The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1907, Page 6

Solons Fight to Last to Perpetuate Treasury Raid by y Patronage Vamplres{ WORDS, IDLE WORDS, BUT REFORM AMENDMENT 15 THEY COST STATE $600 Senators Indulge in Voice;'Effort to Limit Attache Practice at Expense | Expense to $500% Day of People Given a Setback NOTHING IS GAINED TO BE RECONSIDERED! Oratory Prevents Transac- Trifiing Change by Demo-| crat Excuse for Ac- tion Taken tion of Important Business HEADQUARTERS, EIGHTH STREET. Feb. 27.—With e files callin Ohi By George A. Van Smith CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27.—Alleging Democratic interference as an excuse for the violation of their caucus agree- ment, & fiving wing of the Republican majority in the Senate defeated today Senator Wolfe's constitutional amend- ment, which, if adopted, would have placed an absolute lmmit of 3500 a day on the attache expenses of each house. f 10 The amendment was refused passage by the narrow margin of three votes. TECOn- | A reconsideration for tomorrow morn- the ing will probably result.in ‘its adop-: ed | tion ote was re- It more Senate devoted all debate. ss argu- e- was made only too painfully ap- parent in the Senate today that an ex- slender excuse would serve as ate treasury with some Sena- t Ostensibly because & Democratic ed answerl "S Senator was permitted to interject a change of the few words. in the meas- ure the .demands ‘of the people, the is of the Governor of the State *agreement of the party caucus | ignored. Great {is the Its integrity must be preserved, L If it does cost the people of Cali- fornia an unnecessary $85,000 bien- pr ing een Thb Woife constitutional amendment | mean to be js the one suggested by Governor Gil- - are tionally | lett. It provides a limit of $500 a day N P for each house, or a tetal of $1000 & | n to consider the ch subsequent legislatures may e pr g for the election of | spend. for employes. It contains no | States Senators by direct visions touching the increase of . nate was hungry | compensation for Seaators and Assem. to eat. | biymen, or for the extension of the constitutional - limitation on the dura-| tion of legislative sessions. CHANGE IS TRIFLING In the caucus that grabbed $25 a day for each Republican - Senator, Wolfe, with Leavitt, Belshaw, Weich, Wright and some oOther Senators, fought the graft that had served more than any other one thing to oring the sitting Legislature into public disrepute. While the Senators who were out for the lim!t grab were justifying their ac- tion by the specious statement that the public’s defeat of the expense lim- itation amendment submitted at the st election was an 1 {as deep as possible, the Governor in sheer disgust was demanding the sub- mission of an amendment, touching only the subject of attache expenses, which | he and every member of the Legislature knew would be adopted promptly by the people, who refused to extend the 'thms or increase legislators’ per sressed doings hat more s would n it be e sesslc COALINGA DIVISION FIGHT Effort to Let Fresno People Vote on Separation Defeated no people anr »x&l vote fo' the ht the amencd 'xr{ng the genera! discussion yester- |day Senator Wolfe courteously ac- ision and| o104 an amendment offered by Cami- lest reésort netti h served oy the change of 2 word to remove ambiguity. The amendment was mede in thg open without a word of protest from the men who this morning used the in- cident as an excuse for bolting theitr caucus agreement. SENATE IN BAD TEMPER The Senate was obviously in a bad temper, but naturally enough Wolfe ever dreamed that his zccepted party measure would be scalped. got far with it when t disperalion he called the majority's at- tention to the caucus agreement. | Senator Price replied promptly that Biil te Prevent Importation of Strike| Wolfe's statement was the first intima- Breakers Falls to Pass {tion he had ever had that a Senator —Organized | Wa8 at liberty to disclose anything done behind the sacred doors of cau- | cus. Freed by a party leader from his mpunctions about the peculiarly sa- d character of a caucus, Price safd purposed to set himself right with xmoplo and pre: to proelaim that he had voted in the interest of the peo- {ple. But & Democrat had been per- S e ~ |mitted to tinker with the amendment ol e s i ;H:;‘;;“",‘v,am»eu upon in the latest caucus and abor party in the last cam. | TAther than submit to the people any- ¥ M |thing in which a Democrat had had a i helping finger, he would vote against the Wolfe amendment. CHANGES OF VOTES Obviously the alleged tinkering done by Caminetti, which by the way was done With the full consent of Sena- mounced that helior Wolfe 2nd without objection on the the bill, but| part of any Benator, could result in requiring per-{n, political capital for the irrepressi- en. He thought|ple Democrat from Amador, quite re- ® biring of men 10| gardless of any intent to the centrary a moment of|ihe ever present statesman may have | entertained. Bebind it all lies the indisputable t thet a few Senators, by no means a majority, do not wish to submit to coce | the people a proposition which carries ‘jonly a limitation on attache expenses. If they may combine with it & proj he discovered RAILROAD BEATS LABOR a bill indorsed by izations of the State 1 explained the bill, by of detectives rell-recommended | to become armed | importation ] follows Estudifio, Johmson of San g, Sramisl- | they know it will be defeated and that Frapcisco, Thompson of | /8 exactly what they want. A recon- Prie Los Ange Y Waish, Weske, Whitmore, | sideration tomorrow will undoubtedly Wratt snd Spesker Beardslee—29, result in the passage of the amend- Devlin changed his vote and gave no- | ment. tice of reconsideration, but as Jere| The Senators who voted in the af- Burke is opposed to the bill {ts chance | firmative wers Anderson, Anthony, of res itation !s deemed exceedingly | Bates, Bell, Belshaw, Black, Boynton, Broughton, Caminetti, Cartwright, Hartman, Keane, Leavitt, Lukens, Mat- tos, McCartney, McKee, Rambo, Reilly, Rolley, Weed, Willis, Wolfe, Wright— 24. In the negative, Carter, Curtin, Greenwell, Kennedy, Lynch, Markey, | Miller, Muenter, Nelson, Price, Rush, Sanford, Savage, Walker, Welch—15. STANDARD POLICY FORM The Senate pald Senator Leavitt and the committee on Insurance a remark- sble and altogethér unusual compli- ment today, when without debate it passed the committee's standard form bill by a unanimous vote. The insurance companies were rep- resented here today by T. C. Coogan |who, as attorney, has represented the combined insurance interests before the committee, and Havens of the Liver- {pool, London and Globe, Palachi of the A |Hartford and Folger of the German. Neli American delighttul Their failure to secure a single nega- Yable tive vote does not mean that the bill is te become law without any amepg- Water ing. There are some amendments with which will undoubtedly be incorpor- wted by the Assembly later, to be threshed out on the floor of the Sen- ate, but even in this particular only one lclnu.\:a Lukel:,‘..nvc notice tlut he reserv the t to support those amendments when the bill returns from the lower house. In fairness i.o the members of the the: should be no intimation of p lxmno attached to their action of A Highly Medicinal l by and control of the French OEFEATED BY SENATE stification for continued déepletion | tation to dig| He had not | e troyble he was in for, and in sheer | THE SAN FRANCISCO GAIL. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1907. LEGISLATORS OF FUTURE MAY 60 JUNKETING T00 | Present Assembly Refuses| i to Take Joy From Successor | KILLS CHANDLER BILL Do Little Harm Is i One Argument | £ | CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27.—A blll de- signed to discourage the junketing yhabit came up for final passage in the| | Assembly tod nd the result, 20 ayes| to 48 noes, showed that the generous | | statesmen of the present session are possessed of the unselfish desire to let their successors partake of the good things to which they fell heir. Chandler of Fresno was the author of the objectionable measure. It pro- vided that a committee of three should | be appointed by the Governor ninety | days hefore each legislative session to | Investigate State institutions and make | & report to him of their condition and | needs. Stanton of 1.os Angeles made | noisy objection. ‘He wanted to make| his own examination of State Institu-| tions.. Davis of Hollister replied quietly | that undey the present system much | must be taken on faith' and that it would be better ‘to rely on the repor. of three mén who had devoted months to their investigation than to base leg- isiation on the work of members whose | investigation had been limited to a few | hour!. Transue of Los Angeles frankly de. clared his bellef that the only proper | thing to do was to permit every mem- | ber of the Legislature to visit every 1 Trips Do Little Good but| | Brother Lewis, Only Three 15-—Hatile M. Hoppock, Fresno, Cal. 16—George H. Angove, Sonoma, 23—Miss Effie Vanghn, Merced, Cal. 81—Bud Benjamin (“Buster Brown”), 33—Miss Magda Stelnkamp, Rescue, El Three days of grace for the contest- ants for the second series of prizes’ hl The Call’'s gold contest!. Three dn\'s' moré of anxiety and strenuosity be- | fore it will be known who the benefi- { ciaries of the distribution of the see- ond $2000 will be. The struggle for the big purses, eke‘ for the littlé ones, Is becoming intense. president of ‘the Sa- cred Heart College, has been so busy with his largely increased attendance | stitution mlintlin?d by the State. “This | biIL” he declared, “is a direct slap at| | the integrity of this body and the in-| tegrity of the management of our Sta -4 | institutions.” | Grove Johnson aid not feel the blow. | | “This is the first time,” he sald, “that | | the gentleman from Los Angeles ever | stood against a bill to enabie the Gov- ernor or any one else to give a job to another man. I believe in Junketln" {trips. They please the members, and/! while such trips do not do much good, they do not do much harm.” | The speech of the Sacramento veteran | was a trifle illogical, but before he got through he made it plain that he fa- vored the bill, Forbes of Inyo struck the high notes as he defended junkets. He feared the measure at issue would make members of the Legisalture mere automatons, and thus destroy their independence. There was no programme on the bill | and all members voted as they pleased. San Francidco's representatives went on record as follows: Ave—McKeon—1. Noes—Barry, Beban, Beckett, Boyle, Coghlan, Cullen, Fisher, Fratessa, Hartmenn, Kelly, Kohlman, = Strohl, Thompson, Toomey, Vogel, Wessling and Wilson—17. JUDGES FOR SAN FRANCISCO Bill Providing Four More Will Pass the House SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27 man Barry's bill giving. San | four additianal Superior Judges re- | ceived 45 out of 47 votes in the Assem- | bly today, but this was not enough, | |as the constitution provides that the| |nymber of judges can be inmcreased | only by a two-thirds vote of the Legis- lature. Otis of Alameda and Percival of Lodl cast the negative votes. Percival obligingly moved for a re- consideration and the bill will prob- ably be put through tomorrow. All that is needed to insure success is a large attendance. Estudilio’s bill providing for a sup- erintendent of State ald fund passed by a vote of 43 to 9. It is proposed that the new official take charge of | the distribution of the half million dollars which the State now contrib- utes to the support of orphans and half orphans. Estudillo contends that his plan would save the State thousands of dollars every year. Stanten’s bill, appropriating 3!00.000! for a California exhibit at the Alaska- | Yukon exposition in 1909, was opposed | by Grove Johnson, but got two more than tpe necessary number of votes. Nine members sald nay. They were | Fratessa, Cullen and Thompson of San Francisco, Butler, Cornish, Birdsall, | Forbes, Lucas and Grove Johnson. | boi b ' | APPOINTMENTS BY GILLETT SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27.—Governor| | Gillett will announce the following ap- | polntments: E. A. Warren, trustee Chico | Normal School, vice Reed; A. B. Cass, | | trustee Los Angelés Normal School, vice | | night sessions in addition to the regu | votes confidence in her ultimate suc- | | gained 4600 and of pupils, as a result of the publicity derived by the college through the gold | prize contest, that he has had little time during the present period to call | | upon his friends personally to help the | college to win the $500 prize in (he‘ second period. The college Is holding | lar day class in order to accommo. |date all the students, in connquenr-o of which Brother Lewis and his faculty have little time to devote to con- test work, but in the last few days the word has gone forth for the friends of | the college to rally to its support and the responses have been very gratify- ing. By a Baln of 32,850 Tuesday and | 31,650 on Wednesday the college has| moved up to second place in the race, and another similar jump will make it No. 1 unless Miss Merani continues to, gather in votes at her accustomed rate. | MISS MERANI'S GAIN Miss Merani's gain yesterday was 16,900. If both continue to gain at the same ratio the college will be in the lead by Saturday night, when the second pe- riod of the race will come to an end. From this it will be seen that the Sig- norina Merani is In danger of losing first place in the end, after seemingly haying it in her gY¥asp for so long. Now -1s the time for the sons and daughters of Italia to $how their mettle and gal- lantry if they would have one of their fair young countfywomen ecarry off first honors in a most notablé contest. | Since shooting her best bolt on| | Washington's birthday, Mrs. J. F. Doherty, the fair champion of Sacra- mento, has lapsed into obscurity so dense that it could be cut with a knife, Not a word has come from the State capital this week to show how the campaign of Mrs. Doherty Is pro- gressing. She has retrograded from first to third place, with a gap of over| 14,000 votes to fill before she can again eatch up with Sacred Heart College, to say nothing of the 45,000 and over plurality that she has to overcome in order to again catch up with Miss Merani, should the latter remain at a| standstill. A week or two ago Sacra- mento people had money to bet that Mrs. Doherty would land first prize, hut‘ since she has ceased to send in her Miss | cess appears to be on the wane. Merani remains the favorite in the betting, but no odds are offered in her favor since Sacred Heart College has commenced closing up the gap. MISS BRESCHINI IS FOURTH Miss Rose Breschinl, the Syiss repre- sentative, has again wrésted fourth place from Miss Hayward by a gain of 11,000 to Miss Hayward's 2500. Tillie Hartz has gained 3800; Ethel Potter, 5500, and Lois B. Pfitzer 2500, | | without any change in position. Miss Mollye Sheridan of Stockton has | recaptured eleventh} | place from Mrs. Deasy, whose gain for the day was only 1750, Miss Gladys Adeock, by -a gain of, 2450, has tied the score of Rosa E.| Tracy for thirteenth place, each having Anderson; M. L. Ward, trustee San Diego Normal School, reappointed; A. ! C. Tibbitts, harbor master, Eureka, rour’ years, vice Barnum THIRTY DAYS' NOTICE i Through an error in transmission, The call was made to say yesterday | inat & bill just signed by the Gov-| sition to increase their own salaries|ernor extended the length of notiee that ' some of the tailenders by & landlord must give te change ot lease to sixty days. As a matter of | fact, it £hould have been thirty days, the bill extending the time from fifteen days. { —_— BBERY IN MARKET STREET—Th ‘ %een the store of the Willlams znmtml ut 1525 Market street early yesterday | morning and stole goods worth $100. Entrance was gained through a rear window. ! the eomparailvely -‘m lu':n: M being soluble, thus enabling #t to which Is ..-‘te ! Athletic Club and Walter Hamshaw REMARKABLY EFFECTIVE A Famous Doctor’s Prescriptton Checks an Acute Cold in a Day and Cures Chronic Coughs The wonderful healing )owm of pine have b 128,000 votes to her credit. Hattls M. Hoppock has registered a gain of 1000 and George H. Angovg 11850, without changing their positions. Irma Klaumann, by & Eain of 5050, ! has moved up ahead of Christ Church and now is No. 17. Little Hattie Eden has surprised suddenly making a gain of 5150 and moving up | five degrees to No. 24, which will make her a; prize-winner if she can hold the place to the end of the week. Miss Jennie Tibbets of Hanford is now the last in line among the prob- able prize-winners, and any one who expects to win will have to beat her score, 11,000. Henry Pope, who was No. 25 yester- bheen known for ag wfllflwm-w!m l"llh‘eh oma County, Cal 17—Miss Irma Klagmann, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, Cal. 18—Christ Church Athletic Club, Sausalite, Cal 18—Walter Hamshaw, 1310 Oxford street, Berkeley, Cal. 20—Miss Theresa Colemnn, Point Richmond, Contra Costa canmy, Cal. 21—James Anis Quinn, 730 Fell street, San Francisco, Cal 22—Tobin and Winchester, 67th Coawt Artillery, Pmldlo, S. F. 24—Miss Hatile Eden, 22 Ritch street, San Franelsco 25—Miss Jemnie Tibbets, Hanford, Kings County, 26—Henry Pope, 1416 Valencia street, San Francisco. 27—Miss Elizabeth Bockerman, 1628 Central avenue, Al-med-, cal. 28—Mrs. Ellén Smith, Walnut Creek, Cal 28—Miss Pearl Van Meter, Lafayette, Contra Costa, Cal. 80—Miss Amna Skinner, 14 A street, Washington square, S 32—Ear] E. Gifford, Alamo, Contra Costa County, Cal. 34—Young Men's Christian Association, Stockton, Cal. 85—Joseph Fassler, 340 Cl!InlteRe streed, 36—Edward A. Cornell, Pofler\’lllc. Tulare Co-u(y. Cal. . + | $5631,600. | planation had been that Days of Sacramento, Cal Cl)llll ¥, Stockton, Cal. Cal 15,600 . 15,100 igel TIsland, Cal. Dorado County, C San Francisco has. jolned the “Down but he is not-the sort of lad who will stay down without try- |ing to get up again. Remember that next Saturday night and that all votes must be in The Call office or on the day morning, and Out Club,” the contest closes way there by mail or express by 10 p. m. of March 2 SUPERVSORS CONGLLEE WATER RATE HEARING | térday morning at Calvary Church of Recommendation. of Com- . mittee to Be Received by Board Today The Board of Stupervisors, acting as a committee of the whole on fixing of water rates, completed the taking of evidence from representatives of the Spring Valley Water Company last night. The evidence wiil be turned over to the water committee of the Board of Supervisors, which will recommend a rate to the board at a meeting to be held this afternoon. Before the meeting begun last night several of the Supervisors gathered in an anteroom, presumably for the pur- pose of holding a private conference, Gold Contest Remain Interestin Racefor Coin Becom-| ing Intense as End Nears TODAY'S SCORE FOR SECOND SERIES OF PRIZES 1—Miss Norma Merani, 3613 Vallejo street, Oakland, Cal. 5 2—Sacred Heart College, Fell street, near Fillmore, San Fra: ciseo 3—Mrs. J, F. Dokerty, 920 Fourteenth street, 4—Miss Rowe Breschini, Blanco, Monterey Com 5—Miss Emily Hayward, Martinez, Contra Costa Count 6—Willlam Emerson (“Jaek, the Newsboy™”), San Jose, Cal. %—>iss Tillle Hartz, Danville, Contra Costa County, Cal.. S—Miss Ethel Potter, Newman, Stanislaus County, Cal 9—Emile Iverson, Sausalito, Marin County, Cal..... 10—3Miss Lols B. Pfitzer, Newman, Stantsla 11—Mias Mollye Sheridan, 39 Sutter siree 12—Mrs. Mary C. Deasy, box 128, Naps, 18—Mrs. Rose E. Tracy and som, Sau Rafsel, Marin County, Cal 14—Miss Gladys Adeock, 13 Franklin Square, S : } | Nearly all and as a result the meéting was more’ than an hour late in convening. The first witness for the water company was Engineer Arthur L. Adams, testified that the value of the Spring Valley's system under normal condi- tions would be between $40,000,000 and | $45,000,000. He fafled to state what its value was under the present abnormal conditions. Assistant Engineer Cyril Williams Jr. testifled that the estimated expenses for maintaining and operating the system for the next flscal year were The taxes would amount to about $375,000. He could not say what proportion of the taxes would go to the city of San Franeisco. The increase of wages for the coming year. would amount to about $20,000, he said, and the increased cost of fuel to $21,000. Assistant Secretary George Booker stated that the income of the company for the néxt year, under the rates of| 1902, which the cempany was asking| who | 7 PREPARING THE FORCES | | President McCarthy Building Trades to Con- sult Wlth Committee l President McCarthy of th | Trades Council and “Presider George { Duffey of the Board of Public Works | | will consult tomorrow with the con- | tractors’ commlttee regarding the mar- | shaling of forces and handling of teams on cleaning up day. President McCarthy has been requested to act on | the contractors’ commitiee and give it the benefit of his experience as the| head of a great union body. the Board of] President Duffey of o Works is anxious to have the work of street cleaning continued as léng as taere is mecessity for it, and has some good ideas regarding the disposition of debris in line with a system out- lined by the Board of Works. The R pair Association with a view fo se- | curing harmonious and effective action isent out letters to all of the éon- | tractors urging them to present their | plane to the general committee at an | | early date. The following letter was| | then sent to President McCarthy: Mr. P. H. McCarthy, Prestdent | Trades Council—Dear Sir: At the mreting of the contractors’ committee, to which committes | | has been assigned the disposition of teams and Im erial and the marshaling of the forces for | the proposed clesning of Saa Franciseo next Sun- day, it was unanimously voted that you be re- | quested to set on this committee, and Mr. F. Lioyd, secretary of the committee, was quested to cal} on you before the Dext meeting, | to be held on Friday, March 1, at 2 p. m.. at| 770 Market street, and lay before you & (rner-l outline of the proposed plan, in order that could advize the commiitee as to the which should be sdopted in the disposition of the fore A ilke request has been made to Mr. 0. A. Treltmoe, znd it is sineerely heped taat you will endeavor to spare the time next Friday to be in attendasce at the meeting. Respectfully yours, REET REPAIR ASSOCIATION. Ail volunteers not vided for in the assignments are re- quested to report to C Mint building., and they will be as- Bullding signed as they may desire to the dif-| ferent districts. The committee is trying to arrange for a special detall at North Beach and any one who desires to help out| in that section is requested to com- miunicate with the Repair Allociltlon‘ Headquarters. WOMEN SHOW ENTHUSIASM Hold Meeting and Arrange Plams for “Cleaning-Up Day” An enthusiasticc meeting held yes- | the women in charge of the various| sections for the distribution of food to the workers on “cleaning-up day” and | encouraging reports were heard as to| the contributions that have been made. of the women's organliz: tions of. the city were represented an it was shown that almost all the pe ple, firms and corporations in the ef were willing to aid the movement. Un der the leadershifp of Mrs. Lovell White, arrangements wers discussed and practical suggestions mada for sys- | tematizing the work. There is still a need for further do- nations of sandwiches, some sections having practically none as yet. There has been little difficulty in securing quarters for the stations, the use of a number of restaurants having Leen donated, with the dishes and tables. Buildings also have been supplied, and too much credit can hardly be given for the perseverance of the heads of the different sections or for the gen-| erosity displayed by the various mer- chants, both wholesale and retail. in| their contributions..of all manner of foodstuffs. Thomas Magee & Sons have given tht use of the building at 779 Market slreet as a station where %the surplus ma-| terials may be gathered and redis-| | tributed. Father Crowley of the Youth's to have restored, would be about $150,- | 000 a month. A delegation of citizens from the| Tniversity Mound district, headed by C. F. Buttle, was present to complain that the Spring Valley Water Company bad failed to furnish.a water supply in that section. The corporation’s ex- the income would not justify the expenditure. The representatives of the company | promised the Supervisors to take the | matter under further consideration, The meeting ended with an appeal on the part of M. B. Kellogg for the rates of 1902. He accuged the Supervisors of | bad faith in their treatment of the company last year, and acting Mavor Gallagher followed him with a denial. e ——————————————————— The wise and systematic way for managing your per- sonal account: PAY. BY CHECK. Your money in the Metrop- olis is absolutely safe. PAY BY CHECK. Your canceled checks are always receipts. PAY BY CHECK. Fhe Metropolis allows 2 per cent interest on Checking Accounts; 3.65 per cent in- terest on Savings Deposiis. DIRECTORS: A. A. Watkins, Clarence Grange, John M. Keitb, A. D. Cutler, George C. Boardman, James B. Stetson, Edward Coleman, Charles| Hagmaler, Gavin McNab, M. S. Koshland, F. R. Cook. METROPOLIS TRUST & SAVING S RANK Pald In (hpll-l and Suvrplus, $809,000, 1287 VAN NESS AVENUR, Between Polk and Sutter. ROOMS 500 first-class rooms, 50¢, 75c, $1 per | “{l'ho-‘ 5 mechantes, efe., $2.50 ™SV Paince Hotely | | i I | | i { | ' Directory has volunteered to send boys wherever they may be needed. Presi-| dent Duffey of the Board of Public Works has placed two teams at the| disposal of the women of the comm!l-; tee. The Native Daughters will do thelr | part, and Darina Parlor, Buena Vista | Parlor, Alta Parior, Orinda Parlor and Calaveras Parlor will combine and use the large bullding at Pine and Mar- ket streets for their headquarters. They will keep open house there and will | serve coffee all day to the workers. It has been decided to request the | merchants to deliver their donations at | FOR GLEANING-UP DAY of Building otherwise pro- | J. Wood at the| ‘DEFIES OADER OF COURT AND KDANPS H CHILD Longshoreman Arrested on Charge of Striking His { Wife's Sister OAKLAND, Feb. —Alonzo 3. Rod- gers. a longshoreman, was arrested in today on complaint of Mrs. iverfoote, who alleges tha: ek her in the face whils mpting to prevent him from kidnaping his little child. Soms time ago Rodgers separated from wife and a few days later he kidnape the littie one and took it to San La- {andro. E Being compelled by the courts to re- turn the child to !ts mother, Rodgers watched his chance and this afternoon again stole the chitd, which was charge of his wife's sister. In tak! the child, Rodgers is alleged to have struck Mrs. Sliverfoote, and she at onee swore to a complaint charging him with battery. After gaining posseasion of the child, | Rodgers fled to Point Richmond, whery 4 27. | he left the tot, and was on his way ¢ this city when he was arrested .Berkel-y by Detective Flynn. Soon’ after being booked at the police sta- tion Rodgers was reieased on bonds any time on either Friday or Saturday. Another meeting will be held on Fri- day morning a§ 10 o'clock to complets "*‘ the arrangements of the different sec- tlons. Among the organizations rep- resented yesterday, besides those ai- ready referred to, were the Order of the Eastern Star: the Frauen Verein, or German Benevolent Society; the Forward Movement of the Richmond district, the Contemporary Club, the South Park Mothers' Club, the United Artisans, the California Club, the Tale- ighborhood Association of Californis Ploneers, Jewish Women and the th Commercial Wigh the Council of teachers of School. OPPOSE SUNDAY WORK Pastors Urge Scieetion of Some Other Day fer Cleaning al churches at- day and signed a2gainst the me- pr “Cleaning-up proposec use public tcieaning Gay” esd the published | statements thst the mimmters of We city do not object; and siss I view of the mfl effort to eolist the chiifiven of fhe eity i the projosed effort chrough the putlic schosls: aad in_view o blicly expressed by meny ministers Prancisco that soch me of Sundey i & vu-.w of Divine purpose and serineatal the spiritual and moral ity: an furthermore, in view of fact ¢ aile the streets of the city are sadly in 3eed of sieas- ing, yet 5o such condition exists as demands suéh prejadicial exmemity Therefore, the undersigned Tastors of charehes fn San Francisco, while e our appre- clatien of y eflort which promi fare of our city and deciaring every rigbteous movemest for fhe G A of, do- hereby place outsives mm record i pro ! test against the secaiartzation of day by making it a public eccasion for cleaning the eity streets. G. Bane, Howard M. H. Bell, First U. P, N. Bevier. Memorial Prestyteriaa. MO MHOMEO S & A. Hough, to B, Lrelas. Christian. 6. EKeith, orth M. B O R, Trvestast Howcopel 3. H. Kelley, Third Baptist. Bradford Leavitt, Firet Unitarian. Ceell Marrack, St. Stephen’s . M. McElbiasey, Holly I’IX F. MeGiaty, Holy Cross Jamwes Muir, Salvation Ar-y E. Paddoek, Potrero M. E. W. E. Parker, Olivet Preshyterias. S. C. Paterson, Bethany rullv Peltsch, German . Reeder, Hamilton M. larizers’ Chuged. mz—nn . B, terfan. po tionalist. A @ rw?*fi s Sawyer, Hamiiton Sqnn- Cen Trinity - Travis: Bethel Baptist: Thomas. Howard L Wallis. 8 Mary, the Virgtn. Wemer. Trinity X K . _White, Wesley M. White, St. Paal's Presdyterian, Willis, M. P af‘fl ren Ffls? THE GAS COMPANY I nvites the ladies of San Fran- cisco to attend a series of cook- ing lessons to be hcld their lecture room at 925 Franklin Street on Wednesdays and Fridays, during the month of March, Lessons begin at 2 o'clock sharp. MRS. JEAN DEMONS Graduate of — SINCLAIR TRATOR National School of Cookery, London. Pratt Institute, New York. l’rogram', Friday, March 1: Entrees and Lenten Dishes. “ECLIPSE” Gas Range Used. An Asbestos Cooking Mat and Gas Cook Book given each lady attending. ‘“At your serviee.”