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BRYAN TALKS
WITH WILSON
ON CAMPAIGN
Both Predict Bourbon Victory;
With Taft and Teddy Tied
for Second Place j
New Jersey Governor Says Peo= j
pie Begin to Find He Is
Human
LINCOLN. Neb., Oct. fi.—Governor
Woodrow Wilson and William J. Bryan
had a heart to heart talk here today
©n the political situation through the
country. Both unhesitatingly predicted
a democratic- victory.
Tn the radiant sun parior of Fair
view, Bryan's liopip, the veteran cam
paigner and the newcomer In national
politics sa*t for a few hours, before j
the governor's train left, discussing thp |
progress of the campaign but' With ;
particular reference to the trans-Mis- !
sissippj states where Bryan had just '
completed a six Weeks' tour. ,
"We diil not have time to go into i
the i, latter very thoroughly." said the |
governor to the correspondents. "*We j
'-at up late last night and agree,! neOn '
a method of handling the mountain j
states. That is as far as we got."
TIUP TO coast imi;rtai\
The governor did not think it would
be possible to go to the Pacific coast. ]
""We are keeping open the last two !
and a half weeks of the campaign."
he said, "and I do not know What BS4 ,
the campaign committee will make of!
theiii. T set out to make trips in the j
campaign hut the local committees
have been making tours of them."
Wilson and Bryan went together to I
the Westminster Presbyterian endrch, )
of which Bryan la an elder. After the
services the congregation gathered j
around the two and an informal re- j
cptiou followed. When the news- i
paper correspondents called at Fair- !
view Bryan and the nominee were be- ;
incr photographed together.
"These men," said the governor, in- \
troducing the correspondents by nam",
"have been my companions throughout
the campaign."
Bryan said he watched the governor |
closely in his fivo speeches here and
sized him up as a first rate campaigner
who adapts himself admirably to his
crowds.
• "I wouldn't concede any of the west- i
em states to Taft or Rooseveit," said
Bryan, speaking of the western situa- :
tion. "I would not pick out any state
and concede it to either Taft or Rooee-
In California 1 put Roose
velt and Taft In the same class: they i
may tie for second place. Governor
Wilson is gaining strength so rapidly
from both sides that he is certain of
election by an overwhelming vote."
When Bryan's attention was called
to the fact that some newspapers were
speculating; as to what cabinet position
he might occupy if Wilson were elected.
be said: "The newspapers haven't as
much of importance to discuss, then, as
J have Of course, we haven't talked
about anything like that."
"WILSON SKKS (,RKAT CHt.Mii;
"There is now beginning to dawn all
over the I'nited States." said the gov
ernor, in Bryan's presence, "the confi
dent expectation of a victory for the
people. T do not know* what- Mr. Bry
an's observations have been, hot T
• ; nk I have seen that change within
■ the'tast l a days. At any rate, there
* as been a very profound and. to me,
an unusual change, if 1 may be per- ;
sonal with regard to myself.
"A great many people in the T'nited j
States have regarded mr as a very re
mote and academic person. They do
pet know how much human nature i
there has been in me to give trouble
all my life. I have been perfectly
aware, that at first the crowds that
gatherer! to he.ir me gathered in a
critical temper to see this novel speci
men, to see this newcomer in national
politics, what he looked like, what his
paces were and what his tones of voice
and attitudes of mind were.
"I am Sad hOW to see the atti
tude changing. The*- have apparently
adopted me Into the human family. I
like to seethe enthusiasm of the plain
i Ft of men as they approach me for T
consider that the deepest compliment
that I can be paid, and when they call
me 'Kid' and 'Woody' and all the rest,
1 know that I am all right."
The conversation turned to the ques
tion of which issues the people seemed
to be most interested in. Bryan said
he found the people of the country most
desirous to hear about the tariff and the
trusts. He said he thought the inves
tigation of campaign funds was fully
informing the people of the methods
employed by political organizations and
of the special groups of individuals they
have to fight.
Bryan came to the station with Wil
son to bid him goodby. The governor
smarted at 3:15 o'clock toward Pueblo,
• 'olorado Springs and Denver, where he
aks tomorrow, while Bryan left
in the afternoon for a. tour of North
and South Dakota. Minnesota and lowa.
SAN FRANCISCAN MARRIES
WIDOW OF DAVID HANBURY
William H. Banta Takes Bride
in St. Helena
ASpecial Dispatch to The Call]
*■ ST. HELEN V «><t. 6. —Mrs. Eleanor
Hanbury, widow of the late David
Hanbury. former owner and proprietor
of a great California estate, was mar
ried at 5 o'clock this afternoon at St.
Gothard's inn. St. Helena, to William
H. Banta. a wealthy business man of
San Francisco. The ceremony, which
waa performed by R«T. Mr. Baxter of
Vallejo, was witnessed only by the
i datives and a few intimate friends of
the bride and groom. The. Episcopal
service was used.
Mrs. Hanbury wore a bridal gown of
white chiffon and her sister. Miss Kath
leen Manfield, who attended her as
maid of honor, wore pink chiffon and
carried pink carnations. Banta was
attended by his cousin, Bert Banta of
Berkley.
Following the wedding the couple
departed on an automobile honeymoon.
MAN PRONOUNCED DEAD
COMES TO LIFE AGAIN
Lives After 2,200 Volts Have
Passed Through Body
Coming in contact with a live wirt
in the basement of the Phelan building
where he was working about noon yes
terday, Bert Edgar, an electrician liv
ing at 2826 Twenty-fourth street, re
ceived in his body the full force of
2.200 volts of electricity, and was pro
nounced dead by a physician who was
called by fellow emoloyes.
Edgar was taken to the central
•Wraergency hospital, where physicians
Vurcr-eded In restoring him to con
fcxiousness.
It was said that Edgar would nye,
although suffering from a fractured
skull, received in a fall of 15 feet from
the platform on which he was working
when the current passed through his
tody
Geary Road Now Has Head
Superintendent Begins Work
J Thomas A. Cashin, superintendent of the Geary) street municipal railway).
T. A. Cashin, Who Takes Charge of Munici
pal Line, Is Native of San Francisco
Thomas A. Cashin, who recently was
appointed superintendent of the Geary
street municipal railway, takes up his
work this morning. He was chosen on
recommendation of the public utilities
committee of the board of supervisors.
Cashin la not new at street railroad
work, as for the last two years he has
LEON SURRENDERS
TO AMERICAN ARMS
In March on Last Rebel Strong*
hold Marines Rout Mob
at Chichigalpa
IllM-KTIX
SAY JI'W DSL SIR. Mcaragua.
Oct. <J. The town of Leon ba* sur
rendered t€» the American forces. There
in reason to believe that no flKhflng
oeeurred, but detail* of the aurrender
are lacking.
WASHINGTON. Oct. G.—ln their
march on Leon, the last stronghold of
the insurgents, the American forces,
under Lieutenant Colonel Long, ousted
a rebel mob at Chiehigalpa. killing 13
outright and wounding many. Five
Americana were slightly wounded.
Chi'higalpa is on the Nicaragua Na
tional railway, midway between Leon
and Corlnto.
In reporting the engagement to the
navy department today Rear Admiral
Southei land said that Lieutenant Col
onel Long and his command were try
ing to obtain arms and dynamite
bombs in Chiehigalpa last Friday
morning when they were suddenly
surrounded by a mob of rebels and
their sympathizers, well armed with
BBBcbetee and rifles.
Disregarding the orders of their offi
cers, several rebels fired upon the
Americans. The fire was promptly re
turned and in addition to killing the 13
rebels and wounding many more, the
Americans took four dynamite bombs,
which it la believed were intended to
be used against them or to cripple the
railroad.
Lieutenant Long's command con
sisted of about 1,000 marines and blue
jackets from the cruisers California, j
Colorado and Denver. The capitula
tion of Leon, the beleaguered town
from which reports of distress have
been coming ever since the rebel oc
cupancy, completes Admiral Souther
land's "aggressive program, which has
been put through swiftly since the sur
render of General Mena at Granada.
With Granada fallen, and Genera 1
Mena, the moving spirit of the upris
ing, deported to Panama, the admiral
and his forces returned to Masaya. and
it falls out that while one section of
the American forces was engaged in
routing Zeledon and his rebels from the
hills at Barranca, Colonel Long's com
mand was already fighting at Chiehi
galpa. hard upon Leon. It is therefore
believed here the strength of the in- ;
surrection has been dissipated with the
capitulation in such quick succession of
the principal rebel strongholds.
Confirmation of the reported surren
der of Leon had not been received here
late tonight.
President Taft today telegraphed to
the navy department from Dalton,
Mass., complimenting the marines and
sailors on their splendid behavior in
Nicaragua.
STATE .BAPTISTS CONVENE--Son Joh\ Oct. 6.
—Deiegau-s from all part* of the state gath
ered jn San .Tow today for the anniixl con
vention of the General Baptist association of
California. which oiwds tomorrow. Three
meetings will lx* held daily In the Antiocb
Bautist church. Sixth and Julian streets.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1912.
been superintendent of the Fresno
Traction company, and before that was
connected with the United Etafiroads in
San Francisco for several y cat's.
Cashin was born in San Francisco
and has Hved here nearly all his life.
His mother. Mrs. K. Cashin. resides at
23 Buena Vista terrace
UNCLE SAM BOSS
OF ALL WIRELESS
| New Regulation Forces Opera
tor's License and Controls
Radio=Communication
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Four hundred
| wireless equipped American ships,
| nearly 100 wireless stations, many
j mono stations connected with colleges,
j schools and experimental laboratories
land several thousand amateur wireless
j stations are affected by the regulations
| promulgated by acting Secretary Cable
|of the department of commerce and
! labor today, to enforce the radio-com
| municatlon act.
The net establishes a complete federal
control By at em over radio-communica
tion, and requires licensing of all wire
less operators working across state
lines or in communication with ships
at sea. The department will adminis
ter the act through Inspectors at New
York. Baltimore, New Orleans and San
Francisco, and additional inspectors
will be appointed for Boston, Chicago,
Savannah. Seattle and Cleveland. The
United States has been divided in nine
districts, with headquarters in those
cities.
Th* circular embodying the regula
tions announces the eligibility of
women as well as men, and that appli
cations for licenses for ship stations
must be sent to the department radio
inspector at the port of departure.
Licensing of great lakes vessels will
not begin before spring. Licenses for
coast stations will be issued by the
nearest inspector, or by the commis
sioner of navigation In Washington.
Examinations of wouldbe operators
will be held in the navy yards, naval
stations, the Naval academy, certain
army posts and elsewhere.
Amateur stations are restricted in
wave lengths of transmittal to not ex
ceeding 200 meters, except on special
application to the department.
The new law is effective December 31.
MAN IMPRISONED FOR
ATTEMPTING SUICIDE
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
RENO. Oct. 6.—Charles Wilson en
joys the rather doubtful distinction of
being the tirst person in the state of
Nevada to be sent to the penitentiary
for attempting to commit suicide.
Wilson, in a fit of despondency, cut
his throat with a razor in an effort to
end his life. He was found in a pre
carious condition suffering from loss of
blood and was*nursed back to life and
health only to be arrested upon a felony
indictment in Churchill county and tried
before the district court, where, for the
first time since the statute became ef
fective. January 1, 1912, a test was
made of the antl-sulcide law.
Wilson was found guilty and sen
tenced to more than a year in the peni
tentiary, and today the gloomy walls
of the state's prison claimed their vic
tim. Wilson was taken to Carson by
Sheriff Cuniff and appeared pleased at
being locked up. It had been contended
by district attorneys that a'conviction
under the new statute would be im
possible.
MADERO LOSES
GRIP ON REINS
OF GOVERNMENT
General Revolution on AH Sides
Now Awaits Only a
Strong Leader
[Special Dispatch /• The Call]
CITY OF MEXICO. Oct. 6.—The Ma
dere administration is torn with in
ternal dissension and confronted with
revolution in the north and south. The
army is both inefficient and out ol
sympathy with Madero. If a real leader
should appear the army would rebel
tomorrow.
The government is out of money, the j
53.000,000 pesos on hand being already I
pledged and reserved for stated pur- |
poses. There is danger at any moment i
of a breach between Madero and the
congress j
, If the government should be outvoted
the administration would fall, for pub
lic- sentiment is overwhelmingly on the
side of the legislative body.
These facts are well known here, and,
therefore, the people are holding their
breath, fearing that the crisis may
occur at any moment.
There is actual organized revolution
in the northern states of Sonora, Chi
huahua and Coaliuila, and disorder and
brigandage in Nuevo Leon, Zatacas,
Durango, Jalisco. Sinaloa and Michoa
can. In the states of Mexico, Guer
rero, Morelos, Oaxaea and Puebla
i there is a constantly growing revolu- i
| tionary movement.
Through all this great extent of ter
! ritory human life is not safe and the
1 property of neither native or foreigner
is respected.
BRUTAL WARFARE OX
I The Marfare there is conducted In
the most barbarous manner, including
mutilation, outrage, burning, robbery
and looting. Brigandage is rampant
in the states of Tampaulipas, Vera Cruz,
Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatan and Cam-
P(■■eh. The central government is ut
terly unable to stop these disorders and
outrages.
Only in this capital, thanks to the
police organization, is there peace and
safety.
The economic situation in Mexico is
bad and it is growing worse. Some
planters cat) not sow their crops,
others ran not harvest them for want
of help and others can not get their
produce to market on account of the
bandits and fche demoralization of the
railroads, which is more marked since
the American engineers and conduc
tors left.
Politically, the situation is nothing
less than anarchy. Congress is sus
) piciotfs of President Madero and may
'■ oppose him at any moment. The
• president's cabinet is made up of con
i dieting radical and conservative ele
ments so that there is continual fric
tion and reversal of policies.
CONFLICT |H (ABIXKT
One week we have speeches of
brotherly love and conciliation and the
next week there is a perfect tempest
of tyranny, unlawful seizures, savage
reprisals against the rebels and whole
sale arrests.
The vacillation of the Madero admin
istration is also due in part to the
interference of th# numerous pushing
ami greedy relatives of President
Madero. Without any previous train
ing or prestige, these Maderos are
working their way to important posts,
drawing large salaries and setting
themselves up as a sort of
American royal . family. This has
antagonized the people to a great ex
tent.
ARMY IS DISSATISFIED
The army where It is not wholly
inefficient, is dissatisfied. The reforms
promised by Madero have not materi
alized. The pursuit of the rebels is
half hearted and the appearance of a
strong leader among the revolutionists
might be the signal for a revolt by the
army. This would mean Madero's in
stant downfall, of course, as the army
is his only prop.
The public complains that Madero has
substituted the tyranny of the mob
and brigandage for the benevolent des
potism of Diaz, without carrying in
effect the reforms that were promised.
The army is murmuring against its in
creasing and apparently hopeless task
of restoring order and peace.
To sum up the situation, Mexico to
day appears to be the normal Mexico—
the Mexico that will be in turmoil and
anarchy until after a strong man like
Diaz appears to dictate and establish
an artificial policy.
RURAL GUARDS KILLKD
Word was received here of the al
most total annihilation of a detach
ment of rural guards and a number of
women and children in a fight with
Zapatista rebels hear Sultepec yester
day.
The sole survivors of the rurales and
their party—three men and a woman—
straggled into Toluca today. They
said that the detachment of 60 rurales
with a number of women and children
was stationed on a hill near Sultepec
and was surprised by the rebels while
feeding their horses. The rurales
quickly assembled and put up a strong
fight.
According to the survivors, a bloody
battle lasting three hours was fought.
The rebels lost many men and it
seemed as if the rurales might be
victorious, when their ammunition gave
out. The slaughter then began. The
men were quickly killed and many
atrocities were practiced upon the
women and children.
The survivors reported that Major
Flores of the rurales. was treated with
unusual barbarity. His body, they
said, was first chopped to pieces and
then burned.
PHYSICIAN ACCUSED
OF ATTACKING GIRL
[Special Dispatch to The Call] „
SEBASTOPQL, Oct. 6.—Dr. D. W.
Scott, a prominent fraternal man, was
placed under arrest today, charged
with criminal assault. His alleged
victim is a 14 year old schoolgirl.
Scott is accused of having committed
the crime in his office last August, the
girl being a patient under his care.
Shortly after the assault is said to
have been committed »Scott went to
lubican Springs, where he stayed until
his return this morning. His arrest
followed his arrival in Sebastopol.
Scott has been In this section for a
year, coming from San Francisco,
where his mother is said to reside.
A Special , Confection
Called "Home-Made Specials. A sur
prising assortment of delicious home
made candies in each box. Geo. Haas
& Sons' tour candy stores. —Advt
CASTOR IA
For Intuit, aad Children.
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Hawaiian News
Federal Wireless
BIG CELEBRATION
BY PORTUGUESE
Federal Wireless
HONOLULU. Oct. 6. —Fifteen thou
sand Portuguese in the/ Hawaiian
islands are today celebrating the over
throw of the Braganza dynasty and
the establishment of a republican form
of government in their native country.
Nearly all of them came here as •im
migrants for the plantations and large
numbers have become United States
citizens. The celebrations were on a
lavish scale. A De Sotisa Cavannaro,
the Portuguese consul general, enter
tained the most prominent of his
countrymen at a lavish luau tonight.
GREAT HAWAIIAN
RANCH IS SOLD
Federal Wireless
i HONOLULU, Oct. 6.—Adding 146,000
J acres to her already immense private
domain, Mrs. Thelma Parker Smart, the
richest heiress of the Hawaiian islands,
i whose land holdings mount into the
millions in value, has just purchased
the romantic Kahuka ranch for 190.000.
The Kahuka ranch was formerly the
property of Colonel Morris, an erratic,
elderly and somewhat mysterious per
sonage who left it upon his death
two years ago to Charles McComber,
a friend. Not the least interesting
part of the transaction is that notes
held against the late Colonel Norris
by Kmilie D. Herblay, a sweetheart
of his youth, amounting to $40,000 and
for .which she was suing in a New
York court, were settled for $60,000 by
the fortunate devisee, McComber, from
proceeds of the sale just completed.
EIRE DESTROYS
1 TOBACCO CROP
Federal Wireless
HONOLULU. Oct. 6.---The first large
commercial crop of the infant Hawaiian
Tobacco industry was destroyed by
fire last week when the storage sheds
of several companies on Hawaii went
up in smoke. The loss is placed at
$40,000 and includes the value of the
entire 1911 crop, 18,000 pounds of
another company's crop, the product
of the new cigar factory and ferment
ing houses.
BATTLESHIPS GATHER FOR
PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW
NKW YORK, Oct. 6.—Headed by the
Flagship Connecticut, bearing the pen
nant of Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus,
10 warships steamed up New York bay
today, the backbone of the battleship
division in the naval gathering of
which the harbor will be the scene for
the next 10 days. With the flagship
were the battleships Ohio. New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Nebraska, Kansas,
Louisiana, Deleware, Utah and Florida.
The official opening of the program
in connection with the review began
when the mayor's committee and the
reception committee headed by Herman
Bidder and Dr. John H. Finley gave
the city's formal welcome to Rear
Admiral Osterhaus and his men.
Tomorrow Admiral Osterhaus and the
four rear admirals commanding di
visions—Fiske, Usher, Winslow and
Fletcher—will call upon Mayor Gaynor.
The mayor shortly afterward will re
turn the visit.
By the last of the week, the ex
pected total of 127 ships with 28,000
officers and men will be in line for the
three big days of the review, beginning
Saturday and culminating on Tuesday,
October 1&% with a presidential review.
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Iroquois Club Guests Laud
Woodrow Wilson at An
nual Brtakfast
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
FAIRFAX. Oct. 6.—Theodore Roose
velt and his policies were put e.»i the
rack today by the speakers at the
thirtieth annual bulls head breakfast
of the Iroquois club at La Boheme, a
redwood grove in which tables were set
for 200 democrats fioui all parts of the
state.
Woodrow Wilson was made the theme
of every speech. Hfs record in New
Jersey, as governor, as a college presi
dent and as a man was eulogized, and
the sanguine prophecy of every speaker
was that he would he the choice of the
people in November.
The speech making was opened by
Arthur Barendt. president of the club,
i with the introduction of Thomas E.
Hayden. < halrman.
"I know at this time that wo are
| going to he victorious in this cam
! paign," said Hayden, "because the
! democrats realize that this is the year
! for victory. They are becoming active.
"I know that when President Wilson
shall have finished his first four years,
he will not be compelled to say to
any committee appointed to investi
gate the sources of his election fund,
that he did not know that four Ameri
cans contributed practically $600,000,
as in the campaign of 1904."
Hayden introduced Mrs. Arthur
Cornwall as a woman who represented
the largest voting possibility of Cali
fornia.
"When I came into the political
field," said Mrs. Cornwall, "I looked
the candidates over. I saw one little
big man. You know to whom I re
fer. The next man to engage my at
tention was a big little man. His
identity is also obvious. Naturally I
looked further, and that is why I am
here today. My aversion to usurpation
influenced me toward Woodrow Wil
son."
J. O. Davis, chairman of the demo
cratic state central committee, charged
that Roosevelt made war on the In
ternational Typographical union, and
that he made the government printing
office an open shop.
"There is this much that can not
be denied," said Barclay Henley in his
speech: "Roosevelt's first election was
brought by the trusts of the country,
and it cost them over two million dol
lars."
Referring to Roosevelt's atitude to
ward the oriental problem in Califor
nia. Henley said:
"A few years ago there was trouble
in a school at Ross over the attendance
at the institution of Japanese. The
trouble involved a Japanese and an
American girl. Rumors of the affair
reached Washington. What did the
bull moose do with regard to the inci
dent? He immediately, with character
istic ardor, sent a message to congress
recommending that an act be passed
specifically providing for the naturaliz
ation of Japanese. If Roosevelt should
have had his way we would have been
deluged with a mass of swarming yel
low men. He forgot one thing. That
was that he was addressing the Ameri
can people."
Robert M. La Follette was character
ized as one of the greatest figures in
American politics.
"And today," said one of. the speakers,
"*jfe is supporting Woodrow Wilson."
The concluding address was made by
Timothy Tracy, and F. Emerson
Brookes recited a poem entitled "Cali
fornia," written by himself.
RALPH DE PALMA
EXPECTED TO LIVE
Auto Driver Conscious and No
Bones Broken, but Infec
tion Feared
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Oct. fi.— The
condition of Ralph De Palma, who was
injured while driving in the Grand
Prix automobile road race yesterday
when his car hit the machine driven
by Caleb S. Bragg, winner of the race,
is said tonight by physicians to be as
good as can be expected.
De Palma's main Injury consists of
an abdominal puncture and unless in
fection sets in, the chances are bright
for his recovery. The patient is con
scious, but no one is allowed to see
him. No bones were fractured.
De Palma's mechanician, Tom Alley.
left the hospital today. His injuries
consisted of a slight fracture of the
left shoulder.
Toney Scudelari. who accompanied
Bruce-Brown on the practice spin last
Tuesday, which ended in Brown's
death, was conscious today and his
condition is reported favorable.
Bragg issued a statement tonight
giving his version of yesterday's acci
dent. He said:
"De Palma must have been going a
great deal faster than I, and overtak
ing me very rapidly, as it was only a
few seconds after my mechanic tapped
me on the shoulder to let me know that
a car was approaching, that his car
hit the rear of my machine.
"Although I knew some one was
coming. I had not tried to pull to one
side of the course, to let him by, as
there would not have been enough
room for him to pass had I given all
the room 1 could."
SPEAKING WATCH SOON
TO BE PUT ON MARKET
Human Voice Is to Call Out
Hours in Daytime
BERLIN, Sept. 21.—Stock has just
been issued by a German company
which hopes to place on the market a
speaking watch which, instead of
sounding the hour by a bell will shout
out the hour like a human voice. Its
mechanism, is very complicated, hut it
is said that the watch will be able t,.
say "It is 7 o'clock," or, 15 minutes
later, "It is 7:15 o'clock."
Of course It would he rather disturb
ing to be awakened in the middle of
the night by a mysterious something
that shouted at you. "Tt Is 2 o'clock,"
and the inventors have added an ar
rangement whereby the watch can he
silenced at night.
This invention Is not exactly new, as
the satirist, George Christoph-Lk hten
berg (1742-9!)) had a watch which
spoke the words, "Thou art a man." At
15 minutes past the hour it said "Thou."
and at half past "Thou art," and so on,
achieving the full sentence on the hour.
But the invention just announced is a
step further in advance.
FORMER ROADMASTER OP
RAILWAY DROPS DEAD
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SANTA ROSA, Oct. 6.—Patrick Hyde,
73 years old, for 40 years roadmaster
on the Northwestern Pacific, dropped
dead this morning as he was on his
way to 10 o'clock mass. Hyde was
pensioned a year ago. He is survived
by a son, J. J. Hyde, and two daugh
ters, Mrs. Fred Cooper Mrs.
Thomas Minnehan.
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