The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1906, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO ‘GALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1906 - News of Four of the Countles Bordering On the Bay SOUTHERN PIGIFE GIES, 00T PLAN Makes Public Details of Reconstruction at Head of the Broad-Gauge Mole| FILL OF TIDE LANDS 28.—The Southern made public the it purposes to re- ck system at the head mole, take in a lands inside the 1lkhead, s extensive docks, Curve” and generally 1 of train hand- OAKLAND, Dec. acific ( any has its tr broad-g tract of t ge s & where Sixteenth- nd the street West Oakland e He line's pro- conflict with e is not to be deter- e definite lines of the ascertained. rriman the tion line approach th and to get able property both in trackage maps ts sU for poses. 1 scheme out- re brought to con- ces of prop- t confined to * NEW TRACKS d show t acks will leave ward street, w ! continuation swing out le curve to et a con- e shore line aints at the will ge. line a branch West Oakland > advantage of this st apparent on t distance The com- change in xteenth-street the mole was meeting of the > Southern Pa- n Francisco nts in the two condemna- filed today are the Conti- estment Company and Mrs. son. The company sued Mrs son to acquire the entire northern f the block bounded by Short, Bay and Goss streets and the shore the bay, over which both the senger and new branch freight nan road will pass nd and not merely a right of way., the complaint ting that the land is necessary for minal grounds and yards. TIDE LANDS TO BE FILLED The Continental Investment Com- 5 is sued for two pargels of land the block bounded by Goss, Bay and streets the shore line of Over only one parcel does a railroad track pass. The »f the new lines pass that will have to be at lie back of the bulk- constructed by the interests from the pler to the Southern Pa- ge mole. evidént purpose of the not only to run its direct line to the end but also to establish and other terminal land it intends to ac- re between its present tracks and se it will build farther out from nt shore line. 11 for 1 a more mole, the expenditure amount of money by the The indications are that the ny projects large improvements north side of the mole, not un- that have been completed the south side, where new freight slips, plers and large trackage ex- tensions have been provided. TEAGHERS ALJOURN CONENTION OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—The third and concluding day the convention of the Commercial and Shorthand Teach- ers’ Association was profitably spent in business sessions and the consideration of several papers dealing with subjects of instruction An enjoyable musical programme was rendered this morn- ing. A paper ‘was read by J. N. Sprouse of Fresno, in which he discussed the Relative Importance of Branches in a Business Training.” H. E. Cox of San Jose and G. A. Pearce of Woodland spoke further on the ques- tion. “Shorthand Course of Study and Requirements” was the subject pre- sented by Miss Annie Belle Glenn of Santa Rosa, and the discussion was led the those s of by Miss Winnje McLean of Napa and | Bdward Howe Jr. of Sacramento. John W. Lackey of Los Angeles spoke on “Correlative Branches Necessary in a nographic Course.” Mrs. J. Sprouse of Fresno led in the discussion. “Model Lessons in Writing,” with dem- onstrations, by W. E. Gibson of Oak- land proved one of the most important papers of the convention. R. V. Dixon led the discussion. The convention then took up its busi- ness affairs and held the election of officers. Mrs. F. Brownsberger of Los Angeles was elected president: F. O. Gardiner of Stockton, vice president; H. E. Cox oY San Jose, treasurer; Ed- ward Howe of Sacramento, secretary. It was decided to accept the invita- tion of the Los Angeles delegation and hold the next convention in that city. The visiting delegates were = the guests at a banquet tonight at the Piedmont Springs clubhouse. Pl < 8 L S S RESCUED FROM THE BAY MARTINZEZ, Dec, 28.:—Michael Lynch, a cook, was saved from death in the waters of Carquinez Straits early yes- terday morning by a business man of Benicia, who dragged him from be- neath the ferry wharf as he was about to sink. Lynch had gone to Benicia to celebrate Christmas and was on his way to the steamer Solano when ‘e fell from the wharf into the water. He managed to cling to a pile and was feebly crying for aid when his pre- dicament was discovered. it plhh i AR Fountagraphs The best $1 fountain pen ever made; 14-karat gold pen, iridium tip. Selling 2gents_for Waterman Ideal fountain . Le Count, Clark & Ormond, ukol st. l.l‘:d $ California st station | -~ PASSES AWAY | ditorfum was filled to capacity with | members of the two congregations and | Different | Young Bully Shoots(BEMTES WHILERS Crippled Boy in Eye ACOB SPRINGER, an Oakland boy who hai enjoyeé much cruel sport by bullying Joseph helps his widowed mother and | J an eye. | victim a target for his airgun yesterday and destroyed the sight of FOR INRUMARITY Captajin Hamlett of Revenue Service Declares That Na- tives Require Protection Goldberg, a crippled lad who family by sellir. - papers, made his Goldberg Lad I, Shot by Jacob Springer OAKLAND, Dee. 28 —Joseph Gold- berg, a I12-year-old schoolboy and a| cripple from hip disease, who lives with | a widowed mother at 616 Third street, | was shot in the right eve this after-| noon with an airgun by Jacob Sprigger, a neighbor's boy. The bullet plerced | the eveball almost in the center and| the victim will lose the sight of the eve. | Young Goldberg claims that the shot| which cost him so dearly was fired in| malice. He says he was standing on| [the porch of his home p s own airgun, when Springer, lives across the street, came over and took a station behind a barrel and be- gan to shoot at him. The injured boy | states that he had not given any oc- | casion for it { Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his| right eve and the blood began to run | down his face. Young Springer fled | when he saw what he had done. A man who was passing the Goldberg home | on horseback took the injured lad to| the Receiving Hospital, from which| place he was removed shortly after- ward to the offices of Dr. Francis Mus- | an oculist. There his eye was| dressed Young Goldberg attends the Harri- son-street school and is in the fourth grade. Springer attends the Tomp- kins School. The Goldberg boy is a fine-looking little chap, but has to walk on crutches because of his affliction. His mother, Mrs. Anna Goldberg, keeps lodgers and her son helps her make a living for the family by selling papers. The unfortunate boy says that young Springer has bullied him for a long time past and has taken advan- tage of his crippled condition to beat ser, him with sticks and otherwise annoy him Springer was taken into custody by the police shortly after the removal of Goldberg to the hospital and will be | held pending action by the mother of the injured lad. At the Central Police station Springer declared that Gold- | berg had first fired at him with an| airgun and that he had fired in self- defense. He said that the injured lad had often taken advantage of the fact that he was a cripple to annoy his play- mates. CEORGEH. GODDARD BERKELEY, Dec. '28.—George H.| Goddard, a pioneer surveyor of the State, whose connection with the great raflroad and mining enterprises of | California in early days gave him fam died yesterday at his home, 1315 Spruce street. He was 89 years old. He had resided in this State since 1849, and in | San Francisco since 1862. His home at Golden Gate and Van Ness avenues, San Francisco, was crowded with in- valuable collections of maps, minerals, paintings and other objects of histori- cal interest. Goddard was an Englishman, a grad- uate of Oxford University, who came to this coast when the gold fever attacked the entire world. He was employed on many important missions by the State and by great industrial enter- prises. It was on these occasions that he accumulated so great a collec- tion of historical records, more than | 1000 magnificent paintings, minerals and other matter of such worth that Mrs. Stanford hoped to have the whole of the collection placed in a separate building at Stanford University after Goddard's death and to call the struct- |ure the Goddard Museum. The fire | destroyed nearly all of Goddard's treas- ures, | Goadard surveved the State boun- |dary line between Nevada and Cali- fornia. Almost all of the passes tra- | versed by rallroads entering the State were first surveyed by him. His con- nection with raiiroad and mining enter- prises enabled him to possess invaluable | records, which were part of his col- | lection destroyed by the fire last April. | His library upon mineral and geological subjects was regarded as perfect. The second highest peak of the Sierra Nevada was named for Goddard. | Professor Whitney conferred the honor | upon him. | The deceased is survived by a widow; | a daughter, Mrs. Emily Leete; two sons, George H. and Alexander Goddard; fiye | grandchildren and two great-grand- | |children. Funeral services will be| | held at the Goddard residence next Mon- day morning. . —_— | MISS JOLITA GALPIN THROWN FROM HORSE IN BERKELEY Parents Refuse Assistance of Physi- cian, Saying Their Religious | Belief Forbade It BERKELEY, Dec. 28.—Miss Jolita Galpin was thrown from a horse this | | afternoon at Fulton street and Bancroft |way and sustained serious injuries, | She was carried to Dr. McCleave's home, near by. The doctor removed the young wo- | man in his attomobile to her home at | College and Durant avenues and there | would have made an examination of | her injuries, which appeared serious, | but was informea by the young wom- lan's parents that no medical service | was desired, their religious tenets being {such as to lead them to prefer other | aid than ordinary medical attention for | their daughter's benefit. | —_— | LABORER ATTEMPTS TO | ASSAULT LITTLE GIRL Mother and Aunt Discover Fiend, Beat Him and He Narrowly Es- capes Lynching MARTINEZ, Dec. 28.—After climbing through a window to the bedroom of 9-year-old Bessie Monlero at Rodeo last night and attempting to assault' her, Frank Ingegneri, a laborer 40| years old, was severely beaten by the child’s mother and aunt and later nar-| rowly escaped lynching at the hands of | |an infuriated mob who had learned of the crime. That he escaped with his life was due to the work of Police- man Del Monte, who rushed him to Pinole in a buggy and later took him to the County Jail. peiic N AR i Jade scarfpins, 75c. Neil O'Neil lklrl Eber, 1744 Fillmore. v -..m.l 4 IMATEURS PLEASE {vided that no license should issue to ione who was not a citizen of the | progress.” COMISSIONER NEEDED SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. VALLEJO, Dec. 28.—The court-martial board which closed a two days' ses- sion on Mare Island this afternoon listened with attention when Captain O. C. Hamlett of the United States revenue cutter Thetis, acting as wit- ness in the trial of Thomas Ganderton, charged with desertion, stated that the conditions among the whalers in the Arctic seas was a blight to civiliza- tion and that the ships were nothing more than floating brothels. Hamlett declared that impoverished native women swarmed about the vessels on their arrival at the whaling stations and pleaded with the white men to be taken aboard while the vessels were in_the mnorth. Hamlett told of his being sent by the Treasury Department to the north to find the whaling vessel Jeannette while ashore on leave in San Fran- cisco in March, 1905, he was shang- haled and/ forced to serve fourteen months aboard the Jeannette. Ham- lett told of his forcing fourteen white men attached to the Jeannette to marry the native women with whom they had been living as man and wife. This ceremony was performed by l.am- lett himself. During his testimony Hamlett stated that he had recommended to the Fed- eral Government that the laws be amended so that a Government Com- missioner should have supervision over the recruiting of all men shipped for service on whalers. | concluded this afternoon and the find- | | ings of the board forwarded to Wash- | ington, It is confidently expected here | that Ganderton will be acquitted, as he has served several enlistments in the navy and his record is excellent. Ganderton himself went on the stand, but his story contained nothing that has not already been published. He told of having obtained a forty-eight hours’ shore leave while the battleship Ohio, to which he was attached, was lying in San Francisco Bay. He fell in with congenial strangers on the water front and drank with them in several saloons. His next remem- brance after this time was when he awoke ‘aboard the Jeannette and the vessel was sailing northward. Gan- derton stated thaf he attempted on Jeannette, but was caught and placed in irons. WKTES O STRIKE \T SEATTLE SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SEATTLE, Dec. 28:—What promises many visiting guests. [to be one of the most far-reaching Two orchestras of young people and | strikes on the coast was started today, soloists gave musical selections. AMONg | when the mates of the steam schooner the contributors were Miss Hilda Mec- | Santa Ana refused to sign articles un- Kean, Miss Gertrude Byers, Miss 1da | joss the co to put In th, Sandow, Miss Gertrude Judd, Miss Kate | et iyt ik % ! | clause allowing them overtime. Lowinsky, Mrs. Pearl Abramson, DI.| The representatives of the Seattle Maud Noble and the h Lowell High|and San Francisco branches of the School Orchestra. Children of the Sun- | Masters' and Pllots’ Assoclation drew day school enacted a two-act cantata.|yp demands recently asking for $10 a LARGE AUDIENGE Clever -amateur ‘ musicians rendered an excellent programme last night at the union Christmas celebration of the First Congregational and Plymouth Congregational churches in the audi- torium of the latter house of worship on Post street near Webster. The au- | The entertainment was concluded bY | month increase for the mates and 60 the distribution of candy to the chil-| dren by a Santa Claus. | g SUC i e COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS OF GOAST ELECT OFFICERS cents an hour overtime after nine hours’ work. The companies agreed to the increase of $10 a month, but posi- tively refused to pay the overtime. This is causing the trouble. Captain J. F. Trowbridge, general manager of the Northwestern Steam- ship Company, owner of the Santa Ana, stated that at a meeting of the | different companies it had been agreed | that none of them should pay the de- mands of the mates with the exception of the extra monthly wage, and that they would fight the association and mates to the last. Captain W. J. Kinney, head of the local Masters' and Pilots’ Assoclation, said that no mate would be allowed to leave on a ship unless the demands of Annual Gathering of Organization Is Held Here and San Franciscan | Is Chosen as President The annual convention of the Pacific Coast Travelers' Association was held Thursday morning in Jefferson Square Hall. TImportant business was trans- acted. Offiers were chosen as follows President, H. L. Judell of San Francis- co; first vice president, Orrin S. Hen- derson of Stockton; secohd vice presi- dent, J. B. Freed of San Francisco; sec- retary, 8. M. Woods; treasurer, B. B. Galland; directors at large—W. W.|the men were agreed to at once. Boldemann, O. C. Shaw, Milton Hall The Santa Ana is tied up. Knickerbocker, L. C. Miller, A. C. and J. H. Barker; outside directors— for Southern California, H. C. Jagger and George W. Gordan; Eureka, F. K. Merritt; Nevada, J. Moyhan; Oregon, B. J. Jacobson; Washington, Jaeob Davis. - Goldefi Gate Parlor No. 80, United Commercial Travelers of America, will hold an initiation of members tonight at King Solomon’s Hall. Fifty new members will be taken into the asso- ciation. - —— MERCHANTS OPPOSE THE LICENSING OF ENGINEERS The Merchants’ Association filed a communication with the Board of Su- pervisors yesterday requesting that the proposed ordinance providing for the licensing of engineers of stationary engines be not approved. The or- dinance was referred to the attorney of the association, who advised that the bill, if passed in its present form, would be invalld, because, among other reasons, it made it a misde- meanor to act as engineer or fireman without a license, and yet it pro- GERMANS END WAR WITH AFRIGAN CAPE TOWN, Dec. 28.—It is reported here from the German border that a peace between the German forces and the warring Herreroes has been signed in Damaraland. A serfous uprising by the Herreros broke out in Southwest Africa in Janu- ary, 1904, and has glven great trouble for almost three years. The Govern- ment took the standpoint that the colonies were a national pody and that Germany's position in/the world should be preserved by th: cecessful paign. The dissolution of the German Reichstag December 13 occurred after the defeat, 178 to 168, of the Govern- ment's bill for a supplementary appro- in the fleld. The war in Africa has been described in Germany as profitless, costly and inglorious and the refusal of the Chamber to pass the supple- mentary credits of $7,350,000 of the war fund showed its unpopularity. Ger- many has 12,000 soldiers in Southwest Africa. PARDEE WILL FiLL " VACANCIES SACRAMENTO, Dec. 28.—In an in- terview today Governmor Pardee sald he would do his duty until his term of office expires, and that by that it could be inferred that he intended to fill all vacancis that may occur duri his incumber ¢ will appoint a' sue- cessor to Judge Hart, who was elected a Justice of Third District Court of Appeals, and who today sent in his resignation, to take effect January 5. Governor Pardee said it might be in- ferred from his attitude that he would appoint ors to other rior N re- United States, which was contrary to the fourteenth amendment to the con- stitution of the United States. The communication continues: “Irrespective of the unlawful char- acter of the proposed ordinance, we respectfully urge that you decline to approve it for the reason that the upbuilding of San Francisco may be hastened to its former standard of BAISULL TO MAKE WAR ON SULTAN TANGIER, Morocco, Dec. 28.—Accord- ing to the best information obtainable, Raisuli has refused to resign his Gov- ernorship and has t his harem to the mountains under the protection of Kabyles and is preparing to meet the forces of War Minister Gabbas at Zinat. The War Minister entered the city today and went to the Grand Mosque, where he solemnly read a letter from the Sultan dismissing Raisull from his country. Raisuli preach a holy war el;n‘hvm";l = to rescue Ganderton, who claimed that | The court-martial of Ganderton was | several occasions to escape from the| conduct of the Southwest African cam- ! priation to support the German troops | ROOT 15 READY T0 HELP THE GONGO State Department Will Sup- port Great Britain in Any Steps That It May Take ANNOUNCEMENT MADE WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—It was given out at the State Department to- id».y that the Government had pledged | its support in any steps taken by the | British Government toward ameliorat- |ing the condition of affairs in the Congo. | This is the first time that any official {announcement has been made and sets |at rest all questions as to the stand | that the United States would take in {case it became necessary for one or | more powers signatory to the Berlin {treaty to intervene. The agitation in | England for some action by that Gov- | ernment under its treaty obligations | looking to reforms in the Congo has | been as great, if not greater, than in the United States. but England appar- | ently has been loth to act while there | was any prospect that Belgium would | annex the Congo territory. | The matter was again before the | State Department today, when Dr. Howard Guinnes of England, head of | “The Regions Beyond Missionary Un- {fon,” called upon Secretary Root and | | urged - independent action by the United States, country was morally bound to act | because it was the first to recognize | the flag of the Congo Free State. It |is not believed, however, that any- | thing in that direction will be done, cer- tainly not until action Is taken by the Senate on the Lodge resolution pledg- |ing the support of the Senate to any | steps taken By this Government toward | ameliorating the conditions in that country. Guinnes, however, left the depart- ment with the assurance that the Gov- | ernment would not permit itself to be influenced by the fact that King Leo- pold recently has granted extensive | rubber possessions in the Congo terri- tory to certain Americans. - 3LAY IWOMAN LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28.—The sudden and mysterious deatn in Pasadena two years ago of the wealthy Mrs. Harriet McVickers, widow of the well-known Chicago theatrical man, may figure in | the murder trial of J. C. C. Jaxon, the | negro tailor who is in jail accused of the killing of James Logan, a mulatto clerk of Pasadena. Miss Ida McDaniel, who was a nurse wm the McVickers' household, is oh the way from Chicago to give testimony for the prosecution in the trial of Jaxon. It is clatmed that her testimony will reveal an at- tempted plot to slay Mrs. McVickers, whieh Miss MeDanfel exposed by re- vealing it to Logan, the murdered man. Enmity against Logan, growing out of this matter, it is charged, had to do with his violent death. Miss McDaniel is expected to arrive in time to take the witness stand tomorrow. aH00Ta aELF PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 28.—A ter- rible tragedy was enacted in, the kitch- en of the little home of Arturo Bignami at Harrison and Water streets in South Portland today when Luigi Savignana. an Italian, stabbed and killed Julia Bignami and probably fatally stabbed Mrs. Bignami's aged mother-in-law, Mrs. Annina Vismora. \ Savignana, after commitging the hor- rible deed, went to 67 orth Third street and shot himself. He died this afternoon. The Bignami family recently cama here from Los Angeles, Cal, where Savignana lived for several weeks, Portland was his home. LAWSON PROMOTES THINITY GOPPER SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. BOSTON, Dec. 28.—Thomas W. Law- son has started in to boom Trinity tisements in ‘leading newspapers. “He says that Amalgamated interests are trying to secure control, and warns stockholders against parting with their stock at anything like present prices. He predicts that the price will go to 75 and then to 100 on its intrinsic value. He advises his followers to buy at any price under 50 and not to sell at any price under 100. He offers to deliver free to any one who can prove that it is ‘not worth 60 to 100, or that it will not be worth in the future 100 to 200, the amount of stock the disputant con- | templated buying up to 1000 shares. R kit g e DE VRIES FAVORED BY SHAN SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Secretary Shaw has paid a tribute to Hon. M: rion de Vries of California, a Demo- crat, by reappointing him to the chair- manship of the United States Board of General Appraisers. Some member of the board is named to act as presi- dent the first of each year and De Vries has already served one year as president. Secretary Shaw, who has disregarded party .lines in the selec- tion of a president] has chosen De Vries for his experlence on the board and his legal ability. —— TRAGEDY ENDS LIAISON SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 28.—Fol- lowing a quarrel, David Armstrong, formerly of Dowlagac, Mich., stabbed Carrie Wincent of | Lawton, M here today. He then plunged the knife into his own breast and is not expected to Jive. The cauple ‘arrived here last week and flfl‘:::a a local hotel as Mr. and Mrs. J. H. maintaining that this| TELL OF PLOT TO STABS WOMAN AND Copper stock, using half-page adver-| [ Married in Haste but Do Not Repent | OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—Jostled in crowded train by a good-looking chap, | proposed to onme hour later by the | same ‘handsome fellow and wedded to | nim two hours after coyly murmuring ithe “yes” that he craved, was the fate iand fortune that befell Miss Beatrice a Keénnedy, now Mrs. Lynd Agnew, on {the day before Christmas. The two |that met and were made one in | romantic and record-breaking style are now on their honeymoon in Mill Val- ley. They plan to depart for China in February. Agnew is a marine en- gineer and a graduate in medicine | from a college in Louisville, Ky. The first meeting betwéen Agnew and the young woman who is now his | | bride occurred on an Alameda local train last Monday morning. Miss Ken- nedy was returning from a shopping | trip in San Francisco and was loaded | down with bundles. Because of thq crowded condition of the car, the| young woman was compelled to stand in the aisle. Agnew, who happened | to be a passenger in the same car,| faccidentally collided with Miss Ken- | nedy and knocked a number of her Christmas packages from her hands. He stooped quickly., picked up - the bundles and gallantly apologized. | While the man was apologizing ' and | the girl was smiling sly Cupid let fiy | two darts, made a pot shot and bagged | another brace of hear An automo- bile, a marriage license and a parson did the rest, and the rest was done within three hours. So impressed was Agnew with the fair face and form of the young Christ- mas shopper and the gracious man- ner in which she accepted his apology for accidentally bumping into her that | | he located an empty seat in the car | and assisted Miss Kennedy and her packages there and politely asked per- mission to sit beside her. This re- | quest was granted. i Agnew struck up a conversation and | proposed and was accepted on the spot. “Will you marry me right away?’ he asked. “I will,” was the reply. By this time the train had pulled | into another station in Alameda, and | an auto was hired, a license was se- | cured and the pair started for the| home of Rev. Hemry K. Sanborne, pastor of the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church in East Oakland. After sev- eral delays, due to the breaking down of the motor car, Agnew and Miss Kennedy stood before the minister and were made husband and wife. MORDY'S CAR RUNS OVER A GHILD ALAMEDA, Dec. 28.—Myron, the five- year-old son of M. Schutz of 1427 Wal- nut street, was knocked down and run over by an automobile on Santa Clara avenue, near his home, this |evening at 5 o'clock. Although the child was rendered unconscious, he | sustained no fractured bones and no |injuries that are considered serious. The driver of the auto, which con- tained three ‘women passengers, stopped his car, which was numbered 1333 California, and assisted in caring for the injured child. The chauffeur refused to give his name, and after the little ‘one was carrfed into the Schutz home drove away in his machine, going in the ai- rection of East Oakland. The Secretary of State's register shows that automobile No. 1333 s owned by J. A. Mordy of 352 REast Twenty-second street, Oakland. Tt e ieaa AGED MANSLAYER SENT TO STATE HOSPITAL FOR INSANE h‘-n Keough, Acquitted of Murder- ing OAKLAND, Dec. 28, — Thomas Keough, the aged Oaklander who was acquitted last week of murdering George Bedell, upon his plea of in- sanity, was ordered committed today to the Stockton State Hospital by Judge Waste. The examination was conducted by Drs. Buteau and Emer- sor, and testimony was given by Dr. ©O. D. Hamlin to the effect that Keough was suffering from softening of th brain. Keough is 78 years of age. He claims to have invented a wonderful hair rrtnur. —_—— NERVIANI MUST GO TO PRISON FOR SIX MONTHS SAN RAFAEL, Dee. 28 —Ern: Nerviani, who was found guilty of est n- ' voluntary manslaughter three weeks ago, was denied a new trial by Judge six months. One Sunday evenin, October Nerviani struck a nunl‘ S Franciscan named Thomas Rodgers l.:;.;.lua.tto !;l:l:r under the chin, eaus- = X backward o side- walk. He never noover«i‘- e d a few hours later. ervianl to e "Ta?m'ubm mercy | never known Lennon and sent to San Quentin for |* HELD PRISONER N LODGING HOUSE Elsie Green, Fifteen Years of Age, Makes Explana- tion of Her Disappearance POLICE INVESTIGATE OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—According to the story of 15-year-old Elsie E. Green, who has been missing from the home of her parents for more than a weel she has been held a prisoner in th Davis House on Sixth street, between Broadway and Franklin street. The girl declared that she had been im- prisoned in the room by three men. Two young men are held by the po- lice on suspicion of having been con- cerned in the case. The Green girl when questioned by the police said that she Rad been in- duced to enter the house by one of the three men and had been kept locked in a room, one of them constantly be- ing on guard. The girl was held at the police station for some time and was then turned over to her pareats. The police are making further in- vestigations. ORKLANDER POSES A5 A MES3IAH OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—Asserting di- vine inspiration, the like of which was in the world, Jeseph Zink, an humble Alsatian woodworker, has called upon the people to hear the words of truth that he declares are given to him to speak from _the prophets of the ancient days. Zink avows he is no second Dowie, neither does he purpose to expound & new religion. “The spirit of the Almighty, the Nght of the world, shall be taught through Joseph Zink,* is the announcement which he makes for a New Year's <jy meeting from 2 to 5 o'clock at Wood- man Hall, 521 Twelfth street. Zink says the gift of inspiration was imparted to him last summer, and now he asserts the time has come for him to give the message to the world. SHORTER LINE T0 OAKLIND PIR SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. MARTINEZ, Dec. 28.—The project of running a cut-off between Rodeo and Kreigher Point on the Southern Pacific line assumed definite form yesterday, when Right of Way Agent Wilsoa spent the day in Pinole securing per- mits from préperty holders along the route of the proposed cut-off to run the new lines through their land. 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