"A NIGHT IN THE PORT OF BROKEN HEADS" Maybe You'd Like to Visit It? -^See— The Sunday Call Next Sunday yOLUME CVn.— NO. 14G. BOYS DEFEATED THROUGH LUCK OF PLAYGROUND Interscholastic Track Meet at Stanford Shows City Pupils Thoroughly Outclassed Three Local High Schools Fail to Score Single Point in the Contest Declare Youngsters' Chances Were Destroyed by Want of Practice Points Made by Schools At Interschoiastic Meet Chle* hißh 17 Oakland hlch 16 >nn Joae high 12 Brrkelej- hlsrh 11 fjou AnerlM hisb 1O Uric ncboul CS. F.) 9 Alameda liijth O H«-:il«!>!iuru liich 5 Hood River (Ore.) hitch !» Koii AnsrrleM polytechnic ti l-'ort Brace liißh 3 Mn Mntro liiuli \ flit iini hieh 3 Iniiinni hisrh 1 Hanard school (L. A.) 1 Mlnloß hlph (S. F.> 1 Palo Alto hl C h 1 •» sin in narbara high 1 Thr follow ins: ncbooh scored no pnlnta: Ittlinnni Krbnol, Hcnicia hlsh, Clovfa hich. CoKßwell iS. F.>, K» parto Inlon liich. Kern hl«l«. l.o^ell high C!*. F.), Manrnnita liall an Franciiico polytechnic liigl«. St. Helena liJcb. Slitter hißh, I Uiah bith- LACK of playgrounds, proper facil ities and space are the reasons Leiven for the overwhelming defeat of the students of the San Francisco schools at the fifth annual Interscho lastic track meet held at Stanford Sat urday and so significant was the hope ir-><; outclassing of the boys in this • ity in athletics that redoubled efforts \u25a0Bill be made by the playground com mission and the board of education to remedy the defect and to give to the jjaNgyJof the e and nine cottages. j Page 5 COAST |g - \u25a0 f Qneen Lillian of Santa Kosa chooses maids of honor and sir knight*. \ "iiv; v i I'aßt s Balloon falls 200 feet and five escape death by slight margin. V- ~-jC ".- Page 1 Northern Pacific engineer gives life to save passengers on encountering open pwitch. Page 4 Touth caught changing from girl's clothes and Jailed as murder swpect. Page 4 Several towus to. follow example of Fresno and hold raisin day celebrations. Page 7 EASTERN --^ Artificial stimulants react unfavorably on country's Gnaucial markets. Page 3 Senators attend ball game and delay adminis tration railroad bill. Page 2 Mark Twain laid at rest beside wife after service where they were married. Page - James K. Hackett denies desiring divorce for sake of daughter. ;^ • ; *' Page - Frost badly damages fruit crops throughout middle west. . \u25a0 Pagp 3 Harry Thaw finds change in Evelyn and'dis pute over ber future continues. Page 1 Richard Croker, homesick, will return to make Gotham his permanent borne. . Page 1 Several important courts martial now nearing close. Page 3 Interstate commerce commission to consider Pacific coast freight rates. Page 3 FOREIGN Mayor General Wood's visit to Cuba cements bonds of good feeling. Page 2 Paris papers Join in approval of Eoosevelt'B doctrines of civic morality. Page 3 SPORTS Clever sprinters entered In Clayton handicap today and good race expected. / Page H San Rafael golfers take first half of home and borne meet. - Page 8 Jeffries surprises them .all. by cavorting about like young hippopotamus. ' Page 8 Oaks annex double header ; from San Jose by outplaying Prone Pickers. Page I) Seals and Senators tie morning game; Seals take the afternoon contest. I*as*> 9 Bail tossers of St. Mary's college score double victory on the diamond. Page 8 Frank Kramer injured during professional bicycle races at Orange, N. v J.> -Page 8 Manager Chance of Cubs holds op Kling's re instatement till fine is paid. . ' la;;*- !» Rival Swedish-American relay teams run ex citing race at Oakland park. Vuxtf S Germany enters two Benz outh in coming Van derbllt cup race for automobiles. i'a^r -j San Francisco yacht club to celebrate opening of season with high jinks. ' Page * .Johnny McCarthy Is ready for his bout with Antone La G rare tomorrow night. Pa er s St. Ignatius college players win Interschol astic tennis tournament ' at Stanford. . Pagr 'J Captain J Jb). Helse wins year's champion ship of. San Francisco schuetxen. rerein. Page 8 Vampires score ' hollow victory over Burns In soccer, championship finals. . " Page 9 San Matco baseball team takes Sbrevei of San Francisco Into camp. .' \u25a0 Page s Wanderers beat Golden Gates and Alaraeda win* ' from Barbarians at cricket. Page 8 ' Cincinnati wins from St. laiuLs in a slug fent, with a slaughter of pitchers. Page O MARINE Steamers Sea Foam, and St. Helens crash to gether in fog - off Point JUjfes early Sunday morning. Page 13 BINGER HERMANN HAS • A SERIOUS ILLNESS ROSEBURGi Ore., April 24. — Blnger Hermann, former congressman from Oregon, although seriousjy ill, is re ported tonight by his physician to be a little better. He was »able today tto return to hls : bed, having: been unable for several days to 'rest in ,a reclining posture. The swelling in the vicinity of the suleen is ETOWlnir.leßa.' SAIST; FRANCISCO, vMO^m DR. W. F. BARBAT PUTS BULLET IN HIS OWN HEART Well Known Physician Commits Suicide as Result of 111 Health and Grief Takes Three Poisons Before Using Pistol to End His Sufferings Three doses of poison and a bullet through the 1 heart,, fired by his own hand, yesterday morning ended the life of Dr. William F. Barbat, widely known In the' local medical profession and at one time^a member of the San Francisco board of health. The suicide occurred in Doctor Barbat's offices in the Hast ings" building. He is believed to have been temporarily deranged from brood ing over his ill health and the shock of his mother's death a week ago. The fatal shot, is believed to have been fired about 7 o'clock in the morn ing, but the body was not discovered until shortly after 10 o'clock. Dr. G. M. McNevitt, a. ..dentist,' who occupies adjoining offices, in, answer to the in sistent telephoning of Mrs. Barbat, looked through a crack in the door and saw the prostate body of Doctor Barbat. Insanity theory- Strengthened The theory held by members of the family that* a temporary tit of insanity caused the act is strengthened by two short notes addressed to his wife. These were written in a wild style, holding no resemblance to Doctor Bar bat's handwriting, and are essentially the same. The first reads: "To my dear' Emily: I leave friend ship to you and Billy Boy." i "Billy Boy" is the pet name of Doctor Barbat's 4 year old son. - : The second note is identical, with the: exception that it adds the word "love" to '"friendship." - , , Disorder marked the scene of the sui cide.' -.» All the' drawers .of -the. medicine cabinets ..were open, and botUes." were scattered about in a manner to sug;se£t that the -physician had ransacked jthe office for means of ending his Uf «.<>\u25a0- . Three Poisons Taken % *-;' Three poisons were taken by the dead man before' the agony of \u25a0 suffering drove him to use his pistol. Carbolic acid, lysbl and cyanide of potassium were taken in quantities which might have been sufficient to cause death. The table was littered with other poi sons. * The empty box in which the potassium was kept was found in a bucket, indicating "that this poison probably was taken first. To insure the accurate passage of the bullet Doctor Barbat drew a circle with a purple copy pencil on his white vest directly over Ms heart, and through the center of this the leaden missile entered. The pistol used was identified as the one . thei deceased carried about with him on his night 'calls. Doctor Barbat had been in bad health. He -recently suffered a severe attack of grip, but he displayed no signs of mental derangement. Last Sunday his mother died, and this worried him greatly. His practice, was extensive and forced him to work under a high strain, which is believed to have caused the breakdown. He was a Mystic Shriner and had participated in the festivities of the week. Saturday night he was ' out with a party of Shriners until a late hour. He attended the races at Ingle side Saturday afternoon and yesterday morning before leaving, his home he had given his wife two tickets for. the automobile races yesterday afternoon, saying' that he would return in, time to accompany her. This was at 5:30 o'clock in the morning, when he arose In answer to a- telephone call from one of his patients. . He told his wife that he would have, to go ito his office to get his- medicine^case and ,he kissed his baby boy and left- with a cheery adieu. "Absence Causes' Alarm \u25a0:\u25a0', Telephone calls began to come into his home, from' patients that he had arranged appointments with and, Mrs. Barbat became anxious and communi cated with Doctor MacNevitt. The lat ter went to. the office and found a num ber of patients standing in the hall waiting -.for Doctor Barbat. \u25a0 ; , Ivooking^pirough the. letter'latch of the' door. Doctor MacNevitt saw Doc tor Barbat's. body on the floor. Doctor Barbat was 36 years old .and leaves a widow and >a \u2666 4 ' year old son, living at 613 Cole street. He was the son of the late John Barbat,' who was prominent in \u25a0''financial, circles, and is the brother of "Dr. J. v Henry Barbat, formerly head of theißarbat sanatoria urn in Sutter street, and of Dr. Josei phine Barbat. " 'J JJ;.. r; Dr. Barbat was a ,graduate of the medical department of the .University of California .with the class of 1895. ; He was a ' former member of .the : San Francisco J board 'of health and was the discoverer of the bubonic -plague^ in Chinatown during, the- first of ;the';epU, demies.* ; He served , as secretary of ! the San' Francisco Medical , society ; and was on i the executive board* of the State MediCar'society. .He was^at one- tinla president of -the *local "Society for,:' the ! Prevention of to ; Animals^and was '.a. member, of *, the Camera- clubt^';/' RAGING AUTO HITS FENCE DRIVER DANGEROUSLY HURT HARRY THAW FINDS CHANGE IN EVELYN "Y^ur Poetic.; Figure Has Passed Away," He^Tells Her; and Continues [Special Dispatch to *The Call] : NEW YORK,, May. 24.— Harry ,K. Thaw is mourning because. his' wife is growing stout. :> V,Your poetic .. figure has passed away. V.he said, to her the moment he saw the.former model when she visited at>' Maftteawan Saturday af ternoon. "But ydu"; are still beautiful," he made haste t^jiadd. For. some time»J;he two bantered each other about •tjieirj increasing weight and Thaw begged'his wife to walk up and down the^room that he might see her better. v.TTten they took up the' often discussed^^question of ja • settle ment/, Mrs.^ThaVjdeclined' to consider anything but":going abroad to etudy sculpture, \u25a0;buU' fe e* UP the whole af fair collapsed .and was dashed to the ground.^ The unknown, woman was b^diy. injured and was rushed to a phy sicjan." s ,- • JOHNSON TO FLY - > .AT MERCED MAY 4 Aviation Exhibition Will Close, Foresters' Convention ; ' [Special^ Dispatch ' to The Call] \u25a0 M.EBCED' A PriV. 2 . 44 — At "'» ™ a ? s «i«i ing called.-.by the 'chamber of commerce last .night the . services •of .Colonel Frank -H. , Johnson, the- well - known aviator, of San, Rafael, who was one of the exhibitors -of; the art of flying at the . recent meets -in /Los Angeles and Fresno, were engaged for the after \ noon* of May.\4.""'y \u25a0' \u25a0 \u25a0:' The -state convention .of will be held: here; at that time and Johnson and his; aeroplane are to be the attractions closing .the fraternal gathering. : ... i; | ;. ' .V . A big : grandstand ] 'will be con structed ?at r Av4ation park, and the railroads, have agreed to. run special excursions -.', from neighboring, towns to Merced on the day of the flight. MISSING MILLIONAIRE IS FOUND IN HOTEL Located in -'Ann J Arbor . After ; x Four Day : Search- ;; : i;, : • ANNVARBOR. Mich. April \u25a024»— Nor man P. Cummings.VmilHonaire real es tate owner of. Chicago; and California, who ,» mysteriously.' disappeared .., from Chicago. , Wednesday -; with— *li*- large amount of ; cash, and several thousand dollars', worth -of jewelry on-, his "per son, was located in a local hotel where he: had /been staying, since .theTmiddle of last week: ;l Cummings _say s he . ca me tofAnn/Arbor to">'isit|his imotherj. !He sayjs he left: Chicago 'on the spurfof the rtioment. . but \he "has communicated with, his-: wife ,\ and- she :wllj." join; him" here, .and> the -two will then leave for California. \u25a0 . , ;? \y • LABORER < MAT : DlE— Berkeley. April ; 24.—Sal 1 <;Tiatorei, Valencia.'- a i laborer, -,wbo fell-, from -a », car * Saturday , -nlght.V at • the '\u25a0\u25a0 corner.: of • Asbby 1 .areniK* and' Adeline ftrept^mayidicag a result of.: his '.ln nrlM, according to statements, of the i! physicians -attending' the* injured man-'af the • Knosevplt hospital. Hi* *kull i* belle Ted to be \u25a0 fractured.' and it Is also thousht ' that he sus , tamed Internal Injuries. ;-' YESTERDAY^- Clear; soZihwest—wing; , maximum lempetainfCE^jl ; mwxmuvcu^&fz*/. J FORECAST FOlC^^-f^^^J^ .settled, with possible^fr6iaa^jiimoTtung7"ughty s southwest wind, changing to west. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TRAGEDY AT SHRINERS' RACES William Nelson's High Powered Roadster Throws Wheel and Plunges From Track YOUNG DRIVER'S LIFE MAY PAY FOR SPEED Mechanician Hurled 20 Feet, but Escapes With Compar atively Slight Injuries ACCIDENT AT INGLESIDE WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS IN the last event of the two day automobile race meet at Ingleside yesterday, and in full sight of over 10,000 spectators, William Nelson, driving a high powered four cylinder roadster in the five mile handicap for members of the Mystic Shrine, crashed through the heavy wooden fence bounding the outer edge of the second turn on the mile track and sustained injury that may cause his death. His wife was watching from the grandstand as the 24 year old driver met with his all but fatal mis hap. His father, Fernando Nelson, was driving in the same race. Mechanician Thrown 20 Feet The auto dished a wheel on the* turn, and, after tearing the fence away, shot down a steep embankment, piling up in a ditch. A. B. Bright. Nelson's mechanician, was thrown 20 feet as the machine struck, but was tossed into a marshy spot. His left wrist was badly sprained and his right knee torn and braised. BeriKerscher, a famous driver, also went through a fence in the 10 mile handicap, when the steering knuckle on his big 100 horsepower Darracq broke, but as a cloth fence had bee-n substituted at the place for the heavy wooden affair, the driver was not even scratched. The accident to Nelson and Bright cast a shade of gloom over what will go down In motor history as the great est meet ever held on a circular track in the west, a meet in which new rec ords have been set and many close con tests between speedy cars witnessed. New Record Made Barney Oldfield. "the speed king," himself hung up a new mark yesterday in the mile, devouring the distance in the time of 51 56-100 seconds, a second better than hla record Saturday, when he set a new coast. record by shattering the time of 56 seconds made by him here some six years ago in the Winton B*ullet. Nelson, whose father. Fernando, ig a \u25a0 wealthy contractor, and himself the holder of spe«?d records, was removed to the city and- county hospital. In the Ingleside grounds, with Bright, the mechanician. Mounted police, always on the alert during the two day meet, were quick at the scene of the disaster, and the crowd was driven back. Dr. R. F. Tomlinson took charge of the two Injured men and discovered that Nelson's most aeriou3 injury was a deep cut. extending to the bone, that completely encircled the right eye, caused by a board from the fence flying np and striking the autolst. The: physician found It necessary to close the circular wound with 130 , stitches. Internal Injuries Feared : At a late hour last night Doctor Tomllnson announced that, aside from the possibility of internal injuries. Nel son was not dangerously hurt. His body is badly. bruised and lacerated in numerous places. . -When the accident occurred the young, man was driving his car at a \u25a0speed of about 40 miles an hour. Given a place some seconds behind W. T. Warren, in his Matheson, Nelson was striving to overtake his rival. He came down the backstretch at a terrific clip,, his mechanician pumping busily and nursing every inch of speed out of the' machine. The turn was taken without pinching down, and as the auto swung into the , tangent the strain upon the ourter front wheel proved too much and it caved. In a wink the flying ve hicle was through the fence and over the bank, while a heavy cloud of dust obscured the details of the acclden; from the spectators. Fernando Nelson, driving his record breaking Columbia In the same race, passed the scepe of the mishap with out noting it. in the. tense excitement of.- the race, but on the second round ' he stopped. George Nelson, the young amateur driver whose work with his Oakland' during the two days* meet has made him locally famous, was on the "scene immediately, and the two j accompanied the Injured men to the hospital. £5*3 Heavy Outer Fence Left \Both inner fences on the two- turns were takes out and Us Ist cloth 'fences."