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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
AGED MAN is SENT TO
PRISON FOR TEN YEARS
John Wagner Steals Spoons
From Saloon and Previous
Bad Record Is Against Him

John Wagner, an old man who has
spent many years in Jail. was sent to
San Quentin for another texm of 10
years by Judge Cook yesterday. He
entered saloon at Bay and Webster
streets IN June. stole some spoons. was
arrested before he left the premises
and convicted of burglary. Wagner,
who is we'll over so years of age
feigned insanity, but medical evidence
mind Ten years is the minimum SEN
tence for burglary in the first degree
when prior convictions are shown, as
in this case
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
LEADS his sIsTEn TO DRINK

Mrs Elizabeth Hogan. mother of
seven children. one month old was
charged before Police Judge Shortall
yesterday with cruelty to a minor child.
me Woman's husband who lives at 265
Harriet street, testified that his wife's
erother, John Lang. had returned from
Alaska recently and since that time he
him at all times, to the neglect of her
children. She promised the Judge to
take the pledge and was released on
ier own recognizance till today. Lang.
VINO was arrested for being drunk in a
puplic place and disturbing the peace,
was convicted and will appear for sem
tence this morning
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
: pRUrALLY BEATS HIS wIFE

Joseph Walters, 1927 Highland ave-
nue.. after his wife. Catherine had re-
turned from seeing a sick daughter at
the University hospital late Sunday
night, gave her an awful beating. She
had to be taken to the central emer-
gency hospital Walters was arrested
for battery and yesterday Police Judge
Conlan sent him to the county Jail for
six months. He had served 50 days on
former occasion for similar Of
fense. The woman is compelled to
support herself.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
Special Attractions for Tennis Enthusi-
asfs at Del Monte

The last three DAYS great tennis
tournament. Final events will be
played Thursday. Friday and SATURDAY.
Sept. 1913. Special attractions. East
mis- clubs invited to attend. Special
railroad rates, Hotel rates, SO to $3.50
per day. American plan. Wire for res
ervatiops
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
srABs srREErcAR CONDUCTOR

ciemento Venturina. a painter, was
arrested yesterday by Detectives Gra-
ham and Fitzgerald and Policeman
Desmond and booked at the city prison
on a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon. He had a dispute some days
ago with j. Slaughter. conductor of
q Mission street car. and while Slaugh-
ter sWas turning switch Venturina
stabbed him over the heart
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
JURY AoaUrrs BnAsH

A jury in Police Judge WelIer's court
yesterday afternoon acquitted Sam J.
Brash, Fillmore street near Geary, OF
a charge of practicing dentistry with
out a license. The principal witness
who had a tooth filled by Brash May s.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
SAYS CHILD BOUGHT LIQUOR

A warrant was obtained from Police
Judge ShOrtall yesterday by Policeman
T.. w. Maloney for the arrest of Mrs
Sophie Hammer. who has a saloon at 90
Condor street. on a charge Of violating
the liquor law. She is accused of sell
Der 13 to Violet Elliott. 15 years of age.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
'SLIMNESS OF RUfF'S
CHANCES BETRAYED
Attorney Ach Indicates by Qnes-
tions to Jurors Hopelessness
of Grafter's Cause
Nine Talesmen Are Finally Se-
lected for Trial Subject to
Peremptory Challenge
JURORS CoNDITIONALLY Sc
LECTED TO TRY ABE RUFF

Alexander Bond, real estate, 2205
Scott street.
Matthias d. Meyer. grocer. 2211
Geary street.
John BuettIer, butcher, 7S2
Haight street.
Timothy Sullivan, contractor,
1912 Folsom street.
William III. Garran, clerk, 1874
South avenue.
WilIiam s. Harrison, salesman,
Lower terrace.
Dennis Murphy, retired, 34s4
Mission street.
Thomas Dolan, retired, % Lotta
street.
Jacob Adams, brewer, 1888 Do
l0res street.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
Will STUDY ToTEM POLES

Henry Hoffman, a popular letter car
rier OF Station A, has left for Seattle
on his annual vacation. He will study
the totem poles of the northern Siwash
tribes Ed Sawyer OF the same station
has left for Lake Tahoe.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
schmitz Cases Continued

Judge Lawlor Yesterday set the cases
pending in his court against Eugene E.
Schmitz, Ruefs former official partner,
to November 16. The discredited ex-
mayor did not appear in court
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15

Try Murine Eye Remedy
For Red, Weak. Weary, Watery Eyes. .
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
Money
Not Only
Measure
of Work
By JOHN A. ROWLAND.

ncton Of small salaries The inference unacceptable
worker in these lines must be prepared to make pay
for the privilege of working field which shall yield incidental pres
tige and social amoument
One Of the highest positions in the United States is that justice
OF the United States Washington the
attached exceeded by clerks Of states Of the
The attorney who appears before the supreme tribunal argue
client have income 90 times larger than that before
whom he makes his Presidents of railroads and life
draw salaries twice large the salary the pres
dent of the United States
These illustrative Of the salary sacrifices that the young
king conscientious concessions to higher efforts the world find HIM
self called make Bending only to this higher calling within his
he need recognize that accepting it he make salary
which in the end promise him scarcely than living
in his old age.
This choice of his work. however, depend the young
wisdom in putting the salary consideration the background
be able to work for the sake of his work always must be of the highest
possible the worker To position
boer field which offers only the inducent effort
submit to stranglng of all that is best in life
But for the who has accepted his chosen work
his his fitness for doing that work his satisfaction
in the work itself the best and lasting Of compensatons
for the work the mpeng force all times leading him the highest
Accomplishments of which he capable and the accomplishment of the
highest that is him always find his chief
living
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
THE EEW DNEZLLNGS c5HHRED WZRE
J70RES

week. 1t was at five o'clock in the
afternoon that the fire entered the
city in the clutch of gale from the
northwest and laid the place in ruins
in less time than it takes to tell 1t.
Up to within half hour before the
flames caught the town the people
were confident that there was no dan
ger, and, with few exceptions, went
about their business as usual.
When the fire came all were panic
stricken, and grabbing the few things
nearest at hand, which in numerous
cases were not articles of the great
est usefulness, fed the town, many
making for the iron mines near by.
Had ordinary precautions been taken
even as late as the forenoon of the
fire, it is said that the place could
have been saved. AS it was, all that
was spared by the flames were the two
churches, the beautiful $125,000 high
school, the grammar school, and two
blocks of dwellings on opposite sides
of town, which were saved because OF
a peculiar shifting of the wind.
One of the fortunate things about
the fire was that it struck Chisholm
awake in the afternoon instead of at
night after all were asleep. There
was no loss of life as it was, but had
the flames swept in in the dark the
holocaust which would have resulted
would have been most horrible, for
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

thought this was hardly the case. In
many sections up here the ground is
of peat bog formation and spark may
burn for weeks after it finds lodging
before it is famed into a flame.
1t is hard and practically impos-
sible to figure losses accurately at this
time, and it will be weeks before even
an approximate estimate that is final
can be made. Cruisers will have to
be sent over the burnt-over areas be-
fore close figures can be obtained and
the timber owners say that it is alb
solutely useless to do anything in this
line until heavy rain comes and
the end of the fires is assured.
Putting the losses low, to be on the
safe side, they are commonly agreed
to be 100000 TO $10,000,000. The
majority of people say about $4,000,
600. This is considered a conserva
tive estimate by those who have been
over most of the ground. At five pei
cent. interest the amount of capital
lost would yield $3.50, 200 a year. This
is worth contrasting with what the
state forestry board now has to spend
for protection. 1t has an appropria
ton of $11.500.
The burning of the prosperous little
town of Chisholm on the Mesabi iron
range is the item of loss which figures
most prominently in conversations
with all who have anything to say
about the forest fire destruction tc
date. The people in this country are
used to fires, and hardly feel at home
unless there is the smell of smoke
In the air. Until the flames menace q
town or a very valuable stand of tim
Der they are fairly Indifferent to the
danger.
A striking evidence of this over-con
fident feeling of safety was given or
the day of the Chisholm fire, the losses
In which are now conservatively esti
mated at s1,250,000 to s1,500,000, In
GLIDING real property, stocks of mer
chandise, and every other item oil
direct loss. The same fire that de
stroyed the town had been burning il
the forests near by for more than 6
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
The Castle Gate.

course Of time came to shift pretty
much for itself"
AS matter of history and legend it
seems that on the eminence on which
the castle is so admirably situated
there was always Hohenzollern.
There was a stronghold there in the
ninth century.
Destroyed and rebuilt through vary
ing fortunes of war it covered much
the same ground in the fourteenth
century that the building now does.
With the passing of the age of chival-
ry, the old fortress fell into ruins and
Frederick Nv. of Prussia, wishing to
preserve the ancestral home of his
family, restored it upon a model of a
castle of the latter part of the four
teenth century.
If the visitor should not be satisfied
with this brief statement, which may
be found in almost any school history,
he will not have to go for more infor-
nation to guide book. He can read
it on the walls and at the same time
acquire large collection OF German
verses.
The simplest statement is not in
trusted to plain prose. but everything
is told in rhyme. No other castle in
the world is said to have quite so.
much poetry on it. Rhymes on the.
gate, walls, stairways, tablets, es-
cutcheons, scrolls and in festoons set
forth the genealogy of the Hohenzol-
lern family from the earliest time to.
the present
That castle may have too much.
poetry about it Hechingen firmly be-
lieves. 1t thinks, moreover, that IL
there had been less of it, or if what
there was had been of better quality.
the kaiserin might not have got tired
and might have deigned to return.
Her majesty came here once" said
Hechingen man who seemed to know
all about Hohenzollern. AT first she.
was enthusiastic over the castle. its.
superb situation and its architectural
| beauty, and she started in to study the.
building.
THE inscriptions over the gate
caught her eye and she read them.
She continued to read as she walked
on. She read verse after verse, until
finally when she had finished with the
genealogical hall she asked to be-
shown to the royal apartments.
There were more rhymes there
She went into the library and there
were more there. Then she went
away. They say hat the verses got.
on her nerves and hat she could not
stand them. She has never been back
einne"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

there is no telling what part of the
5000 people would have been cremat
ed in their beds, SO quick were the
flames, or what would have happened
to the fleeing, panic-stricken people
and their children who might have
been awake.
Many of the people of the city were
hard hit by the fire financially and
some lost practically all they had
The same dauntless spirit that i'm
PEELED large cities like Baltimore and
San Francisco to arise from the ruins
of fire and rebuild is in the people
of little Chisholm and already there
are about SO new stores and dwellings
nearly completed. When l saw the
people going about their work in such
cheerful go-ahead way, 1 was sur
prised, for one can hardly expect such
quick action from a small town.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

right there would be sacrifices of the familiar with
e bride these international scarcely realizes the under
lying significance the event. afraid The glamour the OCCASION
which she the central figure dazes and delights her. and the
moral support her mother strong happiness
Of the and charm Of these foreign gentlemen of leisure
who spend much time their adnmen and their attractions
dpnab their favor the preliminary interest they in the
affections susceptible girl There's doubt that of them
resby handsome cultured delightful but if they had to
woa accomplishment which they ddan their perception of the RI
dicllsu would be vivid than it is
We not compelled to accept the European standard whatever
is and because do usually due sinister intention of
the American girl herself but because her American MOTHER entirely
the false conditions which she launches daughters
happiness cruelty responsible for the Doubtless the training
which the American girl subjected in her social sacrifices by these
ambitious mothers the that she submits gracefully she does
have unhappy marriages these international af
fairs brilliantly started that have made desperately for the
girls themselves In France the marriage dot institution quite
sacred in their social relations when they make American al
lance 1t significant however, that they marry of their
country for far less money than they sell to the American girl
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
ANEGLECTEDCASTLE
WHY rs KAISER'S OLD FAMILY
HOME UNvIsITEp2
Too Much Poetry There for kaiser'n'
SAYS Public Reproductive for
Second Place Said to Be Real
Cause for Staying Away.

Hecbingen. Germany doesn't
the kaiser or the kaiserin ever come
To the castle of Hohenzollern?" Is a
question that they are asking these
DAYS. not only in the ancient provinces
of Hohenzollern, but throughout south
western Germany.
His majesty" the people Will tell
you, has bought an Italian villa, mas
remodeled the Achilleon on the island
of Corfu, and has been restoring ola
castles in north Germany until ne mas
a string of them, more than 80 In all,
stretching across Prussia from no
nigsberg on the east to Hochkonigs-
berg on the west, yet while doing this
he has apparently not given
thought to the ancestral home of the
imperial family of Germany, which Is
all ready for royal tenant. and which
the people of Hohenzollern are desir-
Gus should have one"
This magnificent pile is situated on
a wooded spur of the Swabian Alb,
just above Hechingen. For this rea-
son, although the castle dominates the
ldHuSCdpc vi dihOoI ehO "hAOAS ~
henzollern, Hechingen takes an espe-
ciai interest in the structure and
would say it if it were not lese ma
jeste that it is hurt at the kaiser's
neglect.
THE old kaiser, Wilhelm l.. came
often to the CASTLE" said one OF the
citizens, "and seemed to take consider
able pride in 1t. Many Of the royal
family or members of the Prussian
court used to come and there was
some representative Of the house on
the hill most of the time. The pres
ent ruler in his younger days used to
visit us himself.
But after the completion of Neu-
Schwanstein, planned by King Ludwig
of Bavaria, he lost his interest In Ho-
henzollern. 1t was as restoration OF
a medieval stronghold dwarfed by
its superb Bavarian rival.
ION account of similarity in situa-
ton and construction, the two were
often compared-and our kaiser, you
know, is not man who likes to have
second place. So Hohenzollern in
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
Great Names in Washington.

Farragut and Thomas. two south
erners who won fame by their adher-
ence to the cause Of the union, one a
Tennesseean and the other a Virgil
nian, are kept in remembrance in the
national capital by square and a
circle respectively, which stand at the
centers of the most desirable residen-
tial districts. Few historical charac-
tiers have been equally fortunate in
this respect. Farragut square is sur
rounded by substantial edifices, in
GLIDING several of the best apartment
houses in the city, besides a number
Of the private residences such as those
Of the vice-president and of Gen. ORA
per. Cities the world over perpetuate
the historical epochs in which they
grew. This civil war has given to the
national capital, since its period of ex-
pansion came just after that struggle,
the great names for the new city's
focal points, remarks the Boston
Transcript. And while the south has
naturally had a smaller part in them
than the northerners, it may derive a
little solace indirectly, perhaps, from
thinking of the Importance of its con
tributions, in military genius, as well
as in border-state soldiers, to the
cause of the union, which is there per.
petuated.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
The Political Game in Morocco.

The Political Game In Morocco.
The sultanry of Morocco. in north
western Africa, has q larger area than
France ar Germany. but its affairs at
tracted little attention in America I'M
til It was announced, about two years
ago, that his elder brother, Mulai-
Hafid, was attempting to depose Mulai-
Abde1IAziz, who acceded in 1894. Stu
dents settled themselves to watch an
interesting contest between the sultan
and his would-be successor; but 1t
speedily degenerated into squabble.
and nothing important developed until.
recently. ii appeared that the preten-
der had become a pawn in the game
of International finance. Very early
in the game Mulai-Hafid captured Fee,
the northern capital. Mulai-Abd-el re-
tain control of the southern capital,
Morocco. Each spat defiance at the
other, but neither could crush the
other, for want Of men and arms. 1t
was deadlock which there might be
profit in breaking; and the son OF
former member Of the British parlia-
ment organized syndicate Of capital
lists, made his way in disguise to Fee
he was the first European to enter
the city in a year-and put himself In
touch with MulaiHafid. The syndicate
pledged itself to place that gentleman
on the throne, asking, IN return, con-
cessions for the building Of railways
and opening of mines, the reorganiza-
ton of the finances, various important
political posts, and a partial control
of the customs. Mulai-Hafid seems to
have hesitated, for German, Portu-
guese and American financiers now
locked into the field, all anxious to
promote his cause for consideration.
But although these others wanted less,
they likewise promised less,-an
American corporation. for instance,
Offared paltry million dollars for the
right to build railway through rich
mining country, mineral rights to be
thrown n,'-and at last accounts the
pretender had accepted the British
proposition, and six Englishmen were
busy at Fee, organizing victory. Such
is, In brief, the story told by the adj
veuturous Englishman and by jour
nalists who have no particular bias.
Resolutions nearer home are seldom
financed "for love" or ''for fun" and
there is reason to believe that certain
South American rulers who showed
conspicuous kindness to foreign Gin
terests" were only paying for the help
that made them rulers. No doubt, re-
marks the Youths Companion, the
Englishmen will earn all they get.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

How many Americans enunciate dis
tinctly the name of the town in which
they live-or of any other town? The
heroine of recent linguistic accident
had the excuse, at least, Of being
strange to the English language. She
was German, and lived in Pittsburg,
Pa. She wished to go to Norwalk, o.
The agent gave her a ticket to Nor.
folk, Va, and she was taken there.
She returned to Pittsburg and tried
again. This times he got a ticket to
Newark, N. j., and had TO go back
home again. With her money gone
and no friends, she would have had a
hard time but for the kindness of a
German painter. When she finally
reached Norwalk, she had spent $50 in
railway tickets, when but for indis-
tinct enunciation she would have had
to spend only seven dollars.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
Wilt ar FIRST ,X471OMAL 6AhY

The people in the section around
Chisholm, Mimi, say that it is the
driest year that they have ever known.
The woods and the brush growth on
cut-over land are as dry as finder and
fires can be seen in as many as half
dozen places at one time, starting
from what no one knows. The natives
give various causes of how the flames
start, the most popular of which are
sparks from engines, hunters and
campers, careless brush-burning by
homesteaders and incendiaries. One
man even advanced the theory OF
spontaneous combustion, and did not
seem to like it when l told him that l
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
Thought Him MoIIycoddle.
John d. Rockefeller rebuked a Cleve

John ID. Rockefeller rebuked Cleve.
land reporter one day for swearing.
Don't swear" he said. Say 'durn'
or 'pshaw.' There is as much comfort
in those mild words as in the reddest
oaths.
81 know" said Mr.. Rockefeller,
that such is not the prevalent opin.
ion. The prevalent opinion-but it is
a wrong one-was expressed the other
morning by my caddy. He had just
been around with a minister. After
| drove off / said to him:
"'What kind of player is the min.
lister, Joseph
Joseph snorted.
Him he sneered. He'll never
make golfer. Do you know what he
says when he misses the ball?
"'No. What does he say? asked.
"'He says, Tut, tut Joseph
sneered."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

That young man who for any reason al
lows himself to enter line of work in
which he cannot find the interest of work.
ing is making the mistake of his life. In
the beginning the attractions of salary may
be an inducement, but the young man who
is attracted to the salary consideration only
must awake sooner or later to disappoint-
ment and failure.
1t is one of the anomalies Of the work.
ing world that so many of those lines of
work in which the worker is likely to de-
rive the most satisfaction from his accom-
plishments carry with them the almost
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07
SChenin6
Are to Blame for
International
Marriages
By BOOTH HARRINGTON.
Author.

The international marriage between Ameri-
girl of wealth and foreigner of title is usually
a most deplorable failure do not deny that there
exceptions, when the love motive is pre-em-
inently strong; we have some examples of it among
American titled women abroad to-day. The excep-
ton, however, does not prove the rule, which am
convinced is of utter failure in the great majority
of cases.
The blame lies with the socially ambitious Amer
lean mother, who insists upon her daughters mar
riage to foreign nobleman, because she aspirss to
social prominence, one might almost describe it as
social notoriety. The climbers in American society
women; the money makers are men. If the
oristocracy wore moro iealoue of ts birth
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

Socialism has not chance in this
country, because wealth is too diffuse. If
a man has 500, all his own, he loses all
ideas of sharing it with anybody else.
American people are opportunists they
will adopt institutions, socialistic or not, if
they are practical, but they will not follow
an idea beyond the stage where it becomes
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

About 100 100000 heads of lettuce
are raised annually in the jardins
maraicheres of Paris, the greater part
of which is shipped to London and
Cologne during the winter and spring,
after being wrapped in paper and
Grated.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-11-07

inefficient. Human So
ciety is based on self-in-
terest. shaded and con-
cealed, perhaps. 10 have
a socialistic socie ty,
where everyone thouOht