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BITTER FIGHT ON FOR MONTANA TOGA Result Is Close and Both Sides Claim Majority in the Legislature Republicans Practically Give Up Hope of Re-electing Gov= ernor in Idaho HELENA, Mont., Nov. 11.— With both rarti^s tonight claiming control of the legislature, partisan feeling is begin ning to run high, owing: to the close ness of the result in many counties. A bitter fight tor the control of the assembly is probable. I'nited .State? Senator Thomas H. Carter, whose suc cepscr will bo chosen by the next legislature, said tonijjlit: "I do not care to go into details! but you can quote nip as saying: that the legislature will be republican <>n joint ballot." \ Republican State Chairman J. D. White was quoted as sayinp that the legislature would be a tie. 51 to 51, on joint ballot. • The democratic state committee to- ; night issued a statement claiming 54 votes i>n joint ballot. The unofficial returns received today .seem to bear out the statement of the democratic committee, and if unchanged by thf official count assure the demo -crats 52 votes, with three seats still in douht. Idaho Governor Beaten BOJSE. Ida., Now 11.— Hope of the re-election of Governor .lames H. Brady was all but ahandone.l at the head quarters of the republican state cen tral committee today. The democratic candidate, Jairfes H. Ilawley, now leads Brady by an indicates plurality of less than 1.000. with ?0' precincts yet to be li«»ard from. G. O. P. Carries lowa DES MOINES. Nov. 11.— Chairman Nic!-o] S Reed of the lowa state demo cratic committee today issued a state ment conceding the re-election of Gov ernor Carroll and congratulating him. T;evise<j returns give Carroll a 'lead of no»if« over Porter. Oddie Wins in Nevada CARSON. New. Nov. 11l— From urr offici&l returns it is evident that the contests for several of the minor state -offices ate close, with the democrats leading by small majorities. Late returns show that Oddie. re publican, for governor, has been elect ed by a majority of approximately TOO. Senator Nixon has beaten his opponents fo r the United States senatorship by 1.000. Democrats Make Gains CONCORD. N. H.. Nov. 11. — Complete official returns of the vote for mem bers of the legislature show that the •senate will consist of 16 republicans and S democrats, against 20 republic ans and 4 democrats two y<jars ago. The hou?e of representatives tiiis year shows "Jl'3 republicans and 166 demo crats elected, with two tie votes re corded. In tlie 1903 house tbere were 272 republicans and 117 democrats. Dahlman Is Defeated OMAHA. Nov. 11. — Almost complete returns show that the rcpublicati state tkkf-t has beea r-lccted by pluralitits rarging from 3.000 to 15.000. The lat ter figure represents the Lead of AMrich j for governor over Dahlnutn, democrat. For United States senator G. M. Hitch cock h:iS won over Senator Burk<"-tt by ?. 'r.o?:t 20.000 majority; The next legis lature, according to unofficial returns, will stand !•• democrats and 14 repub licans in the senate and 54 democrats s:id 4$ republicans in the house. Democrat for Congress POTTSYI3VLI". I**.. Nov. 11. — The of ficial vote of tlie twelfth Pennsylvania oongressior.al flistrkl shows that Rob ert E. I-ce, democrat, is Heeled over Robert Heaton by 49 votes. ' Koley. so ciHiist. polled 4.707 votes in the dis trict. MURDEROUS GUNNER STANDS OFF GARRISON British Soldier Kills Corporal and Commits Suicide VICTORIA^ Nov. 11. — Gunner Bow lan of the Work Point garrison. British army, shot and killed Corporal Kadcliffe today, and several hours later killed himself to avoid capture. There had been a long standing feud between the gunner and his superior noncommissioned officer.. After killing Radcliffe. Bov.-lan took up a position in tli<» Maraula.y point fort from which h*> defied th*» whole garrison. Armed with a Bcrrice rifle and abun dant ammunition, and with the sea on pne side and earthworks in front of him, he held the soldiers .at bay for hours and fired on a. detachment of men that went to pick up the corpor al's body. Realizing that he would be starved out ultimately. Rowlan turned his rif.e on himself and blew oft* his head. SONOMA VALLEY WELL SHOWS OIL IN SANDS Company Incorporated to De velop the Property \Spccial Ditpaich to The Call] SANTA ROSA, Nov. II. — While bor ing for waiter *on his place' in the So r.<->nia valley last summer Theodore Richards, proprietor of the Aqua Call *-nte springs, found strong indications of oil at W0 feet and the well was sunk to 600 feet. The last 100 fert showed sands said by experts to be ricji in oil. As a result of the discovery a com pany has been incorporated to develop the property, with Richards, his wife, Katie Richards; K. C. Merritt of the Fanta Rosa union trust savings bank. Attorney R. F. Crawford of this city und T. IT. Corcoran of San Francisco as officers and directors. . PLACE YOUR FOR THE THIS MORNING Send them to Main Office or through Branch Offices or telephone them. •. . Bohemians to Take Possession Of New Club Quarters Tonight DISCIPLES OF OWL WILL CHANGE NEST Wondrous Jinks to Celebrate Occupancy of Magnificent Downtown Home With jinks outshining all previous efforts th^ Bohemian club will take formal possession of its new quarters at Post and Taylor streets shortly after S o'clock toniprht. Brief ceremonies of farewell, will be held in the old club house and then, forming a procession, th<> disciples of the owl will march to th<> new home. The club is one of the most mag nificently appointed in the wpst. In it are statuaries, paintings, hooks and manuscripts, the works of members living and dead, famous in themselves. The furnishings, designs and woodwork are the result of the thought and care of the leading artist members the club* The building Is one of three stories, the lower two beinff given over to dub purposes, and the top floor to apart ments for the resident members. The entrance leads into a large louncine room, the ceiling of which is yellow stained glass through which the sun shines. Here are arranged, amid masses of ferns and palms, the club statuary, prominent among which is one depicting a caveman standing forth on a pedestal of a mammoth base of a tre,?. To the east of it is the second lounging: room where are hung the club paintings. These include the works of the leading artists of the M'orld. On the ground floor also are the bar and billiard room, the famous club collec tion of caricatures and posters adorn ing tii-*. walls of the former. On the west side of the entrahce is the dining room, which is. finished In blood red and is one of the most striking rooms in the club. For artistic beauty and comfort the library, which is on the second floor, generally is conceded to take first place. It is exceptionally well -appointed. At one end is a mammoth fireplace and around it is a vast semicircular couch, large, enough to hold r.O persons. 'Around the room is a balcony lined with book case?. The jinks room is on the second floor and has a stapre at one end and a balcony at the other. leading off the main rooms are innumerable smaller ones' used as card and writing rooms. Rehearsals for the big jinks, which have been in progress for some weeks,; were held for the last time yesterday afternoon. The music is by Humphrey Stewart and the verses by Peter Rob ertson. The stage setting has been ar ranged b Allan Dunn and the brush work done, by George Lyon. RIOTERS IN CHINA DEMOLISH MISSION [Special Cable to The Call] HONGKONG, Nov. 11. — Mail advices advices from lieinchou in Kwang Si province report that rioters have burned and demolished - numerous buildings there, including the Ameri can Presbyterian church, hospital and college, and -proceeded to Teoiyuenpo, intending to slay the missionaries.. The gentry, however, assisted the latter to escape. in boats to Canton. Three battalions have left Canton to quell the disturbances. The British gunboat Sandpiper is also proceeding thither. The mob was enraged at offi cials numbering their houses, believing that this Was an excuse to impose taxation. * The Leinchou American Presbyterian mission comprises Doctors Machle and Ross, Mrs. Ross, Carper. Kunckle, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and Miss Elda Pat terson. BYRON TIMES EXPLOITS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Editor Omits Glowing Eulogy to Present Cold Facts The wealth of Contra Costa county in its various forms, together with its agricultural and manufacturing ad vantages, is outlined in the . second booster edition of the Byron Times is sued yesterday. It T. Hammond, the editor and "pro prietor, who for- 19 years worked in the composing room of -The Call, has gathered a mass of valuable data re garding the county, which, apart from Its interest to prospective investors and those who live in the county, is of ex ceptional value from a statistical standpoint. The edition is the second of its kind issued by Hammond.. It is put.to gether in magazine style, profusely il lustrated and deals with «v«>ry conceiv able industry of the -community. A. epecial feature of the contributions is that they are \u25a0 from the ; pens of . men who are peculiarly fitted by experience to deal with their respective- subjects. So replete is the publication, with the cold facts and colder figures that ; the"rr has b«en no space for the "boosting"; articles somewhat common to. publica tions of this character. "In preparing the; following .. stat* m'nt," writes';, the editor.. ''the gjowing eulogy which in articles of this na ture too frequently "takes the place -of facts; shall be omitted;. or_. lf ..eulogy.; there be, it shall. be"secondary, and onlj* such, as - is '. practically^ impossible vto avoid." . \u25a0 . ' " • . v3BBIfi?JSSBBi THE aA-y:-:FR.AyCISGOT'CMjL-iV.SATUBPAY,\yoy^^ Three of the rooms in the new home of the Bohemian club. JOHNSON LEAVES POLITICS BEHIND Governor Elect Will Go Hunting and Later Take Sea Voyage or Eastern Trip Governor elect Hiram .W. Johnson will leave politics behind him today for the first time .in 'several-- months, • and for the next few days, will be out of the reach of friends and far away from poFtoflieeJv telegraph- lines, ami tele phones. He will leave early this morn ing for Sacramento. and*'with a few companions will spend two or throe days, duck shooting in the marshes of Sonoma county; ' Johnson expects to return to this city next Tuesday, and will then decide finally-as to where lie will go for the rest which lie intends to .take during the next. few weeks. He expects either to spend several weeks in the moun tains or t omake a short sea voyage or a trip east in ordpr to secure a-com plete change and relaxation before the time for his inauguration. Since Tuesday the governor elect has given his time almost exclusively to studying the returns from the election and to answering the thousands of let ters and telegrams of congratulation which he has received. He said yester day that ho had given no time to thought of his future plans, and was not in a position to make any declara tion as to what official acts he would first undertake upon assuming office. The strain of the last eight months Of campaigning has been a severe one upon Johnson, and* he feels that he should not undertake any official duties nor give any time to matters of politi cal discussion until after his vacation. Any announcement* as to politics to he pursued in executive and legislative matters, or as appointments ,to be made, will be withheld until after his return. - . $15,000,000 BOND ISSUE IS FLOATED Guggenheims Back of Big Plans for Amalgamation of the Copper Interests [Special Dispatch to The Call] NEW YORK, Nov. 11.— Kuhn. Loeb & Co. and a syndicate of Wall street bankers contracted today with Samuel Guggenheim to underwrite $15,000,000 of 15 years, sinking fund bonds of the American." smelter securities company, convertible at any. time within seven and a half years into the common stock of the \u25a0. America n smelting and refining company whenever the. bonds sell . at par and above. . .V . The dealjs believed to be preliminary to a general gettfng, together of the copper interests in some form of amal gamation or agreement to regulate the copper, industry. . . The bonds sold- today are redeemable at 105 . per; "'cent -on i'Ovdays': notice at any time after, four years. /Wiey". will be offered to the share holders of the American, smelting- and'reflning com pany for subscription at^par. Theisyri dicate, of which it-is- understood- that .T.- P.. Morgan & Co.; are members, will take all the bonds ..unsold. ".The;, pro-, ceeds- of the bonds \u25a0 will he -used to liquidate ..the floating': indebtedness -of the securities : company, amounting, ap proximately, to ?1$11,"00.0,000.? 1 $11,"00.0,000. incurred r in making additions and improvements. - TROOPERS RETURNING FROM THE YOSEMITE [Spccr'a/ Dispatch io The' Call] : SANTA CLARA. Nov., 11.— Troops , X and D, : first? eaA'alry, which- have been" at Yosemite for .; tbe-la*?t*slx > months, camped 'here .". last .; n ight ' and -left "this morning on r their homeward '.Journey, to- San Francisco. >, a rej SO men i ln the '. two £ companies Z arid .they -are 4. in" .charge : of -Captain /jGajvjot. .;.,' .They ".wyi; f arrive in" Saii-Francisco \u25a0• probably-- -Sat*' 1 urday. '". .' ".-..'"-'."' \u25a0-", '. '. ~.':~.-^t LOWER RATES ON CABLE PLANNED Secrecy Maintained and Consent of Foreign Administrations Must Be Secured LONDON. No v* 11.— A conference be tween the postal- officials and repre sentatives of the^ cable offices relative to the plan for a concession, in the tolls in deferred private messages.' which would necessitate an arrange ment .with' the European governments with which the. cable, company works, was held at Jhe -postofßoe this evening. The diaoussiori thus far .has been of a preliminary character and the govern ment officials have enjoined" strict secrecy upon all. those concerned. It is ..expected the local' companies will agree to the plan, but in any' event considerable time must elapse .before it can be put into effect.. The consent of all foreign adminis trations involved must be obtained. Lower Rates Promised | NKW YOliK.- Nov. :11,: 11,— Colonel-Rob ert C. Clowry, president of the Western Union telegraph company, . said today concerning the London reports of rie jarotiations of reduction of cable rat«»s that the Western Union for a year-had been making a .study, in relation tothe reduction of cable rates and had for mulated a plan. • "Negotiations for the adoption nf these rates." he added, "and a general improvement in cabte service and fa cilities we're commenced last June with the English" transatlantic cables com panies associated with the Western Union company and with the^Engllsh postofnc* 1 authorities. An agreement was substantially reached so far as the English transatlantic cable companies were, concerned.', but there was- . •" some qtiestion with the British postoffice. au -thpriti.es.' • "\u25a0 • .. \u25a0' : - ; "\u25a0\u25a0 -\u25a0; \u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0.. \u25a0 "" ••Influenced by thp \u25a0 intimation"" that if any changes were made in any-trans- Atlantic cable' rates, all rates would be demoralized, the English" companies delayed action, and it was found it would be -necessary to have some \u25a0 one on the spot to make progress. ;- ... "Mr. HSU, chairman- of the executive committee of the .Western Union com pany, went to Europe to take tip those negotiations' and remain until they; are completed. A message .received- last night said.' an agreement" seemed prob able on the : basis of half -;rates for plain language and asked >us to advise if we approved.; : *. '; \u25a0:'-'\u25a0.. '.-". ':\u25a0'- ".', Announcement was made last 'night by President Clarence H.. Mackay. of the Commercial cable company, that; its rates; for commercial- cables, under.'cer tain conditions \u25a0 would be j reduced \ from 2S to-;i2%. centsa- word, provided ar rangements with European govern ments could be made. '•' NEW LUMBER COMPANY v m BUYS A STOCKTON^PLANT [Storcial Dispatch to The CaW] -\u25a0STOCKTON.- Nov. . 11."— -A. new -com pany, to be known as 'the San .'Joaquln lumber company. :., has purchased v-the entire- stock and equipment" of \u25a0 -the Gardner' lumber company, articles of incorporation of the , new firm' having been -nled with the county clerk. _ The > purchasing firm has : a - capital stock,', of $100,000 _ at $100 r a f share, .'the entire amount, haying been subscribed. The directors . are: \u25a0'.- Robert . Injclis, Newton Rutherfoi'd and CD. Neumiller. Robert Inglis. has- been elected general manager of the company. > 7 \u25a0 \u0084 BASEBALL PLAYER AND: ; OAKLAND GIRL MARRY ; Couple^ Sunprise-Frierids^ Jjy \u25a0 Rc f; -porting Secret' \yedditig^; v [[Special Dispatch jo The Call] ;> -; \ ;, :.*SAN-- RAFAEL,," xx O v. , 1 IV-l-The "secret wedding, of lß.M::,Worth,*a' r well, known • young baseball* player -of San "Rafael, ! and I Miss • Mary > Doerlng. a 'pretty mem ber : of | the | younger se.t j in I- Oakland, Monday -came to t lightxtoday^ ,?and caused a flutter .-of _ excitement- among their many, friends:and>urpris.ed*their ; parents: - They met -? during = the \u25a0 *-May -day if estiva 1 at .Tama.lpais;ce*nter'.?-Vbut did not . decide - until ,*s recently, {to r; get \u25a0married..' They rwait<»d» until -the \u25a0»vex 'citement' attendingv the" election^ 1 had 'subsided: and, then ; told ;thelr* friends of •th>> elopement. ->Th'ci:»will^niijkev't>ieir WOMEN APPROVE WHITE SLAVE BILL District {Federation Would In crease: Minimum Penalty " to Three Years ; > Mrs. A; P. Blaclc : Re-elected President San Mateo Is Chosen for Next Meeting The three days' ; session of the San Francisco; district of the California Federation" of 'Women's , clubs "- ended yesterday, afternoon after a" harmoni ous , convention % presided", over "_by . the district president, Mrs.- A. P.' Black, who was re-elected for \ the 'coming year. Mrs. ;E. ;D:_: Knight,: as a San' Francisco woman/ because of the com ing biennial,: was elected vice, presi dent in placed of " Mrs. J. H. Doane of San Mateo. Mrs. Clinton., Folger was , elected recording "secretary;! Mrs. F. H. Jones,, corresponding' secretary; Mrs. Richard Wheeler, treasurer, • and" Mrs. George .Reardon, auditor.- Several • important resolutions .were taken up in the -morning and adopted. The- most' important of these and the only one involving discussion was the white "slave traffic bill. It was in dorsed by the federation and'.wlll be presented-to the next legislature, with an amendment . to - make the penalty three years instead of one as the minimum punishment. WILIi AID EXPOSITION \u25a0 Resolutions *were -also' adopted /. to give the various clubs -a prior knowl edge of the general programs of future conventions, to- aid: the "Merchant Marine league, and."to' extend a vote of thanks to all who assisted in the success •of the -convention.- - Promises were made to support the . Panama- Pacific exposition,- the movement for good roads and the industrial farm. The California Pioneer Daughters moved that a message be j sent to the women" of the state of Washington congratulating them on. having secured the ballot. The motion was received with enthusiasm and" hea.rti.ly indorsed Dr. Luella. C. / Carson, president of Mills college, made an address on edu cation for "women, ending with an ap peal that the clubs of- this state, as.ls already being done in the state of Oregon, •put by a certain sum to help poor but ambitious and bright young women to obtain: an education that would place them in a position to be self-supporting, the sum expended to be afterward paid back in small in stallments out of their salaries. This will be taken into consideration later by the clubs throughout the state. . REPORTS ARE READ John, T>. Barry spoken on" The Use of Btiglish." The reports of the de If You Need a Medicine p^^^^P^g THF HI P KS- lltnn FfIMPfiHY 'Wj!SkP'*M ' ' mmmmW a h remedy •'for -diseases of the kidney/. . 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Kennedy and . Mrs. E. G. Green© outlined the work in forestry and waterways. Mrs. Aaron Sehloss reported on the department of household economics, and Mrs. E. L. Baldwin on the de partment of industrial and. social con ditions. The musical part of the pro gram was contributed by Miss Rothen beTg, Mrs. R. E. Revalk and Miss M. Gertrude Judd. The convenion 'closed with the se lection of San Mateo as the next place of meeting; and in the evening a trip through Chinatown was enjoyed ,by the delegates. TWO FLEEING BURGLARS THROW AWAY JIMMIES Arrested After Chase for Trying to Rob Saloon Timothy ' E. O'Day and Jean J. Gip pert were arrested early yesterday morning by Policeman William Heah and James J. Farrell, after an exritins chase of several blocks, and charged with attempt to rob the Criterion sa loon, 131 O'Farrell street. They were seen at the door of th* saloon, and later on examination the lock wa3 found forced. Two jimmies were picked up by the policemen wher» they had been thrown by the fleeing: men. . Policeman Patrick McKissane fol lowed a suspicious looking trio who had a wagonload of ga.s pipe early yes terday morning 1 in I^arkin street, forc ing them to abandon the wagon and make their escape. 3