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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-16
ABOUT ADVERTISINC-NO TO-
You Must Irrigate Your
Neighborhood
By Herbert Kaufman

Half century ago there many millions of acres of land
within thousand miles of San Francisco upon which blade
of would Today upon these very deserts wonderful
orchards and tremendous wheat fields The soil itself pas full of
possibilities What the land needed pacr In time there came
farmers who knew that they could expect the streams come to
em and they dug bitches and led the to their properties
from the surrounding and lakes; they titled the earth with
their brains well their pos-hey became rich by understand
ing hon lTigdtc.
Advertising has made thousands of rich just because they
recognized the possibilities of utilizing the newspapers bring streams
of buyers negbohoods that could be made busy locations by
irrigation BY draining people from other sections.
The successful retailer the who keeps the stream of pur-
cha coming his way. the spot itself that makes the store
pays the who makes the spot pay who knows how TO
dram the opd Centers of trade not selected by the public
they created by the force which controls the pubche news
papers.
New neghbohood for business being constantly built up
by who have located themselves in streets which they have
changed from deserted byways eemng ong horoughares
through advertising irrigation.
The store keeper who whme that his neghborEood holds him
back squirting the ruhhc is hurting the ncighbOrhOOd
If lacks of buyers he easily enough secure them
by reaching out through the columns of the daily and inducing people
from other sections him. Every time he influences Gus
of competitor he only rigang his own field but is
drying the upon which nonadvesing merchant de-
pends Tor existence Men and who live to a
shop that does not plead for their will eventually be drawn
10 establishment miles away because they have been made to
believe in advantageto be gained thereby
The circulation of every daily nothing less than reservoir
Of buyers from which shoppers the direction that promises
the value for the least money
The magic development of the desert lands has its parallel in
merchandising of who consider the newspaper an gang
power which make grow where one grew before
by rbun coupany. chco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-16
WANT DETECTIVES LICENSED

The police commissioners have requested the
supervisors 10 pass ordinance placing all
special and private detective agencies under
their control subject TO a yearly license fee
of $500. Failure TO comply with the proposed
ordinance Is punishable by a fine of $500 six
months Imprisonment in the county jail or both.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-16
RcmovaI Reduction

We move 10 Hammersmith building.
Grant avenue and Suffer street, May
10 Until then 10 per cent discount
from almost entire stock. Hammer
smith & Co. Van Ness at Eddy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-16
RESTORING COMPLEy|ONS

The following prescription is
contributed as being one of the
most remarkable known for
bringing back the rosy tint of
youth to the skin:
Two ounces Rose Water; one
ounce Spirits of Cologne; four
ounces Sartoin. Put the Sartoin
into a pint of hot water (not
boiling) and when dissolved and
cooled add the Rose Water and
Spirits Of Cologne and strain
through a fine cloth. Any large
bottle will serve as receptacle
II 1T can be closed alright.
These simple ingredients can be
obtained at any well stocked
drug store and easily mixed at
home This preparation should
be applied once a day after wash
ing. 1t Is said the results become
apparent after the first few ap-
plications, but the treatment
should be continued until the
rose tint complexion becomes
permanent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
new YORK PAPERS
TO COST SEVEN CENTS

Atter today the neWsdeaiers of wash
i4gton- viii charge cents for an the
New York Sunday papers. This IS me
prevailing price elsewhere outside OF
ne" YORK city, and in some places the
price is from TO 10 cents a copv
Washington dealers feel they cannot
continue the present price OF cents
which is practically cost price to Them
While the scent price has NOT baan
universal in Washington. it has me-
vailed FOR some time on the ma iorit,,
or news stands with the result that The
p'opfetors have been obliged 10 handle
q large number OF papers at practicable
no p-Oht.
n taking this stand the local rav-s-
dealers say they feel sure the public
VIII understand their position and
countenance their action inasm,lcb =
, icy are required 10 pay from ~ TO .
cents more for the New York Da1erS
IMAM Tor the Washington papers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
Indians Want Senator
For Raw Tribe Chief

A United States Senator as chief OF
an indian tribe would be decidedly an
innovation, and Il Is one of the posi-
bilites just now. Senator Curtis OF
Kansas may be chosen chief OF the Kaw
tribe Of Indians IN Oklamoha. according
TO reports from Kansas and the new
State.
Wah-sun-gah. chief Of the tribe. died
the other day at the age of eighty years.
He had long lived IN the Indian town
OF the same name as HIS own, and ruled
his few remaining tribesmen. The tribe
has fast been thinning by natural pro-
eesses. till there are only 2lS members
left in il, and of these only twelve are
full-blooded Indians.
Senator Curtis is one-eighth Indian
His mother was one-fourth Kaw blood
and three-fourths French: his father
was an American. The Senator ana his
children hold an allotment Of !, $50 acres
OF the Kaw tribal land IN Oklahoma.
and the Senator is very proud Of his
Indian blood. and exceedingly loyal not
only to his tribe but TO all other Indian
interests. He was chairman OF the
House Indian Committee. and from the
day he emigrated across to the Senate
he has been that body's authority on
a.. Indian matters, though ne is not
head az the committee.
To say that Senator Curtis Is proud
of his Indian lineage, however. is rot
remotely TO suggest the sentimen, Of
both pride and affection which the Kaws
entertain for him. He Is the greatest
chief they have ever produced. Many
years ago. before the palefaces dis,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
BIC sEIsMOGRAPHs.

Prof. Wiechert at Gettingen has just
had constructed two great seismo-
graphs. the instruments which record
earthquakes even when the region
shaken in thousands OF miles away.
one of them has a horizontal. the other
a vertical pendulum. The horizontal
pendulum Weighs seventeen tons. -Four
levers placed in series multiply the
movements of the ground 2.20O times.
This apparatus is so sensitive that If
registers the shocks transmitted to the
earth by a gas motor a mile and a
half distant The vertical pendpIuna
weighs $500 pounds, and its multiply
ing levers amplify the movements of
the soil 100 times.-Youth' s COMPANION
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
THE IRIsHMANs REroRr

an lfishman one day went into a
DaIp7f shop 70 get shaved. After he
was seated and the lather about half
applled Inc barber was called to an adj
joining room. where he was detained
Tor some time. The barber had In tbA
snop a pet monkey which was continu-
any initiating his master. As soon as
grabbed the brush and proceeded 10 a.
isn latnering the Irishmar's face After
DONG tals ne 5ook a razor from its case
ana stropped Il, and then turned to tie
llsuIEan 20 shave him "ShtOp that"
rue towel IN me neck. AID put the soap
on me lace, but. begOrrah, yer fathers
go 10 shave mer-Tatler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

covered what good Indian he was and
elected him TO Office, Curtis was a
lawyer in Topeka. The Kaws, down
m the Territory. got into hard lines.
and indeed, by reason OF loss or crops
and other difficulties, were almost at the
point Of starvation.
Curc's turned in and worked indefatig-
ably or them. He secured money and
supplies. and at length was instrumental.
in putting them once more on their
feet. They have never forgotten the SER
vice. There isn't an Indian IN that band.
it is said. who wouldn't give up his
last acre or dollar for Curtis
Naturally, they would Ike their dis
tingUshed tribesman 10 be the new
chief Curtis himself knows. or thinks
he knows. that this Is not the thing 90
do. He favors for chief the present
second chief. an old man and a full
blood. If objection arises TO him on ac-
count OF his age, then Senator Curtis
would prefer Forest Choteau. who IS
also Of the purest strain OF Indian
blood, young, able, educated and &C.
clared BY a good many Southwestern
people TO Be the greatest pure-blOod
Indian fl his country today. The young
man is regarded as having a certain
future in the new State OF Oklahoma.
He is popular among both his own
people and the whites. and Il is said that
he has some aspirations for political
career.
The Kaws would gladly elect Senator
Curtis If they could get him. but unless
The place is forced on him he viii not
take it,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
ROOSEVELT IS IGNORED
BY TEXAS REPUBLICANS

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 22,-The State
executive committee Of the reorganized
Republican party of Texas, at Fort
Worth, in a series OF fervid resolu-
tions, today Endorsed the attitude Of
United States Senator Foraker and
Landed Hughes, Of New York Fair
banks. La Toilette, and Cannon were
criticised, while Roosevelt and Taft
were ignored.
A resolution was passed that the
State convention Of the reorganizers
send an uninstructed delegation to the
National Convention
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
HEADS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO MEET HERE TOMORROW

A conference of the chief school Off
GERS Of tho States and Territories with
the United States Bureau of Education,
the first OF its kind in this country.
viii be held here tomorrow
Among those who will deliver ad-
dresses are Secretary Hine, of the Con-
necticut State board; Prof Elliott, Of
the University Of Wisconsin, and State
Superintendent Of Education Cotton, Of
Illinois.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
Taft Boom Gives
Much Inspiration
To Music Writers

The Presidential boom Of Secretary
Taft is having strange effect on the
gentle art OF music throughout the
country. AS II passes over various sec
lions. il leaves IN its trail. harmonious
emotion. that bursts into bloom and is
Guly culled and sent 70 the Secretary's
ONCE for approval.
There are marches. waltzes. and COM
positions OF hybrid movement TOW on
the Secretary's desk. Ohio alone has
produced three two-steps and one mill
tarv march, and among the lot there IS
q jaFring composition from Indiana
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
FACTIONS CLASH
OVER DELEGATES
Hard Work Cut Out for
Republican National
Committee.
Florida Presents Case That
May Repeat Itself
Elsewhere.

"A suggestion of what is going to await
the Republican National ComInlttee
when ii meets in Chicago 10 consider
contested seats in the eoming national
convention, is afforded by a couple OF
letters which have come from FIoridi
10 Secretary Elmer Dover, 1T national
committee headquarters.
The Florida State convention split. or
else there were two conventions, or else
1t all depends on the story-tbe~e was
one convention and one mob. Auyhow
TWO sets OF men claim 10 De delegates.
and the national committee will have TO
silt out their claims.
we had a fine invention" writes
one Florida correspondent to Mr.. Dover.
1t was one Of the best and most har-
monious ever held in the State. and we
chose an unrestricted delegation. The
only thing TO mar the occasion was the
fact that some hoodlmns gathered in
the han while we were IN session and
pretended 10 hold another convention
l believe they are going to claim they
also elected a delegation, but, Of course
that IS ridiculous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
DEMOCRATIC QUARTERS
FIRED BY IAGENDIARIES

MUSKOGEE, / T, Feb. 22-Incen-
diaries tried 10 destroy the Scales Hotel
by IRE this morning while it was
crowded with Democratic delegates
More than 100 were sleeping in the
building. oil was poured or the floors
of three vacant rooms in the rear and
set on fire
1t was only by quick and energetic
work that the fire department managed
TO save the building. The police are
investigating. The motive for setting
fire TO the building is a mystery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
Many Contests Expected.

The opposing delegations IN each case
decline 90 be called contestants each
insists that il is regular. There viii be
a contest. from present indications. In
almost ever Southern State, and may
be a number in Northern districts. The
opposing sides will be expected 10 sub
nht printed briefs Of their cases. pro-
viding copies enough to give each mem
Der of the committee one
These briefs must bv submitted at
least twenty days before the convention.
and the copies will be sent at once TO
members OF the committee SO they may
familiarize themselves with the couten-
tions. At The committee rejecting each
side Will he given an agreed time to
be heard by counsel; then the COMMITTEES
in executive session will discuss and rule
on the case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
Other Side Speaks.

And by the same mail came another
letter, from a partisan OF tie other side
the TAFT faction. Our convention was
harmonious and well attended. and we
named delegation Of strong men and
instructed them for Secretary Taft"
averred this correspondent
I've Rave had no better convention in
the history or the State 1 only regret
that a gang Of hoodlums should have
got into the hall and assumed to be
holding a coHtesting convention at the
same time ours was going on. Tnev viii
have no claims worth consideration.
however"
The national committee headquarters
will be removed 10 Chicago soon after
MAY I, where the chairman. secretary.
and sergeant-at-arms will establish Of
nces. II is not unlikely that IIr '~-r,-
mittee will have TO be called in on
two weeks before the convention. To
get through hearing the contest cases
and make up a temporary roll for the
gathering
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23

which suggests plot on the part OF
the Fairbanks boomers TO throw CON
fusion into the Taft ranks
Most OF these musical expressions Of
political feryor are turned over to AS
sistant Secretary Alischler. who passes
them out 20 the colored messenger on
the door. So far, none have come back
with his approval
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
IaFT IS NEXT TO KNOX,
ASSERTS PENNSYLVANIA

Representative Focht of the Seven
teenth Pennsylvania Congressional dis
trict declared yesterday that while
Pennsylvania would stand by Knox
while he has a chance 10 win" its
second choice was Taft
The Taft press bureau here is send
Ing out a statement that organized
labor is opposed TO Hughes because he
vetoed the "fUu-crew bill"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
GERMS OF DEATH, NOTLOVE,
LURK IN WF1ZSKER KISSES

PHILADELPHIA, April 13.-At
last Philadelphia doctor has got
the goods on the man with the
whiskers.
He has proved beyond doubt
that any fair woman who engages
in osculatory pastimes with whis-
kered dandies is in danger of her
life.
The doctor chose for his expert
ment two men. One had a
smooth shaver face and the other
beautiful shoe brush on his chin,
with some side adornments be-
sides.
Each man was taken on a trip
through the city. They visited
stores and restaurants and rode
through the streets. Then each
returned to the doctors office and
pressed a resounding kiss on the
lips Of girl who was willing to
make this sacrifice for science
sake.
After each OSCILLATION the doctor
pressed gelatin pad to the WON
ans lips. The smooth shaven
mans kiss registered a few focks
of innocent germs which got along
peaceably together.
But the other was a microbe
bear garden. 1t swarmed with
tuberculosis bacilli, typhoid germ
tetanus microbes, all hungry and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
CHICAGO AlDERMAN'S
IDEA Of HONESTY

special Correspondence to The Presa
CHICAGO, April 13.-Sh-h-h! A
Chicago alderman says he'd steal
the city hall If he got chance.
1t is Alderman Herman F. Kru-
ger, the latest man in the city
council. At democratic ward
meeting Kruger got stirred up over
the recommendations of the Chica-
go political societies, the Munich
pal Voters league, the Legislative
Voters league, the Independence
league and all the other reform
punches who make it their business
to point the path of duty the voter.
Honestly" bawled the stout
alderman. Bunk! / don't make any
pretenses. Why, honesty's only
skin deep. I'd steal the city hall If
l got a chance!"
After his friends got the irate
official to sit down, ex-Mayor Carter
Harrison told the story about the
time when a certain alderman
voted the wrong way on a fran
chise.
Get in" said one of his friends,
There's $500 in it for YOU"
Jaw" replied the indignant Of
fetal. 81 amt takih' no toothpicks!
Thus chicago politics.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13

a public appearance, to show he
had no fear of unpopularity. To a
hostile audience he delivered one of
his intellectual speeches. At first
shouts and cat-calls greeted him.
Asquith stood impressive on the
platform, stopping his speech when
the noise became deafening and re-
Stunning at the intervals of compare
tive silence. By sheer resolution
he beat his audience into submits
sion and silence.
Asquith is an opponent of WON
ans suffrage, and not hiding his
opinions, the militant suffragets
made an attempt to beard him in
his den. They marched to his
house. To their surprise, Asquith
opened the door, invited them In
and asked what they wanted. They
told him in subdued tones Votes
for women" Ladies' he said
you have come to the wrong man.
The women departed, almost or
tiptoe, and there was no riot.
afterward lord chief justice, who
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
Waves Uncover Loot
of Buccaneers

LISBON, April 13.-Treasure Sc
creteI by Portuguese pirates cen
turtles ago has been found by fisher
men at the seaside village of Para
delha.
The village is being slowly wash
ed away by the sea. At the last
onslaught of the waves the earth
crumbled and exposed to the as
tonished fishermen great quantities
of buried treasure. Many of the
fishermen fell on their faces and
prayed. They attributed the appear
ance of the gold to a miracle.
Gold and silver dOubloOns, jewel
ed crosses, quaint finger rings, ear
rings, silver censers, and gold goin
were In the find. One fisherman Sc
cured $500 worth of gold coin.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
special correspondents. to Tn. Press

Special Correspondents to The Press
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 49,
Representative George l.. Lilley's
arithmetic shows that the govern
ment did pay the Electric Boat Co.
more than $1,000.000 in excessive
profits for submarines. Whether
Lilley's figures are correct will be
determined by the Investigating
committee.
The figures submitted by Lilley
are taken from the transcript Of
the testimony of Rear Admirals
Melville, O'Neal and Bowles before
the house naval affairs committee
in 1901 and 1902. All of the fig
ures are therefore from the official
records.
Admiral O'Neal testified he be-
lieved 100000 apiece a fair price
for the Holland submarine. The
contracts of which Lilley complains
call for purchase price of $2S5,000
a boat.
Admiral Bowles, who is now en-
ployed by the Fore River Shipbuild-
ing Co., the builders of the Holland
submarines, testified before the ma
val affairs committee he had made
a careful investigation of the con-
struction of the submarine. and
thought the boats might possibly be
worth $125,000 He considered the
great expense the builders were put
to in experimenting, and the value
of their patents. He believed $125,-
600 per boat would give the build
ers handsome profit"
Using the estimates of Admiral
Bowles, who was chief of the bu-
reau of construction and repair Of
the navy department when the tes-
timony in question was taken, Lii
ley's figures show the Electric Boat
Co. received since 1899 an excessive
profit on 10 submarines of $1,519,-
73S.
If the government purchases the
eight submarines recommended by
the naval affairs committee, Lilley's
figures show the excessive profit to
the Electric Boat Co. will be ST..
471,520.
Lilley has shown the Electric
Boat Co. in unique position The
concern does not manufacture
submarines. 1t makes a business
of getting government orders for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
A SAMPLE OF SEATTLE JUSTICE

SEATTLE, April 13.-Because he
was starving and broke into box
car to obtain several cans of con-
densed milk, the only immediate
remedy he saw for the gnawing
pangs Of hunger, o. Puren, aged 20,
was arrested and sentenced by
Judge Gordon in the municipal po-
lice court to serve 60 days on the
chain gang.
Thirty Chinese, engaged indus
triously in gambling game in the
lower end of the city, were arrest
ed and dismissed on March q by
Judge Gordon.
On the same date George Bald
win was apprehended with a load
ed revolver in his pocket ami was
charged with carrying concealed
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
NEXT PREMIER ANOTHER
TEDDY; BIG STICK, BIG TALK

LONDON, April 13.-With the
coming exit of Roosevelt as the
star on the worlds stage, England
expects Herbert Henry Asquith to
succeed him as the strong man on
the international program.
Asquith is now acting premier,
during the illness of Campbell Ban
herman, and he will succeed to the
Office as a full fiedged prime minis
ter as soon as Campbell-Bannerman
gets well.
Then, for the first time in 20
years, the British empire will have
an iron hand on the reins of gov
eminent Since Gladstone and
Salisbury began to lose strength,
the British lion has not had a
trainer who could exact instant
obedience. Now, a new man has
come to power, who links the pres
ent with the great days of Peel,
Palmerston, Disraeli, Gladstone and
Salisbury.
In the three months Asquith has
acted as leader of the house OF
commons, he has stamped his per.
sonality on parliament as no man
since Disraeli Before the present
session of parliament closes, Camp
bell-Bannerman will resign the
premiership, and Asquith will be
caluled in to succeed him. When
that time comes the house of COM
mons will be his slave pen. Even
now, with only a deputy's author
ity, Asquith can pulverize opposi-
ton and crush discussion by speak
ing a few sharp words.
Asquth is in a class by himself
as a strong man He combines with
the fearlessness and pugnacity OF
Roosevelt, the taciturnity and cyni-
cism of Choate, the wide intellec-
tuality of the late John Hay and
the debating ability of Bryan. No
man in British public life can stand
against him in forensic battle. He
is a lawyer by training, the great
est lawyer in England, and he is as
merciless in the house of commons
as if he were conducting a cross
examination.
| Nobody else in the commons can
treat that great assembly as
Asquith does. To him, the commons
appears like a set of schoolboys
before it's master. The m. p.'s &C
cept this position because they are
afraid of him. There is not one
of the pugnacious members but has
felt the biting sarcasm of Asquith's
tongue, or has gone down beneath
his remorseless logic. Asquith
never has been known to lose de
bate. No opponent, after a bout
with him, has been satisfied with
the outcome.
Asquith is an intellectual ma
chine. He has no intimate friends
for when nature made him she left
out the ability to win affection, ant
replaced it with the power to com
pei respect. He has no vanity. Or
binary human traits seem to have
passed him by. His enemies say
that zoologically, he should be
classed with ellis, not because he is
slippery, but because he is so colo
bloodej.
Asquith's first great success was
made at the time of the publication
by the London Times of the PigOt
letters, libelng Parnell. Russell