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Isair complaints Of divorce were filed
la seattle Jestcrdny.
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SCHOOL TEACHERS WANTED .p'
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
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Ten boys aud four girls were born In
seattle yesterday.
Twents -one marriage iirrnses were Is
sued in seattle yesterday,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Persons who Saw lady fall from Yes
Ter car corner Second av and Yesler
way about $50 D. IN, July To- 1910.
please communicate Mrs Redmond. Hotel
Curtls. 1914 Second av.
LADIES' ALTERATION PARLoR
New and out Of date ladies' garments
remodcled quickly. aai Arcade nldr
Eshelman a wnsan. carpenters AMI
iphbersi window and door screens sps'
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AGENTS WANTED

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Rates o. this cQiama ere ! cent ssre
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Kodak doyoioring noe roll iss al phets
sion. second floor P.-i. BIDS
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CUR tbs DENIES
BRIBERY

(Coneludsd.)
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
AERONAUT FALLS
And IS BADLY HURT

OAKLAND, MAY 17.-Spun in midair
over the crowds when his foot caught
in one of the ropes of the balloon at
Idora park this afternoon, Frank Ham
ilton, a professional aeronaut of Fresno,
fell through telegraph wires a distance
of 25 feet, and striking on his head,
lies at the Roosevelt hospital in a seri-
Gus condition with a possible fracture
of the skull.
AS the great bag swept upward a
shrek Of dismay from the crowds re-
suited from the sight of Hamilton's s
body dangling by one leg from the
guy rope.
He had ascended but short distance
when he was seen to be making a
frantic effort to free the parachute,
but either because he cut the wrong
rope or on account of the short dis
fance from the ground the parachute
did not open and Hamilton, after strik-
ing the telegraph wires, fell to the
ground head first.
He was removed in an unconscious
condition to the Roosevelt hospital
The victim. who is 80 years of age, is
well known in Oakland. as he made
ascensions at Idora every Sunday last
year He has a wife and three chill
dren.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
FARMERS ORGANIZE
TO SAVE CHICKENS
Kansas Roost Robbers Ply Luz
cratiVe Night Trade

One thousand farmers and suburban
home owners in Wyandotte county.
Kansas, have banded together to. form
a powerful Anti Chicken Thief So
ciety." and a reward of $1,000 has been
offered for the arrest and conviction
of members of an organized band Of
chicken thieves. who have. since Christ
mas. chlorOfOrmed chickens while they
were roosting at night. robbing one
thousand chicken houses and stealing
$4,000 chickens.
That the chicken stealing is being
carried on by a we'll organized band of
men is apparent from the methods used
and from the care with which their
plans are carried out. The chickens
are chIoroformed while they are at
roost, so no noise will be made. and
they are placed in sacks and hauled
away in wagons
1t is believed that one party of the
thieves, with one wagon, robs many
places in one night. There are several
wagons operating, however, it is
thought. because robberies have Oc-
Cured in all parts of the county the
same night, and in every case the at
tendant circumstances were the same.
The farmers insist that some COM
mission merchant in Kansas City is re-
ceiving the stolen chickens and ship
ping them out of town. They say that
too many have been stolen to be ped
died or sold to retail dealers in the
ordinary way
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
Note BOOKS LOST
BY STENOGRAPHER
Massey Is Said to Have Been
Quick TO Follow Signifi-
cant Hint
Ballinger's Subordinates Dis.
cnssed Prospect of Being
Called as Witnesses

any foundation for the Kerby state
ment.
Senator Root charged that Brandeis'
whole line of inquiry was a covert at
tempt to drag the president into the in
vestigation. to which Brandeis replied
that it was material to the investiga-
tion as tending to show that the presi-
dents letter generating BaIIinger was
prepared in such haste that it was
mot judicial in it's nature. but was ex-
tremely PARTISAN.
Brsndeis said that inasmuch as Sen
ator Root had made a personal attack
upon him. he thought he should be al
lowed TO reply. Root said that he had
no objection. but he did not remain in
the room to hear the lawyers eXplana-
ton
rAFT's ACTION CRITICISED
Brandeis said that the presidents let
ter of September 13. generating Bal
inger and dismissing CLAWS. had been
prepared under such circumstances as
to lead to the suspicion that 1T WAS
not judicial in its nature. but was ex-
tremely partisan He said that instead
OF producing the Lawler memorandum
when he applied for it. a process OF
evasion had been resOrted to.
1t is clear to my mind said Bran
deos. that the Lawler memorandum
was material. and il has become dOubly
material in view of the circumstances
attending its ultimate produc ton
Kerby had told the committee that
he had not not been accustomed to
keep his stenographic notebooks. and
had told Carr, but had mentioned TO
Carr that Massey had kept all his. He
said that subsequently Massey de-
stroyed his notebooks
WHY BOOKS WE'RE BURNED
Brandeis asked Kerby TO explain
why. The witness said that he and
Massey had been discussing the pOssi-
bility of their being called before the
inquiry. Something was said about
Massey having kept all his notes, and
Carr turned to Massey smilingly. and
said. according to kerby:
Ma assey. you had better lose those
notebooks.
Massey lost the notebooks added
Kerby significantly.
Attorney VetreeS indicated that he
might want to question Lawler further
when the committee meets Thursday.
as the witness was still under exam
ination when the hearing adjourned
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
resigns Wife IN
ANOTHER FAVOR
Accommodating Husband Gets
Divorce Because She Had
an Affinity

Max Schoenermarck did his wife a
favor yesterday in obtaining divorce
from her He showed Judge Cabaniss
a letter received from Mrs Schooner
marek in which she told him that if he
did not get a divorce she certainly
would
Il don't mind telling you there is a
wealthy man who is anxious to marry
me- she stated in the missive.N He
loves me dearly. and will go the limit
for me if necessary"
Not to be disobliging, Schoenermarcl1
sued for divorce and got it, alleging
desertion. After one year has elapsed
Mrs. Schoenermarck will be permitted
to marry her rich lover.
The marriage of Vincent McCloskey
with Cleo n. McCloskey was annuIIed
by Judge Cabaniss yesterday on the
ground that the defendant bad another
husband alive on January 20, 1910.
when she married McCloskey.
Divorces were granted yesterday as
follows:
BY Judge Sturtevant-Alvina Won
Boden from George b. Won Boden, will
full neglect; Tessie NJ. Hafenger from
James Joseph Haffenger. cruelty.
Suits for divorce were filed yesterday
by:
Margaret Madden against John F.
Madden. cruelty.
Annie j: Hopkins against Willard c.
Hopkins, willful neglect
Myrtle e. Porter against Archibald Id
T. Porter, cruelty
Lorne c. Heriot against Isabelle
S. F.. Heriot, desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
Document Concealed
By Ballinger Men

Frederick Nj. kerby, formerly n
stenographer in Ballinger's OF
flee, who was dismissed on the
ground that he divulged connden-
tial information bearing on the
preparation of the Lawler MEM
Orandum, explained on the witness
stand yesterday how he knew that
the paper was I'm the Interior de-
partmeDt. He had accidentally
seen the paper on the desk of Pr1-
vate Secretary Carr.
"Mnssey told me 1 ought not to
look at IT." said kerby. ''I am
sorry myself that I saw IT.
He explained that he thought
Secretary Ballinger had no right
TO examine a memorandum Law
Ter prepared for the president.
Pressed for his knowledge that
Ballinger had examined Ii, the
witness said:
"He read portions of it at least"
When the first call for the mem
orandum came TO the department,
kerby said, StenOgrapher Mas-
sey, who also assisted LaWIer In
preparing the memorandum. said
to Private Secretary Carr:
"fou know what that means,
don't you.-
Carr's reply. according to Ker-
by. was:
Yes; but they'll have hard
time getting it,
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
ELECTRIC Lines
MAY GET SHOCK
FROM LUMINARY
Scientists Agree That Halley's
Comet Will Not Harm Earth
During Passage
Tail viii Take Twelve Hours
for Transit and Particles
May Be Captured

The Garth viii start on its long her
aided journey through the tail of Hal
Iey's comet shortly after noon today,
and. though il viii take almost p
hours 10 clear 1t. scientists almost
without exception agree that no harm
fuI results need be feared. Though
this is the first time that the earth
cuts into the tail of Haney's comet it
has had similar experiences before with
other comets. and the world at large
was none the wiser, until few weeks
later. when astronomers made known
the fact
The last time the earth passed
through the tail of a comet. according
10 Waldemar Kaempffert. an eminent
astronomer. was in 1861. What the ef-
feet would be if the earth and the
comet met is matter of conjecture.
but under the present circumstances
no such catastrophe is anticipated.
VIEWS OF SCIENTISTS
Scientists state that the effect on
this occasion win be trifiing and scarce
noticeab bic. The following are some
OF their views al to- the phenomena
when the earth enters the zone of the
comets tail:
Prof. T. J. j. See of the naval observ-
atory, Mare island-This brush of the
earth against the comets tail will do
us no more harm than the appearance
Of rainbow in the sky. A little pow
dery dust might fall on the earth. but
any sprinkling that we may receive is
sure TO be harmless. and we not even
notice it. No harm occurred June 30
1851, when we last passed through the
tail Of a great comet, and none viii
occur now. Yet during the passa ge of
1851 the atmosphere and the sky took
an unusual aspect. and the heavens
were family Illuminated.
GLOW IN THE HEAVENS.
Prof ". ". Campbell. Lick observa-
tory do not expect any other phe-
nomena apart from a probable glow in
the heavens and perhaps disturb
ance of the telegraph and telephone
lines
Rev. George NJ Searie-As tic .ail
Of the comet IS probably hollow there
viii be nothing remarkable or out Of
The ordinary in the earUns passage
through it.
Prof David P. Todd Of Amherst col
lege--I expect nothing more than an
aurora effect
Prof Robert W. Wilson. Harvard
college Observatory There may be
darkening OF the atmosphere
STARDUST PREDICTED.
Frank Z. Seagrave of Providence. X.
For short period the earth win
ind itself swept by stardust. but there
should be no scare over the approach
ing event
Prof. Burchhalter of the Chabot OBJ
servatory, Oakland-The comets tail is
extremely rarv and il more nearly pro-
duces vacuum than we can produce
on earth For that reason I am salts
fed that the visit Of the celestial body
VIII not be fatal To us
Prof. George Z. Hale director Of the
Carnegie solar observatory. Mount
Wilson-There probably will be many
shooting stars
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18

short time and in sufficient numbers to
be detected in this way
According to Professor Babcock, who
will have charge of the instruments on
Mount Wilson, the earth will enter the
tai at about 1 o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon and emerge about midnight.
During the afternoon the upper ether
may take on rosy hue, while at night
brilliant electric flashes may be seen.
The latest photographs of the comet
show the tail to he more than 25,000,-
00O miles in length
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
GOLDEN BEAR SOCIETY
CHOOSES NEOPHYTES
George c. Pardee Among Men
Honored by Organization

BERK ELEY. May 17-Afumni and
students of the university have been
honored by the order of Golden Bear,
the senior class honor society of the
university. Notable among the
neophytes are former Governor George
c. Pardee and Charles Bentley.
The seniors and juniors chosen to
wear the bears head pin of the senior
society are well known athletes. They
are:
Warren Pauly, Vernon r. Churchill
ID. Y. Lamont, Arnold r. Weber, George
A. Haines, Noble Hamilton John Pike,
William ii. Greenlaw, r. H. Moulton,
w. r. Donald, q. c. Grubb, George
Manship, Gus Olsen and Lewis Nc
Spadden
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
SACRAMENTAN PUT
IN JAIL IN JAPAN
Thomas Fox Loses Passports
While Travelling in Orient
and Gets Into Trouble
[SecciaI Dispatch 10 The Call

SACRAMENTO, May IL How
Thomas Fox, "a local democratic leader
of state wide fame was held prisoner
two days by the Japanese government
officials at Yokohama because he was
unable to produce his passport, which
had been lost, is told in a letter writ
ten by Arnold Patterson, a member of
the Fox party, to his father. j. G. Pat
terson of Sacramento
The Japanese would accept no eX-
planation when the passport was not
Forthcoming, and the bourbon leader
was taken away to headquarters
AS the American consul was out of
the city at the time, no help could be
secured from that point, and Fox had
to wait for his friends to get him out
of the predicament
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
PLATE TO BE EXPOSED
UPON MOUNT VIII SON

PASADENA. May 1.-THE character
OF the solids and fine dust which Hal
ley's comet is supposed to be carrying
with it in its sweep through space is
interesting members Of the United
States geological survey. who will have
n representative at the Carnegie oh
Servatory on Mount Wilson tomorrow
TO trap some OF the particles as the
earth passes through the comets tail
~ high tower has been erected af
the obserEato with a plate Goa ted with
SIycerine surmounting il to catch any
dust the comets tail may contain But
pr George Hale. director of the OBJ
servatOry. has little hope Of the success
or the scheme
No DISTURBANCE EXPECTED
Doctor Hale issued a statement TODAY
-n which he said that the earth would
enter the comets tail about 4 o'clock
IN the afternoon and emerge about
midnight
But in nay opinion he states. the
passage of the earth through the tail
is not likely to be signalized by any
conspicuous phenomenon.
Spectroscopic observations show that
the tail consists of gases far too ten
uous TO affect the chemical composition
Of the earth's atmosphere. Associated
with these, close TO the head of the
comet are solid and liquid particles
which reflect a perceptible amount Of
sunlight
-In this part of the tail through
which the earth will pass. these are not
likely 10 be present in sufficient num-
ber or size TO produce meteors.
Say MAY BE BRIGHTER
The Illumination OF the tail might
perhaps be sufficient to cause a slight
increase in the brightness of the night
sky soon after the transit were il not
for the moon. which viii probably pre-
vent any such effect from being seen.
1T is possible that the electric poten
tial Of the earth's atmosphere may be
slightly affected by electrically charged
particles in the comet or by reduction
ia the number of eIectrons received
from the sun. caused by the screening
effect Of the tail.
Although il is very doubtful
whether any such effect can be de-
tected- observations with an electrom-
eter viii be continued for some time
after the earth energies from the tail
AS such electric phenomena might
cause slight changes in the intensity
OF the earth's magnetism. a sensitive
recording variometer viii be used in
an attempt to register any such
changes.
PLATES TO COLLECT MATTER
AT the request of member of the
United states geological survey, plates
coated with glycerine viii be exposed
az the summit Of q high tower TO col
iect any minute traces of meteoric mat
ter that may come into our atmosphere
from the comet.
Tt is possible. however. that even if
such minute particles should enter The
upper atmosphere they would not set
tie TO the earth within sufficiently
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
EIGHTY BOILER MAKERS
HELPERS ON STRIKE
SmeIter Employees Demand an
Increase in Wages
TSpeciol Dispatch 10 The Call

KENNEL, May 17.-Eighty boiler
makers helpers are on strike at the
smelter The men walked out this
morning following refusal of the
company to grant an increase of 2h
cents an hour. The boiler makers were
granted a raise of Az cents an hour a
few days ago, but now that the helpers
are out on strike it is thought they
will go out also. The men have been
employed on the new flumehouse, which
must be completed under contract by
July l.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
SERIOUS UNREST AMONG
CHINESE is REPORTED

PEKING. May 17.-Reports from
Nanking. the capital of the province
of Kiang-Sa, tell of serious evidences
of unrest among the Chinese.
The natives are cutting off their
queues, an action which constitutes an
anti-dynastic demonstration
The anti-foreign feeling is said to be,
increasing.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
ANTI-SALOON FORCES
BEATEN IN DENVER
Extension of Water Company's
Franchise Defeated

DENVER, May 17.-The anti-saIoon
element was beaten in the election to-
day by majority of from 5000 to
10000 The extension of the franchise
of the Denver Union water company
which was to run for 20 years. was de-
cisiyely beaten.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
DINING TABLES

Golden oak = Regular
$3.50 Reduced to-. 1885
Weathered oak = Regular
SIS Reduced to. S11.25
Golden oak Regular
$1650- Reduced to. $12.35
Golden oak-Regular $40
Reduced to $500
Fumed oak-Regular $40.
Reduced to $4,000
Fumed oak-Regular $50
Reduced to .........S S37.5O
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18

called in Secretary BalIinger and others
to hear it read
wanted to be absolutely correct in
every statement" explained Lawler He
SAID that no one made any suggestion
except for the purpose of verifcation.
Lawler said that he had burned the
original draft of the memorandum
was confident" he said. that
'gumshoe' men had been on my trail for
months and I knew there were no
degradation to which they would not
stoop. | was afraid some one in the
office might be corrupted as Kerby has
been corrupted"
Asked who he thought were behind
the gumshoe" men, Lawler declared
dramatically:
James r. Garfield. Clifford Pinehot.
Norman Hapgood. man named Con-
nelly and that man there
You mean Mr.. Brandeis?"
Yes. He came in later. He's the
flower of that foul flock"
UPROAR AMONG SPECTATORS
This reference to the champions of
conservation caused an uproar among
the spectators, most of whom were
women. and there was some kissing.
The witness said that he gave two
copies of his memorandum to the presi-
dents. secretary and one to the attor-
ney general, and had not given one to
Ballinger. He produced the original,
which he said he obtained from the
White House Saturday morning.
CONFIDENTIAL letters which passed be-
tween Secretary BalIinger and r. P
Thomson. city engineer of Seattle, last
spring and summer. were read by
Stenographer Kerby to bear out his
contention that Thomson was not a Mt
man to be director of the reclama ton
service.
He said that he had mentioned to
Brandeis at Pinchot's home here last
February that Ballinger. had intended
to supplant Director Newell with
Thomson ever since he became secre-
tary. The letters were furnished the
committee in response to a request by
Brandeis.
AID FOR GUGGENHEIMS
The letters related to a trip to
Alaska which Ballinger had suggested
Thomson should take as an expert in
the summer of 1909 with George W.
Perkins of ]. P. Morgan & Co. to make
some investigation with a view TO es-
tablishing railroad for the develop
ment of mineral lands.
Ballinger wrote to Thomson that he
had recommended him to Perkins and
that the matter should be kept strictly
confidential. 1t appeared from the cor
respondence that Thomson first had
agreed to go to Alaska but subse-
quently abandoned the trip to be pres
ent at the Spokane irrigation congress.
In the letters between Ba1linger and
Thomson reference was made to the
reclamation service and the reorganiza-
tion that BalIinger planned and TO
some proposition Ballinger hoped to be
in a position to make to Thomson by
September ] last.
Kerby read a letter received by Bal
linger from s. H. Geddes of Seattle,
under date of April II last, in which
Geddes wrote that he had told Thorn
son he would like to see him in Wash
ington as head of the reclamation
service. but had assured the secretary
that he had not intimated some con-
versation the two had had.
WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT BARRED
The committee declined Brandeis' re-
quest to have made part of the record
the statement issued from the White
House Saturday denying that there was
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18

AS sacredly guaranteed as the coin
of the realm, Old Taylor yellow label
bottled in bond Whisky.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
BUREAUS

Golden oak-Regular SIS.
Reduced to r-.-.$1 $11.2o
White enamel - Regular
$50. Reduced to. $500
Fumed oak Regular
$3.50 Reduced TO-. $2O.ZO
Birdseye naple-Regular
$3.50. Reduced to. -. 5000
Walnut-Regular $50 Re-
duced to -.--..-.....$3 $3.50
Mahogany-Regular 500.
Reduced to --..-..$ $67.5O
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18

ROBBERY ON BARBARY COAST. Wick.
land, 1922 Bush street, while doing the Bar
SlfH
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18

Don't wait till it's too late. Remember
| our entire stock is reduced for this event
| just 25 per cent. Regular price tags remain
on the goods-simply make your selections
| and deduct one-quarter.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18

When the draft had been typewriter
by Kerby and Massey he added, he