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ADVANCE DOWN
PENINSULA TO
BEGIN TODAY
Mile Long Column Will Start
Filing From Presidio Gates
at Early Hour
In Lead Will Be Party of Scouts
on Watch for Signs of
the Enemy
ROYDEN WILLIAMSON
'About the hour when the citizens of
San Francisco are sipping their morn- j
ing coffee before hurrying oh* to their
daily tasks, this morntng. unmindful of i
th** menarp that in theory hangs over j
their homes, bugles WtU be sounding at j
the Presidio and sharp voices of com- |
mand will ring out in the misty air. j
Then troopers will swing into their i
saddles, khaki clad veterans of the
Philippines and Alaska will wheel into
column squads, followed by militiamen
from the Sacramento and Pan Joaquin
valleys, wagon teams will tug at their
traces and with the creaking of har- •
ness and the tramp of many thousand
feet, the army of the Blues will break ■
amp and be off to fight thf> tpm.
Thp line of march will stretch out for j
more than a mile toward Colma. where
the first night's bivouac will be made.
A party of scouts will lead the way. ;
scrutinizing the horizon for signs of the j
enemy's cavalry, that may be sweep
ing the country farther to the north
than is at present supposed. The troops j
of California cavalry of the Blue brig- ]
ade will follow the skirmishers. Then ,
r he advance guard of infantry will set
out in open order.
The main body, consisting of the j
Pixth and the Sixteenth regiments of i
infantry and the wagon trains bearing j
supplies and ammunition will be next |
in order, leading the field hospital and
ambulance, to be followed by the rear
guard. Moving on parallel roads wher
ever possible wil be flankers of cavalry,
so that the big force will make its ad
vance down the peninsula in triple
order.
SECRECY AS TO PtiJattf
It is not .the custom of commanders
to t«ll in advance what they are going
to d-j, and Colonel Cornelius Gardener
is no exception to the rule. One can
only surmise, therefore, what the route
will be. It is expected that the brigade
will take the valley roads rather than
the coast, for. although the latter has
the advantage of protection in flank by
the sea. it is less expeditious, and haste 1
Is of essential importance to relieve the
hard pressed battalions of Colonel "W.
H. Bowen's command, struggling to
hold their own with the invaders, who
are known to h<> harrassing them.
All day yesterday the troops were
kept busy i n practice operations on all
parts of the Presidio reservation.
• "olonel Charles G. Morton, commanding
the Sixteenth, had his men in battalion
battle practice, a long line reaching
from a point in the woods behind the
cavalry cantonment to- the heights
above Fort Winfield Scott.
SKIRMISH I.IKES OIT
All morning troops were deploying
In skirmish lines through the thickets
and meadows, taking cover wherever
possible, advancing by squads for short
distances, then resting and advancing
again until they had crossed over into
Tennessee Hollow, where, the trumpets
blew the recall at noon. The Sixth in
fantry, consisting of two battalions
under Major Crowley, went on a "hike."
while the state cavalry made a practice
march over beyond the park on a recon
naissance to observe the ground to be
traversed on the morrow.
No brigade formations were at
tempted yesterday afternoon, as the
regimental officers. whom Colonel
Gardener has been leaving to their
own devices in the handling of their
respective commands thus far. deemed
It best to give their men th* benefit of
the rest before the march today.
BRONCO BUSTING CONTEST
Much diversion was furnished in the
cavalry camp by a genuine bronco bust
ing contest.
In the bunch of horses brought from
Sacramento by Troop B. First. Cali
fornia cavalry, is an "outlaw-'* from one
of the cattle ranches up in the Sacra
mento valley. The men of the troop
declared yesterday that the animal was
unrideable. This declaration came to
the ears of Private Sam Cupp of Troop
A. First United States cavalry. Now
Private Cupp at one time was a cow
puncher of note"in Arrzona. So he of
fered to rid*» the "bad un" and stood
ready to back up his offer with cold
coin of the realm. The news flew
through the camp and soon many
wagers of sums great and small were
staked on the. outcome of the contest.
-BAD U.N" CONQUERED
Th» conditions called for an army
saddle, no bridle and no "hunting of
leather." Assisted by two cavalrymen
of his own outfit, Cupp, arrayed in
regulation "chaps," Spanish spurs and
high heeled boots, got aboard the horse.
which was then released. At first the
steed stood still and a groan of dis
appointment went through the crowd.
Then with a sudden snort he rose in
< c air and came down stiff legged
with a jolt calculated to stagger its
rider. It never bothered Cupp ror a
moment He stuck to the saddle like a
postage stamp as he waved his hat
nnd beat the horse over the ears while
it careened about the corral.
When at last it was tired and came
to a halt, Cupp swung himself from
the saddle with a grin.
Call that a bad horse,'' he said.
"Why. down in my country we'd hitch
him to the family buggy."
Then he started out to collect his
winnings.
More Shame to the Angels
T/OS ANGELES. Aug. 13.—Colonel W.
'Schreiber of the Seventh regiment,
N G. C, who was denied a leave of ab
sence by the board of public works so
he could engage in the annual army
maneuvers, left last night to take part
in the assault upon San Francisco at
the head of his regiment.
I'oion.d Schreiber said he had tried
vainly to secure an interview with
members of the board, and after spend
ing all day yesterday In the effort, left
last night for the north.
• t am entitled to two weeks vaca
tion with pay." declared the colonel,
"and have decided to take It now."
MAN SEEKS BURGLAR
AND STABS HIS WIFE
FVANSVTLJ.E. Ind., Aug. 13.— Think
ing his wife a hurglar. Harvey Troyer
stabbed her in the back early today.
and she probably will die. According
t*%, their statements they were awak
by a noise as it there were an in
truder In the darkened room. Both
rose, and the husband, armed with a
butcher knife, stabbed his wife when
they ran against each other.
FUhlßi I» Fine**
In the Feather River Country. Reached
w th© Weatarn Pacific B&iiway. • .
Outposts of the Reds Are Again Surprised
Invaders Lose Heavily in Engagement
"WAR" SCENES AT THE FRONT AND SOME OF THE COMMANDING OFFICERS.
WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS I
ARE LAID IN RIVER!
i
before the entire army of invasion
would be swept back into the sea or
surrounded and annihilated in the hills
at Xl Toro ranch.
Salinas tonight is a Blue town. Not
one of gloom, as it would imply, but
Blue troops of the defending army of
California are in possession of the
streets and a large blue banner flies in
the breeze from the courthouse.
In order to carry out their plans of
conquest and attack the city at the
Golden Gate it now will be necessary
for the invaders to leave behind their
wagon trains and advance over the
mountains in their bare fighting equip
ment or wait several days until their
engineers clear the entanglements and
build a new bridge. Should General
Wankowski. commander of the Reds.
decide not to wait and set out without
his supply wagons he will to de
pend on the country for subsistence.
Colonel Bowen called his troops to
arms just before the first rays of the
sun had fallen on their camp. Then
informing his staff and regimental of
ficers that he planned to reconnoiter
south toward the enemy's camp to as
certain its strength he set mann
ing in two columns.
One force made up of the Utah reg
iment took the eastern road thronerh
Sallnas. the other, the Twelfth regu
lars, took th* west road on the out
skirts of the town. Each force had its
advance guard well to the front and
flanks were carefully guarded. About
a mile north of the Salinas river tits
I points of both columns came in contact
with the pickets of the Red army.
Word was flashed back to Colonel
Bowen and he ordered the machine
platoon and a. hundred mounted scouts
to dash forward to drive back the
pickets of the enemy. This was ac
complished amid the popping of mus
kets and Captain H. E. Smith of the
Twelfth infantry was assigned the task
of blowing up the hrldge while en
gineers hurridly erected theoretical
barb wire entanglements in the river.
These were placed along a distance of
several hundred yarn's and erected at
the only place where a wagon train
could cross. Other points along the
river are borderer! with st«eep banks.
StOITS OPEN FIRE
Outpost No. 2 of the Reds, located
on Hay hill and occupied by mounted
scouts of the Second infantry of Cali
fornia rrHHtia, under command of Major
C. Vf. Thomas, immediately began to
fire on the Blue force working along
the river. Messages were sent to El
Toro via field telegraph of the Utah
signal corps, and two battalions of the
Seventh California. commanded by
Major C. Jj. Hutchins. were rushed to
the front from the Red camp as rein
forcements.
.Most of the troops were eating break
fast when the order was jfiven. The
cavalry alarm call of "boots and sad
dles*' rang out over the maneuver field
and beat the infantry's call to "arms"
by a fraction of a minute. General
Wankowski, assisted by his chief of
staff. Captain F. O. Fuqua. U. S. A..
directed operations from headquarters.
Troops were rushed from the camp on
the double quick. Tiie Utah signal
company strung a wire to the scene of
the fight in record time. None of the
soldiers carried their full marching
equipment. AH went clean for action.
with only their cartridge belts and
rifles. Sleeves were rolled to the el
bows and collar bands hung open at
the neck. They were a .fighting bunch
clear through, and although they did
double time f<**r more than three miles
to the firing line they kept a perfect
alignment.
CHEERS FOR BLUES
Meanwhile on the other side of the
Salinas river was the raiding force of
the Blues attempting to do what dam
age they could, The fight rapidly in
creased in volume, and by 8 o'clock
there were a rattle from one end of the
valley to the other. Thousands of per
sons swarmed to tiie scene from the
nearby towns in all kinds of vehicles,
and during the fight lined the river
bank and crowded a nearby hill. Being
patriotic American citizens and native
CaltforniaJis they lustily cheered the
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.
Continued from Page 17
fighting Blues every time those troops
scored a point.
Colonel Bowen. tall, erect and a sol
dier through and through, stood, sur
rounded by his staff under a spreading
oak tree in the midst of the fight near
the river bank. Here he directed oper
ations and did not retire until the ma
jor portion of his command was safe.
pontoon bridge: laid
His first orders when the engagement
opened was to direct the Utah regi
ment, commanded by Major W. G. Wil
liams, to form a skirmish lfne and ad
vance toward the enemy. The pioneer
corps of* the Blues meanwhile had laid
a platoon bridge and the force of I'tah
boys crossed this to the opposite side.
They presented a long straight line of
olive drab figures on the sandy beach.
and then disappeared into th* swamp
grass, which topped high over their
heads.
Immediately on penetrating the
tulle there was crash after crash of
rifle firing which told that the middle
westerners had found the Reds and
had opened fire. Volley after volley
was fired, and the action quickly liv
ened up to a continuous rattle of
shots.
Lieutenant H. H. Fletcher. Twelfth
regulars, took two companies and oc
cupied a position on the left flank
along the north side and high above
the river. From here he poured a hot
fire into the Reds. Captain H. E.
Smith, with two other companies,
swung oft* on the run along the north
bank toward the west. The soldiers.
all regulars, crouched low in the
grass, some creeping and others crawl
ing on their stomachs to avoid being
exposed to the militiamen's fire.
LIKE OF TRENCHES DIG
To the north of the right flank of
the Blues* position was a long flat
beet plain. To protect this. Colonel
Bowen swung two companies of regu
lars on a right angle. They buried
themselves waist deep in quickly dug
trenches and pointed their Springfield
rifles toward the west. This protected
the Blues from being flanked and
served as a protecting force when the
retreat was begun.
Hardly a breeze was blowing during
the fight and the thin blue vapor
from the smokeless powder hung low
over the river. The continual crash
of the rifles, which was almost deaf
ening, was soon augmented by the
terrific popping of the machine guns
when they were brought into action.
The Reds could easily be seen from
the north side of the river, where they
were exposed to the death dealing fire
of the machine battery. A large number
of the invaders were ruled out of ac
tion by the umpires on this account. But
the Reds, though greater in number,
were at a disadvantage. They were con
fronted by the Utah infantry in the
river bottom and by the machine guns
and regular ii*antry on the high banks
of the river above.
CONFUSION AMONG REDS
In the Red trenches on the south side
of the stream, occupied b.v the militia,
there was loud talking and shouting of
commands, while on the north side
everything worked like a machine.
Colonel Bowen would summon an or
derly by the motion of his hand, and
after writing his command on a pad of
paper the soldier would scurry to the
officer to whom it was directed. No'
orders were issued to-the Utah regiment
once they had embarked on their ad
vance. Everything was left in Major
Willis' hands.
Colonel Bowen early In the fight stated
that after he succeeded in placing the
entanglements in the river and blowing
up the bridge he just wanted to see
what strength the enemy had and what
kind of shots they were. When the
fight had been in progress for several
hours he ordered th* Ttah troops to
withdraw and then directed the regular
companies along the banks to cover the
retreat by their fire. In less than five
minutes after his orders were issued
the Utah organization came out of the
grass, maintaining perfect lines of skir
mishers and under wonderful control.
They either forded the stream or crossed
The pontoon bridge. This strueto/fe was
blown up after they were over. Major
Williams was complimented on the field
by Colonel Bowen.
"Well. I now know what the enemy
has and what it hasn't, and if you
gentlemen don't mind I will take my
boys back for chow," declared Colonel
Bowen when the Utahs began their
retreat. "More than that. 1 have
checked the enemy's progress," con
tinued the officer, "and have him prac
tically blockaded."
AN ORDERLY RETREAT
The Blues had no trouble in retreat
ing back to their camp under cover
of their rear guard. The Red com
mander ordered several more outposts
established in the vicinity of the bridge
and placed numerous pickets far out
into the beet fields toward the north.
A battalion of the Twelfth regulars, at
tached to the Reds and commanded by
Captain C. W. Clinton, has been placed
In reserve near outpost No. 2, and
Troop C, Salinas cavalry, commanded
by Captain Fulle, is reconnoitering sev
eral miles south of Salinas. The mili
tiamen declare that they are feeling
fine and the "chow." meaning their
rations, is good. Those who had sore
feet the first couple of days are now
well and the health of the camp is
excellent. They have been hardened
down to tough work and are like
hounds in watting for the hunt.
Water is still scarce at the Red base
and all drinking water has to be
boiled.
SOCIALIST CONGRESSMAN
STARTS INVESTIGATION
Alleged Assault of Soldiers Upon
Candidate Is Cause
PORT TOWNSEND. Aug. 13.—As the
result of an appeal made to Congress
man Victor I* Befger the war depart
ment has ordered an investigation of
an alleged assault by two noneommis- :
stoned officers of the coast defense ar
tillery on George Boomer, a socialist
speaker.
The alleged assault, which was made
last May, consisted of pushing Boomer
off a box from which he was address
ing a street crowd, on socialism. Boom
er, who was a candidate for governor
on the socialist ticket a few years ago,
appealed to Congressman Berger.
The investigation Is being conducted
behind closed doors and probably will
be concluded today. The findings will
be reported to the war department.
DREAM OF THREE YEARS
ENDED BY TRAIN WRECK
Wife of Laborer Who Saves
Cash for Trip Killed
SEATTLE, Aug. 13.—The woman
killed yesterday in the wreck of the
Milwaukee railroad's Olympian train in
Keechelus, Wash., was identified today
as the wife of Simon Jurk-vlch. a la
borer.
Jurlcvich had toiled for three years
for money to bring his wife and daugh
ter, Mary, from northern Austria.
After traveling thousands of miles
by sea and land the mother was killed
only three hours from her destination.
She was 26 years old. The little girl
was unhurt.
YANKEE FLAG RELEGATED
BY CANADIAN POLICE
SASKATOON. Sask.. Aug. 13.—The
royal mounted police, headed by citi
zens, caused a sensation op the streets
here in* the parade of a visiting Ameri
can circus today, when they stopped
the procession and ordered that all
stars and stripes be removed from the
wagqns. leaving nothing but union
jacks u» float in the breeze.
BANKS REVEAL
CASH HELD FOR
LIEUT. BECKER
Prosecutor Traces Alleged Gam
bling Graft Money, While
Jury Hears of Murder
NEW YORK. Aug. 13. —Powerful
banking interests, acting through the
New York clearing house committee.
came to the aid of District Attorney
Whitman today in his efforts to lay
bare the alleged corrupt alliance be
tween the police and the gambling fra
ternity.
Records showing that within the last
eight months Police Lieutenant Becker,
charged with the murder of Herman
Rosenthal and accused of gambling
graft, has made deposits in four banks
of $58,845, in his own name or that of
his wife, were placed in the hands of
the prosecutor. These deposits began
in November, 1911, shortly after Becker
became head of the "strong arm"
squad of gambling raiders, and con
tinued all the time that Jack Rose says
he was collecting graft for Becker.
STOCKS AND BONDS HIDDEN
The district attorney has been prom
ised records of Becker's deposits in
four other banks, and he discovered
that Becker has stocks, bonds and other
securities locked up In separate safety
deposit vaults. That the total value of
the police lieutenant's holdings approx
imate $200,000 would be no surprise to
the district attorney. Becker's salary
Was $2,250 a year.
The district attorney is holding for
presentation to the grand jury evidence
by which he expects to convict four
police inspectors of collecting black
mail from gambling houses and dls
' orderly resorts. Thus far the state's
investigators have uncovered bank ac
counts of two of them totalljng $75,000.
TESTIMONY REGARDING MURDER
The expected murder indictments by
the grand jury were not handed down
today owing to the time taken up by
testimony of various witnesses. One of
these was Jack Rose, who held the jury
spellbound when he repeated the con
fession of his part in the murder plot
and his alleged graft revelations with
Lieutenant Becker.
Rose told the jury in effect that
Becker was paymaster of the murder
crew. He said that Jack Sullivan, the
former "king of the newsboys," rode
around town with Becker on the
night of the murder and went to "Brid
gie" Webber's gambling house, where
the gathered, and then to the
Hotel Metropole with directions to
find out whether Rosenthal was din
ing at the hotel. This Sullivan did.
Rose said, and reported to the men
where their intended victim could be
found.
PROMISE OF PROTECTION
Webber testified that this was his
understanding of Sullivan's part, but
said that he could not swear that the
former newsboy had performed it.
Both Rose and Webber told of the as
surances which they said Becker gave
them of protection after the murder.
"If we had not known that Whit
roan had the number of the gray au
tomobile." Rose said, "we would have
felt all right. Becker said 'Don't
worry about Whitman, we can fix him
ajl right.' But it didn't look to v?
much as if he could be fixed when we
knew that he got up out of bed and
less than an hour after the murder
was on the scene."
Police Commissioner Dougherty has
promised the prosecutor all the assis
tance in his power in connection with
the graft inquiry and Whitman ex
pects material aid from him.
CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED
BY STATE ENGINEER
Buildings for Sacramento Ar
mory and Agnews Hospital
SACRAMENTO. Aug. 13.—Pursuant
to his plans for the erection of the Sac
ramento armory and arsenal under
segregated bids to keep within the
$94,000 fund. State Engineer McClure
today awarded the contract for the
masonry work, including the founda
tion and walls, to the Ransome Con
crete company of San Francisco for
$51.4«1.
A contract for building an assembly
hall at the Agnews hospital was
awarded to McLain and Petersen for
$59,700.
Christianson was given a contract to
erect a building for convalescents at
the same Institution for $32,967.
BIG POWER COMPANY
CHANGES MANAGEMENT
CLEVELAND. Aug. 13. — Control of
the Telluride Power company, a Colo
rado corporation with a $10,000,000
capitalization and $10,000,000 authorized
bonded indebtedness, was taken over
by James Campbell of St. Louis and J.
R. Nutt of Cleveland. h»re today, on
representation of the board of directors.
The changes are reported to be the re
sult of opposition of St. Louis and
Western stock holders to the former
management.
Proceedings of Day
In National Congress
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.—Day
in congress.
SESATK
Convened st 10 o'clock 8. in.
Senator Kenyon Introduced res
olution for Investigation of oper
ation of Interstate commerce law
since Its enactment.
Representative Lloyd, chair
man of 190S democratic eongres
slonal campaign committee, tes
tified before campaign fond In
vestigating committee.
Passed poMoflloe appropriation
bill containing provision for par
cel* post.
Adjourned at 7:01 o'clock p. m.
uutll 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesday.
HOUSE
Convened at noon.
Passed wool tariff revision bill
over President Taft's veto, 174
fo 80. .
Majority Leader Underwood
appointed committee to investi
gate speeches, attacking public
officials, inserted in record by
Representative Akin under "leave
to print."
War* and mean* committee fa
vorably reported whisky outage
bill.
Adjourned at fttSO o'clock p. m.
nntll noon Wednesday.
RANCHERS HELD UP
BY BANDIT GANG
Victims, Tricked by Ruse, Are
Handcuffed and Then
Robbed
Quietly entering the lonely ranch
j house of S- Bo & Co.. one mile east of
! Holy Cross cemetery, about :? o'clock
yesterday morning, four bandits, posing
as police officers, ordered the seven
Inmates out of bed, handcuffed them to
leach other and then proceeded to ran
sack the building. $250 in gold, to
gether with jewelry valned at several
hundred dollars, was secured. after
I which the desperadoes made their es
cape in an automobile.
The robbers told their victims they
iwere looking for a murderer and as
the spokesman wore a police officer's
badge, their story gained credence. The
•I seven Italians, six men and one woman,
iwere told to get up and dress and ac
company the sham officers to *Colma.
When they had donned their clothes and
presented themselves in the dining
room they were covered by revolvers
and ordered to throw up their hands.
One of th« bandits pulled handcuffs
from his pockets and proceeded to
manacle each to the other. Then they
were ordered to face the wall. The
woman's hands were .tied with rope.
After the four bandits had looted the
house of portable valuables, they
threatened to kill the first victim to
make an outcry. So terrified were the
men that it was not until two hours
later one of them ga4tted sufficient cour
age to yell for help. Employes living
in outhouses several hundred yards
away heard the cries and came to the
rescue. Daly City was notified and
Constable James Parker, carrying a
hammer and a cold chisel, arrived on
the scene. He, with the aid of the
hands, managed after difficulty, to cut
the steel bands and release the pris
oners.
Deputy Sheriff J. J. Shelds, after
scouring the San Bruno hills all day
yesterday, came to San Francisco last
night with one of the victims and vis
ited the Italian quarter in the hope of
finding some trace of the highwaymen,
who wore no masks.
The woman, wife of 80, was so terri
fied she fainted when released by Con
stable Parker. Later she told the of
ficers that she feared the bandits were
members of the dreaded blacChand. be
cause two of the four spoke Italian
fluently and threatened them with
death in that language.
80, the senior partner of the truck
ranch, was- on his way to San Fran
cisco with a load of vegetables at the
time the robbery occurred. He left
' the house about a half hour before the
1 holdup with a substantial sum of money
' on his person.
7 Daily
Trains to
Los Angeles
Same Number Returning
$14 One Way Round Trip $25
SHORE LINE LIMITED
Lv. San Francisco g^J, 1 ? 8:00 A. M. *~"
At. Los Angeles 9:50 P. M.
Daylight ride down Coast Line.
Observation, Parlor and Dining Cars.
THE LARK
Lv. San Francisco s£.£? 7:40 P. M. y~
Ar. Los Angeles 9:30 A. M.
Dining Car open 7:00 P. M.
Standard Pullman and Observation Cars.
THE OWL
Lv. San Francisco £Sfon 6:20 P.M. *3j
Ar. Los Angeles 8:35 A.M. %
Buffet* Library Car, Standard Pullmas,
Observation and Dining Cars.
Afso Four additional Trains leaving San Francisco
daily with Standard Pullman and Dining Cars:
Los Angeles Passenger, fS n 10:40 A. M.
Sunset Express, S£!Jff 4:00 P. M.
San Joaquin Valley Flyer, l£tLi 4:40 P. M.
Los Angeles and San Francisco
Passenger, gw-J 10:00 P.M.
Protected by Automatic Electric Block Signals.
Stoporers allowed on all trains, enabling passengers to rislt
Coast and Interior Resorts.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
SAY FKAJf CISCO: Flood Bnildinr PeUee Hotel Ferry SUtion Phone Kearny SIM
Third and Townsend Streets Phone Kearny 180
OAKLAWD: and Thirteenth Phone Oakland 182
BIG POW WOW OF
RED MEN IS BEGUN
Stockton Is All Lit Up With
Council Fires as Chiefs
Get Together
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
STOCKTON. Aug. 13.—The forty
sixth great sun session of th? Improved
Order of Red Men. great council of
California, began here today. The Red
Men are meeting in Masonic audito
rium and the members of the degree
of Pocahontas, who are holding their
session here also, are meeting in Moos*
hall.
The election of officers will be about
the most important matter to come be
fore the great sun session. Judge H.
C. Hibbard of Riverside will become
great prophet and C. R. Winfield will
be advaiiced to the office of great
sachem. Among the aspirants ro the
office of representative to the national
council at Charleston, S. C September
9, are: H. C. Hibbard, H<**nry C. Ges
ford. Francis V. Bell, J. H. Hutaff, A.
M. Cunning. Jame s Boyes. George W.
Collins and J. C. Ruddb'k.
Three great trustees will be elected.
The candidates are: R. J. Passalacqua
of Vallejo, C. T. Hanson and F. L. Jor
dan of Fruitvale. Thomas F. Green of
Stockton and Edgar C. Levy and E.
G. Bean of San Francisco.
The officers in charge of the present
session are:
•H. C Hibbard. grand sachem. Riv
erside.
C. R. Winfield. great senior saga
more, Petaluma.
• William R. Twamley. great junior
sagamore. San Francisco.
* Charles W. Davidson, great prophet,
San Jose.
Porter L. Bliss, great chief of rec
ords, San Francisco.
Silas H. Wilcox. great keeper of
wampub. San Francisco.
Henry C. Gesford. great representa
tive, San Francisco.
A. M. Cunning, great representa
tive. Hollister.
James Boyce, great representative,
San Francisco.
Charles W. Davidson, great repre
sentative, San ,Tos<=.
R. J. Passalacqua. great trustee,
Vallejo.
J. M. Heron, great trustee, Fresno.
R. L. Lincoln, great trustee, San
Francisco.
S. Danielewicz, great sannap. San
Francisco.
F. Pratte. great mishinewa. Mar
tinez.
Theodore Meeves, great guard of
wigwam. Oakland.
August F. Meiss. grand guard of
forest. Sacramento.
Following are the general commit
tees:
General committee officers — Thomas
Green, chairman: S. W. Carman, vice
chairman: L. N. Ciari, secretary; E. J.
Bru. treasurer.
Entertainment — H. A. Altenhoff,
chairman: Grace Armrust, secretary.
Music—Mrs. J. H. Collins, chairman;
A. H. McCloud, secretary.
Parade—H. C. Scarles. chairman.
Finance—A. H. McCloud, chairman;
E. J. Ford, secretary.
Advertising and prizes —F. .Tun.
chairman; H. C. Scarles. secretary.
Badges and shields—H. A. Altenhoff.
chairman: H. C. Scarles. secretary.
Decoration and light —T. Woods,
chairman: A. H. McCloud. secretary.
Publicity—J. Wegsehelder, chairman;
Miss K. Kane, secretary.
Reception—A. H. McCloud. chairman:
O. Boyd, secretary.
Competitive—H. c. Edwards, chair
man: O. Merritt. secretary.
The big feature tonight was the grand
ball at the auditorium. Hundreds of
Red Men and their ladies participated
in the happy party. The great spectac
ular feature of the convention will be
the parade next Thursday evening.
The program for tomorrow follows:
9:30 a. m.—Session resumed.
4 to 8 p. m.—Barbecue at Oak park;
band concert.
8 p. m.—Competitive drills at audi
torium: Team Umpquah tribe No. 125.
Hanford: team Wetonka tribe No. 208.
Los Gatos; team Pohono tribe No. 93.
Stockton.
8 p. m.—Competitive drill at Moose
hall: Matoaka council No. 18. San Fran
cisco; Noyo council No. 104. San Rafael.
ENORMOUS ALMOND CROP
MAKING GROWERS HAPPY
j All State Records Broken in
This Year's Harvest
SACRAMENTO. Aug. 13—The larg
est almond crop in the history of thd
state is now being harvested, accord
ing to the California Almond Growers'
exchange. Tb« almond harvest this
season has just commenced and the
crop will exceed that of 1910. a ban
ner year that witnessed a crop of 3.000
tons, valued at $750,f>00. The Increase
is due to increased acreage in bearing*
and the fact that there was little
severe weather.
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