The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 7, 1905, Page 6

ROAR 15 HEARD OVER NEW ORDER Student Journalists Revolt at Plan to Make Them Toil Daily for Paper OBJECT TO INNOVATION Tax Upon Energies of Col- Youths on Staff S the mge WC of alma mater, sty at ies arisen out tor L. D. revolutionizing ng the work to & it necessary es mo metropolit: wanted a large staff on nd issued ord rs do up near- g the d seeing that press. They i for the on to be the Czar rithout regard- on the stu- 3 ¥ to withdraw he peper unless the orders are i possible that a meeting ors of ng the per WORKMAN CLAWED BY LARGE LION Gets Too Near Brute's Cage and Is Severely In- jured. QAKLAND, Nov. 6—With the claws of @ huge lion imbedded in his leg Edward Rupert, an expressman, tugged with his hands at the brute’s paw this afternoon while other workmen beat the beast ‘with clubs. it was several mnilnutes before the expressman was released from the grasp and he was then hurriedly taken to the Recelving Hospital, where his torn flesh was treated by Steward Borchert. With several other men Rupert was moving the lion's cage at the Bell Thea- ter and Rup—rl got too close -to the in- When the brute buried workman’'s leg Rupert and his companions powers of the in the help, his claws called for quickly responded, but it was with great difficulty that the lion was beaten off his vietim. ————e———— DRINKS HELP PEREIRA. OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—Frank Pereira the wealthy cigar and liqguor man wl is being sued for a divorce by his wife, stated to-day that he took at least twenty dr s a day and that they did not intoxicate him, and that, in fact, ke knows more when in this condition than when he is perfectly sober. His wife alleges that he is no com- pany for her when in this condition and says that even in the sacred ca- thedral of Milan, which they visited on their honeymoon, he threatened to strike her with his cane. Her, attor- nevs w allowed $1200 additional counsel fees this morning. il ROB THEATERGOER. ALAMEDA, Nov. 6.—James Hague, residing at 1719 Stanton street, report- ed to the police to-night that while on his way home from the theater in Oak- land at 12:16 this morning, he was held| by two men on Stanton street, near Railroad avenue, and robbed of $18. Hague says that as he approached the pair fhey separated, forcing him to pass between them, and that when he @id 50, one of them grasped him by the throst and demanded his money, which be yielded up without a struggle. Hague was able to give only a meager Gescription of his assaflants. ———e—— TRUSTEES 0WN STOCK. OAKLAND, Nov. the Emeryville Improvement Club were resignations | » Writers Is Resented | CRACKSNE BLOW A SAFE WITH NITRO-GLYCERINE. BOOTY IS VALUED AT | $1100 Olsen Bros.” Store Visited Early in Morning. Two Explosions Are Heard by Several Citizens. OAKLAND, No 'wo hedvy ex- sions of nitro-glycerine awakermed sidents in the neighborhod of Ninth and Washington streets at 530 oclock: this morning, and an investigation re- vealed the fact that safe cracksmenh | {had blown open the safe in the office ! had of Olson Bros, grocers, on the corner, securing $1100 in cash, checks and cur- rency. The burglars were seen by sev- eral people as they left the scene of the crime, but they -were not followed and escaped without leaving any clew | i by which they might be identified’ and captured. The crime was one of the boldest with which the local police have ever to deal, for the safe which was blown open” stood at the rear of tlié store, close to a large window, and in plain sight of street. _The safe crackers were evidently old hands, for the outer door of the safe was opened without defacing it, except where the | knob of the combination was knocked | means off, and the explosive was only used to force the steel inner door. The author- ities believe that the men who did the | work were the same who, on the night of November 2, blew open the safe in the postoffice at Vallejo. There is a similarity in the way the work was done, both jobs showing the handiwork | of expert cracksmen. Entrance to tire store was gained by of &, rear: 4eaf;: which the burglars reached by scaling a ten-foot board ferice, dividing' the rear -yard of the store from that of an adjoining house at 513 Ninth street, occupied by Mrs. Scheur. Before entering the store of Olson Bros, the robbers broke into Theodore Gier's saloon at 915 Washing- | ton street. work | | which was in Falling to find any coin, except §1 50, the cash -drawer,” the burglare enjoyed a luncheon af crack ers and cheese, and-alsg-opened several bottles of porter ‘and-stole ‘a quantity of the best cigars in the saloam. . After | satisfying their hunger-and thirst, they quickly forced grocery, and went to work on the safe WRENCH OFF KNOB. The heavy outer door of the box was easily opened by strong wrenching off the combination knob, and driving | | out the spindle of the | after which the bolts of the lock were Californian Pub- | 11 be called for the | | § shot back without troublé.' The cracks- men then closed the cracks around the inner door with soap taken from the stock in the Store, and ran nitro- glycerine between the door and frame, exploding it -with a dynamite cap and fuse. ‘The firstiexplosion did not open the strong-steel door, but the | burglars,” indismayed by the failure of their first ‘effort; af once poured a héav- fer charge of nitro-gl¥cerine’ nfo -the crevices, and this did the work.” “The crooks then rified the strong box, and left the store. The police think that they took the first train for San Fran- cisco. Although the two explosions were -heard by a number of persons and the burglars were seen by three people, mews of the crime was not received by the police until nearly an ‘hour and a half later, when the storé was opened by J. H John Higginson, who i& employed s ¢el! larman in the grocery, discovered that the safe had been wrecked. Manager Smith at once telephened the news to police headquarters, and Detectives Kyte, L\nch Hollahd and - Quigley _were sent to make an Investigation, A partial description- of the burglars was secured from John Hauret,-a ‘bat- tender in the empioy of J. Meiliette, who resides at 524 Ninth street. Hauret saw the men ledve the alleyway in the rear of the store, an a moment latér heard the first -explosion. * He did not conmect the moise with safe-afackers, ‘however, and paid littlé attention to the strangers, thinking they were clerks about to open the store. The robbers were also Seen in the alleyway by Miss Carrie Plant, who resides in the Windsor Motel, but she could give no description of the mren, ase she only saw them for a moment after she had been awakened by the explosion. The noise made by the burglars was also heard by Joseph Martin and his wife, who also live in the Windeor Hotel, but they thought it was the fall of some heavy object in the building and paid no attention to it TIME OF EXPLOSIONS. A twelve-pound sledge hammer, used by the robbers in their work and found later in the store, was identified as one which had been stolen from the black- smith shop of Henry Hample, Broadway and Nineteenth street, which was broken 'into earlier in the evening. As nearly as the time can be fixed by those who heard the explcsions the first charge of nitro-glyterine was fired about 5:20 a. m., and the second abour twenty minutes later. After making a thorough Investigation the: detectives in charge of the case declare the wark to be that of expert safe-crackers who knew just what they wanted to do and just how to do it, Detective George Kyte said this afternoon: “It- is the cleanest job that I have seen since I have been In the business, and the men who turned the trick were old hands at the business. It was a bola robbery, but it is the bold crimes that always succeed.” The exact amount secured by the’ burglars was $800 in gold, $175 in silver and $45 in currency and three checks. The latter are of no value to the crooks, as 6.—The members of thev cannot be passed. Robert Reed and John Shea, who fit the informed at a meeting held - to-night | description of the robbers so far securea that & mumber of the members of the | by the volice, were arrested this morn- Board of Town Trustees own stock in the California Jockey Club. The im- provement organization has prepared & communication to the board, asking if this information is correct, and if so, if it is the reason for the refusal of the bourd to raise the license of the Jockey Club. —_—— CASHES FICTITIOUS CHECK.—Ouaklang, Nov. 6.—Mrs. Julie Barthlemas, who conducts the Gibley House at Bmeryvme ufl\hd a worthiess checl Check was made out on the First N-uon-l Bank of this city and was made payabie to John J. Sthultz, belng signed John M. Hughes, It wag drawn for $26. but the landlady ] ..1-1; $5 at band, which the check-passer took disappeared. ing as they were leaving a barber shep, where Shea had just had his mustache shaved off. As they were not able to give a good account of themselves their names. were placed on the detinue book. It is thought, however, that they are de- serters from the navy, anl - the policef do not. think that the hqd\nnythln: to,| do with the crime. . at the -rear -door.-of: the | combination, | the | b LY perating andel @ charter. - ON THIAL FOR COOK'S MURDER |George W. Blaker, the First of Three Youths Charged, to Face Jury for Crime e OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—~The trial of George | Blaker, the first of the three -youths | charged’ with the murder of Tom Cook | on the old (County Road out in the Fruit- { vale district on the night of July 22, was | begun this mdrning. At noon but three | jurors—Jamies H. Rourke, Nelson Pro- | vost and T. H. Ratzau—had been chosen {and the venire was exhausted and an | adjournment of court was taken until Wednesday morning in order to give the {wShurif( time to summon fifty more Jju- rors. Blaker, with Percy Pembroke and John Schnelder, was arrésted for having as- saulted Cook, beating him to the ground with pleces of water pipe and robbing him of about $20. He died of his in- juries and since their incarceration in the County Jail Schneider and Pembroke have bota confessed, but Blaker has maintained a stolid silence. They were all . members of the “Jim Crow” gang and Jdmes Crowhurst, the leader, was brought tack from Folsom yesterday to give testimony in the case. Difficulty. was found in securing the jury beccuse of the -wide publicity that had been given the case and because of | the youth of the defendant. | —_—————————— |LONE HIGHWAYMAN IT CAR HOLDS UP STRE Secures a Small Amount of Money and Disappears in | the Darkness. | OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—~H. R. Sarver. a street-railway conductor, who fought with the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Philippines, was held up on his car in the outskirts of a civilized com- | munity this morning and relievd of $3 10 | by a lone highwaymon. 'So quletly and quickly did the footpad work that even | the motorman knew nothing of the af- fain until after it was over and thé rob- ber had disappeared in the darkness. The hold-up occurred on San Pablo | avenue a short distance from the county line as the car started on its last trip | to Oakland at 1:45 o'clock. Sarver was leaning agalnst the rear door of the | car when a masked man jumped aboard the rear step. Before the conductor vealiged what the man was doing a re- volver was thrust into his. face and he was ordered to deliver his coin. He hand- ed over $3 10, the contents of one pocket, and:'the Tobber jumped from the - car, | overlooking $2 in another pocket. Sarver | notified H: F. Ramsey, the motorman, | and when the car reached ' the power- | house-the police were notifieds; Sarver was seen at his home; 655 Thir- tieth street, to-day and told the: fol- lowing story of the hold-up: We had just started on our last run to the car barn and had reached a point where the cars meet. I was standing in the rear door and was about half aslesp when a man jumped aboard. He wore a blue mask and 1 thought he was a negro. When I looked again he had a revolver pointed at me and ordered- me to hand over my money. 1 gave him $3 10 that was in my pocket and he remarked in a boyish voice that I didn’t have much. ' Then he alighted and @isappeared in the darkness. There were no passengers aboard and 1 went through the car and told Ramsey .o my experience. We looked for.a. one_in sight and when we geached. the Tar ‘bart 1 telephoned o the Betkeley police! The robber overlooked $2 that was in another pocket end luckily 1 had left my watch at home. 1t all happened 30 suddenly that I don't remember what, sort _of hat_the man wore. He had a blue’ mask and his coat was of the pepper-and-selt style of cloth. He was of medium size and weight and, judging from bis volce, was & young man. The: scene of the.hold-up is a lonely spot near the dividing line between Con- tra Costa and Alameda countles, and Sarver says the car crews have been ex- pecting - & robbery; there. Last night,. however, he was off his guard. ———————————— 4 SUBURBAN HOTELS ROBBED. | ~ OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—William ~ John- son, ‘proprietor of " the 'Three-Mile House at East Fourteenth street and Central avenue, reported to- day that | at an early hour this morning burglars entere¢. the barroom of the -hetel -by foroing a rear door and secured’$65 from the cash drawer. A similar burg- {lary was reported by G. Nofchka, the ‘proprl(!or of the Elmhurst Hotel at Jones avenue and East Fourteenth street, where the thieves secured $30 frem the cash drawer. In this case entrance was gained by forcing a side window. It is believed that both crimes were committed by the same parties. Constable Cramer is wqulng on this theory. ————————— GARBAGE LAW ENAW'ED. OAKLAND, Nov. 6—By a vote of 8 to 3 to-night the City ‘Council finally passed the ordinance which is intend- ed to settle the trouble over the dis- posal of garbage. It gives the Pacific Incinerating Company the right' to comprothise with the scavengers and the city the right to take over ‘the crematory as an experiment for a year, should it decide to do so. Donaldson, Meese and Fitzgerald voted against the measure. The ordinance providing for five ad- ditional policemen and that creating the office of assistant milk Inspector was finally passed. ————— WITHIN WEEK TWO RANCHERS’ HOUSES ARE BURNED TO GROUND Occupants of Second ' Building Lose Everything in Blaze, 82N DIEGO, Nov. 6.—The house ‘on miles ‘the the Eaton ranch, three Delnar, was to- by ‘ire. The occupants escaped, wert not able to save any of thelr be- longings. The causé -of Jnot/n. The loss is“$1600. This Is ‘th second neigborhood within a week. “"SANTA BARBARA, dge 'Taggert In the Buperlor cnru to-day e | Tendired a decision holding that the ‘Ehte automobile Taw is ‘unconstitu- tional in so fdr as it places a Hmit in excess of that established h—t man.. as we went through West Berkeley, but !‘her: e fite 4s not:| ranchhouse to be.burned in tl‘h’ f I HOUSE AND BARN Resxdence of L. N. Hager and Big Hay Warehouse in Al- den Are Burned to Ground FIREMEN ARE KEPT BUSY Aged. Man Ignites His Bed With Embers of Pipe and ‘Narrowly Tseapes Death OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—Fire this afternoon destroyed the residence and big hay warehouse of Lewis N. Hager, at Forty- sixth street and Telegraph avenue, and badly damaged twg adjoining cottages. Fifty tons of hay were consumed with the barn, but a number of horses and cows, which were in the - structure when it caught fire, were saved by Mr. Hager. Thirty tons of the burned hay belonged to E. J. Osgood. All the personal belong- ings of Mr. Hager and his family were burned with the residence. The fire had gained considerable head- way before the alarm was turned in, and when the firemen reached the scene hope of saving the Hager house and bgrn was gone. Under the direction of Chief Ball, the firemen directed their efforts to pre- venting the further spread of the fire, and, in spite of the brisk wind, the flames were confined to the building in which they originated and. the two cottages. The cause of the fire is unknown. The home of A. M. Schmidt at 157 Eleventh street was slightly damaged by fire this afternoon. The flames originated in an ash barrel and spread to the rear of the house. The damage was about $30. On the arrival of Engine No. 2 at the fire, Blackberry, one of the horses at- tached to the engine, dropped dead in harness. Blackberry was one of the best horses in the department. Richard Sutherland, an aged man re- siding at 715% Lewis street, had a nar- row escape from ‘death in a fire which was caused by embers from his plpe, which fell upon the mattress of his bed. He was.awakened by the heat of the flames, at 2:30 this morning, fortunately escaping uninjured. The Fire Department extinguished the fire without damage to the house, SAN LEANDRO, Nov. 6—The beauti- ful residence of Socrates Huff, president of the Bank pf San Leandro, narrowly es- caped destruction in a fire, which “or- iginated in one of the outbulldings. By hard work the flames were extinguished with little damage. ALAMEDA GOUNTY NEWS. BOY PUT ON PROBAT!O —Odkland, Nov: 6.—Percy Libby, the twelve-year-old boy who was caught by Deputy Constable. Murdock in the act of stealing lumber from a building 1h Fast Oakland, was put on probation this morning by Police Judge Smith, Who refused to accept a plea of guilty. MRS. MOFFITT GETS INCREASE.—Oak- land, Nov. 6.—Mrs. Augusta L. Moffitt, wife of the late Senator Frank J. Moffitt, was glven an increase from $300 10 $1000 month) allowance this morning without objection troms the four sisters of Moffitt, Who are . pressing thetr claims for their lezacies. RETURNS FROM TONOPAH.—Oakland, Nov. 8.—George E. de Golia, a weu-known attorney of Oakland, bas- returned from a trip to Tonopah, where he has mining inter- ests. He states that the boom. in mmining there continues.and that' Nevada has the rich- est mineral deposits in the world. HOLCOMB JOINS WIFE.—Ogakland, Nov. 6, Myron T. Holcomb, former real estate dealer and Sunday-school teacher, who fell in lové with a young girl and deserted his wife and children, has returned to his family. That in- formation has been recelved from Los An- geles, whers the reunited family now lives. GINN WILL FILED.—Oakland, Nov. 6.— The will of the late Mary L. Ginn of, Berkeley, filed to-day, disposes of property valued at $120,000. She gives all_but about $6000 of the estate to her son, Sheffleld §. Sanborn, leaving the remainder to ‘her husband, Fred erick B. Ginn, of the Ginn. Publishing.: Com- pany. l\P.W BANK BUILDING.—Oakland, Nov. 6. ..new bank building will _soon_ be erected -‘t ‘Centerville, at a cost of $4950 60, according to_plans and’ specifications filed to-day. The bufldinig Will be erected on Main street, and Wil be one story with m ground floor, 26x48 feet. | It.will be, of brick, with terra cotta front. WANTS CHAMBER OF. COMMERCE.— Oakland, Nov, 6.—Representative business men of Oakland will ‘endeavor to<effect: the i- zation of a permanent Chamber of Commerce néxt Saturday evening, When- as meeting . for That purpions Wil be MeIA at the Athenian Club. it_is_proposed, to have .2 consolidation.of ing tefests In one central organization. WOULD DRINK _ON DEATHBED.—Oaks land, Nov. 6.—'Lef's have another . drink,': exclaimed John Verriken, as he sat up. in b@# at the County Infirmary. As the word: Bie ‘ot by fo)) DAB0eaih | Vet ion a8 & clgarmaker and, was. being ;treated ‘at’ ti hospital for acute alcoholism, Which is sup- poted to have been the cause of death. . IMPUDENT BEGGAR SENTENCED.—Oak- land, Nov. 6.—Harry Bethune, a ‘gentleman beggar,” who after annoying the women of the Lakeside district fof several days, was captured by Policeman McSorley, was this morning sentenced to four months in the City Prison. The police say that Bethune s -the most {mpudent and ‘mervy” beggar they have ever seen. FIVE MOTOR CYCLISTS ARRESTED.— Oakland, Nov. 6.—Five riders of motor bl- cycles . were arrested yesterday and charged with Violation of the ordinance limiting the speed of motor cycles within the city limits. The riders arrested were B. C. Webster, Ed- ward Allen, .Walter Both, Adolphe Jencho. and J, B Smith. ALl were' released on deposits GADELPHIAN. CLUB MUSIC. — Alameds, Nov. 0—Unter the direction of . Mrs. R Ulsh of Berkeley a programme of ‘Rissatin musio. will be Eiven betore the music section. of the Adelphian Club tp-morrow merning at 10 o'clock. The participabes will be Conrad er, Miss Bessie R. Fuhrer, Miss Elsa T. Fuhr- er, Miss Lucy Fuhrer, Basil Tetson and Miss Maud Cohen. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS R.—Oal Nov. 6.—The Christmas holidays for the, p lic_kchools of the city are to begin a week earlier than scheduled by the school wenalr. for by a unanimous vote of the mem| of Board of Bucation to-night It was. decided that the schools shall close on_Friday, - cember 15, instead ot December 22, maki holidays come a week earlfer. Scheols will p- (open on January 2, 1906. JURY TRIAL FOR GRAU.—Alameda, Nv. 6.—Chris Grau, the rux atreet. morchan, who was arrested Saturday nig llln! “of L. eim-of 1b8h Verdl Seveer for. |3ed w trétfment ot 'Helm'e uveh-yen-old in the Justice court I} Inleuded not guilty to a charge of buwry demanded a trial by jury‘and his case was set fre"pottes %o be } i for hearing next Saturday 'elock. Grau s thought by ‘the mentally deranged. UNITARIAN CLUB RE DESTROYS |FIEND ASSAILS BERKELEY GIRL Domestic Employed by Cap- italist of the University Town. Vietim of Stranger ESCAPES AFTER BATTLE Attack Is Made on Telegraph Avenue Within Few Yards of J. A, Marshall’'s Home BERKELEY, Nov. 6.—Dorothy Olsen, & pretty domestic employed by J. A. Mar- shall, a capitalist of Berkeley, was at- tacked by an unknown man who followed her as she alighted from a Telegraph avenue car last night at 9:30 o'clock. At the corner of Stuart street she was forced to make a desperate fight for her safety. The stranger choked and beat the young woman almost into insensibility, releasing his hold only when, by a lucky chance, she was able to scream loud enough to attract the attention of a pedestrian in the neighborhood. Then the fiend fled, leaving his victim with clothing torn to shreds, her body bruised, and throat showing the marks of the fingers that had clutched so tightly there. John G. Waller came to Miss Olsen's assistance and helped hey into the Mar- shall residence at 2740 Telegraph avenue. She was given medical attention and the police were informed of the occurrence. Miss Olsen says she observed a strange man watching her covertly as they both rode out from Oakland last night on the Telegraph line, and her suspicions of- his intentions -were increased when the stran- ger stepped from -the car an instant after she had alighted at the corner of Stuart street and Telegraph avenue. Stepping close.to her the stranger sald: “I believe you are employed at Mr. Mar- shall’s, are you not? May 1 walk with you to the house?” The girl hurried on after being thus ac- costed, making no reply, and at once she found herself in the grasp of a powerful man, whose hand was at her throat, choking her into insensibility. = Miss Olsen fought desperately, struggling to free herself, and also trying. to attract the at- tention of any persons who might be in the neighborhood. She could not seream, though, because of the clutch of the man's fingers. on her throat. 1In the struggle the young woman's clothing was torn and her body" bruised. ‘When the opportunity came to scream Miss Olsen cried mightily and her cry was heard by Mr. Waller. The sound of footsteps frightened the man in whose grasp thé girl was held, and he fled at once. anss Olsen tells the police. that the fel- low was about 30 years old, smooth shaven, wearing black clothes, a white vest, black derby hat. He was about five feet ten inches fh height, and weighed about 170 pounds. He is believed to be a Berkeley man, his knowledge of Miss Olsen’s situation being shown by his in- quiry addressed to her when they both left the street car. The police have thus far_been unable to flbta.ln a definite’ clew to his fdentity. 2 MUCH-WANTED PRISONER ESCAPES FROM CONSTABLE Man Suspected of Intention to Defraud “Hils Creditors Gains His Freedom. ‘RENO, Nov. 6.—Eugene Larouche, who has beeri i the'custody of Deputy Constablé “Doc” “‘Wyman in ‘this city for the last few days on a.charge of endeavoring to leave the State for the purpose of defrauding his creditors, Pike and Jones, and some Tonopah peo- ple, succeeded in escaping from the deputy constable Saturday night, and is now out of the country. Attorneys Pike and Jones, who had sworn to the warrant against Larouche, and Sheriff Ferrel, who was to get him when the Constable was- through with him, are very much exeited over the escape. $10,000 Fire in Santa Crusz. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 6.—Fire to-night broke out in a restaurant in the Neary building on Pacific avenue, and -the people of the place, it is said, fought the flames for a long time before sum- moning the Fire Department. The fire spread to the Cox and Towne block and the Seighold bullding. The loss is esti- mated at $10,000, partly covered by in- surance. —————————— Crew of Antiope Home. VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 6.—The steam- ship T'ydeus, which arrived from Japan to-day, brought home-the crew of the bark Antlope, owned at San Francisco, which ‘was reported seized by Japanese warships when carrying salt to Nico- laeifsk. —_—————— Call Bond Election. SUISUN, Nov. §.—The Solano County Board . of Supervisors at is regular meeting here to-day issued a call for a special election to be held on December 12 to vote upon the proposition of issu- ing bonds in the sum of $250,000 to build a new courthouse and jail. —— et Painter Killed by Fall. NA¥PA, Noy. 6.—Fred J. Tunison, a well-known painter of Napa, was in- stantly killed a few days ago by a ?lnrrom a high scaffolding at Witters SDrlnxi in Lake County. wlcl@o WOMAN SEEKING KNOWLEDGE OF BROTHER Asks San Diego “Officials for News of 3 Relative Missing for Fifity - Years. { SAN DIEGO, Nov. §.—County officials have been appealed to by Mary A. Hopkins of Chicago to help her in her search for traces of a brother, John N. Mayo, from whom no word has been received for fifty years. In 1853 he was in San -Francisco and no record of his death can be found. —_— e, Theatrical Man Commits Sulcide. NEW - YORK, Nov. 6.—Arthur E. Clark, a theatrical manager who has been directing the rehearsals of the company which will present the ex- travaganza “The 'Gingerbread Man,” committed suicide in his apartments in the Hotel Vendome to-day by shooting. Clark formerly was manager for Heary W. Savage, the theatrical manager. certain brands of squirrel poison which orch- ase. Pwt—or “Wickson has an- zed packages of poisoned grain sent to him and found it in the mln is the much de- tfiM ‘morni “ifl has informed rdist. of the discovery, his letter to Mr. Holohan hat. ‘mapufacturers be called to O RUM SHOPS (ADDS 7O LIST ON BOULEVARD OF INDUSTRIES Supervisors Say This Road|{San Francisco Builder of W—Mw Shall Be Free of Resorts Along the Line of Travel —————— WILL ISSUE NO LICENSES Board Is Surprisefi to Hear Some One Took Cement Culvert and Changed Creek —— OAKLAND, Nov. 6.—It was decreed to-day by the Board of Supervisors that no" saloons shall line the new Scenic boulevard leading to Haywards along the foothills, and any who may wish liquid refreshments while upon it will have to carry them with them. The following resolution was adopted: are now no saloons on the oo, T AT T " b lleves it would be against the wishes of a large majority of the residents to grant any licenses; it Resolved, That this Board of Supervisors pledges itself to refuse any and ail applica- tions for liquor licenses within 400 feet of this nighway. It was stated by Supervisor Rowe that the purpose of passing this reso- lution was-to warn any from putting money into buildings without first ob- taining & license. The question of enlarging the law library suggested by the trustees of the Library Association was discussed and anything -until spring. Report was- mrade by Supervisor Tal- cott that some person or persons had removed a ‘cement culvert from the county road in his district and put in a wooden one at some distance from It so as to divert water in an entirely different direction. He was dum- founded, he sdid, at the discovery, and the entire board went out this after- noon to view it and see if possible who is responsible for it. OFFICIAL INJURED BY RENO RUNAWAY Head of the National Irriga- tion Congress Is Se- verely Hurt. Special Dispatch toyThe Call. RENO, Nov. 6.—Colonel H. B. Maxson. chairman of the National Irrigation Con- Bress, was severely injured in a runaway in this city to-day. The extent of his injurics is mot definitely known at this hour, but it is the opinion of the physi- clans ir charge that they will not prove fatal. "It is known, however, that several ribs’ are broken, his head is badly cut and- bis right hand severely bruised. Col- onel Maxson was driving in his buggy wher. the teamr of State Senator P. Flan- fgan bécame ‘frightened and started to run. The Senator’s rig collided with an automobile. “The Colonel's rig was di- rectly in the path of the runaways and the horses plungsd into the rear of his buggy. TORPEDO BLOWS OFF FOOT OF SWITCHMAN Peculiar Accident at Reno Yards Cripples a Rail- 7 road Man. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Nov. 6.—By the explosion of a railroad torpedo in the Southern Pacific yards in this city to.day ‘“‘Shorty” De- haas, a switchman, lost a foot.. Dehaas was riding on the front of the switch en- gine when the accident occurred. It seems that a brakeman had placed a torpedo on_the track and the switch en- gine passed over it and exploded it. The force of the explosion tore off his left foot. e INDEPENDENT THEATERS FOR MANY BIG CITIES Representative of Eastern Firm In West Completes the Arrange- ments to Fight the Trust. SEATTLE, Nov. S—Archibald Selwyn, head of the play brokerage firm of Selwyn & Co. of New York, is in Seattle for thée double purpose of pushing a war- fare of Eastern managers agidinst play pirates and promoting the prospect of a Shubert or independent theater in Seattle in connection with a string of such houses to be started between St. Paul and Los Angeles. He said to-day: “I am representing the Shuberts on this trip and will endeavor to get for them a circuit of playhouses from St. Paul to Los Angeles. My work will not take the form of erecting new bulldings, but of conferring with people who have written to Shubert regarding propositions of their own. Before returning home I will stop at Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and en route Hast, at Spo- kane and Butte. In all of these cities there are managers whom I will see, buf until I arrive I prefer not to give their names.” B — THIRTY-ONE YEARS IN JAIL IS SENTENCE OF A ROBBER John L. Caskey, Who Shot Miner and Took Hisx Coin, dHeavily Punished. AUBURN, Nov. 6.—Judge Prewett to- day sentenced John L. Caskey to thir- it ‘'was deemed inadvisable to do: Boats Will Establish a Big Plant in San Mateo BUYS FIFTY-ACRE SITE Vessels of All Sizes Are to Be Constructed at the Shops Soon to Be Built Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, Nov. §.—Another im- portant Industry is soon to be added to the mary that are now flourishing In this city. George W. Kneass, the boat- builder of San Francisco, has decided.to remove his entire plant from the metro- polis to this city. It will be remembered that the Kneass establishmept on Third street in San Francisco was recently de- stroyed by fire and grave suspicions wers entertained that the origin of the blaze was Incendlary. However this may be, Kneass has decided to re-establish his plant en a much more ambitious scals here. He has purchased fifty acres of marsh land on the north side of the creek op- posite the Redwood City Salt Works, on what is known as the deep-water slough. This is a splendid site for a boat-building plant, and here the necessary bulldings will be erected at once. An artesian well will be sunk. Up to this time he has confined his efforts to the bullding of launches and small boats, but with the deep water facilities here he will under- take the building of larger vessels when the Redwood City plaut 1s in readiness. —_—————— BREAK IN' DAN CAUSES A ROW Residents of Redwood City Arrested on the Charge of Creating a Nuisance PSS (RSN REDWOOD CITY, Nov The econtro- versy arising over the formationm of a large reclamation district between -this town and Belmont by H. May Pearsall and others of Eureka, and the closing of a number of alleged navigable sloughs, has resulted in‘a clash between officials and private persons and a number of ar- rests. Last Saturday a foreman in the employ of Mrs. Timéthy Guy Phelps, acting un- der authorization of District Attorney Bulloek, it is alieged, blew up-a portion of the levee damming San Carlos slough. Yesterday St. John Whitney, the son of Arthur L. Whitney, a San Francisco com- mission megchant, accompanied by a §ang of eighteen Japanese, began repair: ing the breach in the levee,~which the tides: were rapidly enlarging. District Attorney Bullock swore to a complaint charging Whitney, E. W McLeiland and the Japanese with creating a nufsance: Accompanied by Under Sheriff Butts, the District Attorney saw that the warrants were served. When the officers were returning with the prisoners they were met by Arthur L. Whitney. Angry . words followed, and it is sald a personal clash also, in which the District Attorney was assault- ed and drew a revolver to protect himself from a threatened pistol "assgult. The prisoners were finally brought here and released on bail. Contractor MecLellan has since been arrested for attempting to repair the dam. The Board of Supervisors to-day res fused to grant the petition to declare the locality a reclamation district on the ground that faith had been broken in closing navigable sloughs. RENO GAMBLERS LOSE TO “BUSTER BROWN” Diminutive Actor Has to Stand on Chair to See Green Cloth. Special Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Nov. 6.—Buster Brown, of the famous Buster Brown Company. which finished a two nights’ engagement in-this city Sunday night, succeeded in adding several hundred -dollars to his bank roil by bucking the tiger in the gambling- houses in this city. It is said by the local gamblers that “Buster’s” winnings ag- gregated In the neighborhood of $500. !l was a strange sight to see the diminutive, boyish looking theatrical star playing the games. Being only about four feet in height, it was necessary for him to stand on a chair in order to see the green cloth. —_— e STEAMER ARROW RUNS INTO SCHOONER IN SAN PABLO BAY Little Vessel Turas Turtle, but the Crew Is Rescued by Passen- ger Boat. VALLEJO, Nov. 8.—THe steamer Af« row of the Monticello Steamship -Com~ pany ran into the schooner Castle Gate near.the dredgers in San Pablo Bay to- night and caused the schooner fo tury turtle. The three men on the smaller craft were picked up by the Arrow and brought to this city. A tug will be sent to right the schooner to-morrow. ty-one years in San Quentin and Tommy. Woods to fifteen years in the same place. Woods assaulted Emma Dake, aged 15 years, Caskey shot and robbed Fred Venske at\ his mining claim in the Canada Hill mining dis« trict. After shooting Venske in the leg, robbing him of $200 and forcing him to sign a check for $1000, Caskey apparently repented, for he . brought Venske to the County Hospital, where his life was saved, although it was necessary to amputate his leg. —_——— CLEW TO VALLEJO POSTOFFICE THIEVES cfimyanwom n,emnmlflnmialmfi. Bullding. VALLEJO, Nov. 6—Postmaster Luch- singer says that promissory notes to the value of $1100 were taken in the recent robbery of the Postoffice here. He says that the Trobbers secured no greenbacks. - A woman declares that she saw three men leaving an alley back of the: Polto@ce on the night of the robbery. The captain of the Arrow refuses. to tell how the accident happened. e Bank Officers Elected. . SANTA ROSA, Nov. 6.—At a meet- ing of the ltoekholders and _directegs of the new bank of Guefneville to-day John P. Overton of Santa Rosa was elected president, Willlam Carr vice president and H. L. Bagley cashier.