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STRINGHAM BID
FOR STOCKTON
ST. ROAD WINS
Supervisors Grant Franchise
for Construction of Under*
ground Railway
Board Hears Plan for Public
Meeting to Discuss Civic
" • Center Proposition
The Stockton street railway franchise
was sold by the board of supervisors
yesterday to Frank D. Strlngham and
associates, who announced a determina
tion to organize a company and proceed
with the constructio nof a line Involv
ing a tunnel in Stockton street between
Sutter and Sacramento streets and ex
tentlons to the water front and to the
Presidio.
Promoter Herman Skiller upon the
passage to print of the two bills ac
cepting? the Strlngham bid and granting
the franchise announced that \u25a0 A.- J.
Loweaberff, president of the City and
County bank, would be the head of. the
new company, and Lowenberg -. later
stated several local bankers would be
associated with him. They are to form
a $1,000,000 corporation. No transfer
* arrangements, he said, or, for that mat-
ter, construction arrangements, had
y been entered into, but the formation of
the company would now be expedited
' J. L. Goldsmith, his assistant cashier;
George Skaller. who has managed the
negotiations with- the board, and the
law firm of Hillyer, Strlngham &
O'Brien, he announced, would be in the
company.
FIGHT OVER FRANCHISE
The franchise was not granted by the
board yesterday without a struggle.
Supervisors Johnston and Murphy of
Hit public utilities committee desired
three stipulations from the company
before making the grant — that it would
agree not to install an elevated road,
nor bold the city liable In a purchase
of the. road for other than construction
damage costs, and that it would waive
tU'e payment of the 75 per cent mini
mum of all construction charges during
The life- of *the franchises should the
city purchase after 15 years, substitut
ing instead that the court should fix
the present actual physical value of the
plant. "-. . '\u25a0';'\u25a0 v^ .. :-rr"^
The, board passed to print the meas
ures, only Johnston. Jennings, Murphy
and Connolly standing out for the ex
action of the three stipulations.
The tracks of the United Railroads
connecting the Post street line with
tl^at pf Market street were ordered re
moved by or before July 6.
nisci\ss civic center
« .The civic center and city, hall matter
came up in the board yesterday upon
„ Bancrofts suggestion that a public
• meeting be held to discuss the plans
: fdr'th-e structure. Murdock moved as a
•substitute that the board should con
/• sidjer the advisability of submitting the
[ civic center proposition to the people
• again. ;-.;-. _;V .y7>- : .. .
Referring to a. morning -newspaper's
..campaign against the project, he said:
' - /=<* The/ =< *The gross misrepresentation as to
': the" cost of the proposed center by a
'Public Journal misled many people into
. opposing the project unwittingly. By
'' op .manipulation of the figures .could, a
greater cost to the tax; payer than 7
cents per year be "anticipated, but the
' voters were informed it. might be 70
• cents.
"The project had the backing of the
majority, voting and the opposition of
only a small .minority of the electorate
and should be submitted to the people
af some future time."
Murdock's suggestion was approved.
At • the recommendation of District
. Attorney Langdon the board passed
- *o. print an ordinance terminat
• ing the present bill of ap
.'"'pointment of the "special agents," De
• tectlve William Burns and his assist
'•ants, on December 31 of this year,
which will permit of the expenditure
''of "the $20,000 appropriation voted for
the maintenance of the special service
"\'during the first six months of the en
[ suing fiscal year.
The San Francisco gas and electric
: . t-ompany was awarded the contract to
-.• light the city's streets and buildings
'. "during the ensuing fiscal year.
*•*. The Spring Valley water company's
"communication to the effect that it
k *;c<ft»ld not indulge in any capital ex
- penditure" to furnish citizens with
' water was- referred to the water com
, mittee.
_ T.he board awarded to the Gamewell
company the contract to furnish 50
alarm boxes for |6,250; extended to
• 'the national education association a
.*., cordial invitation to convene next year
'••.in "San JFrancisco; referred* the peti
tion of John Campbell for the closing
' 'of the saloons about the entrances to
Golden Gate park to the police com
missioners for action: accepted the
national irrigation** congress' invita
ijon to* attend its. annual session in
Spokane August 9-14; appointed C. L.
••Corey to make an exhaustive examina-
of the Pacific telephone company's
•:'piant and finances as a basis for fixing
/rates next February, and postponed
B "action one week on the resolution re
*».iuesting the city attorney to advise
the board what steps to take to compel
'.the Spring Valley company to furnish
• water.*-
ACCUSED OF STEALING
: FROM VETERANS' HOME
Cook at Institution and an Old
• • Soldier Are Jailed
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
•'. .KAPA, June 28. — Li. F. Baum, chief
. cook at the Veteran home, and John
(jarr, a veteran who has been employed
\u25a0 .at the home for some time, have been
• • aVrested on a charge of larceny. Sup
. pUes have been disappearing mysteri
dusly from the institution for several
• months, and watch has been kept on
". \he two men.
. Saturday nigrht a large piece of veal
•.'^as marked and left in the kitchen.
' Sunday. Carr entered the kitchen and
/ was seen to carry a sack, containing
\u25a0•' the veal to his own house.' Then he
. "took it to Bauman's house. Carr claims
he, -was doing the stealing: for Bauman.
Carr is in the county jail'and'Bau
• "man is out on $125. cash bail.
EAJBASSY ASSOCATION
INAUGURATES CAMPAIGN
Will Fight for American Build
. * Ings in Foreign Capitals
June 28.— The recently
* ftjrined embassy association
has begun a. campaign among Amerl
• cans Hvlmy and traveling in England
to enlist their support in a movement
to induce the government to provide
th« fmbaspies in foreign capitals with
suitable buildings. :
Murderer of Elsie
Sigel in Vast Trap
Elsie Sigel and the house in which she was . murdered by Leon Ling,
' . her Chinese lover. " L > ;
EVERY EXIT UNDER
VIGILANT WATCH
New York Chief Detective Says
Leon Ling Can Not Escape
From Country
NEW YORK, June 28. — Inspector Me-
Cafferty, chief of the New York de
tective bureau, gave^. out tonight the
first authentic statement on the mur
der of Elsie Sigel that has been made
by the police since the discovery rof
the girls body June IS in a trunk in
the bedroom of Leon Ling.
"We shall catch the murderer," the
Inspector said. "Delay does not alter
that, although it chafes us. The whole
country is one vast rattrap with every
exit guarded.
"The girl was killed June 9 and we
believe that Leon Ling is the man
who did it, with Chung Sin. his room
mate, as a possible accomplice. ,\^ We
have Chung Sin.
TRACING MURDERER
"From his room in Eighth avenue
Leon Ling went straight to Washing
ton and there sent the 'Don't worry 1
telegram signed 'Elsie,' received on the
night of the murder by the Sigel
family. From Washington he re
turned to New .York and about mid
night June 9 took' the body in a trunk
to Newark, arriving there about 2 a.
m. June 10. We don't know how he
took it. All available records of the
various taxicab companies have been
searched, but there are many private
ly owned machines which keep no rec
ords.
"Unable to dispose of his- trunk, Leon
returned to New York, with the body
the afternoon of June 10 and \ left it
in his room. From that moment we
lose all trace of him. So far as we
know, he had no other possible accom
plice, than Chung. Sin..
ENTIRE COUNTRY AIDS
"No other murder that I can remem
ber has attracted such wide interest
or such enthusiastic co-operation on
the part of the police of other cities.
All the forces of the country are work
ing as one great machine. We have 50
men of our own in the cities of the
east. . \u25a0 "
"The only possible ship on- which
Leon could have leftTthe; country is
due to arrive in Yokohama July 3. She
will be watched. The man can not
get out of the county. Ifihe is alive
we will catch him." • .
'All the Chinese laundries in the city,
which are operated Tby four companies
in the name of individual managers,
received notices today in Chinese from
the owners warning employes that they
must have nothing to do with white
women except on laundry business, on
pain of dismissal. ;
Appeal to Wu Ting Fan£
MONTREAL. June 28.— The Chinese
Christian Association of Montreal to
day took steps to petition Wu Ting
Fang, the Chinese ambassador at
Washington, to issue a formal. demand
on the Chinese residents of. the United
States and Canada to assist in the cap
ture of Leon; Ling, the suspected-mur
derer of Elsie Sigel of New York.
BOSTON, June 28.— A' Chinese whose
tailt'and actions attracted attention. [on
a trolley car tonight was arrested. on
suspicion of knowing something of
the Sigel murder. He claimed to be
Yee Ying and said he lived, in Boston.
The police are Investigating.
Watching Clam Diggers
OAKLAND, June 28.— Chinese clam
diggers .near the high street , bridge,
Alameda", were watched today by de
tectives, looking \u25a0 for,". Leon JLihg, 'the
alleged slayer of Elsie Sigel* in -New
York. The. sleuths were working, on
the theory that -Ling might disguise
himself as a clam digger in order to
be near the water and- make his es
cape by means of a vessel. „
SEEKS DEATH BENEATH
WHEELS OF LOCOMOTIVE
Dramatic Suicide, Horrifies Pas-
sengers at Station
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SANTA ROSA, June 28.— Passengers
and iat the Sonoma depot of
the Northwestern Pacific railroad were
horrified this afternoon to see ; a; young'
Italian -suddenly ; throw- himself under
thej train as it started to leave at % 3 :30
o'clock. - ,";;\u25a0 \u25a0'
DE-iTH^VAS INSTA3VTAJVEOUS
.All that' could > be learned /Was s that
the man's name was Mascbini.and he
was about 24 "years old.
F. S. - Farmer shot : and killed him
sejf late'this afternoon on 'the? Palmer,
ranch near here." : He was ~* s* years -old
and had no one, to look.' after": him. -He
was -afraid he would ;be sent ,to*: the
county farm-
TRE;SA^ J^AKGISCQ, OA^
WOODILL MURDER
CLOSED INCIDENT
Coroner's Jury Returns Com*
promise Verdict; Accusing
Eastman of Crime
. ST. MICHAELS, Md., June: 2S.— With
tlje compromise verdict of the coro
ner's jury that Robert E. Eastman
either ; killed or was accessory - to the
murder of Edith' May ; Woodill;and the
declaration of State's; Attorney. Taylor
that he was through with. the' case, the
strange . dual tragedy became a .closed
incident -.today. •
Four of the •12 jurors to sign
the verdict. The .words "or accessory
tt> the crime" were added , to* the draft
which, approved by the majority,.blunt
ly accused Eastman of the -murder. The
four dissenting jurymen merely -wished
to protest,- they; said, against-the man
ner, in which the inquiry .was conducted,
declaring. much available. evidence was
not adduced. Thejletterleft^by East
man for his wife, in 'Which he said that
Mrs. Woodill. had been killed; by a
woman'; in a jealous frenzy, : was not
read., - \u25a0 '. ..\u25a0,' :-'-'.. : : ." . .';
The jury sat for a, time .today, in the
bungalow - itself, -Eastman's "un
marked grave- not -50 feet jaway.% Mrs.
Eastman, had i visited 'the : place ', earlier
in the day and had; stood dry^eyed'.for
a time"; beside the : new made? mound.'
• Threes witnesses gaveinterestingi tes
timony-before ; the •.coronef.'s!. jury, : i<but
developed to change
the complexion ] of ithe strange- case. V
iv William ; Sutton',^' who Y; went^ to ' the
shack to« ask Eastman to . 'attend ": a. re -
; ligious meeting, 'definitely .}.>; fixed 'the \
, time of '\u25a0 his visit as Sunday: afternoon i
between- 5 and' 6 ; o'clock. .This also
definitely, fixes the ; time:of ithe.murder
as .occurring; on. Sunday /; night. ; ; r Sut
ton \u25a0 swore • positively ". that-; he heard
Mrs.' Woodill's volce.^' There" was noth
ing to" indicate ..that. she "and -Eastman
were or ; had been engaged in a;quarrel.
r, From the testimony, f the
have i formed ", this Vflnali theory :"., i
That Eastman !was \ iht heed f of money ;
that > he 'P t probably ; . had ,> been ' : getting
money, - f rom \ Mrs.'.-i -Woodili; for j some
time ','\u25a0 that \ he "unodubtedly knew some
thing .of her/past \u25a0 life » and that- he had
been« blackmailing . her; fr that rjhex- at
temptedi to « continue,, this i practice '; and
that .'the "\u25a0'.. woman Rebelled,- intimating
that 'she/- too," • had >found .but S" certain
! things" about Eastman ; and; that ] if "driv
eh^-to lit she; would -expose i him.'
;\u25a0 -Eastman's "dread "of sserving;as serving;a; a " term
in the penitentiary is , well I known.7; His
Twif ehas'said; that* he. told- herfhe: would
rather < commit suicideTthan be locked
up->:-..'J : "v--' \u25a0,-^-"^% ; r '..-/..- ':,'",\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0'-'\u25a0\u25a0'- \u25a0:-..- *
r . As -to why> Mrs. i Woodill went to the
bungalow, there, was.rio evidence.
1 : The compromise verdict declared that
on Sunday,''June,2o,:in'histbungalow/ori
Broad } creek,>"Rbbert jr E.J Eastman 2f e
;lo'niously*s killed 'or -was* accessory v to
the crime of v murdering^ Edith, -'May.
Thorrtpsb'n-: Wood 111, , , wife ;-' ; : of .' Gilbert
; Woodill of ;Los Angeles.T.Cal.V ".•
Havc.Yoii a. Room. to Rent? .
If so, drop a, postal:tp;TheiCall,'iWant
Ad Department, .^ or£ phone >Kearny£ 86,*
andywe will show; you -howty ouTcan ' get
it' rented for 50c- ; • --\u25a0\u25a0<• .
CHINESE FAIL
IN THE EFFORT
TO LAND OPIUM
Big Seizure of Contraband Drug
Concealed in OH Cans
Aboard Liner Asia •
Two Celestials on Way io "See
Their s Cousin" Run Afoul
of Inspectors
For nay» that are dark
And trick* that nre; vain , .
The. heathen Chinee Is peculiar.
The campaign begifn. some timej ago
by Surveyor of the Port E. . F. Wood
ward and C. H. Blinn, the \u25a0 deputy sur
veyor," for the discouragement" of the
illegal Importation of opium bore. fruit
yesterday in two important .seizures,
which \u25a0\u25a0 involved the capture of 222 five
tael tins of the poppy product, the ar
rest \u25a0'' of two Chinese smugglers, .the
glory that rightly goes to the white
man who outwits the^ wily Celestial for
at least four inspectors, and; trouble
for one inspector.
OPIUM IN SUITCASE' . " J
.The first seizure was made^ by In
spectors John Toland and E. E. Enlow.
They, were on their way to "work short
ly after 7 o'clock a.'mv, and half .way
between .: pier 42, where the Japanese
liner Chlyo Maru is berthed, and the
old. Pacific Mail wharf,- they met two
Chinese. carrying a dress suitcase. The
Chinese were Lun ' Sing,' the ;Chiyo*s
Chinese interpreter, "and Chow Chee, the
liner's steerage cook. They were
ashore under the usual bond and j were
going" to -Chinatown to "see their
cousin.", •'\u25a0 . \u25a0" ;
\u25a0Poland's, suspicions ..were aroused
when, he noticed tho^ Chinese "exchange
looks as they encountered the-inspec
tors. V He asked to : see the. : contents
of the valise. They lost ; the : key.
With Enlow's assistance ,* and without
the aid of a search warrant he forced
the lock and found 42 five tael tins of
opium laid in neat layers,^ where Chow
Chee's dress suit should have reposed.
The Chinese were ' held under , $1,000
bonds and charged .-with \u0084 smuggling
opium. It Is not known how the" stuff
was; taken, from the ship; s but *the< in- ;
spector \ who allowed that' grip jto pass
down the gangway, if It went that
way, has trouble in store for him.
The second seizure ;was made in the
forej peak of the HnerJAsia by Inspec
tors Joseph. Head and" C. J. Behninger.
They had been searching since the liner
docked and had found no sign of the
opium, although' there were good rea
sons to believe the stuff was on board.
DRUG IV OIL CANS
"We've searched everything here but
these oil cans," said Benninger, "and
they seem to be full of oil."
To make" .sure they; unscrewed, the
caps and sniffed. It was oil, all right.
Head kicked one of the cans and hurt
his toe. . :\: \ "'-""•";' •:-\u25a0••;\u25a0 . : ' -\u25a0.'.'\u25a0..\u25a0
"That oil's too solid," he said. "Let's
take another look.^;
The oil- was poured 'out, ". and when
the 10 gallon, can 'yielded, less than a.
quart of oil if was ; plain .'\u25a0\u25a0 that there
was something wrong,* for' the empty
can had lost little of its weight- by the
emptying process, f The- bottom- was cut,
off . the can ' and "'4O '\u25a0_ five | tael tins 'of
opium rolled but. oh the deck. At' the
sarnie -time -there was revealed one of
the most ingenious smuggling devices
ever used, even by •> Chinese, who are
past masters at: thfe game. -•
The bulk of the space inside the can
was reserved- for/opium/- but 'to carry
out the deception there' ran from V the
cap to the bottom of the can- a narrow
tin reservoir, .which was | filled . with
oil. This supplied tne ne.cessa.ry odor
land the opium contributed the. weight.
Forty more tins of opium were found
in a similar can.; Nobody on .the Asia
claimed the '; opium. The cans will be
given honored places in the; federal
museum of 'smuggling devices.-- \u25a0
CATHOLICS OF ILLINOIS
IN FIGHT FOR /DRY' STATE
Great /Temperance Movement
Backed by Archbishop Quigley
CHICAGO, June ; .28.— Warfare- has
been declared ' by Roman Catholic tem
perance advocates against the liquor
traffic.. A cair to every member ; of the
Catholic church in 1 Illinois to join in
the fight " for ; a "dry *state," denuncia
tion - oil Catholic* societies which toler
ate the sale of -at-Apicnics
and Saturday \u25a0 night dances 'held- by
them, and an appeal for la . rigid -en
forcement, of the- Sunday closing laws
were contained 'in; resolutions adopted
yesterday .by the iCatholic total ab
stinence-association of Illinois.
.Backed- :by Archbishop Quigley the
movement . has ':. enlisted- the sympathy,
of ; many Catholic-pastors - and-: plans
are on foot to-establish in. each parish
from . Chicago y to" Cairo concrete \u25a0 organ
izationsato - battle*; against' the -liquor
industry. " v: ' • >>. :\u25a0• .'\u25a0 '•\u25a0.-, '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 .
Preceding . the ; national convention of
the organization to /be? held" here Au
gust ;4, s v, and ' 6, > Catholics :of \u25a0\u25a0- Chicago
will hold , a monster parade -through
the downtown streets, in which it is
expected^ 10,000-itotal abstinence sup
porters'will j participate. . :
PERISHES HIMSELF AFTER
WARNING HOTEL GUESTS
Porter of Hostelry at Wallace^
Idaho,; Loses Life
WALLACE. Idaho, June ' .28.— Fire
early today-destroyed; the Western! ho
tel and a frame; building /adjoining. •\u25a0>
, Oscar Anderson, a cripple, .who , acted
as" porter, who had gone; back; into .the
burning; building^to: rescue some of 'his
personal T eff ects,; af ter . he ; had : awaken ed
all the ; guests, was overcome . by : smoke
and; was -.burned \to^death. ,.
;. The < proprietor's? family ; and several
guests, saved' .themselves v; by .:; jumping
from the windows. One woman broke
her-leg.\;v>'.- ';;>.?: ;-•- 'r.:.^ \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0-\u25a0;.:\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0 -\u25a0». ;,,•
is: estimated at; %Z,SOQ;', with
$2,000 1 Insurance.*-: The *. fire / is f believed
to' 1 have been «of; incendiary; origin.
ERNEST YON HALLE; NOTED
PUBLICISTS PASSES^AWAY
on -Political Ecbripmy
i Succumbs to Pleurisy f ;
'{; BERLIN, 'June :28.-^-Prof.:' Ernest: yon'
Halle; . the f political v'. economist; died
here V \u25a0_' [
;-^on^Hal]e^wasiborri\in \u25a0l§^B/^He>was;
well known in the United; States! r
)He [.wrote variousjstudiea cottbh %
culture : in" the '" south," on ;-,the ehterpris"e
of Germans ;.in"« America ', and v on -z econ- J
omlc^inqulries^in the West 7 Indies; and
Venezuela. <i;:' ! ; : r.' :-."\u25a0_"\u25a0 -. •"\u25a0"• : . .\u25a0 '\u25a0'\u25a0J : "\.. :.*-"->
"i The prof essor^j. was * an ., ardent >'adv6- ;
catefof : the- GermanSnavy^andiaidedUn'
the::preparationJof-;BeveraHnavar, ; bills.l
He was -personally/ liked by Emperor
William.'-/'- . v- -, ; ; ;> \u25a0 ; : ; n:\r-
Latest Device of
Clever Smugglers
\u2666 \u25a0•;-••- "'\u25a0.:• .- •'•- : — - — •'• »
I Federal . inspector holding . oil ; can in which \ \u25a0
j smuggled t opium was discovered ,on the \u25a0
I Chlyo • Maru. B The -' small compartment : in
j the can was filled with oil to dccciv© the
j . inspectors. . - The balance { of \ the '\u25a0 can was
I tightly packed with tins of opium.
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TRUST COMPANY HEAD
ON. THE WITNESS STAND
Daniel Ler6y» Dresser Continues
His Testimony
SARATOGA, N. V., June -2 S:— Daniel
Leroy'Dresser/ former president: of the
Trust of the Republics con
tinued his testimqny as a witness in the
case of Charles H. Cavenaugh against
the former;directors. of rthe company to
compel the restoration of ' moneys 'al
leged to have been- lost through* financ
ing ;the 'United States ship building
company.- :.; . . . '
The loans on the ship building, se
curities,; the witness said, were rep
resented in ; the customary way to the
executive committee. Questioned as to
a loan of; $300,000 made July, 24. 1902,
by the i trust company to the witness,
which, was paid; In October following,
Dresser * said there ' was no suggestion
that such a- loan was illegal. The loan
was used, however, by the board of
directors, 'he said.": .. . \u0084
At the, time it \u25a0-became necessary to
pay over about $6,000,000- for the con
stituent companies, of the ship building
company on August 11, 1902. there .was
found'to bea deficiency of over $2,000
000, the French underwritings having
failed to produce a dollar of the's3,ooo,
000 which it was reported- had been
placed in Paris. \u25a0 \u0084
How to identify
"Craftsman"
From its' first success, in 1900, the popularity achieved
by ' Craftsman furniture- was the- signal to an' army of *
, - imitators who -saw- in it what they considered "a novelty
•which 'J : would 'prpve '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0to <_ be a .notable v money V maker.
* These .manufacturers at ( once began to turn out large
quantities of furniture which was •• designed in what •
seemed » to theiritthe j same .style. But failing to com-
. prehend the real 'reasons, for giving to Craftsman fur-
:*- niture forms ithat. were -plain and almost primitive, they
naturally seizedaipon this- pfimitiveness 'as a fad which
* might»be \ profitable', and * exaggerated' it into intentional
V/'jefudeness.;;V /'jefudeness.;; :;This imitation has grown : instead of de-
I '{creased with -the - passing , of time, and while in one
\u25a0it us :the. best evidence of popularity and sta-
bility: of *.the Craf \u25a0 snian style, in another it^creates con-
fiisionvwhich at ;times -is: annoying. " Purchasers should
i; bear this in mind | when ' selecting : furniture, and if they
desire to :, get A the [genuine Craftsman'; furniture, they,
/should ;remenibertthat^by this uame aloneJt Is 'known,
;* and" that ; it is 'sold k in Sari .Francisco only "by, the John
"ißreurier Co., :,who; ; are; exclusive agents.. 7 .Furthermore,
: .'it should bei.borneiin mind that, each piece of Craftsman
is i not; only, tagged : with the^ name "Craftsman."
but is "stamped with the'registered shop markr-a joiner's
compass -of "ancient-; make,, inclosing --the - motto ;• "Als ik
Kan.'VaridbearihgGustav Stickley's signature below.
. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0: 'The "Craftsman" pieces pictured above are hand built,
'.of : quartef sawed oak. They are fumed by"; the original
•'\u25a0 process known only to Gustay Stickley.
No. SO^ — The : Umbrella^Stand. '.$20.00 ,
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MARRIAGE IS CLIMAX
OF DRUNKEN ORGY
J. C. Dunphy Sues for Annul
merit of His Recent Nuptials
With "Dodie" Valencia
Does Not Emerge From Alco»
vholic Trance Until Four Days
;' After the Wedding
V Six \ days wedded, James Clay Dun
phyj began suit "yesterday for annul
mentrof "his marriage with "Dodle"
Valencia. The union that is alleged
to have capped a wild champagne ca
rouse the, wealthy cattleman would
have the court declare ; null and void.
Dunphy asserts in his complaint that
he was so drunk he did not. know
what he was doing.
This is not the first time this man
of*- the bizarre matrimonial career has
asked the court to. relieve" him of the
consequences of his dissipation. There"
are among ; the records of the 'superior
court ;a number of- affidavits in which
Dunphy pleaded unlimited indulgence,
in suissesses as a reason why default
judgments against -"him for money
shoulfl be set; aside: '
MARRIAGE WITH "DOmE**
The marriage with "Dodie" took
place ;at Redwood C:iy June 22. He
had no comprehension of what he was
doing, or of. the 'nature of the cere
mony, Dunphy asserts,' and he never
consented to marry tne defendant. | For
many days prior to^the performance of
the marriage ceremony and until June
26 — four days after— he had been con
tinuously under the Influence of liquor,
he shamelessly pleads. At no time
during, this period had he his normal
faculties, 1 he. states. * But at.s a. m.
June; 26 he,- for the first 'time,' realized
the purport of the marriage ceremony.
He immediately left his wife and- the
same day -his attorneys, J...H. Mere
dith /and Perry • Evans, prepared the
complaint.'?|g||s|s
Dunphy's marriage to the Valencia
woman was the. most surprising event
in his mottled / list Jof experiences* A
remarriage with Mrs. Sunderhaus-Cof
fey-Sllverstone-Dunphy. from whom
he had* recently secured an annulment,
was confidently . predicted by his
acquaintances. ' .
FORMER WIFE MARRIES LAWYER
It was believed that when Mrs. Sil
verstone "dismissed her appeal it fore
shadowed marriage with the man she
had for. five years believed to be her
husband. But -the drunken marriage
with, "Dodle" put the extinguisher on
that -little romance. Two days later
Mrs. Silverstone sprung another sur
prise by; marrying her attorney, Ernest
Pagnuelo, stating she had no further
use for "Jimmy," ; and v did V not care
what became of him. ;
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SECOND FLOOR
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HOTEI, COMPANY. Jtt
STATE3IEXT
OF TnE CONDITIONS AND AFFAIRS OF THE
NATIONAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HAHTFORI>. IN THE STATE OF CON-
NECTICUT, on the 01st day of I^emlx-r.
A. D. r 1908. and for tbe year \u25a0 ending on tbat
day. Pnblistieri pursuant to the prnristona ul
.Section 611 of the Political Code and compile I
from the annual statement filed with the Insur-
ance Commissioner of the State of California.
CAPITAL
Amount of capital stock paid op In
cash ..st,ooO.oOi'.Q'i
ASSETS :: ' ===
Real estate owned by company $447.96fi. U
Loans on bonds and mortsascs ?04,700.(X>
Cash market value of ail stocks and
bonds owned by company 6,077,2Tf>.0«>
Cash , In company's office 1.1.'i'.. l«;
Cash in banks 520,6<a>.12
Prcminms in dne course of collec-
tion 703.579.42
Total asset 3 ..$3.257,55<)~iT
LIABILITIES """
Losses adjusted and unpaid...: $113,675.28
Looses In process of adjustment or
3| in | suspense . . /^Vif.Ti."- «V . ./. . : '.?£ 34-1,66f». :J4
Losses , resisted. Inclufiing expenses.." 40,058.37
Gross - premiums on flre risks run-
ning one year yr less. $.';.T:^;.-
0.">l.&7 ; reinsurance. 50 per cent.. 1,866,323.C»D
Gross -premiums on flre risks run-
ning more than one year, f 5.100,-
9C8.2G; reinsurance pro rata 2, 628,966. 59
Taxes due or accrued 85,000. (Ht
Total liabilities. ;~>.075.5fri,77
INCOME
Net cash actually received for flrr«
premiums .". |5.4i».911.ns
ReceiTed -for Interest on mortgages.. £>, 679.7s
Iteceived fit>m interest ami dlrl-
i dends on bonds, stocks, loans.
and ' from all other .sources 233.313.2."i
ReceiTed -. for rents 12,i>12.03
(Jrnss profit on gale or maturity of
ledger assets...../ 11.853.00
Income from all other sources 1,310.4 a
* Total income $5.712.312.5*
EXPENDITURES
Net amount paid for flre losses (in-
cluding $363,513.63 losses of previ-
ous years) ..... .V.V. .' . . $2,832,017.(2:
Expenses of adjustment and settle-
ment of losses. ; 33.305.5 a
Dividends to stock h01der5. ......... 120,000.00
Paid or "allowed for commission or
brokerage. .'. 03!>,331102
Paid for salaries, fees, and other
1 charges for officers, clerks, etc.. C 44.535.70
Paid for state, national and local.
taxes. W5.374.03
Gross loss ou sale or maturity of
\u25a0 ledger assets 92.6K5.37
i All other expenditures. 313,037,3«
Total "expenditures : 15.154.515.34
Losses incurred during the year. .. .$2,873,214.17
RISKS AND PREMIUMS ~ T~"
] { Fire Risks.} Premiums.
j Net \u25a0 amount of rlsks^ * „.• j
I; written during the i
year ....... $725.115,607i55,225,5C9.3r»
Net amount of risks
expired during the<
\u25a0 year .......: [ 701 ,519,930 S. 153.390. 2-1
Net 3; amount in force
i December 31. 1908. . . 702,647.3.57] 8.834.020.2:$
JAMES NICHOLS. President.
B. It. STILLAIAX.> Secretary.
Subseril>eil and sworn to before me, this i:;th
day of January. 15KK).
FRED B. SEYMOUR, Notary Public.
PACIFIC DEI'ART.ME.\T
McNEAR S WAYMAN, General Agents
. \atioual Uulldlne;
AW. Cor. *aD.t»ine ami Sacra mrntu St».
H tut rmnvlMo, Cal.
The California' Promotion Committee
(The State Central <>r:ranlJ!ation organized !:\u25a0
1002 — An association for tbe commercial ami
\u25a0 industrial - development of California. » >
"PROMOTION: The act of promotion." advance-
ment, encouragement. "— Century Dictionary. .
The committee has for Its object the PROMO-
TION of Californta'* interests. It has nothing t>»
sell. It " fosters all things • tending to the AD-
VANCEMENT, of . California. It Is an authority
on all matters relating to California. It EN-
COURAGES The establishment "f new Industrie*
-and fosters those already established. It Invites
desirable \u25a0 immigration. It presents the oppor-
tunities and ' needs of all nel<N vf business ami
professional activity. "It. ls supported by pop'»!'<r
subscription and mafcrs m> charge for any service
rendered. It lia< afnl!atf<l with It 200 commer-
cial organizations of tl»e state, with a combined
membership' of more t'oan 3J».«!<X». Meetings of '
representatives nf the«e organizations are held
semiannnally ' in different pant of the state,
where matters of California's interests "are dl*- .
I cussed. -Headqnarters of the committee are main-
tained in, California buUdlng. Union swtnare. Siu»-
Francisco. CORRESPONDENCE INVITEU.
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