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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
Spies Attempt to Kill Him

Gopcevic declares that the reigning
family of Montenegro has been aware
of his pretensions to the throne and
that spies have followed him over the
earth, making systematic attempts to
take his life. Three times he has
been shot at by mysterious would be
assassins and once he replied in kind,
wounding his assairant The plotters
each time escaped. A brother was
poisoned by the conspirators.
Gopcevic hopes to lead a revolt at the
head of the younger Turkish reform
party. Both Montenegro and Servia,
groaning under the weight of despotic
dynasties, Impoverished and gouged for
the pleasure of the royal families, will
gladly welcome him as their deliverer.
Gopcevic's friends believe. Torn often
by revolt, both nations finally will rise
and effectually throw off the yoke for
ever
Gopcevic will proclaim policy of re-
form and liberty. Graded in the United
States, though of royal birth, associa-
tions have taught him the soundness of
the doctrine of the brotherhood of man.
After establishing his rights to royal
parentage he will grant a constitution
to his sorely stricken country, and
when a republic is established abdicate
entirely.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18

John Bryson, former mayor of Los
Angeles, brought suit to have set aside
big property gift of the. millionaire
to the woman. At the time Bryson de-
clared that Mrs. Lambcrton was only
his nurse, although she lived in the
same mansion with him and wore many
silks and diamonds.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
And Also cousin Jim" NealOn
Comes Back Into SpOtlight's
Dazzling Glare
Troubles of San MateO District
Attorney Is Due TO Hold
the Stage Today
Supervisors and Grand Jurors
Will Take Up Matter of
Changed Contract

Why the San MateO Grand
Jury Would Have District
Attorney ]. j: Bullock
Superseded:
Bullock admitted TO the grand
jury that he altered the con-
tract on county courthouse so
that the j. j. O'BrieR con-
strucfiOn company did not have
10 do $4,000 worth of stone
and cOrnice work originally
contracted for. but suffered
no corresponding reduction in
the original contract price of
100000.
Bullock has failed TO advise the
jury fully and properly on its
duties and powers, assuming
the dimcuIt role Oe public
prosecutor and attorney for the
defendant at the same time.
Bullock has failed, the jurors
claim, 10 use HIS utmost power
in bringing witnesses before
the jury.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
Two Southern Pacific
Employees Leap into
Raging Torrent
Water at Sacramento Reported
Falling and Danger Now
Thought Passed
Railroad Conditions Growing
Worse and Many WaShOutS
Are Reported

Levee breaks near Chico and district is
flooded.
No mail or papers received In Marys-
vile since Wednesday.
Levee ON Sutter side OF Yuba river
breaks, inundating large tract
Crest of Hood Is past at Redding, and
better conditions are expected soon
Railroad conditions grow worse, Sacra-
mentO having only line TO Stockton
open.
Sacramento and Feather rivers fan
rapidly at Red Blur and OroviIle, re-
speetiveiy.
Sacramento river breaks through Ievees
south OF Colusa I'm eight places an6l
foods land.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
Young Lamberton's Story

According to the son, Mrs. Lamberton
was divorced in Los Angeles from will
liam w. Lamberton, then a successful
lumbermah of the great lake region,
and since retired, and received large
settlement from Lamberton. Now her
personal fortune. says her son. is fully
$500, 900. interviewed in the city Jail.
he said:
FORMER Mayor Bryson decided for
tune to my mother, and the Bryson
heirs brought suit. Bryson himself,
then living. sided with my mother and
she won the suit. My father was one
of the big lumbermen in Wisconsin.
He is retired now, living at Racine. He
is very wealthy, and when he divorced
my mother in Los Angeles he paid her
money right down instead of alimony.
Son Scents Plot for Cash
II believe she has not treated me
right. for she promised to set me up in
business and turned me down. I be-
lieve now that Gliddon is scheming
with her to keep what is coming to me
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
BIG AUTOMOBILE STORAGE
HOUSE IS DESTROYED
Motor Cars Valued at $3.50, 900
Are Burned

BOSTON, JAM 1.-THE most ex-
tensive automobile storage and repair
plant in the city burned today. de-
stroying 348 automobiles, valued at
$4,000
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18

Also it bids fair to mark the return
to the public gaze OF Cousin jim"
NeaIon. former assessor of san Fran
cisco. who in humble circumstances en-
tered into Office by the grace of the
Southern Pacific machine and retired
after q few years of rigid economy to
the proud station Of capitalist.
Two important bodies Of San Mateo
county. the board of supervisors and
the grand jury. viii meet today espe-
cially 10 consider BulIock's case and
in addition Attorney General Z. s.
Webb has made it known that upon
request be stands ready to place his
Office at the grand jury's disposal
That it is claimed. is the forerun-
ner TO Bullock's finish. =.
The affair of Cousin jim" rede-
vivus. is an incident to the troubles Of
Bullock
Assistant Attorney General E. B.
Power. who is in charge Of the Office
during General Webb's absence in Sac
ramento. issued the following statement
last evening.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
Webb Offers Assistance

If the services of the attorney gen
erals Office are requested by the grand
jury Of San Mateo county in its investi-
cation of the alleged misconduct of
the district attorney of that county At
torney General Webb viii assist the
grand jury in that investigation.
Against Bullock a mass of suspicion
among the grand jurors rests 1t is
stated on positive authority that Bull
lock admitted TO the grand jury that
he crossed out clauses in the contract
on the county courthouse, affecting the
contract in the sum Of $4,000. The
contracting firm which IS said to have
prohted by this delicate handiwork is
the J. J. O'Brien construction com
psny. James J. O'Brien, formerly con-
struction manager for the American
Hawaiian construction company, is
president of the O'Brien concern; NJ.
Nunan is vice president and J. C. Nea-
Ion. former assessor Of san Francisco
and now a retired capitalist, is secre-
tary.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
PLANS TO SEIZE
THE THRONE OF
MONTEN[GRANS
Former Streetcar Gripman
Would Place Scepter in
Brothers Hands
Ambitious Plans of B0zO Cops
ceyic, Creature of Fortune
and Romance
Scheme Includes Seizure of
Servia and Final Forma-
tiOn of Republic

Half way around the world San
Francisco man is journeying with the
secret purpose of seizing for his brother
the throne of the nation of Montenegro.
The man who will lay claim to the
rulership of that troubled country is
Bozo Gopcevic, brother Of Nilos Mitrov
Gopcevic who. as a gripman, a few
days before the fire married Miss Floyd,
a noted beauty and heiress. Eventually
it is his purpose to transform the gov
ernment into a republic
Peter Gopcevic has gone abroad as
the advance agent. Milos is staying
behind in San Francisco, but it will be
he who will furnish the funds for the
fight for the throne. The millions left
by the wife, who died a year after her
marriage to the former gripman, will
be the treasury of the pretender. Bozo
Gopeevic, who aspires to the rulersihp.
is also in San Francisco, living at his
home, 2S45 Sacramento street.
Claims Servia Also
Not by right of conquest, but by right
Ol DlTln Will bOzO GOpceVlC lay claim
to the throne of Montenegro. He will
also declare himself the rightful ruler
of Servia. and it will be on the shoul-
ders of a revolt which will convuIse
both nations that he expects to be car
ried into power
Gopcevic claims that on his fathers
side he is the rightful heir to the
Servian throne, and on his mothers to
be reigning head of Montenegro. He
has genealogical table showing the
succession which points to him as
the true heir to the thrones of both
nations.
Montenegro is now governed by
reigning Prince Nicholas /. whose
daughter is Queen Helena of Italy
Nicholas is only pretender, asserts
Gopcevic's supporters, and when he
returns and proclaims his claims on
the throne the present occupant will be
forced to abdicate.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY Sc
MONDAY. JANUARY Is. 1909
CONDITIONS

YESTERDAY-Rain; west wind; maximum
temperature 60; minimum. %.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-cloudy; showers;
light southwest wind. Page :
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
Especial Dispatch to The CALI


- ACRAMENTO. Jan. 17.-Two
Southern Pacific laborers were
~ drowned this evening at Web
ster, hve miles west OF this city!
on the main line between herei
and Benicia- Both men were from
San Francisco One was known as
Peter, and the other was Andrew sag
ros. With about 25 other men who
had been working to protect the road
bed from the ravages OF the Hood in the
Yolo basin they were marooned on a
trestle. and became so frightened that
they jumped into the water to their
death. The rest of the men were res
cued in a small boat which had been
carried to the scene on a work train
Forms Immense Lake
When the levees on the YolO side
gave way the water began to sweep
through the basin and convert it into
an immense lake. The water piled up
against the Southern Pacific roadbed.
rushing through the trestIes in mad
streams This evening the water had
risen until it washed over the tracks
in a number of places between here
and Davis.
The southern Pacific hurried laborerss
to the scene and did all possible toi
control the foods. but the waters COM
tinued to rise until the track was noat-<
ing in the lower stretches 1t was thai
crew that was working at the trestla
near Webster that was marooned
The water encroached on them until
they were isolated on the trestle- With
their means of escape along the road;
bed cut on as a result OF the washing
away of the earth it looked for times
as though the entire party would be
drowned. =
Laborers Are Rescued h
work train was rushed to Sacra-s
mento for a boat On the return the
train approached as near the wash-s
out as possible and the boat was them
lowered into the water. All the men
were rescued from their perilous posi-
tion with the exception of two Greeks.
who through fright jumped into ths
water
With the river falling slowly. sacra-
mento is tonight resting secure behind
her levees. feeling certain that the
highest water ever known in this val-
ley will pass safely out without damage
to the town.
Railroad conditions. however, ara
growing worse. and tonight the only
line in operation out of Sacramento Is
the one to stockton section OF track
between this city and Webster was
washed out today. cutting of communi-
cation with San Francisco by direct
route. and all trains to and from the
bay are detoured by way of Stockton.
This break also prevents communica-
tion with Davis and Willows and points
up the valley.
Lay Temporary Track
Gangs of men are pushing work on
the temporary track connecting Ben
Ali and Del Paso on the Northern
Electric and this will probably be COM
pIeted by tomorrow so that trains can
operate over the Northern Electric
bridge between this city and Roseville.
where the westbound overlands have
been stalled since the Southern Pacific
bridge at Elvas went out Thursday
night
Despite the fact that it is raining
generally over the valley today little
apprehension is fslt now that the crsst
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
[speoial Dispaloh 10 The CALI

~ EDWOOD CITY, Jan. 17.-This
- promises to be District Attor-
i y ney J. J. Bullock's day Of
trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
MARINE
MINING

Capital seeking investment in Nevada county
mines and more than 100 locations are re-
corded. Page III
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18
FOREIGN

Many injured in riot during socialist demon
stration in Dresden. Page 2
Isidore Duncan wants rich American to
supply funds for dancing school. Page II
Violet Gadon charlesworth. extensive specula-
TOR. supposed TO have been killed in auto acci-
dent. located in Scotland. Page )
King George Of Greece entertains officers of
battleships Missouri and Ohio, and other vessels
Of feet are greeted at various ports. Page IL
Mass is celebrated in Reggie for first time
since quake. Page II
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18

Continued ON Page 5, Column 5
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
SWITCHING DISTRICT MAYBE
Prescribed Limits Possible Outgrowth
of Controversy Between RRIstOn
shippers and Railroad.

As a result of the controversy between
the shippers locating in Ralston and the
Missouri Pacific, which will be carried be-
fore the State Railway commission Tues
day. the commission may be asked to es-
tabllsh a manufacturing or switching dis
trict for Omaha and have something to say
about the charges railroads shall make for
moving cars.
The Chicago Association of Commerce
has advised the Omaha Commercial club
OF the switching district and rates in eff
feet near that city for moving cars, and
the Chicago terms are advantageous for
shippers, the rates being lower in a dis
trict of valuable property than around
Omaha, where there is a vast amount Of
mere acreage" farm land on the Belt line.
One of the rates quoted on the Chicago
schedule is $3.50 per car for moving cars
from factories to transfer tracks where
the distance IL between five and fifteen
miles and IS per car for switching cars in
the district when the distance is over fif-
teen miles. Switching cars from one fac
tory to another or from material yards to
factories costs Chicagoans not more thar
IS per car when the distance is from five
to fifteen miles.
In the switching district Of Chicago an
other rule is in effect which is an ad-
vantage to shippers. There is no per diem
charge of 50 for cars switched in and out
or when waiting to get the switching done.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
"BEs' FRIEN'" TURNED LOOSE
Negro who sIedge Hammer
on NeiRhbOF's Head f. Dis
charged from Court.

On the charge Of ~assaulting William Ev-
erett with intent TO kill. Jordon Combs was
discharged in police court Monday after the
stories of several witnesses had been heard.
The men concerned are colored and had
been holding forth With several 'cans' In
the basement Of the Plunkett block Friday
evening when an argument put in an ap-
pearance and the two men started to get
rid of 1t.
Everett is said to have drawn a knife
and Combs used a heavy hammer, his
weapon coming out in the lead. as was
shown by two ugly welts on Everett's skull.
Before discharging Combs. Judge Crawford
asked the witnesses II there was any dan
ger of Combs being summarily dealt with
by Everett's friends. When told that there
was not and seeing that the quarrel was
forgotten he discharged the prisoner.
The night the affair happened Everett
declared that Combs was the "bes' fr1en'
he had in town."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
LONG SAYS HE WILL BE GOOD
Man who Said He Knew Jack Cur
tain VIII Go Into
Business.

C.. r. Long. the man who knew Jack
Curtain and was arrested by the Omaha
police on general principles, went to the
police Monday for the special purpose of
telling them that he has determined to re-
form and will go into business here. Mr..
Long does not say just what kind of bust
ness he will pursue, but he is now at full
liberty to follow his bent. After being ar
rested by the Omaha officers he was taken
TO Gibbon. on a supposed Identification of
a photograph, as a possible member Of the
gang that recently robbed a bank at that
place. The Gibbon people, when they saw
Long, decided that he was not one of the
burglars and, on being turned loose. Long
came Immediately to Omaha. His declara-
ton of reform is made in good faith, he
declares.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
UGLY GOD OF GLAD OPTIMISM
Modelled Mud Decked with Whitfield
Grins and an Explanatory
Accompaniment.

'Eathen idols made o. mud have invaded
Omaha and there is work for the icono-
clasts to do II the statues are torn down..
The idols are known as 'Billikens," the
work of some ingenious sculptor in Chi
cago, where there are real god factories,
supplying the trade OF India and China,
making gods to order, any price or style,
out Of rubber. clay, silver, gold or ivory.
out of this collection Of gods came Bill
liken, said TO be the god of happiness, +"
and almost everyone is carrying one or
has taken one home to grace the mantel-
piece.
One OF the sayings attributed to Billiken
before he became a chunk OF mud with a
smile whitfield across one end included the
famous one. Grin and Begin to Win"
The verse which has been put on pictures
Of the 'eathen, which are already on pos
tai cards. says:
81 am the god OF happiness,
I simply make you smile;
/ prove that life's worth living
And that everything is worth while;
l force the failure 10 his feet
And make the GROWER grin,
l am the god OF happiness
My name Is Billiken.'
The god. according to Kipling. who met
a good many in his time, is the 'god-o =
things-as-they-ought-to-be," and those in
the shop windows are the cause of a good
many smiles. One drug store, tired OF
selling DR.. Lydia Hosentetter's Pink Pre-
scription for Screaming Sufferers" has
filled a window full of gods and declares
they will cure the blues. solemn feeling
the crouch, hoodoo germs. hard luck, mel
ancholy, and destroy the down-and-ou
bacilli.
BiIliken are not sold, declare the mer-
chants. as 1t would break the spell OF the
god. They are leased to those who wish
them for l cent a year for the large size
and they have to be taken for 100 years
the rental being paid in advance. Smaller
ones may he secured for less and photo.
graphs OF the silly mud mug of the goo
are one Of the RACES of the pre-L@nter
season.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
WHERE is NELLIE CARRoLL7
Omaha Police Looking for
Girl and Man who Took
Her Away.

The hiring out Of Nellie Carroll. the 10
year-old laughter of J. W. Carroll TO q
young man who said he was a painter
and wanted the Carroll girl to take care
Of his baby and the subsequent disappear
ance of the girl from South Omaha and
the loss of all track OF the man is fur
nishing ample food for the consideration
and efforts Of the South Omaha police and
truant officers.
Wednesday, just at nishtfall, the unlden-
fled man went to the Carroll home, after
first seeing Nellie Carroll. and asked to
tax her to his home, south of the city
in Sarpy county, as @ helper and a nurse
for his baby. AS Mr.. Carroll and his
elderly wife have a large family to support
they saw nothing amiss in the proposition.
It was agreed that Nellie was to go with
the stranger. 81 being left with the Car
rolls az her first weeks wages.
Not hearing from their daughter by Sat
urday and realizing that the man with
whom shs had gone. ostensibly to work.
was absolutely unknown to them, Mr..
and ArA Carroll started an Investigation
to find out where the painter was living
and II his relations with their daughter
were a. represented. However, no trace
Of Nellie Carroll has yet been found, al
though the police and Truant Officer Nc
AuIey and even Mr.. Carroll have searched
carefully for them all over the country
south OF the city.
Carroll is a laborer living at 46 North
Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha. and he
and his wife are distracted over the I'M
accountable case OF their daughter. As she
was a well-appearing and early developed
girl, and the painter was young, it is be-
lieved that perhaps the couple have eIoped,
going to Omaha and possibly to Chicago.
The man, when last seen, wore a cordu-
roy coat, black hat and other clothes, such
as a painter would be attired in. His
name was never mentioned to the Car
rolls. The corner of Twenty-fourth and N
streets was his first meeting place with
Nellie Carroll.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
EAGLES FLY SWIFT, YOU KNOW
Some $4,000 of Them Will SwooI
Down on Omaha.
COMMERCIAL CLUB GETS READY
Broad scope Being Laid for Plans
of This National Convention
They VIII Bull AutOmO-
bile Market.

How many Omahans and how many dol
lars will it require to entertain an Eagle
for five days?
This is the question which the new com
mittee on conventions Of the Commercial
club OF Omaha will face when Chairman
Edgar Allen announces who will com
pose that important committee.
From 1900 to 5000 Eagles are coming
10 Omaha this year to hold the sessions
of the grand aerie. Omaha is going to
entertain every one individually in some
way and the convention committee OF the
Commercial club will be enlarged by adding
some thirty to fifty business men, many
or whom will be members Of the order.
This committee will open headquarters for
the big convention, maintaining an office
and assisting in every way to give intor-
nation concerning the convention; begin
ming early TO get lists of places close In
where guests can be accommodated with
everything from a modern and comforta-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
GUARD SLEEPS, THIEF WORKS
Let EN- BurgIe," Says George Cooper,
and the BurEIs Takes Him
at His Word.

George. George. Wake up! There are
burglars in the barn"
Let 'em burgle,' said George w.
Cooper, sleepily and despite the pleading
of his wife and the fearful yelping OF a
half a dozen dogs he turned over on his
side and went to sleep again.
Some fiend in human form rifled Myron
Learned of a set of harness at his country
place near Florence at four a. m, Monday
morning. The care taker of the place, O..
w. Cooper and his wife, occupy a cottage
on the grounds and were awakened by the
dogs outbark at the hour named and when
Cooper investigated he found that the barn
had been broken into and the harness
taken.
There was no attempt to get into the
Learned's summer home in which there
is nothing OF value during the winter
months. Cooper claims that he did not
realize the dogs barking really signified
activity of nefarious providers. A deputy
from the sheriff's office went to the
place later in the morning to seek a clue.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-26
CHURCH NECESSARY
North Presbyterian Must and VIII
Have New BuiIdinE-subscrip-
tion Work Ordered.

The men who hold office in the North
Presbyterian church met with the building
committee OF that congregation Sunday and
directed 1t to formulate plans for gathering
subscriptions for the new building which
II is believed will be erected in two or at
most three years. 1t was found the lots
at Twenty-fourth and Writ street are now
practically paid for, and the congregation
has on hand sufficient funds to make an
encouraging beginning. The building COM
mittee will also present some designs for
the approval OF the congregation. DR.. c.. g..
Shepard, 9OOI Writ street Is chairman Of
the building committee,
The present building at Nineteenth and
Ohio is filled every Sabbath morning and is
inadequate for the growing Sabbath school.