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Then Prof William Dallam Armes, who is
model OF proprety, was called into council and
as he is an authority the drama, announced that
1t would be altogether undgnif1ed and too bois-
ferrous even to think of giving such performance
So they compromised on skirts twelve inches above
the foor-just about Merry Widow length. Wells
and mystery and frills and giggles not too bois
terous,' to quote Willie Armes are the weaponry of
feminine offense and defense. These are what they
call college activities Hamniering on the piano.
quotha
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-29

joke, on the subject OF Irritation. After every
paper in America had taken careless fling at him,
the Harvard man goaded into writing for pub
LEGATION two columns of words explaining his joke
and relating his sufferings from the filings and
arrows OF needless press. It was truly pathetic
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-29
THE OPPOSITE SEX

What is this giggle that offends DIR. Wheeler?
1t is, of course, merely form OF feminine allure
ment exercised on what somebody has called 1.-The
opposite sex The peach basket hat is gigge for
external use, and is intended to serve the same pur
pose Of attraction or provocation
No doubt the giggle does not promote but
rather hampers the production of doctors of phil
osophy- Ever since this world began mankind has
known two prime causes or motives for human &C
tvity, and they the reproduction of the species
and the supply of food and other material needs Dr.
Wheeler would add third in the production OF doc
tors of philosophy.
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THE GIRLS KNOW

For they know their business better than the
doctors of philosophy. Call to mind the circum-
stances that attended the production of THE Infer
nal Masculine, an ingenious interlude of college
life at Berkeley, reported in the papers at the
time. They were thus related
The length of the ballet skirts to be worn by
the sorority girls of the University of Cali
fornla IN the senior extravaganza The Internal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-29
THE WISDOM OF WILLIE

ing women IN conclusion
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CUPID ENDURES

Sally is not always logical perhaps, but she
feels that DR.. Wheeler's earthquake was 'bois-
ferrous" while she knows that Cupid survives a
whole lot of battering
Giggles and frills, frills and gggles! What
saith the Persian:
What know ye of the wearer We who know the
dress right we'll?
lis the letter writer only the letters purport
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-29

but we don't believe it will ap-i
prove OF one divorce TO every
four marriages Once let it
begin to suspect that Ameri
can divorce is too easy, too
abundant, and hurtful to pub
lie morals, and then see what
will happen! The enthusiastic
western state legislators will
get to work and make di
vorce as hard to get as
cigarettes in the state of
Washington or drinks in
Kansas The spirit of prohi
hibition is just as ready TO
tackle divorce as to tackle
whisky or gambling. 1t
will do it the moment the
conviction crystallizes that
divorce has come to be
nuisance to families When
it does tackle it it will do. it
with a whoop and yell and
slam the door.
In Arkansas the law pre-
scribes when you shall go to bed.
In Oklahoma the law regulates
the length of the sheets after you
get there. The man who SHORES
will shortly be in danger of going
to jail. The catalogue of legis-
lative "don'ts' keeps lawyers busy
and that is about all.
THE COCAINE, FIENDS
A suggestive little story in
the morning papers this week told
how messenger boy in Oakland
had built up profitable trade in
SI11or1yino cocaine and other mar
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-29
A GAME WITHOUT RULES

There is too much OF giggles and frills with
the young women attending college today" says
DIR. Wheeler. He would substitute a course in Do
mestic Science and teach them to darn socks He is
putting the cart before the horse
Needles and pins. needles and pins
When you get married your trouble begins.
1t is silly business, doctor, as you and I know
and it belongs to the silly season If love making
were matter OF pure reason, there would be no
mating and marrying 1t is game that is played
without rules. In the words of Captain Charles
Fletcher Taylor's justly celebrated song:
SALLY,S COURTING
Sally went cotn,
She did ride,
Sword and pistol by her side.
Sometimes she wears the sword and pistol and
sometimes it is gggles and frs. but the purpose is
always the same when Sally goes co'tin'.
OF all the girls that are so smart
There's none like pretty Sally
No, that not written by the poet of Capt.
tola although, indeed, it is wonderful how the salt
air of Pacific beaches stimulates the Muse and, in
fact, Sallys process of reasoning is near akin to
that of Captain Taylors little boy Captain Taylor
had in his house statue of Cupid, which, in the
earthquake of 1868, fell down and broke an arm. In
the earthquake of 1906 Cupid fell and. broke the
other arm.
Paw said the boy to Captain Taylor, there
will be no more earthquakes. Cupid has no more
arms to break
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CYCLES AND FRILLS

In the sacred groves of Academe they will
giggle and wear frs, for It's their nature to. No
frosty old codger shall say them nay. You think
you can expel nature at the point of ptchfork,
but she will return to pluck you by the beard and
hout you in the face.
Note the demeanor of the young ladies who
have ventured mild criticism of the learned doctors
few and well chosen remarks" They are as de-
mure and as innocent cat tapping cream. But
look out When the football player lurches in sight
there will still be frlls and giggles for him. You can
not hold fire in your hand by thinking on the frosty
Caucasus. You may not subdue the primal in
stincts of the race by holding up the remote and
dubious guerdon of Phi. D. Go to- thou gray beard,
and learn of the Merry Widow. There will still be
cakes and ale, and what DR.. Wheeler contemptu-
ousy describes as 'hammering on the piano.
There will be balcony scenes as long as the moon
light shines on sorority houses
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-29
THE COCAINE, FIENDS
EDWARD F. CAH1LL

cotlc drugs to long list of patrons His bust
ness was so extensive that he had to maintain
telephone to keep track OF the orders he had to FILL
1t does not seem, therefore that the law prohibit
ing the sale OF such drugs is of much effect The
boy customers paid him so per cent profit on the
price paid by him. and sometimes more if the danger
OF arrest was great when the difficulty of getting
supply was considerable There is wide variety
OF these narcotic drugs and all of them have their
own special hends.
Cocaine appears to have the. greatest number
OF admirers since opium has become SO scarce and
costly.
COCAINE DISTRICTS
The Boston Transcript tells that FIVE charges
of unlawful sale of cocaine were called in one police
court one morning in that city. The business has
grown to such proportions that Watch and Ward
society has been organized to attend to the hends
and smooth their wayto jail. Thus everysvice that
the ingenuity OF man invents must be supplemented
by its own proper civic organization of suppression
The surprising thing is that anybody finds time to
devote SO much attention to other peoples business
AS the result of Investigations conducted by this So
ciety the same paper states these facts
That the cocaine habit is on the increase in
Boston; that il is deliberately promoted by scoun
drels who initiate victims for the sake of the profit
to be made by supplying them with the drug and
pandered to by apothecaries who sell the drug to
safe customers; that there cocaine district"
clearly defined the retail district the finan
cial quarter, which begins in the South End and
skirts the edge of the Back Bay and that within
this there are cocaine clubs established as
rendezvous for persons addicted this form OF
dissipation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
TRAINED FROM INFANCY
Sons of George Gould to Be Railroad
Men-Kingdon on Missouri
Pacific Directory.

St Louis, March 9.-The directors of
the Missouri Pacific here today elected
r. NJ Galloway, New York, to sue
coed Stuyvesant Fish, and Kingdom
Gould of New York was added to the
membership. Mr.. Gould was also elect
ed TO the board of the Iron Mountain
system.
Kingdom Gould, the 22-yeaT-old son
Of George Gould. who today was elect
ed a director of the Missouri Pacific
railroad. left Columbia university last
year after pursuing the engineering
course for four years. He failed 10
receive mis- diploma, and since then has
been studying practical railroading in
the southwest and in Mexico.
George Gould has trained both his
sons almost from infancy to take up
his railroad business. His idea has
been that Kingdom viii eventually sue
coed him as he himself succeeded Jay
Could. his father. 1t has been said
that the principal study of the young
Goulds, as children, was the ''geog-
raphy of the Gould lines, and the ge-
ogTaphy of the rest of the world as 1t
relates to the Gould lines"
Jay, the younger son, is still a stu
dent in the engineering course at Co
lt5u1 bia
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
SLEW THE GIRL
IN COLD BLOOD
John J. Mueller of Baltimore
C0nfeSSeS to Most Diab0I-
iCaI Crime.

Baltimore, March 9-Uuder searching
questioning today, John J. Mueller con-
fessed that it was he who last night shot
and killed his sweetheart, Miss Regina
Reed. He said there was no truth in the
story he told Immediately after the
shooting, that he and Miss Reed were
held up by highWayman who after Sc
curing MuellerS money, demanded a
necklace worn by Miss Reed. Mueller
said last night that in response to this
demand Miss Reed slapped the highway
mans face, and thereupon the fatal shot
was fired.
Miss Reeds marriage to Mueller was
set for April II According to Mueller
statement, after they had walked a short
distance, the girl preceding him he
thought he saw man emerging from be-
hind a tree and, believing himself to be
in danger, fired, but owing to the INSTEAD
mess of his aim on account of fright, the
bullet struck and killed Miss Reed.
His story, however is not accepted BIS
the police. who declare the killing was
to break off his engagement and had not
the courage to do so.
At the coroners inquest evidence was
introduced to show that the place where
the shooting took place was dark, and
that a highwayman could not have seen
the necklace worn by the girl. and that
Mueller could not have seen the alleged
highwayman's pistol glisten. Last De-
cember a letter received by Mueller
threatened him with harm if he did not
cease his attentions to Miss Reed. The
police believe Mueller sent the letter to
himself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
NEW CENSUS BILL DRAWN
Chairman Crumpacker Approves, but
Does Not Think Taft
Would Sign It.

Washington, March 9.-The passage
of a new census bill during the special
session, to take the place of the meas
ure vetoed by President Roosevelt, is
confidently predicted by its friends i'll
congress.
Representative Crumpacker of In
diana, chairman Of the census COM
mittee of the last house, and author
of the bill disapproved, approves the
new measure. He believes it will not
meet with the approval of the special
session of the congress, nor viii 1t re-
ceiVe the signature of President Taft.
The plan for the selection Of clerks
by non-competitive examination, as
provided for in the vetoed bill, has been
abandoned. Judge Crumpacker has
sought to apply the merit system of
selection, modified to meet the exigen-
cies of the census work. The new bill
provides for special test examina-
tons prescribed by the civil service
commission.
The selection would differ from the
ordinary selection under the civil ser
vice in that the director of the census
might. when the exigeneies of the SER
vice required, give preference to eligi-
bles Immediately available, instead of
selecting the appo.ntees according to
rating, as is otherwise provided
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
CLAIMS KILLING
WAS JUSTIFIED
UnWritten Law invoked by
Counsel for SlayerS of
E. w. Carmack.

Nashville. Tenn, March s.-General
Meeks. of counsel for defense in the trial
of the Coopers and Sharp, charged with
numbering former United States Senator
E. W. Carmack, today extended the IN
written law to cover editors who attack
private or public men.
you talk of the liberty of the press"
he exclaimed to the jury, why, gentle
men, no man lives who believes more
firmly in the liberty of the press than
DO. But when a man in an editorial posi-
ton turns the liberty Of the press into IL
cense. and undertakes TO defame and de-
file you and your family, what are you
going to do2 The prosecution will tell you
you have recourse in the courts. Yes,
and you get judgment for $4,000 against
a man not worth the price of a plug Of
tobacco. Is that satisfaction? Oh, gen
tlemen. I tell you the streets OF this, our
city. have run red before with the blood
of men who improperly used other mems
names in public prints"
General Meeks in q five-houT speech
painted the defendants as the finest types
Of southern aristocracy-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
GOVERNMENTS CASE WEAK
Indications That the Standard Oil
Prosecution viii Collapse Be-
fore Many DAYS.

Chicago, March 9.-The governments
case of the retrial OF the Standard Oil
company Of Indiana, which so far has
Jared unfortunately in Judge Ander-
sons court, narrowly avoided a death
blow today Judge Anderson held that
the government must prove that there
was d standard rate for oil shipments
between Whiting, Ind, and East St.
Louis at the time the offenses with
which the defendant is charged, and
that the defendant knowingly accepted
a lower secret rate. The court de-
claTed that the government must con-
vince him that it would be able to
prove this.
Judge Andersonse ruling will, it is
said. compel the government I'd ask
for leave TO amend the indictment. Al
though the government counsel did not
directly state that a refusal to allow
this amendment to be made would be
a death blow to the prosecution, their
admissions made this inference obvious
Court adjourned until tomorrow, at
the governments request.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
BARRED FROM FAMILY PLOT
Deputy Sheriffs Present at Funeral
of Catholic Girl Who Com
mitted Suicide,

FL PasO, Tex, March S.-The refusal OF
a cemetery agent to honor an injunction
issued by Judge James r. Harper to pre-
vent interference with the burial of 10
year-olG Soledad Armendariz, a Catholic
girl who committed suicide here Sunday
night, almost precipitated riot at Ever
green cemetery this afternoon and re-
suited in the presence of deputy sheriffs
during the ceremony. When Father Pinto
of local Polish church, served notice on
Faustino Armendariz that his daughter
could not be buried in the Catholic por-
ton of the cemetery, the father went to
the burial ground, presented a deed to
his family plot and prepared the grave
for his child. He was elected by d. H.
Anderson, agent at the cemetery.
A temporary injunction was issued. on
plea of ATmendaTiZ, against Father Pinto,
r II. Thorne, manager of the cemetery.
ard d. II. Anderson, restraining them
from interfering with the funeral
When deputy sheriffs accompanied the
funeral party to the grave to serve the
writ. Anderson refused to honor the court
order The deputy sheriff threatened ar
rest and the funeral proceeded. The final
fearing in the injunction proceedings has
been Set for May 3.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10

one man working in the loading Of the
car.
Water began to rise yesterday morn
ing in the portion of the tunnel in which
the men are held, and last night they
reported that it had reached q depth Of
tEo feet and was still rising making
their situation more dangerous and en-
forcing more heroic efforts on the part
Of the workers outside.
Last night the distance still measured
approximately thirty feet but instead or
attempting TO clear it all away, it was
ecided to cOnfine the efforts of the
workers to boring through a gopher
hole" in order TO be able to supply the
men with what was needed until they
could be released. At midnight, in this
way. the relief party were within five
feet of the miners. and unless there were
more slides in the walls OF roof during
the early morning hours the Peterso1s
viii at least be served with hot break
fast.
Almost in Despair.
Jerry Peterson has been the only one
Of the two to engage in conversation
through the pipe with those outside. and
on Monday night and yesterday fore
noon expressed Cheerfulness. He talked
with his wife. who was a constant at
tendant at the mine. a number Of times
during the day, and made q brave at
tempt to comfort her and allsy her fears
for his safety. When she asked him if
he was hungry and if he was all right,
he answered with CHEEKY laugh
Nope, we amt hungry a bit. but to
tell the truth, We don't like the place very
we'll
Last night, however, the terrible mental
strain upon the men became evident in
the change of manner OF talk. The light
heartedness and the hopeful spirit were
gone and the tones we're those of grow
ing despair despite an apparent deter
mined attempt to keep the stiff upper lip
Gathered about a huge campfire built
near the entrance to the tunnel at least
fifty men sat during the night, each wait
ing his turn TO go into the mine and take
a hand at the work. There was no Cesss-
ton of the labor, and every one was hopes
full that early this morning the men will
be taken out Of their prison.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
Ruin Soon Completed.

Many women were among the seriously
injured. The tornado spread above the
city only a few minutes, but its work of
destruction was complete. The Catholic
church, standing directly in the path of
the storm, alone escaped damage. 1t has
been converted into a hospital
The principal streets are impossible,
and are piled high with wreckage-
Every business house is in ruins, and
there is hardly a home that has not been
dana ged. All the hotels were demolished,
but the guests escaped
Relief squads have been at work all day
caring for the dead and injured The
Rock Island and St. Louis & Cotton Belt
railways have placed cars at the disposal
OF the local relief committee, and many
people are leaving Brinkley, seeking
temporary refuge at other points near by
Governor on Hand.
Governor Donaghey arrived from Lit
tie Rock this afternoon in response to
call from the citizens committee. Hun
dreds of people are homeless and are
wandering about, seeking a temporary
abode. Three special trains arrived from
neighboTing towns today, bringing relief
workers, physicians and nurses
Mass meetings have been called for to-
morrow in Memphis. Little Rock and
orc cities, to raise funds and supplies
for the storm victims
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
MURDER AT SPARKS, NEV.
Charles c. Petty Fires Five Bullets
into Wife's Body.

Reno. New, March 9.-Charles c. Pet
ty. a machinist, fired five shots into his
wife's body tonight in front Of the
Methodist church at Sparks. She died
almost Immediately after being carried
into the church
Petty came from EastOn, Pa, nine
years ago with the woman he killed
He was divorced at Reno last July and
married his divorced wife last Deem
Der. Today she left home, with Petty
in pursuit. IF you don't come back
I'll kill you" ne is reported as saying.
She tore from his grasp, only to fall a
victim of his revolver.
The dead woman leaves two children,
Her father is J. W. Pierce Of Key West,
Fla, reputed wealthy.
Petty, after the shooting, returned
home, where he was arrested. He pro-
fesses ignorance of the crime.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
NOTORIOUS WOMAN PRISONER DIES
TN THE KANSAS STATE PEkITENTIARY

Mrs. Staffieback was brought to the
penitentiary to serve a Z1-year sentence
for murder in the second degree At the
time two Gf her sons were brought in I'M
der life sentences. a third son to serve
seven years. and Charles wilson. her sec
ono husband, to serve twenty-five " ITS.
one OF the sons serving a life sentence
died four years ago. The third son served
out his sentence and it is reported that
he is now serving a term in the Missouri
penitentiaTy.
Tie Stafflebacks lived near Galcna.
Kan. and were accused of numerous afro
cious murders They ran hotel and il
was alleged that they murdered guests
who had money and threw the bodies into
a deserted mine. A number of skeletons
were found on the premises.
81 The Stafflebac3zs are generally ranked
next to the Blenders in the notorious kan
sas murders.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
WORK IN FRANTIC HASTE
TOFREE ENTOMBED MINERS
At Midnight Twenty Tons of Earth Separated
Rescuers From Peterson Brothers in
St. Patrick Tunnel.
Air and Milk Sent Through Pipe to Men imprisoned East of
MWray-Stand in Two Feet of Water.


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NEW TARIFF SCHEME.
Maximum and Minimum Rates of
Duty in Payne Bill.

Washington, March 9.-Maximum
and minimum rates of duty are pro-
vided in the tariff bill TO be introduced
in the house at the special session by
Chairman Payne of the ways and
means committee Twenty per cent IS
understood to be the average reduction
for minimum duties. Some articles viii
be excepted from the minimum DUTY
and greater or lesser rates Of reduction
will be placed on others.
The United States was the first coun-
try to adopt maximum and minimum
rates when it provided for reciprocity
in its tariff law Cor few articles, such
as sugar. Germany and france now
over have extended the reciprocity to
cdver their entire tariff, and 1t is to
Yr<sEe the American tariff more in ac-
cbrdance with foreign tariffs that the
maximum and minimum provisions are
incorporated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
LABOR LEADER KILLED.
Outcome of Quarrel Over Employ
ment OF Non-Union Man.

Roswell. n. NJ, March 9.-Ollie Shirley,
a local labor leader. well known in Amer
lean Federation Of Labor circles, was
shot and instantly killed here this after
noon nv w. T. Wells. a wealthy resident
of Roswell. as a result of a quarrel over
the employment of a non-union man on
some construction work being done for
Wells.
the man because he had openly criticised
the union men. When Wells refused,
eight union men at work on the structure
laid down their tools. Negroes and Mex
leans were engaged to fill their places
This brought Shirley to the scene. and
n DISPUTE followed Wells was arrested
and spirited out of town for fear that
Shiriey's friends would attempt to lyneh
Mr. Wells formerly lived at Los An
coles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-10
CHANCE FOR HOMESTEAD.
Five Million Acres of Land in Wyo-
ming Open to Entry.

Washington, March BY an order
of the interior department about 3.000,
900 acres of land in the counties along
the eastern border of Wyoming are to
be thrown open at once to homestead
ers, who will be allowed to take either
160 or $40 acres. The land cannot be
irrigated and win be for use for dry
farming only. Those who take 800
acres must make an attempt to culti-
vate the land while those who go in on
the smaller holdings will not be COM
PEELED to do so.
The throwing open of this land Is
somewhat in the nature of an expert
ment to see what can be done with
such land.