The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1906, Page 6

THE. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1906 NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY_ WAKES CHARCES OF CONSPIRACY Thomas 0’Donnell Declares | Undue Influence (‘ausodl Relative to Change Willl ———— | WILL FIGHT FOR SH \}H'I; (harges C. E. Gartland With | Using TIllegal Means to| Secure a Small Fortune which she i | i | | | n | | | ed | he Petition f of San Lean Eudocls F. ro; John | Van ‘Dugn, | | Pimentai has sued Manuel & , alieging extreme crueity | o @ ness and has k T . n 1868 and have one child MAINS UNIDENTIFIED. —Ala- be body Of a man recovered h side of the Ala ins unidentified at . B. Mehrmann has | uirjes conce g the | ese are being investigated. oleman of San Francisco believes may be that of Fred Erickson, g | was formerly employed by Dr. San Mateo, who - was later ¥ Dr. Krotossy: n Francisco, UE BOOK PRESENTED. —Berkeley A wnigue book, regarded as one of | ka ications of modern | to the University | u.-ho‘v of New York the New York Met- | liection of jade, | They were Heber and left to nia. 1902 . seum Art & col the most compiete in | 5g even the magnificent col- British museum. The book the bing and picturing this collection has in e to the University of California. Only hundrea copies of the work were ever printed The University of California end ate Museum in San Francisco are netitutions on the Pacific Coast e & coos —————— INDICTS TWO SANTA ROSANS, SAN RAFABEL, Jan, 19.—The Grand ry brought In an indictment last ednesday cherging John Woods and ence Fitts, both of Santa Rosa, with avit with intent to commit rob- ery, fixing their bail at $300 each. To- ay Jufge Lennon set their arraignment r mext Monday. They are accused of ding up “Mayor” Felix Sands, the bridge tender for the California North- western Railroad at Green Brae. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 19.—W. R. Zech, wh badly injured and crippled in the the funeral train near Point Reves on June 21, 1903, settled his case with the North Shore road yesterday. The terms of gettiement were not made public. He brought sult for $50,000. - = b & P2 wa k | wite and daughter in the E: { Jean | coming together so strangely, 80 unex- | | the plan, quickly formed, for the return | { her. | for her parent that culminated in such a | School, :| MOTHERS ACCOMPANY | Beventh-street FINDS FATHER AFTER A LONG SEARCH. Daughter Brings Happy Message From Estranged Wife to Return Home. % Mary G. Nelson came from Semeca, N. Y., to search for her father fn Cal- ifornin and convey to him a message from bher mother asking him to re- turn to ber, for she had come to realize that she was wrong in demand- ing to be free of him. The daughter hunted California over, but could find mo trace of her parent. But the fgqtes intervened In kindly office. At the Inst moment, by most remarkable colncidence, daughter and fatber were nllowed to meet, and reunion of hushand and wife is to be effected as soom ay the fast triin can earry him. 18.—Seeking a father ; by a strange nces from his . anxious to late to him tidings that would surely ng him back to the loved ones he had | Nelson last night discov- sing parent seated on a Key Jan separated circums BERKELEY who had been onspiracy br ieft, Mary ( ered her mis Route ferry-boat, and then was ended for her a rch that in all its detalls reads much like a chapter from one of l.aura | Libbey’s romances. | e girl had hunted for her father, she was convinced was living in rnia, from one end of the State most to the other, and in despair was ut to give up the task she had set herself. The father, E. L. Nelson, of Sen- eca, N. Y., was just about to leave for work in the northern part of the! State when the daughter espied him last night on the ferry-boat. The meeting | Was coincidence of the extraordinary rt, and resulted in an affecting scene ! when daughter and parent clasped armis and cried as they kissed each other, pectedly, in a land thousands of miles | trom their New York home | The principal result of the meeting was | to New York of both. There a mother || awaits the girl, and a wife her husband, | | 2+ wife whom the husband had believed | | wearled of him and wished him to leave | | her alone without his presence to disturb | | It was to correct this belief of Nel- | on’s that the girl journeyed to Califor- | nia three months ago and began a search | narkable fashion last night. | clson had a happy home until a year | ago, when his wife conceived a dislike | l for him that ended in her expressed wish | for a divorce. No cause was alleged. " eemed to be the victim of a Nelson, believing that his | | absence might work a cure, and sensitive | | to the slight cast upon him, came to Cali- ie family did not have his ad- ! When Mrs. Nelson came to her i was informed of the work | | had wrought she was stricken with remorse and the daughter was sent | alifornia to bring back the father and husband. Mary Nelson secured a position as com- | n to a_wealthy Rochester woman, C. F. Mack, who brought her t Pasadena. She believed that her father | probably would secure work as a car- | penter in the rafiroad shops at Oakland, | SIS, PR 3 N her fancie anfi so sought him there, but without | i B R 2 success. She was given a home whil EAST! GIR:. WH _LONG here by Mrs. B. G. Evans of W 2 R BATEER HAL Berkeley, a sister of Mrs. k's. e i Nelson has been empio; in charge | rpenters working on the mmit, in the north, He rancisco yesterday some contractors and on this journey met the daughter, who by that time had made her mind to go back East, giving up ir the hunt for her father. To- reunited, happy pair Iaft for the where Mrs. Neison awalts them ing welcome. ek S gt & g STUDENTS END THEIR HIGH SCHOOL COURSE] Z SULLESTS P FI8 CITY AL % e OAKLAND, Jan. 19.—Mayor Frank K. Mott this morning made public plans which he has formulated, by which Oak- OAKLAND, Jan. 19.—The members of | land will secure at once a new city hall, the duating class of the Oakland | @ hall of justice, a public art gallery and | | High Bchool received their diplomas to- | Museum. and which will also make pos- night at the Common Schooel Assembly | Sible the opening ‘of Washington street Hall at the Chabot Observatory, the pre- | through to San Pablo avenue. The sentation of the parchments being made | Mavor's pian is one which will, if carried by Judge F. C. Clift, president of the | Out, make it possible to erect al] the pro- Board of School Directors. A brief liter- | Posed buildings without the purchase of a ary and musical programme preceded the | Single foot of extra land, and entalils presentation of the diplomas, the exer- | ©nly the expense of the erection of the cises beginning with an invocation by the | new buildings. Rev. J. H. Lathrop. 2 Mayor Mott has given much careful An introductory address by E, F. Bur- | thought to the erection of a new city, rell, vice principal of the Oakland High | hall, and the plan proposed by him is the was followed by an es®ay ' on | result of a study of each of the many “Poetry in Modern Need,” by Miss Linnie | plans which have been prepared for the A. Chase, and a talk by Frederick A.| much needed improvement. In discuss- Weigle, the subject of which was|ing the plan this morning Mayor Mott “Ideals.” An address by the Rev. Wil- | said: Mam H. Hopkins closed the exercises. | I have coms to the opinton that a new City Hall ehould be erected of granite or other stone on the gore formed by the junction of Fourteenth street and San Pablo avenue, in which all the departments of the city gov- ernment could be brought together. No mod- ern city has its police courts and jail in the same bullding as its department offices, and 1 lleve that a bullding for these should of the graduating class The members Risdon, | be erected mbout where the present City Hall Dogzier Jr., Wesley Kergan, Albert Logithall | stands, with room between the new City Hall Adolph Lucas, Bruce Maiden, FEdward | and the latter bullding for the extension of McCracken, Elton McNamara, Caswell Nor- | Warhington street. » man, Andrew Ohmert, W, D. Peasiee, Herbert | An art gallery and museum should be erected Scupham, Fred Slefert, Lyste Spangler, where the present offices of the Health De- ene Sturievant, Justus von Loben Sels. Hu- | partment dre located. Such an art gallery §ert Walker. T'red Weigle and Fred Woodburn. | wou'd do much to advertise Oakland ‘and I | am confident that it would receive the patron- |age of every artistic and wealthy person in | Oaklana. SONS TO COURTROOM | INFANT ABDUCTED ALAMEDA, Jan. 19.—Dongld M. Mc- | . BY ANGRY FATHER Kisick and Frank E. Bowen, the young | | OAKLAND, Jan. 19.—The abduction of |a six-months-old babe by her enraged men of prominent familles who are ac- | father this evening caused excitement in cused of ‘having 4ried t6 burglarize the station of the Southern Pacific Company and ‘'who were captured while at work by Policeman A. S. Blunk, appeared before City, Justice'R. B. Tap- par this afternoon and their preliminary | examination on charges -of ‘attempt to | commit burglary wad sét for Saturday | morning, January %, at 10 o’clock. McKisick was represented to-day by his | 1 | West Oakland and resulted in the sum- moning of the police by Mrs. John Dame, the mother, who feared that some harm might befall her offspring. The little one is now In the West Oak- land Home, and a contest. for her posses- | sion will be carried to the courts. According to Mrs. Dame, she left her { brother, Attorney R. T. MeKisick of | Sacramento, and Attorney L. 8. Church of Oakland. Bowen has retained Attor- ney Henry C. McPike to defend him. McKislek's mother and two sisters and Bowen’s mother were present during the court proceedings. McKisick, expects to secure his release 10-morrow on $2000 bail. Saitihab S oo fudlhs VOTE TO CONSOLIDATE. husband about two weeks ago and came from San Leandro to the home of her mother, Mrs. George Schultz, 1314 Chest- nut street. She brought the little girl with her, and to-day Dame called at the house and asked to see the child. The wife had no suspicion of his intention until he suddenly caught up the little one and ran from the house. Mrs. Dame gayé pursuit, screaming and arousing the OAKLAND, Jan 19.—A ‘majority of | neighborhood. but Dame and the child the members of the Oakland Board of | were socn lost to sight. Mrs. Dame later Trade having expressed a desire that | telephoned to the police and Policeman the organization should consolidate | Cox responded and located the child in with the newly organized Chamber of | the West Oakland Home. No arrests were Commerce of Oakland, the directors to- | made, " night unanimously decided that the | Dante, who is a traveling salesman for consolidation should take place on Feb- | the Best Manufacturing Company, says ruary 1. After that date the dues of | this is the third time his wife has left piembers will be collected In the name | him, ,and that he will try to have the of the Chamber of Commerce. Secre- |custody of the child awarded to him. tary BStearns was ordered to no!'lry e each member of the consolidation. !PEBJURY I8 GHA.RGED AGAINST BRADBURY A delegation of the members of the Chicago Commercial Association, which Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 1. — Millionaire is making a tour of the southwest, will ‘William B. Bradbury was indicted by the visit Oakland and San Francisco next week, arriving in-this city on' Saturday Grand Jury last Wednesday on a charge of perjury, and was arrested to. by evening, January 26. A committee con- sisting of Sol Kahn. George W. Hatch and Edwin Stearns was appointed to- night to arrange for the entertainment of the visitors. The members of the visiting party, all prominent merchants of Chicago. are: James R. Baker,'C. P. Coffin, C. H. Crossette, Frank G. Hall, E. L. Hasler, J. P. Mann, H. L. Saylor, F. S. Shaw, H. C. Staver, W. M. Thompson, W. F. Hypes, Ralph Van Vetchen, Fred A. Watson and E. 8. Wooa -day Under Sheriff R. G. Lichtenberg. He was released on bonds. The Grand Jury, in its indictment, accuses him of himself in the sult of James S. McCue and his wife against Bradbury and his wifq and trustees to 1 the defe to accept moneys on a note, trust deed in Corte Madera. HOW T0 CLEAN CREAT DENAND (DUDLEY SALES THINTED MONEY) FOR FRANCHISES| ~ THEIR CHOICE| FOR THE PUBLIC President Wheeler Tells of Treatment’ Which Rocke- ‘feller's Coin Received HONOR PAID TO HARPER Life and Achievements of“ Chicago Savant Described at Services in Berkeley gt BERKELEY, Jan. 19.—Services in mem- ory of William R. Harper, the late presi- | dent of the University of Chicago, were | hold this morning in the First Presby terian Church, at which President Ben- jamin Ide Wheeler and Rev. H. J. Vos- burgh delivered appropriate addresses. The services were under the auspices of the Assembly of Divinity Schools of Berkeley. All the theological seminaries | were represented in the audience, wlth' scores of students from the University of ! California, i President Wheeler made but a single ! reference to John D. Rockefeller's gifts to | | the university, saying: “If there is such | a thing as tainted money, 1 would that more of it could be brought Into such use | as was made by Mr. Rockefeller's money by President Harper, for assuredly such use would remove any possible taint from the gift, and purify it completely.” The death of President Harper, so the speaker believed, will recall to John D. | Rockefeller his promises to the Univer- sity of Chicago, and may bring about even greater opportunities for accomp- lishing results there. President Wheeler , spoke of his dead friend as a man whp, aithough rated as a splendid organizer, yet was most fond of teaching, and teaching the Bible in particular. He said: ! President Harper taught Hebrew because the Old Testament books were written in that language. He was a great teacher and great | in his ability to inspire Interest and enthusiasm | regarding his subject. 1t was with reluctancs that he loft the work of teaching to me | the head of the University of Chicago. He believed strongly In the practice of reading the Bible, and ever sought to impress his students With the Decessity of a thorough acquaintance with the Bible as a result of constant study of that book. President Harper was an optimist. _Because he was of such temperament he was able to accomplish much at the head of the Uni- versity of Chicago. Rev. H. J. Vosburgh, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Oakland, spoke of President Harper's work and person- ality in part as follows: President Harper's life contained a great lesson for all of us. He veceived his degres | as doctor of philosophy when he was but 19 years old. AL 25 he was a teacher of Hebrew and later was called to organize the University of Chicago. As a man an_instructor. a scholar and an administrator his work was | for all to foliow and will be an in- to those who knesw of Iiis deeds and i | sp! n through the years him and those who are to'd | the things he accomolished BRAVE CONDUCTOR SAVES LIVES. OAKLAND, Jap. 19.—The bravery and coolness of D. S Peterson. a con- | | ductor on the San Pablo avenue divi- | | sion_of the Oakland Traction Consoli- dated, was. the means of saving the lives of A. Cather of San Leandro his daughter. Miss Ellen Cather, | and this afternoon, when their buggy was wrecked by a runaway horse belong- ing to L. L. Wendt, a collector. The | accident happened on Broadway, be- | tween Seventh and Eighth streets. | Cather and his daughter were thrown t othe ground, but Peterson stopped | their horse before either was injured. |LIFE INSURANCE { UNDER DISCUSSION NEW YORK. Jan. 19.—Members of the | legislative insurance investigation com- | | mittee, which lately concluded an investi- gation of the life insurance business, held a conference here to-day with representa- tives of the insurance departments of New York. lowa, Ohlo, Minnesota, Illi- nois, Wisconsin and Michigan present. Senator Armstrong.said that the con- ference was executive. He also said there would be held in Chicago, on February 1, a meeting which will be attended by the Governors, Attorneys General and the heads of insurance departments of various States. for the purpose of mutual inter- chanzing of opinions and expressions in the matter of dealing with life insurance. These will be held under the auspices of the National Insurance Commissioners’ Association. WADE IS ACQUITTED - BY COURT-MARTIAL VALLEJO, Jan. Rear Admiral Mc- Calla, commandant the Mare Isiand navy yard, recelved a wire from Wash- ington this afternoon announcing that the court-martial board that sat at Mare Island last fall to try Ensign Charles T. Wade of the U. S. S. Benningtorn has rendered a verdict declaring Wade inno- cent. The Secretary of the Navy has ap- proved the verdict and ordered that Wade be restored to duty at once. LES LUNATIC EATS GRASS LIKE COW LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.—Stark naked and browsing on_the pasture grass among the cows, Jullus Nack was ar- rested at Downey, a pitlable maniac. ‘He thought he was a cow and-stood about on all fours, placldly chewing his cud among the kine. When he was arrested it was found that his knees and his knuckles were hard and cal- lous from traveling on his hands and knees. The officers had a strenuous time with the man-cow when he was arraigned. He howled and yelled so that the Judge had to go downstairs and in- from the poor creéature under one of the palm trees in the courthouse yard of his legal rights to a hearing. He is well-to-do financially. 7 . ——————————— r Exploring Company Incorporates. AUGUSTA, Me., Jan. 19.—The Well- man-Chicago Record-Herald polar ex- pedition, a corporation whose object is , to carry on a sclentific and exploring ' expedition with the aid of balloons and alrships, has heen organized in this city. The certificate of incorporation ;:l flled to-day with the Secretary of te. PIETRS ————————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. — 5 STEAMERS. Jan 15—Stmr Mera, from Hamburg via Callao, etc., for San Fran- Jan 18—Stmr for Philadeiphia; stmr Ottoman, i ftmr Paricign ‘for Halifax and St John; stmr Saxonia, for Boston; stmr Welsh- ‘man, Portland, for. ‘ : MANCHESTER-—Arrived i dan 18—Stmr Cal- ‘Waldersee, from N OCEAN CORINTO—Arrived Palo Alto Trustees Are Be- sieged by Applicants for Permits to Build Railways PUT CHECK ON BIDDERS Demand From Petitioners Bond of $50,000 as Assur- ance Request Is Bona Fide Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PALO ALTO, Jan. 18—The fight for electric road franchises was resumed last night before the Town Council here and another probable adversary of the Southern Pacific Company en- tered the field. Harvey W. Fowler, one-time partner of AAndrew Carnegie, and a capitalist with headquarters at Pittsburg, appeared and asked for a permit to run electrie buses over the streets here. ehind it all the skepti- cal see a plad) to thiwart the already competing roads by a series of fran- chise-seeking moves. Trustee David Curry made a motion that everyone presenting an applica- tion for a franchise in Palo Alto should ‘accompany it with a bond of $50,000 as an evidence of good faith. 'The City Clerk was instructed to file' the appli- ! cations so far received until each pre- | sents the bonds. « Harvey claimed he had the sanction of two Stanford University trustees and could get the others to agree to letting his electrfc buses run on the campus. He promised a complete service for the town and unfversity. Tt is thought by some that the terri- tory betwen Mountain View and Red- wood City, where the peninsula nar- rows, is now being warred for by the Southern and Western Pacifiz r roads, with the Santa Fe discreetly moving in secret. TRADE REPORTS ARE IRRECULAR -— NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Dun's weekly review of trade to-morrow will say Trade reports are more frregular, chiefly because of the vagaries of the weather. Open aveather 13 facllitat'ng outdoor work, building operations are progressing at an unpracedented pace for the se , and the construction news report permits sued In 1905 to a value of $525,186,412, which ie 40 per cent in excess of the preccding year. Officlal returns of foreign business also tell of a new record established last year, the total for ' December exports alone rising bevond any other menth in the natfon’s history. For the last week at this port exports showed an increase of 34,102,658 and imports gained §1,299,057, as compared with the same week last year. More advances in wages are an nounced and an agreement as to coal mining is more probable, but some fric- tion is noted in the building trades. Raflrpad earnings thus far reported for January were 7 per cent larger than a year ago. Failures for the week number 286 in the United States against 331 las{ week, and 37 in Canada compared with 24 a year &go, £ 5 Bradstreet's to-morrow will say: In- créasing production and re=sales of earlier purchases of copper caused a weakness in thai metal, with jeclines noted also in lead. Mild weather tends to cause de- clines in the prices of eggs, potatoes and some other lines of country produce. Business faflures in the United States for the week ending January 18 number 274, against 3% in the like week of 1905. Wheat (including flour) exports for the week ending January 1S are 3,488,862 bush- els, against 1,138,974 this weeck last year. From July.1 to date the exports are 77,237,651 bushels, against 38,015,198 bushels last year. B PRISON ELECTRICIAN LOSES OFFICIAL HEAD SAN QUENTIN, Jan. 19.—Electrician John H. Wooll, a son-in-law of ex-cap- tain of the yard Henry L. Harrison, was the victim of Warden Tompkins' ax to- day. This makes the eighth head lopped off since Warden Tompkins was officially notified that his own head would be lopped off on the Ist of February. Ru- mors are very strong that a well-known and popular guard will be the next on the block. R. H. Hunter of San Franclsco will take the place of Wooll as electri- clan. The salary is $120 per month. The ‘Warden is receiving many applications for positions. OLD SOLDIER AND PIONEER FOUND DEAD BY NEIGHBOR REDDING, Jan. 18.—In an outhouse at the rear of his cabin north of Red- Denver Man Will Be Chosen Head of the Class of '06 at Stanford University ATHLETE AND SCHOLAR Is Debater of Great Ability as Well as a Shining Light on Baseball Field ———— Special Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 19.— Dudley I). Sales, a senior of Stanford | Unlversity. registering from Denver, was to-day nominated for the presidency of the ‘06 class. He is the sole candldate | for the position and is therefore practi- i eally elected. To be president of the graduating class is considered the crown- | ing honor of an undergraduate’s career. Sales is very popular. He is prominent in athletic -circles, belng a veteran of . two years' standing on the baseball team. | Aside from his athletic prowess he is | on several Carnot teams and interclass squads. He is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Euphronia Bociety and the honorary Quadrangle Club. He is a major in the department of law. The other officers nominated are: Miss Ruby Kimble of Los Angeles for vice | Angeles, for secretary, and Walter Y. Wentz of Ban Diego for treasurer. OPERATORS TO OFFER A SMALL INCREASE INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 19.—An increase in the wages of the coal miners equiva- lent te the reduction accepted by the United Mine Workers in the joint wage conference of 194 is the proposition which the operaters are expected to de- fend In the joint conference which is to convene n Indianapolis next Tuesday upon the adjournment of the present an- nual convention of tne United Mine Workers, While none of the operators will talk for publication at this time, it is evident tnat their position will be that, while they have enjoyed a degree of prosperity within the last ten months, their receipts have been nothing like what the miners belfeve them to have been, and that an increase of about 7 per cent is the best th can do. LOOKING FOR CAPTAIN AND COIN FOR CREW SAN DIEGO, Jan. 19.—The whereabouts { of Capfain E. Larsen, late skipper of the four-masted schooner Bangor, is a mat- ter of speculation and anxiety to the owners of the vessel, the Pacific Ship- ping Company of Sdin Francisco, and they are exceedingly desirous of finding nim. Larsen has been missing about a week, dating’ from the time he was to | pay off the crew which brought the | schooner south. Last Saturday he called upon Manager Wagner of the Russ Lum- | ber and Mill Company, the consignees of the cargo of lumber which the Bangor had just discharged. and as provided for | by the owners of the vessel drew several hundred dollars with which to pay off the men. So far none of the saflors have re- cefved a cent. OLD SOL TURNS OUT FOR THE OREGONIANS Special Dllp:fh_.lc The Call. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan. 19.—“This is the most cordial reception 1 have had since 1 have been on this tour. It is the first sunshine we have kad,” said Gover- nor Chamberiain of Oregon, who arrived here this morning with some 180 prominent Oregonians. The party was met at the depot by the entertainment committee of the Chamber of Commerce. The train was delayed on the mountains, and the excursionists would have fasted from breakfast until their arrival at the Hotel Potter, Santa Barbara, to-night, had it net been for the thoughtfulness of the Chamber of Commerce of this place, which furnished the travelers luncheon in packages labeled: “To avoid sunstroke place this package under your hat.” ————————— FALLS INTO WELL AT PUMPING STATION AND IS DROWNED BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 19.—Earl Mor- gan, the 22-year-old son of Mrs. C. M. Morgan of 2727 Chester avenue, this ¢ity, met a tragic death during the storm of last night. He fell into the deep well near Vulcan Siding. at the pumping station of the Southern Pa- cific Company, where he was employed, and was drowned. The young man leaves a widow and a three-weeks-old infant. He had been married but lit- tle over a year. —_——————— VISALIA IS IN DANGER. VISALIA, Jan. 19.—For the second time a debater of no mean ablility, having been | president; R. E. Naftzger, also of Los| ding cbld in death, W. D, Bradford, an | this week Visalia is threatened with old pioneer miner and soldier, was |inundation. Several violent rainstorms found to-day by a neighbor who had | deluged this region last night and it has gohe to sce the old man. Bradford had | been raining in the mountains all day. been quite feeble for some time, buy|St. Johns River is overflowing all day. was not considered seriously il | two feet higher than it was ever known Friday morning he went to the rear|to be before. Mill Creek, which runs of his home and shortly before noou | through the center of Visalia, is over- TREAT IN STORE Well Known Talkers Will Leeture Every Two Weeks for Suburbanites’ Benefit VOLUNTEER SERVICES LR T P Instruetive Feature Added to the Curriculum of the High School of San Mateo SAN MATEO, Jan. 19.—Arrangements have been made by the local high school authorities to give every two weeks throughout the school term a series of lec- tures upon topies of timely interest. San Mateo fortunately is well provided with men and women who have the intellectual qualifications pecessary to give such a course of lectures and public interest enough to volunteer their services for such a worthy addition to the high scheok curriculum. The lectures will be held every other Friday afternoon in the assembly hall of the high school. As the topics to be dis- cussed will be of general interest th | public will be invited to attend. The in tial address in the series will be delivered by the Rev. Samuel Quickmire of the Methodist church. He will speak of the effect a college environment has upon residents of a coliege town. The second | lecture in the series will be delivered by | George W. Dickie on the afterncom of January 26. Mr. Dickie has selected for his subject “Dividends of Life. 2 A N " A “FORCE OF LIFE % o ey COMPANY IN COURT NEW YORK, Jan —Examination into the affairs of the “Foree of Life” Company, which, it is alleged, adver- tised a medicine that had power to bring the dead to life, was begun to-day before United States Commissioner Ridgeway The United States postal authorities have made a charge of conspiracy against the following officials of the company: Dr Wallace Hadley, medical director; Arthur | H. Willlams, treasurer, and Mrs. Laura M. Wilson, assistant medical director. General James R. O’'Beirne, who is presi- dent of the company, did not attend the examination. The first witness was John S. Cooper, a lawyer, who accompanied two postoffice inspectors to Dr. Hadley's office on Jan- wary 6. He said that he had seen ’7 alleged testimonial there from a woma in California, who wrote that she had been cured the company’'s preparation “after she d been made regdy for the grave.” He testified also that Dr. Had- ley sald to him: “I have dlagnosed 00 cases in one day. I had to stay up pretty late to do it.” The hearing was adjourned until February &. SURVEYORS AT WORK ON A NEW RAILROAD RED BLUF ¥, Jan. 19.—Eight rail- way surveyors, working under Chief Engineer 8. Willlams, began werk at Brewery Creek, just north of this city, this afternoon to make a survey for a rallway to be called Red Bluff and Redding Railroad. The names of the backers of this enterprise are withheld from the pullic. The backers are rumored to be San Francis- co capitalists. Engineer Williams to-day that a right of way over the entire route had been secured and op- tions had been taken on a number of large properties between this city and Redding. The road will parallel Southern Pacific from this poinz*to Ce tonwood, about eighteen miles north of here.” Williams stated that the final survey and estimates will be made as soon at the preliminary work is fin- ished and the work of buflding will then be rushed rapidly. VICTDI OF STORM POPULAR ATHLET STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 19— Raymond F. (“Brick’™) West, who was drowned Thursday in the Eel River in the Potter Valley, during the storm, was originally a member of the class of 1907 of the Stanford Unfiversity. and was one of the most popular of the cardinal ath- letes. He met his death while serving as a night watechman for the Eel River Power Company. He sought the empioy- ment in order to obtain fundg to enabie him to complete his univ ty course. West had an extensive football and track career. In his freshman year he played end on the ‘07 team, and I 1904 played right end on the 'varsity throughout the entire game, On the cinder path he was one of the eardinals’ speediest sprinters He also held the university record for the broad jump. West registered in the law department from Seattle, where his parents reside. PALO ALTANS WANT A REFORM. MOVEMENT PALO ALTO, Jan. 19.—A municipal reform ticket will enter the field here soon. Many leading citizens, including Dr. C. G. Baldwin. pastor of the First Congregational Chureh, will head the movement. The election of city officers will take place on April 9. Dr. Baldwin stated to-day that he was found dead. Bradford was a na- tive of Ohio and 70 years of age. platiaRm S S ARty PEOPLE OF EL CERRITO PARK WANT NEW SEWER SYSTEM. SAN MATEO, Jan. 19.—The propogi- tion to create the EI Cerrito ‘Sanitary District and to bond it for $50.000 to establish & sewer system has been adopted by a unanimous vote o the residents of the district. Engineer D, Bromfield has been employed to prepare plans and specifications for the system, and as soon as he submits his report work will be commenced. It is the wish of the people of El Cerrito Park to have this necessary Improvement made without delay. Tt A A FORMER PRESIDENT OF BANK SENTENCED TO PENITENTIARY X e PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19.—Henry Lear, former president of the Doyles- town (Pa.) National Bank, which several years ago., was to-day ::mecd by J:dfl McPherson in th United States District Court to five imprisonment for embezzling the ;-nll of the bank. This is the mini- mum sentence. An appeal was taken and Lear was admitted to bail In the sum af $10.000. ot anno Sowing, The Sants Fe Raliway track Just | o e i s o v i north of this city is washed out in sev- eral places and all night trains have been ordered off the Visalia division to go on the west branch via Hanford. Much econ- cern is felt in this eity as it is believed high water mark will be reached about 3 o'clock in the morning. ——— General Lee Ordered o Manila. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The order duty In command of one ofithe brigade posts to be established in that military division, has been revoked, and Briga- dier General Lee, commanding the De- partment of Texas, has been ordered | Manila in his stead. The change i made on the request of General Lee for assignment in the Philippines. ————— Accepts Presidency of Cellege. % NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—John Willls Baer, for terian Board of Home Missions, an- l‘nmmc: that he hae accepted the presi- He wifl remain”with the Fi Beard untfi next May. many years secretary of the Presby- candidates and denied he would tak. any nomination. He declares there i= rottenness in the management of the city government and says that no effort is being made to prevent gam- bling and lquor selling In sever:! places here. ———— NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 19.—Bishop Join Southern R. Keener of the Methoist Episcopal Church died here to-day heart failure, aged $7 years. He ser as superintendent of of the Confederate army west of the Missigsipi- e ‘SICK HEADAGHE