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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-06
ABOUT ADVERTISING /.
ABOUT ADVERTISING L.
The Clock That Had
No Hands
By Herbert Kaufman

Newspaper advertising business what hands are to clock
1t direct and certain of letting the public know phdt you
doing In these days of intense and vgan commercial
dealer who does advertise like cIOck that no hands He
has way Of telling folks whdt he's He no more expect
twentieth with nineteenth century methods than he
the sized shoe which fitted him his boyhood
His father and mother content neishbone shops and
bobta They the best be had their day They were
accustomed cc the merchant instead of being sought by him.
They dealt around the corner oneoy shops which depended
upon the immediate friends of the dealer for support AS long as the
city made up of such neghbohood units each with full outfit
of butchers bakers cohe jewelers. furniture dealers and shoe
makers possible for the popnetors of these little establishments
to exist and make profit
But population increased facilities spread sections be-
specialized block after block entirely devoted stores and
mile after mile became solely occupied by homes
The purchaser and the store keeper ep farther and farther
apart for the merchant find substitute for his
direct personality which longer served draw his
door He had stretch bond bcwcen the commercial center and
the home center Rapid eliminated distance but advertising
inform people where he located and what he
had to SELL 1t natural outgrowh of changed conditions
beginning of trade which longer relied upon personal
acquaintance for
The newspaper publisher hitherto gossip retailer of nfor-
became first aid advancement The shop
keeper hitherto petty bddcsa began grow into the dignity of
merchant.
Something wonderful than the tabled philosophers stone
being and the beginnings Of fortunes c woud pass the
hundred million n and place ddcsmcns daughters upon oriental
thrones grew from this force Within fifty years it has become
vital to industry commerce.
Advertising not a luxury dcbatabIc policy 1t has
proven It's Its record traced the skyline of the city where
hundred towering buildings stand lesson of eproach the men
who had the opportunity but the foresight and furnish constant
the roung merchant the threshold of his career
aogHght n coupsny caiasay
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ENGINEER BURNED BY
GASOLINE ON LAUNCH
Flames Spread Over Bottom of
Craft and Eat Into
Woodwork

While attempting to extinguish a
gasoline fed fire on the gasoline launch
Anna yesterday morning ]. C. Riley,
the engineer, received severe burns
about the face and hands.
The little boat was off Sausalito when
the engines back fired, causing an ex-
plosion of the gasoline carried in the
tanks. In a moment the fiery liquid
spread over the bottom of the craft and
began eating into the woodwork. Riley
tried to quench the flames with water,
but without avail He then entered the
blazing engine room with a fire extin-
guisher, where after a hard fight he
succeeded in putting out the fire. The
launch is the property of j. Ciltz.
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MISS GOODBY KISSES;
MAIDS NEARLY FAINT

Because the tug Chilcot, bound for
Alaska with cannery supplies and 100
men aboard, sailed away on time yes
terday morning three young women
who had come down to the Howard
street wharf to tell their fiances
goodby nearly swooned when they
found they were too late.
Attendants at the wharf had the time
of their lives carrying water and cush-
ions and trying to revive the fainting
damsels by the cheering information
that the boat would return in a short
six months. The boat sailed at s
o'clock. 1t was $50 when the girls
reached the dock. Each one said she
had lover on the steamer and was
dfSconSolate
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sc ORES MANUFACTURERS
OF UNNECESSARY GOODS

Professor w. C. Mitchell of the Uni
versity of California addressed a large
meeting last night in Equality hall, 139
Albion avenue, held under the auspices
of the San Francisco socialist party on
Making Goods and Making Money"
Professor Mitchell said that goods
were not manufactured today for the
benefit OF society as a whole, but that
1t was their salability which deter
mined the amount produced, and that a
great many unnecessary articles were
foisted on the public.
Next Sunday President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler of the University of California
will speak before the Equality club.
DR.. Siegert's Angostura Bitters, delicious with
lemonade, champagne, sherry and fancy drinks >
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BAUER'S BRILLIANT
RENDITION OF MELODY
Pianist's Last Recital of the
Season Charms an Enthu-
siastic Audience

The largest audience of Harold
Bauers season of piano recitals in this
city gathered yesterday afternoon at
Christian Science hall to hear the great
pianist in his farewell recital. Not only
was it the largest, but 1t was the most
enthusiastic audience as we'll
Bauer's Interpretation of Liszt's F
minor etude was perhaps the best thing
he did. It's tremendous difficulties were
surmounted easily and the composition
given mastery presentation. Another
very interesting number was the Saint
Saens etude in waltz movement, which
was played brilliantly. Still another
number which demanded an encore was
Chopin's "Berceuse," the light and
dainty melodies of which Bauer brought
out faultlessly.
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MAIL DOCK PREY
TO SETTLING FIRE
Historic Landmark Burns to
Ground as Result of Fish
erman's CareleSSneSS
100 Chinese in Detention Shed
TerrOrized and Guards
Barely Prevent Escape

The old Mail dock one of the historic
landmarks of san Francisco which the
recent calamity spared, fell prey TO
flames yesterday afternoon, and by
niEhtfsll only few charred timbers
remained where once stood the pier to
which the great liners of the Pacifc
steamed decade ago.
While the dock was wrapped in
fames a panic broke out among some
hundred or more Chinese in the deten-
ton shed of the Pacific Mail dock op-
posite For 2 moment II was feared
that the terror stricken orientals would
tear down the frail building and make
their escape, but they were finally
quelled by their guards. who sue
ceeded in rounding up all Of them into
one room and keeping a close watch
over them.
The FIRE is believed TO have been
started by q careless fisherman toss
ing q lighted cigarette stump into a
pile of refuse that lay near the end
OF the pier. E. J. Glen, resident of
the vicinity. who was fishing OF the
dock. noticed a slight blaze and I'M
mediately turned in an alarm. The
FIRE ladies responded from the nearby
engine house In Howard street. Sbut
when they arrived the flames had al
ready completely enveloped the pier
and the rotten timbers burned like so
much tow.
While engaged in lighting the flames
Pat Gordon q member of the crew of
engine No. I, fell into the water His
head struck upon a pile and it is likely
that he would have been drowned but
for the timely arrival Of three of his
comrades. who jumped into the water
and dra gged him out.
The Mail dock was the property of
Tho state and was built in the early
hfties. II was one of the first wharves
TO grace the present water front and
harbored the great ocean liners Of the
Pacific for more than so years. It was
one of the few landmarks Of the city
that were not destroyed during the re-
cent calamity.
The dock was originally used by the
Pacific Nail. line and thus gained the
named Of the old Mail dock" II was
abandoned several years ago and had
not been used much within the last
few years. The board of harbor COM
niissioners condemned the ancient dock
several months ago and il is likely
that 1t would have been torn down
shortly if spared by the flames.
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BOWEN
& co.
EASTER NOVELTIES

Mechanical Toys, Eggs, ETC., etc,
Prettiest In town, at very reason
able prices. Select them now.
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Yosemite valley All Rail by SAINT. =

Leave San Francisco at S:45 a. M,
take lunch at Harvey's in Merced.
leave there at 1:50 p. m. and you are
at Ell Portal at $3.50 p. m. Next morn
ing a three hour drive on a perfect
road through the Merced Canyon and
you are at the Sentinel Hotel.
Excursion tickets and all arrange
ments made at 673 Market St or phone
Kearny SIS and we will fix details. :
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BELsHAw TO ADDRESS LEAGUE

BERKELEY. April 5.-The Berkeley Lincoln
Roosevelt league will hold a mass meeting
Thursday night at o'clock in Armory hall
In Addison street near Shattuck avenue. State
Senator Charles NJ. Belshaw Of Contra Costa
county will be the principal speaker OF the
evening. A deputy registration clerk will be
present at the meeting to register votes for
the primaries and general fall election this
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PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS for DTsyage-GeneraI Depot OF
the Quartermaster's Department, 1886 Norfh
Point street. San Francisco. Cal, March Q 1q0s
Sealed proposals for the hauling OF military
stores and supplies In and about the city or San
Francisco. Cal. for the fiscal year Commencing
July 1. 1908. win be received at this Office 1In-
til IL O'Clock a. m. Wednesday. April &
1908. and then opened The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all proposals or se-
cept any proposal or parts thereof All neces-
sary information viii be furnished on applica
tion TO this ofnce. Envelopes Containing nro-
posals should be indorsed Proposals for Dray-
age and addressed to 1t. Col T. B. Bellinrer
D. O. NJ G., u s. A.. Depot Quartermasterr
SEALED proposals will be received at the AZ.
ice OF the United States Reclamation Service
portiand. Oregon. until O'Clock o. m AnriI is
190S. for the construction OF Clear Iake dsr,
and dikes. located about 55 miles southeasf fro1,
klamath Fails. klamath Project. Oregon o. iiror-
nla- nla- me dam requires the placing or about 81
Ovv egoie yards OF earth and rock ill. together
with the building OF necessary spillwaV and onf-
let structures The dikes require the nlacino ~
about 25O0O cubic yards OF earth aud rock an
For particulars address the. United States Re-
eIamation Service. Washington. D. c. Tilford
Du1iding. Portland. Ore. or Klamath Falls C,re
JAMES RUDOLPH GARFIELD. Secretsry
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CANNED FRUITS

lib. cans; special 10, doz- 1.30I
Peaches, Apricots. Cherries.
Sardines-Imported. 1215, doz. 1.40
Sardines-Imported. 10, doz. 1.20|
Smoked go. 10, doz. LEO
Figs-Imported-Reg. .25. .lb 20
Figs-Imported-Reg. 90 lib. 10
LemOns-Selected. ....2 dOz .35
Lemon Extract-4-oz., reg. 40 .35
Vanilla Extract-4-oz., reg. .45 .40l
Lentils-Fancy large ones. lib. .1Ol
HOrseradish Mustard. 4. 2 bots %
Bl0aters-Big fat ones. .doz .40l
Soda Crackers. .3-lb. carton 20
SOup-Green Turtle. can .121s. 40
Sleeve Iron-Reg. 80. .4O|
For infants wear, shirt waists.
Puff IrOns-For fine fabrics
Regularly -. IS LOO 1.20 1.50l
Special 49,. 20 .S5 100 I.2O|
Ironing BOard-Felt cover.... .25
Reg. .35.
Fluting IrOns-3 sizes; reg. so .35
Table OIL ClOth-White and heavy.
1A-yd- wide; reg. 80. .... .225
115-yd. wide: reg. 40 so
Kent's Tooth Brushes--R 40 .25
Liquor Department
WHISKY-O. K. Bourbon.
Bottle 50, gallon. ........ $50
Claret-V. Zinfandel. ......... 80
Reg. here so gallon.
POrt-California No. g.. bot. As
Good, pure wine. .. gallon 1.75
Sherry-California No. 2. bot. 40
Good strength. .....g gallon 1.35
Sauterne--Vista del Valle-Dry.
y bots, doz.. $50, bots. doz. 500
California wine of quality.
POrt-COmmendadOr Special 1.5O|
Sherry-EmperadOr Reg. zoo bot
Original bottling Of rare wine.
Scotch Whisky, D. c. |. l.50I
King George Nv Liqueur Gold Crown
killycrOy Irish Whisky-3 Star.
Reg 1.25-D. C.. Especial 1.1OE
Ginger Beer-Imported .doz. 1.50f
Made in Belfast. Reg .1.60 doz.
Gin-"Holly Brand" large bot. 1901
Schiedam Geneva. Reg. LIS.
COcktails-Early. and Often... .90|
Reg 100 bot. kinds.
KummeI-Mampe Getreida. -. .95I
EVerard'S Beer. "A bots, doz. sol
X bots, doz., 1.50; bots, doz. 2.3OI
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RIoTING ATTENDS DRAW GAME

GLASGOW. April 5.--The football game be-
tween England and Scotland, which more than
1000 900 persons attended YESTERDAY and at which
there was much rioting. ended in q draw, the
score being one goal each.
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Monday Tuesday Wednesda.
Ferris Bacon

Quality the very finest.
Special .lb. 20
Good Teas favOrs. - 40
Compare with tea so ID.
elsewhere Our 80 quality
COffee-Pasha Blend. 80, 2 lbs. .5S
Reg .35 h., and worth it.
Catsup-Snider's ....- bottle 20
Reg. .25 bot. ......... .doz. 2.25
Olive 0il-Qmported) -. bottle -55
Sublime" Reg. .65.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-24
Why He Lost His Friends.

He was always wounding their feel
ings, making sarcastic or funny re-
marks at their expense.
He was cold and reserved In his
manner. cranky, gloomy. pessimistic.
He was suspicious OF everybody.
He never threw the doors OF his
heart wide open to people, or TOOK
them into his confidence.
He was always ready to receive as
sistance from them. but always too
busy or too stingy to assist them In
their time OF need.
He regarded friendship as luxury
TO be enjoyed, instead OF an oppor-
tunity for service.
He never learned that implicit. gen.
erous trust is the very foundation
store of friendship.
He never thought It worth wtefe to
Ispend time in keeping up his friend
ships.
He did not realize that friendship
will not thrive on sentiment alone
that there must be service TO nourish
IL.
He did not know the value OF
thoughtfulness in little things.
He borrowed money from them.
He was not loyal 10 them.
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"77E 6NAN WHO STOLE 1HE EARTH"

! Only Miss Hunt and the editor OF the
Daily Wireless knew precisely what
was going on.
Three days before the date fixed
for the ascent of the Victor the Daily
Wireless appeared with column,
which was repeated by cable To every
part OF the globe. II reiterated
Strong's apparently wild threats and
gave in outline details of his daring
scheme. IL was. of course, laughed
at
Yet while men laughed they were
puzzled. Would or would not Strong 5
eirship achieve all which he claimed
for IL?
That was the only point they con
sidered. That man could be so fool
ish as TO boast that he could steal
the earth was matter which they
either disregarded or scoffed AT.
And Mr.. Smith. of Bond-st., still
lurked at his hotel. making surrepu-
tious visits at night TO Langley
To Langley the days passed like q
dream. He had estimated that IL
would take a week To III the various
parts of the Victor" together. She
was modelled on the same lines as
the Di. only. of course. on much
larger scale. She was 90 feet III
length and her beam was 10 feet at
the widest part. She tapered in the
same cigar.like way as the "Di." All
the space required To navigate her and
make use of her as fighting machine
was centered in the well. which TOOK
the place OF the coming tower in Il
battleship.
CONTINUED Monday.D
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BY W. HOLT WHITE.

TO buy their way into the affections OF
the stan But the STAFF had no more
notion OF what the shed contained
than they did The place. however
was guarded by day and night, and the
guards were adamant.
Then Strong concluded that it was
time for action, and after complete
disappearance from the public eye
which had lasted for nearly tree
months he once again became the
topic OF the hour.
The widest stories were afioat con
corning him lie was both lauded 70
the skies and made the object OF the
greatest ridicule. And still he did not
appear. Still he remained like Ajax
skulking in his tent The journalists
OF half Europe rushed up and down
but they could not find him
Mr.. Smith OF Bonds hotel Bond-st
did not choose 10 reveal himself.
Not even when the hour for the
great denouement drew nigh did he
make any sign.
Everything was by now complete.
AT Marseilles Bellingham the silent
waited on the yacht which was caus
ing the French authorities consider
able anxiety He explained laborious
ly To French newspaper men that hi
was about 10 indulge in an exhibition
In search OF treasure.
News OF the affair reached London
and was given considerable promin
ence. But, fortunately. Bellingham
had not been associated with Strong
before. and so no connection was sus
pected between Bellingham and
Strong
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but goes to the polls on election day
doing his duty to himself and his fell
low man. He does not despair II his
vote counts for naught, as he Is sure
right in time will right itself.
Anarchy Is the enemy Of society.
II is red-handed with the bomb and
the torch. Socialism would better So
ciety by bringing all together In har-
mony. Still these two are at times
called by ignoramuses the same.
when they are as different as night
and day. Where one tends 10 pull
down society, the other would built II
more strongly by uniting all classes
in one grand society for the better
ment of all mankind.
Socialism is like every other mod
ern mprovement-unappr un-
til its value is understood. When once
1t is adopted II will prove the only
ism" true to all, sincere and
worthy of brilliant career.
j. X. ID.
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CHAPTER xxv.-(contInued.)

CHAPTER xxv.-(continued.)
I@HE building OF the great shed
al the Crystal Palace proved
fruitful topic for speculation,
but Miss Hunt ingeniously got
this matter explained away
by engineering n Press campaign, in
which IL was explained that the shed
i'm reality harbored new and sen
sational form of amusement for the
visitors OF the Crystal Palace. The
paragraphs, indeed, which were issued
by lugubrious press agent, informed
the public that the invention which
was now in the process OF construc
ton would give visitors TO the Crystal
Palace better idea of aerial navt
CATION than even the flying machine OF
Sir Hiram Maxim.
But this state OF semi-suspended
curiosity on the part OF the public
Strong knew well enough could not Ell
dure for ever Whenever a Journalist
is excluded from place he immed
lately suspects that there Is something
highly interesting 70 be seen; and
journalist after journalist received a
refusal TO his application to view the
contents OF the mighty and mysteri
Gus shed.
Indeed. toward the middle of Angus
rumor got about that the shed was
connected with the meteoric appear
ance, earlier In the year, or Mt
Strong.
Thereafter Sydenham and Norwood
became full OF strange visitors
Queer-looking foreign men haunted
the palace grounds and did their best
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-24
Arabs .Outlive Esquimaux.

While it may be true that the white
man loses in intellectual and bodily
power in the tropics, Or. Luigi Sam
bon maintains, as a result OF recent
researches. that the average Arab
lives 20 years longer than the aver
age Esquimaux; that the coast people
of South America are longer lived
than the mountain people; that old
age is much commoner in the south
ern countries of Europe than in the
northern countries and that Spain
with a population smaller by nine
millions, has 4Ol centenarians 10 Eng
lands l46.-Army and Navy Journal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-24
Her Answer.

Today. dear heart. but just today.
The sunshine over all
The roses crimsoning the air
Along the garden wall
Then let the dream and dreamer dle'
Whate'er shall be. shall be-
Today will still be thine ana nine
To all eternity.
And oh, there is no glory dear,
When all the world is done,
There is no splendor lasteth out
The sinking Of The sunl
There IS no thing that lasts, not one
When we have turned 10 cay,
But this. you loved me--all the rest
Fades with the world away.
So little while. so little while.
This world shall last for US
There is no way TO keep II. dear
But just 70 spend II thus.
There is no hand may stop the SAND
From flowing fast away.
But who turns the whole glass down
And dreams tbs all today.
John Bennett.
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GOVERNMENT FOR ALL
OR SIMPLY FOR A FEW


James, They pressed him
be
political
% II
deals with the question freight which
making The Times
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the voters Of the country by falsehood
and corruption.
They call the effort to free our pub.
lie highways of their grip and unlaw-
! full use ''meddling with private bust
ness and denounce il as opposition
TO corporations and combinations in
| business and. as radicalism and So
cialism, and even as anarchism. Hon
! est people have got tired of such
abuse and do not propose to submit
/ TO IL any longer There is no opposi-
/ ton in this country to combinations
and enterprise in business based on
tEquaf CONDITIONS 10 an. nor The slight
est possibility OF the confiscation OF
private property. There is no danger
of the honest American people con-
| iscatng any ones property.
There is opposition to the gross
wrong of giving a few sets OF persons
an advantage over all others by means
OF such determinations and favor
! itisms on the public highways. and
! by which they destroy and prevent
competition and create monopolies In
themselves OF the principal products
and manufactures of the country one
after another. IL Is the mother Of
monopolies-or of trusts, IL We must
give up a plain word for an obscure
one. And no free people can suffer
monopolies TO flourish over them and
survive.
Monopolies belong to despotism. not
to free government. Monopoly and
despotism. and the growth of monop.
oily and the decay of free government
go hand in hand the world over.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-24
Law Of Oiled Highways.

A recent opinion by Attorney Gen.
eral Malone OF Massachusetts is OF IN
>terest to cities and towns that have
adopted the plan OF oiling highways
10 keep down the dust. Mr.. Malone
holds that there is no liability on the
part OF the authorities for damages
resulting from the use or oil and tar
on roads. His reasoning Is that there
is no more ground for holding town
or city responsible for injury to cloth
Ing or vehicles by oil than there Is
for assessing damages when somebody
is spattered with mud. Among nearby
places that have taken 10 employing
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Socialism and Anarchy.


To the Editor OF The Times:--ln
perusing your editorials from time to
time / find yours to be the most out
spoken paper In Detroit and |
know of none other worthy OF my
sentiment or enlightened 10 the ex-
tent of comprehension of the question
of what is Socialism.
What Is its fundamental standard?
What is its object?
How would you contrast II with an
archy?
/ I'll endeavor to answer what ! ask
ed Of you. for many have a wrong i'm
preston as to Social Democracy or
Socialism.
| First-Socialism politically, is a
party comprised mostly of the work
ers OF this country and every coun-
try. demanding equal rights With the
millionaire the manufactures and
the politician, giving one and all
equal justice in every sense. both In
/ their labors and fellowship. In other
words. placing everyone on an equal
! footing and doing away with class
and class interests. Lincoln was
good man and he il was, who In one
OF his speeches, recommended So
! cialism. May we have a government
of the people. by the people and for
1 the people.
Second-The fundamental standard
is to give all equal suffrage.
Third-Its object is TO give the PEG;
pie their rights by the imperative
mandate; by the initiative and refer
fendum.
AS IL takes too much of your time
shall not endeavor TO define these
but have the people look into their en-
cyclopedas for reference.
IN is what a majority of the people
want. but would they vote for IL? No
never. Why? Well. they are afraid
of the honest Socialist who does not
90 around looking for election funds