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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15

Five hundred dollars reward was Of
fered yesterday by the Bohemian club,
of which Colonel Laurie Bunten was an
honored member, for information lead
ing to the arrest of the autoists who
ran down and killed Colonel Bunten. BY
this move the club directors hope not
only to aid the police in capturing those
responsible for Buntens death, but to
aid in checking the practice of run
ming down pedestrians and leaving
them where they fall in the street
This action on the part of the club
is taken in the belief that the guilty
persons have induced somebody to as
sist them in evading the detectives of
the local department.. Detective Ser
geant T. +. Conlan is busy on the nu-
merous details of systematic searcn
and so far has run down a number of
false leads, tracing red machines on
both sides of the bay He has been
assisted by the daily reports of the pa
trolmen who are keeping him informed
of the movements of machines In and
out of repair shops and garages In one
or two instances he has been aided by
automobile supply men who have given
him volunteer reports of certain sales
made by them.
The reward offered has been COM
municated to the various branch po-
lice stations, and is intended also for
any person in or out of the police de-
partment who may give clew to the
identity of the reckless driver whose
car struck the aged Bohemian and then
sped over him and away from detec-
ton 1t is thought possible that had
Colonel Bunten been assisted imme-
diately to a hospital his life might
have been saved. The feelings of his
associates and friends would not have
been aroused so greatly If Stke ma
chine that struck him had stopped and
taken him to some place where he
could have been attended.
Louis Signer and Henry Graham,
members of the professional chauf-
feurs' association, were delegated last
night by that body committee of two
to visit the chief of police and offer
whatever assistance possible in tracing
the machine.
The association passed resolutions
condemning the reckless night driving
and pledged itself to help the authori-
ties suppress speeding and to do
everything in their power to locate the
car that killed Colonel Bunten. The
association is composed of private
chauffeurs, experts who know every
part of car and its mechanism--the
highest salaried men in the city driv-
ing cars.
Detective Conlan is to be asked to
send the mechanical parts he now has
in his possession and which are sup
posed to belong to the car he is look
ing for to the association, SO that the
men can determine what make of
vehicle is being sought
Yesterday was spent by Conlan look
ing up number of machines in the
rent service about the city. One or
two had been reported by patrolmen
who had observed them at their stands
and had missed them since the date of
the accident. While nothing material
developed the detective believes that
the search as it is being made is thor
ough and that ultimately the right clew
will present itself Chief Martin has
instructed Conlan to stay on the case
until everything has been done to To-
ca te the much sought for red automo-
hi1p
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
STANFORD SAVANTS
SWITCHED ABOUT
Head of the Political Science
Department Is Completing
Kaiser's Biography
Special Dispatch 10 The Call

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, July IL
Prof. B. E. Howard, head of the de-
partment of political science, and an
intimate acquaintance of the German
emperor, has nearly completed his new
book on The Life of Emperor William
of Germany"
Prof. G. H. Sabine of the department
of philosophy, has been granted a
leave of absence for one year and will
become an instructor in the Sage school
of philosophy at Cornell university. He
has also been appointed the chief edi-
tor of the philosophical Review" for
the term of one year. During Profess
sor Sabines absence his place will be
filled by Prof. A w. Moore of the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Prof. f. Whitney Martin head of the
Latin and Greek departments of the
University of Nevada, will be a profess
sor in the same departments here, be-
ginning with the fall term.
Prof. w. c. Dennis, assistant profess
sor of law at Stanford during the year
1904-05, has been appointed an agent
of the United States government at
The Hague.
Prof. e. K. Soper, Stanford '0s, who
has been an instructor in economic
geology at Cornell university since his
graduation, has been recently appoint
ed a professor of geology at the Uni
versity of Minnesota
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
ALASKA TERRITORY AFFECTED
Imperial Valley Project

Plans for preventing the devastation
of the Imperial valley in California by
floods from the Colorado river are al
ready under consideration by President
Taft. The president it was announced
today, is anxious to have details of the
necessary work perfected at once.
Taft will see W.. H. Holiburd, re-
ceiver for the California development
company, Saturday, and will talk over
the situation in the Imperial valley
and listen to Holiburd's suggestions.
Reclamation and army engineers are
expected to call at Beverly shortly to
tell the president what they know
about the Colorado river and IL it can
be kept within it's banks.
Congress appropriated s1,000.000 al
the close of the session for the work OF
restraining the river and protecting
the Imperial valley. and the admins
tration intends to use this money, If
possible, before the fall rains come.
AS part of the threatened territory
lies in Mexico. an international COM
mission to deal with the matter has
been suggested. Probably the person
mel of this commission will be settled
by the president after his return from
Maine late this month,
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
STEEL MAGNATE
And wife SAID
To BE UNHAPPY
Former Show Girl Wins Social
HOnors Abroad; Hubby
Returns Home
Beautiful Wife Accused of Try
ing TO Buy Her Way
Into Smart Set
{ aeseial Dasoteh 10 The CaNl


NEW YORK. July 1.-THE return of
William Ellis Corey to New York this
week from Europe unaccompani by
his wife has renewed gossip that has
been heard here for several months TO
the effect that the married life of the
steel magnate and his charming wife
has not been altogether happy. II has
been recalled that she was Maybelle
Gilman, @ san Francisco show girl, who
had developed into something of an ac-
1ress when Corey forsook his Pittsburg
hearthstone and married her. Corey
NpOn his arrival on Monday denied that
there was any trouble between them
and said Mrs. Corey. who is now in
Paris would be hack in New. York in
October
Ms. Corey looked ill at the pier here
or the DAY Of her departure few
months ago and \ third unknown party
who he'd accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
Corey n the pier seemed politely at
7entiVe and jokinglv asked Corey's per
mission TO present her with box OF
chocolates. Corey. also in the same
spirit. gave hts consent. but said that
IS hc was solfcitous about the condi-
lion Of his wife'S health he would con-
sign The sweets TO the bottom Of the
sea i she seemed too fond of them.
Gable dispatches from London re-
rentlv have stated that Mrs Corey is
welcomed iu the best English houses.
She is liberal and oftentimes lavish in
her expenditures and on one occasion
IS said to have given her English
hostess s.. 600 as = contribution to some
worthy charity This incident caused
some Of the English arisrocracN to al
lege that Mrs. Corey was buying her
way into society.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
HIPPOPOTAM! MAY BE
RAISED FOR MARKETS
Scientists Suggest Importation
Of Mammals for Food

Lake cos, bacon. made from the deli
cious hyaci1th fed hippopotamus Of
Iouisfana's lily fringed streams, should
soon he obtainable from the southern
packing houses. says the New York
Times. Properly seeded, southern
streams and marshes viii grow SO to
30 tons OF hvacinth 20 the acre, and on
6-40O. .000 now useless acres in the gulf
states 1000. 600 tons Of the most deli
cious Of flesh foods. worth 100000
coo. may he grown yearly This is the
statement of Dr. ". y. Irwin OF the fed
c-al bureau Of plant industry, sup
ported bv the testimony of other good
authorities. and favoring Congressman
BroUsss rd s bill to introduce for domes-
1ication and food purposes in our va
rious climates and unused habitats
some 100 species OF mammals from all
parts of the. earth. That would relieve
the meat famine and IN the best way.
The great 400 pound porkers of
northern Manchuria: the yak from
Tibet. p saddle and draft animal, good
for its flesh and milk; the llama from
South America. the African buffalo, the
hides of which produce better leather
than is found in our finest shoes; the
gentle white rhinoceros. Of excellent
flavor. and adapted 10 our southwestern
deserts: delicious small antelopes of
Africa and Manchuria, to be used ar
an adjunct 70 the farmers poultry yard"
in our central. southern and Pacinc
coast states. the little blue and red
duykers. weighing 25 TO 80 pounds. and
the tiny pah, or dik-dik. weighing to
IOla pounds. fl for a Christian feast;
the giraffe. with the purest flesh, free
of uric acid, that would live on the
scrub Of our deserts; the elephant, the
camel and the zebra are just a few
Of the many foreign animals that can
he domesticated here for useful labor
and for food.
We have enriched our native stocks
Of flowers. fruits and vegetables with
contributions from all over the world.
But we have strangely overlooked the
possibility OF drawing upon the earth's
stocks Of useful. edible and ornamental
mammals. We hope the Louisiana leg
islature viii look into this matter, as
requested by its forests, fish and game
commissioner. and that congress will
mass BrOussa rd'S bill
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
MONTENEGRO REBEL
ASKS SERVIAN AID
Former Congressman, Who Is
Now a.Fugitive Here, to En-
list Help of COuntrymen

Sims Sobaich. a former Montenegrin
congressman. is in the city. He has
been only about three months in the
United States. and will stay another
month visiting the places where Ser
vians live. Montenegro is his home. but
he is Servian by nationality. and so are
all Montenegrins. In 1907 he was
charged. with AZ other politicians. with
conspiracy to overthrow the regime of
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, SObaich
fled to Servia with nine others, and the
rest Of the accused are still in the
Jusovacha, the famous bastille of Mon
tenegrO.
Another conspiracy took place about
six months ago. and then seven men
were shot and 30 were sentenced from
five to twenty years in the penitentiary.
S. Sobaich was one Of the leaders. and
he was condemned to 1O1 years. but
the law of Montenegro was unable to
reach him because he was in Belgrade
then.
The little province of Montenegro is
a constitutional monarchy only in name
Prince Nicholas will celebrate his
golden jubilee next August.
1t was the intention OF SobaiCh and
his coworkers to establish a republican
form of government in Montenegro. and
he is still endeavOring to gather the
scattered forces TO start the battle
afresh with the bureaucrats of Monte
negro. His present mission is 20 en-
list aid from Servians now living in the
United States In their struggle for
liberty.
He will lecture in Oakland tomorrow
on the present political situation in
Montenegro and on Sunday or Monday
will speak at Servian club hall, 925
Golden Gate avenue, when his theme
will be Future of Servians-" On Tues
day he will leave for the south.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
CHARLTON CASE
Still HANGS FIRE
Mental Condition Must Be De-
termined by Italian Courts,
Say Diplomats

WASHINGTON, July 14.-No decision
has been made by the state department
in the case of Porter Charlton, who
is alleged to have murdered his wife
IN italy. 1t may be stated authorita
lively that the state department has
nothing whatever to do with the case
except on request of the Italian gov
ernment. to direct the authorities of
the state of New Jersey to hold Charl-
ton on charges that may be presented
to the examining magistrate or United
States commissioner before whom he
is TO be arraigned.
In the view of the state department
much apprehension exists as TO the
status of the Charlton case. Charlton
is in the custody of the New Jersey
officials. In due time he will be ar
raigned before an examining magis-
trate If the evidence adduced should
be such as would induce the magis-
trate to hold the accused for the crime
charged, the magistrate will certify the
evidence and his findings to the secre-
tary Of state. The secretary of state
will then examine the evidence and If
in his judgment il should prove a
proper case for extradition a request
from the Italian government for the
return to Italy of the accused might
be entertained
The sanity or insanity of the accused
would cut no figure in the action of the
state department. That would be a
matter for the determinat ton of the
courts of Italy. The finding of the ex-
amining ma agistrate is concerned, if it
should be in favor Of the accused. No
review, in the opinion of the state de-
partment officials, would be possible.
If Porter Charlton should be found
by the examining magistrate as not
guilty, or If a prima facie case should
not be made against him and he should
be reIeas sed. the state department would
have no jurisdiction over the case
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
RENO JUDGE GRANTS
SEVERAL DIVORCES
Woman Charged With Desertion
Secures Decree on Proof
of Infidelity
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

RENO, New, July 14.-Sara Reinach
Henry Reinach by Judge Pike today
after bitter contest.
Mrs. Reinach was defendant in an
action brought by her husband for de-
sertion, but she received the decree on
her counter charge of infidelity.
Mrs. Reinach testified that her hus-
band moved most of the furniture from
their house in Chicago while she was
nursing a sick sister and came to Reno
to secure a divorce. She tried to have
him extradited to Illinois, but he es-
capped on a writ of habeas corpus.
Nan Johnson was mentioned as corre-
spondent by Mrs. Reinach, who said
that she found letters from the woman
to her husband in his pockets.
The convention virtually is ended, al
though formal adjournment will not
be taken until tomorrow. At the an
nual banquet tonight Dr. James Ward
the outgoing president, turned over to
DIR. G. J. Jones of Cleveland all the
papers of the organization and Doctor
Wards personal check to cover all the
indebtedness of the institute.
When the question of national legis-
lation and establishment of a health
bureau came up for discussion this
morning the convention was soon in a
turmoil DR.. H. D. Schenck made the
majority report and the minority was
led by DIR. Charles Adams of New Jer-
sey Leaders of the two factions i'm
mediately began spirited argument
and many denounced the proposed bills
as tending to form medical monopoly.
Peace came, however. with the de-
cision to draft bill including some
and opposing many Of the features OF
the Mann bill. Many of the visitors
will leave tomorrow, while for those
who remain program of sports and
sight seeing has been arranged.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
Severer Penalty Asked

That more stringent laws should be
enacted against overspeeding by auto
mobiles was the substance of a resolu-
ton passed by the Civic league at a
meeting held last evening at the St
Francis. It was proposed that the po-
lice committee o fthe supervisors and
the chief of police be asked to enforce
rigidIy the present ordinance regarding
speeding and to add to the penalty of
fine that of Imprisonment. Robert
Roos, Oscar Tolle and Leon Leibes are
on the committee dealing with police
ordinances, and they will visit the
supervisors and ask for more stringent
legislation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
$500 REWARD FOR
BUNTEN'S SLAYERS
Bohemian Club Makes Offer to
Aid in Arrest of Reck-
less Autoists
Police Running Down Numerous
Clews and Are Confident
of Capture
Announcement Of $500
Reward by Directors

The following announcement
relative to the killing of Colonel
Laurie Bunten, who was run over
by an automobile, was given out
yesterday by the Bohemian club:
The Bohemian club. through
a resolution adopted BY its board
of directors today, offers fpe
hundred dollars ($500) as a re-
pard for information leading to
the arrest of the person or per-
sons responsible for the death of
Colonel Laurie Buntcn on Sat
mddy, July 9. 1910.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
SANTA FE PLANS NEW
DEPOT AT SAN DIEGO
Concrete Passenger Station to
Cost About S5OO.OOO

SAN DIEGO, July 14-Plans for
new passenger depot, $50 by so and
two big freight sheds. to be built of re-
inforced concrete and to cost dpproXi
mately 100000. have been made by Of
ficials of the Santa Fe system, accord
ing to unofficial statements made this
morning. The new depot will occupy
the site of the present passenger depot
and freight shed. and the two new
freight sheds will be located two blocks
south of the passenger depot.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
ANDREW WHITE PRAISES
AMERICAN ALERTNESS
Foolish Question of Butcher
Used as Illustration

Andrew D. White, the guest of honor
at the recent Cornell reunion in Paris,
praised. in his witty address, the alert
ness of the American mind
What" said Doctor White, is more
annoying than the inept questions tina
come from those whose winds wander?
For example, on a bus in London
one day, 1 sat beside a beefy butcher.
We drove out to Piccadilly and we
stopped at Hyde park corner beside
Apsley house, the huge, brown, dreary
residence of the duke of Wellington.
AS we halted a gentleman got out Of
taxicab and mounted the steps of
Apsley house.
"Look there / said to my neigh
Dor. the butcher. That is the duke of
Wellington"
Indeedr cried the butcher excit-
edly. 'fhe present duke. sir?''
A girl thinks it romantic to be mar
ried-until she Is
Many a man who looks like 80 cents
can't even raise a nickel
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
COMPANY TO EXPLOIT
HUMBOLDT OIL LAND
Prominent Capitalists Interested
in Northern Project
TSpeciaI Dispotch 10 The Call

lSpec1di Dispatch 10 ne Call
EUREKA. July 14.-Gfeorge w Smith.
David Cutten. Charles ?. Cutten. H w
Hamilton, 3. F. Porter Jr.. E II. Brooks
Milton NcWhorter and G. r. Lane
prominent capitalists and businessmen
of this city. have organized the SOSIth-
ern Humboldt oil company, with gcapi-
talization of $10O.O 900. one-quarDer of
which has already been fully paid TO
pay the cost of preliminary well, drill.
ing operations on the Petersen ranch
in the PetroHa district IT is this
project in which Fred CripI)en, the
Bakersfield oil operator. and q Gorge A.
Knight of San Francisco are interested.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
TWO CASES OF PLAGUE
PUT IN QUARANTINE

HONOLULU, July 14.-Following
closely upon death from plague last
week, two more suspected cases of
plague were placed in quarantine to-
day. There has been but one death
here from plague since July. 1907.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
NEW ePETALUMA BANK
PURCHASES BUILDING
Swiss=American Institution Now
Owns Its Home
Especial Dispatch to The Call

PETALUMA, July 1.-THE directors
of the Petaluma Swiss American bank.
the institution organized recently in
this city, purchased today the new
building erected for them by Mrs. Fin
ME Newburgh. which they had leased
for term of 10 years. The building is
The directors have called in the bal
ance of the stock for August l.. The
institution will have capital stock of
100000 paid up, with $4,000 surplus.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
TAFT STOPS entry
upon COAL LANDS
President Withdraws II, l,5IS,5SS
Acres in Various States
of the West
Order Leaves Surface Open to
Agriculturists Under Re
cent Legislation

BEVERLY, Mass, July 14.-Presiden'
Taft today withdrew several millior
acres of coal lands in different states
of the west, bringing the total acreage
of coal lands Withdrawals made by hin
up to the enormous total of 71,51S,5ss
About half of this amount are new
Withdrawals. The work is now com
plete and is epitomized in the follow
Ing letter to the president from Secre-
tary Ballinger:
My Dear Mr.. President: The or
.ders for the withdrawal of coal
lands which are transmitted here
VIII complete the series which
have been prepared in accordance
with your instructions. These or
ders confirm and continue all ex-
listing coal lands Withdrawals and
add materially thereto. The areas
covered are as follows:
Arizona, 1G1,2S0 acres; Colorado,
si9llsl ss5 acres Montana Mniea 2o2os
acres; North Dakota. 17.s2S,1s2
acres; oregon. 192,562 acres; South
Pske5a 5s7asa aersa sao2s1 herfo a2o4 fah
a67 acres, Wyoming, 1S,oss,71S
acres.
The total of coal lands now with
drawn in the United States is
therefore 71.51S,5SS acres.
AGRICULTURISTS MAY ENTER
All the land, however. is open to
agricultural entry, with a limited
surface patented under the terms
of the order of withdrawal and in
accordance with the recent enact
ment providing for agricultural
surface entries on Withdrawn or
classified coal lands.
Already 10,210,0S2 acres of coal
land. in part included in the earlier
withdra walls, have been classified
and appraised by the geological
survey prior to July 1, 1910, and
restored to appropriate entry.
The total appraised valuation on
these coal lands is $449S76 ,20S. as
compared with S170. 0.063.766. which
would be the minimum price that
formerly obtained in the disposal
of government coal lands.
ALASKA TERRITORY AFFECTED
The order for withdrawal for
Alaska approved by you on July
2, is of necessity in general terms
on account of the lack of land sur
veys. In the explored portion OF
Alaska. which comprises about 20
per cent of the district. the sup
posed areas of coal fields aggregate
approximately 10000 square miles.
In these coal fields the areas be-
lieved to be underlaid by workable
beds of coal are about 1900 square
miles, in more than three-fourths
of which area only the lower grade
Goals occur Thus the known coal
lands of Alaska which are believed
to be affected by your order of
withdrawal aggregate some 10000
acres. Very respectfully.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15

In Italy the supply of machine guns
is still in its infancy. BY the end of
the year, however, every infantry regi-
ment and every Alpine battalion is to
have one gun for training the men.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
FIRE TRUCK WANTED.

FIRE TRUCK WANTED-PaIo Alto. July H.
The city is to nave a new 5000 fire truck.
if the motion introduced by F. B. Simpson of
the board of public safety is carried. Simpson $
motion favored the purchase Of 40 horsepower
truck by means of a budget measure and not
by bond
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
DIES IN AsYLuM-seat

DIES IN ASYLUM-Seattle. July H-Harrv
Hanford the young OF United States Dis
trict Judge Cornelius II. HanforA died TODAY
in the SteilacoOn state asylum. FOR the in
sane where he was sent last Bel ruarv after
n mental breakdown. the first symptom or
which was shown when he ma Ie a violent
attack upon his father severely rgounding him
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15

The Farthing Gazette. probably the
cheapest daily newspaper in existence,
has been started in Moscow and has
already considerable circulation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
23I ELEVATORS CARRY
6I5,000 EACH DAY

The most interesting development due
to elevators is found in the lower part
of the borough of Manhattan, where
there are 26 buildings of IS floors, or
over there are to be found 231 elevat-
ors running some 4,400 miles and carry
ing total of 615,000 passengers daily.
It's difficult for girl to cultivate her
voice and her friends at the same time.