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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-23
Shipping News.

New York, Jan. 2S.-Steamer MoItixe' Hamburg, Dover and Boulogne for New York, in communication by wireless telegraph with Siasconset, Mass. 1 a- m, 13o miles east of Nantucket light ship, will dock S:30 a. m. Wednesday,.
 Cherbourg, Jan .19.-Sailed: Steamer Deutschland, New York.
 Havre, Jan. 20.-Sailed: Steamer La Touraine, New York {not La Lor4 raine, as before reported).
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C. F. Snyder, the Officer i'm Charge of
 Bancroft Hall, Had Used Language
 Generally Interpreted by Upper Glass;
 men to Mean That They Should Dis-
 cipIine Fourth CIassmen by Haxing.
 Annapolis, Md, Jan. 22-For the first time since the present hazing trials be- gan evidence was to-day before the court-martial tending to support the assertion that officers on duty at An napolis have Winked at hazing., Mid- shipman Claude B. Mayo, testifying in his own behalf, sWore that Lieutenant c. F. Snyder, the officer in charge of Bancroft hall last September, had used language which was generally inter prated by the upper-class midshipmen to mean that they should discipline the fourth-class men by applying some of the usual hazing methods.
 Chaplain H. H. Clark, of the naval academy, testified that Mayo had ex- pressed himself as opposed to hazing, and Commander T. c. Dewey, of the department of discipline, read Mayo's record at the academy and stated that it was very good.
 Midshipman H. B. Reibe, of the first class, testified as to the fourth-class men laughing in ranks, and said that Lieutenant Snyder had asked Brainard what was the matter with the fourth class and Brainard replied: ''They don't get enough of it.''
 The officer then asked him why and Brainard said: We don't get at them enough
 That's so," the officer replied, ac- cording to the witness, and there was something said, he thought, about the officer going away after dinner.
 Roland M. Brainard, with whom Lieutenant Snyder had the alleged con- versation, repeated it substantially as did the previous witness, and testified that he had the same understanding of it.
 Midshipmen Arthur E. Garcelon and w. J. Eccleston gave similar testimony.
 Mayo then told of the conversation, but he did not remember exactly what was said by the officer about leaving the building, though he received an i'm pression that he would do so, which was strengthened, he said, by the fact that the officer actually did leave the building after dinner. He had then, he said, gone to the rooms of some fourth class men and had put them on their heads or caused them to do the six teenth" for a very short time each He had held q watch, he said. so that the time would not be too long, and had scratched their names from a list SC that they would not be punished twice
 Lieutenant c. P. Snyder was called by the prosecution in rebuttal. He re. membered only that he had spoken tc Brainard about the laughter He de. nied positively, however, that he hat said to Brainard that he was going tC leave the building.
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CUDAHY THREATENED.
Prison for Packer if He Does Not Di-
 yuIge Information

Chicago, Jan. 22.-Edward A. cuda- hy, the Omaha packer, was directly threatened with imprisonment by Com missioner Garfield if Mir. Cudahy refu- ed to give the commissioner informa- tion regarding the packing business, ac- cording to a statement made by Attor- neS Cowin in court to-day. MT. Cowin argued that the securing of evidence against the packers from the packers themselves in itself constituted a prom ist of immunity to the informants
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avenuse Of veIasauez Bought

London, Jan. 25.-The standard this morning says it understands that the "Venus" of Velasquez was purchased for the nation yesterday owing to an anonymous parsonage becoming the guarantor of the purchase money. The Paris Louvre had without avail offered $25O, ,000 for the canvas.
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M LhfsHK Af-igAhA HOH COLE 1L
Latter Would Make Strong Candidate
 for Governor.

New York, Jan. 22,Charles r. Mur- phy, leader of Tamnany Hall, said that Bird s. Coer would be a strong candi- date of the democratic party for gov- ertlor next year.
 Asked if he would support MT. Coler MT. Murphy said it is too early to an- swer that question. T will only say that Mr. Coler would be strong can- didate,'' said MT. Murphy,
 MT Coler was elected president of the borough of Brooklyn on the Hearst municipal ownership ticket last No- vember. When MT. Murphy's remarks were repeated to him he said: T am not candidate for governor or any thing else. It is all a big surprise to me-
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New Companies.

Hartford Jan. 22.-Articles of incor- poration have been filed with the see- retary of state by the Morgan company of Waterbury capitalized at $5O 1000 and the J. H. Ruben company of New Haven capitalized at $15,OOQ.
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oldest Member of Peace Society.

Winthrop, Mass, Jan. 22.-Rev. How ard c. Durham, a well known clergy man of the Methodist denomination, and at the time of his death the oldest member of the American Peace society, died at his home here to-day, aged ninety-three years.
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Important Step Taken.

New York, Jan. 22.-An important step was taken in the Equitable Life litigation to-day, when Attorney-Gen- eral Mayer filed with Justice Bischoff, of the New York state supreme court. his brief against the old Alexander Hyde management.
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Thinks Fillpinos should Have Portfolio,

Manila, Jan. 29.-T. H. Pardo de Tavara has resigned his position as a member of the United States Philtp- pine commission. assigning as a reason his belief that the Filipinos should have a portfolio.
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THREE NEW STEAMERS.
Two of Propeller and One of Turbine
 Type for Consolidated.

It was officially announced yesterday that contracts have been let by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad management for the construc- tion of three vessels, two of the pro- peller and one of the turbine type, to be used for freight transportation between New York and Boston, on what is known as the "Outside Line. This line runs around Cape Cod.
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N. Y. TYPoTHETAE CLAIMS.
statement That Conditions Are stead-
 lily Improving.

New York, Jan. 22.-With the opening of the fourth week of the printers strike, the local Typothetae to-day is- sued a statement declaring that, from their point of view, the conditions are steadily improving. The statement says:
 'The fourth week of the strike com- mences most auspiciously for the Ty- pothetae. Not half dozen men were lost over Sunday, and the gains to-day have offset these losses many times over. There are no defections from the fighting line The manager of our lino- type and monotype school reports that he is almost ready to graduate another class of full-fedged machine opera tors,''
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STATE LEAGUE MEETING.
One Called for Friday at Hotel Garde
 in New Haven.

Bridgeport Jan. 22.-secretary James H. O'Rourke of the Connecticut league this morning announced that he would call a meeting of the Connecticut league for Friday, January 26, in the Hotel Garde at New Haven. The most inn portant matter to come up is the selec- ton of supervisor of umpires to suc- eeed Mayor Reilly of Meriden, who re- signed.
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vIadivostoIS Squadron at Colombo.

St. Petersburg, Jan 22.-The Vladi- vostok squadron, consisting of the cruisers Grmoboi. Bogatyr and Rossia, arrived at Colombo, Ceylon, yesterday. The cruisers are still at Colombo.
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LIBERAL GAINS CONTINUE.
Grandson of Sir Robert Peel Defeated
 at Harrow.

London. Jan. 22.-The liberal gains continue. The Hon. William Robert wellesley Peal, son and heir of Vs- count Peel, and grand son of Sir Rob- ert Peel, was defeated for the Harrow division of Middlesex to-day by the liberal candidate, j. Gibb. The seats are now distributed as follows:
 Liberals, 267 unionists, IT; nation alists, 79; laborites, 42.
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From Life to Twenty wears

Manila. Jan. 22.-The sentence of Lieutenant Pendleton who was con demned to life imprisonment for mur- der, has been reconsidered and changed to imprisonment for twenty years.
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France to Send wedding Gift.

Paris, Jan. 23.-The Matin this morn- ing says that the French government has decided to send to Miss Alice Roosevelt a magnificent piece of gobe- lin tapestry as a wedding present.
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Dramatlst stephenson Dead.

London, Jan. 22.-B. c. Stephenson, the dramatist, died tonight. In collab- oration with Clement Scott he wrote Peril" Diplomacy and many other successful plays.
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ORMoND-DAYTONA RACES.
Good Weather and Course Conditions
 PromIsed for To-day.

ormond Beach, Fla, Jan 22.-The chief event on the ormondDaytona Beach automobile course to-day was the time made by Stanley, who rode one kilometre in 19 1-5 seconds. In the course of the day most of tiDe cars for the races which begin tomorrow were weighed. One or two went over their class-weight and had to be stripped.
 The Vanderbilt 250-horse power racer was brought out of the garage to-day and tried for short distance. Present indications point to good weather and course conditions tomorrow.
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Kaiser Decorates M. witte.

Berlin, Jan 22.-The presentation, bv Emperor William of the Chain and Great Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle to Count Witte was announced tonight.
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Little Hope for Cardinal Gotti.

Milan, Jan. 22-There is little hope for the recovery of Cardinal Gotti, who has sent to Pope Plus X. asking the apos- tolic benediction.
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Marriage of King Alfonso

Madrid, Jan 22.-The marriage of King Alfonso and Princess Ena of Bat tenberg will be shortly officially an- nounced. sssiN
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SERIOUS SKIRMISH BEGINS
DIPLOMATIC BATTLE BETWEEN
 FRANCE AND GERMANY.

PIenipotentiaries nit Moroccan Confer
 ence Entertained by Continuous
 Fencing Between the sISillfuI Revoil
 and the Downright Von Tottenbach--
 An Interesting and Momentuous
 Struggle Ahead
 Algerciras, Jan. 22.-The plenipoten- tiaries were entertained at to-day 5 sitting of the Moroccan conference by an almost continuous skirmish between M. Revolt, head of the French delega- ton, and Count Von Tattenbach, the second of Germany's delegates While the amenities were carefully observed, the other delegates were conscious that to-day was the beginning of fresh con troversies between France and Ger many, which are likely to be long pro tracted and of increasing earnestness.
 The styles of fence displayed by the two plenipotentiaries suggested their differences of race. M Revolt was keen, analytical of mind, skilled in fine diplomatic phrasings. and with a grace of expression and winning personal ity. Count Von Tattenbach was down. right of speech and soldierly in manner, trusting to the solidity of his ideas and of his facts,
 The two plenipotentiaries are not in sympathy and draw apart outside the council room. Both are of high ambi- tion, and it will be difficult for either to yield to the other.
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OFFICERS WINKED AT
 HAzING AT ANNAPOLIS
FIRST EVIDENCE TO THIS EFFECT GIVEN AT COURT
 MARTIAL.

Midshipman Mayo, Testifying in His Own Behalf, Swears That Lieutenant c. r. Snyder, the Officer in Charge of Bancroft Hall, Had Used Language Generally Interpreted by Upper Glass; men to Mean That They Should Dis- cipline Fourth CIassmen by Haxing.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

G. E. Peters is the. man for Railroad
commissioners, First District. Vote for
him.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

CHINESE MERCHANTS FAIL.-The Chinese
mercantile firm of l.. Chong & CO. of this city
$11 ,543 and has no assets.
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BABY DIES SuDDENLY.-James Desmond
a baby boy two months old died yesterday al
the residence of his parents. BIS Crescent ave-
nue.. The baby died of inanition and without
the services of a physician An autopsy will be
performed.
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WOMAN ENDS WOES
WITH A BULLET.
Mrs. Grace Hunt Stands Be
fore a Mirror and Deliber-
ately Blows Out Brains
HER MIND AFFECTED


Mrs. Grace Hunt, "a years old, wife
of an electrician, sent bullet through
her brain yesterday afternoon at her
home. 2oSS oFarrell street, while
standing before a mirror. Before COM
t mitting the act the unfortunate woman
penned a sorrowful note in which she
! intimated that her mind was giving
way The missive is as follows:
II have to do this, for my mind is
giving away and l cannot face the
future. May God be more merciful to
me than man."
The woman was found by neigh
bors who were attracted to her room
| by the report of the pistol. That she
had made studied preparations to end
her life is. evidenced by the fact that
she rummaged in an old trunk belong
! ing to her husband, found an old 3S
kcaliber revolver and purchased a num-
/ ber of shells in a nearby gun store.
The body of the woman was found
| half-reclining against bureau, showing 6
that she had stood up in front of the
mirror in order to make sure of her
aim. Death must have been instanta-
neous, as the bullet entered the temple
and passed through the brain of the
unfortunate woman.
George Hunt husband q the suicide,
says her mind had been affected for
some time and that since the recent
disaster she has shown visible signs of
insanity. He denied that the woman
suffered any domestic unhappiness.
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RIGHT TO ASSESS
STOCK QUESTIONED
Santa Cruz Lime Company
Accused of Exceeding Its
Powers to Procure Funds

The right of the Santa Cruz Lime
Company to levy an assessment on its
stock for the purpose of securing funds
for the erection of a milling plant is
questioned in two suits begun yester-
day by stockholders of the company to
secure the return of money which they
claim they are unlawfully forced to
pay to prevent the sale of their hold
ings at public aution.
One of the suits is brought by F. W.
Billing, who. states in his complaint
that he is the owner of 124 shares of
the company's stock. valued at $780, 900.
On August 21 an assessment of 800 a
share was levied against all the stock
of the corporation. which Billing re-
fused to pay, and became delinquent
The company later announced through
it's president, w. T. Jeter. and its sec
retary. C. E. Lilly. that sufficient por-
ton of this stock to meet the assess
ment and costs would be sold at auc-
tion in the company's offices on October
26. Billing secured a temporary re-
straining order from Judge SeaweiT 5
court on October "a. but on October
26 this order was dissolved by Judge
Seawell, and the company proceeded
to institute the auction sale. In order
to avoid the loss of his stock, Billing
claims. he finally paid the assessment
and costs, amounting to s12.545.92. and
1T is for the return of this sum that he
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BRILLIANT MUSIC
At NEW RINK.
Donatelli's Band Attracts
Large Crowd at Opening
of Grauman's Pavilion

Amid the brilliant glare of thousands
of electric lights and the soft strains
of classic music. rendered by probably
the best band on the Paciic Coast the
doors of Graumans new skating rink
were opened TO the public for the first
time yesterday. afternoon. 1t was an
interesting OCCASION, and the great
gathering apparently comprised people
only: of the. best element of society.t
While the floor Is of polished maple.
and though skating was enjoyed un-
der the most favorable conditions, it
was the music that was the chief at
traction. In the galleries extending
along the entire sides of the long hall
and across one end were multitude
of people who came to see and listen
and everybody seemed we'll satisfied
with the entertainment furnished.
1t is the plan of the management
to vary the musical programme every
day. There will be one week. for in
stance, devoted to music of various
nations, the recital each day being for
a separate country. Following this
will be operatic music.
The building covers an area of 124
feet by 412, and of this the skating
floor has space so by $50 feet. The
rink proper is lighted by 2950 incan-
descent lights and twenty-five arc
lights. making a dazzling effect In
addition to the main hall, smoking
room, waiting-room for the ladies and
dressing rooms, there is a ball room
and lodge or club room. Of these the
ladies room is the most ornate, being
elegantly furnished and provided with
handsome mirrors and works of art
Just previous to the opening of the
rink four expensive floral pieces.
standing four feet in height. were sent
in by Mr.. Grauman's friends
For more than an hour before the
opening the street outside was crowd
ed with people waiting in line. When
the strains of music from Donatellfs
famous Italian band were heard by the
people passing they generally could not
resist the temptation of joining the
assemblage inside. The rink will be
open daily from o'clock to in the
afternoon and from o'clock until IL
in the evening
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NOTICE.

The Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance
Company of Hamburg, Germany,
Has discontinued business in the city
OF San francisco and the State of CALI
fornia- The adjustment bureau for set
tlement of earthquake confiagration
matters viii continue temporarily at
the office, 1119 Pine street, where claims
charg
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MONEY SECOND TO
MARRIAGE VOW.
Elizabeth Wedderburn Re-
fused Annulment of Con
tract She Now Regrets
LOVE ALONE COUNTS

mere matter of a few hundred dol
lars, promised but never paid. is not
sufficient breach of contract, when the
contract relates to marriage, to cause 1t
TO be annulled. This in brief is the sub.
stance of Presiding Judge Graham
decision given yesterday in the case OF
Elizabeth Wedderburn, who sought an
annulment of her marriage to E. G..
Wedderburn on the ground that he had
induced her to marry him by promising
to give her $500.
Prior to July 1S, 1908. Eliza
beth was employed as domestic
In home at Los Angeles,
where Wedderburn. who was butch
ers boy, was wont to deliver meat. The
two fell in love- but Elizabeth said that
she would only marry man who could
give her money and a home. So Wed
derburn accommodatingly drew on his
imagination and gave glowing &C
count of a store which he said he once
owned in South Africa, which was de-
stroyed during the Boer war. and for
which he claimed the British Govern
ment had promised to give him 5000
damages. Elizabeth accepted him and
they were married and came to San
francisco to live. For six months all
went we'll, Wedderburn insisting when
pressed to collect from the British Gov
ernment that the Government was at
tnat time hard up and could not spare
the money. Finally, however, his wife
became SO urgent in the matter that he
left home, announcing his intention of
getting the money at once, and that
was the last she has seen of him. She
has been convinced, though that the
$500 is merely a product of imagina-
tion.
Judge Graham declared that the de-
ception in this case was not sufficient
to annul the marriage contract, for the
reason that the parties to such contract
are supposed to be actuated by the
holiest and purest of motives. and that
material promise of this nature is
insufficient to overcome the solemnity
of the marriage vows.
Marian Cudworth has brought suit
for divorce against Arthur N. Cud-
worth, to whom she was married March
II, 1902. on the ground of habitual
intemperance. She also asks a re~
-straining order to keep him from dis
posing of $4,000 worth of stocks and
bonds, which she says he owns and
which are now held by the California
Safe Deposit and Trust Company in
his name
olivia Peters has begun a divorce
suit against James Peters, charging
him with desertion.
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MISS CRAWLEY RECITES FOR
A CHURCH FREE READING-ROOM
Large Audience Greets Her In Parish
House of ST. Joseph's Epis-
cOpal Congregation.

Last evening there was large and
fashionable audience in the parish
house of st. stephens Episcopal
Church on Fulton street, near Fillmore,
to enjoy an excellent programme of
song and literary numbers. The fea-
ture of the programme was recltations
by Miss Constance Crawley.
The affair was in aid of the free
reading room connected with the
church that has recently been erected
by the Rev Cecil Marrack, rector. to
enable young men to have pleasant
place in which to enjoy themselves.
The proceeds will be devoted to the
extension of the usefulness of this in
stitution.
Miss Crawley recited most eloquently
The Scarlet Lily and graciously re-
sponded with an encore. f
Others who contributed to the pleas
ure OF the assemblage We're Miss Elsie
Maxwell, Miss Maddern, Mrs. Young
bird, Arthur Maude snd Mr.. Rosbor-
ough.
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LOCATES EPP|NCER R
INDICT MENT.
Lost Papers in Noted Fraud
Case Are Found in Desk
by Detective Tom Gibson

A copy of the original indictment
4 charging Jacob Eppinger with obtain
/ ing money by false pretenses in
| connection with what is alleged to
| have been one of the greatest frauds
! ever perpetrated in this State, and
because of the loss of which Eppinger's S
trial has been postponed from time to
time, was yesterday brought TO light,
and the trial of the case is now as
sured. The papers were found yes
| terday morning by Detective Sergeant
| Tom Gibson among some old records
and valueless documents stored in a
desk at his home, and were turned
over at once to Assistant District At
| torney O'Gara, who has charge of the
case for the prosecution.
The finding of the papers came at the
eleventh hour, and had the discovery
been postponed until a week later it
is probable that Eppinger would never
have been brought to trial on the in
dictment. Several times motions have
been made before Judge Lawlor that
the case be dismissed. but have been
refused on OGara's request for more
l time to conduct thorough search
Friday the case was called, and the
court for the last time granted CON
tinuance of one week in order that a
fnal search of half burned and de-
stroyed files could be made.
On July "a, 1918, JACOB anQ herman
Eppinger and other members of the
firm with which they were connected
were indicted for obtaining money
by false pretenses The charges on
which the indictments We're found con-
sisted of allegations that large sums
of money had been borrowed by the
defendants on fake security, supposed
to consist of wheat in warehouses, but
which in reality had been disposed of.
The amount involved in the alleged
fraud was about three-quarters of a
million dollars.
The indictments found yesterday by
Detective Gibson are those against
Jacob Eppinger and Herman Eppinger.
! Gibson was connected with the inves-
tigation of the case under District At
torney Byington. and the papers came
into his possession at that time and
remained in the desk at his home until
located yesterday while he was de-
stroying pile of worthless documents.
1t has been feared that the originals
were destroyed in the fire, and O,Gara
has been endeavoring to find copies
which he thought had been saved.
The case will come up for hearing
before Judge Lawlor Friday morning.
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R.F.stoll. dentist; Aaight masonic ay. J.
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is now suing He alleges that the
right of the company TO assess its stock
for such purposes is not contemplated
in its articles of Incorporation, and that
the assessment was levied in excess of
Its legal powers.
A suit of similar nature. in which the
same allegations are made and the
same facts set forth. has been filed bv
Bertha Coope and Ethel Coope the
owners of ten shares of the company's
stock. They ask for the return OF
s1O12.16.