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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
American Department Store Will
Invade British Metropolis.

r ONDON, Aug. HI Gordon
Selfridge, prominent in Amer
ica for many years as the man
ager of Marshall Fields great Chicago
store, is keeping London guessing
just now. In all business circles
especially in what is called the
"drapery trade"-no end of specula-
ton is INDUCED in as to his prospects
for establishing an American Marshall
Fields with British clientele.
Usually the "all-American concern"
does not take deep root in the Eng
lish soil, mainly for the reason that
there is strong undercurrent of
prejudice in this country against any
people who come here to teach the
English public how to do things.
That a great department store
would undoubtedly receive welcome
reception in this country goes without
saying. 1t is sadly needed. But no
American store could be lifted bodily
from New York, Chicago or elsewhere
and succeed here without making
many notifications in its running sys-
tenn. There are pecularities of trade
in London which have to be studied.
It is just these pecularities and char
acteristics that have occupied the at
tention Of Selfridge since coming to
this country two months ago and dur
ing his past several visits to London.
In order to obtain his views on the
difference between running gigantic
store in America and London |
called on him at his offices in Oxford
street, situated in the center of the
fashionable West End shopping dis
trict
| found Mr.. Selfridge seated in
front of big desk, which was covered
with piles of correspondence, archi-
tectural plans for his firms great
buildings, reports, leases of their big
slice of London land and other docu-
ments. Mr.. Selfridge is so busy that
he always has time to attend to any
thing of Importance, and so methodi-
cal in his work that he can sidetrack
one train of thought without interfer-
ing with the rest of the system. In
passing it might be remarked that
there are no sleeping cars on the Self
ridge line.
Undoubtedly great differences exist
between English and American and
American business methods" said he.
Until we came to this country, not
as mere visitors, but to meet the peo-
pie on a business footing, / never
realized how much courtesy literally
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

pie call and shall try to make them
feel interested We shall, in a word,
endeavor to have all the best quail
ties of the most up-to-date American
department store of high quality,
toned down, so to speak, and assimi-
lated with the English system.
"The store will, as far as we can
make it, so welcome American visitors
and place its many points of accom-
modation at their disposal that it will
become sort of an American con-
sulate,' downtown headquarters for
Americans who either visit England
or reside here. We want to make all
Americans feel so much at home there
that their first visit after leaving their
hotel will be to this great store. But
really we will have much to say on
this interesting point later. / can saw
now that we will try to make every
American feel a proprietorship in
terest in the store; it will be partly
their business.
"By making beforehand a special
study, as I am trying TO do, of Eng
lish business characteristics, / believe
we can create big Anglo-American
department store that will become an
institution in this wonderful city of
London, with its seven or eight mil
lion souls"
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Those Cuban revouonists handicapped by their inability
to call upon Uncle Sam to declare against something.
General Geeys report the War Department enough
matter demanding further elucdaon keep him busy the remainder
of the year.
That disturbance Chile the country
extensively and less favoraby political revo-
lutions could have done
If the late Thomas Jefferson could keep tab all
kinds of New York Democracy referring themselves to
him these surely would wonder what kind got mixed
with the seed he planted.
For great reasons Mr. Hearst has decided
Taft will be elected President of the The
first of these the editor is that che a
relation Presidents Mr. Hearst have brain
his continued unkndnes concerning waist
That OGrady who retired from the Police Commission by COM
appointing power and with the full approval of the
public taken Of For $3.50 do or
pretend City Attorneys already paid for
doingor doing There wasn't job of OGradys in the
shop so they made him to order
longest leased the world listening
Indiana resort Mr. Tagga should substitute
ivory composition of his poker chips Even the keen
detect the of the rubber chip
fellows of the nacies of jackpot Rubber
chips pass night give ew their of activity
In the betting they noiseless and the festive who
dy shufes his stack only play tune without sound
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
Aged Countess Finds
Bridge Interesting.

II ONDON, Aug. 4.-Perhaps the
| most wonderful woman in
England just now is the Coun
tess of Macclesheld. In the
United States one is said TO be too
old at 40 for the strenuous life; in
England of late men have cut the
age down to IS. Yet Lady Mac"
as the aged Countess is Familiarity
called, deems IS young enough to
start new whirl of excitement in
her life. She has just learned bridge,
and is rapidly becoming as ardent
player as any in her own special
social set.
The Countess huge family are not
quite sure that they like it, for bridge
devotees usually start playing after
luncheon and keep it up until the
early hours of the morning. Sessions
of ten or twelve hours, with more
half-hours for meals or refreshments,
are not an unusual thing. But the
Countess is not doing the worrying.
She is going on merrily with the
fascinating craze
She has had a remarkable career,
this octogenarian noblewoman. She
was Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor,
second daughter of the second Mar
quis of Westminster, who later was
raised to dukedom. She was, luck
lily for herself, the second wife of the
Earl of Macclesheld. One of the
strangest legends in the history of
British peerage is woven about the
Earls of Macclesheld and their brides.
Young women, who know the tradi-
ton, fight shy of being the first
bride of the Earl or the heir of the
Earl 1t is the Fatal Wedding"
and, as the family history proves, is
counting death. For the first wives,
even down to those of the present
Earl and his eldest son and heir, Wis
count Parker, have died soon after
marriage or within year or two.
The descendants of the long line of
the Parkers have been the children
of the second wives The present
Countess has had fifteen children, OF
whom eleven sons and three daugh-
ters are living.
The Countess was married in the
Carly III llCSg anu was dRPODllCu
Lady of the Bedchamber to the then
Princess of Wales on the latter's
marriage in 1868. She, of course. re-
linquished the post score of years
ago. She is still great .favorite at
court, however. To compensate her
for not being included in the entour-
age of her royal mistress at the cor
onation, she received a magnificent
miniature of the Queen set in bril-
liants and bearing the inscription,
"To Dear Lady Mac. From Alex
andra."
The Countess is a sister of Eleanor
Duchess of Northumberland, aunt of
the Duke of Westminster, and a rela-
ton to nearly half the peerage
through the marriage of her many
sons and daughters. She retains all
her mental powers, as is proven by
her extraordinary skill of bridge, and
talks we'll and wittily. She lives at
her town house in Eaton Square dur
ing the season, but is mostly at Shir-
burne Castle in Oxfordshire, a
moated stronghold of the Middle
Ages.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

Townsend's Cal glace fruits and can
dies at Emporium, Post and Van Ness,
and 1908 and 1920 Valencia street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

Those Cuban revouonists handicapped by their inability
call upon Uncle Sam declare against something
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

That seismic disturbance Chile has advertised country
extensively and less favorably than political
utions could dhaved
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

I ONDON, Aug. 4.-Perhaps the
most wonderful woman in
England just now is the Coun-
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

General Gree report to the War Department contains enough
# the
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26

During the four years that the law
has been on the statute book a good
sized grist of private grievances has
accumulated, not all of which are of
the class just mentioned There have
been a number of instances where
owners of private lands under Gov
ernment projects have strenuously
objected to the subdivision Of their
property into quarter sections, as the
law requires. Criticisms and griev-
ances have been heard in the distance
at the last two sessions of the irriga-
ton congress. Apparently, all the
chickens will come home to roost at
Boise. Thus, if the friends of the re-
clamation service snail be as nurne-
rously represented as its critics, there
will be no doubt of a large attend.
ance."
In connection with sending in the
names of the New Mexico delegation
to the congress, Governor Hagerman
of that Territory took occasion to
write. Executive Chairman Gwinn as
follows:
"AlI these men have been verv
carefully selected and I am sure that
they all will attend. Nearly all of
them are very much interested and
very enthusiastic in regard to irriga-
tion matters, and most of them come
from districts in New Mexico which
are now being benefited and which in
the future will be much more greatly
benefited by the work Of the national
reclamation service.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
KILLS
ARAB GIANT
SIX MONTHS AGO HE HOISTED
SEVEN MEN
Whirlwind Bedouins Lose Their Statu-
.esque Leader-Orpheum Audi
ences Recall His Wonderful
Vaudeville Act

Somewhere in the vaudeville circuits
of the eastern states there is an act
featured as Eight Bedouin Arabs
Whirlwnd Acrobats." 1t is one of the
greatest acts of the kind in the world.
A few months ago these men were
seen at the Orpheum theater in Los
Angeles, but the man who was leader
of the band of acrobats then is not
with them now.
His name was Mohammed Agraham
and he died Tuesday morning in the
county hospital and was buried yes
terday in the paupers' cemetery. 1t is
the old story of consumption and the
strong man, but just little more
tragic in this case, because the man
was a little stronger than most men,
his decline more rapid and his lone
illness in his last hours a little more
complete.
No one who saw the exhibition given
by those eight Arabs will ever forget
the strong man of the troupe, for he
was about the strongest strong man
that was ever seen on the vaudeville
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
SIXTH WARDERS
WOULD RECALL
WHOLE BUNCH

The Vernon Improvement associa-
tion, a civic organization in the south
end of the Sixth ward, last evening
held a meeting at Bucks hall at Cen
tral and Vernon avenues to express
its indignation at the action of the
council in giving away a million dol
lars worth of the city's property. 1t
launched it's wrath at the council in
general and Dock Houghton. whom
they say misrepresents that ward. In
particular.
John Welch. who Las a reputation as
a local politician in the Sixth ward,
said some pretty hard things of Dock
Houghton and his fellow councilmen
and wanted the whole "bunch" re-
called.
Recall the whole bunch,' said
Welch. It's no use to single out one
individual and take him out of the
council We cid that in this ward once
and see what we got-Dock Houghton.
The entire council should have been
recalled long ago. but the time is now
ripe for a general recall. Public SEN
timent is at fever heat. We must
show that gang of grafters at the city
hall at a special election that we are
ready to let them know what we
think of them. We did everything we
could to get Houghton to change his
vote but he threw us down. We
can't do anything by resoluting. We
must get out with petitions
The association passed resolutions
declaring that the action of the coun-
ell was clear evidence of corrupt leg
islation if not OF doodle and calling
on Dock Houghton to reconsider his
affirmative vote on the question.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Rand Of Mime
apols are among the guests at the
Alexandria. They are accompanied by
Miss w. c. Semple and Kenneth Rand.
A. T. Rand is a prominent real estate
owner in Minneapolis.
P. f. Eustis, traffic manager of the
Burlington route, arrived in Los An
geles yesterday and took apartments at
the Alexandria. He is accompanied by
w. Walker. secretary of the steel trust,
and F. L. Watson, Walter Aver and K.
H. Addington.
w. C. Fargo, president of the Wells
Fargo express company of New York
City. arrived at the Van Nuys yester-
day. Mr.. Fargo is accompanied by his
wife. They are on pleasure tour of
California and are on their way home.
Mrs. c. N. Hasson and daughter of
this city, who have been visiting in
San Francisco, returned to the Lanker-
SHIN yesterday.
George M. Curtis of Bloomington,
Cal, owner of one of the largest olive
ranches in California and an eastern
capitalist, is again at the Lankershim.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30

enter the enemy's territory will be to
extend the Los Angeles railway to
Venice. He has several points from
which he can build lines paralleling
Harriman's, but the one which he has
chosen is by way of the Maple avenue
line.
Huntington now has in his posses
sion, or has an option on or Is negotiat-
ing for through his agents. a strip of
land extending from the end of this
line at Fifty-fourth street clear to
Venice
when construction is begun upon
this line, 1t will undoubtedly develop
that other branches are laid out for
which the right of way has been Sc
cured, radiating to the principal sta
tions along the line of the Los Angeles
Pacific railroad"
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Citrus Protective league
Wednesday night. 1t was decided to
appoint a committee TO confer with
representatives from each of the three
railroads leading into Los Angeles
The time for the meeting will be set
by the railroad men.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
LEAGUE WILL
OPEN A RED
HOT CAMPAIGN

Believing the action of the city coun-
Gil in granting to E. w. Gilmore, his
successors and assigns, the franchise
for steam railroad in the Los An
geles river bed, despite the strong op-
position voiced by prominent citizens
to be on level with the action of the
Philadelphia city council in its effort
TO put forth the big gas steal in that
city, the Municipal league will use the
same means employed by Philadel-
phians to show the council what the
citizens think of it. This organiza-
tion will begin at once to perfect or
ganizations in the various wards of
the city, and through these organiza-
tions try to call the council to a sense
of its duty to the people.
I'VE propose to begin this campaign
tomorrow" said c. D. Willard. secre-
tary of the league yesterday afternoon
Our organizations will provide the halls
for holding meetings. and we believe by
the middle of next week these meet
tngs will be in full swing and interest
at q high DitCh
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
SORORITY HOLDS BANQUET
Alpha Chi omeeas Dined Last EVen-
ing at the Hotel Lank-
erShim

The annual banquet of the Alpha
Chi Omega sorority was held in the
gold room of the Hotel Lankershim
last night. Twenty-three members
were present and toasts were respond
ed to by seven. The gold room was
artistically decorated for the occasion
and the different courses of the BAN
quet We're served in elegant style.
The following gave toasts: Mrs. c.
W. Brown, Lulu Johns, Mrs. R. G.
Van Cleve. Louise White, Hazel Hearne
and Carrie Trowbridge. The others
present were: Mrs. T. Abbott, Flora
Barron. Mabel CHAPLIN, Mrs. E. E. Ell
lott. Miss Ellis. Blanche Gregg. Mabel
Hickman, Katherine Saunder Mrs.
Hubbard. Maude Hawley, Mauneena
Mcmillan. Myrtle Macarthur, Ora Mil
lard. Essie Neff, Erna Reese, Marie
Smith, Mrs. J. S. White.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
Help Some

"Have you anything laid aside for a
Amy day?'
Nothing except a pair of ruhbers"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30

stage. He carried the whole seven OF
his fellows on his shoulders and seemed
sorry that there were not a dozen or
so more of them. He whirled about
the stage, dervish fashion. yelling his
delight in wild cries and the louder he
yelled the faster he whirled and the
faster he whirled the wilder he yelled.
This act is the only one on record
which actually took the Orpheum au-
diences off their feet, and there were
actually cheers-cheers that rivaled
those of the Arabs themselves-as the
curtain went down on that bounding
mass of humanity.
And Mohammed Agraham was the
greatest of them all. He was a mag
nificent specimen of manhood at its
physical best. If anyone had suggest
ed that in six months he would be
dead he would have laughed himself
sick; and above all that he should die
of consumption-prepo
But it was only a few weeks after
he left here that Mohammed began to
feel the disease creeping in upon him.
At first it was only a cold but he had
never had a cold before and it worried
him a little. Then he began to have
spasms of weakness, and he could not
be depended upon to do his heaviest
work and a substitute was put in his
place.
At length he was down and out, and
his friends sent him to Los Angeles
to see if he could not recuperate.
Probably never has a physical COL
lapse been more rapid and more COM
plete. The strong man became weaker
and weaker and finally went to the
county hospital last Monday night.
Tuesday morning he died-the dread
tuberculosis had claimed it's own.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30

not behind the movement. and in the
face of that l don't know what to do.
If it transpires that l have been mis-
led, and this is not for a competing
transcontinental line that is not now
operating in Los Angeles, l shall GER
tainly vote to sustain the mayors
veto"
Now look here" said Councilman
Healy, when told that Gould had re-
pudiated any interest in the franchise.
You know how Gould does things. OF
course, he wouldn't tell the truth about
it. Until he has that franchise safe
and sound in his pocket you can de-
pend on him to stand up and say that
he doesn't know what franchise looks
like. But when he does get it he will
tell another story.
What will 1 do if the mayor vetoes
it? Well, now you're asking, amt
you?"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
WORKMAN FALLS INTO A PIT
Chas. Berry Seriously Injured in Ex-
caVation at Daily and Mani
tou Streets

Charles Berry of S19 South Olive
street was fatally injured by falling
into a pit at DAILY and Manitou streets
yesterday afternoon. Both arms were
broken and his leg and back badly
injured. Berry was removed to the
county hospital and later to his home.
While at work in ditch that is
being constructed by the city Berry
was called out. AS he was about to
lower himself into the ditch upon re-
turning Berry suddenly stumbled and
fell. So violent was the fall that
Berry lost consciousness for nearly an
hour.
Men working with Berry assisted
him out of the ditch and took him to
nearby house. From there he was
sent to the county institution. The
physicians who examined Berry say
that there is little chance of him liv-
ing
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
May Apply the Referendum

we do not propose to hold one or
two meetings and then let the case
drop, but keep it up until there is no
longer any excuse for them. Through
them we expect to induce the council
men to vote to sustain the mayors s
veto, for we anticipate, of course. he
will veto the proposition but if that
method does not prove effective we
still have the referendum. In the event
of the failure of the referendum it can
be tied up in the courts and that course
will be resorted to-"
The executive committee of the Mu-
nlcipal league was i'm session for near
ly two hours yesterday afternoon con-
sidertng the wisest course for it to
pursue. Closeted with this committee
was Assistant city Attorney Goudge,
who has so strenuously opposed the
action of the council and who volun-
teered the information to that body
Wednesday afternoon that it was not
only within its power but it's legal
duty, to sell the franchise. The fact
that the league still considers invok-
ing the referendum in the event of the
councils passing the measure over the
mayors veto is taken as evidence that
Mr. Goudge is convinced that weapon
may be applied In fact he has said
so in so many words.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
YANKS HIM OVER COUNTER
Customer Seizes Dealer by Ears and
Trouble Ensues Over
Purchase

Martin Bathlessa was arraigned be-
fore Police Justice Rose yesterday on
the charge of assaulting D. MacKor-
mack of S09 East First street. The
Italians trial was set for April 5
and his bail was fixed at S100.
According to the complaining wit
ness, Bathlessa purchased saw holder
from him. Later he returned and
claimed that the holder would not
work. MacKormack says that he Of
fered him one in its place and at that
Bathlessa became angry.
He reached over the counter and
caught MacKormack by the ears. Af-
ter pulling him over the counter, Mac
Kormack claims that Bathlessa bit his
face. A policeman found the men thus
engaged when he entered.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
SEES HARRIMAN'S
HAND IN THE BIG
FRANCHISE DEAL

L don't care to go on record as say
ing who seeks the river bed franchise"
said a prominent railroad official yes
terday who is closely in touch with
what is doing in the railroad world,
but l am willing to make guess
which 1 think will be found to be a
good one.
1T is neither Huntington nor Gould
nor the Rock Island, but plainly
stamped on the face of it all is Har-
riman. Railroad men might believe
that it was the Rock Island if the
paper which sprung the story had not
made one very bad mistake.
If they had said that Judge Moore,
who has been at Santa Barbara for
three weeks, was here looking for an
inlet for the Rock Island instead of
saying that President Winchell and
other Rock Island officials made visits
to the coast for that purpose, their
story could more easily have been
given credence.
This franchise grab was in a way
a very smoothly played game, and vet
there was a bad bungle. Hartman
made fatal mistake by not timing
his play right.
Points Out Some Mistakes
Gould anything more clever on the
part of Hartman have been conceived
that to ask for this franchise through
Gilmore, and clothing it in the garb of
a Gould enterprise, when sentiment is
running so strong in Los Angeles to-
ward letting Gould into the city.
THE mistake was made when they
sprung the proposition too soon, and
also did some raw work in the city
council. They should have waited un-
til they had made it look sure that
Gould was coming here instead of
springing it when Hartman and Hunt
ington are fighting and the people are
expecting either of them at any time
to ask for franchises
What would Hartman want with
such a franchise?" was asked.
He wants it for a club to hold over
Huntington to keep the latter from
paralleling his lines"
do you believe in the story that
there is to be a fight between Hartman
and Huntingdon"
Il most certainly do How can
Hartman got the Los Angeles Pacific.
BY this time he must be tired of being
domineered over by Hartman. I
think that it will be a fight to finish"
Will Build to Beaches
THAT Huntington has long been pre-
pairing for fight with Hartman can
plainly be seen on account of the large
number of franchises and rights of way
which he has been collecting under one
guise or another.
"The first stroke with which he win
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
TAXPAYERS FIGURE
ON FRANCHISE COST
SAY MONEY WOULD REDUCE TAXES
Councilmen Who Disregarded Wishes of People
and Advice of Attorney Fail to Appear
at CITY Hall-Recalls Threatened

city and 5
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-30
Windows Go Up
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
PITTSBURG, March 29.-Representa-
tives of eighty Independent window
glass manufacturers controlling 1900
pots met in this city today and voted
to advance the price of their product
10 per cent.
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