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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-09
APARrMENTs-oakIand

NORTH GATE. 1909 EUCLID Ay., BERKELEY
"A comfortable home for permanent guest; apart
ments of 1. 2 and rooms, with private bath
rooms; sunny south steam heated; tele-
phone service; excellent table: liberal manage
ment; transient; tourists accommodated. Tele-
rhnne Berkeley 1R15
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-09

Do You Want $500.
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page 10.
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FOR SALE Wanted

BOUND to please you in the way of furniture
and household goods. Fl. SCHELLHAAS, Oak
lands Barnum, the busy corner, 11th and
Franklin SITS.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-09

PRETTY shingled bungalow and large lots IN
beautiful Pine park at Grafton growing fruit
center; minutes from electric cars; bargain
for some one; $1,000; also hne lots at Car
mel. Owner, a. GRIFFITH, Santa Rosa,
Route 2
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-09

MONEY mace daily and Call Want Ads help TO
mako 3D.. Advertise your wants; make them
known to the public through Call Want Ad.
An investment not an expense. For fun par
ticuars read Call Want ADS caily-
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-09
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE

CALIFORNIA land, 81 per acre cash payments,
balance purchase 90 cents month per acre;
close san Francisco; no taxes no interest; 3
acre tracts; level. rich. clear, ready 10 plow,
irrigated. perpetual water rights; immediate
possession; particulars maps, photographs free.
STEVENSON COLONY, 1914 Market ST.. s. F.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-09

FOR sale-4O acres Of sUbirrigated land; good
land for trees. vines, potatoes, berries; alfalfa
will grow without irrigation no checking re-
Guired; water for irrigation; good drainage;
price S65 per acre, easy terms Call or write
H. WARD. 1872 Park av-. Alameda. Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-09
oAKLAND PRoPERTY WANrED

OAhLAND PROPERTY WANTED
WHEN TWO AND TWO MAKE FIvEi
When you put lot and a building together
both are enhanced In value; II you have the
lot we'll do the building. and wait for our
money; this goes on anything from business
block 70 cottage. Box 2346 Call, Oakland
TIRED OF PAYING TAXES?
Why don't you get income from your lot
II it's clear of incumbrance we'll build for you
and let you pay MS monthly, or otherwise, as
you wish. Box 1857 Call. Oakland
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
Another Outrage Planned.

What are we coming DO, and
whittier are we drifting? Well may
we pause and ask ourselves these
questions. The envies and jeaTOusies
OF this world are ever cropping out,
sometimes in the most unexpected
places. No matter how honest and
frugal, how careful and industrious
"a man may be, some one will assail
him and seek TO relieve him of the
fproducts of his labor. So it is with
corporations. None is so meek, so
beneficial to the general public, so
open in all its operations, that it
will escape the assaults of the ma
1icious and evilly disposed.
Now, there is the Pullman Com
Tpany. Everybody knows that it is
really conducted more as a public
beneficial organization than any
thing else, yet does it escape? Is it
treated with the consideration due
dts practically charitable services
DO the people show it any graft
Itude? Far from it! They have
yhardened their hearts against it.
Their days are spent in casting ridi-
cule upon 1t, and their nights in
fTeviling it. Can you find a friend of
the Pullman Company? No, not one.
Its only consolation is TO be found
in that part of tho beatitude which
says: blessed are We, when men
;shan revile you, and prosecute you,
and say all manner of evil against
you"
For years has the Pullman Com
pany suffered humbly and in silence
the stings and arrows of out
rageous fortune" but has it gained
surcease from sorrow, has it won
relief from wee? Far from it, for
here comes a hard-hearted and
vengeful man, one Lotus, of St.
Paul, accompanied by that ruthless
Hun and Vandal, Senator La Fol
lette, and knocks on the door of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
demanding a reduction of 25 per
cent IN the lower berth rates of the
Pullman Company, and the fixing
of the rates for upper Dec5hs at one
half that of the lower berth rate.
The reduction is asked on all inter-
state business throughout the coun-
try.
Think of it, Cut lower berths
one-fourth! Then cut upper berths
TO one-half of what remains for the
lowers! Talk about robbery It is
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
EXCELLENT BILL AT CHASE'S;
MAY IRWIN The HEADLINER

It's a most excellent bill on the whole
which Chase's presents this week and
ell the way from Jolly May irwin. the
stellar attraction. 20 the vitagraph pic
lures. the audience had no cause for
complaint. It was an overflow audience,
TOO.
of course. May irwin in her inimitable
songs. received encores. until finally she
ceased singing and merely returned and
reoited q line or so of some foolish
parody. Then while the audience
shook with laughter again-and then
some-she eEdeavored to slip away. It
was indeed jolly seventeen minutes
the people out in front spent with May
Irwin last night. for she has lost none
of her captivating ways and inCOm-
parable ability TO entertain.
There were two other numbers which
shared honors with Miss Irwin. One
was that Of Charles +. Semon. THE
Narrow Feller," who releases one Of
the most amusing and well executed
musical turns one cares to see. Inter
spersed IS a ludicrous monologue or
two, all of which caused Mr.. Semon to
respond to several curtain calls The
other Is Holden's Mannikins, figures
that are so perfectly manipulated and
SO liIellkG as 10 cause q CuoEuS OF
isn't that wonderful all over the
house. The Slannikins comprise one Of
the most novel and interesting offer
Ings on the vaudeville stage
Barr and Evans were seen in a char
acter comedy sketch. good in part.
They both work hard, especially the
impossible 40O-pound woman of the duo,
but the act needs q more lively dia-
logue- Juno SGlmo deserves the name
of the human rubber tree. He did
some remarkable cOntortion stunts
which together with his Satanic cos
tune made the act almost awe inspir-
ing
James NELL and Edythe Chapman
presented q comedy sketch, 1.-The Lady
Across the Hall" Mr. Nein and Miss
Chapman did theirs parts we'll, but the
sketch isn't fiawlcssly- 1unny The
Scheny Brothers, foreign arenic aero
oats, deserve credit for introducing
some difficult turns and their act was
we'll received.
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
PROFESSOR LOSES SIGHT,
HAS HIS EYE REMOVED

NEW YORK, Jan. 14-With his left
eye removed by a surgical operation,
Prof. Samuel s. Sanford, of Yale Uni
yersity, was reported last night to be
recovering "a his home. so West Fifty
second street Prof SanfoFd's eve
was removed Thursday, and it is now
thought by his physicians that the sight
Of his remaining e.'e viii not be af-
fected.
The operation was made necessary by
the sudden and IN aITlained loss of the
sight Of the eye. which befen Prof.
Sanford while travelling liz Europe last
summer With his family, he spent his
vacation on an automobile tour abroad
While passing through CoblentZ. Juna
-, the sight of the eye suddenly failed
as il the optic nerve had been severed
He Immediately fastened to Paris and
consulted DR.. Rousseau, one of the
most eminent oculists of Europe, WHO
advised him there was a paralysis dl E
to some obscure growth. and that III
his opinion the case was hopeless.
Prof. Sanford, who is known IN
New Haven as the millionaire profess
sOT.' occupies the chair of applied
music at Yale. having refused appoints
ment as dean of the school OF music
He was born in Bridgeport in 1919. and
inherited large fortune from his faith
er, who was president of the Adams
Express Company. His life has been
devoted 10 music and he has been
termed by Paderewski "the most mn
sieally gifted person ! ever knew.'
The Washington times., 1908-01-14

the act of a man taking candy from
crippled child
The Pullman Company is able
only by exercising the greatest
prudence and economy, and as a
result of the greatest industry and
enterprise, to wrest a profit from
its hard-hearted patrons of 20 per
cent on a paltry capital of S125, OOO,-
600, with little left to put by for
a rainy day. OF course, the COM
pany has a nest-egg of something
like $2s,000, 900 invested in sky
scrapers, banks, trust companies,
steamships, railroads, and similar
enterprises, but think of the stock
holders and bOndholders and Of
ficers who must be looked after!
Suppose each of the palatial and
Observation-Disclosures cars does
pay for itself in two years? Why
shouldn't they? They've got to pay
for themselves sometime, so the
sooner the better.
o, it's too bad. Things have come
to a pretty pass. Does nor the poet
say, III fares the land, 10 hasten
ing ills a prey, where PulImans are
desolate and berths don't pay?"
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
MRS. FRANK B. GLIB
IMPROVES STEADILY

Improvement was noticed today IN tbs
condition OF Mrs. Frank 3. Glib, who
Saturday afternoon accidentally shot
herself IN the abdomen. and was
brought 10 Providence Hospital IN what
was thought to be a dying condition.
The attending physicians report that
she has gained strength steadily since
the. operation was performed and II is
confidently believed she viii recover
and be able 10 return TO her home, at
CalvertOnl Va. within the next two
weeks.
Mrs. Glib has recovered so rapidly
that she has begun 10 talk about her
jumping horses and other thOTOughbreds
On her farm IN Virginia, and hopes to
be able TO ride them IN her WOnted
fearless manner before many days, Her
husband. who has been most attentive
and thoughtful during her stay at the
hospital, was most hopeful this morning
and expressed the belief that Mrs Glib
would soon be able TO accompany him
back TO CaivertOn.
Mrs. Charles Martin, mother OF Mrs.
GLIB, left Washington and returned 10
her home, in Flushing, l. J., last even
ing, when informed that the wounded
woman would recover.
Mr. Glib and the friends who accom-
panied Mrs. Glib to Washington after
the shooting will remain here until she
leaves the hospital.
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
MUCH WESTERN ATMOSPHERE
IN "THE LOST TRAIL"

The Oft-tOld story of a mans redemp-
ton by a wOman's love furnishes the
theme, and the farcical love-making Of a
couple who had been married earlier in
life and is willing TO try It again at the
ripe ages of fifty, supplies the humor of
THE Lost Trail" at the Majestic this
week.
Bud Larrabee's early environments in
dUced him to hold up q stage coach, but
his inherent worth prompted him to re-
turn the spoils. At least that is the
way the heroine explains it. Edith
Faulkner happened 10 be the only per-
son who was in a position to Identify
the assailant, and She refuses t. dis
close his Identity TO her father III the
hope that he might make good on
future occasions.
General Faulkner seems to he the
judge, jury and prosecuting attorney for
all the misdemeanorS in the four acts.
Lieutenant Corbin furnishes the com
plications, and Frank =. Farrell, in that
role, Is convincing villain. The re-
generated Larrabee was up and doing
every minute of the time. Re saves the
fortune and pays of her brothers debts.
gives himself up TO the authorities
when young Faulkner shoots at the
Lieutenant proves that Corbin was a
oNlDutGI duu diIEduy LIdTTltu-
But the play IS not an out-and-out
melodrama. But two shots are fired and
these behind the scenes. There is a
wealth OF incident, though many of the
situations are time-WOrn. 1t is true TO
Western life, and Frederick Smith nor
trayed LarTabee with an ease and nat
uralness which went farther toward
supplying the Western ''atmosphere"
than the shouts and swapping OF raw
hides by his supporters. The rest of the
cast did such creditable work that IL is
pity that these hOrse-play features
cannot be eliminated.
Grace St. Clair, as Edith Faulkner.
had remarkably few opportunities for
real acting, although she was the hero
inc. William Owens, as Sandy Kerwfn.
and Charles Foster, as the Indian Es-
calante, carried off the honors of the
supporting cast.
Western songs and bUgle calls were
introduced in the second act with ef-
feet
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
Japanese Exclusion Hint.

One way TO exclude the Japanese
from this country without even a
WORD Of law on the. subject is being
demonstrated more or less effec-
5ively by some of the great fruit
growers of the Pacific coast. Their
method is simple, logical, and void
of offense toward the japanese
themselves.
''No Japanese employed" is the
sign these fruit growers have put
up, and they go further in that
they refuse to have any dealings
with the japanese IN any respect.
These fruit growers figure that
if a Japanese cannot find work in
this country, if he cannot sell to
anyone here. if he cannot invest in
any property here, if he can estab-
fish no business relations whatever
in this country, lie viii get out, and
he viii stay out.
Japan can make no protest
against this treatment. There is no
international law or national law or
State law that requires an Ameri-
can to employ a Japanese or to buy
from a japanese or to sell to a
Japanese. The action Of these fruit
growers gives an interesting side
light on the exclusion question, and
seems to demonstrate that perhaps
there are some problems in it not
visible on the surface.
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
Dangerous Precedent.

It has been a long time since
railroad circles and the financial
world generally has been So shocked
as it is by the announcement Of
President Finley, of the Southern
railway. that in view of the falling
off in business, and the decrease in
revenues, the management of the
Southern Railway Company has de-
termined, as a step in its program
of reducing expenses. to put into
effect, as of February l, 1908, a re-
duction of 10 per cent in the pay Of
the president, vice presidents, and
the other general officers, and their
Office forces"
This is a dangerous precedent,
one fraught with evil consequences
to all other railroad presidents, vice
presidents, and other general Of
ficers, not TO mention their Office
forces. BY the way, we can safely
assert that we are violating no con-
fidence when we state that the of
fee forces had nothing to do with
this ilI-advised move, and desire to
go on record as emPhatically con-
demning it as uncalled for and I'M
desirable. President Finley evident
ly and undoubtedly has taken this
step, which means decentralization
and dismay, without seeking the ad-
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
ROSE STAHI. EARNS SUCCESS
IN DELIGHTFUL FORBES COMEDY
The Cast in aThe Chorus Lady.n

Two years ago Rose Stahl gave the
Washington theatergOers a feeting
glimpse Of The Chorus Lady" in its
infancy Of a one-act sketch and last
evening at the Columbia Theater these
theatergOers enthusiastically applauded
this same actress IN the same play,
although it is now a full-grOwn four-act
comedy. These who saw Miss Stahl
last evening readily understood why
New York stamped a big success on
the Forbes comedy and packed the the
alter for an entire season.
The Chorus Lady" as presented last
evening, is one OF the most delightfully."-
human comedies that has been seen
here This season. Throughout the ac-
ton OF the play there IS a sufficient
touch Of pathos to grip the heart
strings and keep the interest Of the
audience 10 the highest pitch. but with
out Miss Stahl and her keen interpre-
tation or the role OF Patricia O'BTien
it is doubtful If the play would be con-
sidered more than passabIe- The star
is surrounded by a capable company.
but her work stands alone, for 1.-THE
Chorus Lady Is essentially a one-part
play.
The plot revolyes around the efforts
OF Patricia O'Brien TO protect a younger
sister from the scandal Of an indiscreet
visit TO the apartments Of an admirer.
The girl had forged her fathers name
TO a note She leaves the thedteT just
as the performance is about TO begin
and Patricia follows her. While they
are both at the apartment the girls
mother and the fiance OF Pa&Ticia ar
rive. The younger girl. Nora, is hidden
away and Patricia allows her mother
and 81 aetheaFt to believe that she IS
the ,!4> rect one. Inadvertent admis-
SION ~ both girls and commendable
putin two and two together on the
tangIe .Ld all ends well.
Beyond the leading character, the
room scene in the second act.
and the title, there is little connection
between the sketch OF two years ago
and the comedy OF today.
Miss Stahl by her work as Patricia
O'Brien shows q keen knowledge of the
c lcTIS girl as she really IS and stripped
Of the glamOr OF the fOOtlights- She
not only acts the part while on the
stage but really lives it. To her the
sIangy. sophisticated chorus girl IS real
and she endeaVOrs TO make her audience
believe in the character. Her mag
netism is such that she held her audi
ence last evening as few other actors
or actresses have
The audience was enthusiastically
demonstTattve in its approval last night.
At the end Of each act the star had
20 respond 10 numerous curtain calls
and even then the audience was lOath
TO let her go. II was a tribute 70 Miss
StahIs ability and Il was not mis-
placed, for her work stamped her every
inch star.
In writing The Chorus Lady, Mr.
Forbes has shown almost a George AIDE
knaCk Of character delineatiOn. Dan
Mallory is typical Of the race horse
trainer and Mr. and Mrs. OBrien quiet,
lIome-loving Irish folk such as may be
found in any city, large or small. The
girls Of the chorus with their petty
jeaioUsies have been faithfully depicted
as have been the stableboys who appear
n the first act.
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
Miss Libbey's Play at Academy.

Laura Jean Libbey's idea OF advanced
melodrama. under the stirring title Of
Parted on Her Bridal Tour was pre-
scented last evening at the Academy TO
q large and appreciative audience The
plot Of this Elelodr2ma, s-hich is one of
a large number that the Jrannatist is
about to launch upon the waiting
public, deals with the vicissitudes of
a young wife by the name of Irene.
AS IN all well regulated "meiodram-
Iners," there are many of "viIlyl1us''
who persist in blasting the lady'S char
aCter by CcnCOCti1g a varied assort-
mcnt of yarns tor her lord and masters
ear-yarns calculated TO make him
think her all that she should not be
She trIumphs in the end, but in the
meantime there are no end of thrillers
and the audience voices its approval
Katheryn Roth, n pleasing young WON
an, impeTsOnates Irene In a most ac-
ceptable manner, and she is given good
support by a weli-balanced company
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
COMMITTEE
COMPLETES REPORT
Keep Commissions Conclu-
SionS Will Soon Be Sent
to President.

The assistant committee on grades
and salaries Of the Keep Commission
held its final session yesterday afternoon
anG completed the draft OF its report.
II iG said that the report VIII go TO
the printer this week and that within
"a few days viii be submitted through
the committee proper 10 the President
for his consideration ana action. II Is
thought that che President viii trans
mil the report 20 Congress with a ia
Vorable recommendation.
Should the recommendation Of the
committee DO adopted by Congress IL
will mean an increase-an average OF
about 10 per cent-in The salaries Of ths
Government employees in WashinEtoz.
The committee on grades and salaries
was formed IN compliance with an order
issued Dy the President in June last.
which directed that one competent en-
ploye be named by the head Of each de-
partment and independent establish
ment to recIassify the Government en-
ployes with VieT OF securing uni
foTnity of grades and salaries.
The committee has made report
based on the estimates Of the depart
TaenJs, which win work a radical
change IN most instances, but will leave
some Of the grades as they are at pres
ent. The committee has dealt with the
question of grades and has not attempt
ed TO place the employees by recon-
Inending salaries in individual cases.
The committee IS composed Of John
". HolcOmbe. Interior Department,
chairman; Charles Ray Dean. Depart
ment OF State: Charles Lyman, Treas
ury Department: William y. Searle
War Department: Charles 3. SOrnborg-
er, Department OF Justice; George s.
PAUL. POstOfiice Department; Frank s.
Curtis. Navy Department. Aimerfco
Zappone, Department Of Agriculture;
William L Soleau. Department OF Com
merCe and Labor: George r. Wales.
Civil Service Commission; and William
L. Post, Government Printing ONCE.
The Washington times., 1908-01-14
BOni Is Guilty
OF Having Spat
In PrinCe'SEye

PARIS, Jan. 1A-COuTt Boni de Cas-
tellane, who became famous as the hus-
band Of Anna Gould. appeared in d new
role today; that Of an expert splitter.
He pleaded guilty to having made the
eye Of Prince SagaE the target Of his
eXpeCtorative craftsmanship
The princes suit for enc franc dam
ages against Boni for the latteT's re-
cent sensational assault upon him was
called in the eighth correctional court.
Count EOni and his brother Jean ap-
pe9red in person, but Prince Sagan was
represented By counsel
The court asked BOni II he had spat
in the princes eye. The little count
drew himself up haughtily, and with a
dramatic gesture replied Yes. your
honor but only after having been given
plenty OF proVccatlCn.'
Jean. the next witness. Denied that he
and participated In the melee. and, the
testimony being completed the case wa
adjourned until February 4.