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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
Reveals Love Affairs of
Mrs. Hart Mckee
LabOri Reads Letters and Scores
Tevfs' Widow as "Treach-
erOuS and False"
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

PARIS, March 25.-Maitre Labori con-
tinued today his OPENING address in
the divorce case of Mrs. Hart Mckee,
who was Mrs Hugh Tevis and formerly
Cornelia Baxter of Denvet Labori
spoke for hours with all the force and
eloquence for which he is celebrated,
but he did not complete his whitening
arraignment of Mrs. Mckee.
Here is q woman of infinite charm"
he said, "of superlative fascination. but
selfish. frivolous. treacherous, false;
woman who. in transports, sought mar
riage with Mckee; who now, in the ca
price of newer transports, seeks d.
vorce from him.
From a paper which the lawyer said
was partly in Mrs. McKee's handwrit-
ing, partly annotated by her husband,
he read a code which Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Kee employed in writing or wiring to
each other In this code ''Tom" meant
Cornelia, Mrs. McKees given name;
paradise meant II am sailing to re-
join you; 'monkey" meant address
your letters to me as Mrs. Davis"
Other words IN tho code when inter-
preted. according to Labori, "gave to
the letters a bluntness from which
even connubial intimacy usually
shrinks."
The advocate remarked that solely to
rebut Mrs. McKees accusations that
her husband made her listen while he
read perfervid literature to her he
would read some of her letters to her
husband. But first. in support OF his
former statement that Lord Rosslyn
and Mrs. Mckee had been very friendly,
Labori read extracts from a letter to
her which he asserted Rosslyn wrote
October %, 1904. after a quarrel with
her. One runs: But since you are
otherwise advised have the disagree
able duty to demand my letters, also all
my presents to you. including the jew
els.
Between November is and the end
of December, 1904. Mrs. Mckee wrote
80 letters to Mckee which, Labor de-
cIared, "are all tremulously eager with
love-"
'You must be wishing to see your
Cornelia soon." she wrote in one. 'I
can scarcely endure the separation
longer; am mad at the thought OF see-
ing you. Darling, darling, the prospect
OF seeing you overcomes me. Darling.
darling, your Cornelia yearns for you.
I will leave as soon. as possible for
Paris; I am looking forward to sail by
Christmas. I hope"
Labori read yet other letters which,
he insisted, were also written before
her marriage to Mckee Some of the
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
David Starr Jordan In
Critical Condition
Seized With Acute At
tack i'm Home of Superior
Judge Lieb of San Jose
SPECIAL pIspATCH 10 THE CALL

SAN JOSE. March 24-Dr. David
Starr Jordan. president OF Stanford
university. was taken suddenly and
dangerously Ill here tonight at the
home Of Superior Judge S. F. Lfeb. Dr.
Jordan was to have delivered lecture
before the Good Government league in
East San Jose. but was unable to ap-
pear. Later it became known that he
had collapsed and was in a serious
condition.
At the Leib residence information in
regard to DR.. Jordan's condition was
refused. 1t is reported. however. that
DIR. Jordan is suffering from an attack
of appendicitis.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
WIFE CAN 60 WHERE SHE
WILLS, SAYS VANDERBILT
Attitude of Husband Leads to
Belief That Divorce Suit
Impends
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK. March 25.-Alfred Van
derbilt when asked II his wife had
gone to Tuxedo. said that he did not
know where she had gone after she
left Oakland. but added that she had
\ perfect right to go to Tuxedo and
spend the summer there IL she so
willed. To all further questions about
his wife's actions his only reply was,
Don't care" His statement strength
ened the Impression that Mrs. Wander
biIt would live in Tuxedo.
While neither side would admit that
Mrs. Vanderbilt had brought suit for
divorce 1t was everywhere rumored
that the commencement Of her action
would mark the beginning Of suit
concerning another man and woman
prominent in society.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GAIL


STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Mar.
25.-The long delayed action of the
faculty committee on student affairs CT
Stanford university came today when
the suspended ak was swung with a
vigor unheard of at this university and
with results which have complicated
the situation almost beyond conpTc-
hensioa. In addition to the seven
upper classmen who were included
in the first IL students suspended for
participation in the parade Of March
II. "a names have been added to the
list of fatalities. and more than Ice
sophomores and freshmen have beer
penaIized by the imposition Of added
graduation requirements which. in
many cases. amounts practically to
suspension.
This action. which has aroused the
resentment. indignation and anger of
the student body to the boiling point.
came in most dramatic manner to-
y
body completely demoralized and at a
loss as TO what steps to take.
PROMINENT STUDENTS FEEL AK
In the list of those suspended are the
most prominent seniors and juniors OF
the campus community. including four
athletic captains. several track team
members and two baseball players.
Many others have already declared
their intention of leaving the university
as soon as it Is possible for them TO
learn what concerted action Is to be
taken by the remainder OF the stu
dents President A A Murphy OF the
associated students has called a mass
meeting for lis o'clock tomorrow, aft
ernoon in the assembly hall. when ac-
ton by the students is expected.
The decision of the committee, which
was made public to the students stimuli
taneously at the Office OF President
David Starr Jordan and at the campus
postoffice, called for demonstration
which was second only to that OF March
u. for which the action today was
taken. shortly before the end OF the
noon recess and before any OF the stu
dents had returned to their afternoon
recitations J. E Mcdowell. assistant
registrar OF the faculty, made bis sp-
pearancs at the campus posto11cs with
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
Germany Refuses Hill;
Diplomats Wonder
Speculation as to Reason for
Emperor's Action Is Rife i'm
Government Circles
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WASHINGTON. March 25.--The pres
ident and Secretary Root are amazed
at the action of Emperor William in
giving notice that David Jayne Hill.
minister to the Netherlands. is persona
non grata to him as the successor to
Ambassador Charlemagne Tower at Ber-
lin. Neither the president nor the Sec
retary had any intimation until today
that Minister Hill would not be well
come at Berlin.
Last November, when the announce
ment was made that Hill was to sue
ceed Tower, the state department had
taken pains to obtain from the foreign
Office at Berlin the usual assurance that
the new ambassador was persona grata-
The intimation that Minister Hill
Henry was in Washington in 1902 is
not credited here. Not only was Hill
complimented by the president for his
skill in conducting the matters pertain
ing to the royal visitors entertain
ment, but Prince Henry himself
thanked Hill and gave him his photo
graph duly autographed with his good
wishes.
OFFICIALS LOOK TO TOWER
The circumstances surrounding the
resignation of Ambassador Tower are
suspected here to have something to
do with the sudden action OF Emperor
william regarding Towers successor.
Last summer Ambassador Tower wrote
to the president in a detected vein,
intimating that he was disappointed
with diplomatic life and discouraged by
the failure of congress to provide ade-
ouate funds for an ambassadorial post.
rendered his resignation, but limited
that he might.
To his dismay the president promptly
replied, accepting the resignation, and
since that time Tower is said to have
been much disgruntled. At the state
department today it was suggested that
perhaps Emperor Williams objection
to DR.. Hill was inspired by Tower. At
the other side that Is complete
mystery here. although Ambassador
Tower has had full opportunity to keep
the department informed.
HILL is NOTED DIPLOMAT
Hill was selected to fill this import
ant vacancy because OF his high rank
in the world of literature and diplom-
acy, and because his promotion would
be in execution of Secretary Roots
cherished plan for the application of
civil service principles in the diplomatic
service. DIR. Hill has been an Ameri-
can minister, first to Switzerland and
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
EDWARD POND NOT A SUICIDE

A report given publicity yesterday IN
San Francisco stated that Edward
Pond, son OF former Mayor E. 3.
Pond, had committed suicide in Los
Angeles. but an investigation made by
the Pond family showed that a mistake
had been made in the identity OF the
suicide. Frank Pond, brother Of Ed
ward. went to Los Angeles yesterday
and last night notified his family here
Of the error.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
rAIL NO GET HEARING

NEW YORK, March 25.-The effort on
the part Of the American newspaper
publishers association TO secure legis-
Iation by congress putting print paper
and wood pulp on the free list has re-
ccived a sudden shock because of the
absolute refusal on the part OF the
ways and means committee even to give
81 z hearing.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
STEVENS DIES
FROM BULLETS
OF ASSASSIN
Adviser to Japanese Expires
After Operation as Last
Chance for Life
Korean Slayer Says He Is Glad
at News of Death of His
Victim
Physicians Praise Great Nerve
and Stamina of Man
Slowly Dying

Durham White Stevens, who was
shot by Korean assassin, died last
night at St. Francis hospital. The
end came peacefully, shortly after II
O'Clock, after an operation which had
been performed early in the evening
In a heroic attempt to stop hemor-
rhage from the wounds.
Stevens exhibited the utmost cour-
age TO the last His fortitude under
the trying ordeal when the surgeons
were discussing with him the neees-
sity of an operation won the un-
bounded praise OF the physicians. He
went under the influence OF the anes-
fhetic calmly and with a smile on his
lips at 6 O'Clock IN the evening. He
did not egain recover consciousness
At the bedside OF the diplomat when
he died were the Japanese consul gen
eral. Chozo Koike: Colonel William H.
Simpson, Z. S. A; Colonel Wilson. and
the three surgeons who performed the
operation, Drs. Fred II. Zun1walt,
Thomas W. Huntington and wallace L
Terry.
Ever since the shooting, Tuesday.
stevens had been sinking steadily. and
carly yesterday afternoon It was de-
cidsd that an operation was the only
possible hope. He was examined un-
der the xray and the location OF the
bullets noted, after which he was in
formed Of the seriousness OF bis con
diEon and told that he must submit
10 the knife II live
AGREES TO OPERATION
Anything you say. gentlemen" re-
piled Stevens. calmly II viii agree to
whatever you wish and depend on your
Judgment 10 pull me through"
These were practically his last
words. he was Immediately taken to
The operating room and for nearly an
hour the three surgeons worked over
him. The operation was to provide
drainage for the wounds to prevent
hemorrhage and make the necessary
repairs 10 the injured tissues. No at
They were imbedded too deeply. Both
bullets entered the back close to
the spine and near the shoulder blades.
After the operation DR.. Zumwalt
Esid:
7 want TO say that never before in
my experience have 7 seen patient
exhibit so much grit and courage His
nerve and stamina were wonderful"
SLAYER RFzJoICEs
when 7 Wang Chaeng, the Korean
slayer of Stevens. was notified at the
city prison Of the death OF Stevens, he
declared coIdly and apparently without
feeling:
7 shot to kill and I am glad he is
dead" He refused to talk further
NJ ". Chun. the wounded Korean.
who it was at first thought would die,
was sleeping at Lane hospital last
night, resting easily and with a good
chance for recovery. The doctors de-
cided not TO waEe him when news was
received of Stevens death and he viii
not know OF it untI this morning.
Chun win probably be removed to
the central emergency hospital, where
he will be kept under police guard and
formal charges OF murder will this
morning be fled against him and
Chaeng.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
Impertinent Question No. Al
What Is a Gas Meier?

For the most original or wittiest answer to this ques
ton and the briefer the better-The Call will pay
FIVE DOLLARS. For the next FIVE answers
The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize
winning answers will be printed next Wednesday
and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make
your answer short and address it to M
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE. GALE
Winning o Is
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Postscripts to the handwriting the wall
: to Marshall Buchana nsteetci
bar against bars
].
grafters certificate of his good character
8 o d. o.. Howard Pfxey.
You lie and I'll o it
An attempt o word
prize to W. Geban1 Market street
dime novel with the last out
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
STUDENTS HEADS
FALL BEFO0E TIE
AXAT STANFORD
Renewed Action by the Faculty
Committee Increases List
OF Suspensions
Sopflomores and Freshmen Add
ed to Fatalities and More
Than 100 Penalized
Many Athletes Among ''Grad-
yates by Reguest," and Sew
eral Teams DemOralizsd
Developments Yesterday in
The Stanford Trouble

Faculty committee makes final re-
port, suspendinS 41 students for
participation ia parade.
Faculty committee imposes addf-
ticnal graduation requirements
on 1SO other students.
Student body II in a state of re-
beiIion ard mass meeting IN
called for noon today.
Athletics at university are dis
rupted and varsity crew dis
bands.
Local Alumni repudiate their ex-
eeut7vc committee and call
meeting for teniSat.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
TELEPHONE KEARNY Sc
THURSDAY. MARCH IS. 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS

YESTERDAT-Clesr; west wind; maximum
temperature. 81: minimum, IS.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Cloudy; fresh west
wind Fnge lo
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
EASTERN

Germsny's refusal Of Minister Hill as succe
sor TO Ambassador Tower causes diplomats
wonder. Page
President Roosevelt sends message to congre
urging passage Of important legislation Page
Two amendments to Aldrich bill are accept,
In senate Page
Debate on agricultural appropriation bill lii
tied TO four hours. Page
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
COAST

President David Starr Jordan of Stanford VI
versity Is ID critical condition. Page
Washington banker says the gold output fro
TanaDa this year will amount to SIS Oot
VVu Page
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
FOREIGN

Msitre Labori continues his srrsignmeut
Mrs Hart Mckee. styling her frivolous, trea
erous and false Pax.
Italy's king expresses the wish that Miss
kiDs shall have dowry. Page
Minister David Jayne Hir surprised at act
Of Emperor William, who had previously
cepted him. Pars
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26

Continued On Page p Columns
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26

Continucd on Page ?, Column S
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12
How II works Out.

Il never tell funny stories in my
speeches" remarked Senator sor-
ghum.
"rhe audience always enjoys them. !"
"Yes, A man hears you tell a funny
story, and he thinks II IL 80 good be
tries 70 remember Il. He regards you
as a first rate fellow and feels thank
tul TO you for giving him a new one
Then he tells 1t 10 the flrst friend he
meets. and a. he isn't good story
teller the. friend doesn't laugh. Then
he tries Il on the blase hotel clerk and
he stolid drug store man and several
others, aud by the time he gets home
he concludes You have passed him 4
gold brick, He not only refuses to
vote for you. but tells all his friends
he doesn't think It's dignifed to keep
In office man who tells funny sto-
rles, Washington Star.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12
The Submarine Grew.

Not until you have gone down in
submarine and seen the crew at work
can you say you have seen the limit to
which Il Is possible to drill human
creatures. No crack company Of a regi.
ment, no fire company In any of our
big cities, not even the engine force on
a man-of-war, is under such discipline
as the crew Of a submarine. The navy
department and the men themselves
realize that months are required before
even the most capable group of ten
can be made to work as a unit, perfect
as clockwork. There is no time to
break In" crews when once war IL de-
clared, and for this reason the subma-
rlne service Is continually and inces.
sanity In war practice. Practice runs
In the ordinary sense do not exist.
Each time the boat stands out to sea
she goes as II for business. the scenes
you see being exactly like those that
would be enacted were the vessel bent
upon actually sinking an enemy.-st
Nicholas.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12
The Other Great Man.

DR.. Russell Cool OF California hap
pened to suppress an epidemic OF
measles while on a vacation trip 60
Tahiti. and Chief Oreaori gratefully
invited him 10 a banquet in his print.
tive paiaee. The south sea potentate
and his white guest sat amlahly on
the door and dined OF roast pig and
other native del1cacies served on broad
leaves and eaten with the fingers.
After dinner host and guest adjourned
to seats outside the palace, lit long, fat,
black cigars and gazed out over the
mooniit Pacific. In the eyes OF Chief
oreaof. Robert Louis Stevenson, who
did 30 much to improve the condition
Of the south sea islanders, was the
greatest white man that ever lived.
The chief related to DIR. Cool many
incidents TO illustrate Htevenson's
kindness, then asked a score OF CUES
lions about the health of stevenson's
widow and OF his stepchildren. When
the last question had been answered
there followed long period Of silence
The two friends pulled slowly at their
cigars and luxuriously regarded the
radiant tropic moonlight glowing upon
rustling palm fronds and the sllvery
ocean. Then oreaori turned to the
doctor and demanded. "Now tell me
about John L. SULLIVAN Harper's
Weekly
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12

A prominent member Of a German
American society told story about a
German friend Of his who was taken
III. For many days the German was
close 20 death, but after a time he
showed Improvement in condition. The
doctor told the Germans wife that her
husband might have anything to eat
that he liked.
Tho German expressed a desire for
llmburger cheese, and the wife. being
Ia generous woman and pleased at the
Improvement and In order that her
husband might have a nlbble at any
time he had a taste for It. put some
cheese in every room In the house. II
Is easy to imagine the aroma.
The next morning the doctor called
at the house. and as soon as he opened
the door he asked:
when did he die3"-Hartford Post.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12
Senses Of Insseta

Insects guide themselves in flight a..
most entirely and on tle ground partly
by means Of their faceted eyes. The
antannae and the buccnl sensory or
gans cannot help In aerial steering.
Insects perceive the motion OF OBJ
lects particularly well--l. O., the dis
placements Of visual images relatively
to the compound eye. They therefore
see better when on the wing than at
rest. for during flight the image Of i'm.
mobile objects Is displaced relatively
to the eye.
Insects distinguish the contours and
forms Of objects only more or less In
distinctly.
Insects appreciate the direction and
distance Of objects very clearly during
flight by the aid Of their compound
eyes They can also appreciate. even
when at rest. the distance Of immoblle
objects.
Certain insects (bees. bumblebees)
distinguish color clearly and recognize
colors better than forms. Among
others (waspsl the perception Of color
appears, on the contrary. to be very
rudimentary. Senses OF Insects"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12

"A man doesn't have to 70 to Paris
to learn something about the econo-
ny Of French cooks" said a janitoF.
"All he has 10 do is TO get a Job like
mine IN a house occupied mostly by
French families. and he'll learn some
astonishing lessons In the art OF sav-
ing Up to two months ago / was
working IL a building Of that kind.
So far as attending to the garbage
was concerned, had the easiest time
Of my life. There was practically no
garbage. The people lived well
enough, guess. Anyhow they re-
ceived packages from the butcher and
grocer. but they never seemed to
throw anything away. About the only
thing they didn't eat was coffee
grounds and potato skins and tomato
cans. and there was precious little
waste Of even that.
Where l am working now the fami-
lies are all American. That Is where
the food goes to waste. The people in
that house throw away enough pro
visions every day to feed oil those
French families a week."-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12
IRE Japs as lockers.

In the days OF the second empire
Baron Gros was sent to Japan to de,
mand the opening Of certain ports to
French commerce. Among the rest be
named to the Japanese ministers GER
tain city. The Japanese functionaries
smiled 80 broadly when he preferred
the request that the French ambassa-
dor asked them TO tell him what gave
them so much amusement. but instead
Of answering the Japanese ministers
said:
I'VE will open the port in question,
my lord, II France In her turn will
open certain port to u.s."
What port is thatT' asked the
Frenchman.
THE port Of Liverpool"
'But, your excellencies," laughing,
Liverpool is not a French port, but
an English one"
Yes" answered the Japanese, ''and
the port you named is not in Japan,
but In Korea"
The French ambassador was com
PEELED to admit that the joke was
against him.--London Answers.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12
Made the Judua Psrsnira.

Sir John Charles Day. the English
Judge who earned the title of the
"hooligan's terror died at the age Of
elghty-two. In the nineteen years Sir
John was a judge of the high court
from 1882 to 1901-he was noted for
his gift of solemn humor and for his
drastic logging sentences. In fourteen
years he sentenced 1877 criminals to
3,766 strokes of the cat Once he said
TO gang of Liverpool rufTians: Il am
not going to give you men long terms
Of imprisonment, but when you go in
you get twenty lashes of the cat; when
you have been In nine months you get
twenty lashes of the cat: before you
come out you get twenty lashes Of the
cat. And then you can show what you
have got to your friends" He was per
haps the only English judge who ever
did hard labor" While on visit to q
prison he tried the treadmill. but when
he asked to be set free the guard pre-
tended not to hear his request. The
judge was perspiring freely by the
time he was permitted to abandon his
experiment.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12
No Help Wanted.

Scene. a courtroom. A big, burly
artisan Is brought in by the bailifl
and placed in the dock. He is a reg
ular Hercules in point of stature and
Is brought up on charge of assault.
II is evidently his first appearance in
court.
When he enters the magistrate is
busy with his papers, but presently
looks up hurriedly and. turning to the
prisoner, exclaims:
Have you engaged any one to de-
fend your
whats thatT' asks the prisoner;
then. collecting himself, he adds: ~
don't want anybody. Come on. any
half dozen of your-London Answers.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-12
snallsa IN Enll.

1--WE bad an editor In chief on our
paper years ago who was a stlekler for
no authorizations" said veteran news.
paper man. "He didn't believe In alb
hrevlRtlng anything but tho word mis-
ter The names OF states had to be
spelled out. One time one OF the boys
wrote a news story which contained
this clause Aud Mozart's mass was
played The prOotreader who got the
story had been under the exaeting dl.
cetioa Of that editor for years, too
many years to allow any proper name
10 get by him without being spelled
oat, 80 when he came to this mass he
rung' the word. and II came out Mo
sart's Massachusetts,. Omaha Bee.