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The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22
HALSEY AGAIN TO BE
TRIED FOR BRIBERY
Judge Dunno Ready to Set Re-
naming Cases

81 am ready to set these cases for
trial, Mr.. McNutt,' said Judge Dunno
to the assistant district attorney yes
terday when the cases of Theodore v.
Halsey, outside man of the Pacific
States telephone company, charged with
bribery, were called
Halsey has been tried and acquitted
on one Indictment. Judge Dunne's
remark yesterday indicates that he will
face trial again.
Inasmuch as other cases on the cal
endar will occupy the whole of this
week the Halsey cases went over to
Monday next, when it is expected a
definite date for the trial of one of
them will be fixed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22

Extra Mince Pies for Thanksgiving.
Vienna Bakery, 139 Ellis, mr.. Powell. .
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22

Mrs Fletcher Ryer pre-
sided at one of the in
formal luncheons of yes
terday given at the ST.
Francis, and among the
guests who enjoyed the
hospitality of the host
ess were:
Mrs. Herbert Moffitt
Thornwail Mutually
Walter S. Martin
Miss Jolliffe
Miss Jennie Crocker
Walter Hobart
Duane Hopkins
=
Mrs. John Edward
Poillon and her daugh-
ter, Miss G'adys Poll
lon, are visitors here
from New York and are
being entertained by
General and Mrs. Tasker
II. Bliss at Fort Mason.
They will remain sew
eral days longer and
will then leave for
Santa Barbara, where
they will pass the win :
ter. Mrs. Poillon and
Miss Poillon are the
mother and sister of
Lieutenant Arthur Poll
Ion, who has so many
friends here. Lieuten-
ant Poillon is entertain
ing his uncle, F. P.
Scudder, of New York
at his quarters at Fort
Ma son, and the visitor
viii remain here prob
ably for the winter.
An enga agement that
is of more than passing
interest to society is the
announcement that Miss
Florence Sergeant Mixer
will become the bride Of
Merwin Fred Garrigue.
The bride elect is the
daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Mixer of
Berkeley, and Garrigue
is the, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. H. Garrigue of
the college town. The
young couple have many
friends on this side of
the bay who will be in
terested in the news of
their betrothal. Miss
Mixer is a graduate Of
the state university with
the class Of 1909. The
wedding will be an
event of the near future,
although the. date for
that interesting affair
has not been settled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Ehrman are home again
after their extended alb
sence in Europe. and
were accompanied on
the return trip by Mrs.
Sarah Bachman with
her daughter, Miss Lin
da ,Bachman, and Miss
Babette Heller. Since
their return several
parties have been given
In greeting to the trav-
elers by their friends in
town.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22

= He Gayety club can't be said to discourage matr-
mony among its members. 1t just quietly expels
] them when they acquire it. Or it would if they
didn't resign first. The club is not in the least
opposed to and marriage, but it will not tolerate
matrons Engaged girls always dscreetly withdraw.
his is why Helene Irwin is no longer member. She
was of the most popular of the Gayety girls ut
sounds like London stage favore) but for all that
the fun of the Gayety for her fance
The situation faced Linda Cadwallader this
year. has other girls in other seasons 1t met in
one of two ways either the club loses and wedding
wins, hance is sacrificed and the Gayety wins.
Just how many decisions for the club have been made
can't possibly be known. But lovely Mary Keeney IS
still member The president is Florence Hopkins.
Martha Calhoun is still member in good standing Any
number of conclusions may be drawn.
The other side be openly discussed. Miss Pom
eroy, who founded the club with score of her girl
friends few ago, is the last to renounce it.
Under her direction the Gayety Dances given always at
the homes of members the delightful parties
of the year. 1t Miss Pomeroy who made the in
club Each member may invite two men, and the names
are carefully considered before invitations sent
Things that would bar from the Greenways
Cindereas may close the Gayety dances perfectly
preSentable and we'll ntenoned bachelor who will
know why No girls invited except substitutes for
members, and those who among the happy few
elected each year develop something like the spiritual
state OF stage undestudy (he theatrical smitude per-
slstS tor reasOn)
rule limits the number of sisters one) the coldbooded
hone for QirlS of
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Homer S.
King. with Miss Gene
We've and Miss Hazel
King, will leave tomor-
row for the east and
will continue their jour
ney to Egypt. where
they expect to pass sew
eral months travelling
through that interesting
country.
= .
Mrs. Charles J. Deer
! ing will entertain at a
bridge party to be given
this afternoon at her
home in Washington
street, and has invited
q score of friends for
the hour at cards and
tea afterward.
The luncheon that Mrs.
George H. Martin gave
at the Palace was one
Of the delightful affairs
of the last few days, and
among those who met
for the occasion with
the hostess were:
Mrs. Eleanor Doe
Mrs. Oscar Fitzalan Long
Mrs. william Romsine
Mrs. Florence Porter Pfingst
Mrs. Marvin Higgins
Mrs. ". S. Davis
Mrs. Guy Hamilton Burrage
Mrs. George D. Toy
Mrs. John Scott Wilson
Miss Jennie Stone
Mrs. Frederick Zeile
Mrs. Eugene Lee
Mrs Charles Wilson
Miss Helen Williams,
who is a visitor from
New York, is the incen-
tive for several impor-
tant social affairs Of the
week. Yesterday Mrs.
Prentiss Cobb Hale en-
tertained 10 or IL guests
at an elaborate lunch
con for Miss Williams.
| Among those hidden TO
meet the feted guest
were:
Mrs. Francis Lucas
Mrs. Josiah r. Howell
Mrs William P. Humphreys
Mrs. Alanson Weeks
Mrs. Paul Bancroft
Mrs. Roy Bishop
Miss Tillle Feldman
Miss Mabel Gregory
Miss Helen Dean
Miss Frances Stewart
The concert to be
given this evening by
Miss Cecil Cowles at the
Century club will at
tract a large audience of
society people and mu-
sicians. There will be
several informal dinner
parties preceding the
musicale. The patron
esses who will entertain
guests at the affair are:
Mrs. Phebe Hearst
Mrs. Eleanor Martin
Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels
Mrs. William G.. Irwin
Mrs. Leon Sloss
Mrs. Frederick McNear
Mrs. /. n. Walter
Mrs. James Otis
Mrs. James Shea
Mrs. Eugene de Saba
Mrs. Frederick Zeile
Mrs. Jesse LilienthaI
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22

The luncheon that Miss
Kathleen Farrell gave
yesterday at her home
in Broadway in compli-
ment to Miss Margaret
Doe was one of the most
delightful affairs for the
popular debutante that
the younger girls have
attended this season.
The table decorations
We're clusters Of pink
roses and wreaths of
autumn leaves with pink
predominating in the
color scheme. The IA
vors were corsage bou-
Quets OF roses, and the
place cards were in the
prevailing pink tone.
Among those who met
Miss Doe at the lunch
con yesterday were:
Miss Marian Zeile
Miss Harriet Stone
Miss Bessie Zane
Miss lila Sonntag
Miss Kathleen de Young
Miss Anna Olney
Miss Lillian Van Worst
Miss Florence Cluff
Mrs. Frederick Stott
Miss Amalia Simpson
Miss Phyllis de Young
Miss Grace Gibson
Miss Anna Peters
Miss Lurline Matson
Miss Nell Maboney
Miss Rhoda Niebling
Miss Edith Rucker
Miss Elsie Clifford
Miss Ethel Shorb
Miss Irene Farrell
Miss Freda Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B.
Anderson entertained at
an informal dinner given
last evening at the st.
Francis and attended the
theater afterward with
their guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry T. Scott, and
Miss Lillian Goss. Among
others who. entertained
at dinner and theater
parties were Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry MacFarlane,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Mar
tin, Mr.. and Mrs. I. W.
Hellman Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. W. S. Martin and
the Oscar Coopers. Ray
Armsby and Talbot
Walker were joint
hosts at a dinner, and
among their guests
were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Taylor
Templeton Crocker
Miss Julia Langhorne
Miss Florence Hopkins
Miss Mary Keeney
Miss Helene Irwin
Roger Bocqueraz
Mrs. William S. Tevis
returned to the city yes
terday after a weekend
visit to her country
home at Bakersfield.
Mrs. Osgood Hooker
has been the feted guest
at a series of informal
reunions since her re-
turn from the east, and
among the most recent
of these affairs of greet
ing was the luncheon at
which Mrs. Richard
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22
FISH TRUST TRIAL
POSTPONED ONE WEEK
Judges Absence Is Cause of the
Continuance

In the absence of Judge Cabaniss the
trial of A. Trapani, one of the members
of the fish trust charged by indictment
with violation of the Cartwright anti
trust law, was continued yesterday by
Judge Sturtevant to next Monday. All
the preliminary technicalities In this
case have been disposed Of and as soon
as the court calendar will permit 1T will
be tried. If Judge w. M. Conley OF
MADEIRA county is not able to come to
San Francisco for the purpose Judge
Cabaniss will preside at the trial.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22
ADJUSTMENTS
The VALENCIA VaI;apI, Z 4. St
TETRAZZINI

Tues & Thurs. Eves., Dec. e-s; Sat. Nat. 10
Mail orders now received
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22

the P7st who nov retired include Mrs Atho McBen who
Mavn Helen Baker, Mrs G Rathbone Gertrude
George Cadwaad and Mrs Orle Pratt who Charlotte Emily
the (Jayety
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
OBITUARY.
Gen. W. H. II. Davia.

Doylestown, Pa. Dec. 26-Gen. w H. H. Davis veteran of the MeXi- can and civil wars. died at his home here tonight, aged 90 years.
 On December ,, 1S46. he enlisted in the First Massachusetts infantry and fought in the Mexican war. In 1S47. he was made an adjutant and in 1S4S he was mustered out.
 In 1861 General Davis organized the 1O4th regiment. Pennsylvania volun- teers and disco Durrels battery. In 1865 he was made brigadier general of United States volunteers for meritor- ious service He was editor of the Doylestown Democrat until 1900.
 Judge James E. Walsh.
 Danbury. Conn. Dec. 26.-Judge James E. Walsh, formerly of the city court. died today of heart trouble aft CT an illness which had extended through a year. He was one of the well-known attorneys of the Connec- ticut bar had been active in demo- cratic politics, q former member of that party's state central committee, and the holder of local offices He was a native of Pittsfeld, Mass, and a graduate of Yale, class of 1880. Aft ar taking law course at Yale he be gan practice here and continued until his death. He was in his 52d year A widow survives, and a brother is Attorney Walter J. Walsh of New Haven.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Glider Kellogg.
 Water bury. Conn, Dec. 26.--Mrs. Eliza beth Glider Kellogg, widow of Edward Simeon Hayden, late secretary and treasurer of the Holes, Booth & Hayden company, was found dead Tn bed this morning at her home here She was a native of Brooklyn and one of the most widely known and highly esteemed women in this pert of the state Bright's disease was tho caNse of her demise. She Is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. Shirley Full ton, Miss Pauline Hayden and Miss Margery Hayden and a brother, Sam uel Castle Kellogg of New York city. Mrs. Hayden was one of Waterbury's wealthieSt women, her husband having made modest fortune in brass and copper industries and patents on the eIectrolysis of copper.
 William Coute.
 Troy. N. r.. Dec. 26.-Wflliam Cou- tie. a member of the American Chem teal society and one of the best known scientists in this country died at his home in this city today at the age of g1 years. He was the first man in the world to compound engines for factory purposes.
 Cold Water Took Away His Suicidal
 Ideas.
 Chippewa Falls, Wis, Dec. 26.-John Christianson jumped forty feet rom a wagon bridge into the Chippewa riV- CT today with suicidal intent. He went under the ice and came up 200 feet down stream at an air hole. where he grabbed the ice ana crowled out. He said that cold water had taken away the desire to die. and made him feel happier than he did before the plunge
 Clara D. Swain. M. D.
 Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 26.-Clara A. Swain, NJ. D., the first woman phya elan sent by missionary society to the Orient, died at Castle today. pr, Swain was born in Elmira 76 years ago and went to India forty years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
Liquor Shipped
 To Mining Camps
THREE MURDERS RESULT IN
 TWENTY-FoUR HOURS.
MOST DISTRESSING SITUATION
In the Strike Ridden Coal Fields of Westmoreland County, Pe.-Hurry Calls for the State Police.

Greensburg, Pa, Dec. 26.-The strike ridden coal fields of Westmoreland county are in the throes of rioting, the result of large quanties of liquor that have been shipped into the varioun mining camps.
 The third murder in twenty four hours was reported to the coroner to- day, in the death of Tony Carcino, a striker who was formerly employed at Osborne, a small mining town of the YoughioghenY and Ohio Coal company. Mike Calcerski and John Nathan are being sought by the state police.
 General Outbreak Feared.
 Carcino was living in a strikers camp, and was shot to death last night when there was an assault upon the camp. About D shots were fired. and Carcino was found later with three bullet holes in his back
 There has been repeated demands for the state police all day from vari- ous sections of the coal fields in this section. The authorities fear there will be a general outbreak all over the coal fields, because of liquor the men have obtained
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Aviation Field. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 26.-Seventy-five thousand people saw Arch Hoxsey of the Wright team of aviatOrs break the worlds record for altitude here today. He scared more than two miles up into the sky, his paragraph gistering 11,474 feet, or almost a thousand feet above the altitude of 10.4e9 feet recently attained by Legasneux at Pau France.
 This is the second time the existing worlds altitude record has been brok en in Los Angeles. the first time being last January, when Louis Paulhan rose s little over 4,000 feet.
 More Cautious Aviators Kept to the
 Ground.
 Ho1sev accomplished his feat in forty-mile gale that wrecked Hubert Iathan's Antoiuetts monoplane and kept more cautious aviators on the ground.
 Thrilling Spiral Glides.
 Hoxsey sailed into the sky at one o'clock At 2.45 his barograph showed the greatest height while he scared over Venice, a seashore resort more than twenty miles from the aviation neid. Coming down he made d series of thrilling spiral glides while thou sands of feet in the air.
 intensely Cold Up There.
 Before he came lightly to earth the crowd was on it's feet cheering. He was lifted from his bipiane by fellow aviators who paraded up and down before the grandstand bearing the in- trepid fier upon their shoulders.
 The crowds insisted on making a hero of Hoxsey. They did not give him time to doff his furs. but marched him back and forth before the grand stand.
 ''was 1t windy up there7' he was q sked.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
CHRISTMAS MONDAY
 AT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Feasts at Various Mission Houses En-
 joyed by the Poor.

Washington, Dec Christmas Monday in the national capital was as quiet as its predecessor. Christmas day
 President Taft surprised his staff at the executive offices by appearing there for an hour in the morning and reading his mail. Secretary Nagel and Secretary Meyer, who has just re turned from a health resort in North Carolina, where he had been recuper- ating from a recent attack of stomach trouble, called on the president
 Tn the afternoon the president and Mrs. Taft drove aroma the city stop ping al the residence of Admiral Dewey for a few minutes to congrat- Ulate him on the attainment of his 73d birthday anniversary. Secretary and Mrs. Nagel gave a dinner tonight in honor of Miss Helen Taft. Members of the diplomatic corps and Washing tons official set entertained at a num- Der of informal dinners The poor of the national capital enjoyed feasts at the various mission houses. old and young gathering for the Christmas dinner.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Tt blew so hard" replied Hoxsey, that my machine hardly moved and barely held it's own. It was so cold that more than once I thought my car buretor was about to freeze.
 'I made the record because I deter mined to keep on going up until pass ed Legagneux's record or until the car buretor froze."
 Latham's Machine Wrecked.
 The gale which Hoxsey and his brethren of the Wright camp, Parma lee and Brookins, braved successfully, wrecked Latham's Antoinette machine The Frenchman was among the avia- tors who answered the starting gun at 1 o'clock. For two hours and fifteen minutes he fought the wind, which blew directly off the ocean. six miles from the aviation field. Then an ad- verse current slapped his aeroplane downward, hurled 1t into a fence un- der the brow of the hill and threw the aviator into a gully.
 The Frenchmau was unhurt himself, but his machine was completely wrecked.
 "Baby" Wright Electrified the Crowd.
 Parmalee driver of the Baby Wrighta also dared the wind and at tained an altitude of 6625 feet. He electrified the crowd by a series of Whirling dips. and then BrOOklnS, originator of the spiral glide. went Up At this time the wind had attained a velocity of forty miles an hour. but the Wright man went through spectacular performances apparently with as much ease as on the calmest day.
 Telegraph certifications of the baro- graph reading of Hoxsey's record flight were sent to Clifford B. Harmon and J. k. Duffy. president and secretary of the National Federation of Aero clubs of America.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
Company Expressed Regret.
Twenty Persons Missino.
WEST VIRGINIA NEGRO
 A CANDIDATE FOR LYNCHlNG.
Trouble Expected from Mob Gathering
 in Town of Weston.

Weston, ". Va, Dec. 26-WiIliam F'urby, the negro who was arrested yesterday charged with assaulting Miss Flora Anslinc. was brought before Squire Hughes this afternoon at an unexpected hour. through the back al ley and rear entrance to the justices office. Squire Hughes expected trou- bie, and took this means of bringing the negro before him to answer the charge of the warrant. Miss Angline's condition is such that the trial was postponed until ? o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 It had been announced that the hear ing was 60 take place this morning, and the word was given out then that it would be postponed on account of the important witness being absent. This was 8 ruse to keep the crowd away. A rumor was out that F'urby would be taken to Clarksburg on the o'clock train tonight, but he was not put aboard.
 All day long the assault has been the topic of conversation, and d leader is all that is required to form a lynching mob.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
GENERAL NAvARRo's FIGHTERS
Are Sorry Looking Set, Says an
 American in Mexico.

IIl Paso, Tex, Dec 26.-An Ameri- can. formerly an officer in the Spanish American war and now mining engi- neer in Mexico, arriving today direct from the scene of revolutionary activi- ty west of Chihuahua, declares that Navarros force is about 300 men and that they are sorry looking fighters.
 Tt is the poorest army l have ever seen," he declared.
 He says many of the federals killed in the battle of Malpaso were still un- buried Saturday.
 ''Tne rebels can hold that pass against five thousand federals," he de- clared. The advancing army of fed erals IS carrying wireless apparatus and, having already established wire less tower in Chihuahua, hopes to re- store communication with the field if they get through Malpaso and join Navarro"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
NO TRACE OF INsURRECTos,
 REBELS WERE WooDcHoPPERs.
Report That Battle Was Imminent in
 Mexico Denied.

Fl Paso Tex, Dec. 26.-Antonio Ponce chief of police of Juarez, re- turned from the hills near Juarez at o'clock and denied a report that the battle with the rebels was imminent in the outskirts of Juarez opposite Fl PasO. He said there were no rebels, a number of woodchoppers with bur ros evidently having been mistaken for instructors.
 The soldiers returned to Juarez at o'clock and reported that there had been no trace of insurrectos. the sup posed rebels having been woodchop- pers.
 Several hundred citizens of Fl Paso who had followed the soldiers into the hills expecting to see a fight returned disappointed. It was the most excit- ing afternoon experienced by Juarez and El Paso for many years.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
ADMIRAL DEWEY 73.
Most of Official Washington Rendered.
 Birthday Congratulations

Washington, Dec. 26. - Admiral George Dewey, who was B years old today, apparently did not expect that most of official Washingto would call on him to tender congra tuIations. He went driving during the afternoon, missing the president and Mrs. Taft, Chief Justice White, cabinet members and a host of high officials and mem bers of the diplomatic corps who left cards at the Dewey residence.
 The admiral. accompanied by his son George, drove into the country for sew eraI hours, arriving home at nightfall. He found scores of telegrams of con- gratulatiOns there from friends in all parts of the world. A constant stream of callers poured into the Dewey home during the day. Mrs. Dewey, who is indisposed, was unable to receive any Of the guests.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
WIDOWS HOME WRECKED
 BY EXPLOSION OF GAS
I've Daughters Fatally Burned and
 Son Seriously Injured.

Pittsburz. Dec. 26.--Eliza and Mar earet Bryan. age 22 and 16 years re- Epectively, daughters of Mrs. Mary Bryan a widow, were fatally burned and their brother Andrew 23. was seriously injured in an explosion of gas early today, which partially wrecked the Bryan home in Coraopo- iis, a suburb. Tho two girls died at the hospital.
 They were sleeping last night in front room on the first floor with gas stove lighted In this room and another stove in the back room was connected by a long rubber tube It Is believed that the tube became de- tached and the escaping gas filed the front room, where it was ienited by the lighted stove.
 The brotheE Andrew. who was asleep in the rear room, was badly Injured on tho head when struck by flying door. He was also painfully burned.
 The people in the neighborhood were SO touched with the Christmas trag- edy that before noon a fund of $500 had been collected for the relief of the family.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
HAYTIEN GOVERNMENT BRANDS
 GEN. FIRMIN AS A TRAITOR.
Orders That He Be Prevented from
 Landing on German Soil.

Port au Prince, Hayti, Dec. 26.-A government circular issued today and addressed to all the commanders of the army and public officials, brands General Antenor Firmin. the Haytien minister to Great Britain. a s a traitor to his duties and his friends, and or ders that he be prevented from landing on Haytien soil.
 Some time ago F'irmin. who headed the revolt of 1902. left his post in Lon don on the pretext that his salary had not been paid for six months. and later embarked at Bordeaux for Haytf He will be due here next week at the time when the election for deputies is talk ing place, and as soon as President Simon became aware of his purpose it was announced that he would not be allowed to re-enter the country at that time. It is probable that Firmin will stop at St. Thomas. D. w.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
45 Foot Launch Wrecked. Three Per
 sons Drowned

Key West, Fla. Dec. 26.-A 45-foot launch with six passengers. bound from Fort Myers tu Havana. Cuba, struck the north jetties near here and sank shortly before midnight Sunday A. T. Vincent. C. O. Goehrisg and Matthew Baum. passengers, were res cued after being out all night. MT and Mrs. Stuart Bennett of New York and Herman Harker were last seen cling ing to the mast
 A searching party has found no trace of the missing
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Orders Were Issued for the court mahtial of Major Henry c. Davis of the marine corps.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
Bloody Christmas at wayoross.

Waycross, Ga, Dec. 26.-Two per sons are dead, a third is wounded and q fourth is reported to be mortalIy hurt as a result of fights in and about Bachlett southeast of Waycross. yes terday and twodav. The dead are Wal ter Allen and Dener Crews. Allen was shot through the heart by Walter Crews. who in turn was shot by the dying man as he fell