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THE SUNDAY CALL TOMORROW
VOLUBLE CVII.— XO. 88.
BITTER ATTACK
ON COAL LANDS
PROSECUTION
Special Agent of Department
Calls Official in Charge of
Cases Incompetent
Permitted Counsel for Defend
ants to Examine AH Evi*
dence, Is Charge
Sensational Testimony Before
Congressional Committee in
Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry
WASHINGTON', Feb. 25.— The
charge by Horace Jones, a spe
cial a*?ent of the land office,
that James M. Sheridan, who was sent
by (he authorities at Washington to
take charge of the hearing in the Cun
ningham coal cases, practically threw
the government's cape away by giving
counsel for the claimants' an opportunity
to examine all evidence collected by
special agents working under Louis R.
Glavis, farninhed the sensation today
at the Balling-er-Pinohot inquiry.
Attacks* Sheridan's Competency
Jon*>B made a bitter attack upon the
competency of Sheridan, who replaced
Glavis in charge of the cases, and de
clared that although Glavis was no
lawyer he knew more law than did
Sheridan.
Asked why h* failed to protest to
Washington regarding the allegeJ in
i-ompetent presentation of the rase,
Jones replied scornfully that he might
have been deemed insubordinate. The
witness worked with Glavis on the
Alaska cases and said h«> felt it was a
reflection upon Glavis that Sheridan
should have been sent out to relieve
him.
On direct examination Jones proved
a most effective witness. Under* cross
examination he • proved stubborn an.l
defiant, flinging curt answers at com
mitteenien and counsel alike.
Witness Badly Tangled
Aside from Jones the interest of the
day centered in a young man named
W. W. Barr, a timber dealer brought
from Seattle to testify for Glavis in
refutation of the charge that 24 miss
ing letters from the government tiles ;
!iad been found in a box belonging to
Glavis snd stored in the government
building in Seattle. On cross examina
tion Barr became badly tangled.
Barr said he had suggested to Glavis
to telephone his successor at Seattle
to see If the latter had found the,
papers that Glavis had turned over
following his dismissal from the serv
ice. Barr said he listened at an ex
tension telephone while Christensen,
now chief of division, replied that
everything- was "O. K." He said he
did this to protect Glavis.
Asked to detail the conversation the
witness declared that he could only
remember that Christensen said that
everything was "O. K." He toJd also
of visiting the storage room with
Glavis, but said that neither he nor
Glavis put any letters in the box.
Partners in Land Deal
Ir was brought out on cross exami
nation that Glavis was assisting Barr
to jret possession of some timber lands
claimed by the state of Washington,!
but to which Barr says the state has
no right. Giavis is to share equally in
the profits. The witness could not de
tail all that Glavis had agreed to. His
memory wa* bad. and the memorandum I
of agreement liad been left in Seattle.
Although he and Glavis had been
oh urns for some years, and he had been
a dealer in timber lands for seven
years, Barr denied that Glavis had ever
given him any benefit ofvbis connec
tion with the field service of the land
office, \u25a0
He said Glavis picked out lands
which he and Barr are trying to ob
tain. Barr said he proposed to pay for
the la*ids with scrip issued by the gov
ernment to the Northern Pacific rail
road for lands passed back by the rail
road into forest reserves.
Andrew Kennedy was the third wit
ness of the day. Testifying to what
he knew of the box in which the al
leged missing letters were found, he
said the box had been left partly open
all the time it was in the federal build
ing. This testimony was introduced
by Brandeis in advance of the testi
mony that is to be offered by the de
fense as to the finding of the docu
ments.
Pinchot to Take Stand
The "prosecution" will proceed to
morrow, with the likelihood that Gif
ford Pinchot will be the "star" witness.
He will tell of his experiences with
Ballinger in relation to the conserva
tion of natural resources.
Followers of the inquiry have gath
ered the impression that the verdict,
if there is not to be a majority and
minority rinding, which would leave
the matter practically where it was
before, the inquiry began, will hinge
upon the testimony of BaJlinger Itself.
In other words, the ca*e will soon
narrow down to an issue between
GJayis and. the secretary of the inte
rior.' The committeels rather restive
;»nd anxious that Ballingor'fc testimony
sliouid be reached as soon as possible.
When the committee : met in open |
Cou tinned vn l':xac 10, Coluniuv 4,aud 5
The San Francisco Call.
Vitriolic Answer
To Heney's Charge
Made by McCarthy
Alliance With Calhoun Is
Denied and Prosecutor
Branded a "Liar" *
When Mr. Heney made hi* state
ment in regard to an alliance be
tween Mr. P. IT. - McCarthy and
Patrick Calhoun he knowingly said
what was not. In other words, he
is a liar, and he knows he
lied. However, I'm not given to
.discussing the dead. Mr. Heney
must be under the impression that :
the people , think about him a
great deal and that they ; have
nothing else to think about. I"
don't know he's alive and don't
give a . Fm here to .do the
right thing and 1*1! compel him
to do the right thing, too, in the
interests of the people as a -whole.
I'm just big enough and strong
enough to be mayor of all the
people, Mr. Heney Included.
T'd rather build street railroads
than talk about them. What I'm
doing is being done, right and
\u25a0won't have to be undone. I don't
•want to discuss the Geary street
matter. I simply want to see the
cars running. It's the doing of
things that counts, and if we
wafted for other people^ we'd
never get them done. Mr. Ueney
and the people associated with
him took $720,000 out of the city
treasury to build the* Geary street
road and then had one of their
henchmen enjoin them from build- '
it.
When Mr. Heney says I am in
alliance with Patrick Calhoun he
is a liar, and a liar because he
loves to lie. The San Francisco
building trades council alone spent
$170,084.70 in five months to fight
Patrick Calhoun on the car strike,
Rnd Mr. P. H. McCarthy presided
at every one of those meetings at
which the money was voted.
Everybody knows now that Mr.
Heney and his associates pro
moted that strike. — MAYOR p. H.
McCarthy: -.-;i ,>r,V
SMALL VESSEL WILL
TRAVERSE MANY SEAS
To Reach This Port Schooner
• Will Circle Globe
EAST BOOTH BAY, Me., Feb. 25.— Tra*
versing approximately seven-eighths
the distance around the earth before it
reaches the home port of her owner. L.
A. Norris of San Francisco, will be the
unique voyage undertaken by a 90 foot
auxiliary schooner being built by an
East Booth Bay firm.
The schooner will be launched in a
few week?. The route scheduled for
the yacht is across the Atlantic,
through the Mediterranean and "the
Suez canal, thence through the Red sea
to the Indian ocean and then across the
Pacific to San Francisco.
The voyage will require five months.
SEEKS DAMAGES FROM
COMBINE OF PLUMBERS
Independent Charges Conspiracy
to Ruin His Business
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 25.— Suit was
filed todaj' in the state circuit court by
Gerard A. Fleischer asking $75,000
damages from wholesale dealers in
plumbers* supplies and certain mem
bers of the master plumbers' associa
tion of this city, and charging the
wholesalers and plumbers' association
with conspiracy to drive Fleischer,
who is an independent master plumber,
out of business. Fleischer alleges in
his complaint that after he had built
up a remunerative business the whole
salers refused to sell him Supplies, be
cause he was not a member of the as
sociation.
BROTHER'S WILL OMITS
PRINCESS HATZFELDT
Small Estate Left by Stepson of
C. P. Huntington j
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 25.— Princess-
Clara Huntington Hatzfeldt of Clippen
ham, Eng., is cut on* without a cent
by the will of her brother, Charles
Walter Prentice, filed for probate here
today.
Half of the estate' is bequeathed to
the decedent's mother. The remainder
is divided equally between *a brother,
Huntington* Prentice, and a sister, Alice
May Huntington of San Francisco. The
estate is valued at $10,000.
PROFESSOR MOSES MAY BE
HONORED BY PRESIDENT
Savant May Be Delegate to the
Pan-American Exposition
[ Spccfal "Dispatch to The Call ]
WASHINGTON*. Feb. 25.— Presidentn t
Taft and Secretary Knox will announce
the choice for United States, delegates
to the, Pan-Arneric-an exposition ;at
Buenos Aires within a few "days' Frank
lin P. Adams, and Professor Moses .'of
the University of California, stand a
good chance of being appointed. Adams
is from California and ;is assistant
director of the. bureau of.Amerlcan re
publics. : \u25a0<„ "..-....
COUNTERFEIT^RS TURN
OUT LINCOLN PENNIES
PORTLAND. Ore.' Feb. 25.— 1t is
stated "that the federal authorities are
searching for a gang of counterfeiters
manufacturing bogus Lincoln 1 pennies.
The Imitation 'is a poor <6n«v the
product being composed- of babbit and
tin and lacking the coper, color of
the. penny. . ' "/."-.
It is' said to be the first time in the
last ten years; that the\secret service
has - discovered counterfeit, pennies. '
Another peculiar ; feature jof^ the'i case
is that, the- authorities ';, think .that the
£enjj is composed of boys. • *.
SA^FR^CTSCOr^
MAYOR CALLS
HENEY A "LIAR"
AND "DEADONE"
McCarthy Grows Vitriolic in
Denying Charge of Pact
WithCalhouh
City's Executive Intimates That
United Jtanroads: Head Is
Bitter Enemy
To the charge 'made by Francis J.
Heney that Mayor P. , H. McCarthy was
pledged v before his election to defeat
the building of a" municipal -road in
Geary street and that, he was in unholy
alliance with Patrick Calhoun the
mayor responded yesterday with an
attack upon H^ney and a declaration
which amounted to the assertion that
Calhoun was his -bitterest enemy.
McCarthy's enmity toward Calhoun
was*not expressed -in positive, burning
words like those, with which he, flayed
Heney, but by: inference through bis
reference to the part taken ' by' the
building trades council in support] of
t.he carmen's \u25a0 strike. His declaration
that it was his intention to build. In
Geary street the best street railway
possible with the means at hand was,
however, a direct, unequivocal state
ment. His remarks regarding Heney
left no doubt about the state of his
feelings in that direction.
Several Charges Unanswered
While declaring that the Geary street
road would be built, McCarthy failed,
nevertheless, to reply directly to sev
eral charges made by Heney in the lat
ter's speech Thursday evening before
the league of justice banquet. He de
nounced the accusation of an alliance
with Calhouri as a lie, but he did not
refer, to the statement that United Rail
roads employes had been instructed to
vote for him, nor did he refer in any
way to his own attitude toward grant
ing the United Railroads a franchise in
lower Market street, concerning which
Hensy asserted that the mayor intend
ed to carry out a portion of his com
pact with Calhoun by giving the latter
the overhead trolley system on the out
side tracks as soon as he dared to do it.
In replying to a'question concerning
the nature of the road which would be
built McCarthy admitted his lack of
understanding of the exact terms of
; the Geary street ordinance. He said
that he understood the ordinance called
for an underground conduit electric
system. When it was pointed out that
the ordinance did not prescribe the
kin.l of. road to be built lie. said that
the best railway possible with the funds
at hand would be built. This subject,
he said, had been discussed yesterday
afternoon at a conference held be
tweftn him and the board of public
works.
Calls Heney "Dead One"
When asked fora statement concern
ing Honey's charges that he had formed
an. unholy alliance with Patrick Cal
houn prior to his election, that he had
endeavored after election to cause .the
defeat of the Geary street bonds -and
that it was; his intention to carry out
as much of his compact with Calhoun
as he dared, the mayor, expressed the
utmost disdain. 5V:;?^
•"Keney?" ne questioned. "Is that
Frar-cis J. Heney? "For the Lord's sake,
doer he still think he's alive? Why
should I pay any attention to* a dead
onej The people have passed on Mr.
Heney once , before. But when- Mr.
Henfey made, his statement in regard
»to an alliance between Mr. P. H. Mc-
Carthy and Patrick Calhoun he know
ingly said what was. not true. - lie' was
expressing that which was not and
which he could not maintain. In other
woris, he is a— — liar, and ho knows
he ! cd. The former* is simply a milder
and ;more gentlemanly way 'of express
ing |t.
"Tibe only alliance between' Mr. P. H.
McCarthy.and any one. is between Mr.
P. H. McCarthy and the people, tor '• the
people and the people's interests.
What Mr. Heney says or does not : say
regarding Mr. P. H. McCarthy carries
no weight with Mr./ P.'H. McCarthy or
with the people of; San. Francisco. The
people of San Francisco know. Mr. P."
H. McCarthy and any amount of'false
hoods disseminated by Mr. Heney :or
any other person, can- not'destroy r Mr.
McCarthy's usefulness / to Sai? Fran
cisco or himself.
Not Worried by Charges .
"The people* had their say; regarding
Francis. I'm .not; given to? discussing
the dead, but I- repeat, however^ that
whatever they ' may ', say about me *or
whatever falsehoods,- etc., they \u25a0 may; iit
ter worry "me not. at] all. In other,
words, Mr.. Heney must be" under :.the
Impression that the i people think about
him: a great deal, and that they have
nothing else' to think>. about.' I don't
know, he's alive and 'don't give ad — — .
I'm' here to do the fight' thing, and I'll
compel him .to do theright- thing, too.
in the • interests of the people- ab -a
whole. I'm; just big ; enough andistrong
enough.to be .mayor-of >all the people,
Mr. Heney included.' >
Mr. Heney, gives a'full ex- J
planation or even-a quasi orie^regard
ing .his relations/with the public:serv
ice corporations across .the bay and. the
thousands of dollars-, of. their J; money ':
which , he handled and received, and.af
ter lie also explains. why he. didn't grad
uate .from the' University; of: California,'
Continued on Page 10, Column 3
TWO TRUE BILLS
FOUND AGAINST
AGED PHYSICIAN
Proprietor of Sanatorium Under
Indictment for Attempted
Murder of Miss Smith
Further Accusation Returned of
Having Been Guilty, of : Per
forming Criminal Operation
[Special Dispatch* lo The Call] '
SANTA ROSA",. Feb. 25.— The Sonoma
county grand jm-y late this afternoon
returned two true 'bills, against. Dr.
Wlilard P. Burke, president and man
ager of the Willard ,P. Burke sana-!
toriuny at Alturas, 'five-miles north of
this city, after three days' investiga
tion:',
One indictment charges the use of dy
namite against Lou Etta Smith and the
other malpractice upon Mrs. Mabell
i Moll, wife of Albert Moll of Sevastopol.'
: Doctor Burke, who had been in town
during the afternoon: 'in conference
with his attorney, Hiram Johnson of
San Francisco, and J. Rollo' Leppo of
| this city, had returned to the sana
torium before, the grand jury made its
report to Judge Emmet Seawell at 5:15
o'clock. . . ' ;.
Released on Rail
Warrants were placed in the hands
of Sheriff. J. K. Smith and the de
fendant was brought into court shortly
after 7:30 and released . upon $20,000
bail in the dynamite charge and $5,000
in the malpractice charge.
The main indictment accuses Doctor
Burke ':.";'.
of the crime of maliciously deposit
ing and exploding explosives with-,
intent to injure a human being,
committed as follows: The said
W. .P. Burke on or about the sth .
•day of February, A. D. 1910, at
and in, the county of Sonoma, state
of California, did willfully, "unlaw
fully, feloniously and maliciously
deposit and explode at, in and near '
the dwelling house, being the tent •
house and. place where hunian.
beings did then i. and "there and
theretofore usually inhabit,' as- •
. semble and frequent,- pass/and re- \u25a0
pass, dynamite. r'PJercules powder
and other chemical 'compounds and>v I
explosive?, with the intent* .'then
1 and "there "to injure feloniously I<ou
Etta Smith, a human being, and
that by means of said deposit and
exploding of said explosives
Lou Etta Smith was thereby in- N .
jured^and endangered.
Testimony Before Jury
The grand" jury began the third and
last day of the investigation at 9:15
o'clock this morning with Under Sheriff
Walter C. Lindsay on the stand. The
officer told of 'his questioning Doctor
Burke regarding his. possession of
dynamite \u25a0. and the latter's denial of
ever having had any or of it being used
on the grounds. -. ~
W. A. . Gordon, .a; relative of Doctor
Burke and an employe of the sana
torium, who followed, knew nothing of
interest to the jury. . , .
Lou Etta Smith Testifies
Lou Eta Smith was tile principal wit
ness of the morning session and toid
her ; life . story in a plain, straightfor
ward manner, - charging Doctor Burke
with being the father of her son, who
will be a year old March 5. She was a
good witness and while 'showing, that
she had faith in Doctor Burke yet. she
did not conceal anything- which would
Indicate his connection with the ea.se
in any manner.
Mrs. Annie Macey of Laguna street,
San ; Francisco, with whom Miss Smith
lived for a time, corroborated the latter
in many respects. . \u25a0
D.' Warren Dillard, who was formerly
book keeper- at the. sanatorium, was the
first witness at the afternoon session
and . was another strong witness. He
told -of Doctor repeatedly refer
ring .to ! threats he said ; Miss Smith had
made, to blow.' herself : : up with "dyna
mite. \u25a0\u25a0 •-. . \u25a0;'; \u25a0 \u25a0/ ;'•;'• .-.: ' ' .*! -'\u25a0-;\u25a0_ •'
\u25a0 Dr.- : A. W. ' Hitt, a former resident
physician at -the sanatorium.' was, re
called i and^ gave corroborative evidence
along the' lines of Dillard's": testimony.'
The Ma I p racti cc Charge -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
The \u25a0;'•: evidence j ". in v the *. malpractice
charge was presented in the- form of
deposition from,: Mr, and \u25a0'. Mrs. 'Albert
Moll, in which" it' is alleged that the
operation was .performed by '''Doctor
Burke January. 10, 1910./ ,\u25a0 '.-..': \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'. \'\
. This' second .criminal charge came as
a. complete surprise, to; many, '"although
those . whofare ; following the " ; case . "knew,
that such a ; charge \u25a0> was . more ' than
probable and were- expecting two in
dictments.' . , /. \u25a0 .\u25a0'..-. • ,"., • A
:'-' Dr W. P. Burke, in custody,/ of
SheVlff /{Smith*,;,' accompanied 7 by.. Attor
ney- J. Rollo Leppo \u25a0 and, his bondsmen—
Con - Shea, , a local capitaiist," and' G. T. ;
Watterson,/: alpatient;at/the 'sanatorium
from = San ,-Franciscb---appeared /before
JuJgrf Sea welK tonight, Hhe-. bonds, were
quickly* signed,'/ sealed and acknowl
edged > arid ' Doctor Burke was : released :
pending the^hearing.. The case|by7coti- ;
sen it; went /over/ until Monda y morning
Attorney JiHlram/' Johnson ,\.was ;here
today f r orri San ' Francisco closeted ) wi t h
AttorneyLeppb" and Doctor Burke, go
ing rover, the case, and becoming famil
iar with'theidetails. ; Neither -the attor
neys i nor ." Doctor J Burke,- .would':" make a
statement regarding the case. . , '"\u25a0 '-?_< ;'-'\u25a0 i
DR. W. P. BURKE IS INDICTED
DYNAMITING - MALPRACTICE
Dr. .Willard P. Burke, -proprietor; of- sanatorium at; Alturas. who
was indictedyesterday. for the attempted murder of Lou Etta Smith and
| also ; for criminal malpractice. - \u25a0; . .. , -
WILL TRY OFFICER
WHILE ON CRUISE
Lieut. Mclntyre'AVill Be De=
prived of Counsel by Order
of Court Martial w • :
1 Surprise was p.vpressed^ in nayal'cir
cles yesterday when. it was' learned that
the. trial by court martial of Lieutenant
Edward W.'Mdntyre 'of the crufser
Colorado to". fix "the 'responsibility^ for
an explosion on. .board - the vessel* last
September, would 'be continued ; /while
the warship was at sea on/ its way 'to
the south . Pacific 'station, i The accused
officer. , was represented yesterday for
the first- time b*y .'counsel, * and 'the sud
den;determination', to hold";, the court
martial.' at sea, ; where the defendant
.would* be -deprived iof * his .attorney's
services has^attr'acted the attention, of
all interested, in naval' affairs. /.".,.-"\u25a0"
.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 The ithlrd'sessioii of .the court martial
was * held "."yesterday on" board' the Col
orado," .which" was 'coaling: ;in Carquinez
straits, "just „ off /the; Mare island : light-^
house} - Attorney ." Stanley \u25a0 Moore j took
charge : of j-theVdefense, - and . associated
with -him were- Lieutenant; Commander,
Henry \u25a0 T.- Baker, and -Lieutenant ,Coionel
Rufus F. Lane of the ; marine -corps.-
Lieutenant Mclntyre,-." who had pre-^
viously. been; under 'arrest, 'was 'paroled
in 'the 1 ;, custody 'of-' his counsel."' .\u25a0 -" \u25a0' j
; Only 'two witnesses" were examined,
\u25a0Lieutenant • Wallace and iWat'er '•\u25a0 Tender
Stewart, •, arid -itheir'' testimony 'was <of
little - significance: ' The \ liveliest? int^r
est£was displayed, however, -when:' it
was: announced that "the court would
resume; its - investigation* this "morning
and .continue, it' after .'the Colorado '.sails
tnis ; aftern6on. ; \3 V ]'\u25a0\u25a0''"'':''' : \"'i---''''^.' r -\ : i
RAINSisWELt RIVERA
; - ANp^BRipOES FALL
. ,25.— Heavy", rains
near^'here- last, night icaiiaed. the ;Sa^cra-'
mento iriver :to 15- feet'ln/a short
tlme^"V-'.'.JV, ; ' : /'- :•";''\u25a0; .: \u25a0 '..:> i" •.•'.\u25a0',/-;
"~>'A : showerj so; heavy^thati it. resembled:
a-; cloudburst iisentl streams ihl^her^ than"
ever f known j lief ore' herer;- - A ,-. N"'.-..':,;t
* >A^ "idozeri i-Jcouhty;-- bridges 'liave 'ib'cen":
Washed J away,-; aod^f all *t he ?' ferry \u25a0' boat si
have jbeenVcompelledv tootle -;up.'~:v" \u25a0/ .'
?iS,ThViHver^was;.«tatloharyiat^noon,'biit:
mprejrain' is /expected. ;;, > .' .; ;^ r . i.' , ' ' -^
\u25a0 \u25a0 |- 7HEWEATHER
4 YESTERDAY-— Clear; vest wind; maximum
Sdfiemperature. 5 8 ; minimum, 5 0.
? FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair; mod
1 crate north winds. .
WOMAN ACCUSED OF
POISONING HUSBAND
Widow Prepares to Surrender
and Wealthy Family Of -
' fers $1,000,000 Bond
- KIRKSVILJ/E«. Mo., Feb. 25.—Prose
cuting Attbrney : Reiger announced to
nighf that 'Mrs.: Alma"; Vaughn, 'widow
of 'Prof.:. j. t. Vaughn, will be arrested
tomorrow; ; morning .on*. a .warrant
chargringher .with; poisoning*n g* her hus
band, "who ,' died,; last from
strychrijne.poigbning. \u25a0.'.
•: : ;Dr. J. ..R.-Huil of Monroe City was
arrested : Thursday. <r morning on, a
charge of murdering. Vaughn and is out
uriders7,7oobonds.* j \u25a0 • "'- :"'-\u25a0• •
The specialVgrand'jury. that' has. been
investigating Vaughn's. 'death made its
report and -was .discharged . this after
noon.'* State, Chemist Paul ; Schweitzer,
who found strychnine in .Vaughn's vital
organs; Miss. Elsie Kirkarid-Mrs. John
Kirki f at- whose'home Vaughn was
a guest: after ?the death of her- husband,
and > Chief of "Police .'Koch .'of. 'Qulncy,
111., were the only- witnesses examined
today. .-• • \u25a0'-.'. - A - •. .\u25a0; '• " . • \u25a0': \u25a0'
\u0084 Accompanied' by .her .brother," David
M: - Proctor* of Kansas City,' and'her un
cle^ *J.-: S.I Scott , of "Kirksvilie. ; Mrs.
Vaughn- reached here ; at :S:: S : o'clock -to
riight.V -„. \u25a0:.._'•' I :{'},\u25a0-\u25a0'\u25a0.'.'•''-\u25a0
- A- crowd of. nearly, 300'p*ersons ; .was'at
the 'depot,' buf/the party. eluded;thern , by
jeavirig -the i: train {several : block's 'from
stations' V • ' " 1 •' • : ' i>*
, -Mrs. V.aughn was, taken .'in a taxicab
to'offices of Higbee'&' .Wells,' attorneys,
who also ;have. been retained f by Doctor
Hull-V SheiVppearedltojbe,/in"' excellent
spirits,: laughing; arid?,'chattingias-'sne
left ' the "cab.' -She : came Ho* Kirksvilie
voluntai-fy, "and her." relatives.^who are
•yealthy, liaye declared" thiit^a*
bond will be' forthcominV," v ifnece3aary,
PEICE FIVE CENTS.
TFVIS PLANS A
NEW WATER
SUPPLY IN
OAKLAND
Bay Cities Company Will Make
Offer to Communities of
Alameda County
DENIES ANY DESIRE TO
DRIVE OUT COMPETITOR
People's Water Company Now
Controls Field With Its Dis»
tributing Plant
FRANK HAVENS DfeA VOWS
KNOWLEDGE OF SCHEME
WITH the reputed ability to de
velop 200,000,000 gallon* >f
water daily as a supply, Wil
liam S. Tevis, president of the Bay
Cities water company, is about to
enter the cities of Alameda county —
Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda—
with a system in competition with
the People's water company of Ala
meda county. Tcvis' plan, however,
is first to secure contract's with mu
nicipalities to supply them with water
"in bulk," or at ''wholesale," while
each city would operate its own distri
bution, system and distribute or "re
tail" the. water" to the individual con
sumers.
Tevis, however, denied that he
seeks to embarass the Peojlc's water
company, with which,, however, he
could not but come in competition.
The development of the Tevis plan
gives a newv angle to the water prob
lems of San Francisco. But Tevis
insists that his scheme has nothing to
Would Inspire Opponents
But the assertion by the Bay Citie.%
water company that it had a supply
of 200,000,000 gallons of water would
be inspiration for the Spring Valley
advocates in Washington, who would
use the -Bay Cities as an illustration
in support of the argument that there
were other available waters than the
Hetch Hetchy and Tuolumne supply
accessible to San Francisco.
Several, years ago the Tevis inter
ests offered to sell to the city of Oak
land 20,000,000 gallons a day, to -be
distributed •by the cityj This plan
failed to carry at a borut elction.
The new plans of the Bay Cities
company were admitted yesterday by
both President William S. Tevis and
C E v Filman, chief engineer of the
company.'
In Alameda county it is considered
that the decision of Tevis to develop
his company as a practical competitor
of the People's water company is a
consequence of the failure of Tevis
and the Havens-Bowles syndicate to
reach a conclusion of interests.
Frank C. Havens of the People's
water company said last evening that
he knew nothing about the plans and
aspirations of. the Tevis interests, be
yond having a knowledge that Tevia
had large water interests.
Proposition Ready
William S. Tevis discussed his^plan
very frcelv: He said:
"We are prepared to make proposi
tions to- sell .water to the municipali
ties on the east side of the bay, to
Oakland, Berkeley and Alaraeda. W«
have the water and have been promised
money to develop our system as soon
as .we: get customers. Our. plans for
the -present do not contemplate a dis
tributing system. '
"I have offered Oakland. Alameda
and Berkeley the opportunity of set
ting water from one of the sourc*3
which we hold. .If those cities or any
of them are willing; to take advantage
of the opportunities I am willing to
proceed with our work. We shall do
no. Injury to any going concern (the
People's water company). Our plan is
an ordinary* business proposition.
"I will offer an opportunity to buy to
any one who wants to contract with
the company- At the present' time wa
will. take uj> only contracts, with muni
cipalities. But if the cities do not wish,
to buy we will go qutside and sell to>
any one who: wishes to be supplied. .
Will' Meet the Demand
; '-I am willing to develop as rapidly
as the custmors require. I have the
water, and In the end it is only a ques
tion of customers. I am not going to
deevlop ahead of the demand; I am not
going. to. take a chance on that
**We have properties capable of de
veloping; 200,000,000 gallons of water.
These! properties are in the Sierras, in
Coyote creek. district, and, we have six
or seven other, sources. • We have water
in Contra Cost* county, in Santa Clar»'
county and in other counties.
f;'if the cities of Alameda, county de
sire to buy we will brins water to them