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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-12
Of PINCHOT
APPOINTED BY TAFT
DR.. Joseph A. Holmes Becomes
Director of Mining Bureau
Despite Opposition

With the induction of DIR. Joseph a.
Holmes as director of the new national
mining bureau this department of the
government will begin its task of su-
pervising and encouraging the mining
industry of the United States Doctor
Holmes took the oath of office in Wash
ington on Saturday. He was appointed
by President Taft early in the month";
in spite of the opposition of Secretary
Of the Interior Ballinger and of George
Otis Smith, director of the geological
survey.
To the west the creation of the new
mining bureau is important, and the
work of the department and of Director
Holmes Will be of the greatest interest
The miners of California, Nevada and
the northwestern and Rocky mountain
states have welcomed the formation Of
the bureau, which will put a trained
force of mining engineers and experts
in the field to appraise thoroughly the
value of the countEy's mineral wealth
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED
Federal cooperation in the mining
field has long been sought Through
its work there will be compiled the first
authoritative information upon mining
conditions throughout the country. and
it is expected that with its aid there
will be developed a more thorough ex-
ploitation of fields that now practically
are abandoned.
Employers and employees will be af-
fected. for the work of the government
bureau will be laid out on a more com
prehensive scale than could be under
taken by any of the state bureaus or
individual companies.
Doctor Holmes is recognized through
out the mining world as one of the most
expert and learned of his profession.
He was born in South Carolina in 1859.
and took degrees from Cornell, the Uni
versity of North Carolina and uni
versity in Pittsburg. For 10 years ne
was professor of geology and natural
history at the University of North Caro-
lima and for IA years was state geol-
ogist.
FRIEND OF CLIFFORD PINCHOT
For several years he was in charge
of the United States geological survey
laboratories at St Louis and Pittsburg.
in which were tested fuels and struc-
tural materials. He then became chief
technologist of the United States geo
logical survey. investigating mine acci-
dents. During the st. Louis exposition
in 1904 he was chief of the department
of mines and metallurgy there
After congress had created the new
department of mines. George Otis
Smith. director of the geological sur
vey, began campaign to obtain the
appointment of +. W. Parker as its
director. Behind Smith. it is believed.
Ballinger also was working to prevent
the appointment of Holmes for the
latter is firm friend of Clifford Pin
chot. During the Ballfnger INQUIRY.
while on the witness stand, the secre
tary of the interior included Doctor
Holmes in the set of men whom he
characterized as snakes
George Otis Smith went so far as to
influence mining bureaus all over the
country to send personal telegraphic
appeals to President Taft in an effort
to cause Holmes defeat by Parker.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-12

At the termination of the blessing
tie multitude sang the Te Deum and
the twenty first international eucharist
conference was at an end Tonight
100000 people are sleeping under the
skies The rush out of the city started
~ o'clock. and by 9 o'clock the rail-
road stations were jammed The COM
ranies had not foreseen such a crush
and they had not cars enough.
The hotels were already packed to
the roof. and although dra wing rooms,
1-areption rooms and concert halls are
NV. turned into dormitories, and lodg-
ing houses and private houses alike are
thrown open for the night. a vast over
fow remains.
visitors from American cities will be
e-iven preference tomorrow in obtaining
trsin reservations. The police have or
ders 10 make it as comfortable as pos
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-12
Head of Defunct Bank

David F. Walker was president OF
the California Safe Deposit and Trust
company at the time of its failure. The
collapse of the bank occurred in the
latter part of 1907. Walker was exone-
rated of blame, but he lost a great part
'of his fortune, which went to meet obli-
cations of the defunct institution.
The investigation developed that
Walkers position as president of the
bank was entirely honorary and that
the actual management of the bank
was in the hands of J. Dalzell Brown.
Immediately before the bank closed
its doors Walker decided his entire
estate. valued at S250.000, to his wife.
The depositors brought suit to estab-
lish that Walker was an involuntary
bankrupt because of this act, alleging
that he had taken this means of Sc
curing his property from attachment
by stock holders.
The referee in bankruptcy, Milton ].
Greene found for Walker. Greene
ruled that Walker had decided his
property to his wife on the advice of
an attorney and for the purpose of
providing for bondman in the event
of his arrest and prosecution for the
bank failure.
This was decided in March of last
year and shortly thereafter Walker
and his wife made out deeds giving
property to the value of more than
100000 into the keeping of E. ]. lie
Breton, who was appointed trustee of
the bankrupt institution.
Walker lived part of each year in
San Mateo. where he had a beautiful
home.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-12

Some people claim lot of credit for
planning things they never expect
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
Senate Inquiry Planned

HarmoniZing the several resolutions
introduced in the senate directing an
investigation into the cost of living,
the republican leaders in conference
today perfected a resolution on that
subject which was later presented to
the senate by McCumber of North
Dakota. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on contingent expenses, which
viii consider the question of cost of
conducting such inquiry.
The resolution bears the name of
Senator Elkins as author and en-
bodies the principal features of the Nc
Cumber resolution, as well as some of
those contained in the one introduced
by Lodge.
The inquiry is said to be conducted
by select committee of seven SEN
ators. and it is planned to assemble
all of the information possible bear
ing upon the increased cost of articles
of food since 1900. and report, if pos
sible, at the present session of con-
gress.
The committee is ordered to report
to the senate suggestions or recon-
mendations as TO the remedy to be ap-
piled to reduce the cost of living and
accompany its report with drafts of
bills of such legislation as will in
the opinion of the committee. correct
and remove the causes which have en-
hanced the prices of the necessaries of
life
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
MYSTERY
PUZZLES SLEUTHS
Authorities Say Woman May
Have Sought Death
With Dynamite
Proprietor of SanatOrium Shows
Disposition to Make Light
of the Affair

SANTA ROSA, Feb. S.-The authori-
ties continued their Investigations to-
day in the explosion of dynamite in a
tent occupied by Luelia Smith and her
infant child at Burke's sanitarium
north Of this city last Saturday night
and are running down various clews.
The district attorney and sherif's Of
fee. however. are determined to go to
the bottom of the affair.
Luella Smith is native of Lake
county and one Of Il children. She is
a trained nurse and was formerly en-
pIoyed by Doctor Burke in cases he at
tended.
Both DR. William p. Burke and his
brother Alfred Burke. today made
light of the affair and declared that
had not some busybodies meddled with
affairs which was nothing TO them the
matter would have blown over withou-
creating any stir.
The question which bothers the
authorities is where the woman could
have secured the dynamite and fuse if
she did make an attempt on her life,
which she continues to deny.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
CALIFORNIA COTTON
INDUSTRY GROWING
Banks Will Advance $500. 600
to Finance Planting and
Cultivafing
Industry Now One of the Most
Important in Southern
California

Los ANGELES. Feb. s.-Arranee-
1nents have been made with London
and San Francisco banks 10 advance
S'0o'ooo to finance the planting and
cultivation OF this years cotton cron
IN the Imperial valley IT is believed
that the cotton area VIII approximate
10000 acres.
About 100000 viii he eAended in
The establishment Of ginneries. com
pIessor' an OIL mill and a refinery. The
$inneries VIII be scattered through
olt me valley and the other plants will
ne located ~ Fl Centre.
company composed solely of grow
ers mas been organized TO build these
pants. and through the financial ar
langenent with the banks the stock
lolders VIII be permitted TO pav for
Ineir holdings with the product Of their
plantations.
such strides have been made in the
cotton industry in the Imperial valley
In the last two years that il is now
looked upon as one Of the most i'm
portant in southern California. Figures
gathered I'm the new district show that
lie prohts from last years crop which
was largely experimental ran close
to $50 an acre.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
PETALUMA GIRL AND
ATTORNEY ARE MARRIED
Vance McClymonds Claims Miss
Treasure Ellis
TSpccial Diseotch 10 The CaII

PETALUMA. Feb. S.-At an elaborate
home wedding tonight at the home of
the brides parents, Miss Treasure Ster-
ling Ellis became the bride of Vance
McClymonds' of Oakland. Miss Ethel
Morton of Los Angeles was bridesmaid
The bridegroom was attended by Mer-
rill Kinsey of Oakland. Rev. Doctor
Jewett, an Episcopal minister of Berke-
ley, officiated.
reception followed at which many
local society people We're present. Me-
Clymonds is an attorney and is a son
of Superintendent of Schools McCly-
monds and Mrs. McCiymonds of Oak
land
The bride and groom are graduates of
the University of California Miss Ellis
is a member of Phi Beta Phi of the uni
versity. After a wedding tour the cou-
ple will ma Ike their home in Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
STATE UNIVERSITY
GETS MANY GIFTS
Presidents Report Shows DOna-
tiOns of Money and Col
lectiOns for Museum

Regents of the state university held
their last meeting in the Hopkins art
institute yesterday afternoon. Regular
meetings hereafter viii be held in
room 61S, Crocker building.
The presidents report consisted prin-
cipally of a record of the gifts received
by the university. The principal dona-
ton was a bequest of $4,000 from A.
Hamerslag, who died in this city Janu-
airy I. The money is for the endow-
ment of The Hamerslag Loan Fund. -
The laboratory of experimental sur
gerry received the following gifts: C.
Templeton .Crocker, $50; Henry T..
Scott, $50. DR.. Wallace / Terry. 500;
William Kent. 500; f. H Buck, 500.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION
Mrs. Blanche Trask of Avalon gave
the university her archaeologica col
lections from the Santa Barbara is
lands. Rocks from the antartic conti-
nent were presented by Lieutenant Err
nest Shackleton, 8 Regent street Lon
DON
Miss Annie S. Alexander has provided
for an additional member of the staff
OF the California museum of vertebrate
zoology. The new assistant is to pre-
pare astrological material such as
mounted skeletons and skulls of ami
mails The amount provided is SIS a
month for L months and this is ad-
vanced by Miss Alexander in addition
to her regular appropriation The posi-
tton is to be filled by Eugene J.
Fischer.
The designations have been accepted
of Baldwin NJ. Woods and of Dr. Albert
B. Mckee as Instructor in diseases of
the ear, nose and throat in. the medical
department of the university
Frederick e. Scotford has been ap-
pointed special lecturer on advertising
from January l to June /, without COM
pensation, in the college of commerce
The finance committee recommended
that permission be given to put an
underground pipe line across the lands
owned by the university in San Mateo
county.
The contract for the steel book stacks
TO hold the books in the new university
library We're awarded to the library
bureau for S73,950
The resolution on the death of the
late D. o. Mills We're presented bv the
committee consisting of John A Brit
ton, William H Crocker and j. B. Rein
stein and were approved
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
SYNDICATE ACQUIRES
ARIZONA COPPER MINES
Three Million Dollars to Be
Spent in Development

Los ANGELES, Feb. S.-Approxi-
mately s3,0O0.000 of Los Angeles, Wash
ington, Philadelphia New York. Boston
and London capital viii be expended in
the development, equipment and opera
tion of copper properties in the Nor
enci-Clifton district of Arizona
The Arizona Morenci copper company
has purchased from former United
States Senator stephen w Dorsey the
properties of the Copper mines COM
pany of Arizona, consisting of los
claims in the vicinity of Clifton and
Morenci 1t will install 1000 ton
smelter, 1000 ton concentrating plant
and aerial tramways. Additional rail-
way trackage Will be built connect
ing with all parts of the district
Though former United States Sen
ator James b. McCreary of New York
is president of the company, IT'S prin-
of the directors reside
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
VOTE TO BOYCOTT ALL
JAPANESE AND ASIATICS
A. E. Fowler Addresses ExcIu-
sion Meeting
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

SANTA ROSA, Feb S.-A. E. Fowler
of Seattle, who is touring the Pacific
coast in an effort to arouse sentiment
favorable to the exclusion of Asiatics
addressed good sized audience in this
city last night. At the conclusion OF
his address the following resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, the petitions of the people of
California and other Pacific coast states de-
mandins relief from Japanese and other
Asatic immigration UNDECIDED and ig-
nored by congress; and
Whereas. the situation is growing more
grave and inimical to the welfare of the
white race; be it
Resolved, that a boycott be instituted
against Japanese and other Asiatics.
l. \ boycott against all articles grown
manufactured by Japanese.
. A boycott against all Japanese engaged
in business of any kind.
. \ boycott against all white persons
engaged in business, manufacture or agri-
culture who employ or patronze Japanese
4. A political boycott. Irrespective of party
against all candidates who employ or pa atron-
ize Japanese, who hold stock in any cor
poration employing Japanese who are
not avowedly and openly opposed to further
japanese immigration; it is further
Resolved TO enforce and encourage said
boycott by every legitimate and legal means
to the end that cody or servle labor may
no longer menace the free institutions of
this republic.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
CADETS IN REVENUE
CUTTER SERVICE WANTED
Examination Will Be Held at
San Pedro

SAN PEDRO, Feb. S.-An examina-
tion for appointments TO cadetships in
the line and engineering corps of the
revenue cutter service will be held
here beginning April 4 and continuing
four days
About so cadets are wanted, and the
service is in need OF men who are IA
miliar with conditions on this coast
The cadets receive $500 a year. and
after three years instruction in the
service school in Baltimore they are
commissioned third lieutenants and
given salary of $1,000 a year. only
five months out of each year is spent
at the school. the cadets passing the
rest of the time on training ships.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
TWO CHINESE TONGMEN
ARE DENIED BAIL

The applicantions for bail made by
Tong King Chong and Lee Lent, ac-
cused OF murder. We're denied by Judge
Dunno yesterday. The defendants are
alleged to have eonspired with Others
TO have Gee Gong kill Yee Yut Wo.
1t was admitted by Assistant District
Attorney MeNutt that he was requested
to say that District Attorney F'ickert
had no objection TO the admission of
Tong King Chong TO bail, having been
moved to that decision by the receipt
of a letter from a professor at Stan
ford university.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
SHOWS INCREASE
IN COST OF FOOD
House Committees Inquiry In
dicates Prices Doubled in
Last IL Years

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The house
committee inquiry into the high cost
of food today developed the fact that
the retail merchant of Washington can
not buy direct from the farmer without
bringing down upon his head a boy
cott by the commission merchants, and
he is therefore forced to trade through
that medium and TO charge to the ul-
timate consumer whatever the in
creased cost may be.
Food Inspector Dodge continued his
testimony today with a comparison Of
prices of necessaries of life with prices
of Il years ago, which show increases
up to $50 per cent.
a partial list of articles so compared
fol
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
MANX HOTEL ROBBERY
PUZZLES THE POLICE
Burglars May Have Entered
Room From Fire Escape

The police and the NIanx hotel man
agement are at loss to explain in
what way railroad transporta tion. ex-
press drafts and some small money
were stolen from the apartments Of
Mrs. E. j. Earring, in the Hotel Manx-
Monday night Mrs. Earring is from
Milwaukee and arrived here last Satur-
day with her son, III. d. Darling
According to Mrs Earring, the thief
must have entered from the O'FarreIl
street side of the hotel, using the fire
escape and crawling along the copine.
of the first floor until he reached a
window.
She asserts that her own window
was locked and that the thief came
through the window of her sons room
and thus gained entrance to her apart
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
CalifOrnians on Travels
Especial Dispatch TO The CoIll

NEW YORK, Feb. s.-The following callfor-
mans are registered in New York:
From San Francisco.R L: Ewing, st. Regis;
A Furuseth Gilsey; Mrs. E. Heald E. Head
MURRAY Hill hotel; W. ]. Leckie Hotel Seville:
Miss X Redding Algonquin; Miss II. s. smith.
Park Avenue: c. w. Disbrow. Belmont; IT. II.
Goodwin. Marie Antoinette; ]. T. Mccarthy.
Hoffman house; A. f. Laconde, Miss v Laconde.
Grand Union: Miss E. Moore, Hotel Seville;
T.. NJ. Christopher. Plaza; w. Ellery, G. W FL
Iery New Amsterdam; l.. f. Ronald Hotel
Belmont: H. b. Strauss, Mrs II. B. Strauss.
Hotel Rresin: c. l.. Haskell, Wolcott; s. Wey.
sham. Grand Union
Les Angeies--W Douglass, Grand Hotel: Mrs
NJ D. Feifsbaus, Manhattan; F. l.. Gay Murra V
Hill hotel: r. l. Newsom. Hotel Manhattan:
F. c. Adams Empire: Miss Anderson X O.
Higgins. Mrs. ]. G. Higgins, Hotel York Il. 5.
TinnIe Grand Union; r. f.. Hamlet York
San Jose--M Blum, Richmond
Sacramento--J. G. Pierson, Albany.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
FORMER CALIFORNIAN
MURDERED IN OREGON

CRESCENT CITY, Feb. S-Murder
and robbery were revealed at Harbor.
Ore, yesterday, when the dead body OF
Albert Ryan was found with the throat
cut and two knife wounds in the heart
Everything of value on the body was
taken. There is no clue to the identity
of the murderer. Ryan formerly re-
sided in Del Norte county.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
BARRIERS FAVOR
SANITARY RULES
Union Urges Ordinance Placing
Shops Under the Board
of Health
Pacific Coast Walters AssOcia=
ton Elects New Officers
for Year

I'D e9Ts- The BARRIERS union
gEz6IglI I:s92s LcogEeI} appointed a commit
<19lAAacls tee to wait on the
board of supervisors
TO urge the passing Of an ordinance
that shall place all barber shops under
sanitary rules, as has been done re-
Gently in Los Angeles. Portland and
Seattle. In these cities all shops are
under the supervision of the board of
health and are kept in first class sani-
tary condition. All razors, shears and
brushes must be sterilized Immediately
after use, and no one affected with any
contagious or skin disease is permitted
to be shaved in any shop Clean tow
els must be used for every customer.
At the next meeting the special order
of business will be the consideration
of an emergency assessment.
During January the amount of bene
fits paid to members on the sick list
was $3.50. half of which was paid by
the international body
Six applications for membership were
presented and four candidates were
initiated.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

Those in the OIdsmobiIe picture pub
lished in the Call are. reading from
left to right: DR.. r. +. Peck, head ply
Sician Modern Woodmen of America.
San Francisco lodge: R. X. Roberts of
the Howard auto company. DIR. O'Neil
of the Forestry lodge, San francisco;
r. r. Gross of the Howard company. A.
r. Talbot, head council of the Modern
Woodmen of America. former law part
ner of William Jennings Bryan. and
]. O. Davis, national lecturer.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

The Pacific Coast walters associa-
tiOn (Inc) has elected the following
board of directors for the current term:
f. II. Foster. F. r. Hooke, g. w Ken
nett, G. Bard, F. W. Brennan, +. H.
Bidgood j. A. McCrea. E. MADEIRA. F.
Filing, \. ii. Wisner and T. CottrelI
The board selected Foster as president
Hooke vice president and Kennett sec
retary. G. G. Morgan was continued IS
manager of the association headquar-
ters. The membership is now 500 and
nearly all employed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
Will Meet for
National Law
NOTES OF THE AUTO

A d. Plugof, vice president of J. w
Leavitt Co. left the first part of this
week on a business trip to Sacramento
and vicinity.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
RHEUMATISM

AIuny Rheumatism Remedy re-
lieves pains in the legs, arms, back,
stin or swollen joints. in a few hours.
and cures in a few days Contains no
morphine. opium. cocaine or drugs 20
deaden the pain 70 neutralizes the
acid. drives out all rheumatic poison
from the system
Price 25 cents at all druggists.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
Sell Finely
Equipped EImOre

touring car, which will be shipped to
his home next Monday. Smith saws
that this car has the finest equipment
he has ever seen placed on an automO-
bile. W. c. Anderson of San Jose has
purchased car of the same model,
which is to be delivered in three days,
while ]. +. Meyers of Bakersfield has
purchased a 40 horsepower Elmore toy
tonneau, to be delivered in three weeks
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

The national legislative convention to
be held in Washington, d. 9. Febru-
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

The laundry workers union Monday
night initiated class of 45 French
laundry workers. The union voted a
per capita tax of 10 cents to assist the
strikers of the American steel trust.
William Harmon. vice president of
the international association of ma
chinists. arrived here yesterday from
the east. He will address San Fran
cisco lodge No. 6S this evening.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

W. H-N Durphy, who is handing tn,
Chase delivery wagons. is making som,
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
Chase Wagons
Demonstrate

the Mason street Hill, while yesterday
he showed the value of the Chase cars
IN helping out a local firm to get
large humber of floral pieces to the
liner Manchuria on quick hurry order
Durphy has most of the days remain
ing in this filled with demonstrations
and even part of next week
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

The Mattresses union has appointed
Nora Melada. May Beck and Mary Ev-
erson a committee to visit the MEM
bers on the sick list during the current
month. The union donated $50 to the
joint board of culinary crafts to help
replenish its treasury. Five candidates
were initiated.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

Bar tenders union No. II Monday
night received a communication from
the union in Keysport. Pa, asking it
to join in a movement to form in
dependent organization. The letter
was filed. The report of Business
Agent Harry Morrison shows that he
was successful last week in inducing
nonunion bar tenders to sign applica-
tions to join the union. Twenty -eight
dollars was paid in sick benefits, five
candidates were initiated and IL ap-
plicants were turned over TO the eX
amining committee.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

A J. Smith, local gent for the Ell
more cars, yesterday reported the sale 4
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

The Standard motor car company re-
ports business to be very good and
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

Captain F. w Cole of the Pacific mo-
tor car company yesterday reported
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
Reports of Sales
of Flanders Cars

ders Twenty" cars had all been sold
The EMF cars were sold to the local
trade.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09

There was "a houseful of people at
the smoker given in Saratoga hall by
local No. 151 of electrical workers. The
committee in charge presented a pro-
gram of entertainment, including sew
eral boxing bouts, also smokes and re-
freshments.