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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
AMERICAS FRIENDSHIP
DESIRE OF NIPPONESE
Japanese Ambassador to Eng
land Laughs at War Talk

LONDON, Feb. 21.-The newly ap-
pointed Japanese ambassador to Great
Britain, Count Takahira Kato, in an in
terview today said that he saw no rea-
son why Japanese relations with the
United States should not remain excel
lent in the future, despite the loud talk
Of a small excited section
How highly we prize the statesman
like and loyal policy of President
Roosevelt in this connection" said the
ambassador. st is hard to say, ,but
speaking for my country, can assure
You that nobody ever conceived such a
mad scheme as fighting with the United
States.''
Count Kato declared that there could
be no dominant power in the vast
waters of the Pacific. I'VE have no in
terests there he said, "that can clash
with the United States. We mean to
have our own sphere of influence in our
own part of the Pacific, but not to the
detriment of single power, for we
are not seeking any exclusive pres
tige"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
ELECTRIC SHIRT FRONT
USED FOR ADVERTISING
Patentee Refuses to Sell Rights,
but Makes Small Income

The man in evening dress with the
electric light advertising sign shining
through the white expanse of his shirt
front is well known to every one who
walks along Broadway at night.
What an original advertising idea,
Why don't other people copy it?" peo-
pie occasionally ask.
Until this mans patent expires, how
ever, no one else may try this novel
publicity method. The device by which
the letters are made to shine through
the shirt front is the mans own in
vention, and he refuses to sell it. He
explained to a reporter recently that
rather than part with his ownership of
the patent outright for a lump sum
he prefers to make comfortable
monthly income by hiring his personal
services out as New York's only human
perambulating electric advertising
sign
He is neither an inventor nor even an
electrician by education. He got the
idea for the device Is years ago
Delmar park, st Louis. One of the
fun making attractions of the resort
was a big German who wore a huge
evening dress shirt on which ludicrous
pictures were flashed from a magic
lantern across the ROOM
The bar tender saw that the feat
would be much more mysteriously
interesting If the letters and figures
were flashed from inside the shirt in
stead of from the outside. He got a
pocket battery and rugged it to a small
frame of electrically wired letters. An
unusually thin starched shirt and
transparent guards completed the outfit.
Then the inventor began hiring out
vices at so much month.-New York
Times
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
BELL PRESENTS
ATTRACTIVE BILL
Headline Feature Is Remarkable
Gymnastic and Aerial Per-
fOrmance

OAKLAND, Feb. 21.-An attractive
bill of special features made up the
new program which had its initial per-
formance at the Bell theater this after
noon. The headline feature was a di-
rect importation from Europe, Les
Theodors- They were brilliant in their
novelty gymnastic and aerial perform
ance. Jack Cotter and Ida Boulden
were we'll received in a unique sing
ing and dancing number entitled
Whips in Bits" Henri and Alice car
yer presented one of the most sensa-
tional exhibitions in vaudeville. Henri
is famed as juggler. many of his
tricks surprising the best Japanese
performers.
Miss Carver executed a number of
dlff1eult shots with her rifle, displaying
unerr1ng accuracy. With a family OF
six. the Bakers were popular in an in
teresting act with the bicycle One of
the gems was the little pIaylet, "a
Matrimonial Bargain" 1t furnished 90
of fun and comedy with Wat
son and Little in the roles. The Two
Musical Brandons in new musical
turn were features and introduced a
of new vaudeville ideas that
We're well received
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
MONKEYS BECOME
PREMATURELY OLD
Scientific Experiments Con-
Quoted by Metchnikoff

Doubtless the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
those who oppose all scientific experi-
ments on the lower animals will be an
pailed to learn that Professor Metchnf-
koff has been making on monkeys fur
ther experiments regarding old age and
It's retardation. says a Paris cable to the
New oYrk World
And the monkeys have grown "prema-
turely old" The experiments have pro-
duced in them artificial old age. or at
least one Of the most constant and
prominent conditions of senilitv in
humans. -
These interesting and important ex-
perlmentS were conducted under Metch-
nikoffs eye and in his laboratory at fhe
Pasteur Institute here by Pierre Boveri
a young scientist, and they We're kent
secret until this week
Boveri injected under the monlSey's
skin "adrenalin." the principle derived
from the capsule over the kidney and
often called the supr2unaI principle
The result of the injections was to
cause arterio -Sclerosis, a thickenine of
the coats of the arteries, which often
become almost brittle. AS has been
said, arterio- sclerosis is one of the most
characteristic signs, of old age in man
And the disease in monkeys and in
man is exactly similar.
Metchnikoff and Boveri have gone a
step farther and are experimenting on
apes. They produce arterio- -sclerosfs in
the apes and then employ one or other
methods used in treating the disease in
man. OF course, the experimenters can
observe the effect of the treatment. nm
der the microscope, at any stage OF If
they please. So they confidently hone
their experiments will end in the dis
coyery of a remedy for arterio-scle
which often hastens the death of the
aged.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
DEDICATE NEW HALL
AT GIRLS CONVENT
Archbishop Riordan and Many
Members of Catholic Clergy
Take Part

OAKLAND. Feb. 21.-In the presence
Of many of Oaklands fairest maids
and matrons, undergraduates and
alumnae of the institution which they
had gathered to honor. Archbishop
Riordan this afternoon dedicated the
magnificent new hall OF the convent
OF Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, on
Twenty first street.
The dedication ceremonies were pre-
ceded by a professional, headed by the
archbishop, who was followed by the
visiting clergy, then sisters and the
girls of theSconvent to the auditorium,
where the archbishop recited the dedi-
cation ritual. At the conclusion of the
services Miss Clara Leonhard of Los
Angeles extended the greetings of the
convent to his grace, their distin-
guished visitor
In gracious reply the archbishop
dWelt upon the needs of education of
the present day and expressed the be-
iief that the ideal environment for
women students was one of secIusion,
apart from the distractions of the out
SIDE world and under the uplifting in
nuences and associations of the church
and the sisterhood.
Archbishop Riordan was assisted in
Ine dedication ceremonies by the fol-
lowing clergy: Father McSweeney,
rather Serda, Father John Butler,
rather William Butler, Father John
Cantwell, Father William CantweH.
Rather O'Brennan, Father Mulligan.
Father Moore, Father O'Nein, Father
Baschab, Father Cranwell and Fathef
Kerns.
The new hall is a two story struc-
ture 100 feet in length, with two wings
GHarles Devlin of San Francisco was
the designing architect. In the new
building will be established a conserv-
atory OF music and a college prepara-
Tory department as we'll as an addition
to the pupils dormitory.
Ihe building will afford accommoda-
tlons for 200 pupils. There will be &c
practice rooms for music, a large studio
iof concerts and finishing work, q
Sleeping rooms, classrooms and a gym
naslum. 1t is expected that the stu
dent body will be so greatly enlarged
as a result of the addition of the new
building that arrangements have al
ready been made to engage seven addi-
tional teachers for the faculty, which
now numbers 81 active teachers In ad-
and other departments
1t is proposed to establish advanced
courses for students who desire to take
a college course at the convent The
new courses will be made coextensive
with those at the state university and
graduate degrees will be conferred upon
the students who complete them sue
cessfully. A commercial department
has also been installed in the convent
recently.
The convent of Our Lady of the
Sacred Heart was founded 40 years
ago by Mother Anthony of the sister
hood of the Holy Names. During the
last quarter century the daughters of
many of Califormnias most distin-
guished families have received their
girlhood training within its ha1lowed
walls. Mother Geraldine, the present
sister superior of the convent origi-
mated the plan to build the new hall,
which was dedicated today, and her
ideas contributed largely to the archi-
tects design.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
TWO BURGLARS LOOT
STORES AND SALOONS
Daring Thieves Ply Trade in the
Center of the City

OAKLAND, Feb. 21.-Eight store and
saloon burglaries, which bear marks of
being the work of the same two men,
and the cracking of safe kept by
Harbor lodge. Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, at Alcatraz hall, Seventh
and Peralta streets. were perpetrated
in this city last night.
In Alcatraz hail. where the lock of
the safe owned by the Odd Fellows
lodge was smashed with a sledge ham,
mer,. the result of the burglary was
sS7 in silver. The two stores broken
into, which are not in the Twelfth street
block. are kept by C. T. Peterson at
445 San Pablo avenue and NJ. p. Nor
gan at 1925 San Pablo avenue.
This morning it was learned that
jimmies had been used on the back
doors of Chris Nielsen's saloon, 379
Twelfth street, where $45 was taken
from the cash register and slot ma
chine; of the Keller candy company
where nothing was missing: of Alois
j. Felkeifs store, 81 Twelfth street
where the loss was small: of the Rush
cafe, 367 Twelfth street. where the
money was not found by the burglars
of the Cowen coffee store, 365 Twelfth
street, where 81 was stolen from the
cash register, and of j. Martins saloon.
1863 Twelfth street, where the register
and slot machine were rifled of $40.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
REMOVES PLASTER AND
GETS VALUABLE FRESCO
Work of Middle Ages Secured in
Remodeling of Church

1t is not only in this country that
church restorers are allowed to do
much as they like. An interesting story
comes from Hal The church is un-
der restoration and the workme en'came
across traces of fresco. Its existence
had been unknown, and, according to
the plans, the plaster was to come
away. Fortunately townsman knew
a process by which the plaster could be
taken off intact on canvas. He obtained
permission to make the experiment. and
1T has been carried out with success. He
is said to be now the possessor OF. a
valuable fifteenth century painting. The
Brussels museum authorities have
learned of the existence of the painting.
and they are endeavoring to prevent
the alienation of this interesting work
of the middle ageS.-LOndon Globe
The Zacatecas mines in Mexico pro-
duce 600 tons of silver and 1900 tons
of copper a month.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

tainted. and that's what is causing the
Indigestion and gas on stomach and
otner miseries. Pape's Diapepsin is an
Antacid. most powerful digestive and
thorough regulator for weak stomacbs
These Triansules will digest any kind
or food you eat and will cleanse the
stomach and intestines in a natural
way, which makes you feel fine i've
minutes afterwards.
Any good Pharmacy here will sun
ply you with case Of Pape's DiapeD-
SIN Tor fifty cents. Just reading about
tnis remarkable stomach preparation
Will not help. You should 20 now ana
get case Put your stomach in fulI
health and by tomorrow you will for
get the misery OF stomach trouble.
your case is no different from many
otners- 1t isn't stomach Nerves or
Catarrh Of the Stomach. or Castritis
OF Dyspepsia 1t is Food rotting-
rood Fermentation-thats all-and
takes about five minutes to overcome
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
NO MORE STOMACH DISTRESS
OR DYSPEPSIA AFTER TODAY

When your stomach is weak or lack
Ing in Gastric juice. anything that you
eat, no difference what 1T is, will sour
on your stomach, raise the bile and
acids to cover your food like oil on
water. causing Indigestion. Dyspepsia.
stomach nervousness and Belching OF
sour poisons, which produce foul odors,
nasty taste. bilious headache. Heart
burn, Intestinal gripping and make you
an object OF misery. This is stomach
trouble which can not be overcome
with ordinary digestive medicines. 1t
is caused by fermentation of your food
which will be remedied at once by
Papes Dtapeps:n, a preparation pleas
ant to take and as harmless as CANDY
though it will digest and prepare for
assimilation into the blood all the food
you eat
indigestion is a result not cause
OF your trouble. If the stomach is sour
and unhealthy, your food beeames
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
HUSBAND LOSES WAGER
ON CONDUCT OF WIFE
She Responds to Call of Friend
and Asks Divorce

John B. Richards laid a wager with
a friend that his wife would not make
an engagement with the friend The
stake was new hat. He lost the hat.
Now he's afraid he will lose the wife.
a divorce suit has been brought
against him by his wife in which she
accuses him of having man call her
up and represent himself to be a friend
of her brother and ask her to meet
him in East st. Louis in regard to rail-
road transportation.
Mrs. Richards says she kept the ap-
pointment, and while she was talking
to the man her husband appeared and
accused her of making dates" with
other men. Richards admits it was
putup job, and says he's sorry, because
he lost the hat.-New York World.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
CALLS TRIBUNE
ORGAN OF INFAMY
Rev. Walter E. Tanner Pays His
Respects to CaIhOun's
Organ

OAKLAND, Feb. 21.-Rev. Walter E.
Tanner. whose resignation as pastor of
Melrose Baptist church was forced by
himself upon an unwilling congrega-
tion, has not faltered in his fight for
cleaner civic conditions in Alameda
county. He considers that his retire
ment from the pastorate of his Melrose
charge as merely an incident.
CALLS 1T A DISGRACE
During a sermon tonight on Three
Great Agencies of Christianity" Rev.
Mr.. Tanner paid his respects to the
Oakland Tribune, Calhoun's organ on
the east side of the bay. and which has
frequently attacked him in it's columns:
The low type of newspaper such as the Oak
land Tribune, is disgrace TO civilization. This
sheet. with an intense hatred for The good and
an unhoy love for the bad, has maliciously at
tackled President Roosevelt: melted weak mind
ed and evil designing men 10 a denunciation
and an attempt upon the life of Heney has
cast slurs upon Californa's distinguished
educator. Benjamin Ide Wheeler: slandered End
prosecuted Rev. P. c. Macfarlane the anti
gambling crusader Of Alameda; has sneered at
the utterances Of the Rev. Charles Z. Brown,
oakland's great and much loved minister.
In fact, there are few individuals In this
county or elsewhere who have stood for decency
and civic purity that this paper-the organ of
the foul mouthsd and evil hearted-has not
assailed.
SHEET DENOUNCED
Denounced in public meetings by professional.
business and laboring men for its work of
damnatiOn, this sheet, which says 1.-THE devil
is not as black he is painted knows by
experience that this utteranee is in defense OF
itself
There IS as much difference between the San
Francisco Cali, the San Francisco Bulletin and
the Oakland Enquirer compared TO this
Dargie stencil breeding sheet as there is pe-
tween courageous lion and cowardIy, skulk-
ing. sniEeling polecat.
The licentious portrayal of woman upon its
womsn's page is an insult TO true womsnhood:
the scsRdalous attacks upon virtue the home
and religion in the news and editorial pages
are tenfold worse than the Police Gazette; fhe
lying character Of this degenerate paper -laces
Ananias in the dark There is no more reason
why you should receive this vile sheet in your
home than you would veTmin.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
CaIifornians on Travels

NEW YORK, Feb. 21-Californians
are registered here as follows:
From San Francisco-W. p. Ham
mon, Waldorf Astoria; ]. w. Mailliard
Jr., Savoy; L. r. Grant, Grand Union:
DR.. NJ. Greenwood. Seville; ]. H. Jen-
nings, Mrs. j. II. Jennings. Herald
Square; Dr. c. King, Hotel Seville:
J. G. Conrad. Plaza; ]. P. Cronin. Hotel
Breslin; Mrs. II. G. Hellmann. IA q.
Hellman, Hotel Savoy; II Jacobsen.
Mrs II. Jacobsen, Grand hotel; Mrs.
r. T. Nicholson, Hotel Seville; III. A.
Ballentine. Marlborough; w. HI. b.
Fowler, Mrs. w. II. B. Fowler, Seville:
H. c. White, Mrs. H c. White, HOFFMAN
house; J. Gottlob, L. A Schwabacher.
Martinique; c. ]. Wetmore, Marlbor-
ough; ]. Ledwige, Empire; II. Schuss
Ter Holland house; w. +. Wilson,
Broadway Central; C. B. Patterson,
Belmont.
Los Angeles-G. r. Benton. Hoffman
house.
Sacramento B. Paxton, Union
Square.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
WILL CONSIDER RATES
Proposed Increase in American
Duties Alarms Exporters

PARIS. Feb. 21.-The delegation of
exporters which yesterday called upon
M. Cruppi, minister of commerce, in
connection with American customs du-
ties, visited Premier Clemenceau and
Foreign Minister Pichon today. The
premier stated that the French govern
ment already had been occupied with the
consideration of the questions arising
out of the PROPOSED increase in the
tariff and would give special attention
to the delegations demands.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
JUNGLE TOMS CABIN"
MOST POPULAR STORY
Canvass Taken Determines Most
Widely Read ChiIdren's Books

A plebiscite was lately taken by a
st. Petersburg paper to determine
which are the most popular children's
books in Russia Six out OF the first
10 on the list are either by Englishmen
or Americans. Highest of all stands
Uncle Toms Cabin; next. Kruilov's
Fables" and third. Robinson Cru
the satisfaction of seeing ~, 600 copies
of his Fables" sold in Russia during
his lifetime. He was the first" II is
said, Ito get into touch with the point
edly frank speech OF the people
Westminster Gazette.
BURGLARS GET LITTLE BooTY.-OakIand.
Feb. 21.--A burglar broke into two San Pablo
avenue stores last night. securing % cents
From cash drawer at c. +. Peterson's Store
445 San Pablo avenue. the pennies were taken
A rear door was broken also at " p. MorgaD's
store. 1923 San Pablo avenue The burglar Oh
tanned nothing
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
.B'NAI BIRTHS IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Jewish Order Opens Its Forty
Sixth Convention in
Oakland

OAKLAND. Feb. 21-The forty-sixth
annual session OF district grand lodge
No. A. Independent Order OF B'naf Birth.
began this morning at Pythian castle.
Twelfth and Alice streets. Rev. DR.. NJ.
S Levy. district grand president. will
preside at the sessions of the eonven-
ton until the election of officers Tues
day. when Edmund TaUszky OF Occi-
dental lodge No. 345. San Francisco, now
first grand vice president. Will probably
be elected grand president
The chief business submitted TO the
delegates this morning was the ques-
tion of the erection of building at San
Francisco. There was a long discus
sion, and the matter was made spe-
cial order of business for tomorrow
afternoon.
Doctor Levy read vOluminous report.
which, with its recommendations, was
referred to the committee on distribu-
tjon.
EVENING RECEPTION HELD
An afternoon session was held, and
this evening there was a reception in
honor of the visiting delegates, who
represent all the lodges in the west
The reception was given, by the Oakland
H.. " IL eScer-
witz. grand orator and past grand pres
ident, presiding and delivering an ad-
dress Frank Rittigstein of the Oak
land lodge was master OF ceremonies.
The committee in charge was composed
of Abraham Jonas. Rev. DR.. NJ Fried
lander, Morris Schneider, Sig Klein and
Judge George Samuels. All the com
mitteemen are prominent in the local
lodge.
This afternoon the visiting ladies
were the guests of the women Of Oak
land lodge. who entertained at the
Hotel St Mark. The reception commit
tee at this function consisted OF Mrs
jules AbrahamsOn. Mrs. Frank Rittig-
stein, Mrs. Norris Schneider. Mrs. George
Samuels, Mrs. NJ. Friedlander, Mrs. Max
Marcuse and Mrs. A. Jonas.
Following the delegates reception
this evening at Pythian castle there
was an informal dance for the younger
people. other diversions have been
planned for the visitors including auto
rides and luncheons. and on the last
evening of the convention. Tuesday.
there viii be banquet at the Home
club.
RITUALISTIC COMPETITION
The plans for tomorrow comprise
two business sessions and an initiation
at the hall in the evening. This will
be in the nature of a rituaIistic eompe-
IIlOn between California lodge NO. l63
and Cremieux lodge No. 163.
Tuesday will be the day for the cleo
tion and installation of officers, and
the gathering will meet for the last
time at the Home club banquet The
140 members Of Oakland lodge will be
the hosts and accommodations have
been prepared for 25O guests. A. Jonas
will be POSTMASTER and prominent i
members Of the order will be the
speakers. Among these Will be Grand
Secretary j. j. Ascheim. ID. S Hirsch-
berg, past grand president; Max Gold
berg, past grand president; Dr. Levi
DR.. Friedlander. Judge George Samuels
and Edmund Tauszky.
The attendance of delegates is un-
precedented in the history of the order
of B'nai Birth. which held it's last dis
triet session at Portland. Ore. B'nai
Birth is purely a Jewish organization
born In this country. but now embrac-
ing lodges in foreign lands.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
NEWSPAPER SUSPENDS
BECAUSE OF STRIKE
Printers and Pressmen Locked
Out by the Morning Union

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Feb. 21.-
The strike of the union printers and
pressmen employed by the Washington
printing and book manufacturing COM
pany, which publishes the Morning
Union and the Evening Statesman and
other periodicals in this city, is still on.
The company announces that it will
operate an open shop. The Mornine.
Union will suspend publication for sew
eral days.
Japan has found on nearby island a
deposit of phosphate workable for so
wears.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

Walter ]. Clark of Danville, Ind, has
a hen that has laid 240 eggs in 274
days.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

Captain Amundsen hopes to use polar
bears instead of Eskimo dogs in his
arctic expedition
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

SIGNoR TO GO TO PRISON WEDNESDAY
Oakland, Feb. 21.-Frederick B. Signor CON
fessed forger of the name of James Murray the
Monterey millionaire, to drafts for nearly 81.
wednesday TO serve sentence of seven years
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

Korea, with a population of 90 600 :
600, consumes S4O,000,000 cigarettes
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

Tl.-.x. sre 229 known varieties of
cheese. nc two Of which are at all alike
save in tis1 basis of milk.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

A Frenck army officer has invented
eyeglasses which enable the Wearer To
see on all sides and the rear.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

Oakland viii soon have five new fire
engine houses. four OF which will he
IRE and earthquake proof. being con-
structed of reinforced concrete.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

The tidal rise and fall on the Pacific
side oS ehe Isthmus of Panama is about
ten tfsens as much as on the Atlantic
coast.