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The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15

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MORROW AT WHITE HOUSE.
Judge Confers With President Con-
corning New Commerce Law.

Judge Corners WIKI fresluenl Con-
cerning New Commerce Law.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.-Judge
William w. Morrow of the United
States Circuit Court of San Francisco
was among the callers on the Presi-
dent to-day Nothing would be said
AT the White House about the matters
discussed by the President and Judge
Morrow. but it is inferred that the
nroposed legislation ameEdatory of
the interstate commerce law was the
main topic.
1t is said that the President indicat-
ed his earnest desire that action of
definite nature-action that would
bring results to the people-should be
taken as soon as practicable.
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wire entanglements which the Japan
ese usually occupy in the day time
and cut down wood and carried it tot
the Russian positions Frequently
volunteers creep up to the Japanese
lines and carry off a hundred feet or
more of barbed wire
The dugouts along the front, which
in reality are underground barracks,
are splendidly constructed.
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Japanese Drilling in Hawai-,

HONOLULU, Dec. 14.-The jap
anese of Kauai Island are drilling
preparatory to going home to Japan
to participate in the war. Governor
Carter has ordered an investigation.
The Japanese Consul Mkt Saito. has
Issued a proclamation urging his
countrymen to take special care not
to violate the laws Of neutrality and
to avoid the possibility Of embarrass-
Ing America.
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PARIS, Dec. 4.-MaurIce Berteaux,
the Socialist, millionaire, stockbroker
and Deputy, who has just succeeded
General Andre as Minister of War, is
something of novelty in that capacity
There have been Socialist Ministers be-
fore, notably Millerand, Minister of
Commerce in the Waldeck- Rousseau
Cabinet, and Pelletan, Minister of Ma
rine in the present Cabinet. Indeed,
Premier Combes himself, though flying
the flag of the so-called Progressionist
Republicans, is a Socialist in convic-
tions and in line of conduct. But there
has never before been a stockbroker
Minister in France, and very few civil
ians have been Ministers of War, the
only precedents in recent years being
Godfrey de Cavaigne and De Frey
cinet
Maurice Berteaux was born at Saint
Maur-l les Fosses in 1852, and has been
a stockbroker on the Paris Bourse since
the age Of y. His first political expe-
rience came as City Legislator in the
town of Chatou, and he was afterward
Mayor of the same place. In 1893 he
was elected member of the Chamber
of Deputies representing the Seine-et-
Oise Department, in which Versailles
stands, and he has been regularly re-
elected ever since.
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priation of $4,000 for the establish
ment of a fog signal at Humboldt
Bay. $4,000 for the construction of
an assistant keepers double dwelling
at Point Bonita and $500 for quar-
ters for the light keeper at Cape Men
docino passed the Senate to-day.
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SULTAN YIELDS ON SOME
POINTS To AMERICAN
VIII Permit the Sale OF Bibles i'm Ger
tain Portions OF His Do
miniO0s

CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 14.-In
consequence of the American and
British representations the Porte has
renewed the instructions to the prin-
cipal authorities to allow cOlporteurs
to sell Bibles in towns and villages.
The Porte, however. persists in OBJ
jecting to colpOrteurs traversing the
disturbed rural districts Of European
Turkey, on the Dretext that their
safety cannot be guaranteed, and also
to the sale of Bibles in the Anatolian
provinces, because of the alleged fear
that'the cOlpOrteurs may distribute
seditious literature TO the Armenians.
The American Bible Society is prin-
cipally interested in Anatolia
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DARING FEATs OF SOLDIERS.
ReckIcss Pastimcs InduIged In by
kurOpatlxin's Men.

MUKDEN. Dec. 14.-During the
lull in serious fighting the soldiers en-
JOY engaging in daring feats and ex-
ploits. The other night volunteers
went TO a wooded Knoll guarded with
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TO PURIFY NATURALIZATION.
President Favors Commission to Re-
visc the Laws.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Natural-
iZation frauds were considered to-day
by the President in Il talk with Rep
resentative Goulden of New York.
G6ulden said he proposed to intro
duce a Joint resolution providing for
q commission to revise the naturaliza-
ton laws. The President approved the
commission plan and suggested that
Goulden discuss the subject with At
torney General Moody before present
ing the resolution
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Promotion for Bezobrazoff.

LONDON, Dec. ia dispatch
from St Petersburg to a news agency
says Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff has
been appointed chief of the marine
staff, replacing Vice Admiral Wirinus.
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Rev. ]. n. Parker. Utica. N Y. writes;
In June 1901. lost my sense Of
hearing entirely. My hearing had been
somewhat impaired for several years. but
not so much affected but that 1 could
hold converse with my friends; but in
June, 1901, my sense of hearing left me
so that 1 could hear no sound whatever.
l was also troubled with rheumatic pains
in my limbs.
II commenced taking Peruna and now
my hearing is restored as good as il was
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u I i . T [ o
June. 1901.
My rh e u =
matte pains
are all gone.
Il c a n n o [
c n O a L TOO
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Rev. Chas- Leander. pastor First Spir-
1tual Society of San Francisco writes
from S11 Turk street. San Francisco,
Cal, as follows:
1T IS with pleasure tbut give ny en-
0orSsne1t Ct PsrU5d. Ny sx0erieaee has
been very satisfactory from ITS use. and !
DO firmly believe that IT is tire best known
remedy for cdtGTrb IN a1H its different
forms. -cbas. Lea10er.
No other physician in the world has
received such volume OF enthusiasts
letters of thanks as DR.. Hartman for
Peruna.
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America the Mecca of Deserters.

VIENNA, Dec. 14.-The Nova Re-
forma of Lemberg says steady
stream Of deserters continues to ar
rive there, most of whom are going to
America
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-15

Why is the tough mug behind the
bar called bartender?
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bombardment of buildings caused Sc
rious damage. The result Of the bonn
bardment of the Sevastopol has not
been ascertained owing to the inclem-
ent weather"
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PERKINS BILLS PASS.

Provide for Money for Light and
Fog Stations.
WASHINGTON Dec. 14.-Senator
Perkins bills providing for an appro-
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TRADE BEFORE OFFICE.

Berteaux is among the most success
full of Bourse men, and he clings so
much to his profession that he has
refused to retire from active business
even to become Minister. Some opposi-
tion to this was raised in the Cabinet,
and he declared that he would refuse
the appointment, but would not resign
his seat at the Bourse. Investigation
proved that, his case being unprece-
dented, there was nothing unconstitu-
tional in his retaining his business con-
nections and, therefore, he was al
lowed to do as he pleased
AS all young Frenchmen must per-
form their army service without ex-
emption, Berteaux will find numerous
sons of his best clients and sometimes
clients themselves among the soldiers
serving under him, and his position will
not be an enviable one when he is COM
PEELED to administer punishment tc
them for questions Of discipline.
While essentially a civilian and a
financier. Berteaux is not lacking in
knowledge of army matters He has
served his three years in the ranks
and is a captain of Reserves For sew
eral years he has been secretary of the
Budget Commission for the army, and
he has given proof of exceptional tech
nical ability. He was among the adj
vGcates of the two-year army service
law, instead Of three years, as at pres
ent, and his oration on this subject was
largely responsible for the passing of
the bill before the Chamber This bill
has now been passed by the Senate
also, and having been returned to the
Chamber for definite ratification.
Berteaux hopes to have the privilege of
being the first to apply it,
PLANS FOR REFORMS.
view for the army are measures To
check the spread of tuberculosis and a
new method of recruiting officers. so
that those may hereafter be called from
all ranks of the population. The great
est present trouble in this last connec-
tion comes from the fact that French
officers are so poorly paid that the
armv doesn't offer a career sufficient in
itself. A small proportion of officers
are members of the nobility who want
a military career to carry on the pres
tige of their name, but fully nine
tenths are the sons of grocers. wine
dealers or others who have made
money without attaining social nosi
ton and see their best chance for a
social opening by entering the army.
Apart from army matters Berteauy's
political programme is Sccialistic in the
extreme. save for the fact that he does
not advocate the confiscation of pri-
vate fortunes for the public good. He
wants a new law by which railroad
employees and other workers shall re-
ceive a greater share of all profits: he
wants an income tax; he wants TO
break absolutely and irrevocably all
link between the French state and the
Vatican, and he claplors for a thorough
revision OF the entire constitution en-
iiberal lines.
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PR0FEGc50R
EzNI0Z ZERS

tween them is held as II in a steel trap.
The Indians have a saying that Giia
VIII not release piece of flesh between
its jaws until the big spirit causes a
thunder, even If 1t takes all summer. In
one instance where a Gila bit an Indian
dog the reptile maintained its hold for
thirty-six hours after the animals death.
1t is known by both whites and Indians
that 1t Is useless to attempt to force
a ella to release its hold, for that only
increases the wound, and the reptile in
rage manufactures fresh venom in the
poison sacs which are In the roof of its
mouth.
During the past year Prof. William
Wetherbee has been making a careful
scientific study of this reptile, conduct
ing his experiments in California and
other parts Of the Southwest, accompan-
led by DR.. Frank Roman, ophiologist.
The latter gives the following interesting
account of Prof. Wetherbee's researches
in the deserts which are the home Of this
dreaded monster:
THAT the Gila monster is the most dam
gerous creature to human life In the des-
ert regions of the Southwest, and that
there is no remedy known to science
which will act as an antidote to its poi
son, is the opinion of Prof. William Weth-
erbee, who for nearly a year has been
making a scientific study of this reptile
In, the interests of experiments which for
some time have been prosecuted by the
State of California.
so formidable do these facts appear
that President Diaz has been asked to
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| drive the fair sex from the field by heap
ing ridicule upon them.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union came into existence three decades
ago simultaneously in New York and
Ohio and has grown so rapidly that It
now belts the civilized world The mem
bership proudly calls attention to a num-
Der of reforms which have been inaugu-
rated through the instrumentalitv Of the
concerted efforts OF the organization.
In December, Io7S under the inspiration
OF a stirring temperance address deliv-
cred by DR.. Dio Lewis of Boston, the
women of Hillsboro and Washington
! Court House, Ohio, inaugurated a con-
centrated movement against the liquor
traffic. They met at central points and
gashered in the streets, where they pub
licly offered up prayers for the cessa-
ton of the buying and selling OF alco-
| holic stimulants.
In less than two months this unique
method, which had been styled "t'he
whirlwind of the Lord" had eradicated
the saloons from $50 Ohio communities
and many OF those who had been hard
drinkers became total abstainers white
numbers of dealers embarked In other
enterprises and were given moral and
financial aid by the crusaders to such an
extent that they prospered both temper
ally and spiritually.
About a fortnight prior to the crusade
in Ohio the first Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union was organized at Fredonia.
N. Y. In August, 1874, during the Sun
day School Assembly at Chautauqua,
N. z. the call was issued and plans
formulated for the organibzation Of the
National body, which was consummatod
at Cleveland. Ohio. In November Of the
same year. Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of
Philadelphia was chosen president and
Miss Frances Willard OF Chicago corre-
spending secretary. Miss Willard sue
ceeded Mrs. Wittenmyer as president
and remained at the head of the organiza-
ton until her death In 1888.
The w. c. t. U. is the largest body
In the world composed solely of women
and controlled by them exclusively, and
Is now under the leadership of Mrs.
Lillian NJ. N. Stevens Of Portland. Maine.
and she is proving q worthy successor
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Ok EeaNF R0N071V 171zD TWO OF Hk5 A7A1xR0Ig REE5

playing, as 1t were, with absolute death.
That I escaped death seems to me
nothing short of a miracle, after knowing
more of the nature of elias bite. The
poison was tried on a number OF animals.
A small quantity injected into one of the
wild Indian dogs caused death in less
than two minutes. Birds and smaller
animals brought for the purpose Of ex-
perimenting upon. died much more quick
II.
.One afternoon in August we were In
terrupted in our experiments by a half
Mexican ranchero who tore up excitedly
on his mustang, crying that his daugh-
ter had been bitten by a Gila. Less than
an hour after the girl had been bitten
we were back at her side. The victim
was about 20 years old, with a bright,
pretty face and Immediately complained
that though she was suffering intense
pain, she semed to be paralyzed, and
could move her hands and limbs only
with great difficulty. A little later, after
stimulants had been administered, she
began crying out in agony, saying that
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VIZ ETHERE EEE'
FOLSOM
STUDYING {

use his influence In discovering the rem
edy which has long been known to exist
among the Hualipis, Mexican tribe OF
Indians, who have always kept their an
tidote q secret +, and have bafded the at
tempts of many scientists to secure It..
This Is not the-f1rst time that President
Diaz has been interested in the matter
of securing a remedy for the elias bite.
A number of years ago the medical au-
thorities of California asked him to Sc
cure the prescription used among the
Hualipis, and it is said that not only did
Diaz detail special officers to the work,
but when they failed, the President went
personally among the Hualipis in his eff
forts to secure the antidote.
ITO prosecute his experiments Profess
Gila River, where the monsters" have
always been found in the greatest num-
bers For weeks at time he watched the
reptiles in their natural homes before at
tempting to capture them. In his cabin
near Castle Do<ne Mountains he at one
time had nrfy of them captive, and 1t
was then that he succeeded in securing
for the first time enough poison to ex-
pertinent with. Irritating the creatures,
he succeeded in getting them to bite VI
ciously at the edge of a Thin plate where
the poison gradualn accumulated in the
form of a thick. syrupy secretion. In
contrast to most serpent venoms, which
are acids, the elias poison was Of
an alkaline nature. During these expert
ments one of the reptiles caught Mex
lean assistant by the thumb. Screaming
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, to Mss Frances E. Willard, who was
said by Joseph Cook to be .'the best
lnowr and bestowed woman in the
world
In 1883 at the meeting he'd in Detroit.
Miss Willard suggested that the organi-
bation should become worldwide In its
scope and she painted a word-picture
that astonished her hearers at first and
then inspired them with enthusiasm ana
within a few years in the historic Fan
euil Hall at Boston a permanent organi-
cation of the body was effected which
embraced all the countries of the civil
nzed world. Miss Willard was chosen
president of the international orsaniza-
ton and Lady Henry Somerset was a
delegate from Great Britain.
At the last worlds convention. held in
Geneva, Switzerland, delegates were pres
ent from fifty-nine different countries.
and the body is presided over by Lady
Henry Somerset, who succeeded Miss
willard
'erhe motto of the worlds organization
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union" said Mrs. Hoffman to The Sun
day Star, .is, For God, Home and Every
Land, while that OF the body in the
United States Is, For God, Home and
Native Land. The badge is q knot of
white ribbon and the scope is the educa-
ton Of the young. the creation of a better
public sentiment, the reformation and
transformation of alcoholic slaves and
the abolition of the liquor traffic.
Our declaration of principles not only
equals. but excels the Declaration of In
dependence. No doubt the apparently I'M
pudent audaeity of this statement will
shock some people, but 1t will not be re-
tracted. The declaration IS as follows:
We believe in the coming of His
Kingdom whose service is perfect free
| dom, because His laws, written in our
members as well as In nature and In
grace. are perfect converting the soul.
We believe In the gospel of the Col
den Rule, and that each mans habits of
hcent for every other man to follow,
We believe that God created both
man and woman In His own image, and,
therefore, we believe In one standard Of
purity for both men and women, and In
the equal right of all to hold opinions and
to express the same with equal freedom.
We believe In q living wage: in an
eight-hour day; in courts of Cancellation
and arbitration; In Justice as opposed to
greed of gain; in peace on earth and
good will to men,"
We therefore formulate, and for our
selves adopt the following pledge. ask.
ing our sisters and brothers OF q common
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kIzVCH an RE5ERT NEAR
Eo(ITICH N7ClVe5ZEEe EZOJSG5H

as yet bear no especial enmity toward the
ella, it is thought that the annual death
list from their bites will rapidly grow.
The reptile takes its name from the
ella River, where the soldiers of old Fort
Yuma used to kill them by the hundred
and this fact naturally leads one to be-
lieve that they are to be found all over
Arizona, are numerous in Southern Cali
fornia, and range far south into Mexico.
Many settlers of the Southwest call the
reptiles "rattlesnake lizards" but the
creature has more hideous and startling
appearance than the rattlesnake, and for
that reason the soldiers probably gave 1t
the name of monster"
The ella is about eighteen inches in
length, and in girth about the size OF a
boys arm. Its tail is one-third the length
of the body, and it has mottled skin
in reddish yellow and dark brown. its
mouth is similar in shape to that Of an
alligator and its little black eyes have
the sleepy appearance of those Of the al
ligator family. 1t weighs from three to
four pounds. 1t has four stubby legs,
shaped and placed like those OF lizard,
but 1t has none Of the rapidity OF that
animal, and instead of being found in
damp, cool spots, 1t freouents the hottest
sands and sunbaked soil. Rattlesnakes
cannot remain in heat that the ella
enjoys, and it is doubtful II even a sala-
mander could stand a daily temperature
of 135 degrees for hours, which the gila
grows fat ON during midsummer weeks.
The stories which have been generally
believed that g1las will pursue human
beings, and that they will crawl into
houses in search of victims. have been
disproved. The gila is a stupid creature.
and 1t will not wantonly attack. The great
danger lies in stepping on the reptiles,
whose skins are. much the color of desert
sand and sunbaked earth. In these places
the gila will flatten out and go to sleep.
When stepped on 1t catches viciously on
to the human foot and its teeth pene-
trate the toughest boots.
The teeth are In double rows. thick and
very sharp. They belong to the bulldog
reptiles" for anything once caught be-
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has been directly instrumental in Secur-
ing legislation establishing scientific tenn
perance instruction in our public schools
of Missouri and laws for the protection
of the young, such as the anti-cigaret
law, raising the age of consent from Il
to is years and the passage of curfew
laws in scores of the cities and towns
of the State.
"One piece of legislation In which we
are particularly interested at the pres
ent time is the passage Of compulsory
school law and by prayers and petitions
and the productions of facts and figures
we hope to show the solons of the State
that the measure Is q wise one and
worthy their united support
ssThe organization has, through the
grace of God, been enabled to accom-
plish a great deal of good in St. Louis.
| They succeeded in having closed the in
famous Cottage In Forest Park where
SO many young men and women were
being debauched and ruined. Prayer
meetings we're held all over the city and
invocations offered up that the authori-
ties might see the evil being wrought by
allowing the cottage to flourish, and the
place failed to secure a renewal of its
license for the first time in thirteen
years.
Two years ago Mrs. F. H. Ingals, Of
st. Louis, was appointed by the national
body as superintendent Of the Women 8
Christian Temperance Union exhibit at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. She
called a conference with representatives
of the body in the fourteen states in
cluded In the Louisiana Purchase, and
they decided upon the erection of an ice
water fountain where aqua pura could
be dispensed freely to all the thirsty
who came that way. The result is the
beautiful piece of work which adorns
the Plaza of st. Louis In the way of a
fountain where hundreds of thousands
of Worlds Fair visitors have quenched
their thirst during the Exposition period.
.@rhe statue surmounting the receptacle
from whence the water Is drawn, Is the
work of Miss Elsie Ward of Columbia,
Mo-, and is credit to the organization.
as well as the talented Eculptress. The
cost of the fountain was 1884, OF which
the Missouri branch of the w. c. T. u.
paid 81 200 The Ice with which the coils
of pipe were cooled was paid for by the
federated unions OF ST. Louis, and cost
s., zoo
.The w. C. T. u. exhibit has cost about
the same amount Of money as the ice,
and we have scattered temperance litera-
ture like the leaves of the forest and
given away many thousands of beautiful
flowers, and find that our investment has
been productive of splendid results.
.sThe Women's Christian Temperance
Union In st. Louis is organized into fed
Grafton, and this alliance of the various
branches throughout the city has been
conducive to the welfare of the body. The
st. Louis Federation constitutes the Sew