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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
BEER is AFFECTED
BY COLOR OF GLASS
German Authority Finds Nc
Form Affords Absolute Pro-
lection Against EXPOSURE

WASHINGTON, Dec. I'm furnish
ing the following report, Consul
Thomas HI. Norton of Chemnftz says
that at present much popular interest
is taken in the experiments now being
made as to the proper color for beer
bottles:
the taste and odor of beer are equally
sensitive to the action of the direct
rays of the sun, and even to diffused
daylight. Careful experiment has
which undergo SO readily change on
exposure to light are products of fer
mentation, and are not present as such
in the original wort; Dark beer is
found also to be much more sensitive
to light than light-colored beer.
A German authority on brewing has
now shown by an exhaustive series of
experiments that no form of colored
glass when used for beer bottles af-
fords absolute protection against the
effects of exposure TO sunlight. and
that wide diversity in degree of pro-
lection is observed when glass of diff
ferent tints is employed. The highest
measure of protection is yielded by
dark, reddish brown glass. The or
binary bottle green of champagne bot
ties affords much less resistance. and
still less is given if the glass is blush
green.
AS tests have shown that the changes
in the properties of beer are due to
the action of the so called actinic, or
cnen1Cal rays OIL SOidfa liz it, II OCCull ca
to this authority to devise a method
of determining by ocular evidence the
quality of a glass intended for use in
bottling beer For this purpose he uses
a dilute solution of ferric ammonium
citrate, potassium ferrocyanid and OK
alic acid such as is employed for max
ing blueprints. This liquid when fresh
ly prepared has a faint yellowish color,
but within five minutes after exposure
to direct sunlight it changes to an in
tense blue. When introduced into bot
ties of different hues the formation OF
the blue on exposure to sunlight is pre-
vented or retarded, according to the
color of the glass
Repeated experiments have shown
that while the chromatic changes in
the test liquid take place much more
rapidly than the alterations in taste
and color of beer under corresponding 6
circumstances, still the retardation in
both cases is proportional. Thus a
glass bottle which reduced by so per
cent the action of the actinic rays on
the sensitive solution. as compared with
colorless bottle, would likewise in
volve double the time of exposure for
bringing about given amount of de-
terioration in the properties of tho
beer IL filled with that liquid.
This simple, objective test enables
the bother of beer to discriminate cas-
lily and rapidly between the different
grades of colored glass containers
which are offered for sale.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
CASHIER GIVES UP
IN DIVORCE CASE
L. Edgar BOardman Fails to File
Answer to Complaint OF
Incompatibility
Cruelty OF Technical Nature
After Withdrawal of Affec-
tions Is Alleged

OAKLAND. Dec. 19.--L@ Edgar
Boardman. assistant cashier at the
Union national savings bank and
trustee of the First Congregational
church, has defaulted in the suit for
divorce which Elizabeth NJ Boardman
filed on December s.
The case was referred TO the court
commissioner today in the absence OF
a notice OF contest on Boardnan's part.
and Mrs. Boardman's testimony will
be taken in private. Later it will be
laid before a judge of the superior
court, who will pass on the merits Of
her contentious.
The trouble between the Boardmans
was said to have been due to increas-
ing incompatibility of temperament
eliminating over a year ago, as she
said. when Boardman ceased to look
upon her as his wife. although they
continued to live in the same house
Cruelty of a technical nature was
charged by Mrs Boardman after this
alleged withdrawal of her husband S
affections.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
TYPHOID FEVER NURSE
DIES OF THE DISEASE
Miss Maud E. Clapp Contracts
Germs From Hospital
Patient

OAKLAND, Dec. 19.--Miss Maud E..
C1app, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs r. c.
CIapp of 1912 Clinton avenue, died last
night at Fabiola hospital. in Oakland.
from typhoid fever contracted there
while she was nursing a patient aff1ict-
ed with the disease Miss Clapp was a
native of Bath, Me-. % years OF age
and was a graduate OF the Alameda
high school She entered Fabiola hospi-
tai and took up nursing about Is
months ago. Besides her parents. Miss
Clapp leaves two sisters, Misses Sadie
and Louise Clapp.
Her funeral was held this afternoon
from the family residence, where serv-
ices were conducted by Rev. e. r.
Dodds of Christ Episcopal church. A
Horatio Cogswell sang Nearer, My
God to Thee and Crossing the Bar -
The pallbearers were Hamilton Muir
dock. Frank Rue. John Parker and Ed
win Thomas
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
RARE TRADE DOLLAR
WILL BE AUCTIONED
Ten Pieces of Character Were
Coined in 1884 and Five of
Them Destroyed

An extremely rare trade dollar, dated
1884. in brilliant proof condition. was
offered at an auction November 27 in
Chicago. The existence of coin of
this character and date has not been
known until recently, and specimen
never has been offered before at pub
lie sale.
From what information can be oh
tained, about % pieces of this character
were struck at the mint in 1884, five of
which are said to have been destroyed,
which fact would make this latter day
dollar scarcer than rhe famous 1904 dol
lar of which at least six authenticated
specimens exist.
So great is the rarity of this 1884
trade dollar that even the well filled
coin cabinets of the Philadelphia mint
do not contain a specimen. The trade
dollar was authorized by act of Feb
ruary II. 1873, for the purpose of CONF
peting with the Spanish and Mexican
dollars in China. to afford market for
the surplus silver produced by the
mines of the Pacific coast, and to fur
IRISH the merchants and importers from
China with silver in convenient form
for payment for commodities instead
of being compelled to purchase Mexican
dollars for the purpose.--New York
Times.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
FRFNNA IDENTIFIED
AS GOWN SLASHfR
Mrs. Fred Ii. Miller Says Self
Styled Capitalist Cut Dress
With Scissors
Accused Gives Bail aud Admits
He Slew F. II. Turner
After a Quarre!

OAKLAND. Dec. 19.-J. p. Frenna,
self-styled capitalist, who was arrest
ed two days ago on a charge of ruin
ing a suit worn by Mrs. G.. Z. Proctor,
$50 Tenth street. and accused of being
Jack the Slasher," was taken into GUS
tody again today by the police on in
formation given by four other women
that their dresses had been cut with
scissors on crowded streetcars. One of
them, Mrs. Fred II. Miller, 800 Peralta
avenue, identified Frenna this forenoon
as the culprit, and preferred a charge
of malicious mischief. Frenna was re-
leased on 500 bail.
The Identification by Mrs. Miller to-
day and the reports of the other three
women are looked on by the police as
confirming the statement of Special
Watchman Hutchinson of the Key
Route company that Jack the Slasher''
had been working for more than a
week and was being watched.
In each case the cutting was done on
San Pablo avenue car. Mrs. Frank
Weir Of the Arcade hotel, wife of the
her companion. Mrs w. Z. Cotton 5S7
Twenty first street, each had a dress
slashed on a San Pablo avenue car last
week A few days later Miss Veda
Parkhurst. 112 East Fourteenth street
discovered on reaching home that a
pair of scissors had been used to snip
two holes in her walking suit on the
same car line.
Mrs. Miller found that three holes
had been cut in her skirt, but did not
observe them at the time the act was
committed. although she was able to
Identify Frenna- She said she felt
some one tug at her skirt, and that
she suspected Frenna and stared at
him. On confronting the capitalist at
the city jail this morning she unhesi-
taungly identified him as the man she
watched on the streetcar.
Frenna denied that he was guilty.
Under questioning by Captain of De-
tectiVes Petersen he admitted that he
was the slayer of +. II. Turner in San
Francisco several years ago.
E'renna shot and killed James w.
Turner, real estate agent in the
Croker building, about ten years ago.
Turner had left his Office and Frenna,
who was standing in the corridor wait
ing for him. shot him in the back.
Frenna at that time had barber shop
and he had given Turner considerable
money 10 invest, but he said that
Turner had deliberately swindled him.
Frenna was arrested for murder and
at the trial before Judge Lawlor he
was acquitted by the jury, his counsel
having, in their addresses. painted
Turner's character in the biackest pos
sible manner.
Some years later Frenna got into
trouble with young girl, but no ac-
ton was taken against him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
TURKS BUILD RAILWAY
LINE TO SACRED CITY
Road Runs to Medina, Where
Electric Lights Glow Over
Mahomet'S Tomb

The Hedjaz railway is a remarkable
undertaking, says the London Illus
trated News. Not only does it link
Damascus with Medina, the city that
in the eyes of Mohammedans is second
only in sanctity. to Mecca itself, but it
has been regarded from it's inception
as a sacred work.
1t is perhaps the only Turkish enter
prise in which bribery and corruption
have not had place, for those concerned
in it, from the highest to the lowest,
dared give nothing but their best to an
enterprise SO closely associated with
their religion. The line, moreover, was
built with the money subscribed by
Mohammedans the world over.
1t is likely that the line will be con-
tinued to Mecca, and in his speech at
the inauguration. Mukhtar Bey prom
ised that he would use every endeavor
TO secure this end. The actual opening
ceremony was performed by the grand
mufti of Damascus, and some interest
ing speeches followed.
In the course of his remarks, Ali XII
anil said. I'VE are today celebrating
three great events-the pilgrimage to
Medina, the opening of the sacred rail-
way and the first constitutional anni-
versary of the khalif of Islam The
prophet did not permit the railway to
reach the holy city before the khalif
had granted constitution to his peo-
pie"
gurated that the special mission visited
the electric plant which has been in
stalled to supply electric light to the
mosque that contains the tomb of the
prophet. Later in the day the events
of the hour were celebrated still fur
ther in that most modern method, by
the letting off of fireworks and by illu-
mination.
Medina, like Mecca. is forbidden to all
but Mohammedans. but the barrier has
been broken on two or three occasions.
The railway is by no means the only
modern thing that has reached the
sacred city. Electricity. too, has come
to it. as already noted. In the mosque in
which the tomb of Mohammed has its
place, the lights are hidden in many
strange shades, including some of os-
trich eggs and others of Venetian and
Bohemian glass.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
FLOWERS IN SEALED
BOXES PREVENT THEFT
Florists Hit on Novel Scheme to
Prevent Leakage" in Fill
ing Orders

Florists have hit on a new scheme in
delivering flowers. After the flowers
have been packed in boxes and the
boxes are tied up in fancy style with
ribbon, the ends of the ribbon are
seal led to the box with wax and the
Horist's private mark stamped thereon
This is not to add style to the pack
age. but serves a strictly useful pur-
pose, says the New York Sun. 1t was
not an uncommon occurrence for flow
ers to leak on the way.
Two dozen American Beauties would
shrink to one dozen. Sometimes the
chance of detection was slight. as the
recipient would not know how many
fowers were sent in the case of a e.
and in the case of large order few
persons would take the trouble to
count them, and a half dozen might
We'll slip away unnoticed
So the florists seal the packages. now
and temptation is removed from the
path of those who deliver them.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
NEWS OF OAKLAND ALAMEDA BERKELEY HAYWARD AND SAN LEADRO
Society EDents in
Marin County

SAN RAFAEL. Dec. 19.-Miss Alice
Oge was hostess to a number Of her
friends at her home in Marinetta park
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Dolly Cushing spent from Mon
day to Wednesday in Mill Valley visit
ing friends.
Wallace Collins. Ben Marsh and Stew
art Bostwick returned from Stanford
to spend the holidays at their homes
in Mill Valley.
Fl. o. Hewitt of San Rafael was given
an enjoyable birthday surprise party by
Mrs. Hewitt Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Partridge have
returned TO San Rafael for the winter.
They have taken the Donahue house
in Grand avenue
DR.. and Mrs. Crosby entertained Pros
fessor and Mrs. waIle as week end
guests.
An enjoyable dance was given by
the students of the San Rafael high
school. The affair was invitational and
was attended by many of the alumni
of the school.
Mrs Courtlandt Lacy Goodrich enter
tanned Miss Barbara Small of San
Francisco, Miss Estelle Stevenson, Nell
Allen, Claire LevisOn and Russell Stew
ems of Sacramento at her Mill Valley
home during the middle of the week
William Kent and Mrs. Kent have
returned from the Hawaiian islands
where they spent an enjoyable three
weeks.
Mrs Saunders and her daughters left
on the Alameda for Honolulu yester-
day.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
DOCTOR DISCOVERS
SIMIAN DENTISTRY
Chicago Man Says Monkeys
Fill Teeth With Clay
Containing CreoS0te

The survival of primitive traits is all
ways an interesting theme. The man
who dreams he is falling from great
height and wakes up in cold perspira-
ton may take comfort in the thought
that his earliest ancestors occasionally
tumbled out of trees. Possibly we can
attribute the cleverness of the baseball
batter to the fact that his stone age
forefathers were skilled in the use of
the fiinty war clubs. The statement
of a Chicago doctor who spent several
years in the jungies of Africa that
the monkeys have some knowledge of
dentistry will at least arouse a thrill
of fraternaI sympathy in civilized
breasts Can it be doubted that this
knowledge has been handed down from
remote silmian ancestors? The twinge
that makes us dread the foFceps and
the dental tamping tools, and even the
fateful sign above the door, may be an
inherited terror. According to the Chi
cago doctor these intelligent monkeys
have discovered a peculiar blue clay
which contains strong percentage of
creosote. With this clay the affiicted
monkey fills the aching tooth. He
presses the filIing against the throbbing
nerve and in many cases the creosofe
is sufficiently powerful to kill the
cause of the pain. The monkeys can
mill teeth. too but this they do with
those extremely primitive tools. the
thumb and Neutrality-suspicious. that are
said to be in daily use by native dem
lists in Japan.--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
TWO MEN ARE MISSING
FROM OAKLAND HOMES
Hans Monson and Henry Waller
Sought by Friends Who
Are MyStified

OAKLAND Dec. 19.-The disappear
ance OF Hans Monson, an employe OF
the American dredger company, was
reported to the police this morning by
his brother. Thomas Monson of Fort
Bragg, living temporarily at Sixty first
and Fremont streets
Thomas Monson came to Oakland 10
visit Hans, who lived at the Newlands
house. and dropped from sight several
days ago. The brother says Hans wrote
to him five weeks ago that he was very
i'll.
Henry Waller has been reported
missing by his wife, who lives at Fifty
ninth street and San Pablo avenue.
She thinks her-husband may have gone
to Seattle. She has heard nothing from
him. When Waller left home he had
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
INN WITH A HISTORY

Cliffords inn, which is now offered
for sale, has a singularly interesting
history covering six centuries. from
the days when 1t was granted by Ed
ward III to Robert, Lord Clifford who
fell fighting valiantly at Bannockburn.
In the following reign it was handed
over to the lawyers, who for some CEN
was in Clifford's inn that the attorneys
Of Marshalsea court had their cham
berS. which were the scene of constant
even lighting" 1t was one of these
wrangling attorneys whose tombstone
bore the ironical Inscription: Blessed
are the peace makers; for they shall be
great jurist. lived for a year in Cliff
ford's inn; and to the chambers of
George Dyer. scholar and intimate of
Charles Lamb, Scott, Sauthey. Cole
ridge. Talfourd and many other famous
men of his day loved to repair.-West-
minister Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
OAKLAND PROMISED BIG
NEW YEARS EVE FETE
Novel Amusement Devices Add
cd to Arrangements for Mardi
Gras Performance

OAKLAND, Dec 1s.-Fcatures are
being added daily 10 the amusement de-
vices which will be seen in the streets
OF Oakland New Years eve.
The finance committee reports to the
general celebration committee that
funds are being collected In amount
Slficient TO defray the expenses of a
better demonstration than this city has
ever held.
Among other features, minstrels will
take part in the mardi gras perform
streets. The automobile parade entries
arc being increased and additional
brass bands viii be procured.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
Plea FOR SHIP SUBSIDIES

CHICAGO, Dec. l9.--A plea Tor ship
sabsidies to build up the trade rela-
fions between the United States and
South American countries was made
by John Barrett. director of the inter
national bureau of American republics.
al a meeting of bankers. Barrett said
European countries. and even Japan,
were going ahead of this country in
culfivating the unlimited prospects for
trade in South America
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
CLASS OF .: HOLDS REUNION

BERKELEY, Dec. 19.-Professor and
Mrs. Holway entertained members OF
the class of '92 of the San Jose state
normal school at their home. 2577
Buena Vista avenue, Wednesday even
ing. The reunion was an enjoyable one
to all present DIR. Cyrus J. GaddiS was
elected permanent secretary Of the
class. Those who can give the present
address OF other members OF the class
are asked to communicate with DR. C. J.
Gdddis. room 314. First national bank
building. Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
SEEK II. EWING MILLER

tl,e United States marine corps are try
ing to find +. Ewing Miller, formerly
of Columbus. o.. and tell him that his
son. Lieutenant Louis q. Miller or the
marine corps died of apoplexy last sun
day AT the naval hospital at Canacao,
P.I. After failing to locate the father
by kilograms and through the post
office. the officers today appealed to
nevsnap pers TO assist in the search.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
cALEDoNIANs TO DANCE

SAN AfATEO, Dec. l9.-The san Ma
teo CsIedonian club will hold its sec
ond annual hogmanay ball New Year S
eve. Preparations for the event, which
,,-o,,,fses to be largely attended. are
already under way and are in charge OF
fhe following committees; Reception
e.o1nfniftee--x5eore L. Christie. w. II.
Spence. Charles Duthie. William Nun
roe. George Forges; floor committee
William Murray. Wat Beveridge. James
stevenson. George Murray. r.. w Alton
s,.ra nrernents committee-T W Alton.
C.eorr9 Murray, Wat Beveridge, James
stevenson, J. r. Brady.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
nANauET FOR FLEET OFFICER

PANAMA. Dec. Ie.-President Obal-
dis cave a banquet tonight at the
ess~crs Of the United States fleet The
ffrion1atic representatives and a large
,-.,n,her Of Panama citizens and officials
1a-ore present. President Obaldia and
ht~et ministers viii entertain the
az of47cers at a banquet tomorrow
evening
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
wEpD1NG Ar wooDsIpE

REDWOOD CITY. Dec. ia we'd
ding of more than ordinary interest
to this section of the peninsula was
celebrated tonight at Woodside. when
Miss Hulda Dalve and James Warren
of San Francisco were united in mar
riage. The bride is widely known in
this locality. where she has spent the
greater portion of her. life, her parents
valley. After a short honeymoon the
young people will reside in San Fran
cisco, where Warren is engaged in
business.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
WILL SING FRoM 4MEss1AHv

BERK ELEY. Dec. ia program
from The Messiah" will be rendered By
a choir of 80 voices at the North
Berkeley congregational church tomor-
row evening. The soloists will be Miss
Muriel II Gerard, Miss Helen Balch, j.
II Talbot and J. J. Perry director. Miss
Lillian D. Clarke will be the organist
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20
,-,r,rv.LE BONDS CARRY

FRUITvALE. Dec. l9--Bonds for
e,o6 ooo were voted today for new pub
- school buildings and additions TO
,,-eeent structures. The vote was be-
tu-een two and three to one IN favor OF
the issue.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

>.rhe air line distance between New
~ ~ and san Francisco has been COM
pfted at 2.5o5.9 miles.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

A Portsmouth, N. H., man raised from
government seed a radish measuring
11x9 inches.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

London's night population averages
63.6 persons to the acre.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

Do You Want $500:
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page Sc.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

The formal announcement is made
of the marriage of William S. Patter-
son of Alameda and Mrs. Luella Gas
Isetts The bride is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Foster of Moss
avenue. Formerly she lived in Chi
cago where she has a wide circle of
friends Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson will
establish their home in the bay cities
for the present.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

Mrs. Warren Swayne and Miss Amy
Swayne have sent out cards for one
OF the larger bridge parties of the
month. asking half a hundred friends
to be their guests the afternoon of
Alameda.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 19.-Miss Alice
Oge was hostess to a number of heI
friends at her home in Marinetta park
Sunday afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-20

Mrs Saunders and her daughters left
on the Alameda for Honolulu yester-
day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

The Brundage & Fisher amuse-
ment company have been making
things lively for the people in
town this week, and for the peo-
pie from the country as well. In
so far as we are able to learn, the
amusements are clean, decent and
nnobjectional. The usual rough
and disagreeable elements that
follow such forms of entertain
ments are entirely lacking and
every thing IS conducted in an
orderly and pleasing manner.
The Merry -go-round, Ferri s.
wheel, Moving pictures and train
dogs and pony, are we'll patIo
nized, and the people all seem
well pleased, in fact the Brun-
dage & Fisher amusement com
pany is altogether the best of its
kind that has ever visited Wa
Keeney.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

The man who grows wheat
pays ten to twelve cents freight
on every bushel of it from Wa
Keeney to Kansas City Western
coal sells here at eight to nine dol
lars per ton and more than half of
this sum is freight charges from
Denver to Wa-Keeney. Every
man, woman and child in this sen
atorial district is vitality intereS-
ted in freight rates while not one
person in ten cares a WhOop
whether the passenger fare is
one Gent or five cent per mile.
Freight rates affect every meal we
eat, every stitch we wear, every
pound Of merchandise or produce
we buy or sell, every day in the
year. A large majority of the
people do not pay car fare one day
in hundred. Common sense
and self interest, then, would die
tate a vote for DR.. Jones who has
worked and who will continue to
work, for reduced freight rates,
rather than to vote for the man
whose principal plea for prefer
ence is his vote for reduced pass
enger fares, which were not Sc
cured without the vote of DIR.
Jones. Vote for Jones.