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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
JOHN CLAUDIANES
GETS LONG DELAY
Attorney Nat COghlan Secures
Continuance Until After
Session of Legislature

OAKLAND. Dec. 31.-Delay of three
months was granted TO John Claudianes
when he appeared before Judge Waste
today to have his case set for trial
The action was taken az the request
of Nat Coghlan, attorney for John, who
pleaded that he was a member of the
state legislature and would have to be
in Sacramento during the coming ses-
sion. Coghlan called attention TO an
old statute, which prevents undue haste
in cases where the attorney of record
is an elected representative of the
people about to engage in the making
Of laws. April 2 was the date chosen.
District Attorney Donahue concurred
in the motion for delay on the ground
of a decided saving of county money.
He said that the new trial jury panel
would be available al that time and
that jury could probably be secured
without the expense of special venires.
Members Of the old panel are disQual-
ified. as all were examined for the trial
of Peter Claudianes on the same in
dictment on which John will face JUS
tice
The stay of execution granted Peter
Claudianes, who was convicted and sem
fenced to life Imprisonment for dyna
miting a house in an effort to kill
James L. Gallagher. expired at o'clock
this afternoon, and the commitment
was handed to the sheriff's Office. Peter
may not be removed from the county
jail until Saturday.
Coghlan is conducting Peters appeal,
but announced that mis- client was will
ing to wait the outcome at San Quentin
instead of remaining in the county jail.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
IF THE FOUR COUNTIES BORDERING SAN FRANCISCO BAY
.LARKSPUR ERRED
IN incorporation
Attorney General Webb's Opin=
ion May Lead to Quo War
ranto Proceedings

Quo warranto proceedings may be in
stftuted in the name of the people of
the state of California by interested
tax payers of Iarkspur. Marin county,
before the superior court of that
county, to have ousted and declared
void the Incorporation of~the place At
torney General Webb gave his opinion
tion of Jean Escalle, through his at
torney, Henry B. Lister of the Pacttic
building.
The point made. in Webbs opinion. is
that the board of supervisors OF Marin
county erred in the call for the special
election at which the Larkspur people
voted to Incorporate. The election
proclamation declared that the polls
should be open from 6 o'clock in the
morning until 5 in the evening. Under
the constitution of thes state such spe-
cial elections shall be conducted in con-
formity with the general election laws
and at the time the election was held,
in March of this year, the law pro-
vided that the polls should be open
from to 6.
1t was further argued by the petit
TONER that the polls did not open until
$3.50 o'clock in the morning and on that
dCCOuAlL InduJ ptLSOA1S WI WO0Au AAe-f 2
voted against the Incorporation were
deprived of their vote, owing to the
fact that they worked in San Francisco
and had to leave early. The vote stood
101 for Incorporation and SO opposed.
The chief objection to the incorpora-
tion of Larkspur is that the trustees,
Frank Craig. John t. Foley, William
Kennedy, William Won Meyerinck and
A. E. Woods. have levied large and,
it is contended, unnecessary assess
ments on the community and have spent
large portion of the income of the
town on salaried officers.
If the view of the attorney general
of the state is sustained by the court.
the Incorporation of the town can not
be validated by the legislature.
Under the law the citizens of Lark
spur could not bring quo warranto
proceedings to test the validity of the
Incorporate tion of the town without the
permission of the attorney general
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
Mill MARKS new
ERA IN GOLDFIELD
Consolidated Starts Machinery
Which Will Handle
Much Ore

The beginning of the new era in
by the starting of the Goldfeld con-
soIidated mill last Saturday. Before
the start was made the machinery was
fully tested. Excepting accidents it
will now proceed to run steadily and
with what may be implied by its ca
pacity to treat 500 tons of ore day.
The beginning OF the milling opera
tions was marked by a banquet given
by George Wingheld, at which all the
heads of departments and the men who
have been engaged in mill construction
were guests. The plant cost about
5000, 900, including about 20 miles Of
railroad.
The gold milling work of the con-
solidated companys plant will be sup
plemented by the operations of the
Florence MILL which is about ready to
run regularly. A daily output of $4,000
Is expected from the two mills, reck-
oning the ore to be handled at $50
ton only. The annual output on this
basis will be, from these two plants
alone, $S,655, ,0G0. The basis of $50 a
ton, according to the Goldfield News.
is considered to be fair minimum
valuation of what ore on long runs
will show The two large plants have
40 stamps, each of which will handle
five tons of ore a day.
Some delay has been caused in the
starting of the Florence mill by the
construction of the pipe line to carry
water. That is practically completed.
A large amount of water has been coll
lected in reservoirs.
The first shipment of ore has been
made from the Daisy Florence lease on
the Cornishman claim of the Florence
group. This came from the 315 foot
level.
The mill Of the Johnnie Consolidated
mine has been started and II out of 16
stamps are crushing ore. Al ID. Myers
is president and general manager of
the Johnnie Consolidated.
According to the Goldfeld News the
old Palmetto mill at Palmetto camp
has been leased to John Franks of
Goldfeld, who will operate it in con-
nection with the Sand Springs group
of claims in Tule canyon.
The ST. Ives lease on the St Ives
claim. so says the Goldfeld News. will
begin to ship in January. Ore has been
sacked UP in the bins. Codd, the man
ager, says that the lease has been pay
ing expenses for some time.
The Crown Point Globe mine at
Johnnie, according to the Goldfield
News, produced between $4,000 and
$4,000 In November.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
Telegraphic Brevities

TORPEDO BOATS ARRIvE-vallejo, Dec 81
The torpedo boat destroyers Preble. Hopkins
and Fox arrived from San Diego today The
Preble and Hopkins are to be overhaulad and
the Fox will be placed out Of commission.
Word has been received here to the effect that
the Pacific fleet will return to Magdalena bay
toward the end of February.
NEGRO JAILED-Los Angeles, Dec a.
Thomas Smith, negro in is the county Jail,
where he brought from San Diego yesterday
charged with conspiring with Mrs. Emma Hut
son. wife of a Pasadena negro, to poison the
latter for his property and life Insurance
Smith denies his guilt
FOUR YEAR OLD BOY COMMITS SUICIDE
which he crawled after setting fire to himself,
the ncinerated body of the four year old son
of Michael Dolan was found yesterday.
TRAIN KILLS cLERK-Orange Cal, Dec
31.-Frank Griffith, clerk, killed by a
Santa Fe train between this city and Anaheim
tonight. The trainmen say he must have been
drinking heavily and gone to sleep the
track.
JEFFRIES IN JAIL-Los. Angeles Dec 81
L. E. Jeffries a cousin of James J. Jefries,
was arraigned in the police court today on a
charge of making threats against the life OF
Grant Hughes of the Hughes manufacturing
January 4 and his bail was hxed at 81, 200.
He was sent to Jail In default Of ball.
WATER IN WELLS Low-PetaIuma, Dec.
1.-The wells in the vicinity Of Corona, near
Petaluma show alarming decrease in the
water Many farmers have been compelled TO
sink their wells deeper to supply their needs.
This condition in the winter has never been
known before and the cause cannot be accounted
for.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
PREMIER CLEMENCEAJ
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Corsican Fires Shots in DireG-
tion of French Officials Office

PARIS. Dec. 31-A disaffected Cor
sican fired a revolver several times
this afternoon in the direction Of the
Office of Premier Clemenceau. The
COrsican was arrested
N. Clemenceau had a narrow es-
cape. He was seated beside the win
dow through which crashed two bullets
from tho revolver of Beneditti. the
Corsican- At the sound OF the firing
NJ. ClenenCeau arose and opened the
window. In the street was an excited
individual brandishing revolver and
crying Down with the tyranti Long
live the republfc."
At this moment the premier's foot
man, revolver in hand. rushed from
the building and started toward Bene-
detti-
f.Don't fire." shouted NJ Clemenceau
to the foOtman- Don't fire" yelled
the Corsican, Il have thrown away my
gun"
Benedltti then submitted to arrest.
He declared he was aggIieved at N.
Clemenceau, who. as minister OF the
interior, had refused him authority to
launch lottery scheme. The man fred
five shots.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
JACOB MAYER DIES AT
HIS HOME IN PORTLAND
Pioneer Merchant Was Promi-
nent Member of Masons

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 31.-Jacob
Mayer, pioneer of Portland and mem
Der of the wholesale dry goods firm
of Fleischner. Mayer & Co. of this
city, with branches in Spokane and
Seattle, died today of old age.
Mr. Mayer was born in Hesse- Darn
stadt, Germany, May Z, 1926. He came
to America in 1912 and lived in New
Orleans until 1S49. when he started for
the Pacific coast He came to Portland
in 1857
Mr. Mayer was the oldest and best
known Mason on the Pacific coast and
had world wide reputation in the Ma
sonic order. He was the Pacific coast
representative of the grand lodge of
England, having been appointed to that
position by King Edward when the
king was the prince of Wales.
Mr.. Mayer was. the father of Mrs.
Solomon Hirsch of Portland, widow OF
the former ambassador of the United
States to Turkey; Mrs. A. Zadig and
Mrs. M. Blum of San Francisco, Mrs
Oscar Meyer of Boston and Mark A.
Mayer of New York.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
THREE INJURED IN CRASH
OF GEARY STREET CABLES
Grip Catches and Car Dashes
Into Rear of One in Lead

Three persons were injured in col
lision between two cable cars on the
Geary street line at Buchanan street
last night The injured were ]. II. MUIR
ray, 4S Boyce street, cut about the head
and face and numerous contusions; M.
c. Morehart, a conductor on the Geary
street line living at 3175 Turk street,
internal injuries and back wrenched,
and Mrs. Julia Mulverhill, sos Fifth
avenue. right shoulder fractured.
The gripman of the car which crashed
into car 40 was unable 20 release his
grip on the cable and his car bumped
into the one in front. Conductor More
hart was jammed between the two
cars. Mrs. Mulverhill was thrown to
the floor of the car with such force
as to fracture her shoulder, and MUIR
ray was hurled part way through a
window. All of the injured were taken
TO the central emergency hospital for
treatment.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
LARKSPUR SALOON SAFE
SMASHED AND ROBBED
Thieves Secure $500 and Par
take of Liquid Refreshments

LARKSPUR, Dec. S1.-After blowing
open the safe in Stringa & Morellis
saloon with two heavy charges of
nitroglycerine, burglars carried away
500 cash and the firms bank books
and papers this morning.
About o'clock there were two
heavy detonations in quick succession,
but those who were awakened by the
noise did not think enough of the mat
ter to investigate
When Stringa went down to open the
saloon for the day he found the cash
register and slot machines had been
wrenched open and robbed. Cigars,
broken bottles and TASKS had been
thrown about the bar room in wild
confusion.
A side window had been battered in.
and on the floor in front Of the safe
were found a heavy pick and hammer
and the remnants of a comforter.
The police are looking for two men
who were seen around the saloon re-
Gently, but have disappeared.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
Suburban Brevities

RoBBER ESCAPES IN BUGeY-Oakland
Dec S1.--The robber who held up the crew OF
u Hayward car at the eastern terminus OF the
Hne escaped in light buggy. according TO a
report by Constable Ramage. Ramage found
the rig within 100 yards Of the OF the
holdup.
AMENDS MARTIN JUDGMENT ROLL-Oak-
land Dec. 31.-TechnicaI amendment to the
Judgment roll against Mrs. Isabella J. Martin
was allowed by Superior Judge Wells today
motion to amend was made by Deputy District
Attorney Burpee and no objection was raised by
Attorney b. Wyman. who had defended Mrs.
Martin.
CHILDREN GUESTS AT FESTIvAL-Oak-
land. Dec. 3f.-Children OF the West Oakland
home were the guests OF honor at Christmas
tree festival last night Mrs. J, A. Miller was
chairman OF the evening and was assisted by
Mrs Henry q Mehrmann. Mrs. William A.
Schrock Mrs. ]. A. Beretta. Mrs. Walter d.
Reed, Airs. Fred E. Reed. Miss Lon Denson
Miss Grace Trevor. Mrs. b. N. de Leon. Miss
Binney. Miss Phoebe Binney.
HoNCRED BY KTNG-0akland. Dec s1-
R. a. s. Encarnaeao. whose voice Is well known
In church circles here. has received the batige
OF the Portuguese order OF Our Lord Jesus
Christ The decoration was given By Mig
Emanuel OF Portugal The badge was won in
1901. Encarnacao sang before the father OF the
present king and the latter since his accession
to the throne has conferred the honor upon the
singer. Encarnacao toured the old world with
AZ opera company.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
CUSTOMS REPORTS
SHOW FALLING off
Statistics Indicate Satisfactory
Business, but Not as Good
as Previous Year

Statistics showing the amount Of
business transacted through the Gus
toms house Of this port during the last
year have been gathered by II. z.
Farmer chief clerk of customs, and
show a satisfactory business, although
not as good as the previous year. This
falling OF is attributed 10 the financial
panic, The scarcity OF money generally
and the national election. which al
ways has a depressing effect on i'm
portauons. and especially this year
owing TO the uncertainty of the tariff.
The amount Of merchandise ano
building material destroyed in the fire
OF TWO years ago caused large i'm
portation IN 1906 and 1907 along these
lines Cement and structural steel and
other building materials subject to a
high rate of duty increased the re-
ceipts for 1906 and 1907 abnormally.
The number OF entries passed is al
ways considered a safe test of the
amount OF business transacted, and De-
putty Collector y. :. Farley. head Of
the entry and marine divisions, re-
ports the following:
The number OF entries for the year 1906. d. .09T
The number OF entries for the year 1907. 26. .213
The number Of entries FOR the year 1905. "a 339
The total tonnage Of vessels, outward
and inward. exceeds that Of any pre-
vious year. as viii be seen from the
following list Of vessels entered from
and cleared 10 foreign ports, tonnage
befng net.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
WARMLY
DEBATE RESOLUTION
Measure Asking Removal OF
the County Superintendent
From Politics Passes
Especial Dispatch to The Call

SAN nOSE Dec 3t.-The CLOSING
borrs of the forty-second annual con-
ventien of the California state teaeh-
ers' association. the greatest niF
in every respect ever held by tne or
ganization. were important ana IRA ~
with some difficulty a HVeiy oos.s' '
arose over the introduction OF = IeS
luton by the committee on resol1tionS
asking the state legislature to pass d
law removing the Office or county 81
perintendent OF schools from pohtics'
on the grounds that the present elec-
tion system does not make 1or the
highest efficiency in country schools
This resolution was framed at the
meeting OF the association OF county
superintendents held at TahOe some
months ago. and which was revised
amended and made much stronger at
the meeting of the council OF educa-
ton Monday evening 1t was finally
adopted
All but so of the 5000 teachers who
had attended the meeting had LETT the
hall in order to catch trains for home
when the resolution was introduced.
and a small san Francisco delegation
bitterly opposed its adoption DlSsen-
sion became rife and the debate rose to
high pitch. superintendent Romeo
vieri and Deputy superintendent James
Ferguson of San Francisco and Hu8h
J. Baldwin of San Diego were the
leaders of the insurgents. William g
Wood Of Alameda. Frank F. Bunker or
Berkeley, Samuel COhn OF Alameda and
Percy Dawson of Stanford spoke IN
favor of the resolution
The high school section OF the con-
vention met this morning Edward
Hyatt state superintendent Of pubic
instruction; DR.. G. Stanley Hail. presi-
dent of Clark college; DIT David starr
Jordan, Duncan McKinnOn OF the Ma
tional Educational association and otk-
ers spoke today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
WORLDS GOLD OUTPUT
$427, 100000 FOR YEAR
Amount Is Increase of SI6,445,-
600 Over Preceding Period

WASHINGTON, Dec 3I-The worlds
total gold output in 1903 was S427. 600
900, aga inst $41O. $4,000 in 1907 ac-
cOrding 10 tOday's preliminary esti-
mate OF Director OF the Mint Leach
Gold prod uction in the United States
aggregated S96.313,256. an increase of
almost s6.000.000. Silver aggregated
51.79S.053 fine ounces, a net decrease OF
4,700,000 ounces from the previous wear
Africa yielded s165.0e0 900 in gold. an
increase of more than $4,000 O0O
Alaska, California. Colorado and south
Dakota showed increases in gold reach
creaSes in Utah Of $500. 600 ounces
Colorado OF 1.25O.000 ounces and Idaho
OF 100000 ounces were notable ia the
silver output.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
WIFE CHARGES SPOUSE
SPENT CHILD'S $40
Declares Husband Took Girls
Money and Asks Divorce

Eva May Hoist, who sued Edward
Hoist for divorce yesterday. charged
that three weeks after marriage her
husband took the contents of a house
bank, amounting to $40, belonging to
Mrs. Holsts year old daughter by a
former husband. and spent it Hoist
is accused Of having procured the
money by representing that he would
deposit Il in a savings bank for the
child.
other suits for divorce filed yester-
day were.
Alexander Kirkwood against Bessie
Hood KirlCwood, inf1delity; Gfuseppf
Pinnoci against Louisa Pinnoci cru
city; Charles Roberts against Lydia
A. Roberts, cruelty
Divorces were granted yesterday as
follows:
BY Judge Mogan-Mary 7. Reed from
Harry c. Reed, cruelty BY Judge
Cabanfss-Myra 9. Gay from John
ADRIAN Cay.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01

formal opening tonight at the Hotel
st. Mark
Society turned out to watch out the
yea1 in the hotels and cafes.
At the Hotel st. Mark there were;
Rupert Whitehead and party of IA:
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Beretta, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. II. Norris, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
M. Kelley, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry p. Dali
ton, G. A. Bistorious. Edwin B. Bull
and a party of 10; Harry w. Bishop
and a party of six; C. E. Dickey. c.
Abbott, Mrs. Robert Ashe, Mrs. Cam
eron f. Friend with four guests; Mr..
and Mrs. B. B. Myers, f. G. Lukens,
w. G.. Mitchell, George Heintz, r. For
sythe. III. Soule. w. e. Griffith, with
seven friends: Mr.. and Mrs. 3. II. Rec
ords and T. n. McCauley.
Company f. Fifth regiment National
guard of California, gave its thirty
third anniversary ball at the armory.
Twentieth and Broadway.
At Piedmont club house a local or
ganization known as "the jolly Fell
lows" gave an elaborate banquet. Sig
Klein arranged the affair, at which
Judge George Samuels acted as toast
master. o
AT Highland, Fruitvale. there was a
masquerade ball under the auspices of
the Highland Improvement club. given
in Rochdale hall. The committee in
charge consisted of f. A. Maimone,
r. +. Hood, f. E. Polk, c. S. Frank
and O. MCCULLOUGH.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
SAN RAFAEL TO HAVE
NEW $4,000 THEATER
w. A. Powning Cables From
Europe to Start Work

SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 31.-San Rafael
is to have a new $4,000 opera house.
which is to be built in Fourth street
opposite the old Garden theater.
w. A. Powning, who is the backer of
the project, cabled today from Europe
to have the work on the new structure
started ait once.
The building is to be three stories
high, anof~ the first floor in front will
be devoted to stores. The theater will
have a seating capacity of 500 in the
orchestra and dress circle and 400 in
the gallery.
Thomas Phillips, the present manager
of the Garden theater, will be manager
of the new playhouse.
Powning expects to return to San
Rafael the latter part of this month.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
CAUGHT, SENTENCED,
IN CELLS IN Is HOURS
Bandits Make Record Breaking
Journey to Penitentiary

PORTLAND. Ore, Dec. 31.-Landed
in the penitentiary at Salem in is
hours after the commission of their
crime is the speedy manner in which
justice was meted out to Al Miller and
Herman Schwartz, the pair who stole a
Rose City park car last night after
robbing the carmen. Judge Genten-
bein sentenced Miller to u years i'm
prisonment and Schwartz to Is years.
The following is the Chronological
account of the experience of the pair
ending with their incarceration in the
penitentiary tonight:
Robbed and stole car at 1880 D. m.
Miller arrested / o'clock.
Schwartz captured 2:45.
Arraigned at 1920.
Indicted at 3 o'clock.
Pleaded guilty and sentenced at $3.50.
Left for penitentiary at ais.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
SENATE WILL PROSECUTE
SECRET SERVICE INQUIRY
Senator Hale Says Report Will
Be Made Before March 4

WASHINGTON, Dec. S1.-That the
proposed inquiry by the senate com
mittee on appropriations into the meth
DDS of the secret service viii be com
prehensive was stated today by Sen
ator Hale, acting chairman OF the COM
mittee. He said:
The presidents message is only sec
ondary in it's Importance as affecting
this investigation.
The report of the committee will not
be in any way limited as an answer to
that message. Nor is there any inten-
tion of prolonging the investigation un-
til after the 4th of March. Indeed I
doubt whether it ever entered the mind
of the most ina ginative of sen ators to
call President Roosevelt as witness
when he becomes a private citizen
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
COUNSEL PROVIDED FOR
LIEUT.. THOMAS A. JONES
Court Martial Will Proceed
Wednesday Morning

The court martial of Lieutenant
Thomas A. Jones is to proceed at the
Presidio "Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock. The case was commenced last
Wednesday, but was put over because
Jones wanted Captain Harry w. New
ton, now stationed at Fort Wopden,
Wash. to act as his counsel. General
Smith wired to Washington regarding
Jones' request, and yesterday a reply
came from the war department that
Newton had been ordered to report to
this department at once to act in
Jones behalf
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
no HEAR ELECTION CONTESTS

The contests of election Instituted
On pe1n aea;ns3 o 4hJ 1obn Hsge state
senator elect from the twenty third
district, and by Thomas Roberts
against George J. Black, assemblyman
be heard tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock before Justice of the Peace
Bernard J. Flood. sitting as a special
commissioner. The contests came up
before Justice Flood yesterday morning
but were continued until Saturday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
MExIcANs MUST STAND TRIAL

Los ANGELES, Dec. 31.-The appeal
to the supreme court of the United
States in the cases of Magon, Villareal
and Riviera, the Mexican revolution
lists will be dismissed next week on
motion of the defense. This will make
the removal order of Judge Wellborn
effective, and the three defendants will
be sent to Arizona. there to stand trial
on the charge of violating the neutral
fty laws.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-01
SANTA ROSA ACTIVITY

SANTA ROSA. Dec S1.-Ths Santa
Rosa city council has issued building
permits for the year ending TO-DAY
amounting to more than a quarter 81
a million dollars Tie list Comprises n
new federal postof11ce building. numer-
Gus store buildings. fats. residences
cottages, additions, etc. An unusually
large number OF handsome new homes
have been erected during the wear a.
well as smaller homes for the wOrkin<
class.