2 AMUNDSEN'S TIME FAST May Have Met Capt. Scott "ALL WELL," IS MESSAGE SEN! TO MOTHER Reported Achievement Arouses Intense Interest in All .; Parts of World ■. ... / .'.■ ■...■-■ ■• ...,'-' ; j Proficiency With Skis, Say Ex» plorers, Probably Accounts for Rapid Feat must be granted Amundsen as the Nor wegian people would grant Scott if po sitions were reversed. s "It would be quite possible that the two expeditions, having reached the Beardmore glacier, would be in touch ■with each other or would come across depots indicating the advance or return of either party. MAY HAVE Mm AT POLE "There may have been more dramatic situations between the two parties crossing the glacier converging toward the coveted spot from different direc tions. They may have met at the pole lCself. "Amundsen's equipment, though not co large as Scott's, had peculiar advan tages. The Norwegians who accompa nied Amundsen arc accustomed to driv ing dogs and arc born ski runners. Dogs Will keep up the rapid pace •which.ski runners are able to, adopt, which, nat urally, is faster than the slow plodding foot movements of ponies. Amundsen had 112 dogs at the start, all first class and well broken' in." ,* STORMY SESSION OVER SCHOOL SITE Board of Education Reaches De= cision Only After Display of Bad Feeling OAKLAND, March 7. —In the presence of a lobby that filled the board room to the doors one of the stormiest sessions in the history of the present board of education . was held tonight on the question of choosfhsr a site for the new manual training ;iml ; commercial high school, to be built out of the new bond issue. After arguments, threats, and the hurling of epithets the subject was brought to a vote and by a,margin of one the site at Forty-fifth street and Broadway chosen in preference to that at East Nineteenth street and Nine teenth avenue. Immediately following the vote of President C M. Orr, .who voted In fa vor of the North Oakland Bite, Director John Forrest, an ardent advocate of the East Oakland location, asked for a reconsideration of the matter before Orr could announce the result and the entire matter will be threshed out again at the meeting next Thursday night. . . - After the original motion by Director A. S. Kelly that Lh« North Oakland site Men, Director Harry Boyle ob jected to this location, and, following a long argument in which he declared I of the bond issue was to be used in t!ie erection of school buildings in North Oakland and that Kast Oakland would get. nothing but the additions to he made at s cost of 186.000 to the Fremont high school, ;i;;ke.l an amendment to the motion placing the high school at the Kast Oakland site. amendment was pot to a vote and lost, the rote standing: Directors Annie V. lirown, If. P. Bronner, A. S. Kelly and C. M. Orr against, and Di rs Harry Boyle, 1". M. i'ook and John Forrest for Cook then offered a second amend ment. That the question be embodied in b referendum and submitted to the peo ple. This was argued r"'n and cot£ many of the visitors taking a stand. This amendment iras lost by the same vote and the original motion was then A passage at arms between Boyle and Bronner enlivened the session. ' Boyle asserted that Bronner had interrupted him, and words followed, which ended in an invitationfrom Boyle to, Bronner to step outside and let the matter be settled with fists. Bitter feeling was shown throughout the proceedings. When Director Cook used hard lan guage because lie could not hide his feelings, Miss Brown suggested that any one using profane language should be ordered from the room. "Gag rule" and "steam rolling" from the lobby were met with requests from members of the board that the visitors be compelled to keep quiet. R. C. Vose, George Tngra ham and K. Bardellini* spoke for the East Oakland site. A special meeting: will be called by the East Oakland improvement - clubs, at which steps to continue the fight will be outlined;;; Every effort;will be made by the advocates f«*> the East Oakland site to win. ''■'* - 7~ INHERITANCE TAX GUESS IS FOUND CONSERVATIVE •RAMENTO. March 7.—That the >'<<• i.f $1. .'iiMi niaiip by Slate Controller Ny« and the state board of equalization a.s the amount of money Id realise from irfheri •tate government pur --xtremely conserva ■ shown l.y h report issued from the office of the state controller today Co the effect that sinre the first of the year $1,000,000 has been paid into the state treasury in inheritance taxes. RAILROAD TO MOVE : PILLARS--Martina, I March" 7.—District 'Attorney ■ MeKenzie I lias; or * dered : tbe ' Santa . Fe ■* railroad - to , remove ■ the wooden obstruct; in j tbe' county road i at* the TiaduetliK»ar- Vine Hill t. within 'mplianc>»: with an order, of .*■ the ; siiperTisors made after the county had nepJe*-ted'to remove the,wooden pillars after, five years. ■■ > ■ -:, MISUSE *OF MAILS -4 CHARGED Jamrs Herd. a rrest eJarjsville ■■ by s pontofflcc inspectors Keteral^ila.rs itnd ehirfred with ■; t^rndins niorpbine ihronph the maili?. was;taken!before, ' United: States ("omtnissioucr. .1. B. Webster at •,- Stockton "l yesterday ■: and bound ■ orcr ;to . the federal court. • . Roold Amundsen, who cables his brother that he reached the south pole. WOMEN MAY TELL STORY IN PERSON Former Postal Gerks Accused by Fisk Get Fair Play; Friends Loyal < 'of tinned From Fajre 1 charge. She told the reverend gentle men in July, 1910, a y«ar or more after the alleged happening and during a time when I was in Europe on my va cation. It was In June—the24th, I think—that she had an Interview with .Assistant Postmaster Burk« in which she asked for promotion. When it was refused *he made the threat that she would find a way to accomplish her ends. "Of course, any priest who knew Miss FitzGerald and Miss Joesten would certify as to their good char acter. They would speak only of what tltpy know of them and could not speak of what they do not know. Xone of the clergy has been to see me in this matter or has conducted any investi gation into the facts, that I am aware of. "T do not care to enter into a dis cussion with the two young women on I every point that comes up. I intend Ito fight tht«j thing to the end and I intend to fight in a dignified manner. Tt will be several days before Fisk has completed the preparation of his case. The hearing before the senate subcommittee will not begin until Fisk's papers are received. MIS! JOESTEX'S REPLY Miss Joesten says that the postmaster misstates the facts when he claims that she made a requet for advancement. She ays that for the first year following her appointment she was accorded every 'courtesy by Fisk, and that his persecu tion of her began only when she re pulsed him that April day in his office. Stress is laid upon the fact that Fisk railed her into his office on five different occasions. The postmaster says that these summonses were issued to admin ister reprimand to the young clerk, fflsfl Joesten and her friends say that j even if this wa3 his purpose, the pro ceeding was irregular, because under i tiie regulations all such matters are at tended to in writin.tr. It is a rare ease, i says Miss Joesten, when a clerk Is suro j moned before the postmaster for a pri. j vate interview. Army Orders "WASHINGTON, March 7.—Army or ders: Captain Warren W. Whitsidp. Fifteenth cav alry, detailed-^in; the quartermaster's department i to take effect Anril If., vrill return to Ihix city i as soon as practicable and report'to' the quarter- ; master genera] for temporary duty, in hss office" I The name of First; Lieutenant Collln 11 Bali" ! Fifth infantry, Is placed on the list of detached I officers, to take effect March 7. «nd the T name i of First : Lieutenant : John B. Barrios, infantry. \ Is removed therefrom, to take, effect * March 6 1 Lieutenant Barnes, is assigned to the Fifth in-! f«njtr.v. to; take effect i March 7. >' -.■ ] IJptitenant Colonel John H. Beacon "Sixth in fantry. i« detailed'for service to fill a racnncy in the inspector department.! vice i fen tenant Colonel Charles 6. Morton, inspector »en er»l, relieved." to take effect March 29.°; 1.-PiitPn- I ant Colonel Beacon will; report to ■ the command- I log general of the Philippine diTlslon -for dati I Captain Edwin W. Rich. medical corps nil report as May 1 to Lieutenant • Colonel: James i,. I Glennon.' medical i corps/: president; of - the ; exam loins board.' at the I.^ttPrman general hospital Mfjor Henry T. Ferjnmon. Tenth infantry, is detailed fur • srrvicp and '{ to ■a 't vaennev in" the quartermaster's dcpartmeot,-= to take effect April •_'. . •"' ■■ ■ ■ . , . -■ -. ■ % Captain ;Lnclus C. Bennett.'Twenty-flfth infan try, : .s detailed for service to fill a - vacancy .In the quartermaster's - department, to take effect April 1. , - . -Captain Elmer - TV.'.■* Clark.': fjnartormaster ■"- in a«*lKneci to the. Twenty-flrst infantry, to take effect April 1. . Ijeave of absence for one month and ten days, to take effect On or about March 17. Ik jrranted Cantain - Stanley T>.*«Embick.frenera"l staff.• :* T,pavi* of absence for three-months Is srranted I Captain Abraham, T\ l.oeh. Ninth infantry.~ ' Coast Brevities LECTURE BTWlßT—Redwood City. March 7 - .-- I Lincoln Wirt. the famous explorer; ■; lecturer * and member of th<» Royal Geographical - ««>rlety ,g will appear'here "April 1.". Ho wM,teU of his trails through the' Arctic* regions. MEDICAL INSPECTOR FOE- SCHOOLS Stock ;* ton. March % 7.—The ; board, of - education T- has ';VBUo»ted a resolution authorizing; the-'aitno'ut "ment of a medina! insp<-r for the «olio<>lh. : TVwm.t : Kay. a'laember if the !»car'l T -advo<'ated .. th-; phn. '■ ■■. , „ , ■. ' \ ■■ ST. PATRICK'S : DAY" FUN- San Mater,. March -7. —ln honor,of {St. -.Patrick's • day. an ■»enter -■. tainment ; will» be ; cifen ; st; Hart's -1 heater ( Fri " day; evening. March ! 1.",. by the younger folk "f [;. St. j Matthew's church. Twelve big ; act* 8 anil four moving pWure* have : lipi>ii' irnuqKd, -^ Then: ; also will, be \ Gaelic , dancing: ; exhibitions. BIDS : FOR \ SCHOOL S BUILDING— March 7.—Tbe board of ducat ion np\t Wedi/psdsy '■ will lot; the contract \ for th" eon .'• i-trul; nulldlnir in y northf Stockton. "• Bids ■!hare • been submitted as ■;■ ; follow*: ? ».■■ B. ■"AcSermanf & jSon Jof . Oaklandf $22,717; Daniels (c Green. $2."..275: Slnnett Bros.. $23,725; B. T. riowsloy. $27,400: Peter son & WUwn, $27.512; D. J. 1K.y1... $27.i»fC,. AGED 1 WOMAN | BURNED— Burlincame. March' :. 7.— Mrs. Mary Rollins.; the aped widow of .-.■_ Newel W. ■ Rollins, the Grand Army veteran : • who s died i last January,"!: had fa | narrow I escape fi from death i last s night, when s she , went Jto Bleep alongside ia I stove jat | her honie. >;he suddenly /;; awoke«to 1 find that her drcs<"; wa<: on fire. 1 ? Snp :,» si-reamed .for; help » and iher," son.*? John, appeared on the scene in time to smother the flame*. ATHERTON LECTURES—Stockton. Maich 7 F. <;. Ath>»rton. an economist wiMi 1 be: Southern ■ Pacific ■ompinv aiul fir.-imvlv „f ■*£ the » niverslty of Calif:>,M!M faf-nlty. Hildres»u-] fj; the, members jof I the i CbamberJ of | Commerce it Its rc«njl«r monthly Imiclii'on * fk)on. : Atbe.rton!KtatfHiithatitbe|railrw.*iß ManJJnolSk€eplnglpj»ceii.iHiicjmatterjofl<«a Follette league formed by the state office holders was wiped out by the resignation of Pres ident Rowell and Secretary Detrick and the Roosevelt league took its place. SWITCH SHOWS DIFFICULTIES ' '. That switch , again demonsted the difficulty of; delivering: the votes of' the progressive republicans of;i California. While 90 percent of the r men who par ticipated In tne organization *of the La Follette ; league "were office i holders,** t?le organization attracted the support of some republicans who Joined ; because they believed ! that the movement for the "Wisconsin ; man was honest. As was to •* be -expected,*, from the circum stances surrounding: the organisation of the La Follette movement about 80 per cent of *Li the original "members promptly changed their allegiance to Roosevelt. The remainder, \ composed entirely'- of "nohjobv holders, \ has de clined to be delivered. That the opposition has taken un comfortable cognizance of the organ ization of the three big Taft move ments is evidenced by the hastening of its program for the openinK of its campaign. It was announced yester day that Governor Johnson would open the campaign in hop Angeles on Satur day night. By so doinK the Roosevelt demonstration will forestall the demon stration for Taft. and th*» organization of the Taft republicans of southern California by 36 hours. PREPARE FOR THK UMJH'IIIG President Charles Mifflin Hammond of the Taft republicans*is at work on 4 the selection of the committee for his or ganization. : • Senator"Charles. If, Bel shaw, president of the, Taft ; league of Progressive Republicans, and his as sociates are preparing "for the meeting of their executive committee Saturday, and both the Taft republicans and the Taft t women are preparing to send rep resentatives : to the meeting of % the southern California Taft republicans lin Los Angeles Monday.' V •*. t Not all the California lighting, is to be in the republican camp.';,;:; Nor are' the troubles of ;the campaign monopo lized by the managers of I the Taft and Roosevelt movements. v> It is rumored that the democrats behind Prof. Wood row "Wilson have met ; with j a few minor setbacks. . "-' ' -J From Santa Cruz comes the an nouncement that Senator J. B. Holohan, who was slated for a place on the Wil son delegate ticket, declined the honor after his name had been put on the list. Ttolohan was one of the organ izers? of the Wilson league of Northern California, but it is< Paid that lie has disco vered that there la no Wilson sentiment in his district. SKNTIMKNT ABOUT DIVIDED Assemblyman John Maher. democrat. jof Santa * Cruz county, says, that ithe democratic sentiment ;in * Santa Cruz county is about equally divided between Champ Clark and 1 Governor Harmon 7and that the- Wilson ; men •/■: are an absent quantity. f The /fact that i there will be no Harmon ticket \ in California '! may mean that'; the ;Harmon men . in 5 Santa Cruz have decided to; support Clark. | John "W. Barneberg of | San ''Luis Obippo ?is another democratic "warhorse u-hr>, it is !said, j has -declined to i permit the! use of his I name as a ,dftlegato can didate on the Wilson ticket. It is admitted '{ tiiat the <'lark demo crats have virtually agreed upon their delegate, ticket i slate and that it will lie given out probably this week. Mean while the identity of the men on that slate is T supposed to be cloaked in the deepest mystery. . -However, it may be taken ; for granted S that ■;. the names of virtually : all *= of the" following bourbons will be on the list when it is given to the public: I Theodore A. Bell. "Bob" Fitzgerald. Oakland; James G. Maguire, Henry T. and "Billy" Humphreys. San Francisco, former Congressman Charles Barlow. Bakersneld; Hugh Mi-Noble. Stockton: Senator Kd Miller, Visalia; Charles A. Dunbar, i^anta Rosa, and W. A. Cole. San Francisco. BOY'S SPIRIT OF REVENGE AROUSED GOBHNKR. Neb.. Marcii 7.—William Whittakcr, the 15 year old son of a Dunkard minister living near here, to day confessed that he set fire to the home of his parents six times. He said that the act was prompted by desire to hide thefts amounting to $.",5 from his parents and to "get even" with his sisters v>!i>.' laughed at the style of his hair cut. PM-ES CURED IN 8 TO 14 DAYS Your druggist will refund money If Pazn Ointment fails to cure Itching', Blind, Bleeding or Protruding: Piles. 50c* TAFT THANKS PROGRESSIVES "May Good Work Go On," He Wires THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. C, March 7, 1012. Hon. lhn«. M. Belahatv, Hotel St. I'rauiK. San Fr«it<-*liMM>. I'al. I learn Tvlth'erntlficatlon of the organization of the progressive ; re publicans of California and of your election; to the presidency. Vf Congrat ulations. May the good work go on. "WM.'-H.'TAFT. The foregoing telegram, v received yesterday by President Charles M. Belshaw of the Taft League of Progressive Repub licans speaks for itself. No news from the Pacific coast has been more gratifying to President Taft than the announcement of the organization of the Taft League of Progressive Republicans of California. . Four years ago the winning fight for Taft in California was made by and in the name of the progressive republicans. The organization of the progressive republicans under the same leaders to make his fight in, 1912 is a California indorsement of the president he had the right to expect. - MCLAREN TREE ON 1915 FAIR GROUNDS Hundreds Observe Pretty Cere= mony on Hillside; Many Make Addresses < ..ntiiiuc*] From I'■«■«* 1 tiny guimpe of white lace. ' Her hat was a small affair all of pink roses with-a smart little bow of black rib bon. She had a long string of pearls and a brooch which caused many a "gee, and long'drawn "o-o-oh" from the juvenile spectators. It was a clover leaf of unusual size, the three leaves being set each, with a splendid great pearl,; one ■ pink,; one black 'and one milk : white. ■ : • : - On her arrival she was presented with an armful of pink roses by the officers of Keith ; parlor. A The -flowers were carefully enwrapped in t white tis sue paper and ja'. black dog. which had come Ito \ partake of * the- excitement of the day. evidently,' mistook them for something:, edible, for he sat up and "begged" most apathetically for them, punctuating some/- of the principal speeches of the afternoon .with staccato} barks until Madame Tetrazzini removed the paper; and shook the roses.at him. Among the principal, members of 'the committee on arrangements of Keith parlor, to whom must go f the credit,of the day's success, are Miss Lyda A. Car roll, chairman. Mrs.:; Alice Gaily, Dr. Florence ":~. Temple, Miss Sarah , Prnr> -. Miss Mary Deasy. Mrs. B. Dow and Miss Carrie Turner. /- . \ ;; In :a;: little curve of the ; hillside a platform was erected. It was draped in hunting, on which the speakers stood, and* Just beneath that was the excava tion for the planting of -the hardy little cypress, to be known as the "McLaren tree." • '.-,' - ■- . , ' , ;..,:■ ' Entirely encircling the tiny hollow stood; the crowd, some hundreds of per sons being present besides the pupils of the Sutro, Bergerot and . Lafayette schools. In front the dozens of automo biles were parked. .;"-.. Not until after 4 o'clock did the cere monies begin and by that time ; the clouds of the morning had all cleared away and the day could not.have been more perfect. The hillside was as green as a garden and on every side stretched fthe » view which.. Mayor I Rolph : said, could chot; bo surpassed i any: place] in i the world, and which Eliza -D.; Keith said made you so proud \to b» ;a" Cali ornian that you forgot everything else. WHAT THE DAY MEANS Miss Lyda Carroll was the first speaker of the afternoon, explaining the establishment by the state legis lature of Arbor day on March 7, which is Luther Burbank's birthday, telling of the yearly < elebrntion of Keith par lor and making a strong plea for stricter forestry laws in the country. Mme. Tetrazzini was t!i*n introduced and smiled and bowed most charmingly. for which she was cheered lustily by the crowd. The mayor was the next sneaker, paying- an enthusiastic tribute to John McLaren, whom \c characterized as "one of the city's most faithful serv anes"; rejoicing that Lincoln park had bepn chosen for this honor by the Na tive daughters, expressing his pleasure in the presence of Mme. Tetrazzini, •whom we have come to regard as one of ourselves," he declared, and voicing his joy in being a Native Son. Miss Kliza D. Keith, past grand president of the Native Daughters, was another speaker of the afternoon who expressed her unbounded enthusiasm for her native state. While enumer ating the native born state and mu nicipal officers who govern us, sfK 1 sprung something of a sensation by predicting that we would in the future have 'Senator Rolph" as well. DIM 'UIMS SKH ASPIRATION The mayor later denied that this was an official announcement, dis claimed any such aspirations and de clared he was more surprised than any one, but was reminded by Miss Keith that the women had the ballot now and that it was more than probable that he would be compelled to accept the honor at their hands. ;' ; Other speakers*were Mrs. Helen Scan lan, president; of : Keith "■ parlor ;>- Miss ; Alice : Dougherty, ■■ grand secretary, ■ N. D, | (i. W.; Supervisor* 1, Emmet Hayden, for the Native Sons:"Colonel J. E. Power ! of the ; board of education. Supervisor | C. A. Murdock, Miss Genevieve:Carroll ; of ;Keith parlor, and finally John Mc- Laren himself, who thanked the Native Daughters for him, the mayor and Mm p. Totrazzini for coming, the school children ; for singing:, and 'every one else for being there: to see his tree planted. .-, . v lie; explained that he had chosen -the cypress i tree j because it was ar; native of California >< and i- because, when many other foreign born trees'had been tried as a means of subduing the shifting; sand dunes on which the Golden Gate park is built and all had been found failures, he had come back to the hardy native cypress and found it best of all. BERTHA KVI.IIH SIXiS liISS Bertha Kalish sang "The Star Spangled Banner." with a violin obli gato by A. H. Preston, and the school children, under the direction of Miss Estelle Carpenter, sang any number of patriotic songs. At the close of the ceremonies the. tree was put in place by John McLaren, who held it while Mme. Tetrazzini scat tered the first spadeful of earth on its ronts. The spade was a massive affair, and, a.« she raised it, she was asked to pose for the photographers. She was ami- able, of course, and did so with her usual gurgling little laug-hs. but spad ing- has evidently not been a part of the Tetrazzini repertoire. She staggered a trifle under the burden and said: "Heavy, very heavy." Then again, with a Httle coquettish nod: "It is heavy—hurry, now." Mayor Rolph contributed a spadeful or two, and after that city officials and prominent Native daughters galore helped to fill in the little space around the tree. The afternoon closed with three rous ing cheers for John McLaren. , After most of the crowd had dis perscd, Mr.«. Ijovell White, president of the California c'rih, brought, out of her limousine the magnolia tree sent to the Outdoor Art leagtip »]epartm«Mit of the club by Luther Burbank, and as«kp last 30 years. The decedent was the mother of Mrs. Robert Woods--, wife of a former trustee of this city, and was a sister of Mrs. G. R. Skinner, formerly of this city and now of Alameda, Mrs. True Locke of Alameda and Quinn Gill, a prominent resident of Tularc. She was an aunt of It M. Skinner and Ma several brothers and sisters and of Walter Cramer. FIRE IN BLhNKERS OF GREAT NORTHERN LINER Blaze in Minnesota's Hold Ex« tinguished by Crew SEATTLE, March 7.—Smouldering fire ! was discovered today in the coal bunk i ers of the CJre.at Northern liner Minne sota at Its wharf here. The crew of the steamship directed several streams of water into the hold, from J which great volumes oorf r smoke poured, and after, two hours' hard work the fire was reported'out. i-l The bunkers were-full of coal loaded at; Nagasaki and it sis not known how long the i fire-had been smouldering; be-; ore' it ; was discovered.';' Officials ■of the steamship company say .that no damage was done to theivessel or the "cargo." Part, of { the coal "from the heated bunk-* ers was discharged and' the Minnesota will sail for the orient on; time, March 16. ' , :'{■-' ' ■'■;■■.:■/ ■ . ,■- SNYDER GIVES f BONDS—Charts A. Barter, • Sun :k Francisco * district * representative *of the .: National I Cash % H^jtlstpr,; company t of.- Dayton,' <).. appear«'rday • and * Rave; bonds :, for VS"..(KMI «for ■ his appearance tin! Rayton«to; stand trial ; with other. : officers of the ; company : for i alleged /violation '<>f, the , Sherman autj-trust law. . ■ The Pure Product of Nature's Springs, which ! acts surely and gently— ! a necessary aid to health. Does everyone good. Hunyadig Jaj&os JL Natural Laxative ISflEl Drink Half a Glass l^igigi on Arising for l&Kali CONSTIPATION IlliWlfljjß Arrow Kotch COLLAR Easy to put on, easy to take off, easy to tie the tie in. Cli Kit, Peabody M Company, M**m, Troy, S. t WT TTTPQCI (Of Harris & Hess, . I.XIXjOO Attorney*) . - NOTARY PUBLIC i Room 709; HEARST BUILDING Phone Rearny 233 ■• Residence Phone West 9481 BICE ADMITS GUILT OF STOCK FRAUDS Bucket Shopping and Misuse of Mails Punished by Year in Jail NEW YORK, March 7.—Pleas of guilty by George Graham. Rice and Bernard H. Scheftels, of the brokerage j firm of B. H. " Scheftels & Company. j brought to a dramatic close today one , of the longest trials on record in the United 'States courts :here. With their , associates/ Charles; F. Belser, Charles j B. Stone-and Ralph E. Waterman, they ; have been on trial 'nearly five months for 'conspiracy and misuse of the , mails to promote and sell mining [stocks. , " ij Rice was • sentenced \to:'a year .in j ■jail, his sentence,beginning-December,! , last when he was put in the "Tombs ] after one of «he jurors had been/ ap-'; ' proached.v With time; off for good bo- , havior, nice will really spend .six months and a half in iJail. V"Scheftels got off with a 1 suspended sentence. The other, three defendants went free, the indictments being- quashed." ' PROTEST BY JURORS The trial began October 23, 1911, and witnesses from ail parts, of the : country were : brought here. The jurors only a day or two ago protested to Judge Ray that their long j,;i absence from •business was ruining them. '• . j Rice ; tonight issued statement say ing: * ~ . '.." wi., '■. *' ; "I pleaded guilty only when all my resources and those of my friends had been exhausted. I am up against it. By going on with the case to its con clusion next summer,* I . should also I have jeopardized the ;interests of my | four codefendants, all of whom now jgo free." .""...- , '■ ' : . BUCKET SHOP OPERATIONS The government during the trial aimed to show that" the Scheftels did not conduct a legitimate brokerage business, but a "bucketshop," and that the defendants sought to sell stocks to customers at inflated market-prices. United States District Attorney WiM said tonight that, the most suc cessful termination of the case had "established the criminal responsibility of brokers for practices which it had been commonly supposed would ex pose them at the most to civil liabili ties." Offices of the Scheftels firm, located in New York, Chicago. Boston, Denver and other large cities, were raided simultaneously September 23, 1910. PRIEST BRINGS SUIT FOR FUNERAL SERMON FEE Action Meant for an Object Lesson, Says Pastor WALLACE, Idaho. March 7.—Father F. A. Becker of St. Alphonsus Catholic church lias taken legal steps to collect $25 with interest for preaching the funeral sermon over Adam Colsong, one of his parishioners. Mrs. Colsojig: said today that Father Becker herated her husband for his nonattendance at church which deeply offended her. Flip declared that later she offered to pay $10, but this sum was refused. Father Becker said that the suit was brought as an object lesson to his par ishioners "who were prone to avoid the payment of such charges. VETERAN OF MEXICAN AND CIVIL WARS DEAD SAXTA CRUZ, March 7. —Isaac Cham bers, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, died at his home here last nijarht, asred 91 years. In respect to his wishes his body will be cremated and the ashes scattered upon the ocean. THE BEST LOW PRICED PIANOS Not alone in high priced artistic pianos is our stock superior to that of any dealer on the Coast, but in medium and low priced ■ instruments as well, } are we better prepared to supply the needs of San Fran cisco piano buyers than any other store. For years we have given especial attention to the demand for the less expensive pianos and by reason of our splendid organization for buying and distribution, we are able to offer to discriminating buyers the very best of piano values at the lowest possible prices, in both pianos and player pianos. THE WELLINGTON PiANO $275 THE EUPHONA PLAYER $485 Here are two splendid instruments from the great factories of The Cable Co. THE WELLING TON PIANO has for years been the highest stand ard at its price, $275. It is made in both mahogany and the new Stickley oak cases, now so popular. It is well made, of most excellent tone and superior finish, and it is sold on very easy terms. THE EUPHONA PLAYER PIANO is the highest development of the player piano possible at the price afcked. It is full eighty-eight note scale, easily operated, very simple of control and capable of the very finest musical effects. It embodies the very latest ideas, including automatic sustaining pedal and perfect control separately over bass or treble registers. Altogether, the Euphona is a distinctly superior player piano at an exceedingly low price and on un usually easy terms. It is shown in Stickley Oak and Circassian Walnut cases of the very latest design. I SEE THESE PIANOS. THEY ARE THE BEST LOW PRICED INSTRUMENTS IN THE CITY. They are shown at all our stores. VICTOR TALKING MACHINES—SHEET MUSIC TWO ENTRANCES WMV'■',.. 135-153 Kearny and 217-225 Sutter Street OAKU.M) —SIO TWELFTH AXD 1105 UASHL\(iTO.\. SAX JOSE—II 7 SOUTH FIRST ST. TROOPS INTO U. I Report of Mexican President Defying Taft's Order Is Made by Rebels Continued^ From Page 1 of American men.. women and children tvom the west coast.of. Mexico arrived her? today. Some decided, to remain ear the international border, but many others, arranged to leave for points both east and west of Tucson. Mexican Bandits Feared According to passengers who^"ived from the Jower cast yesterday on the liner San Jose, conditions m Mexico eVerything is quiet, but In the ■ «»t«Jj»' bands of bandits arc making Hf< mis erable for both foreign and natiye re- C E McMillan of South Dakota. who was iii Mexico City for her health arid who arrived on the-San Jose, saW that she had been obliged to leave on account of the troubled condition of the country. During the trip to Salina Cruz they saw several bandit bands.- but their train was" not interfered with. In Mexico City, she said, many reasons were given for the unrest, but every ■body* seemed to agree that Maderos rule would be short. Walter Dieguez,- another passenger, had been to Central "America repre senting Hammer & : Co. He was not allowed to land in Guatemala, from which his father was exiled some years ago. He could have insisted, "he said as he is an American citizen, but know ing the' hatred that Cabrera bore his father, he decided that it would be more prudent not to demand his rights. POLICE GET REPORTS OF TWO MISSING PERSONS Two persons yesterday were re ported to the police as missing. Joseph Gallagher,.: a laundry wapcon driver of 121 Douglass street: told hi* friends that he was going to a concert at Sut ter street and Van Ness avenue March 3.; He has not been seen since. William Blackman. a 15 year old boy, living at 456 Church street, also has been re ported missing. Blacknlan was last see^i March 5. LAWLOR .ISSUES WARRANT— Superior .Ji-Ik" I*awlor yesterday' issued a bench warrant for I Ethel I>e. who i* accused of sniutrjrlim; "'yen ~' slice" into th*> city prison to her hushainl. S'je (wan out on;$100 bail. The police.l^licre she i* in Martinez. • How to Remove a Poor Complexion (From London Fashions) Cosmetics can never really help a poor complexion; often they are posi tively harmful. The sensible thing is to actually remove the thin veil of stifling, half-dead scarf skin and give the fresh, vigorous, beautiful young skin underneath a chance to show it self and to breathe. This is best done by merely apply ing mercolized wax at night, like cold cream, washing it off.in the morning. The wax can be obtained from any well stocked druggist. It absorbs the disfiguring cuticle gradually, harm lessly, leaving a brilliant natural com plexion. Of course, this also takes with it all such blemishes as red blotches, moth patches, liver ■spots. blackheads, pimples, etc. As a freckle remover and general complexion beau tifier this old-fashioned remedy is un equaled.