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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-11
William i. jackson Tells Why He
Thinks t Necessary 10 Spend
Money LaVIsh'y.
SAYS POOR MAN HAS NO CHANCE"
Successful Candidate Declares That
People Who Live in Glass Houses
Should Not Throw Stoncs-Gave a
Dollar to Each Of Several Men Who
Wanted a Little Lunch After Cast
ing Their Ballots.
tRy Associated press.l

BALTIMORE, Md. Nov. l0.-C0n-
Gressman-elcct William II. Jackson. OF
the First District, in an interview to-
day at Salisbury, frankly discussed
the Use of money at elections.
Replying 10 charges that he had
spent money lavishly to secure his
election MIR. Jackson admitted that
money had been spent for votes. but
denied that he personally put out any
money except "a dollar TO each Of sew.
cral neu, who came to his office after
and not before voting, and who want
ed little lunch"
Voters Want the Doodle.
Mr.. Jackson declared that il Was
useless to pretend that elections could
be carried on the Eastern Shore with
out the expenditure of money. They
are .'ut for the DOODLE" he declared.
(mcaning the voters)," and they must
get i. or they wont vote.
People living in glass houses
should not throw stones. The Demo
Gratis got beat mt their own game.
am one of those fellows. who fight to
the last ditch. but don't squeal il
get licked.
Did Not Spend His All.
The Democrats arc squealing. My
opponent MT. smith, (the present IN
cunbent), spent all he could get. He
ought to have known better than to go
against me that way. did not spend
all had.
mo man without money need run
for Congress in the First District OF
Maryland and poor man has no
chance against rich man"
He granted that it was disgraceful
condition Of affairs. but insisted that
no could not help it.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-11
PRINCETON BEATS ARMY.
Two Men Put Out Of the Game for
SIupujnu.

Slugging.
WEST POINT. N. y. Nov. 10
Princeton defeated tho West Point
Cadets here today by Il score OF 8 to
Continued Oh Page Fiye)
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
UNRtvALED OPPORTUNITIES COMING.

Thousands OF San Francisco wage earners able
to pay from fifteen to fifty dollars month rent
viii soon be seeking homes, the furnishings for
them clothing and the hundred and one necessities
that are demanded by the American household
Il is estimated that already from 10000 to $4,000
mechanics and laborers are employed in the work
of restoring San Francisco. Their pay is good, IL
fact beyond that Of normal times. They represent
asSelfsuppOrtng population OF at least 100000 peE-
sons who never have sought charity, do not seek
ii now and do not want it, But they do want good
comfortable homes for their families. Until such
homes can be had Tor all many OF the workers must
support their families in the neighboring towns.
An experiment tried By O. ID. Baldwin shows how
great is the demand for apartments suited for the
GLASS under discussion Mr.. Baldwin has arranged
for the construction Of a fourstory brick building
.l20x55 feet. The three upper stories divided
into three-room apartments each with bath. The
first floor viii contain six stores. Before the let
could be cleared for the building the upper storie:
had been leased for ten years and of the stores
rented.
10 man can say how many times the 10000 me
chanies and laborers at present employed in thi
city viii be multiplied when the real work of resto
ration is under way. To suitably provide for these
wage earnerS. earning from two to ten dollars day
each, viii be almost ditficGlt problem as that
of procuring the necessary labor for the work But
be housed somehow: San Francisco enterprise viii
look out for that But capitalists who pre-
pared to eet-the demand that is already felt for
apartments and cottages. demand that will in
crease enormously as the work Of reconstruction
draws labor 10 this city. viii reap rich rewards
from their investments.
As further suggestion of the business activity
that viii obtain here once the city gets down to re
building In earnest: all these thousands of homes
must be furnished. Everything from a tin cup
supplied. This alone means an enormous business.
a business that of itself will give employment di-
rectly and indirectly to thousands. San Fran
ciscos industrial and commercial activity when
the payroll Of those engaged IN the work of recon
strueton aggregates several million dollars week
il must. viii bring fortunes to all, be they
builders Of homes sellers Of shoes, who have the
wit avail themselves Of the opportunities offered
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16

But the time to see it to ores profit before
the embers in the burned district had begun to
cool
Opportunities to lease Fillmore-street houses for
$50 month and sublet them for 5000 or even $500
passed with the cooling of the ashes. The many
who did avail themselves of the opportunities then
offered were quick to that the city had to ad
just itself to the changed conditions and that Fill
more street was indispensable to the adjustment.
Instinctivey these men adapted themselves to the
new conditions in which they found themselves
for they had the instinct of adaptablty which is
the secret Of success in life.
Nor was this adaptability shown by spectators
in leases alone. While thousands We're helpless dur
ng the dark fortnight following the fire, hundreds
were rot only rising superior to the situation, but
We're taking advantage of it. This is strikingly
shown by the course of certain tea merchant who
was in the northern part of the State when the fire
started. He returned to San Francisco to find his
store and house burned and that all that remained
TO him the clothes on his back 1t occurred to
aim howegeg that large number of rubber stamps
would be required in San Francisco. He knew moth
ng about the rubber stamp business but this fact
lid not discourage him. Within week he was clear
ing $50 day from his sales Of rubber stamps Two
hardware clerks who before the fire had reached
SO month level saw every prospect of remain
ing there until the present demand for carpenters
gave them chance to 90 to work at that trade at
"a a day and for shorter hours than they had
worked in the store
Thus in all walks of life those who have been
able to adjust themselves to the order have
aot only held their own but are bettering their
condition.
And such opportunities not over in San
Francisco. will they be in FIVE years During
he coming years of acti:lty attending the restora
ion OF the city there will be opportunities con
,tantly presenting themselves to those who are
luick to and prompt to act The fortunes that
will be made during the days of the restoration Of
he city will be made by those able to see today
What the people viii find necessary tomorrow
'apital is not indispensable to such men; some of
ne most advantageous Fimore-street leases were
secured by men who had not dollar in their
pockets. The rubber stamp dealers sole capital
when he started his enterprise was his place in the
read line. The essentials to success in the present
in all situations are~pluc and energy and above
Ill aGaptability. Better chances for men possessed
# these qualities were never offered in San Fran
,iSco than now
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
THE STRENUOUS IN gCKooL LIFE.

Now that the student world IS approaching the
close Of the school year reports are beginning t
come from all parts of the country of students
breaking down under the strain Of their work II
is story that Of late years Is rather expected at
this season. The victims range from tots in the
first grade who are struggling to jump over the
low second into the high second TO the young men
and women of the universities who striving to
do" four five years work in three or to achieve
some class distinction.
The graduating class Of the Northwestern Uni
versty at Chicago-nOt to take some institution
nearer home and needlessly wound feelings-fur-
nishes pitiful example of this The class orig
inally numbered 135 students. OF these the two
who for year had been struggling for first place
died recently; third, who succeeded in doing"
five years work in three, has broken down and
cannot live; two have been sent home wrecks from
nervous prostration and twenty-seven are seri-
Ousy ill-all the result of overstudy and the
worry that attends the overtaxing of the nervous
system
This crowding, the anxiety to ''jump from the
first grade over the low second into the high or
the l1eenness to do four university years in three
less, may be IN line with the methods Of
strenuous age but it is an up-to-dateness that is
not doing schools students or people for that
matter any good. 1t is doubtful whether the tot
of SIX or seven who works himself into nervous
little bundle Of skin and bones that he may skip
the low second viii be prepared bit earlier to
enter the university than had he gone through the
low second in the regular way of school life with
his less ambitious but far more sensible classmates
The young who brings on nervous
prostration penalty for overstraning for uni
versity hOnOrs leaves his school with handicap
in shattered nerves and weakened body. which
qlves>his less brilliant fellow an advantage at the
start Of the real work Of life which may never
be overcome.
The age, TO be sure. is strenuous but the later in
the life of the individual the strenuousness begins
the better for individual and for race Indeed. a
letting up the tots of the primary grades the
discouraging of any ambition to Jump the low
second and IN the universities, frowning down
of any attempt to do four or five years work
IL three will give the world better and brighter
and effective men and women and remove
from child and student life blight that is un-
doing in their youth the most promising of the race
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Want. Lease Annnll.a

Disagreement as to the transfer 10 %
lease from II. w. Ofiighter TO Davis =
Aenney' Alexander Blumenthal r. a.
uIsen ana william Barrett has brought
ABOUT suit that was filed in Justjcs
Golden's court yesterday by NTirbssI
Arendt, who seeks through an unIaw-
rul detainer action to recover possa.-
sion OF the premises at 29o1 Twent-
third street, corner of Florida. Arenas
leased THESE premises April Is of fhs
psesent year to ofiighter for two
years. Subsequent to the fire Ka
who is a butcher, subleased tba r-as.s -
ises and Arendt asserts that this nvIIt-
mes the lease, as the transfer was rnas.
without his permission Kennev ava-.
tnat wnen the lease was drawn un ~,
rent was to he $40 a month ana tbas
Arenot now wants $50 month, which
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
PEOPLE AND THINGS ::

of the fascinating beautiful lady?
"Uncle" did not sound right to Mr..
UmbSen. The John Hanna he knew
was young man and could hardly be
"uncle" to the mother of a large family.
He began to make inquiries, ana from
one of his clerks he learned that the
man he knew as John Hanna wls
known to the world and to his wife az
j. Selby Hanna, and as if that was not
enough that very day as Mr.. Cmbsen
was riding out along the boulevard
he saw a sign reading, John Taylor
Hanna, real estate
What to do? He has not done any
thing as yet. He has not even decided
what to do. II guess I'll let matters
right themselves if they can," he says
But was it not strange that these
Chicago people should just happen u
write to you personality" l asked after
/ had listened to his tale.
We'll, it was not exactly that way"
explained Mr.. Umbsen. 1.-The letter was
addressed to a prominent real estate
firm on Montgomery street, San Fran
CISCO"
Modest Mr.. Umbsen. I have often
heard of the modesty of true genius,
but never before knew that modesty
was it's own reward.
The National Business. women's
League has been holding its annual
convention in Chicago. and, oh. my, 1t
has not been doing thing to the men.
Why Is it. / wonder, that when wo-
men meet in conventions they get right
in and hit out blindly at the men?
When the men get together in business
conventions they leave the women
right out of it. They only mention
her when they meet round the festal
board. and then it is, Woman, God
bless her,
Oh, let's be as big as the men. II
some of us are not let's, at any rate,
pretend to be. I am astonished at the
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
AUTOMOBILES RUNNING
WITHOUT ANY NUMBERS
To the Editor OF The CAN:

To the Editor OF The Call:
There are a large number OF motor
cars now permitted to run all over Sam
Francisco without any number at
tached for Identification.
Surely the public and the police d.
serve this laxity to be immediately cor
rected. Now, in case OF an accident
you cannot identity the car or its
owner, should he see fit to quit. aftar
running down some unfortunate who
comes in contact with his motor
Maybe you can draw the attention Of
the Board of Supervisors to this anna
rent discrepancy. After the admire IN.
administration OF the past two month.
little shortcomings may be overlookaA
but deem thiSwant of numbering mo-
tors needs some consideration and Tat,
adjustment PEDESTRIAN.
San Francisco, June Ia
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
BY LOUISE WELLER {.

business women" I was under the
impression that business life broad
ened women, that it filed them with
kindly consideration for man as well
as for woman. Poor man. IT is not
his fault. Perhaps he would be a wo-
man if he could.
But to be called but an incident
in the life of woman" as the president
of the Business Women's League in
open session designated him. that was
the "unkindest cut of all" Thinkin Z
it over, though, it is just like what
comic papers teach US to expect of
women. Again woman tried TO throw
brick. And again she did not hit
the object she was aiming at.
It's no use. Woman cannot throw
stone at man without having that
stone rebound and hit herself. The
bond between man and woman is too
or any other league to break il. Ma
ture attended to that and any body OF
women to the contrary whatever nature
does she does well.
Women when they meet and amuse
and delude themselves by finrinE
quips at man look at him only in the
light of a husband. They appear to
forget that the husband is also the
father and the son of the brother as
we'll Where is the mother that does
not think her son more than an incl
dent? Who is the daughter that will
let you say one word against her
father? Who is the sister that will
allow you to speak one word against
her brother?
It's no use. Don't you see it? Are
you not forced to admit it? Man is
not perfect, no more is Womau-that
is, not all women. But we perfect
women, let's only be sorry for the
imperfect men. Let'sEconscious OF our
own perfections-overlook their short
oomings. Lets-here's to the men.
God bless them.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16

Harry Umbsen is modest and more
than generous. That is why he is liv-
ing in fear these days of meeting a
certain real estate man of the name of
j. Taylor Hanna. Oh, our virtues find
US out!
Umbsen does not know whether
John Iaylor Hanna is married or not.
In ract Mr.. Umbsen does not even
know Mr.. Hanna, nevertheless he gem
erously has sent Mr. Hanna's Chicago
relatives some joyful nuptial tidings
Mr Hanna he wrote to those same
relatives In response to their anxious
letter of inquiry sent out after the
quake was married over year
ana haif ago to a well-kncwn
san francisco belle who is really as
charming and as witty, as vivacious
and as pretty as the society editors
claimed she was With his BRIDE"
went on Umbsen in his best hand and
most moving style, Mr.. Hanna is now
ENJOYING the sights and the pleasures
OF the european capitals l met them
last year in Berlin. They were ex-
tremeiy happy and having joyous
time and they informed me that their
intention was to proceed leisureiy
through Europe and that rhav would
not return to San Francisco for another
two years"
with the feeling that he had nobly
and conscientiously done his duty Umb-
sen forwarded his letter to the Windy
City and proceeded to forget all about
II. But not SO Mr.. Hanna's relatives.
BY return post came another letter
with stamps (Which. by the way. have
not yet been utilized or returned) in
closed for reply.
we are delighted" the letter ran,
TO near OF dear uncle's marriage. We
mad considered him long past the mar
Tying age. but are happy to hear that
ne mas at last found his afanity. Won't
you please write and tell us the name
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
CONCERNING GENERALIZATION.

If you desire to ascertain. Henry, just
how city that has been laid low by
grievous misfortune should be rebuilt
and rehabilitated, you need but 60 to
some man who didn't lose a dollar by
the casualty-because he didn't have
one to lose-and who will not spend
dollar in rebuilding. / stand ready to
bet you four to one. Henry, that you
Will find that man as full of suggestions
as an egg of meat. He knows exactly
how the city should be rebuilt, and he
bitterly condemns those who do not i'm
mediately rebuild it as he says. He is
long on advice, my son, because it
doesn't cost him cent and he couldn't
pay for it If it did. oh. he is peach
this fellow, and you may find him
freely Offering his wisdom to you on
almost any old corner in these days.
But II you wish to find a man who is
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16

not so dead certain, look up one whose
opinions are likely TO cost him some
thing. You will find him, we have
some reason to believe, busily at work,
expending his money and mis- efforts in
the great work of rebuilding. but he
will stand ready to admit that his plans
may go aStray and that there are sew
erai perpleXitieS in the case. and just
watch him put up the dollars. He
doesn't know things so hard as the
other fellow, but what he does know
costs him more, and | think you will
notice that it helps you and me out to a
larger extent.
And right here. Henry, you may draw
the line between two classes of men,
Those who are fountains of knowledge
concerning how to do things. but don't
do them, and those who are far shorter
on advice and criticism. but keep the
old ball of enterprise rolling. And it
will do you no harm If you spare the
time to look around you and see if this
be not so.
He was a noble man. In order to do
geod, he went among the poor canni-
bal islanders as missionary and even
after his death he obeyed the Script
ures.
I'm what manner?"
Why, he fed the poor, you know"
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
OCCIDENTAL
ACCIDENTALS
WHY TAFT GAVE IT UP.
BY A. ]. WATERHOUSE.

There is so marked a resemblance
between former President Cleveland
and Secretary of War Taft that the lat
ter is frequently mistaken for the
Sage of Princeton" while drivin &
about the streets of the capital.-Wash-
ington dispatch OF June 8.
1t is stated on the highest authority
that Secretary Taft will not be cam
ddate for the Presidency in 1908
Washington dispatch OF June 8.
Now Taft he sat in his chair, he did,
And he wept some tears, which 1T can't
. be hid,
Some great, salt tears of the redhot
kind,
Which scared his eyes till they half
were blind
And he bitterly moaned-thats what he
did:
"On the White House kettle replace the
lid,
For though l would sit in the great,
big chair
And be the only occupant there.
Yet of all sad words, when man would
run,
The saddest are these, 1t can't be
donei'
Replace the lid and remove the pap,
For ! cannot o'ercome this handicap"
Still the soaring tears down his wet
cheek slid,
As he thought of that handicap, he did.
oh weep weep, not at all" said a fond one
Before you repine. be sure you are hit.
Now what is the matter, and how does
it matt"
But Taft he just wept, as he sat and he
sat.
Till at last he remarked, with a break
in the word:
"Oh, do you not know-that is--have
you heard
That l look-that he looks-that we
look-ah, woei
| mean, we resemble each other. you
know
Don't you know whom I mean? Oh,
say, can't you guess?
Deuce take it. Who wouldn't show
signs of distress?
oh, l won't speak his name, for my
nerve it would sap,
But / cannot o'ercome such a sad han
dicapi
The friend spoke no word of comforting
grace,
For he saw he was handicapped out of
the race.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
IN ANSWER
TO QUERIES

so LONG-W. S. A, City. so long"
spoken when persons part from one
another. is an Americanism of uncer-
tain derivation. 1t is corruption or
contraction of so, along, and means
keep right on"
RENT C. B.. City. If a tenant
paid rent in advance TO May and the
premises were by the elements so dam
aged April IS that they were uninhab-
liable and that at no time since the
tenant was able to re-enter the prem
ises, he certainly would have a claim
against the landlord for advance rent
NAPOLEON-W., Santa Cruz, Cal.
Relative to Napoleon's divorce from Jo-
sephine, a review of his life SAYS: Ma
poleon appears to have then come TO
the conclusion that he could put stop
to the hostile machinations of the old
legitimate dynasties only by intermar-
rying with some of them. Besides, his
wife Josephine bore him no children
and he was ambitious of perpetuating
his power in his family With that
callousness to everything except his
own interests, which is a prominent
feature of his character, he immedi-
ately proceeded to divorce her. The
act of enforcement was solemnly reg
istered December 16, 1909"
LETTERS-W.. Santa Cruz, Cal. Prior
to 1865, when the free delivery system
was established by the Postofice De-
partment in cities having a population
of more than $4,000, letters were
deposited in the boxes of box
holders at the postoffices and were given
to individuals at the general delivery.
Express offices sold franked envelopes
bearing a postoff1ce stamp at 10 cents
each. and delivered letters to the Office
or home of the party to whom directed.
There were also private expresses
whose business it was to go to the post
Office receive the letters of a number
of patrons upon written orders and de-
liver them at fixed monthly rate,
thereby saving the patrons the trouble
of going to the. postofice and standing
in line The establishment of the free
delivery put an end 10 this kind OF let
ter delivery.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-16
Iaeorporation..

Articles of incorporation wa-u
yesterday by the Western "A lAf3var+tssseo- - =
Company The capital stock is $50 oa5
and the paid-up stock $50 The stoc,-
holders and directors are samuel No
Wis. M. Davis. Lillian Davis Sanara,
simmons and George F. Sauer tn
Greater Novelty Theater also filed artte
cles of incorporation. Twar+v- - 81 u
thousand dollars is the canita1 ..,
and $500 the paid-up stock The sbara~
holders and directors are Tony I.nhaI-
ski, Samuel Loverich. Charles Leonar5t
Theodore Rothschild and benjamin.
Leist. '1