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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
NOISE PRODUCERS
FOR MERRY MAKERS
Newly Invented Peace Disturber
Will Be Used in Fillmore
Street

Noise producers of every possible va
riety will be brought into action to
make New Years eve memorable one
in Fillmore street Horns, bells and all
of the traditional racket makers will
vie with newly invented dsturber
which will be distributed by the COM
mittee. The new instrument is per-
fected device of hardwood and flexible
steel and is guaranteed to make the
product of all others seem like the muir
murfngs of the gentle spring breeZes.
The Fillmore street committee has de-
termined to announce the birth of. 1909
so that every one will know it has ar
rived. Thousands will take part in the
monster celebration and gayety will
reign supreme
Although the essential feature of the
celebration will be noise, there will be
many other attractions along the gayly
illuminated street. The principal cafes
have made arrangements for the ap-
pearance of opera singers, vaudeville
performers and comedians from the
local theaters. All of the dining rooms
have been profusely decorated and the
various tables have already been re-
served. The big Chutes searchlight will
be mounted on the roof of the Louvre
building, from which point it will COM
lIidHu d view oL the e0llle street ana
bywdys. Bands and orchestras have
been retained 10 furnish music at va
rious points along tile line Of the car
nival procession. which, it is believed,
will be the largest in the history of the
city.
A bard named Virgil Moore has con-
fessed TO being the author of the fol-
lowing lines, which will be the anthem
of the occasion:
Fillmore: Fillmore-that's what I'll take for
mine.
Still more. still people go down the line
All the boys who are wise and witty
And the girls who sweet and pretty
VIII continue to meet in Fillmore street
In nineteen hundred and ninei
At a conference yesterday between
the members of the celebration commit
tee and the management of the railroad
company it was settled that the car
service tributary to Fillmore street
would be arranged as follows: Twenty
ninth and Mission cars (Sacramento and
Devisadero) will be diverted at Page
and operated on that highway to Devils
adero. thence to Sacramento, returning
over the same route; the Sixteenth and
Fillmore line will cease operation at
$40 p. m. at Oak and Fillmore streets.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30

DOLPH FREED OF y
felony CHARGE
Tennessee BnsinessF- Ac-
cused OF Embezzlement Re
leased From City Jail
Memphis Chief of Police Wires
That Indictment Has Been
QuaShed

The tangled skein that held William
A. DoIph. manager and secretary of the
Neal-Do lumber company OF Mem
phis. Tenn. in bond of the criminal law
was severed yesterday by dispatch
from his southern home. Dolph became
a free man. however. only TO enter a
private sanitarium. where he IS under
constant watch and treatment
Chief of Police Cook received yester-
day the following message from George
T. Ohaver, chief of police Of Memphis.
The criminal court has ordered q
nOIle prOsequi on the indictment
against W. A. DoIph Release him.
Notify Captain oliver Fl. Perry"
Attorney Samuel NJ ShOrtridge had
also been notified and he called at
police headquarters. requesting that
DoIph be released from custody. Dolph
was taken to Judge Conlan's court.
where he was formally set free From
the courtroom DOlph was taken
private sanitarium. the name Of WI "
Attorney Shortridge refused to divtAsE
Dolph was being held on warrant
charging him with being a fugitive
from justice and was accused in the
complaint OF embezzIing $1,000 Of the
funds of the Neal-Dolph company. The
release of Dolph quashes the habeas
corpus proceedings pending before
Judge Cook as we'll as the measures
taken to prevent Governor Gillett from
issuing extraditiOn papers. Both mat
ters would have been argued tomorrow
morning had not the dispatch from
Memphis put an end to the whole affair.
Mrs Dolph was not in court yester-
day with her husband. Captain Perry
will leave this morning for the south.
He remarked that he expected that the
case would be squared.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
Tong War Terror Spreads

OAKLAND. Dec. 29.-The war terror
is Speeding in Chinatown and hundreds
of Chinese merchants and businessmen
who have been allied only Indirectly
with one or the other of the hostile
tongs are leaving the city and seeking
places of safety in neutral localities.
Saturday night broken dirk with
blood stained blade was cast into the
vestibuIe of the Sing Chong lottery
company's Office at 367 Eleventh street.
When the dread death token was found
the following morning Chez King, a
partner in the lottery company, went
into hiding and no trace of his where
abouts has been discovered since After
he had disappeared it was learned that
a price of $4,000 had been placed upon
his mead by the leaders of the On Yicl1
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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
MURDER MAY BRING
BLOODY TONG WAR
Shooting of HON Jick Said to
Have Been Done by On
Yick Hatchetmen
Chinatown Squad Increased and
Police Expect Battle Between
Rival Societies

The shooting of HON Jick in Ross
alley Monday evening will the police
believe, precipitate a bloody war be-
tween the On Yick tong and the suey
Don tong, as it is known that the
shooting was done by Hop Sing tong
men hired by the On Yicxs.
Since the trouble began between
these tongs two or three weeks ago
the Chinatown squad has been en-
larged to II men on each watch, and
they have been instructed to be on
the lookout for hostilities and TO ar
rest every suspicious Chinese and
search him for weapons.
The last bloody tong war in China
town was about six years ago, be-
tween the Hop Sing tong and the Bing
kung tong, when several men on each
side We're killed before hostilities
ceased, and the expectation is that
many lives will be sacrificed before
the present troubles are adjusted be-
tween the Suey Dons and On Yicks,
backed up by the Hop Sings.
Dong Gee, a Chinese merchant at 743
jackson street, who was arrested Mon
day night while running through a
vacant lot in Stockton street on sus-
picion of having fired the shots at
HON Jick, was released from custody
way to get circulars printed notifying
the tongs that he was not a member
of any tong when the shooting COM
menced, and he ran so as not get
mixed up in the affray. Ho Shuck,
Ung Jung Bing and ing Git were ar
rested by Detective George Mcmahon
and Sergeant Layne on suspicion OF
having killed HON lick. They are i'm
ported gunmen, Ho Shuck from Oak
land; ing Jung Bing from Billings,
Mont, and ING Git from Los Angeles.
They have been hanging around the
alleys in Chinatown since the trouble
began. ing Jung Bing is a Hop Sing
and On Yick man. During the battles
between the Hop Sing tong and the
Bing Kung tong six years ago he was
a companion of Louie Pole, one of the
victims. ing Git is also a Hop Sing
man and Ho Shuck belongs to the Bing
Kong tong. i.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
HOME is THREATENED
BY FIRE IN SHAVINGS
Detectives Decide Supposed In=
cendiary Blaze Due to Accident

John Robinson, 246 West Clay street
was awakened shortly after o'clock
yesterday morning by the smell OF
smoke and discovered a pile of shay
ing on the back porch on fire.
He Kept the shaving there for the
purpose of lighting the kitchen fire in
the mornings The fire was quickly
extinguished
Robinson notified the police. and De-
tectlves de la Guerra and Purcell were
sent TO investigate. They came to the
stealing some OF the shavings and had
thrown a lighted cigar or cigarette
accidentally among them.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
BROKER LEAVENS MUST
STAND TRIAL FOR FRAUD
Point Raised That Mining Conn
pany Was Liable

Martin B. Leavens. a Nevada stock
broker. charged with obtaining money
from II. H Norwood a local broker. by
selling him forged stock certificates OF
the Sandstone gold mining company.
must stand trial.
Judge Cabaniss refused yesterday TO
release Leavens on writ of habeas
corpus. The point raised on behalf of
Leayens was that Norwood. being an
innocent holder Of the certificates. had
valid claims against the company and
that therefore Leavens could not be
charged with having obtained his
money by false pretense
Judge Cabaniss admitted that the
point was debatable. but thought that
under the circumstances Leavens should
stand trial
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
ACCUSES JEwELER OF FELONY

Fred Steffens. a jeweler residing at
2161 Mission street. was arrested yes
terday afternoon on a charge of felony
embezZlemeut. The complaint was
sworn to by Mrs. Jennie RajOni. The
complaint charges that she gave Stef-
fens three diamonds to have set mOrs
than three weeks ago and that he
value
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
MoRTGAGE COVERS LOAN

A mortgage was recorded yesterday
covering a s45O,000 loan made by j. E.
Henry & Sons to Hobbs. Wall & Co.
secured by various timber and mill
properties throughout the state.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
TRANSFER OF REALTY

The transfer to the Olympic salt water
company OF the lot at the northwest
corner of Bush and Larlxin streets, the
site before the fire of the Lurline baths,
was shown yesterday in three deeds
filed for record. The first passed the
property from the Mercantile trust COM
pany to the J. ID. Spreckels and Brother
company; the second to the Olympic
company, and the third was a quit claim
deed given by C. O. Baughman. The
consideration named in each case was
$40.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN
AT OLD PEOPLES HOME
Aged Inmates Receive Presents
and Enjoy Banquet Afterward

A Christmas entertainment was given
last night to the inmates of the Old
Peoples home, Pine and Pierce streets,
and each of the gray headed men and
women was given a present The ban
quet that followed made the evening
one long to be remembered in the
home.
A toy symphony orchestra, composed
of members of-the Girls club. rendered
Other features of the program were
one act playIet by the members of
the Girls club entitled AN Economical
and guitar club vocal duet by Mrs
+. a. Sturges and e. Montgomery a
mandolin, and guitar duet by the
Misses Sherwood; recitation by a
trio-piano. violin and cello-by Mrs.
h. E. Young, Miss Grace Freeman and
Miss Clara Rogers rendering Hun
garian Dances"
Those who took part in the playlet
were:
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
STRANGER KILLS Ex-coNsTABLE

Ell PASO. Tex, Dec 29.-Manen
Clements. former constable of FL Paso.
was shot and killed tonight in the
Coney Island saloon. A stranger. fas-
tidiOusly dressed. fired the shot, walked
past the bar crowded with people.
among them a deputy sheriff, and dis
appeared before he could be arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
MARCH OF PARADE

The line of march is as follows
From Van Ness avenue to Market,
TO the Ferry countermarching up
Market street to Kearny, out Geary to
Stockton over Stockton to Post, out
Post TO Powell and down Powell, pass
ing the reviewing stand at the ST.
Francis hotel, where the prizes will be
awarded.
The burden Of the work of arranging
the details of the great pageant has
fallen upon the shoulders of the six
members Of the executive committee
of the downtown association-Paul T.
Carroll. John A. Hammersmith, A. G.
Mccarthy, W. D. Fennimore, Robert A.
Roos and r. c. Ayers.
Five silver cups have been offered as
prizes for the first and second best
decorated machine, the most gro
tesquely decorated machine, for the
company that has the most Of any one
make in line, and a cup for the Chi
nese. Among those who have entered
automobiles for the parade are:
G. Nelson. Reliance auto company. R. War
wick. y Larsen, San Francisco gas and eIee-
tric company. f. Hopkins. Clark & wehe Berke-
ley farm. H. Johnson. F. Burke s. Townley.
C. Moovey, II. Levy. ;. Woods, the Locomobile
company, /. Commander. Lillian X Woodyrsrd
Western Pacific motor company. j. Russell. n
D0del. II. Watkins, II. T. Faleh c. ST Iyer-
son. A. Fischer. H. Herman. Washington Dodge
AtiV fenicle cOmpahss !. hfone Jr.. X RoOs,
r. Abbott. F. Farrs, G. Townsend. Winton com,
pany. ". Raisch. A. Cochrane d. Burns. Sing
Fat company. L. Smith, p. Wagner f. Don,
molly. E. Harris George Uhl James D. Phelan.
J. c. Kirkpatrick, r. A. Crothers. c. W Hor-
nick. Charles de Young. Nat Jacobs C. Chase
r. Winter e. Goss. l. Roden t. Bradley =
Chadb0urne, J. 0'Shea. Pacific telephone com
pany, W. de BanO. A. Boyle. J. Colby W.
Dwight. A. Muhs. Mrs. o. Reichardt W Haw-
ley. Mrs. r. Christie. DR.. c. Griffin, R. Cole
man. Goldberg. Bowen & Co.. W. Wvmore X
Sanford. c. Sawyer. c. Kendrick Main & Nc
Gee. California Jockey club J. AIeKfnery q.
Greenwald, Or. J. Hannah. B. Schmidt. Dr. r.
Alden J. u. Mccarthy. p. NJ Green L. d
Bacigalnpi. G. Ellis. p. o. Renstrom f. Uooper
]. kulman. J. Sullivan. w. Dunphy. J. r. Hin
man. Weeds electric companE. Earl Fisher Otis
elevator company. r. Pease F. Muller, T. Rob
ertson. A. Drondell
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30

STEAL COPPER CABLE-Joseph Harriran
sDd Edward Davis were arrested at Front and
Pacific streets Monday afternoon with 20 feet of
copper cable which had been stolen from the
Home telephone company in their possession
They were arraigned Yesterday and the case con.
tinued TIL tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30

SHOOTS UP sALooE-Bert Hartley.
miner from Arizona. went into saloon IT Eddy
ard buchanan streets Monday afternoon. and, an
uouncinr that he csmc from Arizona pulled
revolver ont of his pocket and fired several bull
irff through the floor he arrested. but
Police Judge Shoriau dismissed the case yester-
csy, as Hartley WAS ia repentant mood.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30

Hotel Stewart grill open New Years
eve. Phone for reservations
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30

DO You Want S5.OOs
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page IL.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
BUILDINGs ILLUMINATED

Every building in the rebuilt down
town section Will be Illuminated and
many of them viii be decorated espe-
cialIy for the occasion. Searchlights
viii flash notices OF the regeneration
of San Francisco from the ferry tower,
Claus Spreckels building, st. Francis
and Fairmont hotels.
Fireworks will be sent into the air
from Union square and from Fifth
street and Market. Hundreds Of bombs
viii break forth into a magnificent
pyrotechnic display. announcing the
passing Of the old year and the birth
OF the new
Thirteen bands will play popular airs
until long after the new year has taken
its first breath. A stand for the burn
ing of red fire will be located at every
principal corner in the downtown dis
trict-
The automobile parade will form in
Van Ness avenue between Market and
Turk streets. and the machines will
line up in single file facing the ave
nue.. The parade Will be preceded by
eight large fiatcars which viii carry
bands. Automobiles carrying red fire
viii separate each division. More
than so floats of all descriptions have
been entered.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
GREAT CELEBRATION
PLANS COMPLETE
Market Street to Blaze With
Myriad of Lights From the
Ferry to Tenth Street

Preparations for the big New Years
celebration to be held in Market. street
tomorrow night are fast approaching
completion. The work of the commit
tee has progressed rapidly and in an
other "A hours San Francisco Will De
ready for the Big Show.
The ferryhtower and the interior of
the building viii be Illuminated as
never before Market street from the
ferry 10 Tenth street win glisten with
myriads Of electric lights. The United
Railroads viii keep its cars off Market
street for several hours so as not to
interfere with the celebration.
Special trains will be run by the
railroad companies from all interior
points, and arrangements have been
made whereby those living across the
bay may reach their homes by special
boats which will leave an hour later
than the regular boat.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
Miss Beth Barrett
Miss Ella Simons
Miss Estelle Ginsbafg

part in the render
+ Symphonic" were
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
WINNING TEAM OF GIRLS.

1t is significant to note that the
Lebanon high school debating team
which has just won the state debating
championship of Oregon, is composed
of three girls-not boy to share the
honor.
And it is more significant to note
that the question upon which this ex-
cellent team of girls won the debating
championship was upon that of pro-
portional representation, an abstract
political question upon which but few
men, but few of the voters of the
state, are posted.
And yet the mothers of these girls,
the women of oregon are denied the
privilege of taking an active part in
the state government. Although the
girls may excel the boys in education
al and intellectual attainments, al
though they may outstrip him in de-
bates upon questions of government,
yet the cruel and selfish arrogance of
man still denies them the right to vote.
How long will man assume to be
the "only' thing in the government? 4?
How long will he deny his intelligent
wife equal privileges with himself?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
WESTERN PROSPERITY.

The splendid prosperity of the trans
Mississippi section of the United
States is now attracting the attention
of the world. Every magazine, every
newspaper, every traveller, tells the
tale of the reclamation and upbuild-
ing Of the western states. 1t has come
to be a subject of world-interest, a
subject of absorbing fascination.
The fabulous prices of orchard and
garden lands in the once wild deserts,
the unbelievable incomes from these
lands and the immense fortunes made
from them in a few years, have all
turned the attention of the world this
way.
Charles F. speare in the Review of
Reviews for June, tells something of
this wonderful subject, but he does
not grasp it in its full significance.
He says
The nations prosperity really rests
on farm products. So long as these
reach up to the value OF former years
approximately 7,5OO.OOO,OOO in
1gO7.-this must continue to be so.
There has probably never been time
in this generation when such splendid
general crop prospects existed as at
the beginning of May, and which have
continued up to the middle of the
month. The empty cars Of today will
all be enlisted to move the wheat,
corn. oats and cotton now seeded.
One strong impression on the trav-
eler in the rans-Mississippi country is
the utilization of the waste places Of
past years. The unslghtly desert Of
today is the blossoming orchard Of to-
morrow, and the irrigation ditch the |
advance agent OF prosperity in mani
fold forms.
Some Of the results of irrigation in |
Texas, which promises to rival Lousi-
ana as a rice-producing state, and in
Colorado, where land newly watered |
commands from $500 to $1,000 an acre.
and that in bearing orchards from
$4,000 to $4,000 an acre. are marvel
Gus 70 behold.
Western Texas, cleared Of mesquite
and cultivated for cotton, has Witness
ed an increase in her annual rainfall
Of nearly 10 inches. The change OF
climate in the new portions Of the
country is a. study by itself Nature
adapts herself to new conditions and
helps those who help themselves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
BURIED CITY OF STONE AGE.

Buried a few feet under the classic
soil of the University Of California
campus lies a city of the stone age
whose massive walls respond to the
instruments of the members of the
Berkeley society for physiological re-
search and show their well defined
locations, according to the investiga-
tions made by Professor Joseph Voyle,
president of the local Physical society,
and other members, says an item from
Berkeley.
The series of Investigations to find
the lines of the buried city, which an
tedates by thousands of years the time
Of Columbus, have been carried on, it
is said. quietly for the last month
since the society took up this i'm
portant branch of their studies.
None of the professors of the uni
versity has as yet thoroughly investi-
gated the findings of the society. but
it is likely that If their discoveries are
found to have a foundation excava-
ton work will be begun at once along
scientific lines.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01

eastern oregon counties to be settled
The hardest, most fearless and intre-
pid class of people ever to invade any
wilderness in the world, carved this
county from the desert.
They wrested it from savagery at the
constant risk of their lives and we OF
the latter day who enjoy what they
founded, little know or realize the
thrilling history OF their careers.
Within a few years the original pio-
neers Of the county will have passed
away. The association will continue,
to be sure, but those who will be en-
titled to the rank of an actual pioneer,
will have answered the roll call for
the last time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
WOMEN ARE SOLVENT.

The executive committee OF the
oregon State Equal Suffrage associa-
tion held its last regular meeting
preceding election yesterday, at the
home of the president, Mrs. Abigail
Scott Duniway, says the Oregonlan.
The business Of the campaign was
ordered closed, with all bills paid and
a comfortable balance on hand with
which to renew the work on a better
and more popular basis than ever be-
fore, II necessary, though the unani-
nous vote of the committee was to the
effect that 1t believed the men of Ore
gon We're too patriotic to compel a
renewal Of the women's struggle for
liberty
Resolutions were passed thanking
the leading men of all political par
ties who had financed, circulated,
signed and certified the initiative
equal suffrage petitions in the inter-
ests of their mothers, wives, sisters,
daughters and sweethearts. Miss
Deama Clay of Kentucky. Miss Alice
Stone Blackwell and the Massachu-
setts Woman Suffrage association,
each received a vote OF thanks for
services rendered.
Plans were started for holding the
biggest ratification jubilee ever at
tempted in Oregon, If the amendment
should carry in which, the president
announced, men would be the guests
OF honor In the event of failure to
get votes enough to win out in 1908, it
was unanimously decided to go ahead
with increased determination until
victory should be won.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
DOUGHNUTS AND BALLOTS.

The other day we were reading
aloud to the office force letter de-
scribing struggle in recent local
option campaign, in which correspon-
dent said that the temperance people
served coffee, lemonade, gingerbread
and doughnuts at the different polling
places, that a prayer meeting was held
from in the morning till 6 in the
evening, the bell ringing every half
hour, etc., concluding with, why we
failed with all these prayers, songs
and remarks, / cannot nnderstond."
Whereupon the office girl, who takes
the place of the usual printers devil
said: "Humph! A ballot will bust
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-01
THE CALL FOR SCHOOLS.

DR.. stephen B. L. Penrose, presi-
dent of Whitman college in an address
on the liquor issue in this city Sunday
afternoon, spoke enthusiastically OF
the call for higher education, for more
schools. for better educational facili-
ties in the northwest states, and he
proudly told of whitmans ambition
TO become the Yale Of the northwest,
the one central educational institution
t. which all primary educational in
stitutions of this section will point the
way.
And upon the proper settlement of
the liquor question in the northwest,
he declared. depends the development
of this educational spirit, the response
to this insistent call for schools.
1t is coming to be understood that
cities and towns must give up their
vices in order TO get the best class Of
citizens, They cannot hug their vices
under a cloak and still invite capital,
good citizenship and home hungry
people.
The call for schools means that peo-
pie must get right must prepare the
way for schools, must make moral
conditions such that their schools will
be patronized and must forever aban-
don the vices which have been wink
ed at in this northwest country for
years.