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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
RELATIVES REPORT
PRETTY GIRL LOST
Jennie Esberg Disappears After
Asking Aunt for Permission
to Make Visit

OAKLAND, Nov. S.-Anxious relatives
have appealed to the police for assist
ance in searching for Jennie Esberg. a
pretty II year old nurse, who disap-
peared mysteriously last Thursday.
Since she dropped from sight no word
of her Whereabouts has reached her
friends here and they are divided in
opinion as to whether she met with a
mishap or whether she eloped with q
former sweetheart. ]. Rolph. who has
not been seen at his home in the Hol-
land house in Twenty second street
near Telegraph avenue since the girl
vanished.
For several months Miss Esberg had
been employed at the home of Louis
Zimmerman at 2124 Grove street,
Berkeley. Last Thursday night she
told her employer that she was going
to new position. About the same time
she communicated with her aunt, Mrs.
Matilda Koff, of 3s Helen street, Oak
land, and asked permission to come TO
her home for a short time. Mrs. Koff
extended cordial invitation to her
niece to take up her residence with her
She waited until yesterday when, as
the girl did not put in an appearance
she made inquiries Of the Zimmermans
concerning her movements. Upon
learning that she had left there Thurs
day Mrs. Koff notified the police that
the girl was missing.
Miss Esberg's friends said that she
had exhibited = decided fondness for
Rolph, who frequently called upon her
and called her up on the telephone at
her place Of employment. She is an
attractive blonde, standing feet
inches tall. and stout, weighing about
$50 pounds Her hair and eyes are
carpenter Of San Francisco, and an
aunt, who lives in Berkeley, are mysti-
fed by her appearance and are making
every effort to locafe her.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
BRILLIANT WEDDING
FOR POPULAR GIRL
Church Ceremony to Unite Miss
Katherine Brown and Will
liam Thornton White

OAKLAND. Nov. 3.-The wedding of
William Thornton White and Miss
Katherine Brown, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs Lampson Brown. will be one of the
most brilliant events of the winter.
The ceremony will be solemnized to-
morrow evening at o'clock in St. Paul $
Episcopal church and will be witnessed
by several hundred friends.
Mrs. Harry Chickering. nee Henshaw,
at whose wedding last season Miss
Brown was an attendant, will attend
the bride as matron Of honor. The quin-
tet of bridesmaids will include Miss
Florence Henshaw, Miss Elsa Schilling,
Miss Anita Thompson. Miss Rose Kales
and Miss Airline Johnson. Arthur Good
Fellow will support the bridegroom.
Rudolph Schilling. Charles Field, DR..
Percy GaslSill. Arthur Foster Jr and
Lovel Langstroth will serve as ushers.
Following the service at the church
there will be reception at the Brown
residence in Vernon heights
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
WRIGHT BELIEVES IN
SHORT AEROPLANE TRIPS
Says They Will Be More Use
full for Advance OF
Aviation

PARIS, Nov s.-wilbur Wright. the
American aeroplanist. was interviewed
today on the subject OF recent success
full aeropIane fights made by Farman
and BIeriot. He said he considers cross
country trips quite useless. He ad-
mired the courage of his two colleagues.
but said they sooner or later Will en-
counter a fatal puff of wind which their
machines are not sufficiently controlled
TO resist. Mr.. Wright is convinced that
his method of certain brief practice In
turning over a prescribed course will
result In the surer advance OF aviation
The National aerial league has de-
cided to erect a monument at the spot
where Henry Farman landed at Rheims
Friday after his successful fight from
MourmelOn.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
BERKELEY TAILOR
HAS DISAPPEARED

BERKELEY, Nov. 3.-Leaving his
wife and three children in this city in
destitute circumstances, Leo B. Weisz,
who formerly conducted a woman's
tailoring establishment In Telegraph
avenue, went to look for work in San
Francisco week ago and he has not
been seen since. Weisz recently swore
to complaint against Samuel c.
Irving, former university regent and
businessman of San Francisco, on a
charge Of battery growing out of a
disputed garment made for Mrs. r.
wing. The case will come up for a
rehearing November 10.
Mrs. Weisz mourns her husbands s
disappearance at her home, 2425 Els
worth street. and is inconsolable. She
believes that her husband has either
met with foul play or that he has de-
serted her. Her children. all under 5
years, are also grieving for their
father.
Hoping that he would return home
Mrs. Weisz has refrained for week
from reporting the disappearance of
her husband, but she has now placed
the matter in the hands of Marshal
Vollmer.
She declared TO vollmer that her
husband had been Ill for some months
and recently suggested to his wife that
ii would benefit him to repair to a
sanitarium. When he left home, how
ever, he had little money and Mrs.
Weisz believed that he would not be
able to carry out his wishes on ac-
count OF lack of funds.
Weisz sold his tailoring establish
ment a short time ago. but the time
that he left home the money due on
the transaction had not been received.
The missing man is DO years of age
feet II inches in height and weighs
$50 pounds. He has black hair and
wears a vandyke beard At the time
of his disappearance he wore dark
suit Of clothes and black fedora hat.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
5000 IN OAKLAND
SCAN CALL SCREEN
Returns Flashed by Stereopti-
con Are Quickest and the
Most Complete
Big Crowd Cheers Reports
Fayoring Dunno and Against
Cook

OAKLAND, Nov 3.-Five thousand
persons Jammed into Eleventh street
between Broadway and Washington
| street watched with enthusiastic DEM
! onstrations the election bulletins of
The Call which early in the evening
MADE the victory of Taft and Sherman
and Hughes assured. The Call sur
passed IN Its service, giving the peo-
pie OF Oakland tn e first authentic
news of the republican sweep
| throughout the country, and following
that with detailed figures flashed by
! stereopticon on a large screen, every
80 seconds.
interest centered in the main result.
AS soon as that was known the figures
as they piled UP from state after state,
were scanned by the thousands of spec
tators, eager to learn Just how far
reaching was the great republican vic
tory.
Bulletins which indicated the re-elec-
| tion of Judge Dunno in San Francisco
provoked nearly as much demonstra-
tion as did those of national Importance
The crowd was with The Call in it's
battle for civic decency in San Fran
cisco and did not hesitate to manifest
its approval with the display of every
favorable bulletin. And its sentiment
as regarded Judge Cook, was likewise
manifested as the figures came which
showed that he was far behind the
man who had stood for the people.
Not only in national but in local
returns did The Call forge far ahead
, in the speed, accuracy and completeness
of the bulletin reports from all sec
tions of the state and county.
The Call commenced to post bulletins
in the early afternoon and continued
to supply the waiting thousands with
the news of the days fights until
the midnight hour had been sounded
and the last dispatches had come to tell
the big victory of the national presi-
dental election of 1908.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
DOMESTIC ACCUSED OF
FLEECING AN OLD MAN
Inveigles Berkeleyan to PORT
land Under Pretext of
Marriage

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. S.-Helen
Krouse, formerly chamber maid in a
rooming house at 174 Church street,
San Francisco, has been arrested for
the alleged theft from w. c. Jones of
$3.50 1t is charged that she inveigled
Jones to Portland from Berkeley on a
pretext of becoming his wife. While
he was securing a marriage license
she slipped down to a bank with $3.50
of his money.
When searched she had $1,000 in her
possession, all in bills. She says she
simply went to the bank to change
the money into bills because of the
convenience in carrying. She told Jones
she had been robbed by man. but re-
lice A man who overheard the con-
versation between the woman and
Jones, who is 73 years of age. notified
the police, who arrested the woman.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTS
TO COMMIT MURDER
q. q. Southern Tries to Kill
His Wife and Deputy
Sheriff

SANTA ANA, Nov. Sc. G. Southern
Is in Jail on two charges Of attempt
to commit murder. The eomplainants
are Mrs. Southern and Deputy Sheriff
Langto of Wintersburg. Southern
came home intoxicated and fired three
shots from q revolver at his wife. He
fired a shotgun at Langto when ar
rested. The accused was convicted of
murder in the second degree on April
s, 1896, for the killing of Mariana
Cuero in this city. He was Sentenced
to San Quentin for 12a years. He was
serving time when a new trial was
granted. The jury disagreed and me
case was dismissed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
SHORTRIDGE'S PAPER
SUED FOR LIBEL
Supervisors Aver, Hubbard and
Mitchell File Complaints
Against Morning Times

SAN JOSE, Nov. s.-Supervisors
Henry NJ. Aver, A. L. Hubbard
and Frank E. Mitchell have filed COM
plants in Justice Browns court against
Charles M. Shortridge, editor of the
Morning Times, for alleged criminal
libel. based upon an article that ap-
peared in that paper this morning at
tacking the integrity Of those officials.
The Times has been charging in its
columns for several days past that
these supervisors have made and al
lowed for themselves overcharges in
mileage and expenses in connection
with their duties, and this morning that
paper was especially emphatic in it's de-
nunciation of these members Of the
hoard
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
MACHINES SERIOUS DErRrMENr

ALAMEDA, Nov. 3.-The voting ma
chimes proved a serious detriment to
bringing out heavy vote in this city
and general dissatisfaction was ex-
pressed at their use. Many commuter
who hurried to the machines in the
morning earlier than his usual train
time for the purpose of voting became
disgusted at the delay at polling place
caused by the slowness of the voters in
manipulating the machines and boarded
his train for San Francisco. The ma
jority of the voters who were disap-
pointed in the morning did not return
In time to vote this evening This
evening when the time for closing the
polls arrived there were many voters
in line at the large polling places on
Park street and Webb avenue. The
officers in these polling places pulled
their watches on the voters, and when
the two minutes allowed for voter
to operate the machine was up the
voter was ordered to get out Of the
way and give the next man in line a
chance Many voters resented this
treatment and walked out of the booth
without voting. The voting machine
served to make things easy for the
election officers, who had no long count
to conduct after the polls closed. but II
developed hosts of disgruntled. voters
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
HOLLAND NOT LIKELY
TO TAKE ACTION SOON
Rumors Afloat That Two More
Fleets May Join Neither
lands Ships

wILLEMSTADT. Nov. S.-The recent
disposition OF the Netherlands war
ships that have been making their
headquarters here indicate that there
will be no specific action on the part
of Holland against Venezuela for the
next week.
telegram received from The Hague by
the colonial government October 81
contained nothing more than instruc-
der.
Rumors are afoat here that two
foreign fleets. one Italian and one Brit
ish, are on their way here for Joint
action with the Netherlands.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
RANCHER SLAYS MAN
he CAROUSED WITH
Two Days Spree Ends in Mar
der After Quarrel Over
Horse Race

CLAIMS, Nov. Information has
reached here that Alfred Dreger, aged
so, a Palo Verde rancher. was shot in
the head and killed last Thursday night
by Matthew 3. Wells, also a rancher.
They had been drinking together for
two Days and engaged in fist fight
after racing their horses Wells horse
was killed by a shot from Dreger's gun.
The only witness was Fred Meyer. who
does not know how the horse was
killed. Wells was arrested, but escaped
after warning Meyer TO keen silence.
Wells is charged with murder.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
DECIDES AGAINST OREGON MAN

WASHINGTON, Nov 3.-The supreme
court of the United States has denied
the petition of Willard n. Jones and
Thaddeus S. Potter for writ of re-
view Jones and Potter, who are resi-
dents of Oregon, were sentenced to i'm
prisonment on the charge of defraud-
ing the government by the Illegal entry
In that state lands under the home
stead law. The charge against them
was that of conspiracy, but, they
pleaded the statute of limitations. The
decision of the circuit court of appeals
for the ninth circuit was against them
and in refusing to review the case the
lsupreme court practically affirmed that
finding
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
KILLS WOMAN AND HIMSELF

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 3.-E L.
Bancroft, S5 years old manager of the
local branch of the Amos news COM
pany of Los Angeles. at 1890 o'clock
this morning shot and instantly killed
Mrs. Minnie Goodman. "a years old, a
widow and then blew out his brains
Bancroft was arrested two months ago
and placed under bonds for threaten
ing to Kill Mrs. Goodman because she
refused to marry him. This morning
he appeared at a rooning house con-
Quoted by the woman, and without
warning shot her twice In the back.
The dead woman leaves three small
children
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
RANCHER MYSTERIOUSLY
MURDERED IN NIGHT

GRASS VALLEY. Nov. s.-Timothy
Driscoll, an aged rancher. residing in
the lime kiln district south of this city.
was murdered during the night His
body was found in his cabin this after
noon by the neighbors The old man
had been terribly beaten about the
head with some blunt instrument The
motive OF the murder is mystery. as
Driscoll never kept valuables in the
house. The sheriff and coroner have
gone to the scene this evening.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
AUTO HITS DEAF MAN AND
INSTANTLY KILLS HIM
Martin Frost Is Run Down
Near Rio Vista by Joseph
Kidd

VALLEJO. Nov. s.-An automobile
driven by Joseph Kidd, a well known
resident OF Vacaville hit and killed
Martin Frost near Rio Vista last night.
Kidd is a careful driver and was send
ine the machine along at an ordinary
speed. He sounded a warning. and
supposed Frost heard. but Frost was
deaf and the machine struck him be-
fore II could be stopped, killing him in
era~f1U
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
ASKS s1oo. .ooo FOR LInEL

TUCSON. Ariz., Nov. IA suit was
begun in the district court here Monday
by Sidney Bieber. republican national
committeeman Of the district of Colum-
lJssr against the Arizona Daily Star for
$1,000 for an alleged libel Bieber has
taken a prominent part in the campaign
for delegate from the territory. The
articles upon which suit is based at
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
KILLED BY BLOW

SEATTLE, WASH. Nov. s.-w. w.
King. a laborer,. 40 years old, was
fight with Frank Paquette. barber, In
a South Seattle saloon last night and
instantly killed. Paquette was arrest
ed this morning. Both men had been
drinking and became involved in a
quarrel and Paquette landed the blow
which broke his opponents neck.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
nELEGATEs sELEcrEn

san MATEO, Nov. CITY Attorney
Charles \. Kirkbride and City Engineer
davenport Bronlfield have been selected
as the San Mateo delegates TO the con-
vention Of the California league Of
municipalities which will be held in
Sacramento November Il. IS, ls and 20.
Thev viii endeavor 10 procure the next
convention, which viii be held in No
vember. 1903. for this city
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
SECOND DEGREE MURDER

EVERETT. Wash. Nov. 3.-Murder
in the second degree was the verdict
of the jury in the case of J. H. jain,
who killed Jesse Price last March at
Darlington. Price was superintendent
of the Pittsburg gold mining company
jain alleged that Price had prosecuted
him in Pittsburg. The murdered mans
father had been attorney for jain in
a number of criminal cases in which
Jahn was involved in Pittsburg. ..
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
rEpERAL FISH can IN sTATE

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3.-The first fed
eral fish car that ever arrived in south
ern California reached here yesterday
1t is in charge OF Captain w. E. Smith
Of washing gton, D. c.. distributor of
native food fishes for the bureau OF
labor. 1t contained 1920 ''yearling" yell
low perch, crappie and blue gills. The
Ash will be sent TO the various Los An
geles county waters that are to be
stocked.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
BUCKET WEIGHING TON
DROPS ON A MINER
Fatal Accident Occurs in CIer-
mont Shaft of the Jumbo
Claim

GOLDFIELD. New. Nov. S-Llando
Larsen was instantly killed and Mar
tin Shea suffered a broken ankle Monday
night while working at the bottom
of the Clermont shaft on the Jumbo
claim Of the Consolidated company.
The accident was caused by the
breaking of a pinion connected with
the hosting machinery. A bucket load
ed with rock and weighing 1000 pounds
dropped TO the bottom OF the shaft.
striking Larsen on the head Two other
miners narrowly escaped injury.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
roRTy JTTNKs wRECKED

VICTORIA, B. c., Nov. 3.-News was
brought by the steamer Antilochus of
heavy foods and great loss of life by
floods in Formosa. AN the rivers in the
neighborhood of Keeling, Ciran and
Tanko overfowed, 40 Junks were
wrecked or washed away and larke
number of lives were lost.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
M. Q. HARRIs KILLEn

TACOMA. Nov 3.-Northern Pacific
z,-estbound passenger train struck and
KILLED q man in Dead Mans cut. three
miles east of Tacoma. Monday after
mon. He was dressed in 2 corduroy
suit and heavy loggers' shoes. In his
rocket was tax statement issued to
~ @ Harris, Tuolumne county, Cal.
6afed March 81 Of this year.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
BONDS ARE CARRIED

SANTA ROSA, Nov. BY a vote Of
$50 to the bonds for the new Sebas-
topol high school district were carried
at a special election Monday. The
bonds are for $4,000, and were carried
at previous election, which was held
to be Illegal because of an irregularity.
The school building will be constructed
at once.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
WOMAN SHOOTS STAGE DRIyER

GLOBE. Ariz.. Nov. al. W. Weaver
stage driver, was shot and killed
Monday night by Mrs. Emma Caslin. who
claims she acted in defense Of her
honor. Weaver. who was shot in the
head. fell in the hall of the roominr
house conducted by Mrs CasIin' 9
mother. The woman. together with her
brother. Emmett Gaynor. was arrested
and locked up on charge of murder.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
Nothing safer Thnn ReaItv

Money invested JudiciousIy in good
California realty is the safest invest-
ment Of the day Consult The Calls
ties
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
FIREMEN SAVE OLD MAN

LOS ANGELES, Nov. "a two story
building at Jackson and North San
Pedro Streets was destroyed by fire
last night. William Schaeffer, a cook,
II years old. was rescued unconscious
by firemen from second story window
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
KILLED IN FLYwHEEL

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 3.-Joseph
Charran, SO years old, was caught in a
f1ywheel at the Montana lumber COM
pany's mill this morning and his head
was twisted from his body.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
FAIRBANKS POLICE CHIEF
is SLAIN BY A WOMAN
Al Miller Dies From Bullet
Fired by Blanche DevaIl
of Seattle
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SEATTLE. Wash, Nov. "A cable
gram received here today says that at
1880 o'clock this morning Blanche De-
vail shot Al Miller. chief OF police. at
the Pioneer hotel. Fairbanks. Alaska.
The revolver bullet entered the left
breast. took a downward course and
lodged in the pelvis-
Miller died tonight. The woman
came from Seattle last summer. She
Is now in jail
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
TRooPs aUELL RIor

TROOPS QUELL RIOT
HOELVA. SPAIN Nov 3.-There was
an encounter here late last night be-
tween the striking copper miners in
the Rio Tinto districts and other states.
Troops were called out.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
mo Ynn Want sh.o0, |,

Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page 12.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-23

again to what he says: "The colour Of
correctly spoken and the sustained
rhythm Of sung woods, constitutes the
whole Of the vocal art. "Thc student
ftst thinks the word clearly, and list
ems TO Il with his inner ear; when the
mind has sounded IT, he says 1t calmly
with his voice. This is the finest
singing lesson a man can have"
AS bearing upon the greater vocal
difficulties Of tie present day, It must
be remembered that the present pitch
of the high c, is considerably higher
than in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries which In itself, in relation
to the human voice, is a problem that
calls for greater vocal endurance and a
more sSillful management Of the voice.
Fortunately for the art of singing In
America, we are rapidly getting by q
period of Indifference to fundamental
principles and in place of inefficient
teaching and thoughtless singing we
find all about us teachers Of ability de-
voted to their profession, and earnest,
intelligent vocal students who are
keenly aware of the importance of
gaining first of all perfect mastery Of
the breath. They also realize, more
| than ever, that 20 master the many
details Of proper tone placement re-
quires years Of patient toll and study.
GEO. CHADWICK STOCK.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-23
Tone Talks.

! firmly believe that greater singers
will appear in the future than any who
have yet lived. When we consider
how exceedingly difficult our modern
music has become, what problems of
expression are presented to the sing
or Of today and that greater intellect
is required Of the singer to compre-
hend. and overcome them. the outlook
may seem discouraging. But FORUM
ately in the twentieth century we are
guided by accurate vocal information
and hence with the splendid technic
of the old school, Notwithstanding it's
empirical grasp Of tone placement, we
combine exact physiological knowledge
of the vocal parts and their action
Moreover, in America a discriminating
and exacting musical world exists to
stimulate the singer to higher efforts
A further advance over the old school
is that the modern public demands not
only musical utterance, but utterance
clothed with fidelity of tone to the
meaning of the text
That the art of singing at the time
when It is generally believed to have
attained its highest form Of develop
ment, was deficient in this most essen
tial latter named feature, is apparent
down from the old masters, which
clearly reveal that the trend of thought
and training was towards the ultimate
requirement of beauty of tone. w. j..
Henderson has something to say upon
thsi point in his recent excellent book,
THE Art Of the Singer" published by
Scribners; "The radical error of the
entire Italian school Of singing, despite
its proclamation of other belief, lay
in the fact that in actual practice it
held that the ultimate purpose of vocal
technic was the production of beauti-
full tone; whereas, "The fundamental
truth" he says, sis that the object Of
vocal technic is the vitalzation OF
text by musical tone, and that the Gre
alton of the tone must be for that pur-
pose and that alone"
Dr. Ffrangcon-D Davies says In his re-
cent book THE Singing Of the Flu
ture"; (the preface in this book was
written by Sir Ndward Elgar. He
warmly endorses what the author has
written). THE voice of the future must
prove that it grows out of language
and singers must begin their student
ship with the singing of thoughts; lol
thought is the fount of language and
language the fount of Tone Listen
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-23

articles in bucket Of water in which
there is a cupful OF clear starch. Keep
the starch stirred through the water.
Put the glassware on towels to drain
and leave until perfectly dry. Rub with
q soft cloth, and you viii be delighted
TO see how bright are the pieces Have
a soft brush TO clean the cut-glass ar
tlcleS.
y good supply of dish towels is a ne
cesslty. Health and comfort are pro-
noted by an abundance of every fur
II shing in the kitchen department. For
dish rags buy some white mosquito net
ting-a quarter Of yard is sufficient
for oT--which should be folded back
and forth as many times as the width
Will allow, and then tackled In the Same
way that a comfortable is made.