The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1904, Page 5

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY,.JULY 26, 1904. FALL RIVER'S MILLS CLOSE More Than Thirty Thousand Cotton Operators Obey the Order to Walk Out INDUSTRY Plants With a Weekly Out- put of Nine Hundred Mil- lion Yards of Cloth Are Idle FALL RIVER, Mass., July 25.—The strike order issued by the Fall River Textile Council, calling for upward of 30,000 operatives to remain away from the mills to-day In protest against a reduction of 12} per cent in wages, be- came effective to-day and the response was as general as the labor leaders had predicted. The thirty-seven companies involved in the strike operate eighty-one mills with about three and a quarter million spindles and a weekly product, when running in full, of more than 900,000,000 ya of cloth. Practical every was shut dow der. Both sides admit this is the begin- ning of one of the most determined con- ver has ever seen. they were com- e wages to save their while the operatives say con- g cotton manufacture tests wh e ——— PERSONAL. Dr. Bernays of St. Louls is at the Palac G. Barton, manager of the Fresnp Theater, is at the California. Justice Bossi of Quebec, who is mak- ing a tour of the world, is at the Pal- ace Rev Osa T. C. Winn, a missionary from is at the Occidental. Clapp of the United S*ates c Survey arrived at the Grand ay Anderson, a lumberman of n, Wash., and his wife are at H. W. Fenner of Tuc- the latest arrivals at ng P of Pasadena rker and Dr. J. Tyler are registered at rd M. Kaplan of Sacra- this city and stay- tal. secretary of miners, is in 1 business. Arnhold, one of the leading of Hongkong, arrived from nt yesterday and is at the St. the San Francis J. B. Farrish, the well-known mining engineer of Denver, is staying at the Fra Rob P Lewers, a capitalist of Hono- the islands on’ the yesterday and is at . itenant Commander C. A. <Carr i Lieutenant R. E. Carney, U. 8. N., ved re yesterday and are regis- Occidental. Har: n, the well known and former manager of L. 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Receipts last week were 14,284; the average (| weekly veceipts of cattle in 1903 were 66,009; the falling off for the week was 51,725. The figures show | | the awful cost of the sirike to Western caitle raisers, now forced to hold cattle because is no mar- ket. With 51,725 fewer carcasses in storage than there should have been at the end of the week, the famine i | existing is revealed plainly. Here are the figures: . Monday, July 18, o, . 3,978 | Friday, July 22... .-+ 3,638 Tuesday, July 19. Saturday, July 23. vee. 2,641 Wedncsday, July 20. E | i Thrrsday, July 21... A (et L . 985 Total L i s s e e P4 SR ; | Record receipts for the stockyards, weck ending September 19, 1891, 95,924. ! Average receipts for a week during 1903, 66,009, I ‘ Last week below the average, 51,725. ! | Last week below the record, $1,199. % - Sy e o CHICAGO, July 25.—With all peace negotiations broken off and with all the allied trade unions employed at the different plants, with the exception of the teamsters and the stationary en- | 8ineers, out on strike in sympathy | with the butcher workmen who quit {work two weeks ago, the stockyards strike to-night had settled down to what promises to be one of the bitter- est fights between capital and labor in the history of America. As had been threatened for some time the allied trades employed in the pack- |ing industry quit work when called {upon to-day to assist the striking butchers in thejr efforts to bring the packers to terms. In several instances the men did not await for the official { notification from their leaders to go on strike, but threw down their tools and | quit work of their own volition. At |6 o'clock to-night the statement was made by Michael Donnelly, president of the Butchers’ Union, that every union man employed at the stockyards, with the exception of the teamsters and en- | gineers, had responded to orders for a general sympathetic strike. The en- gineers, he declared, would join the strikers to-morrow morning, and unless there were a speedy sertlement of the difficulty, he sald, the teamsters would undoubtedly join their brother work- men in their struggle for supremacy. According to Donnelly to-day's strike swelled the number of men who have quit work at the stock yards in Chi- cago alone to mearly 30,000. MEANS FIGHT TO A FINISH. Both sides to the controversy de- clared to-night that they were per- fectly satisfied with the present state | of affairs and that they were willing to make it a fight to a finish to de- termine who shall dictate the terms of a settlement. According to the packers the general strike to-day was a failure, it being claimed by them that not more than one-half the members of the allied trades quit work when officially called out by their leaders this morning. The further statement was made by the packers that should all the union men cdecide, to join the strikers it wonld make little difference to the employers, | as they had sufficient resources to con- test the ground for an indefinite period. On the other hand, the leaders of-the laborers assert that all the employes at the packing plants, together with sev- eral hundred employes at the Union Stockyards, quit work to-day In response to the general order for a sympathetic strike. 2 A new phase of the strike situation developed late this afternoon, when notice was given by the unions to the independent packers at the stockyards that their men would not be allowed to handle animals which had been brought into the yards or handled in any way by non-union men. It is necessary for these independent con- cerns to take all of their livestock into their yards over the Unien Stockyards runways, where stock must be handled by non-union men, since the union men employed by the stockyards com- pany in this line of work were among the employes who joined the sympa- thetic strike to-day. The ultimatum of the unions leaves the independent packers no alternative but to receive their livestock directly from the country or else close down business en- tirely. A meeting of the independent packers was held to-night to map out some plan of action, but no definite conclusion was reached. Another meet- ing will be held to-morrow to further discuss the matter. LAST MOVE TOWARD PEACE. Before peace negotiations had been entirely broken off to-day Fepresenta- tives of the teamsters’ union, as had been agreed upon last night, were in conference with packers in efforts to arrange some sort of agreement which would prevent the spread of the strike. At this meeting the packers were asked to concede that the first peace agreement signed last Wednesday and which was later repudiated by the strikers, when a second strike was called, be considered null and void and that the packers submit a new propo- sition for peace terms. The committ also notified the packers that the striking butchers would stand by last Saturday’s demand, which was that all men be reinstated within ten days or their cases be submitted to immediate arbitration, all butchérs and casing men to be taken back within forty- eight hours after work was resumed. No progress toward a settlement was *Engineers, Walk Out in Sympathy With Donnelly’s Men and Final Peace Movement Ends in Declaration of War to a Finish made at the conference and the team- sters’ committee retired to consider a new proposal. Despite the sympathetic strike to- day all the plants worked up to the regular time, although at a reduced capacity. At Armour & Co.'s plant it | was claimed that 1880 hogs, 700 cat- tle and 200 sheep had been slaugh- tered during the day. At the other six plants a corresponding amount of | work was accomplished and it was | predicted by all that by to-morrow there would be a decided increase in | the number of animals slaughtered. EEECD L “OPEN SHOP” TO PREVAIL. Kansas City Packers Will Continue to Engage Non-Union Men. KANSAS CITY, July 25.—"The strike situation looks very bright at the present time,” said C. W. Armour, to-night. “President Donnelly or-| dered certain members of the Allied | Trades to strike this morning at 7 o’clock and they refused to do it.” The word ordering out the members of the Allied Trades Union in this city, which was expected to come from Chicago this morning, failed to come and the men continued at work as usual. It is the apparent intention of the local packing companies to adopt the “open shop” policy, and they con- | tend that they will have won the bat- | tle against the unions wheén they shall have secured a sufficient number of non-union men to restore the normai | output of the various plants. | The strikers are strictly preserving the orders of President Donnelly not | to create any disturbance and the po- lice report that since the second walk- out they have not made a single ar- rest in the Armourdale district. a5 PLANTS IN OPERATION, New York Packers Work Full Forces | of Union Men. | NEW YORK, July 25.—The plants | of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger and the United Dressed Beef Company were | in operation to-day with fall forces of union men, all the strikers having re- | ported for work. Business < Agent Masterson of the local union says if orders are received from Chicago the men will go out. I 2 + TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL ] INJURED IN COLLISION Locomotive Strikes an Indianapolis | Electric Car, Throwing It a Dis- tance of Twenty Feet. INDIANAPOLIS, July 25.—Two per- | sons were killed and several injured in | ia collision between a sduthbound Big Four passenger train and a westbound Frespect-Blake electric car at Wash- | ington and Missouri streets to-night. ! The dead: SAMUEL ROMANS, about 50 years | | old. MRS. WILLIAM colored, 40 years old. The seriously *injured: Mamie Ot- well, 24 years old; Helen Mendenhall, aged 5. The locomotive struck the front of'| the electric car, throwing it a dis- tance of twenty feet to one side, its di- rection being almost reversed. The train was stopped within a few yards of Washington street and the crew as- sisted in clearing the wreckage and caring for the injured. | i | MARYSVILLE SURRENDERS J. HARRIS, Fete Opens Under Auspicious Circuri- stances and the City Is Pret- H tily Decorated. | MARYSVILLE, July 24.—Marysville is in carnival attire again and throngs of visitors line the streets in all di- | rections. Stores and buildings are | decorated with bunting and flags andi thousands of electric lights make ‘autiful the busy scene by night. erything was in readiness this even- | ing when the crowning of Miss Lela McWilliams as queen marked the | opening of a week of pleasure and.| mirth. The carnival this year is held under the auspices of the Women's Civic Improvement Club and the open- ing to-night augured well for a most successful week. On Tuesday the Elks | will hold forth and on Thursday the Eagles have arranged to break all rec- ords. Wednesday will witness the | fioral parade and Saturday will be| given over to King Folly. ; ————————— TWICE AS MANY DEATHS AS BIRTHS IN HAWAII { | Statistics of Health Board Show That { Consumption Is Most Prevalent i Fatal Disease in Territory. HONOLULU, July 19.—Deaths re- ported in Hawaii for the month of June more than doubled the number of births, the former being recorded as 70 and the births as 33. Statistics of the Health Board show that of the 70 deaths 47 were males and 23 fe- males. There were 28 Hawaiians, 7 Chinese, 11 Portuguese, 13 Japanese, 3 from Great Britain, 6 Americans and 2 of other nationalities not re- corded. Consumption carried off far more people than any other disease. —_—— WILL IMPROVE THE WATERWATS State Board of Works Ap- proves Employment of En- gineers Outside of State PRERECE L b5, Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, July 25.—Rufus P. Jennings and J. E. Faris of the ex- ecutive committee of the River Im- provement and Drainage Association appeared before the auditing board of the State Commission of Public Works this afternoon and recommended the employment of the following consult- ing engineers to devise a compre- hensive plan for improving the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin rivers: Major T. G. Dabney, Clarksville, Miss.; H. M. Chittenden, Sioux City, Ia.; Henry Brown Richardson, chief engineer of the State of Louisiana, New Orleans. Jennings explained that the recom- mehdation was made in accordance with a resolution adopted at the river convention in San Francisco in May of the present year. The auditing board passed a resolution approving the selection and fixing the compensation at $1000 per month for each engineer during the period of his service, which, it is expected, will be five months. It developed that not more than half of the engineers in the Uniteda States who were written to responded. Governor Pardee, prior to his depart- ure for St. Louis, approved the em- ployment of three engineers residing outside the State at an expense not to exceed $15,000 to be paid by the State. The three engineers will be supple- mented by two engineers selected in this State, who will doubtless be Major ‘W. H. Heuer, the Government engineer in charge of the California rivers, and M. A. Nurse, engineer to the Commis- sion of Public Works. The engineers will be requested to report plans ‘in time to permit appropriation bills to be prepared for presentation at the next session of the Legislature. The en- gineers will be expected to provide plans for caring for the annual flood waters and improving navigation on the two great waterways. —_———— No Street Parade on Labor Day. The Labor Council committee hav- ing charge of the arrangements for Labor Day has decided, in view of the fact that only twenty-two of the 148 unions in San Francisco voted in favor of a street parade, to drop the street parade and hold the literary exercises FEDERAL A‘PPO]NT)(EN’H.— A. Fred appointed laborer 1 Postor- Annic B, L. Mosher b in the afternoon. This decision does not apply to the members affiliated with the Building Trades Council, which will march to the ferry on the way to the picnic grounds, AGED PATTERN-MAKER TAKES CARBOLIC ACID Fit of Despondency Harrison Haight Puts an End to Sufferings. Harrison Haight, aged 77 years, committed suicide yes'terday afternoon at his residence, 703 Leavenwqrth street. He had long been ill with rheumatism in his arms and this made | him somewhat despondent. He went out for a walk and when he returned took his accustomed seafby the win- dow and at once went into an uncon- scious state. His aged wife did all she could to bring him to life, but it was in vain. On searching his pockets she discovered an empty bottle that had contained carbolic acid. This ex- plained the cause of Haight's sudden death. When his son, Edgar G. Haight, came home late last night he at once called in the Coroner. The deceased | was a pattern-maker and had been | employed for many years by the W. T. | Garratt Company. He lived for forty- five years in the house in which he died. In e BARBARISM IS ALLEGED. Japan’s Protest Against Russian Vio- lations of the Rules of War. ST. PETERSBURG, July 25.—It is reported Japanese officials protested to the Russian Government against viola- tions of the rules of war on eleven counts, namely: Several Russian bat- tallons hoisting the white flag at the battle of Vafangow and inducing the Japanese to cease firing, abuse of the Red Cross flag, stabbing, shooting and mutilating the wounded, atc., as con- tained in General Oku’s report, already published. Matinee by Gerson’s Students. At the matinee to be given by the students of the Paul Gerson School of Acting at the Alcazar Theater this af- ternoon two one-act plays new to this city will be given. The first, “The Prairle Judgment,” was written by Martin V. Merle, the young Santa Clara College student who staged phe Passion play last season at Santa Clara, and which critics declared was a wonderful representation. It is Mr. Merle’s first attempt at play writing and if the public takes kindly to his first offering he intends to undertake something on a more ambitious scale. Another one-act play is by Suderman and is a story of German military life entitled “Fritzchen.” It is crowd- ed with intense situations and is writ- ten in the great author's best vein. A pretty little one-act Southern play, which has not been seen in this city for years, is “Marse Van.” GUARD CHINESE GIRL.—Maria D, mlu. acting superintendent of the Presby- terlan Home for Chinese Girls, asked Court appoint her as 'E'""“ home, 5 years appointment " was child’s mother, Sue Lon, who is =] "‘Rupen of Hentzau” Suc- inew comedy does not—as | night—tempt to superlatives. Pleasant ! But he is unconvincing as a “WICEANDMEN” A CLEVER PLAY Henry Miller and Miss Jen- nie Busby Warmly Wel- comed at the Columbia COMEDY WELL STAGED ceeds “Prisoner of Zenda.” L:_ls't ‘Week of “Robin Hood” New York gave a season and London a year to “Mice and Men,” introduced here at the Columbia last night by Henry Miller. Away from the pleasant persuasion of Mr. Miller one rather wonders at the record. Mrs. Ryley's seen last enough it is, new enough, -clever enough. Its story is ingenious, its pe- riod picturesque, its people plausible and well contrasted. Yet, in spite of pretty scenes by the way, the play runs somewhat heavily its appointed course. The expected always happens. them round the corner. One knows from the first that Embury’s arcadian plan of educating a wife for himself— he is not content with the wives that mother used to make—must gang agley. | And so on. Yet 'tis a pretty story, cap- able of and deserving of subtler treat- ment. The cast unquestionably has some- thlflg to do with the case. One is un- accustomed to Mr. Miller 4n renuncia- | tory mood, to begin with. He geners | ally speaks for himself, John, and all{ the Columbia knows how he invariably | conquers. As Mark Embury Mr. Mil- ler steps into the cooler realm of mid- dle age. Peggy, it is true, persuades him to momentary forgetfulness of | graying hair and gathering years. But only for a moment. He finds that his ward is in love with his nephew, and like the good, kind, thoughtful middle- aged uncle that he is, he steps aside in favor of the young chap. Quite a John | Drew part, but not till now Mr. Mil- ler's kind of thing. Perhaps when the newness has worn off 'twill come eas- fer, but ’tis rather incredible vet to see the gallant Henry taking such medicine. Time has, however, not| dulled the actor’s love-making. One wonders at Peggy's choice of the | impersuasive lover of Mr. Tiden when There | are effective situations, but one spies ! OWES HIS LIFE T0 POOR AIM New York Man the ‘Target for Five Shots Fired by Unknown From Ambush FARMER'S SON ACCUSED Attempted Killing May the Miller virtuosity is beside it. And Mr. Miller is in excellent form. He| | was welcomed with extravagant felici-i tations by the audience, a large one in| spite of rival attractions of sea and| mountain. In his greeting speech Mr. | Miller replied with very genuine feeling. Miss Jennie Busley, who has the im- | portant part of the ward Peggy. is a | young woman of considerable charm. | She is delightfully natural, arch, girl-| ish, and is generally a piquant, small person. I fancy Miss Busley was some- | what nervous, as the greater freedom | of her later scenes would indicate. But | her performance was a very pleasur-| able part of the whole. As the found-.| ling, one of a row of them brought to . Embury’s rooms by the beadle and matron for his choice, Miss Busley is particularly engaging. i Frederick Tiden is the lover and has the unhappiness to be a cad of Mrs. Ryley's making. Mr. Tiden has | to throw carelessly away a letter writ- | ten to him by an old flame of his, in order that her husband may find it. | lover, | stagey, unreal. He serves the cast, however, by wearing some handsome uniforms handsomely. John Glen- dinning supports Mr. Miller in able fashion, as his flery old friend, Good- lake, and Walter Allen is clever as the servant Peter. Both Miss Heyer and Mrs. partake of the rather preponderating staginess in the cast, Miss Heyer as Goodlake’'s wife and Mrs. Fisher as Embury’s housekedper. The piece is beautifully staged and there was evidence of ample enjoy- ment on the part of the audience. BLANCHE PARTINGTON. | Alcazar. < “Rupert of Hentzau” was produced last night by the Alcazar stock com- pany, but hardly with the success that | attended its predecessor, “The Pris-| oner of Zenda,” of which it is the sequel. It lacks the thrilling climaxes and! clever lines of the latter piece, although the capable members of the company struggled in valiant fashion with what material they had to work on. White ‘Whittlesey was not at his best in the | dual role of Rassendyll and King Ru- dolph, the quick changes from one character to another being the clever- est thing about the impersonations. ‘Whittlesey was not letter perfect in' his lines, a defect shared by several of the company. All this will be remedied now “that the players are familiar with the situations, and a smoother performance will undoubtedly be the result to-night. There is much to interest in the piece and great praise | is certainly due to the efforts of Fred | Butler, Luke Conness, who plays the | title role; Richard Vivian, Stanley Johns, Harry Byers, Marie Howe and Oza Waldrop for their painstaking ef- | forts. Juliet Crosby acted the part of | the Queen with her usual charm and intelligence. | | | | ! Fisher | { | Central. “ Scott Marble’'s highly sensational a, “The Gates of Justice,” crowd- ed the Central Theater last night and | pleased the house with its succession of thrilling incidents. The climax brought great applause and a half-dozen cur- tain calls. This scene illustrates an .attempt to murder the superintendent of a mine by hurling him down a chute leading to the coal crusher—a tremen- dous machine with large cylinders pro- vided with huge teeth. To fall into these metallic jaws means instant destruction. The audience is roused to the highest enthusiasm by the heroism of a girl who saves the intended victim from a frightful fate in the nick of time. Herschel Mayall and Eugenie Thais Lawton do excellent work in the The play served to introduce the Cen- -al’'s new soubrette, Verne” Castro, ho is a handsome brunette. She cre- ated a fine impression. Ernest How- ell made a hit in a negro character. Elmer Booth performed a good humor- ous stunt. Lawrence Griffith made a creditable villain, and George P. Web- { about | of Westchester County. + wife, whichever of the two they were | | intended for, and that he knows noth- | ing at all about the shooting. Be Continuation of Mys- terious Causeless Attacks PR e MOUNT KISCO, N. Y., July 25.—Shot at five times with a rifle in the hands of an ambushed assassin, William | Dunn, caretaker of the Theodore B. Willis property, narrowly escaped[ death when seated on the porch of the | house with his wife. Whether the would-be murderer had a grievance | against Dunn, or the ambushing was a { continuation of the causeless attacks on life and property which began | eighteen months ago is not | known. As a result of the attack, John | Moriarity, son of a well-to-do farmer, | is under $1500 bail charged with au-,‘ sault in the first degree. | The complaint against Moriarity nl-: leges that he shot at Dunn with a | rifle, firing at least five bullets. It is | said that the Assistant District Attor- | ney, who has the case in charge, is in possession of evidence which he is not | yet ready to make public, but wh|ch.} when known, will astonish all this part | Moriarity’s defense is an alibi. He | says he was at home when the five rifle bullets were fired at Dunn or his ster, George Nicholls and Lloyd Ed- wards contributed well to the success of the piece. Edna Ellsmere gave a strong impersonation of a heartless ad- venturess, and Julia Blanc, who made the best of a small part, received sev- | eral encores for a vocal specialty. The | play has all the elements of a popular melodramg and there is not a dull mo- | ment in it. | Tivoli. “Robin Hood,” with its splendid ag- gregation of singers and comedians, began its sixth and last week at the Tivoli last night. An enthusiastic audi- ence was present and recalls were the order of the evening. | Fischer's. “A Lucky Stone,” at Fischer’s, en- tered its third week last night. The usual big houses throughout the weelk | are confidently expected. Chutes. “Mike,” Foster's dog, a diminutive canine that does about everything but talk, gave his initial bark at the Chutes yesterday and made a great hit at both performances. Derenda and Green, agile and amusing club jug- glers, and John J. Scully and Blanche Phelps, who presented a comedy skit entitled “The Irish Author,” were also new and won the approbation of their audience. Belle and Lotta Tobin, the instrumentalists; Emma Cotrely and Antonio Van Gofre, the strong couple; Hershal Stein, the barytone singer of illustrated songs, and the animato- scope, showing many interesting scenes on board of Japanese men of war, completed a capital programme. The dmateurs will appear on Thurs- day night. —_——— INSANE MAN BITES.—Louis Salinas, an nsane patient ccnfined in the Detention Hospi- tal for the Insane at the City Hall, made a desperate and almost successful attempt to es- cape last evening. He bt the steward. who reven im accomplis| his purpose. Ballnas has been' in. the hospital for. severai days suffering from a mental disorder that ‘was manifested by an inordinate craving for milk. ‘He was not regarded as particularly dangerous and therefore was not strapped to his «ot. Steward Mandville in making his rounds went to the room occupied by Salinas, As he opened the door the demented man sprang on him and sank his teeth deeply into Mandville's neck. Salinas fought his way toward the door. The arrival of other attend: ants and two officers preventad the crazy man escaping or shedding more blood. He was placed in a straitjacket and will be sent to an asylum to-day. WILL IGNORE CONGRESS" ACT In Spite of Measure Passed Navy Department Will Not Restore Retired Officer IN FIGURES SCANDAL Lieutenant R. H. Townley Pays Penalty of Indisere- tion in Philippine Islands i Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, July 25.—Despite the fact that Congress passed a measure authorizing. the President to restore Lieutenant Richard H. Townley, re- tired, to the active list of the navy, the department has decided to take no ac- tion in the matter because of the scan- in which the lieutenant became in- volved in the Philippines. This decision on the part of the department leaves Lieutenant Townley in his original po- sition on the retired list, though when tried by court-martial for the Philip- pine scandal he was convicted and sen- tenced to be dismissed from the navy. Lieutenant Townley was received for active duty in the navy during the Spanish war on his own application, and was sent to Manila for duty In connection with the purchase of sup- plies for the navy. While so engaged he became Involved in the scandal in the office of Major George B. Davis, commissary. It is alleged that Lieutenant Townley suggested to certain contractors having business with the Government that they contribute $2000 to make up a shortage of that amount in Major Da- vis’ accounts. eutenant Townley was tried by a court-martial for scan- dalous conduct. Five of the seven mem- bers of the court joined in recommend- ing for clemency on th® ground that “the motives governing the action of the accused in this matter were be- lieved by them to be due to a mistaken or quixotic idea of kindness, and were free from intent to defraud any one.” The case has been pending before the department ever since, and sentence has never been executed. The decision of the department, just announced, to take no further action in this case has the effect practically of nullifying the act of Congress and also the sentence of dismissal imiposed by the courte martial, and leaves Lieutenant Town- ley in his former status as lieutenant (junior grade) on the retired list. —e——————— UNITARIAN CLUB WILL ENTERTAIN VISITORS | Eminent Scholars Who Are at Univer- sity for Summer Session Will Be Guests. The next meeting of the Unitarian Club will be held at the Palace Hotel on the eYening of August 1, when a reception and dinner will be given to the eminent scholars who have come to this State to join the university faculty during the summen session at Berkeley. A number of the eminent guests will address the club, speaking of their life work, different phgses of scientific research, aims, and ideals in American universities and kindred topics. = The visiting professors are: Hugh de Vries, University of Amsterdam; Savante August Arrhenius, University of Stockholm; James Ward, University of Cambridge; Reginald Aldworth Daly, geologist for Canada in the In- ternational Boundary Commission; Frederick Jackson Turner, University of Wisconsin; Francis Barton Gum- mere, Haverford College; Morris Hicky Morgan, Harvard University; Albert Augustus Stanley, University of Mich- igan; Frank Morton McMurry, Colum- bia University; Hammond Lamont, editor of the New York Evening Post; A. C. Coolidge, Harvard University; Euln Hall Grandgent, Harvard Uni- ity; Jidward C. Armstrong, Johns opkins University, and Fonger de Haan, Bryn Mawr College. Tickets may be precured of James J. Fagan at the American National Bank, Mills building. t2 the condition of