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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
AGED MAN, s DEATH
CAUSES INQUIRY.

AUBURN, Oct. flames r. Hines. an
old resident of Weimar, died at that
place early this morning under circum-
stances which call for an investigation.
Hines wife died several weeks ago, and
at that time there was a rumor that
her death was not from natural causes.
Hines later secured the services of
Mrs. Anna Springstead of Sacramento
to keep house and take care of him,
agreeing to deed her his property at
his death for her services. A week ago
Friday Hines decided his property in
escrow to Mrs. Springstead. Last Tues
day he became i'll and sent for DR..
Peers at Colfax. The doctor did not
receive the message until yesterday,
when he went to Weimar to visit
Hines. Hines died this morning, and
Peers was not well enough satisfied as
to the cause of death to issue a certifi-
cate.
The Coroner was summoned and the
body was brought here this afternoon.
An autopsy was held by Drs. Peers and
Rooney and they found abnormal con-
ditions of the heart and liver, due to
disease. They have removed the stom-
ach for examination If so directed by
the Coroner when the inquest is held.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
HART RETAINS CONTROL
OF THE CHINESE CUSTOMS
Issues a Circular Giving Assurances to
the Foreign Colony at
Shanghai.

SHANGHAI, Oct Sir Robert Hart.
director general of the Chinese impe-
rial customs. has issued a circular to
the foreign colony here saying that he
has received assurances that his status
with regard to Chinese customs Will
not be changed and that he is satisfied
there will be no undue interference
with foreign control of the customs.
LONDON, Oct. 7.-According to a let
ter from Sir Edward Grey. the British
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to the
China Association, the Government has
deemed it advisable to accept China S
verbal assurances in the matter of the
retention of Sir Robert Hart as d.
rector of customs and has placed these
assurances on record. The China AS
ISOLATION and some London newspa-
pers contend that this constitutes a
diplomatic rebuff and that Great Bri-
tain should have insisted upon written
assurances.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
KILLS AN INNOCENT 7
MAN FOR THIEF.

SACRAMENTO, Oct. CHARLES F.
Thesis, "a years old, an operator en-
ployed by the Postal Telegraph Com
pany. was shot at 2:30 o'clock this
morning by Oscar Herold, a young
architect, who mistook Thesis for a
footpad. Herold was on his way home
when, near the corner of Tenth and G
streets, he saw man standing in the
shadow near a tree.
Il was held up a short time ago.,
said Herold, describing the affair at the
prison, "and when saw the man near
the tree I demanded, What do you
wantY at the same time reaching for
my revolver The man made no reply,
so I shot The shot did not take effect,
so / shot again, and he fell, and 1 then
telephoned to the police and surren-
dered."
Thesis was removed to the Receiving
Hospital, where he died two hours
later He leaves a widowed mother,
whom he helped to support. He was
unarmed, and nothing was found on
him which could have been used as a
weapon Herold was released on s10.-
600 bonds pending the result of the in
quest, which Will be held tomorrow
night. He is a son Of former State
Treasurer Herold and a brother of Ru-
dolph Herold, achitect of the new high
school.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
MRS. PLATT DEFIES
PUBLIC OPINION.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


NEW YORK, Oct Mrs. Thomas c.
Platt is firmly intrenched at Tioga
Lodge She was visited today by a
World reporter.
This is the first time ] have admit
ted a reporter to my house and the
first word / have spoken to one" said
she. a lot OF rubbish has been
printed since the World first told the
story OF the alleged trouble between
Senator Platt and myself"
But it is said. Mrs. Platt, that the
Senator objected to your close associ-
alton with certain persons, including
/. Hedges, your coachman, and that you
retsnated by bringing a suit for di-
vorce, naming four correspondents. Is
this true2"
IN the first place, II is none Of the
business OF the public If I have brought
= suit for divorce against the Senator.
I refer you 10 my attorneys"
But that begs the question. Is it
not true that you have brought action
10 divorce the SENATOR"
7 decline TO answer"
Mrs. Platt shrugged her shoulders
TT is a matter Of indifference TO me
what people think" she continued 4
am here now, and I do not know but
that / may remain all winter. I have
simply changed my mind But tell me
how much Colonel Carmody. my son-in-
law, was paid for giving information
10 the World"
Hedges has disappeared. Whether his
going was at the behest Of his mistress
or OF his master, or whether he has
really gone to remain away, could not
be ascertained. Some professed to be-
lieve that Hedges had merely absented
himself by agreement for the purpose
OF allaying gossip. Mrs. Platt declined
10 say word about Hedges
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08

sweetest things in women is modesty
1 dislike the peek-a-boo garment be-
cause 1t is so conspicuous, perhaps
even a little naughty.
Il have seen women on the streets
wearing peek -a-boo waists of a sort
that positively made me ashamed of
the sex. Peek-a-boo waists I suppose
represent an extreme to which the pen,
dulum has swung, and when the pen
dulum swings the other way all will be
well. Good taste should rule, of
course, and anything that makes a
woman conspicuous is not in good
taste. Anything SO worn as to induce
a stare from men is unbecoming The
incest women will very soon go to the
peek boo waists earnestly, but
think they would prefer that their
wives and daughters should not wear
them"
A QUESTION OF TASTE.
Mrs. Walter. Christie, wife of As
sistant Coach Walter Christie of the
State University, is of the opinion that
discussion of the peek-a-boo waist
problem is futile. She said:
II don't think the waist question can
be settled by discussion. 1t is a matter
of individual taste 1t should be left
to a persons own discretion. Peek-a-
boo waists are frequently carried to an
extreme-the peek-a boo part, l mean
believe that the waists with large,
sheer holes should not be tolerated.
One might as well go decollete. Some
of the waists worn by college girls and
others belong in the ballroom. / sup
pose the girls who wear these waists
are simply thoughtless and do not
realize how they look. A nice, white
shirtwaist of the ordinary sort is best,
I believe, and always proper
The peek-a-boo waist has no special
interest for Mrs G. E. Oxley, who is a
prominent musician of Berkeley, leader
of the choir in st. Mathews Episcopal
Church. Mrs. Oxley was busy at a re-
hearsal when asked for her opinion
of the propriety of the peek boo
garment and Mrs Brownsilps con-
demnation of the waist.
IT should say" remarked Mrs. Oxley,
between choir songs, that the college
girls are pretty well equipped to de-
eide what sort of waists they should
wear, and as for the rest of us women
folk-well, we will probably be gov
erned by our individual taste and ideas.
The proper thing is to keep within the
limit of good taste. I don't see what
else could be done to have everything
all right
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
COTRTs-MARTIAL IN ARMY
DURING PAST FISCAL YEAR

WASHINGTON. oct. During the
iast fiscal year. according to the annual
report Of General George B. Davis,
Judge advocate general OF the army.
issued today, 596 trials by general
court-rnartial were held. Fifty OF these
trials were of commissioned officers.
forty-two Of whom were convicted and
eight acquitted. Fourteen officers
were dismissed by sentence. In four
cases the sentences were commuted TO
loss Of rank; in two cases designations
FOR the good Of the service" were ac-
cepted in lieu Of confirming the SEN
tences, and in one case the sentence
was disspproved-
About hfty per cent Of the enlisted
men convicted by general court-martial
received sentences involving dishonor-
Fable discharge. and about FIVE per cent
Of these sentences were awarded in
view Of previous convictions.
The trials by general court-Inartial
during the year showed a decrease of
20s as compared with the previous
year.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
PIECEMEAL RELIEF
FOR IRELAND.
John Redmond's Speech In
terpreted as Accepting
Installment Settlement
REMARKS CRITICISED

LONDON. Oct John Redmond. ad-
dressing meeting or the Irish League
yesterday. reiterated his Limerick
warning to the Liberal ministry, but
In much less irreconcilable tone. He
said he did not ignore the grave prac-
tical difficulties standing in the way OF
the Ministers on the home rule ques-
ton, and that he and his colleagues
were most sincerely anxious to be able
TO support the Government scheme
when the time came.
He further said he had confidence in
Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman. the
Premier. and James Bryce. Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland. as he was convinced
they were home rulers. but he knew
what Influences were at work and felt
1t his duty to remind the Government
that they in Ireland were unchanged
and Interchangeable.
In an editorial article this morning
the Tribune (LiberaD interprets this
speech as an acceptance of the plan OF
approaching the Irish settlement by in
stallments. and predicts that the Gov
ernment scheme does not possess the
Objectionable features that Mr.. Red
mond fears.
The Morning Post CONSERVATIVE Is
OF the opinion that Mr.. Redmond's
speech will please neither the extreuee
NatiOnalists nor the Moderate Liberals.
This paper says Mr.. Redmond seems to
be preparing his followers to accept
with as little grumblIng as possible an
installment OF the Nationalist demands.
BOSTON. Oct. 1T. p O'ConnOr. the
Irish leader. tonight In the Boston
Theater delivered a stirring address
upon the questions now agitating his
people and was accorded an enthusias-
tic reception. He arrived this morning
from Washington. where he was the
guest OF President Roosevelt.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
PRAY FOR MORE CORDIAL
RELATIONS BETWEEN RACES
Colored Pastors Heed Appeal of Bishop
Walton, Who Says Whites Are
Trying TO Degrade Negroes

NEW YORK, Oct. Pursuant to an
appeal issued recently by Bishop Alex
ander Walton of the African Zion NJ e.
Church, prayers were said for more
cordial relations between the white
people and the negroes of the Southern
States. In some instances the racial
problem formed the theme of the pas
tors sermons.
In his appeal to negro preachers TO
make a special prayer in all the
churches of the country today Bishop
Walton declared that recent race riots
in the South had given evidence that
the whites were attempting to de
grade and destroy 100000 American
citizens"
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
QUIET IN MACON.
Negro Taken to Atlanta and Military
Held in Readiness.

MACON. Ca, Oct Quiet reigns in
this city tonight and no further trouble
IS expected. The negro who shot
ADAMS and Solomon was sent TO At
lante for safekeeping- Adams and
Solomon are in the hospital The mill
tary is held IN readiness in case Of an
emergency
The mob succeeded IN breaking into
the jail at & late hour last night, but
the negro had been placed in the bar
racks under heavy military guard.
The negro Fewes, VINO did the shoot
ing. was wounded, but will recover.
Another negro was shot through the
leg last night while the attack was be
ing made on the prison.
Greene and Gaynor, the Federal pris-
oners convicted Of fraud in the Sa-
vannah harbor expenditures, were in
the jail last night When the mob
effected on entrance the prisoners min
gled with the crowd with perfect COM
posure-
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
DEAD ABALoNES STREw
THE SHORE FOR MILES
Curious Cause of the Failure of the
Diving Bell Expedition to
Channel Islands.

PACIFIC GROVE, Oct. THE div
planned by o. Noda, which set out to
gather these monster shellfish from
the rocky coast near Moro, expecting
to take off FIVE tons daily, has met with
a curious cause of failure. Abalones
were there in quantities, but for miles
along the shore they were all dead.
Instead of the sea moss and usual ma
rine growths, an oily slime covered the
ocean bottom, probably the result of
the upheaval of April last, when OBJ
servers on various parts of the coast
noticed geysers of heated liquids
elected high out of the horizon line.
Either the resulting high temperature
or this bituminous slime killed the
abalones.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
BIG DAMAGE in SOUTH.
Fire Near Los Angeles Said to Have
Burned Itself Out.

LOS ANGELES. Oct. Sixty to
seventy-fve square miles of brush land
burned over is today's record of the
disastrous fire which since Friday
morning has been eating it's way in and
out throughout the San Fernando Val
ley, destroying ranch houses, cremat-
ing cattle, reducing $4,000 worth of
Standard Oil property to ashes, threat
ening towns and hamlets, wiping out
100 miles of fencing and leaves 375
square miles of acreage a blackened
waste.
At midnight last night it was thought
the flames were dying out, but today S
wind revived the fire and it rapidly
worked its way into Wilson and Pa
coima canyons, the latter of which is
the most picturesque mountain canyon
in the State At late hour tonight
the fire is believed to have finally
burned itself out.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
SOLDIERS BATTLE
WITH FLAMES.
Save Quarantine Station
on Angel Island From
Destruction by Brush Fire
DO EXCELLENT WORK
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

TIBURoN. Oct. 7+Fire rapidly
burned the brush on the ridge back
and east of the quarantine station on
Angel Island this afternoon and for a
time it looked as if the quarantine
station would be destroyed. Famed
by a stiff breeze, the fire burned brisk
ly and dense volumes of smoke as
cended heavenward. Through the COM
bined efforts of three companies of
soldiers from Fort Mcdowell and all
the available men from the quarantine
station the progress of the fire was
checked this evening and is now con-
fined to one small place which is under
control of the fire fighters.
The fire originated in the. high grass
near Point Blunt yesterday afternoon
and spread quickly. Squads of fire
fighters had it almost eXtinguished,
when a high wind caused it to break
out anew with increased vigor.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
DEATH OF DANIEL T. JEwErr.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. daniel Tarbox
Jewett, former United States Senator
from Missouri, died today. In earlier
years he was a prominent attorney in
ST Louis and opposed Abraham Lin
coin in several suits at law, defeating
him in three of them. A daughter,
Mrs. G. A. Wilson. lives in Monterey,
Mex.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
HORSES PERISH IN FIRE
AT OAKLAND LUMBER YARD
Three-Thousand-Doll Loss Results
From Midnight Blaze in
Drayman's Stable.

OAKLAND, Oct. S.-Three horses
perished and about $4,000 worth of lum-
Der was destroyed in fire which broke
out shortly after midni ght in the sta
bles of William Kennedy, a drayman,
at the Sunset Lumber Company's yard,
Washington and First streets.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
pEArH cALLs MRs. mARY 2,

DEATH CALLS MRS. MARY BRADY.-Ala.
media, Oct. Mrs. Nary Brady died last night
at the hohne of her daughter. Mrs George King
of 206G Alameda avenue. Mrs. Brady was the
widow of the late Michael Brady and was a
native OF Ireland, eighty -four years of age.
Besides her daughter Mrs. King Mrs Brady Is
survived by son, James Brady.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
BRITISH IMPORTS

BRITISH IMPORTS DEcREAsE.-Loneon
Oct The September statement of the Board
of Trade shows decrease of $3.50 800 in i'm
ports and an increase uf $7.6T3, i0U i'll exports
The PRINCIPAL decrease In imports was ia cotton
from America.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
WAIST TOO coNspIcUous.

Mrs. Mary T. Wilson, a former school
principal and now the head of the pri-
vate school conducted by the Anti
Compulsory Vaccination League, said:
Il hardly think the peek-a boo
waists are modest. the way some COL
lege girls wear them. If they wear
complete waists underneath, the peek
a-boo waists are pretty. One of the
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
FOR DRIVING OUT
ALL CRIMINALS.
Citizens Hold Conference
and Discuss Measures for
the Safety of the Public
DEMAND PROTECTION

At the Promotion Bureau in Union
Square yesterday there was confer
ence attended by leading citizens TO
discuss preliminary measures for an
organized effort to enforce the law and
Danish the criminal element from San
Francisco. 1t was suggested that
committee should be created similar to
the celebrated association of citizens
in New York that exposed the rascali-
ties of the Tweed ring. and forced the
chief of the municipal plunderers to
fee the country. All the speakers at
the meeting yesterday dwelt upon the
notorious prevalence of crime in this
city. 1t was said that murderers, out
laws. thieves and rufians always con-
gregated in large cities where there
was known laxity in the enforcement
of the law. One object of the pro-
posed committee OF citizens is to teach
the lesson that the courts and the
police are the servants of the taxpay
ers. As affairs now stand the citizens
who pay%axes for the purpose of main
tanning government to protect life and
property are regarded as the slaves.
NOT A CLASS MOVEMENT.
Strong objection was advanced
against action that might tend to
create the impression that citizens
were favoring a class movement. 1t
was the sense OF the meeting that all
the commercial and manufacturing
bodies, together with the Federated
Trades and Building Council, should be
represented in the executive commit
tee of fifty. and that merchants, build
ers, manufacturers. contractors and all
others OF character as city builders
should Join in selecting some man of
exceptional capacity and high courage
to lead the crusade against crime.
Initial steps for forming an organf-
zation of good citizenship were taken
some days ago. Next Saturday there
will be an open meeting OF men who
have resolved that organized effort to
uphold the law must be made. The
open meeting will be called to order at
Promotion headquarters. If the at
tendance is larger than the building
will accommodate outdoor meeting
in the square will be held. II Is un-
derstood that several conferences will
ing. in order TO obtain the Judgment
of leading men as to the details OF the
organization.
ASSURANCES. ARE RECEIVED.
Many assurances were given at the
secret conference yesterday that mer-
chants. business men and leaders of
industrial enterprise in every section
of San Francisco were In full sym
pathy with the proposed organization,
and would lend their moral and mate
rial support to a concerted effort TO
enforce the law and Danish all GRIM
inals from the city. IT was the sense
of the meeting that the agencies of
the law should be invoked to better
the conditions In the city. Ofhcers of
the law and heads of municipal depart
ments upon whom rest the RESPONSE
bility OF giving to the taxpayers pro-
lection to life and property Will be
called upon to do their duty regardless
of their obligations to corporations and
bosses.
Report was made to the conference
that thousands of citizens, irrespective
of party, creed and class, were ready
to enroll in the cause of public safety.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08
COLLEGE GIRLS DEFENDED.

DR.. Brownsilps attack and sweeping
condemnation of the open-work waists
was resented by Miss Mary Downing,
a woman student, who declared that in
her opinion the lady physician was not
justified in making such a general at
tack upon the peek-a-boo waist. Miss
Downing believes that If an improper
peek-a-boo waist should come upon the
campus it would be frowned upon at
once by the mates of the college girl
who wore IT.
81 believe" said Miss Downing, that
college girls are almost invariably
dressed modestly, and that few of them
paint, while few of them have the time
or inclination to put excessive polish
on their finger nails"
Mrs. Grace Northrup thinks that
some of the peek-a-boos offend against
good taste, though the number is so
small as not to warrant the attack
upon them made by DR.. Brownsill Mrs
Northrup explained that what was
proper to be worn at one time was not
at another.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-08

BERKELEY, Oct. 7.-Dr. Edith S.
BrownsilTs condemnation of open work
waists, commonly spoken of as peek
a-boo waists" worn by women at the
university or elsewhere has created
much interest among the womenfolk
of Berkeley, and tea-table talk has CEN
tered upon Miss Brownsilrs lecture to
the "co-eds."
Society women, club ladies, girl stu
dents and the great host of women
who are simply women without any
distinguishing prefix seem to agree that
while peek-a-boo waists. when really
peek-a-boo in the extreme, should be
frowned upon by womanly women.
There is really no danger of a crisis in
the matter.
Phoebe Binney, who was president
of the Associated Students of the Uni
versity last year. remarked that she
had been in pretty close touch with
nearly all the women in college for four
years, and had not seen any peek-a-boo
waists other waists that could be
described as improper.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-21
M. [. RIBLETT Q
ANNOUNCES

In another column will be found
the announcement of Marcus l..
Riblett, Esq, of Lumberport, as a
candidate for the Republican nom
ination for the House of Delegates
of West Virginia.
Mr.. Riblett was born and reared
in Harrison county and is one of
the county's most honorable and
straightforward citizens. He is a
son of D. A. Riblett, a Civil war
veteran, who fought for the country
and flag.
Mr.. Riblett has resided in Clay
and Eagle districts all his life, ex-
eept four years he lived in Clarks-
burg. He married a daughter of
John w. Boggess, a pioneer citizen
of the county and one of its most
honorable and successful men. Mr..
Riblett himself is man of unusu-
al intelligence and quite successful
in business. He possesses a SPLEEN
did personality and is just as good
a man as he looks.
Mr.. Riblett is an active member
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
is prominent in Odd Fellows cir
Giles. and has been and is a dyed-in-
the-wool Republican and has ever
been loyal to the pNrty, believing
and advocating its principles and
its NOMINEES.
There is no man in the county
that would look more diligently,
and fairly after the
interests of Harrison county in the
than Mr.. Riblett, in the
event it is the will of his party to
elect him to represent the county
in the legislative halls at Charles
ton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-21
EMILY WON

Emily, Camden Sommers' three
year-old by Nuthurst, won the 2:24
pace at Buckhannon Thursday af-
ternoon, beating field of four
others, namely, DIR. Luther Hay
mond's pacing mare NJ. L., A. d.
PARIS pacing mare, Acton Belle, n
green PAGER owned by Col. Thomas
b. Davis, of Keyser, and Zada, the
entry of Thomas Given, of New
Martinsville. The purse was $500.
Local horses made only fair
showing, but came within the
money. They were all sent Thurs
day evening by United States ex-
press to Myersdale, Pa, where they
viii perform next week.