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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-23
BIG AUTO RUN TO
SAN JUAN MISSION
Many Local Owners Will Take
Part in the Celebration
Next Week
White Squadron to Lead the
Procession to Historic
Mission Town
BY K. K. fH0mmedieu

A week from tomorrow there will be
great exodus of the auJOmobiliSts
from the city. The objective point viii
be San Juan, where u celebration Is
planned for the purpose of raising
funds to restore the san Juan Batista
mission chVrch- Not only Will the
individual motor. ear owners be in at
tendance but the White squadron will
also hold a run. The trip will un-
doubtedly prove one of the most sue
cesSful of the year
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
STARVES TO FEED HER BABIES.
Mother Saves Bread Crusts for Chill
dren's Christmas Meal

NEW YORK, Dee. 2S.-lIaving de
MED herself food that her children might
at least have some scraps of bread for
their Christmas dinner, Mrs. Phyllis
Frisco, her mother love satisfied wher
he saw her children fed and happy, died
Mt the Eastern District hospital from
the effects Of starvation.
Her children, who had been taken il
charge by the Chldren's society OF
Brooklyn. played around her cot uncon
scious of the prvation a mothers love
had gladly suffered for them.
On Christmas day Mrs. Frisco had tax
en- the few scraps of bread which self
denial had enabled ar to save for heI
babies and fed them. flushing their sobs
when they cried for more, she laid al
four upon one wretched bed. and ther
tried to sleep on the floor.
With no heat for several days, the
one room which the Priscos called home
at 3S4 Manhattan avenue, Brooklyn. was
cold and cheerless to the neighbors who
called Thursday morning in answer to
the cries of the four children.
Mrs. Frisco was apparently dying
while the children were in almost The last
stages of weakness from lack of food.
Neighbors of Mrs. Frisco would glad
" have given her food had they known
of her terrible poverty. But the woman
was too proud to accept charity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
TWO PANAMA PROTESTS
Isthmian Merchants Say Government Is
Running Their Business-Shovel
Men, Too, Disgruntled

NEW YORK, Dec. 2T.-Two parties
from Panama have arrived in New York.
one composed of ten dsgruntlcd steam
shovel men who threw up their jobs on
the canal because they thought that sew
eral of their fellow employees who had
been discharged for incompetcncy had
not received the square deal" and the
other Il delegation of merchants vino are
going to Washington to protest to Pres
idcnt Roosevelt against the government
stores established in the isthmus for the
accommodation Oc the canal workers
The merchants state that the govern
mcnt stores are selling goods practically
at cost and that they cannot compete
with them, as they are Obliged to pay
duty on everything they import The
merchants say that many of the EN-.
pioycs Of the canal purchase goods not
only for themselves but for others, not
employed on the canal and therefore not
entitled to trade at the government
stores.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
MERRILL BLAZE COSTLY
MASONS LOSE TEMPLE WORTH
ABOUT $4,000.
General Store Stock Valued at $4,000
Destroyed and Physicians Ii
braries Go Up in Smoke.

MERRILL, Wis. Dec. Is Special. !
The beautiful Masonic temple in which
also was located the postotlice and the
Langley K Anderson general merchandise
store was destroyed by fire this morn
ing.
The fire started from electric light
wires and burned rapidly until nothing
but the brick walls remain. The offices
of DR.. Cary, DR.. Van Ostrand and DIR.
Monroe were located in the building and
their contents We're destroyed including
valuable libraries.
Through the timely efforts of Post
master Johnson and Assistant Postmas-
ter John a. Niles, all tirst-class mail
matter and nearly all documents Were
saved and business is being done as
usual for the government in the Brassard
building
Langley Il Anderson carried stock of
about $1,000 worth of general merchan-
disc. They were insured. The loss IL
the Merrill Masonic association is about
$4,000, with $1,000 insurance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
Ne WARK CASE BATTLES
WOIIAN IDENTIFIES GIRL, BUT PO-
LICE ARE SKEPTICAL.
Anonymous Letter Declares Body Is That
OF Former Hotel Telephone
Operator

NEWARK, y. j., Dec. 2S.-The mys-
terry surrounding the death Of the wom-
an whose body was found in pond in
Harrison last Thursday appeared to be
little, if any, nearer solution today.
About the only hope the officials en-
gagged on the case have thus far received
III their attempt to establish the Identity
of the woman came today when the man
aSer of an employment bureau SAID she
recognized the body as that of woman
who had sought work several weeks ago.
Mrs. Margaret Wright, who has an em-
ployment Office at Mont Clair, \. j.. said
she is certain the body in the morgue
Is that of a woman who called at her
office early in December and gave her
name as Annie Nevins. The applicant
gave no address, but said she had been
employed as housekeepcr in brooklyn
and wanted similar position III New
ark or Mont Clair. The woman never
returned to the office after the first visit,
nor was amy word received from her.
The identification made by Mrs,
Wright is not accepted as positive by
the police. however. The hands of the
dead woman had been carefully cared
for and showed no traces OF rough work
of any kind
1t is believed that an anonymous let-
ter which reached New York police head
quarters today may be of material aid
in establishing the woman's identity. The
writer of the letter said she was Ger
tain the murder victim was a Miss
Smith, who at one time was employed
rs telephone operator at the Hotel Gar
ard in West Fortyfourth street. New
York city. The writer said she was
known to have had trouble with Il man
in Newark. No one who knew Miss
Smith has yet visited the morguc, but Il
detective who went to the Hotel Girard
with a description of the dead woman
was told that it answered very closely
the appearance of the former operator.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
SUGAR COMBINE FACES BIG SUIT.
Government Claims 1t Was Defrauded of
100000 in Duty.

NEW YORK. Dee 2S.-Suits against the
American Sugar Refining company to re-
cover millions of dollars of which il Is
charged the government has been dcfrauded
in the last ten years are to be begun by the
United States department of justice as soon
as the computation of the total amount OF
the government claim is completed by the
treasury officials now engaged in the work.
From estimates now made by those close
In touch with the secret work of the Gus
toms officials 1t Is declared the total to he
claimed Will amount to more than $1,000
600. This sum represents the difference be-
tween the duty paid by the sugar trust
since the passage Of the Dmgley tariff act
and the amount that should have been paid,
according to the governments claim, but
which is alleged to have been cvaded by the
use of fraudulent scales on the docks of the
retinerics
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
POPE CURSES A PAPER
Greater denomination Extends Even
to Subscribers and Bans Well
known People.

MILAN, Dec. 27.-The Pope, IN
Christmas eve, launched the seVercSt
blow he has yet dealt modernism, 1t be-
ing nothing less than the pronunciation
of the greater communication against
all concerned in the production Of the
monthly review II Rinnovamento, which
is published here.
The greater accommodation is a
penalty that has been rarely imposed in
modern times Even Victor Emmanuel
when he despoiIed the papal states, was
saved its seventies. Among other
things, it deprivcs its victims of Chris
tiau burial and relieves the faithful Of
all duties respecting the bodies and souls
of those denounced, whether they be
alive or dead.
II Kinnovamcnto is high class sci
cntfc periodical 1t is not antagonistic
to religion, but it opposes the policy Of
the Vatican.
On Christmas eve the sentence was
communicated to the three chief directors
by Cardinal Ferrari. arch bishop of Mil
an. who also was ordered to publish the
edict from the pulpit of the historic ca
thcdral in Milan, whence il is stated no
similar manifesto ever before resOunded.
The decree explicitly strikes not only
at the proprietors and editors, but mt the
whole staff Of printers and others en-
ploycd in the production of the review,
as wen as at every contributor and sub
scribcr Several aristocratic families of
Milan who are pronounced III their dovO-
tion to the Catholic faith are affected, AS
well as innumcrable humble readers and
supporters
The directors have replied to the papal
Illumination by an announcement Of their
intention to continue firm but respectful
resistance to the Natican's policy, which
they declare crushing to liberty and re
tarch, which their review embOdieS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
Knows Nothing of Parents.
GUESTS ROB A DUKE.
Westminster's Friends Play Christmas
Prank Which Proves Big Puzzle
for Scotland Yard Men

LONDON Dec. 2S.-Turning to burg
larry to enliven the dullness of Il Yuletide
house party, the guests of the duke of
Westminster a night or two ago invaded,
with felonious INTENT" Cholmondeley
castle, the country seat of the marquis
of Cholmondeiey, in Cheshire. They car
RED Oft everything upon which they
could lay their hands and when they de-
parted they left satirical letter to the
owner of the despoiled castle
The raiders played high pranks in the
rooms which they invaded, and the EVIL
dences of the robbery" left indicate that
the jokcrs had imbibed a little too much
of the marquis champagne, which they
attacked with vlgOr during the rad.
They left the chairs arranged in a pyr
amid on the dining table of the castle,
the whole surmountcd by an antique sill
Yer wine cooler in which was placed the
address to the marquis. The handwrit
ing of this literary effort was disguised or
rendered eccentric as a result of the visi-
tors hbationS. The names signed We're
hardly deciphcrable.
There is Il suspicion that at least one
woman was Il member of the maraudug
party. y woman'S handkerchief with Il
coronet embroidered in the corner was
picked up outside the window through
which the ducal Rattieses entered the
castle
Two thousand dollars will not pay for
the damage done by the makebelieve
burglars, especially as some silver ar
ticles which We're taken away in a coal
scuttle have been lost.
Then, too, there must be counted the
damage done to the lodge gate. which
was smashed beyond repair when the
automobile in which the marauders paid
their visits struck it in speeding away
after the alarm had been given.
While the marquis was not overioyed
at the prank played upon him and the
worry caused to his house party guests.
the angriest persons around the castle
when the joke was uncovered were the
Scotland Yard men. the pride of Eng
lands police force, who were completely
duped by the trick and spent an entire
day in the chilly. biting wind in search
for the supposed bandits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
GoLDFIELD MINERS TO FIGHT.
To Use Every Weapon if an Injunction
Is Issued

GOLnFIEIp, New, Dec OH
cals of the miners union aud &. T.. Ma
honey. vice president of the Western
Federation have learned Of the plan Of
the mine owners of GollGeld 70 obtain
an injunction through the federal courts
preventing pckctug ana bringing about
the dissolution of the GoldhelI miners
union
Asked what the course Of the miners
would bc IN face az this latest move Of
the opposition, Mahoucy said
Any judge or set of men who fancy
that the Godhcld miners will tamcIy
submit to such procedure are greatly
mistaken | would favor .ng any
such order from any court istencG.
We shall fight it with every weapon al
our disposal"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
F UNERAL DAY AT MINE.
Pitiful Scene at Jacobs Creek, Pa,
Where Dead Are Laid at Rest
Searching Parties Successful.

JACOBS CREEK, Pa, Dec. "a
Searching parties at the barr mine to.
day reached entry NO -, where they
found scyruty-tuur bodies in n heap.
With forty-siN bodies, which have al
ready been brought to the surface the
total number recovered today is l2O.
Today was funeral day AT the mine
lively" identified bodies were taken from
the Temporary norEuC and placed in
line along the tracks Of the Pittshurg X
Lake Eric railroad The last sad rcrc-
monies were conducted IN the open with
hundreds Of friends. relatives aud sight
secrs ns spectators tn" resultant scenes
were extremely pathetic Quite mum
Der of the spectators have relative or
friend in the mine and their grief was
ptflt Following the services the bodies
were placed GA q train and taken 20
Connelsyillc. Pa, for burial
The work Of searching the mines is
progressing more smoothly todny
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
MARINE CORPS FILLED UP.
Secretary Metcalf Notified That There
Are Plenty of Recruits on Hand.

WASHINGTON, -. c., Dee. 2S.-
Gen. Elliott. commandment of marines. to-
day reported to Secretary Mctcalf that
for the first time in many months, the
marine corps was now up to It's full
complement. Gen. Elliott reports that
not only has he secured all the men he
wants and has withdrawn from the
newspapers. advertisements calling for
recruits hut he IS now III Il position 10
pick his men when there is need for fur
ther recruitment. The reason assigned
for this state of affairs is the depressed
condition OF industries resulting in fore
ing men To obtain employment outside of
the factories. mills and mines and to
such of these rs are not able To perform
sailors duties, yet would make good sol
diers and desire to see the world. the
nrine corps offers n tempting refuge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
JAP PARLIAMENT
UptNO OtOOlUNO
MIKADo LAYS STRESS ON CORDIAL
FOREIGN RELATIONS IN SPEECH
FROM THE THRONE.
WILL RESTRICT IMMIGRATION.
Generally Understood That All Leaders
Are Agreed on Policy of
Government.

TOXIC, Dec. 2S.-l11 a. m.I-The
today by the Emperor, who delivered the
speech from the throne in the House Of
Peers.
In the speech from the throne the En-
perOr laid stress on the increasingly cor
dial relations with foreign powers and
far east Of the entente cordiale cOnclud-
ed with Russia and France by Japan.
He dwelt on the importance of the more
careful deliberation of fiscal measures
and said he expected the concurrence Of
the Diet in the budget which would be
presented by the government,
Opening Scenes Brilliant.
The opening scene in the upper House
was brilliant one The 3I1 members
composing the House were clothed in full
evening dress. while the members Of
the different diplomatic corps were
dressed in full uniforms.
The overwhelming ma jorlty of the gov
eminent in the Diet makes ii improbable
that there will be any extended debates
although there may be some III the
finance and immigration questions.
To Restrict immigration.
1t is generally understood, however,
that all the leaders are practically agreed
on the governments policy looking to-
ward the restriction of emigration.
1t is probable that a motion of lack of
confidence in the cabinet will be intro
duced because of the proposed increase
i'll taxation, which is unpopular with the
masses. The motion may possibly pass,
in view of the fact that this is the last
session of the Diet. The general election
will occur in the spring, at which time a
new Diet will be chosen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
GAME LAWS FOR WHALE
SCIENTISTS WOULD ALSO HALT
TURTLE SLAUGHTER.
Prof. G. K. Wieland Says Big Mamma! Is
East Disappearing-Che
Midas Going, Too.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 81
Congress is to be asked to establish
game laws for the protection of whales
and green turtles. At the annual meet
ing of the Vertebrate Paleontologists ct
America at Yale university a resolution
was passed asking Congress to prevent
the slaughter Of these deep sea animals
during breeding season.
Prof. G.. Il. Wieland of Yale ScIen-
tihc school, who has been studying the
subject for ten years, stated IN an ad-
dress that 100000 whales had been
killed in the last 1000 years and that
the financial profit from this killing mad
amounted tC S272,ooo,oOO. He SAID that
the whale is almost gone aud unless lie
is to disappear altogether some means
must be found to protect him. froi.
Wicland also pointed out that the green
turtle is rapidly disappearing ana Is
doomed to complete destruction unless
pr, served.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
INSTITUTION TO TEACH HEALING.
Announcement Is Made of Eddy Plan of
100000 Project.

BOSTON. Mass. Dec. 2S.-Detals of
the plans Of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
head of the Christian Science church. in
relation to the charitable institution
which she is to found, are contained in
an editorial by Archibald Mcclellan in
the current issue of the Christian Science
Sentinel. The editorial says in part:
Mrs. Eddy has consented that the insti-
tuition which she purposes To found VIII
bear her name, therefore 1t will be known
ms MARY Baker g. Eddy's charitable fund, =
The board of directors will be located In
Boston. the recognized headquarters Of her
church, aud In plan and scope this fund will
be nm educational opportunity by which in
digcnt persons win be taught gratuitously
the science of the Christ healing as prac
ticed by Jesus aud rs made known through
the writings of Mrs. Eddy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
TRIES TO POISON
ENTIRE FAMILY
YOUNG MAN THOUGHT 1T WOULD
BE FUN TO WATCH PEG
PIE DIE.
SEVEN PEOPLE IN DANGER
Milton B. Owen of Algoma, Who Put
Poison in Tea, Found to Be
Insane.
ALL HAVE A NARROW ESCAPE,

OSHKOSH, Wis, Dec. 24-lSpeciaLl
Milton b. Owen, - years OF age, has
>been arrested upon the charge of at
tempting to kill the entire family of his
employer, Richard Owens, of the town
of Algoma, by poisoning.
Put Poison in Tea.
The attempted poisoning took place
Sunday night. The family, consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Owens and son,
Byron, and Mr.. and Mrs. George Staples
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Booth, were
at the supper table, and after the serv-
ing of tea, one Of the women asked for
a second cup When it was served, she
noticed a strong odor and upon calling
attention TO the fact, the family recoS-
nized the odor as some hniment which
Mrs. Owens had been using.
Investigation resulted III the finding Of
the liniment bottle in the cupboard
empty aud upon questioning young Owen
closely, he admitted lie had poured the
contents of the bottle into the teapot
while it was on the stove. The linlment
contained poisonous oils
Dit 1t for Fun"
The young man gave no reason for his
act. but simply says he did 1t Tor fun.
whole family.
His family lives at Wild Rose. Wis.
, The authorities are of the opinion That
he is mentally deficient. An eXamlna-
ton will be made as 10 his sanity b"iu:c
efforts are made for trial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Staples and Mr.. and
Mrs. Booth, who were AT the table are
residents Of Oshkosh; both women are
sisters of Mr.. Owens.
This morning young owen was ad-
Judged insane and sent to the Northern
hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
CHANGE PANAMA DAMS.
Canal Board Will Move Them Further
Inland for Strategic Rea-
sons.

WASHINGTON, u. c., Dee IS
For strategic reasons to prevent their
bomhardment and destruction by a hos
tile fleet the sthmiau canal commission
has determined to change the location of
the dams and locks which it was origin
ally intended to construct at LaBoca and
instead they will be built at Miratorea,
four miles inland, and within the Zuhe of
safety. President Roosevelt has ap-
proved the plans 1t is said that aside
from strategic reasons advanced for
the change i'll plans, also that of the
question Of cost. the saving of time, in
the completion of the canal. and that Il
more satisfactory foundation can be Sc
cured at MiratlorcS. The estimated say
ing in cost will be considerable,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
TREASON TRIAL END IS NEAR.
Members of First Douma Hasten Case By
Admitting Charges.

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 2S.-The
trial of the 100 members of the first
Douma, charged with reasonable prac-
tees in the signing of the Niborg mani
festo, calling upon the citizens of Russia
to demand their rights, is practically
over The readiness of the defendants
to admit the charge of having signed and
distributed the manifesto FASTENED the
hearing by relieving the government of
the need of calling witnesses.
The trial has done much toward the
vindicaton of the signers of the mani
festo. and the powerful speeches made
yesterday have driven away all msgiv-
incs. awakened warm public sentiment
and infused the old time spirit in the
ranks of the opposition
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
NEAR RACE RIOT IN OKLAHOMA.
Danger Now Over, but Things Looked
Serious Yesterday.
OKLAHOMA CITY. OK. -

OKLAHOMA CITY. Ok, Dec. II
4 dispatch from Henrietta. Ok. this
morning says that quiet prevails IN that
town and there are no further fears of a
race riot. The firing Of small negro
shack owned by n white man near the
Frisco station yesterday morning caused
a call to arms. Within five minutes aft
or the fire alarm was given nearly 100
armed men were prepared for an at
tack Three citizen patrols were cstab-
lishcd.
Thirty-iivc negroes. heavily armed,
passed through Wildcat melting the
blacks to revolt. They campcd on the
liver within ten miles Of Henrietta. More
than thirty armed blacks went from
Wcloctka 20 Clcarvicw, one Of the
thirkcst negro settlements in the coal
fields About fifty stands of small arms
were purchased by negroes in W tlectka
before the hardware stores quit selling
TO blacks
The authorities have gained control
of the situation. however.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
CUT WAGES OF KEY MEN
These of Brokerage Photographers Re
dgced from SOS to S2s-N0
Change IN Hours.

CHICAGO. H., Dec, 2S-Wagcs of
telegraph operators employed in several
of the brokerage offices Of the city have
been cut within the last few days. Tie
salary Of these men was raised to SD
Il wcel; when the recent strike was de
ciarcd. The operators will now receive
50 Il week with no change in the hours
of labor Officials of the union said to-
day that the compensation of telegraph
crs in all parts Of the country has been
reduced by the wire companies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
XMAS UNDER GROUND.
Imprisoned Miners Have Feast and Send
Greetings to Friends on the
Surface.

ELY, New, Dee. 21.--Duc thousand
feet below the surface of the earth three
miners spent the strangcSt Christmas III
the world.
Bailey, Mcdonald and Brown have
been imprisoned i'll the Alpha shaft of
the Groux mine since December | and
the rcscucrs still have three weeks work
to do before they can reach the men.
But Christmas they had fine holiday
meal, beginning with straight whisky
and topped off with coffee and cigars.
Those fncts came NJ 10 light via the
modern telephone with which the mine
is equipped ut the 1000 foot level.
The imprisoned men sent the most
cheerful Christmas messages 10 all their
friends by this means and said they had
supplies enough to last until the debris
above them is removed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-02
ILUMBERMEN SET FREE.
Colorado Judge Grants Motion to Quash
Indictments n Land Fraud
Gases

United State djsrr.r5 court Irr. today
Judge Il. l.. Irws pan,ud the motion
10 quash The iudlDfmrpt- against T.. NJ
BiggS. president and Charles Il. MoI'hrc.
and j. J McGmy directors ui jle
New Mc2ioy Lumber company and
Charles II. Freeman am. W. W Nasua.
man Of Durango. charged with ,yu-
spiracy to defraud the government Of
timber lauds ~ Archulcta county, Colo
,rado. The order - Iuonh waa based
upon the ground that no crime under the
federal statutes WAS Auwu The court
also quashcd Tor same reason the iudIG-
ments against a. r. Sullcnhcrgcr, Urrsi-
dent of the paeosa Lumber company
and others in connection with the up,r-
atoms Of chat company.