The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1906, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1906. ENDS IS LIFF WITH MORPHINE Former Well Known Resi- dent of Guerneville Com- mits Suieide in Santa Cruz WRITES LAST MESSAGE In Note H Deserted e Admits He Had Wife and Child and Adopted a New Name | —_—— patch to The Call 0.—Andrew prosperous bquel, commit- pson House to- e. Near his lowing note In November. USE OF MAIN STREET IS DENIED RAILROAD Red Bluff Trustees Refuse Franchise to Redding Company. FEARING HIS SON WILL KILL HIM HE ASKS FOR POLICE HELP Aged German Hesident of Sanmta Rosa Complaius of Actions of Hix Oftspring. far 20, here this reatening Henrict n resident secured seeks to ci Au now yperty s household goods ; ing them from the e father resisted. Hen- S fears to sleep n will take and or CE YEARS IN JAIL AND FINES OF $70000 CROOK’S SENTENCE Former Forest Inspector Thomas Heav- ily Punished for Making Away With Less Than $200. s 28, March 2 former United & st in was today convicted on g issued fraudule: tencéd to three y rs 1 and to pay fines egg He was found & The amount of Thomas' alleged fraudulent vouchers 1 $200. ——————— No Charges Against Bristol. r Associatior Cake, resident arges have be 1 against W. C. Bristol, Di for the State of Orego tion will take no action in t of the charges of alleged viol the ethics of the profession have b made against Mr. stol ur have been lodged w he commitee of the ForCoughs and Colds There is a remedy over sixty years old—Ayer’s Che course you have heard of it, probably Once in the family, it 2z7e used it. stays; the one household remedy for Ask your own coughs and colds doctor about it. We have no secrets! ‘We publish the formulas of all our medicines. Made by the J. O. Also AYER’S HAIR VIGOR~For the hair. AYER'S SARSAPARILLA—For the blood. Do as he says. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Magufacturers of ELKS OF SAN DIEGO TO HAVE MAGNIFICENT NEW HOME. Plans Have Been Drawn for a Structure Which Will Cost Lodge’ $50,000. \ ~ | | v HOME OF SAN DIEGO LODGE OF THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECT- WHICH 1S SHORTLY TO BE ERECTED IN SOUTH- = NS OPLES R FRANCHSE CITY AT A COS’ + SAN DIEGO, March 19.—Plans have been drawn for a new home for the San f Elks. It will be built on recently purchased by the northwest corner of Second The building, which is to 2, will be built of brick E 1 be made as nearly fire- Jossible throughout. It is to be | and a half stories high. The base- | half of the first floor, and all of Diego I the prop and D Special Dispatch to The Call. 1 be of c ! - { g is to be five feet of the sidewalk, s0 | ; of light. It is ex- t the entire space will be taken was made before the City Council to- night by ¥. L. Evans, representative of | the Bastern Trust Company, who' has bLeen in Humboldt County for a num- er of weeks promoting a plan to build a railroad from Humboldt to Caspar, | Wyo., via Alturas. for | through the streets of Eureka. He plahs 3 ay leads to a large cor all extending back through the | g to the elevator and stairway at the right wiil be a large oot the. ke witn & | 1o start from the southern end of town o oom i the sear, with | 4nd Tun from bay to bay. Evans agrees i et ainein ek wouss alideeat i | to have the road built as far as Red- for the accommodation of the players, | 4108 within three years or forfelt all [ e oo B dlvided into | franchise rights that he may acquire. apartments for rent, The third story will | ¥ars came here asking for a bonus be given over to lodge purposes entirely. | O $120,000, pavable when the road is Two-thirds of the amount completed, The large lodge room will be 30 by 6 4 feet and 22 feet high, with a gallery on | WaS Subscribed by property owners and T e | business men, who are satistied that e the proposition is bona fide. While Elks have already taken out the | the = | claiming Eastern backing, Evans has | refused to make public the names of | his associates, but from business men | he has taken into his confidence it :h;‘s been learned that an Eastern trust | company is backing the scheme. The | question of granting the franchise will | be determined two weeks hence. VESSELS IN COLLISION mit which indicates that the ing is to cost about $50,000. | e e SENDS BULLET INTO HIS BRAIN | AFTER TRYING TO KILL WIFE Oregon Painter Angered by Refusal of Spouse to Live With Him Uses Revolver. S, March LOS ANG 20.—Michael | Powell, a painter, shot his wife through e et = the left cheek and then fired a shot | IN NORTHERN RIVER | into his brain here this afternoon as| [ Wit indountedly ate of nis weuna. Tne | Steam Schooner Dispatch fously injured. Both P Y i Y, \ ettt et e F e L s and (volm'l.lbla Crash To- couple came here.recently from Port- | gether Without Damage. | land, Or. The woman’s refusal to live AT, | with her husband prompted the quarrel. i e RS SOUTH OF COLUSA TO BUILD PUMPING Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, March 20,—At the mouth of the Columbia this afternoon the steam- ship Columbia and the steam schooner Dispatch were in collision. Nelther ves- sel was much damaged. b FARME! PLANT | Will Dig Diteh Large Enough to Carry Water to Irrigate 2000 | Acres. i e COLUSA, March 20.—The landowners, - - 7 who farm south of Colusa, held a meet- OHANGES AN HUSSAND THREATENED TO STAB HER his afternoon and decided to put large pumping plant on the river Moller in Divorce Complaint mile below Colusa. Considerable Makes a Serfous Charge the di as already been Against Spouse, by the individual owners and| gANTA ROSA, March 20.—In the di- T e o anded untl 8 edteh | vorco case of Louisa Moller against W. e s Vo byl "’;E; K. Moller, the husband is charged with nd to plant the land in alfalfa, having threatened to stab his wife. : Moller is a former business man of Petaluma. Mrs. Agnes A. Riddle has Two-Cent Fare Bill “Killed.” | DES MOINES, March 20.—The House | committee on rallroads and commerce been granted an interlocutory decree of divorced from J. J. Riddle for willtul today ot HGTRIN, ~the Banbey !wmlues»mon. Mrs. Ada Lee Alexander has . i been granted a similar decree from cent railroad fare bill. Prominent men Charles Rufys Alexander on th were before the committee to protest | of meglec ¥ ;: 8 gronnd against.the measure. tad — et DESPONDENT MAN ATTEMPTS TO PUT END TO HIS MISERY During Absence of Wife Invalld Se- cures Revolver and Fires Bullet Into Head. LOS OLIVOS, March 20.—George Farmer, a well-known resident of Los Olivos, attempted to commit suicide at an early hour this morning. Farmer was an engineer on the narrow gauge road between San Luis Obispo and Los Olivos for several years. He had to glive up his position on account of his 11l health. Since then he has been very despondent. While his wife was out of the room for a moment this morn- ing he shot himself in the mouth with an old pistol which he had secreted. He will not recover. ——————— Tulare Lands Are Benefited. HANFORD, March 20.—Flood waters from Cross Creek and Mill Creek have reached the dry country west.of Tu- lare Lake, overflowing and greatly benefiting the country. This is the first rise to flood tide of the Tule River since 1893. As yet Tulare Lake bed- lands have not been flooded, the dry soil absorbing the water. ———— Armour to Build Near Swift. PORTLAND, March 20.—In addition to the $1,000,000 packing plant which Bwift & Co. will establish in thix ecity, it is understood that Armour & Co., Switt's greatest rival, has closed an op- tion on 300 acres lying near the Swift property and that it intends to estab- lish an Immense packing plant on the property. —_——— Engineer's Injuries Fatal. BAKERSFIELD, March 20.—Engineer Edmond Ranard, who was so badly scalded in the wreck on the Santa Bar- bara line last week, died of his injuries at 2:30 o'clock this morning. Ray- nard formerly lived here and was high- ly respected. rry Pectoral. Of AYER’S PILLS—For constipation. AYER'S AGUE CURE—For malaria and ague. [Promoter of Line From Hum- a franchiso FAPERT SCORES THE OFFICALS Employe of Tehama’s Grand Jury Finds Fault With the Methods of the Job-Holders BOOKS ARE KEPT BADLY —_— Report May Affect Candidates for Re-election at Battle of Ballots Later in Year RED BLUFF, March 20.—Prentiss Maslin, who was employed by the pres- ent Grand Jury of Tehama County to make an examination of the books of the city officlals of Red Bluff and also to investigate In part the books of the county officers, filed his report with the Grand Jury today. His report, of course, has not become an open record, but it is understood that it contains a spicy arraignment of several munieci- pal and county officials regarding the manner in which their books have been kept, and especially the manner in which clalms have been allowed by the Board of Supervisors and Board of City Trustees. His report, coming just be- fore a city election, may have consider- able bearing from a political stand- point upon the fall election, at which time a great many of the present offi- cers of the county will be candidates for re-election. Part of his arraign- ment, It is rumored, relates to the action of certain city officlals in sell- ing goods and merchandise to the city | of which they are officers. | CAPTOL S ACAN THNCLED Contractors Find They Have Mixed Figures and Fran- tically Appeal for Delay — Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, March 20.—The people 1 floor will be rented and the of Sacramento are beginning to belleve ee expect to secure a 5 they may yet get occasion to celebrate r the looge from them. | holdt to Caspar, Wyo.,|iointly the remodeling of the Btate Capi- trance will be on the D street , X e tol and the opening of the Panama canal. 1e building, and 1t will be dounle, | VWould Lay Rails in Eureka | The Capitol work was authorized by the al stairw leading to the level | ixd Legislature nearly two years ago, but va- asement i e rious difficulties conspired to delay the to be finished in fine | EUREKA, March 20.—Application | 8election of architects’ plans. These diffi- culties were at length overcome, and last | SBaturday bids for the various kinds of work were opened. The lowest total of | the bids in each subdivision aggregated nearly $10,000 in excess of the $352,000 ap- propriation, and it was decided to get an opinfon from Attorney General Webb as to whether all the bids might not be trimmed ‘d6%n" without reopening a te- dious contest. The Attorney General responded favor- ably, and affairs seemed to be progress- ing nicely when today Walker Brothers of San Francisco frantically appealed to | the Capitol Commissioners ‘to defer ac- tion, saying they had mixed up thelr | bids, having bid $72,700 for carpentering and $112,700 for masonry, whereas the fig- ures should have been the other way around. The commission may have to readver- tise for bids, but will wait for Architect Arthur Sutton to come up from San Fran- cisco to see if the latest tangle can be straightened out. ANOTHER TELEPHONE EXCHANGE READY FOR SERVICE Equipment of New South “Central” Has All Been In- stalled, and Big Branch Of- fice Will Be in Operation in About Two Weeks Soath “Central” exchange has been completed, ana is about to be added to the Jocal system of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company. The work of installing the improved multiple switchboards and other up-to- date apparatus, appliances and devices was finished several days ago, and the final task—that of testing the equip- ment—is now In progress. This will | take about two weeks more, at the expiration of which time the exchange will be put in operation as a part of the San Francisco system. The building which houses South “Central” exchange is located on West { Mission street, near Eleventh. Its di- mensions are 116 feet by 63, and it con- tains three stories and a basement. Built of fireproof material and having a pressed brick and cement front with terra, cotta ornaments the structure is both substantial and ornamental, and is quite an addition to the section in which it is located. On the first floor i2 the manager's of- fice, a public conversation room with sound-proof booths, the battery room and an operaling room. On the second floor is the operators’ parlor, reazding room and lunch room, also the dis- trihuting frames and the office of the wire chief. The third floor is taken up with an operating room unusually large for a branch exchange. Here fis .the big switchboard, which it has taken several months to install. - This board is equipped for 10,100 main lines, and is in itself a whole telephone system, being capable of providing service for o good-sized city. However, South “Central” is only one of the four e changes included in the Pacific Stat Telephone and Telegraph Company’s $2,600,000 improvement plan, which is now nearing completion. East and West exchanges are already in opera- tion, and Maln exchange, the last of the four, 18 receiving its equipment. Bach new exchange has bettered the | service, but as the various branches of the 3y m are interdependent the high- est possible efficiency cannot be obtain- ed until all are in operation. When that time comes, $ay the officials of the company, San Francisco will have a telephone service second to that of no other city In the United States. —_——— Dunsmuir May Be Governor. VICTORIA, B. C., March 20.—It is stated from Ottawa that James Duns- muir, formerly Premier of British Co- jumbia, and a wéalthy coal mine owner and business man of Victoria, is to be made Governor, vice Sir Henrl Joli de Lotbiniere. His appointment {s recom- mended by the Liberal members. VANCOUVER, B. C.,, March 20.--The Canadian Pacifi¢ Railway Company has closed a contrait with the British Co- lumbia General Contracting Company of Vancouver for the construction of the first sectioj Of ten miles of the Kootenay Central Railway. * Try the Unitdd States Laundry. 1004 Market street. 'Telephone South 420, ¢ |the member may be lost 3 SAY THAT AMER ADMITTED GUILT Prosecution in Madera Em- bezzlement Case Rests Af- ter Giving Strong Evidence DEFENDANT BORROWER Witnesses Declare Accused Man Tried to Secure Cash to Cover Up His Shortage Special Dispatch to The Call. MADERA, March 20.—The prosecution in" the case against W. M. Amer, ex- County Treasurer, closed its case this afternoon. Three witnesses testified that Amer had confessed to them that he haa specujated and lost money, and that he was short in his accounts about $10,000 and asked their help in raising that amount. H. L. Crow testified that when he asked Amer what he had done with the money the defendant replied that E. BE. Wllcox, the former Auditor of the county, had got the best of him for $3000, that others had got smaller sums, and that some of the money had been used In speculating in the hope that he could double the money and pay back the amount that he had misappropriated. Amer also told Crow that ke had cov- ered up the shortage by checks which were given to him by friends, and that after the officlal count of the money these checks had been returned. The witness sald he asked the defendant to give him the names of the persons so that he might go to them and get them to give the checks to tide him over until after the count in order that time might be had in which to raise the amount of the shortage among Amer's friends. The defendant, sald the witness, replied that he would not give the names then, but if it came to a pinch he would do so. E. H. Cox, manager of the Madera Bugar Pine Company, testified that Amer came to him and asked his help and bor- rowed $7700. The witness sald he asked Amer if he was short in his office, and he replied that he was, and that the amount of the shortage was $7700. Amer then asked the witness to indorse a note for the amount, and when the request was refused Amer sald, “The jig is up; I will have to face the music.” County Clerk Eubanks testified that Amer told him on the Saturday night be- fore the shortage was discovered that the amount of the shortage was $10,000, and on the following Tuesday night told him that the shortage was between $31,000 and ,000. J. E. Paddock also testified that he had been asked by Amer to help raise $10,000, but that Amer had not told him what he wanted it for. The defense will put on its case to- morrow. COAST WM CONPAAY WS Attachment Against Prop- erty of Oroville Concern Vacated in New York City Sl g L Spectal Dispateh to The Call NEW YORK, March 20.—Alfred W. Goslin was scored by Judge Greenbaum of the Supreme Court in a decision ren- dered today vacating an attachment which was recently granted against the property in this State of the Western Gold Mining Company of Oroville, Cal, at the instance of Charles Turner of Brooklyn. Turner sued as assignee of Charles M. Dunn of Brooklyn, who based the action on the claim that Dunn was induced through fraud to pay upward of $29,500 for stock in the corporation. ‘Werner Fablan of Oroville, Cal, is president of the concern, which owns 200 acres of mining land near Oroville. Fa- bian says Harry Bangs Introducea “A. Griffin” as a capitalist, who would aid him in the ‘sale of stock. “Griffin”" got an option on 20,000 shares. Fabian de- clared later that A. W. Zimmerman, cashier of the Wells-Fargo Bank, in- formed him that “Griffin” was Alfred W. Goslin, who had an account with the bank. It was later ascertained that Gos- lin had obtained 205 shares at $12.50 a share and had transferred them. Judge Greenbaum, in vacating the attachment, said: There is strong reason to suspect that no traud was perpetrated on the plaintiff's as- signor (Dunn); that this action is the result | of a conspiracy between the plaintiff and his assignor and the defendants, Whiteman and Uhren, apparently tools of Alfred R. Goslin, to defraud the other defendants, but assum- ing that the acts alleged by the plaintiff re- sulted in defrauding Dunn, the undisputed facts show that the fraud was that of White- man_& Co., unauthorized and unwarranted by the Western Gold Mining Company and wholly disconnected from them. And, indeed, If there was any shred of fact that might be deemed legally sufficlent to uphold the cause of the action in favor of the plaintiff it seems to me it would be the unhesitating duty of the court in this case to vacate the attachment for the manifest perjurious statements of the plain- tiff's assignor (Dunn) as to his residence, his apparent impecuniosity and his established re- lations with an alleged notorious swindler who has been convicted of fraudulent acts, whose tool he manifestly is and who appears to be the prime mover in the conspiracy to swindle the non-resident defendants. CALIFORNIAN DIES SUDDENLY IN DENVER H. A. Ross of Dixon Strick- en With Apoplexy at Depot. _ Spectal Dispatch to The Tall. DENVER, March 20.—Walking up and down the stairway to the office of the joint ticket agent at the Union depot was too much of an effort for H. A. Ross of Dixon, Cal. Ross, who was 70 years of age, was'en route from Dixon, Cal, to Winston-Salem, N. C. He dled suddenly in the men’s walting-room at the Union station at 10 o'cloca this morning of apoplexy. Rogs arrived on the Union Pacific this morning and told the joint ticket agent that he was too ill to travel and asked for an extension of his ticket. The agent said there would be no trouble about the extension and Ross went downstairs to the waiting-room. He was too weak to take care of his baggage and a porter checked it for him. While the porter was absent the man fell over in his seat and before any assistance could be given was dead. Coroner Collins has notified his relatives at Dixon. —_—e—e—————— Ore Falls Upon a Miner. BAKERSFIELD, March 20.—The falling of ore from the roof of one of the stopes in the Queen Esther mine ‘at Mojave this morning nearly crushed the life out of V. W. Feldt, a miner. He was hit by particles of the falling ore and severely bruised. His right eye was terribly cut and the sight of This is the ‘popular ‘coupon day at Pragers—when values, in- stead of prices, are all important. You cannot afford to miss one item. COUPON. Lan Waists 59¢ Upon pre- sentation of this Coupon we will sell white lawn and colored Waists; five different stylesto select from; worth eas- ily §1, for S r A€ The one we illustrate is made of fine white lawn; surplice ef- fect; medallion front; tucked bac! long sleeves and gauntlet cuffs. None sold at this price with- out this Coupon. No mall orders. Not more than two waists to a customer. Good for Wednesday. 21st, only. PRAGERS. March COUPON. Kentucky Bourbon §4¢ U p o n presenta- tion of this Coupon we will sell you a full quart bottle of Old Nelson Ken- tucky Bourbon, distilled by the Nelson Distillery Co. and never sold regularly for less than $1.00, for sk None sold at this price with- out this coupon. No malil orders. Not more than two bottles to a customer. Good for Wednesday, 21st, only, PRAGERS. March Washable Suits Sallors, Russian and Buster Brown Suits for little boys; fine selections from spring styles. Special 45‘ OB o i oesaceqginadans Women’s Vests. Women's Seamless Vests; trim- med with Mercerized crochet edge: in colors of white, pink and ‘'sky blue; big 20c values. Special C for Wednesday ..... Misses’ Shoe Special Wednesday only, we offer regular $2.50 Misses’ Patent Colt Shoes, in'lace styles or Blucher; made of best quality patent coltskin, and in_ the newest dressy shape; light or medium weight; one day Ladies’ Gold Belis A swell line of Gold Belts in fancy designs; the very latest fad in Dbelt novelties; 19( big valves for 35¢. Our Wednesday speeial, cach COUPON. Gingham Aprons 31¢ Upon pre- sentation of this Coupon, we _will _sell a fine Ging- ham _ Apron, with s qu are yoke and straps over the shoulders; with and with string some buttons some wide ties; runs full length of dress. The regular price &oe, for 31c None sold at this price without this Coupon. No mali orders Good for Wednesday, 21xt, only. PRAGERS, March ing Opening Y A new idea: Your choice of thousands of Trimmed Hats— the very latest spring styles— a most wonderful array—all at three or four standard prices. Four hundred Trimmed Hats; the new styles; for 700 Trimmed Hats; modeled upon the styles of the very latest Parisian and New York milliners. | i s By A feature of this season that has made a big impression with many of our patrons is our great line of tables piled with Trimmed Hats, equal to the ffi:res.t. -5.5.00 va‘.ues',sz' 98 Extension Roller Skates Biggest values ever offered in Skates—one day only: Regular $1.50 values at 95‘ 50¢ Regular 75¢ values. Spe- (5 PR THINK WOAN 5 A SHINDLER Garden City. Police Arrest Matron, Believing Her to Be a Clever Blackmailer —— Special Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, March 20.—Mrs. Mary Web- ber was arrested by the police today on a charge of defrauding a local livery stable proprietor. The charge is merely a pretext to hold the woman, who is be- lieved to be a very clever swindler. Wil- liam Deyarmin, a Gonzales rancher, claims that he was victimized recently by the woman, who secured 350 from him after proposing marriage. Letters writ- ten by Mrs. Webber have been compared with the blackmalling communications sent récently to a number of prominent residents of this city and the police de- clare that the handwriting is identical. At the time of Mrs. Webber's arrest, she had made an engagement by mail to meet a retired physician on Eleventh street, but instead of keeping the appoint- ment the physician notified the police and a detective arrested the woman. ——————— DEFAULT JUDGMENT.—Justice Peace Danlels yesterday entered a default judgment against Mrs. Maude Treadwell Mc- Nutt, who was sued for $190 alleged to be due Joseph Perry for the hire of horses and bugsies. of the LOVES THE LIFE OF A JAILBIRD Chinese Frightens Watson- ville Woman to Compel Officers to Arrest Him SANTA CRUZ, March 20.—Ung Gee, the Chinese who for several years past has been serving a six months’ sentence in the County Jall twice a year, was brought over from Watsonville today to serve 150 days for vagrancy. Ung Gee had been begging the Watsonville officers to arrest him ever since his release from his last term, early in February, and finally gave them cause by walking into a private residence yesterday and frightening the lady of the house. This eccentric Celes- tial, who does not associate with the Chi- nese population, prefers jail life to any other. He is an excellent janitor, and Sheriff Trafton says that his labor around the courthouse is worth many times his keep, so that the county is no loser by his propensity for breaking into jail. —_——————— Appoints Assistant Postmaster. EUREKA, March 20.—M. L. Gilfogly, who was connected for a number of years with the Pacific Lumber Com- pany at Scotia, has been selected by Postmaster T. H. Selvage as assistant postmaster. For an Our last poster for Hotaling’s OLD KIRK Whisky showing the “Automobile Party” made a great hit. Now we want a good idea for another poster. Contest op en to everyody. $100.00 Will Be Paid to any one whose idea is accepted. For further particulars write a pos- tal to : A, P. HOTALING & CO,, 425 JACKSON STREET, We are looking