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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-25


MI will start the social ball rolling
V with a tea to sbe given at her
home in Pacific avenue in honor
of her niece. Miss Harriet Alexander,
who will then be formally presented
to society. Miss Alexander, who is
the daughter of Mrs. Charles o. Alex
ander. is dainty little maiden or the
perfect Romney type and possesses
charm quite her own. She is not only
a remarkably pretty girl, but is fasci-
mating to a degree perhaps her great
est attraction being a certain naivete
OF manner. She is bright and clever,
and has what seems to be rather a
rare faculty-that of appreciating
things for their own sake. The rooms
OF the Wilson home will be magnffi-
Gently decorated for the reception,
which will be conducted in the elab-
crate style for which Mrs. wilson's
affairs are noted. 1t is probable that
1t will be the last formal affair to
be held by the popular hostess in that
house for some time, as she has rented
1t for a year and will spend the win
ter in her country home at Bur-
lfngame. The receiving party will con-
sist of all of the debutantes, as well
as number of matrons prominent in
the exclusive set
Friends are looking with pleas
ure for the coming out tea of Miss
Innes Keeney, the attractive daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Keeney. The
affair. for which the invitations have
not yet been issued, will take place
at Century hall. and will be one of
the most elaborate of the debutante
teas. Miss Keeney is a striking look
Ing girl of demi ,blonde coloring. and
is one of the cleverest and most ac-
complished girls in society. She will
also be one of the most feted of the
girls who will be introduced this year,
number of affairs having been
planned in her honor
Miss Fenwick and Miss McCloud are
making a visit of few weeks in San
Francisco, where they are the guests
of their cousins. Miss Grace and Miss
Florence Hammond. at their home in
Broadway.
Miss Dolly MacGavin was hostess at
a thoroughly delightful little tea yes
terday afternoon at which she enter
tanned about so guests, in honor of
the debutantes of this year. There
was no formal receiving party. Among
those who enjoyed the hospitality of
this charming hostess were:
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-25


a hi dfpana n a De by & an and Tor Gs5sa IN her m the @
% Women naiVelV % as @ @ that % they @ shall ali pay % we'll Within the % and
throw hr stone at the who oversteps the limits Of mde
that has for been accredited with whatever there of moral
0sr e ] p1sqa aSnSeTsn s IN ns mUrG Og WITH m %
His views Of eourtsp are aatterng to women Their attitude
When women first bm dependent runs the article and when in
married and when invidious distinctions the
passive sfs % nate T 3 her s but aashed I forth in % ali he @ that
superiority acquired through occupaona pursuits
% h @ ] @ @ h instinct % nd % b % s and an f9ori1P s 1 sasn @ % She plays
CRITIC BLUNDERs IN INTERPRETING FEMININE MOTIVES
Apropos courtshp speaks
evidently aniaa5 ground making some that will
discussion curious rio have him much amiss tn
1t seems SO it perhaps because women each other oen
wear but that woman would
and told her her arrival that she had decided
approaching great
equally ocbIe topic marriage He speaks Of the matrimonial
situation abnormal and almost impossible
greater an a1no m = on m @ @ q % s % atsn9a sds 5e their husbands % are
Women dependent that they
the men with Whom their lives are bound Their problem
HAPPY MARRIAGES REST UPON MATERNAL INSTINCT
Happy do not according to Professor Thomas
protective motery feelings toward her
tIg % MN ssn n oren R R one OF ner eaEes or IN similar
take rather animal and primitive relative posi-
that will meet with approval whether followed
providing occupations for women
By Development and
Dc @ he sy ha superior rights
a not possible We present remarkable spectacle when
ne make ias pFfsH a o @ e but e 15m and @
value but chance of being vicmized@
He conclusion that the rehabilitation
to ss Fh ane Gag spns 0 ns5 ore S % sm has thrown
says Professor Thomas i she Soa
p1epd % Or
that she may even have something
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-25

Miss Iunes keeney Miss Emily Du Bois
Miss Virginia Newhall Miss Hannah Du Bois
| Miss Frances Newhall Miss Helen Baker
| Miss Augusta Foute Miss Doris Wiltshire
| Miss Elysse Partridge Miss Anna Weller
/ Miss Anita Burling Miss Eliza McAIulIen
Miss Suzanne Kirk Miss Dorothy Woods
| patrick Miss Dorothy Van Sick
| Miss Martha Calhoun Miss Erna St S6oar
! Miss Margaret Calhoun Miss Harriet Alexander
| Miss Claire Nichols Miss Helena Jones
Miss Marian Marvin i
Mrs. Thomas Breeze and Miss Louise
Breeze, who have been for some time
at Del Monte, are in town for a few
days. They came up to be present at
the wedding of William ABreeze and
Miss Evelyn Norwood. which will take
place Monday evening at the home Of
Mrs. William Norwood, in Green street
Mrs. Pulli,tm of Pacific Grove was
hostess at luncheon Saturday in honor
of Mrs. Edward NJ Lewis. who will
shortly leave Monterey for Berkeley.
her husband, Captain Lewis, United
States army. having been appointed
military instructor at the University of
California. After luncheon bridge was
enjoyed for several hours. Mrs. Pull
lium's guests were:
Mrs. Lewis Mrs Margaret Jacks
Mrs. Y. D. Gum Mrs n Wsrrar
Mrs. William B. Gra- Mrs. Harding
ham
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Van Bergen.
whose marriage several months ago
was an event of great social irnpor-
tance, have been at Paio Alto. visiting
Mrs Van Bergen's mother, Mrs George
Tourny. at her home there.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-25
The Smart Set :.

a ERs. MoUNTFoRD S. WILSON
HT will start the social ball rolling
lV with a tea to BE given at her
home In Pacific avanua In honor
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-25
Nobility Of Woman
Controverts analysis of Professor w. |. nomaS
of the University of Chicago, who holds that
her character is adventurous and hypocritical
BY KATHLEEN THOMPSON

absurd inefficient @
lives really filed with hypocrisy ana cke
qualification of their interest IN hnery IS e so0u
and notnng more
Prof W. l. Thomas Of the University OF Chicago asserts al 'ne
number OF the American
Adventiou Character OF American
Woman behind long wake OF amazed anu
surprised has magazine VIII"
and talk the various
predict that hall the dictionaries
AS for time 10 come
MAN WAS THE AFTERTHOUGHT IN SCHEME OF CREATION
Professor Thomas expresses ms OPINION
o
life where the male
men
protecting and providing Tor the women anu
children of the tribes
and all the other industries involved
developed
child hers and she her children
and did her husband As result
of being definitely interested
than The developed all the accessories TOT
graeeu
and courageous action
of driven
by has
Thomas, with connection with reality
all thousands OF who but It
doubtful they will follow the article much further with approval No
will position defined
will
ALL And will
adult
nor children have passed through this schools?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
DEDICATED
NEW LIBRARY
Which Was Gift to Dandy by
Late S. [. Griffith
MAYOR BIGELO OW, SPEAKER
The Libzary Is Well Endowed and the
Town Is Not Taxed in Any Way
for Its Support--Total Cost
Was $4,000.

Dandy, March 25.- The s. L. Grihith
Memorial library, presented 10 the town
by the late Silas Z, Griffith, a million
aire lumber dealer, was dedicated this
afternoon by exercises at the Congrcaa-
tional church. The speaker Of the day
was Mayor W. J. 3igeIow Of Burling.
ton. Rev. H, J. Mallett of East Dorset
also gave an address. The exercises IN
cluded music BY the choir, assisted BY
Brehmer's orchestra. o. G. Ballou and
L. S. Kane OF Rutland George L. Rice
of Rutland presented the library to the
town on behalf OF The trustees, and il
was formally accepted By Rev. w. A..
MeIntire. The church was crowded dur.
ing the exercises.
The Griffith library il free In every
respect; it i well endowed and the town
is not taxed in any way for lis support.
The building Is constructed Of pressed
brick, with trimmings Of terra Gotta, aud
Is one story high, and cost, furnished,
$4,000 There are three reading rooms,
a delivery and stock room, and 5000
volumes are on file The institution has
its own lighting plant. Miss vet Grif-
fifth Of Dandy win be Librarian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
FOSTER SATISFIED
WITH APPOINTMENT
Says Governor Proctor Followed Prece-
dent and Left Real Fight Before
The Legislature.


Washington. D. G., March 25.--Repre-
sentative David ]. Foster of Vermont,
who has been mentioned Ns senatorial
possibility, expressed here last night his
acquisscence in the selection Of ex-
Gov. Stewart to the soat of the late
Senator Proctor
"When Gov. Proctor had once deter
mined to appoint some one who would
not be q. candidate before The legislature
next October said MIR. Foster, sen
ator Stewart VISA very generally con.
ceded to he the man for the place and
his appointment was . foregone con
cltisicn, Some years ago when Senator
Morrill, died, Gov Smith adopted sim
liar course and appointed the Hon. iona
than Ross, then ehief Judge of the SUI
preme court Of Vermont This course
las the merit Of leaving he final cnoice
to the people Of the state.
eNow that the appoiutnent has been
made and no vacancy EXISTS the people
Of Vermont will he at Hberty to with
draw their attention fnom senatorship
candidates and devote themselves to
the work of making a Whole lot Of sx-
ira fine maple sugar"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
FAR RMERS ST0RMED
BANKRUPTCY COURT
Final Meeting Of Creditors Of J. H
White & Sons in st. AIbans and
Bitter Words Were Spoken.

ST. Adams, March 25.--The final
meeting Of creditors Of J. II. White &
Sons, incorporated Of Boston, was held
yesterday before H. Charles Royce RE-
feree IN bankruptcy The creditors
were out in force, some fifty Of them
principally farmers nearly AL Of whom
had suffered more or less heavily
through their dealings with the Whites.
ine meeting was lively one and much
L.s.er talk WAS INDUCED in. One Of the
factions tried TO force through the ap
Eointment Of commission 10 70 to
Boston and investigate the method OF
living Of the Whites and to learn il
rossiple what had become Of the stream
Of cream money which had flowed from
Vermont through the Whites hands.
The report Of the trustee was finally
accepted, thus closing up the matter.
A dividend Of from six to six and half
ctnts will be declared.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
BOTH SIDES PLAYING
A WAITING GAME
Manufacturers and Men Seem to Have
Reached That Stage Where Neither
Has Anything New to Offer
Towards Settlement.

Having reached that stage where neith-
er side has anything new to offer in the
present situation Of the granite indus
try Of Barre, both employer and EN-
ployee are playing waiting game in
the hopes that something viii occur to
bring the other side nearer to its own
views Of what settlement should be-.
In the meantime something may turn
up at any hour to change the complexion
Of matters and which will have a bear
ing on bringing 70 head what now
looks like long-drawn-out contest. The
utter absence of any bitterness in the
whole situation is one Of the most hope
full features Of the situation, and while
the committees are not meeting nor have
no meetings scheduled the last time
they were together they separatd with
the understanding that they should meet
again whenever either side desired a
meeting.
At the headquarters of the Granite
Cutters Union in the Miles block this
forenoon, the matter most talked about
was this afternoons entertainment.
Tonight is the regular meeting night
Of the Quarry Workers Union at Gran
iteville.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
ARMY DIVORCE CASES.
Hearing Given on Two Petitions for Sep
aration at Burlington.

Burlington, March % There was a
partial hearing in Chiitenden county
court yesterday afternoon in the divorce
proceedings brought by Mrs. Anna T..
Pickel of Detroit, Mich, against her
husband Lieut.. Arthur N Piekel, Z. s.
Al. retired formerly station at Fort
Ethan Allen The hearing was held in
the iudge's chamber and was private.
Mrs. pickel is represented by r. T..
Brown. The concluding evidence viii be
submitted later The petition is not
contested
Another army divorce case also came
up in court yesterday afternoon. when
a witness was examined in the case of
Emma II. L. Conklin vs. Maj John Conk
lin, L. s. A.. formerly a well known
officer at Fort Ethan Allen. The witness
examined was Lieut.. Walter Wilhelm.
now stationed at a post near New Bed
ford. Mass, and whose testimony was
taken yesterday because it would be in
convenient for him to be here later lie
testified to Mai. Conklin's incorporate
habits. That he always got drunk at
public functions, abused Mrs. Conklin,
and used profane language toward her.
Major Conkiin IS nov in command Of a
post near Havana. Cuba.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
PR0UTY'S PLATFORM
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Newport Man Sets Forth the Views on
Which He Hopes to Be Nominated
by Republicans.

Newport, March Lieutenant
Governor George H. Prouty who Is seek
ing the Republican nomination for gov
efaor af Vermont, has issued a state
mcnt Of bis views. His statement is as
follows
The Republican party has been
working the past two years along lines
similar TO those followed IN q larger
i an by the Roosevelt administration
ii national affairs, has instituted meas
nres TO protect tile rights Of the people
AGAINST encroaching corporate interest !,
las passed laws preventing diserimina-
tion IN railroad rates, has commenced
the work Of abolishing grade crossings
and has given the railroad commission
real powers - that its orders must be
o1eyed, has passed laws opening the
Looks Of corporations to inspection of
The courts, and instituted otner meas
uTcs to guard the rights Of the people
against law breaking corporations,
whether railroads or otherwise. Ii elect
ed governor ! should favor continuing
The policies which have been so well be-
corporations including telephone and
u leGIftpH cotnpdlilfo uHuef tAt toHlfui
and supervision Of the state to such
degree as would insure and safeguard
The interests and rights Of the pople.
I'VE have passed school laws which
viii be of the greatest benefit to the
state. / blieve that there should be no
backward step taken regarding these
laws but rather that we should strive
20 perfect them.
"Ihe working Of the new highway
law has proved that it was an eminent
~ wise one believe We should not
only retain al its features but that we
should also enieavor to improve il, al.
ways having in mind that the building
of good roads is a matter Of education
and that only by expert supervision
ran We succeed in our efforts to make
cur highways what they should be- The
state should continue the policy OF do
ing ali it can afford to assist in this
work, always remembering that it Is
impossible FOR the smaller communi.
lies te come up 10 the highest standard
except through the aid Of the larger
mmunities.
Our penal institutions are today
hnder tho control Of men OF great
ability. sterling integrity and wise judg
Continued on fourth page.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
COME TO AGREEMENT.
So That There Shall Be Deeper Road
way Under Railroad.

Windsor, March 25.--At the adjourn
ed hearing before Messrs. Redmond,
rorter and Jackson, members of the
Vermont railroad commission yester-
day, an ageement was reached whereby
the Boston & Maine railroad acting for
itself and the Sullivan County railroad
and the Central Vermont railway is to
raise the dry bridge over Bridge street
is inches and the town Of Windsor is
to lower the roadway 50 that there
will be 12-foot space between the bot
tom OF the bridge and the crown of the
road, instead Of a trihe over nine feet
as BIT present.
The commission apportioned the ex-
pense Of 25 per cent for the state of
Vermont, 10 per cent. for the town Of
Windsor, and the balance Of SIS per
cent. for the railroad company. the work
to be completed BY the first Of July,
1908. In the absence OF Attorney
General G. G. Fits, the state was rep
resented By State's Attorney Il. n.
Buck. the town By Mr.. Buck and Bert
Cole the b. & M. and the Sullivan
County railroad by Supt. III r. Folsom,
and Attorney John Young and the Cen
tral Vermont railway BY Attorney G.
W. Writers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
BOSTON BROKER FIRMS
GO TO THE WALL
c. ]. Foley & Co., and weidner & Co.,
Suspend Business Yesterday-For-
mer Had Branches.

Boston, March 25.--Forced to sus-
pend business pending the filing Of
bankruptcy proceedings, G. ]. Foley &
Co., stock brokers, with three Boston
Offices and branches in South Framing
ham, Worcester and Milford. did not
open their doors for business yesterday.
Weidner Co, stock brokers, 27
State street, assigned
A statement given out from FOley's
Boston offices yesterday said
"The brokerage firm of G. ]. Foley
4 Co., with Offices at Exchange place.
has been forced to suspend business.
Bankruptcy proceedings will follow.
The necessary papers are now in course
OF PREPARATION
Wnipple, Sears & Ogden, attorneys
for the firm, notified the various Office
managers that no business should be
transacted. It was rumosed on the
street that Foley & 60. were forced out
O business by the recent advances in
the market. and especially the stifTen-
ing Of prices III sugar and the copper.
G. j. Foley, head Of the concern, could
rot be found at any Of his Offices nor
at his home IN Jamat,ia Plain. The firm
did large business with spectators IN
small way Most of the business was
in New York stocks. This firm had no
seat in either the Boston or New York
stock exchanges. Foley was formerly a
telegraph operator employed BY the
Postal company.
Weidner 6 Co., stock brokers Of 27
State street, made an assignment %
James H. Duffy, an attorney, is 1re-
mont street. The amount Of the liza
Dllties was not given out
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
ENGINE PLUNGED
INTO OPEN DRAW
Carried One Man Down But He Managed
to Free Himself From The Cab
and Was Rescued, at
Newburyport.


Newburyport, Mass, March 25.--A
locomotive Of the passenger train which
left Boston at 6 o'clock last evening
over the eastern division Of the Bos-
son \ Maine railroad for Portsmouth,
ian into an open draw at tne bridge
over the Merrimac river here, ana after
plunging a distance Of forty feet par
TALLY Undecided itself in the mud at the
bottom Of the river Fireman William
.Nill Of Portsmouth went down with
the engine, but was rescued. He was
slightly hurt.
The draw Of the bridge had been open
cd to permit the passage Of the tug
Bronx, whicn had arrived from Hayer-
hill The caretaker Of the bridge claims
that the danger signals were set prop
erly. The engineer, William Shuttle
worth, Of Portsmouth, saw the danger
inst after the engine had passed through
the gates, which are closed when the
draw is open, but did not have time to
stop the train before the locomotive
reached the draw
Shuttleworth jumped just before the
engine took its plunge and escaped I'M
injured, but fireman Winn was unable
to get out Of the cab before the engine
struck the water, fifteen feet below. He
managed to get clear OF the cab and
was seen floating BY Drawtender Ernest
bennessy. Hennessy, Drawtender VIII
liam Hunt, and his assistant, Samuel
s. Truesdale, who were stationed on
the 4Ighway bridge which runs parallel
to the railroad bridge. threw life line
with buoy attached, and succeeded in
hauling Winn out Of the water. He was
suffering from slight injuries and shock.
He was sent to the Anna Jaques hos
pital
The tender of the locomotive stopped
at tue edge Of the draw and remained
np the rails The trains consisted Of
four passenger cars and baggage car.
The action Of the airbrakes threw the
passengers forward from their seats.
and most Of them were shaken up. but
no one was injured.
In haistening to the rear of the train
for the purpose of warning the Ames.
bury local, which was following close
behind. brakeman Arthur Berry was
injured by his leg going through the
open space between the tie9 OF the
bridge. He was cut and bruised. The
Amesbury train was signalled in time
to prevent a collision
When the locomotive Of the Ports
r.outh train left the bridge the tug
Pronx was passing through the oppo-
site side OF the draw, wbien Is about
ninety feet wide The tug had mar,
Tow escape but was not hit bv any part
ol the locomotive III its descent. Traf
tc' WAS locked for about two hours. but
was re.established in
time to allow the express train from
Boston to St. Jahn to pass at 9:25. The
railroad company will raise the engine
as soon as the tackle can be placed in
position.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
Says She Shot Peter Wilson
Because He InSulted Her
VICTIM DIED EARLY TODAY
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Strozzi Are Under Ar
rest at the Somerville Police Station
Murder Charge to Be Pre-
ferred Against Them.

Boston, March %. The death at 3:lb
this morning Of Peter Wilson has caused
murder charge TO be lodged against
Mr.. and Mrs p. Strozzi, who are now
under arrest at the Somerville police
station. There are several stories Of
how Wilson met his death, one Of which,
on Mrs. Mary Strozzi's authority, is that
he insulted her while she was riding
home with her husband in a trolley car
After the trio left the car, she told her
husband TO avenge the insult. He pulled
a revolver and Wilson drew a big knife
When Strozzi refused to fire, his wife
took the pistol and shot Wilson through
the head.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
TAKEN TO ASYLUM
FOR TREATMENT
john 0. Shaw Whose Administration of
Trust Funds is Now Under
Investigation.

Boston, March 25.-t1ohn O. Snaw,
whose administration of numerous trust
funds is now under investigation has
resigned as trustee Of twelve estates
and has become voluntary patient at
the Mclean hospital at Waverly, an
Institution for the treatment of mental
snd nervous diseases.
OF the properties involved in the in
vestigation OF Mr. Shaw's affairs the
largest amount affected Is understood to
100000 Of the estate of Elizabeth
and Henry P. Kidder. Unproductiye in
Aestments are said to be the cause Of
the financial troubles of Mr. Snaw.
who has been critically i'll at his home
in this city for some time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
GLACIA GALA WROTE
FERVID LOVE LETTERS
To Man Now Accused Of Killing Her
Brother, Week After That Trag-
edy in New Hampshire.

London, March 25.-A dispatch to The
Times Gays that Paul i. Roy has no
fear Of being required by the French au.
thoritics to answer the charge Of murder
preferred against him BY his wife, Glaeia
Gala Ills counsel expressed astonish
ment that the American government
should ask for extradition. He says
that he supposed something had to be
done to satisfy public opinion in Amer
lea. He declared that Roy has in his
possession love letters 81 the most feryid
character. written BY his wife the week
after Cakins, her brother, was killed,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
4 Chinese Catholic Priest.

New York. March % The ReY. Peter
Chang, said to be the first Chiu 3ath.
olic priest TO visit this country, arrived
here yesterday ON the steamer Ryndam
He was accompanied BY Bishop August
Henninghns Of the diocese Of South
shantung, China. Fr. Chang il "a years
old Tie wears long queque He speaks
German. but does not know a word OF
English.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
STEAMER WENT DOWN,
CREW WERE RESCUED
Eighteen Lives Saved in River Below
Marietta, Ohio, This Morning By
Tow Boat

Marietta, Ohio, March 25-The steam
er Columbia, taking a scow down the
river from this city, struck mag
seven miles below here and sank ii 20
feet Of water this morning. The crew
Of the Columbia were rescued after
great difficulty BY tow boat. There
we're is on the boat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-25
TO FILL OUT TERM.
Maryland Democrats Elected John Wal
ter Smith for Senator.

Annapolis, Md. March 25.-Fn sepa-
rate sessions yesterday, the Democratic
members 0f the two houses of the lepis-
lature. voted unanimously for former
Governor JoAn Walter smith for United
States senator. TO fiji out fhe unexpired
term of the late William Pinkney
Wllvte. Ex-Governor Smith already has
already been chosen for the run six year
term beginning March ! 1909.