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10VE LETTERS
BY PROSECUTOR
Correspondence Between Dr.
Burke and Miss Smith in
Hands of Lea
Employe of Sanatorium Repri
manded for Telling offi=
cers of Explosion
plivf-i< -ian. that a credit entry of $400
was mario in Miss Smith's account at
the sanatorium after she returned there
in a delicate condition in February of
Grcst as= was the interest displayed
throughout the day. however, in the
Utters destined to play a most impor
tant part in the presort inquiry, greater
curiosity was aroused by the attitude
ssFumPd by Doctor Kurke and his start
in the sanatorium. It was learned that
D. Wamn Dillard, cashier and confi
dential man at the health resort, had
been upbraided Sunday afternoon by
Doctor Burke for having telephoned to
District Attorney Lea thnt an explo
sion had taken piace the previous
night.
nniard replied fiat he had consid
ered it Ins duty because neither the
physician n«r the manager of the place
had <3eemed it necessary to nmke such
a rr-port. He was ri minded that he was
p clerk with no executive authority and
was addressed in blich a manner that
he submitted his resignation to tahe
effect at once.
AiMsed Against Inquiry
In this connection it was learned
that Doctor Burk<? serit a note to Sheriff
J. K. Smith at Ma headquarters in this
rity Sunday afternoon in which he re
f<?rr<»d to the event of the previous
night simply as an explosion in which
j= Troiiun patient hr.<i been injured and
\u25a0would probably dir. He wrote, it is
paid, that ther- was no necessity for
action on the part <f the sheriff, as the
hospital authorities were "fully able to
« ope with the Fituarion." The health
report is located in a valley five miles
north of the city. The fact that the
detonation was distinctly h^ard within
p. rndins of two miles and the telephone
message from Dillatd earlier in the dny
led H3«* officer .to disregard the physi
tcian's* advice and at once to institute
an investigation.
District Attorney T^ea. who took the
direction of the search in liand im
mediately, admitted today that he did
tr.ot receive any aid from the
authorities in the prosecution* of hia
investigation. Asked if he had been
interfered with, lie replied: "I do not
care to direct suspicion toward anj r
ho4y at this stage of the inveftigation
by stating that they hindered officers
of the law in their sworn duty/
OPPOSK INVESTIGATION
Developments later in the day caused
the district attorney to modify this
statement and declare that he was
gxeatlv dissatisfied with the attitude
of the sanatorium ot^eials in connec
tion with the investigation of the at
t tempted murder. v •
"It is none of your business." was
tthe reply made by Dr. J-L F. Dessau.
assistant at the sanatorium, to a cour
teous inquiry today as to what physl
ciar) was attending Miss Smith. "You
must be crazy," was his rejoinder to a
request that a reporter be allowed to
f» Mips ' Smith for the purpose of ask
ing her a few brief questions. The
attitude of Doctor Dessau was, to a
larpe extent, typical of that of most of
The attache* of the institution.
From patients at the sanatorium it
was learned, however, that Miss. Smith
1* now under the rare of Doctor Des
sau in a cottage near the tent which
w as blown up. Slie was attended by
Doctor Burke. Sunday and Monday, but
requested that her case be placed in
the hands of another physician.
I>n«TOR BURKE MI.X.NT
Doctor Rurke himself absolutely re
fuse,! f» make any statement for pub
lication, not even replying to the charge
published yesterday morning. In which
Miss Smith accused him of being the
father of her infant child. The matter
of discussing the explosion and facts
purroundjng it was left to Mrs.-Alfred
r.urke, sister in law of the physician.
Repaying to questions bearing on the
rxplofion and the relations of the prin
cipals in the episode, Mrs. Burke said.
"The brother of this woman, Kd
Smith of I>ake county, can tell you that
NO BRANCH STORES. NO AGENTS.
THERE IS A TOWER OF BRAIN
INOCULATED IN OUR CLOTHES.
OUR SPRING COSTUMES REVEL
IN BRIGHT NEW COLORINGS.
OUR USUAL SNAPPY FASHIONS
FEED THE BRAZEN MIMICS.
EXCLUSJVE ORIGINALITY
GOVERNS THIS SMART SHOP.
WE RESPECT THE COMPLIMENT
WHEN OUR IDEAS ARE COPIED.
(EbelErulj
Cr/asJtalus.&Cila
Strengthens Valu*
Ro*<lv-n»»de ojotbes h«Te siren "my tailor" a
merry f.-basc.
Be en* been overtaken, passed, and left at
tbe post.
TVben H fooM to mon's classy, correct clothes
you can jw. here in this rtop more advantages
than "cay tallar" ever rapid offer or e*er ac-
ootnpUsbetL
We are strictly exclusive men's clothiers and
ibe l*st.
Tlv odlj- flfhtlnff hone that "my Uilor" has left
Is ju*t the commonplace words "mao>-to-ord«?r."
Our clothes are made*to-order jast the same
Only «•« do the » "ordering" — save job the re-
sponsibility.
;3eweter# fSuxteimg
poatj&treei near Jiearug
3an ; 3^n^jgfea'
Confident of Ability
To Complete Evidence
"We have been able to secure evidence which will play a very, im
portant part in the solution of the mystery which surrounds the blowing
up of the tent occupied by Miss Smith and her son, but in the interest of
justice I can not make the facts known at this time. I am more firmly
convinced than ever that murder was attempted and am using every re
source at my command to secure evidence which will* preclude the possi
bility of a doubt of guilt before I take the matter up with the grand jury.
Several important links are still missing in the chain of evidence, but I
feel confident that they will be discovered within a very short time."—
Statement hy District Attorney Clarence F. Lea of Sonoma county.
she is insane. I firmly believe that she
attempted to destroy herself and the
child as a result of this insanity. She
i la crazy and has often threatened, to
commit suicide because she was prac
tically ostracized. She behaved in a
very peculiar manner on a gres»t many
occasion. -s. and I do not doubt that dur
ing one of those spells she lit the fuse
and attempted to blow herself up."
THEOBV OF ATTEMPTED SI'ICIDE
Mrs. Burke was asked to suggest how
the woman could have lighted t,he fuse
on the outside of the tent and returned
inside to her bed before the explosion.
"1 .believe that she had the dynamite
near her head or in her mouth, and
that after reaching out through the
canvas and lighting the fuse she got
Void feet' and let it drop, hoping to
get away. We got some pretty im
portant evidence on that last night.
George Matsumoto, the Japanese mail
boy, was distributing the letters Satur
day night, and about 7:30 o'clock
reached Miss Smith's tent. He did not
see any light within and was about
to turn away when she crept stealth
ily toward him from the woodpile
where the fuse was found and asked
him what he was doing there. She
frightened him greatly, and when he
held out a. letter toward her she
snapped it from him arid Flapped his
face. He was afraid of her and ran.
He told me she was greatly excited
and had acted very suspiciously. That
was Saturday night.
"This was not the first time she has
attacked -people. One time, because
Miss Laughlin, a nurse, jostled a ham
mock in which she was sitting, she
jumped up in a fury and throttled the
girl. ,~.-o
"In regard to her baby being named
Willard P. Burke Smith there is noth
ing peculiar in that because frequently
babies are born here at the resort and
the mothers name them after the doc
tor, or call them Burke babies refer
ring to their birth here. She has no
claim whatever on Mr. Burke. H<> has
been very generous to her and has
kept her here for months without the
payment of a cent for her exp?nF*s.
When she first came she paid about
$400 and after that had no money. Doc
tor Burke wrote to her brother, but he
replied that he could do nothing for
her.
WOULD TAKE AWAY <HIM)
"She has often -threatened to drown
the baby and herself during her spells,
and 1 believe that the best thing to do
is to separate her from the child and
put her where she belongs.
"Regarding the delay in informing
the authorities, my husband, who is
manager and is also a deputy sheriff,
thought it would be best to notify the
authorities quietly, because episodes of
that kind cause a great deal of gossip.
He did not care to talke about the mat
ter over the teleptione, and was going
to the city, when Dillard, who was
nothing but a clerk, got excited and
telephoned to the district attorney. He
had no business to do it. It was a
matter which should have been and
would have been attended to by the
management."
Questioned about the incidents fol
lowing the discovery that DJllard had
notified the authorities, Mrs. Burke ad
mitted that Doctor Burke had up
braided the employe and that as a .re
sult Dillard had resigned.
Goorge Matsumoto, the Japanese
mail boy, who, Mrs. Burke stated, had
discovered important evidence, was
questioned. He stated that he had
worked for Doctor Burke for four
years and a half at the sanatorium.
TELLS DIFFERENT STORY
In relation to the actions of Miss
Smith, which ho. was said to have wit
nessed Saturday night, he said:
"I r,-ent to her tent with mail Satur
day night about 7:30 o'clock and when
I arrived there it was dark. I was
going away when -Miss Smith came
around from back of the tent. I handed
the letter to her and she went into the
house."
"Did Miss Smith frighten you by ap
proaching stealthily from the direction
of the wood pile?" Matsumoto was
asked. ."; .-V;;
"Oh, no. She came from the back of
the tent," hej-eplled.
"What did she say to you?"
"She didn't say anything. I just
handed her the letter and left."
"Did she slap your face?" was a ques
tion which provoked a smile from Mat
sumoto.
"Oh. no," he replied. "I just gave
her the letter and came away." -
Asked when he had first mentioned
the fact of having seen Miss Smith
coming from the direction of the wood
pile Saturday night Matsumoto said that
he had not said anything about it until
Tuesday night, when Mrs. Burke told
him that the officers were saying some
body else blew up the tent.
POSTOFFICE ROBBED AND
POSSE PURSUES BANDITS
Cracksman Wounded in Run
ning Duel
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 10.— Cracksmen
blew open the safe of the postofllce at
Oceanside. 50 miles north of San Diego,
at an early hour this morning, secur
ing $130 cash, $1,300 in stamps and a
number of money orders.
Two men at 3:45 o'clock this morn
ing attempted to board the north
bound Owl train at Oceanside, and
when questioned by Deputy Constable
Prior of Oceanside one of the men
drew a revolver and- fired on the officer.
Then both fled, followed by the deputy
constable, who shot at them as he ran,
wounding one of the robbers.
Posses are now searching , for the
bandits, who are believed to be the
ones who blew open the v safe of the
postofflce at National City a few nights
ago. " . '\u25a0\u25a0??-.
NEGRO SUSPECT ARRESTED
STOCKTON, Feb. 10— Postofflce offi
cials say stamps found on a negro ar
rested in San Francisco today tally. in
denomination and amount with stamps
stolen from the- postofflce at French
Camp, near Stockton, Sunday night.
Forty special delivery stamps were
stolen and the suspect had 37 .such
stamps. .Eighteen new 10 c«nt stamps
of yellow color were stolen : and 12
were, found on the arrested manl .
ACCUSED OF KILLING
INDIAN IN QUARREL
VISALIA, Feb. 1 0.— Accused of the
killing of an; Indian known as "Four
Bits at. Drum Valley in the .northern
part of ' the county, last night,, Charles
Clark wag brought to the county, Jail
here this afternoon. The ", lndian, with
a nuraberof others, Had been drinking.'
During a quarrel he was shot,, the load
of shot enterlnc hie stomach.
THE SAN FRANCISCO FRIDAY, FEBRTOIBY- 11, 1910.
NEW CLEW MAY
SOLVE MYSTERY
Four Men Say Mur!c~ed Girl
Was- San Francisco
Domestic
Continued from Page 1
military dress with black braid — such
being the dress worn by the murdered
girl.
"When the boarding house broke up
last April,"* he said, "she told me she
was going to the country. .Foreman
said the paine tiling-. Foreman was an
exceptionally big man, weighing about
250 pounds, over 6 feet tall, tre
mendously strong and had the half of
one finger missing. I think if I could
see the watch found* on Mount Tamal T
pais I could definitely say whether it was
the same as that worn by Miss Jensen.
The dress and bracelet I remember per
fectly and the rest of the description
tallies to a dot.", . g?
C..A. Holmberg also declared the de
scription of the dress and jewelry corre
spond with that of the servant girl's.
James Westhall made the same state
ment. None of these men had seen
each other since they separated a year
agro, when the boarding house broke
up. Where Foreman is. now none of
them knew.
BELIEVES 'WOMAN-WAS:
MURDERED LAST JUNE
[Special Dispatch lo The Call]
SAN RAFAEU Feb. 10. — That- the
girl who was murdered on Alt. Ta
malpais came from San Francisco and
met her death "early in Juno of last
year is the belief: now held by Sheriff
Taylor. From information which he
received from the police of San Fran
cisco yesterday and further dovelop
mfnts today, Sheriff Taylor is in pos
session of several important clews
which he hopes will establish the iden
tity* of the dead girl.
"We have a dozen different theories
that have come to us through the wide
publicity which has been given the
case," said Taylor, "but it is my belief
that the young woman was murdered
in June. 1909. The young women who
disappeared from San Francisco at* that
time wag identical in dress, height,
hair, teeth an<J. other details with the
girl murdered on the mountain. As to
the jewelry, I am not prepared to state
positively whether it is the same. We
have considerable work to do before
the name of the girl -.who disappeared
in June can be made, puttie. The Call
has been a- great help to us in this
case, but it Js necessary to keep, this
new clew a secret the next few
days."
INVESTIGATE HER STATEMENT
Sheriff Taylor investigated the state
ment of Mrs. Pearl Wells of Turlock,
who stated in a recent letter to The
Call that she felt sure' that she could
identify the jewelry and ornaments
worn by the dead girl.
"Mrs. Wells," said. Taylor, "states
that she met the young- woman while
on the way to Portland last November.
In my mind, tills precludes all. possi
bility of the body found on the moun
tain being that of the girl she met. Tlie
body lay where it was found a great
deal longer than three months. A case
somewhat similar to tfiis illustrates
how long it would take a body to be
come a skelton on Jit Tamalpais. Ten
years ago an Indian found the body of
a man called' French Pete jn Carson
canyon on the mountain.
"French Pete's body had lain exposed
to the elements eight months, and: yet
it was in fair state of preservation
when found. The flesh was still on the
bones, and we were able to carry the
body down the mountain in- a sheet.
The skeleton of this girl is bare.- and
bleached. The skull is clean and the
ribs without covering. The tendons
at the joints are gone. She has been
dead many months.
LACKS MONEY FOR EXPENSES
"For that reason," continued the
sheriff, "I think it would be futile to
send the. jewelry for identification to
Mrs. Wells at Turlock.' . The girl was
murdered long before November. Even
if it was a-dvisable :to send a deputy
with the jewelry, I hardly believe the
county board of supervisors would, al
low me funds for the expense. We are
under quite a different system here
than the police department of San
Francisco, and our. hands are tied when
it is necessary to spend' money. I
ppent $250 out of my own pocket-inthe
'Black murder case, .and- have* never
been reimbursed. supervisors even
refused to pay for the telegrams. which
I sent to Seattle.- This Is as unjust to
the people of the county as it is to me.
I have spent my own; money on this
mountain murder, case, and will go as
far as my resources permit upon such
clews as justify the exepnse." . '
-The watch' which the dead girl wore
was sent to Chief of Police F. E.Cloney
of En reka today by Sheriff Taylor that
it may be examined by Frank Wahsky,
the jeweler who, believes j.thats he re
paired it for James McKay October 16,
1902. The following letter was .'re
ceived by. Taylor .from Chief : Cloney
this afternoon: '•*
A local jeweler 'h&B handed rae record* of -
a watch repaired by him, which -corresponds
closely with records that are in ' the watch
found on the woman on THmalpais. .
His records show that '; the ' watch was a
Seth Thomas filled- hunting :- case' stem
, winder. The . number of the : movement : Is
109,320, which corresponds, with the : escen
tion of the 3. and this mistake could easily
he made, as the numbers 3 ami o correspond
closply In watch markings. -..The; case num
b*r is not -complete, i an. : the " records ., were .; :,
torn from" the record book: but .the numbers ; '
remaining are-. 61,149, ' which \u25a0 correspond as
far as they %a. \ The repair number. Is 108S '\u25a0'..
W\. which corresponds.^* The^watch was :re-'
" paired by Frank Wansky October 1 16, . lflO2.
and.be thinks he could identify. his mark if,,
he saw the. watch.": lie also has the name-,
of the party who left the . watch .to be , re- '
• paired. \u25a0-,• Hoping that this will : be . of some \u25a0
assistance '\u25a0 to you.' 1 \u25a0 remain, 'yours respect- -
-fully, V. E.crX)NEY, Chief of Police. ; .
.The. Call's correspondent, at ; Eureka
learned that the name of, the manlwho
had the watch repaired was. James. Mc-
Kay. ..."\u25a0•.
WATCH IS ONLY CLEW > '
District Attorney Boyd considers; the
watch- the most; tangible/ clew In; pos
session of the authorities. ; .
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Dayi
/Pazo Ointment guaranteed' to cure any
case of Itching,- Blind; Bleeding or Pro
truding Piles or, money; refunded. :-. 60c.*
ACCUSED iOF EMBEZZLEMENT— Ren Cordon,
" -,37 » Battery street; s obtained . a f warrant • yester
: day-jrfor- the:, arrests of - Joe ,? Abraman -:on- a
, cbarse of embezzling $400 vrortb'ot.Kood*-. . :
I KMT CHARGES
WHOLESALE LYING
Declares Two More Conboy Wit
. nesses Will Be Arrested
for Perjury
Cigar Clerk Blumberg Taken
Into Custody and Re
leased on Bail
_
Continued from; Pagre \u25a01
was advancing toward him. 'I don't
mean you,' Conboy said, 'I: mean the
other fellow. Keep off, now. You go
about your own business.'
."Lagan did not halt, but kept on ap
proaching. I heard him say: 'I don't
care whether you meant me or not. I
am going to tear your head off As he
advanced he started to take off his coat.
At this point Oonbby called out:
"'Stand back or I'll shoot.' , ;
\u25a0 "Lagan refused to halt and continued
toward Conboy. The latter then flred
two shots In rapid succession. Neither
of them seemed to take effect, for La
gan continued to advance toward him
and then Conboy fired again."
On cross examination the witness
stuck to his story. He was particularly
positive about Lagan drawing off his
coat, sayingl he could see his white
sleeve. He was asked if he made any
statements to Detective Sergeant Mur-~
phy and though he replied in the affirm
ative he denied that he made some of
the statements attributed to him In
Murphy's report." He declared that Con
boy was under the influence of liquor,
but in perfect control of himself.
Four Policemen Testify
The policemen who testified were
Louis IT. Nye, Morris O'Dowd, Charles
Gallivan and E. W.,Hearn. AH of them
were on the scene shortly before or
after the shooting.
Nye.repeated his testimony of the day
before, saying h« had taken the re
volver."." from Conboy's hip . pocket.
O'Dowd said he attended to Lagan, who
was lying on the sidewalk with his coat
off. Hearnsaid he^was attracted to the
spot by the shooting and said he found
Conboy leaning against the lamp post,
ordering the crowd back. He denied
that he was waving a revolver.
One of the peculiar features of this
trial is the manner in which the jurors
have questioned the various witnesses.
Not a. witness has escaped. They have
followed up the tjuestions of counsel
with others going directly to the point
and in many instances clearing xip
doubtful phases of the situation.
The case will be continued this morn
ing. It. was definitely announced today
that Calptain Conboy would take the
stand iiji -his own behalf. There were
some doubts as to this at the beginning
of the trial, but as the proceedings pro
gressed it was generally understood
that he would be a witness.*-
MAGAZINE WRITER IS
MARRIED IN SOUTH
Miss Gwendolen Overton Be
comes Mrs. M. Wilkinson
[Special Dispatch lo The Call]
r > LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10. — Miss Gwen
dolen Overton, magazine writer, and
novelist, daughter of the late Captain
Gilbert E.. Overtop- of the United 1 States
army, was married at St. Paul's: cathe
dral today to Melville Wilkinson. v--_v --_ ''.
The marriage service^ was rread -by
RLT Rev. Joseph H. Johnson 1 , bishop of
the Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles.
The wedding was attended onfy by
close friends and relatives.' \u25a0 -
The bride, who was. unattended, wore
her traveling £own ; and Mr. and Mrs!
Wilkinson left immediately after the
ceremony for Fort Rosecrans, where
they will make their home for a time.
Mrs. Wilkinson is "a sister of Eugene
Overton of Los Angeles and Wilkinson
is the son oJ the late Major Melville C.
Wilkinson, U. S. A.
GRAND JURY TO TAKE
UP CHARGE OP FRAUD
Marin Inquisitors Will Look
Into Mrs. Wo I If 's' Accusation
[Special Dispatch to The Call] ' .'
SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 10— Senator E.
B. Martinelli said today, that there is a
probability that the cose of Mrs. Jo
hanna Wollf, who allegesthat she has
been defrauded of $30,000 worth of
property by M. T. Michaels, will be
brought before the grand jury. Sum
monses have b-ien issued for Michaels
and his wife and fo** Hugh O'neil one of
the two San Francisco attorneys, who,
according to the complaint, induced
Mrs. Wollf to mortgage her property to
them for $30,000 without consideration,
in. return for which they were to or
ganize a $100,000 hotel company and
give her stock as security. -
EDWARD REESE GETS
- SHERIFF'S POSITION
Son of Late Incumbent Given
'-t Plum by Supervisors
[Special Dispatch io The Call] .
SACRAM ENTO; Feb. 10.— Under Sher
iff Edward E. Reese was named by the
supervisors today |as sheriff |of Sacra
mento county, to succeed his father, the
late David Reese. •:
\u25a0'His appointment was imanimous, as
Supervisor L. C. Thisby, who was out
for the position, withdrew from the
\u25a0fight/.,.. .; . -.:: ; -.- • . . . '.. ; \u25a0 t:
Thisby's withdrawal came only when
injunction proceedings were threatened.
POSTMASTERS APPOlNTED— Washington, Feb.
10.— -California postmasters have been appoint
ed' as follows: Charter Oak. . I»s Angeles
: county, Sarah S. White, vice M. A. Hoyt, re
stpnod; Parlier, Fresno county. \u25a0. John F. - ; Par
lier, rice I. N". Tarlier, resigned: Stone Canon,
Monterey county, - Hood Mciiay, vice ] K." M.
Clark, resigned. :\u25a0 V. V: \u25a0";.-.' 1 \u25a0
A nian is known by
the hat he wears
Knox Hats
are worn by leaders in ;
the fashioni financial
and commercial world.
Paul T; Carroll
ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS REWARD
:r .The Gall ,will pay a reward of one thousand dollars
($1,000) for^ exclusive information that will lead to the
identity of the woman murdered on Mount Tamalpais,
the apprehension, of her murderer or murderers and
his or their conviction.
Clews to the identity of the victim of the Tamalpais
tragedy may be seen In a window of The CatFs business
office. X: '^J §:?f&% -v \u25a0•\u25a0*
jH* TO J. B,i Terms natisfactory. Please call at the editorial
rooms of this office.
HEARING OF BANKER
HAYS MEETS DELAY
Continuances Ordered Upon
Charges Involving Irregular
Financial Transaction
When the case of William C. Hays,
banker, charged with violating . the
banking laws by overdrawing his ac
count to the extent of, $1,200 while
manager of the State savings and com
mercial bank, was called before Police
Judge Shortall yesterday. Assistant
District Attorney Oppenheimer asked
for a continuance, as Alden Anderson,
state superintendent of banks, the
principal witness for, the prosecution,
was ill. Attorney Joseph H. Jordan,
for the defendant, insisted upon an im
mediate hearing, but the judge gave
Oppenheimer until today to make a
legal showing.
In Judge Conlan's court, when the
case, against Hays charging him with
obtaining $1,000 by false pretenses in
connection with a bank- at Elmhurst
from Adolph ... M. Tiedemann, saloon
keeper, was called, the judge said that,
owing to his congested calendar, he
would have to continue the case until
February 18.
" Jordan made a formal objection' to
any postponement, as Hays was anxious
for an Immediate hearing so that he
could return to Memphis. The judge
ordered Hays into custody, saying that
he would continue the case until the
afternoon, and increase the defendant's
bonds. Later, at Jordan's request, and
with the consent of Attorney Keane,
for. the complaining witness, the case
was continued until February 17,
the order, placing Hays under arrest
being withdrawn.
LEAVES LONDON EMBASSY
FOR JOB IN WASHINGTON
Hugh S. Gibson to Be Private
Secretary to .Wilson
, WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.— Hugh S.
Gibson of California, second secretary
trf the United States embassy in Lon
don, has been transferred to the state
department and appointed private sec
retary to Assistant Secretary Wilson.
1 This appointment is made at Gibson's
own request, and his service in the
department wIH» be regarded by the
officials as fully equal to service per
formed in the diplomatic service, so
far as experience and right of pro
motion are concerned.
Gibson will arrive in .Washington
within -the next~week or so and his
successor probably will be named in
the meantime.
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SEEKS TO PROTECT
OCEAN SHORE BONDS
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Receiver Attempts to Block
Threatened Unloading of
Foreclosed Securities
"An attempt to prevent the unloading
of .foreclosed Ocean Shore railway
bonds, which would react disastrously
both upon bond holders and rehablllta
tors, was made in the United States cir
cuit court yesterday by Receiver F. S.
Stratton. February 17 the Western na
tional b>nk proposes to sell at auction
in the local stock exchange 75 bonds of
the par value of $1,000 each. These
bonds were given to secure a loan of
$23,000, one-third their face value. Jake
Raver, the collection agent, notified the
receiver that February 21 ho was going
to auction one $1,000 bond, given to se
cure a loan of~s63S; four bonds pledged
for $l,997,''and eight bonds on which
was loaned $4,175. . The excuse is that
the interest. Is overdue.
Speaking for the receiver. Attorney
W. W. Kaufman said that these secur
ities could not be sold without the per
mission of court, which will grant a
hearing next Monday. They are still
the Ocean Shore's property, he said, as
they were only pledged. Furthermore,
to unload them on the market would
work fnjury upon the already tottering
road as well as upon the bona fide pur
chasers of bonds.
The receiver's report filed yesterday
tells of the action of the Standard oil
company in abrogating its contract be
cause fuel • oil has since doubled in
value. The contract was to supply oil
at 41 cents a barref untlL- November,
1910. As the price is now $1 the com
pany refuses to accept the receiver's
certificates for the overdue payment?,
.declaring the contract forfeit. This
adds $40,000 a year to the company's ex
penses.
Nevertheless, Stratton expects to pay
all operating expenses out of the re
ceipts. Expenses for January showed a
saving of $10,683 over the same month
a year ago, while receipts correspond
ingly increased $2,600. The deficit was
$8,611 for last month. At the aame rate
of increase in profits and decrease in
expenses during the profitable summer
months, during which money was made
last year, the road should more than
break even for the year, according to
the statement. --•.>-;;-:.
BANKRUPTCY PETlTlONS— Petitions In bank
ruptcy wvre filed Id the United State* district
court yesterday :hy .William Lottt, a San Je»e
clerk, owing $376: Mrs. S. H. R.ran of San
Jose, who owes ?572, end tj J. F. Feazee. a
San Francisco contractor, with liabilities or
$1,520. None bare assets, although Mr«. Ryan
exempts a $1,000 homestead.
D. A. R. CHAPTERS
OF STATE CLASH
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Southern California- Organiza
tions Protest Against San
Francisco Meeting
Will Hold Separate Convention
and Make Nominations if
Complaint Is Not Heeded
LOS AXGELES, Feb. 10.— Southern,
California chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution, sent messages to
their sisters tn the north today, em
bodying a strong protest against th«>
proposed action of the latter In calltng
a meeting: to be held in San Francisco
Saturday to nominate a state resent
and state vice regent.
It \ras decided at a meeting- of south
ern California representatives to pro
ceed with plans for the annual stato
conference to be held in Los Angeles,
beginning Thursday. No attempt will
be made by the southern women to at
tend the San Francisco meeting and
any action taken by the northern dele
gates, it is said, will be held to be il
legal.
At the annual conference the south
ern California delegates will ballot for
regent and vice regent and the names
of their candidates will be sent to
Washington Independently of the
northern choice should the protest sent
today be Ignored. "
An attempt will be made during th*
conference here -to revise the bylaws
with the object of doing away with the
state advisory board altogether.
Programs for the Los Angeles con
ference prepared by the northern rep
resentatives were received, to»lay. .'; .
EXPLODING BOIIJat KILLS SlX— Bay City-
Mich.. Feb. 10. — While a spore of workmen
wer« warming themselTes In the hotter rom ft
Princing's sawmill at Crump today, waiting
for the whistle to start the day's work, the
boiler explode*!. \u25a0 instantly killing six <>1 the
men and injuring ajl the others. The mill vm
wrecked. y •
Users of
Grape-Nuts
don't care how high
meat goes.-
Strength,
Economy and
Comfort
come to the steady
user of Grape-Nuts.
"There's a Reason."
POSTTJM CEREAL COMPAXT. LTD..
V-*; .• Battle Creek. Mich.