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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
PREPARES PAPER
ON GIRL PSYCHIC
Professor Lessard to Send Sci
entific Treatise on Bess Co
mer's Case to France

Professor Lessard, head of the French
department of st. Mary's college and a
psychologist famous in France and
known throughout Europe. is prepar-
ing a paper on his study of Bess Conner.
the 13 year old San Francisco girl
whose psychic powers are the talk of
the local scientific world. The profess
sor held a test with the girl last Sat
urday night, and last night again
called at her home for further study.
He was accompanied by Brother Fa-
brician head of the department of
psychology at st. Mary's. and Danville
W. Starrett, an Oakland student of psy-
chic phenomena and himself possessed
of unusual power in the realm Of the
occult.
Professor Lessard intends TO send the
letter he is preparing to one of the
prominent Paris publications. with
which he was in close touch when con-
Quoting his investi cations of psychic
phenomena in France. Many inquiries
regarding the strange case have been
directed to the professor from scien-
fists and others who have seen the ex-
Gus powers in The Call. Many letters
and innumerable telephone calls have
been directed at Brother Fabrician also.
The study of Bess Conner last night
was more in the nature of an inquiry
into her sensations and controlling
forces than a test of her psychic abil-
ity. Professor Lessard prepared a care
full list of questions. which he asked the
girl, and later a short test was held.
The scientists say that much more
study of the girl and her power is
necessary before any definite estimate
of her place among psychics can be
made
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
BREWER FILES ANSWER
IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE
William j. Lemp Brings Several
Charges Against His Wife

ST. LOUIS. No.. Feb. 3.-William j.
Lemp Jr.. millionaire brewer, through
his attorneys, today fled an answer to
the amended divorce petition of his
wife, Mrs. Lillian Handlon Lemp. and
a cross bill making the same charges
petition.
His wifes charge that he took pic
lures OF their child. William J. Lenp
III, In improper pastures is admitted
in part. He says such pictures were
taken with her consent. Charges In
Lemp's cross bill substantially are the
same as those in the first bill he fled
They are that Mrs. Lemp neglect ed
her household duties and remained out
late at night refusing to explain her
absence: that she said: ITO hell with
the public" when he told her She was
being criticised: that she wrote an. en-
dearing letter to another man; that her
manner OF dress caused criticism. and
him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
SUSPECTED SMASHER OF
STORE WINDOW JAILED
Prisoner Believed to Be Man
Wanted for Many Offenses

The police believe they have cap
tured the crook who has been breaking
plate glass windows in stores and
grabbing articles on display. He gives
the name of Jesse Allen and says he
Is an ex-convict.
Shortly after midnight yesterday
morning Policemen Curtis and Read
heard the smashing of glass in Geary
street. They saw man hurrying
away from the jewelry store of Klein
& Co., ITS Geary, and soon overlook
him. The window of the jewelry store
had been broken by brick, but moth
ing had been taken. When searched
skeleton key was found in Aliens
pockets.
Just prior to breaking the window in
the jewelry store Allen is supposed to
have broken the window in the hat
store of Barney Frankel 9SS Market
street, and stolen four 50 greenbacks
that were displayed in the window.
The police are looking up Aliens rec
ord.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
PRIVATE CAPITAL READY
TO BUILD CITY HALL
Real Estate Board Asks Super
visors to Consider Proposal

The real estate board has taken up
again the plan to construct a city hall
BY means of private capital 1t is in
tended that it shall be purchased by
the municipality in successive yearly
payments. At a meeting of the board
held yesterday a communication was
addressed 10 the board of supervisors
recommending that the matter be re-
ferred to the city attorney for an
opinion as to its legality
1t is stated that capital is now avail
able to erect an adequate structure
1t is pointed out that. under this plan
il would not be necessary to vote
bonds and the edifice could be COM
pleted quickly.
The real estate board decided also
TO oppose Senator McCartney's amend
ment to the mechanics lien law.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
FORTUNE TELLERS TO
TEST NEW ORDINANCE
Attorneys for Psychics Declare
Statute Unconstitutional

Fortune tellers in the city who have
been arrested for violating ordinance
64S, new series, will test the constitu-
tionality of the law. Their attorneys,
Peery & Stone, contend that it is class
Josephine Zarrah and Jean Hath
away were before Police Judge Weller
Yesterday and their cases were dis
missed. the only evidence against
them being that they had a palm in
the window as an advertisements
The attorneys informed the Judge
that they did not desire to take adj
wanted the police to bring up the very
strongest case possible so as to secure
a conviction and an appeal would be at
once. taken to the higher court. Chief
Cook was also notified to the same eff
feet and a request made not TO make
indiscriminate arrests till the legality
of the ordinance was tested.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
MAKES GREAT STRIDES
Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York Does Well

The remarkably good showing of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company OF New
York during 1908 makes the outlook
for the con2ing year excellent. The
new business this year is materially in
excess of that during the correspond
ing period of 1908. With the marked
increase in the company's annual divi-
dends and with a well organized agency
system there is every reason to expect
that our new business will be much
larger than in 1908.
one Of the chief sources of contribu-
ton to the Improvement is the increase
of the companys dividends under the
new conditions. The Mutual Life is the
only company which has ever increased
5ts dividend scale four years in sue
cession; namely, the years 1906, 1907,
1908. and now, isoS- me sum ap-
nortioned for dividends, including the
sdeferred dividends to be paid in 1909
e al o92. 2S238, as compared with
&c al oO2O2 apportioned for 1903 and
s4.321, 1894 for 1907.
The amount held for future dividend
and contingencies, commonly called
s.s,,rnlus"-sS5, S44. 991.20- exceeds by
many millions the similar accumula-
+ton of any other company, and the
able in 1e0e-S11, 092 .282.3S-establishe
new record in life insurance, no COM
nanv having ever before paid as much
as $4,000, 900 in single year.
THE increase in assets during the
one wear exceeds the entire accumula-
lions of the company at the end of the
f1rst 27 years of its existence. During
the &c years the company has been in
business the amount paid to policy
holders and their beneficiaries, plus
the amount IL holds in trust for them.
exceeds by nearly $125.000,000 the
amount received from them.
The payments to policy holders DUR
ing 1sOS-over a million dollars week
exceed by 100000 the figures of
1907.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
STANFORD PROFESSOR
TO QUIT POLITICS
A. B. Clark Announces Inten-
ton 10 Resign From Council

PALO ALTO. Feb. 3.-Prof. A. B.
Clark Of Stanford university. chairman
OF the board Of trustees Of Mayfield.
who has been the backbone OF the anti
nquor ngnt IN the college town and
cause celebre Of the famous nara5e 81
tire Stanford university students. has
announced his intention OF resignfng
from the city council. Ia announcing
biz intended resignation from political
life Clark asked that the trustees an
point some one in sympathy with the
policies formerly followed by him The
matter was held up for further con-
sideration by the city council
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
DECISION IN RANk c.sr

REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 3.-Judge
Buck handed down a decision TODAY in
favor of John J.. Fitzpatrick as trus-
tee Of the DonOhoe-Keily banking com
psny against the Henry Doyle COMPANY
for the sum Of Sf3,94S.S3 with costs of
suit and interest at per cent from the
time of judgment. The suit was
brought by the banking corporation 70
recover a ioan mace 20 ne Doyle COM
ment certain shares in the Western
fishing company and the British CO.
lumbia f1sh company. together with
ordered sold.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
CIifton's Record of Crime

Clifton, the captive desperate, al
though only 80 years old. has served
two terms in the penitentiary. He
was sent to Folsom for 10 years for
burglary committed in Los Angeles
county. and soon after his release was
again arrested for highway robbery in
San Jose and sentenced to five years
in San Quentin. He was released only
last Thursday. In his short period OF
freedom, however. the police believe
that he found time to commit num-
Der of crimes.
Rudolph Priemer. bar tender in Hen
ming Brothers saloon at Sixth and Alice
streets. visited the city prison today
and identified Clifton as the robber who
held him up in the saloon on the night
Of January % and robbed the cash
register of SIS
Clifton was identified at the hospital
by Hodgkins and his wife as the man
who held up the drug store at Twenty
fourth and Telegraph avenue last night,
while both W. G. Cannon and Clerk
Parry, who were in the drug store
when the attempted holdup occurred,
have declared positively that he is the
bandit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
Prisoner Expects Life"

Clifton's stolid demeanor in captivity
IS typical of the veteran criminal and
convict He refused to affirm or deny
his guilt, explaining his reticence lacon-
icaIly with the query, What's the use?"
I'll go up for life any way, with all
OF these people Identifying me-" he
told Captain Petersen today, $50 why
should I say anything?" And he has
doggedly refused to say anything more.
AS soon as Hodgkins' recovery is as
sured Clifton will be put on trial for
the holdup of Won Kieferdorfs drug
store. The police think IT likely that
Clifton robbed Miss Ada Adams and ].
T. Lantry last week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
FOUND DEAD IN ALLEY

RENO. New, Feb 3.-William McKen-
zie, aged S.. a prominent lumber dealer
of Clio and Sierraville, Cal. was found
dead in an alley in Reno last night. An
autopsy today disclosed the fact that
he died from fatty degeneration OF the
heart. He was very wealthy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
uUu.N HEAD IN cowcATCHER

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.---Passengers in
the Pennsylvania station at Jersey
CITY were Mortified last night to see
the head of a man lodged on the COW
catcher of a locomotive as it drew into
the depot 1t developed that w. Leber.
general foreman of a grain company
had been struck earlier in the evening
at Railway. n. j. His mangled body
was picked up near the scene of the
accident
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
BEATS WIFE TO DEATH

SAND POINT. Idaho. Feb. 3.-Joseph
vigue. residing at Cocolalla. a few
miles west of this place. this afternoon
killed his wife during a jealous frenzy
beating the woman's head into a pulp
with the butt of gun. Vigue then
the woman's body into the
cellar. where it was found by the OFF,
GERS. The woman leaves six children.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04

OLYMPIA. Wash. Feb 3.-Howard
Cosgrove, son Of the governor, is sick
at his rooms in this city and there is
fear that his illness may develop into
typhoid fever or typhoid pneumonia,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
BULLET IN SKULL
CAME FROM REAR
Captain Peterson Refuses to Adj
nit That Wife and Not Cliff
ton Shot HOdgkins
Continued From Page 1

be definitely determined whether one
or two bullets caused them. 1t is
purely a problematical question. Ar
guments would hold either way.
The bullet in the head caused a
fracture of the outer table of the
skull Unless blood poisoning or lock-
jaw should follow the patient will re-
cOverf
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
PLEADS GuIr.Ty

PLEADS GUILTY-Albert Ron charged with
using the United States mails to defraud pleaded
court. He viii be sentenced today by Judge dc
Haven.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
AMERICAN ToBAcI
Geo DIvIpENps-No,

AMERICAN TOBACCO DIvIDENDs-Nev
yort Feb "A quarterly dividend of 2ls per
cent and an extra dividend of per cent on
It's common stock declared today By the
American tobacco company.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15
BOTH FIGHTERS
IN THE BEST
CONDITION

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15-Jack
Johnson and Stanley Ketchell. prin-
cipals in Saturdays match for the
heavy weight championship. spent a
strenuous day at their respective
training camps Neither needed any
additional work for both are in the
pink of condition, but they worked
furiously under the command of a
moving picture operator who sPent
the greater part of the day taking pic
lures which will be used as an intro
duction to the real fight pictures.
KetcheI has surprised the pugilistic
world by announcing that he will not
carry the fight 10 his opponent as has
been his custom in all of his previous
matches.
He said johnson, as champion, must
do the leading and he says that he
will not tear into the big fellow I'M
less the latter shows unexpected
weakness from the start.
On the other hand, Johnson's man.
,ager asserts that his man will go
after Ketchel from the sound of the
gong TO score an early knock cut.
When reminded that the picture priv
ilege might suffer if an early knock
out resulted Little declared that even
the prospect Of this would not pre-
vent the champion putting his man
down in the first round for the count,
If possible.
Betting on the big match showed an
increase today, but odds remain at
10 to 4 with the champion on the
long end, although no change in the
odds occurred, it is believed at the
pool rooms that the flow of short end
money, which has begun. win soon
cause a shortening In price Con-
siderable money is being wageFed at
eYens that Ketchell will stay fifteen
rounds. Both fighters are palpably
nervous on the eve of the Battle and
of the two Ketchell seems to show
the greatest strength.
Johnson weighed to-day aHd tipped
the beam at 1876 pounds, two pounds
lighter than he expects TO be when
he crawls through the ropes ON Satur-
day. Ketchell remains at his an
nounced weight of IT'S pounds. This,
he declares to be his natural weight
and point at which ne feels the
strongest.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15
Character in walking.

Walking is almost as common as
breathing, eating and sleeping. yet
there are many people VINO do not
snow how to walk Some loiter along
with half-dead. half-alive al. 7 %h:!!c
others nadly rush as if but a moment
Of time was theirs.
Now, there is much character in
walk; it should embody energy, am
oition and enterprise and at the same
lime grace and dignity.
To walk for health certain prepare
ions should be made. In cold wealth
sr the clothing should be warm, but
lot heavy The clothing should be
Dose. for tight garment restricts cir
,ulation The skirt should be short
and the shoes should be low-heeied,
wide and thick soled.
Deep breathing goes hand-ln-hand
with walking and 1t is good habit to
breathe rhythmically. counting the
khils.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15
HOSPITAL MOVE
To BEGIN On
NOV. lST

1t is learned that the moving Of the
Copper Quen hospital viii commence
on or about November 1. The foun-
dations of the building at Lowell will
be prepared by that time.
The contract has not as yet been
let for moving the hospital, but it is
understood that negotiations are on
with several firms. It is not known
as yet what building will be occu-
pied as quarters for the patients
while the moving is being done, but
the medical officers are looking about
and hope TO have a suitable bbuildind
selected as a temporary hospita.
within a few days.
Meanwhile a double track is being
laid fro mthe hospital to its new
site in Lowell, upon which the build
ing will be moved in its entirety.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15
BLOOMOUIST IS
ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED

Charles BIoomquist. aged thirty
years one of the best known young
men of the Bisbee district, was acci-
dentally shot and fatally wounded late
yesterday afternoon near Douglas.
while out hunting with a party Of
seven companions. all local men. lie
expired shortly afterward and his
body was taken to Douglas where an
inquest was held last night
The particulars of the accident
could not be definitely ascertained
by phone, although repeated efforts
were made to DO so. The first init
nation that local people had of the
affair was when Sam Briscoe, who
was with the party, telephoned to Z,
b. Wallace that Charlie Bboomquist
had been killed accidentally and TO
break the news as gently as possible
to his younger brother. Oscar, an EN-
pIoye of H. s. Hillmsa. This was
done. the young man being informed
that his brother was seriously wound
ed. Later, when with three coEpan
ions be left for Douglas in an auto
mobile he was informed that his BIO
ther. was dead. Those accomPaa.' p
ing him were E. b. Wallace, Ha ~
Miller and Hatwell NOVEL;.
The only information as to the ne
ture of the sad affair was that Bloom
quist's gun had been discharged tbs
charge entering his abdomen and 20
ducing almost instant death.
Deceased had been resident o.
this district for nine years comiEa
here from Chicago. He was employ
as head pipefitter at the Spray shat a
the time of his death. He is surviv
ed by two brothers end two sisters re
siding in the east, beside his brotie'
Oscar who lives in Bisbee. 1t is Pre
sumed the body vii be brought .
Bisbee today, although nothing had
of course been decided last nigEi-
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15
EUROPE PROTESTS
FERRERA EXECUTION
CONTINUED From Page one-)

the socialists in the Chamber of
Deputies and NJ. Valiant, socialist
deputy, last night marched to the
Spanish embassy. where it was their
intention to hold a demonstration in
protest against the execution of Fer
era. Police surrounded the building
and repulsed the surging crowds after
sharp scuule. Inc procession then
returned through the main bouleyards
with shouts of down with Alfonso,
down with Maura." Later a rowdy
element formed again in the vicinity
of the embassy and tore up lamp
posts, trees and benches and erected
barricades. NJ. Lepine, project of po-
lice, soon arrived at the head of re-
Inducements and was received with
volley of shots from the crowd. He
escaped from death or serious injury
by a narrow margin. The cavalry
charged, using their sabres freely and
stormed the barricade, police arrested
dangerous Spanish anarchist,
Emmanuel De la Tore, who admits
having fired at NJ. I.epine.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15
ROSE CONVICTED
OF MURDER

Advsces have been received flom
solomonville 10 the effect that Justin
Rose, who with James Roberts was
indicted for the murder of Con sulli-
van. former resident Of this city.
was convicted last week of that muir
der by the trial jury and win be sen
fenced on the 22nd. The jury was OFT
a short time, returning verdict Of
murder Ia the second degree.
A Mexican. who was hired by Rob
erts and Rose herding goats at che
time of the murder and who was also
indicted wIll be tried next week when
the court reconyenes.
Roberts who was also indicted Is
still fugitive from justice and nov
that Rose has been convicted is mo-
very likely TO put in an appearance a'
was reported he would do by his at
torney, r n. French, of Douglas.
1t will be remembered that Sullivas
was found murdered at goat camp
in the Gallarc Mountains in Graham
county, where he went to replenish a
herd of goats from Rose and Roberts
His body was found hid in the brush
some distance from the cabin where
he had camped. by the officers o.
Graham county.
A number of witnesses from Co
chise county, especially from Pearce,
were summoned 10 appear at Solomon
vile
Ii is understood that Mayor George
Neaie of this city is to be employed
by relatives of Rose and will endeavo
to secure a new trial when the tins
of sentence arrives and in the event
that it is denied viii perfect the ap
peal in the case.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15
Lona MaIk wins Msaer.

Los Angeles. Cal After having
completed foot-journey across the
continent to Seattle, Carl Livingston,
a youth of Tulsa, Okla. is on his way
home to claim wager Of 500. He
arrived here on the steamer Hanalei.
A condition Of the wager was that
the youth must return with Loco
earned on the trip.
He has $3.50 of the amount and ex-
poets to earn the rest before he gets
home, as he still has 20 days before
the time limit expires,
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15
MANY SPECIMENS
OF: REPTILES
IN B|SBEE

Bisbee is not supposed to have ON
the tapiS a public museum. such as
some cities, but should anyone come
to town and care to view collection
of specimens of natural history and
reptile types of Arizona, let him walk
over TO the Central school and ask Tor
Prof L. A. Gooding. science teacher In
the high school.
Professor Gooding has on hand al
the present time one live rattlesnake,
about three feet long, mountain
boomer six inches long, and horned
toad The RATHER was brought IN a
few days ago by Wallace Vaughn, one
of the natural history "cranks' of the
school, who picked it up at San Pedro
while out on a ramble through the
mountains He trudged into Profes-
sor Goodings sanctum with a gunny-
sack in his hand, which appeared sac
sounded very much alive, with 10
rattles of the reptile beating livery
TATTOO and the snake squirming about
rying to find something to bite. N
Snake now reposes in a, cage on one
of the tables in the scientific depart
ment
Il haven't fed HIM since he was
brought in and yet he seems very
much alive" said Prof. Gooding. Rep
tiles of that sort are cold-blooded. and
with rattlers especially, about once in
two weeks they eat"
A whole pailful of starfish and othci
sea denizens were recently received
from Woods Hole, Mass, near Bos-
ton. being shipped here for use in the
Laboratory work of the school They
are remarkably good specimens, too.
Aside from the live reptiles on ex.
hibition. Professor Gooding has a row
of shelves filed with insects and rep
tiles of the region in jars, preserved
in alcohol Most of them have his
tory. For instance there is 'p,It
adder in one jar. with two young rat
tiers. When the specimens were
| brought m, they were placed in a jar
together, alive. One morning one Il
- -" e-s - found ,s. IT'S ~.
~" - t1uugh it had bcei choxcd II
c"s;!, lis 1cusder WIS Laid - ~
r. .nsti. >, other l.i=c -attlers
similarly preserved is one that OF
Professor Gooding before he fnaI,y
killed it, on jaunt through the noun
.aiis last summer
The scholars. from primary grad
up. are continually '.ottfng 70 Pro
fcssor 1ccdirg with .snac.mens Il N;
lIud CT arother. Two centp-deS siN
incl. $ linz and over rs an inc; "
diameter were brous in recently
and various other insects are brought
Tin almost daily. The scholars seer
to take an especial interest in this de
psrtment
One youngster trudged up to the
door the other day leading by tn
string a common ''yaIler' dog.
Il want TO take this to Professo:
Gooding." he said 10 Professor Ph'l
brook Permission was granted, bur
later 10 snssas" ii,si'artor was Seei
TO quietly sneak the canine out of tn
back door and turn It loose. careful
lest the lad who brought the s3eci
men should see him and his feeling
be injured.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-15

Huehey Jennings, manager of the
Detroit League team, has admitted
that he has conferred with the own
'ers of the Philadelphia National
League team on the subject Of taking
charge of that team next season.
Jennings contract with the Detroit
owners expires this fall, and it is said
that the owners Of the PhiIlies have
offered him $4,000 a season.