THE SanFrancisco CALLVOLUME CXIL?NO. 38. SAN FRANCISCO. MONDAY, JULY 8, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS.

TAFT TO OPENHIS CAMPAIGNIN WASHINGTON

President Will Fire First Gun ofGreat National Political

Struggle Today

jCampaign Manager to Be Chosen

With Help of Big Party

Leaders

Brilliant White House ReceptionWill Follow Marshaling of

the Field Forces

[Specie/ Dispatch to The Call]

WASHINGTON".July 7.?The re-

publican campaign will open

here tomorrow, when a dozen

or more of the big leaders ofthe party will have a series of consul-tations among themselves and with

President Taft, select his campaign

manager and make plans for the open-ing of the political battle. The sub-

committee of arrangements, appointedin Chicago, arrived tonight for the con-

ference.It is understood that the choice for

national chairman lies between Harry

M. Daugherty of Columbus, 0., who isPresident Taft's choice, and SenatorNewell Sanders of Tennessee.

etary Hilles. it has been decided,

can be of more service by remaining in

his present post.

If President Taft insists, Daugherty

will be elected chairman of the nationalmmittee and will be placed in charge

of the campaign. Members of the sub-?nmittee, however, prefer Senator

Sanders, who would have the support of!the progressive element of the party

that has cast its lot with the president. |Harry New of Indiana could have the

pest, but has declined it. Joseph B.Kealing of Indiana has been mentioned.

Committeemen on the GroundThe members of the subcommittee

here are Powell Clayton of Arkansas(chairman), F. "W". Esterbrook of NewHampshire, Alvah H. Martin of Vir-ginia, Roy O. West of Illinois, John J.

lama of lowa, Charles B. Warren of

Michigan. Newell Sanders of Tennesseeand Thomas Neidringhaus of Missouri.

Samuel A- Perkins of Washington hasnot yet arrived.

In addition, William Barnes Jr.. re-

publican national committeeman of

New York; Senator Lodge of Massa-chusetts and Senator Penrose of Penn-sylvania, Taft leaders, are here con-ferring with the members of the sub-

committee today and will be present at

the meeting tomorrow. Former Speaker

Cannon, Congressman Mann of Illinoisand other leaders also conferred withthe subcommittee today.

The subcommittee will meet at 10o'clock tomorrow morning in the Wil-lard, and at 10:30 will go to the WhiteHouse for luncheon and a long confer-ence with the president, which may

last until evening.

The selection of the national chair-man and of a secretary and treasurer

I?" the national committee will be

agreed upon.

Political Reception AnnouncedTomorrow night President Taft will

give a reception in the White House

which will be of much political signifi-

cance. He will then meet not only themembers of the committee on arrange-

ments but many other important stateleaders, who are coming here to see

the president, get acquainted with himand obtain plans and ideas for the cam-

paign, which is to be pushed vigorously

from now on.

Particular attention is to be paid theelection in Vermont, the first to be held,

which will come on September S. A

Taft man is running for governor, andit is especially desired that the Taft re-

publicans make a strong showing inthis state for the moral effect the vic-tor-.' will have.

With practically unvarying unifor-mity dispatches from all over Pennsyl-

vania are showing the subsidence ofthe Roosevelt wave. There is some

third term sentiment in the anthraciteregions and in the southern tier, but

to all intents the bottom has dropped

out of the movement.In Allegheney county former Senator

FMnn, head of the third term party inPennsylvania, has been deserted by

Mayor McGee and other powerful lieu-tenants. In a few sections where talkof a new party persists there is no in-

dication of preparation for an organ-

ization. No man is so rash as to pre-

dict the election of Roosevelt, and thistotal lack of confidence Is a fatal han-dicap to third term prospects.

Leaders Flock to TaftThere is little doubt that nearly all

of the leaders who espoused Roosevelt'scause at the April primary will be

found in the Taft camp long before No-vember.

Most of the Roosevelt supporters

who were animated by sentiment ratherthan self-seeking and who are loyal be-

lievers in the protective tariff doctrine

/will be found enrolled as regulars un-

jj the impulse of party fealty.

A smaller number, deeply imbued

with so called progressive ideas and not

greatly concerned about the tariff, are

nturning to Wilson, the democratic nor-

One of These MenMay Direct Taft's

Political Battle

Fighter WorstedIn Collision With

Modest CivilianNEWPORT, R. 1., July 7.? WhTle

groping its way through a dense fog

near the Newport naval training stationtoday, the Fall River line steamer Com- |monwealth rammed the United Statesbattleship New Hampshire. Both shipssustained considerable damage, but nofatalities or injuries resulted.

The Commonwealth struck the NewHampshire astern and nearly -end on.When the New Hampshire was discov-ered by the lookout the Commonwealthwas almost upon it. Before the ship

could be turned aside the collision oc-curred.

The sleeping passengers were badly

shaken in their berths and several werethrown from their beds.

Part of the 1,000 passengers scram-bled to the decks to ascertain thetrouble, but were assured by officersthat there was no danger.

The Commonwealth's bow was stovein where it rammed the battleship,

while the New Hampshire's stern wascut above the protective deck. Theafter compartment was crushedthroughout, the gun and berth deckswere smashed and the captain's aftercabin and the boiler room beneath weredamaged.

After unloading her passengers theCommonwealth proceeded tonight toNew York, where she will go into dry-

dock for repairs. The battleship NewHampshire has not yet received orderswhere to proceed to have its damagerepaired.

CZAR'S AGENTS HAMPERSAN FRANCISCO FAMILY

Hebrews With Passports EnterRussia With Difficulty

[Special Dispatch io The Call]NEW YORK, July 7.?Mrs. A. Lincoln

Brown of San Francisco, who is touringEurope with her husband and sonswrites to a morning paper from Carls-bad complaining that, although armedwith a passport, the family found itdifficult, as Hebrews, to gain entry intoRussia. They were harassed at everystep, but took copious notes of the utter:degradation and woe of the workingJews caused by injustice practiced upon

Ithem by the Czar's tyranny.

GRAHAME-WHITE ENDSHONEYMOON WITH FLIGHT

Thousands of Belgians WitnessExhibition at Folkestone

[Special Cable to The Call]LONDON, July 7.?Returning from

his honeymoon, Claude Grahame-Whiteflew in his hydro-aeroplane at Folke-stone this afternoon in the presence ofthousands of Belgians who had crossedespecially to see the flight.

There was an enormous number ofspectators. Later he commenced to flyto London with Mrs. White.

Verrier flew from Hendon to Brightonin CS minutes.

ROYALISTS ADVANCINGON PORTUGUESE BORDER

Bombs Are Being Thrown;Many Arrests Made

[Special Cable to The Call]LISBON, July 7.?The royalists on

the frontier are advancing betweenTuy and Caldellas. The government isprepared and an encounter is definitely

expected. Bombs are bring thrown andanests are being made day .md night.

TWENTY 'SPORTS'NABBED IN RAID

UPON COCKPITSan Francisco Posse Fires a

Volley to Stop Flight ofGamblers

Six Birds Dead, Betting High, at

Visitacion Hotel; $500

Collected

Twenty eager sportsmen, hailing

from far and near, assembled in thequiet backyard of the Visitaclon hotel,

just below the county line in Visi-taclon valley, yesterday afternoon toenjoy the ancient spectacle of cockfighting, conducted on rules handeddown from the classic Greeks.

Lean, scrappy birds were there inplenty, along with all the parapher-nalia of the pit, and the afternoon'stournament had been commenced in

earnest. Betting was high and ex-cited, six birds were dead, including

two or three that had been favoritesfor the high stakes, and the 20 eagersportsmen were having the time oftheir lives when ?

"Hands up!"

And Matthew McCurrie, secretary ofthe San Francisco Society for the Pre-vention of Cruelty to Animals, walkedthrough the back door of the hotel atthe head of a dozen or more deputieswith drawn revolvers.

Tliere was a mad scramble for thefence, each sportsman with his pet"bird under his arm; but McCurrie hadmeant what he said, and after the firstvolley there was no bolt from the con-

vention. Six shots were fired, and the20 eager sportsmen became 20 sorrowfulprisoners, only too anxious to give fic-

titious names and get out on $25 bail.For while the rules of the game have

not changed since the days of the an-cients, the laws are different, and al-though history records that Plato con-stantly reproached the Athenians fortheir fondness for the cockpit, today hemight have had them arrested, just asMcCurrie did.

It is not anticipated that the cockfighters will appear for trial or toclaim their ball money, which amountsin all to the tidy sum of $500. At Red-wood City, whither they were takenimmediately after their arrest, they

cheerfully parted with the money anddrove away?some north, some south,but all in automobiles, for it was a ses-

sion of the exclusive Goodfellow clubthat the officers had interrupted.

After the scramble was over paperswere found showing that the Goodfel-low club had been organized March 16,

1910, and that it had as its object the

"betterment of game fowls, their breed-

ers and fanciers." Being arrested

SHADOW GIRL ADDSMYSTERY TO WRECK

Lace Sleeve Found in DitchedAuto, but Owner Says

He Was Alone

[Special Dispatch to The Cell]LOS ANGELES, July 7.?A "shadow

girl" figured today In a mysterious ac-

cident in which a big touring car,owned by Walter E. Byrne, former dis-

trict attorney and one of the wealthiestyoung bachelors of San Bernardino,

plunged headlong down a steep em-bankment In the Venice road, tearing

through a barbed wire fence and land-ing in the bed of a small creek.

Just before daylight the automobilewas found standing in the creek bed.The torn up earth and broken fencemarked its pathway from the road. Inthe bottom of the machine was a lacesleeve, evidently torn from a daintyfeminine creation. The auto party

which discovered the wrecked car andfound the sleeve believed that somewoman had been seriously hurt in theaccident.

However, the mystery only deepenedwhen Byrne appeared at the Washing-

ton automobile station this afternoonand said that he was driving when theaccident occurred and that there wasno woman in the car.

But the "shadow girl" was not dis-sipated with this statement as the nightman at the garage said that a young

woman walked into the garage at 1o'clock this morning, accompanied by ayoung man. The latter said that hiscar had been ditched in the Venice road.

Byrne Is engaged to a local societygirl and she says she was not in theaccident and that the sleeve belongs tosome other woman. Attorney LeoByrne of San Francisco i3abrother ofthe hero of this adventure.

SAN FRANCISCO GIRLIS ENGAGED TO COUNT

Azeala Keyes WillTake Name ofFalkenstein

LONDON. July 7.?The Morning Postthis morning announces the engage-ment of Count Lewin Haupt of Falken-stein and Miss Azeala Keyes of SanFrancisco. No date for the wedding hasbeen set, but it is understood it will beearly in the fall.

MISS CROCKER'SWEDDING WILL

COST $55,900Gifts Alone to Represent an

Expenditure of $40,000;Orchids $4,500

Detectives Will Guard RareJewels at Brilliant San

Mateo Affair

The rarest and most costly orchidsgrown in the conservatories of Hills-borough, Fair Oaks and Beresford, willgive the dominant decorative touch to

the wedding of Miss Jennie AdelineCrocker and Malcolm Whitman, whichis to be celebrated in the EpiscopalChurch of St. Matthew, San Mateo, atnoon a week from tomorrow.

Miss Crocker, who is the wealthiestheiress in California, will embark upon

the sea of matrimony with a more gor-

geous function than ever before ter-minated the single blessedness of anAmerican society maid.

According to present calculations, thewedding, including the gifts to thebride, will cost, $55,900, and will set anew mark for rival American heiresses.William Bowers Bourn. president ofthe Spring Valley, gave a $25,000 wed-ding In the same little church at SanMateo two years ago, when his only

daughter. Miss Maud Bourn, became thebride of Arthur Rose Vincent of Somer-vill House, Ireland, and that functionhas served to arouse the envy and stim-ulate the emulation of all Californiasociety.

But it is on the shoulders of Miss

COST OF WHITMAN - CROCKERWEDDING TO BE CELE-

BRATED IN SAN MATEOON JULY 16

Wedding gifts 940,000

Bridal gown 1,000

Dresses far bridesmaids

aad flower girls 1,150

Dinner to groomsmen 500

Bridegroom's sifts to at-

tendants 800Orchids 4,500Orange blossoms and other

decorations 1,000

Burlingame club, for ac-

commodation of guests.. 2,500

Wedding breakfast 3.000Automobiles and carriages

for guests 200

Secret service agents 500Maids, porters and grooms 500

Music 250

Total g55,000

GLIDER SAILS AWAYBUT SPILLS RIDER

Joseph C. Vierra, ProfessoMontgomery's Successor, Is

Slightly Hurt by Fall

[Special Dispatch to The Call]REDWOOD CITY, July 7.?With his

glider sailing away over the hills untilIt was lost to view, Joseph C. Vierra,the aviator who is engaged in continu-ing the experiments In aerial naviga-tion begun by the late Professor Mont-gomery of Santa Clara college, had anarrow escape from death today in anaccident similar to that which killedhis distingueshed preceptor last fall.

As he was mounting against thewind, at the height of 10 feet thegilder overturned, flinging him vio-lently to the ground. Then, caught bya fresh gust, it sailed riderless away.

Vierra was picked up by his brother,Edward C. Vierra, who is assisting himin his work under the direction of theMontgomery heirs, and was taken to

the hospital here. His injuries proved

slight.

The glider was not recovered, but amodel that was used in connection withthe work will enable the brothers tocontinue their experiments until theycan build a full sized machine. Thenthey hope to demonstrate the solutionof the problems involved in keeping anaeroplane on an even keel.

FORMER ACTRESS GETSAN ABSOLUTE DIVORCE

Ernest M. Shipman ChargedWith Infidelityby AVife

[Special Dispatch to The Call]NEW YORK, July 7.?A final decree

of absolute divorce has been granted toMrs. Agnes Jane Shipman from ErnestMontague Shipman by Justice Gaveganin the supreme court. The couple weremarried August 15, 1905. Mrß. Shipmanin her complaint named several womenlas the cause of her troubles.

Before her marriage the plaintiff wasan actress known as Rosette Knott andwas well known throughout the westand northwest.

Shipman for years was an advanceagent of the Cort syndicate, but nowowns the Shipman companies playingin California

Author Davis to Marry

Yama Yama Girl Bride

Writer Admits That He Will Lead Actress toAltar of Hymen Somewhere Today

[Special Dispatch to The Call]NEW YORK, July 7:?Richard Harding Davis, the author, and Miss

Bessie McCoy, the popular "Yama Yama"'girl of stagedom, will be marriedtomorrow. That much Davis admitted tonight, but when pressed for thedetails of place, hour and attendants he demurred.

"Immediately after the ceremony my brother will issue a statement con-

Miss Bessie McCoy, the "Yama Yama" girl who is to be married todayto Richard Harding Davis.

NOTED CLUBWOMAN,MRS. DECKER, DEAD

Suffrage and Child WelfareLeader Passes Away at

Sanatorium

Mrs. Sarah Sophia Piatt Decker

passed away peacefully at 8:20 o'clock

last evening at the Adler sanatorium

after four hours of unconsciousness.At the deathbed were her daughter.

Miss Harriet Piatt of Denver and

Dr. Cornelia de Bey of Chicago.

Eight days ago the fatal attackculminated after several years of suf-fering from a complication of intes-tinal and kidney troubles, and deathfollowed an operation performed lastFriday.

Eight hundred thousand clubwomenof the nation will mourn the passing ofthis Denver woman, one of the mostremarkable figures In woman's work of

the age. For four years Mrs. Deckerserved as president of the General Fed-eration of Women's Clubs.

In the last two years her progress Inpolitical activities in Colorado as a suf-frage leader had placed her name forserious contemplation as a candidatefor congress from Colorado, and hername had been proposed as the firstwoman candidate for the presidency ofthe United States.

For 20 years Mrs. Decker had been

a national figure in woman's work. Inphilanthropic work 25 years ago Mrs.Decker became acquainted with the realconditions of women in relation topublic life. Her first lessons werelearned in administering to the poorand unfortunate of her sex. Thus shelearned what womanhood could do forthe benefit of the nation through unity

and through the elevation to political

equality with men in public affairs, andher fight for suffrage began early.

To Mrs. Decker belongs a great shareof the credit that Colorado became the

first state in the union to recognize

the political rights of women. Herwork in the Denver Women's club, ofwh'lch she was organizer and firstpresident in 1594, was of such signifi-cance as to rate her as one of Amer-

ica's foremost women. At St. Louis in1904 she was chosen to rule the des-tinies of the General Federation of

MINE BLAST HURLSMEN 1,000 FEET

Several Hundred Pounds of Pow-der Explode Unexpectedly,

Killing Eight

ELY, New, July 7.?Al H. Cook ofRoanoke, Va., here two years as a pow-

der man of the Nevada ConsolidatedCopper company, Copper Flat pit, andeight others were instantly killed thisafternoon when a load in a drill holewith several hundred pounds of blackpowder and a large quantity of dyna-

mite exploded.

C. E. Phay, a drill operator, 50 feetaway, was hurt by flying rocks, butnot seriously.

The cause of the premature explosion

Is unknown. It was caused possiblyby hot cinders from a passing engineon another pit level or carelessness inhandling the explosives.

The accident occurred next to thetop level. There ,are , several levels,averaging 60 feet, one above another.

Cook's remains were partially dis-membered and were identified by theclothes remaining and the card foundtherein. He was blown 1,000 feet fromthe middle of the pit. He was soon toquit and return home.

The remains of a few parts of theothers were identified. The pit wherethe accident occurred is 60 feet deep

below the entrance, while the westside rises more than 400 feet. Churndrills precede the steam shovels. Theholes are drilled and shot to loosen theore.

Sometimes a ton of dynamite andblack powder are charged in one hole.

VINCENT ASTOR GIVESPARK TO BASEBALL CLUB

Young Masterof Ferncliffe WinsHearts of Fans

[Special Dispatch ts The Coil]POUGHKEEPSIE, July 7.?By pre-

senting to the Rhlnebeck Baseball cluba fine ball park, Vincent Astor has wonthe hearts of the baseball fans of thecommunity and the admiration of therest of the population. It became knowntoday that the young master of Fern-cliffe presented the park to the base-ball club two days after he learnedthat such a park was needed.

EARTHROCKS40 SECONDSIN NORTH

ALASKATemblor Wrecks Supports of

Mine Near Fairbanks andForeman Is Suffocated

by Cavein

LESS VIOLENT SHOCKSOCCUR THROUGHOUT NIGHT

Seismic Waves Recorded Thou-sands of Miles Distant at

Salt Lake City and Kan*sas University

QUAKE IS WORST INPENINSULA'S HISTORY

FAIRBANKS,Alaska, July 7.?

The most violent earthquakeever known here took place at

10 o'clock last night, the earthrocking continuously for 40 seconds.

Less violent shocks occurredthroughout the night.

Louis Anderson, foreman of a mineon Dome creek, was killed as a resultof the earthquake. He was suffocatedbeneath a huge slab of earth whichthe quake loosened from the roof ofthe mine.

Record of Violent TemblorSEATTLE, Wash., July 7.?Violent

disturbances lasting from 12:01 to 2:06a. m. today were recorded on the seis-mograph at the University of Washing-

ton. The heaviest shock was from12:06 to 1:15, with the most Intensevibration of this shock between 12:06and 12:13, at which time the needle ranclear off "the paper.

Volcanic dust is still falling over theregion within several hundred milesof Mount Katmai, Alaska, whichawoke from slumber one month ago to-day. As only a few hundred people

live permanently in the sphere of in-fluence of Katmai and its sister vol-

canoes, Redoubt, Iliamna and St. Au-gustine, the financial damage causedby the shower of ashes from their fourchimneys was not large, and the lossof life, if any, was among the Indiansof the fishing villages along the Alaskapeninsula.

Lava LackingFollowing the first day of the erup-

tion, when the volcanoes after a strug-

gle, blew out the rocks that cloggedtheir throats, the discharge has beenonly of ashes, with no lava. At firstthe Redoubt cinders that poured downthe sides of Katmai were supposed

to be lava. The socalled ashes may

be duplicated by reducing to powder

the pumice stone to be obtained atany drugstore. Fine particles of vol-

canic dust have been known to floatin the air for many weeks, and tc be

carried half way around the world.This ash is composed principally of

silica, but contains also all the chem-ical elements required for plant growth,

and consequently acts as a fertilizer of

the soil. On Kodlak, Raspberry andAfognak islands, which were entirely

covered by the ash, grass is pushing itsway through the deposit where it is not

too thick, and where the cover Is deep?

in some places 30 feet ?vegetation willobtain a foothold from above. At thegovernment experiment station on Ko-diak island the cattle were saved, butmany sheep perished. It is assumedthat the wild herbivores managed to

browse on the trees and bushes. Thewater in the lakes and streams ran

clear in a short time after the fall ofashes abated, and fish were not exter-

minated. In the ocean no Injury wasdone to fish. The spawning run of thesalmon had not begun at the time ofthe eruption. 'The canneries are oper-

ating as usual, and the salmon aregoing up the rivers just as in formeryears. Government rations are sustain-

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