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1 i Last Edition VOL. LXXXIV. WEATHER Poland. Vicinity and Three Great Val- leys Sunday, moderate S. E.

wind. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1916. 56 PAGES 17 TO 21 NO. 101. News Section GREATEST BATTLE, OF WAR IS NOW RAGING JOHNSON REPUBLICANS DISCUSS AMITY AND NOMINATE OWN TICKET 200,000 II! mm PEACE BASIS LABORATORY SURVEY .15 UNDERWAY Their Slate Is Completed Before They Romance Ended; Doctor Blamed 'Jealous, Says Intended Bride; 'Scientific, Says Physician NEW YORK, Feb.

26. The first eugenics breach of promise suitin the history of. New York today brought out the following triajigle: Miss Slgna Ahlgren, the girl who claims to be physically perfect. Dr. Lucette Morden, who pronounced Mijss Ahlgren tubercular, causing a rift In the love affairs, and now believes, she is the other woman accused by Miss Ahlgren of bejng a "catty" rival.

FRENCH RECAPTURE VERDUN OUTER FORT; THOUSANDS ARE SHOT Douaumont Again Defended by Allies; Many Regiments Are Cut in Half in Rain of Steel; Kaiser's Big Drive on Paris Halted by Furious Counter Move MAY ABANDON DIRECT ASSAULT TPhARIS, Feb. 26. French troops have recaptured Fort Doua-, -Jr umont, four mile8 northeast of Verdun, according to an of- i ficial statement from the war office tonight. "In the region north of Verdun the bombardment continues without cessation," said tonight's official statement from the war office, "both east and west of the Meuse. Our troops are ireplying to the enemas attacks by.

vigorous counter attacks on lall the sections of our fronts against which assaults have been directed. "All the new offensives undertaken by the Germans in the region of Champ Neuville and on the Poivre crest, where we solidly entrenched, have been repulsed. Enter Into Conference With the State Central Committee Concerning Harmony Within Ranks of the G. O. P.

EARL DOMINATES CONFERENCE SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. An astonishing chapter was added to the political history of California today when two-score Johnson Republicans held a conference at the St. Francis Hotel with the avowed object of promoting harpiony between the Progressives and Republicans and named a ticket composed in the main of Johnson supporters for candidates for delegates to the Republican National Convention, -without consultation with a single member of tRe Republican State Central Committee or other Republican party workers. This action is directly contrary to the procedure adopted by the Democratic party, which today recognized the authority of the state governing body by authorizing a sub-committee composed of members of the State Central Committee from every district in the state to select the ticket of twenty-six Democrats expressed general satisfaction over the Republican split.

This conference was plainly under the complete domination of Guy C. Earl of Oakland, regent of the University of California and brother of E. T. Earl of Los Angeles, leading Progressive in Southern California. The call for the conference was sent out by Earl, although ostensibly signed by other Republicans, and was conducted in strict DISTRICT ATTORNEY MENACED DY BLACJUIAUD accordance with Earl's pre-arranged plan.

Invited to Confer Late in the afternoon, in response to an invitation from a committee from the Republican State Central Committee, which was in session at the Palace Hotel, a committee from the. Earl conference did formally discuss with members of the regular organization their alleged desire for harmony, but their ticket of delegates had already been named. In the meantime, the members of the Republican btate L.enu Committee adopted unanimously a resolution offered by A. F. I Sure of Alameda calling a conference in San Francisco for Saturday, March 4th, of members of this committee, the state executive committee and of the county central committees, to decide upon a ticket of delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Senate Committee Has Virtually Accepted Plans SKeleton Regiments to Be Doubled in War Times WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. A stand ing army with a peace footing of 200,000 men and with a valunteer re serve, aside from the state militia, of 160,000 men. are the outstanding features of the army bill which the Senate military affairs committee has virtually agreed upon. The regular army in the measure would be so or ganized with skeleton regiments that Its numbers could be doubled within a few days without detracting vitally irom its fighting effectiveness.

The present infantry is more than doubled. Held artillery. Is more than trebled, aviation is to be entirely reorganized and greatly enlarged, and coast artillery and cavalry are to be increased In less proportion The tentative fifeurea are: Sixty-five infantry regiments; there are thirty-one now. Nineteen cavalry regiments, as against fifteen now. Twenty-six thousand men in the coast guard, as against 18,000.

The total cost is estimated Includ ing pay to the reserve and state militia at something more than $200,000,000 a year, which exceeds by more than $50,000,000 the present ex-Denditure 1 A GAIUUSON PLAN SANCTIONED. Former Secretary Garrison's continental army plan receives somewhat of an endorsement in the committee's determination to organize in each Congressional district at least a battalion of reserves aslda from the Guard. This would provide 10,000 who wouia De armea once or twice weekly, and who would be given training in camp under regular army officers several weeks each summer. What course is to be taken with the National Guard will depend on House action. The lower branch of Congress Is understood to favor a greater increase over the 120,000 men now in the various state organizations than does the Senate.

Training for school boys and volunteers under army officers and compulsory services for a limited period each year also will be recommended, but perhaps not in the army bill. It is riot intended to abandon any army posts. "BIG ARMY" LOSES. In the House, "big army" men, in favor of General Leonard Wood's standing army of 220,000, were unable today to muster enough votes in the military affairs committee. They we're routed by the adoption of a proposal by Representative Schallenberger of Nebraska, a Bryan follower, providing for an increase in the regular army to.

137,000 men, with a leeway for recruiting up to H3.000 men. The Wood scheme received the votes of three Republicans and three Democrats. The House bill, as now drafted, contains a provision for the complete federalization of the militia, with a minimum of 200 and maxmium of 800 men from each Congressional district. The enrollment at West Point wiil be doubled. Stolen Dogs Sold to College, Is Charged SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.

26. -Reports that the University of California medical school Is buying dogs for vivisection purposes without first ascertaining to whom they belong will be investlRated by the district attorney's office, according to an announcement today by Assistant District Attorney James F. Rrennan. It has been learned that lost canines have on several occasions been found in the laboratory of the medical college. The Affiliated Colleges have yielded up several of these animals." Several residents have recovered their dogs at the medical school after first reporting them missing.

It Is claimed that a suggestion has been made that the owners pay a dollar apiece to reimburse the college. When dogs have been stolen, It has been a habit to remove license tags, and sell them, to the college. Dr. George H. Whipple Is in charge of the department concerned, but it is claimed that the dogs have been sold only to his subordinates.

Joy's Club Turned to Gloom, Dance Stopped SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. The Joy's Club, which wns to have held a barn dance at the Corinthian hall tonight, has been changed into the Gloom's Club, and the prime mover, Frank W. Gordon, la surrounded by gloom ta the city prison us the result of his starting on a check-cashing Journey. Gordon, a young Insurance man, residing at 1347 Laguna street, was arrested while trying to cash a $20 check on a downtown department store, which he admitted was a forgery.

lie told Dp. tecttves Gaughran ami Harlson the story of the. dance and paid he needed money to buy a bale of hay for atmos-phere. He was told that he would get plenty of atmosphere In prison. He admitted bavins passed three similar during the, iifurmuiv JacKson Would Know Why State Does City WorK Factional Differences Will Be Given Airing Commissioner F.

F. Jackson commenced a survey of the municipal laboratories in person yesterday as part of the investigation he Is making as to what Is wrong with the city health department. After digesting the civil service report on conditions. Dr. Jackson visited the laboratories In person.

Dr. Jackson wanted to know why it had been necessary to send some of the laboratory work to the state bacteriological and hygienic laboratory at Berkeley. Dr. R. M.

Higgins, city health officer, who has been made a "figurehead" through the removal of large portions of the department from his control, according to his friends, has taken the view that the work was being sent to Berkeley as a means of discrediting the local laboratory. "I have checked up the work of Dr. P. P. Musser, the city bacteriologist," said Dr.

Higgins. "I believe Dr. Musser is doing his best in the face of a difficult situation. "Dr. Musser was not aDDointed through my recommendation.

I did not know him before he came to this work. On account of the criticism I checked his work carefully at first as to technique, and I found that he was doing reliable work. I think it nothing but fair to protect him from-unfair criticism. "But work has been sent to the state laboratory when there was no necessity such -action. Dr.

C. C. WiB.AWwla,tant; who is -working, however, under the direction of Chief Inspector Thompson, attempted to make arrangements to have some milk examinations made at Berkeley. Dr. Geiger rang me up and asked what was the matter with our laboratory.

I told him I'd let htm know. I asked Dr. Musser if he could handle the work. He said he could, and I called Di. Wing in and told him to have his examinations of mirk made in the city laboratory by Dr.

Musser. This he did." DENIES REFLECTION. Dr. Wing, assistant health officer, emphatically denied that he1; had asked the Berkeley laboratories to do the work with a view to having this reflect upon the Oakland municipal laboratory. He said: "I had taken about a dozen samples a month ago, as a big shipment of milk had come in that had to be tested.

Dr. Musser had told me that he could handle only about four tests, and I made arrangements to have the rest handled at the state laboratory. "We bring In the samples and place them In the refrigerator. Miss Berry, the city chemist, makes the chemical analysis for butter fat. She is always willing to do all the work nee-essary, and runs the samples through when we bring them in.

"There is nothing to prevent Dr. Musser from taking enough milk from each of these samples to make the bacterial examination. In a city of this size there is plenty of reason for numerous tests. "It is a fact that our work is limited by the capacity of the laboratory to make these tests. The laboratory appears to be limited to about four milk tests a day." TWO FACTIONS.

The health department has been divided into two or three rival factions. There is Dr. Higgins, ostensible head of the department, with Dr. Musser and two nurses who handle the cases of communicable disease. Dr.

Higgins has also under his charge the Inspection of housing and tenements, for the betterment of which he has made a fight. There is the food and rrjarket inspection division, headed by Chief Inspector A. M. Thompson, who has become a dominant figure in the health department. Thompson has been instructed to report direct to Commissioner Jackson, and Dr.

Higgins alleges that Thompson and Thompson's subordinates, and even Dr. Wing, assistant health, officer, have ignored him. This Thompson denies, stating that he has always been willing "to co-operate with Dr. Higgins for the good of the department." There is a fringe of employes, owing some allegiance to the old administration, and hesitating with which of the warring factions it should join for Its own protection. James B.

Merritt, Pioneer, Passes Away James B. Merritt, one of Oakland's pioneers, and one of the leaders of Masonry in this county, died early this morning at his home, 1400 Jackson street. He had been ill for some weeks. He was one of the few thirty-third degree Masons In California and was '77 years of age. He is survived by a widow and four daughters.

JacK Johnson Ordered to Leave England LONDON, Feb. 26. Jack Johnson, negro pugilist, has been ordered to leave England, according to statements published in London newspapers today. He has arranged to for. Buenos.

Ayrea Warden Hall Ream, young Columbia University graduate, who broke his en gagement to Miss Ahlgren because she fell short of his eugenic Ideals. Dr. Morden flared back at Miss Ahlgren, the plaintiff, tonight, when Bhe declared a friendly Interest not an affection for Ream caused her to break up the love affair. Ream was then sued by Miss Ahlgren. She denied the allegation of her former sweetheart and his consulting physician that she was tubercular.

"I have known Mr. Ream for several said Dr. Morden, "and 1 have always taken a friendly Interest in him. I wouldn't say I loved him, for I have never been in love. Why, I have never even been proposed to, though I am past 30.

I examined Miss Ahlgren and found her suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. As a friend I felt it my duty to warn him, and when I did so he broke off the engagement." Miss Ahlgren, a physical culture Instructor to several New York eoclety women, gave her version of the blighted romance in positive terms. "Jealousy of a catty woman," she said, "caused the break. Her hair "Is turning gray, and, what's more, she is ten years older than Mr. Ream." Miss Ahlgren in court offered to prove her perfection, though she admitted Bhe was by no means She said two physicians examined her after the wedding was called off and gave her a clean bill of health.

"Ten years older?" said Dr. Morden. "Why, I'm no older than she Js. And we are both past 30. I admit I have some gray hair, but it Is not a pronounced feature of my appearance." Ream, who comes from Oshkosh, found himself the storm center tonight.

He had nothing to say, except to deny being engaged to Pr. Morden. "Be a good scout and play this story down," he asked. "I'm a young fellow making a name for myself In New York, and It's hard enough without this sort of affair to contend with." ftie muiif in DHL SEPARATION IS MYSTERY Wife Admits Her Existence, but Will Not Reveal Identity. Who Is the mysterious "other woman" who may play a prominent role in the difficulties between Adolph Uhl, wealthy San Francisco merchant and clubman, whose wife, Helen B.

Uhl, announced from her home at 304 Hillside avenue, Piedmont, yesterday that she contemplated legal action against him for a separation? Mrs. Uhl, while admitting that there is another woman in the case, declined to say who she is or to give any of the details of the charges that she may bring against her husband for divorce or separate maintenance. Friends of the Uhls who belong to the same social set in which the family has long been prominent, have been acquainted with their matrimonial troubles for some time past. They declare that the first intimations of the discord developed two seasons ago at the Uhl summer home near Boulder Creek. At that time, it is rumored that a young widow was a guest at a house party.

From that time on breach between husband and wife became more evident, several times neighbors having been attracted to the vicinity of the big Piedmont home by hearing calls for help. It was after one of these incidents that Mrs. Uhl packed her trunks and departed shortly before Christmas for Honolulu. She returned scarcely two weeks ago and took up her abode in Piedmont with her two daughters, Misses Eleanor and Constance, both of whom are prominent among the members of the younger society set. Uhl has taken up his residence in San Francisco.

Rain Patters Down 7 uver Lntire Mate Rain was general throughout California yesterday, Oakland receiving almost a half-Inch up to a late hour last night. The storm is still hovering In this vicinity nund wind has increased to such an extent that warnings were ordered displayed by the weather bureau from here northward to Eureka, Southern California is still receiving the -full strength of the storm and the prediction for the next twenty-four hours is for a continuance of unsettled conditions, with showers during the day today. Police Stage Raid on Clairvoyant Parlor SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2S.t-Charles Brennan, deputy district attorney, aided by a squad of upper office men, raided the clairvoyant parlor of Prof. Edward Earle, 1029 Geary street, tonight.

The seer was not arrested, but his paraphernalia was confiscated, Ills office closed and a promise exacted from him that, he would cease practicing his profession hereabouts. COMMITTEE IS SENT. This resolution was adopted after the conference between the committees from the state central commlt'oe and the Earl conference. A number of Republican leaders express hope tonight that the seriousness of the situation will be appreciated by Republicans on both Bides and an amicable adjustment arrived at Monday night, when a second conference to be held. Shortly after the opening of the session of the state central committee the suggestion was made that inasmuch as a conference of certain Republicans was being held in another part of the city, with the announced purpose of bringing about harmony between the Republicans and Rro- gressives, a committee be named to' discuss this matter with them.

Upon the resolution of W. M. Mlxon of Woodland the following committee was named for the conference: Mlxon, W. B. Griffiths of Napa, N.

E. Nellsen of Sacramento, R. B. Veale of Contra Costa, F. V.

Keesllng of San Francisco and' A. F. St. Sure of Alameda. The Earl conference sent to the Palace a committee composed of Guy C.

Earl of Oakland, Raymond Benjamin of San Francisco. Thomas Hughes of Los Angeles, Egbert J. Gates of Pasadena, Joseph Craie of Los Angeles, R. M. Richardson, T.

L. Chamberlain of Auburn, E. L. Gates of Pasadena and Lawrence Flaherty of San Francisco. BASIS OF AGREEMENT.

Earl announced that his sub-committee had been empowered to revise the ticket of delegates which the Earl conference had selected In such manner as Earl might deem appropriate In the course of his discussions with the members of the state committee. No progress was made, however, and after a short session the two committees separated with the understanding that they would have a second conference at the Palace hotel Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Immediately afterward the St. Sura resolution was adopted by the state central committee. It reads: "Resolved, That the chairman of the state central committee be and he "A desperate struggle la going on around Fort Douaumont, Which Is an 'advanced element of the old defensive organization of Verdun.

The position taken this morning by the enemy after several fruitless assaults, which caused htm very high losses, has been recaptured again and passed by our troops, who are holding their posts against all efforts of the enemy." French officers, wounded In the 'first forty-eight hours of the German irush toward Verdun have reached iParis. They agreed that shell fire the human slaughter was the greatest they had seen since the beginning of the war. The French losses under the first terrific rain of fire were terrible, some regiments losing more than 50 per cent of their effectives before the Germans left their trenches In a mad rush. "(If course we knew it was coming," said one wounded Frenchman. "The thing had been in the air and when the roll of guns began growing steadily louder, the word passed all along our front that the Germans were coming out.

'Tha' Heaviest cannonade, must have lasted about thirty-six hours, shells tearing up big clouds of dirt and stumps of trees and trench dugouts. Whole sections of 'our advanced trenches were Just flattened out. The Pouches didn't find much fighting to do when they rushed them. "The attack began on our front about dawn. The Germans were nearly on us before we could see them, the smoke and dust was so heavy.

ADVANCE IN SMOKE. "They were coming on the run, so thick and close together it looked like their elbows touched what we saw of them. Then our guns began to cut through them. They bit big in that German line and In what seemed only a second or two a whole German regiment had been wiped lout. One Bouche came stumbling 'on toward our trenches, unhurt until i he was so close we could see the i frightened look on his face.

Then he iwent down on his face." A French surgeon, back from the Verdun front, brought a similar story, i The German cannonade, he said, wiped out the French front trenches, burying dead and wounded, i The Teutons occupied these, with-i out resistance, but rushing forward found themselves in corridors of death. Shrapnel and high explosive shells, machine guns and rifle fire blotted out the German lines as If by magic. AEROPLANES mtOVGHT DOWN. "Northeast of St. Mihlele our heavy guns bombarded provision depots of the enemy near Vigneulles," said tonight's official statement.

"The Germans threw several large calibre shells In the direction of Luneville and Nancy. "In the region of Verdun Adjutant Navarre, in a' monoplane, brought I down by the fire a mitrailleuse two German aeroplanes today. 'IJliis brings the number of enemy ma- chines brought down by this pilot up to five. The two machines fell wlth- in our lines. Two of the aviators were killed and two were taken prisoners, "One of our air squadrons, com-j posed of nine bombarding aeroplanes.

tnrew 144 DomM on the Metz-Le Sab-lans railway station today. Another squadron bombarded enemy establishments at Chamblay, northwest of Pont-A-Mousson. "In Artois, mine fighting occurred today. We exploded two mines, one Vest of the Lille road and the other I east of Neuville St. Vaast, under a communication, trench occupied by the enemy, "In Champagne we repulsed an at-I tack by the enemy delivered against the salient occupied by us south of St.

Marie-A-Py. The total number of prisoners taken by us in this engagement is 340, of whom nine are officers and thirty non-commissioned officers. "We executed a destructive fire on the German works north of Vllle-fiur-Tourbo and In the region of Mont Tetu." GREAT COUNTER ATTACKS. LONDON, Feb. 26.

Recapture of i Fort Duaumont, four miles north-enst of Verdun, was announced in an official statement from the French war office tonight. The Paris statement reported not 1 only the repulse of mighty German 1 blows against the Verdun defenses, but announced that for the first time since the crown prince undertook his great drive, the French are now hold-' ing their own and meeting German attacks with counter attacks of the greatest vigor. A furious struggle la still going on around Fort Douaumont, Paris re-1 ported, but the French all day today I resisted atten pts by the Germans (Continued on Page 18, Col. 1) Contra Costa County Official Receives Warning to Stop Prosecution. Threatening letters, menacing him with dire punishment, were received In Martines last night by District Attorney Thomas D.

Johnston, of Contra Costa county, warning him to desist from prosecution of Peter La Fata, Oakland bartender, and Antonio Padona, of San Francisco, according to word received by local detectives, who are looking for the authors here. The letters indicate that others of the "black hand letter ring" still are at large, and the threats against the district attorney have caused the detectives handling the case to place a guard about the official while searching the bay region for other members of the band. The two men who are under arrest and confined In tHfe county Jail at Martinez on charges of directing the operations of "black handers" sending letters about Contra Costa county, Oakland and San Francisco, which terrorized the Italian colonies of these places. Federal secret service men, Chief of Police Walker of Richmond, Sheriff R. Veale of Contra Costa county and Chief of Police William F.

Woods of Oakland are following up clews In the mystery. The gang, according to the charges against the two men now in jail, wrote letters demanding from $1000 to $5000 from Italians in Martinez and about the bay. Johnston declares that he will continue gathering evidence against Padona, who will face examination tomorrow. Burglars Steal Jewels and RansacK Home Burglars who entered the home of Mrs. Eric Lindblom, wife of the famed Alaskan mining man, at 2601 Hillegass avenue, last evening, secured loot worth upwards of $500.

and left the Interior of the residence almost a wreck from end to end. Bureau and sideboard drawers were thrown upon the floor, books torn from their library shelves, and ether acts of vandalism committed in an effort to find the location of hidden treasure. Mrs. Lindblom was en gaged last, evening in making an inventory of Btolen articles. Among these was a pearl baret, three strings of costly beads, an expensive pair of opera glasses, diamond stickpins, gold watches and other articles Tbe burglars gained entrance to the house during Mrs.

Llndblom's absence through a side window. The interior of the house was turned up side down in an effort apparently to find money, but Mrs. Lindblom hod left no coin in the residence. No clew to the identity of the intruders is in the possession of the police. Dominion Steamer Collides; Founders NANAIMO, B.

Feb. 26. When leaving port at 3:30 this afternoon for Vancouver the steamer Charmer collided with the Dominion government steamer Quadra, Inward bound, at the harbor en trance. The Charmer's bow cut Into the Quadra midships to a depth of ten feet and the latter immediately began to fill. The Quadra beached 200 yards from the scene of the collision.

The Charmer proceeded to Vancouver undamaged. The Quadra slipped off the beach into deep water and foundered at 5:30 m. Only a small portion of the bow is visible. Key Route Train Hits Auto; Driver Killed Jack Matty, a mechanic, living In Richmond, was killed last night when an automobile which he was driving was struck by a Key Route train at Fourteenth and Adeline streets. He was removed to thq Emergency hospital, where it was found that he had incurred a fractured skull and other injuries.

Motorman E. Storms and Conductor C. O. Drill of the train declare that the machine passed before their train before they had time to stop. An in vestigation is being made.

i i i Dramatic Unity Is More Marked Than Political SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. The opening act of the Earl conference day at the St. Francis hotel was staged and conducted with a fine distinction for the science and rtales of dramaturgy. It was held in the Italian room, an assembly hall of imposing magnificence.

The conferees were called to order forty-five minutes after the scheduled hour, and during the period of waiting they circulated in the lobby between the Italian and the Borgia rooms, the very names of which suggest political trickery and Macchiavelllan methods. Earl called the meeting to order and read the call. He explained why it had been issued with the voice of absolute authority and stated that It had been signed by most of the men present. He stated that it had been signed by most of the men present. He stated that all the men invited to the conference had always been Republicans and were now so registered.

In reading the call, Earl made a significant omission from the quoted text. The phrase "and that the advances governmentally of the last five years in California be preserved," was passed over. Some of the conferees, it was stated, had called Earl's attention to the fact that this line might' well have been omitted frorfl the original draft, as it might give the impression that endorsement of the administration of Governor Johnson was sought. then reminded the conferees it was appropriate to elect a chairman, HARMONY SPEECH. After this preliminary Joseph Scott of Los Angeles made a miniature "keynote" speech.

He spoke briefly of his own record, charged the Wilson administration' with having by ineptitude made the United States the most despised nation on any shore, condemned Bryan's attitude on the Tamplco Incident in which a German cruiser afforded protection to American citizens, and then declared It was time to sink all animosities and to unite in harmonious support of a candidate acceptable to all factions. Having thus outlined the Importance of the conference in relation to national affairs, he nominated Earl for chairman. Henry Owen seconded the nomination. He did It under a misapprehension. He was not among the men Invited to the conference in Earl's call, and it developed later that only thoso so invited were welcome and accorded recognition by Chairman Earl.

Victor II. Metcalf of Oakland was not present. Earl, in accepting his nomination, repeated some felicitous remarks about harmony and burying animosities, and declared it was time to unite behind some standard-bearer like Roosevelt, or Hughes or The third name wns slurred over and pronounced in a low voice and could not be heard amid the cheering which started with the mention of the Colonel. Someone said later he had lisped the name of "Johnson." STEAM-ROLLER SMOOTHNESS. Justice T.

J. Lennoiyof San Rafael made a harmony speech, and nominated Egbert J. Gates of Pasadena as secretary of the conference. Up to this stage of the proceedings, no prompting had been necessary, (Continued on Tage 18, 2), (Continued on Page 18, Col. 3) FURNITURE i LEAVING town, furn.

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