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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
ACTRESS ELUDES
BENEFACTORS
SPECIAL DISPATCH no THE GAIL

BOSTON, Feb. 1.--Leander Richard
son. the New York dramatic editor, is
at the Parker House with his wife,
thoroughly disgusted with Mrs. Jes-
samy Harte Steele, whom he went to
Portland, Me-, at the behest of Eleanor
Robinson, to bring on to New York
Richardson says Mrs. Steele is in
sane and mot on the level" He denies
indignantly her sensational charges
that he insulted her on the train from
Portland, and has wired to New York
calling off a dramatic benefit being ar
ranged for her. Mrs. Steele has dis
appeared, and from all accounts is not
in clear mental condition. She was
overjoycd when Richardson called at
the almshouse and took her to Port
land. where he paid her bills, aggre-
eating over $3.50, and told her of the
plans to assist her. But coming up on
the train she suddenly left him, and.
going to the conductor, declared Rich
ardson was prosecuting her. begging
protection In apparent terror. The po-
lice were summoned and met the train
here, but she had strangely disap-
peared
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02

IN CLUBH0USES

BERKELEY, Feb. Rev. G. H. Will
kins Of West Berkeley has called the
attention of the authorities to an ordi-
nance which he believes makes Illegal
the operations Of the Mechanics Club
or West Berkeley apd all other club or
fraternity houses that have liquor
stored on the premises. The law in
point is as follows:
1t is hereby declared TO be unlawful. for anv
person, nrm or association corporation to
town OF Berkeley any alcoholic spirituous malt
or Finous liquors. any admixture thereof In
quantities exceeding at one time in the ag-
gregate. one-half (15l gallon
The Elks' lodge, the Union Club,
which is frequented by the leading men
or the town, and the many college fra
ternity houses all would be affected.
supposedly. should the authorities de-
eide to enforce the law in the manner
suggested by the clergyman.
There are about dozen fraternities
which would come under the ban, in
the opinion of those who take the law
literally. The Chi Psi the Chi Phi, the
Zeta Psi and the Delta Tau Tau, the Psi
Upsilon, the Kappa Sigma, the Phi
Gamma Delta and the Phi Sigma Delta.
the Sigma Nu and the Delta Epsilon
all might be liable to a raid and to
prosecution If it should be held that
fraternity houses which have liquor
stored for the use of members are
public places.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
.DEF|ES COURT AND
F[EES WITH SON
Wife of Noted Oarsman, W.
J. McCausland, Eluding a
Detective, Goes to Reno
DIVORCE ORDER FAILS

OAKLAND, Feb. In violation of
an order Of the Superior Court and in
spite of the vigilance OF private de-
tective employed by her husband, VIII
liam ]. McCausland, noted oarsman
who is suing for a divorce on the
ground of cruelty. Mrs Anna McCaus-
land has slipped out OF this State
to Reno, New. with 7-year-old William
Alexander McCausland. At the time
he fled his suit McCausland asked for
a writ OF habeas corpus on behalf OF
his son, alleging that one John Doe
O'Hea had the lad under Illegal re-
straint in Oakland and that Mrs. Nc
Causland was preparing to leave the
State with the boy.
Judge Harris refused TO issue the
writ prayed for, but signed an order
restraining Mrs. McCausland from re-
moving the boy from California. Nc
Causland feared that his wife would
not obey the order and. engaged pri-
vate detective to watch her and stop
her If she tried to go to Nevada with
the. lad According to information that
McCausland received today, however,
his wife succeeded in giving the detec-
tive the slip several days ago and is
now in Nevada with. young McCaus-
land and out of the jurisdiction of the
courts of California.
Just what action McCausland will
take to bring the boy back TO this State
has not been decided. In his complaint
McCausland said that his wife abused
him and left him last December be-
cause he refused to furnish her with
money for an operation. He also COM
planned that while they were living In
Golden Gate a. year ago she be-
came excessively angry at his. coming
home late one night and upbraided
him in such strident tones that the
neighbors rose from their beds and
stuck their heads out of the win
dows to hear the quarrel, greatly to
his humiliation.
Emil Weschcke, physician and drug
gist of Alden. today commenced suit
for divorce from Adele Weschcke on
the ground. of extreme cruelty. They
were married in San Francisco in 1889,
and have one child. Meta, a girl aged
about IA years.
Judge Waste today granted a final
decree to Elizabeth Moore from sOliver
w. Moore. The custody Of the three
minor children was awarded to the
plaintiff
Judge Wells has granted an fnterloc-
uto.'y decree TO Caroline V. Parker from
Edwin G. Parker on the ground of will
full neglect.
Among the divorce suits commenced
today were the following: John E.
Murphy against Pearl E. Murphy, and
Christine Jendresen against Carl Jen-
dreSen.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
BAGSHAW Is CONVICTED OF
CONDUCTING ssBLIND PIGs
Jury stays ont All Night In Consid-
erfng Illegal Ldquor-Selling


SAUSALITO, Feb. t.-The jury sitting
in the trial Of Thomas II. Bagshaw. ac-
oused OF conducting blind pig" re-
nnafned out until 1880 o'clock this morn
ing and then returned verdict Of
guilty. This is the first of a series of
prosecutions aimed to stop the unli-
censed sale Of liquor in this community.
Judge Renner viii pass sentence on
Bagshaw Monday.
The prosecution. which was conduct
ed by District Attorney Thomas p.
Boyd and Louis c. Pistolesi, brought
out the fact that Bagshaw had been
selling liquor openly by the glass and
IN TASKS in the heart of Mill Valley,
without any pretense at concealment
II was customary for the thirsty patron
who wanted whisky to ask for hard
ware" and steam beer was disguised
under the inoffensive title of ginger
ale"
II is stated that a vigorous campaign
will be prosecuted against the owners
OF blind pigs and that imprisonment
viii be the penalty imposed rather than
q fine.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
DEMOCRATS DEFEAT
FUSION SCHEME
Plotting Opposition" Will
Contest Several Seats ia
the Convention, However
LABOR LEADERS BUSY

OAKLAND, Feb. 1.-The failure of
the opposition to capture the Demo-
cratic primaries last Tuesday will
probably lead to contest in that par
tvs municipal convention over the
seating of delegates from several
wards. In the Second Ward several
delegates on the regular and the oppo-
sition tickets received tie votes. The
ward delegation will decide what fur
ther action is to be taken. In this in
stance there were three regulars
elected. and they can swing the dele
cation by combining with the tied
regulars"
Less of 171S Filbert street, opposition
Democratic tickets were received with
scRnt courtesy by election officers.
Less asked the City Council to throw
out the votes in the Second, Third
Fourth and Fifth wards, but that body
declared that 1t had no jurisdiction.
Less says that he will transfer his
fight to the convention floor. The
regulars" will control the convention.
John ]. Mcdonald. one of the Demo-
cratic leaders, declares that the oppo-
sition tickets We're intended to force
fusion with union labor politicians
who: desired to control the nominations
OF the Democratic convention.
Since the primaries interest in mu
plcip6l politics has centered upon the
failure to select nominees for Coun-
cilmen at large and Councilman from
the Fourth Ward on the Republican
ticket The only at large candidates
definitely settled upon are Eugene
Thurston,- Eugene Stachler and H. T.
Burns. Oliver Ellsworth, DR.. Frank F.
Jackson, Edwin Meese and G. f. Ait
ken are among the candidates for the
remaining two vacancies.
In the Fourth Ward the indications
are that School Director Matthew
Nunan. will be the nominee for the
Council, though this has not been set
tied by the ward delegation.
The Municipal League leaders are
torn with anger because an opposition
ticket headed by DR.. James A. Plunkett
was elected in the Seventh Ward. They
threaten to contest the right of the
elected delegates to seats in the con-
vention on the ground that the head
ing of the opposition ballots read "Mu-
nicipal League" instead of Citizens
Municipal League" which is the official
designation. The opposition ticket was
put up in behalf of Councilman at
Large G. E. Aitken and Harry S. An
derson as ward nominee.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
WILL INHERIT SHARE
OF PHILIP MAHER'S ESTATE
Three Heirs in Wisconsin Town First
Learn of Rich Mans Death Here
by Reading Papers

GAINESVILLE, Wis. Feb. Mrs. l..
B. Caniff, Mrs. William Mclaughlin
and Nicholas Maher of this city wifi
soon inherit their share of a $500, 900
estate that is being held in the San
Francisco courts for the heirs of the
late Philip Maher who was killed in
San Francisco January 10 of last year.
There are three other heirs to the es-
tate-a brother living In Iowa and a
niece and nephew living in Boston. A
year ago a Chicago paper published
an account of the death Of Philip
Maher, and it was read by his relatives
in Janesville. Their claims were placed
in the hands of an attorney.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
FEAR TRACKS WILL
BLOCK Street
West Oakland Business Men
Object to the Granting Of
Wood-Street Franchises
NO ROOM FOR TRUCKS

OAKLAND: Feb. Protest has been
made TO the City Council. by the Cali
fornia Sash and Door Company and
other business men and firms OF West
Oakland. against the granting OF rail-
road franchises on Wood street. Ap-
plications for franchises along that par
of the thoroug ghfare affected by u
protest have been made by the Western
Pacific and the San Francisco, Oakland
and San Jose Railway companies
Burke Corbet of the California Sash
and Door Company, representing the
protestants, declares that II the fran
chises applied for are granted there
will be no room between the tracks and
the curb for teams. This. he AYERS. viii
render II impossible for his and other
companies to do any teamtng on Wood
street and will result IN damage to
the business OF these firms. The pro-
test will be taken up by the COMMITTEES
of the whole of the Council Febru-
ary IA.
An attempt on the part OF residents
Of East Oakland to close the saloons OF
A. Olander. at 625 East Twelfth street,
and j. Nufer at 4O1 East Twelfth
street, by protesting against the grant
ing Of licenses. has failed. When the
applications OF Nufer and Odander for
licenses were filed a protest signed by
241 voters and business men, and an
other signed by 2S1 residents OF East
Oakland. were fled with the Council
When the protests came up for con-
sideration Rev. Raymond c. Brooks
representing the protestants. informed
the members of the committee Of the
whole that this was but the first step
in campaign against all Of the saloons
in that district. After hearing both
sides the committee recommended that
the protests be overruled and the ap-
plfcations of Olander and Nufer
granted.
An ordinance authorizing the pur-
chase by the city Of a tract OF land on
the north and east shore OF Lake Mer-
rftt, near Lake Shore avenue and apl
propriating $11. 900 for the purpose. h
been passed finally by the City Council
The tract is to be used as a public park
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
GREAT ACTIVITY IN
ALL COMMERCE

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade will saw
tomorrow: Although the average OF
sixty OF the most active railway Sc
curities fell this week to the lowest
point since 1904. there was no CORE
spending reaction in commercial ac-
tivity, which continued beyond prece-
dent. Reports from leading manufac-
turing centers indicate that scarcely
any idle machinery can be found
Prices OF minor metals are sustained.
oy a steady demand. the electrfhcation
of steam railways supplying a demand
Tor copper that is not facilitated by the
delay in moving fuel and machfne-y
"A general resume of the situation
discloses level of prices and a
scarcity of supplies that has not ex-
listed since the Civil War. while there IL
the additional factor of no element
threatening weakness, although quota
tions are conceded to be abnormally
higher. But, with the production OF
the mills sold so far ahead, there is No
interest in new business, and spot
stocks are practically nothing while
in many departments no goods will be
available for some months.
Packer hides have again sold at fuH
figures on small lines in some sec
tlons Of the market, notably for coun-
try bUffs
Commodity markets have shown lit
tie activity during the past week and
variations in prices were fractional.
Bradstreet's tomorrow will say "Ir.
regular weather conditions make for
numerous cross-currents in retail trade
but there is evidence of enlargement in
some lines of spring business. Colder
weather and clearance sales have stirn-
ulated trade. In the Northwest trade
traffic and consumption feel the effects
OF the heaVy snowfalls, coming on top
of an acute car shortage. though that
section appears to be gradually win
ming out. except in parts OF the Da-
kotas. There is little change to be
noted in crop reports. The cold weather
or last week has been succeeded. by
rains or snow and the wheat belt has
had better snow covering than at any
previous time this winter The demand
for lumber feels seasonable conditions.
but the future business booked is
large.
Business failures In the United states
for the week ending January 81 num-
ber 211, against 252 last week. 22S in
the like week of 1906, 239 in 1905 and
2Is in 1904.
I'm Canada failures for the week
number rs. as against IS last week
and "a in this week a year ago.
Wheat, including Hour exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending January 81. aggregated
2,1O2,216 bushels, against $685. 255 last
week and 3.056,206 for the week last
year For the past thirty-one weeks OF
the fiscal year the exports were no.
063,350 bushels. against S3s727.547 in
19O5-06 and 40,0s2f43 IN 1s04-05.
Bank clearings in cities OF the United
States for the week ending with Janu =,
ary 81 aggregate S2.951, ,172,2S5. IL per
cent under last week and 16 per cent
below the same week last year. Ex-
Guiding New York City the total Is
s1.0S1. S7s.275. SO per cent less than last
week. but 4 per cent over last year"
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
BERKELEY 'sFRAT, LoYs
SCORE POINT IN FIGHT
Exemption of Editor of the Ola Podrida
From New Rule Claimed as
Partial Victory

BERKELEY, Feb. 1-aFrat" men In
the Berkeley High School believe they
have scored a point in procuring the ex-
emption of Chester Ristenpart of the
Theta Chi fraternity, who is editor OF
the Ola Podrida, from the operation of
the order recently made forbidding fra
ternity members from taking part in
such activities as school journalism
Ristenpart Is exempt from decapitation
because the financial affairs of the Ola
Podrida are in such shape that serious
loss to the sheet would result If he was
deposed at this time. The authorities
have consented to his remaining in Of
fee.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
WHITE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
3 SAYS FRIEND OF: FAMILY
Declares That Grandson of Former
Embassador 10 Russia Shot Him
self While Despondent

Los ANGELES. Fen. lit was ad-
naitted this evening that Andrew D.
White, grandson Of Andrew D.: White,
former Enbassador to Russia and Ger
many, who died last evening while. en-
route 10 Los Angeles as result Of a
Eunshot wound. eomfnitted< suicide. =:
George z. Rogers of Syracuse, N. Y.
2 friend Of the family, made the state
nent that young White had taken: his
own life and had not been shot while
on hunting trip.
WHITE had been attending. school IN
Nordhoff and is said to haye been de-
spondent over lack OF progress IN his
studies. 80.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
DETECTIVES IN THE HARTJE
DIVORCE CASE CONVICTED
Staab and Anderson Found Guilty of
Larceny for Stealing Letters from
Coachman Madness Trunk =

PITTsBURG, Feb. detectives
.Stssb and Anderson. charged with lar
eeny in connection with the recent
Eartje divorce case: We're found guilty
today and were recommended to the
mercy of the court
. Judge Evans charged the jury that
Staab and Anderson were guilty of lar
ceny. They had no right, he said, to
take anything from Madness trunk, he
cause there was nothing there belong
ing TO them. 2"
Anderson had testified: that keys
were used. by Staab and himself to open
the trunk of Nadine. the Acoachinan
correspondent. and obtained letters al
ters alleged TO have been written. by
Mrs. Hartje
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
SUISUN TO BE TERMINUS
OF NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC
To Accommodate Freight the Southern
Pacific VIII Enlarge the Cor
della Tunnel

MARTINEZ. Feb. 1.-Officials of the
Southern Pacific Company said yester-
day that Suisun would be the terminus
for all freight handled by the North
western Pacific Railroad when the road
was completed to Eureka All freight
not consigned to the bay cities from
northern points would be handled at
Suisun, to accommodate which the
Southern Pacific would greatly enlarge
the :Cordelia tunnel and the Suisun
yards, where thousands of feet of ad-
ditionalt .trackage would be laid early
this summer.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
MANS DUTY TO NEIGHBoR
Jacob Rfis Tells of Conditions in Slums
of New York

Jacob A. Riis in his lecture last
night on MY Neighbor" gave an fn-
sight into the life of the other half
as Riis has found it In New York A
crowd that nearly filled Christian Sci
ence Hall enjoyed every moment of the
distinguished reformer's discourse
which was given Under the auspices of
the Y. Ne. G. A. 1t was not a sermon,
except in the rapid sKetching OF the
miseries of the tenements and the plain
showing of the duty of the more for
tunate to seek out and help the lost
neighbor.''
For the most part Riis's talk con-
sisted OF grave and gay stories of his
own experiences and observations while
police reporter for New York news
papers-stories that bore directly. upon
the lowly condition of the poor. He
told Of the success of his own. settle
ment work in the slums and particu-
lafly of the good accomplished in pro-
viding parks and Fairgrounds for chill
dren. He pictured the dire effect upon
the physical health and morals of tene-
ment dwellers--inf1uences working for
unrighteousnesS and the corruption of
youth. The forgotten half" he said.
were the ones who go to the polls to do
the bidding of the bosses, and he de-
clared that the Republic could not sur
vive the permanent corruption of the
franchise.
Riis said that that kind of life made
living in cities intolerable, but that
San. Francisco had marvellous oppor-
tunity-one that would not happen in
500 years-to change It's mode of living
and he urged that no building be erect
ed here for human occupancy that did
not have abundant light and air. The
lecturer declared that 1T was great
thing to come to city that had suf-
.fered as San Francisco had and find It
standing up to its dutX making bet
ter. newer and more beautiful city. 1t
was an evidence of true Americanism.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
BAD NOVELS LEAD
GIRL To ELOPE

OAKLAND, Feb. Love of sensa-
tfonal literature is declared to have
been the cause Of an alleged elope-
lice today by B. E. Oppenheim of 252
Third street. Oppenheim Informed
Chief of Police Wilson that his
15-year-old daughter Mabel had disap-
peared from her home yesterday and
that she had been seen to board a
southbound overland train this morn
ing at the Sixteenth street depot.
The father declares that the girl
whose head had been turned by the
constant reading of romantic novels,
has eloped with a former clerk in a
cigar store at Seventh and Webster
streets, and who was known to Op-
penheim only as Harry" The couple
seen at the depot answer the descrip-
tion of the missing girl and the. man
with whom she Is said to have run
away. When she left her home the
girl wore red dress and jacket and
a white hat trimmed with a large
white ostrich plume.
The information secured by Open
helm that his daughter had taken a
train for the south was proven true to-
night when the runaway girl and her
companion were arrested at Fresno.
The officials of that city had been
warned to keep watch for the pair, and
when the train arrived they were ap-
pretended. The companion of the girl
gave the name of Harry Lawrence and
confessed that he had eloped with Miss
Oppenheim.
AS soon as the father of the girl was
notified of the arrests he swore to a
complaint, charging Lawrence with
child-stealing, and he will leave for
Fresno tomorrow morning to bringql1is
daughter back. A police officer will
be sent south tomorrow to bring Law
renee back for trial here on the felony
charge.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
TO START FINE RESORT

VALLEJO, Feb. Milo V. Gopcevic.
the former San Francisco carman who
married a Lake County. m!llionairess.
deceased. has purchased the Hotel Gls-
elnlan at Lakeport, paying therefor
$4,000. and plans to convert the hos
telry into one Of the finest resorts in
Lake County. Negotiations are under
way for the purchase by the new
owner Of a great tract Of land adtoin-
ing the hotel which will be improved.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
WARNS BoTs OFF STREETS

Twelve boys were gathered in by
Policemen e. Plume and L Bonnar
from a pool and billiard room in Fill
more street at a late hour Thursday
night and hailed before Police Judge
Conlan yesterday to answer for viola
ton of the s o'clock ordinance. Upon
promise to stay at home in the future
the youngsters were dismissed with a
reprimand.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
SAN DIEGO PIONEER DIES

SAN DIEGO, Feb. death from
pneumonia claimed Fred Grand, one of
the Oldest residents of San Diego and
vicinity. at his ranch on Volcan Noun
tain. Grand, who was past go years
of age, had been eone of the most
picturesque characters of Southern
California. having resided for thirty
years on the ranch, which embraces
10000 acres He leaves two brothers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
TWO ALDERMEN ARREsTEp

NEW YORK, Feb. Aldermen Hem
ry c. Peters and ]. J. Cronin were ar
rested today charged with perjury in
connection with an investigation of al
legged bribery in the ballot for a sue
cessor to John w. Goff as Recorder.
They were held in $4,000 bail
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
cLuBwomAN PASSES AWAY

ALAMEDA. Feb. Miss Maud Co
hen, well known in musical circles, and
who for five years was curator of the
music section of the Adelphian Club,
died last night at a local sanitarium
from the effects of an operation she un-
derwent recently. Miss Cohen was a
native OF New York. She is survived
by her mother and two sisters.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
BIG PROFITS IN OIL

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1.-The annual
report Of the Amalgamated OIL Com
pany, submitted today, shows the net
earnings to have been $442.S14.93. The
gross gain, including the earnings of
the Utah-California Consolidated, the
Salt Lake and the Arcturus companies,
was $1,7S6,479.29. Burton E. Green
president, and the old officers and di-
rectors were reelected for the ensuing
year.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
HEAVY RAIN AT VALLEJO

VALLEJO, Feb. lover half an inch
Of rain fell in the twenty-four hours
fD TO noon today. and is still falling
heavily Rainfall to date is over
eleven inches. and for the season three
inches more than this time last year
The farmers need clear weather badly
sn this county and Napa-
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
MRS. MARSH ARRESTED AGAIN

MISS Alice Murray swore to another
complaint yesterday against Mrs. Irene
Marsh. who fired shot at her in Van
Ness avenue a few days ago. Miss
Murray came down from Sacramento
to charge her assailant with threats
against her life. The new charge
makes three in all that Mrs. Marsh
will be called to answer in Judge
ShortalPs court on February s.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
BAPTIST SONG sERyICE

A sacred song service will be held
In the Emmanuel Baptist Church to-
morrow evening. Rev. J. George Glib
son, M. Walbey. Miss T. E. Walbey and
Leonard H. Tremayne will take part
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
MASKED MEN DEAL OUT
JUSTICE WITH A WHIP
Jesse Phelps of Norgnntown, Kentucky.
Severely Punished for Cruel Treat
ment of His Little Child

MORGANTOWN, Ky, Feb. Masked
men called Jesse Phelps from his home
last night and whipped him severely.
Phelps was accused of sticking pins in
his three-year-o child and burning
her with a hot poker.