The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1906, Page 40

40 THE SAN ;FRANCISCO CALL: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY NTTACKS DOCTOR WITH REVOLVER| T. B. Jackson of Haywards Attempts to End the Life of a Well Known Physician AT L TRAGEDY IS PREVENTED Coolness of Grand Army Vet—‘ eran Gives Intended Vie- tim Opportunity to Escape — Feb. 8.—Because Dr. A s commit- | | informed nat he in- , but would | Gid- hear- | BELIEVES PLASTERER HAS STOLEN HIS WIFE| William Oakland | Hein of Searching for Spouse | and Child. | After Heln ¥ believe that | gone s - ¥ w x to Hein's in- for ther woman. « he fon was true, = | t | | fless. Hein said to forgive FREEHOLDERS CHOOSE TAYLOR AS CHAIRMAN Board Members Hold Prelim- inary Meeting and Nomi- 1ate Officers. of the fif- | turday Alameda to-night meet- y Attor- | . George and B. C. will be ¥ Board of y evening and the reeholders will be rk on Monday. Freeholders will be ai- from the date on s of election are is- e the new char- e first regular meeting of the on Wednesday, Feb- present at E. K. Tay- Bevan, P. W. E. M. Kebby, Jamieson election the YOUNG oY THIEF IS CAUGHT. ~—In the arrest a 17-year-old lad at 1068 Wood r believes he has mber of daring rkeley Inn and) res of Berkeley. room a rifie stolen al BSteele n January 8./ ments are in the Berke- y, cameras and other stolen on January 8 and confi hat Harlan can 1l the loot was taken. had been employed in the inn irs as a car- erefore familiar with ription was given ers to Marshal Vollmer and by | was traced and CHASES MILKMAN. A, Feb. 3—Clothed In a suit of pajam: Judge R. B. Tappan gave | chase early this morning to a milkman | who had awakened the magistrate by swearing &t and cruelly beating a horse | in ynt of Tappan’s apertments on nta Clara avenue. The jurist planned to arrest the brutal driver, but the lat- ter gquickly mounted his wagon and made his escape in the darkness after ! Teppen had raced after him for three Blocks s: ! 8an [LOSES BOTH LOV | swore | with grand larceny. | story. NEWS OF THE COU 1906. MORE CONDEMNATION SUITS/HORSE STEPS (KENDALL WILL [CHOKING LEADS |DIRECTORS PAY FILED BY SYNDICATE. Seeks to Add Several Hundred Acres to lIts Holdings in Creek Watershed. Contra Costa Company Made Defendant in Another Instance in Water War. OAKLAND, Feb. 8.—The Syndicate Water Company to-day fed more grist to the legal mill which has begun opera- tions at Martinez in the contest be- tween this new company and the Contra Costa Water Company over San Pablo Creek er rights. Two mew condem- nation suits were brought to-day, -one against the Contra Costa Water Com- pany, covering & small plece of land in Pablo Canyon, and the other against R. E. Rowland, owners of sev- eral hundred acres of the creek water- | shed. The Syndicate Company has also filed s deed to 2000 mcres of land known as the Bium ranch, at the head of the canyon, title to which passes from the | Fireman's Fund Insurance Company to Frank C. Havens. This is a portion of | the watershed of the creek, 15,000 acres of which are in the possession of the syndicate people. Deeds are also being recorded for transfer of these holdings from the normal owners to the Realty Syndicate and the Syndicate Water Company. The hearing of the first injunction it, that of the Contra Costa Water against the syndicate to re- v it from building a dam on the ncy ranch, will come before Judge Wells next wedk ER AND HER DIAMOND Mrs. La Capao Says “Rats” When Asked About the Jilting. OAKLAND, Feb. 8.—"Rats said Jennie la Capao, when she was asked oon whether she was prose- rto F. Clark, who is accused of stealing a diamond ring, because he had jilted her. jilted me, all right” she con- “He 4, “but I am not prosecuting him. £ him because he took ing and has not returned to him and ‘rats’ to you I It's ‘rats’ d ‘rats’ to every one else unless get my diamond back.” Mrs. La Capao did not tell her right name to the police yesterday. She said | it was Mrs. G. Allman, and she ap- peared to be fearful of the police court examination. But to-day she admitted that her name was La Capao and she to a warrant charging Clark It was not “rats” that Mrs. La Capao said to Clark at first, according to her Clark made love to her and ye: terday he asked her to his apartments at 530 Thirteenth street to talk over their future. She went, and Clark, | while fondling her hand, she says, took off one of her most valuable rings. Shortly afterward he made an excuse and left the room. He has not been seen since. Mrs. La Capao lives at 897 Jackson street, San Francisco, she says, and has considerable means. She is a woman of middle age and is corpulent, weighing between 250 and 300 pounds. The po- lice have so far been unable to locate Clark and he has not been seen at his | 1odging-house. e ee———— CALIFORNIA HALL ACOUSTICS. BERKELEY, Feb. 3.—Discussion of | the acoustics of the rooms In the new Califor: Hali, just completed and cupied, has evoked the following statement from Victor H. Henderson, acting secretary of the Board of Regents, whose offices are in the build- ing, and who has been in close touch with the builders of the structure the first: rere have been echoes in the rooms in California Hall that were not pleas- ant, but we have ascertained by ex- periment that the echoes are noticeable in those classrooms and offices were not completely furnished. en desks, chairs, bookcases and other furniture was installed we found that the echoes ceased. Professor Moses' room, for example, echoed un- pleasantly until the furniture was in- stalled and then there was nothing more of the sort heard. “In other rooms the same thing has been observed. The large assembly hall will perhaps require the stringing of a few wires across the room to per- fect the acoustics. Nothing of the sort has been done as yet, however, because the echoes are slight and have not seri- ously disturbed any one. In a way an echo is not such a bad thing, after all, because it requires that a class keep stlent and the lecturer thus gets more perfect attention from the students.” —————— Music in Greek Theater. A half-hour of music will be given at the Greek Theater of the University of California at 4 o'clock this afternoon by the cholr of Trinity Episcopal Church of San Francisco, under the di- rection of Louis H. Eaton, assisted by Miss Millle Fiynn, soprano; Miss Elsie | Arden, contralto; Oliver Reese, basso, and Charles Trowbridge, tenor. The programme will be as follows: Pro- cessional hymn, “Jerusalem, the Gold- en,” L. H. Eaton; bass solo and chorus, “Prayer From Moses”; “To Thee, Great Lord O'er All” (Rossini), Mr. Reese and the cholr; contralto solo and chorus “Listen, O Isles, Unto Me” (Frederick Stevenson), Miss Arden and the cholr; chorus, “God Is'a Spirit,” from “Wo- man of Samaria” (Bennett); tenor solo and chorus, “Sanctus,” from “Cecilia Mass” (Gounod), Charles /Trowbridge and the choir; soprano solo and chorus, “Inflammatus,” from “Stabat Mater” (Rossini), Miss Flynn and the choir. The public -will be welcome. Visitors from San Francisco should take the 2 o'clock Berkeley ferry. The lower en- trances will be closed throughout the programme. In case of rain the musio will be given in Hearst Hall e FORGOT TO TELL MAMMA. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—FEthel Grace Bay- 1'ss and Ralph A. Presher, who have just reached the age when they could marry without their parents’ consent, slipped away quietly last 'week and were wedded, without telling their folks anything about it. The young couple have established themselves at 578 Merrimac street. Mrs. Presher is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bay- liss of East Oakland. Presher is in the employ of Clay Hawbaker of the Oak- land Baseball "Assoclatfon. —e————— GESANG VEREIN CONCERT. ALAMEDA, Feb. 3.—The second an- nual concert and ball of the Alameda Gesang Verein will be held in Har- monie Hall to-morrow night. MUST PAY BACK VOID LEGACIES Lister TRY TO SHIFT BLAME Cash and Many Years’ In- terest to Francis Estate OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Eighteen years have passed since Mary Jane Francis, widow ‘of an East Oakland preacher, dled, leaving an estate valued at $12,000, and to-day Judge Ogden decided that five legacies of §200 each pald out by Major James Wilson and Archie Lister to five different Baptist organizations in 1888 are void and that the money must be, given back by the executors with $630 interest. No accounting had ever been made in the matter of the estate and the affairs were found to be very much involved. A total judgment was given agalnst the executors for $3332 98. There is a dispute betwéen the execu- tors as to. their liability in the matter. Wilson handled the estate entirely and Lister has employed counsel to saddle the loss on him if possible. Attorneys for Wilson maintain, however, that Lis- ter is just as much responsible as though he had taken an active part in the whole matter. This phase of the question has yet to be determined, and went over until Monday morning. The legacies pald out under the will to the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn, the American. Baptist Home Missionary | Boctety of New York, the Baptist Mission- ary Union of Boston, the Baptist church at Santa Cruz and the California Col- lege at Highland Park are declared void because the will had not been drawn thirty days prior to the death of the de- ceased. The heirs of the estate are Hattie Thorndyke, Minerva French, Mark P., Minerva, Leliah and Cornelius Waterman, ‘Willlam W., 8. Harris and Bell and Lucy | Hebron. After waiting many years to get an accounting they instituted the present proceedings. Besides the money there are two pleces of real estate in PBast Oakland that are to be sold. The ‘Watermans are represented by Attorney ‘W. W. Moreland. BITTER DAMAGE SUIT IS SOON TO BE HEARD Prominent Attorneys En- gaged in Action Brought by Suburbanites. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 3.—The long standing and bitterly contested damage suit of Mayor Charles Harkins against Eugene de Sabla for $50,000 will be tried before a jury in the Superior Court here on February 6. The litiga- tion, which involves a fortune, has called forth some of the most promi- nent attorneys in the State as antagon- ists. De Sabla has employed Garret | McEnerney and on the side of Harkins |are arrayed W. H. H. Hart and Judge Charles. The action grew out of a ecollision between teams driven by De Sabla and Harkins. The vehicles crashed into each other on the bride that spans the San Francisquito Creek. Harkins was thrown out and suffered injurles from which he has never fully recovered. He instituted suit and at the demand of De Sabla the trial of the action was as- gigned to the Superfor Court of San Francisco. It was again transferred to San Mateo County and has now been set for trial as Indicated. —_—— AUTOMOBILISTS TO BANQUET. OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—The third annual banquet of the Alameda County Auto- mobile Association will be held on Mon- day evening, February 12, in the “jinks room” of the Athenian Club. Answers to invitations which have already been received insure a large attendance. Be- fore the banquet the annual meeting and election of officers will be held. NLoE D e i MASONIC CLUB ORGANIZES. ALAMEDA, Feb. 3,—Organization has been perfected by the Alameda Masonic Club and the following officers have been elected: President, Dr. W. O. Smith; vice president, C. L. Robinson; secretary, E. E. Johnson; treasurer, W. T. Sales; trustees—Dr. C. L. Tisdale, Dr. A. A. Btafford and B. Combs. —_— e BENEFIT FOR CHARITY. ALAMEDA, Feb. 3.—“Rackets’ Little Game,” a comedy, is to be put on at the Park Theater next Friday evening for the benefit of Branch No. 8 of the Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society. The play is to be presented by Miss Kate How- arde’s company. WILL DISCUSS WEDDING WINE. OAKLAND, Feb. 8.—A meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union has been called for Monday, at which | time will be discussed the report that | wine will be served at the White House wedding breakfast In celebration of Miss Alice Roosevelt’s marriage. GROWTH OF SCHOOLS. BERKELEY, Feb. 3.—School Superin- tendent S. D. Waterman’s re| for January shows that there are 4358 puplls in the schools of Berkeley and about 200 who are not in school because of the vaccination law. A year'ago the enrollment was 4050. OLD MUSICIAN EXPIRES. ALAMEDA, Feb. 3.—Antone Bres lochuer, : the Mubiclans' Union of San Franeisoo, iy passed away this afternoon | 2052 Buena Vista avenue. yearsofage. « ‘home, ON'BABE BUT SAVES LI Animal Plants Its Hoof on Infant Rosie Craus, but Withholds Weight and Little One Escapes Harm MARK OF THE SHOE APPEARS ON BREAST. Major J. Wilson and Archie|Frantic Parents Think the Responsible | for! g 81000 Left to Churches| but Their Tears of Grief Toddling Child Is Dead,| Give Way to Those of Joy OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Before the eyes of her father and mother, who were utterly Ju(lge Bids Them Bflturfl!help!ess to avert the seemingly certain death of their loved one, Rosle Craus, the two-year-old daughter of George Craus of 472 Second’ street, was knocked down and trampled under the feet of a horse in the yard of her father's home this afternoon, but almost by a miracle es- caped without serious injury. When the little one was examined at the Recelving Hospital, a distinct impression of one of the iron shoes of the animal was found on the baby's breast, and how she es- caped death cannot be explaifed. The baby was toddling about the yard, when a horse which had been turned out of the barn for. a few moments started toward her. Mrs. Craus saw the peril of her baby and screamed for it to come to her, at the same time rushing forward to save it. Hearing his wife’s cry, Craus, who was in the barn, ran into the yard, but before either could reach the baby 1t had been knocked down, and the fran- tic parents saw one of the iron-shod hoofs of the animal ecrush down on the little breast. ‘When Craus reached the little body and raised it from the ground, blood was flowing from the child’s mouth, and the frantic father, thinking his daughter had been fatally injured, called a passerby to take care of his wite, who was almost hysterical with grief, and halling a pass- ing wagon begged the driver to take him to the Recelving Hospital. A wild ride followed, and a few minutes later Craus rushed into the hospital bearing the ap- parently lifeless body in his arms. As he laid the child on the operating table he was surprised to see the eyes ot his daughter open, and an instant later the little one began to cry for “Mamma.’ The hospital surgeons on examining the baby found . the imprint of the horse's’ shoe on the bréast, but could find no in- dications of sémlous Injury and were un- able to believe that the mark had been caused in the manner described. The only explanation of the baby's escape Is that the horse, feeling the body: of the child under its foot had instinct- ively shifted its welght in time to save the life of its master's baby. Craus returned home to find his wife mourning the supposed death of her daughter, but the mother's tears were quickly turned to smiles of joy when her husband laid her baby alive and ap- parently but little hurt in her arms. For a time it was feared by the surgeons who examined the child that she had been internally injured in some manner which might prove serlous, but. these fears seem groundless, as there is no sign of anything of the kind: 7 Craus, in describing the accident, de- clares that he saw the foot of the horse planted squarely on the.breast of his daughter, and that when he reached the spot he expected nothing but to find her dead. He says he owes the life of little Rosle to the sagacity of the horse. INCREASES CAPITAL AND CHANGES NAME REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 3.—The Ger- mania Trust Company, one of the most important corporations in San Mateo County, has flled amended articles of incorporation with the County Clerk. The big concern is now to be known as the Central Company, of California, with a capital stock - increased from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. The purposes of the concern are to make loans on real and personal property, to buy and sell United States bonds and to sell and convey real estate and per- sonal property. Some of the most prominent capitalists in the State are interested in the enterprise. The sum of $250,000 has been fully paild up by the following stockholders: Erngst A. Denicke, Philip Rohrbacher, F. Kron- enberg, Sophie Wieland, A. G. Wieland, John Bauer, Ernést F. Tamm and John Rapp. WHIST ENTHUSIASTS - HAVE A JOLLY TIME COLMA, Feb. 3.—At - the -anniversary meeting of the whist club Collopy’s Hall was beautifully decorated. Mrs. Thomas Spellman and Mrs. A. Ravel were the hostesses of the night. Twelve tables ‘were arranged in three sectlons. Among those who participated in the entertain- ment of the evening were Mrs. Suender- man, Mr. and Mrs. C. J, Adams, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. P. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Logamarsino, Miss Gertle Pierce, James T. Casey, BEddle Oakes, Peter Jen- sen, Miss Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Sweeney and Eisle Ravel. When the last game was played and the scores were handed in it was found that the tfioflu were winners: Section A, Mrs. man and Mrs. P. Taylor; section B, Mrs. C. J. Adams and H. D. Plerce; section C, Mrs. Bishop and Mre. C. J. Adams DEEDS PUT A NEW PHASE IN FIGHT FOR A FORTUNE REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 3.—Another sensational turn, followed by still an- other continuance, has been taken i .Bh'elfl contest for the estate of ridget McDermott., 'The pro is valued at $100,000. It will ba’l’::l,in- bered that when distribution was about to be made'to the brothers and sisters of the dead woman, after an will bad been declared by the be bogus, John J. Fannen court a Dermott the pro " belonged Just as this ncv:'_a ;:; m‘:v% termined announcement was made in Mrs. Me- court that prior to her death to | gewell and long-standing contract with Mrs. Mc- Ca TAKE NO RISK T0 WIS DEATH| WAR DEN A VISIT President of Pacific Coast|Lauranno Laurence, an Aged |Felton and Wilkins of the Company Intends Battling for Water Front Property REFUSES TO VACATE Determined He Will Not Be Driven From Present Lo- cation Without a Struggle OAKLAND, Feb. 8.—Determined not to be forced from the land he has occupled for more than a decade, A. Kendall, pres- ident of the Pacific Coast Lumber and Mill Company, declared to-day that he had decided not to allow the Hyde Harjes Company or any one- else to locate on the land now in dispute. Mr. Kendall said he did not intend to let any outsider on the disputed property, to find perhaps that he had at the same time played into the hands of those who wish to force him to vacate, No attempt has been made by the Hyde Harjes Company to replace the building on the sunken barge at the foot of Grove street, which was demolished early yes- terday morning by Kendall, and a mem- ber of the firm said to-day that the amount of money invested was so small that no matter what the outcome might be they did nol intend to take legal steps to enforce any claim they might have to the disputed location. In discussing the matter W. E. Harjes said to-night: “We shall not make any attempt to en- force the lease we secured from the Oak- lano Water Front Company, as the in- vestment Is too small to be an object worth fighting for. We were absolutely innocent in the matter and were not try- ing to jump the land for ourselves or any- one else. Had it been our intention to seize the land we would have gone about it in a very different manner. I wish to say, however, that in spite of the fact that we have been doing a large amount of work for the Western Pacific Company that company has absolutely no connec- tion with our wish to secure the barge as a site for a tool shop.” WILL KEEP STREET CLEAR. President Kendall of the Pacific Coast Lumber and Mill Company said this even- ing that while he was satisfled, after an investigation, that there had been no at- tempt on the part of the Hyde Harjes Company to “jump” the land in question, he had, in view of the fact that he had received notice to vacate the propertfy claimed by the Water Front Company, decided to take no chances, and as he desired no neighbors under the circum- 'stances, he weculd simply keep the land clear. He also reiterated his determina- tion to fight the case to a finish in the courts before giving up the land which he has Improved and practically made from, tide land. There is promise of an interesting legal battle at the close of the thirty days’ allowed In the notice, as Mr. Kendall is no stranger to conflict of this sort, and has won the reputation of always flght- ing “to a finish.” It was he who, thirteen years ago led the fight to keep Grove street open to the water front, finally winning the battle and securing the pas- sage of a resolution by the City Council authorizing the building of a wharf by the city at the foot of that street. WANTS CHANNEL DREDGED. He has now begun a campalign among manufacturers in the neighborhood to in- duce: the municipal government to have a channel dredged from the wharf to the main channel of the harbor in order that deep water vessels may discharge their cargoes at the foot of Grove street for the accommodation of factorles locat- ed. Wwest of Clay street. By this means he hopes not only to relleve the conges- tion at the docks farther east on the har- bor, but to shorten the distance of trans- portation of materials landed from ves- sels discharging cargo. In discussing the case Mr. Kendall said this evening: “While I am convinced now that the Hyde Harjes Company was innocent of any intention to seize the land on which the sunken barge lles, I think {t better under the circumstances to keep the prop- erty clear, and shall not allow that firm or any one else to use It as a landing place or for other purposes. As for the 1and on which our lumber yard is located, and which we have been ordered to va- cate, I shall simply take no notice of the order. “What I shall do will be determined entirely by the action of the Water Front Company, but I hold that it has no title to the land, and shall act accordingly.” —_——e—————— VETERAN FIREMEN OF CITY GATHER AT A BANQUET Commissioner Parry Promises to Se- cure Headquarters for the Fight- ers of Early Days. The Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Assoclation assembled last night in the headquarters at Fourth and Jessie streets, and, after adopting a motion to attend the funeral to-day of the two members of the present department who lost their lives on the transport Meade, left the hall in a body, and, pre- ceded by a band, marched to a promi- nent rotisserie on Mason street to en- joy a banquet tendered the members by the officers. The officers are: Stephen Bunner, president; Willlam H. Miller, F. McGowan and Felix P. Desmond, vice presidents; J. J. McMahon, secre- tary; William Fahrenkrug, treasurer, and John Willlams, financlal secretary. There were present several ~invited guests. Aftep the discussion of the menu W. H. Miller was announced as toastmaster by President Bunner, who in a few words extended a welcome to 11, The / first toast was “The Volunteer Department of San Francisco,” which ‘was responded to by E. C. Stock, who, after reviewing the work, heroism and self-sacrifice of the old-time fire fight- ers, called attention to the quarters of the associaiion, In which are deposited many invaluable historical relics, and the need of providing some secure place for their preservation. Fire Commis- sioner John §. Parry, in responding to “The Present Department,” sald among other things that he would use his in- fluence with the present administration to provide a place for the veterans to meet in and to deposit those . relics by Gus ro'n!,nx?mu Desmond, John vanagh, Ryan, Jack Me- Greevy and the president and a recita- Portuguese,Strangles Him- self While Eating Dinner B DG HIS TONGUE PARALYZED Affliction Cause of Many ‘Warnings That It Would Suddenly Take Him Off —_— . OAKLAND, Feb. 3.—Lauranno Laur- ence, an aged Portuguese, choked to death while eating dinner to-night at the home of his sister, Mrs. L. Fernan- dez, at 1829 Unlon street. Three years ago Laurence’s tongue became paralyzed and he had often been warned by physiclans whom he had consulted that the member would grow and eventually cai his death. At _dinner to-night he was seized with | coughing and passed away before Dr. i Legault, who was hastily. summoned, | arrived. Laurence was unmarried, a native of | the Azores Islands, and 69 years old. He was formerly a watchman employed by the - Southern Pacific, but since his tongue was paralyzed he has not worked. MILLHAND NOW A PHILOLOGIST Remarkable Career of Dr. Joseph Wright, a Pro- fessor at Oxford University Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb. 3.—From a few state- ments which he made in opening the new Carnegle Library at Shipley the other day it Is clear that Dr. Joseph ‘Wright of Oxford University is one of the men whose careers cught to be put on record in detail to show what deter- mination and ambition can do for thelr possessors. Not to mention that the authoritative “English Dialect Dic- tionary” was compliled by “him, Dr. ‘Wright's position as professor of com- parative philology at Oxford would make one suppose that most of the avenues to knowledge must have been at his early disgosal and so it Is some- what surprising to learn that at 16 he was a millhand who did not know how to read and that largely by acciden! These facts Professor Wright men- tioned' In urging those who attended the library opening to read books on modern - history. He remarked that great changes had taken place in the facilitles for reading since he learned to read thirty-five years ago and said he doubted if he would have learned but for the Franco-German war. It happened, however, that some men at.the mill where he worked seemed deeply Interested In reading about the war and that decided him to learn to read. himself. Reference to the Dic- tionary of National Blography shows that Professor Wright must have been 16 then and with what persistence and industry he applied himself to his books can be imagined from his present titles of M. A., Ph. D. and D. C. L., from the catalogue of his works which in- clude a primer of the Gothlc language, a grammar of the dialect of Windhill and many translations from the Ger- man, not to mention his monumental dictionary of dialect. Without intention Professor Wright also revealed himself as one of the great workers of his generation by tell- ing how his magnum opus, which he completed only in last September, was written and published. He sald that he began his dialect dictionary over twelve years ago, but when it was ready for publication he found only one among the big publishers who would 1isten to the proposal of issuing such a work and they would only undertake it on the condition that he would guar- antee them agalnst loss. So he thought he might as well com- bine with his ordinary work that of publishing, and, with the assistance of his wife, he had fssued regularly the thirty parts of which the work consists and had saved $3750 a vear in doing so. Professor Wright sald tha’l that meant ten days to a fortnight's hard work for him in the evenings. for he would not aliow his book to interfere with his ordinary duties, and added rather sardonically that he was afraid that people in these days had lost the capacity and inclination for undergoing such hard labor. AMERICAN NOVEL ABROAD. For some reason it seems that a good American novel, written by a good ‘American, is being published over here before it appears in the United States. Probably it is because the author lives on this side of the ocean. and has not been in contact with American pub- ‘Ishers for some time. He is Francls Warrington Dawson of Charleston, S C., son of the late Captain F. W. Daw- son, founder and editor of the Charles- ton News and Courfer. . I belleve this is the author’s first novel. He calls it “The Scar,” and it is a careful and sympathetic study of post-bellum days In the South. Mr. Dawson Is one of the brightest Amer- ifcan newspaper correspondents in | Paris, and has Jt'l;t h;tn chosen uc:: ATy - ral of the Foreign Press As- Satie official inter- medlary between (he French Govern- ment and the city of Paris on the one hand and the representatives to France of the leading mewspapers of !the world on the other. He recently ) translated and adapted an important j work on French Louisiana. written by Frederick Y charming villa near gin. the work of for “Life of Du Maurier,” for #Q' learned to do 8o Prison Board Consult With New Ruler of San Quentin WILL CREATE NEW JOB Charges Made Against Tomp- kins to Result in Appoint- ment of a Distributor Spectal Dispatch to The Call BAN QUENTIN, Feb. §.—Prison Direc- tors Charles N. Felton anfl James H. Wil kins arrived here this morning and pald their first visit to the new Warden, John C. Edgar. They came over to conmsult with Warden Edgar about matters per- taining to the prison and to gain informa- tion to enable them to make important ' suggestions to the prison board at its next meeting. One of the results of the recent investi- gation Into the charges made against Warden J. W. Tompkins, and which caused his dismissal, will be the creation of a new position. An officlal to super- intend the distribution of supplies to the convicts and the manufacture of articles for their use will be appointed. At pres- ent this work is dome by the turnkey’'s office, which is under the comtrol of the department of administration. After the creation of the new position it will be handled by the commissary department. The directors are of the unanimous opinion that the two departments should be kept separate in order to secure a bet- ter management. The story of how 500 bags of smoking tobacco were appropriated by the con- victs and used as the medium of exchange in the yard opened their eyes, and they realize that there should be a radical change in the method of handling the clothing and other articles which the convicts are ertitled to. Tobaeco, which is coin ,of the convict realm, as a resuit will probably jump up in value and will have a better purchase value. The directors have several other im- portant matters under consideration. The appointment of Warden Edgar's su- bordinates rests with Edgar and he Is fully qualified to pick the men he needs to assist him In making his a good ad- minstration. NO FAVORS SHOWN TO PRINCE ALBERT 'Will Have to Undergo Train- ing the Same as Any Other Midshipman. Special Dispatoh to The Call. F —_— P LONDON, Feb. 3—If it were possible to concelve of a boy ever wishing that he were a girl, then one might imagine that Prince Albert Alexander of Battenbers ‘would ke to changé places with his sis- ter, Princess Ena. He is 19 years old and she Is 18. Since she came out a year ago she has been pampered and petted and made no end of a fuss over, while since he left school he has had to go through the ordinary course of sprouts of a naval cadet, with no consideration shown him because of his pedigree. She will soon wed the young King of Spain and, then will become a real Queen and have all' sorts of homage paid her and rank among the most exalted personages on earth. He has just jolned the first-class cruiser Drake, where he will have to undergo the same sort of training as any other mid- shipman, and nobody on board, mot even the humblest Jack Tar, will address him as “your Royal Highness.” He has no prospects of ever sharing a throne with anybody, or even becoming a rich man, for his widowed mother, Princess Henry of Battenberg, youngest daughter of the late Queen Victoria, hasn’t much more than the annuity of 330,000 a year which the nation allows her. She will not be able to leave him anything like a fortune. Under the watchful care of his uncle, Rear Admiral Prince Louls of Battenberg, whose flagship is the Drake, he will get just a fair chance to show whether he has in him the making of a smart naval officer. Prince'Louis is a thorough mas- ter of his profession, as was shown on his recent visit to America with the crack squadron under his command, but though he had married one of Queen Victoria's granddaughters he was twenty-three years in the service before he reached the grade of captain. From that it will be rightly inferred that Prince Albert Alex- ander will not be promoted a bit faster than his merits deserve. Whatever may be sald of the British army, the British navy is no place for duffers, royal or oth- erwise. No man is ever given command of a fighting ship who does not under- stand his business. Albert Alexander will never get that far if he does not prove himself a thoroughly capable sailor. If his photograph does not libel him, he does not look like a particularly bralny youth, but, like a singed cat, he may be much better than he looks. —-e - Many of the successful books of the last year or two e been of a de- cidedly morbid trend., but among the most suceessful ones of the present moment are a notable number dealing with the joy of life. One of the great- est successes of the moment Is “Prin- cess Priscilla’s Fortnight” that hu- morous book by the author of “Eliza- beth and Her German Garden.” An- other book attracting a good deal of attentlon is by Mr. R, E. Vernede and is also written in lighter vein. Al- though Mr. Vernede is a young man and this is his first book, he is by no means an amateur in writing. For several years he has been a regular contributor to Black and White, is now on the staff of the n,m:“ UNTIES ABOUT THE BAY,, .