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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
TAFT AND SHERMAN
TO BOOST RAISINS
President and Vice President
Promise to Observe April 80
by Eating Fruit
Fresno Chamber Will Hold
Meetings During Week and
Send Delegation Here
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


FRESNO. April 1S.-President Taft
will observe raisin day. At confer
ence in Washington between Taft. Vice
President sherman and Congressman
Needham Saturday the president and
vice president gave assurances that
they would set an example TO the
American people by eating raisins April
80. Word of this conference reached
this city today, and an answer will
be sent to the president Immediately
thanking him for his courtesy in assist
ing in the raisin day movement
Complimentary boxes of raisins were
presented to Taft and sherman by
Needham for the California raisin day
committee
SUPPORT FROM SENATOR
In a letter addressed to William
Robertson, secretary of the raisin day
committee, Senator Perkins promised
to give his hearty support TO the raisin
day movement. Perkins also stated that
an effort was made before the senate
finance committee to have the tariff
on raisins and currants reduced by i'm
porters of these articles, but he added
ceeded in defeating all such attempts
Senator Flint has also addressed a
letter TO the raisin day committee, in
which he promises to give his hearty
support and boost raisin day.
SALES MANAGER REBUFFED
NJ. P. Smith, travelling sales manager
for the Delrey local of the farmers
union, writing TO the raisin day com
mittee from Denver. Colo, states that
he has been unsuccessful thus far in
selling any raisins shipped by the
Delrey local on consignment.
Shipping by consignment is the
method by which the farmers are SEEK
ing 70 dispose of the holdover crop.
He further states that Denver mer-
chants will not buy the farmers union
raisins and suggests that possibly they
might be sold at actual cost for ad-
vertising purposes.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad
has promised support to the raisin day
movement and will serve free raisin
dessert on all it's trains April so.
MEETINGS NEAR FRESNO
The delegation of local merchants
which was to have gone to San Fran
cisco today to interest the merchants
of that city more fully in raisin day
failed to leave owing to the fact that
several members were out of town.
The committee will leave next Sunday
when they will have a definite plan of
action mapped out.
Members of raisin day committee will
hold meetings in the country surround
ing Fresno practically every night this
week. The two most important meet
ings will be held Tuesday evening at
Parlier and Fowler.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
DEMOCRATS WILL
URGE INCOME TAX
Tariff Debate to Begin in Senate
and AldriCh Will Support
Payne Bill

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The tariff
debate in the senate will begin tomor-
row Immediately after the close of the
routine business. Aldrich, chairman of
the committee on finance. will make a
general statement supporting the bill,
and viii be followed by Daniel, who
viii outline the democratic position.
Aldrich viii explain the various
changes made by his committee and
undertake to show that the bill as
reported will be strong revenue pro-
ducer. Daniel and other democrats will
take the opposite view They say that
the weakness of the Payne -Aldrich bill
is that it will not insure sufficient in
come to permit the governmental busl-
ness TO proceed without the addition
of other features
The democratic senators will urge
an income tax as the most rational and
most prolific means of increasing the
receipts. They will have the support
of several republican senators, but will
not receive assistance from any of the
members Of the finance committee.
mere Nili pe III the senate, as IN the
house, sharp dividing line between
general debate and the discussion Of
amendments to the schedules.
Immediately after the close of the
Aldrich and Daniel speeches the read
ing of the bill will proceed, with a
view to considering amendments
The house will be in session Monday
and Thursday only. and no business
will be done on either day beyond pro-
viding for the next census.
The house committee on ways and
means will give hearings during the
week on the Philippine tariff bill.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
FIGS EATEN FOR DATES
TO MARK PALM SUNDAY
Several Counties in England OBJ
serve Peculiar Custom

Among old customs prevailing in this
on Palm Sunday, or Fig" Sunday. as
it is called In some districts 1t is
diff1cult to trace the exact origin of
Fig Sunday, but the Grocer" points
out that in early ages the common folk
had very little knowledge of oriental
fruits, and many, preferring the fig to
the date. evidently thought it imma-
terial which they ate to commemorate
the palm. A quarter of a century ago
ii was the custom in Bedfordshire
Northants. Hertfordshire and some 9TH
er countries to eat figs on Palm sun
day, but to some extent the custom
has disappeared.-W estminster Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
WOMAN BADLY BEATEN
BY THUG IN TACOMA
Former San Franciscan's Nose
Broken and Eyes Blackened

TACOMA. Wash. April 1s.-Mrs
Eliza Pockman. aged 81 years. wife Of
L. H. Pockman manager of the Wyn-
koop Vaughn drug company, was
brutally assaulted and robbed of her
handbag. which contained a watch and
ant Saturday night But for the timely
arrival OF men of the neighborhood
the fiend might have killed the helpless
woman
Before leaving Mrs. Pockman her as
sailant broke the bridge of her nose
blackened and closed both of her ewes
and choked her almost into insensi-
bility she lies at her home in q
hysterical condition.
Mrs Pockman formerly resided in
Portland and San Francisco. One son
is now in San Francisco and another is
a wealthy resident of Mexico.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
LONDON CRITICS SCORE
VERSION OF "THE DEVIL >
American Play Called Foolish
With Pernicious Tendency

LONDON. April 1s-"The Devil a
new version by Henry Hamilton of
the play that has been in the United
States. was produced at the Adelphi
theater last night The critics treat
1t very severely a rather dull pro-
duction.
The Daily Telegraph describes If as
'fustian and foolishness" The critics
all are more concerned over the censor
having permitted the play than in a
discussion of it's merits. J. r. Green.
a we'll known writer on things theat-
rical. saws that the tendency of the
play is pernicious.
TT is so sordid he added. that I
turn in wonderment TO the censor who
placed the ban on Monna Wanna fo,.
the spirit or line and passes the same
thing vulgarized in The Devil
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
Oil Magnate's Father

LOS ANGELES. April 1S-John E.
Chanslor of this city, who was drowned
yesterday at Waikiki beach, was 73
years of age and father of the well
known oil magnate. Joseph Chanslor
of this city
He was president of the Anderson
Chanslor company. grocers, and
pioneer business man of Los Angeles
The relatives here have received no
details of his death other than those
given in the dispatches from Honolulu.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
GIRL TAKES POISON TO
SCARE" HER LOVER; DIES
High School Girl Ends Life in
Dramatic Way at Ukiah
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

UKIAH. April 1S.-Miss Ilene How
ard. local high school girl, commit
ted suicide this evening by taking a
large quantity of carbolic acid.
Miss Howard started out riding and
on passing a drug store stopped and
purchased the acid. Then. driving up
before a crowd of bystanders, she
swallowed the contents of the bottle
After taking the poison she said that
she did not want to die, but to tell a
young gentleman friend of hers. whom
she was in love with, that she had
taken it to scare him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
MAID SERVANT PLANS
TO BE ROBBED IN PARIS
Chicago Woman's Attendant
Confesses Plot With Waiter

PARIS, April 1s.-The maid servant
of Mrs. William II. Bartels or Chicago,
who was robbed and beaten in her
apartment in the Avenue Eylau Friday
afternoon, confessed to the police this
afternoon that she planned the robbery
in completely with waiter in a cafe
who also has been arrested. A number
OF the stolen jewels were found in their
possession.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
GOVERNMENT DREDGER is
BURNED AT GALVESTON
Vessel Is Sunk to Prevent De-
struction of the Hull

DALLAS. Tex, April 1s.-Fire today
destroyed the government dredge boat
General II. NJ. Roberts in Galveston
bay. causing 2 loss of 100000. When
it was found the boat could not he
saved the sea cocks were opened and
the hull sunk. which when raised will
about $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
NOT ROBBER BUT BROKE"
SAYS HARRY ID. BROWN
Los Angeles Money Broker Will
Be Examined Today

LOS ANGELES. April 1s.-Harry D.
Brown. arrested in Oakland and
charged with being an absconder in
a large amount. was brought to this
city by Detective Boyd of the city force
today. Brown refuses to make any
statement except to say that he was
broke but did not make away with
the large sum he was alleged to have
taken from people who placed money
in his hands. He will be examined to-
morrow on the charges against him
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
SAYS POOR IRISH FOLK
BUILD CHURCHES IN u. S.
Massachusetts, Chaplain Ad-
dresses Big Meeting in Dublin

DUBLIN, April 1s.--At meeting to-
day to raise funds for a new church at
Ringsend, Dublin, Father p. Fl. O'Con-
nell, state chaplain of Massachusetts,,
who is one OF the delegates from the
Ancient Order of HibernIans of Amer
lea. made an address. in which he said
the poor Irish folk built the churches
of the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
NOW IS THE TIME

Get your votes in at once in the WIN
TERROTH PIANO contest. REMEMBER
every vote counts HELP your organ
tzation NOW to win this beautiful
Piano. Piano on exhibition at DOYLE
a McGOWN'S. Haight at Cole. Ballot
Box at SILVER BOW. 1871 Haight. See
THE CALI every Monday for the result
OF the voting.
Votes with every 25c purchase from
Halght street Merchants listed below:
Art GOOds-The Art shop.
Books and Stationery Arthur c.
Moench.
Barber Shop-Hugo Schunert.
Bakery. F. Bowling.
Billiards and PoOI-The Pail Mall
CoufectiOnery-The Silver Bow.
Creamery-Crystal Creamery
Cigars and TObaecO-Bob Blaine.
DeiieateSsen-Del Monte.
Family LiquOFs-Pure Food Liquor Co.
Grocers-Doyle G. McGown-
Grocers-NOn IssendOrf Bros.
Gents FurnIshings-Allen's-
rdware-Graves- Taylor Co.
Hats-ALen's-
Jewelry-E. II. Gottschaik.
Ladies' TaIIOr5H. Cassel.
Meats-Held & BesthOrn.
Printer -AShbury Heights Advance
Paints and Wall Paper-Clarke &
PhOtographer-Etter Studio.
ShOeS-W. l. Secombe & CO.
Saloon-Gold Bar.
Teas and COffee-Golden Gate Tea &
Coffee Co.
Tailor ard Rencvatory-M. Goodman.
UPhOlstering and Draperfes"B q. Nc
MILAN.
Wood and COaI-T. White.
Votes Cast Friday. 8 d. M. April :. 1909
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
81 Am Victim of Plot"

PARIS. April 1S.-"I am the victim
of the most diabolical plot ever devised,
TO ruin an innocent man."
This was the note as it ran in a fare
well letter found in the effects OF Will
liam cambridge, who committed suicide
yesterday.
Bainbridge's colleagues al the Ameri-
can consulate say they know nothing
of a plot involving the agent. Lately
it was noticed that cambridge was ex-
tremely nervous from overwork and
worry when engaged in ferreting out
information in connection with the
New York trunk smuggling cases.
Consul General Mason continues to
believe that Bainbridge had become in
sane. Mrs. Bainbridge. however. with
out hesitation expresses belief in her
husbands words. She explains his as
sertion by the fact that her husband
for a week prior TO his suicide was
completely possessed by the idea that
former treasury agent had been plot
ting his ruin in revenge for dismissal.
1t is understood that an investigation
viii be made into the statements COM
municated to Mrs. Bainbridge by her
husband, which have not as yet assumed
the shape of direct charges. In his
report TO Washington, the consul gen
eral probably will refer to the peculiar
circumstances of Bainbridge's death
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
watch for the Bargains

xnd excellent business opportunities 70
he found in the Business Chance col
umns OF The Call
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
RANoHER,s HONE BURNS

is-Whcn P. c. Berryman, rancher. returned
with his family from drive today he found
his home heap Of smoIdeTng ruins The fire
started but short time after the family had
tIeparfed
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

some of Norway's glaciers are so
rapid in their movement that they ad-
vance II meters year
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

Mccullough. 202s Market street hos
the third floor joists on the Mccartney
apartments, Second avenue and Lake
street.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

Americas fastest train would have
to run without stop for $4,000 0e0
years to reach the north star
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
cHrnEsE KANas HrMsELr

CHINESE HANGS HIMSELF = Santa Rosa.
r;fo fodax nv hanging himself "a : tree IN
Saufs Rosa creek st the font ~ D street Tie
Chinese had been despondent from I'll health
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

The Italian government has outlined
railroad extensions covering Is Years
and costing s10T000.000
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

The total output of oil in the world
in year is about 10000. 900. OF which
a third is fuel oil.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

Montana during 1907 produced sap
phires worth s2e9,S00-
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

Government railroads IN India are
experimenting with cast iron crossties
in the form Of boxes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19

The distribution of samples of patent
or proprietary medicines from door to
door in public place or by mail is
prohibited by a new Canadian law
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
SAYS SUICIDE WILL
REVEAL DEEP PLOT
Customs Agent Hints at Conn
plicity OF Paris Secret
Agent
q Am Victim of a Diabolical
Conspiracy Writes
Dying Man
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

NEW YORK. April 1S.-A customs
officer stationed here is authority for
the statement that despite denials
made at Washington the suicide of
Treasury Agent cambridge in Paris
yesterday will reveal a conspiracy to
dcfraud the United States government
of millions of dollars in tariff duties
This official. who desired not to be
named said tonight:
I'm my opinion the death of this
official will lead to startling dis
closures, which may involve the names
of prominent society people in New
York and other moneyed centers of the
United States. About two or three
months ago the word was sent abroad
by certain dress makers who make a
special business of catering to the
ultra fashionable set in New York and
whose shops are to be found along
Fifth avenue or in Thirty-fourth and
Thirty third streets that everything
had been fixed on this side for the
of the most expensive crea-
tions of the modiste.
The tip was caught up by gov
ernment official. and an investigation
was ordered One result was the cap
ture of $4,000 worth of empire and
princess gowns and laces. for which
the parties interested in this particu-
lar plot have offered TO pay the gov
ernment 100000.
But this seizure is only rifle on
the surface. Struggled goods began
to come into this port in such guam
titles and in such apparent disregard
of ordinary precaution that the gov
ernment began to make an investiga-
ton abroad A probe was applied to
the consular offices in France for the
purpose of finding il there could pos
sibly be collusion between United states
officials abroad and the smugglers
How far this investigation on the
other side of the Atlantic had pro-
gressed only Washing gton knows. 1t
will all be forced out by this tragedy
and the dying statement of Mr. Balm
bridge that he had been bounded to his
DEATH
The new South-news., 1909-02-20
Esiray Notice

1.-THE undersigned Justice OF tie
Peace and ex-ofilcio Ranger of Beat
4. Jones county, Mississippi. will on
the let Monday, the 3rd day OF May
1909, in front of the court house in
the city of Ellisville, Mas, sell for
cash to the highest bidder the follow :
ing described property to- w.t.
One solid red OK with broad white
horns. unmarked aud unbranded, or
syears old, will weigh 500 or 900 lbs,
and appraised at $50.
The same was taken up stray ing on
his premises and estrayed by A. O.
Grantham and appraised by John
HOLMAN, II. b. Easterlirg, and J. G,
Hoffman.
Owner will call, prove properly
pay charges, and get same, or he viii
be sold as the law diIecis.
Il. l.. RODGERS,
Z. ard Exc ilicio Ranzer.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

kodol IS made at the laboratories
OF Il. {. Dewitt q Co.. Chicago.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20
MALARlAL DISEASES.
How to Avoid Them and the Sc
rious Consequences Of Neg
eCt,

"Fix me up something to knock the
malaria, DOCTOR" remarked a sallow-
faced, sickly looking man, entering q
prominent physicians Office the other
day.
The doctor stepped to his medicine
case. took down a couple of bottles, mixed
a preparation which he handed to the
patient with the customary advice to
shake we'll and follow directions and
resumed his seat.
"Such cases are frequent" replied the
doctor in answer to a question. 1.-THE
warm days and damp, chilly nights are
certain malaria breeders and are most
serious in those who have neglected T.
keep their stomach, liver and bowels ~
good condition. Such persons are
of the impurities on which the malari
germ thrives, and it is from this clad
that typhoid fever, pneumonia, Bright's
Disease, small pox and yellow fever claim
most of their victims whenever these dis
eases are prevalent.
@A~ R-os~- ""1 ~ SuoAU al oAuSk NAS
malarial germ and the serious diseases
which follow it is to get into good condi-
ton by taking a reliable remedy that
will keep the bowels clear and the liver
healthy, and to continue with it at fre-
quent intervals during the sickly season.
A dose Of Prickly Ash Bitters three or
iour times a week will DO all OF this, be-
sides stimulating the digestion, improv-
ing the appetite and keeping the bodily
energy at the highest pitch.
Prickly Ash Bitters is known every
where as system tonic and bowel regu-
iator. 1t not only removes all traces Of
malarial poison from the system, but
tones up the vital organs. gives new
strength and vigor, makes the body
strong and the brain active.
"Prickiy Ash Bitters 10 the best all-ssou,d
medicine for the family ever used. During tn
past ten years have alweys kept IL in ny hossa.
Whenever any Of my family ehoW signs q nEa,n-
Z few dooes Il all that IL seeded to make then
yell and hearty again--v. H lacWnI1Aa1aI
hekeriug. La
Sold BY druggists. Price Q.oo.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20
Eat What
You want of the food you need
Kodol will digest it.

You need a sufficient amount Of
good wholesome food and more than
this YOU need 20 fully digest It.
Else You can't gain strength, nor
can You strengthen your stomach II
II " weak.
You must cat IN order 20 llvcand
maintain strength.
You must not diet, because tho
body requires that you cat q suiilc-
TENT amount Of food regularly.
But this food must be dlgestod,
and it must bodigostod thoroughly
When the stomach can't do a..
you must take something that will
help the stomach.
The proper way 20 do * TO eat
what you want, and let kodol di-
gest the food.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

Nothing else can do this. When
the stomach Is weak II needs help;
you must help It by giving 1t rest,
and kodol will do that.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

No rapsures last that 10 not relaso
themsesvee 70 realities.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

Too many Of as want the glory
wathot the school Of grace.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

Il takes . well developed pride to
boaet Of humility.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20
Our Guarantee

Go 10 your druggist today. and
purchase a dollar bottle, and II YOU
can honestly say, that you did not
receive any benefits from ~, after
using the entire bottle, the drug
glst viii refund your money TO you
without question or delay.
We will pay the druggist the price
OF the bottle purchased by you.
This offer applies to the large
bottle only and to but one in
family.
We could not afford TO make such
an offer, unless we positively knew
what kodol viii do for you.
IL would bankrupt ms.
The dollar hottlccontains2 2n times
as much as the fifty cent bottle.
kodol Is made at the Laboratories
OF Il. {. Dewitt q Co.. Chicago.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-13
AT THE THEATERS
THE MAJESTIC.

James P. Lee and company will open in repertoire of melodramas and farce comedies at the Majestic theater to- night.
 Tn the Shadows of St. Johns," a quaint Irish comedy, brimful of wit, wisdom and wholesome precept, will be the opening offering. MT. Lee has surrounded himself with a cast of very competent actors. In presenting in the Shadows of St. Johns." Mir Lee has se- lected a most excellent vehicle and in the part of Father John Whalen. the village priest. i' is said he gives to the stage new character. rich in humor and real Irish wit. Tn the Shadows of St. Johns" is beautiful story of the fellowshop and parental devotion which exists between the vil- lage priest and the members of his parish: of his interest in their lives so- cially as well as religiously. He is the peacemaker: and it is to him that his people come for comfort and advice. There is nothing of the sensational. no woman with a past, no bad man with d gun.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-13
SATURDAY NIGHT eUReLARIes


 The Southern Pacific became the victim again on Saturday night of an extensive car robbery. though just how much the thieves carried off has not yet been made public. The car has been loaded with mixed merchant disc for Mesa and had been sealed. The seal had not been broken. but small door at the end of the car had been crashed in by a heavy post The contents of the car consisted prin- cipally of sugar. potatoes and flour The same night the Oriental Bazaar in the Irvine block was burglarized, probably by the same men who broke into the car. since the en- trance was made in the same unusual manner. Instead of breaking in by a door or window as might have been done easily. the burglars proceeded from up stairs and cut down through the ceiling. On account of the mixed stock, it could not be ascertained precisely what had been carried away. but several expensive kimonos were missing
Arizona republican., 1909-12-13
WEATHER TODAY.

Arizona-Fair Monday; Tuesday. rain south, rain or snow north.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-13
UNHAPPY LITERARY HOMES.

Some one with a passion for genuine antique scandals has been poking into tho private lives of classical English writers and finds among them d dis tressinG proportion of celibates and Of unhappily mated persons. says writer in Success magazine. For the benefit of okloving gossips he has prepared a list of the foremost British authors with d short description of their do mestic relations. The list is so full of matrimonial wrecks that the compiler is forced to wonder whether cheese mongers. stockbrokers and the rest of us have as poor chance at domestic happiness as poets and playwrights.
 No fewer than twenty-five out of siXty-eight well known authors never were married at all number. in
 cluding Milton, Bunyan, Southey and Hazlitt, made several matrimonial
Arizona republican., 1909-12-13

ventures of the rest Shakespeare. Dryden. Addison. Coleridge. Carlyle. Ruskin and Dickens are the most not able of those who were unhappily mar ried
 Why should the production of liter ature be apparently so incompatible with a happy domestic life? Are liter ary men less capable than lawyers and plumbers of choosing congenial mates? !? The truth seems to be that the writer husband is at home SD much of the time that he becomes as familiar an object there as the old cane-bettomed chair. Two persons who can survive twenty four hours of each others SO ciety per day without jars are happily married indeed.
 'I have only one thing to ask you" said the wise young ride-tobe to the prospective husband, and that is that you will promise not to be in to lunch" " --Success Magazine