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When a. , lineman touches a live wire, exactly, what hap* pens? The striking photographs l in The Sunday Call tomorrow will tell you at a glance. VOLUME CVin.— NO. : 109. CHANLERS SEEK TO PACIFY MME. LINA CAVALIERI Family Averse to Notoriety of Trial Makes Overtures for ; \u25a0 Compromise •c* Ante=Nuptial Agreement Filed ;} Confers Sweeping Powers ;•: ; Upon Prima Donna [Special Dispatch to The Call] NEW YORK. Sept. 16. — As the first step in negotiations now in prog ress for a compromise between :\u25a0; .Robert Winthrop Chanler and Lina :'l ' Gavalieri, the much heralded ante-nup- V' tial agreement was recorded today in '.:. the registrar's office. vV . While the registration will show ob- Vl.rservance by Cavalieri of all legal pre .;.!.."cautions in the event that the parties J. to the agreement join issue in court, •.;• : The Call correspondent has learned : : ;.that overtures have been made to >; Cavalieri to settle the case amicably. £. " .She would be expected to relinquish i/;.; all claims to the Chanler property and •'• 'y. -to cancel the document filed today. Her Own Case ;-"j* .:. In return the family would give her •;.;. SIO,OOO outright and *an annuity of ,;..' 55,000. She intends to handle the case \u25a0 .^herself and until her arrival no definite ; : i progress can be made toward a settle :; }M i Attorneys for both sides expressed J^ihe opinion today that '.there will be 'C-'-Tio litigation.. The Chanlers want to ;V;!r*&ut off publicity as foon as possible on that account dread the courts. • ; .They hope to convince Cavalieri that ;/; th-e prenuptial agreement is -worthless %-ia.nd that she can gain nothing by. a : g ?sght. ;'. r^Cbnfers Sweeping Powers fir-. ;Jn the agreement filed today Mme. ';>-Cavalieri's full name is given as Na ;.; ta.slna Cavalieri, spinster, an * Italian r^'. iEubject, resident in Paris. *\u25a0••';;• -%"he document proceeds to state that ?':"*^"h consideration of the sum of $1 . \u25a0;\u25a0';: paid, and raid intended marriage," /-.!.. Chanler shall assign to hi? wife all V;;his real estate and all hlcr "lnterest in ;\u25a0: .'-.the estate of the late Mrs. La ira De •..•."'.lano, subject to a mortgage of about >;.? 140.000. "for her s<se and separate use • . absolutely." -.-For the same consideration of $1 ; r aiid the intended marriage the bride ; : jgroom "doth forever covenant" to pay vViris wife $20,000 a year in four quar :j V-terly installments, all payments free ' : i.from income or other taxes and "for .:- the purpose of securing the payment •;.-of the said yearly sum"* La Cavalieri .*; is constituted "his true and lawful at "; v tbrney. irrevocable" to collect the ; ; rents and profits. v^4j>romised $20,000 a Year '. . Should the income from the real v; estate prove Insufficient at any time to ;-*-. pay the $20,p00 yearly agreed 'on, a ;- '. second power of attorney is conferred .; ". to govern the income payable from the .".: fund held in trust for him by the ICew .'-."; ..' York life and Insurance trust com- ; •\u25a0; : -pany. : : r- Should this additional income still V; : -prove insufficient a third power of at v : torney is conferred to govern the In '.:>come from the fund held in trust for •-;;him by the New York life and insur •..;-.ance trust company. • The agreement is dated May 31 and . Figned and witnessed in the presence ; of Hanson C. Cox. deputy consul gen ; eral of the United States at Paris. It -" is wTitten in English, on parchment \u25a0 made in London. . BANKER ARRAIGNED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT IN HOME Treasurer Too 111 to Appear in Court for Trial BIDDEFORD, Me., Sept. 16.—Rich mond 11. Ingersoll, alleged defaulting treasurer of the York County savings bank, which closed its doors August 12* was arrested today on a charge of •«ij||*ezzlement. Ycince the closing of the bank the aged banker has been confined to his house by illness, due in part to two attempts at suicide. Ingersoll could not be taken to court today because of feebleness, but was arraigned in his room' and held in $20,000 bail. In a statement issued" recently the total bank shortage was placed at 5350,000. YOUNG DESPERADOES NEARLY KILL TEACHER Plot to Escape From Reform School Frustrated .: • . ALBUQUERQUE. N. M-, SepC 16.— 1n a desperate attempt to escape from the New Mexico reform school/at Springer* today, three youthful desperadoes riear •. ly killed the assistant superintendent, . Baron Dekalb SampseH. • ' Sampsell was cut and slashed with . butcher knives and beaten with a poker, .. "but it is believed he will recover." 1 The • -attack was made in a recreation room •".where 23 boys were assembled. •-\u0084 Without warning the three '•' :it Dre w themselves on SampselU'whb'was .Ji-jnarmed. He struggled until weakened "I by loss of blood, when the boys wrested from him. the key to the vfeult. {where arms are stored. Then'the three;, fol lowed'by several other boys. • dashed toward *the vault only, to, be met: by .. three guards, armed wlthj rifles" ? See-/ '• - Ing their only avenue of escape cuto ff • -the 'boys surrendered. \u25a0 * • ' / r ;" : ' The San Francisco Call. M ESS AGE IN BOTTLE TELLS OF MAN^SSUIGiDE IN RIVER .'•'-\u25a0 ' \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 ". .'\-. \u25a0 j [Special Dhpalch lo The Call] RENO, New; Sept 16.— Either a mes sage from the 'dead, or a practical joke in questionable taste was .discovered yesterday when thre,e lads found a mes sage in a bottle that had lodged 'in driftwood on the south bank of the Truckee near this city. The note was dated. Reno, New, January 16, 1910,, and signed "Francis Drake. Oakland," was addressed to "Whom it may concern" and stated briefly:/ "I have jumped, into the Truckee river. Goodby to my friends, my love to mother." ' LA FOLETTE MAY HAVE TO UND ERGO AN OPERATION [Special Dispatch to The Call] ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 16.— Senator Robert M. La Folette is suffering from an ailment that may require an opera tion, according' to James A| Frear, sec retary of state of Wisconsin, who Is -in Minneapolis 'today. He will go to Rochester to consult physicians. Frear said that Senator La Follette returned home, after congress adjourned, a sick man, and consulted physicians about his condition: He was - told ; that ' rest was all he needed, and he obtained as BOMB FOUND IN FRONT OF EMPEROR WILLIAM'S TRAIN FUXFKIRCHEN. Hungaria. Sept. 16— A formidable bomb'wa.s discovered yes terday lying on the railroad track in T. R. IS GOUGED BY OLD GUARD LEADER William Barnes Jr. Flays For* raer President as Advocating Radical Policies XEW YORK, Sept- 16.— County poli ticians from all-parts of -New-York state gathered today at < Theodore Roosevelt's editorial, offices to tell him where they stand in the fight now /on .within the . republican . party.-\The~cbl onel talked • from ". morning \ till | night with leaders on botfi' sides, but. as= he was leaving at the end of the dayithe only statement he would make was. that he had not a word to say. There was a sharp exchange today between Coloner Theodore /Roosevelt and.' William. Barnes", Jr., -republican state coramitteeman and leader' of," the so called "old guard." In apublished statement Barnes said:" \u25a0 • - ,/•"., No amount of political' rnaneu- . vering. use of patronage or person ' al abuse can in . the slightest -de- ! gree ' obscure the one issue, j which must be fought out to a finish at Saratoga. There will' be determined ' the future of the republican party '.' in the state of New York' for some ' years to come; That party: must, determine In its present form whether it. will be recognized as the conserving force' •which has-been 1 — its history, or whether it will; fol- ; low the radical policies- of Mr. . Roosevelt and lose the strategic po- sition which > It has held in the' state of New York for many years as the party of sanity and the pro- -, lector of industry, on which the. world of business : and labor must . . depend. When Barnes" statement was shown to Colonel Roosevelt the latter dictated the following comment: ; : *> I am indeed blessed 'ln my . ene- ' mies. I am very genuinelj', grate ful to Mr. Barnes for havins un- . consciously made the issue so clear *\u25a0 ' between what;he is pleased to cail ' Rooseveltism on, tha one side, -and on the other side. the alliance of the ' boss with that element of .big busi ness which seeks to control politics in connection with business. After tha-New rYork- county . repub lican committee had unanimously re elected Lloyd C^ Griscom as its presi dent tonight, Adam Gruber, .an assem bly district leader who has finally gone on record against- Colonel' Roosevelt, off ereJ the following, resolution: ' l : Resolved, That:, the 'New York county committee of New York; dls-v approve as unjust, and dangerous •. to the : liberties of the people, the' c ' utterances \u25a0of • former ; President H Roosevelt 1 in respect to the 4 judges '\u25a0/.. of the United States 'supreme court I - and the court of appeals. -\u0084; . - l, ; ; •-, Witli a shout! of disapproval the reso lution was tabled and the meeting ad journed, i >' / , . "PURPLE MOTHER" OF POINT LOMA ACCUSED Will Contestant Says Woman Used Undue .Influence SAN DIEGO, Sept. •> 1 6.— Suit was^filed in the superior court here.today^to'con test the \u25a0 will of Mrs. Harriet' P. Thurs ton, ,wbb. died at' Newburypbrt,*; Mass.'j' recently.-"- .;..' \u25a0"' , .. -. .'.-.' \u25a0,"' '\u25a0-''' " : '*' : \u25a0"'\u25a0;; : Inher will 'there- is a legacy of J150, 000 left to Mrs.iKatherine TingleyV;heaxl of, theVrheosophical organization of the Point Lorna; homestead. C ':•-:. :"•\u25a0''!/ \u25a0' J -f;- * The. contestant-, i b/ George J L.*r Patter^ son, a' son of Mrs.VThurstonJv* The''com plaint alleges conspiracy and /undue in-; fluence. Some of , the" allegations ' are ex-* tremcly:sensatlonal. . - PALO ALTO M AN^LEAVES MONEY TO CHARITIES Provision Made ; Against * Claims as \Wife;6r rChildreri 's?j& ";. SAN- JOSE, OSept.'; 16.— C.fB:Elliott, a retired »buslnessmah''of 'i Paloj Alto, left an estate of 1 100,000 and a provision } In his v will'that\infcase/any "persoh|Bhould establish the "jeiationShip j of/^wife>or 6on'.tohim' the*yshould*receive'sl. ; ' ' "* . The :. will *' was flled^ today 'and states that' Elliott had 'neither- wife, nor .'chil dren.* v ' '>\u25a0\u25a0-• \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 - '\u25a0'\u25a0- : • I .v->-'> i-''*ii.;lo«" ; .'' C .'After 'i making : bequests vtoi man>v dls-; tant^f relatives »he\ provided'")* thatj the Protesta n't I'orphah J asylum -and,* such othcr^charitable « institutions :as* his ex ecu tors vraight;select' should! receiveithe residue. \: v-V - \u25a0\u25a0 ; \u25a0 - \u25a0 ' \ /^JSmHti BANttfß^C^ ( Seymour. / Glazier ,and : Gel" McCarthy, discovered, the ; bottle and drew" it from the water while" along the river bank. One of the boys removed the cork and found the note intact. • ' \ * ; . Fisli Warden •.Thomas was .notified, and he brought the bottle and .note [to Reno. The Oakland police "were noti fied. . \ " - -;" ; - <"^ _ :,'..';•\u25a0\u25a0 Reports a bodyc had • floated; past Reno, face down.v and ? attired f in , a khaki ' suit ' reached here ; ;' about * the middle of " January, ; butv' subsequent search failed to locate it. - • ! much.as he could until; he -was p-lunged into the campaign.: It; ls; authoritatively stated that he ;wlll' either speak against Tawney or • Issiie a public: , statenien t urßing the nomination ;of ;.. Anderson.' The fact that* Frear. Morris, '] Ekernj and other leading^ Wisconsin ./progressives have entered the Tawney fight is take'tf as positive evidence that "La . Follette is ready to support Anderson,"' as i t isf urged ; that none of * them would shave entered the fight- without "the sanction of-the senator. , front of Emperor William's 1 - train, in which he was going hunting to Mohacs, 25 miles southeast of Funfkircheri.-;" : , '.—. — '' ;'-; '-- \u25a0' •' '"\u25a0" v •;*'"\u25a0"" --'.'•'.'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 REAL BULL EIGHT ENDS MEXICAN FETE Deputy Sheriff Shoots Furious .Animal While Crovvd of; Women VliOS ANGELES.. Sept.;^l6.— Bert E. Rico, \u25a0 a.^deputy -sheriff >and vinembe:* :of the \u25a0 Vaquero club, .proved the ;real' hero of a bull fight that was not on the pro gram at ; the -Mexican ? centen nial . cele bration- at Schuetzeri: park: today. ;>' : Enrique ", Robles,' a Spanish toreador, and v his matadors .were |en gaged |in a bull ..-dodging.; exhibition. \u25a0"; ,The animal became .enraged | and crashed through the flimsily ' constructed J 60 ,;\u25a0 f opt '\u25a0.;- ring and^, was 1 dashing,' head dowri/'into a crowd; l which; included- .many .women, when^Rico stepped forward -and^flred a revolver; bullet the head of the f ufious' ' animal. ' % : in ' its tracks, -six .feet away f rom\the densely packed ,(• thron g ; ; of terrified", spectators. Rico was j given an '; ovation. s 'J: . : The - toreadors', exhibition* brought : to an.end a ; barbecue and programiof Mex ican' 1 sports. ' i There 'were 'other .bulls on hand,/ but\a '\u25a0?: humane -society 'ofllfeer. ruled"^ against a continuance- - of- the sport/ ,-,-_.. -'":.'\u25a0 "; : '. ' : - :' \u25a0"\u25a0.•\u25a0• .The celebration was given under the joint > auspices' of. the' Hispano- Ameri cano - and : Vaquero clubs . and : 'was at tended sby' more than 5,000 persons." The nark celebration was preceded by. a pa rade j which , was \u25a0 distinctly Mexican;*, in cluding many gaudily, costumed thorse men ' and ;. handsome * floats. ./ A"' number of Mexican societies observed the^cen-" 1 tennial • with v celebrations"' tonight/ Chicken Chasers Injured ; BAKERSFIEL.D, SepL 16.— Three per sons were seriously^though-not fatally* injured/" today .In .a chicken? chasing contest on" horseback, which was one of. the features of the' MexicanVcen tennial celebration here.-; Joseph ; Rodriguez, one of the riders, •; -.was /thrown «; from mount in ,&. collision! and; was (struck In' the face -' by^ one -, of i his horse's hoofs." Don. Castro, son of a prominent rancher/ was caught between two of the "racing horses ' and - : his \ right ;; shoulder badly, crushed.*, Joseph j: Stout,; a - small \u0084boy/ was struck , by/ one^ of , the -horses _• and severely bruised., .Many, women fainted.; Kaiser's ti •-::'\u25a0 BERLIN. Sept. 16^Emperor William today p. sent >%\u25a0 a ;.;'• telegram^ to % President Diaz * expressing jthe % warmest I congrat ulations , of V- himself < and ithe * German people \ oV! the \ celebration ;; of f; the /cen tennial of i Mexican ; Independence. •: Em> peror ' , William Vf has *$ conferred \H upon President ' : Diaz ;the; chain;; to X the I .grand cross >of ' the : Order/oflthe,-.Red : Eagle. His . majesty also cabled 1 his I congratu- latlons to the Mexican : executive on the occasion ; of. his :- eightieth birahday. - BODY-FOUND! INiRIVER INDICAXES^ FOUL PLAY Man Who Went Boating With Companion Murdered • vPpRTIiAND,:Sept.rI6;-- r Twoidays ago the- body^of {aj man' was s recovered' from the^Wtnainetteiflver.J * Thet;police^be lieve thatjthe remains are those of Emil G.,Keess; of :Pocatello,'. Idaho,: and that he ; wa'sXmurdered^ r 'Vr> - iii :'-'':';\u25a0'\u25a0'-/; ' "*.-~iyyP D) Investigation V shows ; that . about .two weeks : i ago S .'two : men^ hired s a";- boat '?< at a ; local jboathouse*j;f A"i f ew .-; hours /later the ; boat V was "returned * by,; opet of > the men^ ? whoj said; that ; his had fallen: overboard 'and k was drowned. '^ He then 'said* that ' he] was fjoking J and;' that his 'companion treallyj; had : left*, the <bbat farthertupithefrlyer.. !?,/../-. -: ; - f J-r'-'c-- '\u25a0\u25a0 "• V";Thej authbrlties;belieye.th'at : the miss ing iwas^ Keess^ and ? that r ; he> was 'talten^6ut7on)\the;riyerTand/murde>ed r and* robbed. ' ' .--//;^/; /"-;'/ */;;;/^"i ; "'.''*\u25a0-.;/'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '' A .'letter '} addressed ; . to • Keess -was dated "Royal.'* - ' It ; is^; evidently; from* a? sister/ Fata \ Cases^ihV Italy i . ROME,'tSepOjl6^During^the?last i; 24 \u25a0hburs^injthe^oirfpartmelittoffAp'ulia.Hin' 1 rde"athi;frqm s crti6lera v and' nine; new, cases of, tlie \u25a0•' disease.'-':.; \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ; /\-':3" v "" ; /v ; ;,'::';'-^ .Y": : i r 5 fWOMANOf WOMANO SHOT . BY J- STnCrDE^-Aorton^ Kmu- X\u25a0!K \u25a0! Sept. ?.16.r-\V;* M.'S Bradshaw. 7 a. i' guard yin j the • ' f efjpral :,k penitentiary.^ at?* Ijeayenwortb; j tflday C Bbot-Bertha;SchmeUAwhileiaffberihome'near • \u25a0 hfre.V-i and v* thrn i" oomniitted \u25a0 •. suicide. 't- '-4 Miss " -Schmetz 1 probably.; will rccoTcr. " CHIEF MARTIN RESIGNS O'MEARA SLATED FOR JOB WIRELESS SPARK TO SPARKLE WIRES "Magic Ci ty ,-^of w Electricity |tq J[nto|Life|at ;the7;s] /Mayor's Touch :/ 'i A wireless :' spark; " released "* ; at .; S o'clock :\u25a0 tonight jb'y' : Mayor ; ;P. , r H.jMcCar- . i thy -will 'irifuse.ilife. and energy - ; into | the rnaglcj city' in-. th^^ColJseurnV;. which more than^SOO men' have been'^puttirig together? : , \The 1 public will: be'invlted'to inspect '..the \ mostr t *elaborate .electrical exposition ever rattempted westi^ ofichi- cago.*VA"*; cpmpleteV'exhibitionjof ?elec-; trical devices •.will; command ithe: atten- ' . tion i of the "' public ; night'> arid ," dayy, until ,the - exposition '- is ;;brought'- to,- a*:. close' nexti>Saturday.\nightJ' ".: -.•--'. t, , .• \ '•_, More Uharissl',ooo,ooo worth t of;' goods' Js on"- exhlbitloh.*r ftEvJery /'electrical^con-1 'cern on* the 'American 'continent * is r rep rreserited>arid $: : practically I every f .'elec-* 'trlcal^deylce;[on^thef 4 market7is;-shown/ \ Every 41o]cal.^ele1ctrlcal^cqntrafttor,sha«r 4andJiristalled'ari;exhlblt/;.!4 andJiristalled'ari;exhlblt/ ; .! .*'. I • Workmen 'were* busy *througrhout2 last « night* putting j the \ fihishin'g Ho .'the "displays: V;^v7h"enithe;wirelessispark" ;i s '•; r eleas ed i; tori ight ,- the .iColl seiim '« wil 1 ibe i radiant iwith ';' myriad^lricandescent flights sillumiriatlrig '&\u25a0': magic"^cityjs "of w^hitefand gold^' "•'\u25a0: \u25a0..\u25a0/';\u25a0'.•\u25a0 -s- : \£-'v*, "* * . ; Cwill' be 'i represented iln - ! the^*exposition.' 'Evefy * device* from; a v curllng ; Irctn : ,to , a idynamo Twill ibe shown. : - ;The*re\will* be. iunllmited;foodfforvthought.';-Thbseiire-* :qulring;tnrills*-to;stimulate'thelrT«inter est'wlll'hayeftheropportunitylof/gazing, iupbn;ithe-maii*wholsmilesiwhile*aicur-]i ;rent 1*0f.^150,000 v?volts\:passesl through! him. vi? "With': theTsparkS' from^hlsinnger, '.tips « he 'i.will^ light', cigars /' f or^the .>is-! 1 litors^arid;; byj whirling;his " \u25a0 arms i around Jhlsi-head,-£will?xnake.- rings', of ;violet;in:j ,theiair.\.r 1 \u25a0',-."- -"\ \u25a0\u25a0!-'\u25a0 '.-''\u25a0-'\u25a0-\u25a0' \u25a0\u25a0'( - $7'^^ •\u25a0\u25a0:.'\u25a0\u25a0' % Those tinterested^ in K wireless 'ancesvwllljbe' allowed' to transmit iwire-] less (telephone i messages ? and I send ! ,theirj autographs 'from? one {'end of v theJ.Coll-< seum .Jto^thei $ other/»by ; meansVof^the 'telautograph^^ machine. X ;TheH^dream> household,* hfully.4V equipped ;wlth r .«lec^j tricalil appliances, •_willV:ber a revelation f or^ the \u25a0• hbusewif c. p.?;. : ; % p * - > iAniorig ? the if local X are \u25a0;\u25a0* . tli ie, Sbuth"ernJPaclfic,lthe"sUrilted?Railroads,; the \u25a0Jtwo^telephonei companies,^ the;,-pb-l llccandtnreTsystems.'ithesSan^Franclscol • gas^and? t ele"ctrictco.mpany,r. and Vthe ;.va"-j riousrelecfrical< contractors (of i.th'ei' city.* : WEAIif HY^RAVELER^ - -v .... NE W/VxpRTEC,';'.' Sept y- 1 6.^Mengo^L^ MorfflmthAU..sa'>»..wealthy v 'ca!ndyriniJwu 1 -'! . f acturer/^who g returned -} : f romViEjirope yesterday foril.thd^Mauretahiai^appeared; at', tHeTcus torn ihpuseT' today ~i and * adm it - ted 1 tq|the lauthoritiesji that * in; the V declaration j; he } madel.upbn ithe I ar riyal?ofUhe?steamship;heihad i ; failed'.tb 'mentiontall^thej things' he? and jhlsifam^ ily I had 4 br° u gh t Iwit h;4theni;| I n cludi rigi g $9.ooP'iworthjiqf^ : jewelry .'i iMorgahthau, wasTa.rrested£and\will?be , arraigned" beY 'fore^C6mmissionerJXShields,^',chafged l with' attempted j smuggling. --» - .-> '\u25a0 COMMIim'EEjREPORTS ; . SBATTIiE,^ Sept.? 16.^-The appolnted^bVithe-cohventlon*,ofahe}Pa r cificjg'coast $ lumber/j manuf acturers|^s; «^ati6pStOH»^awjS«jK3Mfin^^n£ "slderJtn"elluniber;:sJtuati6n* iriTthe rnorth^ 1 w'est7'|heldfafcbnfere^nceJtoday^angthlß city.^The i market |wasjrepdrted ?to2be' demoralized, Jand Washington millsliwereVsaid«to|haye2reduced^their butput>2 5 iperjcen tS^pnly ith reeTjnil lsjon PugetSisound^erefjrunnJng'satfnJgbt.tit wasjstated;lsonly~|.oneflin^Portiand|and one /at ;::y;'.,,,; ::y; '.,,, ;. :|^.^ ;*« entered %i*sti Friday .* In «.tbe., superior^ courts of M this * city *In if arori of *the l First i national: bank i!& against" : Charles $ Carpy.^J: * Downey s HarTey ,TJ." A A.iFolger; and? Peter^D.'j) MartlntforJ W58.700 *oa f*f a \u25a0 note i Bisrnpd I l>y ''i them . f or,i niojaey wusj>Qj In • the LAND SHARKS ARE FLAYED AT SESSION StateJßealty; Federation ' Speaker I^^oraudule^t;^D^ersl \ Arejßei^- Driven Out ; / / [Special -Dispatch i'ioJ'hcj.Cill] : ;. \u25a0,'\u25a0\u25a0 ; realty federation 1 ., .through its col onization committee ;has4h'adt»aj=..busy \u25a0tjme~.during "the", last year --weeding' but fraudulent ;landr "dealers >and*"get 'rich (I ulcU> , Schemes fof ? a shady /nature "'was the ,'repprt; ofo f *li >M. i- Pratt ;* of ~U6s?An 'geleslfat! the ; meeting/of ; the^vgaraia^ ;tibn"inE,thls: city ') today .'•_-/? '.V? *"* -\u25a0--"*: ''-' j. 'i^"California," he stated;l"theipbjective \u25a0point "qr *of ?.tourists;t;has?af-; .forded^lhe vflnest^kind 1 , of -picking'^for ' thel- lahd§sharks ; and:;thesreSlty:.-conn-; dencemejuV-.The colonixatiotf committee* lias"": succeeded ? In i exposing* several, In 'vestmentTschemesV'^"'%... x. :•',. v x '* • i ';;\u25a0 \u25a0?. The) legislative ;lawv commi ttee.^head "ed s ; b~y ? D. li C.^ t Carmichael 'Of !feconimen'deja(thej passage fbiddingf: th^saler-iof y by r . \u25a0'\u25a0an 'ageht : iuntil^iwrlttenTcontractlhad.beeri signed < by lttiej owner; tar law, pro vidirig if or ithe { payment ibf/i all « taxes '? except licenses 'on' .real| property^ to! th'eTcbuhty, ;tax2cbllector; J , i the?GillettJlaw4providing' t f or vthe tbonding/ofi the; state *for^slß, . 000,000 jto • provide; better^ roads ; la . law .providing;' f or^th'cl exemption fbf rindus -trial jplants from^ taxation ;' the -issuance' ;.of ; notarial} seals; tot a?much»more ; llm ited t; number, •ttheiexamlnatibnCbefbre a vSiiperiorVJudge : for/all i seeking \'a 4 seal jhereafter.^and ;\u25a0 the^ tenement [law./" :; : ;I^OXRECOMMBXDATibNS i PASSED' \ ?/, ,The V teriem en t > iawl: arid * that "concern "A ing i owners' ; contracts ibef ore- a» sale j of 'property \ could tbe ' made iwe're] Indorsed |by;jthe> convention,; while /the pothers were laid V on '.the, "table ; for ; cbnsidera-; \u25a0 tion'later.V ', - \u25a0. * '*•\u25a0 '\u25a0/ \u25a0-- :'\u25a0' ' \u25a0^'•99 i\-'4i \ -'4 v7;The" program .of the session : c6mprisedr*an;;address !byVAv*E. ; Crane "of v Sacfamentolon ;".The i StatevFair fand ;ltsilnipbrtance;to 'Real' Estate : ? Menjin Calif brnia" ;? reports ' ofjUbcal « ofganiza itiohs| and g committees f» ah \u25a0 add ress f-by! .Hr'M^tSmithrlmahageribflthe^coloniza tion departmehtfof thfr Southern >Pacinc' 'company, 'arid "the f electlbn^of rdirectbrs. 1 ; »,-;*At«,noon rthej: Sacramento v delegation' jkeptJopen^hbuse'inthejballrbomtofthe; St.? James Jhotel,*?.w here '* musie.^was Jdls-] 'coursedr'by,^ a f. band \u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0• ' and! fevery^.yisitqr .; presented]*; with' 5 \ ; 'a 1 :bjasket?ofiS^cramjentorgrapes. '- : : •' \u25a0 'directors^arb> chosen - .''."''* ; *. yt The'- directors fchoseri)todayj.were: a ,!; ; %J. 5 E.% Fi«her,v San 1 Jo«<» ; " C.S C: * Justice, "" Oak-'* land :|y. ; 'l*v .-Dyke,"? Sacramento; fFran^ >.K."tMott,< Oakland :"j"-;E.'^ G.\-r Hart, *- Lo* t - Angeles;- - C%R: ' Scott,*j>Tulare : t J. W 'B.l. WiW, 5 Modesto; * Cr-Teaßue, \u25a0• Fresno: r; H.'V McMahon, J San j Francisco. 'v - j> I x?f,This> afternoon;^ -the^iiew* "directors ;ch«seUhe {following .'officers: /;.;; /;^ \u25a0;/;;:.;; &J}>- B.V Fisher ' San ? Jose! i president •> Sfaybry^ Me-"' Jfahon. 5 San > Francisco,*- first j.Tice .' president; vEd-^ win? G.>" Ha rt.'^lxwi* Angeles, >se«md*Ticei. presl-' dent ; 5 6."* J. uWren.% Modesto,** third"; rice J presi dent : *^ WVS B,.'*; Noble.'i Sacr amen to; j treasurer ; « t£ M.C Platt. I Los | executive \ secretaryj -C. O."* Sprangcr,-' Los >. Angeles,^ recording * and v* v seal .* v •; ;;r:-;- (i%,;y^'./x-^:^yj^'^c,^( i% , ; y^'./x-^:^ yj^'^c,^ ; B.';Hale fof j San . Francisco "spoke •on tjie^Panama-Pacific'ifekposltiohAat^the banqTuetJat I the7St:fJames^hot^ir- tonight andithejbuildihgTechoed^withJthe^cheers rhis*r"emkrks7elicit"ed.^ -;J:". l r. -.-;«' . TWO HUNTERS MURDERED : ; -* ON;MOUNTAINJROAD Globe. (A r i z: ) t- Bus i n'essm cii * Are ggl^ Slain]^ ;-g 'tlAed^aV>jthpaes'b^ft^ped/gKJ^e^ ! and"' 1 George)Hillppt"Gl6belbusin¥s"smeh wlio : rleft^ori!|¥^hu*ntlng«tr i lp^lasjt^Monday,'; .'wVrejtffq'und^t^ay^a£'^an^abandoned ; \u25a043 |jmile^northeast|of £ here^p^j^g f^Both^mehrShadlSbeen^Bhotlj'thrpughi itHelh^ad % em d '*! tf is ? prac ti cai 1 yil certain' ,tHat Ji^t hey£* were^ murdered .XT -:i ; Sh er iff j^oropso^Jeft^hyreXtoday^Ui^^nunii] iberTpf|lndianltrailer^,^whofare|'search*' .jn^fpr^Vwltt^former^UnUe^^States' caval rjfmenl'ii^thjeJiWh i te| mo un ta J n sy^JS b b*e rjr|^ IsJ;svppb s ed S t oj£ h" a v c** tie en 1 i the¥hi6tl ye jf f of .\u25a0* thefcrime^? B^^ 'J^'-^'t'f %^mBVKEATHER 'YES TERDk Y-^Maximum; temperature. 70 ; *-\u25a0< minimum temperature^ 48. 25^ fFMECAST^&IfrfopAY—Fcir; light south wind, changing to moderate vest. TAFT STEP ASIDE? RESTS WITH PARTY Report That He ; Had: Decided to ; : -Make^Way for Roosevelt V \u25a0*: Is '.Unfounded^-' t . \u25a0} .. BEVERLY. -Mass., SeptT;l6.-~The pub licatlon of a story in certain * news prners. purporting: to 'come', from Bev erly -arid ;; announcing > : that. President "i.att" lia<i^decided \u25a0. to step aside, as a presidential, candidate |n;_ 1912 'to; make way j; for . Colonel^ Theodore -Roosevelt, broughtimany inquiries -to the summer capital itoday. ; -It* was - decided pot _to dignify the st pry, >: which iis Reported to be?;withbut r . any^foundatioh". whatever,. with^a statement. ' •' \u25a0"- be -stated"that there has been ,no V change, yin ;Taft's 7 attitude toward a r >sec6ndi.teriri since^he\ told a; number of riends ta«f ew mbn ths i ago j that he would-yaccept ; a" 'second /nomination if his?party;desired-it.l At, r- : '.\ ?' '^The*pre*sldent,Mt' is" said, 1 is not con- ; sidering' his: chances i.f or; a second term one r.way-'- or »: other, - at :.;this ' time; From s the V- first :' he ? has t said ," ; tha t" he .would? devote "^himself *,to J carrying ;out as;nearly as :p6ssiblejthe" pledges; of the platf orm \on :;which .; he was elected. Taft.'ltJis^pointedYout.^does-not know how-to % play/ipolitics "land she \\ has-been quoted lasjsayingithat 5 he '.wbuld-not- do sollf;he;could.; . ;-'• ; , 71. - _ , \u25a0 *? The ; fact, that *" he . has of ten,"- in V 4jl&' speeches,' referred ' to i the 'if act - that he .has' .only -.the? rest K of^his^present term to serve,' meanrs. iti is (stated that Taft.;does ,not ifeel : that-i He i nominated himself,? and*, that he^ will J not make a" political^bldlforjthe^riomlnation. "The . president .will - start .for . New- Haven- and -: Cincinnati''* Sunday night. He;- will ;be : away. from.Jßeverly two : weeks, j returning here October,- 2 \u25a0to re main ; untll£the, 15th; \u0084 : v L- , Grahame White, the -English ; aviator," called - on -^the ; president^'af Burgest Point today. -. J , '': -\ f \u25a0/:.. \u25a0-..-.'-". / STORM IN QRA^E BELT v^S ;^BELIEVED TpIBEIOVER Raftin^Crbp Damaged,^but7Not Unfit r for/: Use ;V: FRESNO;;; SepC 16.~-Th"o.Ugh > the sky Is vstillf. cloudy ; ; in>this section- of the state;v; the / prediction ./v of : A. the" • \u25a0* local >weather4 forecaster " that «the : storm haskspent^itself -and^thatrthere will be* no rain Jf or -thef present. .' ~V r< In'A accordance AwithXithis^ annonnce meih^tlfeT-various? packing.; firms are ! 'sending £ menKout r ; Intp ? the -. field > today, ho w^ much Ithe jraisln :crop ; was the dfenchlng \u25a0- it re ceiyed.Vs,Thefgeneralji<ieat now-isithat theXraisinsji were} merely 'depreciated - in xtuaUty.^andi,that : >;ridv portion" of the crop 'jis^totally iunfit"* for " ; usel. . . ;worst^ of ? the? damage'iis • said ,to |hayejbeeniinnlcted[in»the^Hanford-belt. ~wh"efel£ practically •"the V "entire . crop of muscats jj was j,drenched./-i "According:, to locals packers ; effect jr of ithe :storm /oiT^theYjrnarket.:. wijil ",be to . place ,' a . premium ; upon'i'undamaged i- goods; ~. •Heavy- Downpour [Special i Dispatch Ito The Call] *'•'• :;;LOSrOLlv6s,;Sept.7 1 16.-f-Rain "which [began - -falling Vlhere?* Thursday;^ night settled .;\u25a0 intoV". a > steady^'i downpour s last . nigh t^aiid Lt has i>7cphtinuejdL, Viiti^s showers. • r The4preclpitation-»fpr_/ the^storm; is A H \u25a0inchesi^The (weather "was' very 'warm during ;.: the":, storm. " ;the ;r; r thermometer .regjstering^TO^degrees -; at y.firj. o'clock a. .in. ; GrainiisJnearlyJ'alr un'derjCoyeV, and ?the. ; ; ; damage* to 'jbeans ".'and'* grapes S-^STOCKTOX. Tsepk 0 1 6.-^The* weather fnas.lclearedffpff.yand .; reports J from the \u25a0f/uit§andj grain /are : that)* the irainyhas Sdoneit no (appreciable t_v."jC ]j, V? r -'. -"". -" " *.J.T"~T "^l. **» > '" ." '\u25a0\u25a0 ' " - BRIDGE XATEKLAL 'OFF - TO^iLASKiA^siMttlei 141 Stept.'slH.—Tbej strainer; Se ward J sailed I for 1 Cor . \u25a0 flova, : ' Alaska, to lay with material for | the last «^f ßte?libtfrtge !oo 'the Copper -BlTer ; railroad. * Tn« |-s>o«d U* now>,intpperationifoc?frei|!ht;aDd^pa». tf*enß*>ra, between (>rdoTa. and Cblktlna,"; and will |# be J completed i to l the * B<manza » copper ; mooata to fe> by^ January,; 1 . l;' .' \u25a0 > \u25a0 > '*;-/'-"i '"--\u25a0\u25a0>: -"'.v /x •.^ PRICE FIVE CENTS. OTHER NECKS MAY FEEL BLADE Big Police Shakeup, It Is Said, Will Follow Passing of Martin OFFICIAL SAVES PEiNSION OF $100 FROM WRECK "Voluntary Release" in Mayor's Hands and Will Be Ac cepted Very Soon SERGEANTS FREHER AND HERLIHY SLATED FOR AX THE resignation of Cljief of Police John B. Martin has been placed in the hands of Mayor McCarthy. Its acceptance is a matter of only a few days. With Martin may also be retired a brace of central station ser geants. Sergeant Freher is mentioned as a candidate for this distinction. The new order of things is said to contemplate the elevation of Sergeant J. J. O'Meara to the chief tancy. Cap tain Eugene Wall and Detective Ed GiDson have figured In the reckonings, but the real tip is out on O'Meara. The program provides' for the temporary appointment of .Captain Wall and the subsequent selection, of O'Meara. From lofty officialdom the word has gone forth that the city is on the brink - of an up ta date, automatic, air suc- tion police house cleaning. The mayor, the district attorney and the grand jury are said to be working toward one purpose— a renovation from subcellar to the apex of the Saved Pension , - - -~» -.-.., 'This view is not shared by the friends and associates of Chief Mar tin. . They declare, that he decided up»n his resignation as the only means of saving something out of the wreck. He will get his pension at least. There was a temporary hitch in the order of business yesterday when the police commissioners failed to:attend the special session they had called to consider the mayor's letter criticising the conduct of the department. They got together informally, however, and rehearsed for the big? event later in the. month. There was something of a kink any-" - way in the* calling of the special ses sion: '--\u25a0' After adjournment Thursday Commissioner Henderson announced to the expectant newspapermen that the board would meet Friday at 1 o'clock in extraordinary session. "Why, I haven't heard anything: about that." chipped In Commissione* Splro. who "had been with Henderson all the time. . v' % ""Well. I meant to>' tell yon," replied . "Oh." said Spiro. I Spiro is rated as Martin's . friend on the board. Spiro showed for yester day's meeting, but the others didn't. Not Gambling on Future The futility of resistance on the part of Chief Martin was urged upon him by his friends. They told him he hadn't a chance on earth and Martin was not in clined to chance the jo bin the here after. So his resignation rests with tho mayor. "/With District' Attorney Charles M. Fickert. Mayor McCarthy believes that the chief has not been doing his duty by v the residents and tax payers of the city and county of * San Francisco* The heavy hand of the administra tion. It is said, will extend to Sergeant Philip Archer and Patrolman Percy Smith. It was through them that the word was cummunicated " to the caf a owners, that the' festivities might be extended. until S o'clock in the morning. . Sergeant Herllhy, It is stated, may also - be among the elect. * The ' whole problem } is to be srround in the police commission mill within a few days. It. is believed that an in vestigation will be : instituted to sup plement'that inaugurated by the grand jury/ /J Joseph Sullivan Tis regarded as the ".? commissioner who, -more- directly than. ' any of -_\u25a0 the others,, represents Mayor McCarthy. As president of tho fire "commission, he persuaded > Chief Shaiighnessy to evacuate. It v is said In some that he has been chosen asjithe ; executioner of the police com- Becker" Was Custodian ' >Both - and Fickert were stirred^bythei evidences of a fund ia behalf \u25a0 of. the • businessmen of ' lower Mason and ' Eddy streets. This bundle of coin has been traced from the sepa rate cafe proprietors into the hands of Dave Becker, in whom was vested full authority," to employ high legal advice. The ~ advice was ' to be purchased at ; a.> cost of; 51,500. Becker "says the cola, was V returned unspent '>\u25a0 to the original contributors... - . jDistrict^ Attorney .Fickert was es*, peclaliy » aroused ,when an ' attempt wi^