The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1906, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1906. NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABO HOMELESS CIRL [NAKES FICT |[TESTIMONY WILL BE GIVENN'NOLTY CASE WANDERS ALDRE Penniless in a Strange City She Applies to the Police for Aid in Her Trouble TELLS PITIFUL ~STORY Eighteen - Year-0ld Nellie Dale Loses Father, Home and Money in Two Weeks —_— Feb. 7.—Homeless and or friends, Miss Nellie walked up 10 yle Seventh and streets last night and take charge of her that forced to remain on t. The officer took e station, where she » Night Captain Lynch, ge of the matron When taken to sirl was dressed in deep LLAND, y § years of er age, ary surgeon of Ukiah, ago, leaving his 1@ Oor money of the girl touched Police Hend- when weeks S promising » there until she gets Miss Dale gratefully ¥ declared when e station in charge of 1 iend that she felt as es were ended « ske by Captain Lynch last ame to be wandering 2 ity, Miss Dale eri- at his and when d that 1 had begin life alone s to get employ- come to San the trouble was all GETS A BEATING INSTEAD OF COIN LAND, ked 2 Feb nd aremo; bill Alleging that he by H. C for presenting for his week's work men in his employ, e gardener, has ch Dean prepare ainst mil- 500 damages rendered nificent employed Loebel to la Loebelsay aten aturday, and t v getting cash ~ he e says that he was his miner employer, w to. t he trying given .such & severe t e has been unable to —_—————— t has ange Mothers' Club t tke club t be- s daugh- notion the girl & the resul and now informs the school of his belief in the potency so far as the af- school Carl or presi- denies with warmth that the club *“allows to enter into its relations school.” —_———— M rg nd ( P ST. MARY'S NINE WINS, Mary's Col- versity of ore 4 to 0. 4 was remark- were: St. Poultney: Uni- and Schaeftér. LUNAR ECLIPSE TIME. OAKLAND, Feb 7.—Professor Charles Burckhalte astronomer ‘in charge of Chabot Observatory, has issued a bulle- tin announ. me ‘of' the total lunar eclipse as beginning to-morrow night at 10:57 o’clock ———— DINING ASSOCIATION DIEBANDS.—Berke. ley, Fey 7.—The Dining Hall $ssociation on the camous has bee disbanded. - Insufficient petronage is assigned as the cabse. The amso- ciation forme ters mear the SICK HEADAGHE Positivel d these Littie Bills) ed Faculty io sudents in quar- ol man- | her with M‘i mbers of his fam- | re- | of the | Wood was principal of the Fairfield School and FOR FREEDON ter Being Held by Judge WOODMEN MAKE CHARGE Former Assistant Clerk of Oakland Camp Struggles Against Trial for Theft { e OAKLAND, Feb. 7.—James J. Mo- Connell, formerly assistant clerk of Oakland Camp No. 94, Woodmen of the World, has been held for trial before | the Superior Court on a charge of steal- | ing $360, funds of the camp, by means |of a raised warrant. The testimony | showed that a blank warrant signed by T. M. Robinson, clerk, and G. S. Langan, | consul commander, had been cashed at | the First National Bank by McConnell | for $350, & stub in the warrant book of corresponding number showed an entry of $26 75. It i charged that McConnell filled in the blank warrant and cashed it. The accused man was held in $2500 | bonds by Police Judge Mortimer Smith. | Immediately afterward Attorney W. S. O'Brien prepared a writ of habeas cor- | pus in behalf of McConnell, which was | issued by Judge F. B. Ogden and made ) returnable to-morrow morning. The point raised Is that MeConnell did not iexceed his authority In issuing the war- rant. Dr. George H. Derrick, banker of the camp, who swore to the com- plaint against McConnell, has made a rormal demand on McConnell for the return of the money belonging to the Woodmen's Hall Association, which, it | ie charged, he failed to turn in to the | proper officers. Dr. Derrick has ac- | cused McConnell of being $1000 and | more short. The deficit has been made | gooa ALAMEDA COUNTY NERS OW _ODD FELLOW: Feb. 7 1 » erect & lodge hall to cost $5000 HILLMAN ARRESTED.—Oakland, Feb. 7. an, charged with defrauding M ter, who resides at the Bt. Paul of $200, has been arrested at Los HALL. The Odd Fellows | HassE 3 JURY HANGS.—Oakland, Feb, 7.— | After six ours of deliberation in Hasse, ch ms for stationery to the were locked up 10 ght by Judge T. W. Harris. The alled in st that hour and they ent had been reached NTURY MARK. —Haywarde, Feb. zadero, the oldest of the Mexican nis of Alameda County, who is believed > 1 was sent to the Infirmary this morning. Ci Haywards for more up 0 g few days ugo ha: 4 health MENT CLUB BANQUET.—Berke- ley, Feb. 7.—The annual banquet of the Ssuth Berkeley Improvement Club was held at Lin- | coln Hall last night. M. J. Miles acted as | toastmaster. Prominent citizens from every | ? Berkeley responded to tosts A was adopted approving the Trus- on in closing the two saloons in South n [ re t | | Gousnty lived n | century “ana been in half & always | tees’ act: | Berkeley | MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—Berkeley. | B, W. Skillinks, an express miracu escaped death to-day, was thrown from his wagon to the. railroad tracks at Bancroft and Shattuck avenue. | He was bruised and stunned, and lay on the track for several minutes. Passers-by re- moved him in time to prevent his being run over by a northbound train. SUE FOR DIVORCES.—Ouakland, Feb. 7. | May E. Reynolds has begkun divorce proces ings auipst Robert B. Reynolds, whom she . Ehe also asks for the their_children: Josept W. Boyce sues Anna S. Boyce for divorce for cruelty, charging that she refusss to his meals or care for their two children, whom be usks the custo G DAMAG Feb. 7. gon_driver, when he of —Oakland, Feb 1. assessing the damages sustained iehaus Bros. of Berkeley by the loss of mill, which was burmed and for which re Costa Water Company has been . was proceeded with before Judge Ellsworth to-day. The item. of $26,000 for | goodwill and business lost brought forth pro- i argument. SCHOOL w. 3. W by their the beld PRINCIPAL.—Alameda, 00d of Fairfield, Solano as been elected a principal in the hool Department to succeed C. J. ho has resigned as principal of the ammar School because of ill health, | @ member of the Board of Education of So- | 1ano_County. WESTERN land, Feb. Hagman tition for letters of administration on the | estate of her late sister, Elizabeth A. Des | loysten, so that a clear title may be given 1o the land through. the probate court. ACTS AS IF INSANE.—Haywards, Feb. 7.— Jobn Beck, who for some time past has been | rinking heavily, was arrested this morning age on suspicion of insanity. morning Beck broke into R. Reld's | drugstore with a hatchet, declaring that four | attorneye were imprisoned there. ne time | sg0_Beck’s mother died, leaving him consid- | SFabie property UNITY HALL ASSOCIATION.—Oakland, Feb 7.—Articles of incorporation of the Unity Hall Assoclation of Berkeley were filed with the County Clerk to-day: The directors are Professors Willlam Carey Jones and _Henry Senger, and Jobn H. Lathrop, W. H.'Payson 3. Conklin Brown and Daniel Rowen. The as- soclation s & literary one and starts with u pital stock of §20,000 of which eac ors has subscribed $100. N i | _WILL HOLD OPEN MEETINGS,—Oakland, | Fev. 7 Fillsbury, secretary of the State { harities. and 'W. A. Gates, secretary | of the State Board of Charities and Correc. | tions, will speak to-morrow evening at an open meeting of the Associated Charitles of Alameda County, which will be held at the Common School Assembly Hall. The former wil) speak gn Impressions of “American Institutional Life” and the latter will discu and Crim it o MARRIAGE The following by the County Cleck to-day: 38, wod Reita J. Mendosa, j land; Ernem Gonzales 22, Anns_ Quilice, 21, and; Albert X | and Nellie O'Brien, 19, both of ;:v.:‘un. o Robert H Frui y | to e Jone V. Silvete 85, ‘bothi of ORL . Cungis, Florence E. Kelth, 40, Renc; Caly tage, 21, and Alice T Walnwright, 25 born of Oskland; Frank L. Rawson 38, 8, Le- , andro, and Clara ¥ Boardman, 28 Oakland. MAKES . PECULIAR REQUEST.—Oakiang Feb. 7.—Charles Waldstein, Who gave his e cupation a8 & United States messenger em. | ployed at Yerba Buena Island and his residence Bg 252 \'.a N?-. Aepue. s taken (o the Reoelving tal last night for in; > Teren 1 s fall at o local skating tip oL for the basis 0".”: -IIL“Z?' mwnr‘: e othing worse t a ly sprained and Waldstein's pecuilar request b & verbatim part of the record. _Dleht cleoted 8. Brehaul oy B ireasurer, William Davig: ‘see- " Geores. C Nall: executive commiitee ts. P. L inkerton, . MeCull IF Ben o Sonn: vice on the police force. wish ;m-m: e are Dawson. 0 W. Mesiler, % Tusher, H. W. Ri J - A C. B. Bm! 3. H |Accused Clerk Sues Out a| | Writ of Habeas Corpus Af-' i { zadero has | | San’ Fr: H ‘anclaco, a;z‘,d‘ |1 think that some one has done him —_— BERKBELEY, Feb. 7.—Testimony and information that is expected to be of great value to the Federal immigration officials of San Francisco is to be given by the Chinese students of the University of California at a conference to be held next Saturday morning in the Federal bullding in San Francisco between officials ! and students. | A deicgation of fifteen Chinese youths from the colleges here will provide the immigration people with the Chinese point | of view in the matter of treatment ac- corded Chinese who come to America for entry at this port. The Chinese contin- | gent at the university, headed by 8. Y. L. | Jee, T. Y. Chang and others who have won distinction in the Chinese colony of the university, will answer such ques- tions as the officials may choose to ask, and also will impart information that they have In thelr possession regarding the alleged treatment sustained by Chi- nese students seeking to enter America. President Wheeler has excused the stu- dents from their studies and college duties on Baturday for this purpose. The inves- tigation will cover a point that is regard- ed as one of the peculiarly sore, sensitive spots in the relations between the Chinese and this country, a point that has been referred to by the Washington authorities | as requiring especial attention and inves- tigation by Secretary Metcalf’s depart- ment, which department includes the im- migration inspection bureaus. The alleged ill treatment of Chinese students brought forth the protest that in China took par- tial form in the shape of an anti-Ameri- can boycott. President Roosevelt's direc- tions that care be exercised in the treat- ment of Chinese students coming to for the conference of students and immi- gration officials to be held in San Fran- clsco. It Is understood that the Chinese youths at the University of California have in- formation relating to specific cases of mistreatment affecting Chinese youths who were prepared to become university students. T. Y. Chang, one of the editors of the Chinese students’ magazine and esteemed as one of the cleverest and most able men in the Chinesé coterle, said to-night: We sball go over to San Francisco, & num- ber of us_ on Saturday morning and meet at 10 o'clock with Government officlals to discuss matters relating to the entry of Chinese students into the United States. What we may have to offer the authori- ties in the way of Information regarding cases in the past I am not at liberty to may. 1 am_not authorized to speak for the Chiuese student body and prefer to have our testimony or words heard finst by the Gov- ernment veople. President Wheeler knows of | our mission and has permitted us to make the journey. We have no formal arrangement | about ‘the matter. No committees e been | appointed. We shall’ appear merely as Chinese individuals, students of the University of Cali- fornia, prepared to give Information that is desired by the Government. MAKING NO EFFORT TO FIND THOMPSON ALAMEDA, Feb. 7.—As far as Miss Alma V. Hand of Alameda and her family are concerned they will make no further effort to discover the where- aboiuts of Charles S. Thompson, former vice principal of the Livermore High School, who was to have made Miss Hand his bride to-night, but who dis- appeared eight days ago when Miss May Monahan, who claimed that the young educator was engaged to her, informed Miss Hand of the matter and also told the Alameda girl that if she wedded Thompson she would soon be made a widow. Mrs. Victoria Hand, mother of the bride that was to be, Roy Hand, her brother, and Harry R. Taylor, her brother-in-law, now look upon Thompson as a despicable de- ceiver and assert there will be no reconciliation and that the gay in- structor who played a double game with trusting hearts of two young women will never be given an oppor- tunity to re-establish himself in the favor of the Hand and Taylor fami- lles. They mean to forget Thompson and his deception and regard him as one who never was. The Hands and Taylors declare that any attempt to locate the recreant bridegroom will have to be made by his own relatives, as the Alameda families to whom he has brought so much notoriety are done with him forever. It is known that F. B. Wooten of 2301 Hearst avenue, Berkeley, was one of those who saw Thompson on the evening train from Livermore one week ago Monday. Wooten first observed Thompson sitting on a handtruck at the Livermore station awaiting the train. He remarked to the young teacher that he did not-look well Thompson made no direct answer to the remark, but sald that he was go- ing to take & “run up the line.” Mrs. Thompson, mother of the miss- ing former vice principal of the Liver- more High School, declared at her apartments at Hotel Burbank, in this city, yesterday afternoon that - she feared her son had met with foul play. “That Miss Monahan threatened his life I well know,” she said, “because he showed me her threatening letter. My first idea on reading in The Call of Charles’ disappearance was that he had thrown himself into the bay, but now harm. He had too strong a mind to take his own life. Monahan's dis- appearance from this city is to me a fous ac -u’-‘p:c' Thompson does not believe that her son ever had anything to do with Miss Monahan in a matrimonial way. “1 know that she was infatuated with bim,” she said, “but he paid no atten- He asked mre for my ap- became ehgaged to Miss Hand and I gave it willingly. She is a fine young woman. I am going to Livermore to-morrow to Investigate for myseif. ————————— PAYS DEARLY FOR A PUNCH DELIVERED DURING QUARREL SAUSALITO, Feb. 7.—Clarence Blake to-day paid 5 fine for battering Henry Fillbrant in Mill Valley a few days ago. Both men are carpenters. In a disagreement over some trivial thing Fillbrant was felled by Blake's mighty right. & ” GUILTY 1S JURY’S VERDICT. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 7. — Clarence Fitts, who was tried for assault with intent to commit robbery on *“ or” Felix Sands, the aged drawbridge = der at Greenbrae, was found guilty by a jury this afternoon. He will be sen- America are understood to be responsible | BY CHINESE STUDENTS. University Youths From Orient to Con- fer With Federal Officials Here. Will Tell of What They Believe Are Wrongs to Flowery Kingdom Immigrants. CREEK WATERS N BIC ERAND OAKLAND, Feb. 7.—The Contra Cos- ta Water Company filed -four affidavits to-day in connectign with its injunction suit against the Syndicate Water Com- pany and the Realty Syndicate to prevent them from diverting the water from Bausal Creek. The affidavits are made by T. B. Hanson, secretary of the company; F. M. Hewson, an en- glineer of the company; Arthur L. Ad- ams, former manager of the company, and Fkdward L. Darling, an employe. They all state that they are familiar with Sausal Creek and the amount of water flowing down the bed of the Stream. and state that It s necessary for the Contra Costa to have sutficlent water to fill a seven-inch pipe in order to supply the {nhabitants in the north- eastern portion of the city. Hewson states that the taking of the water by the Realty Syndicate has 50 lessened the amount flowing down to the dam of the Contra Costa Water Company in the summer time as to stop the flow entirely above the bed of the stream and only so much comes down as percolates through the gravel bed. He further states that the taking of the water, by the Realty Syndicate is without warrant, Whils these documents were being filed with the County Clerk two notices of appropriation of water from Sausal Creek were being filed for record with the County Recorder by the Realty Syndicate and the Piedmont Improve- ment Assocfation. The notices state that the water from this stream is re- quired to Irrigate the properties of these two companies and for the do- mestic use of the people living on the land. The tracts of land are then set forth, and heginning with the twenty- three acre tract of land.on which F. M L Smith, president of the Realty Syndi- cate, has his home, known as Arbor Villa, In Bast Oakland, it mentions the lands purchased by it, including the J. H. Medau ranch, Blair ranch, Pledmont Sulphur Springs Park, Fernwood, Red Gate Farm, the Sather tract, the Bowie property, the Crocker tract. the Bow- man tract, Piedmont Park, Pledmont Heights, Glen Echo tract, Montecito tract, Fairview tract, Fiedmont cable tract, Lincoln Park tract, Villa Nova tract, the Hugh Dimond tract, the Smith & Meyer tract and the Pleasant Valley tract. BERKELEY, Feb. 7.—Land bordering Wildcat Creek, involving an area of 972 acres in the hills to the northeast of Berkeley, has been sold to persons whose names are not revealed by the agent, W. W. Harrod & Co., but who are believed to be representatives of the new Syndi- cate Water Company. The price paid for the land is sald to be $50,000. Thé magnitude of the deal and the character of the land, comprising as it does more than a mile along the Wildcat Creek watershed, are taken as arguments to prove that no other corporation but the Syndicate Water Company could rea- sonably be figured on as purchasers in such a transaction. The land sold has its beginning at a point near the Contra Cos- ta Water Company’s reservoir north of Berkeley. It was known as the Brissac ranch, having been owned by A. Brissac of San Francisco. The property is avail- able for the development of water rights, and so is regarded as one of the pawns in the game of finance now being played by the new and the old water companies of thepcounty. e L SYNDICATE BUYS HEAVILY. OAKLAND, Feb. T7.—The Syndicate Water Company has acquired title to more than one-half of the Sobrante rancho, through which runs San Pablo Creek, from the foothills to the bay. This move, one of the big strategic plays in the battle between the new corporation and the Contra Costa Wa- ter Company, was disclosed - to-day when deeds from the Edson Adams heirs of Oakland, owners of 55-100 of the Sobrante rancho, to the Byndicate ‘Water Company, were filed at Martinez. The entire Sobrante s 8800 acres. By the transfer the Syndicate Water Com- pany becomes the owner of 4840 acres and gains control so far as a majority of the holdings ie concerned. The re- mainder of the rancho 18 held by 200 or 300 persons. For many years the great tract has been in litigation. Many bat- tles shave been fought over the rancho by settlers and it is only within a few months that the Supreme Court finally quleted the many contending forces and settled the titles, though no partition of the property has as yet been made. The purchase by the Syndicate Water Company of the Adams interests in the Sobrante is one of the most important developments of this great contest over San Pablo Creek. It means that the Syndicate Water Company and the cap- italists behind it have gone Into the campaign for big stakes and are bat- tling with unlimited financial resources to draw upon. MRS. COREY T00 ILL TO SEE HER FRIENDS RENO, Feb. 7.—Mrs. W. E. Corey ar- rived in this city this morning on the overland limited. It was given out that Mrs. Corey had been ill for the last few days at Salt Lake and was un- able to travel, hence her delay In reaching Reno. Mrs, Corey looks to be in ill health, and plainly shows the ef- fects of her recent illness. She went to her new home immediately upon her arrival and denleq herself even to her most ~ intimate friends. She stated | through one of her servants that she i had no statement to make regarding her future plans, Her divorce suit against the millionaire steel magnate 18 pflldl;l: here. She has purchased :‘h‘; ‘{nl; hox:: in this city and 18 evi- repar! 2 |- Ane{hm” '§ to take up her resi ‘!’llb, 7.—The City Trus- City Attorney w“ Hart to draw a ftranchise ordinance covering Hart's application for a route over Clement avenue. This, with F. M. Greenwood's £ ~same route, Feb- ALAMEDA, tees to-night and Soph! Janet hea: we he Tha | 0N ARCUNENT Prosecution Brands Defend- ant as a Liar and Demands Jury’s. Verdict of Guilty FRICK'S FINAL » MOVE He Subpenas Witnesses to Prove the Previous Good Character of the Accused OAKLAND, Feb. 7.—'"Either Lester C. McNulty, who has sat here day after day calm, cool and collected is a liar or Olivia Dorothy Olsen, who claims he at- tacked her, has not told the truth,” de- clared Deputy District Attorney Everett J. Brown when the arguments were be- gun this afternoon in the McNulty case. “It is my purpose to prove, and it is my : belief, that McNulty was the liar,” he continued. Brown began the opening argument after Attorney A, L. Frick had called about a dozen witnesses to testify to McNulty’'s previous good character. Frick called nearly every ome of conse- Qquence in Berkeley who had known Les- ter McNulty before his name was stained by Miss Olsen’s charges, and after the noon hour both sideg agreed to rest. Then Brown began the opening argu- ment for the prosecution. He did not mince his - words. He denounced Mec- Nuity, and he pald his respects to J. A. Marshall, the Berkeley contractor, who was the employer of Miss Olsen, in no uncertain words. He described Marshall as “halting, nervous and scared.” “This man Marshall, who was scared on the witness stand and who protested that we were trying to make a criminal of him,” said Brown, “may not have been & criminal; I don’t say that he was. But when a lone girl got in a bad posi- tion and he, her natural protector as her employer, should have had friends, he ‘got from under’. He was one of the principal witnesses for the defense; he was a good witness for the prosecution.” Brown proceeded until the closing hour this afternoon and he will continue his argument {o-morrow morning. CALLS JUSTICE EDGAR. ‘When the case was called this morning Judge Frick, who represents McNuity, called Robert Edgar, Justice of the Peace of Berkelcy, who held McNulty to answer for essault before the Superior Court. Judge Edgar said he had Interviewed Miss Olsen about the attack and that she had never spoken about the torn gar- ments. He also said McNulty, whom he had known for several years, had al- ways borne a good vreputation. Then came the character witnesses, who were Judge W. H. Waste, County Recorder A. K. Grim, Superintendent of Schools Waterman of Berkeley: H. H. Johnson, Town Attorney: C. R. Lord, Town Treas- urer and Tax Collector; George Schmidt, postmaster; John W. Hayden, banker and real estate dealer; F. W. Frost, president of the Chamber of Commerce; R. C. Staats, attorney; F. W. McClain, grocer; C. 8. Merrill, Town Clerk; W. G. Weol- sey, real estate dealer, and W. C, Moran. «Following the character witnesses Mrs. H. Anderson of 5 Fifty-ninth street was called by the presecution in rebuttal to wdentify the torn garments Miss Olsen, her sister, wore the night of the attack. She said Dorothy had marks on her face when she saw her four days after the attack On cross-examination she said she was introduced to Sophie Petersen, but saw neither Mr. nor Mrs. Marshall. Dr. H. J. McNulty and his father, J. M. McNulty identified the check that the latter gave the former to pay Miss Oisen, and Brown began his opening argument. He sald, in part: It i not my province In making this argu- ment to WAy you one way or the other, but to go over the facts and point out the salient features of the case, that I may assist you in arrlving at the truth. And the truth is what we bave tried to bring out in this trial. MISS OLSEN INTELLIGENT. The prosecuting witness is a woman of in telligence—she 18 not & stripling. She has gone on the stand and told a etory. Either sbe did not tell the truth, or Lester C. Me- Nulty is a liar. It Is a siralghtforward story she has told. She says that she was worried and afraid when she was in the street car With MeNulty, and she tells you how he fol- lowed her off the car at Stuart street and Telegraoh avenue and attacked her. far as Marshall Is concerned. vou and I would have supposed that he would have protected this lonely girl whom he employed. Did he? The testimony doesn’t show it. In- stead, this lone woman, annoved from many Qirections, was not protected by this man, who, halting, nervous and scared, went on the wis ness stand and, tried to contradict her. It ig a auesion of Veracity. In other words, did Olivia Dorothy Olsen tell the truth, or is Loster C. McNulty & liar? T think I° can prove that MeNulty is a llar. fe Petersen showed that she was triendly to the defendant. but how about Mies Forbes and Mr. Wallan? Miss Forbes opened her window uggling on the lawn. and the man ran, The and ehe was later taken ng to the Marshall residence, where she employed, by Wallan, who was attracieq her screams, and who was a disinterestod witness. In fdot, gentlemen. the only two sinterested witnesscs In this trial havi Wallen _and Miss Forbes. s She called “'Get oul ‘woman remained, wi by And Miss Forbes, disinterested, has pot told the truth, if McNulty {s not a liar. She says when she opened her window that the man and woman were struggling on the lawn on Telegraph avenue side of hes McNulty awears they were on the Stuart-sirect side. One or the other must not be telling sat here calm, I think, the liar, and can prove it to your satistaction. hard thing for McNulty to samit e “fiirted,” forsooth, with Mies Olsen. but it is better for him than going to orison. t is wh; took the stand and admitted that he was with the woman. And diq you Dotice how he cunningly tock ail the blame for his alleged ““fiirtation” > He took the blanie {n an effort to'show that it was no more than s 1 think I It w that on. MONEY QUESTION SECONDARY. Brown dismissed the fact that Miss Olsen had taken money from Dr. Mec- Nulty and his father in a few words, He said that was not material, and that whatever the father or brother did would nct’ affect the defendant. ‘Wkile Brown was argiing rey the contradictions that Mis, oufimy::: made and the statements bf Miss Janet Forbes, he read several extracts from the lattes atements. Each time Frick took up the manuscript and threw it aside, which caused Brown to read the entire tramscript. “We can convey thoughts and im, sions sometimes more effectivel; bypr:: tions than by word of mouth,” he ge- clared before he read the entire tran- script. Afterward he dwelt at length upon the story told by McNulty, and as court adjourned he exclaimed: “As ye sow, €o chall ye reap.” McNulty sat quietly through the pro- ceedings and even Brown, with accusing finger, pointed at him and said he had MHed, he evinced little interest save for an occasional smile. Miss Olsen and Mrs, Anderson were In the court- room all day, but they were not percept- ably affected. » When Brown to her Miss Olsen closed ‘eyes, but that was as far as she displayed any feeling she may have had. I ary, UT THE BAY CHOOSE RECTOR FOR ST. PAUL'S Vestry Calls Rev. Alexander Allen of Illinois te Fill a Vaecancy in the Pulpit IS EMINENT PREACHER Leaves at Once to Take Up the Work in His New Field on the Pacific’s Shores OAKLAND, Feb. 7.—The Rev. Alex- ander Allen, rector of Christ Epis- copal Church of Springfield, Ill., has ac- cepted a call to the pulpit of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of this city, which was recently vacated by the Rev. Charles T. Walkley. The new rector has resigned his Eastern charge and will depart at once for Oakland. His call came largely by reason of high testimonials which were offered the vestry of St. Paul's by the nev. F. W. Clampett, rector of Trinity Church, San Francisco. The Rev. Alexander Allen is about 47 years old, a widower, with two udu}l children, a son and a daughter. He is a native of Millbrook, Ontario, where his father, recently deceased, was for a quarter of a century rector of St. Paul's Church and archdeacon of the dlocese of Peterborough. The new rec- tor is accounted one of the ablest pulpit i orators In the church, being second only to Bishop Seymour in the Illinois dlo- cese, the Bishop holding a world-wide reputation as a preacher. Dr. Allen held the charge at Spring- fleld for several years and attained much success in his fleld. LIGHTS AGLOW AT BOARDMAN NUPTIAL RITE BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, Feb. 7.—The word charming was never more fitly used than in describing the wedding this evening of Miss Clara Boardman and Frank L. Rawson, for over every least ap- pointment was the charm of originality and taste. The residence was abloom with pink blossoma and follage. The bower was formed of interiaced branches with hers and there & touch of rose and the tinfest of pink incan- descent lights gleamed like fireflies in the dusk of the green background. Tweive bridesmalds, carrying long wreaths, formed and aisie through which the bride passed, the wreaths being held, archlike, over mer head. The plc- ture thus made was strikingly effective. The gariand bearers were Miss Laura Fenton, Miss Myrtle Smith, Miss Edna Ford, Miss Rose O'Rourke, Miss Emma Ressequie, Miss Jessie Hardenburg. Mrs. George S. Ames, Miss Bessie Cotton, Miss Grace Hostetter, Miss Clara Brown, Miss Gertrude Mansficld and Miss Grace Rawson. The bride was preceded by two little giris, Helen Rawson and Anna Edger, who strew the path with rose petals, while Mjss Myrtle Fillmore officiated as mald of honor. She was gowned In pink of some filmy material and carried a shower of maiden-bair. The gown worn by the bride was lovely in & dainty, delicate fashion, being built of embrol- dered silk net over taffeta. A graceful scroll ornamented the skirt and waist, each seroll being finished with a rose of the same lacy material. She wore a vell and carried Bride roses. Rev, J: was given away by her grandfather, Boardman, former City Engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Rawson will enjoy & short honeymoon and then make their home tempo- rarily in San Leandro. R. Dille officiated and the bride W. F. . The Oakland Club enjoyed an informal pro- afterncon at the close of the bus In the absence of the president, Mrs. Cora Jones, who had gonme to San Jose with other delegates to the federation, Mrs. W. Pe- ters presided. Mrs. J. F. Hanchette was in charge of the programme, which included vo- cal numbers by Mrs. Frank Hoyt, recitations by Miss Swale and plano eelections by Mrs. Hugh Hogan Jr. Mrs. Hoyt was accompanfed by Miss Elizabeth Simpson. Mrs. Mary Tracy Mott spoke briefly of the local Federated Coun- cil of Women and a committee was appointed to raise money for the provation officer's sal- which {8 In arrears. The committee is composed of Mre. Merguire, Mrs, T. P. Hogan end Mrs. de Leon. The Oakland Ciub delegates to the federa- tion now in conventlon at San Jose are Mrs. Jones, Mrs. C. 5. Place, Mrs. F. R. Chadwick and $irs. C. 8. Chamberlain. Y Mrs. Mark Requa was hostess at a delight- ful affair yesterday at her Pledmont home In honor_of Miss Virginle von Loben Sgls and Miss Marion Goodfellow. Jonquils and violets blended in a charming setting for a picture of vivacious femininity, Assisting Mrs. Requa were Miss Lucy Her— rick. Mrs. Harrison Clay. Mrs. Harry East Miller, Mrs. Minor Goodall, Mrs. Harry Knowles, Miss Ethel Moore, Miss Violet Whit- ney. T A serles of card parties are Eva Powell and Miss Helen Powell. At the firet, on_ Fel 17, Miss Elizabeth Gray will' be_the guest of compliment and at the second Miss Grace Burrell and Miss Susle Cul- ver, who just returned from will be ‘the homored omes. The number of chief interest on the Sorosis Club programme in San Francisco Monday was given by Miss Stella King, until recently resident of thie city. Miss King is a Shake- spearecan and Browning reader of considerable repute in New York and her numbers were re- celved with marked enthusiasm. Vocal num- bers by Mrs. John Dempster McKee piano numbers by Miss Clara Rauhut and violin solos Otto hut were other features of the pleasing programme. LAWSON PURSUES - SLAYER OF FRIEND REDDING, Feb. 7.—The ntencing of Luy Rocha to twenty years’ impris- onment for the murder of Gilbert John- son, the well-known mining engineer, near Chihuahua, Mexico, has developed the fact that Thomas W. Lawson. the copper magnate, spent much of his own time and money in bring the culprit to justice and conveying Johnson’s body lanned by Miss to Denver. Lawson made a personal matter of it, and would have invoked the aid of the Pre ident and Washing. ton authorities had the Mexican Gov- ernment failed to do its duty. The cost to Mr. Lawson personally was over $5000, which is convincing proof of the regard the financier had for his faith- ful employe. THIEF TAKES MONEY, RINGS, PIN AND WATCH SAN RAFAEL, Feb. T.—Mrs. Minnie Iversen, proprietor of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, swore to a complaint before Judge Magee to-day, charging Arthur Hieckman, a dishwasher in her employ. with bur- oA S ol o 1 0 an officer. s i SBan Francisco. L ROW FURNISHES ™ CHOICE COSSIP Fight Between Wives of Well Known San Franciseans Is the Talk of Mill Valley TO APPEAR IN COURT “Not Guilty” Is the Plea of Mrs. Mackie, Arrested for . Beating a Neighbor p——— Special Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, Feb. 7.—The story of yes- {terday’s battle between Mrs. J. B. { Mackie, wife of a prominent and well known San PFrancisco insurance man. and Mrs. Wiliam Hush, the daugh- ter-in-law of Valentine Hush, a Fruitvale capitalist, and wife of a salesman of the | Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company im San Francisco, will be heard in Judgse | Pryor’s court at 10 o'clock Saturday morn. ing. Mrs. Mackie appeared before Judge Pryor to-day and most emphatically en- tered her plea of “not guilty.” She was released on her own recognizance. Mrs. Mackie clalms that Mrs. Hush was the aggressor and says that in order to pro- tect herself she was compelled to use force. She was badly bruised during the encounter. Mill Valley discusses the af- fair at breakfast, lunch, dinner and be- tween times. The Hushes will institute a oivil suit for damages against the Mackies. MRS. SHIELDS' DEATH CREATES A MYSTERY OAKLAND, Feb. 7.—The sudden death of Mrs. Sadie Shields, or Kearney, on her way to the County Infirmary this after- noon and the mysterious disappearance of her infant that was born two weeks and a half ago are being investigated by the Oakland police. Dr. F. J. Todd, who was called to treat the woman, thinks heér death was due to neglect and ex- posure, but neither he nor any one el ventures to say what became of the miss- ing child. Pending the police Investiga- tion, I. O. F. Smith, an intimate friend of the dead woman, is detained at the eity prison. The police believe that a newly-born infant whose body was found under the Elghth street bridge recently was the woman’s child. Dr. Todd notified the police when he was called to-day to treat the woman. He told them she was going to dle and sug- gested that a dying statement be taken, But the woman would not believe thag she was near death and insisted that she be taken to the County Infirmary. To Detectives Hodgkins and Kyte she said she was taken il two weeks ago last Sunday at $21 Broadway, where she was lUving with Mrs. Maud Tannehill. There she was known as Mrs. Sadie Shieids, which is believed by the police to be her right name. It was at 921 Broadway that the child was born, and two days later Dr. Todd was called. To him she satd that Frank Smith was her husband and that he and another man were present during her i1li- ness. She left 921 Broadway February 1 and went to the Hotel Vendome at Ninth and Washington streets. Monday night Dr. Todd was called again and he found the woman in a serfous condition. To- day he saw she could not live and noti- fled the District Attorney’s office. The woman said she was the wife of a traveling man whom she married at Fresno. She sald she was 25 years old and a native of Redding, Iowa. She had two aunts, she said, Mrs. R. Getchell of Fresno and Mrs. A. Quinn of Sanger. Be- fore she was removed from the Vendome, Drs. Stratton and Enos were called. —————————— STREET CARS MEET IN A DENSE FOG SEATTLE, Feb. T unning at an estimated speed of twenty miles an hour, through a dense fog. a Ballard street car and a Fort Lawton car of the Seattle Electric Company collided. head-on to-day on the trestle between Interbay and the Smith-street siding, on the Ballard line. One man, Henry Swenson, was killed. Five men were badly hurt. Two of the latter, John Herron, the motorman of the Ballard car, and ome passenger, name un- known, may dle. The legs of both were crushed and they suffered severe in- ternal injuries. Failure of the motor- man of the Ballard car to observe the block signals is given as the cause of the accident. The cars were almost completely telescope FIND BODY OF WOMAN MISSING A FORTNIGHT LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7.—The body of Mrs. Chase, who disappeared from her home a fortnight ago, was found this evening floating on the surface of a small pond a short distance in the rear of the Chase home. Mrs. Chase had been il for two years, and in a fit of melancholy had undoubtedly committed suicide by drown- ing herself in the pond. The case has been one of great mystery, and the entire surrounding country had been searched in a futile effort to find some trace of the woman. Photograps and printed de- scriptions of Mrs. Chase had been sent out broadcast and $i% reward offered for the recovery of her body. PREVENT COLDS, - Grippe or Pneumonia | By bullding up and fortifyi ti o with: isctettors. oot HoT™ There's nothing else to equal it, as our 58 record Of cures proves conclu- sively. Therefore we urge you to keep Hostetter's Stomach Bitters