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WHY IS A YELL LEADER?
THOUSANDS HAVE ASKED IT
AT FOOTBALL GAMES. GET
THE ANSWER IN
THE SUNDAY CALL
VOLUME CIX.— NO. 16.
MORE RAIDS
ON SHOPS
PLANNED
Government to Swoop Down on
Twenty«six Branches of
Fake Company
FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE
FIVE CHICAGO OFFICES
Capital Investment Company
Headquarters Closed by
Armed Force
ARRESTS THROUGHOUT THE
MIDDLE WEST TO BE MADE
Raids Expected by
Local Bucket Shops
Tbe tip was pa*««d along: the
line yerterdajr that the govcrn
ntrnt -vra* preparing to raid the
t»nrket shops In San Francisco.
It waa stated that the cleanup
would be begrira -"irltbin a day or
two. In consequence there vras
•omethlnsr of a ceiMiatlon of ac
tive business in these places dnr
injc the day.
It in known that the federal
authorities have for some time
been contemplating; a campaign
to drive local bucket shops vat of
buslneMU Many of them, forced
from New York and other eastern
cities, had found a profitable
field in California.
A few of these establishment*
in Bosh and lower Montgomery
Ktreets had built up a large trade.
While the office* were well
equipped wfth the resular para
phernalia of legitimate broker
age houses, the firm* encaged la
the bucket shop trade have been
readily distinguishable to the
business community.
The system tn vosrue f n snn
Francisco has been the old prac
tice of out and out gambling: on
stock fluctuations with no tem-i
blance of share purchasing-. The
Vw York Quotations are ob
tained over the wire and bets
placed on the movement of the
brst known stocks. An extensive
business has also been done lo
cally In puts and calln.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.— Federal agents
tonight prepared to swoop down
tomorrow on 26 branches of the
Capital Investmqffit company, scattered
through eight middle western states.
Following the raid today on*the May
offices and four branches of this com
pany in Chicago, and branches at Joliet
and Aurora, 111., this roundup will
mark one of the most extensive move
ments in the government's war against
bucket shops. Action tomorrow. It Is
paid, will be taken In the following
cities:
Milwaukee. Racine and Green Bay,
Wis.; Detroit. Grand Rapids. Kalamazoo
and Lansinjr, Mich.; Davenport and
Muscatine. la.; Rockford. Elgin. Mon
mouth, Galesburg, East St. Louis, Bel
viflere and DeKalb, 111.; Indianapolis.
Anderson, Kokomo, Muncie and Lafay
*tte, Ind.; Louisville. Ky.; Cincinnati, 0.,
and St. Louis, Mo.
According to agents of the depart
ment of justice, the Capital Investment
company controlled 5,000 miles of leased
wires to supply branches with news of
the New York stock market, and was
doing: a business of more than 110,000,
000 annually. It is said that on one 10
point break in the market the concern
retted $600,000 In a single day.
"Sid" McHie Is said by federal of
ficers to be the chief owner of the com
pany. He Is believed to be in Florida.
Charles F. de Woody of the depart
ment of Justice had charge of the
raiders, who swept into the Rookery
building, in the heart of the financial
district, at noon.
Revolvers Drawn „
Thirty policemen and 15 special
agents of the department of Justice
made the raid on the main -offices. The
telephone girl asked what was wanted.
"We want the whole works." shouted
De Woody, and at his word a policeman
lifted the "hello"' girl from her seat
and broke connection on all calls, in
or out.
De Woody ran through the rooms
and, drawing his revolver, shouted:
"Take your fingers off our telegraph
keys and back up against the wall."
The thronjr of policemen and special
agents'.had poured Into the room behind
him and the operators obeyed, prevent
ing any -warning or tip to offices out
side. Angry customers soon began to
arrive to protest against the refusal of
the company to answer their telephone
calls,' and these were served with^ub-
to appear before the United
fixates commissioner late in the day.
Besides the Rookery building offices,
Continued on Page 2, Column' 4
The San Francisco Call.
Naylor Home Sold
To Cover Shortage
Attributed to Son
ALAMEDA. Dec. 15. — Charles
E. ,. Naylor Sr., director in . th<j
California building and loan as
sociation,' sold at auction this aft
ernoon the furnishings of his
family home at 1439 Morton
street, the report being that he
•will turn the "proceeds into the
treasury of the loan company In
payment of the alleged shortage
discovered In the accounts when
Naylor's son, secretary of the
concern, disappeared.
Naylor and his wife have given
up their dwelling to the company
to make good the missing money
and clear their son's future. This
transaction was completed today
when, under the auctioneer's
hammer, all tHe furnishings of
the place were parted with.
Friends of the family surrounded
them while they watched the
sale. . The home and furniture
were worth $10,000, the dwelling
being Ideated in a fashionable
district.
Charles E. Naylor Jr.. the miss**
Ing son, has. not been heard from
since his sudden departure. His
wife and child are living at his
home In Clinton avenue, the wife,
a bride of a year, convalescent
from severe illness.
CHINESE SOLDIERS
SAVE MISSIONARIES
Guard Under Colonel Lvi Pre
vents Advance of Rioters
by Seizing Ferry
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— American
missionaries at Lienchow probably
were saved from a massacre during
the riots several weeks ago in the
northeastern part of Kuangtung prov
ince, China, by the prompt protective
measures adopted by Colonel Lvi, com
mandant of the small Chinese military
force there, according to. details made
public at the state department today.
No Americans .were killed, but con
siderable missionary property at Sam
Kwang was destroy-ed.
Colonel Lvi took a small guard to
the American Presbyterian mission and
by removing the ferry boats cut off
the advance of the rioters across the
river, thereby saving the mission and
missionaries.' " All ChineseV schools 'in
Lienchow were destroyed' by the mob.
The riots were renewed October 31
In Sam Kwang. The property de
stroyed there included the American
Presbyterian school and chapel, a Bap
tist chapel and the house of a Miss
Johnston, an -Independent missionary.
No Americans were in town on the day
of the outbreak. '\u25a0
BANDIT WHO HELD UP BANK KILLS
SELF WHEN SURROUNDED BY POSSE
PARADISE, Kan.. D«c. 15.— Earl
Ward, 30 years old, who this morning
robbed the local State bank, securing
{2,500, killed himself today when sur
rounded by a posse of farmers 11 miles
north of thfs place.
For five hours Ward eluded his pur
suers, but about sundown he was sur
rounded. At first he seemed to be
seeking a route to liberty through the
lines of the determined farmers, but
failing in thls^ he turned the gun he
had bought earlier in the. day upon
hiit»self and sent a bullet into his brain.
W-ird came to Paradise last night.
SPARK FROM PIPE SHE WAS SMOKING
STARTS FIRE FATAL TO AGED WOMAN
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CHICAGO, Dec. 15. — A spark from the
pipe of Mrs. Bertha H. Byers, 81 years
old, as she sat smoking with Daniel
Lynch, 72 years old, at 1015 West Har
rison street, cost the life of the woman
late this afternoon. In a heroic 'effort
to save his companion Lynch was so
badly burned his recovery is doubtful.
The woman was sitting near a lace
curtain, when a spark ignited It, and
INSURGENTS AGAIN IN -
BATTLE WITH DROOPS
Fighting Reported Near Scene of
. Sunday's Battle
CHIHUAHUA, Hex., Dec 15.— Heavy
fighting is "reported today near San
Andreas, about 30 miles east of Sun
day's battle at Cerro Prleto.
No statement of the result or loss of
life is obtainable. Tonight's train, due
at 6 o'clock, has not arrived, and the
last report was that it will not be in/
till morning.
At this point in "the dispatch the
wires were cut. • Ordinarily this train
carries, numbers' of American: mining ;
men.' According to' reports thV |
train was annulled near Rosarlo, Just
east of Pedernales.,
Census Returns |
\u25a0WASHINGTON. Dec 15.— Population Btatls
tfcs of the, thirteenth 'census annnonced \u25a0 by the
cecsag bureau today Included the 'following:- ' -
Winooa, ' Mlns., 18.553, compared with ; 19,714
In 1900.-. . ' .r \u25a0_ ,:. \u25a0 -. ••../• -.i \u25a0\u0084\u25a0;, \u25a0-.
Fort* Smltb, Ark., t- 23,975, - compared ,> -with
11.557 in 1900. . / - ' -
. Hot Sprines, Ark., ,14,434, . compared -with
9,873 in 1800.
SANi F&^ISCO^
WAR SECRETARY
ADVISES HOUSE
ABOUT DEFENSES
Report Refused in Order to
Shield Country ? s Secrets Re
garding Military Power
Permanent Council Proposed to
Advise President and Con
gress on Needs
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WASHINGTON, D ec/ 1 5.— The text of
the confidential report to congress -of
the secretary of war, which the house
refused, In order-to shield the secrets
of" the country's unpreparedenss.for
war, became known today. 1
1 The report that the country is at the
mercy of a foreign invsffler stirred up
the legislative arid executive branches
of the national government.
Official "Washington is rapidly divid
ing into two camps, one for : and one
against thecreation of a great military
establishment-r-and once more the word
"jingoism" is heard.
P«timjifi» ni Pnrrec
After calling attention to the ineffi
ciency of the naval department on the
Atlantic coast, Secretary Dickinson in
his report said:-' "
"In a conservative , estimate of the
forces -which could be transported In
a single expedition - over the Atlantic
ocean to our coast by a first class
power would be; 100,000 "men, and : the
time required would be from 10 to
18 days, depending upon the speed, of
the convoj and the point such a power
had selected for the attack. .
"The same number- of men could be
brought by an enemy against our Pa
cific coast as against our Atlantic and
gulf states and the same ; number of
defenders would be necessary. The
time required to transport such a
force across the Pacific would be froni
16 to 20 days, depending upon . the
speed of the convoy and the point.se
lected for attack.
Needs for Defense. , .. ' - -
"To. prevent an. enemy, making ' a
lodgment on the Pacific coast we, would
need In bur*first line. sit. least
trained mobile troops located In proper
strateglc'posltlons, fully organized, and
equipped f6r field Operations, f- These
troops should ' be in a position within
15 or 20 days after! the opening df hos
tilities. ' . ;
"To meet this: requirement we have
available in all parts of the United
States a total force of 11 4,500 mobile
troops, (32,000 regulars and ,82,000 mil
itia). ;
"It. is estimated this force could *, be
assembled on the Pacific coast at the
Continued on . Page ' 2« . Column 3
This morning he went to a - store
and bought a „ revolver, ammunition
anda coll of rope.; He then went
to the bank, where he covered: Cashier
Bert O'Brien and four. other men. After
the safe had been opened by the cashier
at Ward's direction the five men were
marched into the back room and
forced to^lie on the floor.; The bandit
tied the men and gagged them with
a gunnysack.
After searching. .the vault, securing
$2,500, Ward bought a rifle and a large
number- of cartridges and,' mounting
his horse, rode rapidly away. ,'- ; . ;' *
before either of the aged persons dis
covered It the curtain , was In flames.
They, spread at once to the clothing of
the woman. •
Failing in his effort to smother the
flames with his hands, . Lynch rushed
Into: an adjoining: room and returned
with a rug, wrappingit about his com
panion. He staggered through the door
into the ; hallway and fell unconscious.
AUTOMOBILE THROWS
' WOMAN FROM BUGGY
Chauffeur ; Fails to Stop After
Accident
.While driving in Golden Gate park
yesterday the buggy" of : Mrs. Margaret
Boomer of Seventeenth avenue/ and C
street, ".was struck^by; an au'tomoblie
and she was thrown , to the ground. The
chauffeur - did ; not - stop. - Mrs. Boomer
was removed to . the central ' emergency
hospital. She was . not seriously in
jured.. ;
KINDERGARTEN HAS"
A CHRISTMAS TREE
Lafayette School- Immature Pu
pi Is See] Santa Claus *.
A Christmas- treeparty. was held at
the Lafayette school kindergarten/yes
terday morning,.* and -will continue 2 this
morning. '-Each' child; '.was glyen'a pres
ent by, Santa Claus,' after^, which games
were.: played.'* siThis ie 1 , the only public
school kindergarten in \u25a0 this 1 city; i " \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0' »%i2
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FREEDOM GIVEN
MAN WHO TRIED
TO BRIBE JUROR
District Attorney Makes Only
Formal Objection to Plea
for Probation
Illness of Mrs. E. A. S. Blake
Wins Clemency for Last Pris=
oner in draft Cases
E. A. S. Blake,, convicted- In December,
1908, of //offerings a ; : bribe of $500 ;to
Martin J. Kelly, a: prospective juror, to
vote- "not guilty", j in): the second trial
of Abe Ruef, was admitted to probation
yesterday by. Judge, Mufasky, 'sitting, in
department 6 for Judge: Dunne.* Blake
will be able to .earn: money for the
support of his invalid wife, to. whonv he
was married -after.ihis arrest. He testi
fied .that Mrs. Blake ;is* living' In the
country, suffering: severely from tuber
culosis. ; She is so weak that recently
she fell , downstairs,: breaking a leg.
Blake said that his wife had been en
tirely dependent on charity. ; ' '
\u25a0 Blake has been : confined in the county
jail for 26 months. ;. With his liberation
there, is not a single person in confine
ment as a resultof the graft prosecu
tions. Assistant District Attorney Max
well McNutt did not strongly 'object to
.the admision of Blake to probation.
• "So far as the. merits of this applica
tion are concerned,", said McNutt, "the
district attorney is willing to leave it
to the court, satisfied that whatever
your honor does is right. The only
question Is whether your, honor has the
power to set aside .a final judgment in
Coiittnucd on i.iKe 2. Column H
BARONESS JAILED
AS HOTEL CHEAT
Estate in Mexico* Failsl^ •
v-ntto'P^42
Although 'she'has is.OOoiboO'in ! Mex-i
ico and a- wealthy father' In .Eh gland
who- sends occasional 'remittances;
Baroness. Jean von'.Exlebe.n," who says
that she got her ;title from • her dead
husband, a nobleman of -Hanover, Ger
many, /has * been subjected "to '"'\u25a0. the . ig-^
nomlny, of .arrest -and . to,.the r further
humiliation, of a .police court-trial be
cause she didn!t' have; % 42 ; »toApay h^r
bill at * the ; Imperial hotel, In Eddy
street// !/ \u25a0-* '/'-.': . " \u25a0<• \u25a0 ' '•'-.
The baroness Is .mad, • her : pretty
daughter, Hilda, is fighting-rmad, and
they say that they will sue the hotel
company for $100,000 damages for false
Imprisonment. -' * \u25a0 - 1]
Hilda ; yon Exleben has just come
out of a fashionable boarding school in
the east, 'and In speaking' of the- prison,
she said: , . ',"• . ; \u25a0
- "Oh, ft" was vile! Oh, so unspeak
ably-vile! So vulgar! So- filthy! So
Impossible!"- She does- not 'know as
much about'the prison as. her mother,
but at -least she saw the cell. V •
The baroness stopped paying her rent
nearly j eights weeks ago. • It amounted;
to:us6 a- week for one room and the
manager of the hotel swore out a war
rant Monday, hence the representative
of: the nobility? of the kaiser was made
acquainted with a prison cell.
Thebaron died in Mexico less than
a year, ago. The baroness alleged; that
the . directors of . the mining company!
were 1 trying: to cheat her out "of "his
Interests/in the mines because she did
not have sufficient funds : to* take-out
letters of .administration in his estate.
Agents "are now; on the way to Mexico
todook.-afterher Interests there. \u25a0
The. trial in, the police, court before
Judge Bernard Flood was continued
yesterday -until Saturday. .
TENENTOiyiBED MINERS
DOOMED TO PERISH
Fire Cuts Off Escape and Shaft
Seems Caving
DENVER. Dec. 15.— -Little hope Vis
held; out^for.;; the /safety of . the VlO
miners entombed : /inf. the Leyden \u25a0>, 'niinW
16 ' miles i northwest • of ; this city, /as the
result/of a 'fire v which cvt > oft their, es
cape. * Throughout the day rumblings
from beneath the; ground indicated! that
the shaft was caving In. v
TenKiiled by Explosion v
:_ NORTON,^.Va.,r Dec.;as.-lThe^death
toU "of 7 the explosion y ln/ the /Oreenb
mine; yesterday was, 10 men. The jlast
two .niennrescued were- founds today, in
a semiconscious condition. 1 ' They had
crawled to an air pipe-: that -/connects
, with , the outside and with ; a .siedge
hammer broke !the:pipe. ? They stood by
kept alive. - • •"/.\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0/.. ; * . _ v -
NEW MODESTO BAJTK-^WaßMngton,"* Dsc lS^~ J
.n The ."comptroller/: of * the^currency \u25a0 has \recelVed !
' the application' of E, . C.' Peck," W.-- N.* Steel,*- C.l
*;j D.~* B waD?/o.* B> Gallf us ' and 'others ; to organise I
\u25a0•-.i the Commercial national bank of Modesto," Cal.,* |
/: with- ai capital; of -$100,000. ' \u25a0; --../..
BATTLEBHIPS " OOIXIDE--Klel,' Germany,/ Dec!
;- : 13.^-The^ German .' battteshlps ;j Sehwaben and
.-'->; Elmss Jc<aiWediinXtii'e r t W.?"lMt! night. :The
/: former ((wß«'/'coni^eraWy;;damaked./:( (wB«'/'coni^eraWy;;damaked./: but ' tae"
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Kike Released on Probation
Jail Free of Graft Prisoners
j Mrs.E.A .-5. Blake and* husband,- p>ht r&as admiiledto probation $esterdas. j
MISS AMY BREWER
HAS AN OPERATION
Society Girl Suffers 'Suddeii At
tack{of Appendicitis *aK I
SariMateo) ' :\: \
[SyectalfD^ispaichUo:the Call] i//r -"•\u25a0 \ i" |
: / SAN ; MATEo'^^b'^ceanb^f^is^A-' vlc "
tim- of 'an attack 'of ;a'ppendicltisv Miss
Amy Brewer, one. of , the foremost -so-
ciety girls of the state, a'-memberf of
the'Buflingame' country.' and: El ; Cerritq
clubs and '. a' tennis - ; player^ was
to Red Cross hospital \ at l San : Mateo
late, last might and 'operated .upon* this
morning.; •/\u25a0;•/\u25a0 ; --. /./: \u25a0-.."^A^. ",j st"vs t "v. V\'"- '
Though *in -ia serious the
expectations . are • that i she" will' recover.'
but will have " to , spend several weeks
in the hospitals The news/of her con
dition * came "as "a - distinct ~ surp'rlse* to
society.* ;' The attack, was* 'exceptionally
sudden'iand : f ew. were aware|otiit until
after^ahe' had undergone'..theroperatlon.'
Miss-'Amy 'Brewer is i'a f siSter*'of :'Mlss
Nora? Brewer,* who/ is ; engaged '[^p^razxry-
Ed srCudahy, .son-.Vof v>the^< millionaire,
packer^ Both girls. are'eitremeljrpopu-!
lar in^ociety.' Miss AniyJßrewer t 'is,re
gardedVas being' amongithe\best "tennis^
placers ' in the .west * and I inipast (games
hadtiproyed' herself .-'a^close to
Miss^Suttom ..; . '/.'./, '.V.i'",.:^ ?'"\u25a0/ "~.'\ '
COAL^COMPANYrrRIiAVS; "vf '\u25a0•\u25a0">
ROLE pFSAN^;CIS/VUS
f DNIONTOWN, Pa;, - Dec. v lp.—Fitty
theusa.nd>pounds I« of^'candy _*has Qbeeh
purchased ; by the \u25a0 Frlck'coalf iaridi coke
company,/ a. subsidiary J of f^trie^TJnlted
States {steel .corporation, j'disiribu
tlon 'among the . 3,000 ;chlldren-;of '. ' its
employes -in ' the Connelisvine^and
Klondyke regions. ( ; , .." '.;* j.-;fV < j>- \u25a0 - -
SIXTY-ONE EASTERN ROADS SEEK
MEDITATION UNDER ERDMAN ACT
I ' CHICAGO,' Dec.v 1 5.— rThe ;Erdmanf act
was ' invoked/today •by 1 61* western rail-;
roads as : a^means \u25a0 of strike
threatened "i by; englneers'^tp-^enforce
their }.'de~mands Vf or" 'hi gher j.wages.-V' ' A|
formal . appeal ; 'addressed jfto^Un jted
States; 'Commissioner^ofilAb^rjl'felirand
to Chairman ; Knapp of < the t interstate
commerce {commission'! to \actVas^medl-j
ators/':' '" \- '\u0084' / ""-'" v ' /.-'J-, ';'* '.'
•-' Refusal I of i the .en gineeTs* to ; 'meet ' the
advances of 'the "; railroad 'mahagers'and
td : agree r on-!arbitratlohxwas|given :by
the .-railroads/ as\the> reason i for'-their
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BY JOVE,IT VEXES LORD DECIES TO
HEAR HIS ENGAGEMENT DISCUSSED
[Special 'Dispatch' to The\Cell]
\u25a0 , NEW> YORK,"- Dec/; lß^Mr.*jairdtMr».i
George ; J. : Gould^ s their \u25a0 f riendsj said|to- •.
day, will - announce ; the engagement .of - v
tKeiri daughler.vyiylen; .to- Ljord \u25a0 Decles t
atS^-Vdinner|inVtheJ^
avenue,'; January;l9;next.l v.^.;V,;"f ;
r i.The --. dinner, . for «.'. which ~, invitations i
areCont.'i.wilKbefonejdfTa'se'riesTof veh*^ '
tertainments i-to ? - mark's Miss^Gould's ;
formal 5 debut" in '.', society, i and ; at -once . to ..
celebrate * her" engagenienC^ : V,V- '\u25a0'-; «
FLAMES DESTROY
NINE BUILDINGS
Firemen and Volunteers "Are
Frost Bitten While Saving \
'•r- Alaskan^Towh ;
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FAIRBANKS,- Alaska, Dec.- 15.— Fire
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here • today, resulted in ; the; destruction
of : nine "buildings^ entailing^' a 'loss' of
$120,600.; The fire for •' a . time .threat
'ened;to "destroy, the entire dis
trict. The water used jin fighting; the
flames •\u25a0 was .furnished % from j the i water
system >of A the v Northern \u25a0"commercial
company, : which is kept a open i during
the- winter bysleam pipes which'paral
lel',the'; water, main's.", ;\u25a0.,. *. •\u25a0 ' . _;_'
vi The -.-principal ± buildings destroyed
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:caf*.<Jl8 x 0QO: ,C., M.'« Peterson's cigar
;store,; 519,000;; Fractions saloon," Saj.OOO;' Central
hotel.; sl2,ooo:' Empire bakerj, ; sl7,ooo;'. Imperial
clgar'store.'sl7,ooo. ; --:'f > -'— --'"\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0— . • ;-^,^>
/•, ;The • temperature \ was • 50 degrees f be
lo.wTzero:and. a^number^ of ;flr.*enien and
volunteers; were -severely frost bitten.
,There .was/noiloss;6f^life. * The' cause
of the,flre^is-not*known.^frl^^^^
. 'The^demands.; of f the jbrotherhobd , of
'locomotive/engineers 'Is jfor an' increase
* approximately Vof;l7^perf cent.
.a strike vote^overr therproff ered '9%
per^cent • Increase/ were announced ! Mo
nday \by President iWarreniS> Stone. : - The
< men .\ declared In ' favor Vof iout
( byj a^yqtejof X 7. f r ;
1 v/Warren } S. 1 Stone,Ygrand i chl ef i of , the
.brpth'erhood;*: of c locomotive : engineers,
- said > late today ; * that ,X, X when f the \u25a0 : medi
ators, had "tendered /their Yservices / he
would refer^the. r matter^ to" the" executive
cbnynitteelof Lthe°ibrothrhood.r; ; . • - •
" Lo T d - Decles 'indirectly Tadmitted'i the
engragement^, V/-X v ': \i :," .-" • -
•«/\u25a0 \'."l i : shiould ; say^ the ; announcement • was
P^™^? l iV f* I( * ./ h hey. c v " It; - v « xes " me
arreatly. : ." 'These/ v announcements, 'of
course, do j not ; comeVf rom*~Mrs.'> Gould,
and*l : can /understand 'that she'is JrTi
tatedr'r-}\u25a0'•'- --: - ; .-\u25a0---,-\u25a0;.
z that ; some ;. member, of
my., family Y in .'London': made t the «an
nouncement: :it; .Is Chard , ifor .'me "v to
understand >- why * the/^.'annduncement
Bhouid- false ' any/ lait1 ait in '' this) country^*
'^\THE WE A THER
'YES^TWWAY-^Higkest temperature,- 56;
* * Tuesday night, 44.
•^nmtASt: FOR TODAY— Fair: jog in
~^f(he morning ; light 'north wind.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FAIR QUESTION
WILL BE GIVEN
HEARING TODAY
House Committee on Rules Will
Consider Kahn Resolution
for Immediate Action
New Orleans Delegates Admit
They Are Worried by the
Defection at Home
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.— Washington
| society had a delightful illustration of
'the hospitality of the golden west to
\ day. -when the women of California
[ resident In Washington gave a largo
j. reception at the New Wlllard In com
1 pllment to the women of the Cali
4 fornia delegation seeking the prop©«#<s
Panama exposition. The largo ball
room with Its tropical setting of giant
palms. *its long line of hostesses and
; their distinguished guests of honor, the
! marine band playing from a balcony
\ overlooking the ballroom and the tea
table, from which, amid flowers and
fruits that have made California famous,
were^ served Ices and punches, the lat
] ter concocted from grapes grown on the
! Pacific coast, was a brilliant and beau
{ tiful scene.
j There were 430 guests. Including the
. vice president and Mrs. Sherman; Chief
I Justice and Mrs. White; Secretary and
j Mrs. Balllnger. the latter a charming
representative of the Pacific coast; Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and several
| of the- governors who came to Wash
ington, to attend the dinner at the
j White House last night.
Mrs. Joseph McKenna. wife of Jus
tice McKenna, in a gown of wistaria
mesgaline elaborately embroidered and
a large hat trimmed with plumes, stood
|at the head of the receiving Hue. Mrs.
Frank P. Flint, wife of Senator Flint,
stood next to her. and others in the line
were Mrs. Joseph TL. Knowland. Mrs.
t James C. Xeedham.. Mrs. Julius Kahn.
Mrs. Sylvester C. Smith. Mrs. Everl3 A.
Hayes. Mrs. Franklin K. Lane. Mrs.
P>*lnald Nicholson. Mrs. Charles F.
'^tfvkes. Mrs., Oscar Lawler and Mrs.
. Augustus . F. Fechteler.
\Th© guests of honor were the Misses
Gillett. daughters of the governor of
California; .Mrs. William W. Morrow,
Miss Cutler, Mrs. Leon Sloss. Mrs.
. Frank I* Brown and Mrs. A. W.
Scott* Jr. ,: , ._\u25a0'- , '..;..
\u25a0 Among the sruest3'w«re:"
Justice - McKenna. Governor Gtllett,
the -governor .of Virginia, and Mrs.
Mann. Senator and Mrs. Swanson. Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Judge W.
W. Morrow. Mrs. Elkins. Mrs. Arthui
Lee, Senators Perkins and Flint of Cal
ifornia".. Senators Kewlands and Nixon
\u25a0 of Nevada. Mrs. George W. Wicker
sham, Mrs. Julius C. Burrows.
John Barrett. Dr. and Mrs. Vanes,
Bishop Harding of Washington. Gard
ner Williams and his daughters. Mrs.
Mem and Miss Williams. Admiral and
Mrs. Gheen. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Casey. Miss Casey. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Clover. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings.
Miss Jennings, Mrs. John R. Williams.
Mrs. Charles R. Collins. Miss Elizabeth
Collins. Miss Gibbs. Mlss.lsabelle Hag
ner. Mrs. Charles Hagner.
Mrs. William Barrett Ridgley. Mrs.
Charles Kappler. Miss Wood, sister of
Representative Wood of New Jerse^;
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson H. Ralston. Mr.
and Mrs. George T. Marye. Miss Doyle.
Mrs. Talbott. Miss Amyllta Talbott. Dr.
and Mrs. Reid Hunt, Hannts Taylor. Mis*
: Hannah Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Oxnard, Dr. John C. Black. Miss Isa
belle Clark. Representatives Dwight of
New York, Foster of Vermont. Foss of
Illinois. Broussard of Louisiana, Bart
lett of Nevada, Esch of Wisconsin. Ej>
topinal of Louisiana and Needham.
Kahn, Hayes. Smith, Knowland. Engle
bright and McLachlan of California.
/Among the members of the diplo
matic corps present were the minister
of Colombia and Mrs. Pardo. the Nor
wegian minister and Mrs. Bruyn.^Henri
• Martin, secretary of the Swiss lega
tion, and Mirza All Kull Khan,; charge
d'affaires of the Persian legation, and
Mm.c .Kull . Khan.
- Callfornlans are primed for the hear
ing tomorrow before the house commit
tee on rules which has , before It the
Kahn resolution providing for Imme
diate consideration .of the San Fran
cisco, exposition. The entire California
congressional and exposition delegation
will be on hand and.it is also expected
that_New Orleans will be represented.
Members of the committee- are non
committal, but it is tentatively under
stood they favor a report fixing Jan
uary; 12. as the date for acting on the
exposition question.
Acting* President Hale has been the
busiest man. In Washington since his
arrival. He was especially busy to
day, getting ' ready i for his departure
tomorrow afternoon for New oYrkand
San Francisco. " Frank L. Brown and
Henry T. Scott will leave tomorrow
afternoon -for San" Francisco direct.
Leon, Sloss and A. W.. Scott Jr. will re
main' in Washington through' the holi
days in charge of the exposition head
quarters force.
"New Orleans people are worried over
the bad. turn of r the tax proposition.
The Tax ' Payers* " association .of New
Orleans ' has attacked the validity of
the law imposing the tax on the ground
that property \u25a0 in" New Orleans is taxed
more., heavily than, property. . in .other
parts of i the '\u25a0 state, contrary to the con
stitutional rrequlrement that taxes shall
be uniform through, the state. Opposi
tion -has also developed .very, strongly
against adding more • indebtedness to
New Orleans,. which is already in debt
$30,000,000. HHRPQI
The New Orleans representatives
here rare busy explaining away the de
fection >at - • home ' and are still busi er
explaining why \ they are- asking , for
an' appropriation of ' $1,000,000 from th«
government "under, the; guise of an ex
hibit.', \u25a0 San Francisco. emphasize* the"
fact that not a dollar of ; soveramens