The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-27
Il. BuenCamino Runs
AfouI Of University
Police.

BERKELEY, Aug. 26.-Felipe Buen-
canine is as much an insurrecto
against constituted authority in the
University of California as his illus
trious father of the same name used to
be against the United States when he
was Secretary of State in Aguinaldo's
Cabinet. With three other students he
was arrested at an unseemly hour on
the university campus for participant
ing in sophomore trick, designed to
confuse the freshies. AS Buencamino
has been in trouble before, Professor
c. L. Cory having arrested him on last
Charter day night, he is likely now to
suffer the penalty of dismissal.
Buencamino's companions in this
nighttime prank were D. W. Taylor,
H. w. Schneider and Clair Gordon.
They are accused of decorating the
university grounds. The youths de-
clare that they are not guilty. Their
arrest they characterize as an outrage,
and they are particularly incensed
against Grounds Superintendent Bolton
and his minions, whom they charge
with overofficiousness. The students
intend to appeal to President Wheeler
for redress.
AS the story comes from the lips of
the quartet, they were observing a
sign that had been put up on the
grounds by other students two hours
before they appeared on the scene This
sign was of cloth and bore the legend,
Welcome 'OS. Baby Class" 1t was
forty feet long and stretched on an
electric light wire between North and
South halls.
The promptings of curiosity led the
youths to sally forth to inspect the
sign about o'clock this morning, the
word having been passed around that
it was going to be put up. While en-
gagged in admiring the legend, in the
company of some other students they
met, the police appeared. The quar-
tet, having nothing to fear, walked
leisurely along, but the others fed. A
moment later the four were surrounded
by as many university guardians, who
ordered them to throw uD their hands
and, by way of emphasis, rubbed big
pistols against their noses.
To be arrested for nothing and
threatened with pistols besides the
youths thought was bad enough, but
their feelings were further outraged
when they were escorted to the super
intendent's office. They were not only
placed under guard and lock, but hand
cuffed, too. They pleaded against this
unnecessary humiliation, but without
avail. The policemen forced them to
remain sitting in chairs for the rest
Of the night and this morning took
them to the County JAIL where they
remained until friends bailed them out.
ut was an outrageous proceeding"
said Schneider, one of the victims,
after his release. I'm the first place, we
did nothing more than look at the
sign. 1t had been strung before we ar
rived. Even If we had put ii up, the
offense did not call for such unneces-
sary measures to humiliate us. SUI
perintendent's Bottoms policemen are
altogether too off1cious. The entire stu
dent body is incensed against the SUI
perintendent and 1 have received sym
pathy from all sides. I do not think
the matter will be ended with the
court proceedings. which 1 am conf
dent will be quashed.''
All the young men arrested are we'll
connected. Besides having been Agui-
naldo's secretary. Buencamino's father
has held high Office under the new
government in the Philippines and he
was one of the Filipino commissioners
to the Worlds Fair. Taylor's uncle
is the Sheriff of Marin County and the
others are sons of well known San
Francisco business men,
A university professor visited Justice
Edgar's court this afternoon and asked
some questions that would indicate
that the university authorities will pre-
fer the graver charge of tampering
with electric light wires against the
accused youths There is a State law