Newspaper Page Text
DECLARATIONS OF
LIBERTY RINGING
IN LOWER ROUSE
Legislative Financiers Are
Confronted by Puzzling
Problems and Sit
uations
HINT FROM SENATE
IS TURNED DOWN
Scott of San Francisco Has
Acidulous Words for "One
Horse Commissions"
CALL BTTREATX.
SACRAMENTO HOTEL,
Sncrnmentn, January 17.
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
Confronted by an uncertain revenue
situation, extraordinary demands for
special appropriations an<j a lower
house ways and means committee com
posed of new me n determined to pre
serve their Independence at any , cost,
the financiers of the two legislative
houses are preparing to buckle down
to a ihankless and trying task.
A tentative agreement was reached
today, providing for present consid
eration of emergency measures only
and a recess attempt to make the rev
enues and Uhe demands, general and
special, meet.
hid(;et oxly a guiok
It may bo stated definitely that the
budget prepared by the board of con
trol will serve for nothing more than
a guide and possibly a light check upon
thf» work of the finance committee of
the senate and the ways and means
committee of the house.
The temper of the lower house com
mittee was shown this afternoon when
a suggestion from the senate side that
the utmost care taken not to em
barrass the administration met with a
declaration that the lower house did
not propose to be programmed by the
senate. The suggestion came from
Senator Strobridge, chairman of the
finance committee. In a general discus
sion of the situation he inadvertently
stated that the utmost care should be
exercised to the end that the grand
total of appropriations might not serve
to embarrass the legislature and the
administration. The rebuff came from
Innmti of the Sacramento delegation.
DKMAXD TO BE ENORMOUS
The trouble expected from the budget
■will not flow from what »he board of
control lias put in it. but from what has
been left out, The demand for special
appropriations will be enormous. The
chairmen, of the committees and the
more experienced members are fearful
that the estimates made by the board
of control for support of state institu
tions have not been made with sufficient
regard to inevitable growth and in
crease of expenses.
It has been suggested that Senator
Strobridge and Assemblyman Chandler,
chairmen of the respective committees,
make a tour of the institutions during
the recess. It is believed that such an I
investigation would result fn enahling j
the committees to cut the demands 1
made by the institutions without seyri
ously impairing their efficiency.
COM'EUBES AGREE ON WORK
The enactment of all emergency
measures and the consideration of all ]
measures not held up by formal objec- j
tion nrior to the recess will be recom- '
to both houses today. The rec-
is the result of the ani
matPd and not altogether friendly dis
cussion of the bifurcated session plan
now on trial.
Conference committees representing
both houses met this "afternoon and
agreed that the work of the first leg
of the session should be prosecuted as
!f U;cre were no new constitutional
plan. The committees will be asked
to go to work immediately. Bills
refonrnpnded out will be given final
considf-ration, except objection le in
terp.'ffrj by five senators or 10 as
semMymen.
Iri the event of such objection the
under consideration shall be
permitted to go over for final con
sideration after the interegnum.
ixni;i'K\Di:.\rE declarations
The HPsemhly promulgated today two
more declarations of its independence
and it? aversion to taking advice from
the sf-nate.
Incident to the preparation of one
of the declarations, Scott of San Fran
cisco fold his colleagues that the as
sembly and its work were vastly more
important than a lot of one horse state
coramiwlf>nß, and Schmitt of San Fran
cisco was with some pains induced to
suppress n resolution directing- the su
perintendent of the capitol to oust all
the state bureaus, commissions and
what not occupying assembly commit
tee rooms.
Afte; the assembly committee as
signments were made, the lower house
leaders discovered that nearly all the
committee rooms on the assemMy side
of th*- npitol w<*re occupied l>y state
commissions, bureaus and *3epartmpnt
clerks. They went to the 'Senate for
help. The upper house strategists sug
gested that a joint committee of three
members from the finance committee
md three from the ways and menns
I Committee spy out the land, formulate
plan* and then provide ways and
means for the accommodation of both
the legislators and the state officials.
REQUEST LOOSE* STORM
As an evidence of good faith, the
senate appointed its special committee
and requested the assembly to do like-
Wise. The presentation of the request
loosed the storm.
Schmitt and Scott proudly pro
claimed that the time had -arrived for
the assembly to assert itself. Both
resented the impertinence of the upper,
bOuse in suggesting how an assembly
committee should be selected. Scott
assured th<» assembly that the "work
of the legislature is vastly more im
portant than a lot of one horse com
missions,'" and that he would not sub
mit further to senate program. For
one he refused to permit the senate
to help the assembly out of a hole at
price of the assembly's dignity.
Schmitt declared that he entertained
the same sentiments and some even
more pronounced. He had prepared a
resolution of ouster for all the state
departments quartered in rooms for
merly held sacred to assembly com
mittee deliberations. He was coaxed
to withhold his resolution in considera
tion of the assembly"s agreement not
to appoint the committee as suggested
by the senate, but from the body of
the lower house.
The senate meekly accepted the vio
lent slap on the wrist and subse
quently bowed humbly and promised to
be good when its representati\'es vis
ited the w*kys and means committee
and were informed by Inman of Sacra
mento that neither the assembly nor
its committee on ways and means pro
posed to submit to any senate pro
gram. Meanwhile the senate is en
joying all its committee rooms and its
representatives will endeavor to help
the assembly secure partial possession
of the rooms usually assigned to the
lower bouse '
FAIR BILLS INTRODUCED
To Expedite the Work of Builders
„ . 1 , ; ; +
THE CALIi BUREAU, iACRAMEXTO HOTEL, SACRAMEXTO, Jan. 17.
Before the end of next week the
exposition company will be able to
make valid contracts for closing
streets in the exposition site and
for the improvement of property
now owned and controlled by the
city-
Senator Finn introduced a .con
current resolution today providing
for the ratification of seven of the
charter amendments ratified by the
people of San Francisco in Decem
ber. The amendments submitted
for ratification were: No. 1, pro
viding for the exchange of civic
center lands; No. 2, transferring
HOME RULE TAXATION
CAMPAIGN MAKES BOW
Alameda Solon Would Give
Counties Right to Levy
Uniform Taxes
CALL BTTREATT.
SACBAKESTO KOTEX,
Sacramento, January 17.
The home rule taxation campaign
made its formal appearance in the leg
islature today. A&semblyman Gelder
of Alameda county introduced a con
stitutional amendment giving counties
the right to levy uniform taxes and to
exempt personal property except fran
chisee.
The amendment is different in detail
only from the one that was decisK'ely
defeated at the last general election.
Senator Kehoe of Humboldt has
joined the ranks of the crusaders who
would make the Panama-Pacific expo
sition a "dry" show. By a measure
introduced today the Humboldt legis
lator would make it a misdemeanor to
sell or give away intoxicants within
I 150 yards of the exterior boundaries of
the exposition tract. For first offend
ers he provides penalties of a fine not
to exceed $600 or imprisonment for not
more than seven months or both. For
second offenders he fixes a minimum of
$100 fine or one month's imprisonment
(and a sky limit maximum.
STANFORD SWATS ASIATICS
Senator Sanford has adopted an in
genious plan for swatting the Greeks.
Hindus and Asiatics offensive to organ
ized labor and the democracy. He is
sponsor for a bill labeled a measure for
■' the protection of the traveling public,
I which is, in fact, designed to prevent
I the employment of offensive aliens on
railroads and in lumber camps where
steam, gas, electricity or gasoline Iβ
I used for powey. Sanford springs his
I attack through a mandatory provision
! for the selection by employers of a
j common language that every employe
i can speak, read and write intelligibly.
I Failure to obey the ■ mandates of the
bill renders the employer liable to fines
ranging from $100 to $300.
The initiative, referendum and recall
provfeions of the constitution are in
for revision if Assemblyman Frank
; Smith of Oakland successfully prose
cutes his plans. He is sponsor for a
constitutional amendment revising up
ward the percentages required to in
voke them.
I DEMANDS MORE SIGNATURES
Smith would increase the number of
signatures required to validate a recall
petition from 12 to 3n per cent of the
whole number of votes cast at the pre-
I ceding general election. He purposes to
I lift the initiative percentage from 8 to
! 15. and for the referendum from 5 to 10.
I The Oakland man says that in view of
i the fact that a 70 per cent vote is an
I average poll, the direct legislation peti
tion percentages prescribed by the con
stitution are, in fact, much smaller than
they appear to be.
Assemblyman Henry "Ward Brown of
I San Mateo has rolled up his sleeves and
i started on.the warpath after the mis
• creant, nepotism. He sounded his first
! warning note today with the introdur
j tion of a bill prohibiting any state or
! county officer from employing a relative
! in the transaction of official business.
FAIR ENTERTAINERS
MAY BE SACRIFICED
•»
CALL BUREAU.
SACRAMENTO HOTEL,
Sacramento, January 17.
The cafe cantatrice and the female
rabaret entertainer are nominated for
sacrifice under the wheels of the latest
reform Juggernaut car put in motion
by Assemblyman Harry Polsley of Red
Bluff.
Polsley has discovered that the dis
ciplining of the fish and game com
mission does not fully occupy his legis
lative time. "Wherefore he is going to
clean up the cafes, where he insists
wild ducks should be sold, but with
out the ppice of feminine entertain
ment, vocal or otherwise.
To accomplish his purpose he would
submit a constitutional amendment pro
hibiting the employment of females in
all fAncex where intoxicating liquors
are sold. That goes for cooks and
waitresses as well as entertainers.
OREARMS TRAFFIC
1 TO BE REGULATED
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—Regula
tion of the traffic in firearms is pro
vided in a bill brought here today by
Percy V. Long, city attorney of San
Francisco, and introduced by Senator
A: E. Boynton of Oroville.
The bill prohibits altogether the pos-
I session by persons under Iβ of all ftre
| arms. Including toy pistols, and of
weapons of offense such as blackjacks
and sandbags.
It also provides for the registration
of purchasers of such weapons, and
makes their illegal possession a misde
meanor, except that where any person
I convicted of a felony is found to have
{ them, or any person in a place where
' liquor is sold, or any person is twice
convicted of having them unlawfully.
■ the offense becomes a felony.
The city of San Diego, having com-
J pjeted certain harbor Improvements
I without going into debt, asks the re-
I peal of the law which authorized a bond
I issue for them in a bill introduced by
Senator Leroy A. Wright.
Winter Sporte at Tracks*
Spend the weekend at Truckee and
enjoy the good sleighing, skating, to
bogganing and skiing. For those using
toboggans, a cable wiil'be used to haul ,
them back to top of hill. Good hall;
dancing and music every Saturday
! night. Reduced fare, limited to return
10 days from date of sale. See agents
' Southern Pacific—Advt.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY IS, 1913.
the control of streets witnin tne
exposition tract to the exposition
company; Nos. 18, 19 and 20, con
stituting a new organic code for
the, financing of street improve
ments; No. 30 v providing for a
bureau of supplies; and No. 31, em
powering the police commission to
initiate investigations.
Assemblyman Canepa introduced
a bill providing for the exchange
of a lot at Fulton and Polk streets
owned by the state for lands in the
civic center tract, to enable the
consummation of the plan to erect
a state building in the civic center.
CASSIDY WOULD HAVE
WIFE BEATERS WHIPPED
San Francisco Senator Sug
gests 6 Thong Knout arid
Presence of Witnesses
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—Senator Cas
sidy of San Francisco put in two bills
jointly providing for a whipping post
for wife beaters. The bills provide a
six thong whip, to be "well laid on"
from six to 30 timeg. where men are
convicted of wife beating. Twelve rep
utable citizens are to witness the whip
ping, which is to be done by the sheriff
or his deputy, and to certify that it is
well done.
Among other bills were:
By Hand—For an armory at Oakland,
$250,000.
By Finn—Ratifying amendments to
the charter of the city and county of
Pan Francisco.
FOR MORE JIDGES HERE
By Regan—For four more superior
court judges in San Francisco.
By Shanahan—For care of the U. S. S.
Portsmouth if the navy department
gives it to the state.
By Grant—For the curtailing of im
moral resorts by injunction; raising the
limit sentence for pandering from five
to fifty years.
By Larkins—Providing that in recla
mation districts voting shall be on the
basis of benefits paid for, and not on a
land holding basis as now. and that
county treasurers shall be compensated
for handling this business.
By Juilliard—Providing that all man
ufactured articles of food or those con
tained in packages shall carry on the
carton or wrapper the name and ad
dress of manufacturer or packer.
AMENDING TENEMENT ACT
By Grant—Amending the tenement
house act to provide larger air spaces
within and without buildings.
By Campbell—Establishing a police
court at San Luis Obispo.
By Jones—Admitting to the bar with
out examination graduates of the law
department of the University of Santa
Clara. Graduates of the state univer
sity. Stanford and the University of
Southern California now have this
right.
By Jones—That the testimony of hus
band against wife, or vice versa, is ad
missible where either disturbs the peace
of the other.
By Birdsall—Making shores of lakes,
where land is uncultivated, public high
ways for fishing. This now applies to
rivers and streams.
By Lyon—For publicity for invest
ment corporations
Committee meetings probably will
begin Monday.
BILLS INTRODUCED
IN LOWER HOUSE
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—Physical
qualifications for marriage are pro
posed in a bill introduced today by
Assemblyman Victor J. Canepa of San
Francisco.
A bill providing for the establish
ment of state employment offices in
eight cities was introduced today by
Assemblyman H. W. Brown of San
Meteo county. The offices are to be
under the direction of the commis
sioner of the state bureau of labor
statistics. First class offices are to be
maintained in San Francisco and Los
Angeles and offices of the second class
in Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno, Stock
ton, San Diego and Bakersfield.
SENATORIAL CHANGE NOTED
The direct election of United States
senators was brought to the notice of
the assembly today by the receipt from
congress and the United States sen
ate of the resolution passed by them
submitting the matter to the legisla
tures of the various! states.
Assemblyman "Wyllle introduced a
bill appropriating $32,278.50, to be
used, with a like sum appropriated by
the war department, for a survey of
the San Joaquin river above Stockton
iup to a point near Herndon relating to
irrigation and navigation improve
ments.
Other bills introduced were as fol
lows:
By Green—Establishing police courts in cities
of the sixth class.
By White —Diminishing the number of superior
judges In Shasta county from two to one.
By Kills—Making the maximum school tax $1
on $100.
By I.lbby—Appropriating $">.OOO for the restora
tion of Port Ben. So-iorua .■•■initr.
B.t Johnson —Establishing a uniform system of
conrty and township Kovernment*.
By Johnston*—Making the malicious use of ex
plosiTfn a felony.
(KMKTERIBS' REMOVAL BILL
By Scott —Permitting cities to more ceme
teries
By I'olsiey —Tehama county goremment bill.
By Johnson—Relrohursptnent of eomitie* ros
talnlng loss of rerenue under constitutional
amendment No. 1.
By Cinema —Requiring railroads to furnish free
lndiVidnal drinking cups.
By Clurk—Appropriating $50,000 for building
at home for "blind.
By Killlngsworfh—Empowering cities and coun
ties t<. erect hnilding to be used Jointly.
By Smith-—Constitutional amendment* amend
ing the InltlatlTe. rrferendnni and recall.
By Tolaley—Constitutional amendment prohib
iting women from handling liquor or being pres
ent where liquor Is wold.
By Moorebouse —Imperial county goTernment
bill.' _
D ATTLE IS ON TO
D SAVE ASSAY OFFICE
CALL BUREAU.
SACRAMENTO HOTEL.
Sacrnmrnto, January 17.
A fight to prevent the abolition of
the assay office at the San Francisco
mint was started today by Senator
CaminettS.
The Amador senator introduced a
joint resolution formulating the protest
of the California legislature against
the discontinuance of the mint assay
offices and the San Francisco office par
ticularly.
Caminetti said that the proposition,
supported by a recommendation from
the secretary of the treasury, was
again before congress, and that imme
diate and vigorous action was neces
sary to save the San Francisco office.
CONFERENCE TO
COME TO RELIEF
OF CITRUS MEN
Estimates of Freeze Damage
and Funds Required at
Once to Be Presented
by Bankers
CALL BUBEAU.
SACBAMENTO HOTEL,
Sacramento, January 17.
A number of r'epreeentat'ive bankers
from southern California are expected
in the city tomorrow morning to con
fer with Governor Johnson regarding
the amount of money needed from the
state treasury for the relief of citrus
fruit growers whose crops were de
stroyed by the freeze last week.
The governor sent invitations to 100
southern bankers, asking them to pre
sent estimates of the damage done and
the funds required immediately.
At a meeting of Chambers of Com
merce In the frozen districts this week
a resolution was passed asking , for the
immediate transfer of $3,000,000 from
the state treasury to southern Cali
fornia banks, to be loaned to the
growers. This sum probably will be
asked by the hankers tomorrow.
COUTHERN BANKERS
O DISCUSS SITUATION
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.—50 far as
could be learned tonight, the initiative
in the matter of state aid for the banks
in the citrus belt was taken wholly at
Uie state capital without consulting the
bankers. A number who were inter
viewed tonight asserted that no relief
from the state was required or asked.
In various sections of the citrus
country which suffered severely from
the recent frost financiers were unani
mous in declaring that their corre
spondents in Los Angeles and San
Francisco were able and willing to
provide any extra funds that may be
required because of possible heavy
drafts upon their banks by growers
who required money to tide them over
until the next crop.
At San Bernardino the bankers of
that city held a meeting today to dis
cuss the invitation of Governor John
son, and it was decided that there
would be no representation from San
Bernardino at the proposed meeting.
Bankers throughout the citrus belt
were almost unanimous in declaring
that they had been assured of all the
funds needed, and that any proposition
to divert state funds to their banks
was unnecessary.
MAN WASN'T REPSOLD;
PLAIN CHICKEN THIEF
Arnied Powie In Auto Surround* Cabin !
and Capture* Raider of Roosts
of Adjacent Ranch
iSpecial Dispatch to The Call)
SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 17.— A chicken
thief hiding in a deserted cabin on the
beach at BolLn-as bay furnished another
false alarm tonight in the chase for
Repsold. the convict, who recently es
caped from San Quentin, until a visit
by Warden Hoyle, Sheriff J. J. Keating
and a number of guards in an automo
bile dispelled the theory.
The man took possession of the cabin
last Saturday and started out to make
a living by capturing chickens at the
nearby Silver ranch. Aroused by the
disappearance of birds from their hen
roosts, the ranchers finally discovered
his presence.
Today they notified the penitentiary
and a heavily armed posse started out,
expecting that a battle might ensue
with Repsold. The result was ludicrous.
Surrounding the cabin, they ordered its
occupant to come out. Instead of the
convict a badly scared hobo appeared,
beseeching the posse not to shoot him.
HUNTER PROBABLY DEAD
Vallejo Man, Finding Overturned Skiff,
Believes Partner Is Victim
VALLEJO, Jan. 17.— R. J. Clancy, 21
years old, is believed to have been
drowned yesterday while hunting sev
eral miles up the Napa river. Harry
Hall, his companion, who returned to
Vallejo today, said he had found
Clancy's skiff overturned after hearing
a shot. The body has not been found.
ENTIRE FAMILY ELOPES
F«ur Children Accompany Wife and
Her Affinity
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
DIXON, Jan. 17.—Kite Vaca eloped
yesterday with the entire family of
Bartoi Penunery. Penunery was away
from home when Vaca drove up in a
double seated carriage for Mrs. Penun
ery. They went to the schoolhouse and
took the four Penunery children also.
DIES UNDER LOAD OF HAY
Minnesota Fanner Suffocated When
Sled Overturns Into Ravine
LAKE CITY, Minn., Jan. 17.—
Michael Reister, 50 years old, a farmer,
was suffocated today under a load of
hay when his sled overturned and
plunped into a ravine 50 feet below the
highway.
LETTER GHOST OF PAST
Mall for Pioneer Who Died Twenty
Year* Ago
DIXON, Jan. 17.—Postmaster Newby
Is in receipt of a letter addressed to a
pioneer who died 20 year's ago. The
letter came from a North Carolina town
and was sent to Silveyville, a postofflce
abandoned 45 years ago.
REBEKAH LODGE INSTALLS
SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 17.—The installa
tion of the new officers of Golden Star
Rebekah lodge No. 112, last night
was attended by three of the officers
of the State Rebekah , c assembly.
Speeches were made by Mrs. Jean Ea
gan, grand president; Mrs. M. C. Don
ohue, grand secretary, and Mrs. Hulda
Dreschler, grand district deputy.
The following officers were installed
by the district deputy: Mrs. Grace
Langford, past noble grand; Mrs. Myr
tle Lamareaux. noble grand; Mrs.
Eleanor Cheda, vice noble grand; Mrs.
Vltta Murray, secretary, and Mrs. Car
rie Perry, treasurer.
ABSINTHE IS DESTROYED
Following a general search of the
saloons of the city on Thursday to see
that all absinthe was destroyed ac
cording to the |ew federal regulation
forbidding its *&le, federal Inspectors
visited all the large hotels and cafes
of San Francleco yesterday. No ab
sinthe was found in any of the hotels,
but in several large cafes bottles of
it were confiscated and destroyed. The
law went into effect last October, but
allowed till the first of this year for
old stock to be disposed of.
Truant Husband Aided
Mrs. Mott Sends Money
Mrs. Frances Heweti Bowne, who pas followed half way round the
world bx> Hector Fuller, the emissary of the millionaire father of /. Lawrence
Mott 111, with whom she had eloped in an endeavor to separate the two.
Wife of Eloping Man Helps
Him for Child's
'Sake
(Speriil Dispatch to The Call)
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Mrs. Jordan L.
Mott 111, whose husband, the son of
the millionaire iron merchant, eloped
with Mrs. Frances Hewitt Browne
about a year ago, said tonight that she
would not deny a story that she had
given her husband financial aid since
he left her. Mott, when last heard
from, was in Hongkong, China.
Mrs. Mott listened very carefully to
the financial aid story as it has been
in circulation. Then she said she did
not care to discuss her husband.
"Will you deny the story?" she was
asked.
"I will not deny it," replied Mrs.
Mott.
She was asked whether she was con
templating a suit for divorce. To this
question she said:
"I am not just now. I do not care
to discuss things relating to my hus
band or to myself. I have a child, and
to say things about him or myself
would not do the child any good. I
am very sorry this story about my
sending money to my husband has got
around. But I will not deny it."
STANFORD GRADUATES
GIVEN THEIR DEGREES
Sixty-two Bachelors of Arts and Seven
Advanced Master* of Arts Will
Receive Diplomas In May
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 17.
Registrar O. L. Elliott announced to
day the names of the graduates who
received their degrees last semester.
Sixty-two were made bachelors of arts,
while seven others were given the ad
vanced master of arts degree. As no
graduation exercises are held at the
end of the fall semester, the new gradu
ates will have to wait for their diplo
mas until the regular graduation ex
ercises in May.
Those to receive degrees were, by
departments, as follows:
Bachelor of arts: Greek—Mies Mabel Adella
Brekke. Lr>« Altus. Germanic Languages—Mlsa
Ellison WUhelmina Bodley, Palo Alto; Mrs. Alice
Chalfant Allen, Stanford university; Miss Ger-
Irude Hilda Dnnipace. Morgan HIU; Mies Fa any
Elizabeth Putcamp, Oakley. Romanic languages
—Mtse Helen Elizabeth Bobarrell. San Diego;
Miss Agnes Ocilla Yoch, Santa Ana. English—
Mlet) Eleanor Frances Burkham, San Francieco;
Miss Marjorfe Montague, Chicago. 111. Educa
tion—Ml*« Emma Elizabeth BUner, San Jose;
Jamee Walter Jones. La Porte; Harrison Morton
Lake. San Francißco. History—Walter Everett
Barnard. Worcester, Mast.: Mies Helen Coch
rane, San Francisco; Miss Ruth Melissa Grlppen,
San Diego: Miss Olire Marion Davidson. Colma:
Samuel Montgomery Haslett, Alameda; Miss
Ruth Hutcbinson. Loe Angeles; Frederick Mon
ro* Johnson, San Francisco; Miss Mailge Rose
Kenui, Sausallto; Miss Sbeda Amy Lowman, Los
Angeles; Mies Katherlne Barbera Lut«, Santa
Ana; Miss Helen Neal, Belmont: Miss Cbettanna
Maud Nesblt, Vallejo; Willard Hodges Newman.
San Piego; Miss Florence Jennings Orr, San
Francisco: Miss Fanny Belle Rankin, Petalnma;
Willis Eufene Talboy, Palo Alto; Miss Alice
Caroline Weyse. I/w Angeles. Economies—Ray
mond Richard Halls, Santa Barbara; John Syd
ney Johnson, Marshalltown, la.: Miss Mabel
Newcomer, Palo Alto; l>roy Edwin Taylor, Palo
Alto. Prelegal — Chester Leroy Coffin, Reno.
Nev.; Percey Douglas Fawcett. Tacoma; Wads
worth Grlffln, Vallejo. Graphic arts—Ernest
Bruce Nelson, San Jose. Chemistry — Edwin
Reginald Harding. San Bernardino; Paul Marts
Levy. San Francisco: Zeno Ostenberg. San Jose.
Physiology and histology—Charles Ernest yon
Gehlern San Francisco; Clyde T. Wetmore, Hol-
Heter; Miss Elsa Will. Rochester. N. Y. Ento
mology—Warren Lweke Smith, Ferndale. Geology
and mining—Carl Hugh Beal. Palo Alto; William
Conrad Gshrmann, Davenport, la.; Bernard Har
old Lasky, San Francisco; Harrey Parmalee,
Santa Barbara;. Civil engineering—Floyd Crom
well Brown. Seltna; Edward Jamee Cnllen. Gil
roy; Clarence Bernard Goodwin. Sunnyvale;
Charle* Stewart Grace, Rivera; Norman Mar
shall Halcombe, San Francisco: Robert Patchen
Miller, Loe Angeles: Roger Wolcott Olmeted.
Loe Angelee: Burroughs Agin Stephenson. Loe
Altoe. Mechanical engineering — Clarence P.
Campbell, Los Angeles: Wallace Rolland Finney,
Modesto: Augustus Mudge Sanborn, Redlands.
Electrical engineering — Clarence Cannon Arga
brite Ventura; Gustsv Wade, Naples.
Master of arts: German—Mien Elsie Louise
Whittetnort Alhambra. Education — William
Samuel Marten, San Jose. History—Miss Emma
Howse Kudo. Chemistry—William John Van
Slcklen Caetleton. Can. Mechanical engineer—
Dexter Simp*™ Kimball. Ithaca, N. Y. Doctor
ot Jurisprudence—Emmett Rose Fertig, Nobles
vllle, Ind.; Frank Louie Guerena. Sonora; Fred
erick Bertram Wood, Palo Alto. Doctor of
philosophy (physiology department) — Samuel
Stillman Berry, Redlands.
CHICAGO SHORT OF FUNDS
General Assembly Asked to Author!**
92,700,000 Bomd Isaac
CHICAGO, Jan. 17.—Chicago is facing
the most critical period in its history
because of a depleted municipal treas
ury, according to Mayor Harrison, who
announced today that an immediate
appeal would be made to the Illinois
general assembly for legislation au
thorizing a $2,700,000 bond issue.
Recently the salaries of all city em
ployes were cut 20 per cent, but the
city still is confronted with a shortage
of more than $2,600,000 on this year's
budget.
The shortage of funds Is the result
of a recent supreme court decision
holding constitutional a law , which re
duced the city's revenue.
CLEARANCE SALE
Desks, Chairs
and Tables
Library Bureau
Wentworth & Boyce
Distributers
517 Market St.
NITRATE OF SODA
THE BIG CROP BUILDER
The Nitrogen In Nitrate of Soda is immediately available for plant
food, it being already nitrated.
Nitrate of Soda t- 11 loosen the potash, which abounds in our soil,
making it do its part in crop stimulation.
A GIANT FERTILIZER
200 to 400 pounds an acre will stimulate your orchard in perfect man
ner. Smaller amounts can be used for vineyards and vegetable land.
100 to 200 pounds per acre will be sufficient for hay lands. Nitrate
of Soda assures a perfect crop. You are sure to win. The percentage of
increase will be beyond your fondest dreams..
NITRATE AGENCIES COMPANY
ARTHUR L. WVLLIB, District Manager
518-519-520 Bank of San Jose Building
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
BULLETS RAIN ON
LINER SAN JUAN
IN MEXICAN PORT
Assistant Engineer Wounded
in Treacherous Affront to
American Flag in Aca
pulco Harbor
"GRINGO" HATING
DRUGGIST GUILTY
Shooting for "Practice, ,, Ex
planation Made; Passengers
Narrowly Escape Injury
The Pacific Mall liner San Juan, rap
tain Frazler, which arrived yesterday
from the lower coast, was fired on
while lyinj? at anchor in Acapulco
harbor on its outward voyage. The
decks were crowded with passengers.
One bullet bored a hole in the back
and side of First Assistant Engineer
Lewis Gordon. Another was found im
bedded in the bulkhead of the purser's
office. A third bullet traversal
athwartship alleyway and narrow;;.
missed the already wounded engineer.
Two other bullets hit different parts of
the ship.
A complaint was lodged with Ameri
can Vice Consul Penguin, who is a
Mexican. The Investigation that fol
lowed resulted in the arrest of Doctor
Avilie, a "gringo" hating druggist in
business there. He admitted firing the
shots, but declared that he was shoot
ing - for practice. It is said that sev
eral of the shots were fired by ft
prominent army officer, but that no of
ficial notice has bee* taken of hit
alleged share in what is believed to
have been a deliberate Insult to the
American flag.
DEPOSITIONS ARE TAKEX
A magistrate boarded the Fliip ?n'l ,
took the deposition of the wound* I
engineer and of other officers. A re
port of the affair was forwarded t<
Washington.
The shooting occurred about R
o'clock p. m., December 23. When t : c
San Juan called at Acapuleo 10 da: ?
ago Doctor Avilis was at liberty unric
bonds and, as far as the people of the
San Juan could learn, the state depart
ment at Washington had taken no ac
tion in the matter.
FLEE FROM BANDITS
The day the San Juan left Acapufco,
homeward bound, about 40 native fami
lies came into the town and reported
that they had been forced to lea\ c
their homes in the interior to escape
the bandits that were ravaging the
country. It was a few days after this
1 that Consul Edwards appealed to
Washington for a warship to protect
foreign residents from the bandits who
had threatened to attack Acapuloo.
Captain Frazler reports everything
quiet at Nicaragua, where the Buffalo
is still stationed and where about 500
United States marines are ashore doing
police duty.
Cruiser Off to Acapuleo
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 17.—The cruiser
Denver, under orders to proceed to
Acapuleo to care for American inter
ests, steamed out of the harbor short
ly before 6 o'clock this evening and
began her voyage southward. DurltiT
the day the cruiser took on 500 tons
of coal from the collier Justin. The
coaling, which began at 8 a. m., was
completed at 5 p. m. Just before the
Denver sailed her crew was rein
forced by a draft of 25 enlfsted men
who arrived by train today. They
came from the great lakes training
station, North Chicago. The Denver,
wfren she left, carried 295 enlisted men
and 15 officers.
3
