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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
.GRANGE DISCUSSES
LABOR PROBLEM.
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SANTA ROSA, Oct. o. The only
bone of contention in the annual gath
ering of the Cal fornia State Grange.
which adjourned here today, developed
when a resolution regarding the ex-
clusion laws came up for consideration.
There was a strong element present
which favored the free admission of
Japanese and Chinese as solution of
the labor problam. These members
sought to have a resolution to that
effect passed but. a larger number was
opposed to such radical action The
latter favored a nlilder form of laws,
which would give reliaf.
After considerable discussion the fol-
lowing resolution was reported by the
committee and adopted:
Resolved, That in view Of the diff
Guilty sof procuring labor to gather our
crops we instruce-our representative to
the National Grange to introduce a
resolution asking Congress to pass new
immigrItion laws by which only the
tionalities can be admitted to the Unit
ed states.
The following preamble and resolu-
tion were adopted unanimously after
little discussion:
whereas. The naming of candidates
for public Offices is left to convention
of delegates who are chosen at pri-
marfes; and,
Whereas. The voters seldom know
whom these delegates will favor; and.
E Whereas. The delegates IN convention
assembled often choose candidates who
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OAKLAND, Oct. 5.--Captain of Police
Walter S. Petersen and Patrolman VIII
liam Woods narrowly escaped death at
the hands of an excited citizen early
this morning while searching for a
man VINO was reported to have been
trying to enter the house of William
Stockman at 57s Eighteenth street.
Captain Petersen and Woods had re-
sponded to telephone call that a bur
glar was trying to enter the house ard
were making a search of the neiGhbor-
hood
While they were engaged in their
search residents of the neighborhood
Were suddenly aroused by fusillaae
of pistol shots, and storm Of bullets
whistled around the heads of the Off
GERS William Woods, residing at 572
Seventeenth street, believing that he
saw the burglar escaping through a
passageway into Eighteenth street,
rushed from his house armed with a
revolver and opened fire. Captain Pc
tersen and Police officer w oods We're
just coming around the side of the
house, and one of the bullets from the
revolver of the citizen missed the pa
trolman by a narrow margin.
After firing three shots Woods
climbed the fence and ran through the
passage into Eighteenth street, where
he fired two more shots, declaring that
he saw the fugitive running in the di-
rection of Grove street. A careful
search of the neighborhood failed to
reveal any trace of the supposed bur
glar. and a milk wagon driver Who was
serving customer near Grove street
declared that he saw no one pass him
either before or after Woods appeared
at the entrance of the passage
Captain Petersen in talking of the
affair said that unless citizens exer-
cised more care in shooting at every
shadow or moving object in cases such
as that of this morning the lives of
police officers making a search for
burglars would be endangered to such
an extent that it would be unsafe to
look for crooks except on the open
streets.
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letters from Democrats from all sec
tions of the State. and from neighbor-
ing States as well, contributing small
sums toward Mr.. Hughes campa ign
fund. Among those received today was
one from Professor Paul Van Dyke Of
Princeton University. brother of the
Rev DIR. Henry Van Dyke, who said
'From the days of Jefferson members
of NY family have voted the Democratic
ticket. and ] have always done so be-
cause it seemed to mo that the Demo
cratic party was anxious to help the
plain people. Therefore 7 send you the
inclosed check to help pay the expenses
of the hard task of explaining to de-
luded people by word and print the
falsehoods of the specious hypocrite
who was nominated at Buffalo,
Lafayette B. Gleason. secretary of the
state committee, has announced u series
of meetings arranged in conjunction
with the national Republican campaign
committee. Speaker Cannon and Repre-
sentative James Watson Of Indiana and
Leslie M Shaw, Secretary Of the Treas
ury are to speak
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are not the choice of the people; there
fore be it
Resolved. That the California State
Grange use all its influence 10 secure
legislation that will permit candidates
for public offices to be chosen by the
system known as the direct primaries
Resolutions were adopted fayoring
legislation which would make the Tor
rens land act effective; prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of cigarettes. op-
posing the free distribution OF seeds
by the Federal Government; favOring
equal suffrage for men and women in
California; favorinS gooa roads; favor
ing temperance and for the orsaniza-
tion of farmers mutual fire and life
insurance companies
The bylaws of the subordinate
grange were revised and. nurnber OF
changes were made in the constitution
of the state Grange One of the feat
ures of the new bylaws is the sreduc-
tion of the initiation fee to- 81 The
enrolment Of whole families into the
membership of The order is expected
to follow this reduction.
The delegates paid an early morning
visit to the home and experimental
grounds of Luther Burbank and spent
an hour or more there viewing the
creations of his handiwOrk. The visit
ors were pleased with the reception
and attention shown them by Burbank
and on reassembling adopted a resoIu-
tion of thanks. which was ordered
spread on the minutes and transmitted
to Burbank by the secretary
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THREW BIBLE INTO
GARBAGE BARREL.
DIR. Simon Hornet of Oak
land Painted as a Demon
by Fortune Telling Wife
CASE BEFORE COURT

OAKLAND. Oct. 5.-The laws of the
Creator had no more effect on DIR.
Simon c. Hornet than the laws of man,
according to his wife Mrs. Elizabeth
Hornet and he proved his contempt for
the higher word by throwing her fam
hy Bible into garbage barrel He
did other things, not quite so repre-
hensible, she says. but they all had a
tendency TO belittle him in her eyes
She says she ehided him often, but the
chiding was of no avail
Mrs. Hornet admitted at the divorce
trial today that she had done some
things that did not meet with her hus-
bands approval. Whom they We're liv-
ing at 5561a Hobart street she went
to the Sacramento State Fair and ran
a booth as q fortune teller. She even
wore little red dress and little
round cap" She frequently giggled
when telling Of her fortune-telling ex-
periences and said Attorney II. G..
Walker was so absurd when he
questioned her about them. She said
she went TO Sacramento with "an old
professor. q Mrs. Lindsay, and four
other ladies' whose names she did not
remember She Will tell some more next
Monday, when Judge Ogden will again
take up the hearing.
Hornet is a dentist and his wife says
he has no license. He made her work
in his laboratory. she says, vulcanizing
rubber plates and doing the other me-
chanical business of his profession.
Later he put her into the office of DR..
Fairburn.
Hornet and his wife were married
eight years ago at Reno.
Mrs Hornet. besides the allegations
she made on the stand today, says in
her divorce complaint that her husband
beat her with his fists, swore at her
and tore her clothing. She says he
would stay out all night and tell her
il was none of her business where he
had been.
Hornet says it was all his wife's
fault.and that their physical encounters
were due to his attempts to protect
himself He says he pulled a wig from
her head and she retaliated by snatch
ing out locks of his natural hair. In
cidentally. he disarranged her clothing
when preventing her from ''clawing
his eyes out
Hulda Smyth today secured a final
decree of divorce from Robert J. Smyth
on the ground Of desertioa. Judge
Ellsworth awarded the custody of the
two children TO the mother.
A final decree of divorce and $50 a
month alimony was awarded by Judge
Ellsworth to Georgiana White from
Charles w. White.
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f|F TEEN PROPOSALS
ALL IN A MONTH.
Mrs. Bertha Bosse1l, Who
Built Her Own Home, Is
Sought by Many Men
OFFERS CONSIDERED

BERK ELEY, Oct. 5.=Fifteen -pFopos-
ais OF marriage, 81 from widowers with
children and all received in the short
time of a month. constitute the unique
record made by Mrs. Bertha Bosseil.
the clever little woman whose work as
@ carpenter in building her own house
was given description in The Call last
month
Men In many sections of the coup-
try have Apparently read of Mrs. Bos-
sells enterprise, and their tributes have
poured IN upon her, almost all of the
tributes taking the form Of offers to
wed the. lady Of the hammer, saw and
plane.
Mrs. Bossoll is daily overwhelmed
by the weight of these saecharine epis-
Ties. The breadth of her popularity has
dazed her. She wonders if the men
are most attracted by her photo graph
or the thought that she is e competent
carpenter able to build her own house
and save money and help support q
husband. Pending the settlen ent of
this matter Mrs. Lossen has, at the
proposals under consideration.
Mrs Bossel is q widow whose nus
pand died several years ago. he was
a CARPENTER. His wife assisted him in
building the house at 1885 Francesco
street which she nov occupies with her
young son. The demand for houses in
Berkeley Is great. and Mrs BosseM con
ceived the idea of putting up a cottage
on the rear of her lot and using It. She
has the house under way now and with
her own hands IS putting up struc-
ture.. The story of this endeavor as
related in The Call has brought to her
the PROPOSALS of marriage she now has
under advisement-
One of the proposals is from an Iowa
man, who has written thai he is q rela-
tive of Patrick Ca ihoun, II street rail-
way magnate OF SAN Francisco This
citizen is widowcr wl.ose children are
all grown. He wants to meet Mrs Bos-
sell, and the lady is not unwilling.
I haven't kept many of the letters.
said Mrs. Bossell today. for most of
them We're not Very convincing. They
were lovesick letters. and some of them
were not in very good taste They all
solicited correspondence. 1 haven't an
swered any of them. --Srhaps o. the
right man came along, even If he
should be stranger, ] night answer.
but shall wait to be sue that ..e is
the right man. Meanwhile 1 am going
to finish my house and hive Just as 7
always have lived since my husband
died.
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EMNE IT'S CHARGE
TO Be PROBED.
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SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.-The publica-
tion off Frank L. Emmett's afidavit
charging that he fraudulently used the
inspectors stamp on hundreds of tubes
for boilers of war4hips today con-
strained Secretary Bonaparte to take
official notice of the matter again He
formally transmitted a copy of the af-
fidavit to Admiral Rae, chief of the
Bureau of Steam Engineering, and
asked him to warn his inspectors
against the possibility of anything OF
the kind being done. He also directed
the admiral to have further inquiries
made to ascertain what, If any, truth
the affiant told when he made his dec
laration.
At the same time he again formally
called the attention of Attorney Cen
eral Moody to the matter. sending him
a copy of the affidavit The latter will
have TO take it up, inasmuch as his
last letter on the subject was re-
quest for further information, his peo-
pie having been unable TO go very far
because they could not find the man
who had made the anonymous charges.
Late this afternoon Assistant Secre-
tary Newberry received a message
from c. A Rock of Pittshurg, in whose
newspaper the charges were first pub
lished, offering to produce the original
affidavit and the man who made it
whenever the department desired them.
His message was also referred to the
Department of Justice. and ~he was so
advised, because the Navy Department
can do nothing toward getting man
prosecuted. except to lay the facts be-
fore the Department of Justice.
officers of the Bureau of Steam En-
I'M in Or rI<n n
possibility of their inspectors being
worked" in the manner charged by
Emmett. They admit that it was pos
sible, but believe that Emmett. in a
desire to get even with somebody for
a fancied grievance, is trying to prove
too much, because to carry out such
an elaborate system of fraud it would
be necessary to let a great many men
into the secret
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LIMITS THE SPEED
OF ITS CARS.
Traction Company Instructs
Employees Not to Ex-
ceed Six Miles an Hour
RULE MUST BE OBEYED

OAKLAND, Oct. 5.-Hereafter six
miles an hour viii be the maximum
speed for cars on the line of the Oak
land Traction Consolidated. The com
pany has made the rule, and no motor
man will be allowed to run his car
faster even if he is behind time In
spectors viii be stationed at convent
ent places 70 see that the speed limit
is not exceeded and motoEmen found
breaking the rule VIII be dismissed.
The object Of the traction corporation
is to obNiate the danger Of collisions
and accidents
Superintendent J. B. Potter Of the
Oakland Traction Consolidated has no.
titled the Berkeley Chamber Of Com
nerce that as soon as the company
can secure the required number Of
cars q minute service viii be es-
tabHshed on Un$versity avenue from
Shattuck 10 Third street and hve-
minute service from University and
san Pablo avenues TO oakland.
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was associated with Frank L. En-
nett, who charges the Shelby Tube
Company, subsidiary of the United
States Steel Corporations, of defrauding
the Government by selling rejected
boiler tubing for sevcltl battleships.
today made affida4rit before Magistrate
Thomas Thomas, setting forth that
Emmett had last May .oId him that
the Shelby Tube Company had offered
$4,000 if he did not make his charges
public Wharton further states that
Emmett told him that he demanded
$4,000 and his attorneys sad they
could get $4,000. also that Emmett
had offered to give him a pdece Of
money II he went in with him, as En-
nett said the Government would pay
a big bonus for the disclosures of the
alleged fraud. Wharton says that En-
nett expected to reap 100000 from
the Government.
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ENGINEER HURLED INTO AIR
BY OIL EXPLOSION ON BARGE
Edward Ball of Middle River Pump
ing Plant Wrapped in Sheet
of Flame and Dies.

MARTINEZ, Oct. 5.-Engineer Ed
ward Ball of the Middle River pumping
plant, near Woodward, met horrible
death Wednesday evening while exam
ming a barge containing 70, ,o00 gall
Ions OF oil with lighted lantern.
In the explosion which resulted Ball
was wrapped in a sheet of fame and
hurled fully 100 feet into the air. When
rescued he was burned from head To
foot, but was taken to Woodward in a
launch. lie died some hours later with
out regaining consciousness. The barge
and contents were destroyed.
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FORCE IN CUBA IS
LARGE ENOUGH.

WASHINGTON. Oct 5 - Secretary
Ronaparte took with him TO the Cabinet
meeting today a carefully prepared
chart Of the island Of Cuba. showing
the location of each ship OF the United
States, the number Of marines or blue
Jackets landed at each port and the
extent TO which the United States now
controls the situation in the island. The
map formed the focus of the principal
discussion at the meeting. ana ii was
intimated that the President and his
advisers in this city are also decided
that no further additiOn 20 the milf
tary forces Of the United States in
Cuba is desirable AZ the present time.
Il is deemed probable that in any
event the battleships now in Cuban
waters viii soon be ordered north.
and that the work OF patrolling the
coast OF Cuba VIII be turned over to
the smaller vessels. In addition 10
the ships now at Havana. the map
shows that there were at Santiago
the Des Moines. the Denver and the
Amphitrite; at NueYitas Bay, the New
ark at Matanzas the Kentucky at
Cienfuegos the Cleveland and the Ma
rietta-
The map also shows that there have
been landed the following marines: At
Pima 500. Cienfuegos 725. Spiritus 142.
Principe 100, HuEa 80. Camp Columbia
zO4 Total 1901. There are en- route
20 Cuba $50 additional marines. to go
wherever they may be needed. The
bluejackets who have been landed are
divided as follows; At Constaucia 60.
Nuevitas 80, Sagua la Grande 80. Total,
80.
HAVANA. Oct. 5.-while the disafma-
ment OF the rebels viii not be complet-
ed Saturday night. it is now confident
ly expected that the entire operation
-. Fr,fc hr- -.
exception Of Puerto Principe Province.
General Guas has promised to disarm
the forces Of RodolfO and Rafael Cas-
tiilo. his subordinates. who are en-
camped 500 strong near Gura. Detach-
nents Of these forces have had several
clashes during the last two days with
200 volunteers stationed at aGuira
General Asbert, with 1000 men, is en-
camped tonight outside Of Guinas This
force viii come in tomorrow and dis
arm. A hundred marines arrived at
Guinas this afternoon and are policing
the town.
None Of ex-President Palma's inti-
mates, save the Cabinet officers. his pri-
vate secretary and Consul General
Steinhart, had any knowledge of
Palnaa's communication in September to
the Government at Washington, and
the greatest surprise is manifested at
the fact that Palma actually suggested
intervention as a solution
When Major Keane of the United
States army medical corps called on
Secretary Taft today he said from the
examination and the records he did not
think the yellow fever situation was
alarming. He added that he would
make more thorough examination and
submit a report. II is learned that the
Majors views were decidedly changed
by another case of fever discovered in
house along the water front and bv
facts presented by Dr.. Won Ezdorf. chief
of The llaa ring hns-ifal enr-,-i....
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BORCHERT PURSUEs FLEEING
YOUTH IN AN AUTOMOBILE

OAKLAND oct. 5.-steward Harry
Borchert Of the Receiving Hospital
pursued an escaped fncorrigible youth
in his automobile this morning. He
didn't catch the fleeing youngster. but
he exhausted his supply Of gasoline in
his efforts.
Robert LOrber was the youth who
craftily crept away from the hospital.
doing so while the door Of his cell IN
the detention ward was temporarily
left unlocked. Lorber was arrested for
grand larceny q month ago. he had
stolen a bicycle and be admitted the
theft. but the police corld not locate
the owner until September 2S. So the
boy was held at the City Prison until
the owner, James Wiids. was located.
Then the unfortunate child was re-
moved from the dingy and dusky cells
Of the basement prison 10 the hospital.
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SAYS He IS SIMON
PURE DEMOCRAT.

CHATHAM. n. Y. Oct 5.-wnliam
r. Hearst. the Democratic and Inde-
pendence League candidate for Cover
nor, had his attention directed today to
a published statement by p. H Nc
Carren, Democratic organization leader
Of Brooklyn, that if Mr.. Hearst per
sists in having Independence League
candidates nominated in Kings County
there will be a plurality of $4,000
against him in Brooklyn. Mr.. Hearst
said
The question whether Brooklyn goes
IS GOO one way or the other is for the
citizens of Brooklyn to decide and not
for Mr.. McCarren to decide. l have
the utmost consideration for the wishes
of the citizens OF Brooklyn and none
whatever for the wishes of Mr. Nc
ticket in the fieid n Brookiyn m we sre
doing what we believe to be for the
best interests Of the citizens of Brook
lyn.
INVECTIVE FOR McCARREN.
Mr.. McCarren by calling himself a
Democrat does not make himself a
Democrat. If he should call himself an
honest man it would not make him an
honest man. If he should call his
ticket good ticket it would not make
it a good ticket AS matter of actual
fact the McCarren ticket is notoriously
unfit and should not command the sup
port of honest Democrats or honest in
dependents.
/ am a Democrat, but Jeffersonian
Democrat-not a corporation Democrat
and ! cannot allow a hired agent of
tne corporations like McCarren to de-
fine my Democracy or dictate unworthy
candidates for me to support.
McCarren said he had no reply to
make to Mr.. Hearst's statement. Asked
regarding his communication of yester-
day with Mr. Hearst he said:
sent no letter to Mr. Hearst, but |
did send a messenger to him yesterday
with instructions to inform him of the
probable result in Kings County if he
should oppose the Democratic judiciary
ticket in the Second Judicial District.
1 believe I did suggest that the county
would give Hughes about $4,000 ma
lority in the event of his boitlng the
Democratic ticket / did not tell him
TO use the words YOU do this at your
peril 1 made no threats, but merely
stated q few facts which l thought
might interest Mr.. Hearst
HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
There is nothing l can say to the
responsible statement of Mr. Hearst
concerning his threat to put third
judiciary ficket in the field in Kings
and the other counties comprising the
Second Judicial District.
AS TO the probability of the general
name of the head OF the ticket. the
committee will have TO decide that
The Senator was asked:
VIII the committee have precedents
for leaving off the name of the head Of
the State ticket?"
He replied:
Ny answer to that is that there is
no precedent for the head of the ticket
bolting the party
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HEARST Will PLAY DEaocRAr.
Report That He Would Refuse Noa,ina-
tion Of Party Without Foundation.

ALBANY, n Y, Oct. 5.--Denocratic
State Chairman Corners visited Mr..
Hearst today, but declined to state the
purpose of his visit. Mr.. Conners left
tonight for Buffalo. and his departure
gave rise to many extravagant runors
the most sensational OF them being
that AR. Hearst had intimated to Mr.
Corners his intention TO decline the
Democratic nomination for Governor
No foundation foT any such report
could be obtained from Mr. Hearst or
any other reliable source. IN fact. Mr.
Hearst said that he had agreed to
speak at a Democratic ratification
meeting at Madison Square Garden to
be held October % Mr.. Corners in
Buffalo tonight said there was no truth
in the rumor that Mr.. Hearst will de-
cline the nomination.
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MACARFHUR MAY CovN.Nn

Rgmor has it that Lieutenant General
MacArthur the highest ranking. officer
IN the United states army. now ifn com
mand of the Pacific Division. may be
ordered to take charge Of the forces
IL cuba
Lieutenant John N Kelso has been
retired by the army board, in session
at the Preside. lie leaves the army
for the reason that his eyesight was
Impaired while he was IN service in the
Philippines
General Sedgwick Pratt. retired, and
wife have returned To the city and are
At the FL Drisco General Pratt saws
he intends to settle here permanentlv.
Lieutenant O. F. Al Hazard. Second
Cavalry. has been appointed as assist
ant TO Colonel John L. elem. quarter
master Of the Department OF Caiifor-
MIA,
Lieutenant Edwin C Long and his
bride tnee Shepard) left for New York
last night Long will go to Cuba to
- Tor~~sl Eunston and Mrs
Long viii visit friends in New Hamp-
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MILLMEN.s srRIINIs 40 rsNn.

OAKLAND. Oct. a Trcschor
president OF the Millmen's Union. an
nounced tonight that the strike of the
millmen in Alameda County would end
early next week. Through a commit
tee composed of President c. L. Jngler.
A. Kendall and J. Jackson.f tho Mill
Owners Association of Alameda Coun-
" made an offer tonight TO pay the
scale Of wages TO be decided upon ia
San Francisco. The offer viii be ac-
cepted. according TO Trescher
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News of the Counties Bordering San Francisco Bay
BENEFIT ATTRACTS
MUCH Attention.
Ladies Relief Society At
fair at Idora Park Will
Be a Merry Happening
FUND FOR ORPHANAGE

OAKLAND. Oct 5.-No recent event
in the social life on this side Of the bay
has attracted more attention than the
big benefit fiesta that Will be held to-
morrow at Idora Park by the Ladies
Relief Society The proceeds go TO-
ward the cost of rebuilding the orpnah-
age and Old Persons Home at Alden
which was burned last spring
The first event of the day Will be
bali game at 1 80 O'Clock p m. between
a picked team from the Yerba Buena
Naval Training Station and the regular
University of California nine The
teams viii line up as follows;