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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
MRS. BOYNTON'S SON
BORN IN AN ARBOR
Baby Eyes Open Upon Sunshine
in Accordance With
Mothers Ideals

ALAMEDA July 2S.-Carrying out
her principles to their utmost extent.
Mrs. Boynton, wife of Attorney Charles
c. Boynton, exponent of the near to
nature life, seeker of the esthetic, ad-
vocate of Isadora Duncan, the dancer,
and who is kelI known by her espousaI
OF the cause of open air schools. gave
birth to son in a sunlit. Ieafy arhor
today, the latest arrival beiag the sixth
addition to the family
The baby eyes opened first on trees
and sunshine. The first sound to strike
its ears was the singing of the birds
Mrs Boynton has frequently come out
in public for open air schools and lee
tured on the necessary requisites for
the perfection of the ideal child. BY all
the laws OF the esthetic. all the logic
of the spirituelle for which she has ar
gued, the child came into the world
under ideal conditions and received a
flying start on lifes highway. There
was no storm cloud. no whirlwind of
dust. Peace and sunshine and birds and
flowers dominated. Other less fortu-
nate ones might have to be born in
tenement houses or amid the prosaic
prison of four walls, btu this one crept
into life unhampered by convention,
unburdened by the harsh, the crude or
the ia arring.
The arbor is in the rear of the Boyn-
ton residence, and there Mrs. Boynton
has spent the greater part of her time
this summer and there she decided to
remain when the important moment ar
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
society WOMAN
WANTS ALLOWANCE
Railroad Contractors Attorney
Declares Suing Spouse Has
Property Worth 100000

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Mrs. Mabel Bufdeil Smith made no
visible advance in her suit yesterday in
Judge Van Nostrand's court to compel
her husband. Edwin V. Smith, to- pay
$4,000 counsel fees for her, as well as
$3.50 a month alimony pending the trial
of her previous suit for separate main
tenance.
D. NJ Duffy, attorney for Smith de-
clared that the complaint brought by
Mrs. Smith was defective and INSULT
cient, and he called upon Judge Van
Nostrand to compel the plaintiff to
show cause why she should be paid ALI
mony and counsel fees when she has
separate property of her own amount
ing to more than 100000.
c. F. Furey of the firm of Lippitt &
Lippitt, Petaluma, counsel for Mrs.
Smith, said that it was the plain duty
of the defendant to prove his assertion
that Mrs. Smith had money of her own.
Duffy responded that there was no suit
brought by his client. and it was neces-
sary for him to prove nothing until
cause had been set forth why Mrs.
Smiths husband should assist her finan-
cially just now.
Judge Van Nostrand took the matter
under consideration and will decide at
whether it will be necessary for Mrs.
Smith to prove her need for assistance.
He intimated plainly that he could not
believe that such a case would be
brought unless there was a lack of
funds on the plaintiffs part. but he
may desire further light on the matter
next week.
In the suit for. separate maintenance
Mrs. Smith, who is a daughter of the
late Galen Burdell and who prior to her
marriage TO Smith was Mrs. Coleman, a
divorcee. declares that she was married
10 Smith June IS, 1902, and that they
lived together until November II, 1910.
when lie deserted her.
Smith is president of the Eccles &
Smith company. railroad contractors,
ana lIl1S, MIS-. iolHllii oo5 % III Acl Suie,
brings him in an income of $1,000 a
month She says further that during
the time other marriage to Smith they
accumulated $250,000 community prop
erty. Furey said yesterday in court
that he had tried to subpoena the treas
urer and secretary of the Smith COM
pany to get them before the court to
testify regarding the business affairs
of the firm, but they had eYaded the
summons.
Mrs. Smith was in court yesterday
looking very smart ina blue tailor suit
with toque of black tulle, like swirl
of heavy smoke.
Upon leaving the courtroom she
swathed herself in a. heavy blue chiffon
veil to escape prying eyes and pho
tographers. of whom she seems to have
a mortal terror. So decided was her OBJ
lection, in fact. that her attorney rose
and requested that all photographers
he excluded from the courtroom during
the trial of the Sc, which was prompt
ily refused by Judge Van Nostrand
1t is evident that the suit will be an
acrimonious one. as the attorneys dis
played an ardent desire TO object, inter-
rupt and cast the burden of proof each
upon the other, even in the brief ses-
sion yesterday afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
CALIFORNIA MAN KILLED RY
EX-WIFE AT OKLAHOMA CITY
TSpecial Dispotch 10 The Call

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 2S.-D. E.
Smith, who has a wife and two children
living in Santa Clara. Cal, was this
morning shot four times in the head
and instantly killed by Mrs. Daisy
Fisher, beautiful wife of E. F. Fisher.
businessman here. Mrs. Fisher and
Smith had been sweethearts in Hanni-
bal, Mo-, years ago. She has been the
her marriage, she alleged, Smith has
bounded her. following her from place
to place, imploring her to desert her
husband and come with him.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
WOMEN BATTLE WITH FISTS
AND HORSEWHIP ON STREET
JSpec;oI Di,po,ch TO The Call

SAN JOSE, July 2s.-Finger nails. a
horsewhip, firsts and villification fig
ured as weapons late this afternoon in
a pitched battle at First and San Fer
nando streets between Mrs. Ida p. Cur
rier and Mrs. J. S. Smith, both wives of
orchardists of Willows. Mrs. Currier
alleges that Mrs. Smith dogged her
footsteps all the afternoon and finally
attacked her as she was leaving the
Offices of Dr. W. K- Davis.
A great crowd witnessed the tight.
DIR. w. D. Davis separated the COM
batants. The battle was the result of
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
-ATHER POINT. QUE. July %.

I 'ATHER POINT, Que. July 2S.-
The captain of the steamship
Montrose, nearing this port after
voyage across the Atlantic, flashed
to the Colonial government at ottawa
today a wireless messag ge in which he
said, according to apparently authori-
tative reports here, that he had in
controvertible evidence of DR. Hawley
Harvey Crippen's presence aboard
1t is the first wireless communication
received from the Montrose on this side
of the Atlantic, and it was guarded
with the greatest secrecy. Yet the re-
ports here, which would not down, said
that the skipper had wire1 that he
was sure Of his man, and asked for in
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
CLUBMAN SUES BARONESS
FOR STOCKS HE GAVE HER
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

CINCINNATI, July 2S.-The story of
the courtship and marriage of Percy
Proctor, a wealthy clubman of this
city, and Baroness Madeline Won Kiel-
fuss was aired in court today during
the hearing. of the testimony in suit
over $4,000 worth of Proctor 6;
Gamble stock that Proctor gave his
bride TO secure a marriage settlement
of 200 900 francs he made upon her
previous to their wedding.
According to the ante-nuptial agree
ment, Proctor said, he gave the bar
oness six months notes for the dowry,
secured with stock, with the proviso
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29

an old feud that started from business
disagreements between Mrs. Currier
and Mrs. Smith, who was formerly a
business partner of Mrs. currier
About year ago Mrs Currier and
Mrs. Smith had fight in the street.
which went to the courts, and since
that time Mrs. Smith is alleged to have
made Mrs. Curriers' life miserable bv
following her and looking for a chance
to vent her rage. Mrs Smith was the
aggressor and tonight Mrs. Currier
visited the police station. She may get
out warrant tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29

that the latter was not TO pass out Of
her possession. He gave it to her
October II, last fall, and they were
married three days later.
Two days after the wedding in Lon
don, he declares, she turned the stock
over to a London broker to be con-
verted into cash. They proceeded to a
chateau in southern France where the
baroness had her residence but within
three days after the wedding Proctor
had left his foreign bride and was on
his way back to America. He also en-
joined the transfer of the stock on
the books of the Proctor & Gamble
company
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
WOMAN KILLED WHEN
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO

ANACONDA, Mont, July 2s.-Miss
Minnie Thomas was instantly killed
and Charles Walters sustained injuries
which may cause his death, when Wal
ters' automobile was struck by Mil
waukee train on the road between
Butte and Anaconda tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
RING. OF ALARM CLOCK
is FATAL TO IMMIGRANT
Especial Dispdtch TO The Call

ROCKFORD, H., July 2s.-Mrs. Mary
Engdahl, who came only last month
from Sweden to enjoy the comforts of
the home provided by her children in
America, dropped dead this morning
when aroused from a sound sleep by an
alarm clock.
Mrs. Engdahl only the day previous
had purchased the clock so as to get
up in time to, get her children off to
work, and its first alarm was her death
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29

Smith, Mrs. Fisher further alleged.
had appeared at the Fisher home here
several months ago and attempted to
kill her with a revolversbut she wrest-
ed the weapon from him.
Smith was in the act of entering the
Fisher home today declaring that he
would kill her, it was. alleged. when
Mrs. Fisher shot and killed him. A
loaded revolver and photograph of
Mrs. Fisher were found in his coat
pocket.
The coroner's jury exonerated Mrs.
Fisher.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
EquaIizers Raised

San Bernardino. raised last year
ss1-3 per cent to s32,7sS.7s5. has come
back this year with an assessment OF
it's own 10 sss.96T.7SO. The county ad-
justor has gone over the equalizers by
s4.22s.ss5.
Fresno has overtopped the board 90
per cent increase to s57.67S.5ss by lift
ing the figure to s59.129.9ss. Kern
county has met the 20 per cent EAisa.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
new RAILROAD
ACROSS nation
MAY BE result
Kuhn-LOeb Banking House
Takes Over Stocks Involved
in Vast Dream System
Expected to Garry Out Project
Too Big for the Pearson
Syndicate TO Handle

\ TEW YORK. July 2S.-Now that the
N sale Of the 50 called Pearson
holdings in Rock Island, Lehigh
Valley. wabash. Missouri Pacific and
Denver and Rio Grande stock is con-
armed. Wall street was asking today
what the Kuhn-Loeb syndicate, the
purchasers. purpose TO do with the
securities.
Dr. T. u. Pearson and his brother
associates acquired the stock late in
1903 and early in 1910 with the. dream
of a vast trsnscontinental system. This
plan must now be abandoned, tenn
porarily at least. but opinion is divided
as TO whether it viii be revived under
new and more powerful guidance.
one member Of the purchasing syndi-
cate said positively this afternoon that
we have no plans for new trans
continental railway system, and the
purchase does not embrace control of
any Of the properties whose stocks we
have acquired
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
THIEF TURNS IN ALARM
AND ROBS FIREHOUSE

TACOMA, July 2S.--A Tacoma thief
submitted a novelty to the police last
night when he turned in false fire
alarm and when the firemen were
away. he robbed station No. . of every
cent there was in it, amounting to
about SO.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
ALICE, NOT CONVENTION,
KILLED NICK'S CHANGES
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

WASHINGTON, d. c.. July 2s.-Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, according
to her friends, is more than glad that
her husband. Representative Nicholas
Longworth, was not nominated for
governor at the Ohio republican con-
vention.
Her. friends say that there was
nothing attractive to her in winter
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
CRIPPEN IS ON
/. BOARD STEAMER
SAYS CAPTAIN
Missing Slayer OF Actress=Wife
Among Montrose Passen=
gers, Flashes Wireless
IncOntrOvertible Evidence OF
Hunted Mans Presence
Claimed by Commander
Scotland Yards Guess Appears
Correct as Vessel Nears
Canadian Shores
Crippen Fouud
Via Wireless

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
BELLE ISLE, July 2S, via Cape
Bay, n. F.-TO the editor of The
Call;
The following message was re-
ceived at 1890 p. M, Montreal
time, from the Montrose, then
about 200 miles east of Belle Isle:
"Crippen on board"
No particulars.
j. I'll. BARTLETT.
Bartlett is a wireless operator
at Belle Isle. at the entrance to
the straits leading to the gulf of
st. Lawrence. Montreal time is
New York time.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
LINE CAST FOR TROUT
HOOKS RATTLESNAKE
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SAN RAFAEL, July 2S.-Fishing for
trout on the Big Rock gun club pre-
serve in Lucas. valley this morning
Emil Ronberg, a local sportsman tossed
back his line for cast and hooked a
sleeping rattlesnake, with the result
that he was compelled to fight the rep
tile off with his rod until his shouts
brought Fred Foster to the rescue with
a rifle While Ronberg crouched at
the rocky edge of the stream Foster
shot off the snakes head.
Ronberg and Foster are members of
party of deer hunters belonging to the
Big Rock gun club. They went fishing
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29

call She had suffered more or less
from heart trouble. and when the alarm
sounded today she jumped up. but a
moment later fell back across the bed
dead. the sudden shock being too great
for her weakened heart
Her year old daughter slept with
her and a double tragedy nearly &C.
CURED, as the mother pinned the child
to the bed in falling and almost sufro-
Gated her. The girls brother came to
her aid.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
| LOS ANGELES i
| is STILL SHY

"HE south has decided to stay in
+ the state and pay its taxes. That
L is, the most of it has. No doubt
the rest of it will. Some of the coun-
ties below the crease in the map have
hung their assessments on even higher
pegs than the state equalizers had the
hardihood to nail. Last year there
was much wrath at the raid OF the
state board. This year the boards
figures have been widely accepted and
then some The orange and the lima
bean have confessed.
Ventura, in the van, has met the
100 per cent advance, doubled its roll
and tackled on $6O5e51 besides. Los
Angeles, convinced but conservative,
has dug up here and there some
sol 100000 that it overlooked last
year, but even at that falls $73,OOO.OOO
short of the boards desire The
southern assessor has managed after
struggle to run the total of the eight
tiptop tourist hotels to the $1,000. coo
mark. The uplift has followed in the
wake of the aviation meet
State Moves Upward
Fresno, Kern, Kings. San Bernardino
and our own Stanislaus and Santa Clara
have exceeded the board as well as
themselves. The whole state is up and
coming
Incidentally and parenthetically. the
equalizers feel that the full Justification
of their activity of last fall is at hand.
Alexander Brown. J. Harry Scott. Rich
ard Collins, A. 3. Nd and Jeff McEI-
vaine. composing the commission. went
through a series of tumultuous sessions.
Those who voted at that time for tho
increases see in the present readjust-
ment of the southern figures an admis-
sion of the correctness of the position
they took at that ime.
There may be a rocket or two still
unfred, but it is not likely that the gem
tIemen horticuIturalists of the south
will again grow crimson with argument
that orange groves are worthless and
corner lots mere waste and extrava-
gance.
Ventura county Is Of special interest.
There the assessment. boosted 100 per
cent by the equalizers to $22.1sS.790.
has been still further advanced this
year by the county assessor TO SEA-
1861 The lima bean has come into
its own
Equalizers Raised
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29

residence in Columbus and summer
spent at some "dinkey' little Ohio re-
sort, where the chief executive of the
state could keep in touch with it's af-
fairs far better than from the north
shore of Long island or Newport.
Ohio all the year around did not look
good to her. and they say she welcomed
Harding as a life saver.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29

upon the chance of seeing deer. Ron
berg separated from his companion and
found a promising pool for trout. The
rocks form pocket at this point. and
Is foot cliff overhangs the stream.
Ronberg switched back his line for
long cast and the excitement began. a
big rattler came kissing down the slope
toward him, tangled in the line and
hook.
With the cliff and surrounding rocks
cutting off retreat. Ronberg used the
butt of his fishing rod to hold the snake
at bay until it was killed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
Activity in Lehigh Valley

PHILADELPHIA July IS The
heavy dealing in Lehigh Valley stock
yesterday was stiIl in evidence when
The Philadelphia exchange opened to-
day. The stock opened strong at II, as
against 66$s at the close yesterday.
Lehigh Valley warrants sold at 2l.
More than 30.500 shares of the stock
cha nged hands in the first 10 minutes
Of business, in fact, practically all the
carly trading being in Lehigh Valley.
The Behigh Valley continued as the
feature in local trading. Up to / p. m.
the sales in the stock amounted to
ss 900 shares. The stock advanced to
1874, reacted to 6sss, and at .. m. sold
az s2S.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
Shelving But Temporary

On the other hand, another banker
concerned said that Doctor Pearson's s
project would be shelved only for the
time being. While the primary OBJ
ject of taking over the holdings, he
said. YVES to save an awkward market
situation. yet he was OF the opinion
that Kuhn, Loeb & CO. and their
friends. including some of the most i'm
portant banking interests in Germany.
would seek TO carry out the idea too
big for the Pearson group to swing.
notwithstanding the sale there is
apparently no disposition on the part
of the bankers syndicate to dispense
with the services Of Pearson and his
English associate, Percival Farquhar,
both Of whom are likely to remain di-
rectors of the railway companies con-
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29


The company. in connection with
English interests headed by Sir Ernest
Cassell, has obtained the largest single
holding OF Rock Island, both common
and preferred.
Certain banking interests here have
looked on the original Pearson plan
with favor. and it is not unlikely that
steps viii be taken TO carry ii out
AE is pointed out that while the Pear.
son syndicate could not have inaugu-
rated a transcontinentaI system except
by getting an actual preponderance OF
the stocks involved. the new holders
through associations should be able Ia
effect the practical union of the various
properties with little further outlay OF
capital.
Sir Ernest Cassell, the chief foreign
member Of the new syndicate, repre-
sents one Of the largest, if not the
largest. single financial interest OF
England. and it is stated on good au-
thority that the new Rock Island in
terest took over the stock in question
for purposes Of permanent investment
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29

Continued on Page 2, Column 3
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29

south has decided to stay in
the state and pay its taxes. That
= Is. the most of il has No dnl1ht
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-29
To Sell Lehigh TO Morgan

The American members of the syndi-
cate. acting with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
include the First national bank, a
Morgan institution. but the Morgan
banking house itself. it is emphaticarly
declared. is in no way a party to the
syndicate Tt is believed. however.
that the KUhn-Loeb syndicate viii ere
long sell to J. P. Morgan & Co. its
newly acquired Lehigh Valley holdings,
so that the road viii remain in the
hands OF the Morgan interests,
where IL has always been.
The stock transferred amounted to
several hundred thousand shares. The
amount of cash paid by the bankers is
probably from sI2.000.OOO to sI5, 600, 900,
or little more than half of the sum the
Pearson syndicate is believed to have
expended for its disastrous experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
HELD LIKE A CRIMINAL.
Daughter of Frank FYennil1en Forced
Into Quarantine.

Notified to return to her home in or
der that the clothes she wore might be
fumigated and she might thus escape
being quarantined because her brother
has diphtheria Miss Marion Flenniken
was taken from her work in the local
pension office to her home, where her
brother is i'll with the dread disease.
her clothes taken from her and she was
kept in the house "a hours. Then she
was notified that she, too, was under
quarantine and must remain at the
house until the time for her to con-
tract the disease has passed.
Deputy United State Marshal Elem
niken, Miss F'lenniken's father, who is
not under quarantine because he was
out of town when his son took sick and
has not returned to his home since, told
of the quarantine of his daughter and
is indignant at what he believes is the
unfairneSS of the board of health
According to Mr.. F'lenniken his
daughter was not at home when Frank
FIenniken was brought home sick with
diphtheria. The house was quaran-
tined. Later she was told by officers OF
the city board of health that she should
go to the house and allow her cloth
ing to be fumigated. This would re-
quire but five hours, it was said. Miss
Flenniken left her work in the pension
office, went to her home and sent out
her clothing to be fumigated.
Instead of being allowed to go at the
end of five hours she was kept in the
house all night and the next day noti-
fed that she, too was expected to OBJ
serve the quarantine as she had been
exposed to the disease by staying all
night in the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
NO PLACE FOR JOHN PRICE.
Like Leper Aged Mendicant VIII Be
Cared for at County Expense

Because the pest house, the poor
farm, the jails and the hospitals will
not allow John Price to enter, Charles
Oehms, who filed an ejectment suit
against him yesterday, will permit him
to continue to live in his house at III
Chestnut street provided the county
pays the rent
Price has been famous among the
county officers ever since he was con-
victed of selling liquors in Highland
Park, and sentenced to the county Jail
was released because he was a dan
gerous man. He is dangerous because
of cancer-so dangerous that pest
houses even will not entertain him.
Some of his friends, however, went
to Mr.. Oehms one day and rented the
house in question. That night they
slipped John Price into it. Mr. Oehms
is an old man and owns the house next
door also where he himself lives. He
has to use the water from the Same
well as Price besides submitting to the
ill feeling of neighbors for allowing
such tenant in his pace. Mr.. Oehms
stated to the county board today that
he believed Price had not had a bath
in three years and was an unc'ean
neighbor, but if they did not have any
place to send him he would let him
stay until they could find one.
The poor commissioner feeds Price
and the coroner gives him medical at
tention. The commissioners would
probably be glad to pay the rent of sc
a month to have the John Price mat
ter kept quiet They allowed that
much for the time being, at any rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-18
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.


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