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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
RELATIVES FEAR
F[LDMANN SLAIN
Missing Man Now Thought to
Have Been Murdered by
Robbers

Murder melted by motives Of robbery
is the theory advanced by the police
and relatives to explain the disappear
ance Of John D. Feldmann. retired
and wealthy liquor dealer. who lived
at 1918 Masonic avenue. Feldmann was
last seen alive in Golden Gate park.
near the museum, Friday afternoon at
8 O'Clock, where he had, gone daily for
several years, returning home never
later than A O'Clock. He failed to re-
turn Friday. and his relatives, who
have now offered a liberal reward, noti
fed the police
The park police and gardeners are
conducting a search throughout the
park.
Owing to his quiet yet cheerful dis
position, his apparent lack of enemies,
his ciocklike regularity in all his habits
and his happy domestic life the suicide
theory is not given credence by the
missing mans relatives. Feldmann
has g. wife, son and daughter living.
Feldmann had about $50 with him
when he left for his daily walk in the
park in addition to a diamond shirt
stud, a gold watch, chain and locket
and two rings. Park employees saw
him leaving for home on Friday after
noon by way of the path which skirts
the bear ca ges.
The missing man is described as be
ing feet 10 inches tall; weight 206
pounds; broad shouldered and heavy
set; almost bald, with a slight fringe
of whitish gray hair; forid complexion;
prominent nose; wore when he disap-
peared a pepper and salt suit; long tan
or light brown overcoat; black SLOUGH
hat and carried an umbrella with a
plain curved wooden handle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

Free, positively free, a s1.00 box of
Kellogg's Safe Fat Reducer, to every
sufferer from fat, just to prove that it
actually reduces you to normal. does it
safely and builds up your health at the
same time. / want to send you with
out cent Of expense on your part this
$1.00 package of what am free to call
a really wonderful fat reducer.
My treatment is prepared scientific
ally 1t does not stop or hinder diges-
ton; on the contrary, it promotes prop
er digestion and assimilation of food,
which SO fat people in hundred
haven't got, and that's why they are
fat
| will tell you why you are fat If you
will send for this free package of my
treatment. I can tell you good many
things about your fat which you prob
ably never knew about and ought to
know.
When 1 tell you here what my treat
ment can do I speak from hard-she1led
experience, not from my own, but from
the experience of others who have tried
almost everything from starvation to
violent exercise and drugs and have
failed until they tried and used my
treatment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
1917 Pounds Gone /!

The remarkable case of Miss Artle
Adams Of She1byS Ohio. is illustrated in
her own words:
when look back to the tina before
took your wonderful obesity cure do
not see how stood it. My weight is
now 16S1a pounds. and I have lost just
1914 pounds. 1 can hardly believe that
there has been such a difference in my
feelings and appearance. But oh. how
thankful 1 am that I found a cure for
my awful burden of fat in KeIlOggs
Safe Fat Reducer. 1 can hardly realize
that I weigh now only 1872 pounds
You can use my letter as q testimonial
if YOU wish
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
NATIVE SONS HOLD
ANNIVERSARY Dinner
Past Presidents Association
Honors Discovery Day of
Gold in California

More than one hundred prominent
citizens of San Francisco and of the
state of California attended the ban
quet in the st. Francis hotel given by
the Past presidents association Of the
Native Sons of the Golden West in
honor of the sixty-first anniversary OF
the discovery of gold in California,
last night.
The banquet table in the main ban
quet room was adorned with native
foliage and flowers, and a miniature of
the trail taken by the pioneers in their
westward tramp was spread around the
entire board.
Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court Z. NJ AngeIlotti acted as toast
master and introduced as the first
speaker of the evening Mayor Edward
r. Taylor, to whom the subject of
San Francisco" was assigned. Mayor
Taylor spoke briefly on the early his
tory of the city and then launched into
an imaginative picture of its future,
bringing out the fact that the citizens
must always have foremost in their
minds civic virtue.
Grand President c. NJ Belshaw enter
tanned the guests with history Of the
order, during the course Of which he
declared that the Native Sons would be
HOuSSI III IuelE new DullQ1ng IN less
than two years. w. II. Beatty, chief
justice OF the supreme court, gaveSsome
"reminiscences of the early f1fties, both in
California and Nevada. Grand Trustee
T. A Cutler spoke on the state of CALI
fornia." and Lewis f. Byington, past
grand president, spoke on the future of
the order.
The subject OF Gold" was treated by
Hugh ]. McIsaac. John NJ. Burnett told
Of the pioneers of the state, and Daniel
"A. Ryan undertook to tell of the
Daughters of California 1t was close
to midnight before the banqueters
started homeward. Those in attendance
We're:
]. j. Frick. L. b. Power, L. W. Marston
p. II. Folsom. E. T. Conner. c. f. Pearce
DR.. e. p Driscoll, +. Driscoll, j. NJ. Ross, VIII
Ham Mead, Mayor b. r. Taylor, Justice f. NJ
NJ. Burnett. J. B. Santland. Judge J. j. Van
Nostrand. W. G. Muntz A. L. Best, J. Hearst
G. II. Spengemann. d. y. Mckinley, NJ r.
Pierce AL Eisner, w. Y. Brunt, G. J. Turner
" Melander F. A. Cutter. J. Lemstedt L.
kutner. George Stroh, j. NJ. 0'Callaghan, A. NJ
H. KerrIgan. Ernest volguards, Daniel A. Ryan
I. II. Mooser, ]. S. Earles S. W. Dixon c. NJ
Belshaw, julius Epstein, j. F. Stanley DR.
c. w. Decker, ]. NJ. Greenberg, George IL
Puppy, Frank MeAllister, Henry J. Croker
A. j. Rossi, J. W Keegan, Lewis +. Byington.
G. II. Turner. Joseph Rose A. X Daggctt
j. J. Greif +. II. Jung. J. G. keenan, J. EN-
J. McIsanc. A. f. Schlecher. james G. Conlan.
9. Nolgnard. j. +. Finn i. H. Wanle. E. r.
Barry, G. Berry, ]. =. Jewel, c. j. Scalmanini,
I. c. Conney.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
OPPOSFSCARNFGIE
BENEFICIARY FUND
Bryan Would Not Have College
Professors Given PEN
sionS
Special Dispatch 10 The Cali

OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 23-William J.
Bryan vigorously protests in a signed
article TO appear in a morning paper
tomorrow against the Nebraska Iegis-
lature authorizing professors of the
state university to become benefciaries
of the Andrew Carnegie pension fund.
He declares that the teachers in the
university are underpaid and that the
state should increase their pay and If
deemed expedient to do it in such a way
as to provide pension fund upon
which they may draw when they are
old. Bryan continues as follows:
But in the case of the Carnegie
fund there are other reasons to be con-
sidered. If the proposed pension fund
came from a source the character of
which was unquestioned or was given
with a motive that could not be i'm
pugned there might be less objection
to it,.
If the professors in accepting it. or
to greater activity in behalf of the
public, that fact might weigh in favor
OF the legislative action proposed.
But from whom does the gift come?
From the greatest trust ma gnate in
the country save one
Can we suppose for q moment that
the tax payers of Nebraska would be
willing for a moment to ask a trust?"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
SHORTRIDGE AWAKENS
IN HOTEL GYMNASIUM
Attorney Gives Up Apartments
to EideIv Couple

Where am / at2" gasped Samuel
Shortridge, attorney, as he awol<e early
yesterday morning in the gymnasium
of the ST. Francis hotel. which is stu
ated on the thirteenth floor. Guess
must be in some college gym and It's
time to skin out
But the very tall attorney dimly
recalled that on Friday night he went
To- sleep on an improvised bed, consist
ing Of several tumbling mats tucked
between a pair OF horizontal bars. He
g ISo recollected that on the same even
ing he had played a chivalrous part,
having given up his regular apartments
Sn the hotel 10 the use Of an elderly
couple from the country
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
MUTUAL SAVINGS oFFIcERs

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Mutual savings bank of
San Francisco, held Tuesday. the fol-
lowing were elected directors for the
ensuing year:
James %. Phelan. John A. Hooper.
J. K. Moflitt, r. D. McElroy Charles
Holbrook. Rolla V Watt J. c Nc
Kinstry, Rudolph Spreckels and Fl. o.
Beatty
The board organized by electing
James d. Phelan president, John Al.
Hooper first vice president. ]. X. Moffitt
cashier and secretary G. b Hobson
first assistant cashier and secretary.
A. +. Curtis second assistant cashier
ard secretary and J. G. McKinstry and
d. C. Murphy attorneys
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Cures Prominent Nurse a
OF Terrible Fat

Clara Elizabeth DoOlittIe, nurse for
over tiftsen years in Americas best hos
pitfalls, including New York City and
homeopathic hospitals OF New York,
praises the Kellogg Safe Fat Reducer:
When commenced treatment with
Safe Fat Reducer weighed 200 pounds.
my chest measure was AZ inches. waist
measure SO inches and hips 4S inches
For four months have been losing
IN weight constantly and naturally and
with no III effects. and am feeling much
better.
Today weigh 14S pounds NV chest
measure Is 81 inches. waist measure q
inches and hips 40 inches.
I can not speak too highly OF Mr.
Kellogg and the great work he Is do
ing for fat-burdened humanity" Clara
Elizabeth Doolittle. Box ga. TekOnsha.
Mich
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Loses o. Pounds;
Thanks God For 1t
Further Proof of Wonderful Strength
Giving Effects of Kellogg's
Treatment.

Mrs. S. Il, Carter of Tracy, KY. lost
81 pounds of flesh and says she thanks
God for the great blessing the treat
ment brought her.
i feel better than at any time in if
teen years she writes. My weight at
this time Is 14S pounds
Very soon began to feel beyond all
doubt that was really losing as fast
as was best. I weighed at commence
ment 210 pounds. as you can well see by
my photo.
I shall ever be grateful to you. and
thankful to God that I>found the right
remedy on first trial.
on can use my name when YOU
want to. Any one that wants to hear
what | have to say in regard to such
great blessing will please write me
and | will answer all letterS,,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
PROFESSOR SWAIN GIVEN
HIGH POST OF HONOR
Made Head of Engineering De-
partment of Harvard
TSpecial Dispoich 70 The cain

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Jan. 23-Har-
ward university today appointed pro-
fessor Of civil engineering in the school
Of applied science Prof George r.
Swain, now head of the civil engineer
ing department Of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Professor Swain was born in san
Francisco March 2, 1857. and grad
uated from the Institute of Technology
in 1871 and three years later from the
royal engineering school in Berlin. He
has been instructor, associate professor
ana full professor at the Institute of
Technology ever since. He is noted as
a consulting engineer, especially in the
Massachusetts railroad commission and
many special and public service cor
porations.
He IS also a member Of the national
commission on the conservation of the
natural resources
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
RATE CASE SUBMITTED

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Jan. 23-With a
strong plea to the court by Gardiner
Lathrop to save the Missouri railroads
from bankruptcy, which will result, 1t
was claimed, If the present rate laws
are enforced, the Missouri rate case in
the federal court was closed here today
Judge Smith Mcpherson has promised
a decision within month. The litiga-
ton has extended over period of two
years
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

was in hard training as a professional
Bliss. The reduction has been natural
and gradual, and has at no time in
terfered with my regular daily duties
or caused me the slightest incon-
veniences in any way. The action Of my
heart is strong and regular, and 1 have
got rid of that 'smothered up feeling
pie. My breathing is easy and feel
strong and active. and lighter on my
feet than have been for years
fsPlease send me another supply OF
your Safe Fat Reducer, as I am about
out.
Very truly yours. ]. H. Bechle, Jr..
Coz Cedar Street, Canton, Ohio.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
PASSED WORTHLESS CHECK

Los ANGELES. Jan. ga warrant
is in the hands OF the Los Angeles au-
thoriLies for the arrest OF Frank NJ.
Barr. formerly prominent real estate
dealer of san Diego. who disappeared
mysteriOusly on New Years day. The
warrant charges the issuance OF
worthless check for $525 given to
Los Angeles jeweler for a diamond
ring. 1t is said Barr has gone TO
Japan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Loses 80 Pounds
In 90 Days

Mrs. Eta Hamerick. $50 Fischer Ave-.
Detroit, writes:
II have just finished the seven weeks
treatment of your Safe Fat Reducer
and must say that it is one of the
most wonderful treatments 1 have ever
seen or heard of. 1t has simply made
me into a new woman. / have lost in
weight SO pounds in three months My
health is in every way improved You
can refer any one TO me-.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
'sOhio's Fat Boy In 20
Days Loses 1870 Pounds

Prof. +. ]. kellogg. My Dear SIR
Your Safe Fat Reducer is all and more
than you ever claimed for it. My weight
today. after ten weeks treatment is
2S5 pounds, a loss of 189 pounds. as I
weighed Ala pounds when l began with
the Safe Fat Reducer. I never felt so
we'll before. not even in 1896, when l
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Leaves No Wrinkles

You should have no fear. after being
reduced by KellOgg's safe Fat Reducer.
that your loss in weight will result in
wrinkles, as is usually the case with so
many treatments used for flesh reduc-
ton.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
How Much Flesh
Should You Lose ?
What the WeIl-FormedM Man or Woman
Should Weigh

The following is the correct height
and weight of a we'll formed man A
Woman's weight will be generally about
pounds less than the following fig
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
AMERICAN WHIPS BEN TAYLoR

PARIS, Jan. 2S.-Joe Jeanette of
America tonight knocked out Ben
Taylor of England in the third round.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

a lady's weight should be two-fifths
of her height.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

1 have already taken two months
treatment. / never fail to recommend
your treatment to any fat person L see
Tor It surely does the work. I got a
month s treatment and lost just thirty
pounds in thirty days"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Lost 80 Pounds
In 80 Days

Mr.. r. ]. Richardson of Bolckow, Mo-,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Pointed Parauraphs.

Chicago News: Don't abuse the
rich; we can't all be paupers.
Don't be afraid Of criticism We all
need calling down as well as boosting
up.
A woman first sheds few tears
and then proceeds to open the tele-
gram with hairpin.
The average man thinks his bump
of generosity is at least three times
as large as 1t actually is.
A girl never feels more imp ertant
than when she is getting married and
man never looks more inconspic-
uous.
A young widow can make man be.
lieve he is making love to her, when
in reality she is making love to him.
Young man, beware of the peach
who is the apple OF your eye She
may prove to be lemon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
THE COST OF LIVING.

A washington dispatch states that
the war department has been com
PEELED to take official notice of the
increased cost of living In the fiscal
year beginning June 30, 1908, the army
ration cost the government 1866 cents
per man per day The estimate for
the current fiscal year was based on
that figure, but when 1t came to max
ing up the estimates fof legislation for
the fiscal year, which will begin July
/, 1910, the officers were compelled to
take cognizance Of the fact that the
cost Of food products was going up
The estimate of the cost of one ra-
ton per man per day was put at
20.9T at first, but later It was dis
covered that this was too low and Il
was increased to 2105. This is IA
cents more per ration than the ole
figure. AS the army consumes about
80 600, 900 rations per year, it means
that uncle Sam will have to pa,
about $4,000 more per year to feet
the army than he did on the ole
basis. The effect is being felt on thu
army subsistence fund for the curren
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
fiscal year. There will be de-
ficiency in this fund for the year of
$243,000, due entirely to the increased
cost of living.
COLUMBUS DAY.
cost Of IiI

Today is the 417th anniversary of
the discovery Of America by Columbus.
Hitherto the date has passed UNI
noticed in Keokuk. but this year 1t
will be observed by appropriate ex-
ercises under the auspices of the
local organization of knights of that
name. In California, by act of the
legislature at it's latest session, the
day is legal holiday, and move
ment is on foot to have 1t declared a
national holiday by authority of con-
gress. A bill to this effect will be in
troduced soon after congress next
meets, with favorable prospects that
it will become law
When we come to tn nix of it it is
something of an anomaly that the
worlds greatest exploit, affecting this
country SO vitality, has not been gen
orally celebrated from the earliest
times. Had it not been for Column
bus discovery of America, october II.
1892, there might have been no Fourth
of July or Washingtons birthday.
Certainly western civilization would
have been delayed for many years.
and it is entirely possible that, but
for the Spanish sailors master-hero-
ism, the worlds greatest nation might
never have existed
Therefore, it is almost beyond com
prehension that Columbus day should
not be national holiday. Why this
momentous date has been treated so
cavalierly. no one seems to know.
Probably because it happened so long
ago, the date of Americas discovery
to the civilized world has been over
looked, while such minor events as
Memorial day, Thanksgiving day,
Labor day, and the like are religious
ly celebrated without thought of the
man to whom the entire western
world owes more than to any other
human being.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
an acre will realize how much Fol-
low up the calculation and maybe
you will learn something Of why Iowa
land values are on the increase.
CHANGES IN IOWA PuLPlTs.
Congregational Churches See Several
designations Of Pastors.

Des Moines Tribune: The Congre-
gational pulpits throughout the state
have been having a shakeup this
week.
A resignation that has interest for
the local Congregationalists is that OF
DR.. James E. Snowden of the First
Congregational church of Cedar
Rapids. one of the oldest ministers
of the denomination in the state. His
congregation has purchased a home
for him in Cedar Falls and will retire
him as pastor emeritus of the church.
He is one of the three long time
Congregational preachers in Iowa to
be so honored. The other two are
Dr. A. l.. Frisbie, pastor emeritus OF
the Plymouth Congregational church,
and Dr.. T. o. Douglas of Grinnell, for
many years state missionary secre-
tary
Other changes in the Congrega-
tional pulpits will be: Rev. e. E. Day
of Spencer succeeds DR.. Snowden OF
Cedar Falls; Rev j. W. Frost of Mich
igan to be pastor of the church at
Sloane; Rev. E. S. Carr resigns at
Cherokee to be pastor at Chillicothe,
H.; Rev. David G. Youger resigns at
Gowrie and Rev. John T. Steele of
Little Rock, Ark, goes to Gowrle:
Rev. Charles Beaver of Anamosa goes
to the Reinbeck church, and Rev. John
Thrush of Webster City goes to
Spencer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
GLANCE EoR A PRIZE.

The National Municipal league has
established an annual prize of 500 to
he called the William H. Baldwin
prize. to be given to the author of the
hest essay on a subject connected with
municipal government. For the year
19Os,1o the competition will be limit
ed to undergraduate students regis
tered in a regular course in any col
lego or university of the United
states offering distinct instruction IL
municipal government.
The prize will be awarded by Judges
selected by the executive committee
of the league, and the name OF the
winner will be announced at the next
following annual meeting. The execu
tive committee of the league, acting
in cooperation with the committee OF
the coordination of university ano
collegiate instruction il municipal
government has selected as the topic
for next years competition "City Gov
eminent by Commission Professor
William Bennett Munro of Harvard
chairman of the committee, announce!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
the sunset, to live forever with the
The BURLINGTON Road.

Creston Advertiser: The Burling-
ton railroads record of having trans
ported 100000 passengers last year
without death, is one to be proud
of. 1t indicates sleepless vigilance,
great expense and extreme care for
the safety of passengers. 1t also In
dicates splendid lot of employees,
for after all 1t is upon the railroad
men rather than upon the equipment,
upon the vigilance and ability Of the
trainmen, their devotion to duty and
their experience. that the safety of
travel depends. In no particular is
the strength of the Burlington organ
ization more apparent than in the
men whom it employs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Adjustable.
Eyerybody's Magazine:

Everybody's Magazine: Aunt Anne
an old family darby. was sitting with
knees crossed in the kitchen, when the
young daughter of the house entered
and impressed with the hugeness OF
the old womans feet, asked what size
shoe she wore
We'll, honey replied Aunt Anne.
Il kin wear eigats; | ginerally wear
mines; but desc yer Use got on am
twelves, an de good Lawd knows dey
hu'ts me-"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Only a Curtain Raiser.

Burlington Gazette: The hunting
season has opened up with two ia.
talities. They are only curtain
raiser for a long list OF accidents
that are bound to occur as long as
nimrods insist on pulling d gun
after them through a barbed wire
fence with the muzzle ,ointed to-
wards their anatomies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
One Of the Factors.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Among the
factors in the rapid advance in the
price of Iowa land. the farmers in
stitute must be accorded prominent
place. The knowledge disseminated
at the institute has materially In.
creased the crop output, and helped
to make the increase in land values
the most natural thing in the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Is it imperatively necessary that a

Is it imperatively necessary that a
teacher shall have certificate in
order to teach in an Iowa public
school? state superintendent Riggs
has just ruled in the affirmative, hold
ing that the employment of a
teacher without a certificate consti-
tutes misuse of public funds The
state superintendent has further held
that any taxpayer in the district can
bring suit to recover the amount of
salary thus paid