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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21
COBURN'S NEPHEW
SEEKS WOMAN AID
Letter to Present Wife of Mill
liOnaire COntradicts Testi-
mOny of Writer
Aged Capitalists Relative De-
cIares That He Proposed to
Bride Judges
[Speeial Di,pateh to The Call

REDWOOD CITY, May 2O.-That
AFRO Coburn of HOIyoke. Mass. who
has petftioned the court to find his
millionaire uncle. 81 year Loren Co
burn, an incompetent. wrote letter to
Miss Sitara S. Upton. who is now the
wife of the octogenarian. telling her
that it would be TO her advantage to
come over to his side. was startling
feature of the days proceedings before
Judge Maurice Dooling today.
Attorney Archibald J. Treat. repre-
senting the multimillionaire defendant,
asked AFRO Coburn if he had ever made
any attempts to induce any persons OPP
posed to him to come over to his side.
The witness answered in the negative.
Treat then put in evidence a letter.
written by the nephew TO Miss Upton
in May, 1908. in which AFRO COburn
told her that it would be advisable for
her to come over to his side.
ADVISER SUES FOR SANDER
The nephew related on the stand
how c. l.. Littlefield, an employee and
confidential adviser of Loren COburn,
brought suit against the old man I'm
1904 for calling him thief and ras-
cal" Although the suit was pending
in the courts until the early part OF
this year, COburn persisted in calling
Littlefield crooked. In spite of all
this" said the nephew. che has taken
Littlefield back into his confidence"
AFRO COburn also told how his uncle
decided 400 acres of timber land to Miss
Upton in 1908.
NOTE GIVEN FOR BRIBERY
In the afternoon Carl Coburn. the
PescaderO nephew, testified how the
old man had attempted to have him
bride the judges of both the superior
and supreme courts to decide his cases
favorable to him. He told how the
old man executed a note for $4,000,
which he asked the witness to use in
attempting to bride Judge George II.
Buck.
Carl Coburn also testified that his
uncle planned to bride judges with
amounts as follows:
Judge Henshaw. $4,000; Judge Buck,
$4,000; Judge Edward +. Fitzpatrick Of
Redwood City, $4,000; Attorney William
Craig, $4,000; Judge Lorigan, IS. 900;
Judge Carter, $4,000; Judge (whOse
name was not mentiOned of Oakland,
$4,000, and Carl Coburn. $4,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21

Barber Shop. completely furnished
Also elegant cigar fixtures. All De-
yisadero st. Old established business.
Good lease Reasonable rent. Apply
ID. "A Curtin. Col Monadnock Bldg.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21
DREDGING CAMPAIGN
BEGINS AT RED BLUFF

RED BLUFF, May 20.-An active
campaign for congressional appro
the Sacramento river was begun here
today
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21
Suicide Leaps Nineteen
Stories to Awful Death
FallingMan
tiers
Throngs

Leaping from the
cupola of the Claus
Spreckels building
at a time when
the street below
was teeming with
life, Nicholas Lee
kakis, a Greek
fruit dealer, hur-
tied through space
to a horrible death
shortly after IL
O'Clock yesterday
morning, the body
striking in Mar
ket street, in the
midst Of a crowd
of men and women.
The shrieks and
shouts of horror as
the body was seen
p ] u n g i n & down
from on high, to-
gether with the
sickening smash
that followed, sent
the crowd fleeing
from the spot. For
an instant panic
reigned. Women
became hystericaI,
men faint and dir
Zy; but it was only
for an instant, and
the next moment
the very horror of
1t drew them
swarming around
the dead, inert,
nangled t h i n G
which sprawled
disjointedly in the
street. The fall
was from the nine
teenth story and
was 315 feet in
height.
The act was
planned by the
brain of a victim
o f melancholia.
For months past
the man had been
-brooding over his
falling eyesight
and his inability
to save enough
money to return to
his native land.
l. a S t Thursday
night he mem
toned to an asso-
ciate, John Had
jestes, that he in
tended to commit
suicide. declaring
that he would do
what the comet
had failed to do,
a n d suggested
jumping from the
top of the Grant
building. The re-
marks, though not
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21

by to him at the ferry depot. That
was the last that was seen of him.
JURY WAS IN DOUBT
Several of the jurors who voted for
Flannerys acquittal Thursday after
noon made statements yesterday in San
Rafael to the effect that in their hearts
they actually believed Flannery to be
guilty and that their verdict did not
amount to vindication for him, but
that they had voted as they did be-
cause they could not discern any def
mite connection between his relations
with Abbott in San Francisco and
the actual robbery of $500 from Robert
n. Wood in the Sausalito fake pool
room, on which the charge against
Flannery was based. Juror George w.
Longley, who voted for conviction on
the first ballot, said yesterday that the
first ballot had been taken while he
was absent for a minute from the jury
room and that he changed his vote only
when he found that the other II mem
bers of the jury had positively made up
their minds and that there was no hope
of changing them.
BOYD MAKES STATEMENT
District Attorney Boyd limited yes
terday that the Investigations to be
conducted this week would involve Su-
pervisor Louis c. Pistolesi of Sausalito
as well as the several persons alleged
TO have been involved in the jury
tampering deals. Before leaving San
Rafael yesterday morning for San
Francisco, he said:
The investigation into jury tamper-
ing has just begun. We are already
in possession of considerable data on
this phase Of the case, and some very
interesting developments should result.
Sheriff Taylor and 1 have sufficient in
formation to satisfy us that the grand
jury has not been called to meet in
vain 1 have no comments to make on
the outcome of the Flannery case, but
there is another angle to it that will
keep us busy for several days. We
may have passed through the comets
tail safely, but all the meteors have not
yet fallen"
Harry P Flannery visited San Ra-
fael yesterday afternoon in company
with his attorney. Charles Heggerty,
and secured the release of his cash bail
Of $4,000 He visited the courthouse
and the Marin county bank, and re-
turned to San Francisco within an hour.
The cases Of Joseph Abbott and the
several poolroom men who were in
dicted following the Sausalito raid were
called in Judge Lemons court yes
terday morning and continued until
June II by consent. The defendants
did not appear, the continuance being
taken by agreement among counsel.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21
NEW BANKS AUTHORIZED superintenden

NEW BANKS AUIAOhlLEO - superintendent
Of Banks Alden Anderson Yesterday granted
banking certificates 10 the Bank of Ripon at
Ripon and 20 the Rivera state bank at Ri
vera. Each institution has a capital of
S2a .nn0
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21
Looks Like Pigeon

CARNEGIE OBSERVATORY, Mount
Wilson, May 20.-To the scientific star
gazers peering through the big tele-
scopes Halley's comet presented a fan
tailed pigeon appearance tonight. The
comets appendage was spread out at
the end through several degrees, and
despite the bright moonlight shining
upon the peak of Mount Wilson. above
the clouds, it appeared distinctly. The
comet was an hour and 80 minutes be-
hind the sun.
Director Hale said that tonight's OBJ
servations show conclusively that the
comet has passed far beyond the earth
and taken its tail with it.
Il can not say whether the earth
passed through the middle of the tail,
or through any part of it," Doctor Hale
added. That matter can not be def
niteiy ascertained until a very careful
comparison has been made of the OBJ
servations taken in various parts of
the world. So far as we are concerned,
there has been no indication that we
passed through the tail"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21
Iron Masters Wife Is
Sister Of WickershdTn

Lady Hddfd pho sister Of Attorney General Wickcrshan and
Sir Robert Hddfed the British hing yesterday
The TenroM nru
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21
Bright as a Star

a oldl
YERKES OBSERVATORY, WILL
LIAMS BAY, Wis, May 20.-Halley's
comet was under observation here from
7:4O to S:35 o'clock tonight. Astrono-
mers first observed it in the west
through a four inch telescope at TAO.
At $40 o'clock the phenomenon was
visible to the naked eye and remained
so until it became lost behind cloud
bank at S:35. 1t set at o'clock
The comet appeared as of the
brightness of star of the second mag
nitude," said Prof. Edwin Frost. No
tail was observed. The exposures of
the spectrum show principally a con-
tinuouS spectrum which means it is
chiefly due to reflected sunlight The
gaseous constituents were less con-
spicuous than when the comet was in
the morning sky and appeared faint.
The comet will be visible to the
naked eye tomorrow night from 8 to 9
o'clock in spite of a bright moon"
Tail Has a Branch
GENEVA, N. Y, May 2O.-Dr. William
Brooks. director of Smith observatory.
believes the beam of light seen in the
eastern sky yesterday morning was a
branch of the tail of Halley's comet.
that the earth had really passed
through the preceding portion of the
tail and we were then actually i'm
mersed in the hollow part of the tail
as indicated in the black streak pre-
viously observed, extending 10 OOO. 900
to 12,O0O,000 miles back from the
nucleus. The head of the comet, Doctor
Brooks says, as in the past, is moving
forward undisturbed in its orbit.
Five New Figures
DENVER, May 20.-Dean Herbert A.
Rowe of the University of Denver saws
he discovered five new figures in the
heavens this morning, in the path of
Halley's comet. They were moving
swiftly, vanished quickly, and were so
small that the dean does not attempt
to explain them. They looked some
thing like ordinary shooting stars" he
said, land were moving swiftly in the
direction of the path of the comets
tail, only little higher in the sky.
They vanished quickly. / did not see
the tail Of the comet itself"
Affects Compass
BOSTON, May 20.-The first electri
cal manifestation in connection with
the presence of Halleys comet was
reported today by Captain Johns of
the steamer Idaho, from Hull. who
states that at a. M, May is, while in
mid ocean, his compasses were throw n
out three quarters of point. or de-
grees The compasses worked SLOWLY
back to the normal in the next two
days.
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Tail a Day Late

OAKLAND May 20.-Confrming his
statement of yesterday that the tail of
Halley's comet had switched back and
was tagging far behind, Prof. A. O..
Leuschner, head of the astronomical
department of the University of Cali
fornia, has issued a statement explain
ing why the tail is a day late.
According to Leuschner the passing
of the comet across the face of the sun
took place as predicted, but the expec-
tation that the earth would pass
through the tail at the. same time was
in error owing to the fact that the tail
is curved, but at that time was
thought to be straight.
The tail, according to Leuschner,
makes a great circular sweep of the
heavens, and as the relative positions
of the earth and head of the comet
have changed, throwing the axis of the
tail about 100000 miles above the
earth, the passing may have taken
place this afternoon at 5:47 Pacific
standard time.
According to the university estimates
the radius of thestail at which it will
sweep the earth s. about@500.000 miles
and therefore the tail Will barely
Craze the earth or miss it altogether.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21
PLENTY Of TAIL
ON Comet seen
in EASTERN SKY
Campbell of Lick Observatory
Says Appendage Reached
to Milky Way
Earth May Yet Pass Through
Streamer, but Theories Do
Not Agree

SAN JOSE. May 20.-Director w. w.
Campbell of Lick observatory this
morning said
"Halley's comet was observed at Lick
observatory this morning in the east
ern sky. The tail extended from the
horizon up to the milky way, making
its observed length $50 degrees. It
was only about one-third as intense
as yesterday mornings tall from which
it is judged that we have either passed
through or passed by on the south
side full two thirds of the tail. 1t is
impossible to determine at this time
whether we passed through the south
ern side of the tail during the daylight
hours of yesterday or the early hours
of the evening when the sky was very
bright with moonlight or whether we
missed it altogether.
observations secured on the first
few evenings in the western sky may
supply the data required for settling
this interesting question. 1t seems
the tail completely by tomorrow morn
ing, and there will thus be no trace of
it in the eastern sky, but this remains
an open question:
Director Campbell gave out the fol-
lowing statement at $3.50 o'clock this
evening:
The comet is brilliant in the west
ern sky, the head being brighter than
a first magnitude star. 1t was visible
shortly after sunset. The tail can be
seen as of length 10 or Is degrees pro-
jected on the moonlit sky
The observatory is several hundred
feet above the fog which envelopes the
surrounding country and the night is
perfect for observation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-21

Something Different"-O1d Taylor.
yellow label Bottled in bond.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17

feel, and to the extent the people
Of America are taught the neces-
sity Of this condition to that ex-
tent will the nation advance. A
homeless nation means retrogres-
sion and so long as the way is
open for the securing of homes
the people should strive toward
that end, resting secure in the
thought, that though the tide of
battle might at times go hard, he
who rests beneath his own vine
and fig tree, is secure.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17
WHEN TEDDY" COMES
HOME

Behold, the conquering hero
comes, y Teddy" the invincible,
has been to the jungles and
slaughtered right and left, and
now that the beasts of the fields
have been humbled he is to re-
turn and take up again the blud-
geon Of the conqueror of pygmies
sometimes called men.
Teddy is coming home and
his coming is 20 be made wedge
by which fatty" Taft will be
pried loose from all that pertains
to the body polite and his term
of non est WILDE made perpetual
Teddy is coming home and
the powers win be no more.
henceforth. forever
Teddy is coming home and
the vaudeville business WI.. have
10 hedge ON its selling.
Teddy is coming home and
the earth will quake as am aspen
IN the wind
Great is Teddy"
Teddy is coming home and
.ho comet. A, 1910. W. have tJ.
'hange It's name, for iII not.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17

Teddy" send iton its way from
johannesburg?
Great is Teddy"
He is the vortex around which
the world is whirling and the
days have grown shorter since he
left.
Call out the reserve guard.
Call out the hoary headed patri-
archs. Call out the babies. Call
out the populace of high and
low degree, that proper homage
may be accorded this wonder of
the ages Of mankind.
Let the press, which he tried
to stamp into the dust of humili-
ty bear headlines Of boldest type.
Greats Teddy but may the
Lord give US surcease from his
kind. Selah.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17
A NATIONS VITALITY

The vital forces of nations are
derived through the wealth Of
its individuals. 1t is worth far
more to commerce for a thous-
and men tQ have a hundred thous-
and dollars than for that amount
TO be owned by one man The
banks Of the country would rath-
er have a thousand depositors
with ten dollars each than one
depositor with an amount equal
to the sum total. The disuibu-
ton Of wealth is The source from
which progress reaps it's best re-
suits. Capitalization Of wealth
means Capitalization of power.
and this leads Co decadence.
Home owning and home building.
.... %. encouraged above
c.ar other enterprise for it is of
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17

the greatest possible importance
TO the future welfare Of the ma
ton.
James Steven Hogg, advised
young men, starting out in life,
10 secure for themselves a home
above all else. It was his advice
not only as essential to the vel
fare of the individual, but 20 pub
lie welfare also.
A nation Of home owners is an
Independent nation. A nation Of
people who are dominated by
landlordism become so narrowed
in their hopes and views as to
render them unfit % take care of
the rights that was intended as
mans heritage.
Owning a home brings with it
the feeling Of consequence that
he who owns a home can ever
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17

unsought waste of land 10 the
farmers paradise which it is to-
day. The same is j. }. billiard
Of Lubbock, founder and for
eight years editor of the Lub-
book Avalanche, one of the best
and most persistent boosters the
Plains country has had during
its existence. We have been
personally acquainted with Mr.
billiard for the past ten years
and have ever sound him awake
TO the interests of this section Of
the country He has advocated
some very beneficial reforms du-
ring his career as a newspaper
man. Having been raised on the
farm he is a man of the people.
one in whose hands our interests
will be safe. The people Of this
district can do no better than
support Mr. billiard should he
decide 10 make the race, which
sc feel confident be win DO If the
roper influence be- brought 10 .
,car Shaftcr Lake Her
la
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17
A BANKER GONE WRONG

y Dan n Ik I'IA D. N itINI
If the banker Hld given the
home printer that 10000 note
job the printer would have put
the money in the ba1s and by
check would have paid ais gro.
cer who would have paid the
Interest on q note. and tne bank
cr would have had Dbl, notes the
money and the interest Bltthc
banker made q mistake BE
sent the job out0f town and now
the employee rs elssiug the cm-
pIWer and the banker is cussing
the grocerman The whole BUSH
ness Is mad and the money has
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17

The Ice and Light plant is
nearing completion, and when il
is ready for business, will fill a
long felt want. This is well. but
we need many other enterprises
and should never let up until they
are secured.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17

Small grain in this part Of the
country is very promising for a
good yield. Next year the en-
tire country will be a field of
green, Judging from present in
dicatiOns.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17

been up north for over month.
The bankers are not as guilty of
sending off their printing as
some other people. Gregg Coun-
" News.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1910-02-17

Candidates are getting thick
in this section. YoI picks your
choice and votes for 'em. and
after the election get back 10
harness and pull for Lub-
book
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-13
AN AFTERNOON PARTY.

A very enjoyable afternoon party
was given by Mrs. G. H. Austin at her
home in Carroll street yesterday, COM
piimentory to the members of the En-
broidery Club, Mrs. Austin also enter
tanned few friends not members Of
the club during the afternoon. Her
invited guests included Mrs Robert
Gillis, Mrs. II. f. Meikie and Mrs
George Stout. The afternoon was spent
very pleasantly with embroidery work.
music and social conversation At
four-thirty o'clock the hostess served
her guests with a daintily arranged
two course luncheon. 1t was not decfd-
ed where the next meeting would take
place but a party will be given as usual
Monday afternoon. September 19th.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-13
EAST GARY.

Harry and Walter Carlson of Chica-
go spent Sunday at A Carlson's-
Mr. Mcdonald visited his wife at the
hospital in South Bend Sunday.
w. J. Meteimann and daughter, Fran
ces, spent Sunday with relatives at La
porte.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gustafson visit
ed friends in Chicago Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs W. Wiertel of Chicago
were guests at the McDevitt home sun
day.
Mrs. Emblem is visiting friends in
Chicago.
Miss Esther Anderson returned to
her home in Wisconsin Sunday even
ing after several weeks visit at the
Emblem home.
Miss Lillian Fabian is visiting friends
in Chicago.
Mrs. J. H. Lenberg and son, Wilbur
are visiting relatives in Joliet.
Miss Rhoda Toland of Muskegan
Mich, is the guest of Miss Fife Thorne
Miss Elsie Christensen is spending q
few days with friends in Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-13
HOLD REGULAR MEETING.

The regular meeting of the members
of the Garfield Club of the First Chris
tian church took place last evening in
the church parlors in Calumet avenue.
1t was the regular bi-monthly meeting
and several of the members were pres
ent. The attendance was not as large
as had been expected on account of
the disagreeable weather but about
forty members were present. The
evening was devoted to the transac-
ton OF the necessary business There
was a short social session at the close
of the meeting when refreshments We're
served. Another meeting will take
place in two weeks and all the mem
bers are urged to attend. Arrange
ments are being made for an interest
ing program.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-13
Days News In Gary
EXACT PENALTY FOR
DELAYED CONTRACTS

Hereafter when Gary contractors
who are improving the streets come to
the city authorities for continuances to
finish their contracts they are likely to
get a cold shoulder. Last evening
Contractor +. G. Proudfoot. who has a
job in the south end, made an appeal
to the council for an extension to Oct.
Is. II was granted, although May or
Knots objected.
This gag OF the contractors" said
the city's chief magistrate, that their
material don't get here is being over
worked After this Wen have to in
sert a penalty in the awards in order
to get the job done on time The con-
tractor on the South Broadway bridge
has been monkeying around for two
years on his job
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-09-13
The Geese Eaters.

A. p Most of the Stag Hotel and
buffet, Broadway, south, has gone to
Wawassee Lake, Syracuse, Ind, where
in the space of 80 days he will engage
to eat 80 geese. This is said TO be on
a wager made by his friend, Parry of
Gary" otherwise known w. H. F.
Parry that he couldn't do it. He will
show the brick magnate that he can.
Simultaneous with his departure, Gus
Ambos, the south end saloonkeeper and
politician, and Max Hirsch. the Tolles-
ton baker, left for Pullman, Mich,
where they will also eat geese and fish
for the next thirty days.