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VOLUME CVIL— NO. 55.
PINCHOT HEADS
MOVEMENT FOR
CONSERVATION
Deposed Forester Succeeds Dr.
Charles W. Eliot as Head
of National Body
Will Maintain Washington Of
rice and Continue the Fight
Before Congress
Cunningham Coal Claims Are
Held Up by Commissioner
of Land Office
[Special Dispatch to The Call)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. — The elec
tion of Gifford Pinchot to suc
ceed Dr. Charles W. Eliot as
president of the National conservation
aESOciation was announced tonight.
Doctor Eliot, at whose suggestion
Pinchot was elected, retains the hon
orary presidency. Pincnot takes active
charge of the association tomorrow.
Hi? headquarters will be in Washing
ton.
Movement Sweeps Country
Tlio National conservation associa
tion was formed last July at a meeting,
with Doctor Eliot as chairman, called
in Cambridge, Mass.. with the*purpose
cf helping, through a large individual
membership, to put into practical effect
the consorvation principles declared by
the conference of governors at the
White House in May, 1508.
The association was formally launched
last October, since which time it has
t-ecured a membership extending prett>;
generally over the country. Pinchot
? aid tonight: [jjj
"The National conservation associa
tion is not in politics. It believes that
i-onservation is a great moral . issue,
broader than any party or section and
more vital than any political question
or measure now before us.
People's Rights at Stake
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"The rights and property of the Amer
ican people at«-at •\u25a03MLkcr"-Th*»-«»sorla'»
lion will be on the firing line in the con
servation fight. Its immediate task will
be to do what it can toward getting
good conservation laws enacted by con
gress. Hereafter I expect to devote
what energy I have to the association,
as I did to the forest service in the
past. I believe that the National con
servation * association offers the best
way to help the cause of conservation."
Begin Ballinger Inquiry
The Ballinger-Pinchot investigation
will be begun Tuesday by the joint
congressional committee. It seems cer
tain that riot much can be accom
plished until late in the summer, es
pecially if the committee decides to
visit Alaska to inspect the coal lands
in dispute. *
Senator Nelson will '^.-onfer tomor
row with Secretary Ballinger, Gifford
Pinchot, Glavis, Shaw and Price tend
will report to his 'colleagues Tuesday
as to the time needed by them to pre
pare their cases. Many witnesses will
be brought to Washington, and some
will come all The way from Alaska
unless the committee decides to'-vislt
that far off region.
Promises Rigid Scrutiny
The impression now is that the tak
ing of testimony will begin Friday.
Representative James, a democratic
member of the committee, said: "The
investigation will be thorough. I shall
call for every witness I think can shed
light on the situation. As constituted
the committee ought to be able to
get at the facts without playing any
politics."
Although Senator Root was placed
on the committee at the urgent re
quest of the president, there have been
reports that he would not serve, inas
much as he is counsel for the United
States in the Newfoundland fisheries
arbitration soon to be argued before
The Hague tribunal. Vice President
Sherman, who named Root as a mem
ber of the Joint committee, said the
senator would serve. '
When the house meets tomorrow it
will 'probably ratify the selection of
Representative Graham of Illinois as
one of the democratic members of the
Investigating committee. He was
chosen by the democratic caucus in
place of Representative Lloyd.
Personnel of Committee
The committee then will consist of
the following:
Senators — Knute Nelson of Minne
sota, chairman; Frank P. Flint- of Cal
ifornia. George Sutherland of Utah,
Elihu Root of New York, Thomas H.
Paynter of Kentucky and Duncan U.-
Fletcher of Florida. •
Representatives— Samuel "w. McCail
of Massachusetts, M. E. Olmstead of
Pennsylvania, JL H. Madison of Kansas,
Edwin Denby of Michigan, Ollie James
of Kentucky and James M. Graham of
Illinois.
Cunningham' Claims Held Up
WASHINGTON. Jan. " 23.— -According 1
to a statement issued today by Com
missioner Dennett of , the general land
* office none of the applications to enter
Alaska coal lands has passed to_ entry.
It also is Khownthat of the Alaska coal.
Ciiatlnucd on'Paire 2. Coliinin ,7
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
y TELEPHONE KEARNY 86
MONDAY. JANUARY 24, 1910
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YESTERDAY— R*ln; south wind; maximum
temperature, ,60; minimum, 50l
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Unsettled weather
with occasional rain; moderate NW. winds V 13
EDITORIAL
What M. Panlhan has accompitsbed. Pace 8
Impndent reply froip the commission. Page 6
Downtown merchants in consultation. p ace «
Balllngrer Ukm to calling names. Page O
Comparisons of streetcar service. I'njje 0
CITY
WomtnV sudden death in lobby creates great
excitement at the Stewart. Pnge 3
Storm pre Tents ffreat aviation meet at Tan
foran park. ',;.;;.: paße ,
Inrtustrisl harmony is theme of sermons In
many churches. Page 14
FJre Tictim Joins neighbors in hunt for his
bones and appearance surprises them. Page 5
Dnidenttfled corpse found sitting on brick pile
in vacant lot. Pance 7
Mlastan *trpet residence robbed while mem
bers of family slumber. I'ajro 7
DUappointed crowds try in rain to see air-
Pa K el
Max Fijrman scores hit in pretty rural
pUr- :\':-£ . I'asre 14
Society leaders making preparations for
mardl gras charity ball.' r.ise .1
SUBURBAN
Profe'-tsor J>>eb of Berkeley says be will join
Rockefeller institute July 1. Pagv 3
Funeral of Horry W. Meek, nayward finan
cier, held from late residence. Page 13
Post card day to boost Oakland is ar
ranged. pajfe ,0, 0
Cluhwoinen will meet Wednesday morning to
arrange for district federation meeting. f Pace 8
Plucky college graduate, writer and actress
puts midnight ae«a!iant to' flight. Page X
Prisoners in city Jail make ineffectual attempt
*« o«"«P*. , raKe s
Five hundred dancers to appear in Oakland
kirmes<! for sweet charity. I'ajje 8
Southern Pacific telegraph operators ordered to
submit to examination. Page S
Halloy's comet seen at Tonopah. Nev.. being
visible to naked eve. i»,.^~ i
Duck hunter drowned in Richardson's hay
when brmt is overturned. Page 14
Young woman eludes gnard In sanatorium and
dies in Mill valley reservoir. *\u25a0•"'>?' Pajce 1
Judge and Jury fail to awe cow claimed by
dairyman. • ;^, Page 14
Rev. R. A. Gleaton. Santa Clara's head, re
signs to solicit funds ft* new college. Pae<> 7
Tiny baby girl stabbed to death and body
Children kidnaped by sen of Senator Tilimati, |
" r ?° w . 1 !. 1 ,^* BU /^ b^ daughter Jp Ur. ' .Page 1
St. Ixmils railway man's wife during nt of
vertigo drowns In bathtub. Paste 1
Ezra Kendall, noted comedian, 'Is callert by
death. y -£j-. PnKf . 2
Gifford Pinchot chosen president of national
conservation commission. -..-\u25a0\u25a0 7 i "-"g Page 1
Anti-meat crusade spreading throughout .many
cities east and west. " ?-\u25a0>'' Paffe 2
"Grand convention" of "unemployed" to bring
hoboes together In Chicago. , Pwjce 3
Niuoty-two guests barely escape in ?100,(XK)
Ilot Springs hotel fire. Pane 5
Export predicts great strides in education of
railroad employes. I "a lie 7
Mrs. Dave I.yon, "queen of clubs," files peti
tion in bankruptcy. Page 5
Taft gains supporters for his legislative pro
gram. '":., PaceS
Foreman killod and others hurt by leaping
from train in collision. Pace 5
Prison records of Sew York show many crim
inals are aliens. Pace 7
Federal meat inquiry will be launched today
In Chicago. Page 1
Court martial to investigate row between navy
officers at Boston dance. Page 4
FOREIGN
Smallpox and bubonic plague kill hundreds in
big Chinese city. Pa Re 3
Rewards for opponents of anti-foreign policy
announced In China. Page 5
Earthquakes felt on St. Vincent island and
Martinique, 'but no damage done. Page 3
Liberals have bare majority in British elections
with, nationalists dominant. :'Cl' i Page 3
SPORTS
Local revolver club team scores victory over
Portland in match play. I'ase 'J
Battling Nelson Jpniee that he hag, taken the
count from Daniel Cupid. face U
Jack Johnson preaches sobriety at colored Y.
M. C. A. in New York. I*n»ee 9
Albion . Rovers win soccer game from San
Franciscos, 4 to 2, on muddy field. l'age II
Referee ' for ' McCarthy -Thompson battle to jbe
chosen tonight. . Page 0
Jack Prince and associates to build motordrome
In this city. . ' Page !)
Berkeley high school athletes begin active
training for spring season. - ' Page 8
Talent comes out . in short end on week at
Emeryville track. Page 0
Jockey Shilling "pilots four winners at Juarez,'
Including Right Easy. Page 9
St. Joseph's academy five too strong for St.
Elizabeth basket bailers. Page O
Major league magnates unable to agree on
schedule before formal meeting. Page »
MARINE
Twelve barbound _ lumber, vessels start from
Westport at same. time. \u25a0' • I'ncc Xl
TONOPAH SEES
HALLEY'S COMET
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
TONOPAH. N'ev.. Jan. 23.— The entire
population of 'Tonqpah witnessed what
is believed to be Halley'^ comet tonight,
the brilliant heavenly wanderer being
plainly visible to the naked bye, rival
ing Venus in its brilliancy. •
Many persons went .to, the hillsides
with small, glasses to watch the phe
nomenon, the view of which was great
ly aided by,., the clearness of the at
mosphere at this .altitude.
The tall, was- long and well defined.
New Comet' 4 , Orbit Given,
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan.' 23.— A cable
message has ; been ' received at the Har
vard i college £observatory..A from ~j Kiel,
giving calculations, of ithe> orbit 1 of the
new, ; comet,* known^as- "Comet r A; ;. 1910."
• The comet was nearest' the; sun' Janui
ary r l7. ItsTdistance from' it'then being
3.500.000 , mile* ,
S^N FRANGISjCQ, MOXD AY, .JANUARY 24, 1910:
MEAT INQUIRY
BY GOVERNMENT
BEGINS TODAY
Federal Grand Jury to Decide if
Prices Are Artificially
Kept High
Packers Ready for Combat ' and
Hard Battle Expected to
Be Waged
CHICAGO, Jan. 23. — With the heads
of all big packing houses gathered
here and attorneys .arrayed on each
side, the government's investigation of
the dressed meat industry is expected
to be ready when the; federal grand
'jury convenes tomorrow. Whether or
not the price of meat, is artificially
kept high is to be the contention of
the coming baUle. \u25a0
1 Subpenas have been/ prepared to
bring before the jury-, witnesses from
all departments of the packing house
business.
The packers are ready for combat.
"All I've got to say," said J. Ogden
Armour, ''is that such co-operation as
may exist among packers is a benefit
to the public, rather than the reverse."
Three lines of action have been out
lined. These are:
Criminal prosecution of alleged
violation of the anti-trust «law.
Civil action for the dissolution of
the National packing company."
Contempt proceedings for alleged \u25a0•
violation of Judge Grosscup's : in-- *
junction restraining, packers from
fixing prices in. restraint of trade. •
Practically all the evidence gathered
by the government in a previous inves
tigation, it is said, has been abandoned
and entirely new data will be utilized.
Scores "Wasteful Housewives"
SANTA i BARBARA, Jan. > 23.— High
prices of food are due as much to the
extravagance of American women, who
have the 'spending of the wages of
American workingmen. as .to the
avarice of the tariff protected trusts,
according to E. P. Ripley, president of
the Santa Fe railroad, who is passing
the winter Kere. Ripley has just Issued
a ; commentary on .the v present *-^,w id e-^;
spread strike against' high^priee^Tnieat, i
in- which he asserts that the boycott"
may have a'beneficial result in teaching
wasteful housewives a needed lesson in
economy. \u25a0 \u25a0 '
"General increases ,of wages and the
rapid Increase of money in circulation
are among the causes of high prices,"
said Ripley, "but extravagance is the
paramount cause. Most housewives
whose husbands earn good wages will
pay three to four times as much for
foods done up in fancy packages as
they will for the same foods without
the frills. And they will not go to the
store or to the market if they can have
a telephone. The telepflone adds to the
cost of living for thousands of families,'
and so does the 10 per cent which the
grocer; has to add to his prices to cover
the cost of delivery.
'"This is a land of great wealth, which
has, been, developed 4n excess of the
needs of the people and a halt is in-,
evitable. ' The time for the halt seems
to have come."
Packers Unmoved by Boycott
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—"Revolu
tions have been staJbed by less, than
what the American, p¥ople are suffering
now," says Senator/Joseph L. Bristow
of Kansas. "Meat foots up to a quar
ter l of the average household expenses
and it ought to be cheaper today in
stead of dearer than It was 25 years
ago by greater economy in its prepara
tion and sale. , When I 'was a boy 25
per cent of theVcarcass went to waste.
Now nothing goes to waste — not even
the blood." •* «
Senator Bristow's words crystallize
the sentiment of protest in all parts of*
the country against the higher cost of
living.. Thus far the movement, which
first took form in actual boycott at
Cleveland, has met with most success
in the west. " , \u25a0>\u25a0*
Against public, clamor packers reply"
that high prices for meats are attrib
utable to high prices of corn, and ad
vocate that, the poor be educated to eat
cheaper cutsT"
Meat Boycott, Urged:
IJOS ANGELES, Jan. 23.—Representa
tives of, more than 3,000 workingmen
met today and drafted resolutions call-
Ing for a boycott on meat fora period
of from 30 to 60 days.; Including the
families of ;the men, more than 15,000
persons are interested in the proposed
to force a reduction, not ionly
inthe price of meat; but ,311 other food
products,. the { cost of which is soaring
; beyond poor men's means.; . » ";'."-
Says Farmer Will Suffer
MILWAUKEE, Wls.VJan.- 23.— Speak
ing of -^statements regarding the price
of meat, - PatHck Cudahy, 'president of
the Cudahy Brothers company, said that
if.- there! was such, a thing", as a beef
trust and it had been practicing unfair
methods he hoped it would be punished*
to the full extent'of thelaw/
r. "The - probably .will! bring
down prices," he said, "but the price 'of
llvestcck has got: to come down before
thetprice of meat does, arid the who'le
salerlwill be just as well. off, or better)
whfin; prices are lowered than now,; for
the dealer -has' to have a margin : of
proflrnp' mattery what the "price Is. .
"It Is the farmer. whb_ -will suffer, and.
Continued -on Page '2, Column 5
Aviators Unible to Face Fierce Wind and Rain
Throngs Wait in Vain for the "Birdmen" to Fly
The crowd under^ umbrellas at Tanforan yesterday patiently Waiting to see Louis Paulhan, the aviator, make a
flight in his aeroplane" TheCweather, however; wasto'o inclement, and 30,000 persons were disappointed
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ELUDES GUARD AND
DIES IN RESERVOIR
Young Woman Leaves Sana«
toriuniEaHyiri Morning "and
Searchers Discoveir ; : Body"
[Special Dispatch to The Call] \u25a0
MILI/jVALLEY. Jan. 23.r-Making her
escape, from the attendants of the Land
sanatorium, where she had been ' un
der'treatmerit for more than a year for
a nervous affliction,* Miss 5 Alma Cun
ningham, daughter of T. S. Cunningham
of , the Postal telegraph company of San
Francisco, found her way^to the Mill
Valley reservoir at an early .hour this
morning, fell into the water and was
drowned.
There was no witness to v the tragedy.
Frederick Summers, bellboy' at 'the
sanatorium, found the young 4 woman's
hat. on -the^ bank of the res*etivoir, and
in this 'manner the ;body was, located.
IJow Miss Cunningham managed to ; get
away from the sanatorium .without be
ing- observed is not yet known.
Miss Cunningham and air* other pa
tients were-ih-'bed by 10 .Vclock Sat
urday' night and she was'- asleep at
12:30. . She wwars r not. missed' until -after
daylight. v ."
When her ; absence, was ,nofrsd'ever p y
available attendant' was sentftol search
the woods. Summers knew" that ttie
young, woman had ' been in' the .habit
of visiting the reservoir witlivher at
tendants,-, but it 'was after noon' when
he reached the spot.
.In the meantime the ( fatherLhadibeen
notified In San Francisco", and. when he
saw his 'daughters- hat on the bank he
secured .'permission to; have the reser-i
voir emptied. The body was found lionly
a <few feet from^the. hat. There was
no indication -of foul -play, and- 7Cun
ningham scoffs, at the idea that his
daughter committed' suicide. :He said
yesterday that Miss Cunningham's ail
ment \u25a0 was principally, a 'case of poor
memory and -that she had shown much
improvement . of ylateJ
Mis'sCunningham was 26 years old,
and up to; the time of the San "Fran
cisco conflagration in 1906 enjoyed u'n
usualiy*.' good-health." The excitement
seeVried to. -unnerve her, however, and
a' few months after the catastrophe
she became \u25a0. subject to spells of forget
fulness and '\u25a0?. melancholia. . Her tragic
death, completely unnerved, her father,
who has had three deaths in his^fam-!
ily. within the last year.
\u25a0\u25a0 : Coroner: Sawyer, took the body to San
Rafael, and later gave permission for
it Ub'be removed to San Francisco.
SISTER r i QF2 PEERf GETS ; V ,
; LIBERATEDiFROM?PRISON
Lady Constance Lytton Is • Fa
vored "by. Home I Secretary
LIVERPOOL; : Jan. ; 23.— Lady '; Con
stance Lytton, • sister of £ Lord . Lytton}
who servecl'a week of a two weeksV'sen-'
tenceln Walton jail ?unfler7tlie name of
Jane Warton.v^for the jail
windows, ' Was ' liberated .today. ;
''\u25a0_.•: Laidy't Constancev.was^liberated • a iweek
in- advance. of her lterm/on^orders' from
the ', home: secretary;- She , is .'ln an ex
hausted \u25a0, condition., 'v;''';;
- : itCisVsaid 'that; she; has been ; forcibly
fed since January; ISand has been sub
jected-to vVross: insults by prison offl
cial * ; * v .vi
CHILDREN KIDNAPED
BY SON OF TILLMAN
Senator and Wife Are Threat
. Daughtef^in : fUaw
[Special Diipalch to The, Call] \
S. C, Jan. 23.— Mrs. Du
gas Tillman, wife of B. R. Tillman Jr.,
will, fering suit in "the supreme court
tomorrow against .-United States Sen
ator Tillman arid his wife / f or the re
covery of her infant children, Dousch
and Sarah. .'. \u25a0\u0084-' \u25a0'-..\u25a0
/Young Mrs. Tillman alleges that- she
haff.'been deserted by her .h'ysband and
that his parents are keeping the chil
dren and will not allow her" to see them.
She has been making her. home since
herjalleged desertion with the faniily
of ' Dr. Francis Pick'ens Butler in this
city/ r '. ,'...\u25a0/:\u25a0' \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0t'': ' \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0". '-.'.
v She ris '".a granddaughter .- oft F. ,"W.
Plckens, * who: was minister 'to 1 , Russia
•under President Buchanan.' Her moth-;
er was born,. in: St. Petersburg iri-Ro-.
manoff palace . and;, . was; « named
Douschka, < the-czarina- standing god
mother. .1- :
' Douschka Pickens. was married; to
Doctor Dugas of Augusta,, father of ;
young' Mrs. .Tillman. She'^was' married |
to Tillman in; 1903. They, separated in
November, 1 90S, Mrs. Tillman-; saying
her husband. was a' drunkard and that
he abused -her. were 'reunited
In February of last yea r, but \in De
cember Mrs/ Tillman became -111 in
Washington and she charges that^her
husband deserted .her at that time and
practically kidnaped ;their children. She
has not seen them since.
ST. LOUIS WOMAN '
DROWNS IN. A BATHTUB
Prominent Railway Man's Wife
Meets, With Strange Death
\u25a0ST.' LOUIS Jan^ 23.— Mrs. 'Samuel^ E.
Allender 52 years old, .wife of the chief
special agent of the' St. Louis and' San
Francisco railway system, was drowned
ln>aboathtub today.^ - Physicians say
death followed an attack of vertigo. .
BUILDER ROUND-DEAD
ON A STREET CORNER
Henry Cartledge, a' builder and con
tractor residing at 41 Howth street, was
found dead at the .corner of ' San Jose
and Mount Verrion ; avenues yesterday
morning Cartle'dge' Is said to have suf
fered with heart trouble for a number
of .years. ."\u25a0\u25a0• .
| Calif ornians on Travels |
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.— Cal if ornians
are; registered ; here as 'follows: \u25a0'-.'.
v. From' San • Franfiseo-^E.' M. ; Elara. ; Breslln ; M.
Furst,' .Hotel !t Wellington ; D. \u25a0 Grant/: ; Hotel^Col-"
Jlrigwood : ' (}.'. MaKnln, Hotel • Savoy; \ H." D.~*Steid
man,; Cosmopolitan ; \u25a0 X. A. \u25a0 McGregor; Holland ;
Mrs.'i P.' C \u25a0 Stnton. Hotel Wolcott ; 'Miss 8. .' Fer
ris^VMartha W'ashirifrtonf Miss '*K.\_ Greg;**- Hotel
Seville;" Miss '[X.X J. Mendessall.-; Miss E.;Mlller,
St. Andrew^ hotel : Mrs. j J.% O"Brten,v Hotel; FUn :
ders; Mrs.: G.i B." Sperry,' Seyille; 1 H.^ Goldstone,'
Ix>ngacre ;{a' Lachman, Mrs. A. . I.achman. - Hotel
St.yAndrew'; D. J,V. Mengbicr, i Hotel Flanders";'- H. v
H iElklng,'" Park 'A venue; ' Miss B. • Ferris,''-.Bres
lln ; % L. >A. Gould .S Mrs.Vt«. A.'* Gould. » Hotel Mar
tinique; T. , X.' Kennedy, Hoffman - house; rM.H.
Knopfnacher, c Navarre; "C.UW.HTozer. Hotel Se
yllU'.^Cv i-i \u25a0$:','\u25a0»\u25a0.*\u25a0<:. ; '-'v \u25a0•\u25a0 ";v. \u25a0.-.\u25a0-..-.- ,-;.::\u25a0'\u25a0
ft I^s'AnßelPS — C.;LI Astor hoiwe;.' X,
Durkeie, '- J Broad way a. Central ; '•} M Iss aM. X Hlrker,
Mw.7 H iekey, '\u25a0\u25a0> Martha ; ? T. ; W. s Phil
lips.'? Hotel i Latham : • C. r . W. , Clark;, Holland : ; 21.
C/'.Thompsou, Herald ; Square." -;'.* v ~v
FRANCE GRIPPED BY
DEVASTATING FLOOD
Vast Territory' Inu hdated and
| v Paris Threatened "by
Rising Water
PARIS, Jan. ; 24. — The Seine continues
to rise rapidly- and at 2 o'clock this 1
mornins ha<j reached within a couple
of feet of the roadway' of the Place de
la Concorde. Many additional buildings
have. been flooded,' including the print
ing works of the Official Journal.
River authorities say the Marne will
rise three feet by Monday, and they
have instructed the mayors of all towns
along .its, banks that the riverside
houses must be vacated at.once.' * !
. .. Monterau is -totally .under* water. 'An'
urgent has .been, sent/to . the
military authorities at -Fountainebleau
for 3,000 rations.
A National 1 Disaster
' ,The floods. are fast assuming the pro
portions of a national disaster. In. the
north, east,, and ..west hundreds are
homeless and r ruined. Although it is
Impossible 'to estimate the damage. It
will be great. ' '
;\u25a0 The rise in the 'continued air
day.',- -At Paris "the \u25a0 torrent - almost
touched the arches .of _ the 'beautiful
"bridges, threatening i their destruction.
•The -Pont dcs Arts and the Pont de
L'Alma . are in 'momentary danger. :
; The " sharp , cold 'of yesterday led to
the hope of abatement of the floods,
but this mornlng-a heavy snow- set In,
turning in the .afternoon to rain, which
is,; still 'falling.- '
M. Leplne, prefect of Paris; took the
gravest view of the situation. . "
"The weather bureau," he said,
"forecasts a further; rise of 30' cent
imeters tonight. I do not know what
to do ; in the face of this situation."
. One of the water mains, serving one
of the most populous Arronnidissments,
burst tonight, and those districts are
without water. .It Is feared that the
ciy will be in a like condiion soon, as
the^ flood Is invading the pumping sta
tions. The compressed air factory,
which supplies elevators In Paris,' also
has been forced to \u25a0. shut down.
Homeless Lack Shelter
Electric light and street railway
service is out-of commission In some
sections."
Officials .'of -the. prefecture are : flnd
ig great difficulty in securing shelter
for ;the homeless.
The situation 'in the outskirts of
Paris Is even "* worse than in the city
proper. At" Alfortville the dam burst,
overwhelming 200 houses, the "people
being^ forced to fly. -leavfng their be
longings behind. 'The Saone and Doubs
jValley^ is" one huge lake about 10 miles
broad. ; Of six.villages the roofs alone
are. showing above the water.
V.The .whole Vchampag'ne region is in
*aicrltical« position. ': Vitry le Francois,
in ."the" department of Marne, -stands
isolated in the -midst of a lake a mile
or two "wide. _All the <countr>' between
Arrlgny and Larzcourt is Sunder water.
"At'the latter place several houses col
lapsed. Several villages outside * of
Marne are- submerged. .
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ELEMENTS
PREVENT
BIG MEET
Aviators Ready for Flights,
But Gale Renders Plan
Too Dangerous
Thirty Thousand People Stand
in Rain Patiently Awaiting
Aerial Exhibition
Paulhan Expects to Make Rec
ordset Tanforan if Weath*
er Clears
Noted Frenchman Has Narrow-
Escape From Death in
Auto Accident
THE air defied the aeroplanes at
Tanforan yesterday and the chal
lenge was not accepted. There
was no aviation, although Louis Paul
han, the hero of the Los Angeles
meet', had his Farman biplane taut and
trim, ready for a flight, and his snappy
little Bleriot keyed to the point. But
there was a .35 mile wind cutting in
gusts across the wide field and a rain,
varying from an insistent drizzle to a
heavy downpour, falling almost con
tinually. % While Paulhan and his as
sociate aviators, Masson and Miscarol,
were reluctant to disappoint the -30.000
people who had gathered at the San
Mateq county racetrack to see the
''conquerors of the air," they felt that
it would be suicidal to attempt to
conquer.
Big .Throng Disappointed
So 30,000 people were disappointed.
The majority of them lingered until
after S "o'clock in the hope that the
weather would moderate and the ele
ments would submit to the French
birdmen- But there was no modera
tion of sufficient duration to satisfy
the aviators. The birdmen are not
stormy petrels.
i At 10 minutes after 3 o'clock it waa
announced that "rain checks" would be
given the spectators so that they
might return to the meet on another
and fairer day. However, many thou
sands had left before that announce
ment was made, and there was keen
disappointment and some bitter criti
cism expressed over that circumstance.
Early yesterday morning the people
began to arrive- at Tanforan over the
United Railroads and Southern Pacific
tracks, in automobiles and on foot.
Thousands crossed the bay from Oak
land, Berkeley and Alameda. Sausallto.
San Rafael and interior points to see
what was to have been the first flight
of a heavier than air machine In central
California.
Sky Is Threatening
All morning the sky threatened and
ralrf spattered insolently on the car
windows and the tonneau tops of the
automobiles. But fitfully the clouda
would become threadbare In places and
the optimists could see enough blue sky
to patch a pair of biplanes. The weather
report had \u25a0 predicted showers fn the
morning:, with clearing in the after
noon. It was a guess half right; on,ly
the worse half was the unpredicted.
• During the morning hours the mecha
nicians, working under the direction of
Masson and Miscarol, toiled over the
Jelicate frames and intricacies of wires
of the machines, which were familiar to
the San Franciscan only through the
remote acquaintance of newspaper and
magazine pictures and the medium of
motion picture fllm3. The machines
were fn the saddling paddock, and
throngs hung over the fences near th«
jhed to view the wonders.
About noon Paulhan arrived. His
hat was crusted with mud. He was
nervous, for on his way to the course
i streetcar had »bumped his automobile
and he and Edwin Cleary, his manager,
had been well shaken up. It was a
bad start to make on a day marked
with such hazardous weather. Had
that incident not happened Paulhan
might have been In a mood to dare the
prorst of the turbulent wind. '.
Paulhan Is Cautious
Paulhan. slim,' wiry, fluttered about
in a tan waterproof like a distrait
sparrow tempted to wet his plumage,
but .still cautious In the face of the
jminous storm.
"It Is a - tempest; it will be almost.
If not quite, impossible to fly in It."
rte declared repeatedly and dolefully.
For 'he wanted to fly and buck the
breezes with his tried biplane, but he
realized the force of the gusts, which
ivere turning umbrellas Inside out and
Irlving tlfe less hardy into the cover
if 'the grandstand. A tempest at an
ivlatlon afield" is quite different from a
tempest. in a teapot.
About 12 o'clock the rain started to
fall. FiTst-there was a steady drizzle.
rhe;tall eucalyptus trees that lined the
imphltheater were half hidden in the
nlst. The San Bruno hills faded be
slnd the' rain. Some people sought the
rongested "shelter of 'the srandstand,