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BORAH ASKS THE COURT TO ORDER HIS ACQUITTAL Senator Declares He. Has Not ' Been Connected With Land Frauds EVIDENCE IS ALL IN " = •. - - Ruling on Motion of De fense Will Be Made This. Morning BOISE. Waho, Oct. I.— Federal Judge Edward TVhltson. presiding at the trial of United States Senator William E. Borah, -will decide at 10 o'clock tomor row morning \u25a0whether or not the. case shall be taken from the Jury and a verdict, of acquittal ordered by the court. At the conclusion of the gov ernment* ca.se today the defendant en tered a motion for acquittal on the ground that^no evidence tending to connect Senator Borah with a land f raud^ conspiracy had been adduced. The motion ' was argued at length by Special Prosecutors Rush and Burch and by James H. Hawley for the de fense. Senator Borah's counsel waived the opening argument on the motion and Hawley said he would not have spoken at all had It not seemed to him that the government's counsel had cither intentionally or unwittingly misinterpreted much of the testimony before the court. The Jury, was - not present during the argument. Rush. In opening the argument for the government, said that there had certainly bee;»* tangible evidence of a eoasplracy on the part of a few per sons at least, and In J&ls view Judge Whjteon -teal 4he coincided. The evi dence asraisnt. Senator Borah was cir cumstajatlaj.. Rush admitted, but tend ed tp"-show;that the. defendant acted in confc.ertywltb: \u25a0the other Alleged con spiratow -to. the. extent at least of re celving.ln his office the deeds resulting , from fraud and having these deeds re corded at hl» a request. This act of the defendant. Rush asserted, placed him •in the light of one who received stolen property and required an explanation. ABGUJIEXT OF BURCH Burch also urged that there *were enough suspicious circumstances to put the defendant upon" his answer;, and argued that an attorney had no 1 pfivi l^g-e above the ordinary citizen of the United States. The whole scheme of acquiring the lands, Burch said, reeked with fraud, which the, defendant, as an attorney, must have had knowledge of. Whether the government had persented a strong' case, he concluded, \u25a0was not th; question, but the court should in • iuiix- .only If there were, facts tending to establish a theory of possible guilt. UiiivJoy, replying', charged opposing <-nune ; el u'iOi an entire inisapprehen s;o:i *>f the law. Me, said they were ;>.-.>•< iUing* on the theory that' a de fi ndant '= lniist prove -himself innocent tather!,^ tfijin* "that tlie grovernment >;>uL!ld' pri>v*> him guilty. Every act of s< .ujiior Borah's to which the evidence . ;lJ ::!ljd»a was s':own to be open and iiwiv'' 'bi'.ird and in pursuance of hon esty of piirP«*e. Every -t^V taken by U.i Jc*c.:»jli"t Ava-s the proper action of .'.: i attor.' ; oy. prctecUrjg the interc.~t of k.'m <.]i(.<:i \and vras susceptible of no atiKrrtnterjjrctatlon. Hawiey claimed Uiat tv«- <?vWcnce of the government's «>\v:i : iV;im sscs \\&s to the effect 'that 'V.-.Aii-r a2v.-j.ys announced .tijat i.- v, —z actlos as attorney and that hi* »:v.-ir *\u25a0 \.-ii3_ to protect his ciients, the llj.rbe*- company,,' f rora ' procur ing cU^irns tainted with fraud. TAKE.V I'.VDER ADVISE.MEXT 3 JM the conclusion of the argument Judge Whitson announced that he p.-ould take the matter .under advfse ment and render his decision tomorrow. = W'uen the testimony as to the re cording of. SO < deeds at the request of •Senator- Borah was in today. Judge Whitson announced his decision as to iht? witness. L. G. Chapman, manager "of " the Barber. lumber com pany, who refused yesterday, to produce «erta4n record^ on the ground that they might tend to incriminate him. Judge Whitson said: There i» » t*ndeocj nowaday* to wipe oat <-<m«tltotkiß»l gxitTuateet. but It Is a movement i hare no trmpathj with. It may be that tfie '\u25a0onefltntlon 1« wronjr »nd that a criminal should be to testify against himself, but so locs as the conctttntioo i* what It is I Intend to uphold It. The contention of the witness is COURT ADMITS CONFESSIONS . OF HOLLETT AND RODGERS Saij Francisco Youths on Trial for •Camp Meeker Robbery Lose o - . First Skirmish Special by -Leased Wire to The Call ' SANTA ROSA, Oct. I.— The trial of Verno,n Hollett and Rotfwell P. Rodgers ?of San Francisco, charged" with hav ing c «robbed the North "Shore depot >at Camp Meeker July 14, was begun »today before Judge Emmet Seawell. It was *• largely attended by relatives ahd friends of the youngsters trom Pan Francisco and the scene resembled a society function more than a crim inal trial. °"o" o D«tectlv« Powers of £he Northwest- ! era Pacifio swore that he had not promised the boys Immunity" prior to the confession which they signed and I delivered to him. The boys in turn f u-ore that he had agreed ] that If all of the Jl«s stolen were returned they would not be prosecuted. Hollett al-" legred that Powers had written the statement and he had signed It. without 'reading \u25a0 it. Rodgers said the state ment was read to him before he signed it- After considerable argument the eonrt admitted the statements and they were read to the Jury. In these the boys, admitted that . they, had robbed {he depot, come to Santa . Rosa and i gone from here to Petaluma. TWO MURDER TRIALS /'AUBURN, Oct. 1. — Two criminal cases will be tried oef ore Judge Prewett next week.j The first on Tuesday will be thai of Harry, Harrington, a negro, charged with the murder of his els ter, whom he Is said 10 have ehot» for. re fusing him money. He then turned the* gun on Blanche Woods, , a white \u25a0woman, butidid not klllher. She will be the prosecution's principal witness. The other case will be also for.mur der, and Gus Morris will be tried for killing a fellow-Greek at Rcseville for callirig' him names., '-'i FI.VD ?20 GOLD ORB PETALUMA'. Oct. L— W. W. and C. J. Williams.", who. with three others .have been prospecting on thelr.father's ranch in the Pine mountain district, have.'dis covered ore which essays $20 in sold to the ton at the surface. A lease" has been taken .on . the . property , for 2B years and this! winter, a tunnel; will be - r»j» Into thejedge and all development work necessary f. to determine \u25a0 the 4 full extent of the discovery will be made. RAI.\STORJi'AT,AUBURX AUBURX. Oct. I.— Auburn was«visit ed by a heavy "downpour of * rain to night, the flrst of ' the season. It", is Quite cold, however/ and It is'predicted that the storm will '.amount -to' little. The country Is badly in need of A. good wettinsr. , ,J/^' .•.*-.\u25a0'\u25a0' THOUSANDS TO JOIN IN SEARCH FOR STUDENT Jordan Will Organize Men • of Stanford and Scour. ; , ' Hills for Silent ; FATHER IN DESPAIR San Francisco Police Will Be Asked to Take Up the Hunt Here STAFFORD UNTVERSITY, Oct. 1.-r "Weary and disheartened, the throngs of detectives, students,* fraternity men and citizens who set out this morning to renew the search for Chester D. Silent returned this evening to report to Judge Silent/, the 'boy's- father, who; is here directing the hunt,* that they, could not find the law student, who has been missirg from the campus ' for ' nearly two weeks. Every clew was run down. The entire countryside was thoroughly beaten, without • result, and "tomorrow the numbers of the searchers ; will be augmented to fully 1,000 by Sllent's fel low classmen and volunteers from the student body, who will be organized by President Jordan at - the . next * chapel exercises. The police of San Francisco' probably -will be asked to take up the search in the city at the same time. .:.-.. W. T. Reid, head. master. of Belmont preparatory school, gave his students & half-holiday this v af ternoon \ so : they might join in the'effort to find young Silent, who was one of the most promi nent members, of the colony of recent alumni, who .. are here taking .post graduate courses. These boys aided the Pinkerton men in .their hunt over the hills and through the valleys. , At the end of every clew, however, .there was disappointment, and the missing youth's aged parent, who has. borne up wonderfully well until now, is on the verge of despair. : The 'disappointment which rewarded the day,'s- vigorous search was made all the more severe because at the outset this morning there was every hope that the missing, law student would be located before nightfall. • Judge Silent set the force at his com mand at work upon two clews which promised . results. One of these de veloped the theory that the young man, afflicted by a temporary aberration from overstudy. had wandered into the hills. and was being sheltered at some ranch house until he could recover, suf ficiently to disclose, his Identity, x'he other gave ground for the belief that Silent- had gone to San Francisco and was in the hands of friends. E. T. Upham, a merchant of Palo Alto, gave Judge Silent the clew which led the searchers into the hills.- He said that while on a drive through the coun- I i try with, his wife Sunday he met a I young- man; on the road who was suf ; fering from an injured foot and who also seenfed to jbe mentally afflicted. : Upham Identified' a photograph of Ches- I I ter Silent as that of the' youth he and j | his wife s&vf on the road in the h. s. | ' Added strength was gfve,n the clew byi 1 the fact that just prior to his disap- \u25a0 I pearance from ».je, Delta Tau Delta ; j chapter house the, missing student fiad i \u25a0 complained that a foot had been in j jured. But the boys from Belmont and ; the detectives scoured every portion of I the nearby hill region '. without even ! finding: 'a' trace. ; -•• \u25a0 •. - Friends of young. Silent claim to have seen 'him on a Southern- Pacific" train. Every one in San Francisco who knew the young student was communicated with today. Nothing resulted from. this. Nevertheless the "search probably will j be transferred to the city, as it is be- I lieved that the youth avoided friends lifter his arrival and- remains secluded j among persons who do not know him. ! The%theory that harm has befallen | him or' that he was the victim 1 of some accident or sudden illness still is scout ed by Judge Silent and fraternity friends of the missing: student. Judge Silent says he will" continue, the search for years if that be neces sary to find his son or learn something definite concerning him. It was the ; intention to place the hundreds of stu dent volunteers at the disposal of the stricken father today, but he was so confident of finding hi^ boy; that he^de clined. Tonight- he accepted the offer 1 of Dr. Jordan and tomorrow morning ati chapel the searchers . drawn from the campus will be organized and sent Into the field. They will continue the search until it is fully ascertained that he is not In this vicinity. 1 «"; t BRANCH ROAD TO : BE BUILT FROM BENICI A TO VALLEJO Will Skirt North Shore of Carquinez Straits and Aid in Devel oping Large District : Special by Leased Wire to Thie Call VALLEJO, Oct. 1-— lt Is announced in Suisun that the recent purchases of land In this section by the Southern Pacific company has .been- for. the pur pose"; of building a seven mile ibranchi line from the Harrlman ! track at | Beni da to Vallejo. This road will skirt the north shore of Carquinez straits and will place a great body of land in easy communication . with deep : water arfd rail facilities and will have much to do with the -improvement of a stretch that is at present virtually idle because of lack of rail facilities. > 1 - The present line between' Suisun and Vallejo passes- over a steep grade be tween ' Napa Junction and • Cordelia. " It Is claimed that a tide water level route Is desired for the Humboldt section lumber' shipments that will be routed east by this way. •: ,: TENTH BOMB f EXPLOSION WRECKS WITNESS* SALOON Mysterious Detonations Follow In- vestigation of Grand j Jury Into Pool Selling i CHICAGO. Oct. I.— ln the: midst of the srand jury's : searching investi gation of pool selling/ In; Chicago; and the bomb mystery attached*; thereto last night ; another nitroglycrine ex plosion - occurred. ; The", targets for" this latest. No. ,10 of the I bomb series, \was the saloon .of .ex- Alderman "John, / A;* Rogers/West Madison and May streets? Rogers was'; one ". of I the witnesses " ap pearing "earlier, • In ; the ? day"^ before : the grand \u25a0 jury. ; which is expected Xo return wholesale \u25a0 gambling lndictmentip; The explosive:. was; placed; on the roof of the .building". ;•\u25a0•»' ..'.- TRAIXMEV ON STRIKE BEATTY. Nev.. ; Oct. , I.— Dissatisfled with ' their salaries.' the* trainmen em ployed on', the 'Las Vegas ; and ; Toniopalj railroad have : struck ! for .1 more: pay and tied Jup 'everything; on that i line with the ; exception < of .the mall ;, tfains/V.The railroadm en idemarid^thatithe^company payJthefSameiScalelaaHhatipaidJonfthe Bullfrog|and£Goldneld»rallfoad;; known as :. the t Tonopah \ scaled as f follows: I Con-* ductors 5170 ; a month., brakemen^l3o! a month.'? firemen 2 $ 4.60 : a day; and $ engi-' neers $6 a\looj miles. >' The .men striking for higher^ wages have^been receiving: thel^following:;^ConductorsC $115' i-a month,' brakemenl |Bs fa; month.*; firemen $2.85: for ,12; hours and engineers! s3.9o for 12 hours. \\ /:,*'. "7 the: s^ frSncisgo y{biii&r^ VICTIM OF DYNAMITER DIES OF HIS INJURIES Former Sheriff n] Brown of Baker jCity Succumbs ".y. to; His Wounds REVENGE MOTIVE Bomb Is Exploded WitK . Wire- in; Hands of ' Stranger BAKER CITY. Or.. Oct I.— Harvey K. Brown,. ex-sheriff of Baker county;; died this .afternoon' atj the ; hospital ati3:lo o'clock as the :result ; of- the ;i horrible' wounds he received i from the ' explosion of a' bomb at ' his front gate ; as -, he , en tered his home at 10:45 o'clock Monday night- ;'. \u25a0 : \u25a0\u25a0..'.\u25a0-. "\u25a0:-"/ '\u25a0.. .;' .'?/, < Brown was the ; man « who arrested, Steve Adams for alleged : crimes fejin Idaho and \ for the past < six ; months; has been engaged In detective work for, the state of Idaho, v He ;i was a witness against Steve, Adams and expressed his fear : of taking the.Vstand, \u25a0. for, ?: it r is all eged, ,he said \u25a0 he \'' knew. : he 'would never escape •alive^ if ; he; did. \u25a0; \ J . Browne made* a ± statement in; which he said' that on his way home" last night he met aMmah in, front of -a residence a block I from, his •' own home and •= spoke, but ; the ' man ' made no response.'^. He'de scrlbed / the ''nian *as -being s 5v f e?t .' 10 inches tall, weight 165 pounds,': wearing brown suit and* celluloid -collar and smooth _ shaven.' He said, that' he was conscious he had been ' 6hadowed " for three 'weeks.; ; }v : Brown had been . gloomy and -down cast for I several /days /and'" when ; asked concerning his troubles by a friend re plied: -> \u25a0 : \u25a0 y ; v :v' :- ,-'•\u25a0;\u25a0. :-. : -'v "\u25a0"l.am a doomed man. \u25a0_ Thosejpeople In Idaho will get* me yet." ,-'\u25a0 r 'He went on td say that ; he had no ticed: on several " occasions, that > he \ was being watched and followed every place he. went. 'No matter: what out of : the way; place he "went to:, there was r,al ways some one around ; keeping him under surveillance ; r and i watching. ; 'hiS actions very closely;: that -,;he "has '- an idea' of the l identity "of the"; people 'who tried to murder him is 'shown •by;. the only words he ' uttered before, he , be-" came unconscious ; last- night: I "They have laid for me and got me at last!" \u25a0 It is also said, that* Brown received an anonymous letter through the mail warning him :to leave the country, or his life would be taken., .\u25a0'. - ''_-" '' One of the neighbors of Brown said that last night, a short time before the explosion occurred, lie.; hoticed->a tall woman walking back and forth in.front of the Brown, residence."-. Although dressed in ' woman's; clothes ' the person j looked much like a man*.' . i-,'.i -,'. The bomb was made of dynamite and was placed just inside.the' gate on the south side, of the walk. .From T the r bomb a wire was run across the walk, ihen I up to the top^uf the picket. fence about | 23 feet, alonjr.;the . fence>to the corner [and .then about SO'oriOjfeet' west :to 1 ward the middle of the' road. :; CURDLED SOUR MILK AN ELIXIR OF LIFE 'Special by Cable, and Leased , Wire to The Call . BERLIN, „ Oct. 1 1— German medical circles .are' -'discussing:. Hh'e "investiga tions made by C Dr: Ludwig Reinhardt, the -noted ..Austrian of; the theory, that curdled sour. milk, prepared under 'certain conditions!' is .not 'only a sovereign cure -for digestive maladies. but a;veritablei elixir, of life; - .. Professor Hermann, Struss' of the University, of' Berlin 4 - and Professor Metchnikoff, the noted* French bacteri ologist, who attended \ the ; recent *"hy gienip congress here, are among those who. deem .the -subject 'of . ' Dr. Reinhardt: declares that the : use of milk which,, after jhaving: been ly heated to*a-certain_;temperature. . is allowed. to become thick : and, sour.iwill prolong life materially if ; taken regu larly. He the> fact that many Bulgarians who use 'this a food,- though dwelling - under the most - unsanitary conditions, live beyond 100 years." -" ODD FELLOWS OPEN STATE GRAND LODGE t ENCAMPMENT F. E. Pierce of Los Angeles Has* No Competitor for Office of Grand Patriarch rSANTA'l BARBARA, Oct..-1 . — The Odd Fellows' ..-...'encampment*'. was opened \u25a0 t6 day,with a; session; at' Potter^halir The gathering .was the .largest "ever' held in 'this .state.' The, meeting* was i pre sided ; over .by C. ; H. : Burden,^ grand patriarch. -Grand ; encampment ;' degrees were "conferred "onV .100 •"members at the meeting./ ; ; , . ;. ' 1 Nominations were madefor the elec r tlon of •' -pfflcers.;' Lack ' of :"c ompetitors shows that F.- B. Pierce, of ' Los 'An geles will," be grand * J.SF. T »Chap-' pell of : Vallejo, grand l high: priest; l f H. F. G. Wulff .'of , Sacramento.l grand L sen ior warden;. Barnes,' * grand scribe; C' E. Benedlct.zsecretaryilF.-E.' Week, M. P. Forbes",':- Eugene " Flanders, San Francisco.. to serve again as grand trustees. , ; ,. . . \u0084.-/•". :\u25a0\u25a0 A \u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0-.\u25a0?•\u25a0 \u25a0?% *>>:.\u25a0' -:M: M A" lively fight over; the office of junior warden is ; ;promised. :\u25a0,'; The nominees for; the . position -, are :.F. <:K. " C011y, % San Jose ; •F. LTTurpln," San '\u25a0 Francisco ; R. i S. Adam. ; Petaluma: : Dr. "i George f E^Dayi*,' San •; Franci sco ; • S.*; B. ii Force,'* Sari i Lean - dro,\ and M. i E.'-i Bo gar t i.of 5 The election of /officers takes; place tomorrow^ t^-- ' ;.:'\u25a0 ;;;•<;•', >. i '".:.^- \u25a0:\u25a0:;\u25a0- \u25a0 ; \u25a0 :: COMES FROM : NEW JERSEY TO WED AN^ OAKLAND'm AN Eastern Miss . Becomes the Bride of an Electrician; Employed at '\u25a0 ;>. Mare -Island Special by Leased °Wire to The Call STOCKTdN.rJOct: fi:^-Judge: 'A. , C: Parker , solemnized itodayj'the marriage" of ? Floyd ?^ Eugene^ Dunk)ee,»a President of >Oakland,'£andl ;. Miss Marion? Schlick' of I New.; r Jersey.' : ' Dunklcejcame ; to ,"Cali-' fornia* r'rqm) New. Jersey) several ; months' ago"? to en ter^the X*iP*Pj.9y^?ii"t,h ej; navy, department v as ; an .ielectri can ;|atl Mare' Island.:^ After-; establishirigTa^resldence lni Oakland j Ke[sent> f orchis 1 fiahooeTic - : The; f ew^who ;wlthessed|the"_wedding were"' quite 'if startled p. when y . the? 7 bride "publicly 'kissed .^ the r/tworofflcials': who had*formally/slgried the /marriage cer tificate* as 'witnesses.;' ;?r". '--• ;\u25a0\u25a0;. \u25a0•'-;.- \u25a0 WILLY t SUCCEEDS "DAVIS i SA(m/^EN^r|^t]pi!^.>W. Willy of * Bakersfleld-; was \ appointed , *fcommis sioner "\u25a0\u25a0 for 3 the)- rev lsi on and I reform H of the ; law] byj Governor! Gillett i'thi s \ rnorn^ ing. \ to * succeed . \u25a0 John ; P." Davis.] who ; has resigned.. '/\u25a0 *\u25a0']'-' \ \ :\u25a0';;}\u25a0 ;'/.\u25a0 'J.;"'-. '^•v'^.':'-"" FALL ; HEIRITO if FORTUNE ! PETALUMA;- Oct-il^Members 'of ' the fam 11 y fo f , Mrs.**3V * J. * Gray] h'avejreceiy ed .word Sof I theTrecelp ttof (ai large^ fortune through the, «i Sath; nt a' relative ! in ; En'g-' CHARGES FRAUD AGAINST STREET RAILROAD MEN State of New York, Sues to 'Dissoiye Company in Metropolis ACCOUNTS /ARE AWRY Alleged Overcharjge for Im ::.provements Upon the ; ' '\ - :-~-) System: \-.;"-\' \u25a0• NEW YORK, Oct.:l.—The'Metropoli tan] street* railway : company.was | placed In g the ; hands fof .;. receivers i today, upon motion ' of ' Its ; : own ';. attorneys '; that • ?it be" made a - party defendant >. to the ', re ceivership ordered ! recently,, against the New York. City railway J company.'; . The latter ; is lessee of the .lines of i the Met; ropolitan /company ..under^ a guarantee of the : lessee : to .-'\u25a0 pay l"i per - ceritf divif dehds :\u25a0 on \u25a0. the ' Metropolitan stocks." : \The Metropolitan did not ' earn - this * dividend and I the-'New »York City "railway I com pany;.; lost in .excess \u25a0 : ; of : J6.500.000 through , the * lease.' ' ; ;•. State Attorney. General \u25a0 Jackson^ be gan'actlon today calling^for the disso lution; of i the. New. .York City railway company/ and : for.; the appointment of, a receiver '/\u25a0 for , the S Metropolitan .'street railway, company. ;, The 'application was made \ before' the state '} supreme £ court; while - previous - actions had • been- taken\ before a : federal court; "', "Justice ? Ford ; granted ~-\ an ; order - for the" companies torshow^ cause : why ' the special actions • should '- not ; be granted, and \u25a0 also j granted anforder/ f or ; : officers of '; the "' company ' to show ' cause '"why they, should not render an accounting.' v' The^ attorney general alleges ', that the management" of Hhe \u25a0 ,twbv . companies have'either -wasted- about! $3,500,000; or have not accounted ifor" s4,39s,6Bl.*'. Thl« charge * was made ;i by. the ; attorney ; ; gen eral in* connection wi th ; an r entry on ' the i company's? books • fcV.'the^ , year v. ISO 2 ; amounting to $f,3.95,657 for. laying new j rails.,'' The .general charges ! that' this .; sum, ;'amountlng\ to •-! about $103,000 per mile,, is more "than $SO,OOO per # mile in ;excess,'of what would -be s a reasonable -and fair cost for such / Fu rther Z charges are 5, made by ;• the attorney, general. ;ampnglhera one that the" company "claimed^ that J $509,900 per mile* was exacted forf changing;. tracks on the Thirty-fourth street line. WESTERN APPEALS •' FROM SAN JO AQUIN; DECISION Backs Up Suijervisors Who Had Attempted to" ' Strike Out • Its Assessment • Special'b'}} Leased [ Wire to ': The Call r .; ; _STOCK,TOX,r. Oct. U.— The supreme court jiyili: be called upon to determine whether^or dot the embankments .and grades;-, of the Westernr.Pacific\in San Joaquiri i county ar^ assessable. 1 •.\u25a0''".-. Only recently- Coifnty. Assessor Moring- took exception- to -the action off: the Sah Joaq;:in / county "." board of super visors striking- - the Western Pacific assessment , from - . the rolls, "depriving the county; of "the" jtaxfon $33,000 j .worth of actual \u25a0improvements. l^* Mo ring 'corri pelled the' supervisors to^ appear in the superior -court and/show cause - why .the •assessment should ,not" stand. The court'held that the boardTof supervisors had exceeded "Its 'authority. "The' West? em \u25a0 Pad fie filed' notice~ J of, appeal * from that->decisiQh'J" todays '\u25a0; • ... ; It ;is \u25a0undefstoQd""liere that the as sessors of the 1 , several counties through" which the ; road runs 1 have "signified their ."'willingness to aid' in. prosecuting, the suit. . . ; . \u0084 ; ; . . y. M AIL ; CLERKS ITO * WORK ' C ? AT SCALES FOR MONTH Will Weigh v Air Clashes: of Matter During Thirty Day Test Re quired ; by / Congress " : \u25a0;•,' \u25a0{. NEW. 'YORK,, Oct. 1 A-At • one minute past midnight: this morning railroad mail, clerks; throughout the country 'be gan the weighing: of mails in; obedience to a ; general -order; of the postmaster geiierair;. Congress is ".responsible; for this. 'In the regular Vappropriatibnf bill for/the postal : service , approved I March 1 "the clause requiring -the weighing for 30 days ' was Inserted.'^ In; former years, in :order to arrive at an average," special .jve're' set aside; to der termine^the amount of; certain classes of mair. carried, over, certain- -roads,-. or,; ln certain postal sections of the'iUnited States.'- Theobject "of the SOdays' trial is .to give the department ; and -congress reliable statistics; to determine | the icost of :haridling?and 1 transporting- different, classesof; mall' matter. --; \u25a0. \u25a0 ATTEMPT TO WRECK CAR ON NAPA VALLEY RAILROAD Tie . Placed .' Across . Track : With Intention of Hurling.'*. Coach ,V /*\u25a0 From, Trestle, v' 1 - t Special by Leased Wire to Tfie Call ;4VALLEJO. ; Oct// V— -Manager :1 L.; J. Perry; of /-.the : Napa" Valley "f electric road is : preparing '' to * offer I a reward ) for [ the capture of 'the .fiendsTwlioJattempted Jto wreck) aj, heavily s laden ;south^- ; bound car.-. on .; that- line ;: last* evening. v A* big tiej.was ''placed^, across -the -track*' near the;_One \ Mile) house, 5 j us t * no rth*- of ! this city,* and " the \u25a0 watchfulness : of : Motorman Cornelius |.was| all % that i saved 'i the 1 car from»leaylhg ; Uhe^trackYandyplunging off Ia }. high !;_tre"stle*.to I. the : tules I below. ( The; car :,was r : stopped/; with/a' sudden ness that'; threw^the^passengefstlnto'a panic./- So? far" no""clew v has 'beent found: The fear held ; more' than^ 1 00 ;. passengers bound r. for/ San ; Franci sco from Napa yalley.-points.' •-\u25a0 '••'•\u25a0. 7.7^'. V :\u25a0' STRIKEIof' FIFTY LOGGERS ' TIES' UP/; A; LUMBER PLANT Brookings in . San Bernar- dino} County Refuses ". to ' ; Grant / \u25a0 : Hour Day," >X>, Special 'tiyi Leased Wire to The Call i\ x;SACRAI^NTO,COct.^Ii— The? : strike of^BO^lo'ggersTJand^ "millmen,7J\three fou"rth\pf jthel ; force,'- almost* completely tied ; up;! the jibiggest s lumbering s Industry! of /^ the L'county Ctoday/f;*iThe ;\u25a0 strikers walked rdowrilthejmoiintainltOithis^lty,' a'distanceiof' 3o i miles;* tonights ;?jt ft. :>'> v^Some^tlnTe,/ ago v the j^men ; asked, for 10 "i hours" a Vday il instead r of J ll;' r Brookings! companyrderiiedith*e;demand todayjandlthe'upper^jbggingicampand .the^milljbecamegidle. ' '" ' , :of^umbefJaTday.^tThe^managersfct.im \u25a0 theyJwilllb'e^able^toirunrit'Vto fuilpca-" \u25a0pacityj.luntil sithe F.vvinterJ^snowjJ l - shut 'down^the>;plant,l;;as : ;the; J lakevis' J^ill of logs!- ready i for.Hthe ": mill.- "- ' '- v ;" : BOOK BINDERS RESTRAINED jrViLOS? ANGELES,. Oct. I.— Local union bo6k^binders;(dldiinotjg6|out|:onfstrlke today^atff^pectedgand>E.^.T.-.!,Whlte7 business representativef' of^the^ allied printing^trades^ Is : authority.; forlthe statement|that|they ' Avill notf dofsofat present3'deßpttejthe|dictum?"of|thelln^' terhatlonalSuriion; . ~yv£ ; ;;iq^? : ..- begins vith January and ends i^ fc^! r % a , are inseason every day in every: U >\u25a0 a taste that improves the flavor - Jf ALLEGED FORGER CAUGHT AFTER LONG PURSUIT Attempts to Hide Himself in Mojave • jDesert Near Needles Special hy Leased Wire to The Call BAN> BERNARDINO. Oct. l.—M. H: Payne, a former prominent railroad construction contractor of Alva. Okla homa,-was~ brought : to ithe county jail today ,from ;an isolated mining : camp far -down the Colorado r river on the desert. *; The .have been on. i his trail for six*;months; as< the result"of an: indictment ' retuined by," the grand Jury .?. ln : Oklahoma > last spring ;on the charge. of , forgery.- ... \u0084 '£~L After .the -^alleged . crime Payne* start ed? for, "the], coast 'and sought - to\bury himself, on the; Mojave" desert.' J.He "first secured 'V'w'ork' with '; the» Santa * Fe' com pany:as ; boss of v construction : 'work, and;; finding the trail too -hot/ resigned and' went. to;an isolated 'district. \u25a0 :, f A' warrant ( was, placed in the hands of officials. -Payne went to the river town after supplies" and an officer 'captured " him ' at ; the point of : a gun. «lj§§jiS§ijll»S&g| STANDARD :; OIL OFFICIAL 'EXPLAINS TO GRAND JURY Chief Rate ; Clerk of Alton ' Railroad - j Summofted as ; Result of In- 1 ;N; N \quiry^ at Chicago CHICAGO. Oct. I.— James A. Moffatt. president , ; of \u25a0'. the Standard ", oil *: corhV panyj of twent before • the fed eral fgrand -jury today to .explain his public^, statement ithat f other :\u25a0 concerns besides Uhe" Standards oil company had beeni guilty ;of "rebating with^ the ' rrfil r6ads;:-^::' f.. J -:^v; ; \u25a0 : . . , A^subpena was < issued for ,F. S. Hol land,'. 1 chief >ate \u25a0""\u25a0 clerk f< of "the, .'Alton railroad. r It -is -declared : that* if'Hol land,,as agent; forlthe Alton;? gtvesTevi dence^inyolving^theralJroadierAlnally in tother s'cases Ithe| Standard '"oil ca.se) he'l will? obtain jimhiunity^far'h'im^ self, ..but not for "the; railroad, vr th"e! Alton having been ;grahteti: immunity, only^ln the case Jof the" Standard oil company. *.\u25a0" It iwasj rumored s that :. the ; summoning of Holland < was 'based i on) a statement by ? Moffatt "that agents and "officials of the V^Alton'" were : responsible', for. the rates' granted. SIXTEEN DIE IX LANDSLIDE ; ELf PASO. 5 Tex.,;Oct. , l.~Xewi reached here HonUrht^of^ another^ «Hde~- in ;' the Mexican Central ;,ballast*; quarries f near Victoria 'ln; which, man 2£ laborers ".'were burled Sixteen 'dead .'and '"\u25a0. eleven" fatally J have , . been ; . taken out. Its is I knowri' ; that' many} others are bur ied - under/ the' tons ? of," earth jan d rock with no hope 'of being'rescuedallve."^.^ OIL RIG DESTROYED tvBAKERSFIELD; Oct. 1 1-7-rTools. which did * not I fit -well - in* the : casing 1 sparked and, i Igniting 1 intone i iof^the wells on jthe^Black JackloiK company's lease,? started ?_a\ fierce? Bre ; In ~,the Kern" riyer/oilSfields vtbday.-i \$A~u derrick i rig aridJcbnsiderable'.oil 'were.; destroyed. -? ! :.iSi B yepartment >m " -//S^^ (^^.^C^^i</ : J^i/, " y '^ s ' rapidly making rafnaniejor Jtself.. - « I y^y-t \u25a0 ' Oiif --general -line/ of M Silver-plated /| : J \u25a0 "".I jv \u25a0ifii-'i Ware has always been • the' largest /<$ i 'I ii 1 l*i^^^f^i)^ivfi//ll^ v ''''-''^-- t '' : shown \u25a0' la* Sari^Francisco./ At* the" pres- : ••';.; Ul in^^l^Jv^^^'^^^^?^ ts °^ to ' l^ e fact that we have the Fsi j lurk rok*^^'^^^^^^ ' '-finest and ''.largest 'line of genuine i^^^M- ppirNG SILVER t :;. TABLENOVELTIES } - Mp^ l^*^^^ '•\u25a0 in thiscity; The assortment is care- ?1 i tSS'^S^^'"***- \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0? -\u25a0\u25a0'.' ful1 " selected: and^ offers many": suit-' W- Vw*j3«? able sugge'stions*fof gifts; as. weir as 'for; personal' use.' >j£ •-\u25a0" f Wrti&^ >"- > y v : Extend ; a ; Special InTitation .to Visit" This' Department, w -..'^ .^'\u25a0C^--;\-"^» ?'•'\u25a0> ";^' *'-'-":--~y£ : ?:'l'/'~^ ' \-'«j \u25a0"-: ' '' " '\u25a0\u25a0' " '~& ' I Nat Kah l)oKrniai\h (o I m\ /520/JSO VAIfNESS AVSiXJ,^ GRANGERS GATHER IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Delegates to State Body " 'Will Discuss Pure Food Laws SAN JOSE, Oct. I. — The California state^ grange met in -annual convention this morning in Eagle hall. .Many dele gates and -members of the local grange attended. / rSSSiiSIK?! W. V. Griffiths, of Geyersville, state president. , was in the; chair, and the following i other officers ; were present: Overseer, J?.. AY.i Filcher,"-Folsom; lec turer. F. W. Babb, Sam Jose; steward, E. C Shoemaker, Vlsalia: assistant stew ard.. N. >H. ' Root. ; Stockton; chaplain, Mrs. : "C. *'F. : Emery. Oakland;" treasurer. : Daniel Flint. '. Sacramento: secretary, I Emily L.-, Burn ham;; Healds-burg; gate ; keeper? :S.';S.:Gladncy., Rosoville; . Flora. Laura i>. Root. Stockton:" Pomona. Mrs. ! Lottie' V; .Mitchell.- Campbell: Ceres, Mrsf Eliza .J. \u25a0 Farrell. Mountain View; lady assistant;steward. Carrie- D. Han-' sen.. Mills: "^organist. Mrs. Bessie Me . Knight.' ; NTapa;^ ' \u25a0 ./The delegates present were the mas ters r of the' various lodges and their 'wives-* They.- were as follows: Araer ican.r River, No. ?172. F. W. Bush; Ben nett Valley." No. 16, Thomas Collins; Castoda, : No. - 522,- : »TV. 8.. Mathews; DavisVlllc. S.W. E."f Stewart; Dinuba. No. 342,, F.S.- Clifton: Elk Grove, No. 86, George ScTilymeyer; Eden.- No. 106, H. V.-Monsoh;, Enterprise. No. 129. A..F. Gunter;" Florin. No. 130, L. C. Stewart; Goyserville.VW; .V. \u25a0 Griffiths; Glen Ellen, -No.'- 299. N.S. Trowbrldge; Gold Hill. No. 326. H. C. Hansen; Lincoln. No. 318,' Mrs. -Rose L. Stevens; Magnolia, No. 216. ;• E. E. Higgins; '\u25a0 Manteca. • No.' 340, i Louis E.v Walter: 'Napa, No. 307. F. \ Pi? Robinson;^ Oakland, Mrs. C. . F. -Em j ery;' Orchard iCity,": No.- 333, A. C. Kees- Iling; Oresi, William Sieban; Petaluma. I No. 23.- A: S. ' Hall: ; Potter! Valley.. No. i 115,1 William -Eddie; No.* 308. G. H. \u25a0Brigham: Roseville, "No. 161. A. van Moran; Sacramento. No " 12, M. Hunt; San; Jose, No.; 10. E. ,T. Pettit; ; Santa Rosa. No."; 17,- Mrs. Martha Gamble; Sebastopbl, -No. 306, Horace : Weeks; Sunnyvale, -No. -331 iJ.; F. , Spaulding; Tulare.'No. 198, F. H. Stiles; Two Rocks, I No. 162. Mrs. : T. ; J. •"; King; Windsor. . No. 338, H. N/. N. \u25a0. Latimer ; Pomona Grange No.:r 2: delegates. .'Sacramento county. H. :C,-Maddox:, : Santa' Clara; county. No. 5. : E.\C. Abbott; Sonoma county. M. B. iMac.^-Vi.S'fV';':^ '.'.-^ \u0084-i v : !?i ßoutine. business was transacted dur ing r the r day. addresses '. being made by prominent- ranchers : from . various por tions' h of^ the^state.";- .This evening the local,' grange will tender, a reception to the'jstate: grand, officers/ A discussion of /pure^food law, as "applied toUhe sul phuring of fruit :1s 'scheduled for to morrow." .=' l . - \,:, \u25a0 SOPHOMOHES DEFEAT SENIORS ,: STANFORD; UNIVERSITY. OcL I.— The ; sophomore , Rugby v ' ; 15 : del eated * the seniors In 7 the; final '< intercla'ss game of thelseries * this, afternoon." 13 to ; s. The game f was': played 'on,; the turf v before a ; large i crowd .of ; enthusiastic "rooters of lairf'classes.". . The ' sophomores .'out played Itheirj opponents . ln* ; every phase of; tile -game,/ ". .'•: ; - -New. York "city is ; now; growing at the rate of about 415 persons'each day. HARRISBURG CAPITOL CONSPIRACY' PROBED , -. - • \u25a0' . HARRISBURG. Pa.. Oct. 1. — Ten; of the 14 -men involved in the capttol prosecutions have been indicted by;the Dauphin county grand jury on charges of ,' conspiracy. These men are mentioned In six true bills found out of the 32 cases laid be fore the grand jury yesterday. Three of these indictments were re turned last evening and three more today.- ±-our cases may be considered separately. Spasms St. Vitus r Dancer Many persons who suf- f erbd untold agonies from epilepsy, fits, spasms, and St. Vitus* Dance are to* day well. The strengths ening influence of Dr. i Miles' Nervine upon the \ shattered nerves having t restored them to perfect health. "I endured agony that wonls caa» - not express from St. Vitus* *daae4. - which followed a very severe spell of rheumatism. I doctored with a phy- * slcian: but the more I took of his med- icine the worse I pot. My mother's d*- ; votion saved me. After sne had becozna almost heart-broke a . as well as phys- ically exhausted, from constant- car%* - \u25a0 by the advice of a" neighbor she proaur- ed a bottle of Dr. Miles* Nervine. Froas the : first dos* to the \u25a0 last a continual change for ..the - better was <\u25a0 noticable. and when I had taken eleven bottles I was well, and In robust health." . • ET>WARX> D. REAM. North Manchester. Indiana. "Our little boy Harry, had •pasta* .for three years, and although we doe- . tored with many i physicians,- he " con- tinued to srow worse until he had taa spasms In one week. --About that tlma our attention was caKed to Dr. Mils** Nervine.. We- began •grtvins it- to biia- His Improvement -.seemed slow, but when he had flalahed the fourth bot- tle the spasms had disappeared, and have not been seen now for years. W» shall always recommend Dr. Miles' Nervine." ' MRS. BELLE M. i TINDAIX. Hastings. Neb. Or. Milss' Nervine ts sold by you? druggist, who \u25a0 will guarantee that tIM • first bo* tfe will benefit. If It falla, no will refund- your money. • Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, lad : •\u25a0-\u25a0-- ..,.,.. . .• . \u0084 ' * _^ | . '.TEA/: Do you i know the dif- : ; f erence % tea and t ea *? tan- -nin and tea? herb-tea and; Your, grocer returns ymir "money if j-oo don*t like S>chillis?*s Best;- we pay htm. ALL SIZSS^ALi; STYLES Ovtr 1 00 , kinds from '\u25a0 which', to ' select. W.T. HESS, Notary Pnblic \u25a0 - noOJIS > 407 \u25a0SiCO CALL BLDG. At Residence. 1480 Page Streev-B«- xween T p. m. and 8 p. m.; •:<- \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 .'-,:\u25a0 .-.-.- \u0084 .. -.•;-." J. B. .McI.YTYUi; , BI>'DERY . • CO, 1 B v iik b Inil e > * ."';."" 11GI-11K5 Howard Street. \u25a0• 4 -BETWEEX: SEVENTH ASD-KIGHTH.; Tel. N"o.vWest lS2s.^S»n .Fwuefcicw.'.v^ -PROPOSALS SEALED PROPOSALS ' will rbe "ret-elT*'d .'it'lttia? • of ac; up to 'J p. \u25a0 m. : oo Thnrsday. October 17. • 1907. 1 \u25a0 aad * then op^ae*! \u25a0" for electric wiring^tn the » Coitwl^ Sutes . Ini9i!?mil,>a Station. . A3;»I i.-lsad. California. P*rtU"/its «s to limlta. . tioos governing bidder* xxnr be obtataMd^opoa . application' to . WALTER J. • MATHEWSt 9SB Broadway, OailawLi CaOlTorala. , \u25a0 - 7