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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
SPRING VALLEY
WILL SELL FOR
$4,000,
Tender of Entire Plant for Lump
Sum Made After Lengthy
Conference
Proposal Subject of Serious Con-
sideratiOn by Mayor, City
Attorney and Supervisors
Company Submits Four PROPOSE
tiOns Looking to City's
Requirement OF Property
SPRING VALLEYS OFFER

CoEDTTIoES-cit 20 confess Judgment
in pending litigation. Amount i'm
pounded in rate dispute (about $780,
COO TO 60 70 Spring Valley. City to
assume all suits affecting compsnys
property. Payment 70 be made in cash
or equivalent All offers expire jan
sry IS. 1910.
Of the property as a whole, the COM
pany 70 be bound by the award for a
period OF six months. az the same time
recognizing that It is doubtful if the
city can be legally bound.
?. Company viii sell the distributing
plant within the city and county at an
agreed or arbitrstsd price. provided
SO year OF perpetual contract be made
for water TO be supplied by the com
pany to the city az the county line at
an agreed or arbitrated price per 1000
gallons
3. Company viii sell its entire physical
property for SIS, 600 900.
&. Company viii sell its entire physical
property. excluding all the Lake Mer-
oed ranch, excepting 500 acres, includ-
ing the two Merced lakes, and also
excluding such property owned by the
company as is not required by the city
FOR a water supply. for the sum of
ssI. 500 ,Ooo and at the city's option
viii lease the remainder. Of the Lake
Keroed lands fer term Of 10 years at
a rental OF SI25.ooo per snnum.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Denies He Is Watching

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 27.-A rumor
that his purpose in coming TO New Or
leans was to institute action in the
federal courts TO prevent further ship
ments of arms and ammunition to the
revoIutionists in Nicaragua from this
port was denied tonight by Louis F.
Corea. former Nicaraguan minister at
Washington. Although it was current
Iy rumored that large quantity OF
arms for the insurgents would be ship
ped on the steamer Marietta Di Giorsio.
which sailed for BIuefelds late tonight.
its manifest showed no such articles
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
WATCH SOCIETY WOMEN
Seize Finery of Mrs. George
Law Brought From Paris

NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-That the Gus
toms service is keeping very close tab
on the baggage of society women is
shown in the seizure of a dozen trunks
belonging to Mrs. George Law. the
prominent society woman of Paris and
New York. The trunks contained Par
islam finery worth $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
RICH CHINESE SEEKS
WHITE WOMAN AS BRIDE
Seattle Minister Refuses to
Marry COuDIe

SEATTLE. Nov. 27.-Mark Ten suie.
aged IS, a wealthy Chinese merchant.
obtained a license yesterday to ed
Miss Helene A. Fobyne aged % nd
of the First Methodist church. of
which the Chinese is a member, to
marry them, but the clergyman re-
fused
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
WASHINGTON SENDS LI7IlA7JDl TO ZELAYA
SemlOCaIy SAID That He Must Explain by 10 o'clock Tonight

w WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Unless
M the United States hears from
President Zelaya by 10 o'clock
tomorrow night American marines will
be landed on Nicaraguan soil and war
declared. This was the ultimatum sent
to Zelaya tonight from Washington.
The government, angered at delay
upon delay. at the dilatOry tactics. at
the open refusal of the Nicaraguan
president to give a satisfactory eX-
PLANTATION of the execution of two
American citizens, brought matters to
a sensational climax tonight by cutting
off all further delay and delivering
forcible and specific ultimatum- Re-
fusal on the part of Xelaya will mean
war
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Vice Consul at Liberty

MANAGUA Nicaragua. Nov 81
There is absolutely no truth in the
report circulated in the United States
today and cab1ed here for confirmation
that Mr.. Caldera. the. American vice
consul at Managua. has been impris-
oned by President zelaya. Mr. Caldera
is at liberty. and is attending to the
duties of his Office.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Princeton Sails Today

SEATTLE. Nov. 27.-The gunboat
Princeton tonight completed taking on
equipment at the Puget sound navy
yard and at $50 o'clock tomorrow
will sail for Corinto. Nicaragua, via
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
NEGRO WOMAN OVER
CENTURY OLD DEAD
Passes Away in Oakland After
an Eventful Life
Especial Dispatch 70 The Call

OAKLAND. Nov. 27.-Mrs. Mary Har-
din. negress 1o1 years old, died this
week at her home, s29 Pine street,
The centenarian woman began life
as a Kentucky slave.
Mrs. Hardin left son, Nathaniel
Hardin.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Guns Are Landed

BLUEFIELDS. Nicaragua. Nov 27.-
has not been at Bluehelds. but is re-
ported TO be anchored of Port Limon,
Costa Rica- A large quantity of guns
and ammunition were landed here last
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY So
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 2s. 1870!
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

ESTERDAY-CIear; west wind; maximum
temperature -. minimum IL
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Increasing cloudi
ness. with rain by night; light north winds,
cha nging to southeast. Page 81
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
BRock-LAUDER FIGHT A DRAW

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 27.- Phil
Brock of Cleveland and Leonard Lau-
der of Los Angeles fought 10 rounds
to a draw before the Royal athletic
club here tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
FARM LABORER
SUSPECTED OF
KILLING BLACK
Tracks of Fugitive Who Lurked
in Road Before Murder Lead
to Cazzeau Estate
Workman Answering Descrip=
ton of Mysterious Watcher
Missing Since Tragedy

The route of escape pursued at fran
tic speed by. the murderer of Robert c.
Black, the young engineer shot and
killed Sunday night at Ross. has been
found by Frank Farrell, father of the
dead mans affianced wife. to lead to
the residence of Emil Cazzeau. near San
Anselmo, and suspicion now points
strongly to a laborer on Cazzeau's es-
tate who left Sunday night and has not
been seen since The workman, whose
name is unknown to Cazzeau, answers
in every way TO the description given
of the man seen lurking al the corner
of Shady lane and the Lagunitas road
the night of the murder.
The resemblance is especially strong
in the eyes, of which each person that
saw the suspicious character peering
from the bushes took particular note.
Those of the iofterer of Sunday night
are described as large, and shining in
horrible fashion from white balls.
Cazzeau describes those of his former
employe as being Identical. He states
also that the further description, that
the suspect was tall, pale and smooth
shaven, also corresponds.
Farrell found that Walter Grand
jean saw the murderer run under a
footbridge near the junction of Ross
avenue and the county road. and he
succeeded, by questioning the neigh
bors, in discovering also that the fugi-
tive then went through a vacant lot
and across a roadway leading to the
Linda Vista hotel
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
she was cleaning house.
First Cause of Suspicion

Lopez had come there TO live. He
resided quietly at the house as a
workingman temporarily unemployed.
His landlady and her hard working
husband never suspected that they
were harboring a man sought for
forgery and murder until the papers,
marked with the bloody stamp eof a
huge hand, dropped out from the place
in which they had been concealed.
Sheriff Veale, his deputies and the
local detectives, who have worked on
the case, all assert their certainty
that Lopez committed the murder. Lo-
pez was yesterday brought to San
Francisco from Martinez, where he had
been questioned vainly for the last
month After having been subjected
to another grilling sweating and sud-
denly thrust into the morgue, the cur
tain that hid the body of his victim
having been drawn aside. he still re-
tanned his stoical demeanor, though
with an effort
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Missing Since Black Deed

Since Sunday night, however. the
man has not been seen. as far as
known, by any one in Ross.
The coroners jury decided last night
that Black met his death from two gun
shot wounds through the body, inflicted
by a person or persons unknown.
Frank Farrell, Anthony Marshall, who
found the body Monday morning; DIR.
j. II. Kuser, the autopsy surgeon, and
Coroner F. f. Sawyer were witnesses
at the inquest. Sawyer said that he
found hat crushed in near the body,
and picket, torn from the fence, near
by. He thought that Black may have
been struck ON the head with the picket
before the shots, were fired
The funeral was held from Coroner
Sawyers parlors at o'clock in the
afternoon and interment was in the
Mt. Tamalpais cemetery. Miss May
Farrell, the dead mans 's.sweetheart, was
present with her family, and she all but
swponed as the body was borne to the
grave.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Fugitive Seen in Alley

The man leaped into the bed of a
creek, climbed the opposite bank, and
got into narrow alley that skirts
the rear of the Fred Crocker residence,
within 100 feet of the San Anselmo
depot. He was seen running along
this alley about 1 o'clock by woman,
whose bedroom window overlooks the
passa geway. The woman has re-
quested that her name be kept secret.
The alley joins a roadway running
in the rear of the Cazzeau villa, and
the fact that the fugitive was seen
running toward that place. and that
his description fits so perfectly that
of the man seen lurking at the Lagu-
nitas road By William Nolan, Martin
Green and others. has made Sheriff
Taylor more than anxious to lay his
!. Il.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Girl Demands Vengeance

Deep as her sorrow is, Miss Farrelrs
love for Black demands vengeance.
She is living fro mhour to hour in the
hope that his murderer will be brought
to justice. IF they would only catch
him." she said. Il want to see Bob,s
murderer brought to justice. That is
all l am living for l want to know
why he was shot down in cold blood.
He is dead and some one should pay the
penalty
The coroner's jury was composed of
d. w. Martens w. c. Christoffersen, C.
w. Milan, Thomas S. Armstrong. Fritz
Ihle, Merritt Robinson and R. Kin
sella.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Finger Prints Identified

Meanwhile all efforts to secure a
single discriminating remark from
Lopez, who is man of Infinite shrewd-
ness, had proved vain. But veale, see-
ing new hope in the handprint, sent
the deed to Frank de Pue, expert OF
the Identification bureau of the state
board of prison directors, along with
samples of Lopez finger and hand
prints. De Pue reported that the prints
were those of Lopez hand
The unfolding of the story of the
murder has been an unusual one in
every way. Since the discovery that
the deed to Costa's property had been
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

CHECK PROVES WORTHLESS Martin Foy.
500 Flood avenue, Sunnyside. obtained war
rant from Police Judge Weller yesterday for
the arrest Of -I0hn Doe Mannheim a
charaf-of passing fictitious cheek for $12 on
. him November -
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Several Different Methods

Should the city authorities deter
mine 10 place the Spring Valley
proffer before the people they would
have the choice OF several different
methods. That which found favor
with some was to merge the Sierra
project and the Spring Valley into, one
proposition and to lay the question
before the electors. Others were of the
opinion that it would be better to vote
the $4,000 900 bond issue for the Lake
Eleanor and Tuolumne river system,
submit the Spring Valley tender at. a
later date. and then cancel such part
Of the Sierra system as would not be
necessary. ....
The $4,000. 600 bond issue. as out.
lined for the mountains supply, includes
local distributing system. pipe lines
along the peninsula, storage reservoirs
in the San Mateo watershed. pumping
stations and city reservoirs. All these
Spring Valley possesses. Their value Is
figured roughly at $1,000. 600. with fh..
city in possession Of Spring Valley it is
figured that a single pipe line. instead
Of double conduit. from Lake Eleanor
would suffice. This would effect a saw
ing of So. .00O. 600.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
EASTERN

Rumor current in London that Frank Gould
has been sued by actress for breach of
promise. Page II
Assassin seeks life of brother Of Amelie Rives'
former husband. Page IL
Dr. Frederick Cook. polar explorer, drops mys-
teriously from public view. Page II
Congressman Mann fears trouble with Canada
over the tariff on wood pulp and print
paper. Page 21
Mulberry street" abandoned as traditional
headquarters of New York police Page 2s
Two former judges are disbarred from prac-
tice of law in Ohio. Page 23
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

TT HE Spring Valley water com
pany made fat offer yesterday
to sell its entire plant to the city
for S55.000,000. The proposal was
given serious consideration by Mayor
Taylor City Attorney Long and the
members OF the board OF supervisors.
There is strong inclination on the
part Of the administration to accept
the tender and submit the question to
tic voters. Conferences viii be held
today and tomorrow, at which the
matter viii be fully discussed, before
definite policy Is announced. In any
case, it IS the fixed purpose to proceed
with the development of the Sierra
sources.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Believes Execution legal

CHICAGO Nov 27- - Whether
Americans or not. the Nicaraguan gov
ernment has the right. under pro-
visions of international law. to treat
as benigerents all who act against it.
If it is true that Cannon and Groce
pore arms in support of the insurree-
tiouists then there can be no action
against Nicaragua for their deaths.
This is the comment made today by
General Frederick Dent Grant U. S. A.,
following tie receipt here of cable
grams from President zelaya of Mica
ragua explaining the execution OF the
Americans
Zelaya declared the men had openly
allied themselves with the revolu-
tionary forces. and that when cap
tured they had been treated as any
other revoIutionists would have been
treated
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
COAST

Henry p. Bowie startles Bnrlingame by receiy
ing callers in oriental costume. Page 22
Of TIliamook bay. Page 2:
Infuriated baboon gnaws his trainer ant
screams Of monkeys cause his rescue. Page 23
Santa Clara college students prepare to stage
The Bells" with the assistance of an orches
ira Page A
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
BLOODY FINGER
MARkS0N DEED.
ARE IDENTIFIED
Expert Reports That They Wer,
Made by Manuel Lopez,
Costa Murder Suspect
Prisoner Thrust Into Presence
of Body, Controls Himself
and Denies His Guilt

The print of bloody fingers, clearly
outlined on the deed Manuel Costa,
whose body was found floating in the
bay Thursday, held to his little home
in Bay View. Contra Costa county, is
the proof, out of a mass of queer and
isolated bits of evidence that Sheriff
r. r. Veale of Martinez declares points
with certainty to the guilt of Manuel
Lopez. the man now held by him. Lopez
steadfastly denies his guilt He did so
even when confronted with the dead
body of Costa yesterday; but Frank
de Pue, state Identification expert, has,
Sheriff Veale says, identified the
ghastIy finger prints positively as those
of Lopez.
The documents taken from Costa S
pocket by his murderer lay in the dust
behind picture in the Fruitvale home
in which Lopez lived until discovered
there by the horrifed housewife as
a,lo., 4
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Would Reduce Cost

IT is estimated therefore that $4,000
600 could be cut from the cost Of the
Sierra system if the city took over
Spring Valley. In this way the engi-
neers figure that the combined plants
would come to s5S.000, 900.
with this in mind the suggestion was
advanced that the matter might be
thus placed before the people at one
election. If this course IS to be pursued
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
FIees From Arrest

Veale started to arrest Lopez, but
the man fled. Later he was found liv-
ing at the residence of Joseph Betten-
court in Fruitvale. Sheriff Barnet
went to arrest him and Lopez, after
seeing the. officers in the front yard,
came out and surrendered He was
sent to Martinez.
Mrs Bettencourt was dusting her
house week later when she pulled a
picture out from the dining room wall
to dust behind it, and on the floor fell
the deed to Costa's property bearing
the print OF the bloody fingers. The
shock of the gruesome find unnerved
the woman for a time, but as soon as
possible she took the papers to District
Attorney Donahue of Alameda county,
and he knowing of the case, decided
that Lopez, having seen the officers
were about to arrest him. had hidden
the deed before showing himself The
paper was sent to Sheriff veale at
No
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Last Seen With Lopez

Lopez and Costa disappeared Octo-
ber % from Siege, near the quarry
where they lived and worked at Bay
View, and came to San Francisco
though Lopez stated that they were
going out to buy ranch. They were
last seen together October 80 in a
saloon in Davis street. and shortly
after this Lopez returned to Bay View,
saying that his friend had left, after
borrowing money from him.
Sheriff yeale was not sure that the
disappearance of Costa was a mere
journeying away, for he had heard that
Lopez had quarreled with the man re-
garding house and lot at Bay View,
valued at less than $4,000. Lopez had
claimed an interest in the place. Be
fore he had been home a week the
laborer had led Sheriff .Veale to the
conclusion that his fears of foul play
were not unfounded. He had forced
B. Domingo at the point of pistol to
forge Costa's name to pay checks on
the quarry company aggregating $50.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Report of Landing

While government officials were reti-
cent about verifying the report of the
sending of the aultimatum. it's truth
was vouched for by the highest au-
thority.
Following quick on the heels of the
sending of the uItimatum came the re-
port that a body of marines from the
L. S. s. Des Moines had been landed at
Greytown. Nieara qua. and other private
dispatches sent TO New York stated
that United States forces had been
Landed at Bluehelds. Nicaragua Nei-
ther of these reports could be con-
firmed in Washington.
The air here is file dwith war and
rumOrs of war. 1t is generally felt
that the next "a hours viii see either
a solution of the entire trouble or
clash between Nicaragua and the
United States The greatest secrecy is
heinU maintained
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
MARINE

Harbor commissioners prepare for construction
Of 1000 feet more Of seawall and move tenants
of wharyes to be torn down. Page zs
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Silence Is Ominous

No whisper of impending action is
given out by any of the governments
officials, but the very secrecy makes
pa1pable the seriousness of the situa-
tiOn. One thing is certain and that is
that the United States government has
reached the end of its forbearance and
patience Unless Zelaya changes his
tactics and gives proper heed TO the
demands of this government blue
Jackets from American vessels will
take the question into their own hands
and settle it in their own peculiar
fashion
According to dispatches. chaos reisns
in Nicaragua A wireless message re-
eeived tonight from General Estrada.
leader of the revoIutiOnists. by Senior
Castrillo. representative of the revolu-
ZIONIST party at Washington. declared
that the Nicaraguan congress had
ceased to exist. Some OF it's members
were prisoners in the hands of the rev.
olutionists and the others had fled.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28

COntInued on PaEe "a. Colu
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-11-11
Communicate.

To the Town and COMMUNICATIVE
Young Mems Baraca Class, as you know,
was organized in our town about one
year ago. As to the object OF the class,
large majority of our people, know,
are ignorant; or if they are not, then they
are criticising us unjustly. If you were
to go along our streets and see man down
and out, or drunk, what would you do or
say? Or if a young man would start on the
downward path and in rash moment
commit some crime, what would be said
of him ?
God in His infinite wisdom created all
men alike. As they grow into young
manhood some lose control of their will
power with which they were endowed al
birth. Is it not proper and ChriSt-like
for those who have controlled the power
with which they were endowed to help
those who are in the gutter? Did Jesus
Christ move among one class OF people
alone? No Remember His words,
when he said, Even as you do it unto
the least OF these, you do it unto me-"
Our class so far has not degraded any
one we have tried to upbuild humanity,
and not degrade IT. Instead of your crit
icisms, we want your prayers-the pray
ers OF the good people OF our town and
community, in the work we are trying to
do. q. is.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-11-11

Ii is understood that the United States
Government will undertake to seine the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal next month
when the water is drawn off for the winter
provided no objection is raised by Colonel
Nlcholon, manager and superintendent OF
the canal. Sportsmen say thatthouSands Of
black bass ranging in size from two or
three inches in length two pounds in
weight can be returned to the Potomac il
persons of authority are on hand when
the water is drawn off to protect the fish.
II the Government will do the Seineing, it
is proposed to guard the pools and deep
places where the fish congregate and TO
replace them in the river II is estimated
that about 100000 fish can in this way be
returned to the river Some years ago
when the water was drawn off small bass
and other fish were captured or destroyed
by persons living along the canal.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-11-11
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