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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-06

MEETINGS-LOdEeH
CALIFORNIA chapter No. 5. r. A.
MStated meeting THIS TUES
DAY. EVENING. July s. 1909. at W96cW
I:30 O'Clock. in asylum OF Golden 81
Gate commandery. 2135 Suffer St EGA
FRANKLIN II. DAY Sec
MISSION commandery No. AZ K
stated assembly THIS TUESDAY, 49,
EVENING at s O'Clock Mission Ma lrdl
sonic temple Order OF the Red Cross "
All fraters cordially invited. Bv order -
A. HAWkSLEY. Recorder
PACIFIC lodge No. 1876 2. & A. N
Stated meeting THIS EVENING
p. m. GEORGE PENNINGTON. Ky
Secretary. ~
GOLDEN GATE lodge No. 80 u a
A. N.-Sfated meeting THIS TUES
DAY EVENING. at 7:30 O'Clock AZ ~
King Selomon'S hall. 1879 Fillmore ~ ~
EDWIN l. MEYER Secretarv
ORIENTAL lodge No. IA. F. "a N
Stated meeting THIS TUESDAY, "a
EVENING az s o'clock ~
A. $. HUBBARD. Secretary. ~
Continued 10 Next 2ags
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-06

THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
b26 California ST.; Mission Branch. 25I2 Ms
sion St near 22d: Richmond District Branch,
432 Clement st. bet. 18th and 9Th avs.-For the
half year ending June 80. 1909, a dividend has
been declared at the rate OF four ca per cent
per annum on all deposits. free OF taxes, pay
able and after Thursday. July /. 1909.
Dividends not called for are added to the
deposit account and earn dividends from Jus7
1. 1903. GEORGE TOURNY. Secretary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-06
Office OF
THE HIBERNIA SAVINGS AND LOAN So

Corner Market, McAllister and Jones SITS.
(Member OF Associated Savings Banks OF San
Francisco.)
San Francisco. June % 1909.
At meeting of the board OF directors OF this
society, held this day, a dividend has been de-
elared ar the rate OF three and eight-tenths
the six months ending June 80 1909. frae from
all taxes, and payable on and after July 1. 1909
Dividends not drawn will be added to depOsit0rs
accounts and become a part thereof, and will
earn dividend from July l. 1909. Deposits made
on or before July 10. 1909, will draw interest
from July l. 1909. R. NJ TOBIN. Secretary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-06
THE CHERRY DUO

The scene of the second act is laid
in an orchard of the farm where Suzel
is gathering flowers and cherries to
offer Fritz. Fritz arrives, and the
Cherry Duo" is sung by the couple
while the girl is throwing fruit to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-06
CRUSADE AGAINST
ASIATIC TOILFRS
Dyers and Cleaners Alarmed
by Encroachment of the
Japanese
Cigar Makers in Eighteen Years
Have Paid S6,0O0,OO0 in
Various Benefits

The proprietors of
dyeing and clean
ing establishments
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-06

OVATION TO ITo-Seoul. July 6-Prince
Ito, former RESIDENT general of Korea and
present president OF the privy council OF Japan
arrived today to pay farewell visit TO the
emperor Of Korea. The prince received a
tremendous ovation his arrival and was
emperor.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-17
EDWARD G. WRIGHT

Edward G. Wright, Tax Collector of Imperial County, died in Los An geles, Monday. July l2.
 Mir Wright left Fl Centro about a month ago on account of being in poor health, and 1t was hoped by his many friends here that he would improve by taking a rest.
 Mir. Wright came to Calexico nearly four years ago. from Illinois, and for some time was employed by J. Estu- dillo in the Calexico Drug Store, he being a druggist. He was also em- ployed by the California Development Company and came to El Centro about year ago to accept the position of Tax Collector of Imperial County He made many friends while here and was hard working and efficient of flcial He leaves wife and baby. who arc in Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-17
FREAKY COLORAOO'S
 ERRATIC COURSE
Does Queer Stunts In Find ing Its Way Through
 Mexico to Gulf

The Arizona Republican makes painful efforts to understand and pre- sent Engineer l.. c. Hills descrip- ton of the vagaries of the Colorado river. but manages Co make a mess of the geography of the Imperial region and relation of New River to the ca nal system. Barring the confusion of New River with the Alamo and a few other breaks, the matter attributed to the Reclamation Service engineer is interesting. The Arizona paper says:
 "The most interesting study is to watch the antics of the Colorado In It's natural playground west of the normal bed and south of the Arizona line. 1t has done all sorts of things there and every once in while 1t springs some thing new. Just now 1t seems to be dealing another hand and the engi- neers down in the Imperial country are looking over their cards to see if they hold anything in the line of trumps. Everybody remembers what 1t did a few years ago when it ate a hole in the Imperial canal and sneaking down through the ditch played havoc with the lower country, filled up Salton basin, then back at the head of the canal put the development company the Southern Pacific and finally the presidential administration, all on the anxious seat. That play was finally checkmated but most of the pawns were gone and some of the pieces.
 Almost paralleling the canal from near the head for many miles to the west and southwest is New River, usu- ally a dry stream. Paralleling New river more or less sSregularly are score or more of little streams, many of them nameless That is they are streams when there Is any water in them. [New Rivers head is Volcano Lake, 45 miles southwest of the canal head, and it's course is northerly near ly at right angles with 1he main ca- nal. Ed. Press.]
 "The Colorado from Yuma down Is an aqueduct rather than a river. It flows along ridge that las been built for 1t in ages gone by, the land to the east and west being lower than the bed of the river. These little streams mentioned carry no water except in rainy seasons or when the Colorado in
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-17

lot on Brighton ave, 60 by 14O, planted with alfalfa and otherwise lm- proved, and well-bullt tent cottage are offered for sale at S750. Apply at Press Office 4-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-17
HAY AT STORMS, CROSSING

If you drive out to the mountains you can secure first-c class barley hay ut storms Crossing on New River. I also have pasture for horses. P. J. Storms. 14-3t
Imperial Valley press., 1909-07-17

Send your orders for piano tuning to the Imperial Valley Music House, I'm pcrial. Accurate, competent work.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
DIES TO GIVE WIFE 500
Jefferson Leaves Letter Cursing
the Landlord.
Suicide Vas Too Hasty, as the Sheriff
Raised Money Needed For the Rent,
Preventing Widows Eviction.

Philadelphia, Pa.-William A. JEFF
ferson, who died in the Presbyterian
Hospital. committed suicide with poi
son that his widow might obtain 500
death benefit from his lodge. A baby
is about to come to her. Jefferson
had been out of work for six months
and could not pay his rent. His land
lord had ordered their eviction.
Jefferson, loving his wife, would
have been a murderer, most prob
ably, had not his devotion to her
turned him to a deed almost as des-
perate. When he was arrested, he
swore he intended to kill the land
lord with a revolver he had.
His last letters were made public
by the Coroper. To his wife Jefferson
wrote:
Dear Nell: l cannot collect the
money due me, and there is no other
way out of it. l take my own life be-
cause l think it will be better for you
and the children. There is 500 COM
ing to me from the lodge.
First settle with that old landlord
and then get me the cheapest funeral
Nv NV WdAI Oily DO0y dt
my funeral but you. Get the cheap
est coffin you can and bury me in the
cheapest spot you can find. / do not
want any preaching over me, but DR..
Fulton may make a few remarks tell
Ing of how l was raised in my boy
hood in Tomville. Goodbye, dear"
And he cursed the landlord:
God may forgive you; I cannot. I
hope He will put His curse on you
for the rest of YOU life. You would
have got all your money in a short
time If you had waited. Now O
have my life on your hands. l hope
you will eve be able to sleep again,
for you knew of the condition my
wife was in"
Even in his suicide Jefferson was
too hasty. Constable Murray, who
was sent to evict him, learned the
state of affairs in the household, and
Instead of turning Mrs. Jefferson out
of doors, alphabetically raised $50
to pay the rent.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24

last will and testament in eur pres
ence, who at his request and in his
presence, and in the presence of each
other, nave each of us hereunto SUBJ
scribed our names as witnesses.
[Signed.]
CHARLES A. PEABODY,
@. @. TEGETHOFF.
G. G. Tegethoff, who, with Mr.. Pea
body, witnessed the will, was Mr.. Har-
riman's private secretary.
If the highest estimates of the
value of the estate are correct, the
will makes Mrs. Hartman one of the
richest women in the world, If not the
richest. The only other women who
are regarded as her possible rivals
for that honor are Mrs. Russell Sage,
whose wealth has been estimated at
$80,000,000; Mrs. Frederick c. Pen
field, whose fortune has been also es-
timated at that amount, and Mrs.
Hetty Green, who is believed to be
worth anywhere from $40, 200, 900 to
800, 000,0 00.
Since no provision is made for Mr..
Harriman's two sons and three
daughters it is believed that he pro-
vided for them before his death. The
children are Mrs. Robert Livingston
Gerry, who was Miss Cornelia Harri-
man; William Averill Hartman, Miss
Mary Hartman, Miss Caroline Harri-
man and Roland Hartman.
Among some of Mr.. Harriman's
closest friends it is believed that DUR
ing his last illness he gave large
blocks of railroad stocks to each of
his children and to a number of his
close business associates and en-
ploYeS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
CONFESSIONS OF A CLOWN.
At Last, There is on Sale a Book
Brimful of American Humor.

DhiAIiiul VI american HumOT
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest OF his customers
is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs Of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guaran.
teed to make you oar with laughter.
The author presents to the public q
volume OF the great TESTERS most
pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of ad.
venture, original songs and poetical
illusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings oil
the sawdust arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor of the
famous zone Horse Show" was more
of a national character than Artemus
Ward. and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
you postpaid for $3.50 by Book Pub
fishing House, 1874 Leonard street
New York.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24

One of Her Atrocious Deeds is Now
Basis ofsSearch For Treasure.

Basis of.Search For Treasure.
Three hundred and twenty years
ago, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
of blessed memory. the Spanish Ar
mada, broken and beaten by the Eng
fish fleet, fed northward and around
Scotland to meet with storm and
wreck on the Scottish coast. One Of
the great ships, the Florida, more for
tunate than others, found her way
into the Bay of Tobermory, on the
Sound of Null. The Spaniards, think
ing themselves safe in those neutral
waters, leisurely began repairing the
ship and provisioning the troops.
Scottish visitors came to the vessel
and were Hospitality entertained.
News of these happenings came to
Queen Elizabeth. She was advised
theSe were costly stores and much
money on the Florida. She deter
mined the vessel should be destroyed
and not be allowed to escape to Spain.
The mar chosen for the work of de-
struction was named Smollett, an
ancestor, it is said. of the novelist.
He went to Null as a drover, and as
he spoke Gaelic and wore the High
land dress, he had no difficulty in 60
ing aboard the Florida. Watching his
opportunity, he placed scombustibles
in the magazine, and shortly after he
went ashore the ship blew up. Near
ly all on board persisted, including a
number of Scottish visitors.
The vessel and the treasure were
gone but not forgotten, for In this
'prosaic money hunting age an effort
is being made to recover the treasure
buried so many years in the sands OF
Tobermory Bay.
Queen Elizabeth, not by any means
always nice in her methods, as wit
ness her participation in the murder
of Mary, Queen of Scots, by this act
did a most atrocious thing, as the law
of nations should have been a pro-
lection to the Florida in this neutral
port. This, an almost forgotten Incl
dent in history, would indicate that
the title of good" Queen Bess is
hardly appropriate to this daughter
of Henry VIII.-Indianapolis News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
Stately Trees.

Everyone who admires the stately
trees of the old New England towns
and who does not?-will be grati-
fed to know that tree planting is be-
ing carried on Systematically on the
Massachusetts roads. The report of
E. w. Breed, forester of the State
Highway Commission, shows that
during the year ending November 80,
1908, 1884 new trees were planted
and 744 old trees were replaced.
During the preceding five years, 49,
113 trees had been distributed among
fifty-five towns. The cost in 1908 of
new trees averaged $1.29 each, and
the average cost of maintenance was
twenty cents per tree.-Scientific
American.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24

The Abyssinian wife is the head OF
the house.
The ~grayediggers have organized
a union in New York City.
Thirteen persons were executed in
Constantinople for completely in the
recent revolt.
An agricultural laborers' union in
Denmark now has a membership OF
about four thousand, in six branches
New York passengers on the Maui
retania reached London in five days,
two hours and twenty-eight minutes
Government experts have IN
nounced their opposition to the emp
tying of the proposed Passaic trunk
sewer into New York Bay.
Upon the resumption of school af-
ter the summer vacation only three
of the 200 children of steel strikers
at McKees Rocks, Pa, appeared.
1t is stated that eighty per cent
of the Scottish coal masters are In
favor of pressing the claim for a re-
duction of twelve per cent. in wages.
A movement has been set on foot
to organize all employees of New
York City's car lines in an effort to
obtain shorter hours and better pay
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
{. \. HARR|MANS ESTATE
LEFT TO HIS WIDOW
Brief VIII Makes Her One Of
Worlds Richest Women.
s1oo,ooo,ooo PROPERTY VALUE
Only One Named in the 99-Word
Will-Stocks and Bonds May
Have Been Transferred Before
Death to Save inheritance Tax.


New York City,. H. Hartman,
in his will, which was filed for pro-
bate at Goshen, Orange County, N. Y,
left all his property, real and per-
sonal, to his wife, Mary w. Hartman,
The estate is variously estimated at
between $4,000 900 and $1O0,0OO,-
600. Mrs. Hartman was also ap-
pointed executrix, without any re-
s~trictions.
The document, which was made
public by Charles A. Peabody, presi-
dent of the Mutua1Life Insurance Com
pany, who is understood to have
drawn up the will and was one of the
witnesses, contained just ninety-nine
words and was probably one of the
shortest wills on record considering
the value of the estate involved. 1t
was dated June s, 1903, and was as
follows:
I, Edward HI. Hartman, of Arden,
in the State of New York, do make,
publish and declare this as and for
my last will and testament, that Is to
say:
L give, devise and bequeath all of
my property, real and personal OF
every kind and nature, to my wife,
Mary w. Hartman, to be hers abso-
lutely and forever, and I do hereby
nominate and appoint the said Mary
w. Hartman to be ~executrix of this
will.
In witness whereof / have hereunto
set my hand and seal this eighth day
of June in the year nineteen hundred
and three.
[Signed.l
EDWARD H. HARTMAN.
Signed, sealed, published and de.
clared by the ~testator as and for his
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
Boy Laughs at Bullet Wounds,
and He Walks Four Miles.

Chicago.-Physicians were mysti-
fed by the feat of George Cleary,
aged twelve, who walked four miles
to a doctor with a bullet wound with
in an inch of his heart. The slug
passed into his chest and out at the
back. Weakened somewhat by the
loss of blood, the boy laughed over
the accident that brought him within
the shadow of death. His brother,
Joseph, while shooting at a target, in
fiicted the wound Oh George, who was
standing too near
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24

The Cigar Makers International
Union of America will not hold a con-
vention this year.
The union people of Brooklyn are
going to build a tuberculosis sanato-
rum at Riyerhead, l.. l., to cost ST.
100000.
The International Seamen's Union
of America has unanimously decided
to contribute to the support of the
lake seamen.
In Milwaukee, Wis, there is a
movement under way for the consoli-
dalton of the English and German ty-
biographical unions.
The officers of the Minnesota State
Federation OF Labor intend to make
every effort to bring about peaceful
settlements of all labor disputes.
The area of the Pittsburg-Alle-
gheny (Pa.) distrfct-the most in
tensive labor section In the country
is 1913 square miles, and its popula-
ton in 1900 was 623,342.
State Labor Commissioner Will
Jams, of New York, issued a bulletin
stating that only 21.6 per cent. of the
$4,000 organized laborers or that
State are unemployed.
The report on the activity and
finances of Austrian trade unions for
the year 1908 shows that there has
been a diminution of the total mem
bership amounting to 1885.
Incorporation papers of the Ameri.
can Federation of Human Rights
that demands equal rights for both
sexes before the law, has been filed
with the Recorder of Deeds Of the
District of Columbia.
BY unanimous vote of the conven
ton in Newburg, N. Y, the Union o
Iron Ship Builders and Boiler Makers
of America determined not to ANAL
gamate with the international ShiI
Building and Boiler Makers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24

IL hope" said the captain, address,
ing the passengers on a small coaster,
that we all twenty-five will have a
pleasant trip" The soup then APP
peared. II trust, too, that we-er-
t~wenty-four will reach port bene-
flied by the voyage, and, as l look
upon you-er-twenty-two smiling faces
l am sure this group of-er-seventeen
will be a happy family. Will all of
you-er-thirteen see at the table join
in drinking a health to our COM
ing trip? We seven, that is, three
well, you and l, my dear sir-here,
steward, clear away these dishes.'-
Bohemian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24

schedule is too high and ought to
have been reduced, yet the fact was
d~eplorable, as it seemed to him, that
the interests of the wool products of
the West and the wooden manufac-
turers of the East were SO strongly
i~ntrenched in Congress that to have
insisted on a reduction of the wooden
schedule would have defeated the en-
tire bill.
For President Taft to have vetoed
the bill would, in his opinion, not only
have demoralized the party but de-
stroyed all chance for the accomplish
ment of other reforms to which he
and the Republican party we're
pledged. The President spoke with
great earnestness when he came to
this part of his speech. 1t was ap-
parent that he had felt the sting of
the criticism of his signing the bill.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24

or died, when | read about LYDIA II.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so l
began to take it, and am well again and
relieved of all my suffering Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 40, Marlton, Nd.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com;
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm,
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousandsof voluntarytestimonialsare
on file in the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements, fbroidtumors,
Irregularities, periodicpains, backache,
indigestion and nervous pr~ostratlon.
Every suffering woman owes it to her
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkbam, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24

Indigestion or any stomach or liver ailment.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills regulate the
bowels, correct indigestion, constipation,
biliousness. torpid liyers, jaundice, salow
and dull compilations. They purify the
blood and clear the skin of pimples, sores
and most eruptions.
One pill is a gentle laxative; two pills a
thorough physic. They do not grippe. they
do not weaken. Price rs cents.
MUNYON'S REMEDY CO.,
SD and Jefferson Sts.. Phila.. Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
DIR. J. w. WASSALL DROWNED.
Woman Who Divorced Him After
ward Became Mrs. Chadbourne.

Racine, Wis.-When on a pleasure
trip from Chicago to Milwaukee on
the two-masted yacht Mistrel, of Chi
cago, DR.. Joseph w. Wassall, forty
eight years old, a prominent society
man and dentist, of Lake Forest aud
Chicago, fell overheard six miles off
North Point and was drowned.
James o. Heyworth, a Chicago con-
tractor and owner of the boat, was in
the party, as were John Prize and Os-
car Strehlow and a crew Of four men.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
RECORD YEAR FOR PATENTS.
Total Issued Was 1892, Forthcom-
ing Report Will Show.

Washington, y. Chat the last
fiscal year was the biggest in the his
tory of the Patent Office will be shown
by the forthcoming annual report Of
the Commissioner of Patents. Dur
Ing the twelve months there were
issued 1892 patents, or 229 more
than the previous year.
The business of the Patent Office
has increased with great regularity
ever since 1885, when the first patent
was granted. Panics have had only
small effect upon the number of pat
ents issued. Since the financial de-
preston of 1907 there has been an
increase of business in the Patent
Office far beyond anything previously
experienced.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
Braganza-Stewart.

At DingwalI, Scotland, Miss Anita
Stewart, daughter of Mrs. James
Henry Smith, of New York, became
the bride of Prince Miguel of Bragan-
"a in the little Roman Catholic Cha
pei of st. Lawrence, where the con-
gregation is made up of descendants
of the clans who belonged to this re-
ligion in the days of Mary Queen of
Scots.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
TAFT DEFENDS TARIFF LAW.
Says All of 1t is Good But the Wool
Schedule.

Winona, Minn.-President Taft de-
livered his defense of the Payne
tariff bill here.
1t was the speech for which the
country has been waiting eve since
he affixed his signature to the bill.
The President talked frankly and
fearlessly to his audience.
He pointed out the things in the
law that he does not like and arrayed
against them its good points.
On the whole he conceived it the
best tariff law the Republican party
has ever passed, and therefore the
best ever enacted in this country, and
as he views the law it is on the whole
a revision downward in accordance
with his W and the party pledges.
He acknowledged that the wool
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-09-24
BLOW UP MANAGERS HOME.
Shell of Dynamite Placed Beneath
Millman's Room, But He Escapes.


Youngstown, Ohio.-The residence
of Charles I. Gibson, general manager
of the Struthers plant of the Amer
lean Sheet and Tin Plate Company,
was damaged by a dynamite ex-
plosion.
A strike has been in progress at the
mill for several weeks, and Mr.. Glib
son has been active to secure the re-
opening of the plant under the open
shop plan. While Mr.. Gibson has
made no direct charges against any
one, the county authorities believe
that strike sympathizers are respon-
sible.
The escape OF the Gibson family
from injury was remarkable. A large
brass shell, filled with dynamite and
fitted with a cap and a fuse, was ex-
ploded in a cellar window directly
under Mr. Gibson's room. The house
was badly damaged. The report of
the explosion was heard for miles.