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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
CONSUMPTION WAR
is WAGED IN CARS
tuberculosis Is PreventabIe,
Says Society That Is Fight
ing the White Plague

With the cry Tuberculosis is pre-
ventable"' the San Francisco Associa-
tion for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis has been reused to new
vigor by the action OF the board of
health and the United Railroads in
placing in all street railway cars signs
cautioning against expectoration This
is q movement, seemingly of little con-
sequence. but a great efficacy in the
prevention of the spread of tubercu-
losis, for which the association has
labored many months, and must be
recorded as victory for the antago-
nists of consumption. In connection
with the appearance of the signs the
association has issued the following
statement:
II is pleasure to note the new signs caution
Ing against expectoration which are being placed
in all the cars Of the United Railroads COM
pany through the cooperation of the board of
health and of the company
1t is move in the right direction and 1t ia
to be hoped that the public will take the
notice in the spirit In which 1t is meant.
The citizens through their duly elected rem
1t legal .nisdemeanor To spit in public places
Could promiscuous splitting be controlled fuber-
culosis consumption might he greatly lessened
In very few generations. with the consequent
economic and vital saving 10 the community
and to the nation. The rank and file Is just
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

Two or three months ago Hearst
learned that it had dwindled to a cor
poral's guard. After duly considering
the matter he took the necessary steps
to wind up the club.
half dozen theaters are striving to
get THE Dollar Mark" the play that
has had such successful run in Los
Angeles. The play is owned jointly by
Billy Brady and Frank Mckee The
latter controls the Savoy and wants IL
there. but Brady wants house with a
larger stage.
Among the Californians registered at
the eastern bureau of the California
Promotion committee during the past
week were the following:
From San Francisco E. Mccarthy, H. G.
Armour j. s. Tobn. II. T. Michigan, j. F.
White, Charles c. Moore, Alex Wolfen- Frank
Winch Louis E. Stanton. J. F. Hoffman. Mrs
Lafayette L. Fish. Miss Anne Webster Fish
George NJ Wilcox. Mrs. G. T. Kowalski. Joe
Dalton. W. A. Daggett Captain Allie Parker.
W. o. Parker. Mrs Louis r. stanton. l. n
Marselis P. c. Rossi and wife. Misses Bernice
and Esther Rossi. Robert d: and Edward A
Rossi. Joe Kragen. W. B. Clark.
From Oakland-RaIeigh Wall, Mr. and Mrs
e. W. Marston-
From Eureka-L. T. Gray.
From Saeramento-Mr. and Mrs. John Heisen,
John Ainsworth.
From san Jose-Mr and Mrs Mozart.
From Morgan Hill-Nliss f. Grace Ward.
From Los Angeles-Harry s. Stern.
From Chula Vista-Mrs. H. b. Clark
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

awakening to the extent of this scourge. When
we are Informed OF epidemic Of buboDic
plague all rise in arms at once to control
it, and neither expense nor labor is spared
TO stamp IL out. The very rapidity of onset
with the quick following fatal termination OF
this malady commands attention that is not
to be denied A disease like tuberculosis. how
ever, which is OF gradual oncoming and linger-
ing end does not. at first sight. arouse the
dread aud impeI the action necessary for its ex-
Termination. This is but human nature, and yet
we have here an affiction which is taking a
toll OF one out of 10 of onr nation. and it takes
as its toll usually the most useful and active
members OF society, namely, those between the
ages of 1C and S5.
The very needlessness Of this startling NOR
tality should bring to our faces a flush Of
shame that. with all our boasted civilization
NC are lacking in the initiative and the carrying
ont of the few simple sanitary rules essential
for our own protection, of which first and most
important is .Do not spit"
Have we not each OF us. individually. the
welfare OF ourselves. of our family and of our
ncighbors enough at heart TO do our personal
share toward the achievement OF the desired
condition?
The call today is worldwide not local and
each must do his part. Little is asked except
self-control. The greatness OF the uesult will
amply repay the smallness of the effort.
tuberculosis is preventable Shall we continue
to tolerate 1t in our midst?
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
BANKS CLEAR MORE
THAN A YEAR AGO
Grand Total of Eight Cities for
Week Ending Thursday
Was $50,31z,294

Gains are shown in all but one city
OF those that make weekly reports to
the California Promotion committee
of bank clearings over the bank clear
ing reports of the corresponding week
of 1908 However. only Sacramento
and San Diego have larger clearings for
the week ending at noon Thursday over
the preceding week
San Francisco banks cleared s3s-
393-144-S2. an increase of 12-4 per cent
over the clearings of a year ago. and
S2S,79s,3 ,325-S3 for the corresponding
week With clearings of $12.S16.66 80
for the week. Los Angeles registered
an Increase OF 46-S per cent over the
1908 corresponding report OF $S.728.-
2S6- Forty-five and five-tenths per cent
increase was recorded in Oakland, the
respective figures being sf,773 267.70
and s1.S16, ,305.43-
San Diego had cIearings OF $1125,-
346.44 for the week, a gain OF $50 per
cent over the 1903 figure OF e724.S0
Sacramento reported clearinss OF ST.
004.067.56 for the week. increasing 56.5
per cent from $641, ,2S7.33 a year ago
Gaining 81 per cent IN the year. San
Jose. where the 1908 figure was t406-
51246, had clearings for the week
amounting to $42S,6 ,660.56. Fresnos
clearings last year amounted TO S396.-
925-65 and for the week just ended the
figure was s407 1880. gain OF 81 per
cent
Adding the clearings for the week In
the eight California cities, the grand
total aggregates $50, 2.29462.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

do varying the bill and the sermons 1t would do
far for the health of The community. Wherever
you go always insist upon your divine right to have
window OPEN no matter how others may scow. 1t IS
really good for them if they only knew it
Windows are made to be opened and should never be
entirely closed except for good and sufficient The
present rule actual practice precisely the of
this and not window in ten is constantly open
if two-thrds of the family prevent it So abject is
our dread of fresh that of the worst ventilated
rooms to be found anywhere farmhouses As
cynic has remarked "The air in the country always
good because the farmers keep all the bad air shut III
their bedrooms. Last summer tried to open the win
dow of my room i'll farmhou5e-occupied by summer
boarders for years past-wh hammer and cold
chsel. but found ii impossible without tearing the
framework of the house apart.
Always open the window at the top first (never at the
bottom except SUPPLEMENT- for by doing you let
out the foul we'll letting in the fresh which is
almost equally important. Foul air, coming warm from
your lungs is lighter and rises toward the ceiling No
amount of cold air let in the floor of room will bring
this down again. drive it out unless there be some
opening toward the top of the What often hap
pens when you open window from the bottom is that
YOU let in flood of cold air about your feet and legs
which breathe much of it. leaving your head and
shoulders which do of your breathing layer of
hot, foul air above
You don't have freeze in order to get fresh air in
your In fact the unheated room is precisely one
which in winter time will have window open IN It.
You can not have your house we'll ventilated unless it
we'll heated first 1t makes no difference how hot you
have long you have free current OF air pouring
in through open windows That glded sepulcher, the
old fashioned best BEDROOM regular cold storage
establishment bugs of all left there by previous
occupants and the colds caught not solely from
damp and chilly sheets.
Get the fresh air habit Train yourself to be unconl
Portable unless you feel of fresh air blowing
across your face two-thrds of the time day and night
and you will triple your chances of escaping consumption
double your vigor and working and greatly in
crease your appetite comfort and chances of good old
age!
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
SEEKS ESCAPING GAS
WITH MATCH-EXPLOSION
John j. Burns and Wife Se-
vereIy Burned in Residence

John ]. Burns. agent for the Denison
news company, after returning from a
theater last night went searching for
the source OF escaping gas in his home
at 177I Geary street carrying lighted
match. The explosion that resulted set
the clothing of Burns and his wife
Clarice. on fire. caught the window cur
tains. carpets and articles of furniture
in the blaze and all but resulted in the
destruction of the building.
Though badly burned. the agent sue
ceeded in putting out the flames with
the aid of neighbors.
Mrs. Burns garments caught fire, but
she managed 70 Sti6e the flames after
they had left their marks on her face.
hands and arms. Burns was even more
seriously burned in putting out the fires
started about the house.
At the central emergency hospital
the pair We're treated by DIR. Hoffman
and later taken to their home
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30


A remarkable collection of wild
nower studies is TO be seen at the stu
do OF Mrs. Alice B. Chittenden. which
-or rarity and beauty surpasses any
thing Of its kind here before The col
lection comprises over 100 studies and
is typical OF the wild flowers Of the
state. each species being represented
bE q group or spray charmingIy ar
ranged and faithfully depicted. One
hardly realizes the mum Der. variety and
1oveliness OF these familiar wild flow
ers until viewing them collectively.
With such care. skill and delicacy
sre these blooms of forest and field rem
oered that they seem actually to start
from the paper background and invite
one 10 gather and revel in their iuxu-
rance. From the brilliant orange of
the aschscholtzia to the tender blue of
tie shy baby blue eyes. and from the
haming vermilions Of the harder vari-
~ Of the soft pinks. yellows and in
u rioable gamut Of colors which the
smaller and more delicate flowers run,
the entire collection shows an under
standing, love and power Of rendition
which should make this collection the
desired property Of some public educa-
tiOnal institution.
II Europe these collections are
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

eagerly sought after and purchased at
good prices, as much as $4,000 having
been paid for really fine representa-
tion of couztry's native flowers. This
particular collection of CALIFORNIA; s
wild flowers should be placed on pub
lie view. The greatest interest would
undoubtedly be displayed by those who
love nature and her works. especially
in California.
The Sketch club is giving its closing
exhibition of the season in the form Of
an architectural exhibit which opened
to the public on Saturday. May %. and
continues until June 5. from TO 3
O'Clock. Bliss and Faville, Louis Ho-
bart, Willis Polk, Emil Pissis. Miss
Julia Morgan and other leading archi-
tects viii contribute examples of work
and the collection of plans is destined
to arouse much interest
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

whenever any one gets too much land somebody else is
going get little air. mention food and other
This isn't sociasm-its sanitary science
The reasons why we don't get proper supply of
fresh air are various In the first place, it's cold,
draughts dangerous, windows won't open
haven't got any windows, and if had the air that
they would let in it would not be fresh.
The first objection is one of the realest and
difficult to overcome Our love of warmth is the
instinct which have fight against in this crusade
1t is such very strong instinctwe quickly get
much of heat and know ought not be afraid of
little cold It's feeble preference and very
proud Of it. it's working ali the time, and does
to keep shut windows hermeticay sealed than
almost any other single thing The best way to do is
just take the bull by the horns make up your mind
that you are going to have least window-and
preferably two three-open the top day and night
in every that you work sleep and then pro-
ceed get used it Move about little in the
daytime and put on little covering night and
you will soon to notice the cold and will enjoy the
freshness Of the air and the improvement in health
vigor and working power much that it will pain you
just much to windows shut it does most people
now TO see them open You will have to eat little more
real food TO keep your body furnace heat but this will
still further increase your vigor your resisting
power against infection and increase your chances
covery if you happen to become infected. This, of
course is very simple for those who able afford
plenty of good food clothing and fuel but such
advice to the less prosperous twohs of is little
better than mockery To expect the wage Garner, whose
$40 week is barely sufficient keep soul and body
gether in himself and his family, throw open the win
dows and let blasts of the cold, winry air is simply
absurd especially if the clothing be thin and shabby and
the bedding scanty and
1t costs money have plenty OF fresh air to eat
though the free 1t is the alsest and most short
sighted OF economy be sngy of either food fuel
1t is Just as shortsighted and in the long rum
ous for society for individual and the thing which
no intelligent civilized community afford under any
circumstances allow any section, class of it.
grow up without sufficient food air breathe and
fuel to burn To permit children to starveo grow up
underfed and stunted-is breed dependents paupers
and criminals The frghtfu yearly bill that pay for
pauperism police protection and crime is our most
pensive luxury and 5enseless xtravagance-twothrds
Of it directly due to the seshnes and shortsghtedness
OF those OF us who prosperous Wipe out the
conditions which consumption and you will at
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
PLANTING CALIFORNIA
CONIFERS IN HAWAII
Experiments in the RecIaiminy
of Large Mountain Areas

r.. S. Hosmer, Hawaiian superintend- :
ent of forestry. is cooperating with the
United States forest service to determine
the value of California conifers in re-
claiming large island mountain areas.
Arrangements for the experiments
were complete recently. and among the
species transferred were such promi-
nent native sons as Jeffrey pine, Coul-
ter pine. western yellow pine and in
cense cedar.
These were started this spring. and
If the experiments prove successful ex-
tensive forest planting operations will
be undertaken
Thus the Californian visiting the
islands in coming years may find him
self in the midst of familiar forests.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
LOTS CHANGE OWNERS
IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS
Sales Negotiated by Oscar Hey
man and Brother

following sales:
Mary H. Tanner southwest line Of Berlin
street $50 southeast OF Ward, 25x120 feet
Emma Mccarthy. west line OF Eighteenth ave
nue. $50 south of Lake, 25x120 feet
Theoder Loesser. northwest line of Bacon
street, 30 northeast OF Hamilton, 25x10O feet.
Fred II. and Eleanor Helbush, northeast cor
ner Lake street and Twenty-hfth avenue. 3Ox1O0
feet.
]. Nicholson northwest line of London street,
275 northeast of Russia avenue. 25x100 feet.
Carmen Chapman west line OF Twenty sixth
avenue 200 south Of Clement street. 25x133 feet
Rebecca Levy. north line OF street 100 east
of Forty-ffth avenue. 25x100 feet.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

The next article in this series under the general title
THE Conquest of Consumption. by Dr.. Woods Hutch
inson nil be published in The Call next Sunday. The
subject mill be Sunlight The Real Golden Touch u
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
The Conquest Of Consumption
V--FRESH AIR AND HOW TO GET IT
By WOODS HUTCHINSON, A. M, M. D.
Copyright, 1908, By Woods Hutchinso

T Hat eminent philosopher, Mr. Artemus Ward in
clever little take-of entitled "A True Romance"
relates how the virtuous hero is captured and
thrown into prison by the wicked villain For years he
cats his heart out in his thick-waed CELL He racks his
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

the same stroke abolish half crime and two-thrds of
pauperism!
fresh air habit and plan to provide the for those
who can't Once get know what fresh air really smells
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

and tastes like and you will never be
satisfied with anything else and will
enjoy the odor of the average room
about as you now do that of mouse
trap. A complete guide to health
in this respect can be given in three
words: Follow your noseI 1t will
lead you both straight and right
Don't breathe any air that you don't
enjoy the smell of, if there is any
other sort to be had. Don't be afraid
of draughts. The dread of them is
almost pure superstition, based on
fear of Things that may come in
with them from the Kingdom of
darkness" without. Remember, that
draughts are simply air in motion
and that the air in draught is al
ways pure, and the only air that you
can be sure is SO. Dead air isn't fit
for any one to breathe except dead
ones" Live people must have live
air to eatl Colds are infections,
eight times out of ten, and are never
caught in fresh, moving air Their
favorite breeding place is in stuffy
rooms, or overheated theaters or
churches, where the same old air,
laden with an ever richer crop of
bugs and perspiration, is reheated and
served up again night after night and
Sunday after Sunday. If managers
and ministers would devote quarter
Of the energy to changing the air in
their houses and churches that they
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

Oraln Gay and night TO devise means
of escape. One plan after another,
devised by his ever faithful sweet
heart, comes to nothing. Upon a
stormy winters evening he sits by
his narrow pallet gnawing his nails
in despair. Suddenly brilliant
thought strikes him-he opens the
window and steps out-he is freel
So most of us have lived fifteen.
thirty, fifty years shut up in foul air,
which we ourselves have poisoned
prisoners of our imaginations, swim
ming in an ocean of fresh, pure air,
miles deep. and yet never getting
enough of it. And all we have to do,
like the prisoner of romance, is to
open the window and nature will do
the rest. We don't even need to
step out.
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner" was
not in more pitiful case: Water,
water everywhere. but never a drop
to drink Nevertheless the prob
lem is not half so simple as it sounds.
1t takes almost as much trouble, care
and intelligence to get proper sup
ply of fresh air as If does of daily
bread. OF course the supply of it is
as big as 'all outdoors" and as free
-~as air; but, like some other free
gifts of nature, we don't get our share
of it unless we fight for it and pay
for it Like other necessities of ex-
istence, it goes with the land, and
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-02

nine states, the annual convention of
the National Association of Retail
Grocers assembled in Portland today
and will continue in session through
the remainder of the week. President
G. j. Kramer of Little Rock, Ark.
presided at the opening session this
morning, which was devoted to the
welcomes and responses, followed by
the reports of officers and appoint
ment of committees. The afternoon
was given over chiefly to the reports
from the state presidents. The amend
ment or repeal of the bankruptcy act.
the net weight bill, and cooperation
between manufacturers, wholesalers
and retailers are among the subjects
slated for discussion at the succeed
ing sessions of the convention.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-02
CYCLONE AT NATCHEZ.
Snaps Oak Trees, Takes Roof From
Compress, Damages Telephones.

Natchez, Miss, May 31.-Cyclonic
winds and torrential rains from mid
night to 800 a. m. in Natchez and vi
cinity unroofed the Natchez Compress
company's mammoth plant, disar-
ranged the electric light, telephone
and telegraph service, snapped live
oak trees at the trunk and worked
great damage to gardens. The loss in
the city will reach $4,000.
Coming so soon after the anniver-
sary of the cyclone of 1910 and The
tornado of last year, which ravaged
Concordia Parish, La, across the river
from Natchez, many people arose
from their beds and awaited the end
of the storm with bated breath. Three
negro cabins in Concordia Parish
were demolished, but the occupants
escaped injury.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-02

made a brigadier general of volun-
teers, reaching Manila in time to par
ticipate in the battle of August IS.
On the same day he was made major
general, was made commander of the
troops in the Philippines and COVER
nor general, succeeding General Otis
in 1900. He was relieved in July,
1901, and returned to the United
States.
On January 2, 1900, his rank in the
regular army was changed from lieu
tenant colonel to brigadier general,
over the heads of all colonies in the
army and many lieutenant colonies
whose commissions antedated his. On
February 5, 1901, he was made major
general and placed in command of
the Department of the Lakes. At diff
ferent times he also commanded the
Department of the East, the Depart
ment of California and finally the Di-
vision of the Pacific He became lieu
tenant general September IS, 1906.
He was with the japanese army dur
ing the war between Russia and Japan
and afterward travelled extensively in
the Far East and in India.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-02
MACARTHUR IS RETIRED
Twelfth and Last American Officer to
Reach the Highest Rank In
the Army.
CHerald Specially

Washington, D. c., June 2.-After
an honorable and eventful military ca
reer of forty-seven. years, Lieutenant
General Arthur Macarthur, the
twelfth and last American officer to
reach the highest rank in the army,
was retired today. George Washing
ton was the first on the list. He was
appointed lieutenant general by Pres
ident Adams on July 3, 1898, and held
that rank at the time of his death. In
accordance with an act of congress
passed few years ago the rank of
lieutenant general becomes abolished
with the retirement of General Mac
Arthur
Like his immediate predecessor in
rank, General Henry c. Corbin, Gen
eral Macarthur began his military ca
reer in the volunteer army which was
created for service in the Civil War.
Arthur Macarthur was born in Mas
sachusetts, June 2, 1915. He was still
an infant when his parents went to
Wisconsin and settled in Milwaukee.
His father was the late Judge Arthur
Macarthur, who had also served as
lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and
for five days as governor. Young
Macarthur received his education at
the public schools of Milwaukee and
was not quite sixteen when President
Lincoln issued his first call for vol
unteers. So great was his eagerness
to become "a soldier that his father
had great difficulty in inducing him
to wait until he was stronger and bet
ter prepared for the hardships Of
campaign life.
The boy lost none of his eagerness
and spent nearly all his time in the
recruiting camps, watching the drills
and studying tactics. In August, 1862
the governor, who had kept his eye
on the boy, commissioned him first
lieutenant and adjutant of the Twenty
fourth Wisconsin regiment. When
young Macarthur, then a delicate boy,
slim and with his voice not yet fully
changed, reported to the colonel of
the regiment, he received scant vel
come. The colonel appealed to the
governor for more mature adiutant
but the governor declined the request
Macarthur proved a model adju-
tant, however, and soon distinguished
himself by his GOODNESS under fire
and his bravery. His first battle was
Perryville, and no officer of the com