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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
TWO MEET DEATH IN
PRAIRIE AVENUE FIRE
Many Wealthy Residents Gal
lantIy Assist in the Work
of Rescue

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-Two persons
were burned to death and several
others injured by jumping out Of win
dows during a Ere at 1924 Prairie ave-
nue. tonight The dead are Mrs. Eliza
beth Carr and her ] year old son. Roy
Carr. husband Of the woman, was
burned while trying 10 rescue her.
Many wealthy residents, including
Daniel Hayes, Alfred Trumbdey and
Arthur Y. Meeker, general manager of
Armour & Co, who live near by, hurried
to the fire and assisted in the rescue.
While some carried the bodies Of the
woman and child from an upper floor.
Meeker secured an automobile. and in
it sent Mrs Peterson. a cripple. who
had jumped from window, TO a hos
pital
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
THIRTY MILLION RED
CROSS STAMPS ORDERED
Great Interest Shown in Plan
to Raise Money to Fight
tuberculosis

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-orders for
So,ooo'ooo Christmas stamps which are
being sold by the National Red Cross
society of which President elect Taft
is president. have been received bv the
printed. peeh
AT the headquarters of the society
there Is an unwonted amount of activ
ity, and orders for the stamps are being
fliled as rapidly as possible
The officers Of the society do not
want TO disappojnt anybody who wants
to help make Christmas merry by con
tributing in this way to the fight which
is being waged against tuberculosis.
for which the proceeds will be used.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
Suspects Story Disproved

Wilson was first asked to account for
his movements. He said that during
the noon hour Boas and he went to
lunch together at the B and d restau-
rant, in Third street near Mission, a
place where they were, both we'll
known. He said that they left the res
taurant after 1880 o'clock in the after
noon, and that from there he went to
Joseph Thiebans electrical supply
house 5S5 Mission street, a block and
a half away, where he transacted some
business. From there, he said, he went
to see man named Compert at 642
Shrader street, where he delivered a
package of electric lamps. Compert was
not at home and the bundle was left
with S. Cohn, a barber, with shop at
652 Shrader street
Upon investigation the police found
flaws in Wilson's story 1t was learned
that he left the restaurant before l
o'clock and even that he was at Thie-
bans place before that hour. The two
stenographers and a porter at THE
bans, who have been summoned to the
inquest, will testify that Wilson was
there before | o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
PANAMA CANAL TO FAIL,
SAYS FRENCH EXPERT
Former Chief Engineer Tells
Why Project Will Not
Be Success
Especial Cable to The Call


PARIS. Dec. 11.-Philippe Bunau-
Varilla, formerly the chief engineer of
the Panama canal. and one of the
highest technical authorities on the
subject, when asked his opinion re-
garding the work on the canal, said:
The difficulties of this task are
much greater than all theoretical pro-
visions All the American commissions
estimated the cost of the present prof.
ect at $l40, 600, 900, but up TO date $780,
100000 has been expended, not includ-
ing the $40,000,000 paid the French
company and the s10.000,00 paid to
the republic of Panama.
1t is doing service to the United
states to affirm that the plan being
followed will almost infallibly end in
the greatest disaster in the history of
great public works ever recorded. The
canal, as conceived. will exist or not,
according as the Gatun dam holds or
does not
Now, l. with all the French engi-
neers who have studied the Panama
canal question: have the absolute con-
viction that the site of the GatTin dam
VIII result in certain destruction.
raIsed the first cry of alarm in let
ter to President Roosevelt on March 5,
1906, and not only is my conviction
not modified, but 1t has just received
an olfllnous confirmation in the acci-
cent which occurred at the end of No
vember.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
Movements Not Explained

Cohn has told the police that Wilson
did not reach his shop until 4:30 o'clock.
Wilson has been unable. the police say,
to account for his movements in the
interim. That inability is periIous to
his case, for at o'clock that after
noon the fatal letter was mailed in
the general postoffice. Mission and Sew
enth streets.
A font of metal type and bottle
containing fluid were found by O'Neil
among Wilson's effects Yesterday
Kytka declares that the fluid is iden-
tical in quality with the character of a
snudge found on the poison letter"
Martin and John Boas We're at Kyt-
ka's laboratory last night for the pur-
pose of Identifying their brothers hand
writing on numerous papers found in
the office in the Williams building
They thoroughly discredited the identi-
fcations made by Wilson of Boas hand
writing.
When Martin Boas saw Wilson at the
city prison the detained man declared
that he had not embezzled money from
the firm, but could not clear himself en-
tirely of the charges against him. The
two men were in conference for an
hour.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
MANY PROTEST AGAINST
YOUNG'S APPOINTMENT
Nomination for Postmaster of
Portland Is Held Up by
Senator Fulton
Especial Dispatch to The Call

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE nomi-
nation of John c. Young to be post
master at cortland, Ore, has been held
up at the request of Senator Fulton
houng was formerly Senator Bourne,s
secretary He lives at Baker City. and
is said to be a populist Protests are
coming in from Portlsnd apainst " - al ar Z
or the ground that he is an unfit ner7
son TO serve as postmaster, and also
pecause ne wrote vicious attack mon
nshed an the Portland Oregonfan NAV q
senator Bourne procured the nornina.
ton of Young without consulting tbe 3
oregon delegation. the rule being thar
master of his home town. The deiaea
ton Immediately protested against fhe
appointment tne
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
SUICIDE OF MURDERER

PLAINS, Mont, Dec 11.-CIosely
pursued by a sheriff's posse and evi-
IDENTIFY driven to desperation through
lack of food and sleep. Robert smith.
slayer of Clarence Clark near Victor.
last Monday, fired a shot into his own
brain this morning, two miles west of
Eddy. When found by mill hands
Smith was still alive, but died Shortly
afterward
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
Lawyers Seek to Defend

The law firm of Farrar, Harvey &
Beal made an effort yesterday to secure
the work of defending Wilson. Harry
II. Davis, captain of the Philadelphia
Athletics, the National league team, and
a friend of the Wilson family, tele-
graphed to Danny Long, the local base
Dall manager and police court stenog-
rapher, regarding the overtures. Davis
said that the Wilson family was very
poor Members of the above named
firm in the Clunie building were re-
luctant to discuss their attempt to an
pear in the case
The following witnesses have been
summoned to the inquest, which Will be
held Tuesday morning:
DR.. C. F. Griffen. 2so4 Folsom: DIR. n
EmmeL 26s9 Howard; W. Hall, 2S1G HarrI-
son; MIS- k. Boas, S16A Harrison; Miss Alma
Boas, Martin Boas. Emile Boas, John Boas: De
tectives Graham, Gallagher and o Nell Police
men j. Alpcrs. J. Harper, Walter Wilson
nlchard Geraghty Williams building: John r.
why's postal clerk; F. S. Cleland special de-
livery letter carrier; Chief of Police Ed Haley
San Jose; Detective Hines San Jose: Mrs q q
her, Mr.. and Mrs. D. d. PEBBLES, Frank J. SOM
ers, all of San jose; Theodore Kytka Frank
A. Green, city chemist: Z. J. Shubert Hotel
Netherlands; T. w. Merton, Florence Karl
Ella Houston, Hotel Netherlands; Miss T..
Dwyer, 1887 Kentucky Miss Nina Miller, sos
twenty second street; William g. Miller, Mrs
Miller; William Mccall: Gus Anderson, viii
Morey, $50 Third street: William Cole 112
Third; Helen Lawrence. 122 Third; Thomas w.
Toomey, l22 Third: Mrs. Mary Wilson. 121s
Chattanooga; Miss Laura Rohmer. 1047 Noe.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
Elk rHE sPRING sTYLEs

TOLEDO. o.. Dec. 1.-THE national
cloak makers convention today de-
eided that the new spring suit shall
be a three piece affair with a hipleSs
effect and in one of these colOrs: Ashes
of roses, green. toupe. electric blue,
reseda. stone gray. eadar or inistoya-
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
Postal Wireless Opened

LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE first post
once wireless station in England was
opened by Postmaster General BUXTON
this afternoon It is situated at Boil
theag, on the Devonshire coast. and
is intended primarily for communica
ton with ships at sea. Buxton inti-
mated that similar offices would be
scattered throughout the United King
dom.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
WOMAN NOT PROSECUTED

FRESNO. Dec. I1.-Mrs. LNettie Jones
of Santa Barbara, brought here on a
charge of having stolen diamonds val
ued at $d00 from friends whom she was
visiting, was released this afternoon at
her preliminary examination. The
district attorney moved for the dismiss
SAL there being no evidence against
Mrs Jones'
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
NO VERDICT

SANTA ROSA. Dee. 1.-THE jury in
the case of Charles Olds charged with
assault with deadly weapon upon
with an AK some weeks ago at Gey-
serville while the latter was talking to
a woman on the street, having failed to
reach verdict late last night was
discharged. Olds was remanded to jail
to await further action in his case.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
GOLD For PARIS sHTPMENT

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE National
City bank today engaged $1.400. 900 in
gold Vor shipment to Paris tomorrow.
This makes a total of s3.900.00 TO be
shipped by that bank by Saturdays
steamer.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
The California Promotion conni,t..

The California Promotion Committee
tIhe State Central Organization oruanixed IN
iso2-An association for the commercial and
industrial development OF California.
PROMOTION: The act OF PROMOTING adx.,..
ment encouragement Century Dictionarv
1he COMMITTEES has for It's object the pRo
NOTING or Caiifornias interests It has nof6
Ing 70 sell. II fosters all things tending to fha
ADVANCEMENT OF California. Il Is an aufhor-
lty on ali matters relating to California. II en-
COURAGES the establishment OF new Irt,,.s-.I. 81.
and fosters these already established It invIfes
desirable immigration Il presents the ooncr
tunlties and needs 0f all helds OF business ~,
professional activity. IL Is supported by ponars-
subscriptions and makes no charge for -
service rendered IL has affiliated with Il No
combined membership Of more than "a ooo
Meetings or representatives OF these orranl1,-
t1ons are held semiannaaIiy IN different narfs -
the state. where matters OF California infsr.ss
are discussed. Headquarters Of the commiffs.
are maintained IN CanfornIs building Union
yIIED. -
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
Powder to Be Analyzed

Before Detective O'Neil left the
Netherlands he took with him all VIII
sons effects, including the suit of
clothes, which were sprinkled with a
white powder. This suit will be taken
to Prof. Frank Green, city chemist,
and an analysis of the powder will be
made.
When the sheet of paper, secured
from Miss Karl, was taken to Kytka' s
laboratory the expert examined it
closely with double microscopes. He
discovered that in texture, markings
and In other distinguishing qualities
the paper was identical with the sheet
on which the poison letter was written.
Other papers found among Wilson's eff
fects bear strong resemblance to the
crude squares in which the strychnine
received by Boas was wrapped.
The police undertook yesterday, as
foretold in The Call, to trace Wilson's
actions on the afternoon of December
2, the day upon which the poison was
mailed m RoaS
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
What Has Been Done
i'm the Graft Cases

May IS, 907-Abraham Ruef pleaded guilty Of extortion
French restaurant Conviction re-
versed by supreme court decision.
June 3 l907-Eugene E. Schmitz convicted of extortlon
In French restaurant Conviction re-
versed by appellate and supreme courts
July Is, 1907 First trial of Louis Glass, charged with
giving brbe to Supervisor Boxton. results
in disagreement of the jury.
Aug l. 1907 Trial of Theodore V. Halsey charged
with bribing Supervisor Lonergan, inter
rupted by illness of defendant
Aug 3d. lo07Lous Glass convicted Of bnbng Supervisor
Loneroan and sentenced to years. Case
appeal.
Oct 5. 1907 Jury disagreed in first trial of TREY l.
Ford. charged with giving bribe to Super
visor Lonergan.
Dec 3. 1907 TREY l. Ford acquitted charge of CIV
ing bribe to Supervisor Phillips
May z, 1908 TREY l. Ford acquitted charge of CIV
ing bnbe to Supervisor Coleman.
Nav 1908 Jury disagreed in case of Abraham Ruef
charged with giving bnbe to Supervisor
Phillips in Parkside DEAL
Oct 29 1908 E A S. Blake pleaded guilty of attempt
to bnbe juror in the Ruef case On cal
endar for judgment
Dec TO- l906-Abraham Ruef convicted of attempt to
bnbe Supervisor Furey in trolley On
calendar for judgment
Dec. IL, l908-Frank ]. Murphy trial for attempt to
bnbe juror in the Ruef
Dec. H. 1o08-Announcement made that trial of Patrick
Calhoun bribery charge will be set for
an early date.
giving testimony in effort protect Abe Ruef
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
only One @Bromo Quintuc-'

That Is Esxative BroIno Quininc Look for TIC
signature of r. ~. Grove Used the world over
60 Cure Cold in One Day 25c.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
BIake's Sentence Postponed

Upon the application of Assistant
District Attorney Deasy, Judge Dunno
yesterday continued the sentencing OF
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
Patrick Calhoun Next of Indicted Higher Ups
to Be Brought to the Bar

E. A. S. Blake, the convicted and self
confessed jury briber on behalf of
Ruef, to December 80. Deasy said that
Blake was needed as a witness in the
trial of Adolph S. Newburgh. whose
trial for Jury fixing would begin soon
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
WILSON IN TEARS
WHEN EXAMINED
Martin BOas Asks Suspect in
Prison Ibid You Kill My
Brother ?''
Liquid Found in Bedroom Like
That Smeared on the
Poison Letter.
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locked for a long time while he was
in the house. 1 tried to open it with
pass keys, but could not. Wilson used
to have men visit him in his room. One
IN particular was a red headed man. |
don't know the name of any of his
friends''
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
Will Pay Recreation Bill

The sheriff's office received a court
order yesterday from Judge Lawlor
for the payment of the recreation" bill
of the lately incarcerated Ruef jury.
Since September 26, when to while
away the tedium of their seclusion they
were taken to the Van Ness theater, to
December z, when they attended their
last theatrical performance together.
the jurors took in 81 shows and half
dozen ball games For the II men
and their two legally provided chap
erones the total bill came to s564.5O.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
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VIII Urge Sentence

shoes and that he now has the offer
under consideration.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12

Do You Want s5.OOg
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page Is.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12

The best beet root yields about IL per
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-12
DT.WOnQSung

Herb Sanitarium. s25
CLAY ST., cor. Wav-
erly Place.
Diseases cured hy
c hinese Medicine
Over 3.0cO varieties Of
herbs in use. This ia
nous doctor was for a
long time one of the
Leading physicians of
the Government hospi-
tai IN Canton. China.
Telephone China go.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-11
KILLED WIFE
Little Child Was Also Murd-
cred, Then The Maniac
Hung Himself.
TOTS FOUND THE BODIES.

Piqua, O., March 11.--I'our little
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, of
Pattytown, Newton Township, wonder
ed why their parents did not arise this
morning. At late hour they got up
themselves and went into their par
ents' bedroom. Here a horrifying
sight met Their eyes, as they beheld
Mrs. Dayis and a little one-year-old
child dying in bed. Their heads had
been crushed with an ak. Their first
thought was that their father had gone
crazy and killed them. This was cor.
rect.
For days, Davis had acted peculiarly.
About 3 O'Clock this morning he arose
Drained his sleeping wife and child,
and then tried to kill himself with the
same weapon. Finding that he could
not, he went to the barn and hanged
himself from big beam. Davis had
borrowed $500 on fine $4,000 farm,
and being unable to pay, became in
sane and committed the desperate
deed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-11
MOTHERS AHEAD OF
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
President Roosevelt Says
That They Are Better
Citizens.
HE SPEAKS OF CHILDREN.
WE ARE SEEKING TO MAKE
CHILDHOOD OF WHOLESOME
PLAY LEAD UP TO A LIFE OF
WHOLESOME WORK, HE SAID.
HE SPEAKS OF CHILDREN.

Washington, March 1.-President
Roosevelt yesterday in an address at
the white house to the National Moth
ers' Congress. placed the society ahead
of the civil war veteran, because, he
said. in the final analysis. it is the
mother only who is the better citizen
than the soldier.
Your purpose is indeed" he said,
1.-The broad purpose of our civilization.
We are seeking to make a childhood
of wholesome play lead up to a mature
life OF wholesome work from which
the spirit of play has not been alto
gether lost. We think it worth while
to provide for childhood with its play.
We think it worth while to provide in
4 thousand ways for the work of grown
up years. But just at this time we are
chiefly interested in the passage from
the age of play 10 the age of work.
That is the focus of some of our most
anxious thoughts of today. The school
is largely concerned with the transfer
nation of a playing child into a work
ing man with some play left in him.
So the question of which l speak is the
question of the fitting together of the
later years of school with the earlier
years of work. Here is one OF the
most penetrating questions OF our time,
and one TO which you may fairly de-
vote your most earnest planning and
study"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-11
SIMS NOW ACTING
STATE CHAIRMAN
Goodrich Is Bound Down With
C., C.. & l.. Troubles at
The Present Time.
COMMITTEE HELD MEETING,
ROUTINE MATTERS WERE At
TENDED TO--NO PLATFORM
TALK PREVAILED, THIS BEING
LEFT UNTIL LATER.

indianapolis, March l1.-Fred A.
Sims, secretary of state Of Indiana,
will be the acting chairman of the re-
publican state committee from now
until the state convention on April l,
and possibly through the campaign.
Sims will act in the absence OF
Chairman James z. Goodrich, whose
duties as c. c. & l.. railroad receiver
will detain him in Chicago the most
Of the time for the next few months.
At the meeting OF the republican
committee yesterday afternoon, Chair
man Goodrich was authorized to select
Mr.. Sims as the acting chairman.
Sims is familiar with all details of
republican politics in Indiana.
Routine matters in connection with
the approaching state convention
were discussed yesterday afternoon.
Chairman Goodrich came down from
Chicago to attend the meeting. The
committee uloSuooCo IliC piopthpiS Ca
penses of the convention and fixed an
assessment for the candidates on the
state ticket, who are expected to as
sist in paying part of the convention
expenses. The question Of the issu-
ance of convention tickets was taken
up. The committee expects that the
convention will be attended by the
usual large crowd. The first day is to
be hurrah event.
Overstreet Will Sound Keynote.
1t is officially announced that Rep
resentative Jesse Overstreet will be
the temporary chairman of the con
vention and will sound the campaign
battle cry.
Last night Chairman Goodrich had a
long conference with Acting Chairman
Sims regarding the work that is to be
done.
The committee did not indulge in
much platform talk. This will be left
to a gathering of republicans of the
state the latter part of the month. Ac-
cording to the usual custom leading
republicans will meet in indianapolis
short time before the convention
and decide what shall go in the state
platform. No date was arranged yes
terday for the meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-11

Don't try to make the stomach do what 1t can't
do. Don't stimulate 1t; don't drive it TO action 1t
is like whipping tired horse
Let 1t rest you would lame ankle. And like
the lame ankle, the stomach will cure itself
In indigestion, the stomach lining is inaaned And
the undigested food, by becoming hard, irrtates
that lining. That is the cause OF the pain.
So long that irritation is allowed to continue
there is no hope of curing the stomach.
Some OF you find that you cannot digest all food.
So you limit yourselves to the food that you can
digest.
That partial starvation. The needs of
the body call for variety in food. One cannot diet
without starving some part, without losing some
needed nourishment.
And nourishment will do more than anything
else to correct the weakness. 1t is vital that you
should supply it.
The right way is this Eat what you need of
the food that you want Then let Kodol, for
time, do the digesting.
Nature will do the rest
Kodol is the only way to digest all sorts of food
1t is not like preparations which digest part of the
food Some elements needed to digest all food
are lacking in other digesters.
Kodol is not a halfway treatment, 1t is
plete 1t does all that Is necessary; all that the
heathiest organs can do in the digestion of food.
And its action is instant. 1t goes into the stom-
ach in liquid form, like the digestive juices Its
effect on food is immediate.
There is no food to irrtate after kodol is taken.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-11
A COURAGEOUS ACTION.

Some, no doubt, look upon the
young king Of Spain as a headstrong
and needless youth to tempt death It.
self by going TO Barcelona, the strong.
fonso, however, is but playing the role
Of king as he thinks it should be play
ed. AS king he is the human embod'
iment of the Spanish government. The
anarchists of Barcelona gave notice
that il the king dared go there he
would DO killed. Had King Alfonso
paid no attention to it and remained
in the security of his palace at Mad.
rid. his action would have been Of the
greatest encouragement to the BARGE
uona anarchists. They would have
pointed out that the king az the high
est representative of the government
dared not accept their challenge. They
would have claimed that he feared
their power. The citizens of BARGE
Iona would have looked upon the an,
archists as being more powerful than
tn government, and justly so, for they
would have the plain evidence spread
betore their eyes that the king, the
head OF the government, had not dar-
ed go to their city in the face Of the
anarchists threats. By going to Bar
colona. King Alfonso has shown that
he believes his government is strong
er than the power of the anarchists
He has shown that he believes the
power he represents is still able to
guarantee protection to the citizens 1t
represents. The anarchists may make
an attempt on his life. They may
succeed in accomplishing his murder.
Even IL they do, however, their at
tempt, successful or otherwise, will be
much weakened in the eyes of the peo-
pie, by the courageous action OF the
king in going to Barcelona in the face
of the threats, to increase their power
in the estimation Of the citizens. The
kings action, therefore, IL not SO much
foolhardiness as it appears to be at
first glance. On the contrary II
shows that he has courage enough to
follow a definite policy of ever keeping
before the people the fact that the Or
ganized government he represents is
all-powerful, and remains mistaken by
the threats of murderously inclined
anarchists, who SOW their hatred OF
any kind of organized government by
their many wild acts in all countries.