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ARTIST IS ACCUSED
OF GRAND LARCENY
William Kunze, Who Stole Mil
let's Painting From Museum,
Formally Charged
Still Adheres to His* Statement
That He Had No fntention
of- Selling It
William Kunze. the artist » who stole
the famous Millet painting from its
frame in the park museum Sunday
morning, was charged at the city prison
yesterday with grand larceny. The
painting is being- held*in the possession
of the property clerk, as it will have
to be produced in court at Kunze's
preliminary bearing.
Kunze adheres to his«statement that
lie had tio intention of disposing of the
picture, but merely desired to keep it
bs an inspiration to him in liis work.
"If," he said. "San Francisco would fol
low the custom of.Europesan countries
in allowing artists lo take their easels
to rnuseuir.s and art galleries and copy
the pictures «f great masters I would
rever have been i tempted to steal the
Millet masterpiece."
There is a difference of lOpinion in
police circles as to Kunze. Captain
Wai! says he Is a dreamer and Irre
sponsible to a certain extenl. but De
tective Sergeant Wren and Detective
Sergeant McPartland of the identifi
cation b«reau think he is r»ot by any
j-.ieans lai&ing' in shrewdness, and be-
Jieve that he knew the va&ie of the
pictur* and intended to take 'it to Ger
many and depose of it.
A tall, well dressed man. accompanied
by a younger man who said he repre
sented Attorney Gutech. called at head
quarters yesterday afternoon and asked
to be allowed tt> speak to Kunze. The
tall man said lap was a German mer
chant passing through-the city and had
read of the arrt«=t of Kunze. He did
not believe that Kiinze had deliberately
stolen the picture for sordid v purposes
and expressed his intention of helping
him ou-t of his difficulty. He declined
to grive his name, as Jhe desired no pub
licity. He and his companion went to
the prison and had -.a long talk with
Kunze.
NATIVE SONS ELECTING
GRAND PARLOR DELEGATES
The parlors of the Native Sons of the
Golden "West are at this £ime electing
delegates to attend the thirty-third
grand parlor session at Lake Tahoe
next June.
The following named have been
placed in nomination in Stanford fpar
lor No. 76:
WIMIam I>. Uyacf J A!tVrnat«—
Frfdertrk H. Stsnle JJrwepU P. LtKey
J. J. Vsn \otrand K. F. Moran
I.co J. MeMalion- James G. Conlaa
Joseph Smith [J. F. I.inPhan
T. I. Fitxpalrick F. A. Griffin T
B. J. Flood lit. W. Dennis
Sequoia parlor No. ICO hasNelectcd
as its delegates:
I). D. GiMxm* I Alternates —
R. O. Barton lOorzp Munulsg
Janies H. r»onohue IE. H. Nolau
D. C. Murphy AS. .Seajrravc
J. L. Masoa t??V. : /..£
EDUCATED MONKEY JS
VICTIM OF PNEDMONIA
Animal Insured for $50,000 Dies
at Dallas, Tex.
DALLAS. Tex., March 16j — Consul
Junior, the so called educated chim
panzee, who. was dressed and taught
to act like. a man, died today of bron
fhial pneumonia, after an ilbiess of
four days. h:~»i
Consul was valued at $50,000 and was
insured with a London insurance com
.pany for that amount.
During his illness physicians attended
the monkey as they would have minis
tered to a human being. The body
tvHI be embalmed^ and sent to Europe
for burial.
ARRESTED FOR MURDERS i^
OF HIS SWEETHEART
Seattle Girl's Slayer Captured
in Mexico City
SEATTLE. March 16. — Joseph Fiad,
alias John Fayaad. who shot and killed
his sweetheart. Miss Lada Nichola, aged
17, at her home in this city October
2i. 1906. has been arrested in the City
of Mexico, in the outskirts of which
city he was living with his wife and
baby girl.
A warrant charging murder in the
first degree has beer^ sent to Mexico
and Had will be extradited. He killed
Mies Nichola because she would not
elope with him.
Fiad was betrayed to a Seattle de
tective .by countrymen who had seen
him in tne City of Mexico.
PLAN HALF HOLIDAY TO
WELCOME BALL SEASON
Sacramento Merchants Favor
Celebrating Event
[Special DUpaich to The Call]
SACRAMEXTO. March 16. — The retail
merchants' association of Sacramento^
started a movement today to have the
afternoon of March 30, when the Coast
league, baseball season opens .in this
city, declared to be a half holiday. .The
merchants desire to make the occasion
one for a big celebration. An automo
bile parade headed by a brass band will
be the feature preceding the baseball'
game.
Local^Brevities
KCKPOCKET EEKT TO JAlL— CUrwice Woods,
a well known pickpocket chsrped with, vajf
ramr. U?Cl?«*d Police Jn<lir» Con lan yesterday
to allow fcbu to leave tiie city, but the Judge
«ent elm to the county jail for Fix month*.
PEDESTRIANS SCARED— A manhole at the
corner of Eddy and Market street* burst yes.
terday afternoon about 4 o'clock with a report
like a cannon and the metal coreriog was shot
into the air about 40 feet, followed by a sheet
of flame. . #
TWO MEN HELD FOR ROBBERY— WaIter P.
Smith and Harry D. Clements fvore held for
trial before the Roperior court by Police Jndgc
Shortall yesterday for holding up T. Xlzaaa.
a Japanese from Mount Eden, in Kearuy street
Monday uipbt.
GRANTED NEW TRlAL— Charles B. Manner, a
Kwltcliman who l«»t an arm in an accident at
Barstow. wa* granted a new trial In hi* dam
ap* suit nea!nst the Santa Fe railway by
Judsv \V. W. Morrow of the United States cir
cuit court of appeals yesterday. . ; r V
EANKRUPT FOLK— Ida Quins, keeper of a lodg
ing bouse at IOCS Golden Gate arenne, filed a
petition in bankruptcy yesterday, with liabili
ties of ?:..r.ia and no as^etx. A petition \ras
alto filed l>.v Amos Grlmmert. an Alameda iron
worker, who can not pay. debts of $1,060. :
ASSIGNED TO PATROL .DUTY— Detective Ser
jeant James F. Maekey. who has been' asso
ciated with Detective - Serjeant Thomas P.
Conlon on the water front, was assigned yes
terday by Chief Martin to patrol duty in the
fotrcro district, and Policeman George U. Cyan
from Company G will fiirthe Tacancy."
CHECK PASSER ARRESTED— Thomas Semtcr
of Balw-r*fleld *«"«« arrested y««tcrday for pass-
In* a tpurinns * check for $72 Saturday on
Tfaomas Mlwhan, *»l«on keeper,". Kicbth 'and
Market utrMi*, drawn on tl»e Kern? County
back of . Baker«3cld. • V« stcrday morning he
(rtjrcfctcrd a Miit.of clothes for |25 of Alfred
I j i'.'j r.U Id Si Cot. ; Kearny and , Post : utre^s^
and prw»l»a a check for $30 on a local .bunk,
fe*«rfi)f »be \u25a0 tnrirf-A , *lßnnture of » Mincfian.
t",,iur usid to be au n?ht-r tt thcXwitral
SbfcfrUdT. " ' •':. \ \u25a0.\u25a0'\u25a0'-:
In the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
PLANS MADE TO
FIGHT MOSQUITO
Anti=Malaria League Is Organ-
ized in Oroville to- Carry
on Work
[Specie/ Dispatch to The Call]
OROVILLE, March 16. — An anti
malaria league has been organized here
with R. Leo Van der NaDlen as presi
dent. Mrs. H. A. Kluegel as secretary
and Mrs. R. S. Kitrick as treasurer. .
A compaign has been inaugurated
to drive out the mosquito from this
city and vicinity. Professor Herms of
the University of California addressed
h. mass meeting here last night on the
work he is doing in other cities of the
foothill section in stamping out ma
laria.
Following the lecture about 500 peo
ple signed the roll of the anti-malaria
league. Professor Herms will have
charge of the work here, with Law
rence Woodworth as an assistant.
SACRAMENTO CARMEN
IN REAL ESTATE TRADE
Brokers Object to Competition
With the Trolley Crews
[Special Dispatch to The Call] t
SACRAMENTO, f March 1 6.— The Sac
ramento realty board at a special meet
ing today entered objections and ap
polnteJ a special committee to carry
them before the local street railway
company against motormen and con
ductors selling city lots and speculating
on their own account while running on
: cars.
The real estate men claim that the
street car men are making many sales
by a knowledge of persons who want
to buy lots and are taking advantage
of overhearing conversations on street
The board asks the company to en
force the rule against allowing' motor
men to talk with passengers, thereby
preventing* the car men from making a
sale while on duty. - -V-
The company will not interfere with
the men so long as they do their -work
properly.
SENTENCED TO HANG,
BUT NOW A FREE MAN
Governor Gillett Pardons Con-
vict Once in Death's Shadow
SACRAMENTO, March 16.— At the
suggestion of the prison board and in
connection with the policy of the office
Governor Gillett today pardoned Enrico
Morasco, whose sentence has been suc
cessively commuted from hanging to
life sentence, from life_ sentence to
parole and from, parole' to pardon.
Morasco is now a free man and at
liberty to continue his work at Vaca
ville.
Moraseo was sent to San Quentin
from Solano county May 27, 1594. to be
hanged August 13. but because of ex
tenuating circumstances, attendant upon
the commission of the crime Governor
Budd commuted the sentence .to' life
imprisonment.
Morasco was parpled in January, 1908,
and in the, two years since that time
has "made good." Hence the pardon.
STOCKTON AND FRESNO
DISCUSS CAR SCHEME
Will Send Delegates to Aid San
Francisco Exposition
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
STOCKTON. March 16. — J. M., Eddy,
George Housken, Ward M. Smith, F. M.
Nims and F. E. Ellis have returned
from Fresno, where they attended a
meeting^called to discuss the advertis
ing car scheme to induce home seekers
to come to the San Joaquin valley. San
Joaquin was the only county that had
delegates in attendance.
The Fresno supervisors decided to
attend the supervisors' convention to be
held -in this city May 1.
Fresno took ' the 'same action . as
Stockton regarding the San Francisco-
San Diego controversy — namely, that of
sending a delegate to the' Santa Bar
bara conference with instructions to
stand by San Francisco. \u25a0 "
AEROPLANE INVENTOR
FEARS FOR SECRET
Will Guard Machine During Its*
Construction
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
GRASS VALLEY, March 16. — Lyman
GUmore, a Colfax aeroplane, inventor,
is here to remain until his passenger
carrying machine is completed. He
has leased the Woods tract near town
and will' construct a fence around it.
The machine will be built there. Gil
more says either he or his brother will
guard the machine day and night until
it is completed. He fears his secret
will be stolen.
AUBURN WILL OFFER
SITES FOR STATE SCHOOL
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
AUBURN, 1 March 16.— The committee
from the Auburn chamber of commerce,
which has hopes, of securing the states
trades and training. school for this city
or vicinity, will offer three sites to the
.state committee. Two are close, to
town, while the third is 'near Clipper
Gap. Each comprises 300 acres. ;
VTHE KEYSTONE/
y TO HEALTH J
ThostettersT
1 STOMACH I
1 BITTERS j
Yon miss a great deal of
the pleasures of \\i e^if your
stomach has "gone iback
on you^— but dbii remain
inthatcbhditibu^Theßit-
tefs will set - tilings
and- prevent: lndigesti(snj
Costiveness and Headache;
Tm^SAy^Fßi^lS^^
Popular: Stockton Couple
United at Simple Service
| Mrs. Vancouver C. Martin, who was formerly Miss Adeline Bazo. |
GRADING Of ROADS
ORDERED BY BOARD
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
STOCKTON, March 16.— The highway
commission and advisory board met to
day and passed upon plans and speci
fications for grading 83 miles of coun
try roadway. The .commissioners de
sire to have the work started as soon
as possible. \u0084 \u0084 - - : \u0084
Contracts can be let for one or more
| roads.- Traffic must not be interrupted
\u25a0 during the work, and all weeds along
the highways must be removed and"
trees protected. The width will vary
from 28 to 32 feet. The contractors
will be paid per cubic yßrd. " Two
bridges along the. French Camp road
will be removed and the channels
| filled In.
The roads to be improved and the
estimated cubic yards of filling neces
sary follow:
lane— 6.73 miles and 10,000
yards. i
Waterloo road — 10.84 miles and 18,000
yards.
Linden road — 11.59 miles and 23,200
yards. . -
Copperopolis road — 6.52 miles and
13.000 yards.
Farmington road — 6.42 miles and 12,
800 yards. .
Mariposa road — 9.60 miles and 19,200
yards.
French Camp road — 4.51 miles and
6,750 yards. V>L;i- : ':'""-
West Side r0ad— 16.46 miles and
41,150 yards.
Acampo-Lockeford road — 8.71 miles
and 8,700 yards.
\u25a0 Lodi-Acampo : road — 1.67 miles and
3,000 yards.
Total of 83.05 miles and 155,,800 yards.
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
BY SHOOTING HIMSELF
Stranger in Reading Takes His
Own Life
[Special Dispatch to The' Call]
REDDING, March 16.— W. Nort, a
stranger in Redding, committed eui
cide last night by shooting himself.
The body was found today in the rear
of a saloon. Mort was well dressed,
about 65 years of age, and thosa who
had talked "with" him say he was edu
cated. : :•:
W^jmß OF It ABLE
Wm^ , SETTIN GS j
WM 0- TpHE unlimited decoratiye pos-
|X f \ \ sibilities ef corredt settings for
\u25a0// ' \u25a0 your Easter table arc displayed
I/fj f i this week in; our -Crystal Room, _^
, > .^hei^w sliowii complete set Easter
Tables embraciiig all the newest ideas in
appropriate table decorations.
mYOUR PRESENCE IS ?
CORDIALLY REQUESTED
1 GEARY AND STOCKTON— UNION SQUARE Vf N
ONLY FEW FRIENDS
WITNESS NUPTIALS
[Special Dispatch loThs Caif]
STOCKTON,"' March' 16i— Rev. J. "W.
Lundy today united in marriage Van
couver C. Martin and Miss Adeline Bazo,
a popular young couple of this, city. ,
The wedding was 'a simple affair.
While the engagement :of the-.couplq
had been announced semo time aso the
date for the marriage was known by
only the relatives' and a' few* close
friends. -The ceremony was performed
at the church at 7 o'clock and an hour
later Mr. and Mrs. Martin departed for
San Francisco] They will spend. their
honeymoon there and at Los Angeles.'.
The bridegroom is a photographer by
profession and is the son of Mrs. Mar
tin-Stewart, one , of: San Joaquin
county's pioneer women.
The bridal couple .will take up their
residence in this city."
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and Nasty Medicines.
That mild, soothing liquid, D. D. D.
Prescription, stops the awful itch. with
the first drops. A prescription' of ac-
knowledged^ value. -
Get a. trial bottle at 25c. It will take
away the itch right" away and .you
will sleep soundly. We assure you
personally of the merits of this rem-
edy, for we KNOW.
Owl Drug Co., 778 Market st, 710
Market' St., 943 Kcarny St., 16th and
.Mission sts., Post and, Grant avenue.
MILITIA WIIL BE
IN NATIONAL ARMY
State Troops to Be Under De-
partment Commander of
\- Regular Forces
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and cake! and bread! 1
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now surpass. I
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I San Francisco Gas and Electric Company II
A HOUSE OF COURTESY jfl
AT YOUR SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT 9
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[ Special Dispatch to The Call ]
SAfcRAMBNTO, March 1 6.— Ad vices
have, been received at the adjutant
general's office from Washington to the
effect that within the present year the
California national guard *with the
troopsof other states will be under the
supervision and direction and a part
of the organization of the regular
army.
The new organization will be termed
'the national -army." Its object is to
cement : the .mobile " military forces,, of
the nation so that they will act directly
under one head. According to the. in
formation received. Colonel Bradbury,
acting; adjutant general,, said today
that' there will no longer be a distinc
tion' between the national guard and
the regular army, except the civilian
one.'. '. ~:-'^.,t. \u25a0\u25a0 ' :". \u25a0. \u25a0 ',;ii'?
It . is understood _ that there willrbe
nine departments and that the depart
ment, of California will be,: created
within a year. . The movement does not
affect coast defense forces. ..Under the
new arrangement the adjutant gen
eral's office of California will, act
through the commander of the depart
ment of California instead of directly
with the secretary-of war. . , : '..
ALLEGEDT SWINDLER OF \u25a0\u25a0: $>\u25a0
MERCHANTS IS CAUGHT
Man Accused of Passing Worth-
less Checks Arrested
FRESNO, March 16.— Chief of ' Po
lice Shaw today received word that J.
M. Alexander, who is wanted in this
city upon a charge that he victimized
a number of businessmen by means of
worthless checks, has been captured at
La Junta, Colo." When .'caught,' Alex
ander was with his wife, and the pair
were making their way to the east. An
officer will be sent to bring the man
back for trial.- .' .' : . '
CHINESE CLEANS UP
FORTUNE IN GRAVEL PIT
Takes $204,000 From Ground He
Leased on Bear River
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
AUBURN, March, 16.— Ah Kai, a Chi
nese, has just cleaned up. $204,000 from
a gravel pit at You Bet, just across
Bear river from Dutch Flat. Kai leased
the ground from Jerry Goodwin, ran
200 feet of -tunnel and struck an old
river bed. It. is the largest find since
the early days of old Placer. r
SEASON'S FRUIT CROP
EXPEpTED TO BE LARGE j
Indications Point to Good Out
put and Excellent Qualities
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SACRAMEXTO, - March 16.— Fr*ult
distributers, shippeFs and forwarding
agencies in Sacramento", have been re
ceiving .reports on fruit crop Indica
tions from sections north of San Fran
cisco and all are to the effect that this
season's output, arid quality will be
ahead -of that of last year. "Weather
conditions have been ideal .and .the
blossoms are now out on all kinds of
fruit trees. The only thing which can
damage . the coming crops, is. a cold,
prolonged rainstorm accompanied" by
heavy winds. , The~ time Is- past for
"danger from frosts. .'-^ , «1' : .
ASPARAGUS IN CARLOAD.
EXPRESSEDJTO NEW YORJ
Orders Are Received for. Easter
Sunday Delivery,
[Sptcial DUpatci to The Call]
SACRAMENTO, March 16.— The first
carload of asparagus for the season
was shipped from Sacramento today for
New York city by express and on a
passenger train traveling on limited
schedule.
Orders have been sent to the
agencies here for several carloads of
asparagus for delivery In time for
Easter Sunday. .
Carload shipments by express will
be made for the next three day 3. and
then the shipments will settle down to
the usual way by freight train.