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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
All WDo
Would Enjoy

good health, with its blessings, must un-
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of right living " tn all the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy
ment, of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright.
Then the use of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under or
dinary conditions in many instances a
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu-
able if taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it i.
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup OF
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co only, and for sale
BY al leading druggists
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
SCIENTISTS HONOR
PROFESSOR JORDAN
Elected President of COnven-
ton of American Association

BOSTON. Mass. Dec. 27.-Prof. David
starr Jordan of the Leland Stanford
university was today made president
Or the sixty first convention of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science. being held in this
CITY. Professor Jordan was introduced
hv Prof. T. c. Chamberlain. the re-
tiriBg president. In replying to the
address Of welcome Professor Jordan
said:
THE association. with its 5000 mem
bers. stands for an honest and earnest
oaort 10 extend the bounds Of scien-
tihc know edge. The people must be
educated TO know that science is the
basis of business"
He then announced that many scien-
fifc subjects vital TO every citizen Of
this country and. in fact, TO the world
would be taken up during the con-
VentiOn. His first act as president
was TO introduce President McLaurin
Of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. who paid a glowing tribute to
the work of the association.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
WILL REJECT BIDS
FOR PAVING DOCK
Harbor Commissioners Decide
Laying Concrete on Pier 9
Would Be Money Wasted

As a result of the discovery of de-
fective cylinders under pier 9 the har-
Dor commissioners Thursday will re-
ject all bids that may then be sub
mitted for the laying of an asphalt
pavement on this wharf. The pave-
ment laid when the wharf was built
was so thin that it had worn away and
it by something substantial When it
was discovered that the wharf sup
ports were in such doubtful condition
the board decided that it would be a
waste of money to lay an expensive
pavement on a structure of doubtful
stability.
In addition to rejecting these bids
the board will direct En- ngineer Barker
to strip the wooden cylinders from the
concrete columns under all the piers
north of the ferry depot.
IF they are concrete all the way
down. said President w. V. Stafford
yesterday, taking off the wooden
jacket will do no harm. If they are not
concrete the sooner we know it the
better
Not every cylinder will be stripped,
but a sufficient number under each pier
to get an idea as to the integrity of
the others. In addition to stripping off
the wooden Jackets to low water line
the services of a diver will be engaged
so that an examination of the columns
may be made at the base.
In every case whore defective CYL
inder is found two piles will be driven.
Around each of these piles will be built
a four inch jacket of reinforced con-
crete. In this way the board hopes TO
save the wharves.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
PINCHOT FIRES
RED HOT SHOT
AT INTERESTS
Chief Forester Says Service Is
Attacked for Defending
Rights of People
Declares Country Has Been
Victim of System of Plumber
by Big Corporations

NEW YORK. Dec. 27.-Ginord
Pinehot. chief forester OF the United
States, declared in speech here to-
day before number of prominent pub
fishers at the University club that spe-
.cisl interests had made repeated at
lacks on the United States forest serv-
ice and these attacks had increased in
violence just in proportion as the serv-
Ice had offered effective opposition to
predatory wealth.
Pinchot said in part:
The American people evidently have
made up their minds that our natural
resources must be conserved That is
lion For whose benefit shall they be
conserved d2-for the benefit of the
many of US or for the use and proht
Of tile few The great conflict now be
other question before us that begins
70 be SO important or that viii be so
ulincult TO Straddle. as the great QueS-
rlon between special interest and equal
opportunity. between the privileges of
The few and the rights OF the many
between governme by men for human
welfare and government by money for
pront, between the men who stand for
the Roosevelt policies and the men
who stand against them. This is the
essence Of the conservation problem
today
The people Of tho United States have
been the complacent victims Of sys-
tenn Of plunder often perpetrated by
men who would have been surprised
herond measure 10 be accused of
wrong doing. and many Of whom in
their private lives were model citizens
But they have suffered from a curious
moral perversion by which ii becomes
things which they would refuse with
the loftiest scorn 10 do for themselves
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
GESA
STICK TO YOUR DOcTORl
Good or Poor, He's Better Than Any
Old Patent Medicine

Hold fast to that which is good. is
the advice of DR.. Kobbe. the noted vivi-
sectlonist- If you have a doctor and
are improving under his care. or If you
are taking a treatment that is even
checking your disease. stick TO the doc
tor or the treatment and be skepticaL
But, If YOU have NANCY dog or
other animal and want TO be shown.
and new discovery like pOslam comes
along, try it on the dog before trying
II on yourself. 1t acts the same with
animals as il does with human beings
infants and adults-healinS over
night and quickly curing the worst
cases of any kind of skin disease Itch
Ing stops at once in any itching skin
disease. eczema, rash. -SCabies. split toes.
piles. Scaly scalp. crusted humors in
lnfants and the like.
Write TO the Owl Drug Co. San Fran
cisco, or the Emergency Laboratories.
S2 West Twenty fifth Street New York
city. and they viii send YOU free Of
charge, by mail. in plain wrapper.
enough poSlam to cure any ordinary
case of skin trouble, BARRIERS itch. itch
ing feet. blOtches, red noses. fnfiamma-
uons. etc. With this sample alone COM
plexIons are cleared over night and
p1mples banished from the face in two
days The Owl Drug Co. as we'll as all
good druggists everywhere, makes a
speciality of poslam.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
CLAIRVOYANT CONLIN Is
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE
"Dr. Astro" Fails to Appear in
Court; Bail Forfeited

Claude A. A. Conlin, alias Astro, for
mer handcuff king and sclairyoyant, has
shaken the dust of San Francisco from
his feet and left his codefendants,
Horace Harcourt and Stella Martell,
alias lyman, to face prosecution on the
charge Of grand larceny preferred
against them by Jasper O'Kelly of Coos
Bay. Kelly accuses them of stealing
from him coin and effects valued at
$1,O46.
" hen the cases were called yesterday
in Police Judge eShortalPs court Con-
lin was not present and the Judge de-
clared his ball of $1,000. cash forfeited,
and issued bench warrant for his ar
rest The cases of Harcourt and Miss
Martell, alias lyman, were continued
till January 5.
On the charge preferred against Con-
lin by Miss Leoncie Bernard, % Grand
street who accuses him of embezzling
$3.50 year ago last April, his bonds of
$500 were declared forfeited and a
bench warrant issued for his arrest. This
case was also continued till January 5.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
BIRMINGHAM CASE
DELAYED BY STATE
Prosecution 0verlooks Issuance
of Formal Complaint and
Asks Continuance

Despite statements to the contrary,
the friends of Joseph f. Birmingham,
manager of the silverware department
of Shreve & Co. and one of the stock
holders of the concern, who was ar
rested on a charge of grand larceny,
preferred by his employers, firmly be-
1ieye that the case against him will be
dropped, the belief arising to a large
extent from the attitude of the prose-
cution when the case was called in po-
lice court yesterday.
Birmingham appeared in Judge We'll
lers court and was represented by At
torney Hiram johnson. At the last mo-
ment it was discovered that there was
no complaint on file against him. At
torney Bernard P. Lapachet, who acted
as special prosecutor for ShreVe & Co.,
asked for a continuance till next
Thursday in order to remedy the de-
feet.
While birmingham friends are con-
ident that the charge will be allowed
TO pass without further prosecution,
Attorney Lapachet and George F..
Lewis, manager for Shreve & Co, were
emphatic in their declarations that the
case would go to trial
There is not the least foundation
for this belief said Lapachet 'and it
is strange that it should have arisen.
complaint charging Birmingham
with grand larceny will be filed before
the date set for trial and we will pro-
ceed with it. The specific accusation
will be the theft of the $3.50 of the
marked coin which was found in his
possession
The matter" said Lewis, has
passed out of our hands into those of
the district attorney. Whether the
charge will be dropped or not will rest
with the district attorney and his Off
cials When the time comes we viii
be ready to testify
Attorney Hiram w. Johnson, for the
defense, said
The case was continued because
there was no complaint filed. This,
the prosecuting attorney said, would
be done by Thursday and we made no
objection. We will be ready for trial
then and are preparing to meet the
charges and sincerely believe that
when the case does come up we will be
able to prove without the least doubt
in the world that Birmingham was not
guilty of any wrongful intent"
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
AUTHORITIES WATCH
SUSPECTED MURDERER
Believe Man Who Killed r. c.
Black Still in County
I Special Dispaioh 10 The Call

SAN RAFAEL. Dec. 27.-That the
man who murdered Robert c. Black at
Ross on November % is still in this
county and that the local authorities
are engaged in gathering sufficient
evidence to bring about his arrest and
conviction was the statement made by
Deputy Sheriff George Agnew here to-
day.
The man whom the authorities are
watching said Agnew, is a resident
Of this county. Suspicion has been di-
rected against him for some time, and
that is the reason why Sheriff Taylor
and District Attorney Boyd have put
aside all other clews and theories
which were advanced in the early
stages Of the investigation.
a big surprise is in store for the
public II the man suspected proves to
Be guilty Of the crime. He does not
know that he is being watched and
his arrest would be an easy matter"
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
SIGMA IOTA OMEGA
WILL STAGE FARCE
Organization of High School
Students to Present Play

The Sigma Iota Omega will present
a one act farce, Left in Charge. =
Thursday evening, December 80, in
Western Addition hall in Fillmore
street near Sacramento.
This is the first play to be given
by the society and is under the direc-
tfon of Miss Howard, a former pupil
of Madame Fabbri Muller
The Sigma Iota Omega is compos ed
of high school students and every high
school in the city is represented in
the organization
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
MULTICOLORED CONFETTI
BARRED BY CHIEF COOK
Takes Steps to Prevent Resell.
ing of Used Paper

There will be no rocks. dust and
cordwood. sparsely mixed with confetti
thrown at reyelers during the celebra-
tions about town New Years eve. if
Chief Cook has anything to do with
the matter.
The chief said yesterday that his
orders respecting the festivities would
incorporate the command that any per-
son using mixed confetti-confetti
composed of bits of multicolored paper
would be at once arrested. He
therefore warns merchants to sell only
confetti of one color.
If all the confetti is of one hue the
handfuls picked up from the side
walk, filed with dust and CRIME, can
be detected at once and the users ar
rested. 81
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
CARNEGIE SLIPS AND
PAINFULLY INJURIES KNEE
Unable to Be Present at Ban
quet to Governor Hughes

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Andrew Car
negie slipped on an icy spot when
walking around the reservoir in Cen
trial park today and suffered painful
injury to his left knee.
He was unable to be present at a
dinner at HIS home tonight. which he
gave to Governor Hughes, President
Butler Of Columbia university and
others.
He also was unable to attend meet
ing OF the American historical asso-
cation and the American economic as
sociation at Carnegie hall tonight
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
SLEIGHING AND SKATING
POPULAR AT YOSEMITE
Holly Contested Game of Ice
Hockey Won by Tourists
Especial Dispoioh 10 The Call

YOSEMITE Dec. 27.-with the mer-
~ tinkle Of sleigh bells and the fash
ing Of skates. Yosemite valley presents
an animated picture these wintry DAYS
as the visiting tourists plunge enthu-
siasticany into their favorite outdoor
sport.
Skating on the new electric lighted
pond until late at night or long sleigh
rides are most popular.
In a hotly contested game Of hockey
between tourists and local talent. the
tourists uncovered a couple of speedy
experts in Grenville Clark of New
York and DR.. J. L. Near Of Berkeley,
winning the game easily.
Levi Salter and Billie Nelson. local
stars. went into temporary eclipse, but
will bear watching.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
DR.. BLUE TO STUDY
] FILTRATION ABROAD
Surgeon Secures Leave to Com
duct Research Work in
London and Vienna
Considers That Europe Has
Made Greater Strides in
Sanitary Questions

DR.. Rupert Blue, who has achieved
improving the sanitation of San Fran
cisco. will leave Thursday for London
and the continent for the purpose of
taking up special studies in the Uni
versity of London and also in one of
the hospitals of Vienna Particular at
tention will be paid by Doctor Blue to
general sanitation and hItration but
he will also take clinical research
work in the hospitals with special ap-
plication to tuberculosis and typhoid
fever.
II have not had a leave of absence
night when seen at the st. Francis ho-
tel, and now 1 am going to take four
or five months in which to freshen UP
in my profession. l think a man
should go abroad occasionally to
brush up on work he has been COM
PEELED to neglect. Much of my time in
recent years has been taken up with
executive and administrative work
Doctor Blue has done notable service
as surgeon in the bureau of public
health and marine hospital service.
which comes under the jurisdiction of
the treasury department and has the
management of quarantine stations, the
execution of quarantine laws. the
treatment of sailors and the medical
inspection of immigrants.
During the last six or seven years
Doctor Blue has given most of his time
to sanitary work in the field in New
Orleans, Jamestown and San Francis
co. 1t was in 1908 and 1904 that Doc
tor Blue so improved the sanitation of
Chinatown in this city as to succeed
in eradicating contag gious diseases
which were being bred by the insani-
tary conditions of the district. After
the fire some of these diseases reap
peared and Doctor Blue was reas-
signed to the task September Z, 1907.
He soon had the district practically
free from disease and as healthy as
any other IN the city.
Valuable service was also rendered
by Doctor Blue in the days Immediate
ly following the fire in 1905. He arrived
here from Washington six days after
the disaster as a relief surgeon. He
assisted in selecting the refugee camps
and spent two months in general san
itation work here before returning to
Washington.
IMPORTANCE OF FILTRATION
The Importance of filtration in pre-
serving the health of cities is fully
appreciated by Doctor Blue and that
is why he is going abroad, in order
that he may study the latest ideas in
handling water used in the big cities.
During his years of service with the
government he has inspected the water
supplies of a large number of cities.
his work having been principally di
rected toward the prevention of the
pollution of water supplies and the
publication of water
.'Filtration is very expensive in this
country said Doctor Blue. II think
they have better methods abroad We
have just begun the work in this
country, while they have had to take
up the work much earlier because of
the greater density of population in
Europe"
On leaving here Thursday morning
Doctor Blue will proceed to Washing
ton and then to New York. from which
port he will sail January s. He hopes
to be able to return to San Francisco
at the expiration of his furlough-
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
SCANDAL UNEARTHED
IN BUFFALO AFFAIRS
City Officials Accused of Ex-
trayagant Use of Funds

BUFFALO, N Y, Dec. 27.-An ex-
travagant use of public funds, favor
itism to friendly" contractors and
other shortcomings are charged against
executive branches of the city govern
ment in q report submitted to the
trustees of the chamber of commerce
today by its municipal affairs com
mittee.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28

FIVE TRAINMEN KILLED-Seymour Ind
Dec. 27.-Five trainmen were killed and two
were fatally hurt today in collision on the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad be-
tween freight trains No. 81 and No. 80, 20
miles southwest of this city, near Fort Ritner
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28

VIOLATES LIQUOR sLAw--Phillip Andrek as.
1901 Vermont street. was fined 500 by Police
Judge Deasy yesterday for selling liquor with.
out a license
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
TWENTY-EIGHT MEET
DEATH IN LANDSLIDE
Aroused by Floods Near Viana
Navarro

MADRID, Dec. 27--Dispatches re-
oeived here say that % persons per-
Sshed in q landslide caused by the
foods in a village near Viana, Navarro.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28

DROPS DEAD IN CHURCH Chicago. Dec. 27.-
NhiIc worshiplng at tbe Church Of the Re
deemcr Universalist. Mrs Iohn Jsck fell dead
last evening.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-28
NOTARY PUBLIC

Real Estate and Insurance
210 Montgomery Street
Between Bush and Pfne-Russ Building
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-25
GERMAN PRIZES FOR AERoNAUTs
Metal Lighter Than Aluminium, But
Having Its SoIidity Desired.

Berlin, May 24-The interest taken in
the coming International aeronautic eX-
hhitlon in Frankfurt is revealed by
the numerous prizes which are being
presented by various German cities for
achievements in the realms of the air.
Other prizes for technical achievements
also are not wanting. The exhibition
is inviting entries for a competition,
the object of which is to construct a
metal lighter than aluminium but re-
tanning its solidity.
A prize of $500 is offered for a bal
loon hall capable of accommodating
airships of the dimensions of the Yep
pelirs, so constructed as to admit of
entry and cgress from any quarter of
the compass. A like amount is offered
for the cheapest small balloon hall, and
another prize of $500 for balloon hall
which can be transported by rail and
put together and taken to pieces again
in the shortest period of time. A sec
ton will be devoted to the illustra-
ton of the history of aeronautics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-25
VICTIM OF CONSPIRACY.
New Yorker Says Gable from Europe
Caused Morse's Trouble.

Bath, Me. May 24.-George Wilfred
Pcarce OF New York in a long letter
to the Daily Times of this city, takes
up the cudgel for Charles w. Morse,
the imprisoned financier, formerly Of
Bath. In this letter Mr.. Pearce de-
clares that Il European cable is respon-
sible for all the troubles of Morse and
predicts that gentlemans early release
from confinement. He says that this
release will be brought about by the
furnishing of a heavy bail, the bond of
which will be signed by some of the
most prominent men in New York City,
who have never been directly or indi-
rectly connected with Mr.. Morse in a
business way.
The reasons for these deductions as
given are that Mr.. Morse's downfall
was brought about by conspiracy of
European capitalists who planned to
control the railroad and steamboat
transportation lines of America. and
who saw in Morse an antagonist to be
feared. His gigantic combination y:
steamship lines threatened their plan.
Mr.. Pearce concludes his letter with
a declaration that all the Maine men
engaged in business in Wall Street and
New York generally are in hearty ac-
cord with the movement having for its
object the release of Morse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-25
STOPPED BY POLICE.
Emma Goldman Not Allowed to Speak
In New York City.

New York. May 24-t.mma Goldman.
the notorious Red" and preacher of
Anarchism. was prevented from adj
ton hall, Nos. 100 and III East 18th
street. yesterday by the police of the
East l26th station
Although temporarily defeated in her
designs at the scheduled morning
meeting Miss Goldman, as she left the
hall on the arm of Alexander Berkman
told her auditors that she would speak
to them at o'clock in the afternoon.
TIE crowd that had gathered to hear
her speak cheered her loudly. and evi-
IDENTIFY they believed she would carry
out her plans. for in the afternoon they
were on hand 1000 strong.
While this crowd beat on the doors
and demanded that they be permitted
to enter the hall. Captain Walsh of the
East 10th street police station. with
40 policemen. so guarded the entrances
that not person was allowed in the
building There We're many scenes of
disorder among the persons in the
street, and the police had much diff
Guilty IN keeping them ir bounds.
Miss Goldman. through her secretary,
DR.. Benjamin l.. Eeitman. issued a
statement last night in which she de
clartd that the action of the police was
brutal and unwarranted and a traveSty
on free speech. Announcement also
was made that Miss Goldman had been
invited to address the next meeting of
the Sunrise Club at the Cafe Boule-
ward
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-25
The Greatest Success
Known in Treating
Rheumatism.
Uric-O ExpeIs the Poisonous Uric
and Rheumatic Acid From the Sy5-
tenn, lnsuring a Permanent Cure.

The Rheumatic person is skeptical
regarding the claims of almost any
remedy advertised as Il cure for Rhcu-
matism and one can scarcely blame
HIM for being SO. All the plasters and
linlments combined never actually
cured case of Rheumatism They
may relieve it in one quarter but is is
sure to break out somewhere else.
The only true way to cure Rheumatism
Is to drive it from the system. for as
long as the Uric and Rheumatic Acid
remains in the blood. one is never free
from the trouble. Uric-O seeks out
the rheumatic poison in the
blood. muscles and kindcy, renders it
inert and harmless and drives it out of
the SYSTEM. 1t is composed of perfect
antldotes for the rheumatic acid poison
in the system, and the secret of its
wonderful success lies in the fact that
1t Is designed to cure Rheumatism
only.
uric-O is sold and recommended bv
r. T. Burns. i'll Augusta, by C. H
Heane, in Gardiner. by Spauldng'
Drug store in Hallowell. f. S. Jack
son IN Winthrop and by druggists
everywhere at 15c and s100 the bottle
They will furnish samples and litera.
cure upon request or same can be oh.
tanned by writing to the Smith Drus
Co., I'D smith Bldg, Syrt cuse, n. Y.
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Cardenio F. King Must
Serve Term in Prison.
Supreme Court OverruIes the
Exceptions Taken.
All His Known Possessions Have
Been Sold by Assignee.

Boston, May 24.-Cardenio F. King,
the promoter of many enterprises, who
was convicted in December of larceny
and embczzlement, will be compelled
to serve his 10-year sentence in state
prison. the supreme court overrulinS
today the exceptions taken at the trial
King was engaged in selling stock IN
various corporations and two years ago
started q newspaper. His various en-
terprises failed and he left the city,
returning several months later. Dur
ing his absence he was indicted and in
December last after his return he was
tried and convicted, his counsel be-
licvng the prosecution to be weak, and
declining to submit any evidence in
Kings behalf A month later he was
sent to prison and two weeks ago all
his known possessions were sold by his
assignee Many of those who entrusted
their funds to him for investment
We're working people.