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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-16
DIR. Jones for Supervisor

DIR. Jones Tor supervisor
Enter, at the eleventh hour, Dr..
Philip Mills Jones, democratic candi-
date for supervisor. In casting about
for two men to complete a ticket of
supervisors to which the organization
may give its support Gavin McNab has
hit upon Doctor Jones. The doctor
has consented to become a candidate,
and a small army of deputies from the
sheriffs and the recorders office will
be sworn in by the registrar today to
prepare his petition, which must be
fled by Saturday midnight,
Doctor Jones is well known not only
as a physician, but also as the editor
of the Pacific Coast Medical Journal
He is a director of the Bohemian club
and for years has been one of the
choice spirits of the Press club
One candidate more is needed to COM
plete the McNab slate for supervisors
1t was thought that an available man
had been found yesterday in Sterling
Carr, young attorney, who is also a
figure in clubdom, being prominent in
the Holiuschfckie. But Carr. while
willing enough to make the race, found
that IL would be necessary to decline on
account of other pressing affairs.
II Supervisor George Connolly were
only satisfactory to the McNab orranj-
cation Doctor Jones would round out
ticket of Is supervisors: but Con
molly, the McNab eGict saws will not 10
on account of his extreme views on tbe
| liquor business. So one man more rnust
be found, although the time 70 com
plete petition is extremely short
The workers of the municipal lea pue
| of Independent republican clubs have
| practically finished the collection NJ
signatures for the petitions placino
Byron Manzy and the other 80 candi-
| dates OF the league on the ballot.
So far, about 1,400 signatures have
been gathered for all the 81 candidates
| The committee appointed by tha
| Hearst wing of the independence lea pua
| to collect the names OF candidates for
ONCE has gathered together the names
of all the candidates on all the tickets
and has submitted them to the county
committee. A meeting will be held
next Friday, July 80. at which efforts
will be made to select ticket worthy
the Endorsement of doodle deeism
The thirty-sixth district republican
club met last night at 225 Valencia
street. There was large attendance
and the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, our representative in the assem-
! Oily, Henry n Beatty. having been instructed
| by our regular thirty-sixth district repubIiesn
Japanese The Isas Creek propositnns a 10 anti a
direct primary law, and all these measures
as the records show, did receive the earnest
and hearty support Of our Representatives; there
fore, be It
Resolved. that the republicans assembled at
this meeting do heartily commend and an
prove the manly and honorable course taken
! by Henry n Beatty; and be it further
Resolved, that we, the regular republicans
of the thirty-sixth district, pledge ourselves
at this time TO give to representative ali
honorable support in our power to attain for
him higher honors at the hands of the people.
The club also passed resolution In
dorsing Fred Eggers for sheriff.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
BEGINS PLANS TO
IMPROVE STREETS
Berkeley Council Passes ResO-
luton Ordering Widening of
CIarem0nt Avenue

BERKELEY. Dec. 1.-THE first
move was taken today by the city
council in pursuance of it's elaborate
plan for the widening and opening OF
certain streets. when a resolution was
passed ordering the widening OF
Claremont avenue to so feet
Objection to this plan has been
most pronounced and as the improve
ment was considered vital the coun-
ell decided to make the project the
first of the series of formal street
proceedings. The old board of town
trustees wrestled with the knotty
problem for months and finally gave
1t up as a bad job.
Center street will be widened from
Grove street to Shattuck avenue; SIM
liar action will be taken with Grove
street from Center to Berkeley way
and Walnut street will be opened from
Hearst avenue to Shattuck avenue
The matter of the widening of Tele-
graph avenue from the Sather gate
way at the university. to Dwight way
mas been dropped for the present
Other improvements contemplated in
clude the widening of Hopkins street
from San Pablo avenue
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
NEWS OF OAKLAND BERKELEY ALAMEDA HAYWARD AND sANIEANDRO
UNIVERSAL PEACE
AN ASSURED FACT
Prof. G. Nj. Stratton Says That
All Nations Will Soon Aban-
don Armies and NavieS

BERKELEY. Dec 14.-That individ-
ual betterment viii come with the era
of universal peace, was the declara-
tion made tonight by Prof. George NJ.
Stratton of the department of psychOl-
ogy of the university. in an address
before the bay association of the Con-
gregational churches. which met in the
North Berkeley Congregational church
this afternoon.
The university savant. speaking on
the subject. The Fighting Instinct of
Man" said that universal peace was
an assured fact. and that, though na-
tions deferred their efforts toward this
end. it would nevertheless come.
After tracing the martial instinct Of
man. Professor Stratton touched on the
disarmament of the nations He said:
The nations of the earth win disarm
and their navies and armies will be
abandoned. Only a small navy Will
be maintained and merely to police the
seas and preserve the peace of the ma
tions from the inroads OF the bandit
nations
America. being a nation of prestige
and prominence. he said. should take
the leadership in the universal peace
idea.
Prof E. NJ Lewis. commandant of
the cadets of the university, was a
speaker of the evening and followed
Professor Stratton in a discussion on
peace.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
MANY PETTY OFFENSES
REPORTED TO THE POLICE
Man Steals Purse in DELEGATES
sen Store

man made trifing purchase al
the 6eI5caIessen store Of J. W Dough
err,-. 1912 Turk street. Monday aft
ernoon and when Dougherty went to
lu.- rear 40 get change the man stole
Dougherty's purse containing $50 and. a
gold bracelet valued al $50.
Agnes Manning. 1856 McAllister
street. missed a coral necklace valued
al $3.50 from her bedroom Monday. The
residence Of Mrs. Annie Montgomery,
s5S Mccormack place. was entered and
ieweiry valued at $500 stolen. The
gun store Of the Shreve & Barber COM
panv. 1923 Market street, was entered
Monday night and revoivers valued at
SIZE stolen.
FRED Bohns paintshop at ~ Hoff
avenue was entered and stock valued
at $50 stolen Frank Kapplers room
al IA Church street was entered and q
shotgun and clothing valued at SO
stolen. Richard Ward, South Park
house was relieved Of a purse contain
ing s. on q Sutter street car
An. intoxicated man entered the
shack Of Joe Perlongo, 6.7 Lombard
street. Monday night and ordered Per-
Iongo out. When he refused. the stran-
ger attacked him, cutting him on the
wrist, and then ran out.
A burglar tried TO force an entrance
into the Monogram saloon. East and
Howard streets. early yesterday morn
ing after il had been closed. and when
Martin Naule. the bar tender. appeared
the burglar grappled with him. Pat
rick Farrel3v of Morse's patrol ran to
ATauIe's assistance. when the burglar
fripped him and Farreliy fell, brea king
his ankle The burglar escaped.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
STUDENTS TO AID
IN CENSUS TAKING
Application Will Probably Be
Made for Leaves of Absence
of 200 Next April


BERKELEY, Dec. 1.-THE unusual
the United States government asking
the university, for the leaves of alb
sence of 200 students to collect the
federal census in this county under the
direction of James NJ. Burke, grad
uate student and supervisor of census
for the third congressional district. will
probably be the outcome of the efforts
of the federal authorities to secure
competent men and women to aid in
the work next April.
Students who have had training in
economies, statistics and accounting
are desired, and large number of
university students have expressed
their intention of securing places un-
der Burke. who was recently appointed
to the place by Congressman Joseph
r. Knowland
In case they are given the positions
as federal collectors of the census. the
director in Washington will apply to
the university authorities for leaves
of absence for the students from April
Is to May TO- when the census must
be collected and submitted to the di-
rector.
The enrolment of the university will
be cut into il such action is taken by
the director as at least 200 students
out OF registration of about $500
will be required. On account of the
proximity to- graduation. and the final
examinations for the year, not many
Of the senior students win take part
in the census taking. but it is expected
that a large number. of the members
of the other classes will take advan-
tage of the opportunity of making
money to aid in paying their college
expenses and to secure experience in
the work in which they have had theo-
reticaI training.
James NJ. Burke is a graduate of the
class OF 1908 and was president of the
student body in his senior year. He is
law student, but worked in statistical
calculations under the direction of
Prof. c. c. Plehn, head of the de-
partment of accounting. Burke, for the
last three summers, has been in the
employ of the government in collect
ing data on the tonnage of ships and
other statistics on the San Joaquin and
Sacramento rivers. He is highly re-
garded by the faculty as brilliant
scholar.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
RED MEN ELECT NEW
OFFICERS FOR TRIBES
Christmas Entertainments to Be
Given in Hall

Althomas tribe OF the Improved Or
der of Red Men has elected the follow
ing as chiefs for the ensuing six
months:
George Knareft. saehem; A. ". Kampf
schmidt senior sycamore; c. Valentine. junior
saeamore; b. NJ. Clancy. prophet; l. V. Night
ingale. chief OF records; J. Harry Hutaff. col.
lector OF wampun: W j. Blaisdell keeper of
Tsmpum. ". T. Lyon A z. Schneider and E. p.
Roche, trustees.
The tribe viii have a Christmas tree
social in the assembly hall of the Red
Mems building Christmas night.
The following have been elected
chiefs of Sakinla tribe:
Carl Troppman. sachem: Martin l.. Haines-
senior sycamore: Louis Peters junior sycamore;
Frederick X Perry. prophet: GuStave GunzeD-
dorfer. trustee; DE. Charles NJ. Troppman, medi-
cine man.
This tribe gave its second anniver-
sary ball in the Red Mems building
last night
The chiefs who have been elected
to serve Wendigoes council, Degree OF
Pocahontas. Improved Order of Red
Men. for the next six months, are:
Anna NJ. Smith. Rocahontas: Clara Yogel
wewonsh: Michael $. Keller. Powhatsn May
bell Troppman Hutaf. prophecies: DR.. Charlie,
Martin 9roppman, medicine man
This council will have its Christ
mas tree party in Red Mems hall Fri
day, December II.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
EBELL OBSERVES
ITS ANNIVERSARY
ClubwOmen Give Breakfast
Former Presidents Being
Guests of Honor

OAKLAND, Dec l4.-At an elabor-
ately appointed breakfast ESQ women
OF Ebeu today celebrated the thirty
third anniversary of the clubs found
ing ln the handsome clubhouse in Har-
rison street. The birthday party in
cluded only the members OF this pio-
neer club on this side of the bay, who
made as. their particular guests OF
honor six Of the presidents who have
served the club as leaders in past
years. They were Mrs P. d. Browne.
Miss Sarah Horton. Mrs. George Bun
nell, Mrs Kate Bulkley. Mrs. James b.
Hume and Mrs Charles J. Woodbury..
The charter members We're represented
by Mrs. A. NJ Esterle. DR.. C A. Bucket,
Mrs. NJ a. Hardy. Mrs. D. l. Brant-
haVer and Mrs. J. b. McChesney. The
birthday cake with its 33 lighted can
dies was cut by Mrs. McChesney with
q pretty ceremony.
Miss Eva Powell presided as toast
mistress. responses being made by Mrs.
J. r. Scupham, The Pioneers; Mrs.
p J.. Browne. Strength: Mrs. G. r
child, Wisdom" and Mrs. a. c. Posey,
Beauty"
Mrs Charles Woodbury. was assisted
5n receiving the guests Of the day by
the following pioneer members and
former officers and curators of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
RELIEVES DELIVERY BOY
OF CHRISTMAS PARCELS
Thief Steals Bundles as Lad
Views Windows

OAKLAND. Dec. 14.-Setting down
his parcels at East Fourteenth street
and Thirty-sixth avenue, Fruitvale.
last night about o'clock to look into
store window while waiting for a
car, a delivery boy in the employ of
Taft & PennOyer Of this city turned
around a few seconds afterwards to
find the packages gone
After making fruitless search of
the immediate vicinity, the boy tear
fully reported the loss to Policeman
Hemphiu. who instituted a thorough
search for the thief without result
1t is presumed that the guilty person
jumped a car before the boy was aware
of his loss. The stolen bundles. three
in number. were valued at about $50.
Two contained large handsome dolls.
while the third had an assortment Of
fine writing paper. ribbon, napkin
rings and smaller articles.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
RAILROAD TO PLACE
BELLS ON CROSSINGS
Compromise Between North
western Pacific and Town

SAN RAFAEL. Dec. 14-Town Trus-
tees J.. B. Lowell and James Begley. in
company with w. S. Palmer, general
passenger agent of the Northwestern
Pacific railroad, and F. X. Zook. chief
of maintenance of way. have come to
an agreement by which warning bells
will be installed at the railway cross
ings in the center of the town The
trustees and railroad officials made an
inspection of the crossings at which
the trustees wished both bells and
gates to be installed The company's s
representatives declared that the gates
would be an unfair expense to the
railroad. A compromise was reached
when the company. agreed to install
electric bells at the most dangerous
crossings.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
OKLAHOMA HAS S122,867
IN DEFUNCT BANK
State Guaranteed Institutions
Are Still Safe

GUTHRIE, Okla, Dec. l4.-State
funds amounting to s122,S67 are on
deposit in the Farmers National Bank
of Tulsa which closed its doors last
night. according TO a statement by
Governor Haskell today.
The Governor said Edward Cassidy,
secretary of the school and land COM
mission. had deposited $4,000 in the
bank, and that State Treasurer James
Menefee had deposited s52.S67
There Is enough money in the State
guaranty fund.- said Governor Has
kell. ito protect all depositors in state
guaranteed banks unless too many of
these national banks fail, and tie up
funds belonging to the state banks.
The state banking board today
authorized A. NJ. Young, state bank
commissioner. to take charge of the
First state bank of Kiefer, unless that
bank should succeed in drawing out
its balance of $4,000 from the defunct
Tulsa bank.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
u. S. SUPREME COURT
SETTLES INDIAN. CASE
Government Retains Jurisdic-
ton Over RED Citizens"

WASHINGTON, Dec 14.-In decid-
ing yesterday the case of the United
States VS.. Bob Celestine, the supreme
court of the United States modified to
some extent its previous judgment as
to the effect of the patenting of land
to Indians.
In the Heff case it was virtually held
that under the general allotment act
such a patent was equivalent to con-
ferring citizenship on an Indian, but
in the opinion handed down yesterday.
written by Justice Brewer, it was held
that in cases where patents had been
granted under such conditions, the gem
eral allotment law would not apply
Justice Brewer said of Celestine that.
although he had been made a citizen
of the United States and of the state of
Washington it did not follow that the
United States had lost jurisdiction oyer
hi1n for offenses committed within the
limits of the reservation. 49,
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
WILL TALK ON CITY VS..
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
!. 5. Partridge to Address the
berkeley League Next Monday

BERKELEY, Dee. 14-John S. Part
ridge formerly city and county attor-
ney of San Francisco, will address a
public mass meeting of the Berkeley
city and county league of capitalists
and businessmen in the old town hall.
at the corner OF Allston way and Shat
tuck avenue, next Monday night His
subject will be: advantages and Dis
advantages of a City and County Gov
ernment.''
Prof. Frank c. Soule, who recently
retired as head of the department OF
civil engineering of the university,
president of the club, will preside at
the meeting. On the. platform will be
the officers of the club, as follows:
Vice Presidents, Captain w NJ. Mar
ston and George P. Baxter. Treasurer
A. w. Naylor and Secretary James NJ.
Koford.
Among the honorary vice presidents for
the meeting will be: W. f. Woolsey.
John ". Havens. J. A Marshall. P. E.
O'Brien. William Mason. William Such.
j. j. Mason, Duncan McDuffie. ]. r.
Little. Perry T. Tompkins, DR. H. y.
Rowell, Frank NJ. Wilson and J. A.
Elston.
A statement of the attitude of the
league on the question of consoIida tion
and annexation has been explained in
the following:
The officers and members of the city
and county league are very firm in
their declaration that the organization
is not an annexation movement of any
kind believing that their aim of con-
tinufng and increasing governmental
efficiency with a decreased tax burden
can not be so achieved. but that it may
be achieved by city and county govern
investigate what shane
government should take. and whether
with or without unifcation with other
municipalities. is the purpose OF their
organizations: but no plan which would
eliminate any present advantage or
fail to decrease cost of government
would be acceptable TO them.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
SIX THOUSAND SKINS
SECURED BY ROOSEVELT
Smithsonian Institution So Far
Receives Half of Collection

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE smith
sonian African expedition, headed by
former President Roosevelt, up to De-
cember 10 had taken 6,669 skins. of
which less than half have been re-
ceived at the institution.
The collection received consists of
243 large mammal Is, 1900 small NAM
mails and 1856 birds.
The collection has series of hu
man skulls picked UP along the line
of ancient slave trails. This state
ment of the work of the expedition
was made today bys Secretary Walcott
at the annual meeting of the board of
regents of the Smithsonian institution.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
De IANCfY TAKES
SENTENCE CALMLY
Declares He Will Devote Him
self to Making Good
Jute Bags

OAKLAND. Dec. 14.-Attorney John
S. de Lancey,. who was sentenced by
Judge Brown yesterday to spend six
years in the. state penitentiary at San
Quentin for embezzing $4,000 from
the estate of the late George Hite Cook.
made the philosophical statement to-
day that he was reconciled TO his fate.
Il will make the very best jute bag
ever turned out of San Quentin he
said
De Lancey has until next Friday to
decide whether he will stay in the
county jail or at San Quentin pending
his appeal, but in view of his state
ment it is believed that he will go at
once to the penitentiary. If his ap-
peal fails, the time he may have spent
in the county jail does not count as
part of the time he must serve as
sentence.
De Lancey refused to discuss his ap-
peal, saying that. the matter was now
in the hands of his attorneys, NJ C.
Chapman and A. L. Frick. The lat
ter gave notice yesterday, after SEN
tence, that an appeal would be taken,
but this must be supplemented by fill
ing formal notice. De Lancey's attor-
neys have until tomorrow afternoon to
do this.
De Lancey said he was coming back
to Oakland as soon as he was liber-
ated, and would again take UP his life
there SO as to live down his past
transgressions. He was found guilty
of appropriating to his own use cer-
tificate of deposit for $4,000 that be-
longed to- the Cook estate. while act
ing as attorney for former Public Adj
ministrator George D. Gray.
ad ,i of
the estate of the late C. Arnaud, in
which defalcations We're found in the
course of the Investigations that led
to De Lancey's undoing. The account
shows that Gray has expended s424.44.
and that there is balance of $976.51
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
HENEY WILL LECTURE
IN ARIZONA CITIES
Tour of Country and Magazine
Articles Planned

TUCSON, Ariz.. Dec. 14-Francis ].
Heney is to take the lecture platform.
Arrangements have been completed for
tour embracing the principal cities of
Arizona and ending I'm time to enable
Heney to spend Christmas in San Fran
cisco.
Heney is said to have under consid-
Grafton offers from several lecture bu-
reaus for an extensive tour of the
United States. and in addition he will
prepare a series of ma gazine articles
dealing with the graft prosecution in
San Francisco.
He will take up the Oregon land
cases early in January.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
WOMAN IS FOUND
DRUGG[D IN STREET
Husband Unable to Obtain Ex-
PLANTATION of Mrs. Anna Lee
Cummins Condition
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

OAKLAND, Dec. 14.-W. F. Cummins,
manager of the North American ribbon
and carbon company, with offices at 52s
Twelfth street. Oakland. and also in
San Francisco. whose wife, Mrs. Anna
Lee Cummlns was reported to have
been drugged and left unconscious in
the streets of Monterey last night. is
utterly at a loss TO explain his wife's
plight
He made several Intellectual attempts
TO get into telephone communication
with Mrs. Cummins today, and finally
sent instructions TO a physician at Car
mel-by-the-Se to visit her and report
her condition to him by phone.
The physician called him up this even
ing and said her condition would not
permit her TO leave for home this even
ing. Cummins was unable to get any
other details of her mishap except a
few words from the Monterey police
that she had been struck on the head.
EASTERN STAR OFFICIAL
Mrs Cummins is a national officer of
the order of the Eastern Star and has
travelled all over the country in her
official capacity. She was entertained
by the local lodges during an official
visit here last year. She was also for
y
Christian association of st. Louis, Mo,
and declined an invitation to resume
the Office when she left that city.
Cummins married her November last
at the home of her sister. Mrs Sarah
Morris. in Kansas City, No. and the
couple completed thei wedding trip
only short time ago. They had
planned to make their home in this
city.
WOMAN CARRIED VALUABLES
Saturday Mrs. Cummins left Oakland
to visit her mother. Mrs. Daniels, who
is i'll in a sanatorium at Carmel by the
Sea She wore diamonds and other
jewelry of considerable value and car
ried with her bonds and securities. the
value of which Cummins refused to
disclose. He declared, however. that
its estimated value in the newspaper
reports was exaggerated
He said that his wife was in excel
lent health when she left here and that
he explained her presence in Monterey
last night on tn theory that she had
gone there TO spend the night in order
that she might catch an early train for
Oakland this morning. her intention
having been to return home today. She
is SO years of age. She was the widow
of William P. Stewart at the time of
her marriage with Cummins.