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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
BIG POLICEMAN WAS ON HAND

HERlAA newspapers in Central America that hostile to
TINS country and certain newspapers the United States that
" are hostile TO Roosevelt have create the inn
preston that the action of the government undertaking to
see TAR play at the elections Panama installation Of
provisional government under control of the big AS an
example OF the style OF this form Of journalistic the follow
ing introduction to Washington dispatch New York Sun
may be quoted:
Diplomats familiar with the the mighty
fFesioeh hoset establishment
enent o the United States Panama Shadows
cast rom the White House today when letter
oor Guerrero president of the republic
Fuocauo ms was taken to that the public prepared for
course OF action by the United States political
The rst step which that of intervention
government OF Panama based
President Amador
presumed TO be raud
The nnuendos and implications of this Introduction find ~
support when the writer gets down the situation The
intention OF create the Roosevelt
contemplating unustab arbitrary power II
characteristic effort feed the Wall prejudice against
Roosevelt.
The facts simple This country large and important
interest the shmus We propose the people govern
themselves but shall make do it fairly To
that end United States warsps Panama and Colon
with detachmen OF charged with the
honest election As consequence the elections
held last Sunday passed off quietly The will follow
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04

u ISS HELEN WHEELER went
NJ ~ up to her ranch in MendocinO
"E county yesterday, taking as her
lE guests for the summer Mrs.
James Potter Langhorne and
James LanghOrne. who will later be
Joined by Miss Julia Thomas and Miss
Martha Calhoun. They will have for
neighbors the PrfngIes. Miss Mary Ashe
Miller and Miss Josephine Beedy, who
are spending the summer months at
one of the old ranch houses on the
river. short distance away from the
Wheeler estate.
very jolly minstrel show was given
last night on the West Virginia at
Mare island. the officers having as their
guests for the performance several of
the ladies and officers from the navy
yard. A dance will take place on the
same ship this afternoon. and will be
enjoyed by about fifty young people
The engagement of Miss Kathleen
O'Keefe Thompson. daughter of the
late James A. Thompson. banker and
clubman, and Charles Gilman Norris
has been announced Norris is brother
of the late Frank Norris. the author,
and is connected with the staff of the
Sunset Magazine, 10 which he has fire.
quently contributed. He is a graduate
of the '03 class in Berkeley, a fratern-
ity man and popular member of the
Bohemian club, and will take an i'm
portant part in the forthcoming mid
summer jinks. Miss Thompson attend
ed the state university and at the
conclusion of her college course took
up settlement and mission work. OF
late she has been connected with The
Call.
Mrs. Thomas Findlay of Sausalito.
who has been seriously ill, is GONZALES
cent. and will, it is hoped, shortly be
restored to complete health Her ILL
ness was at first so alarming that it
was thought necessary to send for her
three daughters-Mrs. George Gardner
of Boston. Mrs. Harold CIoke, wife Of
Captain Cloke. who is stationed at an
eastern post, and Mrs. Frank Lusk OF
Missoula Mont. All three will spend a
few weeks here before returning to
their homes.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Frank Freyer,
whose marriage took place about 10
days ago, returned from Tahoe tavern
yesterday and are at the Fairmont
hotel. Mrs Freyer, who was Miss
Engracia Critcher, will remain here
until the ships sail next month. when
she will join her husbands family in
Georgia.
Mrs Linda Bryan and her daughter
Linda, have closed their home here and
are spending a fortnight in the noun
tains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Coryen will
have Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Fraser
Douglas as their guests at Del Monte
over the holiday, leaving town today
and returning Monday. On Tuesday
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
The Smart Set

the Douglases and Mrs. Douglas sister,
Mrs. Daniel Shean. Will leave for
month at Tahoe tavern. Mrs. Shean
is just now with her aunt. Mrs. L. L.
Baker. in SausalitO.
Miss Florence Hopkins Will be host
ess at a dance this evening, given in
the beautiful Hopkins home in MenlO
Park. Fireworks and a bonfire are
a part OF the program, and the decora.
tiOns and favors will remind her guests
of the national holiday Miss Mary
Keeney. Miss Marian Newhall and Miss
Elizabeth Newhall viii be her house
guests for the occasion.
Mrs. Frank Glass Of Santa barbara
and her son, Albert, have returned
to their own home after fortnight's
visit here. They came up to attend
the wedding of Mrs. Glass niece. Miss
Katherine Reid, and Walter Carter.
which took place very quietly here
on the last day Of June.
Miss Edith Dana Jones will sail for
Honolulu on August 10. her marriage
to George Cooper OF Siam taking place
some time this fall. Miss Jones is now
settling her business interests here
as she may not return to California
for many years.
Miss Laura Hamilton, Miss AIexan-
dra Hamilton and Miss Julia Lang
horne have sent steamer letters from
New York. describing the pleasures of
their 10 days stay in the eastern city.
They were the guests of Mrs. James
Cunningham. who chaperoned the trio
about the city and also took them to
one OF the smart hops at West Point
Miss Langhorne spent three days in
Atlantic City with her grandparents
before sailing All are now in Paris.
where their first long stop is to be
made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carrfzan and
their daughter. Miss Margaret re-
turned yesterday from a visit to the
Yosemite valley and will spend this
week end at Bolinas, where they have
made frequent stays this spring.
Mrs. Albert J. DibbIee and her little
son have returned from CoIumbus
Ohio, where they were the guests OF
MIS- Dlbblee's mother They will. as
usual, spend the summer months in
their Ross valley home.
Mrs. Henry Tilghman, who has been
living here for more than a year. has
peen unexpectedly summoned east and
VIII leave today for Stonington. Conn
where she is to spend several weeks
with her sister and brother in law.
MI and Mrs. Charles Mason. In An
gust she and her little son will sail
for Costa Rfca, where Mrs. Ti1vbrnaD,s
father, Captain Merry. holds = dinioe
matte position. During her visit here
she has DIVIDED her time between her
aunts; Mrs. James Sperry and Mrs. j.
o. Miller.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
BRYAN AND HEARST

THE political Irritation between William Jennings BRYAN and
William Randolph Hearst has reached stage may be
described both warm. is quite true that
Mr. Hearst who being furiOusly repeat
edy and recently denounced fusion and has even made on
remarks about Mr. Bryan but all this dampened the aror
OF the candidate and he to charge with
unabated vvaC Nay, his accorded the most
distinguished hospitality OF Mr. Hearss columns regardless the
unhappy past
Mr. Ban plea for mercy abect He goes down on
his knees before Hearst It complete surrender He begs and
pleads with Hearst to come back and share the possible feshpots
1t is edifying spectacle
Mr. Hearst has repeatedly last year denounced
the democratic party false promises and pretensons On
the occasion OF the independence league banquet in New York on
April = last he formally read himself of democratic party
and he included IN his speech these unnd words pointed straight
Bryan:
On the democratic side candidates who silver
now some against initiative and refen
been political porch climbing such SioEedn bave been hed
by band Of robbers the to make
voluntary contribution for the religious political
The shifting sands of Mr. Bryans political opinions which can
always be changed they please ground for
Hearst and he does spare his ally the most cruel
cut IS that where Hearst describes striking example Bryans
political agility In the 1904 the democratic PARTY
Roger ( Sullivan brought from Illinois delegation hostile to
hearst MI Bryan from the stage OF that convention advocated
the mseang Of Suan delegation been elected as
he described it. by train robbers But Mr. BRYAN
mas made ms peace with Roger Sullivan and the Illinois
bers Bryan tried read Sullivan demo-
cratic and sought to break his democracy
Today Sullivan important figure Bryan camp Having
become reconced with Sullivan, like to make peace with
Hearst Imagine the combination Hearst Sullivan and BRYAN
standing platform that changed suit if does
please
Hearst with the democratic party and once with
the republican party With Office in sight he almost rival
the agility OF Mr. Bryan but since fusion proved disastrous both
instances he has changed his mind He has present become
sern unbendlng adheren principle middle road man.
and compromise He has repeatedly there would be
fusion for him.
Yet once Office and power, the hope are pre-
snted to Hearst with Mr. Bns best respects honeyed words
Despite his repeated protests Mr. Hearst listens aably
ders his voumnous principles price The ndepend
ence league his private property bought and paid with his
good money lie has traded it off the democrats
TO ue rePubhcan Why not once more if Mr.. Bryan
him the why?
he whole thing makes interesting instructive episode
OF current politics and show value Bvan
attaches to Hersts poestation of sincerity devotion to
principle.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
Answers to Queries

BARBER POLE-A. B., Oakland, Cal.
When and how did the BARRIERS pole
originate?
Prior to 1910 in England the barber
served his customers in the capacity of
surgeon, and when the operation of
bleeding was extensively practiced he
was in the habit of performing in that
line. The spiral red stripe frequent
ly seen on the BARRIERS pole is said to
symbolic the winding of bandage or
ribbon around the arm when the blood
letting operation was resorted to. In
this operation a staff was held by the
person being bled and fillets or bands
were of course. necessary for binding
the arm after the bleeding When the
staff was not in use the fllet was tied
on it, that both might be ready for use
when wanted, and it was customary for
the barber to hang the two together at
the door of his shop for a sign where
the surgeon could be found. AT length.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04

instead of hanging out the staff, pole
was painted with stripes in imitation
OF the staff and bandage, and it was
used as sign. An old statute decreed
that BARRIERS, when they pursued no
other trade, We're to use blue and
white pole striped. but that when they
ALSO followed the profession of surgery
they had to use red stripe also.
PEDRo-A. G., City. In game of
double pedro A, B, C and d are playing.
ID is the dealer; A bids II, B IS and C
II. There is not higher bid by d.
Has he the choice of making the trump
at Ia or of passing tito C.?
cannot bid. is the winner.
STREETCAR-R. Y, City. What were
the terminals of the Sacramento street
line of cars just prior to April Is, 1906 !?
The ferries and Fulton street oppo-
site the entrance to the park.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
Personal Mention

Frank Dun9igan of Toronto is at the
Fairmont
H. G. Spencer of Honolulu is staying
at the Fairmont.
NJ. Fryer of Cincinnati, O.. is a guest
at the Regent.
James May of Reno is registered at
the st Francis.
w II. Holabird of Pelican Lodge is
a guest at the st. Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Walton Tully
are guests at the Fairmont.
A. Strauch and family of Seattle have
apartments at the Fairmont
Benjamin c. Sheldon of Minneapolis
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is among the new arrivals at the st.
Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs John 9. Graves of Los
Angeles are guests at the Fairmont.
D. T Hovins of Colusa and E. Sink
of Dixon are registered at the Blair.
T. H. Hauptman of Santa Ana and
S. +. Major of Los Angeles are at the
Colonial.
Among the arrivals at the Victoria
are +. Kaufman of Seattle, Wash
and G. B. Barnhard of Phoenix, Ariz.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hornby and Mr.. and
at the st. Francis, registered from Red
lands.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
The Irlsiider
Tells how two fakers drew crowd to vacant
lot bv proposing a fight after angry words
nd hen offered herbs to cure all diseases
belligerent appearing men faced
each other.
Il you're liar.
Street FakerS Use
Very ArffuI Trick
You're a yellow pup"

YOU'RE yellow
Fight shrieked a small boy -. Go. hr;1dir,
n upper Market L:.-.5 a..
Hiar' between his teeth -.
you can place bet that things hnh replied the
pup" striking fighting -
where won't ootner Us Ue'
fastened around to an empty @
of and boys doged at @
heels -,
platform ne"y ue
bung suitcase
while gets packages of magical herDS guar
announced the liar IN stentor
The had gued few on the out
wie OF
willy medical 81 package and pair OF Gu"
warranted solid god thrown in
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
lmpertinent Question No. 58
What Is Fashion?

For the most original wittest answer to this
brlefer the betterEIhe Call will pay FIVE Doll IARS
Tor the next hVe answers | he Call will pay ONE DOL
LAX EACH Prize winning answers will be printed new,
Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at onc NIL
your answer short and SEND 1T ON A POST4T
CARD to vi az
lMPERTINENT QUESTIONS
THE CALL
Winning Answers 10 "what Is Happine..Y.
hite Reno.Ne
Out IN the noonl1ht
Each with chew of
With Ionmys arm around vr,;-.
guess that's going some
81 Gan Laughin. Lombard
Thinking that getting what vo,, .h.
81 prize t" Henry Richard street ok.,e = ~
Happiness, far 7 can
M means take things they are
81 prize p Molyueux Station
One OF the few diseases that
y prize 10 Autin Don 1927
5, nr,s pig o our everyday ifehold it if you can
n green bank in the park
N5rir 5ilsre the sweetest perfumes fall
Music IN the distance @N'
Fnd the Sunday Morning Gail
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Newest Device for
Women Who Smoke

Newest Device for 80 has corpe 70 town There is only
Women Who Smoke one here as vet so far as know
holder her
attached which the cigarette
yellow entirely eliminated oy
itself Though the holder this young
husbands European
plain ncu the gold with
fancies Now young men, when
give acceptable gift, here's suggestion
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04

the presidential election July r. This
made necessary by the fact that the population
greatly disturbed by the approach of the elections
firearms had been unprecedented An unreguated SpanishAm
election is very slight improvement civil
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16

the service with much enthusiasm. Over one hundred and fifty children attended yesterday afternoon The services are conducted in the simplest possible manner and in such way that the youngest child can under stand The children are taught the rule of prayer and learn how to pray and sing. They are given five ques- tions and are expected next day to bring the answers to them. They then receive instruction, and a simple ser monette is preached to them. A game of good marks is another novel feat ure of the service which greatly in terests the little ones, and the dili- gence composition is being taken up heartily by the older scholars. Twen- ty-five papers were handed in for this composition yesterday. Those which are adjudged good received gold seal, the next red seal and the poorer ones a blue seal These ser vices will be continued each day at 4 o'clock.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
Facing City Court.

Nine men faced Judge Tyner in city court yesterday morning as a result of a raid upon a gaming resort at s5 Washington avenue last night. Captain Tripp and Sergeant Doherty of the Howard avenue precinct made the raid.
 Abraham Kaletzsky and Leon Horn were charged with being the proprie- tors of a gaming house and on this charge were fined Sl0 and costs each. The following men were fined ss and costs each for 'requenting d gaming house: Abraham Rubinsky Samuel Co- hen. Samuel Levin. Charles Rosen. Nathan Johnson, Charles Labovitch and Maurice Marm.
 Fred Tribbals, 15-year-old boy. ern- ployed as plumbers helper. was ar- ranged for theft of a pocketbook con taining some sl0. Witnesses seemed to fix the guilt upon the boy, but he main- tained his innocence, even when his attorney Capt. Donovan. urged him to tell the court the whole truth.
 The money was recovered and the Judge placed the boy under the care of the probation officer until March Is.
 Martin Quinn was befOne the court for drunkenness and was put on proba- tion until March IS.
 Other cases were disposed of as fol lows Gustav Bayard, improper con. duct discharged Bertha Williams. i'm proper conduct, discharged; Peter End. gensky injury to private property and tresspass on railroad property, s10 ana costs; Frank Redmond, drunkenness
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
MATTERS IN COURT
Prosecution of Mortimer Smith for Embezzlement is
 Now on.
DEER ToRTURERs FINED
Italians Get Penalties of Fifty Dollars Each for Cruelty to
 Animals.

A jury listened in the criminal su- perior court yesterday afternoon on the case against Mortimer T Smith. He was formerly in the employ of the Ben- ton Armstrong company It is alleged that he took money belonging to the firm.
 The case has been on the books for several months. Smith has been out on bail. There were several witnesses ex- amined by State Attorney Williams. One of them was F. G. Cooper. man who is given to figures.
 He said he had made footings of Smiths accounts and saw here and there deficit and here and there some thing to the good. Frederick E. Holt of the County Bank | testified as to some attendance by Smith on the bank. The case was not concluded as tht | judge ordered a postponement.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
Brcakwater Case.

Attachments that have been filed against the Sea Coast Construction and the Breakwater Engineering companies have tied up the equipment of the com panies here and stopped work on the west breakwater One of the claims on which the concerns have been used Is of Joseph De Luca, store keeper al Sachems Head for $12,o0O and another for sl.50O by George Walter, a mer- chant of Guilford Both claims ar fol supplies furnished the companies. It was stated yesterday by Attorney George F. Beers, who represents Wal. ter that a settlement will probably be effected and the work on the break water resumed soon. Frank A. Barn aby of New York, is the president oi the companies and Charles Fred Wood who is a civil engineer and formerly with the Fidelity and Guarantee com. pany of Baltimore, Md, Is vice-presi dent. The company, it was stated to, day, is solvent, but that the payment of the claims was held up because 2 dispute between the companies and tn. claimants
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16

as good a fighter as the Irish boy. His power of bargaining and fighting sim ultaneously renders him almost irre- sistible, especially when it is combined with his marvellous power of persist ence. The Italian boy will stay at his stand till the last paper is sold
 A few years ago Chicago publish- CT, making a Sunday morning tour in his automobile, happened to notice that the Irish corners were deserted very early in the day. The Irish boy was a skillful salesman, but as soon as he had made as much money as he needed for temporary purposes he closed up his stand and went to picnic. The Italian boy, on the other hand, never had money enough until all his papers had been exchanged for an equal number of nickels The Irish boy was interested in getting money to spend. The Italian boy was interested in getting money.-William Ha-s in EVerybody's.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
On Conversion.

Father Huntington's sermon at, Trim ity church Tuesday was on "Conver- sion" It was exceedingly interesting He began by the assertion that every created spirit must be converted or must be separated from God forever. But he pointed out that it was import ant to understand what was meant by conversion" what spiritual experi- ence that word represents. Father Huntington then said that it might be we'll to see first what conversion was not. He declared first that it must not be identified with single state of excited religious emotion Such stir ring emotion of the feelings would be a mutual accompaniment of the change Involved in conversion in many per sons. but beneath the feeling there must be the unconditional surrender of the will or there was no conversion. And on the other hand, conversion might be true and lasting though att tended by no emotional disturbances, Secondly conversion was not necessa- rily evidenced by a state of compla. cent satisfaction with ones own reli. sious condition. Not to trouble ones self about ones spiritual state was no proof of conversion Some people who boast of enjoying their religion" might be much safer if they were to be in- vaded by anxiety and alarm.
 Father Huntington then described the surrender of the angels to the di- vine sovereignty, 5nd showed that m that surrender they found their true conversion. He quoted a passage from Dean Church about Pascal as a defnl- tion of conversion
 Pascal was a converted man. by which l mean a man who. at a definite time of life had felt himself touched and overcome by the greatness and req sonableness of unseen things and had convincingly turned to God. not from vice, but from bondage to the interests of time, from the fascination of a merely intellectual life from the friv- olty that forgets the other world ir this
 The sermon closed with striking story of a famous Frenchman, a.l as. tronomer who, in the critical momen, of his life said to God, T cannot vii 1t, but if Thou wilt, take my soul ana do with 1t as thou wilt" and declar, ed just before his death, thirty year. after, that at that hour he knew that he belonged to God that he was Hi: shd that he had been His al his If, 1 long.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
At St. Paul's.

There was great enthusiasm at the children's service at St. Paufs yester- day afternoon. A large number ot children were present and all showed great interest. Father Sill gave the instruction taking for his subject the story of Adam and Eve. Father An derson, who gave the catechisnl, used the same story.
 Many women attended the women's service and listened to Father Sill preach on the home.
 In the evening Father Sill preached on Gods love and the redemption of the world. Father Anderson took the same subject for the instruction.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
THE SENATE sTOREKEEPER.
How He Looks After tho Furnishing of
 the Committee Rooms.

the Committee Rooms.
 John McGrain, the storekeeper rn the senate side of the capitol, knows what it means to cater to the whms and desires of members of the upper branch of congress and his force is probably the most industrious in the big building on the hill. His position as storekeeper means that he is re- sponsible for the furnishing of all the committee rooms in the senate, and that is big enough job for any one man, especially at this time, when senators are moving from one place to another as the result of commit ,e changes.
 Some senators prefer green effects in their rooms, and if they have just moved into Q new one that means to begin at the beginning with the fur nishings. Others like red. and still others yellow and it is up 10 Mclsrain to find the proper rugs and the accom- panying fixtures to make the room I furnishings harmonize. Then there are some who prefer blue, and Me Grain must have all the accousrements that go to make up blue Too kln dy and ready to slip in at minutes Il notice.
 Senatorial thickness" extends even to the manner of heating too, and that means more work. There are three brands of heat on tap in the capl.ol-- hot air, steam and open iirep' ce. Perhaps a senator has moved froin a room where he enjoyed the cracking blaze of hickory logs to room wh ere the fireplace has been hidden ba K of a desk and the furniture dried out by steam. Then 1t is up to the fore q from the storeroom to change every thing and arrange so a cheerful b.axe will not only give heat but not De out of harmony with the color SC aeine of the room. Some prefer liquid soap others insist upon the old style kind that can be grasped in the list, and the work of the storekeeper extends even to the personal requirements Of secretaries and clerks in the matter of lters.-Washlng.a neralG