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BAD NAUHEIM,' May, 23.— The ] dilation
of Secretary Hay's heart ; the ; functional
disorder \ for which* he - came l here % to\be
treated; has,- according to Professor, Gro-^
del. : entirely, disappeared. ; The professor.
oronouncesiHayja.well'niatt ".-;. .;, . rrf
aiormons .. Buy Vermont \u25a0 Land.
t SOUTH; ROTALTON. ,VL. May 3.—Th«
trustees of ; the; Mormon Church at Salt
Lake ' City ; have purchased forty acres oi
farm I land ' in \u25a0 this ; town • where they i will
erect 5 a shrine and < cottage
on i the • site of s the , birthplace , et . Joaepa
Smith, - founder, of their faitlW
. - PITTSBURGH May/. ') 2S.i--The' •; long 1 -"
talked-df3OhiOKßiverVand"?Lake^Erle
ship canal' is to' become "a.reality, at last,'
through private] capital.'- The
ing? is \u25a0? to ibe) put^throughl byJ.Plttsburg
nien.'ii who] have formed ' a: company^, with
a ;capitaKof J;: $2,625.000,^ whlch^ will be
IncfeasedUors3o,ooo,ooo.- - r r '\u25a0" '' :
Ohio i River- Lake Erie" Canal.
GERMAX DOCTOR CONSIDERS
Z SECRETAttY HAY! i A ' WELL MAN
MAY.-CONTESTA DECISION.
America :' Objects ' to ' Classification 'of
.:..'' ';--S''^Cotton*asV.C<mtraband."-'-C\ i .\u25a0 '
WASHINGTON/; ' Mays 23.— In^^». fcabling
the » State Department £i that t. the ; s hlj^
court 'of | the?Admlralty; at I St^j Petersburg
has reversed the declslon/of the VVladlvos-
Jose Miguel Gomez is 50 years of ' age
a»;d a native of Santa Clara province. He
r.-i rMcJpated in the I two; great revolutions.
in the first he reached the rank of major
:tn<J in the second. was major. general. He
v.-as cne of the Commissioners sent to
Washington to advise \u25a0as to a practical
rod hod' for dissolving the revolutionary
army. .He was selected a delegate to \u25a0 the
constitutional, convention . and- partici
pated in the work of the convention- He
was /selected Governor of Santa "Clara
province and when his ; term ' expired he
was elected as " a • Republican, or Con
eervatlve. ;^9HHBHBSSS£iBREtt
HAVANA. May 23.— Th« National Lib
eral Convention to-day nominated Jose
Miguel Gomez, Governor of Santa' Clara
province, for President, and Alfredo
Zayas for Vice President. Gomez re
ceived 103 out of the 103 votes cast, the
full membership of the convention num
bering 150. General Masso received one
vote. There were five blank ballots and
these were presumably cast by the Nunez
dclegates.^oll • .
; : CHEFU, ; Tuesday, V; May V: 2 3. v—Forty
four.? lunatic '\u25a0 Russian t sailors ;' and ITi sol-^
diers*;from^Portr*'Arthur,tC(includingr|a'
violently, insane \u25a0 lieutenant {who.was k oh ;
the ? Sevastopol^during : \the]: siege, 1^ ar-'
rived here ;to-day ; andiwere. transferred
to -the-,- Russian £ improvised^ hospital
ship Whampoa; v.underj the7 British* flag,'
for transportation^ direct \toi Odessa:"; '"4*; 1 :
(Ai/The ': condition! of I Insane men > va
ries ;; f fom ;at mild I melancholy;:^ ; \u25a0to the"
4 violent?state.^Many' rjsf<r j5f< these "leases
are" the result ofjtb.e^long.iricafceratloh 1
;6f 5 sick '; men % in";' hospitals ** the
:terrojrjofithej;sle&e^v Some 'areTthie^ re
sult Vof * scurvy. *: an d / the i condition of
i others V is ;; due Hto j'the^ terrific^ nervous
' strain '>'.- of >? continuous j'lbombardments
; arid « incessant* service, 'i. All \ of j the \ men
ar e >: apparently.^ physical \\ wrecks.- ';"/.': ".;
Taken From ; ; Port Arthur.
Lunatic . Rnnslan Soldiers and '" Sailors
Select Him as Candidate for
President of the
Bepublic.
CUBAX LIBERAXS
XOMIXATE GOMEZ
PITIABLE VICTIMS - OP .' SIEGE.
NEW YORK, > May 23.— Through the
carelessness of a street sweeper, who
threw a lighted match .beneath v the
$10,000 touring automobile owned by Mrs.
Howard Gould, which was left standing
in front of a garage at Thirty-third street
and Fifth avenue shortly after s 6 o'clock
to-night, the • expensive machine w ; as
partly wrecked by an explosion and then
almost consumed by . the burning gaso
line that escaped from Its tanks.' . The
force of the explosion startled : diners ]in
the ,; Waldorf- Astoria; j who . rushed \u25a0\u25a0 to : the
windows ; and into the street," fascinated
by the pillars of * flames which; were
wrapped around the perishable' material
in the automobile. ; .
From .the Waldorf-Astoria a fire alarm
was sent in. When.the: engines and other
apparatus were' arriving, Fifth avenue,
always filled with vehicles oi all descriu
tions -• at , that P hour,-, became V congested.
Drivers of " carriages containing ' persons
of wealth; and prominence sought to es
cape- the fast \ coming fire \u25a0 engines. The
police* prevented a : stampede and ; finally
cleared the street 1 for. the .' apparatus;
which soon had ; the \ (lie . subdued: \ The
costly machine was : a wreck. v \u25a0 ; '
, In . rushing : to . the 'I fire ; an 'i engine : horse
was Instantly killed '\u25a0 by. being v driven
"against an elevated' railroad- pillar. In",or
der to'avold running down an old woman
and a boy. . - . .; •• :\u25a0 : W
*\u25a0\u25a0 Mrs. i Davidson } said •; that ;: she \u25a0,' remon
strated; "with^her^ husband, -and that he
said / that^; hefcould '; : xiotV helpV himself.
Her.-, husband ; had ; been? drinking.: at an
increasihgrirate, r especially- since
ary ,'f and- she ff ears ' he may /"oommit; su I
clde/": She ' says> that ,he v hadiursred 1 ; her
to] get \ a Vdi vorce,"j but :. that ; she \will '". re
'mainv Mrs. > DavidsonT^SS^^l^g;.; /
Mrs. < Davidson : : also [' says : that Miss
Laura -Banning:., Noyes,.,' L a R beautiful
, trained I nurse", •; has ; , left ] the ; city/ i: . Miss
Noyes is a brunetteif about six 1 ; feet .tail,,
and is ' a friend 'of Ifcvldson?? According
to ? Mrs.l Davidson;- her husband and' Miss
i>.oyes \u25a0 have \\ been ',, seen {'frequently h in
public' placesjrecently.vTheyJ have been
noticed drivingJih' David. Hill ;Park,'?she
says,^ and have been > seen \ at ; luncheon
infthe;fashio"nable'hotels. ' M •
i Mrs. Davidson, declared , that her*hus
band had , converted \ all of r his property
—about \ $175,000 .; in '. stocks . and bonds—
into cash. . ,: Her> ; announcement caused
the iibiggest > surprise" here ; since Mayor
Robert M. ; McLane ; shot ; himself.'? •' .
turn home.
\u25a0 I BALTIMORE, ; ; Md., # May .;\u25a0 S S.-T-Mrs.
Robert ' C. Davidson, wife of a former
Mayor of ..this [city, .who has been'pirom
lnent • in \u25a0 financial, ' political and Baptist
church ;, circles,*? announoed to-day j that
her' husband had disappeared. ; She said
that he sailed for' Europe*: last Wednes-*
day and -that" he' 1 ; did riot intend *to re-
Special Dlspetch to The CalL
Special Dispatch to Th« CalL
Match Thrownby Street
Sweeper Causesf an;
Expl6sion.T \u25a0
Robert C. Davidson
"Disappears From
Baltimore.
discussion Jon^ the
Involved t took I place j between Judge I Law-
PLEADS: OVER AGAIX.
The! two lawj-ers,-. Barnardand rßarrett,'
left ; the] courtroom! 'aiid ) afterl a -brief \u25a0 con
sultation", returned ''and '-. asked ! that~ Smith
.beK'cailed.^agaln.*^ The "5 defaulter^, .was
brbughtfdown fromithe'City iPrison.' 1 ""
; U The $ prisoner f started i back slightly * as
though [ a n; blow~ had < been ; struck . at himi
and * bis \u25a0 face j' ghastly. • ' He ; had i been
toldiWhat^to^expect,^but,'when'hQ}heard
the Jwords" 3 ! spoken ;he I could ; not. help • be
trayingi to' some 'extent -the* fact that they
struck; deep."',' , \u25a0 r \u0084; ".,: - . t
J?J,'Now ; I .will -i proceed * with : the second
judgmeriti'* '.continued \il j udge ;~ Lawlor,"
."with :the . understanding j that 'the : sen
\u25a0terices^run/cbncurreritly;';.' ' ,;_. -.> :
>. 'Attorney, • Barrett "% interrupted, > holding*
. that] if ,', the": sentences -were > passed \ at , the
same '% time '| they? could * not 5 run ; concurr
ren tly ; j and ; asked I a ,' continuance 1 until * 2
o'clockl'ViThis granted, \u25a0\u25a0 and * Smith
wasi r ordered : 'into": the custody ; of - the
Sheriff." ,V .'v.J, .. \u0084' .'.'j : : ' .
-.^"That.jbelng; your- request I. will pro
ceed-to pass sentence \u25a0 at -.once.", said
Judgo Lawlor. "Under section 1131 of the
Penal .-. Code ; sentence cannot be -passed
within' two days afters the defendant's
plea ;"of. r gullty.: has ibeen: entered without
consent of Ithe v defendant.,. But tas .you
waive/ t the i statutory; allowance" of time I
will' proceed-, to ! sentence. • Edward \ J.
Smith, " stand up ; for • sentence." f
•«* A." shadow : crossed . Smith's , face'as of • a
look of .agony, i but) It; faded quickly. He
lowered • his eyes ; and '• waited.
continued: fOn April .27.
1905, \u25a0-,'. were \ Indicted ', by the - Grand
Jury^of .thlaxityiand county for, the crime
of 'i. embezzlement^ to", wit, . the" misappro
priation of public funds of which you had
charge.' ' On .May 1 17. ; 1905, . y0u r were;ar
ra igr.ed , - ; but -on - motion ; of ' your ' counsel
ther'case was/continued > till .'May, ,23/
Here; to-day .: you \ have j pleaded ;. guilty. ,
\u25a0^VThe", penalty.^ provided I by ' law " for the
misappropriation; of funds Intrust-:
ed :- tot; an^ornclal's ;care .is;,a ; term" not
less ilhanVoneT or ? more thah^. ten years;
! Edward f J.".: Smith/,; the f judgment "\u25a0 of I the
law/andlthe sentence of 'this court is that
you'; be ; confined } In • the State \u25a0• prison ' in
Folsom, for 'ten, years.' 1 . ... '
--'/May • it ., please: ; the court," . . Attorney
Barrett \ spoke ; up, '."we ask for imme
diate v sentence ;, in • these cases.- • We y are
prepared iand' stand ready to receive sen
tence. "S^^S99fi9E9BHBBH9Q9BSOBB|
REL\DY, FOR SE>*TE»*C£.
ings i and whispers of the .court hangers
on, but;. he,- remained- motionless as a
statue.. . mSBSSUBSSBSBSm ,'• \u25a0 \u25a0'
6ran<i J^§|^4KB?XBflfe sports to Uncover
(^-Gons^ra
*-V Andrews *. is confident : that -In .time ,ha
will get evidence to implicate Smith's ct>i
conspirators. . v 4i
. "Smith , did not spend all . the money
he] took. | That would be imposalble^ Be
garding ithe . first , shortasa, ; $165,000 ,is a
large. sum to-be raised in: a day. , It could
not \u25a0_ be squandered in a ' few
elther.SflHßflHß!
•.T Vlt 'is * a hard . undertaking.", declared
Andrews, "but the conspiracy '.did exist.
.We are sure of It- _ It is the" Grand Jury's
s duty •to run \u25bait down and we will keep
at'itl :, \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- .
He realized that he was down and out,
helpless, disgraced and alone. Mechanic
ally he strode from the * courtroom' be
tween the two ' attorneys," trying to , the
last to assume an attitude 'of unconcern,
but the effort was a ghastly one. Ha was
taken to the Broadway Jail to await
transportation to Folsom.
One of the parting shots of Judgo Law
lor rang in his ears as : he passed out:
"A person so convicted may never again
hold a .position of honor m . the State or
hold any position of . public trust."
- Nobody visited the criminal ; last night.
His brothers.* who had been : with him
through all hl3 ' ups and • downs, did not
make their appearance yesterday \u25a0at all.
The .woman whom he had wronged moat
of all— bis wife— did not go near him.
- Folsom prison was Smith's own " selec-f
tion. At one time he held an honorable
position at San Quentln and ha did 'not
care to " face . those whom, he had known
when he could look all men in the face.
He Lwill be -, taken away : the - latter part
iof the week. .**
" Foreman Andrews of the Grand. Jury
still maintains that there were others
involved with Smith -in his stealings.
Andrews declares that the Grand Jury
will not abandon its Investigation until
the entire ;\u25a0 conspiracy is uncovered ; and
those " who are -equally guilty with the
defaulting .Tax ; Collector:are behind ; the
bars with, '.him. ...•_- v
- .-\u25a0
lor and Attorney Barrett. Finally Bar
rett asked that the second plea of guilty
be withdrawn. This was -granted, and
Smith was asked again to plead guilty to
the second charge -of felony , embezzle
ment. The criminal - obediently . followed
the order of his counsel.
\u25a0H VGulity.Virepliedf Smith*. X The aelf-con
f essed s criminal^did^ not V move 3 the"
Judge ; glanced;oyer t .the| indictments."', Berl
bind, the 'prisoner "'wefel the \u25a0subduedf jeer-
? The i clerk j read - the* indictment \u25a0* charge,
ing \u25a0 Smith ?,with} stealing, 515.055. '^ ".What is
your; plea ?jU thel clerk i asked.*; ' , *-: :- '
giThe i prisoner." arose a with *an qrt 1 and
cleared S his '% throat !.'{.wi th «a , H gasp.* •";' The
crowded' cburtroom^was * silent.^ and • necKs
iwere : icraned ;, forward.". ".'f VGuilty.V:; SmfTh"
repli€>d^huskilyJ~. - |.;---r : ; v,:. '.-.* \u25a0 ;Vy.
M Clerk ! Martin \ iin'mediatel yi pro ceeded « to
read iithel second I Indictment %t or (embez
zling \u25a0 \ $24,378. vS The j^ remained
standing^looklrigiStralght^ahead.'^What
Is 1 your.: plea > to] the s second charge ?" ' was
askediv/;-;:-^;:-;:.-^'.''^' '\u25a0\u25a0 : '~,'- "V'i?- "--,;'\u25a0'\u25a0%-' _i ,/. ; ;
• .t Districts Attorney;; Byingtbn '"• said v la3t
night*ithat ;! he ? had n noj£looked \ into ', the
matter,-, as ; he f dld - not >. consider; it '[ wltKln
hisprovlnce to ; do" so.^He ;. thought,! how
ever, j that i if ' such j a <;' point 4 were >; raised
it v would'?-, not \be^'pressed Jf until .- Smith
serves 'his iflrst; sentence. _ '\u25a0_'.'\u25a0;" \u25a0-' „!', V- -r
w SmtthVcame J into \ court * braced :< for, 'the
ordeal.^jWithJa forced .' smile; on^ his ..face
he walked -into : the ,f courtroom Sir accom
panied " by. Attorneys ;• J. :-' J. y. Barrett j* and
Archibald I C-'Barhard:*,-'He'Jsatx.dpwhjats a
; table,*^; confronting f. Judge >-i Lawlor' ' and
looklnffTstraight ahead a 'fixed f stare.'
TheHwo } attorneys' femained'standlrig and
\u25a0held^aTwhlsperedicbnve"rsatibn.''%*". - i;. 1
[ '>. But ? several • lawyers \ maintain • that flic
'court ? could i not >• legally : allow ' Smith Ito
.withdraw !j. this .'plea' as ,": he ; did.' : : .'lt Us
6toutly,i' asserted « by,} some > lawyers 'that
Smith, i under, the law; mu3t serve twenty
years Instead of : ten, as Judge Lawlor,
intended. .' , '•'^^^*^^F^j^Swy^ !^TOfrf!
\u25a0 - Former Tax Collector ;Edvrard J. '• Smith
pleaded, guilty to two charges -off felony
embezzlement * yesterday. ;> Judge/. Lawlor
imposed^ two 1 ; sentences rof ten « years;: to
run " concurrently. s ' v
'\u25a0'Si Such was T the' court's Intention, hut sev
eral '• attorneys . maintain : that", the : method
'of ' procedure^ followed'by ;'Attorney,^ J/'J.'-
Barrett ; leaves the \ defaulter in^a : position '•
where i he" - may be r made : to ! serve \ twenty,
years.' v." Barrett i : first 1 allowed t his 'client
to '\u25a0* plead 'guilty? to v ,the :' two \u25a0 charges ,: at '
the v same", time/ ''' In'such' a case ; the \u25a0 sen
tences'\u25a0\u25a0 would ; be- cumulative, that is^ ;one
must ' be - served Jon - completion -of ; tEo
: . j; ; ;; / ," ; : S : :.'\- '\u25a0' :. \ •: ; \u25a0;.
• 5 <; Shortly, ; ' afterward . Barrett .. I became
aware of this .technicality of the
askedt permission *; to; withdraw,,, the ;. pris-'
oner's j pleas ; temporarily,* so ; the7proceed
ings 7 could; be "gone ;over. again and* made
.to j conform : to ; the • provisions ' of ! the • code
as to ,r, r concurrent' sentences.', "Judge } Law-;
lor granted i the I request.l desiring .to ; have
the two' seritences ' run' as one."- \ i's-:f~. t ; "/,
MRS. GOULD'S
AUTOMOBILE
IS BLOWN UP
FORMER MAYOR
AND A TRAINED
NURSE ELOPE
"eDWAPDJ. VsiiITH? FOrMER TAX COLLECTOR OF.'SAN' FRANCISCO. WHO TESTERDAT PLEADED^ GCTLTT -" TO
• \u25a0> CHARGES OF FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT 'AIID -WHO WAS SENTENCED BT SUPERIOR JUDGE WILLIAM P. LAWLOK
•^>-V:; TO. TEN YEARS' CONFINEMENT. IN, THE. STATE PRISON AT, FOLSOM. \u25a0 :•:.-.
VENERABLE HEAD OF THE AGRICULTXJRAL. DEPARTMENT OF ; THE UNI-' ,
VEJiSITY OF CALIFORNIA v. WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED A -TEAR'S LEAVE
OF ABSENCE AND THE. SCIENTIST WHO' SUCCEEDS HIM. - •- '\u25a0'
Generar Linevitch," in; a' dispatch frona
the front, dated: May ,2l*; announces that
the Russian ; detachment 4 east >; of Xthe
railroad,* : which,": on"; May.: 18, approached
the i village \u25a0 of l Shahotze ' and"' was ;\u25a0: 'at
tacked 7 by X&? considerable*^; torcQtnot
Japanese from'f the 'coal r mines -south^of
that * place,': occupied H Shahotze font May
19 and - continued .y southward:; on ?May
20.' Prince ; ,Troubetskoy's I detachment
met: the Japanese (artillery/fire , on rMay
17 near Changtufu station, but the Jap
anese \ were \ forced :," to •\u25a0. evacuate 'j I the
position ?v7 and* retire J southward. ' ; The
Prince : 6n\u0094 May>v 20 % advanced .>'; farther
southward i'andr another.;!. Russian v de
tachment lon t : May \u25a0 " 20 fj exchanged .; rifle
fire ! with a ' strong 'Japanese :;f orce
cupingr .the i.vlHasev of i?Armagan,Y about
f our .'' miles ; west '\u25a0 ot > Kinchuantso. i>" \u25a0':-, -V
ST. ,; PETERSBURG. ;: May; 1 -23.— The
news y: from;: the ,' front '. 'continues . ;to
point -to the : imminence of "a' renewal
of ! fighting 'on '' a ; large ; scale. '. = General
Llnevitch; is : pressing j.the V Japanese
center, -both J oh the line \of; the railway
and on;. the Mandarin' road;: but wheth;
er he is elmply; feeling _out; Field Mar
shal Oyama's i strength ; or \u25a0 has -assumed
a genuine offensive : is - not ' yet .clear. 11
There :;' Is: no doubt, "[ however, *; that
Linevitch 'has' made .complete ; prepara^
tlon ; for a^ big battle.^ All 'the Russian
sick and wounded twtioj were at. Harbin
and i places .south -iof Ithere;; have*'-, been
transported iwestw;ard ;| to ; and
orders have "\u25a0 been : given -to': clear; the in
tervening - hospitals.*^ Sanitary^ trains
have been" ordered^to' the f rontJ"* '
I.ONDOX, May 24— The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Morning: Post says he
learns from , n trustworthy source that
Vice 'Admiral ; Toaroji* '{fleet *; la «till *©«
M^a «a mpho, i' on ' the J* Moutheantern % con Mt
of Korea.
LONDON,', May. '23^— Unofficial '- news
continues to'}'- bear' * out", 1 , reports that
a renewal -, of operations* : In '( Manchuria
Is . lmpcndinsr. ;' A* dispatch < to tue Tele
arraph:from Tokio assert* .that .the Jap
anese have' cut the railway ' t o Vladivos
tok., wblch clt j- Is now isolated, render
ing Ro jtttttvcnsky'ii . voyaee - futile. - The
Japanese army lias been reinforced/ and
Its ; strength la now equal to tb.it prior
to the battle of 31ukden. , Railway com
munication between Dalny and Mukden
baa | been restored* * Correspondents sln
St. | Petersburg ; communicate but ? little
news, but. there is a general expectancy
of flglitius. 7-' : ': I'"' 1 '-•'";\u25a0 y*-:. '\u25a0 -"
Special Cable to -The. Call and ' New.' Yorlr Her
ald. -Copyrlght.'flDCO^by tht-New.yorS Her.
>ia;Publishlus :Comi)any.>.v^^ ;^'>>;.f; •»;-; t
TOKIO, ; Jlay^SS^An j important con
ference V»va»"X-£fefc-i 'i"o i-j thel; rriWeaceiTol.
*i»ei. Premier^ to tills fclty^ to-day. U It?Js
.: reported » that; the, -; It umklii a fleet ' has
" parsed out Into the « Pacific,' and ' that "the
receipt! of thl si ' news Vrra»l= the -cause 'pi
the falling of the conference ' '
Mikado's -Laid EorcesjSaid to
Have ]solate|o,tie;Vla^i-f :
, vostoEf Stronghold.
He was appointed in 1888 a special
agent by the United States Department
of Agriculture to Investigate the pornoy
logical conditions of the ' Pacific Coast.'
His report Is a valuable one. Aside
from these strictly professional ser
vices Professor Wickson has served
several times as secretary and presi
dent of the San Francisco Microscopical
Society. He was the first president of
the California Floral Society when it
was organized in IESB. He served ten
years as a School Director in Berkeley
and for two terms was president of the
board. He Is also a trustee of the Cal
ifornia Polytechnic School at San Luis
Obispo.
Professor Wickson has been connect
ed with the university since 1879, when
Erofessor Hilgard, then at the head of
the college of agriculture, called him
from the secretaryship of the State
Horticultural Society, a position he had
held continuously for fifteen years. He
became a lecturer on dairy husbandry
at the university in 1879, and later
was made a lecturer on practical agri
culture. In 1891 he was promoted to
the associate professorship of agricul
ture, horticulture and entomology and
given charge of farmers' Institute
work. He was elevated to the profes
sorship of agricultural practice in
1697. Professor Wickson's V>oks ou.
agricultural topics, including "Califor
nia" Frclts and How to Grow \ Them"
and "California Vegetables In Garden
end Field." arc well known.
Tbe Importance of this position is
magnified by the action of the State
Legislature In appropriating large
sums of money for a great agricultural
farm to cost $150,000 and for a new ag
ricultural college building to cost
about the same amount. All of the ex
ecutive work necessary to be done in
connection with the work of the col
lege under these Improved conditions
will be In Profesor Wickson's • hands,
the position being, regarded as very
much more important now than In the
past, although it has always *>een a re
eponsible post
As Professor Hilgard haa exceeded
the age limit of 70 years, it Is not'ex
pected that he will again have office
except as professor emeritus -in - the
college of agriculture. Professor Wick
son is regarded as being certain to re
tein the directorship of the college for
an Indefinite period.
»ver ::ior© than- a'<niarter. of a* century.
has been rewarded by a year's leave of
absence. :'-~: '-~ ;- ;• .*" \u0084i.. v.-->.
BERKELEY. May 23.— Professor Ed
ward J. Wickson has been appointed
acting director of the agricultural ex
periment stations of -the university by
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler and
has been, elected dean of the college of
agriculture. Announcement was made
at the university to-day that he would
succeed Professor E. W. Hilgard' in 1 th«
supervision of the entire agricultural
work of the university. Professor Hil
pard's long term of service." extending:
New Director in Agricultural
Teachirg Has Made a
Brilliant Record.
Gpuncil of|War ; Hastily
I^alMi ©Japanese ;l; l
On His Return May
Become Emeritus
Professor.
Elude "I||o| Fleet
and "^apjltne
Opel Sea; v
Hilgard to Enjoy
Leave of Absence
for Year.
SLAVSHIPS
ARE OUT ON
THE PACIFIC
LONG REST
FOR NOTED
INSTRUCTOR
Edward VJ^Snith, tKe defaulting Tax Gollector, pleaded guilty to cl^rges of Woi^ cmbc2^mcnt yesterday and \vas sentenced
to ten years'Jimpriscnmem
conspirators;, are run down. Several attorneys contend that SmitriAvill _naye to serve the two ten-year sentences cumulatively that
Judge ; liawlqf i thought _ would run concurrently. ' /
SMITH PLEADS GUILTY AND IS GIVEN TEN YEARS
Judge Lawlor's Purpose to Make Two Seritences Goncteent May Not Kola an .Doubled
THE 'WEATHER.
Forecast made at San Francisco for
thirty hours •adta* mlinltht. May 24,
1305:
\u25a0 San Francisco and vicinity — T*lr
Wednesday, continued warm; litht
north wlndi.
A. O. McADITB.
District Forecaster.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SAN FRANGISCO, AyEDNE^DKY^^Y^/"1905:
VOLUME XCVII— NO. 177.
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Wickson Will Succeed Hilgard
The San Francisco Call.