The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 10, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIV—NO. 1 02, all, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1908. PRICE FIVE -CEX NATIDE SONS AND FAIR DAUGHTERS OF GOLDEN CALIFORNIA CELEBRATE ANNIUERSARY DEATH RIDES IN HURTLING AUTOMOBILE Spectator Is Killed by Runaway Machine. | Barney Oldfield Has a| Marveious Escapein | Accident. Tire Explodes and the Racer Swerves and Leaps in the Air. i ST DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 3.—While Bar- ney Oldfield’s racing automobile was run- ixty miles an hour at the » track this afternoon in th t, one of the front burned through and ex- throwing the car into the fi ring Frank She that he died sded, and inju terribiy » and started other e tch on his seventh mile | n on the right front tire burned rough and it exploded. The track is| n and the car with | um shot for the h is six Oldfield > twist his brake | ad 1. between two tre | conscic e of mind| —— ESCAPES CONTROL. resville Fatally | Gooding. Kiser of Day e, | ev- | EKILLS MAN WHO WEDDED il WOMAN HE LOVED Texas Cattleman Shoots Successful Rival in the Streets of Pecos. $.—E. Myrnberg, ex., was shot James Pratt, a| ccurred on the | Myrnberg was | r shot passed he fell l"l At in the alkali| | for mercy. marr the he was crazed b, t SEEES TO LEARN WHY POSTMISTRESS RETIRED Presidert Orders Inquiry Into the Forcing Out of a Dela- ware Official. TER BAY, N. Y., Sept. 9.—Follow- . esterday of William tes District Attor- President to-day er General to sub- onthe recent retir f Miss Huldah B. Todd, the post- eenwood, Delaware. t Miss Todd was re- room for an Addicks sup- evelt knew nothing of Delaware postmistress tion was called to it by | He afterward received | letter on the subject. This im to desire an investigation. rged £ the BREAKS JAIL | ities D VIGIT i3 bk WIFE Train Robber Re- turns After Her Recovery. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9.—Another es- | caped convict from the Mississippi peni- tentiary presented himself to-day apologized for his escape. and tiary. To-day Story presented himself at the Governor's mansion and explained that he had received word that his wife was ¢ ally 1 in Kosciusko, more than 10 miles away, a week ago, and he broke out of prison to get to her bedside. As soon as she was out of dan- ger he returned to the penitentiary. . Story belongs to one of the best fam- in Mississippi and in her young womanhood his wife was noted for her remarkable beauty. Evil companions led the young husband astray, and holding up trains and robbing express offices soon became his occupation. He was finally caught and sent to the penitentiary to serve a ten-year term. —_———— TEXAS CHILD SWALLOWS TOY MONKEY WRENCH Physicians Treat Sufferer for Asthma Until Fit of Coughing Af- fords Relief. EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 9.—Eight months ago little Ethel Crawford, the 5-year-old daughter of J. J. Crawford of this city, swallowed a2 small monkey wrench, which was among the toys given her at Christ- mas. Since that time she has been under the care of physiclans and treated for asthma. To-day, during a violent fit of coughing, the little one coughed up the small toy, which evidently had been lodg- ed in her bronchial tubes since last Christmas. The case has caused much in. terest among physickans. A He is Brooks | | Story, the notorious express robber, who has escaped five times from the peniten- | more than half a century ago. - } | iz Vemoorar: Pearz.are No100, XD G. W... - ‘ GRAND MARSHAL OF THE PROCESEION GIVEN BY NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS AT GARDEN CITY, AND FOUR OF THE PARLORS THAT E ITED THE APPLAUSE OF THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS WHO LINED THE SIDEWALKS AND CHEERED THE PATRIOTIC PARADERS. oy Sturdy Pioneers and Deterans of Mexican War ‘Takej Prominent Part in the Festivities. AN JOSE, Sept. 9.—Ten thousand Native Sons and Daughters cele- brated California’s fifty-third birthday in a fitting manner to- day and the 30,000 or 35,000 inhabi- tants of this city and county joined in the festivities. No State could have had greater homage paid to it, and from day- break till midnight the celebrators acted in joyous accord and made the day a memorable one. The thousands of visit- ors that afrived late last night were joined by several thousand more this morning. There have ;been bigger celebrations of Admission day in the State, but none more patriotic or enthusiastic than the one held to-day. About 2500 Sons and Davghters of the Golden West marched through the streets to the music of band and fife and drum. Fittingly, too, the | Pioneers and Mexican War Veterans, the road bullders into this great common- wealth, preceded them in the line of march, just as they had preceded others These old State builders did not walk, however, but, seated in theilr carriages, looked and smiled upon the Sons and Daughters as . | HE fifty-third anni- versary of the ad- mission of California into the Union was patriot- ically observed yesterday throughout the State. The larger celebrations were held in San Jose, Chico end Sonoma. Many parlors of the Native Sons and Daugh- ters held forth at San Jose and the sturdy pioneers joined them in their festivi- ties. e b 4 “3 fathers do approvingly upon their chil- dren. The parade marked the real beginning HICO, Sept. 9.—Governor Pardee slipped quletly into Chico on the | 1 regular morning overland, so that | the crowds of merry-makers | missed the opportunity to give | | him the demonstrative welcome that was | planned. However, the Governor was here and consequently the crowds were in the best of humor and the greeting | that was intended for the chlef was un- corked for the benefit of the great| thronghs of Native Sons and Daughters | ‘who arrived on a special at 10:40 o'clock. By 9 o'clock people began to gather in| the neighborhood of the depot and long | before train time the streets leading toward the station were jammed with ve- hicles and the sidewalks were crowded with pedestrians, who cheered to_the echoe the arrival of the Veteran Fire- men. Four divisions of the grand parade were forming on the streets that cross Main street, while the local companies of | the fifth division, together with portions of the Marysville and Sacramento par- lors of Native Sons, gathered at the depot Continued on Page 2, Column 1. Continued on Page 2, Column 6. | the assessment of many of the counties | of the city and county of San Francisco ES EQUALIZERS MAY INGREASE ASSESMENT Board Is Likely to Add to County Burden. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 9.—It was evident from the trend of the discussion om the part of the members of the State Board of Equalization at a meeting to-day that of the State will be raised. There is a well-founded belief that the assessment will be among those to be raised. Although the board has until the 12th inst. in which to arrive at a conclusion regarding the county assessments, it may take final action any time between now | and that date. After the meeting to-day the members of the board declined to make any statement, saying they would not commit themselves before taking final action. —_———— CARNEGIE MAY PURCHASE BANNOCKBURN FIELD | Negotiating for the Site of Famous | Battle to Preserve It From Builders. | LONDON, Sept. 8.—It is said that An- drew Carnegle is negotiating for the pur- hase of the famous battlefield of Ban- nockburn, near Sterling, Scotland, in or- der to save it from falling into the hands of builders. i o e RO Island Laborers Strike. SANTA BARBARA, Sept. 9.—All the sheep shearers and laborers in the em- ploy of Vail & Vickers, the owners of Santa Rosa Island, went on strike this morning for higher wages and better food. The latter demand is said to be the ground for the greatest compalint. The men took possession of the company's boat and came to Santa Barbara when the superintendent refused to accede to their demands. | at recen: | among whom, | nal from the consulate. | war. i OF HER ADMISSION INTO THE UNION UADRON S MEN READY FOR AGTION Cotton Prepares to Land Marines at Beirut. Signal Corps Sleeps at the United States Consulate. American Mission Makes Demand Upon Governor for Protection. BEIRUT, Syria, Sept. 7 (via Port Sald). | Vice Consul Magelssen, when he was fired near a police booth. His ot yet known. The authori- and thus far have assailant is tles are indifferent given no satisfaction. The Moslem section of the city, from Friday up to last night, was in a state of anarchy and thirty persons were killed, however, were no foreign- ers. The shops are closed, the streets de- | serted and the Government is seemingly unwilling to assure the safety of the resi- dents. The arrival of the American cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco was most op- portune. Admiral Cotton is on the alert and a signal corps and guards slept at the United States Consulate last night. | The men on board the warships are un- der arms, ready to disembark on a sig- The boats of the San Francisco have re- connoitered the coast below the property of the American mission in order to se- Brooklyn and | lect landing plices In case of need. The | American mission authorities have de- manded guards from the Governor for the protection of the mission printing office and the mission property. An attempt to enter an American residence on Satur- day was frustrated. The Americans here believe the United States Government should Insist on the dismissal of the Vali of Befrut, a notori- ous bribetaker, and to whom all the dis- orders are attributed. The opinfon here is that the powers should take action with a view to bringing Beirut under the jurisdiction of an autonomous Christian government for the Lebanon district N SOFIA’S ALARMING RUMOR. Dispatch Says Bulgaria’s Army Is to Be Mobilized. LONDON, Sept. 10.—Except that Consuls in Salonica are again asking for the protection of warships, there is Mt- tle direct news this morn seat of the cedonian troubles, but there is a plentiful crop of sensational statements, which it is impossible to con- firm or deny. Among the latter is the assertion made in a Sofia dispatch to the Seclo of Milan to the effect that it has been decided to mobilize the Bulgarian army. This is contrary to the avowed policy of the Bulgarian Government, but cannot be regarded as unlikely, as the Turkish troops are concentrated at Geok- tepe, five miles from the Bulgarian fron- tier. In Paris there is a persistent rumor that M. Constans, the French Embassador in Constantinople, intends to resign as a protest against the apathy shown by his Government. According to a Sofla dis- patch to the Daily Express the British agent there has already notifled Bulgaria that Great Britain insists that she pre- vent the passage of bands into Mace- donia. Little credence is attached to a story published in the Vienna Die Zeitung that Turkish troops have been ordered to cross the Bulgarian frontier. Count Goluchowski, the Austrian Chan- cellor, had a long conference with Em- peror Francis Joseph at Budapest yester- day and common diplomatic action by the powers against Bulgaria is again said to be in preparation. The Italian fleet is held in readiness at Sicily, so that it could reach Turkish wa- ters within forty-eight hours, but Italy will not take any action except in accord with the powers. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent in Varna reiterates the determination on the part of the Bulgarian Government to hin- der every manifestation liable to lead to He adds that Prince Ferdinand is in daily receipt of menacing letters and as a result the palace is strongly guarded, the locks have been changed on the doors and all persons desiring admission are strictly scrutinized. It is learned from Philippopolis that the Macedonian committee is actively organ- izing new revolutionary bands, of which 170 have been formed in Eastern Roume- lia and Macedonia since Boris Sarofoff assumed the direction of the Adrianople committee. The leaders of the bands dur- ing the last six months have imported 19 kilograms of dynamite, mostly from Aus- tria, together with large stores of rifles, which have all been warehoused in the suburbs of Philippopolis. From Vienna it is reported that Bul- the ng from the Continued on Page 7, Column 3.