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4 NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY BERKELEY CARS IN SMASH-UP Spreading of Rails Is the Cause of the Accident. Several Persons Are Hurt Though None Very Seriously. BERKELEY, May 24.— The rear truck of a swiftly moving Telegraph avenue , car. Oakland bound, crashed into a car coining into Berkeley, at Allston way and Shattuck avenue this morning directly opposite the- Town Hall, and "wrecked portions of both cars. A number of passengers were Injured, though. none seriously. Mrs. A. Clark of 1910 Grant street was Jarred from her seat on the front part of .car 189, and fell, to the ground. The shock rendered her unconscious and she was removed to her home. Conductor J. C. Christy of car 189 suffered injury of his knee and minor bruises were sustained by other car employes and passengers. The track at Allston way and : Shat- \ tuck avenue has . (spread so that one ! of the rails is mor.e than an Inch off the proper line. This derangement was - responsible for \u25a0 the accident, causing, the rear '.truck of car 189 to leave' The track Just as another car was on its way at that point Into Berkeley. The rear, truck of 188 struck the forward part of car 212, and the emastiup followed. Wrecking crews straightened out the track* and took the" damaged cars to the barns for repairs. • : ' o Car Ruus-Away on Grade. BERKELEY. May 24. — John Butts, a motorman on car No. 154 of the East Shore and Suburban line, was thrown through the. glass In the front of his car this morning as the result of a' collision between his own car and a waiting: County Line car of the Oakland Traction system. Butts lojt control of his car while going down the j^rade just before the Coun ty Line Is reached. So great was the momentum of the car that it smashed a huse log which is kept. at the ter minus to break the force of any way ward car there. Butts' car brushed this log aside as though it was card \u25a0board and collided with the waiting County Line car. Butts went flylnf through the glass enclosure at thi front of his own car and was brulset and cut so that it was necessary U remove him to a hospital In Oakland. Both cars were badly smashed. ELEVATOR COMPANY BUYS A SITE IX WEST BERKELEY Will Build Extensive Works at Allston Way and Third Street on Line " of Railroad. BERKELEY, May 24. — An import ant addition to the new manufacturing plants established .at West Berkeley is that of the Van Emon Elevator Company of San Francisco, which to jday secured a ten-years' lease of land at the southeast corner of Allston way and Third street, as a site for a huge factory to be erected by the company. The lot has a frontase of 300 feet on Third /street, and Is dl rectiy on the line of the Southern Pacific Company's railroad tracks. The lease was secured through the perkeley Home Building Association. 'The same association is to erect a fac tory building for the elevator com pany, to cost $15,000. The building will extend for 200 feet along the rail road and have a depth of sixty feet. Smaller buildings will be erected on the lot, including a foundry, machine shops, and electrical works. The' Van' "Emon Company is capi talized at 51.000.000. Its office will continue to be in San Francisco though its factory will be in Berkeley-. The latter structure, according to contract, is to be finished before July 1, 1906. The president of the Van Emon Company is R. J. Davis, with B.C. Van Emon as vice president and gen eral manager. The Berkeley corpora tion that- has secured this large en terprise for the college town has War ren Cheney for its president, and sev eral university professors, including Professor John Fryer and Professor Willard B. Rising, for directors. ROYAL HAWAILW BAND WILL CHANGE PROGRAMMES DAILY To Make Its First Bow Next Tues day Afternoon in Its Series of -« Benefit Concerts. OAKLAND. May 24.— Next Tuesday afternoon" the . famous , Royal Ha waiian Band wll .make its. lirst bow un this side of the bay... giving on that date the opening concert of the teries "in aid of the relief funds o Oakland and San Francisco and fo. the fund of the A\ameda C.ounty Ma ternity Hospital. The' band Is nov. »n the oc«a«, en route from Hono -ulu,-and arrives next Monday on the Korea. \u0084 -».\ At each afternoon concert to bi given in the Greek Theater, Univer sity # of. California, the ; band wll. cftahge its programme of instrumen tal and vocal "music^ while at. the evening concerts also, to be held ai Ptedmont Springs Park,' commencing with next Tuesday evening,, the pro grammes will be changed, so thai during its stay the band will render an entirely different programe at eact concert. There are sixty members of th* .sand, under the leadership of Cap ialn H. Berger, and -it includes ai: the notable singers of the glee club; of Honolulu. The price for .aU concerts have. been fixed at '28 cenU and 50 cents and everyone will I have the. opportunity of hearing,, this v-fa^ nous OT^Tjfmt'rtn and attr-A '«ame. time helping raise funds for the suf- ; Marria«e Licenses. OAKLAND. May* 24: — The"* follow- Ing marriage licenses were Issued by the County Clerk today: Prank M. Severy, 26. and Mary Kccfer, 23, both of Berkeley; Henry \u25a0\A-.-.\zn6n. 42. and Clara 'C; Jacobs, t.l. < both /cf - Oakland; • Ho-A- -.VMH- OrocU, Cl,%s.nU Anna C. AVeUsbrock, b»n ri-nnc»« v , wv- Mesquita,-" 24, and Evangelina Casre- Ira. 22, both of San Leandro; George L. Houghton, 29, Fresno, and Kath i«rin<» L. * Shellenbarger,*' S4.;;SanKer; Paul' Velasco, 23, and Encarnacion Htrrera, 18, both of San Francisco: Julius A* Witzel. 47, and Harriet B. Frazier, 34. both of Oakland: Henry • -""-s. ' -H. nnrt Felisia Martinez, is. both of San Francisco; Thomas- g. *._.cj. ±*. uDa xjuiviziy At. \u25a0 «.;o*.tellu.' IT. both of Oakland: Willlan i.'ordej. 26. and Josephine Perry. "IV. itjoih ut Oakland. - ?}*\ : ~ \u25a0'*' ' WASHIXGTOX.' May 24.— The SenaU com^ mi i tii- ou public last's L lisa rucumtuended : tlie l»ai»ais<' i>j Otmsrcwi of a general bill . aatlioriz juj: tit* Sucr#Ury «t Uie luu-riar t» *el) |i«rcels Of !«i:J nwt exs«e<Ußg,furijr- acre* for * vetneteo puri>ubc». BUSY KEEPING OUT OF JAIL J. W. "liayehs; :^ffirf es^ed Four -"Times -* in | • . Berkeley^ - | ; Charged?r Witb;^ofet-^ ing Building ' La- ! of the Town.; || •] BERKELEY.May 2^.— Joha-^Vs Harens, capitalist and builder, went through: the experience today of being jyrested fot the fourth time by .Building Inspector Bull. The latter official declares that Capitalist Havens, who Is the agent of the Shattuck estate, persistently violates the building laws in the erection of the new Shattuck block, adjoining the Town Hall. .BulUsays the outer wall of the foundation should be at least 21 inches thick, according to the building ordinance supposed to be in force In Berkeley. Bull declares that he has. watched the work on the new Shattuck building's foun dations, and has. seen that the outer wall of the foundations is but 13 inches thick. He declares that justice must and shall be done, even though the man of whom he complains is one of the most prominent and wealthy men of Eerkeley. Two weeks ago Inspector Bull informed Mr. Havens that the walls would have to be made thicker or arrests would be made. No change, apparently, was made In the wall, and Inspector Bull began his cam paign against the capitalist, which now threatens to become as famous as some of the university faculty's attempts to dis cipline unruly sophomores. Mr. Havens has had warrants for his arrest served with his meals quite regularly, and does not appear to entertain a dislike for- the experience. When the legal holidays are declared at an end the case will be tried before Justice of the Peace Edgar. Meanwhile Mr. Ha vens keeps busy filing bonds that obtain him freedom, while Inspector Bull watches with 'hawk eye the proceedings on the Shattuck block, and incidentally is loaded with blank warrants tor Mr. Havens' ar rest that can be filled out at short notice. SAYS HUSBAND HAS BEEN . V . REGULAR JEKYLL AND HYDE Nellie B. Christian Askt Divorce From Spouse She Declares Unfaith ful to Her. OAKLAND, May -24..— Alleging that her lusband has practically been leading a Dr. f'ekyll and Mr. Hyde existence^ Nelli^ B. Christian has brought divorce proceed ngs against Thomas B. Christian, a for ner employe of the Selby Smelting Com >any at Crockett. She says that his Ire jucnt trips away from" home caused b«r to make an investigation, which led to the •liscovery that he_ was unfaithful to her, md she asks for a dissolution of the mar riage ties and for a reasonable - sum for ier support. Clara O. TValther, wife of Charles J. Walther. an expressman, wants a divorce from him, alleging that since July 4, 1904, lie has been away from her and refuses to .lid in her support or to Uve ifith her. She asks for $30 a month alimony and the cus tody of the child; Charles; B. years, of: age. . Suit for divorce was. brought today by Grace Silvca against James Silvca on the ground of desertion. They were married at San Francisco in 1901, and about a year ago, she says, he left her. . . James H. E. Francis of , Alameda .has brought suit for divorce against 'Laura C. Francis on the ground of her intem perance. They were married in this city in 1896. ' SEARCHING REFUGEE CAMPS TO FIND MEN TO WORK Rigorous Policy to Be Pursued in Dealing With Able-Bodied Persons Living on Charity. BERKELEY, May -24. — John Eshleman, Deputy State Labor Commissioner, visit ed Berkeley this afternoon. In search of 100 men, who are wanted by his depart ment for use in reconstruction work in San Francisco. Chief of Police Vollmer visited .the refugee camps .with him, and a number of able-bodied men wexg^ se cured. Eshleman said: "We purpose finding work in San Fran cisco for all men who are able to work among those who were burned out in the city and who may be idle now. The au thorities are planning to withdraw all as sistance at the earliest possible . moment from men who are able to toll* and ..who refuse this offer of work. "During the first few days after the fire more than 350,000 persons were, fed from relief stores, but the number now is not more than 60.000. All men who are get ting relief supplies, and who refuse the work we hav£ to offer, them, -will be promptly cut oft*. Relief stations in cities around the bay are asked to do likewise." VANT PERMISSION TO BEGIN THE REMOVAL OF DEBRIS lowntown Property Owners Make Re quest to .Underwrltere. Who Will Communicate With Home Offices. OAKLAND. May 24.— At the meeting f the Fire Underwriters' Adjusting Bu eau held In Reed Hall this morning a om muni cation was received from the lowntown property owners, of San'Fran ,'isco requesting that some general plan oe formulated by the insurance men's >rgranization to errant permission to realty, owners to proceed with the work . of re novlng the debris from their land. The etter also contained a reauest that the :ompanies extend the time for- filing proofs of loss. • Af ten the; communication vas read and discussed a committee' was lamed to prepare a plan. that would em body the wishes of • the " property owners. A form of permission to remove~debf ls while adjustment x Is pending »wi*il»J»e drafted and submitted -to ithe com]bfin|es tor their, approval or, rejection. vTheform of permission and the companies approv ing it will be published in the press for the guidance of property, jjwners.^ .There will likewise, be .prepared a*f<jrni prantinß an c v xten«lt>n*of time Vor 4 fftlhfe' b pi : bßfs^6i loss. This will also be submitted to -the insurance companies and ; the., form and the firms signing it will be published in the papers. . _' Mother and Daughter In Court. OAKLAND, May, 2i.^JJeten,and . Mary Barry; mbth'ef and \u25a0'dg-'vighter,. avcdsod'Of obtain! n g relief stored . under ; false pre tenses were arraigned before Police Judge Smith tQday. Th daughter, acknowledged thataXterjrepeivlnß.groQprleSj/rpai fbp,re^' lief , ; committee *they stepped a^ aVc^tau rant' iWhfle'-'going. homejaft^ jbg^ejfc^l j<fobd that cost 45 centsr The mother, was faint and weak,' i said; the:'daughter,**&hd' could not ' wait;, for \u25a0 food. ' : The\relief > stores f se cured by the women are valued at 25 T cents." Judge Smith continued, the cas for "a day# Thomas Kelly Dies in Oakland. OAKLA> T D,'May : 21.^Thdma$ MRKW* for many; years -bond clerki id? BahLlfiian clsoo,->idled toda"y ,'at» 1571P(Flf«il fetp'eet. where he had bern residing, since the fire. He had suffered .from heart disease. The Coroner took charge. t THE SANj FRANCISCO^G ALL, ; H RID AY.;^ j^Y 2^, .iviiq' PUMPING LEAVES THE COUNTY DRY Merchants of Again • Make a;' :^ . Protest. ; Declare San \u25a0Francisco ; Must Go Elsewhere for Water.:? . OAKLAND, May 24^—Tho.V'.^ler chahts* Exchange has adoptedUhe fol lowing report submitted 1 by Ja~ : special committee: :'."... *; Whereas, In the .report of the \u25a0 com mittee of twenty of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, rendered- upon" the fire' fighting facilities a*jd= structural* con ditions and hazards, of the" 1 city "of* San Francisco in October, . 1905, it -is recom mended (page 59): ->-\u25a0,•. That Immediate measures. be -taken to Increase the capacity of Alameda conduit by duplication or otherwise, with " such connections that the surplus capacity of Crystal Springs reservoir may be r utilized to store waters from Alameda Creek; and . . - •' . Whereas, It Is assumed that the recom mendation of the • National Board of Fire Underwriters-, will be given, weighty If not paramount consideration In the re habilitation of the system , of the Spring •Valley Water Company; and Whereas, This Merchants'. Exchange of Oakland did, on December 5 last, by a unanimous - vote,- * adopt \u25a0 the report of its special committee appointed to investi gate the alleged, encroachment* of the Spring Valley Water Company J upon the welfare of -'Alameda County through the denuding of lands therein, and the ex traction of waters therefrom, and to sug gest a means to bring about a cessation of the evil, should" it be found to exist, said report being the " result of long and painstaking .investigations . made by this committee, and the specific recommenda tions made therein having been ordered executed by this Merchants' Exchange; and \u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0 •; ; \u25a0--\u25a0.— :- ' \u25a0• .-• •-, t J Whereas, It is* admitted by the Spring Valley Water Company that it is extract ing from the gravels which underlie cul tivable lands in the eastern part of Alameda County water to an average amount 'Of 15,000,000 gallons per day. or 5,475.000,000 gallons per year, and that the .injury which has been caused to these cultivable and formerly productive lands by . the removal of such enormous quantities of water by the Spring Valley Water Company has been estimated iat from • two miliion to four million dollars yearly, which, capitalized 'at;' s per""Cfent, constitutes- a permanent. "loss of fxom forty Ito eighty millions 0f ..-. dollars;^ and Whereas, . In view; of Uiq ,, thoroughness of the work already; done by .the com mittee aforesaid, a number of actions at law have been brought against the Spring Valley Water Company to restrain it from such unlawful extraction of .water, many other suits-., in equity, and for damages are about .to be brought, judgment in. the amount of approximately one-quarter of a miHion> dollars has already been given by the Superior Court, and the Board of Supervisors is; now considering; 'the 'pe titions it. has received -from the;-Mer chants' Exchange of Oakland demanding that' action, be taken by the- county.' to restrain.- the Spring Valley Water Com pany from such diversion of water as illegal and destructive of property values and praying for relief and damages there for: now, therefore, be it Resolved, .That, if- no other practicable source for "a' water supply -for^San Frah clsco were available, or if there, were -no other source from .which, water, for , San Francisco could be had; unless there was thereby visited upon ; other ., people and upon other lands and injury equal to that which is inflicted r upon" the "people of Alameda County, then, the Spring Valley Water Company being here,- 'this- Mer chants' Exchange of Oakland should not be. heard in protest against, the. continu ance of , this injury ; further. „ than :• to per haps claim reimbursement' On the part of individuals for the several specific in juries, in so far as restitution might pos sibly be made. But such is not the case. San Francisco can procure an abundance of the purest and most wholesome water, taken from watersheds. which are wholly uninhabited and uninhabitable, where in jury is-done to no one by the transport ing away of such waters, and it can pro cure such waters at no greater cost than if is now paying to the Spring Valley Wa ter Company for the waters'- taken from beneath the lands of Alameda Ccunty,.to their utter devastation: and be it further Resolved, That in respectfully submit ting this urgent .protest- against- the further encroachment by the Spring Val ley Water Company upon* the 'welfare and prosperity of the people of a sister county, we petition your nonorable body to adopt with promptness Buch measures , as will make un'ecessary the taking lof waters by San Francisco from our lands, so that such waters may be permitted to remain beneath our lands for the fertilization thereof, in order that the depleted gravel upon which*-; the -7 soil rests . may be permitted to refill, and that prosperity may thereby again dawn upon the com munity. \u25a0 \u25a0• "' ' .- ••'•\u25a0• \u25a0 v" - : In connection herewith Ye beg to pre sent acopy of the report' of "its special committee aforesaid, which', report was prepared after a most* careful investi gation of . the conditions had been made. We Beg you to read - the statement con tained therein, and, as above* urged, to t take such action as will enable -San Fran cisco to- ; - get.- her :.- water elsewhere and as will permit the Waters Of. Alameda County to remain beneath its land, where they are so greatly needed. . Respectfully submitted. * . THEO. GIER, .- • !3^l|§t'a " .WILBER \WALKER. ; - -V • "'"^Committee. TEN MEN IMPRISONED BY A CAVEr^X IX XILES TUNXEL Fellow Workmen \u25a0, Dijr Them Out in \u25a0- \u25a0- Few Hours and Xo One Ls Seriously jHurt." * , OAKLAND, May'ir^ifi^f en V" njeii , i were -imprisoned . " f or^several ; hours ; this afternoon in the Western .Paci fic, Railway tunnel in Niles ; Canyon, which caved while"; the 'gang was at work. .; .; ' There .was;' .just ' .'warning enough .of the accident -to' "enable 'tho meh to - escape ' the iworst of \ the sud den fall • of ; earthv and-; rock.>' % ;. J ;.V - :. As soon . as the 'cave '* occiitred -word , was sent ;to ithe 'camp near by for help. Quickly; scores.^Qf men- were at; worff I . digging out ahy-' laborers. \u25a0 '..Thomas i Brown, 1 ; one \u25a0< of I the ; labor ers, ;. was; badljMnjured:""- -After hewas removed .from the ':. drift "; Brtfwn 'was taken to ; the i railway i camp; : Physi-~ clans : were summoned) from > Niles.VAll ' ot - the * imprisoned : workmen.were re- I* moved but not .without narrow/escape from death. , The ; accidents occurred in- the west .end '-of ? the tunnel' and the^ avalanche of " : debris^ blocked : the entrance; for several-; hours.' r >To Ilold; Graduation Exercises. \VALAMEDA,*, \May The^com niencement - exercises^of yiheC Alameda High School-will, be .held,!ih?Ass>mbly Hall on Friday: evening. ?Junevl,twhen forty; students will Ibe i presented', with diplomas.^ It will vbe I thel largest: class to f graduate from : tlie, "Alameda vHigh School . since the 0 inistt'tutiojfri \ Was ?es tablished".;: In 1 1 8 78: ;..;\u25a0 Since - k that * year 648*; persons ;- have £ recetYe* * diplomas from. the school/^There are ' to be '| no festivities ; ln'. connection with'; the com mencement; exercises,' fs ;; vj-^v-X^ "- \u25a0Watch .; and ?\u25a0 Stolen.' Oakland;;' May \ ; 2 4^-a. . j. J* Eng lish;,! residing x at ? 26 6 f FalconV avenue,' San '} Francisco,*^" has J» reported > to ;^ the p"olicei;that? his; pocket iwas]plcked'of; a gold-'.watch". and? chalm.;la!.t I ™-night> i at ijlxth 'street: and .Broa^dwa,!'. * *— -» " -'•-. "--. *>';-'; \ : -•\u25a0^W^^&^P^B^B^ BRIDES SHARE, SOCIAL FAVORS WITH REFUGEES ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE --OAKLAND, May 24.-^6ne of the most Interesting, of the \u25a0 recent engagement ani nouncements. was -'that of ' Miss r Enid (Yale, the daughter,: of Mr. and *MrS; Charles. G., Yale. ahd";-Wllmer T.; Gra'cey/ Mr. • Gracey . is , now -\u0084- on < his '< Way k home from Chinaon the Siberia, and is expected to : arrive .in this "port 'about *> June .15.' The wedding ' arrangements jg will not . be completed until \ after his f arrival. In \u25a0 the meantime Miss ; Yale; is being entertained at various ' informal \u25a0 functions, including, a-luncheon : for, next Tuesday. When the groom-to-be arrives he and- his * fiancee •nUI share the" honors of ;a dinner! at Mrs.' J- , p - Neville's,, on -Lake ; street. ; , '. i Miss Edna Orr' entertained about thirty of her girl friends today- in honor of Miss Goodrich, the daughter, of Admiral Good rich, whose marriage Is a comihgevent of interest. " Cards furnished amusement for the guests, and the bride-elect was show ered with dainty gifts in the way .of trousseau . articles. ; i \u25a0 ; \u25a0\u25a0'—\u0084 \u25a0•''\u25a0 \u25a0' ." ;--\u25a0'•\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0 • : :\u25a0 ': " -t"7.- \u25a0 j The Reliance Club, .which was 'shaken out of its former r headquarters on- San Pablo avenue, is ' now located in -the. new armory on Twentieth street, which is grad ually taking on a very '\u25a0 cozy, clubllke j ap pearance. ; Last evening the new head quarters was- formally thrown open and the feminine friends j andr relatives of I the members were v • honored guests. The weekly skating; night. : on which "the members : may ; ladles/ was inaugu rated and pronounced a great success. The current of Unity Club events; has been ; unshaken by recent seismic ) agita tions and the regular meetings have taken place every, two weeks.- On > -Tuesday! next .; the members are anticipating a pleasant evening, as. the programme is in the hands of Mrs. L. H. : Cutting, 'Miss Edythe Morley and. Miss Givens. -On Friday evening, June .1. the club is preparing a grand concert and entertain ment for the relief rfund. ' It will- .take place in Wendte Hall, adjoining the Uni tarian Church, and ; several j names well known ' in musical gj circles are on the programme.! Llewellyn Hughes, the young' violinist,. .who met with such suc cess" in i Europe, and who has not played in public since, his return to Oakland, will be heard. Mrs.' Margaret Davis Hughes, the gifted young: pianist, is. another name to conjure with.' The excellent !work of Mrs. Charles Ppulter, v soprano, '\u25a0 and Miss Hilma Buttlar.the reader, :ls too familiar to be expatiated upon.:, The Hughes; Club will probably give a choral number and a quartet, Including Robert' H. Williams, Charles Ppulter, R.M. Hughes and John Williams, - will complete the musical" end of the programme. : Another, attraction offered v is a one-act farce, "The Obstinate Family," - with . the j following well-known amateurs in the cast: Charles Mills.i Miss Etta Eiben,: Dr. Fred E. Wilkins, Miss EdytheJ Morley, Sam J. Whitlesey and Miss Theresa Curran. A small admission fee of 23 and ,50 cents will be "charged; and ! as' the -Unity ; Club _ entertainments have the reputation of being worth while' the relief fund will probably be augmented! lay a tidy sum. •;•'''\u25a0 >:?-i. J v-\u25a0v '-'\u25a0 y' r; *''-' : -' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sueell' and Miss Alice Sueel, their daughter.-'wiir leave for Europe next -week. They will .visit* Eng land, Scotland, . Ireland, Wales,*; France and Germany, and expect to be;absent for a year. '•' \u25a0\u25a0• .-_,'. •\u25a0'.;. ,-"\u25a0; "-.^'it^vV--' '\u25a0"*.\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:''\u25a0\u25a0 Pioneer 'Woman ' Dies. /Berkeley;': May ; 24*!— Mrs;: helmina ': Miller, a J pioneer^.Tesideht of the college town,' 82 * years :6ld, - died yesterday at the I King's 7 ' Daughters'; Home at Piedmont. She , had been' in this-. State for/ 45' years/?. most "of the time in San- : . Francisco. •'where she amassed a fortune.' -..*'. She -was ia'-'pa" tient; in the , German ; Hospital \ in: San Francisco at the time of the- earth quake. . The shock made : her. .condi tion worse. She was c removed i with others to Oakland, but could not; sur-. vive the experience. She leaves eight children, these being. Dr. ChasJ Miller of Dos Angeles, Elisha Miller, of Santa Clara: Albert. Henry and George | Mil ler of ' Oakland and San i'Frariclaco, Mrs. Emilia Freuler of Berkeley, Mrs. Josephine 'Tantau of ; San ; Jose, and Mrs. Alice Stratton of Baltimore. The funeral service .will 1 be held ; tomorrow afternoon at : the home of Mrs. Freu ler on Ridge Road. - — G. A. R. Ladies Need Help, OAKLAND, May. 24.— The ; Ladies of the Grand Army of; the,' Republic .re lief committee have madeian r appeal for j help, there being great need \u0084 of aid \o members of the order, r-Con tributions may be : sent to the * depart ment*, president,; Mrs. Abbie .E.-^Krebs, 810 Kohl; building, Sari Francisco, , or department secretary,"' Mrs." V:' F. Cushr ing, 817' Seventeenth . street,' ; Oakland; Other officers are Mrs.. H^ v B. ; Sha^rkley, department" corresponding 57S Seventeenth street,; Oakland^and Mrs.. Bradley, presldent;ofiGeorgj:tH. Thomas Circle, San FrancJscoi^Mrs.. Steinwitz, president I Seven?- Piriegt'Cirf cle, San Francisco ; | Mrs.' Lucy. : iBhapr lin, president; McKinley. . Circle";* San Francisco ;:; Mrs. M 7 Ay" Treacy, presir dent, General Blackmer, Circle, ;' Berk eley. \ s Articles of clothing ' and \ supplies may be sent to any ' member of the foregoing . " ' ". 'Many' Refugees Still Cared For. . ALAMEDA,' May -24.— An.; average of 1400 ration 3: is being; issued i here every other day to ? San ;, Franc! 3CQ. refugeesv domiciled'; in ir this" -city. ; '.The distribution \u25a0 of supplies his : still .'being handled üby I the - local relief '> commit tee;: V" the \* provisions .'~; being "I :'obta|J-hed from Major ' Erwin; fin charge *of -the relief {department at Oakland:".^.The entire work of providing . and > issuing the rations is to be turned- over ip'Uhe army- officials : by I the local«;relief /com J mlttee.> j The refugees , to j.whomvsup plles:? are ; ; being ; given are ;. for"' the greater, part- quartered, in Vprlvate^resl^ dences;and : in tents scattered -through out the city. ";..\u25a0; ',?;-.: \u25a0• ._'-";."\u25a0", '•-•;* SlghsWeßtern, Pacific Franchise.^ : OAKIIaND, May 24.— Mayor ,Mot\. to day"; signed '\u25a0 the > ordinance v which"' grants a ; franchise to the Western PacincTßail wayi for;, a line \from~Third (and, Myrtle streets ) diagonally ; in ? a'- southwesterly * dlf rectlon across t First ; andT co^nectr ingwith 'the; terminal^ lines Ton- the jWest ern Pacific lands bordering on the estuary. Memorial rDay} Service! Relnhold ''Richter-'Camp arid INel son;;Al';.Miles',' Camp -y, of the -l.United Spanish t War Veteranjs -"have ">\u25a0 degfded to ? observe^ Memorial Day,; •.'\u25a0 Mayv«'3O; On -<the ;; evening 'of 1 ?; Sunday^ nexti the members'* of <" the v two' camps will; as semble o; at if Sacred ; ; Heart"-; Churchr Hayes % and \ Fillmore ""•>*streets>;.' f or;;" the purpose r of 4 attendingi'diyine;- service.' On t Memorial^ Day ';ihey^wlll - mfet. at Fillmore ; and?; Lombard f streets," rn^arch to I the National- Cemetery jat 1 thesPre.- Bidio,V .; hold X appropriate ; servlc€»i;and strew ; : flowers * on v the " graves *of J>' de parted '•*'; comrades. -\u25a0;< General ?.Wobaruff has : been- asked -to deliver the " oration at; the 'cemetery; yr-\- -.; ; ; ;•* .. \X&}\ : ri\ V PALO * ALTO,^ May y24.'y 24.'— ReT:' t J.^ \VoltW>Byl- Tester, " for ? eight - j-earg pastor •of I the ? Second I'resby terian Cunreli iat 'Albany, l S:>. Y.VywUJ i sail on the £ «tfiimsUl;> j Manchuria i tomorrow ' to-t take charge =of \u25a0; the i Central \u25a0£ Uutop - Church & at ." Hono lulu.sa? I'Hstnrati- rwf-utlvi made vacant •by ? the . rcs;^aatiou uf Ht-r; . WiUlVm Mr KlncaiU.Vn-D. V SHORTER LEASH ON LIQUOR MEN Oakland in favor o^Still Further Restriction^- - • -\u25a0 Wants a Satiir«day After t noon and Sunday^: Closing. * OAKLAND,. May'-24.~-Geprge Fltagerald,, President: of City Council, hasjsub mitted a proposlclon to mod.fy the present saloon privileges by requesting all persons i holding saloon '-Ucenfiea to'not^only- main tain-the "present "rule of "opening at 8 ar -mr and closing at 7p. in. daily, but: to keep open still > less time." Fitzgerald proposes that saloons' Bhall close at 1 2 • p. 1 m. ; Satur days and ; be closed ': all day \u25a0. Sunday until July; i. \u25a0\u25a0',-- /c-: '•:••<\u25a0 •.-;,;.\u25a0 - v : \u25a0"";.\u25a0.•. -v- -Refusal to heed such a- request from the City \u25a0; Council}; will: be "met^by the revoca tion of license permit.-- -,<;•..? . Kitzßerald defends the atltude ;6f - the City Council in. the matter \u25a0of saloons by declaring that they were closed the morn iner of April 13 by action ; of -five members of : the i Council" and that . they " remained closed • for § two ! weeks.- When permission was granted I for reopening - It' was - upon condition' -that ..the 'hours should be from 8 a. mVto 7p. mi; that no liquor, should be sold ; In' bulk'; j that none should" be sold ' to any soldier for \ Bailor or' any Intoxicated person.' ,1 ;\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 \ - \u25a0' \u25a0" \u25a0.:. '.\u25a0\u25a0.'.- Fitzgerald will ask the; Council to take action > Monday night on | hia new , pro posal, 'as he was unable to ; u« ' present I to night at the meeting of the. committee of the r whole/' - 'V. '\u25a0 "\u25a0"\u25a0"" . •- . •> FEAR A MURDER HAS BEEN DONE Relatives of Missing Satf S Josean Suspect ' . FoulPlayi Believe Jacob Wandell : Was Attacked for Money. r . - \u25a0 ,--. • \u25a0 -« §pecial ' Dispatch to The Call, SAN JOSE, May v 24.— The mystery sur rounding the", disappearance ; of Jacob : Wandell. a prominent San Josean. i»> deepened "wlth> every 'twenty- four hours. Despite every effort made by the police and Sheriff's office, to locate the man, no clew, to -his i.whereabouts^ has been dis coveredj;since ; .early >, .Tuesday - morning, .when .he started. ! downtown .; to his office '.wlth;a .considerable quantity- of money in ms^possesioh.." . 1/ :.. * ,The ; missing man Islthe [ son of Jacob .Wandell, -who managed -the Smith Creek Hotel i eight or • nine \u25a0\u25a0_ years \u25a0 ago; About that time-the young man left home. The _chair ; where; he * had.-.been-; sitting was found covered -with blood and pierced by "a, bullet. . His, hat on . the floor near by had -also % shot "through; s The country adjacent to the hotel was scoured and after - several ; days Wandell was found in a canyon near by perishing from thirst., He was unable .to tell what had happened;': - - ". v . Fearful that he has met with foul play afthe^hands of men who knew of the money which iWandell had in his posses sion, the i latter's relatives | have • organ ized a posse and will tomorrow scour the adjacent country in search of the miss ing man. •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•..> v A *-- CAXN'OX- TURNS THE TABLES ; OX DEMOdtATTC LEADER Point of ."Xo Quorum" Raised When YVilllams Calls for a Division s ':'\u25a0':' Upon His Motion.": ,< .WASHINGTON, .. May. 24.-r-Well filled V galleries and a large member ship on the floor .;. listened with greaf attention today, in the House of Repre sentatives "to two leaders of opposite schools Sof '.politics; H Representative. Charles A. Towne of New York, and Representative John~Dalzell of 'Penn sylvania; > % \u25a0 \u25a0 • ..*."-*\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0:' '\u25a0 •.-.-;•".\u25a0. ;.-> \u25a0?-'Towne-was;ln splendid -.voice aiid the I Democrats applauded > him to the echo. • His strictures ; on ; the ' President were 'received with hand- Clapping on; the Democratic sldei and when he read' the President out of the Democratic b party -the * minority ap plauded: "\u25a0:';_\u25a0 A \ X ""Dalzell. who followed Towne, spoke in -V favor -:of }". '.'letting ... well - enough alone,", his ; speech : being' enthusiasm tically ? aplauded" : by * the » Republicans. '.^Speaker^Cannon, with I. the ) memory of yesterday's, proceedings in his mind, took a : new tack today when. the^ House of,: Representatives met, by sending word { to f Curtis jof 'Kansas to raise the point I; of "no ' quorum" when a divis ion fwa's" demanded': by Williams of Mississippi on the vote to resume con sideration of the ( diplomatic ) and; con-> Bular ; ; blll.tC Curtis made the ? point 7 of '.trioi quorum," ,\ taking i the l^wlnd • out of •Williams 1 - salls/.the "call of the House", proeeedinff- under- Republican 'demand instead -of <rtiUhe' demand: of thelead er;,-t>f • the s minority.^- A .-? quorum was preserit;*the" vote- being:*- Yeas,: 222; nays, "21; present,; 19.'.' - GER3IAXS'; READY. TO SHIP * STEEL 'TO v SAX FRAXCISCO Published * Report \ that the Syndicate ;;flad ; DecJlned a "100,000-Ton • C/r- : X)rder Is Denied. '~ ;'; '. '\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 •. •;. NE- YORK,- May 2 4.-^— With refer ence is. to~. ".-' reoent */] newspaper : i reports i wherein it "v?aß .'Claimed ? that the ; Ger man Steel -, Syndicate had J declined * an order/, for r> l o 0, 00 0 :, tons \of f structural steel ;for, San .Francisco, the -; German Consul vi General in v this s city, Carl Buen*,'*? today \u25a0made. the', folio wing em phatlc"denial"''^J'r^vt^ - •iV.'lt* is ; not Itrue I that t German ' manu facturers v have :'. refused •• an v order,? for i 100, 000: tons of structural; ste"el for San i FranclscorO Such? a i statement \ has tre centlyibeen \ published^ and , the ' reason i given tiwaa^that "; Germany -. could.'? not fieet Veuch ': a ;t demand Cf or/ immediate elive'fy.' ! fe=? In *_• th c .: first \u25a0-! place. "f, the \ Iron Age 1 stated =a' t&vrl days J ago ' that f rom \u25a0\u25a0?\u25a0 San <? Francisco %• f or . structural steel 'iwereiveryrlight.'^not'i amounting int all ito a more « than >. 1 0, 0 0 0 -, ton 3. 'In the % next? place* If*amXin ? a * position 1 ; to know.si that,?:? notwithstanding ithe tivityi of; the^steel? trade-in JustTnow.'l' the,f.Germani; steel imanufac turers, represehteditiy;the;steelisyn dicate^iof k. Dusseldorf , l* are ,V not' * only I quitei,\Yilllnf >to".accept'^foreignl orders; I but s can .% begin % to" '""deliver t^vithout : de-" YOUNG PURDY ASKS FREEDOM Mother Demands Annul : ment aiid;He Denies : Marriage. Court iHolds 1 8 Is Legal Age -.for. a Male v to Wed. '. OAKLAND. .May. 24.^-Sparrow purdy. . a youthx who- took aiblusning bride to the altar on May 7,>is'busily engaged. in. get ting himself out of th 6. tangle he ... finds himself in; and, while his mother has al ready had' a" suit filed for the ; annulment of the -marriage, :ho is keeping up a stren noua denial -of the alliance he entered into. - 1 Today . Henry i Avila of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.-who resides at 1704 Fillmore \u25a0 street*in;San Francisco, . an uncle of the young roan, wrote to County Clerk Cook to- find out the truth of the matter. : .. " ,\u25a0> \u25a0':..;\u25a0: ..;\u25a0 \u25a0'-'.' . ; . '-;. - In his letter Ayila states that he saw an article in The Call of May 9 telling of vie ' marriage lof young, Purdjr . to Myrtle Phdlps, >>ut that the :> youngr - man denies that he is married. .Upon the receipt of this letter Deputy; County Clerk Wuthe, ,who''issued the license, \u25a0. wrote a , letter to Avila telling him of the Issuance of ' the license and the marriage performed short ly afterward by Justice of the Peace Geary in the private office of the County Clerk. Mrs. ; Rose Purdy, the mother of the young man, has engaged counsel and has found 'out to , her satisfaction . that the marriage | took place, . and her j petition shbws that: Purdy Is but 19 years of age. although he swore that he was 21, and she asjes-for the annulment ooff f the 'tnarrlase on the scor&.that he Is a minor and that she never gave her consent to the match. _ Judge Ellsworth, in deciding just such a caso a few months aso, denied a moth er's petition. Turning to section 56 of the Civil Code; he showed that the legal age at which i a man * could .' be married Is 18 years of age. He held that the cere mony was legal and refused to disturb the marriage contract. a Purdy's. relatives say that he and Miss Phelps were : present at the ceremony of Edwin W. Dietz and Josephine Pritchard, but' ; that they only acted as witnesses. Investigation of • this story shows, how ever,, that, after- Dietz and Miss Pritchard had been; . made one ; they acted as wit nesses for Purdy and his bride and sighed their n,»mps as« Mr.-and -irs. Dietz. ' ,-,>\u25a0 PURCHASES HIS BRIDE FOR $20 Wcman SeHs- a Young Maid to Handsome Greek of •:>;\u25a0 Jose. -• :.,-\u25a0, fiirLWife^res o{ "Bonds, and Runs Away; After Few V:, • -.--.\u25a0\u25a0>". •-•/,.\u25a0> v . \u25a0 \u25a0 ;;., \u0084:\u25a0-% a'C-H--. I Special -Dispatch to The Calh {- s SANjrJOSE.n.-May "24.-With Ihe :arrest here yesterday of J. Metallis. a Greek, nominally. for burglary, but in'reality:l>« cause it was thought he had kidnaped the cud wife of. Charles Peterson, a fellow countryman. It developed that the! cjl was. safely hidden .In San Francisco, whither she had flown to escape persecu tion from her. husband of a few weeke. who she- alleges . la ,. of the "evil eye."- Mrs.' Peterson herself circu lated the 'report through -her brofher-i-; law. that- Motallis and another man hod abducted her.' \u25a0«- \u25a0 '. ' . • Before Justice' V.'allace this afternoon Metalla testified -that' . o his personal knowledge Peterson had bought hl3 pretty 16-year-old bride for 520 from a woman. in San Francisco, - \7hose name ; and address he furnished the court. The girl knew of the barter, but was at 'the time willing to marry Peterson, who is a handsome fel low. She came to San Jose, and the coupl-j were married by a Justice of the Peace in a -box- in - the . oyster house where boti found employment.; - , v , Metallis, a mutual ;• friend, lived \rim, them,"as did also John Peterson, a-brolh. er-in-la-w. Last Thursday the young bride dtsapeared, as did Metallis and iIOO be longing to i A-eterson>The latter's brother in-law, spread the report that Metallis and another : man had entered ' the restaurant and carried Mra. Peterson off -bodily. The police scoured the city and watched airtralns,* but to ?no avail, until • MetalliS returned yesterday from a. near- by farm. whither he had gone for a few day 3* rest. A V letter, from the absent wife in . San Francisco explained \u25a0 what had : become df the missing i money. Peterson will now seek to cause the arrest of his wife. GENERAL FUNSTOX MOITES TO MORE SPACIOUS OFFICES 3lembers of the Staff « Settl e. Down to Routine . Work in Their Xew ' Quarters. .' General Funston arid his staff moved their quarters, yesterday, the third time since .the \u25a0'; fire, and are ;now lo cated.j in permanent quarters in the barracks: above their offices in Tennessee"; camp.': TheTnew quarters have^been fitted :up -with private of fices, for the General and, his .staff and more j commodious .-.offices for the clerks of vthe. department. . .. - -These^buildings at the Presidio will bef.occupled,iuntil.:the * city is rebuilt or.; until \u2666 suitable ' office , rooms .. can .be secured., near, i the center of the . city, when ;they will^ again .move into the city. '.The officers of the general staff have . settled , down to v work in ' th«ir temporary. ; quarters for ;at •> least : a year and are making their .new homes as i : comfortable . '. as conditions .. -.will allow.' .. ;» . - . • Calif ornlans in ' Xew . York. \u25a0\u25a0<. NEWT YORK, May 2i.^The following Calif of nlaris ; have • arrived ; In New -York: ; : From ; San ; Francisco— J. •A. - Dlneen.' : at the Imperial i J.,L. Frothlngham,;at. the HotelaSavoy; G. v : W. "Grayson, at , the Netherland; >W.:: B. Hamilton, at the Herald V Square ; *• F. '/ H. ; Filbert,' at - the Hotel ; Imperial ; H.- M:; Jones, •at the ' Bell clalre;JJ.^B.WSheah*;and W. ;f. Shean. at the "!\u25a0 Herald ;i; i Square] A. -• J. • Buckley and ; J. '\ M.'- Jacob!, at ! we ;Hotel : Imperial \u25a0 J.; 3. '.Miller, at ; the 1 Breslln; C. R'iWrl mount;;' atvthY. '.Walcott;>Mrs. : ; M.sßfowlT at ithe; Earlington; W.: E. Chute, at 'the Ashland "" House :?T.';-"J. V . Cla'verlog. at *the Hotel'- Albert :: Mrs. E.VHalnes;kttha Murray -Hill:^W. „ D. .; Squires;; at.' the Grand j Hotel : J. Vochl and i wif e. ; at ".the sy«ro^XHouae; ; G. ; a: iWitt. ; at -\u25a0\u25a0 the icds- .- ' "'."/ . ." • -. • Angeles-c:. A. :Spragu^at ih n " Uare: ' Mrs ' W - ' D»lton.-vat the Martha .Washington. .^ From San Jose-^Miaa Saff ord. at the St.. X>cn:i>. \u25a0 '*sSßBßsßHflm^^^ n «i) A t< R PUNISH GAME LAW VIOLATORS Courts .Fine Several Men Who'i&e^Arrested -\u25a0\u25a0 '*';.. by -Deputies DiligeiK^^ls^Shown in Enforcement a of / - ; \u25a0'.- 'Statutes \ ' ,"pn^ Saturday.' last ilart Dennis and Frank Neal. Deputy-, Fish CoatmlssiQn ers at McCloud, Siskiyou County, ar rested W. ' C/ T Einott, _whom' they charge .with killing deer .during." the close "season and selling the ! meat. The' deputies say they had been try ing for moreL than, a year- to trap El liott. .. but \u25a0, could . never get evidence •sufficient -,io .swearing to a \u25a0complaint until a week ago. The dep uties, found Alfred Inabultwtth fresh deer meat in his possession at Red Cloud. Inabuit said that he had. not killed the deer himself, but admitted buying it from Elliott. ...The deputies immediately placed Inabuit under ar rest and then, started for Elliott's place.; .They,met: him cur the way .with the carcass, of another /deer, which was partly cut up, ready for "sale, 'v Both , defendants were/ taken before Justice Heacock at" McCloud./- Ina bult;admrtted his guilt and was fined 525. which he paid. Elliott showed fight at ' first, but finally decide** to enter, a plea- of guilty. -He pleaded that it was necessary for him to kill the deer in order to support his fam ily. • The justice, however, did not take that view of the case ; and promptly -fined, him $100, or 100 da.v in jail. . Elliott Immediately paid the fine. ... ' . \u25a0-\u25a0••• • ••' - The. deputies followed up their good \u25a0work k by •arrestingr'- Nicholas Papas, a lumberman near BleCloud. 'He alao had fresh deer meat in his possession. Papas was' taken before Justice Pea cock at McCloud. who imposed a fine of $25.- or 25 days in jail. The fine was paid."' \ • 'Deputy .' Fish- Commissioner W..- B. Morgan, who is also game warden of Los Angeles \u25a0 County, arrested 'two brothers; E. and W. Wilshire. near Beaumont, San. Bernardino County. One "of them had the carcass of a \u25a0 female -deer in his possession and the other-a^ buck. The defendants were taken before Justice Gilford at -Red hinds,* where they . bottr- entered- nleaa of - guilty and. were fined $50 each, \r>* lrt h. The i- "aid. "• . \u25a0 Deputy Fish Commissioner H. I. Pritcuard arrested j. C snocuy, a railroad surveyor, for killing: curlew during the close season near Port Los Angeles. * Sheedy was taken be fore Justice, Janness of Santa .Mon ?-<». v-^o •— >osed a fine of 523, or 25 days : In • jail,, - . - ,; '.-.vUio«.u.U7. >. last.-: Deputy Fish Commissioner W. R. Welch arrested George Veitch for killing snipe on the Berkeley shore of San Francisco Bay. Veitch was taken before Jus tice # Edsrar. of Berkeley, who will dis- -, pose of his case on June 5. Deputy -Fish s Commissioners John T. Leldig . and - A. . Leonard., had,, been watcfiing the operations d'f Fred McCauley and" John Wilson, the lat ter an Indian, who bad been killing deer. in the.Yosemite Park, near Wa wona.- The deputies .succeeded in finding each of them with .the-car cass of a fresh deer in possession. • re turning .from a day*3 hunt. \u25a0 The. pris oners .were taken before Justice \u25a0Leitch at Wawona, ; who imposed a fine of J25 in -each ease. , The justice informed them that he was showing them extreme leniency in this case. but that if either of them, was ever brought In . his co^rt again for vio lation of ;the game laws, he would fine them the limit of the law, N or im pose corresponding . imprisonment. \u25a0_- • - Deputy \u25a0 Fish Commissioners-: T. C. Harper and I. L. Koppel arrested L. A. Lorette on Monday last near \u25a0 Al- Yiso, • Santa Clara County, for .kllllngr valley, quail during .the close season. The defendant was taken before Jus tice-Benson "of San Jose, who fined him $25, which 1 was paid.- POLICE RESCUE A NEGRO . ATiRKAT>Y, AT ROPE'S EXD Black : Man \u25a0 Hanged .- by Kansas Mob Is Cut Down In Time To . Save Hl3 s 4iife. , * t " " ' ' •KANSAS" CITY; May 2 4.—At Rose dale,'Kan.', near here,- early today, a crowd- attempted to lynch ' Munroe Talvers, a negro whohad been found under the bed of a white woman. Be fore he strangled, the negro was cut down by the police and taken to the station.' He will -recover. . :\u25a0 . t' ADVERTISEMENTS .-.-•'.;. ••' ; \u25a0\u25a0'.". - - ------ O . Yourself (That is just' what you. are doing when you fail to get reg-. ular^and^sufficient sleep. -Your : body requires this unconscious .period J.(6.r. repair ;w6rk ;^with- out it f. your "nerve energy be- comes .exhausted, and you are . t ired, : , wofn : out, nervous, » ex- citaWe;j. >x hayeihea"^che,*\nisU- ytite>orl*other^aiimchts r j caused by' a lack of nerve force. Make .it iypur business to sleep. If !"ybu' l: ."are.*; restless, take Dr. • Miles' Nervine; it soothes /and . strengthens : the nerves, *. antP'biings ; sweet^ ref reshing; life-giving 'sleep, and gives the organs; power to w6rk hatur-1 ally. ;, Try if to-day; -• "T^fcad a«!r«^e spell of fe-rrr. whlctt left mo. in. a very weak, condition and very nervous .'•-•I -bad severe apella'of headache and neuralgia, and could sleep but very little. Efvery effort that •'was made to recover my atrenjrth was L'i o J~ no . l a vail .vntU >I. besran taking - Dr. " Miles 1 * Hcstoratlve •Narvtiie. I cprpmeheed, to" take* tltve 'Nervine my ; . «e*p>: -w-asi profound \u25a0 and i restful, and the. pama in. my hoed, as well as tha ; neuralgia • pains. - left m c to a certain S. and I grew jn-aduallr better." i - - # ,MR3..E. E..GU.^ERTSO"M. « S2l" B«rylan : Aye.;' Bclvidere,' Ills. \u25a0 ;:i ur. <. Miles' .Nervine ft »ofd by • your ; drugql»t, who will guarantee that th« first >ott!o >ill beneflt. "> If it falls,- he will refund your < money. - -