The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1906, Page 6

FIGHT OVER TIDE LANDS S NOW ON 55t = Southern Pacific Enjoined by an Oakland Judge From Encroaching on Property With a Trestle| ALLEGED EFFORT TO ! THWART GOULD ROAD | Company Which Has Govern- | ment Contract to Dredge Harbor Complains That| Its Work Is Obstructed MPEDED. that this DREDGING IS I | en- | low | west of e Ameriean tide the wal to ger oW t | ri | rit | il - i it ment | & There is | a ween the fill m he Peralta- covered by the appea: company pur- trestie to the end to.deep water. of the train wall TEAR UP TRAINING WALL. The dredging company maintains that if the South: Pacific Company is per- | mitted to con = trestle westward there will be such obstruction to the work that the dredgers might be compelled to seek other places to Geposit the material, d that there does not appear to be any such place available without going to great expense and waste, It was said for the dredging company that the injunction was obtained because it was learned this afternoon by the dredgers that railroad men and survey- ors were Wworking westward along the training wall and were evidently prepar- ing to extend the trestle to the filled | ground. Rock had been loosened from | the wall apparently in preparation to open up places for the driving of piles. This action cqupled with the movements of surveyors alc-g the training wall led to the bellef that : - railroad company was pushing its construction directly upon the fill. In such event, it is set forth, the interference would materially obstruct the company from carrying out its contract with the Govermmient. Attorney Davis explained: “It is to be understood clearly that this flllhmmflewflhm.m’ntufl approval of the United States”engineer, Cojonel Heuver, and is on Statelands. The | ment . Company’s lands, and Yparallel PARTLY NEWS OF THE COU NUNAN MYSTERY CLEARED Man Whose Wife's Green Tells Two Chum Was Peddler Conflicting Stories. Police Drop Case, Believing Lothario and Other Man’s Spouse Are Still Alive. OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—The mystery:sur- rounding the sudden disappearance of J. J. Nunan and his wife and the find- ing of bloodstained clothing in their | home at 372 Second street was partly cleared up to-day when Nunan appeared in OAkland and gave an account of his actions since last Sunday. He told conflicting storles, but in the main the police belleve he told the truth. TIhe whereabouts of Mrs. Nunan stil found by the police of James Green, a peddler, whose attentions to the | woman are supposed to have been the cause of the trouble between Nunan and his wife. It was shortly after 11 o'clock this morning that the police received a tele- phone message from the San Fran- sco police w. count of disappearance. According { to the message Nunan said he returned o his home Wednesday night and | found Green in his house; that a fight ow and he was baedly beaten; that sequently in a rage he wrecked the su UNAN'S STORIES CONFLICT. Soon after the receipt of the message | n called at the City ade a contradictory statement to the He absolutely denied that his s were inflicted by Green and -d he had not seen the peddler for two weeks. nan had the following to say: is true that we bave quarreled, came to biows. but we way. He borhood. s e , striking m3 ling. The rim-of my hat y head was cut, and my shirt a with biood. I tal, where James Page and after- and changed my clothing. and Monday the absence of my peé mnd furniture and t afterneon § went to this morning. Wopdland, but stayed not wish to see her or le I was id that condl- went I meither have sub- concerned, she . 1 actioms for seven any longer. She did nursing as gone to Port Harford, > the same there. The last was S ¥ HEAD IS BANDAGED. head was still - bandaged u he arrived in Oakland and he coked as if he had had a hard time ng the last few days. His state- th e had not seen Green for two weeks is not borne out by the neighbors. Only last week, according to R. M. Place and J. M. Wallace, Green at the house and. struck Mrs. Nunan. At that time Nunan declared to Place that he would kill Green if he did not stay away. Other persons who live in the neigh- borhood saw a fight between a man re- bling Nunan and another man who s accompanied by a woman at Fifth and Jackson streets at the time Nunan | says he fell against a scantling there. ne of the witnesses to this fight was Miss Ella Dougherty of 166 Fifth street. The police have ceased.to look for ither Mrs. Nunan or Green. They be- rat the woman went to Port Har- she wrote to not her daughter. been seen around his ¥y are making no ort to As far as the police e concerned the ident is closed. ————————— LOCAL OPTIONISTS BUSY. OAKLAND, Jan. 5.—The first step in has a campaign for local or ward option | n the saloon question was taken to- night at a meeting held at the chapel | the First Congregational Church. | The meeting was called by a commit- tee of the pastors of the churches in | the city for the purpose of explaining | what the supporters of local op- »n in Oakland intend to undertake. The Rev. E. E. Baker, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, acted as irman of the evening, and the Rev. Miles B. Fisher, pastor of Plymouth onal Church of Piedmont, inted secretary. s were made by the Rev. Brown, pastor of the First ries R. | Congregational Church; R. W. Tener, superintendent of the Sacramento and Siskiyou district of the California Anti-Saloen League, and representing the Rev. Thomas McSweeney of SL Francis de Sales Church,who was {ll; the Rev. E. E. Baker, A. B. Taynton and L. M. Hartley, State superintend- ent of the Anti-Saloon League. Dr. Brown related the history of the fight made against the Jiquor business in several of the cities of the East, and urged the anti-saloon movement here. At the close of the speaking resolu- tions commending the _action of the liquor license ordinance committee, composed of the Rev. E. E. Baker, the Rev. Charles R. Brown, the Rev. H. J. Vesburgh, the Rev. E. R. Dille and Su- perintendent Hartley, and indorsing the | petition for ward option. introduced in | the City Council by Councilman Elliott, were passed. Pprre ey State can be no objector, for its water property is being reclaimed at no cost to | itsel? by the Federal Government, which is not a squatter.” FIGHTING WESTERN PACIFIC. The effect of this move for an c- tion Is to throw into the gourts the qbes- | tions which have arisen by reason of the | Southern Pacific Company's along the estuary shore, said o by & desire to prevent the Western Pa- | cific Railroad from getiing a‘terminal at deep water west of the Southern Pacific 40 . the broad gauge mole. On ‘Deh&if ‘of the Southern Pacific Company, Warren S. Palmer, the general superintendent, has denied that this is the compamy’s in- tention. He says the purpoge is-to con- struct a large system of docKing basins between the broad guage mole and the north training wall on Southern Pacific ands. - When asked to-night whether the in- Junction had anything to do with the Western Pacific Railroad, At- torney Davis said: *“I do not Know any- | them to white men. Their grandmothers | complained of feeling m%m the railroad. I am represent- &%y Dep muw.:.ww-mnmA_vtv', Baker, assistant division superintendent 7 _and upon the men employed by th Paclfic Company at the trestle. L= | unknown and no trace has been | to the effect that Nunan | in that city and had given an ac- e and tore his wife's clothing. | Prison and | Regarding Green, Nu--or the wound | I aid ! vears and | prompted | e ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS ROBBED BY PICKPOCKET.—Oakland, Jan. 5.—Joseph Belisky of Fruitvale reported to the police to-day that $20 was stolen from his coat pocket while he was in a crowd at Eleventh and Franklin streets last night. NEW PROFESSOR COMING.—Berkeley, ! Jan, 5. —Profes: v Ryder of Harvard, an { authority on to. join the fachity | &ccording 10 an announcement made by the college authorities to-d KNIFE WIELDER MUST ANSWER.—Ala- jmeda, Jan 5.-Julian Sauceda, a Mexican, ac- cused of having stabbed Frank Colleary on Christmas night, was given his preliminary bearing before City Justice R. B. Tappan to- day and held to answer to the Superior Court on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. WOMAN ‘ON PROBATION.—Oakland, Jan. ora Garrity, who has been arrested sev- I times for refusing to pay for meals she bad ordered and eaten, was placed on proba- ton by Police Judge Samuels to-day with the warning that if she were arrested again she | would receive the maximum penaity. MODIFIES DECREE.—Oakland, ge Eilsworth modified & temporary restrain- '3 order to-day directed against the Journey- men rights’ Association at the instance W. A. Boole-& Son after an| argument this morning by Attorney - Hiram Johnson. The { modified order will permit the men to be near Jan. 5.— | the shipyard so long as they are peaceable. CALIFORNIA HALL OCCUPIED.—Berkeley, | Jan. 5.—California Hall, the new edifice erect- d by the State on the campus for administra- | tion purposes at a cost of about $250,000, was | oezupied by the university officlals to-day for | the first time. President Wheeler and his staff office men have commodious quarters in the | buildmg. A number of protessors also have class Tooms there. DEATH FOLLOWS OPERATION.—Oakland, |Jdan. 5.—Miss Claire Bidieman, 21 years of age, died this morning at the County Infirmary, | after an operation for appendicitis performed rday. The deceased was a nurse at the Infirmary, which position she had heid ine months She formerly resided with her mother, now dead, in this city. The date | of the funeral has yet been set. ARRESTED WITH EASE.—Oakland, Jan. 5.—Mrs. Camilla Preston of Frultvale, who a to few months ago kept the constables away from her home for four days at the point of @ pis- o when they were endeavoring to serve a hment on her, submitted to ar- on a charge ‘of disturbing the She wes arrested on the complaint of F. Lee, a real estate agent, who abusing him. peace. { Charles charges her w WILL BE GRADUATED.—Oaklan: Following i graduated School: F cis the list of pupils w om the Oakland Polytechnic High lorence Allen, Verona Allen, Fran. Dunne, Lois Frisby, ylvester Fitzpatrick, Eff Juel Larsen, Jessic Mar- ton, Myrtle Ma: I tin, Jessic McNaug ison, Mabel Raekcliffe, Shannen, dna Soares, Cora Slusher, Olive Wright. BOXING AT RELIA CLUB.—Oakland, he directors Rellance Athletie Club are seriously considering the resumption of professional boxing contests at the club, and at a meeting held last night a_committee was appointed to consider the advisability of ng monthly professional exhibitions, ere discontinued nearly a year ago. The committee Will report to the directors on Wednesqay evening, Japuary 10. The mem- bers of -the commiftee are: Eddie J. Smith, Paul Cerrol! and Dr. W. J. Smyth, | CATTLE PERISH FROM HUNGER —Oak- land, Jan. 3. tockmen .in the interfor of Ala- meda County are losing many cattle through | the effects of the continued drought, and re- | ports indicate that unléss the weather moder- | ates, and iarge quantities of rain fall within | the ‘next month, hundreds of horses and cattle | will dte of starvation. The continued dry sea- | son has prevented the growing of grass, and from August Orosa and M. J. Huston, cat- tiemen of Grass Valley, near San Leandro, comes the report that nearly 100 head of cat- tie and many horses have already starved to death. MAKRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakiand, Jan, 5. The follgwing murriage licenses were issued by the Coun Clerk to-d: Charles M. Schoon- muker, ard, and A San Francisco, and Jean S. How- . Oakiand: Julian Castillo, 23, San Jose, lice Stuart, 19, Oakland; Alexander W, | Congdon, 25, and Jennie C. Berard, 21 | of San Francisco: ph Isherwood, 70, land, and Harriet Becker, 65, Alameda; Frank M. Pouree, 26, and Anna B, Marshall, 28, both | of Ajban: Ore. gust C. H. Buck, 53, and | Else Matthiesen ), both of Walnut Creek: | Jose F. Rodrigues, 28, Fort Brags, and Rosie | Francis, 19, Centerville. MASONS WILL INSTALL OFFICERS,— Alameda, Jan. 5.—Oak Grove Lodge No, 215, F. and A. M., has elected the following officers who are to be installed Tuesday night: Wor- | shipful master, H. M. Hammond; senior war— | den. B. D. Rue: funior warden, B. E. Combs; | treasurer, T. W. Leydecke: both | V. Bordwell; junior steward, W. Bacon: | tyler, George Sturtevant; ofganist, J. de P. | Teller. Past Worshipful Master M, W. Simp- | son is to conduct the Instaliation ceremonies. | —— tJL’RY COMPLETED | FOR TRIAL OF LOGAN OAKLAND, Jan. 5.—The second day.of | Morehouse, Mies Leila Haslow, Miss Florence | the trial of Henry A. Logap for abducting | betel (unningham. Miss Blanche Bon | Ethel M. Cook resuited in completing the | Miss | jury. The members are George D. Hilde- | brand, S. J. Hill, W. H. Brown, Emil|Miss Alfce Shinn. Pianist, Miss Anoa Leimert. Kirchoff, Thomas Pringle, Thomas W, Corder, W. S. Linn, I. F. Storer, F. W. Thompson, F. G. Eiben, Morris Happ and Robert Bonner. Beside Logan sat his father, and Ethel i trial will be resumed on Monday. 'BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS ARE SLAVERS VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 5.—The fol- lowing is an extract from a report made te the Government regarding the slave trade among British Columbia Indians, the report being signed by C. J. South, clety: “At Cape Mudge there is a family of | half-breeds, both men and girls, showing. |very litde of the Indian in them. The lelder brother, being very ambitious and as unprincipled as he is ambitious, gave a potlach, spending some thousands cipal portion of his money has been made . by the sdle of girls. From this source he | has become powerful and rich. hair braided down. their cent, childish eyes, are being sold !and have been sold for years in Columbia to the highest bidders. Ilhve masters are the Mudge The In- Cook was accompanied by her mother, | manager of a tea store in East Oak- { Mrs. Mary Ross, and all listened to the |land, died last night at his Berkeley questioning of the jurors. The regular | home, 2311 Webster street, under cir- jury panel was exhausted when ‘eleven | cumstances that appear to make Inves- | jurors had been secured and a special | tigation by venfre of three jurors was hurriedly | Boyd retired at 10 o'clock, and an hour gathered from the street and the last|later awakened his wife by his death man needed was finally obtained. The | struggles. Dr. superintendent of the Children’s Aid So- | propert: OAKLAND, | “Girls with white skins, dark brown | daughter, Josephine, lay near to death backs, big, inno- | with pneumonia, Peter P SAYS HUSBAND (SAYS ATTACK > ABOUT SAYS OAKLAND RUINED BONNET| WAS NOT MADE' IS ECONOMICAL This Cruel Aet of Spouse,|Captain of Police Petersen |Chief Deputy Treasurer R. B. Wife Declares, Taxed Her Endurance Too Greatly LEAVES HIM FORTHWITH In Answer to the Complaint of Charles Lasswell Many Charges Are Set Forth OAKLAND, Jan. 5.—In answer to a di- vorce action begun by Charles H. Lass- well, alieging desertion vn the part of Mary B. Lasswell, she has retorted with the charge that he has a most villainous temper and that she was forced to leaye him by reason of his actions toward her. They have been married nineteen years and she claims that of late his outbursts have become such that her life is no longer safe with him. On one occasion, she states, he threw a drinking glass at her, but his aim being bad it struck their son on the head. At | another time he tore a coat in pieces be- | cause he did not like the fit of it. She says that only a short time ago he threw his gold watch at her and on April 20 of last year he threatened to stab, himself, and a little later threatened to kill her with a shotgun. One day he met her driving and ‘threatened to run into her | vith his rig if she did not turn out for him. On November 2, last, she says, he met her on the street and tore her hat from her head and destroyed it and diplo- matic relations froth that time on were entirely severed. Lasswell is an employe of the Contra Costa Water Company. He was ordered by Judge Harris to-day to pay his wife $30 a month alimony pending the trial of the case, which has been set for March He must also pay $100 attorney’s fees. BRIDAL TRIP WILL BE TOUR OF THE WORLD BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. o OAKLAND, Jen. 5.—“In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” That is what the poet sang. But he had never lived In Oakland. The fancies of the Oakland swain are centered on love the whole year | round and it is a mighty dull day when so- clety has no new engagement to discuss—no newly engaged girl to plan future gayeties for. Any npumber of romances have been un vélled with the dawn of the new year, and one of the most interesting was unfolded Tues- day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Moore in Piedmont, A small party of friends were foregathered there when the en- gagement was announced of Miss Louise Ha- gar, Mrs Moore's sister, and James R. Tall- man. Miss Hager's wedding belis are already atune, for the latter part of this month will find her a bride and then—lucky girl—she and her husband will make a tour of the world. Miss Hagar—a daughter of thelate E. C.-Ha- gar, the banker—is one of the bonniest girls in Ouklend. Attractive in.a fresh, radiant way, she is as accomplished as she i pretty. £he and her sister, Mrs. Moore, are two of the best_pianists in Oakland. Mr, Taliman is a member of the frm of Tatiman Bros., commiseion merchants on teenth street, and with them has enjoyed spiendid success. He is well liked by all who know him, and 5o recent engagement caused more general satisfaction than that of Mr, Tallman and Miss Hage:. Another engagement of wide interest was disclosed at a luncheon Thursday, when Mrs. J. J. White announced the betrothal of her Gaughter, Miss Anna Frances White, and Phil- lip C. Dibert. Clever, witty and & university graduate, Miss White is deservedly popular among her acquaintances. Mr, Dibert is & rising young attorney of San Franciseo and is & brother of Miss Oiive Dibert, who is becom- ing quite well kmown in the literary world through sher short stories. For the first time in years the old De Frem- ery place on Adeline street will be thrown open to welcome friends of the family, Sev- eral hundred guests have been invited, and. It promises to be one of the most brillfant events of the season. Assisting Mrs, James de Fremery will be Mrs, P, J. Van Loben Sels. Miss Virginia de Fremery, Miss Eleanor de Fremery, Miss An- nie Millfe, Miss Jean Howard, Miss Louise de Fremery, Miss Charlotte H Miss Fior- ence Selby, Mrs Thomas Olney, ‘Mrs. Donald Y. Campbell. Miss Mary de 3 Guy C. Earl and Mrs. Charles S. Wheeler. The Girls' Glee Club of the Oakland High Schosl will give their third annual concert January 12. Eopranos—Mise Elste L Coleman, Miss Helen Roome. Miss Almah Hollenback, Miss June Co . Miss Marguerite Johnson, Miss J. Ivah Murphy: second Miss Etta Kurtz, Miss juliette Stettenbens, Miss Bessie Nalton, Miss Lillian Leimert, Miss i t; altos—Miss Marion Meads, Miss ebrjgh Dorothy Willard, Miss Bertha Heath: sec- altos—Miss Nettie Anton, Miss Florence ‘I‘E‘rduln. Miss Lolita Kyte, Miss Ethel Meek, Mrs. Walter Hughes Henry entertained a small bridge whist party this afternoon. — ee————— MYSTERY IN DEATH. BERKELEY, Jan, 5—W. S. Boyd, the Coroner necessary. Gillihan was sum- ‘moned, but could render no assistance. An examination of the corpse to-day by the physician threw no light upon the causes of Boyd's death. The stom- ach will be analyzed. Bovd was 34 years old and apparently in excellent health. —_—— SAYS WILL IS ILLEGAL. OAKLAND, Jan, 5—A contest was Dbegun to-day over the estate of the late Marie Benoit, who died leaving v valued at $15,000. In a will she left her estate to Colima Kriemler, a foster child, but one who, it is claimed, was never legally adopted. The charge is made by the Public Ad- ministrator that the will was made while Mrs. Benoit was incompetent ot | and that Kriemler is not entitled to the | dollars, and it is reported to me the prin- | Property- —lt———— AGED MAN DIES SUDDENLY. ), Jan. 5.—While his it died . Myrtle t, last night. It is supposed that js death was due to heart disease. Dr. W. W. Kergan had been attend- iy at his home, idians. The slaves are white because m:_medamm%mw-’m their grandmothers ~were sold before ;Wwwmm" i ————————— b I ‘tornom.dm to Southern by his physi- he P! no however, the old man bad had Not Be Appointed Unless Given Probationary Period ——— Commissiopers in an address delivered last night before the Men's League of the First Presbyterian Church, h#s made a public statement in which he declares bis utterances were misconstrued. His state- ment follows: 1 did not say that I had been told that it 1 made a speech again it would probably cost me my job, for I do mot believe that is the case. 1 did not say that the six men who bad recently been appointed to the police department ‘were appointed for political rea- sons and not for merit, for that is mot the case, as the men recently appointed were from the eligible list, and o the best of my ; knowledge politics had nothing to do with the appointments. I did say that the men appointed were taken from various avecations of life; that they bad Do experience in police work, and as soon as star and uniform that the public expgets them to do their full duty, mever make mistakes, have exalted morais and eplendid courage. I £2id that as a rule appointments to the police department are made for political reasons, and that the good men of the community did not take enoush Interest in their police depart- ment. 1 said that brains were necessary as well as brawn in the make of police officers, and that they should have special training, & term of probation, before they received regu- lar appointments in the Police Department. I believe men should be proven ail right: that they should be worthy before the important Quties incident to poiice duty are given in their care. 1 suggested that the home was the place where that kind of training should be given to the children that will make thbem fic for life’s duties, and that ignorance in this Tegard often sowed the seed that resulted in & criminal Jite. I saild that I was a public servant, and that during the hours that I was absent from regular police duty 1 would, as opportunity afforded,” use the experience 1 had gained as a police officer to give a word of warning or advice to those whom i thought I might ben- efit, and in so doing I belisved I was earn- ing the sala the city paid me quite as weil ss I did at my desk at the city prison. In regard to an address made by me in San Francisco, for which 1 had been severely criti- cized, I said that I had not made a political speech, and that the speech 1 was making to them last night was not unlike, in many re- , the one I then made. 1 have two boys who might be infiuenced by many_of the evil conditions of the metropoils. The State University is attended by yeuns men and women from 1 parts of California, and every father or mother in the State has a right to object to conditions that might stain or disgrace a home, and all had a right to object to eonditions in San Francisco, or any- where else, that iIncreased our prison vupu- | and impeded the progress of our grester com- munity, 1 said that 1 would speak at all times when I could do good, and that I owed it to the community that pald me my salary to | use every effort to make things better. and that as a man, a Christian and a ciilzen, I would, with the help of God, work and labor as opportunity offered “~WOULD CONSOLIDATE BODIES. OAKLAND, Jan. 5.—Frank W. Bilger, representing the recently organized | Chaniber of Commerce, to-night ex- tended to the Board of Trade a formal invitation to c’solidale with that | body. The directors of the Board of Trade agreed to accept if the board would vote for the merger as a body. The Chamber of Commerce would accept Secretary Edwin Stearns of the board as secretary of the consolidated body, and the merger should be known as the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade. Bilger will report these conditions back to the Chamber of Commerce. Be- fore any further action is taken the Chamber of Commerce has secured per- manent quarters in a building 50 by 100 feet at the northwest cormer of Twelfth and Franklin streets. There is a large basement for a permanent exhibit of product. —_———— WOMAN SEEKS DEATH. OAKLAND, Jan. 5.—Margaret Smith, who has been arrested more than 200 times and who has tried twenty-one times to end her life of drunkenness, tried again to commit suicide this morning when Police Judge Samuels sent her to jail for fifty days. She tried to hang herself with a towel, but was prevented by Jailer Curtiss, who placed a wncg over her. When ar- rested Margaret always makes a fight, and it usually takes two or three po- licemen to subdue her. She was re- leased yesterday morning that she might be out of jail on her son's birthday anniversary, but was In the tanks again before nightfall. I ACCUSES HIS WIFE. OAKLAND, Jan. 5.—Ludwig Mikkel- sen, accused of beating his wife, who recently secured an interlocutory de- cree of divorce from him, and of taking her savings, pleaded not gullty to a charge of battery this morning and his trial was set for January 13. Po- lice Judge Samuels fixed his bail at Mikkelsen declares that he is not at fault. Before his wife secured the di- vorce, he says, he gave ‘)ler every cent he made and she gambled it away at the races. He also accuses her of striking him over the head with a rifle barrel. X i B PORTLAND WOMAN IS ROBBED WITHIN SIGHT OF POLICEMAN PORTLAND. Jan. 5.—Within fifty feet of a police officer and near enough to half a dozen peorle to touch them as they passed the corner of Washing- ton and Park streets, Miss Maude Cun- taining all she possessed last night at 7:30 o'clock. As she hurried along she passed Oficer Richards” Twenty feet from him a man overtook her, and as if by accident Kept pace with her. When she reached the corner the man ) ard Taylor. snatched her hand satchel and darted up Park street. | follows: President, Cr. Edward Grove; president, Melville Klauber; sec- Barker Burnell; Rufus Choate; secretary. ] 1 lonly about 8 cents in Oakland, which they were assigned to duty and received the | places this city the lowest on the list of ningham was robbed of a satchel con- | Explains as to an Address! Ayer Shows That Cost of at Men's League Meeting| Governing City Is Small WOULD TRAIN OFFICERS|FIGURES MADE PUBLIC|{IS AWA Thinks Patrolmen ~Should [Official Declares Expenses Per (Capita Are Less Than in Othér Municipalities OAKLAND, Jan. .S‘—Capta!n of Police | OAKLAND, Jan. 5.—In ;ie' of the ‘W. J. Petersen, who has been quoted as |[charge recently made before the CityY | SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 5 attacking the Board of Police and Fire Council by the Rev. Robert Whitaker and | gecree of divorce granted to Mrs. Frances others that the city government was be- ing extravagantly conducted, and that the taxes were, therefore, higher than they should be, Chief Deputy Treasurer R. B. Ayer has prepared a statemen{, showing that the cost per capita in Oak- lard is lower than any other city on the Pacific Coast, with the exception of Port- land. The statement shows the cost per cap- ita in the seven leading cities of the coast for 1903 to be: San Franeisco, $L46; los Angeles, $1.35; Seattle, $1.32; Spokane, $L24; Tacoma, $L.13; Oakland, $1.10; Port- land, $1.02. It also shows that in the year just closed the per capita cost was f the principal municipalities. In explain- ing the statement Chief Deputy Treas- urer Ayer said: In defense of the eomparison between Oak- this city expended $54,889 for street sprinkling. while Portiand, tavored by summer rains, ex- pended only $5802 for that purpose. Oakland's street lighting cost §64,684. as against $54.135 for Portiand. Oekiand gave §1800 to charity: Portland nothing. Deducting the difference in these fignres and Oakland's per capita cost i3 $1.02, which is that of Portiand. Oakland now claims 100.060 population, and for the year ending June 30, 1905, the receipts were approximately $520. Figuring 100,000 people to govern with this amount the cost is but 82 cents per annum per capita, which probably places Oakland ag the most econom- ically governed city west of the Rocky Moun- tains. It should be borne in mind that the matter of street paving is a direct tax upon the property affected and the opinion of improving rests wholly with the owneras of a majority frontage, and the fact that some of the coast cities may be building skyscrapers or spacious and expensive mansions is a private matter and is not entitled to consideration in a state- ment on municival finance. PREDICTS DISRUPTION LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—Supreme Presi- dent James A. Foshay: supreme secre- tary, H. V. Davis; supreme counselor, C. A. Post: supreme medical director, C. W. lation and ‘made the burden of taxes kreatcr, | Pierce, M. D.; commander - of uniform rank, General G. S. Adoiph; supreme past president, R. D. List; supreme trustees, Mrs. M. E. Keller and W. F. Vandefrieft; Supreme master at arms, JW. R. Savage of Texas. These are the officers elected to-day and to-night at the session of the supreme lodge of the Fraternal Brotherhood. Had it been a democratic eénvention, the ses- slon could not have been more stormy. Such bitterness has been displayed that late to-night, when the session ad- journed, Samuet J. Chappel: a prominent candidate for the office of supreme presi- dent, declared that there would be a split in the order and that a mew order would be formed by the lodges which will re- fuse to accept the action of the supreme lodge. Chappel charges that he and his ticket were defeated by questionable poli- tical means. He does not particularize, but asserts that when the truth becomes known ughout the order there will be a revoly especially among the northern lodges. He points te the fact that alt save one of the supreme officers are resi- dents of Los Angeles znd intimates that a faction here corraled all the votes to elect their candidates. —————— TALK ON LABOR TOPICS, Labor Ccuneil Hears Officers of State Federation of Laber. Several of the officers of the State Federation of Labor were present at the meeting of the Labor Council last night and addgessed the body on cur- rent topics on the labor subject. A resolution was adopted regretting the loss of Delegate Louis Rentelmann, who died. The council appointed Dele- gates Walter Macarthur, William P. McCabe, A. Rose and Charles Schu- bert as representatives of the council to attend the funeral, which is to be held this afternoon. A protest was sent to the council by members of the Scalers’ Union against the rate of wages paid by the United States army quartermaster’s = depart- ment in this city. They claim that men employed as scalers on Govern- ment transports are not sufficlently paid and when the matter was brought before Major Devel by delegates of the union he ignored them. Various unions elected the following men as officers: y Furniture and Plano Drivers” and Helpers' Unicn, International Brotherhood of Team Drivers’, Local 544: President, Fritz Meichs- men: vice president, H. Ryan; secretary. A. Fleming: trustee, F. Shumake; treasurer, ‘William Martin; business agent, C. A, Flem- Boxmakers' and Sawyers' Union—President. not voted for; vice president, J. Bates: finan- , T. Hughes; busfness asent, W. : trustee, A. King: delegates to Labor Council—J. A. Hughes, W. Meintosh and J. J. Machinists’ Apprentices’ Union—President, H. A_DMineden; vice presiden: Lunds: Mor- land and Portland it fs but just to state that | OF A STRONG ORDEB‘ & DOCTOR'S WIFE CETS DIVORCE Spouse of Health Officer of San Rafael Tells Court Tale of “Refined Cruelty” RDED ALIMONY Mrs. Spottiswood Deelares She Is Unable to Stand Family Jars Any Longer PECHC Special Dispatch to The Caill. —An interiocutory Spottiswood from Dr. John J. Spottis- | wood, Health Officer and prominent physi- lcian, was filed in the clerk's office to- day. By it she secures $5 a month ali- | mony and the custody of their children, | Frances, aged five years, and John, aged j two. The complaint charged the doctor | with refined cruelty. Mrs. Spottiswoods who was Frances McCloskey, was mar- ried to Dr. Spottiswood on April 12, 1588, Mrs. Spottiswgod, accompanied by her attorney and by a servant, appeared be- fore Judge Lennon and testified that she was of a very nervous temperament and unable to stand the dissension which marred her married life and wrecked her mentally. The «defense offered no . evi- dence, and after asking several important gustions Judge Lennon took the matter under consideration, later signing the in- terlocutory decree. The Spottiswoods are well Mill Valley and San Francisce, they have many friends. SOCIETYS WoRK 5 DISCUSSED ! Delegates to Interuniver- sity Conference of Y. M. C. A. Spend a Busy Morning knowy in wheze PACIFIC GROVE, Jan. 5.—The many phases of Y. M. C. A. endeavor agair occupied the morning session of th delegates to the interuniversity com- ference. The possibility of gaining an education at night by these employed | during the day was considered by class under the leadership of Rov Campbell of San Diego. The platform meeting was enlivened by music by a fine quartet. Frank Shelby and Clay- ton S. Cooper took part in the exer- cises, the latter speaking a few mo- ments on the auestion “Are We Giving Anything Really Valuable to Christ?” Mr. Leavitt, now en route to Nankin as the Y. M. C. A secretary. spoke about the society’'s work among the Chinese and the hopefulness of the present field in Japan. The afternoon was devoted tg an in tereollegiate tennis tournament. the singles when night fell Thomas of Pomona was ahead The doubles are also undecided. In the evening during conference hour there were four sections—finance snd membership, new students and so- cial, intercollegiate relations and rec- ords, and a presidents’ meeting. PLANS TO ESTABLISH BIG INDIAN EXHIBIT Special Dispateh to The Call SEATTLE, Jan. 5.—H. E. Huntiagton of the Southern Pacific Railroad has sent Antonie Apache, an educated In- dian, to Seattle in pursuance of a plan to establish a permanent Indian ex- | hibit at some place between Los An- geles and Pasadena. Apache arrived here this morning. He has been visit- ing the tribes in Eastern Washington, He says that the exhibit will have a group of every tribe of Indians in North America permanently quartercd there, besides an art gallery, containing Indian photographs. The Indians will live in their primitive bhabitations, clothed in their native dress, and en- gage In various handierafts. Apache has personally visited the tribes of California. Nevada. Oregon and Wash- ington and will scon leave for Alaska. ————————— POLICE THINK THEY HAVE SLAYERS OF BRAVE OLD MAN PORTLAND, Jan. 5—Charged with murder for the killing of aged Thomas Flemmings In the hold-up of the bar- room of the Centennial Hotel !n North Portlapd on the night of December 13 last, “Pattoo” D. C. Kelley and “Hiney Rossman are under arrest, the former in this city and Ressman in Tacoma. Kelley and Rossmian, who have police records, tally well with the deserip- tions of the men who held up the Cen- tennial barroom and murdered Flem- mings, who attempted to capture the robbers as they left the place with about $125 in cash which they took from the till after Mning up a dosen or more men who were in the place. —————— DELIRIOUS PNEUMONIA PATIENT DROWNED IN ARIZONA CANAL PHOENIX, Jan. 3—Thomas Mc- <« Grath, of whom little is known here, but who is snpposed to have in San Francisco, met a tragic death H 5 ! 18 i ——-