The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1906, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SA‘;IU'RDAY, MARCH 17, 1906. NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOU NEW TREASURER TAKES OFFCE M. J. Kelly Counts Cash and ‘ssumes Place Made Va- cant by Feidler'’s Death EXPOSURE PREVENTED Deputy Husband Tells How He Manipulated Funds to Save Chief Who Was Sick JREEISEEPS, S5 16.—M. J. Kelly, . Treasuren, took flice s morning. As al bond had been filed Auditor Attorney nt alf of the county and rles Waltz, a | was on hi to open the which yesterday was time- ICUPID'S WILES ENSNARE PROFOUND PHILOSOPHER Professor Ouverstreet Wins the Promise of Hand of Miss Elsie Burr. d the time for opening it for- g fe opened, however, | nd the money was | and returned to | . rge of Chief | e T. Planer. The of- sited thy deposits are kept and counted near announced k done in 1 next Monday nts regarding the e funds of late County Feldler show that the | d was manipu- | of his getting fund. It is prior to Feldler's for Colfax, where he died, a er on the special fund to the f $1330.43 was presented at the | "s omce for payment and that | ave his chief from exposure | band paid the | and | to Charles Husband reluctantly mst s of these dis- | erview today, in which several tags n that day the Treasurer Feid- 1nto ession 3 ad the was comparatively t thme, 1 belfeve, This money we were or- new law at that time to unty money. and when I and he n made the ently took the money which o pay_the fund. This & him prior to session of the special fund, eted. payment made out of l fund an order was presented to me on February 6 in the matter of by Dumpser against Car- not enough money left with the fund being almost en- In order to put off the ex- p what was needed out of the February 20 there was paid * Clerk Cook on_account of the sum of $1107.11. 1 then rom this sum to replace the n the county funds nd again in a de- that time Feidler was it was necessary to make up in the county cash. J. B. Lanktree, local representative 0. the United States Fidelty and Guar- Company of Baltimore, stated that his company 4id not go on Feldler's bond until 1903 and that the tags show that some $2000 of the money had been taken prior to this time and that this amount would probably have to be made good by Feidler's former bonds- men. DEATH ENDS MISSION OF RECLUSE WOMAN | Newcomb’s Fortune Is| pent for Uplift of the Heathen. OAXKLAND, March 16.—Mrs. Martha L. Newcomb, for years a familiar figure on streets of Oakland, died today in a littie room in & lodging-house at 325 Ninth t, where she had lived as a recluse ewcomb was eccentric and she was known in the business district of Oakland as “the woman in black.” Spe came here forty years ago from the East and made considerable money in invest- ments in real estate and mortgages. Thi: she gave to the missionary cause, as wel as money that she recently inherited, She seemed to care little for her bodily wel- fare, slthough she lived to be 82 years old. About one year ago she sold property in Terre Haute for $3000. This she gave to a First Congregational hurch for missionary purposes and half the sum has already been disbursed. Shortly before her death Mrs. Neweomb gave to Dr. McLean $0), which she had | deposited in 2 local bank, and which was the remainder of her estate. With this amount she asked that a monument be erected to her memory, that her funeral expenses be paid and that her body be forwarded East, where her only brother lives committee of the —_—— YARDMASTER FATALLY HURT, OAKLAND, March 16.—Charles R.f Moore, assistant * yardmaster at the ) West Oakland yards of the Southern fic C who lives at 1449 ast Oakland, was run and fatally injured this morning making up a train at the yards his legs were 50 badly crushed bat amputation was necessary. The operation wes performed by Dre. Dunn 'd Meigs at the Rallroad Emergency liospital, after which he was removed to the Southern Pacific Hospital in San Francisco, where he died tonight. Moore was B years of mge and had been in the employ of the Southern Pa- fic Company for mearly twenty years. He leaves a wife and one child, a daughter. At the time of the accident e had given a signal to the engineer locomotive No. 1120 to back P and stepped out of the way. Hé was sud- | denly startled by the rapid approach another train and without thinking stepped back, directly in front of the engine he had just signaled. Paci N while TA ROSA, March 16.—Giocomo Ibi, an Jtalian rancher of Mount Olivet, dropped dead in the barroom of e Hotel d'Ttalia Unita on Sixth street last night just after he had taken a ink of liguor. Balbi came to town at noon and complained of not feeling well, but refused to call a physician, saying he would do so later if he did not feel better. At the Coronmer’s in- quest this morning it was ascertained that death was due to a stroke of apo- plexy. Beceased was a widower, with orne son ELEY, March 16.—In the days when “Harry” Overstreet and Elsie Burr studied together as children at the Low- ell High School in San Francisco, their liking for each other and for common subjects of study made the material for a schoolroom romance, and now, after the passing of the years, when the school | 1ad has become Professor Henry A. Over- street of the department of philosophy of the University of California, and Miss Burr is a brilliant musician, a scholar, accomplished and polished by world travel, the romance is made almost com- plete by their engagement to wed. It became known on the university cam- pus today that Miss Burr is to be the bride of Professor Overstreet. The news of their engagement was made known, but the time of the wedding was not revealed. Professor Overfitreet is rated as one of the most brilliant men of the university faculty, ranking high in Professor George H. Howison's department of philosophy. He is a California man, one of the type that have shone so brilliantly in the halls of the university as to draw the atfention of Eastern universities to their worth. In 1899 he graduated from the State Uni- versity, taking the degree of A. B., and two vears later received the degree of bachelor of sciences. He then studied at Oxford, recelving from the English uni- versity the degree of doctor of philoso- phy. He is now associate professor in that science at the State University. Miss Elsle Burr is a daughter of Ed-} mund C. Burr, manager of the Union Sugar Company of San Francisco. She entered the State University in 1902, but left college in 1905, just before taking her bachelor's degree. Her musical education then was continued in Burope. She has just returmed from Europe after com- pleting a year and a half of musical study. In college she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Professor Overstreet is a Phi Beta Kappa man and also a member of ‘the Beta’ Theta Pi fraternity —_————————— MOTHER TESTIFIES FOR SON. OAKLAND, March 16.—Under great nervous strain and often in tears, Mrs. Samuel J. Pembroke testified today at the trial of Percy Pembroke, her son, who is charged with complicity in the robbery and murder of Thomas Cook. The mother swore that George Blaker had told her Percy had nothing to’ do with Cook’s murder, but had run awa. before it occurred. L. S. Church, cour sel for Pembroke, also testifled Blaker had told him the same story. This tes- timony was given to contradict that of Plaker and Schnelder, who declared Pembroke struck Cook with a lead pipe bludgeon. ————————— DERAILED ENGINE BLOCKS LINE. OAKLAND, March 16.—Through the spreading of the rafls at the curve on the narrow gauge line, between Web- ster street and the Harrison-street bridge, on the Alameda side of the es- thary, at 3:30 this afternoon., switch engine No. 1019, in charge of Engineer Harrington, was derailed. Traffic was blocked on the line until 6 o'clock, when the wreck was finally cleared. George Luchin, one of the switching crew, who was riding on the front foot- board, had a narrow escape from death when the engine left the ralls, but es- caped with a number of bruise: —ee—————— THREE MEN ATTACK TELEPHONE OPERATOR AND RIFLE OFFICE Bind and Gag Unfortunate Fellow After Knocking Him Senseless With a Club. SANTA ANA, March 16.—Three men entered the Sunset Telephone Com- pany’s oftice shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, and after requesting the op- erator, Willlam Gilbert, to send In a call, knocked him senseless with a club, bound and gagged him and ransacked the office. They got nothing. Gilbert was found by & messenger boy at 6 o'clock this morning, still unconscious and almost lifeles He can give no description of his assailants. —_————————— Fire in Santa Cruz Laundry. SANTA CRUZ, March 16.—Fire par- Lally destroyed the two-story frame bullding occupled by the Unfon French Laundry on Pacific avenue, below So- quel avenue, this morning. The loss is estimated at $4000, of which only $1000 is covered by Insurance. The fire started in the drying-room. C——— BERLIN, March 16, —The Russian loan that will be {ssued after the Moroccan question is settled will amount to $250,000,000 and pos- mmm. New York's percentage will be POPULAR EDUCATOR AND CHARMING GIRL WHOSE EN- GAGEMENT 1S ANNOUNCED, ALANEDA COUNTY NEWS CAUSES HUSBAND'S ARREST.—Oakland, March 16.—Mrs. Margaret Wetter has caused the arrest of John Wetter, her husband, charg- irg that he will not support his children. Wel- ter eays he is blameless. PLANER RESIGNS.—Oakland, March 16.— Edward T. Planer, who was appointed Chief Deputy County Treasurer, has resigned his Dosition as secretary of the Board of Health. His successor has not. yet been selected. McCLYMONDS RETURNS.—Oakland, March 16.—John W. McClymonds, City Superintend— nt of Schools. has returned from an extended 1 trip after attending the national con- of schoolteachers at Loulsville, Ky. URED 1IN WRECK—Oakland, March R. M. Tripp, who was injured last night in a train collision at Fillmore, is a comme; clal traveler, residing at 1031 Seventh avenue. His family has been advised that his injurles are not serious. SIMPSON TO BE ARRAIGNED.—Oakland, March 16 W. Simpson, State Senator and City Attorney of Alameda, will be arraigned Monday before Superior Judge Harris. He was indicted by the Grand Jury on an accusation made by Miss Isebelle Davis of Alameda. _STRUCK BY A CAR.—Oakland, March 16.— Victor Hagstrom, a_carpenter, jumped from an electric car at Twelfth and Grove streets this evening and was struck by & car going in an opposite direction. fracture of the right leg was reduced at the Recefving Hospl- {al jand he was removed to his home at 76 Lewls street ACCT IMPRISONED ATTORNEY. — Oakland, March 16.—Louls A. Wooley and B. F. Wooley have served David Mitchell, an at- torney who 1s in jail awaiting trial on a serious charge, 1o recover $1008 In rents they allege he procured by & fraud In a land deal. They clalm Mitchell charged half the value of the property involved and kept rents as well. MONEY FOR _ VALENCIA VICTIM' WIDOW—Oakland, March 10— Mrs. David A Spencer_and Mrs. W. D. Huntington have re- celved $785.02, which has been placed to the credit of Mrs. James Patterson, whose hus- band was drowned on the steamer Valencia, This is exclusive of a monthly subscription of $33.50 toward the support of the mother and her six children. MASONS TO CONDUCT FUNERAL.—Ala- meda, March 16.—Oak Grove Lodge No. 215, F. and A. M., is to conduct the funeral of the late Henry Warner Lubbock, eldest son of ity Treasurer and Mrs. Oswaid Lubbock, who killed in San Francisco Wednesday night by falling into the hold of a vessel on which he was working ae a macninist. The funeral is to take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Masonic Temple. WILL IMPROVE FAIR ESTATE HOLD- INGS.—Oakland, March 16 —Messre. Magee and Schlessinger of San Francleco, represent- ; ing Mrs, Herman Oelrichs und the Pacific In- vestment Company, which controls the holdings here of the James G. Fair estate, have notified the West End Improvement Association through Alexander Mackle that improvements are to be made to the extensive local realty Interests of the esf These holdings include several large tracts of land at the West End, the Park Hotel and property in the East End. DENY REPORT OF STRIKE.—Oakland, March 16.—The report that the carmen in the employ cf the Oakland Traction Consolidated are planning to strike {s denied by the mem- bers of the union. They say that they voted on a certain echedule of wages and other mat- ters pertalning to their organization some weeks ago, which were then forwarded to the international headquarters at Detroit for rati- fication. It ratified the demands -will be pre- sented to the comphny. The company will have until the first of next year in which to consider them. ELKS LODGE TO BB INSTITUTED.—Ala- meda, March 16.—Alameda Lodge No. 1015, Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is to e instituted here tomorrow night with elabo- rate exercises. The institution ceremonies are 1o be conducted under the direction of District x)egm(upercy V. Long of San Francisco Lodge Rt Oakland Lodge and will phc:mf'nw‘:flm Hall, begls n an Hall, beginni 80 o'clock. ements have s st Arrang beon to entertain nearly 1000 guests at a banguet to be held in the West End Wigwam, which is to open at 10 o'clock. 3 Seeks Release ¥From Awylum. NAPA, March —The application for writ of habeas corpus for the re- lease of Mary Kellenberger from the Napa State Hospital for the Insane was filed today by Mrs. Kate Trumpower of Ban Francleco. The application de- clares that Miss Kellenberger is being illegally deprived of her liberty by Su- perintendent E. E. Stone of the State Hospital, ¥ HAS A MILLION ISHERIFF FAILS [CRANT T0 O BUT WILL CLERK] TO FIND WOMAN' 10 GREENWOOD University ' = Character In- herits Great Riches and Announces Future Plans TO RETURN FROM EUROPE R. H. Auerbach, Who for Years Has Been Campus Figure, Is Now Wealthy BERKELEY, March 16.—Vast wealth that he has inherited in Germany through the death of his grandfather will not de- ter R. H. Auerbach from returning to his place behind the counter of the *“Co- operative” store on the university cam- pus. Auerbach has written to Manager James Davis of the “Co-op” that he pur- poses coming back to Berkeley from Ger- many to resume his position as clerk at the university store. Auerbach is now on his way from Europe. He has come into possession of a fortune estimated at nearly a million. For many years Auerbach has been a familiar figure in the haunts of the col- leglans. As a clerk in the “Co-op” he has ministered to-the means of ‘“frat” boys, “co-eds,” dignified professors, fresh- men, athletes and every variety of genius that sprouts in the shadow of the halls of learning for so many years ‘“that the memory of man runneth not to the con- trary.” Under a somewhat brusque ex- terfor he has concealed a big, warm heart, and while freshmen trembled at his stentorian tones and dreaded to pro- voke his seeming wrath, all others knew that Auerbach was at heart a lamb, though he may have roared like a steam siren. In many a Blue and Gold Auerbach has figured in story and picture, the latest being a ‘cartoon where his well-known features ornamented the end of a beer barrel, with beneath it the words: ‘“‘Our Bock.” The collegians are preparing to greet the traveler and testify to their appre- clation of his resolve to linger with them on the campus. e SLAYFR FAINTS WHEN DOCTOR SAYS HE IS FEIGNING INSANITY Not Murderer of Mrs. Canficld Does Relish Testimony Which En- dangers His Neck. LOS ANGELES, March 16.—"I believe he is similating insanity to save his neck.” When Dr. Charles B. Nichols, insanity expert, uttered these words from the witness stand in the Buck murder trial this afternoon, Morris Buck, the subject of the remark, fell limp and unconscious from his chair to the floor. He was restored with dif- ficulty by physiclans. It is the second timg that he has collapsed during his trial for the muarder of Mrs. Canfield. Buck's physical cndition is serious, and physicians say he may die before the trial is ended. His condition is ascribed to fear. The introduction of evidence in the case was concluded today and an adjournment taken until’ Monday, when arguments of counsel will begin. —_———— LADIES OF GARDEN CITY GIVE RECEPTION TO MRS. R. P. HILL President of the State Federation of ‘Women's Clubs Guest ut San Jose Clubhouse. SAN JOSE, March 18.—A public re- ceptionl was given this afternoon to Mrs. Robert Potter Hill, president of the State Federation of Women'’s Clubs, by the San Jose Woman's Club at the handsome new clubhouse on South Third street. The reception was at- tended by hundreds of clubwomen from all parts of the country. Tea was served by the members of the Young Women's Club under the direction of Mrs. Arthur Fleld, and the following assisted in re- ceiving: Mrs. A. P. Murgotten, presi- dent San Jose Woman's Club; Mrs. Mitchell Phillips, president Clubhouse Assoclation; Mrs. Robert Syer, Mrs. M. E. Williams, Mrs. Stephen A. Jones and Mrs. H. E. Kennedy. e FIVE DAYS IN JAIL AWAIT SAN JOSE ALIMONY DODGER Fallure to Obey Court Order Makes Trouble for Former Superintend- eut of Lumber Mill. SAN JOSE, March 16.—Judge Welch on Wednesday issued a citation direct- ing Charles S. Kenyon to appear today and explain why an order made last May in the divorce action of Rose G. Kenyon agalnst Charles S. Kenyon, di- recting the defendant to pay $40 o month alimony, had not been obeyed. Kenyon failed to appear in answer to the citation and Judge Welch declared him in contempt and sentenced him to serve five days in the county jail. Ken- yon, who was formerly manager of the Santa Clara Valley Mill and Lumber Company’s plant in this city, recently removed to Oakland, but it 1s stated that he has since left the State. —_———————— BOY OF FOURTEEN 1§ BURNED ‘WHILE HANDLING GASOLINE Fuel JIguites in a Mpysterious Way as Lad Pours It Into a Generator. BAN DIEGO, March 16.—While hand- ling a tank of gasoline at the Model Steam Laundry this morning, ELert Lane, an employe, was very badly burned about the arms and legs and also about the neck.. Lane s only 1t years of age. According to his story, he was getting the gasoline ready to put into a generator, when it ignited. No cause for the blaze can be given, as there was no fire near the boy, as far as is known. It is not thought that the burns will prove fatal. TRAIN DEMOLISHES AN AUTO, BUT DOES NOT HARM MAHOUT Excape of Chauffeur Whose ta igh SAN DIEGO, March 16.—While cross- ing the Santa Fe tracks about 11 o'clock Friday morning A. W. Childers, driving an automobile for the Auto Dispatch Company, was struck by a freight train. The automobile was smashed and twisted, but the mahout escaped injury. When the collision oc- curred Childers was thrown ouf, but the machine was dragged about 100 feet by the train. The train crew refused to give any informaticn concerning the collision, saying they had been so in- structed by the company. SR i i Oregon May Test Chammel, VALLEJO, March 16.—It is probable that the battleship Oregon will come up to the navy yard to discharge her stores on her arri: before going to Bremerton. The authorities here are anxious to prove that the biggest bat- tleships can come up the bay ‘with safety, the depth of the channel now being thirty feet at mean low tide. RS e Cannot Locate an Tmportant Witness in Case Against . Ex-Deputy County Clerk —_— MISS PETERSEN MISSING FARLLIE Testimony in Second Trial of Lester (. McNulty Is Being Heard in Oakland —_— OAKLAND, March 16.—Sophie Petersen, a witness at the first trial of Lester Mc- Nulty, who is accused of assaulting Miss Olivia Dorothy Olsen, has disappeared and the second trial of McNulty will prob- ably proceed without her testimony. Miss Petersen is a woman of education and formerly taught a village school in the East. She was acting as ‘“‘second girl” in the home of J. A. Marshall in Berkeley, where Dorothy Olsen was em- ployed as a domestic when the latter clalms to have been assaulted by McNulty. Dorothy went to the Marshall home and awoke Sophie, but the latter says there was nothing said about torn garments. “It would have been better for Doro- thy’s case if she had told me about the torn clothing at the time,” testified Miss Petersen at the first trial. She was called by the prosecution, but her testimony fa- vored the defense. Attorney A. L. Frick, who represents McNulty, suggested that Miss Petersen’s testimony be read, but Deputy District Attorney Everett J. Brown declared that only the testimony at the preliminary hearing could be read into the record. At the preliminary hear- ing Miss Petersen's testimony was against the defense, but it was changed at the first trial of the case. She was discharged by the Marshalls after the first trial and her present whereabouts is un- known. ‘When the McNulty case was called this morning J. D. Douglas, whose claim to act as a juror was based om the fact that he had been assessed 70 cents on a $50 watch, was dismissed for cause, despite Judge Frick’s objection, and John Hart. a life-long friend of the late Joseph Le Conte and for thirty years janitor of the State University at Berkeley, was sat- istactory to both sides. The acceptance of Hart completed the panel. Miss Olsen, resplendent in white lace hat trimmed with red roses and a tan coat, was the first witness and she re- peated her original story of how Lester McNulty had followed her on a Tele- graph-avenue car and had assailed her on a lawn when the left the car at Stuart street. The direct examination of Miss Olsen, in which she contradicted herself in only a few minor details, wil be re- sumed next Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. It is probable that the jury will Le taken to the scene of the alleged as- sault Monday. THE DAY’S DEAD. FRESNO, March 16.—Walter D. Tup- per, one of the best known criminal lawyers in Central California, died this morning after a lingering illness. He was born in Canton, Miss.,, and was an officer in the Confederate army. He lo- cated in Fresno in 1875, being almost the first lawyer in this portion of the San Joaquin Valley. Tupper had long Leen prominent in Democratic councils. RO R Pershing’s Father Dead. LINCOLN, Nebr., March 16.—John S. Pershing, father of Captain John J. Pershing of the United States army, died at his home here today. T i ganlool Death of Michigan Educator. ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 16.—Pro- fessor A. H. Pattengill of the Univer- sity of Michigan died suddently today. el MAD INFATUATION FOR ACTRESS LEADS TO DIPLOMAT'S DEATH Former Mexican Consul Dies From Wound Inflicted by Self After He Had Shot Woman. SAN DIEGO, March 16.—Word was received in San Diego today of the death of Manuel Algara, formerly Mex- ican Consul in this city. Senor Algara died in Chihuahua on Sunday, February ig believed, by a gunshot wound in the head, self-inflicted. Some weeks ago Senor Algara went to Chihuahua from the City of Mexico to see a popular Mexican actress, with whom he was more or less intimate. While visiting the actress Senor Algara shot her and afterward shot himself in the head. From this wound he did not recover. _— e LEADER OF GANG OF YOUNG HOODLUMS PUNISHED BY COURT Committed to Reform School at Whit- tler Until He Reaches His Majority. RED BLUFF, March 16.—Douglas Reld, a young man about 17 years of age, was today committed by Superior Judge Ellison to the Whittier State Reform School to stay until he is 21 years of age. The youth hus been the leader of a gang of young hoodluns, who have been making much trouble for property owners by petty thievery and other maliclous acts. —_———— ONCE BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS NOW INMATE OF INSANE ASYLUM Emily Russell, Seat West to Regain Her Health, Mind Is Sent to AZnews. SANTA CRUZ, March 16.—Emily Rus- sell, an English actress, who was sent here from New York City two months ago by the Actors’ Fund to regain her health, was today committed to the Agnew State Hospital for the Insane. She had been an inmate of New York hospitals for several years and has a destructive mania. She has been a beautiful woman and was at one time a member of & prominent English the- i atrical company. . | LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. = ARRIVED. Friday, March 16. Stmr Rival, Halverson, 23 hours from reka. Sehr Haleyon, Erratl, 7 days from Columbla River. i Friday, March 16. Stmr G C Lindauer, Allen, Grays Harbor. Sone Aauacion. g e A e DOMESTIC. FORTS. 2 ABERDEEN—Sailed Mar 16—Stmr Grace liar, for aSn 18c0. e Mar 16—Stmr Jefferson, SEA’ Arrived from Juneau; fm J-lln.. h‘m"l:r 12, Salled Mar 16—Stmr Hum) or Juneau. ISLAND POR'’ HILO—Salled Mar 16—Bark Albert, for San Franclsco. FOREIGN PORT. VICTORIA—Arrived Mar 16—} wera, from Sydney via Honolulu, Safled Mar 16—Nor stmr Otta, f March Tewksbury was arrested here today. bury, It 18 alleged, fled from New L:Mumuuhmu 16.—Lewis G. Yo, Tew — thousnds of 25, of meningitis, caused, partially, it| Check to Show Good Faith in the Franchise Matter Wins Alameda Trustees HART SHIES AT CASH Money Talks and the Board Members Give Out Their Conelusions - Unofficially (L e B ALAMEDA, March 16.—The Board of City ‘Trustees will on Monday night grant the application of F. M. Greenwood for an electric road franchise through Cle- ment avenue. Such is the understanding unofficially efpressed tonight by the in- dividual Trustees after a mass meeting of citizens held at the City Hall. This will close a contest of months between Green- {wood and W. J. Morgan & Co. of San Francisco for the franchise. What particularly impressed the Trus- tees was the tender by Greenwood of a certified check of $50,000 as a guarantee that he would carry out the terms of the franchise should it be granted to him. W. H. H, Hart, who has represented Morgan in the struggle, declined to put up a cash guarantee. Hart & Craigie Sharpe at- tended to-night's meeting, as also did Oli- ver Ellsworth and Guy C. Earl, counsel for Greenwood. The meeting was largely attended. Res- olutigns were unanimously adopted re- questing the City Trustees to pass an or- dinance giving .a franchise either to Greenwood or Morgan. Dr. George A. Moore presided and addresses were deliv- ered by Major C. L. Tilden, W. W. Cooley, Alexander Mackie and W. J. Gor- ham, president of the City Trustees. Gor- ham said the Trustees had decided that Alameda was in favor of a competitive electric raiiroad, and not steam. He con- sidered both applicants worthy of consid- eration. Gorham declared that by granting a franchise to either Greenwood or Morgan others would not be barred. “The West- ern Pacific,” he added, ‘“according to what we have been told desires to come in to Alameda. Even if this Clement-ave- nue franchise be granted there Is still room for the Western Pacific between Clement avenue and the estuary.” The Greenwood project contemplates an electric passenger and freight system with ferry line to San Francisco through Ala- meda, Fruitvale, Haywards and _into Crow Canyon, tapping the rich fruit and vegetable districts thereabouts in Ala- meda and across the boundary through a part of Contra Costa County. It is a purely local system, the projectors assert. They purpose to spend about $3,000,000. MAY LOSE HER EYE AS RESULT OF KICK Toe of Boy’s Boot Strikes Girl in Face, Ruining Optie. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, March 16.—Rough play may result in the loss of an eye by Blanche Ellwood, a pupil In the Lowell Gram- mar School. She was kicked in the eye by Eddie Cochran, another pupil. Owing to the storm the pupils were allowed the use of the basement as a play- ground. Blanche was sitting by the furnace eating her lunch when the Cochran boy got into an altercation with a girl. He aimed a kick at her, which missed, and the toe of his boot struck Blanche Ellwood just above the cheek bone. The girl fell back scream- ing with pain. She was hurried home and physicians summoned and every- thing was done to save the ewe. It is doubtful whether she can ever use it agaln. ———————— FILES MAP SHOWING ROUTE ACROSS SNOQUALME PASS Two-Mile Tunnel to Reduce Grade to Be Built by the Chicage and Milwaukee. SEATTLE, March 16.—The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway has filed in the Land Office here duplicate maps showing the definite location of that road's route across Snoqualme Pass. A temporary line will be built through the pass at a maximum grade of three per cent. A two-mile tunpel, shown In the maps, will be built later, reducing the maximum grade by more than one-half. The road will follow the Snoqualme River Valley on the west side to the summit. East of the mountains it runs down Coal Creek, along the south side of Lake Kichelos, and then down the Yakima River Val- ley. —_———— DEMENTED MAN FOUND WANDERING IN MARSHES Loses Toe Nalls Through Contact ‘With Barbed Wire and Is Otherwise Injured. PETALUMA, March 16.—Theodore Siaz, who has been working near Rec- clamation, was found today in a de- mented condition wandering in the marsh land near town. He was in a pitiable condition from having come In contact with barbed wire. His hands and feet were cut and several nails torn off his toes. He had wandered for a day and a night. His condition is attributed to an overindulgence in red wine. His guardian took him to a San Francisco hospital. Siaz recently fell heir to an estate of some value. May Be Charged With Murder. BAKEESFIELD, March 16.—R. De- laringa, the Italian who has been want- ed for some time for assault upon An- drew Larsen three weeks ago, was ar- rested by Deputy Sheriff Baker this morning. Delaringa was brought be- fore Justice of the Peace Millard and charged with attempt to commit mur- der. His bail was placed at $5000, Lar- sen is in a deplorable condition. One of his lungs was injured by a broken rib, and it Is feared he will die. In that case Delaringa will be charged with murder. S TR SUPERVISORS ORDER MANY e PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS The Supervisors’ finance committee vesterday recommended that the Board of Works be authorized to contract for the following improvements under the & g %R F i o readiE] / RAILWAY WAR ON IN EARNEST Petitions Circulated in Marin County Enliven Struggle for Permit to Lay Tracks APPEALS TO TRUSTEES PR S One Objeets to Railroad en Fourth Street in San Ra- fael and Another Favors It T e Special Dispatch to The Call RAFAEL, March 16—Two petl- tions relating to the granting of a fran- chise for a railroad on Fowrth street, the principal business street of this city, are being vigorously circulated and will be presented to the Board of City Trus- tees at its meeting on Monday night. One petition advocates the passage of an or- dinance granting the Marin Terminal Rallway Company a franchise to run | single electric passenger cars on & non-T- rail track from the easterly to the west erly corporate limits of this city, travers- ing the entire length of Fourth and por- | tions of othtr streets. with branches from Fourth street to the northern and southern parts of this city. The other is opposed to a railroad fran- chise on Fourth street, the circulators ! claiming that once a rallroad franchise is granted, the corporation obtaining It will snap its fingers in the faces of the members of the board when the ecity at- tempts to compel it to live up to the letter of its agreement. They predict that any rallroad securing a franchise wiil eventually run a train of cars over this street, compelling the business men to move to some ather street. g g INSPECT SONOMA LINE. SANTA ROSA, March 16.—W. A. Cat- trell, president of the Marin Terminal Company and the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad, with Vice President John A. McNear and Director Frank A. Brush of the latter road, came up today with President Gleske of the San Rafael Board of Trustees and several of the oldest and most influential citizens of that city for a tour of inspection of the electric road. All expressed them- selves as well pleased with the condi- tions they found here and the way in which the road handled the traffic. —_——— FILE A CLAIM ON THE WATER STORED IN HILLS OF MARIN Corporation Appropriates 20,000 Inches on Ground That Supply Is Needed by Consumers. SAN RAFAEL, March 16.—The Marin County Water Company, through its president, A. W. Foster, and its secre- tary, A. Dalton Harrison, filed today in the County Recorder’s office a notice of appropriation of water for the pur- pose of meeting the demands of the inhabitants. In the notice they claim and appropriate from the ravine and Lake Lagunitas and the watershed feeding the ravine and Lagunitas Creek 20,000 inches of water, measured under a four-iach pressure. This takeg in the water flowing above and under the ground. —_——— NAVY ORDERS. WASHINGTON, March 16.—The fol- lowing cable was received from Rear Admiral Train, commander in chief of the Asiatic fleet at Cavite: Passed As- sistant Paymaster A. Hovey King is detached from the Monadnock to re- turn home; Assistant Paymaster J. R. Hornberger goes to the Monadnock; Midshipman G. O. Carter is detached from the Ohio to go to the Callao; En- sign F. W. Sterling is detached from the Callao to go to the Baltimore; Cap- tain W. P. Clifford, detached from Ca- vite station to duty with the legation guard at Peking, China, is to' return to Cavite station. —_——— CALEDONIAN CLUB HOLDS ENJOYABLE STAG PARTY Scottish Hall was crowded last night with members of the Caledonian Club and their friends from sister clubs on the occasion of a stag party arranged by the literary committee. The un- usually large attendance was due to the fact that the essays in Gaelic, trans- lated Into English, on “The Influence of the Scottish Race on the American Continent” were to be read. Some months ago J. W. MeGilvray, an enthusiastic member of the club, of- fered prizes of 375 and 350 for the best two essays on the subject named, with the object of fostering a love for the Gaelic language in the minds of Scotch- Americans. Three essays were received and the first prize awarded by the judges was won by Charles Macdonald, a director of the club, and the second by D. J. McFarland, first chieftain. The third essay was furnished by Rev. Brother Annanias. Last night each of the essaysists read his production in Gaelic and English and during the intervals Gaelic songs were rendered by Neil Lindsay, the elub piper; Duncan McRae and Thomas Fraser. Bagpipe music was supplied by Neil Lindsay and T. 8. Tevendale and songs by Horace Cookson, Halcolm Morrison and others. Appropriate speeches were delivered by Chief D. D. McCrae, who presided; J. D. McGll- vray and others. The affair, which was a great suc- cess, was In charge of D. J. McFarland, ‘W. Mitchell, R. McD. Murray, J. A. Cam- eron and Peter McIntyre, who compose the literary committee. —_— Kubelik Advance Sale. The advance sale of seats for tha Kubelik recitals at the Tivoll Opera- house on March 21 and 23 opened yes- terday morning at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s, and was the most successful of its kind known in this eity for a long time, even breaking the record of the Paderewsk! sale some years ago. —_— these I‘”PIII'.' ‘They also relisve Dis- from Dyspepala, In- digestion and Too Hearty T _THE B&Y » X 4