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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
BAPTISTS ASSEMBLE IN
ANNUAL CONVENTION
CoIored Association Names Of
6cers at Oakland Meeting

OAKLAND. Oct. 6.-The tenth annual
convention Of the General Baptist asso-
ciatjon. colored together with the
auxiliary organizations. the Women
home and foreign missionary society,
the Baptist Young Peoples union and
the sunday school, is now in session.
having been called to order last night
nv Rev. J. Morgan. first vice moderator
The evening sessions are being held in
the North Oakland Baptist church and
the dav sessions in Enterprise hall
The convention will be in session un-
III Sunday and viii transact much-im-
portant business
The following officers were elected
today for the ensuing year: Moderator,
Rev. r. NJ Davis. Oakland: first vice
moderator. Rev s W Hunkins, Oak
land: second vice moderator Rev ID. l.
Pott: secretary. Rev. ! NJ Collins, Sac
ramento: corresponding secretary, Rev.
r. r. Reed. Pacific Grove: treasurer, j.
IA. Bourough. Stockton; corresponding
messenger. J. Morgan, Fresno; mission
arv. c. W Ayres, Hanford; trustees,
r. ". Walker. Bakersfield; il A
Brown. Oakland; W. J. J. Bellamy.
Fowler. T Cox, san Francisco, and r.
J. Evans san Jose.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
Marriage Licenses

OAKLAND. Oct. 6.-The following marriage
licenses were issued today:
Chris E. Kruger. 81 San Francisco, and
Betty TroieI %, berkeley.
Edward Wentworth 40. and Alice German.
Joseph Alvis. %. oakland and Palemeda
Ferrera. 16. Santa Clara.
Antoine Tapia. "a. San Francisco, and Lillian
E. NJ. Cavanaugh, 20. Alameda.
Charles ). Ingersoll. 81 Sausalito. and LovO-
dina r. Patterson. 90. Oakland.
Martin Knezevich, % and Lelita Bonini, %,
both of San Francisco.
Paul Balitz. 40. and Catherine Carroll, both
OF Oakland.
stephen kenny %. and Mae E. Williams,
20. both of Berkeley.
Frank Bonvicino. "a, and Mary Palette. II,
both of Oakland.
James Monroe. 2s. and Mary R. Heritage. 2s.
both of Oakland.
Nelson W. scotchler. %. Berkeley. and Edith
T. Yates % Alameda.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
LEAGUE WILL LAUNCH
ITS CAMPAIGN TONIGHT
Good Government Cohorts to
Boost Heney and Leland

The good government league will
open tonight its campaign for Francis
). Heney, DR.. T. B. w. Leland and
other municipal candidates indorsed by
the leagues executive committee
The opening gun of the league s
campaign will be fired at mass meet
ing at Dreamland rink, Steiner street
near Sutter. District Attorney Will
liam III. Langdon will preside and a
list of $50 vice presidents has been
agreed upon.
The principal speakers will be Fran
els j. Heney, who will discuss the
work of the graft prosecution and its
plans; DIR. IT. B. w. Leland, DR.. A. H
lGiannini, Barclay Henley and James
d. Phelan.
1t is announced that Barclay Henley
who was foreman of the grand jury
which routed Chris Buckley, viii draw
parallels of graft under Buckley and
Rainey and the graft situation COM
bated by Heney.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
ALLOW STABLE, BUT WILL
STOP MAIN BUSINESS
Supervisors Committee Arrives
at Odd Decision

A truce, if not an end to the fight.
over the conduct of a carpet beating
establishment at 353 Tehama street
was reached yesterday in the meeting
of the supervisors health committee
meeting. Anna l.. Spaulding, the pro-
prietress, had petitioned the board for
a permit to run stable in connection
with the cleaning concern.
Father Rogers of st. Patrick's parish
and Attorney William A. Kelly for the
st. Vincent school and others who pro-
tested against the renovatory asked
that the stable permit be disallowed.
in the hope that this would lead to
the withdrawal of the main business
from fthe neighborhood.
The committee decided to grant the
stable permit. but to introduce a bill
prohibiting carpet beating establish
ments within a prescribed district en-
bracing the site. The district will be
about coextensive with the burnt
district
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
INSTITUTE READY
FOR FIRST REUNION
Occasion Will Be Celebrated
With Dance in Berkeley
Masonic Temple


BERKELEY. Oct. 6.-Members of
Berkeley institute No. 3S. Young La
dies Institute. will gather in the Ma
sonic temple tomorrow night for the first
annual anniversary of the formation of
the local organization. The event viii
be celebrated by ball and social re-
union by the institute and its friends.
Committees have been working for
the success of the affair for several
weeks. Arrangements are completed,
and the ball will be thoroughly en-
joyed by the members of the institute
special committee has had charge
of the arrangements, some of whom are:
Miss Nora /. Rowe, Miss Laura Col
burn. Miss Hxelyn Sweeney. Miss Ethel
Farren, Miss Ellen Creed, Miss Amelia
Zaniboni, Miss Mary c. Rowe and Miss
Msry Curran.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
REGISTRATION CLOSES
AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
Voters Who Have Changed
Their Residence Warned

This is the last day for voters to
change their registration if they hope
to vote at the coming municipal elec-
ton Any one on the great register
who has moved since registering must
change his registration today or lose
his vote,
This, however, does not apply to the
voter who moves without going out
of his precenct.
Registrar Harry Zemansky will keep
his Office open in the old city hall in
McAllister street at Hyde from $40
o'clock this morning until midnight.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
AUTO RUNS DOWN MAN
AND BREAKS HIS LEG
Walter Fitzgerald Is Injured
While Waiting for Streetcar

ALAMEDA, Oct. 6.-Walter Fitzger-
aid of Oakland was run down by an
automobile this morning at 1880 O'Clock
while waiting at the corner of Santa
Clara avenue and Sherman street for
an electric car. His left leg was
broken in two places and he was Sc
verely bruised
The auto. which was heavy touring
car and crowded with joy riders. did
not stop after running over Fitzgera Id
The injured man was treated at the
White Cross hospital Fitzgerald had
attended an Oakland theater with an
Alameda woman and after escorting her
to her home was on his way back to
Oakland when hurt by the auto.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
Republican District Meetings

Two district meetings will be held
by the republicans tonight, both of
which Will be addressed by William
Crocker. the nominee for mayor, and
other candidates. One meeting is to be
in South San Francisco opera house at
Railroad and Fourteenth avenues. The
other meeting will be in Duboce hall at
d05 D,,boca
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
OPENING MEETING OF
PRAYER CONFERENCES
Rockhurst Committee Names
Date for Monday

The opening meeting of a series of
prayer conferences. to be held about
the bay on the second Monday of each
month by the Rockhurst committee.
viii be held at the First Presbyterian
church, Washington street and Van
Ness avenue, next Monday al 2:30 o. m.
Rev. w. c.. Sherman will preside. and
Rev. w NJ. Thomas and Mrs. Lillian
Lamont Todd of China will speak dur
ing the prayer hour.
Several pastors about the bay are CO.
operating with the Rockhurst commit
tee. and Rev Robert Mackenzie, d. D.,
Rev. E. r.. Ollie. d. D., and Prof. T v.
Moore are among those that have prom
ised TO speak at various meetings.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
THEATER PARTY GIVEN
FOR BANKING INSTITUTE
This Will Be ''BiIIion Night" at
the AIcaZar

This viii be billion night" at the
Alcazar theater, for the performance of
Sweet Kitty Bellairs, programmed for
this evening, is to be a monster theater
party for the San Francisco chapter of
the American Institute of Banking
Members of the organization have
been hard at work for the last week
selling tickets at banking and business
houses, and the chapter fund promises
to be satisfactorily increased by the
show.
The institutes clubrooms in the First
national bank building are being i'm
proved from time to time.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
UNION LABOR CAMPAIGN
DIRECTED TO MISSION
Candidates to Address Meeting
in Rink Tonight

The union labor party is hopeful for
a meeting in Mission rink tonight that
will compare favorably with the big
dav night p. Fl. Mccarthy. c. M.
Fickert, T. f. Boyle. II. NJ Alexander.
r. f. O'Neil. II. d. Pohlmann, William
G. Burke. p. j. keneher, H. l. Null
crevy. Thomas f, Finn. William j.
Walsh. ]. j. Sullivan, Thomas j. Quig-
ley. Michael Casey aud Andrew J. CAL
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
Democrats Plan Meetings

The democrats will formally open the
campaign Saturday night, with two
meetings in the thirty ninth district,
one meeting In Richmond hall And the
other in Sunset. DIR. T. B. w. Leland,
the nominee for mayor; Francis j.
Heney for district attorney, Theodore
Belltand T. w. Hickey will be among
the sneakers
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
ANASTASIA BRETT DIES
IN OLD LADIES' HOME
Woman Was Pioneer of Old
Nevada Mining Camps

Ansstasia Brett, resident of the
Old ladies home and a pioneer of the
old Nevada mining camps, who used TO
get her tips from Mackay, Flood and
Fair. and who. in her paImy DAYS. was
reputed TO be worth a fortune, passed
away at the home Tuesday evening.
She was an associate of the late
Kate O'Hara, known as queen of
Pauper alley, and was fond of telling
OF her experiences with the old time
millionaires.
Anastasia Brett was a native of Tin.
perary. Ireland and was 65 years old.
The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock
this morning from the Old Ladies'
home. Pierce and Pine streets.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
WHEELMEN INJURED IN
BERKELEY COLLISION
To Avoid Car Young Riders Coll
Iide and Are Hurt

BERKELEY, Oct. 6.-Racing UP
Woolsey street in South Berkeley on
their wheels Daniel OConnell and Ed
ward Brayal two well known residents
Of North Oakland. collided TO avoid be-
ing run down by q car.
O-Conneu was rendered unconscious
and Brsya1 sustained a fractured leg.
The former WAS removed to the Eas
Rsv sanatorium. where he viii be
forced 10 remain for several days. as
he is suffering from severe decorations
shout the face and body.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
BERKELEY CHIEF PUTS
BAN ON DICE GAME
VoIImer VIII Not Allow the
Playing of so"

BERKELEY. Oct. 6.-The dice game
called "26" PLAYED here for cigars and
tobaccos at the local stores was placed
under ban by Chief of Police Vollmer
today and all dealers warned that IL
the game is played arrests will follow
Nollmer said that the game was being
played for money. and for that reason
a stop must be put to il.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
Men wanted

Lots of good jobs now open. To Sc
cure one place little Employment
Wanted Ad in The Call; 10 cents day
ia a II it costs
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
NILE CLUB GIVES
ITS ANNUAL PLAY
Fine Dramatic and Spectacular
Effects Presented at Night
in Eucalyptus Grove

OAKLAND, Oct. 6.-"The Lure of the
Desert Joseph j.. Noers allegorical
play. was splendidly presented tonight
by members of the Nile club to it's
friends and the general public in the
eucalyptus amphitheater of Piedmont
park. The occasion was the perform
ance of the annual grove play of the
club.
Fine use was made of the scenes of
the play to secure spectacura1 effects.
the illuminations being particularly
well prepared. The music which was
the product OF Elmer c. Stricken, was
also well received. Frank Matthew,
who has directed similar productions
for the Bohemian club, acted tonight as
stage director. The principal parts
were taken by members of the Nile
club For the chorus the Orpheus club
furnished members. Not few of the
Orpheus club folk are also members Of
the Nile club.
The story Of the play had to do with
the quest of the spirit of desert for the
secret of life and the adventures that
befell him in his journey to the land
of the forest
The following was the cast:
Spirit OF the desert. Carl Edwin Anderson
Spirit of the redwood ........ Henry L. Perry
Spirit Of the willow. Harold Baxter
lQueen of the forest1
Spirit of the pine. Rossiter Mikel
Spirit of the oak .......-....- Guy d. Reynolds
Spirit of the hemlock. DIR. H. P. Carlton
Spirit of the sapiDg ........... Mark White
Spirit Of the winds. s.,............ .Du Val Moore
Bluenose. .............w Willard Barton Jr.
ScrlDD0tOuS- Earl bedIle
Hatehet face Clarence Engvlck
Desert sprites, free spirits. wood choppers, etc.
Stage director. Frank l.. Matthew.
Chorus director. Edwin Dunbar Crandall.
Lights, Ed Duffy.
The chorus was composed of T. S.
Atherton, Hal Allen. DR.. Charles Ayers,
E. Blethen, E. c. Borton, G. r. Child.
P. s. Carlton. r. Countryman. w. w.
Davis c. j. Evans. G. c. Farley. Robert
Hughes. Ben Beath, Harry Holcomb, H.
H. Ham, J. p. Jones, George S. Johnson,
Charles A Katzenbach, Walter Keene,
T. H Lewis. Robert Lynas, Robert d.
Mcclure, NJ. H. Maddern. John McEwing,
E. NJ Moore, Paul Otey. l.. r. Oksen,
Austin Sperry. Robert Taylor. II. t.
Vockel. A. B. Weeks, Dr. f. E. wilkins,
The annual play committee consisted
of Fred Sherman. DR.. II. P. Carlton.
Ben F. Woolner, a. S. Lavenson, James
PiIliOQ
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07

CLERK IN BANKRUPTCY coURT-clarence
Fox. clerk Of Redwood City. filed petit
ton in bankruptcy yesterday in the United
states district court His liabilities are
scheduled at S1,7S3, with no available assets
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-05
Hsttx Green and Publicity

Mrs. Green belongs to that class of men and women who deliberately or stupfdly, as the case may be, so con- duet themselves in public as to at- tract attention and provoke curiosity. The possessor of great wealth, she has so paraded the possession of 1t as to make both herself and her fortune news" At one moment she tells of her wealth and her achievements. At another moment she ostentatiously takes up her abode in a cheap flat. Still again, she takes aprtments at a luxurious hotel in New York, gives lavish dinner sand dresses with the recklessness of the smartest. Later she returns to her old cheap quarters. In all particulars her acts have been melodramatic. and of those who are interested in her vagarfes of rich old women or garrulously rich old men, and they are legion, seek further in- formation about them. It may be foolish, but it is human to the core. Her final coup d'etat is the marriage of her daughter. Even that had to be done in a freakish manner.
 Hrs. Green mas deceived herself She could have gone through the world without ever having had her name known to the press. The publicity which she now resents she has brought upon herself - New Haven Journal Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-05
Prouressiye conqresationaIisnn.

The New England Congregational congress at Manchester, W. H, this week, must have been a warm affair. Judge Colt of New London spoke or Congregationalism as democracy run mad. We keep harping on local au- tonomy. rT~- Gods sake let us forget It. We must bring the local churches more together into one body, and if this congress does nothing more than start such a movement it will have been a notable congress" Other speaksrs seemed to feel the same way. pr. A. z. Conrad deplored the con- duct of ministers who stay away from association. Secretary Fred B. Smith of the International Y. M. c. A. ut tered words of caution. "A failure at ballooning," he said, "at baseball, at driving. trotting horses, or any other ritky occupation, may become an evan felist and be accepted in cur churches, where he draws crowds. The church should have her own eyangelists' trained men who make evar gelism their work" Rev. Mir. Blake argued that every local conference of Congre- Sational churches should have ar ad- visory committee. The Bautist women gave the congress a turken dinner and a chicken pie supper; the Unitarian women gave them another and "ex- cellent'' supper. This last entertain ment shows how nightly progressive the ngregationalists are getting Holyoke Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-05
MANY PEOPLE HERE
 GREATLY BENEFITED.
Tremendous Popularity of the Vese-
 table Prescription for Kidneys.

That the readers of this paper ap- . preciate advice when given Tn goou faith Is plainly demonstrated py the fact that one well known local phar- macy supplied the ingredients for the vegetable prescription" many times within the past two weeks The an- nouncement of this simple, harmless mixture has certainly accomplished much in reducing the great many cases of kidney compaint and rheu- matism here, relieving pain and mis- cry especially among the elder popu- lation, who are always suffering nVrr or less with bladder and urinary trou- bles. backache and particularly rheu- matism.
 Another well known druggist asks us to continue the announcement or the prescriptions. 1t is doing so muen real goods here, he continues. that lt would be a crime not to do so. It can not be repeated too often, and further states many cases of remarkable cures wrought.
 The following is the prescription. or simple ingredients, making a harmless inexpensive compound, which any per son can prepare by shaking well in d bottle: Fluid Extract Dandeiion, one half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Any frst-class drug store will sell this small amount Of each Ingredient, and the dose for adults Is one teaspoonfui to be taken after each meal and again at bedtime There is enough here to last for one week, if taken according to directions Good results will be apparent from the first few doses.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-05
TAXATION WITHOUT
 ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION.
Twelve Towns Would Pay Over One
 Half of State Tax.

The combined grand lists of all the towns in Connecticut amount approxl- mately to $S30, 100000. The proposed state tax of one-half mill would raise about S415,000. The combined grand lists of the twelve largest towns, viz New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport Wa terbury, New Britain, Meriden, Nor Wich, Danbury, New London. Middle town, Norwalk and Stamford, is ap- proximately $415,000,000, says the Wa terbury Republican. One half mill tax on this amounts to $207,50 These twelve towns will therefore pay 50 per cent. of the tax.
 The combined grand lists of the fol- lowing towns, viz, Lebanon, North Stonington, Preston, Union, Redding, Hartland, Ashford, Canterbury, Bark hamsted, Harwinton, Goshen and Col chester, is S6,3S0. 900. One-half mill tax on this amounts to about $2,6aG, e a little more than 6 1-2 per cent. of the tax.
 The twelve towns which pay 50 per cent. of the entire tax have twenty four representatives and the twelve towns which pay 1-2 per cent. have also twenty-four representatives.
 Towns which send twenty-four rep resentatives pay 50 per cent. of tax laid by a total of two hundred and fifty-five representatives. This is the old Town of Union" argument ampli- field, and, with no further explana- tioh. appears to be a pretty strong in- stance of taxation without adequate representation. However, the town in Connecticut is the unit and such il will remain until the inhabitants there of choose to relinquish this, their strongest hold upon the cities, some- thing which they will not be likely to do during yet many more generations,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-05
OPEN HOUSE CLUB
 HAS MONTHLY MEETING.
Basketball Team to Include Members
 OnIy-Directors Entertained.

The regular monthly meeting of Open House was held Thursday even ing in their rooms in the Thames Loan and Trust company building, President Carey calling the meeting Co order shortly after o'clock. There was a good sized attendance.
 After the minutes had been read by Secretary Harry J Branche, the usual reports were made by Treasurer GrCsvencr Ely and Financial Secretary Everett B. Byles. The latter reported eleven new names added during the past month. A committee of three was voted to assist him in collecting dues.
 The special committed on 'fhe Gar den Party was discharged with thanks after report of the successful pro- ductiCn of this rlay had been present ed by the general chairman, Clarence Messinger, and the treasurer, Charles G. Cobb, the financial returns as pre- viously reported being approximately $225 each to Open House and the Halle club Mention was made of a car Iarty which is to he made up to go to Westerly when the same play Is given there in the middle of this month.
 A motion was passed to have the card room closed during the time of the business meeting of the club. Ar thur Brooks reported nn the formation of a basketball team and received the sanction to play under the club name as long as the players were all mem hers of Open House The meeting ad joLrned about 9.30
 Before the club meeting the board ot Directors held their regular session, meeting at the home of the president, Rev. Nelson Poe Carey, and being en- tertained at supper by hlm.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-05
The School Machine.

In announcing the winners of the prizes offered for essays written about Abraham Lincoln by pupils of the pub lie schools, The Times says:
 "The compositions Of the younger children were so clear fresh and orig inal that in making the selections there was an embarrassment of riches. Among the older ones, particuarly those above sixteen there was a mo- ticeable commonplaceness and lack of originality. A suited. pompous phrase was rare among the younger children common among the older ones. Fresh ness of thought and conception, clear thinking. were common among the younger, not common among the old er."
 One of the examiners notes that ''by far the greatest mass of good com positions were written by children from ten to twelve years old. Perhaps 1t Is because very little boys and girls are usually direct, straight forward and unaffected in their speech"
 We agree with The Times that "this is matter to which the school prtn- Something Is wrong in the public teaching of English composition if in four years 1t turns the writers of orig inal and forcefully phrased little es- says into pompous but bungling rhe- toricians, poor copyists of the style oi others or mere smart Alecks" of the pen. Business men who hire young clerks complain bitterly of this appar- ent deadening of the faculties of ob- servation, common sense and clear ex- pression.
 A huge machine such as a school system with 100000 pupils must per haps be mechanical to work at all. Al the greater is the need of preventinf Journalism from moulding Into dead likeness the avid young minds whicf are at the outset so varied in theil mental grasp and personality.-NeN York World.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-05
Clerk Charged With Stealing Mail.
Arrested by Inspectors and Marked Bills Found Upon Him in New London Office-Test Letters Caught Arthur Sullivan

no trace of Sullivan. They located him later in the toilet and arrested him. He at first denied the charge, but when searched the bills were found on him. He said he had thrown the letters into the closet. SH
 He has been the stamping clerk in the distributing room since last May, previods to which for two years he was a substitute carrier. He is not married Efforts have previously been made to locate the guilty party. but it was impossible, and because of this practically the entire force in the of fee has been under surveillance for the purpose of detecting where the mall went to. The work of the inspec- tors was necessary to locate the wrongdoer and after making a start they soon had Sullivan under arrest. The mail passed through his hands, he being the stamper and he had a chance 10 judge which was valuable and which not.
 One solicitor claims that three or ders sent in to the central office of the concern never showed up al- though they contained nothing valua- ble.