The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-08
NO SPRECKELS WEDDING
JOHN ID. DIDN'T CONE TO STOP
CLAUS'S MARRIAGE.
VIII Take Ills Son Back to San Francisco
to Enter Business--sido Vew Of Graft
P~roseoutsns> Financed by Brother
Rudolph, to hhom He Doesn't speak.

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Rudolph, to hhom He Doesn't Speak.
Claus sprsokels the third Of that name
in the family identified with San Fran
Disco and Honolulu. who. with hi}kather.
John d. Spreckels. son Of the hrst Claus.
ID at the Hotel Woloott. said yesterday
that he was not engaged to be married.
to Miss Mary Adele Case. singer. whom
he met 10 Paris, where both were study
Ing vocal development. He said also
that he was not going to be married.
either now or In two years. Also he said
he never had been engaged to Miss Case.
He said that this week he should leave
for San Francisco to 60 into business
with his fathers
His father appeared to be Of like mind
az TO the business end OF the proposition.
He's going back and will 60 into some
Of my business enterprises the father
said. He was In my ofioe before he went
away, and he knew all the time that he
was coming back to the Office when he
got through over there.
About his marrying? When he finds
the girl he wants it's up to him. Hes
making his mture-not mine. Will I
meet Miss Case? Certainly l will-if
he asks me to. Object to the marriage?
Now. what would you give for a young
body else advised hip' II my boy hadn't
the spunk to get married when he had
picked out the girl he wanted, why. I'd
I'd Say. did you ask any one but your
wife when you wanted to get married?
I didn't, Come here to interfere? Bless
you, no. That's the last thing ! came to
do. Came to meet Claus. Sure. Wire
less to the ship was to let him know whore
my hotel was
Mr.. spreoksls. speaking Of affairs
In San Franoisco. said that Prosecutor
Heney had talked too much or more
might have been accomplished. Honey
could have done much better by olinging
locked away from political help" said
he. AT one time ne had, In promises,
indictments against officers Of the South
ern Pacific and against officers Of the
gas and telephone companies. Those
men had friends and these leagued
together for their protection. The league
came TO- have enormous strength be;
cause OF its political connections. !
do not believe that the Southern Pacific
is involved or that It will ever be success
fully dragged in by Heney.-
Il expect good results from pc CAL
houn trial and from the Ruef oaee whom
it is finally heard on Ruef's appeal;
Francisco Col. He hasn't spoken to
| bis brother Rudolph. who backed the
graft prosecutions conducted by Honey,
Tor sixteen years, but he did not hesitate
to turn the Cal loose TO ventilate the graft
conditions in San Francisco which his
brother undertook to eradicate. He
said that brother R9dolph,s interest
-spite,' but he let it be seen that the
spite was directed against Calhoun's
| efforts to get al overhead trolley line
in Pacific avenue. where both the
Spreckels brothers had built houses
-as homes and for the o~rnamentation
OF San Francisco, Pacific avenue didn't
want tho trolley line. Rudolph wanted
street franchises to show to tho citizens
that cars could be operated by the under
ground trolley system. as here in New
York; he didn't get them. Then after
the earthquake Calhoun got all he wanted
because the people needed transporta-
ton facilities and were ready to accept
any that offered.
II guess said John D.. that that
started Rudolph on his spite movement.
and although I was not on speaking
terms with him ] started the Cad up in
the fight. for I thought 1t would be a
good all round thing to clean up the
situation and expose the graft System.
-San Francisco, the new town. is bigger
and better and grander than ever. She
has steel and stone buildings and the
people and the cash to make her prosper:
We're payink of the mortgages. And
don't forget we've built two cities since
the earthquakes wooden one for tenn
porary use while we were building the
other. It's marvellous!'