The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1906, Page 10

NEWS OF THE SIYS. MITCHELL S CULTY W Despite a Plea of an Alibi Attorney Is Comvieted of Heinous Attack on a Girl —_—— READY FOR EMERGENCY New Complaint Sworn To for Use in Case Jury Should Have Aecquitted the Lawyer . 13.—David nd g , 14 years old and her com- settled the ac- » the proof that that the crime itted on the day Mitchell, formation v made strenuous denial on d. His attorneys will try 1 on the ground that the wed that the date charged ipon which the offense, was committed. To > Walker today for a like other on November 2, instead of 7, 19%. The warrant would ed had Mitchell been ac e was postponed un 12 rict Attorney W. H Hynes rgument TANGES. ity Engineer mendations ADVISES CHARTER ( AKLAND, Apr Works Commis- ommission be and the Works ppointive by the work provisions hed, work to be aw: that there be in the Street that eering depart- »artment h HART'S FRANCHISE REFUSED. A 1 W. H. Hart t W. H MET r WINE EXPERT GIVES ADVICE. F LY 13.—Protessor ral eypert ent of r lay dealing aking dry Pro- refer- 1 hand- e usion was | hod which offered e of ing the end in was th equisite t r cted by bul- er into MRS, PRATHER'S FUNERAL. AND, April rvices bon Adams s ther, pr jonal Bank € Alice street, ds. Beautiful anked at the s R. Brown, p gational Church, paying a beau- icparted woman. The interment WOMAN JOKES WITH ROBBER. OAKLAND, N April Sweet 3.—Mr. and Mrs residing on Fen- tvale, were held up aymen last night while Sweetman yielded four wife, unperturbed and ded out a purse containing e comment that her con- might make the robbery while. Two men held the horse third man, armed with a pistol, that Mrs. Sweetman 2 to “brace up.” —_—————— INJURED MAN CRAWLS HOME. OAKLAND, April 13.—Maurice Cassi- rs old, as he stepped from in this afternoon was struck by the steps 100 feet before he fell un- ) the ground, where he lay His ution h were severely bruised and home, 412 Forty-fifth 8 o'clock in the evening, six cident MORE SUITS ARTINEZ, April # tod yndjcate brought con- ts against E. E. Brensel ablo Creek to secure water ese suits amend former com- jet title. It is set forth ny desires the rights for ablishing a fvater sun- Costa HORSEMAN KILLED. OAKLAND, April 13.—Frank E. Gray, et to Jock Loague at the race- ck, was a Berkeley local in at Bme at ¥ o'clock this morning. Gray died at the Recelving Hospital half an hour later. He resided aton. He was 40 years old worked around the racing His body was taken had stables for years. tc the Morgue e MRS. JOHNSON GETS ALLOWANCE— Oakiand, April 13.—Emma A. Johnson, widow of the late famuel S. Johneon of Berkeley, was granted a monthly allowance of $1000 by Judge Henry A. Melvin this morning and was aimo allowed 1o expend $10,000 out of the moneys of the estate for the erection of a ausoleum oves bas lale busband's srave. Ity tonight in as- | The | He regained his senses, | m his hands and knees, ar- | er owners of land adjacent | and Alameda i AN AT THROTTLE s | Engineer Quina saw a child the track ahénd of him in Ala- meda yesterday, and it was only by promptest measures that he saved the little one’s life. The pilot of the engine just grazed 2-year-old Ethel Sternscher as the train came to a stop with emergency brakes set. T | - Pilot Grazes Chil Just as Train Is Stopped. | Alert Engineer Quinn Averts Tragedy in % Alameda. | Ethel Sternseher on Track as Local Approaches. e ALAM A, April 18 —Had it not been for the watchfilness and prompt action of Engineer J. T. Quinn, Ethel Sternseher, two yeiirs old, would have | been mangled to death beheath the | wheels of a south-side local train to- day. When the mah at the throttle | had brought the great engine and cars | to a sudden stop by sapplying the emer- gency air brakes the’ cowcatcher of the locomotive K#d~ “just grazed the clothing of the little child and knocked her to one side out of death’s path. { With the exception of a fall and fright that caused-lier to cry and lead | horror-stricken eye Wwitnesses to be- | llewe that she had been seriously in- | jured the baby was“unharmed | * Ethel, who is a-daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Charles Sternseher of 2147 Encl- | nal avenue, was playing with several other children on Encinal avenue, near her home. She was ¢lose to one of the tracks, and was ‘appareéntly -about to cross. the ralls, when Engineer Quinn the cab of the locomotive pulling the | . d | | { | [ { | M T G ocal eastbound train, due at Park street at 11:30 o'clock, observed the child’s danger. The locomotive when Quinn first saw the baby was so close upon her that he feared to blow the | whistle, as the blast might confuse the little one. He instantly applied tne brakes, and the résult proved that had he trusted to scarifig the baby away from the track by tooting the whistle the Iittle girl would have been killed. Considerable extitement was caused among the passengers on the train by its sudden stop. When they clambered from the cars and ascertained how. the quick action of Englnéer Quinn many words of commendation were said to him. PSS COLDEN HALF CENTURY J..H. Wakeman and His Wife Celebrate versary of Their Wedding e OAKLAND, April 13 —Having shared and. sorrows of life for half. a J. H. Wakeman and his aged wife yesterday celebrated the golden an- niversary of their wedding at their home, 1471 Grove street, wheré they were show- ered with congratulations and appropriate | gifts by friends. Wakeman and his wife | have for many years been members of the First Methodist Chuirch, and a pleasing feature of their ammiversary® celebration was the presentatfon of a purse of gold by the members of thé churgh. The collection and presentation of the purse were arranged by the Ladies’ Ald Soclety of the church through a commit- tee composed of Mrs. C. W. Kinsey, pres- ident of the soclety; Mrs. Charles Burk- halter, Mrs. J. S, Burpee, Mrs. Susan Chapman, Mrs. H. Z. Jones and Mrs. M. L. Templeton. The purse was hidden in | a basket of California poppies, which was presented to the aged couple in behalf of the Ladies’ Ald Soclety. During the afternoon many members of the church visited the Wakeman home, which had been tastefully decorated with golden popples by members of the soclety, to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Wakeman on their completion of fifty years of wed- ded life. Among the visitors were Dr. E. R. Dille, pastor of the First Methodist Church, and his wife. ————————— REMOVE RAILROAD SHOPS. OAKLAND, April 13.—When the rail- road shops at Newdrk close tomorrow night they will becoéme but a reniem- brance. The changing of the South Pacific Coast line from this city to San Jose from a narrow to a broad gauge line does away with the usefulness of the shops, and they are to be removed, machinery and employes, to San Jose. The changing of tHe track from a nar- row to a broad gauge line will be done some night next wéek,'and will com- plete the obliteration of the road built by James G. Fair many years ago. —————————— OIL-SOAKED ROADS ARE NOT A SUCCESS {Fresno Farmets Want Mae- adam on Mueh-Used Highways. FRESNO, April 18.—-After being sub- jocted to a long.and careful test the use of crudc oil on niiny county roads is declared to be a fallure by local ex- perts and it is proposed now to ssue bonds for $300,000 in replace it with inacadum. JIn Some places where heavy asphaltum base 11quid has been used the results hawe been isfactory, but the farniers and property owners along many highways " complain that for lLieavy hanling the experiment has not been a succcss. Petitions ars now in circulution to have the printipal‘ roads, where heavy teaming is done, repaired with macadam. ~THe project has been presented to the Chamiber of Cominerce and a committes has been appointed to estimate the cost of making the change. i | | life of a child had been saved by the | Fiftieth Anni-| SAVES BABES LIFE B . . | LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD A MIRAC- ULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH IN ALAMEDA. PLUNDER FOUND N V0SS HONE Many Articles Stolen From Freight Cars Reward the Search of Burglar’s Place > OAKLAND, April 13.—Plunder secured in nearly twenty robberies of Southern Pacific freight cars was found by Sherift Frank Barnet today stowed away in the home of A. F. Voss, the man who was captured last night by Deputy Sheriff Edward Barnet, a brother of the Sheriff, in the act of breaking into a freight car at the Southern Pacific station at Sather. Among the stoleg goods found by the Sheriff at Voss' homle, were a chiffonier, a sewing machine, a gasoline stove, three spraying machines, five sacks of sugar, a pair of antlers, several boxes of books and photographic plates and many arti- cles ©f small value. Voss was formerly a teamster and owns a small home in Fruitvale, where he has lived for some time with his wife. He de- clares that he has never been in trouble and does npot know what impelled him to continue his thefts from the cars, except that he thought he might sell the stolen articles when time enough had passed to preclude danger that they would be recog- nized. Besides the goods stolen from the freight cars, a cart that had been stolen from A. C. Fay, a brother-in-law of Su- pervisor Talcott, was found at the Voss home. ONE-TIME VAGRANT NOW. A RICH MA Celebrates Good Fortune by Getting Drunk and Is Robbed.: feElirs TACOMA, April 13.—Count Silbon, who was driven from Tacoma three years ago under a vagrancy charge, returned yesterday from Parls and was astonished to find that property held by him in the then disreputable part of he city is now worth $260,000. The ount” drank freely on learning of his good fortune, fell asleep last night in the interurban depot and was robbed of jewels worth $400. AGED BANKER OF HUMBOLDT IS°SUMMONED EUREKA, April 13.—Robert Porter, president of the Savings Bank of Hum- boldt County, died today after an illness of ten days. The banker was born in Philadelphia seventy-eight years age. @e came to California in 1857 and en- gaged in stock raising, acquiring 40,000 acres of the best grazing land in the county. He held the land up to the time of his death. " His estate is valued | at $500,000. S N Navy Captain Succumbs. WASHINGTON, April _13.—Captain Duncan Kennedy, commanding the cruiser Colorado, died at Guantanamo yesterday as the result of an operation for appendicitis. His body will be brought to this country on one of - the vessels of the second division of ths battleship squadron, arriving in Hamp- ton Roads on Tuesday morning next. Captain Kennedy assumed command of the Colorado a year ago last January. He was a native of New York. g g T T Aged Clergyman Dies, OAKLAND, April 13.—The Rev. Allen J. Buell, 77 years old, a retired Presby- terian minister, died tast nighti at his residence, 1856 Thirteenth avenue. bty £ Death Calls English Author. LONDON, April 13.—Richard Garnett, the English author, died today of in. ternal ‘hemorrhages. . He was 71 years old. - - PGSR Vice Consul Springer Dies Suddenly. HAVANA, April 13.—James Springer, the American Vice Consul nas, died sudaenly today of m - R e g \ { Bover tomorrow eventn . | dros Firos, the Greek arti'fi‘té'd by Cap- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1908. ' EASTER SEASON IS PROLIFIC OF SOCIAL EVENTS BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, . April-18.—The quiet of the last tew Lenten days promises to be succeeded by a Season of more than ordinary gavety, and the soclal set is engrossed with plans for al- faire great and’ smalli i Miss Lucretla Burnham will give the initia- tivé event of the Easter seasoh Monday, when she wiil_en: y. at luncheon in Boror ot L briaey Mes: - Fred Disckmann (née Hopps), Mrs. Whipple Hall (nee Crellin) and Miss Marion Fonfiieuol.v. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. George Scott will entertain a score or-more friénds at a lunch- eon and sewing bee, and on 4he evening of the same day Mr. and Mrs. Regitald D. Holmes will celebrate their weading anniversary with a dinner. diigel ¥ Miss Ruth Kales has issued inyitations to a Monday luncheon, when Miss Bonnle Down- ing, an April bride, will be the guest of honor. ¢ e e Another pretty affajr will be given at the Downey home in Berkeley on Thursgay next in honor ‘of Mise Goodfellow and AMiss Vesta Colby. The latter's wedding on the 2Gth will be an elaborate and interestng college town event. & e Miss Goodfellow will be the motive again Friday for a very charming &ffair over which Miss Claire Chabot wiil preside. It will be a dinner for “twenty, - ana 45 Goodfellow fiance, Stanley Moore, will share the honors. The At Home Progressive Etchre Club will be. entertained. at vhe home of Mrs. Robert Marion and Henry Rogers have extended in- viiations to iorty of thelr young friends to en- joy- an afternoon at their home on Linden street tomorrow. e e The Pi Beta Phi sorority Will entertain at an elaborate reception next Tuésday evening. e Mrs. John P, Maxwell will entertain a bridge club Tuesday afternoon, | e Mrs. Louis Harmon Jones has invited nearly a bundred triends to her ploturesque home in Edst Oskland for Tuesday afterfioon to meet Mies Frances Burn piciu s DU L ALANEDA COUNTY NEWS AGED CLERGYMAN DIES. 13.—Tka Rev. Allen Jd. Buell, 17 years old, a retired Presbyterian mniinister, ;dled last night at his residence, 1356 Thirteenth avenue. ASSEMBLYMAN EELLS CONVALESCENT. Stege, April 13.—Askemblyman Harry Eells Wwho has been serlously 1l from phéumonia, s convalescent. He will recuperate at Santa Barbara. WANTS MONEY FOR BEATING.—Oakland, April 13.—J. F. Rinehart, who went to col- lect a bill of John Rose, a saloon man, and was given a beating, brought suft against Rose today tor $3200 damages allegéd to have been received through the injuries -inflicted. SECRETARY S, S. GREEN RESIGNS— Alameda, April 18.—8. S. Gregn, éecretary of the West End Alameda [mproyement Assocla- tion, has resigned because of iil health and F. P. Royle has been appointed to the office. April -13.—Henry Reese, years, died this afterncon on his teen miles north of Livermors, after an 1il- ness of two hours. The Coroner will hold an inquest. MURDER HEARING SET—Oakland, April 13.—The preliminary examination of Hamiiton Morrls, colored, who shot and killed George Jones in & row over a cerd game at Emery- Ville Monday night, was set by Justice of the Peace Quinn today for April 20. GOOD TEMPLARS MEET.—Oakland. ‘April 18.—Oakland Lodge No. 162, Independent Order of @ood Templars, will meet-Monday evening at Hamilton Hall in montkly scclal session. A farce will be presented, interspersed with mu- slcal numbers. Refreshments will be served. KUBELIK IN AUTO ACCIDENT.—Oakland, April 18.—Kubelik, the famous violinist, and his wife, started this morning in an automobiie for Pleasanton to view the Tolliver alrship at the Hearst rancho. On the road the machine broke down. The party ‘thfiflmfll the triv and returned to Oakland. ubelik and his party departed tonight for Portland, Or. APPOINTS NEW CENSUS MARSHAL— Alameda, April 13.—James C. Hanley has been appointed school census marshal by the Board of Bducation to succeed Georse Sturte— vant, wko was forced to resign the position becanse of defoctive eyesight. Edward Brown- ing has been named as & depuly census mar- ghal to succced Hanley. The work of taking the school census begins tomofrow. CONTEMPT CASES.—Oakldnd, April 18.— Judge B. F. Ogden issued a bench war- rant for the arrest of John A. C. Dirks, a ship- calker, who has not paid his wife $16 a month allmony. J. T. Cole, a painter, was sent to the County Jall this morning by Judge W. H. Waste for contempt of court in failing to pay his wife §20 a month alimony. Cole pald up and was given his liberty. FRESHMAN IS HAZED.—Berkeley, April 13.—Howard H. Bliss, a freshman, who came on the campus without the yéllow button in his freshman cap, was ducked in the Chem- istry pond by a number of upper class man. Bilss resisted stoutly and in the melee dragged several of his tormentors into the pond With Efm. His face was kicked .during the pro- ceedings and he left vowing vengeance on the entire aggregation of hazers. _ APPEAL FOR THE ORPHANS.—Oakland, April 13.—The Ladies’ Reliet Sociéty has ap- pealed for help to provide for the orphans who were burned out yesterday. Donations of money, clothing and provisions are solicited, A vacant store on Broadway, opposite: the Postotfice, will be the headauarters for the scclety. The Butchers' Exchange of Alameda nty hae given $100 toward a fund to re- build the destroyed orphanage. SUSPECT AN _ INCENDIARY—Berkeley, April 13 Frank Esmond's étable at Blake street and Shattuck avenue Was burned this morning, fire destroying part of the building and worth of hay. Mrs. Esmond bravely as- sisted in saving the horses from death, untying the animals so that they might escape. Esmond has informed the poiice that he thinks the fire was of incendiary origih, and an in- vestigation will be made, MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, April 13. The following marriage licenses were issued Dby the County Clerk today: John M. Brown, 88, and Alice F. Tucker, 30, both of San Fran- clsco; Harry F. Walker, 26, and Josephine M. Robertson, 18, both of Oakland; Peter Bourgin, 49, and Rose Paul, 51, both of Oakland; Henry A Canar, 28, and Bvelyn R. Manning. 29, both_of San Francisco; Ivan C. Frickstad, 23, and Kathryn Seelye, 25, both of Oakland; Frank W. Oliver Jr., 32, and Clara Todgers, 25, both of Haywards. OPPOSE_CONSOLIDATION—Alameda, April 13.1—';1‘.; West End Alameda lfimroveu:n:nt“ ?‘:‘ soclation has put itselt on record opposed to consolidating with Oakland. Talke against the project were made at a meeting of the organization last night by C. R. Smith, George Renner, F. P. Royle, N, C. Hawks, George Fulton and T, J. MeCarthy. Repre- sentatives of the West End Assoclation are to attend the anti-consolidation mass-meoting to take place in the City Hall tomorrow night. UNHAPPY COUPLES—Oakland, April 13.— Edna Patton was granted an lnlerkg.ulorv de- eree of divorce toaay from J Patton, whom she says has deserted her. Thomas J. Miichell was granted a final décrée from Anna Mitchell for desertion. Sult for divorce "was begun by Caessr Rods a Agnes Rodoni - for infidelity; “R. ' Henderson against Clairbel Henderson for cruelty; Kate Jankon against Edward Jandon for habitual intemperance, ) FORM A WHARF COMPANY—Oakland, April 13 —Articles of incorporation of _the house Company were George Larue Whart and Ware! Harlow P. Larue landing 1 "Sakland was pure e landin g in East g oy v . The capital stock 1s $250,000. 5 filed with the County Clerk. Bréed, Charies E. some time ago and gave RAILWAY WANTS MORE. et land, April 13.—The- Central® y brought condemnation this:acter- today. W. mmons, Bancroft, Bancroft d Herbert L. Breed are the prot TH& sité of corporators of the com] nooh against John W. Havei a number of the members of the s family and nia. E. Meyer ‘to ‘a plece of 'y thirty feet on First extending seventy-five feet, ngton, n P o} ‘land to near First and Broadwh Is Held for Further Hearing. SEATTLE, ‘April 13.— of the Federal court has 5 Alexan- /tain Bell at the request of the secret service officers in San Franeisco, charged with complicity in naturaliza- tion frauds, for a further hearing. Firos' bail was red: $500. 8 By THOUGHT B ARRE . es W. Bryant, a mew | preacher, Was_ arrested B o and pose S with Eml!“.thrmm ARSI uced from $3500 to THAOW WORKHAN FF A CUF Thugs Kick Railroad Man Till ‘Insensible, Rob Him and Then Try to Do Murder| g SAVED BY A LEDGE Victim Lands Upon Projec-| tion Twenty Feet From Top and Escapes-Awful Death g T SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. John Nggard, a workman employed on the Ocean Shore’ Railroad, has brought here news of a most sensational inei-| dent in which he figured as the central | figure, and in which he almost lost his Hfe. A few days ago he was pald a small sum of money due him by the rallroad company. He repaired to a saloon near by and bought several drinks. On leaving the place he did| not notice three or four evil looking fellows who were loitering about the place. Had he done so he would have escaped a thrilling experience. The saloon is in Green Canyon, where the cliffs descend more thanjone hun- dred feet. The footpads followed Nggard, kicked him into insensibility, robbed him and threw him over the bank. Fortunately the man fell upon a projecting ledge on the cliff, about twenty feet from the top. How long he remained there no one knows, but he was discovered by some of his fellow workmen, and after much difficulty res- cued. Disreputable characters infest the en- tire region on the route of the Ocean | Shore Railroad and outrages of varlous kinds are of frequent occurrence. GAINS PRIVATE RIGHTS OF WAY Peninsula Railroad Company Determined to Build Line Into San Mateo County S s BPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. REDWOOD CITY, April 13.—The pro- moters of the Peninsula Railroad Com- pany are giving new evidence of thelr determination to construct their elec- tric railroad from San Jose to San Ma- | teo, even if they can expect nothing but opposition from the county author- itles of Sata Clara and San Mateo. When the Supervisors of San Mateo County, obeying a vigorous protest from the large land owners of Menlo Park, re- fused to grant any franchise on the public highways the Peninsula Rail- road people went quietly to work galn- ing private rights of way. These have been obtained south from Ban Mateo to San Carlos, and now sur- veyors of the company are working in+ the vicinity of Ravenswood. They have run their lines from the Cooley ranch to the Flgod property, and it is evident that heré the ambitious corporation in- tends to enter San Mateo County from the south. CAPTAIN NEVILLS SELLS FRESNO LANDS Mine Owner Disposing of Big Holdings in Raisin Belt. FRESNO, April 13.—Captain W. A, Nevills, the San Francisco capitalist and one of the owners of the Rawhide mine in Calaveras County, is selling out all of his extensive interests, vineyards - and ranch lands about Fresno. This morning the sale of the Paragon vineyard, ad- Joining Kearney Park, was closed for about $0,000 to local capitalists. The place consists of eighty acres, with a handsome home, whose furnishings alone cest over $10,000. Included in the deal is a private power line, the buillding of which led to a bitter clash between Ne- vills and Theodore Kearney some years ago. Captain Nevills expects to record the sale of the famous La Favorita vineyard next, with its packing plant and hand- scme grounds ‘and houses. There are 320 acres In it and it is considered one of the finest ranches in the State devoted to grape culture. It is valued at $150,000. The reason assigned for Nevills' desire to close out his interests is that his health is precarious and he s converting his property into cash. LIGHTNING PLAYS PRANKS IN SHASTA Hogs Are Stampeded and Citizens Using Phones Are Knocked Sprawling. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. REDDING, April 13.—News reached Redding today that during the terrific electrical storm that raged Wednesday night in Eastern Shasta several persons were almost killed. - At Whitmore rain fell in torrents, and lightning and thunder made the night hideous. While talking at the telephone in her home Mrs. L. 8. Hackler received a shock that sent her sprawling to the middle of the floor. Willam Wagner was nearly electrocuted while at his ’phone and the instrument was ruined. Mr. Hack- ler had started to Redding with a band of hogs. The porkers were stampeded and one killed. Several persons in the same district had narrow escapes. —_———— FRESNO SUPERVISORS REPEAL ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE ‘Withdraw Permit Because Rallway Company Refuses to Follow the Board’s Recommendations, * . FRESNO, April 13.—The Board of Su- pervisors has repealed the ordinance granting a nchise to the Fresno County Railway Company to run through the streets of Reedley. This company is an auxillary of the Santa Fe system and was incorporated to build from Reedley through the vineyard dis- tricts along the foothills. When the application for the franchise was made objection made to the plan of grade. The - Supervisors - desired that the road be built flush with the streets in order that no obstruction to the free passage of water should exist. The ?‘Ny refused to accept the condi- jons. - : i ¥ of age CO-EDS SHOW HOW POLITICS "~ CAN BE CLEI-lI! RIVAL CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE U. C. AS- SOCIATED WOMEN TUDENTS. Rk Candidates for Office Say They Wil Not Electroneer. e BERKELEY, April 13.—The formal ac- tlon of putting in the fleld two rival can- didates for the presidency of the Asso- ciated Women Students of the university was taken this morning by the co-eds at a meeting held in Hearst Hall, when Miss Carmel Rildy and Miss Cornella S!ml(on’ were nominated. An element of novelty enters into the contest, in that both these candidates have issued announcements to their hosts of girl student friends to the effect that while the honor of president of the Asso- clated Women Students is greatly to be desired, neither of the maldens who seeks it purposes to say a single word in behalf of her own candidacy. Neither Miss Strat- ton nor Miss Riley will ask a solitary co-ed to give her a vote. No hint of rewards in the shape of fat committeeships is to be made by either of the rival candidates to possible supporters. All of the electioneering methods which hitherto have prevailed where college poli- tics are concerned, both in the elections of men and women candidates for univer- sity offices, are tabooed by the present candidates. The move Is an innovation and has recelved the approval of the uni- versity authorities, who- desire to raise the political contests among students at the university to a high plane. Miss Stratton, who contests with Miss Riley for the presidency of the Asso- clafed Women Students, is a daughter of Collector of the Port Stratton and resides in Oakland. Both she and Miss Riley are prominent sorority girls. The contest be- tween them is expected to be a close race. The election will be held Monday. ———————— EX-EDITOR ALLEN IS AGAIN ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sfudent Who, After Dismissal From Stanford, Was Forgiven and Rei stated, Fully Restored. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 13.— The executfve committee of the Asso- ciated Students last night re-elected to memberskip Ben S. Allen, "06. of Wood- land. Allen was editor in chief of the Daily Palo Alto, the college paper, at the beginning of the semester, but was dismissed from thé university for crit- jeising the policy of the student affairs committee in Encina Hall. He was sub- gequently restored to full standing in the university upon a review of the case, and is now carrying on his work. He takes the place on the executive commiittee left vacant by the resigna- tion of W. H. B. Fowler of San Fran- cisco, who was chosen when Allen was dismissed and who resigned last night. NEGRO IS HANGED FOR KILLING CHINESE M. Gray, Colored Mur- derer, Pays Penalty of His Crime at Folsom. SACRAMENTO, April 13.—W. M. Gray, a negro, who murdered Wong Fong, a Chinese, in this city last fall by crushing his skull with a picce of gas pipe, was hanged at 10 o'clock this morning in the State prison at Folsom. Gray was pronounced dead eleven min- utes after the drop fell. He mounted the gallows with courage and had no remarks to make before the trap was sprung. A petition was sent to the Governor's office yesterday afternoon asking the ex- ecutive to commute the sentence to life imprisonment, but it came too late, as the Governor had gone away. —_——————— Vietim of Acecident Near Sam Luls Obispo Once Mall Carrier in - San Jose. SAN JOSE, Aprii 13.—The body of Thomas Hambly, an inspector of the Southern Pacific road, who was killed in a tunnel near San Luis Obispo, ar- rived In this city, where he had' lived for twenty-three years, this afternoon. He was a mail carrier here for seven years. He leaves a brother here, W. D. J. Hambly, and a widow and son in Oakland. He was a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, of a local lodge of A. 0. U. W. and was past president of a local lodge of Native Sons. He was born “Plumas County and was forty-two COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY, CAELIC LEAGUE IN SAN MATED Within Few Days Temporar- ily Organized Body Will Be Made a Permanent Society COMMITTEES ARE NAMED Many Suburbanites Are In- terested in Movement to Preserve Language of Gaels EPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SAN MATEO, April 13.—On April 22 per- manent organization of the new branch of the Gaellc League In this city will be effected. The new society has been estab- lished under conditions most favorable and until the permanent officers are chosen the following will serve: Chair- man, J. J. McGrath; secretary, M. D. Cogley; treasurer, C. Darby. The chatr- man has appointed the following com- mittees to report at the next meeting: Constitution and by-laws—John J. Sharon, Hugh McLoughlin, Misg Mary Burk, Jemnie McGrath, Miss M. Nash dan, Miss N. Press and publicity—J. Mamie Carroll, M. D. J. McGrath. Temporary organization of the league here was made by the following leaders of the movement in California: State Vice President T.J. Mellott, Mr. and Mrs. | Jeremiah Deasy, State Secretary Miss Frances X. Barr, Miss Loretta Barr, Miss Margaret Vaughan, Miss Minnle Mec- Carthy, Miss Hazel Allen, P. J. Crowe and Percy Louregan. Addresses were made by Jeremiah Deasy, T. J. Mellott, J. J. Sharon, M. D. Cogley, J. C. Nash, C. Darby, Hugh Mc- Loughlin, J. J. McGrath and Miss Minnie McGrath. Among those who contributed to the entertainment that followed the business session wore Miss Loretta Barr, Miss Frances Barr, Miss Margaret Vaughan, Mrs. J. B. Falvey, Miss Hazel Allen. J. Ward, P. J. Crowe, Percy Loure- gan and Master R. Alle: ELECTED MEMBERS OF PHI BETA KAPPA Eleven Stanford Students and One Instructor Are Re- ceived Into Fraternity. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 18, Eleven seniors and one instructor of Stanford University were last night elected to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa scholarship society. To be | chosen to this organization is recogni- tion of excellent work throughout the | four years of undergraduate study. Foi- | lowing are the names of . the: eleven J. D. Barnett of Santa Rosa, C. A. | Beardsley of Campbell, C. R. Fletcher of Palo Alto, Alexander Sheriffs of San Jose, W. Y. Wentz of San Diego, Miss | Nora K. Dunn of Stanford Univegsity. | Miss Rachel’ R. Hiller of Springfield, | I1l.; Miss Neena H. Hackett of Whit- | tler, Wis.; Miss Lena L. McNaught of | Stanford University, Miss Lulu M. Min- | ter of Santa Ana, Miss Emma L. Simp- son of Oakland and W. A. Manning. a graduate of Stanford and Willammette universities. —— STANFORD STUDENTS TO FACE THE EXAMINERS NEXT MONTH Registrar Aonounces the Dates Which the Final Tests Wil Be Given. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 13.— The oftice of the registrar of Stanford University has announced the schedule of final examinations, which will be heéld here this semester for the first time. The tests will begin on Friday, May 11, and continue up to Thursday, May 17, excepting Sunday, May 13. The law department will have a sep- arate set of dates. The programmo provided for the benefit of the students will prove exacting, as the exes will be- gin as early as $:15 a m and continne in four perfods throughout the day until 8 p. m. In the majority of the courses a few 3Studenfs will be ex- cused entirely from the necessity of taking the trials. ——————— Appoints Labor Day Committee. At the regular weekly meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council last night President W. Haggerty appointed the following delegates to have charge of all the arrangements for tha Labor day celebration: H. M. Alexander, paint- ers; A. M. Tiedeman, brewery " wagon drivers; John Keane, City Front Feder- ation; M. Dellany, machinists; A. Ster- wicke, Brewers’ Union; G. B. Benham, ~ printers; W. Schwarting, bakers; H. L. Stansburg, retail clerks; H. L. Grime- C. oy, Nash, My Darby, ner, walters; G. Selo, musicians; J. R. Matthew, janitors, and Al Friedman, ¥ outchers.