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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
LAMPH[RE FOUND
GUILTY OF ARSON
Alleged Murderer of Mrs. Belle
GUINNESS Convicted of Lesser
Charge by Jury

LA PORTE, Ind. Nov. 2s.-Ray Lam
phere, charged with the murder of Mrs.
Belle Guinness and her three children
by setting fire to the Guinness home,
was this evening found guilty of arson
by the jury, which had the case since
$3.50 o'clock last evening Within five
minutes after the verdict was reported
Judge Richter had sentenced the de-
fendant to the state prison at Michigan
City for an tndeterminate term of from
two to twenty-one years. fined him
$4,000 and disfranchised him for five
years.
Attorney Worden for the defense
said tonight that a motion for new
trial would be made. and should it be
refused an appeal to the Indiana su-
pTeme court would follow. The Indiana
supreme court is two years behind in
It's work, and so this case could not
be reached until Lamphere had served
the minimum time of his sentence.
Worden declared the verdict to be ridic-
ulous.
IF he was guilty at ALL" said the
attorney, he was guilty of murder He
should have been acquitted"
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
ue Had Experience

With Hoods Sarsaparilla. and am con.
vinced 1t is great medtcine'-this is
the substance of 40,3s6 letters by actual
count. received in two years. They tell
of cures of all blood diseases, loss OF
appetite. rheumatism. after-fever weak
ness, that tired feeling. nervous weak
ness. dyspepsia, catarrh.
No Equal can say from expert
ence that Hoods Sarsaparilla is with
out an equal" Emma l. Bowman, IL
Beacon St, Lowell, Mass.
Eczema-"I had eczema and tried
everything l heard OF, but nothing
helped me until I took Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. Thanks to this medicine, I am
now WE'LL George Vanalstyne, South
Bethlehem. N. Y.
Muscular Rheumatism-M father
had muscular rheumatism. Was con-
fined to his bed. He took two bottles
of Hoods Sarsaparilla and was entirely
cured Bertha L Perrin. Box 1928,
Springfield, Mass.
Hoods, Sarsaparil1a is sold every
where In the usual liquid. or In tablet
form called Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One
Dollar. Prepared only by C. /. Hood
Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27

Piles Cured in 9 to ii Days
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any case
OF itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles
In . TO IA days or money refunded. 50c .
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
StrickIer and King Clash

SAN JOSE, Nov. 26.-Immediatelv
relay race today unpleasant words
passed between Physical Director
Strickler of San Francisco and Phvsi-
cal Director King of San Jose, in which
each practically accused the other of
unsportsmanltke conduct
Strickler left the San Jose 7. M. C. A.
building In huff and rode back to San
Francisco without waiting to partici-
pate in the festivities which followed
here last night King retired to his
room and shed bitter tears at the out
come.
Unpleasantness also threa tened to
break out at the banquet table during
the evening. but was finally smoothed
over by diplomatic speakers and the
affair finally passed off most amica bly,
each team cheering the other.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
The California Promotion Committee

(The State Central Organization. organized in
f902-An association for the commercial and
Industrial development OF California;
PROMOTION: The act OF promoting. advance
ment announcement. Century Dictionary
The committee has for its object the PRO
NOTING OF Californias interests 1t has moth
ing to sell. IL fosters all things tending TO the
Af9vANCFMENT Of California 1t Is authority
on all matters relating to California IL EN-
COURAGEs the establishment OF new industries
and fosters those already established 1t Invites
destreble Immigration 1t presents the oppor
funifIes and needs OF all fields OF business and
Professional activity. 1t is supported By popular
ssr,hsrrinfions and makes no charge for any
ssr~sce rendered. 1t has affiliated with il 200
Commercial organizations OF the state. with
combined membership OF more than $4,000.
Nastings of representatives OF these organiza-
tions are held semiannually IN different parts OF
the state where matters OF California interest
are discussed Headquarters OF the committee
are maintained in California building. Union
SQUARE, san Francisco CORRESPONDENTS IN
YITED.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27

DEAN HOWARD OF DRAKE DEAD
DES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 26.-Dean
Howard of the musical college of Drake
university died early today He was
we'll known in western musical circles
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
FRUIT STEAMER BOUGHT
FOR PACIFIC TRADE
Admiral Sampson Left PhiIa-
deIphia Yesterday to
Round the Horn
Especial Dispatch to The Gail

Especial Dispatch to The Call
BOSTON. Mass, Nov. 2e.-The fruit
steamer Admiral Sampson of the Amer
lean Mail steamship company, one of
the four sister ships in the fruit car
rying trade. has been sold to the
Alaska Pacific company. The Admiral
Sampson will start at once for the
Pacific coast. leaving Philadelphia,
where II is now in dock, today.
The steamer, II is stated, will be run
between San Francisco and Seattle as a
freight and passenger vessel. Tt has
a capacity of 214 tons and was built in
1888
IT has for several years been under
charter by the United fruit company
the parent concern. running between
Jamaica and Philadelphia and formerly
to Boston.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27

fed at the quarterly meeting of the
members.
we wish to thank the people of
southern Califerniasfor their support in
the matter and greatly appreciate their
confidence in us as indicated by the
vote cast. and assure you that the
newspaper articles published here We're
unjustified and unfair. You did only
what we asked You to do and it is fair
to presume that the chamber of COM
merce of san Francisco is in position
to know what is for San Franciscos S
best interests commercially in a mat
ter so important as this.
We are sending copies of this letter
to the San Francisco press. The fore
going is written pursuant to instruc-
tions from the board of trustees at a
special meeting held today"
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS FOR ANlMALS-Depot Quarter
masters Office. 1855 North Point st.. San Fran
cisco. Cal, November 23 19oe.-Sealed proposals.
in tripleate. subject to the usual conditions will
be received here until 10 o'clock a. m. Pacific
time, December %. t90s. for furnishing ESQ cav
airy horses for shipment to the Philippine
islands. Delivery to be at Seattle, Washington
or at other prominent railroad points. The
United States reserves the right to accent or
reject any or all proposals or any part THEREOF
BLANKS Tor proposals and full information viii
be furnished on application TO this Office En-
velopes containing proposals should be marked
Proposals for Animals. No. $3.50. to be opsned
December p, 1908" J. b. BELLINGzR. Depot
Quartermaster. U. s. Army
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sohDIERs' MEMokIAL UNVEILED

ANDERSONVILLE. Ga. Nov 26.--
Governor Hanly of Indiana and party
this afternoon unveiled the monument
TO the Indiana soldiers who died at An.
dersonville prison. 1t is the largest
memorial yet placed in the Anderson
vihe national cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27

RULE IS Barred IN
PLEA TO WORLD
Reign of Terror, Torture and
Assassination Is Exposed
by Victim of Infamy
Or. FornOs Diaz Relates Horrors
of Political Prison Of
Guatemala
Asks Humanity to Aid in Aveng-
ing Death of Friend Who
Was Poisoned

Continued from Page 1. Column
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
RENfWS WAR OVER
INDIA BASIN ACT
Chamber Of Commerce Sends
Letter to South Thanking
Voters for Defeating Bill

Continued from page 1. Column
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
xor cAN PIT FAITH

'ME tailor" is stubborn mortal.
He hgures against progres
but what's the use; we've got him beat
We get ffrst c ofce Of new fabrics.
because we have the outlet for quantity.
"sfx tailor" gets choice when we are through.
Then again, our tailors have continual work.
They DO uniform work; at it ali the time:
but my tailor has to employ tramp taiIorsy
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27

ter from the prison records Of the
middle ages than a tale of a modern
event. The story as told by DR.. Diaz
with lis accompanying appeal is in
part as follows:
John Bineln was an Italian subject
about 40 years Of age, tall and gifted
with a remarkable muscular strength.
He was very sentimental and kind
hearted. and would not permit any one
in his presence TO use his force against
the weak
"BinelH was sent to prison by order
Of President Cabrera. Nobody but
Cabrera knew the cause 81 his i'm
prisonment, and il was said that some
woman was connected with the affair.
Ut was personal enmity that threw
Bineni into the horrible dens Of the
cruelest prison that has been in exist
ence since the inouisition. As Binelli
was a foreigner. 1t was necessary for
the president to formulate q fictitious
process This was done. and the sal
aried detectives of the modern Caligula
could prove by A and B that Binelli
had attempted the life OF President
Cabrera
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-27
KiIIs PoIiticaI Enemies

In April. 1907. bomb was thrown
at the carriage in which Cabrera was
riding. The two horses were instantly
killed. but the president escaped unin-
jured. This was the beginning Of a
reign OF terror in Guatemala and Ca
brera seized upon this as q pretext for
killing his political enemies.
John Binelli was an Italian subject
whom Cabrera did not dare kill pub
lclT. Therefore he determined 70
poison him. Binelli understood that
If he ever ate of the food brought TO
him by his keepers he was lost forever.
once. as trial, the food was given TO
dogs. Death resulted a few minutes
afterward.
In order to avoid starvation, Binelli
got food from other prisoners. and this,
added 70 fresh eggs. which he could
procure outside, was his subsistence.
The day came when all the efforts
of John Binelli TO protect his life
proved 10 be of no avail. All political
prisoners We're placed in narrow cells
nine feet long by four feet wide and
no communication between them was
allowed. Bineli. subjected TO the same
treatment. was impotent to prevent
them from poisoning him. He was
forced to eat the food given to him
and death from poison followed.
HAk1S OE AN6DlSh DAhEEDED
Twenty hours Of the crueIest
agony We're reserved for him. The
other prisoners could hear his cries,
but were unable TO give him any aid.
for they. too, We're condemned to death.
The next morning the body OF John
Bineli was seen hanging from the bars
Of his cell. Cabrers's assassin, after
mutilating the body. told the people
that Binelli had committed suicide. and
the president had even the audacity TO
notify the Italian minister about it,
But every one later learned the horrible
truth. for after a medical examination
IL was proved that arsenic was given
10 poor Binelli
Il make general appeal to all hon
est men in the world, TO those who love
justice, hate crime, and feel in their
hearts commiseration for our Guate-
rnalan brethren; to all these appeal
today IN order that the tyranny which
now prevails on Guatemalan soil may
be abolished in the name Of humanity
and civilization.
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01
A Backwoods Aumorist.

The eastern tourists decided to have
little fun with a Billville citizen to
whom they had applied for informa-
ton as to the road they were travel
ing.
How long have you lived here?"
they asked
Long enough to know better
Don't you like the country?"
When it goes to suit me-"
Ever been up in an airship?"
No. When | make up my mind to
fly, I'll know whar to light"
Ever ride on railroad train?"
mo. highest l ever come to it wuz
bein' blowed up by a sawmill."
We'll, tell us what 'moonshine'
liquor means"
The Billville man shifted his
'chaw" of tobacco from one Jaw to the
other, spat on the greensward, and as
he prepared to Climb a fence, said:
H, and heap of it!'-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01
Turkish Labor Too Cheap,

An American manufacturer of laun.
dry machinery tried to introduce it
into Smyrna, Turkey, but Consul
Ernest l.. Harris has reported that so
long as the price of labor in that
Turkish city remains so low the prac.
tice will continue of doing the wash.
ing at home, and there will be no op-
portunity for the sale of laundry ma
chinery. OF late years in Smyrna 1t
has become the practice, he says, to a
certain extent to send the washed
linen to public laundries for ironing
and starching, but even this is ceas-
ing. Specifications We're drawn up for
the establishment of a laundry after
the American plan, and careful consd-
GRAFTON was given, to the price of coal
and labor. 1t was found that the mar
gin was so small that the undertaking
was bound to be failure
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01

presence of an officer of the law And
did they not do well to laugh? Surely
it was joke, a good one, this idea
of an officers being where he was
needed in Kemah county.
"And my brand was on that spotted
steer" he interrupted. 81 know the
creature-know him well. He has a
mean eye. Had the gall to dispute the
right Of way with me once, not so
long ago, either. He was in the cor
raj at the time, but he's been on the
range all summer. He may have the
evil eye all right, but he's mine, bad
eye and all; and what is mine, will
have. And is that the only original
brand you saw"
The only one" quietly, unless the
the r on that red steer when he
got up was an original one"
"J R? Who could R be?'
81 couldn't say, but the man was
Jesse Black"
Jesse Black!"
The repeated words were fairly spit
out.
Jesse Black! 1 might have known.
Who else bold enough to loot the
Three Bars? But his day has come.
Not hair, nor hide, not hoof, not
tallow enough to fry a fapjack shall
be left on the Three Bars before he
repents his insolence."
What will you do?" asked Willis
ton.
What will you do?" retorted Lang.
ford.
Il? What can 1 do?" in the vague,
helpless manner of the dreamer.
Everything you will" briefly.
He snatched up his wide hat.
Where are you going?" asked Will
liston, curiously.
ITO see Dick Gordon before this day
is an hour older. Will you come
along?"
"Ye-es," hesitatingly. Gordon
hasn't made much success of things
so far, has he?"
Because you-and men like you-
are under the thumb of men like
Jesse Black" said Langford, curtly.
Afraid to peach for fear of antag-
onizing the gang. Afraid to vote
against the tools of the cattle thieves
for fear of antagonizing the gang
Afraid to call your souls your own
for fear of antagonizing the gang Your
on the fence policy didn't work very
well this time, did it? You haven't
found your cattle, have you? The
angel must have forgotten Thought
you were tainted of Egypt, eh?"
1T is easy for you to talk said VIII
liston, simply. 1T would be difficult "
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01
Tariff Revision Urged.

Chicago.-It was announced Tues
day by the Chicago Association of Com
merce that one of the most infiuen
and representative industrial combine
TONS organized in years, will assq \ble
February I'd in Washington for the hur-
pose of Urging tariff revision without
interference Of politics., of the next
presidential elections.
Besides the Chicago association,
others that will be represented are the
National Association of Manufacturers
Millers' National Federation, Chicago
Board of Trade, Baltimore Board Of
Trade, Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce, American Meat Packers Asso-
citation, National Live Stock Associa-
ton, Cotton Seed Crushers' Associ-
alton, and others.
The program of the committee in
cludes calls upon the President. Speak
er Cannon, the ways and means com
mittee of the House and the finance
committee of the Senate.
The committee will urge the forma-
ton OF Don-partisan committee of eX-
perts whose duty it shall be to investi-
gate alleged inequitable tariff sched-
ules and report upon them to Con
gress. 1t is said that there is no po-
litlcal influence of any kind behind the
committee, which includes both Demo
Gratis and Republicans.
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01
Drastic Action Evidently Was Neces-
sary, and It Was Taken.

The Buie's Creek IS. c. Index to
the Times recently came out with
double-leaded editorial as follows:
I'VE wish to make our abject apollo
gies to Hon. Hezekiah E. Kinney
for having said of him in our last is
sue that he 'fumigates his garments
What we meant to say was Eliminates
mis- arguments We have had our eye
on the printer ever since he twisted
phrase which appeared in an editorial
of ours from full of internal rotten.
ness and dead mems bones into in.
ternal rattlesnakes and dead wren's
tones And as soon as our eye lit
upon this gratuitous insult above to
the Hon. HeZehflh E. Kinney we
armed ourselves with our repeating
shotgun, sought out the guilty party
and shot him down in cold blood, not
withstanding the fact that the now
deceased was the only support of
widowed mother and possessed large
and tlourishing family. We wish to
assure the Hon. HeZekiah E. Kinney
that in the future his person and his
speeches will be handled in these col.
umns with respect. York Press.
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01
LARGE FORESTRY EXPENSES.
Congressman George Cook Probes Bu-
reau Fees and Outlay.

Washington.-Chie Forester Clifford
Pinchot who has been in attendance
before house committee on agricul-
ture for the past two days explaining
estimates made by his bureau for re-
quired appropriations for the coming
fiscal year, Tuesday furnished the fol
lowing statement of receipts and eX-
penditures of the forest service for the
current year in response to an inquiry
made by Representative Cook of Colo
RADIO, who is member of the commit
tee:
Receipts from grazing fees, 1864, 900:
from timber sales, s60S,000; total, ST.
100000. The total expenditures of the
forest service for 1907 were $1,530, 900.
Expenditures over receipts, $63, 900.
Mr.. Pinchot has asked the commit
tee for an appropriation of $2,O00,O00
for the coming year, promising that
the receipts from grazing and sales OF
timber probably will Offset this
amount.
Representative Cook entered a pro
test against allowing any additional
appropriation to be used for employ
ing more foresters and rangers in
Colorado, the present force, he says,
being entirely adequate for the SER
vice.
He called the attention of Mr.
Pinchot to the conduct of some of
these rangers, stating that they are
dictatorial and at times exceed their
authority toward farmers and stock
men, and often put them to unneces-
sary trouble and expense.
Mr.. Pinchot asked Mr.. Cook to make
specific charges, naming the rangers
in question, and promised if the
charges were substantiated, that
proper punishment would be meted
out to the offenders.
Representative Cook states that he
has received 200 letters from members
of Congress and 1,400 from other
sources. lots of them approving his re-
cent letter criticizing departmental at
tacks upon Western citizens.
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01
Bad Currency System.

Observation-Disclosures the house,
Mr.. Fowler, chairman of the commit
tee on banking and currency, declared
that the United States had the worst
financial and currency process in the
world. What is the acute question:"
he said rs it a bond secured cur
rency?" If that were a wise and
proper form of currency, he asked,
why had not some nation adopted it
by this time? Japan tried it over
night, he said. but quickly gave it up
Mr.. Fowler favored coming reserves
out of gold. United States notes, he
said, were mere promises to pay a
mere piece of fiat issued during the
war;" r9TT ~
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01

a small room into which Langford was
was more than that, it was shabby.
An easy chair or two that has sur
vived the wreckage of the house of
Williston had been shipped to this
land of promise" together with a
few other articles such as were abso-
lutely Indispensable. The table was
big shipping box, though Langford
did not notice that, for it was neatly
covered with moth-eaten plum-col-
ored felt cloth. A rug, crocheted out
of parti-colored rags, relic of Mary's
conservative and thrifty grandmother,
served as a carpet for the living room.
A peep through the open door into the
next and only other room disclosed
glimpses of mating on the floor.
There was holy place even in this
castaway house on the prairie. AS the
young mans careless eyes took in
this new Significance, the door closed
softly. The little girl had shut
herself in.
The two men sat down at the table
1t was hot They were perspring
freely. The flies, swarming through
the screenless doorway, stung disa-
greeably.
Laconically Williston told his story
He wasted no words in the telling. In
the presence of the man whose big
success made his own pitiful failures
incongruous, his sensitive scholars
nature had shut up like a clam.
Langford's jaw was set. His young
face was tense with interest. He had
in, as is the way with men who have
lived much without women. He had a
strong, bronZed face, with daredevil
eyes, blue they were, too and he had
a certain turn of the head, a mark of
distinction which success always gives
clad in blue flannel shirt open at
the throat. In his absorption he had
forgotten the little girl" as complete
ly as if she had, in very truth, been
the 10-year-old of his Imagination
How plainly he could see all the un-
holy situation-the handful of des-
perate men perfectly protected on the
the little island. One man sighting
from behind cottonwood could play
havoc with a whole sheriff's posse
on that open stretch of sand-bar
Nothing but a surprise-and did these
insolent men fear surprise? They had
laughed at the suggestion of the near
The Glenwood post., 1908-02-01

your bread and butter and You little
girls as well depended on a scrawny
little bunch like mine"
Maybe" said Langford, Struggling
his shoulders. Doesn't seem to have
exempted you, though, does. it? But
Black is no respecter of persons, you
know. However, the time has come
for Dick Gordon to show of what stuff
he is made 1t was for this that l
worked for his election, though l con-
fess l little thought at the time that
proofs for him would be furnished
from my own herds. Present condi-
tions humiliate me utterly. Am l a
weakling that they should exist? Are
we all weaklings?
A faint, appreciative smile passed
over Williston's face. No, Langford
did not look weakling. neither had
the professed humiliation lowered his
proud head.
Langford strobe to the door. Then
he turned quickly.
Look here, Williston, l shall make
you angry, l suppose, but it has to go
fellows haven't shown up very white
in these deals; you know that your
self"
"Wel?"
Are you going to stand pat with
u.s."
''If you mean, am I going to tell
what | know when called upon" an
swered Williston, with simple dig
nifty that made Langford color with
sudden shame, Il am. There are many
of us little fellows who would have
been glad to stand up against the
rustling outrages long ago had we re-
ceived any backing. The moral sup
port of men of your class has not been
what you might call sort of on the
spot support, now. has it?" relapsing
into a gentle sarcasm. AT least, un-
til you came to the front" he quail
fed.
you will not be the loser. and
there's my hand on it, said Lang
ford, frankly and earnestly, ignoring
the latter part of the speech. The
Three Bars never forgets a friend.
They may do you before we are
through with them, Williston, but re-
member, the Three Bars never for.
gets"
Mary Wiliston, from her window,
as is the way with maid, watched
the two horsemen for many mile as
they galloped away She followed them
with her eyes while they slowly be-
came faint, moving specks in the level
distance and until they were altogeth.
er blotted out, and there was no sign
of living thing on the plain that
stretched between. But Paul Lang
ford, as is the way with man, for
got that he had seen a beautiful girl,
and had thrilled to her glance. He
looked back not once as he urged his
trusty little mare on to see Dick
Gordon.
CTO BE CONTINUED)