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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22
BRUSH FIRE RACES
ACROSS BAY.
Men and Women of Marin
Fighting Flames, Which
Threaten Vast Acreage
TOWNS IN DANGER

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 21.-AH day today
the fierce grass and brush fire, which
started last night, has been raging be-
yOnd the control of the fighters. A call
has been issued to the ranchers for
miles around and tonight several hum
dred men are trying to prevent further
spread of the flames. The women of
the county are following close behind
the men, making coffee and furnishing
sandwiches for them. So close have the
ranchers been to the fire that many of
them have had their hair and boards
singed OF.
II is estimated tonight that over 5000
acres of grazing, brush and timber
lands have been burned over. 1T is
feared that many thousand acres more
VIII be devastated before the flames can
be checked.
Taylorville and Camp Taylor are
threatened by the flames, and 1t is be-
lieved that they cannot escape destruc-
tion.
LIBERATE CATTLE.
The energies of the ranchers have
been devoted to saving the ranch
were broken, so that the cattle could
easily escape from the grounds. BY
this means over 500 head of choice
dairy cattle were saved from the stead
iiy advancing flames.
The fire started on the ridge back of
the Joseph Muscle place on the Bo-
linas-Olema road, two miles southwest
from Olema, and is supposed to have
originated from the carelessness of
some hunter or pedestrian, leaving
camp fire burning. Famed by heavy
northwest wind, the fire spread rapidly,
going in three directions. Word was
sent to the inhabitants of this section
Angelo Pedrini of Pedrini Bros, we'll
known wood men. gathered twenty
men last night and Immediately pro-
ceeded to back fire so as to check the
advance of the flames over the ridge
into Skaters. where thousands of cords
of wood are piled. Pedrini said this
evening that he had checked the fire
in this direction. All his force was
exhausted from last nights hre-hght-
ing.
Charles ]. Pease of Olema was soon
on the scene with a large force of
volunteers.
Quinto Codoni of Point Reyes Sta
tion and Joseph Codoni of Tolcaloma
were out with large gangs of men
and did effectual work. Hundreds of
singed jack rabbits and thousands of
quail are escaping from the burning
brush. Several deer have been seen
running about.
FIRE THREATENS TAYLORVILLE.
The fire is close to the summit of
the ridge back of Taylorville and Camp
Taylor, the property of Mrs. Arthur
Rodgers, and is coming down the Irv-
ing Gulch south. of Camp Taylor. Much
anxiety is felt for the safety of Camp
Taylor and Taylorville. Sheriff Will
liam P. Taylor was busy enlisting fire.
fighters here this evening. The North
4 =
five section and bridge men to protect
their property today, but withdrew
them, as they anticipate no further
danger.
The ranches occupied by Joseph
Muscio, Peter Bourne, Samuel McCurdy
and John Biesler are all burned over
The fire is entering the Country Club
ground and is now within few miles
of Bolinas.
Late tonight the wind subsidized
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22
TO BUILD REDUCTION WORKS
AND POWER PLANT IN NEVADA
Nrvv York Company Buys Water Rights
Near Beatty and Will Estab-
lf~h Important Industry.

FEATTY. New. Oct 21.-The New
vo-k Electric Power and Reduction
r.ompanv Of New York has purchased
f,nportant water rights from A. l. Lid
vel. twenty miles north Of here, for
$50 900. The company will build a large
nnnl and reduction works to treat Bull
frog. Goldfeld and Tonopah ores. 1t
viii also build an electric power plant
.,5 brewery. The Bullfrog and Cold
Seld Railroad will probably be con-
sfructed 10 the site and bring ma
chinery by December 10.
The interested parties are: Moses
>-outor. president Of the Wilmington
md Hosiac Tunnel Railroad and head
- the paper trust. Thomas L. Rankin,
United states Senator from Kansas;
n r Rcos Of Denver, president of the
17,a4ernaI Union Of America; J. Scott
and G. X Newcomer of Denver
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22
Money to Support Campaign
Not Plentiful in Either Party.
Uncle Jake Nef
Cannot Vote.

JACOB HI. NEFF, former State
Senator and Lieutenant Gov
~ ernOr and staIwart Republic
can of the heroic type, has not
been conspicuous In this cam
pafgn. but his devotion TO the
cause of Republican principles
and his desire for party triumph
are aE strong as ever. For the
first time in a half century he
neglected to perform the impOr-
tant duty of registering, and
therefore will not be privileged
TO cast a vote on November @.
Attention to business affairs
rendered imperative by the fire
last April, and the difficulty of
getting from place to place,
caused him to overlook registra-
tiOn. Eight years ago he was the
nominee for Lieutenant Cover
nor on the Republican ticket,
and WIS elected by a large ma
jOrity, securing 146y325 votes.
Four years ago he WAS elected
chairman of the Republican
State Convention at Sacramento
by n very slender majority. HIS
opponent in the contest for the
chairmanship was Victor III. Met
calf. In that memorable battle
the friends of J. n. GilIett raj
He'd to Nef for chairman, and
the supporters of Nen rallied to
GiIIett for Congress- "Uncle
Jake" as he Is familiarly
styled by the old-timers, Is at
his home In this city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22

midnight on the hills southwest of
town, under which the new Bay Shore
line will pass The line of flame
stretched for fully mile and was
travelling toward the south at a rapid
rate. There was a second and dis
jointed line of fire further down the
hill, which at midnight was menacing
some of the houses upon the slope
Seemingly no effort was being made to
stop the confia grafton.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22
Stabbed BY uNKNow-N MAN.

Los ANGELES. Oct 21.-D. Mendoza
of 704 Macy street was nearly mur-
dered today at River station in the
north end of this city by an unknown
man who is still at large. Mendoza
was suddenly set upon. slashed and
cruelty beaten. a knife being plunged
into his head and his skull being frac-
tured by blows. He lies at the County
Hospital in a critical condition. The
motive of the attack is not known, as
Mendoza was not robbed.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22
PETALuMA BUILDINGS BURNED.
Fire That Started fn Grass Causes Loss
of Several Thousand.

PETALUMA. Oct. 21.-A grass fire
supposed to have been started by chill
dren burned the home occupied by a
family named Howe and ignited one
of the largest warehouses in the city.
1t was filled with hay and burned like
tinder. The high wind that had been
blowing all morning ceased soon after
the fire started, preventing the destruc-
tion of the whole water front. Other
buildings caught several times, but the
fire was extinguished. The building
and part of the contents were owned
by George P. McNear Between 800
and 400 tons of hay and forty tons Of
potatoes were destroyed. The loss is
several thousand dollars.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22

The formation of an independence
party in Manila makes it appear that
the Boston agitators have finally sue
ceeded in making a handful of con-
verts among the natives themselves.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22

Upholstered Couches. installment price 81. 30,
our price $3.50. II. Schellhaas. the furniture
dealer. corner Eleventh and Franklin sts., Oak
land.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22

BOOST SAN FRANCISCO BY using New San
rrsnrisco bond on your stationery. The Hicks
Ju5d Company. go Valencia street
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22
RUEF MAY GO ABROAD.

Ruef has never been in position 10
enjoy in his own way the privileges
and delights Of travel abroad. Two
years ago he talked freely of going to
Europe. but was not able to cut loose
from business engagements in San
Francisco. His political supporters
wouId not be surprised to hear that he
had arranged his business affairs in
manner that would enable him 10 graf
ifv his long cherished desire for travel
IN foreign countries
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-22

FIRE RACES ON BAY SHORE.
A fierce grass fire was raging at
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
WOMAN OF lO5
WANTS DIVORCE
Kicks Husband Outof House
When Ninety-seven
Years of Age.

SALlNA, Kan. Dec. III kicked nv
husband out Of the house when l was
ninety-seven years old" said Martha
Hunt to the judge of the district court
here. and now / want a divorce from
him. l am only 1O5 years old now and
do not want 70 have TO carry that
mans name any longer
Mrs. Hunt was so aged and weak that
she was unable to climb the stairs TO
the court room and had TO be assisted by
attendants Of the building
Mrs. Hunt SAYS that her husband Was
cruel To her. and that she found II i'm
possible to live with him.
In 1855 she says. I kicked him out
Of the house. and / have been living
alone since that time"
You are after this divorce 50 YOU
can marry again. suppose. said the
No. [ think not. she said. y think
have had enough husbands. The WoH-
ans eyes snapped. If I ever see that
se0undrel John IL. Hunt again I will
certainly give him what he needs 1
VIII not let him OF so easily the next
time"
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
The Fault of City Officials.

The view of certain Washington
slums set forth in this paper yesteT-
day is chiefly remarkable for two
specific disclosures. These are in
a sense independent of the general
conditions of our alleys. which are
q reflection on the whole community
and the nation whose Capital Wash
ington is.
The existence in o street alley of
disorderly houses which receive the
custom Of children is a clear indict-
ment of the police system of Wash
ington. No. police station is hard
ly 200 yards away, and such a prac-
tice could not exist without the
knowledge OF intelligent and active
patrolmen.
The existence anywhere in the
District of such revolving conditions
as are ascribed To Shows court and
]. street southwest, is an equally
clear Indictment of the Health De-
partment of Washington 1t IS al
most unbelievable that after a re
port had been made of typhoid
fever in a shed likely to spread dis
ease, the health officials should have
permitted the exposure of typhoid
germs in that shed for the whole
period of sickness.
The elimination of our Wash
ington slums is great work,
which viii require Years TO accom-
plish. But the eradication of these
pest holes ought not occupy a reso-
lutte city government more than a
day.
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
Gossip About Congress
Private" John Allen
Caller at White House

Private" John Allen, ex-Congress-
man. humorist. sage. former member Of
the government board OF the St. Louis
exposition. and now a gentleman farm
er and barrister. called at the White
House TO express his satisfaction over
the fact that the House had turned
down the proposition 10 increase the
salaries of Congressman.
Il believe that the members and Sen
atoFs are worth more and ought 10 get
more than they are now being paid" +"
said Colonel Allen, but II would not
be a good move for the Government to
pay them more Because you see. the
more money a Congressman has 10
spend. the less time he has 10 devote
70 Government business. Now, II | had
had $4,000 a year TO spend instead Of
5000, when / was in Congress, I would
not have been more than half IS much
account as a Congressman. OF course.
living Is higher now than il was when !
first came 10 Congress, and $500 does
not go any farther than 5000 did then.
but with strict economy a man can
get along on II. know that l man
aged TO Go il at the end OF my term. I
went IN debt every month / was IN
Washington. but by saving the little
corners when / went home ] just
scraped through" "
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
Now, Then, To Do That Shopping
Ng - DASHED DAshEs
"SA.f.,E& AND
t-,AS| 9DOTTT DOTS
~SSe@S5AN

The telegraph operator was busy. He
had been rushed with press copy
through the night. He had lot more
scheduled and time was precious.
Then a fifty word dispatch was start
ed frens Webster (Msss.D concerning the
lrst thin ice fatality on Webster $
famous lake.
The operator sending It was rushing
il, strictly according to orders.
The head OF this particular office in
Washington chanced to be taking this
Webster matter himself. Everything
went smoothly until suddenly the in
strument began to act horribly
Mr. D. which might stand for Dash -
but doesn't. waited patiently for min
ute for the sender to get his fingers un-
snarled and start anew. but apparently
he was tying himself and the instrI-
ment In knots.
&c o-gga- -ggg-o-c CHI -eh- chau-o-g goa
u-g-g- -ggg-ch!'
That is about the way It sounded TO
Mr.. d.
Also. that is about the way IT came
over the wire in dots and dashes.
Pretty soon Mr. d. cut OFF the sender
and wired back:
Stop sending typewriter practice and
get back 10 the message"
This stun Is all right" came the re-
Ply, and then the sender In Webster
proceeded to send In some more stun
like this:
"A -o-g-g g-o-g-o-g-g-oa- -goag-
un-gogggRg!'
Again Mr.. d cut of the sender. He
also shed a few of his own private dots
and dashes and blanks around his little
office
by the jumping telegraph code" he
wired back. will you cut out that
blamed idiotie foolishness with vowels
and consonants and finish that nifty
word despatch?"
1T is all right. I tell you." the Web
ster man answered again.
Mr.. ID. tore his hair rolled his eyes
emitted a few more vocal dots and
dashes and wired:
Give me your chief"
What IS it?' asked the chief By wire
Who have you got sending this de-
spatch. some suffering cross-eyed mes
senger boy, or a youth from the dippy
house?" asked Mr.. -
The Webster chief investigated
He is Going all right: that is the
name OF the lake down here"
D., but he wired:
Send Il yourself. then"
''C-h-a-r-g-o- o-g-ga- -o-g-g-m-a-n-c-h-a-
g-g!''
That is what came slowly and clearly
over the wire from the nimble fingers
OF the chief al the Webster key.
is that right" asked Mr. D.
Yes. Indian name OF lake here. I"
came the reply.
Mr.. D groaned. Hey he called to
the sporting editor rs this thing
right? II is full Of 'g's' and 'haitches
ard 'g-haitches' and everything else"
sure, said the sporting editor
That's the real name OF Webster lake .
MI ID. hasn't recovered yet.
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
Did Friend a Favor
by Omitting His Name

A member OF the House called on
Chairman Burton. OF the Rivers and
Harbors Committee. 70 know If his
district would get an appropriation for
waterways Improvement in the omnibus
bill, which Mr.. Burton's committee will
report to ths House.
No said Mr.. Burton calmly.
Seeing the look OF CONSERVATION on
the disappointed members face, he con-
unued.
You know, Sol Einstein went into
bankruptcy and fled q list OF preferred
creditors. II this list there did not ap-
pear the name OF Ike GOldlein who had
loaned him S2,ClO. Goldlein went to Elm
stein and asked him what he meant by
leaving him out
Well said Sol. I'm doing vod a
favor. II Will take the preferred cred
itors two years 10 find out they won [
get anything, out you know you won't
right away. You don't have to worry.'
You see, >. continued Mr. Burton, I'm
doing you a favor
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
Important to Labor.

\ United States district court de-
cision that will be read by labor
men everywhere with extraordinary
interest was that handed down by
Judge Sanborn at Madison, Wis, the
other day in the case of the Allis-
Chalmers Company against the Iron
Molders' Union of Milwaukee.
The company sought to take legal
action against the organized labor
men for threatening TO strike and
striking, alleging a conspiracy TO
injure its business through that spe-
cial weapon, which is perhaps as
powerful as any that the unions
have yet devised. Judge Sanborn
declined to hold the defendants, and
il so doing he voiced this momentous
opinion:
The conclusion TO be drawn from the
case is that the combination OF the de-
iendants' union, their members, and the
defendant O'Leary TO strike and further
10 enforce the strike, and II possible TO
bring the employers to terms was not
unlawful because grounded on just cause
ment OF the labor unions.
Previous to that, the Judge had
said that even a conspiracy TO
strike, followed by legal damage. is
not unlawful if formed TO better
labor conditions" which is a some
What remarkable use of the word
conspiracy" which generally i'm
plies in its very form an illegal COM
bination to do something which is
contrary TO public policy and
private rights.
If such a decision as this should
ever reach the Supreme Court and
be upheld, il would give to the labor
unions a much freer hand in the
matter of strikes than they are per
mitted by many decisions of State
courts. OF course. they are TO un-
derstand that while they may not
be held criminally OF by Injunction
for their coUplicity in the strikes,
their liability for legal suits against
them is not called in question.
More and more il is coming to
be the practice of courts in this
country 10 follow the famous Taft
Vale decision in England. whereby
the labor unions are held financially
accountable for damage done during
strikes. So the decision of this
United States district Judge. while
relieving labor men in a certain
sense from the responsibility of
strikes, does not, it appears, take
away from employers the right to
seek damages if damages accrue.
The Washington times., 1906-12-17

Wyoming re-enforeed the testimony,
and the fuel famine out there is
now strengthening the case. Exor-
bitant prices and shortage of supply
in the Southwest, owing to the
breakdown of the mining and dis
tributing system in Indian Terri
tory, where the railroads complete
ly dominate, have added testimony.
The get coal" question is sudden
ly upon the country again. 1t fur
nishes the NEST startling illustra-
tiOn of how the country's demands
have outrun its capacity TO supply
certain necessaries. In ten years
production of coal has been doubled,
yet there is not enough of it TO-
day, and distribution facilities are
hopelessly inadequate. ~
Down in the new State of Okla
hOma the constitutional convention
is seriously discussing the. adyisa-
bility of the State becoming owner
of the coal lands which now belong
TO the Indians, and OF which dispo-
sitiOn must be made There is State
ownership in earpest. Z The Presi-
dent has Withdrawn the coal lands
of the public domain and wants them
hereafter operated under lease. with
ample reservation of Government
control. There's Federal ownership.
The Democratic party came within
5000 votes of carrying New York
on a platform declaring for Govern
ment ownership of coal mines.
If the great coal interests do not
read in these signs of the times ad-
monition TO get coaT' and get it
to people who need it, and do so at
fair prices, they may expect that
radical public opinion will not be
much longer crystallizing into votes.
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
WEARING A SHAWL
YOUNG LORD LANDS
MarlbOrough'sC Brings
New Fashion to
America.

NEW YORK, Dee IA new fashion
was brought TO America today on the
White Star liner Baltic by young Lord
TurnOur. NJ. P. who Is the first cousin
OF the Duke OF Marlborough, the only
son OF the Earl or Winterton and the
heir 20 the Shllinglee estate. all Of
which entities him to sit in two chairs
at the table.
The young lcrd didn't wear an over
coat Instead he was wrapped, like a
blanketed Indian. in a huge gray shawl,
held together under the chin with a gold
safety pin.
This" he explained TO the dazzled
ship news reporters. lis the very latest
thing among the fellows on the other
side. expect TO wear il during my
stay here"
Along with Lord Turnour were Harold
Pierson. NJ. P, Mrs. Harold Pierson,
A r Pape. Of London, and Ellis
Robins. OF Philadelphia, who is going %
introduce his lOrdshfp into society here
II was rum0red In cable dispatches
that his loTdship was coming after an
american heircss, but he laughed al
the Impeachment.
I'm over here to rest" he said we
are going TO spend five days ct the
Yale Club, and then we are going 10
Philadelphia 20 be Mr.. Robins guests
and from there 20 Mexico. which.
gather. is some distance south OF PhIla-
delphia.'
Lord Turnour is a rather small. good
looking young man. and is said TO be
very dOcile and well-behaved His
familiar title when be Is at home il
the baby OF parliament He was
elected soon after his twenty-first birth
day.
Lord Turnour Is a grandson Of the
first Duke OF AbercoTn and the SIKH
Duke OF Bedford. His mother is the
venerable Duchess of Abercorn, and she
is the doyenne OF the British peerage.
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
NGRNAY'S QUEEN
IS SUPERSTITIOUS
Maud Believes in Occult
Powers of the Crystal
Ball.

LONDON, Dec. T7.-Queen Maud OF
Norway is a believer Of the occult pow
ers OF the crystal ball. Although she
long regarded crystal-gazing as a mere
game, she formed her firm belief in Its
prophecies when her husband was
chosen King Of Norway, for then she
remembered with something like a shock
that she had seen herself being crown
ed In the magic crystal.
Palmistry was deeply studied by
Queen Maud before her marriage, and
when the Czar and Czarina were visit
ing Queen Victoria the war and revoiu-
tlon that came 10 trouble Russia years
after were foretold by the royal palmist.
London doesn't understand the strange
shyness which has come over Queen
Maud. In private life she was the
cheeriest of all the British royal family,
but her new honors appear to have
frozen her with fright. So fixed was
her expression when passing through
the. London streets that a man in the
crowd near Paddington Station shouted
pathetically. "Oh. do give us one smile.
Maud"'
The Washington times., 1906-12-17
BOY GIVES BLOOD
TOSAVE HIS CHUM
Comrades Lie in Hospital
With Veins SeWed
Together.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Dec. T.-Dumont
Detzell. eighteen years old. Of 542 Miles
avenue gave his blood to save Clyde
Carmichael, his chUm, from death. For
months Carmichael has been dangerous
ly i'll. suffering from tubercular perlton-
tits. but on last Friday. at the Lakeside
Hospital. he was reported improving.
zone thing will save your son-the
TRANSMISSION OF good blood into his hody.''
DR., G. W. Grille told the Ill boys par
ents. 1T must be young blood, To
throw of the disease"
Dumont. who called Monday at the
hospital to visit his chum. heard the
conversation.
"Then my blood must save him." lie
said
A three-inch incisiOn was made in tho
wrist of both. The arteries were sewn
together. The boys lay side by side for
two hours while the blood OF DuInont
flowed into the veins of the ili boy
Dumont nearly exhausted, was then
tmoved from the side OF Clyde. and for
two days he lay in the hospital, weak
and limp.