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The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
DIPLOMAS ISSUED
Fall Graduating Exercises
Held in Local InSti-
tuti0ns

The graduating exercises of the
Adams grammar school were held on
Friday, a literary and musical pro-
gram by the pupils preceding the dis
tribution of the diplomas. Walter
Mayrhofer and Myrtle Bush were the
medalists. Miss H. F. Mcfarland Is
principal and Miss E. Levison vice
principal.
Those having special numbers on
her program were Grayson Rogers.
Myrtle Bush, Louise Graner. Wilbur
Zeigler, Joel Nelson, Amaurie Mars,
Helen Cherakian,. Elsie Rulfs, David
Citron and Walter Mayrhofer.
The graduation exercises of the
Lincoln evening school were held on
Thursday. ]. F. Fenton is principal.
The address to the class was made by
Judge Cabaniss. Charles Weyrauch
was valedictorian.
Thirtx- five pupils received diplomas
at the graduating exercises OF the
Hancock school Friday. DR.. Mariana
Bertola and Miss Gallagher, the prin-
cipal. made addresses. The medalists
were:
bridge. George Cohen: Denman. Norma Sc
menza. Hancock, Autoinette Pecarlcn, iua
Perezzo Norma T. Bacigalupi. Mary Maria.
Dora Garibaldi, Teresa Figone. John Schiaf
fno william Schweitzer, Frank fitale and
william Lelsner.
Receiving diplomas were:
George Benero Victor D'Acquisto. Antoine
Ferrari Harold Gallatin. David GoGer, George
Goheen, William Leisner, Harold Maggie, Al
bert OLIVIA John Schiafhno. Herbert Schuler.
William Schweitzer, Frank vitale. Ernest
Welter, Norma X. Bacigalupi. Norma I. Baci-
galupi June Bianchi, Evelyn Cavaglia. Mildred
Coppellotti Margaret Farrell. Amelia Ferretti.
Teresa Fgone Amelia Gallo. Dora Garibaldi.
Theresa Libonati Mary Maria, Julia Marttg-
none. Hilda Miehle. Antoinette Pecarich, Ida
Perazzo. Margaret Pfenermann Edna Rittore.
Albtna Salvarezza, Norma Semenza, Jennie
Valenza.
Following are the graduates of the
Pacific Heights grammar school who
were given their diplomas Thursday
night by Miss A. Nj. Stincen, principal.
and her assistant, Miss F. M. Bliven:
Arthur Boercke. Henry Delaney. George
Frutieer Edgar Goldsteln, Thomas Jennings,
Arthur Kahn, Henry Mulryan. Hamilton No
Ian. Harold Raphael. Joseph Brandenstein.
Joseph F1gueiredo. ormond Flood, Arthur
Hoppe, Irwin Kaufman, Samuel Lehrberger.
Martin Miltau, Lester Nicholson. William
Harriet Allison, GIyneth Boatman. Vera
Eisner. Rosa Isaac, Eleanor Livingston. Agnes
O'Neil Grace Rising. Daisy Burhaupt. Olive
RrookinQ Eleanor Jackson Mignon Locke, FL
sic Leicester, Margaret Perkins. Carmen
Spragre.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
LANES ARE,
FOUGHT BY
NURSES

Nine girl nurses, calming panic
stricken patients. formed a fire bri-
gade and helped fight a blaze at the
isolation hospital--the pesthouse-
early today. The new cottage OF DIR.
Arthur A O'Neill, medical superin-
tendent, was partly destroyed. and
the flames aroused the 40 patients in
the main building. 5 yards away.
The fire was discovered by Mrs
O'Neill. who helped the nurses bri-
gade pass buckets of water and save
the cottages contents
Here are the nurses who proved
heroines:
Miss f. Dcmange.
Miss A. Perron.
Miss Ellen Murphy.
Miss L. Meeter,
Miss i. Lee.
Miss G.. Levy.
Miss NJ. McEwen.
Miss G.. Christiansen.
Miss Rose Kenny.
Before the fremen reached the hos
pital, at Army and De Haro streets,
Joseph Ryan, a male nurse, and j. j.
King, watchman, had got hose into
the cottage.
The building, of four rooms, fin
ished two weeks ago, was badly dam
aged. the loss being $1,000. A defec-
tive flue started the fire.
1t had gained headway when dis
covered, a falling rmber's crash
awakening Mrs. O'Neill
The alarm was turned in at iii
a. M. and the fire was not put out for
an hour and a half, smoldering be-
tween the walls.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
$500 A MONTH To
P|CKARD' s WIDOW

game. widow of Orson L. Pickard,
inventor of the detachable auto tire
rim, got a Christmas present from
Judge Graham today when he grant
ed her $500 a month from her hus-
bands estate.
The other heirs had opposed her ap-
plication, former Congressman Will
liam Gordon of Ohio. an old friend Of
the family, saying $50 was all Pickard
gave while alive. Mrs. Pickard said
he used to give her $500 a month
She was also granted title to an
apartment house at Pine and Leaven-
worth streets, where she lives. This
was recently declared a homestead,
though the other heirs held it was
13 dwellings, as 1t contained that
many flats.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Nurses to Get Their
Diplomas Monday Eve

This program will be presented at
the graduation exercises Of the Ger
man hospital at Fourteenth and Noe
streets Monday night:
EplpouEEt -OFcnesIra
Introductory remarks. Max Schmidt
President German Benevolent Society.
Address Observation-Disclosures. Fritz Hagemann
Director German General Benevolent society.
Vocal solo, I'm the Garden Of My Heart"
Mrs. c. Dohrmann. accompanied by Mr..
Werner Roehl.
Recitation ................ Miss Caroline Day
Gipsy duet from III Trovatore" .....
AiTs. Emile Neubert-Aehnlich and Mrs. Henry
Hagemann.
Address. Observation-Disclosures DR.. Frank Dray
Vocal solo, IT I should Plant Tiny Seed
Of Love" .................
Mrs. c. Dohrmann, accompanied by Mr.
Werner Roehl.
1iass VIII .-...--... Miss Frieda Fisher
Vocal solo, "Kennst du das land Mig
non
Mrs. Emile Neubert-Aehniich.
Class prophecy Miss Loretta Herman
Musical selection, ending In a visit from
Santa Claus, and distribution Of presents by
Miss NJ. Gallagher and George Schwarz.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

When pretty Josephine MeAdory
bought a $3.50 diamond ring at a Los
Angeles jewelry store while her hus-
band. Dr. r. ]. N1cAdory. was losing
$4,000 in Wall street operations. she
did not dream that her little purchase
"a birthday surprise-would raise
the question with Judge Graham as to
whether there exists a predatory
class"
Attorney H. w Clemson. represent
ing the Los Angeles firm in their at
tempt to collect from the society
physician and his wife. today filed
a brief in the superior court. in
which he declares that there has
grown up a class of near aristoc-
racy" which makes tradesmen their
legitimate and recognized prey"
PHEW. HOT STUFF!
Here is what Attorney Clemson says
IN his attempt TO convince Judge Gra-
ham that Doctor McAdory Is liable for
his wife's purchase:
There has grown up and attached
itself to the body polite a class that.
as a class, is just receiving recogni-
tiou. I refer TO the near aristocracy,'
an increasing group with tastes run
ming 10 monkey dinners or equivalent
assininities. who. lacking the where
withal to be what is commonly termed
the 400. indulge in a mad scramble
10 be near enough the higher circles
Of that indefinite group to at least en-
JOY the rarified atmosphere in which
they are supposed to have their being.
The true sycophant to which we
refer golfs at Del Monte. polos at
Burlingame, plays tennis at Coronado.
lives on the best the land affords and
pays-wen. proceedings supplement-
airy to execution may bring some
thing on account.
.sTRADESMEN ARE PREY
IRA desmen are their legitimate
pray. 1t is not the plumbers, brick
layers. carpenters. stevedores, prac-
tScing doctors. lawyers and other peo-
PIE who really work, who fill our
courts 1t is this same would be
aristocracy' rushing from one field of
credit to another.
The idea of a mechanic, laborer
doctor or lawyer coming into court in
an action of this kind and trying to
hide behind the skirts OF his wife to
evade an obligation incurred by her
for his benefit and of which he has
admittedly received the benefit, is in
conceivable"
Clemson charges that Mrs McAdory
had her husbands consent to pledge
his credit and the court should make
him pay.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

The unexpressed and even formu-
lated thoughts of the children of Cali
fornia are being read by ingenious
scientific methods in the clinic of the
California Society for Exceptional
Children. Leaders in the society to-
day outlined its aims to produce a
generation 100 per cent eff1cient-an
end similar to that sought by the eu-
genists.
1867 of the Phelan building studies
are going on daily under direction of
European trained psychologist.
Arthur Ritter, to pick out the chill
dren of these types:
The misit.
The badly fed.
The physically or mentally de-
fectlve.
The genius.
The child whose class studies are
too severe or too easy.
Each child is different from all
others. 1t is to find his speciality. to
discover how he can be made of the
greatest value to the community and
the race that this work is being un-
dertaken by some of the foremost res
idents of San Francisco and of Cali
fornia, Including many doctorsa
Ultimately vocational advice will be
given and the children influenced
toward the careers for which they are
best adapted.
According to DR.. Arnold Gessell of
the National Bureau OF Education at
Washington, IL per cent of the public
school children of the country are
mentally unusual" 1t is to find
these, to make the most of the super
normal and correct or alleviate the
subnormal that the California society
was founded last summer. Its clinic
has BEEN open since September.
CASES TREATED FREE
All cases are welcomed for free
treatment. Several societies are now
sending all their unusual cases to the
clinic.
On the results of the Investigations,
which are made in conjunction with
those of the National association.
legislation will eventually be sought,
the chief end now being the establish
ment of psychological clinics and hos
pitals in connection with the public
schools, thus solving the problem of
retardation and reducing the per-
centage of delinquents-
The California society-the only one
in the west-was founded through the
efforts of DR.. Macmillan P. E. GrosZ-
mann, head of the national organiza-
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
MYSTERIOUS EDNA
IS DISPOSE ESsED
Mrs. Marks to Take Posses.
sion of House Where Divorce
Letters Were Written

Mrs. Mildred Marks will take pos
session Christmas eve of the house
from which Mysterious Edna" wrote
the letters read at her suit for di-
vorce from Alfred Marks, proprietor
of the Mercantile Guide. Judge Gra-
ham today granted the wife an inter-
locutory decree, which, however, will
not be signed till after the holidays,
when it will be presented by Attorney
Ernest Pagnuelo.
The house is at 1851 Page street.
According to the testimony, Marks
lived there, having for housekeeper
Mrs. Burris, the latter's daughter, also
occupying the house. being the "Mys-
terious Edna"
Mrs. Marks also gets $1,000 worth
of furniture and $40 month alimony.
Marks cross complaint was stricken
from the record. In that he charged
his wife with visiting cafes and de-
MED throwing her downstairs.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
POET
IS SEEN On
H|GHTS'? !?

Come here when I am far away,
Fond lovers Of this lovely land,
And sit quito still and do not say,
Turn right or left or lift hand,
But sit beneath my kindly trees
And gaze far out beyond yon sea Of seas;
These trees. these very stones could tell
How long loved them and how we'll
And maybe shall come and sit
Beside you, sit so silently you will not reck
Of it. JOAQUIN MILLER.
Has the ghost of the poet of the
Sierras returned to his home on THE
Hights"?
Yes" declare those who say they
have seen the unmistakable figure of
the tall poet walking for a moment
about the cairn, which he erected and
where, in compliance with his wishes,
his ashes were scattered to the winds
At other times his form is said to
have been discerned in the shadows,
pausing beside the monument which
he built to Fremont, and gazing as if
in meditation at the distant Golden
gate.
Mrs. Abbey Miller, widow of the
poet. who is living at The Hights'
with their daughter, Juanita, says
that she has many times felt the pres
ence. of the great man, although she
has not yet seen his apparition. To
Mrs. Miller there is nothing unusual
in this phenomenon. Between the
rugged soul of the warrior poet and
his wife she said there existed a per-
feet understanding and to them death
is not an impossible barrier.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

tion, and prominent in the interna-
tional movement. His classifications
were recognized as long ago he 1903
by Cesare Lombroso and other world
famous psychologists.
The national society has been in
dorsed by William Howard Taft.
Woodrow Wilson, Helen Keller DR.. C.
w. Eliot and others. Its vice presi-
dents include DIR. A. A. d'Ancona and
DIR. Ray Lyman Wilbur of San Fran
cisco. and one of the trustees is Jesse
w. Llienthal, who Is president of the
state society.
Mr.. Ritter (who came from New
York to direct the local clinic, with
the collaboration of the interested
San Francisco doctors) said today:
Strict cooperation by medical ped
agogical and psychological workers is
imperative in this movement.
SAVE CHILD FROM ASYLUM
II received a case the other day.
he said. "A school teacher had de-
clared the child an idiot. 1t was ex-
amined here and found normal, ex-
cept for neurasthenia. There is only
one case in which our work prevented
the probable waste of life.
This research work was found
necessary III SdlllOIuid anu DCCH
taken UP independently along similar
lines by Stanford and the state uni
versity.
The main object is to save the ex-
ceptional child by treatment and sug-
gestion until proper schools can be
provided"
Assisting in the work are the fol-
lowing physicians. surgeons and dent
lists:
Doctors Max Magnus. A. ]. Gottlieb,
Mariana Bertola, Ernest B. Hoag. r.
L. Wilbur Walter T. Schaller. E. c.
Fleischner. +. W. dEvelyn, Milton B.
Lennon, Annie G. Lyle. Joseph FL.
Adams, Julian Mast Wolfsohn, II. c.
McClenahan, Langley Porter, c. s.
Nagle NJ. Cosgrove, Edith Lamoree.
Roger w. Wilson, Philip Rahtjen and
Byron w. Haines.
OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
The officers, besides Lilienthal and
DR.. d Ancona, include Doctor Bertola.
second vice president: Henry Sinshei-
mer. treasurer; Mrs. Mary c. Bell, sec
retary, and these trustees:
Professor R. G. Boone. T. W. D'Evelyn,
Mrs Ernest X. Foster. Los Angeles; Dean
j. Wilmer Gresham. Miss Ruth Haber, Mrs.
c. A. Hawkins. Mrs. Louis Hertz. Adolph
koshland Walter Macarthur. DR.. III. C. Nc
Clenahan. DIR. Max Magnus. Rabbi Martin
Porter. Rev. Charles Ramm, Arthur l. Rit-
ter. Dr. Walter F. Schaller. Mrs. Bert Schles-
niger; Judge Fred II. Taft. Los Angeles; DR..
Ray Lyman Wilbur.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Judge Promises to
Aid WayWard BOYS

There are two boys in this city who
are convinced that Christmas is al
ready here. Although charged with
having broken into the postoffice at
Klamathon, they have been invited to
dine with Federal Judge Maurice T..
Dooling IL they fail to get work and
are hungry.
The lads are John Davis and John
OConnor of Portland
Boys, you should never have COM
mitted this crime" said the judge. Il
want you both to turn over a new
leaf. Try to secure honest employ
ment in this city. If you fail and get
hungry, look me up and we Will have
few meals together. I want you
both to promise that if you can't get
work you will come right back and
tell me-.
The boys filed out of the courtroom
with appreciative backward glances
at the Judge.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Hose Too Short, Fire
DESTROYS Two Homes

Two houses and a barn were de-
stroyed, two cottages were badly
damaged and two firemen severely in
jured in a fire at Lakeview and San
Jose avenues last night. The blaze
was caused by a candle left lighted
following a religious service.
The fire was $500 feet from a hy-
drant, and the crew of engine No. 3S
had to return to their firehouse and
obtain 900 feet of additional hose.
The loss of time made it impossible to
save the burning structures.
Fireman Arthur Wormuth stepped
on a nail and Fireman Arthur Sutter
fell from one of the buildings upon a
spike.
The owners and occupants of the
houses were:
J. Mailer, "a Lakeview; J. D. John
son, % Lakeview; P. l. Rogers, 80
Lakeview; NJ. Gikos, 1886 San Jose
avenue; NJ Merideth, owner of barn
at 1898 San Jose avenue.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Finds Jail Fugitive
Eating in Tracy Cafe

-Four days of freedom, after his
mysterious escape from the county
Jail last Wednesday, were all that
fate allotted to John Riensecker. who
was recognized and caught yesterday
in the railroad eating house at
Tracy by Deputy Sheriff Fred FL
Classen. The deputy was on his way
to lone with a prisoner when he saw
the fugitive calmly eating at a near
by table. Riensecker was a trusty-
He disappeared under the eyes of six
deputies by hiding in the coal bunk
ers of a motor truck which had un-
loaded coal for the jail.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Thousands of Trees
Moved to Fair Site

The transplanting of thousands of
trees from India, Africa, the Philip
pines and tropio America to the
grounds of the Panama Pacific expo
sition has been one of the gigantic
tasks which confronted the landscape
gardeners. Most of the trees are
scores of years old and all well ma
tured, but the number that have died
as the result of the transplanting has
been so small as to be negligible
The plan of 'fevering" the trees for
six months before taking them up, by
cutting first the side roots and later
the bottom roots. has been used al
most entirely by John McLaren. the
landscape engineer. This method is
known as "the six months sidebox'
system. invented By McLarena
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Florence SchenCk on Death
Bed After Seven Years of
Tragic Living

NEW YORK. Dec 20. - Florence
schenck is dying. The life of the
Virginia beauty. whose meteoric ca
reer startled Broadway, is ebbing fast
as the season of peace and good will
spreads over the land.
She was operated upon for tumor
under her heart. and the end of ca
reer that was so rapid that even the
great white way had to breathe in
short gasps In order to keep up with
1t is expected at any moment
Miss Schenck is now Just "a years
old. Her career began when she
was II.
BEAUTY OF VIRGINIA
In Norfolk she lived in the house of
her father. DR.. Powhatan S. Schenck,
formerly a surgeon in the United
States navy and one of the foremost
medical men in the Virginia city. Her
grandfather was a governor of Vir-
gtnia, and she had many admirers
among the social set of Norfolk She
was tnen perfect blonde. slender of
figure, with clear cut features, big
blue eyes and a wealth of beautiful
golden hair. She was talked of as
hlit HlOSl D6dulllu vi XIII III N1rRlnla.
and she was.
Then Alfred Vanderbilt's private
car, the Wayfarer, arrived in Norfolk
for the horse show. With it came
Charles S. Wilson, trainer for the
Vanderbilt stable of equine aristo-
Gratis. The pair met.
WANTED TO SEE LIFE
When the Wayfarer left Norfolk,
fn hn 81 %D1l
beauty at the time, she went with 1t.
She wanted to see life. and she said
Wilson promised to show it to her
Whether he did or not IS another
question. At any rate, she has seen
it now, and, having seen it all, she is
about to give 1t up.
After her arrival in New York the
news of the day began to sizzle with
the doings of the little Virginia
beauty The reports of her extrava-
gances, her late suppers and her en-
tertainments were sensational read
ing.
Then she and Wilson went abroad
The reports from London of the beau
tvs doings also created stir in New
York. Then Wilson and the girl
came back on the same boat, and the
city was treated to a fresh sensa-
tion every hour for several days.
DIsOWNED BY PARENTS
About the same time the father and
mother of the girl disowned her and
refused positively to come to her aid.
Then Wilson went to Newport and the
woman who said she was his wife en-
tered the chorus of a Broadway mu-
sical comedy.
She was next heard of in Paris
where her exoesses brough her into
the limelight once more. Friends
tried to make her reform and sent her
to sanitariums. but she did not appre-
ciate the attention, escaping from
each of the hospitals where she was
sent. She always reverted to her old
ways and when asked why she didn't
behave she would reply:
What's the use, anyway? My fam
lily doesn't want me. though God
knows / would crawl back to my
mother and father on my hands and
knees If they would receive me. No-
body cares for me. TIL just go on the
best / can. and the finish-well. It'll
be the finish, that's ALL"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
No Cut in Rates for
Amador Central Line

The railroad commission today dis
missed the complaint against the
Amador Central Railroad company
in which the commission was asked
to reduce all rates on the line, eX-
tending from lone to Jackson, dis
tance of II miles. The commission
found that the rates have been merely
sufficient to yield the company be-
tween and s per cent on it's invest
ment
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Junior Exposition
Approved by Board

The board Of education has approved
the plan Of holding a junior exposi-
ton In June of next year similar to
that held last summer. Circulars have
been sent to teachers and principals
informing them Of the scope of the
exhibits, which will include all sorts
of arts and crafts work, model avia-
ton apparatus. specimens of literary
and musical skill and anything else
that a San Francisco boy or girl can
do or make In the way of educa-
tional and industrial training.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Funeral of CrOcker
Sec'y Fixed for Monday

The funeral OF Duane Hopkins. who
died yesterday at Adler's sanitarium
at the age of AS, will be held Mon
day morning at 1890 o'clock from
st. Luke's church
Hopkins was associated for II
years with Charles Templeton
Crocker as confidential secretary and
business manager. having before that
been private coach to Crocker while
the latter was at Harvard He was
a bachelor and leaves one sister, Miss
Fannie F. Hopkins of Somerville,
Mass
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Sells Boy Morphine
And Gets Six Months

To make a profit of cents from
the sale of 20 cents worth of NOR
phine to an IS year old boy, Fred
Smith got himself a job at hard labor
in the county jail for six months.
given him today by Police Judge Sui
Ivan. In passing sentence Sullivan
scored Smith.
Il have more respect for a thief
and robber than for a man. who for
6 cents will help to murder young
life and soul"
The Judge told Smith he would per-
sonally see to 1t that hard work was
given him in jail. The boys name
was Joseph Moonlight.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Christmas Day Opening
For Vallejo Church

The parishioners of st. Francis
church in Vallejo street Will worship
in the temporary edifce, built after
1906, for the last time tomorrow. The
new church will be used for the first
time Christmas day, and will be dedi-
Gated later. It is one Of the largest
in the city.
Tomorrow evening the Rev. T. Cara
her will preach on the late Cardinal
Rampolla-
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Mission Arch Will
Be Dedicated Tonight

The $4,000 electric arch at Twenty
fifth and Mission streets will be dedi-
Gated tonight by the Arch Light I'M
provement club Of Mission and
Twenty fifth streets. There will be
an auto parade, band concert and
speeches by Supervisor-elect Fred
Suhr, F. R. Webb. William Stelling
and Thomas T.. Curran.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
4 MASTER, DISABLED,
IN ARGENTINE PORT

The four masted ship Edward
Sewell. bound from Philadelphia to
Seattle, Captain Quick, commander,
put into Bahia Blanca, on the Ar
gentine coast, with it's masts and rig
ging gone. The report was received
by the San Francisco Chamber Of
Cpmmerra todax
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
SCOTS, MEMORIAL

Clan Fraser No. rs. Order of Scot
fish Clans. will hold Its memorial
service Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock In Knights of Pythias audito-
rum. The committee In charge Of
the celebration Is composed OF Donald
H. Sim, James Sinclair and J. A l.
NfacKfnnon
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Santa Fe Takes Over
San Joaquin Line
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Los ANGELES. Dec 20.-Local
Santa Fe officials announced today
that beginning on January l the
operating department of the Santa Fe
will take over the Little Minkler and
Southern railway, which taps the San
Joaquin valley citrus belt.