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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
CARMEN FLOCK
TO D0RA PARK
Throngs of Pleasure Seekers
Attend Annual Outing
of the Oakland Union
DELEGATIONS FROM CITY
Dancing and Games Furnish
Amusement and Recreation
, for the Merry Picnickers

OAKLAND. June members Of the
CarmenB Union, their families and
friends, assembled at Idora Park to-day
70 enjoy The second annual outing and
picnic given by Division No. 1s2, Anal
ganaated Association OF Street and Elec-
tric Railway Employees Of America The
day was spent In dancing. games and out
door sports. the feature Of the picnic be-
ing g game OF baseball between the men
OF the Eastern and Western divisions Of
the Oakland Traction Company's system
More thar Z, 900 tickers had been sold.
Every number Of the dance programme
filled the Roor. OF the big pavilion, and II
was well after midnight. when the band
struck UP Home, Sweet. Home
Net q single accident or case of dis
order marred the pleasure Of the day.
During the evening several delegations
Of San Francisco carmen. crossed the bay
and swelIed the throng at the park.
The members OF the picnic committee
were: Charles. A. Pearce. George VIII
liams. J. ~. Jones. J. f. Anderson and
". II. Ellison. A. Swanson was marshal
OF the. day and George Williams acted as
floor manager in the dancing pavilion.
Following are the results of:t the races
and baseball game:
The following shows the races won:
Free-lor-an race fer men. J. M. Smell; free
1or-sn race FOR women Miss Christie Eoote;
free-for-aT garments. race, James Dempsey;
race Tor married carmen; r L. Jackson; race
Tor single carmen J. Perry; rst mems rs<g, J.
lsovejoyi fat women's. race, Miss Florence
Clare.
The ball. game" was won by the men
OF the Eastern division. the score be-
ing 70 3 The lineup Of the teams was
as follows:
Western Division-FIrst pase.. Hairy McAtee:
second base, Z. HutchinSon; third -ba -. A.
Grabel: sifortstop. Ciayton5 left field, j. Perry
rigtt field. Riley center field, T. c. Strsub
toaptains; catcher. J.. Qeinn; pitchers. b. Veal
and B. Hughes.
Eastern DIvision-First Dase G. Williams
tcaptain9; second base, z. Montgomery; third
Base, Charles Pierce; sshorJstop. Joe Baker;
left field Charles Kluefer; right field. o. GUS
tafsonj center feldY b TrLplet; catcher. G. D.
Mainland; pitcher T. davies.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
TEACHER LOSES POSITION.

BERKELEY, June despite the
protests and petitions of many school
children and their parents. the Board
of Education. last night dropped Mrs.
Mary T. Wilson of the Lincoln School
from the list of teachers to be appoint
ed. With this single exception the
present teaching force was, reelected.
A petition signed by ninety-three pu-
pills Of the Lincoln School and another
protest signed by 500 adults, all Of
whom desired the reappointment of
Mrs. Wilson, had no effect upon the
board, the documents being ordered
filed. No reason was given for the dis
mfssal of Mrs. Wilson. though it is un-
derstood that the board does not de-
sire to retain married women as teach
ers in the department.
: A new department of history in the
High School was created and Miss. Eva
Carlin was appointed as its head.
Plans for the four-room additions to
the lie Conte School. Lincoln School
and San Pablo Avenue School were
adopted. Bids will be advertised for
at once
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
BABE DRowNs IN TUB.

OAKLAND, June while playing
in the back yard this afternoon at his
home in San Lorenzo. Alfred Alvarez.
one year old, toppled into a tub of wa
ter, head first and was drowned. Chill
dren who had been romping with the
baby missed the little one and found
the body in the tub
The accident was. unnoticed by the
childs companions. When the body
was recovered 1t was taken from the
place Of death and a physician was
summoned, but he could not restore the
little victim to life.
According to the report of the death
filed with the Coroner, the accident oc-
Cured at o'clock. In the yard where
the children had been playing was a
wooden washtub. which was kept filled
with water to prevent it from falling
TO pieces.
Alfred Alvarez. the babys father, is
a barber at Elmhurst. Coroner Mehr-
mann will hold an inquest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
Flies Cause Horse to Bolt
and Driver and Friends
Are Thrown From Trap
VEHICLE is DEMOLISHED
Early Morning Drive of Mrs.
Robert Tibbitts Ends Dis
astrously in San Rafael

SAN RAFAEL, June 1-Three promi-
nent society women had very close call
IN a runaway on Petaluma avenue this
morning. Mrs. Tibbitts. wife Of Robert
Tibbitts Of the firm OF Healy. Tfbbttts &
Co., OF San Francisco, who - the pos
sesso- OF a lively bobtailed horse and one
OF the latest creations in traps. invited
Mrs. Theodore Goodman, wife OF the
treasurer. OF the San Francisco Baseball
League, and Mrs. w. d. Gossard Of San
Rafael to share the trap with her this
morning.
Everything went along nicely until they
were returning home over the Puerto
Suello. The bobtail. bothered by fies.
whisked his tail ftercely to rid himself OF
the pests. and knocked the reins out OF
Mrs. Tibbitts' hands. Tho women were
helpless, as the horse tore along Peta-s
luna avenue. The trap struck q furni-
ture wagon, and Mrs. Tfbbitts and her
friends were thrown out. Mrs Tibbitts
sustained a severe scalp wound, Mrs
Gossard q fracture OF the knee and MIS-
Goodman a number OF severe bruises.
The trap was demolished
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
FREE FOR ONLY
'kF[W MINUTES
Convict Hancock, Wanted in
Nevada for Murder, Ar.
rested as He Leaves Prison
CHARGED BY A WOMAN
Former Travelling COmpan-
ion of Felon Declares He
Killed Two Men on Desert
Special Dispatch to The Cali

SAN RAFAEL. June John Han
cock, who just completed a ten-year SEN
tence for burglary committed in Orange
County in 1888, was arrested on q
charge OF murder as he was leaving the
prison to-day by Sheriff Jacob Johnson
and special deputy of Lincoln County,
Nevada. -.
The murder for which Hancock is UNI
der arrest was one of the most brutal
and dastardly ever committed in Ne
yada-' According to the confession of a
Mrs. Meyer, made November. so, 1898,
Hancock, Mrs. Meyers and her young
son were driving from PERKS, Cal, to
Salt Lake City, in 1897. One OF their
horses gave out, and. while they were
waiting at a ranch for it to recover
DR.. George Engelke, veterinary sur
geon, and Peter Edniiston,. his servant,
arrived with q spanking team of horses
and valuable stallion. Engelke dis
cussed his affairs before Hancock. The
latter told Mrs. Meyers he intended to
kill the doctor and his companion for
their valuables. The woman declares
that Hancock carried out his threat a
few days after the party left the ranch.
She said that while Engelke and his
servant were asleep Hancock Drained
them with an ak and then buried the
bodies
The citizens OF Nevada tried to have
Hancock released from San Quentin on
two different occasions. one in 1899 and
the other in 1905. Both times the Gov
ernor of California was in favor OF
giving him a pardon so that he could be
tried for murder in Nevada, but think
ing that there was possibility of Han
cock escaping punishment he thought IL
better to let Hancock serve his SEN
tence.
Hancock says Mrs. Meyers was the
instigator of the murder. He says she
killed Edmiston with an ak and that he
shot Engelke to save her. He made the
confession freely
Hancock Is a second timer. He is
considered dangerous man by all that
know him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
TROUBLE is FEARED
IN TOWN OF BISBEE

PHOENIX. Ariz.. June 1.-The Social
fists Of Bisbee, 1t IS said. are 'menacing
good order by both verbal and physical
assaults on members Of the National
Guard company mustered in there but a
short time ago. Within a week personal
assaults have been made on three mem
bers, who happily were able TO success
fully defend themselves. But q treason<
able feeling is being worked up and theirs
are numerous threats OF trouble unless
the company is disbanded-
The Socialists claim the formation OF
the company was at the request OF the
mining companies operating there. The
members OF the guard assert that. the
companies had nothing to DO with their
organization; that they organized because
they wanted to.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
PUPILS ARE WAITING :.
s. FOR THEIR DIPLOMAS

REDWOOD CITY, June 1.-To-mcrrow
the graduating exercises OF Sequoia High
School win be held It will be the tenth
anniversary of the institution and UNI
usual efforts are5being made TO make the
event memorable.
The graduates this rear are as follows:
Mary l. Brown. Susie NJ Beeson. Char
lotte ). NJ. Genochio, George F. Hall, Jo-
seph A. H. Hellmann. NJ. Ffdella Knights.
Cora e. Loire, Emma J. Mount. Lucille z.
Otto, Della h. Roche, Ruth z. Robertson.
Frank w. Thompson. Elizabeth P. Winter
and Celia b. Watrous.
The school year Just closing IN consid-
cred one Of the best In the history Of the
institution. 8
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
REGULAR
BOATS AN HOUR
Southern Pacific Company
Establishes Twenty-Minute
Service on the Bay
ALL WORKS SMOOTHLY
Even Remote Suburban Dis
tricts Are Now i'm Close
Touch With Metropolis

OAKLAND, June Oakland now has q
ferry boat every seven minutes between
this city and San Francisco.
The Southern Pacific Company to-day
established its twenty-minute service
upon its broao gauge line, and this serv-
ice gives eight boats an hour between
Oakland and San Francisco without
counting the Creek Route line. which
adds few more. The broad gauge line
now has three boats an hour. the Key
Route an equal number, and the narrow
gauge system two all hour. This latter
service will be increased to three trips
an hour as soon as the new depot at the
end Of the Alameda mole IS finished and
the track connections can be- made. This
will give Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley
one of the finest suburban services in the
world. r Jats will run as often as street
cars. and local trains. operated either
by steam or electricity, radiate in every
direction from the piers and moles, and
this new system of operation puts the
most remote suburban districts Of the
east bay towns in close touch with San
Francisco.
The new system Of the Southern Pacific
Company went into effect at O'Clock to-
day. There was not hitch in any of its
well-prepared details. The time card was
changed without delay ana the prepara-
tions. had all been made for the operations
of the trains and the handling of the
passengers. Under the new system the
trains will leave Broadway station at
thirteen, thirty-three and ffty-three min
utes after the hour and will arrive at
fourteen. thirty-four and fifty-four min
utes after each hour during the main por-
ton CT the day. Pocket time cards have
been prepared and will be given to all
travellers in order to show them the exact
time at all stations.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
.ASIATIC PROBLEM
CONFRONTS CONGRESS
speciaI Dispatch to The Can.


- WASHINGTON June with .the
Chinese merchants. including those in
the Philippines. declaring a boycott.
against American goods. unless our.ex-
clusion laws are satisfactorily adjusted
by treaty, and with the labor unions
of the Pacific Coast clamoring for jap
dnese exclusion at the close of a sue
cessful Japanese war, the Asiatic prob
lem threatens TO prove troublesome in
Congress next winter
H p. Noble, San Francisco manu-
facturer, who Is now in this city. says
that mass meetings have been held on
the coast to promote similar legisla-
tion to that which excludes the Chi
nese. The Legislature OF California
has already petitioned Congress to this
end. He says that the feeling against
japanese competition is SO strong as
visibly to affect the popular sentiment
on the coast regarding the Russian
Japanese war. 1t is much less favor
able TO the Japanese there than in the
East. ~
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
CALIFORNIANS WILL
LOOK FOR OIL in PERU

LOS ANGELES, June 1.-Caiifornia
capital Is to develop immense tracts OF
known oil lands In Peru Three car
loads of machinery were shipped from
Los Angeles yesterday to San Fran
cisco, thence to be sent by steamship 10
the land Of the Incas. With the ma
chinery went Seth J. Hardison. prac-
tical oil man, and behind him and the
venture stands practically unlimited
capital.
County oil producers have formed a
company to develop the fields bordering
Lake Titicaca near the boundary line
between Bolivia and Peru Chester ".
Browne, formerly of Los Angeles. has
been in that country for several years
and il was through him that the new
company secured valuable concessions
from the Peruvian Government
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
PROMOTERS suDDENLY DECAMps.

OAKLAND. June 1.-After having
made all arrangements with the MEM
bers of Company A, Fifth Regiment, NJ
G. c.. for the production of the. spec
tacle, America" during the present
week. for the benefit of the arrnory
fund of the company, Manager Zigler.
under whose direction the play was to
have been presented. has decamped,
leaving the soldier boys in the lurch.
AS a result the members of the COM
pany will be forced to refund the
money paid for tickets bought in ad-
vance and they will be out the amount
paid for the preparation of the theater
and for advertising.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
MUNICH A[|T|ES
SHORN OF POWER
Supreme Court of Missouri
Rules That Cities Cannot
Regulate Telephone Rates
Special Dispatch to The Cali.


KANSAS CITY, June 1.-The telephone
rate case, which has cost the city SIC. 600,
came to finish to-day, when the State
Supreme Court held that it was not with
in the eity's power to regulate telephone
rates. About three years ago the city
administration then in power had fight
on with the Missouri and Kansas Tele-
phone Company. and an ordinance was
passed fixing a schedule of rates for teie-
phone service James w. Garner. applied
to have telephone placed in his office
and offered to pay the rates fixed by the
city ordinance. The company declined to
accept the rate and did not put the teie-
phone in Gamers Office. Garner applied
for writ Of mandamus and the city
backed him with special counsel. The
hearing continued for weeks.
In denying the WRIT Judge Marshall
said that he was thoroughly convinced
that it never was within the contempla-
ton of the trainers of our system of gov
eminent or of our constitution that any
city. whether organized under the gen.
eral laws Of this State or under the pro-
visions of the constitution, which allows
cities to frame their own charters, to
confer upon such cities anything more
than q police power and a strictly mu-
nicipa1 power, and that the power TO en-
act all laws of civil conduct and to pre-
scribe all civil remedies among citizens,
or, in short, to enact laws as, dfstin-
guished from municipal regulations, is
expressly reserved to the Legislature OF
this State, and cannot be delegated by 1t.
Concluding, Judge Marshall said:
have reached the conclusion that 1t Is 10
part of municipal power to regulate the
prices that may be charged for telephone ser
vice any more than 1t is to regulate the prices
that may be charged for any quasi-pubifc SER
vice or for the sale of the necessities of life!
All such matters fall within the domain OF
legislative powers. Hence j think that Kan
City could not by its charter take unto IT.
self the powers claimed In this case, and that
1t was incompetent for the General Assembly
to delegate such power to Kansas City.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

AHflNED..s
stmr Mandalay. Adler. 81 hours from snns Ores
cent City.
SAILED. ~.
Stmr Columbia, Doran. Astoria
Tug Defiance James. Santa Barbara -
K. DOMESTIC PORTS.
PORT TOwNsEND-Saiied June Ger
stmr Itauri. for San Francisco.
Passed out June 1-Schr PoIaris. from Ev-
OCEAN STEAMERS.
NEW sYoRK-Arrived June 1--Stmr Lom-
bardia and strnr Princess Irene, from Naples
Arrived June 1-Stmr Hamburg from
Dover and Bouloane.
Sailed June 1-stmr Hamburg. for Hamburg
raine for Havre: stmr Bremen. for Bremen
Via Plymouth and Cherbourg,
QUEENsT0WN-,-Arrfv June i--Stmr Bal
tic, from New York; stmr Arabic, from Boston
for liverpool and proceeded.
YOKOHAMA-Arrived prior to May 81
Dumbarton. from Portland. Ore: stnr Foreric.
from Seattle for Hioxo.
Coptic, from San Francisco via Honolulu
LTvERPooL-Arrived June 1-stmr Baltic.
Sailed June 1--Stmr Bavarian. from Mon
treal via Neville. Ottawa. Quebec and Mon
Arrived June f--stmr Friesland. from Phila-
and Quebec.
NAGASAKI-Arrived June 1-Stmr Ivydene
from Tacoma and Seattle via Tsingtau
BATAVIA-Sailed May 31-Stmr Tydeus.
from Tacoma via Yokohama. Hiogo and
Shanghai. for Liverpool.
sailed June 1-strnr Haverford, from Liv-
erpool for Philadelphia: stmr Majestic from
Liverpool for New York.
Luise. from New York via Gibraltar for Genoa
and proceeded.
CORONEL-Arrived June 1-Stmr Dakota,
from New York for San Francisco.
CHERBOURG+Arrived June 1-Stmr prfn
cess Alice. from New York via Plymouth Tor
Bremen and proceeded
Sailed May 31-Stmr. Kaiser Wilhelm III
from Bremen and southampton for New YORK
GENOA--Sailed May 31-Stmr Citta al
Milano. for New York
from Montreal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
mARRIAGE BLOCKS PROSECUTION.

OAKLAND, June Unable to prove
that Mrs. Kristine Jacobsen,s claims to
wifehood were not well founded, John
Ampuero failed IN his prosecution ,of
the woman to-day in the Police Court
on a charge OF disturbing the peace.
Ampuero asserted that Mrs. Jacobsen
went to his residence. 1916 Clay street.
Sunday and annoyed him by gathering
posies from the front garden. Mrs ia
cobsen's declaration that she is Am
puero's wife led Police Judge George
Samuels to announce that a man can
not prosecute his own wife for dis
turbing his peace.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
OF DIRECTORS
CAUSES BANK TO SUSPEND

TRINIDAD, Colo. June THE
American Savings Bank closed its
doors this morning It's liabilities are
$4,000. assets $4,000.
]. l. Bridge, vice president and CASH
Ter, made the following statement:
I'VE have closed our doors TODAY
and temporarily suspended for the un-
fortunate reason that officers of the
bank are in dispute as to certain cues
lions Of policy which were growing to
the point OF jeopardizing the banks in
terest. wish TO add, however, that
our bankJfs solvent. and our depositors
VIII be cared for to the full extent Of
their claims"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
IrRY GIVES yvoMAN vERnIcr.

OAKLAND. June 1.-The damage suit
brought by Mrs. Charlotte Arthur OF
41S Post street. San Francisco, against
the Oakland Traction Consolidated ter
minated this afternoon by the jury
awarding her a verdict for $1,000. The
plaintiff asked for $4,000.
The suit was for damages sustained
by Mrs. Arthur while on her way out
to visit friends at Piedmont. She was
alighting from a car at Fourteenth
street and Broadway and was thrown
from the step. Her knee was injured
and her spine received such injury that
IT. is believed she Is permanently hurt.
Several witnesses testified that the car
started up and threw her from the
step.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
SEVERAL WANT
CHANGERS JOB
Republicans of San MateO
After Place Made Vacant
by Death of Tax Collector
CANDIDATES NUMEROUS
It Is Believed Recorder
of County Will Be Given
Position by Supervisors
CANDIDATES NUMEROUS
Special pispa.ch to The Can.

REDWOOD CITY, June LA stubborn
and holly contested fight Is now on
among local Republicans for the place
made vacant by the death Of Tax Col
lector Frank NJ Granger. Four candi-
dates have already appeared to urge their
claims for preference. and as the Board
of Supervisors will not make the appoint
ment until June 5 1t is likely more will be
In the field for the plum
Recorder ]. F. Johnson is one OF the
most prominent aspirants for the ONCE
and opposed to him are w. A. Price, Jonn
p. Weller and John J. Bprk. all leading
Republicans. The political wiseacres nave
it that Recorder Johnson will carry on
the prize and that Weller will be reward
ed with the Recordership.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
PLAN NEW MASONIC TEMPLE.

OAKLAND, June 1.-Representatives
of the Masonic organizations that hold
stock in the Masonic Temple Associa-
ton have organized to canvass the
question whether the present building
and site at Twelfth and Washington
streets shall be sold and q new struc-
ture erected to coat 100000.
Such a course has been recommended
to the stockholders. whose annual
meeting will be held June 81. Several
sites have been offered to the commit
tee, but the definite decision rests In
the directors and the stockholders.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
HEROINE OF ALASKA
TRIP GETS MARRIED

TACOMA, June when In February
Mrs Georgiana s. Place became the hero
inc Of a 500-mile trip from BEETLES TO Fair
banks to obtain a divorce, it was not sus-
pected that she was preparing to again
Place secured divorce in Judge Wicker
shams court. In April she was joined at
Fairbanks by Frederick J. Howard They
were quietly married In the Presbyterian
parsonage by Rev Mr.. Young. Howard
Is well known and popular.
WASHINGTON June The ComptroIIer
OF the Currency to-day issued call for the
business Monday May % 1905.
YOUNG LADYS FUNERAL-Oakland
June The funeral OF Miss Annie e Jef-
fress was held this afternoon from the Twen-
ty-third-avenue Baptist Church and was con-
Quoted by the Rev. r. r Ollie. Many friends
attended and the intermsnt was at Moantain
View Cemetery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
MORE LIGHTS !.
FOR OAKLAND

2 OAKLAND, June The Oakland Gas,
Light ana Heat Cornpsny's offer on. street
lighting for the next fiscal year, which
makes a large reductiep on present rat ties,
WIS recommended for acceptance. to-
ni6ht by the Street Lighting Committee
OF the City Council, The bid is for 81
monthly an arc lamp on. an aIl-night
lighting schedule, instead OF 81 Is q lamp
on a moonlight schedule, the present
figure.
John A. Britton. president OF the COM
pany, explained TO the committee that
this reduction would enable the Council
10 install and maintain from fifty to sixty
additional lights. without increase in the
present cost Of street lighting
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
UNKNOWN BLIGHT
WORRIES FARMERS

SACRAMENTO. June IAN unknown
disease has attacked every potato and
onion patch In the rich river district.
and growers are rushing to early market
such of their crops as have not yet been
affected. Not until yesterday were the
conditions made known to any one In Of
fetal position. and there seems no pros
pect of relief unless the department OF
agriculture at the State University elects
to make an investigation