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BAN EKAXCI3CO CHRONICLE 8UXDAYr JUIT 19i8 TEIBSSH KII COAST LEAGUE Mk and Sacra Team Break Even on Last pay LAST SAD RITES Murphy Fearful of ia to work uniy Worried Spectator Pacific Coatt Leajy RKMLTI ftURAT Oakland a miml IA eeraarite a Oakland IP Verne 8 lt lk 1 flat Fell a she verwea Lew Aaaelea a ben rwtilw 1 A PI San erancta Leo Angela tfAnlG OP TUB CLCBS Wma Verwen 88 Loe Aneele ST all tak JMS 84 88 now tiih icniKs fi uhkd Verwea A 814 lk a IlinanU ft Oakland 1 Lew Autln 4 8an rraatWa a UNERAL oervlcee or tha reait League Sunday vara not verylm raailra Joe Darham wara tbe on nt lonal black And Cal bwlni appeared bundiaa avtreoat that mad It plain that tha draft from tha bank wu piercing but tha caah cult mra Mat kMw anything anuaaal wu Tba ball players noalad along taa If tba did not have to ark ehortly and Foghorn Mar wan thara emlllnge amlla that I kla raea all oat of ehape There no mirth In th amlla of Mart Hr la a rood plac to tall that Oak won tha morning game to th liw MSatere grabbec tne a ta who had It figured oat that apla of pallbearers would walk oecku aide at Umplra Ed Finney raooaca that friends of tba da will Pass on tba rlghthand Twer disappointed Ed wa out with bia cora nnea protector at about rit Incbaa farmer ordinary and ha callad faliowa i wbo wara aa aafa na tha Liberty tba ldaa bain to maka tha aama and nappy and atart atgns of that prof lonal baaaball la no MeFarlln tba demon hard aa aoeretary or tha oaaiana eiuo I It figured oat that tha cellar aaaona ahoald cloaa tna on a win ao Baa Arlatt waa aant fool tha folka from upstate Ha Ka lata atart Ha did not tool tham In tha arat Inning and aftar round waa over ha could fool a far aa ha llkad for a fallow Leaks who looka aa aattlad atald aa a married man would I Mt the Oaka rat started two rana that Art Grlgge oat la i with one mighty poke In tha Inning proved to bo enough to tba game Bua Arlatt thoucht of of tnuga na mignt nave none Art no In that flrat round bat tUMf bad already been done ick Millar la Jnst aa wide acroa ahonldora aa Art Griggs end hla i amolla Jnat na strong but Hack hla Coaat Lsagu career In tha Inning by atrlklnr out on a wide that be eouia not bare It with one of Kd Kinneys bona poles Hack looked awfully fan that third strlk And ha waa glad when tha Ut aad rltea en aaia ana ne coma mae in to isoner Exchange Includes Interned I HAGUE July IT The text of agreement for the exchange of between the British and ban delegation which waa algnad tJnly 1 contain provision for paaohang of officers non tomnii officer and men aa well aa Interned In Holland and arland The latter will leave the where xbey aro Interned commlssloned offlcera will be tad direct Inetead of being In Qerman and Brltleh vrlaonere ar and clvlllana Interned In Ho will leare that country whlla places will to taken by ornceri American League nrjMitTn jinAT rvtroU at Vtaaklaftoe Oilraia at naataa Loale at rlleil 4ple tv vlaed at hw Vara rtTa mondat rtillas lpala a at fml I irt larnr rkllaHrlpali a bt Lrala 4 aaraee rtarrlaae Na Tart I Botae I Calrara 1 WLITK TTEnnaT Drtralt 11 Kaw ark 1 lnt fiatralt baw Tart I ml rallaalpkla 4 Cklrafa I baatoa 3 St LAala I eialettea 4 flaralaM BBHtLT WEDNE8DAT Kaw Tart DatraTt aaaaa nnatBaaadi ral Iillaealplila4alrava aaiaa aoataaiiadt rala aa I Bl It limit a aaraai Waaklattao Clanaaa 4 HEIRS 0 SFC THE WILL EAD DED THiR ONTRA li 1 5 National League Cblraea a rkllailalnh Clarlaaatl a Yark a RESILTS MONDAT Kaw Tart 3 flarlnaatl I Plttabnrf nranklya ft tBllaaalpaia 41il4an rma naataoeae rata KEal LT TUCJDAT txtl Baataa a baw Tark Cladanatl aaaM peatpaeaet reia Plttakari brootlra A Millaealpkla Chirac Brat rkil erlphla 4 llilraiia i twraae ntsiLra irniKiauAT Yark 4 rlarlaaatl 1 arcaad gaan at lmii 4 noataa a Cklrara Pkllailalplila I twaatr aaa laalat Dempsey Sprains Ankle Figk Off NEW TORK July II Prominent puglllat met In bouta at Madlaon Square Qarden tonight In a benefit to buy athletic equipment for aoldlara Tba feature boot between Jack Demp aey ana Billy Miake heaTy welghta waa called off aa Dempaey apralned an ankle In cymnaatum work In tha aft ernoon Benny Leonard lightweight champion outboxed Willie Jackaon of New York In a four round bout Packy McFarland of Chicago gave three rOund exhibition with Shlclda of New York After Dempaey had entered tha ring and dlaplayed Ma Injured ankle Oeorge Aaha of Pblaldelphla aubjtl tuted for him agalnat Mlaka and waa outpointed In a four round bout Griggs and Pinelli Are Sold to majors SACRAMENTO July 17 Art Orlgga leading bataman of Jhe Pa cine Coaat Leagua thla aeaaon waa today aold to the Detroit Americana by tha Sacramento Coaat League man agement Tha consideration waa WOO The Boston Americana alao bid for the aervlcea of the flrat baaa man urlgga will leave for the East at once Babe Plnelll third baaa man for the Sacramento club baa come to terma with the Chicago White Sox He will be given a tryout with tha Sox upon hla arrival Chick Evans Wins Red Cross Match CHICAGO July la Chick Evnna natlonal golf champion and Walter Hagen of Rochester formerly open champion yesterday won a Red Crosa have been prlaonera for more match from Jock Hutchlneon and eighteen months and other nera In poor health iamber of prlaonera to be In Lila accordance with the agree of KIT amounts to 1500 sick sanded British offlcera and about German offlcera i a ts Schwab Sponsor For 8800 Ton Hull ATTLC July IT Drector Oen Charlee Schwab and Vice dent Charles Plea of the Emer set Corporation are spend Other busy day In Seattle ship Robert McDonald professionals at tha Oien View and the Indian Hill cluba Chicago who heretofore have ra malned unbeaten In tha aerlea of Red Croaa exhibitions given by tha Wast ern Oolf Association at tba Edge water Oolf Club Tba ecore waa 1 up and 1 to play Major Leaguers to Play in Montreal MONTREAL July 14 Arrange menta were cloaed here today to have tha Chicago and Boaton teama of the National League play here July XI Aba feature of which waa to It will be the Orst major league game launching thla afternoon of lever played In Montreal and If It Is faertoa steel ateamer West irom me eiinnor aaar th Mrs Schwab as sponsor ar a morning spent In shipyard cttona tba shlnnlnsr of flalala entertained at luncheon by Cap John Bain changed Inlterary tha Schwab ty are to visit Everett and Aber Tbe west ootomskl which was lag of bar keeL financially auceessful It Is undsrstood a aerlea of gamea between major league teama will be played here dur ing the eeaeon i Vallejo Sailors Beat Quartermasters VALLEJO July It The Naval tM launched lata today will take I Camp ball club defeated the Presidio vwaler fifty working days alter Juartermasters bare tnia afternoon before a large number or spectators The game was a hotly contested one both pitchers twirling In rare form Here are the figures Karal raaap I guarlaraaMere 14 1 Hatterlee Drlaeoll aad Kalett Creep aad kltrkla Not Much of an Estate Left When the Coasters Decide to Quit Business KLATIVKS of iha lata San Francisco club In tha deceased a a League gathereJ around the featal board Monday to hear tha will read and dlacover luat where they stand with regard lOaaeTha future Dar Charlea Etrub Charlie Graham and Oeorge Put man tha fat little secretary were present and they didnt have to spend much time looking over tha aetata Chiefly the residue consists of rights to playera who will still belong to tha club If It la possible to play ball next year and tha right to rent Recreation Park for such Saturday and Sunday games aa ay coma along Ita not the Intention of tha own era to go In for thla semi pro baseball themselves but they are willing lo rent their little or park to any aspiring magnatea who may want to take a fling at getting rich quick A algh of relief Want upon tha receipt of a wire from Secretary Far rail of the National Commission assuring theCoaatera that air wsll so far aa tha title to playera la concerned Of course said Dr 8trub who Was the apokespian yesterday afternoon we reaerva the right to theee playera If wa want to atart In baseball next spring but wa cant prevent their making a living In other words If they are offered Joba with minor league teama we cannot prevent their accepting the aama On the contrary we want to do everything In our power to help them out and to land Jobs for tha boya If they cant hook up for themselves 3d Liberty Loan Payments Pour In WASHINGTON July IT Millions of purchasers of third Llbertr bonda day paid to banka tha II per cent In stallment or tneir subscription due before tomorrow night Indications war that moat of the IM4000000 till due on the third Liberty loan would be paid Into the Treasury at thla Installment leaving comparatively little to bo paid August II when 40 per cent la due ThO Uat block Of tSOO000000 car tlficatos of Indebtdneas Issued April In anticipation of the third Liberty loan will be redeemed tomorrow out of the recelpta from loan Installment payments The I7SO000000 Issue of certltlcatea which closed vesterdav waa fully aubscrlbed It was Indicated ny partial reports to lbs Treasury today Reord recelpta from war savings and thrift atampa aalea thla month amounting to 0000000 up to yes I nave raisea ine total revenue to tha Government from this sourcs to II 14000000 Total to Be Spent in Island Kingdom and China by Mounts to 100000000 WASHINGTON July IS The United States turning to Its aasoclatea In tba Orient for aid in meetlna th Ht i ii i tr for ships to Japan tia 7 me total or mora than iill 9 tonnage In lbs Island kingdom and In China Annouaswtnaiii waa made today of ne awarding of contracts for thirty vessels te thirteen Japanese yarda iT Knwaaakl of Kobe eHll Of tha aha alas 1 1 Wat a ettAes taa aha xliraad OUI onn be a a1 I nddltlon to 170JJ tone purchased from Japan 5 chartered at a total coat or lla440000 or which IMvOvOOt in oifonded First a United Statea to a rmtnaaa vatM ware Unado public on Saturday calling for Ve building of 110000 tone at a coat of approximately 10000000 win deliver to thla country about 110000 tone of ahlps by September 1 and will continue deliveries at rearular inipi tt States supplies the ateel for the vea Altogether about 111111 tons of steel will 4e sent to Japan Some of the ship will be put Immediately Into the war tone service while others will be used In the coaat wle and South American All camouflaging of ahlpa built for tha Shipping Board will be supervised i Dy me navy uepartment Contracts also have been let for building twenty tran ports to tba Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Alameda CaL Brasll baa asked for wooden ship plans as a preliminary to undertaking tha building of a merchant marina for the Braslllan flag The plans Vsre furnished promptly Hubby Flees Row Via Fire Escape After chasing her husband down tba Are escape of the Atheretona apartmente 141 OKarrell street Tuas morning Mrs riell Fowler wife of Edward Fowler proprietor of the Ideal Film Exchange at 101 Golden Oata avenue waa arreated on a charge of grand larceny and mall cloua mischief The complaint was filed by Trlxle Leslie Mrs Fowler aald aha found the woman In the apartment with her husband Trlxle Leslie accusal Mrs Fowler of assault of taking her fur coat dress and let tera and of alashlng her hata with a penknife Mra Fowler aald aha waa merely taking the other womans clothing aa evldenca to be used In a contemplated divorce auit Mra Fowler aald aha la a daughter of the lata Senator Levi Ankeny of Washington She was releaeed on her own recognisance and will appear In court today igressman Curry Sbn Off for France rAaiHNQTON July 11 Second tenant cnariea curry Jr kg corps Army son of lien tauva curry lert bera today for ace where lie will soon bo flilit the Hun In the air on the Weetern A iareweu reception waa ten vthe youfag officer by Congress today who pressnted him with a gem wnat waicn ueutenam received his aviation training Presidio of Ban Francisco eley and KellV Field San An Testsrday be made a night Waablagton lo New York and iorcyclist Dead Girl Hurt in Crash ITSOMVILLE July II Jack A local garage employe was and Miss Edna Gooss of awBered a brokearlgbt leg injuries itte looey when cycle on which they were awestruck a macklas by PaWI aj Hlplsy of Coalings tutu cra road Tbey were it ta the Wataawvllla hoenltaL Hkaple died of a broken neck era arrealea cy tmsukle Ar leruie and Is being heldpend I earvoaiaaiiwai oy vatrirt At aulth Devlae aald Rbyley bad rt iang LABrstH aiica oak a Jay IT The rt Uwaarfl raaiaa wa laaariMii tartar kr Wllnaa II Ifca llaklaa Aa arlallua ear Tha alt wklrfc waa Up Bob Fulton and Jack Dempsey Again MINNEAPOLIS Minn lyly Arrangements have been completed ta bold the Jack Dempaey Pred Fulton flght at Jersey City on July IT according to a telegram received here tonight by Fulton from Mike Collins who Is la New Tork Fulton left to night for the East to compute train Ing for the fight which will be eight rounds Bostop Red Sox Sign Curley Brown LOS ANGELES July IT Ohtrlee Curler Brown pitcher of the Los signed by the Angeles club has been report Immediately after the Los An galea Vernon championship series closes tlmt tSXtZ kwTlaat MOVe baptismal II aa asat stasias wlu tM YOUNG HROW BKATB LBOPOLD LOS AliaCLES July ll Joe King Leopold was beaten here last night by Young Brown la a four round encounter Leopold was battered all around tha rlag for the full length of tha contest Leopold spoiled th match by clinching at every opbora lunlty Joe Shade and George Mom boxed draww PORTLAND July 14 Cbrltened by Mrs Bradley daughter of Fred Ballln daslgnef and builder of the famous Ballln lypeUKfiod ship the eieamanip JUis under mal cerameVTfb i ih WilUtuetta this altsraoon CaL Man Reported I Dead Is Still JLlwe PORTERVILLE July It Sergeant John Hitchcock loth Engineers in service In France who waa reported aa dead In casualty lists published Ave weeke ago la very much alive A letter has been received by his father I Hitchcock a wealthy cattleman of the White River district raying hs Is a patient In a baee hospital He waa wounded eeverelr while at work with a crew blasting a roaa oea tor an American railroad Una At the time hie letter waa written he waa Improving rapidly he said Pacific Tannery to Rebuild Immediately STOCKTON July II Announce ment waa mada today by Wag ner president of the Wagner Leather Company that the Pad Ho Tannery destroyed by Are last Saturday night will be rebuilt at once on tha old elte Tha new building replacing one of brick and one of corrugated Iron will be four atorles high and all brick It will cover snore ground than the old ono Workmen are now busy clearing away debate and aalvaglng materials to bo uasd In reconstruction i Hun Order Goes Out To Capture Sailors AMSTERDAM July He Tba Tele graaf publishes a ststement which It attrlbutee to a reliable eource that German submarine commanders bava been ordered aa far as possible maka prisoners of tbe crews of enemy merchantmen particularly subordin ate membore of tbeaa crews The Qtrm man authorities It aays Intend to treat tbem not as civilian war prls oners but to subjent them to the most severe regiment ordinary prls WIFE TO RUN AGAINST HUBBY FOR TREASURER SEEKS DIVORCE KALAMA Wash July 14 Two week ago Mra Faith Perry wife of Lawrence Perry County Treasurer Bled a declaration of her candidacy aa an Independent at the coming November election for the office which her husband holda Treasurer Perry expresssd surprise at his wifes sc tlon but after a few days announced that he would retire from the race and not contest for re election On the heels of this development Mrs Psrry yssterday threw another sensational bombehell Into the com munity by niing ault for divorce from her husband alleging cruel and In human treatment and asking for the custody or tneir tnree children In her declaration of candidacy for office Mra Perry eaya Aa am financially unable to conduct a personal campaign I ask my frlenda to lend me their support Labor Board Umpires Are Named by Wilson WASHINGTON July 14 Prealri Wilson acting on recommendations of tbe War Labor Board today nominated ten men to act ae umpires In controversies which cacnot be aattlad by agreement of the membership of the War Labor Board They Include Henry Ford or Detroit Charles Caldwell Mc Chord ot tha Interstate Commerce Commission and Harr7 Sussallo pree laeni me university ot Washington Arizona Flyer Downs Third Enemy Plane NOGALES Arls July IT Ralph QNelll credited In dispatches from Franca with having estroyed a Herman IwnMat lnL In over the Marne Is ths son ot uiM puuueiiar 01 ini togaies Herald He waa A student In the University of Pennsylvania whan he enlisted He le 11 yeara old Thla waa aald to be the third enemy airplane downed by him since July Si Bear Offers Fight to Greenville Autoist aREENVILLE July IT Chamberlain well known Greenville resident thought his time had came whn a grrat brown bear contestsd the right of way aa he waa driving hie automobile along one of the mountain roads near here The besst advanced growling Chamberlain epeeded up hla motor and the nolee frightened the animal which Jumped Into the brush and vanished Austrian Arrested in Ohio Dynamite Plots CLEVELAND July II Find Ing a quantity of dynamite at a large aircraft plant In Salem tonight reeulled In the arrest of an Austrian enemy altn Reports made by the Federal authorities say a numbsr of attempts have ben made recently to cripple the plant where nearly 10 Auetrlans are employed Oil Lands Bill Laid Over Until August wVASHIN OTON July II Conferees onaJAo mineral lands bill which con talk the relief leaaa leglelatlon for tha California oil claimants In tbs naval raeervo met today but mada no progress on the MIL They will not meet again until late In Auguetvaftrr Congreaa reconvenea In regular session lira OVER DBA MANUFACTURES CO Government Control Is Likely to Follow Requirements of Forces Abroad WASHINGTON July Government control of tha tobacco laductry may result from the heavy requirements ottthe allies and tba American military forces abroad Rationing of the American population le believed to be a possibility The War Industrlee Bonrd announced It has been conducting an Investigation to determine the requirements abroad and tha amount that must be conserved It astlmatss approximately two thlrde of the leaf tobacco ralaed In thla eountry In HIT will be available Tor American menu facturers Out of this must come cigarette and pipe tobacco for troops not yet oversees and exports of manufactured tobacco In addition to cigarettes and tobacco purebased hers for Belgium The crop In HIT was 11M004000 pounds and of this ths board estimates thst HOOOOOOepouncJe will be available this yesr for United States manufacturers hlle 144000004 poune of leaf will be available for export to tba altlee Tobacco Issued to the military forcoa of England France and Italy amounta to approximately lls000000 pounds a year tha board aald England and Franca each allot 41 per cant ot their entire consumption to the army and raw whlla Italv allowa her military fercee 41 per cent The total yearly consumption or tna enure population of theee countries the board oetlmatea at 1IT000000 pounds or 41000000 mora than this country la able to export Persons who pointed to possible Government control In order to assure tobacco for tbe allies andAmerlcan forces dsclared that It Is mors than probable that with the allied armlea consuming between 40 and 41 per cent ot tha total consumption In allied countries American forcep would use more then 10 per cent of the total amount need In the United States Tbe War Industries Board quotaa tha annual per capita consumption of ths United States and the allies as follows Italy two pounds Franca thrseand a half pounds Great Britain four pounds and the United States ssven and a halt pounds England France and Italy are now chiefly dependent on Imports from the United Mates ga thslr Imports from other tobacco growing countrlea have been materially reduced through lack of shipping and Inability to Import from Turkey and Bulgaria EMBlanford Succeeds Rathbun As Bureau Head Don 8 Rathbun bead of tha San Francisco office of the Bureau of Information ot the Department of Justice was relieved ot his Job Wednesday and will be succeeded by Stanford chief of the Los tAngelee bureau Rathbune local aaslgnment rame to and end Wedneaday and Stanford will report for duty this morning Rathbun will go East whsra hie uncle la head of the secret service and after bis conference tnero Is expected to be transferred to 8eattla Tbe change came aa no aurprlss In Federal circles lis and United Statea Dlatrlet Attorney John Preeton are underetood to have dlsagrssd for some time and when Preston recently went to Washington for a conference with Attorney General Gregory It waa understood ha recommended a change for Rathbun Federal officials look for other changes In the local office They ex pect to ses Preston named assistant to the AttorneyOeneraI with headquarters In Washington and Caspar Ornbaum assistant 8 District Attorney to be named to succeed him What basis they have for their belief they decline to aay PalisadeNevIs Swept by Flames PALI8AD3 Nov July IT The moet dlaastrous firs In tha history of Pallaada broke out at I oclock thla morning and bafors It waa checked had deetroyed the principal part of the town The achoolhouae hotel nine dwelllnga and every stors In ths town wara burned to the ground Most of ths buildings were frame structuree and the flamea swspt through theiu the local fire lighting facilities proving Inadequate to check the blase Arrangemente wsrs being made tonight to bring toon supplies irom neighboring towne ae grocery etocka In the storss were completely destroyed lallaade Is an Important point on the Southern Pad Ho and Weetern Pa line rallroada and the northern terrain ua of tbe Eureka Nevada line German Language Over Phone Barred SIOUX FALLS July 17 Tho Mate Council of Defense Issued am order today prohibiting tba speak Ing of tba Oerman language over telephones In South Dakota Tbe or alAer alao prohibits Ibis language be flog apoken anywhere In public or pnaia in conversation in wnicn 1000000 Women to Press Liberty Loan CHICAGO July II The work of enrolling ieoootf women of the I United at a tea pledged to ssll one uj vMfin a ioerir loan Ar It0o0004000 was begun today at a conference of lepreaentatlvee from all paria or ine country unoer tbe aue pices of the National Womans Lib arty Loan Committee i Sii Cattlewoman Sells Her 700 Acre Ranch PORTERVILLE July 14 In the sals ot her cattle ranch of III acres In tbe White river foothills east of hare Mrs Carver one of tha picturesque tharaetare of Central California will retire from what haa been a ery active life Although over tl years of age Mra Carver has slwsya had tbe persqjial managsmsnt of her property riding the range almost dally to look after her stock snd personally superintending tbe feeding and marketing of tho beef Ownership of tbe property goes to Veils a banker and Frame owner of an les factory hero Young De Castellane Wins Second Citation PARia July II Second Lleuten ant leora da Caatallase son at iha IMarauls Bonl de Castellane and Anna Gould new the Duchess of 1 Talleyrand and of Began earned his second citation in ine rrench attack of June tor making a perlloua reionnolesance and bringing back ex ait Information of the enemys positionposition JAMES GOEV 0 BERKELEY DIES AT HIS HOI General James Coey former Postmaster of Ban Francisco Civil War veteran and a moving aplrlt In tha organisation of the A died Sunday at rile home 1440 Derby street Berkeley at th age ot TT Oeneral Coey who was born at New Tork City In 1141 enllated In th 147th New Tork Volunteera In lilt and rose rapidly to the rank of Colonel of Volunteers which ho held at th close of the Civil War He waa twice breveted by the War Department onto In March 1115 for conspicuous gallantry In the battlea of tbe Wilderness and Laurel Hill Va and again In April 1144 for gallant and meritorious ssrvlcss during th war and In th recent campaign tar mlnatlng with the surrender of tho Insurgent army under Oeneral Rob ert Le He waa given tha Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished bravery In the battle of Hatchers Run when he was danger ouely wounded He waa alao wounded at Laurel J1IIL In llll Coiy organised the a A department of California Oregon Nevada and Arlsona serving as first department commander He waa reelected department commander for rereral terms In 1T hs waa Junior vice commander In chief A for th United States and In 1174 a member or th National Council of Administration A In 1171 ha was mada Major General commanding th National Guard ot California General Coey wae active In politic from llll to llll Curing that time ssrvlng three terms aa Postmaatsr of San Francisco ons term as Collector of Internal Revenue one as Asssssor of Internal Revenue and one as appraiser ot merchandise It Is survived by his widow Mra Maria Coey and two daughters Miss Louise Coey and Mrs Franklin Hlttell all of whom are living at th Coey home on Derby atreet Mrs Jane Still Dies in Oakland OAKLAND July II Mra Jane Still II died today at her horn In Elmhurst district of East Oakland With her huaband John Still who died In ltTl ahe came to California In HIS still had previously opsnsd In 1141 the Pioneer book store the first book shop In San Francisco Mrs Blllls sister Mrs Sarah Haselton waa a noted educator In th early days having been first principal of tbe San Francisco High School In 1141 a position she held many yeare Mrs Haselton who waa an associate of John Hwett died In 111 SACRAMENTO July 14 Frellml narr oetlmatea mt tba metal output lot California tor tha flrat ill month of lilt Indicate a heavy decline lal lb gold output and a marked la ereaee In th Output bf copper chrome sine and lead Th output ot gold apparently fell to III00000 compared with about Ul0ll la tho corresponding period or hit This Is due t6 high labor and ma terlal costs reeultlhg In closing of many properties shortage ot labor and scarcity of water The unueoally dry aeaaon and mild winter have had a eerloue effect on placer mining forcing numeroue companies to shorten thslr seasons It Is probable tha concluding half year will record an vn greater gold decline sea shortage of labor and water I becoming mora acute COPPER OUTPUT IHCRBABK8 Conner shows an Increase due mainly to th heavier yield of Plumes Calaveras Siskiyou and aoma of th southern counlls Th Shasta county yield waa approximately the aama as In HIT production oi enrome abowa a remarkable gain but return from th districts bar not been sufficiently comorehenalv to Indi cate th total value ot yield Mag neslte manganese quicksilver ana tunnsten mining Is active and th output abowa substantial gains Aslds from gold mining all mineral fields ot California are enjoying prosperity STRIKE IN TUB UTICA An Important strike haa been mad on th 1104 foot level of the Utlca mine accordlag to advlcea from Angela Camp Th dlecovery was mad In tba Cross shaft tho main working outlet ot tha central portion of the Utlca group and the ore tuulv la declared to bo of large di mensions assaying II to IT per ton As th product 1 iree mining ana mining and milling costs are low the new deposit la expected to yield large profits BTJILDIIO HVGB DRCDGBR TRIN1TT CENTER July 14 Eight motor trucks are engaged In hauling equipment from Delta to Trinity Cen ter tor the huge dredger under construction by th Estabrook Dredging Company Tbe Pacific G6Id Dredging Company a Guggenheim subsidiary has discontinued operation of Ita large dredger near Carrvllle and will probably dismantle the boat Prospsctora are locating numerous chroma depoelta on railroad land In Shasta Siskiyou and Trinity coun ties following a decision of tho United Statea Land Office that auch locations are alld BIG CHROMB PRODUCTION CAMPO 8ECO July 11 Produc tion of chrome has developed Impor tance In tbe valley Springs section and large ehlpments ar going out The ore occurs In the great serpen tina belt which formerly supported Yolo Farmers Hurt By Rice Irrigation WOODLAND July II William Gould Horticultural Commissioner fpr this county haa mads th flat charge that alfalfa and fruit growers of this ssctlon ar suffering from a water famine because the moisture from Clear Lake Is being diverted to rice growers Ha declares the alfalfa growera will lose two crops and th fruit yield Is badly damaged Approximately 1000 acres ar aBected Alfalfa Men Pledge Crops to New Assn PORTERVILLE July 14 Th product of more than 1000 acres of alfalfa land In Tulare county has been pledged to tha Alfalfa Qrowera Association now In process of organisation with mors than 11J00 acrea aa the total to date for the southern 8an Joaquin valley A communication Just received from Harris Welnstock State Market Dlroctoo Is to the effect that conditions ire encouraging and thS wlftl a smsll Incresse In the pledged acreage the preliminary atsps will be taken toward Incorporation ot the machinery through which tha product will be marketed LA Bdne Dry Petition Filed at Sacramento SACRAMENTO July II A bon dry Initiative petition bearing 1JII0 signatures and originating in Los Angslss county wae received today In the office of the Secretary or State The proposed Isw would prohibit the sale Importation or manufacture of any Intoxicating liquor except denatured alcohol after December II llll In order to go before the voters the petition muet bear approximately 11000 algnatures and muat be filed by Auguet I Alien Foe Defrauded Innkeeper Is Charge PETALUMA July II Peter Matt Ingsr a German alien enemy who was arrssted In San Francisco has been brought to Petaluma to face a charge ot defrauding an Innkeeper He is also being held for having left this city without having first obtained a permit from Chief Registrar Flohr In accordance with th alien enemy ait Tne matter win he taken up with the 8 Marehal a office In 8an Francisco mora tbaa tbrse persons araaagag 4 I SACRAMENTO July II Clad la swaddling rUtbee ar Infant I de i posited upon California doorstsps once every tea minutes according to the compilations of George Leslie sta tlstlrlan of the State Board of Health Tbe 1111 live births la th State In I HIT represent a daily average of III or eooui sis eecn itur ta waoi tweoty feur hvur period 24 San Mateo Saloons Voted Out of Business SAN MATEO July 11 The city of I San Mateo waa voted dry today bv a I vote of 111 to sis uni of six pre rlncts only two voted wet Twenty four saloona will be closed October 1 as a result of tne election After that date no liquor may be aold In tbe municipality except with meals at restaurant and In aeaied packages by wholesale liquor stores ana eerlee Fully Dried Fruit to Be Sent Men Overseas WASHINGTON July II To save tonnage and prevent waete th quar termaster corps announced today frulle will be snipped to tbe American expeditionary forcee hereafter In a thoroughly dried luetead of a eeral anea conauion as iney are usually fuJ la ramma ctal narkilr rirl I fruits are consumed In large quantity by th aoldlara 1 1 uni in i ii him ina i i i inrnmnrr rT GOLD OUTPUT IN STATE BELOW NOWvtAL ACCOrUMNG TO PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR SIX MONTHS OP lj918 All Other Mineral Flelda In Californl Are Reported to Bafroyiag UnatoaJ Proiperitjr I numerous gold mine Much at th product being shipped I hlghgrada and It Is probsbl concentrator will later Installed I treat tha lower grade material ne penn uoppor vompany is main tslnleg a heavy copper yield from IU Campo Seco properties and hs opened large quantities ot excellent ore In the deep levels recently opened from th main shaft Th or Is converted Into blister copper at th Valley Spring smelter RTItlKR AT TOIVOPAR TONOPAH July II Pending eet tUment th atrlk mt tha abaft men all elnklng baa ceased at th Victor haft of th Tonopah Extension necelvlng II per day tha miners dsmsnd IT per day a scale the company refuses to consider Every time th wag of miner le raised living Josts are advanced heavily by merchanta and landlorda Altd It la rumored the companion aro planning to check this practices 0 TO BUILD ROAD TREKAJuly 14 Th Northern California VClUintles AssoclaUOn hs teen edvlard th Federal Government le arranging for construction ot a orty mlle railroad to valuable chrome deposits In tbe interior of Siskiyou county from Treka The depoelta have been developed sufficiently to Immediately product a large tonnage ot high grade chrome th only obstacle to their development being die tante from markets Besides chrom lroportsnt deposits ot copper gold quicksilver and other metals aro reported to havs been demonstrated In the district CONBOLIDATKT 19 CLOIED GOLDFIELD Nsr July 14 Th Goldfleld Consolidated Company has arranged to Increase th capacity ot tha Lldgerwood tram delivering tall Inge from the old dumps to th mill The Consolidated group rsmalns Ifl Sinking of the ehaft of the Ttno pah Divide to a depth of 110 fe ha been completed and catting of a station la proceeding A powerful compressor and machlns drills bare been purchased and will be Installed In a few daye Work has been resumed at tha Nevada Eagle group about three mile west or Goldfleld VIRGINIA CITT July 14 The Cometock Lode now ranks third among tho silver gold producing districts or Nsvsda being exceeded In vnlue or output only by Tonopah snd Rochester according to lata returns from all aectlons of the State Before another year paaaea tho famous Lode Is expecttd lo rank next to Tonopah MANHATTAN Nev July ll On the third level of the Manhattan Con aolldated west of the mud fault he high grade free milling vein has boon encountered It shows specimen ore splashed with visible gold and appears to be ot extensive proportions This ledge haa been developed from surface to the second level where It shows a width of three to eight fat LOWEST RECORD FOR NEW WORK IN ONE WEEK IN OIL FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA SAYS MINING BUREAU Report Statea That Only Five Wella Were Spudded In Dnrirta the seven JJiya From July 1 to 7 Only Ave wella war started In the California oil flelda during the first week of July This Is the small set number of wells to be etart In a like period ot time sine records have been kept of the matter and the fact la of particular Interest In connection with the report of the Stste Mining Bureau that there la an Indicated decrease or II per cent In drllllna activity during ths flrat half of 111 as compared with th Ilk period of HIT The five well spudded In during ths first wsek In July are each In a different field Tbe Oeneral reiroieum Corporations No 1 la in section II 1 11 nt tha Montahella field th Lib erty Petroleum Companye No 1 Is In section II 10 of the Newport Heights field the Honolulu Consolt datrds No IT la In aectlon 10 11 14 of the Midway field the Union Oil Companys No I Is In the Newlove tract of tbe sania nana naia ana th Tecumseh Companye No Is In section 2 11 4 of the Sunset field MUCH ACTIVITY LAST TEAR To Illustrate th dllfrenc In condition at present and those existing twelve months ago It may be of Interact to give aome flgurea with reference to new wella and those Hated for deepening or redrllllng In July HIT In the opening week of that month permlta were granted for twenty new wells nine of these being Issued to the Bouthern Pacific Company Midway and Sunset four to the Marina Oil Company Bel ridge three to the Standard Oil Company Went Coyote and Bunaet and to Manley and McGinn th Traffic Oil Company tha Virginia Oil Comsanv and th Pan Amerlean Pe troleum one each Tha permlta for other well work numbered eleven The new wella for the week ending July 14 were moetly for leaaee on the weet side or Kern county Thay aggrsgsted twenty eight Including twelve for the Marina Oil Company Belrldge eeven for the General Petroleum Loat Hills Security Oil Company two Lost Hills Unltsd Wsstsm ons McKlttrlrk th Sbsll Company two Coalings Twenty one permits were given for deepen Ing or redrllllng Nineteen new wells wsrs epudded In Inthe week cloelng with July II Thirty seven nasv wells started within the week ending June 10 and the flrat daya or July hit Of these eighteen belonged to the General Petroleum Corporation Loat Hills ana uemagei rtoumern racing Company two Coalings Pantheon Oil Company three Coallnga Bel ridge Oil Company two Belrldge Marina Oil Company thrsa BelryUe Union Oil Company two MonUbtllo Dobeny Padflc Company two Caa malla Twenty wella were listed daring the name period for deepening or redrllllng OTHER DEVELOPMKT WORK The California Star OH Company whoae work on Its holdings In tha Midway and Lost Hills least haa attracted much attention to those regions Is deepening well Ho I on section1 II liii the Midway and tbe Union Oil Company la redrllllng No I In section II ST alao In the Midway A new drilling well In the Sunset field la No 4 on the property of the Tannehlll Oil rnmnMntr tki i section 1 ll 4 lMAth jEn a ded In recently by the Oeneral petro leum vorpoariion in ine sunset is In section 12 12 1 Tba Kaat Punt nil AH completed a rig In the McKlttrtek uvu ivr weu rto aa ana it la xpctd that sDuddlne In will fair The well Is to be situated fn section ii sii ii tne site being No 1 camp In the second camp known locally as ths old Yellowstone lease are aeveral Tiroduelnar well that ft brought In during the laet eighteen monini The Chanslor Canfleld Midway oil Company Santa Fe haa epudded In on aectlon 32 12 21 In the Midway field the number of the well being 21 Other new work on different sections belonging to this company In the field ronatats ot redrllllng two wells cne In section I 12 21 and another In section 21 11 22 In the Coallnga Held deepening of No 2 on the leaae of tha Union OH Company In section I 21 11 la In progreae The Ward Oil Company Is conducting similar labor at No In eeetlonll 2 14rwblIe In South Coalings well Na 1 of th Pin Rldg Oil Compsny located In eectlon It 2211 Is In course of redrllllng The Petroleum Development Company whleb le operstlng In section 4 ILJ tn Midway Is deepening No IT and the American Oil flelda Ltd Is having 21 red rilled The latter la tn aectlon 14 11 11 A crew le redrllllng Na In eectlon 11 14 the prop erty ot the Tecumseh Petroleum Company RKITJLT8 FROM REDRiLuNO Many operators In various fields are engaged In eRorte to Increase production by deepening or redrllllng and these with good results In numerous casss At the present tlm In th neighborhood of two eeora walls aro being given teets for watsr shut off many of theaa In tba Midway In tbe Belrldge and Sunaet districts France to Abolish All Meatless Days PA HI July 17 Th abolition of meatless daya la Franc after July 21 le ordered In a decree Issued today Tha reatrietlone la raitiral rollk and cheese ar conssqusaUy ta avauiuv iv Oakdalc Bankers Son Killed in Auto Crash OAKDALB July II Charles Rodden II sen of Edward Hodden preeldent of the Flret Notional Bank was killed and Tony Diss a cost panloa waa aerlouely Injured when an automobile In which they wera riding collided with a trala Roddaa wa driving tha automobile 0l Men Not to Be Disturbed in New Draft Ordef SACRAMENTO July II Th ell Industry as a whols Is consldsred a necessary Industry according a ruling today given Adjutant General Uorree by Provoet Marshal Gen cral Crowder In response to a tele grapble requeet Involving that and othsr points In the work or fight application of tba selective draft amendment Thla ruling will affect a large nun ber of mea la California according I ta th Adjutant General Clerks em Ployed in oisiriouiing stations wner sales ar mad will have to secure other employment unless heads of departmenta ar exempted for aome other reason i TALK BBOVBATHUD tOJJom NEW YORK July II Yale Uni veralty I bequeathed nearly la all by tbe will of the late John Sterling a New York lawyer wke graduated from the Institution la llll aad died a bachelor ea Jul I 5 Congressmen Reach French Port PARIS July IT Havaa Agency welve members of the United States ongress who purpose visiting th fighting front arrived today at a Preach port from the Ualted Statea Among other paeeengera on th eteanrrr was Justin Godart member of the French Chamber of Deputies a detachment of Alpine Chasseurs which has been visiting the United Btatee and a number of Polish vol untssrs WASHINGTON July IT Th party of American Congressmen which landed at a French port Includes Hep reeentatlrea Caraway and Tillman of Arksnaaa Eletoa of California Young North Dakota Thompson and Chaadlsr of Oklahoma Sweet and Dowell of Ion Reavle ot Nebraeka aa4 Bland of Indiana Th party plans to visit Eaglsnd France Bwlt serland and Italy War Savings Receipts Largest Last Week WASHINGTON July II War aav Ing receipt last weak were Il0lt 101 th beet weakly record since th wax avas campalfa started.