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ROOSEVELT CARRIES CALIFORNIA BY 40,000
TAFT DEFEATED IN SAN FRANCISCO BY ABOUT 3,300
LA FOLLETTE IS GIVEN A PROBABLE TOTAL OF 50,000
CHAMP CLARK OUTRUNS WILSON BY ABOUT 20,000
DEN MARK'S
KING IS
DEAD
Frederick VIII Is Suddenly
Stricken During the Night
at Hamburg
RULER WAS BORN IN
COPENHAGEN IN 1843
—
He Was Married in Stockholm
in 1860 to Daughter of
Karl XV of Sweden
THRONES NEW OCCUPANT
IS WILLIAM, BORN 1870
HAMBURG, Germany. May 15
King Frederick VIIT of Den
mark arrived at the Ham
burger Hot' hotel yesterday,,
and died during the night.
Christian Frederick we? proclaimed
•i.r.g of Denmark as Frederick VTII oay
January 30. IWβ, after the death of i
Christian IX. the aged kins. was
'»en of the crowned heads of Europe. ;
father nf George of Greece, of \
- een mother Alexandra of Great
Britain, the empress dowsper nf Rue- '
nlh and prandfather of King Haakon
Yl! of Norway.
King- Frederick VTTI was born at
Copenhagen on June 3. 1843. He was a*
popular with the people of Denmark as
whs i tether. By the wishes of hie
vas broqgtrt up with jrreat
frederck saw his youngrer
brother and his own pnn become relgn
monarche of Greece and Norway,
respectively, while he himself was still
an heir Hpparf-nt.
Ktnß Frederick was noted for his oui
fire urn! possessed many foreigrn dls-
I While seldom openly ld»»ntl.
c himself with political
h» took an active part in all public
movements. Tip was* at one time chan
cellor of university and
head of the Freemasons of Denmark.
He was well known as a promoter of
roplc rihjocTF. ITip In
irmj ." f which h<=- -was once Inspect- i
<-'- general, was keen, and he intro- i
ed many reforms which improved I
th" lot of soldiers.
The father of King Frederick wae |
Istian IX and his mother the Prin- '<
cess Lou fee of TTesse. As a yonasT lieu-
Continued on Pagr 7, Column 2
DOG SAVES GIRL
FROM BIG COUGAR
Great Dane Wards Off Mountain!
Lion Until Woodsman
Wields His Ax
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
RBDWOOD CFFT, May 14.—Defend
ing his 12 ?far old mistress, Ruth Ew
ing, from the attack of a ha.lf starved!
mountain lion in the wiwiis in Devil's j
canyon, in the southerly end of the j
county early thiK morning, a great j
Dane dog stood off the beast until I
John Harris, who ww chopping wood]
in the vicinity, killed it with an ax.
Rath Bwinc who is the daughter of j
Frank S. Ewlng. an old woodsman and j
pioneer llvinc in Devil's canyon, not
far from the old Tverson ranch near |
the big basin state forest reserve,|
started out this morning about s. o'clock •
in company with her dog Fremont. Be- j
fore she had gone far the lion sprang I
out at them.
threw her arms around the dog, j
who immediately got between her and
the lion and according to Harris' a<~- I
count was having the hest of thf» fisellt. ;
Harris heard the screams of the little j
girl and rushed to the spot, killing the I
lion with bis a\. The mountain Hod ;
is said to be one of the seen j
in this district in years.
Harris says there is nothing on the i
place too pood for his dog, as he be- ;
lieves his daughter would have be^n
p• <1 by the coi/gar if the great]
Dans had not been at hand. _ '
SNAPSHOTS OF SOME WELL KNOWN SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN VOTING IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION YESTERDAY.
Healdsburg Woman
Rises With Birds
To Cast First Vote
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
HF.AT.DSBURCr. May 14 -
Mrs. Etta X. Bolton of Healds
burg carried her 15 months old
?on a half mile in the gray of
this morning's dawn to claim
the honor of being the first
California woman to cast a rott
in a presidential primary and to
record that voje for Robert M.
La Follettc. Mrs. Rolton be
lieves that sh« is the first woman
elector of California to ca c t a
vote for a candidate for presi
dent of the United States. She
was at the Healdsburg road pre
cinct polls long- before they
opened, and her ballot, marked
for La Follette. was in the box
less than 1 minute after 6 o'clock.
Lawyer Daughter of
Judge Archbald Is
Behind Footlights
i [Special Dispatch to The Call]
SCRANTON. Pa., May 14.—After
: being kept secret for two years, the
fact that the only daughter of Com
merce Court .Tudge R. W. Archbald has
gone on the stage became known here
tonight.
The statement came from a cloee
j friend of the jurist, now under fire in
i "Washington for alleged culm bank
deals with coal companies, and was
• confirmed reluctantly by Mrs. Archbald.
j She refused to divulge her daughter's
] whereabouts, but it is understood that
j she is a member of a stock company in
J Rochester.
As Anna Archhald, Mr?. Rllvey was a,
; society belle here. After her gradua-
I tion from Bryn Mawr. she studied law
in the office of her father, and was ad
mitted to the J-nckawanna county bar,
'but never practiced.
GRIEF CRAZED HUSBAND
DISINTERS WIFE'S BODY
Seattle Man Refuses to Part
With Life Companion
NAPERVIT/LE, Til.. May 14. — <;rief
■ over the death of his wife so affected
I Clar Hillepran of Seattle, a former resi
' dent of this place, that last night he
disinterred her body an<j carried it to
I his mother's homestead near here,
where the body was found in a wag-on
shed today. Hillegan disappeared and
the sheriff is searching for him. Mrs.
Hillegan died in Seattle, where she and
her husband had made their home for
a number of years, ,
THE San Francisco Call
BANDIT LEADER
BLOWN TO DEATH
Paris Police Dynamite Villa in
Which Gamier and Confed
erate Are Intrenched
PARIS, May 15. —The career of the
last of France's notorious bandit gang
was dramatically ended this morning , ,
I when, after an fight hours' battle with
; poltrf and troops, Its leader, Octave
Gamier, and his confederate, Vallett,
were blown up by explosives in a small
villa at Xoprent-Sur-Marne, where th^y
had taken refuge.
Shattered by shots of dynamite, their
house fell in ruins when melinite was
I exploded under the walls. The police
J found Gamier dead and Vallet dying.
.Five policemen were wounded in the
J battle.
Gamier. the co-chief of Bonnett, who
was killed with a companion at Choisy-
I Le-Roi on April 18, after a desperate
! fight, was surrounded with a eonfeder
|ate named Vallet in a building- near the
railroad.
Gamier and Vallet kept up a con
tinual fusillade with rifles from the
windows of the building.
L*ouis Lepine, the Paris prefect of
: police, with a large body of policemen,
J left in motor cars for the scene of the
fight.
When the police arrived at the villa,
■which was known as the Moulin Rouge,
M. Guichard, superintendent of detec
tives, cried out: "Open, in the name
of the law."
A man hidden in the garden respond-
1 Continued on Pave •«». CoL 4
SAN FRAXCIvSCO, \N JpNkSDAY, MAY 15, 1912.
DELEGATES THAT WILL
GO TO BALTIMORE
1 THEODORE A. BELL
2 ALBERT M. STEPHENS
3 JAMES V. COLEMAN
4 CHARLES A. BARLOW
5 CHARLES B. AN DROSS
6 CHARLES O. DIN BAR
7 WILLIAM B. SHEARER
S JO. V. SNYDER
8 THOMAS VOX
10 HFBERT R. MoNOBLE
11 H. T. < RESWELL
12 WILLIAM F. HIMPHRET
13 JAMES fi. MAGIIRE
14 WILLIAM A. COLE
15 ROBERT M. FITZGERALD
Iβ FRANK C. DREW
17 ED O. MILLER
1H G. W. MORDECAI
1!> JOHN W. BARNERLRG
20 WILLIAM H. ROGERS
21 W. H. HI T BBARD
22 B. H. SMITH
23 A. H. KALLMEVER
Zi MILTON K. YOL'NG
25 ROBERT F. GARNER
26 FRANK A. SALMONS
"BABY" TO PROVE HIS
FATHER WAS A SLAYER
Defendant Objects and Gives Up
Fight at Trial
NEW YORK, May 14. — Patrick
Quinn, Indicted for the murder of his
son William. 20 years old, was deter
mined to fight his case today before
judge and jury until Hugh, the baby
lof the family and just in his 'teens,
was railed to testify against .him.
The boy hesitated behind his father's
chair on his way to the stand.
•'My God! ,, cried Quinn. "Don't do
that. Don't call Hughie."
Quinn was sentenced to remain in
the penitentiary for the rest of his
life unless paroled 20 yetura hence, for
'good behavior; - - #^«
DELEGATES THAT WILL
GO TO CHICAGO
1 HIRAM W. JOHKSON
3 (HESTER H. ROWELL
3 MEYER I,ISS\RR
4 FRANCIS J. HBNEA
B WILLIAM KENT
6 MRS FLORENCE COLLINS
PORTER
7 MARSHALL STIMSON
s CHARLES 9. WHEELER
9 GEORGE C. PARDEE
1© LEE C. GATES
11 CLINTON L. WHITE
12 JOHN W. F.SIILEMAN
13 C. H. WINDHAM
14 WILLIAM A. SLOANE
15 RALPH W. BULL
Iβ S. G. BEACH
17 JOHN H. MeCALLUM
18 TRIXTIfN BEALE
19 W. D. TILLOTSOX
20 SIMMER CROSBY
21 CHARLES E. SIVOOK
22 MRS. ISABELLA W. BLANEY
23 FRANK S. WALLACE
24 CC. YOUNG
25 JESSE L. HURLBI T
26 PHILIP BANCROFT
THEY MUZZLE 'EM OUT
HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Gotham Doggies More Liberally
Allowed One Free Nip
[Special Dispatch to The Call)
NEW YORK. May 14.—A Jury in Jus
tice Giegerich's part of the supreme
court today agreed that while a dog ,
might be allowed one bite, his master
would have to pay for the second of
fense. The jury rendered a verdict of
$500 in favor of 9 year old Glenmore R
Hogg and against William Hornung.
A brindle bulldog owned bY Hornung
bit Albert Krener's leg. A week later
the animal jumped over a fence and
nifoed young Hogg's leg. Hogg and
Hornung live in adjoining houses in the
Bronx. , ;,
—-<THE WE A THER
firi&T£J{T)AY — Highest temperature, 62;
Wn/dff/WonJflj; night, 50.
FORECAST tk>R TODAY— Cloud]) with
pndscrale soumtocst wind.
For the Weather See Page 17
"AD" AN ARROW IN
DAN CUPID'S BOW
Six Score Kentucky Girls Are
Smitten With Love for Chap=
pie of Chapman Town
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CIIICO, May 14.-—Letters from 117
young- women of Mayfield, Ky., and
vicinity, each containing: a proposal,
flooded the mail box of M. A. Downey.
a g-eneral storekeeper of Ohapmaji
town, a suburb of Chico, in" answer to
a. matrimonial "ad" placed in a May
field paper as a joke on Downey.
Hickory Grove, located two miles
from Mayfield, had a strong contingent
of suitors for Downey's hand. The
only two school teachers in Hick
ory Grove announced a desire for a
California husband. Xot to be out
done by their instructors, IS girls,
pupils of these two teachers, also wrote
Downey
One of the. teachers, named Helen
Catten. said: "I am a beautiful Ken
tucky girl and I sure can love."
DIETZ TO SERVE LIFE
FOR KILLING SHERIFF
Wisconsin Supreme Court Up
holds Sentence
.MADISON, Wls., May 14.—John F.
Deitz of Cameron Dam must serve his
life term for killing Oscar Harp, deputy
sheriff, during the siege on the Diets
homestead, according to a ruling of the
supreme court of Wisconsin today,
which refused to reverse the judgment
of conviction, I
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SMALLVOTE
ALL OVER
STATE
Not More Than Half Registered
Citizens Cast Their Ballots
in the Presidential
Primary
QOV. JOHNSON HEADS
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES
Theodore Bell Will Go to Balti
more Instructed to Support
Speaker for Democratic
Nomination
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
ROOSFVET..T carries California
hy : a probable plurality of
40.000.
Champ Clark beat* Wilson
j tor rhr democratic delegation by a
j vote that may approximate 3 to 1.
Robert M. La Follette runs a bad
third in the republican race, polling a
total vete of approximatflv 50,000.
Taft loses San Francisco to Roose
velt by .3.307.
On the face of the incomplete and
partial returns Taft appears to be
beaten in every county in California.
with the possible exception of.
Tuolumnc.
The same incomplete and partial re
turn? indicate that La Follette has
carried San Piegn and that Taft has
run a poor third in that county.
i Clark Defeats Wilson
On their face, the same return? indi
cate that Clump Clark has defeated
Woodrow Wilson decisively for the
democratic indorsement in every
county in the state with the possible
exception of Los Angeles, where the.
partial and incomplete returns indicate
a close race, with the result in doubt.
The vote was disappointingly light
throughout the state. The returns
available at midnight Indicate that not
more than half of the registered vote of
the state was polled and that few
counties managed to exceed the 50 per
cent mark.
California's delegation of Id members
will go into the republican national
convention headed by Governor Itiram
TV. Johnson and instructed for Theo
dore Roosevelt for president.
The democratic delegation from Cali
fornia will be headed by Theodore A.
Bell and go into the Baltimore national
convention instructed for Champ Clark.
Instructions Are Definite
There will be nothing- of uncertainty
in the instructions of either the demo
cratic or republican delegations from
this state.
The votes by which they were elected
! and the preferential pluralities given
; their respective candidates were over
whelming, , if they were, in fact, the re
sults of a vote that showed entire in
difference on the part of fully one
half the qualified electors of California.
There are no apparent reasons nor
excuses for the suggestion of any con
tests being filed with the nation-il comm
ittee of either party as to any part
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