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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-18
SPECIAL TRAIN TO WASHINGTON
MAY ?0TH,
VIA H., n. e y. Il. II.

VIA IL, IN. W To w ".
On account OF the large attendance
from Richmond to the Worlds Sunday
School Association, Washington, y. c.,
a special train will leave I1lba station
at z a. NJ. Friday, May Goth, and re-
turning leave Washington $3.50 T. M.
same date. Round trip, $500. tickets
good going only on special and $40 a.
M. train from Byrd Street Station. Re
turning, tickets will be honored on any
train to Richmond same date. FOR
full information. call on any Rich
mond, fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad agent. w. r. TAYLOR,
Traffic Manager.
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c,,,c,Go GRA1N MAKKET.

Chicago, III MAY ia flare upward neal
the end of the session this afternoon gave
q touch OF brightness to lncr market IN
The activity at the close, With
prices at the top for tho day, was IN sharp
contrast with the rest Of the time, The
stoppaao OF wheat shipments al Buenos
-hIres because Of n-strikc there served IA
a protest. Active options finished hISse,
higher. May was Eown 7sc, Corn showed
faat, 70 4se, gain. and oats We're lac, on III
a shade higher, Provisions we're IN the end
100 i.isr, up.
The leadins futures ranged as follows:
81. 3. f,...L r. nm, Z a u- f'lnso
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Reccipts-Wheat, 1850 bushels, corn. H.
800 bushels; oats, 2sS,opo bushels. Shipments
Wheat. 13,l0O hushcls: corn, 5000 bushels;
oats, 10000 bushels.
Cash grain: Close-Whcat. No. . red, sl.ia
Oils; No. . rcd. sl.0S q Liz: Nc. 2 hard. SILL
dl.l5; No. 8 hard. sl.osN Lis; No. 3 spring.
Sip5d t.lS. Corn-No. ,, !a6eiac.. No. .
white, CSC; No. 2 yellow. ssh I5ic.; No. 8,
6l,sI 62c.; No. 3 white, Sol: sc; No. 8 yell
low, 62isaf &c.; No. 4, 59lsd 6ol:c.; No. 4
white. e9i2G &c.: No, 4 yellow, 6oa6ltac.o Oats
No. .. A32. d tic; No. 5 white. 80 &c.: No.
1 white. ion tie. standard, 49, Hc.
Baltimore. Md, May enthusiastically.
Southern on grade about SlG. corn-Mar-
tot steady: spot, Giisc. OaLs-Firm; No. .
white, iaG i9i3c. No. > mixed, 4Ia iiiac. Rye
Quiet No. . western, domestic. S8Sic.
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A NEW DEPARTURE.

4:l0 r. M. is the latest hour one Jan
now leave Richmond for Norfolk by
rail on week days. This Is the new
train on the Norfolk and Western
Railway. making three trains now
leaving for Norfolk via that route. the
Others starting at Q a. NJ. and & z. NJ.
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receipts 90 barrels. Crude Turpontine-Firm
at s3d4.5o and $3.50; receipts 81 barrels.
Savannah, Ca, May F-Turpenune-FirIn
at 6li4ds1Ac.; sales 6S casks: receipts $50
casks: shipments 2N casks; shipments 2o4
casks; stock 4.T7 casks. R~osin-Firm; sales
1915 barrels; receipts 1854 barrels; shipments
325 barrels; stock 4s,o+s barrels.
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RICHMOND AMI C~FII7SapEAKE BAY
RAIINNAY
MILLER 3 co.
BANKERS AND DRO>ERs,
1lO7 u, Main Street,

Members New York Stock Exchange,
New York Gotten Exchange. Chicago
Board of Trade, Orders executed for
Investment or on margin on all en-
changes. Private wires TO New York,
Chicago and New Orleans.
Il LEE RoDEN. Manager,
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Richmond and Petersburg Electric Railway

Cars leave Manchester. Seventh nd -errJ
Streets. for Petorsburg;
g. 4. s. %. 10. II, 'lc p. NJ, l, 2. =. =. 8.
s6;;6. Is, 4. s, %. 10 I. II.
ll;U P. NJ. for Chester. $3.50 midnight for
Petersburg.
Cars leave Pe,ersburg. foo Sycamore
Street, for Manchester:
5:l5, s;s5, ..7l5. 1855. s:s5. 81. 'lo:ss. 1l:s5
A. NJ, l2:35. .l:s5. a:s5, 1886. 1885, 6:s5. s;35,
1885. s:G5. 1855. 'loAo, l1:40 p, NJ.
Carries baggage and express.
"Limited, except Sundays and holtdayn.
All EARS from PetersburG CONN., vita cars
tor Richmond. AAi.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
u GOODS MARKET

New York. May 1.-THE cotton goods NAV
is steadier With better business reported.
buying of gray goods has been more active.
Yarns arc brm, Mems wear worsteds arc
heing, offered from stock at low iignrcs.
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seller here, and as the market worked into
lower ground stop-loss orders were uncov-
cred. The close was within , or 8 points
OF the lowest on active positions Notw!th.
standing the ruluors of frcer spot offerings
Southern spot markets officially reported
early were generally unchanged. The week
~ report OF the Weather Bureau read ra thcr
bullishly, but referring to past conditions
had little effect.
Liverpool will be open tomorrow. but
closed Friday and Saturday. New Orleans
will be closed on Friday, but the New York
market will remain open. as 1T is a May
notice day.
Receipts al the ports to-day we're 1885
bales against $50 last week and lS,2a5 last,
year. For the week 5000 bales against 49,
1856 last week and SS.S5f last year. To-day's
receipts at Now Orleans 3,Oll bales against
1875 last year.
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and Railway

ONLY L RAIL Is TO NORFOLK.
Schedule in Effect May Is, 1910.
Leave Byrd Street station. Richmond, FOR
NORFOLK $40 n. ~, 's:ot a. ~, Assoc T..
NJ. ai:i0 r. NJ, bI:c9 P. ~.
o LYNCHBURf THE WEST:
'6;l5 \. NJ, 800 a. NJ, bl2:i0 noon; ASSOC y,
NJ. 1870 r. NJ.
Arrive Richmond from Norfolk; bill :S5 4
NJ. 'll;io A. ~. $3.50 r. NJ, bl6:25 P. NJ,
.lt:2o r. NJ. From tho West: $50 a. NJ.
also P. NJ. 500 r. NJ, 1900 r. NJ.
'DaIly. aDaily, cx. sunday. bSunday only
Pullman, Parlor and Sleeping Cars, Cafe
Dining Cars. C. II.
". B. BENILL, D. P. A.. Richmond, Va.
c.. r. A. Roanoke, Va.
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Atlantic Coast Line
EFFECTIVE M.AY u. 10

EFFECTIVE NAY 10. 1910.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
For Florida and South: 100 y. NJ, Sis A.
For norfolk: .'s::o a. NJ. . 4. ST.. $500 p.
For y. s. W. aRy. West: 6:l5 -. NJ 900 A,
NJ, 500 ?. NJ. and 9:so r. NJ.
For petersburg: 100 a. NJ, 6:l5 a., AZ,
s.s:lo a. NJ, Sis A. NJ, $500 a. NJ 1e:lO p.
NJ. $500 p. NJ, 1910 p. NJ, Sos p. NJ. 7:Sp
p. NJ, 9::0 p. NJ, 1885 p. NJ.
For Goldsboro and Fayetteville: $40 p, n
Trains arrive chmon daily: $40 a. NJ,
$40 a. M., GAO A. NJ, 's:S5 A.. NJ, ''1o:45 A..
NJ, s.ll;a5 A. A., .l1:tO \. NJ, 1880 p. NJ, 500
p. NJ, $50 r. NJ, 500 r. NJ. 900. p. NJ"
.'l0:a5 r, NJ. and 1l.:2o P. NJ.
Except sunday. ''sunday only.
Time OF arrival and departure and connoc-
tions not guaranteed.
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In the matter of No. 033.
ALBERT S. HARVEY. In
Bankrupt. Bankruptcy.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
E nm bfsT TRATEs Or F 2IRd ThH EAST.
To the creditors of ALBERT S. HAIR
NE.Y, of Richmond. in the county, OF
Hcnrico and district aforcsaid-bank-
rupt:
Nolice is hereby given that on the
18th day of May, a. ID. 1910. the said
ALBERT S. HARVEY was duly adj
Indicated bankrupt. and that the first
meeting of his creditors will he held
In my Office, Rooms Nos. S02 and 500
American National Bank Building,
Building, Richmond. Va, on the 26TH
DAY OF MAY, A. d.. 1910, at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon, at which time the said
creditors nay attend, prove their claims.
appoint a trustee. examine the bank
rupt. and transact such other business
as maN properly come before said
meeting.
THOS. E. SNEAD.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Nav l6. 4l0lO
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NAVAL STORES.

Wilmington, y. d, My l1,-spirl,s Ttnrpea-
yinft-Iseeoipts 10 casks, ltosln-steady at
$3.50; receipts IS barrels, rar+Firm at Sa.l0;
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BOND QUOTATIONS.

Col. and Sou. ref. and ext. 4hs (bid).. a7t
Denver and Rio Grande ref. IS Odd. 2,
Erie COW. 4s. series A Odd ....... n
Erie conv. IS, series "B"".."..",.... ss3s
lnterporough Metro. 4ss..""............ sO,a
lnter. Mere. Marine i.ss tbid)....... IS
Kansas City Southern LIST ss........... 72a
louisville and Nash. Gn. As (bid)....... esIt
Missouri Pacific 7SX
New York Central deb. 4s............ 22iA
Norfolk and West. LIST con. Is (bid) 49,. oSN
Norfolk and Western conv. 4s (bid)...... 100
Pennsylvania conv. 3ias C19l5)......... 951s
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RauroanB.
AIR LIN

SEABOARD AIR LINE.
Southbound trains scheduled 10 leave Rich
mond daily; 0:l0 a. M.-Lo to Norlina,
Raleigh, Charlotte. Wilmington. l:9o r. NJ.
~Slcepers and coaches. Atlanta, Birmingham,
Savannah, Jacksonville and Florida points,
1850 p. M.-Slcepers and coaches, ~Savannah
Jacksonville, Atlanta, Birmingham and
Memphis. Northbound trains scheduled to
arrive Richmond daily: $3.50 a. NJ, SOS =.
NJ, $40 p. NJ,
RICHMOND AMI CHI1SApEAKE BAY
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Schedule OF electric trains to AMI ..om
Ashland. stopping at intermediate stations,
upon signal. Lv. Richmond tRroad and
Laurel Sts.l; 6;06b, .7:lo. S:l0b. 9;l,. 's1o.1o,
lllo A. NJ, l;lo. ?:l0. 3:lob. 4.lo. t:lo. $40.
7.loh. $40. 1910. MAS r. NJ. Nv. Ashland:
1855. '7b, S. 90, 10 vi A. NJ. NJ. '.l.
2 8, 4h, 5, 6. I, SD, Q, II p. NJ.
'Daily except sunday. :: sur. ally.
b Carries baggage.
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CATTLE MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK MAEhET.

Richmond. Va, May IL. 1910.
Report of the live stock market for the
week ending May l6:
Best steers. Ike. a few extra hnc heavy
steers higher: medium to good, So gle:
ommon 10 fair, 5a6c.; best h%cifers. oi4c.;
to good, 5A q Size; common to fair,
. q &c; best cows. 64c.; medium TO good.
. n6c.; common TO fair. 81. 41.c.; bulls, iH:@
5Ac. Cows and calves, S2ja65.oo per head.
Calves, 5GSc. extra, sl.c.; best fall lambs.
&c; medium to good. 5i2I6,.c.; sheep. COM
mon to good, 3lsl 6iac.; spring lambs, Iis0
DC, extra good, higher; best boss, o'sc..
medium TO good. 90 9,:c.; SONS and stays
ga Sic.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. MAY ii. 1910.

ARRIVED.
Steamer Berkeley. Shelly. Norfolk. mer.
clandise and passengers, Old Dominion Line.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. Norfolk and
James River landings. merchandise and pas.
sengers. Virginia Navigation Company.
Steamer Aurora. Hancock, Petersburg and
James River landings, merchandise and pas.
sengers, Phillips Line.
SAILED.
Steamer Berkeley. Shelly. Norfolk. mer-
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion Line.
Steamer Aurora. Hancock. Petersburg and
James River landings. merchandise and pas.
sengers, Phillips Line.
Tug standard oil Company. No. IL, Burk.
Baltimore. oil barge.
Barge Severn, Ellis. Norfolk. light.
Barge schuylkill, TIce, Painunkey River,
light.
Treasury Statement.
Washington. D. c., May 1.-THE condition
of tho Treasury at the beginning Of bust
ness to-day was as follows:
Trust Funds.
Gold aSs5i,l2 S63
Silver oilars....".,.... ..,......... ieo,.Si Geo
Silver dollars OF 1890. ..........., 3.726.cGi
silver certificates outstandins,..... itne54,eoo
General Fund.
Standard silver dollars in general
fUEd .......,r.... ..........t....,f Lsir,2S9
Current liabilities 100. +si.6sa
Working balance in Treasury offices ~le,sol.e3o
In banks to credit OF Treasurer OF
the United Observation-Disclosures. s',si6.a3l
Subsidiary silver coin. ............. 2i.i5e, oss
Mines. ~l,SIs,4Tg
Total balance in general fund.-. s~o.2l1.4!j
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Chicago, H., May observation-disclosures
??,5co head. Market nominaliy steady. steers,
Sc, % a $50; COWS, 1855 a6.7o; heifers. s4.25N
As; bulls, sA75d5.lo: calves. s3a1.s5; stock
10000 head. Market Toe. tisher. Choice
heavy, $o.G5 go; butchers, s9.65 q 915: light
mixed, s9Is.75; choice light, Ss.7o9y.T7i1
$9.3oa $50 bulk of sales, Sa.10N9.I5. sheep
Receipts l2,CO head. Market denoralized.
Sheep. s6GC.6O; ycarlinss, $7M7.4Q; lambs,
1855 spring lambs. Ssn2.50.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

~Rlchlnond. Va, Nay II. I9IU,
Br!shts-Unohanged. Quiet, but firm. With
fair receipts. Dark Observation-Disclosures very
Market quiet. Very little uoing. sun,
C~ured-Receipts continue light. :farket fair
~ active at unchanged prices for all sound
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OLD DOMINION LINE
Baltimore Steam Packet Co.

Equipped with wireless biography.
TO BALTIMORE AND THE .'O-aTE VIA
NORFOLK AND OLD POINT.
Leave Richmond Daily except s,nday via
M W. Ry. 800 T. NJ, Norfolk Gao T.. N.
CO Q Hy. 400 r., M.,fpld Point 1880 r. NJ.
ifolk).
Va, Nav, GO, $40 A. NJ, sMonda; wedne..
day and Friday.
ply to H, NJ iv7oFKIN, Agent, $50 U. Main
STRAIT
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New York. May Observation-Disclosures ess
head. Market steady. Calves-Reccipts loo
head. Steady feeling. Sheep and Lambs
Receipts 200 head. Common sheep. $3.50:
ordinary lambs. 1873 culls, $3.50. Hoss-Re-
ccipts 1854 head. Market nominally weak,
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New Orleans. La, May 1,~,-Cotton-spoi
cotton easy and unchanged; middiing, i5'so,
sales on the spot $50 bales and 60 to arrive.
Tho cotton futures market opened steady az
a decline OF SM5 points on scattered selling,
After the call selling was increased as me
result OF a wet weather map, and prices
continued to sag. The forecast promised
more rain, but the effec, of this was Offset
By the prediction OF colder weather in the
cotton belt and frost in Oklahoma
and Arkansas. Bulls exhibited little dis
TO support tho market. and buying
came chiefly from traders on the
short side who were satisfied with thei:
profts. kilograms from many points IN
Texas told of continued rains, and they
more than.anything else served to put prices
down. In the afternoon the market again
showed weakness under fresh selling for
both accounts, and prices broke TO new
low levels Tor the day. Rumors of heavy
tenders to come in May in the New YORK
market intensified tho effect OF more taN-
orablc weather news. The close was steady
al a net decline OF l7dc5 points. Cotton
futures closed steady. Closing bids: May
ii.os bid: June, l5.o2 nominal, July, los; Au-
gust. 1883; September, 1852: October, l2.se;
December, 1859; January, l2'e'
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SALES AT BOARD.
Bank OF Richmond-o at lii.

Quotations for nterest-paying bonds are a,
4 price. 10 which interest must be added.
income bonds and certlicates Of Indebted
hes. arc flat.
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Cotton futures opened steady and closed

Cotton, quiet; middline. 1919; net receipts.
Ct bales; gross. 5,iTs balcs; sales, SOD bales;
stock, 24t,,6? bales.
Total to-day at all ports-Net receipts.
1885 bales: export to France, as bales: TO
tho Continent, loa bales stock, is5.5o5 bales.
Consolidated at all ports-Net receipts. 81
o15 bales; export TO Great Britain, l1,439
bales: to France, ol3 bales; TO the Continent.
11,5,1 bales.
Total since September / at AL ports--Nei
receipts. 6.Ses,7aS bales; export to Great
Britain. 2,G3, te5 balcs; to France. SieSas
bales: to the continent, 2,sSl,?@ bales. to
Japan, Ss,iil bales; TO Mexico. 1883 bales,
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Richmond, PrederiCksb'g & Potomac R. R.
1oAND FR0N WASHING RON AND BEYOND.
Arrive Richmond
Leave Richmond

ACCOMMODATION TRAINS -WEEkDAYs.
Leave Byrd st. SITS. 1870 r. N. for fredericksburg.
Leave E!ba Sta, 5-80 AM, $50 r. ~. for Ashland,
trriNe IIrd 81, Sta. 5.a6 I'm. from Fredericksb'e.
ArrtIe Elba Sta. 8.i0A M, $50 Pm. from Ashland,
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Bankrupt Rottfes.

NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-11
CLASSICAL MUSIC
IN GREEK THfAIfR
Two Well Known Musicians
Will Render Half Hour
Program Sunday

BERKELEY, March 10.--Miss Ethel
L. Preble talented mezZo soprano OF
this city, whose singing of Indian songs
before various organizations here bas
attracted much attention, and Nine.
Aurora Thompson, pianist will give
the half hour of music at the Greek
theater next Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
Nine. Thompson is recent arrival
from London. Eng. where she was
associated with the Guildhall School of
Music and for eight years principal of
the Oak Academy of Music.
Miss Preble is a student of Miss
Lydia Sturtevant, a former grand opera
singer of Europe and a graduate of
the university, well known here. She
will soon depart for New York for
further study in her work. The pro-
gram for the half hour follows:
Two rhapsodies by Brahms. Mms. Thompson;
Charles Wakefield Cadman's Far on | Hear a
Lovers Flute James 81. Rogers "a Love
Note" Mendelssohn's but the Lord Is Mind
full OF His Own" and F. Korbay's List to Me.
Rosebud" by Miss Preble; Chaminade's Tau
tonne and etude by Chopin and Moskowsky' $
'Etincelles,'' by Nine. Thompson; Jean Saint
AbIe's I'm Dear Seville" Won Fi.iitz' "Aaath-
erna' and Roses and the old Scotch song
within. Mile of Edinboro' Town. by Miss
Preble and Llszt's Hungarian Rhapsody" by
Nine Thompson. Miss Preble's aecompanist will
be Miss Sue Chamberlain. whose ability is well
known to the audiences at these half hours.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-11
CAVE DWELLER SOUGHT
BY SHERIFF AND POSSE
"WiId Man" Found, but Proves
TO Be Tame

OAKLAND, March 1O.-Thinking that
fhey had a cIew to the original wild
man, Sheriff Barnet and his deputy,
Ia Sweeney, accompanied by Gustav
Mann. d cafe manager, and Herman
Iahaun, a pianist, started out this
morning in the sheriff's automobile to
capture q creature that Lahann said
was running about the hills, eating
grass and wearing no clothes. To
make ths proceedings entirely legal
they took along Attorney A. V. Men
denhaU.
Lahann reported to Barnet that he
had encountered the wild man while
roaming the Berkeley hills. The MAJ
fed at his approach, he declared. emit
ting STANCE sounds and leap.ng from
crag to crag with the agility Of q goat.
The party found the wild man with
out much trouble, but he had his
clothes on by this time and he hailed
the sheriff Familiarity.
Hello Pete" said the sheriff, who
knew the man well.
Pete, the sheriff explained, is an
eccentric character who has lived in
hut back of Berkeley for years. He
has only one suit OF clothes. When
Lahann caught sight of him the suit
was hanging cut to dry, as it had just
been washed. and Pete, dressed in the
garb of nature, was waiting for it to
lose its dampness. Surprised at La
hann's approach, Peter said that he
had fed to get behind a tree out of
modesty and had yelled aloud to the
musician to turn his head away.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-11
SINGER ANNOUNCES
HER ENGAGEMENT
Miss Olive Morrish Will Marry
w. F. Barnum of the San
Jose High School

BERKELEY, March 1o.-To the sur
prise of her friends in this city gath
cred at the home of her parents in
Hawthorne street yesterday afternoon
Miss Olive Morrish, sweet voiced singer
and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. +.
Moorish, announced her engagement TO
W. F. Barnum, a member of the faculty
of the San Jose high school. and we'll
known graduate of the university. The
marriage will be solemniZed in the fall.
Miss Moorish has for several years
been a member of the musical and club
set here and has been a church soloist-
She was formerly a singer In the ST
Marks Episcopal church. but Is now
the soprano soloist for the Epworth
Methodist Episcopal church South She
is also a member of the Twentieth
Century club.
Barnum is a graduate OF the univer-
sity with the class of 1908 and has been
connected with the Garden City high
school since he received his degree
here. He is member of the Los Agi-
mas house club Of the students
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-11
TO HOLD UP COMMUTERS
FOR THEIR POLL TAX
County Assessor Will Have
Deputies on Ferry Boats

OAKLAND, March 10.-Deputies OF
County Assessor Dalton will be sta
toned on all the ferry boats plying
between San Francisco and this side
of the bay to catch commuters and
extract poll tax from them.
Dalton made an announcement to this
erect today, and the boats will soon be
patrolled by his deputies.
The county assessor estimates that
about 10000 men escape paying poll
tax every year. Last year he collected
from about 10000. whereas the num-
Der of voters on the great register was
4s.5o0. OF the 81 fee collected from
each person 80 cents goes to the as
SCISSOR as his fee for collection.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-11
LVfRMORF TOHOlD
A BIG HORSE SHOW
Annual Exhibition of thorough
bred Animals Will Be Held
Next Saturday

L1VERMORE, March 10.-Elaborate
preparations are being made for the
annual Livermore horse show, which
VIII be held here Saturday afternoon.
The committee on arrangements is now
engaged In decorating the town, and
an Impressive parade. attended by sew
eral brass bands. will lend attractive
ness to the splendid array of horses
that VIII compete for the prizes.
About 200 thoroughbred animals have
been entered already, the exhibits COM
ing from all parts of Alameda and
contra Costa counties, as we'll as from
the San Joaquin valley.
There will be fine collection of har-
ness horses, principally from the neigh
borhood of Pleasanton. while a mag
nfflcent display of draft horses will be
made by exhibitors from Livermore and
the surrounding country. There will
also be entries from Stockton and from
other San Joaquin and Contra Costa
towns.
The parade will start at 1880 o'clock,
headed by Marshal Frank Fennon. AS
the pageant of equines passes the dec
grated reviewing stand former Assem-
blyman James Clarke will deliver an
address on the purpose and significance
OF the show. William Mcdonald will
act as announcer during the award of
the ribbons.
The officers of the show are: H. NJ.
Christensen, president; Max Berlin, vice
president; Theodore Corner, secretary:
John Sweeney, treasurer.
The reception committee consists of
c. l.. Crellin, j. O.. McKown and D. c.
MeNally.
A. L. Henry will attend to the en-
tertainment of the press representa-
tives.
The committee on care of horses is
]. c. Reimers, Ed Hansen and Max
Berlin.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-11
CRACK ,MfN BREAK
OP N HEAVY SAFt

BERKELEY. March 1o.--Using a
heavy ak TO break open the safe in
the Office of the Harry G. Williams coal
yard at the gore of Adeline and Grove
streets. cracksmen secured $40 and
made their escape.
The safe cracking was the third in
this city in five years, and, like the at
tacks on the postoffice in March, 1905,
and on the Pacific guano and fertilizer
company last year, the job was done
expeditiously.
The burglars entered the Office. after
climbing a fence and opening the back
door. They turned out the lights in
the office and directed their attentions
to the safe, which was opened after
heavy. muffied blows had been struck.
The police declare that the robbery
has number of peculiar features
which they intend to investigate
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-11
WILL HOLD KITE
FLYING CONTEST

ing and flying contest for pupils of the
public schools will be held Saturday,
March 10, in the northern part of the
city where vacant lots will provide the
necessary space. The contest will be
conducted by the school department
officials and will be much like a field
day. Each pupil must design and con-
struct a kite he enters, and three
prizes will be given to the contrivers
of the three best kites.
Supervisor Cauch of the manual
training high school conceived the idea
of a kite competition. Pupils under
his tuition began making kites for the
purpose of studying aeronautics and
the pastime soon spread TO the man
ual training departments OF the gram
mar schools.