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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 220. FORMER SALESMEN WORK ON STREETS SAN FRANCISCO LAWYERS PILE BRICKS What to Do With Those Not Accus tomed to Manual Labor Is . - a Question Still Un. answered > By Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.— With the subsidence, of the excitement that at tended the earthquake and fire, comes a more vivid realization of the misery .that has been inflicted upon the com munity. The number of people who have suddenly been cut off from means of earning a lilellhood Is enormous. .The army, of clerks, salesmen, Btenog raphers, bookkeepers and trades peo ple that poured Into the downtown sec tions each morning and returned to the residential districts and suburbs In tho evening, finds itself idle and without .prospects of employment .'Lawyers, doctors, dentists and their assistants are in a like predicament. ■ But a small percentage of these peo ple are capable of taking up manual labor, the only Tdnd that Is now pre sented, and already upon the streets and on the sites for new buildings, may be seen men of this class painfully and wearily engaged in the hardest kind of tasks. What Is to Be Done? What is to be done with the greater number of the men and women who could not get down to the level of the common workman Isa question that the' relief and city offldalß have* asked themselves and have been unable, to furnish j a satisfactory answer. 1 • : Prom this time .forward the efforts of the municipal officials and existing citizens' committees will be directed almost solely to the reconstruction of the city. Active sub-committees have been appointed and plans for practical work and accomplishments will be pre sented to Mayor Schmltz this week. -■■ The construction of temporary build ings continues In the burned portions of the. town and everywhere there are manifestations that the mercantile ele ment, is undaunted by Its reverses, j The relief work is proceeding smooth ly along the lines arranged by > the army, but a project Is now being con sidered of substituting for the "bread line" a » number of cheap restaurants where hot meals will be served at a low cost, f 'HOT ; iMEALS FOR FIFTEEN CENTS Cheap Restaurants to Replace "Bread • ; \~> ' £ Line" j Supply Depots j • ' ' Ey Associated Press. m SAN FRANCISCO, May ' 7.— At to day's meeting of , the finance committee ;*Dr.\pevlne, representing the, national •Red Cross,' and Major Febiger,' who'is •ln.cjiarge of the ; consolidated relief j stations, were authorized to work out a by which restaurants under their auspices .'will ." be 'established £ in ' , the seven's'ectlbns into which th&- city has J been divided 'by.itlf'^rmy authorities.' . . Hot meals at J5 cents each are to be served at : these eating places, and the plan is to eventually dispense with the matter of • registration for free sup plies. V . ■ .-.■•..■ These meals will be for worthy per sons and the tickets issued to them will •brl redeemed by the relief, committee o,l;of its- funds. The finance cotn l fttee will" hear a report from Dr. De ■ i he and Major Febiger on the -practi < jblllty of this plan at Its next meet **" Watch Bread Lines Closely '■' General Greely.was one. of the princi pal speakers at the meeting. In the course of his remarks he announced that it' was his Intention to have tho j bread line more closely watched than ever. To that end he had Just issued an order to. have a soldier at every is suing .station for the purpose of asking ' each person if he or she was absolutely destitute and in no position to buy food. In this way he hoped to be able to discourage many who have no busi ness in the line.; •. . v The following financial statement was ■presented: ■:.!-' [,-.'■, v Receipts, $2,285,187.68; disbursements, $83,827.85; -. balance, $2,201,359.93. Total -claims reported to date, 1919; represent ing .- $469,908.95; subscriptions j (con firmed), $4,406,248.52; subscriptions (un confirmed), $411,750;^t0ta1, $4,817,998.52. KILLS SEATTLE HOLY ROLLER Slayer of Frank E.'. Creffleld Declares : Latter Wronged Two Young -. ;.■■/ ',■/'»■'; ' . Girls ;. . ■ ./ ■ By Associated Press.' £BATT£,E. Wash., May 7.— Frank E. Creffield, leader of a so-called religious , organization known as the Holy Rollers, . was shot in the! forehead and Instantly . killed . today ' on :-Flrst avenue, near Cherry street. / * ' ' :. Creffleld's blood paid for the practices which hlB organization followed. The man who , killed him, George Mitchell, says he wiped out the stain which his family* suffered through the' wronging iof his two sisters by the leader of the Holy Rollers.. •-< Creffleld • and his wife, . a woman ..whom he married the third day of last month, were walking down First aye ' nue, and when-, near Cherry Tstreet, ' Mitchell,: who -\j;as following them, ad dressed ■ a . remark in a low tone to Creff lold and the latter turned to fuce ; his I pursuer. A revolver was I drawn ■ and ■ flashed, Qreffleld reeled and fell ,' to the pavement. Tho bullet had pun ' etrated his brain. ■ • • • ■ ; -Within a minute of the shooting ■■Deputy Sheriff Sam Huth and • Patrol lman ,li. T2. Count, had, arrested Miichuii, . who Is ■ twenty-three years old and a laborer. • " BOSTON CIGARMAKERS STRIKE Twelve Hundred Union Men Demand ' a- Large Increase In J : vV'..« '■ .' Wages' By Ante dated Prfss. j BOSTON, May 7.— A strike of union clgarmukera lof this city was started here ' today. <It is estimated that about 1200 men are out lit tut effort to forco an 1 Increase ,'in wages. ;, /.' ( Most of the small plttces have agreed to the pew union schedule, which called for ran increase of from fifty cents to two dollars a day in various grades of i clff&rs ■ \ 'iMHUlßEtttll Los Angeles Herald. nnipr-. J Dully hf Cnttltt I rjr» prtlTO rnlUt: \ Per Month I DO CENTS MAY CHANGE THEIR CREED Resolutions to This Effect Introduced at the Birmingham Methodist Conference Br AMoelnted BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 7.— At to day's session of tho general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, a resolution concerning the preparation of a new statement of tho doctrinal faith of Methodists wns in troduced by N. ,F. Tlllott and ,W. R. Lambuth of the Tennessee conference. The resolution says tho present form of creed does not fully meet tha ex isting needs of the church. A special committee was created to consider the matter. OLD JACK FROST IS GETTING BUST VIBITB MANY OF THE EASTERN STATES Fruit Trees and Garden Truck Made ; to Feel the Effecti of Winter's Farewell / Salute Special to the Herald. CHICAGO, May 7.— Reports of heavy damage by frost to vegetables -and various garden truck and fruit trees were received today from Illinois, lowa, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Nebraska points. Light snow flurries fell In Michigan, but the fruit trees and crops were not greatly harmed. The frost killed 50,000 tomato plants on Muscatlne Island, lowa, and at Burlington did consider able damage to strawberries, small fruit and garden truck. From Fort Dodge, Marshalltown and Dcs Molnes losses were reported. . In Illinois Ice formed and crops and -fruit were badly frostbitten. ■ From all ' parts of Indiana came news of damage to vegetables, but it was stated that fruits were only slightly harmed. , Osceola, Wis., and Lincoln, Neb., re ported losses in vegetables and harm to fruit . .. : DENOUNCES PREACHER AS AN IGNORANT MAN TRANCE MEDIUM AT CHICAGO OBJECTS TO SERMON Utterances of Rev. William Quayle Against' Palmists and Other "Seers" Bring Rebuke From Woman Who "Donned tho Shoe" By Associated Press. ' , , \CHICAGO,.May 7.— A large audience In StrJames Methodist church, Forty sixth street and Ellis avenue, was thrown into a turmoil last night when the pastor, the Rev. William Quayle. was denounced: at the close of his ser mon by a woman who rose from a pew In the center of the house and declared the pastor jto. be an ignorant ! man preaching: of a subject of -which he knew} nothing. After she had shouted, her protest in spite of efforts of the organist, who tried to drown her voice by playing a hymn, the woman turned and walked out of the church, muttering a curse upon the sermon and its author. . - The woman's name was not learned, but it Is believed that she Is a trance medium. , Dr. Quayle's ■ sermon had consisted chiefly .of a scathing ar raignment of certain Ideas which, in some quarters, have < taken possession of the public mind, and a warning to his congregation to be on their guard against them.' '.- Among other things the pastor as sailed the principle of the open 'shop and the • mania for consulting spirit mediums and palmists. PASTOR ACCUSED OF ARSON Rev. C. C. Stuart. Bain In Jail at : Waterloo Charged With Burn. • ' Ing Church ■ , By Associated Press. WATERLOO, N. T., May 7.— Rev. C. C. Stuart Bain, pastor of the First Bap tist church of Waterloo, was arrested hero yesterday on a charge of arson in the third degree and arraigned In police court. The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday and- Mr. Bain was committed to Jail. • His church was burned March 6 last. The pastor's arrest followed a long examination before District At torney Bodine, during which Mr. Bain was asked to explain certain' letters he Is alleged to have received concerning the church and which the prosecution claims he wrote himself.. Mr. Bain denied having set fire to the church. • Ho came here last October from Newburgh and no cause can be assigned for. his alleged acts. MOBS RULE THE WEST INDIES Authorities Unable to Cope With Crisis Brought About by Election Troubles i3y Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May 7.— Guadaloupe, French West Indies, is under mob rule, aocording to a dispatch received at the state department from J. Jarvis Bowen, the American consul at that point. His dispatch says tho mob is In con trol and the authorities are unable to restrain it. Election troubles were tha cause of the disturbances. For several weeks -there has been rioting, which w supposed to have cotne to a head yes tdraay; 'which was election day. While there are few Americans at the place, large quantities of , American goods are Btored there. Convene at Cincinnati By Associated Trees CINCINNATI. May. 7.— The national convention of tho Commercial Telegra phers' union of America, was opened here today. Mayor Dempsey gave the principal welcoming speech. * Frosts Nip Fruit Trees By Associated Press. ST. J'AUIj, ■ May 7.— Specials from Osceola, Wls., Fort podge, la., and Ijlncoin; ' Neb., tell of severe frosts -in those localities last night, which dam a««d garden truck and fruit trees. , TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1906. RACE QUESTION WON'T STAY DOWN BOBS UP SERENELY IN SENATE DEBATE Southern Gentlemen Object to Riding In ,the Same Car With Negroes and Ba/ 80 Emphat. Ically By Associated Presa. WASHINGTON, May 7,-The senate again today spent the major portion of Its time on one amendment, but Instead of accepting It adopted a substitute. The provision, which was made the basis of the discussion, was that sug gested by Mr. Forakor prohibiting the granting or rebates, passed, drawbacks and special rates to passengers on rail ways, and also prohibiting discrimina tions In the way of accommodations where equal rates are paid. The dlscusßlon took a broad range, covering flrßt the pass question and then tho race question In the southern states. The race Issue was, raised In connection with the clause relative to the discriminations, which was Inter preted as referring to separate cars for the races, and It called out very warm protests from Mr. Bacon, Mr. Money, Mr. Culbertson and other southern sen ators. Mr. Money declared he would not support the rate bill with a provision which raises the race Issue. RACE. QUESTION COMES UP Southern Senators Object to Riding With Negroes By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May 7.— When the senate met today a communication from the bureau of commerce and labor was read, stating that the full report of the commissioner of corporations on the subject of transportation of oil Is now in the hands of the public printer, and that as soon as received from that offi cial It will be transmitted to congress as requested by a recent resolution. Messrs. Ciapp, McCumber and Dubois were appointed conferees on the Indian appropriation bill. Consideration of the rate bill was then resumed, Mr. Klttredge's amendment, including « the owners of. all private cars within 'the •definition of carriers, being first in. order. • . • . V Mr., Foraker offered an amendment Inhibiting drawbacks, special rebates and passes. , Where Passes Are Needed ' Mr. Mcumber said abolishing passes would interfere with securing harvest hands In the west and northwest,, whereupon .Mr. Oalltnger ; offered, an amendment giving harvest hands re-; dticed rates.*- • ■..'•<.►.'.• ,' ; Mr. Hansbrougrh suggested an amenfl ■mentiproWbltlng;,''senators, /rhembers of the houso of representatives ,and j other officers and enrployes of the govern ment from accepting passes and extend ing the payment of mileage to the clerks of senators and' members. Mr. Hale 'protested" against the provision as to clerks and Mr. Gallinger against the entlrei provision! as an inclination to "run wild." i . ■ ' . ' ;'; ■ j Mr. Hansbrough's amendment was voted down. Passes for Quake Sufferers i Mr. ' Morgan * sought to have the amendment mo.difled so as to permit the granting of passes •to victims •of cy clones, earthquakes,, etc., and speaking in support of the ' suggestion, praised the railroads for carrying free the suf freers from the recent San Francisco disaster. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. Ciilbersori then offered as a sub stitute for Mr. Foraker's amendment a provision simply ''prohibiting the issu ance of free transportation to any one except officers and agents of the roads, ministers of the gospel, etc. Speaking again on the amendment, Mr. Foraker said that he had heard much complaint from the south that the negroea do not- have . transportation equal to that given whites. He did' not want to compel carrying of negroes in the same cars with whites, but would have them given the same accommoda tions for the same pay. Bacon Takes Exception "Can it possibly be the design of the senator to incorporate this subject of discrimination with that of free trans portation 1n order to strengthen it " asked Mr. Bacon, referring to the sep arate car system * of the south for negroea. ■ , . The provision, he said, touches upon a matter of vital importance to the south. He insisted that the matters should nqt be coupled together. "Does the senator object to equal ac commodations for the .same pay?" asked Mr. Foraker. "No," responded Mr.' Bacon, ''but I do object to giving the interstate com merce commission supervision over the matter." ■ "And that I Insist upon," declared Mr. Foraker. ' . . Others Take a Hand '"In view of the fact that two-thirds of the senate Is Republican I; presume that he can make good his boast," answered the Georgia senator with warmth. Mr. Bacon . proceeded, with his argument of the . coupling ■of the two provisions. The debate over this became I general, Messrs. TiUman, Bailey, Money, McCfcmber, Clay arid others speaking. " . Mr. Money and. Mr. Bacon sought to have the provision 'bo amended aa to recognize the state .laws, i Mr. Money said that the southern people were particularly against the negroes and were willing that such be . understood to be the fact. There . are many who are willing to ride with the negroes, he said, "und we are willing that they should do so; there Is no accounting for tastes." Further on he said:. Carries by Three Votes "If anything could klir this bill I think the Instrument -has been found for doing so. I won't vote for a rate bill having a race clause In It and I am Bure there ara many on thjs side w*o will not." Tile vote was then taken on Mr. Ctil berson's substitute for tho Foraker amendment and it was adopted by a vote of 88 to 35. ■ Twelve Republicans voted with the Democrats. In the anlrmatlve.. . Mr. Klkl'.iu then offered, his amend ment/ preventing common carriers from engaging In the production or selllnjr of tContlnued ou l'liua Tnu) NEW YORK MAN SUICIDES Edwin W. Clark, a Cotton Broker, Un. able to Endure Pain, Endi . ' Hla Life By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Mar T.— Edwin W. Clark, 64 years old, a broker and a member of the cotton exchange, shot himself In the head yesterday at his apartment In the Hotel Marseilles, dying Instantly. Mr. Clark had suffered several at tacks of nmi to Indigestion on Friday and Saturday. Yesterday morning a ntlll more violent attack taxed to the limit his endurance. He railed to hla wife and told her that he could not possibly endure the pain longer. While Mrs. Clark was telephoning for a physician her husband killed himself. Mr. Clark was born In this city and had been on the cotton exchange for more than thirty years. Through the maternal branch of his family he was connected with the VKtiderbllts. He leaves a brother, who lives In the weßt, and three sisters. Mrs. Clark was Miss Laura Isabejle Flske of Selwyn, Mnss. YOUTH DROWNS IN RESERVOIR DENVER BOY MEETS DEATH AT REDLAND3 1 » Nlne.Year.Old Companion Unable to Attract Attention of Passers-by ,4, Until. It Is Too . • Late Special' to The Rerald. SAN BERNARDINO, May 7.— Robbie Wllmot, a Denver boy 7 years old, while playing with a companion his own age about the city reservoir at Redlands this evening crawled through the woven wire fence and, falling Into the water, was drowned. The water at that point la six feet deep. ■ The little companion ran for help, and the engineer, at the pumping plan"; responded and made a vain effort to secure the body with a rake. Falling In this, the engineer sum moned the officers, who cut a piece of barbed wire from the fence and with this secured the remains, which had been In the water over an hour. The child had come from .Denver a week ago with his aunt, Mrs. James Alcott. NEW YORK ASYLUMS CROWDED Large Increase In Number of Patients During 1905 Over Any Previous Year By Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 7.— An Increase of 547 in the total of Insane persons cared for in institutions over any previous year in the history of New York state i^ shown by the annual report of the, State Charities' Aid association to the state commission in v lunacy, pubUshejd today.' 1 .'.■ """' . "■' "•■ —•' >; .■■/ The number of insane in 1905 was 27, 408. .liu.l9oS there was one demented person' in State Institutions for every 294,' 0f population, while In 1900 there was but one for every 305. As a miti gating, circumstance the report , points out that while the total of Insane cared for last year was larger than ever, .the increase In new cases was the smallest of the past fifteen years. This year's record number of patients cared for Is accounted for by Improvements In the care of the health of Insane persons, by which many lives are declared to have been. spared.w hich would have formerlybeen lost and which swell the present total. ■ GUARD SHOOTS DOWN CONVICT Successfully Follows Man Who Es- caped From Prison at Deer ■ Lodge. By Associated Press. BUTTE, Mont.. May 7.— A Miner dis patch from Missoula states that after trailing. an escaped convict, Fred Me kahus, for more than a 'week, Guard George Minshew ran down his man at Fort Missoula this morning and cap tured him, but not before the fugitive had been twice shot in the legs. .Mekahus spied the guard and at once began running, when the officer opened fire, each bullet finding lodgment in the fugitive. ■ ■ Mekahus was a trusty. DEATH PREFERRED TO ASYLUM Virginia Man Shoots His Wife at Her Request— Surrenders to . . .• Police . ■ By Associated Press. • NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 7.— Julian Pavlinle, an Austrian, 'today surrendered to j the '• police and an nounced that he had killed his wife by shooting her seven times in the head while she slept. The man declared that his wife was discharged from an insane asylum In February last and he took her life. ln compliance with her' wish that he do so rather than that she return to that institution. MARK TWAIN LEAVES HIS BED Recovers Sufficiently to Take a Short Walk Down Fifth Avenue ■■>'..{; By Associated Press, I NEW YORK, May 7.— Mark Twain walked down on Fifth avenue yester day for the flrat time since April 27. His confinement to his home ■ was caused by an attack of bronchitis. > The humorist has faced a strenuous winter, attending meetings and din ners and giving lectures, and It is thought that this work brought on his illness. . _ I TAIII.Ii OK TEMPERATURES <!•«••"*" Time) . ' «,iiy. - Max. Mln. . l,u> Ansel" «» !■<• Atlniilii' "0 *H . . llo.ton •• • • <■'" 00 • riiii-lunnll IW 43 li.-ilv.-r . .M . »3 , Jiii-kNiint Illn KM . 73 ■ I.lttle lI.H-k . Btt 4<l i New Orli-miK ••• *W 64 ■ New York «« .' 4* • Oniiiliti ■ M 44 ■ ni. i.«niM f>" 4a ■ ,nt. v«ui ■»« »a 5...11,1,11kr «lU. 4tt ' RUMSEY INJURED BY FLOOD WATERS DAM GIVES WAY IN CACHE CREEK Wave Six Feet High Strlkeß Several Buildings and Bridges, De. • . rnolishlng Many of Them ' By Asßoclateri Press. SACRAMENTO, May 7.— A special to the Union from Woodland says the big barrier which impounded the water of Cnche creek In the mountains about fourteen miles above Rumaey gave way nt 3 o'clock this morning, or rather a portion of ■It gave way, and a great wave rushed down the course of the creek, doing considerable damage at Kumsey and some places farther down the creek. Definite Information is exceedingly hard to get, owing to the fact that tele phone communication to all points beyond Capßy was Impossible at any time and -since noon no word has been received from Capay. Reports (lifter regarding the exact amount of damage at Rumsey. It is generally reported, however,, that the Southern Pacific company's roundhouse there was damaged and some reports have it washed from Its foundation. Packing Plant Damaged There are also reports to the. effect that thfi fruit packing -plant there is damaged. The Rumsey bridge suffered a material damage, It being reported that only the piles are left. : A blacksmith shop was waßhed away and two barns further down the creek were swept away. The crest of the wave reached Madison, at 7:10 this morning. Madison -Is about twenty three miles below Riimsey, which is situated at the head of Capay valley, and is the terminus of the Southern Pacific railroad. Madison reports that the , wave there was about six feet high arid the water exceeded the high water mark, but no damage was done as the town Is quite a distance back from the creek bottom. ■ ■ Flood Only Temporary ' The flood seems to have been a temporary, one and Is explained on tha hypothesis that when . the Impounded water reached tho crest of the barrier it. cut a channel which released a con siderable quantity of water, the flow of which was subsequently checked by caving in of the- barrier around the channel. This theory is substantiated by the fact that the water in the creek soon began . to fall , again, showing that in some. way the flow had been stopped. It seems that there has been no dam age at Capay, though It, is said the town is ; from two. to four, feet under water and j the ' cellars ' are ' full, I •No damage ;'.Jbas.<- l ->b^n.<k-~rep9rted i. i.froiit Guincla or Intermediate' points.'-/'. Little ; Damage' In Lowlands 1 On Cache- creek, jj about- three miles north of Woodland, 1 there 'was a very perceptible rise In the water, which soon- began to subside. The water did not leave .its banks anywhere below Madison; arid so far there has been no damage along the low lands In the heart of the county. .'■■ *' Last reports from Capay Indicated that the danger, of. the situation was past, but some are inclined to, think that a- subsequent break of the bar rier may ensue. • ' . The wall of water reached Rumsey first, . carrying away several buildings and the approaches to the bridges. As soon as the water reached the valley It lost its force and spread out over a considerable area of land. The people of Capay, Gulnda-and- Rumsey /are now returning to I their homes after their vigil upon the hills. ■ JOSEPH LEITER'S OFFICE IN CHICAGO ROBBED BONDS AND SECURITIES TAKEN VALUED AT $25,000 Chicago Burglars Break Down Door ' With. Muffled Sledge Hammer ,' • ... and Carry Away Valuable By Associated Presa. i CHICAGO, May 7.— Tho office of Jo seph Letter and of the estate of the late Levl Z. Leiter, father of Joseph Xielter, was robbed last night or Satur day. night ■ and - bonds and- securities valued at. slo,ooo to $25,000 were stolen. ' The burglars gained entrance to the ■ office by breaking in the door with a sledgo hammer, using rubber mats to deaded the nolae_ of , their blows. .The robbery was not" discovered until the clerks entered the office today. A hasty examination of the contents of the vault caused the assertion by tho clerks that securities valued at $1001000 to $150,000 had been taken. When Hugh Crabbe, the manager of the estate of Levi Z. Leiter, arrived at the office he at once declared that the amount of the robbery would not be more than $10,000 or $25,000, and ' produced a package of bonds valued at $125,000 which the clerks thought had been stolen. The office of Robert E. and Frank Crowe, attorneys, • adjoining that of the Leiter estate, was also entered and securities valued at about $5000 were taken. • . CARRIES BOMB IN CANDY BOX Disguised as an Officer, Revolutionist Is Enabled to Approach St. Petersburg Palace By Associated jk'resa. MOSCOW,; May 7.— lt turns out- that the man 'who attempted yesterday, to assassinate dovfernor General Doubas soff was a revolutionist dißgulsod as a naval officer, which enabled him to ap proach the palace 'without creating sus picion, . • . ■■• ... -'. ; ■ '• ■ ■ > He carried the bomb In a candy box, and had a false (passport in which his name was given as Metz, which proved his connection %vUh -the -three revolu tionists who •* were : killed l>y the ex plosion of . a bomb ; in their room on Saturday night, that ■ being the* name uniUr which the apartment occupied by the revolutionists- was rented. PRICE: SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS MOTHER AND CHILD MISSING San Jose Woman Disappears Shortly After Earthquake and Have Not Since Been Seen By AMorlaMd Prexs. SAN JOSR, May 7.— Mrs. Llmlb Cas tro, a widow who with her two small children resided with her mother at 630 Willis avenue, stated the second day flf ter the earthquake that she was going for a walk. She »ook one of the chil dren and neither has been seen since. Bhe had been employed at the Do mestic laundry on Gardner avenue, but no one there has heard of her nor can she be found In San Francisco or Oak land, which cities have been searched for her by relatives and friends. CANNON REACHES 70TH MILESTONE "UNCLE JOE" GIVEN A RECEPTION BY COLLEAGUES Among Other Guests President Roose velt Calls, to Shake Speaker's Hand and Wish Him . Well By Associated i-ress. WASHINGTON, 7.— Speaker Cannon was the guest at a' reception Blven him tonight at the Arlington hotel In honor of hla seventieth birth day. It was a notable, occasion, made so by the presence of President Roose velt and almost every official of note In Washington and others from out side cities who called to extend their congratulations. All the members of the cabinet now In Washington, the members of the su preme court, a largo contingent of both houses and heads of the various bu reaus of tho executive | departments and prominent residents found time during the evening to come lri and shake the speaker's hand and wish him many happy returns of the day. President Roosevelt arrived about 10 o'clock and for an hour or more chatted with the speaker and mixed freely with the large crowd. Vice President Fair banks was among the early arrivals. As Speaker Cannon knew everyone who called to congratulate him, Intro duction was unnecessary. • He gave a cordial welcome to all his, friends and heartily responded to their good wishes. DEFECTIVE RA*IL CAUSES BAD WRECK SANTA FE TRAIN PILES UP NEAR BEALVILLE . Tunnel No. ; 4 . Scene of Accident , In ■ Which .'Several- Men' Are More or !*. J Less : Seriously InJured-r-All .Train* By Associated Press. t BAKERSFIELD.' May 7.— This morn- Ing while emerging from, tunnel No. 4, a short distance above Bealville, en gine 1635 of a westbound Santa Fe ex tra freight train struck a defective rail, badly wrecking the. engine and train and severely Injuring Engineer W. C Flckerlng. ■ . . . Fireman Plather was caught under the wreckage of the engine, but by his presence of mind In ; shutting off the fire and oil prevented the wreck catch- Ing flVo and causing further destruction of property and loss of life. ; . Brakemen Patton and Donnelly were riding on the cars . that were caught in the tunnel, and their escape from death was almost beyond belief. . .Tunnel No. 4 is a mass of wreckage,' many of the cars having been derailed and smashed to splinters. The- injured trainmen were brought to Bakersfield by Con ductor Hough ton in a special train. The Southern Pacific wrecker and crew were dispatched to the scene of the wreck. All traffic over the hill Is at a standstill. Santa -Fe train No. 8 is still In the local yards and both the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe west bound passengers .are stalled on the other side of Bealville. . It is • expected- the wreck will be cleared by night. LABOR CARNIVAL IS GIVEN UP New York Unions' Idea of Raising Funds for Coast Sufferers ■ Abandoned By Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 7.— The plan to have a labor carnival for. the purpose of raising money, to send to San Fran cisco was given, up at yesterday's meeting of the central federated union. There was to have been a parade In which American flags were to have been held out for the people along the line of march to throw money into. .The labor carnival committee recom mended that the carnival idea be abandoned, giving as a reason that the International unions had taken up the matter of relief and were levying as sessments to send to San Francisco. NEW VESSEL BREAKS RECORD Canadian .!oat Mapeno Arrives at Vie- toria From Sydney In Twenty, one Days By Associated Presa. VICTORIA. B." C, May 7.— The steamer Mapeno of the Canadian Pa cific Australian line arrived this morn- Ing after a record-breaking trip 1 "of twenty-one days from Sydney with 328 passengers, beating the previous rec ord ' held by . the Moana by ten hours. The Mapeno •Is • the flrat turbln steamer to cross the Pacific, ocean. On the way from Honolulu Hugh McCar ley, a seaman belonging to Sydney, fell overboard and was drowned.. ' BOAT ASHORE IN CYCLONE Those 'on Board Portuguese Warship Rescued From an African Island By Associated Presa. NEW YORK. May 7.— A dispatch" to a morning paper from Lisbon says: The Portuguese WHinhlp Haptlsta Andrado, which -was carrying a new governor to -Mozambique, | disappeared some months . ago, .. It»has,now be»n found that she was driven ashore by a cyclone. on an uninhabited African island. ' ' .When i found all ,' hands ; were living Crußoe-like. All were wall. LOS ANGELES MAN KILLED IN MINE GRANT VAN NEST MEETS DEATH NEAR HAVILAH/ Rendered Unconscious by Poisonous Gases, Explosion of Large Charg* / ' of Powder Ends Vic tim's Life By Associated Press. BAKERSFIELD. May ' 7.-Coroner Mulllns returned, this evening « from Havllah, where he was called yesterday by the. death of, Grant Vaft£Nest,^a prominent mining in;tn of Lo* "Angeles* . who was tragically killed 'by poisonous gases and an , explosion In ' the ' Head light mine. - '•*;,., • The verdict reached by the Jury was that the deceased had come to his death by being overcome by the gases and an explosion. .'■•■ ■Yyc In company with George Bushey, Van Nest entered his mine , near . Havilah. yesterday for the purpose ,of . loading some holes. This was accomplished in. the face of noxious gases. -•"-•.- ►•; ;* Overcome'- by Gas Just as one of the newly loaded holes was fired Van Nest was overcome : by, the gases and sank to the floor. Bushey, in Imminent danger to himself from the explosion, refused. , to I desert • his ; com panion and, seizing Van Nest , by ; thn Bhoulderß. began , dragging him toward the mouth of the tunnel. .:.„■ \;-,.T'..- A portion of the 'distance was accom plished and a few feet more would hay» brought Bushey and his senseless comr panlon to safety when ; the ' explosion occurred and both men foil stunned. They lay there for a , long time ii and ; late last evening Bushey; regained con sciousness. Van Nest had long, since ceased to breathe. ■ ... ::■'.':' ,-■■■ ■■-. ■" Van Nest has a home at 2706 Central avenue, Los Angeles, where a • wldowj and three children survive I hlnv*£ Ho" was a heavy . owner In . the • Headlight mine.', . . '.- '.... •' ' ".'• ' ■ ■■ ' • ■ ,-;: VAN NEST WELL KNOWN HERE Had Resided In Los Angeles for, Past Six . Years V ■ Mr. Van Nest has been a resident of Los Angeles '. for -, the ■ past ■' six j years) and has been the manager of the mine» in which he lost his life for. that, time.* He was an experienced < man,s In •> all matters. pertaining to mining and had spent many years In ', different mining camps In Colorado. ' ( .^34^4'gffiSg)BMßHßgS He was 43 years . of . age and 1 cama originally ■ from Illinois, • San " Jose ; ; In that state having been;hls birthplace."." ; .._'■;,- - (l ßefugee Ends. His ■ Llf«. ..". By Associated Presa. . ■.• •■■•<-.. , ■ ■■; SAN i FRANCISCO, • May ■ 7.—An^un identinea 'Italian refugee ended his life this evening in - a .tent at: Fort 'Mason 1 by ; blowing; out'; hla brain ' with '.a x shot gun. ■ The man's mind had become, un-': balanced through . the . experiences ihe underwent during the recent great lire." Ltnn Enters ' State Prison By Associated ITesa. CHICAGO, May Wohn,A. i :Llnn,'' formerly clerk of ■ the ' supreme ■> court,l who recently pleaded guilty to charges -of embezzlement iof I the . public i funds,' was; taken to the penitentiary, at -Jollet today to serve his term of from one to five years.'.. .'.. . . -■■.--.■• - ''^:'- ; .: ■''■;*■'/■ Declares Another Holiday. By Associated presa. SACRAMENTO., ... May, 7.— Governor Pardee has ■ declared Tuesday,. May ( B. a legal holiday. ■*7 m ?' .--- ■■""■'. -. y v l- ■"■,' THE DAY'S JEWS FORECAST Southern California: Clear and warm weather is the prediction of tho weather man for Friday.' Max- ; Imutn temperature In Los Angeles yesterday, 69 degrees;" minimum," 50 degrees.; j .' » . I— Los Angeles man killed In mine. 2 — Forty.five bills passed by house.' • ,3, 3— Killed by electric car.' ; -,;.>;-; - v .*•v .*•; ■ 4 — Three thousand Shrlners here. ■ . • s—Sports.5 — Sports. .... , ' -..'• .6— Editorial, v . ; -, ;..' 7— City news. .. .."■■' : . ,; : B— Policemen neglect duty. 9— Southern California news. 10— Markets. . ■ ■ ■ ,: ■:■./> 11— Classified advertisements. 12.13— City printing. 14 — Fund grows -rapidly. EASTERN. . . [] : Uncle Joe Cannon' celebrates his seventieth birthday. " ■ ■ ■ ■'.-._.•. '— •••r-Tt;; Senators from .southern' states' object':: to riding with negroos but- are willing 1 ; for northerners to do so If they choose. ■ Jack Frost pay* ...a -visit , to ■' eastern. i 1 . states, damaging fruit and vegetables. . FOREIGN Former fundamental Russian law ap-i' . pears In new form.. '.- .. ,;'•■.*•.•. tft'% ■ Frenchman, flros from ''. window . ■•• at', Fort de ..Franco, killing ..two , revolu-': ttonlsts. . . ; » • ;■-'•(■; Russian cabinet completed : and' names of members made public. '.- -.coast,; '<■:■'./■, Town of Ramsey Injured "t by flood ;V waters from Cache creek: dam., >..."..;•..;.' . Former well-to-do professional -j men jV. and clerks compelled to work In Ban : Francisco streets to earn a llvlnif. . «'-hm-*> • Governor Pardee says h« will have toy" "be shown", when' asked If ■ * special : session of legislature will be called. . • ■ ■ '■; LOCAL^ -New school superintendent , saya I«oa f '" : AnßpUiß will, be educational center of, •..; Paclflo coast.' < wa**¥'W>l "t|><W**WWß!fM -Tax -Collector ," Johnson - to.;- Mayor r McAleer '' anenf disregard • of • license law. by lodging "houses .;and ■; hotels.'. .■■'--. . .'* ••">'•• >-:-■• V-.Mt «•;;,;:, I City council passes ordinance to com- ■ pel th« plarlng of safety fenders on all ' street curs. ■ ' , ' "...-. >■ Divorcees i clamor ..forflnaU decrees v which cannot . be • granted ; until >. after . the holiday .season.. . . , . ' } • Y. •M ". d." A- building fund I reaches RR 1228.176. ■• ".. : : . v ■ ■ > ■• -. ■ Many Shrlnein'come'to Los An«<MC«;& despite ' Imperial Potentate - CoUlns' » , Jfla'us for Fie»ti«m>ldly maturtnar. j