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EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO
MUSICIAN DIVORCED
FOR OGLING CHORUS
Wife Complains That Sprightly
Dancers Were Given Dinners
After Performance
OAKLAND, J*xl 6- — Unrestrained ad- !
'miration for the tiuSj ru23es of the ;
Jdora park theat^r chorus entertained :
by Dr. Ernest A. Victors of San Fran- ;
cipco, former cellist in the orchestra,
ttsls charge br Mrs. Delia Kxutfer
Victors and ska was given a final de
cree of divorce today.
Motors' attentions manifested them- j
selves 5n his flirtations, aa he played
his instrument, -when his eyes were j
only for the sprightly dancers and his \u25a0
ears only for their singing, said Mrs.
Victors-
She charged her kusba-nd took mem
bers of the chorus to lat# dinners on
numerous occasions, and this she re
yarded as cruelty to herself. She was
gives* the custody of the two minor
i chlldrea. Victors v&s a practicing ,
physician "whose ability as an amateur
rauslciaTi won him a place in the or
\u25a0 cbestra.
That sho "was dragged by tb» wrists
about tha houso "was alleged in a suit '
: for divorce filed by Mabel Sullivan
| tgalrst JereraJali Sullivan, a member
: of tb« San Francisco fire department.
| She ssid that she was subjected to
'nvjch bard usa^e while her husband
tvss Intoxicated.
Loaves of bread and wet towels
hurled as missiles at Frank A. Was
" *oa it}- Beatrice W^ssoa iras urged as
cruelty ia his complaint tor dlTorce
tofiay. The bread narrowly mlsaed him
and tbe towal cau&ht him a rasocndlng
smack in the face, be said. Mrs. Was
son was accused of calling him names
and fajiag that she hated him.
A &nal decree of divorce iras granted
to Angelina CortJsa from Joseph Cor-
Usa for neglect.
OFFICIAL SPURNS
TAINTED MONEY
Building Inspector Reports Bold
Attempt to Bribe Him for $20
OAKLAND. 'Jan. 6. — An attempt to
bribe Building Inspector John F. Towle
\u25a0was made Christmas eve by an un
identified man who surreptitiously
.slipped a candy box containing two
13 0 gold pieces into the inspector's
'.-\u25a0-jsgT and rode away on a bicycle
before Towle could find out who the
• man was.
He suspected that the man was an
emissary of a weaJthy builder who
\u25a0wished to be exempt from overzealous
inspection of his work. Towle reported
the attempted bribery to the board of
public works this morning and turned
the tainted gold, over to Mayor Mott. '
The mayor believed that it would
be wise to place the Insidious coins
in tbe custody of the police, and the
board accordingly resolved that they
be relegated to the police emergency
fund. An investigation will be made
into the presentation of the money to
f«e if the Identity of the donator can
be discovered-
BANK CLERKS BREAK OWN
ADDING MACHINE RECORD
Fifteen of 32 Contestants Finish
With Perfect Score
The seventh annual adding machine
contest of the local chapter of bank
olorks was held last evening in the
«*;ubrooms in th» First national bank
building;- There were 32 entries. 15 of
whom added the 100 checks correctly,
th« b<*st percentage ever made in any
i»f the chapter's contests.
J. I>. Connelly of the Bank of Cali
fornia won the first prize, given by the
Borroughs adding machine company, in
2 minutes 21 1-5 seconds. W. D. Lux
of the Crocker national bank made the
fastest time of the evening. l:03 1-5,
4>ul was $1 amiss in his addition. This
is a record and Lux was the recipient
of much applause in spite of his hard
"luck. The Bank of California team won
flr*t honors by having three out of four
prize winners. Following- is the list
of the 15 contestants who had perfect
scores:
1. J. D. Connelly. B»nk of California. 2:21 1-V
\u25a0 2. William Conuelly, Bank of California, Z:25.
3. W. <:iasby. First national. 2:30 4-5.
4. W. L. Bi-own. lisnk of California. 2:21.
r.. «. J. Kern. Crot-l.tr national. 2:3."!.
<:. I. P. Srudder, First national. 2::«.
• 7. J. B. Haffen, Crocker national. 2:45.
5. K. C Lawtou. Anjrlo-Califoi-nSau. 2:45.
'J. A. B(H>rnir>. UaHim-Amerlcan," 2:50.
*l<t. C. C. Bradley, Cnw-ker national, 2:5714.
11. Kart M<-Csrgiir. First national. 3:O0.
!•_'. C. C. RossW- Italian-American. 3:0115.
IX H. A. Sherman. Bank of California. :!:!2>i.
14. Ijpoij Juda. \\>l!s Farjro Nevada, .'iir.i'-j
15. U. E. Miller. Crocker national. 3:32^.
RAILWAYS MAKE SPECIAL
• RATES FOR STOCK SHOW
Special Fares Named for Many
States for Big Fair in South
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6. — The trans
continental railroads have granted re
duced rates to Los Angeles from all
points in California, Arizona, Nevada.
Oregon, parts of New Mexico, Utah,
sdahd\ Montana, Washington and El
"Paso for the National live stock asso
ciation annual meeting to be held here
January 26, 27 and £8. The fare flxed
2.« one and a third fare for the round
trip; tickets on rale January 21 to
January 28 inclusive, and srood for-re
turn passage until February 15. From
••astern points the regular -winter tour-
I?t rates to California apply. Many
j.romlnent speakers will address the
jratherinßs. which will- be held in the
Belasco theater, and many matters of
importance to' the live stock interests
•>f the country, are to be considered.
Airxjng the prominent speakers will be
Gifford Pinchot, Dr. A. I). Melvin, ex-
Oovernor Pardee. ex-United States
Senator .Harris of Kansas and Gover
nor Gillett is also expected to be
present, •
DGMED CHANGE OF AT3XLI3
BAKERSFIELD. Jan. 6. — Superior
Judge J. W. Ma!) on this afternoon de
nied the motion of R. A- Crothers'and
Fremont Older for a change of venue
in the Hbel suits brought by William
S. Tevis of this city. The question was
argued Monday by P. L. Packard for
Tevis and Thomas Scott for the de-
GBXERAL COTTON" DIKS
.WASHINGTON. Jan.* 6. — General John
B. Cotton, assistant attorney general
of the United States under the Harri
son administration, died suddenly at
his home iiere lasrt night.
M.WSOV MAKES ADMISMO.V
Attorney Phillip 'I. Manson appeared
IWoj-p Police Judge Shortall yesterday
find- admitted that It was he and. not
Attorney Marcus \u25a0!<. Samuels who had
t!u> fiK-ht out.^ido tlie Kohl buiidinc on
Monday afternoon with Attorney \V. E.
7>ll!oti. Manpon had put the blame on
S«muflK.and <he judfre desired to know
.lust who fought Dillon, The case was
MINING EXPERT IS
SCORED BY LAWYER
Efforts to Collect $40,000 From
Klondike Pioneer Termed
Attempted Robbery
OAKLAND, Jan. <.— The action by
which F. C. Leavitt of Berkeley seeks
ito recover $40,000 for alleged services
| to Andrew Hunker, a Klondike pioneer,
was characterized by Attorney M. C
Chapman in Judge Waste's court today
as a deliberate attempt at robbery and
( the prosecution of the action as an
j instance of bad faith on the part of
jLeavitt's counsel, Welles Whltmore.
Chapman's outburst came after Leav
] ltt had been confronted with documents
] which, lie said had been destroyed on a
certain date in Alaska. Some of them
bore a date considerably later than the
one JLearitt set for their destruction.
In addition Chapman said that he
would prove that Learitt stole a valise
from Hunker containing more than' 100
pleoes of documentary evidence, much
of which would have been invaluable
in the suit, and that Whltmore, rep
resenting Leavitt. had retained many
othar documents which the attorney
had secured while representing Hunker
in earlier litigation In which Hunker
was sued by heirs of bi» dead wife.
Leavitt reiterated a previous state
ment that much of his services to
Hunker, though in the main being oon
flled to raining; had been Hunker's
preservation from a flock of confidence
] men who regarded Hunker as an easy
mark. +
"I was always on the lookout to save
Hunkar from these people and I turned
away score* who sought to separate
him from wealth he had won In
Alaska."
The suit has been dragging for sev
eral weeks and l^eavitt ia still putting
in his evidenoe to show the expert na
ture of his services to Hunker and his
unswerving fidelity.
Hunker alleged that Le^avltt had
agreed to share the profits of the
Alaska prospecting trips and that the
expeditions had been 'attended with
failure. He said that Leavitt was not
a mining expert and says he rewarded
Leavitt for all legitimate work.
Leavitt's wife, Mrs. Carrie Le&vitt.
recently lost a suit for a deed to Hun
ker's house and lot in Bancroft way,
Berkeley, which she said he had prom-,
ised to give her.
FRUITVALE WOMAN
DROPS FROM SIGHT
Mrs. Jennie Dolgorouki Disap-
pears and Sheriff's Office In
vestigates Case
OAKLAND, Jan. 6.— The sheriffs of
fice is Investigating the disappearance
of Mrs. Jennie Dolgorouki of 71 Ohio
street, Fruitvale, who dropped from
sight last Friday morning, and has not
been heard of since. The woman waa
not reported as missing until this
morning, when her husband, G. Dol
gorouki. who has assumes two aliases,
Edwin Scheller and E. Flshburn, vis
ited the office " of the sheriff and the
Oakland police headquarters. '--.
Residents of the neighborhood in
which the Dolgoroukis lived say that
the couple quarreled frequently and
that both were intemperate in their
habits. Dolgorouki has vouchsafed no
explanation of his wife's disappearance
beyond a conjecture that she may
have eloped with another man. He is
alleged to have said. that he was glad
to be rid of her. . *
The missing woman was formerly
the wife of Rev. E. Flshburn. a Pres
byterian minister of Oakland, and after
her divorce from the minister, was
married to Ed Scheller, an employe of
the Union iron works in San Francisco.
She is the owner of a house and other
property in Fruitvale. About six years
ago her daughter by her first mar
riage, Estelle Fishburn. was taken
from her by the probation officers in
San Francisco, and is now an Inmate
of an orphanage in that city. Dolgo
rouki has adopted the names of both
of his wife's former husbands and Is
said to have run bills under each name.
He has requested the police to send
out a descriptive circular looking to
ward the location of his wife.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
IN GRIP OF ICE KING
Cold Weather Causes Closing of
Schools in Portland
POnTLA.VD, Ore., Jan. 6.— The thread
of hope that the weather bureau held
out this morning that the present cold
spell would break was dissipated by
tonight's prediction, which is for con
tinued cold weather over the Pacific
northwest and more snow. The Puget
sound country is experiencing unusual
ly cold weather, but so far little snow
has fallen. In the Willamette valley
the weather not alone has continued
cold, but it has continued to snow at
intervals throughout the day. Schools
were closed today and sessions will not
be resumed until the weather mod
erates. On the Columbia river the locks
at the Cascades are frozen and traffic
discontinued.
Skeena River Frozen.
PRINE RUPERT, B. C, Jan. 6.— The
cold weather of the last few days has
completely tied up navigation of every
kind on the Skeena river, both above
and below tide water limit. Late ar
rivals from the upper Skeena-. river re
port 30 below zero, and the river frozen
over and full of floating ice on the
lower reach, which drifts up and down
stream with the tide. On the coast
zero weather has prevailed for several
days, and everything is frozen solid.
MARYSVILLE SEEKS TO
CAPTURE STATE FAIR
Instruct Representatives in Leg-
. islature to Get Appropriation
[Special Dispatch to' The Call]
MARYSVILLE, Jan. 6.— Marysvllle in
tends to capture the state fair this
year, if possible. At an enthusiastic
meeting of the chamber of commerce,
held this evening, It- was .unanimously
voted to instruct the representatives in
the legislature to make every effort to
secure the appropriation.
' It is pointed out that Marysville is
centrally located and offers every ad
vantage for the fair. The - town will
give th* racetrack and the Ellis park
tract, containing over 200 acres.
The fact that the pavilion, in Sacra
mento has been torn down . is' offered
aa a good argument that the fair should
be held, elsewhere, - and Marysville
wants It. : S'-i
TO 81t1.D ,; S U BM A RIXES
WASHINGTON.' Vjan/ 6.— The. •"-con
struction of eigrht submarine torpedo
boats of the latest improved type.' to
cost not more than $4,000,000, is pro
vided for in a bill introduced in the"
*,mise yesterday by Representative
Weeks of Massachusetts.
Do Yon Want fS.OOt
Read TUG CAUL'S weekly offer on
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THE SAX FRA2sCTSCO GALL^ THURSMy, J^IJAEY 7; 1909
CHURCH DIVIDED BY
ATTACK ON TRUSTEE
Factional Fight Follows Charge
of Improper Attentions to
Woman Delegate
BERKELEY, Jan. '. 6. — A factional
fight, as a result, it is alleged, of the
relations between N. .Djematty, 1 a trus
tee of the Bethany Congregational
church of this city, and Mrs. L. HZ Har
rington, wife of one of the most promi
nent supporters of the church, during a
recent- rlslt to Sacramento, where they
represented tbe church in annual con
ference,, has divided the congregation
into two camps.
M. Dematty, who waa on© of the or
ganisers of the church at Carlton and
California streets, claims a victory for
his faction, as the Harrington' family
have withdrawn their support, al
though some of that faction still stand
by its colors.
R«r. R. Evanston, the new pastor of
the church, refuses to be drawn Into
the controversy, which. may be aired
In court, as Dematty insists that he
has just grounds for a suit for slander
against the Harringtons and their sup
porters. \
Harrington and Dematty were chosen
as delegates from tbe local church to
tbe conference of the Congregational
churches at Sacramento,. but at the .last
minute pressure of business forced the
former to send his wife as a proxy.
She traveled in company of Deraatty
and they had rooms at the same hotel.
Dematty is accused of improper atten
tions to Mrs. Harrington at that time.
Mrs. Harrington refrained from men
tioning the subject to her husband un
til recently, when ihe told of tha al
leged advances, and as Dematty made
a strenuous denial the local congrega
tion took sides in the fight and Har
rington withdrew.
Harrington refused to make a state
ment for publication tonight, but De
matty talked freely. He said that Har
rington was insanely Jealous of his
wife, with whom he said his relations
had been perfectly proper. He con
tinued:
"At no time did I act otherwise
than as a gentleman. I have been mar
ried for 25 years, and my friends re
spect me for my actions, which have
never been questioned before." .
REACH AGREEMET
OVER BASIN SCHEME
Representatives of Commercial
Bodies End Islais Creek Im
provements Controversy
An important meeting of representa
tives of the commercial bodies has been
called for this afternoon, when, It ia be
lieved, an agreement will be reached
on the India basin bill. It la understood
that the contention of the people of the
Mission for the acquisition of 63 blocks
will be upheld. The meeting will mark
the conclusion of a bitter controversy
over the Improvements proposed at the
mouth of Islais creeß. Influences have
been quietly at work to bring all fac
tions Into harmony and it was generally
admitted yesterday that success was at
hand.
Although it has been stated that two
bills, antagonistic in their terms, would
ba presented to the legislature for ap
propriations for the India basin project,
it Is now understood that the opposing
factions have united on one measure
which will be introduced at Sacramento
with the full support of the San Fran
cisco commercial and .improvement
bodies.
Before the election of last November
the Mission residents and the members
of the commercial bodies divided on
the question of the length of the bonds.
When a 75 year bond issue was made
possible, as a result of the November
election, it was thought that all differ
ences had disappeared.- Fresh trouble
appeared, however, the Mission promo
tion association urging the condemna
tion of 63 blocks and the commercial
community generally contending that
44 blocks would prove ample.
When it appeared that no agreement
was possible and that the matter would
be carried to the floor of the state
legislature, thus endangering the entire
enterprise, the local commercial asso
ciations took active steps to restore
harmony. The Alerchants' association,
the chamber of commerce and the Mer
chants' exchange each appointed a com
mittee of three to hear the arguments
for and against each of the propositions
and to report as to which scheme of im
provement appeared the more desirable.
This committee of nine has had sev
eral- secret sessions. It will hold its
final meeting at 3 o'clock this afternoon
in the rooms of the Merchants' asso
ciation. The committee would
been able to report on '- Tuesday, but
two of Its members, F. G. Sanborn and
William L. Gerstle, were not in at
tendance.
The Mission residents, represented by
Supervisor George Center, have adhered
strongly to their original position that
the full 63 blocks were' necessary. As
the opposition heretofore, was based
largely on the belief that the 20 year
bond proposition was not advisable, it
Is felt that the coritetntloris of the Mis
sion residents should be upheld In view
of the fact that a 75 year* bond issue
is now .possible. \ , \u25a0 ,'.'
Another factor _whlch operated in
favor or-the proponents of the 63 block
project was the argument that; the
state should have full control of the
approach to the proposed basin.: Such
complete control, "It was contended,
could be obtained only through the con
demnation of the full 63 blocks.. \u25a0
President Andrew M. Davis of the
Merchants' ' association has ; been most
active in his efforts to bring all "fac
tions together: He has been supported
by C. C. Moore, president of the cham
ber of commerce, and,others*promlnent
In the commercial community. :
"It is absolutely necessary* that we
reach some agreement," said .Moore,
"for otherwise we would endanger -the
whole project."
CHICAGO STOCKYARD FIRE
CAUS.ES LOSS OF $500,000
Firemen Battle Flames for
Hours in Zero Weather
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.— Fire^at the stock
yards tonight destroyed a large part; of
the fertilizing plant of Darling • & "Co.
and burned large stores of chemicals,
causing explosions and injuring a niimV
her. of firemen. ' The loss was"; $500,000?
For more than four- hours every avail*
able fireman /in the* city: fought. In the
below zero weatlier to; prevent a- spread
of the.flames.; The .tenants of. 3o' houses
In \u25a0" the "neighborhood ;were - driven into
the , and%manvi'Of the 7 250 em
ployes narrowly escaped. "
pTJURED FORTY-XI.VEn DIES
\u25a0-; LOS ANGELES. .Jani 6.— Robert C.
Dobson, who; was struck by ; a*. Venice
car*r.near « Santa- Monica* Sunda y.l night/
died at th^ county- hospital -today.-Dob-
Bon;came J tu I .CaUC«rnia<inV49.tei.^ \u25a0
KENT CHARGED WITH
BIG LIQUOR PROFIT
Donor of Muir Woods and Op
ponent of Saloon Taken
a to Task
SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 6—^That William
Kent, donor of Muir /woods and an act
ive opponent of the existence of saloons
at JCentfleld, makes a profit himself by
the sale of liquor at the tavern on' Mt.
Tamilpals, ,West Point and Muir woods
tavern waa publicly charged today by
Attorr.ey James Keys before the county
board of supervisors.
The declaration on the part of the
attorney was the outgrowth of a warm
fight being waged by Kent and a num
ber of other, persons in the fashionable
suburb against the granting of a saloon
license to John Ferris, proprietor of
the Senate saloon, about a block from
the public school at Kentfleld.
Though no charges were made against
Ferris or the manner in which he con
ducted ,hi 3 saloon, a strong petition was
presented to the board asking that the
license be not renewed because of its
proximity to the school. t
Kent had just finished his address,
in which he averred that the saloon
was.a detriment to the town, when
Keys took the floor and said: "No
charges have been brought against the
applicant. whom I represent. However,
because he runs a small saloon at
Kentfleld. and is not a stock holder in
the giant corporation that runs a hotel
with bar attachment on the top of
Mt. Tamalpais It is made to appear
that he has no right to make his Hying
by the sale of liquors. Because Tie is
in Kentfleld, members of a mighty cor
poration that owns a tavern right on
the edge of Mulr woods where liquor
is dispensed run around in automobiles
and get a petition against him to de
prive him of his means of livelihood."
Kent Is a large stock holder in the
Mt. Tamalpais acenlo railroad. After
the supervisors . went into executive
session Kent explained the matter by
saying- "I am a stock holder In jthe
corporation, but I am not a director.
Besides, the taverns are not saloons
but hotels, and "liquors are served in
the tame manner as in the hostel ries
in San Francisco."
JEWELER CHARGED
WITH BIG THEFT
Ben Goodman Alleged to Have
Embezzled Valuables From
Nordman Brothers
Ben Goodman, a young Jeweler In
Clement street between Fourth and
Fifth . avenues,* was -ajrrested yesterday
by Detectives Ryan 'and ODea on a
warrant from Police Judge Shortall's
court charging him with felony embez
zlement;• The complaint was sworn to
by Leon Nordman of Nordman Brothers,
wholesale jewelers, 152 Post street.
It Is alleged In the complaint that
Goodman embezzled on December 25
three diamond rings of the value of
$317, but it is alleged that his total em
bezzlements from that firm and the firm
of A. Elsenberg & Co., wholesale Jew
elers, 85 Post street, will: aggregate
about |3,000. Goodman will be prose
cuted by Attorneys Fitzpatrick. and
Greeley, representing the Wholesale
Jewelers' association.
Goodman, who is, only 22 years of
age, has, it is said.- been receiving jew
elry on approval and by contract he
agreed not to sell the articles unless
with the consent of the -wholesalers.
When sold he would receive his com
mission. Instead of abiding by the
contract he has been selling the jew
elry, concealing or pawning it without
notifying the wholesalers, who have
been unable to obtain a settlement
from him or a satisfactory explanation
of what he has done with the articles.
After Goodman's arrest he declined to
make any statement on the advice of
Attorney Glover, wr.o will represent
him.
OCEAN SHORE ROAD
REPORTS PROGRESS
President's Annual Statement
Shows Much Work Accom-
plished During Year
In a report; to the stock holders of
the Ocean Shore railroad, : submitted
by J. Downey Harvey, president of the
road, at the annual meeting yesterday,
the progress of 'the new coast raU
way system was Bhown In detail. On
November 30 bond* to the amount of
$2,676,000 had been J sold, -netting the
company 91.185 per cent of their face
value. This sale left $2,324,000 worth
of bonds on hand' out of the original
total issue of $5,000,000. During the
year assessments at $8 a share were
levied, netting the comuany about $400,
000. The road earned for the company
$166,006.93, showing a biglncrease.
Much '\u25a0 has : been done in the way of
extension work, : according:, to the re
port. The road • has been extended ,2s
miles southerly | from San Pedro terrace
and one and one-tenth miles northward
froml.Folger, a station at the Santa
Cruz terminus of the, line. Six and a
quarter miles of yard" work, switches
and terminals" have been accomplished.
Cattle guards and the necessary safety
appliances have, been installed along
the.right of way and many miles of
fence-e rected. "\u25a0 . .
v Five modern locomotives,' 25 box cars,
46 : flat cars and' seven -.-,' passenger
coaches • were ; purchased-, during /;the
year- and 128 freight- cars are now
nearing completion in the east .and
will be; delivered during the approaqh
lng spring. • "" ' ' '
Concluding- hig report Harvey says:
"We feel that the stock , holders have
cause for congratulation on :the prog-_
ress that has ; been t made T during - the
last year. Approximately; 26.s miles of
road remains to be; completed before
reaching Santa Cruz." v • ! :
ARMY; ORDER*
[Special Dispatch to The. Call] [.:\u25a0
WASHINGTON, Jan:; 6.— Army orders:
Lieutenant Colonel'; David >L. Brainard,
deputy i commissary; general," is i relieved
from'duty as chief "commissary, depart
ment- of California,'-; to.' take \u25a0 effect "at
such time as; wili ; enable- him ; to .sail
from SanFranclsco about -March 5 i for
Manila, for duty :as, chief
relieving \u25a0 ; Colonel j Edward^ E. Dravo,
assistant: commissary general,' who iwill
proceed? to Vancouver Barracks for;duty
as purchasings/commissary.- '. Leave J o'f
absence granted vC^PtSln • Henry ?f S.
Kiersted, medicaK corps.T department of
California, is extended : ls days. .
SHIPPING vIXTEMjIGEXCE
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From Cape Flattorr— Stmr Colonel E. V. '.Drake
and US S Heather passed In: 10 a. tn.-: :
\u25a0i* Stmr; Pennsylvania' at;f» a. r im . v '3o miles : south
"f ~ Cap* - Hinchlnbrook; • strong . northeast 1 wind;
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STUDENTS TO HEAR
OF UNDERWORLD
>Men of Checkered Careers to
Speak at Stanford on Slum
and Prison Life
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Jan. 6.—
Two well known speakers will address
the undergraduates .of Stanford uni
versity . tomorrow morning at the first
assembly of the student body to be
held this semester. E. C." Mercer, a
graduate of the University of Virginia,
and G. ; J. Griffith are the visitors 'who
will tell the students of their personal
experiences. Both have had checkered
careers.
Mercer, after (graduating, drifted
from one occupation to 'another,- and
finally found himself a tramp on the
Bowery of New York. He speaks un
der the auspices ©f the local branch
of the Young Men's Christian associa
tion and will tell of his life in the
slums. Griffith is known In the south
ern, part of the state as a former
wealthy clubman, who, after an alter
cation which resulted in the shooting
of his wife, was sentenced to serve a
short term in San-Quentln. While in
the penitentiary he gathered informa
tion which, together with his personal
experiences, he has embodied in a plea
for prison reform. . He will speak on
this topic tomorrow.
W. P. Fuller Jr., '10, of San Fran
cisco, was allowed to register in the
university today. Fuller, was one of
the juniors suspended last semester for
the writing of a Junior plug ugly pos
ter. Fuller had been forbidden to take
part in any undergraduate activities
for the present semester.
The local management of the Gad
ski concert here has decided to turn
all of the funds of the event over to
the re.Mef of the Italian, earthquake
sufferers. The concert is scheduled for
January 15 and will be given in As
sembly hall. A 'large seat sale has
bejen recorded up to date.
CLUBMAN EJECTED
FROM ST. FRANCIS
Edward Barron Sleeps on Divan
in Lobby and Smears Muddy
Boots Over Couch
Edward Barron, confrere of Bur
lingamo's ultra social set, clubman and
heir to a princely fortune, was ejected
from the* St.V Francis hotel yesterday
noon because, forsooth, the manage
ment believes that ltg- crimson plush
divans were not placed in the lobby
to> afford solace to a sleepy stranger
and because, in Barron's case, the of
fender slept full length on the cush
ions, his mud soiled shoes smirching
the luxurious couch.
Barrori's career along the primrose
path of dalliance has long been a mat
ter of Jovial comment. His absolute
'disregard of the conventions have made
him famous In his set.
Recently he tumbled down the mar
ble stairway of the Fairmont hotel and
decorated its immaculate whiteness
with the. purple fluid that flows in his
veins. Later, .in a carefree mood, he
wandered into the apartments of Dr.
Henry Abrams in the Fairmont and
finding the chamber vacant threw him
self on the bed" and went to sleep.
The amazement of the physician on
finding a. stranger asleep in his room
and the subsequent retreat of Barron
through the lobby with the doctor at
his heels are twice told stories.
Manager Woods spied him yester
day full length on a divan snoring
stentorously. .He called one of his
assistants and demanded his immediate
arrest. Barron's dreams were Inter
rupted. He was led by the arm from
the hotel and walked "toward the cen
tral station. \u25a0> ""
At . Eddy and Powell streets, how.
ever, the arresting officer's determina
tion softened and Barron was dismissed
with a severe rebuke. '
WORKMAN KILLED IN
QUARREL OVER DEBT
Vincenzo Finnazzo Is Brutally
Stabbed by Fillippo Bodolato
In a fierce quarrel over, a debt Vin
cenzo Finnazzo, a young Italian eni
ployed in the Western sugar refinery
in the Potrero, living at 1319 Twenty
third- Btreet, was stabbed by Flllippo
Bodolato. a workman, shortly after 7:30
o'clock last night. Before an ambu
lance arrived the man expired.
Detectives Andrew Gaughran, Jack
Nolan, J. H. Tyreli and Frank Eoola,
after working .upon the case, deter
mined that Finnazzo -was murdered by
Fillippo 'Bodolato, after , the dead man
had. quarreled with Giuseppe Bodolato
over a loan of $50, which Finnazzo at
tempted to collect last .night.
Finnazzo visited the home of the two
brothers at .1548 \ Kentucky street last
night and demanded that the $50 be
returned tohim. A violent quarrel en
sued.- in which Giuseppe Bodolato was
thrown^to the ground/ While the two
men engaged In combat, \ Fillippo Bodo
lato.) according to the detectives, at
tacked Finnazzo with a long knift,
stabbing the latter in ; the chest, inflict
ing a fatal' wound.
.The two -brothers then ran down
Twenty- first. street, and before officers
arrived .upon- the -, scene were out of
sight. At midnight no trace of them
had been found. 'V \u25a0>"
bALIFOR.MA PATENTS
[.Special Dispatch to The, Call}
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.— California . patents
were , Issued today as follows: V. A. Benaon,
Los' AnjelM, .adjustable door banger; M." A.
Bobrlck, • Xjou An jeles, apparatus for liquefaction
of • gas \u25a0; and \ separating - of j air ? Jnto - commercial
oxycen \u25a0 and • nitrogen ; C. W. Breen, - San Juan
Bautlsta,* hook *"and.eje;"G.' "A."-- Budge,. Valiejo."
vehicle wheel;' F. V. Carman. Oakland, spike
hole plujj "machine; ;M.H.- and C. G. Cook, San
Francisco, .stretching . aiul " straightening leather
b*ltlnjt." also \u25a0 apparatus for " stretching.'" and
straightening leather belting; ;>W.VE. Darrow,
Butter /Oreek,^ 1 concentrating apparatus:: G. I*
DUon. Dolgeville,^ laundry , marker;- XV. G. 'Dodd,
San Kranclsco.'coßCentratliifr table ;.*J. J. Eagan.
San ' Francisco, «7«tem : for conduct* oc 'water \u25a0 and
sewage : through • tunneled ,'streets;*-' 11. .W. .... Eich
liauni. • Los" Angeles, : trolley ipoli* attachment: S.
J.: Finch,", steam cooker; O.;K.**Kltteleand O.K.
Harpham. ;r.o*. Anjelpn,' hydrocarbon; burner; It.
V. l.ongtlnp. Log .Angeles, clock dial:- F. I.yman,
Fresno. - fruit; seeder; •\u25a0 C. ? Norland, .; l.os « Angeles,
water. heater: C.VA.'r Stewart,^ r.os Angeles, sew
ios awl ; *- 1». \u25a0 .T. Thull,- Ix>s s Angeles. >" excaratlne,
grading ' nnd I convey Ing machine; ; S. • if. ..Thurman,
I.os \u25a0\u25a0; Ansteles,". 'attachment'!- for « miners'-* candle-,
•ticks;' C] Br.Trescott,- San Francisco, cook Log. \u25a0• '
SON BURNS $1,000;
FATHER GOES MAD
Attempts to . Murder Lad and
Himself When Loss Is
Discovered
TOMALES, June 6. — Driven insane by
fury because his '17- year old ' son had
unwittingly "burned up "51.000 in bills-
Malim "Lorenzo,- a welL«to do- rancher
near here, -yesterday "made \u25a0'murderous 1
attack on the lad and, before neighbors
could interfere the frenzied, man had
beaten the youth into Insensibility and
had attempted to kill. himself. '
'" Persons near ay overpowered the de
mented man before he succeeded in
slaying himself or son. Officers were
telephoned \u25a0 for and Deputy Sheriff
Vooram left, to bring Lorenzo to San
Rafael for examination as to his in
sanity.
After the 'bank panic Lorenzo with
drew his savings from the banks and
concealed the' money in his home. Fear
ing thieves, the man took a V shaped
piece of wood and fashioned it. into a
gun rack. After boring a hole in one
end of the rack Lorenzo put- $1,009 in
bills Into the aperture, which he closed
with a wooden plug. ' The ; rack was
then nailed to the wall and with the
exception of Mrs. Lorenzo no one knew
the hiding place of the money.
With the idea of surprising his
father Frank Lorenzo, the son, made
another gun rack. The new gun sup
porter wag polished and was much
superior to. the old one except that it
lacked $1,000."'
Unknown . to . his. father the young
fellow pulled the crude holder from
the wall and threw it in the fire. The
wood was consumed and with it the
currency. When Lorenzo discovered
the expensive mistake he was dazed for
a while, then burst into a rage and
terribly beat the lad.
FIRE ALARM "JEST"
LEADS TO ARREST
Mining Operator Arouses Guests
of the St. Francis Hotel
Faye Cothrln, a mining operator of
Nevada, former Stanford man and mem
ber of a well known Sacramento family,
could not find the key to his room at
the St. Francis hotel early yesterday
morning, and in a sportive mood called
the whole fire department to aid in
the search. : .v. -.
An a result of his "jest" Cothrin
was arrested. Fireman Timothy J.
Cowan of engine company No. 4 broke
his leg in attempting* to respond to
the call, and the guests of the hotel,
in a wild scamper to escape, threw open
their windows and ran through the
hallways In distracted haste, until they
were assured that it was all a mistake.
Cothrln spent a convivial evening in
the gentleman's grill. When prepared
to retire he found that the key to his
room was missing. In his eagerness
to find the elusive article he rushed a
messenger to the desk clerk-, rang the
elevator bells and then, with sudden
inspiration, broke the glass of the fire
alarm box and Jerked the ring from
its setting.
The alarm sounded all through the
hotel. Employes rushed hither and
thither to the post of warning. Cothrln,
satisfied and serene, descended to the
lobby.
Meanwhile there was a jangle of
bells and the swish of steam from, the
engines. When it was learned that a
false alarm had been sounded Cothrln
was taken into custody by Policeman
Farrell. He was released later on |50
bail. >.;
Cothrin appeared before Judge Con
lan yesterday morning and his case
was continued until Saturday.:- -V
. Fireman Cowan sustained his Injuries
through a fall at the Twenty-fourth
and Douglass street engine house. He
slipped while sliding down the pole
and fell heavily to the floor, breaking
his right leg.
The members of the fire department
will insist upon the prosecution of
Cothrin. -• \u2666 \u25a0•.-
PARK MEMORIAL GATE '
WILL NOT BE ERECTED
Clause of Will of Honora Sharp
Making Bequest Is Sustained '
v For a second time the clause of the
will of Honora Sharp bequeathing
$200,000 to Adolph Spreckels and Reu
ben Lloyd, which money will be used
for the erection of a memorial gate
across the panhandle of Golden Gate
park, has been sustained by the su
perior court. Judge Seawell, in an
equity proceeding, gave judgment yes
terday upholding the will, thus ruling
precisely as Judge Coffey did more than
a year ago in probate proceedings.
Although the $200,000 was willed to
Lloyd and Spreckels absolutely and
without any understanding as to the
use to which it was to be applied, they
have recorded a written declaration
that they will use the money for the
erection of a gate in memory of Mrs.
Sharp's husband, George F. Sharp, the
lawyer. Mrs. Sharp had told Lloyd she
would like to leave the money In trust
for that purpose, but Lloyd advised her
she could not do that, because to do so
would be In violation of the law limit-
Ing charitable bequests to one-third of
an estate. There Is now no legal ob
stacle to the immediate erection of the
gate.
The suit decided by Judge Seawell
yesterday was. instituted by James
O'Donnell; Grace O'Donnell and a num
ber of other cousins of the decedent-
They, claimed that a secret trust had
bean established by \u25a0 Mrs. Sharp. The
judge held yesterday that there was no
trust, and that the bequest -.was made
to Spreckels and Lloyd without condi
tion. "•tm 1 iffa^flif "#ll^* vi a
The memorial gate will be erected
across the panhandle along the line of
Stanyan street, extended. It will be
inscribed "The George F. Sharp Gate."
DISCHARGED MAX lIEARRESTED
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6. — James~White.
alias George Dlehl, who was arrested
in San Francisco several weeks ago and
brought to Los Angeles to answer a
charge of swindling Mrs. Dora Parks
of Ocean Park out of $1,900 in a mining
deal, was discharged in police court to
day and rearretsed on a complaint from
Portland charging White with obtain
ing $3,000 in an alleged swindling 1
scheme. ,
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i COMPROMISE
ON HETCH HETCHY
The California Delegation Is
Meeting With Some
Opposition
(Continued From I'ase t>
ity. in the Hetch. Hetchy proposition,
. showed considerable heat over a tele
gram sent out from San Francisco last
night asking outside help for the new
water supply. Kahn said: "Anybody
who -charges thia two representatives
from San Francisco with inactivity or
lukewarmness in this matter does not
know what he is talking about. ft
does not matter very much whether the
kind of bill cr resolution that we want
Is r.eported from the committee on pub
lic lands or not. So long as any reso
lution or bill is reported from that
committee I am certain that\ we can
go on the tloor of the house, tell the
needs of San Francisco for a water
supply and get what we want."
i Representatives Hayes said: "W«
are all working faithfully to secure on
proper terms the Hetch Hetchy* grant.
We want to get the right kind of a bill
or resolution through the committee
on public lands, but if we fail in that
I know that we can get what we want
on the floor of the house."
Representative Needham says: "San
Francisco Is going to get th« kind of
a resolution that will bo for her best
benefit. I myself am opposed to an
irrevocable grant of land in the Ketch
Hetchy valley. My sole desire 1b tt*
see San Francisco get what she ne«ds
in the matter of water supply."
MO.VDEU XOXCO3IMITTAI,
Mondell, chairman of the committe*
on public lands, said today that his
committee had not yet considered the
question of the propriety and legality of
the action of the secretary of the in
terior In making a grant on land 'n
the Hetch Hetchy valley to San Fran
cisco. He said that these two ques
tions might be brought Into the debate
before the matter could be settled and.
in that event, he feared the question
would arise whether this was the only
water supply avallabl* for San Fran
cisco. If It proved to be the only avail
able water supply then, the need of San
Franclaco would outweigh the rights
of the general public in the Hetch
Hetchy valley ana In the watershed of
the streams contributory thereto. Mon
dell appeared to think that the granting
of this valley to San Francisco would in
volve the protection from contamina
tion of a vast stretch of public domain
in the watersheds contributory to the
valley. To this proposition h» did not
seem entirely friendly, although he
would say nothing for quotation.
The state senate passed the resolu
tion prepared by the board of super
visors instructing Senators Perkins
and Flint and requesting the eight con
gressmen to work for Hetch Hetchy
after a short debate which brought
forth opposition from Senator Curtln
of Tuolumne.
CURTIX'S OXLY ">"O~
Every senator except Curtln vot^d
for the resolution, and then. "Consti
tutional. Jobs',' from Sonora added his
vote "aye" to the rest and served no
tice he would move to reconsider the
vote tomorrow. ;',V.
Senator Anthony of San Francisco
started the ball rolling an soon as
Father TV'yman had concluded a. brief
prayer by inquiring what progress had
been made with the Hetch Hetchy reso
lution. Speaking to a vague question,
of personal privilege the senator of
classic name declared that the' San
Franclaco delegation was going to
stand together on Hetch Hetcl.y ami
everything- else affecting San Francisco,
ns they had never stood together in the
past.
When Anthony had finished Senator
Welch reported that the San Francisco
delegation had recommended the adop
tion of\ the Hetch Hetchy resolution.
But before . a roll call could be
taken Curtin was on his feet.
"Tuolumne is not opposing San Fran
cisco," he said. "When San Francisco
pets all • the water she wants from
Hetch Hetehy there will still be plenty
left for us. The question we ask is.
where is the water to be diverted?"
"If Manson has told you that, you
should be satisfied," cut in Wolfe with
a show of- Impatience. "Tou can "^«ot
ask San. Francisco to wait in this mat
ter. If we don't pass this, resolution
now, we may as well never pass It."
Curtis Opposes Hetch Hetchy
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA
MENTO. Jan. 6. — "Senator Curtln of
Tuolumne. j» attorney for Ham Hall.
the mysterious engineer of San Fran
cisco and Lake Eleanor, who has be*n
bitterly lighting the Hetch Hetchy
project right along and whom -we ex
cluded from the public utilities com
mute room when he refused to show
his credentials or to explain his Inter
est in the matter."
This statement was made tonight by
Supervisors Murphy and McLeran, .who .
came here to "look after the Interests'^
of the city in the Hetsh Hetchy resolu
tion. It was offered as a, possible ex
planation of the stubborn opposition
which Curtin offered to the adoption of
the concurrent resolution, ao ardently
desired by the mayor and the board
of supervisors. Murphy uiid McLeran
came armed with data to disprove all
of Curtin's statements when the fight
comes up again in the morning.
Discuss Ways and Means
BERKELET. Jan. «.— Ways and
means of Hetch Hetchy val
ley water to Oakland and Berkeley will
be discussed at a joint meeting of the
Oakland council and the town board
of trustees of this city in Oakland to
morrow night. The project of bringing
Sierra water for use by residents of
this city has been hanging fire for sev
eral months, although indorsed and ap
proved by the various. Improvement
clubs. . .
A solution Is expected* to be offered
at the joint meeting of the governing
. boards of Oakland and Berkeley to
morrow night.