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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Unitarian Conference to Meet.

OAKLAND, Nov 16.-Many min
listers of the Unitarian church will
visit Oakland tomorrow to attend the
regular meeting of the Central Pacific
Unitarian Conference, which will be
held at the First Unitarian Church at
Fourteenth and Castro streets. The
opening session in the morning will be
devoted to a business meeting of the
ministers and a Sunday-school meet
ing will be held in the afternoon. In
tho evening a platform meeting will
be held at which the general topic,
The Ministry" will be the theme Of
discussion.
The Rev Bradford Leavitt of San
Francisco will speak on The Claims
and Opportunities of the Ministry"
The Laymans View of the Ministry
will be presented by Charles A. Muir
dock of San Francisco, ]. NJ. Payson
of Berkeley and A. H. Elliott of Oak
land. THE Training of Ministers"
will be discussed by the Rev. E. NJ.
Wilbur dean of the Unitarian Theo-
logical School of this city.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
The Power of Iteration.

There is nothing more extraordinary
than the effect produced by refteratfon
upon the public mind. Almost any nom
sense makes an impression II only il
is repeated often enough in print. The
fortunes r.ade by soaps. hair washes,
patent medicines. patent aids to cook
cry. etc, are witnesses to this curious
fact.
There is form Of advertisement
which proves even more pointedIy than
commercial advertisement the wonder
ful potency of assertion. II is some
thing far subtler than what we have
been discussing and appeals to a small
er and more select public. In this case
the deception goes further, but it. is
necessary to obtain the full effect that
a person who makes the assertion
should himself believe in it's truth. The
power to deceive with which the self
deceived are often endowed is remark
able.
By countless assertions a stupid man
can convince himself. This ls why. IN
receptive people become so pig-headed
and prejudiced as they get Older-Spec-
tatOr.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Reducing the Military Force.

AS some Of President Roosevelt's
critics claim to have discovered, after
reading his letter Of acceptance, that
while he is peaceful enough now he Is
preparing for war, it may be interest
ing to call their attention to the fact
that the army. so far from being In
creased. is of less strength than 1t was
the summer before he succeeded to the
Presidency. The actual strength of the
regular army, including the hospital
corps. the Porto Rico regiment and the
Philippine scouts, was. June 80. 1901,
2940 officers and 1856 enlisted men; to-
tai, S1,5S6. At the close of the last fis-
cal year. June 80. 1904. 1t was estimated
at 69,S36. Though this is an estimate.
it is not likely that the completed re-
turns will materially change these fig
ures. For a man who is preparing for
war the President is following a most
peculiar method in reducing the organ
ICED military force of the country
Boston Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
MRS. CAMPBELL
DIES OF WOUND
With Her Last Breath Young
Wife Accuses Husband of
Having Caused Her Death
DICTATES A STATEMENT
She COntradicts Defense
Offered by Prisoner and
Says Shooting Was Wanton
Oakland Office San Francisco Cali,

Oakland Office San Francisco Cali,
10l6 Broadway, Nov. 1s.
With her last breath, Laura Camp
hell accused her husband with haylng
shot her last Saturday night without
provocation, and expressed hope that
he would be brought to justice. She
vas just % years of age and to-day
would have been entitled to final de-
cree of divorce from the man who
caused her death. The victim died at
the lteceiving Hospital at $50 o'clock
this morning as the result OF a pistol
wound inflicted by Lemuel Campbell
a younG butcher. from whom. she sued
for divorce a year ago.
The scere at the bedside of the young
woman was pathetic Her aged father
and mother had been summoned and
were heartbroken at the untimely end
of their only child. District Attorney
Allen was there with Court Reporter
Eugene Van Court and she told them
that while she was performing an act
of kindness in helping her husband on
with his overcoat he took pistol out
Of his pocket and shot her After the
the house and he fired again. When
she got this far in her statement she
fell back dead. Shortly afterward
LemGel Campbell, who has been de-
tanned at the City Prison awaiting the
outcome of the injuries was charged
with murder.
The victim Of Campbell's brutality
was pretty blonde Campbell drank to
such an extent and abused her so much
that She was forced TO leave him. She
sued for a divorce anl was granted 4
decree on November 16, 1903, and to-
day final juagment was to have been
made in the case
Last Saturday night CampbeB went
to TIE house OF Edwin Cutler, 1862
Eleventh street, father of his victim
AS an excuse fer calling he took a
dress suit case TO his wife which she
mad not taken from their home. They
talked over some of their differences
in the parlor in the presence of Edwin
Cutler and his wife and finally Camp
bell becoming somewhat abusive was
ordered TO leave the house by Cutler
He was accompanied to the door by
his wife, where he pressed a pistol to
her side and 1ired.
In a statement made to the police by
the prisoner after his arrest he said
that he went to the Cutler home in an
swer to request for him to come there
from Mrs. Campbell. He said that she
told him she had a pistol and that She
was not afraid Of him, and that he only
fired when he believed she was about
to kill him. His story was fatty CON
tradicted by his wife
Campbell has retained Attorney A. l.
Frick to defend him.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
TO HOLD ANNUAL BAZAAR
FOR BENEFIT OF CHURCH
Ladies of Church of tile Advent Ar
range Extensive Fair and En-
tertainmcnt

OAKLAND, Nov. 16.-The annual
bazaar and sale of holiday goods for
the benefit of the Church of the Ad-
vent in East Oakland viii open next
Friday afternoon in the parlors of the
church. The fair will remain open
on Saturday afternoon, closing at II
o'clock Saturday evening.
The afternoon of the second day
has been devoted especially to the
children.
Those in charge Of the fair and en-
tertainment are:
y Mrs. W. s. Goodfellow. Mrs A. L. White.
Mrs. s W Cheyney. Mrs. Felix Ellis, Mrs
II. I. Jones' Mrs Alfred Barker Mrs Dren-
non Mrs. r. F. Stewart. Mrs. w. L. Fake
Mrs. Zander. Mrs. Duncan. Mrs. Frank AL
bright Mrs. Hough Mrs. Dixon Mrs Elliot
3. Davis Mrs. Howard Bray, Mrs. Charles
Downey. Mrs. G. w. Richardson. Mrs l.
Frazer. Mrs. Percy Walker. Miss Harold.
Miss Florence White Miss Marian Goodfellow
Miss Jean Downey. Miss May Coogan. Miss
Marian Ellis, Miss Elizabeth Mcdonald, Miss
Julia Welch. Misses Solomon Misses Jordan
Misses Harold Misses Haven, Miss Grace
NCurse. Miss Grace Stalder. Miss Ethel Tom
lin. Miss Helen Eussey. Miss Ethel Rowe Miss
Mary Fisher. Miss Adele Harris Miss Edith
Parker. Miss Margaret Hatch.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
NOT AGAINST "CO-EDS'
VERS
HE FAVORS WOMEN
Philosopher Howison Angry Over Reports
That He Declared Otherwise.
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, Nov. 16.

214S Center street, NOV 4o'
Professor H. G. Howison, head OF
the philosophy department of the uni
versity, has issued a statement def1n-
ing his views on coeducation In Or
der to correct what he declares TO nave
been misjudged reports of recent
declaration in his classroom about
women students at the university
Professor Howison's statement is as
follows:
Ny remarks about feminine curiosity
were made playfully and jceosely and ,. Were
evidently taken SO by the women TO WHOM %
they were addressed and By the men Hng ry
were present Ny remarks on the watering
of lectures 10 meet the increasing nuno OF
poorly qualified students who enter the uh-
versity were not directed at the women On En
women students particularly. but at the "hoie
mass of imperiectIy justified students. whether
made to appear to take sides with
that group in the universlty--chietiy among
the male students among whom there ar
some OF my colleaBues-which declares thers
are too many women in the university ana
that their number IS inconsistent with the at
tainment OF high scholarly ideals"
l beg TO assure the public to which feel
responsible. that said no such thing ana
held no such opinion. DO not symps%5hlze me
with that anti -cueduca tion group believe
that the women are mere both by right ana oy
law, and that they are not as yet exercising
standards except such es the iil-prepared
among them exercise In common with the
many ill-prepared men; and that this Is not
owing TO their sex but to the latitudnarian
hospitality OF the university authorities. ie-
5ponding to like loose klndliness In our
general public. What l was really speaking
against was this too compliant letting down or
our entrance conditions. especially the increas
Ing omission from these OF the materials for
the culture and refinement of Judgment sup
piled by classical studies and the preparatory
study OF the two exact sciences mathematics
physics.
When | said Some OF US think that the
women are coming To the university in too
great numbers l used the phrase some Of
US. not to include myself in the list. but in
the common way OF mild polteness 10 indi-
cate without Of distance some OF my
colleagues-few in number. ! am happy
TO believe. l had suspicion that Il would
be taken to signify that their opinion and
feeling in the matter were mine
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
GREET rs PLEASING IN
GAYLEY'S PLAY,
"Star Of Bethlehem" Stirs a
Great Audience.
Quaintness of Medie0atism Delights
BY BLANCHE PARTINGToN.

scene is the appearance of Herod
messenger, who overhears their story.
The next scene shows Herold himself,
surrounded by soothsayers prophecy
ing the birth of the new King. One is
sorry to see so little of him, so admir-
ably is the tyrant portrayed by John
Sayer Crawley.
1 had not thought TO see anything
more naively funny than the Dante"
he'll that the ST. Ignatians evolved
week or two ago. But there is a fun
nier inferno here. Herod summons
the devils to help him-little red ones
that remind Of the deviled ham pic
tures-and there is a dragon that de-
lights even more. Grau's isn't in it.
Yet one accepts the trustful beast
without reseryei
The last scene concerns itself with
tBe nativity. Here again is a picture
and climax of singular and touching
beauty, eXquisitely reverent and inn
Dressive. The curtains-these, Of
course. at the back of the stage-open
to show the Madonna, leaning over
cradle from which comes the light
that illumines the scene. By her side
are Joseph, Gabriel. the maid Amelia
and in the front the Magi and the
shepherds, who in turn offer gifts.
One would have preferred-the illu-
sion was a little destroyed thereby
that the Madonna had not spoken.
Better. too, would it have been dra-
matically TO shorten the speeches Of
both shepherds and Magi. But the
feeling was delightfully."- preserved
throughout. The highest praise is due
the acting here-so little did it seem
acting, and one is grateful for one of
the unforgettable pictures of ones ex-
perience. Altogether The Star Of
Bethlehem" is of the things that may
not be missed. II comes here the
week after next.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
One of ItaIy's Weaknesses,

The great weakness Of the conserv-
ative influences in Italy lies in the
general poverty Of the people and in
the fact that there is almost no sub
stantial bourgeois middle class. frrn-
ly joined against dangerous social or
industrial experiments. In the south
a wretched agricultural peasantry.
with no chance to get at the soil save
as virtual serfs, stands ready to toin
itself with the lazzaroni of Naples and
other southern cities. and the discon-
tented industrial proletariat of the
whole north. These elements promise
Ill in case of any really general strike.
New York Mail.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
UNIVERSITY EVENTS

BERKELEY Nov. 16.-The sophomore
class OF the university has decided to give a
play. probably a burlesque at the Maedon-
ough Theater in Oakland. instead of a min
streI show, as originally planned. The play
is 70 be written by member Of the class and
will be produced In February Of next year.
l. f Chapman. OF, has been elected yell
leader for the sophomore class at its annual
debate with the freshman class next Friday
night in Stfss Hall Fred Barthels, 'OS. VIII
act in similar capacity for the freshmen.
The question 10 be debated is: Resolved.
That the State compulsory vaccination law
should be repealed The 'sophomOres will
be represented by y, A. Elsner, ID. ]. Whit
ney NJ. A. Derham and f. A. Buckingham,
and the freshmen by F. A. Whitney, NJ e
Harrison, H. a. White and Jesse Robinson.
Professor H. Morse Stephens has decided
that instead OF giving two more examinations
in his lecture course of history there will be
only one on December and 7.
The second and last senior assembly Of the
semester is to be held Friday night at Hearst
Hall.
Samuel NJ. Evans prominent member
OF the junior class called 10 Modesto yes
terday by the death OF his sister
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
PRESENT BILL FOR
DIVISION OF COUNTY
Merchants Exchange Appoints Com
mlttce to Attend Next Session
of State Legislature.

OAKLAND, Nov. 16.-The Mer-
chants Exchange has appointed a
committee to attend the next session
of the Legislature TO try to have a
law made for the division of Alameda
County into two counties. The bill
provides not only for a division Of
Alameda County, but embodies a rad"
ical change in the present procedure
of dividing counties.
The bill provides that upon the
presentation of a petition signed by
rs per cent of the voters of any coun-
ty TO the Board of Supervisors the
board must call an election and if the
proposition to divide receives the sup
port of a two-thirds majority of the
registered voters the division is COM
plete without any further action by
the Legislature.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Annual Banquet rendered
Ladies of Eastern Star
by Men of the Chapter
NEW ROYAL ARCH LODGE
College Secret Society to
BE Formed by Men of
the Order at University
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, Nov. 16.


The annual banquet of the Berkeley
Chapter. Order Of the Eastern Star, last
night was provided by the men of the
chapter for the women. The affair was
under the supervision of a committee of
which r. A. Berry acted as chairman.
The dinner hall was beautifully decor
ated. and there an elaborate supper
was served. musical programme fol-
lowed. Worthy Patron Roy j. Young
acted as toastmaster. A quartet COM
posed OF Mrs. Woolsey, Mrs. Waste,
Clarence Merrill and Mr.. J. Davis rem
dered several selections. Worthy Mat
ron Eva M. Stcne RESPONDED to the
toast The Year Last Past and Mrs.
h. c. Marliave, matron-elect, TO the
toast The Coming Year" j. +. Kel-
sey, patron-elect. replied 10 the toast
Hopes and AnticipatiOns for the New
Year"
The offieers-elect Of Berkeley Chapter
will be installed with all the beautiful
ceremonies Of the order at the first
meeting in December.
Prominent Masons Of Berkeley. to the
number of twenty ven. have complet
ed the preliminary organization of
Royal Arch chapter OF Masons. DR..
Frank Woolsey has been made high
priest, w. j. Gompertz king, and J. +.
Kelsey scribe. These officers were ap-
pointed a committee to secure aid from
the Oakland Chapter to complete the
work of organization. There being no
higher lodge than a blue lodge in
Berkeley il has been necessary for Ma
sons desiring to go higher in the order
to have the work done in Oakland or
San Francisco. This new chapter will
make such Journeys unnecessary.
The new college Masonic society
which was organized last June at Ann
Arbor through the efforts of the Mason
ic Association Of the University of
Michigan will soon have an affiliated
branch at Berkeley Applications have
been filed by the University Of Califor-
MIA. and the universities of Harvard
and Wisconsin. Stanford organized Beth
Chapter last night, and so earned the
distinction of being the second chapter
of the unique college secret society.
I Membership is purely elective, but only
master Masons are eligible. Its aims
are chiefly social 1t is probabl that
chapter house wilti be secured here
when the society is organized, and this
will be the headquarters of Masonry on
the university campus.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
PUZZLING PROBLEM FOR
TRUANT OFFICER TO SOLVE
Berkeley Man Finds Himself in
Dilemma rs Result of Laws That
ADDarentIY Conflict


BERKELEY, Nov. 16.-Truant Of
ficer Johnson has found himself in a
dilemma as a result of the vaccina-
ton law, which prevents unvaccinated
children from going to school. He re-
ported to the Board of Education last
night that the laws conflict and that
he is unable to force several children
into the schools because their parents
take refuge behind the vaccination
law. The Trustees were puzzled by
the problem and referred 1t to the
Town Attorney for a legal opinion.
The board decided to close the
schools for the Christmas holidays on
December 16 and reopen them on
Tuesday, January 8.
Director Weir reported that the
Town Trustees had decided to include
an item for $4,000 in the bond issue
for the construction Of an addition to
the High School,
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
SENIORS OBEY
NANCE'S ORDER
University Men March Into
Classroom as the Captain
Had Directed They Should
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, Nov. 1s.

OlbNC CcllA Z elAANASSO O~~--t
214S Center Street, Nov. 1s.
Amid the jeers and mock applause
of the under-class men of the univer-
sity, the seniors who take military in
struction from Captain ]. t. Nance
marched according to orders into his
classroom in North Hall this after
noon.
Two weeks ago the same students
Tebelled against Nance's requirement
that they form in line in the roadway
before the hall and march quietly into
his classroom. At that time mob
took possession Of the roadway, hoot-
ing and jeering Professor W. A. Set
chell. who tried to quiet them, and
preventing any who wished TO obey
Nance's order.
Captain Nance at once ordered all
suspected of completely in the affair to
make explanations to him, or be
dropped from the class and lose their
degrees. His investigation is still in
progress.
The effect of the inquiry upon the
temper of the students was noticed to-
day. when the time for marching into
classroom came. The seniors formed
in lines, under the direction of section
monitors, and arched into the build
ing. SOphomores and freshmen
shouted in derision, but the seniors
took their medicine quietly, while
Captain Nance watched the procession
from his classroom window upstairs.
smiling approval at the spectacle.
The under-class men then dispersed,
without further demonstration.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Wild Dogs of Central Afrioa

The wild dog Of Central Africa. an
explorer writes, is common enough. He
is an ugly looking beast, with a pied
body, coarse hair. short head and large
upright ears. These wild dogs NAV
fearful havoc with game, occasionally
clearing out whole districts precisely
in the same manner as the red dbele
of India, before which even the tiger
is said to retreat.
Ihey have wOnlerful power of
scent, wonderful bOldness. endurance =
and pertinaeity, and their loose. Easy
galiop covers the ground far rnors
quickly than 1t appears TO do. They
usually hunt in considerable nacJxs. AZ
though have sometimes met them
In three and fOUrs. 1 have never heard
OF wild dogs actually attacking man.
but they often behave as il on the
point of doing so. and unarmcd travel
ers have been literally treed by them
before now.-ChicagO News.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Grecnc would Extend Lime.

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. 16.-Applica-
ton has been filed with the Mexican
Government by w. c. Greene, presi-
dent of the Greene Consolidated Cop
per Company of New York and Can
anea. Mexico, for a concession to ex-
tend the Rio Grande. Sierra Madre and
Pacific Railroad from Terrazas, Mex
leo, to the port of Agiabampo. on the
Pacific coast. The road will be a di-
rect competitor with the Kansas City
Mexico and Orient through Mexico.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
FRUITVALE GUILD TO GIVE
ENTERTAINMENT AND BAZAAR
Sale OF Fancy Articles Opens at
Armory Hall This Evening, to
Continue Three DAYS.

OAKLAND, Nov. 16.--The ladies of
the Fruitvale Guild have arranged an
entertainment and bazaar, which
opens tomorrow evening at Armory
Hall and will continue until Saturday
evening, November 10. A feature of
the bazaar will be voting contest for
the most popular lady in Fruitvale.
The committees. in charge of the
various booths and tables are:
Fancy table-Mrs. Bert Fletcher Mrs. VIII
liam Hackett. Mrs. T. Peterson, Mrs. Martin
Hauser Plain table Mrs. William Church
man, Mrs. A NJ. Werum. Mrs ]. Robinson,
Mrs Victor Hauser. Candy-Miss Linda
Lampe, Miss Emma Lampe, Miss Myra
Thompson Icecream-Mss 1Ethel Howett.
Miss Ethel Bayliss, Miss Georgia Evans.
George Steele Lunch and cake, coffee and
salads-Mrs. r. Howett Mrs. r. Frederickson,
Mrs A N Frost, Mrs. H c. Sariegk Mrs.
Weir Mrs c. c. Baker Mrs NJ. L. Broadway.
Side show-Mr. Sesly and Harry Fletcher. Art
gallery-Herbert Hauser
The affair is under the direction of
Miss Annie Finkenstedt.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Mayor Signs ORDINANCES.

OAKLAND, Nov. 16.-Mayor War
rem Olney to-day approved and signed
the following ordinances: Appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the Improvement of
the Harrison-street boulevard; appro-
priating $4,000 for the erection of u
city hospital for contagious diseases;
authorizing the Board of Public
Works to advertise for bids for an en-
gine-house at San Pablo avenue and
Fifty-ninth street and appropriating
$4,000 for its construction; appropri-
ating $1156 to pay the claim of E. B.
and A. L. Stones assessment on Inde-
pendence square for the grading of
Fourteenth avenue; authorizing the
Board of Public Works to construct
an intercepting sewer along Third
street from Center to Peralta.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Yarde-BuIIer Funeral to BE Private.

OAKLAND. Nov. 16.-Funeral SER
vices of Mary Leilah Kirkham Yarde-
Butler, who died yesterday at the
Livermore Sanitarium after a life of
adventure and variety, will be held to-
morrow from st. Johns Episcopal
Church with strictest privacy. No
announcement has been made con-
corning the hQur of the services. In
terment will be in the Kirkham plat in
Mountain View Cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
WIN Organize Ladies' Auxiliary.

OAKLAND, Nov. ia ladies'
auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians has been established in Ala
media County and the charter will be
formally opened on Wednesday even
ing, November %, at California Hall
on Eleventh and Clay streets.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17

SAW KNOPF KISS HIS wIFE.-oakland.
Nov. 16.-The hearing of the Van Horn di-
yorce was continued to-day. Ross Van
Horn, the plaintiff occupying the witness
stand the entire day and being subjected 10
severe 'cross-examination. The worst ne
able to say about his wife was that
through holes he had bored with his pencil
in some portieres. he had seen AdoIph Knopf
kiss her.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Young Clerk Admits Theft.

OAKLAND. Nov. 16.-Laurence
Campana. II years old, a clerk for the
Salinger Company, was arrested to-
day on a charge of stealing 500 he
had collected on delivery of c. o. D.
orders Campana confessed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
Advance i'm Steel and Tin.

NEW YORK. Nov. 16.-Although
lacking official confirmation, it is re-
ported that wire products have been
advanced 81 a ton by the larger man.
ufacturers. Sheet steel had advanced
81 ton and tinplate SO.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17

The Berlin Tageblatt. resents the
statement made by an American com
mercial journal that haggling Is stiIl
the custom in German stores. So far as
Berlin is concerned, 1t says that there
is scarcely a respectable store in the
city which has not fixed prices.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-17
mississippi Town Destroyed.

CLARKSDALE. Miss. Nov. 16.-
The entire business district Of the
town of Dublin. on the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad. with the
exception of one building, was de-
stroyed by fire to-day. Loss. $500, 900.