decree of divorce was granted by Judge Gosbey to Sarah F. Day from Elmer V. Day, together with an order for the custody of an only child and $15 a month alimony. Day brought the action, but did not appear when the wife interposed a de fense. CHINA WILL DISCUSS MONGOLIA WITH CZAR Young Celestials Bitterly Oppose Proposed New Treaty PEKING* Nov. 15.—Lu Cheng Hsiang. former premier and minister of foreign affairs, has been given again the port folio of the latter office. Lv Cheng once was minister to Russia, and possesses the confidence of the Rus sian government, which is considered desirable, as China intends to accept Prussia's invitation to discuss Mongolian affairs, hoping to substitute a new Russo-Chln«se treaty for the Russo- Mongolian convention. Public feeling is strongly anti-Rus sian and many telegrams demanding that action be taken against Mongolia are being received from the provinces. The agitators are principally young Chinese. President Yuan Shi Kai retains con trol of the situation. c There in only c»ne independent newxpaper in San Francisco—■ The Wife Accuses Navy Dentist Both Petition for a Divorce Mrs. Cenevieve Newbre, who charges husband, a dental surgeon in the navy, with nonsupport and desertion. Genevieve Newbre Alleges She Had to Pawn Gems in Orient and Was Deserted Charging that her husband, Lloyd I. Newbre, dental surgeon aboard the battleship South Dakota and at pres ent attached at Mare island navy yard, had ignored her while ill and failed to support her, Mrs. Genevieve Newbre of 264 A Carl street, yesterday obtained from Judge John L. Childs an order di recting her husband to pay her $50 temporary alimony. In addition the court directed the navy man to pay counsel fees of $50 and court costs of the same amount to cover the wife's expenses In her answer to his suit for divorce on the ground of desertion. Mrs. Newbre has filed a cross com plaint charging desertion and non- support. Mrs. Newbre asserted that her hus band utterly Ignored her while he was BANKER IS RUINED BY WIRE TAPPERS Kirby's Wife Tells Dramatic Story of How Institution Was Wrecked NEW TORK, Nov. 15.—Mrs. Margaret L». Kirby, wife of the president of the defunct Kirby Savings bank, in the federal court today related an involved story of banking and gambling which reached a point of dramatic intensity late this afternoon when two suspected swindlers were brought before Mrs. Kirby for identification. The expected denoument failed when Mrs. Kirby could not Identify the two men whom she had -charged with swindling her husband of $60,000 through the wire tapping scheme. Throughout the day a crowd jammed Judge Landis' court to hear the woman's confession, every sentence of which further implicated her husband in the failure of his private savings bank. She said she trustingly made bank deposits under fictitious names under her husband's orders. In simple narrative style she told pf wild night rides in taxicabs, when she carried from $10,000 to $20,000 In a small black handbag, hurrying to Kirby that he might have more funds with which to plunge on the fake wire tap ping scheme. Mrs. Kirby said she was almost pen niless, having turned over even her Jewelry to her mother to obtain money with which to employ counsel. APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS LOCAL OPTION IN STATE Jail Doors Open for "Dry" Ter ritory Violator SACRAMENTO, Nov. 15.—The third district court of appeal, in an opinion handed down and written by Presiding Justice Chlpman, and in which Asso ciate Justices E. C. Hart and A. G. Burnett concur, upholds the state local option law and liberates from jail a prisoner on a written habeas corpus who was sentenced on a charge of sell ing liquor In "dry" territory In Stanis laus county. This was the case of Charles Zany, arrested near Modesto July 11 and con victed under a county initiative ordi nance, making it unlawful to sell liquor. The decision has the effect of in validating all county initiative ordi nances that conflict with the Wylie local option law. Zany contended that only incorpo rated cities and towns in supervisorial districts had the right to enact liquor laws. CITRUS FRUIT GROWERS BEGIN TARIFF CAMPAIGN SAN BERNARDINO. Nov. 15.— The fight of the citrus fruit growers to retain the present tariff under the forthcoming democratic administration started today. The Chamber of Commerce of San Bernardino county and the democratic county executive committee tele graphed an invitation to each congress man elect of the state to attend a con ference here the latter part of this month to meet the leading fruit grow ers of southern California. It Is planned to take the congress men on an automobile tour of the fr"uit districts of Los Angeles, Riverside. San Diego, Orange and San Bernardino counties. THE SAN FRANCISCOCA2X, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1912. *— ' ■—-—■ -■ —— .. . g _ with the battleship fleet in Asiatic waters. She fell ill and was compelled to pawn her diamonds and to seek the aid of her sister. Mrs. M. C. Perl, with whom she is living, and who accom panied her to court yesterday. The wife's attorney asked an order to com pel Newbre to redeem the diamonds from pawn, but the court was unable to comply, merely remarking that "as a man of honor" Newbre should see that his wife did not lose her jewels. The attorney for Newbre expressed the belief that the husband would redeem the pledges. The Newbres were mar ried in 1906 and Newbre says that his wife deserted him in 1911. She al leges that he deserted her at that time. The wife asks $150 alimony, claiming that her husband's income is $500 a month. FEDERALS FLEE ACROSS BORDER Several of Band Routed by Mexi can Rebels Arrested by American Troops EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 15.—Four Mex ican federal soldiers are held by United States troops at Hachita, N. M., sub ject to orders from the war depart ment, says a report received today by General E. Z. Steever at Fort Bliss. They fled across the river after their fellows were routed by a band of rebels at Colonia Fernandez, just below the New Mexico line. The refugees, who crossed Into the United States with their rifles, report that a small detachment of federals met a band of rebels under Golonel Inez Salazar and after a sharp skirm ish the government troops were dis persed. Rebels - today became so bold as to smuggle several boxes of ammunition into Juarez, the border town threat ened by attack. The cases were dis covered by federal troops concealed in a wagon of hay on the public plaza. The secret service has advices that un armed rebels recently have been cross ing from El Paso to the Mexican town. The reported arrest at Albuquerque of Jose Cordova, secretary-general to the revolution, Is denied by General E. Z. Steever, although the report Is - con firmed officially by General Trucy Au bert in Juarez. Marshal Denies Arrest ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. 15.— That Jose Cordova, secretary general of the revolution, has been arrested here Is denied by the United States marshal. Cordova has been in town several days. Report on Casualties WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.~ Twenty three persons at least were killed or badly wounded on the American side of the Mexican boundary last year by bullets fired during the fighting be tween the rebels and government forces under Madero. This fact was developed by the special army board, headed by Colonel Francis K«rnan, which has just re turned to Washington from an Inspec tion trip to El Paso Tex., and Douglas, Ariz., where most of the trouble oc curred. The board is satisfied that other per sons, many of them Mexicans, received lesser injuries. RANDLE TO DIRECT BIG RECLAMATION PROJECT Engineec Resigns Position With City of Sacramento ~ [Special Dispatch to The Call] SACRAMENTO, Nov. 15.—George N. Randle, city engineer and superin tendent of streets for several years, tendered his resignation to the city commission this afternpon, effective November 18. Randle will become engineer in charge of surveys for the Chicago syndicate, which closed the deal yester day for the 60,000 acres still unre claimed in Sutter basin. He will out line the system of irrigation and make the surveys for levees. Randle's salary as city engineer was $5,300 a year. The reclamation project is a $5,000,000 scheme. The Call in now nn absolutely In dependent newspaper. Try it out and see. HUNDREDS OF ARMY OFFICERS TO BE SHIFTED In Order to Comply With New Law 570 Reassignments Must Be Made [Special Dispatch to The Call] WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.—-The most extensive shift in the assignment of army officers in the history of the service will have taken place before December 15, as a result of the pro vision in the new army bill requiring that no officer shall be absent from his line command for a longer period than two years In every six years. In order to adjust the assignments to comply with this section 570 officers will be transferred within the next month. . Major General Leonard A. Wood, chlet of staff, has worked for several months readjusting the assignments so that the department will strictly com ply with the law in this respect. Under the interpretation of the law by the judge advocate general It was found that there was 90 alternative but to order the transfers. A STANDING GRIEVANCE While the law is unquestionably re garded by many of the officers person ally affected as working a hardship upon them and an Injustice ti the serv ice, It, will remove a standing grievance of many years among department, post and regimental commanders. Many of the grizzled critics of bureau influence and war department favoritism will chuckle in glee. A good story, which was told for the first time in Washington today, comes out of the west, illustrating the extent to which "leaves" and "de tached —r special duty" were some times carried under the old fegime. Color*«l Cornelius Gardener, com manding the Sixteenth United States Infantry at San Francisco, was a few years ago in temporary command of the largest post In the United States service. Fort William McKinley, just after the accident that placed on the retired list General Winfleld Scott Edgerley, who came to his star after a brilliant career almost wnolly with the Seventh regiment. NOTED AS DISCIPLINARIAN Colonel Gardener is particularly noted as a disciplinarian. He found many organizations shockingly short of senior officers. In the case of one bat tery of artillery a "shavetail" repre sented the closest approach to "straps." Colonel Gardener made a report in which he drew attention to this state of affairs, asking if, in the opinion of the chief of staff, a second lieutenant was able to command a battery. The report went through regular military channels, reaching the estado mayor. Manila, next day, where Malor General John F. Weston, afterward In command at San Francisco, was G. O. C. of the department of Tucson. To Major Gen eral Wood, now chief of the general staff, "Jack" Weston sent on the report j with this Indorsement: "If a doctor can command a division, a grocer a department, and a junior captain be eligible for promotion to I brigadier general, I see no reason why I the second lieutenant should not give a good account of his battery." FISHERIES TREATY HAS BEEN RATIFIED North American Controversy With England Is Settled WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Secretary Knox and Ambassador Bryce today ex changed ratifications of the treaty signed July 7 last, providing for an adjournment between Great Britain and the United States of the north Atlantic fisheries controversy. The convention already has been approved by the sen ate. In substance it prescribes the boundary waters, and provides a com mission to pass upon the reasonable ness of local and Canadian and New foundland fisheries regulations. One of the questions settled by the fisheries' was that neither Great Britain nor its colonies may im pose regulations on American fisher men, exercising their treaty rights in the territorial waters of Newfound land or Canada, unles such regula tions are held to be reasonable by an Impartial tribunal. In case of dispute neither Great Britain nor the United States can be sole judge of the regula tions. The fishermen will know before the beginning of each season just what regulations will be In force that sea son, thus putting to an end the former practice on the Newfoundland coast of imposing regulations on short notice or without any notice. The results secured sustain the chief contentions of the United States in the arbitra tion. LONGWORTH, LOSING BY 97 VOTES, SPENT $1,500 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Representa tive Longworth of Ohio, who was de feated for re-eleotion by 97 votes, spent % 1,500 in his campaign, according to his report, received today by the clerk of the house. His opponent, Stanley E. Bowdle, reported he spent $867. EXTRA!! Special Purchase Staple suitings, suitable for all the year round wear. MADE TO ORDER $25 to $30 Take advantage of this special offer, as these suitings can not be duplicated at the prices. Now on Display in Our Window Made by Union Tailors in our own shop. Best linings and Interllnings. Make One of These Your Thanksgiving Suit Overcoats to Order $30 to $50 KELLEfIER & BROWNE THE IRISH TAILORS 718 Market. 33 Geary. GIRLS RESCUED WITH FIVE MEN FROM DARK PIT Mine Explosion Entombs* Seven Persons in Shaft for Four teen Hours FRISCO, Utah. Nov. 15.—Two young girls and five men were lifted one by' one from the cage at the mouth of the Horn Silver mine at 1 o'clock this afternoon, while 60 miners from near and far and men, women and children of the little town of Frisco cheered and sobbed with joy. For 14 hours the seven had been held prisoners 300 feet below the surface of the ground, while the rescuing miners toiled in 15 minute shifts to clear away the mass of earth and timbers that barred the way" to light and air and life. Two daughters of Mine Foreman Roy Alexander, Daisy and Hazel, aged 16 and 19 years; David Banks, _Arnold Robinson, James Riley, John White and a Greek miner whose name is not known, were on the 300 foot level of the mine at 10 o'clock last night, some of the miners at work, the girls and two of the young men looking on, when there was a tremor of the earth, then a blast of wind that snuffed every candle, followed by another roar and quake and finally a stillness that made the dark more terrible. Riley, a shift boss,*relit his candle, hurried the party back into the drift beyond the danger of further caves and picked his way toward the shaft where the slide had taken place. Finding the compressed air pipes still In po sition, he tapped a signal to the men on top and a little later was able to make his voice heard through the pipe line. The message of cheer came faintly TwelvQ Reasons Why t m YOU should Buy NOW in \ $_tß<_Na^^ 1 ST FRANCIS BOIUVARD. A fl AO FGDT BITUMINIZED STI_ET I _, B ?GASOLIER GA.SOLIEK? V ° o B o °; || lg » J ™ *J, ,si h ; O o B o ° V *-PARKING STRIP FORKING STRIP-? •* 5 -4 'gas-water -elect-phone JfK HIGHEST CLASS M| fodt »rk.ng) 1 <K» IMPROVEMENTS ISjP —=- J Reasons No. 5 to 8 will appear in next week's papers. St Francis Wood will have the highest class of street improvements ever offered to San Francisco lot buyers. Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Mass., have brought thirty years' ex perience, gained in as many cities, to the design of this work. Never before in California have permanency, convenience and beauty of street improvement been so well combined as in St Francis Wood. Streets will be paved with concrete base and roughened asphaltic surface that gives footing to horses and traction to motors. Sidewalks of concrete beautifully patterned with brick are now being laid. Thousands of feet of heavily" armored curb arc already constructed. Sewers and gas and water mains will be laid in sidewalk areas and private easement's so that the pavements need never be torn np. Electric wires will be placed in conduits, eliminating hideous poles from streets. Beautiful gasoliers will furnish ample street light; frequent hydrants will minimize fire risk. Wide, highly-cultivated parking spaces will transform the barrenness of most San Francisco streets into the beautiy of a private garden— AND ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT ONE CENT OF BURDEN UPON THE LOT OWNER. With the installation of each of these highest class improvements the value of lots in St Francis Wood will rise. Therefore buy now in St Francis Wood. ([/ »-/M— j *_W~ /IN x " T '* lN PEAKS TUNNEL H "-""*\ 3 \ Ift Y 6^*— 7 rfflfc cBNjRAi, ~H% r^^^^"/——!"unequalled I&a\ UL±__ LOCATION (jJE J IT (MTKAKSPqgTATION\g|) j St Francis Wood is but three and one-half With the completion of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, miles from the Civic Center of San Francisco. It St Francis Wood will be less than twenty minutes is at the exact center of what is to be San Fran- by fast electric train from the business center of Cisco's finest residence section—the Merced Dis- San Francisco. The western portal of the tunnel trict. Is but a block from the property—the first stop west From the main entrance of St Francis Wood five of the tunnel will be made at its main entrance. £ f $Vl Francisco s principal boulevards — Sloat. Two car lines now pass this main entrance— Corbett, Dewey. Junlpero feerra and Ocean—radiate the Ingleside (No. 12), serving the Mission and n a^ S -c i°. nB \ o * ~ . wholesale district; the Ellis (No. 20), serving the St Francis Wood Is In Sutro Forest on a gentle. Western Addition and the shopping and theater sunny, sheltered slope, overlooking Lake Merced district and the Pacific, and midway between Park and Beginning January Ist. the Ellis cars will run Beacn. from Fourth and Market without change to St It occupies an Ideal suburban location near the Francis Wood on a ten-minute headway, business heart of a great and growing city and Today—good car service—low prices. In the direct line of Its * Brrowth - jj I Tomorrow — improved The Twin Peaks Tun- pJI rfdJHfflffflTt'lrtf- ffl «w B values. growth of San Francisco > 'l-'W? if °i!I Wj e&rMk fT _- - 3_fl| trie train service—fast, will TREBLE values in 1 t ni=° ° lean ' uncrowde<L St Francis Wood. Q THEN —doubled val- Therefore bay now in Therefore buy now iv St Francis Wood. # " '' St Francis Wood. j 1 —— 1 The restrictions that govern St Francis Wood r— R*r Cur Protect both home buyers and investors against p A . i 1 Dy Jiieci v-<»i unpleasant surroundings and property deprecia- &V /AUtOITIODIIe Take Ellis street car +i ori at Fourth and Market UO "; •■ ~, . , Go by automobile (No. 20), and transfer They stand between the purchaser and the nul- through Golden Gate at 20tb> avenue and sances—stables laundries, undertaking establish- Park alonir the South Lincoln to a car that ments—that ruin neighborhoods and reduce values. * , a ' on f ' b U goes direct to St They bar the spite fence and the shack, the flat Drive to 19th avenue, Francis Wood. On and tho apartment house, tha corner grocery and thence over this aye- Sunday our .autorao- the saloon. nue tQ gloat Bou i e . biles meet care at They guarantee wide lots—none less than fifty yard . « , hoPt tnrn tn 20th avenue and Lin- feet; freedom from crowding, ample garden space var ' a snort lurn to coin way. at front and sides, light, sunshine, air—houses of the eas,t « and you are If more convenient, pleasing design and minimum cost. at St Francis Wood. /xt l !® i^J Bl^ 1 * 1 *™—?« I There are but a few hundred restriction-pro- Automobiles are op i?JL»* »fS! l?i n tected residence lots In all San Francisco. Those crated daily from 0,.r street which runs dl- ~ ost ca refully and scientifically protected are in era *ea: daii> from our rect to St Francis st Francis Wood. " ■ . offices. We shall be W After Jan. Ist. Ellis- As the value of this protection is demonstrated |J a if f tre 2» S£. rs will -«r ru s prices will increase to twice—THREE TIMES— "desired an automobile L°it>,it «r,° 0< ; present prices. will call at your home without change on a * * Dv appointment j ten-minute headway. Therefore buy now in St Francis Wood. ' MASOWf DUFFIE g BALDWIN & HOWELL COMPANY T 318 KEARNY 80 POST ST © STREET WLEPhXM.SimtK.2I7I associated agent* TELEPHONE KEARNY3BIO Illinois Is Hot After New Legislative Acts [Special Dispatch to The Call] AURORA, lIL, Nov. 15.—En franchisement of women in Illi nois will be demanded of the lejrlslatnre by the women's cinbs. Other bills which the legislative committee —rill push at Spring field when the legislature meets Int'lndr an act for the Immediate registration of all births and death* as* a means of lessening the death rate of Infants; a minimum wage commission; au thority for cities to acquire, equip and conduct playgrounds; authority for expenditure of funds for a farm colony for epi leptics; one rest day in seven; and higher educational require. mentn for ehlTdren leaving; school and taking working classes. to the surface, but It brought relief to the anxious crowd which had begun to gather. News of the disaster spread .through out the region and the miners hurried from every direction to offer aid. In a very few minutes the work now completed was under way and it con tinued uninterruptedly until the picks and shovels pierced the masses of earth sealin% the mouth of the drift and a safe exit was made for the marooned party. Early In the morning apprehension was caused by a report that other miners were entombed in the lower levels of the mine, but a roll call ac counted for every employe save those on the 300 foot level. "For the Blister. Better San Fran cisco" in the pledge and aim of The Call. » ILLUSTRATED LECTURE—An Illustrated lec ture on the Panama canal, given by a repre sentative of the exposition company, will be one of the features of the entertainment to be given next Tuesday evening. November 19, by the Daughters of California Pioneers in Pioneer hall. Mustcil- numbers will be furnished by Mrs. Frances Hamilton, the talented singer, and E. concert pianist. IMMENSE VALUE IS INVOLVED IN OIL LAND SUIT Title to $500,000,000 Tracts Awaits Federal Supreme Court Decisicn WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Title €o western oil lands valued at the stu pendous figure of $500,000,000 is said to depend upon the outcome of the legal controversy which opened in ear nest today before the supreme court of the United States. Edmund Burke filed before the court his printed argument in favor of a claim to a portion of the land in controversy, scathingly ar raigning the Southern Pacific Railroad company, also fighting for the prop erty. The case will be argued orally January 6. The land in controversy in this par ticular case is in the oil fields of southern California. The Southern Pa cific claims it under the land grant act and Interior department patents which contained the provision, "ex cluding and excepting all mineral lands, should any such be found in the tract." According to the brief filed today the interpretation of exception would determine the Southern Pacific's claim to oil land worth more than the entire railroad itself. The brief charges the railroad with attempting to control the mineral de velopment of California through dum my corporations, and suggests that if it would stop this it would have more time to devote to the carrying of pas sengers and freight, "just as it haa greatly enhanced its value since the few years it was relieved of the po litical control of California." 2