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Revolution in Agriculture Made
Possible By Cultivation of Beets

ers showing their yields in the staple
crops before and after rotation with
the sugar beet. The figures are start
ling. They indicate that If the aver
age American farmer followed the
lead Of his beet-raising brethren. the
production of our fields would be in
creased over 100 per cent. Our crops
in the five staples would show an In
creased value of $3,817,60 900 an
nually. This stupendous sum may
arouse skepticism. but Is is simply
a deduction from cold figures.
Here are the results Of my inquir-
les. averaged. They show the aver
age yield pc racre in bushels before
and after the culture Of heets:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
CLOTH
SHROUD OF DEATH
Flapping Garment Found to
Enwrap the Body of Pretty
Violet Deay, Self=Slayer

CHICO. Jan. 25.-Believing that a
bundle of huttering cloth he saw in a
vacant lot was nothing but discarded
rags and rubbish. Charles Little passed
to and from his work for two days be-
fore his curiosity was aroused and he
discovered the body of pretty IL year
old Violet Deay of Biggs, who killed
herself after kissing her sweetheart
goodby as he took the train for Ore
gon last Tuesday.
The tragedy was the outcome of a
girlish romance in which Miss Decay
could not overcome parental objection
to Orrin Merritt, a stableman whom
she wished to marry. When she failed
to return from the train where she
bade her lover farewell, her father, a
prominent Richvale farmer. believed
that she had attempted to overcome his
objection by eloping and the sheriff was
notified.
THE search availed nothing until
Little discovered the body. with bull
let hole in the temple. enwrapped in
the wet and mudstained bundle he sup
posed to be rags.
Neighbors recalled that soon after
the oregon express pulled out Tuesday
clared that in that locality such sounds
were nothing to cause alarm or inves-
tigation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
CHINESE BEAUTY SOUGHT
AS SLAYER OF SEID
Portland Millionaire Oriental
Starts Search

SEATTLE, Jan. 25.-A search that
will extend from Victoria, b. c.. to
Los Angeles and as far east as the
Mississippi river has been begun to
find OF Sen. the beautiful Chinese
woman who. it is believed. can throw
much light on the murder of Seid Bing,
member of the wealthy Seid family
of Portland, whose mutilated body was
found in an unclaimed trunk at the
King street station here yesterday.
Frank G. Louis, formerly an inter-
prefer in the immigration service and
a confidential agent of Seid Back. the
Portland millionaire cousin of the mur-
dered man, arrived here today to or
ganize the search for Oi Sen.
Clews concerning the movements of
OF Sen have been found. and Louis is
confident that the woman, with whom
Seid Bing was infa tuated and with
whom he quarreled just before his
death. will be found.
Three young Americanized Chinese
who left Portland Wednesday night on
Southern Pacific train were ''shad-
owed to point this side of Salem.
where they eluded the vigilance OF
their pursuers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
SCHOONER AND CREW
BELIEVED TO BE LOST
AIsen May Be Derelict Off the
Lower California Coast

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25.--The two mast
ed schooner Alsen, Captain Barrete,
with a crew of six men, is believed to
have foundered and all hands perished
somewhere along the 225 miles of Lower
California coast between Ensenada and
Santa Domingo.
An appeal for help was telegraphed
from San Quentin this afternoon, and
the power schooner Neptune. in com
mand of Captain william Gerald, was
chartered by George w. Beermaker. 1t
is being outfitted tonight and with a
party of rescuers, will leave before day
light in search of the derelict and to
give. aid to the crew If any have sur
vived. as
The fAIsen, a staunch vessel, left En-
senada December Is last. 1t had ma
chinery and supplies for an American
mining company at Santa Domingo. 225
miles to the SOUTH and should have
made the cruise in a week at most A
storm came up soon afterward and
rough weather has prevailed most of
the time since That was the last seen
or heard of the Alsen. The finding of
wreckage resembling timbers from the
missing schooner on the coast near San
Quentin this morning prompted the ap-
peal for help.
Captain Barrete is well known in San
Diego. Little hope is held out for the
rescue of any of the crew.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
AUTO PLUNGES 100
FEET; WOMENSAVED
Goodness of San Jose Doctor
Prevents Probable Fatality
or Injury
TSpeeiol Dispatch 10 The Call

lOpeCf0l DiSpdtcn 10 ne N0tt
SAN JOSE. Jan. 25.-Swinging the
front wheels sharply after one of them
had already gone over the edge of the
road and sending the machine pIung-
ing straight down a steep slope for
50 feet TO a halt on the brsgIx OF =
swollen stream, Dr. Ada Scott Conner
tonight saved her life and that of a
friend by her GOODNESS and presence of
mind
Doctor Conner. a prominent local
physician, was returning from a late
call far into the hills back of Ever
green in an automobile. accompanied
by Mrs. Mabel r. McTernan, one of the
proprietors of the Women's and Chill
dren's hospital of San Jose.
The front wheel of the auto ran OF
the wet roadway on the Silver creek
road and the momentum and slippery
condition made futile all attempts to
turn back the machine. To avoid GO
ing over the grade sideways, Doctor
Conner turned the machine and headed
it into the darkness below. She ap-
piled the brakes Immediately, and after
running $50 feet stopped the heavy car
on the brink of a swollen torrent in
Silver creek.
Four men and four teams were sum-
moned by the woman and the machine
was hauled back to the roadway.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
One Illinois Group Demands
That La Toilette Be Sup-
pressed for Good of Cause
SENATOR TELEGRAPHS TO
FIGHT ROOSEVELT MEN
-
Bitter Battle Is Scheduled to-
Culminate at Springfield
Gathering Today
TEDDY'S FRIENDS WOULD
STAMPEDE CONVENTION

~ HICAGO. Jan. 25.-The Roosevelt
boom has split the progressives
Y J Of Illinois into two bitter fac
tions. One has nailed the La
Toilette colors to the mast with the
motto. La Folette Forever
The other has raised the banners OF
La Toilette. Roosevelt and Cummins.
and is demanding that La Fonette's
personal desires be suppressed for the
good of the cause
1t was learned on indisputable au-
thority tonight that d telegram has
been received from Senator La Toilette
to turn down all compromise efforts
from the Roosevelt boomers and to
turn the shrapneI on the Roosevelt
shoulders themselves if the situation
warrants violent treatment
The elimination on the bitter row is
TO be staged in Springfield tomorrow
and Saturday in connection with the
state convention of the insurgents
called by Professor Miriam, Walter
Rogers and Medill Mccormick.
Mccormick insists on keeping prin-
ciples to the front and not jeopardiz-
ing the cause With the selfish desires
of any candidate. Rogers is for La
Toilette all the time, Miriam favors
compromise. It is the program Of the
La Toilette men TO rise in the conven-
ton Saturday morning and launch a
broadside attack at Roosevelt unless
the Roosevelt faction calls off its pro-
posed attempt to block an Endorsement
of La Toilette.
The Roosevelt men tonight are max
ing plans to stampede the convention
for him. Huge banners have been pre-
pared and thousands of leaflets are
ready for distribution
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
GUESTS TO Shine
IN REGAL GOWNS
Mr.. and Mrs. Templeton Crocker
Prepare Palatial Setting
for Dance

A scene of oriental splendor more
beautiful than any setting ever before
attempted in the annals of local So
ciety, and rivaling in it's rich beauty
the descriptions of the scenes bor-
rowed from the ARABIAN Nights
awaits the zoo guests who have been
hidden to the Templeton Crocker ball
this evening at the st. Francis.
There will be- just half the traditional
400 at the ball, and every one of these
favored guests is on the tiptoe of ex-
pectation. There are regal robes pre-
pared for the occasion, and they will
surpass any costumes ever worn at the
dancing parties of the past that oc-
cupy place in social history as bril-
liant affairs.
The gowns of Turkish and Egyptian
design, each with its legendary history
of romance. will be more attractive
in their variety and extrava gance than
the fantastic creations that have ap-
peared in recent seasons in London
and Paris and in the capitals of fashion
on the continent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
AEROPLANES sink
FLEETOF WARSHIPS
SearchIights Unable to Detect
Craft and Victory Goes
to Airmen

Los ANGELES, Jan. 25.-The use of
aeroplanes for war was more than
demonstrated tonight in the spectacular
sham battle at the first night exhibi-
tion of aeroplane flying ever held in the
United States under official sanction.
The great triumph of the airmen was
scored when warships in San Pedro
bay. seven miles away failed to de-
tect them with their searchIights.
Aviators Lincoln Beachey and Glenn
H. Martin circled time after time over
an imitation fortress that had been
erected on the aviation field and
dropped actual bombs with remarkable
precision.
Two companies OF soldiers of the
Seventh regiment, national guard. and
the torpedo boat destroyers PrebIe,
Perry and Paul Jones. lying anchored
in San Pedro harbor, seven miles away,
participated in the mock battle. 1t was
one of the most spectacular exhibitions
ever witnessed.
Preceding the battle the first night
ascension was made by T. o. Parma lee,
who went aloft carrying no lights and
being visible only when his machine
passed over the lighted grandstand. He
was quickly followed by Lincoln
Beachey, who ascended from the field
with stick of redfre dangling to the
tail Of his aeroplane. Beachey astound-
ed the spectators by performing series
of evolutions that were no less daring
than those he had been performing dur
ing the daytime.
After the attack on the fortress"
commenced. Beachey and Martin went
up in the air on signal from the
~belea guered, town. Beachey carried
lights at the ends of his biplane and
Martin carried a searchlight. Each
time they passed over the fortress"
at an altitude of from 200 to 500 feet
they were fired upon by troops and
~battleships' in most realistic fashion.
The bombs dropped by them destroyed
the imitation fortress and battle
ships"
lAc df4dbOIS dSIAdACu tilcE we're dblS
to distinguish easily the torpedo boat
destroyers which endeavored without
success to pick up the aeroplanes with
their searchlights. The landings were
made by the aviators with no more
difficulty than in the day time, al
though they asserted that when aloft
they were absolutely unable TO de-
termine the altitude at which they were
flying. The spectacle will be repeated
Saturday night, when more aeroplanes
viii be entered.
The torpedo destroyers were sent
here especially by the navy department
to take part in these night maneuvers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
RICE SHOWER DOESN'T
ALWAYS MEAN MARRIAGE
Alleged Bigamist's Friends Hide
Fact She's Under Arrest
7 Special Dspotch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
TACOMA. Wash. Jan. 25,-In an at
tempt to hide the fact that the woman
was under arrest and on her way to
prison. friends showered Deputy Sheriff
Peter Stenso and Mrs. Laura Leeds.
alleged bigamist. with handfuls of rice
as they boarded a train at Occur
d'Alene, Idaho. yesterday afternoon for
Tacoma Stenso returned with his
prisoner 10 this city today and Mrs.
Leeds is held under $500 bonds.
When Is years old she met George
Smith, horseman in charge of the
stock Of Marcus DAILY, the copper king.
She was granted a divorce eight months
ago in California. and last month mar
ried Walter Leeds. age q, a jockey.
Mrs. Leeds is charged with bigamy,
as her divorce decree did not take ef-
feet until q year after being granted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
THIS GUARD SURE WON'T
Go ASLEEP ON IT'S BEAT
Special Detail Commissioned to
Watch Box of Bombs

SAN DIEGO, Jan. PA box of nitro
glycerin bombs, believed to contain
enough explosive to destroy half the
city, is being watched by a special
guard of officers in the city Jail yard
here tonight.
The deadly material was found in the
room of Albert Stodt, a confessed dyna-
miter who was sent to jail yesterday.
1t was used as evidence against him.
and the justice of the peace ordered the
bombs returned TO Chief of Police VII
son.
Tonight the chief was at loss for
means of destroying the deadly ex-
plosive until it was finally decided to
tow the bombs to sea In boat to-
morrow, fasten the box with iron
weights and sink the material in the
ocean, where it Will be beyond all
chance Of doing harm
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
Hats Off, Bow Low,
For Here's America 5
First Woman Judge
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

CONVICTION, Ky, Jan. 25.
A male of the species stood up
for trial in the United States
court here today, and his judge
was woman.
DO you plead guilty or not
guilty." asked Judge Mabel Van.
dyke Bell, the new United States
commissioner of Covington, try
ing her first case.
Frank Fl. Streine of Newport,
Ky. charged with misusing the
mails. first victim OF an epoch in
woman's rights and sex revolu
ton, stood up. Mere man
seemed to realize that he was
playing an important part in
tremendous event III the destiny
of the race. He trembled sligh-
ly. His voice was pitched at
pianissimo.
Not guilty" he answered.
Ard then, for the first time
anywhere in the United States,
trial began with a woman
judge presiding. and in United
States court at that
Gentlemen" said the "judg
ess" in court, "are you ready
The gentlemen were. After
hearing the evidence, Judge Bell
turned to the defendant and
said: Mr.. Streinc, the evidence
is very plainly against you. |
can't do otherwise than bind you
over to the grand jury
Streine gulped once or twice.
He seemed to be in thorough
accord with what Rud. Kipling
said about the female of the
species .
"I'Il fix your bond at $780,"
said the judge. Can you give
bond?'
Streinc indicated that he
could, and his case will be heard
in April.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
FOUR STANFORD MEN
JOIN COLLEGE SOCIETY

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Jan. 25.-
J. C. Thomas II. f. A. Manning is.
r. f. Anderson 'f3 and Fl. II. Beall IL
were initiated last night by the Ham
mer and Coffin society. which publishes
the Chaparral, the college comic jour-
nal The neophytes have passed the
years trial required of new members.
Anderson has acted as assistant busi-
ness manager for the last year, and,
with the failure of Mana ger 3. @.
Bliven to return this semester, succeeds
Bliven as manager The other new
men are connected with the editorial
department.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
BUSH DODGES QUERY,
'fWHAT ABOUT BROWN?"
Rio Grande President Lauds
q. N. Official

PUEBLO, Colo. Jan. 25.-President
B. f. Bush of the Denver and Rio
Grande and Missouri Pacific railroads.
who arrived here this afternoon from a
tour of inspection of the Rio Grande
system. refused to confirm or deny the
report that E. L. Brown, formerly gen.
eral superintendent of the Great North
ern railroad, had been appointed vice
president and general manager of the
Rio Grande.
When shown the Seattle dispatch re-
lating to the report, he said:
II wish / could get Brown for the Rio
Grande. He is one of the greatest
mountain railroad men in the country
and would be a great acquisition to this
railroad"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
MONTENEGRO DYNASTY
FACES "A REVOLUTION
Movement Reported Engineered
by Countrymen in America

LONDON. Jan. 2a.--A dispatch from
cettinje Montenegro. reports that the
police there have discovered a wide-
spread movement to overthrow the
Montenegrfn dynasty and establish
republic 1t is alleged that the move
ment is being engineered chiefly by
Montenegrins in the United states,
who have sent 100000 to the revolu-
tionary committee whose headquarters
are ii Belgrade
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
TWO HUNDRED OFFER
TO FIGHT FOR ITALY

SPOKANE, Jan. 25.-Two hundred
young italians from this city may soon
be on their way across the Atlantic 20
fight the Turks. Part of this force
has volunteered to go home and enlist
in the army and 1t is proposed to In
crease the number To zoo.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
MEMBER OF AUSTRIAN
CABINET is TO RESIGN
Count Won AehrenthaI Reported
Critically III

VIENNA. Jan. s5.--The resignation Of
Count Won Aehrenthal. the Austro-H Hun
garian minister Of foreign AFFAIRS. is
condition is too serious to permit Of
his going TO the Riviera. There are
rumors that fatal termination can not
be long delayed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
Impersonators of Queens

The oriental ball is to have a setting
worthy of the distinguished guests who
will come as impersonators of the
queens of antiquity or the rulers of real
or legendery realms that have long
since passed out of time. The prosaic
ballroom has been transformed into
place where royalty may be entertained
in style betting the pleasure of ma
jestic ones.
A sultan might reign approximately
in the miniature palace that has been
created within the last two days at the
st. Francis. The ceiling of the room has
been covered with rare oriental en-
broideries and almost forgotten Egyp-
tian and Persian designs Of tapestry
Around the walls are half curtained
alcoves heavy with incense, where the
guests may linger between dances or re-
main seated on fine tapestries and rugs
brought from the land of luxury. Here
the sultans may chat with their favor
ties, and the picturesque company Of
Aladdins, Cleopatras, caliphs and other
people of the east may meet for social
hour.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26

The center of the room is really the
place of extravagant beauty that will
lend color and give the effective finish
to the scene. There is to be fountain
with myriad colored waters falling in a
brilliant spray into a deep. cool basin.
and the suggestion is of the ancient
garden of Alhambra Tall palms and
rare exotics are part of the fountain
and garden arrangement that is differ
ent from any scheme of decoration ever
attempted in an occidental ballroom.
The atmosphere of the orient. not as
it is today. but as it has existed in the
imagination of poets and story telIers
vii lpervade the faneiful world into
which Mr.. and Mrs. Crocker have in
vited their guests for this evenings
entertainment
The heroes and heroines of this brill
liant company will wear modern cos
tunes of the orient as well as those
chosen from the ancient world OF ro-
nance. Many beautiful Jewels brought
from the orient vii loranment costumes
fashioned after some real or ina ginary
parsonage.
Mrs. James Flood as Persian prin-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
Jewels Taken From Thaw Resi-
dence in Pittsburg Valued
at S35,000
Four Men Also Indicted, Charge
Including Another $4,000
Robbery
A Mystery of Thefts Intensified
by Return of Gems
in Parcel
[Speeial Dseoteh 10 The Call

SPECIAL Dispatch 10 ne (dII
~HICAGO. Jan. 25-The surrender
Of Mrs. Nellie Prince to the Chi
J cago police today foreshadowed
the clearing up of a three year
mystery of double burglary in Pitts
burg.
The crime netted the robbers s45,-
600. With four men. Mrs. Prince is
under Indictment for the robberies.
Five Under Indictment
The indictments, secretly returned in
Pittsburg several months ago, named
the following:
Mrs Nellie Prince, whose first hus-
band was killed in a robbery and whose
second is in prison.
Harry Robinson. originator of the
famous Rector restaurant holdup in
Chicago now in Saltwater. Mimi,
prison.
Joe Bertsche. brother OF Barney
Bertsche. Chicago saloon keeper and
former crook
George Bissett who shot and killed
Detective Sergeant William J. Russell
in Barney Bertsche's saloon adjoining
the old temporary city hail. in June
1909.
Harry Featherstone. an international
crook and robber. VINO was shot and
killed after attempted robbery at Mich
igan avenue and Twenty-frst street
last year. Featherstone had been for
years the terror of the north side of
Chicago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
Robbery at Thaw Home

The five are charged with robbing
the residence of Mrs. William Thaw Jr.
of jewelry, mainly family heirlooms,
valued at $4,000. and the residence
of Isaac Kaufman of $4,000 in jewels
and furs.
Both houses. in the heart Of the aris-
tocratie section of Pittsburg. were ram
sacked during the dinner hour.
Secret indictments were returned by
Pittsburg grand jury January 1e and
were forwarded with the warrants to
Chicago. The woman, learning through
friends that she was wanted. and be-
lieving the police could find her within
a short time. appeared at detective
headquarters. gave her name and sur
rendered. She glanced at a bulletin
lying on the desk bearing her picture.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
Jewels Were Returned

The mysteries attending the bur
Rfsry of the two Pittsburg residences
did not end with the discovery of the
crime. ncr with the failure for a long
time to discover anything to determine
sthe identity of the burglars.
a short time ago a large parcel was
delivered at the Thaw residence, and
on being opened was found to contain
the entire assortment Of stolen jewelry
uninjured.
Details of the return were made pub
lie. 1t was stated at the time that Mrs.
Thaw had paid $4,000 for the recovery,
but this was neither confirmed nor de-
MED by the Thaw family.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
Woman Furnishes Bond

That's me-" she said. Wait a min
ute" IN a few minutes she was out
on $500 bonds. signed by court re-
porter and an attorney. Walton. whose
Office is near the city hall. She re-
fused to say where she was living.
further than that she was over on the
north side, and having to move pretty
fast TO keep ahead of the landlord"
She was taken to the woman's ward
of the South Clark street station for a
short time. She probably will be taken
to Pittsburg within a day or so on the
arrival of Pittsburg detectives. Mean
while the police throughout the north
west Will try to reach Bertsce and
Bissett. It is not thought that they
are in Chicago.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-25
Ennis Couple Married sunday.

Mr.. James j. Newman and Miss
Wilhelmina Kendall, both popular
young people of Ennis, surprised
their many friends and the imme-
date family of the bride by driv-
ing in car to Waxahachie and
getting married Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock.
Accompanying the happy couple
were Mr. Jim May and Miss Dura
Mccall. They drove Immediately
to the Methodist parsonage in
Waxahachie where the pastor Rev.
J. A. Whitehurst, performed the
ceremony that made them hus-
band and wife.
Immediately after the ceremony
the party drove back to Ennis and
are receiving congratulations and
expressions of good wishes from
their many friends,-Ennis News.