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VOLUME Cm.—N O. 6.
MRS. BLOODGOOD,
NOTED ACTRESS,
ENDS HER LIFE
Sends Bullet From a New
Revolver Through Roof
of Her Mouth • .
CAUSE IS A MYSTERY
Reads Book on Anatomy and
"How to Shoot Straight"
Before Suicide
WIFE OF HAVEMEYER
Stage Career o^Woman Who
Was Divorced From the
Sugar Magnate's Son
Mrs. Clara Bloodgood, the
actress, who committed suicide
by shooting at a Baltimore hotel
last night.
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BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. s.— Mrs.
Clara Biocdgood, the actress, ccm- j
tnitted Suicide by shooting in her j
room at the Hotel Stratford here this!
evening.
Mrs. Bloodgood belonged to a j
family of great prcminnce in New
York. She was the daughter of Ed
ward Stephens, who married Miss '
Clara Sutton, a daughter of the late^
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Sutton. Her [
paternal grandmother was the late j
Ann S. Stephens, a noted authoress of i
her day. "
C!ara Bloodgood had rather an event- j
ful life. 'When but 17 years, of age,
nbout HO years ago, she 'eloped with
William Havemeyer, a son of the late
Henry O. "Havemeyer. Their married
life was of .' brief duration and- she I
obtained a divorce, marrying soonaf
. terward the late John Eloodgood Jr.
of New York, who died soqiv after Mrs.
Bioodgood began her stage career. Sub
.Bequently she married. "U'iUiam Laimber
of this city," a man of excellent family
and one of the best known brokers of
Mrs. Bloodgood's body was found ly
ing on the bed with a bullcj hole
through the roof of her mouth. Near by
lay a book entitled "How to Shoot
Straight" and a 32 caliber revolver with
three chambers empty. She attended a
matinee performance at Albaugh*s the
ater this afternoon and returned to her
Sotel about 4 o'clock seemingly in the
Later, when It was time for the cur
tain to rise for her own show at the
Academy of Music, where she was ap- I
. pearlng in "The Truth," she had not
\u25a0put in an appearance. Word was sent
to the Stafford and a bellboy was sent;
•up to her .room. Just as he approached :
the door he heard a pistol shot. Hurry
ins back to the office, he nqtifiod the
clocks of what he heard, an investi
gation- -was made and Mrs. Bloodgrood
u*as fobnd stretched on the bed.
I" :a.«s NJsrvous rnosTitATiov
icforc Kctirins to her room she had
talk with' her stage manager, John
person, who says that he observed
thing unusual in beivdemeanof. >*Tho 'j
!y motive he can ascribe is that Mrs.
>odgood frared an attack of ncrv
i prostration. She had b<^en work
; veny hard, Ifrz eaid, and she feared
irs.* BloodffOfxi left a note addressed
her ; husband,
"he Hudien'cc at tho Academy of Mu
was dismissed with th« annouuee.
nt that thflre would be no porform
•e, • owing to a rudden Indisposition
Mrs. Bloodgood. i
Vord was received that Mrs. Blood
id's husband," William Lialmblcr^' wa.«
\u25a0rylns here on a rpeclal train^ which
is expected t<> arrive in an hour or t \vt
"t^ftcr inidnigrht. •
ni^fXßov ina.in!s snoT
liornard- SweKf. -ftTe btllboy. wlio was
to Mrj«. Bloodgood's room upon tin'
l-^qu<?»t of fhc manager of. lnn Academy
COntlnned on rage 2, Col. 3
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHOXE KEABNY 8«
FRIDAY. DECEMBER Ji, 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS \
YESTERDAY — East wind; cloudy; maximum
temperature SS, minimum 52. , .
FORECAST FOR TODAY — Cloudy; unsettled;
probably showers; Hsfot south winds. Page 11
EDITORIAL
Irish oa Asiatic Immigration. Pace 8
Subways for San Francisco. Page 8
Cncle Rum's many dilemmas. Pace S
E. H. Harriman. Optimist. Page 8
'CONGRESSIONAL
Commute*; of fifty presents to Vice President
; Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon memorial asking
congress lo'snpport project for ship caual from
pr*>st lakes to Gulf of Mexico. * Page 12
r ttv
General Funston orders the Twenty-second In
fantry to Goldfield on wire fromV president, who
r.cts immediately on call for aid from' Gorernor
Sparks of Nevada. - Page 1
OvrrtvlielmiDg sentiment for consolidation Is
shown l>y ~."j0 representatives of bay cities at
banquet of merchants' exchange. Page 1
Trial of Callioun continued until Monday to
enable Hen<\v to locate Gallagher and Leach, two
important witnesses. .-•Page 3
That his wife sometimes drank as much as a
bottle of whisky a «l<r was another of the sen
sational charges made by W. H. Talbot. who Is
suing for divorce. . Page 7
Thomas K. Harman in suit for divorce says
1 wife tat up after midnight to keep him
I awake. Page 16
George 11. Wiiley^ piano salesman who had
| two wives a few months., ago, now has
none. Page 3
'Attorney F. A. Berlin I* removed as executor
of tiie estate of John It. Hite. Page 10
Four yoiiOK footpads, convicted of a brutal
holdnp. arc sentenced by Judge Cook to 50 years'
jmprisonm«;ir. Page 3
Bank crauiKisslnn postpones action in regard
to the California safe deposit and % trust
company until after conference with Governor
Giliett. Page 10
Pr. DemphlU resigns active pastorivtc of
Calvary church and : becomes the pastor
emeritus. -Page 0
In suit for value of missing grain E. Clemens
Horst alleges that 2.450.000 pounds of barley
was'takja froni Bankers' warehouse at I'ort
Costa. Page 7
SUBURBAN
Ah Fon?, a rioh Chinese merchant,' follows a
pretty Sacramento white girl to Oakland and
I f"-i!;< her arrest for grand larceny, claiming
[ she bad failed to return a diamond engagement
I rlnj. Page 7
; Mrs. F. K. 3>iiiis of East Oakland wins poul
try s>how cup. . Page •
.Morris Buck, condemned murderer, Is.uncon
ccmixi in 'shadow' of gallows where he will ex
piate crime Friday. Page C
Dr. S. H. Butcau testifies that Olive Scully.
'charged with the murder of James J. Glover, Is
insaue. Page 6
Trustees of San Leandro call mass' meeting to
protest against erection of a big Guggenheim
Emf!tT. Page 0
I'ltcbet, the aged Halfmoon Bay capitalist, se
cures divorce from intemperate wife. Page 7
Kins of Norway "confers cross of Royal Order
]of St. Olar upon Professor George ' Datld
j son. - Page. 6
Mrs. Carmln's body will be sent to her father
:in Kansas City after Wilklns' preliminary
! bearing. v v Page 7
| DOMESTIC
I Mrs/ Clara Bloodgood. th 4 well known actress.
commits suicide by shooting herself through roof
I of mouth in a Baltimore hotel. Page 1
Return of former Minister Takahlra as Jap-
I anese ambassador pleases officials at "Wasbing
j ton. Page 1
Insane man with a pistol wounds three Massa
| cbusetts labor leaders In the anteroom of the
| executive chamber of the statehouse; Governor
j Guild assists in subduing assailant. Page 1
Small backs bleed big institution in Kansas
City to death on rumors of insolvency, despite
payments of $15, 000,000 to depositors. Page 5
Government receipts for fiscal year sboir gain
of $84,000,000 over expenditures. Page IB
Gypsy declares Los Angolans sold girl to him
for ?500 and parents who secured her release are
! arrested on bench warrants. Page 11
Five armed bandits defy citizens of Oklahoma
town and escape after blowing up a bank
safe. Page 15
Secretary Metcalf says second navy yard in
San Francisco bay would be useless expense of
millions. Page 1
John A. Mellhenny. federal civil service com
missioner and friend of the president. Is accused
of holding foreigners in slavery by fugitives
from oyster camp. Page 2
COAST
Ayed liveryman faces trial in San Jose on
charge of murdering three men by incinerating
them in lodging house which be is alleged to
have set on fire. " Page 2
Mme. Calve, prima donna soprano, sends
French agent to examine California vineyards,
where she plans to purchase large areas of
grape land. Page 7
Japanese and whites fight for exclusive fishing
privileges In waters surrounding San Clemente
Island on southern coast. / Page 7
Steamer Saratoga, freighted with passengers
and. a ton and a half of gold, weathers severe
gtflo off Vancouver Island. Page 11
Author of "Batbsheba" is chased by ghost he
Is sent to report and; which be shoots In
vain. '; ; -^ Page 3
SPORTS
Twelve "teams of cyclers will start tonight in
distance race. - . ';'. Page 10
Jim Flyun rules favorite over Bob Ward in
their bout tonight before the Reliance club of
tbix fitr. Page 10
Owen M«ran, despairing of a match with' Abe
Att<-n. prepares fo leave for the east. Page 10
Battling Nelson, accompanied by, his hacker.
Jim May of Iteno, is here seeking a matr-h with
Oan«. Mr-Farland or Mcinllp. Page 10 !
Names of niru who will represent- Stanford j
university In Itngliy contests in British Columbia
an> ninoOmWl. Pagc'lo
Jockey Walter MNler rides four out of fire j
fafnriies to" defeat at Kmeryvllle. . Page JO
JForkr/ Chris Miller Is" suspended indefinitely
for his handling -of M»n«l<>n. Page 10
CpnMdcrablo i improvement is made In fxlay's '
<-»r<l "f races at Emeryville. Page 10;
N"«"w rules will l>c made for automobile record
run*. . .. Pagc'lO
Chaptiltepec proves himself to be a speed
marvrl by runulDg away fnm> his field at New
Origans. \u25a0 • Page 10
SOCIAL
Mi<s Polly MacGavin's ! tea for a ' scon» of
<ir!.'utar.t'-a uue of the prettiest social events of !
thn week. Page 8 I
LABOR
Hhu Francisco ledge of machinists elects of-
MARINE
Pilot boat Amrri<*a' l>adly damaseiJ l>y huge
«•»* on breaking bar. ; Page 10
In t-pite <-f breakiug bar. many, de^pwater
\u25a0 vofs.ls make i>ort without disaster,. although: all
. «'!kprrl<-X)f<» more or less discomfort. Page' 11
MINING
I*ri<'»»s of mining stocks are_ Fustain»d, al
tbonsli'reports ccacrallx are of an unfaTorable.
, nature. Page 18
SAN^ ;PRANGISCO, FRIIXAY, E^CEMB^
LUNATIC WOUNDS
LABOR LEADERS
IN STATEHOUSE
Invades the Room Adjoining
Executive of
Massachusetts
SHOOTS TWO VISITORS
Governor Guild Appears and
Aids in Subduing the :
Assailant ,
THIRD MAN IS HURT
Insane Man With Grievance
Makes a Sensational
Attack
BOSTON, Dec. s.— An insane man
walked into the anteroom of the exec
utive "chamber of . the statehouse this
afternoon and finding . Governor
Guild's door closed turned on three
prominent labor leaders and fired three
shots at them, probably fatally
wounding Edward Cohen, of Lynn,
president of the branch of the Ameri T
can federation of labor; seriously
wounding Dennis D. Driscoll of Bos
toif, secretary of the same board v and
injuring with • the muzzle of his re
volver; Arthur. M. Huddell of Boston,
former president of the central labor
union of this city. \u25a0 . The insane man
was John A.' Steele of Everett, who
was released on parole last month
from the Danvers insane asylum. He
was overpowered by Private Secretary
Charles S. Groves, and General J. H.
Whitney, chief of the state police.,-
GOVERNOR TAKES A* HAXD
GoveriTor Guild was in his offlc^ only
a few feet away. He rushed out, a 3.
sisting in ; subduing Steele, then' knelt
bj' Cohen's side and. subsequently . di
rected the removal of , . the wounded
men to the hospital.
" Cohen was shot' twice through - the
head arid tre» -\n a^j-itfcal -''condition at
the Massachusetts general hospital-. to
night. -The third bullet struck Drls
coll:a glancing; blow on the forehead,
making a long wound over the head,
and rendered him unconscious. -He re
covered consciousness .'"half *ah hour
later. Huddell's \u25a0wound, which/was at
first supposed to be an alarming one,
was quickly dressed and probably will
cause him little inconvenience.
The three labor leaders went to" the
statehouse today to meet . the* governor
by appointment in regard to a pardon
for A. M. Kennedy of Salem, who 'is
serving a sentence in- the Essex .house
of correction. They reached the-state'
house'shortly after 3 o'clock and- found
that the governor- was /receiving a
delegation from Rhode, lsland. ..".-."
The three labor men were asked to
wait in one of the anterooms until-the
men should leave. All ; three were
standing beside a long table conversing
pleasantly, while at the farther end of
the room Private Secretary Groves was
dictating a . letter . to- the executive
stenographer.
SHOT BY THE LU.VATIC
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Steele appeared at the -door of; the
room from the hallway, and, without
announcing his mission, walked by the
door, keeper- and Messenger. Reed .and
then glanced toward Governor /Guilds*
room, . which was about 20 feet away.
The. door was closed. Steele turned
around, and, drawing a revolver, fired
at Cohen, who was about six feet away.
Cohen's back was turned, and the
bullet struck the back of the head,
passing directly through, and came out
at the forehead,' driving a splash of
blood to the wall opposite beside
a picture of Abraham Lincoln. -The
wounded man turned and received an
other bullet In the head. Steele swung
around and fired at Drlscoll, the bul
let \u25a0 inflicting a severe scalp wound.
Huddell, in attempting to close on the
man,', was struck on; the cheek by the
muzzle of the revolver and knocked
down. *
Several state officials said after the
shooting that Steele was a well known
character to the board of insanity and
that he had an illusion that he was not
petting his rights, for/ which he held
the governor responsible..', '\u25a0•'
NEWSBOY/ ON TRAIN IS -
CHARGED^WITH STEALING
Thomas \ Flaherty of Oakland Taken
by the Police of San Jose and
Is Accused of . Theft - ,
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SAN JOSE, Dipc. r..— Thomas Flaher
ty, a~ 19 year, old Oakland -boy
arid an employe ; of th«: Dcnrilsonfnews
company, was arrested' here today ; for
stealing a purse containing $486 \u25a0/ in
scrip and "checks from tho pocket '
of Paul Dinkel Jr. Dlnkej claims that i
the purse was takenVf rom 1 his pocket |
on the train between Oakland and
Niles. Flaherty states/ that "he found
it at tho Nlles station:./ Dinkel * missed
the money : when , he 1 stepped f'from; the
train at; Nlles arid /-caught -Ja* ; ;freight
into. San. Jose, where^ lie : notified t' the
sheriffs \ 6fflce.j»jrhe f newsboy,- .was : (i*ai>
rested on> suspicion / and"' tho I scrip ;°was
found in his posseßsioa
OVERWHELMING
SENTIMENT FOR
GREATER CITY
Hundreds; of ;;Citizens of
Bay Communities
Join Forces
GATHER AT BANQUET
Merchants' Exchange, Din
ner Assembles Partisans
of Consolidation
BUT ONE, DISSENTER
Col. J. P. Irish Declares
Movement JCasts Slur
: at Oakland
"The cities around San Fran
cisco bay; one; for all and all for
one.".- \ ** - ; "*/. :\u25a0'-": \u25a0'-" \u25a0'. ;
In these words A. H. Elliott, presi
dent of the Oakland city council,
sounded last night .the slogan f of the
movement for a -great consolidated
city on the shores ;of , San Francisco
bay— a slogan that - raised , 750 - citizens
of the bay cities, who! were in attend
ance at the greater L San Francisco
banquet of the Merchants' 'association
at the Fairmont hotel/to. their feet in
vociferous, cheering .('response. ;
That ; the . urban ; community o£
Francisco bay is., destined to become
united in one magnificent municipality,
and that as such/ its ~futufe is -limited
only; by. a greatness "that is even fnow
not dreamed of nor comprehended, .was
the thought that '/dominated; the stir
ring speeches delivered, at;, the > first
great' public ' inauguration -of \u25a0' the -plan/
of consolidation. From: every city about
the. bay came representatives 'imbued
with Just' that spirlt?>of« patriotism. and
boundless;, deter'nupaUoh ,' which "1 has
b rough ty*; San - Francisco "'triumphant
from the rdins : of niaieria.l disaster Jand
moral corruptlo^t^Almost- »wlthout"-': ; a
voice ;they,. -.declared them
selves in sympathy "with 6riy
feasible plan of union 'which • may re
sult in the -'greatest good to trie cities
that face the shore" ; of the bay and
which will bring them together in civic
federation as they now stand shoulder
to shoulder in all other respects. .
E\T3^Y CITY; REPnESEXTED
;Xo more ' representative ! gathering
i possibly could have come together 'to
the theme ithat' was uppermost
at the banquet last .night, . for in the
throng that' filled the groat Norman
cafe of the] Fairmont hotel were men
from every community, that feels -an
Interest in the plan for consolidation
which issweeping/oyer the;bay shore
cities in a wave of enthusiasm. They
were not 'men thinking from the nar
row of individuals 'of {a
single community,- but men * imbued
with : the deepest loyalty of/ the now
various cities in which they. have their
homes— men who have striven for these
cities and towns with all-. the<patriot
ism that a man can strive for the
home he loves — yet joining In' the
common impulse of greater patriotism
which can bury partisan-, feeling be
neath the loftier , : desire of unselfish,
devoted . co-operation 'in a greater
cause...--, "V \ < . . ."
Down the length of the magnificent
new Norman cafe of the' Fairmont,
thrown open last.VnightV for the; first
time, ' stretched- the ; dozens :' of long
tables at which -sat- the guests of the
Merchants' association. . •- Bare of "any
attempt at special decoration, the ;ban
quetT hall still added /.its . mute testi
monial to the ' new greatness of 1 San
Francisco," for in ; its • beamed
ceiling, its walls built apparently' of
solid stone,' its mosaic floor,. its wrought
iron /chandeliers .and its • general; at
mosphere of stern- solidity such as
might have ' hiing about an ancient
castle hall, it typified the sound, im
perishable .spirit of the city -that; is
building, anew. And it was this same
spirit that bound -the? men about the
banquet board in" closest attention to
the discussion of ; tho subject that had
brought "them ..together, and that braised,
them to their, feet 'time and again in
riotous, enthusiasm. /.
IRISH SOliE OPPONENT '> ,
In air tha i * waV. said last , night there
was but ; one voice praised .in protest
against the project of centralizatlon-.bf
municipals government, for -t'th'e cities
by vthefGoldcn?gatf //Colonel -John, ; P. j
Irish' of /Oakland the plan
.with y all j";th'^; fervor^ he;> could .throw
J_n to his w^rdj^H? toolkit he stand that
th c > movement" for '^a" ; greater j pity. } 15 ,.; a
sneer '\u25a0 at? Oakland, s i ls^arproject
of selfishness .hatched by";. San i'.'pfan
cisco and" that'it is *a' plan to which the
people of Oakland, will^ never give their
•consent ;. r he declared in effect that "the
suggestion of 'sucit^consblldatiorr is /an
open .: Insult /to •Oakland's , dignity .and
he threw down the "gantlet "of •, oppo
sition." ;*/'-.-:\u25a0. y :<,~t;'s£- \u25a0:-^-- : 1 \u25a0 '.' \u25a0 :
Far |"_. differ en tV • f romV> the views '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 of
Colonel /Irish i* .were \ those jof ' A. IL El
liott^-, president of \the l"; - Oakland i city
Continued * on* Pa«e ''\u25a0 4. '--'Column 1
General Frederick Funston, : who /ordered regiment of in
fantry to Goldfield' to avert trouble during miners', strike.
Metcalf fpppo^es^^N^
Navy Yard iirfßay
Says Tfta/?Oi/p/frif/bn$i^W|ft
Island Wouldjße Useless
Expense of Millions
Ira E. Bennett
SPECIAL- DISPATCH TO THE CALL] . v
WASHINGTON.'i-^bec.', 1 ..: 5.'— Secretary
Metcalf emphatically .expressed himself
today against the movement to esTab
lish.a new naval 'station^in San ! .Fran r
Cisco ' bay. He\ was . askjSd: by • The Call
correspondent" 1 why -f another; * station
would be- prejudicial; to Mare : island,
and he replied:; \u25a0 . ' ' :
"The reason why,; In my judgment, it
is unwise -to start 'an 'agitation for an
additional .naval .station' in San Fran
cisco bay is ' becauee'.it would mean'du
plication "of " the enormous expenditure
already made;at'Mare'island.;':lt would
be an unnecessary .waste, of money.-; >
"With another drydock at -.Bremerton;
as now. proposed/and with the' new dry
dock at Mare completed., theVe
would be all;the ; facilities for caring
for battleships arid 'other 'yessels^of -;the'
navy that could be supplied by another
yard/" .' ., "- .-' - L..' ; -\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 .;':. '\u25a0':; ~*\r .'.
"The United.' States needs ; two • first
~class navy.Vyards ,on the Pacificr'coast:
It; is rapidly getting them af Mare lsl-,
and and Bremerton: ; To -begin v :another^
yard at San ' Francisco^ would \u25a0 mean
either the dismantlement' of Mare Isl
and and the lossof the millions expend
ed there," or ithe'cre'atlon of an entirely
unnecessary establishment. . Anew naval
station at ' San .Francisco probably,
would require extensive dredging, 1 , Just
as > much' as at .. Mare . Island, ; or more,
and much grading would *be : necessary
to j obtain level land. 1 And; then, what
would, we -.hay.6. done?,: Nothing, more
than : we have already at Mare island.
COST TREMENDOUS
"It ; is easy -to talk- of establishing,
navy yards, but it is another thing to
obtain ' the money.", from congress :to
build them into first class yards. Mare
Island navy yard has. . cost Vv about $17,-
OOOJOOO, ',': and . the \u25a0 appraised value j of ; the
plant," including land,, buildings," 'docks,"
chattels and machinery,; is n0w^9,168,
404.. It* is one of the great navy "yards
of the country, and ".with the .proposed
improvements completed it.', will? rank'
with thd : first, lls it wise .to 1 abandon
the : great '.work 'achieved there merely,
because it will cost some money for
dredging? \u25a0
"Suppose we concede . that, dredging,
must be continued there permanently.
The> cost; would be a. mere/ bagatelle
with .the cost of establishing
a. new.- navy /yard /elsewhere. But I Hio»
not". beileyi"' that it will be necessary to
expend." much : money for dredging '; at
Mare-island. ... .The -system .; of dikes ;
authorized : by. congress is nearly ;com- !
pleted :• and the indications are \ that the \
channel will' retain" its depth without
• ' .:' - ;
"It*" Is desirable, I; think,' to obtain
more \ room '- for. berthing-; and mooring
alongside the channel, and ; it " is > there
that Vsilting occurs, owing, tt i the-, flow.
Continued on Face 2/ Column 8
//.Crippled and an athlete! Sounds in>
fpossible; but it is not. A striking story of
crippled athletes who hold records will
:be published in
The Sunday Call
to
Strong Hotd on Popularity
v at American Capital
SPECIAL. DISPATCH TO THE 1 CALL
\u0084 WASHINGTON, Dec. s.— The return
r of Kogoro .^rakahira to Washington as
Japanese ambassador ,wfll,be welcomed
byhis American friends. Since he left
Washington two years aglrhe has been
ambas3adpr;'to Italy and was made a
count* by, the emperor. 2 . \u25a0 • . - :
-During, the Ru*sso-ilapanese warTaka
hira »;as" extremely' successful : ra pro
cujringiand;; retaining 1 : the^good will. of
Americans. -for Japan. \ He was "sur
rounded ;i>y?ai brilliant staff, including
an; American , of exceptional popularity,
Frederick'E; Chapin, "as counselor. They
were skijlf iil. In their dealings.wlth the
press and -lost-, no opportunity "to pre
sent the* best^ side of every encounter
'with; Russia. - .; - :: . :
\u25a0 .Count • Cassini, . the .Russian ambassa
dor, [was at ; outs at - thVnime* with 1 Sec
retary^Hay and unpopular with, officials
&t ..Washington. ;i Minister .Takahlra^ on
the other.' hand,- became .very > popular
because -of ;his7shre'wd* wit- and quiet
mastery of hlSvbuslnesa.' Mnie. Taka
;hira;ils. an, American bred -woman and
has doie;muchto.further her husband's
Interests In' asocial way.. '
\u25a0\u25a0 . GOVERNMENT > FOB ALASKA
*i WASHINGTON, ;\; s.— Delegate
Cale' of ; Alaska \u25a0 today ; a 'bill
conferring.. upon; Alaska- a "territorial
form' of government. - ' \u25a0\u25a0"'
Impertinent Question No. 28
: What Do You Want Most for Christmas?_
For ; the most original or wittiest answer to this ques
tion^—and the briefer the better— The Call will pay
FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five answers
I^^UMl^pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize
- winning answers will be printed next Wednesday
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Funston Orders One
Regiment to
Goldfield
President Quickly Heeds
Governor's Plea for^Aid
Sparks, Fears Men
Are Prepared to .
Miners Amazed to Learn
of Federal Intervention
Two special trains bearing
United States - troops nwill
leave California this morning
for Goldfield, where trouble
between the miners and their
employers is expected. They
will be put through with all
possible dispatch, and should
reach the scene of the im
pending trouble' in less than 18
hours. One train leaves the Oak
land mole at 9 o'clock and the oth
er Monterey. They are expected
to arrive at Goldfield about the
same time. While no definite fig
ures, .wqr^ given, out at , the Pre-""*
sidio it is thought that about 250
j men will go. Whether others will
follow depends on the outcome at
the trouble. There are several
thousand other soldiers- stationed '
in the vicinity of San Francisco
bay^and at Monterey, and they
| could be rushed out in quick
i order.
Extremely rapid work was done last
night. in making arrangements for tha
trip to Nevada. It was at 9 o'clock,
that General Funston, who was at din
ner with his wife at the Presidio, re
ceived from ' "Washington the expected
wire to send the troops. .
Ordering an aulomoblle, he immedi
ately drove to the Pacific Union club}
where he held a short conference with
Colonel Bellinger, department* quarter!
master, to whom, by virtue of his p_osl-»
tion, fell the task of arranging trana^
portatlon. . ; '
After this conference General Fun-,
ston telegraphed to Ord barracks,"Mon
terey, giving orders that men from Com
panies. C, D, F, G and Hbe got iri. read
iness to leave there in the morning.
Then Fort McDowell was communicated
with by telephone and detailed instrue-'
tions given as to the men of the Twen
ty-second infantry who ara to^leaya
there.
Colonel Bellinger meanwhile had,
been busy making transportation ar
rangements. Tha short time. to elapse
before the troops were to so -left him
little leeway and at 11 o'clock full ar
rangements had been made
/"The tvs Slocum will., call at Fort