The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN F¥FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 1903. C MRS, WOOD3 SHEDS LIGHT IN A LETTER District Attorney of Marin Hears From the Woman. Alleged W of the Missing D r Advises the Authorities. IEFERERS S The Call. 14.—Even though and Alice Cloy ice, and as known of letters have persons in the United & of pe: can whether v Mrs. Wo. Best LLS BEST “DECEIVE APPEAL FOR JUSTICE. EXPERIMENTS Tearn Things of Value. There one has leaving still g the experiences of others g Postum is a pleasant waj to health. A man of Lancaster, My wife was a victim of nerv- weak stomach and loss of ment of oft coffee and drinking and is of relief, gne of which was a from knew coffee was causing the trou- d not find anything to take cure the diseases untll we Food Coffee. In two weeks' we quit coffee and used Pos- all of her troubles had dis- if by magic. It was truly Her nervousness was all gone, relieved, appetite im- and above all a night's rest was d refreshing. like an exaggeration, as pened so quickly, but we are prove it. Each day there is nt for the better, for the Pos- undoubtedly strengthening her and € her rich, red blopd and renewed e and vitality. Every particle of this work 1= due to Postum and to drink- P, m in place of coffee.” Name 1 by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. cold Postum with a dash of lemon is a delightful “cooler” for.warm days. Send for particulars by mall of exten- #lon of time on the $7500 00 cooks’ con- test for 78 money prizes, Ice never made the experi- | easy to learn all about | to | for years and was, a physical Ithough we resorted to numerous | | | Maghetti i coffee to tea, it was all to | MAatter. SNEAK THIEVES MAKE NEAT HAUL RobConfectionery Store of Four Hundred Dollars. Three Men Arrested on Sus- picion, but Later Released. SR Charles Guillet, who conducts a confec- tionery and ice cream parlor at 906 Lar- | kin street, has reported to the police the | fact that his store late Saturday night amour up hope of bringing the thieves to justice, let alone getting back any of the cofn. Guillet makes a practice of closing his place at about 11 o'clock. Just before that hour on Saturday night two young n entered the place and called for some cream Immediately after the had given their order James loye of the place, came after a short conversation with soda rietor asked to be served with 1t Mr. Guillet, being alone me, went into the kitchen to pre- are twe and the order. During his absence the young men got up from their table depositing the amount of thelr check left the place. llet in conversation finally he departed. his day's receipts in a c g up time, when he de- posit in the safe. After closing his store he went to the desk and found the lock missing. He opened the lid only to f empty. Guiliet tele- and a detective was and the detective room f his with two young men. They answered the description given by Guillet and the detective placed them under arrest. Guillet was notified look! the men at the pri- he c not identify them, so were reles the above sh apartments in >use m of his c which he Sa tances and not graph office h him not and Sorry see tele- had to Miller of Phila f Denver. We action: bow rmigsion 1321 et Atlan- arin County ty will bring for any kind nay. give us, CLOY WOOD! 1. by Alfred and written by their the grip. The only r know anything about John C. Reed of At- Ask the Hickmotts if I did he assertion that Dr re than a brother to me. Ask not tell them at once to investi- I was if they were anxious to We were so sorry we consented & deceptic ter, but said they colonel pleaded and him. Ask y grandfather's and father's s the street and nursed me ,aby and had Dr. Woods on the Continent Ask Mr. Hickmott was a Mason and thus secured a er from Hickmott to learn the then find if he was a Mason? Did we ake him lie in these things? I have learned ige he professed to be- as a Mason. Go to the Francisco and see how by phone, begging He himself told me he States Supreme Court ery mouthful he ate i and carried up to him by one Henry Teneyeke of Frisco. He ry me and go to Johnson, Ariz., lived acrc live grams Think you 1 deceived him whan I never knew he had a wife living until his death? The story of the money paid by express 1 never he 1 they came here. It was not at our house, and hence I did not know it If he had this mcney pald him, then he was a villain of deepest dye, for he borrowed moriey of me March 31 to go to Frisco, saying there b 110 get his check cashed by one hn Dunn, then go to days with Dr. Woods' divorce papers. Dr Wood: him to the Hickmotts in hopes he tell the truth, for as the time dragged Geception was killing him and he it would be better to break the en- gagement than deceive the girl. His career is & sha 1 now know. He fooled me by aiming to have lived in uncle’s house at Roseville, N. J He told me he grandparents, and 1 believed him. Remember. ery can be proven by his letters. Grant g 1 foo him. had he » moral or legal right to marry me, no matter who T was? OFFICERS INVESTIGATE. District Attorney Boyd acted upon Mrs. Wool “instructions’” and has de- tectives working upon various detalls contained in the long epistle. Minnie was interrogated closely upon all matters contained in the letter which pertained to her. To Detective the gir] stated that most of the things claimed in Mrs. Woods' letter and which che was supposed to be posted upon were false. Miss Maghetti, however, admitted that Colonel Best did tell her he felt un- well on April 1 and told her not to say anything to Mre. Woods about it. In an rview to-night Dr. Jones sald: No, I was not the first to minister to Colonel Best. Dr. Woods did that before 1 got there. I do not remember whether I said to “Cut the brandy out” or not. I do recall, however, Colonel Best telling me he had a weakness of the heart about two years prior, while in Colorado. did not tell me he had ever had apoplexy. Woods told me that. This case is a most extraordinary one. There are some ex- tremely peculiar features about the whole 1 cannot get head nor tail out of 1 it. Some things the Woods told me found out later to be absolutely false, while since the expose I have learned facts that might show the Woods to be not as radically wrong as is presumed.” Robert Hickmott and his wife both ab- solutely deny that they even told Colonel Best he looked ill. In an interview at his home in Ross Valley to-night Mr. Hick- mott said: . ““The assertion that we told Colonel Best he looked {ll is not true. He looked the picture of health when we saw him on the train. The Woods have been lying so much all their lives that they must keep it up now. The Woods woman did tell me she was more than a sister to Woods, but explained it by saying he had been so kind and noble to her during her befeave- ment. All her other assertions are pal- pable lies.” District Attorney Boyd has wired to de- tectives in the East to look up John C. Reed at Atlantic City. Through Reed the whereabouts of the Woods might be found out. Mr. Boyd said to-night: “Whether or not the letter is genuine I don’t know at this time. For the pres- ent, however, 1 will admit it is. T am 20w ia telegraphic communication with was looted by burglars | The loss to Guillet | s to $400 in cash and he has given | if he did not | as I can prove by his letters and tele- | Denver and return in | knew my | He | | > a thief entered Gulllet's | | after | in 1 and | | traveling reached the little town of Otis, and gave the story of | d Minnie Maghetti if he did | | for a short time. de Pue i the bride’s mother, Mrs. M. E. Duke, 790 ELECTION OCCUPIES THE ATTENTION OF GERMAN LUTHERAN CONFERENGE Board of Missions and Church Extension Work Is Se- lected by the Delegates and Reports of ing, Finance and Work Committees Are Presented e - FARMERS KIDNAP HARNEST HANDS Force College Students to Go to Work in Their Fields. Special Dispatch to The Call TOPEKA, Kans., July 14.—One squad of Eastern college and high school students which started from Topeka to the harvest | fields of Ness County yesterday failed to | reach the destination to which it was as- signed by the State employment director. The train on which the students were on the line between Barton and Rush | counties, this morning shortly after day- | light. It was boarded there by a party of | heat grow who were determined ml | | have harvest hands at any cost. The students were asleep, but the farmers awoke them and asked their errand in the country. When told that the men were harvesters the farmers forced them to leave the train. Several of the young men were willing to get off at Otis, but | some of those who had promised the em- ployment director that they would go to Ness County were determined to remain | on the train, and athletes among them made it very interesting for the farmers The farmers fought to save their crops, and when the train moved on the studen: barely awakened | and badly disheveled, stood on the plat- | form, willing to accept the fortune of war and go to the harvest fields with their determined employers. None of the young men were hurt in the contest, but several carried pieces of car furniture which they had torn away in an endeavor to stay on the train. Had the young men understood Kansas condi- tions they would have reached their des- tination in Ness County without trouble by telling the Otis farmers that they were bound for the mountains and didn't intend to work in the harvest flelds. The average Kansas farmer believes he has a right to use all of the available labor he can find, and has no scruples against using that which has been con- signed to his neighbor. HAPPY COUPLE ARE UNITED AT HOME WEDDING A pretty home wedding occurred last evening, with Miss Edith Duke and Har- ry P. Crozier as principals. The home of Grove street, was the scene of the nup- tials. The Rev. Dr. Eldredge of St. John's Presbyterian Church performed the cere- mony in the presence of 150 invited guests. The couple stood in the bay-window, which was converted into a bower of foli- age for the occasion. The bride was charming in a creation of white satin with lace and filmy bridal veil. She car- ried Bride roses. Her only attendant was Miss Edith Boyce. H. W. Crozier, brother of the groom, was best man. Rob- ert Duke, brother of the bride, gave her into the keeping of the groom. After the ceremony the couple received congratulations and an elaborate supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Crozier left last evening on a brief wedding trip, af- ter which they will reside in this city. The groom is a rising young business man and associated with the firm of Baker & Hamilton in this city. € e Alcatraz Island was the scene of a de- lightful hop last evening, given by the officers of the Thirteenth Infantry in honor of the officers of the Seventh In- fantry and their wives. The invitations were not entirely confined to army circles and a number of prominent S8an Franci; cans were numbered among the guest: The steamer MacDowell conveyed the guests to and from the island, returning to the city about midnight. Among the guests were General and Mrs, Warfleld, Captain Emerson Warfleld Miss Kathyrn Robinson, George Beard: @ sl @ certain Eastern people who will make every endeavor to locate the Woods through certain information imparted in that letter. The letter might be a ruse to throw us off the track, but I am trying to avold any such deception. At the present time I have not located the ‘Woods,” | work among the D OFFICERS RMAN LUTH- RCH SEYNOD. l AKLAND, July of the Board 14.—The election of Missions and Church Extension Work consum- ed the greater part of the aft- ernoon session of the. German Lutheran Conference to-day. The follow- ing members of the synod were elected: Rev. J. H. Thelss_of Oakland, Rev. J. H. Schroeder of S win Meese, a member of the City Coun- cil of Oakland. Rev. G. Bernthal, the first vice president of the synod, was ap- peinted advisory member of the board. After the election the reports of va- rious committees were read, among them | being the report of the auditing commit- tee and the committee on the work of the conference. The treasurer of the synod reported that the total income for the last year was $10,000, and the total expenditures $9000, leaving a balance on hand of $1000. Professor Pieper of the Concordia Sem- inary, In St. iouis, read a report from the General Synod and the affillated synods of Germany, Denmark, Aus- tralia and New Zealand, showing that al- though there were as many students at the various seminaries and colleges as can be accommodated. the calls for min- isters cannot all be filled. Rev. J. H. Schroeder, the Pacific Coast representative of the Board of Missions | of the General Synod, reported that the negroes in the South is progressing favorably. He said that at the present time there are twenty-four missions located In North Carolina, Vir- ginia and Loulsiana, and twenty-one or- ganized congregations with a membership of 745, During the last year a college has been established in Concord, N. C., to pre- pare colored men for the Lutheran min- istry, and $17,500 had been expended for the extension of the church work. The session to-morrow morning will be devoted to the conclusion of all unfinished husiness and in the affernoon there will be a conference of the new officers of the synod, and also a pastors’ conference. The conference will close with a devo- tional service and communion in the even- ing. Rev. K. Denninger of San Jose will dellver the confessional service and the sermon will be preached by Rev. G. Run- kel of Los Angeles. D o o e e T ) ley Jr., Miss Maye Colburn, Miss Elsie Sperry, Colonel and Mrs. Rice, Captain and Mrs. D. L. Howell, Miss Adah Howell, Captain Foote, Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant W. F. Jepson, Lieutenant Kerst, Mrs. Maus, Miss Maus, Miss Edna Middleton, Miss Bull, Mrs. McClure, Miss Hobbs, Lieutenant Knox, Lieutenant Bash, Lieutenant Craigie, Lieutenant Ter- ry, Lieutenant Stewart, Lieutenant and Mrs. E. K. Massee, Lieutenant and Mrs. Feeter, Miss Johnston and Miss Coffin. . e e Miss Marie Voorhies is the guest Miss Florence Ives l‘l 8San Jose. A . Mrs. A. 8. Baldwin is entertaining her sister, Mrs. J. B. Wright of Sacramento. Mr. and Mrs, Louis Beedy (nee Hosmer) have returned from their wedding trip and are residing at Washington and De- visadero streets. . . Mr. Fred Greenwood is at the Vendome, San Jose, at present. ., . of . o Miss Bernie Drown was hostess at a small tea yesterday afterncon. Among those asked to come informally were Mrs. John Clark, Miss Charlotte Ellinwood, Miss Ethel Cooper, Miss Lucy King, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Gus Costigan, Mrs. Keyes, Mrs. Boardman and Mrs., Silas Palmer. —_———— CLEVELAND, July 14.—Mrs. Delight Pren- tiss, wife of F, ¥, Prentiss. a wealthy manu- facturer of thig city, committed suicide in the apartments of the couple at the New Am- sterdam Hotel to-day by drinking carbolic acid. Mrs, Prentiss had been in poor health for a long time. e e HIGHLAND CATTLE. NEXT SUNDAY’S ART SUPPLEMENT. Framed closely with three or four inch plain Flemish Browa Oak will make a beautiful pic- ture for your study. Highland Cattle is by that celebrated Scotch artist, WIL- LIAM WATSON. o R R S DS T SR n Francisco and Ed- | | o3 CHILDREN ARE HOGTAGES Matron Shepherd Claims Defaulter’s Offspring Is Being Used. Audit- Charges Attempt Is Being H Made to Get Coin From Absent Mother. ELTERS R Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, July 4. | Around the heads of little Carla and Swenton Jorgensen, the children of Julius { Jorgensen, the cashier who fled from Den- | mark with pretty Johanne Mueller, his fellow employe in a Copenhagen institu- | tien, has waged a battle that involves the Danish Government on the one hand and Mrs. Agnes B. Shepherd, matron of the | | Christ's Home for the Poor and Needy, | | at Alden, on the other side, with Attorney | | J. Christiansen Scott In the breach of the | | disturbance | ! Mrs. Shepherd, who had possession of | the accused defaulting cashier’s children | ! | until compelled by Danish Consul Birk- | holin of San Francisco to surrender them, | declares that Jorgensen's offspring are | | being held for ransom by Attorney Scott | and to compel the defaulter's wife in Den- | mark to pay his fees in defending Jor- | | gensen. Mrs. Shepherd insists that the | | attorney has been advised that the aban- | | doned wife warts the children returned to |-her and that efforts are being made to { induce the mether to part with gold to | have her little ones sent back to her. | Against the charges Attorney Scott, who | is representing Jorgensen and is also In | | close touch with the Danish Consul, has | some sharp denials to offer, and, besides, | asks pointedly concerning the interest | Mrs. Shepherd has taken in the foreign- | er’s children. Scott declares that Jorgen- | sen’s children are wards of the Danish | Government, that the Danish Consul has | been specifically instructed from Copen- | hagen to care for them, that Mrs. Jorgen- | sen is absolutely without means to assist | | her husband if she desired, that Mrs. Jor- { gensen has not been asked for assistance i and would not assist her straying spouse | | 1 she could, that no matter what disposi- | tion is made of the father's case the Danish Government has directed that the | chiidren be sent home to the mather, and | | that such disposition will be made of| them And, day: | ‘This Mrs. Shepherd may be well meaning | enough. She went to the County Jall, took | the children out for the afternoon as the father | and atron Murdock understood her. After | several days it was learned she had them In | this home at Alden. For two weeks the father didn’t see his children, to whom he ls most | devoted. At his request an investigation was | made with the result that not until the Danish further, Attorney Scott said to-| | Consul interfered would Mrs. Shepherd sur- | render the children. | Her reasons for keeping such tenacious hold | | upon_the little ones I do not know. The girl ey b A | and boy have been placed in Danish familles, one in Alameda, the other in Berkeley. The Consul and Jorgensen are thoroughly satisfled Mrs. Shepherd is, to say the least, {ll advised concerning my attitude toward the children and toward Mrs. Jorgensen. I know the mother wants her children and I also know that they will be sent home If necessary at the expense of the Danish Governm whose specific wards they are. The Government is, in my | | opinion, fully competent tc handle this matter It is fully advised concerning the children and Mrs. Jorgensen. The father is thoroughly con- tent, now that his children are in the hands of fellow country people. Mrs. Shepherd may be actuated by the highest motlve but she seriously errs in her statements. Mrs. Shepherd says she took the chil- dren away from the County Jail with the | father’s consent. She did not belleve their roundings were proper. was unwilling to give them up,” said the matron of the Home for the Poor and Needy, “because I believe they are being used to compel the mother to put up money. Of course, when the Danish Con- sul issued his order I recognized his au- Union League ClubTalks | of Forming Stock Company. The proposition to assees members of | the Union League Club for the purpose of raising money to promote the new build- | ing enterprise meets with vigorous resist- | ance. Several city, suburban and coun- try members threaten to resign. In re- sponse to the following circular, bearing the signature of President Pippy, sixty members of the club assembled last | night: The club is gofng to have a home of its own, | cne that every member will be proud of. The | site has been selected, one of the finest In the city, facing on Unlon square. Now that We | thority in the matter and surrendered the have progressed thus far the question of | (pnare finances must be immediately considered; to | © Attorney Scott added that Mrs. Shep- herd would not have been given posses- sion of the boy and girl had the father understood that he was not to see them frequently. According to the attorney there is a possibility that Jorgensen will not be sent back to Denmark. No formal | demand has been made as yet through the Danish Minister at Washington, the reg- ular offictal channel, for the fugitive's extradition. He has been held by United States Commissioner Heacock pending such formalit. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, July 14.—Professor Paul Mon- roe of the department of pedagogy at Columbia University delivered a lecture this evening for that end a general meeting of the club has | been called for Tuesday evening, July 14, at 8 o'clock, to act on the recommendation of the committee of twenty-five that an assessment of $50 be levied on the city and suburban and | $25 on the State members, payable one-half im- mediately and one-half in thirty days. Every member should attend the meeting | and help the good work along. Members un- | able to attend will kindly send an expression of cpinion In the matter either by mail or by wire. EXPRESS OPINIONS. | The secretary read fifteen letters and | telegrams. Twelve gave ready assent to | | the assessment. Three opposed the pol- icy of imposing a load cf debt on the league. General N. P. Chipman of this city and Mr. Middlecoff of Stockton ex- | pressed dissent. In the general discus- | sfon of the proposed building enterprise ! expressions_of o 5 P of opinlon were elicited by | .. " et ‘ot summer school students in the President George H. Pippy from J. H. | v build ““The Devel 2 Neft, Judge Hayne, Thomas V. Cator, E. | ne* Modern Sehoot” Tt was ilusteated. b 1 3 . Cator, E. | the Modern School.”” It was fllustrated by D. Peixotto, Frank Burke, A. L. SolinsKy, ! stereopticon views. Hart North, Edward Coleman, A. H. Vall, | = Two parties of summer schoal students made ose) e o, the ascent of loun! malpais last Saturday. .‘l"m:&:nf\anrdi:m: m;‘zk ‘:darsmn and Dr. | on, “rarty composed of physical culture stu- 5 was not clear to | gents was led by J. W. Rhodes of the physical the mind of Thomas V. Cator whether | culture department. and the other was an in- the articles of incorporation would permit | dependent venture. the trip being made in the b Th light t the club to purchase land, erect a bufld- | (yening. The mooniight ascent was made tha Rogers, Miss Loul Smif M ing and rent and mortgage its property. ':;‘:»\F:Lk. .\l?g:"i‘-rr\', Mias. .5«;':“": :;: £ > opposed the assessment policy on the | Barret, Miss Anna Coke. W. W. Harrod, W ground that many of the members fancied | H. Ramsaur, Ben Ramsaur. Ralph Rogers, that ihe first assessment would be the | F. McMann and Ben Macomber. only one required, whereas, according to | his calculations, successive assessments -— MRS. MADGE COLE would be required to provide means. He reviewed the plan as set forth by Presi- | BECOMES MRS. GANNON dent Pippy, which requires the club to y pay $5000 on July 16, $32500 thirty days thereafter and $100,000 within one year. OAKLAND, July 14.—Madge F. Cole, but two weeks divorced from Grant G. He maintained that one assessment would | Cole, With whom she had a varied and not raise money enough, even if the | tempestuous matrimonial voyage, was led whole membership responded. to pay $37,- | to the altar this afternoon by Edward. F. 500, which must be pald within thirty | Gannon. days, according to the scheme recom-| They applied at Martinez for a license mended by the committee of twenty-five. | with the idea of keeping the matter qulet, President Pippy said that only one as-| but were refused a license there, owing sessment would be necessary. In his | to the fact that they had not taken a copy judgment a general assessment identify- | of the absolute decree of divorce fssued ing the entire membership of the league | by Judge Melvin. in the project would render the bonds| There was little time lost in securing | gllt_edged and enable the club to dispose | the license here and Justice of the Peace of $100,000 of these bonds. Men who were | Quinn made the two one in County Clerk now willing to take oniy $1000 of bonds| Cook’s private office shortly afterward. would double their subscriptions. The troubles of the Coles were before the us times. THOUSANDS SUBSCRIBED. courts numero —_————————— He explained that $27.000 had already| The traffic passing through the Suez been subscribed for. When bonds to the| Canal has, up to the present time. been amount of $100,000 were taken the lot, constantly increasing. The transit re- costing $137.500, could be paid for, and | ceipts for 1901 amounted to 319,515,116 1§ with this as security banks would ad- (an increase over 1900 of $1.897,88 52), and vance money sufficient to erect the bufld- | Were higher than ‘r" any previous year ing. The stores of the building, which | since the opening of the route. the club would rent, would provide an in- | band . MAKES CHARGE OF ABDUGTION Mrs. Corrick of Fresno Accuses Head of Army Mission. Says A. W. Moore Unlaw- fully Tock Her Daugh- ter Away. JESRE According to the statements made by Mrs. G. Corrick of Fresno, General A. W. Moore, at the head of the Army Mission at 624% Washington street gullty of forcibly abducti her daughter from Fresno and placing her in the City and County Hospital, and attempting to place Mrs. Corrick's year-old grandchild in a public institution. Mrs. Corrick, who arrived in this city from Fresno Sunday morning, is at pres- ent residipg with friends at 635 Commer- cial street with her grandchild and is en- tirely without means. Her story is to the eftect that her daughter, who is married to a young fellow named Wesley Ben- nett, was deserted by her husband in Fresno, where they resided, and left with- out means of support. The young wite, who is only 20 years of age, is in a deli- cate condition and as her mother was un- able to properly care for her, the county authorities were asked if she could be placed in the hospital during her {liness. is The request was granted by the Supe: visors and Mrs. Bennett went to the in- stitution. Moore, who travels through the State soliciting subscriptions to carry on his work in this city, was in Fresno at the time, and Mrs. Corrick avers that he re- ceived money from the authorities to take her daughter out of the county. She al- leges that Moore received permissjon to take wife and child this city, and ac- cordingly carried them away from the hospital in a hack, against her will. Mrs. Corrick was at the depot and protested against taking her daughter away, but no attention was paid to her. It was under- stood, according to Mrs. Corrick, that Moore had an institution where he could take care of the woman and baby. On Saturday she states t she received a message from her daughter asking her to come to this city. Upon her arrival she found that the baby was at 624 Wash- ington street and the mother had gone to the County Hospital She went out to see her daughter and upon her return demanded possession of the baby, which was refused her. She then notified the police and in company with an officer went to Moore and got the child, upon an order from the mother. Moore is not in town at the present time, but his wife stated that her hus- had been told of the pitible con- ditlon of Mrs. Bennett by a Superior Court Judge of Fresno, who asked him if in his charitable work in San Fran- cisco he would be able to find some place for her. Moore was willing to do some thing for the child wife, and a subscrip tion was started among the merchant who had heard of the case and $I5 was raised to defray expenses of the trip. Mrs. Moore states that Mrs. Corrick took her daughter to the Fresno hospital and left her on the steps of the institu- tion, although the officials protested that there was no accommodation for such cases. Nevertheless they took ker in and made her as comfortable as possible. She claims that Mrs. Bennett was ready and willing to come to this city, and upon her arrival they did what they could for her. After a consultation it was decided that the County Hospital was the best place for her and accordingly she was taken there by Moore. The baby was kept by Mrs. Moore and upon the arrival of Mrs Corrick a room was provided for her and the child. Mrs. Moore maintains that Mrs. Corrick created several scenes and upon her return from a visit to her daughter demanded the baby, which was refused until Mrs. Bennett so ordered. —————— MAGNOLIA LODGE HOLDS SILVER ANNIVERSARY Magnolia Lodge No. 41 of the @ncient Order of United Workmen was twenty- five years old yesterday and the mem- bers celebrated the event in Golden Gate Hall last night by an’ entertainment and ball, at which nearly 120 people were present. The following programme was presented in the early part of the even- ing: Overture, Samuel's orchestra: introductory remarks, Past Master Workman C. Brind, in- troducing P. G. M. W. D. S. Hirshberg; vocal selections, Miss Lillie Wilson; musical sleigh bells, ““The Palms,” Mise Nellte B. Waters; th popular ventriloquist. Al Hazard: vocal sel tion, Miss Annie Hooney; recitation, B. V Suliivan; xylophone solo Columbia Quartet. This was followed by a programme of fourteen numbers of dances. The affair was one of the most pleasant ever given by this lodge. It was carried to a suc- cessful issue by the following named: Brind ~ Samuel; selections, hair- Committee of arrangements— S litvan, man), H 3 Bowman. (chairman), B. Lazansky Assistant floor manager— M Floor committee—S. W. Lasky, C. R. H. J. Hubbard, F. T. Duncan. —_——— Alleged Briber Arrested. Ah Gong. a Chinese gamtler of 12§ Waverly place, was arrested last night on a warrant charging him with offer- ing a bribe to an officer of the Chinatown squad. On July T Ah Gong approached Officer Martien and offored him as compensation for the privilegs of Tunning a fantan game. Martien reported the ce- currence to Corporal Sylvester, who de- tailed Martien and Lambert to visit the place for the purpose of obtaining evi- dence against Ah Gong. On July 10 Ah Gong offered each of the officrs a bribe of $2. Corporal Sylvester reported the facts to Acting Chief Martin —_—————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, July 14—The following mare rlage licenses were issued by the County Clerk ¥ Olit Peterson, Fruftvale, 37, and "A"H::’ trasburg, Oakland, 29; Patrick J. Mad- igan. San Francisco, 30, and Minnie O'Leary, Oakland, 24; Edward A. Le New Orlean over 21, and Marle Berger., Oakland, over 187 Edward F. G 0, and Madge L. Cole, 26, both of Oakla J. Cunning- 3 Kragen, Floor manager—W. L ham Isaacs, Savage. come of $1700 a month, a sum sufficient to meet the interest on $300,000. Frank Burke said that the option on the lot was now worth $10,000. Dr. Winslow Anderson asserted that competent architects had estimated that an Al steel structure of twelve stories could be constructed for $160,000. The lot is T0x44 feet. In the general discussion there were many allusions to the growth of San Francisco and the aspirations of the Un- jon League, but the mention of assess- ment seemed to damped the enthusiasm. As there ig to be an adjourned general meeting of the club to-morrow at 1:30 p. m. no definite action on the option pay- ment of $5000 was taken last night. The sense of the meeting, however, against the assessment policy was so obvious that a resolution was adopted favoring the organization of a stock company com- posed of club members to carry out the project for purchasing land and erecting a building. We take pleasure summer months that Give address to OREGON CITY, Or., July 14.—Fire to-night made. destroyed a portion of the Oregon City Manu- tacturing Company's woolen mills, the loss of | which s about $40,000, and is covered by in- surance. The fire probably statted through combusion in the drier. trons who are going to the country |Notice to Subscribers! in notifying our pa- for the THE CALL can be served to them at ANY POINT either by mail or through local carriers. your carrier or any branch office and prompt service will be