Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 10

JUNE 23, 1910. OAKLAND TRIBUNE THURSDAY EVENING, 10 CHARGE OAKLAND CONDUCTOR'S CASE TAXICAB EXTORTION EVER HART, HUtSED -( in PTnrrT riniit TO BE INVESTIGATED Real Estate Man Tells of Experiences With Piratical Drivers Who Charge All They Can Get showed that I had traveled such and such distance. Since then I have had the distance measured and I find that my home is Just 8000 feet from my office. I have never been driven home when the cab was not going at least twenty miles an hour, and at that speed you can see how long the vehicle? was covering the mile and a half between my home and my office. THE LAST STRAW.

"I thought I would have no more trouble but I -was mistaken. The next ride I -had theh fellow wanted to collect $1.25. I then told him to go to a place where there waa little use for taxicabs and refused. to pay him more than 80 cents, regardless of the fact that he declcared that his measuring attachment was absolutely correct. I was not able to vouch for the statement, but this much I do know, that all of those cabby charges could not be correct and in my mind at this present moment I do not believe that any of them at all were correct.

1 believe they simply demanded all they thought they could get. "My brother-in-law has come to visit me several times and he has paid for traveling over the same route all -liH way from 75 cents to $1.25. There was one time when the cabby tried 'to get my relative to. pay him $2.00. SAID RATES HAD INCREASED.

was still another experience that I had with the outfit which shows how the business is conducted. I had ordered, a cab for the purpose of going to the Sixteenth street depot from my home. They told me that there was no cab available, but that they would send me a' touring car and they wanted to charge, me 75 cents. When I stated positively that I would not pay it they said that the reason they had for so much more was because they had raised the rates a few days before, I afterwards ascertained that there had been no raise in the rates. "You can ride in a taxicab over the same distance time and again and they will charge you a different rate each time.

They will demand all they think they can get. That is my experience with them. I hope the matter will be looked into by th Council." TERMINAL' NEEDS-HOLD BACK TRADE lames J. Hiir Offers Decentralization as Partial Cure for Traffic Congestion. MIXNKAFOLIS.

June 23. A paper by James J. Hi!) was read at the convention ot tne Millers- National Federation today. In part it was as follows: "One fact. It seems to me.

should give you more concern than almost any other, because vou have already felt It effects and because it looms large and dangerous. This' is the pressure upon existing terminal facilities. It is a future menace and a nrAent h- ndlcap. You have felt and wil continue to fell, the partial embargo That traffic conditions have placed upon III the business of the country; upon "ours prrhaps as seriously as any other. The milling interest of the ntjre except where It serves a purny There has not neen a rairiw.i"."ii growth In the faoilitl.

for transportation. iDELIVERV IMPOSSIBLE. araln. with the addl tloni made by national growth since then The future will add in lnoreasingra to these difficulties as well as to the looses they involve. The only probable relief from the pressure upon our transportation and especially upon terminals, where the greatest difficulty Tls the decline of our export trade.

The -demand of the home consumer is lessening the volume of our export of and will effect simriarly some o7her items on the list. Rut this change will bring relief to the carrier only in so be added to the total that already over burdens our terminals. CRISIS ARRIVES. i iTMt mnrkets of the eastern half of the country, in New York. Cleveland, Buffalo.

Chicago, the crisis has already arrived. Traffic growth and terminal congestion are anplylng the brakes to business progress. This means trouble fur the whole country. It is no more disastrous to have the banks close thell doors than to have the railroads choked. The Interest which you represent must nuffer with the other, and therefore It phould be taking thought with others for the future, for the samfi causey will work out the same effects in the West, "What is the remedy? Of course, there Isnone cut and dried, complete and effective, for an evil that has been growing for so long a time, and which publication thus far has tended to intensify rather than to diminish.

The best that can be done is to ofTer suggestions for tentative and part laU relit and. then to engage the thoupht and effort for the whole oouritrv, especially of business men and associations such as yours, in an effort to lessen the tension tTiar now strangles trade. Where terminals can be enlarged without- incurring prohibitive indebtedness, thnt. of course, as the natural remedy. Kvlsting facilities also may be made more effective.

PARTIAL CURE. "Decentralization of traffic terminals offers a partial cure, partially only, however, because it is applicable only to a portion of the business to be done. Some of the through- business of the country can be diverted to other points than those where it now collects, but the great central markets cannot be destroyed nor the bulk of their business affected. "There is. however, a considerably element In our traffic is capable of decentralization.

Take own industry, for example, because iboth "your raw material and your product are bulky and heavy articles you are, perhaps, more interested than others, since you are 'most likely to suffer frpm terminal 'congestion, it is worth while, to consider whether a considerable share of your: distributing business could not be readjusted. Jf orders went direct to the mills from the smaller cities nnd towns, and shipments were made direct to them, instead of being consigned to central agencies, and thence transferred to buyers, it would make less business for terminals. By such a proc ss of decentralization, adopted by business generally, much relief might be obtained. "Th problem of terminals is the greatest problem of the country, the problem of transportation agencies, of financiers, dl the communities directly affectedj and of all the industries that depend directly or indirectly upon cheap and speedy i carriage for the commodities which they buy and sell. It Is a problem for everybody, nince probably, not ope business man in the whole country would fail to feel the disastrous effects if it were to be neglected for- the next five years as it has for the last ten.

and to blight every form of activity paralyzing the whole mand, is reeling in- VkX future, portation situation, and will in the IM" feci it -more severely. The growth of the country in population, in Production lias been marKeu. i ram -For months past it has been Bible to get freight shipments delnerert prompt? these have to transferred at anv of the central markets or prin-cloal terminal points. The flood of bus that rose to such dangerous far ns exiort terminals "An enormous volume of new traflle is being developed bv the indnetrla I ar vance of the between the Mississippi river and the Pacific Coast. All of this 1ta market: ahd mucll of It will IS THROWN OUT The Charge of Manslaughter Placed Against Holdorf is, Withdrawn.

While the heavy judgment of death that disease and, remorse have passed upon J. Holdorf, conductor of the fated Leona Heights car whose victims went to their tragic end last month through his forgetfulness.i is closing down upon him, the hand of the law has been raised, and the judgment of his fellow men will not rest upon the, car man. On the "motion of Prosecuting Attorney Ezra Decoto the case against Holdorf, charging him with- manslaughter, was stricken from the calendar in the court of Judge- Smith this morning. The case was taken from the calendar on the request of many of those bereaved by the car accident and on the advice of the district attorney's office. The case has been on the calendar for three we6ks.

and today it was decided that no action could or would be taken against the young man, no complaint having been filed. i i Two Fatally Burned In Powder Explosion Powder Ignited by Sparks Carries Probable Death ta Workmen at Auburn. June 23. George Wood and John Brown, employed in the mill of the giant powder works at Clipper Gap, wil die as the result of a terrific explosion which practically demolished the structure today. Brown inhaled the flames and was injured internally, while Wood lost a great part of his skin, his clothes being burned from the The explosion was caused by sparks from aja unknown source ignitfnj some powaer which had been spilled on the floor.

Healthy at Seventy. TaKes Bride of 46 Mrhen William H. Weister, hale and hearty" at 72, applied last evening at the. office of the county clerk for a license to marry Mrs. Frances A.

Cobb of Berkeley, "fair.a.-nd 4S and a divorcee. Deputy County Clerk W. J. Masterson "joshed" him about the Important event la which he was about to participate. "Never mind, young man," the old Jgentleman to the deputy with the silvery locks, 'Til live long enough yet to take a trip in an airship from San Francisco to New York.

Weister is a retired merchant and re sides in San Francisco. MOUTHPIECE CIGARETTES The essential feature distinguishes one cigarette from another is blend. Not only have we exercised exacting skill in the blending of Obaks, but we have rolled them in mais paper and attached to each iga rette a mouthpiece that makes them. I smoke cool and pleasant. THE JOHN B0LLMAN CO.

San Francisco "I have heard a great deal of com-plaint made against the manner in. which people are charged for; the use of the taxicabs in this" city." said Councilman Vose today. "In fact. seems that the same trouble is experiaced wherever they are operated. I have not compared the manner In which they, make their charges with the manner prescribed by the ordinance, but I think that this matter oukht to be looked Into.

I am going east next Saturday night and shall be absent for the next three weeks, but when I return I am going to take up the the matter as a member of the City Council and see if some relief can not be afforded the people wno are compelled from time to time to- patronize this means of conveyance." SOME RANDOM RATES. The experience with taxicabs of one of the best known real estate men in this city which has been anything but pleasant is told in his own words as follows: ONE MAN'S EXPERIENCE. vi live only a short distance from the heart of town. In without making any effort I can cover the distance by walking between my office and my home, or vice versa, in twenty-five minutes. If I want to make a slight exertion I can traverse the distance in fifteen minutes.

I have been charged 73 cents for the trip' in taxicab. Well, I didn't kick. Another time I was told I would have to pay SO cents. I asked hpw that was and the driver stated that he knew pnly what the measuring machine on the cab indicated. Well, I paid the' amount, although I knew this taxicab man had driven me over the same -route that I had traveled when I had paid 75 cents.

But that was not all. The next time the cabby charged me I kicked and refused to: pay it. I knew that my home was not getting farther day by day, and' yet there was a steady increase in the cost of covering the same distance each time. I told the fellow some unpleasant things and also that if he was willing to accept SO cents for the trip I would pay it; ir not, he would have to get some other means of getting paid, i This time, as on the preceding trips, the cabby pointed to hiis machine, declaring that the clock DRUIDS ELECT GRAND OFFICERS C. 0.

Dunbar, pf Santa Rosa, Is Noble Arch of the Big Order. SAX JOSE, June 23. The following grand officers were elected by the grand grove, TJ. O. P.

Noble grand arch, C. O. Dunbar, Saftta lltosa; deputy grand arch. Forest Coburn, San Francisco; grand secretary, O. A.

Gugllalmonl, San Francisco; grand treasurer, E. Cadenasso; grand marshal, Joseph Lawrence, San Jose; grand herald, J. A. McManus, Sari Francisco; grand guardian, V. Oakland; grand trustees, E.

G. Armtsrong of San Fran cisco, Charles Gay of San Francisco, S. M. Tognazzini of Los Banos, J. L.

Tes-cano of Los G. Gallo of Stockton, A. L. Fierce of San Francisco, and John T. Quirk of San Francisco; supreme representatives.

Daniel Givanni of San Francisco, George Beck; of Livermore. G. D. Horn of San Francisco, Jj. W.

Mar-tinoni Of San Francisco, and E. L. Wagner of San Francisco. Youthful Forger Is Arraigned in Court BERKELEY, June 23. Donald A.

Moore, the 19-year-old lad who was arrested on Tuesday on a charge of securing $800 by forgery, was arraigned yesterday afternoon before i.Tudge Edgar. The formal complaint waa read and the case was then continued to Saturday morning. 1 Young Moore Is- still as much of a mystery as ever to the oolice. Aside from freelv admitting his sruflt. the' young man will tell absolutely nothing about his motive for engaging in such a criminal career.

A pathetic feature of the case is the fact that young Moors; Is married to a beautiful Canadian girl and has a baby boy five months old. Thje young wife is overwhelmed by her husband's arrest and can give no reasons for his actions. Fruitvale Girl Has Escape From Death FRUITVALE. June $3. Charlotte B'enils.

the 15-year-old. daughter of Edward Bemls of 3193 East Fourteenth street, narrowlv escaped drowning in the waters of the estuary this morning, her sister Marjorv saving thie girl after she had twice sunk below the surface. The two girls were standing: on a plank near tbe Fruitvale bridge, the! board being directly above water. Charlotte lost her footing and fell ten-feet Into the deep water, her sister being; powerless to help hThe girl was resuscitated by artificial respiration. She is now out of danger.

Charlotte Bemls is the daughter of Edward Bemis, purser on the sjiip Canada of the Alaska Steamship Company. Labor Organization LiKely to Be Exempt June 23. An informal canvass of the, Senate indicates that it will have, to recede from Its op- fposition to the House amendment to the sundry, civil bill exempting labor organizations from prosecution under th Merman antitrust Senators pointed it that the proposed exemption is for it act "not in itself 'unlawful." JAIL RECEIVES ALLE GEO SWINDLER James I J. Cowan Accused pf Wnrkinn Charitv Games on Many Merchants. I Tk.

of a man giving the name of James j. Cowan In San Francisco this morning will in all probability put an end to a general mulcting game which has i a av. or.tr. on -for several weeks in this city and across the bay. I The police cnarge mai uwco other, whose name they do not know, ana who has not been apprehended up Ita the present time, has systematically swindled hundreds of merchants around the bay cities.

His game, it is said, has been the collection 'of funds for the aid pf the Railroad Yard Masters Association, of America, an organization wiucu imp cu out of existence for two years. nalrlanfl pmippnis alleged to yJ i A-. have been! swindled- by Cowan and his Corn-Bank pany. offices in the Central building, j. j.

SAME WORKS. According to J. W. Phillips, president of the company, two men came into his office April 12 of this year and asked assistance for the organization they claimed to represent. The men showed a long list of those Who had assisted them, and among the names were those of mgny firms about the bay.

The two men aso showed a letter asking for aid, signed by J. Newton, Secretary." Phillips gave the men but made out the check to A. J. Newton as secretary. After the i two men had left with the check Phillips called at the Southern Pacific railroad office on Broadway and learned there that the officials knew nothing whatsoever of such an organization as the two men claimed theyjrepre-sented.

Phillips then went to the Central Bank to stop payment on the check, but found thatf it had been cashed. The indorsement son the bank was-that of A. J. Newton, Secretary, Railroad Yardmen's Association. fIorgery charged.

According to the police, this indorsement constitutes forgery, and in all probability Cojwan- will have to facs this charge, as jwell as one of obtaining money under false pretenses. WThen arfested this morning Cowan had obtained $300 in lots of $5 up, and it -was not until he asked aid of some onje conversant with the facts regarding the dead organization that he was suspected during his work lrj San Francisco. Phillips, rwho gave the $10 as the contribution of the Grayson-Owen Cojjnpany, declares that soon after the matter was reported toj the police of Oakland a detec'-tive called; on him to ascertain all the facts, and that later he called again to fpmounce tihat the two men supposed to have been ihose who fleeced him were in the city Jail. Captain of Detectives Petersen jdenied this morning that he had, ever helard of the Graysoh-Owen case and that he had DEMANDS LICENSES FDR STREET CADS M. I Milwaukee's socialist Mayor Says ICompany Owes the pity $72,000.) 23.

Socialist Mayor Ernjl Seidel says the Milwaukee Electric Rpfiw-ay and Light Company owes the of Milwaukee $72; 000 in back licenses fpr the cars which ii: operates, And tjhat he intends to collect the money. To start the bankrolling propetly the mayor has isworn out a warrant for John T. Beggs, jpresident. the street car company, oh the charge thathe is evading paymerit of the licenses. Mr.

Beggs ridicules the action of the mayor and a legal battle is In prospect. Yesterday Mayor Seidel and City Attorney Hoajn boarded a street car at the city hall aid paid their fares. Then the mayor askdd the conductor to exhibit the license permitting the car to be operated in Milwaukee. "LicenseTj "What do you mean?" queried the conductor. "I refer to the license allowing you to operate thip car in the city of Milwaukee." said he mayor.

"I haverj't any license and I never heard 6f one," replied the conductor, and he left mayor abruptly and ent to collecting 5ther fares'. i The mayjor and city attorney returned to the city! hall, and a short tim later the. warrant for Mr. Beggs arrest w-as issued. A city ordinance provides that the company shall fpay-into the city treasury $13 annually fqir 'each car it operatesi.

lr. Beggs says the ordinance was repealed years ago, jut Mayor Seidel claims it still is in force iand asserts he will coll the $72,000 the company ehoulcjl have paid in past years! Old "Ocean Graveyard" passes After Years HALTFAC. N. June 21. The passing as an "oe'ean graveyard" of Sa.ble island, scene of innumerable shipwreqks, is brought toimind'by the recent bj-eaking up for junk of the last vessef wrecked there, thel steamer Skidby, a 2000-ton freighter, which met its fate Jaulnary 6, 1904.

Since tht time, no vessel has been wrecked the treacherous rib jf sand. iorming ir.e isianu cuasL iiicu pit vtuusij had taken ja toll of more than 250 vessels and many more than that number of human livesl Wireless telegraphy more numerous nd improved lighthouses and corrected charts have robbed this quondam "ocean graveyard" of its tenors for the marinejr. Mrs. Susan Kelley, wife of a- former keeper of a life-saving station there, and now approaching four score years, saw fifty-two wrecks, many of which sbe worked onifwlth her husband dur.ng her twenty years on the island. She now lives in Halifax.

BerKeley Personals BERKELEY, June 23. Miss Todd of Ontario, is the her aunt, Mrs. T. Todd. 243." street, if TL Preston, nrh-rchaal Minota guest irginia kf the Franklin school, has returned frorrJ a visit of several weeks at rus old noma In Ore- gon.

I Mr. -C. A. Sherman and Mrs. Sherman, --ith their families, are ipt snimmer at Towle.

R. L. spend Professolf and Mrs. Louis He ngstier are spending the summer ire Ybse Mrs. A.

LA. Dayies and daughter. Miss Glenara Da vies, have returned month's stay at Anderson Spri'n om Mrs. Katherine Miller, president of the Casa Guidi circle, is visiting York city, i where she will spend weeks-. In New several Mr.

-and Mrs. Frank Kaylot, 1 i Rei'deri and Miss Leila Keider are sniridine the summer in the Sari Pablo valley. i CHARGES DESERTION. i 1 l. tha orrwiinf llTVn which I io ri-i i uritt asks in his comrlaJ complaint filed lutnaiu from In the superior tuuu mi Elsie J.

Jtiruu 4 MAN WITH Women Declare Megginson Obtained Deeds From Insane Woman. SAX FRANCISCO. June 23. Charges of a startling and sensational nature are preferred against L. F.

Meggtnson, a real estate broker of Oakland, by Mrs. Mary F. Knoll and Mrs, Alice J. Lee. mother and sister, of Mrs.

Francis Graham, who died March 5 of this year, and who, it is claimed, deeded $10,000 worth of property to Megginson. The mother and sister charge that at the time the deeds were made Mrs. Gra ham was suffering from cancer and dropsy, -and that her mind was so de-rang that, she was practically insane. They ask for a cancellation of the deeds, and an appointment of a receiver, in order to firevent the real estate man from collect-ng any rent on the property. The complaint says that Megginson and the Graham woman lived together for years prior to her death and that he professed a great affection for her.

This rega-rd it is set forth, was merely shown for mercenary purposes and in order that he might gain control or tne property. Woman Seeks Share In Baldwin Millions Beatrice Anita Turnbull' Jour neys West to Bnter Her Claims in Court. LOS ANGELES, June 23. Beatrice Anita Turnbull, claimant for ome of the millions of the late H. J.

(Lucky) Baldwin, is journeying from Boston to Los Angeles to bring suit against the Baldwin estate. According to her attorney, I. B. Dockweiler, the legal BlLtUe will begin about July 1st. It will be alleged that Miss Turn- bull, who Is a 17-year-old school girl.

is the daughter of the late turf king and Lillian" Ashley, who is now the wife of W. Turnbull of Boston. Tire mother gained publicity sixteen yeaxs ago, when she brought a breach or promise suit against Baldwin. During Ihe trial Mrs. Turnbull's sister shot Baldwin Inflicting a slight wound.

iThe annountee-ftiemt that Miss Turn-bull is on her Way to Los Angeles to contest the Baldwin will was made in court when the hearing of the rrtlal distribution of the estate came up for confirmation before Judge Riyes. AND- AFTER jaTe. SIXTEENTH-ST. STATION Arriye. Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, Crockett, Port Costa, Benicia, Snisun, Sacramento.

Roseville, Wheatland. Maryfrrille. Chlco. Red Bluff, Anderson, Redding. Bunsmuir.

Davis. Woodland (Marysville, Oroville). Williams, Willows, Orland (Hamilton), Corning Elmlra, VacaTUie, Winters, Ramsey Vallejo, Santa Rosa. Napa. St.

Helena, Calistoga i Port Costa, Martinez, Avon, Concord, Walnut Creek, Alamo, San Ramon, Dougherty, Liver-more 8-53a Richmond. Port Costa. Martinez, Bav Point. AntiocTi. Byron.

Tracy (PtocktonK Modesto. Merced. Fresno. Selma, Goshen-Junctlon. Hanford.

Valla, Bakersfield, Yosemite Valley via Merced and El Lindsay, Porterville Las Pal-mas. Frlant 0:36 Atlantic Express Port Costa. Benicia, Elmlra, Sacramento, Colfax, Truckee. Reno, Cobre, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, Chicago 10-12a Stege. Richmond.

San Pablo, Pinole. Rodeo. Vallejo Junction Port Costa. Martinez. Bay Point Los Angeles Passenger Richmond, -Port Costa, Bay Point.

Bvron. Tracy (Stockton), Merced Berenda (RaymonJi. Fres-; i no. Visalta, Bakersfield. Los Angeles Hanford.

Lemoore, Collnga Tulare. Tipton. Fix-lev. Delano Sanger. Reedley, Pinuba.

Vallejo. Mare Island Nana Junction. Napa 4.05p San Francisco "Overland m' Cheyenne v( Denver Kansas City. St. Louis), Omaha.

Chicago. Salt Lake City, Denver. Kansas City. Des Moines. Chicago.

No local passengers carried between any stations, San Francisco and Truckee Shasta Limited Portland. Ta-coraa. Seattle via Springs. Sleep car train Does not carry local passeDgera First class pay tickets. Richmond.

Port Costa. Suisun, Roseville, Auburn, Colfax. Trucke. Boca. Reno, Sparks.

Churchill. Wabuska (Yerlngton, Mason), Mina. Tonopah, Laws, Keeler Sacramento. Roseville. Marysville.

Grldley. Chlco, Vina, Tehama. Red Bluff. Richmond, Port Costa. Benicia, Suisnn (Elmlra.

VacaTlUe). Winters. Sacramento, Davis, Woodland. Knights Landing. Marysville.

Oroville Tolo, ll- liams. Willows Port Costa. Martines, Bay Point. Cornwall. Antlocb.

Byron. Lathrop Modesto, Turlock. Merced, Berenda, Madera. Fresno Vallejo, Santa Rosa. Napa, St.

Helena. Calistoga Port Costa. Martlnex, Concord. Walnut Creek, i Alamo. DanIUe.

San Dougherty. El Dok-ado Vallejo Junction (Vallejo. Mare Island). Port Costa. Benicia.

Sacramento. Connects with motor car at Sacramento for Lincoln. Wheatland. Marysville Oroville Owl Limited Los Angeles. Sleeping car train Does not carry day coach passengers.

Eastern Express Port Costa, Suisun, Elmlra. Sacramento, Colfax. Tmckee, Boca. Reno (Wadsworthi, Hasen Fallon), Battle Mountain. Palisade, Elko, Cobre.

Ogden. Selt Lake City. pueblo, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis. Chicago Sunday onlyStege, Richmond.

Pinole, Vallejo, Crockett, Port Costa, Martlne. Avon, Bay Point Richmond, Port Costa. Martinez, uornwau, Djrou, uain- rop, Stockton. Returns via Livermore; arrives First and Broadway Oregon Express Port Coeta. Suisuo.

Davis (Sacramento), Woodland. Colusa Junction. Willows. Tehama. Red Bluff, Shasta Springs Weed Macdoel, Klamath Falls), Ashland, Portland China and Japan Mall Port Costa.

Benicia. Suisnn. Sacramento. Tmckee. Reno, Sparks.

Haxen, Wlnnemucca, Battle Mountain, Palisade. Elko. Cobre. Ogden. Cheyenne, Den- ver.

Kansas City. Omaha, Chicago Yosemlte Valley Sleeper via Merced and El Portal. Returns via Livermore; arrives First and Broadway Richmond. Port Tracy, Lathrop. Modesto.

Turlock. Merced, Berenda. Madera. Fresno. Tulare, Bakersfield.

at Fresno for. Selma. Traver, Goshen Junction Vlaalla). Hanford. Armona.

Imoore, Huron, Coalinga. Connect at Bakersfield for Gosford, McKlttrlck Monarch. Fellow. Portland Express Port Cota. Benicia, Snisun.

Elmira. Sacra- mento. Lincoln. Marysville, Chlco, Redding. Duosmnir, Shasta Springs, Slaeon.

Medford. Ashland, Portland, Tacoma, Seatt. FRAUD IN QIRLLI I tin I Battle Ends Disastrously Councilman; Eye Badly Blackened. Councilman Harold Everhart is nursing a bruised and battered eye today, following a fist fight in which he engaged yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in front of the Blake Moffltt building at Eighth street and Broadway. What argument caused the hostilities or who the other combatant was, cannot be determined, but that he fight Occurred and that Councilman jEyerhart lost the decision, is certain by ihe testimony gathered from the barbers1 saloonkeepers and cigar store tenders surrounding the scene of the fistic encoujiter.

The two men were seen talking together in more than audible tones when, of a sudden, they squared oft and cam together, their fists clenched. There were few blows struck, (the most effective one landing directly ion Ever- hart's eye. This sudden turn injthe very; first round of the fight and the gathering of the crowds who were eager to grasp any opportunity at witnessing such an ar- gument, now that Governor Giflett has i prohibited prize fighting, terminated the I battle and festivities ceased with th battered councilman going one and his victorious adversary the ther. Courtship by Mail Proves to be Failure Anna J. Keatherford, a comely widow, and Albert J.

White were married after a week's courtship carried on I through the United States mail. Now Mrs. White declares the nuptial contract tL failure and she has. instituted suit In the Superior Court for a divorce from iVhite on the ground of extreme' cruelty. The complaint was filed late yesterdLy afternoon and while Mrs.

White doeJ not explain in it how it happened that she and her husband began telling each jother of their undying love in letters she jmakes it very plain that from her standpoint White is about the worst brute! slie bm ever known. HOPE TO REFUND DEBT. WASHINGTON. June 23. 4- R.

P. Faulkner, chairman of the American Commission to Liberia, has been appointed by the Liberian Government in the negotiations looking to. the refunding of the Liberia national debt. JUNE 10, Leave. BROADWAY AND FIRST ST.

Arrive. Elmhurst. San Leandro, Hay- ward. Niles. Centervllle, Newark, Alvlso, Agnew, San Josej Niles, Tracy.

Lathrop. Stockton, Lodi, Gait. Brighton. Sacramento. Arrive i via Suisun.

Benicia, Port Costa, 16th street San Leandro. Lorenno, Hayward, Decoto, Niles, Irrington, Mil- pitas, San tL Connects at San Jose with No. SO. Shore Line Limited Paso Jtobles Hot Springs, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles. First cldss par tickets only when presented with ticket forlseat in Pullman parlor car rto.

-ii. me voater Soieaijd. Paso Rohles Hot Springs. Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo. Plzm, Oceano, Guada'iipe.

1 Santa Barbara. Ventura. Ox-nard. Los Angeles Lompod Pajaro Castroville. Del Monte, Monterey, Pacific 'Grove 2:02 Niles.

Pleasantonl Livermore, Altamont, Lathrop. Stocktftn. Connects at i Stockton "with motor car for -Oakdale or Sac ramento o.inp Los Ban Tracy. newman, Kerman, Fresno. Mt.

Eden. AlTarado, New.tk. Alviso, Agnew; Santa Clra, West San Jose, Loa Ga.ns, Wright Laurel, Gen-wood. Felton (Boulder Creek), Big Trees. Santa Cruz.

Watsftn-riUe. Pajaro. Castroville. 35el Monte, Monterey, Pacific Grive Connects at Santa Clara wth No. 24, San Luis Obispo Passenger Gilroy.

Salinas. Paso Robles Hot Springs. Atascadero, San Luis Obispo HolHster, Ttes Plnoa Pajaro. Watsonvllle. pel Monte, Monterey, Pacific Gnv 9 Nile.

4 Pleasanton. Llvermora. Tracy, Lathrop. Stockton. LOdI, Gait, 8acramento, Oakdale, Chinese.

Jamestown, Sonora, Tuolumne, Angels Niles, Irrington, Warm Springs. San j. San Leandro, Hayward, Centervllle, Newark. Alviso, Agnew, Santa Clara, San Alvarado. Newark.

Agnew. West i San Jose, Los Gatos, Wright, Laurel, Boulder Creek. Santa Cruz. Connects at Santa Clara with No. 30, Gilroy, Holllster, Tres Pin os Watsonvllle Santa Cruz Del Monte, Monterey, Pacific Grove Salinas San Leandro, Lorenzo, Hayward, Decoto, Nilfcs, Irvlngton, Ban Jose i Connects at San Jose with Jo.

10. Sunset Express El Paso, San Antonio. -New Orleans, Washington, D. New York Paso Robles Hot Springs, San Luis Obispo, Guadalupe, Sarf, Santa Barbara, Ventura, px-nard, Los Angeles. Del Monte.

Monterey. Pacific Grove Golden State Limited special sleeper for Kansas City, St. Lnruis, Chicago. Trains 10 and 9ji do not carry local iibe-tween San Francisco and Salinas Niles. (Centervllle), Suiol, Llrermore, Lathrop.

StockOon. Lodl. Arrives via Martlnesj at Sixteenth Sti depot 9:56 a. raj. San Leandro.

Lorenzo. Hayward. Niles, Sunol, Pleasanton, Livermore. Altamont, Traicy, Westley, Newman. Los Batloa, Dos Palos.

Mendota. Kerman, Fresno. Returns via Tracy, Bvron, Martinez, Port Cohta; arrives 10th St. depot 10:42 P- m- I Russell. Mt.

Eden, Newark, Santa Clara. West San Jose, Campbell, Los Gatos. Saturdays and undays Wright, Felton. Santa Crnz (returning Sundays and Mondays) San Leandro, Lorenzo, Hayward Decoto. Niles.

Irvlngton, I Mll- pttas. San Jose San Leandro, Lorenzo, Hayward. A Decoto. Niles. San Jose.

Connects at San Jose No. 76. The 'Lark Paso Robles Hot Springs, Santa Barbara, Angeles I No. 18, Los-' Angeles Express Gilroy, Salinas, King i Oity, Paso Roblea Hot Springs, Atas-cadero, San Lula Obispo. Pizmo, Santa Angeles 11..

San Leandro.Clayward. Niles, San Jose and stations. 1 1 8:50 22f IfT." OAKLAND HARBOR FERRY Broadway Wharf Oakland. jl Week days: 1100a. 8a0Op, i Sundays: 9a00p, SOUTHERN PACIFIC NETHERLANDS ROTJTB (From" Paclfib St.

Wharf, San Francisco.) Navajo leavesi Ha daily except sunnajr. I rvesdaily Sa except Monday. Colllnsvllle, Rio Vista, Isleton, ainut i urove, oraen, ivourr-land. Sacramento 1910. 1 BLAMES BROTHER FOR HIS ARREST Cc Miller Declares That He Is Victim of Avarice and Expects Release.

Stoutly maintaining' that he is innocent of any Intentional awrongdo- ing; and that he is the victim of 4 brother's avarice and criminality, L. C. Miller of St. Louis is detained at the county jail for the, purpose of confronting Nelson Miller, thej brother, who is wanted. In Fresno county on a charge of swindling, and: is now in the' custody of Sheriff Chittenden at Reno.

in which vicinity he was arrested last night -as a fugitive from justice. Behind both arrests there is an unusual story which implicates Nelson Miller in the abandonment of a wife and five children. the elopement with another man's wife, a series of shady transactions that cover a period pf nearly a year and extend from the MisslsslPPI river to the Pacific coast land the robbery of his brother of negotiable securities valued at about $21,000. lL. C.

Miller expects to be released immediately after Sheriff Chittenden reaches Oakland with. Nelson Miller on his way back to stand trial for the alleged, crooked work. Churchg'oer ShocHs Congreg'ation With Jig' ST. LOUIS, June 22 Because his feet went to sleep while he was attending church Sunday night William a section hand on the Bluff line, shocked the. church members pf Elsah bv rising frortl his Jumping, into the.

aisle and dancing a jig. He will have to stand trial this! rriorning on a charge of disturbing the 'peace. Mrs. C. Sherman, who is the Mrs.

De-muth of Elsah, grabbed Byers by the coat collar and threw him out of the church. Byers said he found both of his feet asleep and he just could not stand it. He says he had to dance to iget his blood to circulating. The, prosecuting attorney of, the county wil be down from Jerseyville to prosecute the case ajid twenty-one witnesses, all, of the people in the church, have been subpoenaed. JCo place in the world is a church service more solemn than in the Methodist Church of Elsali.

and Byers' offense is regarded as of greater seriousness than the defalcation of the village treasurer some months ago. Entertainment Given By Improvement Club The Central Improvement Club of Fruit-vale gave its monthly entertainment and dance on Tuesday ievening, June 21, at Allendale Hall. I The meeting was "'presided over by the "vicer-president, W. E. Sansome, in -the absence of the president.

L. Ernest Phillips. The program was enjoyed by a large audience. Following was the program: Vocal Miss Snyder; piano solo. Miss E.

G. Locke, recitation, Mrs. Sag-inett; vocal solo Master John White; address, Aaron Turner; vocal Mrs. Tie-burn; vocal solo, Margaret Haight; comic song. Tom Lipton, of Orpheum circuit; recitation, Mrs.

R. C. Sansome. Refreshments were served, after wThich the floor 'was cleared and dancing No Appropriation For Public Buildings WASHINGTON, June 23. The Omnibus public buildings bill is held up for lack of an appropriation.

The last of the general appropriation bills having passed it would require a joint resolution to appropriate the $24,000,000 to construct the buildings authorized. There is- opposition to the proposed resolution. "Golden Rule" Chief Acquitted of Charge June Fred Kohler, the "Golden Rule" chief of police who was suspended from his position by Mayor Baehr, upon the filing of charges alleging drunkenness and immorality, was acquitted by the civil service commis sion late Kohler will be reinstated at once. Divorced Once, Now They Married Again Frederick 1'. and Dorothy J.

Ashurst are now husband and wife for' the second time. They tried ib get along, together the first time but somehow everything went wrong and finally 'a decree of rti-- vorce severed the "i nuptial knot. Thljf was about a year ago and last evening the couple applied- at the office of the County Clerk for a license to remarry. Deputy County Clerk M. J.

Riley issued the permit and while he was filling out the blank with vital statistics As-hurst explained the romance. "We both realize that we made a ter-rlbla mistake the first time," said As-hurst. "and have decided to make a good Job of it now." "Yes," assented Urs. st. "I think Fred and I understand each other thoroughly now.

It would seem that it takes something like a divor.ee sometimes to show what Is really for the best. At Jeast, it did In our case." Auto and Aeroplane Race at St. Paul f-T. I'Al'L. June C3.

Interest in today's tvents of the aviation and automobile at the state fair ground was aim-inanted by the records made by' automobiles Today's program i a race between dirigible balloons and a three-mile Tace between Barney Oldfield in his automobile and Glenn If. CurtlssMn an aeroplane, if the weather conditions re right. (( Jli-fl SEALED BOXES! 0 io tSanday exceoted. tSandar i i.