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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-26
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Weather FORECAST
Occasional rain tonight or satur-
Day.
or the 1900 people who OUGHT
10 have want advertised today. pe,-
haps ONE could not have AFFORD
ED TO DO So
TO ASSUME without reading
them. that todays ads do not inter
est you IL snap judgment"
For Stove Wood
You should apply at once TO the
spanldlng Logging Company. SLAB
wood costs less. 2-2s-tof
Fine Maple and Ash Wood
For sale. cheap. for immediate do
livery. Apply Kreba Bros. Bush
Breyman building. Telephone Main
iai. 2-ib-tf
Get Ahead Of tho Rush
And place your orders for slab
wood now. Phone At one 10 the
apauldlng Logging Co. a-2s-tf
For Stove Wood
You should apply at once to the
spanldlnE Logging Company. SLAB
wood costs lesa, s-2a-tot
0ospcl Meeting
Gospel meeting every night at w,
q, T, u, Chorus begins at 7;tbi
song service on the street az 7;ib
Come early Co insure a seat. Con
Quoted by Rev. Thos. @. Rodgers, OF
California, An Invited
Cottage Undertaking Parlors-
Corner Cottage aud Chemek "a
streets. up-to-date in an lines. Calls
answered day or night J. q, SIN
n u, Phone SOC. 2.2b-5t
cottAso Uadcstakiag rarlors--
Corner Cottage and ChemeketI
streets. up.o.dat In an lines Calf
answered day or night }, C. spl
~ u. Phone SOC, asst
Chickcns-
A nne lot oi chickens 10 dra'
your sunday dlnner from will b
found tomorrow al the State stree
grocer aud marketman y. p Fal
rlngton.
seconcl-hand organs fVr Sale
Aayone Wishiag organs had DO
ser So Geo. G, will orgaas of .
mAkes just a. good a. new, th'
we're traded In tor pianos at ves
low prices. Bay no~ while you ha'
thls opportunity Geo. c. VIII
ksar saie Az a barsaia, Ftne ART
ing horse. Harness ana huRs
CITY broke and perfectly gentle 4
lady. W. A. Irvlas grocery.
a-ae-st
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
SECRET INDICTMENT BY
SONOMA GRAND JURY
Claims Against County for Road
Work Probably Involved

SANTA ROSA. Nov. 5.--The Sonoma
county grand jury this afternoon re-
turned an indictment which was or
dered placed on the secret file and ad-
journed sine die. The indictment is un-
derstood to be in connection with
claims presented against the county
for. road work The matter has been
under investigation for several months
In supplementary report the grand
jury presented the report of State En-
gineer Ellorys on the construction of
the new Sonoma county courthouse,
which is being completed by the Rikon-
Ehrhart construction company of San
Francisco at a cost of about 100000.
EiIory criticises the specifications on
which the contracts we're let as well as
the addition of 1000 for changing the
interior
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
FERRY COMPANY HAS
NOT ENJOINED CLUB
Clerks on Mare Island Are Ex-
pecting Court Proceedings

Especial Dispatch TO he CdHI
VALLEJO, Nov. 5.-The Vallejo ferry
company, which controls the carrying
OF all passengers between Vallejo and
Mare island, has not taken steps to
serve. an injunction on the newly
formed Solano aquatic club. as was
expected.
The ferry company has made 1t a
practice not to allow any firm or cor
poration to carry passengers between
the two points for several years by
instituting proceedings to compel them
to go out of business
The Solano aquatic club consists of
all the clerks on Mare island who are
civil service employees, and the object
of the club is to provide quicker and
cheaper method of crossing the chan
mel than is provided by the ferry
company.
The officers of the club are expecting
legal proceedings to be commenced in
the near future, but claim that they
are well satisfied that they can not be
disbanded, as the club is for members
only and is solely an organization for
pleasure.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
INVITES THE FRESNO
POLICE TO CATCH HIM
Check Passer Sends His Photo
graph % Headquarters

FRESNO. Nov. 5.-Sending by mail
to the police description of himself.
including photograph, A. T. Davis.
wantel for the alleged issuing OF fic-
titious checks. defies the officers to
catch him. In the letter he said that
he is living within twoblocks of po-
lice headquarters. The alleged worth
less checks. passed on local merchants
to the amount of $500. were signed J..
E. Mckay.
Davis invited the police to compare
his handwriting with the signatures on
the checks to satisfy themselves that
he is the man who signed the checks.
In the letter he also wrote the name
j. E. Mckay TO aid the police in the
comparison The signatures are iden-
tical.
Thomas Wood. an alleged partner OF
Davis. is in Jail under $4,000 bonds.
On his person were found several OF
the j. E. Mckay checks and the police
authorities believe the men planned to
systematically defraud merchants in
the chief California cities. The men
had marked a dozen cities on a rail-
road map and numbered them A list.
correspondin numbered. contained
miniaturs business directory OF the
townS
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
CAR CONDUCTOR HEIR
TO $25O,O00 ESTATE
Sacramento Man Left Fortune
by Parents in ireland
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 5,--A conductor
on the Sacramento streetcars and an
advertising solicitor but a short time
ago, c. c. Y. Williamson has returned
to this city with the title of squire
of Enischorthy, county of Wexford
Ireland and the owner of an estate
in Ireland worth s250,000.
Williamson ran away from his home
in ireland Is years ago because his
father wanted to enlist him in the
merchant marine service. He came west
to Sacramento, where he escured po-
sition as a conductor. The death of
his parents and letter from a friend
in Ireland telling him there was an
estate awaiting him across the pond
caused Williamson to leave for the
British isles several months ago. He
has come back to take his family to his
newly acquired estate.
Williamson has been an enthusiastic
soccer football player and formerly
played with the Oakland Hornets.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
LASS THE
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
Sausalito and the U. S. Army
Agitated Over Romances
of Young Girl
Special Dispofch TO The CALI

kSpecioi Dispatch 10 The Call
SAUSAL1To, Nov. 5.-One pretty II
year old girl of Sausalito by the va
garies of her heart has created situa-
ton in this community which led to the
town trustees meeting last night in
extraordinary session. Out of the ro-
mances of the girl have developed COM
plications so acute that Major John w.
Ruckman, commanding officer of Fort
Baker, threatened to forbid the men OF
the post to visit Sausalito. and at the
meeting last evening conditions were
shown to exist which led Town Trustee
l.. C. Pistolesi to say today that all
the policemen of Sausalito would lose
their jobs. The girl herself didn't
escape pleasantly from the melee. She
was up before the juvenile court at
San Rafael this afternoon.
Edith Lawrence is the cause of all
the trouble. Edith is a handsome girl
of II years, dark complexioned and
much admired among certain element
of Sausalito AT one time her fancy
favored Jack Sylvia, a sort of a
cabrillo and wild west youth. with a
gun at his hip and a bunch of young
blades at his back. Young Sylvia has
he of hoy orio
named after him and spoken of with
apprehensive respect as de Sylvia
gang" But that fame was not suffi-
cient for him. He admired Miss Law
renee and gave her two diamond rings
as tokens of his devotion.
Miss Lawrence is a capricious girl
and switched her favors to Private
Landon Burgan, a handsome young
soldier of the Sixty-first company, coast
artillery. That started feud. When
Burgan would call on the Lawrence
family he would be arrested by Night
Watchman Jack Suzaville, chum OF
Sylvia, on a charge of disturbing the
peace. Also, Major Ruckman com
habit of shooting at Burgan and other
soldiers. So Major Ruckman wrote a
letter to Mayor Jacques Thomas OF
Sausalito, declaring that If the soldiers
were not given better protection in the
town he would issue an order forbid
ding them to visit Sausalito.
Mayor Thomas called a meeting of
the board of trustees for last evening,
which was attended by Miss Lawrence,
her younger sister and her mother,
Mrs. Antoine Lawrence. During the
session Night watchman Suzaville re-
signed his job.
Mayor Thomas said today that the
heart affairs of the girl caused all the
trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
P[LT THESPlANS
WITH VEGETABLES
Stanford Students Express Dis
approval of "Three Weeks"
as Dramatic Performance
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

PALO ALTO, Nov. 5.-Filling the
gallery of the local playhouse, 10 stu
dents of Stanford university. together
with the members of the Vancouver
Rugby team, put an effectual and start
ling stop last night to the dramatized
version of Three Weeks" being played
by ths Laura Hudson company. They
backed their arguments for morality
through the medium of vegetables of
various descriptions, and upheld the
doctrine Of decency on the stage with
well directed fusillade of lemons. ac
companying the flying fruit and vege-
tables with cat calls. howls and boots.
The righteous Indignation of the col
lection of students became so violent
in it's enthusiasm that the curtain was
rung down in the middle of the per-
formance Whereupon an unsatisfied
audience that had paid good money into
the box office thirsted for the blood of
the students and such is their ire that
unless the faculty takes the matter up
for an investigation the civil authori-
ties will do so.
The students remained exceptionally
quiet until the curtain rose upon a
tiger skin and ''the lady in a pale
pink robe hurting erosial data at the
head of Paul The lines were vibrant
with passion. Love was there with all
its frills, spot light, shivery music and
other gleeful addenda necessary for a
proper portrayal for a ten-twent-thirt
reproduction OF a rampant series Of
heartbeats.
Then somebody laughed. 1t was a
long. low, raucous and peculiarly in
sulting laugh. Paul glowered over the
beautiful head reposing on his shirt
ardent passages. Thereupon from the
students came a roar of extreme de
light. 1t was followed by turnip
which landed playfully on my ladys"
willowy form.
Paul sidestepped a carrot as he con-
tinued with his lines. and my lady"
advancing to meet his embrace, had.
perforce. to duck cauliiower long
past its prime.
The air was filled with fruit and
vegetables of every description. The
tigers robe looked like horticultural
exhibit The faithful servant. who dis
creetly knocked at the door before en-
tering the room wherein the lovers
writhed, was thereafter knocked on
the head with a lemon. What he said
was not heard on account of the din,
but from his facial expression his re-
marks We're not to be found in the
original manuscript of the play.
The battle for purity was at its
height when moral argument in the
shape of a squashy tomato landed on
the eye of member of the audience.
Also it spattered itself profusely over
his shirt He arose and said things.
So did others and, amid a demonstra-
tion never before accorded the Laura
Hudson company, the curtain was rung
down.
A freshman and a member Of the
Vancouver team were arrested. but
were released later. The townspeopIe
are extremely indignant, especially
those who purchased tickets and who
were looking forward to the more in
teresting scenes of the play.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
FIVE LITTLE BOYS IN
ROLE OF HIGHWAYMEN
Armed Lads Hold Up Farmer,
Who Captures Them All

ISpecidl Dispatch 10 The Sail
SACRAMENTO. Nov. 5.-Armed with
s2 caliber revolver and pruning
knives, five little youngsters. all under
13 years of age, imagined themselves
to hold UP Frank Yost. farmer resid-
ing near Mills yesterday.
They became alarmed when Yost re-
fused to obey their command to hold
up his hands, and Yost. capturing the
whole quintet. brought them before
the Juvenile court today.
The boys names are Earse Ledesma.
Louis Yutromith. Alonzo Dake and
Otto and RAY. Miller
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
LORDS WILL INSIST ON
AN APPEAL TO PEOPLE
Leader in Upper British House
Against Finance Bill

LONDON, Nov. 6.--The Daily Tele-
graph says it understands it has been
definitely settled that Lord Lansdowne,
resolution in the upper branch of par
lament, declining to accept the finance
bill until its principles have received
the sanction Of the electors. The Daily
Telegraph adds that the adoption of
this resolution by the house of lords is
certain.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
RICH Man GIVES
$25,OOO,OOOTO
HELP CHURCHES
John Stuart Kennedy's Will
Provides for Largest Single
Contribution of Kind
Widow, Friends and Employees
Will Receive Shares OF
$35,OOO,OO0 More

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-John Stuart
Kennedy, one of Americas little known
rich men, who died of whooping cough
in his New York residence last sun
day, left bequests of more than $685.
100000 to religious, charitable and. ed
ucational institutions in his will, filed
for probate here today.
The gift is the largest single contri-
button of its kind ever made and the
benefciaries include educational and
church institutions. north, south. east
and west. in this country, and one
abroad-60 in all
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
RAILROAD CONTRACTOR
FINED FOR PEONAGE

ASHEvILLE, N. u, Nov. SIN the
United States district court today
Judge James E. Boyd fined Robert Chris
tian, found guilty of peonage. s250e.
which was paid. Christian, together
with w. L. Smith and w. A. Perry,
railroad contractors, were indicted for
OBTAINING negro employees who sought
to escape from the construction camps
and to have forcibly brought back
some who had escaped
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
DRAMATIC SUICIDE
IN PARISIAN CAFE
Unknown Kills Himself to the
Strains of "When Love Dies"

PARIS Nov. 5.--A man believed to
have been either an American or an
Englishman dramatically committed
suicide in a Montmartre cafe tonight
He had asked the orchestra seven times
to play the waltz when Love Dies"
and as the last strains died away he
placed a pistol to his head and shot
himself
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Physicians Aid i'm Vain

After the confession Miss Wise
brooded over the shame of it and took
the poison. Her family was notified at
Hilo Immediately, and a brother, Will
liam. arrived here few days ago.
Another brother, Ralph, remained in
Hawaii DIR. Frank Woolsey and DR..
Robert Heceer at the Roosevelt hos
pital, did all in their power for the
girl, but, though they all but saved
her, the poison had secured such hold
that at length 1t caused her death. The
girl came here on her last visit from
the islands three months ago.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
POLITICAL

Mayor Elect P H. Mccarthy declares that
be VIII redeem every pledge made in party
platform Page 10
Union labor party committee prepares TO de
mRnd recount OF vote for police judge by which
Conlsn appears to have margin of four votes
over Sullivan. Page &c
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
GIRL ENDS LIFE.
WAS UNABLE TO
STOP THIfvING
Daughter of Hawaiian Attorney
Succumbs, Despite the
Work of Physicians
Miss Mabel Wise Takes Poison
When Forced to Confess
She Robbed Friend

OAKLAND, Nov. 5.-Knowing that
she could not resist the inclination to
steal, discouraged with unavailing eff
forts to repress the desire for theft.
and shamed at having been forced into
confessing a robbery from a close
friend, Miss Mabel Wise, 23 years of
age, daughter of w. S. Wise, perhaps
the most prominent attorney in the Ha-
waiian islands, took bichioride of mer-
curry October %, intending to end her
life. She died this afternoon at Roose-
welt hospital, Berkeley, from the poison.
Miss Wise was a prominent member
of the First Presbyterian church of
Berkeley She was a woman of refine
ment and education. and her training
and station in life of the highest and
best
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY ss
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-Cloudy: .04 of an inch Of
rain: west wind; maximum temperature, IS;
minimum. 80.
FORECAST FOR roDAY-Cloudy; light south
wind, changing 10 west. Page 20
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Half for Church Work

Nearly half of the s25 900, 900 goes to
institutions connected with the Pres
byterian church. of which Kennedy had
been an active member for many years
other large beneficiaries include the
American bible society. the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art. the New York
public library. the United Charities of
New York, Columbia university and
Robert college Copctapt;,or1o
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Tube Bursts in Boiler Room
While Huge Dreadnought
Is at High Speed
Four Men Injured and Battle
ship Races Back to Port
With the Sufferers
Vessel More Than Meets An
the Requirements Called
for by Contract

PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. Nov. 5.-As the
new battleship North Dakota was COM
pleting the four hour endurance r,,,
at Il knot gait off the New England
coast today with the battleship speed
championship of America almost in its
grasp a boiler room accident robbed
the ship of the laurels and sent the
vessel scurrying into this port to land
four injured men.
1t was reported in the navy yard to-
night that all the injured would prob
ably recover, bat it was feared souden
might lost his eyesight. In addition ia
the four men brought ashore II others
suffered from scaIding. but their In
Juries are of a minor character.
The ship. nevertheless. exceeded The
contract requirement Of 81 knots an
hour. making 2-.71 in the first two
hours, PISA in the third hour and 81
knots fiat as it hurried in on the fourth
hour to this port
The Injured Men
The injured men are William TT
Grange. water tender: John souden. coal
passer; A. Peterson. fireman. and Peter
Mcconnell, fireman. Souden was badly
sca1ded.
The North Dakota logged ont of
Penobscot shortly after sunrise today
increasing steam as it proceeded until
at l o'clock it was well south of Mo-
hogan.
Shortly after that the ship began
its trial. On the first two hours the
engines developed $4,000 horsepower
and the water rate was well above the
contract A few minutes after the
battleship had passed Cape Ann and
while entering the fourth hour Of the
test seven inch tube in one of the
lower rows of boilers blew ont and
filled the room with steam. The en-
gineers Immediately cut off four of the
IA boilers.
Returns to Port
As soon as the extent Of the iniuries
of the firemen had been ascertained
the North Dakota was swung around
and headed back up the coast for this
port, where it was known a good har-
Dor could be reached shortly after the
expiration of the time limit.
All four of the injured men braveIy
urged the engineer force to disregard
their injuries and keep the battIeship
on its work. Under the 10 boilers 81
knots was maintained for the remain
der of the time and at o'clock the
North Dakota steamed into this harbor
and sent the injured men ashore.
On Twenty-f0ur Hour Run
The defective tube was replaced and
arrangements were made to leave at
midnight for the "a hour run at a
speed of 10 knots an hour
The battleship is expected at Boston
lightship at midnight tomorrow, and
during the run it will be decided
whether there will be a continuation
of the trials and whether the four hour
test will be repeated.
Although the North Dakota fulfilled
the contract today the builders. the
Fore River ship building company of
quincy, Mass, are anxious to see what
the ship can do on four hour test
with the usual steam equipment.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Friends Made Victims

Miss Wise has paid many visits to
California from her home at Hilo and
Travelled extensively around the United
States. She spent the time with friends
and moved in the best society. but the
police will not say when her mania
for thievery developed, or discuss the
identity of her victims. They admit
that those who suffered losses were
friends and acquaintances, who knew,
some of them, of the beautiful girls
failing.
DR. L. A. McAfee. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church. understood the
temptation that ragged in the girl and
was attempting to help her in control
ing herself
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Called a KIeptomaniac

Yet the police term her a klepto-
maniac, and state that they have posi-
tive evidence that she stole from many
people, whose names they refuse to
divulge.
The dead woman was visiting Mrs
ley, when her hostess missed a small
sum of money. The police were no.
titled, and, after an investigation, they
taxed Miss Wise with robbery. She
broke down and confessed that she was
the thief, and. heartbreken, barred the
fact that she could not resist the temp
tation to steal. Money she had in
plenty; poverty could not have been
tho reaSO for her acts
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
EDITORIAL

The railroad commissions junket. Page IL
Radical action by house Of commons. Page IL
The law Of 'spte" fences. Page IL
Opening the wsy for trade Page IL
Extensive custom house frauds Page IL
wsging war upon the white plague. Page IL
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
REAL ESTATE

Market, Mission and Howard streets are
citT's main arteries of business. Page Is
State owns more than $3o.oOo,o 600 worth Of
real estate in San Francisco Page IL
Realty brokerage houses center in district and
make cooperation more effective. Page IG
Railroads prepare TO transport throngs Of set
tiers - California next year. Page Is
Active business in placing loans on realty in
the farming districts. Page is
Loring P. Rixford. city architect. describes
enormous rebuilding achieved by municipality
Itself. Page IL
southern California investor pays $4,000
foot for the Blythe lot in Market and
GesrE streets Page 10
Success achieved at Beaumont in southern
California shows the value OF advertising realty
enterprises. Page is
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Widows Share SIo.ooo.OOo

Aside from these gifts Kennedy left
approximately s35, 100000 to his wife.
his relatives and great number of
friends and employees. The widows
share will be about $4,000, 600 All his
employees received gifts of from $500 to
$4,000 each.
The charitable, religious and educa-
uonal institutions which receive the
largest bequests are to share the resi-
due of the estate left after definite
gifts of approximately s12.ooO.ooO have
been paid
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
CITY

Common lsborer drives last spike on Western
Pacific without any sort Of ceremony. Page 26
Sixty Chinese 10 arrive tomorrow on liner
China to be educated in United States uni
versities. PaZe III
Plan Of lumbermen TO develop apex of India
basin approved by Potrero and merchants
Citations. Page 20
Member of Yee family picks sayers of
relative in tong and says he expects
10 be killed Page 20
District Judge de Haven refuses to quash
the remaining Indictment against land grabher
Benson. Page 20
William J. Watson teller of First nationsl
bank. accuses his wife, who Miss Geneviere
Peters Of Ross valley, of violence. Page 10
Hill planning to reach San Francisco by way
Of The Pike River valley. Page 20
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
FOREIGN

Nine. Steinheil collapses in court from merci-
less grilling murder charge. Page %
Servian bishop arrested for high treason be-
cause he had dream about revolt and told his
experience. Page 10
British house Of commons rejects lords
amendments to Irish land bill and compromise
is planned. Page 10
President Zelaya's troops defeat revolution
lists under Estrada in sharp engagement and
capture position. Page 10
Professors Of Copenhagen university resent
idea Of American committee attending Cook in
quiry. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
EASTERN

VIII Of John Stuart Kennedy of New York
leaves $25,00o.O0O for church work and $35,-
600 900 for widow, relatives, friends and en-
ployes. Page 0
Brother in law scouts rumor that former
President Roosevelt has met death in African
hunting trip. Page IL
Accident in boiler room Of the North Dakota
yesterday causes battleship to forfeit speed
championship. Page 8
Germany pays special honor TO President
Wheeler of California university and DR.. Moore
Of Harvard Page II