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AND POWDER IN
PATH OF FIRE
Whole Town of McClpud Is^in
\ Imminent Danger of /
Destruction ; 'if;-.
Trains of Water Cars^ Rushed
\ Forward to Fight v £d«
vancing Flames : ;
Dlosnes and sweepingMoward thctmag
fizine at an alarming rate.
Should the fire reach >this point and
carry out the supposed • aims of the
men believed to have set tb*e blaze the
flames will be blown in all {
and efforts to check it will?-.be nearly
hopeless. The wind Is dying^with the .
day, however, and the town \ may be
safe.
Water Train Dispatched
Fifty men, with a train of • water
cars, were dispatched to the blaze early .
this morning, and as many more have
been taken from work at camp 4 and
hurried to aid in checking the flames.
A guard has been placed on the pow
*ler house Fine* the trouble with the
striking lumbermen b^gan. and the
guardsmen have been set to backfiring.
Some 100 men are frantically at work
tonight striving to check the flames.
The fire is raging north of the lumber
train track that stretches out 30 miles
through a magnificent forest of virgin
timber to the Oregon line. All this
Is owned by the company. The
fire fighters have fallen back to the
railroad, and hope to check the fire
there, having been driven backward
steadily while fighting the flames in
the thick brush.
The services of the national guard
here have been offered to check the
fire, but they were not needed, as a
fire' line sufficient, it is thought, to
check the flames has been out.-
From C o'clock this morning until
nearly 4 o'clock this afternoon the com
mittee of three chosen to appraise the
value of the striking workmen's cabins
has been at work taking the estimated
values of the buildings and securing
the signatures of the Italians *o the*
«"Dn tracts by which they agree to leave
<anip when tl^y have received all the
company owes them.
In all there are 200 cabins owned
by the TOO strikers. Consul General
Ko'-oa and his. attorney, Ambrose
Gherini. left McCloud late this after
noon. The ronyul goes to Shasta
Springs, where the will be in touch
with the situation here, and later will
return to San Fr.mcisco.
Will Appraise Huts
The committee of appraisement will
hegin it* house to house canvass of the
Italian camp tomonrow and^ place their
valuations on the- dwellings as they
now etand. The onrners estimated the
.buildings at suras Tanging from $10, to
$700. More than 300 Italians left on
the afternoon train today, but the
house holders will not hct /) mt\e. to get
away* for at least two days more. It
is stated that a special train will be
run to Hisson to take the majority of
the Italians away.
. "I am glad the Italians are going,"
President Queal said; "and I never will
have men of that nationality again. I
can find plenty* of Americans to work
for the wages we offer. AM of these
-wooden shacks occsupled by the Italians
will be torn down; now and corrugated
iron Jjuildings be constructed, so that
they can be fumigated and cleaned out
thoroughly."
Air> day the Italians were crowding
into the bank and office of the com
pany to get their pay 'and savings, and
many of them protested to Consul
Rocca because they could not leave the
camp Immediately. Hundred* of them
have decided to so to San Francisco
and ship for the Alaska canneries,
where they say work is plentiful and
remunerative.
Sheriff Charles Howard said today
That he believed the militia would be
j released from duty here the day after
tomorrow, but_ certainly not until then.
Leave It to Queal
"I will confer with President Queal
and find how long he thinks the guard
is needed." tbe sheriff said, "and the^i
talk to General Lauck about it. Of
course. It might be thought that the
soldiers coruld leave when the strikerg
• !<\u25a0>, but some of tbe townspeople are
xfraid that agents may be left behind
to flre or Mow up the place."
General Lauck and his command be
lieve that the acute danger here is
long past and they are. anxious to
leave.
"Sheriff HowaTd is the man who must
Kive the. command to go." General
Lauck said; "'and he seems to be aa un
decided as ever about what should be
done."
The troops very probably would never
hay« been needed If the sheriff had
taken a decided stand at first and not
meekly left the machine shops with the
workmen when the strikers ordered the
w«*a out the first day.
X relief train bearing bedding and
provisions for the fire fighters and
carrying reinforcements left McCloud
late thi* evening for the scene of the
conflagration. The glow from- the fire
reddened the sky, and the town Is
wildly excited over the approaching
danger. The townspeople are in the
streets watching the distant blaze. The
fire is still all of four miles away and
has not reached the railway track as
COLONEL MAUS NOW
A BRIGADIER GENERAL
Yeatman Retired and Presidio
Commander Fills Vacancy
WASHINGTON", June 7. — Brigadier
General Richard T. Teatman, recently
promoted from colonel of the Eleventh
United States infantry, has been placed,
on the retired list, owing to disability
incurred in the line of duty. The
vacancy In the list of brigadier gen
craU has been filled by the promo
tion of Colonel Marlon IT. Maus, com
manding the Twentieth infantry at the
Presidio, San* Francisco.
ADANA MASSACRES RESULT
IN HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS
-445 Moslems: and 117 Others
Feel' Hand of Law X
CONSTANTINOPLE. \June T.— An offi
cial telegram received here today from
Adana, Asiatic Turkey,.- says that 445
Moslems and 117 non-Moslems have
been arrested there In connection: with
the rioting and massacres of April.
LaKi" Tabor Excnmlon, $9.00
Leaves Market , street depot
June 12. Tickets good for return until
June 16. Includes a delightful steamer
trip around the lak*v For, details see
agents^. S. P. C0.,^584 Market street;
Markec street ferry .depot,- and: .Tftiir
l»enth and Franklin street*, Oakland. •
Standard Bearer the
Republicans Desire
I* James Rolph Jr., who has been asked to be the candidate of the, republi- 1
1 * can party for mayor ' .. |
REPUBLICANS MAKE
CHOICE FOR MAYOR
Prominent Resident of Mission
District Will, It Is Believed,
Accept Candidacy
Continued'- Prvm/PMice 1
lowing resolution which was adopted
unanimously:
Resolved, that a campaign committee
of the republican county committee be
and is hereby appointed, with 'full power
to take any and all action whatsoever
on behalf of said county committee, and
to consist of the following named mem
bers:
Peter J. Kelly, John J. Cass, Jere
Lucey, Thomas Dolan, John Welch, John
Butler, John T. Pidwell, Robert Strahle,
George Kammerer, John D. Daly, A. D.
Fetz Perry Newberry, P.-H. Dam. Mar*
shall Hale, M. E. Gates. William IL
Hazell, Thomas McGee, Ralph L. Ha
thorn. Samuel A. Clark, T. P. Martin
and Warren Shannon.
And be it further resolved, that all
committees of the republican county
coramittee heretofore appointed be and
are hereby discharged.
THE ROIJPII RESOLUTION
Dam then called Ralph Hawthorn to
th,e chair and himself read the Rolph
resolution, which was framed as fol
lows:
Whereas. James Rolph Jr.. because of
his high character and splendid attain
ments, enjoys the full confidence of our
entire community, and this, combined
with his eminent fitness, marks him as
the man of the hour to give San Fran
cisco a wise, able, and progressive ad
ministration as its chief executive offi
cer; therefore, be it . *
Resolved. That the Republican county
committee hereby presents the name of
James Rolph Jr. to the republican party
of San Francisco as Its candidate' for
mayor and calls -upon all republicans
and all good citizens. to urge and ad
vance his candidacy • with an earnest
ness and enthusiasm -which will, insure
his nomination and election.";-:.^ .^y/---.j- : 2
.When Dam concluded .reading there
was a Y>urst of applause.' John T. Pid
well of the thirty-third seconded - the
motion, declaring that Rolph was ac
ceptable, not only to , the merchants,
but to the people generally, especially
.in the Mission, where the worklngmen
were devoted to him. Thresolutlon was
adopted unanimously., . . ... " .... \u25a0\u25a0:.\u25a0\u25a0
Will Wait Upon Rolph
.Peter .J^,; Kelly, of ..the/twenty
moved ~t ha t^a committee of! nlne|be.]ftp ; r
pointed Vio;wailiupo"n^R6lph>'*and \u25a0\u25a0notify
him of' the actlon f 6f;tlie_!"county commit
tee. panr^PPoA^ted-thof', following:;^ Ha-;
thorni CcnaU-man ; ,' : Daly, "~ liale, - .Welch,-
Lucey, Clarß/'Pldwell^ Kelly and Hazeir.
j Johnny Daly. of . the thirty-fifth .asked
what jruara nt ee" t h e co'mmittee:had that
Rolph would accept. Dam declared-that
lie had : lnterviewed . Rolph -seyefal times
and that s , he iliad ; . received .Information
from a gentleman" he»would v not name
l ast night thai Rolph . w.oul d accept.-, s :•: •
A resolutlonVwasjthen /.adopted em
powering^the^campaign 'committee to
add to* Its numbers fromV those county;
commUtpem^ti\trhb^ad -not' signed : the •
call, for^the^. meeting.* j ;> ~-\t/'.- : £'<li\£ \u25a0 ;"^-.
\u0084 After^-tireVme'eting;/adjourn'edr> the
'campafgn'3'coramitte"&.:Vwas'icaired*"/to-.
getherajjd'OTgßnized^byr selecting; Dam
chairman'' , ; andt KammeVerj secretary.'. If
was decided io, hold another.'meeting'lri
Judge *.Grahai3a*s*'coHrtroom* tomorrow
nightrc-^Meanwhile, trie C committee-, ap
pointed .to; wait iuponj Rolph Atvill, meet
at ' 3- o'do'ckvithis afternoon'; in iF.iH.j
Dam* slof flee, and will : s go»in a;body, v to
notify the «proposed, candidate.. .
Independents \to v Meet -
The conferencejof the municipal league
of independent f republ!can';'clubs; called^
to select 'caridldatesj^wlir mcct f . ln , Lyric I
hall, V 513^ Larkln street, Honightli'TheJ
campaign ;.thelleagi]ec or- j
ganized;yesterday.:by "electing: DrVI-Wil^
Ham- J,V Jackson .chairman 'andrWiiUam ;'•!
M. Symbhsecretary/Vv-';;*^/^^*^^
The >J.hirty^ firsts district!, union -.labor ;
clubhasTlndorsed Frank'J. Sullivan for
mayor. "Fifty . members-s igned 'the roll
and the 'following officers, were elected:
P. Flana^an/iChairman;; J;; J. Bronson;
secretary; 'executive committee-r-D. Har
redy," P. : Lynch,; J.^Dillori.T/ McCullagh
and J.'»Marron* ,i :s . ; \u25a0 . '^ll'v
' i The^ddbdleldee'cbnvfntioriLwHl '.meet,
again, Thursday'night.^JuhelO/itOiCbm-"
plete its ticket 1 .' '"/T •' ' \u25a0\u25a0'
THE -SIN CALL, . TUESDAY^ IeJTJNE^ 8, 1909.
WOMEN AND GIRLS
DROWNED IN AUTO
Machine Goes Over Bank . at
Knights Landing and Four
; Meet Deadfe
Continued .'From fas? 1
late tonight men and women, aided
by the fitful gleams of lanterns, were
moving up and down the river seek
ing for- the bodies, but np trace of
them could be found. Neither could
the automobile be located.
' The road at Knight's, landing runs
parallel -with the Sacramento river
and is not a very ,\vide ont. Ther/;
Is, however, sufficient space In which
an automobile- can turn "and this fact
makes the accident the stranger. The
presumption is that Armstrong lost ab
solute control of the machine and re
versed at the wrong moment.
The people; walking .along the main
street of Knight's landing, had not the
slightest Inkling of the impending dis
aster until they heard the; screams of
the women.. There they saw, In the
semidarkness, the -four standing- up,
wild with fright and horror, with Arm
strong viciously jerking at the levers.
That was the last sight of them. The
next moment the automobile swung
over the brink of the embankment and
then hurled itself over the eC-ge. Gaz
ing over the. embankment the crowds
could see,, nothing but' the black
waters. AIN trace of 'the machine and
its occupants had vanished. '
Pinned Under Macjiine
; The." : riyer is 23; feet deep -at ; this
point, and pinned ~ as : tliey were 'under
the a,utombbHe,;"there; was absolutely
no \u25a0 chance ; of the women saving them
selves. ~whole- affair did not last
a minute, but "in .that' brief time four
lives were lost; ' J : . -.
All the dead are well known not
alone in' Woodland, but throughout the
surrounding country. \u25a0 j Miss Julia Dun
gan'of San FfanclscoAvas visiting her
relatives; In -Woodland. .; -C^' \u25a0
•M'he' endeavors to, recover- the bodies
will not cease -until ; they axe. located.
The.enyre ;countryside .is,: now,; gath
ered -,- at; the ifiver-vbanks -at-;"the'';' scene'
of ) rte;. acdideht;'; th'e,r^6men ; aiditiglther
nianr' r.ScorejjSof^in en iaref' diving"; again 1
and'again? into jthei'; waterfcrw Many ; vof,
them . are." iedmpletely.4 fatigued, \u25a0 but "no
sooner ; ddes"one \u25a0^ cease 7 f oV. a breathing
spell * than .JandtHer* takes place. > It
is ; thought;;tnat' all': four -bodies, wlll v be
' f oundlunderithe .automobile, : ; »V ,' ivJ'V
J ..The^.road, :runnlng,;alo.ng ; . the'^JSacra-,
mento "' river phas,. long > been ;. considered;
anrextremelyv dangerous * one . for: auto-*
mobiles.^ .ln many.. spots it is absolutely)
without safeguard, \ the road ; running "to
,the 'e'dgg of the ;embahxment;' vAt m ight
:it. is' extremery.Vdiffl9ult,-.to • judge; the
lexact distances,"; and' scores "of mishaps
hiivelbeen r averted by the smallest mar-
S L A V Eif^j S^M URD ERBb
[ } : ;i?; i? IN^COURTS^BUILDINQ
Henchman. Tof/?Dead
jWrealcs'.-Ycrtgcance i on Alan
y ST.' LOUIS, VJuhe J.--Fred:Mohrle,fori
,triai. "for .'murder] h'efe.^waVassassinated
\u25a0In"-, the .v'corrldo' r:\of_V the four^'courts\"byv
;."\Villlam \u25a0 i Kane, : '*a : .fornTer "deputy,-coh
istable,-, today, f'-Jl~ : .f- : '"\u25a0" ,'.""' vV \u25a0*\u2666':'".;,\u25a0: ii'-'.i 'r
I- >Mohrle .'. killed Sam
.inv.NoVth'St/ll^ulsrsev'erarrweeksVago;:
AVilllam >Kane,^whb/6hqt: Molirle; %.was
a\s former :deputy>uiMier.*iYoung.^-t;, --..;;
*^',The; shooting occuf.redfaa'Mohrleiw'aa
.bolngjtaken^&Ycourt.JtoSstand^trlalSfor
tion of;a:bltteripol!tical?feud;.:^ .VA'Jf''?
.'-".Mohrle had-aaserted, shortly after* the
.Young : shooting : that *the IVgfangV X had 1
threatened -to ;"get him,",; but; following
the iethlcs. of \u25a0 the :• '-'gang'," "? he u refused!
to v reveal -the, Identity;: of -the' men iwhb
had .threatened $ him,* saying; > thats-he!
could stakes careiof^liimßelf.^'- 7^kJ>k -£%£.
' Kane-used'-Young's \u25a0revolver," iri .kill
ing.^Mohrle.;*"'; \u25a0-\u25a0^";-.^~-i rP-'K ':>:C^'r\. : :.'
;> Mohrle? killed WWrig' Aprils 4. vXews
of > Young's | death "wa sS? received Swlth
cheers ". at. a*nearby| political* meeting -a
few days 'after > the' trasedy.
TAFT WILL COME
HERE TO DRINK
PORTOLA TOAST
Jtobert Roos Meets Him in the
White House and He Praises
; ' Bay^City's Pluck
Compliment to City" Being Pre»
pared arid Will Be Rea<d Over
the Civilized World ;
[Special; Dispatch to The Call] t _
WASHIXGTON, June 7.— President
Taft today told Senator Flint and Rob
ert A.. Roos of San Francisco that he
expected to be in' San Francesco at the
time of the Portola festival and to pro
pose a toast to San Francisco' and
dftink it oh the spot.
Senator Flint presented Roos to the
preeident as a member of the Portola
festival committee. Taft was already
well informed regarding the festival
and his comment upon the enterprise
of San Francisco was very flattering.
DEfeTSnVES KTATIONAI? S'OTICE
\ He \said the celebration of San Fran
cisco's* reconstruction was deserving^of
nationaa recognition and that he felt it
his duty to visit the city. He intends
to'gp to'Seaitle first to attend the Yu
kon exposition, arriving there the lat
ter part of September. lie will then
go down Che coast " leisurely, possibly
also visiting? Spokane, where the na
tional jirrigajtion congTess will be in
session.% He will try to arrange" his
itinerary^ so as to be in San Francisco
on 6cto*>er 19, on the opening of the
festival, but in any event will be in
that city .during He will also
visit - Los N Angelas and will return
through th>e soutl*orn states, where he
has several en gagomentß.
The president satohe had hopes that
Mrs." Taft'. would be well enough to ac
company-him on his w > estern ; trip. He
has abandoned the idea of vlglting
Alaska this year, bull he^ hopes to go
there later. "
AVORLD WUJi DRI.MC TOAST
The toast wJiich Pryesident Taft is
to propose in honor of San Francisco
in now being prepared, and i will be
made public soon. It will v be : translated,
into "French; 1 German, Spenish," Italian,
Russian, Dutch,. Japanese and "Chinese
and the, diplomatic. jepfeSentatives of
European and Latin 'American. nations
will drink to the toast oi£ October 19,'.
: wherever they may be. : \u25a0
John Barrett, the director of the bu
reau of American republics, is taking a
keen interest in- the Pontola festival.
The monthly bulletin 1 of "• the bureau
was held'back by Franklin; Adams,'as
sistant .director of tho~' bureau, wh6 is
a Californian, in order, that an article
concerning Portola might be' Inserted.
Thousands' of . copies of this article; In'
Spanish, have been marked and sent to
government officials ..throughout Latin
A,merica: Through the good offices of
Director Barrett " Commissioner Roos
has been placed In toucfr with' the dip
lomatic representatives' of Latin Amerl-"
can countries. .
CHILEAN MIXISTER^VILI/ AID
The first one visited Was Don Anibal
Cruz, Chilean minister,^ who spoke with
admiration of the wonderful recovery
of San Francisco, and of Hhe gratitude
felt by Chileans toward'XCalifornians
for their, prompt aid -in reSJef of the
sufferers from' the earthquakes at Val
paraiso. Minister Cruz said he^had for
warded the state. departmenVA invita
tion to his government. He voluVnteei^d
to follow up this communication? w;lth
a strong letter,. advising the govern
ment to send at least* two of the caack
Chilean warships to San Francisco riext
October. He said he was sanguine that
his government would be pleased to\
seize the opportunity to show its good
will toward California and the United
States by dispatching l its "finest ships to
San Francisco.
' Commissioner Rooa extended an in
vitation^ to Minister Cruz to visit San
Francisco as the gu.est of the city.-The
minister : replied that his duties would
probably prevent him from visiting the
coast, but that he would join heartily
In drinking, to President Taft's, toast on
Portola day. , -\u25a0 :
: Rerpresentative Kahn and Commis
sioner Roos will Interview the remain
ing members of the diplomatic" corps
whose countries have been invited
participate In the Portola festival; and
will invite them personally to visit San
;Francisco. ; Meanwhile, full ' Informa
< tion - regarding the" festival j and the " re
construction; of San- Francisco will ;be
published throughout Latin. America' in
;the bulletin -of the American republics.
I^AI.Y^TO SEND WABisillP* : ;
; .The Italian Ambassador' and Baroness
'Mayor dcs Planches 1 gave \u25a0 a dinner j to
'nightr among the guests' being Repre-'
Isentative , Kahn, .Commissioner \u25a0 Roos,
.Ira B. Bennett -and Slgnor j 'Antonio'
Ravaioll, .Italian ; commercial 1
;The Portola ; festival was • discussed ; in
"detail;; ana the ttmbassdof 'made it plain
• that; Italy's interest^ in the fete would
[take ; very substantial' form. . ; "
•«:He and . Baroness * Mayor will j leave
\u25a0fof^ltaly next week, arid while in Rome
the 'ambassador twill "impress upon the
'government \u25a0 the ' importance ' naval
representation at V San ; Francisco. , : The
Italian minister : of has tyisited
San Francisco : " and* has .warm friends
there. - Ambassador jMayorlthinks ;ltaly.
will send?; at; least ' three warships v to
San.Franciscoi" "1' ""-'' t* r: . . ' . :
ADMIRAL;:DEWEY?S AIDE
c^RESIGNS^FROMjTHE NAVY
Lieutenant Commander Stood on
V Bridge fof; the Olyrnpia 1 -
; SEATTLE,- June 7.— Lieutenant ; Com
mander. 11. > M. - ; Caldwell," "\u25a0: who .was -an
aide to / Admiral '\u25a0 "George V. Dewey ; and
stood (by|his; side -on the -bridgre" of the
•flagship : ; Olympia JduringTthe"? battle "'ot
Manila, hasvreslgned;f rom ( the .navy. • . : .
tVAccordin s"to ; -advices'" received ,c here,
his "i resignation, /whlch-vwas "Bent %to
iW-ashington "wire, .has V been: ac
cepted.^-:' 5 v-:-Y o. ; " \u25a0••-.-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•,\u25a0---'\u25a0. " ; ••;.; •-\u25a0.\u25a0• •\u25a0-..*\u25a0. .
j 't'Lieutenant •> Commander^ Caldwell; had
just '.i been to'i the
St.% Louis; which? left^here I yesterday,
and' was jtbjhave; served; as fits :navlgat- 4
Ing^officerjrdurlng^thefcrulse^insthe
Boutri v- seas*/ - Commander
Caldwell'.wasUandedsfromlthe'St.l Louis
before she put; to sea. "s^&i
AMERICAN NAflON*
T&JOirflN TOAST
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
LONDON, June 7.— On the Voy-.
age •,; over, \u25a0[ Cbnrlea <C. .' Moor* ; { vtr-'
-' reived ' n marcon gram ; from TkVnsh
ingrton . indicating; \u25a0; tbnt President
Taft will n«lt the entire American !
nation to lay . n»lde -work; prrciaely
' at noon •' October:- 10 1 and drink ' a •
\u25a0complimentary,'' toast to * the V. re
.,; Hourceful courasfe '\u25a0 and enterprise \u25a0
that made San'Franclsco rice from
: 1<« a»he«.',- ':\u25a0';/''.-';•..-> :r Jv: \u25a0' ;.
. '"As. the oflloini commissioner of
the I'nited f- States, ;. not E> alone of \u25a0
' San Krancist'o, or > of • California! I
shall attempt - rturinj? my tour to
\u25a0:\u25a0 lot; the whole norld knoir some
thins: of, th*> resonrcefnl ioonrage
that ' made the . rebuilding ! ot . San
'Franclse«» poßsible," " >Ir. Moore
said to The Call correspondent
tonight." '
"I connldtr that feat the best
: advertisement' obtainable . of
', .'American ( enterprisel and 'ability."
i /The correspondent . asked ; irbat
; Mr. Tnf t fvwnts the tonst dmak in.
"l-cmonndf, wfll water oriany
<hinc «hat won't arouse the Tem
perance league,? ansWered -. Mr.
aioore.^"' • -*•\u25a0;\u25a0' ; " ."- -".'».'/^'" "\u25a0". '' :/S~:':: /S~:':
HENEY PROBABLY
WILL ENTER RACE
•\u25a0>-• \u25a0"-. \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 - ' ' ' ' '. \u25a0 • ' ;
Announcement Regarding Can
didacy for District Attorney
Expected tomorrow
Francis J.Heney is expected to an
nounce tomorrow whether/ or he
will; lie/ a candidate for -the nomination
for .district, attorney/. It is -considered
extremely probable that Heney will de
cide to run.
, A commlttee-.of three, representing
the San Francisco democratic, club, met
Heney at luncheon yesterday- for the
purpose of notifying, him.- ihat : the club
had cMTsen him as its candidate and
asking 'him to consent to make the
fight. In the "committee .were Harry
Sullivan,- John F. Murray and Robert
L/Manri. '
.Heney repeated to; them the senti
ments which he, had already announced
in, newspaper interviews. He said that
he had hoped that ; District Attorney
Langdon would reconsider. his .determi
nation not; to be a candidate again, but
that lie had reached the concluslqn fhat
Langdon woujd not change his mind.
He said that , he 'did not want the office
toget Into thehands of enemies of the
graft prosecution. : -He spoke in an un-.
complimentary -way of "Nate Coghlan'a
candidacy, and opined 'that /Charles M.
Fickert. would- not ; be a strong 'candi
date. Finally he promised to give the
committee his reply on Wednesday.
" The ' members of the committee left
Heney fully satisfied with the success
of their mission ; and expressed the
opinion that Heney's decision would
take the form of an acceptance. of ;the
indorsement which the club has given
him.- . v -"-: \u25a0 ' : - •-. \u25a0 " .
..'\u25a0 As f th^ convention, of the San .Fran
cisco democratic club "meets again on
Wednesday - 1 night in Kllers hall.
Heney's decision will be made public
through- Uie report of the committee.
The convention has still to choose sev
eral candidates for office. The club's
indorsement; for the office of sheriff is
sought- by: Sheriff Larry Dolan artd Ed
Green,' Who- -was in the she? inTs office
for several years. Green seems to' be
the favoted candidate. ' -r,y
MAN A\ND WOMAN ARE *
f ARRJED AND FEATHERED
Fifteen Masked /Men Take
Couple From House
PITTSBURIG. .June 7. —-"Fifteen
masked men took. Mollie" Jlidge from
her home in a 'suburb early today,
stripped and teat her.- dressed her in
tar and • feathers | and, threw her I into a
stream. " 11. O. Wright. .who was In the
house L .with the woman, was given like
treatment:^. :- .-;'"*;;\u25a0;
• Such inconvenient apparel as tar and
feathers did not, however, prevent' the
unlucky pair from appearing before
Justice , McKean later in the day to
swear but warrants, for the ungentle
callers; \u25a0
\u0084 As a result, five men were arrested
tonight.'j including a brother Jn law of
;Wrlght. The woman insists other
Varrants ; will be ; issued. She had been
It is .said, .several ' times to
le Are'. 'the., suburb. ..„ *
bo>'d Election FrOR
• i -COURTHOUSE PLANNED
Kern County; Supervisors Favor
$400,000 Issue
June -7.— The board
of .supervisors^ of Kern county today
dedlared their Intention of issuing
140(^000 of bonds,; with which .two en
tire 'blocks near^the; business section
of thte city will be bought and a large
courttiouse erected. ' - '\u25a0:. \u25a0 ' - _.
election will; be held in July. *•
\u25a0 The atreet;- Intervening between the
blocks^ will be i closed; and i the acreage
not occupied by the building will -be
used ; as : a park If 'the issrue . carries. -: v \u25a0
At the Head
of the Glass
•; is where every" school child
wants^tobe. '"
:.,. But J improper^ food—^f ail-
ing to /.nourish brain and i
• .body- — keeps many a bright
Grape-Nitfs/
food is quickly served~-re-^
> quires rio\ cqokihg-rcontains :
/just the elements, frorn-
j; wlieat and, barley,: including/
the j- phosphate of potash, ;'
/-grown /in^the 'grain, -to build; ;
v^"up the! young -brain: cells and ; A
: make; study ; a" pleasure? ! - ;
4 *ThereVa Reason"
/DOSTUM ; CEREALXO.' Ltd:,
"-i . ; Battle '! Creek, Mich.
BALLOONS SHOT AT
WHILE THEY RACE
Air Machines -; Sailing - Over
South Are gargets for
Bullets 'bf TCitizensfS'
The indiana Thought to Have
'Broken Record of Nation
for Endurance
. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., June £-T?* tne
balloon Indiana has not been disquali
fied by touching earth, it has broken
; the .American endurance . record \u25a0 by
staying in the air more than 44 hours.
Since 'the balloon started" In the na-
t ional distance'"-. race' v oit" the Aero club
of America, from this cliy * Saturday,
two reports have been received J'om
it. One was 1 that it had touched the
earth in Tennessee'- and/ had taken on
water, and proceeded toward the south.
If this be true the balloon; Is disquali
fied under the rules of the interna
tional aeronautic federation. | Many, of
the balloons were shot at as they sailed
over the south..:, .
.A -second dispatch; signed by the
pilot, Carl i Fisher, and his aid, O.
L;- Bumbaugh, 'stated ' that" they
dropped down near enough to earth
to let down a line and draw up a
bucket of water. Under these condi
tions, the Indiana has not been dis
qualified. V '-- . *I J •*'
.It is not possible, according to
available information, that the Indiana
has broken the distance record of. 852
miles, for it was traveling due^south
and would come to the gulf coast al
most .100 miles 'short of the record es
tablished by the German . balloon Pom
raern, In the international race nearly
two years ago for i the James Gordon
Bennett trophy, which started from
St. Louis and landed, at Asbury Park,
N.. J.;--. \u25a0 /- \u25a0••'
ST. LOUIS 111 LANDED %
The last of the six balloons entered
in the -national distance .race from
which a definite, landing report has
been received is the St. Louis lIL which
dropped at Kelso. -Tenn., having, cov
ered about 340 miles. A. B. Lambert
was pilot and H. E. Honey well the
aid. Other balloons landed are as
follows: -V
The New York, A. Holland Forbes,
pilot, landed at Corinth, Miss., cover
ing 375 miles In 36 hours and 10
minutes. '
vThe University City of St. Louia
traveled 340 miles, landing at Blanche,
Term. Time, 23 hours and 24 minutes.
The Hoosler.. Captain Baldwin" pilot,
traveled 240 miles, landing at Green
Brier, Term.
The Cleveland landed at Columbus,
Ind., 40 miles; 2 hours and 55 minutes.
The Indianapolis won tbe cup offered
for the greatest distance by the In
dianapolis Merchants' association, hav
ing approximately !16 miles better to
her record than the Ohio. She also
won the Fisher trophy for time In the
air, having a margin of almost two
hours over the Chicago.
The victory of the Indianapolis men
and their 40,000 cubic feet capacity
balloon is, considered remarkable, in
asmuch as they are new at balloon
ing. They started on their flight with
but five bags of sand and were lightly
provisioned. They made 235 miles and
were . in« the , air 19 hours.
SAIL HIGH TO AVOID # SHOTS*
A message to the Associated Press
from them says their highest altitude
was 13,000 feet. They were shot at
twice as they went over Kentucky, but
were not hit," They were forced to
sail, high to avoid the bullets.
* The New York, which landed near
Corinth, Miss., was also shot at Sun
day night while passing over Morgan
county. Ala. \u25a0-\u25a0 Describing the .shooting,
Mr. Harmon says:
."Expecting to land in the wilds of
Canada, we were loaded with provis
ions, ammunition, heavy shoes and
clothing and canned goods. In an en
deavor to find another air current to
carry us> .higher, we decided to throw
away about 300 pounds of this stuff.
Not wishing that it should be lost, we
descended to within 900 feet of the
earth and began distributing it where
Jt would be found,, near houses and
villages." •
''When directly over a small, village
80 miles north of Birmingham, a man
with a rifle. cried:* "Come down here
— — or I will bring you down.*
\u25a0"We continued our course and he
fired three shots, ; one of the bullets
singing through the basket. Officers
have been sent out from Corinth In an
endeavor to "arrest the man."
Cross Atlantic in Airship
CHICAGO/ June 7.— With the same
northeast trade winds by which Colum
bus figured out his route to the discov
ery of- America.- Joseph Brucker, for
mer editor of the Staats Zeitung and
commissioner to Germany from the St.
Louis* world's fair, says he will attempt
to cross the Atlantic ocean In an air
ship or. dirigible balloon: > .
Brucker arrived in Chicago yester
day oir a visit to friends. He declared
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it was possible to cross the ocean in
an airship and that he would put his
theories into execution some time next
spring.
"The Wright brothers and Courtt
Zeppelin agree with me," he said, "that
It is perfectly in reason that a balloon
or airship, properly constructed, could
cross the ocean safely.
"I will spend most of the winter in
buildtng my airship and in the sprina:
I expect to start my voyage from Ca
diz. Spain. I expect to land either in
Cuba or . somewhere In the middle
states."
Successful Aeroplane
HAMMONDSPORT. N. V., June 7.—
G. 11. Curti3» made two successful
flights of abput two miles each here
today with the new aeroplane built for
the Aeronautical society.
The aeronaut described the fijrure a
in his flights and appeared to have t!v:
machine under perfect control.
The new aeroplane will be entered
In the Morris park competition In New
York next week.
CINCINNATI ELKS
BALK AT DRY TOWN
Long Beach Chosen as Head*
quarters for Delegation
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CINCINNATI. 0., June '".—"Garry".
Herrmann. Cincinnati baseball mag
nate and political leader, and* his
friends, who are to attend the Elks'
big gathering in California, have been
troubled over the selection of Long
Beach, a prohibition town, as head
quarters of the delegation, but the
news from there today was more re
assurring.
There is* a probability that the
drought will be temporarily lifted at
the national reunion of Elks at LO3
Angeles.
But in any event it is only 20 miles
to Los Angeles, which has never suf
fered .from drought.
Constipation the Cause
of Disease
Nature's Own Remedy
Constipation is not only disagreeable*.
It Is dangerous. If allowed to become
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a natural and harmless laxative. Too
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