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BRUTAL MURDER OF BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY GIRL AROUSES POLICE
PHYSICIAN AND
iBSEHELDAS
I GIRL'S SLAYER
Body Buried Under Vacant
House to Hide Fatal Oper
ation Is Charge
rormer Employe of Dr. Grant
Gives Police Clew That
Leads to Discovery
\u25a0 cement floor of the Eureka street house
hundreds of men, women and* children
crowded about the premises and
pressed against the basement doors be
hind' which the officers of the law were
bringing- to light the form of the miss
sr.g girl. Detectives M. V. Burke and
\u25a0G. Tilchards, working with pick axes
ard crowbars, had by 6:30 o'clock ex
posed to view enough of the body to
.convince them that the remainder of
lhe task was for the coroner, and De
fective Frank McConnelL immediately
\u25a0^•"cbrorhiinicated with Chief Deputy Coro-
T.ilpV James Kelly. Kelly immediately
/.took charge of the case for the coro
:ri'er-* office, and with Deputies Dennis
VQuinlin and Matt Smith proceeded at
•*ihce to the scene of the grewsome
.discovery.-
..' When . the coroner's wagon appeared
atthj? place it«was necessary to force
c xsr&y .. through the gathered crowds,
and. the several officers who had been
\u25a0di' Tailed to the place* by the chief of
police had to force a passage way for
•the , wagon. As= soon Kelly was in
formed of the situation he immediately
itook personal charge of the exhuming.
.This, was proceeded with in the dark
basement with the aid of half a dozen
\u25a0larrtern-s.
BODY IV K.VEELI.VG POSTLTRE
:'lt was first necessary to tear away
some . seven feet of cement pavement
which had been placed over the grave.
This was accomplished with pickaxes
dnd sledgehammers. After several
large, fragments of cement had been
taken away the body, in a kneeling
position with the head and shoulders
bent far forward, was plainly exposed
to the view of the officers. In spite of
the nitric acid which had been poured
on the remains, the air was fouled
Immediately.
That the burial had been carefully
planned was indicated by theVonditlon
. of the body. About the body Itself
was carefully wrapped a large piece of
white oilcloth, leaving only the head
and feet exposed to the air. Around
this w_as wrapped a clean white quilted
blanket and around both coverings
\u25a0 \u25a0were tSed a number of towels. The
\u25a0very precaution of the culprits may
. prove their undoing for the result of
...thfeir care has been a highly satisfac
:, lory state of preservation, making not
y only identity certain, but also tending
. tb assist greatly an examination as to
•: the cause of death.
E&hlmixg difficult task
.. ' "While it appeared but a moment's
work to lift the girl's form from the
/..cemented tomb in. which It had been
:. " crushed, it was as a matter of fact
turrounded with great danger and dif
ficulty. In spite of the efforts of Kel
:..Jy's ttvo assistants the remains could
not be dislodged from the grave until
'the men had actually worked in be-
Ktde the body with shovels. When the
• body was completely loosened it then
: could not be easily* lifted ouf" until a
large beam had been cut away from
.across one end. of the holt. The final
.combined efforts of the three men pull
ing on a band passed under the body
\u25a0-brought It from its hiding place.
: „ • All that was mortal of the once
..; beautiful Eva Swan was then plaoed
in clean linen on the stretcher of the
:-\-.coroner and taken through the little
f/ cemented alley, through two pressing
V. Tines of gaping people and placed in
•. "silence in the morgrue wagon. All the
.evidence was then gathered by the
.: .detectives, the telltale trunk, the bottle
\u0084:.which contained the acid, the shovels
. .and picks and taken in the patrol
f-wagron to police headquarters.
:• LOCKED LIKE SEPULCHRE
The gaping cellar grave was left
open but empty, the lanterns were put
ouf and with the four wals of the
cottage standing guard over the spot,
the building was locked like some bleak
•sepulchre and deserted by the quick
and the dead. : .
TWELVE INCH GUN ON
THE GEORGIA EXPLODES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. — During
target practice of the Atlantic fleet off
-the Virginia capes yesterday one of
the big 12 Inch 80 ton guns of the
battleship Georgia burst on the .first
range shoot. The gun as far back as
the forward end of the* Jacket was
blown off. The crew escaped injury.
Advertising Talks
L- r _7 Most retailers object to spending their money in advertising
limn* C tra^ e " mar^ e^ es °f manufacturers. They say:
tllLujjfrh "You've got to show me where I get off.'* (This is not
y^/ our quarrel, though we may make it the subject of a/
S'J^S/r—t "talk" some day.)
r ;. ir The consumer assumes about the same attitude toward the re-
tailer. He says, in effect; "You've got to show me. IJiave to have
clothing, shoes, groceries, paint, hardware, drugs, etc, and I have the
money to pay for them, but before I spend my money/with you you've
got to give me some mighty good reasons why I should do so. You
pay handle first class merchandise, but I can't tell. anything about it
until you tell me. There's Jones, and Smith and Brown, all' good
.stores, and the man that gives me the best reasons for trading with him
gets my money. And, mind you, I'm willing to be shown. Which
one of you gentlemen wants my money?"
Gentlemen, that is the attitude of very nearly every consumer whose
trade is worth having. '
People of intelligence want to know what they are buying, and why
they should buy of one merchant as against another. They want quality,
service, satisfaction, courteous treatment and a square deal, and they will
spend their money with the merchant who "goes after it" in the right way.
Mr. Merchant, The Call is read by 150,000 people in 50,000
homes every day.
These are the consumers who are waiting to be shown, who have
the money to spend. Will you "go after it"?" [ ,- . /
- You can reach these 150.000 consumers in the columns of The
Call every day.
We have an Advertising Service of "reason Avhy" copy and illustra-
tions which will fit your business.
Phone Kearny 86.
AVIATOR SOARS
OVER THE ALPS
Then, Having Accomplished the
Greatest Flight on Record,
He Falls
DOMODOSSOLA. Italy, Sept. 23.— The
great feat of crossing the snowcapped
Alpine barrier between Switzerland
and Italy in a heavier than air ma
chine was accomplished today by
George Chavez, the young Peruvian
aviator. ; ;. ""
The plucky hero of the exploit lies
tonight in • the Domodoesola hospital
badly injured as the result of an acci
dent that occurred Just as he had.com
pleted the most arduous and nerve
racking portion of the task.
Both his legs are broken, his left
thigh is fractured and his body is
badly contused; but physicians are of
the opinion that these hurts will not
prove fatal.
The accident occurred as Chavez was
trying to make a landing* here. The
Alps had been crossed successfully and
the aviator w%s descending with the
power of his machine cTit off. When
about 30 feet above the ground a sud
den gust of wind seemed to catch the
monoplane, which turned over and fell.
When the crowds that had been watch
ing the descent ran up they found
Chavez lying bleeding and unconscious
beneath the twisted wreckage.
Fifty miles away and over country
that has none of the hazards of the
Alps lay Milan, the goal Chavez was
seeking in an endeavor to* win a prize
of |20,000 offered by the Italian avia
tion society. ; >%?£<
Leaving the ground with his motor
running at full speed he rose in sweep
ing circles until he had reached an alti
tude of 7,300 feet, then turned his ma
chine south over the terrifying Simplon
pass.
After crossing . the "divide, Chavez
turned the towering white mountain
head of Monte Leone, which rises to
a height of 16,646 feet and passed down
above the Gondo gorge, a deep gulf
between sheer walls until he reached
the open valley of Vedro' and then
descended easily*. toward Domodossola.
After treatment in the -hospital Cha
vez regained consciousness. He suf
fered terribly from his hurts. He said
he was unable to explain how the acci
dent occurred.
Although Chavez did not succeed in
winning the prize of $20,000, having
failed to reach Milan, some of the
members of the aviation committee are
in favor of turning over the purse to
him and erecting a monument in com
memoration of man's first flight across
the Alps.
GROCERS TAKEN ON
SIGHT SEEING TRIP
San Jose Chamber of Commerce
Is Host to Visiting State
Delegates
[Special Dispalch to The Call]
SAN JOSE, Sept. 23.— As a final act
of hospitality shown the delegates to
the eleventh annual convention of the
California Retail Grocers' and Mer
cants* association, which closed its of
ficial business here last night, the lo
cal chamber of commerce took the vis
itors on a trolley ride over the inter
urban loop this afternoon. , .:• \u25a0-\u25a0• '--
The delegates were taken by Secre
tary Brooks of the cjiamber of com
merce to the home of Rev. Sidney Wil
liams at Three Oaks in order to give
them an advantageous view of the
valley.
The visitors were then taken to Los
Gatos. They returned to San Jose
about 5 o'clock.
SMART SET INTERESTED
IN WOMAN'S CLUB FETE
Lawn Party to Be Given' for
Playground Benefit.*
[Special Dispalch to The Call]
SAN MATEO, Sept. 23. — The Wom
an's club of .San Mateo has com
pleted arrangements for a garden fete
on the lawns of the Judge James P.
Brown place In Baldwin avenue to
morrow afternoon and*. evening. The
affair will be given for the benefit of
the Red Cross hospital, children's play
grounds and the clubhouse fund.
The smart set has taken much In
terest In the fair. Miss Jennie Crocker
and Mrs. Cyrus .Walker have given
large swings for the playground at the
fete. Mrs. C. E. Green has donated a
football. ; - \u25a0. • f>-.
A vaudeville performance will, be
presented in the eyeniny, commencing
at 9 o'clock. • -
THE SAN; FEAiNKJisCpyGALL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24; \u25a0 1910*:^
LOW DEATH RATE
SHOWN BY CENSUS
California and Seventeen Other
States Average Less^ Than; -
; Any Previous Record
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WASHINGTON, : Sept. 23.— The : death
rate in- the United- States 'in'. 1909 'was
15 inieach I^ooo, according to; a bulle
tin about to be issued *by- the census
bureau, and this is the lowest aver
age recorded for this country. The fig
ures cover ;only the cities and states
having laws requiring the registration
of deaths and these represent aniesti
mated total population of 48, 776,893, or
55. 3 per cent of the estimated total for
the entlre_.couhtry.
The statesMncluded in the summary
are California, "\u25a0\u25a0 Colorado, Connecticut,
Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachu
setts, Michigan, New Hampshire. New
Jersey, New: York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, :South; Dakota, Vermont,
Washington and Wisconsin.
MORE THA.\ HALF MALES
In addition to these, returns were re
ceived ,from's4 cities having local, reg
istration laws.
The total, number of deaths recorded
was 732.538/ of which 398,597, or over
54 per cent were of males. The great
est mortality occurred in. March and
the lowest in June. In 1908 the rate
was 15.4 per cent, the last year indicat
ing a falling off of ' about half of 1
per cent. . _• r? '\u25a0'\u25a0":\u25a0
Excellent as the showing is its. was
not so good as was made in England,
where the rate was only 14% to the
1,000. The low rate in both countries
is attributed to the absence of wide
spread epidemics.
BALTIMORE LOSES RAXK
Baltimore, which was sixth city in
the United States in point of popula
tion in 1900, has lost her. position^ in,
the country's great cities, according to
today's census statistics and now be
comes seventh city, -having in the last
10 years been outstripped by Cleve
land, which takes sixth place.
Baltimore's population is now 558,485,
as compared with 560,663.
The Maryland city^'grew 9.7 per cent,
or 49,528 during^the last 10 years,
having had 508,957 in 1900. Cleveland,
which had a population of 381,768 in
1900, grew 49.9 per cent in the decade
Just ended. /
Had Baltimore maintained its growth
of the decade ending in 1900 — 17.2 per
cent — she would have maintained her
sixth position, which had been hers for
the last 30 years.
DECREASE IN" OXE CITY
Other population statistics made pub
lic to Jay were as follows:
Fall River, Mass., 119,295, an increase
of 14,432, or 13.8 per cent over 104,863
in 1900. \u25a0
Cambridge, Mass., 104,839, an in
crease of 12,953, or 14.1 per cent over
91,886 in 1900.
Lynn, Mass., 89,336, an- increase of
20.823, or 30.4 per cent over 68,513 in
1900. \u25a0.:-.;\u25a0 :;< \u25a0 \u0084 :: : \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 -. ::>x- : . :-
Chelsea, Mass., -32,452, a decrease of
1,620, or 4.S per cent, from 34,072 In
1900. ' " * : ' •\u25a0. -\u25a0.;\u25a0:
Savannah, 6a., 65,064, an Increase -of
10,820, or 19.9 per cent, as compared
with 54,244 in 1900. i ...... ;
POPE'S LETTER SCORES
• ROME MAYOR'S SPEECH
Says Nathan Ridiculed Church in
Anti-Clerical Speech
ROME, Sept. 23. — Pope Pius X today
addressed a letter to Cardinal Rospighi,
vicar general of Rome, saying he
wished to express to the cardinal his
own • deep sorrow because of- the anti
clerical • speech delivered by. Mayor
Nathan ~at the celebration last Tues
day of the fortieth anniversary of the
fall *of temporal power of "the church.'
The letter sets forth that Mayor
Nathan , as a public \u25a0 official •; was • not
satisfied with recalling solemnly the
day on which the sacred rights of pon
tifical sovereignty were trampled on,
but dared to offend the doctrines of
the Catholic church and the vicar of
Christ's church. .
. .The pope adds: , - .
"Speaking in the name of Rome,
which; according to authoritative
statements, • should be honored' as the
peaceful home of the ' supreme ppntiff,
he \u25a0 aimed directly 'at , our -spiritual
Jurisdiction, denouncing with impunity,
to public contempt even, the acts of
our apostolic' ministry."
ROD. IN PICKLE FOR
PORK BARREL THIEVES
This Little Pig Leaves Not to
Market But to Jail
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN MATEO, Sept 23.— Stealing a
pfg to pickle for pork was the peculiar
motive of two different thefts which
were unraveled by Constable Michael
Sheehan . here today.
A (ew days ago E. ~W. McLiellan, a
well known; rancher and nurseryman
of Burllngame, reported' that a thief
had robbed.. him of a 500 pound pig.
About the same time Dennis Riordan
reported a cart and*a large empty bar
rel missing from his premises.
Constable Sheehan put. two and two
together and began looking for a per
son who had a barrel of pork. His the
ory proved correct, for he found Rior
dan's barreL full of choice pork on the
ranch of Manuel Slracusa of east San
Mateo. ' i%£i?*:&3g{ ' , '
Siracusa and Nat Pardes, an alleged
confederate, were arrested and charged
with the thefts... ... >
VENEZUELA RECALLS v
COLOMBIAN EMBASSY
BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 23.— There
has been a rupture between ; Colombia
and Venezuela. Yesterday the Vene
auelan government -telegraphed to the
members of the Venezuelan; legation to
leave Bogota and await instructions at
Panamal The nature. of the complica
tions is not known here.
POLICE PROTECTION
IS IMPLORED
A .was .placed before .the
police commissioners - yesterday.-; pray
ing, them to stop j the . auction:: sale* of
furs now being conducted at 235 Geary
street ,by> order of "thief St. '• Petersburg
Fur -Company.: The/ 'petition recites
that if this sale is allowed- tofcontinue
it will harm a majorityof the fur deal
ers and work them; anl irreparable, in
jury. '_. - '\-r ' :-,.;> ';\u25a0_.\u25a0 ' v.^ 1 ";;'//'-,/ "\u25a0
The document was * signed . by} many
of the dealers, in fur.in\thls city >nd: is
unique In ; a way ':. as it is j the *flrst time
merchants of -this * city Jhave .evinced
a fear of meeting open competition" and
have flown, to j the; police for;; the: pur
pose of ; killing "competition and 'ensur
ing, them a ; monopoly. \u25a0 ;.'\u25a0-. • . \u25a0\u25a0: " '
It would appear about time we turned
our/'attehtion • f romlthe ; meat^trusV the
Standard 'Oil > Company." etc.- ahd\con
sidered matters" nearer llome. v
Supposed Friend G(M Pic $50Q ,
To Leave, Says Lv Etta SniitlV
Lu'Etta Smith and her baby Willard as they appeared yesterday when they arrived from Japan.
Lu. Etta Smith^ :^ Will Tell the Truth
At the Trial of Dr. Burke at Santa Rosa
excused from 'ordinary customs c for
mality and went' to the Argonaut' hotel
and returned to Santa Rosa on. an aft
ernoon boat. • ' ... --' \u25ba- '
TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED
In. view of her promise to conceal
nothing and to aid in the prosecution
of Doctor Burke she will not be lodged
in Jail at Santa Rosa, but will be
closely watched.- \u25a0'..\u25a0\u25a0-. :
Miss Smith left April 19 on the liner
China. She arrived at the Bluff hotql,
Yokohama, on May 7, on June 13 she
went to Karuizawa, a mountain resort
near Tokyo; where she remained until
she started on her journey, home.
"I never intended to return to Cali
fornia," she said, "but in Japan __ I ran
short of money. I had no way tornake
money and decided that I would come
back to California and tell all I knew
about Doctor Burke and ' the woman
who was a "patient of his and r who
claimed to be a friend of mine. I in
tend to tell the itruth, all ' the truth,
and I don't, care who it hurts. The
guilty must suffer, and I have made up
my mind, to tell # everything I know.
"I returned of my own free will; The
money for our passage home was raised
for us by some kindhearted people -in'
Japan, who saw we were in* a bad
plight. I have no, home, but am going
to stay in California until this matter
is settled." ' r '\u25a0-^•I
WOMAN GIVES HER $500
Miss Smith explained yesterday that
a woman friend, who was once a patient
in Doctor Burkes sanatorium, visited
her in Berkeley. and asked her to write
a letter exonerating Doctor Burke of
responsibility both for the child and
the dynamiting.-. 'This: she refused- to
do, but later. she said when the same
woman" handed her $500, which was to
be hers if she went to Japan, she ac
cepted " the money and sailed on the
China. Before leaving this woman
came to ' her, she said,' with some
papers To which she asketi Miss ; Smith
to place her signature. , In addition to
the $500 was the promise of 'more
money to be sent at regular intervals
at long as she remained out of the
United States. The papers, the woman
explained, were simply notices to ;the
Japanese banks identifying .her as the
woman to whom regular payments
were to be made. Believing, this," Miss
Smith signed the, papers, she said.. She
now believes that she really \ signed
the letters that were L subsequently - re
ceived, one i>y. Doctor Burke and one
by District Attorney.Lea.
"I am sure, I,'1 ,' she said, "that I was
tricked. This woman- was forever try
ing to get me; to write a letter ex
onerating Doctor Burke. I- steadily
refused and finally they- gave up trying
to make me sign' anything. After •> a
little, while ' this ..woman, ;; whom I
thought to be" a friend' of mine, gave
me the : $500 which she said came out
of her own pocket. It was then that
I signed what she called blank forms
of identification."^. . •
Miss Smiths and her .baby, who .bears
the name of Willardas <a*courtesy to
Doctor Burke, traveled; on the Chlyo
under the name of Long.... ', v/
Mrs. Derrigg Accused
[Special Dispalch to The Call] \ '
" SANTA^ROSAi ; Sept. ~ 23.-r-Mf s. Marion;
Derrigg, \ a former' patient J,and close
personal' friend of Dr.VWillard P.'Burb*.
is the person" who furnished the money!
to ;Lii>Etta* Sm/th : t6-;takejher^trlp; to
Japan; according ] to 'information-given
District \ Attorney , Lea ; by/ - the : Smith
,woman,;.who wa.s;brought* here \u25a0 tonight
f rom San^Frariclsco/ . She further -said
that Mrs.';. Derrigg .."told : her \that; she
(Mrs. Derrigg) , had " visited Dr. Burke
regarding; the. matter,' but,DistrictsAt
torneyiLea. would; not' allow Mls&\ Smith
to .'-. tell anything : ot ;i the,- conversation
between- her; and-.Mrs. Derrigg.^/
;v Miss vSmithi admitted -that '.she. knew
it .wa* the, intention of Mrsv Derrigg.; to
flee as* soon : as -Miss Smith Iwas /aboard
the ; ; steamer '; bound " f or - : Japan. The ;
authorities -nave "sought> ; ln vain for
Mrs. -Derrigg> -,- -,• }\ - ;;•?;';-•'' -\u25a0\u25a0:'....•\u25a0' _ s
-."\u25a0 Mrs.t DerrigV.was a patient in the
sanatorium V and "later: went to Los An
CO3YTIXUED FROSI PAGE "OXE
geles, where she was at the time of the
explosion.* She came here during .the
grand jur yinvestigation into the ex
plosion. . and is ,known ;to. have made
severa ltrips'to Burkes sanatorium and
Berkeley after Miss Smith went. 'there
to. reside.' She met Miss Smith while
making ; a pretence of purchasing in
Craigmo'nt, '\u25a0' Berkeley, g near the - File
residence. It was on one of these
visits thta Mrs. Derrigg is alleged to
have secured Miss Smith's signature to
several sheets of blank paper. Two of
these signatures have since shown up
in alleged letters from Miss Smith,* one
to the district attorney and the other
to Doctor Burke. '
SEA GETS LETTER
These letters have never been made
public, although it was known at the.
time that they had been received. Miss
l 2i* BLEN D >§/ U 0 j,
CIG/^REITTES w^Wh 2 /
On a busy day when Worn ' * I
'\u25a0 cares and wonies distract, f^^^^ ~ *
| you wll find Fatima most (y^i^M//^^,
i tips, but you do get goodness and J^^^^^\^^'W(M/ Y^StSSt^g
Smith sailed for Japan April 19 on'
China.- On May 5 Lea received a letter
with a San Francisco postmark of May
4, reading as follows:
- . San Francisco. Cal., May '3.
To Mr. Clarence F. Lea, • District
Attorney, Sonoma, Cal.
Dear Sir: I hereby acknowledge
that ( I very much regret the ex
- plosion "which took place in my
tent at Burke on the night of Feb
ruary 5. 1910. I hereby exonerate
Dr. W. P, Burke from all blame in
* .this explosion and also hereby con
fess-that I did this myself, and
•, therefore ask that all criminal pro
ceedings now pending against him
j'be dismissed at once.
I would also ask you to have this
letter published in the newspapers.
I have written Dr. W. P. Burke,
exonerating him from all blame.
Very sincerely yours. -;- » :
LU ETTA SMITH.
PAYNE IS PLEASED
WITH NEW TARIFF
Chairman of Ways and Means
Committee Defends Action
v , of Congress
Measure Is Described as Rev» -
enue Producer and General
Revision Downward • .*
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LYONS N. V., Sept. 22. — RepFesenta-
tive SerenoE. Payne, chairman of th»
ways and means committee of th»
house 'of. representatives and author o:
the tariff bill bearing his name, madi
a' warm defense of that measure be
fore the congressional convention whict
renomlnated him here today. He sale
in part: -\
The platform promised a revision
of the tariff that should provide a
duty equal to the difference in 7i
cost of labor here and abroad- with >. '
a -reasonable profit to the manu- '
facturer. It promised this as t
each article, whether it resulted
in raising or lowering the tariff on
that article. Of course, intelligent
men generally \u25a0 familiar wtth the
tariff Relieved that such a revision
would be downward on most ar
• tides.
The results of our deliberations
- were most- satisfactory to me 'in
general results, although there
were other items, like those of the
woolen schedule, which I was
anxious to revise. >'
The law, as it was signed by the
president, has resulted in a gen
eral revision downward, and , no
amount of special pleading, no
' misstatement of facts and no sup
' pression of material facts will ever
make it appear otherwise.
The' law has turned a deficit of
$38,000,000 into a surplus of more
than $22,000,000 in its first year's
operation. It is a . revenue pro
ducer. We put Increased -duties on
wines, liquors and like luxuries.
We have no apologies to make for
it. These are the articles on
which the revenues of the govern
ment should be raised as far as
possible.
The increase In the price of ar
ticles "is worldwide. No other
country during . the last three or
four years has gone through a
general , tariff revision and yet
every country shows the same in
crease on the necessities of life.
CUSTOMS APPRAISERS
TO DISCUSS TARIFF
Local Officials to Meet Other?
in New York
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WASHINGTON', Sept. 23.— 1t was ar.«
nounced at the treasury depa.rtme.ri
today that a conference of United
States customs appraisers would be
held in the United States appraisers'
office at New; York beginning November
14. •
Appraisers from San Francisco. Los
Angeles. New York, 'Chicago, Buffalo.
: Philadelphia and practically every port
of entry in the country will be pres
ent. The officials of the treasury de
partment hope that the meeting will
bring about better work on the part
of the appraisers and a better under
standing of the tariff law.
It is expected that a general discus
sion of the work of the various porta
of entry will be carried on. each official
discussing some phase of his work.
THIEF WHO STOLE AT
STANFORD SENTENCED
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN JOSE. Sept. 23. — John Bush, who
pleaded guilty recently to robbing resi
dences of faculty members and fra
ternity house 3 «at Stanford university,
was today sentenced bjj Judge Rich
ards to five years In Folsom prison.
LOGGER IS Tnt f T . yT> — Tacoma. Sept. 23. — Den
nl* Martin, ten) 3T. in the employ of the
West Coast timber company at Eastrat. wn*
crushed to death under a pile of lors ye«
v terday as he was attaching • a Hn»> to .the
. lower lo?i>. His body •will be sent t» Mich 1 .
can. where his parents live.