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Evening star., 1909-06-10
ALARMED OVER HIS ABSENCE
WINSTON GRANBERY MISSING
SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY.
Friends Of Stenographer Ask Police
to Search for Him-Disappeared
Once Before.

The friends of Winston Granbery, thlr-
ty-three years of age, employed as ste
nographer in the law Office of the firm of
Birney & Woodard, 18th and F streets.
and residing at 1414 18th street northwest,
have become alarmed over his prolonged
absence from his home.
Wednesday, June 3. Mr.. Granbery left
his boarding house to go to his place of
employment and nothing has since been
seen or heard of him. George Peck, his
roommate, called at police headquarters
last evening and asked the police to make
an effort to locate the missing man.
Mr.. Peck stated this morning that Mr..
Granbery had disappeared on another oc-
casion. but had returned about four days
later. He said he thought possibly he
had gone to visit friends In Virginia and
that he would soon return home. At his
place Of employment it was stated that
nothing had been seen of Mr.. Granbery
since he left the Office Tuesday. June 2.
When last seen the missing man wore
la dark suit of clothes. patent leather
shoes and a panama hat. He is about
feet inches tall and weighs about 40
pounds.
Son of Late Bishop Granbery.
Mr. Granbery is a son of the late Bishop
Granbery of the Methodist Church South.
He was born in Virginia and is a gradu-
ate of the. Randolph Macon College. He
was a member of the Richmond Blues"
for a number of years. At the outbreak
of the Spanish American war he enlisted
in the army and went to Cuba, where
he participated In the battle of Las Guas-
imas Later he went to the Philippines
with the Sd United States Cavalry. from
which he was honorably discharged. In
the Philippines he served as stenographer
to Gen. Bell and confidential clerk to Gen.
Wood. Later he was general manager
for NJ A. Clark & Co., big firm OF
Manila. He has brother in Chicago
who is a Methodist preacher, and sis
ter who is a missionary in Rio Janeiro.
Brazil They have been notified of his
disappearance.
Evening star., 1909-06-10

Mrs Georgia Virginia Strange. wife OF
T. j. Strange, died at her home in River
ton, Va. Of tuberculosis. She Is survived
by her husband and three children. She
is also survived by her mother, two sis
ters-Mrs. ]. c. Thomson OF Saltillo,
Mexico, and Miss Eliza Timberlake-and
two brothers-T. A. Timberlaks Of Wash
iugtou and r. H. Timbeylake.
Evening star., 1909-06-10

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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Los GATOS NAMES
QUEEN OF MAY DAY
Miss Inez Robertson HonOred
With Scepter and Crown
of Carnival

Los GATOS, April 1o.-After a great
deal Of deliberation the committee hav-
ing in charge the arrangements for the
floral fiesta and May day festival here
today elected Miss Inez Robertson
queen OF the May pole.
With the election of the May day
queen, the arrangements for the carni-
val are coming to a completion The
event viii be marked by a magnificent
display Of flowers. and efforts are be-
ing made to have the display as gorge
Gus and beautiful as possible The
baby beauty contest, one of the impor-
tant features of the day, has at the
last moment been thrown open to the
entire state.
The original plan of confning it to
the children born in Santa Clara coun-
ty was discarded at the last moment.
and now any native son or daughter
may be a candidate for one of the IA
silver cups to be awarded as prizes.
The baby parade will start at 2 o'clock
sharp, the carriages being decorated in
natural California flowers. A commit
tee of bachelors has been appointed to
make the awards.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Reds Again Defeat Whites
on Carolan Field

The polo game on the Carolan field
yesterday was one of the best contests
that has been seen this season. The
lineup was the same as that on Thurs
day. The Reds, composed of Francis
j. Carolan, Major A. M. Rotheram, f.
A, Gill and Walter S. Hobart, defeated
the Whites. composed Of Richard M.
Tobin, Thomas L. Driscoll, John Law
son and W. Huhn, by a score of to 5.
Like the Thursday game, the score in
the sixth inning was five all, and 1t
took part of the seventh to make the
winning point. Gill showed up to the
best advantage, playing much better
than he has since he came to Bur-
lingame. He was also the best mounted
player. In the last play he had
Beatrice, the fast pony bought in the
south. OF the Whites Lawson and
Driscoll put up the best game.
In the first period Driscoli got away
with clear field and made one of his
celebrated plays, driving the ball over
half of the field for a score.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
RINGLEADER TELLS
OF PLOT TO KILL
Full Confession in Regard to the
Alameda County Attempted
JaiIbreak

OAKLAND, April l0.-The entire plot
by which desperate prisoners at the
county jail yesterday sought TO kill
Chief Jailer Percy l. White and effect
a Jail delivery was revealed by an ex-
tended sweating" process administered
TO the ringleaders in District Attorney
". Il. Donahue's Office today. In addi-
ton to ]. B. Clifton and 3. T. Mills.
ringleaders, and Homer Stolcup, the
strong armed youth who brutally beat
White with an iron bar, James Marphy,
serving a three months term on a
charge Of simple assault, and Jacinto
Vital are known to have had guilty
knowledge Of the murderous prepara-
ton
Murphy began a three months SEN
tence March 8, having been tried on a
charge Of assault With deadly weapon
with intent TO kill his father in law
the weapon used being a huge butcher
knife. Jacinto was jailed on a murder
charge growing out of a fight at West
Oakland.
Clifton. who has been sentenced to a
life term after two previous convic-
tions. one for robbery and the other for
burglary, broke down and confessed
that he was the active leader II was
Clifton who prepared the wooden han
died dagger out Of a sharpened case
knife, and il was from Cliftons bunk
that the heavy iron bar was wrenched
and afterward broken TO form two
weapons. 1t was the daily dressing Of
Clifton's diseased arm in the Jail ONCE
that gave him chances for observation.
On going back he passed the word that
White was alone in the Office and seated
with his back turned to the passage
way from the body OF the jail.
1t was Clifton who first attempted to
shove Jimmy Green. the trusty hero,
into the grand jury corridor, where
others. including Mills. Robino, Murphy
and Jacinto. were waiting to overpower
him Clifton used his diseased arm
frantically to push Green inside. 1t
was Mills who stood within watching
the outcome after passing out the half
Of the iron bar which Clifton grasped
and with which he started to aid Stol-
cup.
Murphy and Jacinto, who took no ac
tive part. had nevertheless full knowl-
edge Of the plot and were prepared TO
take instant advantage of a successful
outcome OF the struggle TO secure
Whites keys.
A move to petition Governor Gillett
10 pardon Green is under way. but the
5aiI officials say that Jimmy is an odd
type and Is more happy IN jail than
outside He has served several terms
con battery charges, being a great fighter
ssnside 5ail and out. The plotters were
I'll confined in dark cells on bread and
water today Whites condition was re-
ported as good today. there being no
fever OF other unfavorable symptoms.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
WRITER'S GREATEST
WORK UNFINISHED
Crawford's Death Leaves Conn
mune Story Incomplete

SORRENTO, April 1o.-The funeral Of
f. Marion Crawford. the American
novelist, who died here yesterday, will
not be held until Monday. The church
does not permit the celebration Of the
funeral mass during holy week
The services, which will be private
and very simple, will be held in the
Capuchin church, to which Crawford
made generous donations. Crawford.
who was deeply religious, received all
the comforts of religion during his
last days. The body Will be placed
temporarily in the chapel Of the little
cemetery Of SAINT Angelic until the will
has been examined and ii is learned
whether Crawford expressed in it any
wishes regarding his last resting place.
A delegation from the municipality
Of Sorrento, headed by the mayor, went
today TO SAINT Angelic to beg for the
honor Of having Crawford's body lie at
Sorrento. Mrs. Crawford replied that
although she appreciated the honor
highly if her husbands body remained
in Italy it must lie at SAINT Angelic,
where he worked and lived
I'D to the last moment Crawford
wanted to put his papers in order and
almost his last act was to read the
manuscript Of an unfinished romance,
The White Sister," 10 a member of his
family. He leaves 40 completed works
and he had gathered together material
for HIS masterpiece. an exhaustive ac-
count of the medieval communes Of
Italy. four volumes Of which have been
completed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
BY Walter Anthony

Norman Hackett returned to this COM
munity last night and proved at the
Greek theater his rights to his star
ship in Classmates" Admitting that
some of the force of his impersonation
of the role of Duncan Irving was drawn
from the unique surroundings in the
open air theater and that he was
primed to outdo himself by the warmth
or the reception which was given him.
he still disclosed himself a star.
He anticipated his San Francisco
engagement, which opens this after
noon at the American theater, by ac-
cepting an invitation to produce his
play under the starlit sky in the am
phitheater in the Berkeley hills. The
experiment was success. and the open
air scenes took on a realism when
spread on the big stage.
Instead of the asbestos" at the end
of each act. they turned out the lights
and night drew the curtain. The eff
feet was splendid. The characters dis
appeared as IL they were dream chill
dren, and in the half darkness, the stage
hands set the new scenes.
Hackett possesses fine speaking
voice, excellent stage manners, youth
fulness and spirit His role is. ultra
priggish. In a fight at West Point he
Injuries classmate, who is his rival in
love. Both have to leave the military
school-Duncan Irving to go to Mon
tana and build a tunnel; Bert Stafford
to go to South America on an explor-
ing trip UP the Amazon. Bert gets lost
in the wilds. Duncan (Hacket) goes
to find him. accompanied by the three
chaps who were mixed in the fight at
West Point A thrilling scene was en-
acted in the jungle, In which Haekett
did some inspirational acting, and
Henry Fearing, as Bert, distinguished
himself. 1t was after this scene that
Hackett had to make speech in ac-
acknowledgement of the reception his ex-
cellent work had earned. A frank sin
cerity backs his playing and gives it an
air OF truth, even when the. lines al
lotted him. as I'm his lovemaking
scene, verge on extravaganza.
Willard Louis supplies the comedy.
His lines are slangy, but bright, and
his methods are effective and unctuous.
Miss Doris Mitchell, who plays the
role of the young woman whom the
two men love, rose splendidly to her
chance in the second act and was emo
tionally vigorous and true. The rest
of the company was well placed in in
teresting characters.
The piece should go well at the
American, for it is the best play and
company that house has harbored for
many months. The play itself is COL
loquially American. 1t does not tax
your credulity. though it sometimes
treads on your confidence. The flight
into the wilds of South America is, to
say the least, quixotic, but you will
readily grant the premise for the sake
Of the thrill that the scenes in the
jungle inspire. The searchers and
searched are dying, when the hello
graph flashes hope to the starving, sun
stricken wretches, and the illusion is
heightened by genuine photographic
message.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
NOVEL FEATURES
ON ORPHFUM BILL
Italian Singers Headliners in
New Program at Big
Vaudeville House

OAKLAND, April 10.-The sparkle of
novelty is on the Oakland Orpheum
vaudeville bill for the week, opening
Sunday afternoon, and the prospect is
for one of the most attractive shows
that the big vaudeville theater has
staged since it opened. AS usual there
is blend of European and American
vaudeville acts with dash of dramatic
stuff thrown in for balance.
The eight Melanis from Italy, In the
costume of strolling street singers,
will offer musical act
Tom Nawn, a famous character ac-
tor, will appear with his company in
the play, Pat and the Genii.'
The four Casting Dunbars from Eu-
rope will be seen in nacrobatic act
that is said to be a combination of
laughter and thrills.
Charles Matthews, the champion
jumper of the world. will give an
exhibition of his skill in a field that
has never before been invaded by
vaudeville managers.
Silbon's Novelty Circus. in which
number of remarkably clever cats are
used, will be an attraction.
Violet Black and her company will
produce Edgar Allen Woolfs sketch,
In the Subway"
The Four Poncherrys, aerial per-
formers from abroad, and James H.
Cullen, known as the man from the
west will round out the show.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
REFUGEES OF 1906
PLAN CELEBRATION
San Franciscans Who Fled to
Seattle to Celebrate Event
TSpecioI Dispotch 70 The Call

SEATTLE, April 1O.-In commemora-
ton of San Franciscos big fire and the
rapid recovery of the city from one
of the worlds greatest disasters the
men and women now resident in Seattle
who fed from the California metropo-
lis while the buildings. were belching
smoke and flames have planned a big
banquet to celebrate and give thanks
on the anniversary of the fire.
First, they will celebrate the city
that was and congratulate the build
ers of the city that is,' and then they
will give thanks that they are able to
celebrate.
Mrs. Edith Tozer- -Weatherred, for
merly a newspaper and magazine
writer in California, has the arrange
ments in charge. The banquet will be
spread at the Kennedy hotel April 10,
and 200 invitations will be issued.
The menus will be printed on as
bestos and souvenirs in the form of fly
ing machines, cyclone cellars (sal)
and stickpins with miniature golden
gates will be given.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
NEWS OF THE FOUR COUNTIES BORDERING ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY
PROPERTY OWNERS
CLASH WITH S. P.
Refuse to Give Company Private
Right of Way, and Courts
May Settle Problem

BERKELEY, April 10.-Unable to
secure private right of way in Cali
fornia street, although granted a fran
chise by the city, the Southern Pacific
company has been checked in its mi.
tial work started Thursday. Unless the
property owners and the Southern Pa
cifc come to terms the matter may be
carried TO the courts.
Pending a settlement of some kind
Chief Foreman William Nelson and his
assistant, Alexander Rickshaw. have
been ordered to commence work along
Hopkins street for the loop which will
be formed in Northbrae with the ex-
tension of the Shattuck avenue-Adeline
main line and the Ninth street line.
LAND IN CONTROVERSY
The land in controversy lies in Cali
fornia street between Cedar and Hop
kins, a distance of more than
two blocks. The agents of the company
were thought to have secured options
on property in California street over
which the Southern Pacific would op-
crate on their own private right of
way.
The private rights of way have not
been secured and there seems to be no
solution for the difficulty at the present
time.
The corporation can not lay rails in
California street between Hopkins and
Cedar, according TO the terms of the
franchise, nor on property on either
side of the street, as the owners refuse
to consider the proposition.
FACES DIFFICULT PROBLEM
AS the company must reach Hopkins
street by a direct line in order to fulfill
the terms and conditions of its fran
chise and carry out the scheme of op-
Grating a loop, there seems to be no
solution of the problem.
The Southern Pacific company, ac-
cording to a number of the property
owners, began negotiations for their
property several months before the
franchise was granted, but had no ac-
tual options or holdings when the per-
NIT to operate in California street was
granted.
Fearing that the corporation will lay
rails in their property or in the street
tomorrow, a number of the owners Will
probably stand guard or secure the
services of deputy marshal to prevent
any encroachment on their rights.
On the property in dispute have been
rails and other apparatus, and this
lends strength to the belief that the
company will attempt to start work.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
AMATEUR THESPIANS
TOPRODUCEDRAMA
Theatrical Performance by Pn-
pills of the Palo Alto
High School

PALO ALTO, April 1o.-Rivaling in
pretentiousness and excellence some Of
the productions of the students Of
Stanford university, the Thespian club
of the Palo Alto high school has ar
ranged to give a production of :The
Librarian play adapted from
Moser's Der Bibliothekar." at the
playhouse in the college town. The
show is exciting considerable interest
outside of the high school circles, as
many of the students who will take the
lines are well known in the local com
munity and are also seniors who will
enter the ranks of the Stanford col
legians next semester.
The leads in the play will be carried
largely by two of the most accom-
plished of the girls of the Thespian
club. Miss Minnie Nielsen, who has
appeared before I'm local skits, will
take the first role as Edith, a boarding
school miss, who has learned how to
treat young men, while Miss Hazel
Green will portray Mrs. Dixon. an ec-
centric landlady. Wilbur Thoburn,
who is a local football player as well
as thespian. will be the hero of the
production, and is said to make a typ
ical matinee idol among the secondary
school populace.
The rehearsals for the production are
now being held regularly and the play
will be produced the latter part of this
month or the first of next as one Of the
concluding features of the high school
graduation exercises. The cast which
will stage the lines Is complete as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Marsland. country gentleman -.
..............-....... Lindley Murray
Edith. bis daughter. who has learned the
proper way to treat young men......-
Miss Minnie Nielsen
Harry Marsland Frank Ostrander
Mr. Macdonald, an erratic old gentleman
$3.50. ...--...-. Carl Gilbert
Roy Macdonald, his nephew Wilbur Thoburn
Eva Webster. Edith's ehum. Miss Alice Ramsay
Sarah Gildern, spiritualistic governess
Miss Ruth Show
Percival Won Schvilts Gibson, a tailor
Joseph Templeton
Mrs. Dixon, a landlady. ........... Hazel Green
Karl Roberts, the librarian. Raymond Bartlett
1flp, concclor. Chester Paul
Leon Armadale, Edith's suitor. 49,. Carl Beale
Patrick Woodford, gentleman. Martin Quetels
Jonn' putIer. 49,. -.-....-........ Leo Dur
An expressman- --..-.......-..-.M Martin Detels
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
HASKELL SET FREE
ON TECHNICALITY
Land Fraud Indictments Quashed
Because jury Was Too Big

TULSA, Okla, April 10.-Governor
Charles n. Haskell, Oklahoma's first
chief executive, and the six other prom
inent Oklahomans indicted by the fed
eral grand jury charged with fraud in
Muskogee town lots, will not have to
stand trial. The motion of the de-
PENDANTS to quash the indictments was
upheld here today by Judge John A.
Marshall of Utah in the United States
circuit court.
The court in its decision quashed the
indictments on the ground that they
were returned by grand jury COM
posed of % men under the federal law
instead of a jury of 16, as provided for
by the Arkansas law, which was held
to be in force in old Indian territory
by federal enactment at the time when
the alleged frauds were committed.
The defendants affected by today's
decision besides Governor Haskell, are:
Clarence w. Turner, Walter r. Eaton,
William L. Hutchings. f. B. Sewers, A.
S. English and Jesse Hill. The aggre-
gate wealth of the seven men is said
to be over two millions.
Governor Haskell, with a party of
state officials and friends, went to
Muskogee from the capital at Guthrie
on special train. His. trip developed
into a demonstration of an unusual
character, and when the train arrived
at Muskogee he was met by bands and
cheering thousands. Hundreds of men,
some of them the most prominent in
the state, marched in procession that
escorted the governor to his hotel.
1t is stated tonight that all town
lot fraud proceedings will undoubtedly
be dropped by the government. Aside
from the town lot cases Is persons in
dicted for various offenses under simi-
lar circumstances will go free under
today's ruling.
Government attorneys hold that un-
der today's ruling not a single convic-
tion can be secured for crime COM
mitted prior to statehood, who was not
indicted before statehood
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Mcfarland Posts a $4,000
Check for Nelson

A dispatch. from Chicago states that
Packey Mcfarland has posted a 5000
check for a side bet in order to get
concessions in a match with Battling
Nelson. The dispatch does not say any
thing about weight, but the chances
are that Packey is flushing again. The
only chance for him to meet the cham
pion is his promise to make 1873 pounds
two hours before the contest. Nelson
is giving him the best of it at that,
for 1873 ringside is the lightweight
limit. Packey can make lot of noise
around Chicago that would not go here.
Incidentally, the Chicago people should
be sure that his money is up or he
NAV run out
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
SENIOR SINGING
NEW STANFORD FAD
Custom at Other Universities
Appeals to Palo Alto Students

STAMFORD UNIVERSITY, April 10.
Senior singing, the picturesque custom
of the men of the graduating class
which is observed at all of the larger
universities of the east and on this coast
at the University of California, will be
instituted at Stanford university to-
morrow afternoon by the members OF
the local 1909 class. The students
OF the fourth year will gather at sun
down tomorrow afternoon on the banks
of Lake Lagunitas and will indulge in
college songs and discuss matters of
Importance to the class and the uni
versity.
The project was first broached here
some weeks ago and has secured the
support of the class, and has been en-
Enthusiastically promoted.
.Shakespeares comedy. Twelfth
Night" is the play selected for produc-
tion by the Stanford English club and
the actors of this organization, which
is composed of the best writer's and
students connected with publications of
the college, will tread the boards of
Assembly hall the first OF next
semester.
That the economics department of
Stanford university will, in all prob,
ability be augmented in the near fu-
ture to include courses which will
cause 1t to rank first as college for
practical business training, was the
recent information given out by Prof.
A. A. Young, head of the department.
'"The Liars" the farce by Henry Ar
thur Jones, which has been selected
by the 1909 class OF Stanford as their
senior farce, is the next dramatic
event on the college program. The
production will not be held until the
senior week festivities in May.
THE Woman and the Ballot" is the
unusual topic chosen for discussion at
the next weekly gathering of the local
women Of the Women's league and
branch of the Young Women's Chris
tian association. The speaker who
will expound the topic is President
David Starr Jordan.