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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
MOUNTAIN STATES FOR TAFT

rT7HE Boston banking house of Pearmain Brooks with
extensive connections the west has inquiry among
correspondents the political outlook campaign
and the results interesting in Of the theory
that the battle-ground lies in the middle mountain
The replies concede Missouri Oklahoma Bryan and
this accords with the prevailing impression but the
states like Colorado and Montana where formerly Bryan
strong regarded likely go for Taft Here
Colorado opinions
We believe that while
the country general business conditions believe
Taft will get the electoral of Colorado
It opinion will go republican coming fall
election 1t be that influenced
the that
Colorado has suffered much
believe the republicans something
between now and November to change public
Montana another in which BRYAN was especially
the days OF the silver Stiffness while there NAV be
doubt the result the prevailing opinion state
IS safe for Taft Here are personal opinions:
Idaho Springs
the results will be this Mr. Bryan strong following; although
do not believe he will make From the
indications would that the republicans
than
for with the silver eliminated chance
of Mr.. Taft being successful
Missoula
election OF rather early predictions but that
is -
Other opinions of like effect might quoted but these pive
the general The who bankers coming close
contact with all and conditions of They realize that in
Montana and Colorado there is fight afoo but their Judgment
that Taft will AS for Wyoming opinion is unanimous that
the is Taft.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
Mr.. HARRIMAN'S AGREEMENTS

THEN Mr. Hartman told the interstate commerce commits
NM sion that he would keep buying railroads if that BODY
would permit he might we'll left out the oualvine
clause The evolution of railroad systems proceeds mex
orab along the lines of consolidation combination When the
Salt Lake and San Pedro line first built was apparently
competitor of the Southern Pacific but very shortly appeared that
there traffic agreement pool between two roads and
the conditions of that agreement
of San Pedro company in the tariffs
OF the Southern Pacific
No change shall be by company without the
consent OF the other
will
during the of
It's branches build
the building
n.y. nor which the norhNad
OF Salt Lake City, Utah - f
Of course this agreement obviously illegal was with
drawn by advice OF counsel But this resulted in making
the combination OF the roads closer today the San Pedro
road IS part OF the Hartman system .
When George Gould himself behind Western Pacific enter
prise It was with the intention of becoming competitor Of
the Southern Pacific and his action regarded in that l;p nv
Hartman, who in letter Gould written April 1905 thus de-
clared himself:
Of vour our
from the Union Pacific and Southern
after eern Union board mvself had
with the
and
committed thereto, conr
that might the did
d not think would be right for be in of our allied
would o. on
note the construction OF the Western Pacific - p - po
This letter regarded OF war on both sides
and resulted designations from the directing boards
ng Since that time Gould has been compelled financial stress
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
SHIFTING CONTROL IN THE SENATE

III victory Joseph l. Senator Long in the
Kansas primary does please the professional politicians and
their organs. Bristow with of unsparinq
pursuit OF booders office 1t he who conducted
ing pooce frauds years ago work in that
regard earned him the lasting hatred OF the machine politicians He
selected by Roosevelt examine the business methods of the
Pacific Mail steamship company this and exposed
by which that corporation shut off the competition
the Panama with the overland railroads His
record these fields the wolves
that they have another La Toilette their hands
As might have been expected the New York Sun
the elect Kansas belite
apparently Mr. Brsow upopuary in Washington the
burden OF complaint. To quote
He friend OF Chester Long when neure
eogphe washington had become too G t % and p @nd 6 Tor M
member Of whose name had suffered BY eOniguty
@ @ or sIe IN the B1s9W report OF lzGoO words Coward and
into sound flesh and honest men WINGED M s sH 'ne sore
There could be doubt that BrOw had rendered public by
MS exposures OF graft soth waste and inefeency in the depart
palm was hard and
the born undnd
We need contern ourselves seriously apologies for
dishonesty big little The important thing change
III the constitution and spirit OF the United senate that is in
progress and visible to the naked eye In Long who is
charged with being of the railroads. is retired In New
Jersey Dryden who the life insurance thieves has
gone Nebraska Norris Brown was elected
through the personal work of La Toilette South Dakota Kit
edg defeated and his place by Governor Crawford
In Oregon Fulton Of the undesrabe been sent to
the
The significance all these facts lies in its bearing on th
troll OF the which has years the exclusive
property OF close corporation headed by Adch the Standard oil
senator from Rhode Island w 18th him allied Hale Gainger
Burrows Perkins and Warren group able to dominate
the They amused themselves by hazng La Toilette ON
e floor and blocking everything proposed The
policies But conditions rapidly changing and the SUPREMACY Of
the gray wolves threatened group young men, comprising
Dover OF Iowa. Boh Idaho La Toilette Wisconsin and Bev
edge Of Indiana taking the with the recent acceons
Of strength including the probability Governor Cummns will
be elected III Iowa. the that Taft president will find
MS hands upheld by senate that will look with favorable eye on
.he ulhllment OF the Roosevelt policies.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

e. B. McIntire of Paso Robles is a
guest at the st. Francis.
j. w. Magee and family OF Santa
CRUZ are al the Jefferson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome j. Morgan Of
honolulu are at the Stewart
Mrs. II. j. Babin of Brooklyn, N. Y.
IS stopping at the Fairmont.
United States Senator George S.
Nixon OF Nevada is a guest at the Fair
mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henshaw and
MISS Pearl Henshaw are at the I'm
Mrs. Charles Rivers Drake and Miss
Mar MAJ arguerite Drake of Fresno are at the
Fairnont.
Judge w. J. Jones of Reno and A.
H. = MIIliken ,s, of lei Paso. Tex. are at
Charles E. Bartlett. DR.. E. Johnson
and William T. Connor of Philadelphia
are stopping at the st. Francis.
MIS-. II. G. Knapp and Mrs. e. c..
Morton OF Santa Barbara are visiting
friends, stopping at the Stewart
"a. A. a. McGeachy of Charlotte, N. c.;
Mrs = G. Latta of Birmingham, Ala,
and Mrs. p. H. Franklin OF Marshall,
MO-. MO. comprise a party that is touring
en- 6ne coast. While here they are at the
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
Names of Famous Painters

A correspondent of the Glasgow Her
aid draws attention to curious coinci-
dence in connection with three of the
foremost living portrait painters-Sar-
gent (whose portrait OF Mr.. Balfour
Will probably be one of the features OF
this years academy, shannon and
Solomon. Their names begin win tbe
same letter. but the full initials OF the
famous trio are much more noteworthy.
J. s. 5. (Sargent).
j. J. s (Shannon).
s. J. 5. (SOlOmon).
The initials OF the first and third ara
Identical, the order only differing
There are three famous BIS in music.
but the parallel of the painters is much
more striking
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

attendance at each. One was the regu-
lar business meeting on Monday aft
ernoon when the annual election Of
officers took place. Mrs. Mary Gam
mage will serve the club as president
this year. with Mrs William Gunton
as vice president. The other officers
and the directors are selected from
among the clubs best workers. for
every member feels the need of spe-
ciaI effort before the coming campaign.
The twenty or more members at the
last meeting were delegated as a COM
mittee to attend the republican con-
vention to be held in Oakland on Au-
gust q.
The women's auxiliary of the santa
ton committee will meet on WedneS-
day, August 26, in the rooms of the
California club at 1890 o'clock. and it's
members hope for a representation
from all the womens clubs in the city
that are interested in this work Dele
gates will be needed from the different
sections of the city and committees for
the new years work viii be appointed
on that day Mrs. A. w Scott will pre-
side and every meeting will be ad-
dressed by one or more OF the federal
officers now stationed here, or by mem
bers of the board OF education, the
school board or the board OF health
The Fairmont hotel will be the scene
of an interesting gathering on the
evening of August 81, when several
hundred women will gather there for
the opening session of the convention
Of collegiate aIumnae The last session
will take place on the following Thurs
day afternoon. after which the dele
gates will visit Los Angeles and Pa1o
Alto. Tuesday. September 1, they will
spend entirely in Berkeley. holding
their afternoon meeting in the Greek
theater and ending the afternoon at
tea will take place.
The concerts for the foundling asy-
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
Personal Mention

w. P. Pierson of Reno is at the Sa-
voy.
j. Finley of New York is at the Ma
jestic.
c. c. ortega of Sonora is at the
Hamlin.
W. d. Tillotson of Redding is at the
Fairmont
E. D. Cooke of Tacoma is at the
Jefferson.
w. E. Plummer of Los Angeles is at
the Savoy.
A. w. Hamilton of Chicago is at the
st. Francis.
DR.; J. G. Burton of Los Angeles is at
the Stewart.
A. Drachman of Phoenix, Ariz., is, at
the Baltimore.
DR.. and Mrs, steinmiller of Reno are
at the Stewart.
j.. A. Lindsay of Victoria is registered
at the Fairmont
G. L. Trenwith of Santa Barbara is
at the Fairmont.
Mrs. w. O. Edmunds of Upper Lake
is at the st. Francis.
w. H. Harper of The Bachelors went
to New York yesterday.
j. E. Stubbs president of the Uni
versity of Nevada. IS at the ST Francis.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

Friends of Alice Montague. a San
Francisco girl. are receiving notices
of the young singers fine success in
London, where she has been studying
for three years with Blanche Mar
chest At a reception given recently
by the duke OF Northumberland to the
Princess Alexander of Teck Madame
Montague was the success OF the mu-
sical program. An American tour Is
a possibility next winter
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

lum. the first OF which was given yes
terday afternoon in SequOia hall. prom
Use TO become as popular as they are
novel. and Will undoubtedly net a large
sum for the city's helpless babies. sun
day afternoons have rarely been uti-
lized for charity concerts, but judging
from yesterdays experience there is no
reason why they should not be as well
attended on that day as any other
Yesterdays program was in charge OF
J. Humphrey Stewart and that OF the
next concert. on Sunday afternoon,
August 80. viii be in charge of a group
OF society girls. who have interested
some Of the citys cleverest musicians
In the days program.
That the president or the Scratch
club, Miss Kate Thomson, is expected
back in San Francisco this fall is good
news to the members OF the popular
little organization. who hope to re-
establish themselves before manv
months have passed. Miss Thomson.
who went to Mill Valley on the dav OF
the great fire. later went on to kins-
people in Chelsea. Mass, and has been
abroad for the last year
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
The help was

beg for arriman help pull him help
given Harrimans conditions.
The nature OF those conditions has not been made public
is reasonable suppose the very to those
the San Pedro Hartman has
that such should be the
welt inclined the proposition restrictions
which the chief publicity and
by the interstate
if the government unable prevent consolidation railroads it
should have power % regulate the conditions.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
lrnpertinent Question No. 81
What's The Use of Talking?

For the most original west answer to this queon-the
bnefer the better-Ihe Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS.
For the next i've The Call will paw ONE DOL
LAX EACH Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once Make
your short and SEND 1T ON a postal
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
CIubWomen Show Strength in
Social and Civic Work
By Kathleen Thompson

T HE clubwomen of a certain little
town in Georgia recently pc
titioned the city for piece of
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

And now there is a song exploiting
the directOire gown 1t is called since
kittie Keith. She Wore the Sheath
seven sharps.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

Paris is promised this season a COM
plete production of Wagners Ring"
the component parts of which never
have been given cOnsecutively there.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

Geraldine Farrar will appear as a
permanent member of the Opera Com
ique in Paris. Her engagement is an
extended one.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24
BROOM 4 RELIC OF THE PAST.
Modern Housekeeping Declared to
Have No Longer Use for It.

Tho newest household invention.
found only In the buildings most re-
Gently erected. is the vacuum cleaning
system. says the Delineator. Ine
broom Is almost ready to be relegated
to the glass case OF q museum and
labeled a tool Of ancient household
industry. for now We are sweeping by
electricity. All the dust and dirt Is
actually pumped out from house and.
through pipes in the walls. carried to
the sewer. A rubber hose in the room.
adjusted to a connection In the wall.
communicates directly with the pump
In the basement The metal tool with
q narrow groove in the underside. at
the other end OF the hose. Is easily
guided by the operator as It passes
over the surface Of floors. walls. furni-
ture. clothing or bedding. sucking up
every foreign particle.
There have recently been invented
portable vacuum machines which may
be operated At an expense Of two cents
an hour. The latest one is just on the
market at . cost OF only SIPS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24

Corn pone, old fashioned and appe
tixine. was introduced IN the hoo',
restaurant by Representative '@on'
das f. Livingston, OF Georgia anu ~
soon become popular and ,aS',ion na
HE "staff of life" for many "h" hhe"
mot its splendid and paiatahic quar-
f,aa saws a Washington despatch.
Colonel Livingston say" tha' WHY.
he first came to Congress ne Jew ."a'
he would go mad by being lo'c'h u
eat bakers bread. which nc terms
~mocnsbine stuff" He had been rai9
ed on big. fat butt"rmilk biscuits anu anu
genuine corn pone. and II WAS nv
small undertaking for him TO get ms
inner man even on speaking acqual"'
sepce with the leaf bread ana Soss,
corn bread served here. the co'o"',
rapsacked hotels. boarding houses an"
restaurants with the hope OF hhdihH
corn bread to his liking. but ms
search was fruitless; h" could no, W
J. satisfied nothing was found "n'ch
tasted like the good old Georgia
"pone."
"Why. the stuff ! get" said Co'on''
1iv,upston was no, as good As th'
bread we feed our hounds down h"''''
4 was watery. sOgsy. close ana h''
ao taste like genuine corn br"aI "
was a delusion and snare. S'o""
doing without corn bread jhs' a" '"hs
as I could. and then decided I" nav"
II at any cost am an artist "h'h
n comes to cooking corn bread. SIT
and went to the proprietor "t inc
house restaurant poor fellow. ne
nov dead. told him | was going y"
Eend to Georgia for some wafer
ground corn meat tn" ohir XVI"
that's At to san and that WIN MS
permission ] would teach his chez no"
10 cook a 'pone' so that decent man
could eat II.
The offer was agreed to. ana II
was net many days before an express
wagon dumped sack of meal on Tor
me. gazed on that sack iik" II was
n long lost friend. united the S'rihs
and took a Whit. and. great. suH"r
inr Lazarus, hut It did smell good! II
seemed that
Could listen to the water mill
Through the livrlong day.
While the clicking Of the old wheels
Wore the weary honrs away.
Baked the First Lot.
. 81 went to the xitcn"n. threw my
coat of, donned an apron. rolled up
my sleeves, washed my hands tour
Southern cooks always do this' and
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24
ogsgRTgR GOT sAFILY AWAY.
story q a. ingenious Escape fren"
Governors Island.

An army oficer. who was talking
OF the escape . few days ago OF q
couple Of prisoners from Castle VIII
liam, told several stories OF other
attempts. frequently unsuccessfui. TO
get away from Governors Island.
"Ons Of the most Ingenious that l
remember" he said. took place q rev
years ago and succeeded beautifully.
The man who escaped had been .
barber before he entered the army.
and his job at Castle William was TO
shave aud cut the hair OF the other
prisoners. He managed to save
enough Of the clippings to make a
false mustache. Then in some way
its hard to tell how those things are
contriveds-he had q suit OF plain
clothes smugxled in TO him. Still. he
wasn't In any rash hurry to get away.
but waited till a really good opportuni'
ty occurred. This came to him when
q gang OF plumbers were In the OLD
fort making repairs. One evening ne
rugged himself up in his clothes and
mustache and. picking up couple OF
pieces of lead pipe and a forgotten
solder pot. he walked leisurely out
with the plumbers when they quit
work. Right past the guard he went
without being recognized. and, so far
as ever heard. he was not recaptured
always thought that was a really
clever escape-rather theatrical one.
too"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24
TRUSTEES SALE.

As surviving Trustee in a certain
deed Of trust from Lucy II. Bash anc
husband to II. W F1ournoy and X. NJ.
Lett. Trustees. dated the 10th day oil
December. 1895 and recorded in the
County Court Clerks once Of War
wick County. Virginia. In Decd Book
rs. at page Il and ~. default having
been made therein, the undersigned
will. at the request of tho assigne" ~
the beneficiary named therein make
sale at pubIic auction to the highest
l.dder. for cash. on the premises. at
10 O'Clock a. n. on Saturday. the 2"h
day Of Juno. 1908. IF Lots II and y. In
Block 2&1. on Mc!.can's Map nj part
of Newport News. originally Md m
warwick County Court Clerks Ohcc.
on September 10Th. 1881. and now ~
record IN the Corporation Court
Clerks Ofscc ~ Newport News. In
Plat Book I. PAGE :. with the build
.nss and improvements thereon.
r. NJ. LETT.
Surviving Trustee.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA,
County of Norfolk IS.

EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.
County of Norfolk. IS,
On this. end day OF May. A. D..
1908. on reading the petition Of Wolf
Levy. Bankrupt. for discharge. II Is
ordered by the Court. that hearing
ta had upon the same on the 3rd
day Of June. A. D.. 1908. before SAID
Court. at Norfolk. In said district. at
IL o'clock noon: and that notice there
OF he published in The Daily Press,
a newspaper printed in said district.
and that all known creditors and
other persons in interest may appear
at the said time and place and show
cause. il any they have. why the
prayer of the said petitioner should
not be granted.
And it Is further ordered by the
Court that the Clerk shall send by
mail to all known creditors copies
Of said petition and this order, ad,
dressed to them at their places 81
residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable EDMUND
WADDILL. JR.. Judge Of the said
Court. and the seal thereof. at Nor
folk. in said district. on the 22nd day
of May. A. D.. 1908.
Attest: JOSEPH P. BRADY.
Clerk
BY w. b. WALKER.
It. Deputy Clerk.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24
BANKRUPTCY NOTICE.
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.

EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA,
County of Norfolk. IS.
On this 18th day OF May. A. D.. 1908.
on reading the petition Of DAVE J.
BUSKY, Bankrupt. for discharge. II Is
ordered by the Court. that hearing
Ia had upon the same on the eth day
Of May. A. D.. 1908. before said Court.
at Norfolk. In said district. at IL
o'clock noon: and that notice thereof
be published In The Daily Press. a
newspaper printed In said district.
and that all known creditors and other
persons In interest may appear at the
said time and place and show cause,
II any they have. why the prayer OF
the said petitioner should not be
granted.
And 1t Is further orderer by the
Court that the Clerk shall send by
mail to all known creditors copies OF
said petition and this order. address,
ed to them at their places Of residence
as stated
Witness the Honorable EDMUND
WADDILL. JR, Judge of the said
Court. and the seal thereof. at Nor
folk. in said district, on the 18th day
OF May. A. d.. 1908.
Attest: JOSEPH p BRADY.
Clerk.
BY W. 3. WALKER.
5-17-24-2t. Deputy Clerk.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.

County OF Norfolk. SIS.
On this 22nd day of May. A. d..
1908. on reading the petition of Nor
ris White, Bankrupt. for discharge.
il Is ordered by the Court. that a
hearing be had upon the same on the
3rd day of June. A. d.. 1908. before
said Court. at Norfolk. in said district.
at IL o'clock noon: and that notice
thereof be published in The Daily
Press. newspaper printed in said
district. and that all known creditors
and other persons in interest may ap-
pear at the said time and place ana
show cause. If any they have. why
the PRAYER Of the said petitioner
should not he granted.
And it is further ordered by the
Court that tn" Clerk shall send by
mail to all known creditors copies of
said petition and this order. address
ed to them at their places of resi-
dence as stated.
Witness the Honorable EDMUND
WADDILL,. JR.. Judge Of the said
Court. and the seal thereof. at Nor
folk, in said district. on the END day
of May. A. D.. 1908.
Attest: JOSEPH P. BRADY.
Clerk
By ". B. WALKER.
II. Deputy Clerk
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24

In Russia pits for cork fighting are
unknown. but "gooeepits" some 60
years ago were common throughout
that mighty Kingdom. The effect Of
this can be seen to-day IN the geese
which are indigenous 20 the country.
the Arsamas and the lula varieties
particularly showing to . marked de-
gree the lighting characteristics Of
tAeir ancestors. The Arsamss gander
has . bill which 10 entirely different
IN form from that Of the geese known
IN any other part Of the world. This
special structure enAbies the bird TO
take . hrm hold on the neck o. lack
Of 10 antagonist