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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
LlVeTnoTe RanCheI Foully
Murdered for His Gold
Flendish Pair Before Rifling Pockets Shoot
Victim From Behind Then Hack Body WithAx

OAKLAND, Aug. 4.-Struck by a rife
bullet, which penetrated his chest from
behind as he was tending stock in his
corral, his head mutilated and hacked
by blows from an ak and dra gged 200
feet through a trail of blood, the body
OF Manuel Garcia, well to do Portu-
guese rancher of Livermore, was found
In the cellar of his ranch house in a
lonely spot in the hills nine miles
from LivermoFe and over the Contra
Costa county line. where it had prob
ably laid since Sunday, when he was
last seen alive.
Pockets turned inside out and evil
dences of hurried flight left no doubt
IN the minds of investigating officials
that robbery had been the motive, and
that 1915, received Saturday from the
sale of several cows, which Garcia
was known to have carried on his per-
son, was the object of the attack and
the search. Nothing else was missing,
and Garcia's own rife, from which the
shot had been fired, and his ak, which
had been used for the smashing of his
skull, were found IN the house The
amount of money secured is problemat-
he had done with it.
STRANGE PAIR SUSPECTED
Two strangers were seen on the
ranch talking with Garcia Sunday,
and afterward were noticed lurking
about the place. The men are being
sought for over wide stretch of terri
tory. Added TO the fact that Garcia
received gold for his cattle was the
generally accepted rumor that he had
cached a large amount of money,
$4,000, according to some estimates,
about the place, through distrust of
banks and financial institutions With
this information as a basis on which
to work no doubt remains that the
murderer or murderers had no motive
but robbery.
The first report came to Sheriff Bar
net early this MORNING. though neigh
bors of Garcia discovered the body yes
terday afternoon. Barnet dispatched
Under Sheriff J. ]. Hanifin and Deputy
Sheriff Jack Sherry in an automobile
and Deputy Sheriff Ed. Sweeney of
Bivermore was also set at work on the
case. Sheriff Veale of Contra Costa
county was notified when it was known
that the crime occurred in his terri
tory Officials from both counties ac-
lively cosoperated in searching for
clews and in securing details of the
place and of Garcia's history.
At one o'clock this afternoon Hanifn
telephoned in a report. The body had
been discovered by children of Brazil
Pima, neighbor. who had been sent
to inform Garcia of the death of a
relative. They were running in terror
from the house when Anton Nunez,
who had missed Garcia and who had
called at the place on Monday and early
Tuesday came UP again TO take care
of Garcia's stock. Nunez had not looked
into the house, but the Pima boys in
terror told him that they had gone in
and found a mans dead body in the
cellar. Nunez looked and instantly rec
ognized the stark remains of his friend.
Garcia's cat leaped from the body when
Nunez appeared and examination
showed, that the feline had gnawed at
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
PROVES HE
PROVIDES FOR BABY
Ralph Brock Accused by Former
Wife of Failing to Sup
port Child

BERKELEY. Aug. Petite and
pretty Mrs. Florence May Clarke Brock
faced her former husband in Judge Ed
gar's courtroom this afternoon and en-
deavOred to show that Ralph Brock had
failed to pay the proper amount for the
support of their year old child, Dor
othy. But she lost her case. her former
husband being exOnerated.
The examination of Brock, who be-
gan his second matrimonial venture BY
marrying Miss Virginia Perry a few
days before his arrest on the complaint
of his former wife. was marked by
verbal battle between L. Ernest Phil
director at the last election. who rep
resented Mrs. Brock No. 1, and Phil
Carey, chief deputy district attorney,
who conducted the case for the people.
Phillips prOfessed to be a special
prosecutor for the district attorney, but
Carey said he was a pretender. with
out any right TO act for the people.
Phillips was abashed at this and had
nothing more TO say.
Aside from the picture show OF dain-
" femininity which Mrs. Brock No. I
and her sister presented In court there
were no developments OF interest. All
the testimony, including that of Brock
himself, showed that he had not only
provided money for the support of his
daughter, but had provided medical at
tendance as well. Part of the money
he gave, 1T was learned. was used to
pay Phillips attorneys fees
The trial was the result OF sensa-
tional charges against Brock. who is a
printer and a member of a well known
family, brought for the second time by
Mrs. Clarke, his former mother in law.
and his former wife. whom he married
after schoOlday love match.
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and to bring all of its passenger bust
ness into this city.
I'VE realize the Importance of having
as many transcontinental railroad ter
minals here as possible, and the Key
Route will do all that 1t can to foster
that idea"
Ahead of the Key Route, as well as
the Oakland terminal and wharf COM
pany, which is to reclaim tide lands in
the Key Route basin. is vast amount
of construction work. Meanwhile the
Santa Fe system is busy extending its
lines to its freight depot site at Twen-
tieth and Union streets from It's pres
ent yards at Yerba Buena avenue.
Construction gangs are driving piles
for track trestles across the marsh in
North Oakland. preparatory to running
south in Wood street as far as Tween
tieth street, where the line turns east
ward to the Santa Fe Union street
yards This line will parallel the
Western Pacific and the Key Route in
Wood street, as well as the Southern
Pacific company's main line along the
bay shore of Oakland
The physical conditions at West Oak
land are all favorable to the easy
working out of such a railroad program
as is contemplated in the negotiations
between the Santa Fe and the Key
Route,
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WIFE ORDERED TO BLACK
SHOES is GIVEN DIVORCE
Plaintiff Says She Was Driven
Out of House for Refusal

-, OAKLAND, Aug. z-Commanded
with curses and insults TO blacken her
2 year old stepson's shoes Mrs. Frances
z Hass complained that Andrew f.
Hass, coffee and spice merchant, or
dered her out Of the house when she
did not comply. This followed an I'M
pleasant event on their honeymoon,
when she said he accused her of being
intoxicated then and Of being often in
that state. He explained in his answer
that IL was only a pleasantly.
After choking her, as she said, and
dragging her about by the throat until
her brother and a policeman had TO be
summoned Hass was said 10 have in
suited his wife until her brother struck
him in the face, with the approval Of
the policeman.
He reflected on her family, saying
they were a rotten OUTFIT told her
that he hated her and she, being young
and strong, could easily get married
q gain after they had been divorced.
Hsss at first denied her charges, but
his wife took the decree by default and
the divorce was made final today.
Annie Riordan sued for divorce from
Daniel Riordan on the ground that he
had beaten her, struck her with his fist
until her face bled and had cursed her
at length.
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Gossip Of Railwaymen

the coast structural steel shops or
plants have ordered between $4,000
and $4,000 tons of foreign material.
That it may be confusing to the
railroads to make a difference of price
on the plain and fabricated material
of steel, or that the steel corporation
will not give the business that they
do over the various lines, is not true
in view of the fact that many changes
have been made, are made and still
exist in traffic rates in regard to the
plain and finished material of iron
and steel; as, for instance, in one case
of plain and finished shafting sent out
from the east the price of so cents on
the plain and $3.50 on the coupled or
finished article is quite difference
The Pacific electric railroad has in
stalled recently an electric line at
Pomona, and it is surmised that this
will be joined eventually to the Pacific
electric at Los Angeles. There has
been considerable work done in the
last few months on the electric lines
at and around Los Angeles owned by
the Hartman and Huntington combine
in the way of ballasting and bridge
building, and otherwise putting the
roads into fine physical shape.
Only three railroads are getting any
benefit of the largest single municipal
contract ever let in the United States
This is the contract for the pipe for
the high pressure system in this city
The sum that will be paid out to the
three lines is $495,0 for carving
$4,000 tons of pipe in 1000 cars at the
rate of $11 a ton, which is a special
rate. The pipe haul originates at
Birmingham. Ala, on the lines of the
Southern railway, and is delivered to
the Southern Pacific at New Orleans,
while the Santa Fe share of the haul is
given to that line by the Southern at
Kansas City.
NJ. NJ. Stern, who was once a rail-
road man with the Canadian Pacific,
but is now in politics, is rounding up
the members of the Transportation
club to help him out. He is out for
recorder, but with that strange way of
getting things mixed, as well as their
drinks, the members persist in saying
he is running for coroner and address
him as Mr.. Coroner"
Edward S. Andrews, who has repre-
sented the Iowa Central, has resigned.
to become the commercial agent of the
Pere Marquette. John jerks, who rem
resents the Iowa Central at Los An
geles, is filing Andrews place tenn
porarily until his successor is named.
The first consignment of furniture
for the new Palace hotel, it is said.
will leave Boston, Grand Rapids and
New York about September l and will
fill 175 cars. The haul will cost $4,000.
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LrWANT you to register this letter
for me-" said Jules Clerfayt to a
| young lady in the postoffice. 1T
is a very important document, as
you will see by the address, and Jules
produced a package on which was in
scribed in his best Belgian caIligraphy
the titles Of his distinguished CORE
spondent.
You will observe" he smiled at the
girl-she was pretty-.that it is for
His Royal Highness Prince Hans
braunschweig. He is a very great
gentleman, allied to all the royal
houses of Europe through marriage"
"A cousin of yours?" asked the
girl demurely.
mo, not exactly, but my ancestor.
General Clerfayt, was his most
rupted the girl.
And then Jules wept.
The receipt was for Hans Brown
Sausage.
The California metal trades asso-
citation has applied TO r. II. Counts
of the transcontinental freight bureau
for a change in the present tariff on
fabricated and unfabricated structural
iron. The association says it is en-
titled to at least a differential of $3.50
per ton on unfabricated material be-
low that applying on the fabricated
material, for the reason that there is
a loss of scrap, forced by the cutting
of iron to suitable lengths, of at least
10 per cent waste. The association
is willing, however, to accept So
differential.
The association says further that
the plants in California paid the rail-
roads. at conservative estimate,
$500. 900 for freight charges on steel
beams in 1907. In San Francisco the
aggregate amount paid for freight
charges from the east by rail and
water from foreign mills was $2,33S,000
from April, 1906, to November, 1908.
The amount of freight charges on
steel lost to the railroads by water
route alone amounted to s360,60S in
1908. In 1907 the coast plants doubled
the amount paid in 1908 to railroads
for freight on account of better bust
ness conditions. This year, 1909, looks
bright for double the business in 1908,
on account of renewed activity in
building on the coast, and the associa-
ton is buying twice the amount of
foreign beams this year as compared
to last In fact, up to date the asso-
citation has bought two-thirds more
than all of last year. 1t will mean at
the end of the year that the railroads
viii lose. if such keeps up, nearly
81 600 900 on freight for steel alone.
The foregoing is not including the
additional shipments by the American
Hawaiian steamship line, which per-
haps amount to ten or eleven thou
sand tons. or $137, 900 for freight pay
ments. Within the last two months
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BERKELEY MAIDS
TRAP BROWN BEAR
Will Bring Trophy of Prowess
to College City on Return
From Vacation

BERKELEY, Aug. 4.-when Miss
Charlotte Biedenbach and Miss Elise
Biedenbach, comedy daughters of C. L.
Biedenbach, principal of the Mckinley
grammar school of this city, return
from their vacation to this city they
will bring back a big brown bear as a
proof of their ability to trap and hunt.
The bear is large one for its species
and except for an injured foot where
it caught in the trap set by the young
women is perfect specimen.
Both young women are well known
here, Miss Charlotte having been a
graduate of the university last year,
while her sister is a freshman student
of the institution this year. Both are
extremely popular and their father is
well known educator.
The young women are camping near
Cisco and learned the art of trapping
wild animals from old residents of the
mountains in the vicinity. They placed
the traps in the foothills and each day
visited them for their spoils
They almost tainted with surprise
Wnen In one OF the larger traps big
cinnamon bear was seen, growing an
grily and swapping viciously. His foot
was caught in the big trap and the
girls succeeded after the greatest eff
forts in fastening him to a log with a
chain, but were unable to open the big
steel trap.
They were at length forced to call
for aid and two men from a neighbor-
ing quarry ran to their assistance and
eXtricated the bear, which was boxed
up for transportation to this city.
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DIVINITY STUDENT is
TO BECOME PASTOR
Rev. r. NJ. Vaughan Accepts
Baptist Church Call

BERKELEY, Aug. 4.-word has been
received from Rev. Richard NJ
Vaughan, who was recently invited to
the pastorate of the Evangel Baptist
church to succeed Rev. A. s. Coats, re-
signed, accepting the position.
Doctor Vaughan was formerly an in
structor in the Pacific theological sem
mary in this city, and while in that
institution often addressed Berkeley
congregations.
He is now at Chicago university pur-
suing a post graduate course leading
to the degree of doctor of philosophy.
He expects to arrive in Berkeley at the
end of the month.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
GETS REMITTANCE
AND DESERTS SHIP
English Lad Disappears After
Receiving Money From Home

PORTLAND. Ore. Aug. AFTER re-
ceiving a remittance of $3.50 from
England, Mortimer Sackville-W West, 10
years old, said TO be a relative Of Lord
Mortimer SackvilIe-West former Brit
ish ambassador to this country, has, it
is alleged, deserted the British ship
Glenalvin. on which he was an appren-
tice, and is missing in this city.
Tuesday his family at Burlington,
Eng, cabled a reward of $500 for his
capture.
A warrant has also been issued in
connection with his alleged desertion
OF the ship.
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THROWN FROM WILD
HORSE AND KILLED
Body of Young Man Found on
Range

SANTA ANA. Aug 4.-Supposedly
thrown and killed by wild horse,
which he had roped on the range after
his own mount had taken fright at his
shooting a deer and run away, the
body of Nick Olivares, % years DID,
was found last night in the mountains
10 miles from Capistrano.
The mans hip and back were bruised
and a handkerchief was tied around
his head though there were no marks
of injury on the head.
The body had evidently lain two or
three days where it was found. 1t was
brought 10 miles on litter over a
rough mountain trail by two men. OIL
wares had a mining claim in the region
where he was killed.
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SAYS MRS. BESANT is NOT
BLAVATSKY'S SUCCESSOR
Not Regarded by Members of
Philosophical Society

SAN DIEGO, Aug. Al. H. Russell,
the Universal brotherhood and Theo-
sophical society secretary, gives a COM
plete denial to the assertion that Mrs
Besant is Nine. Blavatsky's successor
or that she is so regarded by members
of the Philosophical society founded by
II. d. Blavatsky, continued under Will
liam o. Judge and now under the sole
direction of Katherine Tingley.
He declares that sufficient refutation
of the assertion is contained in Nine
Blavatsky's own words:
'Theosophist is who theosophy does
In support of this he referred to a
pamphlet recently issued by him, un-
officially, entitled Mrs. Annie Besant
and the Moral Code
The worlds headquarters of the theo-
sophical movement, he declares, are
at Point Iona, Cal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
GRAND JURY WHITES
STOCKYARD DOORS
InquisitoriaI Body Hears Conn
plants of Foul Atmosphere

OAKLAND, Aug. 4.-The grand jury
met this morning in a short session,
devoted principally 10 preliminary in
Vestigation of complaints concerning
the alleged obnoxious odors emanat-
ing from the slaughter houses and
stock yards of the bay shore district
north OF Oakland.
The committee appointed to sift
these complaints reported that repre-
Eentatives of a population Of about &c.
600 asserted that the odors were in
tolerable when steady winds blew city
ward from the bay.
It was alleged that deplorable con-
ditions prevailed. that attempts to
maintain sanitary cleanliness were
practically negligible, and that the
chief source of discomfort lay in the
fertilizer plants. An active campaign
10 abate the nuisances may be started
within a short time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
DR.. JORDAN VIEWS RUN
OF SOUND SALMON BANKS
Pack in Northern Waters Larg-
est of Any Season

BELLINGHAAI, Aug. Am offshore
wind drove the salmon schools in deep
water yesterday afternoon and last
night, and a slump in the catch fol-
lowed. Receipts from Bellingham,
Blaine and Anacortes aggregate 355, 900
eockeyes for the "a hours ending at
noon.
Dispa tches received by the officials of
the Alaska packers association report
the pack in Behring sea and northern
waters to date the largest OF any sea-
son since the industry was established.
Profs. David Starr Jordan and Ed
ward Prince, international FISH commits
sioners representing the United States
and Canada, arrived in Bellingham last
night and are spending today on the
ing the run of the fish through Amer
scan waters toward the mouth of the
Fraser river
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
BALTIMORE CLERGYMAN
SPEAKS AT BERKELEY
Pastor of Noted Southern
Church to Occupy Pulpit

BERKELEY. Aug. 4.-Rev. c. H.
Dodd. ID. d.. pastor of the Eutaw place
Baptist church of Baltimore. one OF
the largest churches in the south. will
preach Sunday at the EvangeI Baptist
church. at the corner OF Hiligass ave-
nue. and Parker street. DR.. DOdd has
been spending a vacation in this state,
and has preached for Rev. Robert j.
Burdette at Los Angeles. besides Iec-
turing at the Long Beach assembly. He
is visiting friends in Berkeley for a
week before returning TO his home
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MILITARY BAND WILL
PROVIDE ALL MUSIC
Irrigation Congress and Musi-
clans Union Are at Outs

SPOKANE. Aug. z.-The Fourteenth
Regiment band, L. S. A, viii appear
in the parade Of progress" which will
be a feature Of the national irrigation
congress in this city next Tuesday in
spite of the protests of the musicians
union and other labor organizations.
The management of the parade has
notified the musicians union that the
army bands engagement will be can
celed il the union can provide a
mounted band to lead the parade.
As tie union can not arrange this
the soldiers will provide all the music
and IL is expected all union musicians
will refuse TO take any part in the
congress on that day.
This may require the great chorus of
200 voices TO render the Irrigation
ode" without an orchestra
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
CHINESE INTERPRETER
THREATENED WITH DEATH
Aided Police in Elsie SigeI Muir.
der Case

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Quan Yick
Nam, the Chinese interpreter who gave
his services to the police in their eff
forts to solve the murder of Elsie sigel,
has informed the district attorneys Of
flee that his life has ben threatened by
certain of his countrymen IL he does
not withdraw from the case.
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Brute Attacks Beautiful
Girl on Way Home Alone

OAKLAND, Aug. 4. George C..
Logan, solicitor, was arrested by
Patrolman O'Grady last night and is
held In the city jail with bail fixed at
$500 for an alleged attack on Miss A.
Mullaney, IS years old. living at 673
Sixth street. The girl, who is a strik-
ing beauty, works at the New Liberty
bakery, Washington street near Eighth,
and said that Logan followed her
from there to dark spot near her
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
LAST RITES SAID FOR
SUTRO TUNNEL BUILDER
Pioneer Mining Engineer Laid
to Rest at Berkeley

BERKELEY. Aug. 4.-The funeral of
John B. Pitchford well known pioneer
and mining man who died in San Fran
cisco yesterday, was held from the
family residence, 2641 Regent street at
o'clock this afternoon. Pitchford,
who was 81 years of age was well
known as mining engineer in Ne
vada and South Africa. He was en-
gineer of the famous Sutro tunnel and
was engineer for big diamond mining
companies near johannesburg. He had
lived here for two years.
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FACES PRISON FOR
STEALING FISHING ROD
Youth Held to Answer for Theft
Involving Fifty Cents

BERKELEY, Aug. 4. - Howard
Humphreys, who stole fishing rod and
pawned it for so cents, was held to
answer for his crime this afternoon be-
fore Judge Robert Edgar with bonds
fixed at $500. On account of a prior
sentece for theft Humphreys may be
sent to the penitentiary. He is only
20 years Of age,
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home last night.
Miss Mullaney broke from his grasp
and tried to run to her gate. Logan
intercepted her and the girl fed back to
the business section. She returned to
the restaurant and told of her expert
ence. and Policeman OGrady was
called. He accompanied Miss Mullaney
to her home and found Logan standing
near the gate The man was arrested
and today the girl identified him as the
one who had seized her.
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PROVIDES FOR SHADE TREEs-Alameds,
Aug AZ. W. Van Sicklen has given $3.50 to
the park commission for the purpose f purchas-
ing shade trees for the streets.