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John W. McKenzie Will Lead!
Vast Chorus at' Hammer" Obsequies
MUSICAL STARS
TO TAKE PART
IN FESTIVITIES
Christmas Eve Celebration
of The Call Will Be
Full of Great
Surprises
"Make Knocker Vamose"
Marin County Will Help
SAN RAFAEL,
Dec. IS, 1912.
Editor Call: Replying to yours,
just at hand, relative to "Ham
mer Burning*' on Christmas eve,
would say you are engaged In a
laudable enterprise. The knock
er should he made to vamose the
coast. There Is nothing; but
bright sunshine and hope In the
Golden state. The man whose
eyes are closod. and whose spirit
is stale, should not he allowed to
c<> about exhaling pessimism and
sowing tares in this beautiful
land.
•■Make him scrape tbe moss off
his hack," they say up north
' when they see a follow whose
ha* k Is covered with barnacles.
.is the knocker!" they cry
«n In San Diego. "Burn the
Hammer." The Call now pro
poses as a Christmas slogan. It
is well.
The Marin County Promotion
league balls this forward move
ment. As many of us as possible
will he on hand to witness the
"Hammer Burning.'*
Yours very truly,
NEWTON E. CLEMENSON,
Secretary -Marin County Pro
motion league.
The most sanguine could not have
imagined the overwhelming success
that is attending the efforts of The
Call in behalf of the forthcoming ob
sequies of the unlamented "Hammer.''
From every quarter rise volunteers
willing and anxious to assist in the
cremation exercises that will make
the occasion of Christmas
eve.
An hour of the busiest entertain
ment at the hands of the highest class
of artists and amid the most enthusi
astic of crowds is assured. Madame de
i Pasquali, star of the Metropolitan
'irand Opera company, was the first
to volunteer, and will be the bright
star of the evening to direct the wise
ones of San Francisco from north, east
and south as well as west. Gottfried
•ialston, fresh from the success of a
triumphant piano tourney ln the east,
and with the praise of New York and
Boston's critics still ringing in his
ears, will play to the greatest audience
that ever an artist brought to hushed
attention by the power of music evoked
from the ivory and strings of a grand
pian it-
Paul Steindorff will wave his magic
wand and presto, the finest, biggest
band that ever assembled in San Fran
cisco will blare forth the clarion
measures of Sousa's "Stars and Stripes
Forever." These are only some of the
features of the program now being
assembled fcr presentation on Christ
mas eve, when the city will join The
in a tremendous evocation of
"Peace, Good Will."
%OQ IV CHORUS
Yesterday a most important factor
in the celebration was added, without
which the hammer burning rites would
he as incomplete as a Burma funeral
without a score of widows. Only this
feature lias nothing to do with wailing,
as you will see. John W. McKenzie has
asaaaied charge of the choral forces,
which will number from 500 voices
upward. He is inviting the various
choral societies of this community to
participate, and invitations are here
with extended to singers generally to
take part In this most important part
of the program.
Ettore Patrizi. editor of I/Italia, has
interested himself in the Italian colony
10 the end that those sons and daugh
ters of the land whence singing comes
«,will assist; Robert Lorentz, president,
and Professor J. C. Raith. a director
of the Pacific Saengerbund, always
willing to help in any event that con
serve- their city's good, will see to it
that the land whence' harmony comes
will be represented by their brothers
from the fatherland. The church
choirs are invited to participate,
j.nd notice is hereby given that
there will bo two rehearsals— monster
rehearsals they will be —on Sunday
and Monday night next, at which time
cards will be issued to the singers,
giving them right to locations on the
immense stage that will surround
Eotta's Fountain. The rehearsals will
be held at 8 o'clock at Kohler &
i'base's hall, which has been generous
ly provided for that purpose by Kohler
<v Chase, 26 O'Farrell street. Appli
cations for cards and admission to the
grand chorus may be mailed to the
conductor of the chorus, John W. Mc-
Kenzie. care Eilers Music company,
'.<''> Market street.
It would be difficult to secure a man
more fit for the undertaking of leading
a vast chorus than McKenzie. who lias
iiad charge of many similar events,
_ i none of such magnitude as this
will be* He it was who in two days
ibled a chorus of 1,000 for the
MeKinley memorial services and a like
number in almost as brief a time for
the Knights Templar. He is a cosmopo
lite in this matter of music making in
the mass, having hab charge of the
music for the many celebrations of th
fall of the baslile. for the numerous
St. Patrick's day celebrations, not to
mention Robert Burns' birthday anni
versary exercises, coronation days for
the Briton to rejoice therein and the
Schuetzen verein. wherein Germany
gathers its vocal forces in massic, mass
ive and impressive harmonies.
To show you a part of his plan let
it be said that the two vocal numbers
to be sung will be the inspiring "Anvil
<horus" from Verdi's Immortal "II
Trovatore" and the ancient hymn of
optimism and faith in the future,
"Adeste Fideles" ("Oh, Come All Ye
Faithful"), which is perhaps the grand
ymn in Christendom. Those Will
Lt played by the great band under Paul
John W. McKcnzie, who will conduct the great chorus on Christmas eve, when
the "hammer of /pnocfceri;" is to he burned at Lotias fountain.
Steindorff and sung by the great cho
rus under McKenzie, who will send the
infection of tone out over the sea of
upturned faces and will evoke from the
multitude a responsive utterance of the
music until there will rise from the
busiest spot of San Francisco's work
aday world a volume of tone such as
only poets have hitherto imagined or
dreamed.
EVERYONE TO JOIN IN
To the end that this choral feature
of the night's celebration be the suc
cess it should. McKenzie suggests that
all those who have copies of these
popular and beautiful compositions s*\
their pianos at home take them down
and refresh their memories. The Call
will print both of them prior to tlfe
event, so that no voice in all the throng
need be silent nor tongue mute when
the rejoicing becomes articulated by
what will be a reunited and harmonious
municipal choral organization of more
than 10.000 voices. That one spectacle
and that mighty shout of co-ordinated
tone, reflecting a harmonious city, will
bo worth crossing continents and plow
ing through many seas to hear.
A meeting was held yesterday, when
Director Paul Steindorff and Walter
Oesterreicher and Dexter M. Wright
fronj the Musicians' union discussed the
assembling of the band. They guaran
teed the hearty co-operation of the
union and its members, and reported a
unanimous spirit of enthusiasm in their
organization for the event in which
they are to assume so important a
part.
Neither must the Nationals be for
gotten, for to them is entrusted the
duty of escorting to the strains of
Chopin's "Funeral March' the cata
falque (which Webster assures us is
an "ornate structure on which a dead
body lies in state") to the platform.
This Impressive event will be timed at
the dramatic moment, and will be one
of the surprises of an evening of sur
prises.
The Call, with such assistance as Is
represented in the foregoing para
graphs, lias confidence that when that
"hammer" la burned the world will
know it, and that San Francisco will
rejoice with exceeding great joy.
COLORADO MAN CHOSEN
TO BOOST YOLO COUNTY
Chamber of Commerce Appoints H. S.
Maddox as Secretary and to
Promote the District
(Special Dispatch to The Calh
WOODLAND, Dec. 18— H. S. Maddox
of Colorado has been appointed secre
tary of the Yolo county Chamber of
Commerce. Such information was
given out today. The Chamber of
Commerce made the appointment.
Maddox was one of the foremost
boosters in the state of Colorado. He
has been engaged in the field of work
lie is to p**ursue in Yolo county for
many years. There is every indication
that Maddox is a "live wire." The
Chamber of Commerce has confidence
ln Maddox and believes that he will
be a big factor in the development of
Yolo county,
His appointment was made after the
consideration of credentials from Gov
ernor J. F. Shafroth, Mayor P. F. Smith,
M. J. Evans, cashier of the First Na
tional bank, J. P. Newell and other
prominent Coloradans.
Maddox will enter upon his duties
immediately. He has arrived with his
family and will reside in Woodland
permanently.
CHINESE HAS A MISSION
Dinner Will Speed Celestial Editor on
Voyage to Orient
A dinner will be given by leading
Chinese merchants Sunday evening at
7:30 o'clock, of which Tong King Chung
will be the guest of honor.
Chong, who is editor of the Chinese
Free Press, leaves soon for China as
a representative of the China Republic
Association of America, to confer with
the president of the Chinese republic.
A number of prominent citizens of
the city will attend the banquet, among
them being Police Commissioner James
Wood, Fire Commissioner William
Hammer, Ed Rainey, secretary to
Mayor Rolph; Captain Robert Dollar,
chairman of the foreign trade commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce; W.
D. Fennimore, chairman of the down
town committee of the Chamber of
Commerce; Paul T. Carroll, J. D. Wal
ters, Otto S. Schiller and Colonel W.
C. Graves.
Gas Bills Reduced
And your gas service taken care of
for a small monthly charge, (ias Con
sumers' Association, phone Franklin
717, 4ii7 O'Farrell street. —AJvt.
THE SAN FRASCftSCO CALL. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1912.
CABINET PICKING
ON IN EARNEST
Bryan's Name Prominent in
Conference Between Wil
son and W. F. McCombs
PRINCETON*. N. J.. Dec. 18.—After a
three hours' conference in New York
with William F. McCombs, chairman
of the democratic national committee.
President elect 1 Woodrow Wilson an
nounced as he rode home tonight that
he had taken up in earnest the task
of picking a cabinet.
No information was forthcoming
from either McCombs or the president
elect as to the names of the men dis
cussed for cabinet portfolios.
When McCombs left the governor he
said that both the cabinet and legis
lative policies had ben talked over.
He wa? asked if Bryan's name had been
mentioned in the discussion. McCombs
answered in the afflmative, but declined
to commit hiMS-alf further.
NAME IS MENTIONED
The correspondents, in questioning
the governor on the train, informed
him that McCombs had said that Bry
an's name was mentioned in the long
conference.
"Oh, well." explained the president
elect, "we talked about the conference
we are going to have soon with
Bryan."
AVilson intimated that no time had
been fixed for the meeting witli Bryan.
It was suggested to him that Bryan
was due in New York to attend a
dinner in honor of Governor elect Sul
zer.
"OK COURSE," SAYS WILSON
Wilson said that he would be unable
to attend the banquet. He did not
know yet. however, whether he would
see Bryan on Sunday or immediately
afterward, while Bryan was in this
vicinity.
The governor was aked by one of the
correspondents if McCombs would be
one of the men who would be in Wash-,
ington helping him "to run the govern
ment."
"Of course, he will," was Wilson's re
ply.
He would not say whether McCombs
would act in an official or unofficial ca
pacity.
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IMPERIAL THEATER
IS AN INNOVATION
Opening of Grauman's New
Music Hall Next Sunday
Epoch in Amusements
Something new in the way of the
atrical ventures will be launched next
Sunday with the opening of Grauman's
Imperial theater, Seventh and Market
streets. San Francisco has had vaude
ville theaters and vaudeville theaters,
but the Imperial will give local theater
goers their first opportunity to witness
entertainment of the English music
hall type.
Not only will the form of entertain
ment be an innovation here, but the
buildipg itself is a distinct departure
from any structure ever erected in this
city for theatrical purposes. A prome
nade balcony is a feature of the Im
perial never before seen on the Pacific
coast and boasted by few theaters in
America.
One of the most modern fireproof
structures on the coast, the Imperial
has been erected at a cost of |200.000.
The architecture and interior decora
tions are of the Viennese style. The
color scheme of the interior is in blue
and gold, the mild blending of the
two colors making a pleasing combina
tion to the,eye. A large auditorium and
I promenade balcony will seat 1,600 per
j sons.
EX J. Grauman, the manager of the
i new house, is a veteran showman and
is well known in the local amusement
world. Speaking of the Imperial the
ater, Grauman said:
The idea of giving fan Francis
cans a new type of theater—some
thing distinctly new—was my rea
son for launching this new project.
Not only will the theater itself be
a surprise to local playgoers, but
the shows that we intend to put on
also will be a revelation. I have
long wanted to present a variety
show of the higher type, a show
that would appeal to the better
class of the amusement seeking
public. In view of the fact that
the Imperial wiil be the only the
ater in San Francisco with this arm,
I look for a long era of prosperity
'or the new showhouse.
The special 12 piece orchestra for the
new theater has been in rehearsal for
more than a month. Every member is
a soloist, and the combination is one
of the best theater orchestras ever
heard in this city.
Manager Grauman has selected the
opening bill with a view to satisfying
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Of beautiful and various and nature of the rug.
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"HE DOESN'T GET
ME"—GO TO TAFT
Old Indian Chief, Deserted by
Interpreter, Springs Line of
Slang on President
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS.—A delega
tion of Indians, several of its members
in picturesque dress, called on President
Taft today.
One of the older chiefs started to talk
to the president through an interpreter.
He Tnade a long speech, while the presi
dent waited expectantly to hear it re
peated. At its conclusion the inter
preter fidgeted, looked bewildered and
said not a word to the president. The
chief waited patiently a moment, gave
a gloomy hut dignified glance at the in
terpreter and then in English which
was surprisingly understandable re
marked to the president with a gesture
toward the interpreter:
"He doesn't get me."
The same chief stopped at the doors
of the executive office on his way out
to don a pair of rubber overshoes to
protect his moccasins.
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
Red Men and Auxiliary Select Leaders
for Six Months
The following have been elected of
ficers of Montezuma Tribe No. 77, Im
proved Order of Red Men, for the en
suing term of six months:
T. J. Marlowe, prophet; P. Merchant, sachem:
T. H. Beecher. senior sagamore: 11. H. Hart,
jnnor sagamore: Frederick S. Bobbins, trustee:
Prs. M. B. R.rer. Charles M. Troppmann and
Mark Newman, medicine men. These chiefs
wiil be raised up in January.
Wendigoes Council No. 70, Degree of
Pocahontas, has elected the following
for the next term:
Mrs. E. Phenyx. Pocahontas: Mrs. Charles
Bloomer. Wenonah; Ella Greer, prophetess; Jen
nip McKenney. collector of wampum; Maybell
Hutaff, keeper of records: Marlf- Bodeman,
keeper of wampum; L. V. Nightingale. Powhat
tan: Miss B. Cold, trustee, and Dr. C. M. Tropp
man, medicine man.
people who are tired of vaudeville and
want something entirely new. The
program will include vocalistic novel
ties of a classic nature, in addition to
motion pictures from European and
big eastern film manufacturers. In the
matter of bills, the Imperial will vary
each week, and some of the highest
paid grand opera artists are due to
appear during the winter.
The Imperial wiJI give three perform
ances daily, a matinee and two evening
shows. The price of admission will be
15 cents and 25 cents. Pea.ts for the
opening matinee have been going fast.
He lives for the grown-ups—
old Saint Niqk—when his
gift is a Ford. Why not
concentrate the Christmas
buying—and get the entire
family the one present they'll
all enioy most? An order
for a Ford today will insure
an early delivery.
Every third car is a Ford. Nearly 180.000
have been sold and delivered. New prices—
runabout $525 —touring car $600 —delivery car
$625 —town car $800—with all equipment.
f. o. b. Detroit. Get particulars from Ford
Motor Company, 100 Van Ness avenue, San
Francisco, or direct from Detroit factory.
FUHTHER EVIDENCE OF
AVIATORS' DEATH FOUND
Ranch Hand Probably Saw
Fatal Fall qf Kearny
and Lawrence
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.—A section of
a biplane, a life preserver and a guant
let. further evidence of the fate of
Aviator Horace Kearny and his pas*
senger, Chester Lawrence, were found
on the beach about nine miles south
of Redondo today. Two boys discov
ered the articles entangled in a heavy
mass of kelp, part of which had been
cast on the rocks.
That Kearny's hydo-aeroplane
plunged into the ocean soon after it
had passed out of sight beyond Point
Firmin was indicated by the discovery
of the wreckage found yesterday and
today, and this theory was strength
ened by the story of R. J. Kinney, a
ranch hand on the Palos Verdes ranch
near Point Vicente, who may have seen
the fatal fall of the two men.
Kinney came to Los Angeles today
hard reported that he was working
some distance from the ocean Saturday
afternoon and lie caught sight of the
aeroplane as it rounded the point. He
saw the machine suddenly lurch as if
caught in a changing current of wind
and it dropped down behind a high
bluff which intervened. Kinney said
the machine was too far distant for
him to distinguish the occupants, but
he assumed that it. had righted itself
and paid no further attention to it.
SENTENCES CURTAILED
Court Holds Justices and Poller Jurist*
Can Not Exceed Tower
BAKERSFIELD. Dec. 18.—The rrght
to suspend sentence and keep the pen
alty hanging over the head of the sen
tenced person for an indefinite period
is denied justices and police court
judges in a decision handed down this
afternoon by Judge J. W. Mahon. The
decision was made when Miss Rosa
Brown was released on a writ of
habeas corpus. She was sentenced to
six months in the county jail by a local
justice nearly a year ago. Sentence
was suspended and she was command
ed to leave town. She returned Mon
day and was arrested. The decision
held that the arrest was unlawful.
The court found that Miss Brown could
not be molested after the time at which
the maximum sentence for the offense
would expire.
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