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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
THREATENS TO THROW
ACID IN BANKERS EYES
Supposed Lunatic Writes Letter
Threatening Capitalist

SALEM. Ore, May 29.-An astound-
ing attempt to levy blackmail on
Ashael Bush. wealthy banker, and
one of the most prominent citizens in
the northwest, was revealed at the
hearing before lunacy commission of
the case of Albion w. Smith. 1t was tes-
titled to that Smith had written letters
to Bush demanding $1,000 cash, threat
ening to put out the bankers eyes with
carbolic acid and also kidnap his
daughter and hold her for 100000 ram
som If the money was not paid.
Numerous witnesses testified as to
the peculiar actions of the man during
the few weeks bfore the attempted rob-
berry of Hinges jewelry store in Sa-
lem few weeks ago.
AT that time the theory was ad-
vanced that Smith was insane. Smith
is the son of a well known real estate
dealer of Salem. His family will abide
by the decision of the commission. -If
he is found not to be insane" his sister
is quoted as saving, I'VE want him pun-
ished. and neither his father nor | will
spend one cent in his defense"
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
RARE OPERATION SAVES
WOMAN FROM SUICIDE
Surgeons Cut Nerve i'm Skull
Where a Slip Meant Death

NEW YORK, May 29.--The wife of a
doctor of Bridgeport, Conn, was saved
from suicide by most intricate surgi-
cal operation, according to demon
stration made here yesterday at the
convention of the American neurologi-
cal association. The woman, whose
identity was not revealed. appeared be-
fore the association, and DR.. L. Pierce
Clark, the diagnosing neurologist, and
DR.. A. S. Taylor, the surgeon who per-
formed the operation, explained how
she had been driven to seek suicide by
frightful pains in her head which medi-
cines would not relieve.
The doctors then demonstrated the
very rare operation of opening the
skull back of the ear and the severing
of the nerve connecting the geniculate
gangloin with the brain. The devia-
tion of a sixteenth of an inch by the
surgeons instruments would have
meant death.
The operation relieved the pains and
the woman was SO well pleased that
she willingly appeared before the as
sociation. She now has no thought of
suicide.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
POSTOFFICE CLERKS. To
ASSEMBLE IN STOCKTON
San Francisco Branch Elects
Delegates to Meeting

Atthe regular meetingzof San Fran
cisco branch No s. Postoffice clerks
association. held May Is. the follow
ing delegates were electedto the state
convention to be held at Stockton to-
morrow: Joseph Rudee, Reinhold
Kaulfun, Maurice f. eastman, Miss A.
Burke, A, d. Windsor and s. Freed
The state convention of Postoffice
clerks is held Decoration day each
year and in a different location. 1t
is comprised of representative clerks
from each branch in California. The
object of the association is to interest
postoffice clerks in improving the serv-
ice and the condition of all concerned
The national gathering of postoffice
clerks will be held Labor day at At
lantic City, n. ]. The clerks organf-
zation now numbers $4,000 members,
and is growing rapidly. A movement
is on foot to combine with the letter
carriers and place practically $4,000
employees under one head.
The popular delegate. A. A. Windsor,
will speak at the banquet at Stock
ton on the "Demerft System" recently
instituted by the department The
newly elected officers of the San Fran
cisco branch of Postoffice clerks are:
Joseph Rudee, president; E. f. VIII
liams, first vice president; e. ]. Martell
second vice president; William Mulf,
third vice president; III. II. Mullin, re-
cording secretary; George p. Feely,
financial secretary and treasurer; w. J..
Thompson sergeant at arms. EXecu-
tive committee-Joseph Rudee, A. r..
Imbrie, j. J. Coffey, E. E. Sawyer. II. T.
Huling. NJ. B. A. ommittee-Joseph r.
Cone, r. Kaulfuss, S. Freed. George p.
Moran
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
WILL DECORATE
GRAVES AT PRESIDE
Special Detail of Regulars to
Strew the Flags and
Flowers

The Memorial day committee of 1903
held its final meeting yesterday after
noon in-s the rooms of the police COM
mission. The members expressed their
great qualification at the generous re-
sponse made yesterday by the school
children in donating flowers for deco
rating the graves at the Preside. Six
wagons had been employed conveying
the flowers from the designated schools
to the cemetery.
All Spanish war veterans are earn
estly requested to take part in the pa
rade Wagons will be in waiting at
the terminus of the Union street rail-
way for disabled veterans. The parade
will form at $3.50 a m. tomorrow at
the Lombard street entrance. to. the
Presidio and exercises will commence
at 10 O'Clock. The drum corps of
Army and Navy parlor No. 207.
N. s. G. W., will head the veteran di-
vision.
Colonel Lundeen will have special
detail to decorate the graves with
flowers and flags. the latter to be sup
piled by the government.
3 Rev. DR.. Kaplan will offer the invo-
cation instead of Rev. Dr. Nieto, who
will attend "a funeral.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
WRITES OWN WILL,
FEARING CONTEST
Last Testament OF DR.. Oscar d.
Burgess Contains Clause As
serting Mental SOundness
Well Known Physician Leaves
Bulk of Property to Sister
and Nephew

Animated BY a horror of the thought
that his will might be attacked on tne
ground of unsoundness of mind, Dr.
Oscar Otis Burgess. one OF the most
nrominent physicians in the city, who
died May q, leaving an estate worth
about $15O,OOO, Incorporated in the
will. which was filed for probate yes
terday. the following peculiar clause
/ lack but two days of my seventy
second birthday & put 1ns seasi1 ns regards
handwriting. literary execution ana
the just provisions of it will sufi1clentS
attest my physical. mental ana iii0i a.
integrity at the time write H.
The will is a very long one en-
tirely in the handwriting OF the teStd-
tor. The bulk of the estate is d1Videu
equally between Elizabeth B. Raymond
a sister of DIR. Burgess. and her son,
Lee B. Raymond. To Louis Huebner.
a nurse. $4,000 is bequeathed, and the
testator's medical books and instru-
ments go TO DIR. Otis Burgess Spauld-
ing. nephew of his dead wife, DR..
Spaulding gets nothing more. it is
stated in the will, for the reason that
he was provided for under the viii OF
DIR. Burgess late wife. An interestlns
clause of the will concerns a stonW
1000 years ago and found in the ruins
of Pompeii which the doctor regarded
as a mascot. This clause reads:
Since my nephew. Lee B. Raymond. IS
about to be married l want him TO have
and to hand down as an heirloom in the
family my antique finger ring, the
stone of which was found many years
go in the ruins of POmpeH and after
ward presented to me by the finder.
Experts have been enabled to declare
by the tool marks and other indica-
tions that the stone was cut in Syria
ne where about 1000 years ago. Ir
will soon be l.yVV years since the ca
tastrophe which buried it at POmpeii
The figures in the intagliO represent
Minerva, Apollo and Ceres, typifying
knowledge. power and plenty. and
upon looking back to the time wheh
this ring was given me / find much to
sanction the notion. III one feels dis
posed to be nOtiona1 in that way. that
it has served as a mascot for me ever
since. and hope 1t Will be such mas
cot for my nephew and for whoever
else may possess it after him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
MISADVENTURES OF
Los ANGELES GIRLS
Money and Jewels Locked in a
Box and Key Shipped Away

NEW YORK, May 29.-The Misses
f. and E. S. NIcNare of Los Angeles
had just 90 minutes in which to reach
a steamship pier from their hotel
when they discovered that the key to
their safety deposit box at the hotel
had been locked in the trunk; that the
trunk was on board the ship and that
their passage tickets to Europe. $500 in
cash, letters OF credit and jewels. all
amounting to a value OF $4,000 were
locked in the safety deposit box AS
there was not a duplicate key the no
tel management summoned the en-
gineer with a sledge hammer and he
broke in the steel door of the strong
box. and with their hastily seized val
uables the two young women were
barely able TO reach the ship before
it sailed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

Long Beach parlor No. 154 Long Beach-Elia
c, Borden.
Encinal parlor No. 15e, AIameda-Irene Rose
Mary Wilson.
Brooklyn parIor No. 157, East Oakland Sarah
Deasy. Irene Silva.
Golden Gate parlor No. 15s San Francisco
Kate Sabatschan b. Mccarthy.
Alturas parlor No. 15a, Alturas-Lilie NJ
StiIe
sequoia parlor No. 100. Mokelumne Hin
LuelIa Peters.
California parlor No 1ei. Amador city-pal-
mera White
Marysville parlor No. 1s2. Marysville- Violet
NJ. HeyI Elizabeth b. Delay
Fl Pinal parlor No 163, cambria-Clara w.
Martin.
Aroma parlor No. 1e4, Jamestown-A. Acker,
NJ. Beckwith-
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
SHE KNEW ROOSEVELT
WOULD BE PRESIDENT
Nurse of the Youthful Teddy
Passes Away

NEW YORK, May 2s-Mrs. Dora
Watkins. who was Theodore Roose-
velt's nurse from the time he was born
until he was sent away to school. died
here today at the age of 6S years.
Mrs. Watkins always claimed to be
the original Roosevelt woman" she
having known that he would become
president from her earliest association
with him.
When he was years old Mrs. Wat
kins said he was so bright that she was
certain he would become president.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

B. F. ston. dentist. Post st. at Grant av. /.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
TAYLOR'S TROOPS ARE
GIVEN DECENT BURIAL
Remains Unearthed in Texas
placed i'm National Cemetery

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, May 29.-The
bodies of 157 soldiers, troops of Cen
eral Zachary Taylor. found among the
old earthworks at Isabel, Tex, were
buried in the national cemetery at
Fort Brown today. The washing away
of the earth by heavy rains few
months ago brought to the surface
some of the bones and buttons bearing
the imprint of the United States army.
An investigation led to the discovery
of the remains
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
GRAND PARLOR DELEGATES

The following are delegates to the
grand parlor:
Argonaut psrlor No. 1885, oakland-Lolita
Perez
Annie X. Bidwen parior No I6s Chico
Lille Baker. Florence NJ. True.
Linda Rosa parlor No. 10. San Francisco
Dr.. Winifred ByrDe. Gussie Meyer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
TO BE GUESTS OF
JUNIPERO PARLOR
Grand parIOr N. S. G. w. Will
Be Largely Attended at AM
nuaI Session This Year
Matters of Much Importance TO
Be Presented for COnSidera=
ton by the Delegates

The daughters of California, that is
those who will represent the subordi-
nate parlors OF the order of Native
Daughters of the Golden West, viii as
semble in great numbers in Monterey
the second Tuesday in June to attend
the session of the grand parlor and to
be the guests Of Junipero parlor No.
1A1 OF that place.
The grand parlor viii be in session
June S. 9. TO- II and L, for the purpose
of hearing the reports of the several
grand officers. discussing the PROPOSE
jion TO grant Julia A Steinbach the
honors OF past grand president, which
she has been seeking for ever so many
years: the election of officers for the
ensuing term and 10 enjoy the pro-
gram of entertainment prepared for the
grand officers, past grand officers and
delegates by the host parlor and citi-
zcns of Monterey.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

RESTORED TO COMPETENCY Chicago. Ma
29-EIerbcrt L. Swift. son OF the late Gustavus
swift. the packer was restored to the rights OF
a sane person by Judge Pond IN the county eOnrt
today. Swift's mind affected By the exces-
sive use Of intoNcants
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-10
LESSON IN
INDIAN LABOR IN
SEATTLE
SPLENDID EXHIBIT BY
CHARLES B. DAGENETTE
Beautiful Pictures Which
Speak Louder Than Words
viii Also Be Exhibited at
Educational Meet in Denver.

one hundred splendid photographs.
views showing the western Indian at
work for Uncle Sam in a dozen states
and territories gathered and arranged
by Charles Dagenctte, supervisor of
Indian employment for the govern
ment viii offices in albuquerque viii
be exhibited either in the Liberal Arts
building or The federal building at the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. exposition IN
Seattle. The views Will also be eN-
hibited at the meeting OF the National
Educational association IN Denver next
july. The collection is Il most impress
siVe demonstration of what the west
ern n southwestern Indian is doing
for himself. the millions of dollars he
is earning and the undying monu-
ment he is raising for himself in the
great irrigation works On which he is
being chiefly employed. The views
are all bromide engagements from
photographs gathered by Mr.. Dage-
nette while supervising the work OF
the Indians for the government all
over the west. Aside from their ar
tistic merit-and they are all works of
art-the pictures show the Indian in
every phase of the varying employ
ment in which he has shown himself
to be one of the greatest industrial
factors in the west.
~ NltN0 IN IlpLiiA'A pi IVA ~
about four feet square. each having q
placard with the legend department
of the Interior. Bureau OF Indian En-
ploNment,' With ach view numbered
to correspond with a printed eXplana-
ton. Ten minutes spent in looking
over this exhibit and reading the ac-
companying information win tell q
man more Of what the Indians f the
west are doing and incidentally give
him more information on the work Of
the reclamation service than reading a
whole library.
re pictures show the Indians at.
work on irrigation projects and other
enterprises. in the beet and cotton
fields, in New Mexico. Arizona, Cali
fornia. Colorado. Texas. Utah. Idaho.
Montana. Washington. oregon, the
Dakotas and practically every state
and territory of the west There are
renegade Utes-who it was declared.
would never work for anyone: Black
feet. S%hoshones, Nez perces. Sioux,
Chcyenncs. A~rapahoes. Papagoes, Pu-
eblos. A~paches. Navajos, Pimas. Grows
and. in fact. nearly every variety Of
Red Man know to science. The pic
lures show graphically the completed
work on the great irrigation systems
of the reclamation service including
the great Zuni dam in Western New
Mexico, built practically entirely by
Indian labor. The arranging Of the
exhibit is not only a distinct achieve
ment for Mr.. Dagenette, but viii do
more than anything else ever attempt
ed to show the people of the country
the indian as a laborer is making
good and making millions of dollars
in Wages-and earning his money,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-10
bARELAS SCHOOL ON
BUSINESS BASIS
Retiring Secretary of the Dis
trict Submits Interesting Re-
port Showing Progress Made
in School Work in Past Year,

AR Felipe O'Bannon. retiring see
.',arN OF school district No 3. Ba-
ItiaS, submits the following compari-
son OF the reports of the wear 19O7-0S
district:
The amounts paid for teachers. ST.
T9V IN l9O7-0S and 1880 in 190S-09-
nus difference is accounted for by
we TACT that the Sisters opened a
SSh'ol near Barelas and made it pos
Nuie Tor the public schools to get
al9is with one teacher less.
ih' salaries paid the teachers re-
"t,In The same in both years.
,for lanitors, Si36.50 in 190T-Os;
,de-6o In l90S-09; for rent in 19O7-0S
N-aV and i'm s190S-09. $3.50; for in
~oiaentals in 19O7-OS s119.5O. in 1905
NS44l; for coal in 19O7-0S. sS4:
d'oN-es s50.25. for supplies in 1907
oN sl7t. l90S-O9. s9O.75.
,,Nr o'Bannon collected in 1909,
,l'V ln oil tax. while in 1901-0S
''gIe VAS only s107 collected.
ne thing of which the directors are
.noSt especially proud is the fact that
ICY nave been instrumental in pur-
.IsS'ng and equipping a school house
" ~ generally putting the school
N'@Itlct on a business basis.
hIs district is but one of the many
KY. SHOWS a remarkable improvement
w we administration OF the business
a-tails OF the district. The time is
KY distant when every district will
.,N Q similarly efficient administra-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-10
CLOSE INSPECTION
Of THE FOREST
BOUNDARIES
Forester Receives Com
munication From Clifford Pin
chot Giving Instructions for
the Work,

Through the establishment of six
district headquarters in the West, the
work Of the forest service has adj
vanced SO far that it Il now possible
to undertake a thorough-going exam
nation of national forest boundaries
and an inquiry into the character of
any interior areas which may appear
to be not suitable for national forest
purposes. In a letter to the district
forester in Albuquerque. Forester
Pinchot says:
plans formulated here last win
ter and approved by the secretary of
agriculture call for a systematic and
complete going over of all national
forest boundaries during the present
field season. The work which you
have been constantly doing in this
direction Is along the right lines. but
the plan adopted calls for more con-
centrated effort in this work through
out the service during the coming
summer. With the field force at
your command and YOU close knowl-
edge Of local conditions and OF the
national forest officers. O a so
organize this effort in your district
as to insure a thorough going over
of your part of the $4,000 miles of
national forest boundaries by COM
petent men. whose reports as to the
character of the land within n
without the forests and whose recon-
mendations as to lands which should
be excluded or included. checked by
the Information already possessed by
the forest service, can be relied on.
ITO do this work in one summer
will make sever demands on you.
but IL is not beyond the capacity OF
the service. as now organized. please
give il your best efforts until the
work is completed. and besr In mind
especially that the quality of the work
must be unimpeachsble.
This work should all be completed
bv the close of tho present field sea-
son.. and each district forester should
at that time be able to vouch for the
correctness of the proposed bound
aries Of his forests. II. however.
there are changes recommended by
examiners which YOU feel are ques-
tionable. such cases nay go over for
checking until the next field season,
in order that no mistakes may be
Possible additions should be
noted as carefully in the six states
congressional action Is neces-
sary to create additions to forests as
elsewhere.
As you know. the policy or the
ro-vice has ALWAYS been to eclude
from the boundaries of a national
forest all agricultural land. except.
az congress clearly intended. areas
80 small hat they could be handled
acceptsbiy under the act or
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-10

June II. 1906. We want all the land
may be. A good deal of time and
money has beer spent by the SER
vice in this most important work.
For this work you win need to
use your very best available help.
The organization of the work is, of
course. in your hands.
Existing and proposed boundar-
les, and all land and cover classified
tions should always be shown on
maps, supported by reports. SO far
as possible, the service atlas folios
should be used as the base maps. The
publication of these folios Is being
pushed forward as rapidly as posi-
Bile. BY the first of August nearly
all of them will he in your hands.
Where ii is possible to get them to
you at a considerably earlier date by
leaving out the classification and
simply sending you the blank copies
this will be done.
'1n addition to having every
boundary line carefully gone over. !
want YOU to consider whether you
have n considerable areas Of agri-
cultural land in the interior Of the
forests or other land which would
serve the public best by being ex-
This is a matter on which IL will
be necessary for you to put your very
best effort. If there is any help that
can be given by the Washington Of
flee let me know. From the time
work first starts ! want you to
me fully informed OF It's prog
ress by monthly reports
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-10
FOR SALE-MisCeIlaneouS.

FOR SALE-singer drophead ma
chine Room 8 Grant Building
FOR SALE-Cheap, me buggy and
one COW, part Holstein; will trade
for horse or mule and give or take
difference. GA S. Broaoway, tele-
phone 242.
FOR SALE-A-1 saddle. bride and
blanket. liz n Walter.
FOR SALE-at bargain. 81 III capac-
ity Alaska refrigerator almost new.
as South Edith
GOOD BuGGY for sale cheap. Ap-
" Highland Livery.
If YOU CONTEMPLATE buying "a
pinuo. call upon Journal office Mon
d0N morning.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-10
AUCTION

| viii soil at auction Wednesday
May 18Th. at l y. M, the entire furil-
.ishings Of a h-ruOm house, corner
iFifth and New York streets, on the
fear lire. Consisting OF bed room aud
,parlor suites, carpets, linoleums,
Kitchen and dining room furnishings,
refrigerator ana many other articles,
Goods IN good condition and no sick
ness j NJ. Solie, Auctioneer.
AUCTION i win sell at auction sat
urday MAY 18TH, I'M front Of Sollie
n lcBrcton's store at M West Colt
Ave- the entire furnishings of a four
room house at . p. m. every piece Ia
good condition. besides many other
things too numerous 10 mention. j
NJ Solie. A%uctioueor.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-10
LEGAL NOTICES
Territory of New Mexico. Office of
the SeCretary.--Ccrtificate.

Territory of New Mexico. Office of
the neutrality-suspicious..
/, Nathan Jaffa, Secretary of the
Territory of New Mexico, do hereby
certify there was filed for record in
this office, at 1000 O'Clock n. m. an
the tWenty-third day of April. A. ID.
1909, Amendment to Articles Of In
corporation of water Supply Com
pany of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
No. 1888. increasing capital stock
from $4,000 to $500 600 aud nam
Ing number Of directors, ANA a!se.
that have compared the lOlloNn~
copy of the same with In, of-unai
thereof now on file. ana declare II to
be a correct transcript thcrclom and
OF the whole thereof.
In Witness Whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and affixed my Of
ticlal seal this tWenty-third day Of
April, A. D. 1909.
(Signed)-
(SeaD NATHAN JAFFA,
Secretary of New Mexico.
Edwin Il. Coard, Assistant Secretary.
We, the undersigned, president and
secretary respectively Of the Water
supply Company OF Al%buuuerque,
New Mexico. do hereby certify thai on
The goth day OF March, 1909, the arti-
cles of incorporation OF the Water
supply Company Of Albuquerque,
New Mexico, were by unanimous vote
OF all the stockholders and by unani-
nous vote of all the directors of said
company amended in the following
particulars:
Paragraph 4 was amended so as to
read as follows:
4. THE amount of the capital
stock of said company shall be the
sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dol
lars ($300, 000). divided into three
thousand shares of the par value Of
one Hundred Dollars ($1O0) per
share"
Paragraph 6 was amended so as to
read as follows:
6. The number OF directors of
said company shall be not less than
three nor more than five"
Ne further certify that the loca-
tion OF the principal office OF said
Water supply Company is No. 219
West Gold avenue, Albuquerque. New
Mexico, and that the name Of the
agent upon whom process against said
water Supply Company may be
served Is w. II. Clearwater.
In Witness Whereof, we have
caused the foregoing certificate to pe
signed by the president ana secretary
respectively Of said Water Supply
Company OF Albuquerque. New Mexi-
and tho corporate seal Of said
company to be hereunto affixed this
goth day of March, 1903.
(Signed)-
~ n IIY INNVtnF A ~ =