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The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
DISAPPOINTED SU|TOR
SHOOTS SELF IN LUNG
Clever Work by Daughter of
Widow Prevents More
Serious Tragedy

Although the life OF her mother. and
possibly herself, was at stake. Miss
Marie Burgge, the 19 year old daughter
of Mrs. Dora Burgge. wealthy widow
residing at 54< Blake street, laid her
plans so carefully that when Antoine
Phau. navigator, called at the Burgge
home yesterday to fulfill a threat that
life he found his alleged intended vic
tim missing and Policeman Lange wait
ing for him instead.
Realizing too late that the clever
daughter had outgeneraled him Phau
started to escape from the rear of the
house. When he saw that capture
was inevitable he drew a revolver and
shot himself through the left lung.
He is in the central emergency hos
pital with little hope for his recovery.
According to Miss Burgge Phau for
some time past has endeayored to pre-
vail upon Mrs. Burgge to marry him.
Upon being met with refusals Phau
threatened to take her mothers life
and then commit suicide
He did call on her once and drew
revolver said Miss 6urgge last
night, but I demanded the weapon.
After several threats he gave 1T to me.
The other night he warned me that
he would call today for. the final
answer. 1 sent mamma to neighbor' S
and then arranged to have a police
man on hand when Phau arrived
Mrs. Burgge has considerable prop
erty holdings. Her husband, a gar
dener, died two years ago. The daugh-
ter is a cashier in downtown estab-
lishment Phau claims to have been
a member of the Galveston police force.
He has two grown sons.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued
Tuesday, July %. 1913:
Alfred NJ, csrah. 80. Sc Elgin
GIR0Ux-SMITHLFr Frank A. Giroux, 80, Sacra-
mento. aud Anna Smith. %. Portland.
GTERIN-HOSAER-Hen Guerin, 45. Manila.
LIE-0wENs-George W. Leslie, sc. 1855
Florida street, and Mary a Owens, 2s sas
LEWIS -DAvEY-- William Lewis 3d. 14n Fif-
teenth street, and Esther Davey. 20, 1415 Fiji
O'GONN0R j. O'connor eI.
2s3s Howard street. and Florence " Riddle.
IL. 3l66 Twenty fourth street.
RODRIGTES--CORREIA Rodrigues 21
and Jennie Correia. is. both of Oakland.
SMITH-DAVIS-R Russell r. Smith, 81 900
Geary street, and Mary A. Davis, 81. Ala
STOLL-BAKER-Leland c. stoIl. o. 22is
Baker street. and Elizabeth G. Baker 20, 1o46
vOIGT- SCHRoDER-K Konrad voight. 25. $50
Ninth avenue, and Freida Schroeder, rs, 352s
Washington street
nooga street. and Jane Olsen, IS, 1885 San
Bruno avenue.
OAKLAND
The following marriage licenses were Issued
Tuesday. July 20, 1918:
DETHLEFSEN-FRIDELL Dethlefsen. 80,
Olympia. Wash. and Emily Fridell, 20, La
Porte: Plumss comfy;
IRWIN. Merced county, and Luna Carter IS,
Oakland.
GLYNN-SCANNELIs--W William Glynn. "a. San
Francisco. and Money A. Scannel, 81. Oakland.
K0RSTAD-WOOD--H A. Korstad. %. and
Julia Nav Wood. 26 both of Berkeley.
NuTT0-JoHNs0y--Fr f, Nufto. 30, and
Aida Johnson. IS. both of San Rafael.
PREVQST-WARD-Cons Provost, SO. Menio
Park. and Rose Ward. 23 Oakland.
SWANN-STONESTREET Swami. %,
Oakland. and Viola Stonestreet u.s.. Berkeley +
SWEENEY--PIMENTELI4 Percy Sweeney.
26 and Madeline Claire PffnentelI. II. both Of
Oakland. ss y
URQUHART-kAYSER-Jo c. sUrauhart. 20.
and Theresa N. Kayser. *. both OF Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
'Bayard Taylor Missing
Bride Fears. Foul Play
Insurance Man Seen at
Ferry Depot Last
On June. Ia

Another name has been added to the
list of the port of missing men by
the disa ppearance of Bayard Taylor.
life insurance agent. who had long
been looking forward to his marriage
to Miss Mary Nash. a nurse at the
Lane hospital Taylor was last seen
at the ferry station on June IA. when
he arrived from Sacramento. He gave
his suitcase to the bus driver OF the
Golden West hotel saying he would soon
go there and register. This was during
the evening rush hour Taylor was
swallowed up in the great hurrylng
throng and, SO far as known. was never
seen again.
Hoping against hope. Miss Nash. the
young mans fancee. has been waiting
anxieusly for some word from Taylor.
but as time has gone on and she has
heard nothing. she now believes that
her sweetheart must have met with
foul play. When Taylor was away
he always wrote Miss Nash faithfully,
and he did on this last trip to Sacra-
mento. although he was only gone
few days These letters were most
hopeful in every. way. Taylor writing
particularly of his bright prospects SO
far as business was concerned.
Taylor. whose family lives in Win
ters and is we'll to do. had been en-
ployed by the West Coast Life Insur-
ance company, with headquarters in
San Francisco. Early in June he made
arrangements to go with the Reliance
Life Insurance company, 1t was busi-
ness in this connection that took the
young man to Sacramento and Auburn
few days before he disappeared
The WI. Burns Detective agency has
been searching for Taylor. but not the
slightest trace of his movements has
been uncovered. He was % years old,
6 feet inches in height smooth shaven
and weighed 210 pounds. There was a
mole on his right cheek and the little
finger of his left hand was stiff at the
first joint.
Taylor had considerable jewelry and
several hundred dollars when last seen
by friends. Included in the jewelry was
Masonic emblem. in his coat lapel, q
third degree Masonic watch fob, a,
black cameo gold ring and a heavy
gold engraved watch.
Taylor at one time was with the
Earl Fruit company in Sacramento.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
'UNDE ERN0OD CALLS
MULHA[L 4 LIAR.
House Leader Incensed BY
Lobbyist, Also Names
Him Blackrnailer
Witness, Continues to Spring
Sensations Faces $50
Queries by Attorneys

WASHINGTON. July 2e.-Martin NJ
Mulhall practically finished today his
identification of letters he wrote and
received in the 10 years he claims tc
have been the lobbyist for the National
Association Of Manufacturers. The SEN
ate investigation committee will turn
its attention tomorrow to examination
OF Mulhall and attorneys for the asso-
cation and for the American Fedora
IIlon OF Labor also involved in the cor
fespondence will begin their cross ex-
animation of the witness.
members of the committee will at
tempt to strengthen MulhalTs story OF
his political activities in Washington
and throughout the country, while the
| attorneys will do their best to break 1t
down. Questions by lawyers under the
committees supervision will be filtered
to the witness through its chairman,
Robert McCarter. counsel for the associ-
alton, has about 25O questions he wishes
to ask the witness. Attorney Jackson
IL. Ralston for the Federation of Labor
has prepared about 100 more and no
one knows how many separate quer-
les members OF the committee will sub
nit to Mulhall before he is allowed to
quit the witness chair in the senate
wing of the capitol. and face the spe-
clai house committee that is waiting
his appearance across the rotunda.
MulhalIs last day as an identif1er of
letters proved the most exciting OF his
TWO weeks on the stand. He was called
a liar and a blackmailer by Majority
Leader Underwood of the house of rep
resentatives after he had sworn that
he had tried to get Chairman Wilson OF
the labor committee interested in the
story he now is telling and that
Speaker Clark and Minority Leader
Mann of the house had turned down an
opportunity to conduct an investigation
of his activities
The speaker. and Mr.. Mann, he said
had been approached on this subject
By Representative James T. McDermott
of Illinois,,
Neither Mr.. McDermott nor any
body else ever showed me the Mulhall
letters and papers, said Speaker
Clark in. statement issued late to-
day. Neither Mr.. McDermott nor any
body else ever spoke to me about them.
] never knew that Mulhall had any let
ters or papers until / saw in a news
paper that he had sold them to a New
York paper
Mulhall brought the day to a climax
by swearing that McDermott had
acknowledged to him that he had
signed Mulhalls name to check for
$3.50
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
OBI UARY NO IEs
OLDEST HARVARD MAN
DIES AT ADVANCED AGE

Doctor Oliver Brewster Tailor. aged
SO. theaoldest living graduate of Har-
ward. well known in Indianapolis, Oak
land San Francisco and Los Angeles,
died suddenly yesterday in Hartford,
Conn. His survivors include daugh-
ter. Mrs. Adeline Brewster Tailor Mer-
rill, widow of the late Seleh Merrill.
United States consul in Jerusalem. now
resident of Fruitvale. and grand
son. Howard Frank Tailor, of Indian
apolis
Judge Frederick A. Mcdonald, presi-
dent of the Seattle school board and
prominent for many wears in demo-
cratic politics. died suddenly yester-
day of heart failure in Seattle. Con-
ffrma tion of Edgar Battle. appointed
as postmaster, is withheld by the
senate because Of the opposition Of
McDonald's adherents, who wanted
the place for him.
Tcbias Michael Carol Asser. member
of the permanent court of arbitra-
tion and of the Dutch council of
state. who was awarded the Nobel
prize in 1911 died yesterday at The
Hague.
John p. Swift. retired contractor and
former postmaster. died suddenly
yesterday morning at Marysville. He
had been a resident of California for
AZ years. coming here from New
Hampshire after the war.
Mrs. james Milliken, wife of the late
founder of James Milliken univer-
sity, died in Decatur, ILL.,, yesterday
afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
PATROLMAN BERNAL DIES
HOUR AFTER LEAVING POST

Patrolman Steve Bernal. attached to
the north end station. died suddenly
a I his home. S74D Valencia street, early
yesterday morning.
While walking his beat Bernal tele-
phoned that he was i'll and asked to be
relieved. He died an hour later at his
home from natural causes.
Bernal was appointed to the force
in October, 1906. He was born Sep
tember 16, 1879.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
BROTHER KILLED IN
WAR BY BULGARIANS
Man Who Was Wounded Twice HIM
self Learns of Fate of
Relative at Salonfki

John Savaris a Greek employe of the
Hotel Oakland, who was wounded twice
while serving in the Greek army against
the Turks In the Balkans last year. re-
Constantine, had BEEN killed in the
fighting about Saloiriki with the Bull
gars. II tM
Constantine was an American citizen
and lived in San Francisco prior to the
time he Joined the Greek army
The surviving brother has two bullet
scars across his chest received in the
Balkan war last year. The injury inca
pacitated him from further service and
weakened him to the extent that he
was forced to give up his trade and
seek employment as a hotel page
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
BIRTHS
DEATHS

GALLATIN--In this city. July %. 1913. 10 the
wife Of Charles ]. Gallatln daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
PETITIONS FOR LAND SALE
Especial Dispatch to The caD

Especial Dispatch to The Call)
REDWOOD CITY, July 2e.-As guar
dian of the person and estate OF Loren
Coburn, the aged multimillionaire of
Pescadero, who was adjudged incom-
petent recently, Public Administrator
NJ j. Hynes of San Francisco today pc
titfoned the superior court for an order
authorizing him to sell 9,547 acres of
the Coburn holdings In Monterey coun-
ty. Judge Buck will hear the petition
August 2S.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
YACHT REPORTED STOLEN

\. A. Matt of AIS Gerard street re-
ported to the police yesterday that his
Is foot yacht disappeared from the
wharf at North Beach June so. He
thought at first that it had drifted
away, but is now Of the opinion that
some one stole It. IT. -. s
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

AMkERUP-Tn Berkeley. July %. 1918. Gott-
1eb. dearly beloved husband of Jeanette AM
merup. native OF CopenhaGen. Denmark. aged
81 years months and days A member OF
Excelsior Lodge No. l66, F. & A. NJ. of San
Francisco.
Friends and acquaintance respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral services today
,Weonesnay) July 90. lyl3,' al CLOCK p. m ,
at Masonic temple corner Bancroft way and
Shattuck avenue. Berkeley. where services will
be held under the auspices of Excelsior Lodge
No. 1865. F. & A. NJ. of San Francisco. Please
omit flowers. Remains at the chapel of~Jame
and Niehaus
APPEL-At Sacramento July 26 1918 Jacob s.
Appel. Denver papers please copy.)
Cremation at Sacramento. July 81.
BECKER-fn this city. July IS 1918 Anna
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
AVIATOR FALLS TO DEATH

ST PETERSBURG, July 29-While
flying today at Gatchina, a summer
resort near st. Petersburg. military
aviator fell COO feet and was killed.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

DoMECQ In this city. Juls. "a 1913. Jean, be-
loved brother OF Joseph and Marguerite
Demecq, Mrs J.. r. Cauhape. Mrs. g. Pucheu.
Mrs. Y. Van Caibergh. Mrs. A. Bisinger.
native of france. aged ~ years II months
and days.
yited to attend the funeral services tomorrow
Thursday July 81. at 0 M. at the chapel
of j. s. Godeau. Al Van Ness avenue. thence
to French church. where mass will be said
for the repose of his soul. commencing at 10
o'clock lnterment Holy Cross cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Fall Models

Immense assortnens OF swell are In
It's because Of the early arrivals Of these
have been Obliged force the lighter weights 1t
1915 advertised above These every got
style point for Fall and tailoring
want you to them early possible There's
why your selection should not be made early
The day book., 1913-06-26

friends say, and it is worthy of note
because under the rule of Sears, Roe
buck & Co.'S mutual benefit associa-
ton he should have been paid $11.25
sick benefit every week.
Then, at the end of some five
weeks, Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s bene-
fit association discovered that a
member was ailing, paid Wood $40
for part of one weeks sick benefit,
rushed Wood down to County Judge
John E. Ovens court, had him ad-
Judged insane and committed to Dun
ming asylum.
There Wood was given some wierd
mixture of the cures for tuberculosis
and insanity and there, last Mon
day night, he died.
The body was shipped to Alderman
Thomas Ahern Of the Thirteenth
Ward, who is an undertaken as well
as an alderman and who may be
judged prejudiced by whosoever feels
that way about it.
The death of Wood, in time, came
to the ears of his friends. Yesterday,
one of them, who knew that Wood
was a member of Sears, Roebuck &
Co.'s mutual benefit association and
entitled to a death benefit, called up
Sears, Roebuck & Co. and asked how
much money there was for the fun
eral.
Someone at Sears, Roebuck & Co.
replied, over the telephone, that there
was $3.50 coming.
Last night, a messenger from
Sears, Roebuck & Co. called on Al
derman-Undertaker Ahern and told
him to give Wood a $50 funeral.
When Woods friends heard of this
they were indignant, since you can
not have much of a funeral in CHI
cago for $50.
Woods friends called up Sears,
Roebuck & Co. and asked what was
- Io Nth - J.01A rf A.
The day book., 1913-06-26

ing in the way of death benefit foB
Wood, and that after the funeral was
paid for, the balance Of the money
would be sent to Woods relatives in
England.
These things being somewhat con-
Trajectory, two of Woods friends
went to Sears, Roebuck & Co. today
to find out the truth about the mat
ter. .-..
They were referred to John Hig-
gins, head of the auditing depart
ment of the company and one of the
nine directors of the mutual benefit
association. Higgins, who is a small
person with bristly red moustache,
was inclined to be very haughty-at
first.
what does it matter about the
funeral?" he demanded. Funerals
are for the living and not for the
dead. This thing of expensive fun
erals is all bosh; just desire for pomp
and display. When die, 1 want 'em
to bury me as cheaply as possible
One of Woods friends mildly sug-
gested that, in this case, it was not
Higgins who had died, and was not
Higgins funeral.
IAN the same thing" said Higgins.
81 figure 500 viii cover all. the ex-
pense Of Woods funeral -hearse,
cemetery and graVe-everything."
"Sixty-nine dollars won't pay for
a decent funeral in this town." said
one of Woods friends.
''Tm not going to let any get-rich-
quick undertaken. get OUR money"
said Higgins. "Of course, we know
how his friends feel about it, but no
bunch of money grabbers are going
to get OUR coin. We're running this
funeral. If you fellows want to give
Wood a good funeral, you want to
spend your money for flowers and
stuff. That's your business if you
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14
The Learning in a Good Dictionary
BY THE REV G. F. AKED, DID,, LII. D.

are mems hats. Women's hats
were beyond the artists genius.
Under degree" is a list OF
the principal degrees conferred by
the leading educational lnstitu-
tons of the world, and the illus
tration shows us Mark Twain in
cap and gown of Doctor Of Lit
erature Of Oxford University.
Under baseball" we have the
rules OF the game, a list OF about
100 technical terms from bleach
er" and bush league" to white
wash" and a diagram of a base
ball field with measurements
complete.
To help us to visualize dome"
St Paurs Cathedral is pictured:
an egg packing machine appears
above two snakes described as
egg eaters: and a disappearing
gun in firing position seems to
have been carried off bodily from
Fort Baker.
have not read all the 5000
pages yet. When / have had an
other hour of pure delight -
But sufficient unto the day is
the dictionary thereof
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14
Does Personality Exist After Death?
By GARRETT P. SERVIss.

THE most remarkable state
ment that has yet been
made of the present atti-
tude of science In its effort to
comprehend the world around us
is the recent address Of Sir Oliver
Lodge as president Of the British
Association for the Advancement
OF Science.
The facts and theories that he
mentions are not new to those
who have closely followed the
progress Of scientific thought, but
1t is his grouping of them that
makes his statement valuable.
And, then, he has thrown out sug-
gestions about things as yet but
dimly seen which are full Of in
SEPARATION for all who use their
brains for some higher purpose
than merely getting money or
contriving idle amusements to
fritter away their brief time on
earth.
The topic Of Sir Oliver Lodges
address is Continuity" The most
continuous, or uninterrupted, ma
terial thing OF which we have
any conception is the ether. The
ether which we can neither see,
nor feel, nor in any way appre-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14

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l. tionarN was very interest
ing book, but that It changed
the subject foo ortan bad NOT
seen the new one I have II ia
yorda,-s,, ,.r,s,,o.,..
gu 'pe''U many h"ppS hours win
II, making delightful discoveries
all the time. The way to enjoy
this nav dirti,,.r,. 4. E. -. ,
,
INC passes
'e'u mere anu 'I'eIe' ana hno that
every fresh paragraph sends you
to another for something Won
bayo o1,.a,.s ,,.a.. -,
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e9,''e
j i'e '''S' '"ihS "hieh strikes
o''e III preparing 20 STUDY II Is
''e nc" al an cement IL Is
gazetteer ana dictionary oil olog-
'ap"S' ana Nhu" not what De
SUES
Jack London comes next to "a
family Of hrachycerous dipterous
insects with sub-equsl basal cells
and fourth longitudinal vein fur
cate" rejoicing in the sesquipeda-
Ian title Of "lonchopteridae," and
after him comes London Bridge,
Gertrude Atherton will be found
next 10 "a small Nalayan or Al
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14

bend directly by any of our senses,
rs the one permeating sub
stance that binds the whole of the
particles Of matter together. 1t is
the uniting and binding medium
without which, if matter could
exist at ALL it could exist only as
chaotic and in isolated fragments;
and 1t Is the universal medium Of
communication between worlds
and particles. And yet 1t is pos
sible for people to deny it's ex-
istence because it is unrelated to
any Of our senses except sight
and to that only in an indirect
and not easily regarded fashion"
His opinion about the exist
ence Of non planetary, imma-
terial jewellers" in the space
around us is clearly expressed in
the following words:
In justice to myself and my
co-workers" (this refers to his
associates in the Society for
Psychical Research 81 must risk
annoying my present hearers, not
only by leaving on record our con-
Ylction that occurrences now re-
garded as occult can be examined
and reduced to order by the meth
DDS Of science carefully and per-
sistently applied, but by going
further and saying, with the ut
most brevity. that already the
facts so examined have convinced
me that memory and affection are
not limited to that association
with matter by which alone they
can manifest themselves here and
now. and that personality persists
beyond bodily death.
The evidence, to my mind
goes to prove that discarnate in
telligence under certain conditions
may interact with us on the ma
terial side, thus indirectly COM
ing within our scientific ken, and
that gradually We may hope 10
attain some understanding OF
larger, perhaps ethereal, existence
and Of the conditions regulating
intercourse across the chasm. A
body Of responsible investigators
has even now landed on the
treacherous but promising shores
Of new continent"
Considering the acknowledged
standing and the known acquire
ments Of Sir oliver Lodge In the
world OF science. these expressions
OF his are worth a great deal of
thinking about.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14

~HERE comes to The Geor-
gian every month no es-
teemed contemporary more
genuinely welcome than the Boys
High School Tattler, published in
Atlanta
The Tattler is the official Or
gan of that splendid institution Of
learning from which IT takes its
name, Is edited entirely by the
bows. and is in every way cred
liable and worthy publication.
1t serves, primarily, of course,
a fine purpose in bringing into
closer communion the student
body of the high school, abound
ing as it does in personal refer
ences, pleasantries and school
gossip. 1t is designed to enter
tain first Of ALT does enter
tain, delightfully."-!
The Tattler. however, serves
another purpose-and to that ex-
tent, at least, should commend it
self most seriously to older heads
in that 1t sets forth, from the
standpoint OF the students, the
genuine and insistent needs and
desires Of the school as an insti-
tuition for the training of Allan
ta's brightest and best young
manhood.
The following excerpt from an
article in the current issue of The
Tattler serves to illustrate the
point:
The City Council is guilty
of a singular inconsistency in
not supplying the young men
of Atlanta with a suitable
building. They expect the
students of this school to be-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14
x DIVINA COMEDIA y
BY CONSTANCE CLARKE.

WV HEN man is born spark OF life divine
w Is given him do with as he will
It makes for all things great and true and fine
1t whispers. and the brute in him is sill.
But man, unconscious that the spark is there,
Denies belief in God and mocks all creeds-
Content and conscious that the world is fair.
Asking recompenss for earthly deeds.
Content to IDLY say Z do not know
Looking further than world OF
That trettui spins its life out here below
While seorn such an abstract thing as prayer.
And It is till Fate's avengng FIRE
Glares the Paradise have trod
And man. awakened to desire.
Drops on hia ksssE. and trembling. talt4Es Cod