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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
CONDUCTORS MUST SAY
SCOOTER" AND "kARNY"
Trolley Company Orders Men
to Use Correct Pronunci-
alton of Street Names

Even the United Railroads has fallen
into line and taken heed of the popular
demand for the proper pronunciation
Of historical names applied TO streets
OF san Francisco. Hereafter a con-
ductor who calls Kearny street the
way II is spelled viii be subject to a
carpeting. and he who defames Sutter
street ~ using a mutilated pronuncia-
ton may be docked a portion of his
wages. General Manager Charles ".
Black came to the rescue of the two
streets yesterday by issuing general
order concerning them.
The order provides that conductors
must refer to Sutter as Scooter" and to
kearny as ~Karny. 1t is in line with
the wave of sentiment that is backing
the effort Of true San Franciscans to
retain pronunciations that will make
the old historical names live and con-
serve the city's dignity.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
MoroRmAN FAILS TO APPEAR

Benjamin Giesler. motoiman Of the
Sntter street car that collided with a
Twenty and Mission car at De-
visaoerO and Sacramento streets Sun
Cay. failed to appear in Police Judge
Shortalrs court yesterday to answer to
4 charge of manslaughter. 1t was ex-
plsined 70 the judge that by mistake
Giesler and Frank H Xintner. motor
man of the other car had been told
that they would not have to appear in
court until this morning. Both were
out IL $50 cash bail. The Judge is
sued bench warrants for their arrest
and increased Gieeler's bail to $500
cash or 81 600 bonds. The cases were
Continued TO this morning
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

Carmen +. JimeneZ, a wealthy Mexi-
can of &c John street, was arrested
yesterday on a charge of assault on
his year old daughter. A complaint
was made against Jimenez several days
ago by Mrs. Daisy Remington of 1888
Mason street to NJ J. White of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. White procured the arrest
of Jimenez after making an investi-
cation. The daughter and a Ia year
old son have been taken to the deten-
tion home and will be held as wit
nesses.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
MONTANA COURT UPHELD

Argument Of the appeal from the de-
cree OF the circuit court of Montana
In the case of the Conrad investment
company against the United States was
made in the United States circuit court
of appeals yesterday before Judges Gill
bert, Ross and Morrow. The Montana
court enjoined the investment COM
pany from obstructing the flow of a
stream of water to the extent of in
terfering with the rights of the In
dians on the Blackfoot Indian reserva-
ton. The decision of the Montana
court was affirmed
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
CHARGES BuNKo STEERING

z II. Mills. mining man from Tono-
pah. met Z. R. Rodgers. alias William
Stanley. at the ferry building Saturday
and after conversing for a short time,
he alleges. Rodgers induced him to
give a certified check for $3.50 to bet
on a horse that was sure to win.
Rodgers did not keep an appointment
10 meet Mills later in the day and Mills
notified the police. Payment Of the
check was stopped and Rodgers was
arrested Saturday night by Detectives
Bunner and Freel. His name was regis
tered on the detinue book at the city
prison and no charge has yet been
made against him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
HONOR B1ckroRD,s MEMORY

Thirty merchants of this city have
issued memorial to Clarence E. Bick-
ford, the we'll known coffee merchant,
who died recently. showing the high
esteem in which the departed merchant
was held by the coffee trade of San
Francisco. For more than a quarter
of century Bickford possessed the
confidence of his workers and was
by. common consent the arbiter and
adjuster of ALL questions arising be-
tween importers and dealers. The me-
mortal has been placed in the hands
of the Merchants exchange for distfi-
button generally
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
ELEVATOR KILLS woRkM.N

Albert Lang, an iron worker living
in Nineteenth street, met instant death
Yesterday afternoon by being crushed
by an elevator II was alleged that the
operator of the elevator in the new
Security building at Halleck and San
some streets. forgot the orders Of his
foreman and moved the cage when he
had been told not to do so. Lang was
working on the elevator weights at the
bottom Of the shaft The elevator de-
seended upon him before he could shout
for it TO stop and crushed him in
e4anfIx
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
FREED on LIQUOR PLEA

William Bristol. teamster for Forrest
& Sons, was charged with petty larceny
before Police Judge Shortall yester-
day. Policeman Farley accused him Of
stealing a wheelbarrow. Bristol ex-
planned that he and a friend had been
across the bay Sunday and had i'm
bibed considerable liquor. When they
reached the ferry at night his friend
could not stand and while Bristol was
dragging him along the water front
he came across q wheelbarrow He
lifted his friend into the wheelbarrow
TO take him home and the policeman
arrested him. The case was dismissed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
Ask INsPECToR,s REMOVAL

IN the ground that Peter Mulligan,
plumbing inspector, is incompetent, the
Mission promotion association decided
at a meeting last night to petition the
board of supervisors to have hm re-
moved. The association also agreed to
hire a lawyer to defend ]. c. Gala
CHER. q plumber. who had been ar
rested on the complaint OF Mulligan
on the charge of the violation of the
sanitary laws.
The association will request the board
Of supervisors to appropriate $4,000 to
grade and open Fifteenth street from
San Bruno road to Visitacion valley.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
NEW EASTERN STAR CHAPTER

BURLINGANE, May "a chapter
of the order of Eastern Star has been
established here with q very strong
membership and the following ofhcers:
w. NJ. Flora ]. Aeler; W. p. Fred Colby:
Asso. NJ, Francis OFT Bovee; secretary, Bertha
c. Hanscom: treasurer Edna G.. DleRles; con-
ductress. Clara J. Colby: associate conductress,
PAMELA F.. Beebe; Adah. Mary Dobbie: Ruth.
Louisa Ponder; Esther. Anna Pin; Martha. An
ME Gray: Electa CarolIpe NombcrR: warden.
Isabel Larsen: sentinel. Oliver e. Alger; chap
lzfn. Clarence Bovee marehal, Louise Foley;
erEanist, Edith A. Wiskez.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
ASKS POLICE TO AID HER

Charging that her husband had failed
to provide cent for her support In
more than month. spending his
wages at the racetrack and saloons,
Mrs. r. l.. Beach. living at the Heckel
hotel, yesterday asked the police for re-
lief for herself and her Is year old
daughter Cora. Even when she was
sick, Mrs Beach declared. her husband,
who is a carpenter, refused to help her
and threatened her life. The daughter
will swear to warrant for his arrest
TODAY.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
University CLUB DIMES

Nearly so members of the University
of California club met last night at q
Market street cafe to have dinner to-
gether and good time. President
Robert Henderson of the club called
on Milton Mannor. Winfield Dorm and
others for toasts, and all Joined in
Hail. California" Among those pres
ent were Robert Nichols, Alfred S.
Holmes DIR. Kugler. Frank w. Aitken,
j. Scotchier. A. H. Morrow, and Alex
ander Kidd Aitken and Kidd were
the committee which had charge Of the
arrangements.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
CARS CLAIM NEW VICTIM

Still another victim was claimed by
the United Railroads yesterday morn
ing, when the buggy in which Law
renee Tucker, blacksmith, was driv-
ing to work from his home at 81
Farallones avenue, was struck by q
speeding streetcar at Silver avenue and
the Mission road. Tucker was thrown
out with such violence that his skull
was fractured and his back probably
broken. At the central emergency hos
pital it was said that he will die.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
NATHANIEL JAMES DEAD

Nathaniel James. formerly division
commander of the national guard OF
California and later commander Of the
naval battalion. died yesterday James
was SO years of age and for number
of years had been in the insurance busi-
ness. He will be buried tomorrow at
10 a. M from King Solomon's hall.
the funeral ceremonies being under the
auspices Of Crockett lodge No 139. F.
and A NJ
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-26
MIrKMAN rs BANkRupr

Charles Roeder. milkman of Elk, in
Mendocino county, filed a voluntary pc
tition in bankruptcy yesterday in the
United States district court. He sched-
slec his liabilities at 1850 and claimed
80 have no available assets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
AYHAWKER J0TS

II am SO unfortunate" the Law
renee Journal quotes a man as say
ing. that If a directoire gown was to
appear in town 1 would be sure to be
on the wrong side
The overwhelming victory of J. L.
Bristow, is all the more remarkable
when the fact is considered that most
ing the closing days Of the campaign,
says the Emporia Gazette.
Another evidence of the prosperity
of the farmers of the state of Kansas
is the fact that f1fty-six per cent of
the 2,100 students in the State Uni
versity come from the homes of Kan
sas farmers. -.-.
A Jewell City girl who recently took
an ocean trip is very poetic, and while
watching a beautiful sunset one even
ing she had her tender sensibilities
deeply wounded by hearing a flippant
man remark: Hear him siz when he
touches the water!"
A carload of whisky was hauled
through the yards in Atchison the 9TH
er day. 1t was marked "perishable, -
accompanied by hurry-up order.
This seems to explode the old fash
toned idea that age increases the val
ue of liquor, says the Champion.
1t is said that Albert T. Reid. the
cartoonist who thought he was run
ming for state printer and was unde-
ceived the other Tuesday, will ascer-
tain the names of the fellows who vot-
ed for him and send each one a crayon
picture entitled Gratitude" says the
Wichita Eagle. 81. f5t. 4..f.-r
The old story has been revived about
the Kansas man who answered the ad-
vertisement: "Send twelve stamps and
learn how to find the day of the month
without calendar" Twelve stamps
xxrAr ant nd hn ms i've
were: Find out the date of the day
before yesterday, and add two"
While an Abilene insurance agent
was working Manhattan recently a
woman thought he was burglar and
heaved a fiat iron at him, which had
the effect of knocking the aforesaid
agent down and out. Barney Sheridan
will doubtless contribute IS to the de-
Tense of the woman as he offered to do
in the case where the Winfield woman
took a shot at one of the house visit
ing breed of agents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
QUAKER MEDITATTONs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
No man can form an impartial
opinion Of himself.
Be polite, and people will think you
are leading up to a touch.
When a man is willing to admit that
he is in the wrong he is all right.
A man may sleep on his back and
still go to bed on an empty stomach.
There are better ways Of improving
ones time than by tinkering with a
watch.
The English girl may drop her his,
and if she is bashful she may also drop
her eyes.
You can't blame the rapids for run
ming so swiftly when SO many people
want to shoot them.
The fellow who Is always going
around with a chip on his shoulder is
a good bit Of a blockhead-
"Take care of the pennies" admon-
ished the Wise Guy. Yes, and the
dollars will take care of your heirs. -
added the Simple Mug.
Blobbs-"Why do you call her a
bareback performer? She's a
musician. not an eQuestrienne." Slobbs
She always wears such decollette
gowns when she p1ayU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
REAL INTENSIVE FARMING.

One way of making farm life as at
tractive as President Roosevelt, ana
everybody else for that matter, would
like to see 1t, of course. is through the
intensive method Of cultivating the soil
so that the farmers income may be
increased to a size making possible the
more liberal purchase of the comforts,
luxuries and pleasures of the world
which he has now in but meager
quantity IL he has at all. And IL one
would know of what results intensive
farming is capable he cannot do better
than study the market gardening that
is carried on in the vicinity of Paris,
an informing account of which is
fortuitously sent home by the Ameri-
can vice consul general there just at
the time when the presidents bucolic
pronunciamento has turned popular at
tention to such themes.
What would the ordinary American
farmer think of paying from ten to
twelve thousand dollars for two acre
garden with house, or hiring the same
for from four hundred to five hundred
dollars year, equipping it at an ex-
pense of about five thousand dollars,
and then getting from it an annual in
come of from three thousand to thirty
two hundred dollars? There isn't much
farming of that sort in America. But
within a radius of six miles Of the
Notifications Of Paris there are twelve
hundred truck gardens Of this class, in
which the intensive cultivation of
vegetables is carried to degree of
perfection that has probably not been
attained anywhere else in the world.
The foundation of the system is a con-
tinual mixing and compounding of the
top soil with the best manure, nicely
regulated in quantity to produce
steady warmth; the vegetables in win
ter and early spring are grown in glass
bell jars or glass hinge frames, and a
plentiful supply of water is provided
by petroleum motors for pumping.
These "jardins maraicheres' produce
vegetables to the annual value of six
teen hundred dollars and more per
acre. whereas the annual average
value of vegetables in the United
States per acre was by the last census
$500. And yet the climate here is in
some respects more favorable for such
farming than is that of France. In
deed, there is no reason why by using
the French methods vegetables cannot
be similarly grown throughout the
winter in the vicinity of the large
American cities. Capital would of
course be required for the installation
of such gardens, but a beginning could
be made on as small a scale as neces-
sary. In France the financing is large
ly taken care of by the Syndicate of
Market Gardeners which, though pri-
marily organized to facilitate the mar
keting of the rapid rotation of crops,
also makes advances of funds for the
extension of the very profitable bust
ness <.a'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
THE SQUARE MEAL.

Sir James Crichton-Browne, the
British reformer. whose platform in
cludes a plank in favor of good square
meals. is strongly Endorsed by the New
York Medical Journal. That paper
says it has always demurred in the
dogma which would screw a mans
consumption of good and toothsome
food down to the minimum required
to maintain his physical efficiency as
measured by calorics ana such like
abstract standards. Such teaching 1t
declares is repugnant to all but the
stingy, and it INDUCES in this bit of
sarcasm.
1T has recently become very COM
mon for men to remark, generally
over a generous repast. that undoubt-
edly we all eat too much. For the
| most part such a statement is purely
| academic, we suppose. for we have
| never observed that the heller was
strong enough in the preachers breast
to lead him to any striking curtar-
| ment of his own indulgence"
The element of time enters into the
| Judgment upon this important ques-
| ton and it will be the opinion of some
| that the Medical Journal is not as
careful as it might be in the choice of
words. The time when the generous
| liver has doubts about his generous
repast is not while he is at the table,
but after he has retired therefrom. 1t
is then that the philosophy Of modera-
ton presses upon him and that he de-
rives ideas from his discomfort which
vanish before the next meal.
But however that NAV be, the dis
| putes of the authorities are a boon to
everybody. Authority is given for
boiling; for thirty chews to the bite;
for a diet of breakfast foods; for fried
fresh pork in their stead; for an abso-
| lutte prohibition of meat: for the ex-
| clusion of certain kinds only vege>
! teraians are PARSED and are also CLASH
! fed as cranks -.
BY wise selection of his experts
the ingenious layman can get an in
| dorsement for any food that pIeases
him and any quantity. and ultimately
the question resolves itself into one or
individual judgment And perhaps 1t
| was bound to do so. whether opinions
were handed down or not, for men
find out what disagrees with them
| without going to the doctors. They
are apt to know themselves when they
are suffering from overeating, to have
a keener realization of the fact than
the constituted authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
THE IMPORTANCE OF FISH.

There will be timely interest in the
proceedings of the fourth Inter-
national Fishery congress which is
scheduled to assemble in Washington,
during the last week of September.
There is scarcity in many places where
fish were once plentiful, and the fu-
ture of the fish supply is not a matter
of national concern.
The programme for the congress an
nounces that it will deliberate on i'm
portant matters relating to fishing
and fish culture. and submit PROPOSE
tons for the benefit of the fisheries to
governments and to state. provincial
and local authorities" Advice Of this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News. ]

Money talks-and it also stops talk.
A fault of your own would probably
be a sin in others.
The bottom soon drops out of quick
ly made friendships.
Honesty pays in the end-put you
must be at the right end.
Have a way of your own-then Keep
out of other peoples way.
Many an upright man has failed to
score a downright success.
A good idea is one that can be car
ried out and exchanged for coin.
No, Alonzo, the rats women wear in
their hair are not caught in traps.
Life would be awful1y monotonous if
we didn't make an occasional enemy.
Never Judge a mans good or bad
qualities by what his relatives say
about him.
Nothing jolts small-minded man
like being forced to admit that he Is
IN the wrong.
Some people manage to beat his
satanic majesty about the bush by
lying with their mouths closed.
Any man could earn a living by
utilizing the time he wastes in trying
to convince the world that it owes him
one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18

where he had gone abruptly to com.
The idea Of Natalie. the self-center-
ed, hobnobbing with factory girls,
rather tickled his fancy.
Maggie was packing the summer mt
tings. Natalie was sitting In an open
window, swinging her trim feet and
laughing at Maggie's enthusiasm But
she had been helping, too, and her
sleeves were rolled UP. her eyes bright.
her checks flushed, as she turned to
meet Brainard.
Feminine intuition told Maggie that
this was the psychological moment for
her to pack up what few groceries wero
left In the storeroom. What happened
during her absence Is not necessary to
set forth here. but as she slipped back
to remind her patron that twilight was
falling and the car was waiting to take
them back to town. she heard Thomas
Witherspoon Brainard say contritely:
Can you ever forgive me for imag-
lining that you were a vain, selfish, use-
less sort OF doll, that could never un-
derstand or help a struggling physi-
clan? I don't deserve you. dearest-l
was thick-headed fool
Maggie went out on the porch and
sank upon the top step.
Does the man live who throws you
down. that can't be won back?" she
asked herself happily. For how could
Maggie know that the glorious Natalie
had won happiness through her humble
lf?-(Copyrighted. 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The average woman is vain because
she merely thinks she's pretty.
\ X --...
In an Incidence contest the man who
prize.
4
If person was only sure of staying
blind it would be all right for him to
marry blindly.
Pictures Of meadow scenes are far
from natural If they do not show a lot
of advertising signs.
= X
A judicious mixture Of work and play
is desirable but it's equally difficult to
accomplish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
A man hates everybody's dog but
his own.
You can become quite popular with
some people by letting them aione.
There seems to be no one so hard
to discourage as the person who can't
sing.
A stingy man may not be popular,
but we have noticed that he always
has money.
A love affair with her father is a
mighty good investment for a girl OF
the foolish age to make.
Give a woman a handkerchief and
rocking chair. and she will weep
over the troubles Of the whole world.
So far, all that the building of air.
ships has accomplished is to furnish
help for the work of Old Man Death.
People would have more confidence
in them If the successful airship of
today would get out Of the habit Of
being junk tomorrow.
The world remembers every detaii
of a woman's wrong long after it has
forgotten the name OF the man who
was equally guilty.
A woman guest praises the food.
and eats nothing; a man guest says
nothing, and eats a great deal. Which
kind of praise does the hostess PREFER
Times are not always hard, but q
man always needs money. for he II
compelled to buy his salvation Of =
preacher, his health Of a doctor, ana
his rights of a lawyer.
Nice. motherlv old women named
Margaret" and Maria" receive in
muzzled silence the news that the new
grandchild is to be named for them
as Marguerite or Marie"
A great deal can be done by a good
stiff blum. and not only people, bur
animals have a way Of blufilng When
a cat wants to work bluff, 1t humpa
up its back, so 1t will look big:
chicken turns its feathers wrong si0e
out; a dog barks: an elephant makes I
great noise, and a rattlesnake makee
a bluff by making noise with its tail.
A male child steps over the border
Of Lonesome Land before he il s. and
is in it. more or less, for the rest OF MS
days. but female child is never In
Lonesome Land in youth, and when =
death of a loved one sends her there
in later years. there are always a LOT
OF friends who stay with her TO cheer
her. But q man Il entirely alona -
Lonesome Land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-18
THE VILLAGE AYRs,sr,u

over the spreading chestnut tree
fne village airsmith floats
ne patches for a princely fee
Disabled aero-boats.
Long years ago his granddad nailed
The shoes on horses feet:
But, when the equine foot xanA failed
The son fixed autos fleet.
And when the auto craze gave way
ANA airshins ruled the roost.
Inc grandson, foxy in his day.
Just gave the shop boost.
he 1loated it far DER the town
where granddad went to church.
And now the income he drags down
Leaves granddad's in the mrch.
50 nigh above the chestnut tree,
Inc busy forge now flares:
The sm1th-ah! who SO CAV an he.
Or who with fewer cares?
These airship cogs and shafts and such
Cost muckle. muckle gold.
For each fad finds the fixer's torch
more shameless than Of old
Denver Republican.