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7"/«e tipper /sfdure ihotvi Conztable Dcvoto zoning warrants yeilcrda}} at Sausalito. From left to 'right 'are ' Deputy
Conzicble Walter, Constable Devoto. Tnutee Pistolesi, Marshal Harmon and Deputy Constable' Miller.-' Below is~a: portrait
of Captain "Jaclf deary of the Morse patrol.
FRESH COMPLICATIONS,
IN THE POOLROOM WAR
Continued From Pace 1, Middle Col. 1
making of a false .arrest against De
voto. released him on his own recog
nizance and ordered him to appear at
4 o'clock today to plead. Devoto then
started on his way to San Rafael with
Pistolesi and Hannon. where they were
to have been arraigned before Justice
McGee, an arrest by the sheriff or con
stable coming under the jurisdiction of
ilcGee's court. Just at this time ran
alarm of flre was turned in, and.
Pistolesi's house being one of those
threatened. Devoto. Hannon and the
town trustee returned to fight the
flames.
Meanwhile the fight In and around
the poolrooms of Harvey and Daroux
\u25a0was being waged quietly but effectively
by Sheriff W. P. Taylor and District
Attorney Thomas B. Boyd. Assisted by
a squad of 12 Morse patrolmen, sworn
in as deputy constables under the lead
ership of Captain "Jack" Cleary, the
leaders of the antipoolroom fight pa
trolled in and out of the gambling
places and warned frequenters from en
tering and depositing bets. This method
proved moderately successful, only
about one-tenth of tn"e usual number of
bets being made on the day's eastern
races.
DAROUX BECOMES WARLIKE
Only once during the day did the pro
ceedings approach violence. Soon after
the first race at Latonia had been post
ed on the boards in Daroux's place a
number of bettors who had left the
room attempted to re-enter and were
blocked by three or four of the men
under Captain Cleary.
"Come in," shouted Daroux from his
box office on the inside.
"Stay out," _ called District Attorney
Boyd, who was standing nearV
One or two of the bolder patrons of
the house attempted to brush past the
officers and one of them was ejected
by Deputy S. M. Miller. Daroux rushed
to the doorway and angrily thrust
Miller outside. Daroux's followers
crowded around him, Miller quietly re
entered and further trouble was avert
ed by an apology from Daroux.
The arrest of 17 men who were seen
by the sheriffs forces to place bets was
not attended by especial* Incident, all
IT .quietly submitting to be led to the
Justice's court, where they were re
leased on $10 cash bail each.
EXD IS NOT I>~ SIGHT
No cessation of hostilities appeared
to be in sight tonight when tße con
tending forces withdrew, each promis
ing to renew the fight with the open
ing of the poolrooms tomorrow.
"We have taken up the fight," said
District Attorney Boyd, "and we intend
to fight It out. So far all developments
have been In our favor. The decent
element of Sausalito wants the pool
rooms driven put and as they are oper
ated In direct violation- of the law we
will run them out. Xo action on,, the
part of the town trustee who has so
Interested himself in this affair or on
the part of any of his satellites will
Interfere with us In the least. The
poolrooms must go."
On the other hand, the poolroom ad
vocates are equally firm. They accuse
the district attorney and his men of
acting with selfish motives and say
that they will have recourse to civil
law. Pistolesi said tonight that he
would cause the arrest of the men on
the sheriff's force should they attempt
to make arrests tomorrow. They would,
he said, be charged with -exceeding
their authority.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE BY
FLOODS IN MONTANA
Three Men Lose Their Lives
While Trying to Save
Property
LIVINGSTON. Mont, Jurfe 27.— A
heavy cloudburst In the vicinity of La
vina in' the Mussel Shell country has
destroyed thousands of dollars' .worth
or property. Three employes.;; of /.the
BiJ lings and Northern .construction
camp are reported to have lost their
lives while trying to save some of the
company's property. The flood was one
of the worst in the history of that sec
tion.* "
Near Lavina the Mussel Shell river
ran co high that nearly every, house in
that valley was flooded.
Spend your fourth o' July at Del
Monte — golf, automobiling and sea
bathing. Round trip railway rate. $4. •
DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR HERE— MIsg
Grace Wood, principal and trainer of 'teachers
of the kindergarten - dppartmf-nt of the state
Dormal school at Trenton^ N. # J.. Ja spcadlnj a
portion of her vacation at the home of her
brother In law. United States Commissioner Hea
cock. In Berkeley .
GRAVE DIGGERS ACCUSED
OF ELECTING DUTIES
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
VALLEJO, June 27.— Health Officers
Fred T. Bond and C. E. Turner dis
covered this morning: that the grave
diggers for the potters' field in the
Carquinez cemetery have been merely
burying the rude boxes a foot or two
under the surface of the ground in
stead of complying with the laws and
digging the holes six feet in depth.
The health officials visited the ceme
tery in response to numerous com
plaints about the stench issuing from
the cemetery.
The officials will order the grave
diggers to exhume three bodies and
give them decent burial.
FRANCIS MURPHY DYI3TG
LOS ANGELES. June 27.— A1l hope
for the recovery of Francis Murphy, the
aged temperance advocate, now lying
critically ill at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Wayland Trask. has virtually been
abandoned. Several of his sons, among
them Lieutenant Governor Robert Mur
phy of Pennsylvania and Thomas E
Murphy of Overbrook. Pa., are on their
way to his beside. *
I The Fire Ihsuraiiqe Ccwripanies Are Scared 8
I Frightened by the recentrVan Ness Aye. fire, they are reducing their risks on this street and have canceled $50,000 of our policies. We have no other means i
lof protecting our immense stock, therefore we will place $50,000 worth of merchandiseat your mercy v to be sold AT COST AND EVEN LESS. We would rather do 1
1 this than allow it. to remain unprotected. y \u0084• |
I This is your opportunity. Prices are slashed to pieces '-b'n everything. The list below will show you how deeply we have cut. * |
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THE VAN. FRANGISCQ . OAIiL, y FRIDAY, \; JUNE .28, 1907.
CALJFORXIANS IX PARIS
PARIS, June .27.— George D. Hilde
brand and Mrs. F. M. Hildebrand^of
Oakland, and Master Randall Duhlop
Mrs. O. T. Johnson, MiloF. Johnson,
Mrs. Norbert Valla ancf Mr. and Mrs." A.
H. Dunlop of Los Angeles registered "at
The Call-Herald bureau today. : " > }'
MULLALLY DECLARES
TRAFFIC IS INCREASING
Says ; That {tfie ."United Roads
" Carried 175,000 Per- :
1 -sons-Yesterday ' .•\u25a0 -
DECEPTION ALLEGED
Cornelius; Asserts Company
.Gives ! lts"Meh Union
,\u25a0.-\u25a0\u25a0-".\u25a0 \u25a0'.. .Badges;. : .
"Today sh6w,^'d'-a;big. increase in the
number -of-people;. riding t on . our .cars,"
said \u0084Th'brnwell^Mu*llally (of tne': United
Railroads-laat^ifr/it' "WewHl improve
our servlceVsouth of Market street and
across town' s»3j rapidly as the demand
fori it is sho wn.*-^ About . 175,000. persons
patronized our lines today. We operated
260 cars.',' rf'-f.-.i^j'i-^!^.,: w:-;:-- V
While. the. United Railroads is not yet
ready to v'the-' owl cars, if will
continue operations Yon : ; all ' lines '-'\u25a0 at
night : until th« ; last:ferry.. boat- arrives
from the r Qakland« side, -at 1:1 a. a. .m.
Cross to\yn Hxavel.phoweveV, has not
been extended; 'and. the* only line run
ning after r dark'-is>the:Fillmore. I-
' A teamster .Was -arrested ' at ! : Market
street, and- iGrantf avenue yesterday for
using abusive; language to passengers
on a car.v?" <ff^ fi^v"*-.- \u25a0\u25a0•;\u25a0;.\u25a0\u25a0:'? \ ::: '"^ \u25a0_
President Rfchar'd.Cornellus made the
following statement. last' evening:*'-* '\u25a0'\u25a0 •;
• The case. of one of;onr rnember»'who was!ar
rested for taklnjr* a picket badfre from one of
the strike .breakers, came up in Judge Shortall'a
court, and after due ; deliberation it was decided
by- the court - that the strike i breakers had . no
right to -wear .-.badges .'of the : same desljm as
are worn by oue^ pickets. 'The- case "was dis
missed. -In .answer- to a question of the Jndjre
as to why he was wearing a picket's hadpre.the
strike breaker said ; that he - belonged to Patrick
Cslhoun's union.'.' \u25a0••-• :\. \
• Some days ago Mr. L Mullally,' Assistant ' to the
president of the United Railroads, said that' 100
men. - members of too carmen's union, bad . re
turned to 'work 'for- the company. Mr. Mullally
must hare been misinformed, and In all prob
ability willfully .misinformed.} as he has been so
many times in the past. .There are officials of
the United Railroads surrounding Mr. Mullally
whose duty It Is to keep him correctly informed
on all affairs affecting the company. These same
officials are so bitterly antagonistic to organized
labor that they \u25a0 make. • all manner of statements
prejudicial to \u25a0both 1 ; the company and its old
employes, and we presume that In order to make
the public believe : that 100 : men hare ' returned
to work picket badges, similar to those worn
by our members . were ; distributed among the
strike breakers. Those. tactics deceive no one.
We are Improving the bus system and the Joint
campaign committee Is making every effort to se
cure . ample transportation facilities . for our
friends, who will not ride on the ' unfair carg of
the United -Railroads or . the unfair cars of the
California street company. - • : . .
CARMEN IN JAIL
Eight of the >; Indicted Men to .; Be
. ; Arraigned Today
Eight of the "nine men indicted' by
the grand jury for alleged participation
In offenses; growing out- of- the car
strike were taken .before 'Judge Lawlor
yesterday, having been arrested on
bench warrants. Jhe prisoners ",were
Rudolph Schmidt, J. V. Mi tzen,'* George
Peterson,* J.-C.-Kyle and J. Murray Mc-
Donald:^ accused of conspiring to beat
a 'car crew'; at, the Chutes. last Satur
day night, v and :Charles Langle, ' Barney
Olsen and , Johh^ William Hayes, ac
cused ofjassaultsv with deadly weapons
in . throwing r.brlcks "at -passengers on
the. streetcars. "J. H. Burns, indicted
for conspiracy with Mltzen, Schmidt.
Peterson;' Kyle and>McDonald, was not
present. i - " - '
Judge Lawlor, assigned , the cases, to
department i "l 2 'of' the superior * court,
over <whl<ln: Judge Carroll, Cook pre
sides,, and •.prderedJthe,; defendants .to
appear In jthat' department ~tWs\ morn-
''\u25a0\u25a0 Scene during the burning of the' : home of : A. A- Wat^ins on the hill in
Sausalito' yesterday r - afternoon. . Thieves ransadred the house" before it »a» de
\u25a0-stroyed by the flames. "~ v
GRADING FOR WESTERN
PACIFIC IS COMPLETED
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
:-RENO,. June 27.— A gap of only- 100
miles lies- between the' end of the West
ern Pacific lines out of Sajt Lake city
and Elko. Nev. The rails are being
rapidly placed, and the fact that the
grading for the remainder of the route'
is completed ' makes it certain that
within a few days the Western Pacific
railroad : will have reached the Nevada
town. ; •.\u25a0•\u25a0'., i \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'.:\u25a0 \u25a0 ' : .. t
The work is being rushed vigorously,
more than 2,soo' men being employed
on the track laying. Labor conditions
have improved recently, which has also
had its effect on the westward trend
of the new road.
/Although the gap to Elko will soon
be' covered and'many miles of steel laid
in Nevada, the road will not be 'able to
open for traffic for a few months at
least. \u25a0 \u25a0 .- \u25a0 •..;
ing. No one appeared with bonds or
bail money, and the prisoners were re
manded to the custody of the sheriff,
who -took> them to jail, in the : black
.wagon with the barred windows.
TEAMSTER GIBBS FIXED
David Gibbs, a \ teamster, was fined
$10 by Police Judge Shortall yesterday
for. having obstructed a streetcar in
San. Jose; avenue. .A charge of bat
tery T against him for having, struck
policeman Eckstrom was dismissed. - ;
EATS BISCUIT, LIKES IT
AND MARRIES COOK
SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
REXb, Nev., June 27.— Little dreamed
Miss Margaret Babcock of Fresno 'when
In jest she wrote her name and address
on a biscuit sent along with thousands
of others from the raisin city to bring
relief to the sufferers after the San
Francisco fire that the roan who ate
that welcome crust would one day claim
her for his bride. But from an ac
quaintance gained in thanking the
donor of the biscuit- Sam E. Evans,
editor of the Tribune at Fresno, met,
wooed and won her, the announcement
of j the \u25a0 wedding haviner . reached his
many friends In Reno today.
Evans \u25a0was doing newspaper work in
San Francisco after the earthquake,
and as a share' of his lunch from the
relief wagon one afternoon he received
the chosen biscuit. He jokingly wrote
to v thank the -pretty cook, and an an
swer came back. Evans went to Fres
no and met Miss Babcock, and discus
sions on domestic science led to a deep
er friendship and an engagement.
SAN" JOSE WIXS HO.VOR
NEW YORK, June' 27.— The Ametf- i
can seed trade association closed 1 a'
two days' convention with a banquet
tonight at the Hotel Astor. Among the
speakers; was Charles P. Bresnan of
San Jose, Cal. The next convention will
be held jn.San Jose. Cal.
WIRELESS NOTE BRINGS
MEN TO FIGHT FLAMES
Warship Sailors and Fire
Tug Employes Work to
Save - Houses .
TWO HOMES BURNED
Residences of'W. L. Beatie
and A. A. Watkins
Are Destroyed
SAUSALITO, June 37. — Fire' broke out
In the home of W. L. Beatie on the
hill back of Water street about 1
o'clock this ' afternoon. The Games
spread quickly to the home of A. A.
Watkins of the San Francisco board
of trade. Before the fire department
arrived both houses were completely
destroyed. The loss Is estimated at
SI O,OOO. While the flames were raglnjr
in the Beatie house thieves ransacked
the Watkins home, stealing several
valuable wedding . presents belonging
to Mrs. Wolf. Watkins' daughter.
The flre is believed to have been
caused by the explosion of a coal oil
tank under the stove in the Beatie real
dence. Mrs. Beatie. her father in law
and her 2 year old son were In the dfn
fng room when the flames started. They
made an attempt to rescue soma of
their belongings, but the flre spread
too rapidly and consequently nearly
every article In the house was de
stroyed.
Before the Bremen responded Wat
kins' home was In flames and though a
valiant effort to save It was made the
house burned odwn.
Several other homes In the vicinity
were saved by the bucket brigade from
the cruiser Buffalo anchored in . the
stream and from the flre tugs Governor
Markham and Governor Irwln. which
were dispatched i quickly from San
Francisco as the result of a. wireless
message sent from the. Sausalito sta
tion by Miss Nellie Bryant, niece of
Lieutenant Bryant, navigating officer of
the Buffalo.
FIVE HUNDRED CHINESE
CREMATED IN THEATER
VICTORIA. B. C, June 27.— A hor
rible holocaust Is reported in mall ad
vices from Hongkong, where 500 Chi
nese of the audience of a Chinese the
ater and 10 of the actors were burne-1
to death when the theater was
destroyed by flre. The flames spread
rapidly and the building collapsed,
blocking the entrance with burning
debris.
The flre Is said to have resulted from
the Igniting of explosives concealed
under the floor of the theater, the flra
following the explosion.
" Buy your flre works for out of town
use from California Flre Works Com
pany, same old place, 219 Front st. •
TORXADO SWEEPS TOWN
TOPEKA. Kans.. uune 27. — Word has
been received here that Ulysses, Kans..
400 miles southwest . of Topeka. was
-struck " by ' a tornado and accompanied
by a heavy .'.hall storm late last night-
Two of the largest dwelling houses
In the city, together with two large
barns, were destroyed. The . three
daughters of A. S. Miller were injured,
one of them seriously.
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