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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
NEW STATUTE
CAUSES DELAY

OAKLAND, June 15.-Fearing a tech
nicality that was sprung this morning
in the Probate Department of the SUI
perior Court. growing out of the re-
cent law passed by the Legislature,
most of the attorneys had their cases
continued until after July 10 next.
The law passed by the Legislature
reads: Section 1. Any act or pro-
ceeding appointed. required or limited
by or in pursuance OF law to be per-
formed or taken on any day or within
any time in the month of June, 1906,
prior. to the last day of said month,
may be performed or on any day not
later than the tenth day Of July A. D.
1906, with the same effect as II 1t had
been performed or taken on the day
or within the time wherein such act
or proceeding was so appointed, re-
quired or limited TO be performed. The
provisions of this act shall not apply
to criminal actions.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
Immediately"
The point made in court this morn
ing by Attorney Dudley Ktnsell was
that the setting of the time for the
probate of wills, notice TO creditors
or the like. might be invalidated by
the clause in the act which gives
pearance. 1t is feared that any OF the
ordinary matters pertaining to the pro-
batting of estates il done prior to July
10. may be subject to objections and
litigation subsequently,, and a large
number of the cases in the probate de-
partment was postponed until nearly
month hence on account of the word
ing of the section. There are some
three hundred cases involved.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
MAN HURT IN COLLISION
LIES IN ROAD FOR HOURS
b. HasseII's Buggy Demolished by a
Heavy Butcher Wagon ON
Oakland Mole.

OAKLAND June 15.-Run down by
a heavy butcher wagon. his horse so
badly injured that it had to be killed,
3. Hassell, of Fruitvale, 2S years of
age. lay at the end of the Oakland
mole from 10 O'Clock last night until
l o'clock this morning before he was
found and removed to the Receiving
Hospital. The driver of the wagon
never stopped to see what injury he
had done or render assistance to any
one who might be in need
Hassell states that he was coming
from San Francisco and had Just
reached the end of the mole near the
mainland. driving a horse to a light
buggy when out of the darkness there
loomed up heavy wagon and the next
minute it crashed into him. That was
the last he remembered. The horse
was so badly hurt, one of it's legs be-
ing broken and its back injured, that
it had TO be shot.
Hassell was discovered by Policeman
McKeegan and removed to the Receiy-
ing Hospital, where it was found that
his nose was broken and that he was
suffering from a slight concussion of
the brain. He finally regained con-
sciousness and was able to go back to
where his injured horse lay. He then
gave his consent TO its being shot
after he had assured himself that moth
ing could be done for 1t. His buggy
was demolished
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
FIVE SKELETONS
OF POMOs FOUND
Success Attends Work of
Studying Indians of
the Past.
Scientists of University
Return From Trip to
Mendocino.

BERKELEY, June 15.-Gratifying
success has marked the efforts of a
group of university scientists recently
sent out by the department of anthro-
pology at the university TO obtain re-
mains in Mendocino County of the
Pomo Indians inhabiting that section
The expedition has returned with five
complete skeletons and a large guam
tity of beads and other objects that are
buried with the dead. These are the
first skulls or skeletons of the Pomo
Indians 10 be placed in any museum or
institution in the world. and will there's
mining the racial qualities of this
tribe and its physical relationship with
the other Indians of the State.
Under ordinary circumstances the
Pomos have always practiced cremation
instead of burial, which accounts for
the almost universal loss of their re-
mains. They were people of medium
stature, with heavy round skulls, diff
fering markedly from some of their
neighbors of short height and unusual
ly long heads. 1t is planned at the
first opportunity to extend the knowl-
edge regarding them by a large series
of measurements and photographs OF
living Individuals of their race. The
bones obtained are now being meas
ured and when they have been COM
pared with remains of other tribes, the
results will be published by the uni
versity.
1t is expected that this determina-
tion of the physical characteristics of
the Indians will give much information
as 10 their origin, connections. and mi
grations that cannot be obtained by
study Of their language and customs
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
To CONF|SCATE
UNLISTED GOODS

BERKELEY, June 15.--Town Asses
sor Wharf, has announced that busi-
ness men and others who have per-
sistently refused or neglected 10 pro-
vide him with statements showing the
amount of their personal property for
purposes of taxation are to have their
goods confiscated by him without fur
ther delay. His plan is TO engage
wagons and without warning gather
in the stuff that should be taxed, SELL
ing it for the taxes due.
The Assessors announcement is the
result of a campaign he began several
months ago to inaugurate reform in
the matter of taxes collected on per
sonal property.
In other years the securing OF state
ments about personal property has
been perfunctory proceeding. Asses
sor Wharf informed all persons in
terested this year that instead of the
perfunctory proceeding of other years
the law on the subject would be strict
ly enforced He notified merchants
and others that statements must be
forthcoming.
The statements desired did not ma
terialize. A second notice was issued
with but little change in the situation.
Now a last announcement threatening
confiscation of goods has been issued,
and citizens expect to be favored soon
with the spectacle of stocks of goods
belonging to merchants being carted
in big lots from stores to the Town As
SCISSORS Office,
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
POST AS SOIL EXPERT
FOR MISS THOMPSON.
Handsome Graduate Of
the University VIII
Go to Hawaii.
Receives Appointment to
Agricultural Station
in Islands.

BERKELEY. June 15.-Laurels for
California college girls are no novelty,
the maidens who study in the universi-
ties of the State having won enviable
records for themselves in scholarship
and other fields. But Miss Alice Thomp-
son is the first to score unqualified sue
cess as a soil expert
Her reward for faithful effort is seen
in the apnointment she has just re-
ceived To serve as a soil expert at the
Agricultural experiment station main
tanned by the Government at Honolulu.
She viii BE an assistant there to Di-
rector j, Eckhardt, her work being the
study of problems peculiar to the soil
of Honolulu. Her preparation for this
work has sheen thorough, and she has
won the right To be rated as a soil ex-
pert of pretty nearly the first rank.
In Hawaii the soil products that are
of commercial value are limited. Sugar
is the big crop. Then comes coffee, with
pineapples and minor products farther
down the list. In the hope of increas-
ing this list of soil stuffs the Govern
ment maintains high-class soil experts
in a station at Honolulu, whose time is
devoted exclusively to studying the
soil with a view to enlarging the ag-
ricultural industry of the islands. Miss
Thompson is to work with these ex-
perts. trying 10 solve all these prob
lens.
Miss Thompson is a handsome young
woman, still in her teens, who last year
was a ''co- ed" one OF hundreds OF clev-
er girl students at the State University.
She gave special attention to agricul-
tural research work under the direction
of Professor Il. ". Hllgard, dean of the
Agricultural College, and Professor
Loughridge. the soil analyst and water
expert, an assistant professor in the
department
So successful was she as a student
along these lines that she was appoint
ed by the regents of the university last
spring to serve as an assistant to Pro-
fessor Loughridge. This has proved
the stepping stone TO the station in
Honolulu. where her career will be
watched with interest
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS

RUNAWAY BOY FoUND.-oakland
June. 1b.-Norman McLynn. runaway,
sought by the San Francisco. police,
c. w. Smith, I7s0 East Fourteenth
street, since his departure from the
city.
wHEELMAN STRUCK BY TRAIN
Oakland, June 15-J. M. Tuite, "a years
old. a magazine collector. residing at
2S1 Greenwich street, San francisco.
was struck struck this afternoon on, BY south
Webster streets while on his bicycle.
His wrist was fractured
RUSSIAN STUDENT TO LECTURE.
Oakland, June 15.-M. Leites, formerly
at Kief. Russia. Has viii giipe lecture sunday
night at Telegraph Hall, 52S Telegraph
avenue. on Russia or Uncle Sam
Which?' The lecture will be open to
INSTALL ELECTROLIERS, = Oak
land, June 15.--Ornaniental electroliers
Will be erected along Seventh street,
5etween Wood and Pine, through the
.ng committee Of the City Council has
recommended that the city supply the
electricity for lighting them.
PASTOR TO MARRY,-Berkeley, .s !.
Ias Episcopal a cRtn cRuTcR Rass1 sent
gone East to claim a bride Dr. Lutz
tame. from New Orleans TO Berkeley.
dis bride, whose name IS not now
known to his parishioners, is south
,rn lassie. The pair are TO return to
berkeley on June 2S.
TO BEGIN REHEARsALs.-,Bcrke-
,ey, June 15.-Dr. ]. Fred Wolfe, con-
iuctor of the symphony orchestra at
he university, is at Coronado, in
southern California. He will return to
he university next week and conduct
he final rehearsaIs for the first sym
ohony concert of the summer series,
which is to be given in the Greek The
tier on Thursday, June 2S.
DIVORCE RECORD.-Oakland. June
l5.--Alleging that she has found out
hat her hesband already had a wife
It the time of his marriage to her,
Nina Murberg has brought an action
.or the annuiment of her marriage to
Carl Murberg. TO whom, she states, SIS she b
n 1899 BY an order of court this
morning George Sprague was ordered
20 pay Elsie Sprague s36 month ali
child. =
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
STEPHENS URGES
GAY COURAGE"
New Advice to Offer as
a Result of the
Disaster.
Facing of Adversely in
This City Is Big
Object Lesson.


OAKLAND, June I5.-"Cultivate
gay courage" is the advice given by
Professor Henry Morse Stephens the
distinguished historian. His words are
drawn from observations the eminent
scholar made during the confagration
in San Francisco. To the undaunted
residents of the stricken city Professor
Stephens last night paid a high tribute
when he delivered an address before
the graduating class of Miss Horizons s
school.
He spoke rs follows:
There are many kinds Of courage.
There is the courage OF the soldier the
courage OF the policeman. the courage
of the fireman. end there is moral cour-
age, obstinato' in its infexible adher-
enee 10 the rules of right, But out
OF the tremendous experiences Of San
courage-a gay courage that SCOTS
at earthquakes, fires and disaster, such
as modern times had not known before.
Professor stephens spoke generally
on the subject of the educational value
Of historical fiction, illustrated by the
novels of Sir Walter Scott, The speak
er dwelt upon the clean, healthy, SYM
pathetic and sturdy character of Seott's
creations. He gave a resume of Seott's
life as an exemplification of strong
moral courage, and he continued:
After all that has passed since April
Is, 1t is hard to keep 10 an academic
subject. On that day we came into
contact with q greater interest in hu-
man nature. From that calamity, which
aroused all of the best in man the
world over, we Should draw a great
lesson. We should draw the assurance
of the innate kindness of human ma
ture.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
VOTE OF THANKS
FOR CANTWELL
Services of Revenue Off
Ger Appreciated by
Sausalito.
Men of the McCulloch
Maintain Order
During Fire.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI.

SAUSALITO, June 15.-The citizens
of Sausalito feel very grateful TO the
Treasury Department and Captain j. c..
Cantwell of the United States revenue
cutter McCuIlOch for the great services
rendered the town during the unset
tied period following the earthquake.
The several squads of marines placed
at the disposal of the town authorities
did much TO assist in maintaining or
der and discipline. The Board OF Town
Trustees at a recent meeting adopted
the following resolutions. introduced by
Trustee Pistolesi:
Resolved. That the thanks OF the
residents of the town OF Sausal1to,
through the Board of Trustees OF said
town, and the thanks of the Board OF
Trustees of said town be and the same
are hereby extended to the Secretary
of the Treasury and Captain j c.
Cantwel1. commanding the United
States revenue cutter McCulloch. TOR
their orders by the United States ma
tecting life and property in the town
of Sausalito during the trying times OF
the recent calamity at San Franctscoi
and be ii further
Resolved, That this resolution be
spread in full upon the minutes and a
copy thereof be sent to the Secretary
of the Treasury and TO Captain J. G.
Cantwen-
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
CALIFORNIAN Is ROBBED
BY BUNKO MEN AT PUEBLO
Roy B. Graham OF Modesto Meets Some
Entertaining Strangers While
Travelling and Loses $500.

PUEBLO. Col, June 15.-Under Sher-
in O'LeaFy and Deputy Sheriff Fabrizio
have arrested two men named Roe and
Adams and woman giving her name
as Mrs. Monroe, alleged to be con-
nected with a confidence game whers-
by Roy B. Graham of Modesto. Cal.
was bunkoed out of about 340o in this
city last evening.
Adams was arrested on the identih-
cation of Graham at Colorado Springs.
Roe and Mrs. Munroe had been taken
into custody by Colorado Springs ON
GERS. Under Sheriff O'Leary succeeded
in getting confession from Adams.
He says Roe is the man who enticed
Graham away from the depot to the
place where the game was worked.
Another man. supposed to be Mrs.
Monroe's husband, assisted in the
work, while Roe is said TO be the man
who went TO Graham afterward and
advised him TO get out of town TO keep
from being arrested for gambling. The
third man. who impersonated a de-
tective and pretended TO arrest Mon
roe and Adams while in Graham's COM
pany, Is known TO Under Sheriff
o Leary, who declines to give his name.
but says he was a member OF the Duff
gang that operated in this city sew
eral years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
AL HIs MpMoRy Losr.

BEEK ELkA, Jurc 15.--Phy are
puzzled over the strange case of II. c
Middleton. carpenter of West Berke-
Icy, who fell from a scanolding az the
West Dcr kelley Brewery a month ago.
the fall resulting in concussion OF the
hrain. Middleton lost the command Of
bis mental faculties entirely for about
.sso weeks and seemed TO have lost rec
3liect.on Of everything known to him
before the fall. he had TO be taught
sven such elemental things as his own
naIpe and minor matters relating to his
iife DR. Benton. instructed him as he
would child for several weeks, and
The work Of instruction is still in prog
ress. Middleton is learning the "A-B-
G" Of life all over. though he is well
On the road 10 complete physical recov-
cry.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
REQUEST WHEELER To
ASSIST IN FORMING A
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Freuch Scholars Are at the
Head Of a World Wide
Movement.

BERKELEY. June 15-President
Wheeler of the State University has
been asked to lend his support to a
plan for the adoption of a universal
language. A delegation from Partisan
bodies of scholars is in charge of the
propaganda. It's communication to
President Wheeler asking for co-opera-
ton is in part as follows:
The delegation, in any case, does not
specially advocate any one project,
whether new or old. 1t proposes SIM
ply to unite all partisans of an auxiliary
represent them, and to arrive, by an
international agreement and kind of
arbitration. at e definite and univer-
sally accepted solution. For this pur-
pose it invites all learned bodies. all
associations of business men or tour
lists, 10 express an agreement with the
declaration and to elect DELEGATES.
The undersigned, deputed by various
congresses and societies to study the
question of an international auxiliary
language, have agreed on the follow
I15 There is a necessity to choose
and to spread the use of an interna-
tional language. designed not to re-
place national idi0ms in the individual
life OF each people, but TO serve in the
written and oral relations between per-
sons whose mother tongues are differ
ent.
(2) In order to fulfill it's purpose
usefully an International language
must satisfy the following conditions:
First condition-It must fulfill the
needs of the ordinary intercourse of So
cial life, of commercial communications
and of Scientific and pnilosophic rela-
tions.
Second condition-It must be easily
acquired by every person of average
elementary education, and especially by
persons of European civilization
Third condition-It must not be one
of the national languages.
t3) 1t is desirable to organize gem
eral delegation representing all who
possibility, of an International auxil-
iary language and who are interested
In it's employment. This delegation will
appoint a committee of members VINO
can meet during certain period of
time.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
AMERICAN OFFICERS
SEVERELY CLUDBED
BY PANAMA POLICE

WASHINGTON, June 15--Interesting
details have been received regarding
the affair at Colon. Panama. on the
night OF June j. when United States
officers were attacked and beaten by
Panama policemen. party OF officers
from the United States ship Columbia.
including Ensign Smith and Midship-
man Low of the navy, and Lieutenants
Edward P. Dieter, c. A. Lutz and A. N
Brunzell of the marine corps, were
ashore from the Columbia on leave.
During the evening Lieutenants Dieter
and Lutz got to skylarking. Policemen
appeared and put the four officers un-
der arrest. They went quietly TO the
station house.
While there Ensign Smith, to let the
police know who they were and TO ask
for an explanation of their arrest.
touched on the shoulder man in civil
ian dress who turned our to be the
chief or assistant Chief of Police. IN
stantly a policeman behind Ensign
Smith struck him on the head with a
club. Lieutenants Lutz and Dieter. who
were seated on a bench. arose 20 pro-
test the assault on their brother 0fhcer.
whereupon the police set upon them
too Ensign Smith and. Lieutenant Die
ter received a severe clubbing. The
men were so badly beaten that 10 was
necessary to take them to = hospital
for treatment
At hearing in the native court the
officers were released without bail and
the proceedings dropped. The Panama
officials expressed regret and the Incl
dent was closed. 1t was stated that
bad feeling exists between the police
of Panama and those of the zone and
that in this case the Panama police
thought the American officers were
connected with the zone police farcA
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE ROMANCE

BERKELEY June 15.-One more rot
nance has come out of the ean%hquake
aftermath, Cupid's list having been
swelled by the addition of the name
of Arthur LundbQrg and Carrie John
son. They were bweethearts in Stock
holm years ago, but fate parted them
Both came to America, but neither
knew of the others whereabouts. Both
were in San Francisco when the earth
quake and fire came. Both became ref
ugees in Berkeley. Lundborg heard
that there was a pretty Swedish refu-
gee in the house adjoining his residence
in South Berkeley. He investigated
and. loi the pretty girl was his sweet
heart of old days in Stockholm. Love
famed forth Miss Carrie was willing
The rest can be guessed. The card,
are out, and on July Ia there will be o
wedding at the Swedish Mission Church
on Shattuck avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
ROBbER COLLINS
DIES IN MEXICO
One Of the Men in the Stage
Hold-Up Now Beyond Pur-
suers Reach.
Sheriff Veale Of Contra Costa
Gives the Report Full
Credit.

OAKLAND, June 15.-Death has end
ed the search of the relentless sleuths
for Tom Collins, accomplice of John
zimmerman in the daring hold-up of
messengers for the Central Bank of
Oakland when the banks employees
were robbed at Siege of gold coin to
the amount of about $4,000.
Collins is dead. He passed away in
Mexico two months ago. He had fled
to the land of 'n1anana" Immediately
after the commission of the crime for
which his partner, Zimmerman, is now
imposed a sentence of forty years on
zimmerman after a jury had declared
him guilty of the holdup, in which
Collins was associated
News of the death of Collins has
come to Sheriff Veale of Contra Costa.
He regards the story as authentic.
Sheriff Veale credits Zimmerman with
knowledge of his pals demise. How
Zimmerman knew of Collins death re-
mains to be explained The Sheriff Of
Contra Costa County said today that
when he informed Zimmerman of Col
lins' demise the Imprisoned crook be-
trayed no surprise. saying that he had
heard the news before the Sheriff COM
municated it to him.
Collins died of natural causes. He
spoke Spanish fuently and naturally
hit the trail to Mexico when he and
turned the sensational
trick that netted them a big amount OF
gold coin.
Sheriff Veale got the story of Col
lins' death from a companion of Collins
who has since reformed and who was
with Collins when the latter passed
away in Mexico. The same story was
sent to the Sheriff by a friend of the
officer who is now in Mexico.
The robbery in which Collins and
Zimmerman were implicated was a SEN
sation for the traditional nine days last
year. They held UP the Central Bank
messengers at Siege. The messengers
were en- route to Point Richmond with
coin to pay off the workmen in Rich
mond manufactures.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
WOMAN EXPIRES
IN 4 BATH TUB
Heart Disease Is Held
Responsible for Sud
den Death.
Body Identified as That
of Ella D. Harper of
San Francisco.

ALAMEDA. June 15.-Mrs. Ella d.
Harper. seamstresS was found dead
in tub at the Terrace baths
last night by John Robertson. an
employe OF the establishment. There
was but seven inches Of water
in the tub. and II is supposed
ths, the v-ornan's death resulted from
heart disease. from which she had sur
fered
David Thompson. proprietor OF the
Terrace baths. stated that the woman
me TO the place last night at O'Clock
and EXPRESSED desire to take q hot salt
water bath She was shown 70 room,
and when il was ascertained at II
o'clock. the time for closing, that the
woman had not left the room an inVeS-
tigation was made and the body olscoT-
cred Or. W. o. Smith was summoned.
and after an inspection announced that
the woman had been dead for an hour
or more The remains were taken in
charge BY Deputy Coroner Hugh c. Sal
lagher and conveyed to the local
moTgue.
s Lowe OF III Fourteenth street,
Oakland. an employe of the London,
Tt,.orpool and Globe Insurance Com
panv. Identified the BODY this afternoon
as that Of Mrs. Harper Lowe formerly
rooned at Mrs. Harper's home in San
Francisco. He said she was q divorced
woman and that her former husband,
w T Earpez is now in New York
Lowe also aNerted that Mrs. Harper
had an only son. ". .. Harper, OF los
West one Hundred and Fifth street
New York. a brother, James Dunn, at
Dutch Flat, and a sister, Mrs. Cnruh,
vrbo lives on the Baldwin ranch in
southern California Mrs. Harper was
a bout - wears Of age The fact that
Lowe knew Mrs. Harper was discovered
through the telephone numbers and res
3de7ce address of Lowe written on
card contained in Mrs. Harper's purse
Lowe said that Mrs. Harper had of late
beer living with Mrs Nouman on
California street. near Preside avenue,
in san Francisco
An autopsy held tonight showed that
M Harper was drowned the indica-
tiops heinq tnat she was attacked by
heart trouble and collapsed in such po-
siiion that her head was submerged In
the water il the bath tub