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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 RAILWAYS VI CTORIOUS IN LIVE STOCK CASE OLD RATES WILL STAN — /01,0/75/»’ M DBETHER — 5D THAT THE ACTION OF THE IN- RAILROADS TO MAKE A LOWER the rates | and seven- | »ns were the | t by the ommission. The | of the com- g of rates e case, Judge Bethea 2 evidence of e railroads and "k were not a further that the | mmis decree aflroads and that e power to bey their rulings PUZZLED BY A CHILD'S CASE Nov —Beryl Livesay, | year-old datghter of Mr. and Seorge Livesay of Shasta, is suffer- | from strange, serious and puzzling results of a fire that occurred at Ingot a m > Wh Livesay home was @estroyed. The child was not in- jured at the time of the fire, but about | 2 week after the blaze she complained of her hip troubling her. The physi- siclans have decided to place the little in straps and keep her confined to her bed st six weeks. The cniie 25 b docto PHYSICIANS the Decides Tulare L HANFORD, Nov. Lake land contest against Amelia afternoon. The jury brought in a ver- dict declaring that the defendant is not entitled to purchase the land de- Case. Tulare Newman Jones son ended this of Jo! scribed in the petition. The trial last- ed thirteen gdays. Attorney Goodwin of San Francisco and J. F. Pryor of Hanford represented the plaintiff and Frank H. Short of Fresno, C. G. Lam- berson of Visalia and H. P. Brown of Hanford appeared for the defendant. The case involves all Tulare Lake land Jumpers. ADVERTISEMENTS, 500,000 Babies Are Sacrificed E State Official Declares Adulter-| ated Foods an Appalling Menace to the Lives of | +~meriecan Children. | recent meeting of the executive | tee of the National Association I y and Food Departments | of a State board made ‘the | sertion, and produced figures to prove | tha the death of nearly half a mil- | ttle children in America last year © to poisons administered in im- Nearly half a million | ced to the murderous adulterators! It behooves have a care in selecting the | at comes into our homes. The and lives of our children and health are at stake. e, indeed, 18 a food that is known to be pure ang wholesome, rich nut on and good to eat—so good ; t no other food n take its place. | We refer to Malta-Vita, that delicious crisp, whole-wheat food. Among all the cereal foods we believe we are war- ! nted in saying that Malta-Vita is the | only food that is simply and wholly | pure grain product and nothing eise, except a little salt. 1t is free from any sweetening agent or other erant, and is made in absolute 1liness perfect A without Malta is impossible | Vita, and it's just as| ses a day. Containing | nt of the best white arley malt extract,-it vitalizing and easily di- breakfast t taree food ele and pure sely your children have all the Malta- they want and you need not fear for health, Try some yourself with cream or fruit. You never tasted anything quite o good Malta-Vite, every flake baked to a crisp and always ready to eat, is sold by all grocers | themselves chiefl | did come ithe Holy Cross Church ND CONCESSIONS 10 UNITARIANS NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The Interchurch Conference on Federation to-day changed the wording of the phrase, “Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior,”” in the preamble of the constitution of the Federal Council, to read “Jesus Christ, Our Divine Lord and Savior.” It is understood that this change will exclude from membership in the Federal Council the Unitarians, on the ground that they do not accept the theory of the divinity of Jesus Christ. The addresses delivered to-day concerned with discussions of the prospective practical benefit of the con- ference. An amendment to allow other churches to join the Federal Council pro- posed by Professor James Q. Dealey, pro- fessor of soclal and political science of Brown University, was defeated. Profes- sor Dealey is the head of the Rhode Isl- | and Federation of Churches and Christian Workers, a body which includes Universalists and Unitarians. A plea for Roman Catholics to join the federation was made by Rev. L. C. both Barnes of Worcester, Mass. He began by | speaking in favor of the Unitarians &nd Universalists, saying: “I would be glad to see the few who do not respond to the full divinity of Jesus Christ come into the assembly. I have no fear that the millions of Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians would be in the least harmed by the thousands of Unitarians and Universalists. I should regard it as a splendid advance if they in. “But there are other bodies which I for one should like to see have representa- tives. 1 would like to see the door opened to the Roman Catholics, who certainly be- lieve enough.” v. Dr. Roberts, the permanent chalr- man, sald that Roman Catholics were not excluded by the terms of the proposition of federation. Re¥. N. Dwight Hillis, chairman of the evangelistic work of the National Coun- cil of Congregational Churches of the United States, told the preachers not to break their hearts if they had large con- gregations in the morning and but a few in the ~vening. He said If they would only hire theaters, they could get the peo- ple to attend service. “There were two theaters open last night,” te sald, “and if you and I do not use the forty theaters on Sundays, there will soon be a time when the theaters will be open from the Atlantic to the Pacific on Sunéays.” At the evening session Judge P. B, Grosscup of the United States Court of Chicago contributed the first paper._on “The Pcpular Consclence” in a discussion of the un.ced church and the national life. Justice David J. Brewer of the Supremé Court oF the United States read a paper on “Law and Justice.”” He sald: I look and hope for & federation closer than that adopted by the conference. Very lfkely it was Letter to take a short step forward than to risk fallure by going too far. man who cannot work with Edward Everett Hale und Cardinal Gibbons has no clear con- ception of the goodness of God. I say that i cannot admit the divinity of Christ they are vet all followers of his leadership. Law and justice should colncide; unfortu- v do not. 1f this were byought about be no need of supervision of banks nce companies, The church would be a sort; of mutual {nsurance company, whose salarfes And policies would only by the cdshier up yonder. There would be no ainted rhoney: the law of injunction would drop intc barmless desuetude; the Chinaman would ledrn a new idea of American justice. What _greater power ls there to accomplish this than & federated church? Such a body could reform New York and make Philadelphia good and Chicago clean. “Government by the Pepole” was the title of a paper read by Henry Wade Rogers of Yale University, Mrs. McLaughlin. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 20—The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret McLaughlin, wife f Major Frank McLaughlin, from to-day was jargely attended. A solemn high requiem mass was celebrated by Rev. Father tierald Gay of Los Angeles. ———— PENSICN FRAUD ARREST.—Albert Taylor was arresied in this city yesterday by United Etates Spocial Pénsion Examiner Sues on an dictmen: presented in Denver, Col., a year e charsing him with naving’ madé a Jae ulent claim for & pension on Octo- - '"Jm, The indictment alleges that hg. ihe application under the name of A. Nigh of Company G, Twenty- ‘husetts Infantry Vol- curing - Alonzo - o the Civii War. bas been «ead for more tnan thirty years. HILOK WRELK VTS 128 Loss of Life in Steamship Fi Reports " Indicated S S ey SIX SURVIVORS {Persons of Note in Great ‘ Britain Included Among | the First-Class Passengers _— LONDON, Nov. 20.—One hundred and | twenty-eight persons lost their lives in the wreck of the London and South- | western Rallway Company’s steame: | Hilda off the morthern coast of France | Saturday mnight, according to an offi- |clal estimate given out to-night by the | officials of the company. This roll in- | cludes twenty-one saloon passengers, eighty French onion and potato sellers and twenty-scven of the crew. ST. MALO, France, Nov. zation of the full extent of the disas- ter to the Cross Channel steamship Hilda' came to the people of St. Malo | as reports of the finding of bodles were |ONLY commander of the wrecked ship, wkich now lies in the hospital here, and as |fast as other hodies arrive they will | be placed in a room prepared for their reception. Thirteen bodies of saloon passengers {have been identified. These are Mrs. | Rook, her two children and - their gov- erness; Dr. Stanley, his wife and two daughters and a maid; Major and Mrs. Price, Mr. Wellesley and Mr. Grindle. The survivors are rapidly recover- ing. James Gunter, the only seaman no panic on board. Attempts were made to lower the boats, but the rough sea rendered it impossible. Gunter clung to the fittings of the topmast the chief mate and three Bretons, who [dlea of exposure during the night. The Hilda struck at 10 o’clock on Sun- day night. She was going very slowly at the time. Rockets were sent up, but there was no response. Seven minutes later the ship broke amidships and her decks were swept bare, with the excep- tion of the few survivors who clung to the mast. They were rescued by the | steamship Ada at 10 o'clock this morn- ing, after having endured twelve hours of agony. In response to the captain’s appeal, when he found it would be useless to at- tempt to launch the boats, all the women and children mustered on the main hatch and the stewardesses fixed life belts around each of them, the French onion sellers assisting in the work. Every- body was very quiet. Gunter s: there were about twenty persons in the rigging when the vessel foundered. He describes pathetically how the men gradually dropped off, ex- hausted by the terrible cold, and says the roar of the elements was awful. As the men fell off they ejaculated: “We have had enough of this. It does not matter how we die. Good-by.” Gunter himself fought against a strong inelination to sleep and says that at the time of his rescue he cared little what | became of him. PARIS, Nov. 20.—Special reports re- | ceived here of the wreck of the steam- | ship Hilda give a graphic description of | the disaster. Owing to the rough sea, | together with a thick snowstorm, the captain of the Hilda probably took the buoy light of the rocks for the St. Maio lighthouse. He gave signals which were not seen by harbor employes, and then the steamship proceeded slowly toward the light When the Hilda struck the rocks, her bollers exploded and she was cut in two, giving the passengers no time to save themselves. Seven bodles wearing life belts were stranded off the village of St. Cast yes- terday evening. The coast near St. Malo is covered with wreckage and the car- casses of cattle. Two-thirds of the Hilda's passengers | were French farmers returning to France with Heavy sums of gold for the yearly harvest of potatoes. The others were English families who were going to spend the Inter at Dinard. The wreck lies on the beach three miles off St. Malo, showing only her mainmast and forecastle. A correspondent of the Matin went to the scene on a Govern- ment steamship, which picked up five bodies which were entangied in the rig- ging of the Hilda. The bodies presented a dreadful spectacle, the arms and legs twisted in all directions and the hands torn by desperate struggling. VESSEL AT DAWSON 7 DOCK IN BAD WA Spectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Nov. 20.—A Dawson special says the steamer Monarch of the Daw- son-Fairbanks run is lying on the Daw- son water front badly logged and with her hull filled with water. The steamer was left out of water by the river drep- ping after a big jam broke last Monday morning. It was thought the waters had fully subsided, but they continued to go down and icebergs accumulated so she could not be pushed out into the stream. The steamer listed until the water ran over her decks and into the hold. She sank athwart large pleces of ice, which caused her two ends to sag and the middle to log. Steam pipe has been run from the Yukon sawmill and is fur- nishing power to operate the pump with which water is being forced from the hull. —_——— LEADER OF THE HOTTENTOT INSURGENTS IS KILLED Death Follows Severe Wound Received During Attack on' Germans _ in Africa. BERLIN, Nov. 20.—A cable message received here to-d: from Lieutenant General Trotha, commander of the forces in German Southwest Africa, announced the death of Hendrik Wit- ber, the leader of the Hottentot revolt. His death resulted _from a severe wound received while atiacking a Ger- man provision train on, October 29. Witber has been succeeded by his son Isaac. —— The New Safety Station Erected by the .city, opposite our store, ren- dere the crossing of Market street an easy matter for ladies coming down either O'Far- rell street cr Grant avenue. Try this new crossing and see our newly fitted store and the holiday exhibit, which {8 nearly completed. oRraphy” material, L i 1 4 and 1906_calendars s not equaled in any other S it MR e Co., 741 Market street. . Murder Near Varcouver, PORTLAND, Nov. 20.—A special to the Oregonian from couver, says that a man nai 3 and_ kijlled Adolph Miiler, hauler, to-day near R a few miles north captured. Brooks has been Reorn 20.—Reali- | | received from different points along | | the nearby coast. In all more than | | sixty bodies have been washed up, in- | | cluding that of Captain Gregory, the saved from the wreck, says there was | | with nine others below him, including | v , | cluded “shot | be eld, a placa || 1905. | | Disaster Greater Than the| dependence | ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21.—Normal | conditions of life are being resumed here. The workmen are returning to work, the electric light plants are in | operntion and telephone communica- tion has been restored. The newspapers reappenred this morning. | ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20.—The| | delegation of twenty-four prominent >oles, comprising representatives from |'all parties in Poland except the Social- : | ists, and also including members of the | Cathollc, ~evangelical and Hebrew { churches, which came to Petersburg to | plead the cause of Poland, to make known the attitude of that country to- | ward the Government and to outline | the aemands which ought to bé immedi- ately granted in order to restore tran- | quillity, issued a manifesto to-day to the Russian people, reviewing the sad uistory of Poland In tne last ceatury, aeciaring that the Poles had no thougnt | {0t separation or of independence and | asking for the support of all parties in Russia. ‘'ne manifesto firmly declares that | the normal and peacetul existence of | Foland will be made possible only by | the granting of autonomy, permission | to use the Polish language in the schools, in the courts and by the local administration and _the intrusting of | the Poles with the government of the | kingdom. | he assertions recently made in a Government communication regarding | the cause which led to the declaration of martial law in Poland are categori- cally denled. It is insisted that the country is not in a state of revolution and that the acts of violence which formed the pretext for the imposition of martial law were not the acts of the Polish people as a whole, but of the | same revolutionary elements which | were to be found throughout all Russia. Count Kraszinsky, the leader of the delegation, who is a grandson of the famous Polish poet, declared to-night not only that the Polish parties recog- nized that the restoration of Polish in- dependence was a dream impossible of | realization, but that the economic fu- ture of the country was bound up with | that of Russia, and if given autonomy { and freedom from the dominion of Rus- | sian administrators the Poles would be 1l | | willing to become faithful Russian sub- jects and share the same aspirations for the future improvement of the em- pire and its expansion toward the Bal- kans and the Dardanelles. o ZEMSTVO CONGRESS DIVIDED. Ome Factlon Supports and Another Opposes Count de Witte. MOSCOW, Nov. 20.—The Zemstvo Congress to-day devoted two long ses- sions to the discussion of the question of the attitude it should adopt toward the new Government, and late to-night adjourned without coming to a decision. | The debate indicated clearly, however, | the existence of two apparently ir- reconcilable parties, as well as the lines on which the division uitimately will be made, though the relative strength of the parties was not shown. A score of orators participated in the debate, and they were about evenly divided between the advocates of the immediate convocation of a constituent | assembly and those who are urging co- | operation with the new Government, so as to save the country from anarchy, if not a complete revolution. Roberti of Tvor, who for years has been prominent in the struggle against the Government, led a compromise party, declaring it would be needless haste to throw themselves in the arms of Count de Witte, which, he added, were “‘none too clean,” but he would be willing to co-operate with the Government, If Count de Witte | would consent to a severe investiga- tion of the acts of authorities accused of instigating outrages by the “Black Hundred,” by a commission composed equally of representatives of the ad- ministration and the Zemstvoists. Prince Eugene Troubetskoy spoke at considerable length. He declared that the present was no time for hafr-split- ting, but that all parties should place confidence in the Ministry, which would not dare to let' go unfulfilled the prom- jses made in the imperial manifesto, on which its existence was based. Per- haps the Ministry was not altogether | satisfactory, he said, but he asked hlui hearers to place themselves in the po- sition of Count de Witte in h.s endeav- ors to form a Cabinet, when the per- | sons whom he desired to participate in | it declined to accept office. except on conditions with which the Premier was unable to agree. AP SRR NO TROUBLE ON THE LENA. Russian Consul Explains Cruiser’s Presence at Honolulu. HONOLULU, Nov. 20.—Acting Rus- slan Consul W. Pfotenhauer denies that there was trouble aboard the cruiser Lena and that she came to this port In view of a threatened mu- tiny while approaching Vladivostok. He says that the Lena left San Fran- cisco with 2000 tons of coal aboard, but it was found to be of poor gquality, and strong head winds in addition de- layed, the progress of the vessel. In consequence the captain believed that it would, be unsafe to continue on to Yokohagna and steamed for Honolulu. TOKIO, Nov. 20.—It Is reported here . that Russia, apprehending a mutiny of prisoners on board the transports con- ! veying them from Japan, asked the Japanese Government to convoy them | with warships to Vladivostok, but the Japaneses declined to do so. Strong enmity between the members ' of the army and navy on the vessels is said to exist,, Admiral Rojestvensky is reported to e keeping In his cabin on | the Boroneji. ’ —_— TROOPS RAID A CHURCH. Fire Upon a Crowd and Kill Two Men and a Woman. LODZ, Russian Poland, Nov. 20.— About 200 persons were arrested by the military in the Catholic Churech of th Holy Cross here yesterday for s ng patriotic songs. When the soldiers reached Mikala Jiewski street with their prisoners, a crowd of people abused the escort and the officer in ' command ordered the troops to fire. Two men and one woman were killed and four men were wounded. } —_— SR JAPANESE LOAN CONCLUDED. hfl‘omtumm’ in America NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Kuhn, Loeb & Co. announce ‘that arrangem: for a n- Js loan ve b ' Sesat 4D worked -as a bellboy. | POLES MAKE AN APPEAL TO RUSSIAN NATION. All Factions Except Socialists Join in a Conservative Manifesto. 'Realize That Restoration of Their In- s Impossible served by the Japanese Government to pay all or part after fifteen years. The | £50,000,000, | total authorized issue is but only one-half of that amount will be issued at present, the balance being reserve for conversion of a drifting 6 per cent sterling loan. Of the amount to be issued $12,000,000 | a, One half | will be allotted to Paris, which is new market for these bonds. of the remainder will be divided be- tween England. Germany and the United States. The new issue will take up the high rate internal loan. The price of the issue is not yet stated, but will be about 87 per cent and interest. N kA S FOREIGNERS EXPECT TROUBLE. Preparing for the Necessity of Flight ' From the City of Odessa. ODESSA, Nov. 20.—The situation in | this city is again somewhat disquieting. A recrudescence of the disorders is threatened by the so-called loyalist ele- ment and there are rumors of a mutin- ous spirit among the troops. The members of the British colony held a conference to-day and arranged to as- semble at the consulate at the first sign of disorder and demand that the Russian authorities send a guard of soldiers to the consulate. It this be refused the male members of the Brit- ish colony will organize an armed bodyguard and escort the colony on | board British vessels, which will be held in readiness in the harbor. The British Consul to-day applied for a collective passport for the entire British colony. The American, Aus- trian and Itallan colonies propose to take the same measures. FARNERS APPEA T0 THE UNIKS PITTSBURG, Nov. 20.—At the opening of the second week of the Amer- can Federation of Labor convention E. A. Calvin of Fort Worth, Tex., representing the Farmers' tional and Co-operative Union of America, said in an address that the pur- pose of the Farmers' Union is to elimi- nate speculation in cotton. The corner- ing of the cotton market by speculators must be stopped, he said, and only by co-operation with organized labor can this be accomplished. F. H. Foster of Boston, secretary of the’ committee on the President’s annual report, submitted the conclusions of the committee. The committee commented extensively on the recommendations em- bodied in President Gompers' report and unanimously approved all of them. The application of the Stone Masons’ International Union for a charter in the Federation was refused. Delegation Charles Dold moved that the convention recommend that the executive council grant a charter to the Steam- fitters. President Gompers refused to entertain the motion. Despite the ruling that the motion was out of order the discussfon continued and no effort was made to stop it. After a long debate the previous question was moved. The vote resultea: Ayes, 9309; noes, 4991. At the afternoon session the Steam- fitters’ dispute came up when President Gompers gave his decision on the point of order raised by John Mitchell at the morning session. of the constitution was quoted, which provides that the president, with the con- sent of the executive council, has the right to issue charters, and President Gompers ruled that the point of Mitchell was well taken. This ruling bars the National Association of Steamfitters from admission to the Federation. —_— Wants News of Her Brother. Chief Dl yesterday from Miss Glover Hill, Ohio, that her little broth- er Fred had left his home In Denver, Colo., on June 29, expressing his in- tention of coming to this city. He had She said her papa had been killed in a railroad wreck about three weeks ago and had left some insurance money, which she could not get until Fred was found. Fred is 4 feet 7 inches tall, light hair, blue eyes and has a scar over his right ave. She wrote: “I am 13 years of age and have no papa or mamma.” The Chief was-asked to find her brother. ———————— HOLDS ELECTION OF OFFICERS.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the Pa- cific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home So- clety the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: President, 8. W. Levy, thirty- third year; vice president, Sigmund Greene- baum; treasurer, I. W. Hellman; secre Meyer H. Levy; coliector, D. Michael, Educa- | Section 1 of article 12| n received a postal card! Lula McClure, . GLAGYS BALL 1S UKDER WAY Cornerstone of New Public Building in Pretty Little fStructure to Be Two Stories in Height and Will Cost, Complete, Over $25,000 (R, LTS BN Special Dispatch to Tbe Call, GILROY, Nov. 20.—The cornerstone of Gilroy's new City Hall was laid to- day with appropriate ceremonles. The ! building is in course of censtruction at the corner of Monterey and Sixth streets. It is to be of brick, with fac- ing of sandstode, and two stories in ;height. The lower floor will be used | for fire apparatus and the upper floor | will _have an assembly hall and pri- | vate offices fow city officials. In the rear will be a jail. The structure fin- |ished wil cost over $25,000. To-day's celebration ~was by school children and citizens of the valley. Dr. J. W. Thayer, secretary of the Gliroy Promotion Club, was presi- | dent of the day. Songs were furnished by school children. Professor E. E. Brownell and Mayor George T. Dunlap made addresses and Rev. Mr. McKnight gave the invocation and benediction. Mayor Dunlap announced that rallroad’ company was willing to lease to the city for fifty years land adjoin- | ing the depot on the west for a park if the city would agree to maintain the park. He urged the citizens to work for this public improvement, which would give Gilrby the finest outlook of any interior city in the State. A tin box was placed in the corner- stone by City Clerk Hoover and the cornerstone was lowered into place by Councilnian George Seay. The Gil- roy Band rendered patriotic selections during the ceremony GOULDS ARE BEHIND A NORTHERN RAILROAD | Backs North Coast in Scheme | I to Build Across Wash- ington State. SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—The Seattle | Times is_authority for the statement | | that the North Coast Railroad, project- | jed from Seattle and Tacoma in | to connect at a point on the Snake | River, in Idaho, with a road building westward, is financed by the Gould syn- dicate and is to become a part of the | Gould transcontinental system as soon as the connecting links can be built. Papers haye been sent East for signa- | tures, and as soon as they are returned the capital stock of the road wlll be increased to make it possi- | ble for the local corporation to build the expensive Cascade Mountain line and te cross the State. Construction work in Washington at least will be done under the name of the North | Coast. i BRITISH SHIP MAKES EVENTFUL VOYAGE {Captain and Steward Die of | Fever and Two of Crew Are Lost. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Nov. 20.—Two men swept overboard by a high sea In a hurricane and drowned on the voyage from New- castle to Acapulco, her master and stew- | ard dead at Acapulco, where they suec- cumbed to fever, a fairly smart passage | from Acapulco to Cape Flattery with her crew short seven men and a mate, buf- feted about by gales off Cape Flattery for twelve days before she was pleked up by a tug, this is the record of the British ship Samoena, which arrived in port last night to load wheat. The Samoena is commanded by Captain McKinnell, formerly her first mate. Cap- tain John L. Boyce was her captain when 1 she left Newcastle, N. 8. W., in May with coal for Acapulco. Benson, an ap- prentice, and McEvett, seaman, were swept overboard by a high wave in June. At Acapulco Captaln Boyce and Steward Dinch dled of fever. Boyce was well known, particularly in London and Sid- iney. Sallors were unusually scarce |at Acaoulco and the voyage north was made-very short handed. | ——————— ' Elks’ Lodge of Sorrow. | VALLEJO, Nov. 20—The Vallejo | Lodge of Elks is preparing to make its annual lodge of sorrow, which will be held in Farragut Theater in this | city on Sunday afternoon, December 3, ‘the most memorable occasion in the history of the lodge. Judge A. G. Bur- nett of Santa Rosa has accepted an in- vitation to deliver the oration. Town Laid by Counecilman | DR. THAYER PRESIDES attended | southeasterly direction across the State | North Coast | TN BROTHERS " HRE MURDERED {Mystery Surrounds Death of | Men Whose Bodies Are Found Near Town of Simi | CLUB IS WEAPON USED ECme]l_v Mutilated Remains * of Bakersfield Blacksmiths | Mute Evidence of a Crime s DA Spectal Dispatch to The Call. i VENTURA, Nov. 20.—Two brothers | named Emmert were beaten to death ! last night at Simi, In this county, by unknown persons. The two men were stealing a ride on a south-bound coast | line train. Ome was put off at Simi, a littie station situated some distance | from town. The other got off and both | were seen later sitting before a fire near | the water tank. This morning when the | mail agent went to meet the train he | found the two men dead. The heads of | both men had been erushed with a club, which was found lying near. The bodies had been thrown across the spur track. There were signs of a terrible battle. Investigation was made, and by letters on the bodies the names of the men were {learned. They were blacksmiths, and had resided with their mother at 2019 I | street, Bakersfield. The wife of one of Mrs. O. B. Emmert, resides in | Who killed the men is a mystery, as no disturbance was heard during the | night and no tramps or other, persons were seen in the vicinity immediately be- fore or after the crime. The Sheriff is watching every avenue and has ordered ;Every suspicious character arrested. | FIREMEN OF NEVADA | HANDICAPPED BY ICE Unable to Subdue Flames Because Water Freezes in Pipes. Special Dispatc to The Call RENO, Nov. 2.— A thawing water pipe was the cause of a serious fire this aft- ernoon at Virginia City. During a flerce blizzard which reigned in that city, the water pives in the Meacham residence | became frozen and the water supply of the building was completely shut off. The people of the house attempted to thaw out the frozen pipes by the use of candles and torches. The surro became ignited land in a moment the house was a mass of flames. The Fire Department attempted to combat the flames with wet blank but the in- tense cold scon made the blankets a sheet of ice and all attempts to extinguish the flames were futile. They were finally compeiled to cease their efforts and the building was completely destroyed by the flames. By heroic work the firemen cceeded In keeping the fire from spread- ing to any adjeining buildings. | FEARS CIVILIZATION WILL SPOIL LAKE Banker Hellman Declares Tahoe Is Being Used as a Sewer. Special Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Nov. 2.—A warning cry has been sent out by Isaac Hellman, the banker of San Francisco, that the pure waters of Lake Tahoe are being defiled as the result of civilization. Distriet At~ torney Craig to-day received a letter from Hellman asking that the matter be called to the attention of the Commis- sioners and protactive measures be taken. He states that the sewage of all the resorts on the banks of the lake, as well las from the boats and small camping places, is emptied into the lake and be- | cause of lack of outlet the water has no | opportunity to purify. By some the | warning is believed to be a ruse of those opposed to bringing the waters of the lake to San Francisco, a scheme fostered by | large water companies now in existence | in California. —_— MILLIONAIRE OF KLONDIKE TIRES OF MATRIMONIAL BONDS ames Two Prominent Men of Dawson as Co-Respondents in Action for Divoree. | TACOMA, Nov. 20.—A Juneau tele- gram received at Dawson says Willilam Leake, a Klondike millionaire, has be- gun an action for divorce from Mrs. | Leake, making two prominent Dawson men co-respondents. Mrs. Leake Is now en route from Dawson to Skag- | way by sleigh with her children. e Negro Suspect Arrested. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.—L. F. Mal- lory, a negro, well known In racetrack circles in Los Angeles, was arrested this evening at Ascot on suspicion of { being the man who killed a policeman |at El Paso, Tex, In 1901. 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