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PRISON CELL FOR
HONOR OF BEING
HIGH FINANCIER
Edward D. Wilbur Chosen Presi
dent of Pacific Coast Com
pany for Jail Purposes
Concern's Real Head Steps Aside
Until Unique Legal Point
Is Settled
"You can't mike me quail at the doer of a jail,"
I fear not your bars and your locks.
If I knovr in my heart that the penalty , ! part
Of my payment for bundles of stocks.
The danseos's vile keep, be it ever «o deep.
Can not interfere vrixh my fame;
Or water and bread I'll be flad to be fed—
If I'm president only in name!
—T« v Eduardo A? Wilbur.
Wasn't it in the Kolbandlll idyl.
"Bankers and Brokers."' that one of the j
■ gentlemen named said to the other, *
"What would you do to be president
of a trust company (or a millionaire,
~- : or something: like that)"" and the : an
i ■wer came, quick as a kick in the j
Etomach, "I'm ashamed to ! tell - you"? ■ J
If one had asked Edward D. Wil
bur what he ; would do to be president
~. of a trust company. Wilbur would have :
Xep'ied as promptly, "I'd go to Jail."
. ' That is what Wilbur did. V— "y \
He bartered his liberty for the honor j
»f being, president \of the \ Pacific Coast j
-i\ Trust company, and ■la •-; doing , so he
I saved the real president of the r con
. cern, J. H. Bacon, a period of incar- j
ceration. 7 " ;V I
14,1 V >OT COMPLIED WITH :
- There is a statute that a trust com- '
-. ipany must deposit |169«Se# t with the ;
state : before it can conduct business ■ -',
Bb and use , the name of trust. .The;
Pacific Coast' Trust company had not ;
complied with that section ; : of the law j
— section 12A of the banking , law. It j
had an opportunity to sell its business J
>ent?r*= to another corporation if ■it j
: "<;ould be determined that : the law was
, :■ j- j
The only way to determine the va
lidity of the law was to test it by
Tia'ving- - the » president of the company j
prosecute far its violation. ; \
J. H. BaconV was president of -' ,the ]
" Pacific Coast Trust company. But he I
. didn't like to be prosecuted—to ;go to j
, Jell White attorneys were fighting over;
■"writs of habeas corpus. j
:":.;: So .: Bacon advertised among , his |
friends and business associates: ?
"War.t»d—A , man who will g-o to jail .
for the r honor of being president of a. ?
■ Crest company." :. '
WILBUR TAKES BAIT
- Edward P. Wilbur bit. Wilbur is a ;
process - server by profession, and the j
opportunity of becoming: a trust J. presi
dent, even yon the shady side of the |
bars, appealed to him as a delightful j
change of ; occupation. - : ; '</'
So at a recent meeting of the Pacific j
: Coast Trust company ' Bacon resigned [
the t office of president. 10 ' shares -■ of :
stock in the corporation were 1 voted to j
Wilbur and he : was elected president !
and told to prepare to establish office j
hours at the city prison. Ht_- was ar- j
East Tuesday. , -_ t^.-. . «' "J
"No matter what befalls m«\ I go
'Where duty calls me," sang , Wilbur.t/
--; J. G. dfe Forest, attorney for the '
trust company, said that he understood
the arrangement by - which Wilbur be- j
came president S : had something to do ■
W^. ith the possibility of a jail career, but;
«De Forest was reluctant ;to discuss I the j
'Subject. ' ■ •■■•■,■■. . _■:•••;
PRESIDENT IS IMMATERIAL
V.". R. Williams, superintendent '■:■ of !
.; banks, said that he didn't care who !
: ; was president of the trust company, j
just so a test could be made of ; the ;
law. ' -.- S.\- "' .. .. .. .' :
Yesterday the case was called before |
- Judge Shortall and was continued un- j
v til next Wednesday. ; w '-;■'. . •_.
li is understood that t Bacon is satis- !
fied not to be president at this critical
time, and as for Wilbur, he is president
of a trust company—what more could
a man want to be?
Al TO LICENSES ARE
ISSUED FOR STATE
RAHENTO. Oct. 2.—The follow-
Ick are the automobile reg-istrations to
■12:
{v"747— A. r\ Estabrook. Sansalito: ToaraJee.
-Fred hi , Mndebuker.
j v ;;4',_-j, l. Br.Avn, La tirmoge; fctudebaker.
83750 —W. 1". Wheeler. Oakdaltr: »ba.:.
ST"!-Frict Crew, Crows Lauding; American.
83752 W. L. Bobtasea. Santa Craz, (a!.: Ilegal.
, [~ c. 8.-n. St. Jaiues hotel, >Sen Luis
-tudc baker.
<.■-; i : Ferndale: Orerlftad.
Irew Klansasser, Dltiuba; Paipe.
837.">^--Arrhiir I'ieper. Ormantonn; Chalmers.
83757—William H. 8 rftf, Stan -I -aquin
< ouoty. Stoefcteo; Orerland.
£ 758 Robinson Brother* company
Hayne*.
83759 J F. Campbell, Colssa: Studebak- -.
837H».—ltr Ida tJt*«*ow. Hanford; X
['— B. H. Tettte, ~ Totvuv lam , . Santa Cra>;
-•■:le;iafc»T..
8*76: —City .if Santa f'rnz: combinpt.oo chemical
an<:
8X76.1 —i'r. VioJa Lactz. Ry!an<s building. San
Ford.
53764— WIM*« C. AlU»a. Vendome hotel. San
Ford.
-William Bmdlej. Totter Vallpy: F » '
; -A. V R- Bancroft &. Sons
Sturtebaker.
53757—-E. E. <jro*e. 18 Vest Weber avenue,
Kton: Cadillac.
J K. Powell, Pullman.
fc^TtSJ —W. L. Chatterton. 2H2 Tweaty-rljthth
f>tre*>t Sacramento; Mirbifran.
g»77O— N. H. Xeastadtor, 461 Miseioo street, S*n
Frar.<i,*ro; Chain
I rrt — J. L. Bradley. 1305 Rlalto avenue. San
« Bernardino: Stmlebaker.
v 12— T. W. .N>ely. 816 French street. Btnta
Urd Dayton.
53773 —V 0 ."I4.'i Kant Orange (Jrove
iinM. Ford.
83774— 3 m laata Oro*. Cal.; Chal
-5.^77-, —r. H. Xl-tier CoTlra; W?lch.
g.TT76—Ralph Klins-'frman. Xi Ororlend.
53777—8. W. HtlbUh, K:ik<-r«-Se!rt; Ofwlaed.
L. K. P.ritP. Teh«<-hapi: Ocklnml.
- ithan NT. Hu*b, Baktrsfic-td: Oakland.
J M. Kcitrra in, !-■•- Gates; (^reriamL
H. S3 Welch, box 27.'.. T«"-alta: FonJ.
83782— W. A. Qnton anty:
iivi rland.
S37B3—Dr - " k r
K.~s4—Jamt ■ ~ NiitT.
ii. T. Brisa*. San
Fred R- <
- H H. Peters Jr., -
837fc>— Bradley & Wooliaan, H*>t I.ego; MnOe
bcker.
837»—W. A. ffWlmmw ■ >'!■ i' ; -
g;:7rv>_No/ton-Kvett. Shh IHe*A: Bt»**«ker.
If B. B. Iron**. Sin W«o: stiwebaker.
!' V Wir.nek. San Dicco;
-Mp»."w I. Wo.viirotr, Sao io»e; Pn&Uta.
SST!>4 alrm! C. B. Ttw.n-a-. (iilroy: Chalmers.
-j< r - '■>- ;'.-\«j. k Reiki- (■•■Jiruder cfiupaDy. San
Francisco: Thai:
S37W— Standard Oil -•.■mpaiiy. 4<!l Market street.
Wintoo.
S3T9S-*Mrt B E. McCarthy, Itt Aipine tfrracc«.
i raoclßco; Aur.-'ar.
t - K. si,.>ruo-«:. PlPrce
• San Praeehw*: i: A: I-. E.
g 80*—Leea Hex. Hotel BtttWt. >au Franriero;
0 „ a. ShipW. Mβ Valencia street. San
Francisco;
83S<>2 a. H. >fah«n, 171 i) Oak street. San Fran
cleco; WlDton.
|.- w i'.nrjr<-rs, 4W flolden Gate avenTie,
Sun Fr.'uiciwr; Cbelniers.
83804—W A. \Vlie*!an, S7O Francisco utreet, San
Franciwco; Hayne*.
83805--E. FU.ner, 1220 SeTenth street. Oakland;
Rambler.
DZBVti Frank Mc(Jowan, Hayward: Ford.
as*'-.- — M Frrn»nd<»i4, Haywarc]; Ford.
fB. B. Taylor, Warrwrs Sprlnfe; Ford.
A C. TVatrner. R'ist: Ruick.
W Prentice, San Weg'f. Stwifbaker.
sn—Roy i>. Mar#s. Dtxoe, Cal.: Ch*lmer<.
> J and Ed Billiard. Woodland: Hayn**.
mi-jtti't ■'• Kray. Woodlas4; Stndebaker.
esii-joe«plJ H. Joaes, Mariccua: 1 >-!. I
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Swimming Is a Study
Girl Clever Instructor
Graduates of High
School A\uM
Know Art
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAXTA BARBARA, Oct.- 2.—Since the
! art of swimming has been made one of
Uμ requisites of the Santa Barbara
high school curriculum pretty Georgia
Carmany, who recently was appointed
official swimming instructor in Los
Banos del Mar, has had more pupils
than shf- ran tutor.
Miss t'arniany Is the youngest swim
minK instructor in th*> United States.
and her appointment as official teacher
at the local bathhouse ana .each aroused
[other girls of the high school to their
! possibilities. They took the matter up
. Bβ seriousness at a meeting .
Miss Georgia Carmany. official swimming instructor of girl students
I in Santa Barbara high school, posing for a dive; also teaching one of her
\ pupils how to swim.
of the faculty. As a result It was de
creed that for a graduate of the high
school to have a perfect grade, swim
ming must be an accomplishment. Miss
Carmany offered her services as teacher
and there are nearly 100 girls taking
regular swimming lessons.
boy SYUiHunra barre:>
When Mi?s Carmany announced that
she would teach the girls she also an
nounced that she would not tutor the
boy members of the high school, and
now they are looking for some one
who can produce a professional swim
mer's license —one like that held by
Carmany—■to give them lessons.
It is different with them than with
the girls, however, for the majority of
them can swim. They who can not
will have to find some solution to the
problem or fall behind the girls at the
end of the school year when grades
are marked for athletics.
Every fternooa as soon as school is
out M MIT hurries to the beach
and spends several hours teaching her
girl classmates and she devotes all
Saturday and Sunday to the work. In
LA FOLLETTE'S PEN
BUSY FOR WILSON
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
MADISON. Wis.. Oct. 2.—The reader
of the five La Foilette articles on
Roosevelt which will rtin in a series
at intervals of a week beginning Fri
irin reach this conclusion:
itor Lα Foilette and his fol-
WiaM »W vote for Governor Wilson
for president.
promises? which his record shows he
not endeavor to keep.
Taft Will be pictured as the highest
type oJ reactionary but thoroughly
honest, a quality not conceded to
Roosevelt.
There will be no discussion of Wil
son, but in his advice to progressives
La Foliettc will point the way out of
the dilemma presented by the Taft
and Roosevelt candidacies. It will be
Real progressives should maintain
their organization within the republi
can party; so that in 1916 they will
be ready to tako on their shoulders
the task of leadership and the work of
To maintain this organization wit'i
in the party, blind allegiance to every
party nomination and to every party ,
declaration is not essential. No aid I
or encouragement should be given to !
a third party, which is trying to divide I
the progressive republican vole and I
In his articles Follette will clothe
J both Tait and Roosevelt with reaction-
I ary mantles and he will leave his lead- i
j ers to judge which of the three candi- j
' dates is wearing a progressive cloak.
I,a Follette's magazine has taken an
..Jly kindly interest in Woodrow
J Wilson. An editorial in the current
I issue entitled, "A Worthy Sentiment,"
! pours encomiums on Governor Wilson
I for the way he handled the New Jer
; sty tight for United States senator.
The editorial bears the stamp of Lr»
j Foliette's own workmanship and reads,
in part:
"Considerations of party harmony
appear to have modified Woodrow Wil
son's opposition to Boss Smith not in
j the least degree. Smith thought that
the election of Wilson as governor of
New Jersey and the rise of the demo
cratic party to power in that state
opened the way for his easy accession j
to a eeat In the United States senate, t
Wilson thought otherwise. H« de- j
clared the voice of the voters as ex-|
pressed in the democratic primaries
should prevail. A pitched battle en
sued. Wilson was victorious."
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1912.
addition she Is teaching , others of her
sex, including a number of the fashion
able people of Santa Barbara and j
Montecito. Because they never had a
chance to take lessons from a feminine
teacher many girls and women hesi
tated about taking -ip swimmlnsr. but
there is no obstacle now, and it is pre
dicted tfiat Santa Barbara will have
the biggest percentage of femals swim- 1
mers on the coast in a few months.
GIRL A SAFE SWIMMER
Miss Carmany had her first swim
ming experi"mfs in the clear waters ]
of the eastern rivers, but did not be- I
come expert until last summer, when
sne rook lessons from a professional
teacher in Los Angeles. When she was
given .i iMpioma the teacher stated she
was one of the best and safest swim- I
mers he had ever seen and she was i
recommended as one competent to teach
swimming under any condition.
MSss Carmany has never tested her
endurance in the water. She says she
has never been tired and believes she
could swim all day. In the near future J
she plans to swim the Golden gate.
OFFICIALS OF CITY
TO FACE CHARGES
[Special Diipalch to The Call]
SAXTA CRUZ, Oct. 2.—As the result
of former City Attorney Hugh Os
borne's charges that members of the
city administration have expended
money Illegally for various kinds of
c.ty works, Superior Judge Smith thjs
afternoon signed an order requiring
Mayor Stone and Commissioners Fred
I Howe, Duncan MePherson, Fred Cum
i mingrs and J. Jonee to appear Monday
j morning in the superior court and show
cause why an injunction should not be
j issued restraining them from the pay
ment of any further claims for street
work or for street lighting out of funds
raised by general taxation and not
raised by splendid assessment.
There are ninety new reasons
why you should own a Ford
touring car. And they are
all dollar reasons. You'll
get your full share of Ford
profits and Ford prosperity—
when you take advantage of
this big reduction.
Runabout - - - - $525
Touring Car - - - 600
Town Car - - - - 800
These new prices, f. o. b. Detroit, with
all equipment. An early order will mean
an early delivery. Get particulars from jj
Ford Motor Company, 100 Van Ness Iji
Aye., San Francisco, or direct from De- 111
troit factory. |||
MAX SCHWABACHER
FINALLY DIVORCED
Judge Mogaa Signs Decree and
Former Wife Contemplates
Marrying Again
With his wife divorced and his af
finity vanished to parts unknown, Max
Schwabacher, a prominent business
man of San Francisco and member of
the tea importing firm of Leege &
Haskins, was left yesterday in the
position of the lonesome young man
who writes love songs yearning for
"Someone." A final stroke of the pen
by Judge E. P- Mogan gave an abso
lute decree of divorce to Mrs. Blanche
B. Schwabacher, while the affinity. Max
ine McDougall. has been gone for sev
eral months.
Miss McDougall's part In the divorce
was not mentioned in the hearing,
which was held a year ago, but it was
intimated that she was the cause of
Mrs. Schwabat her's appeal to the courts.
This was corroborated later when Sig- ,
mund Schwabacher, father of the tea
merchant, gave to the affinity $5,000,
an automobile and all the jewelry that
young Schwabacher was alleg-ed to have
lavished upon her, provided she would
leave San Francisco.
According to reports from London,
where Mrs. Schrvabacher has been liv
ing for more thin a year, she soon will
be married to Dr. Albert Abrams of
San Francisco. During the summer
she and Doctor Abrams were guests at
the Hotel Cecil, and it was said that
they were planning , a trip to Norway
and would be married.
Mrs. Schwabacher was granted an
interlocutory decree August 29, 1911, by
Jud&e Mogran. She charged that
Schwabacher was sulky, self-centered
and subject to silent spells. Her testi
mony was corroborated by Henry C.
Fowler, her chauffeur. The Schwab
achers formerly lived at the Fairmont.
'KING' STILL HAS
GRIP ON SCEPTER
THE Baby Blue Outing and Re
freshment society is still ruled by
'King" George Llppman of the
Southern Pacific. At the outing held
by the society at Monte Rio last Sun
day. Llppman was to be tried on
charges of being a "bum king." and
Fred Blanche of the Snjw York Central.
now the common people, was to get
the royal position. At least, that was
the way it was planned. But Llpp
man's friends heard that Herbert
Gatje. chief witness for the prosecu
tion, had "seen," and that he was
primed to unload a sizzling lot of tes
timony about Lippman's actions on
various occasions. Hence the trial did
not take place, but Harry Hatch of the
Illinois Central. Blanche's chief advo
cate, is still coaching Gatje. and when
the trial does come off it will be a
"hummer."
* * *
F.d Kirby, secretary to the general
manager of the Northwestern Pacific,
has left for Staunton, Va., on a visit to
his home folks.
Jwnes EL P. Mason, traveling p-*s
senger agent of the Washington-Sunset
route, is in Reno.
SAN DIEGO ROAD MUST
PAY LOCAL TAXATION
An original application for a writ of
mandate by the San Diego end Arizona
Railroad company, requiring the state
board of equalization to assess the op
erative property of the road from San
Diego to the Mexican line for state
taxes for the year 1912, thus exempt
ing it from local taxation, was denied
by the state supreme court yesterday.
The court did not take up the merits
of the question, but merely declared
that since the equalization board had
turned its tax roll over to the state
controller for collection on July 1. the
application of the railroad on the same
date was too late for a change in the
manner of assessment for this year.
The railroad contended that the
The railroad contended that the
property should be assessed l»y the
state, since the road had been In opera
tion since March, 1911. This the board
refused to do on the ground that the
road was not in operation.
MYSTERY OF WOMAN'S
DISAPPEARANCE SOLVED
{Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—The veil of '
mystery which has shrouded the disap- ;
pearance of Teresa (Bagloli) Sickles. ,
the first wife of General Daniel E. j
Sickles, has been raised by Mrs. Anna
Vai! Martinez of New York.
Mrs. Martinez, 75 years of age, was
the girlhood chum of the first Mrs.
Sickles. Famous as a singer, she had :
come to America In 1850, where she
soon became prima donna of the Ole ;
Bull Concert company, at that time the
foremost'musical organization in this
country. She said today:
"Mrs. Sickles died when she was 31
years old, and to the best of my
knowledge all other members of her
family are dead except possibly a
brother of Mrs. Sickles. I am certain
of Mrs. Sickles' death, for I sang at ,
her funeral."
SIMPLICITY URGED
IN CLASS AFFAIR
School Director Jones Presents
Suggestions for Regulation
of Graduating Exercises
Proposals for regulating graduation
exercise* In public schools on the line
of mimplicity were presented by Di
rector Jones for discussion and con
sideration by the board of education
at its meeting yesterday afternoon, as
follows:
Parents are subjected to unneces
sary expenses at the time that their
children graduate from the gram
mar school, and at the same time
children of limited moans are
liable to humiliation due to the
numerous calls for money.
The first expenditure is a class
pin—a cheap nonessential. The Hale
has so increased that a solicitor
often goes to the schoolyard at re
cess, samples are shewn, costing
from 51 to $2.50. Usually the most
expensive is selected by the chil
dren, I have h»een told, and then
each child, whether his parent can
afford it or not, must either pur
chase one or have the heartache.
Another assessment is often made
to cover the expense of a present
of a picture or work of art for the
class.
Numerous class functions are the
order of the term in some schools.
Often halls are rented. One school
has the habit of engaging the
services of a private dancing
teacher.
Briefly, these last weeks of most
precious time, the weeks that should
be the richest In mental and moral
development, are devoted to thought
of class functions—to a class of
amusement for which there is
umple time !n the future. This is
not the case in many schools where
more constraint has been exercised,
but it the same time principals are
finding it difficult to refuse re
quests and maintain a strictly edu
cational graduation.
Lastly, by the time of graduation
the matter of dress has assumed
undue proportions; presentations
of flowers, books and boxes of
candy are anticipated. Naturally
the child with many friends of
ample means is showered with
favors. There was a time when
the simple diploma itself—the
laurel wreath of education ac
quired and the hope of future at
tainment —was the ideal of gradu
ation week.
Therefore, I recommend:
.1. Abolish class pins in grammar
schools.
2. Prohibit all but one social af
fair for each graduating class to
follow graduation, and so con
ducted that there shall be posi
tively no assessments.
3. All grammar graduations shall
take place on Thursday afternoon
of the last week of the term.
4. Urge principals and class
teachers to use the last hours in
directing children as to their
choice of high or advanced school,
or selection of employment.
5. Graduation exercises shall con
sist of musical selections prepared
from day to day during the school
year, and of other numbers that
are the direct outcome of the year's
educational work.
6. No flowers, candy or presents
. of any description ehall be pre
sented on school premises.
7. No class presents to the school
shall be given. Money shall not be
collected at all.
8. Simple dressing shall be urged.
9. Any child who disobeys the
direction of the principal shall be
refused his diploma until he shall
have called upon the president of
the board of education.
After the reading the recommenda
tions were passed until next Wednes
day.
GREATER SAN FRANCISCO
BOOSTERS PLAN CAMPAIGN
San Mateo County Delegates At
tend Luncheon
The campaign committee of the Greater
San Francisco association met yesterday
for luncheon at the Hotel Sutter with
San Mateo county members of the asso
ciation to discuss plans for a campaign
in San Mateo county in behalf of con
stitutional amendment No. 3, providing
for the federation ot cities. W. C. Sharp
stein, chairman of the campaign com
mittee, presided at the conference, which
was attended by J. H. Coleman, Paul'
Pinckney, "W. R. Roberts and W. J. Mar
tin of San Mateo county and Leslie E.
Burks and Victor J. Robertson of the
executive committee.
MERCER SCORES AGAIN
In Classic Vanderbilt Cup Race
Defeats Famous Foreign and American Cars
Second to Imported Racing Machine by 42 4-5 Seconds.
Averaging 69 Miles an Hour for 299.5 Miles
The Mercer was the Smallest Car in the Race,
but its Mechanical Reliability was a Winning Factor.
The Mercer thus again proves itself the ,
CHAMPION LIGHT CAR OF THE WORLD
A title won by scores of victories on road and track. Remember its triumphs
at Santa Monica and Tacoma on the Pacific Coast—and its Eastern successes
innumerable.
Duplicates of the Vanderbilt Mercer Now on Exhibition.
SIMPLEX-MERCER PACIFIC COAST AGENCY
RENE J. MARX, General Manager
San Francisco—l3l9 Van Ness Aye. Los Angeles—los 7 S. Olive St.
ALLEGED SLAVERS
CAUGHT IN TRAP
While Waiting in Cottage for
Schoolgirls They Are
Arrested
Three young men were arrested yes
terday afternoon by Detective Thomas
Furman of the white slave detail, in a
cottage at 463 Ninth avenue, and
charged with disturbing: the peace as
a result of the complaints registered
by Principal Charles H. Murphy of the
Commercial high school.
The men arrested are John J. ODea,
a clerk; William A. Devlin, a clerk,
who says his isncle is a member of the
board of health, and Marcelino Her
rerias* 25 years old, who gave his oc
cupation also as a clerk.
Murphy »ays the young men have
been telephoning to the school quite
frequently of late and asking that girl
pupils be called to the telephone. A
telephone call was received at the
Commercial yesterday morning and a
"Miss Fraser" was asked to come to
the phone.
No such pupil is In attendance at
the high school and Murphy had one
of the women teachers come to the
phone and impersonate "Miss Fraser."
The man on the other end of the line
invited the teacher for a joyride and
told her to bring along two other
girls and moet them in the cottage in
Ninth avenue. The police were noti
fied and Furman, instead of the girls,
kept the appointment.
The people in the neighborhood, it is
said, have made several complaints to
the police regarding the actions of
the young men.
BANDIT TAKES CLOTHES
OFF VICTIM IN STREET
"Huge Foreigner ,, Sought for
Early Morning Holdup
William McGeorge, 1715 East Fif
teenth street, Oakland, was - observed
by Policeman Higgins in Pacific street
early yesterday morning in a partly
nude condition. Higgins questioned
McGeorge and learned that the latter
had been held up by a lone bandit,
whom he described as a "huge
foreigner*' who stole his coat, vest,
hat, shoes and $7.
Curtis Rouse, a negro soldier, re
ported that he was held up early yes- ,
terday morning by a lone bandit at
Lombard and Webster streets and rob
bed of $115.
A sealskin coat, valued at $50 was
stolen yesterday by burglars from the
home of William Ylons, 138 A Langton
street.
Pickpockets on a Sutter street car
robbed Thomas Stevenson, 580 Eighth
avenue, of a purse containing $75.
While on the Barbary Coast, Felix
Lanard, 165 Third street, was robbed
yesterday by pickpockets of a $150
diamond ring".
Micahel Vogel, a retired soldier, liv
ing in Oakland, was the victim of a
pickpocket at Third and Market
streets, who stole a purse containing
$145.
Burglars stole silverware worth $50
from the Boys' and Girls' Aid society,
460 Baker street.
CONFERENCE PLANNED ON
CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
Clement H. Congdon, chairman of the
committee of exploitation and trans
portation of the Second Christian Citi
zenship conference to be held at Port
land in June, 1913, arrived from the
north last evening to meet railway
officials and to arrange for a monster
gathering?.
Congdon is at the St. Francis. He
says that $60,000 has been contributed
I for the expenses of the convention and
(that more than 50,000 delegates will
I attend its sessions - . Of this sum $40.
--; 000 has been voted by the National
. Reform association and $20,000 by the
: city of Portland.
Field representatives of the asso
■ elation have created widespread Inter
-1 est In the convention. Woodrow Wll
! son is expected to speak June 29. Rep
• resentatives from all the nations of
the world will be present and it Is be
: lieved that Dr. Sun Sat Yen, the first
, president of the Chinese republican,
I will be among the speakers. Such
questions as child labor, the eight hour
. law. white slavery and the employers'
: raised by special assessment.
DEATH OF LUKENS
RESULTS IN SUIT
Widow of Senator Wants $100,-
000 Damages for Injuries
Dead Husband Suffered
Suit for $100,000 damages against
the San Francisco-Oakland Terminal
railways for the death of the late
Senator G. Russel Lukens, was filed
yeiterday in the sruperior court by Mrs,
Emma Mullan Lukens, widow, through
the law firm of Morrison, Dunne and
Brobeck. Almost coincidentally Mrs.
Luken, after testifying before Judge
Thomas' F. Graham In her petition for
family allowance from the estate, fell
from the witness' platform and se
verely sprained her ankle. She was
taken to her home at 1991 Broadway.
Judge Graham granted her a monthly
allowance of $600.
The suit against the railway com
pany Is based on the alleged outcome
of injuries sustained by Senator Lu
kens September 26, 1906, when he was
struck by an electric train operated
by the Berkeley Traction company.
which subsequently was consolidated
with the defendant corporation. Lu
kens died May 21 of this year. Mrs.
Lukens charging that his death was
the result of the injuries of six years
before. The accident occured at Six
teenth street and Eighth avenue, Oak
land, Lukens having been thrown from
his automobile by the train.
Mrs. Lukens recites that her husband
earned more than $10,000 a year as
an attorney until his faculties were
impaired by the collision.
PHYSICIAN OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT INJURED
Dr. Hugh Lagan, physician and sur
geon for the fire department, is at the
St. Joseph's hospital suffering from a
broken knee joint as the result of a
runaway accident Tuesday afternoon, in
which he was thrown from his buggy.
The accident occurred on the Fifteenth
.street grade near Park hill shortly after
Doctor Lagan had left the hospital.
The day previous the shaft of Doctor
Lagan's buggy was broken and he se
cured a new vehicle, not noticing that
the new buggy had no brake until driv
ing down the hill, when the buggy
ran against the horse, the runaway re
sulting.
Doctor Lagan and his driver were
thrown from the vehicle. The knee
joint of the tibia of Doctor Lagan's left
leg was broken and he was severely
bruised about the body. The driver was
unhurt. Doctor Lagan will probably be
able to leave the hospital within three
weeks.
JUDGE LAWLOR'S BOOSTERS
WILL HOLD MEETING
Supervisors William H. McCarthy and
Adolf Koshland will be among , the
speakers at a meeting for Judge Wil
liam P. Lawlor to be held at Columbia
hall, Mission street near Twenty-ninth,
tomorrow evening:. The meeting
Ing: will be under the auspices of the
Judge William P. Lawlor club of the
twenty-third assembly district, and will
b« called to order by B. Burns. Thomas
W. Hickey will also be among the
speakers. The addresses by prominent
citizens at tomorrow evening's meeting
will be interspersed with musical and
■will be under the auspices of the
of the Twenty-third District Lawlor
club will attend the meeting in a body.
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
ADOPTS AUTO COURSE
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2.—TVhat is be
lieved to be the first university course
in automobiles, their history, operation,
repairs, grood roads and allied subjects.
has been added to the curriculum of tie
University of Southern California.
Seventy-three young men. of whom
three are Japanese, and 28 yon;;
women have matriculated for t.i
course, which will consist of 16 lec
tures.
HEXJ> FOR MTTBDER—Woodland. Oct. 2. —John
Rongo, arrested near Fairfleld several dar*
ago on a charge of murder, had his preliminary
hearing before Justice Strong this morning aivl
was held to answer before the snperior court
without bonds. Rongo Is charged with th*
murder of John Tobanni. The crime was com
mitted May 21, 1910, near C*ebeville.
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