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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
FIVE HURT IN sMAsHUP
ON WAY TO ELG|N RACES
Machine Stalled Alongside
Road Is Hit by Pass
ing Auto

ELGIN, Ill. Aug. s0.--Five Chica-
goans were injured today in smash
up on the way to the Elgin races.
They were:
Mrs. T. A Spence, knee cap broken
and badly bruised: condition critical.
7. A. Spence. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Spence, occupants OF the same car,
badly bruised and battered.
George Grundell, badly crushed
The Spences were stalled alongside
the public road near Bartlett, seven
miles southeast OF Elgin. when
George oglesby. a Chicago druggist,
ran into them with an automobile
while travelling at high speed. The
Spences were all thrown into the
ditch.
Grundel's car turned turtle on a
narrow turn, II miles south of Elgin,
pinning him underneath. He was res-
cued by automobilists.
All Of the injured were taken to
Bartlett, where two private homes
We're turned into temporary hospitals.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
CHATTANOOGA WILL
PROVIDE FOR VETERANS
All Homes Have Been Made
AuxiIiarfes to Hotels

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Aug. 3o.-
Former United States Senator Newell
Sanders, general chairman; John A.
Patten, executive director, and Fred
Arm, chairman OF the assignment
committee, Chattanooga Encampment
association, which will entertain the
forty-seventh national encampment OF
the c. A. r. here September 1920
today issued a statement assuring the
Grand Army and the others expecting
to come here that all would be prop
erly cared for Practically all emer-
gency accommodations in Chatta-
nooga's private homes are placed al
the disposal of the committee aux
iliary to the hotels.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
AGED WOMAN INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Mrs. Anna Kieser Taken to Emer-
gency Hospital with Broken
ColIarbone

Mrs. Anna Kieser, an aged woman.
residing at 306 Steiner street, was
run down and painfully injured at
Seventh and Market streets by ma
chine driven by Mrs. c. ]. MichaeIs
of 29S Cole street, wife Of the man
ager OF the local branch of the Ameri-
can Tobacco company.
Mrs. Kieser was crossing the
street, and, according to Mrs Mich
aels, became confused and stepped
directly into the path Of the machine.
The injured woman was removed
to the central emergency hospital by
Mrs. Michaels. 1t was found that she
had incurred broken collarbone. She
later was taken to her home.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

Canada" says the letter, recon-
nlended by this commission were
made law in 1910 by Dominion en-
actment, but no implementing legis-
iatlon has been passed by your fed
eral authorities. This annual close
season on the Canadian side of the
line was one of the suggested regu-
lations, and the relaxation of it dur
ing the current year merely pre-
sages the denunciation Of the treaty
which will take place If effect is not
given by the government of the
United States to the regulations re-
ferred TO at the next session of con-
gress.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
First Interstate Conference
Ever Held Considers
Plan for Uniformity
of Procedure
CHIEF PURPOSE TO
ELIMINATE DELAY
Practical Men of Commerce
Demanding Reform,
Says Chairman

MONTREAL Aug. 30.-The srst
interstate conference of judges since
the United States Of America Reeve
nation met here tonight to plan for
uniformity OF judicial procedure
Inc conference was preliminary 10
the annual meeting Of the sraor;cs.
par association, which opens here
Every state in the union 1vas -
resented. most of them bv the nrasis-
Ing judge of the court of last resort
mere We're present also judges rene
seHuns the nine federal circuit courts
OF appeal, and the federal ca,,yts of
Hawaii and Porto Rico ana ~, 80. - ~
q appeals OF the District of CoInmbia
The aim Of the conferences ii ~
elimlnate delay and reduce The ~
penses of litigation
me Judges wish to have the courts
1eieased from some of the statutes
that now bind them and left free to
make their owniruIes.
Il was suggested that the sunrera
court nave superintendence over +he
rules or pleading and practice In ali
Asoerai ana state courts and gradu-
cedure
4 Thomas w Shelton of Virginia
Chairman of the committee on mi.
form judicial procedure of the Bar
association. presided.
In his address Mr. Shelton predfcted
that the gathering would mean to
Interstate judicial delegations what
the Mount Vernon conference of 1885
between Virginia and Maryland meant
10 interstate commerce relations
The practical men of commerce.
said Mr. Shelton, are demanding the
Injection Of common sense in the ma
chinery of the courts and congress
and the legislatures are being called
upon to give the courts the necessary
power. He advocated a fixed system
Of interstate judicial relations" de-
claring that il ought to be quite as
possible and even less difficult than
the present plan of Interstate COM
merce relations.
Instead of thousands of manufac-
1urers, merchants and hundreds of
railroads and. other human endeavors
creating difficult complications to
solve, there would be As supreme ap-
pellate courts and 3 federal circuit
courts of appeals to administer upon
any given principle
I'VE need little more friendly
gossiping by the judges over the back
fences" he added.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
sECRE ETARY LANE
ARRIVES TODAY
Round of Entertainments
Planned for Welcome to
Cabinet Officer
Governor to Appear at Ban
quet in Palace Hotel
Wednesday

On his first tour Of the Pacific coast
since his induction into the Office of
secretary of the interior. Franklin K.
Lane. former San Franciscan, is
due to arrive in his home city this
morning at $3.50. Lanes visit will
consume four days
The secretary will be met at the
Oakland pier by members of the gen
eral reception committee appointed. by
Mayor Rolph and escorted to this side
of the bay. Upon his arrival he viii
be taken to the nave Of the ferry
building, where a reception will be
held
Full arrangements for the banquet
TO be rendered Mr.. Lane Wednesday
evening at the Palace hotel. have been
completed. The speakers will be Su-
pervisor Alexander T. vogelsang.
chairman Of the committe on arrange
ments, who will make the opening
remarks; Mayor Rolph, whose subject
will be San Francisco" and Governor
Hiram Johnson. who will speak on
California
Charles G. Moore will talk on the
Exposition; DR.. David p Barrows.
acting president Of the University of
California, will speak on Lanes Alma
Mater" Following Doctor Barrows
the secretary of the interior will
speak, the subject selected for him
being Home"
More than half of the zoo seats have
been reserved and indications point
to all seats being taken.
Mr.. Lane has been invited to attend
the Henry George memorial dinner
Tuesday night at a downtown res
taurant. James H. Barry, naval Of
ficer Of the port, will preside.
During Mr.. Lanes stay in the city
he will be the guest OF the Iroquois
club for an evening.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
POLICE HELPING BRIDE
LOCATE BRIDEGROOM
Fails to Lead Seachers to Where
abouts of Young Man

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Aug. 3d.
For two weeks it became known to-
day, police and detectives have been
searching for a young man who rep
resented himself as Fritz Won Seefeld.
member of a wealthy Philadelphia
family. and who, in the last year, has
been prominent in Minneapolis So
ciety
He disappeared three days before
his engagement to prominent young
woman here was to have been an
nounced.
An indictment was returned by the
grand jury 10 days ago charging him
with having passed a check for S375
on a local jewelry store to purchase
diamond engagement ring.
Two local hotels also hold checks
returned from the bank marked mo
funds" according to the police.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
BALKAN ATROCITIES
WILL NOT BE PROBED
Peace Commission COMMITTEES Aban-
done Plan-servia and Greece
Objected

sALONIKI, Aug. so-The members
Of the commission appointed by the
Carnegie international peace endow-
ment to Investigate the alleged Bal
kan atrocities have decided to aban-
don their probe.
servia and Greece objected to GER
tain members of the commission and
declined to recognize it
Their objections were chiefly
against Prof Paul N Milukoff. leader
of the constitutional democrats in
the Russian duma, and the English
writer, DR.. H. n. Braileford. whom
they consider Bulgarian.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
FRENCH AVIATOR FALLS
WITH TWO PASSENGER S
Andre de Bussey, After Winning Sec
ond in Race, Meets Mfshap Near
Mafdenhead

LONDON, Aug. 30-Andre de Buis-
sey, an aviator, and two passengers,
were badly injured by the fall of an
aeroplane this afternoon.
De Buissey had raced his machine
at Hendon in the afternoon, finishing
second in the contest. He the started
for Aldershot with the two passen-
gers to deliver the machine to the
army authorities.
Near Maidenhead the engine went
wrong. De Buissey tried to volplane,
but In the descent the machine turned
utrtle SO feet from the ground De
Buissey, who was pinned under the
wreckage, was the most severely hurt
of the three.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
HoNoRED BY CITIZENSHIP
Parma, ITALY, Recognizes Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Mccormick

PARMA, Italy, Aug. 30.-The mu-
nicipality has conferred honorary
citizenship on Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
T. Mccormick OF Chicago in acknowl-
edgement Of their generosity toward
the creation of monument here to
Verdi Mrs. Mccormick is the daugh-
ter Of John D. Rockefeller.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
Call Foreman Honored
Diamondpin Presented
Vim. NJ. Davy Given
Beautiful T oxen of
Men S Esteem

As token of the esteem and af-
fection in which William NJ Davy,
foreman of The Call composing room,
is held by his fellow employees, a dia-
mond pin and set of congratulatory
resolutions, printed on parchment in
a russia leather case. were presented
to Mr. Davy last night by The Call
chapel of the international Typo
graphical union. Mr. Davy now be-
comes foreman of the Chronicle COM.
posing room
ealing the chapel together at mid
night Chairman w. Groom called
on Vice President Cowperthwaite of
TIE special committee. who delegated
.. Mitchell of the L T. u. to make
the presentation speech. Mr.. Davy
responded.
Then George A. Tracy, former vice
president Of the L I. IT,, told the
history of The Call since it's founda-
ton in 1856, and expressed to Mr..
Davy the good wishes of the chapel
Ihe pin and the resolutions were
presented to him amid the singing
OF AUD Lang Syne.''
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
The resolutions were as follows:
Nv Whereas, William NJ. Davy has
rendered his resignation as foreman
or the composing room of The San
francisco Cali, and said resignation
mas been accepted by the manage
ment: therefore, be it
Resolved, that we. the members OF
The San Francisco Call chapel, in this
simple but earnest manner, express
our regret at Mr.. Davy's leavetaking
as foreman of The Call composing
room; that we wish to express our
thanks for the uniformly fair and
courteous treatment he has extended
to his fellow workers during his ac-
tlvities as head of the composing de-
partment; that we wish him complete
success in his new field of labor.
whatever the nature of and wherever
that field of labor may be, and bid
him godspeed.''
HANDSOMELY INSCRIBED
On the outside of the black russia
leather case in which these resolu-
tions are bound, along with the names
OF the members of The Call chapel,
IS printed Mr.. Davys name and
likeness of The Call building in gold
letters.
Mr.. Davy has been head of the
composing room for seven years, and
the testimonial and the spirit in which
it was given are evidence of the repu
tation he has built up among his
men.
He is succeeded on the Evening
Call by Clarence Davy. his son.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
CHURCHILL IN BERKELEY
Author and Progressive Leader En-
cages Home for Year
Especial Dispatch to The Cal

BERKELEY, Aug. S0-Winston
Churchill, author and leader in the
progressive party, has established his
home in Berkeley for the winter, hav-
ing engaged residence at 1436
Euclid avenue. He plans to remain
in this city for a year at least.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
HANDSOMELY INSCRIBED
CENTENARIAN PASSES OUT
Mrs. EfHe Rector, Five Months Past
100 Years old, Succumbs

AUBURN. Aug. 30-Mrs. Enie Rec
tor, the Oldest woman in Placer coun-
ty. and cne OF the Oldest in northern
California, died yesterday at the home
OF her grandson. William AyreS, in
the Mount Vernon district, near Au-
burn. She was loo years and 5
months old
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

A money making PROPOSE
ton is open to you all, and a
present you will appreciate
will be given to every boy
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
RE CORD CARGO OF
HAL|BUT CAUGHT
Alaska Banks Develop New
Industry, Which Will
Be Opened Up
Canada Extends Season for
Taking Sockeye-Otlle
Northwest News

SEATTLE, Aug S0.-The steamer
Starr arrived today from the newly
discovered fishing banks off Cape
Fairweather, southwestern Alaska,
with $4,000 pounds of halibut. which
is said to be the largest catch ever
made BY a single vessel in the in
dustry. The fish were brought down
frozen
The success of the Starr on the new
banks is likely to lead to the con-
struction of larger vessels that can
push farther north and west in Alas
kan waters and that have larger fuel
and cargo capacity than the swarm Of
small boats that operate on the south
eastern Alaska banks
The STAIRS catch is valued at
$4,000.
MiIitiamen Go Home
VANCOUVER, B. c., Aug. so.-
Nearly 1000 militiamen returned to
their homes in Victoria and vancou-
Yer last night and today from the
coal mining district of Vancouver
island, where strike riots resulted in
calling out the troops
Only 240 soldiers are now in the
Mining has not been resumed.
Mills Curtail Output
ABERDEEN. Wash, Aug. s0.-The
West Coast Lumbermen's association
yesterday ordered a curtailment Of
one-third in the output of the mills
beginning September /. owing to dull
ness in the lumber market.
Thirty mills were represented, sit
uated in western Washington and
Portland. and it is said all the large
mills in the northwest will cooperate.
The method Of decreasing the output
was not decided on. Most of the
mills will work only four days a
week. it is said
The output Will be reduced 30000,-
000 feet day. Members at the meet
Ing thought reduction of time for
80 days would remedy the situation.
Salmon Season Extended
BELLINGHAM, Wash, Aug. 30
That the provincial fisheries depart
ment of the Canadian government
has officially extended the sockeye
open season until September Is, not
withstanding that sockeyes may not
be caught in Puget sound waters
after August 25, is the information
NoAtdAHSO III lttlCl lCIc4Fcd tOQdy
by State Fish Commissioner l.. H.
Darwin from W J. Bowsock. commits
sioner of fisheries of British CO.
lumbia.
The extension, according to Com
missioner Bowsock, has been author
lied as a result of the alleged fail
ure of the United States to ratify
or obtain definite action upon the
recommendation made by the interna-
tional fisheries commission consisting
of DIR. David Starr Jordan and Dr.
Z. e. Prince. in 1910.
The regulations pertaining TO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-10
PREACHER FEARS GAYNOR.
Says Mayor Might Name the Long
Term Commissioner.

In a sermon last night the Rev. Jacob
f. Price. pastor OF the Washington
Heights Methodist Episcopal Church. told
his congregation few things he had in
mind regarding the Wagner committee
and what 1t should do.
our city's peril at Albany just now."
he said. does not lie in the direction OF
the opening OF the saloon on Sunday. Is
the Wagner committee to be used to give
us Police Commissioner for term of
ten years and is that Commissioner to be
appointed by the present Mayor? That is
the vital question.
In the name OF reason is the public
prepared for that? Shall we have "A
Mayor who has failed utterly and de
plorably TO maintain order. one under
whose administration vice and crime have
held high carnival, to name a man after
his own heart?
shall the good work done by Whit
man. Moss and Con. supported by tine
grand juries and the petit juries, go for
naught?
Suppose the city wakes up and elects
for the next term a Mayor who is honest,
clear visioned capable, and one who re-
spects his oath. What viii that avail us
II FOR ten years he have fixed in the office
of Police Commissioner a man IN league
with tn" underworld. appointed to carry
on the same regime as under the present
administration? II T. high time olr citi-
zcns awakened to the real peril"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-10
HUDSON MAXIM'S DINNER.
Entcrtains at Anair for Servian
Prince and Princess.

Mr.. and Mrs Hudson Maxim gave a
dinner party yesterday evening at their
home. SOS 81. Marks avenue, Brooklyn, to
the Prince and Princess Lazarovich
Hrebelianovich OF Servia.
Among the other guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Rex Beach, q, H. Gilmer and Mrs
Gilmer dorothy Dix), Timothy l.. Wood
ruff and Mrs Woodruff Col q. Il.
Mitcham. Mr.. and Mrs f.. ", Boles, ]. b.
Walker editor of the Scientific Aneri-
can, and Mrs. Walker, Prof, Garrett r.
Serviss, the astronomer, and Mrs Ser
viss. William Seaver Woods, editor Of the
Literary Digest, and Mrs Woods, William
Oberhardt artist. c. II. Macauley. car
toonist the Rev, and Mrs, Francis Rolt-
Wheeler. w. J. Hampton the poet Dave
King. short story writer Charles r. Null
Ter, artist. and Mrs. Muller, Martin b.
Jones and Mrs. Jones (Shanna Cum
m!ngD. Mr.. and Mrs George T. Golfer
Gen, s. +. kneeland. Gen. Mesrop Newton
Khan, Mr.. and Mrs Walter Pulitzer,
Eugene V, Brewster editor OF the Motion
Picture Story Mn9asine, and Mrs. Brew
ster. Mr. and Mrs ], +, Tucker, T.. u.
Caruthers, advertising manager of the
New York World, and Mrs. Caruthers,
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. p, Gray.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-10
PRISONER IN JAIL
C0NFESSES MURDER
Says He Killed Miss Emma
Brooks Near POugh-
keepsie in 1909.

PoroHKEEPslE, n. Y, March o.
Sheriff w. h. Shaw of Portsmouth. n.
H., called the Poughkeepsle police de-
partmcnt on the telephone tonight and
said a prisoner in his Jail had confessed
to him to-day that he had murdered
Miss Emma Brooks in her home near
Poughkeepsie on July IA, 1909.
The prisoner was arrested on charge
of grand larceny under the name "
John Babbtt. He Is in an advanced
stage of consumption. Sheriff Shaw said
Babbitt had made the confession In the
course of two hour interview.
Miss Brooks. who was I2 years old,
lived alone in her cottage on the New
Paltz turnpike. three miles from N"
Hudson River. She IVES found dead with
her throat cut. The knife with which
she was slain was found under the We.
randa of her house.
The crime, the motive of which was
robbery, was attributed to tramp berry
pickers, one of whom, known at Jo'n
Cooley, Bowery character. answers
the general description of the man an
der arrest in Portsmouth.
Sheriff Shaw said that Bahbitt is NO
likely to live long. Realization of this
fact prompted him TO make the confrs-
sion. Babbitt was under the impression
that a reward had been offered tS
sheriff Shaw had been kind to him ne
decided to help the Sheriff get the re-
ward
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-10
MON SEMINARY MAY RETURN.
VIII Discuss Differences with Pres
bytery From which II Seeded,

committee of the Union Theological
Seminary will meet on Thursday after
noon with committee of the Genera
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
They will attempt to reestablsh harmoni-
ols relations between the seminary and
the denomination from which il seccled
twenty years ago. after the trial for
heresy and final expulsion from the
Presbyterian ministry of the Rev DIR.
Charles A, Briggs, still a professor in the
seminary.
At the General Assembly in MAY. 1911
IN Atlantic City. the Rev DR. David G.
Wyliv. pastor of the Scotch Church in
this city. caused great interest and some
surprise by making motion that the
assembly appoint committee to meet
with like committee of the seminary,
II the latter would support such a com
mittee. with the aim of reestablishing
Dr. Wylie's recommendation went
through with almost general approval,
and the General Assembly then chose
its committee. After almost two years
Union Seminary has taken action. II
has selected committee and many look
for favorable result of the negotiations
Ever since the Briggs trial the semi
nary has encountered trouble in having
rs graduates licensed to preach by tho
New York Presbytery. but because so
many members Of the Presbytery are
either members. professors or directors
OF the seminary II has usually won the
day. The result has been that repeatedly
issues have been taken before the Gem
"ral Assembly. and have been the cause
OF bitter attacks
At present Union Seminary il inde-
pendent OF any religious denomination
II trains men for the ministry OF every
Protestant denomination, Until the
briggs trial IT was part Of the Presby-
terian Church.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-10
HAYWOOD TALKS TO
$4,000 IN A GROVE
AgitatOr Tells Paterson Silk
Strikers He'll Stay East
Till They Win.
LIKE PICNIC IN THE WOODS
Workers Garry Their Luncheon
and Spend the Day in
the Open Air.
LIKE PICNIC IN THE WOODS

\ crowd estimated AT between 10000
and $4,000 persons gathered in "a grove
near the Cedar Crest Hotel at Haledon.
y. j.. three miles out Of Paterson, yes
tcrday afternoon to hear William ID.
Haywood, president OF the Industrial
Workers of the World. speak. Most of
the listeners were men on strike from
the Paterson silk mills. and they hud.
died as close Ia the small platform
as they could To be within reach of
their leaders words.
The meeting was held In the open for
two reasons: the Paterson police re-
fused 10 allow the strikers to hold any
| sort of "A demonstration within the city
limits on Sunday, and no hall could be
found large enough to admit fraction
of the crowd which Clamored to hear
Haywood.
The event was in the nature Of a
picnic for the workers. some Of them
walked or trolleyed out to the grove with
their families and carried lunch baskets
prepared to spend most of the day in
the tree banked hollow where the meet
ing was held.
Haywood told them that they are
going to win, that they must win
the strike. and he is going to remain
in the East to make sure tnat they do
win. He complained because so many
strikes were Joined only by men Of one
! craft. in the silk strike he said, every
one who works in the silk mills should
go out, no matter whether they did
different kinds Of work or not.
He told them not To let the bosses
say they cant afford to pay a minimum
of Sl2 week without contradiction.
He continued:
The workngman and the employer
have nothing in common. and there is no
peace for the workingman so long as he
has the hunger and the hardship and a
few employers have all the good things
of life
The struggle of the workers against
the few must go on until the workers
organize as u class and take possession
OF the earth and the machinery of pro-
duction and abolish the wage system.
You will md that our condition can only
be changed by all members OF an in
dustry stopping work TO make the capital
lists give in to us
Ewald koettgen, secretary of the
Paterson local of the !. W. W, an
nOunced yesterday that the strike fever
is spreading to the stationary engineers
of the silk mills He says he has re-
t'lNtu I''l'lS from lH's' men dsklnS
that they be organized by /. w. w.
officials and that the teamsters are ask
ing for the same thing.
Under Sheriff Robert y. Heath. who
il watching the strike at the National
silk Dycing Company. at Dundee Lake,
near Hackensack, heard yesterday that
Ettor and Giovannitti. the Lawrence.
Mass, agitators, are planning to go to
| Hackensack to-day. He says he will
arrest them the minute they begin to
agitatc. There was no violence yester-
day in either Hackensack or Paterson.