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I TeKbrAlnews afi An i 1 FOUNDED 1865 NURSE KILLED Bf FULL TJ CO ktr Jrttktiffafa wmHi PAGES 11 TO18 SAN FRANCISCO OAL THURSDAY AUGUST 14 1019 1 i WE Thrown Into Shaft While Trying to Board Car on Third Floor OPERATOR IS ARRESTED Says Girl Rushed for Lift as He Turned Lever and Was Closing Door Juanlta BIseaTdt IS years old a nurse was fatally Injured yesterday afternoon when ahd attempted to board an elevator on the third floor of the Phelan Building as the doors were closing T1a lif 1n ahAtfJI 4flA level -of the floor and her body went nurt llng to the basement Her screams brought a score of men to her assistance She was tsken to the Central Emergency Hospital where she died on the operating table Alex Jamleson the operstor of the elevator was arrested by Policeman Oeorge Oruenwald on a charge of manslaughter UNAVOIDABLE SAYS OPKRATOR It was an unavoidable accident lamleson told the police at the City Prison Passengers In my car can vouch for that 1 had just swung the doors to close them with one hand and was releasing the lever with my other hand when the girl came running for the closing doors At the same moment the car gave a lurch Before I could do anything the car was above the level of the floor and the girl was through the open doors Jamleson was released on 160 ball KMPLOYKD CV SIXTH FLOOR Miss Blscsrdl was employed as a nurse for Vr Hlgglns a dentist hose offices are on the sixth floor of the building Dr Illgglna tld the ollce the girl had gone to tne intra oor to another office to get some lupplles and was on her way back hen the accident occurred The girl lived with her father Dante rdl a municipal street car man 1J21 Twenty sixth street zrease in numoer fftfi ii iirj liSr I1KVUV ACJUUCM fclBie number of needy families In Francisco has increased in pro tlon to the advance In the prices fstaple foods according to a state ant jesterday by the Associated harltle which pointed out that the pat of living Is working a double ardshlD on unfortunates forced to Seek atd from public Institutions Miss ledlnth Merwln financial secretary said inch Inroads have been made on the associations funds that It has peen necessary to out down the quan tity of food given for relief that no worthy case may be wholly over Jooked Associated Charities records Vl bb lun In nn eral relief during the first six months of this year as against 131672 for the same period In 1918 During these comparative periods 1400 rases have been added this year as against 900 last year A similar Increase as to money and numbers Is found In the children agency Mrs Fred Hotaline Hysterical in Court ua oo aa nn i hobs Over Recital of Mates Alleged Acts in i i i VOL CXV NO 30 Wife in Divorce Suit Quotes Vindication Mrs Alda Kennedy yesterday filed In the fcuperlor Court denial of charges of misconduct made against her recently bv Bnice Kennedy In ills amended nmplalnt for divorce Kennedy son of a Honolulu capital 1st from whom his wife says he recently Inherited 1250000 accused her of mlsLonduct at various cafes and roadhouaes with Louis Hansen In 11117 Judge Shortall denied Kennedy a divorce and awarded Mrs Kennedy a monthly sum for her aspirate maintenance In her answer fl yesterday to Kennedys second suit she quotes from Judge Shortall Indication of her at hot time asserts she has made efforts for a rec onciliation with Kennedy and has been guilty of no misconduct Letter of Brother Ask ing Parting of Ways Introduced MRS FKED HOTAL1NO gave way to an outburst of hysteria yesterday afternoon In Judge John Hunts court when Richard Hotallng on the witness stand again recited the bedroom scene with ma mosjer mat occurred at 11 30 clock on the night of November SB 113 In which Mrs Hotallng Senior complained bitterly of Freda drink Ing habits and protested that his drunkenness was making great trouble for his family as well as for hlmsolf The elder Mrs Hotallng had re turned to the courtroom after two days of Illness During this recital by her son Richard her son Fred Jfi fac nd welnT black kid shoulder while his pretty wife on his mothers left side pressed her 0 of crltlc tiij i nis cups Richard went on to tell how ho had iiiin I 2 cmrort his mother leillng her to have patience and that perchance Fred would reform OVERWROUGHT SPEECH CHARGE Quito Ito mi aaoress ror you wan khl Uht when niu urea uavin McNab ni Rlchrd concluded vn than In ou mmome mmcjJS Wa wroughtr on no tnt lm had told rKk Rhd posed to i iT Po stock In ner portion of the mly ht It pviinriess and that any rrdddendriU to hern0rkPld I said i thi that this cu t0 reret And that vmt fn oUrl Mcb nd Rlehard leaning replied dramatic Intensity It iS HIV fftalln ever before mo nan TELLN OF KISS And nrhnl ml ol ln con versation asked McNab ft of he onversallon was a kiss rfniiH tii in leaning dbck in the witness chair with renewed bt th klM dldnt eal 2199 shares of stock you persisted McNab demanding a recital of the details of the transfer Then McNnh tiimi iv a nnw line or interrogation and asked why Richard had never publicly proclaimed hie ownership of one half the estate iuu mn inai you want me to an An4 Mlt An 1 vv yi a jjuubo una shout It countered Richard ot mat said McNab but to Mr Fred Hotaling who broke down in court yesterday when her brolher in law Richard Hotaling testified about her hut bands actions mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sliHii WV SSr5fJf BBppppppppppppK ISBppppH BBBBBBBBBBH BBBH sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssEar whom and what time did you announce the ownership of your mothers stock On January 1U replied Richard I informed Mr Galn McNab and with equal frigidity he added I mentioned It to none other than yourself FILIAL AFFECTION ISSUE Rolurnlng to the subject of th one share the witness had Insisted In having his mother retain In her nnme McNab asked And was that filial affection or charily 1 said to her replied Richard Mother I want ever thing to go on lust as it has As Ihe head of the family I nant you to he the president of the estate corpoiation and I ant Sou to keep ln touch with all its business As a matter of goslp or why since she no longer owned any considerable portion of the propertv asked McISab Rut the witness refused to Indicate any degree of loss of composure Judge Hunt then took a hand In questioning the witness about his purpose In leaving one share of the estate stock In hla mothers name I might have died replied Rich Richard Testifies as to Reassurances Given Mother ard and I wanted her to know everything that was going on DEALT THROUGH CORPORATIOV Then McNab wanted to know if Mrs Lavlna Hotallng had transacted any business subsequently other than through tho witnesa Through my office that la through tfca corporation replied Richard whereat McNab remarked That Is th same thing Isnt it A corporation has no soul But dont think for a minute that I am reffect Ing on you In this case Into the testimony yesterday came tho memory of the transcontinental railroad the Hotallng eatate once proposed to build eastward from Richardsons bay when It appeared that certain real estate In Napa county that waa to be part of the right of way still belonged to tho estate having been part of the prOp erty at one time standing In the name of Richard Hotallng LETTER INTRODUCED As an Indication of a change of mind on the part of Richard In th matter of his will a letter he wrote hla brother Fred on November 18 1H was Introduced by McNab as follows Fred I am writing to tell sou that during this great financial spnsm of economic and poltlcal dlflltultles mir afalrs aM not In very encouraging condition This Is only a word cat tlon vou will know direct that It belie oes us all to live prudently taxes are due this month and so that we woi Id not Increase our indebtedness to Ihe bank I have cashed In my life Insurance pollev ahd will give the money to our estate I do not want to alarm you only to caution you in a short time It may all be read Justed and we shall not be compelled to be so mindful of tho money spend I want to assure you that though our ways have divided I shall always have your welfare rn my best keeping I shall never do sou a dirty trick or take one penny of your dues out of our property I have never taken any salary for trying to look after thlnga If the harvest ever Is reaped that I have planned and longed for that Is all ths reward I can expect This year I have not had very kind treatment from the gods of things as they are but thats all right I am getting old all my hopes so far have fallen sway and I find msclf In the lists of that great multitude who ring down Ihe curtain on life tragedy exclaiming If I only had another chance how differently I would have donel My will as you know Is In your fsvor When 1 die ou will get all that I possess Whllo I live let us keep out of each others way Wo shall both be happier for It Business meetings are Inevitable but outside of that our Ideas are too wide apart to find either comfort or happiness together DICK Vaudeville Double Film On at Wigwam A double bill or rrature film stars end a strong vaudeville programme combine to Interest theatergoers at Ihv Wigwam for the remainder of the week Better Times with Its story of hops and Joy laughter and the sheer happiness of living ts screened with Zssu Pitts In Ihe role of the optimistic girl Seasue Hiyakawa In Hla Debt is also presented Davis and McCoy In Booboloa ere among Ihe vaudeville offerings along with Clifford and March In Art and Meloayi Mason and Austin In ipmedy and song and Frawley and Attest acrobatic comlquee Blanche Berts Singing end Dancing Kiddles appear Friday evening The DeVila Trail comes Sunday and The Shep herd of tne it his on xuesaay i i Ex Captain Forney Re Enlists as Private Former Captain Fletcher Forney Jr United Slates signal corps who was discharged seversl weeks ago decided yeetcrdav he couldnt stay out of the Army any longer ao he retaliated as a private and aalced to be sent to Honolulu Captain Forney Is tho son of Colonel Fleli hor Forney lr retired of the marine corps Fletcher Jr has had Ave trlns to the recruiting sergeant but each time he went Into the Army Not a days serv ice has he put Into the marine corps despite his fathers valorous record with that Intrepid organisation Chedit Men Off For Convention Edward Dollard of Connor Moftatt A Co president of the Associated Retail Credit Men of San Francisco and A Altenburg of the White Houso Charles Stewart of the City of Paris and Brodie Von Turner of Roos Brothers left last night to attend the annual convention of the Associated Retail Credit Mfn of the United States to be held In St Paul August 11 23 The delegation will visit the large retail stores of the Hast befors returning early In September HABEAS CORFU REFUSED Superior Judge Franklin Griffin yesterday dismissed an application for a writ of habeas corpus In the case of Charles Vaughn wanted In Toledo Ohio for forgery and turned the prisoner over to the Ohio authorl Ues Bogus Masonic Degree Traffic Bared at Trial Foreigners Here Sold Fraudulent Orders Hearing Reveals Italian and Greek residents of this city have been victimized Into believing that for certain sums of money they may become hlah flaures In Masonry according to testimony brought out yesterday at the hearing of the case of Chrlslos 1 Vlahos In Police Judgo Sullivan court Vlahos who was charged with obtaining S22S on false pretenses from Mck Klratso confectioner 977 Market street was held to answer before tho Superior Court Klratso alleged he paid to Vlahos 160 for what ho believed to be a Blue bodge degree and 1175 for a Scottlah Rite degree Vlahos It Is charged represented himself to be district nrganlrer of the American Masonlo Federation Klratao said he was taken by Vlahos and others to a room where the degrees were conferred upon him following payment of the money William Kilmer head of tho Scottish Rita organisations of this dis trict and John Whlcher secretarysof ine urana Lage or csnrornia testified at the Hearing yesterday they know nothing of the existence of ine organisation wnicn vianos is said to have claimed ho represented According to Masons there has been a coterie oispiaying apunous Masonlo emblems at work In the Italian and Greek colonies offering various high degrees for stipulated sums ii Automobilists to Face Jury Trial Jail Sentence Imposed for Speed Violation Three automobilists facing charges of violating traffic regulations were dealt with ln the Police Courts yesterday Announcing hat he Intends hereafter to have all persons found guilty of driving automobiles while Intoxicated anawer before a Jury In the Superior Court Police Judge Matthew Brady ordered the holding of Francisco Martinez a lawyer from South America and Charles Henerby both charged with thla offense He fixed ball In both cases st 12000 bond or S1000 cash In the testimony It developed that Martinez crashed his machine Into a house at 1631 Cla street Sunday night In Police Judge Sullivans court Eldrldge Buckingham of 2710 Scott street charged with execeedlng the speed limit at Fifth avenue and Geary street was sentenced to three dsys In the Cltl Prison There are too many accidents caused by Just such offenders as you said Sullivan and there Is no excuse lor such fast driving Fines seem to do no good maybe Jail sentences will Stockholders Seek to Block Transfer Northern California Power Co Charges Resented night stockholders of the Northern California Power Company Conaoll dated yesterday protested to the State Railroad Commission against the transfer of the properties of that corporation to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company as proposed in an application by Ihe companies now before the Commission The protest snts Walter Johnson Chsrles Tower Jaudln Addle Koch Pari Krats A Ulrlch Alma Stalnton and Mrs Kralx declare that If the proposed contract of sale Is carried out the Northern California Power will be a mere empty shell and will be destroyed contrary to law and that the transaction is not a salo hut a covinous spoliation Particular objection is made to the contract between Detert and the Pacific Gas which Is Ihe basis of he proposed transfer The protest ants say All the parties Interested are in the Pacific Gas and Electric or In the Mercantile Trust Company of San Francisco a coterie of Individuals who have confederated and act together not In the Interests of the Narthern California Power or its stockholders at large but to tho end that the Pa cific Gas may appropriate to itself the use of valuable water rights franchises end properties of the Northern California Power without rendering any just equivalent Land Settlement Problem Up Today Plans for Opening of New Project to Be Discussed Plans will be formulated for the opening of a new land settlement project In California at a meeting this morning of ths Stats Land Settlement Board in the office of Mortimer Fleishharker Dr Elwood Mead of the University of California Is chairman of the board Whether one project to embrace 10000 or more acres or whether two smaller projects embracing five or six thousand acres each will be opened will probably be decided and offers of available land will be called for Dr Mead says many Inquiries from discharged soldiers and sailors and others regarding the State act appropriating one million dollars permitting the settlement of land In California on desirable terms have been received at his office He Is sending out a thirty page pamphlet descriptive of the set snd outlining the Durham project which was opened nearly two years ago rvrnoi protects timber Federal aid to protect tho forests In California from fire has been extended to cover the holdings of the Weed Lumber Company on the north slope of Mount Shasta between Bray ana weed Tho foreat service has assumed tho duty of dlsoovering and extinguishing all fires on ths 71001 acres for li cents aa acra a year City Will Pay Tutors Wages Without Delay States Apportionment of 500000 Will Be Utilized Teachers salaries will not be withheld next month no matter whether failure to fix a tax levy delays payment of salaries to other city employes It was announced yesterdaj The Treasurer has announced that he may not pay salaries and other de mands until the tsx rate Is fixed This ruling If made will not affect Ihe teachers as the State will apportion th lllo on achool funds next month 1500000 inis money superintendent Alfred Roncovlerl alcit vUHav aside by the Treasurer The request was by way of formal notification that the State law protects teachers salaries unit that thm Aai iiv unim vvbi the tax levy cannot affect them The Board of Education yesterday Ttrftsti4 A lhra Itsnhae the resignations of seven The ap pqinimenis are mji prni 1 pn uraiflti oi TI lnrln jff 1 educstlnn dfptrt ni nt The mlsnitluns sret oiilse hrere tee fwn olflo luigbt AdB I Orlram KliEI1 rw Muriel Ilurntum from FolTtecbnlo IllsH Mrs Msrssret Powers from RobsintMil Mora noteoreld frem rremontj listens Hall Riley from Hswthorne The BosM sutborlsm the followlni trsns 1 Jsasy rsaso from Kate Kea Irens Rlies from Mk belsiigelo to nulsi Eur Uomrte from Missies to lowell Hlibi Ueonrt Minn fron Lowell to Mission Hlfb tts trinsreri previously ordered are resrlndenla tba fol lowing raara Tberess MrCnlloucli from Orsst eor Psabodyf Blanch lUra fron Psclflo Hi ljhi to Bit view Marsaref MlkJss from Sbrlnso John dwelt Ells nM ly fran Monro to fnrdrd Prlmr and Kate Wllllama from Starr Klor to Ursrr Dursnt Th rollowlBf wers ranted leatna sod tensions of Ifstm of abnn re Dorla Hbw ellslbls substitute Anna Conlon eligible nib alltutt Aona Nlrbnlxon from Lowell Hleb ttockbold Uwell nicb Bertba Hob arte Jrfferaoni Julia Barnard eligible stih tltule Beatrice linerbeea llearat Irene 0 Dowd eligible auballtule Fits I Msrsball Hamilton Evening Mm tlllle I Blrcb 1a clfle Heights halhrm Moore Hixbani bean Hellta Toley eligible siiunlltiile hlna Lackey Hochsmbesu Msrlon Crane ellg Ibis enbatltute Jonepb Tnoblg Lincoln Erenlng Gladyi I McKentle leteland Per nando de Gbrtaldl rrancla Hcott Kef Jneenb Ine Whit nMBi tul miner engteie auballtule Rugenla Miller Ha rah Cooper huui Hair uasimsrusT JHWIUOrnf 1vUIIbII i Martin 1U tniH on kin Mabel Wtbuoej Bernal BAR IB HEAR EXPERT ON HUMAN TYPES Mrs Elsie Benedict of Colo rado and New York Speaks at Palace Hotel mmmAmmtm Theater Francois to Give Its Closing Bill The last performance of the season of the Theater rrancsls will be given this svenlng at the Knights of Columbus Hall Under the direction of Andre Psrrlerm two plays are to be presented The Jalousie du nr boullle a comic opera from Moliere music by Fourdalnj and Flancaillaa de Guerre an original farce The entlra company will play Madelon popular French song hit together with the French iollus veterans of San Francisco lint Farrier will take tba leading roles with the assistance of othsr nODUIar French players LAWYERS MOSTLY OBESE Postprandial Address Keeps Legal Fraternity in Sus pense for 20 Minutes Mrs Elsie Benedict of Colorado and New York held tho grave and reverend slgnors of tho California Bar Association on tho tenterhooks of apprehension for twenty minutes at tne palace Hotel yesterday afternoon while she delivered a post prandlal aaoress on ths art of diagnosing cnaracter irom physical attributes Mrs Benedict who was called to the Colorado Bar before she was of legal age to practice at It Is now a lecturer on human types and criminology It was on types that she 10 tured the five scors or mors eminent lawyers who attended yesterdays tuncneon of the Association Judge Jeremiah Sullivan president of the association squirmed In his chair when the eharmlng guest described fatheads and bono heads and explained that Individuals thug respectively gifted could be discovered at once by their physical appearance fat lean muscular and so forth UltllANK POISE RKTURNS His natural urbanity of demeanor was restored as Mrs Benedict further explained that to her trained and discerning tie It was patent that there were no honeheada or fatheads In her audience Cleneral equanimity was still further enhanced when tho speaker eu logized the Intellectual attrlbutea tho normal fat man referring to the circumstances In tones and terms that lert It plain to the meanest understanding that obesity Is the common weakness of the entire legal profession Further evidences of complaisance were betrayed when Mrs Benedict ex plained that tho muscular type was what produced the general run of law era And when she further as sured her hearers that the muscular tpe wuk notorious alike for generosity and ability to overcome obstacles chests expanded all around the banquet hall and a decidedly AJax Uke oxpresslon floated over many a learned countenance The bony type she branded as stubborn The chairman glanced around again anxiously at this point and gave a sigh of relief on noticing the absence of davin McNab It Is a type slow and difficult of conviction she proceeded and likes to hae Its own way BIKTl TlPKi DESCHIBKD Last ort the scale Mrs Benedict put the mental tjpe which enjoys a large head but a disproportionately small body like the tadpole These unfortunates It seems think too far ahead and therefore do not always fit 4cll Into their environment Exceptions to some of the points advanced by the speaker were taken bv one of the visiting guests Justice John A Sanders of tho Nevada Supreme Court Another distinguished visitor was Judge Frear of Honolulu who waa Introduced by Alex Morrison of Morrison Dunne Brobeck Judge William II Waste of the District Court of Appeals Judge William Bosley counsel to the Pacific Gas and Mlectrlc Company Leander A Redman of Redman Alexander and Judge Grove Johnson of Sacramento were also among those at the luncheon MISS MILDRED FORD WHO WAS WOUNDED bv a bullet Rocref SDramie fired at Professor ErJmond ONeill at he University of California the afternoon of August 5 Miss Ford ONeilli secretary told of the wound for the first time yesterday when Sprague appeared in c6urt in Berkeley Series of Mishaps Delays Matrimony SAN MA ino August 11 William Peterson aged 31 and Miss Claire KledeL 22 both of San Francisco were married here last night by Justice of the Peace Fisher afler trying for thirty six hours to have the knot tied They secured their license In Redwood City Monday morning missed an appointment with Justice of the Pesce llsy Griffin started for San Francisco boarded a bus for Palo Alto by mistake were married by a woman divine In the college town discovered later that the license was void it Santa Clara county went home to San Francisco to recover their breath and last night srrlved In San Mateo looking for a magistrate Arson Charged to Refected Suitor Charged with setting fire to a house at 911 Pine street Oakland on July to obtain revenge on Miss Lulu Sherwood a colored woman who had rejected his proposal of marriage William I Brown a colored man ft years old was arrested last night at 6 Geary street by Inspector William Kyle of the Oakland police and Fred Caasen of the San Francisco Bureau of Underwriters Brown Is said to have started ihe fire by setting lire to one of the Sherwood womans trunks Ths bouse partially was destroyed and four Hies were endangered Man Struck by Auto Probably Will Die Thomas Blglow a Janitor employed at 619 Van Ness avenue was struck and seriously Injured lsst night at Qolden Oate avenue and Franklin street by an automobile driven by Herbert Rawlinson of 12S Mason street At the Central Emergency Ilospitnl It use said Blglow prbahly would ills Ills back and aeveral ribs are broken Kawllnson was arrested end charged ivlth battery bTbsbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHHHBK BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbTV 3EJaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsE sbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHENRIJIHMk aBsswliiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiV tmui Bssasasasf tT SbmMssswI ABBBBBBBBBbV 3W 4i fidmlKjK itiMMU sasssssT iM0SKlKWKvIKM SSSsT iOEBpBBjssssssssP BstfllBBllllllV WlBlllSBaiWBSSSaKi 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No ona will believe me They say I am crasy Could It have been any other girl than Helen steels who Jumped on the pierr uraay asked Thats not probable I know her too well Shlpple said When told he would bo sent to the Detention Hospital Shippie said I dont want to go therei I am not Insane 8hlsples aunt Mrs Maggie lately stood at his side during the whole proceedings a Contract Let for Hillsborough Home REDWOOD CITY August 13 Colonel Sidney A Cloman member of ine uurnngams country uiun set to day awarded a contract to Lewis of Burllngame for the erection of a home to cost 118745 rt Sharon and Florahunda avenues Hills borough Thomas Murray Is the arcnitert Purchase of Site Denied THBEE DIVOUCICS ASKKD Financial tangles took three couples to the divorce court yesterday Mrs Clara Roseen suing Carl Roseen a carpenter aaya he compelled her when they went to a picnic nt Shell Mound Park to pay her own 22 cents for ths two trips across the bay but a few days latar ha refused to pay hla half of the gas bill Charles Wotton says his wife Bertha Wotton when he asksd her for enough for a pair of shoes chased him from their home Daniel Blaglnl a telegrapher says hla wife Mrs Eleanore Blaglnl iorged receipts and entries In tho bank book and ran tip hills and squandered his money on pleasure Successful men and women are partial to CrapeNuts for this greatfood keeps them fit Theres a Reason Report Standard Oil Secured Coit Prop erty Unfounded Reports have recently been circulating on the real estate market that the Standard oil Company has secured the propeity on the north side 0 Bush street adjoining Its present ofllces and formerly the site of tho Biooklyn Hotel These reports are not founded ln fact and the lot In tqueatloh remains in the hands of Mrs Lily Hitchcock Colt who Is In Paris Many offers have been mado for the purchase of the property during the past ten yeara said Vice PresidentPresident Charles Searing of the Union Trust Company yesterday Some of them were from people who may have been acting for the Standard Oil Company but none of them were acceptable to Mrs Colt I telegraphed her the other day In respect to another offer She replied refusing It ahd stating that she did not wish to be bothered about the matter There Is no truth In tho report that tho property has bead acquired by the Standard Oil Compkny or anybody else Miss Ford Wounded in Wrist She Says at Hearing of University Shooting BAIL FIXED AT 30000 Motion Picture Lesson Saves Mrs Bacons Life She Says Forces Pistol Up A bullet said to have been from th pistol bf Roger Sprague who shot two University of California professors tho afternoon of August after his demand for t000 had boon refused cut th wrist of Miss Mildred Ford secretary to Professor Edmond ONeill after It had graced ONeills tsmple and stunned him Miss Ford told of th wound pub Ilcly for the first time yesterday afternoon when she tes tilled before Police Judge Robert Edgar In Berkeley at the hearing of three charge against Sprague The man was held to answsr and ball waa fixed at 120000 A crowd of men and women who atended the hearing heard from witnesses a thrilling account of how Sprague forced his way Into ONeills office and wounded ONeill Professor Hlldebrand and Miss Ford and then wss disarmed after he ha walked to another building on th campus and tried to shoot Mrs May Cheney appointment secretary RECALLS HINDOO CASH At the close of the hearing Spragu turned to Policeman Thomas Wooley who guarded the prisoner and asked th man In uniform If he remembered th close of ths Hindoo trials la San Francisco Tes said Wooley What haa that to do with you WeH said Sprague If Sprague war to make a false move you would pull your gun and ahoot hlnv and that would be an end of his trouls No said Wooley I should us Jm fist He displayed the weapon ta poke of and that quieted Spragu MOTION PICTUIIE LESSON I acted as I had seen persons act In motion pictures said Mrs Cheney whom hprague It Is charged attempted to shoot after be had walked to California Hall alter shooting the two professors of chemistry In Oilman Hall In describing Spraguea attack Mrs Cheney said It had never occurred to me that I mlgbt have to defend myself against an assailant with a pistol I had seen motion picture actors try to force lip the weapon and that Is what I did The pistol waa held at my tempi and as it was fired It tors off strands of my hair and Imbedded them In the wall The real hero of th occaaloa was Weed district superintendent of schools at Tulare who disarmed Sprsgue PBAGVE FOLLOWS ONEILL Miss Ford said she had been working In Professor ONeills office ad Joining the laboratory when ONeill entered ONeill trleJ to close the door after him Behind him came Sprague Miss Ford said He fired through the crack of the door I aaw ONeill fall and I felt a sharp pain in my wrist The bullet had cut a furrow two and one half inches long Then It waa Imbedded ln th wall The principal charge against Sprague Is assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to commit murder Bail was fixed at 10000 In each of the three charges on which he was held LIST OP WITNESSES HEARD The witnesses yesterday were ONelll Hlldebrand Miss Ford Mrs Cheney Policeman Thomas Dowllng Miss Penelope McEntyre Mrs Cheneys secretary A Freudenthal a student who helped to disarm Sprague and Morse Cartwrlght secretary of the board of regents of the university Sprague a graduate of the university in the claas of 1809 and an instructor in chemistry since 1011 at a salary of 1500 a year questioned one of the witnesses occasionally His defense was conducted by Talbot a lawyer trying his first case Arriving Aircraft Must Salute Flag Orders have been Issued to allArmy aviators that hereafter the same regu latlons requiring a United States warship upon entering a fortlgn port to salute the flag of the country will apply to aircraft Th regulation was adopted because of frequent trips made bv American aviators over Cuban and Canadian territory The flag of the country entered must be flown at the main ot trs airsnip ana fa luted Boys School Suits We are showing a big assortment in the desirable Knicker Norfolk styles full belted with patch or slash pockets in fancy mixed Cheviots or plain navy blue serges or mode corduroys These are special values at 10 1250 15 We Carry Full Assortment of Hatv Caps Shirts Blouses Underwear in Fct Everything Your Boy Require for Dress or School Wear Hastings Clothing Co Post at Kearny JPsW I KM Sffl 39 21 Mf Ji hmi womj limMMZIMM.