Strip Valued at Several MillionsInvolved in Rio Grande

Controversy

The men in the mail car atfirst refused to surrender, but the

pockets, and Iturned it over tothe sheriff.

Fireman Train Xo, 10

We were going along smoothly,

and had just passed Goodyear,

going toward Benlcia, when theholdup occurred. Iwas sitting inmy fireman's seat, reading over

the new train orders, and thefirst intimation Ihad of.impend-ing danger was when, turning

toward the water tank on thetender, after hearing a slightnoise, Ifound myself looking

into the muzzle of a .44 revolverin the hands of a small, rather

thick set man, who wore a maskmade of a black rag. As Ithrewup my hands another man, tallerthan the first, and also masked,

came over the tank and coveredMarsh, the engineer. They orderedus to drive the locomotive on, andthe taller man then decided to beengineer himself. Making Marshget down from his seat, this mantook the throttle and ran thetrain a short way, soon stopping

with a jerk, which caused thepassengers to poke their headsout of windows, fearing a wreck,

A fusillade of bullets from the

two men made the heads disap-

pear, and Ibelieve that not an-other head appeared at a carwindow during the trip.

The men made Marsh and my-

self alight from the engine, and

after they had secured the mailsacks, made us do all their fetch-ing and carrying. They kept usn front of them as they ap-

proached the car where the mallbags were, and told us that we

would be the first to get shot if

there was a fight Iwas afraidthat they were going to take meon the engine when they madetheir getaway, to fire for them,

and later drop me off. or do away

with me. but this course seemed,

Isuppose, too risky for them, asthey finally decided to go onalone

threat of the robbers to put

dynamite under them soonbrought them to time. The othertwo holdup menIknow little of,

as only two had charge of usduring the affair. ,

The men were evidently old'hands at the game, as the mancovering me with the revolverheld the weapon as steady as a

rock.The little fellow seemed to be

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directing the operations, and didmost of the talking, while thebig one carried orders. ItIsa wonder to me that the mengrot away, as the farmers aboutsoon appeared' on the scene,

armed with shotguns, andsearched through the tules along

the banks of the marsh. The rob-bers, after ditching the train,

made us run the engine aheadfor a way,,and then made theirgetaway.

When the men first appeared

over the tank Ithought they

were "hoboes," but later.saw

that they meant business. They

did not attempt to rob us, or, Ithink, any of the train crew, evi-dently knowing that the few dol-

lars we had would not help them

much. The boy employed in thetrain by the Denison news com-pany, who was in the smoker,slept through the entire affair.

The men got away with sev-

eral sacks of registered mailfrom the mail car, Ibelieve, andsome packages from the express

car. They made Marsh and mecarry these to the engine. They

all wore black cloth over the'

lower part of their faces, andold and shabby clothes. Ifoundthe overcoat of the tall one, who"held Marsh up. It was near

where the engirvo stopped, and

was of a dirty gray color, veryshabby. Nothing was in the

BENJAMIN BLAKELY

GIRL DECIDES NOTTO SHOOT CRAMER

Major General J. Franklin Bell willsurrender the office of chief of staff ofthe army on Friday to Major GeneralLeonard Wood, who is en route to>Buenos Aires. The office will be con-ducted untilJuly by General Tasker H.Bliss.

Thus far the president has givennothing1 but kind words to the exposi-tion boomers.

Now that the Standard Oil and theAmerican Tobacco company's cases areto be reargued before the supremecourt, the -corporation tax cases movaup into first rank among those inwhichdecisions may be expected in the nearfuture. It is not impossible that de-cisions may be handed down In thesecases' tomorrow.

Tremendous pressure Isbeing broughtto bear on President Taft to take somepart in deciding the claims of rivalcities for the honor of holding an ex-position in 1915 In commemoration ofthe completion of the Panama canal.During the latter part of next week hewillreceive Governor Giliett of Califor-nia and a large delegation of San Fran-ciscans to urge the selection of theGolden Gate city. New Orleans andSan Diego citizens have been here al-ready, and Washingtonians are shout-Ing their bids on every occasion.

The interest of the president in thedetails of the railroad bill is so greatthat he will not leave Washingtonwhile the measure is Inconference ifhecan avoid it- The differences betweenthe house and senate are sure to bemany; and the real law. as is often thecase with legislation of such import-ance, will be made by the conferees.

Several days will elapse, in all prob-ability,before the railroad bill is takenup again in the senate. Considerationof the river and Jiarbor bill will beresumed Monday and Newlands will *speak advocating a more complete co-operation among those responsible for

*

the various improvement projects.

Preparations have been made In thehouse for the early closing: of debateon the measure. Mann has secured anarrangement for night sessions tomor-row and Tuesday. It is expected thatthe billwillbe placed before the housafor amendment under the five minuterule Thursday and passed by Saturday.

WASHINGTON, April 17.—1t looksafter all as .though the house will beatthe senate In passing the administra-tion railroad bill, as the latter branchhad a start of two or three weeJks^ intaking1 up the measure.

Governor Gillett and San Fran-cisco Exposition Delegates

Are Expected £

President Purposes to Stay inWashington Until Measure" Passes Congress

TAFT KEEPS WATCHON RAILROAD BILL

CARDINAL STUDENTSSEEKING DIPLOMAS

Frank Corey of 2209 Van Ness ave-nue was .thrown" from a Polk streetelectric /car last evening and sustaineda fractured skull. Corey was standing

on the. rear platform and lost his bal-ance as the car turned a corner.

George Durham, a marine engineer,livingat 761 Oak street, may die frominjuries sustained in a friendly wrest-ling match with John Donovan of 230Lausset street yesterday afternoon.

Durham and Donovan engaged in acontest of strength in the saloon of

Farrell &.Wilkens.on, 550 Haight street,

in the presence of four friends.Both men struggled about the floor of

the saloon for several minutes andDurham was finally lifted from off hisfeet and thrown. In falling his headstruck against a safe and his skull wasfractured.

Policeman Louis J. Cornelius arrest-ed Donovan and he will be detainedpending the outcome of Durham's in-juries. Witnesses Informed the policethat the two were the best. of friendsand that the contest was a friendly

one. -Skull Is Fractured

George Durham's Skull Is Frac-tured While Wrestling

FRIENDLY BOUT MAYEND IN MAN'S DEATH

When the present jetties were com-pleted in 1899 there was 30 feet ofwater on Humbpldt bar at mean lowtide, -while now there is but 21 feet, thejetties having disintegrated.

The senate, according to telegraphicadvices from Congressman W. F. En-glebright, willpass the rivers and har-bors bill this week, carrying with itan Item for -work on the Humboldt barjetties. Annual appropriations will beprovided for until the work Is com-pleted at a total cost estimated at$1,037,000.

The petition cites the work done bythe government on the Columbia riverand at San Pedro as bearing out thisassertion.

It is said that better work will bedone with the government engineers indirect charge and that the profitswhich might accrue to a private con-tractor could be expended in additionalimprovement.

EUREKA. April17.—

Prominent citi-zens of this city -will next Wednesdayevening submit to the Humboldt cham-ber of commerce for indorsement a pe-tition addressed to the war department,which asks that the government do th^work on Humboldt bar. rebuilding therjetties instead of lettinga contract.

With Disapproval[Special Dispatch to The CalQ

Private Contract System Meets

WILL ASK GOVERNMENTTO BUILD NEW JETTIES

The examiner of the !insurancedepartment has reached a differentconclusion on the same facts andcircumstances. Whether theseseven gentlemen acted wisely in

;their conclusion, or, as stated in thereport, did not understand the sub-ject, or "purposely misled theboard of trustees," Ileave thepolicy holders, to whom we are ac-countable, to judge. The compar-ingof their judgment and Integritywitn that of the examiner of thedepartment presents a question Ido not care to discuss.

This committee acted under theadvico and approval of Joseph H.Choate and James McKeen, thecompany's counsel having the mat-ter In charge. They held meetingsextending over three weeks, ex-amined facts and circumstancesupon .which the claims of the com-pany were based, and made a re-port to the trustees recommendingsettlements which were afterwardmade.

The only subject in the report ofthe examiner of the department re-quiring comment is that relatingto settlement of the company'sclaims against former officers ofthe company. . v""

The proposals of settlement werereferred by >the board of trusteesto a committee of trustees consist-ing- of Benjamin F. Tracy, lawyer;Edwin S. Marston, president of theFarmers' loan and trust company;H.Rieman Duval, president of theAmerican beet sugar company;- H.W. Taft of Strong & Cadwalder,lawyers, and F. W. Heaton, presi-dent •of the American car andfoundry company. None of thiscompany was connected with tti&company; during the period inwhich these claims arose.

>Charles A. Peabody, president of theMutual life insurance company, whenasked to commerit upon the report,said:

Returns to policy holders have in-creased correspondingly. Dividendspaid in 1904 amounted to $2,674,206

and In 1908 \u25a0to $8,311,255. The reportexplains, howeyer, that many deferreddividend policies matured during theyears 1907-8.PPABODY DEFENDS SETTLEMENT

The examiners believe the expendi-ture of the policy holders' money forquestionable purppses \has "been defi-nitely ended.

Nevertheless, it~is said, "the reporton the whole is complimentary to thecompany. The examiners find the com-pany has complied, in the main, withthe insurance law as amended by theArmstrong committee."

Superintendent Hotchkiss character-izes the report submitted by the com-pany's committee, which recommendedthe acceptance of the compromise withthe'McCurdys as "untrue in at leasttwo particulars , and deceptive in onemore. And it. seems to us," he con-tinued, "either the committee did notknow the facts, or purposely misledthe board of directors."

2. Since the Armstrong law went*,into effect the; Mutual expense ofmaintenance and administration,has dropped from $15,720,901 in.'- 1904, the year before the Armstronginvestigation; to $7,451,186 in 1908,

\u25a0while the volume of business re-mained about the' same, i

3. As late as 1906. agents of the. company were stUl active cam-paigners in the interests of direct-ors seeking re-election. For these"electioneering services agents of!the company received in 1906$168,351 of policy holders' moneys.

, ,4. As late as 1908 payments to: agents aggregated .$354,144, which

\u25a0 did not appear on'the books of the'\u0084 company as bonuses for getting

new business, but are neverthelessbelieved by the department to besuch, paid in violation of the Arm-strong law, were traced to theBoston office. There is no record. of them in the home office. In;Boston they are charged to "super-

\u25a0 vision of old business," which is tosay to prevent the lapsing: of old• policies.

OBJECTION TO REPORT

NEW YORK, April17.—The first in«-.vestigation of.the Mutual life insurancecompany undertaken-by the state sinceGovernor Hughes uncovered the scan-dals of 1905 has been completed by Su-perintendent of Insurance Hotchkissand develops. these facts:

'; , ",

1. The final efforts of the new .management to, recover $3,000,000from the late President RichardA. McCurdy and his associates of,

-the old management resulted in anet outgo of $237,349 more than thecompany received from the Mc-Curdys. . /

New York Examiners Find ThatExpenses of Administration

Were Reduced V

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 17.The intercollegiate chess tournamentbetween Stanford and the University of

California is still in progress and cannot be completed until tomorrow after-noon, when H. Mann (S.) will play S.C. Haight (C), the deciding game of

the tournament. Testerday afternoonW. M. Davidson, the Stanford captain,

played a game with E. W. Gruer (C.)

which resulted In a tie, thescore up to this time: Stanford 3^.California 2»A. IfMann can succeed inwinning his game tomorrow or can tie

it the tournament will go to Stanford,

and ifHaight wins the tournament willbe a tie. . "•-

Following are the results of thematches already played:

E. J. Cummlngs (S.) won from Jamesde Fremery (C). W. O. Smith (S.) wonfrom W. A. English (C), R. L. Vaughn(S.) won from A. C. Perkins (C), C. T.Dunham (S.) lost to A. Epstein (C.)

nnd P.. A. Knowlton (S.) lost to R. B.Cooke (C).

at the Best[Special Dispatch to The Call]

California Can Only Secure Tie

STANFORD AHEAD INCHESS TOURNAMENT

A committee on bylaws and perma-nent organization, clns^stlng of ColonelAlberger, [> Colonel Blaze, CaptainThomas Green, W. Detreux. W. Howe,Captain Sullivan and Slg Simon, wasappointed to report at the next meet-lng.'which will be held Saturday, April30. The question: of allowing sons ofveterans to become members will bediscussed at the next meeting.

One hundred and twenty-five mem-bers signed the roll. General E. S.Salomon was elected temporary chair-man and H. L. Edel temporarysecretary. The organization adoptedthe name of Lincoln-McKinley camp.

Many speeches were made at themeeting censuring the actions of theheads of the state and federal depart-ments In discriminating: against vet-erans in the employment of subordi-nates, despite provisions of state andfederal statutes providing that, every-thing else being equal, veterans are tobe preferred. _,

A large and enthusiastic meeting forthe purpose of reorganizing the Armyand Navy republican league, which hasbeen out of existence since .the fire,was held Saturday evening at Jeffersonhall.. The organization is composed ofveterans of the Mexican civiland Span-ish wars.

ficials Against Old SoldiersCondemn Discrimination by Of-

VETERANS REORGANIZEREPUBLICAN LEAGUE

EUREKA, April 17.—Donald J. Mc-Kay and F. B. Wilson of the PacificPress pulp paper and products com-pany of San Francisco, which purchaseda paper and pulp mill site near theHolmes Eureka mill Friday, will leavefor San Francisco Tuesday of this weekfor a few days, returning prepared tostart active building operations on theproposed plant. Dr. Robert Johnston ofthis city will care for the business ofthe Pacific pulp paper and productscompany locally. McKay states thatwork immediately will be started on agigantic pulp and paper mill and thatthe tot^l investment of his company inthis county will amount to upward of$2,000,000.

to Start Building[Special Dispatch to The Call]

WillReturn to Eureka Prepared

PULP MILLPROMOTERSLEAVE FOR THIS CITY

Mrs. Dinah E. Sprague, who celebrat-ed her one-hundredth birthday lastMay, is the oldest member of the Wo-men's Relief corps.

Professor Leschetizky. the eminentpianist, still teaches at his home in Vi-enna, though he is nearly 80.

Negotiations are proceeding betweenItaly and France with regard to a pro-posed tunnel through Mount Blanc.

SANTA MARIA.April17.—The boilerof the Municipal lightandpower plantblew up this afternoon witha roar thatalarmed every one for miles around.

Charles Kennedy, the engineer, wasstanding in front of the furnace at thetime, but escaped death, although thebuilding was .wrecked and fragments

hurled all about the plant.Kennedy, however, was painfully

burned.

Engineer Standing Before Fur-nace Escapes Alive

BOILER EXPLODES ANDBUILDING IS WRECKED

The action jof the local committeewas ratified by the national executivecommittee, of.the union.

The terms under which the men willreturn to work are substantially thesame as those offered by the companyfour weeks ago. *

There . was a majority of* sevenagainst returning to work.

PHILADELPHIA, April17.—Althougha complete count of the referendumvote of the striking: carmen showedthat they had voted against accepting

the terms offered by the Rapid Transitcompany and returning to work, thelocal executive 'committee of the elec-tric railway employes tonight adopteda resolution declaring that the offerof the company had been accepted.

cepted by UnionTerms Offered by Company Ac-

PHILADELPHIA CARMENWILLRETURN TO WORK

| Californians on Travels |

Passengers Escape Injury•" WALLA WALLA. Wash., April 17.—According to advices received here to-night, Northern Pacific train. No. 7,west bound from Spokane, was wreckedfive miles west of Ritzville, near Mar-shall junction, about 2 o'clock thismorning, probably by spreading 1 rails.No one- was Injured, but the train wasbadly damaged. The wreckage is notyet cleared, but trains are runningaround it on a siding., . ; ;-1

Spreading Rails Blamed and

NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAINWRECKED ATRITZVILLE

The Patrol then crossed the bay toTlichmond, and on its way stopped noless' than 20 launches to try and findtheir men. They returned to Howardstreet dock at 4 o'clock. "\u25a0*.-\u25a0-:'

The police boat Patrol started outyesterday morning at 10 o'clock to tryand locate the bandita. On the boatwere Policemen BillyDoran and JamesMackay. They were both heavily armed.They proceeded up the bay toCaliforniaCity

—where they got a "pointer" that

three men haxl been seen to land justnorth of California City and make fora hut on the hillside known as "rob-bers' roost." Doran and Mackay, withpistols drawn, climbed up the hill, ex-pecting to catch the highwaymen, butto their disappointment the hut was de-serted.

Police Boat Joins- Hunt

The railroad detectives would notmake public the name of the Sacra-mento saloon where the meeting is tooccur. The place is being closely\u25a0watched, and ,the Pierce ranch was

"\u25a0watched yesterday by a large posse.Chief Secret Agent P. J. Kindelon of

the Southern Pacific company and W.J. Whitney, superintendent of the west-:ern division of the road, stated in'Martinez last night that they believedtiiat there was a third man in the rob-bery and that he was an experiencedrailroadman.

"We will meet at the saloon in Sac-ramento." said the note.

The map bears the location of therobbery and several towns. IncludingVacaville, Sacramento and other adja-cent points are Indicated. The memo-randum related the proposed plan ofthe robbery and stated that the robberswould cache their bicycles at the Piercerach, in Solano county, and would csrcape from the train to the ranch,-where they would bury their booty.Meeting Place Guarded

When the engine was found wreckedat Tolena* there was found in the caban old overcoat. In the pocket of theovercoat was a crude map and a mem-orandum, which might have beenplanted by the robbers as a false scent,but which the detectives are consider-ing for what it Is worth.

Another theory is that the enginewas started by the robbers from Jack-snipe, a shooting club station threemiles south of Suisun, and went on itsown steam under a wide open throttle,the robbers having jumped from thecab after the locomotive had been un-der way.

But it is a third man, said by theSouthern Pacific detectives to be an ex-perienced railroad engineer, »-ho is be-lieved to have directed the robbery andto have cleverly covered the retreat ofthe active robbers by running the en-gine disconnected from the train fromblock, to block in such a way as to stoppursuit by raiL It is thought thatwhile the two robbers who appeared inthe open as conducting the robberywere rowing from the scene of thecrime to Bullshead point, near Marti-nez, this third man got into the locomo-tie and ran up the line, through Sui-sun, where a hurriedly assembled posseof trainmen and citizens were waitingat the depot for the stolen engine, toTolenai, where the engine was derailedby crashing into a line of boxcars onthe siding.

Believed Wild Engine

Ithink the bandits were amateurs,from their dress and nervousness.They wore cartridge belts strapped

around them, and each had two pearl

handled revolvers. The heavier man,

•who bossed the other, called him "Bull"when he spoke. The man were crtydwellers, and were rather refined. They

used no slang in talking to us, andthey treated both the fireman and my-

self courteously. Both men \u25a0were young.

THUGS TAKE ENGINEFROM CREW AT POINT

OF FOUR REVOLVERSTwo men, recently of Martinez, be-

lieved beyond reasonable doubt to bethe robbers of the Southern Pacifictrain No. 10 on the dreary Suisunmarshes at midnight Saturday, were

'being searched for yesterday fromMartinez to Oakland and through thebroad country that lays, dotted with:

ranches and farms, in the region ofMount Diablo. .Sheriffs, police. UnitedStates postal officials. United Statesmarshals and deputy marshals, railroaddetectives and volunteer posses turnedthe San Ramon valley Into a huntingground for the two men. Automobilesloaded with officers, armed and eagej,covered the country roads of ContraCosta and Alameda counties.Railroadman Implicated

Forty-five minutes after we were heldup the robbers' engine was seen at

Tolinas. Train No. 5 was then tied upat Cannon, and a switch engine wasg-oing to tell them to take So.10's right of way and proceed. Thecrew on the switch engine saw theheadlight, of my engine, and switchedit into some cars. There was then notrace of the robbers.

start away presently at full eteam,tearing full power down the track. Iwalked to Goodyear, and notified thekeeper who, in turn, informed Suisun.A switch engine came on, and the mentold me how the robbers' engine had

rushed through Suisun at a speed of 15

miles an hour, but apparently undercontrol. They could not see, however,

if anybody was In the cab, only sur-mising that some one was at thethrottle, because the engine sloweddown and picked up speed.

Thugs Escape Across River by

Boat After DesertingWild Engine

Railroad Detectives Believe Ex-perienced Engineer Is One

of Trio of Bandits

From San Francisco— J. de Fremery, Breslin:Miss M. L. Everett, Savoy; H. Hofman, HotelAlbany:\u25a0 Mrs. \u25a0C. S. Wheeler. Netherland; R. h.Chnpman and Mrs. R. E. Chapman, HotelLatham: J. D. East and Mrs. J. I>. East, HotelPlaza: S. J. Hammon, A. Hese, Hotel Flanders;M. T. Reinke and Mrs. Relnke, Hotel- Cadillac;

J. Durney, C. J. Quftin. Hotel Belmont; E.Ralney, Hotel Breslin; X. Brankenridge. J. 11.X. Clausen. E. H. Ames. Hoffman; S. Bennlng-ham. Hotel Navarre; H. C. Fassett, :\u25a0 Murray

Hill;Mrs. T. F. Fallmacher, J.:Miseworth andMrs. Miseworth, Grand Union; J. A. New, HeraldSquare. -

\u25a0 . \u25a0 • -•Oakland— W. J. Crabbe. Broadway. Central;

H. H. Shear. Mrs. Shear, H. F. Shear, Miss C.H. Shear. Miss A. E. Shear. Hotel Latham;H. R. Levy and Mrs. Levy. Herald Square.

Los Angeles—Miss Cohan, Broztell hotel;Mrs.L. Critcher, • Park Avenue; Mm. W. H. Mc-Manus. Broztell; W. H. McManus. Broztell;Mrs. E. F. .Ray, Martha Washington; G. A.Smith, G. L. Smith. Astor house; J. Wiesen-berßer, Mrs. J. Wiesenberger. :Broxtell;Miss L.Kibbee, Miss B. Lebas, Martha Washington;O. R. Spahr and Mrs. Spahr. Hotel Empire;Z. C. Ward, Miss Ward, Murray Hill: Vf. P.Hnmoh, Grand Union: C. Pray. Grand Union.'.< Sacramento

—D. Labln,- Manhattan.

San Rafael— Mrs. T. Menztes, Miss A. Men-zies. Hotel Navarre.

NEW YORK,"April 17.—Californlans/are registered at local hotels here asfollows:

'\u25a0 ..

[Special. Dispatch to TheXall]

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. April17.—The final list of candidates for grad-

uation in May as announced by theregistrar contains the names of 211

aspirants for the coveted sheepskin.Twenty-two major departments are

represented, the most popular coursebeing civil engineering with 32 candi-dates.

The complete list is as follows:GREEK _ _

Misses A. 11. Collier. B. Rible and H. G.Smith.

LATINWilliam Cliislett Jr. and Misses I>. M. Cross.

A F. McKee, E. H. Radcliffc and M. B. Smith.GERMAN ;,, ,

Misses L. Bee?«>r. Z. K. Kotbwell. E. B. Clark.M Flicklncer. F. Gsndulfo. K. Hayward. F.vaHoff. C. Keller. B. J. Knapt>. R. Maddox. C.Morrison. I.Stauf. B. Thurmond. M. \an Zvral-enburz R. E. Wheeler and A. \S right.

FRENCHMiss A.U Chapman. Henry Haso.

ENGLISHC. H. Arnold. H.G. Hanve.r, J. S. Harler. G.

F. Moncan and Misses G. L. Barker. K. L.Buckingham. S. E. Bundy. M. C. Oman. L. K.Flaec A. B. Fowler. R. T. Frary. F. Gilbert,

H. H.Ham. F. M. Haiiswlrtn. B. B. Hoover. E.Lawson.-M. B. Lever. 8. Miller. L. H. O'Neale.M. L. Ozier, E. R. Palmer, C. E. Smith and C.Wilson.

GRAPHIC ARTSMisses H. Bordin, J. S. Hughes, H. V. Poor.

L. Scott and M. Warrior.MATHEMATICS

Miss M. Harrlgan.THYSICS

Misses L. E. Learning. E. Richardson and A.

CHEMISTRYS. M. Rose. K. C. Das. T. B. Hine. T. M.

Hopler. Miss E. Jameson. C. C. Marchant, A. H.Myer. K. W. Poindexter/Jr.. H. Robertson, B. D.Shoemaker. E. 11. Staber, P. H. Waldraff. E. R.Weaver.

BOTANYMSwes M. E. Clark. M. J. Couch and M. J.

L&ndon.PHYSIOLOGY

T Binklcy. G. C. 11. McPheeters. O. F. Mont-Comery, W/a. Morrison. W. W. Southard, Fran-cis Stolle, O. E. CtzLnirer and Mleses B. A.Cnrry, N. E. Ford and H. S. King.

PSYCHOLOGYMiss E. M. Foley and A. S. Otis.

EDUCATIONH. W. Campbell, E. S. Evenden. M. W. Fleh-

er. A. Heche and Misses C. L.McMillan, L.A.

Soars and E. Thompson.HISTORY

R. L.Dnffns, M. C. Edwards and Misses O.Adams. F. Burklianer. G. M. Darts. L. Farns-worth, H. Green, M. T. Howel). B. B. Johnson,B. E. Lenfest. J. C. Morgan. R. E. Robertson,A. Sbepardson, A. Shumate, H. Starr, M. O.Todd and Z. L. Watkins.

ECONOMICSS. Brran, W. M. Duffus. L. L. Frank, S. J.

Hayes. 'W. E. Holmes. E. A. Little, M. M.Mitchell. Harry E. Reed. G. W. Wood andMisses C. Budde and A. Walker.

ZOOLOGYMiss H. Flickinger.

ENTOMOLOGYMisses F. C. Burrell and G. E. Hadden.

GEOLOGY AND MININGT. C. Baker. A. W. Burgrcll. W. A. Cash-

baagh C. W. Henderson. G. A. Macready, E. A.Meleier. W. R. Rice and A.K. Seucllinger. I

CIVILENGINEERINGW. W. Abrißht. C. E. Bee. A. T. Case, A. B.

Cook. G. Costar. D. P. Crawford, A.D. Edmon-ston. G. J. Fisher, D. D. Gammon, B. J. Gar- jnett. W. J. Harris, U.L. Horton, R.L. Hughes,G. McGregor, G. B. Martin. B. F. Morris, J. M.(Oakey. 'J. O. Oltmans, M. B. Piper, H. It.-'Ramsdell. C. E. Sandste«H, 11. J. Sharp. W. 8:d-well D. D. Smith. P. Soo-Hoo, J. B. Swickard,B. W. Cpson.'J. M. Wadsworth. D. H. WalkerJr.. R. P. Webbe, W. N. White and C. R.Yousc.

LAW -si"::W. S. BarUey. Paul J. Batkin. A.B. Bianchi.

R. M. Bunrunder. G. B. Fish. W. C. Conrad,T. A. de Bolt, R. M. Ford.- W. P. Fuller Jr.,R. J. Glendennlwr, J. H. Large. E. M. Leaf,S. A. Undauer, Hale MaCowen Jr.. IT. C. Nel-son, W. 11. Patterson, E. R. Purdum. E. V.Rosenkranz. J. E. Bhelton. C. C. Shoemaker, B.W. Utter. E. 8. Wakeman and F. B.

-Wood.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGR. E.'Beckley, H. H. Blee, L. P. Brassy, I/.

H. Cochran, H. L. Hess, A. F. Meston, C. J.Moroney, C. T.Norwood and H. C. Warren. 1

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGCA. Binns, C. L. Bradlef, H. P. Cramer. L.

M. Edwards. A. Endree, J. R. Holman. R. C.McFadden. J. B. Moorhead. W. T.Parker. W. IXPeaslee, C. K. Ransom, P. A. Robinson, C. E.Sampson, C. P. Taylor and R. Wall.

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May at Stanford

After stating; the statistics as. to' themortality from different

-diseases in

Panama, at different Iperiods, Dr. Osiersaid tl)at |In 1908 the combined tropicaldiseases, malaria, dysentery and beri-beri, killed fewer there than the' twogreat killingdiseases of the temperate,-zone,^ pneumonia and tuberculosis." \u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0.

From the days of Joseph down theonly well populated country which hadenough grain to satisfy its own con-sumers was Egypt, rich beyond the rec-ord of any other soil this side of Para-dise. *

The recent action/of the supervisorsIn setting aside the basement of thenew hall of justice^for the use of theJuvenile court as a detention; home, wasdiscussed' and the board was given arousing vote of thanks.' gA petition fora room where -private sessions, of the,court may be held. was forwarded to theboard." ;-

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Doctor Avery presided,; and seated onthe platform with the speakers wereRev. Drs. Patchell, ".:Myer,- Holman andMiller, Mayor Davison, County Super-intendent of Schools T. Bateman, CitySuperintendent of; Schools Alexanderand' Principals Trace, Wells, ;Croop,Bacon and Manzer of. the city schools.

Two hundred persons were addressedby Willard P. Hatch, chief probationoffijeej^-for San Francisco; Judge P. F.Gosbey of the juvenile court of SantaClara county; Rev. Father Gleason ofPalo Alto; Rev. George H. B. Wrightof San Jose and Dr. L.B.Avery, prin-cipal of the San Jose high school.

SAN JOSE, April17.—

Friends of themovement gathered from all

"parts Jof

the county this afternoon when theSanta Clara county auxiliary to thejuvenile court held a mass meeting atthe assembly hall of the state normalschool. . v^o lo "*-\u25a0- \

[Special Ditpalch to The Call]

Santa Clara- County AuxiliaryHears- Willard Hatch

DISCUSS NEEDS OFTHE JUVENILE COURT

"He would whistle when Ipassedand made me an object of ridicule un-til Igrew desperate," she said. "Iwent to Father Walsh and complainedabout him and at one time Iwrote aletter to the principal of the highschool stating that I'would horsewhipHarry Ifhe did not cease making funof me."

The boy's father calmed th« youngwoman and gained the assurance thathis son need fear no harm from her.According to young Cramer and othersMiss Kelly suffers from rbmantio hal-lucinations. She Is reported to havecomplained that a well known real es-tate man, married, was desperately Inlove with her while she was employed,at a local hotel. She Is also said to usea different colored note paper everyday in her correspondence and to havea fancy for a different colored candyeach day in the week.

Afterward, she declares, he attractedattention to her as she passed him onthe street on various occasions andturned her friends against her.

According to Miss Kelly,the romancebegan from a chance meeting at Kent-field lasfßummer. She denies that, shewas over In love with Harry, but ad-mitted that he is very handsome and a"keen" dresser. Her desire to shoothim came later, after a visit which hopaid her at San Rafael one eveningwhen she was alone. She declares thathe proved too ardent a lover at thattime and that she was forced to showhim the door.

Despite his son's assertions that MissKelly's mind is deranged and that sheproposed marriage to him the first timethey met, Cramer senior decided tohear her story. After a diligent searchhe succeeded In locating her In a hotelnear Larkspur and learned why shehad pursued his son with a revolver.

This happy conclusion was broughtabout last night through the interces-sion of the lad's father, who visitedMiss Kellyat Larkspur.

[Special Dispatch to The Call]

SAN RAFAEL, April17.—Nellie Kel-ly has decided not to shoot Harry Cra-mer, the high school student, athleteand brother of Mabel Cramer, the notedCalifornia beauty.

Tells Father o! Youth That SonRepeatedly Insulted Her

on Street ;

Disaster Averted Only After a•Hard Struggle

SAX DIEGO. April17.—

Flames of abrush fire were prevented from reach-Ing a powder magazine only after ahard fight in a canyon back of theChildren's. home this afternoon.-> The magazine belongs to a con-tractor and Is said to contain a large

:amount of explosives.The ground was too rough to permit

.the usual methods of fighting a fire.;A careless smoker is supposed to havecaused the trouble.

BRUSH FIRE ALMOSTREACHES MAGAZINE

The city council of Eaton, Me., votedby a large majority to ask the legisla-ture to amend the city charter so as togive the municipal suffrage to womenowning $500 worth of property. \u25a0 *.

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..After.the; show they visited the Por-tola cafe": together," anoV on ;returninghome, discovered '.that '. It was missing.

".WhitesJdO; was married recently toMiss :Hammond, daughter %of A.

'.B.Hammond, the .lumber king.V The twowent to the Columbia" theater Saturdaynight,;; Mrs. Whiteslde wearing thecostly gem. : . . :

That :a, diamond brooch, valued -at$500, was stolen from his wife's personwhile she was Ieither at the Columbiatheater ;or the Portola cafe Saturdaynight, was ithe complaint made byM. Whlteside.son-of a New York mil-lionaire,- and a locaj newspaperman, tothe police. yesterday. - ;'

Mrs. N.M. WJiitesideValuable •.-> Jewel Stolen From

WOMAN ROBBED OF$500 DIAMOND BROOCH

1Discoveries of great archeologicalimportance are: being made near SantaVlttoria, Cagllari, in Sardinia, whithermany; experts are ,rio.w bound. %,Theruins of;an entire jtown

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cavated and numbersTof artistic objects

have beenlrecovered; all'of -which sug-

gest that the:> remains are .'. those vof • atown;of the bronze age. .. .* ':

THE SAN FRANOISCO, GALL, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1910.

ENGINEER AND FIREMANFORGED TO CARRY LOOT!

TRAIN ROBBERSSUCCESSFULLYEVADE CAPTURE

TRAINMEN GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBE THE HOLDUPFRAIL LOVE BARK

DRIVEN ON ROCKSNEW LAW OBEYED

BY MUTUALLIFESHIFTING RIVERCHANGES BOUNDARY

At a late hour last night a man giv-ing the name of R. A. Gunther, who de-clared he was a resident of Sacra-mento and an uncle of Miss Borchert,presented himself at police headquar-ters and asked permission to take heraway.• In response to a wire to Sacramentothe authorities of that place declaredthat they did not know Gunther, andhis request was refused until such timeas he could satisfy the police that he

had authority from the girl's parentsto take her home.

Miss Borchet, declared at headquar-ters that she was coming down to thecity to visit her father, and that_ young

Amacker happened to.be on 'the sameboat. However, papa Amacker in-formed the police that it was "a bonaflde elopement, and: his telegraphic in-structions were, filled with paternalobstacles and objections.

Both young people were detainedawaiting the arrival of their parents.

Tides of ill fate yesterday wreckedthe frail bark •;which Caspar Amacker,aged 16, of Sacramento, and Iva Bor-chet, aged 17, of Fair Oaks, hadlaunched the day before on the uncer-tain sea *of 'matrimony. Both youngpeoplehad spread the sails of romancein the hope that they would catch akindly breeze, be blown safely into port

at the marriage license counter of thecounty, clerk's office and thence onwardover the bounding sea of life.

The launching took place at Sacra-mento, the sails of romance werespread as the couple came down to thecity on the river steamer CaptainWeber, but the port they arrived inwas the strong grasp of the law, rep-resented by Policeman J. E. Ward,- whohad telegraphic instructions fromAmacker Sr. in Sacramento.

Youthful Couple Are Caught inTyphoon otyUncertain Sea; of Matrimony r

Itis' contended on behalf of Mexicothat the river ran on the Texas side ofthe disputed territory as late as 1552.Since that time, however, the channelof the river has changed its course, butwhether by gradually wearing awaythe Mexican bank and adding the sandto the Texas side or by taking an en-tirely new course is the question atissue.

• Itwas agreed at a treaty conventionthat In the event of a change in thecourse of the river- by accretion theterritory gained by either 'countryshould remain in the country intowhich it had been thrown; but In theevent of a change by evolution the ter-ritory involved should remain the prop-erty of the country within whose bor-ders Itoriginally was.

Citizens of El Paso, including themayor, visited the state, departmentsome weeks ago and urged SecretaryKnox'to dispose of the question as soonas possible,.representlng that delay hadalready depressed the value of prop-erty lying within the zone^

"Washington:, April 17.—The shift-ing channel of the Rio Grande river isresponsible for the present diplomaticcontroversy over the question whetherthe extreme southern section of thecity of El Paso, Tex., on the Mexicanfrontier, valued at several million dol-lars, really belongs to the Mexican sideof the- boundary line. The land in-volved, which is known as the Chamizalzone and over which the United Stateshas always exercised jurisdiction, isabout a mile and a half long and tiveblocks wide in.its widest part. It ismostly lalS out in city blocks and con-tains a large number of homes, ownedand occupied principally by Mexicans.

El Paso never had considered theMexican claims seriously until themeeting of President Taft and Presi-dent Diaz In El Paso last year, whenit was agreed the disputed territory forthat particular occasion should be re-garded as a neutral zone.

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