The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 16, 1903, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1903, LW ALARMS HOLDERS OF TIMBER LAND Locators and Dealers| in Humboldt in a Predicament. et Federal Officials Interpret Anew the Word “Speculation.” SR Large Sums of Money Loaned to tk Enterprising Owners of Govern- ment Claims Now May Never Be Repaid. Ml <o The Cail E Se; 5.—A recent ruling of . L Office, wlich, if not re- ' ¥ al hdraw 1 Simplekemedy. Shin Tmub/e of P It is very making the and smooth. by physicians grists’, 50 cents. At k of testimonials, JDI“TO.. HOLLOWAY & CO. ‘ 521 Commerce St., Philadelphia. { i ARRESTS FOLLOW FAVOR ENTIRE THE GONFESSION. [53UE OF BOND3 Solano Officers Jail Dut-:Citizens Hold Confer- tons Landing Resi- ence and Will Wage | | | | { | | dents. Campaign. | LT | Vigorous Work Being Done | Voters Will Be Asked to in the Fred Potter Mur- Give Support to Public der Case. Improvements. AR AR | AL e { SUISUN_ Sept. 15.—Under Sheriff Tom | Representatives of the various improve- | Grennan, Deputy Lenahan, | ment clubs and civic or ations held | C stable arles Downing wn Mar- a conference last evening in the Super- in the City Hall to take bond i the citizens will visors’ S eg( chamber steps to indorse the Chrisler and District Attorney improvements on which vote on September ur peace Lm tons Lan ftei rnoun and arrested John D‘"Q"’ .I*’“""; Mayor Schmitz called the meeting to e ""’;‘L“m"’l";_ order and M. J. Keiler was elected chair- ed Potter by George Pensacola. - Jones being selected as sec- The officers arrived here with the pris- ue for public | VENTER LEAVES HOME AND J0B Wells- Fargo Adjuster May Have Killed Himself. MUTE EVIDENGE 15 OF NO' AVAIL Testimony Wins the Day for Mrs. Captain Schmolholz. Man That Jumped From Ferry - Boat Suggests Possible Clew. —_— J. C. Venter, for 25 years in the employ of Wells Fargo & Company's express office, this city, has disappeared from his home—5867 Marshall street, Golden Gate— and from his office in San Francisco. Many circumstances of the case add to the mystery, though Venter is said to be a pecul man. Mrs. L. E. Miller, with whom Venter has been boarding for three years at Golden Gate and who says she was his s early this morning and this after- latter were arraigned before F. Hitchcock ch put un- bonds of $200. Sworn rtatements were ch of them, but no addi- thrown on the crime, vor of only certain of the improvements for which bonds are to be voted on, the general opinton was that the entire bond issue should be supported. All the speak- ers were | pt As ho walknd okt for a new city hospital this evening Michaelo sewer system. Others Mivosten Siy IS ot that while these improvements nd Dy e RN ded as soon as possible, new who was caught a public library might be class- ed as luxuries and their establishment d for a time, the discussion | . Keller, N. B. thur, Miss Id be hose e M DOStD who took pa e F. C. Selfridge, George John B. I H. Mule Fed > Renner, Rev. r Wyma M. Weil, Isidor Gutte and Mrs. Secre- rule s new United an ed to ny appoint a committee until the time of tion, the ch and its mem- nd literature city, requesting sup- bond issue. ign of act cannot stand the lect funds the to be named by has bee vears ted with m for the anization | m and under its pro-|ic the ation of San Francisco i entryman has ,nq jts next meeting will be at the call s ® | of the chairman. Thirty-three improve- ment clubs and civic organizations were represented last evening by the following named: . J. Keller, B. . George Renner, Isidor Gutte, irne, Rev. Father Pakenham, P. H. Breven, 'C. A. Allen, ' Charles d T. Knowles Duncan, iis claim by at . Hertz. Meetings in favor of the bond is ke place as follows: Building: Tr: incil, Thu evening, September 1 Addition Improvement Club, imore stree! Nort )l Bush and F' September ll\‘u' Hal ev 18; and raph Hill Improvement | \shington Square Hall, Union and str s, date to be nnounced ; 2d Mission Park Assoclation, N ; the sorip. | tive Sons’ Hall, Seventeenth street, be- : I e o o 60 per cént on | tween Valencla and Guerrero, Friday hi ase. The people asking | evening, September 18. I € s what is the mo ‘of the de- SRt 0! 3 T T o rule 1 pphstd by | OFIESIRCEFSFTRIRURS il o within a few mont o timber and stone case feported cre of the Government timber ¢ on Cal.,"Jana ofiice by rpe- be ated by wealthy lumber firms |« uch co laim- tim- use of the selling th ulatic ers generally. imation that the ge in policy by harge of Oreg rt that where a timber “the purpose of making profit timber on d Agent W who is carrying out the rtment’s wishes in every detail WOMAN AND THE LAW. le Ir » has been made to . to state that the department | of the ruling s | has held large numbers of entries for sus- e J. Seidell of Arcata, She | pension where it was shown in the testi- im on Au mony ‘that he had no personal use for | ook the land for | either the land or the timber and that he | A fee omd benefit and | exgects to sell the same at a profit,’ which bl i paiy s Hid show vou that an entry made for the father as a Christmas | Purpose of taking the land with a view to Her proof was a good | Selling it is purely speculation. of Srand Bbold be- sa The new policy is shown in the follow- iditional questic 1ts by special ade cross-exam- gents: in T the a | t <he had no present use for xpect to do with the land and e for Mo RN . g on after you acduire title £ for the tmber WINE O 8 you expect to keep the land? . would sell it.some ume in th expect to sell the land or the timber 1 do o to her own pro- Agent Wade held to be itive entry. it be held 1 this tract of land? al use for the timber you pur u any n the time you made your application for proofs were sent to V claim was it your Intention to the pol r stone on the claim ng comes the local y lnm'\-l to pu A A‘;;e r : or the purpose of selling it a officers mu »d by it, whether et e e e o it deprives the entryman of the benefits PRd so situated that considering your en him by the timber and stone act or circumstances and conditions in an make use of the timber and stone not, until the courts decide what “specu- | !l e o lation” means as used in the act—whether | pjo (,', practicable for you to use it for your the interpretation that has governed for| own exclusive use and benefit? Do you own any real estate in the vicinity ve years or the new interpreta- e of your claim or in this State, and if so, state correct one. | e position of the department on the question is clearly shown by the following extract from a letter from the special agent at Roseburg having charge of Cali- fornia and Oregon to Special Agent M. O'Conor: Do you intend to cut the timber on the land yourself or do you expect to have someone else | cut it, or do you intend to sell the timber? SYNDICATE ON A GRIDDLE. Every applicant is compelled to answer these questions on cross-exxamination. The special agent who is active in holding up claims in this district is a son of Con- | gressman Wade of the Springfield, Mis- souri, district and a protege of Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock. The Evening Herald charges the ruling | was made in the interest of the scrip | syndicate, in the following language: Is it not a fact that this ruling was made for the exclusive use and benefit of the combination who own and control the scrip issued by the Government Is not all the scrip owned and controlled by a few wealthy concerns, and are not the banks | the depositors of scrip in question? Can you | not find serip in banks adjacent to every local land office sent by banks in Chicago, St. Louis, duty of a special agent of the Gen- Office to follow strictly the actions NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NATURE SPARES The #tricken Rose From Grief. ‘What a fortunate provision of nature is, deprives the rose of mental st mrnng for how poignant v-ould be its | grief to discover, in the height of its | blooming glory, that a canker fed at its heart, a hat its beauty and fragrance were doomed forever. Nature always ; E | | | | W hne some of the speakers were in fa- | unanimous in declaring for a | . | bad proposed mar | a year ago a committee | | San Fr cial Agent M ', as well as any c BhE At that where the testimony gty t of the applicant, said | tuch entry for sus- » , without the applicant having 8, ber vd that & is the pur- further infbrmation. He | pose of such applicant to sell ‘the mmarily dismissed and no reasons | timber » ‘the future, that such an cqassc e missed Hi oo g r the benefit of the appli- given for dismissal. of anothed party, who known to have e 1 wa s made in | s g g : peculation, ¥ place was given to Spe- ¥ SPECULATION SUSPICIONS. nother part of the letter is the fol- | s now being asked intended wife, has notified the peolice that Venter has acted strangely for a year, and she fears he has taken his life. Venter sent a letter on Friday to J. H, Marcuse, proprietor of the Auzerais cigar tore, southwest corner Ellis and Powell streets, San Francisco, saying that he would never again be seen alive. That day Venter wrote to his superiors in the. express company’'s office that he was at home sick. He was seen last at Golden Gate Friday evening by a Southern Pa- cific Company flagman, of whom he in- | quired the way to Berkeley. He acted so strangely that attention was called to his conduct. According to Mrs. Miller, Venter had been moody for more than a year. He ge to her more than i procured the license. Mrs. n for postponing the she believed Venter sound. About the time she said, he took a truck one of her | Miller says h event was becau was not mentally | of his proposal, | broomstick one day and hildren on the head, threatening to k it. A moment afterward he became clear and had apparently no recollection of his act. Mrs. Miller on Sunday made diligent in. quiry in San ancisco among Venter's friends and office associates, but none of them could giv trace or clew to his | whereabouts. view of his letter to Marcuse the, that he has carried out his threats. Late Saturday night, on the last trip of the ferry-boat Oakland to neisco, a man either accidentally intentionally fell overboard from the Passengers had noticed him In f or upper deck. actipg queerly be fore he went over the A boat was lowered but no trace of v rail. { him was found. for the expr old, but ing bent Peter V. f O nter was an adjuster wpany. He was 46 years many years older, be- d oville, a bfother of | the missing man, is at the Golden West | Hotel in this city, where he is ill. When seen last night Vent id that he knew nothing at all about his brother, and in- sinuated that he cared much less. He id: I have not seen him for several months and I have no idea what has become of him. I do not know where he was stop- ping, nor anything at all about him. He was alway: rratic and queer, and he may have committed suicide for all I know. No, he never threatened his life in my presence, but then heds liable to do most anything.” - —_———— Accused Burglars in Court. Matthew J. Butler and John Foran, who are accused of having broken into Thomas Comisky's saloon at 354 Third | street early Monday morning, appeared | before Police Judge Fritz yesterday. They were instructed as to their rights and the e continued till to-morrow, as a com- plaint had not yet been sworn to by Co- misky. | Gets Divorce Despite Exhibit of Domestic Weapons by Husband. Captain Theodore Schmolholz, for many vears a prominent member of the Na- tional Guard of California, appeared in Judge Troutt's court yesterday, carrying a baseball bat, a number of sticks of wood and a torn and tattered picture of himself in full regimentals. He was the defendant in a suit for divorce brought by Sophie Schmolholz, and the bat, the picture and the sticks of wood were in- tended by him to serve as mute evidence of the tyranny and cruelty of his wife. They were accepted as evidence and duly marked defendant's exhibits A, B and C. They did not serve thelr purpose, how- ever, for Mrs. Schmolholz outflanked the captain and backed by the testimony of her children by two former marriages, that of a chiid born to her since her mar- riage to the militiaman and of several neighbors, proved Schmolholz to have been the cruel one. Judge Troutt award- ed her a decree. The Schmolholz home has been at 425 Precita avenue. Thomas Krusic, who was married to Nellie C. Krusic at San Jose in 1895, is seeking a divorce on the ground of cru- elty, alleging that his wife once attacked him with a pair of shears. He says she has also frequently told him that she de- | sired to marry another man. Cruelty is alleged in the complaint filed by John Peterson against Pauline Pe son. He alleges that he has been abused | in a shameful manner by her at least twice a week during the last two months and that one night last month she struck him with a bottle and threw three glasses at him. They were married in Arizona in 1898, Alphonse Smith, a machinist, residing at 2631 Harrison street, is being sued for di- vorce by Catherine Smith on the ground of cruelty. Smith’s appetite seems to be the cause of their marital unhappiness. Mrs. Smith says that he is a and demands that his table be abundant- ly supplied with all the delicacles of the son, She claims that she has v enflea\'ured to cater to his likes and di: likes in the food line, but somehow f: to please him. She says he abuses and accuses her of extravagance. Suits for divorce were also filed by Dan- iel Hawley against Lottie Hawley for de- sertion, Augusta McCormick against John F. McCormick for desertion, Alice Ben- jamin against Louls Benjamin for neglect and Lizzie Shepard against George H. Shepard for crue N Divorces were granted to Sara Soracco from F. W. Soracco for cruelty, Charl w from Mary Quirey for deser- ia Jenkins from John C. Jen- ¢ desertion, Frank S. Gray from Mattie Gray for desertion, Sarah E. Gary | from Edward E. Ga for neglect and‘| J. Smith from George S. Smith for | ct. Captain George Washington Ruthers, U. her Ss. intends to contest the suit to an- nul his marriage brought by his wife, | Gladys Gray Dorsey Ruthers. S. S. Spil- | man, his attorney, filed an appearance for him yesterday. Mrs. Ruthers is the daughter of Attorney John Webster Dor- sey and Mattie Brinkerhoff Dorsey, whose matrimonial troubles were aired in the eourts just a few weeks prior to her mar- riage to the army officer. It was a run- away match, and was followed by a trip | to the Orient. 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Has not £ome seventy- five thousand acres of land been gobbled up in the Eureka Land Office district in the past | month? Will not one hundred and twenty-five | thousand acres more be gobbled up this month and is not the effort made to throw out or tie up each and every claim that can be possibly upset by hook or crook? It has been truly stated that no patents are issuing. Why? That is the question, and the one who can answer | this has the key to the situation. Why are parties stationed in every district | land office in the United States every day to | take a list of all the filings and provings on | each and every tract involved? Why are they ing locators and others to get contests up | 1o test claims and furnishing the necessary funds to do 1t? How is it that in many of the large firms where timber lands are pledged and hypothecated as security that reports are fur- nished from the land offices every day as fto what has been done? Under whose instruce tions 1s this done, and why is it that no com- plaint is heard? Or why is it that inspectors and others do not inspect? Why is it that in- spectors and special agents spend more time in matters not conducive to good health or good morais than investigating the actual facts as they arise? And they still are the t rep- resentatives of reason for it? ed the Government. What is the | given, with Mr. Percival K. Van Yorx at | L ADVERTISEMENTS. it HARTSHORN IMPROVED SHADE ROLLER A perfect combination of the best material and skilled Iabor, It The only one to get if you want the best. saves time, trouble and window shades. Look on the label for the signature of and you will get the genuine. The Improved requires no tacks. ‘Wood Rollers. Tin Rollers, I.|IFORNI Greatest XAuxh\ng Piece ml Years A Friend of the Family. Featuring George Barnum, for years leading comedian with May Irwin, and Alice Johnson, leading lady of the’ orl- inal Frawley Company. 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