The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1903, Page 9

THE GALIFORNIA WILL (N CONVENTION rator Perkins Advises ‘hat Organized Effort Be Made. O That Eastern Poli- ticians Want to Come West. Broadway, t earn March 25 well-directed ef- a: st the Republican Nati Calife ared . Perkins returned ng on the ent immediately to n Heights, Ouk- ued G interested, Caiifors tre. 1 more than a ering. believe No sub i people get r California siastic over his o enjoy himseit is State has been place a California the matter. ESSION. EXCITING S! r before the oted for it o the House s very much He believes it the United e in return for Cuba e commission a stupendous sident Roosevelt is s great credit on his sment to the 1 abide by. it. d app aggregating about scretion to order all of the new vessels in Government scouragement 1o 13.000-ton battie- a. n m ered constructe: PRIATIONS. L & BIG APPRO contemplates a long ter's work at Washing- d a trip to Burcpe with his daughter, s his traveling com- —_— Falls Into Bay and Drowns. ris T employed as night soner E. Smale, Fifth street, was ac- evening about 6 accident occurred at Fifth streets, where the vessel, arrived here from Coos a cargo of lumber. r the influence of 1 in attempting to o the dock on the s balance and fell A. Fleming, who happened ne, fished the uncon- f the water. The am- but before arriving Hospital Thompson wned e body was subsequently Deceased was resided at 116 Morgue. man and GRAPE-NUTS. THE WHOLE FAMILY Benefits by Pure Food. has happened in a great many cases one member of a family has begun e of the scientific food Grape-Nuts, of the ther members have the food and while enjoying its flavor have been cured of vari- and diseases which had the use of improper food. A Minn., gives an instance says: “Our year and a half been changed by Grape- fll-nourished child, suffer- om colds and generai fit subject for a baby fsod » we began to give her Grape- 1 milk we stopped all other foods, vement was so rapid that e from week to as made well and stronsg. 1 suggested it to my hus- d chronic dyspepsia terri- I have dieted enough. A s well die as to live on health t 1 persisted, and one morning Nuts and cream to him sted it he was most agreeabs: Fe first time in months ood agreed with each the is a stanch advocate of d mily the use of Grape- 4 our friends, and one ia lar was very delicate and always our physician, Dr. Ball, 0 home and make it your Grape-Nuts. Eat it morn- and night. She followed or's order literally, and frequent- a Grape-Nuts into puddings and Ler dishes. The results have been a sur- sing gain in fleeh, and she is now en- free of all illness and nervousness rapidly getting strong aghin furnisbed by Postum Co. Battle Mich. There are scientific reasons why this od is as valuable to one member of the nily as to another. It is perfect for iletes, yet at the same time i3 pre-di- .sted, and no stomach is 80 weak it will vl velish the food San Francisco Call, ne- | appropriations for | ised that one | that time he bas im- | MISS CAROLYN PEDLAR MARRIES BUSINESS MAN Francis Mosher Wins for Wife a Pretty ' Epworth Leaguer at Whose Side He Has for Long Time Engaged in Church Work | | | i | | POPULAR YOUNG WOMAN OF TiE YOUNG BUSINESS MAN WHO W NIGHT AT A PRETTY HOME WE RSN woTeS SSION AND PROMINENT ITED IN MARRIAGE LAST VERY pretty home wedding was solemnized last night when Miss Carolyn Vera Pedlar, tha second daughter of Frank A. Pedlar, assistant colner at the United States Mint, was wedded to Francis W. Mosher. The ceremony was performed at home of the bride’s parents at Til eet. The pariors of the home were attractively decorated for the occa- sion. Rev. F. M. Larkin of the Grace Methodist copal Church, of which both the young people are popular mem- bers, officiated. The wedding ceremony was witnessed by -relatives and a number of intimate triends of the bride and groom. It was performed at 8:30 o'clock. Miss Hazel Pedlar, a sister of the bride, was a grace- brother of the bride, acted as best man. After the ceremony and Mr. and Mrs. Mosher had been showered with con- gratulations and best wish a delight- ful wedding banquet was served. Francis W. Mosher 1s a well-known young business man of this city. He is a son of W. H. Mosher of Newport Land- ing, Nova Scotia, and is a member of the firm of Weyman & Mosher. His bride is a native of this city, where she has a large circle of friends. She is a graduate of Mission High School and a talented young woman. Both she and Mr. Mosher have always taken an active interest in the affair of the Grace Methodist Epis- copal Church. She is a popular member of the Epworth League and it was while she was assisting in church work that she and Mr. Mosher met and formed the at- tachment which led to last night's wed- ful bridesmaid, while Lyle H. Pedlar, a ding. SHLVADOR MUST -~ SETTLE CLAINS | ! Secretary Hay Gives the | Republic a Formal Notification. A dispatch recelved from Washington last night announced that Secretary Hay had cabled Consul General W. H. L. Mer- | at the city of Salvador to notify | formaily the President of that republic ! that the time set by the arbitrator, Prime | Minister Strong of Canada, for the set- | ticment of the claim of the Salvador | Commercial Company had passed and | ttat prompt action must follow. | The news that the United States Gov- ernment is determined to compel the Sal- vadoran Government to pay the ciaim | awarded the American company by a | beara of arbitration will be very pleasant | to 8 number of gentlemen of this city | und Oakland. Beveral years ago the Sal- | vadoran Commercial Company was or- ganized in this city by Willlam Dingee, the capitalist of Oakland; Wiillam B. Hamilton, Deputy Collector of Customs of this port; Alfred W. and A. R. Burrell F. P. Channell, W. Frank Pierce, Wi | lam R. Davis and others for the purpos | of securing harbor rights along the co: | of Salvador. They accomplished their ob- ject after taking several prominent Sal- | vadorans into their company. Later the | Americans were frozen out of the com- | pany, and eventually the Governmeut ccnfiscated it. The matter was finally called to the at- | tention of this Government, and in the | end a board of arbitration was appointed | to decide the case, and it awarded the | members of the company damages in the | sum of $534,000. A time, now passed, was set by Prime Minister Strong of Canada for the settlement of the claim, but it seems that the Salvadoran, Government | has paid no heed to the fi until a re- | minder was cabled to President Regalnda some weeks ago, when he appealed for a reconsideration of the case. This was promptly refused. Now the Secretary of State has found it necessary to take the matter up again and to hiut to the new administration of that Gov- ernment that further delay will not be tolerated. e Colonel Charles Greene. PHILADELPHIA, March %.—Colonel Charles Greene, for twenty-two years prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, died to-day, aged 68 years. g st AL iy CAPE MAY, N. J., March 25.—The Marine villa Hotel was destroyed by fire to-day, LIGHT EFFECTS ARE STARTLING Artist Peters Shows Some Realistic Paintings. The promised exhibition of paintings by Charles Rollo Peters and Charles J. Dick- man cpened at the Bohemian Club yester- day. The privilege of inspecting the works at the club was extended to the ladies and many of them viewed the new canvases. Peters and Dickman have been hard at work and the rnew creatlons in- clude some special studles of light, in which Peters has succeeded in surprising his frierds. His moonlight effects ana the daring strength of his coloring are much commented upon. In Peters’ “Sunset Glow” one sees at once the power of the artist and nis fa- miliarity with nature's true and marvel- ous coloring, which often seem extrava- gant in its brilliancy. “The Camp by the Cross” is another light effect, which, with the solitary fig- ure of a sentinel, combines as realistic a bit of work as has been seen for many a day in local galleries. Dickman bas scenes and folks of Brit- tany and Plcardy, and his strong marine canvas, “Before the Storm,” all of which- are admirable in detail and coloring. The exhibition consists of more than elghty excellent paintings. The connois- seur will find gratification and- the stu- dent powerful lessons in Peters and Dick- man's latest work. Appoint Thirty-Eight Fire Laddies. The Fire Commissioners at yvesterday's meeting decided to ask for $820,168 for the ensuing fiscal year. This will include the equipment of a new engine for the Sunny- side district. The report of the Civil Service Com- missioners certifying to the list of ap- plicants who passed a satisfactory ex- amination was received and the Commi; sioners appoirted thirty-eight, as follows: Samuel J. Spear, Thomas G. Ward, Frank Murray, Harry K. Mackay, William J. Conroy, Charles J. Brennan, John J, Brady, Willlam T. Moran, Joseph J. Hef- fernan, Michael H. Dolan, J. L. Nannary, E. D. Valente, J. H. Hannan, G. J. Dykes, H. H. Gelster, G. H. Weilan, G. H. g8, Peters, G. H. McLoughlin, W. A. Roebel- ing, C. H. Uhte, J. R. Dower, W. W. Neifer, Frank Murphy, F. J. Kelley, W. H. Fitzsimmons, G. L. Cuneo, J. Gilbert, Michael Dwyer, M. Cunningham, A. C. Butt, T. H. Dowd, H. Shade, F. W, Meyer, W. E. Everson, W. J. Crosby, M. A. Collins, T. J. Cashin and O. Valentine, ' SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY < | WOLCOTT SCORES OLO-TIME ENEMY Introduces Further Sen- sation Into Will Case. Ex-Senator -Alleges Trickery in the Employment of a Spy. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 25. Former Senator Wolcott introduced an- other sensational feature in the Stratton will case this afternoon when he attacked his old-time political enemy, Senator T. M. Patterson, engaged as counsel for the Stratton estate. He served notice on Sen- ator Patterson that political partisanshlp from his side should not be dragged into the case and directed mainly against him the greafer part of his argument, scoring him for’ the personalities introduced in the affidavits of the estate and the trick- ery used in the employment of H. G. Berry as a spy. Berry was called a per- Jjurer. Senator Patterson opened for the estate when ¢6urt reconvened this afternoon. He argued that while the motion to dls- | charge the present panel of jurors was | out of the ordinary in that it was not a | regular challenge to the array, the in- herent power of the court required that it should take action as a matter of pro- tection to its own integrity and dignity. He argued that the afidavits showed tam- pering with the jury. Charles W. Waterman opened for I. Harry Stratton. raising the legal point that the proceeding was wholly irregular { and the motion should be overrnled. He { argued that by sustaining the motion the jurors would be deprived of the oppor- tunity of being heard in their own de- fense and the court would brand them all with the stigma of being corrupt. He was followed by Senator Wolcott. Court adjourned until fo-morrow morn- ing, when C. J. Hughes Jr. will make the closing argument for the estate. @ il @ GRUNDMAN FACES ~ MURDER CHARGE He IsInstructed and Ar- raigned in Police Court. Frank J. Grundman, the tailor who shot and killed Sheridan Chipman in the gen- eral offices of the Southern Pacific Com- pany at Fourth and Townsend streets | Tuesday afternoon, appeared yesterday before Police Judge Mogan. Policeman P. J. Tracey, one of the arresting of- | ficers, had sworn to a complaint charg- ing Grundman with murder, and Grund- man was instructed and arraigned on the charge. Grundman seemed cool and col- lected and did not appear to realize the gravity of his position. From the statement made by Mrs. Grundman to Captain Martin, Grundman had asked her to take the revolver while | he called upon Chipman to ask him to leave the city, but she refused. She said | that Chipman might have a revolyer and | if there was a quarrel her husband would | be at a disadvantage. She met Chipman last Saturday and warned him that her husband was crazy ‘about her meeting Chipman and the best thing he could do would be to promise to leave the city. | During the trip she and her husband took to North Beach Tuesday afternoon | they quarreled about Chipman and when they left the car at Third and Towns- | end streets Grundman went into a saloon and she telephoned to Chipman that her husband was to call upon him. Chipman wanted her to meet him. This she told her husband, saying that Chipman had insulted her over the telephone and he must insist upon Chipman leaving the city. s Files Suit Against Grundman. A sult to foreclose a chattel mortgage on the furniture of Frank J. Grundman, who shot and killed Sheridan Chipman, a rallroad clerk, Tuesday night was com- menced yesterday by E. S. Bonelll. Bo- nelll advanced Grundman $85 on the fur- niture at his residence at 782 Harrison street. “ELIZABETHAN SETTLEMENT” IS SUBJECT OF LECTURE Rev. Herbert Parrish delivered another of his Lenten lectures at the Church of the Advent yesterday afternoon to a large and appreciative gathering. The subject was “Elizabethan Settlement,” which gave the reverend lecturer an opportu- nity to follow up the life of the Church of England. He said the opposition of the Church of England to the church of Rome in the reign of Elizabeth was po- litical rather than theological. The Span- ish Armada, he sald, intensified the op- position of the English people against Spanisfl and Roman ideals. Referring to Puritanism, the lecturer said that it took its rise during the reign of Elizabeth and culminated with the reign of Charles 1. Hé claimed that Puritanism had tried to rob the Church of England of her Cath- olic heritage, and he said further that it became the duty of true Anglo-Catholics to reclaim neglected privileges. —_——————— Accused of Burglary. Tke Anton appeared before Police Judge Mogan yesterday on a charge of burglary. He was accused by Gabriel G. Cambozzi, proprietor of a hotel at 249 Pacific street, of entering the room of M. Cassell Tues- day afternoon. Cambozzl was not in a fit state to Eive his testimony and th case was continued until this morning. J. N. Madeleno was held to answer in $1000 bonds before the Superior Court by Police Judge Mogan yesterday on a charge of burglary. He was accused of stealing tools from a shed on Fifteenth street, between Valencia and Mission, on March 14. The case was specially prose- cuted by an attorney representing the Builders' Association. Lnt§ Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. ‘Wednesday, March 25. Stmr James Dotlar, Thwing, 80 hours from Seattle. \ly, Nelson, 6 daye from Umpqua. Sebr LI A EMORANDUM. Lily—Lat 42 15 N, lon 125 30 W, tama o of Tumber and logs. Lat 40 85 N, lon 125 08 W, part of vessel's yards, with sails and ropes af tached. DOMESTIC PORT. SH—Passed_in March 25—Dan stmr P;.-Ammjtm , hence March 22, for Nanaimo. OCEAN STEAMERS. YORK—Arrived March 25—Stmr Koe- Ly N er from. Bremen and Cherbours. . . HERBOURG—Sailed March 25—Stmr Kai- ser Wilhelm der . from Bremen and Soutnampton, for New ¥ork MOVILLE-—Arrived March 25—Stmr Ethio- pia, from New York, for Glasgow, and pro- eeded. LIVERPOOL—Salled March 25—Stmr Fries- 1and, for Philadelphia; stmr Oceanc, > for New UTHAMPTON—Arrived March 25—Stmr fi'glul. from New York. o WOMAN OF MUCH RENOWN PASSES TO H AKLAND, March 25.—Mrs. Mary Allen Mendenhall, wife of Wil- Ham M. Mendenhall of Livermore, a pioneer of pioneer women of Califor- nia, passed peacefully to rest this moraing at 10 o'clock at the residence in Livermore of her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Langan. The estimable woman's’last ill- ness had been serious for a week, her family having been summoned to Liver- more several days ago. The death of Mrs. Mendenhall closes a life that was identified with the earliest history of California. Mr. and Mrs. l.en- denhall were the first Amcrican couple to be married in the bay district and that event occurred three years before Cali- fornia was admitted to statehood. Mrs. Mendenhall was born November 11, 1830, in Lincoln County, Mo. She wa3 only 16 years old when her parents with their large family of children started across the plains and at that tender age the young girl ploneer endured all of the perils and vicissitudes of the west- ward journey. Iliness befell the family, the father, David Allen, being stricken, | and the mother dying while the party was crossing Nevada. After burying the | body in the Humboldt Sink, the care of the motherless family devolved upon Mary, who was the eldest daughter. They were among the original pathfinders, heading into Oregon, and a year later coming to California. The overland jour- ney had been completed in 1848. It was on April 18, 1847, at Santa Clara, | that Miss Allen wedded the man who, after fifty-six years of domestic associ- ation and delightful companionship, is left to mourn his sterling helpmeet. The | wedding was solemnized by Alcalde Bur- | ton. For a year after the marriage the | Mendenhalls resided at San Jose. The | husband had an eventful career, coming | to California in 1845, He discovered the | Truckee sink. As a member of Fremont's California battalion he took part In | quelling Spanésh uprisings on the Pacifie | Coast during the Mexican War. It was | while he was stationed at Santa Clara | on military duty that he met Miss Allen. In June, 1848, Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhail went to the mines on the American River, | near Sutter's Fort, and later they pio- neered in the Tuolumne region, where Mr. Mendenhall engaged in trading. The wife shared all the hardships of those early CHILD FALLS FROM N TOP OF MINT STEPS Little Robert Davis Receives Serious Injuries While Playing With Companions. Little Robert Davis, the three-year-old son of Mrs. Davis, a widow residing at 1161 Howard street, fell from the top of the Mint steps yesterday afternoon and received injuries which will probably re- | sult in his death. In falling to the 'V’e‘ | walk he struck his head heavily on the hard cement surface. The little fellow was playing on the steps of the Mint with a number of com- panions and went to the top with fhe in- tention of running down again. He lost his balance and fell to the bottom. He was rendered unconscious by the fall and | began to bleed profusely from the ears [and-moulh. It is feared that the child’s | skull has been fractured. The little sufferer was at once removed | to the Emergency Hospital, where he was | treated by Dr. James Murphy. The phys- jclan hopes for his recovery, but says | that the child’s chances are small. His mother is nearly prostrated with grief and wept for several hours at the cot of the little sufferer. —————————— ABSCONDER LESS BROUGHT BACK FROM EL PASO, TEX He Is Accused of Having Embezzled the Funds of the Barbers’ Union. of the Barbers' Union, who fled from the city in November, 1901, after embezzling, it was alleged, $1500 of the union’s funds, | (s brought from El Paso, Tex., by De- tective Balley vesterlay morning and booked at the City Prison on a charge of felony embezzlement. The complaint was sworn to about two weeks ago by an officer of the guaranty company re- sponsible for Less' integrity. TLess had been living at El Paso under the name of Charles Lee and had been actively engaged in organizing a union Jabor party and a barbers’ union there. He only worked at his trade on Saturday nights when business was brisk. ‘Before Less fled from this city he took a prominent part in the councils of the Union Labor party and was the party’s cahdidate for Auditor, but suffered de- feat. . It is said that he spent the funds of the Barbers’ Union in carrying on his Sugar Company Incorporates. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 2.—Certified articles of incorporation of the Eastern Sugar Company were filed here to-day. The company is incorporated in New Jer- sey but purposes to operate In this Ter- ritory. Contracts have been made be- tween the farmers of Salt River Valley and the company for the erection of a factory at a cost of $500,000. The farmers to pay & bonus of $45,000 and ‘the s ly assured. Construc- begin Mrs. Mary Allen Mehdenhall, One of the State’s Earliest Pioneers, Succumbs to Death, Surrounded by Jsadore Less, former financial secretary’ 4 seats. ER LONG REST Her Children | | PIONEER RESIDENT OF CALI- FORNIA WHO DIED YESTER- DAY AT LIVERMORE. o days, and the burdens only drew the couple closer to each other. They went to the site of Portland, Or., for a time, but in 1849 returned by wagon train to Sacramento. Engaging in stock raising ' in Contra Costa County and on the San Joaquin plains, the family acquired a for- | tune, which was swept away by a drought in 1862. The Mendenhalls settled first in the Livermore Mountains that year, then spent a couple of years in the San Ramon | Valley. They assisted in erecting the | first schoolhouse in the Livermore Valley. In 1866 they acquired the lands on which the larger portion of the town of Liver- | more is situated. In 1869 Mr. Mendenhall platted the townsite ana gave lands to the Livermore College and a block for a public school. He also deeded thirty-two acres to get the railroad depot at Liver- more. In all of his work his wife was ever ready with counsel and comforting words. As wife, mother, friend and neighbor, Mrs. Mendenhall was loved and dercook; for financial secretary, Mrs. T. H. revered. Besides the husband there is a large family of surviving children, who are James M. Mendenhall, Mrs. C. H Lindley of San Francisco, Mrs. J. N.| Block of San Francisco, Mrs. G. W. Lan- | gan of Livermore, D. A. Mendenhall, William W. Mendenhall, Oswald Menden- hall and Mrs. Fred A. Carrick of San! Francisco. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Methodist church in Livermore. | a2 e e e e ] F. H. BUSHNELL'S WILL IS FILED FOR PROBATE Deceased Photographer Divides His | Estate Between His Widow and Young Daughter. | » The will of the late F. H. Bushnell, the | photographer, was flled for probate yes- terday. The will is typewritten and bears date of March 21, the day before his death. W. J. Golcher, W. F. Bogart and J. F. Leahy are named as executors. Under the wiil Anna Bushnell, widow of the deceased, is to receive one-half of the estate, which Is all community property, and valued at $100,000. The other half Is | devised to the executors In trust for Vic- | tory Bushnell, the 4-year-old daughter of | the deceased. She is to receive $100 a | month during her minority. The will also provides for an allowance of $i0 a month for his mother, Mrs. M. G. Bushnell of Bloomburg, Pa. —————————— WHARFRATS ARRESTED FOR ROBBING SALOON | Two Men Loot Water Front Resort | With the Assistance of Small Boat. Alex Bridges and James Graham, two wharfrats, were arrested last night and taken to the Harbor police station. where they were charged with burglary. The two men procured a small boat and, floating under the wharf at East and Fol- | som streets, worked their way among the piles until they were beneath the rear room of the Castle saloon. which is on the corner of the streets mentioned. They cntered the room by a hole which they cut through the floor and succeeded in leaving the place with considerable piun- der. Officer J. McGowan was detailed on the case and succeeded in capturing the men on East street. When captured one of the thieves was wearing the bartender's ccat. They both confessed to having committed the burglary. Joseph Thompson was also arfested and charged with petty larceny at the Harbor pelice statlon by Policeman P. K. O'Keef furhrohmng a saloon at 25 East street last n'ght. ——— GILLETTE TO REAPPEAR AT THE MACDONOUGH Bay Cities Theater-Goers Given One More Opportunity to See “Sher- lock Holmes.” OAKLAND, March 25—Because of the success of Willlam Gillette in “Sherlock Holmes” a return engagement will be played Saturday night at the Macdonough Theater. are on sale. San Fran- cisco watrons can take the 7:30 o'clock narrow-gauge boat from San Francisco direct to the theater, returning on the 11:25 p. m. broad-gauge from Seventh street and Broadway, or the 11:45 p. m. train from Fourteenth and Frankiin' streets. There is a heavy demand for { the land back to the Government for | forest reserve it reserved thirty feet on | each section line for a roadw | thousands of aecres of land in | were taken up with this scrip, render | the understanding that grievances w | vet unthinned. OREGON SWAMP SCAIP 13 VALID Secretary of the Interior Reverses the Com- missioner. Title to Many Thousands of Acres in Montana Is Involved. HELENA, Mont., March %.—A decision of vast importance to stockmen who en- | tered upon public land by the use of the | forest reserve serip was received to-d by the Helena land office. it was a rui- | Ing of the Secretary of the Interior in re- | sard to the taking up of land with Ore- gon forest reserve scrip. The Commissioner of the General Land | Office held that entries made by John T. | Murphy and other stockmen with this Oregon swamp scrip could not hold, be cause when the State of Oregon deeded “ ¥ Murphy appealed to the Secretar: the Interior, who, as stated, reverses Commissioner and holds that the entries made with the scrip were valid. Mo North other Western Sta Montana and in the decision one of vital importance. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY EMPLOYES ARE DISCHARGED They Are Accused of Secretly Organ- izing to Make a Demand for Higher Wages. LOS ANGELES, March In the ef fort to prevent the organization of a Street Railway Men's Union the Los Angeles Railway Company has within the last week discharged a score or more of its employes, six men being released to-day From time to time since the San Fran- | cisco union was organized emmissaries of | that union have come to Los Angeles for the purpose of forming a similar organ- ization here, but the company placed every possible obstacle in the way and for one of its employes to take any action looking toward the formation of a union was tantamount to dismissal it the of- ficers of the company learned of it About a year ago the company voluntarily increased the wages of its employes, with to be settled individually with each em- | ploye and not through the agency of any organization. Recently it came to the knowledge of | the officers of the company that a number of its men were secretly forming ag or- ganization for the purpose of makihg a | demand for still higher increase in wages the alternative being a strike on all the lines during the coming visit of President Roosevelt to this city. It was decided to adopt drastic measures at once and the result has been that every employe known to have been identified with the movement has been discharged. b T UNABLE TQ SETTLE LABOR DIFFICULTIES AT OXNARD Farmers, Union Men and Factory Of- ficials Meet, but Fail to Reach an Agreement. OXNARD, March 2.—Hope that the present labor difficulties would be arbi- trated by the meeting of farmers, union men and factory officials met disappoint- ment this afternoon after two hours of heated argument. The outlook to-night is darker than it has been at any previ- ous time. The meeting was presided over by J. A. Drifiil, manager of the American Beet gar Company’s factory, as a dis- interestcd party, and was attended by forty prominent farmers, who represented a large part of the 12,000 acres of bee George E. Herz, pr of the Western Agricultural Contrac Company, presented the company's sl and Attorney W. E. Shepard of Ventura spoke for the union. The discussion at once became very heated. Shepard stated | that the union consisted of 1300 men, while the percentage of non-union men is small He agreed that as a matter of justice to the majority they should receive the same percentage of contracts. The contracting company stated that it had already contracted for 760 acres and could carry out these contracts if not mo- lested by the unions. Despite the efforts of the factory officials and the farmers. terms could not be reached. Another meeting will be held to-morrow morning. VLR CITRUS FRUIT GROWERS MAY SUFFER HEAVY LOSS Unable to Secure Refrigerator Cars to Haul Their Fruit to the Eastern Markets. LOS ANGELES, March 25.—Owing to the shortage of transportation facilities growers of citrus fruits in Southern Cali- fornia are confronted with a serious con- dition. The demand for refrigerator cars was never more urgent than at present and the shortage never more pronounced. While both the Santa Fe and the South- ern Pacific have ordered 1000 or more new cars, this rolling stock will not be avail- able for dervice during the present sea- son. In the early part of the orange sea- son prices were very low and the grow- ers stopped shipping. Now, however, | prices are better and all wish their, pro- duct rushed to market. The result is al- most a blockade. Oranges can be held no longer and unless shipping facilities are promptly furnished there will be a considerable loss. The daily offerings to the railroads are nearly 300 cars and only about 11 cars can be moved in any one day. The result is that there is a congestion of fruit in all the packing-houses, with no immediate prospect of relief. It is estimated by some growers that the existing condition may entail an aggregate loss of 31,000,000, el Gtamlieeen HOSPITAL PATIENT DIES FRCM FRIGHT Passes Away Soon Afte: Witnessing the DNeath Struggles of An- other Sufferer. FRESNO, March 25.—John Anderson, an inmate of the County Hospital, died this morning under circumstances that will probably call for a Coroner’s inquest. He had been in the hospital for thres months, suffering from tuberculosis, but his condition was not considered critical. A few bours before his death he was out in the yard and when he returned to the ward another patient was in the throes of death. Anderson immediately became very nervous and after going to bel talked econstantly of the death sceme. Gradually he grew worse and a few hours Jater passed away. The nurses and hos- pital stewards say that Anderson died from frizht. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, March %.—The following marriage licenses were lssued to-day: Fenry T. Andrae, aged 3. and Agnes ‘Andrews, 27, both of S8an Francisco; Man. uel 8. Quadros, 28, San Francisco, and Rosle E. Joseph, 24, San Leandro; Walter Earl, 2, and Annie Saviile, 17, both of Emil Fortmann, 21, Vallejo, anl Alameda.