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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-01
UNIONS INCREASE
THEIR membership
Bay Counties District Council OF
Carpenters Conducts Suc=
cessful Campaign
Edited by Q. NJ. BOYLE

r TIL agitation
<7S7SIs IsSEss0 which is being
zRsEsVz carried on under
the auspices of the Bay Counties DIS
trict Council of Carpenters in Alameda
IS beginning to bear fruit. All unions
in the building industries across the
bay report many additions to their
membership. Carpenters union No 90
of Oakland at its last meeting aodeo
2s TO its roster and all other lapor
organiza tions there are doing nearly
as well.
Reports from the 10 building trades
unions state that eacr is taxing IN
weekly an average OF 10 members
Prepa rations are being made tor the
mass meeting of the building me-
chanics to be held in Oakland Satur-
day night. The principal speakers Will
be Mayor P. H. Mccarthy, J. b. Bowen
and W. A. Cole.
At the headquarters of the chauf-
feurs' union yesterday the strike was
said to be in a satisfactory condltlon
and the officers believed the men would
win eventually Those arrested are all
ont on bail and fhe members have been
instructed to keep within the law at
all times dozen or more cnau1-
feurs, not members of the union, left
their jobs yesterday in sympathy with
the strikers, and Peter Busher, wee
president of the international brother
hood of teamsters, who is handling the
strike. believed that it will be settled
to the satisfaction of the men,
Eight delegates left yesterday for
the Detroit convention of the inter
national seamen's union of America.
which convenes next Monday morning.
The party consisted of Edward Ellison.
Harry Ohlsen, Eugene Burke, Edward
Andersen, Andrew Branch. Patrick
Flynn, P. Meehan and Edward Clark.
IT will be news even to the local
labor union people that there are 10
trade unions composed of Chinese. The
editor of Young China, the organ of
the progressive party of Chinese, is
authority for the statement
( At the last meeting of stablemen's
union No. 4o4 there was a large at
tendance, and 16 candidates were initf-
ated. The local indorsed the strike Of
the chauffeurs and promised all moral
and financial support within the power
of the organization.
John A. Kelly, president of the labor
dent of the state building trades coun-
Gil. left for Los Angeles last night to
be gone several days.
At the last meeting of hodcarriers
union the following nominations were
made, the election TO be held next
Saturday. between the hours of and
p. n- at the Building Trades temple:
For president. Patrick Ward. Denis
Lusy and Lee Lane; for vice president.
Patrick TulIis and Michael McGovern;
for recording secretary, James MCGEE
and Martin Fenton; for financial Sec
retary, John Carroll, William McNa-
mara, Michael Conway and Ed Beatty;
for treasurer, William Kearney and
Patrick Cronan: for sergeant at arms,
James Kane, James Nelson, John Man
nix, Phil Mcguire. Peter Hogarty and
John Madden; for business agent, Ed
O'Brien, Michael Sweeney, Simon Line
han and John German; for auditing
committee, NJ. Donahue, William Car
ney. Eugene Sweeney, Martin Gala
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-01
FERGUSON Will
SUCCEED BUSH
Deputy Superintendent Chosen
Principal! of Polytechnic
High School

James Ferguson, deputy superin-
tendent of schools. was chosen by the
board of education yesterday to sue
ceed Walter n. Bush as principal of
the Polytechnic high school. He will
begin his new duties this morning.
Superintendent Roncovieri will today
name a successor of Ferguson as
deputy.
The board received bids for a 80
years lease OF the school property at
Bush and Taylor streets and at Taylor
and Vallejo streets. The bids were
For the lot at Bush and Taylor streets,
the local realty company. s2S,350: Ed
ward +. Burns. S4A500 For the site at
TAYLOR and Vallejo. Charles s. Cushing,
$3.50. r. F. Burns $4,000.
superintendent Roncovieri offered the
following, which was adopted;
Afternoon school sessions are not TO be short
ened under any circumstances. excepting 10 the
extent Of taking on that time which is saved
from recesses when the weather is actually in
clement. and the noon recess shall not be short
ened unless il is actually raining at u o'clock.
or at II O'Clock II is threatening to rain before /
o'clock.
Roncovieri offered the following.
which viii be discussed in conference
next Monday:
That the primary classes return to the regular
sessions from 10 II and from 1 TO 2:3o. pro-
day. December ,, 1910; provided however that
at the option of the principals the morning re-
cesses may be hourly OF 10 minutes each. said 10
minutes shall include the time necessary for
leaving and returning to rooms: provided. fur
ther, that at the option OF the principals pupils
may be excused for recess OF five minutes dur
ing the afternoon.
This is intended 10 abrogate the rule
recently adopted granting children in
the primary schools a longer recess.
The Colonial Danes. who recently
offered q prize 10 the pupil OF the high
schools who should present the best
paper on a colonial subject, had de-
cided that the prize should go 10 Miss
Eta G. Schalck OF Lowell high school
The Mission promotion association
was granted permission TO conduct the
dedication exercises at the Bryant cos
mOpolitan school
Miss Adele Tobriner was appointed
an assistant in the domestic science
department, vice Miss Joralemon, re-
signed.
Miss Eva Moldrup was assigned from
the substitute list to the Noe valley
school. vice Miss NJ. Cone. transferred
the Harrison school.
Miss Agnes c. Dowling of the Pacific
Heights school. was granted a leave Of
absence to enable her to go to Mexico.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-01
GUEST AT DINNER WHIPS
HOST WHO INVITED HIM
Trouble Caused by Too Much
Liquor While on Way TO Feast

William Saunders is Scotchman
and a student in economy. Tuesday
night he had a big trunk to move at
his house, and not caring to pay a man
to help him. invited his friend, william
McEYans. to come home and dine with
him. McEvans was overjoyed at the
invitation and on the way to the
Saunders home he frequently bought
glasses of red liquor. and in order to
help the meal out the guest of the
evening bought a bottle to take along.
About the time the bottle was con-
suned a fight started and the host
had his guest arrested for disturbing
the peace and battery. They were be-
fore Judge Conlan yesterday to explain
how il all happened. McEyans will be
sentenced today.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-01

ing mark. Luckily for Seeley. he had
no tire trouble. The Diamond tires
went through without a puncture,
which in this case meant the record.
There was big crowd at the corner
of Van Ness avenue when the car came
In. AS the White turned into Van
Ness avenue shout of Here she
comes!" brought hundreds into the
streets. and See1ey crossed the line
through line of cheering motorists.
Speaking of the run seeley said: 1T
was confident that we could beat the
record we made If compelled to do so.
We played safe all the way, slowing
up at the towns in order to avoid ar
rest for breaking speed regulations.
The roads. too, We're bad, having been
recently repaired and thrown up in the
middle. thus forcing the car to ride
the side at perilous angle. We ex-
perienced absolutely no trouble, not
once finding 1t necessary to stop. The
Diamond tires gave excellent service.
causing no trouble at all. and better
fabrication could not be asked than we
obtained from Monogram oil.'
H W. Brown who for some time
after the Regal branch was estab-
49, lished in this city
H. w. Brown to was the San Fran
= -. ---.e 80 nov been appoint
ed assistant gen
eral manager of the Haynes auto sales
company When Brown Joined the
company he planned to take charge of
the northwestern end of the company's
interests, but it has been decided that
he Will remain in this city
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-01
INDICTED SUPERVISOR
INTERPOSES OBJECTION
Would Set Aside Action on Mere
Technical Points

Daniel E. Blackburn, supervisor of
San Mateo county, indicted on a charge
of agreeing TO receive a bribe in con-
nection with the furniture and sta
tionery contract Of the county, inter
posed a motion to set aside the indict-
ment when called upon to plead in
Judge Cabaniss' court yesterday. The
motion is based on all possible statu-
tory grounds. and is purely technical
in character.
1t was framed by Attorneys Carroll
Cook and William Hoff Cook. Judge
Cabaniss will hear argument on the
motion at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Tt was stated in court that similar
motions will be interposed in the
cases of Carl J. Coburn, J. NJ Francis
and Joseph Debenedetti, indicted for
misdemeanor conspiracy in the same
matter.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-01
TRIED TO KILL WIFE;
THEN GAVE GUN AWAY

Carl Landmann of $40 Fourteenth
street was held to answer to the charge
OF assault with deadly weapon upon
his wife by Police Judge Conlan yes
terday On Tuesday night the neigh
borhood in the vicinity of the Land
mann home was thrown into an uproar
by the sounds of a combat in the house
followed by pistol shot. search of
the house failed to locate Landmann,
but on inquiry in the neighborhood it
was learned that Landmann had given
his pistol TO Mrs. Hayden, a neighbor.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-01

CHER and Martin Walsh; for executive
COMMITTEES. Michael Cox. Peter Nolan.
Edward Rodgers. Matt Bohan. James
Woods and Bernard Dewin; for dele
gates to the building trades council.
John Lally, Michael Lee. William
Horan, Patrick Mulkeen, Frank
Tooher, Daniel Shea, John Golden and
Michael Butler.
Osborn Moore of Charleston, S. c.,
representing the farmers alliance. was
the only negro delegate in the recent
convention of the American federation
of labor. Moore is past 20 years of
age. a former slave, and gray and
feeble. He has been attending the
conventions for several years, being
president of his union.
Acting Secretary Ellison of the
sailors union of the Pacific is prepar-
ing to leave for the east to attend the
Detroit convention of the international
seamen's union of America. During
his absence his place will be filed by
John II. Tennison.
1t was announced at the last meet
ing of the local that almost $500 had
been subscribed to help a disabled
member, Aug. Johnson, buy a cigar
stand. Johnson was severely injured
while in Alaska waters.
Miss Maude Younger has returned
from st. Louis She represented the
wage earners' equal suffrage league
before the late convention of the
American federation Of labor.
Eugene Burke left Tuesday night for
Detroit. He was recently elected a
delegate to the convention of the in
ternational seamen's union of America
by marine cooks and stewards asso-
citation of the Pacific.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-22
We'll, I'd like to know where

well, I'd like to know where Mr.
King is"
He's safe, your highness." said
QuinnoX.
well, you run in and tell Aunt Lo-
raine this minute that Mr.. King sends
his love to her and begs her to rest
easy See if 1t doesn't cheer her up q
bit"
At night two attempts were made
by Haddan and another subaltern tc
leave the castle to reach Tullis, but
both sorties proved failures. A day
later Marlanx sent two men under 9
flag of truce to offer his Infamous ulti-
matum. His offer Of safe conduct OF
the prince to America was refused, fol-
tine inmates of the castle knew full
well the count would doom the lad to
instant death If he should get him in
his possession.
A single distant volley at sunset had
puzzled the men on guard at the cas-
tie. They had no means of knowing
that the committee of ten and its
wretched friends had been shot down
like dogs in the public square. Peter
Brutus was in charge of the squad of
executiOners.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-22
1&&S
A Story of
Grausfarx
By
GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON

Of Mr.. Hobbs on seeing help for King
and was pulling him up before him.
There was nothing for TruXton to do
but to accept the timely help Of his
rival. An instant later he was up
behind him and they were off after
the last of the Dragons.
If you don't mind, count, I'll try
my luck" grated the American. Hold
ing on with one arm, he turned and
fired repeatedly in the direction of the
bowling crowd of rascals.
Ride to the barracks gates, Vos
Engo!" commanded Colonel QuinnoX
BE prepared to admit none but the
royal reserves, who are under standing
orders to report there in time Of need
over his shoulder Vos Enso hissed
TO his companion: 1T was not idle
heroics, my friend, nor philanthropy
on my part. l was commanded to
come and fetch you. She would never
have spoken to me again If l had re-
fused"
She! All, yes, l see! She did not
forget me-" cried TruXton.
Understand, it is not for you that
I risk my life"
Il understand" murmured TruXton
wry smile on his pale lips. You
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-22
! RUXTON
( KING
Copyright. 1909. by George
Barr McCutcheon
Copyright. 1909. by Dodd.
Mead q Company
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.


Chapter I-Truxton King arrives in
Edelweiss, capital of Graustark, and
meets the beautiful niece of SpantZ, a
gunmaker. liking does a favor for
Prince Robin, the young ruler of the
country, whose guardian is John Tullis,
an American. III-Baron DanglosS,
minister of police, interviews King and
warns him against Olga, the gunmak-
er's niece. Viking invades the royal
park, meets the prince and Is presented
to the lads fascinating Aunt Lorraine.
V-The committee of ten, conspirators
against the prince, meets in an under
ground chamber, where the girl Olga
Is disclosed as one who is to kill Prince
Robin with a bomb. VI-John Tullis
calls on the beautiful Countess In
gomede, who warns him tnat her hated
and notorious old husband, Count Mar
lanX, Is conSpiring against the prince
VII, VII, TX and liking visits the
house of the witch of Ganlook gap and
meets the royal houhehold there. He
sees an eye cleaning through a crack
in a door, and while searching for the
person he is overpowered and dragged
into loft. He is confronted by Count
Marlanx and then taken to the under
ground den of the committee of ten.
XI-Olga defends King before the
committee of anarchists. XlI-Loraine
is brought to the den and thrown into
the same room with King. XIII-King
fells a jailer, dons his clothing and,
disguised, carries Lorraine into oaot
at night in which several of the an
archists are about to depart. XIV
King manages to get Lorraine, whom
he loves, ashore. and they hide in
freight car. XV-Olga waits on
street corner with a bomb TO kill Prince
Robin as ne passes in parade. King
and Lorraine are carried off into the
country in the car. They start back in
an OK cart and warn the prince when
almost in front of the girl Olga.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-22

Truxton. There should be three of
us" addressing the men about MIN.
One Of us is sure to get away"
There is not a man here-or in the
service-who will not gladly accompa-
ny you, Mr.. King" cried General Braze
quickly.
Count Vos Engo Is the man would
choose, If l may be permitted the hon.
or Of naming my companion" said
Truxton, srinning inwardly with a
malicious Joy. Vos Engo turned yell
lowish green. His eyes bulged.
II am in command Of the person
of his royal highness," he stammered,
suddenly going very red.
Il had forgotten your present occu-
patton" said Truxton quietly. Pray
pardon the embarrassment l may have
caused you. After all, think Hobbs
will do. He knows the country like a
book"
Mr.. Hobbs came. That Is to say, he
was produced. 1t Is doubtful If Mr..
Hobbs ever fully recovered from the
malady commonly known as stage
fright. He had never been called Mr..
Hobbs by prime minister before, nor
had he ever been asked in person by
a minister of war II he had family at
home. After Truxton King was obliged
to tell him that he had unwaverinsly
volunteered to accompany him on the
perilous trip to the hills. Be sure Of
1t, Mr.. Hobbs was not in mental con-
dition for many hours to even remote
ly comprehend what had taken place.
But Mr. Hobbs was not the kind to
falter once he had given his word.
We'll be off at midnight, Hobbs"
said Truxton.
LAS you say, Mr.. King, just as you
say" said Hobbs. with fine indiffer-
ence.
AS Truxton was leaving the castle
ten minutes later brisk, eager faced
young attendant hurried up to him.
Il bear a message from his royal
highness,"' said the attendant, detain-
ing him. Prince Robin has asked for
you, sir"
I'll see him." said King promptly,
as il he were granting the audience.
To be Continued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-22

mean. she is going to pay you in some
way for picking me up, eh? Well, I'll
put an end to that. I'll drop again.
Then you can ride on and tell her-l
wouldn't be a party to the game. Do
you catch my meaning?'
You would, eh?" said the count an
grily. I'D like to see you drop off
while we're going at this
I've got my pistol in the middle of
your back" grated Truxton. SLOW up
bit or I'll scatter your vertebrae all
over your system. Pull up"
"As you like" cried Vos Enso. i've
done my part Colonel Quinnox will
bear witness" He began pulling his
horse down. Now you are quite free
to drop Off
Less than a hundred yards behind
loped a riderless horse. The dragoon
| who had sat in the saddle was living
far back in the avenue, a bullet in his
head Hobbling to the middle of the
| read. the American threw up his hands
and shouted briskly to the bewildered
animal. Five seconds later King was
| in the saddle and tearing along in the
wake of the retreating guard.
I'VE need such men as King" cried
Colonel Quinnox as he waited inside
| the gates for the wild rider.
General Braze, with a few of his
men, bloody and heartsick, was the
last of the little army to reach safety
| in the castle grounds.
The fortress, with all guns, stores
and ammunition, was in the hands OF
the Iron Count and mis- cohorts.
Baron Dangloss had been taken pris-
Oner with whole platoon of fighting
constables. This was the last appall-
ing bit of news to reach the horrihed,
disorganized forces in the castle
| grounds.
A wise as well as a cruel man was
| MarlanX He lost no time in issuing
a manifesto To the stunned, demoral-
lied citizens Of Edclweiss. Scores of
crirrS went through the streets during
the long. wretched afternoon. announc-
ing 10 the populace that Count Mar
Ianx had established himself as die
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-22
STRANGE HAPPENING.
Story From Texas That outthrilIs Any
Melodrama.

Melodrama.
Truth is stranger than fiction" runs
the old adage. This was perhaps true
in the days of the old-fashioned novel
ist and playwright But fiction has
grown stranger with the passing years
Writers of the modern "thrillers" OF
literature and the stage seem to write
utmost possibilities Of truth. The
opium-pipe fiction in plays and ro-
mances today may be stranger than
truth.
But story comes out Of Texas which
proves that truth is still in the race
and that, If it is no longer stranger
than fiction it is, once in while, equal
ly as strange.
The dramatic sequence of the tale is
| remarkable. A master dramatist could
not have marshaled the incidents ir
more effective order. The episode Is
one of life's made to- order dramas
which falls naturally into five acts ir
this way:
Act BERNARD Carter and Rexel
Williams are cowboys on the Texas
ranges. While following a cattle trai
| they quarrel Williams stabs Carter
Believing his unconscious victim dead
Williams rolls the body into the Pecos
| river.
Act II.-Carter regains his sense;
and crawls to the bank. He is found
and sent to a hospital in Ell Paso
| When he RECEIVERS he leaves the coun.
try. Williams, believing himself 6
murderer, fees. Weeks after the stab
bling a decomposed body Is found ir
| the river. 1t is identified as that OF
Carter. Williams is caught. He Is
tried and sentenced to forty years fol
| murder
Act III-Carter remains in Ignorance
Of his supposed death and Of tine fate
that has befallen Williams. He drifts
to Central America. He grows ricn
He settles in Seattle ten years ago. lr
| the meantime for twenty years Will
| llams Is a convict IN the Texas peni-
tentary. He believes his sentence 6
just one He does not know Carter Is
alive.
Act IV.-There is a prison investisa-
tion in Texas. The exposure Of cruel
ties is telegraphed to newspapers al
| over the country. Carter, the wealthy
citizen Of Seattle, notes the name OF
| Rexer Williams in the list of convicts
| who testified. 1t is an unusual name
He never heard Of but one man Of that
| name in mis- life. He writes letter OF
inquiry to the warden of the prison ir
| which Williams Is confined. He Is az
tonished to learn that Williams Is
serving forty years for the murder OF
Bernard Carter.
Act V.-Carter hurries to Texas. He
proves that the report Of his death has
been greatly exaggerated" He OBJ
tains a pardon for Williams. He takes
| him to Seattle. He establishes the
| former convict in his own comfortable
home for the remainder of his life
| (Curtain)
Is there anything in the plot dreams
Of Louis Tracy, CASTOR Leroux, Anna
Katherine Green or George Barr Nc
Cutcheon stranger than this? Has Au-
gustus Thomas William Gillette or
Lincoln ]. Carter ever staged a more
thrilling melodrama than this strange
true story from life?-Chicago Inter-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-22
ROACH KILLED BIG COBRA.
Monster Reptile Meets Death In
Most Unusual Way.


Most Unusual Way.
Rex, the king cobra at tine Bronx
Park, the largest reptile in captivity
and the deadliest snake on earth, is
dead.
He was murdered while he slept, in
the most cowardly and atrocious man
ner-by a little black roach. The king
Of all snakes had suffered indignities
for some weeks, and the ignoble way
his earthly career was ended was the
climax. Last Sunday a week ago, Ray
mond L. Ditmars, the curator Of rep
tiles at the Zoo, who had been noticing
the irritability Of Rex for more than
week, tempted him with choice wa
ter snake, the prize dainty for a cobra.
While Rex was swallowing this morsel
he was held and tumor cut from the
left side Of his jaw. II he mad not
been taken advantage Of in this fashion
he couldn't have been overcome. He
got we'll from the operation.
Rex ate only on Sundays, and this
ti1Ile Oh lHe year He Slepl HioSl VI 1iC
time between meals. Last Sunday he
had a square meal, and, snake-like,
went to sleep. He did not stir after
this meal
The other morning Keeper Charles
Snyder, whose special pet Rex was, no
ticed that tine snake was lying parti-
cularly still. When he poked him with
a stick the snake didn't move and Sny-
der investigated. Rex was dead. He
hadn't been sick and bore no marks Of
violence. This puzzled the keeper.
Dr. w. Reid Blair, the veterinarian,
was called in to perform an autopsy.
It was thought something the snake
had eaten had disagreed with him, but
the autopsy proved this theory un-
sound.
Upon further cutting up it was found
that the cause of Rex's death lay in his
head The head was cut open, and in
side the brain was found a little black
roach, still alive. This roach had bored
into the cobra's Uranium. This Is
the first case of the kind on record
New York World.