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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-04

ENTIRE TRAIN JUMPS TRACK-Detroit
May 3.-0ne hundred passengers on the Wabash
railroad east bound limited express from Chi
cago had miraculous escape from death when
the entire train jumped the track at Eden. Ohio.
near Montpelier, today. Some OF the ears We're
overturned, but only one passenger was slightly
injured.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-04

Will BE CABINET oFFIcER-Newport. r.
H. May Friends of the Vanderbilt family
have received word that the unexpected recall
~ Count L.sszoio Szechenyi. who married Miss
GLADYS Vanderbilt was because OF his appoint
menf 10 portfolio in the new cabinet in the
HnAgarian government.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-04

MISSOURI KEEPS WHIPPING PosT-Jener-
son City. No. May sS.--The state senate today
defeated a measure aboishing the penitentiary
h tipping post
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
DOUBTS OF PESTILENCE.
DR.. ". III. Park Thinks Danger at
Uessina Not Great.

DR.. William II. Park. director of the research
laboratories of the Department of Health. said
Yesterday that there good reason 10 fear
the outbreak of any pestience at Messna- The
season of the year. he said has much 10 do with
freedom from necessity for alarm on that account
The weather is COOL" said DR.. Park. and no
ordinary disease germs develop at such
temperature. Our present knowledge, indicates
that except when flesh is eaten disease can de
velop from even putrefyng bodies such there
now are at Messina. The offensive odors might
predispose people to disease. in the way that
sewer gas would make susceptible to diphtheria
by lowering resistance.
The danger of any epidemic would largely come
from the fact that the people. being driven from
their homes. would be gathered together in large
numbers without the ordinary facilities for taking
care of their waste products, of procuring food
and water. They would also be huddIed together
and come In much closer contact than under ordi-
nary conditions"
Dr. Park said the medical profession knew
that many persons what called germ
carriers That is about per cent, he said of per
who have had typhoid fever, and about one
fourth of per cent of those who haye not had it,
who have been in communities where the fever
exists. bacilli carriers. number of these Ter
sons are known to exist he said. who have trans
mitted typhoid fever to- many
I'VE have in New York City a woman who inno-
Gently transmitted typhoid fever to twenty-six per
4
a cook She is locked up. The same is tr-le
with diphtheria germs, the dysentery germs etc
is therefore. the bringing together of healthy
persons with these germ carriers, under conditions
of privation and where the water and food NAV
become contaminated, that gives the danger and
not the dead bodies, which, though offensive are
practically harmless"
Johnstown, Penn, Jan. > (SpeciaD.-FoIIoving the
great flood of 1889 there considerable typhoid
here, but genuine epidemic. There was also
considerable malaria. The majority of the bodies
covered with sand and were not exposed On
the surface Those exposed to the air were speedIv
located
The conditions which exist in Messna and Reg
gio did not apply here, many of the bodies not
covered with sand buried in the wreckage were
carried far down the valley by the water. There
was also ample help in the speedy disposal of
bodies as ia pidly located.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07

financial consequences Of the disaster Nl'hoO'
imperilling the present condition OF lhe treas
,1ry The government VIII also ask Tor 1ul
powers in the earthquake zone, royal decieeS 10
have the force, of law in all judicial and ADMIN
istratfve questions. The officials who nave met
death "a a result of the earthquake Will be con-
sidered as having died for the service. ana laelr
families will enjoy full pensions.
An auxiliary committee OF American "oile''
has heen formed to administer portion OF tile
funds reaching the American committee mere
for the relief of the great distress among retu-
gees from the earthquake zone. Mrs. Lloyd g
C;riscom the wife of the American Ambassador
nresides over the committee, which Is com
nosed Of Mrs. winthrop Chanler, Of New York;
Mrs. Nelson Gay and Mrs. Maude Howe EIhot
both of Boston. The auxiliary committee has
already begun work The following statement
was issued this afternoon:
The sovereigns warmly desire that the pro
ON the occasion of Queen Heena's birthday
next FRIDAY. as well as the suggestion u coin
commemorative medals as evidence Of the
gratitude of the nation to the King and the
Oueen for their work in the interests Of the
eartholIake sufferers. be abandoned. Instead II
is the desire of their majesties that AL the
benevolent energies of the country be directed
in the present sad moment, in the direction OF
helping the people who are victims OF TINS grave
misfortune in the most effiCaCiOus manner pos
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
GOES ASHORE IN CANAL
BatIeship Georgia Not Damaged
-Four TesseIs off for Naples.

Port Said. Jan. 6.-The American battlesmp
Georgia went ashore on her way through the
canal She WAS relocated, and does not appear
to have been damaged. She is expected here
early tomorrow. with the Nebraska and the
New Jersey.
The battIeships Connecticut, Kansas Mime
sofa and Vermont, the detachment of the At
lantiC feet which is to aid the Italian earth
quake refugees. left here for Naples last night
Upon their arrival Admiral Sperry will place the
vessels at the disposal Of the authorities
The battleships louisiana and Virginia arrived
here last night, and the Missouri, the ohio and
the Kentucky came in here this afternoon from
Suez. The passage of the canal was made with
out incident.
The battleships Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Hi
nois and Kearsarge arrived at the Bitter Lakes
this evening. They will spend the night there,
and continue their passage through the canal
early tomorrow morning.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
MUNICIPAL DEMOCRACY FORMED.
Warm Spell Brings Out Another Independent
OrganiZation

with exactly twenty three present the Mu-
nicipal Democracy organized last night at the
Union Square Hotel. Democracies are coming along
pretty thick these days Perhaps the late warm
spell did it. and then again il may he that the
memory of 1901 when II easy pckin' " for in
dependent organizations is having something do
with sit. Anyway. they coming along thick.
DR. William J. Stewart and Ernest Harvier have
organized the Democratic Union in the old
Deverv neck of the woods and now the Union
Square territory is pre-emtepd by the Municipal
Democracy composed of the following men who
waxed eloquent last night over the wiCkedness and
insuficiency of Tamnlany and the need of bet
ter brand of Democracy:
John J. Murphy. former secretary of the Citizens
Union; Colonel Alexander S. Bacon, the "anti-his-
torian' OF San Juan Hill; Franklin Pierce, + C.
I,eubscher. Benjamin Doblin, John J. McCue, Henry
NJ Bridges. Gustave w. Thompson John T. Cronin
who had the clothes torn off him at the Hearst
Chicago convention last July when ne started to
make a Bryan speech; W. J. Schneider, Joseph
Darling Edward Polak, William Steele Grey, James
A Graham. ]. F. Mclaughlin. Thomas P. Ryan
lanes NcCiregor. Z. S Merrill j. V. Gilloon Joseph
Dana Miller. Dr. George W. Thomson. Donald Nc
Ksy and William LustgaEten. The headquarters
will be- the Union Square Hotel
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07

200 A plot with a frontage Of - feet in Fifth
avenue near 51th street. was sold recently Tor
$4,000 or at the rate Of $4,000 a front foot
and that was considered TO be low figure for
the property.
The fact that there were few bidders Tor the
art gallery property caused considerable sur
prise IN real estate circles, As the property hau
been twice listed in December TO be sold IN the
auction rooms. the majority of big spectators
thought the sale would likely be adjourned seF-
rral times more before the site was actually dis
rosed Of at auction Most OF the big spectators
we're really caught mapping" TO use col
1oouial expression and many Of them SAID 80
after the sale It was a somnolent condlloh
which proved most profitable to Henry MOI
xenfhau and his associates The mere mention
Of the price paid quickly aroused the big specu-
,stcrs who had missed the realty plum from
their drowsv state. 1t is said that the SAFE was
r,ostponed from December l6 TO yesterday l"
hermit Corporation Counsel Pendleton TO mo
some means Of preventing the foreclosure 0'
ton. ooo
The first bid for the property was H-''''",
II WAS made bv A representative Of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company. the plaintiff IN the
foreclosure action. The life insurance cofh-
pany held 4 mortgage on the property the to'@l
amount due il being S242296 30 IaXes on
the premises amounting 10 S3oeeo with inter
est, also due. ana IleIe were Se'Vi " '7'iie-A
charges against the property, such as auction
GERS and referees fees.
William Rosenweig. representing a Client
raised the bid from 100000 to S2loeo He
and the representative of the life insurance
company were the only bidders for the site
CntiI S2759e was offered Martin D. Fink. OF
The firm of Di,nock & Fink. dealers in plumb
ers' supplies. who is prominent real estate
speculator. raised the bid TO S2II,J0o, at which
figure he got the property. The total sum due
was a little more than S272O90, with interest
from October. Henry Morgenthau said few
moments after the sale: We got the property
for about 81 600 above the amount due against
it" This sum OF about $1,000 will he turned
to the estate. Mr.. Yerkes paid about
S3Sooeb, it is said. for the art gallery site in
1902.
The rich tapestries, the valuable paintings
snd the rare statuary that at present form the
Terkes collection housed in the gallery at 6Sth
street and Fifth avenue are not included in
the sale Of the property. The bill of sale in
Guides only the house and the property upon
which il is located.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
RENTING PENALTIES IN THE BRONX
Engineer in Commissioners of Accounts Office
Testifes in Haffen Hearing

Francis j. Weiton an engineer in the office of
the Commissioners of Accounts continued his testi-
mOny regarding the remission of penalties for
time contract work in The Bronx at the hearing
yesterday the charges against Borough Pres-
dent Haffen.
The witness testified that i'm the Highbridge sewer
contract penalties ;or 467 DAYS overtime re-
mitted. although the supervising engineers had re-
ported that $50 day should be exaCted for ninety
days. He presented a table showing that
from January /. 1902. until December 81 1906. about
96 per of the total overtime penalties in the
Department of Sewers was remitted, while for the
period about 81 per cent of the total overtime
penalties in the Department of Highways
mitted.
Dunn Broadway sewer contract. The correspond
ence relating this contract read showing
that after the supervising engineers had recon-
mended thai penalties amounting to s71,I05 be
charged. President Haffen his office remitted
$6s. .g75
The hearing will go ON this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
UNDER TONS OF DEBRIS
BODIES OF THE CHENEHS.
President Considers Relief Red
Cross Receipts Total S497,620.

WASHINGTON Jan. s.-Some idea Of the terrible
damage done in Messina by the earthquake may
be obtained from a dispatch received at the state
Department to-day from Ambassador GTtseom at
Rome transmitting a telegram from Vice-Consul
Stuart h Lupton. who says that it Will take a
weeks work of two hundred men to excavate the
bodies of Consul Arthur s. Cheney and his wife
from the mass OF ruins of the consulate Their
bodies he says are burie4 under tons of debris.
The most effective manner Of distributing the
1000 cash appropriation for the reief OF tHe
Italian earthquake sufferers under considera-
ton to-day by President Roosevelt. who had con-
ference with Assistant Secretary Of State Bacon
Before distributing the, money. which is available
at any moment upon orders from the President
the White House will await cable information from
Ambassador Griscom Rome. who has been asked
report upon plan that will be most satisfactory
to the Italian government well as most effective
for the sufferers
Judging from modern instances, it does not seem
probable that any great epidemic will follow the
earthquakes in Italy" declared Surgeon General
Wyman of the Public Health and Marine Hospital
service to-day. The mere decomposition of bodies
does not Of itself give rise to disease There Is n"
record of epidemic diseases following the great fires
in Boston. Chicago and some of the other large
cities of the United States
To-day's receipts of funds at the headquarters
Of the American National Red Cross for the
Italian earthquake sufferers brought the total sub
scrfptions close to half a million dollars Red
Cross branches and individuals in eighteen different
states contributed make up the SS9552 received
to-day The exact amount received hy the Red
Cross from all sources to date is s491,62o
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
DOGS H MESSIN4 DdNGER.
RGbid -4nimais attack Refugees
Dream SdUes Sailors Fi0nc6e.

Messna. Jan. 6.-Dngs now constitute OF
the dangers to the earthquake refugees. These
animals, starving and often rabid through lack
OF water, gnaw the corpses like hyenas and fire.
Quently attack the refugees themselves.
Among The wounded who left here for Palermo
last night was a Noung man whose eyes and
right cheek are horribly mutllated by dogs After
the earthquake he buried in debris up TO
his neck and while thus unable to move was
attacked by three of the animals and seriously
hurt before his cries attracted help Many per
sons are shooting all vagrant dogs at sight and
stray bullets another danger in the city
curious case Of telepathy has occurred 10
a sailcr on board the Italian battleship Regina
Elena. He received leave to search for his
1ancee in Messina- After having hunted for
her four days he returned TO the ship exhausted,
and fell into deep sleep and dreamed Of his
fancee saying 10 him, L am alive, Come save
me-" The sailor. awoke obtained further
leave from the commander of the ship, gath
cred together several friends and went TO the
spot Of which he had dreamed The party pene-
trated the ruins Of house and found the girl
uninJured
Several light earth shocks were felt to- day.
which tumbled down tottering walls and re-
newed tie fires. but they were not serious.
The United States gunboat Scorpion returned
to-day from Naples with stores and medical
supplies She left here few hours after her
arrival fer Reggie and the Calabrian coast.
To-day. preceding days, search is con-
tinuing among the debris for injured. Ten We're
found to-day. The probability OF finding others
is diminishing every day. indeed. every hour,
but the search IS still going on. and will be
tinued while one is found alive The work of
removing the dead FOR burial is progressing.
A; least twenty-three hundred persons have
been extricsted alive from the ruins.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
LUCK SAVES BUILDING.
OIL Soaked Rags 4rOund Burning 9
Candle at No. .J.3T BrOad7caY.

An attempt to burn the six story brick manu-
featuring and business building at No, a3J to ;j37
Broadway was frustrated last night through a
lucky chance.
David Barry. the jantor, lives on the top floor
at No $50. His brother Michael, who lives with
him. returned shortly after 10 o'clock The
door leading to No. $50 was locked He opened
the door of No :'}1 with his key, intending to
go up to the roof and down to his home
At the fourth floor landing he found candle
stuck in the top of a five-gallon demijohn. with
paper and rags all about 1t. The jug held Il
mixture Of kerosene. alcohol and gasolene The
rags had been saturated with kerosene. There
was also kerosene the stairs the demi-
john. Two pieces of paper. with square holes
cut in the centre. We're found around the neck
of the big bottle. When the candle burned
down low enough the rags would have taken
fire from the paper.
The police will continue their investigation
to-day They say that if fire had started on
the staircase it would not have been noticed
until ii broke through the roof
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
EDISON'S NEJT' B1TTERH.
InreHtor Says 1t U'W ReJ0latioHIS
Surface C0r TraHC.
TBy Telegraph 10 The Tri5uur ]


West Orange. N J.. Jan 6-Thouas \ E1isoo
declared tonight that he about to revou-
tionize surface car traffic by means Of his per-
fected storage battery.
1t is the opinion Of the inventor that tests
which ne contempIates making on the Thrd
that future traction Investments will eonsis'
solely in the purchase of ears, the 0atls'
equipment and the erection of comparatively
cheap charging stations, in addition TO the a!-
ing of rails.
Il have been working on the storage batter!
for number of months, with the idea IN miHa
of avoiding the heavy investment which soes
with each venture of the kind nowadays. sau
Mr.. Edison tonight a generating staIoa
which must remain practically idle most of INC
night is naturally drain the resources u
any company. and after I have demonstrate
the commercial practicabi of the storage oa'-
terry L have doubt that future investments
will confne themselves to the battery system
Il have made no changes in the battery Wn'-A
l perfected years ago. The elements are o'
same-nickel. with an aIkaH reactiOn-but h4''
made those improvements that are bOund
follow steady experimentation. till now an
convinced that 1 have the battery that IS neeusu
| am satisfied 1 could put into service ="
day that would run whole day without r
charging. but there Will be practical tests iol
couple of months when We will put a car OA
the Third avenue nHe in New York
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
DIFFERS FROM PERRET.
DR.. T.. o. Horey Says He DOcsn' I
ETpecf More Sererc Shocks.

Er Edmund Otis Hovey. associate curator Of the
department OF geology OF the American Museum OF
Natural History. who has devoted many years TO
the study Of earthquake phenomena, said yester-
day that he did not take any great stock in the
reported prediction Frank Perret Professor Mat
teuccis assistant in the Royal Observatory. on
MoUn NessIvius. that stilI severe earthuua Ike
shocks than had been experienced in Calabria and
Sicily might be expected to-day and tomorrow,
when the relative position Of the and the moon
would produce the greatest strain on the crust Of
the earth
Mr. Perret." said Dr. Hovey. lays too much
stress the astronomical side of the matter, al
though he has observed valuable condolences be
tween astronomical conditions and the recurrence
OF "ocanic activity in Nesuyius, Stromboli and
Mount Etna. The great difficulty in arriving at
any precise predictions OF earthquakes arises from
The fact that tectonic dislocation earthquakes
due TO the long continued slow accumulation
Of strains within the earth's crust. The quakes
do not occur anil the accumulation has passed the
point Of resistance in the earths strata, and then
the break is sudden.
AS in the Of the San Francisco earth
quake and other important ones ;he first great
shock has been succeeded irregular intervals
by other shocks Of more or less force. Mes
sina such additional shocks are to be expected,
and. in fact. have been reported in the cable dis
patches
prediction OF heavy shocks for tomorrow and
Friday warranted by the data at hand even
10 observer in the field. The cabled reports
very detailed 10 MIR. Perret's prediction,
hut q hardly seems possible that he can have
committed himself 50 far upon such a meagre
basis.
Regarding the exact predictions of earth
cuakes. ! may say that the science of seismoogy
has not advanced Yet to The point where can
safety predict the time OF occurrence
EARTHQUAKES. Many observers. however. widely
scattered throughout the world. accommodating
DATA which may sometime lead TO the discovery
of laws governing the periodicty well as the
other phenomena OF the earth movements which
are of such vital importance to The inhabitants
of certain parts OF the globe and are of interest
te everybody"
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07

Richard Merrimon. the son OF ex-senator Mera-
mon OF North Carolina, and brother-in-law of
senator e1verrnan. who represents North Car
slina IN the upper house Of Congress. dis
ed in the Federal Circuit BROOKLYN,
- f,,ere qhataeld. yesterday morning. lie was
ssresfe5 : feu dags Defore Christmas the charge
- Irving off electric fixtures from the Brooklyn
raw ward wher he has been employed
s.ks.ekanlan The complainant Commandant
.-se.sar r. Goodrich The material In his posses
a.oa was valued at 10 ceat@-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
AMERICANS At NAPLES.
Nany for Whom apprehension Vas
Felt 1rc Safe.

Naples. Jan. 6.-The following Americans. re
ported as having been in Sicily at the time If the
earthquake. are here safe:
BATES Mr.. and Mrs. and Mrs. BATES ST. chicago.
BLA CKSTONE. Miss A. l.. Boston.
CONNOR. }, Seattle
DALTON, MIR. and Mrs K. H, San Diego. Cal
HA Ii. General and party Of six. Portland Me
HICKEY. George c. Los Angeles
MACNAMARA Mt and Mrs. Lewis P, New York.
PETRIE, DR. J. s. PhilllpsburG y. )
PINK. and Hermann. Indianapolis
REDICk. MIS- Robert =. New York
WAIIENSTEIN, Mr.. and Nrs- } !
WILSON. Mrs William. CinCinnatL
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
HELD FOR TRYING TO END LIFE.

Edward Dusenberry. who lived in Central Park
West a few years ago and was prominent in the
social life of New York attempted to end his life
Yesterday He is seventy-four years old. Mr.
iCusenberry cut his throat with a razor in his
home at No. 40 10Th street. Brooklyn. He was
taken TO Seney Hospital, and later able to
appear in the Fifth avenue police court where he
mar Mr. Dusenberry retired three wears ago but
still retains his seat on the New York Produce Ex-
change.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
YOUNG TELLER FOUND GUILTY.

Bridgeton. n. j.. Jan 6.-Walter ZeIler, the NM.
teen-year-Old Nineland youth, who with Two ~
paniOns is charged with the murder OF Ze''-
grandfather William Read was convicted OF Hui
der in the first degree to-day by jury which H
been out since yesterday afternoon =.
ZeIler confessed that he had participated ~ -, -
killing for the purpose of robbery. cine 80
and Herbert Grigg. Zeller's alleged aceoiHP-
will be placed on trial later in the month
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
NEW WORKERS AND cHIcAGoANs SAFE

Paris. Jan e.-Mr- and Mrs. David Baum CT New
York, who were in the Italian earthquake region
have arrived here safely Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Priduore OF Chicago, are reported by friends here
10 be in Rome. They left Messina before the
shocks Mr.. and Mrs john T Trowbridge are an
Naples They had not yet arrived at Messna
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
Ex.sTArE ENeINEER EoR BANANA

Frederick Skene, OF Astoria, queens BOrough
who retired State Engineer and Surveyor last
Thursday, has been commissioned by President
Roosevelt so to Panama on Saturday January
l6 for the purpose of making surveys for the
government Mr.. Skene expects to remain on the
Isthmus for several months.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
FILES CURED IN TO u nays

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any casa
OF itching Blind. Bleeding Protrudina Piles in a
10 IL days money refunded. soc.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07
d. Altntatt & On.
DEPARTMENT FOR

. HOUSE DECORATING AND FURNISHING
IN THIS DEPARTMENT PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS GIVEN
TO THE FITTING OF DWELLINGS, CLUBS STUDIOS
HOTELS AND SIMILAR BUILDINGS WITH
INTERIOR FURNISHINGS INCLUDING DRAPERIES AND
LACE CURTAINS.
SKETCHES AND DESIGNS WILL ALSO BE SUBMITTED
FOR FRENCH HANDMADE LACE CURTAINS BED =
SETS ETC, TO BE IMPORTED THROUGH FACILITIES
ABROAD
ORDFRs RECEIVED FOR ORIENTAL, EUROPEAN AND DOMESTIC
RUGS TO CONFORM ROOMS OF ALL SIZES
AND TO HARMoNIzE INDIVIDUAL SCHEMES
OF DECORATION.
71tb efrert 18th strref ann 9Th Aurmirr. Nrm Hnrk
New-York tribune., 1909-01-07

The government decided to propose to Par
lament a 5 per cent additional land house and
income tax for two years. and tax of one cent
each railway ticket sold. II is estimated that
this vii! bring in s7.oO0.000, which added to
more than s7000.0o0 surplus On the Italian
budget will enable the government to face the