The San Francisco call., 1913-12-06
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INDIAN
Dutch Flat Quarrel Ends in
Death of Pair and the
W0unding of Third

DUTCH FLAT, Dec. 6.--J. F. Dunn.
saloon man. and John Hoos. a
miner who was in the place, were
shot and killed last night, and Elmer
Peters, collector Of the electric light
company, was wounded in the shoul-
der by William Till, an Indian half
breed
Till and Dunn had been having
trouble and sharp words followed.
The half breed had been drinking for
more than a week, and was in a very
ing.
Till was arrested and held for the
sheriff of Placer county.
STUDENT FIGHTS EXPULSION
! FRESNO, Dec. g. Earl Wooster.
expelled by the board of education
for making a speech in which he de-
clared the high school building here
is a firetrap. has carried his cese to
the supreme court OF the state. The
auditorium has since been declared
unsafe by the fire officials.
SUES BIG HOP GROWER
CHICO. Dec Claiming that F..
f. Horst, wealthy hop grower, ran
| him down with his automobile, Web
ster Walsh has filed an action alleg-
ing $1o,5s7 damages.
DENIES ALLEGATION
SAN JOSE, Dec. SC. Peirano,
wealthy merchant, has issued a state
ment denying that he besmirched the
character of Mrs. G.. Toschi in letters
written to her father.
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SANTA ROSA, Dec. 6.-Grape grow
ers here held a mass meeting yester-
day to organize a fight against state
prohibition and formed the Sonoma
County Grape Protective association.
BEAN GROWERS SUCCESSFUL
STOCKTON. Dec 6.-With prac-
tically all the crop in the hands of
dealers, bean growers report very
successful season, the beans being OF
excellent quality and the crop large.
SALE OF oR0vILLE ORANGES :
ORoyILLE. Dec. s.-Ffrst sales of
Oroville oranges made in the middle
west will net growers approximately
$3.50 a box f. 0. b. here. Many oranges
are being sent to western Canada,
where the demand is good.
SAEA VI EN- llOSES AO4AD
SEATTLE, Dec. e.-The steamer
Carlos, laden with creosoted piles for
Los Angeles. returned to port, having
lost half her deckload in storm off
Cape Flattery.
BOYCOTT LOWERS PRICES
SEATTLE, Dec 6.-As the result of
a boycott by women. the egg market
is cents lower today, eggs selling
for 46 cents per dozen, as against SO
cents the first part of the week.
SOCIETY PRESIDENT DIES
Los ANGELES, Dec. 6.--Mrs. James
g. Fox, state president Of the Califor-
nit Federation of the international
Sunshine society. is dead following an
operation.
YUBA RICE GROWING
MARYSyILLE, Dec. 6.-Rice grow
ing acreage will be increased in Yuba
county during the coming year. One
| field cultivated by Japanese will be
ESQ acres in extent.
FUGITIVE EDITOR COMING
SEATTLE, Dec 6--S. C. Kiang. for
merly private secretary to Yuan Shi
Kai, president of China, now a fugi-
tive. arrived on the Shizouka Maru
%GSttt0dS dua " IA iCdN 9 iot s'cif a q
cisco Before leaving China he was
editor of paper in Shanghai.
FARMERS DAUGHTER ABDUCTED
PORTERyILLE, Dec. 6.-Miss Car
rie Franco. Is old daughter of a Deer
Creek rancher, has sworn to a COM
plant charging Joe Goodness. wood
cutters foreman. with having abduct-
ed her and compelled her to go with
him to a lonely foothill camp. While
officers were searching for her she es-
capped and returned home. Goodness
is still at large.
COTATI PRIEST HAS NEW PARISH
PETALUMA, Dec. 6.--Rev. Father
Souza, who has been pastor of the
Catholic church at Cotati, has been
appointed pastor of Centerville parish,
succeeded the late Father Governo. :
WILL WAR ON SMUGGLERS
SEATTLE. Dec. g. immigration
Commissioner Caminetti. who is here
on official business. says when he
goes back to Washington he will
urge the construction of a fast power
boat with which to suppress SNUG
Cling of Chinese and forbidden goods
on Puget sound.