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The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
FORTUNE AWAITS
MISSING SISTERS
Large Estate in Nebraska Will
Escheat Unless They Are
Found Soon

POINT RICHMOND, Sept. 1.-Two
women, whose names are maiden
names alone are known, are being
sought for in order that they may be
given shares of large estate left by
their brother, Robert H. Mcconnell of
Genoa, Neb. Unless they are found in
short time the property that they are
entitled to will escheat to the state of
Nebraska. They were Ida Mcconnell
and Dora Mcconnell
Information as to their whereabouts
Is being sought by Attorney G. F. Rose
Information as to their whereabouts
is being sought by Attorney G. r. Rose
OF Genoa, who corresponded recently
with N. j. Young of Richmond, whose
daughter, Mrs. Frank Cripes, knew the
missing women 2d years ago. Rose
wrote to Young that the Mcconnell
estate was a considerable one, and that
1t was necessary for the sisters of the
dead man to prove their claims at once
in order to share in the property.
The Mcconnell sisters left Nebraska
20 years ago and came to San Fran
cisco They were heard of in Berke-
ley, but trace of them was lost shortly
after they came to California Both
or them are believed to- have married
but the attorney of their brother
estate In Nebraska is ignorant of their
husbands names. He has advertised
extensively for them, but has received
no answer. In the meantime the Ne
braska statute has been in operation
and the time. limit for the distribution
or estates Is now nearly up
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
WOMAN DISTURBS
COURTS DECORUM
Aged Plaintiff Shouts That Wit
ness Is FaISifyins

OAKLAND, Sept. 1T am SO years
OF age and never told half so big a
lie in all my time as that you are Civ
ing now!' screamed Mrs. Isabella
Smith in Judge Wells court today
while Mrs. Sarah Belle Haggerty was
on the witness stand During Mrs.
Haggerty's testimony Mrs. Smith
laughed shrilly and directed Judge
Wells to listen to the noise. She
seemed unable to comprehend the ma
ture of the occasion and instructions
to remain silent were lost upon her.
Mrs Smith was plaintiff in an action
to recover title to two lots in East
Oakland for which she gave deeds in
1907 to George L. Patterson and Maria
Moriartty of Brooklyn, n. Y, who pro-
fessed to be her nephew and niece, al
though she had not seen them in 40
years.
They visited her a short time before
the deeds were made out and she sub
sequently said that she had not un-
derstood the nature of the gifts and
had nothing left with which TO sup
port herself. Neither of the defend
ants was in attendance. but the attor-
neys who are representing them called
Mrs. Haggerty as a witness.
Mrs. Haggerty said that Mrs Smith
acted voluntarily in making the gifts.
that she was not under any influence
and that no attempt was made to take
advantage of her infirmities.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
UNIVERSITY BEGINS
MANY EXPERIMENTS
Much Work Outlined for lnyes=
tigation Under Adams Fund
of Federal Government

BERKELEY, Sept. Experiments
under the Adams fund.-" an annual al
lowance from the federal government.
will be more extensive this year than
ever before, according to an announce
ment made by Prof. E. j. Wickson,
dean of the college of agriculture, who
today outlined the work which is to
be undertaken with the $4,000 avail
able this year
Special attention will be paid to cit
rus fruits and series of experiments
conducted as to the causes of diseases
and the pulling and splitting of oranges.
In the department of soils bacteria of
the soil will be further investigated
and work prosecuted in this pioneer
field The effect of alkali on trees will
be part of the work.
The work of the faculty under the
fund is outlined as follows:
BY E. w. Hilgard and r. H. Loughridge Con-
tinuation of an investigation of the occurrence OF
cniorosls on citrus trees in the Porterville re-
gion.
BY R. Z. Smith, E. H. Smith and F. L. Yeaw:
Continuation OF investigation into the occurrence
of California peach blight
BY A. r.. Ward and C. NJ. Haring: Continue
tion OF studies in the artificial immuntzation OF
cattle against tuberculosis, based upon history
OF 30 calves already purchased and vaccinated,
as compared with equal number OF uninocu-
lated calves to be kept with them as check
under same exposure.
By NJ. E. Jana: Continuation of matabolism
experiments with poultry, income and outgo of
nitrogen and determination of heats of COM
bustion of foods.
BY G.. W. Shaw and j. D. Rose: Continuation
Of laboratory and field study of cereals.
BY +. e. Smith, Z. 81. Smith and F. L. Yeaw;
Continuation of study Of methods of infection
and spread Of pear blight obacillus.
BY r. H. Loughridge: Continuation Of study
OF tolerance of plants for alkali Soils
By G. w. Woodworth: Completion OF study OF
life history OF the Argentine ant.
By E. w. Hilgard r. H. Loughridge and G.
B. Lipman: Continuation of a study of soil
bacteria under arid conditions and the relation
of irrigation thereto.
BY R. f. Smith. ]. II. Norton and ]. E. Colt:
Continuation of investigation into the nature of
certain ''physioogical'' plant diseases:
By W. IT Clarke: Continuation of study OF
causes of sterility Of almond trees and relations
thereto Of cross pollination. weather conditions,
etc.
BY II. J. Quayle: Continuation of detailed
study OF red and yellow scales Of citrus trees.
BY E. B. Babcock and W. L. Jepson: Contfnu-
alton of investigation Of nature and origin of
walnut oak" hybrids with hybridizing expert
ments.
BY H. A. Hopper: Study of California condi-
tions influencing the quality of butter.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
OAKLAND WILL BE
PLACED ON THE MAP
Public SCHOOL Biographies Will
Be at Once Revised

OAKLAND. Sept. Revised editions
of the advanced geography used in the
public schools win be made. at once,
and the slight put upon Oakland, Ala
media and Berkeley, which were left
off the map, Will be atoned for.
A conference was held. today between
Secretary Stearns of the Oakland cham
Der of commerce, City Superintendent
of Schools McCly1nonds and the repre-
sentatives of the publishers of the Of
Tending textbook.
The latter apologized for the omis-
sion of Oakland and contiguous cities
from the geography disclaimed all re-
sponsibility and promised to make tire
necessary corrections at once.
According to the representatives of
the publishers, the fault of leaving the
Alameda county cities out of the geog-
raphy is that of the California text
book commission which furnished copy
for the book representatives of the
commission were also present, and they
declared themselves. in favor of setting
matters. Alright at once.
Indignation was caused a few days
ago when ii was discovered that the
new textbooks had left out Oakland
and adjacent cities, though illustrations
of such smaller cities as San Jose,
Santa Rosa and San Diego were to be
found.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
JURORS WILL HEAR
FLOODS CONFESSION
De Lancy Will Also Testify AL
though Indicted, Without
Hope of CIemency

OAKLAND, Sept. Indicted by the
grand jury on forgery charges at its
last meeting, Attorney John S. De Lam
cey and Clerk A. j. Flood,s attaches of
Public Administrator George Gray's Of
flee. will be witnesses before that body
when its Investigations are resumed to-
morrow morning, according to report at
the courthouse today. s
Since his arrest by Captain of De-
tectives Petersen on his return from
Seattle, Flood has evinced a willingness
to tell all he knows about grating in
Gray's office, but De Lanceys change
of heart is regarded as especially sig
nificant
DE Lancey can not .'be compelled to
testify. A transcript of his evidence
shows that he was an unwilling wit
ness with a memory remarkable for
it's failures at critical intervals. IT
De Lancey testifes it will indicate that
he has. determined to- make clean
breast of the whole affair, following g
the lead of Flood. What De Lancey
hopes to gain is problematical as Dis
trict Attorney ponahue has announced
that no promises of immunity or Glenn
ency have been made to Flood and that
no person will obe so favored.
The indications are that pleas of
guilty will be entered in both cases and
that the hard court battles which have
beeno anticipated will be avoided.
The evidence against De Lancey was
SO strong that the indictment was re-
turned without hesitation, and it has
been vastly strengthened by THE con-
fession of Flood. Passing a forged
CLAIM for s115 against the estate of a
man buried at county expense and Sc
curing its approval in court is charged
against De Lancey and Gray has said
that De Lancey must have known of
the forgery committed by Flood, and
explanations of office details uphold
this view.
De Lancey may be planning to make
the best of a bad situation by confess
ing to'the grand jury. So far no other
serious offense has been charged
against De Lancey except the practice
Of demanding "rakeoffs" from every
businessman to whom he diverted the
work of the office. The rakeoffs were
naturally added to the. original charges
for services against the estate in hand.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
WITNESSES. TO BE
DRAWN FROM JAILS
Frank Wards Trial Delayed Tn.
til Prisoners Are Gathered

OAKLAND, Sept. 1.-Jails, penitenti-
aries and reformatories throughout the
state will give up inmates tomorrow
in order to make up the array. or wit
nesses against Frank Ward, who was
accused of taking part in .the recent
break from the city prison. Wards
trial was set for today, but when the
addresses of the various witnesses were
reported to Judge Brown continu-
ance was promptly granted.
Among those who will be taken from
the various institutions are Homer
Stolcup, serving a term of. 10 years
at Folsom penitentiary for beating
County Jailer White over the head
with an iron bar in an attempted
break from the county Jail; Thomas
Wilson, serving during minority at
the Preston school of industry for try
ing to steal drugs at the receiving
hospital; Claude K. Trowbridge, at
San Quentin. having been convicted OF
completely in the escape from the city
jail, and Joo Wing and Herbert Mil
Ter, who since. their release from de.
tention on this side of the bay have
been arrested in San Francisco
Orders for their appearance at
Wards trial were today signed by
Judge Brown.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
CURzON SISTERS
A BIG FEATURE
Their Aerial AcI at the Oakland
Orpheum Proves a Thrill
ing Number

OAKLAND, Sept. The Human
Butterflies" known professionally as
the Curzon sisters, are. creating a SEN
sation at the Oakland Orpheum this
week. The girls take their lives in
their hands at every performance.
With nothing to support them but a
bit of rubber held in their mouths the
Curzon girls swing around and around
high above the stage and as they glide
through the air they resemble nothing
so much as human butterflies, hence
their title. The girls are slight in
physique, but each is trained athlete
and they have brought the science Of
aerial flight to a point far in advance
of that exhibited by any other aerial
artists in the world.
The announcement that the Curzon
girls are to be the first women aviators
in America and that they will sail in
aeroplanes at the cattle exposition in
the Fulton contest has created a vast
deal of interest: The husband of the
elder of the two girls left last Sunday
for New York, where he is to take
charge of the shipment of the parts Of
an aeroplane.
The machine was sold to- him by
Henri Farman of Paris for IS, 600.
Farman machine up in the air at Sc
attle after being taught a bit more
of the science of aerial navigation by
Curzon, who is an accomplished aviator
Although women have ridden in these
flying machines as passengers, no
woman aviator has ever yet handled
an airship..
Besides the Curzon sisters on the
vaudeville bill at the Orpheum this
week there are some notable novelties
including John World and MindelI
Kingston in sparkling musical com
edy skit; Wilbur Mack and NelIa
Walker in what they style "a musical
Irritation" called ''The Girl and the
Pearl; Herr J. Rubens, a novelty
transparent painter; Eleanor Gordon
and her company in "Tips on Tap;
La Petite Revue. a delightful novelty:
the five Avolos, xylophonists, and Lena
Panther. a pretty European athlete
VINO dances In the air and on the floor
Next week Joseph Hart's Bathing
Girls are the chief attraction
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
COUNTY BOARD PLANS
TO REPLACE FIXTURES
Lighting of Buildings Subject of
Secret Deliberations

OAKLAND, Sept. -I.-Projects To. in
stan electric light fixtures in the county
clerks office, auditors, treasurer's and
their own assembly. room engrossed
the board Of supervisors today at a
secret session. The plans as Submitted
by the chairman of the building com
mittee calls for 40 fixtures at total
cost Of $4,000.
Opposition developed on the mart of
supervisors Foss and Mullins. who
said that night sessions were unheard
Of by the board, and that few. of the
various Offices ever had occasion to
keep clerks at work after dark. The
existing lighting apparatus was con-
sidered good enough. though ad-
mittedly antiqgated in appearance.
The new members felt that the ex-
lsteHce of a surplus of 100000 in the
treasury had considerable to do with
the idea Of replacing electric Fixtures.
They also recalled that a partial report
submitted by the 1905 grand jury ex-
posed numerous fixtures firms a guilty
Of fagrant overchargess for work done.
and there was no disposition shown to
throw more money to them.
Salaries and other claims for August
were passed by the board today to save
employees delay until Monday in secur-
ing their incomes.
Supervisor Foss was empowered ia
have the county buildings decorated
for Labor and Admission days.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
Marriage Licenses

OAKLAND Sept f.-The following mar
riage licenses were issued today:
Gebchard Machbauer. "a. St. Helena. and
Catherine Fay. "a, Oakland
William R. Bacon, 80, and Alice C. Maurer,
21, both of Alameda.
Frank j. Soito, "a. and Margaret P. Vargas,
is. both of Warm Springs.
Lewis c. Frederick, o. and Florence A.
Gardiner, 81, both of Oakland
Milton H. Price, 56, and Maryland B. Price,
"a. both of Oakland.
Rudolph E. Bosshard, 2e. Berkeley. and Irene
L. Haut. 81, Elmhurst.
Marion E. Horton, Al, Livermore, and Mary
Coats, 81, Tassajara, Contra Costa county.
Frank H. Phillips, %, Calf, and Ada NJ,
Hayten, 81, Vallejo.
Joseph B. Wright 26, and Pauline Stroh.
maier, Is. both OF San Francisco.
Edward Rosenquist, 49, and Ida Erickson, 35
beth of San Francisco.
John H. Thomas, 81, and Ida r. Wickson, %,
both of Berkeley.
Walter p shoemake. 81, Oakland. and Helen
NJ. Wilson, 10. Merced..
Walter W. Haglen, 2S, Oakland and Edna NJ.
Rison %, Point Richmond
Leroy j. Mccoy. 81. and Irene G. Hemp
stead. 1S both of Oakland.
Neil A. Frederickson. %, Fruitvale, aA1
Maude Z. Kuester, Il, Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
HONOR SYSTEM TO
PREVENT CHEATING
Mining Students. of University
Adopt New Plan to Cure
= !. an Old Evil


=: -BERKELEY Sept: although the
plan of placing students on their
honor not to cheat during the college
organizations has been defeated by the
student body at the polls. on two 2oc-
easionsY and the undergraduates de-
clare they are not. ready for the SO
called honor system. the mining as
sociation sof the students has adopted
the idea and hereafter all cheating
will be eliminated. by. "a system. of
espionage.
Ali students caught cheating in ex-
aminations: will first, be reported to
President @. L. Kettenbach of the min
ing association. A public rebuke will
follow second omehse.. and in the
event of a third complaint tile college
authorities viii be asked to eXpef the
offending: mining student.
h. Tie spy: system will not be resorted
to- unless it seems imperative. Com
mittees- of ten men: from the. senior
and Junior mining classes will be
chosen by Kettenbach and in their hands
will rest the responsibility for report
ing students for cheating.
The university authorities are said
TO he much pleased with the adoption
of the honor system by the mining
students and look forward TO similar
action by the other associations and
eventually by the entire student body
During the last few years cheating
in the final examinations has become
more marked in the upper classes than
among the freshmen. The mining as
sociatton first took the matter up al
the beginning of the term and agreed
that something would. have to be done
-.
certain members of the junior and
senior classes during the final. ex-
aminations in April and May, 1909.
The officers ofsthe mining associa-
tion who will be. responsible for the
success. of the new system are Pres
ident, Q. L. Kettenbach; secretary
Robert Phelps; treasurer, w. e. Luck
librarian. E. L. Lepper; assistant IL
brarian, T. Thiele.
According to the new ruling of the
English club of the university :only
the names of Editor Rollo E. Fay and
T. Henshaw, the manager, will appear
in every issue of the Pelican, the
comic paper of the students. The
staff will be changed. for each issue
and the names of the. contributors
will be given.
The mandolin club of the university
has. elected FIVE students :on probation
as follows: R. r. Randall, e. Max
we'll, H. G. Adams. e. Twogood anc
E. r.. Fertig:..
r. = o
=: The Journal of Technology. the sci.
.entific. publication OF the students, ap-
peared. on the campus: of the univer-
sfty today. for the first time this tern
and the OccideRt magazine. the. month
Ty paper, will make. its first appear
ance Friday with articles from the pens
of prominent Students
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
LIE FORT JURY FAILS
TO RETURN VERDICT
Discharge Ordered After Agree
ment Is Reported Hopeless

OAKLAND, Sept. .1.-Reporting a
disagreement this morning after helm
locked up all night, the jury trying
A. j. lie Fort on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon was discharged
by Judge Brown. The Jurors were re-
ported as standing I to for con-
viction.
LIE Fort was accused of beating his
bar keeper, H. G. Miller with 8 re-
volver, after they fell out over the
payment of wages. Miller left the
state before the case went to trial.
LIE Fort conducted the Press saloon
at Eighth and Franklin streets, but the
license was revoked. after Mrs. Edith
McCrea said that Charles Mack had
stolen S110 from her purse in a rear
room. Mrs. McCrea also disappeared
before Mack came to trial, but he was
convicted and is awaiting sentence.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
MEN BEAT WOMEN AND
BOTH ARE ARRESTED
Aged Mother Is iii Treated and
Wife Loses Teeth

OAKLAND, Sept. Hugh Hopkins,
an engineer. was /arraigned in the
police court this morning on a charge
of battery, growing out of alleged mis-
treatment of his aged mother. who, ac-
cording to the police, has frequently
been ~molested by her son.
The case was continued. and bail
was set at $500 so that Hopkins must
remain In JAIL
The same procedure was resorted to
in the case of J. B. McGlynn. a cement
worker of 432 Thirty-eighth street
who is accused by his wife of knock
ing two of her teeth down her throat
He was arrested last night at midnight
and is still in jail, as he can not raise
the bail. He viii be tried tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
CALVES MUST ANSWER
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT
Charged With Failure to Pro-
vide for Minor Child

ALAMEDA, Sept. Fernando Calves
was held over by Police. Judge r. B.
Tappan today to answer to the superior
court on a charge of failure to- provide
for his minor child. Attorney NJ. w.
Simpson, who represented the defend
ant and the court became involved in
a spirited wrangle when the magis-
trate asked Calves If he had brought
his bondsmen with him.
Simpson took exception to the ques-
tion put by the judge to the defendant,
holding that it was improper and mis-
conduct. Calves testified that he was
working in cannery and receiving So
a week. He said that he had given his
wife S11 of s33 that he had earned.
The defendants bail was fixed at $3.50
cash or $1,000 bonds.
Calves is being sued for a divorce
and is also named as a corespondent,in
a divorce action.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES ON THE OF SAN FRANCISCO
ST. SURE ELECTED
SIRE FOURTH TINE
Alumni Re-eIects Presiding Of
fCer for Annual
Banquet

OAKLAND. Sept. For the fourth
time A. F. St. Sure has been elected
sire of the alumni Of the Y. NJ L he
will preside over the social organiza-
tion of the order for another year.
The alumni of the Y. Nj. l. Is 2 PuISly
-ooto1 bod,, tbe members of which
consist of the former grand Off1cers.
Among them are General James n.
smith. Judge F. ]. Murasky. j. r.
SuIIivan. Nj. W. Fleming, ]. ]. Nc
Dade. Judge c. P. Rendon. Samuel
Haskins, T.. w Kelly George "A;
c,+a,o1I- Z T. Pierce and Richard
Tsuven The duties of the sire are
to preside over the annual banquet.
which will be held in stockton next
wear. The last one was held IN san
Jose two weeks ago.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
FORMER HIGH PRIEST
is GIVEN RECEPTION
Royal Arch Chapter of Masons
Welcomes One Time Comrade

OAKLAND, Sept. Ia. C. jackson,
former high priest of Oakland royal
arch chapter Of Masons was made the
guest of honor of the lodge at a recep-
tion held tonight. He arrived today
from Portland, where he has made his
home for the last few years, accompa-
MED by his wife, who was formerly a
social favorite in Oakland.
He will remain in Oakland only a
day or two, leaving then for the south
ern part of the state on pleasure
trip.
During his long residence in Oak
land Jackson was in the service of the
Southern Pacific company.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
UNIVERSITY PAYS NO
ATTENTION TO BOTANIST
Lilienthal Can Secure Confer
ence IF He Should Desire

BERKELEY, Sept. 1.-The university
authorities have paid little attention
to the charges made by Hugo H. Lilien-
thai, the botanist and horticulturist of
this city. that some of the plants in
the botanical gardens are wrongly
named. DR., Wheeler has. turned over
the matter to Prof. W. A, Setchell, who
has. asked .Lilienthal to come forward
and prove his claims.
Professor SetchelI has asked for an
interview with Lilienthal, when the
matter of the naming of the plants
in the botanical gardens will be dis
cussed in detail.
The professors say that while a few
mistakes naturally occur In the proper
labelling of plants, there. are not the
wholesale mistakes which Lilienthal al
leges.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
TAFT WILL ADDRESS
BERKELEY CITIZENS
Chief Executive Will Speak in
Greek Theater

BERKELEY. Sept. 1.-The special
committee of the faculty of the uni
versity has decided not to give a re-
ception of their own to President Taft
when he arrives here October 5, but
will cooperate with the city committee
of which Anson S. Blake is chairman.
The committee gave formal notice to-
day that the university buildings could
be used for the occasion.
President Taft will probably be asked
to speak in the Greek theater; as the
city committee appointed by Mayor
Hodgread is desirous that as many peo-
pie as possible see the chief executive
of the nation during his short stay In
this city.
joint meeting of the two commit
tees will .be held in few days fof
further plans for Taft day.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-02
AGED MAN SAYS THAT
BAR TENDER ROBBED HIM
Prisoner Admits Fight, but De-
nies Alleged Theft

OAKLAND. Sept. Herman Reich
art, bar tender, was arrested late
last night by Patrolman Gallagher at
the request of Joseph Frank, an aged
man.. who alleges that Reichert beat
him and robbed him of $40 at Fifth
and Clay streets last night. Reichert
lives at SIG Clay street.
The alleged robbery was committed
at 1 o'clock this morning. Gallagher
heard cries for help He ran to corner
of Fifth and Clay streets, where he
found Frank on the sidewalk. The old
man. at @nce accused Reichert, who
was found in his room.
The bar tender, WHO is held In det-
inue at the city jail. admitted having
fought with Frank, but denied that he
took any money from his aged antag-
onist.