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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
MURDERER is LOCATED
IN INSANE ASYLUM
j. Lynn Otis, Accused of Crimes
at Long Beach, Found at
Dundee. n, Y.

LONG BEACH, Dec. S.-Local police
officials have received word that j.
Lynn Otis, suspected of the murder OF
Z. L. Bouman, who was shot and killed
by a highwayman on the night of Oc-
tober "a is an inmate OF an asylum at
Dundee, n. y. and have written the au-
thorities there, asking them to try TO
get a statement from him.
Otis is said to have disappeared from
Long Beach about the time of the muir
der. and an investigation of his room
disclosed large amount of property
taken from Long Beach residents, as
well as a complete burglars outfit.
Loot was. also found in Otis trunk,
seized a Colorado Springs, 1t is said
According to the report Otis was ar
rested at Ogden for insanity and taken
to the asylum at Dundee.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
GRAND NEPHEW OF LEO XIII WEEDS

CHICAGO. Dec. S.-Miss Ruth Lam
son, daughter of S. W. Lamson, a
wealthy member of the board of trade
was married tonight in the Holy
Angels church to Count Giovanni Car
delli of Italy, grand nephew of the
late Pope Leo XIII. The bridegroom is
a representative of Cleveland iron
and steel firm. and said to have large
interests in the steel industry in the
United States.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
BOY SURVIVES LOSS OF
OUNCE OF BRAIN MATTER
Lad Shot in Head Receivers
From Effects and Now
Attends School

SEATTLE, Dec. Sin spite of the
fact that he has lost approximately an
ounce of brain matter and has the frag-
ments of 80 caliber bullet and the
shattered remains of a bone in the most
10 year old Ralph Tanner of North
Bend Wash, is attending school and is
declared by the surgeon who performed
the operation to be quite normal The
accident occurred near North Bend nine
days ago and the boy was discharged
from the hospital and pronounced
cured. The boy was shot while hunt
ing.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
Expert Kytl<a Declares New Letter Sufficient
to Convict Alleged Slayer of Boas

route and brother. c. C. Wilson,
lives at 1886 North Twenty-third
street.
The inquest on the remains of Henry
Boas will, according to Coroner T. B.
W. Leland. be held on next Tuesday,
December Is. at 10 o'clock in the MORN
ing. The inquest would have been
held earlier than this date, but that
the police department asked for an
extension of time. as they have not
completed their investigation.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
Colonel Gier III

Colonel Theodore Gier of Oakland.
member Of Governor Gillett's staff. has
been under the attendance of a ply
siclan for the last two days, but was
able to appear in the streets for an
hour yesterday afternoon for the first
time since he ate Of the refreshments
served at Vallejo.
Another of the spectators. w d.
Spencer Of FruitvaIe, is seriously i'll in
his home and is being attended by
physician. His condition yesterday
morning was serious.
A triple case Of illness was disclosed
in the home Of ". Z. Rohedro and wife
Of 1928 Colby street and their next
door neighbor. Mrs. Albert Gersche
The three attended the launching to-
gether. and all ate Of the refreshments
which were served. All were Slightly
affected Tuesday night. and yesterday
morning Rohedro and Mrs. Gersche
were in a precariOus condition Ply
sicians were summoned and both were
pronounced out Of danger by night
Mrs. Rohedro was less seriously af-
fected
Whether or not ptomaine poisoning
directly caused the sudden death Of
William Ashe who expired Sunday
evening al the Hotel St. Mark, is con-
sidered problematical by his physician.
Dr. A. s Kelly. Ashe suffered with a
chronic heart disease. He attended the
launching and is said to have exerted
himself by carrying suitcases-
Definite action viii be taken in Val
lejo Wednesday evening, when COM
mittees from the labor council, the
chamber of commerce and the mer-
chants association Of the city viii meet
10 make a complete investigation II
they find warrant for 1t prosecution
may be begun.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
COUNTERFEIT BILL DISCOVERED

WASHINGTON. Dec. S.=A dangerous
counterfeit So silver certificate Indian
head, has been discovered. II is said to
be particularly deceptive by reason of
the fact that it is printed on genuine
paper, which has been obtained by
bleaching a note of smaller denomina-
tion. probably a 81 bill In bleaching
the note the blue fiber has been changed
10 purple and the red has been some
what lightened.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
The California Promotion Committee

The California Promotion COMMITTEES
(The State Central Organization. organized in
19O2-An association for the commercial and
Industrial Development Of California;
PROMOTION: The act Of promoting. advance
ment encouragement. Century Dictionary
The committee has Tor its object the PRO
NOTING Of Cslifornia's interests 1t has moth
ing to sell. 1t fosters all things tending to the
ADVANCEMENT Of California IL Is author
ity on all matters relating to California. IL EN-
COURAGES the establishment OF industries
and fosters those already established IL invitet
desirable immigration It presents the Oppor
professional activity. IL is supported BY popular
subscriptions and makes charge for any
service rendered 1t has affiliated with II 200
commercial organizations OF the state. with
combined membership OF more than $4,000.
Meetings Of representatives Of these -organizs-
tions are held semiannuaily in different parts OF
the state where matters 0f California interest
are discussed Headquarters OF the committee
are maintained in California building Cnlon
square. san Francisco. CORRESPONDENTS IN
VITED.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
Continued from Page 4

! DO, I don't have the time to seek
the information that I ask Of you.
Hoping that 1 do not ask too
much of your valuable time, and
hoping for an early reply, 1 remain
yours respectfully,
WALTER WILSON
1857 Mission street, care CAIN.
Niekelshurg & Co"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
MRs LoNGsTREET is posTMA sTER

WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-The senate
today confirmed the nomination of
Helen ID. Longstreet, widow of the con-
federate general. as postmaster at
sGainesville Ga.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09

VOTE FOR DEATH PENALTY
PARIS, Dec S.-The chamber of
deputies today, by a vote of 800 to 2O1.
voted in favor of continuing the death
penaltv in France.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
Cook Is Arrested

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-A new indict-
ment having been found against Henry
E. b. Cook. who was arrested July last
at Baker City, Or, on a charge of COM
pllcity in a land fraud scheme. alleged
to have been operated through the
mails by the Oregon ranching and tim
Der company of this city, Cook was
arrested here today by United States
marshal He was arraigned and re-
leased on $4,000 bonds, which he gave
when he was brought here from Ore
gon in August.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09

NIGHT RIDERS NDIcTED-Union city.
Tenn Dec. Slight indictments charging j
nemhers Of the night riders hand OF Reelfoot
axe with murder in the first degree were re-
alrued by the grand jury late today.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09

DO You Want $5.Oo.
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page 13.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
THRONGS SICK
FROM LUNCHEON
AT NAVY YARD
Tainted Beef and DecOmpOsed
Ham Served TO Crowds at
Launching
Caterer Blamed and Inyestiga-
ton May Bring Criminal
Proceedings
Prominent People Throughout
Bay Cities Among Victims
of PtOmaines

Of the oliver family. Miss Katherine
c. oliver and Miss Nora c. oliver, who
are the daughters Of B. F. Oliver. who
was foreman Of the grand jury which
indicted Ruef and Schmitz. and Miss
Turner were guests Of Mare island
navy yard Official at the launching Of
the collier Saturday.
Shortly after the Prometheus was
christened and glided from the ways
into the water the young women were
escorted TO the luncheon tables. Miss
Nora oliver ate but sparingly of the
repast, and she was not made ILL., Her
sister Katherine and Miss Turner said
yesterday that they also ate sparingly
each being served with plate Of salad
and meat sandwich.
The two young women felt no i'll ef
fects until Saturday evening, when they
were both taken with nausea spells and
severe pains. The symptoms of ptomanie
poison developed quickly, and Miss Oil
Yer and Miss Turner were compelled to
take to their beds They were both
resting comfortably yesterday, although
neither had fully recovered from the
full effects Of their illness.
BerkeIeyans Victims
Nearly all of the party of Berkeley
ans who attended the launching have
been taken i'll Owing to the prompt
ness in securing medical attention none
OF the Berkeley victims are in danger.
Among the Berkeleyans taken i'll were:
Mayor Francis Ferrier. Friend William
Richardson. editor and proprietor of
the Berkeley Daily Gazette; Judge
William H. Waste; Miss Frances and
Elizabeth Ferrier. daughters Of the
mayor; Frank Jackman and Mrs. Jack
fnan. Miss Ruth Jackman, Paul Rich
1rdsOn. Miss Elvira Mercer, Mrs. z. A
Porter, Miss Lola Hall. William Waste
r., E. B. Norton, James Kashlein, Mrs.
.5lice Mitchell and Mrs Stearns.
All except Friend William Richard
son and Miss Frances Ferrier are out
Of danger, although they still suffer
from the effects OF the poisoning.
Unlike poisoning by ptomaines a
number Of the Berkeleyan victims have
been afflicted with results similar to
rheumatism. The joints and muscles
are sore.
This feature Of the poisoning has
been noted BY the physicians and
number Of investieR are being
made as 10 what poison viii produce
this effect
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
LENIENCY FOR sCHNEIDER

counsel asked leniency for Schneider.
saving that as an employe he acted
under orders and did not participate In
the prof1ts. The court in its sentence
pointed out that Hyde was man of
considerable wealth. of more than
Ordinary business ability. of high
standing, holding various Offices of
trust, prominent politically and social
ly, and looked upon in many respects
as leader"
The evil example set" declared
Judge Stafford, was all the more potent
and pernicious by reason of high posi-
ton"
Hyde was given the extreme penalty
as the master spirit in the illegal enter
prise, while Schneider the court de-
scribed as a man of foreign birth,
limited education, comparatively mar
row intellect, led on to the unlawful
work by his arnnIaver"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09

These makers are too well
known to need further COM
ment-we have your size.
color and style
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
HYDE IS GIVEN
EXTREME PENALTY
Fined $4,000 and Sentenced to
Two Years in Penitentiary
for Land Frauds
Schneider, Convicted Employe,
Escapes With Lighter
Punishment

WASHINGTON. Dec. s.-Frederick A.
Hyde of San Francisco, recently con-
Vlcted of conspiracy to defraud the
United States of large tracts of land
In oregon and Washington. was to-
day sentenced in the district criminal
court to pay a fine of $4,000 and to
serve two years in the penitentiary at
Moundsville, W Va. the maximum PEN
altv under the law
Joost H. Schneider of Tucson. Ariz..
an employe of Hyde. and convicted
with him. was fined $1,000 and SEN
fenced to one year and two months
in the penitentiary.
both took appeals to the district
court of appeals. Hyde was released
on $4,000 bail and Schneider on $40. 600.
Inc prosecution of Hyde and Schnei-
der. together with John A. Benson and
Henry 2. Dimond, who were acquitted.
following the investigation of alleged
wholesale irregularities in public land
deals In the west. cost the government
100000 and the trial occupied three
months
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
Conviction Is Predicted

SYt AilsslOd
Nickelsburg & Co"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-15

carry far" But the term is by no
means descriptive, for it would take
a rccordbreaking polysyllable of Ger
man extraction to do justice TO these
marvellous little machines.
Their use being confined almost en-
tirely to the yards and shops OF great
manufacturing plants, or to places
where raw material such as coal, sand,
stone, etc, is unloaded and handled,
they are unfamiliar to most people
not identified with such works and OPP
erations. But in the few places where
their installation brings them before
the public they arouse very great in
terest.
The motors haul train and each of
the cars is furnished with an electric
hosting appliance, by means of which
it may be lowered from the telpher
line to the ground. Then il may be
Instantly disconnected and run upon
its own wheels as a shop truck to any
distant portion of the floor.
A little consideration will now show
the feXibility CT this system. Raw
material can be unloaded from the rail-
road cars directly upon the telpher
cars. These can be instantly elevated
to the second or third stories of the
railroad storehouse and then run on
their own little wheels TO any portion
of that floor, the freight unloaded and
stored, or they can be run along the
telpher line directly to the mills across
the river and there lowered to any floor
Of either of the buildings and the ma.
terial deposited at the point required
for manufacture. In like manner
finished material is taken from any
point in the mills and transported to
he railroad storehouse for shipment
august Technical World.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-15
Country Deals Death to City.

Private interests working Ell masse
to deprive the public OF its health con-
stitute one Of the most evil spectacles
Of modern civilization.
Always and everywhere present are
the private influences which work
againts the public health" says Sam
uel Hopkins Adams in the July Me
Curc's, individuals and corporations
owning foul tenements or lodging
houses resent, by all the evasions in
herent in our legal system every en-
deavor to eliminate the perilous con-
ditions from which they take their
profit For the presious right to dump
refuse into streams and lakes, sundry
factories, foundries, slaughter houses
glue wrks. and other necessary but UNI
sovory industries send delegations to
the legislature and oppose the creation
of any body having authority to abate
the nuisances.
"Purveyors of bad milk decline TO
clean up their diaries until the out
break of some disease which they have
been distributing by the can brings
down the authorities upon them. Could
the general public but know how often
minor oecesses of scarlet fever, diph-
iberia, and typhoid follow the lines of
a specific milk route, there would be a
tremendous and universal impetus to
the needed work Of inspection. In this
respect the country is the enemy Of the
city; the country, which, with its own
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-15
FINDS RAINBOW
STOCKINGS UNFAIR
Glenn Explains That His Bill Against
Certain Apparel is to Pro-
tect Men.

Atlanta, July 15.-Representative
Glenn, who is backing the measure be-
fore the Georgia legislature "To pro-
tect men from the wiles and blandish.
ments of women" says what he saw re.
Gently of the arts OF women at sum
mer resort and what he sees daily of
their wiles in dress on the streets Of
Atlanta conyinces him his bill ought to
pass.
Il am a married man myself" said
Col Glenn, "but when / was sweet
hearting there were no such tricks in
feminine apparel as at present. With
open work waists and stockings, sheath
gowns and other such things in use by
women what show has man to keep
his head?
"These devices are utterly unfair to
the men. Too often the man learns
when married that he was caught by
devices of apparel, and that the real
woman is nothing like what she APP
peared to be at the summer resort or
on the city streets, My bill seeks only
to penalize the woman who has tricked
man into matrimony by such devices
that make her appear what she is not.
NO real woman ought to object to
the bill The measure intends that
she shall be sought on her merits. If
She cannot get husband without such
things, she ought not to have one. The
bill puts the real woman in evidence"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-15
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
In The Sweat Of The planets.


Civilization is not handmade. The
ciiff.dweller rose by clinging TO. the tail
Of a wolf Society became possible
with the spinning of the first water.
wheel. Modern Democracy is ma
chinee made product. Race progress de-
ponds on mechanical power.
The steam engine was the great en-
ancipator 1t doubled the productive
energy OF the human race; made serfs
Improbable; abolished the galleys;
stopped the treadmillsi drove the har.
per out of the kings palace and put
Caiuso on the marbletopped table Of
every cottage. II made each man his
own Columbus: sent stay-at-homes
around the world; started a universal
correspondence school in all the arts
and sciences.
Every advance in dynamics is a new
declaration Of independence With every
step forward the individual withers
and the world is more and more" The
power engineer is the poet and prohpet
Of the greatest good to the greatest
number He is an unconscious socialist.
lie decrced the eight-hour day and the
Saturday half holiday On the Pacific
coast he has harnessed the glaciers
which cover the high top of Mt. Rainier
and set them to running the street
cars in Seattle and Tacoma. Across
the prairies OF the middle west he has
stretched copper power wires. Tapping
these magic filaments, the farmer
straightens his bent back and sits
down to read Bernard Shaw while the
cream is churning.
Merely scratch the earth's surface
FOR a depth of 10000 feet and water
will turn instantly into steam. The
dream of the power engineer is the
-il Ting Of two pipes to that depth.
Once in place be viii drop high ex
plosivcs to the bottom of each and
discharge them simultaneously, until a
connection has been formed between
the bottom Of the pipes. Then into
the mouth Of one pipe he viii divert
a stream of water. At the bottom OF
This pipe the column of water will ex-
ert pressure Of, say 5000 pounds to
the square inch and the steam result.
ing from its contact with the super
heated rocks will Dramatically rise to
the top of the other pipe. Harness
this steam to turbines at the surface
and eyhaustless power will be--human
ly speaking forever available.
But the engineer Is not content with
planning to turn the earth itself into
. great power plant. lie has designs
on the rest of the solar system. The
music of the spheres shall keep time
with the rattle Of spindles. The sun
and moon are to be driven tandem
Man, he declares, shall eat bread in
the sweat of the planets.From Henry
NJ. Hyde's I'm the Sweat of the Plan
ets,' Technical World for August.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-15
FALLIERES TO
VISIT CAR
He Will Call on All Northern
MOnarchS
HE LEAVES DUNKIRK
July is With Escort Of warships-The
Car viii Visit the King
Of Italy at Rae
eonigi.
HE LEAVES DUNKIRK

Paris, July 15.--The official program.
OF President Fallieres' northern trip
has been completed as follows;
The president will sail from Dungirk
July is on board the French battleship
Verite, escorted by squadron consist
ing Of an armored cruiser and three
dcstroyers, for Copenhagen, where he
will arrive on July 20, An official re-
ception will be rendered him on landing
at Copenhagen and in the evening gala
court dinner will be given in his honor
followed by ball at the Yacht club
ia honor of the French naval officers
On July 81 President Falleres will take
luncheon with the king and queen Of
DENMARK at the French legation, and in
the evening will attend dinner and
court concert On July "a President
Fallcres will arrive at Stockholm,
Sweden, where he will be given an
official reception and in the evening q
gala court dinner will be given in his
honor. On July 25 dinner will be Civ
en- at the French legation to the king
and queen of Sweden. On July ~ the
French president will arrive at Reyal
to exchange visits with Emperor Nicl-
olas of Russia. The president dining
On board the Russian royal yacht Stan.
Dart. On July 20 the emperor will re-
turn President Falleres' visit and dine
on board the Nerite. On July 81, the
French president will arrive at Chris.
tina, Norway, and luncheon will he
given at the French legation in honor
of the king and queen of Norway on
Aug. 1, which will be followed in the
evening by reception given by the
French colony. On Aug. ?, the presi-
dent will leave Norway for France.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-15
"sToP DRINKING RIGHT NOW"
Carrie Nation Makes Trouble in City of
Chicago.

Chicago, July l5.-Revellers in the
Pompeiian room of the Auditorium An.
mex were given something trihe
stronger than highballs when broad,
elderly woman rushed in, and, waving
her arms towards the fashionably gown
ed women, shrieked; You woman have
no business here. The men that brought
you here ought to be in Jail"
1t was the irrepressible Carrie Nation.
The women dropped their summer
drinks and shrank from the Kansas ey-
clone.
stop this drinking right now yelled
Carrie, "or I'll break every table and
class in this place" She had her
hatchet in her hand and was waving
it threateningly. go home" said she
to woman in an open-work waist, and
put on some clothes. You are naked"
she was stopped at this point by
house detective and was led into the
street
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-15
wireless Message Received by Balloon.

A development is now in progress in
the adoption of wireless biography to
balloons. At first thought to be i'm
possible, save with captive balloons, on
account of the necessity Of a ground con
nection, wireless work from balloons was
demonstrated possibility without
doubt, when Major Edgar Russell of
the signal corps, equipped the big ser
vice balloon number 10 with wireless
receiving apparatus and, at heights
varying from one to five thousand feet,
succeeded in receiving, strongly, mes
sages Transmitted from Annapolis, Md,
at distance of twenty-five miles.
In this ascent, no attempt was made
to send any messages, The transmits
sion of wireless messages from ball
loon require certain special apparatus, fer
a reason most carefully considered by
those who are to 90 up. Wireless send
ing apparatus makes electrical sparks.
The spark gap itself produces spark
big enough and hot enough to ignite gas
without difficulty, and even the little
sparks III the make.and break and UNI
der the key will ignite either ilumina-
ton gas or hydrogen.
No one cares TO go up in balloon
with piece of apparatus so closely re-
sembing candle in powder maya
zine.
In the receiving test recently made,
Major Russell covered the outside of the
basket with a wire netting, which form.
ed the ground" of the system. A long
wire three hundred feet in length, de.
pended from the basket, bare. and insu.
lated from the netting This was the
"antenna" of The system, hanging down
in this case, instead of being up above,
as in terrestrial systems. OF course.
the locality of up 81 down makes no
point being to get the
antenna up above the earth.
This simple rig was properly connect.
I'd to detector, and the usual telephone
receivers. As has been stated, there was
no difficulty in picking up the Annapo-
is station some twenty-five miles away
World Magazine for Au.
gust.