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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
STERN WARNING
FOLLOWS QUERY
Speak Up Says Occupant
of Federal Bench, "for 1t
Would Be Less a Crime
Now Than After Close; 1t
Will Be My Duty to Visit
Very Severe Punishment
Upon Offenders Marsha
Warrington Continues; to
Take Stand Again Today

Has somebody tampered with the
jury sworn in the trial of Maury !.
Diggs, former state architect, accused
of violations of the Mann white slave
act. which is now under way in the
United States district court before
Judge William G. Van Fleet.
Jndge Van Fleets searching 1uez
fIons put to the II men In the box
evoked the fevered interest Of the day.
Have any of you been approached
by any relative or friend OF the de-
fendant Diggs, or of F. Drew Cam
fnettie" is the question the trial judge
shot at the box when he took the bench
after the noon recess.
The jurymen looked at one another.
They nodded timidly. The Judge re-
peated his question and added, Have
you obeyed my orders explicitly?" and
the jury box added yes. sir" as one
man.
LENIENT WITH JURORS
Judge Van Fleet went ahead and
commented upon the leniency allowed
it's Jurors by the United States court
and drove home the statements that
they should refrain from conversing
about the case with anybody.
Court yesterday proved a dragging
session of soldering testimony and
heartless cross examination of Marsha
Warrington, the girl who went with
Diggs to Reno New, on the Diggs-
Caminctti escapade.
Again, after recess at o'clock,
Judge Van Fleet talked to the jury.
He asked if the jurymen had been
where the case was discussed, and
Louis Bloch said he had, but had not
entered into the conversation
That's not what 1 want to know
Judge Van Fleet said
.NOTHING TO sAYv
Surrounded by the newspaper men
after adjournment at o'clock, Judge
Van Fleet threw up his hands and
said "I have nothing to say to you
gentlemen"
He asked the jurymen to speak up.
for, he said, it would be less a. crime
now than after the close of the case"
1T will be my duty to visit very severe
punishment upon offenders
1t Is known a government secret
service operative who heretofore has
been stationed in another city re-
mained in the courtroom yesterday and
followed the jurymen out when they
recessed and left the postoffice build
Ing.
All chances of finishing the case this
week vanished when the day closed
with Marsha Warrington in the hands
of her cross examiners.
Nate Coghlan of the defense said he
would not finish with her for an hour
this morning.
LOLA NORRIS TO FOLLOW
Lola Norris is to follow her girl COM
rade on the stand, and then comes Mar
tin Besley of Sacramento. before the
defense rests.
The prosecution mas be we'll into its
evidence FridayS
Miss Warrington has been on the
stand four hours and a half. She was
the target for more than three hours
yesterday.
She gained poise. Generally her
voice was whisper. At times, when
a question impugned the truth of her
former statements she raised her head
and spoke clearly. with a snap. The
nasty facts she had to relate did not
cause a tremor. She halted at the
worst. but always answered in steady
undertone.
Revolving. the most blaae attaches OF
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
GIRL SOUGHT IN
HILLS FOUND At
HOME UNDER BED
Miss Elizabeth Bender After
Search Sustained for Her
All Day, Discovered
Hiding
Especial Dispatch to The CALI

special Dispatch to The CALI
BERKELEY, Aug 13.-Sea rching
parties still were securing the Berke-
ley hills in search of Miss Elizabeth
Bender, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. d. A.
Bender, 1862 Piedmont avenue. who
left her room in the early morning
hours clad only in nightrobe, when
the young woman was discovered hid
ing beneath a bed by servant em-
tonight
The servant was just about to retire
and was getting into bed when she
felt some one grab her by the ankle.
She screamed and jumped to the floor
running into the hall and calling for
aid The other members of the house,
hold came running to her assistance
and found the missing girl hiding be-
meath the servants bed
Miss Bender, who was believed to
have been roaming the hills. had been
hiding in large air shaft located in
the basement the entire day. When
night came on she managed to enter
the house unseen and secret herself in
the servants room.
Miss Bender was formerly in society
activities. She is an accomplished mu-
sician, having studied for number of
years under noted teachers in the east
For the last year and half, however,
she has not devoted herself to her
music owing to nervous trouble
Arrangements had been made by her
family to have her taken today to the
Ukiah state hospital to undergo treat
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
GRANDMOTHER AT 80 YEARS
Takes First Place In Rank when
Daughter Becomes Mother

NEWARK, O., Aug. 13.-Grandfather
Will Kuster, 4s years old, Grandpa
George Lane, 40 years old, Grandfather
Edward Hallenbaugh. 34 years DID, all
of Newark. must surrender honors to
Mrs. S. NJ. Jackson of North Newark,
who, it has just been announced, be-
came grandmother at S3 years of
age, when her daughter, Mrs. Herbert
Coburn. II years old. of Cambridge,
o., became a mother.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
SIX Los ANGELES
JUDGES NAMED
BY GOV. JOHNSON
All Judicial Vacancies Now
Filled With Exception of
Two Other Appoint
ments Promised


SACRAMENTO, Aug. 13.-Governor
Johnson today named the six additional
Los Angeles judges. They are:
Louis w. Myers. Los Angeles; Grant
Jackson. Los Angeles; Willis I. Nor
rison. Pasadena, former industrial ac-
cident board commissioner; Fred H.
Taft, Los Angeles; John w. Shenk,
Los Angeles, candidate for mayor at
the last municipal election; Louis. r.
Works. son OF United States Senator
John d. Works, Los Angeles.
The positions pay salary of $4,000
year and increase the number of SUI
perior court departments from IL to
IS In Los Angeles county.
With the exception of shenk and
Morrison, the others have been prac-
ticing attorneys Of Los Angeles for
some time.
The new appointees serve until the
next general election in November.
1914
The governor selected the six Los
Angeles judges from more than 80 ap-
plicants, among them being two women.
With the appointments today Cover
nor johnson has filled all the court va
cancies existing. except that in San
Benito county, caused by the resigna-
tion OF Judge Maurice Dooling and the
selection OF man to fill the place OF
the late Justice Hall of the first dis
trict court OF appeals.
The governor will announce addi-
tional appointments on his return from
San Francisco. where he went tonight
to speak in favor Of the municipal
hons eIectfon
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
NOTED BOTANIST is DEAD
Man Who Developed American Beauty
Rose Meets Tragic End

WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.-While pur-
suing boys who had been throwing
stones at the hot houses in the Ma
tionai botanical gardens today, c. Les
lie Reynolds, superintendent, dropped
dead from heart failure Mr. Reynolds
had been connected with the botanical
gardens for 40 years and won national
reputation through his development of
the American Beauty rose. He was So
years old
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
CRACKSMEN BLOW SAFE
OF FIRM IN Los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1s.-For the.
first time in three years q safe was
cracked in Los Angeles early today.
Using nitro glycerin, robbers, be-
lieved to be professional. blew open
the safe OF the National BottIing COM
pany and obtained 1894.
The only clews found were finger
prints IN the dpsts- . A.ss~- &. :.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
OAKLAND MINING MAN
KILLS SELF IN CHICAGO
Carroll Dunham Calvin, Said to Have
Failed I'm Venture, Takes Life
In His Hotel
niSnatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch to The Call)
CHICAGO, Aug. 1s.-Carroll Dunham
Calvin OF Oakland. CAL, killed himself
by shooting in a downtown hotel this
morning.
Dunham was formerly a mining en-
gineer in Mexico, and had lived in Cali
fornia about a year.
Dependency over failure 10 promote
an automobile tire is alleged as the
cause for his act.
Durham leaves wife and two
children in Oakland. and an uncle, DR..
II. L. Stambach, in Santa Barbara.
He was Al years old and member
of the Elks in good standing.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
CURE FOR CANCER CLAIMED

Tasmanian Applies :Roentgen Rays
Filtered Through Plates of Metal
HOBART. Tasmania. Aug. 13.-Doctor
Roberts, senior surgeon Of the general
hospital here. claims to have attained
remarkable success in the cure of can
Ger by Roentgen secondary rays uttered
through silver. copper or tin plate. He
declares he has treated 40 cases with
out = racuxrences
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
NOVELIST TOO POOR
TO ANSWER SUMMONS
William Lequeux Writes He Is ssWith-
out Necessary Funds" to Go to
London to Meet Creditors

LONDON, Aug. 13.-William Lequeux,
the English novelist, apparently has
reached an awkward situation as re-
CARDS his finances.
His affairs were placed today in the
hands of the official receiver on the
petition of his wife. who claims $1,000
arrears under her deed of separation.
Lequeux, in a letter to the official
receiver, expresses regret that he Is
unable to attend the meeting of cred
itors today, as he is in Brussels, with
out the necessary funds to go to Lon
dom
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
ITALY's STRIKE EXPENSIVE

MILAN, Italy. Aug. 13.-The general
strike" in Italy, which has now ended,
resulted in the death of three persons,
the wounding of 165 and the arrest OF
2.47S. The financial losses to workmen
and employers amount to several mill
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
BRINGS CARGO OF BULLION
steamship senator Arrives From Alaska
with Gold and Furs

SEATTLE. Wash, Aug. 1s-The
steamship Senator arrived from Nome.
Alaska. today with half a million dol
lars in gold bullion from the placer
mines on seward peninsula and $4,000
worth of~furs from Siberia
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
JUDGE CONCERNED LEST
SOME ONE HAS 7AAlPERED
WITH THE DIGGS JURY

Courtroom sketches by The Calls staff artist Mrs. c. w.
Ayers Of Miss Harrington upper left hand coner
Mrs H. Haley sister Of Miss arlington (upper right hand
Digqs the defendant and Robert Depn and Nate Cogh
lan attorneys for the defense the latter conducted The
animation
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
Japanese Press Comment

TOKYO, Aug. 1s.-The Japanese
press. commenting today on Japan's re-
quest to Mexico to postpone the visit
OF General Felix Diaz on account of the
absence OF the emperor at Nikko, ex-
presses the opinion that it was feared
the visit might prove embarrassing and
was liable to be made the basis of an
anti American demonstration. 1t was
for this reason the visit was put on.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED
Party Of Twenty-thrse Thrown in Lake
From Launch by Passing Tugs Swell

SUPERIOR. Wis. Aug. 1s.-Seven
persons out of launch party of %
were drowned in Superior bay today by
being thrown from the upper deck into
the bay by the swell OF passing tug.
Nearby craft came to the rescue Later
six bodies were taken from the bay.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
CANAL SOON TO BE CLEAR

Destroyed About October x5
PANAMA, Aug. 13.-The last dixie in
the Pacific section Of the Panama canal
between Mirafiores locks and the ocean
will be destroyed about October rs, es-
tablishing uninterrupted water commu-
nication for vessels Of light draft.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
|NS|NUAT|NG
QUESTION PUT
BY COURT To
men IN BOX

Have Any of You Been Ap-
preached by Any Relative
or Friend of the Defendant
or Of F. Drew Caminetti?"
Is Asked of the Twelve
Louis Bloch Admits He
Had Been Where Case
Was Discussed, but Denies
Any Part in Conversation
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
Status of Case Unaffected

Los ANGELES, Aug. 13.-Depart-
ment of Justice officials here declared
today that the sailing from Vancouver
OF Prince Sulkowski and his bride
would have no effect on the status OF
the case. Mrs. Cara Melcher. whose
appearance before immigration officials
led to the charges against the Austrian
prince, probably will remain here un-
til September. when the case. will be
laid before the federal grand jury.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14
PRINCE SULKOWSKI AND
BRIDE OFF FOR JAPAN

Nfpp0nese Economists Who Have Been
investigating Conditions In America
ON the Same steamer
VANCOUVER, B. c., Aug. 1s.-Prince
stanislaus Sulkowski of Austria and
his bride, formerly Miss Marie Louise
Freese OF Los Angeles, sailed for Japan
today on the steamship Empress OF
Russia. DR.. Juichi Soyeda and Tadao
Kamiya Japanese economists, who
have been investigating the conditions
of Japanese in America. also were on
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14

The gold brought to the mint in
San Francisco in July was
at S5,554,751.OO.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-14

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
The Disabled Auto Pump,

The breaking of the pump driving shaft or coupling need cause no undue excitement on the part of the autono biliSt Remove the pump parts so that the water will flow freely through the pump chamber. If the pump. parts cannot be removed disconnect the pump altogether and insert piece ot hose between radiator and water jacket manifold If radiator is filed to the top thcrnosiphonic circulation is set up. The circulation will not be so rap i'd as in the nse of the pump. The spark, then. should accordingly be fully advanced to reduce the tendency to- ward overhea ting
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
A Crank With Folding Handle.

handle. in which the danger of kick" is materially reduced. has just been put on the market. The device consists of folding handle. which, when released by the hand or torn from its grip by . IS the cr3Ikin@ arm. thereby reducing the width of the danger zone to one Inch. instead of the five inches swept by a rigid l.andie. The power needed to throw the handle out of the way is fuc- nished by | stiff spring.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
NEW COTTON GIN.

of the new gin is that the seed is un- rolled from the cotton fiber. leaving the latter uninjured,
 In ordinary ginning the fiber is more or less torn. and as the length of the fiber is of the greatest consideration in determining the quality of the staple the new device is expected to enhance the value of cotton 90 ginned as com pared with that ginned with the pres ent type of gin. Cotton men declare that torn fiber cotton is worth from half a cent to cent a pound less than cotton with the fiber uninjured.-Popu lar Mechanics
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
Exact Value of Gold.

The pr '"nt exact value of gold is S20.G1 lS54,;2-5323 per line onnce. ac- cording to the computation tables of the United States geological survey and the bureau of the mint The avef- age commercial pfive of silver III 1911 vas 53 cents per fine ounce
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
India's Burnina Tree.

In India there grows 'burnifis tree,' the leaves and stems of which are covered with stiusing hairs. 4 touch of the Indian burning tree" gives the same sensation as contact with redhot iron. and the pain lasts several days.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20

Dated at Wrangell, Alaska, this 22nd day of January, 1913.
 F. Matheson Town Treasurer and ex-officio Tax Collector of the Town of Wrangell, Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
IMPROVED COTTON GIN.
New Machine Separates Seed From
 Fiber Without Injury.

Members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and others interested recent ly inspected the working of new cot ton gin which some cotton men declare will revolutioniZe the cotton industry. The gin is the invention of a Partisan who has been residing in New Orleans
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
Enciand's Deer Parks.

There are over 33O deer parks main tained in England.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
Likely.

And very soon we will hear that Morgan has denied that there is an income tax.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1913-02-20
Too Much Pepperino.

Hot climate plus chili, tomale, etc is again showing its effects on Mexicans.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-03-07
Selby's 0xfords and Pumps
For Ladies

These splendid Shoes are WE We'll f known for
have style suitable for each individual Gus
toner. Note some of the styles and prices:
Ladies' dull calf, button Oxfords, medium heel,
suitable for general wear, at :. :. $500
Ladies' vici Oxfords in the best heel and toe for
walking purposes, special at $500 and $3.50 pair
Ladies' patent leather OXfords for street wear,
very stylish last, at. .. E. $500 and $3.50
Ladies' patent button Oxford in several new
toes, stylish well as durable, at $500 to $3.50
Ladies' patent Pumps in all the very latest styles
at. :. :. ....... $3.50 to $4.OO
Ladies' tan and brown Oxfords, variety of
styles to choose from, prices from $500 to $3.50
A very attractive tan Pump at :. f. $3.50. $500
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-17
BUSINESS DEPRESSION IS DUE
TO CURRENCY BILL DEBATE

democrats to say that his questions
had not shown admitted defects in the
bill which had to be corrected and
asking If the senators were to "be re-
duced in Importance to ciphers." Gal
linger, in defending the republicans
said he had wondered in the last few
days II the democrats were not nlibus-
tering against the bill.
Objection was made to the comment
by Bristow who said the business de-
preston was not due as much to eager
ness for the passage Of the currency
bill as fear for the form in which 1t
might be passed.
Millions of people in this country
are not capable of analysing bank
statements and picking out safe
bank" Senator Hitchcock declared
this afternoon in favor OF guarantee of
bank deposits by the government. IT
is the duty of the government to give
some protection to these depositors
and by additional laws to keep radi-
calls out of the banking business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-17
.PE0NAGE At
COPPER MINES
Western Federation of Miners
Official Makes Serious
Charges in His
Recital
IMPORTING OF GUN MEN
Members Of State Supreme Court Are
Stockholders in the Mines
or keenly In
terested.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. Dec. IA dra-
matte recital of the conditions alleg-
&C to exist in the copper industries
of Michigan where the miners are now
on strike, including charges that
members Of the supreme court Of
Michigan were either stockholders or
keenly interested in the mining prop
critics, was made before the house
rules committee today by G. e. Ma
honey of Denver, vice president Of the
Western Federation of Miners.
He charged that agencies in Chi
cago, New York, and the principal
eastern cities had been employed by
the mine operators to enlist "gun
men" and transport them to the cop
per fields.
Men are frequently employed to
work the northern timber belt, When
they are collected, armed CARDS are
placed in charge of the railroad cars
and instructed to deliver them into
the Michigan copper district They
IRE kept there under threats OF death
and compelled to work under peonage
conditions the witness charged.
The witness declared his lawyers
had advised against seeking redress
through the state judiciary because
there had never been semblance OF
justice shown"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-17
ELECTRIC COMPANY REBATES
TO LANDLORDS AND OFFICES

plants in apartment buildings and to
stifle competition, the light company
gives the landlord a fiat wholesale
yate on the electricity used in his
building. This rate has been as low as
" cents. The tenant pays the reg
ular ten cent resident rate to tho
landlord, who pockets the profit This
profit in some apartment houses is
said to run as high as $500 month
During the hearings the Edison com
pany did not deny that it had re
Late system
The commission showed that OF
$21 100000 paid into the Edison com
pany in 1912, S9,O0o,o00 came ire nj
small consumers raging the 10 cent
rate.
In the meantime, however, prices for
Office buildings have been cut far be-
low even the rebate rate OF apart
ment house landlords The invest;ga-
tion resulted from a suit on behalf of
400 petitioners and the Isolated Plant
Publishing company The petitioners
are engineers, who allege that the
motive OF the Edison Co. in granting
rebates and low rates is to prevent
the installation of individual or iso-
lated plants in buildings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-17
COLLISION
OF STEAMER
Rammed in Fog by Schooner
While Racing With An
other Vessel From New
York to Boston.

United Press Leased Wire Service. I
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Speedins
toward Boston In racs with two
other steamers. tn. Bay State line
steamboat Tennessee, bound from
New York to Boston with 500 passen.
gers, collided with the schooner Mat,
tie Bassett and was SO seriously dam.
aged that she was forced to turn back
arriving at her pier early today. The
collision occurred during the night,
A big hole was torn in ths side OF
the Tennessee. The promenade deck
was ripped up, two state rooms ruin.
ed and her pilot house wrecked. The
bowsprit lib Of the schooner was
carried awsy. When the passengers
were put ashore, her passengers
were exceedingly angry as they wer.
too late to catch the train.
It is a wonder no one was struck
and injured when the boats struck. A
number OF women became hyst srical.
A heavy mist hung over the water,
OF the sound when the schooner sud
denly appeared and rammed the Ten
nasese amidships. The steamer
careened from the force of the col
lision, throwing passengers from their
chairs and berths. The beak OF the
schooner was broken off and the two
vessels locked in a tangle OF tackle
and rigging. There was the greatest
excitement among the passengers but
after half an hours work the Ten.
nessee was freed and put abcut. The
Tennessee was badly damaged but
only above the water line ana she
made her pier without difficulty.
This is the third accident in which
the Tennessee has been involved. She
grounded on the shoals of sunken
meadows In 1907. On another. occasion
she rammed and sunk schoon ar,
four Of the latter's crew being drown
ed.
Among the passengers on the Ten,
nessee were twenty-eour blue Jackets
from the Atlantic feet which recent;
~ returned from the Medit srrafSssani
cruise When women began to pour
on deck, excited and hysterieal. the
blue Jackets aided members OF tina
Tennessee's crew IN restoring order.
Captain Enof had Just left the
wheel and gone below leaving Pilot
Brown in charges, when the collision
occurred.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-17
~ i 81 sgss<s~sssv m ?
NOT In FAVOR
OF WOMEN POLICE
Mrs. Gompers Says Her place IL In
the Home and Not on tho
Streets.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER, Colo, Dec. 1T am not
in favor of police women and / do not
believe in the woman vice crusader
Think OF woman trying to arrest a
man"
Mrs. Samuel Gompers, wife Of the
president of the American Federation
Of Labor made this remark in discuss
ing the rights of women in the work
ing world. With her daughter, Sadie,
she stopped here enroute east from
Los Angeles.
Women must be careful not to lose
their feminity," she continued. But
they have right to branch out into
whatever field they may choose The
American woman, as wife, mother and
manager of household has a much
better time of it.
But the condition or men workers
is deplorable Legislation to aid
them Is one of the pressing needs of
today