The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 30, 1902, Page 3

__THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, Humboldt County Girl Takes the Life of Assailant. fends Bullet Through the Body of Man Who Attacked Her. Dead Culprit Is Left Lying Where He Fell Until a Justice Arrives Twenty-Four Hours Later. T . Special Dispatch to The Call. EUREKA, Oct. 29.—Lester Cook, a young man of Upper Mattole, was shot &nd killed on Monday at Horse Mountain, in the southern end, of this county, by Mabel 1, a thirteen-year-old girl It is o ed the shooting was done by the girl in defensc of her honer. The | news w ght by the girl's uncle, x amed } t whose ranch on Horse rl lives. Howard was e of the tragedy, and the s Howard's wife. the account givén by Miss Mrs. Howard, Cook entered bout noon on Monday and ck upon the girl, who seized shot him, the bullet entering m and passing completely € t e, but had only reached t gate when he fell dead. Cook arried and about thirty years of e shooting Mrs. Howard and the ving the body where it fell, drove Frank McKee's, where they met d and reported the tragedy. From there Justice of the Peace Thomas, of Brice was summoned, arriving ~t the After being shot Cook | FINDS A VAST | | ELD OF IGE Explorer’s Discovery at Columbia River's Source, 2y T Glacial System Covers an Area of Two Hundred | Square Miles. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 20.—Rev. James Outram, a noted Scottish mountain climber, arrived here to-day after a three months’ tour of hitherto unexplored dis- tricts of the Rocky Mountains. With the single exception of his Indian guide he did not see a human face for two months of that time. On the, slopes of Mount Co- lumbia, which has long been known as the location of the source of the Colum- bia River, Outram discovered during Sep- | tember an _enormous jee field, which, he estimates, covers an @irea of at least 200 square miles. He awards it precedence over all other ice fields in this province in point of size. The Columbia glacier system is thirty- two miles in length. It is exceptionally interesting, not only on account of its enormous size, but by reason of the fact | that its melting and ice snow supply wa- |ter to three large rivers running into three different oceans, and in that, Out- ram says, it is unigue among glacial flelds. A portion of the ice-cold stream from the Columbian glacier runs into the | Saskatchewan, the waters of which ulti- mately reach the Atlantic. Some of the “ntn the Arctic, and the remainder joins the waters of the Columb | flow into the Pacific. Trickery is the weapon used to inveigle voters into voting for Amendment No. 8 on the official ballot. - | @ ettt et @ Thomas held an inquest scene vesterday. | over the body where it had fallen twenty- four hours before. Howard claims this;was not Cook’s first | offense. i stream enters the Athabasca, which flows | ia River, which | ’ . BURGLARS RAID Glendora Loses Her Jewels. Unwelcome Visitors Ransack R:sidence From - Top to Bottom. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. GLENDORA, Oct. 29.—Some time be- tween Friday night and this morning the magnificent foothill residence of Mrs. J. F. Marquardt was entered by burglars, who, from the manner in which they per- formed their work, are supposed to be professionals. They made the: richest haul that has ever been made in this part of Los Angeles County, the loss to Mrs. Marquardt being nearly or quite $3500. Mrs. Marquardt is a widow and owns a large orange ranch near here. She spends much of her time in Los Angeles, because during the absence of her only son in the East she does not desire to remaln at home with only the servants for com- pany. Last Friday evening she went to | Los Angeles to visit friends, intending to | return the next day. . She changed her plans on reaching that city and did not | return until this morning. | When she entered the house she found | that unwelcome visitors had been there | during her absence. The contents of sev- eral rooms were in disorder, and. there were abundant evidences that the place | had been thoroughly searched. Nearly | all of Mrs, Marquardt's jewelry was miss- ing. She had not thought it necessary to | conceal her valuables when she departed, because she expected to be gone only ‘dur- ing the day. P The jewelry stolen consisted of a palr of diamond ‘earrings. a brooch studded with diamonds, several diamond rings, an opal ring, a plain band ring and several other articles of less value, the total value being placed at $1500. Mrs. Marquardt also had a fine collection of rare old iace which she valued at $1000, all of which was stolen. Numerous other small articles of value were taken. The thieves had gained an entrance by picking the lock of the front door. e ——— get our samples to-day. Let this remind you of those samples you have been thinking so long of procuring. There is no time like the present, says the proverb. suits to order from %10 to %35 Of course mere mention of prices doesn’t give you an idea of the quality of the garments. That’s why we want you to call and see the materials, take home some sam- plus, examine and compare them. & Then you will see that the $10 suits equal any $12.50 made to order suits you ever v and you will find the $35 garments on a par with the high-priced exclusive tailor’s $30 ; our other values range in this proportion. You'll save money, wear good clothes and be fully protected in buying here. - So Complete satisfaction or money back. Suits satisfactorily made for out-of-town customers through our self-measuring system—write for samples and blank. Satisfaction guaranteed or Way refunded, SNWO00D 718 Market Streect and Cor. Powell and Eddy Streets b TIMBER TRACTS Entry in Northern California, Vast Domain May Bs Cre- ated Intd a Forest Reservation. h to The Call. i EUREKA, Oct. 20.—An order from the General Land Office has been received at the local land office withdrawing, from sale or entry a large portion of the pub- lic land in Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity and Siskiyou counties, forming a part of the Humboldt land district. It is reported that the withdrawal is made pending an investigation in regard to the advisabil- ity of creating a forest reservation, and it may be rescinded or modified to in- clude less land. This order states that the withdrawal is temporary and in any event will not affect any bona fide settle- ment or claim on the lands which were properly entered prior to the date of the order. It is reported on the outside that the Investigation of the alleged timber frauds in adjoining counties has much to do with the order. The following tracts are embraced in the order: Township 18 north, ranges 5, 6, 7 and 8 east. ‘Township 17 north, ranges 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 7 16 15 14 13 12 11 Township 10 north, ranges east halt of 4, all ot 5, 6, 7 and 8 east. Township 9 north, ranges, fraction of 4, all'of Spectal Dis; O ownship 16 north, ranges 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 north, ranges 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 north, ranges 3, 4, 5,6, 7 and § north, ranges 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 north, ranges 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 east. ‘Township east. Township east. Township east. Township east. Township 11 north, ranges 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 east. 5, 6, 7 and 8 east. Township § north, ranges 6, 7 and 8 east. Township 7 north, and § east. Township 6 north, ranges 7 and S east, Township 5 north, ranges 7 and 8§ east: Township 4 north, ranges 7 and 8 east. Township 2 north, ranges east two-thirds of 6. all of 7 and 8 east. Township 1 north, ranges all of 8 east. Township 1 south, ranges east half of 7, all of 8 east. % ¢ Beginning on the Oregon line, 48 north, all of ranges 11 and 12 west, ifount Diablo meridian, down to 36, or twenty- four townships, embraced in townships 36 to 48 north, ranges 11 and 12 west of Mount Diablo meridian. Further south the reservation takes in the west two- thirds of townships 27, 28 and 29 north; range 11 west, and all of townships 27, 2% and 29 north, range 12 west, Mount Diablo meridian. xS IS T 5 STEVENS REPORTS THAT LANDS ARE WITHDRAWN Government Officers in Susanville and Shasta Districts Instructed to Suspeni Entries. Horace Stevens, who was sent by the State Mineralogist to the Susanville land | district to inquire into the acts of timber grabbers who have been operating to the detriment of holders of mining clalms | that section, has reported that official notification. of the withdrawal of the Susanville lands from entry has been re. celved from the Commissioner of the Gen. eral Land Office. Notice of withdrawal of | the lands in the Shasta district has also | been rcceived at Redding. This puts stop to the acquistion of any miore by the Eastern speculators for the pres- ent at least in these two extensive re-: gions. Stevens expresses his opinion that the withdrawal from entry of the lands men- | tion=d will prove to be of great value to | the mineral interests of the State. Al large mass of testimony will be taken in the mining districts in the next few weeks concerning the grievances of miners and will be submitted to the authorities at ‘Washington. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—The Postoffice Department to-day announced: Postof- fices discontinued November 15—California —Grainland, Butte County, mail to Chico;, Stuart, Santa Barbara County, mail to Lompee. Washington — Alkire, Ferry County, mall to Republic. Postmasters commissioned: California—Fred C. White, Cleone; Fred W. Marston, Cooperstown; | Adelina M. Muscio, Sisquoc. These pensions were granted: Califor- nia—Original—Arlando S. Hathaway, Po- | mona, $8; Alfred Holder, Dunsmuir, $8. ! Increase, reissue, etc.—Willlam = Milon, Banner, $10; George McFarlane, Tudor, $10; William Rettig, Oakland, $8; Lewis McPherson, San Bernardino, $10; Joseph Minter, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $8; James M. IKanouse, Santa Ana, $8. Widows, minors and dependent relatives— Sarah T. Dow, Oakland, $8; Sarah A. Kibbe, San Francisco, $12; Mary M. Tracy, San Diego. $8; Nancy J. Warmouth, | Paskenta, $8 (Mexican War). Oregon — Increase, reissue, ete.—Uriah Hover, Medferd, $10; John Schaupp, Sa- lem, $10; Hiram Pratt, Goshen, $8. Widows, minors and dependent relatives— Rosa A. Russell, Prosper, 38. ‘Washington—Original—Melville J. Lane, Dayton, $6; Henry Fuller, Seattle, $8. In- crease, reissue, etc.—Abraham Ford, Ort-. ing, $12. Navy orders announce that Assistant Surgeon S. S. Rodman is detached from the Alert and when discharged from treatment at the Mare Island Hospital will proceed home for two months on sick leave. The New York sailed to-day from Yoko- hama for San Francisco. — LOS ANGELES POLICE | SEARCH MEXICAN PEONS All Culprits Found Bearing Arms Are at Once Placed Under Arrest. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20.—86 numerous have become the crimes committed by Mexicans of the peon class who, in vio- lation of the Federal contract labor law, have been imported into this part of the State to work on the several large rall- road contracts, that the. police have re- sorted t6 herofc methods in an effort to keep this class under proper control. Three brutal murders, two cfi,(h, vietims being Americans, and numerous stabbing affrays and assaults upon inoffensive cit- {zens, have been traced to the peons. Chief ‘of Police Elton has ordered his men to stand up every peon whom. they meet on the streets and search him for weapons. If arms be found the culprit is to be arrested. Four arrests have already been made, in each instance the weapon found being an elght-inch bowie Knife. —_—————— Golden State Limited. November 1 and daily thereafter thi new train will be put into service be- tween Chicago and Los Angeles, via El Paso, the Southérn Pacific and Rock Island T N h car from San Francisco daily Thg}l;‘, connects with Gol 3 te at. lden Sta Limited. New train, splendidly e electric lights, electric fans, "Qg_ fbrary, every conveni 5 ulars at office of Southern Pacifc. OCTOBER 20, 1902. |ENGINEERS MAY i Al ~ COUNTRY HOME| ARE WITHORAWN | LOSE LIGENSES Mrs, J. F. Marquardt of|Land Office Suspends|Attorney General Knox Makes an Important 7 Ruling. Opinion ~ Sericusly Affects ' Cases of the Portland Strikers, Marine engineers must answer questions put to them by local Inspectors under penalty of forfeiture of their licenses. An cpinion to this effect rendered a few days 4go by "Attorney General Knox was re- celved’in this city yesterday and created a mild sensation in marine engineering circles generally, and in particular among the friends of the eight engineers of the steamships Columbia and George W. El- der, who on October 11 were deprived of their licenses for refusing to tell the local inspectors at Portland why they left their ships. The: case upon which Knox gives his de- cislon covers all the material points in- volved in the Portland matter. ‘The eight suspended engineers have appealed' from the decision of the local inspectors to| Supervising Inspector Bermingham, who Is at present in Europe. In view of the Knox opinion just rendered and the fact that it overrules a recent decision by the solicitor of; the treasury il 1s the general opinfon that Bermingham can afiord no relief, but will be compelled to ruie in {-accordance with.the iknox opinion, which fellows: QUESTIONS OF LAW. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WASHINGION, Uct. 15, 1902, The Secretary oi tue ‘Yreasury—Sir: Your communications Of August 26 and September 17 submut to me the following tacts and ques- tions. of law arising thereon, with a request 1or my omnmijon: % In & , certam investigation * before United States ‘local inspectors of stzam vessels, re- specting a number vc duly licensed pilots and enginecrs, who, it was alleged by certain ves- sel owners, had violated section 4449 of the Revised Statutes, several of these licensed otficers reiused to answer questions propounded to. .them, ‘on the ground that their answers might tend-to subject them to revocation of their lcenses as provided by section 4449, and that to furnish the Intormation called for by the questions would be a violation of then dbligation to the protective union of tugmen to which ithey belong, this organization haviag issued ‘a strike order which affected the ser- vice of licensed pilots and engineers on a large number of steam tugs. It seems that other licensed pilots and engineers, not under in- vestigation but called as witnesses, refused to answer questions propounded to them on sim- flar grounds, some witnesses simply refusing 10_answer. The questions of law arising are as_ follows: 1.0 When a licensed officer is duly summoned to give testimony before this board (the local board of “inspection #ervice) in a hearing and refuses to answer questions which are in the opfnfon_of “the board material and proper, has the board authority to compel answer under penalty of suspension or revocation of the wit- ness' certificate of license or otherwise? 2. Has the licensed officer who Is charged with viglating section 4449 of the Revised Statutes, and Is on hearing before this board on, such charge, the right to refuse to answer a question material to the inquiry, on the ground that his answer may subject him to the penalty of section 4440? It appears that the solicitor of the treasury, on a reference of the subject to you, has rendered opinions answering the first Inquiry in the negative and the second in the affirm- ative- The entire plan of Government control over lh,. branch of commerce and its instrumen- talities, as shown +in title LIL, Revised Stalutes, s based upon public Interest. in ** bétter security of life," justifying the creation of @ speclal Government service regarding the management, navigation and inspection of sea- oing vessels and vessels engaged In irade on the “Jakés and othér waters of the United States, The theory of the matter and tl function of the Government in protcting the people of -this semi-public service require, and tlie ~law ‘accordingly imposes, burdens ‘upon vessel gwners With corresponding rights or privileges, and qualifications or restrictions upon the snecially skilled men who navigate and operate vessels, These conditions, oper- ating to, limit the number of those qualified and 'Mcensed, constitute also an advantage to the men actually in the service. Onlv licensed officers may be employed (section 443%). -REVIEW OF THE POLICY. The. inyestigations of the boards of inspec- tion cover different aspects of the relations existing and the transactions arising in this maritime and quasi-government service, and may be conducted. as they constantly are con- ducted, upon the Government initiative or upon the complaint or suggestions of private parties vessel Gwners. that licensed officers constitute a spe- clal service, peculiarly related to the Govern- ment, If not of the Government, Is evident. The law brings out very clearly the inter-rela- {ions of the Government. vessel owners, and ihe skilled men employed aboard vessels, and {he way in which benefits and privileges, on the one hand, and burdens and restrictions on the other, interdepend among the different inter- ests by the requirements that a vessel shall be wholly owned by a citizen of the United States or by & corporation created under the Ja he United States, and that ail watch R, Including enineers and pilots, sha e -mative born or fully naturalized citizen: and by their exemption from llability to draft in time of war, and by the right to pension conferred, based upon the duties performed un- der the license in the military service of the United States. Copsequently, in whatever way investigation 'of owners or employes may arise, since full vpportunity for review of ad- Ministrative proceedings and actlon is give and (he more serlous charges must go to J Alclal” trial, the suggestion is reasonable and Jogleal that mo other allegiance of owners to possible assoglates, or of license men to labor organizations, can’ interfere with the different Tmeasures of control over them, respectively, Justly exercised by the Government. ‘Passing on, then, from this review of the nd the general meaning of the law, we Take ub the exact question presented as to the Hight of licensed officer to refuse to answer questions’ put to him In the course of a regu- lar. investigation by a board of inspectors, on the ground that he may thereby subject himself o penalty by way of revocation or suspension t his license. Of ction. 4446, Revised Statutes, provides that policy. it any licensed officer shall, to the hindrance Tce, wrongfully or unreasonably re- O ot Tservé in his officlal capacity on any steamer, as authorized by the terms of his certificate of license, or shall fall to deliver to fhe applicant ‘for_such service at the time of Such refusal, if the same shall be demanded, a Statement in writing assigning good and suffi- Sjent reasons therefor, or if any pilot or en- gineer shall refuse to admit into the pjlot-house Bt ‘engine-rcom any person whom the master or owner of the vessel may desire to place thers for the purpose of learning the profession, his litense ghall be revoked, upon the same 'pro- ceedings, as are nm\'\dadn n other cases of re- Vocation of such licenses. DUTIES OF INSPECTORS. * e local boards of inspectors are directed by dn-"f;:::u!:m all acts of Incompetency or mi conduet committed by any licensed officer wh acting under authority of his ricense. and sh; e power to summon before them any wii- ‘Maeses within their respective _districts, tompel their attendance by a similar process s in the United States Clrcuit or District Courts; and they may administér all necessary oaths Sy witnesses thus summoned before them: 1%d Tafter reasonable motice in writing, given, to the alleged delinquent, of the time and pla. of ‘such investigation such witnesses shall be Sxamined, under oath. touching the perform- ance of his duties by any such licensed officer: 4 It ‘the board shall be satisfied that such lcansed, officer is incompetent. or h: been gutlty of misbenavior. nekligence, or unskill- falness. or has endangered life, or ‘willtully vio- Jated. any provisions of this title. they shall e dfately suspend or revoke his license.” 4450.) et eection 4445 every licensed officer must make oath ‘‘that he will faithfully and honestly, according to his best skill and judg. ment, without concealment or reservation, per- form'all the dutfes required of him by law." Fhese. boards gre thus created courts, and ex- ercise judiclal functions. It follows therefore that persons summoned to &ppear as witnesses before such bol;‘d A;T’ en:.’lllld tg thhll privileges subject to the obligations attaching to wit- S ) A refusal on }he t a witness question ':;t‘li? ne to the lssue before a court Is a con- fempt. The power to purnish for contempt is inherent in the nature and constitution of a court. - “That o witness may refuse to answer a question where {t reasonably appears that such answer will have a tendency to expose him to a penal liability or to any kind of punishment, or to a_criminal charge. is well settied and ds an ne: of a State, shall be commanded by a citi- | | _ADVERTISEMENTS. ALL THROUGH THE SYSTEM Calt?arrh Spreads | All Run Down. Mr. Bryan:Carlon, secretary of the Ec- i centric Engineers’ Association of New York City, with a membership of 1000 li- censed engineers, also prominent in labor unions. writes from 499 Canal street, New York City: “Your Peruna is a valuable _tonic. When I get run down, weak and languid, or restless’at night, I take a bottle of | Peruna. I'know no family medicine like it. I notice the effects of it almost im- | mediately. ‘It quiets the nerves and | brings healthful sleep. 1t is a reviving tonic at all times.”—Mr. Bryan Carlon. Congressman Romulus Z. Linney, from North Carolina, writes: “My private secretary has boen using Peruna for several weeks, and 1 wish_{o testify to its great value and merits in cdsss of catarrh. My sec- retary had as-bad-a case as-/ aver saw, and since he has faken one bottle he seems like a different man. Befors he started on Peruna his sys- tem was very much run cown, and at | times he cculd not work at all, but ever since his first bottle he has been building up. | don’t think any man who is under a nervous strain shou!d -be without it. I cannot ex- press the good it has done him. Romulus Z. Linney. Peruna is not a sleep medicine. | runa is not a mervine. narcotic. not bring. about artificial rest. helps weak . nerves. | down = constitution. ~ Brings refreshing | sleep, not by -producing stupefaction, but { by Invigorating the nerve centers. Peruna produces a natural appetite. It | strengthens the digestive power. It fllls | the lacteals full of nutrition and sends surging thtough the blood vessels the re- | cuperating: currents of new life. 1t does Pe- Peruna is not a Peruna does not stupefy; does Peruna. Builds up broken o understood in a lega! sense, and. would not all witbin ‘the definitions of the word given by the cousts. “The words ‘penal’ and pen- aity’ have béen used in various senses. Strictly and ptimarily, they denote punishment, Whether cofporal -or pecuniary, Imposed and enforced by the State, for a' crime or offense agalnst its laws, But they are commonly used as including an extraordinary, liabjlity to which the law s(bjects a wrongdoer in favor of the | person wronged, ‘not limited to the damage | Suffered.” - - . | "The authorities hofding that a witness may | refuse to.anawer a question tending to expose him to-a-penalty or forfeiture appear to b maini® cases. involving ations of _pena statutes.. Section 444 s a remedial, not a | penal, statute, and the revocation of a license | Therein provided for may be viewed. mot in the light of:-apunishment for offense com- tted, but rather.as a remedy placed In the | hands of the board of inspectors to insure greater efficlency in the steamboat ' inspection service, ‘and - to guard against obstructlons of or injury - to commerce, etc. Furthermore, | even "where a disability or lability is held { generally “equivalent to'a penalty or for- | feiture, a distinction is taken if the discovery | subjects ‘the” defendant to a Mability of this general nature in consequence of his own agree- ment, and -there he is compelled to answer; and the cases mainly relate to liabilities which, though ‘met -oriminal, eventually amounted ~to forfeiture or punishment. because they led to the actual forfeiture of the estates. | POWER IS ABSOLUTE. 1t might, of course, happen, as suggested by the Sollcitor of the Treasury in his opinion dated June 19, 1902, that on frial of a licensed officer before the board for a violation of sec- tion 4449, questions might be put. which, it answered, would disclose facts showing that’the officer. had-incurred a penal lability for which he was. liable to.indictment and punishment, as under section 4437. ‘In sueh a case the offi- cer would be entitled. to his refusal to answer. But this has nothing to do with the present inquiry, -which is confined to. refusal on the grouna that the officer may. be subject to the penalty under section 4H0—ths revocation or Suspension of his license. - It se¢ms to me that a deliiquent Inspector might with as much force decline to answer a question on the ground that to do so might lead to his removal s a leensed officer decline to answer inquiries because of the danger of. incurring the statu- tory discipline or penalty. Under the peculiar relations of this service It might réasonably be said that refusal to respond to inquiries was in itselt just cause influencing the executive discretion to remove an inspector or revoke the license of an-engineer. pilot,- etc. . Surely the power Is plenary in this service to determine whether : a -licensed. officer. has wrongfully or unreasonably refused to serve: and any ob- struction of Investigation must necessarily call WIL - WHISKEY Like a Malignant Poison. Pe-ru-na Cures all this by producing healthy mucous membranes. “l heartily recommend Paruna fo those who suffer from nervousness and loss of sleep. For months | did not get a refreshing night’s sleep, and in the morning | was weak and drawsy. Peruna was recommended {o me by a friend. When | had taken four bottles of it | was a new man. The nervousness had entiraly disap- pearsd and when | get up in the morning now | feel rested and ra- ireshed. Peruna is a splendid e tarrhal tonic.”’—Joseph J. Craven. The ghove letter was written b Joseph J. Craven, 235 E. Seventy-fourth street; New York City. Mr. Craven Is presideait of the Standard Association of Stationary Engineers of New York, an organizfition with a_ membership of 108 licensed engineers. He has been identl- fled_with labor organizations all his 1ife Peruna makes clean, strong mucol membranes in the nose, threat, stomach and digestive organs. In this way it reaches the origin of all life, all strength and all activity. Peruna cleanses these membranes of every vestige of catarrhal congestion. This leaves them strong and able to do their work. Then follows refreshin, Then sleep. nervousness disappears. en a man be- comes confident, vigorous, hopeful and happy. This is why it is that Peruna is the tonic of tonics. It cleanses the sources of the blood. Good, rich, red blood Is the result and health follows as a natural consequence. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- | vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of Tha Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. down the summary corrective power, subject to the right of review. If this is not policy of this law is vain and to carry out its theory and inteni to answer amounts to or may conceal the bad conduet, inattention to duty or misbehavior (if wiliful violation of the law is exch from present consideration), which sections 4439, 4442 and 4450 specify, ‘inter alia, as grounds for suspension or revocation of license. So broad and far-reaching is the view of “‘misconduct’’ that a ruling of the ry Department, dated July 27, 1803, based upon an opinion of the Solicitor of the Treasury. dated June 6, 1893, holds that a certain ob- sectionable agreement bstween individual pilots and a brotherhood of pilots amounts to hin- drance to commerce and for this reason ren- ders licensed officers who are parties justly liable to suspension or dismissal by revocation of their licenses without any further act of “‘misconduct’’ on gheir part, If such is the established executive view. I think it follows as a logical necessity in administration that “mis- conduct” may aiso cover a refusal to answer pertinent questions. because, among other rea- sons. they might point to a similar agreement. That seems to be the point as to the obligation to_the protective union. It is suggested that a licensed officer thus under investigation Is llable to be deprived of his office together with salary and emol belonging to the same, and that for this reason he is entitled to refuse to answer a question which has a tendency to expose him to a pen- alty of forfeiture; but that fon, in and the authorities deed, begs the question, cited in support of it refer to consequences which were undoubtedly penal. In short, it is not too much to say that para- mount considerations of the good of the service require that a licensed officer shall not be per- mitted to withhold any information materfal to i an inquiry affecting the service and yet remain a member of that service. The foregoing reasons of law and legal poi- icy, therefore, in my opinion, require me to answer your first question in the affirmative and your second in the negative, and I do so answer. Very respectfully, P. C. KNOX, ‘Attorney General. A vote for Amendment No. 8 means to increase taxation. —_———————— Mémorial Church Dedication. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 29.—A date has finaily been selected for.the ded- ication of the Stanford Memorial Church. The announcement has been made that the exercises attending the formal open- ing of the edifice will occur on Decem- ber 7. Established 1823. SON That’s All} TAKE JOSEPH, Representative, 300 Battery Street, San Francisos