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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

After nearly five weeks of question
ing, quibblings and delays the jury to
try Abe Ruef on the charge of having
bribed Supervisor Jennings Phillips was
completed and impan eled yesterday,
the remaining vacancy from the day
before being filled by w. F. Swift, a
lumberman living at 1919 Seventhyave
nue..
The impaneling of the jury does not
mean that the case will proceed to
trial Immediately. The attorneys for
the defense, through whose efforts the
simple process of obtaining jury has
consumed over a month, and who have
apparently lost no opportunity to stave
off the fateful day as long as possible,
have filed a motion for change of
venue, which must be discussed with
all due form, -eloquence and verbosity.
They have, Furthermore, gathered to-
gether every newspaper article writ
ten about Abe Ruef, filed them as evil
dence sustaining their motion for a
change of venue and requested Judge
Dooling to wade through them. Inas-
much as these articles fill three
weighty scrapbooks, with others yet to
come, to read them through thoroughly
would take the better part of the next
FIVE years of hiss life without vaca-
tions. Judge Dooling evidently recog-
nized this fact. for he replied to At
torney Henry Ach's proposition with
curtness bordering onsirritation. u
1T will be sufficient for the court to
obtain the tenor of the trend of thought
of the community, Mr.. Ach,'' said he.
TO ARGUE TO-DAY
II understand. that, L. understand
that" responded Ach, but would not
like it to go on record that the court
refused to examine material evidence
~ ~.
off again. but was summarily silenced
by a wave from the judges hand.
He will be given an opportunity to
tackle the. motion in detail today, and
though Attorney Francis j. Heney
hopes to have the matter settled sbv
noon, the general impression is that
such hopes will be dashed to the
ground and that the calm and peace
full twilight today will be disturbed by
Ach blowing through sea <of words.
resplendent in a. glory of fancifui
phrase, and talking long after he has
anything to say.
LAST CHALLENGE
Yesterdays proceedings were lacking
in those unexpected and startling fea-
lures which have marked the impanelfnr
Of this jury, the only noteworthy ex-
plosion emanating from Ach in the COR
ridors of the courtroom. when he re-
terred TO the intelligence of William F.:
Conlan. talesman on whom he had TO
expend his last perenptory challenge.
Conlan seemed to confuse the super
visors with the milk business in which
he was engaged and when asked by
Ach IL he considered it quite proper for
an attorney to charge whatever Zee, he
liked he startled the room by exc1aim-
ing:
Well II his prices were the market
value, that's all right"
What is the market value of SUI
pervisor?" interjected Heney. ~Ach en-
oeavored in every way to get rid of
the juror without wasting his neremn-
tory challenge. but failed, and his re-
marks regarding him were explosive
and highly interesting. w. r. Swift.
the last juror, was given brief ex-
animation.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
The Make Believe Menace

One great dansersto which we as .
country are at present exposed Is the
peril OF the nalxe-believe. 1t Is the
age OF the masquerader. All men are
not what they seem. Some pretend for
a profit. They join. church for the
sake of business patronage. They par
rot the old to be on the safe side.
They take the dogma with the dollar.
They stay In the old ruts rather than
risk the financial wrench OF getting
out. But how mean and contemplate,
after all! God send us men who will
dare to risk something for the sake of
the truth! If You have been pretend
ing. behold your sin and your shame!
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
RUFF TRIAL JURY
FINALLY CHOSEN
Next Move to Delay Hearing
Will Be Ach's Effort to
Change Venue
Jurors Sworn to Try Abe Raefs

John Koencman, grocer and saloon
keeper, 2401 Bush street.
Isanc Penney, general contractor,
st. Francis hotel.
II. Trost, general contractor, 1894
ShotwelI.
Patrick Connolly, retired grocer
and saloon keeper, 20 Ritch.
Edwin Mohrig, dealer in automo-
bile tires, 1858 Fulton street.
William NJ. Leverone, journeyman
butcher, 1904 Railroad avenue
south
John l.. Vermeil, hny md grain
dealer, 2663 Howard street.
Valentine Franz, contractor, 520
Waller street.
Il. j. w. Anderson, manufactures,
20 CaselIi avenue.
James, Lennon, secretary Sierra
lime and cement company, 1915
Guerrero street.
s. r.. Crooks, real estate, 129S
sixth avenue.
w. F. Swift, lumber, 1918 Seventh
avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

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pany and the Carnegie brick and pot
terry company were now being operated.
while the glass company remained
closed.
T a report that Bartnett intended to
give up the fight was denied yester-
day by his attorney, Oscar Cooper.
/ Friends of Bartnett state that since
his release on bail the one time mag
nate has been ind1lging in wild dreams
for the reorganization of the bank. 1t
has also been revealed that at the very
time the smash came Bartnett was at
work in the east on a vast scheme of
consolidating all the banks industrial
properties and adding many new ones
with the purpose of forming a gigantic
western. development company.
APPROPRIATE CIPHER NAMES
:: Some OF the code words used by the
bank officials included local persons
and institutions OF prominence. The
Southern Pacific was tent: United
Railroads, ''vagabond": Wall street.
! "abuse": bank commissioners, Cactus: :
Frank J. Gould, nades": Edwin Gould,
hack; George ]. Gould, "hair'; How
ard Gould. halt; Charles A. Gray,
handy Gross earnings were hash
and w. F. Herrin image" ]. w. He'll
i. T..
ignite; Henry E. Huntington. i'm
pair" The legislature was thorn" and
the supervisors "thaw." eKruttschnitt
was 'lackey"; P. N Lilienthal, magic; /;
Marsden Manson, nab; Garret Nc
Enerney, nall; D. o. Mills. name
less; J. Pierpont Morgan, "napless" !;
F. c.. Newlands. ''oakum'; New York
-vening Post, odium": Warren Olney
-, pagan; Warren Olney Jr., pa
CODA; George C. Pardee, quicken; !;
Prince Poniatowski. ''radish"
San Francisco was tag; secretary
of state, tease; secretary of the in
terror. tedious; Waldorf Astoria "ab-
stain; Brown was either child"
Choke" or triumph; Bartnett was
cadet, victorious" cage or atlas"
With touch of humor the executive
committee of the bank was known as
farce" and the president of the United
States as rampage"
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
Yosemite. Valley All Rail by the
Santa Fe

Leave San Francisco at s:45 a. IN.
take lunch at Harvey's in Merced
leave there at 80 p. m and you are
at El Portal at 6:35 p. m. Next morn
ing a three hour drive on a perfect
road through the Merced canyon and
fyou are at the Sentinel hotel The
weather conditions are now ideal. the
trails are open and the waterfalls are
running fulE
Excursion tickets and all arrange
ments made. at 6r3 Market, or phone
Kearny 315' and We will fix details.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
WOMEN DISCUSS SANITATION

The regular weekly mass meeting Of the
women Interested In the sanitation campaign
will be held this morning at 10 O'Clock In the
California club hall Al this meeting Or. W.
C. Rucker of the fedetal service will; review
the work of the sanitary forces. Members Of
the board OF health and the citizens health
committee viii also speak.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

seemed to appreciate. The court de-
,cided that night sessions would be
held. ~ss.s Tsgs'ss 49, *
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29


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him while
L. .Gumunow s
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
Hnmmerrmith removal Discount

Hnmmersmfth Removal Discount
We move to our new building MAY
18th Meanwhile 10 per cent discount
from regular prices on almost entire
stock of watches clocks, jewelry.
Hammersmith & Co, Van Ness, at
Eddy.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

Dr. Siegerts Aneostura Bitters delicious with
lemonade. champagne. sherry and fancy drinks
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
The Paragraph Pulpit
Unitarian

Appears every Monday Wednesday and satur-
day
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

The man in charge of the
American Bank Note Com
pany's map department is said
to be the best map draughtsman
in America
Under his supervision maps
of countries, railroad lines.
steamship routes and transpor-
tation systems are made by men
who have spent their lives in
that particular employment.
If you are considering new
maps or the revision OF old let
us tell you how to carry out
your plans in the best way
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
Democratic Opportunity.

Quincy Herald: The stars in their
courses fight against The republicans
this year. For - long years democ-
iacy has been torn with strife and
pilloried with jeers, sneers and mock
cry. These II years are past and
gone Witness the convention at
Springfield. The chance of lifetime
fo' leaving sore spots, yet none exist
that are material These II years OF
trouble are just now opening for the
opposition. Witness their condition in
national. state and local affairs. With
The presidential candidates it Is any
thing to beat Taft. If Taft is beaten
now will they conjure with the name
of Roosevelt. who has made Taft hi:
heir apparent. Yates and Deneen ar
at each others threats in Illinois
Foraker, the firebrand. is going VI
and down in Ohio, applying the torch
and saying what sport it is The loca
situation needs no comment.
With dissension. distrust, ruin an(
defeat staring them in the face. it i:
no wonder that they refuse to grow
Jubilant at the beating of the tom
toms and the weird gyrations of pait
dancers who fling to the breeze ban
LeIs clouded with broken promise
and false issues:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27

|yention at Harrisburg, May 10th, will
select Bryan men of tried quality for
delegates-at-large and will instruct the
delegates TO vote ,and work for the
nomination of ''the great Commoner.
The falsehoodsf sent out by the
forces of the Bryan element in Penn
|sylvania We're intended to effect. adj
jacent states and possibly to deceive
the democrats of the keystone state.
1T can be said with absolute conf
dence that the state is for Bryan.
that more than two-thirds of the ma
ltional delegates are Bryan men, that
a strong majority of the state dele
gates are trustworthy Bryan support
ers who can neither be cajOled or
bought, that Mr.. Bryan's friends will
name the delegates-at-large aud will
help to nominate Mr. Bryan at Den
yer and to elect him in November
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
HOT POTS OF HEBER.
The Curious Natural Formations
Found In Utah,


or ever increasing interest to natu-
raj curiosity seekers are the hot pots,
about three miles from Heber City,
Utah. on Il branch line of the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad. running up
through picturesque Provo canyon.
This region is q level plain, upon the
surface of which arise in strange con
fusion numbers of conical shaped els
terms. the largest of them being all Of
fifty feet high. Il hundred feet In diam
eter at the top and twice that ut the
base and containing In their dark
depths immense volumes of water
heated TO high temperature in the
furnaces of the earth. The waters con-
tain the usual chemical properties of
thermal springs and are used for bath
Ing and drinking with excellent effects.
These pots have evidently been form
ed by the slow deposition through
countless centuries of the silica and
soda which enter into the composition
Of the waters that once we,led over
the rim. The hot pots are found in the
midst Of cultivated fields and thriving
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
Transatlantic Democrats.

Zone story is good until another is
told A few days ago it was as
serted by all the anti-Bryan press,
which means first the republican news
papers and then the plutocratic news
papers, that the PENNSYLVANIA delega
tion win go TO Denver uninstructed
From two able and devoted democrat
ic leaders in Pennsylvania. Hon. Jere
s. Black and Warren Worth Bailey
the latter editor of the Johnstown
Democrat. Willis j. Abbot of Wash
ington received q letter. the substance
of which should be widely disseminat
ed. In a letter to The Argus he sum
marizes it, as follows:
Sat least two-thirds of the delegates
chosen at the recent primaries are
committed to Bryan A majority OF
the delegates are under absolute in
structions. The Bryan element has
elected fifty-one of the sixty-four dis
trict delegates to the national conven
,tion and seyenty-five per cent. of the
state delegates. That means, oi
course, that the democratic state con
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
American Soldiers Will Fly.

Three flying machines have been ac-
cepted by the War Department, and
trial of them will be made some time
in June or July, at Fort Meyer. Vir-
ginia. across the Potomac from the
city of Washington, so writes Rene
Bach in the Technical World Maya.
zine for May. That military post is
situated on top of considerable hill
which affords an extensive area OF
level ground most suitable for tests
of the kind demanded.
All three of the machines are Oper-
ated on the areoplane principle. That
is to say. they have no gas bag, and
depend for their flying power upon
huge wings They are, in short, ar
tificial birds OF huge size, and utilize
the air currents to uphold them while
aloft, the power of propulsion being
furnished by automatic engines of q
type which economies the bulk and
weight of the utmost practicable ex
tent.
In these respects the three accepted
machines are alike. In details of theil
construction. however, they differ
widely from each other But it is moi
possible to describe them save in such
general terms, because everything that
relates to them is being kept care
fully secret. Models of them have no.
been submitted to the War Depart
ment, but such plans as have been of
fe"ed are regarded as strictly conf
dental under the terms of the con
tracts made by the government witt
the inventors.
The first of three contriyances, fol
which contracts have been signed. is
the invention of the Wright Brothers
of Dayton, Ohio. Their bid was S25,
GOO for the construction of an aero
plane machine which would be salts
factory 10 the War Department ex
perts. The second accepted bid wa.
that of A. NJ. Herring, of No. 1881
Broadway. New York. the price t.
be $4,000. The third machine i:
that of James F. Scott, of No. 67;
South Rockwell street, Chicago. ii,
asks for only $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27

was the person who had writteii those
contemplate things about YOU
How have you done this-a girl like
yop:'
Il came here rs correspondent for
western paper. bat the pay was small.
/ wrote TO 4 number of provincial pa
pers and aSke,l them if they could use
Il series of weekly letters from Wash
ington. | signed myself The Standard
Syndicate. II. w. Carleton. President
Several papers subscribed for the let
tiers. Every week | wrote the News
From Washington. made the copies Oh
the minIeograph and sent then>to my
papers All the correspondents were
putting you. and | thought you We're
becoming 4 little spectacular aud very
conceitad. After knew you was sor-
ry ana bitterly ashamed. | wanted To
ask your forgiveness, but was afraid
you Uouldu't''-
DO you think care for what you
Wrote about me-" he asked indignant
ly. rs my vanity rs great rs that"
''Bnt | e-dreadfuliy. | have not
written any more nasty things about
you. I've praised you rs much as the
Others have But | couldn't tell YOU"
Her voice broke. and her eyes were
full of tears. Don't be angry with me.
Can't You forgive me-"
Il canon conditions"
What are they
THE Standard syndicate goes out Of
business and II. W. Carleton devotes
her time to criticising me-but not on
paper
Miss Carleton gathered up her en-
velopes and dropped them into the
open fire and laid the mimeogreph on
them. Then she turned to Hurringford
| and held ont her hands.
The Standard syndicate has gone
| out of business she said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
Real American Aristoeraev,

1t was through the, Declaration Of
Independence that we Americans ac
knowledge the eternal inequality of
man, for by 1t we abolished cut and
dried aristocracy. We had seen little
men artificially held up in high places
and great men artiticially held down in
low places, and our own justice loving
hearts abhorred this violence to human
nature. Let the best man win" That
Is Americas word. That is true democ-
cacy. And trues democracy and true
aristocracy are one and the same thing
Owen WiSter in '.The Virginian''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
Humor Gna Philosophy
BY DUNCAN M. SMITH
IMPROVING THE BRAND.

Concerning our outposts, the Philippine
isles,
A splendid suggestion is made
To utilize them TO the fullest extent
That We should raise dukes for the
trade,
And then when an heiress would have
nothing else
We'd furnish her one of our own.
A better one. too. than the foreign supply
Shed find in Fis product home grown
We'd put in a crop in that bountiful sol,
And water the dukelets with care.
Uprooting the weeds that might choke or
prevent
Abundance of sunlight and air.
And as they progressed into dukehoods'
estate
We'd have them on hand, ready made.
And carefully labeled and guaranteed
fresh
And ready to show to the trade.
The dukes of our raising would be guar
anteed
To be simple hearted and kind.
Home broken and careful about their at
tire
And warranted always to mind.
Nor would they demand spending money
to burn
Or burden their ladies with debts
Nor would they have any affinity for
Fast horses and cheap cigarettes.
Then wait for them, ladies. Take no sub
Stitute.
The best is not any too fine.
If others come round for your money and
hand.
Their offers politely decline.
Beware of the cripples. springhalted OF
lame,
And those who are mentally shy.
But wait till the fertile and far Phiiip-
pines
Can turn out a dandy supply.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
Sweet Cane From a Far Country.


1t has been supposed that sugar cane
was the sweet cane from a far cOun-
try" mentioned in jeremiah vi, 20,
and in Isaiah xiii, "A. According. to
Strabo. Nearchus, the admiral of Alex
ander the Great. describes a kind of
.'honey" from an Indian reed" which
was probably sugar cane. Europe
seems to be indebted for the plant to
the Saracens, who introduced 1t into
Rhodes, Cyprus. Sicily. Crete and Spain
In the ninth century. The crusaders OF
the twelfth century found it in syria
The Spaniards and Portuguese carried
1t to Madeira and the Canaries in the
fifteenth century, and on the discovery
of America it was taken TO the West
Indies.-New York American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
orchards MISUNDERSTANDING the peculiar

orchards Notwithstanding the peculiar
rocklike soil composition.
One of the marked peculiarities of
the region is the hollow, rumbling
sound caused by carriages and horses
as. they move over the rOadways for
miles around. us there an enormous
cavern just below the surface and will
1t ever cave in?" is the. anxious
inquiry of every visitor alarmed at
the strange underground sounds.-Ex-
change
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
BEAU FIELDING.
He Was the Enigma of English Social
Life In His Day.


Beau Fielding was young man of
fashion in the reign of William III His
house was sumptuously furnished. his
hunters, hacks and racers were of
great value. and he kept 4 table of
princely hospitality" He had mo os-
tensibIe source of income. All that was
known of him was that he was the
fifth son of Thomas Wilson, an impov-
erished gentleman of Leicestershire.
Evelyn describes him as very young
man. civil aud good natured. but of
no great force of character" and very
sober and of good fame" All attempts
TO discover his secret were vain. In
his most careless hours of amusement
he kept strict guard over his tongue
and left scandal to conjecture what it
pleased"
He redeemed his fathers estate and
portioued off his sisters and when re-
monstrated with on his extravaganza
replied that. however long his life
Should last, ne would always have
enough to live in the same way. Some
said it was he who had robbed the
Holland mail, for which another man
had suffered; others that he depended
upon the gambling table, though he
never played for large sums. He was
the enigma of social life till his career
was cut short by duel. His adversary
was at that time young man about
town like himself, John Law, whc
afterward became the founder of the
| famous Mississippi scheme by which
half of France was ruined. When the
mysterious Beau died he left only a
few pounds behind him and not II
scrap of evidence to enlighten public
curiosity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
He Got What He Needed.

mine years ago it looked as if my
time had come" says Mr.. G. Farthine
of Mill Creek, Ind. Ter. 81 was so run
down that life, hung on very slender
thread. 1t was then that my druggist
recommended Electric Bitters.
bought bottle and l got what need
ed-strength. | had one foot in the
grave, but Electric Bitters put it back
on the turf again. and I've been well
ever since" Sold under guarantee at
all druggists. soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
An Embarrassing Explanation.

"Why do you charge me % cents
when your sign. says, First class hair
cut. 10 cents" demanded the indig-
fant customer. The small French bar
his eyebrows.
Pardon, monsieur" he returned
softly, but it is not all who come to
ne that have the first class hair"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27

Burglars came down an air shaft
and sawed their way into Chicago
saloon. They they took money,
champagne. cigars. hams. sauerkraut,
beer in bottles and Kegs, limburser
cheese, n mop. Il bull terrier, two kit
tens, bottle of mustard and five
pounds of sausage. They left the
safe and the larger fixtures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27
Collections.

"My collection" said the numisma-
fist proudly. lis worth $4,000 and
every coin genuine"
Mine" said the minister sadly, sis
worth about $1.63 Il Sunday. and
have To take my chances on the coins
being good. Leader
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27

President Roosevelt's announcement
that he proposes to hunt big game il
Asia after the expiration of his term
suggests 70 the Houston Chronicle the
fact that. if Taft is nominated. Bryan
proposes to hunt big game in America
before that date
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-27

Most every one knows this to be
our last week in these quarters.
May 5 you will find US en-
sconced in the new Safety build
ing, where we@expect to be able
to rub shoulders with the best
jewelry stores in this vicinity.
Right up to the time of NOV
ing, however, no matter how
"mussy" the store we will be
just as careful and particular
with customers as ever, and
demonstrate 10 you again the
swapping characteristics of this
business.