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BRYAN TALKS WITH WILSON ON CAMPAIGN Both Predict Bourbon Victory; With Taft and Teddy Tied for Second Place j New Jersey Governor Says Peo= j pie Begin to Find He Is Human LINCOLN. Neb., Oct. fi.—Governor Woodrow Wilson and William J. Bryan had a heart to heart talk here today ©n the political situation through the country. Both unhesitatingly predicted a democratic- victory. Tn the radiant sun parior of Fair view, Bryan's liopip, the veteran cam paigner and the newcomer In national politics sa*t for a few hours, before j the governor's train left, discussing thp | progress of the campaign but' With ; particular reference to the trans-Mis- ! sissippj states where Bryan had just ' completed a six Weeks' tour. , "We diil not have time to go into i the i, latter very thoroughly." said the | governor to the correspondents. "*We j '-at up late last night and agree,! neOn ' a method of handling the mountain j states. That is as far as we got." TIUP TO coast imi;rtai\ The governor did not think it would be possible to go to the Pacific coast. ] ""We are keeping open the last two ! and a half weeks of the campaign." he said, "and I do not know What BS4 , the campaign committee will make of! theiii. T set out to make trips in the j campaign hut the local committees have been making tours of them." Wilson and Bryan went together to I the Westminster Presbyterian endrch, ) of which Bryan la an elder. After the services the congregation gathered j around the two and an informal re- j cptiou followed. When the news- i paper correspondents called at Fair- ! view Bryan and the nominee were be- ; incr photographed together. "These men," said the governor, in- \ troducing the correspondents by nam", "have been my companions throughout the campaign." Bryan said he watched the governor | closely in his fivo speeches here and sized him up as a first rate campaigner who adapts himself admirably to his crowds. • "I wouldn't concede any of the west- i em states to Taft or Rooseveit," said Bryan, speaking of the western situa- : tion. "I would not pick out any state and concede it to either Taft or Rooee- In California 1 put Roose velt and Taft In the same class: they i may tie for second place. Governor Wilson is gaining strength so rapidly from both sides that he is certain of election by an overwhelming vote." When Bryan's attention was called to the fact that some newspapers were speculating; as to what cabinet position he might occupy if Wilson were elected. be said: "The newspapers haven't as much of importance to discuss, then, as J have Of course, we haven't talked about anything like that." "WILSON SKKS (,RKAT CHt.Mii; "There is now beginning to dawn all over the I'nited States." said the gov ernor, in Bryan's presence, "the confi dent expectation of a victory for the people. T do not know* what- Mr. Bry an's observations have been, hot T • ; nk I have seen that change within ■ the'tast l a days. At any rate, there * as been a very profound and. to me, an unusual change, if 1 may be per- ; sonal with regard to myself. "A great many people in the T'nited j States have regarded mr as a very re mote and academic person. They do pet know how much human nature i there has been in me to give trouble all my life. I have been perfectly aware, that at first the crowds that gatherer! to he.ir me gathered in a critical temper to see this novel speci men, to see this newcomer in national politics, what he looked like, what his paces were and what his tones of voice and attitudes of mind were. "I am Sad hOW to see the atti tude changing. The*- have apparently adopted me Into the human family. I like to seethe enthusiasm of the plain i Ft of men as they approach me for T consider that the deepest compliment that I can be paid, and when they call me 'Kid' and 'Woody' and all the rest, 1 know that I am all right." The conversation turned to the ques tion of which issues the people seemed to be most interested in. Bryan said he found the people of the country most desirous to hear about the tariff and the trusts. He said he thought the inves tigation of campaign funds was fully informing the people of the methods employed by political organizations and of the special groups of individuals they have to fight. Bryan came to the station with Wil son to bid him goodby. The governor smarted at 3:15 o'clock toward Pueblo, • 'olorado Springs and Denver, where he aks tomorrow, while Bryan left in the afternoon for a. tour of North and South Dakota. Minnesota and lowa. SAN FRANCISCAN MARRIES WIDOW OF DAVID HANBURY William H. Banta Takes Bride in St. Helena ASpecial Dispatch to The Call] *■ ST. HELEN V «><t. 6. —Mrs. Eleanor Hanbury, widow of the late David Hanbury. former owner and proprietor of a great California estate, was mar ried at 5 o'clock this afternoon at St. Gothard's inn. St. Helena, to William H. Banta. a wealthy business man of San Francisco. The ceremony, which waa performed by R«T. Mr. Baxter of Vallejo, was witnessed only by the i datives and a few intimate friends of the bride and groom. The. Episcopal service was used. Mrs. Hanbury wore a bridal gown of white chiffon and her sister. Miss Kath leen Manfield, who attended her as maid of honor, wore pink chiffon and carried pink carnations. Banta was attended by his cousin, Bert Banta of Berkley. Following the wedding the couple departed on an automobile honeymoon. MAN PRONOUNCED DEAD COMES TO LIFE AGAIN Lives After 2,200 Volts Have Passed Through Body Coming in contact with a live wirt in the basement of the Phelan building where he was working about noon yes terday, Bert Edgar, an electrician liv ing at 2826 Twenty-fourth street, re ceived in his body the full force of 2.200 volts of electricity, and was pro nounced dead by a physician who was called by fellow emoloyes. Edgar was taken to the central •Wraergency hospital, where physicians Vurcr-eded In restoring him to con fcxiousness. It was said that Edgar would nye, although suffering from a fractured skull, received in a fall of 15 feet from the platform on which he was working when the current passed through his tody Geary Road Now Has Head Superintendent Begins Work J Thomas A. Cashin, superintendent of the Geary) street municipal railway). T. A. Cashin, Who Takes Charge of Munici pal Line, Is Native of San Francisco Thomas A. Cashin, who recently was appointed superintendent of the Geary street municipal railway, takes up his work this morning. He was chosen on recommendation of the public utilities committee of the board of supervisors. Cashin la not new at street railroad work, as for the last two years he has LEON SURRENDERS TO AMERICAN ARMS In March on Last Rebel Strong* hold Marines Rout Mob at Chichigalpa IllM-KTIX SAY JI'W DSL SIR. Mcaragua. Oct. <J. The town of Leon ba* sur rendered t€» the American forces. There in reason to believe that no flKhflng oeeurred, but detail* of the aurrender are lacking. WASHINGTON. Oct. G.—ln their march on Leon, the last stronghold of the insurgents, the American forces, under Lieutenant Colonel Long, ousted a rebel mob at Chiehigalpa. killing 13 outright and wounding many. Five Americana were slightly wounded. Chi'higalpa is on the Nicaragua Na tional railway, midway between Leon and Corlnto. In reporting the engagement to the navy department today Rear Admiral Southei land said that Lieutenant Col onel Long and his command were try ing to obtain arms and dynamite bombs in Chiehigalpa last Friday morning when they were suddenly surrounded by a mob of rebels and their sympathizers, well armed with BBBcbetee and rifles. Disregarding the orders of their offi cers, several rebels fired upon the Americans. The fire was promptly re turned and in addition to killing the 13 rebels and wounding many more, the Americans took four dynamite bombs, which it la believed were intended to be used against them or to cripple the railroad. Lieutenant Long's command con sisted of about 1,000 marines and blue jackets from the cruisers California, j Colorado and Denver. The capitula tion of Leon, the beleaguered town from which reports of distress have been coming ever since the rebel oc cupancy, completes Admiral Souther land's "aggressive program, which has been put through swiftly since the sur render of General Mena at Granada. With Granada fallen, and Genera 1 Mena, the moving spirit of the upris ing, deported to Panama, the admiral and his forces returned to Masaya. and it falls out that while one section of the American forces was engaged in routing Zeledon and his rebels from the hills at Barranca, Colonel Long's com mand was already fighting at Chiehi galpa. hard upon Leon. It is therefore believed here the strength of the in- ; surrection has been dissipated with the capitulation in such quick succession of the principal rebel strongholds. Confirmation of the reported surren der of Leon had not been received here late tonight. President Taft today telegraphed to the navy department from Dalton, Mass., complimenting the marines and sailors on their splendid behavior in Nicaragua. STATE .BAPTISTS CONVENE--Son Joh\ Oct. 6. —Deiegau-s from all part* of the state gath ered jn San .Tow today for the anniixl con vention of the General Baptist association of California. which oiwds tomorrow. Three meetings will lx* held daily In the Antiocb Bautist church. Sixth and Julian streets. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1912. been superintendent of the Fresno Traction company, and before that was connected with the United Etafiroads in San Francisco for several y cat's. Cashin was born in San Francisco and has Hved here nearly all his life. His mother. Mrs. K. Cashin. resides at 23 Buena Vista terrace UNCLE SAM BOSS OF ALL WIRELESS | New Regulation Forces Opera tor's License and Controls Radio=Communication WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Four hundred | wireless equipped American ships, | nearly 100 wireless stations, many j mono stations connected with colleges, j schools and experimental laboratories land several thousand amateur wireless j stations are affected by the regulations | promulgated by acting Secretary Cable |of the department of commerce and ! labor today, to enforce the radio-com | municatlon act. The net establishes a complete federal control By at em over radio-communica tion, and requires licensing of all wire less operators working across state lines or in communication with ships at sea. The department will adminis ter the act through Inspectors at New York. Baltimore, New Orleans and San Francisco, and additional inspectors will be appointed for Boston, Chicago, Savannah. Seattle and Cleveland. The United States has been divided in nine districts, with headquarters in those cities. Th* circular embodying the regula tions announces the eligibility of women as well as men, and that appli cations for licenses for ship stations must be sent to the department radio inspector at the port of departure. Licensing of great lakes vessels will not begin before spring. Licenses for coast stations will be issued by the nearest inspector, or by the commis sioner of navigation In Washington. Examinations of wouldbe operators will be held in the navy yards, naval stations, the Naval academy, certain army posts and elsewhere. Amateur stations are restricted in wave lengths of transmittal to not ex ceeding 200 meters, except on special application to the department. The new law is effective December 31. MAN IMPRISONED FOR ATTEMPTING SUICIDE [Special Dispatch to The Call] RENO. Oct. 6.—Charles Wilson en joys the rather doubtful distinction of being the tirst person in the state of Nevada to be sent to the penitentiary for attempting to commit suicide. Wilson, in a fit of despondency, cut his throat with a razor in an effort to end his life. He was found in a pre carious condition suffering from loss of blood and was*nursed back to life and health only to be arrested upon a felony indictment in Churchill county and tried before the district court, where, for the first time since the statute became ef fective. January 1, 1912, a test was made of the antl-sulcide law. Wilson was found guilty and sen tenced to more than a year in the peni tentiary, and today the gloomy walls of the state's prison claimed their vic tim. Wilson was taken to Carson by Sheriff Cuniff and appeared pleased at being locked up. It had been contended by district attorneys that a'conviction under the new statute would be im possible. MADERO LOSES GRIP ON REINS OF GOVERNMENT General Revolution on AH Sides Now Awaits Only a Strong Leader [Special Dispatch /• The Call] CITY OF MEXICO. Oct. 6.—The Ma dere administration is torn with in ternal dissension and confronted with revolution in the north and south. The army is both inefficient and out ol sympathy with Madero. If a real leader should appear the army would rebel tomorrow. The government is out of money, the j 53.000,000 pesos on hand being already I pledged and reserved for stated pur- | poses. There is danger at any moment i of a breach between Madero and the congress j , If the government should be outvoted the administration would fall, for pub lic- sentiment is overwhelmingly on the side of the legislative body. These facts are well known here, and, therefore, the people are holding their breath, fearing that the crisis may occur at any moment. There is actual organized revolution in the northern states of Sonora, Chi huahua and Coaliuila, and disorder and brigandage in Nuevo Leon, Zatacas, Durango, Jalisco. Sinaloa and Michoa can. In the states of Mexico, Guer rero, Morelos, Oaxaea and Puebla i there is a constantly growing revolu- i | tionary movement. Through all this great extent of ter ! ritory human life is not safe and the 1 property of neither native or foreigner is respected. BRUTAL WARFARE OX I The Marfare there is conducted In the most barbarous manner, including mutilation, outrage, burning, robbery and looting. Brigandage is rampant in the states of Tampaulipas, Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatan and Cam- P(■■eh. The central government is ut terly unable to stop these disorders and outrages. Only in this capital, thanks to the police organization, is there peace and safety. The economic situation in Mexico is bad and it is growing worse. Some planters cat) not sow their crops, others ran not harvest them for want of help and others can not get their produce to market on account of the bandits and fche demoralization of the railroads, which is more marked since the American engineers and conduc tors left. Politically, the situation is nothing less than anarchy. Congress is sus ) piciotfs of President Madero and may '■ oppose him at any moment. The • president's cabinet is made up of con i dieting radical and conservative ele ments so that there is continual fric tion and reversal of policies. CONFLICT |H (ABIXKT One week we have speeches of brotherly love and conciliation and the next week there is a perfect tempest of tyranny, unlawful seizures, savage reprisals against the rebels and whole sale arrests. The vacillation of the Madero admin istration is also due in part to the interference of th# numerous pushing ami greedy relatives of President Madero. Without any previous train ing or prestige, these Maderos are working their way to important posts, drawing large salaries and setting themselves up as a sort of American royal . family. This has antagonized the people to a great ex tent. ARMY IS DISSATISFIED The army where It is not wholly inefficient, is dissatisfied. The reforms promised by Madero have not materi alized. The pursuit of the rebels is half hearted and the appearance of a strong leader among the revolutionists might be the signal for a revolt by the army. This would mean Madero's in stant downfall, of course, as the army is his only prop. The public complains that Madero has substituted the tyranny of the mob and brigandage for the benevolent des potism of Diaz, without carrying in effect the reforms that were promised. The army is murmuring against its in creasing and apparently hopeless task of restoring order and peace. To sum up the situation, Mexico to day appears to be the normal Mexico— the Mexico that will be in turmoil and anarchy until after a strong man like Diaz appears to dictate and establish an artificial policy. RURAL GUARDS KILLKD Word was received here of the al most total annihilation of a detach ment of rural guards and a number of women and children in a fight with Zapatista rebels hear Sultepec yester day. The sole survivors of the rurales and their party—three men and a woman— straggled into Toluca today. They said that the detachment of 60 rurales with a number of women and children was stationed on a hill near Sultepec and was surprised by the rebels while feeding their horses. The rurales quickly assembled and put up a strong fight. According to the survivors, a bloody battle lasting three hours was fought. The rebels lost many men and it seemed as if the rurales might be victorious, when their ammunition gave out. The slaughter then began. The men were quickly killed and many atrocities were practiced upon the women and children. The survivors reported that Major Flores of the rurales. was treated with unusual barbarity. His body, they said, was first chopped to pieces and then burned. PHYSICIAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING GIRL [Special Dispatch to The Call] „ SEBASTOPQL, Oct. 6.—Dr. D. W. Scott, a prominent fraternal man, was placed under arrest today, charged with criminal assault. His alleged victim is a 14 year old schoolgirl. Scott is accused of having committed the crime in his office last August, the girl being a patient under his care. Shortly after the assault is said to have been committed »Scott went to lubican Springs, where he stayed until his return this morning. His arrest followed his arrival in Sebastopol. Scott has been In this section for a year, coming from San Francisco, where his mother is said to reside. A Special , Confection Called "Home-Made Specials. A sur prising assortment of delicious home made candies in each box. Geo. Haas & Sons' tour candy stores. —Advt CASTOR IA For Intuit, aad Children. ThsKjiiYNHm/UwajsßNgM Hawaiian News Federal Wireless BIG CELEBRATION BY PORTUGUESE Federal Wireless HONOLULU. Oct. 6. —Fifteen thou sand Portuguese in the/ Hawaiian islands are today celebrating the over throw of the Braganza dynasty and the establishment of a republican form of government in their native country. Nearly all of them came here as •im migrants for the plantations and large numbers have become United States citizens. The celebrations were on a lavish scale. A De Sotisa Cavannaro, the Portuguese consul general, enter tained the most prominent of his countrymen at a lavish luau tonight. GREAT HAWAIIAN RANCH IS SOLD Federal Wireless i HONOLULU, Oct. 6.—Adding 146,000 J acres to her already immense private domain, Mrs. Thelma Parker Smart, the richest heiress of the Hawaiian islands, i whose land holdings mount into the millions in value, has just purchased the romantic Kahuka ranch for 190.000. The Kahuka ranch was formerly the property of Colonel Morris, an erratic, elderly and somewhat mysterious per sonage who left it upon his death two years ago to Charles McComber, a friend. Not the least interesting part of the transaction is that notes held against the late Colonel Norris by Kmilie D. Herblay, a sweetheart of his youth, amounting to $40,000 and for .which she was suing in a New York court, were settled for $60,000 by the fortunate devisee, McComber, from proceeds of the sale just completed. EIRE DESTROYS 1 TOBACCO CROP Federal Wireless HONOLULU. Oct. 6.---The first large commercial crop of the infant Hawaiian Tobacco industry was destroyed by fire last week when the storage sheds of several companies on Hawaii went up in smoke. The loss is placed at $40,000 and includes the value of the entire 1911 crop, 18,000 pounds of another company's crop, the product of the new cigar factory and ferment ing houses. BATTLESHIPS GATHER FOR PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW NKW YORK, Oct. 6.—Headed by the Flagship Connecticut, bearing the pen nant of Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, 10 warships steamed up New York bay today, the backbone of the battleship division in the naval gathering of which the harbor will be the scene for the next 10 days. With the flagship were the battleships Ohio. New Jersey, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, Deleware, Utah and Florida. The official opening of the program in connection with the review began when the mayor's committee and the reception committee headed by Herman Bidder and Dr. John H. Finley gave the city's formal welcome to Rear Admiral Osterhaus and his men. Tomorrow Admiral Osterhaus and the four rear admirals commanding di visions—Fiske, Usher, Winslow and Fletcher—will call upon Mayor Gaynor. The mayor shortly afterward will re turn the visit. By the last of the week, the ex pected total of 127 ships with 28,000 officers and men will be in line for the three big days of the review, beginning Saturday and culminating on Tuesday, October 1&% with a presidential review. „ fl3fi!l^.^f'STSl/73*fe^ I Men's Overcoats and Raincoats | H $15 to $100 is a terse method of cataloguing our unrivaled J |jj] H stock of coats, exclusive of some of our higher grade fur-lined coats,' p |jj| •*• of which we carry the most extensive assortment in the West, g .H prices commencing at $60. jf 1 H The season's most important event \s the debut of our "Up or || IB] Down" Collar—our achievement of perfection in fit and comfort of the jj lly popular two-way convertible type. H JSJ] Coats especially adaptable for motoring are very completely repre- JJ HH sented—ulsters and the new three-quarter length top-coats are the ex |f|| treme opposites of each other. ? h [pH A big portion of our coats are "proofed" for wet weather wear, but 81 SI we have rubberized coats also that would almost serve submarine m\ IH! Gabardines are extremely popular this season because of their smart HI «4i§ls appearance, extreme lightness, ample fullness and length and, above all, J^y^r^ |?38S( their weatherproof qualities. ISgSS I Men's Blue Serge Fall Suits I H rr\HE "STRAND" is a Blue fTpHE "REX" typifies our 1 j| I Serge Suit made especially I ideals in Blue Serge Suits at ■jl A for us, and embodies the re- a moderate price for busi- jj l B suits of our experience in selling ness and semi : formal wear. Made | H Blue Serge Suits to California of a finer grade serge than our t S men for three generations. Its "Strand" Suits, the tailoring, de- jf HI price is no criterion by which to signing and finishing are even fJO judge its worth, for the qualities more conscientiously executed. In |J IB it possesses belong to suits of a single or double breasted models, "M HI much higher price. Quantity buy- two and three button effects the |j, 1111 ing and an all year round demand same thorough excellence is main- ( =¥ jl HI explains the presence of such su- tamed throughout. Each season H perb serge, exceptional tailoring, sees some added improvement in g jjjl skillful designing and expert these suits at no increase in price, jl| workmanship, which bring our for as our purchases increase— jl jl cost very close up to our selling and they have almost trebled L l B price. Fall models are shown with since last Fall—instead of accept- p pi single or double breasted coats. ing the savings effected as addi- H8 fjj two or three button styles, in tional profits, we invest them for I sizes for all men, ff» AJT you in features that {J* || 111 whether normal or •]) JL 0 maintain our leader- Th zA I I MARKET AND STOCKTON . SAN FRANCISCO B BOURBON FEASTERS GRILL BULL MOOSE Iroquois Club Guests Laud Woodrow Wilson at An nual Brtakfast [Special Dispatch to The Call] FAIRFAX. Oct. 6.—Theodore Roose velt and his policies were put e.»i the rack today by the speakers at the thirtieth annual bulls head breakfast of the Iroquois club at La Boheme, a redwood grove in which tables were set for 200 democrats fioui all parts of the state. Woodrow Wilson was made the theme of every speech. Hfs record in New Jersey, as governor, as a college presi dent and as a man was eulogized, and the sanguine prophecy of every speaker was that he would he the choice of the people in November. The speech making was opened by Arthur Barendt. president of the club, i with the introduction of Thomas E. Hayden. < halrman. "I know at this time that wo are | going to he victorious in this cam ! paign," said Hayden, "because the ! democrats realize that this is the year ! for victory. They are becoming active. "I know that when President Wilson shall have finished his first four years, he will not be compelled to say to any committee appointed to investi gate the sources of his election fund, that he did not know that four Ameri cans contributed practically $600,000, as in the campaign of 1904." Hayden introduced Mrs. Arthur Cornwall as a woman who represented the largest voting possibility of Cali fornia. "When I came into the political field," said Mrs. Cornwall, "I looked the candidates over. I saw one little big man. You know to whom I re fer. The next man to engage my at tention was a big little man. His identity is also obvious. Naturally I looked further, and that is why I am here today. My aversion to usurpation influenced me toward Woodrow Wil son." J. O. Davis, chairman of the demo cratic state central committee, charged that Roosevelt made war on the In ternational Typographical union, and that he made the government printing office an open shop. "There is this much that can not be denied," said Barclay Henley in his speech: "Roosevelt's first election was brought by the trusts of the country, and it cost them over two million dol lars." Referring to Roosevelt's atitude to ward the oriental problem in Califor nia. Henley said: "A few years ago there was trouble in a school at Ross over the attendance at the institution of Japanese. The trouble involved a Japanese and an American girl. Rumors of the affair reached Washington. What did the bull moose do with regard to the inci dent? He immediately, with character istic ardor, sent a message to congress recommending that an act be passed specifically providing for the naturaliz ation of Japanese. If Roosevelt should have had his way we would have been deluged with a mass of swarming yel low men. He forgot one thing. That was that he was addressing the Ameri can people." Robert M. La Follette was character ized as one of the greatest figures in American politics. "And today," said one of. the speakers, "*jfe is supporting Woodrow Wilson." The concluding address was made by Timothy Tracy, and F. Emerson Brookes recited a poem entitled "Cali fornia," written by himself. RALPH DE PALMA EXPECTED TO LIVE Auto Driver Conscious and No Bones Broken, but Infec tion Feared MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Oct. fi.— The condition of Ralph De Palma, who was injured while driving in the Grand Prix automobile road race yesterday when his car hit the machine driven by Caleb S. Bragg, winner of the race, is said tonight by physicians to be as good as can be expected. De Palma's main Injury consists of an abdominal puncture and unless in fection sets in, the chances are bright for his recovery. The patient is con scious, but no one is allowed to see him. No bones were fractured. De Palma's mechanician, Tom Alley. left the hospital today. His injuries consisted of a slight fracture of the left shoulder. Toney Scudelari. who accompanied Bruce-Brown on the practice spin last Tuesday, which ended in Brown's death, was conscious today and his condition is reported favorable. Bragg issued a statement tonight giving his version of yesterday's acci dent. He said: "De Palma must have been going a great deal faster than I, and overtak ing me very rapidly, as it was only a few seconds after my mechanic tapped me on the shoulder to let me know that a car was approaching, that his car hit the rear of my machine. "Although I knew some one was coming. I had not tried to pull to one side of the course, to let him by, as there would not have been enough room for him to pass had I given all the room 1 could." SPEAKING WATCH SOON TO BE PUT ON MARKET Human Voice Is to Call Out Hours in Daytime BERLIN, Sept. 21.—Stock has just been issued by a German company which hopes to place on the market a speaking watch which, instead of sounding the hour by a bell will shout out the hour like a human voice. Its mechanism, is very complicated, hut it is said that the watch will be able t,. say "It is 7 o'clock," or, 15 minutes later, "It is 7:15 o'clock." Of course It would he rather disturb ing to be awakened in the middle of the night by a mysterious something that shouted at you. "Tt Is 2 o'clock," and the inventors have added an ar rangement whereby the watch can he silenced at night. This invention Is not exactly new, as the satirist, George Christoph-Lk hten berg (1742-9!)) had a watch which spoke the words, "Thou art a man." At 15 minutes past the hour it said "Thou." and at half past "Thou art," and so on, achieving the full sentence on the hour. But the invention just announced is a step further in advance. FORMER ROADMASTER OP RAILWAY DROPS DEAD [Special Dispatch to The Call] SANTA ROSA, Oct. 6.—Patrick Hyde, 73 years old, for 40 years roadmaster on the Northwestern Pacific, dropped dead this morning as he was on his way to 10 o'clock mass. Hyde was pensioned a year ago. He is survived by a son, J. J. Hyde, and two daugh ters, Mrs. Fred Cooper Mrs. Thomas Minnehan. 3