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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
CALIFORNIA PROMOTION
COMMITTEE ENDS WORK
Formally Concludes Business as
Distinct Organization

The California Promotion committee,
which was organized in 1902 and has
done so much effective work since the
fire. concluded its business at a meet
ing held on the last day OF the year.
preparatory to merging with the Cal
iHornia development board. The final
meeting was held by the executive com
mittee, which, after receiving several
outstanding reports and passing resO-
iutions thanking Rufus p. Jennings.
chairman OF the committee, for his
work in connection with the organiza-
tion, formally concluded the business of
the committee as distinct organiza-
tiOn.
In its final report the California Pro-
motion committee made worthy show
ing of results for the last two months.
as we'll as the entire time Of its ex-
istence-
These reports embrace but a part of
the extensive work carried on by the
committee. Ii shows that much has
been accomplished in the upbuildins of
California and the rehabilitation of
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
GARBY CAPTURES
DEL MONTE PRIZE
CIaremOnter Beats Grant and
Spens Black, M aking Clean
Sweep of His Victory
Especial Dispatch to The Call

DEL MONTE, Jan. 1.-THE semi-f1nal
round of the match play over eighteen
holes in competition for the Del Monte
cup for men took place on the golf
course here this morning. Though
several showers fell there was not so
persistent a downpour as yesterday.
". +. CARLY of the Claremont coun-
try club, who returned the lowest score
in the qualifying round yesterday
morning, beat Douglas Grant of the
Burlingame country club. winner of
the amateur golf championship of the
Pacific coast at the Alaska Yukon-
Pacific exposition, up to play.
II. Spens Black of the San Francisco
golf and country club defeated ]. W.
Byrne of the same club, 4 up and ,
to go.
In the afternoon the final round over
Is holes was played between W.. F.
CARLY and H. Spens Black, CARLY win
ming at the fourteenth hole, up and
4 to go. CARLY capturing the Del Monte
cup.
The tournament was held under the
management of committee, consist
ing of Percy w. Selby of the Burlin-
game country club T. p. Mumford of
the Annandale country club, Pasadena
and W. f. CARLY of the Claremont
country club.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
TWO WIN CLUB
HONORS AT GOLF
John Lawson and T. L. Ford
Capture the Champion
ships of 1910

Two club championships for the year
1910 were decided on the local golf
links Yesterday The championship of
the Preside golf club was won by
Tirey L. Ford, while the honors at the
San Francisco golf and country club
went to John Lawson. The latter won
the title under scratch conditions,
while the event at the Presdio was a
handicap affair.
At Ingleside a Sc hole medal play
tournament was held. the first Is holes
OF which determined the club cham
pionship. Lawsons gross score for the
IS holes was II. s L. Abbott finished
second with a gross score of So and C.
d. Whyte finished third, with score
of 81. Lawson played from scratch
and also won the prize for the best net
score for &c holes. His score for the
IS holes in the afternoon was rs, Civ
ing him a gross and net score of 155.
Abbott's score in the afternoon was 81,
his gross score being III. He played
with a handicap of 6, making his net
score 165. Whyte made the SO holes in
100. and as his handicap was plus 8,
his net score was 16S. Abbott won the
prize Tor the pest net score. Inc
scores were unusually good, consider
ing the condition of the course. About
16 contestants participated, but most
of them dropped out after the morning
round and did not turn in score cards.
Twenty four players took part in the
Presdio event Tirey l.. Ford's gross
score for the 8 holes was SO, and as he
played with q handicap of 9. his net
score was 20. NJ. f. Cummings made
the best gross score of the day. max
ing the Is holes in 81. which was one
stroke better than Fords. His handi-
cap was only 5, however, which made
his net score 80.
AS a result of his victory yesterday
Ford will have his name engraved on
the club shield II. w. Postlethwaite
won the event last New Years day
The sweepstakes event. being an IS
bogey eclectic tournament resulted in
a tie between NJ E. Cummings. Tirey
L. Ford and W. II. Rhodes. All three
finished up on bogey.
The first monthly medal play tourna-
ment of the year will be held on the
Presidio links today. 1t will be an IS
hole medal play event.
The scores of the medal play handi-
90 fol
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
WOLGAST FLASHES
HOT WIRE TO BAT
IL Am as Good Drawing Card
as You Are" TeIegraphS MIL
Waukee Man TO Nelson
Especial Dispatch to The Cali

MILWAUKEE, Jan. Battling Nell
son received a long telegram this aft
ernOon from Ad Wolgast. who is now
in Los Ange les. Wolgast wired Nelson
that he is not afraid OF him. never was
afraid of him. and that is the only thing
which prevents him from signing UP is
the small amount of money which
Me anager Sid Hester OF San Francisco
offers him
Il am just as good card in San
Francisco as you are SAYS WOlgast
in his telegram IF you can find a pro-
moter who viii give me $4,000 for my
end / will sign Immediately I am do
ing very well in Los Angeles and Il do
not have To go around hunting for
matches. I will never fight you for
s3,750 if you are TO draw down $4,000
for your end"
Nelson has about given up hope of
landing the match He only laughed
when he read the wire from Wolgast
and declared that he has probably
drawn more money in one single fight
in his time than Wolgast has drawn
with all the men he ever hooked UP
with. Unless Wolgast accepts Hester's
offer within the next few days Nelson
Will consider the match or
The Danes plans are indefinite. He
has many theatrical engagements to 6lI
and he is also in receipt of a fat offer
TO fight Freddie Welsh in Wales. How
ever. ne prefers to do his fighting in
this country and the chances are that
he Will go to California shortly and
see what he can do in the way of get
ting match for himself.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
JUMPS FORTY FEET TO
ESCAPE ELECTROCUTION
Lineman Faces Horrible Death
on Telephone Pole

John Devers of Twenty-third street,
lineman employed by the Pacific
telephone and telegraph company,
saved himself from electrocution yes
terday morning by a drop of 40 feet
at Twenty-fourth and Kentucky
streets. Devers sprained his ankle and
was treated at the Potrero emergency
hospital Devers was hanging from a
cable when a live wire fell across it.
causing the insulation to burn. The
flames were running toward Devers,
when he cut the straps that held him
and dropped to the street.
f. W. Center, a nephew of Super
visor George l.. Center. was burned
about the head and neck by exploding
gasoline while cranking his automo-
bile yesterday morning on the Ocean
boulevard.
Charles Lansing of the Hotel Vale,
and Lee Dumas of 1921 Turk street
accident yesterday morning at Stan
yan and Fell streets when their ma
chine was run into by another auto
mobile.
George Foster of 1876 Andover street.
10 years old, was run over by buggy
New Years eve near his home while
throwing confetti with other children
in the street.
Car 1913 of the Valencia street.-The
west bound was standing at Grant
avenue and Market street about four
o'clock yesterday morning when car
1879 of the Haight street line also
west bound bumped into it. Two pas
sengers on the Valencia street car. Gus
Bergeren, 209 Sanchez street. and Rea
Nolan were injured
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
Il. CHANDLER EAGAN
FOREMOST GOLFER
Fifzpafrick's Ranking Gives the
ChiCagOan Lead Over. Travis,
Gardner and TraVerS

NEW YORK. Jan. HI Chandler
Eagan of Chicago is the foremost anna
teur golf player of the United States for
1909, according to the ratings now
made pAblic by leading golf authorities
in the east. A ranking of the 10 best
players of 1909 made by Hugh L. Fftz-
patrick, recognized as the dean OF
American golf players, who has pre-
pared the ratings for several years
was made public today. Fitzpatrick S
rating follows:
l. H. Chandler Eagan. Chicago; =. W. J.
Travis, New York; 3, Charles Evans Jr, Chi
cago 4. Robert Gardner. Chicago; ., Albert
Seckel. Chicago: 6. ]. d. Travers. New York; I,
Mason Phelps. Chicago; S. W. c. Fownes Jr.,
Pittsburg; g. Fred Herreshon, New York; 10.
H. G.. Lesg; Minneapolis; II. Findlay S. Doug
las, New York: u, Thomas NJ. Sherman, Utica;
Is. II. Fl. Wilder. Boston; u. p. W. white
more Boston; 15 II. B. Mcfarland, Philadelphia;
10. Paul Hunter, Chicago.
Reviewing the work of the golfers
and the points of their play which led
him to the determination of his ratings
Fitzpatrick said
although there were more tourna-
than ever before in the United States,
the action in the amateur champion
ship had a more than usual Signifi-
canoe in determining the golfers OF
national position and prominence.
"Eagan was the pivot of interest. He
revealed a return to form that has
won for him in former national, west
ern and intercollegiate championships
and showed that his defeat in the west :
ern championship of 1909 did not mean
anything.
"WhiIe Gardner had beaten Travis
and Phelps in succession and has
shown high class. Eagan, I think. had
he not suffered from ptomaine Illness
before the final, would have won. AS
winner of the Metropolitan golf asso-
citation championship, besides being
semifinal. l deem Travis next to Eagan
aside from the British and American
championships he has won. Evans is
western champion Gardner has sub
stantial claims TO fourth place. Seckle
lis intercollegiate champion.
Mason Phelps is former western
champion and won the Lake Geneva
tournament this year Z. NJ. Byers
has been out of the game on account
of the death of a brother. Fred
Herreshoff is a Metropolitan runnerur
and a tournament champion.
"F. S. Douglas is a tournament win
ner and was national champion. T. NJ
sherman, son of the vice president. tied
with Evans and Gardner for low score
In the national. and has won many
tournaments. Wilder is the best ma
tional timber and Whittemore the most
energetic of the Boston golfers H
b. Mcfarland won the Pennsylvania
championship. Paul Hunter won the
southern California championship and
in the national he lowered the record
for the Chicago golf club course to IL
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
WOMAN GAGGED AND
HER THROAT is CUT
Snow Shows Traces of Victim S
Battle With Murderer

CINCINNATI, Jan. with her
throat cut and her mouth gagged, the
body of Miss Anna Lloyd. 36 years old,
secretary of the Wiborg- Hanna lum-
ber company, was found in a lonely
part of the city today. The woman had
been assaulted.
In the last three years the bodies of
three young women, frightfully mutt
lated and abused, have been found
within few miles of the spot where
Miss Lloyd's body was discovered. No
found.
The snow in the neighborhood
showed that a terrible struggle must
have occurred. as it was trampled and
stained with blood for many Yards
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
DOROTHY TAFT REACHES
HER HOME IN SAFETY
Little Girl Spent Night at Resi-
denCe of Playmate

Los ANGELES. Jan. dorothy
Taft. the II year old adopted daughter
of Rev. S. FL Taft. a cousin OF the
president. whose failure to return home
yesterday. after starting for this city.
led to the belief that she had been kid
naped, appeared at the Taft residence
at Sawtelle today.
The girl had missed her mother at
the Arcade station here yesterday and
proceeded home alone.
There she found the house locked and
went to the home of a playmate TO pass
the night.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE
SOUGHT DEATH IN SEA
Cap Found on Cliff With Note
Indicating Suicide

SANTA CRUZ. Jan. 1.-The disap-
pearance of Stengo Pieric, an Austrian
employe of the cement works at Dav-
enport a few miles UP the coast from
here has caused a search to be insti-
tuted by his friends. though he is
presumed to have committed suicide
At O'Clock yesterday morning he
handed his brother $500, saying he
would need it no longer. Later in the
day his cap was found on the cliffs
with note saying: Don't blame any
body. / want to commit suicide my
self"
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
BAY STATE FACTORIES
REDUCE WORKING HOURS S

BOSTON. Jan. 1.-Several hundred
thousand operatives in mills and fac
tories in Massachusetts and Rhode
Island will begin work Monday on a
shorter scale of working hours in con-
sequence of the new sc hour law be-
coming effective The running time
heretofore has been so hours
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
MANY DROWNED IN
DISASTROUS FLOOD
Plain of Eastern RoumeIia Re-
sembleS Vast Lake

PHILLIPOPoLIS. Bulgaria. Ian L.
Eastern Roumelia has been swept by
the most disastrous food In 80 years.
The whole plain resembles a vast lake.
Many are reported drowned and the
losses in crops and livestock will be
very heavy. Soldiers in pontoons are
rescuing the people cut off by the ris-
ing waters.
The lower quarters OF Phillipopoiis
have been under water since yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
New Coast Postmasters

WASHINGTON. Dec. s1.-New postmasters
have been appointed follows:
California-Freeport Sacramento county
Blanche NJ Hack. vice c. Newell. resigned.
Arizona-Red Rock. Pinal county. Roy Guild
vice C. A. Gass removed
Nevada--Beowowe, Eureka county, Belle l.
Weber. vice f. NJ Weber. resigned.
oregon--Gest. Crook county, Nancy A. Schf-
macber vice james Stockley. resigned: Long
Creek Grant county. Walter r. Caldwell vice
G. H. Clausmeyer. removed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
cTusler on nc % called totterlng Champion!



probably the feared champion who
jimmy Britt You6g corbett cano Herrera
ds of the present day gbteghts They not forget quickly
capable making Two Of those hurricane IN hnShg Si title
P Ses up to his record then may conceded
But the question is " no @ & % % @ will @ cross the water for the pu
o meenns ndd @ Mf p @ @ B is % Tey U would m like very nueb
England they would make Welsh the champion beyond
d %slon 9afG @ fs f4 f4 i with e an & Eegs a 6sh fs
to box man man & Mshs 81 Sfgerness & IN ~ % 0' "Os
ns @ g @ @ o make the match chances seem
him. then why not try to sign M9lgait and Pow poTe; G or
Sn the first battle was attractive dished up
o% had good o1ss;oa which fh,+ Was 5 s9%Ps s9 R
showing the time he starts m WolgaSt " viii ] uy
about but At the same tune hfTe % are % d % wneiV play Powell on the
short end and they would grand run for their money
Tb gf would draw better for 20 without
dFed has mo be been ai put sgP
LOCAL FIGHT MARKET IS DULL
They ike the de & any % too & wf over T KNOCKS in ns5ed 5e ob
fellow Burns and ngfod managed to do this easily enough n o simply
British M Pc Is make make DssI ws tt the m eh7%Pon Teion
6S % 5 ie @ doa % so he Rels will himself with
There nothing the local market that the Nelson
@ 6e landed % anot5er affair OF the smith Such
Iss and She got but little o during 1909 called
We have aads year putting ourselves level
with -os
swHich do they entitled Take
Tst thing the, fit for bush
red everybody How the
all their the ire of the
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entirely will sink such low level that the respectable patrons
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This should be lesson other budding
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be blow the and disappointment to the fans
The Mission conducted the businesslke
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permitted in the field Now it's
UP TO
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three doing the
bright especially with good matches
maIea as they present time
GOOD CHANCE TO DEVELOP TALENT
promoters the
of
ed San will thrive principally because the
small each hoping that he will be
handle when he's but
~ 5ncb md he Will laugla tyoua nd take mile
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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02

SOCIOLOGICAL SoCIETY-"The Deeadence Of
France will be the topic discussed by the
San Francisco sociological society at its reg
ular weekly meeting in Jefferson Square hall.
Octavia street and Golden Gate avenue. this
evening. The public is invited.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
srrNoeRApHERs wANTED-Exa

sTENoGRAPHERS WANTED Examinations for
male sfenographer and typewrtist for depart
mental, isthmian canal and Philippine services
will he held by the United States civil service
commission IN San Francisco and Los Angeles
january 25 Application for blanks and In
formation should ne Immediately made To the
esecretsry of the twelfth civil service district.
room I'll. postofiice building, San FraneIss2.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
roM 1oHNsoN aEsrcus orrTcr-

TOM JOHNSON RESIGNS 0FFICE-Clevsland
Jan. I---Whiie the official term Of Tom L.
Johnson. for eight years mayor OF this city.
closed last midnight the official transfer Of
his successor. Herman T. Bacr. took place at
noon today. The retiring mayor will take a
rest for several weeks and then will return TO
keep in touch with the local democratic organi-
zation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
LIGHT ONES HOLD
BATTLER IN FEAR
Big Match Now Doomed to GiDe
Wau to Second Rate Attractions
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

year circles the fans would like to
match has resulted
concerned that
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02

Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast viii
not do battlc here or in San Nateo
county next month for the lightweight
championship OF the world This
match. had it been made. would have
acted as a wonderful bracer to the
local tight game. but its as good as off
now and the chances are that the next
best thing viii be pair OF ordinary
. performers
Al Is apparent to the followers OF
affairs pugilistic that Wolgast Is not
quite so certain that he can beat Mel
son He has shouted 1t from the
housctops Of many cities since last
July. and many of his followers have
taken up the cry. bur when the op-
portunity for making the match pre-
scented itself Wolgast. through his
manager. Tom Jones. al once began
making demands that only champion
has q license to make.
And when the time comes Tor
nlatching Nelson with Freddie Welsh
or Owen Moran or Johnny Thompson
there's going to be more tangles and
more arguments The fans can see
them coming. All these fighters are
willing enough to hurl detis at the
lightweight champion but none OF
them Is SO willing 10 tight HIM unless
nc Is offered prohibitive guarantees.
This only goes To show that they
are afraid of Nelson They viii all
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
GOOD CHANCE TO DEVELOP TALENT

The so called amateur promoters did far better than the
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d IN San Francisco will thrive principally because the
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-02
ADJUSTMENTS
RosALiNp AT RELOCATE.

Like its predecessor. The House OF
a Thousand Candles" Meredith Mich
olson's new play "Rosalind at Red.
gate is creating nothing short of a
furore. Il is said to be easily the big
play of the year. in fact il will prob
ably so down as the masterpiece from
Mr.. Nieholson's pen.
One OF the big scenes in the play
shows a realistic summer storm i'm
which the several characters get soak
ing wet with real water. It is said
TO be one OF the most laughable and
prettiost scenes IMAGINABLE.
"RosaIind at Redgate" viii have its
local premiere at the Elks' Opera
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-02
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fore Christmas and not day
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