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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
HARTMAN TO HAVE
GRAYS HARBOR LINE
Southern Pacific Buys Franchise
for Road From Aberdeen
to Tacoma
Branch to Be Built at Same
Time as Extension North
From Portland
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

TACOMA, July 12.-Harriman's rail-
road in this state, the Oregon and
Washington, has acquired the rights
and franchises at Aberdeen and Ho-
ouiam of the Grays Harbor and Puget
Sound railroad, which was organized
on Grays Harbor to build another line
from those cities to Tacoma.
While the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul road was negotiating for the
franchises granted to the Grays Har-
Dor company, representatives of the
Southern Pacific appeared at Aberdeen
and bought them for $4,000, making
payment with a New York draft. The
rights acquired included three surveys
to Tacoma, and one of these has been
definitely adopted.
Last week Chief Engineer Baldwin
of Harriman's sound extension made a
trade with the commissioners of Che
halls county whereby the railroad gets
long stretch of county road and is
to build a new county road in its place.
His object was to get a straight right
of way and water grade along the Che
halls river. Gaps in the right of way
between Tacoma and Aberdeen are be-
ing closed up by purchase. Baldwin
announced here that the Grays Harbor
branch would be built at the same time
as the extension from Portland to Ia
coma.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
FAREWELL SERMONS
BY DR.. VOSBURGH
Pastor of First Baptist Church
Will Leave for Annual
Vacation

OAKLAND, July 12.-Rev. Homer j.
Vosburgh took leave of his congrega-
tion at the First Baptist church today,
with two sermons, one at IL o'clock on
THE Neglected Factor in Education,
and in the evening the last of a series
on That Wife Of Yours" The evening
service was preceded by an organ re-
cital by Mrs. W. j. Cook, in which were
played the pilgrim Chorus" by Wag-
ner, a berceuse by Delbrick, gavotte In
by Handel, and the Slavic Cradle
Song of Nernda.
During the absence of DR.. Vosburgh
for six weeks at Inverness his pulpit
will be filed by prominent speakers,
including Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Dis
trict Attorney Brown, and President
c. NJ. HILL d. D., Of the Baptist Theo-
logical seminary.
At the First Methodist Episcopal
church the sermon this forenoon was
preached by Rev. G. L. Tufts Of the
International reform bureau. He is
campaigning in California on behalf OF
a Sunday rest law. His subject was
Jesus Is King Of California This
evening the assistant pastor, Rev. F. c.
Gale, preached on the parable of the
lost sheep. The Young mems league
occupied the choir in body. Solos
were sung by ]. P. Jones'
Rev. E. E. Baker in the pulpit of the
First Presbyterian church preached on
"The Two Sauls'' in the forenoon and
on The Quest After Happiness" in the
evening.
Rev. Thomas A. Boyer occupied his
pulpit at the First Christian church.
He preached on the Walls Thereof" in
the morning and in the evening on
Soldiers of the Cross"
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
UNREQUITED LOVE
LEADS TO MURDER
Austrian Breaks Into Room of
10 Year Old Girl and
Shoots Her to Death
Murderer Is Later Captured by
Posse and Threats of Lynch
ing Are Made

PORTLAND, Ore. July IA spe-
cial to the Oregonian from Oregon
City says that Math Jancigaj. the Aus
trian who shot Mary Schmreker TO
death at Oregon City last night, was
captured in the outskirts of the city
shortly after daybreak this morning
by the posse headed by Chief of Police
Burns.
About midnight last night the Aus
trian entered the room of Is year old
Mary Schmreker and shot the girl TO
death. Jancigaj then made his way
out the window and jumping to the
ground was confronted by John
Schmreker, the girls father. Schmreker
was unarmed and when shot at fled
into the house.
One of Schmrekers sons went to the
Jail and gave the alarm. and a posse
of every available citizen was organ
lied by Chief of Police Burns and pur-
suit taken up. In the meantime
Jancigaj secured a good start and was
headed southwark.
Jancigaj had previously boarded at
the Schmreker home and had become
enamored of the girl. Her father
ordered Jancigaj away from the place
and put stop to the love affair. This,
it is believed, enraged Jancigaj. and
that and disappointed love to have in
spired his act.
The town is in great excitement and
many threats of lynching are heard.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
HOTTEST DAY OF
YEAR IN NEW YORK
Although Thermometer Records
High Degree, Only Two
Deaths Occur
Warm Wave Extends to Other
Eastern Cities and Many
Persons Suffer

NEW YORK, July 12.-New York
was treated to the hottest day of the
year, the official thermometer reaching
9S.3 degrees, though the mercury
climbed several degrees higher in the
thermometers on the street level. Not
withstanding the excessive tempera-
lures, only two deaths from heat were
reported by the police, though there
were several prostrations.
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.-A1though
today was the hottest and most oppreS-
sive Of the present year in this city, no
deaths from the heat had been reported
up to o'clock tonight. The govern
ment Thermometer on top of the post
office building at 3 o'clock this after
noon recorded 97.1 degrees.
BOSTON, July 12.-One death and
half dozen prostrations marked an
other exceedingly hot day in Boston,
during which the temperature at the
weather bureau scared to 81. During
the hottest of the day the thermometer
at the Art museum in Copley square
recorded 10S degrees.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-This was
the hottest day of the year in Washing
ton The weather bureau thermometer
registered SO degrees, and the temper
ature on the street reached 104 degrees.
storm later in the afternoon brought
relief and lowered the temperature p
degrees.
DETROIT, Mich. July 12.-One man
died from heat prostratfon here today
and three boys were drowned while
bathing. The maximum temperature re-
corded was "a degrees. Intense heat
prevailed throughout the state. Thou
sands of persons sought relief on the
rivers and lakes, and a half dozen
drownings are reported as the result of
the capsizing of boats or sunstroke.
ST. LOUIS, July 12.-One man is
dead and another is at the hospital in
a critical condition as a result of the
heat of today. The thermometer reg
istered 81 degrees.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
FAMOUS GRAY,s Inn

project is afoot for founding a
Socldl cIuD among the residents in
gray Inn 1t is long, Of course, since
lne oarristers migrated for profess
sIohdI purposes to neighborhoods in
cloSer proximity to the law courts The
oHceS or solicitors and architects have
70 large extent taken the place OF
their Chambers" But. besides these
considerable resident population has
grown up upon the premises, though
outside the ancient organization of the
Inn nm Inc bulk OF the resident popula-
Ion is naturally composed OF bachelors.
1oQng lawyers, journalists and archi-
tectS aoound-an eminently "clubable"
Dody with all the elements OF socia-
olllty- An attempt 10 give these hoat-
ing units a common center and meeting
Piace should receive a warm welcome
Inc charm OF Gray's Inn society Is not
thing OF yesterday or the day before.
An alIuston made so long ago as 1921
10 the good company of it's inhabitants
Is preserved in the letters OF James
Howel. young Welshman, at that
time travelling abroad, who had many
friends at the Inns of Court Writing
from Venice to one of these, Richard
Altham. at Gray's Inn. he says:
1 would had you here with q Wish
and you would not desire in hast to be
at Grays Inn, though I hold your
Walks to be the pleasantest place
about London; and that you have there
The pleasant walks. alas retain but
a shadow Of their ancient glory; but
the club project, il successful, would
go FAR to perpetuate the good fellow
ship for which the Inn has so long
been ramouS--Westmin Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
Birdcage Beds of Bagdad

Foreign bedsteads made their ap-
pearance in Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey,
some eighty years ago, when British
merchants first came to enter into the
commerce of those regions. AT that
time the beds were not introduced to
be sold, but were brought by these pio-
neer traders to add to their own COM
forts, of which Bagdad could, at that
time, offer but few. The only bed then
known to the natives was a queer rec
tangular structure, which continues to
be largely used. 1t resembles bird
cage with the top off. and is very
cheap-being built of the dry branches
of the date palm. 1t has an open
ing on one side, into which a person
seats himself. then throwing the feet
up he turns until the body is inside.
1t is estimated that 20 per cent of
Bagdad's population. which is believed
to be 10000. employs this style OF
furniture Other bedsteads in vogue
are coarsely built of wood; they are
called "takets," and are used by the
better class; they range in price from
$3.50 to 81. A large taket. sometimes
measuring as much as 10 feet square,
is found in the houses of some of the
leading families of Bagdad. They are
usually heirlooms, built OF expensive
lumber, and in most instances elab-
orateIy carved.
About 60 per cent OF Bagdad's popu-
latiop, the poor people, possesses no
beds These rest on blankets spread
on the floors of their houses in the
winter and on the roofs in the summer.
Owing to the excessive heat of these
regions in summer sleep is made i'm
possible elsewhere than on the roof
or In the open gardens. 1t is an in
teresting sight to see the women
emerge at sunset to prepare the even
ing meal on the roof, and spread the
bedding for the night. Inasmuch as
the climate is dry. there is little to
fear from exposure to the night air.
While a considerable number Of the
roofs are surrounded by lattice work
to insure a certain amount of privacy,
by far the larger number are exposed
to the gaze of the curious and in
uuisitfve neighbors
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
DECLARES BETTING
LEADS TO CRIME
Rev. E. R. Ollie Deplores "Cank-
er of Thievery" He Sees in
Commercial Life

A sermon on the text. Thou shalt
not steal.'' was delivered last evening
by Rev. E. r. Ollie at his church, the
Central Methodist Episcopal, on O'Far-
rell street near Franklin.
I'm this age" said DIR. Ollie, men
seem to think that it is the amount
which one gets away with that counts,
but the man who steals ten cents or a
streetcar ride is as much thief as
the man who robs bank. 1t is the
principle of living we have lost sight
of, though 1 do not believe the world is
growing worse. 1 believe it to be
growing better. 1t is largely because
young men are not trusted that they
violate the trusts placed in their charge.
Why is the bell punch of a streetcar
conductor used? Because the men who
employ him have no confidence in his
honesty. When man is obliged to
wear machine punch dangling around
his neck, it is small wonder he goes
wrong.
The canker, of thievery is rife in our
commercial circles. And why? Be-
cause of the fierce competition that
prevents a man-so 1 am told-from
conducting his business on the princi-
pie of the golden rule--because to
succeed he is forced to conduct it on
the same principles as that of his
neighbor In which there is no room for
any rule save that of get ahead of the
other fellow.
The liveliest disgrace the state owns
just now is that of Emeryville and
Ingleside. These are the places that
make thieves, defaulters, roysterers and
drunkards of young men. Betting is
the soul Of the race track gambler, and
a keen desire to get something for
nothing is the soul of betting. The
trail of the serpent is over all the
thousand gambling devices, which be-
gin with the slot machines. which am
proud to see our splendid chief of police
is after. The city council or law can
not touch Emeryville. 1t can be reached
only by state law, and it is up to you
as men and citizens to let your vote
be such that the race track shall be
banished forever. The gambler wins a
curse with his gains, and that curse
must not spread"
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
How Indian Lac Is Obtained

The imperial forest Zoologist of In
dia has written an interesting mono
graph on lac, from which lac dye and
shellac are made, describing what the
substance is and how ii is obtained.
Lac is a resinous incrustation excreted
by a scale insect known as Tachardia
lacca. The mouth parts of this insect
consist of a beak or sucking apparatus
combined with a pointed lancet. With
this latter the scale pierces the bark of
the twig of the tree and then inserts
the sucking tube and draws up the
sap. The insect may be likened to an
animated siphon, since the sap con-
tinually sucked up through the beak
is. after modification and absorption
of some of its products, given out as
an eXcretion at the anal end of the
body.
This excretion solidifes on contact
with the air, and thus there is gradu-
ally formed around the body a scale
or cell" popularity known as lac. Were
only a single insect present on a branch
the scale would appear as a circular
dome shaped. reddish excrescence on
the surface of the bark. Owing, how
ever, to the production by the female
of very large number of eggs Gas many
as 10000 and the habit of the insects
which. indeed, is common TO many of
the family, OF living and feeding gre
gariously, closely packed together on
one twig, the scales of cells coalesce
during their formation and result in
the production of a continuous incrus-
tation on the twigs, which on collec-
ton forms the article of commerce
known as stick lac.
From this stick lac the product known
as ''shellac', is manufactured. There
is a second substance obtainable from
the scales and known to commerce as
LAC dye" for which formerly there
was a considerable demand-a demand
which, owing to the Introduction of
synthetic dyes. has practically disap-
peared. This product consists for the
most part of the material from which
the eggs are developed in the body of
the female insect. There is still a
small export of this lac dye from India,
but the total value for the whole of
India is extremely small.
The cultivation and collection of the
lac was. and practically still is, chiefly
in the hands OF the aboriginal races of
the poorer parts of the country, and
the methods of propagation and collec-
ton still in force are those which
we're in existence centuries ago.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
STARVING CHILDREN
FED AND CLOTHED
Pitiful Story of Woman Who
Sought Death Brings Aid
to Little Ones
Many Donations Received by
Suffering Family, and
Mother Will Recover

OAKLAND, July 12.-MOved by tha
pltlIul story of Mrs. Helen Welch, a
WIDOW, who attempted suicide yester-
day because her large family OF small
cnlIdren was starving. private citizens
nave come to her aid. and all day cloth
ing and food were left at the humble
nome at us Chester street for the des-
ttute little ones.
The mother has been taken to the
county in1rmary near San Leandro,
where medical treatment was adminis-
tered The woman raved for her little
ones until the infirmary attendants in
formed her that good food and warm
cIothlng had been provided for them.
The eldest daughter received the
1000 and clothing which the public do
mated and cared for the younger chill
dren.
All day telephone calls were received
at the receiving hospital from people
who said they had read the account in
The Call of the womans struggle to
support her children. The callers were
directed to the squalid home and food
was carried or sent there. The Asso-
Grated Charities is making an investfRa-
tlon OF the circumstances of the Welch
family and the children will be cared
Tor by their agents. Mrs. Welcn will
recover.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
KERN BEGINS CAMPAIGN
Advises Hearers to Study Plat
forms and Vote Wisely

PHILLIPSBURG, Kan, July ~
John ". Kern, nominee for the vice
presidency on the democratic ticket,
fired his opening gun in the campaign
Of 1908 at this place today. Kern is
on his way TO Lincoln, where tomorrow
ne viii hold a conference with Bryan.
Kern said he did not deem IL appro-
pirate to make q political speech on
Sunday, but advised his hearers to
read the platforms Of the two parties
carefully and intelligently and then to
cast intelligent votes.
Kern also said IL was not his pur-
pose TO make any extended campaign
tour, but that he would between now
and November deliver speeches in
places where It was thought his pres
ence might be most needed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
FOUR KILLED IN
LAUNCH EXPLOSION
Two Survivors Picked Up After
Having Been II Hours
in Water

MARION, Mass! July 12.-Four prom
inent summer residents of this town
and Falmouth met death through an
here last night. Two survivors were
picked up today after having been in
the water for IL hours.
The dead:
ROLAND WORTHINGTON, Boston.
JOHN T. TRULL, Woburn.
JOSEPH S. BEAL. Milton.
GEORGE SAVORY, Marblehead, cap
tain of the launch.
The saved:
A. P. Tarbell. Marblehead.
Edward Pecker, Boston.
Pecker, who was clinging to an oar,
and Tarbell, who was supported by a
life preserver, were able to swim and
they remained together until picked up
by a lobster fisherman going out in the
early morning to haul his pots His
boat was seen by the two struggling
men in the water long before the fish
erman could make them out.
Neither of the survivors was able to
give the cause of the explosion. Tar
bell said that the boat started out from
Marion on short pleasure trip and was
Well out in the middle of Buzzard's bay
when the explosion occurred Savory,
the engineer, was suddenly blown into
the air and was probably dead when
he struck the water. The boat caught
fire Immediately and Tarbell called to
his comrades to leap overheard. He
strapped a life preserver about himself
before he jumped, and Pecker, who is
connected with the Boston bankins
firm of Rollins & Sons, seized an oar
and followed So far as they knew
none of the others in the party jumped
Either they could not swim and pre-
ferred to cling to the disabled launch
until help came or they were stunned
by the explosion.
Gradually the launch drifted further
out to sea and Pecker and Tarbell were
forced to give up hope of aiding their
comrades.
AS soon as news of the disaster
reached here nearly every summer res
ident and fisherman who owned a Yacht
or launch at once went out in the bav
to search for some trace of the boat or
its occupants. but the search proved
fruitless. The launch undoubtedly sank
with all on board.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
PROH|BITIONISTS
EXPECT TO FIGHT
Convention at Columbus, o.,
Will Name Candidate for
the Presidency
FRED +. Wheeler of Los Angeles
Viii Have Opponents for
Head of Ticket

COLUMBUS, O., July 12-DeIegates
are arriving here today for the pro-
hibition national convention, which will
be held next Wednesday and Thursday,
and for the state convention. which
VIII open tomorrow.
Beginning tomorrow night there will
be mass meetings every night at Me-
mortal hall, addressed by leading tenn
perance orators. Four former candi-
dates for president will be heard
eonesday night-former Governor J.
r St John of Kansas. Joshua Lever
ing Of Maryland, John G. Wooley of
chicaSo and DR.. Silas c. Swallow of
-'eansylvania.
Zee national executive and general
committees viii meet Tuesday, at which
llme temporary officers will be chosen
subject 10 ratification by the conven-
non for temporary chairman. There
are IN consideration President Samuel
Dickie Of Albion college, Michigan;
Robert H Patton, Springfield, Ill;
colonel Frank Sibley Of Arizona, and
Homer l. Castle OF Pennsylvania.
indications now point TO an open
night for the nomination for president
There is on foot a movement among
some Of the leaders Of the party to
place southern democrat and a north
ern republican on the ticket, and Sea-
born Wright OF Georgia and Judge
Samuel B. Artman of Indiana were ap-
preached on the subject. but it is said
by National Chairman Charles r. Jones
OF Chicago that assurances have no;
been received from either that a nomi-
nation would be accepted.
Among the candidates for president
who have been prominently mentioned
are; Fred i. Wheeler Los Angeles
Daniel P Sheen, Peoria, Ill; Joseph
P Tracey. Detroit; Rev. W. P Palmer.
editor St. Louis Christian Advocate;
Alfred L. Mannierre New York, and
DR. J. B. Cranfu OF Dallas. Tex, a
former candidate for vice president.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
EVANGELIST TO MARRY
S. j. T. Williams breaches on
Winning Souls

Evangelist S. ]. T. Williams occupied
the pulpit at Grace Methodist Episcopal
church yesterday morning and preached
on the text, He that winneth souls. y
His experiences in rescue work in New
York were described and many touch
ing incidents of individual reform and
repentance were related
Williams is head of the city rescue
mission in Jessie street and Is to be
married to Miss Helen Philippi of Los
Angeles August l. The marriage will
take place at the mission and will come
as a surprise to those in the habit of
attending the nightly meetings. The
evangelist's wife will assist in tie
work of the mission by furnishing the
music required and by addressing the
gatherings If necessary. Yesterday was
the first time that Evangelist Williams.
although we'll known, had filed one of
the city pulpits. On July 26 he will
speak on a similar topic at Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church, Page and
Webster streets. Williams is Ken
tuckian and came here from New York.
where he had been stationed for three
years
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
RECLAMATION ENGINEER
HERE TO INSPECT WORK
Uncle Sam Sends Morris Bien
to Look Over Vast Tracts
of Land

Morris Bien, superintendent engineer
of the land and legal department of the
reclamation service. arrived last night
on his way to Nevada, where he will in
spect the reclamation work that has
been going on. The field of his investi-
cation covers Idaho Washington, Ore
gon and California.
There are about 1900 civil service
employees in the service" Bien said last
night, and about 1000 laborers. Work
on the klamath reclamation project is
progressing rapidly and of the 2O0.0 900
acres TO be reclaimed $4,000 acres have
already been developed. A plan is now
on foot to construct a reservoir on the
klamath project. Bids are now being
received on the Orland reclamation pro-
ject. There are about 10000 acres in
the tract"
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
MURDERED GIRLS BODY
FOUND IN WATER POOL
GrewsOme Mystery Crops Up in
a Small Town Near
Trov, N. Y.

TROY. n. Y, July 12.-What was
evidently a deliberate murder and an
attempt to conceal the identity of the
victim has developed in the finding Of
the body OF a young woman in Teals-
mort. a few miles east of this city.
of Hazel L Drew of this city.
Miss Drew was 19 years OF age and
had been missing since last Monday.
The police have no cleW as yet TO fol-
low Her skull was fractured and the
body had been in the water several
davs when found yesterday
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
HONDURAS GOVERNMENT
RECAPTURE GRACIAS
Three Hundred RevoIutionists
Abandon Town and ES-
cape to Salvador

TEGUCIGALPA, July 12.-Govern-
ment troops advanced upon the town
Of Grscias today. which had been in
the hands Of the revolutionists for the
past week. The revolutionists. who
numbered about 500. thereupon aban-
doned the town and made their escape
in the direction OF the frontier, crossing
over into Salvador.
ALANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 13.-Ad-
vices received here state that the Hon
duras revolutionists have abandoned the
town of Gracias, which they recently
captured, and have fed into Salvador.