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THREE JURORS CALLED
INTO JUDGE'S CHAMBER
One Said to Have Admitted That Attempt
Had Been Made to Influence Him
side of the door of the juryroom and
it was announced that a verdict had
been reached. '
In the Interval that elapsed while the
jury was out of court Flannery ' left
the courthouse with his attorney and
took a short walk. His bail was or
dered released and he was technically
in the custody of the sheriff during the
half hour period, but no actual re
straint over bis movements was ex
ercised. He had returned and been In
his seat less Mian 3 0 minutes when
the' jury fil<»d back into the courtroom
to report its verdict.
COXGRATUfcATES HIS LAWYERS
Before receiving the verdict Judge
Lrf-nnon gave a warning that, no mat
ter what decision was announceJ, any
derror.stration In the courtroom would
be met with pevere punishment. As a
result the reading of the formal ver
dict was greeted in absolute silence,
the only stir being at the defendant's
counsel tafcle when Flannery. with his
f&cf beaming, .irose and sbook hands,
first with George A. Knight and then
with the other members of his counsel.
The verdict was known a minute or
two before it was officially announced,
«.w:njr to a slip by Foreman Peter W.
Hamilton of the jury, aijd so it hap
ripriod that Flannery received the con
gratulations of his attorneys and
friends about him before the decision
actually was recorJeS. The roll of the
jury had been called and the court
ask^d the formal question whether
a verdict had been reached. ;%"
P\>s. your honor, it is 'Xot guilty."'
;wered Foreman Hamilton.
Rfad it," answered Judge Lennon
quickly, but the reading had lost its
interest for those near enough to the
jury box to overhear what the foreman
had said.
SUMMONED BY JUDGE
Hamilton fumbled for a minute with
the paper and then read the formal
finding. The necessary technicalities
were quickly concluded and the jury
was dismissed, but as its members filed
out of the box a deputy sheriff spoke
quietly to the three who followed him
into Judge Lennon's chambers, where
they were joined immediately by the
court and District Attorney Boyd. At
torney Charles Ilegjrerty of Flannery's
counsel was sent for a few minutes
rfterward, but only remained with the
judge for a short time and made no
statement concerning the purpose of
According to the statements made by
several of the jurors, the verdict was
based on the general belief in the minds
of all the members of .the body that
the connection between Flannery's
dealings with Joseph Abbott in San
Francisco and the actual robbery of
Robert Nil Wood by the poolroom gang
in Sausalito had not been shown suf
ficlently to warrant a conviction on the
grand larceny charge. The specific
charge, it was argued in the jury
room, was too remote from the alleged
conspiracy claimed by the prosecution
to have been entered into between
Flannery and Joseph Abbott in San
Francisco.
Interest in the trial reached its
climax yesterday, and the spacious
courtroom was packed from morning
until tiie case was given to the jury
"*by a crowd anxious to hear the sum
ming up" arguments of the attorneys.
The space inside the rail behind the
attorneys' table and the newspaper
desks was filled with extra chairs, and
the aisles and rear of the courtroom
were packed with those who had been
unable to secure seats. One of the San
Jlafael schools was dismissed for the
day in order that students and in-
Ftructors might visit the court and lis
ten to the arguments, and even a circus
that visited town failed to prove of
equal attraction.
WOMEN" AND POLITICIANS
Fifty or more women were in the
courtroom during the day, and there
were also the familiar faces of a num
ber of San Francisco politicians and
courtroom hartgerson. Jerome Bassity \
was accompanied by a coterie of
friends, among whom was Meyer Cohen,
at whose home Bassity was found in
hiding a few nights ago after having
successfully evaded subpena servers
from Marin county for nearly a week.
Bassity was present as a grand jury
witness in connection with the jury
tampering Investigation that has be
gun. It was hinted by District Attor
ney Boyd in his cross examination of
Flannery during the trial- that he had
knowledge of a purported conference
between Flannery, Bassity and Attor
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ney James W. Cochrane, but Flannery
testified that he had not been present
at such a conference. It is understood
that Bap.«ity is to be asked if such a
conference occurred and what its pur
pose really was, and also to- explain
why he became a fugitive as soon as
a subpena was Issued to bring him be
fore the Marin county grand jury.
BASSITV aUESTIOXED
Bassity was not called into the
grand jury room, but was questioned
privately b>' Foreman E. R. Samuels
and instructed to return when the
grand jury is again called next week.
Other witnesses who; were examined
briefly were those conected .with the
alleged jury tampering . incident last
week at Lombardi's restaurant in San
Francisco, when William Elliott, night
manager of Flannery's saloon,, is said
to have discussed the case at dinner
in the hearing of two jurors and to
have asked Miss Carrie Genazzt to pre
vail upon her brother. Juror Henry V.
Genazsi to "go light on Flannery."
The witnesses- examined were Harry.
Wllber, a detective who investigated
this case under the direction of Sher
iff W. P. Taylor; T. J. dyne, an insur
ance man, who was present when the
alleged conversation, took place; Wil
liam Elliott, who is said to have dis
cussed the «ase; Miss Carrie Genazzi,
and William Genazzi. a brother of
Juror Henry V. Genazzi, who is said
to have taken- the latter and another
juror to dinner.
District Attorney Boyd began hie
opening argument to the jury immedi
ately upon the convening of court yes
terday morning. He went very little
into the detail of testimony, in this
epeech, contenting himself wit^i a rapid
sketch of the evidence and pointing out
the theory upon -which the. defense
claimed tohave established Flannery's
connection with the robbery of "Robert
N. Wood in the Sausalito fake poolroom.
He hinted at jury tampering at the very
outset by expressing his regret that a
necessity had arisen that required, that
restrictions be placed upon the Jury.
AX UNUSUAL CASE
"Of course, this is an unusual case,"
he said, In explaining why the grand
larceny charge had been made the basis
of indictment Instead of a charge of
conspiracy to defraud." "It Is always
unusual to reach out in the dark and
find the man who has been skulking
and hiding — the real criminal, whose
brain conceives the crime — but it is
fortunate that sometimes the law can
reach and bring this criminal trembling
and cowering into court."
Boyd pointed to Flannery's admission
that he had told Abbott he would as
sist him in opening a "poker club," to
his telegram to.Afcbott and to his va
rious conflicting statements as to its
meaning, as evidences of his guilt, and
then drew attention to the details of
corroboration of. parts of Joseph Ab
bott's testimony. - He referred to Flan
nery's testimony on the witness stand
as "hypocritical reasoning that couldn't
stand the test of cross examination,"
and to Mac Sherry's testimony as com
mon, ordinary'perjury.
State Senator ,E. B. Martinelli, who
made the, opening statement In behalf
of the defendant, had/ a bad start
through conflict with the noise of bands
an da calliope/ in,' the^ circus parade
which was passing the courthouse, and
a short recess was tAken until the
parade had gone beyoqd the building.
Martinelli summed up the evidence in
Flannery's behal fin a skillful manner,
attacking the evidence introduced by
the prosecution and declaring that no
case had.TDean made.
"Joe Abbott attempted to get out of
the scrape he was in first by bunkoing
Flannery, his father's friend, and when
Flannery wouldn't aid him he turned
against him," asserted the speaker. "If
Flannery had been guilty he -would not
have refused to aid Abbott, but would
have assisted him by shooing him out
of town."
KNIGHT GROWS ELOQUENT
Knight's address, was eloquent and
of a dramatic nature. He denounced
Abbott as "an informer, whose throat Is
a sepulchre, whose heart is ink. and
who is now trying to write with a
felonious finger desolation over Flan
nery's home." Referring to Fremont
Older and Abbott In one breath, he said
that It was a case of putting "thug
against thug." JHe did not follow up
his former attack on Sheriff Taylor, but
made a strong appeal to the^ prejudices
of the jury. >*V? - * . -
"Who in the name of .God Almighty
is Fremont Older, that he. should come
over here and put his hand into the
judiciary and the affairs of the sworn
ojficers of this county?", demanded
Knight "You jurors must say to your
selves, 'Let us remember that this is
Marin county, and let San Francisco
wash her own dirty linen.' Every so
often a band of reformers sweeps
through the land, and when .they do —
upt your hand down on your pocket
book and get a god hold on your watch.
DETECTIVES ATTACKED
Knight made a violent attack upon
detectives and "gum shoe operators" as
a class," and in closing, his argument
said: '\u25a0?-].,-\u25a0':. ' '
"I'd be willing for Sheriff Taylor
himself to write the verdict In this
case from the evidence brought- out, ; 'or
I'd be willing for the newspaper rrien
here to wrlte.it."
Knight occupied an hour and ten
minutes in. hij»" summing up, - : and then
was succeeded by District : Attorney
Boyd, who promptly complimented
Knight upon his eloquence, but then
branded it as "eloquence intended to
delude his listeneres, to charm men's
minds and to raise false issues." He
•went deeper into the evidence again
and closed with an appeal for a corfvic
tion. He occupied only 35 minutes in
the rebuttal argument.
LAD BECOMES TRAMP
TO SEEK UNCLE HERE
Beats His Way Back to El Paso
After Fruitless Quest
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
EL PASO, May 19.— Friendless and
without funds, George Thompson i ar
rived in El Paso Thursday on a- freight
train from San Francisco, where he
had been in : fruitless search for C.
Thompson, his uncle and only living
relative. The boy's father died -..'at
Houston, Tex., three months ago. leav
ing the lad alone and without funds.
Thompson "had heard his father" say
that he had a brother in San Francisco^
so the boy started to beat his way; to
the coast.- .
After, arriving in San Francisco,
young Thompson walked, the streets
in vain , search for his., uncle, whose
street address he^ did not know. Final
ly givi/ig up the search, he started
back^.to .Houston, v stopping, here to'
earn money with' wj^ch to buy food.
BAKCHEB. FOOLS WITH DYNAMITE— BeII ing -
. ham, Wash., .Mar 19.— Andre w Green," . aged
\u25a0 f>s. : • rancher, llvinp on Orca* island; - was • In
stantly Willed 'this afternoon when* he attempt
., cd'to cut a .stick of dynamite in two with- a
pocket knife. ,. , . \u25a0;. .-.--.-...
Cojmet's Tail Lagis and ;_
Slap at E&rtlti
Director W. W. Campbell
Of. Lick Observatory, at ML Hamilton
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fJT\H& earth .; will not pass centrally through the taib of Halli i£s
8 comet, if it passes at all tonight.' ,:>. r .
The nucleus of H alley's comet i» as observed this evet ing
in exactly the predicted place by Astronomer Aitfyen. It was seen ah *>ut
three-quarters of an hour after sunset. A faint glow visible on ! the
western horizon shortly after the nucleus had set is believed to have I >een
the section of the tail nearest the head projected on the sky.
No ail- projected up onto the s^y was visible, and it is there fore
uncertain whether the earth . and^the comets tail have yet met. If «ify£ ;
earth and -the comet arc to pass during the night the earth will not pass**
centrally ' through the tail and may even pass entirely to the south cj fr.the
tail" • 7"' '
Yesterday morning even before the moon had quite set; the tail' [ w as
visible in the eastern sky at least \4O degrees in length and perhaps ]60
degrees. The doubt astoAis length arises from the fact thai the bright
background of. the milky way interfered with observations of its extremity.
In appearance it was very much the same as Wednesday morning, c xcept
that it was nearly twice as wide yesterday morning, due no doubtifyits
closer proximity to the earth.
As predicted in my message Wednesday evening, the tail \tagged
.behind the straight line drawn from the sun 1 through the head &f the
comet. This lagging at the point through which. the, earth Was ejected
to pass amounts certainly to several' million miles. The diameter' at the
poinl in which We are specially interested, 1-4,000,000 miles fri m the
head, was about § degrees. If \the tail, at daylight hail been
almost ,in contact with the earth, we should have, expected the Angular
diameter to be much greater than it was. The tail was therefore fipobably
several million. miles away. ' ' : \
CAPITALIST ENDS
LIFE WITH GAS
James Hamilton Morton Goes to
Friends' Home in Alameda
to Commit Suicide
James Hamilton Morton,' the retired
fruit- grower of Tulare county and cap
italist, who has been living for the last
year at 120 Commonwealth avenue,
committed suicide some time after mid
night Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
Thomas C. Sellier,~ 1317^ Court street,
Alameda. His body was discovered yes
terday morning by Julius Hansen, . a
neighbor, who noticed lign\s burning in
the house after daylight. On gaining
an entrance to the place Hansen -was
led by the fumes of gas to a bedroom.
The door was forced and Morton's dead
body, clad- in underwear, was discov
ered on the floor.
There was every/ indication that the
act .had been planned carefully/ The |
doors and -windows were carefully
locked and three gas jets were open.
In the "mail yesterday morning Mrs-
Morton received at the Commonwealth
avenue address" a note mailed by.: her
husband the night before at the ferry
building and in 'which he . hinted at
suicide. The widow is prostrated and
can assign no reason .for the suicide
of her husband. His finances and prop
erty interests werein satisfactory con
dition and he had just recently x invested ,
in a home and a new automobile. To .
occupy his mind he had become inter- ',
ested In oil stocks and hade done some
light Investing in the^Bakersfield dls- <
trict. - . . \u25a0 . '. . ..:. .
Morton evidently had planned his jmi
cide some time before Wednesday,, for
he selected a time to visit the Sellier
home when the Selliers ; were
his wife in this city. While they were
spending the night 'in his home he
ended his life in theirs. .
An inquest will be held Friday by
Coroner Tisdale. S
The dead man was a member of the
Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Morton was
Miss Cora Wallace of this city. She was
formerly the wife of, Dr. M. Herzstein,
from whom she was divorced. For
some years the Mortons have resided in
Los Angeles and the* San Joaquin val
ley. Mrs. Morton is active in Christian
Science church affairs.
COLONEL FINLEY BACK
WITH HEALTH RESTORED
Chief of Staff Benefits by Visit
to Hot^Springs
Colonel Walter L. Finley, chief of
staff of this department, "is back*at his
post. When he was \u25a0 suddenly attacked
with lumbago some 60 days ago he was
considered to-be. in a very serious'con
dition. „ "\u25a0;;\u25a0::
He was rushed but to the general
hospital .at; the Presidio, where he re
mained -for^two," weeks, and was then
sent ,to the United States "army hospital
at Hot Springs, 'Ark.' He has returned
to his post with his health fully
stored. >:
Captain Eleiitheros H. • Cooke, pay
master's /department. United States
army, at this post, has been ordered to
Fort llosecrans for duty during the
joint army and militia coast defense
exercises that are to be held in that
district next month. ... " «
Captain James F.: Brady, coast artil
lery corps/ stationed at the 'Presidio,
has been granted leave of- absence^f or
30. days, beginning July 1. v \ :yh
, Captain 'Perry * L. "'] Boyer. medical de
partment, United States army," has been
ordered to .Fort" Mason : to relieve Cap-*
tain Ernest G. ;Bingham, the surgeon
now In charge: at that postJ," - '\u25a0*' .'\u25a0'-:.-. :~V'- :,
Lieutenant J M. ; Brechchaum, medical
reserve corps.rregistered' at the^ depart
ment | headquarters -yesterday, is = stay
ing at 1635 Euclid avenue, .Berkeley:
BANKRUPTCY^PETITIONS
ARE FILED IN COURT
James . V. ; Symington, • a localisales
man, filed a petition; in bankruptcy ryes
terday.sinL the ; United States /district
court. His liabilities are scheduled at
$21,003.12, with • $150 in available
assets.,.-". ...-."!\u25a0\u25a0.••-• ' \u25a0' . : -. ; ' .\u25a0 \u25a0 ; -:7' '
"William Bliime. own^r. of the Golden
Gate bottling works, of. SaniFranci^co, 1
filed"; a petition/; in ;\u25a0; bankruptcy.^ v His
liabilities are ; scheduled^: at* $2,179.98,
with $1,700 ' in ; available*. 5 assets. " : _/>' .'•;
i Creditors 'j of r' the Standard ; electrical
works of San ; Frahcisco^filedi an j invol-"
untary- petition . in ; bankruptcy.: Among
the; creditors* irthat^Joined' in; the peti
tion ? were ; Holablrd-Reynolds company,'
Pacific j mercantile ' agency and J Stanley
'& -Patterson;^ who 'claim:; that I the elec
trical : : company /an :. act of
bankruptcy by making a -general' as
slgnm'ent^^ . " '*" v »^-
Sea Fishlnß-
':. Ocean '--Shore '. Ry.V reaches i.the '; finest
fishing ground.';. : Leave "daily* B a.',; 9 :30
a..'3 4 p<; also •lQ:3o : a.*«SundayK-'i. - . -*
GILDED TREATY
HOLDS NO GOLD
Hillsboro' May Have trf "Hock"
Perfumed Pavemeniis and
s Wistaria Covered, Jail
Hillsborough, the gilded, "city, held
-its second municipal , as^jmbly last
night in the artistic El Cerri to cottage.
-Templeton Crocker, Hcjnry T. Scott
and r George H. Howard were attire J in
neatly fitting tuxedos wdt h expansive
exposure of white shirt f r on t. N. , K.
Davis was clothed in a aufcaway and
Rev. W. A. Brewer, the mayor,' ln cler
ical, garb.\ The sartorial "Vagaries led
Howard to suggest the ' appointment of
an official tailor.
That -philanthropy and; politics do
mix was w&etn the ques
tion /of a*". regular meetitog place was
considered. . l
''Gentlemen," said'Hovtsaud in an. : off
hand sort of way, "I pral' you have a
city hall on me. El CerrjitO; cottage is
at your service, rent fre*!.""
But the other members ©f the board
were not to\ be butdorie in. generosity.
i'"We could' .n<£ think,,, of It," pro
tested Scott: : 'i 1- .-,.-"/ 1 '' \u25a0
"But I insist,*.'" returned Howard. /
Finally it. wai compromised, 'the cot
tage to be. rent" free uivfeil August and
thereafter Howard to* ne<seive $100 a
pionth. And the stable adjoining was
thrown in as a cute little firehouse. Y~
But it soon appeared. tfhaV the mu
nicipal treasury/was nof'i.7l accord with
its reputation. *> A'- letter jwas received
from the San Francisco; motor : club
asking, that the town awtetrd a cup in
aid of the good roads mrrfoment.
"What have we in fh& treasury?"
inquired the mayor "of .that worthy
official. r- '
"Merely a vacuum,"' replied that
worthy official, arid that seemed *to
settle the matter. . */ . y,
-"But, if Hillsborough, is collectively
broke, it lVas credit, fof an order is to
be; placed with a San F, ran Cisco silver
smith for a beautiful $J"*>; seal, designed
by George! Howard. <r ':
By .unanimous: : consent .Henry P.
Bowie "was 'elected; recorder and, judge
and ex. officio, chief 'oC! police. Commit
tee assignments were j then announced.
Henry T. ; Scott .was: iQa.de .chairman of
the body on finance, apit 'municipal af
fairs and N. K. Davisi chairman of the
judiciary, pplice/and hjeatth committees.
Templeton; qrocker. wcOlt.look /after the
fire department and tihje /lighting and
water systems/ -George ,"E. Howard was
given charge of 'higkM'ays, . buildings
and drainage. '£~\ \ ":: ' \u25a0
SUPPORTERS CHEER
CURRY AT BANQUET
Candidate for Lamination for
Governor Speaksvpf His
-. Work for State
About 75 members- »f the Wholesale
Merchants' Charles R. Curry club gave,
a banquet and smokier to their candi
date in a downtown joafe last night and
pledged themselves W work earnestly
f °r his . candidacy, il Curry- was saved
for the closing speecfa. and^ his remarks
were greeted .with; the ; enthusiastic
cheers not only/ of *he banqueters but
of .diners in other p'airts of tlie cafe.
"''The Vbusinessmea j and;, wbrkingmen
have made "San FraiEwcisco" and Califor
nia what :it is today,"' said Curry. ; "It
will be the -businessmen and the wdrk
ingmen \u25a0 who ,will- Mmlnate : and t elect
the. n ext L governor. U ?They have worked
hand in?hand. always endea
vored to. .treat"; the; businessman' right
and; I have endeavored ' to treat the
laboring: man right' and I think I have
succeeded."
v; ; Curry then; told 5 - of his s accomplish
ments inithe office, of secretary of state
.and • how.; he l brougli t~ it if ronv.a tax" eat
ing; office to , an ; ofiixre . that brought in
annual ; revenue : . to ;tjhe state. ;\
; - "ThereV are many/ reforms needed in
California and- 1 thtnk that my, training
iri .'office fits me f or =the position : of gov
ernor and that'inttliat position I. could
accomplish^: many; of „-. these "needed-: re
forms." Our di ff erexrrt , institutions { are yin
need of . reform ;in\ many, instances.' I
lc ?9 }Y. wha t. is ; receraired ; and I would 'en
deavor to fulfill^those/requirements.*' '/'
j' ; Thef question 'of patronizing home in
dustry ;,was,brougihst up ' by- one. ; of. the
speakers and XCifgry^ declared -that he
was '\u25a0?**&?\u25a0 always vhad -been in? favor, -of
thQfrnoyement r re>oently4 started by the
Mission iprbmotioral association; ;/"/ ;
oj?rl_| Joseph] Pol^fcim; presided : as >. toast-*
master.^ Speeches ; wefe* ; made; by jTValter
Pi erce^ ; S. Si! Sch-HJ ar tz, "\u25a0 jv P.*A. I •;;. Bergerot,*'
General, Salomon^ ;C* S.tLaumeisterrJohh
Poll to* Charles
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VINUS DISGRACEFULtY
I Mirs/iiTH comet
Planet Blamed For Visitor Failing to Keep
Its Appointment With Earth
SCOXTINUED FROM PAGE 1
refractory tail wagging a- fond good
night, as it were. '• - : . \
"There is a possibility,"* said Director
Campbell "yesterday evening, "that w<j
are 'passing through the tail of the
comet; tonight. Of this, however, I can
not speak definitely." '
Calculations Upset '
The failure of the CQifeet's tail and
the earth to meet Wednesday was -one
of the genuine surprises-: of the astro
nomical world. So positive were-sci
entists that the expected^/would happen
that the nonappearance aaf phenomena
was regarded as being jswmewhat re
markable, • but not improbable. Little
thought was there that the earth had
not passed through the t^iil and it was
not. until yesterday rnorn^og's observa
tions had been made tliit there was
discovered to be a palparjle hitch in the
arrangements. "From mountain peak
to -.-mountain peak therertjw^nt thernes
sage: v .
"Our calculations have«been upset."
: Director Campbell was one of the
first of the astronomety to spy the
joker-in the pack. Shortly* before mid
night Wednesday he gave out a state
ment, expressing his dou3fois.
"I can not say that ssm are passing
through the taiV of the» oomet," he then
observed. "The bril?i*rst moonlight
makes it impossible for -us to make any
observations, and there iare no indica
tions of the comet's tail^
The morrow saw hid doubts well
founded. 'The scientists- were not the
only ones to be disappointed." Several
amateur gazers of the heavens as
sembled above the fog 'fine of Mount
Hamilton, hoping that their toll and
vigil would be rewarde**. by a display
of celestial fireworks. In vain did they
gaze. There were no floeworks. Nary
a speck of star dust fell, and there was
not even a shooting stajc to jmake life
exciting. Toward morsing they be
came peevish and irritabLe, feeling that
they had been victims oil some kind of
a bunko game. Silently Tliey descended
the steep mountain slopes to the
neglected beds of the at Smith
creek. \u25a0 ' J
TO BE VISIBLE IN AVGST
v When' seen last night -the comet was
about 15,06tf,000 miles srivay- from the
earth. It will set at ab-o.Ot 8:45 o'clock
tonight,\at 9:15 tomoijrow night and
9:45 m. Sunday. ';
BALLOON EXPED K mON
SEES NO Pi lENOM EN A
ST. LOUIS, May 19.- -Fraught with
rrrundane excitement, b« it not eventful
astronomically, the b'aCloon* expedition
to explare the tail of comet,
which began here last' night at 6:35
o'clock, ended near HJdlview, Greene
county, Illinois, at ll^JO o'clock. . The
aerostat traveled 65 mft'Les.
Professor. George 0. -J ames of "Wash
ington -university, vWho> made the trip
with John,; Berry,, pile*, and. Andrew
Drew,- a newspapermari, "had with him
ah deroscope, an anerc<id barometer,
thermometer and a telej'lcope.
The balloon -rose in a-' cloudless sky.
As_only 17 bags of ballast were taken
up "a. landing, was made^ at Carsonville,
St. Louis count, at 7:IJV Supper was
taken 'at a farmhouse |>jnd 60 children
weretaken on short fil*arsits "t osee the
comet,", the .balloon bet? i gheld captive
by, the drag rope. J, ,
The aerial voyage \u25a0Jcas resumed at
8:45 and all ballast except .eight bags
had to be sacrificed. . *Q iiknown to the
pilot the balloon chamisied its course
from west to north. ;;
Just as the balloon -wvis about to land
a freight train began tjo move directly
under it. The balloon tlrag ropo barely
missed being caught b>^ ; the caboose.
Professor James saidL"? lie did not sea
any traces of the cometi s tall, although
he often scanned the heavens with his
telescope. —The "balloon" at no time
reached a high altitudje.
"I noticed no phenomena which I
could confidently attribute to the ef
fects of the passing of ?the comet's tail,
in which we rode for i(wo hours,"- said
Professor. James.. "Th<si:e was no waint
phoslitiorescence in tli4fl, skies, na au
roral display and no > shower of me
teors within our visiojji, such as. many
astronomers .'had predicted."
WOMAN IS MADE MAD
BY FEAR: OF COMET
SANTA ANA, May li?» — Fear of the
comet made one woinian mad here
today, and drbve. anoMr^ar to attempt
to j'commit suicide af t«r she had tried
to murder her two chfi"dtren.
, Raving that the world was about to
be ; destroyed^ Mrs. E« 14a Marknalder
brought into 'cotiirtt today before
a lunacy commission andJwas adjudged
insane.
.Almost at _ the same $if>UT Mrs. Viola
Gastenum of Anaheini gave her two
children -concentrated ( t?e and drank
some herself. All tht^ee are at the
point of death tonight. Mrs. Gastenum
said the . comet was awre to destroy
the earth and with It and
she wanted herself asid her children
to escape, a fiery /deattr.
Joker Causes Tern tir
ROSELIiE' N. J., M^ly 19.— Midnight
comet ; watchers here M^re thrown j into
a state of terror as ;<ithe result of a
practical joke played "by H. C. Boehn, a
young chemist. Knon ring that ; many
persons were on the lo^'Ocout for strange
phenomena, -Boehn, with :,the aid, of a
small .balloon, ' a quanfi'tty of sodium, a
time fuse and, a' stick c f dynamlte» con
trived an apparatus i« hich would rise
into; the;'air to \a height^ of 4,000 feet
and then, explode witj a- fa terrific roar.
:--.The apparatus was released In "a
large vacant field. so<:th of the town
and worked to Iperf action. The- ex
OFTEN EXIIAUSTED
When /\u25a0 Spring ir* Came v K)n, / but ! : "Vever
Since Takins Hoo«tf » Sfarsaparilhi '
Mrs. .A? Hopkins, : 2215. East Ragle St.
East Boston, Mass., writies: "Years ago I
learned what a. good fmedicine Hood's
Sarsaparllla is. Whetx/spring .came on
I waV. thoroughly ekha'iiste'd and oblt^ed
to c take tto . thy - bed. - X \u25a0'\u25a0 thought I-. would
rather'- di e * than ; De i &f* tired. I : - began
takingiHood's ; Sarsaparilla, and* bofojre
long was ; perfectly i|well. Since, then
spring.has. ne'ver/coini9 t wlthout ray. bay-
Ing Hood's Sarsaparll la."' •
i Hood's; Sarsaparllli,.; effects lts» won-
derful'cures { not' jtrnj'tly^. because"" it • coh-
\ tains sarsapaVilla,;. b^ t because it
jWnes'^thej^ut^o^st'^^mediairA'alues of
i twenty/ difteren tl'insc edienits. ." . Thero a is
\u25a0nb:."just j as good."/. - ; j>. r^ v^.- .' ,. v : . V -
' ; "". Get »i tj tod ay; in :: vsi wil }\u25a0 liquid f o r ra ior
itablets; cahed & Sarsittg.{»s. / 100-Dosesi; '|l;'
plosion of the dynamite, was heard for
miles.
The explosion ignited the sodium,
which fell to the earth in a gVeat
shower of flame. Pandemonium re
sulted and It was many hours before
the fears of some of the watchers had
been allayed. -
Students Hold Dance
HANOVER, N. H., May 19.— A snake
dance In night shirts and pajamas was
held by a thousand Dartmouth students
on the college campus at midnight to
mark the passing of the comet. A
terrific din witlt horns, whistles, bells
and firecrackers was, kept up. The
observatory was visited and the astron
omers were liberally serenaded.
Comet Starts Fight
Disputing over the probable length
of the comet's tail, two watchers, San
tiago Pallas of 845 Pacific street and
Manuel Baldle of 134S Powell street
during the wee hours of yesterday
morning engaged in a combat that sent
both to the hospital.
Pallas, who is a barber, says that
Baldle started hostilities with a blow
from a broken bottle. Pallas knocked
his adversary down with the stock of
a gun and stabbed him with a pocket
kifife.
3 Both men stated to the police ,that
the row came from an argument over
the comet, which they were waiting to
view. They were committed to the
city prison.
LONDON SAW LITTLE
OF HALLEY*S COMET
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
"LONDON, May 19.— -"The comet has
fooled Greenwich observatory." (w\id
Astronomer Eddington to The Call \u25a0•or
respondent today, "but I guess it will
fool the British public worse. We ex
pected nothing and we got nothing,
but the , public expected to see some
magnificent celestial pyrotechnics. If
It has luck it may see a star of the
second magnitude. So far as London
is. concerned the comet fizzled out.
"We have read reports of a tall
stretching to 20 degrees. They may
be true elsewhere, but the greatest
extent a tail seen from Greenwich
barely exceeds 1 degree."
Moslems in Terror
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 19.— Most of
the Moslems spent last night on the
roofs quaking with fear at the disaster
they believed to be impending with the
passage of the comet.
We are only at our best
at the conclusion of our
last effort.
Knbx Straws
represent oui artists* most
"recent perfected efforts.
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