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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY To
BE THEIR THEME
Pastors Will Today Discourse
on the Lesson of Grave
Decoration Custom

OAKLAND, May 29.-MemoriaI day
will be appropriately observed in many
houses of worship in Oakland tomor-
row.
Appomattox post, Grand Army of the
Republic. viii attend services in the
morning at the Eighth Avenue Metho-
dist church. Rev. L. L. Loofbourow,
the pastor, will preach on The Mean
ing of Memorial Day"
Lyon post will hear Rev. William
Day Simonds in the morning at the
First Unitarian church in a discourse
on The Unwritten History of the
Civil War
A general observance of the day for
war veterans and auxiliaries will be
held in the evening at Union street
Presbyterian church. where Rev. Jo-
seph Newton Boyd, tn pastor. will de-
liver an address entitled, Dedicated to
An Unfinished Work"
Rev. Albert W. Palmer will preach
in the morning at Plymouth Congrega-
tional church on 'LincoIns Ideals and
Life Today"
"A Nation With Mission will >be
the subject OF Rev. Burton NJ Palmer's
sermon at Fruitvale Congregational
church.
Rev. F. II. Maar will give Memorial
day service in the evening at the
Fourth Congregational church
Memorial day services will be con-
Quoted in the morning at Shattuck ave-
nue. Methodist church by Rev. Alfred
]. Kennedy.
Rev. Orlando z. Hart, d. D.. will
lead Memorial day services at Centen-
NAL Presbyterian church, preaching in
the evening on 'Historys Memorial and
Wreath. with stereopticon illustra-
tions. A large choir will render pat
riotic music
A prelude on Memorial day will be
preached in the evening by Rev. H. K.
Sanborn at Brooklyn Presbyterian
church
Evening services for Spanish war
veterans will be held at the First Pres
byterian church. the pastor preaching.
Special music will be rendered by the
choir.
At Melrose Baptist church the pastor.
Rev. Francis NJ. Archer, D. D., will
preach at Memorial services, morning
and evening.
Heroes and Heroisna" is the subject
of Rev. C. NJ. Hill's discourse in the
morning at the Tenth avenue Baptist
church.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
NEW LIGHT THROWN
ON LADS SUICIDE
Divinity Student Who Hanged
Himself Suffered From
Chronic Ailments

OAKLAND May e9.-Rev. E. Moebus.
pastor of a small church at Lime, CAL,
arrived in Oakland today with his wife
to take charge of the remains OF his
foster son, Oscar Moebus, who strangied
himself to death yesterday at the
Evangelical Lutheran California Con-
cordia college, Seventeenth avenue and
East Fifteenth street The boy was a
divinity student at the institution, and
killed himself. after confessing the
theft of IS from schoolmate.
DR.. ]. L. Milton performed an au-
that the young suicide was not nor
NAL person. The heart and other in
ternaI organs were found to be sew
erai times larger than normal Fur
ther light on the lads physical condi-
tion came with the statement by SUI
perintendent Jones of the college that
ailment.
The inquest will be held at / o'clock
Thursday afternoon. and Rev. Mr.. Moe
bus will wait in this city until then.
He is unable to speak English, and
could not converse with the morgue of
ficiaIs when he called to see the re-
mains, but showed in his actions the
grief he felt at his foster sons suicide
The only official action by the direc-
tors OF the college was taken last
night when resolutions were adopted
generating the faculty Of the school
of responsibility for young Moebus'
death. The directors are Rev. G.. H
BernthaI. Rev j. H. Schroeder. Rev. H.
Haserodt, Prof George Thiess, Prof.
]. Hoelter, Edwin Meese. Robert Nor
gensen and A Richter.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
CHERRY CARNIVAL
WILL DRAW CROWDS
Many Pretty Features Arranged
for the San Leandro
Celebration

SAN LEANDRo. May es.-The San
Leandro cherry carnival will begin
Friday evening. June 4. with a prom
and with the opening of the concessions
and shows along the Speedway at Z
O'Clock. Music will be rendered by
the Foresters' band of San Leandro
and Reggie's concert band. The re-
freshments for the guests will be
served by the women of the Alta Mira
club. Prominent among them in the
preparations these women have made.
is Mrs. James E. Child.
The evening of entertainment will
low. On that day Queen Bessie Best,
one of the fairest daughters of San
Leandro, will be crowned by George
Smith, the venerable Cherry King.
Until the ball Saturday evening. the
town of San Leandro will be en- fete.
The celebration will be opened Satur-
day morning at $40 o'clock with a
salute of 81 guns, under the command
of William Reid. The raising of flags
throughout the town will follow. John
Driver directing, and at $50 o'clock
the bands will give a concert on the
plaza.
The visitors trains are due at 10
o'clock The citizens of San Leandro
will meet the pleasure seekers with
the Foresters band in the van. TO
escort the visitors TO the speedway
and Cherry way. The scenes Of enter
o'clock. when the coronation of Queen
Bessie will be held. She will don her
regal costume at the plaza, and Mayor
Gill will present the keys of San Lean
dro to the queen.
The athletic contests will follow the
coronation. w. Gall and Edmund
Herrscher are in charge of the sports,
which will consist OF the following
events:
Two mile Marathon race, open to all,
prize. silver loving cup
Cowboy race, distance one mile over
Cherry way, riders to be in costume.
Three prizes are offered-a pair Of
shirts.
Two mile race for bicycle riders,
prize, gold watch fob.
Eight mile motorcycle race, prize,
leather travelling bag.
440 yard race. with prize.
zoo Yards dash for United States SOL
diers. two prizes.
200 yard dash for United States sail
200 yard dash for boys. with prize.
200 yard race, with. prize, for boys
under L years.
The races will precede the baseball
game to be played by the San Lean
dro fat men on one side and the lean
citizens on the opposing team. Timothy
Sullivan will direct the game. and
Mayor Gill will pitch the first ball.
AT Il o'clock the committee Will dis
tribute 20 tons of San Leandro cherries.
and the noontime luncheon will be
served.
The afternoon parade will be directed
by d. u. Toffelmier, grand marshal.
whose aids will be c. L. Best. H. c.
Barton, Bud Eber, Charles Reid. Jo-
seph Oakes, from San Leandro; P. HI.
Hoare, State Senator E. K. Strobridge,
Jesse Woods, of Hayward; Thomas
LAWN. Harold Meek, Harry Smyth, San
Lorenzo; j. ]. O'Toole. Frank Storer,
and Philip Reilly, -Elmhurst.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
PORTUGUESE TO OBSERVE
FEAST OF HOLY GHOST
Celebration That Dates Back for
Two Centuries

SAUSALITo. May 2s.-The Holy
Ghost festival, held annually to com
rnemorate the deliverance OF the Azores
will be celebrated here tomorrow by
hundreds of Portuguese residing in the
vicinity.
The celebration. religious in charac-
ter, will begin at a. m, when Rev.
Father Costa, recently arrived from
Portugal. will say a parochial mass. At
10 a. m members of the Holy Ghost
society, in the full regalia of the order.
will march in a body from the Sausa-
nto ferry landing 10 Holy Ghost hail.
and half an hour later the marchers
wilr enter the Star of the Sea church, /,
where high mass and sermon Will be
given
There Miss Marie Silva. the daughter
of Trustee J. V. Silva, will be crowned
with the crown of the Holy Ghost, after
which the members of the order will
march back to the Holy Ghost hall,
where a banquet will await them
The religious exercises done, the re-
mainder of the day will be devoted to
a "chamarita.'' the Portuguese national
dance, and the dances in vogue in
America
During the day food will be distrib-
uted to the needy and other charitable
acts done by the members OF the order
CELEBRATE AT PETALUMA
PETALUMA, May 2s.-The Portu-
guese residents of this section began
the celebration of the feast of the
pentecost this evening. The festivities.
which include a parade, fireworks and
a ball. cease at midnight Tomorrow
mass will be celebrated in the chapel
at Holy Ghost hall. after which there
will be feasting. as is the custom
among the Portuguese the world over
on Pentecost Sunday
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
TAKES POISON AFTER
QUARREL WITH WIFE
Motorman Attempts Suicide, but
Is Revived at Hospital

OAKLAND. May ga domestic
quarrel was responsible for the attempt
OF George BIain. motorman Of 507
san Pablo avenue. to commit suicide at
an early hour this morning in his
apartments. He was discovered on the
door Of his room, after he had taken
poison. The police broke down his
door and rushed him TO the receiving
hospital
He was revived by Dr. A. c. Smith
and Steward Plstt after several hours
work. and is now out of danger
What poison Biain took IL was inlpos-
sible to ascertain. and he was extreme
" reticent about the whole affair at
the hospital Lodgers in adjoining
rooms heard him quarrel with his wife
and shortly after midnight heard him
falling about in his room. They notified
the police.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
TWO BERKELEY YOUTHS
FIGHT WITH FILIPINO
Homer and Harold Herman Are
Charged With Battery

BERKELEY, May 2e.-GonzaIo de Ia
Fuento. Filipino student, living in
Parker street, this morning swore TO
a complaint charging Homer and Har-
old Herman, brothers, living al 2s17
Ellsworth street. with battery.
The Filipino charged that the two
youths last night engaged him in an
alteration at the corner OF Haste
street and Shsttuck avenue, and on
his resentfng an insult struck him sew
eral times.
The Herman brothers say that Fu-
ento was looking for trouble and in
terfered with them at the cigar store
on the corner. where the fight took
place. and also that the Filipino drew
a knife
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
PRAYER CONFERENCES TO
OPEN AT MILL VALLEY
Leading Ministers of Coast to
Gather at "Rockhurst"
[Speciol Dispatch to The Cali

Especial Dispatch TO ne COLL
MILL VALLEY. May 2s.-The series
OF Rockhurst prayer conferences which
are to be held in various parts of
California during the next two months
will open at "Rockhurst," the home or
Mrs. Mindora Berry Goodwin at Mill
Valley, June 10 and IL. The conference
will be attended by some of the lead
ing ministers of the coast.
Following the meeting at Mill VAL
ley conferences are to be held sue
cessively in San Francisco. Los An
geles. Oakland and Twin lakes. Among
those who will meet in Mill Valley
are the following clergymen:
Elmore Harris of Toronto. Can; War
rem Sherman. j. O. A. Henry A. B.
Pichard. E. r. Ollie. L c. Meserve, l.
A. McFee. A. Fuller. William Thomas.
J. A. Fraser, j. N Boyd C. H Irving.
Clarence Stevens. G.. c. Willett. w e.
Parker Frederick Starett and J. C.
Astredo.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

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Scalp Remedy. II used as directed. viii asfcnish
you II Is NEW REMEDY. the latest and
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the reason why so many OF the hair preparations
have failed in the past 10 do the work demanded
OF them. IL Is marvellous IN its action and thou
sands have received permanent cures Just from
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Becanse you may not have received any relief
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receive free bottle prepaid receipt OF 10
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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
REDWOOD CITY WOMEN
WILL ORGANIZE CLUB
Mrs. c. E. Cumberson at Head
Of Temporary Organization

REDWOOD CITY. May 2s.-Prelimi-
nary steps have been taken by a num-
Der of women well known in local So
ciety toward the formation of club.
At the first meeting held at the home
Of Mrs. c. z. Cumberson on Roosevelt
avenue: Mrs z. G. Green. state chair
man Of the club extension. and Mrs.
A. A Goddard. state chairman OF the
history and landmarks committee.
were present to offer suggestions.
Temporary organization has been ef-
fected by the selection OF Mrs. Cumber-
son as chairman and Miss Beeger as
secretary.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
FIGHTS FLAMES WITH
HIS CLOTHES BLAZING
Glen Williams BraveIy Pre-
vents Spread of Fire

SAN LEANDRO. May 2s-In spite Of
the fact that flames were creeping UP
his clothes and that smoke was Sitting
him. Glen Williams stuck bravely to his
work of fire lighting yesterday In the
home of J. Larson in Davis street until
the hre department arrived. His heroic
work prevented the flames from spread
ing and causing serious damage. The
fire was caused by defective Hue il
was discovered by Williams before It
had spread from the room where IL
started
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
MILL VALLEY SOCIETY
GIRLS PRODUCE PLAY
Entertainment in Aid of the
Episcopal Church
TSpecioi Dispoich to The Call

MILL VALLEY. May 2s.-The -Piper's
Pay" a clever sketch from the pen of
Margaret Cameron. was played before a
crowded house at the Outdoor Art club
house this evening by seven of Mill VAL
ley's well known society girls who are
members OF the junior guild of the
Episcopal church.
The play was success and the mem
bers of the cast received many encores
for their clever stage work. The sketch
was produced TO raise money for the
benefit of the Episcopal church
Those who were in the cast and who
deserve the credit for the production
are Miss Eva Finn. Miss Elsa HIM. Miss
Ruth REYNOLDS, Miss Hazel Schlingman
Miss Jean Woolworth.. Miss Miriam
Reeves and Miss Dorothy Folker.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
NEW BANK OFFICIALS CHOSE

NEW BANK OFFICIALS CHosEN-Pslo Alto
Nav 2s-The First national bank the oldest
financial institution of this city was reorganized
this afternoon. NJ A. Bucban succeeding C. e
Cashier Eli King childs retired to take charre
~ his large outside interests. while King re
signed to seek rest and health for a number of
months. The new banking head was wen know n
in Iowa where he was interested in number
OF financial institutions well 40 being atnte
bank examiner for I'VE yesrS
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
VALLEJO MAN TO TAKE
FAIR PALO ALTO BRIDE
B. j. Ney Will. Marry Miss
Ethel Decker in This CITY

PALO ALTO. Nay 2s.-The marriage
OF Miss Ethel Decker. one OF the most
80 ar and socially prominent young
pedNie OF this city. TO B. J. Ney ef
vallejo viii take place in san Fran
cisco June 2. Through the prominence
OF her parents and the sweetness Of
her disposition Miss Decker has gained
q host Of friends, the marriage promis-
ing TO be one Of the most important
local social events OF the year.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
sELLs MoRTaAGED rURNrrURE-os

SELLS MoRTGAGED FURNITURE
May 29--H. Cowan. negro. who lived at s22
Magnolia street, Is said 10 have gone TO Seattle
within the last few days after defrauding w
J. cnlIigan. a furniture dealer By purchasing
on the installment plan $500 worth. Of furni-
ture. The furniture mans agents told the
police that Cowan had mortgaged the gcoss
for $50. then sold the stun to another person
before leaving.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
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have never tried Swissco Hair and Scalp
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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

See the display and the prices of
furniture at H. Schellhaas, Eleventh
street. Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
Froic and Business Blends in
Collegiate AluTnnae Gathering

Inc May pole dancers & | fsaas % @ WIS I ,s s1 juliet ss m M ~
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another's po:;ies unmercifully!'
ITO hit an adversary's pony is the unforgivable
SIM he cried smiling at her, and she hastily averted
her eyes, having discovered an unnerving similarity
between his smile and-Henri Quatre's!
THEY walked in eloquent silence. The man
cudgeling his brains for an excuse whereby
he might carry her off in triumph to the Bots. The
girl was fighting down new sensation that threat
ened her independence. Never before had she felt
tongue tied in the presence of an admirer She had
dismissed dozens of them. She refraned now from
sending this good looking boy packing only because
it would be cruel, and Joan Vernon could not be
cruel to anyone. Nevertheless, she had to justify
herself free lance, and it is the role of lance to
attack rather than to defend
What do you occupy yourself with when you are
not playing polo or ounging about artists studios?
she asked suddenly.
Not much, l am afraid l like shooting and
hunting; but these Frenchmen have no backbone
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Quatre was ready to firt with her. The roguish
twinkle in his bronze eye very taking and there
not many men in Paris who could look at her in
that way and win smile in return To be sure, it
thing for Vernon to be well disposed
toward Henry of Navarro; but that is ancient his
tory and our pretty Joan. blithely unconscious.
hurrying that morning to take active part in
drafting the Berlin treaty.
A 7 the corner of the bridge, where it joins the
DUAL du Louvre, she met young Each
pretended that the meeting accidental, though,
after the first glance the best natured recording
gel ever commissioned from Paradise would have
fused to believe either of them.
What piece of luck!' cried the young
care you going to the Louvre?"
Yes And you?' demanded Joan, flushing
prettiy.
Il am killing time till the afternoon, when play
Number One for the Wanderers To-day's match is
at Bagatelle
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CHAPTER l.
The Fortune Teller

Nodding to Leontine, the cabaret amazingly small
maid of all work who was always washing and never
washed, Joan saw the statement for the hundredth
time, and ever, found its in the blistered
paint and dust covered windows: Madame Lucette's
last song of real life pointed a moral
Joans bright face did not cloud on that account.
Paul Verlaine taking the air in the Boulevard Saint
Michel. had he CHANGED to notice the dry husk of
that cabaret quotation, might have composed chan
on the vanity of dead cafes but this sprghy girl
had chosen her residence there chiefly because it
marched with her purse Moreover. it was admirably
suited to the needs of who for the part gave
her days to the Louvre and her evenings the Sor
bonnie.
She was rather late that morning Lest that pre-
cous hour of white light should be lost she sped rap
idly across the place, down the boulevard and along
the busy DUAL DIES Grands Augustus On the Pont
Neuf she glanced up at another statuesque acquaint
ance, this time kingly parsonage on horseback.
She could never quite dispe the notion that Henri
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for thy speech bewrayeth
thee she quoted.
II don't quite follow that,
Miss Vernon"
No? Well, I'll explain
another time. / must away
to my copying"
Let me come and fix
your easel. Really, ! have
nothing else to do"
Worse and worsei En-
route. dlorS! You can watch
me at work. That must he
a real pleasure to an idler."
II am no idler," he pro-
tested.
What, Who spoke but
Tow of killing time play,
Number One and 'Baga-
telle', Really, Mr.. Del
grado."
Oh, is that what you are
driving at? But YOU mis-
understood. Bagatelle is
near the polo ground in the
Lois. and. as Number One
in my team, ! shall have to
hustle. Four stiff chukkers
at polo are downright hard
V ork, Miss Vernon. BY tea
time | shall be a limp rag.
romised to play nearly a
month ago, and ! cannot
draw back now"
Polo is a mans game. at
any rate" she admitted.
Would you care to see
to-day's tie?" he asked
eagerly. We meet Chan
tilly. and, if we put them
out in the first round of the
tournament, with any ordi-
nary luck we ought to run
right into the semifinal."
She shook her head.
You unhappy people who
! Ian and scheme how best
to waste your hours have no
notion of their value. !
must work steadily from two
till five. That means a SIX
teenth of my picture. Di-
vide two hundred and fifty
by sixteen, and you have
Dear mel / am no good at
figures.
Fifteen francs, sixty-two
and a half centimes," said
he promptly.
She flashed a surprised
look at him. That is ra-
Their clever of you, she said.
Well, fancy a poor artist
sacrificing all that money in
order to watch eight men
galloping after a white ball
and whacking it and one
rcifully!"
VS. pony is the unforgivable
her, and she hastily averted
cred an unnerving similarity
Henri Quatre's!
eloquent silence. The man
,rains for an excuse whereby
in tri,,rnDh tO the ROiS The
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$4,000 PAY FOR TAFT.
Other Raises of Salary Are Killed
by House in Washington.

by House in Washington.
The National House of Representa-
tivcs ON Wednesday voted II salary Of
S1i.GOO II year to President Taft. THIS
IL an increase Of S2j.n0O over the pres
cnt salary for Il President. int out OF
the Increase the I'rcsdcn, l. To pay
his travelling expenses. President
Roosevelt expended 5000 last year In
travelling.
All other salary increases were re-.
jected ny the House. The speaker ami
the Vice President may not get Slo.OW
Il year nor may supreme Court Justices
or members of the Federal Judiciary
get advances Of $1,000 year ~ nj
lowed by the Senate. The apprOprln-
ton bin on legislative. executive ami
judicial expenses was srnt back to con.
ference with the House managers In
structcd to resist increases IN salaries.
"IOu dare not face your constituents
with this Increase In salary for Presi.
dent that surrounds him with III" lux.
urics ~ kings ana monarci,s." said
Champ Clark. The House agreed with
him.
The amendments to existing law maxi
ing senator Knox eligible M SCCrstnry
Of state went through without notice
or comment. 40 wrapped up In the fight
against the increased salaries were the
members Of the House.
TIL" vote against increasing the Pres
ident's salary was 'i3i nays to Ia ayes.
Speaker Cannon asked that he be r"-
corded In favor Of the Increase. !nhn,c-
dintely Mr.. Watson amended the prop.
Osition by substituting x75OW for
SlGO.OCO and demanded the roll call mi
the compromise. II was carried by
1G:. to 140 and goes back to the Senate
| for acceptance.
The vote killing the increases To the
salaries of the Vice President AMI
| Speaker was by divisions. In like man.
ner senator Knox's proposition creating
the office Of under secretary Of state
and fourth assistant secretary Of State
| went down to defeat.
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CANNOT REACH sEARs.RoEBucK.
Court Holds Mail Order House Need
Not Answer Iowa lmdict NneMt.

Not Answer Iowa lmdictm
by simply ignoring the indictment re-
turned against It by the federal grand
jury IN Des MOincs two years ago tho
Senrs.Itocbuck Company of Chicago will
escape trial on charge of using the mails
TO !efraud. In an opinion handed down
by Judge McIlNson Of the United States
Court il Is held that the big mail.Ordcr
housc cannot BE- compelled to appear for
trial In the federal court Judge Nc.
Pherson points out that corporation can
not be arrested and brought before the
court as would be done In the ease of one
individual. and there Is no federal stat
ute which requires II corporation To 90
into another State to stand trial II II does
not wish to do 10. In the indictment the
Sears l,Ocbuck Company was charged
with selling by mail paints aud jrwclry
which were different In form and quality
from those advertised in its catalogues.
Judge Mcpherson says II the government
so desires the alleged crime can he Gov
cred by nm Indictment in the Northern
District of Illinois.