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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
NOTABLE MURDER TRIAL
IS BEGUN IN VIRGINIA
Case of Strothers Brothers,
Who Killed Sisters
Husband, Called

CULPEPPER, Va, Feb. 21.-PhiIin
and James Strothers, brothers. were
placed on trial today charged with the
murder of their brother-in-law. Will
liam F. Bywaters,. on the night of De-
cember 10 last. within few hours after
he had been married to their sister.
Viola Strothers. The "unwritten law
will be the defense and the trial prom
ise5 to be sensational.
Mrs. Bywaters has been in a critical
condition since the night her husband
was killed, but 1t is believed she will
be able to testify for the prosecution.
William Bywaters was a clubman.
politician and generally good fellow
about town. One of the defendants.
James Strothers. is a leading lawyer of
Welch ana member of the Legisla-
ture. There is much feeling on the
part of friends, political and otherwise.
of the Bywaters and Strothers families
and the legal fight will be a notable
one.
After court had convened Common
wealth Attorney Keith said 1t would
be inexpedient to secure a jury from
this county and the court decided to
have the jurors brought from Shenan-
doah County, fifty talesmen being sum-
moned-
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
Examinations to Be
Held at Preside

Wv YASHINGTON, Feb. 2I.-
w Lieutenant Colonel Adam
Shaker, artillery corps, has
been appointed president of
a board at the Presidio of San
Francisco that is to conduct ex-
amfnations of the following off,
GERS to determine their fitness for
promotion:
Captain Daniel w. Ketcham,
First Lieutenants Granville Sc
vier, James Wheeler, Edward A.
Stuart, John McMannus, Guy e.
Manning, Harry w. McCauley.
Samuel ID. McAIfster, Robert j.
Arnold, Elisha G.. Abbott, James
L. Long, Frederick L. DengIer,
Kennel c. Masteller, TilIman
Campbell and j. G. Langdcn.
Second Lieutenants William e.
de Sombre, Clarence Carrigan,
Howard L. Martin, Samuel Card
well, Charles j. Ferris, James b.
Taylor, Guy B. G.. Hanna, Avery
J. Cooper, Frank Gecre, George p.
Halves Jr., Offnere Hope, John
O'Neil, Charles e. II. Lull, RoiIo
r. Anderson, William It. Carpen-
ter, julius C. Peterson and Ed
ward j. Cullen.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
PIERCE is ExTRADITED
Oil Man Must Go to Texas tc
Stand His Trial

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 21.-
Governor Folk honored the requisition
of Governor Campbell of Texas today
for H. Clay Pierce. chairman of the
board of the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany, who is wanted in Texas on a
charge of making false affidavit.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 21.-Senator J.
w Bailey told the legislative invest
eating committee today he would be
glad to resign as Senator if he could
arrange matters so that he could meet
all his enemies at one time and finish
them there and then" He said he de-
served great praise for not having
taken a shotgun and gone after his po-
litical enemies.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22

sociation. came to the coast to look out
for the interests of the association. as
the local show contains the cars of the
associated manufacturers and those of
the manufacturers who do not pay roy
atty on the Seldom patent J. A. Stoner,
manager of the Standard Motor Car
Company, which handles the Acme and
Ford cars. said last night:
The statement made to the effect
that the manufacturers of the so-called
unlicensed cars who are members of
the American Motor Car Manufacturers
Association have not enough capital to
manufacture cars and the parts needed
at the same time is untrue. The Amer
lean Motor Car Manufacturers Associa-
ton represents twice as much capital
as the Association OF Licensed Automo-
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
PASS TWO-CENT FARE BILL
Legislatures of Three States Act on
New Traffic Measure

LINCOLN, Neb, Feb. 21.-The House
today passed the 2-cent passenger fare
bill with an emergency clause. 1t now
goes to the Governor.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 21.-The House to-
day passed the 2-cent fare bill
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 21.-The
Senate 2-cent fare bill, amended so as
to provide for 215 cent cash fares when
tickets are not bought, and for the re-
bate of this extra amount at any ticket
office, passed the House unanimously
this afternoon. It is understood that
the Senate will concur in the amend
ment
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22

trouble, take 1T to the meeting of the
mechanical branch and it is threshed
out there. This alone guarantees a
better car than can be produced under
any other circumstances. AS for a de-
cision in the test cases that are now
before the courts, 1 have word from
those who are handling the cases that
decision will be handed down within
the next ninety days"
c. A. Hawkins. the Western manager
of the White Company. has returned
from Chicago and is at the local show.
In speaking of the display of the San
Francisco dealers he said: I'VE have a
better show here than that in Chicago
The show there was divided up into two
buildings, block apart. connected by a
passageway. There were more cars at
the Chicago show, but the effect at our
show is more attractive by far"
The members of the California
a daylight parade for Saturday IL the
weather is clear. Mrs. Jules Gabriel.
the secretary, said yesterday that all
the dealers had given automobiles for
the use Of the members, and that there
would be 225 cars in line. The cars
are to be filed by the women, and the
only male passenger will be the chauf-
feur. The members of the club who
own cars are going TO take part in the
event The course to be taken by the
parade is to be the same as that of the
parade of last Monday evening.
The start will take place from the cor
ner of Market street and Van Ness
avenue at II a. m.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
TEACHERS COMING SOON
National Association to Meet In Los
Angeles I'm July

The National Educational Associa-
ton. which was to have convened in
San Francisco last summer, but did
not do so because Of the disaster, has
accepted an invitation to meet In Los
Angeles from July to IL. It had
been intended to hold the convention
IN Philadelphia this summer. but the
Trunk Line Association refused to
make the regular fare concessions, and
SO the Los Angeles invitation was ac-
cepted.
About 100000 persons are directly
engaged In educational work in the
United States, Of which over 10000,
under favorable circumstances, attend
the conventions which are held an
nually in one of the larger cities of
the country. 1t is expected that fully
the usual number will be in Los An
geles next July.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22

foreign cars, and of this number only
eight belong to the licensed association
Last year the members of the Ii
censed association paid s462 2655.S2 in
royalties to the Association of Lii
censed Automobile Manufacturers. Now
some one has to pay for this royalty.
1t is not going to be the manufactur-
ers, so it must be the buyer. 1 claim
that there have been sold twice as
many unlicensed cars as licensed. With
this point in view. why is 1t that the
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22

bile Manufacturers. To prove this one
only has to consider that there are $50
manufacturers of automobiles in the
United States OF this number thirty
two are members of the association
that work under the Seldom patent. The
rest are independent and members of
the American Motor Car Manufactur-
ers' Association. This means that the
majority of the manufacturers in the
United States do not pay a royalty.
There are about forty importers of
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22

are trying to do is to so improve the
manufacture of automobiles that they
may make more converts to motoring
and not drive any one out. There are a
lot of companies in the United States
who assemble cars and do not build
them, with the result that vehicle is
put on the market that will not stand
up. With the makes of our association
it is different. 1t has large factories
and hires the best workmen in the
world. The makers, when they have
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22

Association of Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers has only fought one
concern? All its opposition has been
centered on the Ford
Clinton said last night: This is the
same discussion that comes up at all
the shows. They fight our association
at all times, but that does not hinder
us from carrying out the plans of it's
officers. Our association is working
for the betterment of the automobile,
so that it will be lasting. What we
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
FRANK M'VcARS, ACTOR,
KILLED ACCIDENTALLY
Found Dead at the Foot of
Flight of Stairs at
His Hotel

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.-Frank Nc
Wears, who had been playing in The
Man of the Hour" at the Savoy Thea
ter, was found dead today at the foot
of a short flight of stairs leading from
the sidewalk to an areaway of the
Hotel Tivoli in Thirty ghth street.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
REFUSE BERKELEY,s TERMS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 21-
The executive committee OF the student
body last night refused to accept the
terms offered by California for another
meeting of the intercollegiate agree
ment committee to consider the track
dispute.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
where he lived. His skull was frac-

where he lived. His skull was frac-
tured.
1t is believed the death was acciden-
tai. McVicars came to New York from
California.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 21-Frank Nc
Wears. the actor killed in New York
today. was formerly a member of the
Burbank stock company of this city.
He played at the Burbank for several
years in character parts. He left Cali
fornia for New York something over a
year ago.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
Unlicensed Makers
Defend Their Rights
ByR. r. I,Hor11rr1edieu

The local representatives Of the
manufacturers of unlicensed automo-
biles have met the challenge of H y.
EociatiOn Of Licensed Automobile Manu-
facturers. Clinton, who is at the head
Of the publicity department Of the as
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
coURs1NG STAKE CALLED OFF

There will be no coursing at Ingle-
side Park today. The holiday stake
has been declared off. owing to the
late arrival of a shipment OF hares
from Merced. There will be cours-
ing on Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22

ALAMEDA, Feb. 21.-Weather per-
hitting, the tennis tournament TO de-
termine the singles and doubles cham
pionship Of Alameda County will be
started tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
on the courts OF the Alameda-BeIlevue
Club
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
BISHOP FITZGERALD DIES

HOT SPRINGS. Ark. Feb. 21.-Bishop
Edward Fitzgerald, Catholic Bishop of
the Little Rock diocese, died here to-
night.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
MAKES NEW woRLD,s RECORD

MEDFORD, Mass. r'eb. 21.-What Is
said to be a new worlds record for put
ting the eight-pound shot was made to-
night by w. W. Coe Of the Boston Auh-
letic Association. his distance being
63 feet q inches.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
WILL ARRANGE TRACK MEET

BERKELEY, Feb 21.-Manager Snedi-
gar of Berkeley has been authorized
to arrange for a track meet with the
University of Southern California on
April IL. to be held on the Berkeley
oval
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
A New Departure

Merchants lunch. 11:30 to 2:30 0. N.
soc with wine Cafe Francisco. SO.
Van Ness avenue. near Ellis street
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
TENNIS AT ALAMEDA

Holcomb Realty Co.'S excursion to Decoto runs
today. rain or shine. everybody 60
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22

III. Phster Knitting Co. Is now open
Tor business at Ssa McAllister st.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01

brave. Mcleod he trust me. He full
growed man, Mcleod.
The other laughed unpleasantY.
wei, do you want to trade your
beaver?" he asked.
Walking Moose shook his head.
me take beaver way east, to Bear
River now" he said. But take trade
for skins on my credit all right"
NO you don't, my son." said the
agent you can't fool Benjamin
Brown with your tricks"
mo give me baccy an powder for
my credit, for my good skins in the
store?" asked the hunter, sharply.
That's what I mean exactly. This
post doesn't pay twice over for skins
when I'm in charge of it," answered
the white man.
Walking Moose looked round him on
every side. His squaw and the hus-
kies and the robber in front of him
were the only living creatures in sight.
His hand shot out and clutched the
front of the agents shirt. A quick
jerk brought the offender to his knees.
In minute he was bound with thongs
at ankles and wrists.
Walking Moose, his countenance un-
ruf1ed, lifted the agent of the great
company into the store and propped
him against a stack Of four-bags.
Then he motioned to the squaw to
enter
Now" said he, you two see good
trade"
He found his bundle of skins heap
ed in corner with others, drew it
forth and unfastened it, For half
an hour he measured and weighed
provisions and counted skins. Now
and then he inquired the rate of trade
of the agent. When the last skin was
spent, he helped the woman make the
purchases into packs. Then he turn
ed to the agent.
Me leave little fire outside You
hop out pretty soon, and burn your
hands free. Easy nough to do. Walk
ing Moose had to do it once himself.
Then you better wait for your men
an don't try follow Walking Moose"
The squaw exclaimed thQ in adj
miration. Her husband frowned
slightly.
ME no bad Injun," he said. mo
rough Injun cept with fool Now we
go to Bear River and trade the beaver
with Mcleod. Youths Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
Cat Killed BY EIv Paner.

Sticky fy-Daper was invented TO-
catch flies, not cats, but seems equally
successfully as destroyer of felines
A Germantown man had a pet pussy
Of which he was very fond. The ami.
NAL went to sleep on several pieces
Of this kind of fly catcher the other
day, but after a period of STRUGGLE
managed to get loose from the wen.
stuck-on plasters and proceeded to give
himself thorough washing until the
discomforting gluey mass had disap-
peared from his fur. The next day
the cat was dead, and the man remem.
bered having read a short time ago Of
a similar case that happened up state
Now he is wondering if he has grounds
Tor a suit against the maker of the.
ty-paper.-Philadelphia Record.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
THE PRuNE.

O prune abused and much maligneAs
But of the joklet cruel
The furnace Of the funny man
Finds you it's choicest fuel.
The roor on you might chew away
But not the proud and wealthy,
But, ah, the tables now are turned
For you, it seems, are healthy'
Within the lowly boarding house
The unresisting boarder
Who paid as promptly as he could
Might get you with each order,
And as the lady of the house.
A sort Of female Nero,
Looked on while he consumed the dish
He felt he was a hero.
No longer, prune, are you despised,
Athletic, sport and scholar
Will pass up pie, preserves ana CAKE
And for the prune dish holer.~
The man who would be well and strOas
And have his brain the clearest
viii say when he sits down to eat,
Please pass the prunes, my dearest.
1t seems too bad and quite a shame
That we have chewed protesting,
At prunes so long and never knew
Their beauty in digesting.
We might have guessed that they were
good
When trying to ignore them,
Because, as we remember now,
We never hankered for them.
Nashville American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
NEW VIEWS OF EART4's AGE.
Zoology, Says Or. scharff of Dublin,
Reconstructs Its History.

Zoology, Says Or. Scharff of Dublin
Reconstructs Its History.
The old theories of studying the
former confguration of the earths
surface by investigation of fossil re-
mains is to be thrown overheard. AT
one of the most important meetings
of the Geological Congress, in the
first address ever given on the subject,
DR.. R. F. Scharff of the Dublin Mu-
scum, Ireland, set forth the claims of
Topography, or the evolution of con-
tinents as illustrated by the distribu-
ton of existing animals.
DR.. Scharff said:
Il believe that the oldest and most
permanent forms of the earth's sur
face can be ascertained by study of
the distribution of present forms of
animal life. BY this means we may
reconstruct the former globe and ar
rive at a very certain idea of what
must have been.
TAKE, for instance, the continent
of North America. Animal forms
found east of the Rocky mountains
are comparatively unknown on the
western slopes until modern times.
Rut almost identical form are found
in Europe-Austria particularly. This
led to the belief that at some time or
other the continent had been con-
nected with Europe by strip of land,
and that the part of North America
now west of the Rockies had either
been submerged and is comparatively
new land, or else that it had been sep
arated from the eastern part by a
body of water. Probably western
North America did not exist in re-
mote times.
ut is also known by the same
means that South and North America
were not joined together until the mid
die of the tertiary period, many thou
sands of years ago, but geologically
speaking very recently. We are sure
ment that there we're other land
masses to the east and west, and re-
cent Investigations have shown that
Brazil and Africa were connected by
land long before North and South
America were joined, and the con
Meeting ridge still exists far beneath
the sea.
This fact is demonstrated by spider
and crab forms which are analogous
in South American and Africa, but
which do not exist in North America
Indeed it seems that in remote times
southwest Africa was not joined to
the rest Of the continent, but was part
of land strip which connected Aus
tralia, Madagascar and South Amer
lea. Analogous animal forms in diff
ferent parts of the world hint with
some certainty at prehistoric con-
nection. Boston Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01

"Do you think that horrid story
about Beatrice is true?" 1T must be.
heard it from her dearest friend" p
Life.
What very thin voice that girl
hast" Thin! Why, it's so thin she
ought to sing all her music in skele-
ton key. Baltimore American.
Hoax-"All the members of my
family have expressed a wish to be
cremated." Joax-"Ah! you have rel
atives to burn, eh?"-Philadelphi Rec
ord.
Kindly old gent Ito the newsboy
with big bundle) -"Don't all those pap
ers make you tired, my boy?" Little
boy-"No, l doesn't read EN-, sur
Punch
Tom-'It was a case of love at first
sight with me-" Jack-"Then why
didn't you marry her." Tom-"Oh, /
saw her again on several occasions"
Chicago Daily News.
Who's that a-hollerin' down yon-
der in the branch?" That's the prodi-
gal son. The old mans a-whalin'
thunder out of him for runnin' away"
Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs. White (sympathetically)-"So
your husband is in trouble again,
Maud?" Mrs. Black (cheerily) Nom;
he's out O. trouble dess now-de
scoun'reI's in jail. Puck.
Don't I give you allsthe money you
need?" her husband complained. YES"
she replied, "but you told me before
we were married that you would give
me all l wanted. "-Chicago Record
Herald
'Ethelbert Murphy, do you think
it's quite right for your little brother
to go in bathing on Sunday? Don't you
think he might have waited till tomor-
row." "What'd "a bin de use? He'd
"a needed it woise. Judge.
What" queried the very young
man, "fs the difference between white
lies and black lies?" white lies"
answered the homegrown philoso-
pher, ARE the kind we tell; black
lies are the kind we hear Chicago
Daily News.
This living in furnished rooms"
said Mrs. Popley, is hard on the chill
dren.' Very likely" replied Popley,
who was trying to remove some ink
stains from the red plush sofa, but
the children are also hard on furnish.
ed rooms. philadelphia Press.
81 suppose you ran for Office because
you wanted to serve your country?"
Young man." answered Senator Sorg-
hum, Il never go out of my way to
contradict anybody. AS a candid man
can only say that in such case you
are entitled to your own supposition."
Washington Star.
Farmer Trellis-"Tur'ble crime in
New York. Man found dead, an no
one knows who killed him" Mrs.
Goodness, Joel, where was
the police?" Farmer Trellis-"'Paper
says the police are all at sea: whetb.
er they're helping the navy out. or
gone on picnic, it don't state. Police
never ought to go to sea all to once
that way. Puck.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
al The difference.

Clerk. How much shall l charge
for this three-quarter-inch clip screw"
Manager. For bicycle, I suppose?
Oh, a penny"
Clerk. NO; IT'S for a motor car,
sir
Manager. "Eh! Charge half a
crown. Motor News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
FARMER JOHN ON PROGRESS.

We used to think the post-boy's horse
the fastest thing we knew,
And thought that news was traveln last
as long the road he new 80
Now the telegraph will carry news iiOi''
here to any state,
end bring an answer back TO US y VIZ
while we wait.
We used to think. In those old tiEnes'
most everything was known, -
And no one dreamed twas posssDle y
make a telephone s-,...,..
Where we can stand and talk with lfieluS
a hundred miles away, .
And though the distance seems SO eie"'
hear every word they say
Then, ssry there's the phonograph' tha'
wonderful machine 49,
That takes the cake on everything lade
] have ever seem .at,as
It bottles up for future use the speeches
that IL hears .to,,yt
And pours them out when wanted lhoush
they may be kept for years
Now ocean cables bind together each
great continent, -
And news from Europe reaches US O9
fore the time it's sent.
They send us news Of Happenings on SOME
far foreign shore, -, +ha
And we read 1t in our papers mere eh'
evenin' before.
Electric lights change night to day-maKe
midnight seem like noon
And wouldn't be surprisin' II II nap
pened putty soon o
They'd get to bottlin' daylight 10 save
up for the night
II things go on progressin' for the com
IN fifty years
AS they have done in fifty past, III GER
tainly have fears
Some plan will be contrived to change
Natures old-fashioned laws: ~
And stop this old earths whirlin' with
a mighty sudden pause.
III. II. Johnson
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01

Yes, Sary, there's been quite change
since seventy years ago;
It's quite a time to look back 10. but
!. vet i don't seem so;
lt only seems a little while since / Yves
hut child,
And you a girl IN pantaiettes a-rSmpin
round SO wild
But time flies on with ninble wigs, and
faster eY'ry year,
TIL we've most reached the end Of life;
the grave Is DRAWN near;
And lookin' back through all thEse wears,
comparing them with now,
TIE progress made Ia everything Ia won
drous IN allow
NY father used wooden pillow in plowin'
up his land,
And rcapin' grain, IN them old days, was
always done by hand;
The women worked out In the fields a.
helpin rake and bind.
And did as much at hoein corn as any
man you'd find.
Our women used 10 card and spin and
weave the clothes we wore;
Tow pants and shirts were good enough
back IN those days of yore;
And iinsey -wooscy dresses that the wo-
men used 10 wear,
IL seen upon a woman now, would make
our ladies' stare.
We didn't have no railroads then. with
palace-Cars so gay,
Where one can go q hundred miles and
get back the same day.
Our grain we hauled to market IN our
lumber wagons them
'Twould take a couple Of days or more
to go and back again.
But everything has changed so much
grandfather's wooden plow
Has passed away, and farmers till their
land with steam plows now,
And women folks a-reapin in the grain
fields now amt seen,
For all such work is quicker done with
some all-round machine.