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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
GIVES NOTICE
OF REDUCTION
The H. c. Frick Coke Company
Makes Big Cut in Wages of
Men in COnnellsville Region
MANY PLANTS AFFECTED
simultaneously With the An
nouncement Supply Stores
Lower Prices on Their Goods

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Dec 16.-A
reduction in wages averaging II per
cent, and affecting 10000 men in the
Connellsville coke regions. was an
nounced to-day. The H. c. Frick Coke
Company takes the initiative in this.
the first reduction since the great strike
of the early nineties. and to-day post
ed notices at all of it's plants announce
ing the reductions.
The new rate is somewhat above the
basis of the former 81 coke scale and
indicates that the Frick company in
tends to make a stand for something
like 81 minimum price for furnace
coke. notwithstanding the fact that
many sales have been reported below
that figure. simultaneously with the
announcement of a reduction in wages
the Union Supply Company, the owner
of all the company stores at the Frick
and allied companies, announced a
general cut in the price of goods.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
The Language.

The English language is no station
ary affair, fixed and limited in it's scope.
but few appreciate how fast it is grow
ing. A new dictionary, just issued,
shows this-in fact, every new diction-
airy of Importance that pretends to give
the words in the language in complete
ness does the same. The particular
dictionary referred to gives no less than
II. 900 new terms or new meanings of
old words. A large number of new
terms in the language always come
from scientific vocabularies. There is
also a considerable addition through
the adoption or modification of foreign
words. AS maps are expanded, changed
or filed uD through the labors of geo.
graphical explorers, so the investiga-
tions Of the savants in astronomy
chemistry, electricity and other of the
physical sciences, as well as in psychol-
ogy, economics and philosophy, index
widened mental horizons in terms that
take permanent place in the language.
The Spanish war brought many new
words into use in the English language
in this country.
Among the new words that the up-to-
date dictionary must consider are such
terms as bogey, a term in golf; borde-
reau, briquet, chauffeur, eXpansionist,
therion, immune, laverick, manywhere,
open door, osteopathist, ping-pong,
popover, radium, ragtime, roof-garden,
rough rider, twostep, Zionism.-Hart-
ford Post.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
GIRL ACCUSED
OF KIDNAPPING
Jailed Because She ElOped
With South Dakota Youth
Only Seventeen Years of Age

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 15.-On a
telephone message from the youths
father, Albert Dineen of Yankton, 5.
D., aged II, and Jessie Lane, aged Is, of
Homer, Nebr., were taken from train
when they reached Sioux City to-day
and put into jail.
Dineen, being under age, was locked
in a cell and a charge of kidnapping was
filed against the girl.
What do you think of me kidnap-
ing you, Bert?" asked petite Jessie.
Il think I'll thrash the old man wilen
1 get out of here" declared the 6-foot
youth, who has a record of having al
ready trounoed the 'AoiG man" once.
Later. being informed over the tele-
phone that the two were determined
to wed, the boys father relented.
Let them CO." he said, and they
hurried away to Jessie's home to be
married.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
A Washington Medal.

John Dillon, a banker at Geary, owns
a medal alleged to be one of the eight
given by George Washington to eight
Arapahoe Indian chiefs in 1889. The
medal is nearly two ard a half inches
in diameter and made of unalloyed
silver. It was given to Dillon by an
Arapahoe chief, Jock Bull Bear, who
declared that it was given originally
10 his grandfather, White Owl, by
Washington and transmitted by White
Owl to his son of the same name, who
was the uncle Of Jock Bull Bear and
from whom Bull Bear received it.
On one side is the head of Washing
ton. encircled by the words, George
Washington, the Father Of His Coun-
try" Below is the date, "17S9" On
the other side are two olive branches
fnclosing two clasped hands with the
date, "17s9," and two crossed pipes be-
meath. In the outer margin at the top
is the word Friendship" with six stars
on each separating it from the words,
The Pine Of Peace" in the outer mar
Gin at the bottom of the medal. The
thirteenth star is Immediately beneath
ice word Friendship"
The story of the medal as told to Mr..
Dillon is that the Arapahoe tribe was
in camp at Colorado Springs in 17SS
when eight chiefs left on horseback
for washington. They made the trip
successfully and returned in nine
months from the day of departure Mr..
Dillon does not know the value of the
medal. but has refused all offers for
ifs Durchase.-Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
LOCK CAPTIVE
IN A BOX CAR
Masked Burglars Make Busi-
ness Man a Prisoner at
His Store in Washington

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. IA search
for Postmaster J. F. Congleton, kid
naped by masked thugs, aroused the
people of Milan, Wash, last night.
About $3.50 p. m. Congleton went to his
store and discovered two burglars in
possession. He tried to escape, but be-
ing a cripple was overtaken and made
prisoner.
The robbers marched Congleton down
the railroad track to Chattaroy, seven
miles away, where he was compellsd
to climb into a boxcar and was locked
in.
About midnight Mrs. Congleton
awoke and missed her husband and
gave the alarm. The town turned out
to search for him. The tracks were
found and traced to Chattaroy. where
he was found in the boxcar unharmed.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
To Follow His Father.

1t is stated that as soon as Prince
Edward of Wales, who is now in his
tenth year, is old enough, he will be
entered as a cadet in the Royal Naval
College, Osborne, which was opened by
the King during last regatta week at
Cowes. Should this prove true, the
Prince viii only be following the ex-
ample of his father, who, at the age of
12 years, was sent to the Britannia with
his brother, Prince "Eddy'-his senior
by Just seventeen months-to learn the
rules of sea service. After spending
two years on the Britannia, the two
brothers started on a three years
voyage round the world. after which
Prince George gradually ascended the
ladder of naval rank until in 1890 he
was given the command of a gunboat
on the West Indian station. After the
death of his brother in 1892 he had to
abandon his naval career in order to
prepare himself for his ceremonial du-
ties-London Daily Chronicle.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
FIXING CRIME
ON CRAVELLE
Prosecution Introduces Damag-
ing Testimony in the North
ern Pacific Dynamite Case
PRISONER Is IDENTIFIED
Two Of the Threatening Let
ters Are in Handwriting of
Former Cellmate of Accused

HELENA Mont, Dec. 15.-The TAX
ing Of testimony in the case of Isaac
Gravelle, charged with sending letters
to the Northern Pacific officials de-
mandfng money for immunity from dy-
Mantle outrages, began to-day. Among
the witnesses was Warden of the Peni-
tentiary Conley, who testified to Gra-
velle having served two terms in the
penitentidGY The theory of the prose-
cution is that three of the threatening
letters received by the railroad officials
were written in the penitentiary by the
cellmate of Gravelle, man named
Harvey Whitton, who is serving an
eighty-year sentence for murder. Con-
ley identified two of the threatening
letters as being in the handwriting of
Whitton. The paper they were written
on is sent out by a school OF corre-
spondence and was identified by pc
culiar water mark One of the letters
identified was addressed to the board
of directors of the road and was dated
July Is, 1908, the day Gravelle was re-
leased from prison. 1t was the first
letter, making a demand for $4,000.
The second was without date and di-
rected the railroad company how to
deliver the money and what the denom-
nations were to be.
There are eighty witnesses in at
tendance on the trial and it viii con-
sumo about two weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
Disappointment of Tourists.

Hero worshipers must cultivate an
easy credulity when they go on pill
grimage If they do not they are al
most sure to suffer disenchantment
when they reach the longed for shrine.
The Florence of Dante is being given
over to the builder of villas, cheap and
nasty; Stratford-on-Avon regards
Shakespeare as a commercial asset.
The famous birthplace would not be
recognized by the poet if he were to
set eTes on it to-day, and as for the
treasures Of the museum, they are for
the most part a collection of antiquated
rubbish. ]. Cunning Walters, well
known as an authority on Tennyson,
has dared to question the worth of
these venerated relics, and Sydney Lee,
the Shakespearean scholar, who is also
one of the trustees, has consented to
make an inquiry into the authenticity
Of each individual article Halliwell
Phelps said that the only remaining
part of the original Shakespeare house
was the cellar What will REMAND of
the museum when it's contents have
been made the subject of a searching
inquiry ?-Rochester Post t-Express.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
GuiIIotine i'm Sweden.

Who would have supposed during the
Reign of Terror that a day would come
when the guillotine would be used for
a laudable purpose? Yet this has just
happened in Sweden, for a guillotine
has been erected in the market place
at Gothenburg, where it is used daily
for the purpose of decapitating chick
ems, ducks and other domestic animals.
The local Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals is responsible for
this novel step. Animals, it claims,
may be legitimately used as food, but
there is no reason why they should suf-
fer while dying, and the surest way
to avoid such suffering is to employ
guillotine as an instrument of death
Golden Penny.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
RUNCIE MAKES
NO RETRACTION
Reiterates Charge That Gen
eral Wood Instigated At
tackS Upon General Brooke
FRYE USES PLAIN WORDS
Former American Official in
Cuba Declares the Military
Governor Was Untruthful

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-In the
General Wood case to-day Major j. e.
Runcie was the first witness. State
ments made by Ray Stannard Baker,
concerning the article rejecting upon
the administration of Major General
Brooke made it necessary for the re-
call Of Major Runcie He was asked a
number Of questions concerning the
origin Of the article in question and
stood by his former testimony TO the
eect that General Wood had knowl-
edge Of the story and that it was pre-
pared practically at his suggestion and
dictation.
The next witness was General George
r. Burton, inspector general of the
army. He occupied the position of in
spector general in Cuba under the ad-
ministTation Of General Wood as Gov
ernor General, and it was he who dis
covered the postal frauds. He vas
called TO give the date of that discov-
cry and also the date on which Gen
eral Wood made the order revising the
judicial system of Cuba for the admis-
sion of eX parte testimony. General
Burton said that the discovery of the
postal frauds was made in April, 1900,
and that it was two weeks or more
later when the order was issued by
General Wood changing the jurisdic-
tion and powers of the court.
Alexis E. Frye, formerly Superin-
tendent of Public instruction in Cuba.
told the committee that the schools of
Cuba were organized under laws issued
by General Brooke and that an order
making a cut in salaries of teachers
was issued BY General Wood. He de-
clared that there had been a breach Of
faith on the part of General Wood
when he interfered with the efficiency
of the schools. He asserted that Cen
eral Wood was untruthful in many
matters affecting public affairs.
Secretary Root will be called by the
Committee on Military Affairs to-mor-
row. when the committee plans to con-
clude its inquiry.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
TESTING STRENGTH OF
AMERICAN .TINIBERS
At Washington, Yale and Elsewhere
Under Direction of Bureau
of Forestry

Timber tests which shall determine
the strength of the principal American
tlmbers used for construction purposes
are now in progress at Washington,
d. C.; at Yale University, New Haven.
Conn; at Purdue University, Lafay-
cite, Ind, and at the University of
California, Berkeley, Cal. These tests
are made under the direction of the
Bureau of Forestry, and are for the
benefit of lumbermen, construction en-
gineers and scientific men who are in
terested in the strength of different
wood fibers. The Bureau of Forestry
plans from the results of its tests to
make tables of the strength of differ
ent American woods to which the engi-
neer may refer when he wishes to know
what timbers to use for certain pur-
poses. The tests will be in cross bend
ing and breaking, compression with and
against the grain and shearing.
No complete and satisfactory series
of tests On large sticks of timber has
ever been made in this country. Lum-
ber manufacturers in the South and
the Pacific Coast States are especially
interested in this work, since they wish
to know more about their product.
They have contributed gratis much of
the materia! used in the tests.
The chief timbers now being tested
are the Southern pines and the red fir
of the Pacific Coast. In the laboratories
at Washington tests are now in pro-
gress on loblolly pine sticks II feet long
and by 14.8 by and by 4 inches.
Special attention is given to the effects
of moisture on the strength of wood.
In the caseNof Ioblolly pine which has
grown rapidly the-strength was found
to decrease 80 to so per cent after the
dry wood had been soaked several days
in water. The fact, however, is not
yet established and VIII have to be
proved by further experiments. The
titnbers tested are of the usual grades
purchased in the market and ARE not
selected pieces.
At the laboratory of the Yale Forest
School in New Haven small selected
pieces of longleaf pine, without knots
or other defects. are being tested so as
to learn what is the ultimate strength
of the. fibers.
At Berkeley. Cal, tests are being
made on red fir from -timbers contrib
uted by red fir manufacturers.
DIR. w. X. HIATT, who is stationed at
Purdue University, is carrying on se-'
ries of tests there with hardwood tim
bers and is preparing for publication
the results, of all the tests of the bu-
reau.-Bureaus of Forestry Bulletin.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16

is to prevent irregularities among en-
ployes who hope to escape punishment
because of the difficulty heretofore in
establishing the identity of offenders.
The ordinance is the Outgrowth of
the charges of graft" by the Mayor
against the employees Of the inspec-
ton bureaus.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16

Declares Dividend on Common Stock.
NEW YORK. Dec. 15.-The Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company has de-
clared a dividend OF Il per cent on its
common stock. payable January 1
next. This is the first dividend on the
common stock.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
CHICAGO CITY EMPLOYEES
MUST ALL WEAR BADGES
council Passes Mandatory Ordinance
as Result of the Charges of Cor
ruption Made by Mayor.

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-All Chicago
city employees whose work brings them
into contact with the public will be
nance making the enforcement of this
requirement imperative upon the
heads of all departments has been
adopted by the Council by a vote of
80 to "a. The object of the ordinance
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16

DENVER Dec. I5.-The city charter cor
vention organized to-day. Rev. Charles II.
Marshall. Democrat. was elected president
iKty days are allowed By law for preparation
Of charter for submission to the voters.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16

! According to recent census there
are upward of 500 Chinese in johann
nesburg, of whom 1sO are in business
All are reported to do well.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16

According to the Massachusetts Bu-
reau of Statistics. there are 1859 law
yers in that State, 5497 physicians and
surgeons and 37S7 clergymen.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16

A flock of ostriches at Phoenix. Ariz.,
now. numbers more than 1000 birds.
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SUNDAY SERVICES.

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Fort near
Beretania street: Low masses, 6 and
Z; Children's mass with English SER
mon, 8; high mass with sermon, 1920;
rosary with native instruction, 2; SOL
emn vespers and benediction, z; week
days, low mass, 6 and z.
Catholic church of st. John the Bap-
fist. Kalihi-waena, in charge of Rev.
Father Clement: Tenth Sunday af-
ter Pentecost: $3.50 a. m, high mass
with sermon and collection. Sunday
school after mass; p. M, rosary.
Catholic church of st. Joseph, Moa-
nalua, in charge of Rev. Father Gle
ment: Tenth Sunday after PentecOst:
IL a. M, high mass with sermon and
collection; p. M, rosary.
ST. Augustine's chapel, r. c., Wal
kiki road: Mass with sermon, a. M;
Sunday school, rosary, p. m. Father
Valentin in charge.
ST Andrews Cathedral, entrance
from Emma street: Holy Communion
Z; Sunday school. 10; Morning prayer,
litany and sermon IL; pule ahiahi $3.50;
evening prayer and sermon 1880. Bish-
op Restarick will preach both morn
ing and evening today.
St. Clements chapel, Protestant
Episcopal, Wilder avenue and Makiki
street: Holy Communion, Z; Sunday
school. 10; morning prayer and holy
communion, IL a. M; evening pray
er, 7:3O p. m. Rev. John osborne,
rector.
Central Union church, Congregation
AL Beretania and Richards street:
Sunday school, $50 a. M; Y. P. s. c.
E., $50 p. M; IL a. m. Rev. William
Morris Kincaid will preach; subject.
1.-The Bible and what We Owe to II"
7:3O p. m. THE Uniqueness of Christ.
$50 Christian Endeavor meeting; sub
ject, How can we serve Christ in our
homes?'
Methodist Episcopal church, Bereta-l
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MIA and Miller streets: Sunday school,
10; Epworth League $50; Rev. q. L.
Pearson, pastor. will preach at IL am,
1.-The Christians Peace and JOY" and
7:30 D. M, "a Profitable Investment.
Christian church, Alakea, near King
street: Sunday school, 9:45; Young
Peoples meeting, $50. E. S. Muck
ley, minister, will preach at IL a. m.
on vessels of Honor" and at 1880 p.
m on Fiery Darts"
German Lutheran church, Beretania
street: sunday school, 10; morning SER
vice, IL. Rev. w. Felmy, pastor.
Recognized church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, Militant hall,
rear OF Opera House: Elder G. j. Wal
Ter in charge Waikiki beach. Sunday
school, 10; preaching in Hawaiian, IL;
Book of Mormon class, $50: lions
Religfo and Literary Society, $3.50.
Salvation Army, King, near Fort ST.:
Capt. Isabelle Hutchinson, Leutenants
Katherine Hutchinson and Adrina Cor
don. Prayer meeting, 10; open air
meeting for sailors and longshoremen
on the Old Fishmarket wharf, 1920;
holiness meeting, IL; service in the Ga
hu Penitentiary, 1890; Sunday school,
8; open air services corner Fort and
Hotel streets, a. m; Salvation meet
ing, p. m; Bible class, p. m.
other religious bodies holding ser
vices at the usual hour are Chinese
church, Fort, above Beretania; Homo
lulu Mission; Japanese Congregation
al, Kukui street; Japanese NJ. Z.
church, near st. Louis College; Kau-
makapili church, King and Achi lane;
Kawaiahao church, King and Punch
bowl; Makiki chapel, japanese, Kinau
street; Mormon church, Punchbowl
street: Portuguese Protestant church,
Punchbowl and Miller; Seventh Day
Adventists, Printers lane; Bishop
Memorial chapel, Kamehameha
Schools; Buddhist Temple. Fort lane;
Christian Science Association, Alakea
street; Pencil Mission, Irwin block,
Salvation Army, King and Nuuanu
streets; Sloan Mission, Kawaiahao
street and Ward avenue.
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The dining room was filed with carna-
tions. The hostess received her guests
with Mrs. Julia Along. Miss Along
wore a pretty gown of white embroid-
cred Swiss over silk Six-handed
euchre was played at six tables, and
during the progress of the games,
punch was served at the tables The
first prize. a Cloisonne vase, was won
by Miss Maggie Mcintyre, the BOBBY,
two Golf hat pins, by Miss Irene Dick
son. The gentlemen's prizes were won
by Mr.. James Dougherty and Mr..
William Rawlins. An elaborate sup
per was served at the small tables aft
er the prizes had been awarded.
1853
Mrs. Francis NJ Hatch entertained
at delightful lunch party last Tues
day in honor of Mrs. Mcconnell, daugh-
ter of Mr. ]. Bliss. Among those pres
emit were Mrs. Mcconnell, Mrs. Mackin-
tosh, Mrs. Kincaid. Mrs. James B.
Spencer, Mrs. Paul Neumann, Mrs.
Osborne and Mrs. w. Pflueger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann Focke cele-
brated the eighth anniversary of their
marriage Friday evening by a little
family dinner of the home of their
sister Mrs w. F. c. Hasson, (nee
Neumann) on King street. On their re-
turn home found their home on Kee-
aumoku street occupied by host OF
friends. Music, cards, good fellowship
and dainty refreshments was the order
of the evening.
Mrs. w. F. c. Hasson leaves on the
Korea, August is. for Annaolis, Nd,
her future home. Lieut.. Commander
Hasson is already on duty at the naval
Academy and their home is in readi-
ness for occupancy. Mrs. Hasson will
be greatly missed in society circles.
She has been the recipient of many So
ciaI attentions during the past few
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. S. Sachs leave in
the Korea for a short visit on the
mainland.
Mrs. Alfred Fowler (nee Neumann)
and her sister Miss Lily Neumann are
making a tour of France in an auto
mobile. They will visit the beautiful
and romantic valley of the Loire. They
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ho-
ClenDNle. MISS VIII Spciiu
the Autumn in Scotland and will VIM
ter in Baltimore, Md.
s&tx
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Lake entertain
ed a number of guests of the Alexan-
der Young Hotel at a picnic party
given in the Cooper cottage on Tanta-
lus Thursday.
$3.50
Dr. Mort and Mr.. Watanabe enter
tertained a party of prominent Japa-
nese at a banquet in the Young Hotel
last evening. There were twenty-five
guests, among whom were Japanese
Consul NJ. Saito and Mrs. Saito and
| officers of the consulate. The affair
was in the nature of an Introductory re-
ception to Mr.. Yamanake who recently
| joined the official staff at the Consul
| late.
1888
The dance which was to have been
given at the Alexander Young Hotel
| last evening was postponed until to-
| morrow evening because of the Pearl
Harbor affair.
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Fitting eyes at II. F. Wichman's is
neither experiment or guess work. Our
art founded upon the best procurable
optical training has been supplemented
by many years of active practice.
Lenses supplied always meet the exact
requirements nature demands.
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feed this week at Jordan's, also fancy
ribbons.
Gilpin observer., 1903-03-19
Roosts With the Chickens,

Farmer Johnson of Red Rock is tho
owner o: cat. which, from kitten.
hood. almc<., has shown a great fond.
ness for the society of chickens. From
the time Tom was half-grown 1t has
been no unusual sight to see him at
night on the roost with the chickens.
He follows them all day. He betrays
no attachment for any one fowl, but
associates impartially with all. The
chicks have become accustomed to
him. and he is evidently regarded as
a protector. Tom retains sufficient cat
nature to lie curled up snug ard
warm.
Tom frequently can be seen side
by side with setting hen on her
nest. wherein he is content to remain
for hours.-New York World.