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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-22

work out shoulder to shoulder what they never could possibly have achev- ed as individuals in isolation, the Christian conception of personality, where God Is revealed in all men brothers together, and most of all In our own older brother, Jesus Christ the righteous, who was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin,
 Years ago one of the greatest of Southern orators, when asked what was the most moving oration that he had ever heard, answered that 1t came from the lips of blind negro preach CT in the woods of Virginia, cultivated beyond most of his race, and yet liv- ing and working quietly among them; who, after describing the crucifXion to his audience in language almost be- yond the power of those who did not hear him 10 realize, concluded sud denly after a moments pause, with the words, Socrates died like phil osopher, Jesus Christ like a God"
 Gentlemen of the graduating class: Whatever you may have learned in this place will be of little value, un- less It teaches you some consistent at- titude toward the great problems of | life with which every man must con cern himself, whether he will or no, | If you 20 forth without some such philosophy of life you go into the world rudderless and chartless, This know that you already realize. Every man of you who is worth any thins at all must have thought of l these matters as intimately concern l ing himself. The most that l can l hope from these few words of mine Is that they may give you some help toward making clearer things of which you have already thought your selves, and of which you are going to think much in the next few years to come. Not many of you will chose the philosophy of the ascetic. More, but not so many more will seek to find their salvation in some form of Stoicism. But the great choice lies i, between Epicureanism and Christian ity. These are the two philosophies which are to-day contending with one another in close and not unequal strife. Much there is for the moment that favors the Epcurean. The great extension of the fields of human hap piness; the positive benefits to the community derived from the exercise of commercial self-interest; the down fall of certain beliefs which until a few years ago were deemed essential parts of Christlanity-all these tend to give a philosophy of calculated selfshness an advantage over the ap- peal of personal devotion. Yet firmly believe that the selfish pursuit of happiness menaces alike the effic. iency of our individual citizens, the stability of our institutions. and the power of resistance of our country tc dangers and calamlties; and that tho fate of the American people-nay, tho fate of the whole civilized worlds bound up with the possibility of main
 talnlng amid all these difficulties ar essentially Christian philosophy of life God grant that light may be given yot to see these things in such form tha
 as each minor choice arises you ma! regulate your life by the Christian view rather than the selfish one; SC that whenever the great day of tria
 comes you may stand forth as leaders
 for the salvation of your fellow men
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-22

District of New Haven, ss Probate
 Court, June IS, 1908. ESTATE OF LUCY M. BRADLEY, late of New Haven in said District, de- ceased.
 The Administrator having exhibited hls administration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, It is,
 ORDERED, That the 25th day of June, 1903, at ten o'clock in the fore noon, at Court of Probate 10 be held at New Haven, in said District, be appointed for a hearing on the allow ance of said account, and that notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having circulation in said Distric,
 JOHN L. GILSON,
 ju1o 3t Clerk,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-22
CHRISTIANITY LIFE'S ONLY
 PHILOSOPHY

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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-22

District of New Haven, ss Probate
 Court June l9, 1905 ESTATE OF MARY B. PAYNE late of
 New Haven in said District, deceas-
 ed.
 The Administrator having made writ ten application for an order authorizing and empowering him to sell and con- yey certain real estate of said deceas- ed, as by said application on file m this Court more fully appears t is
 ORDERED, That said application be heard and determined ht Court of Probate to be held at New Haven, In said District on the 26th day of June, 1908, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that public notice of the pendency of said application, and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, be given 6y publishing this order three times in some newspaper having circulation in said District.
 By the Court,
 iua0 3t Clerk.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-22
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby gwen that the Young Women's Friendly League of Water bury intends 10 make application to the Superior Court to be held at Wa terbury, in and for the County of New Haven, on the first Tuesday of October, 1908. to have a change of it's name made so that hereafter 1t shall be known as and called The Waterbury Institute of Craft Industry and Science. Dated at Waterbury, this 18th day of June, l9GS
 THE YOUNG WoMEN's FRIENDLY
 LEAGUE
 By ANNA l.. WARD,
 Ju20 2w President.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-22
NEW CROSS AT ALL SAINTS.

A new copper cross seven and half feet high has been placed on the tow CT of All Saints chapel. It Is the gift of the Daughters of the King of the chapel and will be blessed at a special service, Sunday, June 2s at 10 a. m. Daughters of the King are especially invited to attend The chapel has re- gently been redecorated and copper gutters and leaders placed on the par ish house.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
CONVICTED FOR POSING
AS SECRET SERVICE MAN
George E. LitteII Will Be Sem
fenced Today in Seattle
for Fraud

The federal authorities were advised
yesterday that George E. Littell. alias
George Dawson, alias George Leslie,
with half a dozen other aliases, had
been convicted by jury in the United
States district court at Seattle of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenSeS
and for representing himself a
United States secret service agent. Lit
tell, who is wanted by the police of
Mexico and by the police in several
parts of the United States, has vic
timized many women. His game was
to gain their confidence by representing
himself as a secret agent and then bor-
row money on the strength of his bo-
gus credentials.
Littell was arrested in Oakland sew
eral weeks ago by Secret Service
Agents Harry NJ. Moffit and f. Farrell
at the home of Mrs Gage, 1866 Frank
lin street. He is said TO be an ar
dent lover and according to the story
Of Mrs. Josephine Dabney of Seattle,
her and departed on the eve of their
wedding. 1t was for taking Mrs. Dab
ney,s money, after he had represented
himself as a federal officer, that Littell
was convicted.
Another victim of Littell was Miss
Kitty Veda, at one time employed in
the office of Edward NJ. Greenway. Lit
tell met Miss Veda in Honolulu. While
Miss Veda did not testify against Lit
tell when he was on trial before United
States Commissioner Heacock here in
San Francisco, she did tell federal Of
ficers that Littell stole diamonds and
money from her in Honolulu a few
years ago. Littell will be sentenced
today.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
MOSES Will ATTEND
.SC|[NTIF|CCONGRESS
Prominent Historian Selected
by Secretary of State to Rep
resent Country at Santiago

BERKELEY, July 24.-Prof. Bernard
Moses, head of the department of po-
litical science of the university, and
foremost as an authority on South
American Institutions and history. has
been selected by the secretary of state
as one of the commissioners represent
ing the United States at the scientific
congress, which will meet at Santiago,
Chile, in December. With DR.. Heber
D. Curtis, astronomer at Lick observa-
tory, Professor Moses will also be the
University of California representative
at the Pan-American scientific congress
to be held in one of the Central Amer
ican states.
Professor Moses, who is now in
Paris, will be absent from the uniyer-
sity. during the entire academic year of
1908 in order to be in attendance at the
meetings in Central and South America.
He is one of the most eminent authori-
ties on the history of this and foreign
countries, and was formerly secretary
of the Philippine commission and
served with distinction with William
H. Taft.
The signal honor that has been ac-
corded the university historian is in
recognition of his knowledge of the
South American republics and the great
service he has rendered them by writ
ing the most complete history of their
institutions yet published.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
BROTHERS TO HOLD
ANNUAL RETREAT
Christian Teachers in Catholic
Colleges Will Meet to Discuss
Spiritual Side of Schools
Clementian, Assistant Superior
General of Order, Will
Preside at Meetings

BERKELEY, July 24.-The annual
retreat for the Christian brothers of
the Pacific coast district will be held
in ST. Joseph's academy, commencing
Saturday. and will continue until Sep
tember 2. The object of the retreat
will be for a discussion of the spiritual
side OF the schools and colleges under
the Christian brothers. Brother Gle
mentian. assistant superior general or
the order of Paris, is on his way to the
coast to preside at the retreat. He viii
be assisted by Brother Theodorus of st.
Marys college, Oakland. and by Rev.
Father Foote of st. Ignatius church,
San Francisco, who Will give two dis
courses every day during the retreat.
More than 120 brothers are expected
at the retreat and among some OF the
prominent schools and colleges of the
state which will be represented are:
st. Mary's college, Oakland; st. An
thongs and St Patrick's schools, Oak
land; st. Joseph's academy of this city;
Sacred Heart college and st. Peters,
San Francisco; the normal school, Mar
tinez; st. Vincent's, Marin county; Holy
Cross, Santa Cruz; Blanchets institute,
Portland, Ore; De la Sale, Walla
Walla, Wash, and ST. James, Van
couver, Wash.
At the last meeting of the retreat
Brother Clementian will read the list
OF assignments for the brothers on the
Pacific coast for the ensuing year The
brothers will then go on their annual
vacations--the Christian brothers of
Sacramento to Lake Dunsmuir, the San
Francisco brothers to Guerneville, the
northern brothers to Seaside, Ore, and
the brothers of st. Mary's college, Oak
land, to Markham, SOnoma county.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
BELIEVED POOR;
LEAVES FORTUNE

OAKLAND. July 24.-Hypolite Ber-
geret. considered at the time of his
death. two months ago, a poor work
man in the glove factory of William
Condor at 2424 Webb avenue, Alameda,
left an estate valued at $4,000, ac-
cording to Attorney H. K. James, who
searched his effects. Concealed in a
cupboard in the musty cottage in which
Bergeret lived the life of a recIuse,
James found certificates of deposit for
S. 600 cash in San Francisco banks, and
documents showing the ownership of
small country estate in France valued
at $4,000. No one suspected Bergeret
of possessing so much wealth. He
lived on the pIainest Of food, wore
shabby clothing and was apparently
pinched by poverty.
The discovery of a will proved an
other surprise. In it the aged glove
worker left the estate to his brother,
Charles Bergeret, who is also a glove
manufacturer living in New York, and
two nieces and two sisters of Bergeret
living in France.
Condor was commissioned by the
New York brother to act as adminis-
traitor Of the estate here and the will
has been filed for probate.
Bergeret died on May 15 of brain
hemorrhage at the French hospital in
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
KEPT DRAUGHT FROM
PASSENGERS, BUT is HURT
Deckhand Sticks Head Through
Broken Window, Is Injured,
and Will Sue Company

SAN RAFAEL. July 24.-John Jacob
son, a deckhand on the ferryboat James
NJ. Donohue, running between SausaIito
and San Francisco, was ordered to stick
hts head through a broken window
and keep the icy winds from disturb
ing the passengers a few days ago by
the second mate of the boat, accord
ing TO a complaint for damages that
he will file against the Northwestern
Pacific railroad. While Jacobson was
thus employed another deckhand at
tempted to shove the sliding door fur
ther open. The door could not be
moved because Jacobson's badly twisted
neck was pinioned against the door
lamb. After being extricated from his
position Jacobson hurried to San Rafael
and employed an attorney. The lawyer
said he will file the complaint against
the company as soon. as he decides
whether the case is one for a United
States court or a state court This will
take some thought, inasmuch as a
vast number of technicalities are In
yolved.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
DYNAMITE CAPS
FOUND ON ROOF
High Explosives Discovered by
John Nj. Coleman on Roof
of Fathers Home
Police Making Investigation as
to How Box Was Placed
on HOusetOp

OAKLAND, July 24.-Eight fulminat-
ing dynamite caps, packed in cotton in
small jewel box. were found by John
NJ. Coleman on the roof of his fathers
home at $50 Myrtle street today. The
police are making an investigation to
discover by whom they were concealed
on the housetop. There was a ladder
leaning against the caves, and Coleman
thinks some one may have climbed to
the top of the dwelling and tossed the
box into a groove near the caves.
The police incline to the theory that
the box OF caps were thrown TO the
roof. The edges of the box were
broken, as IL from falling, and the
cover was darkened by the sun. The
condition of the box indicated that it
had been exposed since the last rain
fall.
After the discovery Coleman reported
it to the police and Sergeant Mulgrew
took charge Of the caps.
Coleman is a clerk in a cigar store
at Seventh and Market streets, and
previously was employed as an appren-
tice by the Pacific Coast lumber COM
pany. He was kept in the yard after
the discharge of other men when the
stringency came on, and was COM
mended as an employe.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
RESIDENTS PLAN TO
IMPROVE NEW PARK
Subscription Lists Opened for
Endowment of Gift of
William Kent

ROSS VALLEY, July 24.-Not to be
entirely Outdone by William Kent in
his magnificent gift of a % acre park
TO Marin county, the citizens Of this
and nearby cities are planning to erect
some Improvement in the new park as
their endowment to il. With this plan
in mind a subscription list has been
started and an entertainment for raising
funds viii be given in the open air AT
the Raymond tract on August s.
Attractive posters announcing the
entertainment made their appearance
today William Gillett's famous farce.
"All the Comforts OF Home" will be on
the boards and a fine musical program
viii be rendered. The farce viii be
played by local talent and students of
Paul Gerson's dramatic school Among
those whose names appear in the cast
are; Mrs. d, E. F. Easton, Louis A.
Stegler, W. f. Chipman and George
i. Bennett. The Monroe trio will fur
nish the musical entertainment.
A large attendance Is expected, Marin
county society having entered into the
plan with enthusiasm. Just what i'm
provement 10 the park will be made
with the money thus obtained has not
Yet been decided, but a swimming res
ervoir has been seriously considered.
In the event Of this project being
dropped, the money will likely be
turned into handball courts. Among
the committee promoting the affair are:
r. J. Davis, r. B. Hale, J. Walter Boil
liver, Willis Brown, John Martin, r L.
Radke and George E. Bennett.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
NEW IRRIGATION
DISTRICT PLANNED
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

STOCKTON, July 24.-At a largely at
tended meeting of enthusiastic land
owners of the southeastern section of
San Joaquin county held at Ripon it
was decided to take steps Immediately
toward organizing public irrigation
district under the Wright irrigation law.
The board of supervisors will be pc
titioned to proceed in the matter, and, if
all goes well, within the next few years
that section will have one of the best
irrigation districts in the west The
boundaries of the proposed district will
be determined after carefully ascertain
ing the sentiment of the people affected
1t will probably take in practically all
the land on the north side of the Stanis-
laus river, which is naturally tributary
to that stream, from the foothills to
French Camp and Lathrop. This may
include between $4,000 and 100, 600 acres
The engineers attending the meeting
brought out the facts that there is plen-
ty of water in the Stanislaus river for
the irrigation of the land in the pro-
posed district and that the flow of the
river is more steady than that of the
Tuolumne, which supplies the Modesto
and Turlock districts. comprising about
100000 acres. For some time the Stanis-
iaUs water and power company has been
operating an irrigation system that has
been inadequate. The canals have been
broken frequently, and early this week
large break near a flume compelled
the shutting off of water.
The company was recently organized
and has made surveys for the enlarge
ment of its system, but it requires the
farmers to sign contracts under which
they will pay $50 per acre for water
rights and 50 per acre annual rental for
the use of water The irrigation tax in
the Modesto districts is from 81 to $3.50
per acre.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
HORNER OPPOSED
FOR RFNOMINATION
Supervisor AntagOniZed Lincoln
Roosevelt League by Pro-
gramning With Machine
Eugene Stevens Named to Make
Fight Against Member of
Courthouse Ring

OAKLAND, July 24-Opposition to
the denomination of Supervisor c. F.
H0rner of the upcountry district has
been aroused in a portion Of his juris-
diction. The name OF Eugene Stevens,
a prominent resident Of Centerville, has
been put forward as a possible com
petitor for the republican nomination.
Horner has antagonized the Lincoln
Roosevelt republican league by his pro-
gramming with the machine. Horner
has found il convenient 10 do this, as
IL obviates the necessity Of asking for
pie"
Under conditions which existed for
many years in the board. the upcountry
member has always been favored with
a vast amount Of road work patronage.
In return he has voted for the deals
which the other program" men de-
sired to be consummated for the bene-
1T Of their own political lines. BY
happy combinations the organization
has kept itself more or less intact.
The Lincoln Roosevelt republican
league is making a strong effort TO
break up some Of the existing political
combinations, which have done little
more than TO feed the capacious NAV
OF the Herrin machine in Alameda
county. Men are coming forward in
large numbers TO register their protest
against further political jugglery in the
administrations Of county affairs. A
grand jury has submitted one prelim-
mary report. 1t is known that that
body is making a far reaching
investigation. one which will produce
results, If all signs do not fail This
work is being supplemented by the en-
forcement Of the law by District At
torney E. J. Brown in manner which
has startled the old timers almost out
OF their senses The combination Of a
fearless and energetic grand jury, with
z big calibered district attorney behind
II, does not tend to make the line OF
the average supervisor easy. This is
only one phase of the great battle
which is being wsged in Alameda
county for good government with hon
est administration Of public affairs.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
STETS0N REPUBLICAN
DENOUNCES RAILWAY
Councilman Elliot Says Legis-
Iature Must Be Kept From
Power of Southern Pacific

OAKLAND July 24.-'"The Southern
Pacific company is a great railway. but
the objection is that the Southern Pa
ciffc has not stuck to its own game,
which is railroading, but has gone out
of its way to seize control of the re-
publican party. So long as the South
ern Pacific continues In the business
of politics. and especially of the poll
tics Of the republican party, we don't
like the railway, and that is the end
of it," declared Councilman Albert H.
Elliot tonight at meeting of the
John w. Stetson club at Gier hall. John
K. Fox presided Stetson is the clean
government candidate for state senator
from the fifteenth district and Elliot
was the chief speaker at his meeting.
The only method of true reform.
continued Elliot, SIS for the republicans
in the party TO see that the republicans
in office DO the right thing or turn
their places over to those who will.
The legislature is the great body of
men who have bowed their heads and
bent their knees when they heard the
toot of a locomotive whistle. n
There are men in the machine and
in Office who are there for coin, gain
of any kind which office holding will
bring them. II is for US to see that
the state is wrested from these cor
porations. We have a struggle here
in California that 1 call almost a
crisis"
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
WIFE OF BROKER
GRANTED DIVORCE
Mrs. Reuben Harmon Smith Se-
cures Decree on Ground
of Extreme Cruelty
Says Husband Struck Her With
Fist and Abused Her in
Different Ways

OAKLAND, July 24.-Helen Francis
Hitchings Smith has secured an inter-
locutory decree of divorce from Reuben
Harmon Smith, a former prominent
mining stock broker, whose present
whereabouts is unknown. The decree
was granted by Judge Waste today
for extreme cruelty.
Mrs. Smith complained that her hus-
band had struck her and had abused
her with vile language while intoxi-
Gated. On one occasion she said that
he inflicted blow upon her with his
hand of such violence that persons in
another part of the house heard the
impact. She was sick for some time
afterward, according to her complaint.
Smith struck her across the face
with strap, she alleged, holding her
by the throat with his free hand.
Mrs. Smith accused her husband of
refusing to pay the laundry bills and
OF insulting her when she asked him
to do so. That he remained away from
home nights and refused to give salts
factory explanations of his absence,
were features in her complaint upon
which she laid emphasis.
Smith disappeared several months
ago, leaving his office in Broadway with
affairs unsettled. Prior to his depart
ure the court had restrained him from
disposinG of his property, which con-
sisted of large holdings of mining
stock, pending the outcome of the di-
vorce suit. No settlement of his es-
tate was reached in the court proceed
ings. Mrs. Smith was awarded 500 a
month alimony and counsel fees. Mrs.
Smith was given custody of their in
fant child, Surrilda Poynter Smith, who
was born after the filing of the suit.
Smith was widely known throughout
the mountain states and along the
coast, having been a liquor drummer
for years.
William e. White got a final decree
of divorce from Lovina White for de-
sertion.
Suit for divorce was filed by Flor
ence Gonsalves against Joe Gonsalves
today.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
WITHDRAWAL OF FERRY
SERVICE is RUMORED
Residents of Belvedere Fear
New Cutoff Will Affect
Bay Transportation

SAN RAFAEL, July y24.--Considerable
apprehension has been felt in Belvedere
and Tiburon because of the rumor that
the ferry service between San Fran
cisco and Tiburon would be discon-
tinued 1t is reported that the service
would be stopped as soon as the pro-
posed cutoff from Greenbrae to Corte
MADEIRA was completed. This has
caused a good deal Of anxiety to the
residents in Belvedere and Tiburon. as
the value of their property would ma
terially depreciate and the location as
asresidence district would be rendered
yalueless.
Belvedere at present has popula-
tion of about 1000, among which are a
number of wealthy San Franciscans.
IN all probability more than $1.000,0 900
is invested in real estate and homes.
Surveyors are at present engaged in
resurveying the cutoff and in a short
time graders will be put to work