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International Polo Trophy Offered
by the Coronado Country Club
R. A. Smyth
Thr offlcialF of the Coronaao Country
Club have fulfilled their promise of of
fering for competition the finest polo
trophy for which horsemen of any land
have ever competed. This rich prize
lias been completed by Shreve & Co.
from special designs, and will be the
center about which b.ll the polo compe
tition will revolve at Coronado when
ihe cportsmen gather in that garden
spot In March. The trophy stands
nearly four feet in height. It Is ex
pected that before it finally becomes
the property of any club many interna
tional matches will have been played.
The globe surmounting the trophy Is
of eighteen karat gold, three and a ha!f
Inches in diameter. Upon this appear
the hemispheres In raised etching, de
noting the international character of
the competition. It is supported by two
eagles standing back to back with out.
stretched wings. These are intended to
typify the American character. Below
this Is a delicate florid scroll work. The
cfrcle of disks is of California quartz
In as great variety as can be found.
The words "International Polo Cham-
pionship" are in gold circling the entire
cup. Beneath these are four gold pan
els, upon three of which will appear
polo scenes, while upon the fourth will
b« Inscribed the purpose of the cup and
the conditions of Its presentation. Be
neath this appears a shield of the
Coronado Country Club, containing the
colors of the club in enamel. Surround
ing these in gold and enamel are sprays
of laurel and oak leaves.
The trophy has two large handles of
ornate scroll work. The stem has a
•<lrcle of quartz disks similar to the
large band at the top. The general
scheme of the decoration is of the
Italian renaissance, delicate florid scroll
circles, acanthus leaves and flutes. Tlie
pedestal is of California redwood burl,
upon which are applied twelve shields
Intended for the inscription of the year
ly winnings. The total height of the
trophy Is forty-three Inches and the
width from handle to handle is sixteen
Inches. The pedestal is seventeen and a
half inches In diameter. The cost ap
proximates $5000.
While teams of various countries are
expected to compete for this trophy,
one of the conditions under which it is
offered Is that Bt least one team from
without the borders of California must
play In the tournaments In which It is
offered. There is already one valuable
trophy, the John D. Spreckels cup, open
to the poloists of this State, and the
intention of the Coronado Country Club
officials, donors of the present cup, is to
give It the mark of international com
petition.
Robert Lelghton, secretary of the
California Polo and Pony Racing As-
sociation,' who went to Los Angeles
last week to attend a meeting of the
k Southern California poloists, has re- !
filmed with excellent reports re- j
! warding the coming tournaments. The!
i southern men are deeply touched by J
1 the cordiality of the invitation cx
' tended them to play here. They said
I that, while the trip would interfere
with their plans, they could not re
; fuse an invitation presented as that
was.
Four regular teams will come north
. to play in the February tournament at
,El Palomnr. Charles W. Clark's San
'Matfo home. It is expected enough
' unattached players also will came to
! make up another team. The regular
' teams will represent Riverside, Santa
i Barbara and Los Angeles. Two
teams will be organized here, one
I playing under the Burlinc-ame club
colors and the other representing San
; Mateo.
: The pleycrs \u25a0will bring a number of
i me»» ponies, in addition to tliose in
tended for. polo. "W. E. Pedley 'of
Riverside will bring up three; Dr. E.
Bocsrke of Santa Barbara will
; have five; H. S. Bundrum of Los An
geles one; Burkill Jacques of San
: Diego three. G. L. Waring and oth
ers will be represented on the track.
Thore is only one discordant note
sounded at the present time, and It ;
\u25a0is expected that will be stilled be
1 for«* many days elspse. Eight of the
twelve races on the Coronado pro
gramme are so conditioned that pro
. fcssionals mny ride. As both the
northern and southern associations
1 seek to foster amateur racing, the
sportsmen of this district object
' strongly to the presence of ' the pro- ;
fessionals on the card. Steps are '
'Aping taken to clear the situation.
;*".n<l it Is expected that the difference
, will be adjusted to the satisfaction
of all.
At the conclusion of, the week's
carnival of equestrian sports .at San
• Mntcfl all the players will depart at
• once for Coronado with their ponies,
where the competition will be re-
XAPA JUSTICE PIIESEVTS
LEMON TO BOXER 3AKER
Flaes Him fSOO for "Hou«rh-llou*lnic"
and Dlnmiiifie* Cattrn Agolast \u25a0',;»/
I'rllon-Offrßdrni
VALLEJO. Jan. 15. — Politicians, law
ynrn and the sporting public of this
\u25a0 section are awaiting an explanation
from Justice McKnight of Napa, who
dlfsnilsaAd the case of battery against
Dave Connolly of San Francisco after
Connolly had pleaded guilty, while
Harry Baker, the featherweight boxer,
, who was arrested at the Fame time,
was fined $200.
The • case was the outcome of a
. "rough house" In the Napa Skating
' Rink aorne weeks ago, in which sev
eral Nnpa residents were injured.
! Baker. Connolly and Emmett White,
' the latter of Petaluma, were taken into
custody. AH pleaded guilty, and It
was believed they would be fined heav
ily. Baker was handed a $200 fine.
Y»*hlte and Connolly were to have come
'wp for sentence on December 13, but
on that day Judge McKnight. who had
failed of re-election, absented himself
from town. When he returned he had
no other course under the law than to
dismiss the case.
McKnight went, out of office early
this month. In his docket he wrote
that the cases had been dismissed on
motion of District Attorney Ray Ben
jamin. This the latter indignantly
denies.
CANS TO BACK VOING COKBETT
1
Will Match Him AgalnM Harlem Tom
* my Murphy for $5000
NEW YORK. Jan. 15. — Joe Gans add
ed to the gayety of affairs in fightdom
by announcing today that he would
r»ar,k Young Corbctt against Harlem
Tommy Murpuy for (5000 in a fight for
nny number of rounds. Gans is confi
dent that the former feather-weight
champion can take the measure of the
liar Jem favorite. Gans today sent the
following telegram to Manager Riley
of the Casino Athletic Club, Tonopah,
Js:ev.*
"Please match Young Corbett with
Murphy, and I will bet $5000 that he
can lick Murphy. I will train Corbett
for the fight. JOE GANS."
WRESTLER BURXS LOSES
DENVER, Jan. 35. — Farmer Burns
failed to floor M. J. Dwyer, atheltlc in
structor at the Denver Athletic Club,
twtce within an hour tonight and lost
match. It required forty minutes
Wr Burns to win the first bout, and the
;V'-ih: elapsed before he could complete
jtbe second.
Artistic
Cup /s 1
Pronounced
the Most
Valuable
Competed
for by
Horsemen
in Any
Part of
the World.
Many Games
Must Be
Played
Before It
Is Won
Finally
DEALERS TO DRAW
FOR PLACES IN
AUTO SHOW
R. R. l'Hommedieu
At the meeting of the automobile
dealers tonight the drawing for posi
tions will take place. During the past
few days some gambling has been go
ing on in this connection. Dealers
who like to take a chance have been
buying up the options of the others.
The desire to got the best positions
is so strong that many of tliose who
will exhibit stand ready to pay more
than double the original cost of floor
space to secure the more prominent
areas.
Barney Oldfield was in town yes
terday on his way to Los Angeles,
whore lie has ' his racing cars. Old
field was surprised at the big strides
that the automobile has made since
he was last In the city. He probably
will race in the southern city next
week if the plans of the Los Angeles
automobilists do not miscarry. Max
Rosenfeld said yesterday that Old
field would exhibit his racing cars,
which are from the Peerloss factory,
at the Pan Francisco show.
ORMOMI BEACH ENTRIES
American Cars Will Predominate in
the Auto Speed Trial* ,
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.— Racing talk
In relation to the automobile speed
trials to take place at Ormond Beach,
Fla.. next week, was rife at the show
in Madison Sauare Garden last night,
especially after W. P. Morgan, man
ager of the coming meet, announced
the. entries.' Twenty races have been
arranged, and American cars will
predominate. There will be lively
competition In the touring car classes.
Only two large foreign automobiles
will compete. These will be the
100-horsepower French machine that
\u25a0won the Vanderbllt cup last year and
the 60-horsepower French, car that
won the cup in 1905. Wagner, the
winner of the race last year, will
again drive the former, .while B. Ste
rens, owner of the latter, probably
will act as his own cTiauffeur.
Neither of these cars will compete
for the two-mlJe-a-mlnute speed
crown honors. The only entries for
that race are a small &00-pound car
and a new steamer, which was built
for competition In the Vanderbllt cup
race. The 200-mlle race has three
entries — a French car and two Amer
ican cars.
STANFORD BASEBALL TEAM
NOT TO CROSS THE PACIFIC
Jk — \u25a0
>lan*Krr of the Waseda Uul\ rr«it y Nine
of Japan Refuses to Gnar>
notrr Expenses
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 15. —
The possibility of a trip to Japan for
the varsity baseball team In the spring
has been lessened by the receipt of a
letter from Iso Abe, manager of the
Waseda University team, with whom
negotiations have been conducted for
some time. He refuses to , guarantee
expenses, but says that he has no doubt
that in gate receipts Stanford would be
able to more than clear the costs of a
trip across the Pacific and through Ja
pan, elnce Interest in international col
legiate matches runs high among the
brown fans.
Abt'i Inducement, It Is feared, is not
sufficient to warrant the undertaking,
and unless he can make a better propo
sition Stanford will not invade the dia
monds of' the Islanders for some time
to come. > .
FEXXSYLVAXIA ADVOCATES
LONGER FOOTBALL GA3IES
NEW YORK. Jan. 15. — At the next
meeting of the Intercollegiate Foot
ball Association Pennsylvania will
advocate longer halves. "The Quakers
feel that under the present playing
rules the g*ame is not long enough
to be satisfactory. Under the new
rules there were more "no score"
games betweeen the big college.. teams
the past season than during the pre
vious five years.
"The playing: time of the important
football games was certainly much
too short \u25a0 last year, and this fault
should be corrected before we start
another season," said Dr. Robert G.
Torrey, Pennsylvania's head' coach, in
an Interview today
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL:, WEDNESDAY,; JANUARY 16,; 1907.
Paymasters in Navy
Are Transferred
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—
Navy orders: Assistant
Paymaster W. I. F. Simon
pictri is detached from duty at
the New York navy yard and
ordered to duty at the supply
naval station at Guam.
Assistant Paymaster E. C. Lit
tle is detached from the Scorpion
to treatment at the naval hos
pital at Chelsea, Mass.
Assistant Paymaster L. N.
Wertenbaker is detached from
duty at the supply naval station
at Guam to home to await or
ders.
LEAVES ?G3O IX SHOE IX
nOOM HE HAD OCCUPIED
Clarence I'almrter, an Ahnrnt-Mlnded
Citizen of Woodland. I^osca
Money in Martinez
MARTINEZ, Jan. 15. — Clarence Pal
meter of Woodland lost $630 which he
had placed In a shoe beneath his bed
for safe keeping at the Knights Land
ing hotel Sunday evening, and though
several persons are susp<fcted of the
theft, no arrests have been made.
Paimeter had been attending an auc
tion at Knights Landing and carried
with him a considerable sum of money.
Upon retiring for the night he placed
the }630 in an old shoe some one had
left in the room and put his "strong
box" under the bed. In the morning
he left the hotel hurriedly and forgot
his cash until passing through Dlxon,
fifty miles away. Taking the first
train back to Knights Landing, Pal
meter searched the room for the gold.
Both Bhoe and money were gone and
the hotel proprietors disclaimed all
knowledge of their whereabouts.
Under Sheriff Brown of Yolo County
was notified and a search made about
the hostelry, but no trace of the cash
or its receptacle could be found.
MAJU.V. GRAXD JURY ORDERS
SUITS AGAIXST SUPERVISORS
Instruct* District Attorney- to- Force
Forfeiture for Alleged Neglect
In Road Claim* Matters
SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 15.— Fred P.
Howard, foreman of Marin County's
Grand Jury, filed today with the clerk
of the Board of Supervisors : written
instructions to the District Attorney
requiring him to institute suit against
the five members of the Boa>d of Su
pervisors to recover upon their bonds
the sum of $500 each for their failure
to require all claims , for road work
to be accompanied by a report 'show-
Ing in detail where the work had
been done, its nature and the number
of. men", teams and Implements em
ployed.
The Grand Jury also instructed
Sheriff Taylor to prosecute Frank
Rodgers & Co. of Nlcasio for viola
tion of the election law In keeping
their saloon open on election day.
SAX RAFAEL PHYSICIAN
BADLY HURT IN, RUNAWAY
Dr.*W. J. Wickman Suffer* a Fracture of
the Left Arm by living Thrown
From Overturning; Vehicle /
' SAN RAFAEL, , Jan. 15.— Dr. W. J.
Wickman of this place had a narrow es
cape from death In a runaway accident
this afternoon. He was driving along
the county road when bis harness broke
and the horse became . unmanageable.
The buggy was overturned and the doc
tor was thrown to the ground, his j feet
catching in the leather top of the vehi
cle.' , : '.-:.. . ,-•\u25a0; ;.-/\u25a0;\u25a0
The horse's speed was not checked
and Wickman was dragged several
yards before the leather holding' his
foot gave way and', he was freed. Dr.
Wlckman's left arm' was broken and 'he
was severely, bruised. \u25a0'.'.'; | \u25a0
VIOLATED POOLEOOM ORDINANCE— Berke-'
ley.i Jan. 15. — The ; first ; arrest under r the new
poolmom ordinance was made trvdHj-, when It.
Abraham tras cbars^d wltb , acceptlni; money fur
r«cetrack beta. Abraham \u25a0 was releaied on ball.
SODER SENTENCED
TO BE HANGED
Death Warrant Is Signed
for Second. ;Time 4 for Mur
derer of Joseph Blaise
TRIES FOR REPRIEVE
Unless a Certificate of probable cause
on which an appeal to: the * Supreme
Court may be • based be signed \u2666 before
March 22 by some Justice of the Su
preme Court or the Governor intervene
Leon Soder will be hanged on. that day
at San Quentin for the murder of his
brother-in-law, Joseph Blaise. The
death sentence . was ' pronounced on
Soder for the second , time 'by Judge
Carroll Cook yesterday.
Soder was found . guilty of having
killed Blaise after Insuring the lat
ter's life, the imputed motive for the
crime being his -desire: to collect the
insurance. Soder himself induced
Blaise to come to this country, and
the murder was committed one night
while Blaise was under the influence
of liquor. The crime was a brutal one,
the man's body' being , found the
lowing morning In a deep cut at the
foot of Russian Hill.
Soder appealed from the Judgment
of the Superior Court, In which he had
been ordered to pay the " penalty '. for
his crime with his life, but the;judg
ment was recently sustained by,. the
Superior Court, and yesterday was set
for the passing of , sentence' a second
time. ,~
The date set for Soder's execution
Is the same as "that set for the hang
ing of Joseph Feld, former policeman
and wife-murderer, whose sentence
was commuted, to life imprisonment by
Governor Pardee as one of his last
acts before retiring from office. .
General Edward S. Salomon and At
torney J. J. Guilfoyle, \u25a0 counsel for
Soder, made an ineffectual attempt
yesterday to defeat Assistant District
Attorney Hanley's motion' for a res
toration of records In the ease on the
contention that the act of the Legis
lature providing for the restoration
of court records was unconstitutional.
Hanley's motion was made as a formal
preliminary to the passing of sentence
and was granted by the court. ..
The argument advanced by Soder's
attorneys was that the records were
restored on a" copy of a copy, Instead
of on a copy of the original papers in
the case, .which were burned, and that
the act to restore records was uncon
stitutional in that it provided for the
restoration of court records and not
for the restoration of Judicial records.
A line to distinguish the two was
drawn by Attorney Guilfoyle.
Judge Cook declared that a court
had an inherent -right to take judicial
cognizance of its own records, regard
less* of the legislative act, and ordered
that th«.. records stand restored under
this right. An appeal from this de
cision was filed, but; Judge Cook-over
ruled a motion for a certificate of
probable cause and. unless such cer
tificate be granted by some Justice of
the Supreme Court and ; the case again
taken to that court for consideration
prior to March 22 the sentence pro
nounced yesterday will be executed.
LITIGATION* HILL. MAMIATTAV,
LAWSUITS DECIDED BY JUDGE
I "union* CaaeN Determined In Favor of
Plnlnt llTs. anil Defendant Will Ap
peal to Supreme Coair *
TONOPAH, Jan. 15.— Judge. Breen of
the District Court today decided . the
famous ' cases involving mining-, -prop
erty" on "Litigation Hill, Manhattan,',, in
favor Of the plaintiffs.! in" both cases.." 1 .
Litigation HUL.tbe.: richest 'spot In
Manhattan, has be.en ; under .Injunction
f or,; one - year.-- .W. S.JN Johnson? was , the
plaintiff in the case' and- A; D." Nash' and
others of the Manhattan Dexter Milling
Company were the plaintiffs in, the
other. , • \u25a0 : " '\u25a0 . • •
Dan McN'amara, the defendant in. both
cases, will appeal the cases to the Su
preme Court at, once. .-".'• .-' ' '. '
OAKLAND DIVORCE CASES— Oakland. Jan.
15. — Mfs. ARne» Dtckson was . twiav crnntrd a
final do^roe of divorce from Thomim-Dlcknon by
JudKe Waßte on the. proimd of desertion. The
pair were married in 1871 at. VaUVJo. Mm. E.
UolxrtHon filed suit -for a dlrorcp from W. Rob
ert eon on tho , jrround .of extrpme crneltx.
THINKS RICHES ARE
NOT FOR HIM
LOS ANGELES, Jan.. 15.—Frank.Av
firilf, a bellboy at the Hotel Alexandria,
20 years of age, is in receipt of a tele
gram signed by A. J. McPherson, a
bank official in Greenwater, Nev., stat
ing that $8750 in ; cash : and 123,000
shares of copper stock valued at $50,000
have been \u25a0. deposited to his credit in
the Grecnwater Bank. \u25a0 ; A
Averlll knows - nothing of any one
who would be likely- to leave him' such
an amount of money^and has ] responded
to the dispatch,' stating that he. is 1 of
the opinion that the .wealth is meant
for some one else/ The message, how
ever, was plainly '.* addressed ."Frank
Averill, . bellboy,- Hotel Alexandria."
The dispatch; came 'collect, with .s2.4s
charges on it, and . Averill at first [ de
clined to receive" the 'message and f pay
the charges. He finally did, so, think
ing some of his relatives might have
died.
Averill, who has, traveled 'abroad ex
tensively and has /plenty of knowledge
of the world, says : that he does .not
need the money, and does not want It.
"I would only spend It. and then be
worse off than -before,", he said v •
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
FOR VALLEJO
VALLEJO,' Jan. 15.— Vallejo * , voters j
by a good; majority.' decided today that
it would be about • the ; right . thing j for
the school district- to ; issue ' $60,000
worth! of .6, per 'cent ''twenty-year; bonds
to purchase - a * block of land * and T to
build a new high school building. .'
The board has -Tits plans * well under
way and will' have Vthe new structure
ready for : occupancy on- the opening, of
the -August term.* ' ;«
The building will be one of the most
modern in : California,: although -it ', will
not; be large. ;For the flr3t time In ten
years " Vallejo' has \u25a0', the largest enroll
ment of. any I; high, school In . Solano
County and shows an -Increase of [more
than 50 per -Tcerit .over last -year's
record. ;.\ , '. ";
.MRS." MARTHA 11. BLAIXE WEDS
, .PHILADELPHIA, . \u25a0 Jana / 15;-^Mrs.\u25a0
Martha ! Hlchborn.Blalne of
ton and , Paul . Pearsall were , married * In
this city "today." v .The f ceremony 'Was
•witnessed by 'relatives and a; few" intir
mate" friends. 'Mr. ; , and ; Mrs. ;. Pearsall
left for New York,' where they/.will;re
side.'; ' '''.'\u25a0 ' "', " '' - k H?.' :„.\u25a0'.'.. ..-..,:..
: \u25a0> DE; > o.' C. ADAMS ; TO LECTUEE— AIameda.
Jan.' 16.— Dr. > Georpei C. Adam*' of the; First
Conitregatloniil v Church of \u25a0 San *• Francisco U 'to
lecture on - ln» the '\u25a0. First Concre
satlonaltChurchof thla city tomorrow , evening;
SHERIFF DEFIANTLY
VIOLATES LAW
O 'Neil Ignores Order of Su
preme Court and Allows
Collins to' Go at Large
HIS LENIENCY A CRIME
In open defiance of both, the Su
perior^ and. Supreme , court*, Sheriff
O'Xell has ' allowed George D. .Collins
to go at large. , ,The convicted at
torneyv. ha* been permitted to '; apend
n la rife part,' of hlit time ' about . the
law library In the t Temple .'lsrael, and
the \u25a0 Sheriff x; ha* > laid hlmwelf h open .to
criminal prosecution on a charge for
ivliich * the penalty 1* ton
year*' '.' Imprisonment 'or' a fine' o£
$10,000. ' ,
Sheriff O'Neil's act'vis defined by the
Penal Code as permitting an 'escape,
and the punishment therefor is made
severe. Nor is it .without a falrwarn
ing that the Sheriff has -opened the
doorways of the jail • for. the * free
passage to and fro of a man, sup
posed to be held in custody pending
an appeal from a penitentiary sen
tence. Ball has been refused Collins,
yet he walks the streets unmolested
or sits in the law library as a free
man. \u25a0 ' -. '
: Collins was at liberty on Monday
with :no other guard • than an j oblig
ing deputy from the Sheriff's office.
The prisoner . was free to ' remain .at
large until he himself wished to re
turn to his cell. Assistant District
Attorney William Hoff Cook made an
objection, and was told by Sheriff
O'Nell that he' had an order allow
ing Collins to go to the law library
as he pleased. O'Nell could not state
from what 4 court this . order had been
issued, but'even if such, order exists
or was made by any Superior Judge
it is without effect - under a ' ruling
by the Supreme Court on July 2 of
last year.
On July 2 H. N. Pederson, who
wished to ; have Collins appear' in a
case as his attorney, .petitioned the
Supreme ' Court for a writ of mandate
to force the Superior Court to allow
the prisoner his liberty for that pur
pose. The writ was denied, and the
Judgment of the Supreme Court was
plain and positive in its meaning. It
not only declared that Collins could
not be given liberty at any time, by
the Sheriff, but that he could not
be granted such liberty even on order
of the Superior Court. /
The judgment of the Supreme Court
quotes section ICOO of the Penal Code,
which, reads:
"A. prisoner committed to the Coun
ty Jail for trial or "for examination,
or .upon conviction ror' a public of
fense, must be actually confined In
the County Jail until he Is discharged;
and if\he is permitted to go at large
out of the Jail, except by virtue of a
legal order or process, it is an es
cape."
Continuing, the; judgment of the
Supreme Court was, in , part, as fol
lows:
"Collins Is, therefore, to be con
fined In the County Jail, and the Sher
iff can have no authority of his own
motion to permit him' to appear In
any court or elsewhere or to allow
him tol.go outside of the jail, for any
purpose. If' the Sheriff does voluntar
ily permit, him. to go outside, either
with or without an escort, the Sheriff
himself Is guilty of permitting an
escape.''. \u25a0
The, decision also adds that there
is no authority jf or the Superior ' Court
to allow, the prisoner, to go at : large
without bail: The penalty for per
mitting an; escape, in : the language
of section \u25a0; 108 ;of . the ;-: penal Code, , : "Is
punishable by Imprisonment ' in - the
State prison not exceeding' ten years
and fine not exceeding 510,000.".
The District Attorney's office, has
entered objection after objection, but
without avail, to- the leniency 'that
has been shown Collins, and has twice
made such' objections .matters of court
record. 'District Attorney Langdon
stated yesterday that he would : not
take the Initiative in a prosecution
against Sheriff O'Neil unless a com
plaint was filed, but that he deemed
the matter of importance enough to
warrant serious action.
SPOKANE'S CASE IS
NEAR CLOSE
• t SPOKANE, Wash., Jan.^ 15.— Spokane
practically completed the presentation
of Its case before; the; lnterstate; Com
merce ".Commission; today." The rail
roads and Intervening coast cities which
are opposing, Spokane's. plea for lower
rates will have their, hearing tomorrow
morning. -;•'":;' .--, > :
One of the most interesting questions
raised at the | hearing 'was as to -who
would derive the benefits; of the lower
rates, ; the Jobbers : of Spokane \or . the
consumers. Larue Perrln sof the Spo
kane Dry Goods Company,"; a wholesale
concern) testified that it was the policy
of that company when granted reduced
rates to give' the; benefits immediately
to "the consumers. 1 B." L. Gordon, -a
wholesale, grocer,', followed, and ; in the
course iof a colloquy -between Stephens,
the attorney . for Spokane,' and some of
the : ; railroad attorneys j Stephens de^
clared that the fight waged by, the Spo
kane Chamber of. Commerce was pri
marily for v the' consumers and only sec
ondarily; for the jobbers..
When Gordon was asked what would
be the policy of his firm-in this respect
If he had lower freight rates, Com^
missloner 'Prouty, interrupted : to say
that *it was t not worthY while to pur
sue that line of Inquiry 'as:' the com
mission' hnd 1 repeatedly - held- that !\u25a0 the
reduction in rate was 'to give the bene
fit-to ' tho" consumers, 'as .'competition
brought this ; about, even though *' the
Jubbers might . have .been' disposed at
first' to take themselves the profits at
tending rate reductions.
Gordon testified 1 that- the rate on
'sugar from the Corblnßeet Sugar Fac
tory •at ' Waverly. : .Wash., ( about thirty
miles from Spokane,' was 14' cents until
the building of the" Spokane and Inland
Empire Electric :: System into the * Pa
louse, when it was reduced to 10 fcents.
He said that ! Cohnell '% was I the f .extreme
limit •to which ! Spokane wholesale gro
cers could' sell westward on" the North;
em Pacific," and 'that some commodities
could' not be ' shipped' out of , the city at
all » : - On the. O.'. R. ; M. & N.i he ; said, ; the
extreme "n limit; was ; Winona. .: Gordon
testified thatthe general-policy of the
railroads when giving Spokane a.termi
nal rate on; any s commodity was:to;put
it on that commodity ", which - could *be
manufactured in and around' Spokane.,
TOSG FECD EXDS IX MURDER
" _ SACRAMENTO, Jan.: 16.— -Ah Llm, a
Chinese/ was found dead in a den "in- an
alley'- in .Chinatown* this ; afternoon. He
hadibeen" strangled toTdeath. His : mur
der 'is. supposed to j have* been;, the-out
growth olithe-: highbinder.: war* inaugu
rated,some'weeks ago at Walnut Grove
inUhis^county. '* \';,:~\ '\u25a0'"'.- *„; l ;
'A WANTS TELEPHONE FBANCHISE-^-Oa Viand.'
Jan. 15.— Emery Tille Town Trustees ; hate passed
an "a ordinance • protldlng '" for ; bids 4 for .r a tele
phone ! franebise.V This i action w«g* taken-. upon
the application : of I the : Home ; Telephone ;' Com-^
pan/. \u25a0•• \u25a0'/ •' '.; ' ". ' :'\u25a0':•; .'•.>>,':\u25a0 '.\u25a0'' '-'• -• \u25a0 "
LUKESH PREVAILED
UPON TO RESIGN
Disgraced Paymaster Re
tires From the Navy to
..Save Name of Service
YIELDS TO PRESSURE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
VALLEJO, Jan. 15. — To save the
naval service the disgrace of a court
martial which would bring to light
many unsavory facts, Paymaster
George Martin Lukesh. U. S. N., yielded
to- the pressure brought to bear upon
him by -the naval set on Mare Island,
and ; rather than face a trial for con
duct "unbecoming an officer and a gen
tleman, wired his resignation to the
Navy Department at Washington this
afternoon. . \u25a0 "*\u25a0
The resignation was forwarded
through -official circles, which means
that Rear Admiral Henry "W. Lyon. the
commandant of the station, and the of
ficer who arrested Lukesh last week at
the yard while the paymaster was
drunk, sent the wire through lils office.
It is the opinion here that owing to
Lekesh's high connections in the East
the resignation will be accepted and
'the . closed.
. Lukesh was -tried at Cavlte last
spring for disrobing in a public dining
place . and was reduced ten numbers.
The story is circulated here that Lu
kesh knew ex-President McKinley and
Mark Hanna and that friends of these
two former statesmen saved Lukesh
from dismissal from the navy when
he was court-martialed previously.
LOVE FOR LIQUOR
BRINGS DIVORCE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
SAN JOSE, Jan. 15. — Mrs. Delmas "W.
Martin was granted a decree of divorce
from Herbert D. Martin by Judge Hy
land"in the Superior Court today. The
ground was drunkenness. "
Both, principals to this suit are of
prominent families. Mrs. Martin is a
daughter of Carrie Stevens Walter, a
well-known author, and a brother of
City Clerk Roy "Walter.
•' .The case of \the Martins was one of
"marry in haste and repent at leisure."
The marriage took place after a brief
acquaintance, and discord followed a?
most immediately, culminating In the
suit for separation.
SJLILL C POSTOKFICE DECREASE
WASHINGTO&v Jan. 15. — The gross
receipts of the_Sai Francisco postof
flce for Decemt>sr v jt?o6, were $154,131,
as compared for Decem
ber. 1905, a •Jecrease of $29,130. »
How Your Stomach
TH JOT $ "^T™"^^ A 9^ 9} A
Makes ElectrrcHy
..Do you ever- •wonder what is the the body while you sleep, and pour 3
•power that runs the machinery of a mild but powerful current of elec-
nyour body;-what makes .your- heart tricity into your body all night lone.
'. Deat, your stomach digest > food and Electro- Vigor Is not an electric
i the .various organs da= their .work belt — there Is no charging to do —
-.with,- the regularity of "machines? no vinegar or acid solutions" to
You have no control whatever over bother with. * * *
"your vital organs. '.*. You can't make "When I began
your heart stop pumping for an in- your treatment
,stant, neither can you stop your Z^lffiV my "whole s}'s-
stomach from diprestlnp food. Then, L-. Mjg tern was broken
can't you see that there must be . c, r "9iSp down. I had kid-
some motive power which .does all k&ct'ji nev and bladder
this? There is. It is electricity. /T"-Set^lßL. trouble. rheuma-
The stomach, when it is working: // ffvVlifvbt, tism that always
riprht, generates this power for the ," jsS,**!^Sk follows kidney
support of the body and itself. Why, \\ fry »^ffVjA trouble, weak
just the other day, a scientist right I BrMSS^U. stomach, varico-
hore in San Fran- jalrt/'rafsi B c ' ele an(^ general
cisco talked over V<{siy fetellflil debility. Druss did
a telephone which .. SyS&jioMSt!uL9 me no pood,
received its elec- ~>~S I '/^ J§BSrWJii\^' a 9KX2 As for results
tricity from the i^&Hk: of the use of Elec-.
stomach of a llv- <r sW^l_^^^laV • ' *'Wi» tro-Vlgor. I will
lnp man. This is "^ — '~ ==z=^^^ BF-^^—aMCT say that lam now
proof enougrh that 0 ~~~" s\ fg/BBs*K&\ well and hearty.
the human body is 1 -if r"--' 'BrißW every orpran
electrical. HS H I " i9^HLLU^B works properly
I I HSShS^B^ an^ I have no pain
The food that » [ » VSjßgg&T of any 3cind.
we eat is treated \\\ \y WMIIM J. L. Colwell.
as fuel by the West Butte, Cal.
stomach, just as Is the coal In a . ' — «~
iurnace. The chemical action C-aSt *L *? T*GG
which is produced upon the food 1 * *• * * w
by the acids and juices of the I want you to read my 100-pag*>
stomach burns the food and causes \u0084book, which explains my methods
a carbonic heat. This heat is elec- fully. This book Is beautifully 11-
'• tricity, : and It is forced Into the lustrated. and tells in plain lan-
. nerves and vital organs and is their guage many things you want to
life. The electrical heat generated know, and gives a lot of
by the consumption . of our food wholesome advice for men.
should. keep healthy every vital or- If you can't call. I'll send- my
gan of the/body. Debility of these book prepaid, free, if you will mall
organs arises when the. waste" is m» this coupon.
greater than the repair— when the I . give a free test of Electro-
stomach Is not able generate Vigor to all who call.' Consulta-
sufflcient. electrical heat to supply tlon and advice free,
the demands of nature. So, if your Office Hours — 8 a. m. to Bp. m.
stomach, kidneys, liver or any oth- Sunday, 10 to 12.
cr p organs fail to do their work . -«.« _^^ __ \u25a0^—\u25a0•-\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-^ .
properly, it is because they lack
electricity, the power which makes f\' ft t_H Jkgt fv
them po. The breaking down of I. JTIcll!. IVI- Urn.
one of these organs nearly always • ~* mmm 9 •»•• «*"•
causes other trouble, and this 1439 Flllmore Street,
\u25a0 trouble can only be cured by re- SAX FRAX CISCO.'
storing electricity wnere It is need- _, ,
-cd. My Electro-Vigor does -. this \u25a0 Plea^ send me, prepaM, your
while you sleep. It pours a steady tree 100-page Illustrated took,
.stream 'of- electric life , Into your 1-16-4
nerves and vitals, carrying health T,r om _
and giving strength toievery part JName .
: ;Electr^-Vigor is a body battery, Addres3
\u25a0made up of separate dry cells. It Aaaress . *
is easily, comfortably worn next to »\u25a0»\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0»\u25a0\u25a0«« mm...>_»>»_«.__. >_ »>»_«.__
t WEAK MEN
You Pay When Cured
YOU PAY ONLY
•or. MiEvjHE IEMINB specuusi In Any Uncomplicated Case
: I have a quick and absolutely certain system of treating the case 3 I un-
dertake which positively Insures the cure in less than half the time called
'for- 1 by.*. the methods used in ordinary practice.;
-' -' Those in any trouble sufTerln jc from SPERMATORRHOEA. LOSSES
AND. DRAINS. VARICOCEL.E.HYDROCEL.E. BLOOD POISON or any other
disease tending to destroy and disfigure and to render happiness impossible
arc.urged-to "call, upon me without delay. Those wasting valuable time
dissipating their money, and aggravating their ailment by submitting to
indirect,, ineffectual, unscientific .treatment that never did and never can
cure.^areMnvlted.to visit: me and investigate my successful system. I
positively guarantee results in , all curable cases and frankly refuse to
accept any. other class, if for any reason It Is too late to guarantee a cure.
COXSUIiTATIOX FREE— MY HONEST AND CANDID ADVICE COSTS
YOUrNOTHING. I ; cheerfully give yon the very best opinion, guided by
years of .successful practice.' - Men out of town. In trouble, write if you can-
not -call, as. many caies > yields readily; to proper, home' treatment and cure.
iMy.offlces are open all day from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.. and Sundays from 10 to 1.
T^O' "IV/lll^Pf^^-C^rT"* - 1003 PILLMORE ST.. corner GEARY,
l-^t<, IVllLrtli^ CC V-^U« snn Fr«»cl»oo. Pal.
aOR niRRftV the oldest »n<:
. ' specialist,'- 45 ; years* practice la
San . Francisco, still continues to
' cure - Prirate Diseases, Lost Man-
I hood. Debility ; or > disease wearing
on body ' and mind, : and : Skin Dls-
[ eases.' The Doctor cures when ota-
I era ; fail. : \ Try " him. - Charges . low.
„— - Cores • guaranteed. 1 Call or writ*
Dr.- J. F. -: Gibbon." 1044 California at., 8. S*,
BLOWS FALL FAST
UPON RENO
Light and Water Plant De
stroyed and Fuel and Wa
ter Famines Imminent
CITY IS IN DARKNESS
RENO. Jan. 13. — At 9:30 o'clock this
morning the local power station was
destroyed by fire, cutting off the light
and power supply of Reno and vicinity.
The town is without light or power,
and as the fuel supply Is practically
exhausted there is no wood or coal to
be obtained.
Added to this is the fact that the
water company gave notice yesterday
to consumers to be as sparing as pos
sible in the use of water, as there wero
several bad breaks in the ditches which
might result In the water supply being
entirely cut off.
TOURIST RATES TO SEATTLE
. SEATTLE. Jan. 15. — Colonists* rates
on the Northern transcontinental lines
will become effective March 1 and will
bring to the coast this spring, it, is
believed, the largest number of tour
ists ever handled by the roads In any
one homeseekers' season. The rate will
be |25 from St. Paul and $33 from Chi
cago, one way, as against $40 and
$51.50, the customary tariff. *
JORK CU3HIITG FTOTEKAL— OakIand. Jan.
15. — K*t. '\V. M. Jones. \u25a0 minister of the First
Unitarian Church, conducted the funeral todar
of John M. Cnsulng. a pioneer merchant of
Oakland, who died last Sunday at fats renldrnre
at 1523 Webster street. Members of toe Society
of California Pioneers were among the mourners.
SAFE BLOWN OPEN
IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Jan. 15. — Cracksmen
blew open the safe of the Mount Hood
Brewing Company, Hawthorne • and
East Water streets, early this mornlns
and escaped with $1000 In gold 'and
silver. •
Although the office Is In a thickly
settled community and is protected by.
two watchmen .the robbers were not
heard, and the theft was not discovered
until opening time.
BERKELEY TO HAVE PARK
BERKELEY, Jan. 15. — The offers of
the West Berkeley Land Conipany to
provide the town with a park site la
West Berkeley for $37,116 has been for
mally accepted by the Town Trustees.
The park site Is between Ward. Rus
sell, Mabel and Park streets and con
sists of fifteen acres: it is the first
park Berkeley has ever had. The* West
Berkeley Land Company is to improve
the tract.
THE WEEKLY CALL
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