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The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
SLAYER TRIES TO
HASTEN HANGING
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

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SAN QUENTIN, May Is. Wearying
of waiting for the time set for his exc
cution, Ernest Worth, wife murderer,
of Los Angeles, wove a rope from strips
Of his pillow case early this morning
and attempted to hang himself from a
the condemned row.
The topping of a chair upon his
sleeping cellmate was all that prevent
ed his plan from being a success. D.
Treschenko, condemned for killing a
girl in San Francisco, occupied the
lower bunk. Awakened by the chair
falling upon him, he looked up to see
his fellow convict dangling from the
ceiling. He held him up until his cries
attracted Sergeant Dolliver, who en-
tered the cell and cut the man down in
time to save his life.
Worth has been brooding over his ap-
preaching execution since he entered
San Quentin on April 80. His execution
is set for June II. With death hanging
over his head the days and nights of
waiting in the condemned cell seemed
like years. 1T is too long" he com
planned to Warden Hoyle recently.
At o'clock this morning Worth
climbed from the upper bunk and made
a rope several feet in length from his
pillow case. He then, laid a chair upon
its side on the upper bunk. Between it
and the ceiling he wedged a slat from
his bed. so that it projected IS or 90
inches clear of the hunks. To this he
fastened the braided cord, in the other
end of which he tied a hangmans moose.
He placed another chair upon a table
beneath the rope. Mounting the fimsy
structure he kneeled upon the chair and
slipped the moose about his neck Then
he calmly leaned to one side and fell
The chair that formed the trap
tumbled with him and struck Ire
schenko.
81 could not wait any longer" he told
the warden, after he had been revived.
Its long time between now and June
IT, / have waited too long already. /
want to die, and die quick. This wait
ing and waiting for the end is worse
than DEATH"
The prisoner has been anxious to die
ever since he murdered his wife at Los
Angeles June % of last year. His wife
had begun suit for divorce They met
in room at hotel to discuss a. money
settlement quarrel arose, and Worth.
who was bartender, struck her on the
jaw with his fist and when she fell
crushed her face and skull with his
feet.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced
by Judge Wilbur of Los Angeles. While
awaiting trial he made five attempts to
commit suicide. He pleaded with the
judge to give him the death sentence.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
TWO HOUSES STRIPPED
OF THEIR PLUMBING
Passenger Steals Grip Which Is
Left on Streetcar

OAKLAND. May I5.-E. J. Holland.
1926 Pacific avenue. Alameda. com
plsined TO the police today that the
houses at 1917 and 1919 Webster street.
in which he is Interested, have been
stripped Of plumbing to the extent of
s15o.
Gus Olson. living at Seventh and
snyder streets, Berkeley. alighted from
p san Pablo car at Sixteenth street and
san Pablo avenue yesterday. forgetting
his grip containing laundry valued at
50. Before he caught the car again a
passenger disappeared with 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
ART STUDENT TRAMPS
ACROSS SWITZERLAND
Worth Ryder on His Way Back
TO California

BERK ELEY, March I5.-Worth Ry-
der, former student OF the University
Of California. who has been studying
art IN Munich for q year, is on his way
home by way Of Rome and Boston. He
and Herbert Roth. the San Francisco
artist, had a studio together in Munich.
Ryder, who is member of the Sierra
club. WalkSi across Switzerland, find
ing that country less picturesque than
the high Sierra
While on q brief visit to London, Ry-
der met Sam Hume and several other
university men. On the continent he
|. met and had luncheon with Prof. Henry
Morse Stephens of the university.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
CORNERSTONE REVEALS
RELICS OF DAYS AGONE
Coin and Papers of 1854 Uncov-
cred in Sacramento
TSpcciol Disoatch 10 The Call

SACRAMENTO, May 15.-OId Mexican
and Hungarian coins and documents
and daily and weekly papers of Sacra-
mento of 1854 date were seen for the
first time in half a century yesterday
when the strongbox in the cornerstone
of the old courthouse was opened.
The box was placed in the corner
stone in 1854 and except for the time
it was taken out in 1870, when the
building was raised it has not been
touched.F
Interesting among the old relics in
the box was a map of Sacramento in
1854 The official documents and lodge
rosters contain the names of but few
Sacramentans who are living today
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
SCHACHT CASE is
SETTLED OUT OF COURT
Aged Miner Receives ST, 400 and
Drops Suit
re n !, I'll q N
Especial Dispoteh 10 The Call

ORovILLE. May 15.-The case of NJ.
Schacht, who claimed he was placed
in the Alameda county infirmary by his
friend. who then skipped out with his
money. was settled here yesterday when
Schacht received the sum of S1,600, less
5000, which John F. Gatjen, the friend.
claims is due for care of the aged
miner. Schacht had placed his case in
the hands of a lawyer, claiming that
Gatjen induced him to go to the bay
on the representation that he could
stay with Gatjen's sister. The attor-
neys in the case brought 1t to salts
factory settlement.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
SCALDING TEA POURS
OVER CHILD'S FACE
Especial Dispofch 10 The Call

GRASS VALLEY, May l15.-The 8
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Smith of this city may die as the re-
suit of being scalded with tea yester-
day. The child pulled pot of tea off
the table and was fearfully burned
about the face and shoulders.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
FOSTER MOTHER OF
JURIST PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Mary Helphinstine Dies at
Berkeley Home

BERKELEY. May 15.-Mrs Mary
Helphinstine. aunt and foster mother of
Superior Judge William H Waste. died
this morning at the Waste home. 2222
Durant avenue. She was Sc years of
age. a native of Kentucky Mrs. Hell
phinstine was a pioneer of this state
and had lived in Berkeley for % years.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
NEW CHURCH DEDICATED
BY BISHOP NICHOLS S
TSoecial Dispatch TO The Call

SAN ,MATEO. May ia congrega-
tion of 500 persons witnessed the con-
secration of the new Church of st.
Matthew, at the corner Of Baldwin
avenue and FL Canine Real. by Bishop
William Ford Nichols at 1880 o'clock
this morning. The rite of confirmation
was administered by Bishop Nichols at
4 o'clock this afternoon, and Prof. Jo-
seph Smith gave an organ recital in the
new edffice this evening.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
STANFORD GIRLS
SWIM At 6 A. NJ.
Fair Faddists in Bathing Suits
Seen Trooping Across the
Campus to Lake
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 10
A new fad recently has been inaugu-
rated among the Stanford women. One
of the ma asculine members of the stu
dent body recently rising early in the
morning for a stroll in the fresh air
was not a little surprised TO behold 10
or u of the women students attired
only in bathing suits hastily trooping
down Lasuen street, in which most of
the fraternity and sorority houses are
located. In this manner the story
leaked out that 20 or so of the girls
recently had conceived the idea of DON
ming their bathing suits before the
campus was astir and taking plunge
in the water of Lake Lagunita. The
custom is to start for the plunge at s
and return about Z. The ablutions may
not be disturbed by mere man.
ORIGINATED BY TESTS
Tt is believed that the custom orig
| mated in a decree from the committee
on student affairs which made it nee
essary that every one wishing to use
canoes on Lagunita should pass test
to show ability to swim In order
that they might escape the gaze OF the
crowds generally assembled on the
banks of the lake during the day the
girls obtained permission to take the
test in the early morning and then
only before a committee of three
judges, who were appointed by the Of
f1cers of the boat club. The custom has
steadily grown in popularity since the
time of it's inception about a month ago,
when only two or three of the Drawer
spirits would venture out, until now 1t
is not considered unusual for IL or 15
of the girls to be splashing in the
waters.
Edna Hayward, Marguerite Knox,
Frances l.. Legge, Florence B. Haig and
Ruth M. Crippen are said to be among
of swimming and diving. The early
plunges have not been discontinued
even during the grind attendant on ex-
animation week.
GIRLS TAKE TESTS
The decree of. the committee on stu
dent affairs which prohibited those who
had not passed the swimming tests
from using canoes on the lake caused
some CONSERVATION among the women
for time, as canoeing on the lake in
the moonlight is one of the favorite
queening stunts on the campus. 1t was
learned, however, that the girls as we'll
as the men might take the tests, and
it was not long before the list of those
who had passed the test, posted in the
boathouSe, soon contained the names
of many of the girls. At the present
time 80 girls are posted on the list of
those who have passed the test. They
are:
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
SCHOOL BOYS LEG
BROKEN BY AUTO
[Speeial Dispateh 10 The Call

OAKLAND. May 15.-Frank Robert
son, schoolboy 7 years old, living at
416 Forty ninth street, was struck by
an automobile driven by W. III. Wright
of 1sO Twelfth street, at the corner
of Forty ninth street and Shafter ave
nue. tonight. his leg being broken lust
above the knee
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

ORGANIZE IMPROVEMENT cLUB-San Lean
dro, May 1.-THE Dutton Avenue Improvement
club has been organized by property owners
residing along that thoroughfsre for the pur-
pose of obtaining needed improvements. f. L.
ostes ssc,n,s,v rs De.p and Ti1iSsrp pheRsoen, R
9. Vargas, enrolment committee.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
TRAIN KILLS uNKNow

TRAIN KILLS UNKNOWN MAN-Richmoud
May 15.-The body OF an unidentified man. who
was presumably killed by a train last night
was found near the Mcdonald avenue crossing
mere today by two Berkeley boys. Clarence
Dormer and John Armosino.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

A man naturally has a grudge against
the man who was once engaged TO his
wife-and didn't marry her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02
Thy DEFECTIVE---1-2 TO go OFF RECULA

ICE CREAM TRAYS-$1.9S, s2.49,
$2.9s, 1898, s4.9S, $5.98, $698 and
1898.
$2.49 and sass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02

BENCH GUARANTEED TAT
FETA. A yard,
&c to $3.50
36-INCH BENGALINE. regular 50
and So qualities tomorrow at, a yard,
respectively,
$1.00 and $3.50
4O-inch CREPE DE CHINE, In
street and evening cf IN
shades. A yard. ......... ). ~
SO and 40 INCH CREPE ME-
TEOR, good line of c. M
shades. yard. QZ.UO
42-INCH IMPORTED MAR
QUISETTES, colors and Ct 20
black. \ yard. ~
PERSIAN SILKS, full line of COL
Ors. You can match any color you
desire here. Prices according to
quality from
&c to 81. rs
PLAID SILKS, full line of fall col
orings, and striped and small figure
silks, in both taffetas and MESA
lines. Prices range from
&c to $1.25
First F'loor-Silks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02

WATER SETS-S19S.
TUMBLERS-15c,2 Csc and ACC.
CUT-DOWN SALTS-10c each.
WATER BOT'rLES-75c and CSC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02

MUSLIN CURTAINS; fiat or ruff1ed eff
fects; some with tambour border effects; 9TH
ers with hemstitched edges; some may be i'm
perfect, but not noticeably Worth $3.50
pair. Sale price Monday. Observation-Disclosures.
NOVELTY NET CURTAINS
Agents samples-all matched into pairs;
trimmed in Battenberg and point laces and me-
daions Choice of white, cream, Arabian, red
green. Worth SI.5o to $500 pair. Sale
by SO in. in Arabian color Worth 3oc and soc.
While 500 last Monday at. .................
VESTIBULE PANEL NET, II in. wide,
with center design of Irish point. Worth soc
to 75c yard. Choice Monday, yard. .......
NET DRAPERIES, with I to in. imita
ton cluny lace inserting and edge to match,
sash Or full length curtain materials. and worth
soc yard. Choice Monday at, yard. ........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02

$1.25.
PITCHERS-75c, CSC, s1.49, s19s.
$2.49, S2.9S, S3.49, 1898, SAB,
S49S, $5.9S, S6.98 and s79S.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-16
Dollars VS.. BOYS

What blind diocy it is for men-rea men, bearing the
stamp and mold Of OmnpOtent workmanship in body brain
and baWn to olter along the waysde that leads
culture and conservation just gather the devil
and drink his dirty brew. Surely Israel with all their love
for the leeks of Egypt and their mrmurngs in wilder
could not have been pitifuly and blind
than the fathers of today who selling the souls
and bodies Of their and their sons bondage
more terrible and oppressive than king Of Egypt
welded his cringing subjects What are few paltrv
dollars in revenue few pennies less in when
pared with the soul and life Of boy? What compensation
you offer that child who must bear through life
physical defonity mental deficiency because Of
your beasty appetite-Capt. Richard Pierson Hobson
Under license the bum hunts for the drink; under
license drink hunts for the boys.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-16
Their Candidates

Ii the United Societies to give public endorsement
to legislative candidates seeking nomination at the primaries
next Thursday and who pledged oppose county option
If elected they would be put to the painful necessity IN
many of endorsing who stand convicted by public
opinion OF barteng away the peoples interests in the last
legislature
Antiloca option, graft and bribery are found written
IN the same platform with frequency that compels the
conviction that if all antocal option legislators are not
grafter at least in ninety of hundred the
grafters anti-local optionists.
The members of the legislature who under suspicion
and indictment for bribery receiving the quiet endorse
ment OF the liquor interests IT'S safe proposition that
the candidate favorable to county option champion of
the people other issues
Elect local option legislature and it will be legislature
for the people in everything Every citizen matter what
his sentiments may be the saloon question: if he really
and earnestly desires ncoruptbe legislature
give his ballot to the candidates the liquor interests
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-16
I'm Their Own Light

The farmer who does support county option stand
ing in his light He is simply asking to be taxed
support amshouses asyms and jais in order that the
villages may have the of paltry of money
lected from the saloonkeeper.
Sheriffs tell that threefourths of all crime
by whisky Judges tell that easily that proportion of all
criminals made by liquor The wardens Of the pen
enares say that ninety per cent of all the inmates
brought there either directly indirectly by liquor
How long, farmer you going to pay for all this and
have word to say regarding the sale of liquor in the
towns?
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-16
Turn Out The
Guilty

My friends | ask you men Of Illinois that you
purify your politics. that you hold accountable the
scoundrel, great small, who has been guilty If
corruption, that you insist cleanliness in your
public life and I ask it in your name and for your
sakes; I ask it for the sake Of the American people,
and ask it for the sake of all the nations of the
world, that their hope may not be made dim, and
that they may continue to cherish the ideal of the
possibility Of having government of, by and for
the people, that shall mean also the government of
justice and the government of honesty.-Roosevelt
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-16
TIL r. ILLINOIS ISSUE
The Corrupt Majority

l. AAC SOI1@Apu NAGaD oTAaT
AS on the of the primary election an elect
at is really to determine the personnel of the Leg
ture, the following excerpt from argument made
On. L. d. Lilly before the Ohio legislature for cou
ton deserves emphasis:
''The welfare Of the state today, and likewise it's
hope for the future depend upon the morals Of the
people. A selfish majority will pass selfish laws.
thieving, pifering majority would not punish
the thief A corrupt majority would pass corrupt
laws and refuse to enforce good ones. The immoral
does not help manage the government at all.
The government must help manage him. An insti-
tuition which destroys the morals of the citizens is
disloyal to the state.
F''The United States Supreme Court has said of
the saloon:
BY general concurrence of opinion of every
civilized and Christian community, there are few
sources of crime and misery in society equal to the
dram shop, where intoxicating liquors, in small
quantities, to be drunk at the time sold indis-
criminately to all persons applying The statistics
of every state show greater amount of crime and
misery attributable to the of ardent spirits OBJ
tanned at these retail liquor saloons than to any
other There is inherent right in the
citizen to sell intoxicating liquor by retail 1t is
not privilege of citizen of the state, or of citi-
zen of the United States
S'This is not the language of some temperance
fanatic or Of an overheated imagination, but the
solemn declaration Of the highest judicial tribunal
on earth.
zone fundamental purpose of government, as set
out in the preamble of the constitution is to pro-
mote the general welfare' And that work can be
most effectually done by protecting public morals
against all sources of crime and misery.
''The fundamental objection of the liquor sellers
to the pending bill County local opton) is that if
passed, it will be the most effective restraint upon
their sources of crime and misery to society, which
has, up to this time, been placed upon the statute
books They suppress this, the real for their
opposition to it. and set forth certain other grounds
of objection. -
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-20
WOMAN ACCUSED on TIBET.

Annie Wilson. q c0lored woman. was
arrested by Patrolmen Radke and Boy
non on "A charge or stealing Sis from
John Leonard who says nc is a travel
ing salesman from ChiCs 20.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-20
TO ALTER
RULES ARE Vain
Decision of Vice President
Sherman Overturned by
Large Majority in Senate.

Washington. Dec. 1s.-By a vote OF
81 TO II the Senate today again en-
pEsticalIy announced it's determ nation
to resist all efforts to alter its rules I'm
any way looking 10 the establishment
Of cloture iu that body.
The question arose over the ruling
made last Saturday by Vice President
sherman, holding that an announce
mcnt Of pair 10y senator in an aye
and no vote is sufficient to Justify the
chair iu including him to make
quorum. The point was raised early In
the day over Inc approval OF the jour
nal over Saturdays proceeding.
In connection with votes ON amend
mcuty TO the omnibus claims bill a
vote was taken on an appeal by SEN
ator Hale from a decision by the chair
similar 20 that OF Saturday. All tho
seventeen votes ir favor OF sustaining
the chair we're cast by Republicans. or
the thirty seven votes against the chair
twenty. were cast by Republicans and
seventeen by Democrats.
IN the roll call the point was made
by MI. Hepburn that only by unani-
nous consent could a senator be eN-
cused from voting even in observance
of pair and after the roll call was
Martin were compelled to rise and ask
to be excused because OF pairs. No
objection was made.
While asking for the correction OF
the record OF the Senate today senator
Hepburn called attention To- an error
iu the report OF the manner i'm which
ne had expressed dissent. several days
ago. from the suggestion that the tariff
should be revised schedule by SChed-
ule lie had used the language that
teal proposition as favored by the
real Republicans Of the country.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-20
The Quickest, Simplest
Cough Cure
Easily md CheaPIy Made nt
Home. Saves You g.

This recipe makes a plat OF cough
svrup-enouEh TO last a family q long
time You couldn't buy as much or as
good cough syrup for $3.50.
Simple as IL is, IL gives almost In
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laxative. stimulates the appetite and
bas an excellent tonic effect. II IL
pleasant to talye-children like It An
excellent remedy. too. for whooping
cough. sore lungs, asthma, throat
troubles. etc.
Nix one pint OF graduated sugar
with x pint OF warm water and STIR
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(hfty cents WORTH in a. pint bottle
and add the Sugar syrup. It keeps per-
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two or three hours
pine is one or the oldest and best
known remedial agents for the throat
membranes. pinCN is the most valu-
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vvav white pine extract, and 20 rich in
griaicol and all the other natural heal
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The prompt results from this reclpe
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wives ip the United states and Canada,
which explains why the plan has been
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A guaranty OF absolute satisfaction,
OF money promptly refunded, goes with
this recipe Your druggist has Pinex
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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-20
New V, Store .! e. 7 45; Main 4! St:
ICE SKATING RINK
WILL OPEN SOON
Old Eighteenth Ward Square
to Be Converted Into Place
of Amusement.

The Alps" is the name selected for
novel and extremely interesting
amusement feature planned FOR salt
Lake this winter. The old Eighteenth
ward square will be transformed into
an ice skating rink before the week
ends and Salt Lake viii be able to
boast OF the first skating rink i'm the
west patterned TO a certain extent aft
cr the famous Kinks Of Berlin.
At first glance IL may seem impos-
sibIe to convert an unlevel stretch Of
ground into a skating rink. but by the
as smooth as a floor and as solid as
the ground will be formed, and salt
LakerS will have an opportunity to do
some real skating.
There will be no ice pond: no place
TO break through the ice and get your
feet wet. as there will he no water at
all except that which forms the ice.
The entire square. twenty by twenty
and workmen will begin this morninE
the erection OF an office building. band
stand and an entirely new feature
called the Thriller"
The office building will contain a
box office, managers office. skate
rooms, cloak rooms, refreshment
will be from First avenue. At the west
end OF the square. and passage will
lead through the building 20 the rim X.
The band stand will be in the center
quaint rustic style, with shutters 20 be
opened while the musicians arc play
ing and closed when they are resting.
The "TbrIIIer.-
The Thriller is being erected IN the
extreme northwest corner. It consists
Of an elevated platform fourteen feet
high Leading to the west will be a
COaSting track ten feet wide. slipping
at an angle Of forty-five degrees. II
ie stated that the skaters will be able
to- start at the top OF the Thriller
and without any effort travel dis
lance Of nearly fifty rods. or more
than a city block.
on the east side Of the Thriller" a
gentle slope for women and children
will be provided. and this viii be re-
served at certain hours for children
only. still another Goa ster is provided
by the natural slope OF the land. The
formation Of ice on an incline is some
thing very much out Of the ordinary
and is only possible under the system
that is being used here.
The project is being financed by a
group OF local business men. and the
company will be Incorporated under
/ the name OF THE Alps" Amusement
company. The intention is TO have ev-
erythinE ready for the opening next
Saturday afternoon. when "a special Sc
/ ries Of attractions viii be provided.
The rink is to be conducted as q
Ihigh-class proposition and an effort
will be made 20 make it one OF The
most wholesome amusements possible
| The rink will be closed on sundays and
will close each night at -.