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MAUZY NAMES
MEN TO HANDLE
HIS CAMPAIGN
Candidate for Mayor Shows
Wisdom in Selecting
Executive Committee
Tim Sullivan Lays Plans to
Capture "Regular" Label
for Crocker
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
The selections for his executive com
mittee made by Byron Mauzy, candidate
for republican nomination for mayor,
should eery« as ample refutation of the
charge that Mauzy knows nothing: of
politics.
Mauzy Is not a politician' in the ac
cepted sense, but the manner In which
he has gone about picking a committee
take charge of his fight for the re
publican nomination and the mayoralty
leaves no room to doubt that he has
something more than an academic ap
preciation of politics as en applied sci
ence.
Mauiy has selected only 18 men for
his executive committee as yet. He
will recommend more later. He has
others in mind. Their drafting for the
campaign will come after they ha\ r e
personally consented to take part in
the fight.
The first 18 selections for his cam
paigii committee and 12 for the finance
committee are characteristic of the at
titude of the man who made the selec
tions. The men chosen by Mauzy, and
who have enthusiastically agreed to
take charge of his fight, are genuinely
representative of virtually all the fac
tions In the republican party, as well
as the laboring, commercial and pro
fessional life of San Francisco. Inde
pendent republicans, Ryan republicans,
including Daniel A- Ryan himself, and
old time regulars make up thCexecu
tive committee and the finance com
mittee.
STRONG MEX NAMED
The campaign committee is headed
by Marshall Hale and includes five
members of the republican county com
mittee. The second man on the com
mittee is George D. Clark of the thir
ty-seventh, who has always been a
power in the thirty-seventh district
and whose strength has been thrown
\u25a0with the regulars for years. Next is
Hiram W. Johnson, electrical orator,
gifted organizer and good citizen, who
has fought for good government for
years and who was one of the moving
spirits in the fight for the direct pri
mary election law. Then comes Dan
iel A. Ryan, organizer and leader of
the most successful anti-machine pri
mary fight ever made In San Francisco,
and so it goes through the entire list.
Men who have fought successfully with
and against the organization and other
men who have fought with equal suc
cess quite independently. Here are the
recommendations made by Mauzy to the
advisory committee of the league which
placed him in the fight.
Executive committee — Marshall Hale.
George D. Clark, Hiram W. Johnson.
Daniel A. Ryan, E. T. McMurray, Ru
dolph J. Taussig, George E. Crothers,
A. D. Fretz. Albert H. Castle, F. H.
Dam. Bernard Burns, Senator R. J.
Welch, Ralph L. Hathorn, Harry G.
McKannay, Gustav A. Brenner, Peter
J. Kelley, Max Kufcl, TV. D. Fennimore.
For the finance committee, which will
not be charged with any of the details
of the management of the campaign,
Mauzy's selections are:
I. O. Upham, Rolla V. Watt, Dr. Hugh
Lagan. Milton H. Esberg. Andrea Sbar
boro, S. A. Clarke, George H. Luchsln
grer, Charles L. Field. L. L Sussman, TV.
H. Stewart, J. JH. McCallum. M. S. Kohl
berg.
CANDIDATES CIRCULATE PETITIONS
The candidates Indorsed by the mu
nicipal league of independent repub
lican clubs met yesterday afternoon
and completed their arrangements for
circulating their petitions. The verifi
cation deputies were chosen. They will
riualify and start on their canvass of
the city on Tuesday morning.
The attempt to deliver the republi
can county committee to William
Crocker, Tim Sullivan's candidate for
mayor, when the party governing body
meets next Wednesday night, will prob
ably result in a showdown which will
prove or disprove Sullivan's mastery
of the committee if nothing more.
If the attempt is successful it will
do more than advantage Crocker by
insuring Sullivan's ability to dub his
man "regular." It will go a long- way
toward making Sullivan dictator of the
local party machinery for two years,
and raising him to the dignity of a
genuine machine manipulator.
Sullivan has not been anxious for a
show of hands, and Crocker has been
doing some double ending on his own
account, which would indicate that he
is not deeply Impressed with the ability
of his manager * and discoverer to
"make good."
Sullivan made a quick flop nearly a
year ago, and with 13 of the 36 mem
bers of the county committee assumed
to oust F. H. Dam from the chairman
ship. The Herrln machine state cen
tral committee promptly recognized
Sullivan's man. "Buck" Worthlngton,
as chairman, and Jt was officially, de
creed that 18 was ji quorum and ap
parently a majority.
The courts refused to go behind the
decision oY the state central commit
tee and Sullivan was left In posses
sion of the works to the end that the
machine delegate tickets were labeled
"regular" and the city was won for the
machine by a hair. line margin.
That flop could never have been any
thing more than individual gymnastics
on the part of Sullivan and a few of
his personal following, if it had not
been for the bullheadedness of » some
of the men who assumed to boss the
enti-machine movement and who liter
ally drove from them some members
of the county committee who , wanted
to help fight the achine.
CROCKER PUT IX FIELD
In any event the trick was turned,
and after the election there was no
stir In the county committee for several
months. During the 'lull Sullivan
brought Crocker out as a candidate for
mayor. Sullivan's \u25a0 candidate wag the
"regular** candidate according' to an
nouncement. SBfISQRwBB
Neither Crocker nor Sullivan was so
sure of that regularity a« to induce
them to ignore members of the county
committee of whose "regularity" they
had doubtJß. I jßJfflros»»HflP!WSHl
They did some team work in an at
tempt to line up an actual majority of
lh# committee in lieu of the state cen
Executive Committee
Named by Byron Mauzy
These men have been %hosen by Byron Mauzy -for the executive
committee which will have charge of his campaign for .republican nomi-,
nation'for mayor: ;
. Marshall Hale . ... • ' , F. - H. ; . Dan^^g
Georee D. Clark BernarS Burns '
Hiram W. Johnson \u25a0 Richard J. Welch
\u25a0 Daniel A. Ryan Ralph' L. Hathoriav ""
B. T. MeMurray Harry G.MeKannay
nudolpli J. TfltiaMc Guitare A.'Brenner
George E. Crothera. Peter J. Kelley
A. D. Fret« MaxKubl ;
Albert H. Caatle . W. D. Fennimore ;
tral committee's "quorum," which was
apparently still theirs. The first cloud
on the "regular" horizon Bhowed gray
early in the spring when Sullivan or
ganized a "regular" Crocker club in the'
big . thirty-seventh Arthur
Fisk, Eddie Wolfe, Fred Jones, George
Clark and other^ regulars of the regu
lars promptly queried, "Who is Crock
er?" also, "What about this regular
business?" N They answered , their own
Questions by organizing a regular re
publican club a night or two later and
taking into the new organisation as
many of .the Crocker club members as
they thought they required to establish
their "regularity."
All waa quiet along the line for a
time again. Then came a demand from
21 of the 36 members of the county
committee that a meeting be called.
The demand was served on both Dam
and Worthington. Worthington was
otherwise engaged. Dam called a
meeting and demonstrated by a count
of noses that neither majority or
"quorum," as defined by the state cen
tral committee, was in Sullivan's pos
session. Moreover, by those present or
accounted for, it was demonstrated
that in a full committee Sullivan's
possessions Indicated a total of 15 or
possibly 16 votes to 21 or 20 on the
other side of the fence.
The cruel news went abroad. So
did Crocker. He really made no ap
preciable effort to stop circulation of
the report that he had never, belonged
to Sullivan. On the contrary, he had
Just let Sullivan g,et behind him in or
der to secure the support of the cpunty
committee and Sullivan had deceived
him. That report was not for public
consumption. It was conveyed to those
members of the county committee who
were not on the Sullivan roll call and
who were invited to rush to the as
sistance of Crocker, the deceived one.
Neither side was visibly affected by
the harrowing tale of misplaced af
fections and outraged innocence. Sul
livan's men, housed In the county com
mittee headquarters, continued the
work on Crocker's petition for a place
on the republican ballot. The antis
were too busy apparently to fly to the
succor of Crocker.
COMMITTEE MEETING CALLED
The provisions of 'the direct primary
election law made imperative the call-
Ing of^a meeting of the committee to
apportion delegates for the platform
convention. That meeting had "been
called over the signature of Worthing
ton. It will be assembled Wednesday
night. If Sullivan can muster a ma
jority of the quorum., the regularity
of Crocker will be established. If he
can not the republican party may be
compelled- to worry along and make Its
own selections of regular candidates
at the direct primary polls August 17.
The Crocker petition, which is de
ing prepared through the Sullivan
county committee headquarters, is, ac
cording to the latest reports, nearly
completed and checked up against the
possibility of the large losses which
have been characteristic of a majority
of the petitions filed with the regis
trar.
Sullivan's men and his publicity agents
are busy announcing that Crocker will
be the regular republican candidate. If
regularity means "Sullivan's candidate"
Crocker's regularity ia established with
out reference to the county committee,
end if Sullivan can re-establish his hold
on the county committee the party gov
erning committee will be employed to
ornament Crocker with a "regular" la
bel. That label means something, too,
in the matter of vote getting. It catches
the votes of a considerable number of
men who pride themselves in a knowl
edge of their hereditary partisanship
and who know little else about politics
or politicians. .* X 7:
The election commission decided yes
terday to award the contract for pri
mary election advertising to the Star,
as representing the democratic party,
and rejected all the bids of the repub
lican and alleged republican competi
tors. >That advertising will be done in
the official paper at the regular official
contract rates. C.'- -" /
LIGHTNING KILLS
TWO CHILDREN
Girl Struck at Mother's Feet;
Brother Dies in Cellar
DENVER, July 3.— Lightning killed
two children, set half a dozen fires in
the residence districts and temporarily
delayed streetcar traffic this afternoon.
The children, Agnes Rose Garland,
6 years old, and Edward Henry 'Gar
land, 9 years old, daughter and son
of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Garland, were
in their home when killed.
The girl was playing at her mother's
feet in ' the kitchen when the 'bolt
struck. The mother ran .with the
girl to a neighbor's. A few minutes
later two_of her other- children followed
her with the news that their brother,
Edward, who had bten playing In the
cellar, was also dead.
ALLEGED ROOM THIEVES
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Evidence Secured Against Fred
Evans and Charles Wilhelm
'Fred Evans and Charles Wilhelm;
two young men, were arrested yester
day by Detectives Proll 1 and Kelly; and
are being- held at the city prison on
charges of having broken into and
robbed several rooms In lodging houses
and hotels. "\u25a0'/,
Formal complaints, against the men
will be filed today • or tomorrow. .
In making the arrest the detectives
secured evidence which T is said to be
sufficient to convict both the prisoners.
One of _,the men Is also thoughts to
have a police record in >Los- Angeles
and to be wanted in that city on a
charge of a more -serious nature. :*, If
the Los: Angeleß .authorities wish- to
press charges 'against either or both
the prisoners they, will. be turned over
to the police of that city without being
prosecuted here. . ;'\
TtTNEBAL- OF PIONEEE— PaIo Alto, July 3.
The funeral of E. C. Peasley,; by whose death at
Va&hon, Wash.*/ June 29, the city lost one of Its
earliest pioneers,' will be held tomorrow.' Peas
ley . Is ' surriTed -by a, • wife • and \u25a0\u25a0 son, . both resi
dents -of this v citjfj, The \u25a0 interment will •be at
Cypress Lawn, under the auspices of the Order
of Foresters. :,. ;
Pica Is PlkbX
Countless - readers • of ' Ellis- Parker
Butler's delicious satire, "Pigs Is Pigs.'.'
will welcome ' his ' amusing skit on the
Silurians of a backward town, which he
has dubbed • . "Thompson's - Truthful
Graveyard" In Sunset. for," July. •;.:,
. WANTS - TO BE GO VERNO R — NMhrille.
Term., Jaljr' 3.— Attorney :: General J«ffer«on/.D.
MH'srn, who soccestfullj'^proseonted the Coopers
for the murder -of Senator, E. . W. >. Cannnck, : an
nounced bis candldacj \u25a0\u25a0 t or governor ' today, f.
THE , SAN FRANCISCO, CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1909.
BINGHAM OUTWITS
MAYOR McCLELLAN
Letters and Memoranda by
Tammany Leaders and Politi
cians Safely Hidden Away
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, July S.-rGeneral Bing
ham has locked up In a safe place In
this city a stack of letters and memo
randa regarding demands made upon
him by. Tammany leaders, and politi
cians. " \ • ' -\u25a0 ... ,' .'- . :' : .
All this matter is the personal prop
erty of the^former police commissioner,
and will be effective campaign am
munition when the time comes to fire
it off. This was disclosed as General
Bingham sailed for Nova Scotia today
on the Red Cross liner Florizel, which
will take him to HalifaxT*,
He removed his personal letters and
papers from police headquarters to a
safe place long before Mayor McClellan
sent detectives to; Mulberry street to
keep General Bingham under surveil
lance and prevent the removal of pa
pers and documents. In this the gen
eral was too clever for the mayor, and
it was said today he had saved from
Tammanys clutches some immensely
Important. matter that is his own per
sonal property.
"I'm coming back to take part in
the. campaign this fall and this time
I'm going to be a repuhjican," said
General Bingham before he eaifed.
BOMB HURLED INTO
CROWD; BOY IS DYING
Nine Injured, but There Is No
Clew, to Missile Thrower
WOONSOCKET, R. 1.. July / S.-^A
dynamite- bomb thrown. into the' midst
of a crowd surrounding a street ven
der tonight Injured nine persons, one
of whom will die. , '1 - /
*The bomb thrower was not arrested
and the cause of the throwing of the
missile is a mystery.
Five persons were severely hurt. A
boy was partly disemboweled and will
die. The police have no clue to the
outrage. The injured men were in a
crowd which surrounded John Harri
son, who was selling neckties.
The bomb was thrown without warn
ing, apparently from the outer edge of
the crowd.— lt struck close to Harri
son's feet, bounded past him and ex
ploded. Pieces of iron and glass were
hurled in every direction,' but Harri
son escaped, although the bomb was
apparently aimed at him. He told the
police he had no suspicion as to the
bomb thrower's identity.
The police are inclined to attribute
the outrage to an anarchist, who chose
the eve of the fourth of July for his
murderous demonstration.
SAN ANSELMO FIREMEN
DANCE BY LIGHT OF MOON
Enjoyable Affair Given Last
Night at Fairfax Park ~
FAIRFAX, July 3.— The moonlight
picnic held at the park here tonight
under the auspices of the San Anselmo
fire* department was a decided success.
Dancing was enjoyed in the pavilion,
w-hich was beautifully illuminated for
the occasion in varied colored electric
lights.
The grounds of the park were fes
tooned with Japanese lanterns and pre
sented a picturesque 'appearance,
thronged with young women In light
summer dresses and men in summer at
tire. -
Refreshments were served under the
trees by firemen in costume, and a fire
gong announced the_beginnlng of each
dance. The town trustees of San An
selmo were present, as well as many
people from surrounding towns.
COUNTRY STORE KEEPER
HELD UP BY ROBBERS
Two Masked Men Rifle Till of
the Day's Receipts
[Special Dupatch to The Call]
MODESTO, July 3.— The store at the
little town of Montpelier, 10 miles east
of here, was held up by masked men
about 8 o'clotk this evening and robbed
of a" considerable amount of cash the
day's receipts. '
The proprietor, Mr. Yancey, waa wait
ing on a customer, when two men-en
tered and covering him and the cus
tomer with their weapons ordered them
to stand wjth hands upraised while the
till was rifled. • . ; ; . :-^: -^
The sheriff was notified and left at
once with several deputies for the scene
of the robbery. He has a good descrip
tion of the robbers. \ \u0084.
SAN MATEO COUNTY'S ;
RAPID DEVELOPMENT
Property Valuation Increases
100 Per Cent in 10 Years; v^
[Special Dispatch 16? The Call] /
REDWOOD CITY, July 3.— -Within the
last 10 ', years the county's valuation has
increased from $13,749,395 to >
according to ; the books : of Assessor
Clarence Hayward, a gain of nearly 100
per cent. * The number •of . assessments
has increased 400 per -cent during the
same period. : ...
Telegraphic Brevities
APPOINTMENT BY ' TAlT— Washington; July
3. — President Tait today nominated- Fred \u25a0\u25a0 IJ. 1
Abbott of Nebraska to bo assistant commissioner
of :' Indian affairs. '*ffiM%jj^figggj»JjHiPMHjmMtf^
~.i- FATALLY ': CRTTSHED^-BakersJJclcl. ; July il—
J:' H.\u25a0 Ejfiin. : a'< prominent \u25a0 pioneer citizen : of this
city," was ', fatally. *\u25a0 crushed * while ; attempting \u25a0' to
bonnl va • moVing *• streetcar \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0 last ;\u25a0 night, c dying
shortly afterward ; In ; a . hospital. \u25a0:, '.. , \u25a0 . -•- \ ..,
• KILLED HIS ?TTNCLE--Newton, Kan., July
3. — Accord Ing s to ? the < local s police. - Glea&on ; M.'
Guist today , confessed that ; he killed his i uncle,'
C. M. Guist» aged ; . 75, a wealthy retired farmer,
f ollowing; a, dispute 'oreri crops. : . '.:•::-.-.:
BEATEN TTKCOKBCIOUB AND ROBBED— Ba
kmfleld, July; B.— Bert 'Wilson, ~a ' bar ; tender of
Mojave, was held tip, beaten into unconsciousness
and robbed \ of . $290 1 In .t he tenderloin - here 'last
niirht.*ana today A.' C.rPetrey,i26 years old, was
arrested *on r a charge ; of ; highway \u25a0 robbery. v"He
had $140 onhis person.. : ; ; ''., v \u25a0
\u25a0 - ;.i \u25a0 - •* y — \u25a0>\u25a0 ' ----\u25a0 v - . .- - - * . . .. \u25a0 .. •
.Vote for. Dr. C.'C'O'Donnelllfor.cofo
ner:; dead will i be; respected. .lteD.nom.*.
TAFT PAYS TRIBUTE
TO G. A. R. FOUNDER
Delivers Eulogy at Unveiling oi
Statue, to Dr. Benjamin
Franklin Steptienson
Nation's Chief Executive Honors
Men/Who Fought for Free
Institutions
1 WASHINGTON. July 3.— Declaring
that unlike the pretoriari guard of
Rome the men who made up the union
forces during the civil I war were in
favor, of free institutions, that they
fought for them and did not intend to
sacrifice them tof anything else, Presi
dent Taf t today, as the principal "speak
er, at the unveiling- of a memorial to
Dr. Benjamin ' Franklin Stephenson,
founder of the Grand Army of the Re
public, paid, a glowing? /tribute to that
organization. •' \u25a0 f
, \ Congress * having; contributed to the
cost of the memorial. President. Taf t
said he was present in his official ca
pacity. The President spoke as fol
lows: \u25a0"'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. ;-.\u25a0'. .. : .\u25a0'"\u25a0 :*
\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• VWe'are met to dedicate a memorial
to a union soldier who served four
years as a.surgeon'ln the civil war and
who also I builded an ' Institution b^
which there \u25a0' has been united In the
bonds of fellowship' all the sweet as
sociations, \u25a0 all . the \ deep lessons gof
loyalty, and all the pride of patriotism
that such a civil war as that could
arouse in millions of hearts. .
PRAISE FOR FOUNDER . ff-rj
"I can conceive no bond of union
stronger than: that which unites the
men who fought from '61 to '65 in the
Grand Army and It was to the credit
of the founder of the Grand Army of
the . Republic that he saw the solid
basis upon which \such a structure as
that great society could be erected.
"Stephenson organized ! ' this grand
army of the republic to preserve the
essence of that army in its finest char
acteristics, in its democracy and li/ its
patriotism. Far be it from me to crit
icise in the slightest such organizations
as the Cincinnati and the Loyal Legion.
CONGRESS AIDED MONUMENT FUND
"They are great organizations and
those who belong to them may well
have pride In them.- But the Grand
Army of the Republic knows no limit
ations but service to the government
in the civil war; and therefore it Is
that congress, recognizing the useful
ness of. such an organization In pre
serving patriotism/ properly contrib
uted $10,000 to this memorial and rec
ognized the' Grand Army of -.the Re
public as an institution^ which may
well have national gratitude and j na
tional recognition. More than that, the
Grand "Army of the Republic is most
useful in this— it represents the con
centrated opinion of the men who
fought in the war to preserve the
union,' and it therefore may give au
thoritative expression which no other
body and ho other part of the people
ca,n' give, to wit: forgetfulness of the
strife which existed during the four
years of the war.'*
The pest way to put your candidacy be-
fore the largest number of voters is through
Newspaper advertising.
JT XT. O
The Call's advertising columns are open
to candidates of any and all political parties.
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The Call will accept all political advertising
that is not libelous or indecent, but reserves
the right to edit the copy when, deemed
The Call will furnish "advertising space to
I- candidates at its regular advertising: rates.
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All political advertising must be paid for in
advance - i of -pjiblicatibn^ "
HARRIMAN CAN NOT
ENTIRELY RECOVER
Specialists Use Roentgen Rays
and Discover Cause of
Slight Paralysis
Changes in Railway Magnate's
Vertebrae Affect Nerves Issu-
ing From Spinal Cord
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
. VIENNA, July 3.— Prof .Adolf Struem
pell visits E. H." Harriman every third
day at Semmering, the health resort in
the Austrian Alps. At' the first exam
ination the. famous specialist on nerv
ous diseases learned that Harriman was
suffering from nervous - prostration,
which, however, had been improved^by
his voyage and his journeying in Eu
rope.
Then Professor Struempell saw that
something else than nerve fag affected
Harriman, who had a slight difficulty lrt
moving his legs and walked stiffly: So
Struempall called In Professor Holz
knecht, a specialist in making exam
inations with the Roentgen rays. Holz
knecht examined the millionaire's spinal
column to learn If disease had caused
any alteration In the structure' of his
vertebrae. ' He saw ; plainly changes In
the vertebrae which affected the nerves
issuing from the spinal cord, and so
caused, primarily, tha slight paralysis
of the patient's legs.
J; Struempell promises Harriman to
cure him of nervous prostration, which,
of course, is the lesser of his two ail
ments.. The cold water treatment and
the tonic air of Semmering, which is
3,000 feet above sea level, will brace up
Harriman, and he will soon be able to
work jj as hard jas he pleases. Already
rest has worked wonders toward re
storing him* " •';- ' ' i
Professor Struempell tells Harriman
frankly that his slight paralysis may
be relieved, but not cured. . : Electric
baths, carbonic acid \ gas and mineral
baths will effect this relief, the pro
fessor hopes, and he assures Harriman
that even if the paralysis progresses it
will do so very slowly and need not af
fect his general health. _ N
WANT A FERRY BETWEEN
NILES AND PALO ALTO
Residents in Two Towns Be
lieve It Would Aid Business
PALO ALTO, July 3. — Residents on
both sides of the bay are urging the
construction of a- ferry which will
connect the region In the vicinity of
Niles with Palo Alto. The 'university
town is the nearest city of any size to <
the region in question, but the inter
postnsr arm of the bay has thus far
prevented any traffic of moment. Local j
capitalists are somewhat interested In <
the project, and it is probable that a :
ferry will be built connecting Cooley's
landing: and Newark. . : 1
1 I in «i w/^l-^L^
OPENS FRUIT BOX
AND FINDS BABY
Residence at Los Gatos Forcibly
Entered and Child Left
. on Table
E.E< Wagner Declares He Will
Adopt T^ot Who CameA
by Night
[Special Dispatch to The " Cell]
LOS GATOS, July 3. — E. E. Wagner
was started early Tuesday "morning by
the discovery that nis residence on
Hernandez avenue, Glen Ridge, had
been forcibly entered Monday nlffht
and that some one had, apparently 4eft
a box of fruit on his Kitchen table. He
hastily removed the covering and was
greeted by the delighted gurgles pf a
5 months old baby boy.
The baby' was a frail little thing, of
light complexion, and possessed of a
sunny nature. He was lying In a soft
nest of extra clothing provided by the
baby's" donor. The clothing was of me
dium quality, and had evidently been
the property pf an older brother or
sister. Two nursing bottles and a note
containing instructions for feeding the
infant completed the contents of the
box. • . ,- v:-v'<]
'E. E. Wagner, with his family, came
to Los Gatos from Woodland last Jan
uary, and is a member of. the real es
tate firm of Mclntosh & Wagner.
Mr. and Mrs. Wagner welcomed the
little stranger, and Wagner declares
that any one having a claim on the
baby "will have to prpve property and
pay all claims within 10 days or forever
afterward hold their peate." It ia a
curious coincidence that two girl ba
bies were left at the* same' house in
similar manner several years ago, when
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Abbott occupied It.
The children were both adopted.
FIVE HUNDRED AUTO
DRIVERS AT FUNERAL
Escort Body of Victim of Acci-
dent to Last Resting Place
SEATTLE, July 3. — Five hundred
chauffeurs in 105 automobiles yester
day afternoon accompanied to the ceme
tery the body of Carl H. Schott, the
victim of an accident June 29, when a
heavily loaded automobile crashed into
a freight train near Georgetown, kill
ing him and wounding five others. The
floral offerings filled three cars.
We rent your rooms for you. Phone
Kearny 86 or drop a postal to The Call
and our "ad man" will call. A little
ad for a few days under "Rooms to
Let" will work wonders for you in fill-
Ing those empty rooms.
WILL TAP EICH TlMßEß— Seattle. Jnly B,—
The Great Northern railroad ha* let the contract
for .grading and bridges of a 25 mile branch
frOm the main line at Monroe. Wast..., north of
Seattle, up the Cherry Talley int» a district that
contains the largest body of standing timber on
Puget sound. The Chicago. Milwaukee and St.
Paul's new branch to Ererett will extend
through the same district.
"FIRE" CRY CAUSES
SUFFERING IN PANIC
Shoppers at Store Opening Are
turned Into^Maddened, Fight-
ing Mob in Detroit
One Child Fatally Hurt and
Twenty Other Persons Are
Severely Injured
DETROIT. Mich.. 'July 3. — A cry of
"fire" caused a panic in Kresges* Ift
cent store at Woodward avenue and
State street today. One child Is dying
and about 20 women or children are
suffering from severe Injuries as the
result of the scramble.
The store was having its opening
today and' the five story building wa3
literally jammed with people, princi
pally women and children. It is esti
mated; that 600 women were busy
searching for bargains on the second
floor when the panic started.
Two women are said to have reached
simultaneously for the saipe article
and to have begun scuffling over it.
This caused a little excitement in th»
immediate neighborhood and attracted
the attention of those near by.. The
onlookers pressed about them an«T sud
denly the cry .of "flre" was heard.
It turned the hundreds of shoppers
into a maddened, fighting mob. intent
only on reaching the stairway at th*
rear of th© building. They surged
down the aisles and packed themselves
Into such a solid mass on the stairs
that the guardrails gave way, pre
cipitating many of the struggling
women to the floor below.
In a moment the stairway, the floor
below and the second floor above were
one mass of screaming women and
children. -Clothes- were torn, hats were
ripped off and those who were un
fortunate enough to lose their footing:
were trampled upon.
Employes •of the- store, assisted by
policemen, finally convinced the mob
that the building was not aflre'and suc
ceeded in calming them. Ambulances
were summoned and the injured were
taken to hospitals. #
TIN PLATE ASSOCIATION
WILL FIGHT THE UNION
"Open Shop" Men Are Sent to
Indiana Plant
ELWOOD. Ind.. July ,3. — The Indica
tions are that the American sheet an.l
tin plate company means to enter thf
fight against the amalgamated associa
tion of iron and steel workers at tlio
plant in this city. Fifty practical hot
mill men from the "open shops" In
Plttsburg were brought to this city
today on a special train. %
CHAXmXITB I3T TEOTXBLE— San Mateo, Jui»
3. — Irring C. Ackerman of Saa Francisco, who is
a guest at the Peninsula hotel, has awora t-» a
complaint charging his chauffeur. Frederick
Jones, with malicious mischief. The complaint
Is the aftermath of a Joy ride Thursday mernitv,'.
In which Jonea damaged his employer's car dur
ing the small hours.
