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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
ONFSUICIDE NEARLY
LEADS TO ANOTHER
Captain John Brown Fished Out
of Bay by Party of Long,
sll0remen
Retired Mariner Hears of Death
and Suicidal Mania Is
Awakened

OAKLAND. May 23.-The suicide this
afternoon OF an aged unidentified man
who leaped into the estuary from the
foot OF Broadway. and died at the re-
celving hospital led TO a similar at
tempt two hours later on the part OF
Captain John Brown, a retired sea cap
tain OF 1S2 Eighth street. Brown heard
Of the suicide from neighbors, and Ieav-
ing his aged wife at their home. went
10 Adams wharf az the foot of Jackson
street, where he leaped into the estuary.
He was rescued by workmen on a yes
sci in the estuary and taken TO the re-
ceiving hospital and resuscitated.
Brown is well known in shipping cir
cles on this coast, having been captain
OF the Southern Pacific freight transfer
boat Transit for % years. OF late years
ne had been retired. and was treated
for some months In the Livermore sana-
toriun for suicidal mania. He was
discharged as rational and apparently
had been well until a few weeks ago.
The attempt tonight by Brown was
not made until he had heard converse
tlons relating 10 the suicide Of the
other man. The aged suicides uncon-
sciOus form was rescued from the es-
tuary by Richard Chapman Of 703 Alice
street and by G. ". Warpel Of s5I Alice
street, neighbors OF Brown and when
they returned from their work the
story OF their rescue of the unknown
man, who subsequently died, was talked
OF by the other neighbors. In this
way IL came to Brown
The aged captain left his home at
about e.30 o'clock and made straight
for the wharf, where longshoremen
were at work. When they saw him
leap into the water several went 10 the
rescue. Brown will suffer no III effects.
physicians say.
The unidentified body is at the
morgue 10 be held for possible identifi-
cation. Il is that OF a man about so
years old. full gray beard. with Jewish
cast of features.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
TELLER R[SENTS
PRESIDENTS STAND
Colorado Senator Refers to the
Threat to Veto Legislation
as Encroachment
Owen of Oklahoma Advocates
Election Of Senators by.
Direct Vote

WASHINGTON. May 23.-when the
senate met today there was a general
understanding that nothing would be
done to delay the final adjournment Of
congress and that no legislation would
be enacted beyond completing consid-
GRAFTON of the great supply bills.
The net result Of the days session
was the adoption of the conferences
agreement on the omnibus public build
ings bill and the approval Of partial
agreement on the postoffice appropria-
tion bill, the items in the latter meas
ure relating to Weighing the mails and
ocean mail subsidy being sent back to
conference.
Various questions were discussed
during the day. Senator Teller re-
viewed court decisions on the llmita-
tions of federal power under the con-
stitution, and referred to a report that
the president had stated in a letter
that he would veto certain legislation
il passed by congress an evidence OF
unwarranted encroachment upon the
powers of the states.
Teller was followed by Bacon. who
declared that the presidents statement
in his message OF March 25. that he
would veto any bill not guarding the
right OF the government to charge for
power on navigable streams IN connec-
tion with legislation respecting water
power privileges, was gross breach
OF the privileges OF the senate" He
said he would have introduced a resolu-
tion providing that this matter be con-
sidered By the committee on privileges
and elections. but being a member OF
the minority he feared his act would
have been regarded as PARTISAN
Owen Of Oklahoma spoke on his joint
resolution. providing that an amend
ment to the constitution for the cleo
tion of senators by the people be sub
mitted to the states for ratification.
and contended that the legislatures OF
q states having voted in favor OF that
reform the senator's from those states
should support his resolution He
moved vote on the passage OF the
measure. but motion to send IL to the
committee on privileges and elections
was carried by vote Of 33 to 20.
Intellectual efforts were made by Bev-
eridge TO pass the omnibus territories
bill. and by Newlands to secure con
sideration of his resolution creating an
inland waterways commission.
At $40 D. m. just before the close OF
the days. session. Hale announced an
agreement made in executive session TO
take a recess until D. m. with the un-
derstanding that the night session
would be devoted exclusively to con-
sidering conference reports and such
measures as could be taker up by unani-
nous consent Hale had previously
stated his belief that congress could
adjourn by 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
At 1920 D. m the senate adjourned
until IL o'clock Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Money Appropriated for Fed
eraI Structures in the West

WASHINGTON. May 23.-An agree
ment was reached late today by the
conferees on the omnibus public build
ing bills Most of the important amend
ments made. by the senate were re-
tanned. although in some instances the
amounts were reduced. Chief among
these are the following:
For Salt Lake City s175.00o was ap-
propriated; Boise, Idaho. s125,0oo; Mis-
soula. Mont. $4,000 Riverside. Cal.
s125.000: Everett. Wash. s130. 900: Walla
Walla. Wash. $4,000: San Francisco.
1856. 900; Denver. s1.s00.O0o for a gen
eral federal building, the house having
appropriated only for a postoffice build
ing
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
EVANGELIST YEUELL
TALKS OF JESUS LIFE
Beautiful Views, Mostly From
Old Masters, Illustrate
the Discourse

An audience that taxed the large
auditorium and gallery OF the West
Side Christian church heard Evangelist
Herbert Yeuell lecture last evening on
Simon Peter and Judas Iscariot-"
Around these two characters the
speaker most skillfully wove the web
Of Jesus life and death, resurrection
and ascension.
One hundred and fifty beautiful
views, mostly from the old masters,
were thrown upon the canvass by a
fine stereopticon and the great crowd
gave evident signs of pleasure.
Mr.. YeueIl Will lecture next Saturday
evening on "Shipwrecks OF LIFE He
viii preach at both services tomorrow
and every night this week, except
Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
4 WOMEN TO ONE
Man CHURCH GOER
Presbyterian Pastor Makes a
Strong Plea for Spread
Of Gospel
Wants to See More Masculine
Christians in Active Mem
bership

KANSAS CITY. May 2s.-'Christian-
ity is not exclusively but essentially
masculine The redeemer of mankind
was a man. The Bible 5 essentially
though not exclusively masculine.
maintain that the evangelization OF
the world is the work of man. Every
man who starts on downward course
raised to higher life must be led by
men.
IT want to see men represent the
spiritual power of the churches. The
present condition which shows an av
.erage of only 40 men members In every
congregation of 200 must be changed
1t is the purpose of the Presbyterian
brotherhood to make the men the ac-
tive workers of the churches and such
result viii be realized"
PLEA FOR CHURCHMEN
In this view Rev DR.. Landrith,
president of the Belmont Female coll
lege of Nashville. made a powerful
plea in support of the Presbyterian
brotherhood at today's session of the
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church of the United States OF Amer
lea. The Presbyterian brotherhood
movement. ministerial relief and child
labor claimed practically all OF the at
tention of the delegates today.
Continuing. DR.. Landrith said the
evangelization of the world depended
upon the success of the church getting
the laymen interested as active work
ers. He said 1t is especially necessary
to get the young men in the work.
Rev. John Bushnell. d. d.. OF Min
neapolis. in submitting the report of
the board of ministerial relief. made
an eloquent plea for higher salaries
and for liberal support for the work
of ministerial relief committee was
appointed to arrange a plan by which
every minister will receive a salary of
at least $1,000 year
RAISES TARIFF ISSUE
In submitting the report to the as
sembly Herald the chairman of the
committee said If congress would re-
move the tariff on wood pulp the Her
aid would come to the next assembly
without deficit.
DR.. John B. Devins. who represents
the New York Tribune fresh air fund,
introduced a resolution, which was
adopted. asking the members of the
conference to seek the conviction OF
violators of the child labor laws.
Tonight a great evangelistic meeting
was held at convention hall Tbere
were. 1900 persons present Rev. ].
Wilbur Chapman Of Philadelphia de-
Iivered the sermon.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
TESTIMONY IN PAPER
CASE NOW NEARS END
Manufacturers Deny Conspiracy
to Limit Output or Con-
troll Prices

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The investi-
cation into the print paper and wood
pulp question, which has been con-
Quoted by a special committee of the
house for more than month past,
under resolution offered by Speaker
Cannon. is nearing close as far as the
taking of testimony is concerned.
Chairman is anxious to make a re-
port before the adjournment OF con-
gress and will bend every energy to
this end The committee today con-
tinued to hear western manufacturers
of paper, who made a general denial
of any conspiracy or agreement among
them to fix the price of paper or to re-
strict the output
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
FLEET FOODSTUFFS
TO BE BOUGHT HERE
Paymasfer Coming to Assist in
Provisioning for Round
World Cruise
sPECIAL DISPATCH no TIE CAV.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Paymaster
George Dyer. L. S. N. has been sent to
San Francisco to assist in the great
task of provisioning the Atlantic feet
for its cruise TO the orient and thence
to Hampton roads. This is a bigger
job than that of victualing the fleet for
its cruise to San Francisco. Much was
learned at that time which will be of
value now The ships will take from
San Francisco practically all of the
foodstuff needed on the cruise The
325. 900 pounds OF coffee required will
be shipped from New York by rail to
San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILLS

WASHINGTON. May 23.-President
Roosevelt today signed the bills pro-
viding for the participation of this
country I'm the exposition 10 be held in
Tokyo in 1912; the legislative execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill; a
bill making Monterey and Port Hart
ford, Cal. SUPPORTS OF entry. and a
bill authorizing the extension of the
street railways of this city to the union
station
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
cROTHERs DENIED WRIT

BAKERSFIELD. May 23.-The appli-
citation Of r. A. Crothers. proprietor OF
the San Francisco Bulletin, for a writ
of habeas corpus in one of the libel
suits brought against him by William
S. Tevis of this city, was denied this
afternoon after argument before Judge
Mason. The argument of the defense
was based on the plea of once in jeop-
ardy Crothers and Fremont Older are
now held to answer on four charges OF
libel. Their trials will probably be held
next month.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
LAST HALF noun OF MUSIC

Bi-khA A.LEf, May 2s.-The last half
hour OF music for the year wifi be given
in the Greek theater tomorrow after
noon at o'clock by the ST. Cecilia
choral society under the direction of
Percy Dow A soprano solo. Il WIN
Exton Thee" by Miss Helen colburn
Heath. will be q feature Of the concert
which viii be rendered by more than
$50 voices.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRTYEn

SATURDAY.. May %
Stnnr Centraliz- Erickson. 60 hours from Grnrs
Harbor, bound south. put IN for fuel
SAILED
Saturday. May %
By stmr suveric. shotton Manila. Via Seattle
DOMESTIC PORT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. May 23-stmr Hornet.
hence May 1e-
sailed May 2s-stmr Santa Mouics. for San
Francisco.
ISLAND PORT
HoNOLULU--ssiled May 25-schr Hesne.
cor San Francisc
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
FIELD Is FoUND GTuTy-

ALAMEDA. May 2s.-Alex Field.
who, with Arthur Gale and J. r Cox.
was arrested for an alleged assault
upon z T. Cowart. a contracting
builder. was found guilty of peace dis
turbance by Justice Robert Edgar to-
day and fined $50 The charges against
Gale and Cox were dismissed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
NEVADA GIRL IN BOSTON
SCHOOL WINS HONORS
Gains Place as Class Poet and
0dist, and Will Graduate
Highly
sPECIAL rIsPArcE 20 TaE III

BOSTON, Mass, May zs.-Miss Gladys
Wilton Of Goldheld. New, one of the
prettiest and most popular girls in the
Boston university. has been the recipi-
ent OF many high honors during the COL
lege course. She has just won the com
petition for class poet and class odist
al the college Of liberal arts She takes
her degree Of A. B. on June Of this
year with high rank She is a member
OF the Delta chapter. Gammi Phi Beta
Greek fraternity, and during her sopho-
more year she served her class as treas
urer- Last year she was elected presi-
dent
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
PROHIBITIONISTS OPEN
CONVENTION IN MODESTO
Los AngelenO to Be Chairman
and Probable Presidential
Nominee of Party

The prohibition state convention will
convene in the opera house at Modesto
at O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. Mon
day night there will be public recep-
tion TO delegates and visitors, with
speeches and singing. Tuesday night a
public banquet Will be given. with
stereopticon lecture and campaign
songs and speeches C. j. Hall of Los
Angeles Will be temporary chairman
and Fred F. Wheeler. an influential
capitalist of the southern city, perma-
nent chairman The latter probably
will be the unanimous choice for presi-
Dental nominee at the national con-
vention, Columbus, o. 1t looks now as
though there will be no opposition to
him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
BAPTISTS WILL HOLD
MEETING IN PORTLAND
Conference Adopts Committee
Report by Unanimous Vote,
Thousands Being Present
sPECLAL pIsfATcH To THE CAI

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, May "a
The northern Baptist conference, which
has been in session since Wednesday,
this evening adopted unanimously and
enthusiastically the report of the com
lnittee on the time and place for the
next meeting Portland was selected
for the convention. which will be even
larger than the present meeting, where
1000 delegates have been registered
from 80 states and territories
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
woMAN.s SANITY DOUBTED

OAKLAND, May 2s.-Mrs. Martha
Oatman OF 533 Thirty-third street is
detained at the receiving hospital pend
ing an examination for insanity. It
was said that she raved and screamed
and thought that all her friends were
plotting to kill her
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
NEW YoRK,s TIMBER RESERVE

New York has 1.51s.450 acres OF tim
Der reserve. mostly in the Adirondacks.
and in his late message . Governor
Hughes recommended that the state
purchase large amount more
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24

Kelley & Peare of La Grande, Ore,
have produced on their farm a potato
weighing Ga pounds, foot long.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24

The Lena is the straightest of all the
great rivers. For 500 miles 1t runs in
almost a direct line to the sea-
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24

On Thursday afternoon, May 2S, the
Readers club, one Of the smaller cul-.
ture circles which. is doing excellent
work, under the leadership of Mrs
Herbert Sanford Howard. will be en-
terfained at luncheon at a local
hotel, the occasion being the last meet
ing before the summer vacation.
Among those for whom covers will be
laid are:
Arizona republican., 1908-09-26
Desert Inn
CFormerly Clayson's.)

(Formerly ClaysOn's) On the edge of orange and grape fruit ranch, adjacent to open desert; accommodations in the Inn or in tent-houses on desert; attractive sur roundings; healthful, appetizing meals; out of door life day and night just the place for rest and recuperatiOn.
 For illustrated booklet, terms, etc, address
 FREDERICK A. STAFFORD, M. D.,
 Manager.
 Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-26

York, ranging from dailies of many editions to scientific quarterlies, and printed in every language from base ball to Chinese, the enterprising man is still able to find new fields for spe- cialized organs. This Is proved by the establishment of new periodical call ed "The JanitOr." the first number of which has just appeared. As its name indicates, the new magazine is devoted to the interests of janitors. of whom the editor asserts that there are 400,- coo in the Greater City If this figure is correct 1t will be seen at once that there are opportunities to build up tremendous circulation among the lords of the furnace and the garbage can who rule over the destinies of a majority of New YOrks population. Special departments in the new publi- cation probably will be devoted to tell ing how to extract tips from reluctant householders and how to quell rebell- ious tenants. One of the announced objects is to form the janitors into a union, a result that would be viewed with more or less apprehension as such an organization would have the resi- dents of the city at its mercy and could bring them to terms in short order by turning off the heat and re- fusing to let the useful dumb waiter travel up and down with it's load of groceries and other supplies. Aside from these possibilities of tyrannous power the new periodical is an inter esting illustration of the extent to which specialized journalism is being developed.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-26

New York, Sept. 12.-(Speclal cor respondence of The Republican )-The wealth of the United States is increas- ing at the rate of over s3.00O. 900 a day from its agricultural products alone, is the statement made on the authority of no less an expert than Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in the October number of Appletons magazine. As a large part of the O00,O00,000 worth of cereal, cotton and other crops which it is estimated that the country is producing this year will go to market within the next few months. it is be- great OutpOuring of national wealth lieved by authorities here that this great outpouring of national wealth will mark a revival of prosperous con ditions in lines of general industry. Now that 1t is definitely assured that the principal crops will be large and will command good prices. it is pre- dicted that the beginning of 1909 will mark the termination of the period of depression that has existed for the past year The Appleton article graphically describes the various processes of handling the crops which it describes as "our biggest job" It shows that the world wide mechanism centering in the Chicago board of trade by which the grain grower in this country is able to take advantage of every favor able price factor in every part of the world. and to sell his crop at cash fig ures for future delivery, is of vast fi- nancial benefit to the American farmer in bringing to his door a world market for every bushel of grain that he grows. The system not only of handling crops but also of collecting and distributing crop information has been perfected to a greater extent in the United States than anywhere else in the world. and this fact is pointed out as accounting in no small degree for the unquestiOn- ed supremacy of America among the food producing countries of the world. Without this machinery to register the relation of supply and demand, the chief agricultural products would be subject to sudden and violent price fluctuations that would make farming one of the most hazardous of occu
 patiens instead of as now one of the most secure. A fact indicated by the statistics quoted which Is likely to come as a surprise to many persons is that the hay crop now ranks sec ond in money value among all the va rieties of agricultural output, being ex- ceeded only by corn.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-26

{ While New York's position as the largest city in America is unquestioned. it is no longer the largest city of Americans. The latter place, as nearly as can be determined, belongs either to Philadelphia or Boston. Father Knickerbocker, however. has other titles to compensate for the loss of this one for his dominion ranks not only as the largest city in America, but as the largest Irish. Jewish and vari- ous other kinds of cities. According to latest statistics New York, while falling behind so far as Americans are concerned, has many times the He braic population of any other city. By present census figures it has within its borders fifteen times as many Hebrews as there are in Jerusalem. and ten times as many as there are in all Pal estine. There are only two nations, which as nations, have as large a He brew population as this single city. It is also the largest Irish city in the world so far as population is concern ed. There. are more Germans in New York than in any city in Germany, ex- cept Berlin and possibly Hamburg. and
 
 up the greatest city in American within two decades will be also the greatest German city in the world. In addi- tion to all this New York is the sec ond largest Greek city in the world, on the basis of population. and has a larger Italian population than any city in Italy, except Naples, Milan and Rome. The great majority of these foreign traces live in tenements, the rsidents of these buildings being more than the combined population of four of the six New England states. This enormous foreign element may be ac- counted for by the fact that during the past year the increase in population has been greater than in all states west of the Mississippi river About 3,9O0 factories in this city employ 130000 women, the great majority of whom are foreign. Sixty-six languages are spoken in this modern Babel. Among these English ranks only seventh. More than 55 per cent of the voting popu lation is foreign by birth. Altogether, while New York may claim to be the largest cosmopolitan center in the world and to contain the largest single aggregations of several natiOnalities, it can no longer claim to be the largest American city if native born or Eng fish speaking persons alone are con- sidered.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-26

Pat Sheedy, the veteran gambler, Is credited with paraphrasing the saying that a sucker is born every minute. by the assertion that in Manhattan a new scheme for catching suckers is matched every day. It is safe to say. however. that the latest bunco game. which has just come to light here, is one that has seldom been equalled in originality and ingenuity. That it jus tifies its discoverer's description as a smooth scheme" is shown by the fact that the eminent sporting celebrity and Tammany politician, Big Tim" Sulli- van. is reported to have been one of its victims. The new game, which can be worked only in connection with cards was discovered entirely by ac- cident. A notorious gambler of this city recently lost an eye in a spirited altercation. Upon his recovery it was replaced by a glass substitute and it was entirely by chance that he discov- cred that the artificial eye was much better than a real one. While engaged in a game of cards the owner of the glass eye suddenly observed that the faces of the cards held by his adver- sdTS were TelleCleu III lhe BOlu THE which he was wearing, the glass eye acting as a reflector. Improving on this discovery he perfected an arrange ment by which an adversary's cards are reflected from a glass eye to a specially constructed seal ring contain ing a mirror. So successful have the results of this new game proven that it is proposed in some of the circles where games of chance are not exactly drowned upon to make all strangers prove that they are not equipped with 'phony blinkers' before permitting them to play.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-26

Grand Opening of the Dreamland skating rink Saturday, Sept. 26th. O'Neill hall 1st Ave. and Adams St. Skating win begin at S:3O. grand march at 9:30. Good music and a good time is expected. Rink will be open every evening thereafter.
 GEO. M. BOBST,
 Proprietor.