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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
DIVORCE LOOMS
ON HORIZON FOR
WAL TER HOBART
Long Expected Suit. It Is
Whispered, Will Be a
Reality Early in
New Year

Rumors are abroad in the land that
the long expected divorce suit OF Mrs,
Hannah Williams Hobart against Wal
ter Hobart is about to materialize and
will be filed early in the new year.
Mrs. Hobart left last week for the
east, where she will spend the Christ
mas holidays with her three children,
who are at school there, but in jan
uary she will be in California again
Up and down the peninsula from
Third and Townsend streets quite to
the county line below MenIo Park. and
in San Rafaers most select circles as
well as here, conjectures and conf
dences are rife regarding the affairs Of
the millionaire polo player and his
beautiful wife
WIFE TO TAKE ACTION
At last, it is declared by those who
are in position to know. the legal
izing of the separation of the Hobarts
is to be sought by the wife IT is con-
fdently asserted that the complaint
has been drawn up by her attorney. 7.
c. Van Ness, on the grounds of deser-
tion and cruelty, and that when once
the holiday season is past the docu-
ments will be filed. presumably in San
Mateo county.
Since the summer of 1909 Mrs. Ho-
bart has not been at the home of her
husband. For a few months she was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21

The territory contiguous to the pro-
posed Twin Peaks park comprises the
twenty fourth and twenty fifth assem-
bly, districts. precincts "a to 4s of the
twenty sixth, precincts / to SO Of the
twenty-seventh and precincts is to 40
Of the twenty ninth The vote in this
territory was as follows
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
SALLY FRANCIS DIVORCED
Daughter in Law of Former Governor
of Missouri Wins Action

Especial Dispatch to The CALI
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2o.--Mrs. Sally Cali
thurst Francis was awarded a divorce
in Judge McQuillen's court today from
David r. Francis Jr, son OF former
Governor David R. Francis. st. Louis
hnancier. The decree gives her custody
els, years old, and alimony OF $3.50 a
month.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
DEMOCRATIC LEADER ILL
MaIady Described by Physicians as APP
proaching Nervous Breakdown
tsneAal Disnatch n The caln

WASHINGTON. Dec 2o.-Representa-
tive Oscar Underwood, the majority
floor leader in the house, is seriously
Underwoods illness. which was first
attributed to slight cold. really ap-
proaches nervous breakdown and that
he had been under the care OF two
hysicians.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
BY GEORGE G. HILL

Especial Dispatch to The CalD
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2o.-with the
unofficial, but authentic. information to-
day or the names OF additional wit
nesses who are to be heard by the
Pujo committee. it became known that
the story of the money trust has not
yet begun to unfold
This sweeping nature of the money
trust probe is to become evident when
the Pujo committee reconvenes after
the holidays, and from those in touch
with the plans Of the investigators, it
Is learned that the testimony of ].
Pierponti Morgan and the fnanciers
who preceded him on the witness stand
writes but the introductory chapter to
the story of the money power.
TO TELL srHE OTHER SIDE.
There are some of. the witnesses who
are to be called to tell "the other side"
of the tale of high finance-the men
presumably being in position to relate
how the money trust seeks to dominate
everything with which it comes in con-
tact.
Charles w. Morse, who went down in
the panic of 1907 and who later went
to the penitentiary; former Senator
William A. Clark, who fought the
Amalgamated Copper company for
many years; Fritz A. Heinze. who
waged a similar fight; Arthur e. Still
well, who claims to have built two
railroads only to have them taken out
of his hands because of the lack of
further financial backing; James A.
Moore of Seattle, president Of the West
ern Steel corporation, who obtained
capital in France when refused here;
Bernard N. Baker, who claims the
money powers closed avenues OF credit
to him when he attempted to finance
an independent steamship company:
Grant B. Moore and Oakleigh Thorne.
who are alleged to have felt the iron
hand Of the money trust when Tennes-
see Coal and Iron was absorbed-all
these will be called.
The committee also intends to hear
John D. Rockefeller and William
Rockefeller. who are not regarded as
victims OF the money trust, but rather
as witnesses who may add to Morgans
story of the ramifications of high
finance.
DAWSON FIRST WITNESS
Henry P. DAWSON. one of the Nor
gan partners. will be among the first
witnesses heard early in January. It
was of Dawson that J. p. Morgan said.
II will stand by anything he says
And it was to Dawson that the master
fnancier intrusted the active handling
OF many of the big financial transac-
tions, the details of which Mr.. Morgan
could not remember"
Samuel Untermyer counsel for the
Pujo committee left Washington to-
night but before leaving outlined to
certain house leaders. who are in sym
pathy with the work being done by
the committee. tentative plans for the
continuation of the probe after the
congress recess.
The hearings will continue probably
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
Moore Gives Last
Ante mOrtem
Approval

With President C. C. Moore of the
Panama Pacific exposition expressing
the belief that The Calls hammer
burning ceremony will crystalline the
1915 spirit, which he feels is to make
the exposition the magnificent success
that is promised, the last word of the
antemortem approval has been said
in favor of The Calls sentence of death
passed on old man Hammer.
Mayor Rolph, President Moore, other
city, county and state officials and all
prominent business men now are lined
up with The Call in its plan to end,
symbollically, the life of the knocker.
STREETS TO BE CLEANED
Vice President Thornwell Mutually of
the United sRailroads has promised TO
arrange to have streetcar traffic
switched from Third and Market
streets during the ceremony Chris Imas
eve. and his aids will Immediately be-
gin to work out this immense problem.
Lieutenant Duncan Matheson. COM
mander of the traffic squad, will have
the region clear of other sorts of We
hicles.
This is a splendid time or year to
punctuate the life of the hammer of
knockery with period" said Mutually
yesterday Il am glad The Call is TAX
ing no chance of a revival by SEN
fencing the miserable hammer to death
by burning Let us hope that once
dead, he will prove to be the last of his
line"
ESCORTED BY NATIONALS
The beautiful Chopin funeral march
will be played by the band of the ma
tions, If present plans are adopted.
when the Grape covered catafaloue
bearing the Hammer of Knockery is
escorted to Lottas fountain Christmas
eve by a full company of handsomely
uniformed nationals. With muskets
reversed and Grape knotted about the
coat sleeves of their gorgeous uni
forms of red, yellow and blue, these
civilian warriors. commanded by Cap
tain Holmes Mitchell. will march with
measured tread toward the scene of
the Hammers martyrdom.
Maybe people will miss him after
he has gone, for he certainly has
helped to fill lot of gaps in conyer-
sations. but so universal is the APP
proval of the death sentence passed on
him. that none fears future generations
will recall with tears his death.
Nine. Bernice de Pasquali, whose
gracious promise to sing assured the
absolute success of the Hammer burn
Continued ON Page 10, Column
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21

DIRECTOR SUMMONS SINGERS For HAMMER REQUIEM

TO aid tn
O'Clock
md evenings for rcas acpiube
JOHN MCKENZIE, Choral Director
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
TWO ONLY Of
BOND MEASURES
ARE led
Third of Qualified Electors
Approves Issues for Com
pletion of Hospital and
County Jail and for Po-
lice and Fire Alarm Sys-
tenn, Rejecting the Others
NO. s CARRIED BY
NARROW MARGIN

Proposition No. 1, Authoriz-
: ing an Indebtedness of
100000 for Acquisition
of the Sutro Baths and
Shore Properties, Fails of
Passage by 2,o44 Votes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
DIES ON MOVIE" STAGE
Death Comes to Woman in South
While Comedy Is Being shown

WhlIe LOmeuy Is BeIhB ShUWh
LOS ANGELES, Dec 20.-Mrs. Fan
ME S. Roe, an elderly Chicago woman,
who had come to Los Angeles to pass
the winter, died of heart failure on
the stage of a moving picture theater
here today. Mrs. Roe suddenly became
i'll in front of the theater. She was
carried inside through the crowded
auditorium to the stage. She expired
behind the curtain, upon which a COM
edy scene was being depicted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21

The territory CONTIGUOUS 20 tHe
North Beach proposed aquatic park
comprises precincts to p of the
thirty first assembly district, precincts
to 81 of the tbirty-second and the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
INVESTIGATORS TO
GATHER ALL FACTS

With the Authentic Infor-
nation of Names of Addi-
ditiona1 Witnesses Who
Are to Be Heard by Pujo
Committee, 1t Becomes
Known That Exposure of
Gigantic Syndicate Has
Hardly Begun; Sensational
Disclosures Yet in Store
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
Prediction of The Call Veri-
fed by Filing of First Suit
Brought Against Railway
Corporation, Subsidiaries
and Others for Recovery
of Valuable Oil Lands
BILL OF COMPLAINT
SAME AS FORECAST
Ground for Prosecution by
United States Based on Al
legged Violation of Clause
of Patents Granting Com
mon Carrier Alternate
Sections Along Road

The first suit of the governments
billion dollar litigation against the
Southern Pacific and subsidiary com
panies and parties operating leases on
its oil lands for the recovery of the
property was filed in Los Angeles yes
terday by TIL Butler and B. p. Town
send, special assistants to the United
States attorney general. The names of
Attorney General Wickersham and
United States Attorney A. I. Mccormick
also appear on the complaint
This announcement follows the re-
cent exclusive prediction OF The Call
that the suit would be filed in the
Fresno division of the United States
district court. the clerks office of
which is in Los Angeles. and the sub
ject matter of the bin of complaint
bears out The CalEs~statement OF de-
tall.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
San Francisco Has

mortgage debt of only 1870 Of the
actual value of its real estate. being the
ionest Of II principal Anncricdn cities.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21
MONEY TRUST
VICTIMS WILL
UNFOLD STORY
OF OPPRESSION

Men From Coast to Coast,
Who Were Driven to
Wall and Prison Cells
by Grasping Methods of
Financial Clique, Will Be
Summoned to Furnish
Congress With Facts on
Which to Base Legislation
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-12-21

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Continued ON Page 8. Column .
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-17
Good Roads Convention.

ANACONDA, July 9.-The Montana
Good Roads convention opened here
with a good attendance. President
e. P. Mathewson of Anaconda, pre-
sided.
Among the speakers we're Professor
Keale of the state college. Chief Jus.
tice Brantly, Justice Henry G. Smith,
Prof. Clinton Moore OF Butte, A. G.
Bathelder of the American Automo-
bile association, and Attorney General
Galen.
In all probability q committee will
be appointed to meet with the Mon.
tana Federation of Labor In an effor,
to argue the benefits of convict labor
on public highways in that organiza-
ton.
Great interest was manifested by
the delegates to the congress IN the
address yesterday evening by Attorney
General G allen, who 10 q strong believer
In using the convicts from the state
prison in improving the highways oil
the state. The attorney general be.
lieyes the benefit from this use is
beneficial In two ways. The convicts
are given employment in the open and
tend to become better DER and the
community is the gamer by the chear
labor thus used In making oil parts Of
It accessible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-17
FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS
Good Roads Congress Declares In
Favor Of State Supervision.

ANACONDA, July 10. - With the
adoption of constitution and bylaws,
making the good roads congress q
permanent institutions, the election of
officers and the selection of Kalispell
as the next meeting place, the third
annual session of the Montana good
roads congress adjourned yesterday.
That the cause Of good roads has
been advanced materially as the result
Of the sessions of the congress-, ~
the opinion heard on all sides. A
permanent organic alton has been out
lined and the work Of the congress
will continue throughout the entire
year instead of sporadically. The
resolutions adopted have outlined a
policy along which the organization
can work. Enthusiasm for the improve
ment of the present condition of the
highways of the state has been aroused
and it is believed that the membership
OF the permanent organization will be
extended to all parts of the state.
In the adoption of the report OF the
resolutions committee, of which NAL
colin Gilllis of Butte, was chairman,
the congress went sQuarely on record
as favoring the principle OF state
supervision of highways. Following
is part of the resolutions:
We recommend to the next legisla.
tive assembly of Montana the enact
ment of a law providing for a state
highway commission, consisting of
three members chosen on non-partisan
lines, which shall have the general su.
pervision Of the highways of Montana
and recommend to the proper parties
means and methods for the construc.
ton and maintenance Of said roads.
We commend in no mistaken Ian
guage the work of the state prison
commission of Montana and the ward.
en- of the state prison for their Jealous
and unselish efforts in the employ
ment Of convict labor on the highways
and public buildings of the common.
wealth. We know that great improve.
ments and benefits essential to every
individual, community and business
enterprise have followed whenever this
class of labor has been furnished
by the unwilling wards of the state.
We know that while the financial re.
suits have been great they are of but
secondary Importance when compared
with the mental, moral and physical
uplift secured to the laborers them.
selves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-17
Hints For Amateur Gardeners.

Remember
To keep the hoe going constantly.
That careful hoeing prevents fire.
quent watering.
That good surface guilty alton is
better than watering.
That watering from a hose tends to
''cake'' the surface and makes the
ground cold, with the result that plant
growth IL retarded.
That hoeing forms a surface cover.
ing of fine dusty particles, which
checks evaporation and at the same
time lets in air from above, which has
q s%weetening effect upon the soil.
That SCOT and lime if used with care
make good fertilizers.
Too, that both are germicides.
That all vegetables must be grown
~''Quickly" if their best flavor is to be
obtained; therefore do everything
possible to get q continuous growth
for in many instances vegetables, es-
pecially lettuce, rsdishes and turnips
are spoiled by unfavorable conditions
of growth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-17

visiting with friends in this city, re-
ports several wool sales in the Chi
nook market the past few days. The
range of prices is from Is to 20 cents.
Among the arrivals yesterday al
a party OF automobiles whose
machine was decorated with q placard
bearing the inscription: From New
York tn Los Angeles, CAL" Several
local residents who origin ally came
from Missouri expressed the belief
tina the plac ard was a fake, and that
the party was making q trip from
Havre TO Great Fails.
The civil sui. of Carl Hamann
agains. Henry Evers, q claim for
breaking about forty acres of land,
was tried before a jury In Justice
Balls u yesterday. 1t was claim
ed by the defense that the breaking
was not done on land owned by de.
fendant, but as the latter received
beneti, from the work the jury found
for plaintiff in the sum OF about S160.
A. j. Schmidt narrowly escaped a
serious acc.den: At noon today, while
driving an automobile round the cor-
ner of Front and Benton streets. He
lost control OF the steering gear. and
the machine crashed into an iron
lamp post in front of the Electric
Light company Office, the impact
breaking the lamp post and causing
minor damage to the automobile.
The result might have been consider.
ably worse.
Harvesting operations are now in
full swing on several bench land farms
west and north of town, and most OF
the ranchers will be kept busy for the
mex three months gathering the pro-
duct of their labor and preparing for
next season. According to elev ator
men who have inspected several wheat
fields in this vicinity, most of the
crops will run from twenty to twenty
five bushels per acre.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-07-17

~ ASASA ~A
with Captain Gould in charge, arrived
today and went into dock at the upper
levee, a large number of local resi-
dents following the early day custom
of constituting themselves a reception
committee. Captain Gould made
frequent trips up the Missouri river in
the eighties with steamboat of the
Block p line, aud has q large acquain-
lance among the old time residents of
this vicinity.
From Fridays Daily
r. Young, Of Ottawa, Kas., was
among the arrivals from the east to.
day.
Loran Stellman, son of M. S. Stell-
man OF Kelly fat, was received at
the Sanitarium today for medical
treatment,
DR.. G. B. Hamilton returned today
from Helena, where he was awarded q
certificate in an examination before the
state board of dental examiners.
It is announced that q public wool
sale will be held at Big Sandy Wed.
nesday, July II, when offerings
amounting to nearly 5000 600 pounds
will be placed on the market.
henry Kuhr. of Chinook, who is
The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-27
NEW WRINKLE IN
 TENNESSEE POLITICS POLITICS
FORMER MEMBER OF SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCES FOR
 U. s. SENATOR

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 26.-W. K. McAllister, former member of the Tennessee supreme court, created a political furore today by announcing his candidacy for United States sena- tor, subject to the action of the sena- torial primary to be held on Noyem- ber ,. Judge McAllister has been identified with the Patterson faction in the democratic party and his candi- dacy in opposition to Former Gov ernor M. R. Patterson is wholly unex- pected
 A special from Dresden also an- nounces that Judge Joseph E. Jones will be candidate for the senate and is now preparing a statement which will be released shorty. Jones is the judge who presided in the famous night rider cases which resulted in the imposition of death sentences on the men who killed Quentin Rankin at Reelfooi Lake four years ago.
 Senator Newell Sanders issued a statement tonight saying he will not seek reelection to the United States senate, but will devote all his time to effecting the election of Governor Patterson and President Taft, and will seek to have legislature elected which will not upset the present pro hibition laws.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-27

not affected by the report, and leaves open the question whether the asso- citation wants to admit negroes there after.
 Ralph w. Breckenridge, of Omaha Neb., submitted a minority report, op- posing the committees action.
 That he would fight any attempt to oust the negro members was made known by MT Wickersham.
 Whether the association wants hereafter to admit negro members is another question. he said, but there is no doubt that the present execu- tive committee exceeded it's power when it undertook to rescind its ac- tion."
 Those who voted to vacate the seats of the negro attorneys were Lynn Helm, Los Angeles, Cal; John Hinh- ley, Baltimore; Hollis R. Bailey, Bos- ton; Aldis B. Browne, Washington, D. C.. Edgar H. Farrar, New Orleans Secretary George Whitlock. Baltimore, and President Gregory.
 SiIaon E. Baldwin of New Haven, Conn, delivered his tenth address as director before the comparative bu- reau today.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-27
Taft Leaves Washlnaton.

Washington, Aug 26.-Within an hour after adjournment of congress to- day President Taft was on his pri- vate car bound for Beverly and va cation he expects will be broken but little until December. The white house tonight practically was desert cd. for Major Thomas l.. Rhoades, the presidents personal aide, Assistant Secretaries Forster and Brahay, and most of the office employees left with the president. Summer offices will be opened there at once, and probably most of the force will stay in Beverly until late in October.
 The president will return to Wash. ington for a one-day stay early in September, and once again later in that month to keep engagements made long ago. but he did not expect to spend many days in the white house again until election time. He prob ably will receive the returns in the white house. Later he plans to spend few weeks at Hot Springs. Va.
 The president had almost lost hope of getting away tonight when he left the executive offices at luncheon time When he was informed that there was a good chance of adjourn ment, he ordered his automobile brought to the white house door im- mediateIy and as soon as luncheon was finished the hour was reported to the capitol
The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-27
PROHIBITION FEARED
 BY THE OLD PARTIES
DRY CANDIDATE SAYS THEY ALL FEAR TO DISCUSS ouES-
 TON FROM STUMP.

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 26.-'Gov- ernment by cowardlce has become ob- noxious to the people" Aaron s. Wat kins, candidate for vice president on the prohibition ticket, told an audi ence today at the Iowa state fair.
 We have just witnessed the appall- ing spectacle of three parties so ab- solutely afraid of the liquor power that they dare not discuss the issue in open convention he continued "ln spite of the fact that 100000, people have in one way or another ex- pressed their approval of prohibition you would not have learned from any action or word spoken at the demo- cratic convention or the republican convention that such an issue existed.
 And, when Theodore Roosevelt, supposedly afraid of no man and no lion on earth, invited questions from his hearers in Chicago and one man took him at his word and called:' What about the liquor traffic? He replied Oh, go topa primary school. He was afraid to discuss that issue, afraid to say whether he favored the protection of the home against the saloon, even afraid to say whether the local laws of the people should be respected by the federal government. 2