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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
CAST OF CHARACTERS
IN THE DRAMA
"SOIdierS of Fortune"

Once upon time Richard Harding
Davis novel. Soldiers of Fortune"
was the matinee girls idea of Iitera-
ture So. when it is cast into a
thrilling melodrama and put on at the
New Alcazar theater with White Whit
tlesey as the main soldier of the crowd
and with what fortune is attainable
through marriage with an heiress, all
the amenities are provided for The
play will undoubtedly be the matinee
girls idea Of drama.
Soldiers of Fortune" has been
played here before, and so it is not
necessary to review what Augustus
Thomas did with Richard Harding.
Davis furious tale of a South American
revolution The Alcazar company gave
1T presentation quite worthy of the
piece.
The third act is the best portion Of
the play and it went off with a swing
White Whittlesey got into splendid
action and put fire and spirit into the
scene During the balance of the play
he was more subdued. but he won cur
tain calls whenever the curtain
dropped.
Little Bessie Barriscale shared all
the honors with Whittlesey. She took
the part of Hope Langham, the strenu-
Gus young girl from New York, who is
the sweetheart of the hero. Fred J.
Butler in the comedy part of the awk-
ward MacWilliams contributed largely
TO the entertainment of the evening.
CENTRAL
THE Child Slaves of New York" a.
stirring melodrama depicting the lives
led by the children of the underworld
In large city, is the attraction offered
at the Central theater this week. Her
schel Mayall, who assumes the role OF
Homer Sherwood, the detective gives
his audience an illustration of the
methods of famous criminal detectives
in tracking violators of the law. The
drama is well supplied with exciting
scenes. The feature of the dramatic
incidents of the play is the rescue Of
little Myrtle from the den of the
criminals.
Between the acts there are several
pleasing specialties and much pleasure
is given the audience by the moving
pictures. which show the attention be-
slowed upon charming young woman
in a directoire gown.
CHUTEs
The new vaudeville program at the
Chutes yesterday afternoon and even
ing proved excellent in variety and
merit. Clifford and Burke, singing and
conversational comedians, OF Orpheum
fame, were accorded an ovation; Nellie
Monahan and John Sheahan, Austria
lians making their American debut,
were successful in their instrumental
act; Lillian Hale, an attractive come
dienne, scored a hit in The Phantom
RIVAL; Hill, Cherry and Hill. cyclists,
and Sam Rowley, a diverting monol-
ogist, contributed largely to the sue
cess of the bill Next Thursday will
be amateur night.
PRINCESS
large attendance greeted "The Girl
From Paris at the Princess last night
and applauded the rejuvenated musical
comedy, which will be reviewed at
length in tomorrow's Call
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
roREsTERs, RELIEF Ro.pn

At the semiannual meeting of the
board of relief OF the Foresters Of
America, held Sunday Afternoon. the
following were elected officers for the
ensuing term: Charles n. Morrissev Of
Court Presidio No. 40. president: Henry
Munter of Court Point Lobos No a02
vice president: Joseph Callagher az
Court Seal Rock No. As. treasurer. and
Jacob Label OF Court Aurora No ?. sec
retary. During the term the board ex-
tended relief 10 a number OF members
from courts OF the order outside OF tn.
city. In doing this. nearly $500 was
expended The receiDts amounted 10
s1.2S4 and the disbursements 10 s1.0sS
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
RUFF MEN FLEE TO
FVADF SUBP[NAS
Attorney Frank Murphy and
Two Graft Detectives Run
From Process Servers
Judge LawIOr to Give Decision
in Burns Contempt Case
Wednesday

Judge Lawlor's decision in the con-
tempt charges brought against William
j. Burns by Abe Ruef in an endeavor
waste of judicial time will be given
wednesday morning. In the meantime
an effort will be made to serve sub
pena on Frank ]. Murphy of Ruef's
counsel. who. learning that he was
wanted as witness in the case, has
been In hiding for nearly week. j. c.
Helms, head of the graft detective
agency, and an Armenian detective
named Korngold. both or whom have
likewise taken to the tall grass, are
also to be found if possible.
Ruefs man Ach announced at the
conclusion of the proceedings yester-
day afternoon that he had run out of
witnesses. 1t was admission that
the farcical endeavor to annoy Burns
has faiien through, for not syllable
OF testimony that tends in any way to
substantiate the charges made that
Burns had tampered with prospective
jurors had been introduced. Ach
simply ran out of witnesses and quit.
Heney might also have chosen to let
the matter drop and asked for de-
cision at once. but he elected to go on
and show some of the methods of
Ruef's paid time killers by putting
Murphy and the gumshoe men on the
stand if it is possible to find them.
Heney explained to the court that
the utmost endeayors had been made
to serve Murphy ever since the sub
pena for his appearance was issued
last Wednesday, but that the man who
is active in accusing Burns had him
self braved possible charges of con-
tempt OF court by keeping away from
his Office and his home.
He hasn't gone far" volunteered
Ach. II saw him in Fillmore street
last night"
"All the more reason why he can't
be found today" retorted Heney.
Judge Lawlor gave Heney until
Wednesday morning to produce Murphy
and the two detectives, stating that If
they We're not found In the meantime
he would give his decision without lis
tening to their testimony. Heney
agreed to this and told Of how Helms
had kept away from his Office and how
he had ridden away on horseback from
the subpoena server who approached
him Saturday.
The day was taken UP by the exam
ination of several prospective jurors
who had seen or signed the prograft
petition presented to them by Burns
agents, but all of them declared that
nothing had been said to them con-
cerning any particular graft case or
their possible connection with the case
as jurors. Gus Seimann and Billy Bell,
two Herrin gangsters OF the thirtieth
district, were subpenaed as witnesses
by Heney and attempted to stamp the
incident as trick to keep them from
doing politics. Their buster failed to
develop a sensation, however, and
Heney ordered them dismissed for the
time being without calling them to
the witness stand.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
FORCED TO GIVE
MONEY TO CABRERA
c. g. Cano Tells Interesting
Story of Methods of Qua
temalan President
Merchant Complains of Difficult
ties Put in Way of Foreign
ers Visiting Country

c. G. Cano of the American trading
company returned on the steamer Aca-
pulco yesterday from a business trip
through Central America. He spent
several months in Guatemala and tells
an interesting story of President
Cabrera's revolutionary methods. While
Cano was in Guatemala City, shortly
before the attempted assassination OF
Cabrera, the representative of a Hon
duras tobacco house was also there.
Ine man from Honduras was not inter-
Iered with until he had closed a deal
with a Guatemala merchant He was
ieaving the office of the merchant with
the merchants check for IL. 600 pesos
IN MS pocket. AS he stepped to the
sioeWaIk he was seized by two soldiers
ana taken to Jail, where he was tor
eured until he agreed to indorse the
check in favor of President Cabrera
he was then released.
Cano vouches for the truth of the
story and tells with great glee how the
merchant, on his advice, stopped pay
ment Of the check
When Cano arrived in Guatemala he
was told that his passport issued at
the state department at Washington
was no good and that he would have
10 go to Tapachula in Mexico and get
a passport from the Guatemalan con-
sui there. The consul charged him
stiff fee for the favor. Before he was
allowed to leave Guatemala Cano had
to pay another fee to the secretary Of
foreign affairs for an outward pass
port.
Cano found the money question quite
a perplexing problem in Central Amer
lea. In Panama the unit medium of
exchange, the bolivia, is worth so
cents gold. 1t takes 21k of the pesos
of Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica
to equal 81 gold. In Nicaragua 1t takes
811 pesos, in Guatemala Is and in. Co
lombfa the princely sum of 1000 pesos
has the same exchange value as an
American dollar.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
MEXICAN COLONY WILL
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
independence of Republic Will
Be ElaborateIy Conn
memOrated

Members of the local Mexican COLONY
are preparing to celebrate the ninety
eighth anniversary OF the independence
OF the republic of Mexico. which takes
place September 16. A meeting of those
Interested in the anniversary celebra-
tion was held Sunday evening, at which
mittee OF arrangements:
DIR. Plutarco Orndas, consul general
OF Mexico: Judge A. B. Treadwen. Ge-
ronimo Perales. A. de la Tore Jr., Dan
lei e. Alvarado, j. M. Torres. Alexander
Rojo, Prof. w. d. Van Brunt 10 NJ.
Nabarrete. Ramon Merel. Marcos Mo-
jica, Ramon Pineda, Charles Baez, Este
ian para, X 9. del Palacio, Fran
cisco Carranza. Fernando Rodrie,Iez
FREDERICK Mersich and Frederico GIL
lespie.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
TREADWELL'S TRIAL
FORMALLY BEGUN
Third of Alleged Bank Wreckers
Faces Bar of Justice Be-
fore Judge COnIey
Attorneys Clash in Court, but
Two Jurymen Are Picked
From Venire

With considerable warmth generated
between opposing counsel. the trial OF
James Treadwell. the Alaskan million
aire and promoter. formerly director
of the California safe deposit and trust
company, started yesterday before
Judge COnley the widely known jurist
OF MADEIRA county. William Hoff Cook,
assistant district attorney has charge
of the case against Treadwell. and the
banker finds himself the third officer
OF the wrecked institution to come be-
fore this official. His predecessors, j.
DalzeI Brown and Walter j. Bartnett,
have both been convicted and sentenced
TO Imprisonment. Treadwell, who is
third on the plank. is represented by
an array Of counsel, including q formers
judge and two ex-district attorneys
Judge Curtis II. Lindley. Lewis F. By
ingtop of this city and Thomas 3.
Dozier, former district attorney of
Shasta county
Two jurors were selected yesterday
subject to peremptory challenge. They
were Edward Bacon, a grocer OF Thirty
ninth street and Point Lobos avenue.
and James Doyle. violin repairer and
silversmith living at "a Haight street
During the examination OF Bacon By
ington went into the immunity guess
tion when asking the venireman how
he would consider the testimony oo
certain witnesses.
DO you not think that il a persors
was indicted Is or 20 times, and an
assistant district attorney was called
especially to prosecute the case. and
a detective would go TO him and say.
Tell all the truth. but the truth Is so
and so! would you not think that the
man would go on the stand and In
stinctively testify as the detective told
him?''
Cook objected. There is nothing
here like that. It is an attempt of the
attorney to prejudice the jury. He is
saying something that he knows not to-
be true
Dozier arose in wrath and charged
Cook with misconduct. Il don't under
stand this court to be an arena" he
said.
Veniremen examined and excused
yesterday were: Patrick Whalen. 1905
Octavia street; E. j. Levy. 216S Wash
ingtOn street; s. Brunswick. 1886 Post
street; ]. Dewald. SIC Buchanan street:
A. B. Mcneil, us McAllister street.
Frank Leites, 915 Fillmore street; John j
Nagle. A. Warnecke. Jacob Gunzberger,
j. w. Tamm. W. j. Hackmeir was un-
der examination when court adjourned
to meet Wednesday morning.
TreadweH was indicted on a charge
of perjury because he testified before
the grand jury on January % last that
he had taken no part in the hypOtheca-
ton Of the Cotton securities while they
were in the custody of the California
safe deposit and trust company. The
prosecution claims that he hypothecated
$35, 600 worth of the securities with
the American national bank on June IL.
1905. as collateral security on a nots
for that amount.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
WATCHMAN FINDS BODY
OF SUICIDE IN BIG VAT
Over Indulgence in Liquor Be-
lieved to Have Caused Self
Destruction of j. English

While making his rounds early yes
terday morning, John Hime, watch
man in the employ Of the Bay View
tannery, came across the body of James
English lying in one of the large water
vats of the company. The watchman
summoned assistance and the body was
pulled out and taken to the morgue.
After an investigation on the part or
Detectives Regan and OConnell a con-
clusion of suicide was reached.
English had been drinking very
heavy of late and Ii was thought that
despondency brought on by his indulg-
ence prompted him to take his life.
The dead man was a poultry buyer,
80 years old, and is survived by wife
and four small children. who reside
at Eighteenth and f streets in Bay
View.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
POLICE FIND CACHE OF
JEWELS ON SUSPECT
Search of Prisoners Clothing
Reveals Veritable Treasure
Store of Supposed Loot

Joseph NJ. Lawrence, who, the police
declare, is a clever room thief. was
Detectives Ryan and O'Dea on charge
of burglary. He was accused of enter
ing the room of M. v. Swager, 1894
Folsom street, July 4. and stealing a
diamond lodge pin, valued at $40, which
he sold to a second hand dealer.
When searched Lawrence had in his
pockets a quartz ring. an opal ring. an
The police also found pawn tickets for
three revolvers. four gold watches and
a woman's gold watch. gold fob chain
and two gold scarf pins. The police
believe that all of these articles were
stolen by Lawrence and they would
like the owners to call at the propertv
clerks office to identify their property.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
GREAT rNrEREsT IN PRIMARIES

SAN ANSELMO, Aug. 10.-The fight
for delegates to the county convention
which is to be held In San Rafael
August 90 has aroused great interest
here and an exceptionally heavy vote
is expected at the primaries next Sat-
urday. The two factions are headed
by James T. Taylor and A. Bouick.
Taylor's ticket includes besides himself
James e. Manning. John Fonnesbeck,
w e. Jones and ]. H Robinson
Bouick's ticket is the same except that
he has Lewis Hunter instead of Man
ming and himself instead of Taylor.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
GETS 1914 DANACEs

A Judgment of S5,444 was gfven tha
LeopoldFeron company of Chicaeo
against George Frank & CO. of San
Jose yesterday in the United States
circuit court. the decision being rade
by Judge Van Fleet. Suit was brourh-
against the San Jose company by the
Chicago nrm for an alleged violation
claimed that 1t purchased two carloads
of apricots which were to have been
delivered on certain date and that
by reason OF the failure of George
Frank & ca. 70 deliver the goods il
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
MERCHANTS FORM ALLIANcr

SAUSALITO. Aug. 10.-The mer-
chants of Sausalito have formed a pro
tective association. The organiza ton
has been entered into by nearly all the
businessmen of the city and 1t is their
intention to see that the people who
abuse the. credit OF the towns business
men will be properly labeled and the
practice of buying and then forgetting
to pay is brought to a close
II. M. Belden, superintendent of the
Sausalito spring water company, was
active in forming the association.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
PRINCESS
PRINCES WILL CoNrEsTED

HONOLULU, Aug. 1o.-A contest of
the will OF the late Prince David Kawa-
nanakoa has been brought by the
widow, alleging that the will is incom-
plete. Emil Dreier has also begun a
contest of the will of his father. tbe
late August Dreier. alleging that undue
influence was used by others at the
time the will was made
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
WOMEN CHARGED WITH LARcpNy

Annie Edwards, better known in the
red light district as Rose Decker. was
arrested last night by Policeman F. P
buttmann and booked at the Mission
station on a charge of petty larceny.
Il is alleged that she entered a butcher
shop IN the Mission and stole So in
cash and a package Of sausages.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
FINANCIAL NEWS

During these times. when monav ,s
so scarce, the Baldwin Jeweiry Com
pany nave made arrangements to ne
gotiate loans on diamonds and Jewels
az cutfent rates. 1851 Van Ne is avenue
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11

RECOGNIZE SWEDISH CONSUL telegram
was received from the secretary Of the treasury
Yesterday by Collector Of Customs Stratton, ad-
yising him that Fredrik Westerberg has been
recognized by the United Statee q Jics consul
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11

FALL FRACTURES sKULL-whie hoistine
some hay IN stable in the rear Of the resi-
cence OF Peter McCue 390s Clay street res.
teroay afternoon Alfred Garcia sfableman.
missed MS footing and fell from the loft. strik-
inE his head on the ground. Besides a frac-
tured skull he received Internal injuries. There
- little hope for his recovery.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
PAINTER IS KILLED BY FALL

While working on a scaffold in the
Mission station yesterday afternoon
Peter O'Connor. painter in the en-
ploy of the board of public works, lost
his balance and fell is feet, fracturinR
his skull He died instantly. O'Con-
nor lived with his family at 81 Mans
chester street
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11

,25 per cent off on ali orders for wigs
ana toupees S. Strozynski Co, 1850
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11

Try Murine Eye Remedy
E2E &&a Wsa3 weary. ,Satery .EyeA .
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

Another important thing is TO keep
the brooder clean. Frequently renew
the litter which should cover the floor
or at least portion of the floor.
Every two weeks or so select sun
shiny day on which to thoroughly
clean out the interior of their coop or
brooder, and expose it to the purifying
rays of the sun.
Every experienced poultryman
knows that green food should be sup
piled to the chicks in as great guam
tity as they will eat. For the very
young birds it is a good plan to have
a bed of tender lettuce with which to
feed them AS they grow older, of
course, they can obtain their green
food in the form of grass and plants
in their yards. A good plan to pro-
vide insect life for them if they are
confined in small pens is to frequent
ly spade up the ground.
A final point which should be en-
phasized is to avoid overcrowding. Re-
member a coop which will comfortably
shelter fifty chicks of four weeks age
will be entirely too small when they
become three or four weeks older. AS
sure as you do this, disease will thin
out their ranks with rapidity OF
which you had never thought.
REESE H. JONES.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01
COLUMBIAN WYANDoTTEs.,

An admirer says OF the comparative
ly new breed called Columbian Wyan-
dottes: They are another addition to
the Wyandotte varieties, and makes
the Wyandotte family of fowls con-
sist of eight distinct varieties-the
Silver, Golden, White, Buff, Black,
Partridge and Silver Penciled. With
successful management the breed has
attained quick popularity and though
they are yet far from the ideal, they
are fast filling the requirements.
What their origin may have been
makes no material difference, as time
enough has passed since the combina-
ton of the breeds that produced the
Columbian Wyandotte to allow them
to have an individuality of their own
and makes them distinctively Wyan-
dotte. 1t seems that the White Wyan-
dotte and the Light Brahma would be
the cross that would be most likely to
bring out the shape and feather.
The Light Brahma is one Of the old
est breeds and has long been favor
lite fowl because it is practical fowl.
It's beauty of feather has always been
admired by fanciers, the beautiful
black lacing of the hackle and black
feathers of the tail make striking
contrast with the pure white plumage
of the body. The Wyandotte taking
rank with the best as a utility fowl,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

not clearly understood by all poultry
raisers. To many the only apparent
difference in type is that the Plym-
outh Rock has a single comb, but the
types of these two breeds are quite un-
like when they are bred true to prop
er form.
The Plymouth Rock is about pound
larger, the weighing being as follows:
Cock, 91h pounds; cockerel, 8; hen,
7h; pullet 6h. In Wyandottes, the
weights are, cocks, S1a pounds; cock
erel, 71A; hen, 61a; pullet, 51a. The
is a material difference. Some prefer
one of these sizes, some the other.
In shape the differences are notable.
In word it may be said that "medi-
um' describes the Plymouth Rock. The
Rock has a medium sized comb, medi-
UNI length of back, medium length Of
leg, medium length of body, medium
length of tail The Wyandotte is
broad and short" in the various Sec
lions. The constant effort of the breed
ers is to keep the two breeds from
closely resembling each other in type
Both breeds are beautiful. The me-
dunn type Barred Rock, graceful in
carriage, neither down on the ground
nor up on stills is surely beautiful
bird, and so is the short, round, broad
Wyandotte.
Of the Plymouth Rocks there are the
following varieties recognized as
Standard: Barred, White, Buff, while
the following varieties make up the
Wyandottes: Silver, Golden, White,
Riff BLACK Partridge Silver Penciled
Columbian.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

make Is feet long, feet wide and 1
foot high covered with inch mesh poul
try netting (the top being covered
also), is about right. When made of
this size two persons can easily shift
it from one location to another, thus
keeping the stock on fresh ground all
the time. When the fowls reach the
age above mentioned the runs may be
removed but they should be kept in
the brooder for fully two weeks long
er. After that time they should be re-
moved to the colony houses and given
freedom of the range.
One thing in which many poultry
men make mistake is in turning
young chicks out on the damp ground
early in the morning. This should
never be done. Always keep them con-
fined until after the sun has dried the
grass In the same way never liber-
ate them after a rain until the ground
has become reasonably dried off.
Of all the difficulties of raising poul-
try probably the greatest to overcome
is incorrect feeding. There are more
chicks killed every year from inn
proper feeding than from any other
cause, and, we may add, what con-
stitutes improper feeding in fully so
per cent of the cases is nothing more
nor less than overlooking. 1t is mis-
taken idea that young birds need to be
fed all they can eat four or five times
a day. Give them all they will clean
up for the last meal of the day, but
for the other three feeds never give
them all they will eat-always en-
deavor to keep them hungry and
awaiting the next meal.
A good plan in feeding them is to
scatter the grain in litter, which may
cover a portion of the floor of coop or
brooder to a depth of two inches. The
idea is to keep them exercising all the
time The best feed for chicks is a
disputed question. All authorities
have long since settled on the fact
that a dry feed is the best. You deal
out death potions to your birds when
you feed chicks of tender age sloppy
food.
Most any of the chick feeds on the
market give the necessary nourish-
ment and variety of grains. If you
wish to mix up your own chick feed
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-07-01

There are probably more chicks
Matched in the month of April than
in any other While this is very ia.
vorable month, in fact, generally speak
ing, the most favorable, yet it is not
without it's perils to the life of young
stock Sudden showers catching the
chicks far from shelter will play havoc
with them 1t is best to keep the birds
when small, say up to the age of four
weeks, confined in runs attached to
their coop or brooder. These runs may
be of the size you find convenient to