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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
EHE eitI's ease against the

" HE dty's case against tina
l Spring Valley company m The
last six years Irrigation VIII be
submitted to the federal crcmt court
tomorrow. The city attorney served
copies of the 800 page brief upon the
oompanys attorneys yesterday After
years labor and IN reply to the COM
pany's brief, two years m huiIdIng- As
sistant City Attorney Thomas E
Haven has embodied the cIty's answer
to Spring Valleys contention thzt the
rates fixed by the board or super
visors for the years between July {.
1908, and July l, 1906, were mzeason-
able and conh5cztory-
Plants Value Involved
The whole argument Of both parties
to the suit swings upon the valuation
Of the plant The only point winch
the court must decide, however, Is
whether the rates were m fact proven
unreasonable
The city as defendant has ioined
the plaintiff in requesting the court
to determine three matters:
The elements of valuation to be
considered.
2-The value m February, 1905
3-The rate Of interest to be al
lowed upon that value
A per cent return is held by
Haven not unreasonable. IN view Of
the stability OF valne IN water sup
ply plant. Upon the basic question
OF value itself Haven reached a con-
clusion along several Independent
lines OF inquiry These for the most
part were founded upon the records
OF the Spring Valley company itself
Company's Figures Used
A complete transcript Of the min
utes" of the corporation was IN the
possession OF the city attorneys Office
and admitted by the court into evf-
dence. BY it in numberIess cases
Haven was able to quote the original
cost figures of contracts OF construc-
tion. greatly TO the reduction OF En-
gfneer Schussler's estimated figures
upon the same properties
The total valuations. based upon diff
ferent lines OF inquiry. OF the proper
ties in use January 1. 1904. were as
follows:
BY actual cost OF acquisitions and
construction. s242Ts.sss-2s: by invest
ment. L e cash paid in for stock and
bonds. s22.o5s.57s-ss; BY price fixed az
sale. 1903. s2o.so7.0o2; by Engineer
Grunsky's estimate. s24szs.212s BY En-
gineer Dockweiler's estimate. s24.e53s-
$50.
Book Valuation Opposed
To the company's excuses that the
above sale price was purely a book
valuation. not to be taken seriously.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
Woman Threatens Others

If Jimmie and are sent to the pen
itentiary." she said. I'VE will not go
alone Others win go with us or join
US there. Half the truth has not been
told in this case One other man who
planned the whole affair has not been
arrested I am willing to suffer for
any crime 1 may have committed, but
there is no evidence that 1 have been
mixed up in this case, and rather than
suffer injustice from the court I will
quit this earth and take justice from
my Maker"
Judge Miller, counsel for Mrs. Boyle,
asked for instructions to the jury to
bring in verdict of not guilty.
Judge Miller intimated that powerful
influences were being brought to bear
to convict the woman and there were
vetled references 10 the suppression of
the efforts OF the Boyles to bring into
the case the name of a third party.
It was reported after the trial todas
that Boyle had asserted that a promi-
nent man of Sharon. of good family.
was the instigator OF the abduction.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS

lESTERDAY-cIesr; west wind; maximum
temperature So; minimum sS.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Clondy, fog; moi
crate soyh winds. changing 10 brisk west
erly- Page -
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CHILD DROWNED ON
FALLING OFF WHEEL
Sister Also Takes Plunge, but
ScrambIes From Water

vIsALLA, Nay s.-virgie Taylor, a
5 year old girl. was drowned IN the
Kaweah river near here last evening
She and her sister were riding a
bicycle, Virgie being on the handle
bars While crossing bridge they
ventured too close to the edge and
feH into the water
The elder sister managed to reach
shore, but Virgie was swept under a
pile Of driftwood-
Bows Drowned in Oregon
La GRANDE. Ore, May s-Twc
boys, sons Of Perry Delapp and VIII
Nan Smith, aged years. were drowned
4 Island City today
fIhey were fordfng the river with an
older companion when the current Of
the Grande Ronde upset the vehicle
The bodies have not been found
The driver escaped from the river with
the team
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
KIDNAPERS WIFE
CONVICTED OF
AIDING INCR!!!|M|E
Mrs. James Boyle Found Guilt
OF Assisting in WfitIa
Abduction
Prefers Suicide to Prison and
Hints at Sensational
Exposures

n n ERCER, Pa. May s.-Mrs. James
lNI H. Boyle, formerly Helen Anna
a = McDermott OF Chicago, was
convicted today on the charge of aid
ing in the abduction of Willie whitla
of Sharon, Pa
On her way to Jail after her con-
viction Mrs. Boyle expressed the be-
lief that she had been convicted to
satisfy the venom and jealousy of some
Mercer women
Had been a plain girl" she said,
these same women would have pitied
me. II the jury had acquitted me l
believe these women would have tarred
and feathered me. The sacrifice had to
be made and Jimmie and 1 are the vic
Tins
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Fight Only Begins

They think they will railroad me t.
the penitentiafy. They will find the5
are mistaken. My fight has only been
begun Jimmie and I were not al
lowed to open our mouths at the trial.
Now we will do the talking and the
people will know upon whom the blame
should fall
81 admit that Boyle brought the boy
to me at Cleveland; that I cared for
him, was kind to him. entertained him.
I never asked why he was there, never
asked where Jimmie got him. He asked
me. as his wife, to take care OF the
boy for few days and did so. If
that is a crime there are millions of
wives waiting TO be convicted
Il tried to make this explanation, but
was choked off In the future they
won't be able to choke me off,
A motion for a new trial will be made
Monday. It is said that Judge Williams
viii overrule the motion and immedi-
ately pass sentence on the woman and
also on her husband, who was convicted
Of KIDNAPPING yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
Book Valuation Opposed

To the company's excuses that tbs
above sale price was purely book
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
NEWS TO-DAY

TELEPHONE kEARNY Sc
SUNDAY. MAY 3, 1909
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Fac long Terms

Both, IL is said, Will probably be sen
to the western Pennsylvania peniten
tiary at Pittsburg for long terms. Boyl
is liable to life Imprisonment and tn
maximum sentence in the case of tn
woman is 25 years.
An appeal to the supreme court o
Pennsylvania Will be made. In tn
higher court the question as to whethe
the Pennsylvania courts have jurisdic
ton in the case OF Mrs Boyle will, i
is said, be fought.
Two ballots were taken by the jury Il
the case of the woman. The first wa
IL for conviction and one for accuittal
The second was unanimous for convic
tion-
The courtroom was crowded almos
to suffocation when the jury fled in a
1.3o and the foreman announced the
had agreed The crowd was warne
that no demonstration would be toler
ated. and the verdict was read in 81
ience. Quietly as If preparing to g
out for walk, Mrs. Boyle drew on he
gloves, arose from her chair and wen
with the sheriff back to her cell
Life in the penitentiary would xii
me in a week or 10 days, and rathe
than submit to this I would take tn
Dutch route" said Mrs Boyle
Like her husband, she is anxious t
tell more than has been brought out Il
the trial of herself or her husband re
garding the kidnapping of Billy
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LABOR

Trouble With the Central theater arranged
satisfactorily to stage emploges pending IN
vestisatioa- Page 20
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Refused to Take Action

Continued on Page 1s, Column 3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
121ac Percales at SEC =

36-in. Percales. good patterns, fine cloth and absolutely fast colors, the sort that sells usually at 12hc; to- morrow, the yard .............. Size
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
ALL ABOUT A TORRID TOWN

the bystanders that he won't lose again. The punco game IS so obvious that they can easily see through it. But they are mean enough to bet with him and thus help the gamblers skin him.
 But at this point the luck of the inno- cent cowboy suddenly changes, It is the
 heartless and designing bystanders who
 are "skun.'
 The rough. naive cowboy with the rata on his arm is Kid" Russell. the former
 partner and present rival "concessionaire'
 of Poker Davis.
 This gang lives in San Diego and finds
 it's suckers among the tourists there but
 has office hours al Tia Juana. A good
 many tourists have gone over the Tia
 Juana river with bunch of money and
 have gone home broke.
 It might be supposed that these visitors
 to California would be wary of men in-
 viting them to Tia Juana But the plug
 sers' for the game represent themselves
 as tourists also, and after picking up an
 acquaintance with prospective suckers ,'
 propose the trip into Mexico which no tourist would think of. Occasionally the gamblers make a
 wrong touch" Some days ago they "got into a young Mexican who had plenty of money and d most unsuspecting nature. They secured his cash and distributed 1t with glee-but the young man turned out
 to be the private secretary of one of the big officials of Lower California and they
 had to disgorge in hurry. A few days ago a gang got a tourist going and "trimmed' him in fine style. When he was nearly "broke" 1t dawnel i on the young man what sort of a game he had run into. He pulled a gun, held up the whole outfit and grabbed his own money from the gambling table. Before he could get out of town. however, he was arrested by a Mexican gendarme put in jail and was fined $25 by a Mexican magistrate for carrying concealed weapon.
 It is generally understood that these gamblers have already arranged for the ''concessions' of the new race track at Tia Juana
 This will not be located in the town itself, but on the mesa on the "Amerl- can side of the river The track will be on Mexican soil, of course. but a few hundred feet from the | line
 The mesa is so small that a great deal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25

,om the Los Angeles Times. After a few weeks or so spent at Tia ana. the hottest town on the map, ul Blair, one of the private detectives D has been searching for Nick Oswald
 returned to cool off.
 , brings in the first news of the loca-
 uof the new race track to which the
 hemen will fit next year; also de-
 Scion of what a town can be like when
 oltoker Davis and his spry young men
 hala liberal chance.
 The present population of old Tia
 Jua were turned into Monte Carlo for
 justont half an hour, the Prince OF
 Mon would have to hunt job with
 pi and shovel and the "man-who-
 brokse- e-bank" would be glad to get car
 fare he to Paris.
 Ganrs, driven from the ends of the earth,ve gathered in this queer, sleepy little Kican town. In a general way they ah two groups, one head by Poker Russelfho was formally member Of
 the pa gang.
 1T yottimate that they are gamblers,
 thoS " at you Wltn grlet and pain. They stthat they have amusement concessh' from the governor of Lower Callforni
 In nest corner of Tia Juana is small st where a sad-eyed, white
 haired olaan invites the public to toss
 rings forrars. How pitifu that such
 an old m should have to eke out .
 living by n precarious means!
 The poorllow is Poker Davis, and in
 the middle his sigar game 1t shifts into a wellown sucker" trap. The otheiconcessions' are scattered , around thro1 the town. Into one of the places therrequently strolls a native COW punchon one of the Mexican i ranches. Heways wears big spurs and i, chaps antas 8 riata hanging over | his arm.
 | Poor, innot cowboy! Will no one warn him thnsughty, designing men are about might take his hard earned moneylas, no! He loses andes. A regular hell-roar- ing cowboy, tlfellow. As he loses, he swears black,tightful oaths. As he
 loses he gets sited and offers to bet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25

State who must look out for themselyes. and there has been much discussion of schemes for their benefit and relief. Re. gently prominent business and profes- sional women of Boston have organized for the purpose of getting the state to aid in purchasing small tracts of land. on which lone women can engage In agricul- tural pursuits The Women's Massa- chesetts Homestead association intends to have its beneficiaries cultivate small plots and raise flowers, herbs, mushrooms, strawberries, vegetables. squads, chickens, bees and pigs. Cheap, comfortable homes will be built on these plots. and neces- sary implements also will be supplied wealthy New York woman stands ready to contribute s300,0O0 to the project and Brookline (Mass.) philanthropisi has offered to lend his big farm for ex- periments along this line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25

preceding year. A migration of such pro portion and persistence results from deeper causes than a hysteriacl stampede or a campaign of clever advertising. It results. indeed, from causes which the vertiser-immgration and railroad does not like to hear mentioned, and denies fatly whenever mentioned, from the deepest economic causes, which the world has not realized, or, realizing, has not faced Let us face the facts and state them plainly, whether we like them or not.
 We are in sight of the end of free land Of all the migrations over Amer ica's vast area, from Plymouth Rock and James river to the mountains, from the mountains to Ohio and Tennessee. from the Bloody Ground to the Mississippi. and from the Mississippi to Oregon and California, the last west has at last been reached This Is the last frontier to which the adventurous pioneer will ever trek in America. The great migration from east to west which began with pre- historic Aryan ancestry, has at last come to an impasse. The west has met the east on the Pacific coast
 .--------------
 From the Bohemian Magazine.
 Jiggs-Ice is expensive.
 Biggs-I know 1t. I was once engaged to Boston girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
Restorative Recipe for Men,

This will prove a welcome bit of in- formation for all those who are over worked, gloomy. Respondent nervous and have trembling limbs. heart palpitation, dizziness cold extremities. insomnia, fear without cause, timidity in venturing, and general inability to act naturally and ra- tionally as others do. because the treat mont can be prepared secretly at home and taken without any one's knowledge
 If the reader decides to try it, get three ounces of ordinary syrup sarsaparilla compound and one ounce compound fluid balmwort; mix. and let stand two hours; then get one ounce compound essence cardiol and one ounce tincture cadomene compound (not cardamom) mix all to- gsther: shake wei and take a teaspoon full after each meal and one when retir- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
nf grading must be done.

The reason for placing the track on this side of the river Is that the stream is full of shifting quicksand and 1t would be nec- essary 10 build an enormously long and heavy bridge were the track on the Tia Juana side.
 A committee of horsemen from the Ar cadia track Is now In the city of Mexico. trying to get assurances from the Diaz government that the racing, if started at Tia Juana, will be allowed to run without interference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
Helpinq Lonely Women.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 Massachusetts has long held the record of possessing the greatest proportional surplus of women of any state in the union. There are said to be no less than 100000 spinsters and widows in the Bay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
12Iac Cambric at 81ac-

36-in. white, soft, smooth finish Cam bric; the sort that usually sells at 12hc; tomorrow, the yard. ....... .Sxc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
81bc Bordered Lawns at 5c-

Fine bordered-an extra quality of dainty figured lawn neat patterns with borders to match, the sort you pay S1zc for regularly, tomorrow, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
121ac Dress Ginghams 71ac-

Fine spring style Dress Ginghams; positively fast colors and the sort that sell regularly at 12kc; tomorrow, the yard at .................... .71sc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
35c Table Daamsk at 19c-

Full width bleached Table Damask. neat patterns and a good quality at 35c, tomorrow, the yard ......... .19c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
A MIGRATION OF
 HALF 4 MILLION Great Movement Of Americans
 To Canada END OF FREE LAND NEAR Great Migration from East to West Which Began with Prehistoric Aryan Ancestry Which Comes
 to an lmpasse.
END OF FREE LAND NEAR

Extracts from Agnes c. Laut's "The
 Last Trek to the Last Frontier" in the
 May Century.
 If half a million American settlers should suddenly pull up roots and mi grate in a body to some foreign land the event would be heralded as one of the most epic movements of the century. Yet that is virtually what has happened, with little notice and less comment, in the last six years. In less than six years 3sS, GOO American farmers have pulled up stakes in their native states and moved from Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Arkansas and Oregon, across the invisible line of the international boundary to free home steads in the Canadian Northwest More over, 100000 Americans have gone north as investors, spectators. miners, lum- bermen.
 A railroad traffic manager and cus- toms officer both told me the same thing; very few of the American homesteaders came in with less than 5000 cash; many came in with capital ranging from 5000 to s10.0OO The capital brought in by the investing classes varies from the s10,0O0, 900 placed by the Morgan banking house in the Canadian Northern railway to the s20O,0OO and sSOO.OOO capital placed in ac- tual cash by the land and lumber and fish companies. Average the American newcomers capital at $2OoO. and the American invasion of Canada in the last six years represents in hard cash an in- vestment of S1,OOO, ,0o00O0. From what saw in a leisurely four months tour of Canada-first by canoe. 150O miles among the settlers of the frontier beyond the railroad, then by rail twice across the continent-I have no hesitation in say ing that a billion average is too small by half
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25

It used to be British Columbia's boast that she had timber resources to supply the whole world for a century. When one considers that British Columbia is one half larger than the German empire and that most of her area is timbered with heavy growth of gigantic Douglas fir and spruce, literally shutting out the daylight and crisscrossing ones trail in a veritable cheval- -frise, the boast seemed to have good foundation in fact So prodigal was the Pacific province of her timber resources that the provincial government used to lease out a square mile to any applicant for a mere nominal rent of something over $100. Then, with a shock that was electric, the province awakened to a realization of what had happened. Virtually all the best timber limits had been leased and the leases sold at enormous profits to American lumber companes-$2000 leases in some cases for $S2, ,0O0 for s90,OOo, for s1OO.OOO, and this up in Queen Charlotte Isla nds, which used to be considered inaccessible. Today one cannot lease a single square mile of timber in British Columbia. One must buy it from the American investor. Why? The provincial government says, because they are conserving natural resources. But the timber cruisers tell a different story: because all the best limits are taken.
The Washington times., 1909-02-23
MISS CASPARI INSANE.
IS JURY'S JUDGMENT
Woman Of Mystery Sits Impassive in Court While
AIienss Testify Concerning Her Mental Weak
ness-Doesnt Greet Brother

Miss Frances A. Caspari, the
woman Of mystery" who for months
puzzled tle Washington police, fol-
lowing her arrest charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenscs,
was today aajudged insane by a jury
iu the Supreme Court OF the District
Neither the Scylla OF Il madhouse nor
the CharyJGis Of prison could shahe
the utterly inexpressibIe poise OF Miss
Casparl. the Baltimore woman, who
secretcd thousands OF doIads from
Washington women, representing her
self as n representative Of a pub
fishing company. when she was
brought into Criminal Court no. 1. this
morning, for a hearing as 70 her san
ity.
with her head buried upon her breast,
and rapid changes Of expression on her
fine face, the woman sat silently
through a long hour. listening TO tesu-
mony Of such aIienists as Dr- Emory
N. Brush, OF Baltimore. Dr. Presley @.
Hunt. and DR. William A. White, su-
perintendent Of the Government HosPl-
The Washington times., 1909-02-23
ROOSEVELT GOING
TOATTEND FUNERAL
With Wife, President Leaves
at Midnight for Nephew'S
Obsequies.

The President. accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, viii leave Washington at
midnight tonight for New York to at
teBd the funeral of his nephew. Stew
art Robinson. the young Harvard stu
dent. VINO was killed last Saturday BY
a fan from the window Of his dornitory
at t.r -ersity
For r.. accOmOdatIon OF the Presl-
dent and AIRS. Roosevelt, a drawing
room car VIII be attached 20 the regu-
lar midnight train for New York over
the Pennsylvania railroad. The funeral
viii take place at g O'Clock tomorrow
mOrnlrg from the Church of the Holy
Comforter, and the interment viii be
at the Robinson home n Herkimer
county New York.
The President VIII return tomorrow
evening on a train due to arrive IN
Washington at SIS
Admiral and Mrs Cowles. the latter
the Presidents sister, left WASHINGTON
this morning to attend he funeral.
President Roosevelt and his party. re-
turning from the review or the battle
ship Get AT Hampton Roads, arrived in
" aSHlngton az clock tlIS morning.
As soon as the Maydower, on board Of
Wnlcl the TIP was made. had locked at
the Navy Yard. the President. accom-
panied by Mrs Roosevelt and Miss
EtGe4f was driven 10 the White House
After breakfast, the President imme-
dlatelv plunged into work and for two
hours busted himself with the mail that
had accumulated during his absence
To all or his early callers, the President
expressed his qualification over rHe are
return OF the fleet.
He rela-ed incidents connected with
the review Of the baCLleships, and de-
c-ared his unbounded admiration. not
only for the ships. but for the office~s
and crews who had participated in the
worldwide cruise
The President was in excellent spirits
ana SAID that he mad not enjoyed a pub
lie event in long time so r7rIcr a. he
cid the sight Of these magnificent shf0s
passing In review in Hampton Roads
II was spectacle. he said, long IN he
remenbered and worthy of cOmmemora-
ton in history