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News of Counties Bordering the Bay
CONTEST ON OVER
REALTY SALE
Division of Profits From
Transfer of Block in
Oakland Causes Dispute
SUIT IS THREATENED
OAKLAND, Feb. 4. — Bankers, capital
s?ts, brokers and merchants have been
entangled in a realty deal which in
volves oTrnerfhlp of one of the choicest
parcels of land in the business district,
and unfolds a storr of a long-standing
contest over property interests.
Notice was served today by Attorney
A. V. Mendenhall on Aaron Fibush,
former City Councilman; Charles T. Ro
dolph of the Union Bank of Savings,
representing William G. Henshaw; and
A. S. Lavenson, a prominent merchant,
directing them to heed the claim of
"William H. Mackinnon to a one-eighth
Interest in the block at the northwest
corner of Twenty-second street and
Fan Pablo avenue.
Back of this move, which may be pre
liminary to a suit. Is th*> tale of a deal
in which Fibush. Mackinnon and Hen
fhaw were interested. According to
Fibush. he obtained from Henshaw,
before the 1 big- fire, a contract to sell
th<» property for $23,500. Fibush pro
cured a customer and put up a $500
deposit wjth the banker. A dispute
arose subsequently, Henshaw desiring
to except from the deed enoutrh of the
land to R-ive the Key Route a swing
through Twenty-second street with Its
tracks on a good margin of curve.
While the controversy was on Fi
hush. it is said, interested Mackinnon in
The deal. The latter asserted that he
and Fibush agreed to carry the con
tract and settle with the intending pur
chaser, who assigned to Fibush.
Thus the deal has stood for months.
It is reported now that Henshaw is
X>repared to make over a deed of the
land, after cutting off twelve feet,
which the Key Route will take. Fibush
holds the assignment of the first con
tract and has interested Lavenson In
the transaction. Now comes Mackin
non, vi-ho fays he has been overlooked
and threatens a suit in case the deed is
passed and he does not share /in the
profits, which promise to be heavy.
Since the fire the properly in dispute
has advanced greatly and would mar
ket for twice the price Fibush asserts
was fixed in the contract he claims to
have procured from Henshaw.
MRS. EDITH SMITH
ASKS DIVORCE
OAKLAND. Feb. 4. — James L. Smith,
a commercial traveler residing at 1369
Brush street, Oakland, was made de
fondant today in a divorce suit com
menced by Edith M. Smith on the
ground of extreme cruelty. The cou
ple were married in San Francisco in
18S7 and have one child, Grace I.
Smith, aged eight year*.
The plaintiff alleges that in August
of last year her husband attempted to
throw her from a window of their
home because she tried to save
their daughter from being brutally
chastised by Smith while he was in
toxicated. The complaint sets forth fur-,
ther that the defendant called the
plaintiff an "old hag," and cast slurs
upon her character in the presence of
the daughter.
On one occasion, according "to the
plaintiff's statements. Smith threatened
to kill his wife and himself and leave
the girl to charity. Mrs. Smith tells of
many occasions when, she charges, her
husband struck her in the face and
called her vile names.
Mrs. Smith asks for $100 a month ali
mony, $250 counsel fees and $50 costs.
Judge Waste signed an order restrain
ing Smith from entering the plaintiffs
home or in any way interfering with
her peace and quiet.
Attorney St. Sure represents Mrs.
Smith.
Carrie B. Richardson began suit for
divorce from Edgar Richardson on the
ground of extreme cruelty. The couple
reside in Alameda and were married
In December, 18S9, at Marysvllle. The
plaintiff asks for J25 a month alimony
and the custody of the four minor chil
dren.
Other dlvorc* suits -were begun by
Joseph M. Samuelß against Ella N.
Samuels and Katherine Clark against
George D.' Clark. V. ;.
Judge Ogden awarded an interlocu
tory decree of divorce to T. S. Hayes
from Austine Hays on the ground of
extreme cruelty. The plaintiff was
granted the custody of the two minor
children.
Anna Williams secured a final decree
from George S. Williams on the ground
of extreme cruelty, and Angelica Reyes
was given a final decree from Antone
M. Reyes for desertion.
CAUSES DETENTION
OF ASSOCIATES
OAKLAND, Feb. 4.— George F. Gould,
secretary and stockholder in the cor
poration of W*. H. TVorden & Co., man
ufacturing and merchant druggists,
filed suit today against XV. H. Worden,
the president, and F. Leslie Meeker, the
treasurer, to compel them to redeposit
in the Central Bank of Oakland the
«urn of $1820.20. which he claims they
\u25a0withdrew from the bank on February
1, as the result of a conspiracy, and
embezzled. Upon the filing of the suit
the plaintiff secured from Judge Ogden
an order for the arr&st of the defend
ants to keep them from leaving the
State.
The plaintiff states that he and the
defendants each own 3333 1-3 shares of
stock in the corporation. He ; alleges
that the money on deposit in the Cen
tral Bank was subject only to the check
of the president, countersigned by the
plaintiff as secretary. On January 30,
according to the complaint, Gould was
going to take a short Journey to an
other part of the State and signed six
: checks in blank that they might be
'. filled in tor small sums by Worden, as
! president, to pay wages to employes.
The plaintiff claims that Worden and
Meeker conspired together and that
; Worden signed one of these checks for
the entire amount on .deposit to .the
.credit of the corporation in the Central
Bank. Gould states that it would have
been useless for him to demand that the
corporation bring the .suit to recover
the money, for the reason that Worden
and Meeker between them have the ma
jority vote in \u25a0 the board of directors.
EVILS OF MTORCE — Berkley. Feb. 4.— Tn«
erfls of divorce formed . the •nbtect of an ad
' drees deiWered by Ker. Endicott P*«body •of
Boston at St. JOrk's EpUcopal Cfenrch tonitfit.
Bffi 11 m iniMiiirtiiiihiiiii in mi iiiMMiTiiii himhi laimiiiji' na ii Hiiimmi >iwi
Four Children Left to
Battle With World
Eddy Follows His Wif eio the Grace
OAKLAND, Feb. 4. — Bereft of mother
and father within ten days, the four
children of Hiram G. Eddy of 2059
Market street, two of whom are less
than ten y^ars of age. are left to bat
tle with the world alone. Eddy died
this morning from typhoid foyer, the
end being hastened by the tragic death
of his wife, Mrs. Daisy Eddy, who was
found dead on January 2. r > in a local
lodging house, with a bottle of chloro
form clutched in her hand..
In his weakened condition tho be
reav»« husband was unable to bear the
shock of his wife's sudden end, and for
the last ten days he has been gradually
sinking, until death today relieved his
sufferings. Mrs. Daisy Eddy was af
flicted with a/strange mania for inhal
ing fumes of 'chloroform, and ,it was in
satisfying her peculiar love for this
drug that she met her death.
Immediately after the death of his
wife, Eddy's condition became worse,
and It was soon known that the shock
had been a fatal one. In spite of care
ful treatment he steadily sank until
the end came. The deceased was a na
tive of Minnesota, and was 41 years of
age, having been a resident of, this
city for a number of years. Arrange
ments for the funeral have not yet been
completed.
The four- orphaned children, two of
whom are too young to realize the
weight of the blow which has fallen
upon them, are now. cast, upon -.« the
world without the care of either. father
or mother. These children are Ernest,
Christina, Elmer and Harold Eddy, the
last two being respectively. 9 and 7
years of age. , .
DEATH OF WOMAN
DUE TO POISON
OAKLAND,. Feb. 4.— Mystery sur
rounds the death of ' Mrs. Mamie ] Bren T
ncr, 18 •\u25a0 years of age, .who passed away
this afternoon "In her home "_' at -832
Fifty-third street, apparently from the
effect of some powerful:poison.,Wheth
er or not . the fatal drug, if ; such .. was
the cause of death, was accidentally'ad
ministered or '\u25a0 was taken with \u25a0' suicidal
intent by Mrs.; Brenner is not known;
The woman became \u25a0 ill shortly; after ' 8
o'clock this morning and died six hours
later. ' l"::C' \ \u25a0" \u25a0 '' : .- : .'.-'. \u25a0 v ' : -';"•' s \u25a0•'
M. A. Brenner, the: husband, before
leaving the house .to vgojto' work'-.thls
morning, gave' his ' wif e,t who I 1I 1 had {com
plalned of : feeling I^ ill,; a tcathartlc? pill
and a. small quantity of quinine. Mrs.
Brenner was? found- two! hours. later;; by
her sister-in-law, ; ; Miss .May; Brenner,
writhing in' pain. *; She; was almost- un
conscious and was 1 * unable to -;tell:*the
cause of her suffering.
Drs. Purvis and Walsworth: '.were
called to attend her, but she failed to
respond to - treatment..,, The 5. physicians
said that ' Mrs. Brenner \ exhlbi ted • the
symptoms of poisoning. ' An autopsy
will be held. > £BB3BBBEBBKBBnB&d
"WILL. EIIECT SHEW BUILDINGS
H. C Robinson applied yesterday; for
a permit to f erect : a.} four-story : brick
building- : at • 1328 ' Mission: street],'at^a
cost of , 120,000, J and Jackson 'asked
leave : to : erect a' JIS.OOO building'in'Ma
eon street, near Sutte* .'? : *-~^i /',
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THE SAN FRANCISCO - CALU TUESDAY, .FEBRUARY 5, , 1907 i
SOULS A RE WRUNG
WITH ANGUISH
OAKLAND, Feb. 4.— Now it's the
bachelors* ball! ' •-. . •
Not since the days when Mrs. Isaac
Li. Requa rebuked the young men. for
not wearing pate.nt leathers because
the blacking on their shoes ruined the
dancing gowns has the social . set been
stirred to , thedepths as it is over the
bachelors' ball, which is to take place
on Wednesday night. . . \u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0.'.
When the invitation list was "made
public a- number of names which were
often among those present at social af
fairs in Oakland were conspicuous :by
their absence.
The young men are aghast over the:
furore that has resulted. .But there is
no remedying the situatlonat 1 this late
day, and the ball must go on, though
jiearts be aching at* many gloomy fire
sides.
"Some of us got together to give th*s
,par,ty as a matter: of .' repaying social
obligations," explained Lloyd T./Lacy
today. "It is a pretty state of affairs
when. a young man or a set of young
men shall |be censured' because 'they
have used their best Judgment and.dis-,
cretion in arranging a party for their
friends. It was simpjy impossible to
Include every one In the list, and that
is all there is to it."
The invited guests are: *
Miss Krelyn Adams; lieutenant Hollo Ander-'
son. U..S. A.; John Andrews, Edward Akin,: Mr.
and Mrs.'? Frank Brown; * Miss Katherlne : Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butters,' Miss Willow: Bu
tler. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bates/ Mr.' and^Mrs.
Danlelßelden, Miss Bessie Bates,' Mr. and Mrs.
Augustus BrajV Mr. '\u25a0- and • Mrs. Edward L. Bray
ton, - Mrs. Wlllard I Barton. MUs Virginia Bogue,
W. D. Bliss, Wlllard Barton, Walter.- Baker,
Walter Bakewell, * Albert -. Brown. L. Bocquerai,
Mrs. Georgiana Cook. ; Miss Frances. Coon. \u25a0 Miss
Norcna Castle, Miss Kuth Casey, Miss \u25a0 May ; Coo
pan, Miss Claire Chabot, Mr. and Mrs/. Clarence
Crowell, Harry Chlckering, . Howard Chase ; Cap
tain Lawrence , Cabell,; U. 8/ A.: Mr. 'and. Mrs.
H. A. Dipckmann, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dleckmann,
Mr. and Mrs. ; George - Dinsmore. Miss , Anita ' Da
tls, .William de Fremery," Paul Dinsmore,' Mtes
Inez. EstudllUv- Miss 'Elsie vKrerson, Bob Eyre,
Paul : Edwards, Miss \u25a0 Natalie Fore, ' Miss Pauline
Fort, ; Mr. - and Mrs. Harry Farr, Miss Je«»l«
Fox, , Charles •\u25a0 Field, - Albert Foster, Philip Fry,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Goodfellow, Miss Marguerite
Gros.. - .\u25a0.; \u25a0\u25a0:- \u25a0- ; \u25a0 ?;\u25a0: ;\u25a0-\u25a0. . ,-.; ;;•.-: • \XS- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 •".\u25a0.-'\u25a0 -\u25a0
Edward Sl.*. Qrecnway, ; Dr.' Percy S. Gaskill,
Miss ETelyn Hussey, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Hall,
Mr. and Mm.' Mead . Hamilton, Miss > Marietta
Harem*. Miss Elsie Horton. Miss Alia Henshaw,
Mr. and Mrs. ' Samuel Hnbbard Jr., Miss Ethel
Haremeyer,', Mlhs Vera * Haremey**, -, Miss '• Eleth
Holienbeck, \u25a0 Mr., and Mre.' ; Wlckham 1 Harens,
Miss Henn, Miss Knia' Hermann, Miss Florence
Hush, Mr. llopman. DwlghtHutchlhson, Charles
Hubbard. Stuart 'Hawley, .; Miss - Ruby Johnson,
George Jensen,' Edwin Jackson, Miss Ruth Kales,
Miss : Rose \u25a0> Kales, - : Mr.* and •. Mrs. • Arthur ' Kelly,
Miss Alice Knowles/ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knight,
Mr. 'and -'Mrs.'" Harry Knowles, Mies < Katheryn
Kutz, Percy King, > Frank King ; James Kutz, D.
S. \u25a0'\u25a0• N. ; - Frank * Kutz.: Thomas .- Knowles; * General
and Mrs. ; ; Oscar Long. D." S. A:; Miss Madeline
Lacy. Lloyd Lacy, Walter Leimert,', 3: H. l'Hom
medieu.; . .••-•\u25a0' '\u25a0\u25a0.: \ ' \u25a0 -:\u25a0-\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 -'\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0> ' * '\u25a0\u25a0' '..';.\u25a0? --\u25a0'\u25a0v'i
Mr. and Mrs.: Harry! East Miller." Miss MollU
Matbps, Miss Elizabeth : McXear, \u25a0 Miss Hilda Mc-
Elrath, \u25a0 Miss - Phoebe », McElrath.' .- Mr. - and Mrs.
Frederick " : Magee, £ Hamilton --' Murdock, V George
MaeDongald, Horace Miller, Percy Murdock. Paul
Miller. Ralph McCormick, Miss Metcalf, Mr. and
Mrs. . Stanley • Moore, s Mr.' and : Mrs."- George ;. W.
McNear : Jr., Miss - Bernice - Mac Donald, Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Mac Donald, Miss Gladys Meek, Dural
Moore, Miss Vera ; Nicholson ; » Rlchworth \u25a0 Nichol
son, :U..B.:N.:. Miss: Edna Orr, Mlbs Carolyn Oil-
T«r, -'\u25a0 MUs ' Anita \ Ollyer,"'- Mr. * and \u25a0: Mrs. * Roland
OliTer, , Mr.'. and> Mrs.* John OTerbury,:;, William
Orrlck,* Miss | Carolyn | Palmanteer,' 1 Mr. : and Mrs
Ralph Phelps, I Mr." and Mrs.i Challen Parker, Mr.
and Mrs.- William 'i Bull ' Pringle, f Miss % Eleanor
Phelps, \u25a0 Mr.' 1 - and - Mrs. v Charles >• Parcels \u25a0 Philip
Paschal,' Harry Pendleton. • ; \u25a0 ..
\u25a0• >\u25a0 Lieutenant:. Edward sPearce," U. JB. A.r Henry
Phillips; Miss Laura Sanbom, Mr. , and sirs. Eg
bert . Stone, Mr. ' and 2 Mrs. Andrew Stone, Miss
Aris Sterling.'; Miss Margaret ( Stow, I R. F. Snow
den, \u25a0 Mr. and ' Mrs. Raymond ' Spiralo. Frederick
Samuels; * Frederick : Snowden,' i Miss , Helene Rob
son,: Mr.- and Mrsr Edward Rlckard/'MIRs Queenl*
Russell. Miss : Gertrude - Dussell,"' Richard \u25a0 Round,
tree, -: Joseph ißoeborough,^ Miss « Olalr- M. - Taft
Miss Dollle Tarpey; Lieutenant^Terry.i V.i S.r Ail
Edward J. Torney, Miss Johanne iVolkmann, Mr.
and "- Mr». Wlnirate.'ft Miss * Marion •• \u25a0Walsh, \u25a0- Mm.
Shorb I White, r Miss .Ray ' Wellman, Mrs. Georga
Wheaton and .Thornton White.," \u25a0 •\u25a0: '..\u25a0• ' \u25a0 -\u25a0 z
.The n !*bachelors'^'are!the following:
'"\u25a0 \u25a0 Dwlght ; Hutcblnson,';'* WiUard 1 Barton, Lloyd
Lacy, 1 Edwin • Jackson, \u25a0 Dr.~< P." D.v Gaskill, . Paul
Dinsmore. s Harry « Chlckering^ -k Paul \u25a0;. ' Edwards
Paul i Miller.- X* t> Bocqueres. i D.i Bocqaezca, * Bert
Brown.-\ Walter s BakewelL^ E. s O.t Alkis, •* Philip
Srj, George McDouf aid, Harold Oa»|i| jQsWssl
SUPERVISOR ROWE
STIRS MITCHELL
Verbal Tilt Over the Activi-
ties of Dr. Clarke of
the County Infirmary
TOO BUSY OUTSIDE
OAKLAND, / Feb. : 4.— Another lively
verbal tilt .took place at . today's meet
ing of the Board of Supervisors.' Chair
man Mitchell and Supervisor Rowe
clashed : over the" charge tha-t Dr. Clarke
of the County Infirmary was devoting
too : much of his time to his private
practice.' Rowe criticised Dr.;;(?larke
for comingito 1 Oakland to build up his
practice. ;• Chairman Mitchell asserted
that i Dr. management 'i of .'the
Infirmary, had been efficient, and that
he could not' be blamed for/taking pri
vate patients, when his monthly salary
as. infirmary superintendent was only
,J250../> >/ :/: .*., ; -> : : "/-;'"
' ; Supervisor Kelley switched , the acri
monious discussion to the question of oil
ing the county roads and accused Rowe
of -having authorized bills' in his dis
trict . for amounts greater than were
allowed under* the resolutions of the
board: v Rowe : denied that" he had vio
lated any of the rules. ' ;,^Z
\u25a0",'< District Attorney Brown informed the
board that the physicians of the County
Jail; .Receiving : \u25a0 Hospital / and / County
Infirmary were^not county officers. He
called the attention of the board to the
fact that "in 1903 it had passed a reso
lution that the superintendent of the
Infirmary was to give all his time to
the business , of the Infirmary/The
board had no. legal authority,; he said,
to give the Sheriff power to appoint
three more deputies to . guard the
County 1 Jail during its reconstruction.
The Superior/ Court Judges, 'however,
have corrected this error by themselves
authorizing such appointments. /
The proposed addition of a wing to
the Hall of Records and the remodeling
of the Courthouse were referred to the
building committee. Architect W.; J.
Miller : will? consult . with \u25a0] Supervisor
Kelley. and. the -other members of the
building, committee. \ - .=:
A number . of residents -of ;Dimond
presented a petition for the revocation
of the liquor, license of Charles Tepper.
They " claimed ; the license was procured
by fraudulent means.
CARS BREAK DOWN;
PEOPLE WALK
Market-street cars were at a. premium
last night between 6 and 7; o'clock and
many .hundreds of persons had to, walk
home after their hard day's , work.
When the cars did start up again they
were so, crowded before : they reached
the center of; the city thatit was im
possible to . board one. People had to
tramp ;s; s home : through the mud. The
cause of; the "tieup was!wireitrouble and
a blockade at • the foot/of -'Market ': streets
a truck r getting across ' the J track." r' The
Geary-street cable iroa'd/^asj blockaded
about '' the rsame time^ as " toe 'Market
lines ' went out^; of commission; - and the
unpleasant ., hour.' of hi king '\u25a0> over broken
streets was remindfulof the days of the
strike. • V V:"; ; < ;
While attempting to ; board a Third
street car at \u25a0'• Brannan .... last , \ night,
George Culverhill, a druggist who lives
at *31 JCapp street, was thrown when
the car started. '; A ; deep . gash in the
man's scalp required - a number of
stitches. Culverhill is thought, to have
received a fractured skull and is being
held at the Central Emergency Hos
pital.
; The sudden stopping of a northbound
Mission-street, car threw. A. Stewart,
who was riding von '/the front end, to
the ground. Stewart; was taken to ;the
Central Emergency Hospital in an auto
mobile, where his injuries were dressed.
He sustained a. badly lacerated wound
of ;the scalp in which it, was necessary
to take several stitches/,
Albert Finney," ; while running for an
Oakland boat,,; tried ; to ' pass in front
of a Castro-street car at the loop. He
lost his footing and fell,* but luckily
rolled away from . the ' tracks. The car
fender struck him and brushed him
aside. He was;; slightly hurt on the
head, but not enough to require the ser
vices of a surgeon. .; /
On two occasions last, evening gravel
cars filled with Greek laborers got
beyond control \ of their . motormen and
shot swiftly down .Fillmore-street : hill
from Page. \u25a0 Many of -the
Jumped from the\cars; and were badly
shaken up, but; luckily none ; was ; hurt.'
The cars were stopped; by vigorous ap
plication of the /emergency brakes
when they struck '.the*' level ~ ground
beyond Waller street. <
D. O. MILLS WINS
HIS GAS SUIT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.— Justice Day
of the Supreme Court of dthe .United
States announced* me'decisionV today in
the; case of : the „ city "of ; Chicago;. vs."
Darius O. Mills, which was adverse to
the '-..'city's contentions.; 'The" suit . in
volved the Chicago fixing the
price of gas at .75 1 cents:; per ; thousand
cubic ';. feet. ; Mills \u25a0is a 1 stockholder ; of
the i People's ; Gas ? Company;' of i Chicago
and formerly; resided in 'California. - He
sued in the Federal '£ Court;; for ..-ah" \u25ba In
junction to prohibit the \u25a0enforcement (of
the]; ordinance^; and* his /prayer 3 ."; -was
granted,* ; the = city > immediately i appeal
ing ato the' Supreme jCourr/, The prin
cipal question ;: was "'<*. &:l claim < that tihe
Federal courts flacked Jurisdictlori.tand
"the; city charged, that;' the: Mills;- suit
had been instituted •• in collusion with
the; company. ?-,.?,•; 7 ; . ;
. ' Justice i'Day/took'< pains^toVstatei that
the .-. court was : dealing^ only % with % the
question of =, Jurisdiction i and V not ;\u25a0, with
the , merits r of > the > case.' - - Chief Justice
Fuller and :\u25a0 Justice Harlari 'dissented
from> the; opinion. V;;>:- : V
KING OF SIAM COMING HERE
I ;B. C, ; Feb. - 4.---The ': King
of : Slam is .'; to ".visit I the £ States
in i May? His i Majesty! will ; leave : Bang
kok \in March ls for'' Japan' and ?,will | pro^
ceed from ".\u25a0Yokohama to Europe via
America.. ' \u25a0:: \u25a0\u25a0'' \u25a0•'."' :"\u25a0;\u25a0:.' \u25a0'\u25a0" '„\u25a0.
Hubbard, Stuart -\u25a0 Hawley. James » Kutz, Thomas
Knowleg, James l'Hommedieu,'-, Walter /Llemert,"
Paul i Verdier. v Ben H Taylor, 'k Joseph » McConnlck.
Henry Phillips, -\ Joseph \u25a0 Boeborough, Percy t Mur
dock, Fred Snowden, \ Fred Samuels, , C P. Boon*,
William -de Frcmccr," Horace -Miller.?' >\u25a0 .- • ; \u25a0<
/The 1 patronesses are:* ' ™'\ , •' ' \u25a0-,
'-\u25a0\u25a0 Mrs.'. George ] McNear Jr.,"' Mr*'.' Augustus Bray,"
Mrs.*; Edward > Lacey Brayton.' Mrs.- AT- L. Stone,
Mrs.?. Egbert I Stone, Mrs. \u25a0 Robert I Knight. Mrs.
H*rry Eaet MUler , 1 Mm. WiUlim | Bull Pttsgle,
Mm. Harry Knowles*! , c '• - ..'— r7~ r
STUDIES PLANS TO
WATER VALLEY
Geological Survey I Faces
Perplexing Problems in
Basin of the San Joaquin
TWO SCHEMES IN VIEW
SPECIAL: DISPATCH TO. THE CALL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.— ln the . in
vestigation of ithe; underground, waters
of the > San .Joaquin' Valley, .which the
United - States / Geological ; Survey has
been pushing . vigorously /during the
last ; season/ many perplexing problems
are i arising,, to/ the solution of which
the/ geologist in charge of the work is
devoting/ much" energy. /.. -'!','* -•
/.Mirtor.^ geological- structures about the
borders of the valley, buried saline de
posits which \ seriously, affect "the qual
ity *of /the: waters, changes in, ground
water sj level resulting ; from , overirri
gation and the consequent ' deteriora
tion of lands through the accumulation
of alkalies at j the^ surface are j questions
which, with/many others, are being
studied in order, that the final report
on the work may j have the j greatest
practical.. value to present and pros
pectivesettlers. /, : - -:
\u25a0 Conditions \ near the northern and at
the west side of the valley: are particu
larly unsatisfactory / from the water
users'; point of view. West side ground
waters are generally poor in quality
and beneath .-, the /more valuable lands
they lie at considerable depth.: Two
possible ' remedies have been suggested
—one : is 'the .development- of-: ground
water's ;at a point pretty j well j south in
the valley, -. where; good waters may be
obtained as artesian flows, or as ground
waters that may be pumped with com
paratively small lift, the waters thus
developed to- be 1 - delivered to a canal
and carried to some of the lands in: the
vicinity of Crow Landing or farther
north, ..which are at present without
gravity waters.
The other way contemplates the lift
ing of water from the' San Joaquin by
some effective pumping device and de
livering it bya'slmilar canal. 'Condi
tions along the east slope of • the" val
ley^intermediate/between its axis and
its eastern edge emphasize the need of
light on alkali problems in the/valley.
In this area alkalies are rising as the
result of irrigation and lands originally
valuable are becoming . useless. : Plans
are now being made for a thorough
investigation of .these conditions.
ALL RIGHT PERMIT
FOR SALOONS
The • Board of Supervisors passed to
print yesterday an amended ordinance
designed, to permit saloons to remain
open all night in the future. The
amendment removes the present re
strictions requiring saloons to r be
closed at 2 a. m. Supervisor Mamlock
said tlie ; restriction should\be removed
in view of the fact "that normal condi
dltions prevail now in this city. *
Tveitmoe complained of. the delay
in ', the erection of schoolhouses and
other municipal buildings ... under the
bond issue. Nicholas Informed /the
board that the. Board , of /Works would
soon '_! have plans / for,*, twelve; school
buildings 'completed; and that bids 5 to
construct /thorn" would' 'be "invited by
March'l.*^'. :/ V.. ."-'/."" ". "-., .* *
;/?Boxton said .that'^ he -would oppose
: the ; plan of the Board "of j Education to
substitute -wooden buildings for those
• of brick,, as prescribed by : the bond-.is
sue, as- he; did not .believe in . paying
$85,000 for a frame structure. \u25a0- He
; said the'sphool plans had been delayed
as i the consulting architects" appointed
by the board had to] wait for instruc
tions from Supervising Architect Shea.
City- Attorney Burke filed an opinion
! that the board could not build the new
City and County Hospital,- building on
j the., site ' of the Told hospital, as the bond
Issue/ designated the. Almshouse tract
site, as the.-one .for -the purpose.
Lonergan gave ; notice that immedi
ate: steps would be taken to v build the
structure, for which $1,000,000 is avail
able. * '
BOY DIUS FROM AVOUA'D
Fred Hopkinson, J the 14-yeaf-old San
Francisco /lad^'.who accidentally .shot
himself through Itti^lright; lung yester
day afternoon while hunting ducks near
the old^High-street trestle | across San
Leandro*. Bay,, died early . this morning
at 'the' Emergency Hospital:: His par
ents, Mr. andi Mrs.. Alfred Hopkinson,
were with him when the end "came. :
EMBRACES MOTHER
SWALLOWS ACID
Hazel Turner, 17 years old, threw her
arms 'around her, mother's neck in: their
little refugee cottage in Lobos Square
about \ 11:30 o'clock last .night,,'; kissed
her- and, vowing;; that ' she ;loved her
better; than', any.- one . else in the vworld,
ran -into' ant adjoining room "j and swal
lowed; carbolic . acid/ , \u25a0 .: \u25a0 .
< As the fglrlifellitO; the floor with; a
cry, the- mother hastened ? to her side,
and the i'i acid? and;: realizing
what;- her 'daughter, had ;i done,; at once
summoned ;Dr.^Loneto,, -whose ;ofQce is
in: the neighborhood f < of /the- refugee
camp. ~ iHe^ summoned an ambulance and
administered- antidotes, i but; before the
hospital 'conveyance : arrived the girl
was .'dead. >. ;:V . •
\- The" mother, . Mrs."/ Charles . Turner,
could" give no [ reasons ' for) the suicide.
Miss\Turner ;had -been ;-out: with; some
girl i and^ boy .companions i and 7 had: re
turned' home only; a, few^ minutes .before
she the*, poison;; .
.^•Thet'glrl^wasTemployed by the Amer
ican Packing Company.- ,
SOLDIER IS FATALLY
HURT BY THUGS
i; Frank Gardner, „ a soldier, < while ; re
turning r to } the; Presidio] at 11:30
last f night, was \u25a0 set I upon] by i two- thugs
at ,ithe c corner,.; of \ Buchanan - and iLom
bar d * streets,) robbed of $40 and a gold
,watchf and jso^ieyerely I beaten ! that |the
physicians Jthink s he Ewill'notf recover/;:- ;
*~ '.The l attack f onUbeTsoldier.' occurred ; in
thejshadow v of^a^bullding,:jbutltheiscuf
&e\vf aa "\ heard Iby^ Mrs> Margaret | Mason,
whoj^called ;for. f,help.yi-Thei;two;- high- ;
.wayrnen ; fled j, and left li their "^victim
bleeding^onithejiground"^ An automobile
was procured'and- Gardner- taken to the
PresidloHospltal.' :^: \u25a0\u25a0'";?; -"•>
TRAFFIC MANAGER CALLED
CHICAGO." Feb/44.-^. IJ. COrammer;
_vice i president of tthe'NewiYork Central
and I traffic! managerf of C that f, system's
lines |west fot l Buffalo, di ed here i today.
J3e \ had 5 been ' 111 r , for; i«nrexal^w*e]M,V^<^
WARSHIPS NEEDED
IN PACIFIC
Metcalf to Improve Sitna T
tion by Consolidating the
Two Small;- Squadrons
WEAKNESS APPARENT
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.— A dispatch from
Washington says that Secretary Met
calf will issue this [week a 1a 1 most, im
portant ; order designed to* Increase the
strategic effectiveness of the American
navy. 1 He will 'consolidate the so.uad
rons now on the Pacific Coast and in
Asiatic waters into one fleet under, the
supreme command of Rear Admiral
Willard H. \u25a0 Bronson. This fleet will
engage in comprehensive maneuvers,
the object of which will be the pro
tection of the Pacific Slope and other
Pacific dependencies in case of war.
V-IWis stated . authoritatively that
there is no connection whatever be
tween the reorganization of the navy
In the Pacific" Ocean and the contro
versy with Japan over the San Fran
cisco school question and the exclusion
of the Japanese . laborers from this
country. Indeed, the general board of
service, the president -of which is
Admiral Dewey, has been considering
for time the steps which should
be taken to make more effective the
ships now in the Pacific. v
It is apparent to any. one who has
examined the situation that, scattered
as are the; men-of-war today, it would
be an easy matter for them to be
beaten in detail. On the Pacific Coast
there is a squadron of four protected
cruisers, two of which are heavily
armored; two gunboats and five tor
pedo-boat destroyers. In Asiatic
waters there are four armored cruisers,
two monitors/five protected cruisers,
a number of gunboats, a division of five
torpedo-boat destroyers and four col
liers. \u25a0
these squadrons would, not
be, a match for any of the great pow
ers having possessions in the Pacific,
but they at least would prove a force
which would have to be looked after
by one even more formidable. They
would constitute a serious obstacle in
the execution of any plan of campaign
which might be determined upon.
Secretary Metcalf and the general
board do not propose, however, to per
mit the American fleet in the Pacific
to be weaker than that of a possible
enemy, and there is reason to believe
that before .many months have passed
two divisions of battleships, numbering
eight of the most modern vessels of
this type flying the stars and stripes,
will be stationed in the Pacific.
PRICES OF MEATS
MOVE UPWARD
The bugaboo of high prices assumed
larger proportions In the minds of San
Francisco housekeepers yesterday,
when fresh meat made a sudden ad
vance.
The high prices demanded of retail
butchers by wholesalers and the sus
picion of buyers, .wh,p are ever ready
to believe that; all gouging has not
ceased, make It difficult for wielders of
the meatax and saw- to appease their
customers and' to, come out even in their
dealings ; as"; middlemen between slaugh
terers arid consumers.
\u25a0 Although,' the" number; of. marketable
cattle, sheep 'and' hogs fin ? ;the /grazing
lands ; Is ; smaller. than k in : previous years,
the numerical decrease itself is not suf
ficient to '" cause I prices to "advance as
they have, but it' is the old story of
the railroads being unable to get stock
to market" or else being indifferent
about doing so.
Prices of beef and pork are unusually
high, while mutton^ls selling at higher
figures than for the last fifteen years.
When the retailers of the town started
out to replenish their depleted stores
yesterday they were astonished and
pained to learn that the price of dressed
sheep had jumped overnight to the un
heard of price of 13 cents a pound for
whole carcasses and that the lowest
figure for which they could secure even
ordinary stock was 11 cents. The cost
of all kinds of meats has been com
paratively high for some time, because
pfv the unfavorable weather, which re
tarded the growth of feed /on the
ranges! But. according to large dealers,
the high prices ruling today are due
more to the lack of» transportation fa
cilities than to' anything else. Prices
as they stand represent an Increase of
about 25 per cent In the cost to consum
ers, and there is no Immediate pros
pect of their coming down. ...
THIRTY EXTOMBED
BY EXPLOSION
ELKINS, W. Va., Feb. 4.— The third
mine explosion in WestVlrglnia with
in two weeks occurred today , at the
Davis Coal and Coke Company's mine
No. 25, at Thomas, near here. Twenty
five or. thirty miners are said to have
been killed.' -
The disaster occurred shortly ; after
7 o'clock this morning. Late today the
first * rescuing party, entered the mine.
The bodies of ' six' foreigners and , one
'American were recovered at a distance
of 100 . feet from the shaft. Before
further progress could.be made a wave
of poisonous , fumes enveloped the, res
cuing party, which .was \ composed of
General Manager Ott, D. M.-Boyd. Su
perintendent Henry; Hlne. Daniel Josh,
Mine"|Boss' Arthur;- s;ewartl and John
Jenkins. , Before t the -rescuing , party
could , reach the surface Jones died of
suffocation. 1 . ,
;. Tonight efforts are being made to
enter" the mine again...
There is no -possible hope that the
men. 5 still -in the 'mine; are-; alive. The
number Jof entombed men is estimated
at thirty,; and it is probable .there are
more.' ". Just . a . few * minutes ; before the
explosion ' a : large party .of -< miners had
entered the : mine: by: way ,of :an-' un
used {opening, at • Coal ton: .When they
heard ; the ' ; muffled - f report : they rushed
back and. thus '\u25a0 saved their lives.
JEAVELRY THIEF RUN TO EARTH
/ BAKERSFIELD, Feb. : 4.— 1n51905 a
Jewelry, : store here "was >obbed? of |5000
worth^of^diamonds, arid this morning
in Los Angeles ; Sheriff Kelly of Kern
County 'arrested paVidDavls,"amanu
facturing Jeweler, who formerly worked
for? the firm, 7 for (the ". crime.- He had
been f under j surveillance 'and is- alleged
to have sold ? the diamonds 'to G. T.
Beslck of ' Los 'Angeles.';-
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MAY YIKLD
; BAKERSFIELD^Feb; 4.— lt Us 're
ported J that? the ; Southern "Pacific Com
pany iwill before .." make i some
concessions ; to ; the 'demands ?of the Or
der.;of i Railroad isTelegTaphersl ;If not;
the ywili; take a ' vote .: to
determln* * their,? t utur« "action (and I the
raljroadi company J.will be ; given j thirty
dayß>*in.which'to make- it« answer.
INTERSTATE BOARD
IS VINDICATED
Criticisms ' Made by Hanks
and Harriman Declared
to Be Utterly Groundless
PRESIDENT SATISFIED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-^-The Inter
state Commerce Commission, in a
report to the Senate today, declares
that Charles S. Hanks and George W.
Harriman had failed to substantiate
their charges of errors In the commis
sion's statistics. They failed to show.
says the report, that the freight and
passenger rates of the country could,
be reduced an average of 10 per cent
without reducing wages or dividends.
Harriman and Hanks investigated
the commission after several confer
ences with the President, in which
they assured him that they could revo
lutionize the work of the body. The
report states that Hanks and Harri
maa were afforded every facility in
thair investigation, and that they wer«|*
continued in that service until tfc^,
commission was convinced "that their
criticisms were without merit' and
that they had no suggestions to make
which had not already been antici
pated."
Accompanying the commission s re
port is, the report of Charles P. Neill.
Commissioner of Labor; James K. Gar
field, Commissioner of Corporations,
and Mr. Starck. a bank examiner, who
at the direction of the President made '
a thorough Investigation of the charges
preferred against the statistical de
partment. These declare that Hanks and
Harriman "were unable to present any
thing to the commission which success
fully attacked the integrity of the sta
tistical work of the commission or
vitiated its general results."
Also appended to the commission's
report Is a sharp letter from President
Roosevelt to Hanks, dated January 21
last, in which it is stated that his
charges are completely disproved. and\
the President adds that it would b*
simply folly for him to pay any further ,
heed to any of the allegations in regard
to the work of the Interstate Commerce
Commission made by Hanks and Har
riman.
The commission states that prior to
their employment Hanks and Harriman
spent some time at the commission's
offices for the purpose of examining the
original reports of the railroads on Ale.
This opportunity was accorded them.
It Is stated, at the request of the Presi
dent. , -
The special committee, in its report
to the President, analyzes the report '
in detail and declares each* charge .ir^fr
founded. VI
BURGLAR RAXSACKEO HOUSE.
THEN BEGS AT BACK DOOR
After Stealing: Ten Dollars. flouae-
breaker Enjoy* Meal Kindly
Prepared for Him
MARTINEZ, Feb. 4. — After ransack
ing the residence of Charles Van Do
len at Pinole and stealing $10 in cash,
the burglar calmly walked around to
the back door and begged a meal yes
terday. He finished the repast, thanked
his benefactors and took his departure-.
The theft was not noticed until an hour
later. Constable Collins was notified,
but no trace of the bold housebreaker
has been found.
FII*ES A BIG MORTGAGE
••To provide the capital for the manu
}factu'ring..' of lumber in Calaveras and
{ Tuolumne counties, a bondtf-j mortgage
for : $2,000,000 has been g/ven by the
Big Tree Improvement, Company to the
Central .Trust Company df California.
The document was filed yesterday. The
trusr company is simply a trustee and
the bonds will be sold in Europe. The
Big Tree Company has been in exist
ence for several months.
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