"THE FEMININE ROOSEyELT" Is Mrs. dark Fisher, who was here on her auto trip around the world. •, What she has accomplished will be told in THE SUNDAY CALL volu:me cvm.— no. 120. COL. ROOSEVELT BEATS SHERMAN FOR CHAIRMAN !()ld Guard* of New York Swamped ; by Victorious Progressive Wave : Empire ?;\ State Republican Throws OH Shackles o{ oossism And Selects Former as SARATOGA, X. V., Sept. 27. — Colonel Theodore Roosevelt rode today on the top wave of victory, defeatin g Vice President Sherman for tcra ;v:.:-. porary chairman of the republican states tate convention and bowling over the ><5M' guard in the first engagement of a probable series of conflicts. ' |g v Colonel Roosevelt was in his element. After he had named the members -:%£.'..the three important committees . and the convention .had adjourned to' : irJeet tomorrow, the colonel turned to •the newspapermen and remarked: "Frazzle," Says Colonel '"I said 'Frazzle,' you may recall. You may quote me on that." At Troy yesterday the former pres ident said he would beat his oppo nents to a frazzle. There were 1,011 votes cast in the convention, of which Colonel Roose velt received 568 and Vice President Saerjnan received 443, giving the •>lca-der of the progressives a majority' • :of:: of : M 1, ....... _\u0084, . _\u0084,-..-.,. \u0084,-v-^,^ : -\u25a0' \u25a0 Colonel Roosevelt 'clTd*"noT*'v6fe. ..Sherman voted for "John Doe," and • : 'two of the Xew York county, dele , gates did not Tespond when their. \u25a0"name's were called. The vote as of 'iicially announced at the con\-ention pave Roosevelt 567 and Sherman 445, bat an' error in the count was dis- Taft Is Commended .- " In. his, speech as temporary chair \u25a0 '\u25a0'.vni'n Colonel Roosevelt spoke feelingly \.fof . vyhat President Taft had accom •'.:'3^nshed in his administration, saying .'that the laws passed reflect high credit upon all who succeeded in putting them in their present shape on the statute • books; they "represent an earnest of the achievement which .is .yet' tocome; and the beneficence and . far-reaching importance of this work :'.';-.doHe \u25a0\u25a0for the whole people measure \u25a0-\u25a0rtlie credit which is rightly due to the '-.."ton gr ess and to our able, upright and ' /\u25a0distinguished president, William : Bosses Assai led - „ \ :. • jT*^ .'..Colonel Roosevelt bitterly; assailed • th"c bosses, declaring that itHeTdiffer^ •ente • between a boss and-aileaderfis-! .tfrat-the leader leads and-thc-'boss drives. \u25a0 • : [ " 'The difference," he said, " *'is:..that thet. leader holds his place. by.. firing .the conscience and appealing to 'the reason of his followers, and_thc boss "holds his place by crooked and under hand manipulation." . Thunders of applause greeted the colonel as he was escorted to "the speakers* stand by Vice -President sj^ierm2n and Cornelius V- Collins. . Bay of Oratory - .;\u25a0 . It was a day of oratory; it was a day of bitter and "acriminous speech. With the opening of the convention State. Chairman Woodruff defined the . position of the old guard and; an nounced that Vice President Sherman had been selected for temporary chairman by the state committee. And then the real fight was on. Colonel Abraham Gruber of New York had been elected to fire the verbal hot shot for the old guards and his speech attacking the former presi dent was often broken and drowned by hisses and jeers. Once the pande monium became so great^that. Colonel Roosevelt leaped to his feet and asked for a full hearing for the speaker. Comptroller William A. Prender gast of New York city was the cham pion o fthe progressives, and .', made & reply to the old guard onslaught. * Convention Prepared v The convention had well -prepared for the outcome of 'the- contest- for f^nporary chairman,! William Barpes )r.; leader of the old guard-forces; hav ing early in the day conceded" the « election of Representative Sereno Continaed on Pace 3, Column . 1 THEOIK)aE ROOSEVELT PORT WILL CLOSE FOR HART NORTH Immigration Commissioner Is Soon_to *Be Deported T^rom Office "~^B~y Ira" c; bennett" {Special Dispatch to The Call] "WASHINGTON, Sept 27.— 1t was as serted here today that the days of Hart North as director of immigration at the port of .San Francisco were numbered. "While it could not be learned positively how soon North would be relieved, it was believed that he, would be' ousted In a short time. It had been persistently rumored that North would be fired within .three or four days/ 1 but this? was denied at the department of commerce and labor this afternoon. - "Mr. North , will not be relieved in three or four, days" was the way the private secretary of Secretary of Com merce and Labor Nagel delicately con veyed the information that, while North may last the week out, his time of in cumbency was very limited.-. For some time past.- it Is said, the ftmtluucd on Page 4. Column 5 JAPANESE AND WHITE GIRL REFUSED LICENSE FOR MARRIAGE AT SEATTLE .., oi.Aijii.r,,, isept.. 2<.^-Keiused a mar riage| license at Oakland, Kunjo Toda, a Japanese market gardener, and Ray ada'vßead,' daughter 'of a prominent Mormon. citizen of Salt Lake City, came to" Seattle,* only" to~be met with the declaration on', the part of County, Aud itor Otto A.' Case that nothing short of manda-mus; proceedings could com peVlilmJ.o give official sanction to their union. _\u25a0 Twenty minutes later Tsunejuro Ta naka-of Ocean Park, Cal., and Edythe Rolemeyer'of Los Angeles were like wise ref used- a license. "Seattle," said the. auditor, "has been a.clearing house, for- these sensational interracial mesalliances long enough. ISTHMIAN CANAL BOARD WANTS TO BUY SUPPLIES Chamber of Commerce Receives Request for Proposals The chamber of commerce of ' San Francisco has received \u25a0 proposals for supplies for the isthmian canal com mission. The invitation requests,pro posals -to * furnish condenser,^ motor driven engine" lathe, valve reseating machine,-, snatch<, blocks,' punches^and dies, rivet sets;: machine r^bits, : cold chute, .for steam _. shovels,'^; coupler knuckle pins, manganese steel; plates, clamshell : bucket, ; electric . fans,, water gauges/ fire/ brick, plumber,:; etc.; ; , i' ;, Sealed \u25a0 proposals,: in* triplicate,;--; will be received at the office' of- the i general purchaslngi officer : of . \u25a0 .the ;, isthmian canal \ commission.-^ Washington,^ D.' ; - C.,' not later, than 10:30;b'clock a. mfof OoV toberll.USlO.tatwhich.time they, will be opened i In"; public, for furnishing, -by steamer,'* free .of charge, ' on dock, at either Colon /(Atlantic Uport) ~? or ; port of Ancon' (Balboa, 11 , canal: zone). (Pacific port) ,'\u25a0> isthmus {of Panama.' Further 'information; can beVobtained at;the;chamberjof i commerce, .1339. Mer chants*' Exchange "building. 1 ' - y A* CITY* HAI-Ii" rAVOSEI>— San 5 Lcandro, ' S^pt. 27.=-A«, tiiei remit, of; a mtSB meetlnj; held -' lart"T nifbt ionxler V tbe '." auspices - ; of '" the :<. San Leandro \u25a0 chamber of commerce a petition \u25a0 •will \u25a0"• be . presented •to the -• board \u25a0' of -? trustees, r. re ' r;If -"they' feel that they can < not -wait, there is British Columbia." .-' : ,v- \u25a0. ' v 'v -.' v . In passirig; ; ; thrdughf • Oakland,^Toda and thejßeaja^gjrl.-were arrested, 'but ! released": after,* an .\u25a0rihyestigatfon.'K/An^i swering; an 'inquiry '.' from the,; Oakland police, James i^Read, l father P of 'theCgirK wired: \u25a0 >]/\u25a0'- - V'*>-'^v- : .-'^ ' \u25a0*"\u25a0\u25a0}'\u25a0 -C ; -".'-. -I' ''Girl of •age. - . If . any • law' -them in jail." . .\u25a0-./\u25a0; : 'r^;^:^'^-\^! It was ' the^ ;;the .: CQu_p'j_e.'s;- intejiy on; ! following a : honeymoon vi in*, the ? v orient. | to reside ,on^a^chicke'n^ \riuich2n.ear '.Los. i Angeles.";";/.; ;, '-'\*i:' '\u25a0''^:-f-''^.'.^'" '^'f;":'" '\u25a0."\u25a0 \ COUNCIL VOTES^ TO - CALL BOND ELECTION Stockton -Officials '-.' Declare >'f or Street * I m'p ro \ r e men t • \u25a0 ; {Special Dispatch' to The' Caliy. "'": : : : V.d '2 STOCKTON*, Sept. 2T.-^The cdunciUby; a vote of . six to ; two;Last t nightdecided to a bond . Selection".' rCouncllnien Dewey=and"Heimann opposed the* 'elec'-" tion because- of "certain [ issues. .->,They argued that there were more important uses' for the; money than the 'repairing of streets. The: issues rfollow:,-, ' . .The election; will, becalled'at'the'riext' regular; meeting.';- - \u25a0 J. M. EDDY TO ACT ON DEVEIiOPM ENT [Speckl DUpatchto'TheColl] : I STOCKTON,^ Sept. \ ' 27.^ .-\u25a0• M;'kt Eddy^ secretary jofjthe .'chamber ,-of;commerce t * has v been) elected 'to ? represen t\ t He * local : promotion bodies v in-; all Jiper-" talning to I the jCallfornla^development" board-; It^wllllbe^hlsyduty^tblsupply the/board*wit.hvdatalfrom^thls>se"ctibn' ofithe r state*andit6jaid-infall(orgariiza t ion\ work f t hat ?has"been f taken by* the*; board. '\u25a0\u25a0' >-";.-'--: :>-'-:- \u25a0.'•..;>•;• -\u25a0^ :: .-j \u0084,*>\u25a0.\u25a0.J siN: win)^ PRODUCE CARNIVAL IS READY TO OPEN Daintj|Mi!kmaids 'Will^Distril^! ::uleiDairy~Protfuctsto Vis=^: \u25a0>. v? Jitors Vat ;; Stockton £\u25a0 - : a * .;"";'. :A^fe ; ••\u25a0•.•\u25a0•.;- : '-' / ... •.\u25a0,;.:/..; n-'y'l. [Special/Dispatch: lo' t The\Call] *. . - : ; ; • ". \u25a0 ;{ -S STOqK^Ofj;; Sep tj v 2 7/-^E v| rythin g ; i s * I ni^readiiiessA' for'-' the a openi n g "\u25a0'* o f ,the •prod lice ? earn iya 1 f tomorrow -even in g. l^,-' j | rnain v ; exhibit ;tent; in ;*Hu.nter, "street; fp^aza; displays.;" of v San ifjbajiu'.in Icpjiri t>;**pjroducts ,':\u25a0; have' Ibeen and "practically everything growh'in'.tn'e .'eoujitjvhas 'been placed on \ exhibit" •', v"| hospi talv farm, superintended -todayj the ii nn s tal iation ; of ; a^fine exhibit;' j nc judlngf 35- varieties- of vegetablesiand'cereals.' 1 ' /t,Tlie I ilenteca ',' chamber;: of ; commerce 1 mbdei;"d^airy;is r a.uniquelfea^re..iMan-^ JtVca^ girls 'attired as.milkmaids'wili'di's-' . tribute 'glasses of JmHk; to "each womari who^jialfs/at^ \u25a0'andy watermelons' i will ?" be / brought", in; ifronTiManteca^daily;^ ; ; ; - ;y ; \: - V.The\votingrcontes t , for the 1 homeliest "man istwarniirig! -upland Vthe/ count j"to- : / dai ; -}pia*cest.'Carl '-'Steinharti -'prominent [merchant^: in- the: lead. The "result ;fol-. [l6ws':ji'^«/:^- «-" : -' r ..-''>' .-'.\u25a0'* \u25a0.•.. .« '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"-\u25a0-.'<\u25a0. "'»>; leaflet Sefnhart J V.t V.^ •'• ;• • V. '. . .\u25a0".-;*. :;950 Mohn Sulrhan V; •>* .' {• • • •'•*•' • •!-.\u25a0'•'_• '• '.^V * 775' \u25a0James^Reilly>.^^XV'v--:-v't i^-^« 77 0 Samj Levy :.:•'. . . . .V.v.V^j.. .". . r;'.V.'i76o_ : Red wood;-; Fisher '.;..^^;- .......;.•./. )'4ss*' V i .. j,^'. ; -w. . ;. .^..'/410 •'Ben^HannlLn^v^'.-^?V,V'.%vr~^**7V*«» ? *.300 J [Sylvan * Safferhill^". . ; ." . .1 "..'.".">; .'.v; 1250 \u25a0^^E^lMtcKell.y.Vi^.V..-.'.;7; t'.- ! .;. . ;250' \u25a0Mike * Cfon w>.y^\V.^*f tV^ V .^"•".Tv. . '. .v.. v . 180 •BeriS^ailace "v*. . .. - 1 .'.; .V.*: ; . r . . .7.;: 175, |E.ol3Mc^wen^V.V^."^.*r:^.;V^l7s [Nick»Brigjioiiv/. :^"V^tl^ V;ri\> -'.'v'.- Tiio 'John! Moored '»*'??• •'•"• • • • • • .\u25a0.-'*'. I.* ."Ilio Bert jtewis X^VJ^f/^tf^T^. ;E.^G^Miiier;?.-:; ; :::/i.::^:.v.-:^.?;so' ?She*riff>w:fF3Sibley^l & .¥:V^:^;f^|sß \u0084Joe »uau^, \u0084......*.... .. . ..i.,», ..^4O. SULTAN OF SULU TAKES HAT OFF IN A STREETCAR TO BE AMERICAN {Special'Dlspaich ' to » The Call] ,^VASH J^GTGN^.Sept.^ 27.r-rrThe3 sultan of *Sul.u^tpok"|jliis) brother, f hjs":t;hree^adr vis^'rstandfhis^ ma^ servant :to.7see^tl{e sWashihgton^f'mopurnentj^today.. r->Ther ->The pa^^j]T^sia^c^mp^n(ed: ; by;;MaJ9rjHu # gJi '.U.»ScoU,"^ho|gayejrenewed;a < ssuranc^s ,thatj.the; ? .sultant ' ipten.ds I to ''. keepVlXPFy quiet.'V^fi.';*i^Tr^"f;ftt?i< '• *\u25a0\u25a0') '•j-ijj) i .^.- j:: "J ; ;want^,to't ac t jlike.'v an ..'American i and •learn '. yourj'waprs,'^ the^" sultan '• said »tp- ;£ through ;t|any interpreter.^ rtini.es^he^oy^rd|d|^the|lthi^ penedsonce^whe,n>tthe^party_fc!stepp i ed Lipto.'* a.'.streetcjar iapdi:;.w.ith \ -.aj guUural WOMAN BIGAMIST GIVEN PROBATION '.i;*OAKLAN-D/ ( *;Sept.>>2.7^libuise Bur (roiughs/, who ; :^ oTd 'has' had -two^ matrimonial- experi-. • v encesyto/her . r sorroV,^was"? r rplacedj'on {.probation :for " lOj years^today.tbyi Judge, after " | pleadingj? gTiilty^ to? a d^^?yr' •Ing-lnarrled^ Jo^nt keati ng rwi t hb'u t Vge t fting'a divorce fro'rn .Burroughs,* her flrst' \u25a0husband.->*"; .\u25a0';",' " v ; 'V.' "'~' -x ; - ; \u25a0\u25a0 '•;>* .\u25a0\u25a0;-. * ' InXshowingiheri niercyf Judge ".-BroWn V « that Whe^ believed-^ that 7 \u25a0 the "prosecution" against^her, hadjibeen'- in 'Btigated^by* her sisters,^- Lillian:.' «and 'L'aura'-Pa.mperln,tfr6m ulterior motiyes. Testimony ;was given to sho wjthat -they, •had threatened : to steli of iherjmarriage rrelations »it- she i did i not ;; 4 with draw.; the cbriteßtfßhe*fhadlihstitutejaJagainstjthe "will? of > h^er^fat'lieY, , ; He'nry '\u25a0? l*amperin? : SHeT refused and: two days" later she'was v, I'^ti^W'^^'+h^?' w. ":' d fiAs^istant "Probation 4 Officer v Beatrice ;McCail ' promised" fthe) court? to% interest \u25a0herself i;iriY| thef defendant :|and ; 'to » see_ Uha 111 1 she v h|ad '^a -Ijr oper i hbm c. <;%•-;. ; •. - - >.' % \u25a0"\u25a0 BELL TO.BE DEDICATED-^-OroFlno parlor No." \u25a0\u25a0£' 9,"*Xatlve 1 Daughters ; ati the j Golden jWnt, 'I will; . bpll slsru-post at, the county £ A line ; flext* Sunday.^ The ' bell * will Sbe f accepted * : -iby. ilajor \u25a0McCartJjj' oaiieiiiif -clt tHaKtitr^^^ ; word'of command' from the*sultan the ; .'Sululanders, pulled off V "their copyas, which?i's Sulu for hats* They were then .told that- this* custom prevailed -in hotel /though'; some ' disputed its '/advisability 'even there^ " but* it was Srnever'lf done ,Mn;_ what 'the sultan called :, the' "street strain5 train cars." ; * VtvTh'e -has /sold nearly $100,000 .worth of hiVpeafls" since he "started on ,' this 11 trip •" and 'the * supply " is~* running • Yather' low.' He" carries' pearls -in lieu » 'of -cash of drafts. ; : The ; party occupied 'a'box^at' a theater" tonight." '\u25a0/ DISSENSIONS IN CABINET RUMORED .-' MADRID. Spain. SepL :27— Tlie Cath :olfc: newspapers- here are: filled with stories of "cabinet dissensions and freely 'predict that--' the manifestations to be held' 4 next * Sunday will f foree 1. Premier ,Canalej"asito-.retirei6n ithe 'eve of :the assembling^of the CortesonaOctober3. -'-They ; say. further.Kthat .Count Ro manones, -president; of -the l chamber of ;deputies, •*' will- succeed '•\u25a0 Premier Cana \u25a0 lejas.^-.*-,- ;r^/ "..-., -/.'/'\u25a0;.\u25a0 * ' " '\u25a0'- ' : Catholitr Prosecuted . ; BIDBAO. >»Spa7n. Sept.-. 27.— The presi dent of : the? Catholic^commlttee of this city, has "^been j prosecuted * for. his man ifesto - in; connection "with "the "\u25ba proposed demonstration inext l Sunday.* .- .V ' • '•* AVIFE^SAYS HUSBAND ft? vEORCED HER TO WORK [Special IDispatch \ to :fhe "\u25a0 Calif ;:.: STOCKTON.V Septi :27.— Alleging that jier (.husband ; ; has} been: extremely cruel and.'; forced;, her*- to ."work;" and support their' twoj'childreri, Mrs. lAdelaStowell has? beguni suit * for f divorce' against G. ID.;,; Stowell.Ca'H local s mechanic, v The ,husband,>;it ; is f said, '^desired ?to /adjust ,the" \u2666? differences,'^ but^uponf;the :.wlfe*s refusal* to*- coi»proraise.'' decided ' to ? c6h-" ; m 1 weweather YES TERDA V—-MaximumY — -Maximum temperature^ 54; y.t minimum tempcrdtufe, .4B. ; FORECAST FOR TODAY — Cloud};; .'*: probably sprinkles in morning; light south . vest winds. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WOMAN SOBS AND FAINTS WHILE ON STAND Marie Messerschmidl . Admtis Undue Int-macy Yi'iib AC' cased Physician and Then Swoons EVIDENCE AGAINST DOCTOR v PILES UP AT INQUEST Dr. Thompson Is Hemmed In by Flood of Damaging Testi mony and Positive Identifications PERFORMED MANY CRIMINAL OPERATIONS, SAYS WOMAN LIFE, death and a little lova over shadowed by the somber drab of tragedy marked the coroner's inquest on the death of Evan Swan yesterday, the poignancy of the hear ing of the horror being brought to a tense and dramatic pitch when Marie Messerschmidt, the nurse, tottered into the room and, between hysterical sobs, declared that her relations with Dr. Robert Thompson, alias James Grant, the man accused of the murder, .were closer than those of nurse and doctor, and in the next breath she, by ! her testimony, sjioved him along >hi 3 way to the penitentiary gates." 1 ; 'Doctor Thompson received her words: with silent anger. While she talked he leaned forward and glared at her, as if seeking by the vefy force of his gaze to turn her eyes toward his; but she would .not. Around -•was a Idensc crowd, hanging to erery word, watching every gesture, gasping in pure sensation of horror as bit by bit the chain of evidence was woven around the malpractitioner. In the center of , the room was the trunk in which the body of Eva Swan was re moved to the dwelling house at 327 Eureka street, and near it a lantern, suitcase and grip, all mute evidences of the crime, and all adding to the tragic settings. Nurse Faints on Stand In the midst of her testimony the nurse fainted. It was but another sen sation , and in the face of , what she had said and > of her manner when testifying, a ' minor event. The in terest seemed to lie in the meeting of Doctor Thompson and Miss'Messer schmidt and in the angry . glare with which the accused man regarded the woman who had torn down his de fenses. . . , . \ • • » All day long the hearing lasted.. The crowd 'becoming too." large for the coroner's office, an adjournment was taken toJudge Conlan's court, and there it * ::.:.. 4 ternur." bers than ever, Hi \u25a0£,t' ; wa!' Us. deep, blocking the «!conva> a-: >^r-;« flowing into the rcrrtdor V/iwicsl C after witness was , brought up^e'a« h testifying to,. some , p«.vticuiar feature and each a link in the evidence aga-inst On Saack's Trail ' In .. the meantime the' police ceased , not their work. Apart from the word 3 and statements of the .witnesses at the inquest they scoured the, countryside for the missink links. "Pike." the boy who. with Ben Gordon, knowing of the crime, attempted to blackmail Doctor Thompson, was f bund and ar rested at Weed. "Willie 'Saack; the lad who is said to -have. helped 'Doctor Thompson In removing-, and-: burying 4 the body, was- traced _to the lumber camps in that vicinity/ and the p'rob^ abilities are *rflso Iwill1 will be. ar rested before jlohg. - ;The ;expreaspan who removed the .trunk from the phy sician's offices in Golden : Gate avenue to Eureka street, the police think they have discovered in one known as "Dan." employed by.."A.Cerf. •;. From every # direction the - evidence against Thompson was gathered, Every hour brought a new development, a new phase of the; situation, and night-'-, fall saw him hemmed in pn ev«ry side. That- he will . make.a -^flght, to defend : himself op "a polntpWas^made clear by the .questionings ,of Attorney Greely, who is representing him. at the inquest.*, , There remained for Thonip r \u25a0 son the faint hope that all the mass of evidence against . him. would" be worthless, if. -a , positive . identification could not be made of the body, but even this was dispelled by th.c une- \u25a0, quivocal * testimony of' Mrs. Carrie Ware, ; the 'landlady, of 'the rooming house where the "dead ; girl, lived. - Iv •^•*'Wlil you swear." - asked * Greely of her. "that -the body was : that f of 'Eva"v Swan* 1 ":• \u25a0 > -" '"I will ' posltivelj: -swear - tliat i It -wa* .' \u25a0 \u25a0 :