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II I Takes Southern Route and Is OfcVcf Curiosity to Hundreds Here. IS NOW ON WAY UP THE COAST LOS ANGELES, March 31. The Italian car, in the New York-to-Paris auto raoe, arriv-ed here at 5:50 this afternoon. It was decided, after the car had been overhauled tonight, to leave at once for, San Francisco. The trip will be via Santa Barbara and the coast.

The Italian car, "ZuEt," in the New York to Paris race, stopped for a brief time In San Bernardino yesterday afternoon, on Its way to Los Angeles. At 12:45 the car came speeding down Third street, having entered the valley by way of Cajon Pass. Though covered with desert dust and showinq signs of the hard run from New York, the visitor awoke admiration from the eager crowds which thronged about it, the powerful engines working smoothly, and sending the car shooting along with evident ease. Directly behind the traveler came a White, which had gone out from Los Angeles Monday, bearing newspapermen. As soon as the two cars came to a stop in front of the Stewart the street was blocked with curious citizens, many pushing their way forward to 6crawl their names or initials In the dust which coated the Italian machine.

ON TO LOS ANGELES. The arrival was quickly noised about, and one of the first to extend Ihe glad hand waa President j. H. Koyd, of the Hoard of Trade, who bhowed the visitors every courtesy possible In the brief stop. Climbing from their machines the visitors stamped the dust from, their clothes, drew deep breaths of pure air, wiped the stains of travel from their faces, and between times laughed good-naturedly as the throngs pressed about them.

After a hasty luncheon the travelers climbed aboard their machines, and with waving of hats, away they went, followed by a number of automobiles of local people, Draper Smith's big car leading the march toward the Kialto bench, where the local car halted on a hill while a photographer took a snap shot of the Italian speeding westward. Had it been positively known that the car would have come this way a Continued on Tago Two. 4- 111 OF THOMAS ADMIRAL EVANS IS DU By Associated Tress to TUB SUN. WASHINGTON, March 31. The Navy Department today received a wireless message from Admiral Evans stating that the battleship Connecticut left Magdalena Bay yesterday and was due to arrive at San Diego tomorrow night.

Admiral Svans is coming north, as previously announced, to receive treatment at the mineral hot springs near San Luis Obisbo. The Connecticut will return to Magdalena Bay and liter come north with the fleet. 8PECIAL CAR READY. SAN DIEGO, March 31. Awaiting Ceme rh- THOUSANDS OF MINERS OUT ON STRIKE INDIANAPOLIS, March 31.

Tomorrow morning 250,000 bituminous coal miners will be idle indefinitely as a result of a wage disagreement with the operators. Involved in the trouble are members of the United Mine Workers of America on the one hand and the bituminous operators of Illinous, Ohio, Indiana and western Pennsylvania on the other. It has been practically agreed that the present wage schedule will be continued and the present trouble will be adjusted in a compara tively short time. JEALOUS WOMAN MURDERS RIVAL The Crime Is Committed at Monrovia and Slayer Is Prisoner in Home. By Associated Press to THE SUN.

LOS ANGELES, March 31. Mrs, Helen Griffin, 28 years old, was shot and killed this afternoon in the post-office at Monrovia by U. Z. Dearman, wife of a well-known racing man. Mrs.

Dearman's jealousy of her husband was responsible for the shooting. Mrs. Griffin lived only 10 minutes after the shooting. Mrs. Dearman is being held under arrest at her home at Monrovia tonight.

An- inquest will be held tomorrow morning. Mrs. Griffin, it is understood, had been divorced. NARROW ESCAPE IN BURNING HOME By Associated Tress to T1TE SUN. SAN JOSE, March 31.

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. House and son, Edward, awoke early this morning in their home on Maple avenue, near First street, to find the house ablaze.

The parents slept upstairs, and but for the appearance of a "Mercury" carrier and a neighbor they would have been burned to death. The mother was rescued through an upper window by means of ladder, and the father was dragged out unconscious and seriously burned. He was taken at once to a hospital. The loss was 53,000 with $1,000 insurance. I the arrival of Admiral Evans from Magdalena.

Hay, the special private car Sacramento" is on a siding at the Santa Fe wharf. The car arrived this morning from Los Angeles an-1 the instructions to the Santa Fe olllclals here for the car to be ready for the admiral on The admiral understood to be suffering from toumatic gout and the car will take l.im to Paso Roble8 mud baths in San I.uls Obispo county to see if some of it can be boiled out of him. The tug Navajo left yesterday with her cargo of. letters and papers and magazines for the fleet, and the Yankton is to be the next mail bout. Pf Lin Ul Tom tlr cf poor trsa Uj V9 4- vtrtiaisf to sStet chanf.

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Industry for REVISIONISTS ON CHARIER EXCHANGE Increasing of the Wards of the City too Seven Is Considered. SALARY INCREASE IS ALSO FAVORED The increasing of the wards of the city to seven, and the election of all! the councilmen at the same time, all to have two-year terms, were two ideas that seemed to carry considerable weight last evening with the members of the Charter Revision committee, bcth being discussed at some length by members of the committee and citizens who were present. The South ML Vernon district people presented their claims for a ward in that corner of the city, and Mayor Hanfo-d announced that he might soon call a meeting of the people of the northwest section to Initiate a movement for a ward there. The hofding of regular meetings by 'he Council every Monday night, the increasing of the salaries of the Councilmen, Mayor and City Attorney were also subjects discussed. TO PREVENT COLONIZING.

There was 8 small attendance of the members of the committee, about half of them being on hand. At the opening, Mayor Hanford announced that a delegation was present from the South Mt. Vernon district, to present their claims for a new ward, and he also stated that he would soon call a meeting of the voters in the northwest section to start a similar move ment there. Two amendments regulating the number of wards and manner of elect ing Councilmen were having been drafted by committees One provided that there shall be sever wards instead of five, and the othe provides that Councilmen shall all elected at oncer1 their term to be twe years, or the same as the Mayor This latter plan, it is claimed, will prevent colonizing. M.

Dalldnrf, speaking for thej South Mt. Vernon delegation, Chairman McNeil being unable to be pres I ent, spoke of the resolution adopted I at the meeting last Friday and said that the people wanted a iew ward of the territory south of Third sireet and west of so that they may have more direct represent ation in the Council. Richardson Objects. N. A.

Richardson spoke of the plan of electing Councilmen at large, being opposed to it, as every election to fill a vancancy involves the whole city in an election, which he declared tfould put. the city at. the mercy of "olitical bosses and manipulators. R. B.

Goodcell could not. see how it was easier to manipulate 200i votes of the whole city, than 250 votes of a ward. R. C. Harbison, who happened to be in th? room, was asked for his views and expressed himself as being favorably impressed with the plan of -led ing at large, but thought possibly the plan of electing all the Council-men at once would overcome objections urged against other plans, as it would make colonizing practically Impossible.

It was certainly much preferable to the plan of choosing a part of the Councilmen nt one election and the balance at the next. "The larger the district voting, the idler will be the class of the men you elect," said he. "Rut if elections by wards are held in all wards at the same time, there is no oppor-unity to use a moveable vote, and you have disposed of the strongest argument against, the present system." Gives His Experience. Mayor Hanford gave his experience with electing at large, tried in Brooklyn some years ago, as being very unsatisfactory, as it creates a class dis tinction between Councilmen chosen at large and by wards, the former feeling above the latter. He was also Continued on Pago Vwo.

CITYP IT THE EIRE Stephens Is Suspended and Others Are Down and Out Temporarily. CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN UGLY MOOD Suspension of Tire Chief George M. Stephens. Suspension of Hook and Ladder Driver Ernest G. Taylor.

Putting of Assistant Chief Robert Cathcart in charge of the fire department. Resumption of his position in the fire department by Driver Albert Glatz. Grover Poppett succeeds Ernest Taylor as look and ladder truck driver following the latter's suspenio-. EVENTS COME QUICKLY. In brief those were some of the developments of a rather strenuous day yesterday in fire department circles.

Events came with such whirlwind lapidity that it fairly swept one off his feet to keep up with them, and when the shades of night fell last evening, the above in brief was what lad happened. Following the rather strenuous investigation of the Glatz case by the City Council the night previous, there was a meeting at the City Hall yesterday morning in which Fire Chief Stephens sought an interview with the Mayor as to when Glatz should return to his duties. The Mayor is said to have been very short in his reply to the head of the fire department, telling him that he did not desire to talk with him nor anyone else on the subject. The Mayor then got busy and the result was that soon after dinner he had indited the letter to Chief Stephens which appears herewith, suspending the head of the fire department. The letter was served on the chief later in the afternoon by Chief of Police Seccombe.

Others Follow. About the same time Mayor Hanford summoned Assistant Fire Chief Robert Cathcart to the City Hall and instructed him that he was in charge of the fire department until such time as the suspensions are disposed of. He then addressed a letter to Driver Taylor as follows: "San Bernardino. March 31. 1008.

"Ernest Taylor, Dear Sir: I have day suspended you as second driver of the fire department of this city for having, according to your own sworn statement, forced Mow Wing, a Chinaman, to descend the sliding polo of the fire department, by using force upon the said Mow Wing, thereby seriously injuring the said Chinaman. J. HANFORD, "Mayor." This letter was served on Driver Taylor and instructions issued that he should retire on suspension at midnight when Grover Poppett should relieve him. At the same hour Albert Glatz resumed his duties as hose wagon driver and relieved Poppett, who has been acting in his stead. Along with the other letters Mayor Hanford addressed a communication to City Clerk Harry J.

Allison notify- Continued "on Tage Two. END OF TROUBLE ATTREADWELL MINE Bv Associated Tro.s to TITE SUN. WASHINGTON, March 31. Imminence of violence by the striking miners at the Treadwell (Alaska) seems to have been averted by the arrival of the troops ordered there last week. The War Department today received a dispatch from Captain James Bayltss, commanding company of the tenth infantry, reporting his arrival with his men and adding that everything was quiet.

ROUSE MAYOR HANFORD "San "George M. Stephens, Chief Bernardino. "Dear Sir I have this day suspended you from the office of Chief of the Fire Department of San Bernardino, to take effect April 1, for the following reasons, to-wit: "First Section 52 of the Charter provides that it shall be the duty of every citj officer and person in the employ of the city to notify the Mayor when he knows of any violation of the Charter by any person or officers. You not only withheld from the Mayor the knowledge you had of the appointment of Fred Fruch by the fire committee several months ago, thereby illegally filching from the city treasury $315, without any authority of law, but you aided and abetted said committee in making such appointment, all of which is contrary to the letter and spirit of the Charter. "Second That you are incompetent to handle the Fire Department of San Bernardino, insofar as decorum among its members and discipline in the department, is concerned; that you have allowed such practices as forcibly driving Chi namen down the slide pole to ever since your acceptance of "Third Section 50 of the have general supervision over stitutions of the cityi.

Chief cilmanic combination of the Hagerman, for the security of his to thwart the prerogative required by the Charter, of the Mayor, of general supervision and control of the monies by the various officers of the city. "Fourth I charge Chief Stephens with nepotism, by carrying his son, George, a youth not yet of age, upon the pay roll of the Fire Department as a substitute. J. HANFORD, Mayor." 4 SAYS BOND EVENT OF Last night in addressing the Char-er Revision committee, Mayor J. J.

Hanford gave out some rather startling facts regarding the proposed bond issue for the improvement of the city streets, which indicate that ihe hoped-for event is yet quite a way off. He said that a mistake of $200,000 had been found in figuring up the cost of the proposed street improve-ments under the bond issue, which had originally been est filiated at about $300,000. Now, after the figures have been gone over carefully, it is found that the work will represent an outlay of not less than a half million. The Mayor said he had been told that it was quite probable that thej George Frost, a wealthy Riverside banker, has become identified with the citrus industry of the northern side of the valley, yesterday having closed a deal for the purchase of the 10-acre ranch of Mrs. A.

J. B. Aldrich, consideration being $12,000. The deai was in the nature of a trade, Mrs. Aldrich taking in exchange four flats at the coiner of Main and Fourth streets, Riverside, upon which a valuation of SENATOR BELLIGERENT.

By Associated Press to T11K SU.V. LITTLE ROCK, March 31. United States Senator Jefferson Davis and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Helm had a 6treet altercation today. Later Senator Davis was arrested. charged with carrying a revolver and with murderous assault.

OH il SM BERNARDINO Victorvilk ICS ASTIR TO FIRE CIIIEf Bernardino, March 31, 1907. of Fire Department of San be practiced by the members the office of chief, i Charter says the Mayor shall all departments and public in Stephens, relying on the Coun- solid three, Garner, Irving and acts and expenditures of city SSOE IS I0T 111 ACQUIS LANDS committep of exnerts will never re port the original bond plan to the Council, but that Instead a plan will be proposed to improve the four or nve main inlets to the city, tha work to be done by a straight bon issue, no frontage assessments bein. made. While knowledge of facts along thl: line had become common for the pas three or four weeks, the committee which have been considering th questions involved in the matter havi not seen fit to give the infoimatior out for publication. And this is something of an expla nation of why, perhaps, the bom proposition has been held up lor sonn time, much to the wonderment ol many of the people of the city.

(between $8000 and $0000 was placed, tne balance being paid Mrs. Aldrich in eashr The Aldrich property consists of five acres in matured orange trees, and five acres to alfalfa, besides an 11-room dwelling and 60 shares of water in the West Twin creek. Mrs. Aldrich expects to remove to her new property at Riverside, which is considered one of the finest apartment holdings in the neighboring town. PERJURY CHARGED.

By Associated Proas to THK Sl'X. NEW YORK, March 31. Flora Wilson, one of the girls who testified In the recent trial of Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, was Indicted by the Grand Jury today, charged with perjury, committed in the Hitchcock case. OR IS TO EH To Employ Six Hundred Men and to Put Out Millions In Value Yearly. GREATEST FACTORY IN THE SOUTHLAND 7 ICTOR is to be the site of the largest cement mak ing plant in Southern California, and one of the largest in the United States.

At a conference of the interested capitalists, held Monday night, definite plans were completed and the first public announcement made yesterday, which guarantees to the town, just over the Cajon, a factory that will employ 600 hands, and whose output, at present prices of cement, will amount to more than $2,000,000 per annum. LOCATION OF QUARRIES. The quarries from which the supply of rock used in the manufacture of cement is to be obtained, are located about eight miles northeast of Victor, and a part of the plan of the corporation is the building of a broad gauge railroad to cover this eight miles, for the purpose of hauling rock to the mill. The mill will not be located adjacent to the quarry, on account of the difficulty in obtaining water, it being estimated to be cheaper to haul the rock to Victor, where water 13 abundant, and where homes for the workmen can be maintained in comfort The rock quarries owned by the corporation supply an inexhaustible uantity of the raw material, and the nalysis is- such that the experts rank as the very best deposit for cement aaking purposes 'that has yet been pened up in Southern California. nd the company's experts have ex-mined a large number of deposits hat were offered for sale.

Capacity of Plant. The capacity of the plant will be barrels per day, which is on the asis of about 900,000 barrels per an-mm. The immense Crestmore plant, if which so much has been said, is danned on the basis of 2,500 barrels, the Victor mill will be still 20 per ent larger. Electric power, developed from steam, will be used to run all the machinery, and also probably to operate railway from the quarry to the mill. It is stated that the company will issue bonds to the extent of $1,500,000, with which to build and equip the plant, and tho promoters declare that without question, it will surpass In Continued on race Two.

NEGRO TROOPS NOT TO BE RESTORED WASHINGTON, March 31. The Democratic minority of the Senate committee on military affairs today succeeded In defeating the Warner at wtll as the Foraker bill, to restort to the army the negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry discharged without honor as a result of th Brownsville.