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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
Slayer May Stand Trial

James Edward Cunningham who
shot and killed Carolina Brasch, a
book keeper for Gray Brothers, stone
contractors, in their Offices in the
Wells Fargo building June 80, may yet
stand trial for murder. DIR. Elmer e.
Stone, superintendent OF the Napa state
hospital, in which the slayer was con
fined as insane, now believes that Cum
nigham shows no signs of insanity,
but on the contrary does display evil
denee of having complete possession of
his faculties
In this Stone takes direct issue with
Drs. d. d. Lustig and Charles ID. Nc
Gettigan. state lunacy commissioners,
who declared at the time that Cunning
ham was brought UP for trial that the
man was a hopeless paranoiac.
Cunningham is under investigation
at the present time Doctor Stone said
last night II am of the opinion, off
hand. that there is a good deal of evi-
tience to show that the man is not in
sane. We will continue the examina-
ton into his case before we reach a
final conclusion. As far as / have been
able to discover, Cunningham is not
suffering from any delusion or halluci-
nation. We have watched him very
closely since he has been here. and the
result of our Investigations leads us
at this time to believe that the man is
NOT insane.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
TAfI'S MESSAGE TO
fLAY SUGAR TRUST.
President Will Arraign "Men
Higher Up in Customs
House Corruption
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2SAPresident
Taft, in his annual message to the
coming session of congress, will subject
the men higher up in the sugar trust
to an excoriation such as rarely finds
a place in an official communication
from the executive.
1t is known that the president has
been devoting considerable time to the
construction of the paragraphs Of the
message which will deal with the sugar
trust scandals. He will not beat around
the conduct of the men he regards as
responsible for the rottenness that has
been discovered in the relations be-
tween employees of the New York Gus
tom house and the agents of the trust
The president, however, will spend
few words on the criminal acts of the
men who used wires to falsify the
scales on which the sugar imported by
the trust was weighed and those who
made. false records of weights. He is
convinced tndI lnOSe men WOulu nOt
have acted so harmoniously in their
program of law breaking without en-
ragement from other men in more
responsible positions.
In the opinion of some of the advisers
of the president, Taft's analysis of the
sugar trust scandals will be the last
word in the process of verbal fiaying
1t is expected that the president will
present an arraignment of the men or
whom he believes the real responsible
ity rests that will surpass in frankness
of expression some of the most scath-
ing official declarations of President
Roosevelt.
The presidents intention to go after
the big men of the sugar trust in his
message does not indicate that he
means to advise a change in the form
of the sherman antitrust law. What
ever changes in this act he may advise
at a future time will be made after the
supreme court has handed down a de-
cision on the governments appeal from
the Interpretation OF the statute of lin
itations made by Judge Holt of the
southern district of New York in
ouashing the indictments against sew
eral of the men accused of completely
in the sugar frauds of New York.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
NINE JACKIES SWEPT OUT
TO SEA IN OPEN BOATS
Gig and Whaleboat Are Missing
From WarShip

COLON, Nov. 2S.-Nine men are miss
ing from the United States gunboat
Marietta, which is lying off Port Limon.
Costa Rica. The gunboat today sent
out a general alarm by wireless
The gig. manned by a crew of four.
and the whaleboat, with five men
aboard, were carried out tor sea in the
heavy weather on Friday night.
Nothing has been seen or heard of
either boat since. A reward is offered
by the commander of the Marietta for
any one finding the boats or rescuing
the men.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
FRENCH GENERAL SHOT
BY SUPPOSED LUNATIC
Victim Mistaken For Minister
of War

PARIS. Nov. 2S.-A man believed to
be insane and having an imaginary
grievance against the war department
shot and seriously wounded General
verand today on the steps of the Hotel
Continental. The man was arrested.
1t was learned that. he had mistaken
General verand for General Brun,
minister of war.
Several officers sprang upon General
verand's assailant, who proved to be
an Algerian. He was overpowered and
found to be walking battery of re-
volvers and daggers.
General verand received bullets in
the neck and forehead and his condi-
ton is considered dangerous.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
CUNNIN CHAM
MAY ANSW[RFOR
BRASCH MURDER
Slayer Is Sane, Declares Doctor
Stone, State Alienist at
Napa Asylum
Takes Issue With Local Ex=
perts Who Pronounced
Prisoner ParanOiaC

E( n : far as 1 have been able to
"A discover Cunningham Is not
Suffering from any deiusiOn
or haIIucination. Ii is true that Cum
ningham has cOntended and now says
that he is insane. If there lis any evi-
dence to support his assertion we have
yet to discover it."-From statement
made last night by DIR. Elmer E. Stone,
superintendent of the Napa state hos
pital.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
TRIAL MARRIAGE
COUPLE MAKE UP
Renew Contract After Living
Apart One Year to Test
Strength of Love

After living apart for a year Archi-
bald w. Robins and his wife, the orig
inal trial marriage couple, who last
January brought to an end five year
contract of wedlock, have discovered
that the pleasures of platonic friendship,
paled beside the warm glow of mar
riage, and, according to the terms of
the original agreement. they have gone
back to each other. The whole has
been a battle of love and law-not the
law of the land, but that of a cult
which frowned on marriages that bound
irrevocably This cult called for
strange and peculiar things in the way
of rights for women and soul mating.
Love won. Cult collapsed
Woman's Strange Cult
The trial marriage started six years
ago. The woman, a beautiful Russo
American, possessed modernized ideas
of startling kind. Robins possessed
vegetarian restaurant at AIS Market
street and an amiab1e disposition.
Therefore when he laid his disposition
and restaurant at the feet of this. his
particular goddess, she hurled at him
the doctrines of her cult.
why. should we promise to love and
cherish each other for a lifetime ?''
asked the woman, when neither of
us know what the future may bring
forth2 True. 1 love you and L believe
we will be happy, but--let us have a
trial marriage. Let US draw up con-
tract, and If at the end of fve years we
find we are not happy. let us separate"
Robins agreed He was an amiable
man, and besides he loved the girl. Five
years of unadulterated happiness fol-
lowed. She shared in his business and
went whittier he went. If business
called him out of the city she trotted
by his side. The money earned they
shared. If his work kept him down
town he had no need 10 telephone and
say not to keep dinner waiting. In
such case she would join him. Robins
declared he enjoyed this. He was an
aandable man.
Contract Is Ended
The contract ended last January.
Thereupon they decided to live apart
for a year and see If they enjoyed
each others absence.
''Goodby. my dear. they said, shak-
ing hands, and so parted. They lived
in different hotels, but as there was
no quarrel between them, they began
to drift together again. The two
jointly conducted the vegetarian res
taurant at Sansome and Market streets,
were friendly, and prospered. A few
weeks ago the restaurant was burned.
and in the sorrow of the moment Mrs.
Robins sought the shoulder of her hus-
band friend on which to weep
with the business destroyed and the
future dark. the two bridged the gap
that had divided them Robins COL
lected $1,000 insurance money on his
damaged property, and. at the request
of Mrs. Robins. decided to leave the
city with her.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
HOSPITAL DYNAMITED
BY EXPLOSIVE IN COAL
Many Lives Threatened When
Blast Wrecks Furnace

CHICAGO, Nov. 2s.-Dynamite in
coal is believed to have been the cause
of an explosion tonight in the furnace
of the American hospital. in which the
lives of patients, nurses and doctors
of the institution were imperiled.
The explosion wrecked the heating
plant
Hospital authorities believe dynamite
from the coal mine was in the coal,
and have ordered that all coal in the
bins be taken back by the company
from which it was purchased.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
WOMEN BATTLE TO
DEATH WITH KNIVES
Street Duel in Arkansas Has
Fatal Ending

BRADFORD. Ark, Nov. 2S.-In a
street duel with knives at Alicia today
Miss Nora Owens was fatally injured
by Miss Stella Beik and died a few min
utes later.
The duel was the result of an old
quarrel Miss Owens was cut in four
places. the fatal wound being in the
left breast. where an artery leading to
the heart was severed.
Miss Belk was arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
CITY MAY VOTE
ON THREE NEW
WATER PLANS
Propositions Evolved as Result
of Offer of Spring Valley
TO Sell
Combination of Present System
and Lake Eleanor Supply to
Cost S5S,OOO,OOO
Questions TO Be Submitted ln-
vOIve Payment of S35,OOO,-
900 for Plant
PLAN TO BUY SPRING VALLEY

Alternate Dater supply prop
oafOns tentatively approved BY
conference committee for sub
mission TO the voters:
FIRST PROPOsITNON-A
fiOR and development of the
Lake Eleanor and TuOlumne
project in conjunction with the
spring Valley systems deduc-
lions 10 he made from the orig
inaI plans Of the city engineer
so that there would be no du-
pIicaffOn of parts. This would
give the city a supply of 3D.
O0O.0OO gallons a day nj cost
Of S5s.OOO. 600.
SECOND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SitIon and development of the
Lake Eleanor and Tuolumne
river project. in accordance
with the plans Of the city enEI-
neer. 10 secure a supply of co.
100000 gallons of water, at
cost of $4,000. 900.
THIRD PROPOSTTION-Pu
of spring Valley company
plant. capacity 35.OOO,OOO gal
Ions. for s35.OO0.O0O Tor price
10 be agreed upOn).
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
JUDSON HARMON CALLED
NEXT BOURBON LEADER
Said to Be Logical Nominee of
Party for President

RICHMOND, Va. Nov. 2S.-Former
Governor r. B. Glenn of North Caro-
line in an interview today said. "Jud-
son Harmon, governor of Ohio. will be
the next presidential nominee of the
democratic party, in my judgment
Everywhere / have been / have found
Harmon as the leading candidate in
public and party opinion"
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
To Be Decided Soon

The question will be definitely de-
termined within a short time. If we
decide that Cunningham is not q fit
subject for the hospital, we will notify
the authorities in San Francisco and
turn him over to the sheriff's office
there. 1t is true that Cunningham has
contended and now says that he is in
sane. If there is any evidence to sup
port his assertion, we have yet to dis
cover it,"
Cunningham has been at Napa only
since the middle of October-a short
time in which to be cured of mental
condition that would lead him to mur-
der, in cold blood an innocent girl en-
pIoye of firm he claimed owed him
s2.55.
"A great many tramps are para
noiacs," said DR.. McGettigan at the
time of Cunningham's examination
here. land this man is of that rowing
disposition that we know often occurs
in paranoiacs My opinion is that he is
absolutely insane and should be re-
strained during the rest of his life. He
is subject to all kinds of delusions He
saws he hears voices, and is informed
that he is the son of God, for which
reason he once took the name Dick
God He believes that he is under the
hypnotic power of certain women"
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
Cunningham Has DeIusions

Ills understanding seems to be
fairly good" said DR.. Lustig at the
time, land he is apparently truthful in
all his statements In trying to give
a motive for his crime he involves other
people and has lot of delusions. He
thinks he is an author, prophet and
an inventor. He believes he has been
prosecuted and has an exalted ego.
While / do not say that this is abso-
Iutely a technical case of paranoia, still
it is of the paranoia type. He is abso-
lutely incurable We consider para
noiacs the most dangerous type Of
criminal people"
Doctor Stone will confer with Gem
eral Superintendent Hatch about Cum
ningham's condition before turning
him over to the San Francisco author
tiles to stand trial for his crime.
The point will be raised undoubtedly
by the defense that the laborer was
cured by his treatment under the state
experts in mental diseases, but this
Doctor Stone seems prepared to contra
dict
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
FLOW OF LAVA STOPS
IN TENERIFFE CRATERS
Activity Is Now Apparent Only
Inside Volcano Mouths

SANTA CRUZ, Teneriffe, Nov 2s.-
The flow of lava from the craters has
stopped. Activity is not apparent only
within the craters.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29

YESTERDAY-Clear: west wind; maximum
temperature. 90: minimum. 46
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Fair; light north
wind. changing to moderate southwestPage IL
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29

HAT three alternative PROPOSE
ti0ns, covering the new aspect of
the water supply problem of San
Francisco. viii be submitted to the
voters at special bond election to be
held in this city January 4. 1910, was
the tentative decision arrived at yester-
day afternoon at a semiofficial confer
ence held in the Office Of Mayor Taylor
in the Mills building.
The action of the Spring Valley COM
pany in making definite offer of sale
10 the city led to the call for the meet
ing and the Introduction into the water
question OF the possibility of acquiring
the Spring Valley plant alone or Of
using it to supplement the Sierra water
supply.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
Long Dispute Over Price

Preceding the conference held in the
nayors Office in the afternoon was a
meeting OF city attorneys and super
visors held in the Office Of Judge Curtis
II Ldndley. special legal adviser of the
city in its water negotiations and It'll
cations II was al the earlier meeting
that the three propositions were forrmu-
lated and they were presented at the
afternoon conference by City Attorney
Percy Y Long. A long discussion of
the propositions followed.
The point OF greatest dispute was
that raised by William Bourn's state
ment of the price at which the Spring
Valley would sell to the city. The
quotation of sS5.O0o.oe0 set by Bourn
was held by some Of the eonferees to
be too high Further negotiations on
the matter Of Spring Valley purchase
viii be held this morning.
Propositions for Voters
The proposition TO which the confer
ence tentatively agreed upon as the
best which could be submitted to the
voters are as follows:
First proposftion-The acquisition
and development Of the Lake Eleanor
project in conjunction with the Spring
valley system. Deductions would be
made from the original plans Of the
city engineer so that there would be
no duplication Of parts. This would
give the city a supply of sss00o.Ooo gall
Ions al a cost OF s5S,o00, 00e.
Second proposition-The acquisition
and development Of the Lake Eleanor
project in accordance with the plans of
the city engineer. to secure a supply
Of $4,000. 900 gallons a day at a cost
of s45, ZOO. GOO.
Third proposition-The purchase of
the Spring Valley company plant and
distributing system outright, giving a
supply Of $4,000. .oeo gallons daily at a
Continued on Page 2, Columns and
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPHONE kEARNY Sc
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1909
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29

oontInued On raEe 2, column. 2 and >
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29
EASTERN

President Taft's messag,
men higher up in sugar tr
scandal.
Gin mortaIly wounds IL
eide.
High class driving hors
stable fire at Kansas City
Denver prelate refuses
though excommunicated.
Uncle Sans employees
an increase OF 20 per
years.
Walter Yellman declare
poster, alleging that re
the north pole as de
possibility.
Secretary Ballinger, in
suggests need Of more
and regulation OF Goa
power sites.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29

4 NEW ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR GIRLS,
VIII BE the subject of an Interesting Article in
The Sunday Call Next Sunday
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-29

Typical robbers den in heart of 7
clews to slayer Of Robert c. Black
Famous lost gold mine is rel
ldsho.
Siskiyon county votes to close saloS
Of incorporated towns.
Seven injured, three severely,
strikes auto in Los Angeles.
Philomathean club Of Stockton l
read on Dante and Donizetti.
Live telephone wire strikes wire br
and kills baker.
Severe storm RACES over Grays Hs
road tracks being washed out al
! flooded.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
GOOD RESULTS OF RECENT
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
Now Conceded That Automobile Is a
Fixture and That Better High
ways Are Essential

One Of the noteworthy features of
last weeks National Good Roads con-
vention in Cleveland was the uni
versal acceptance of the fact that the
problem thrust upon road makers by
the increasing use of the automobile
must be met in the most practical and
scientific manner. The complaints.
once so loud against road destruction
by automobiles. are no longer i'm
portant.
Instead of endeavoring to eliminate
the automobile from the roads, the
solution of the difficulty is now clearly
turning to road Improvements and the
use of better material in construction.
The United estates bureau of public
roads has performed a valuable service
in this respect in it's recent road tests
in cooperation with the American
Automobile association. This govern
mental interest is still further illus
trated by the recent action of the en-
gineering department of Cornell uni
versty, which has arranged with the
bureau of public roads to conduct a
series of comparative tests of road
building materials.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
PENNSYLVANIA
IS WINNER AGAIN
KEYSTONE CAR CAPTURES
FIRST PRIZE
o'DonnelI Drives Consistently from
First Mile to Finish and Adds
Second Victory Of Week
to Record

The automobile races scheduled for
the Santa Ana track were successfully
carried out at the Santa Ana race track
yesterday afternoon, and the star car
of the occasion was the Pennsylvania,
which for the second time during the
week covered herself and name with
the glory of two events.
In the flfty-mile event for big cars
the little red wagon made the rounds
of the mile course with a consistency
that was true, and showed the sk1lltul
driving ability of Morris O'Donnell,
who presided at the wheel of the Key
stone, and the same Walter ODonnell
who on last Saturday piloted the car to
a record breaking mark in the one-way
trip, Los Angeles to San Diego.
Pltted against the Pennsylvania were
the Corbin, Oldsmobile, Buick, Column
bia and Royal Tourist. At the outset
of the fifty-mile run the Corbin, with
Frank Free at the wheel, took the lead
and maintained it for the seventeen
miles following the first two laps, but
on the twentieth revolution of the track
the Pennsylvania made q squirt that
carried her into the fore, and from that
moment until the half century mark
had been completed the Pennsylvania
never allowed a competitor to nose hei
from the advantage gained, ODonneL
running one of the most consistent
runs that has ever been seen on any
track in the country. He allowed his
car to make no bursts of speed to re-
lax to a lesser notch In her going, but
with the steady gait Of about 1:0S pur-
sued his run to the end and led his
nearest competitor, the Co'tOin, by
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03

nearly three minutes at the fish. HIS
driving was perfect. The performance
of the car was perfect, not hltcn oc-
curing until by some mar''elous freak
of good luck at the last lap of the track
after he had been tagged in as com
Melting his mileage O'Donnell pulled UP
at the paddock with his front tire gone
to wreck.
This was the second time within
week O'Donnell piloted his Pennsyl-
vania to victory, last Monday having
clipped to his credit the one-way rec
ord, Los Angeles to San Diego, ana
which is probably to stand for a long
time to come. At the finish of the race
the red car was in as good condition
as when she started, and ready to go as
far as they liked to send her.
Frank Free, the driver of the Corbln,
also drove fine race, and although his
car followed the Pennsylvania to the
post he has nothing to feel abashed at
1or his run, for Free is one of the
coolest, most painstaking drlVers on
any track It Is probable that his over
care and anxiety for his tires led him
to nurse his car rather closely, for he
drove the Corbin with an exact nicely
the entire distance.
The Royal Tourist became a great
faVorite on the track this being the
first time that a Royal has been en-
tered in q contest, certainly 1t WIS
demonstrated that in the future the
Royal Tourist must be reckoned with
when there are any time schedules TO
be made. The machine is powerful
car, powerfully built and will be a
very dangerous competitor in future
events.
Harold Stone with his Columbia ex-
perienced troubles with his clutches
from the start, losing power with every
mile of the run, hence the car did not
do herself the justice that belongs
to her.
Trouble was experienced all the way
through by Nikrent. driving the Buick,
but he nobly struggled to get her into
shape and made a gallant stay with
the struggle for supremacy, as did Nc
Iarty with the Oldsmobile.
| The Pope Hartford which won the
Mount Baldy race was at the track,
driven by Wick Machris, who was the
Baldy mechancian for Bill Ruess in
that famous event, but was not per-
mitted to drive the exhibition five miles
| for which the car had been scheduled,
owing to protests of dealers and drivers
of the racing cars entered, the claim
| being made that the track would be in
! 1ured for the events in which they were
| Interested by the car tearing around
over 1t.
During the planning of the big car
event for fifty miles on the track one OF
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
Back from Northern Trip

After an absence of ten days on
trip to San Francisco, where he had
gone to a conference with the heads
of departments and store managers, E.
]. Thibault, manager of the Los An
geles branch of the Moore Motor Sup
ply company, returned to his post the
past week and is again in the whirl
of the automobile accessory business,
in which his firm takes a leading part
in the state of California, of which the
Los Angeles house is probably the
largest of the several conducted by this
firm.
Mr.. Thibault, who was formerly the
efficient manager of the Oakland
branch of the Moore Motor Supply
company, and that city his residence
from boyhood. had the pleasure of
meeting many of his old friends in
Oakland and San Francisco and renew
the pleasant acquaintanceship among
the legion glad to be called his friend
He was accompanied to Oakland by
Mrs. Thibault and his little family
and they will remain in the northern
city until after the Portola celebration.