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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
REPORT OF RELIEF
BEING ISSUED

In the preliminary report of the San
Francisco Relief and Red Cross funds,
a neat pamphlet of twenty-nine pages
that is now in process of publication,
a complete account is given of all the
money received for the sufferers of the
earthquake and fire up to September %.
It gives the source of all funds received
to that date, with the names and
amounts of donations of all local con-
tributors.
New York has taken the lead of all
the States in the Union in the amount
of funds contributed, the subscriptions
amounting to $1.016, 1883, while Penn
sy1vania comes second with $740.353.74.
The donations received from New York
total about one-fourth of all the con-
tributions by the various States.
One of the sources from which funds
were received was from passengers
and crews of transpacifc steamers.s A
total of $S9797 was obtained in this
way, as follows Steamship Siberia.
S6o.7o; United States army transport
Sheridan. $1S340, Hongkong Maru.
1925; steamship Doric, s11S.o7; steam
ship Korea, s11o.S0.
At the time the report was prepared
the expenditure had been divided up
as follows: Relief of hungry. $685.
754-78; housing homeless, 1862. 847.O1;
rehabilitation. 1923. 1891; sanitation.
$216,543.59; transportation, s168,253.12;
relief of other cities. s158.9S4 sick and
wounded, s122,326.85; construction and
operation of permanent camps, s115,-
990.65: general administration and ac-
counting. $100,067.2s: construction and
operation of relief sections, $90.236.74;
special relief of hospitals and chart
table institutions, $55.Tz4.45; clothing
relief. $44,24633: reorganization of
city, $24,95S.7l; Red Cross administra-
tion, s23.25S.o2; appropriations for spe-
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AWAKEN INTEREST
IN CALF ORN|A.

According to information received by
the California Promotion COMMITTEES.
the manager of the Eastern branch of
that organization is awakening more
than ordinary interest in California by
his illustrated lectures concerning this
State. He has already delivered a num-
Der of these lectures in New York City.
Jersey City and other places near to
New York, and is scheduled for a series
which will carry him through the win
ter. At Freeport, on Long Island he
met with such success that the room
could not contain all those who came
to listen, and ne will have to give re-
turn date at that place.
Boards Of education of various New
York and Massachusetts, cities have
asked that lectures be delivered before
their schools in order that the pupils
may learn more about California Be-
fore the winter is over 1t is estimated
that the Eastern bureau will have de-
livered nearly fifty lectures to thou
sands of people living where the diff
ference between their climate and that
shown to exist here will be a valuable
object lesson.
The lectures that have been delivered
lave been SO we'll received that in
every instance the lecturer has been
asked to make a return date on some
other California subject, and eight lee
lures on different subjects are in prepa-
ration. These lectures are on indus
trial and scenic subjects entirely, most
of them showing the advantages of
California from a home-seeker's point
of view, while a few are for the benefit
of the tourist and traveller and show
scenes from Yosemite and the noun
tains, such as would interest those
seeking some place to see the best
there is in nature.
The lecture delivered before the As
ISOLATED Building Trades in New York
City was effective, and many letters
from skilled artisans in New York have
been received here inquiring about con-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
SHIPPERS FEEL
HEAVY HAND OF FEDERAL LAW

SEATTLE, Nov. 17--Captatn H H.
Foolish OF the whaling steamer VIII
lsam Baylies. charged with assault
upon a member Of his crew on the voy-
age from San Francisco to the Arctic
whaling grounds this spring. and Cap
tain E W. Newth Of the whaler jena
cite, accused OF the abduction OF an
Eskimo girl following long series OF
similar ofenses. who were arrested
this summer of Point Barrow by the
revenue cutter Thetis. were indicted by
today.
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cial purposes, $3.50: preliminary relief
organization and administration, s4277;
miscellaneous $2690-0s-
AS soon as the reports are from the
press they will be ready for general
distribution. and applicants can he ac-
commodated at the relief headquarters,
Geary and Cough streets
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
Will CLEAN MARKET STREET

President Duney ~of the Board of
Works stated yesterday that he would
nut 2 gang Of 100 men at work to-
night to clean Market street again
from second street to Van Ness ave-
nue. Duffey says he is Handicapped
in his work owing to the lack of
funds. but will 90 the best he can
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
DENIES ASSASSINATION sroRY

BERLIN, Nov. 1.-THE statement
published in the United States yester-
day that an attempt had been made
to murder Major Speck Won Sternburg,
brother of Baron Speck Won Sternburg,
the German ambassador to the United
States, was a gross exaggeration.
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under the circumstances. No attention
will be paid to Market street from
Second street to the ferry, as 1t is in
such a bad condition that 1t would be
useless to attempt to clean it, Duffey
says
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18
GUN TAKES OWNERS LIFE

SALINAS, Nov. 17.-while dismount-
ing from horse last evening Peter
Pelucea was instantly killed near his
home at Natividad, three miles from
Salinas, by the accidental discharge OF
a shotgun that he was carrying The
contents of one barrel entered his right
eye, making large wound. The widow
and an infant child survive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-18

1t isn't really so much a matter OF
spending your vacation as your salary.
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ditions of living in San Francisco and
the opportunity for obtaining perma-
nent work.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-10

outdoue by Indiana, Illinois, Ken
lucky, Kansas, Arkansas, the Indian
Territory, Oklahoma, Texas and
Nebraska, all parts of the favorite
range Of the bank robber.
1t Is strange, but true, that few rob-
berries ever occur out Of season. A not
able exception was at Royal, H.,
where a bank was robbed of Sc, ZOO.
This robbery occurred in August. The
most remarkable recent case occurred
early last fall when robbers broke into
a bank at Mineral Point, Wis, and Sc
cure1 S25,290.
Robbers Work in Gangs.
It is singular that very few jobs
are done sing;c-handed.. 1t is tradi-
tional that bank robbers and safe
blowers work in gangs. They send
in two men to do the work and leave
two guards without. Occasionally
there is a fifth mar. but not often.
The bank robber is considered BY
detectives and police officers to be the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-10

glar tools, some Of them OF remark
able workmanship; but the possession
of these is rare.
For the most part the gangs work
with nothing but the n~itroglycerine
and the soap. They pick out a small
city, rarely n with a population OF
moro than 5000 OF 1000, generally one
with less. Such towns have but a
small night police force, II, indeed.
they have anything more than q night
marshal.
The gang sends a man In town dur
ing the day to locate the bank. At
midnight the whole quartette moves
In. The night marshal is hunted up
and gagged. Bank robbers have their
own colloquialisms for all these things,
and IL they were telling it they would
say they "stuck up" the marshal and
put him away" This means they thrust
a gun in the officers face, compelled
him to throw up his hands, bound and
gagged him, and laid him out OF
harms way behind some building, or
back in an alley. Looking after the
night marshal is almost always an
easily accomplished preliminary. Few
of them ever discover there are bank
robbers in town until it is too late.
and a case where robbers were antici-
pated by the marshal and routed be-
fore they robbed the bank Is sufficient
ly rare to be called unknown.
Actual Work at Bank.
After the way has been cleared in
this manner the thieves go to the
bank, either pick or break the lock
Of the bank door with a crowbar, and
enter the chamber Of wealth. If the
safe is inside the vault they first 60
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to work with the Soap and soup
(the latter being their name for nitro
glycerine) and blow their way in.
The safe comes next. They make
a soap lip at the top crack of the
safe door, caik the crack of the safe
door all the way down, and pour the
nitroglycerine into the lip. from
which it runs down inside the door
along the sides Of the bottom. This
done, the thieves put the percussion
cap in the soap lip, attach a foOt-lOn8
fuse. light it and retire outside, clos
ing the door. Sometimes when they
are blowing a safe inside a vault they
even close the door of the vault. These
precautions lessen the noise and mini
mize the danger Of an alarm.
Old detectives say that there are
really no safes that can withstand this
attack with nitroglycerine. Many
so-called burglar-proof safes have
been laid open until their experience
has taught them to lose faith in the
name. True, there are safes that fire.
quently resist attack, but this Is be-
cause the thieves do not know how
to do it; not because 1t couldn't be
done.
The detectives say that bank rob-
bling is a crime in which only
white men engage. 1t Is unknown OF
negroes. Another singular fact about
it Is that the men engaged in 1t are
almost all Of an age. It is not the
work Of boys or graybeards, but the
adventure of men varying little from
IS years. Most of them are ex-con-
victs. Detectives have observed that
a safe blower once settled" as they
call conviction and Imprisonment, in
yariably returns to the soup and soap.
The explanation Is obvious: He needs
ready money.
The inference from all this is that
the winter can have no terrors for
the bank robber. Handsomely reward
ed Cor his industry, he can retire for
a season and indulge in a few luxuries.
If. as bank officials affirm, the bold
bank robbers who have made such a
whcoping campaign this last year
take refuge in the brick-walled cam
yons of the larger cities of the CEN
trail west after their autumn activities,
this should be a winter Of plenty OF
prosperous robbers in the Mississippi
valley, with a plethora Of money. To
be sure a good deal Of 1t under these
circumstances would be tainted chiefly
by powder and some Of the currency
may be a little bent, but it will have
to be pretty badly shot up to be un-
welcome.
Many a small banker would rest
easier IL some means could be found
to more fully protect himself and
his patrons.
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most dangerous kind Of criminal. It Is
said that bank robbers will shoot
quicker than any other type. They
are absolutely fearless, and their dis
covery of the destructiveness of nitro
glycerine has made 1t an easy matter
for a "s~econd-class bum" to become a
first-class bank robber.
II Is said that few bank burglars
are mechanics, relying upon the nitro
glycerine to open the vault, no mat
ter how strong the safe or how well
barred the doors. Give a tramp q
can of soup and a bar Of soap, and
two or three other buns to work with
him, and he'll get into the fanciest
burglar-proof safe that was ever
made" said a detective.
That so few robbers are caught is
explained by the detectives in this
way: The robberies occur at little
towns, here, there, everywhere. Crack
ing the safe between midnight and two
o'clock. the thieves have often as
many as four or five hours Of dark
ness in which to get away. II they
a catch a train across country In
this time 1t is a long chase to catch
them. Unlike the James and the
Younger boys. they don't ride into
town in the daytime, shoot up and
down the street until the bank is
robbed, and then ride off into the
woods. The up-to-date bank robber
comes and goes under Of night,
and almost invariably relies upon the
railroads to carry him far away from
the scene of his crime within a few
hours.
So 1t Is that the mufIled boom of
the bank robbery is a nightly occur
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same night, and a third 5000 at Fair
mount, Ill.
Bank robbers made an unsuccessful
attack upon Danville, ILL.,, on the night
of November 81, and the same night
another futile attempt was made at
Tamaroa, Ill.
Robbers entered Eldon, Mo-, on
nigh: Of November IS, but were re-
pulsed by citizens, who captured their
bottle of nitrcglycerine.
JOHN Rodenberg, of East st. Louis.
feeling that sale blowers might visit
him, Iosted the combination of his
safe III plain view. The expected
visit came, and the thieves got $32
out of the safe On the night Of Novem-
Der 26, without using the destructive
nttrogly cerine. He saved the safe.
The State Bank at Chapman, Neb.,
was dynamitei on the night c. No
vember 81, yielding $4,000.
The entire front of the American
Exchange bank. at Browns, H., was
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-10
Many Institutions Plundered by
Cracksmen During Re-
cent Months.
HOW NEFARoUS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED
Over Thirty Successful "Jobs" in Mississippi
Valley States During Last Quarter of 1905
Are Regarded as Most Danger
Gus of Criminals.

ChicaSo.-A compilation Of the bank
robberies which occurred throughout
the middle western states last fall
shows that the season was IN eXcep-
tionaily prosperous n for cracks
men. Many a little banking institu-
ton was plundered of its wealth by
the nig~ht-prowling profession.
For a time it was a daily occurrence
10 iearn that a bank robbery had
taken place in Missouri, Illinois, In
diana, Kansas, or some of the other
neigatoring states of the Mississippi
valley Very often as many as two
Or three banks were robbed on the
same night at different towns, show
ing that several bands were pursuing
tue nefarious work.
Partial List of Robberies.
Beginning with the first OF October
and ending with the last day Of the
cid year, no less than 80 successful
bank robberies occurred in the states
OF the middle west Following are
some OF the Jobs"
The bank of Willard, Ky, was
robbed on the night of October 8, and
pursuing citizens killed one robber
and captured four others.
\ series of bank robberies occurred
ia Indiana between October "a and
November 8. The robbers got $4,000
from he bank at SanbOrn, s $500 from
the bank at HagerStOwn, $1,000 from
the bank at Ridgeviile, and wrecked
the yault at Windfall. An attempt
was also made to rob the bank at
Ode n. but no money was secured.
Citizens of Duquoin, H., routed a
gang CT safe blowers On the night of
November /.
Bank Of Creighton, Creighton, Mo-,
was robbed of 81, 900 night of Novem-
Der 8, and the vault partially demOl-
ished by nitroglycerine.
On night Of November 3 robbers
tried to blow the bank at Washing
ton. Ind. and were frustrated in get
ting $4,000 by the bottom Of the safe
blowing out before the doors opened.
Ia blowing a safe at Cherryvale,
Kan, on the night of November 20,
robbers started a fire which did $75,-
900 damage.
Bank of Pleasant Plains. Ill, shot
up by safe blowers on night of No
vember %. They got $500. Another
gang got 1000 at jamestown, Ill, the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-10

renee somewhere in the middle west
at this season. The dweller in the
country town knows what it Is when
it brings him out Of his peaceful slum-
bers in the dead of night.
There is no mistaking that sup
pressed roar. If he is a game man
the citizen gets his gun and goes out
on the firing line; If he is a man OF
peace, he assures his wife that the
noise they heard is thunder.
Few Robbers Caught.
It is a singular fact that few bank
robbers are caught. Now and then
a gang Of them will make a mess Of
1t and bring the wrath of the citizen
soldiery down ON their heels, but the
average of mortality in the business
is below that of street car riding and
automobiling. Bank robbers work in
quartettes, as did the adventures Of
Dumas, and about the only difference
between their lives and those of the
famous Three Musketeers is that the
bank robbers adventures are invaria-
bly, more remunerative and always less
sentimental.
Sometimes everything goes to
smash, as it did with a gang at Will
lard, KY, on the night Of October 29
last, when a posse put blOOdhounds
upon the trail after the bank vas
robbed and fought a battle with the
thieves, killing one and capturing the
rest.
Sometimes, too, a bank robber grows
careless with his wealth and excites
suspicion by displaying it. This was
the undoing Of Harry Stewart, who
was arrested in st. Louis December
4 while attempting to dispose of $1,000
worth of stamps which had been part
Of the loot in a robbery at Shelbyville,
Mo-, a few days before. Stewart con-
fessed to completely in the robbery.
The greater part of these rowing
rogues, however, get away without a
fight or a capture. They almost in
variably work between midnight and
two o'clock, when citizens are wrapped
in slumber. Indeed, their methods are
so identical from n end of the great
Mississippi valley to the other that
one might readily suppose all the rob-
berries were the work of the same gang.
Detectives, however, know better.
The Robbing Formula.
The formula for robbing a bank is
simple. simpler than n not familiar
with the workings Of a gang Of safe
crackers would suppose.
The gang gets d few sticks Of dyna-
mite. takes the nitroglycerina out Of
II and carries this violent explosive
away. 1t has been the case, too, that
quantities Of nitroglycerine have been
stolen from a manufacturing plant
where the deadly explosive is made
in the northern part of Indiana. 1t is
the superstition of Capt. Kinney, of
the Indianapolis detective department,
that the robbers have this explosive
hidden away In some woods and car
ry away small quantities of it as they
need it.
Besides the explosive the other es-
sential to ~robbing a safe is a bar of
soap. Sometimes the gang has bur-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-10

wrecked by nitroglycerine on the
night of November %. The robbers
got $500. On the same night another
gangs got 1925 at Piggott, Ark; a
small sum at Metz, Ark; 500 at Law
ton, @. T.; sS5 at Terrell, Tex, and
1900 at Vallonia, Ind.
Over $4,000 was taken from the bank
at Owl, l. T., on the night of NOvem-
Der 30.
Robbers blew a safe at Shelbyville,
Mo, and got 1910 OF night Of De-
cember l.
The Farmers and Merchants bank,
at Forest Grove, Ore, was robbed of
S5,453 on night of December 2. On
the same night another gang got 5 $1,000
from a bank at CarroltOn, Tex.
Citizens at Falkland, Ind, fought an
exciting battle with bank robbers on
night Of December 6. The thieves got
away with $500. On the same night
another gang got $3.50 at Ardmore,
/. T..
All Precautions Useless.
bduAS III dII luG SHALL lON HS III
these states we're literally turned into
arsenais, while a thorough, u%p-tO-date
%equlpr2ent of burglar alarms was
generally installed and special armed
watchmen employed by the banks.
The methods employed in practically
every one of these bank robberies have
been the same. The loot has seldom
failed. Sometimes it has amounted to
$4,000 from = single robbery, and
it has scarcely ever been less than
$1,000.
Not since the days when the ia
nous Reno gang of bandits ~terrorized
the people with its daring crimes has
the country been SO boldly worked by
bank burglars as it was during the
autumn just past. With the advent
of the rural telephone and the de-
velopment of the interurban electric
railways the states boosted of prog
ress that a popularity supposed tO
make the profession of yeggman SO
hazardous that organizations of bur-
glars and systematic loOting of banks
would be abandoned. But such seems
not TO have been the case.
Missouri, which invented train rob-
berry, usually leads all the states of
the union in hank robberies. This
year. however, the state where peo-
pie have ito be shown" has been
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-02-10
CAUGHT BY THE GRIP
RELEASED BY PERU-NA.
Pneumonia Followed La Grippe
Pe-ru-na the Remedy That
BROUGHT Relief.

PEe um0n1d followed La Or1ppe-
Pe-ru-na the Remedy That
Brought Relief.
Mr.. T. Barnecott. West Aylmer, On.
tario, Can, writes:
Last winter / was i'll with pneumonia
after having la grippe. l took Peruna
for two months, when I became quite
well, and I can say that any one can be
cured by it in a reasonable time and at
little expense"
Systemic Catarrh, the Result of La
Grippe. Pe-ru-na Receives Credit
for Present Good Health.
Mrs. Jennie W. Gilmore, Box A, White
Oak, Ind. Ter, writes:
"Six years ago l had la grippe, which
was followed by systemic catarrh. The
only thing / used was Peruna and
Manalin, and / have been in better
health the last three years than for
years before. / give Peruna all the
credit for my good health"
Pe-ru-na-A Tonic After La Grippe.
Mrs. Chas. Z. Wells, Sr., Delaware,
Ohio, writes: "After a severe attack
of la grippe, l took Peruna and found
1t a very good tonic"
"Most Effective Medicine Ever Tried
for La Grippe"
Robt. T.. Madison, A. NJ, Principal of
Cullowhee High School, Painter, N. c.,
is chairman of the Jackson County
Board Of Education. Mr.. Madison says:
81 am hardly ever without Peruna in
my home. 1t is the most effective medi-
cine that I have evertricd for l~agrippe."
Mrs. Jane Gift, Athens, O., writes :
81 had la grippe very bad. Ny husband
bought Peruna for me. In a very short
time 1 saw improvement and was soon
able to do my work"
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Necessity as a Virtue.

Rambo-You're always roasting ms
about my extravaganza. For the last
four years I've lived strictly within my
income. oa
Baldwin, think you have. 1t was
about four years ago that you found
out nobody would trust you any long.
er.-Chicago Tribune.
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Suffered Twelve Years from After.
Effects of La Grippe.
Mr. Victor ~Patnearde, 1913 Madison
ST., Topeka, Kas., member of Knights
and Ladies of Security, writes:
"Twelve years ago i had a severe at
tack of la grippe and ] never really re-
covered my health and strength-but
grew weaker every year until / was
unable to work.
"Two years ago began using Perhna
and it built up my strength so that in q
couple of months l was able to go to
work again.
''This winter / had another attack Of
Ia grippe, but Peruna soon drove it out
OF my system.
"My wife and ] consider Peruna .
household remedy"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-25
Sealed Bids Wanted

: &
Sealed bids will be received by the
Steward att his Office at the State
Hospital for the Insane at Jamess
town, N. ID, for furnishing ylignite or
eastern soft coal, and anthracite stove
coal for $Sthe year ending June 80, 1907.
\ Ignite coil to be OF the best quail
ity of deep mined screen coal and to
be free from dust, clay or other for
eign substances. Bids to be f. %. ID.
cars jamestown or /. o. b. cars at the
mines in such quantities and at such
times as the Steward may direct.
Bids to be for the different Goals at
railroad weights or for the weights
on the hospital scales. Bidders will
give the name and the location Of
mine from which they propose to
furnish coal; bids to be made per ton
of 1000 pounds.
1 The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids. s3.3s
The successful bidder will be re.
CURED TO furnish satisfactory bond
in the sum of s 1000 for the faithful
performance of said contract
Bids will be received up until one
o'clock p. M, July 10, 1905, and will be
opened and considered by the board
Of trustees the same day.
Bids to be marked Bids for fur
anishing coal" w Il M Il t;ss
Malcolm Sinclair, Steward.
III Dated att jamestown, N ID, June
Is, 1906. :sa..s Il.
(First pub. june. Is, 1860 ii