The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1906, Page 54

NEWS OF THE COUNTIE THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL. SUNDAY. APRIL .1, 1906 WOMAN WATCHES HUSBAND DROWN David Tyson of Niles Jumps| Into - Alameda Creek and | Perishes. in Its \\':\tvl'i“ e R TO SCARE WIFE| | ——— | | | | | <‘ > 1 TRIES In a Spirit. of Bravado He! Carries Out Threat Made Swim Swollen Stream to » g - and jewelry promise to (STIONS AT F CRUND J0RY March 31.—An attack was sait or was Miss Isabelle Davis, t misled by An ow ashed on the ground that not a legal body. court the entire n en -x Grand Jury w bt e to be ques- t in regard ons = as to e return of T. A y. A H. Schween and Julius | were examined this morn- Moir was not | meént roll and At- | 1.make this one of hich he will base an setting aside of the g Is taking | Harris. It morning and WILL TEST THE LAW AGAINST CIGARETTES | Alameda Tobacconist Has the | Matter Brought. Up in the Court: Mar —~With a view ordjnance of Rew, one of the men - the crusade began e, surrendered Police today as corpus was then ney A. F. St. Sure for ringing the matter up neda ation of St. Sure that only unconstitu- opposed to the terstate commerce prohibits the sale | ninors. The purpose to take the matter right Court if necessary ‘ for the entire State The arguments | v Judge Ogden mnext! Y, M b rch 31.—A half hour | given at 4 m. th he Greek Theater of the | of Ca rnia, or in case of by the Verein The solo- 1 be Dr. 8. Schalkham- The programme will be versity (@) “Die Ehre Gottes aus | r” (Beethoven), (b) “Das | e Roslecin im Thal” (Hermes), | nklied” (Zoliner), Arion male | ehorus; “Am Traunsee” (Thieriot), Arion ,ladies’ chorus, with barytone =olo b: Dr. Schalkhammer; (a) “Mutterher: (Handwerg), (b) “Im Wald” § (Leu), | Arion male chorus; (a) “Es 14 Dein ! Holdes Angesicht” (F. Zech Jy )] “Es Sitzt auf Meinem Gartenhaul’ (F. r Jr.), Dr. Schalkhammer; “Eine ernhochzeit” (Sodermann), Arion | xed chorus; “Theresnwalzer” (Pens- | el Zeck Arion male chorus. Miss Juanita | will_preside at the piano. The | public will' be welcome. The lower en- trances will be closed at 4 o'clock and will ,remain closed throughout the pro- gfamme e QUEER ACTS LEAD TO ARREST. OAKLAND, March 31.—James O'Con- mell, a workingman, about 40 years of | age, issconfined at the County Jail for | his queer actions in jumping in and out | of automobiles on the-ferry. He ap- | parently was.trying the seats, none of which seemed satisfactory. Whether it is drink or a hallucination is a matter “hat (s to be investigated. ., | from open-air bands and in the homes of | of the transformation scene and the finale WANTS ONVORCE. [CARMEN OF OAKLAND |STORM CAUSES (MARIN COUNTY |WO FAON BIGANIST Mrs. Clementine Bima Brings Suit to Sever the Bonds Holding Her to Jail Bird HUSBAND IS IN PRISON ST Deserts Wife and Children, Marries Emma Free and Is Convicted by a Jury AT M OAKLAND, March 31.—Now that Mrs. mentine Bima's husband, Frank L. formerly of Alameda, has been ed to San Quentin fo years for bigamy, Mr wants a divorce and today began pro- ceedings against him on the ground | that he had been convicted of a felony | iat he had been living with | the young woman with! t through the ceremony ! was landed behind the rly conducted a Store on Alameda, but got into & to his extravagance and | ged mother’s cottage | street by signing the | father, long dead. as forgiven hy his mother but not long afterward | young woman | since her went | | Bima and with , where he was arrested. ¥s wife with four who after his desertion with his mother, but after | wife | of absence the e | the truth, went to; swore to a warrant for | He was taken Into custody brought back to California in San Quentin prison. WAGNER TO BE COMPOSER OF NEXT CONCERT e BERKELEY. March 3L—Wagner is to be honored by the university authorities in connection with the series of symphony concerts in the Greek Theater, it having been decided to devote the entire pro- gramme of the next concert, on April 29, to the rendition of parts of Wagner’'s operas. Each of the four symphony concerts thus far given by the university orches- tra has Included in its programme at least one Wagner number. At the first concert Professor J. Fred Wolle and his men played the introduction to the third act of “Die Meistersinger,” with the dance of the apprentices, the procession of the meistersingers and the greeting fo Hans Sachs. The Mozart festival, on March 1, | closed with two Wagner numbers, the | “Siegfried” idyl and the overture to “Rienzi.”” At the third symphony concert, on March 15, the prelude to “Lohengrin’ brought the audience to a pitch of great enthusiaem. The fourth symphony con- cert, on March 29, closed with the splendid prelude to “Die Meistersinger.” ‘Wagner has for years been a favorite composer in California. Old seasons of opera at the Tivoll have made Californja music lovers exceedingly familiar with “Lotengrin,” “Tannhauser” and “The Flying Dutchman,” and the visits of the Grau, Savage and other opera companies have acquainted theypeople with all the | glories of the *“Nibelungen Ring,” with the majesty and devotion of ‘“‘Parsifal,’ with the joyous splendors of “Die Meis- tersinger” and the passionate exaltation of “Tristan and Isolde.” In concert-room, music lovers Californians have heard again and again the great creations of Wagner's genius, until they are here fa- miliar and beieved as are the works of scarcely any other modern composer. All this means that the thousands will gather in the Greek Theater on April 12 thoroughly. prepared to enjoy to the ut- most the rendition by the university or- chestra of some of the noblest achleve- ments of Wagner’s epoch-making genius. Normally consisting of seventy musi- | clans, and these musiclans now thorough- ly merged into one splendid instrument through the experience of four concerts, and at the time of the Wagner pro- gramme thirty rehearsals, the orchestra is further enriched for the fifth concert by accessions in both the brass, the wood wind and the string choirs. The orchestra will be fitted to give such an expression to Wagner's music as it never before. has received from any orchestra in California. The Wagner programme will begin with the uplifting strains of the prelude to | “Parsifal”; then will be played the music of the first act of “Parsifal”; then the Good Friday spell, also from “Parsifal.” This will be followed by Wotan's farewell and magic fire music from *“Die Wal- kure.” Then will come the somber mag- nificence of Siegfried’s death march from “Die Gotterdammerung,” and the™ pro- gramme will end with the overture to “Tannhauser,” unfailing in its beauty and its delight. x —————— TELLS STORY OF TREASON. OAKLAND, March 31.—Willlam Web- ster Ellsworth, secretary of the Cens tury Company of New York, will de- liver an illustrated lecture Thursday evening, April 5, at Wendte Hall of the First Untarian Church on “Arnold and Andre, the Story of the Treason.” The speaker will use 150 stereopticon views, including reproductions of contempora- neous material which has never before been made public. The Jlecture, by courtesy of the Starr King Fraternity, will be open to the public, ——————— THEFTS ARE REPORTED. OAKLAND, March 31.—J. B. McDon- ald has reported to the police that he was held up and rob®ed of $1% at Sixth street and Broadway during the storm last night. He could give no details of the hold-up nor a description of the highwayman. Mre. W. Tobin of 3791 Broadway re- ports that her home was entered by burglars and money and jewelry val- ued at $77 was stolen. The door of the house had been left open. UNION REVIVAL MEETING. ALAMEDA., March 31.—Union revival services in which the local Evangelical churches will participate and which are to continue for one month will be opened tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. J. E. Baskerville in a tent] at the northwest cornef of Central ave- nue and Oak street. Professor George Moody is to direct the large choir that is to render the music at the meetings. ———— TEMPERANCE MEETING. OAKLAND, March 31.—John G. Wool- ley, a noted temperance orator, will de- liver an address Monday evening at the First Presbyterian Church. | Barnet assured the company that | rest.this evening by an official announce- { causing *‘a general impression that a lock- | they, recognizing their and our duties AWAIT CONFERENCE No Further Step Will Be Taken Till Meeting Tomorrow. . | Company Gives Jt Has No Lo OAKLAND. March 31L—The Traction Company has provided against emer- ®ency. It has several hundred men at hand should a strike come and the present temper of the officlals is to make every effort to operate their sys- tem in case of a strike. General Manager W. F. Kelly of the Traction Company is in Los Angeles, A large body of street railway men from Eastern and loeal points has been con- centrated within easy distance of Oak- land to be thrown into the traction headquarters the moment a walkout occurs. This will not be verified at present by the Traction officials, but it is a certainty notwithstanding. Sheriff Barnet today was again re- quested to appoint as deputy sheriffs’ inspectors of the Tractlon Company. The Sheriff said he had been assured by President Ellison that the carmen would not resort to violence in case of a strike and that the appointments would not be made at present. Sherlllt n event of disturbance he should exert his full powers to preserve the peace and to protect property. Disguieting rumors of a strike to be ! called at midnight tonight were set at| ment from W. H. Ellison, president of the Carmen’s Union, that the organization would await the conference arranged for Monday with the tractlon company offi- clals The statement from the union follows: “The union now awaits the Monday con- ference, and in the absence of new devel- opments there seems to be nothing to add to the statements already made. “W. H. ELLISON.” Much unrest was caused today by the publicity given the letter sent last night to President Heron of the tractien com- pany by the carmen; in which they re- ferred to his assent to a conference and declared that reports of the company’'s preparations for possible difficulty were out may be looked for at any hour.” The letter urged that the company maintain the present status without doing anything to affect the carmen’s position pending the conference. The letter was framed as if the union expected categorical denials from the company that any moves were being made. A reply to that communication was sent to President Ellison this noon. President Heron made the flat contradiction that the company has not and never had any In- tention of “locking out” the members of the union. Nothing further was sald so far as concerned any possible impending trouble. The letter reads as follows: DISCLAIMS LOCKOUT PLANS. “Mr. W. H. Ellison, president, Oak- land, Cal “Dear Sir: Yours of March 20 has just been received. In reply théreto we beg leave to state that we have not now nor have we ever had any Intention to ‘lock out’ the members of your union. “We still have confidence in the em- ployes of the company, and believe that to the public, will not attempt to tie up the operation of the street-car sys- tem of the Oakland Traction Consoli- dated, and having such confidence I de- sire to confirm my letter of yesterday, and will meet a committee of the Oak- land Carmen’s Union at the time and place therein designated. Very truly yours, “E. A. HERON, president of Oakland Tractien Consolidated.” As soon as the message was recelved President Ellison tried to get into com- munication with President Mahon of the International Assoclation in San Francisco. Failing to arrange a meet- ing- for this side of the bay, Ellson went to San Francisco, where he and Wfahon and Richard Cornellus of the San Francisco Carmen’s Union held a long conference. The result of that meeting Ellison made public tonight in his announcement that the union would not make a further move until after the conference with the Traction Company officials. President Ellison refused tonight to say what ground had been covered by this afternoon’s conference in San Francisco. He only reiterated that the union would make no move pending the Monday meet- ing. As evidence that the situation was not to be changed tonight, Ellison left the union’s headquarters shortly before 10 o'clock, saying he intended to go home to bed. The headquarters were closed for the night. COMPANY PREPARED. Whether a strike will be called before the Monday conference should the agree- ment committee learn definitely as to the Traction Company’s strategic preparations for a possible tie-up is a question. There is nothing to hinder a complete upsetting of the present situation of delay except the fact that the union has not made a formal demand upon the company since the “strike vote” was taken. That vote was to tle up the entire system if the company did not accede to the union’s de- mands. The company issued a statement to the public after the vote was an- nounced, but the only communication since then between the company and the union has been with reference to a con- ference, At that meeting, unless a strike shall intervene, the union’s demands will be the subject of discussion. 52 In the wake of the strike agitation has followed much rumor and much gossip concerning movements on both sides. In the event of difficulty the Traction Com- pany will utflize its new shops on Yerba Buena avenue, west of San Pablo ave- nue, as the headquarters for men, and many of its cars will undoubtedly be op- erated from that center instead of from the outlying barns. For service as such headquarters the shops have been placed in readiness. They have been furnished with sleeping and eating accommodations and supplies are in store there. This was done as soon as the “strike vote” was taken, Not an official of company will ad- mit that any heavy Importation of fire- arms has been made. Not an official will admit that large numbers of men have been selected for employment in the event of a tie-up. MARRIAGE LICENSES. OAKLAND, March 81.—The following marriage licenses-were issued by the County Clerk today: Charles L. Don- nelly, 22, and May A. Woods, 23, both ot Oakland; Samugl W. Healing. 26, and Amanda C. Peters, 24, both of Oakland; Charles B. Pingree, 21, and Ola M. Col- vin, 18, both of Oaklana b Assurance That ck-Out Plans. GIVES UP CAREER FOR A MISSION| BERKELEY, March 31.—More than one of the graduates of the University ! of California have come to places of | distinction in professional and business ! life, while some forsake the prospects of brilllant careers to dedicate their talents to the cause of humanity. One of those who have chosen to enroil un- der the banner of the humanitarians is Robert P, Stephenson, a graduate of the University .of California, class 1902, who has given up law to engage in the study of the problem of saving ehil- dren. The Boston Post of March 19 comments on Mr. Stephenson's action as follows: “In order to study sociological condi- tlons Robert P, Stephenson, a graduate of Harvard Law School, 1905, and of the Unlversity of California, 1902, has given up all thoughts of the brillant legal career which had been predicted for him, and is to make a life study of the problem of saving children from want and cruelty. “In entering upon his new work Mr. Stephenson refused a flattering offer to enter the office of a well-known firm of corporation attorneys, for, as he himself put it, ‘to me it is more inter- esting to do the kind of work I have set myself to do than dig out musty law cases.’ “That he may the better carry on his work Mr. Stephenson has become one of the agents for the Massachu- setts Soclety for the Prevention of Cru- elty to Children, and his advent there means that that organization Is to branch out more extensively into caring for the children of the street than ever before. He was born in Portland, Or., twenty-flve years ago.” The Schoolmasters’ Club will give & banquet in the California Hotel on the évening of April 7. Colonel John P. Irish will talk on the “Burden of the Schools.” John McNaught will speak on “Education From the Standpoint of a Newspaper Man.” Superintendent Kirk will talk on his trip to the Su- perinten®ent's Convention at Louisville. Presldent Wheeler will also deliver an address. 2 J. 8. Colbath, a graduate from the college of mining, University of Cali- fornia, with the class of 1902, has just been appointed to a position as cyanide expert at Sonora, Mexico, for the Cres- ton Colorado Mining Company. Mr. Colbath has had considerable experi- ence along this line and was selected by the consulting engineer of the com- pany, John B. Farish, the well-known mining engineer of Denver, Colo. F. W. Bradley on Wednesday deliv- ered an address to the mining students, in which he gave an interesting ac- count of the mining district of Tellu- ride, Colo. The talk was illustrated with some beautiful lantern slides, showing this interesting and Important mining district. He also gave the min- Ing students some very sound advice as to the best method of securing ahd retaining positions In the mining world and urged them to- depend en- tirely upon their ability to secure and hold positions upon their own merits. Mr. Bradley was a member of the min- ing class of 1886 and\ls now general manager of the Alaska Treadwell mine, the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines, the Oneida mine of California and of the Maricopa State, and he has successfully practiced what he preaches. Further details regarding the gulde service which is to be inaugurated at the University of Caiifornia under the management of David H. Parry, a. Junior in the college of commerce, were announced today. The establishment of the guide service is the result of the desire of the many sightseers and tour- ists who pass through San Francisco to see the University of Callfornia and to acquaint themselves intimately with its buildings and the plans for the greater university. Many inquiries have been received from time to time at the pres- ident’s office as to whether students could be found who would be willing to show visitors about the university for a reasonable charge. The new ser- vice 1s to be strictly a student affair and will give employment to a number of students who desire to add to their income while they are continuing their college work. Arrangements will prob- ably be made for the guides to make their headquarters in California Hall, so that they may be easily secured when applications are made at the Informa- tion bureau in the hall. A charge of 50 cents per hour will be made for the first person and 25 cents for éach addi- tional person in the party. Speclal rates will be made to large parties. Visitors will be glven coples of Pro- fessor Armes’ illustrated article on the Greek Theater which appeared in the Sunset Magazine, 10,000 reprints of which have been supplied to the uni- versity through ‘the courtesy of the Southern Pacific Company, also coples of the Berkeley Booklet, published by the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, and other literature pertalning to the university and town. Mr. Parry is ar- ranging with the hotels in Sap Fran- cisco to make engagements for parties by telephone. These parties will be met at the station by the guides. GEORGE K. FORD GOES TO TONOPAH TO PRACTICE LAW George K. Ford has resigned his po- sition of assistant claims attorney. for the United Railroads to go to Tonopah to engage in the practice of law there with his brother. While he has been remarkably successful for a ng | man in his career 1in this élg; the opportunities offered by the big mining towns of Nevada have proved too alluring. His many friends feel as- sured that he will make much of the big opportunities for legal talent in Nevada nowadays, opportunities greater even than those that attracted £0 many of the brightest legal men ;r:ymvthe Bast to California in early s, i " S Mr. Ford was given a farewell dinner last night by those with whom he has been. associated in the service of the United Railroads. He is a cousin - Tirey L. Ford, general counsel for that corporation, and his brother is established in the law business in I I sy CREAT DAMACE Car Lines Are Tied Up and Streets and Sewers Are Injured by Wind and Rain HORSES ELECTROCUTED Animals Attached to a Hack Encounter Live Wire and Suceumb to Fearful Shock OAKLAND, March 31.—Car lines were blocked and traffic suspended, macadamized streets and sewers were badly damaged and numerous accidents resulted from the downpour that visited Oakland for three hours last night and was the heaviest that the citizens have experienced in recent years. Tele- phone, telegraph and trolley wires were torn down by wind and rain and at Eighth and Grove streets two horses attached to a hack were electrocuted, while over in East Oakland, aged N. Schramm, bedridden with rheumatism, was rescued from a floating bed by firemen, who made a bridge over the water with their ladders. It ralned 1.63 of an inch between 9 o'clock and midnight, making a total of 23.94 inches for the season. Heavy wind accompanied the downfall. Soon after the storm began neigh- bors of H. Schramm, who lives alone at East Sixteenth street and Fourteenth avenue, became frightened'at the rising water and tried to induce the old man to go to higher ground. He refused and they telephoned to Fire Chief Ball, who detalled Firemen Willlam Logan and W. C. Wright to rescue the sufferer, who Is bedridden from rheumatism. Logan and Wright improvised a bridge with ladders and took Schramm, pro- testing loudly, from a room in which therc was two feet of water. At 11:30 o'clock Charles Shaw, a hackman, was taking a party of women along Eighth street and at Grove street his horses were electrocuted by a live electric light wire. One of the horses was instantly killed and the other was burned to badly that he was shot. In attempting to unhitch his horses Shaw was shocked several times, but not serfously. The women were compelled to walk in the rain five blocks to their home. Most of the car lines were tied up, traffic being suspended on San Pablo avenue for more than an hour owing to lack of power. On the Fourth-avenue line one of the tracks was washed out near Peralta avenue and the jumping of the track of a car on Grove street tied up that line for four hours. Cemetery Creek overflowed its banks in the vleinity of Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth streets and a portion of the culvert over the creek at Valdez street recently bullt was washed away. The overflow of the creek was in- creased by the opening of the flood gates of the reservoir of Mountain View Cemetery. The underpinning of the homes of Duncan McArthur, Willlam O'Connell, C. A. Grate, J. Maylor, the Bellevue Hotel and others was weakened by the storm and it was feared that they would topple Into the creek. Through- out the city trees and fences were blown down. PERSONAL Ferd K. Rule of Los Angeles, presi- dent of the California League of Repub- lican Clubs, arrived in the city last evening. Admiral O. W. Farenholt has returned from a month's trip to all the principal points of Southern California and is again at his quarters at the Cosmos Club. Orrin S. Henderson of Stockton, who is mentioned as one of the leading can- didates for the presidency of the State League of Republican Clubs, is in the city. ; Customs Collector Stratton departed yesterday for Monterey, where he will enjoy a week’s rest. et s Californians in New York. NEW YORK, March 31.—The follow- ing Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—M. L. Negus, at the Netherland; F. W. Warren, at the Cumberland; O. O. Coffman, at the Broadway Central; A. J. Heisel, at the Herald Square; H. J. Moloney, at the Broadway Central; F. L. White, at the Victoria; A. R. Whitcomb and wife, at the Everett; J. C. Feige, at the Cadil- lac; H. B. Guthrey and wife, at the Astor; H. S. Howard, at the Grand Union; Mrs. M. S. Kaige, Mme. Uzany, at the St. Denis Hotel. ORIGINAL OF DICKENS’ “LITTLE DORRIT” LIVES ial Cabl to The Call and the New Bpecch‘k ileéu":m Copyright, 1906, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, March' 31.—The crypt of the interesting old church of St. George the Martyr, in Southwark, is to be rented, and, according to a real estate agent, will become a storage place for beer and wine. ¥ This announcement arouses interest among the lovers of Dickens, from the fact that the original of the character of “Littlé Dorritt,” with whom the church is assoclated, is still alive and, according to the Tribune, has resided for more than half a century at Southgate. Mary Ann Hilton, now Mrs.. Cooper, was born at Hatton Garden, and is to- day a white-haired little woman more than ninety years old. She is in full possession of her faculties and in won- derful health and vigor. She loves noth- ing better than to talk about her girl- hood. When she was young, Dickens used to bring his manuscript to be criticised by her and her brother, before taking them to the publishers. ————————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. A s OCEAN BTEAMERS. BOSTON—Sailed Mar 30—Stmr Caledo- nl‘r%n'i-’x'.lx‘:';:i)-uued Mar 81—Stmr Hiber- nian, for fllm. . LIFAX—Arrived Mar 31—Stmr South- AT Xy o v F JOHNS—Arrived Mar 31—Stmr Virgin- BT. JO! o -Arr 31—Stmr New' York, for Cherbours and HAVRE—Arrived Mar 31—Stmr La Cham- ; trom New York. . aiied Mar 3i—Stmr La Lorratne, for New Forx ASGOW_Salled Mar S1—Stmr Astorla, for New York. £ . tine, Miss Lillian Downey, Miss Emma the for Boston) mnll’f Moyt for m{“fl:fiy. Mrs. - George. Mrs. Mmfhom stmr Minnetonka, for New York. = | Charles , Miss Carolyn Palman- | track just west of t 31—Stmr_ Phil- ! teer and others. S cars of coal were used """""”"“.iu., - 4 ney and no effort e trom u%:m.‘ L -Stmr Col: | wiTHDRAWS FROM RACE Berkeley, n”ine delayed, taina position to the ABOUT THE BAY LODGES BUSY Native Sons and Odd Fellows of San Rafael Initiate Classes and Give Banquets MANY MEMBERS ATTEND Dance Is Given by Order of the FEastern Star After Meeting Full of Interest AR T T SAN RAFAEL Mafch 31.—MountTamal- pais Parlor No. 64, Native Sons of the Golden West, had a large class initiation a few nights ago in Masonic Hall. Twenty | new natives were gathered into the fold. This was the secon large class initiation given by Tamalpajs Parlor. Sixty-nine were initiated last November. The work in both cases was performed by the Mount Tamalpais Parlor initlatory team. In ad- dition to a large number of local members present, there were several from San Francisco and Sausalito. Superior Judge Thomas J. Lennén, Dis- trict Deputy Grand President J. Emmet Griffin and John P. Reed were unanimous- ly elected delegates to the Grand Parlor. Supreme Justice Frank M. Angellotti, a charter member of this parlor, will attend the session. Judges Angellotti and Lennon, District Deputy Grand President Hayden, Phil | Becker and John Keating made brief re- | marks under the head of “good of the order.” A ‘“spread” was served at the | conclusion of the meeting. Marin Lodge No. 200, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, held a triple initiation last Monday evening in its lodgeroom, and later gave a banquet in the assembly- room of the Comme Il Faut Club in honor of a fraternal visit by Tomales Lodge. The local'degree team performed the ini- tlatory work in a very creditable manner. Among those who responded to toasts given by M. F. Cochrane were Charles A. Salmina, noble grand of Tomales Lodge; ‘W. C. Stradling, noble grand of Petaluma Lodge, and Archie McAllister, a charter member of-Marin Lodge. After the good things were partaken of there was a gen- eral interchange of fraternal reminis- cences between the brothers. Supervisor Cheda, R. Lee Duncan and John Perry arranged the affair. i The Order of the Eastern Star initiated several new members Monday evening, and at the conclusion of the meeting ad- journed to Armory Hall, whers a banquet, prepared by the ladies, was served. Danc- ing followed the banquet. CUPID ENTERS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE RANK BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. QAKLAND, March 31.—Men are sup- posed to carry concealed secrets as non- chalantly as the much be-newspapered Scotty weighs himself down with a whole arsenal, but time has proved that it is just as impossible for a man to keep a good thing to himself as it is for a woman. John McVey, a young attor- ney—there is really such a person!— who lays claim to a desk in the office of Abe Leach, met a bewitching maid in San Francisco some moons ago, and thereafter Cupid was the busiest young fellow in the two cities. Inspired with the romance which is inseparable from so- sentimental a body as the Municipal League, of which Mr. McVey is secre- tary, he decided that a June wedding would be most meet, and to add to the &lamour a secret wedding at San Ra- fael was decided upon. But confidence has many times before been the ruin of even. such bright young men ‘as the shining light of the Municipal League, and the same is true now. Finding it impossible to kecep so portentous a se- cret, he unbosomed himself to a fellow- attorney, John de Lancey, and now— we all know it was very wrong of you, Mr. de Lancey, but nevertheless we ex- tend the glad palm of congratulation to vour friend and hope it all-comes true. The charming girl who has succeeded in ensparing the hitherto invulnerable bachelor is Miss G. M. Stoddard of San Francisco. | Another wedding is scheduled to take place in the Downlng family soon, and it will be another military affair also. Miss Bonnie Downing made known her engagement to Captain Albert E. Truely, U. 8. A, today at a tea at her home on Green street. The marriage is to come close on the heels of the announcement, April 28 being the day of days selected. Miss Downing ? a great social favorite, and is a sister of Mrs. Benjamin Edgar, whose own brilllant wedding is still fresh in the minds of the smart set. Her mother Is one of the Huffs of San Leandro, and the family is well known on both sides :f the bay. i Mrs. Frank Woodward was the compli- mented guest at one of the prettiest events of the week. yesterday, Mrs. Churchill Taylor being the hostess. The guests enjoyed a delicious luncheon menu first and later an afternoon at cards, among those present being Mrs. Wood- ward, Mrs. Henry Martin of San Francis- co, Mrs. Seth Mann, Mrs. Willlam E. Miles, Mrs. Harry Yohst, Mrs. J. C. 8. Ackerly and Mrs Frederick Stolp. The marriage of Miss Annle Tomash and ‘Bteven Pecock of Watsonville took place | at the Slavonian church in San Franeisco last week. The ceremony was an elab- orate affair and the guests, fifty or more, were entertained afterward at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. Zglan in this city. Miss Gladys Meek was hostess to a dozen friends Wednesday evening at din- ner, the number including Miss Arline Johnson, Miss Helen Thomas, Miss Theo Parr, Miss Beulah Brigham, Miss Evelyn Adams, Miss Meek, 1 Wolff, Robert Foster, Harold Meek, Roger Chickering, Frank Kales and Mr. Spires. . Among the guests entertained by Mrs. Willlam Hamilton Morrison in honor of Mrs. Whipple Hull were Mrs. Irving Bur- rell, Mrs. Murray Orrick, Mrs. Philip T. Clay, Miss Barry, Miss Letitia Barry, * Mrs. Thomas Pheby, Mrs. Waiter Hughes Mrs. A. A. Moore Jr., Miss e riearT: erson, Mrs. John L. Howard 3Jr., Mrs. Alexander Marx, Mrs M. E. Da- Vidson, Mrs. Deal, Mrs. Willard William- son, Miss Viva Nicholson, Miss Ethel Val- E | | forests ¢ 8F2 it i 5;?: _.)= HEN PREY OF SOLDERY Troops ow No Merey to the Wives and Daugh- ters of the Georgians HUNTED LIKE ANIMALS - Even Girls of Tender Years Are Pursued - to Their Mountain Hiding Places ST. PETERSBURG, March LM, Bolkovadze, a prominent Georgian writer, has made an appeal to Russian women in behalf of the women of his own race, who, he says, are being ruthlessly vio- lated by the brutal soldlery engaged in the “pacification” of the anctent king- dom of Georgia. He declgres that the tragedy of Mlle. Spiridonove, who, after she had shot the Chief of the Secret Police at Tamboff, was subjected to crueities by military officers, Is nothing as compared with ‘what his women are suffering. The troops, he says, do not even respect age, eight-year-old girls and old women being victims of their brutality, and that many of those who escaped to the mountain were pursued to their hiding places and violated. He declares that a number of the victims of the seldlery died. Agrarian disorders continue to be re- ported at various places. Near Anatos Heffka, province of Kherson, a collision has occurred between rural guards armed with a machine-gun and a crowd of peas- ants who had begun to seize and plow property belonging to the landlords. A score of peasants were killed or wound- ed. In Chernigoff province the peasants are boasting that they intend to take possession of the land, and the Governor has received instructions from Interior Minister Durneve to not spare the troops. in suppressing an outbreak. In the prov- ince of Vitebsk the peasants have risen, and punitive detachments are marching through the country. The eleotions are proceeding slowly, but the choice of delegates to the provincial conventions is scheduled to be completed before the Russian Easter, April 1. The conventions for the actual election of members of the lower house of parlia- ment will be begun on April 2. The Constitutional Democrats are con- . stantly gainingeground, especially in the second degree city elections. Yesterday they captured 46 out of 72 delegates. In the land owners’ assemblies also they are forging to the front. During the last three days the delegates elected by the land owner provincial conventions in- cluded 23 Constitutional Democrats, 23 other progressives, 3 Octoberists, 11 Con~ servatives and 15 Reactlonists. Yaroslav, one of the cities which elects a member of the lower house directly, is the first to complete its elections to the muniecipal convention, with 75 Constitu= tional Democrats out of 32 delegates. FREBUL WORKS N ShH 1SE Special Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, March 31.—An unknown in- cendiary set fire to the planing-mill of the Glenwood Lumber Company at the corner of Fourth and St. John streets at an early hour this morning and the plant, valued at over $10,000, was totally de” stroyed. The fire was first discovered at 8 o'clock and an attempt was made to turn in am alarm from the box at the corner of Fifth and St. James streets. It was impossible to open the box, as the keyhole had been plugged with a plege of - hardwood and there was a long delay before the department was called out. In the meantime the fire had gained such headway that the building and contents could not be saved. The police are work- Black's bakery. oring to ascertain who turned eral alarm, as it is thought cendiary may have adopted draw the department away from the scens of his operations. Had the departmert not been thus engaged it is probable that the planing mill might have been saved. The lumber company carried no in- surance on the building, and the loss will be keenly felt at this time, as mill was rushed with orders. The fire started in the corner mill plosion, which scattered eml directions. There was no ofl explosive in the stopped work last night, and it Heved that the combustibles were there by the incendiary. SNOW BLOCKA FINLLY BROKEN GUNNISON, Colo., March 31.—The Colo~