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Evening journal., 1909-12-27
Monday, December 27. 1909
GIFTS TO EMPLOYEES.

II lie corporations of New York poured out
4 their thousands in Christmas gifts. The
large corporations showered presents upon thei.
employees with a lavish hand, and the smaller
concerns were not backward, according to their
means. In some instances these gifts amounted
TO very large percentage Of the salaries of the
men.
This is practical work that serves to knit
employers and employees closer together and goes
a long way towards solving the always present
and veNng question OF the relations of capital
and labor 1t is a sort of proht-sharing and in
dicates the lines that will be followed in solving
many of the every day problems
lhc year has been remarkable for the deyel-
opment in this directions. Many corporations
have started pension schemes and profit sharing
plans all with view to giving employees great
reward for their labors and interesting them
in them 1t seems to be the best kind of coop
Grafton that puts to the front as managers the
most capable thereby making the entire work.
ing force of concern most effective
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
runs "-Evcrybody's Magazine.

ezekiel Esquire Jordan" Doubleday
Page and Co, collects all those funny lit
tie negro stories by Lucy Pratt which
have appeared in Ncclure's magazine.
Miss Pratt was a teacher at Hampton In
sutute and her book has the charm Of
personal Renaissance.
Decidedly clever in caricaiure and text
are the "dghting faces" In the January
Success; by the way they are senators.
not johnson and Jenries. In this number
Success joins the ranks Of magazines writ
ing cheerful articles on Cannonism. one
OF the most interesting contributions is
the Negro Idea OF Marriage" The au-
thor Of Madame Butterfly finishes tho
unjust Judge" It tells needed. truths,
but it is a sermon rather than a story.
Those who have watched the antics Of
the famous chimpanzee Peter will be
interested in the tests given to him by
DR.. Lightner Wilmer, OF the University or
Pennsylvania, recorded in the current
number of the Psychological Clinic. Peter
strung beads, opened and closed locks
hammered nails said mama" and wrote
the letter ''W' on the blackboard, with
all the ease of a kindergarten graduate
DIR. Wilmer thinks Peter goes a long way
to justify the mature takers stories
Evidently animals know moro than we
give them credit for. and are laughing up
their sleeves at our ignorance.
So many Of the magazines this year are
nothing but sermons, I'm editorial. fiction,
poetry. and even An their advertisements
that It is refreshing to find a good batch
Of just stories in the January American
Magazine; such as Simon the Jester, The
Voice OF Authority, Ernest and the Latch
key, and tho Slaughter OF the Sandy
clawses. Stewart Edward White begins
a new serial on mountain-cabin expert
ences.
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
Has InterestIna Letter.

County Comptroller Philemma Chand
Ter has autograph letter which he re-
ceived from Secretary of State Will
liam H. Seward. under date of Febru-
airy 1, 1865. It is a reply to a missive
which Mr.. Chandler sent the official
in washington congratulating him on
his achievement in bringing about the
purchase of Alaska by the United
States. Mr. Chandler, at that time,
was a farmer at Centreville. He was
an active Republican. however, and
was. in those comparatively early days,
an expansionist.
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
Chatty Stories OF the Day

Alexander Ure. the Lord Advocate Of Scotland is a
keen golfer aud has good Of gohng tales
against himself
Playing a certain course in Scotland he remarked
incidentally 70 his caddie
by the way. 1 played a with Todd AIcGregor
Tie last time was here. Grand player, AcGregori'
Ay said the eadde "hut ye could bate AcGregor the
noo.r
do you think sop exclaimed the gratihed Lord Ad-
vocate, being well aware Of McGregor's prowess
"Ay drawled the cadde "AicGregor's doid"-Golf-
ing
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
stoeokIe,s EmpIoyss Entsr.aIned.

The one hundred employees of the
Joseph Stoeckle Brewing Company
were remembered in a generous man
ner Friday by the officials of the COM
pany, for each man was presented
with a big turkey and with a IS gold
piece. The men were called to the
home OF Harry J. Stoeckle, the presi-
dent of the company, at Fifth and
Adams streets, and there Mr.. StoecSle
made a pleasing address before he pre-
sented tn mn with the gifts.
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
Ronnht Park PIaos pwelIinn.

Henry b. Seeds has sold his three
story brick dwelling No. 500 Park
Place to George B. Seeds. for s4SOO.
The Sale was made by Peter r. Wright
Of the wilmington Trust Company and
W. Scott Vernon.
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
Bouuht a New Residenoe.

William b. Mason has purchased
from William A. Schoolmaster a fine
stone front residence. No, 421 West
Twenty-third street. The price paid
was $1,000
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

that the people of Wilmington received was
demonstration of the fact of the high cost of
living. Turkeys were higher in price here than
in any of the surrounding places, according to
all reports
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

Mental exatation is the only possible explana-
ton for the vision in which Governor Pennewill
is seen as building up a Republican machine
with Mr. Kitchen as the manager, which is to
control the Republican party in Delaware. Real
" the governor pays but little attention to the
criticisms of the opposition, for they made their
iercest fight upon him during the campaign
which resulted in his election and their prophe-
cics were call to the bad"
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

About the only thing that can stop the
progress Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is King Snow And the Snow King did it
very cffectuay but not without struggle
How the railroad employees have been working,
battling against the elements, and they deserve
much credit They are always faithful
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

Hope the doctors have not been too busy with
the "day after effects The physicians are en-
titled to a little Christmas cheer
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

Congratulations to the police who gladdened
the hearts Of scores Of children and made Christ
mas day of real happiness to them.
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

There could be no greater holiday gift to the
city than pure water from our new filter.
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

The United States Mortgage and Trust
Company Of New York, is publishing a
beautifully book Of the Trust COM
panies OF tho United States, twenty non
paren pages Of them. the officers, direct
ors and financial conditions. There are
1904 companies. with total resources Of 81
6iO,36e 27S.59. The publishers say the trust
companies have never occupied so strong
a position in the banking world as they
do to-day.
Truth is "Sassier" Than Fiction.
Most southerners are gallant. An ex-
ception is the Georgian who gave his son
this advice.
MY boy. never run after a woman or
a street car-there viii be another one
along in a minute or two."--Everybody's
Magazine.
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

The man who asked for a White Christmas
''got all that was coming to him" with interest
fully paid
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WARMERS COAL

Guaranteed, quality ana weisht
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

Be cheerful and don't grumble about the
weather
Evening journal., 1909-12-27

The Cowaroiy Ea and the yellow
Statesman.
'When I arose 10 speak, related
martyred statesman some one hurled a
base. oowardly egg at me and Il struck
me I'm the chest"
"And what kind OF. an egg might that
be?" asked fresh young man.
"A base, cowardly egg" explained the
statesman. "is one that hits you and then
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
oFFIcIAL ENDORSEMENT.

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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
WEDS SILK AGENT
WHEN RIVAL SUES
Mrs. Catherine Clark Becomes
Wife of Frank Benney and
Laughs at Damage Claim

OAKLAND, Nov 9.-Though the
courts may decree that Charles NJ
Knapp. boat designer is entitled to
recoyer 100000 for a broken heart and
$4,000 additional for the presents he
lavished on the object of his love. it
is now out of the power of any one to
decree that he will win Mrs. Catherine
Clark. the woman whom he sued for all
those sums several days ago. as she is
now Mrs. Frank Benney
When the suit for dana ges for
breach of promise to marry was begun
against her. Mrs. Clark, who is a di-
vorcee. thought it would be better TO
face it double" Last Saturday she
and Benney, who is silk salesman,
went to Redwood City and with the
assistance of a deputy county clerk and
Rev. A. c. -Parker-were made man and
wife.
Mrs. Benney laughs at Knapp's
claims. He may have promised me
$4,000 worth of presents."- she says
and l guess that's what he is thinking
of when he says that 1 got that much
from him. 1t was moreslike s2o.y
Benney was the real. choice of the
woman. it now appears, and if it had
not been for a tiff between them Knapp
would never have figured at all. Mrs.
Benneys matrimonial experiences be-
gan with her wedding to George Clark.
a printer. She secured divorce from
him, but retained his surname Then
Benney came along and the arrange
soon as the final decree of divorce was
granted. Then there was a lovers
quarrel. and to revenge herself on
Benney Mrs Clark permitted the at
tentions of Knapp
The latter declared in the suit he
brought that she had promised repeat
edly to marry him. Each promise was
followed shortly after by a plausible
excuse for delay, he declared. but he
secured another promise and hoped
again until a few days ago, when he
realized that the promises were not
made to be kept In the meantime. he
said, he had bought theater tickets.
ice cream, adornments and other gifts
to the value of $4,000
Whether or net the woman was hop
ing all along that Benney would be re-
stored to her affections and put off
Knapp until the desired result was OBJ
tanned she declined today to confess.
The couple will live in San Francisco.
Meanwhile they have prepared to COM
BAT Knapp's claim and have retained
Attorney A. c. Swalley, who will file a
demurrer in a few days. Benney is
Pacific coast representative of an east
ern silk importing firm.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
DONAHU[ TAKES
STAND FOR STATE
District Attorney Adds Link in
Prosecutions Chain Against
John De LanCey

OAKLAND Nov 9.-District Attor-
ney William H. Donahue. who has con-
Quoted the Investigations in former
Public Administrator George Gray's Of
flee from the first disclosures, took the
witness stand today as the last wit
ness for the prosecution against Attor-
ney John S. de Lancey.
Donahue confined his testimony. to
the relation of conversations which he
had had with De Lancey regarding cash
due Gray. Donahue's testimony was
then compared with that given by De
Lancey before the grand jury on the
first session devoted to the inyestiga-
tion.
These conversations beginning in May
epitomized De Lancey's attitudes on
the question of depositing all cash be-
longing to. the estates in his care in the
county treasury. In May De Lancey
was quoted as saying that all money
due Gray which. had come into his
hands during his second term of office
had been deposited in, the county treas
ury. De Lancey for time held the
opinion that Judge Browns order di-
recting the deposit applied only to the
estates handled during Gray's second
term
Every cent is in the treasury for
the second term Donahue said De
Lancey told him. August 81 De Lam
cey on demand refunded $4,000 by
check. said Donahue.. This was after
he had testified before the grand jury
that he had only s766 of estate funds
in his private account and that that
had come into his custody since July l.
The transcript of the grand jury testi-
Later De Lancey refunded s22 900,
including $4,000 alleged to have been
embezzled from the George Hite Cook
estate, for which he is now on trial.
Donahue, in keeping with the general
policy of the prosecution, sought to
show today that De Lancey deliber-
ately made no mention of $4,000 which
he was said to have diverted to his own
private bank account in September,
1908.
On cross examination, which was not
finished, Donahue stated that he first
met George Gray 25 years ago while
employed on a hay press near San
Leandro.
Al. j. Flood identified the gold watch
which had been in De Lancey's safe for
a long time and which the prosecution
said was the property of the George
Hite Cook estate, but had never been
listed Flood said that it had belonged
to Cook He was unable to identify a
pair of gold trimmed spectacles, though
he said they were similar to a pair
which Cook had.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
Prominent Locally

Dunno is, at the present time enga ged
independently in a great many suits
of large dimensions IN the local courts.
From some of these he has been forced
TO withdraw. He has been active in the
De Lavea ga will contest as the repre-
sentative of Mrs. Cebrian He an
nounced yesterday in court that he had
been called east on important business
and would be unable TO appear in the
case for the present.
The merger suit, in which Dunno will
act as the chief representative of the
Hartman lines, was brought by the
government TO dissolve the Hartman
combination on the ground that it en-
braces the ownership of competing
lines. Hearings have been held in the
eastern cities and on the coast. Judge
Lovett came to California when the
local features of the case were pre-
sented. At that time Dunno assisted
him. Now Dunno is to take over the
greater part of this work.
During Dunne's absence from San
ern Pacific will be handled largely by
Attorneys C. w. Durbrow and ]. E.
FouIds. Already Durbrow has taken
over much of the rate litigation of the
company.
Dunno has made preparations for an
extended stay in the east. He will be
accompanied by his wife and family.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
kLING pEFENps TIrLE

KANSAS CITY. Nov. 9.-John G..
King, worlds continuous pool cham
pion, defended his title tonight in the
first nights play of an 500 ball match
with Thomas A. Hueston of ST. Louis
AT the close of the play Hueston had
run 202 balls and Killing 141 The men
are to play 200 balls a night for four
consecutive. nights. Hueston played in
excellent form~and led the race from
the start.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
ASK POLICE TC FIND
MISSING SCHOOLGIRL
Child of Twelve Years Fails to
Return Home

OAKLAND. Nov. s.-Florence Perry,
IL years old, is reported to the police
as missing by her parents, of 1903
Valdez street, Fruitvale.
She went to school yesterday, but
failed to come home last night and
could not be found today.
Thomas F. Cavanaugh of Kern City,
Kern county. a guest at the Merritt
hotel Twelfth and Franklin streets, is
also reported to be missing. He recently
began work for the Standard biscuit
company of Oakland. He is 3e years
old
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
WANT DOGS KEPT OFF
ALL DELIVERY WAGONS
Improvement Club Believes the
Custom Is UnheaIthfuI

BERKELEY, Nov. s.--Members of
the central Improvement club. asked to
draw up a proposed dog ordinance to
replace. the present law, held a meeting
last night, in which it was proposed
that dogs. be prohibited from all deliv-
cry wagons for sanitary reasons. The
club also went on record as opposing
the arrest of an owner who fails to
secure a dog license.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
ADDRESS MADE BEFORE
LAW STUDENTS SOCIETY

OAKLAND, Nov. 9.-An address on
Negotiable Instruments" was deliv-
cred by e. 6. Ryker tonight in the
courtroom Of Justice OF the Peace Geary
before the Alameda county moot court
association. The address was the first
of a series which the association has
arranged for the winter months. The
next address will be delivered next
Tuesday evening by Attorney Burton
J. Wyman on the Law of Evidence
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
TAYLOR DEFEATS sPECk

TACOMA. Nov. -9.-Roscoe f. TAYLOR
of Tacoma won from Billy Speck of
Seattle in the second round of their
scheduled six round bout here tonight
when Speck's seconds threw up the
sponge. The gong saved Speck In the
first round and he was too weak to re-
sist Taylor's onslaughts when he came
back for the second.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE .KEARNY Sc
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1905
WEATHER CONDITIONS

YESTERDAY-Clear; west wind; .O1 of an
inch of rain; maximum temperature, 90; mini
mum, %.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Unsettled; occa-
sionaI showers; moderate sw. winds. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
WILL TAKE UP
CONDUCT OF Th[
BIGMFRG[RCAS[
Peter F. Dunno Called to New
York as Chief Counsel for
Southern Pacific
High Tribute to the Legal Abil.
ity of Well Known San
Francisco Lawyer

Peter +. Dunno, general attorney of
the Southern Pacific. will leave for New
York this morning to take up the work
of Judge r. S. Lovett, recently pro-
NOTED to the Craftsmanship of the board
of directors of the Hartman lines.
Lovett was chief counsel of the Harri-
man railroads before he took his place
as the directing head of the system.
While Dunno is TO assume the duties of
chief counsel for the present. he has
not been officially appointed to the
place. The work he has in hand will
require his presence in the east for the
next five months. After that his status
will be definitely defined. 1t is generally
believed in railroad circles that the po-
sition will be offered him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
SPORTS
MARINE

Whaling bark John and winthrop encounters
p gales. one burrIcane and one typhoon
during years cruise and brings home poor
catch. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
The Merger Case

Dunne's special mission will be the
conduct of tn emerger case on behalf
of the Hartman group of roads This
is the most important litigation in
which the lines have been involved. 1t
was being carried on by Judge Lovett.
but the proceedings have been inter
rupted by the death of E. H. Hartman.
With the passing of Hartman. Lovett
was elevated to the position of control.
This, for the time, disrupted the legal
department Now, however, Dunno has
been asked to report at New York at
ono to take up the big suit.
While Dunno has held a rank in the
legal department of the Southern Pa
cific subordinate to that of William F.
Herrin, the latter has not appeared in
court of late but has been concerned
more with questions of general policy.
When Lovett was therefore unable to
carry forward the contest on behalf
of the allied corporations Dunno was
sent for and was asked to assume the
burden
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
Watchers Seemed Vampires

Those who were there other than
the nurses seemed vampires watching
for the dying rattle of the dying one
What a world! 1t was criminal
drama moral crime which human
justice could not reach.
ION that same afternoon they ex-
planned to me how on the afternoon OF
the 18th after taking the last sacra-
ment they married her-marriage pro
phetic of gloom, and sinister, when
she could no longer raise herself in
bed. Monstrous marriage! A marriage
of the victim with her eNecutioner!
Merry wedding bells sounded foI
her the solemn toll OF the dead. Ir
the place of felicitation there were
the prolonged sobs of the servants and
of Maria. The way they vexed and
harassed the unfortunate dying one is
indescribable and only to think of il
makes my flesh tremble and makes my
bones chilli
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
Awful Memory Draws Tears

y
AS the letter was read out in court
the memory of the awful episode drew
tears from Cebrian. He wept openly
on the witness stand. Miguel de La
veaga was affected also, but not to
such an extent.
lengthy one and told in detail the entire
CHASTITY scheme. Caesar Cervera, the
man who, it had been planned, was to
marry Maria, was a semiepileptic. All
the preparations for the abduction had
been arranged. The brothers were to
take Maria to Spain and there the
second wedding was to take place.
Cebrian, hearing of the plot and of
the death of Ignacia, hurried to Rome
from Paris. arriving in time to frus-
trate the carrying out of the second
half of the plot. He explained the
anger Of the Cervera clan at his in
reference and how they got him into
a room among themselves, attempting
to provoke quarrel.
Bitterness i'm the Family
IF / had struck one" lie wrote, II
would have left that room either dead,
or for the hospital, or for prison. NV
dominant idea was to rescue Maria
from this sacrilegeous band'' He
finally succeeded in doing so by call
ing in the aid of the civil authorities.
The purpose of introducing this let
ter was to show that Maria was in
competent to look after herself and
that, on account of her mental condi-
ton, she was an easy prey for adven-
turers after her money.
Other letters written by Cebrian
showed the bitterness then rampant in
the family circle. They referred to the
attorneys engaged by Anselmo de La
veaga an illegitimate son of another
brother, who was fighting for a share
of the de Laveaga millions I'VE know
that the attorney is so malevolent that
if he could get his claws on the two
sisters in court he would tear them a s
the Christian martyrs were torn before
Nero. wrote Cebrian.
In a later letter there was another
reference to the Claws of the lawyer.
Continued on Page 4, Column s
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
WEDDING BELLS
TOLL KNELL OF
A DYING BRIDE
John c. Cebrian, Husband of
Proponent, Testifies of Sis
ter in De Laveaga Suit
Adventurer Weds Sister of Tes=
tatrix, Who Escapes Kidnap- :
ing by Family interference

The portals of the family temple of
the De Laveaga family were torn asun-
der during the hearing of the will con-
test in Judge Coffeys court yesterday,
and the places made sacred by sorrow.
suffering and death mercilessly invaded
in the ruthless hunt for evidence.
From the graves of the past were
brought forth the tragedies of the
years. Events aud memories of events.
horrible in their harshness and un-
softened by the years, were resurrected
and given new lease of life by the
breath of the law.
The hatreds, the loves, the intrigues.
the story of a dying sister rising from
her deathbed to wed rank adventurer,
the horror heaped on horror, of peal of
wedding bells giving forth the duh
echo of the mournful toll for the dead,
and around the whole an unbridled
greed of gold-all this, and more. was
brought out in letter written by John
C. Cebrian, husband of the proponent
Marriage on Death Bed
veaga. the contestant. was dramatic in
its intensity. virile in its wording. 1t
described the circumstances attending
the deathbed marriage of Ignacia de
Laveaga, a sister, to Jose Cevera, a
Spanish adventurer, and the attempted
abduction to Spain of another sister,
Maria, whose will is being contested.
The two sisters were living in Rome
at the time. February, 1888, and the
story, according to the records of the
present suit. was that they became the
victims of two Spanish brothers. Jose
and Caesar Cervera, who wished to
marry them for their money. Jose
succeeded in marrying Ignacia while
the latter was on her deathhed.
THE breakfass wrote cebrian #
the event, was a Joyous feast of per-
sons awaiting the elimination of
good piece of business. Only Maria
and myself were silent.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10

O==zs.ues on Page ?, Column
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
viii Prosecute Warriner

Whatever may be the culpability OF
persons connected with Warmer, it
appears that as far as the railroad
ofhcials are concerned they have no
intention Of proceeding against other
than the defaulting treasurer. Cen
sral Counsel Hackney declared he was
IN. possession OF no facts that would