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The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
PINCHOT'S PHOTOGRAPH
USED WITHOUT RIGHT
Forest Service Does Not Indorse
Any Eucalyptus Company

F. E. Olmsted, in charge of the San
Francisco Office of the forest service,
has just received a letter from Clifford
Pinchot, in which he asks that the pub
lie be informed that the use of his
photograph in the literature issued by
any eucalyptus company is entirely un-
authorized. as well as any statements
which purport to show that official
sanction by the forest service had been
given the methods or operations of any
particular eucalyptus company Ohm
sted. in speaking of the matter. said:
THE forest service is always ready
to assist in the development of the
eucalyptus industry in this state
through the publication of authentic
statements of the characteristics and
growth of this species, but under no
circumstances will ii lend its aid to
advertise particular eucalyptus com
panies, and any literature which con-
tains statements to. that effect is un-
authorized.
Under proper conditions the grow
ing of eucalyptus in California prom
ises to be a profitable industry, but in
some cases this fact is being taken ad-
vantage of by individuals and COM
panies who desire to sell stock or land
through the medium of greatly exag-
gerated statements of profits to be de-
rived"
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
MULTIMiLLIONIARE
MAY GO TO PRISON
Henry Miller Is Adjudged to
Be Guilty of Contempt
of Court

Henry Miller S5 years of age, many
times a millionaire and czar of the
Miller & Lux corporations. was ad-
judged guilty of contempt of court
by Judge Seawell yesterday, along
with Leroy Nickel, his son in law; Gus
tav Gutsch, Louis Monteagle and Ed
ward T. Allen, directors of the Nevada
corporation of Miller & Lux Their
contempt consisted of refusal to pay
to Mrs. Melissa Potter and her son.
Jesse Sheldon Lux Potter, $50 900 rep
resenting dividends due them for 1908
and 1909. The dividends must be paid
within 4s hours. ordered the court.
Does. your honor mean that the
directors are to be committed to Jail
if the order is disobeyed?" asked At
torney Charles w Kits, who, with
Joseph Slye represented Mrs. Potter
and her son.
Let the order be in the usual
terms" Judge Seawell said.
The effect of the judgment is that If
Henry Miller and his associates have
not paid the $4,000 by Monday, only a
writ of review from the supreme court
can save lneIn from DelnS committed
to Jail for contempt.
The chief point at issue is the va
lidity of the formation of the Nevada
corporation of Miller & Lux Four
years ago Miller and his associates
purposely neglected to pay the license
tax on the California corporation of
the same name. and its charter lapsed
The Nevada corporation was then or
ganized. Mrs. Potter and her son have
from the first refused to accept stock
in the Nevada corporation in exchange
for their holding in the California cor
poration.
Henry Miller. who is the president
of Miller e. Lux, has been charged
many times during the hearing of these
cases with manipulating the stock of
the different corporations for his own
benefit. 1t is stated that he is worth
from s15.000,000 to $4,000, 900 Al
though he has reached the age of So.
he takes a more active interest in the
affairs of the corporation than any one
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
PROMINENT MERCHANT
LEAVES FOR EUROPE
j. V. Costello to Tour Continent
on Business and Pleasure

Joseph V. Costello. secretary of
o'Connor, Moffatt & Co. left San Fran
cisco yesterday on the Overland limit
ed en- route for New York with an
ultimate destination in Europe. He
will sail on the White Star steamship
Oceanic Wednesday. June 8, and will
make Cherbourg, France, the starting
point of an extended and interesting &
tour through southern European cOun-
tries-Austria. Germany. the British
Isles-and will return to Paris early
in the fall.
Costello will be accompanied by JO-
seph G. Murphy who has for many
years been prominently identified with
the firm.
While pleasure furnishes something
of the motive of the trip the business
interests of the firm will occupy much
of Costello's time and attention The
establishment of buying agencies in
French, German and English fashion
centers and the permanent location OF
an O'Connor. Moffatt & Co. Office in
Paris constitute in general the business
plan of the trip
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
But BOYISH PRANK
SAYS COMMANDANT
Deserters From Yerba Buena
Training Station Return to
Island for Roll Call

ne 10 apprentices who took French
leave Thursday afternoon from the
Yerba Buena naval training station
returned during the night and at mus
ter yesterday morning each desperate
deserter of the day before answered
TO his name in a mild and respectful
voice
The boat in which they went away
was found under the Key Route pier
undamaged.
Although the prodigals returned no
veal will be served in their honor.
They didn't have such a good time as
they expected and will pay for their
stolen liberty price that any boy
with healthy appetite would regard
as terrific.
Each boy must forfeit half a months
pay and, worst of all. must subsist
on bread and water for six days.
In the case of Apprentice Burke. the
ringleader, the bread and water diet
vii be extended for IL days, part of
which time will be spent in the brig.
We do not regard the matter as
anything but a boyish prank" said
Captain Eberle. the commandant, yes
terday. 1--WE have more than a thou
sand apprentices on the island and in
judging yesterdays escapade one must
take into consideration that they are
all boys and prone to mischief as
sparks are to fly upward.
''As far as we can find out some of
the boys had a little money 1t was
burning holes in their pockets and
they took French leave in order to
spend it. If this had been school
instead of training station the oc-
currence would be regarded as a case
of simple hockey"
Three of the boys remained In Oak
land. The remaining IL put in their
hours of liberty In this city.
NEW POSTMASTER AT CANTARA-
ington. June 4.-F G. Branstetter was today
appointed postmaster at ,Cantara, Siskiyou coun-
ty. vice E. A. Hessey, resigned.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
Two Snapshot Portraits of Nine dRd Wife of the French
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MANIAC T[RRIFIES
WOMEN IN CHURCH
Lunatic Declares Almighty Has
Commissioned Him to Ayenge
AdOIph Weber's Execution

Laboring under the belief that he has
been commissioned by the Almighty to
avenge the death of his cousin, Adolph
Weber, the boy murderer of Auburn,
who was executed about three years
ago for killing several members of his
family. William Hoyt. aged 25. was
taken into custody Thursday afternoon
on charge of insanity. and yesterday
afternoon committed TO the state asy-
lum at Napa.
Hoyt arrived in the city several days
ago from Sopoma county and took
apartments in the Hotel Young, Turk
and Taylor streets. Thursday after
noon about o'clock he entered Sacred
Heart church, Fell and Fillmore streets,
and created a disturbance by loudly
proclaiming that he had been dis
patched to this earth by God with in
structions to avenge the execution of
Weber. He also issued a warning to
several women who were praying,
threatening to carry out his imaginary
orders by killing them. The parishion-
ers rushed frantically from the edifice
and, running to the residence Of Father
fed the priest, who telephoned to the
Bush street station asking the assist
ance of the police.
When the policemen arrived on the
scene they found that Hoyt had es-
capped, but on making a search of the
neighborhood discovered the demented
man waving his arms frantically at the
corner Of Hayes and Fillmore streets.
The mother Of the young man stated
TO the insanity commissioners that her
son had been attending a number of
spiritualist meetings recently, and on
his return from one several evenings
ago told of the commission that had
been assigned him by the Almighty.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
COURT DECIDES CASE OF
THE CROATIAN SOCIETY
Judgment Against Seceders
From Local Branch

The lawsuit resulting from the di-
vision in the ranks of the local Croa-
tian benevolent society was determined
yesterday by Judge Trout, who rem
dered judgment in favor of the original
body. affiliated with the National Croa-
tian Society of the United States of
America, with headquarters in Penn
sylvania.
The local branch had nearly 400
members when the schism occurred and
a minority seeded, taking with them
the books. bankbooks. regnlia and cash.
Croatian benevolent society, unaffiliated
with the national organization
The Judgment rendered yesterday by
Judge Trout decides that S599 on de-
posit in the San Francisco savings
union belongs to the society that re-
tained its connection with the national
organization. The ownership of about
$4,000 in other banks is also affected
by the decision.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
WO0DMEN WILL HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Royal Neighbors Will Join in
Tributes to Dead

The four local camps of the Wood
men of America and the three camps
Of the Royal Neighbors, the woman's s
branch Of the order. viii hold memorial
services tomorrow afternoon in Veter-
ans call, in Duboce avenue, commenc-
ing at O'Clock.
The camps TO take part are Goodfel-
lowship q. NJ. Thomas consul; Occiden-
tai. g. f. Biddell consul; Twin Peaks,
B. Hendele consul and University
Mound, A. ". Rasdell consul, Enright
camp of the Neighbors, Ida Hudson
oracle; San Francisco camp, Esther
Connolly oracle, and Gocdfellowship
camp. Blanche Elliott oracle.
The service viii be in memory of Is
members who passed away in the last
II months.
National Lecturer ]. o. Davis will
deliver the grafton. There are to be
vocal selections by the choruses of the
seven camps and a vocal solo by Miss
Irene Elliott.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
BELIEVES ROMANS FIRST
TO DISCOVER AMERICA
Santa Clara College Savant to
Lecture on Early Voyagers
Especial Dispatch to The Call

SANTA CLARA, June A lecture
will be given tomorrow evening to
the members of the Historical club at
santa Clara college by Albert POrta.
formerly of Turin, Italy. but now a
professor at the Jesuit institution. The
subject of the lecture will be The
Pre-Columbian Discovery of America"
Professor Porta is a diligent student of
nized authority. and his contention that
Roman voyagers as early a 500 3. C..
were the first to effect a landing on
American shores has aroused much in
terest in educational circles
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
WIFE OF SOLDIER FINDS
HERSELF NOT A WIDOW
Applications for Pension Result
in Novel Complications

Albert E. Williams and his wife. Ann
E. Williams, who quarreled and parted
in 1886, We're recently made aware of
the existence of one another by an
unusual coincidence Williams, who
once served in the United States army,
applied last March for a pension.
About the same time Mrs. Williams.
assuming her husband TO be dead, ap-
soldier.
The pension office wrote to the wife,
telling her that her husband was living
This was the first she had heard of
him IN % years She consulted Attor-
ney w. NJ. Madden and brought suit
for separate maintenance. Judge Van
Nostrand yesterday allowed her $35 a.
month pending trial Of the action,
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
CROWD BURNS TRoLLEY CAR
B. and o. Strike Extends

BALTIMORE, June Tonight both
sides apparently were entirely satisfied
with strike conditions in shops along
the line of the Baltimore and Ohio in
augurated in protest against the piece
work system.
Railroad officials admit that the
strike has extended to the shops at
East Philadelphia and Keyser. W. Va.
The strikers have advices that lis are
out at Pittsburg, Al at Auburn. Ind,
and that all walked out at Wheeling.
The company is filling vacancies as
fast as they occur.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
ASKED u. s. EMPLOYEES
FOR CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Delaware Man Fined $500 for
Violating Law

WILMINGTON. Del. June 4.-The
jury in the case of U. G. Click. tried
for entering upon government prop
erty and soliciting contributions from
federal employees for campaign pur-
poses, returned a verdict Of guilty to-
day. He was fined $500.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
ELLINGTON is
NOW RESIDING IN RENO
Wife of Daniel Frohman Will
Sue for Divorce

= RENO New July 4.-Margaret II
lington. the actress. wife Of Daniel
Frohman. the theatrical manager. is in
this city. supposedly to establish a res
fdence necessary 10 secure a divorce.
Mrs. Frollman arrived unannounced and
has succeeded IN keeping her presence
a secret up TO today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
NATURES REMEDIES
TEA AND HERB SANTTARIUBf

Sickness OF every de-
scriptiOn successfully
treated with Tea and
Herbs by Or. Chow
Juyan. the famous Chi
nese physician. whose
credentials are attesfed
by the Chinese Ambas-
sador at Washington.
ID. c. San Francisco Of
fee, 100 Clay st.-M0n..
Tues. Wed. and Thurs.
stockton office. %
North Hunter sr.-Fri..
Sal and SIR. Nv
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
FArAr DRUNKEN Row

FATAL DRUNKEN ROw-Spokane wash
June with knife wound in his heart Victor
Ikka-s body lies in the morgne. Oscar Ling
quist is in. jail. charged with murder. drunken
row at the Elm bar at a.. M caused the trag-
edy- Both men were Finlanders.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05

The Mccartney Apartments. Second
avenue and Lake street, are plastered.
Mccullough would be pleased to have
you call and look them over.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
STRIKE SETTLED ON
PHILADELPHIA CARS
Men Will Receive y Cents and
Ten Hours Will Constitute
a Days Work
Nonuni0n WOrkmen Are De-
ported After Settlement and
Destruction of Car

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. June 4-"The
strike has been settled. The men viii
receive % cents an hour beginning to-
morrow morning. and 10 hours will con-
stitute a days work."
The statement tonight from C. o.
Pratt. chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the amalgamated association
of street railway employees. followed
by the deportation of the 45O nonunion
workmen. marked the end of the strike
of employees of the Philadelphia rapid
transit company. The trouble began
last Saturday.
The settlement was brought about
primarily by State Senator James P.
McNichol. republican leader of this city.
at conferences yesterday with the trac-
tion officials and labor representatives.
These conferences were followed by
others today.
TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
After being in session nearly all day
the men agreed to accept p cents an
hour. The old swing system has
been abolished; 10 hours will constitute
a days work; all employees viii be
permitted to purchase their uniforms in
the open market; all future differences
are to be adjusted between the com
pany and a grievance committee chosen
by the employees.
If. after an investigation by the city
controller of the books of the company,
it can be shown that more than %
cents an hour can be paid without
crippling the finances of the company.
the men will insist upon a further ad-
vance in wages.
CROWD BURNS TROLLEY CAR
Disturbances reaching almost the
proportions of riot broke out in sew
eral parts of the city late this after
noon, preceding the settlement In
the northeast section of the city a
crowd attacked a trolley crew and
burned the car. and in another part of
the same section a policeman was badly
hurt by being hit with brick. Sew
eral other persons We're injured and
several arrests were made. The fire
department was called upon to disperse
the crowd.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
POSTAL INSPECTORS
CATCH LOTTERYMEN
Headquarters of Mexican Ma
tiOnaI Raided in New York
and Tickets Seized

NEW YORK June 4.-In the arrest
of two men here last night, the post
Office department believes that it has
captured the headquarters of the Mex
lean national lottery and will be able
to effectually stop an illegal business
which has collected many thousands
of dollars every month from various
sections of the west
When Charles o. Backus was ar
rested in his apartments the officers
found many large packages of lottery
tickets. fully addressed and stamped.
ages was addressed to Joseph Sanger
of 2252 Hickory street, st. Louis. and
another to John Smith. 1919 Rutger
street, St. Louis. From the addresses
on the packages the postoffice inspect
ors said they obtained the names of
many of the representatives of the
lottery throughout the country
Chief Inspector MAYER said last
night that the profits of the business
had been enormous and that after sew
eral months of investigation he had
not been able to find any evidence that
any actual drawing of numbers had
ever taken place. The postoff1ce in
spectors in Cleveland, Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, Chicago, St Louis, Kansas
City, Denver and San Francisco have
been notified of the developments here
and are expected to take action.
Offer to Supply Numbers
ST. LOUIS, June Information
about the operations in st. Louis of
the Mexican national lottery uncov-
cred by arrests in New York last night
was obtained today from Jack Lintner.
1920 Twelfth street. Under the name
John Smith Lintner received mail
at 1919 Rutger street, the home of his
sister. A newspaper reporter who
asked for Smith" at the Rutger street
address was directed to- the South
Twelfth street number. There he was
met by Lintner, who agreed to get the
reporter numbers for the next drawing
although he said that he ceased ham
ding the tickets about six months
ago. The local postal authorities said
that they had not been notified of the
n
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05

special preparations are Cough Ginger. Tea and
Herbs for Colds and opium Abstainer's Food.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-09

men decided that it would be unwise
to commence the leasing of the made
ground on the levee before the i'm
provements there were even well
started. AS to the sand and gravel
men. it was concluded, too, that there
were abundant opportunities for them
to secure a landing above the bridge
without interfering with the fill that
the city is making, and its permanent
protection, and they were referred to
the owners of private property above
the fills A motion was adopted, there
fore, that adverse action be taken on
both petitions.
Obituary Record.-At the family
home at Anita, Iowa, Thursday after
noon at 4 O'Clock, occurred the death
of Mrs William Rofe, wife of DR.. Rofe
and mother of Mrs. J. M. Sherier of
Davenport. Mrs Rofe had been i'll for
some time with tuberculosis. and the
end was not unexpected Mrs. Sherier.
who had been with her mother for the
past two months, was at her bedside
when the end came.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-09
New Roads, La.

New Roads, La.
Mr.. P. 0. Langlois, writes, 81 have
used your Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and
can recommend same. 1t greatly benefited
my wife. also.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-09
Turauoi=es and the MenaoIs.

TurQuoises are the fayorite stones Of
all the Mongol races and are generally
worn in their original state except by
the Chinese women, who have them
roughly cut and wear them mixed with
pearls and coral. Both the Tibetan
men and women ornament themselves
with lump turquoises, the men wear
ing them attached to their single gold
earrings, which are worn In the right
ear only.
The women of Ladakh carry their
fortunes OH their heads in the shape
of broad strip of red cloth studded
with huge turquoises, which, starting
from the forehead, is carried over the
head and hangs nearly to the waist.
BY the Ladakhis those turquoises are
preferred that have little black speckS
on them, which show their genuine
ness, for even in the wilds Of central
Asia the spotless blue composition
emanating from Europe is offered for
sale, the bazaar at Darjeeling being
flooded with it.
The Bhutia women in the Darjeeling
district wear quaint brass ornaments
covered with chip turquoises. which
are cheap, but the Mongolians have
the embossed silver plates which form
such a becoming headgear studded
| with really fine turQuoises, for which
the owners have to give valuable furs
| in eXchange.-Cornhill Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-09
Breaking Up a Witness.

In no way can barristers better dis
play their acuteness than by seeing at
a glance the character of the wit
nesses they are about to examine and
by treating them accordingly. Erskine
was famous at this. In u case in
which he was engaged a commercial
traveller came into the witness box
dressed in the height Of fashion and
wearing starched white necktie fold
ed in the Brummel fold. In an in
slant Erskifie knew his man. though
he had never seen him before, and said
to him, with an air of careless amuse-
ment, You. were born and bred in
Manchester, perceive" Greatly as
tonished at this opening remark, the
man admitted that he was. Exactly"
observed the great cross examiner in
conversational tone 81 knew II
from the absurd tie of your neck
cloth"
The roars of laughter, coming from
every person in the court, with the
Jingle exception Of the unfortunate
witness. which followed this rejoinder
completely effected Erskine's purpose
which was to put the witness in q
state Of agitation and confusion be.
fore touching on the facts concerning
which he had come to give evidence
London News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-09
DAVENPORT

Humane Officers EIected.-C. H.
Murphy was on Thursday evening
elected attorney of the Scott County
Humane society, succeeding Fred Voll-
mer, who recently resigned on account
of his assuming the duties of county
prosecutor The full list of Officers
selected by the society, most of them
reelected, were: President, Henry
jaeger; vice presidents, Miss Olga Bor-
cherdt, Ed Kaufman, Mrs. Anna Lam
bach, Emil Silberstein and c. l.. Lind
treasurer, Ed Kaufman; attorney, G. H.
Murphy; veterinarian, DR.. A Wright.
Institute Elects.-The Scott County
Farmers institute yesterday elected
the following officers: President,
James R. Thompson of Long Grove !;
vice president. David Grace of Dixon !;
secretary, R. C. Rohlfs of Eldridge !;
treasurer, p NJ Rohlfs of Eldridge;
executive committee, Emil Burmeister
Dixon; C. B. Snyder, Dixon; A. H.
Henderson, Princeton; Charles Moore
head, Blue Grass; Henry Boeh, LIE
Claire; Gust Lamp, Eldridge, and
Charles Lau, Davenport.
Will Not Lease Levee.-The city
council in committee of the whole
took a trip along the levee above the
government bridge yesterday to pass
upon a couple of petitions, one for a
lease of tract for a warehouse site,
by Contractor J. n. Larson and the
other by the sand and gravel company
for landing. While glad individually
to help Mr.. Larson to find suitable
location for his warehouse, the alder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-09

the night the professor died. He. also
admitted he had given him .2.15 of a
grain of atropine.
T. ]. Brooks, at whose home Dean
Howard lived, testified that DR.. Byo's
services had been rejected by the dean,
but that on the night of his fatal i'll
ness the new family physician could
not be found. Hence Dr. Byo, who
lived near by, was called. DR.. Byo de-
MES that he was ever dismissed.
Druggists testified that Dean How
ard purchased morphine only on ply
sician's prescription and was not adj
dicted to the use of drugs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-09
FOSTER

The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Foster, former residents of
Iowa, are sorry to hear that their lit
tie 2-year-old daughter Floy is very
sick with an attack of measles and
pneumonia.
The Pine Bluff Methodist Ladies
Aid society will serve the next lunch.
con at the home of Mrs S. T. War
man Wednesday, Jan. 20.
William McGreer is suffering from
an attack of measles.
Leona. leila and Clifford Noble are
sick with an attack of measles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-09
TALES TOLD ABOUT TOWN

His bills were paid and his record was
clear in all other respects. For 25
years not a word was heard from him.
and relatives here supposed that he
was dead.
One day during the holiday season
just passed. a stranger appeared a,
the barber shop conducted by Joe Sin
net, brother of Mike, at Butte, Mont.
and was shaved by the proprietor. AS
he handed over the price, he remark:
Guess you're a brother of mine
My name is Mike
Joe survived the shock, and later in
a brief letter notified relatives here
of the appearance of the long lost
brother.