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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 53.
DAMAGE
WILL BE
$200,000
Kaiser Wilhelm Is
Laid Up for
Repairs
Starboard Quarter Shows
* Rent Thirty Feet
tong
Many Steamers and Other Craft Dis.
abled or Entirely Wrecked by
Severe Storms on Lake
and Ocean
By Associated Press.
CHERBOURG, Nov. 22.— Two l>ls
libers', the Kaisor Wilhelm der Qroste
and the Orinoco, collided In the Eng
lish channel lnHt night at. 9 o'clock.
,\s a result thirteen steerage passen
gers and sailor? were killed and both
vessel! wore seriously damaged. They
havte returned to port for repairs.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Qrosse he
longs to the North German Lloyd
Steamßhlp company. She carried 258
liist-ciass passengers, 389 In the second
cabin and 697 In the steerage. Sho left
Southampton and Cherbourg yesterday
for New Yolk. The Orinoco, Which be
longs to the British Royal Mall Steam
ship company, had cleared from South
ampton for West Indian ports and New
York.
The passengers of the German vessel
will be trans-shipped and will leave
Sunrliiy. The Orinoco's passengers will
leave Southampton November 28.
The shock of the collision was terrific
and there was at once panic on each
ship. Order, , however, was quickly re
stored but not before a small boat
lowered fr.oin the Orinoco was swamped
by the efforts of the panic-stricken pas
sengers to crowd in it.
Those who lost their lives were either
crushed by the grinding timbers or
thrown overboard and drowned. A
nuniber of small boats put out from
Oierbourg and rescued some sailors
und passengers who were struggling in
,ihc waves.
A girl named Stfevier w4s (llbpiiidow
fled and died ill a hospital. Seven per
sons wore injured aboard the German
ship.
The responsibility for the accident
nan not been fixed, but it is charged
that the Kaiser Wilhelm did not re
spond to signals from the English
steamer.
The damage to the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grouse is estimated at $200,000.
STEAMER TEARS HOLE
IN SCHOONER'S SIDE
By Associated Press. .
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.— A great hole
was torn in the side of the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Main in a colli
sion with the four-mast schooner May
V . Neville, In the ship channel of the
lower bay. •
The ship's butcher on the Main was
Slightly injured, but no lives "were
lost. ' ' ■ ■ .
The Main was coming up the chan
nel cm her way from Bremen when she
met the steamers America and La
Savrfle going down the channel in
company with the schooner Neville.
Maneuvering to clear the outgoing
steamers the Main got in the course
of the Neville, which was bowling
along under ' full sail before a fresh
wind.
The officers of the Main endeavored
to avert a collision, but it was too late
and the .long jibbooin and bowsprit of
the schooner struck the big steamer
fair amidships, . with • terrific force,
tearing a hole ten feet in diameter
through her steer pint es on a level
with the steamer's main -deck.
Both ships reeled under the shock of
the impact and a portion of her stem.
The Main's damages were all above
the water line.
The schooner was taken In tow by
0 tug and brought up the harbor.
The Main proceeded under her own
steam to quarantine and her dock.
STEAMER GOES ON BEACH
AND CREW IS MISSING
};>• Associated Press,
MARQUKTTI3, Mich., Nov. 22.— With
her rudder gone, her upper works
washed away and her crew missing the
Steamer Panama of t|ie Davidson fleet
wan found beached today on Mineral
Reef point,, fourteen • miles west of
Ontonagori.
The wheek lies on an uninhabited
• oust, the nearest place being Iron
River, many miles away.
k The wreck was reported today by
,i, i lie. crew of the. ium Tramp. The Pan
1 nma's tow barge Mat'anzas was cast
i way yesterday when the two vessels
wire laboring in the big storm that
swept the lakes.
More fortuimto than the steamer, the
MattmzuH kepi afloat until today,
when she was sighted near Ontonugou
and towed safely Into port. The Pana
ma Is said to be damaged to such an
extent that It will be Impossible to
float her again. ... , . •
FRENCH BARK TCLLS
OF PERILOUS TRIP
By Associated Press.
( PORTLAND., Nov. . 23.-A special
* dispatch to the Evening Telegram from
Port Tow mend says that the French
link Higuit huN arrived at that point
1 78 dayti from Glasgow. - . , ■
The lilgart passed through a terrific
•, storm off «'.ii Flattery ani arrived in
• pi,it with her sails torn to'shreds and
Olio ..I her crew iiMhuliik Sixteen clays
the'craft was buffeted ■•<, tierce gulea
off Capo Flattery before it could enter
tho HtrtlitM of Juan iii- Kuca. - .
.-••..The captain and i-rew did not ulwep
for twelve nights and days when the
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CANV«?SING BOARD SAYS
NEGRO IS DEFEATED
CHICAGO. Nov. 22.—
Ferdinand L. Barnett. the
negro assistant state's attorney
who, according the police re
| turns, was elected judge of the
municipal court at the recent
election, has been unseated by
the canvassing board.
The police returns gave
Barnett a plurality of 499, but
the official count today shows
that Thomas Blantly (Dem.)
was elected by a plurality
of 304.
Barnett was the only Re
publican defeated for a city
office.
SUPREME COURT
TO TEST CASE
WILL DECIDE LEGALITY OF
TRANSPORTATION LAW
On Verdict Hinges Fate of Newspaper
Contracts with Railroads.
Monon Officials Are
• Defiant
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.— The supreme
court of the United States Is to be
asked to pass upon the question
whether a railroad company can issue
transportation in exchange for adver
tising in newspapers. A test case is to
be made in Illinois, or, rather, an op
portunity be Riven to the interstate
commerce commissioners to have the
courts pass upon their ruling that noth
ing but money can be lawfully received
or accepted In payment for transporta
tion.
The justice of this ruling was npt
seen by the legal department of the
Monon railroad and George Kretzinger,
the general counsel, and E. C. Field,
the general superintendent, wrote to
the Interstate commerce commission
and gave their construction of the law
backed by decisions of the courtß.
The rule they contend as universally
stuted and upheld by the courts Is:
"What the parties agreed shall con
stitute the ' payment, the law will ad
judge to be payment. It is competent
fur parties to designate in their con
fraitin how and in" what payni'«tlt • ttiay
be made. It 1b by no means true that
payment can only be made in money;
on the contrary, It may be made in
property or in services."
The Inhibition, they added, ngalnst
charging a "greater or less or different
compensation" refers alone to a dif
ference in the "established rate" and
not to the manner of making payment.
The interstate commerce commission
did not reply to the letter of Mr. Kret
zinger and Mr. Field, which was dated
October 1, and President McDonald of
the Monon has issued orders to the
passenger department to continue issu
ing transportation contracts to news
papers in payment for equivalent in
advertising.
As the interstate commerce commis
sion, having made a ruling on the
subject, will likely adhere to it, the
Monon railroad will sooner or later be
notified to appear, and this will be the
first step toward a construction by the
supreme court of the United States of
the commission's interpretation of the
new railway rate bill.
As the publisher who accepts trans
portation is also liable under the law,
one who accepts thansportatlQn from
the Monon may be also cited to appear
In order that both parties to the con
tract may have the question of their
amenability passed upon at the same
tinte.
Kidnaped Child Pound
By Associated Press.
POUGHKEEPSIK, N. V., Nov. 22.—
Lottie Jackson, a colored nursegirl, and
a child of C. R. Langdon, a New York
broker, for whom the police sent out
an alarm, were located today In a store
here, where the colored girl bought a
new dress for the child, whom she Is
alleged to have kidnaped. This after
noon the child was taken to her house
at Fishklll, while the police Instituted a
search for the colored girl, who had
been allowed to leave the store.
Auto Burglars Make Haul
By Associated ProSB.
NEW YOHK, Nov. 22.— 1t developed
last night that two men and a woman
who have come to be known as the au
tomobile burglars becuuse of their re
spectable mode of transit, are credited
With another haul, this time on West
Bind avenue. It Is reported to the
police that SUOh a party secured m
name to the home of Richard Wight
mau and secured jewelry to the value
of SiiOOO.
• Fear Great Calamity
By ,v loclafetl Press
NEW. YORK, Nov. 22.—Recommenda
tions made by the state railroad com
mission designed to relieve somewhat
the Brooklyn bridge crush found a
startling echo yesterday when Vice
President Calderwood of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company declared that
the bridge was . being worked to Its
limit and that his company lived in ex
pectation of a great calamity there.
Fight Buildings Destroyed
■I |'l "I . O
i;ku.im;iiam. Wash., Nov. 23.—
Fire broke out In the kitchen of the
Nooksack noted at Nooksaek City
early this morning and before tbe
flames were checked they tun! destroyed
eight buildings, seven of them business
houses, . 1 1 •• i caused v loss estimated at
$100,000. It is partially covered by in-
BUIUllce.
Youth Shoots Instructors
»y A»»oclat< d
! PUNXSUTAWNKY, Pa.. Nov. .22.—
liecause Ills teacher refused to giant
him permission to no hunting, Jaineß
l )<nißln>rly Jr., 16 years old, shot and
seriously . wounded Professor J. , K.
Kohler.i iirlnclpul, anil Memiu Huyiior,
imsi ins uHi-tiaittiu. Dougherty wus avivsteil:
FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 23. 1906.
BELIEVE
SEAMEN
ARE LOST
Hark Madga Goes
Down Near
Quebec
Entire ( rew Thought to
Have Perished
with Craft
Severe Storm and the Accompanying
High Seas Mak- It Impossible
for Aid to Reach the
Doomed Men
Special to Tho Herald,
QUEBEC, Nov. 22. — Fourteen
seamen, composing the crew of
the bark Madga, are thought to
have been lost on Red island reef.
It is known that a vessel an
swering the Madga's description
struck a dangerous portion of the
reef and went down, and vessel
owners are satisfied that the en
tire crew was lost.
High seas made it impossible
for aid to reach the doomed men,
and so far none of them have
been rescued.
MURDERERS
PLANS ARE
FOILED
By Associated PrflßS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.— That
John Slemsen, the self-confessed mur
derer who Is charged with slaying three
men with pieces of gaspipe, has been
planning to escape from captivity, was
the statement made today to Captain of
Detectives Duke by Ralph Hcanlan,
who was confined with Slemsen as a
murder suspect at the city prison.
Scanlan, who said he was afraid to
give out the secret Slemsen had con
fided to him until he (Scanlan) was
admitted to ball today, declared thai
it was Blemsen's intention to relieve
the officer Who accompanied him to the
emergency hospital of his revolver.
He would do this when they were
near some automobile and then intim
idate the chauffeur Into driving him
outside the limits of the city.
The story as told by Scanlan so Im
pressed Captain Duke that In the fu
ture an extra guard will accompany
Siemaen whenever he Is taken from his
cell.
FOUR DROWN DURING
GALE ON LAKE MICHIGAN
By Associated Prrss.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Nov. 22.—
Four men who were caught by last
night's storm on the crib work of the
new breakwater at the entrance to
Holland harbor on Lake Michigan were
washed away by the waves and
drowned.
The men could not gain the shore
because of the Immense sea. The life
saving crew attempted to aid them,
but the waves were bo high that no
boat could live. Attempts were made
to shoot a line to them, but the hurri
cane hurled the line back.
When day c-iosed the men were still
clinging desperately to the crib work.
At daybreak they were gone.
Anarchists Closely Watched
By Associated Press.
HOME, Nov. 22.— Thorough precau
tionary measures have been taken to
insure iirder tomorrow on the occasion
of the arrival here of King George of
Greece. Four hundred extra police have
arrived hen 1 from the provinces, the
carbineers have been reinforced and
the troops forming the garrison have
been augmented. All anarchists or sus
pected persons are held in close sur
veillance.
Fires Almost Cause Panic
By Assoi lated Prws.
NEW VUItK, Nov. 22.— Six incendiary
tires within an area of half B dozen
clly blocks caused intense excitement
in the vicinity Of Twenty-fourth street
and Eighth avenue early today. One
woman was so severely injured sh.
may die. Hundreds of lives were en
dangered and thousands fled to the
streets In fear. The financial loss is
trivial.
Actress Dies of Injuries
v.v AssoulaU (I I'l-chs
MOW YOUR, Nov. -'-• Helen Lam
bert, the actress, who was Injured in
the automobile collision in Central
Park, In which Tom Cooper lost his
in,, died today in the Roosevelt hospi
tal. This makes .the third death from
the accident.
Two. Cent Rate Illegal
By Delated Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2-'.— ln the
Virginia supreme oourt of appeals '"
• ia> Judge CardweM handed down a
dei-lslon declaring that i b*) t « at
„ i rate aiti t passed by the vis -
Kini.i legislature was contrary to tin
nth amendment to the stltut'in of
i States.
Persants Fight Off Troops
PLOUGUUKUNEAU, Franco, Nov.
2. — Two thousand Catholic peaetint to
day ; successfully fought off the troops
sent- to protect the officials engaged in
i.i Kn the Inventories under the church
and slate separation act.
PEASANTS SELL THEIR
DAUGHTERS IN SLAVERY
luted Prssn
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov.
2. — Reports from the famine
districts of Russia show that
the distress is steadily grow
ing acute.
The peasantry in the gov
ernment of Kazan have been
driven to desperation and are
selling their daughters in
slavery to Moharrunedans of
the Caucasus.
Girls from 12 to 17 years of
age have been sold for $50
to $75.
A form of typhus fever
known as "hunger typhus" is
epidemic.
BRYAN AND SHAW
WARMLY GREETED
SPEECHES OF BOTH COMMAND
ATTENTION
Transmlsslssippi Commercial Con.
gress Takes Up Various Subjects
of Interest for General
Discussion
Ny AiisoclrUed Prsss.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 22.— Leslie
M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, and
William J. Bryan secured the lion's
share of attention here today among
a long list of speakers at the three ses
sions of the transmlsslssippi commer
cial congress.
All spoke on subjects relating more
or less directly to the increasing of the
commercial business of the country.
Mr, Bryan was appointed to head a
committee of former presidents of the
congress to escort Secretary Shaw to
the platform and when these two dis
tinguished public men led the Way to
the rostrum there was great applause.
Secretary Shaw, who spoke particu
larly for a wider foreign market for
American goods, made this declaration:
"If this country ever develops Inter
national merchants it will accomplish
it by granting them encouragement,
not alone by dredging harbors and
deepening channels, but by insuring
them a merchant marine in which to
carry, under the most favorable terms,
the products of our .farms, our mine«,
our fot*estFi and otff factories."
Secretary Shaw continued:
"Secretary liotft has gone a step far
ther than I propose to go in favor of a
merchant marine. He committed him
self to the Southern Pacific subsidy
idea. I do not say that I am in favor
of a ship subsidy, but I will say that I
am in favor of anything that will se
cure a merchant marine for the United
States."
Bryan Speaks In the Evening
Mr. Bryan, whose subject principally
concerned the commercial Interests of
the Mississippi valley region, was the
sole speaker at the evening session.
Some of the subjects upon which ad
dresses and discussions were made at
the morning and afternoon sessions
were river and levee betterment, lower
freight rates, especially in the west;
the necessity of a national department
Of mines and mining, the needs of the
live stock interests of the southwest,
the necessity of increased facilities at
the Pacific coast ship yards, irrigation,
public drainage as It relates to the re
clamation service, our waning forest
resources.
John W. Noble of St. Louis, former
secretary of the interior, spoke in sup
port of a resolution which had been
Introduced by Richard .'. Kerens of
that city in favor of an inter-continen
tal railway to bring about closer trade
relations between North and South
America.
George J. Kindel of Denver enlivened
the morning session by attacking E. H.
Hiirriman and introducing a resolution
which was referred calling for the
resignation from membership on the in
terstate commerce commission of Jud
scui C. Clements.
Other speakers were V. C. Alderson,
president of the Colorado school of
mines; Ike T. Pryor, president South
west Cattle Kaisers' association; P. H.
Newell, Bdward Meade and W. H. Her
ron, governmental department experts;
Representatives John N. Stevens of
Texas, Ddgar C. Kills of Missouri and
Isliitm Randolph, Consulting engineer
of the drainage canal.
Indict Capitalist
By Associated press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 82.—Philan
der W. Fltssgerald. a capitalist, wus in
dicied by the federal (sand jury today
on the charge of using the malls to de
fraud. Mr. Fitzgerald was Indicted ill
connection with the "I!HI4 Colony com
pany." which lias for Its object the
colonisation of a number of people in
Southern Georgia.
Court Fines Railroad
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. 21— Judge Holt
Of the United States circuit court to
day tlned the New York ('(Mitral &
Hudson River Railroad company »18,000
for rebating freight charges to the
American Sugar Refining company.
Wife Slayer Will Hang
By AasecwtMd tress.
DKS MOiNKS. lowa, Nov. 22.— Hhe
aupri'ine court of lowa today affirmed
Un decision of the lower court sen
tencing I.ouis liusz, convicted of mur
dering his wife and burning the body,
to hang December 14.
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FAMOUS TENOR TO
FACE WOMAN WHO
CA USED HIS ARREST
ENRICO CARUSO
Hannah Graham, the Womui Whom Enrico Caruso
Is Alleged to Have Annoyed and Mistreated
in the Monkey House, Said to Have
Been Located by Prosecutor
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.— Hannah
Graham, the woman who caused the
arrest of Knrlro CaruHo on the charge
of annoying- and mistreating her In the
monkey house in Central park lusi
Friday, may appear In police court to
morrow to press the charge against
him.
| Jnsi before POUrt adjourned tonight
at the end of the second day's hear
ing of the charge against the singer.
Deputy Police Commissioner Mathot,
who is' conducting the prosecution,
said that he had little more evidence
to offer.
There was only one witness for the
prosecution yet to be heard, he said,
and when that witness appeared he
would require less than ten minutes
to complete his ease.
Despite the efforts of the police, it
had been found impossible to present
the witness today, but he felt safe
In assuring the court that the person
to whom he referred would be In court
tomorrow. A report soon spread that
the witness referred to was the missing
Hannah Graham.
Hannah Graham dropped out of
sight when she left the police sta
tion five minutes after she had pre
ferred the charge against Caruso last
Friday afternoon, and witnesses for
the prosecution testified that the ut
most endeavors had been made to find
her. but without avail. Should she
appear she would furnish a sensation
far greater than any which have
marked the two days' hearing In the
Yorkville police court.
New Sensations
Today was not without sensations.
When court adjourned lust night Ca
ruso was on the stand, and his exami
nation wus resumed when the case
was taken UP today.
Deputy Polios Commissioner Mathot
questioned the defendant cloeehi con
cerning the four years when he lias
appeared in this country under the di
rection 'if Heiiirleh Conrled.
Caruso acknowledged thai ha was in
New York In 1904 and that on Febru
ary 4 of that fear be sang In "Parsi
fal" ai the Metropolitan opera house.
It was at this point that the real sen
sation of 'hi' day came. The wide
doors directly behind the magistrate's
bench swiniK open, and a woman in
Whitt "lid with a white veil drawn
close!) over her face stepped Into the
room.
"Caruso, look upon thix woman,"
said the deputy polios commissioner
US the woman raised the veil and re
vealed her features. "Did you ever see
her before?"
The defendant moved uneasily, hesi
tated and then replied:
"No, I have never seen her,"
"Did you not, on the afternoon of
February 4. 1904, during the second
act of 'Parsifal' stand behind this
woman in the Metropolitan opera
house and subject her to exactly the
same Indignities to which It Is charged
Hannah (Iruhain kus subjected at the
Central park monkey house?"
"I did not," replied the defendant.
hotly, "l never »aw tha woman be
fore, so far an 1 can remember."
"Is it not true that on tliut after
noon nut only thin woman, but other
wniaeii were the victims of much In
decent action upon your partT" per
sisted Mi U
Objection Is Sustained
to's uounsel broke In with a
vlgorou which was sus
li v in the run
that the woman in white was a mem-
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I ber of the chorus of the Metropolitan
! opera house.
One of the features of the day was
the appearance for the defense of Dr.
Adolpli Densiger, former American
consul at Madrid. Dr. Densiger tes
' titled that he was in the monkey
house iv Central park during Caruso's
visit there Friday and that he ob
served no improper action on the
singer's part.
He declared that he had voluntarily
come forward to testify in the singers
behalf because he knew him person
ally, knew him to be a gentleman and
the greatest tenor of this or any other
time.
Heing a benefactor of humanity, he
desired to protect Caruso, not for him
self, but for his great career. "I vol
unteered to assist Mr. Caruso in ex
actly the same way that I volunteered
to assist Theodore Roosevelt to be
come president of the United States,"
said Dr. Densiger.
He swore that from his observation
It would have been a physical impos
sibility for Caruso to have acted
toward any woman in the monkey
house In tbe manner described by De
tectlve Cain yesterday. He stood
within ten feet of Caruso at the time
he was in the building.
Heinrich Conried, director of the
Metropolitan opera house, described
Caruso's mannerisms just as did Dr.
Densiger.
"To be brief, he is pompous, Is he
Hot?" asked Mr. Mathot.
"It would be more kind to speak of
it as a habit." replied Mr. Conrl«d.
Several other witnesses testified ns
to Caruso's inability to speak English
and the hearing was then adjourned
until tomorrow.
The police court room again housed
SX great crowd today and hundreds
were unable to gain admittance.
GRAND JURY RESUMES
EXTORTION INQUIRY
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.— The
Brand jury resumed its Inquiry this
morning: into the charge that Abraham
Ruef performed extortion before the
fire on an O'Farrell street amusement
and drinking place.
A number of witnesses were present
for examination.
Peter Duffy, who was arrested yes
terday on a chargre of perjury preferred
against him by the grand jury, has
not succeeded, up to noon today. In
st curing bondsmen for his rel«use. He
spent the morning: In the custody of a
deputy sheriff endeavoring to secure
the }5000 hum Is and $2500 cash neces
sary to keep him out of Jail.
The investigation into tho alleged
extortion said to have been practiced
In connection with the Belvedere re
sort on O'Farrell street was completed
today and this afternoon the grand
Jury took up the case of disorderly
houses.
Th« Inquisitorial body began by ex
amining several persons who, It is
said, are interested in v resort on Pa
cific street, which It Is alleged will
he opened by arrangement with the
administration,
Planters Face Bankruptcy
By A»so
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.— The sugar
planters of Negro* Island, which ordin
arily is the richest producer Of that
staple in ■ the Philippine group, com
plain of the drop in •• priced. >. Some of
the planters are on the verge of,bank
ruptcy and are borrowing at the high
est rate of Interest in order to.con
tinue in operation, hoplu* that the
market w*n (niiuove j
FIREMEN
BATTLE
BRAVELY
Loss, However, Will
Be at Least
§500,000
Barber Asphalt Paving
Company Loses
Heavily
San Francisco Firms Suffer from Visit
of the Destructive Agency
Which Left the City In
Ruins April 18
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.—
Another conflagration has been
added to the already large list
which San Francisco firms have
been called upon to suffer within
the past few months.
This time it is the Whittier-Co
burn Oil company and the Bar
ber Asphalt Paving company
which have suffered.
The loss is estimated at $500,
0, although it may be even
more.
For a time the flames, fed by
the inflammable material of the
plants, threatened to wipe out
every structure in the surround
ing blocks, but heroic efforts on
the part of the firemen confined
the fire to the plants and the com
panies mentioned.
At Seventh and Hooper streets,
the scene of the blaze, thousands
of people watched the battle with
the flames.
The heat was so intense at
times that it was almost impossi
ble for the firemen to keep with
in a block of the structures.
Both companies will, in all
probability, rebuild at once.
Will Miss Immunity Bath
Ey Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 22. — Grain
firms and railroad men who were re
cently indicted by the special grand
Jury In Minneapolis at the Instance of
the department of Justice will get no
"Immunity bath" from the interstate
commerce commission, which closed Its
session here today, as none of the wit
nesses before the last jury was called
by the commission In the investiga
tion of the relations between the grain
trade and the railroads.
Miss Gertrude Hill Weds
By Associated Presß.
ST, PAUL, Nov. 22.— Miss Gertrude
Hill, youiißest daughter o£ J. J. Hill,
president of the Great : jrthern rail
road, was married to Michael Guvln of
New York in St. Mary's Roman Catho
lic church thin afternoon.
Kills Bride; Commits Suicide
By Associated Press.
GRAND KAPIDS. Mich., Nov. 1-2.—
After a trivial quarrel yesterday with
his bride of three months over the. pur
chase of some furniture, Delos Delgos.
a farmer living near Casnovla, shot and
killed her and then killed himself.
THE DAY'S NEWS
FORECAST
For Southern California: Showers
Friday; light south wind. Maximum
temperature in Los Angeles yes
terday, 50 degrees; minimun, 42
degrees.
I —D amage will be $200,000.
— Committee says funds are Intact.
' 3 — "Frat" question stirs up board.
4— Will hold last rally December 1.
— Board's action has good effect. ■. v
6— Editorial.
— City news. ■
B—Sports.8 — Sports.
9 — Southern California news.
10— Markets.
— Classified advertisements.
— Railroad news.
LOCAL
High school' students aro worrying '
about outcome of war on (ruts. . • ■
Owens river engineers make survey.
Woman confesses that she is . victim
of kleptomania. • .•. •- .
1 County bonds fall to carry.
Nou-uurtlaans will close ■ campaign
December 1. *"' , n i "irlKWMfcp^MsiM
Action of board of education in deny
ing further time to contractor has good
effect.
EASTERN
Woman who claims she was annoyed
in the monkey house of a New, York
park by Caruso, the famous tenor, falls
to appear in court, but may do so today. ,
' Fourteen seamen • believed to have ■
been lost by the sinking of their yes- .
set. the bark Madjra, near Quebec.
■ Canvassing board decides that negro
who was declared to have been elected
Judge " a Chicago court was in reality
defeated.
COAST
' Whittier-Coburn Oil cany and th«
Harber Asphalt company sustain half .
million dollar loss l«y lire at Ban Fran- /
Cisco. ' *?Mt3)flMo*BM§MMfVQ4liflMMlM|
• Hukertiflvld mid Hurroundlug* townj
report heavy fall of rain. ;>■■■'
Two workmen burled by falling wall
at San Francisco. >