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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20
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Miss Miriam Ames and Albert Edward
Smith of New York. The bride to be
Is a pretty girl of the blonde type,
and has host OF friends among the
younger girls. although she has not
taken the active part that her friends
have expected she would, on account OF
the recent death of her mother. Mrs.
Anna Brewster Ames. She is daughter
of the late Samuel Ames Of Albany.
N. Y. After the marriage. which is
to be soIemnized next month, the
young couple win reside in New York
city.
Nine. Caro- Roma was the compile
mented guest at farewell party given
last evening by Mr. and Mrs r. T.
Revalk at their home in Callfornla
street, and this evening the noted
party of an informal sort to say au
revoir Mime. Roma viii leave In a
few days for New York, where sne
will pass the winter.
The wedding of Miss Eleanor Car
rigue and Michael F. Gallagher OF
Chicago will take place December 10
at the home of the brides parents MI
and Mrs Rudolph II. Garrigue, IN
Berkeley. 1t will be Of unusual m
terest to friends on this side or the pay
and in eastern cities as we'll Wnile
the wedding will be marked by SIM
plfcity there will be many pretty de-
tails and a bevy of attendants ms
matron OF honor will be Mrs Wtlliam
White Forester OF Chicago, and the
maid of honor VIII be MISS Dorothy
Garrigue. The bridesmaids will be MISS
Helen Allen of Oakland and MISS Iss-
belle Hopkins of Berkeley. DOCTOR
Saur of Chicago will NIL the once OF
best man. and the dshers viii be M r
Garrigue. Richmond strong and Leshe
TAYLOR. The ceremony Will be per-
formed by DIR. F. X. Morrison IN
floral setting of green and white.
The Albert Sidney Johnston chapter,
u ID. c., has completed plans Tor its
annual vaudeville tea to be given sat
urday afternoon, December A. In tne
colonial room at the ST. Francis. An
attractive program Is promised Ihose
who will be in charge Of the anatr as
oficers of the organization with the
patronesses are: Mrs. William 3.
Pritchard, president; Mrs George May
nard. vice president; Mrs. Mary Polk
Dubois, second vice president; MIS-
Alexander Jones, recording secretary;
Mrs. ID. s. Lisberger, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. George Theobald. treas
urer; Mrs ID. c. Farnham, registrar;
Mrs. Harvey DarneaL recorder OF
courts.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

IT. HE dancing season has begun In
earnest If the statement Is per-
i missible. seeing there are any
number of small affairs in addition 10
the larger dances that every one at
tends as a matter of course. One OF
the most delightful of the dancing par
ties for the younger set was given last
evening by Miss Christine McNab and
her brother, stewart McNab. at their
home in Pacific avenue. There Were SO
young people at the party and the
dancing was followed by an elaborate
supper.
Willis Davis and John NJ Gamble
will leave New York In a few days for
a trip on the Mediterranean. The ar
lists will be away several months on
sketching trip through Egypt. Their
plans have not been formulated beyond
the winter. but long and interesting
journey is in contemplation
Miss Ethel Shorb will leave soon
after the holidays for an extended visit
in the east and Europe, where she will
travel for several months under the
chaperonage OF friends from the south
ern part of this state. Miss Shorb will
be entertained at many informal az
fairs prior to her departure, as her
friends expect that sne will be away
a year or more.
Mrs. Frances Wayland Lucas has sent
out cards for a reception to be given
Wednesday, December L. at her home
in Washington street. Since her we'd
ding last year Mrs. Lucas, who was
Miss Mabelle Toy, has passed most of
the time out of town. and this is really
the first elaborate affair at which her
friends will have a chance to greet her
upon her return TO the city.
Mrs James V. Coleman will enter
tain at a luncheon next Tuesday, when
the complimented guest will be Miss
Nina Jones. who has been the guest of
honor at several informal parties re-
Gently.
Miss Ruth BoerickeS who has been
the complimented guest at many affairs
this month since the announcement of
her engagement to RaIston White, VIII
be the central figure at the tea that
Mrs. James Sterrett Woods will give
this afternoon at her home in Berke-
ley. A number of girls from this side
of the bay have been hidden to meet
the popolar bride to be.
One of the recent engagements that
is of exceptional interest is that OF
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20
IFlutterins in
The t arff
Dove Cotes

realize that half stand that
cepabe TO the majority of the party The president can
successfully hunt with Adch and at the same time
with the insurgents
Mr. OLaughln details the results conference in Washing
in this wise:
To the tariff middle west by
of law
their submission action
thorough
hand
and Frederick H. Newell director OF the reclamation the
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To recommend the formulation the message clear
poes
republicans
republicans
the Roosevelt policies
The tariff question will be settled settled right
until IS settled with regard for the consumers
who constitute the body of the people The tariff
settled and made order of the og combine general BODY
OF the people consulted of the proceedings The
tariff made back by Adrch conjunction with the
greedy interests which expect the government ege money into
their pockets.
Corroboatve evidence support of Mr. OLaughns
found in the disturbance of amusing institution
the Home Market club of Boston, which keeps perpetual lobby
Washington watch the tariff the standpatters This cut
sending literature with purpose inquire What should
be done oppose this demand revision tariff
Apparently the tariff ghost will pertured spirit
sumbers OF Washington that he had
the tariff commission which he created power make dis
agreeable noises be unimpaed Hence these
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20
Metal Tags With Name

One of the difficulties often mat WITH
by the authorities is the identidcaftor
OF persons who by reason of illness ~.
injury are unable to give names ana
addresses Businessmen usually have
memorandum books or letters In tbs,~
pockets that serve in such enarrav
c1es. says the Indianapolis News Mar,-
Dership tickets for lodges and or~ani-
zations are often means or identifca-
tion. but these do not always give A.
dresses Much of the difficulty Of iden-
tif1eation might be obviated IL sverv
person had about him noncombusfinle
card or piece of metal bear ~
name and. address. Often in railroad
and other accidents where there A. g.
bodies and clothing are burned bevond
recognition Life insurance does NOT
hasten death, and neither would fnsa-
structible cards or coins bring on acci-
dents Not only is il well for evsrv
person to be thus labeled. but If ,c.ra.
bearing the name and address Of the
owner were placed in all pockstbooks
purses. bags or other articles thar 49,
so frequently lost they might be r.
stored by the finders. When rnotorf, :.
TAR from home, and accidents hannsr
hours are sometimes spent in Iocafin~
the families of the victims. Inexnar
sive asbestos cards with the nams ana
address perforated in them nixht be
the means of saving hours Of freubls
and much expense
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20
Mr. Hyatt
On the New
Geography

book, these
Had the old book been still the would pay
rs book $39l675 But
contract this amount saved ninety days At the
100000 will
the which is eight
only by changing textbooks
made Thus
textbook the
four
saving royalty
The Call has desire to throw adampe Mr. Hyatts enh
siasm and ready bear testimony work
official but his reasoning regard the new geography
suggest the familiar bargain process buyne
yourself rich by carrying home something you because
marked down price The purchase of new Biographies
for school children reduction of rs apiece only
saving but involves positive at genera
of school children and their The change may
have been but Mr. Hyat reasoning
excuse it at all.
We not informed what causes prompted the change
Biographies but is proper point
very noppoune time The books they will be
obsolete by the coming and child attending
1911 will be compelled to buy The board might
well have waited until that time before making the change
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20
"A Symposium
Concerning
!Aldrich

finance, but grave dst OF the seconstued teacher Fo
instance the Chicago Tribune leads off with this plain talk
For the first time twenty Aldrich
study banking conditions part country his
the things
the Rhode
will we'll
If country a issuing
bank of rediscoun should be established would
other that of their political friends whom the has but
little confidence
The Chicago Daily News takes up unkind posture O
derison like this
We reproaches he
before all the the
has under the bridges and the tariff fabrics and
realize
busy nsncively needed
he had doubts about it he had only ask Mr. Frye of Maine
going greatly by the
kind banking like Mr. Adrch
self do President Taft has
he about perfectly lovely disposition
generally understood that the chief object of Mr. Adcs
them throwing bricks him while he the national banking
upward.
The St Paul Pioneer Press is heard somewhat similar
vein, thus:
The feeling aroused during the last years would
necessity have deal with the class of fnancers who much in
Public
the usefulness a central bank.
The show himself the middle
them that he is bad they think but he will have
will take weeks junket the public
for central bank scheme
The is that the proponents of the scheme
have selected the advocate The people the United
profoundly dsr1st Adrc quite
able understand without the help of
the dangerous possibilities overshadowng
ton planned by the influences for which Aldch stands
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

HOOK woRM-0. A. S., City. What is the
hook worm?
The hook worm is scientifica lly
known as the hector Americans. 1t is
parasite about half an inch long and
no thicker than a hairpin. 1t makes
its way into the human body and at
taches itself to the wall of the small
intestine, biting with its short. sharp
claws and sucking the blood of its vic
tim. When a colony of the parasites
settles in the system there is loss of
vitality and general physical impair
ment.
TEAR Subscriber San Jose. Cal. Is it
true that deers weep?
Poets speak of 1.-THE deers weep
ing. but 1t has never been shown
that this is not by poetic license alone.
In the case of the injured stag which
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

ION. Mr.. Hyatt writes:
SACRAMENTO, Nov 17-As result of
raphy, compared with the former textbook
saving of $l3ol6.o5 to the parents of school
children has already been effected During the
sold was $500. At o5 cents the nrice Of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

which Uncle Joe Cannon would be pleased
to read out of the republican party lest they
do to him and more. A symposium of
editorial opinion in this region for which the
senator desires to act as schoolmaster on the
currency question shows an open mind on
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20
Japanese
Influence in the
English Press

the which upon American promises
OF generally held the We
Tokyo
tables
the promised America. paper
Png authorities to listen calmly the counsel Times
The
the HochL stands buwark duber
the powerful Monroe of President TAFT
Hochi would recall the Chinese people
would drive Japan taking which would
amply justified China would be held responsible
The HOh tell Japanese government
OF of
London, has lately obtained
which Hamsworth which
The Times Chinese
the Walters the the
through the Harmsworth mask
Mr. Natersons paper mentions in support of the foregoing
remarkable the fact that Doctor Morrison the famous
Png correspondent of the London Times to Tokyo
last hold conference with Japanese government
ito convince him of the of his ways uphoding
OF the Chinese government with regard rights
Lord Northcife (Harmsworth) in the about
that time.
We credit the charge notwithstanding well known
fact that the Japanese government has past sought
influence the American and British press But
valuable property for play loose
with reputation An English newspaper known
the foreign could years
the middle of the century the
the knowledge that edited
be in Washington and keeps sharp political develop
nf f dnfl h l1Orff that 1eOne1 +,. .zfN AZ
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

DWARD HYATT, superintendent of public instruction
sends data relative change publi
- state board of educa
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

ME Louisville Courier Journal asks the question: Has Japan
bought the London TimesF This startling ntimation
based printed in the press the far with
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

Iafts friends, including several cabinet off
GERS, have arrived at certain conclusions re-
specting the position that the president should
take in his forthcoming message to congress
relative to the fundamental questions that
divide the republican party They begin to
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

States in relation to the open door in Man
churia and the mysterious incident of Mr..
Cranes dismissal. The following editorial
from the China Gazette of Shanghai is quoted
That the present attitude of China toward
certain OF the powers is largely the outcome of
New-York tribune., 1909-09-08
BAGGAGE FLOODS N. Y. G..
Extra Handlers 4UOid Congestion
IN Big Fail Rush.

The heaviest vacation return traffic and baggage
problem have had" was the opinion of
the officials of the Grand Central Station on yes
mnal. Forty extra baggage handlers were required
10 take of the food of incoming trunks but
their work effective enough TO keep the ter
minal practically we'll cleared of baggage as it
is generally.
Express companies and private expressmen get
their orders from customers to get their trunks
out OF the station quickly. and that keeps us from
getting cogged up said Superintendent c. L.
BardO. "Our facilities enable us to keep the
baggage right up with the traveller"
Between and o'clock yesterday morning there
were twenty-one additional sectional trains from
the Adrondacks. Bar Harbor. the White Mountain
resorts and Montreal and the Adirondack Special,
which last year had TO carry ten sections. in
yesterday in fourteen sections. Besides that there
four special baggage trains of five cars each
which in the Central. and one train Of
eleven baggage cars on the New Haven road each
carrying about two hundred pieces of baggage
In al there were approximately six thousand
pieces of incoming baggage handled yesterday at
this week. the railroad men say.
A normal day at the station means about $3.50
pieces OF baggage inbound, with 63S trains and
bound during the day. The train movement
for the last two days has averaged a little more
than hundred and that rate, the terminal
officials say. will continue for about a week. with
the heaviest rush coming from to 9 o'clock in the
morning and evening
New-York tribune., 1909-09-08
GEORGE ". PERKINS BACK.
ALASKAN Trip Purely for Recreation,
He Says.

George W. Perkins. OF the firm Of J. P. Morgan
& Co. accompanied by members of his family, re-
turned TO this city last night the Erie Rail-
yoad from an extended vacation trip through
Alaska.
Mr.. Perkins denied that there was any business
sn his trip. There have been intimations that the
1nancier TO Alaska in the interests OF his
firm To look over some gold lands at Yukon, in
which il was said that the American Smelling and
Refining Company interested. This report was
caused by a trip that Silas W. Eccles a director
O latter company. started the north
about two weeks before Mr.. Perkins left here for
Alaska. But Mr. Perkins said last night that he
was not prospecting" He denied also that he
had any particular interest in Alaska railway.
Il was simply 4 vacation trip 20 rest he said
~ spent most of my time AT Dutch Harbor out of
touch with The world, but I visited about every part
Of the territory. There is nothing in the reports
that ] went 10 look gold lands or railroads.
Mr. Perkins was surprised learn of the serious
condition of T. II. Hartman, and he expressed
some doubts as 70 the truth of the reports
on the chief topic Of the day. the discovery OF the
North Pole. Mr.. Perkins said:
''The situation is very interesting. but ! wonder
that Or. Cook waited so long to make his discovery
known
Mr. Perkins spent much of his time char
tered steam yacht Yucatan. which was the first
vessel 10 arrive AT the scene of the wreck of the
steamship Ohio which was sunk off the Alaska
coast last month. Five lives were lost I'm the
wreck the Yucatan picking up of the survi-
vors and bringing them 10 the United States.
Mr. Perkins viii return work this morning ap-
Tarently heavier by several pounds than when he
started on his vacation
New-York tribune., 1909-09-08
DISCREDITS EPIDEMIC.
DR.. BenSeL GiUes Facts to PrOUe
Number of Typhoid Cases Normal.

DR.. Walter A. Bensel, sanitary superintendent
for the city, asserted that the conditions respon-
sibe for the typhoid fever cases in New York
outside the Jurisdiction of any city de-
partment.
The from which water supply
comes" said he. ARE slightly contaminated, more
particularly this time of the year, because they
very low. and have called the attention
of the state Board of Health TO any places where
due has not been taken to avoid the slightest
pollution Of the Croton watershed"
In denial of the reports of epidemic of typhoid
Dr. Bensel quoted figures showing actual de-
crease in the number of typhoid cases as COM
pared with the weeks of year. His
figures showed 276 in August of 1909 as
against 21S cases last month. In the entire month
Of September last year 800 cases were reported.
while this year there have been 1S2 cases reported
from August 80 to September Z.
Health Department inspectors are investigating
the cases on file now, and particularly the cases
reported from the East Side district between 60th
and 10Th streets it is from that section that
most of the recent cases have been reported. Al
though he would make no definite statement before
the investigation by the inspectors. DR.. Bensel
said it was not likely that the milk supply had
anything TO do with the outbreak in that section.
he thought and carelessness as to contagion by
the neighboring residents.
DR.. Bensel deprecated the prominence given to
typhoid reported recently. and in view of
his comparative figures ne thought it unfair al
though he admitted that there was an increase of
almost 80 per cent in the last week of August as
compared with the week before that.
That time Of the year, however, he said, always
showed increase
New-York tribune., 1909-09-08
REGISTRATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Pupils To Be Enrolled This Week-New
Buildings Nearing Compilation.

Beginning to-day pupils will be registered in all
the elementary and high schools. The term
for ali day schools will open on Monday, for the
night high schools September 20 and for the ee-
mentary night schools the following Monday. The
principals and heads of departments will be at the
schools to-day, tomorrow and Friday, and all the
teachers Friday. The latter will receive their
supplies and make all the arrangements for the
opening three days later that there may be no
hitch.
There is great activity i'll the five new buildings
and the three additions, that they may be ready
by Monday. They have in all 276 classrooms seat
ing 1850 pupils. superintendent Maxwell says
these schools and additions have been placed in
sections where they most needed. SOther
schools nearing completion. and it was said
that three would be ready before the end of the
month. The result Of the registration in the day
schools will not be known it said, until near
ly week after Friday. the last day.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-08
TO. SOLVE SEWAGE CONTROVERSY.
Attorney General o'Malley Seeking Com
promise with Federal Government.

Attorney General OMalley is trying TO bring
about a compromise between the Commissioners
Of the Bronx River Valley Sewer and the United
States government which is suing to prevent the
discharging of untreated and unscreened sewage
into the Hudson River The government says that
the sewage pollutes the navigable waters around
New York.
The Attorney General sent a letter YESTERDAY to
Hugh Gordon Miller, his special assistant. in
which he said he had written the commissioners
with the view of arranging conference at Albany
September a. He added that it would be ad-
visable. when the conference is held TO have pres
Colonel ". NJ. Black. chief engineer officer of
the Department of the East who is advising the
United States the engineering features of the
matter. The letter 10 Mr.. Miller further says:
This is a most important matter. and ! feel that
YOU and I agree that the questions involved should
be settled by COMPROMISED if possible. and ! feel
that a conference of all interested ought to re
suit amiCable solution.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-08
CIGARETTE BUTT AS ROBBERY cLEw.
Magistrate Compliments Armenian Who Had
Alleged Thieves Arrested

No. 239 East 26h street prides himself his pri-
vate brand of Turkish cigarettes. So he was sur
prised To see a youth in the street smoking what
looked like one of them. fastening his room
to il his latest consignment had been disturbed,
he discovered that the whole box, along with some
clothing and 500 I'm money. had been carried off.
1t was the janitor's boy who had been smoking
one Yazaji jams cigarettes. and he said he got it
from two young men seen lettering near the house
Yazaiian did detective work which caused
the arrest and arragnment in Yorkyle court of
Kenn- tn Lanigan, of No. 307 First avenue. and
James Mulvey, of No. 535 East 27th street Mag
istrate Cornell said 10 Yazajian as he held the
two men for trial.
You deserve credit for this little bit of s!euthng;
l compliment sou. But YOU had better take tile
cigarette butt aud preserve it, II Will be Exhibit A.
1t contains your mark of identification, and you
will need II to prove that you took il from the
boy i will have the janitress here 10 Identify
New-York tribune., 1909-09-08
HER BULLETS GO WILD.
filming at Ro5cdy Gang, Negro
Woman Nearly Kills Watchman.

Three revolver bullets which Mrs. Sarah Holman.
a negress, fired yesterday over the heads OF
a gang Of men who stOrming her house, at
No S07 East 9th street, went astray. One of the
bullets kept from being the probable cause of
the death of Stephen Jones. watchman in the
Second avenue barns by striking his silver
watch in his vest pocket, while the other two
clipped generous chunks out of his right
Mrs Holman, Virginia Stella. a seventeen-year-
old mulatto girl, who said she Mrs. HOlmans
ward, and John ToOney, a white man. who was
also in the house at the time, were arrested and
taken the East 104h street station. where Mrs.
Holman was charged with feOniOus assault and
the others were held material witnesses
Mrs Holman told the police her ward had been
attacked by a crowd of known in that section
the car barn gang" When the girl ran home
screaming, and the gang pursued her even TO the
door of the house, which they pounded and de-
manded admission. Mrs. Holman took out her re-
volver and fired it their heads with the double
purpose of soaring them away and summonng aid.
The police are looking for the men so that Mrs.
Holman and her ward may identify them. and
Jones is getting better in the Harlem Hospital.