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FEIRS ELANES AIVER GARRISON 5 CHPTURE 1t Has Been Holding Out Against Boers for Ten Days. Warren Is About to Return Home and Foresteir-Walker Will Com- mand the Troops in the Colony. —_— Aug. 8—Lord Roberts fears er garrison has been captured ays' resistance, The War O etved from him the fol- lowing PR Delarey, hearing cn toward Rus- haa no chance hurried off to ton’ reported that ver direction ceased _ieutenant _Colonel i ‘evidently been cap- stenburg this morning, I's men with him. the crossing of the . Kitchener is now Methuen, on the right 1, has evidently come De Wet's advance were heard by Kitch- has been re- ed the western I am allowing am replacing n the colony un- é EXPER T TESTIMONY IN THE POWERS CASE ness Claims Fatal Bullet Could Not Have Come From Secretary of State’s Office. ETOWN, Ky., Aug. 8.—The de- of Caleb Powers intro- ss this afternoon in E. worked for leading rafl- ¢ from New York to hat he had made & tol grounds in Frank- e a drawing, which he s ous distanoes d that a shot f the window of the office to the hole in would drop 13-16ths s, and at this rate it after leaving the he basin of the foun- ckberry tree. A of the Secretary »w, which dropped foot, would never have where Goebel was sup- ng. He stated further igh Goebel's body exit to the peint of ued to the executive ht line would have ove the sill of the —_— SHEEP SLAUGHTERED BY CATTLE-HERDERS Fresh Outbreak of Hostilitles in San Miguel County, Colorado. Ca: Aug. £—In the last between the cattle o are grazing herds in arisen. The story effect that on ¥s appeared at They told were going to cross the San to stay in riven but a short sheep, and about er were crowded over a ng out over a bunch of ver Park and the cattle > exterminate them. WILL ISSUE ORDER FOR EXTRADITION OF NEELY ion Handed Down by Judge La- combe in the United States it Court. #.—Judge Lacombe es Circuit Court to-day which indicates that tion of Charles F. probable cause to be- When both of these 1 be signed. This may at 11 o'clock &. m. CHOATE CHOSEN ARBITRATOR. | Will Mediate Between British and Chinese Governments. LONDON, Aug. S8.—United States Em- bassador Choate has been appointed arbi- between the British and Chinese in the case of the sinking of atch boat Kow Shing dur- Japanese War. The Kow Shing, Captain Galsworthy, ving Chinese troops was at- apanese warships 1594 Captain Galsworthy anese, but many were Steamer Doric's Officers Believe a Steamship Was Lost. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 8.—The steamer her arrival at Yokohama re- t at § p. m. on July 14 she st sight of her. ge was discovered, The nd circled around for elght uld find no trace of the ves- Pears’ HEN | mall | / for Australian ports last night. cen discontinued the | and sunk | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900. VESSELS THAT TOW LOG RAFTS |MONEY FOR WITHOUT LIGHTS MAY BE SEIZED l] Tugs Rescue and Tatoosh Have Finally Succeeded in Landing Their Tow on the Berkeley Mud Flats, But Thére Is Trouble in Store. @ 7o -+ B e S S S S . HE big log raft that has been a men- flats. It was towed into Mission Bay during Tuesday night, and yesterday morning was towed over to the Oaklana side, where it will be broken up. he tugs Rescue and Tatoosh towing tandem brought the monster mass of plles th, | out | 82 sticks on the way. Soon after getting | ot Columbia River a very heavy | came up and for thirty-six hours the | towboats lay In the trough of the sea. Any attempt to move on with the raft | meant the loss of a number of piies, so | Captains Thompson and Bafley had to | | endure the experience as best they could. | When the storm was at its helght the | tugs got to leeward of the immense lum- ber pile and in this way it was made a little more comfortable for those aboard. | The plles escaping from the raft caused | some uneasiness, but luckily no damage | was done. The first night out from the Columbia | River the lights of the log raft were | washed away and there was never an oc- - 1 ace to coast navigation for several | days is now on the Berkeley mua | into port, losing about one thousand ot | - RESCUE AND TATOOSH AND THE LOG- RAFT IN A GALE OFF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. D e S S 1 set. This fact may cause the selzure of States navigation laws state distinctly that everything being towed must carry a signal light at night. Not one raft that has ever come into San Francisco has car- ried a light except for a few hours during the first night. tend testing this question in the case of the present raft, and if a complaint is lodged with the Inspectors of Hulls and Bollers the Rescue and Tatoosh will be seized by the Government. The Tatoosh is on her maiden voyage, and is as neat, compact and efficlent a tug as ever came into San Francisco. She | 15 128 feet long, 25 feet beam, 15 feet 6 Inches deep and can steam 14 knots. She ship John Ena in tow, for Port Gamble. A Shark Story. The Hawallan bark Willscott arrived from Newcastle, England, yesterday, making the passage in 156 days. She met with light winds and calms throughout the run and the only excitement was shark fishing. On July 11 half a dozen tigers of the deep were captured. One welghed 250 pounds and measured nine feet from nose to tip of tall. A capstan- e shipowners now in- | | arrived here last week nearly all | crew deserted. A few days later seven of {them were taken by the boardln%flns!ers I They accepted the job, thinkin, is to leave here Friday morning with the ! + ° B B o S S o S 2 ® 1 caslon after that when they could be re- | bar was shoved down his throat and the ship’s name branded on his hide. After the Rescue and Tatoosh. The United |that the shark was dumped over the side ain. An hour later the same shark, with the ship's name plainly visible, was swimming astern and smelling at a plece of pork attached to the hook. Shanghaied Sailor Rescued. When the Russian ship City of Benafies er and put aboard the British ship alatta. they were oing on a coasting trip. When they ound -out that it was a voyage to the port they had just come from (Liverpool) three of them jumped overboard. Two of them were recaptured, but the third, after being an hour in the water, was pleked up by Dave Crowley, the boatman, and escaped. Water Front Notes. The steamer Belgian King, that was in collision with the Tellus, is in commission again and will take a siege battery and 150 horses to China for the Government, The Mail steamer City of Para arrived from Panama and way ports yesterday. She brought up twenty-five cabin and thirty-one steerage passengers. POPULAR SAILOR GAINS PROMOTION | James Rennie Will Be New Captain of the Steam- ship Mariposa. the Oceanic steamer Alameda cleared Company’s she left behind her popular Chief Officer James Rennie. Promotion has de- prived the Alameda of one of the com- pany’s most popular officers. When Ren- nie next treads a bridge it will be as mas- ter of the Mariposa on that vessel's next trip. R. M. Mikkelson, ex-second officer of the @ vt e o e e b e s ebe@ -+ 000‘0«?‘;0;‘§O~9 Sdn s o o o o 0404 040+0+0+6+0+0 Alameda, steps into_Rennie’s shoes, and Third Officer M. C. Smith takes the posi- tion of second officer. Third in command is A. P. Lundin, late third officer of the Zealandia. The Alameda carries over 100 cabin passengers. —— JULIAN ARNOLD HELD ON A_EECOND CHARGE | His Attorney Preparing Papers to Se- cure His B}lease Under Habeas Corpus Proceedings. United States Court Commissioner Hea- cock completed the examination of Julian | Tregenna Biddulph Arnold shortly before noon yesterday, and decided that he should be extradited to London on the | charge of embezzling $15,000 belonging to | the estate of George W. Buck, deceased. Bert Schlesinger, counsel for the accused, announced that within a day or two he would prepare papers in habeas corpus proceedings before the Untted States Din. trict Court. Should the rroceedim fail to restore Mr, Arnold to liberty the case will be %refiented to the Secretary of State at Washington, in which event it is be- lleved that Commissioner Heacock's ac- tion will be approved. Mr. Arnold was removed from his hotel at Berkeley last Tuesday night to the Alameda_ County Jail, where he will re- main a Federal prisoner until released or extradited. B O e e e conducting a plumbing shop at 1013 Valen- cia street for some time past, and in addi- tion to the furniture, there is a dispute over thelr equal share in the stock and tools at the shop. To obtain his portion the son applied to the warrant clerk at the police court for a search warrant. Thix was refused him on the ground that the police court had no jurisdiction in such a case. He was advised to commence an action in the Justice court, where the trouble could be adjusted. In the mean- time the doors are being kept tightly barred at the old man's resicence. Who the prospective bride is the old gentleman refuses to say. 4444444444444+ 444440 Jhe Day’s Dead D444444444444444444400 Mrs Mary Elizabeth Marshall. BANTA CRUZ, Aug. 8-—Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Marshall died last evening at her home on Columbia street. She was | one of the ploneers, coming here in 1849 | from Texas. She was a native of Tennes- | see and 72 years of age. Her children | are Mrs. M. E. Cole of Los Angeles, Mrs. | 8. D. Ballou, wife of ex-Sheriff Ballou of San Luis Obispo; Mrs. J. F. Fitzgerald of Ventura and A. E. Marshall of Alaska. Mrs. Marshall was a daughter of the late Captain Graham, one of the oldest white cttlers of the county, who arrived here as early as 1840, and who was given a large grant of land by the Mexican Gov- | ernment. PR R . George D. Sweetser. NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—George D. Sweet- ser of Sweetser, Pembrooke & Co. dled | 1ast night from a complication of diseases. He was born in Athol, Mass., October 12 1826, He with J. Howard Sweetser and William A. Pembrooke founded the well known dryc%oods house of Sweetser, Pem- brooke & Co. Mrs. John Nelson, BAN RAFAEL, Aug. 8.—Mrs. John Nel- son, a wealthy resident of Olema, dled at that place to-day, at the age of 80 years, ARMY AND NAVY PARLOR MINSTREL PERFORMANCE Clever Amateurs in Black Face Show Exceptional Talent and Please Large Audience. The minstrel performance given last night in Native Sons! Hall by the mem- bers of Army and Navy Parlor for the benefit of the entertainment fund of the parlor during the coming celebration was a credit to those having the affair in charge. Interlocutor Frank 8. Drady was as fa- miliar with his part as any old-time min. strel, and the performers carried them- selves as well as most professionals. Miss Sophie Strus made a most charming God- dess of Liberty, and in the tableau which closed the performance appeared holdin Wreathd over the heads of a soldler and a sallor bo‘v‘. The end men were: Bones— Dr.B.E’D. cCarthy, Syl iyl A, Newmfin and Willlams, Henry Auerbach and George 8. rogramme was rendered Selectlons, overture, Army and Nayy Minstrels; ecause I Love You,” Frn.nks A, TS0 . Carr; Always,” Robert G, Drady: "A Deaeh Henry Auerbach; “Th and the ine Tsles, A. Newman; “Dat Coon e Don't Love Me,” Alex F, Willlams; ard_Whittemore; tambos—Alex F. Carr. The following p! lum’s Orchestra; openin Left B se % ss Virginia,” Geo Gray,” H S. Colman l‘“v.h Phili; sy A e p- specialties (a Boxer), Harry H. Walton; ve r; ‘Mo TOOK A BRIDE ON HIS WAY TO WAR Miss Edna Linnell United in Marriage to Cavalry Officer. ESTERDAY noon at the First Pres- byterlan Church, Van Ness avenue and Sacramento stteet, Miss Edna Linnell, a well-xnown and accom- plished young lady of San Francisco soclety, and Lieutenant E. H. Rubottom, Ninth Cavalry, U. S. A., were wedded. Few pguests apart from Iimmediate friends of the family of the bride were present. The engagement of the couple [ Ing once dn o tn ot o b st ot o ol ] — $ =5 = ix.mm‘mum E. H. RUBOT- TOM. P00+ 04-04@ had existed for several months, but the wedding was hastened by the orders of the War Department sending the Ninth Cavalry to China. The ceumanxflwu ro- nounced by Rev. Kirk Guthrie. Miss Ethel Hall of Sacramento was bridesmaid and Lieutenant George R. Pritchard of the Ninth Regiment the best man. The bride, who is remarkably pretty, wore a travel- ing suit of the new shade of blue. She carried_a bouquet of American Beauty roses, Miss Hall carried a bouquet of car- Bt f th t the al n onor o e even e aecorated with the mutional colors wag palms and ferns. The bride was given away by her brother, Henry 8. Linnell. The ceremonies at the church were sim- ple. The organist, Henry Randall, played the wedding march from Lohengrin. Af- ter the event the usual congratulations o Rtbott duated with r. Rubottom gradua th ho the University of Callfornin. He supsat ue'n:?' Fu-ea the required examination or admission to the regular army and was duly commissioned. The bride is a daughter of Colonel and Mrs. H. H. Lin- nel Othello and Rigoletto Season. The demand for seats for “Othello” and “Rigoletto” at the Tivoli Opera-house and D e S oA Sl o e ol i o o o the sale of all the seats for this week have caused the management to d con- tinue the ras all next ;"'efii"’n., il ven this season thereafter. layed next Monday, nights mda"m‘. mnnn rh CELEBRATION COMING IN Arranging for Grand Ball von the Last Night of the Festival. LMD S Sonoma County Parlors Will Enter- tain Lavishly—Lotta’s Fount- ain to Be Inclosed by an Imposing Structure. PR R The work of preparing for the grand celebration of California’s Statehood an- niversary is progressing rapidly and ev- erything points to great success in every way. Fresno’s exhibit will be installed in one of the parlors of the Lick House. It is to include a number of elect¥ical features. Public bodies of Fresno are taking mark- ed interest in the work and promise that the general display of dried fruits and raisins will be the finest ever sent out of the county. Yosemite Parlor No. 24 of Merced has | secured headquarters at the Russ House. | A committee of the parlor announced yes- | terday the selection of the following uni- form: Blue flannel coat, white duck trou- sers and pearl gray hat. Each member will carry a natural wood cane, decorated with the officiai jubilee colors.’ The par- lor will have a band of elghteen pieces composed entirely of Native Sons. Mem- bers of the band are to parade in the par- lor uniform. Commercial houses in Los Angeles are considering plans to have the county represented by a float or an elaborate exhibition of fruit and other products. The cadets of the State University have accepted an invitation to join in the pa- rade, contingent upen the granting of per- mission by the proper university authori: tles. No difficulty in securing the de sired permission is feared. it is expected to number the university corps among th h’ltiereuung features of the military di- vision. Dancing is to be the order on the night of Tuesday, September 11. In addition to the general ball in the Mechanics' Pavil- fon under the auspices of the general com- mittee lesser balls are to be given at the headquarters of the various parlors. The pregramme of the main ball is to be flius- trated with original designs in color and promises to be a veritable work of art. The parlors of Sonoma County have se- cured as headquarters the pariors of the Windsor Hotel. Lavish hospitality will be dispensed by the parlors during the entire celebration. z Eureka will send a company of the Na- val Militta to participate in the parade. A boat's crew will be entered in the Na- val Militia regatta. The decoration committee will recom- mend making a peristyle with Lotua's Tountain inside. The columns are to be forty feet high, festooned with the cele- bration colors, decorated with' garlands of evergreens and made brilliant at night with electric lights. The executive council of finance was ad- vised yesterday of numerous additions to the celebration fund. Many sub-commit- ees were busy soliciting and for that Teason did not report. The printing in- dustry subscribed in two hours. The insurance men are responding generously and the report of the committee when made will show a handsome total. Subscriptions from all sources now near- 1y touch the $20,000 mark. Amounts of $100 or more are acknowledged in the follow- ing stdtement given out by the commit- tee yesterday: Previously report: man, $150; London, Angio-American berg & Weniger, 00 each: Gotal, 310,000 P e feature of the first night of the cele- bration will be the naval parade. The committee has decided upon the officlal rogramme. The center of formation will B 6H Harttson-street whart, From this point the parade will move along the watery front to tbe north line of forbidden anchorage; thence along such line to a oint off Goat Island, thence south to for- idden anchorage in' line of the narrow- gauge ferry, and then back to the point of beginning. This circle will be made twice, In the center at anchor will be United States vessels of war and barges from which fireworks will be exploded during the parade. A bonfire will be locat- ed within the circle of parade. All Stock- ton steamers will lie cver here until the completion of the parade. The steamer Gold will be in line with a big party of excursionists from Petaluma. All the Spreckels and “‘red stack” tugs will be in readiness fo towing, There has been received a request from Fresno to the effect that all San Joaquin Valley parlors be assigned to one division. ‘The parlors eligible to such a division rep- resent Stockton, Fresno, Merced, Madera, Visalla, Hanford and Bakersfield. The parlor 'at Fresno has selected John J. hite as aid to the grand marshal. Han- ford Parlor has conferred a similar honor on Harry E. Ayers. A start has been made with the wiring of the ferry butlding, City Hall and the N. 8. G. W. bullding for electrical illu- mination. The plans of decoration are original and promise a splendid effect, Thé grand marshal has decided that each San Francisco parior be allowed to name a division marshal. There are twen- ty-three parlors in the city, Golden State Parlor No. §), Native Daughters, will have a float in line. The members have adopted white, black and gold as their celebration colors. At the meeting of the parade committee last night by a mr\jorltf of one the ques- tion of placing the loca garlnrs in line in the parade was settled by deciding that they shall appear in numerical order, Cal- ifornia_Parlor No. 1 taking the right of line. By this Army and Navy Parlor, which had been selected to act as an es- cort to the whole division of Native Sons, will have to be assigned to another posi- tion. A member of the committee sug- gested that as California Parlor had been accorded the front the committee of that ed, $9100; Charles New- Parls and American Bank, Bilen: ames P. I. Deutch, Hornlein & Krumb, | ADVERTISEMENTS. EFFECTS OF HEAT Summ er Vacat ions and Nerve Tonics Contrasted. Mr. Mathias Leif of Chicago, IIl. Mr. Mathias Lelf, secretary Uniform Rank Catholic Knights of America, writes from 3327 North Clark street, Chicago, Iil., as follow: on for over three years as a strengthening tonic and find it of in- estimable value. My system gets 1 do not know what | should do with- out Peruna to build it up again.”” Yours truly, Nathias Leif. | have now used Peruna off and | run down and worn out at times, and | The expense, as well as the Impossibfl. llty of leaving one’s business, makes it { entirely out of the question for many peow ple to take a vacation, however bad they may need it. In all cases where one can afford it a vacation is probably prefer to tonics; but for the tens of thou- sanls who can take no rest, the brain and nerve tonic of modern medical science is an indispensable safeguard. Nothing that is known to the medical profession to-day is the equal of Peruna | in the cure or prevention of all derange- | ments due to hot weather. Peruna gives | new vigor to the tired brain, strength and { quiet to the weakened nerves, and as | nearly supplies the need of a vacation to | the dverworked man or woman as it is ‘Posstble for any remedy to do. Peruna |is a reliable specific Yor nervous prostra- | tion, nerve exhaustion, sleeplessness and | chronic malaria. Captain Percy W. Moss, Paragould, | Ark., says: “I think Peruna is undoubt- edly the finest and surest catarrh | ever prepared, and it has taken bu | bottles to convince me of this fac O. W. Grier, Watsontown, Pa., says: “Peruna has done what four doctors | could not do. My bowels are now !/ | right and | recommend Peruna to | avarybody who has bowel trouble. It is our family medicine. I think I | would have been in my grave to-day | had 1t not besn for you.” The Peruna Medicine Company of Co- lumbus, Ohfo, publish a book entitied “Summer Catarrh,” which is devoted to the treatment of indigestion, diarrhoea | cholera morbus and other diseases of h weather, which they will send free to a | address. yesterday morning. He admitted that he had poured water into the milk cans, but said customers would not know the dif- ference. He admitted having been ar- rested twice before for the same offense. The Judge sentenced him to pay a fine of $150, with the alternative of 150 days in the County Jail. The fine was Pald_ Costa failed to appear and his bail of $100 was declared forfeited. A bench war- rant was issued for his arrest and his bonds were fixed at $500. He was arrested and released on $100 cash bail. 'ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR'WATER INSPECTION vey Lake Tahoe System for Mu- nicipal Ownership. Active preparations were begun Tues- Works for an expedition In the Sierra ing Lake Tahoe and its tributaries. Luther Waggoner, chief of the Depart- ment of Public Utilities. will have a transitman, a leveler, two rod- men, an axman and a cook. menced in about two weeks, the point ot destination being the base of Mount Lin- coln, where the American and Truckee rivers and the south fork of the Yuba River have their rise. A complete survey of the line and route of the canal neces. sary to bring the water to this city wil be made. the flume will be ascertained. Fligures will be given on the actual cost of con- struction of the piping. The Von Schmidt gation. sive data will be gathered with a view to ownershl& The a with pac! rings. PHILIPPINE TARIFF WILL BE REVIEWED Sent by San Franecisco Manufacturers. chants objected, will be investigated by revfSion of the tariff. Colonel Clarence R. Edwards, acting assistant adjutant gen- Cahn, Nickelsburg & Co., who wrote to the War Department in behalf of them- selves and others, that the Military Gov- ernor at Manila has been requested to call for a report from the Collector of Cus. toms concerning the regulations, and thi: report will be made known to manufac- turers and merchants as soon as possible. The department was seemingly unable to answer a question that has puzzled the shoe manufacturers concerning the term “23 Spanish,” indicating the minimum size of men’s shoes in Manila, and that is still as much of a mystery as ever. The objectionable regulations inflicted penal- tles for fallure to invoice the weights of goods and of Interior packings and exte- rior packings separately. Expedition Being Fitted Out to Sur-| day in the office of the Board of Public| Mountains for the purpose of investigat- | The expedition will be under the direction of In his party he | The start on the journey will be com.- | The most desirable route will | be picked out and the required depth of | dam will be a subject for special investi- | The preliminary surveys will| take at least one month, as comprehen- | determining the best system for municipal | arty will make the trip nimals, which may be bought outright for the purpose at Summit Soda | War Department Answers Letter | Customs regulations recently promul- gated at Manila, to the operation of which | San Francisco manufacturers and mer- | the board of officers having in charge the eral of the United States, has written to | ALL IS READY . FOR FUNERAL 0F (ING HOMBERT | Body Is Taken to the Monza Station on a Gun : Carriage. SR 5 ud { Thousands of Representatives of Various Municipalities Are in Rome to Take Places in the rrocession. i i MONZA, Aug. The widowed Queen | Margherite, Princess Maria Pla, former Queen of Portugal, the Duchess of Aosta, the Duchess of Genoa and Vietor Na- | poleon left here by special train for Rome to-day. Large crowds assembled along the route. All the spectators silently un- covered their heads. | ROME, Aug. $—The Archbishop of | Genoa, who will represent the Pope at the funeral of King Humbert to-morrow, w received by Cardinal Rampolla, the papal Secretary of State, to-day. At the neral services the King, Victor Emma: I III. will be at the head of the [talian Princes and foreign representatives who will accompany the remains from the depot to the Pantheon. The funeral train bearing the remains of King Humbert left Monza at 4:25 p. m. accompanied by the Duke of Aosta, the Count of Turin and the Duke of Oporto. A large crowd witnessed its departure in | silence. | At 410 p. m. the train reached Mila | where all the authorities and an imme throng had assembled at the rallway s tion. The widowed Queen and Princess Maria Pia arrived here at 9 o'clock this ev | ing. In accordance with the former’s o | sire there was no reception at the dey n a- | ‘The party proceeded at once to the @ nal, escorted by cuirasseurs, the speeta tors along the route baring their heads respectfully. Telegrams from the various cities and towns through which the funeral tr | passed say that the authorities and po, Jace displayed signs of the deepest sor- row and of loyalty. The decoration of Rome is almost com- Pleled and already the scene is extrao nary. Nine hundred municipalities ha sent delegations to attend the funeral ceremonies. No fewer than 130,000 for- | eigners have -arrived. Funeral wreaths | are so numerous that it is Impossible to | ind room for more on the ground toor of the Quirinal. The weather at Monza was threatening in the early part of the day, but it cleared up before the ceremony, which was wit- | nessed by a large crowd. including ma veterans, whose breasts were covered wit | medals won In the war of independence. |as well as several Garibaldians in red shirts. The Mysteries of parlor that waited on the parade commit. tee should ask Army and Navy Parlor ti act as special escort. CONTRACTOR LAYDON ATTACKS THE STATUTE His Claim of Exemption From the Eight-Hour Law Pronounced Not Good. 'The examination of Contractor Darby Laydon upon a charge of having violated the Federal statute prohibiting contract- ors from working their employes more than eight hours per day on Government work was held yesterday before United States Court Commissioner Heacock. %rosecutlon was represented by Assistant nited States Attorney E. J. Banning and E. L. Reguin, Deputy State Labor Com- missioner. Their witnesses proved that Laydon had worked his employes nine hours per day on the drawbridge over the canal near uitvale, Alameda County. Laydon's attorney admitted the facts, but contended that the statute was un- constitutional and in any event did not apply to Laydon, who was an independent contractor and not a Government con- tractor. %%no:‘x;amloner Heacock had a different opinfon and held Mr. Laydon to answer to the charge. CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF WATERING THE MILK M. Lewis and John Costa, drivers for the California Milk Producers’ - were cleverly captured by Police- «KING WILLIAM” &——— —AND—— & HOW TO MAKE AN ATHLETE OF THE BABY. 0DD EFFECTS OF **CHARACTER By WILTON LACKAYE. Lagunitas Canyon. _IN THE GREAT MAGAZINE SECTION, NEXT SUNDAY’S CA + 5 o THE SUNDAY CALL LEADS THEM ALL. b o By NAN BYXBEE, EXPERIENCES IN AN OVERALL FACTOR THE LATEST FADS IN aiting,” James On, | day. NI et tte- | Next gger, Move On,” 3, Beyard Whitte: ; music and song, thy;_finale, * and Stripes,” Army and Navy Minstrels. —————— Mrs. Lawrence Wants Maintenance. Lulu Lawrence filed suit yesterday against her husband, Charles E. Law- rence, for maintenance and support. furniture at the old homestead, 425 Twen- | Plaintiff alleges that her husband deserted tieth llu-eet. To ob';ltnl n.\lmlA filrndltu;e thl: ’her av‘e;" tgo months .‘nl.nd ut‘h.nm what is now uppermost in mind o n receipt of a comfortable income, tion, man ‘Would Wed Despite His Son. J. H. W. F. Meyer and his son J. F. do not speak as they pass by. The cause of this coolness between father and son is that the elder Meyer, who is turning his eightieth birthday, has resolved to take unto himself a bride. This the son objects to, and what is more he n]r.wg:lcu ave to his new mother use mother’'s Mr. Butterworth, attached to the Health, while watering their doorwa: Merchant ‘s R R oy will be given during the week August Tickets for these bo“gchnlm seven days ahead, next Monday. ——— What a luxury Pears’ | soap is! It is the cheapest and best toilet soap in all the world. All sorts of le use it, all sorts of stores _lflht.wmm . J. W of EMBROIDERIES AND TAPESTRIES. Dismasted in a Dead Calm— CURIOUS WRECK OF THE PFLUGER.