The San Francisco call., 1910-01-19
COUPLE TRACED BY
FEDERAL SLEUTHS
Failure to Marry Before Enter
ing Country May Result
in Deportation

Captain Jose Frances de la Franconia
of the Spanish army and late singer al
the PortoIa cafe, and his affinity, Ame-
liza Calderon. well known actress in
Mexico and member of an aristocratiC
family of Guadalajara. have spent an
other night in the Alameda county jail
at the instigation of the department Of
commerce and labor. Today they will
answer the charge of crossing the bor-
der together, while unmarried. and
show cause as to why they should not
be deported TO Mexico. Their course
from Ellis island to the Portola cafe
has been run down by men in dark
blue uniform and the government has a
stern way. Besides a belated offer &c
marry can not cancel the offense.
While hope of escaping deportation
is small, an effort was made yesterday
to obtain liberty for the singer c. O
Swanberg. manager of the Portola, pro
duced a bag Of gold TO meet the bail
fixed at Washington, which was fol-
81, 900 each. but in the absence of Com
missioner Hart North, who had sent Z
wire TO Washington recommending the
amount be raised to $1,000 each, Swan
berg had to return his gold to the bank
ANTAGONIZES FEDERAL OFFICIALS
The reasons for recommending the
increase in ball are not known, but
Inipresario Swanberg is thought tc
have offended the department wher
the captain was arrested Monday
night He then told the officers that
they might find out for themselves
where Sonora Calderon was staying
Yesterday he further trampled on the
peace and dignity of the United States
in too frank an expression of feeling
over the refusal of his gold. For this
he afterward apologized to Charles
Meehan, inspector in charge, while
Commissioner North was over at the
Angel island station.
Grief and shame over the arrest
drove the sonora into a fit of hysteria
which gave the officials some uneasi-
ness. She lay, moaning and rigid, IN
the arms Of her lover until smelling
salts were sent for. After recovering
control of herself she put handful
of false curls in her lovers pocket
and waited philosophically until lee
away for return to Jail.
SERVED IN CUBAN WARS
CAPTAIN Frances is 1.-the soIdierIs
young man. small in stature and Of
handsome features. He is native oi
Madrid the son and grandson OF
Spanish colonels. In his youth he
served in the Cuban insurrection, but
says he left there before the American
war Last year he obtained a leave
of absence, he explains. so as to Sc,
more of the world at the expense OF
his voice. He has never been married
Sonora Calderon's reputed former
husband is a matter of some specula-
tion, as she has not given the inspec.
tors proof that she was either married
or divorced. Yet she is not inclined Il
let this stand in the way of her mar.
riage TO the captain. Her five veal
old daughter, Aurora, at any rate is
not the capitan's child. Little Aurora
has her mothers winning ways, fol
she soon had the entire office force al
her beck.
In Mexico Sonora Calderon appeared
in the popular musical farces knowr
as skarzuelas" in the best theaters. ac-
cording to her friends. Guadalajara
her home city, bears the name of hav-
ing the handsomest women in Mexico
and Sonora Caideron is not below
standard.