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News From All Sections of the Four Bay Counties
COTTON MILLS BIT
CRIPPLED BY FLAMES
Two Departments Gutted in
Plant of California
Company
WOMAN LOSES LIFE
Overcome by Smoke and Un
able to Make Her Way
to the Exits
OAKLAND, June 17. — Two depart
ments of the California cotton mills
ivere virtually destroyed and a third
"badly damaged this afternoon by a
fire which broke out in the Jute store
room of the plant and which Is sup
posed to have been caused by friction
In the machinery. The progress of the
flames through the Jute storeroom and
Jute preparing departments was very
rapid, and before they were extin
guished they had spread to the jute
spinning department, where a number
of valuable machines were badly dam
aged. Lack of water In the city mains
hampered the firemen in their work,
and had it not been for the fact that
the mills are provided with a salt water
reservoir, the loss would have been
far heavier.
The body of Mrs. Jokana Viera, 65
years old, was found tonight In the
basement of the mill by Chief Engin
eer Ball of the fire department while
he was examining the debris. The
woman was a breaker, feeder in the
mills. Evidently she had been over
come and was unable to flght her way
through the dense smoke. The fire
spread so rapidly among the Jute piles
that she was hemmed In. Mr*. Viera
lived with her husband, Joseph Viera,
at 1712 Atlantic street.
The first alarm of fire was given
shortly after 4 o'clock, when smoke
was seen pouring from the basement
of the Jute storeroom. "Within a few
minutes of the time the flames broke
out those who 'were attempting to
check them were driven from the build
ing. The fire raged unchecked after
this, and when the first fire engine
reached the mills the Jute storeroom
and the preparing department were
burning briskly. Under the direction
of Acting Superintendent James Ruth
erford, a suction hose was droped Into
the 300.000 gallon salt water reservoir
of the mill, and within a few minutes
two streams of water were pouring
on the flames.
Superintendent Rutherford and Sec-,
retary J. T. Miller, who directed the
work of the employes of the mill in
their fight with the flames, said after
the fire had been extinguished that it
would be impossible to correctly esti
mate the loss to the plant until an in
spection of the machinery in the part
of the mill through which the fire had
swept had been made and the - extent
of the damage to the machines deter
mined. It is believed, however, that
the loss will amount to between $15,000
and $20,000.
JUDGE HARRIS HELPS
AND CUPID TRIUMPHS
OAKLAND, June 17. — Cupid over
came the law's delay In & hurry today.
Ac noon Clyde S. Lewis, ag-ed 21, and
Edna May Johns, aged 17 years, were
refused a marriage license because of
the latter's tender years. Before the
clerk's office closed at 5 o'clock Lewis
proudly walked off with license and
f.ancee on a hunt for a minister, in the
hours that Intervened the appointment
of a guardian had been accomplished
and consent given.
Mrs. H. J. Hamilton of 634 Forty
seventh street, as next of kin to Miss
Johns, asked the court to name her
brother, J. A. Padgitt, as guardian.
Judge Harris kindly expedited matters.
DRUIDS CONVENE IN
FORTY-THIRD SESSION
Grand Grove and Grand Circle Meet
in Los Angeles With Heavy
Attendance
LOS ANGELES, June 17.— The grand
grove of California of the United An
cient Order of Druids assembled in
forty-third annual session today at Tur
ner hall. About 800 delegates were
present at the opening session and that
of the woman's auxiliary, the grand
circle.
According to the annual report of Noj
ble Grand Arch H. Pozzi the order in
this state now has a membership of
11.714. a total of 1.026 new members
having been enrolled during the past
year.
The sessions will continue three days.
Officers will be elected. Wednesday. - W.
J. Anderson and Daniel Glovanini of
San Francisco and Fred Ch&rbonnler of
Los Angeles are leading candidates for
grand marshal.
TO ARRESE WTXES GROWERS
PARIS, June 17. — The erovernpent
has decided to arrest and prosecute all
the leaders of the wine grower*' re
volt. Instructions* -were telegraphed
this morning to the local authorities
at Argelliers to arrest Mafcelin Albert,
the leader of the movement, but Al
bert, anticipating the government's ac
tion, concealed himself.
the name Gt^kfC^&lt
| the guarantee of the fgnj&Sm
i French Government ggJLfc£&gg>|
te for absolute purity. j^^^^^
Natural Alkaline j
o Water
Used at mrals prevents
DYSPEPSIA end cures L g,Ji,4[l*H,
\ GOUT and INDIGESTION
Ask your Physician • , ;
Redmond G. Staats Is
Attorney for Town %
of Berkeley
HEDMOND C. STAATS. WHO HA3 BEEN
KLECTED TOWN ATTORNEY BT THE
BERKELEY TRUSTEES.
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BERKELEY, June i 7. — Redmond C.
Staats was elected town attorney by the
board of town trustees tonight to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Harry H. Johnson, who was killed In
an automobile accident in England.
Staats was chosen unanimously. There
was no other candidate.
Staats was a town trustee formerly,
active In clean politics and had served
as a deputy district attorney and as
sistant town attorney. He will assume
the position at once.
FIRE WARDEN'S APPOINTED
SACRAMENTO. June 17.— 0n the re
quest of United States Forest Supervisor
R. H. Charlton, Assistant State For
ester Smith appointed today the fol
lowing flre wardens for southern Cali
fornia: W. H. Babbitt, Los Angeles;
Fred Graham, Pasadena; J. B. Ree«l,
Pasadena; J. B. Seaman, Azusa; J. 11.
Myer, Fredalba; M. F. Moza, Mentone;
C. L. Bidgood, San Bernardino; T.
Sloan, Glendora; F. C. Culver and C. E.
Chantrig, Sierra Madre.
ASSESSOR DALTON SUED
BY BONDING COMPANY
OAKLAND, June- 17. — County As
sessor Henry P. Dalton was made de
fendant in a suit filed today by the
United States fidelity and guaranty
company for 1448.50, with interest, al
leged to be due as premiums on varl- ;
ous bonds executed by the company at
Dal ton's request- Four separate causes
of action were .specified in the com
plaint. . The .first was for the \ filing
of a bond of $20,000. in July, ,1904, as
security to the county for the proper
conduct of the assessor's office. For
this a yearly. premium of $75 was said
to have been agreed upon. The com
pany alleged this had not been paid
in three years and the total in ar
rears on this score was given as $225.
The second case was for arrearages
on a bond of J 8,9 05. 30. filed when Dal
ton appealed for a stay of execution
from the decision of the superior court
of this county, ordering him to refund
to the county $4,477.65, which he had
appropriated as commissions In the
collection of personal taxes. For al
leged unpaid premiums on this bond
the company asked for $80.
The third and fourth causes of ac
tions were for bonds filed in December,
1904, when Dalton appealed from the
decision of the superior court. The
company asked for $53.50 on one of
these and $90 on the other.
Dalton .said today that he had never
been. notified that premiums were "due
and the filing of the suit he regarded
as entirely unnecessary. He said that
he would pay the claims which he con
sidered just. He expects to settle up
within a few days.
CALIFORNIA*."* IS NEW YORK
NEW YORK. June 17.— The . follow
ing Californians are registered at the
New York hotels: San Francisco— Dr.
Davis, at the Grand Union; H. E.
Decker, at the Hotel Woodstock: I. P.
French and wife,, at the Murray Hill;
T. W. G. Lyons, at the Westminster;
Mrs. M. L. Ma thews, at the- Everett; A.
O'Brien and wife, at the Astor house;
E, Powers, at he Astor house; M.' Scoen,
at the Belvidere house; Mrs. N. Thars-
Irig, at the St. Denis; C. S. Van Meter,
at the Park Avenue hotel; Miss Baver,
at the Maryborough; Miss F. Degen, at
the Hotel Empire; F. Freudenthal and
wife, at the Marlborough;'A. L. O'Brien
•and - wife, at the Astor house; W.
Ruddy, at the Marlborough.
Santa Barbara — Mrs.' Bristol, at the
Park Avenue. V
San Angelo— R. B, .Wade, at the Park
Avenue. .
Stockton— E. C. Wagner, at the Hotel
Breslin; A. F. Phillips, at the Broad
way Central: C. Meade and wife, at the
Everett house.
' 'Oakland— P. M. Maher, at the Astor
house; Miss M. E. Sullivan, at the' Em
pire; O. C. Kuerzel. at' the St Denis; G.
W. Richards, at the. Hotel Breslin.
Pasadena — S. M. Constantlne. at the
Belvidere: house; F. P. Severn, at the
Prince George hotel.
Los Angeles— Mrs.- M.W. Tanley, at
the Broadway, Central: 'A. M. Benham,
at the Cadillac; Miss I. Cambridge, at
the Grand Union; J. Connolly and Mrs.
E. : Connolly, at the Broadway Central;
A. T. Crossley, at the Park Avenue;
Miss V. Flower, at /the Hotel Martin
ique; R. W. • Gallagher and wife, ; at
the" Prince George; -P. Klein, at -the
Broadway Central: E. M. Selby.at the
Herald Square; A. P. Torn, at the Ever
ett house; "XT.- E. Williams and wife, at
the Churchill.
WEDS PETALUMA BELLE ':
t PETALUMA. June 17.— The wedding
'Of ; Miss Thora-Molle^iand. D. ; J.. Jami
son took place Sunday in- this city.
After the . wedding-, ceremony- ! a; recep
tion followed, at which about' 7s rela
tives and friends. were bidden." Mr. and
Mrs. Jamison will reside In, San Fran
cisco. . The .bride Is a member' of /a
well to do family" of this city. ;%| .-,
SEEKS REPORT OX WIXSLOW
. WASHINGTON, June 17.— Secretary of
the :". Treasury Cortelyou ':' \u25a0. todayi tele
graphed the collector of customs at San
Diego . for a full 'written ; report regard -
ing. the case of Captain Winslow of the'
cruiser Charleston, involving. the' bring-;
ing into i thls'country . of ' wines.Ycurios/
etc., which he claimed '; were nbt : ; sub
ject to duty. . **>*^*slil
THE SA^: FRANCISCO GALt^ JTTNE 18, 1907.
BOYS CONFESS THAT
THEY SACKED CHURCH
Rifle Collection Baskets and
Then Smash Keys '.'' .
of Piano
ADMIT OTHER THEFTS
Trio of Young Vandals Are
Arrested While Trying
to Force Doors
OAKLAND,' June 17.— Confessing that
they broke into the Frultvala Congre
tional church; stole from the collection
baskets, damaged . a piano by,.*wrench
ing off the^lvory. keys and breaking the
hammers, 1 and also admitting, two . other
burglaries,, -two very ..small 'boys,
Charles Fries, 10 years old," living ; at
1562 Third -street, and Peter Joseph, 1 11
years 01d,;0fi1537 Fifth street, are*be
ing detained in, 'the Juvenile -.depart
ment of the receiving hospital' awaiting
the action, of .the superior court. With
them i Is ; George Silva, 13 ., years gld, of
156S Fifth .who admits taking
part in ."one of , the, burglaries but de
nies haying/ entered the., church. $ In
this he is corroborated by Fries and
Joseph. . . / »'\u25a0 <j .
Young Fries and ' Joseph said they en
tered: the church about | ten days ago
through a back window. They -.took
the money from the baskets, but can
give no reason for \ damaging the pi
ano. The pair confessed- to having
later gone into Goelich's meat shop in
High street, where they secured noth
ing except a few pencils. Ther/were
accompanied' by - Bllva when they en
tered the office of Frederickson's coal
yard In Fruitvale. Here they broke
open the till but found no money. .
The boya were arrested Sunday aft
ernoon by Constable "William Allen,
who saw them trying locked store
doors and/Inspecting windows at the
rear andy'sides. . Allen watched them
until he was convinced they were bent
on mischief, when he took them into
custody and locked them up in the
Fruitvale jail over night. /Today he
brought them to the county jail, where
they confessed.
The piano which they are said to
have ruined was the gift of Mrs. Henry
"Wetherbee of Fruitvale to the church.
The boys will appear In the criminal
department of the, superior court with
in a few days and will probably be as
signed to the care of the probation
officer.
SUPERVISOR MITCHELL
IN A FIGHTING MOOD
OAKLAND, June 17.— "You're a fal
sifier and no gentleman, and you can't
appear . before : this board," shouted
Chairman John Mltche.ll" into the ears.
of Attorney Dudley Kinsell at the meet-f
Ing of ; the v supervisors /this mofnlngl"
Th^; lawyer T appeared to .oppose jan ap
plication of W. W. Hopkins for a saloon
license Jon \ the old : county ! road/ near
Mills college.
Barely was that scene over when J:
F. Morse, a. heavy property owner in
the district, incurred the supervisorial
wrath by announcing that his portest
would not amount jto much in view of
the. board's preconceived decision to
grant the license. " " ' *
"What's that?'! roared Chairman
Mitchell; "preconceived decision?"
"That's what I said," declared Morse.
"You withdraw that remark or you
can't talk here," proclaimed Mitchell.
Resigned to the situation Morse with
drew'the words, saying, "Discretion -is
the better part of valor.','
Whether preconceived or not, Hop
kins was granted his license to open a
saloon and road house.
Attorney Kinsell began approaching
deep water when he challenged the
truth of C. F. Weitz' statements ' \u25a0•; in
connection with Hopkins' application.
Both Welts. and* C. -W. Carew had
signed the application and then:with
drew their names. Welts went before
the board today and testified that he
was ready now to stand for. the license.
Kinsell, appearing for the' protestants,
questioned the truth of Weitz' declara- .
tion. that he had not been approached
by any one In Hopkins' Interest. .v I
"The man's sworn statement ought to
be sufficient,", interrupted' Chairman
Mitchell. . : . ' \u25a0. ;:
The statement is not true," repeated
Kinsell. . \u25a0', \u25a0•-;\u25a0'-,
"YOu have no right to say such a
thing," said Mitchell. . : •
. "Oh, well, . if , you have decided to
grant this license - — — " ,
"You're a falsifier and no gentleman.
You have questioned the . integrity of
this board. If you do not keep quiet I
will call the sheriff to remove \u25a0 you,"
indignantly interrupted Chairman
Mitchell as he ordered a recess. *
EIGHTEEN INJURED IN "
WRECK IN COLORADO
Three Will Probably Die of Injuries
Sustained in Smashup on r •' * '
;\u25a0"•;; ':)'] the Santa Fe /
TRINIDAD. Colo., June. 17.--Elghteen
passengers were Injured, three fatally,
In : a wreck today of eastbound pas-,
senger train No. 8 on the Santa Fe near
Earl, 20 miles east, of -here. Th« fa
tally Injured were Mrs. W.'.W. "Nichol's,
Fort Smith. Ark.; hurt; inwardlyJand
hip broken; F. M. " Jones, \ Pueblo, In
jured about hips, head land I back; \u25a0 P.
Royva, Trinidad, injured' about! head
and body. \u25a0 • ; : c :;
• Fifteen others Were cut and. bruised,
but ;not seriously.- : The j: wreck , was
caused eitherby a" defective brakebeam
or spreading ? rails. ; - '\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 The baggage 'cat;
smoker, chair car,' two tourists and one
standard ; Pullman^ left \u25a0' the frails. ; The
Smoker and, baggage > cars . were de
molished 1 and' the 'others badly dam
aged. . . -\u25a0: ..-.{;;\u25a0-.\u25a0: % •'\u25a0{.;'.:', \u25a0-.;. .-. \u25a0';
WINE BILL TAX ON SUGAR
REDUCED • BY-DEPUTIES
High Rate Suggested by the French
.:.": - Government ils * ; : Reduced
ft • by a Third ?• -<
PARIS, June 17,-^The government was
defeated In thechamberof deputles!to
day) on /, the 2 sugar ,! clause '" of >. th* ; win* !
bill, : which was .designed ' x - to "prevent
fraud. .; Finance Minister Calllaux In
sisted y on -a i supplementary,; tax } of '\u25a0\u25a0, 65
f rancs^ per/lOO^kilos j on f sugar i used' In
the f manufacture of ' certain.. wines,, ;but ;
the chamber: rejected the proposition by j
33 Up 3 56 J yotes/i whereupon"; the; session",
was suspended. , ' * ;--../ .
..Later ;Caillauxi"airinbuncedl,that the
government * had f decided -• to : renew v the
supplementary tax : of ;40 'francs* per' 100
kilos.: Thislwas adopted'by,l34i:toi2ls
votes, '\u25a0\u25a0 and *\u25a0 the government's jj position
waa'thus saved. ''\u25a0\u25a0"s-";-v:"^;iv''/''>'" s -";-v:"^;iv'' / ''>'- \u25a0",-' ."!'"\u25a0'
Miss Mullan Becomes
Senator Lukens'
Bride Today
MISS EMMA. V. MCLLAN AND STATE SEN
ATOII O. R. LUKENS. WHO WILL BE MAR
HIED IN WASHINGTON THIS EVENING.
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OAKLAND, June 17.— The marriage
of State Senator George Russell Lukens
of this city and Miss Emma V. Mullan
will : be quietly Solemnized tomorrow
evening at the residence of the bride's
father, ; Captain Mullan, at 1310 Con
necticut avenue,- Washington, D. C. Be
cause of the recent death of Miss Mul
lan's'cousin,;J.!jHenley Smith, the de
tails of- the* wedding are as simple as
possible. - There will be no bridal at
tendants. '. :': ' Carlton .Wall . \u25a0of Alameda
and J." Courtnayj Ford will support Lu
kens. -Dr." Francis Musser and Mrs.
Musser (Lukens', sister) have .gone oa
to; Washington Mo , be present at the
ceremony. After the wedding journey
Lukens will bring his bride to Oakland,
'where.they will reside... : .
; Miss Mullan. Is "one f 1 of the ; popular
women in, the exclusive : circles .of
Washington's: smart set. - 'She has a
charming;. personality, is: clever and
has proved' to be an excellent business
woman as well,' having had charge of
her,- father's Interests. It ; was while
settling up; her father's business on
the coast that Miss Mullan and Lukens
met' and the romance which brings her
to California permanently had its be
ginning. 'Miss Mullan has been a fre
quent guest- in San Francisco, where
there are many to extend ,to her a
warm •welcome. On " the occasion .'of
her last visit she was the guest of
Mrs. Eleanor Martin. Lukens Is a
graduate of the University of Califor
nia. He Is prominent in club circles
and well known In the legal pTOfess|on
of : the' state. * Heis the son. of Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Lukens of this city.:
WARRANT FOR ARREST
OF EMPLOYMENT AGENT
The labor commissioner is determined
to put a stop, | u, possible, to the num
erous complaints from -men. seeking
work" who- allege that' they have been,
tricked out of their: money ; by employ
ment/agents. Deputy Labor .Commis
sioner F. C. Jones appeared j before Po
lice -Judge - Cabaniss , yesterday \u25a0: with
Charles - McHugh, of .- 12. Beaver street,
who swore to a" complaint charging J.
Costigan, employment J agent, at 4 Fell
street, with; Illegally.. knd;;vvjllfully ob
taining money from him on Juno 8 for.
securing a • position,-* and ; not -only not
doing ', so, .but refusing to return the
money. . , \u25a0 .. " .
"It is a crying, injustice," said Jones,
'•'the way. these m4n'^ar§/treated*by. em
ployment agents,;, and w^'want^to^know
Just how we stand under. the act passed
in 1903 , and ameflcled^in 1905: after a de-^
clcion of. the supreme co'urtii which" de-^
clared that two sectibnalbf | thej^original
act were unconstitutional. "'• We**want to
know If the other; sections of the' act
are constitutional. We :jwant" to know
if w* have* the right, as we claim we
have, to' inspect; \u25a0 the books of these
agents and compel- them^td? flir'in the
blanks that" we sendsthem,"griving f ull
particulars regarding the" men for
whom they nave obtained work."
AUTOMOBILES BURKED
' BOSTON -Mass., June--' l7.i-A flre,
which ', for - a'! time "» threatened . Boston's
automobile district, ; consumed between
35. and .40 automobiles and .caused a loss
estimated" at $100,000 this morning. V The
blazers* believed; toijhave"started from
spontaneous combustion V and was : In
the garage of the Back Bay 'automobile
company, ;;where *", more ' than; 60 ,•'' ma
chines were -stored.?]. The 'firemen -were
handicapped rr by!: frequent
but : managed to confine*- the fire to the
building in which it started. .
SILVER SERVICE PRESENTED
>;l PHILADELPHIA^June 1 17.— A "mag
nificent Silver: service;; the .gift of .the
state; of \u25a0 Kansas. : was; presented to! the
battleship Kansas at the League Island
navy n yard *i today. f;;The'p Presentation
speech* was! made .by Governor.; Hoch;
and? the \ceremohy," which.-" was,' held
upoa I the ?main\decki of ?thel battleship,
.was witnessed', by ..\u25a0 a* number i oor.prominentf r.promi
nent : residents "? of -r Kansas V and : naval
officers.:/ :*.'. '-.\u25a0 ;
AUSTRIAUr , SOLONS MEET
, , y, VIENNA, -June ' 17.— The first ; Aus
trian-r parliament \u25a0• elected ?on J the basis
of : equal < universal [suffrage ; was fopened
today. vThousands Toff people, gathered
about ;the £\ parliament P-.bulldlng J ']\u25a0 to
watch?, the (arrival 'of Ithe i deputies, twhp
,worei flowers symbolizing their "parties
and nationality ~. w
COAL DEALER HAS NO
MERCY FOR PRISONER
County Doesn't Pay Him
and the Jail. Goes With
out Fuel
ROHAN WANTS CASH
Depletion of General Fund
.; teave ;?His Claims
OAKLAND," . June" 17.— Because the
general' fund is depleted and the super
visors can>-;raise no.! money- to supply
the ... deficiency, " J. Rohan, . a fuel dealer
at "Fifth" and "Washington 'streets, has
refused'' to fllF an \u25a0 order ; for a ton of
coal for the (county jaiL -
' "Why should- I give thosa fellows
over there any more coal?" said Roha.i
today. "They "haven't any money and
"they owe- me 4 3b0 for coal supplied
this year.' ; • This Is T business with .me
and if the county can't pay It can't
have coal. The supervisors have "no
money to" pay "for coal tor the jail,
though ; they,say r there is more than a
million dollars "of other county funds
in the banks. '
''Nobody!' knows when. I can' get my
money." There must be something radi
cally wrong' when the" county govern
ment 'can't pay bills 'of that kind,
though-: it "Tseems to have plenty of
money for 7 everything else." :
Bills aggregating $50,080, payable out
of the general fund, have been held up
recently.vamong them being the bill
of the Pacific ' construction • company
for the wrecking of ; the-' old jail and
the .building \ of J. the temporary quar
ters, j ; It. was announced recently from
the -supervisors': office that these bills
could not. be .paid until the delinquent
taxes of the year were collected. Theses
amount tcf> about $50,000, but the collec
1 tlon - of "them is frequently a battle r.f
several years' time. •
NATIVE SONS PREPARE
FOR ADMISSION DA'S
Committee Plans Wcrk of Arranging
Celebration That Will Be
Held at San Jose
The joint • committee of "the Native
Sons of the Golden West, which has in
charge the celebration of Admission
day, has met and elected the following
officers: William D. Hobro Jr., Cali
fornia parlor No. 1, ! chairman; A. I*
Eisner, Army and Navy parlor No. 207,
vice chairman; Roland M. Roche, Pa
cific parlor No. 10, secretary; Eugene
E. Fisher, Presidio parlor No. 194, treas
urer. . _ '
'\u25a0The committee will assume control of
all the: preparations for the state cele
bration in San Jose on September 3.
After appointing press and transporta
tion committees adjournment was taken
until Saturday night, June 29.
CHANCE FOR LIMITING
ARMAMENT HAS PASSED
THE HAGUE, June 17. — The last
chance for any v government coming
forward to openly propose the question
of limitation of armaments disappeared
with the knowledge that the govern
ment of the United States considered
that the initiative belonged to Europe
arid not to America. ...
M. X Nelidoft's depressing j utterances
at the opening of tho conference, cou
pled, with the unfortunate dissolution
of the duma at the very moment the
conference had assembled, has .pro
duced many expressions of regret that
President Roosevelt yielded the initi
ative of the second conference to Em
peror Nicholas. .
A correspondent has heard dozens of
delegates^speak of the influence which
would have been produced had the key
note been sounded by. a country, in
spired by tendencies. \ As
matters now stand neither England
nor any of her continental friends are
ready to move, lest the mere sugges
tion of debating the question of the
limitation of armaments . Inject a spirit
of, discord •which would endanger the
useful work .achievable. .
M. Nllogoff, as president of the peace
conference, received ; . a -committee rep
resenting the international conference
of ;. women, composed of Mrs. /Ogilvle
Gordon of .Scotland, Frau Stitt of Berlin
and Mme. ; Chaponniere" of Switzerland,
who . presented an address written by
Lady Aberdeen expressing the sym
pathy of < 5,000,000 .women of 20 coun
tries In the movement to .relieve, the
world of the '.burdens and horrors' of
war.'v' ;,, •'\u25a0 ' ..".',. \u25a0- .\u25a0 . • -* '
Uhe, delegates to the council held a
meeting "tonight at Scheviningen at
which" addresses -were made by- Mrs.
Henry; Willard of Boston and Baroness
Sumner. The proposition to compro
mise » the differences between Great
Brltaln,£and- ; America.»and the conti
nentar-ppwers on the .'subject of im
munity *; of private property on the sea
Is"; beingi: canvassed.'-: V
FORME^ GOVERNOR WELLS' *
- ::i WIFE CRITICALLY INJURED
May _Die as of an Automobile
:v: v \u25a0 Accident m, Salt Lake
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SALT LAKE CITY. . June 17.— 1t :Is
feared -tonight, that ..Mrs. Wells, wife
of i former \ Governor^ Heber -' M. .Wells,
will die, as -the result of an automobile
accident this morning. A car operated
by ; former District: \u25a0\u0084 Attorney* V Joseph
Richards vbecame i .uncontrollable £ and
ran.i into one__of ithe columns at the
Eagle^gate and was wrecked. Rich
ards =and ; his -wife suffered- but'sllght
in juries/; ; One of Mrs. \u25a0 Wells' legs was
fractured,: >but" her condition was' not
considered "dangerous- until: this; even-
Ing. The shock and the Internal con
cussion-make the patient's case a grave
one. .Wells was not with the party.
ORDERS 1 INSURANCE DIVIDEN]
\u25a0CHICAGO, June 17.— -A dividend of 60
per cent .- to^ the » holders ; of claims
against .'. % the t - Traders' :? Insurance 'com
pany i was 'ordered: today ~;.by . ?"f Judge
Honore ' of- the circuit court/ The com
pany.falled after the San Francisco fire
and ; vhis is the "-, first , payment'; to its
creditors. •
. FENCE OWNER ARRESTED — Gentile Nizza
renu,. a ; shoemaker, > liTlng ia ' a shack : in ' Van
Ne»s . arenue » between ; Lombard 1 and ~. Chestaut
streets, *. was arrested . by » I* tectlres : Ryan and
ODea -- and v. Policeman Livingston • yesterday f ; on
three £ ckarpes . of , receiTlng ;\u25a0\u25a0 stolen ; goods. The
police ' say : that ; the : prisoner bas ; purchased more
than 40 bicycles from boy thJerpp. : \u25a0» .---.,:
JAPANESE TOIEB \u25a0 TWO i SHOTS— S. Araki
a Japanese,- living at 513 Hayes street, obtained
a s warrant t from ; Police "-" Judge Shortalli yester
day S for J the ; ; arrest .\u25a0 of ; ". M ichlza 'Zamam o to ' on ; a
charge ';: of k assault -r.to -i murder. ' TAraki ; declared
that Zamamoto fired: two shots at him yustorday
mornlns. ' f
Miss Weniger to Wed
Stanley Chisholm
on Wednesday
MISS VIOLET WENIGEK OP VALLEJO. WHO
WILL, MARRY STANLEY CHISHOLM OF
BENICXA ON WEDNESDAY.
VALLEJO, June 17.— The wedding of
Miss Violet "Weniger, daughter of
County Treasurer • and Tax Collector
George Weniger, to Stanley Chisholm
of Benlcla, which is to be solemnized
Wednesday evening at the Church of
the Ascension of this city, will be one
of the prominent events of the society
season of Solano county-
Miss Weniger is a girl of more than
ordinary beauty and is talented - and
vivacious. She will be attended by
Miss Grace Derby of Vacavllle as maid
of honor. Miss Emma Delninger of Ala
meda. Miss Ethel Louden of Vallejo,
Miss Sophia Ulsteen of Vallejo j and
Miss Carolyn McCauley of Benlcla as
bridesmaids, and Miss Aileen Sanborn
of Benicia and Miss Irma Weniger of
Vallejo as flower girls.
The groom will be attended by Ru-'
dolph Miller of Vallejo as best man,
and Kullman Sal of Benicia, Parker
Frizelle of Suisun and Charles Tiebel
and Thomas Vice Jr. of \ Vallejo as
ushers.
Following the ceremony the bride
and groom will leave for Benlcla by
automobile and from there will leave
by train for the Yosemlte valley, where
their honeymoon, will be spent.
Miss Weniger is a graduate of the
Vallejo high, school and prominent so
cially in San Francisco and about the
bay, . where she has been extensively
entertained. Chisholm Is a member of
the hardware firm of Sanborn & Chis
holm of Benicia and is an accom
plished vocalist.
YOUNG WOMAN ENDS HER
LIFE WHILE DESPONDENT
\ After writing a note saying that she
was despondent through illness and
her inability to obtain employment.
Belle Anderson, a young woman who
was apparently a stranger In San Fran
cisco, drank carbolic acid in her room
at 3248 Mission street Sunday night and
lay down on her bed to die. Her body
was found about 9 o'clock yesterday
morning by her landlady, Mrs. Belle
Haryt. and was removed to the morgue,
where It will be kept pending the re
sult of a search for relatives.
According to Mrs. Haryt, the young
woman engaged a room at her house
three weeks ago, saying that she was
looking for work but had met with
poor success. A week ago she became
ill and not until Sunday was she able
to leave her room. The note which was
found pinned to her body read: "I wish
no inquest .to be held, as It is a clear
case of suicide. I am sick and out of
work, so will end It all this way."
No mention of the young woman's
family was made In the note and the
only clew supplied by her effects was
found on a package in a suitcase. It
was addressed, "Mr. Edward 'Me ,
Give to H. C. express company." On
another side of the package was
scribbled an address, 714 Ocean View. !
EASTERN PRESS FRIENDLY
TOWARD GOLDEN STATE
Leading Georgia Newspaper Is the
Latest to Publish a Good
Word for California
The California Promotion committee
has proved beyond doubt that the east
ern . press will print, the good news
about California and San Francisco as
readily as the bad If It be given, the
opportunity. The most recent evidence
of the good will of the eastern press
is seen in a quarter of a column article
In .the Atlanta, Ga., ' Evening Journal,
which fully describes the recently pub
lished ' topographical- map of Cali
fornia that waa issued by .the com
mittee. 1 The. paper in question tells all
about the. map and advises its readers
to send for it, giving. Its price and the
headquarters of the committee. ';.
This is butone of many instances of
the friendliness toward California that
is' being" shown by the outside press,
and bringing about of the change Is due
to .the . persistence of the committee,
which keeps constantly telling the east
of the good things In the west. "
ABSENT WITNESS -TAKES /
SUDDEN TRIP. TO MEXICO
The Thomas Sullivan recently, ar
rested in Los Angeles is not the man
wanted as a witness in behalf of John
Byrne, who seeks a new trial , on the
charge -of having : murdered - former
Policeman George O'Connell in a sa
loon holdup at Sixth arid Brannan
streets. - Deputy Sheriff James Ryan
reported yesterday morning .: that h«
had' gone to Los Angeles last Thurs
day, found the wrong Thomas ", Sullivan
mi; jail : and learned -that the right
Thomas Sullivan had fled to Mexico, hve
weeks ago. .. •# -----
-Byrne, who was, convicted by a jury
and is now awaiting a death' sentence,
hopes to prove by witnesses who did
not^testify atihls trial that he was in
another saloon at, the time of the hold
up i and i that soon ) after .the shooting < a
man-; named Thomas Hogan came run
ning into this, saloon- with a. bullet
sticking tin; his chin. Byrnes said that
Thomas /Sullivan was present and led
Hogahiout of i the saloon. '•- William"Ru
dolph, : another witness . wanted ' by
Byrne, : also; Is* out J of? town, but made
an i affidavit Sln'Los .Angeles Ithat has
already '\u25a0 been filed. Hogan ''has- tes
tified .under oath that the story- told by
Byrne <is. false. \u25a0•:'--' \u25a0 \u25a0'.
SAYS HE GOT BRIBE TO
"PROTECT" POKER GAME
Policeman Miller Amasses
Evidence and Then
Conducts Raid
SEVEN ARRESTS MADE
Cigar Man Is Charged With
Offering $20 a "Month
for Imunity
BERKELEY. June 17. — Gold coin. It
is formally charged, was offered to
Policeman "Wilbur Miller on June «
by Fred \u25a0 Michelson. proprietor of a
cigrw store and bowling alley at 1725
Alcatraz avenue, to Induce him to
grant protection fotf a poker game In
Michelson's resort- Miller took $5
tendered him by Michelson. and the lat
ter then \u25a0 proposed to pay (30 a month
to the police If his poker game was
left undisturbed.
Miller turned the gold over to Chief
Vollmer and last night, after getting
eveidence which' he considered good,
raided the poker game in Michelson's
place. The . following players, with
Michelson, were arrested and re
leased after depositing $10 for ball:
Ben F. Calhoun. Percy W. Dornflald.
George H. Graff. Fred P. Oellerlch. Wil
liam* A. Smith and Louis G. Hitter.
Miller watched the poker gam« last
night for a few minutes and then took
eight blue chips from Percy Dorn
fleld's stack, handing them later ta
Fred Michelson. who stood at the front
of the store. . -
"Cash these for me.** said the pollc«
man. Michelson demurred, but Miller
was Insistent, and Michelson finally
jgave - him $2 for the checks. Then
Miller made the arrests. In his report
to Chief Vollmer regarding the at
tempt to bribe him Mlller^aays:
. "On June 6 I went into Michelson's
place and he called me out and gave
me $5 to keep still. I took It, but told
him that he would get pulled, and hs
wanted to give me $20 a month to let
him run a game. I told him no. that I
-did not need the money, so he con
tinued the game and this was the first
time I got a good chance to get good
evidence."
CAPTAIN SWANSON'S WIFE
FAILS TO PROVE CRUELTY
Three master mariners denied under
oath In Judge Graham's court yesterday
that their old friend. Captain Martin
Swanson of the Jamea H. Bruce, 'was
inordinately fond" of his grog. This was
one of the allegations made by the cap
tain's wife, Nellie Swanson, In her suit
for divorce on the ground of cruelty.
The captain in reply had filed a cross
complaint charging his wife with ac
cepting the attention of his mate, Gus
Dahlberg.
When the evidence was all In Judge
Graham intimated that he would not
grant Mrs. Swanson's prayer. He said
that if both sides would agree to an
amendment of the captain's complaint
changing the charge from Infidelity to
cruelty he would give the captain an
Interlocutory decree. Mrs. Swanson's
attorney refused to consent, and Judge
Graham took the case under advise
ment.
This Is the suit that caused Captain
Swanson to pummel Mate Dahlbers a
few weeks ago In front of the door of
Judge Graham's courtroom. ,
TEACHERS WANT SALARIES
President Margaret Mahoney of the
teachers* federation has appealed to
District Attorney Langdon and to all of
the school directors individually to see
that the salaries of the evening school
teachers for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1907, are paid in full. Most of
the teachers have recefved their pay
and all that Is required to settle the
few unpaid claims, she states, is for tho
board of education to draw the war
rants against the fund set aside for the
purpose.
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.COLOMBIA'S PROGRESS
BOGOTA, Colombia. June 17.— -Th«
assembly, which has Just closed Its ses
sions, adopted some important laws,
chief of which were those which will
settle questions concerning th« boun
daries between Colombia and Brazil
and Ecuador. Under, the administra
tion of President Reyes, Colombia, has
made great progress. Civil wars h&vs
ended and foreign capital Is seeking
Investment in mines and railroads.
KEJfSLKY SUCCEEDS ORR '
NEW YORK. June 17. — Darwin P.
Kinsley, first vice president of the New
York life - insurance company, was
elected president of the company today
to succeed Alexander E. Orr. . Orr be
came the head of the company soon
after the legislative Insurance .Inves
tigation with the understanding that
a practical insurance man be named as
his successor at the earliest possible
opportunity. \u0084. S-, .
PRINTER FOR "WEATHER BXTREAIT
WASHINGTON, ;June 17.-^. .Ebsen
of San ; Francisco ' has been appointed
printer for the weather bureau service
in that city. . ;' ;• *-r-"
BOWHEAD CASE AHGTTED— Tbe colt of the
ybal*» «f th« crew tt O»« Bowttnd to recorer
11C5.000 damages for breach ©f contract vat
•rjraed yetterdaj b«for« Uai ted States DUtrlcc
Judge fie Ha reo.' F. E.. Wall appeared for t&a
wtialart and Harry W. Hattoa for the emplOT
er«. -•...
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