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yOLUME CVn.—NO. 14G. SAIST;FRANCISCO, vMO^m

RAGING AUTO HITS FENCE

DRIVERDANGEROUSLY HURT

PRICE FIVE CENTS.

TRAGEDY ATSHRINERS'

RACES

DR. W. F. BARBATPUTS BULLET INHISOWNHEART

BOYS DEFEATEDTHROUGH LUCKOF PLAYGROUND

INDEX OF THE

SAN FRANCISCO CALL'SNEWS TODAY

Declare Youngsters' ChancesWere Destroyed by Want

of Practice

Three Local High Schools Failto Score Single Point in

the Contest

Interscholastic Track Meet atStanford Shows City Pupils

Thoroughly Outclassed

Points Made by SchoolsAt Interschoiastic Meet

Chle* hißh 17Oakland hlch 16>nn Joae high 12Brrkelej- hlsrh 11fjou AnerlM hisb 1O

Uric ncboul CS. F.) 9Alameda liijth OH«-:il«!>!iuru liich 5Hood River (Ore.) hitch !»Koii AnsrrleM polytechnic til-'ort Brace liißh 3MnMntro liiuli\ flitiinihieh 3

Iniiinnihisrh 1

Hanard school (L. A.) 1Mlnloß hlph (S. F.> 1Palo Alto hlCh 1•» sin innarbara high 1

Thr follow ins: ncbooh scored nopnlnta:

Ittlinnni Krbnol, Hcnicia hlsh,

Clovfa hich. CoKßwell iS. F.>, K»-parto Inlon liich. Kern hl«l«.l.o^ell high C!*. F.), Manrnnitaliall <l»alo Altoi.MenUoeino htsh.Oakland polytechnic high. Ked-

lands Uicli. ltichmond high. SanItt-nlto liiEh, S«nta CJara hic»u>an Franciiico polytechnic liigl«.

St. Helena liJcb. Slitter hißh,

IUiah bith-

TAMMANY'S OLDBOSS HOMESICK

CAPTIVE BALLOONCRASHES TO EARTH

\u25a0The wrecked motor car, as it came to a slop after crashing through theouter fence on the.lngleside track and plunging

'down a sleep grade, and

William Nelson, driver of the^car, who is dangerously hurt.

•sFh n:^bout 20(> fee* UP the whole af-

fair collapsed .and was dashed to theground.^ The unknown, woman wasb^diy.injured and was rushed to a phy-sicjan."

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Finally the wind tore a rent In thebag, and with the gas escaping the bal-loon

"floated' toward the earth, while

several" thousand spectators stoodbrea'trilessjry watching."

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Huge Basket Tumbles 200 Feetand Woman Is Seriously

Injured

[Special' DUpalch Jo The Call] , '..•NBW'TOUK',

'April 24.

—Richard

Croker, the', old \u25a0-time. Tammany boss,

will return to New York before thesummer is overUomake this city hispermanent home. When Croker sailedfor Ireland on' the Lusita'nia oii.Wednes-day he had apparently decided to sur-render' to the call of^Gotham,- and im-parted.the fact to several friends whowent» to 'the steamer to bid"*him fare-well. his stay in town follow-ing his return from. Palm[ Beach, heconfided to some of his intimates thathe had tired of the old country of lateand- had ".frequently experienced

'the

pangs of homesickness. •\u25a0' . .-"There is no town like New York in

j the world," he said to • John \u25a0' Scahn'elli"and*itjis getting more wonderful*andattractive every year.',' After a'man *hasspent* nearly fifty years of hishife'-h'ereand formed strong friendships !'and*aV-tachmentst'he" can not go away 'and* findothers'toHake their places.

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:\u25a0"!\u25a0 think 'l- will,come back to stay.

Though Ishall spend a month or two'inEngland 'andlfeland each year, Ishallalways

;spend my winters In"Palm

BeaWi.n" ' • • . • -.• .

* "I-shall not take any .active partiiiripolitics. 'Iam' through with that sort

of thing forever." , . . . .* »•--It was jlearned today that 1 Croker

made some heavy investments, in Bronx

and Long Island property before sail-.lng.': -1 r i' \u25a0 \u25a0-,

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Richard Croker, Before LeavingGotham, Tells Friends He ,

g|s|^mß^ra^Sta)|: ;

"It will.-'be portly for' a little whileuntil I-.am released," ho told her, butthe intcrview'i.'erided . with no agree'-*..i.• «ir-. . . - "ment jn.sight.^. *\u25a0

On the driveiVack to Flshklll Land-ing Mrs.' Thaw*and Doctor Sillo. who-'*° ' '4T--V J*

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accompanied^her.j met an open, carriage

in \vhiqh-.Mra.-|^iary .C. Thaw and herdaughter, the^fprmer countess of Yar-mouth, were^riditfg. "Mrs.:Majy. Thawspoke cordially^tolDoctor Sillo

'and or-

dered -'--her'**«a*Ttege stopped. 1 Mrs.Evelyn

#Nesb*ii:f*sTnaw,5Tnaw, however, curtly

told her .driver {i-b-hurry ,on withoutso much as*\locjkihg at her mother in

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[Special Dispatch to *The Call]

: NEW YORK,, May. 24.—Harry ,K.Thaw is mourning because. his' wife isgrowing stout. :> V,Your poetic .. figure

has passed away.V.he said, to her themoment he saw the.former model whenshe visited at>'Maftteawan Saturday af-ternoon. "But ydu"; are still beautiful,"

he made haste t^jiadd.For.some time»J;he two bantered each

other about •tjieirj increasing weightand Thaw begged'his wife to walk up

and down the^room that he might seeher better. v.TTten they took up the'often discussed^^question of ja •settle-ment/, Mrs.^ThaVjdeclined' to consideranything but":going abroad to etudysculpture, \u25a0;buU'<Fer* ;husband Insisted asv

firmly that, elio.-should study in Amer-ica. \u25a0 .:. *..V'*?i . ;°A''

"Y^ur Poetic.; Figure Has PassedAway," He^Tells Her; and

Continues

HARRYTHAWFINDSCHANGE IN EVELYN

The -state convention .ofwill be held: here; at that time andJohnson and his; aeroplane are to bethe attractions closing .the fraternalgathering. :... i;|;.

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. A big :grandstand ] 'will be con-structed ?at r Av4ation park, and therailroads, have agreed to. run specialexcursions -.', from neighboring, townsto Merced on the day of the flight.

Aviation Exhibition Will Close,Foresters' Convention ;

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[Special^Dispatch'

to The Call]\u25a0 M.EBCED' APriV.2.44

—At"'» ™a?s «i«i

ing called.-.by the 'chamber of commercelast .night the . services •of .ColonelFrank -H.,Johnson, the- well -

knownaviator, of San, Rafael, who was one ofthe exhibitors -of;the art of flying atthe . recent meets -in /Los Angeles andFresno, were engaged for the after-

\noon* of May.\4.""'y \u25a0' \u25a0 \u25a0:'

JOHNSON TO FLY-> .ATMERCED MAY 4

''Medical ;'aid, was

fsummoned, and It

was with much difficulty that the youngmen w'ere^restored to consciousness. ,

\u25a0 Saiiford's brothers ;and Everett made

a'desperate' effort to;save the lad, and

in the attempt they",,nearly, met • thesa,me fate. \u25a0* They |were •• rapidly, swept

along- "by" the^-current \u25a0;. when strong

Bwimmers from shore and two men InabbatV reached .'them and dragged •;them

from the .water., .. - '• ,

OCEANO, April 24.—

Caught in theswirl \u25a0 of*an undertow -while -bathing

with his two /.brothers and CharlesEverett, .a 'friend,- Paul Sanford,' 16years .old, "was drowned; in- the' surfhere^today. His body was swept sea-

ward and has not been recovered, a.

Youth Bathing" ;in"Surf ',Falls

;;^^ "Victim to Undertow .

BOYS' FIGHT TO SAVE -, '

COMRiADE IS FUTILE

All'-the v,shingle; mills of -westernWashington were closed by .the ,manu-

facturers Mast week fin order, to.prevent

the brokers^ from reducing prices, ': and3,500 men ;wcre thrown out of work."./,"-: •

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Closing 1 ofiNorthwestern Shih-glev'Mill^Causes' Tragedy

, SEATTLE,*April' 24.— John Benson,aged 45; sltot^Wroself through the headwhile.in-bed- at;his home in'.Ballard, amanufacturing, .today .becausehe believed •j.that^: the \u25a0•-. closing, of . theshingle mills b;y~ the- manufacturers pre«\u25a0saged'a-long^sleg^lof hard times. .

He /was talcen';* to; the " city hospital,

where it'iEUsaidithat he can notj re-cover. ;. -.'\u25a0•. \u25a0.;' ."''.; i--

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SUICIDE EES£ED HARD r\TIMES^OULD RETURN

TELEPHOXB KEAUXY SO

MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1910

EDITORIALThe colonel in strenuous rein.- Page 6Welcome for the eldest daughter. Page 6Perplexity over senate leadership. rajte CProportion of high school graduates. Page 6A parliamentary revolution. Page 6

CITYHundred dollars a day paid in tips by Chinese

priuee during stay at Palace. P:i«;e 14Tiny "Goldy Locks" flirts with baby bears, but

Mrs. Bear objects. I'uKf14Dr. W. F. Barbat kills himself with poison

and pistol bullet. Page 1

Even wrecks of humanity have a place onUncle Sam's census li*ts. • Page 14

Phillip Keene to present "Damon and Py-thias" for Knights of P.vthias. Page 7

Memory of former Mayor Pond honored atsolemn church services. Page 14

Flames from burning stables menace lives ofthree sleeping children. ' Page 3

Klita Proctor Otis returns as Orpheum star."cleverly portraying poor sketch. Page 4

Body found in bay believed that of,dancehall waitress. , Page 7

SUBURBANBitter war on between Havens and Tevis water

interests. Page 5College Alumnae Association of California

cleats Oakland woman president. Page 5Alamoila Elks' new clubhouse completed' by

contractors and accepted. Page 5Seven year old schoolboy falli from plank and

drowns in estuary. .'^^ \u25a0;.'\u25a0-. Page 5Oriental attempts tjmurder countryman with

carving knife. Ha.se SMysterious $125,000 night fire -destroys ;ware-

bouf>e and nine cottages. jPage 5

COAST |g -\u25a0 f

Qneen Lillian of Santa Kosa chooses maids ofhonor and sir knight*. \"iiv;viI'aßt s

Balloon falls 200 feet and five escape deathby slight margin. V- ~-jC".- Page 1

Northern Pacific engineer gives life to savepassengers on encountering open pwitch. Page 4

Touth caught changing from girl's clothes andJailed as murder swpect. Page 4

Several towus to. follow example of Fresno andhold raisin day celebrations. Page 7EASTERN --^

Artificial stimulants react unfavorably oncountry's Gnaucial markets. Page 3

Senators attend ball game and delay adminis-tration railroad bill. Page 2

Mark Twain laid at rest beside wife afterservice where they were married. Page

-James K. Hackett denies desiring divorce for

sake of daughter. ;^•;*'Page

-Frost badly damages fruit crops throughout

middle west. . \u25a0 Pagp 3Harry Thaw finds change in Evelyn and'dis-

pute over ber future continues. Page 1Richard Croker, homesick, will return to make

Gotham his permanent borne. . Page 1Several important courts martial now nearing

close. Page 3

Interstate commerce commission to considerPacific coast freight rates. Page 3

FOREIGNMayor General Wood's visit to Cuba cements

bonds of good feeling. Page 2Paris papers Join in approval of Eoosevelt'B

doctrines of civic morality. Page 3SPORTS

Clever sprinters entered In Clayton handicaptoday and good race expected. / Page H

San Rafael golfers take first half of home andborne meet.

-Page 8

Jeffries surprises them .all. by cavorting aboutlike young hippopotamus. '

Page 8Oaks annex double header ;from San Jose by

outplaying Prone Pickers. Page I)

Seals and Senators tie morning game; Sealstake the afternoon contest. I*as*>9

Bail tossers of St. Mary's college score doublevictory on the diamond. Page 8

Frank Kramer injured during professionalbicycle races at Orange, N.

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J.> -Page 8Manager Chance of Cubs holds op Kling's re-

instatement till fine is paid. .'

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Rival Swedish-American relay teams run ex-citing race at Oakland park. Vuxtf S

Germany enters two Benz outh in coming Van-derbllt cup race for automobiles. i'a^r -j

San Francisco yacht club to celebrate openingof season with high jinks.

'Page *

.Johnny McCarthy Is ready for his bout withAntone La Grare tomorrow night. Pa er s

St. Ignatius college players win Interschol-astic tennis tournament

'at Stanford. . Pagr 'J

Captain J Jb). Helse wins year's champion-ship of. San Francisco schuetxen. rerein. Page 8

Vampires score'hollow victory over Burns

In soccer, championship finals. . "Page 9

San Matco baseball team takes Sbrevei of SanFrancisco Into camp. .' \u25a0 Page s

Wanderers beat Golden Gates and Alaraedawin*'from Barbarians at cricket. Page 8'

Cincinnati wins from St. laiuLs in a slug-fent, with a slaughter of pitchers. Page O

MARINESteamers Sea Foam, and St. Helens crash to-

gether in fog - off Point JUjfes early Sundaymorning. Page 13

Located in-'Ann J Arbor .After;

x Four Day:Search- ;;:i;,:

•ANNVARBOR. Mich. April\u25a024»—Nor-man P. Cummings.VmilHonaire real es-

tate owner of. Chicago; and California,who ,» mysteriously.' disappeared .., fromChicago. ,Wednesday -; with—*li*-largeamount of;cash, and several thousanddollars', worth -of jewelry on-, his "per-son, was located in a local hotel wherehe: had /been staying, since .theTmiddleof last week: ;lCummings _say s he .ca metofAnn/Arbor to">'isit|his imotherj. !Hesayjs he left:Chicago 'on the spurfof thertioment. .but \he "has communicatedwith,his-: wife,\and- she :wllj."join;him"here, .and> the -two will then leave forCalifornia. \u25a0 . ,;? \y

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MISSING MILLIONAIREIS FOUND IN HOTEL

HEALDSBURG. \u25a0; April 24.—Struck' Inthe 'chest, by a bullet- from' his own 're-volver,;\u25a0 which 'felKfrom,his'pocket 'andwas

'discharge'd \.as \it ".;struck 'a\ "rock,

City";Marshal Joseph Harris Is in a' pre-carious jcondition /at !his;hornei He', hasaj chance^forV; recovery.^ .The O^buliet'buried 'itself;in the left breast,' penetrat-ingV the leftilung1,-; and -.lodged .in;the

Condition; .Critical;'fi;RevolverFell From Pocket V

HIEALDSBURG MARSHAL :W\IS SHOT CACCIDENTALLY

Continued on P*=« .?-. cc*lllnm *

Fernando Nelson, driving his recordbreaking Columbia In the same race,

passed the scepe of the mishap with-out noting it. in the. tense excitementof.- the race, but on the second round '

he stopped. George Nelson, the young

amateur driver whose work with hisOakland' during the two days* meet

has made him locally famous, was onthe "scene immediately, and the two jaccompanied the Injured men to thehospital. £5*3Heavy Outer Fence Left\Both inner fences on the two- turns

were takes out and Us Ist cloth 'fences."

-When the accident occurred theyoung, man was driving his car at a\u25a0speed of about 40 miles an hour. Givena place some seconds behind W. T.Warren, in his Matheson, Nelson wasstriving to overtake his rival.He camedown the backstretch at a terrific clip,,

his mechanician pumping busily andnursing every inch of speed out of the'

machine. The turn was taken withoutpinching down, and as the auto swung

into the , tangent the strain upon the

ourter front wheel proved too much

and it caved. In a wink the flying ve-hicle was through the fence and over

the bank, while a heavy cloud of dust

obscured the details of the acclden;

from the spectators.

:At a late hour last night DoctorTomllnson announced that, aside fromthe possibility of internal injuries. Nel-son was not dangerously hurt. Hisbody is badly.bruised and lacerated innumerous places. .

IN the last event of the two dayautomobile race meet at Inglesideyesterday, and in full sight of over

10,000 spectators, William Nelson,driving a high powered four cylinderroadster in the five mile handicap formembers of the Mystic Shrine,crashed through the heavy woodenfence bounding the outer edge of thesecond turn on the mile track andsustained injury that may cause hisdeath. His wife was watching fromthe grandstand as the 24 year olddriver met with his all but fatal mis-hap. His father, Fernando Nelson,was driving in the same race.Mechanician Thrown 20 Feet

The auto dished a wheel on the*turn, and, after tearing the fence away,shot down a steep embankment, pilingup in a ditch. A. B. Bright. Nelson'smechanician, was thrown 20 feet asthe machine struck, but was tossedinto a marshy spot. His left wristwas badly sprained and his right kneetorn and braised.

BeriKerscher, a famous driver, alsowent through a fence in the 10 milehandicap, when the steering knuckleon his big 100 horsepower Darracqbroke, but as a cloth fence had bee-nsubstituted at the place for the heavywooden affair, the driver was not evenscratched.

The accident to Nelson and Brightcast a shade of gloom over what willgo down Inmotor history as the great-est meet ever held on a circular trackin the west, a meet in which new rec-ords have been set and many close con-tests between speedy cars witnessed.New Record Made

Barney Oldfield. "the speed king,"himself hung up a new mark yesterdayin the mile, devouring the distance inthe time of 5156-100 seconds, a secondbetter than hla record Saturday, whenhe set a new coast. record by shatteringthe time of 56 seconds made by himhere some six years ago in the WintonB*ullet.

Nelson, whose father. Fernando, ig a \u25a0

wealthy contractor, and himself theholder of spe«?d records, was removed tothe city and- county hospital. In theIngleside grounds, with Bright, themechanician.

Mounted police, always on the alertduring the two day meet, were quick atthe scene of the disaster, and the crowdwas driven back. Dr. R. F. Tomlinsontook charge of the two Injured men anddiscovered that Nelson's most aeriou3injurywas a deep cut. extending to thebone, that completely encircled theright eye, caused by a board from thefence flyingnp and striking the autolst.The: physician found It necessary to

close the circular wound with 130,stitches.

Internal Injuries Feared

ACCIDENT AT INGLESIDEWITNESSED BY THOUSANDS

Mechanician Hurled 20 Feet,but Escapes With Compar-

atively Slight Injuries

YOUNG DRIVER'S LIFEMAY PAY FOR SPEED

William Nelson's High PoweredRoadster Throws Wheel and

Plunges From Track

LABORER <MAT:DlE—Berkeley. April;24.—Sal-1<;Tiatorei,Valencia.'- a ilaborer, -,wbo fell-,from -a», car *Saturday ,-nlght.V at • the '\u25a0\u25a0 corner.: of•Asbby1.areniK* and'Adeline ftrept^mayidicag a result

of.:his '.ln nrlM, according to statements, of thei!physicians -attending' the* injured man-'af the• Knosevplt hospital. Hi**kull i*belleTed to be

\u25a0 fractured.' and it Is also thousht 'that he sus-, tamed Internal Injuries. ;-'

p!ac« *TJ which the children have Is-Use stadium In the park. In many

cases this requires an hour's journey

for »he pupil, and the children can

irot afford the time after their school

hour*."The city needs s some running

tracks, more handball courts, more

lack the facilities. Atpresent the only

young people cooped up all day Inclass-rooms and then send them out at recess

time l»to a small yard, where one cannot run three yards without bumping

into some one else.

"At first sight It is surprising that

San Francisco, with all its material,

was beaten so badly at the track meet,

hut all tlie material in the world is use-

less unless the elders of the commu-

nity see that It is properly developed.

•'There is no reason in the world why

a city bred boy should'not be physically

well developed. In fact, there is greater

reason to look to his physical training

than to that of the country boy, whohas all theb road fields in which to

Facilities Are NeededWalter N.. Bush, principal of the

Polytechnic school, took a similar

stand.••We have the material," he said, "but

Payot Repeats Protest"What else can be expected," said

Henry Payot, a member of the boardof education, "Inthe face of the condi-

tions here? Ihave maintained always

tluat there should be more playgrounds,

mores pace for the children. As it Is,I

consider it almost criminal to keep the

LACK of playgrounds, proper facil-

ities and space are the reasonsLeiven for the overwhelming defeat

of the students of the San Franciscoschools at the fifth annual Interscho-

lastic track meet held at Stanford Sat-

urday and so significant was the hope-

ir-><; outclassing of the boys in this• ity in athletics that redoubled efforts

\u25a0Bill be made by the playground com-mission and the board of education toremedy the defect and to give to the

jjaNgyJof the <Mty at least an equal op-

portunity of physical development as

that afforded to his country cousin.

At the meet Chico won hands down.

San Francisco with its thousands of

boys to draw from was utterly in thebackground. Three of the local high

schools that were entered in the meet

failed to score a single point, and of

the two others Mission high school wona single point and Lick school withnine points being sixth on the list.

Complaints of ChildrenThe complaint of the children for

more than a year has been that thoy

had no facilities for development, no

track meet, no apparatus. And their

complaint was seen to be justified by

the maner in which they struggled

against the better builds and better de-velopment of their competitors.

None doubted their gameness and

their pluck, but the youngsters did not

have a chance. For more than a year

their energies had been systematically

suppressed and the ultimate result wasthat when the test came they werefound wofully wanting.

It was a bitter dose for the boys to

swallow and the bitterness was all themore in the realization that If given

half a chance they would have turned

\u25a0defeat into victory.

SbutHerri*'

Pac ific\ Train Makes, feRecord orirCutoff :

SAN. JOSE, Aril;24.— A.special train

earring ,; 200 " excursionists [from .SanJose to see today's ball games in Oak-

iland and' San'; Francisco made a runfrom^this' city.to San Francisco ,thismorning in the remarkable. time. of 55

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is \u25a0 the best 'time.any 'passengercarrying ,tralri has ever ;made . over, the

inewj cutoff^route.-.--

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fit is reported that '\u25a0' Southern \u25a0Pacificofficials .were^arixious to :t'est';tHe' speed

capacity" of'this Hrain.V* as it fplanned

toT'reballastt a part '.of \ the;1iue ;and'run-

fseyerkli^dally^tralns /on;:a* j6j65 "minuteschedule" 1between'' ;here , '\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0', and

'"»the

-metropolis.'

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SAN JOSE-OAKLAND RUN;* MADE IN SS^MINUTES

BANK CASHBIERT JAILED—Chicago. April24.:f|StcflmanSTbomas." cashier) of4the'.Dalrj-nieh'Bi^natlonali bank,Tßheboj-gan 'F«ll»*Wiß.,lchurnedV*with

'tnlcappvprJatlnc-

$10,fK)0i' of.. tlu» rbank's

BINGER HERMANN HAS •

A SERIOUS ILLNESS

ROSEBURGi Ore., April 24.—

BlngerHermann, former congressman fromOregon, although seriousjy ill, is re-ported tonight by his physician to be

a little better. He was »able today ttoreturn to hls:bed, having: been unablefor several days to 'rest in,a recliningposture. The swelling in the vicinityofthe suleen is ETOWlnir.leßa.'

Three doses of poison and a bullet

through the 1heart,, fired by his ownhand, yesterday morning ended the lifeof Dr. William F. Barbat, widelyknownIn the' local medical profession and at

one time^a member of the San Franciscoboard of health. The suicide occurred

in Doctor Barbat's offices in the Hast-ings" building. He is believed to have

been temporarily deranged from brood-ingover his illhealth and the shock of

his mother's death a week ago.

The fatal shot, is believed to havebeen fired about 7 o'clock in the morn-

ing, but the body was not discovereduntil shortly after 10 o'clock. Dr. G.M. McNevitt, a...dentist,' who occupiesadjoining offices, in,answer to the in-

sistent telephoning of Mrs. Barbat,

looked through a crack in the door andsaw the prostate body of Doctor Barbat.Insanity theory- Strengthened

The theory held by members of thefamily that* a temporary tit of insanity

caused the act is strengthened by twoshort notes addressed to his wife.These were written in a wild style,holding no resemblance to Doctor Bar-bat's handwriting, and are essentially

the same. The first reads:"To my dear' Emily:Ileave friend-

ship to you and BillyBoy." i

"BillyBoy" is the pet name of DoctorBarbat's 4 year old son. - :

The second note is identical, with the:exception that it adds the word "love"to '"friendship."

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Disorder marked the scene of the sui-cide.' -.» All the' drawers .of-the. medicinecabinets ..were open, and botUes." werescattered about in a manner to sug;se£tthat the -physician had ransacked jtheoffice for means of ending his Uf«.<>\u25a0- .Three Poisons Taken % *-;'

Three poisons were taken by the deadman before' the agony of \u25a0 sufferingdrove him to use his pistol. Carbolicacid, lysbl and cyanide of potassiumwere taken in quantities which mighthave been sufficient to cause death.The table was littered with other poi-sons.

*The empty box in which the

potassium was kept was found in abucket, indicating "that this poisonprobably was taken first.

To insure the accurate passage of thebullet Doctor Barbat drew a circle witha purple copy pencil on his white vestdirectly over Ms heart, and throughthe center of this the leaden missileentered.

The pistol used was identified as theone . thei deceased carried about withhim on his night 'calls.

Doctor Barbat had been in bad health.He -recently suffered a severe attackof grip, but he displayed no signs ofmental derangement. Last Sunday hismother died, and this worried himgreatly. His practice, was extensiveand forced him to work under a highstrain, which is believed to have causedthe breakdown.

He was a Mystic Shriner and hadparticipated in the festivities of theweek. Saturday night he was

'out

with a party of Shriners until a latehour. He attended the races at Ingle-side Saturday afternoon and yesterdaymorning before leaving, his home hehad given his wife two tickets for. theautomobile races yesterday afternoon,saying' that he would return in,timeto accompany her. This was at 5:30o'clock in the morning, when he aroseIn answer to a- telephone call from oneof his patients.. He told his wife thathe would have, to go ito his office to gethis- medicine^case and ,he kissed hisbaby boy and left-with a cheery adieu."Absence Causes' Alarm \u25a0:\u25a0',

Telephone calls began to come intohis home, from' patients that he hadarranged appointments with and, Mrs.Barbat became anxious and communi-cated with Doctor MacNevitt. The lat-ter went to. the office and found a num-ber of patients standing in the hallwaiting-.for Doctor Barbat. \u25a0 ;,Ivooking^pirough the. letter'latch ofthe' door. Doctor MacNevitt saw Doc-tor Barbat's. body on the floor.

Doctor Barbat was 36 years old .andleaves a widow and >a \u2666 4

'year old son,

living at 613 Cole street. He was theson of the late John Barbat,' who wasprominent in\u25a0''financial, circles, and isthe brother of "Dr. J. vHenry Barbat,formerly head of theißarbat sanatoriaurn in Sutter street, and of Dr. Joseiphine Barbat.

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Dr. Barbat was a ,graduate of themedical department of the .Universityof California .with the class of 1895.;

He was a'former member of.the :San

Francisco Jboard 'of health and was thediscoverer of the bubonic -plague^ inChinatown during, the- first of;the';epU,demies.* ;He served ,as secretary of!theSan' Francisco Medical ,society ;and wasonithe executive board* of the StateMediCar'society. .He was^at one- tinlapresident of -the *local"Society for,:' the!

Prevention of to ;Animals^andwas '.a. member, of*,the Camera- clubt^';/'

Takes Three Poisons BeforeUsing Pistol to End His

Sufferings

Well Known Physician CommitsSuicide as Result of 111

Health and Grief

The San Francisco Call. YESTERDAY^- Clear; soZihwest—wing; ,maximum lempetainfCE^jl ;mwxmuvcu^&fz*/. J

FORECAST FOlC^^-f^^^J^.settled, with possible^fr6iaa^jiimoTtung7"ughtys southwest wind, changing to west.

[Special Dispatch to The jjCall]SACRAMENTO. April 24.—Four pas-

sengers, three of*them women, and. anaeronaut had a thrilling escape fromdeath tonight when a captive balloonoperated in Oak park was torn topieces by a high wind and the hugebasket and occupants fell to the grourylfrom, a height of

-200 feet.. An un-

known man and wife were seriouslyinjured and two girls', Norma Riddleand "Flora Flower, and the aeronaut.Earl Wayne, were bruised.* The balloon was at a height of 1,000feet when itwas blown out of its courseby the wind and the cable rested acrossan electric -power line. For fear thecontact of the wires might sever thecable the operators would not haul In

(the balloon, and the big bag was tossed;about like a feather in a heavy wind|for half an hour, the passengers all be-*coming seasick.v -

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Have YouBeen CountedBy the Census Man? j,

// not, or if you have an}}

doubt, fill out this coupon andmail it to C. B. Baldwin, super'

visor of census, 507 Chroniclebuilding, phone Suiter 551.

On April 15, 1010. I«at. livingat address RlVen below, but to(he bent of my kno«Iodi;f Ihavenot been enumerated there ormjwhere else.

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