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to the fact that II was impracticable to
develop an isolated coal field recurring
the expenditure Of a large amount OF
money by such small units. Many
claims were staked, however. and sur
veys were made for patents 1t was
recognised by everybody familiar with
the conditions that after patent was oh
tained these claims would be combined
fu! mining operations No one expert
enced IN mining would. OF course. con-
slider II feasible to open a coal field on
the basis OF single 16O-acre tracts The
Chains Tor the most part were handled IN
groups for which one agent represented
the several different owners I-nfortu-
nateiy, strict Interpretation OF the
statute raised the question whether even
a tacit understanding between claim own
ers to combine after patents had been
obtained was not illegal. Remedial leg
isiation was sought and enacted in the
statute OF May 2s. 1908. This law per
mitted the consolidation Of claims staked
previous to November IL. 1903. in tracts
or Z:oO acres. One clause OF this law
invaifdated the title IL any individual or
corporation at any time in the future
owned any interest whatsoever, directly
or indirectly. in more than one tract
me purpose OF this clause was to pre-
vent the monopolixation OF coal fields: its
immediate effect was to discourage cap
itai 1t was felt by many that this
clause might lead to forfeiture of title
through the accidents OF Inheritance, or
might even be used by the unscrupuious
IN blackmailing. II would appear that
land taken up under this law might AZ
any time be forfeited TO the government
through the action OF any individual who
innocently or otherwise, obtained interest
In more than one coal company. Such a
title was felt to be too insecure to war
rant the large Investments needed for
mining developments. The net result OF
al this IL that no titles to coal lands
have been passed
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Government Timber.

THE government timber in this coun-
try amounts to only one-fourth OF all the
timber. the rest being in private owner
ship. Only 3 per cent of that which Is
in private ownership is looked after prop
erly and treated according to modern
rules of forestry. The usual destructive
waste and neglect continues in the re-
mainder of the forests owned by private
persons and corporations 1t Is estimated
that fire alone destroys fifty million dol
lars worth OF timber a year. The man.
agement Of forests not on public land is
beyond the jurisdiction OF the federal gov
eminent. IL anything can be done by
law 1t must be done by the state legis-
latures- l believe that II Is within their
constitutional power to require the en-
forcement OF regulations In the general
public interest. as TO fire and other causes
OF waste in the management OF forests
owned by private individuals and cor
porations. Exactly how far these regu-
lations can go and remain consistent with
the rights OF private ownership. II IL not
necessary to discuss: but / cali attention
to the fact that very important part
OF conservation must always fall upon
the state legislatures. and that they
would better be up and doing II they
would save the waste and denudation and
obstruction through private greed or ac-
c1dental fires that have made barren
many square miles OF the older states
Il have shown sufficiently the condi-
tons as to federal forestry to indicate
that no further legislation Is needed at
the moment except an increase in the
fire protection to national forests and an
act vesting the executive with full power
to make forest reservations In every state
where government land Is timber COW
cred. or where the land Is needed for
forestry purposes
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land. principally valuable for forest pur-
poses. have been included In forest re-
serve, making a reduction in forest re-
serves of non-timbered land amounting
to .. 1906 acres. The bureau Of forestry
since its creation has initiated reforesta-
tion on 5000 acres. A great deal Of the
forest land is available for grazing. Dur
Ing the past year the grazing lessees
numbered -. 400. and they pastured upon
the forest reserves 1.400OD0 cattle. S. $40
horses and $50, 400 sheep, for which the
from the preceding year Of $46. 40, due to
the fact that no money was collected or
received for grazing on the non-timbered
lands eliminated from the forest reserve
Another source Of profit In the forestry Is
the receipts for timber sold. This year
they amounted to 81 .O43 900. an increase
of 500, 600 over the receipts of last year.
This Increase Is due TO the Improvement
In transportation to market and to the
greater facility with which the timber
can be reached.
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the water power. and providing for a for
TEXTURE ~ the title 20 the water-power
sites In case the condition Is not per-
formed. and giving 10 the President. In
case OF such violation Of conditions. the
power 10 declare forfeiture and 10 direct
proceedings To restore the central govern
ment 70 the ownership Of the power sites
with all the improvements thereon. and
that these conditions may he promptly en-
forced and the land and plants forfeited
70 the general government by suit of tho
! nited states against the state. which IL
permissible under the Constitution
Il do not express an opinion upon the
controversy thus made or preference AZ
10 the two methods Of treating water
power sites. l shall submit the matter "a
congress and urge that one or the other
or the two plans be adopted.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
king MANUEL'S
UNCLE IS HERE
Prince Ferdinand Arrives in San
Francisco on Way to the
Orient

Prince Ferdinand Francois. Due de
Montpensier brother of the queen
mother of Portugal and uncle of the
deposed king, Manuel, arrived in this
city yesterday on his way to the orient
He is accompanied by a number of
friends and is travelling under the
name of M. Villiers. He took apart
ments at the ST. Francis, and refused
to receive callers.
to this city. He was here year ago
on his way home after spending some
time in the orient.
The duke has some serious turns of
mind, notably exploring He began
the work of surveying the HinterIand
country of China some years ago, GO
ing over the territory of the projected
railroad connecting Saigon with the
southern provinces of China The duke
is carrying out his exploration scheme
at his own expense.
Three specially built automobiles
will await his arrival at Saigon. It is
the dukes idea that where auto
mobile en- penetrate a railrod can fol-
low. He carries a great deal of bag
gage and machinery of a portable
character to assist in this work He
expects to spend several months on
his surveying tour.
On his arrival last evening the duke
was met by Captain Henry Morton of
the Mongolia, on which ship he will
sail Tuesday The party did not go i'm
mediately to the st. Francis, where
rooms had been reserved. but spent the
evening touring through the city In
autos, visiting the park and beach.
The duke was in New York at the
time of the breaking out of the reyo-
luton in Portugal
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
GAELIC II
DANCES Will
give THEIR AID
Club Members Work Hard to
Swell Fund for Benefit
of Children

The annual merrymaking of the
Gaelic dancing club. it's eleventh
yearly ball. which takes place tsmorro7y
evening. will have a deeper Significance
this year. in that the entire proceeds
Will be devoted TO the aid of the Mount
81 Joseph's orphanage. which was
burned on Sunday of last week.
Not content with voting to donate the
funds gained by their ball to the use
OF the orphans, they began plans TO
make the ball an unprecedented sue
cess
Each year the members OF the club
nave gone to the ball free of charge
Thls year each member will pay his
ADMISSION fee in common with the hun
dreds of outsiders who viii attend
The affair will take place in the
Auditorium. Page and Fillmore streets.
and feature of the evening will be
the dancing OF particular moment is
the announcement that the two greatest
Gaelic dancers on this coast P T. Kel-
leher. president of the club. and John
j. Connor, will. after years of estrange-
ment, dance together for the cause OF
charity on that evening.
Those who remember former davs
will recall the fact that Kelleher and
OConnor were Invariably the stars o.
The news that they will again show the
intricate and graceful steps of the Irish
jig and reels together will bring many
spectators to the ball An eight hand
reel and jig will be danced by Miss
Edna Kelleher. daughter of the clubs
president; Miss Frances Keith Miss
Rene Taube and Miss Clara Coyne. Dan
Cotter. Timothy Sullivan. P. ] Kelleher
and Edward Courtney.
Courtney will be one Of the stars OF
the evening.
One of the prettiest events will be the
Scotch highland fling, the reel o Tul-
loch and some Irish dances BY Miss
Aileen Keohane and Miss May Ropers
After these and other dances the
grand march, led by Mayor P. RI. Nc
Carthy and Mrs Mccarthy, will begin.
The committee of arrangements con
sists Of P J. KelIeher. chairman: Eu-
gene McAuliffe, secretary; Dan COtter
Edward Farley. P, J. Kelly. John Walsh
P. Ward. Frank McKenna. James Barry
r. ]. Mclean, John Mulcairn and Jerry
Sullivan.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
CRIPPEN JURY IS
OBTAINED in DAY
But Three Objections Are Made
and Doctor Goes on Trial
for His Life

LONDON, Oct. 1S.-Dr Hawley H
Crippen was today put on trial for his
life, charged with the murder of Cora
Belle Crippen, the American actress
known in the profession as Belle Ell
more. The jury. typical body OF
middle class tradesmen and clerks, was
obtained with but little trouble. OBJ
lection having been made in but three
instances. Crippen pleaded not guilty
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone is pre-
siding. He was accompanied into
court today by Sir John Knollys, lord
mayor of London; Sir Thomas vesey
Strong, lord mayor elect, and the sher-
IFS in their robes of Office.
Richard D. Muir, K. c.. conducted
the prosecution. Crippen is represented
by Alfred Aspinwau Tobin, K. c.,
unionist member of parliament
Ethel Clare Leneve, the doctors
typist, who has been indicted as an
accessory after the fact, was not in
court today. Her trial will follow in
the event of Crippen's conviction. The
American witness, Bruce Miller of Chi
cago, and his wife were present.
0RIPPESN IN EROGh COAT
Crippen entered the dock wearing a
black frock coat and light trousers
and escorted by two policemen 1t was
near noon when Lord Chief Justice
Alverstone took his seat, and proceed
ings moved quickly. The indictment
was read at once and Crippen, stand
ing. pleaded Not guilty, my lord
During the taking of testimony Mrs.
Paul Martinetti retold of her husband
dining with the Crippens at the home
of the latter on the evening of January
81 and playing cards until 1870, o'clock
in the morning.
The Crippens seemed perfectly happy.
This occasion was the last on which
Mrs. Crippen was seen by any one, so
far as the police have learned
Bruce Miller in the afternoon told
the story of his acquaintance with Belle
Elmore. Miller admitted he thought
great deal of Crippen's wife, but
merely as a friend.
The witness said he had last seen
Belle Elmore in 1904 in London There
had never been any talk that she join
him in America. The two exchanged
letters three or four times a year.
VISITED HER OFTEN
On cross examination Miller admitted
that he had been in the habit of visit
ing the actress very often in the alb
sence of her husband.
Lord Alverstone here asked:
Were your relations more than cor
dial?"
The witness replied in the negative
Tobin piled Miller with questions on
the subject of his correspondence with
Mrs. Crippen. The witness admitted
that he had written her affectionate
epistles. concluding with Love and
kisses TO brown eyes,
Miller said Crippen knew all about
the affair. He was not Belle Elmore's
suitor. He had kissed her and that was
all. Asked whether the actress let
ters were couched In the same affec-
tionate terms, the witness answered:
Perhaps; my wife read my letters"
Did Miss Elmore discourage atten-
tions2" was asked.
NO, my attentions did not bear the
which you wish to put
on them
On examination Miller said he had
made no attempt to keep his relations
with Miss Elmore secret from her hus-
fa nd
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
ONE MAN STANDS IN WAY
OF BOURBON HARMONY
F. w. Mansfield Alone Keeps
Democrats Guessing

BOSTON. Oct 1S.-But one man
stands between the democrats of Mass
achusetts and harmony after IL days
Of bitter controversy over state ticket
for the November election
If that man, Frederick K. Mansfield
of Boston. carries out the alleged ag-
reement made in the last minutes Of
the famous Faneuil Hall convention
and withjraws his name as candidate
for governor before Thursday, Eugene
N. Foss of Boston will head the ticket.
The deadlock was broken by the
withdrawal of Charles S. Hamlin as a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomin-
alton and within a few hours the COM
mittee of four appointed by the con-
vention had voted unanimously in favor
of FoSs
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
BRITISH SHIP WRECKED
ON KINGS ISLAND REEF
Grew Puts Off i'm Two Boats and
All Are Rescued

VICTORIA. B. c.. Oct 1S.-The Brit
ish ship Carnarvon Bay was wrecked
September 2S on an uncharted reef off
Kings island, Bass strait, Australia, ac-
cording to advices brought by the
steamship Makura today.
Seventeen men put off in Captain
Griff1th's boat and IL in the mates
boat. with only the scantiest clothing
and small supply of food, water and
spirits
The captains boat was driven about
by high cross seas and the men suffered
severely until rescued by the steamer
Tarcoola.
After six days search by many yes
sells the mates boat crew was found
safe on Kings island.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
REPUBLICAN CLUB Is
FORMED AT PLEASANTON

PLEASANTON, Oct 1S.-A new or
eanization TO be known as the Pleasa
ton Republican club, has been effected
In this city. with the following officers:
President. Charles Schween vice presidents.
DR.. S. j. Wells. I. II. silver, c. Rasmussen. C..
sen. Charles Trilnmingham and A. T. Bernal:
secretary Frank Diavila: sergeant at arms. Lee
Wells, Ed Harold. Con Neyin and Manuel Rodri-
Fl. Silver. C. D. Ryder Charles Gale. J. Arendt
and c.. L. Crelin
rz.,rd G. Powell A. r. Schween. J. Owens Ar.
i,,ur Day n Hansen W. II. Graham. j. Bernal
f. Pine. L. Jones and T. Rock.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCAN
IS QUIETLY MARRIED
Lavina Lamb Is Bride of Col.
Peter Lind
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

lOPccfdi DtSpdfcn 10 ne (du
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1s.-
Colonel Peter Lind of South San Fran
cisco and Miss Lavina Lamb of Mill
Valley slipped away to Redwood City
this afternoon. obtained a license from
County Clerk Joseph H. Nash and were
married by Justice of the Peace James
Harmon of Redwood City.
Several close friends of the couple
accompanied them to the county seat.
Henry w. Kneese, fire chief and chief
of police in South San Francisco, was
the best man, and Miss Clara Hatch of
Halfmoon bay was the bridesmaid
Colonel Lind was the organizer of
the Rough Riders" military organi-
cation in this city. Immediately fol-
lowing the ceremony, the couple de-
parted for a wedding trip to the
south.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Census Returns

WASHINGTON. oct 1s.-The state of
Massachusetts has a population of
1856. .s16. according to the thirteenth
census. as announced today. This is
an increase of 561.07o. or 90 per cent
over the population of 1900, when the
total was 2sO5.346. The increase from
1890 TO 1900 was $780, .4O3, or 25.3 per
cent.
The population statistics were is
sued for the following cities today:
Shenandoah. Pa. 25.1I4. an increase of SAB.
OF 26-s per cent. over 20 ,321 in 1900.
NorristowD. Pa. 2T.ST5- an increase Of $50.
or 25-2 per cent over 2, ,265 in 1900.
Omsha. Neb.. I24 09e. an increase of 81 .54l,
or 2I per cent. over To-. $50 IN 1900.
South Omaha. Neb.. 26.2 $50. increase Of
25S. or ] per cent. over 26.00l In 1900
GAINESVILLE O.. 2S.026. an increase OF Ass. or
l9.1 per cent. over 23.53s in 1900.
lie. Tenn. 1l0.364. increase Of %,
z9a. 1858 per cent. over 50 S65 in 1900.
Columbus Ind. s.sl3. compared with s.130 in
1900
Oak Park. H. Ie44s
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
BLOW DURING FIGHT
FATAL TO RANCHER
Discharged EmpIoye Accused of
Using Andiron
GSneciol Disootch 10 The Call

Snccfdf Disodtch 10 he Gail
SAN JOSE, Oct. 1S.-Herman Melden-
stein, well known stock raised of the
Panoche valley near Hollister, died this
morning at his ranch home as the re-
suit of injuries received yesterday in a
fight with George Welch, farmland
with whom he had had a disagreement
and whom he had discharged
Welch, it was alleged, had been spoil
ing for a fight for several days and had
been hanging about the place until Mel
denstein was forced into personal con-
fiict Whel the fight began to go
against Nelcl he seized an andiron and
struck his opponents head with it. Mel
denstein, rendered unconscious, fingered
through the night, death coming today
Sheriff Croxon and DR.. Hall have gone
to the valley from Hollister to make an
investigation
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
CONSOLIDATION URGED
FOR LOS ANGELES
Mayor Alexander Wants City
and County Government

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1S.-The first
step toward the proposed consolidation
of Los Angeles city and county was
taken today by Mayor Alexander. who
sent a message to othe city council ask
ing that body to appoint a commits
sion to devise measures to carry out
the plan.
The mayor pointed out that the pro-
posed consolidation would effect a saw
ing of public revenues and at the same
time simplify the problem OF distrib-
uting the new water supply from the
Owens river aqueduct.
The mayor urged that the commits
sion get to work without delay.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

Clara college observatory sent out tn
following notice tonight:
The trouble in the Caribbean
sea is more than a mere atmos-
pheric disturbance. The seiSmo-
graphs here have been running
wild October IS. II and IS, report
ing some gigantic effort long dis
tance to the southeast. Today the
record has been continuous from
the east and the south and of about
the same dimension.
The seismic reports from this
place have so far been confirmed
from Washington, Buffalo, Cleve-
land ST InIIis and Manitoba.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
QUAD MANAGER NAMES
WOMAN AS ASSISTANT
Stanford Junior Girl Is Secre-
tary of Class
TSpecioI Dispatch TO The Call

| L
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct 1s.-
a precedent was established at Stanford
today when B. ]. O'Donnell, manager OF
the 1912 Stanford Quad" the college
year book published by the junior class
appointed Miss Helen Neal of Belmont
as assistant manager.
ODonnell justified his action 10y de-
claring that one-third of the student
body was composed of women and that
they deserved recognition in all legiti-
mate lines of student activity.
Miss Neal is secretary of the junior
class and registered in the department
of history from Belmont. She is a men,
ber of the Kappa Kappa Gamma soror-
ifv
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Long Beach Threatened

LONG BEACH, Oct. 1s.-An ex-
tremely high tide is again causing
damage along the beach in front of the
city and is threatening to cause sew
eral buildings to topple into the sea.
Today it reached point of six feet
and two inches above mean tide, and
carried away $50 feet of cement side
walk along the beach. The Ell Rodeo
clubhouse, an unoccupied building, and
several attractions of the beach resort
are endangered. A large party of
workmen was busy today piling sacks
of sand to prevent further encroach-
fS
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Athletic Benefit Planned

Under the auspices of the Irish
American athletic club and under sane
tion of the Pacific athletic associa-
ton. the Mount st. Joseph orphan asy-
lum will be given a benefit at the
Presidio athletic grounds Sunday aft
ernoon, October 80. The beneft will
be in the nature Of a handicap field
day and is the seventh annual meet
of the club.
Invitations to participate have been
sent to amateur athletic organizations
all over the coast. Entries. which are
open to all registered amateurs. will
close on Monday, October "a. They
will be received at 1o6 Church street
The following list of events has been
decided upon, all except the relay and
tug of war being handicaps:
220 yard dash. $50 yard run, mile run. 10 mile
run. relay race for companies of the League OF
the Cross cadets. throwing the 56 pound weight
over the bar. 16 pound hammer throw running
broad jump; hop. step and jump and tug OF
war contest between the teams of the Irish
American athletic club and the Ancient Order of
Hibernians.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
ENTERTAINMENT TO AID
CHURCH BUILDING FUND
Father Carahar Plans Big Bene.
fit for st. Francis

An entertainment for the benefit of
the building fund of st. Francis church
has been planned by Father Caraher,
to be held Friday evening. October %.
Talent has been engaged for the pre-
sentat1on. of Italian opera and other
features. Committees are working
earnestly to make the entertainment
successfuI.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
s.N marro cAsp1pArE wrrHpRAws-s,

SAN MATEo CANDIDATE wITHDRAws- San
Msteo. Oct 1s.-WiIliam J. Eva of San Mateo
Park independent aspirant for supervisor
of fhe second township, comprising San Mateo
Burlingame. Hilsborough and Belmont. made
the official announcement today that be will
not be a candidate. Eva's retirement from the
race leaves the field TO the following candi-
dates: Maurice Powers. republican; William
Independent.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
SISTERS and TINY
|. CHARGES ARE BUSY
Temporary Habitation Requires
Cleaning and Recleaning to
Make Ii Tenantable
Continued from Page 1

come west until later. Until his ar
rival the responsibility of affairs falls
on Sister Helena and all aid makes
her burden lighter
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

PAVING WORK ADVERTISED-oakland Oct
1s-Tbe board Of public works viii receive
bids tomorrow for paving the north side of
tWeltth street dam. The paving is part Of
me lake Improvement The south side OF the
dam VIII be permanently paved later. when
the filed ground has settled. When that work
tf undertaken the development Of Peralta park
south Of the oam, will be completed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

SAN FRANCIscANs TO MARRY-Redwood
City. Oct ls--rhe following marriage licenses
were issued by County Clerk Nash today:
Don =. Pratt. 2s Of 24II Post street and
Emma NJ Sandman, 25. of San Francisco; Ar
thur +. McDerrift. 81, Of San Francisco. and
Elizabeth Blee Arnold. 81. Of Ventura: Albert
J. feasey, 26. Of San Mateo. and Geneva B.
Robertson 25 San Msteo
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Brunswick, Ga, Struck

WAYCROSS, Ca, Oct. 1S.-Passengers
on the Atlantic, Birmingham and At
lanta train reported tonight that
Brunswick. Ga. was in the grasp of the
most severe storm in its history. The
water was backing up into the CITY
from the bay and the streets were
under water. Hurricane winds are
blowing. Many people are fleeing on
fhe trains
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Seismic Disturbance

5neciol Discatch TO The Call
SANTA CLARA, Oct. 1S-The Santa
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
40 Mile Wind

CHARLESTON. S. c., Oct 1s.-At
9:15 o'clock tonight the wind velocity
had increased to 40 miles an hour. The
storm center is out at sea to the south
east of Savannah. The Clyde liner
Iroquois has been lying to all day.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Cable From Key West

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1S.-The follow,
ing telegram was received by cable
from the weather bureau observer a.
Key West, Fla, today:
Pressure fell rapidly to 2s46 at
3:45 D. M, then wind shifted to
south; since steady rise; anemo-
meter cups blown away 2:30 D. m.
The estimated maximum velocity
was more than 100 miles per hour,
wind blew over so miles an hour
for three hours: storm lasted Is
hours. The tides have been ex-
tremely high and building inun-
dated more than 10 feet. Station
force here and at Sand Key safe.
Considerable damage in city. Awful