The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1905, Page 2

(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1905 OF THREE DAYS STAR®F: M GRAND en George D. ice McC: P nvic. s 26 disappeared. faded the police are still hunt- COLLINS' HOME DESERTED. mento street § f the furniture 1ing of day rict’ Attorney d latter 14 be better would cted uance, At- pointed by asked that service. tating ork for & mur- he took his seat st, ney as G vesterda a Il had sought sent four offi- alleged bigam- 1 to esca that he ar- range the details of the plan. FUGITIVE'S ROAD IS ROUGH. C ns will ac earn a li r stion. Un- supplied him with 1 not have admitted in that province, allowed to practice there in face of his record here. As clerk and adviser for another attorney he could draw o-notch salary. “It will be & im,” sald At- | r yesterday to a crowd oners who were discussing n the sall of Justice, “for 1 that Collins is one of the lawyers in the world to-day.” ict Attorn: ing to the flight of Collins 3 anxic all day yesterday telegram which would throw light cn the trail the man. Thomas in the dark as are word has reached him who accompanied Col- ch and the automobile, and that he has no idea at the present time. The ed by The Call announcing Vieto was the first recetved as to the of the fu There seems Kington's story. The spatch rec no reason tc other clerks office, Meyer and Michae th aver that they were in no way nected with the escape and that they wow nothing of Collins’ whereabot SON WINS SCHOOL HONORS. News ¢ to-day that George Colli: Chats The Company with 2 Conscience— That's the Pacific Mutual Life losur- ance Company of California. The policy-ho'ders’ in- terests always para- mouct. We find it pays. The results of our Endowment Policies surpass thoss of all other companies. The Companywitha Conrcience is the Comgpany for you. San Fraancisco Branch, Crocker Buiiding. Walter Hoif Seely, Maao- ager. rs. McCurdy’s Disappearance so Complete That Police Are All at Sea. JURY 1§ INVESTIGATING e triai on the charge - BICAM There | 1 Judge | g | their much with him. | Byington has received | Oakland on Friday night. | has heard nothing from,| 1 | son of Crilins and Charlotta E. Newman, | received the two medals awarded at St Matthew's School this year for scholar- ship and deportment. His mother was terribly surp d at the flight of her husband. She evidently did not dream that he would run away from his ac- cnsers. She says that she has no money i that she fears ejectment from her present home on Plerce street. All of her | goods are packed in boxes and frunks, | so that they may be talken away at a mom While notice. the his ! in jan wife . him the clutches of the vet the woman Is a Cail Mrs. McC her motber, {8 ter James Maken, who, in worked for the Sanj ompany. She was reared | street and attended the | School. Afterward she where she was mar- born. married No. 2, on law, ardy, » Gas Cx Folsom Street LAWYER 13 IN VICTORIA ENPOR - S Continued From Page 1, Column 7. man the woman to ride in it untl we | got to Sacram 0. In the meantime they had promised Conductor Ackerman that | they would purchase a ticket straight | through at Sacramento, but when we | pulled out of that city he was still on board without a ticket. Conductor Hig- gins was then in charge of the train and | I saw the man hand him two $20 gold pieces and tell him to get the tickets at Marysville. 1 had transferred him by this time into a section in the car Kano- rado, which was just ahead. | “It was not until the next morning that I knew that the man was Collins. A passenger came to me and said, ‘Do | you know that you have quite a distin- | guished crowd aboard? ‘No,’ I said ‘who are they? ‘One is George D. Co and the other Governor Pardee, he | I did not know at that time that | ns’ trial was to begin on Monday and 1 was not at all suspicious of his actions. That night the dining ecar conductor told me that Collins was to go on trial Monday and then for the first time I realized that he was fléeing from justice as fast as the express cculd carry him. The next day we landed at Portland and that was the last 1 saw of Collins. KEEP OUT OF SIGHT. “All the way up Cellins and his wife kept to themselves. They locked fthe | drawing-room door from Oakland to Sac- ramento and kept close in their section the rest of the time. She was evidently suffering from nervousness and he bent over her and fanned her continually. He was very attentive to her all the time. | They seemed to want to avoid people as much as possible. They always waited until the last call before they went in to _meals and then they came right back ‘to their section. Collins was very liberal and tipped freely. He bought a dinner the second day out that cost him §15 and he gave the waiter §l. He seemed to have plenty of money. % soon as the California line was crossed, Collins began to grow cheerful. He la hed and talked with his wife in a lively manner. By this time several of the people on the train had recog- nized him and one man rushed up to | him and said, ‘Hello, Collins, how are you? They laughed and talked to- gether for a while. “I left the train at Portland early in | the morning and I did not see Collins {and his wife get off. Still I think | from the questions that he asked me | | . that he was bound for Canada and wanted to make the quickest time pos- sible. . .e next day I started back and 1 arrived here to-night. As I stepped from the train at the Oakland mole | Detective Gibson met me and asked me | i T was on the train that left Oakland | at 9 o'clock on Friday night. I.told | him that I was and then went on to tell ! him of the whole trip. Then I came to i my home here at 1241% Market street.” SAFE IN DOMINION. If Collins arrived in Portland at 7:30 o'clcck Sunday morning he was able to catch a train at 8:30 for Seattle. He would arrive in Seattle on this schedule some time before 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon.” There are fast boats run- ning night and day from Seattle to Vic- toria and he must have reached the Canadian shore before daylight Mon- day morning. By 8 o’'clock he was prob- ably settled comfortably in his hotel, | and thus half a day before his escape from San Francisco was discovered was safe from all pursuit. MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS REACH TOP OF HOOD Seven Members Make Trip to Snow-Cap- ped Peak. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, July 11.—Only fifty-seven members of the Sierra Appalachian and Mazama clubs succeeded in reaching the summit of Mount Hood to-day. The as- eent was made from two sides of the snow-capped peak, one party climbing the eusier path by way of Cloud Cap Inn ;and the other from Government Camp. | Those that went oy the latter route took | automobiles from Portland and spent the | night at the snow line, starting at 4:30 | this morning for the climb up the moun- tain. b The others from the Cloud Cap Inn side were later in reaching the summit, for they did not leave the comfortable inn quarters until 7:30. The sky was cloudless and without any haze, feasting the eyes with a magnifi- cent spectacle. Far to the south coule be seen the white cap of Mounta Shasta. Many of the mountain climbers kept on their way over the peak, returning by a different réuta from which they started. [ Fift; | | i CREDITORS DUTWITTED BY COLLINS SIS R | When. Sherifi Appears With Writs of Attachment He Finds Office Belongings in Name of Mrs. McCurdy R BT BILL OF SALE IS SHOWN THE OFFICIAL Contents of the Beautifully Furnished Rooms in the Crocker Building Are Sold to Mother-in-Law Lo gt Although George D. Collins has fled from the city tc escape trial for bigamy, he left one example of lis shrewdness as a lawyer. He has an office fitted out like a palace, full of rich furniture and stacked with an exhaustive library of legal boks. These are assets of consid- erable value. Yesterday morning Hiram Johnson and Deputy Sneriff Jesse Galland appeared at™the office to serve two writs of at- tachment on these personal belongings of Colilns. To their surprise and dis- may, Frank V. Kington, clerk in the | office, who accompanied his flying em- ployer along the first stage of the lat- ter's journey, told them that the prop- the office was no longer that of D. Collins, but that it belonged to Mrs. Sarah A. McCurdy, for whom he was acting. To prove his statement, he produced a bill of sale from Collins to Mrs. McCurdy, dated July 3. He had an- other paper, a letter from Mrs. McCurdy, dated July 8, appointing him representa- tive to act for her in the matter. CHARLOTTA ATTACHES. The attachments were for a claim of Collins’ wife, Charlotta, for alimony to the amount of $100, which the court al- lowed her some weeks ago. The other writ is a claim for $698 70, held by A. E. Lucas, the detective employed by Collins to shadow Clarice McCurdy and her mother. Both writs are now subject to the claim of Mrs. McCurdy to all of the property. There is also a chattel mort- gage for $750, held by R. McColgan, on the furniture and books igp the offices. The bhill of sale made out to Mrs. Mc- Curdy shows that Collins had planned his escape for some time befote he finally took the step. Collins evidently had staked all on the appeal to the United States Supreme Court, but, fearing that the decision would be against him, he carefully planned his flight. MPs. Mec- Curdy, who owns real estate about San Francisco and is supposed to have had considerable cash on hand last week, must have advanced the expenses of Col- ling’ sudden flight. Thus everything was in readiness and as soon as Collins heard from Judge McKenna that his petition had been refused he fled. MYSTERIOUS MESSENGER. There is an air of mystery attached to the delivery of the letter from Mrs. Mc- Curdy to Kington authorizing him to act as her agent. Kington says that he dia not know that a bill of sale existed until this letter was given to him. He re- ceived it at midnight Monday from the hands of a friend whose name he stead- ily refuses to divulge. This friend must have received the letter from Mrs. Mc- Curdy, herself, for it bore no postmark, according to the statement of Kington, and this friend must have known that Mrs. McCurdy was about to leave. If this is true, this is the man for whom the police are searching as the one who may be able to give some clue as to the whereabouts of the three fugitives from Jjustice. In this letter to Kington Mrs. McCurdy tells him to sell the furniture and to for- ward the money to her at an address that will be sent to him later. Evidently the mother of the second Mrs. Collins had as carefully planned her escape as did her shifty son-in-law and she knew before she left just where she was going. King- ton will act according to the instructions in the letter. The bill of sale from George D. Col- lins to Mrs. Sarah A. McCurdy is as fol- lows, and is written in the defendant's own handwriting: BAN FRANCISCO, July 3, 1905. 1 hereby transter and convey unto Sarah A. McCurdy 21l of my library and office furniture situated in rooms 21 and 22 of the Crocker building, San Francisco, and consisting of deeks, inkstands and chairs and bookcase and George | one revolving bookcase and one paper file for filing papers, and one blank case for blanks, and one couch, and all stdtuary, and one clock, and one settee, and two wardrobes and contents, and also carpets and grate furniture and pictures. And she {s nereby authorized to take Immediate possession. GEORGE D. COLLINS. The letter written to Frank V. King- ton, authorizing him to act as her agent, is in the handwriting of Mrs. McCurdy. It reads as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. Please find inclosed a bill of sale from Mr. Colling to me of the office furniture, books, etc. Please dispose and sel] same for me and forward the money upon my demand. Further, surrender the office immediately, taking another office for performing the above. Yours respectfully, SARAH A, McCURDY. P. S.—This is subject to the mortgage on the law booke. - MRS. McCURDY SUPPLIED COIN. The offices of Collins have long been known as among the most sumptuous in the city. In the center &f his private room ‘there is a aesk of hand carved ma- hogany that is worth about $00. There is other furniture of about $1500 value and probably $3000 worth of books. These will all be sold to pay the debts of the lawyer. It is estimated that Collins must have made at least a quarter of a million dol- lars from his practice in S8an Francisco durinz tae last ten years. Like many of his kind, however, he spent his mone; freely, and it was eaten up as fast as it came in. For a week before he made his flight from this city he worked hard to collect every possible claim that was ! due him. 1t is rumored that he recelved $3500 from his mother-in-law before Re left. — e WANTS SALT WATER.—The Board of Works vesterday recommended the acceptanse of the offer of the Merchants' Ice Company. to supply the clty, free of charge, with sait water for sprinkling the streets. The United Railroads has been requested to run its sprink- }:u cars over the streets traversed by ines. e il b 3 King Edward VIL always carries a “first aid to the injured” outfit,in his au- tomobile COLLINS MAKES GOOD USE [FACUF EXPELS ALLIES OF RUEF Executive Committee Deals Drastically With'Situation in Forty-Second District McGOWAN DISPOSED OF “Independent Clubs” Formed by Ruef to Deceive Those Bent on (lean Politics The executive committee of the San Francisco Reépublican League met last evening and refused to accede to the de- mand of Assemblyman George A. Mc- Gowan and others that the names af ex-Senator John H, Tyrrell, B. P. Flint and George Lewis should be dropped from the committee of ten recently ap- pointed to organize the forces of good citizenship in the Forty-second Assembly District. The demand was made on be- half of an independent organization, which styles itself the ‘‘Regular” Re- Ppublican Club of the district. It was the judgment of the committee of ten and also the judgment of the executive com- mittee that the so-called “Regular Club” is a Ruef-Schmitz club in disguise and was created for the purpose of dividing the Republican forces in the district in order to enable George Keane to win the fight for the delegation to the nominat- ing convention and use it to help Ruef and Schmitz. After carefui investigation the execu- tive committee rejected the demand of the so-called “‘regulars” and dropped As- semblyman George A. McGowan's name from thé committee of ten and also can- celed his membership in the league. The promoters of the league maintain that there is no neutral zone in this cam- paign. No compromise with the forces of graft can be tolerated. The fact is clearly demonstrated that Ruef and his hirelings propose to make the fight on behalf of the Schmitz administration through the agency of independent clubs. RUEF ROWDIES AT WORK. The Thirty-sixth Assembly District Club of the San Francisco Republican League was organized with great en- thusiasm and much speechmaking last night in Harmony Hall, 1749 Mission street. The attitude of the club was voiced as determined against the pres- ent political administration. All the committees were appointed last night with the exception of a few minor ones. Several times during the progress of the meeting last night an element thought to be the Abe Ruef hoodlums cried out as th-~ speeches were being made and used every effort to disturb | the gathering. The efforts of the row- dies to disrupt the meeting were cut short by the sergeant at arms. The officers who are to serve during the campaign are as follows: H. N. Beatty, president; J. A. Plymire, first vice president; J. Kelleher, second vice president; A. Woodside, third vice president; W. J. Winterbottom, secretary; A. W. Quinn, treasurer; J. Wessley, sergeant at arms; H. Rellly, assistant sergeant arms; com- mittee of five on _regis aimg;a}‘aller Vi New) ey, "W. H. Woo ; finance co F. Newford, 4 H. Ley: W. C. Raisch and T H, Harfis; executive committes of twenty— C. M. Redell, J. T. B iflekl, L E. Redell, S. E. Beamish, C. A. Quinn! JFF, Leyde Lawrence Tully, H. E. Buttlemas, J. F. M Cann, J. Caulfield, M. C. Dunn, P.'J .Cacclari, C. H. Lane, James Hughes, B. K. Young, ‘Walter Frost, Joseph Little, Jacob Lohman and M. G. Baker. At the next meeting of the club the delegates to the San Francisco Repub- lican League will be appointed and the committee on by-laws ‘and literature will be selected. 1IN THE THIRTY-FIFTH. The Republican League committee of ten in the Thirty-fifth Assembly Dis- trict met last night and engaged per- manent headquarters on Valencia street, near Twenty-third. The follow- ing names were added to the committee: Johin D. Ddly, John S. Partridge, H. B. Arnold, W. A. Brown, John W. King, Edward F. Treadwell, Jo Windrow, Ralph A. Hath- horn, D. A. Cramer, H. L. Beazley, W. K. George, Dr. Grattner, E. D. Knight, Arthur Lemon, George Dietterle, M. J. Winter, John Reld, George H. Hind, Willam Metzner, Claus Claussen, John L. Prior, Fred C. Gerdes, F. V. Canish, Frank Lorigan, Willlam Wallace, Carl Reuter, H. T. Smith. Ruef has already shown his hand in the Thirty-fifth District. E. J. Lynch, a clerk in Ruef's office, has organized an inde- pendent club in the district with Dr. H. H. Keene as president and Charles J. Norlander secretary. The club pretends to be independent and no doubt some of its members fancy that they are not do- ing Ruef's work, but that is precisely what they are doing: it The Thirty-eighth Assembly District Committee, appointed by the Republican League, met last evening at 605 Golden Gate avenue and effected the following organization: President, Max Goldber first vice president, Franklin P. Bul secord vice president, John H, Curle; secretary, Charles C. Morris; treasurer, L Goldman. The following named leaguers were added to the committee of ten: I. B. Dalzeil, Miles W. McIntosh, A. L. ‘Weil and Frank Robb. The committee adjourned to meet July 18. The Thirty-third Assemblyw District committee of ten organized last night by the elecuon of John P. Tidwell president, Joseph 8. Hdelman vice president, Charles E. Hand secretary and J. J. Callahan treasurer, and Thomas B. Lloyd sergeant- at-arms. The Ruef forces in the Thirty- third are planning to organize an inde- pendent club. Next Friday night the Republicans of the Forty-first Assembly District will hold an open meeting at Steimke Hall. REGISTRATION HOURS. Registration for the primary election will close on July 19. For the conve- nience of unregistered citizens the main office of registration, City Hall, McAllis- ter street entrance, will be open every day and evening, Sundays excepted, until July 19, . Delegates to the several nomi- nating canventions will be chosen at the primary election on Tuesday, August 8. The Republican nominating convention will consist of 399 delegates and the in- dications are that the forces of the San . Francisco Republican League will elect a majority of the delegates. Leading Re- publicans in every Assembly district of the city are organizing clubs under the auspices of the league. The promoters of the movement for better local government expect that the grafters and looters taking orders from the Ruef-Schmitz regime will endeavor to create factiona) strife in the ranks oz the lgague. In. a straightaway contest 2~aipsf the tnited forces of good citizen- ship the Ruefites will go down to defeat, herce the boss of the Schmitz adminis- tration will vesort to the third ticket dodge. The Renublican leaders are quite well nosted concerning Ruef's plans and same of the labor leaders may sur- prise the boss by supporting delegations to the Un‘on Labor Convention that will not take the Ruef programme in the con- vention. i 2 " Said, “‘Eat to sult yourself, but dress others.” Have you the proper frame | your picture? - Has it the correct dress? et p S ‘ame b 3. wn new thingg-they're ‘natty ' Vail & Co.. T41%Market strees - HIYE to suit around Frame our Son-in-Law of King Edward May Ascend -the Throne. Question Now Being Considered by Royal Families. Special Dispatch to The Call LONDON, July 11.—The report that an offer of the Norwegian throne has been made to King Mdward's son-in-iiw, Prince Charles of Denmark, is confirmed. The. offer is still under considération. It is understood that King Edward and the British Government are favorable to the project, but much depends upon King Oscar’'s attitude. Consultations are now going on. Prince Charles’ mother was a daugh- ter of the late King of Sweden. COPENHAGEN, July 1L—It is under- stood that Prince Charles of Denmark will be willing to accept the crown of Norway if King Christian and the Danish Government consent. Some of the mem- bers of the royal family are in favor of his acceptance of the crown, but King Cnristian is believed to. be opposed to it. No decision, however, will be given out before his Majesty returns from Gmunden, Austria, next week. SETTLEMENT TO S8E DELAYED. STOUKHOLM, July 11.—Riksdag sentl- ment is rapidly crystallizing in favor ot postponing ‘a settlement of the union crisis until the new Riksdag meets in January next. A postponement is de- sired in order that a direct mandate with reference to the dissolution of the union may beyhad. The present Riksdag was chosen in 1902, on a platform calling for the maintenance of the union. It is more probable, however, that the postponement is desired because Sweden wants to gain time for the completion of such military and naval preparations as may eventually be necessary to en- force the conditions on which she is will- ing to recognize Norway's secession. Incidentally, the hanging up of the set- tlement for six months is calculated to cause serious eml ~~rassment to Norway, because her status would meantime be nondescript. This anomalous condition of affairs may be summed up in the observation that Sweden seems definitely unwilling to fight for the union, but thoroughly determined to go far for the imposition of certain conditions on which she will allow dis- ruption. SAYS NORWAY WANTS PEACE. CHRISTIANIA, July 11.—“Dr. Sven Hedin himself must know that his con- tention is false,” said a prominent diplo- mat here to your correspondent to-day, in speaking of the explorer's statement that Norway was preparing to attack Sweden. “Why should Norway attack Sweden? No more foolish statement was ever made. The whole world now knows that in Sweden a passionate war party exists and manifests itself in daily inducements to attack Norway. All sorts of stories are spread to create Swedish hostility to Norway. The world must have seen suf- ficient proofs of Swedish war methods. Has the world heard anything like this from Norway’s side? Norway’s first word after the rupture was to hope for a peaceful settlement. . “Norway is prepared to defend her- self, if attacked, but will never be so foolish as either to begin a war or to provoke it.” URGES FRANCE TO MEDIATE. PARIS, July 11.—Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, the French member of The Hague Peace Tribunal, has written a let- ter to Premier Rouvier, urging French intermediation in the conflict between Norway and Sweden. The letter says in part: The governments of Europe abstained from offering their good offices to Russia and Japan, with the result that the United States the honor of the beneficent intervention. Pre- viously the same European governments ab- stalned from recognizing the existénce of The Hague convention, thus leaving to the United States the honor of initlating such recognition. To-day a grave conflict has broken out be- tween Sweden and Norway. Without thrust- ing ourselves into the confiict we cannot re- main indifferent to our duty to ourselves and to all Europe to prevent the spread of a vio- lent conflagration. The relations of France toward Sweden and Norway insure a sym- pathetic welcome to words of conciliation from you. I therefore ask, in the name of a great number of French. and forélgn parliamen- tarfans, that you give your powerful authority to this pacific effort, which will receive an approving echo from the governments of Eu- rope and America. MILLION AND A HALF PAID FOR RATLWAY H. E. Huntington Acquires Control of Electric Line- to Redondo. Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, July H.—The official announcement was made to-night tnat through the consummation of a d=al just terminated H. E. Huntington has purchased entire all of the holdings and interests of the Los Angeles and Redondo Railway Company. The prop- erty comes into the hands of Hunting- ton through his purchase of every share of the capital stock of $1,000,000 and the assumption of the bonded in- debtedness of $500,000. It is also an- nounced that the purchase is made by Huntington personally and that none of his other electric railroad interests enter into the transaction in any man- ner. ‘the parties making the transfer to Huntington were R. R. Thompson of San Francisco, who turned = over $500,000 of capital stock, and the Ains- worth Company, which held the other $500,000 of the stock of the railroad company. e MISTAKE OF A DESERTER WILL SEND HIM TO PRISON He Surrenders a Month Too Soon to Benefit by a Law HRecently Possed. - DETROIT, July 10.—George Baker, who deserted from the United State: army at Fort Snelling, Minn., in Ju 1903, has surrendered himself to the officers at Fort Wayne, Detroit. It is said that by a slight misealculation Baker 'faces couviction and a sentence for desertion. He was under the im- pression that his surrender would be followed by a perfuuctory trial and his discharge, basing his expectations of leniency upon a law providing that when two years have passed after the expiration of a deserter's enlistment, if he has been living in the United States under his own name, no sentence will | of his désertion instead o be imposed. 87 Baker made the mistake of thinking that the two vears dated the time from the ex- piration of his enlistment. The two years from the on of his enlist- ment will not be wa:; ‘?:r m‘% A benefit by the law upon which he de- vended for t ase NORWAY OFFERS CROWN TO PRINCE CHARLES. | BARON D'ESTOURNELLES _ DE CONSTANT, WHO WOULD PRE- VENT SCANDINAVIAN WAR. | e -+ L | FIGHT OVER POWERS | LEADS TO ARREST Mayor and the Jailer-Who, Clashed Feel Pinch of the Law. ~ ‘ NEWPORT, Ky., July 1L.—As a result of a clash of authority between Jailer | Ploetger of the Newport jail and Mayor Helmbold over Caleb Powers, former Secretary of State, now in jail here under indictment charging him with com- plicity in the murder of Wi..am Goebel, the jailer and three other men have been arrested on the order of Mayor Helmbold and the Mayoy and two policemen have been arrested on warrants sworn out by the United States Commissionér. The Mayor and the two policemen aré charged with resisting United States | officers. The jaller and three assistants are charged with assault and battery. Mayor Helmbold gave orders to have Powers’ cell made more comfortable. The jailer resisted these attempts, hold- ing that the prisoner was under the jurisdiction of the United States Court | and that the Mayor had no authority over Powers. A fight ensued, during which the Mayor's front teeth were knocked out. Revelvers were drawn and almost the whole police force of Newport was brought into action. All those ar- rested have been released on bond for a hearing. Powers has been removed to a better cell. United States District Judge Cochran of the Eastern District of Kentucky to- day directed the issuance of warrants charging contempt of the Federal court against Mayor Helmbold of Newport and Policemen Ratican and Flynn as a re- sult of their actions in connection with the commitment of Caleb Powers to theé Newport jail last night. OIL TRUST SECRET REVEALED IN COURT Witness in Missouri Tells of | Rebates Which Standard Received. KANSAS CITY, July 11.—The taking of testimony in the suit of Attorney Gen- eral Hadley, who seeks to oust the Standard Oil Company from Missouri for alleged violation of the anti-trust law, was resumed here to-day, the case hav- ing been transferred from St. Louis. A. H. Gardner, a former agent of the National Oil Company, an independent concern, with offices at Kansas City, de- seribed héw the Standard Oil Company had granted rebates to customers to take the business away from the National and | how officials of the Standard came from Cleveland and New York to see him and fix up the trouble. Gardner told frankly how he and a representative of the Standard talked over the rebates and other things, which, they agreed, the witness sald, “must be Kept under a cloak.” e —— California Postal Changes. WASHINGTON, July 1l.—Antonio J. A. Freitas has been appointed fourth class Postmaster at Dudley, Kings County, California, vice Rufina Rodg- ers. The following rural free delivery routes have been established In Cali- fornia: Napa, Napa County, additional serviceé, route 2, length of route eigh- teen miles, population served 290; Pet- aluma, Sonoma County, additional serv- ice, route 4, length of route twenty- five miles, population served 474. | unable to be present. | membership of more than 1000 eack | have seven such lodges. BROWN ELECTED EMLTED RULER e Lpiins Harmony Marks the Choos- ing of Officers by the Grand Lodge of Elks - ORDER IS PROSPEROUS e Fifty-Three New Lodges \re Added to the Long List During the Past Year BUFFALO, N. Y., July 11.—The follow- ing Grand Lodge officers were elocted at the annual reunion of the B volent and Protective Order of Elks to-day: Grand exalted ruler. Robert W. Brown of Louis- ville, Ky.; grand esteemed leading knight, C. F. Tomlinson of Winston, N. C.; grand esteemed loyal knight, Charles W. Kauf- man of Hoboken, N. J d esteemed lecturing knight, Edward ) ghlin of Boston; grand secretary, Frederick C. Robinson of Dubuque; grand treasurer, John K. Tener of Charlerio, Pa.; grand tyler, W. W. McClelland of burg, Pa.; grand trustee, (long term) John D. O’'Shea of Lynn, Mass.. grand trustee (short term) Dr. W. Haviland of Butte, Montana. All but Kaufman and Havil elected by acclamation. All oppositior O'Shea was withdrawn before the con- vention opened. The only contest worthy of note was that for the office of short term trustee, Cal L. Lingsley of Water- 100, Jowa, and Mayor Charles C. Schmidt of Wheeling, W. Va., opposing Dr. Havi- land. The Grand Lodge session opened in the Teck Theater at 11 o’clock in the morn- ing. -There. were 1201 delegates present. Rev. Walter Davenport Buckner, grand chaplain, delivered the invocation. Sing- ing by a male chorus followed, Jullus Mayer, Attorney Genmeral of New York, represented Governor Higgins, who was Mayor Knight de- livered an address of welcome on behalf of the city. Retiring Grand Exalted Ruler O’'Brien’s report was warmly applauded. It covered a canvass of the situation looking into the welfare. of Elkdom generally The | reports of the grand secretary and the grand treasurer were reférred without be- ing read. The report of Grand Secretary Robinson contained the following: The success of the past year has exceeded all expectations and has been most gratifylng. Fifty-three new lodges have been added to the long list and those lodges aiready in ex- istence have been materially strengthemed by 2rge sccessions in membership. We have made an Increase of 22,888 giving us to-day I bership of 200,040. With “‘qu bership is coming ‘“‘quality.’ year just past is the resuft of existing throughout our wide domain. Last year there wers six lodges in membership, Loutsvil! e Cincinnat! below the 1000 mark, whil Spokane were added to the list The_numerical strength of the seven lodges Brooklyn No. 22, 2050: New York No. 1404; Detroit No. 34, 1185; Philadeiphia 2, '1164; Chicago No. 4, 1078: Spokane . 238, 1013; Clncinnati No. 5, 1027. The cash on hand on May 31 was §116,902; the total assets, $189,274; the liabilities only $4636. The total surpius was $134.917, against $169,192 in 1904. The financial statement of the Grand Lodge presented by the grand treasurer, John K. Tener of Charieroi, Pa., says that cash is on deposit to the amount of $111959. This sum is distributed in four funds the gemeral fund containing $54,- 455, the home fund containing $12.250, the emergency fund containing $4084 and the reserve fund containing $0,000. During the year $10,000 has been added to the reserve fund. The per capita tax of 10 cents paid by the entire member- ship, now over 200,000, for the main- tenance of the Elk Home at Bedford City, Va., for indigent Elks, has been pald and $5500 worth of property adjoining the home has been purchased. The report of the board of governors, recommending the abandonment of th Flks' Home at Bedford, va., was turned over to the grand trustees. The report of the grand trustees on the same sub- ject recommended turning the control of the home over to the governors. The place of the next: convention will be named to-morrow. Denver, _allas and Atlantic City have i.e contest be- tween them. The band contest was held to-day. The Governor’'s band of the State of Jalisco, Mexico, won first prize in class A. In class B, Doring’s muitary band wou first prize. The grand prize contest will take place to-morrow. BUFFALO BILL ABANDONS HIS FIGHT FOR DIVORCE Attorney Says Case Has Been Dropped at the Request of Cody’s Daughter. OMAHA, July 11.—Dr. D. Frank Pow- ell has received a cablegram from Colonel W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) ai- recting him to dismiss the appeal In the Cody divorce suit. “Colonel Cody dismissed the appeal,” sald Dr. Powell, “at the earnest request of his only living child, Irma, the wife of Lieutenant Clarence Armstrong Stott of Fort Thomas. Ga." » Californians in Paris. PARIS, July 11.—John M. Willlams of San Jose, Cal, and Mr. and “Mrs. E. R. Kellam of Pasadena, are visiting In Paris. | ED. FR! YOSEMITE B R When Thirst Hints Allay it with cool, sparkling, mellow, delicious, Yosemite Beer Every dealer has it. ENTERPRISE BREWING CO. 16th and i cl:om Streets, San Francisco Phone Mission 152. Alameda County Agent, . EUND, 808 Isabella Street Oakland, Cal.