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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
MAN AND WOMAN FACE
CHARGES OF SWINDLING
Lodging House Transaction Has
Unsavory Appearance

George Elliott, a well known lodging
house operator, and Mrs. Josie La Cue
were booked at the city prison yester-
day by Detectives Bunner and Bailey
on warrant charging them with OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses. The
complaining witness is H. Schrader,
1880 McAllister street. formerly of
Reno, New. Mrs. Clara Ryan. 1870 Turk
street, Is under arrest but will not be
Schrader and his wife purchased the
lodging house at 1880 McAllister street
from Elliott on March for $500, pay
ing $3.50 cash down and giving a prom
issory note payable six months after
date for the other $3.50. The house
was in charge of Mrs. La Cue for Ell
lott and she signed the bill Of sale.
house was free of fncumbrance, but
no sooner had he taken possession than
one Mason called and said he held a
chattel mortgage on the furniture for
5000. Then Mrs. NJ. Redding, SIG Oc-
tavia street. appeared with a chattel
mortgage for $3.50. Mrs. Redding had
sold the lodging house to Elliott, he
gage of 5000 and giving her the mort
gage for $3.50 and an assignment of
two lots In Salt Lake City which could
not be located.
After the sale to the Schraders Mrs.
La Cue went into hiding and was found
Friday by the detectives at 315 Van
Ness avenue. When questioned she
said that Mrs. Ryan. who lives in
Elliott's lodging house at 1890 Turk
hide herself, as the police might seek
her
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
CLERK HAS TRYING
TRIP OUT TO SEA
Harold SkavIan Attending to
Duties When Transport
Pulls Out
Exciting Experience ia Making
the Lady Mine OF the
FaralIOn Islands

Harold Skavlan. clerk in the United
States army department headquarters.
had a trip last Saturday that he does
not want to repeat. He was on board
the transport Logan when it sailed
away to the Philippines. and while en-
gagged in a detail of the work of his
Office was carried out across the bar
Skavlan was sent to the transport to
get what is known in army circles an
return OF the troops and passenger
manifest" He was busily engaged in
this duty when the Logan left the dock
and put out to sea- BY the time Skav-
amazed to find he was out on the broad
waters of the Pacific. He rushed to
Captain Stinson and appealed to that
officer to put him ashore-anywhere-
Captain Stinson said there was but
one chance. and that was to go back in
the pilot boat Lady Mine. which would
meet the transport of the FaraIlon
islands to take of Pilot Boyd. who was
plotting the transport out 10 sea-
1t was late in the afternoon when the
Logan spoke the Lady Nine A heavy
sea was running at the time, and IL
was with great difficulty that Skavlan
and Pilot Boyd clambered down the
rope ladder from the Logan, and then
had to make a flying leap from the
swinging ladder to the little yawl that
was to take them to the pilot boat.
They were finally hauled on board the
Lady Mine. which was being tossed
about like a cookie she'll Hungry and
seasick, Skavlan was taken to Meiggs
wharf, where he was given the atten-'
ton needed by Mike Fitzgerald. in
charge of the Merchants exchange at
that point.
Later in the evening Skavlan report
ed to headquarters, and the documents
he had brought back were forwarded
to the war department early yesterday
morning.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
BANK IS PAINTED RED
TO ADD TOUCH OF COLOR
San Francisco National Blossoms
Out in Brilliant Hue

Yes. we need a little color IN this
district. These tall stone pillars make
the banks appear dull Don't you
think it is attractive2" said c. K. Nc
Intosh. vice president of the San Fran
cisco national bank, yesterday when
he was asked If tae bright red paint
that the new bank building Is now as
suming was to be permanent.
The new building, which was for
merly occupied by the London and San
Francisco bank and the Bank Of Cali
fOrnia, is fast nearing completion and
bv summer the san Francisco national
will be in its class building Pre-
of white paint the contractors are US
ing many gallons of lustrous vermilion-
.r,B Bnt II 1,1 IS not 20 pc perna,nent says
tae real white house of the financFaz
district
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09

the church has lost influence. ideas are
not only more lax, but less moral.
Mention Central America to the mis-
sionary in Mexico and he looks blank.
You almost expect him to ask where
Central America is. That terra incog-
nito seems crossed off the maps of the
missionary boards for the same reason
that the American sees it only as a
source of humor. A cynical trader of
Honduras explained that the mission
ary has no interest in hot countries
where the male inhabitants had learned
to wear trousers and the women
mother hubbard. The pioneering work
is finished with such an expansion of
the breechclout or with the greater
progress represented when there was
not even breechclout to begin with.
MISSIONARIES SADLY NEEDED
To me, however, the absence of mis-
sionaries in numbers was deplorable
The modern missionary who founds
little communities in foreign countries
where the humanities and hygienics are
taught is a spreader of civilization, re-
gardless of his creed. For every one
of him in Japan, that learned for itself,
and in China, that is learning for itself,
there ought to be hundred in this
field at our door, that can not learn
Ior ltSeI, Tor Wnlch our monroe doc
trine is responsible Can the reason
be that Japan is more picturesque?
That the servants in China are better?
That one who returns from Burmah is
more of a hero at the missionary meet
ings than if he were back from Guate-
mala?
Yet the Roman Catholics have sent
American priests to take the places of
the Spanish friars in the Philippines
and the boards have sent Protestant
clergy to the Philippines. where they
are far less needed than in Central
America. On the train from Corinto
to Managua was a Niearaguan who
had been in Manila and was bringing
back his young Filipino wife.
Everything is so much dirtier than
at home! Ugh" this little woman
kept repeating. "Everything-every-
thing is worse
So it was by all the stands of Chris
tian civilization-worse than the Phil
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
WOMEN OBJECT
TO MARRIAGE

1t is the women who object to this
convention, and not wholly for the
sake of saving the fee to spend it in
shopping. She is acting out of the ex-
perience of her sex with the male kind
in her own country. If her husband is
tied TO her by a contract she can not
dismiss him when she pleases and take
another who is a better provider. The
majority of couples, though unmarried
live together as virtuously as if they
really had the knot tied. Only when
they learn English do they learn what
virtuous thing of itself the knot is
And south of the Mexican border, where
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS LOT
is SOLD FOR SI45, 900
Northeast Corner of Eddy and
Mason Streets Changes Hands

Purchased in 1861 for $4,000 by Mrs.
Ellen Nigro of Oakland. the north
east corner of Eddy and Mason streets
was sold yesterday by her for $145, 600.
the buyers being r. L. Wolden of San
Jose and NJ. V. Hollingberry. a capt.
talist of Hollister. The sale was made
through Joseph A. Rucker & Co.
The property is 1879 by So feet and
is that on which the New Poodle Dog
restaurant formerly stood No definite
plans have been made in regard to the
type of building which the two pur-
chasers intend TO erect. but 1t is un-
derstood that it will not be less than
five stories high.
An interesting feature of the sale
is that 1t is another Illustration Of the
rapid manner in which desirable down
town locations in San Francisco are
being taken up by outside capital.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
MERCHANTS OPPOSE
DIVfRTING SERVICE
United Railroads Plan for Mar
ket Street Meets With
Objection
Delegation Asks for Other Pro-
visions During Period of
Repair Work

Merchants located in Market street
and in particular those whose places of
business are between Fifth and
Twelfth streets, have started vigorous
action to have the United Railroads
change It's plan OF temporarily divert
ing service on the Market street lines
between the streets above designated
while new roadbed is being laid. A
delegation representing the houses along
Market street visited superintendent
Wilde OF the maintenance and ways de-
partment OF the United Railroads and
learned that under the best conditions
the projected work can not be finished
within seven weeks. The company
plans TO reconstruct a block Of road
way a week, employing 400 men in two
gangs. working nine hours a day each
The merchants have three sugges-
lions TO offer the United Railroads:
That the company close a space
shorter than seven blocks at one time:
that only one track be improved at a
time, leaving the other for downtown
travel during the entire period Of the
construction work, or that the work
ia Market street above Fifth be con-
tinued as the work east OF Fifth street
has been done; that is, during inter
Vals of traffic
The meeting yesterday was the first
of a series that VIII be held with the
United Railroads officials TO force them,
II possible. TO have regard for the
merchants in Market street. Among
the firms represented in the protest
against the plan of the company are
Prayers. Hale Brothers and the Ster-
Ling furniture company.
According TO the plan Of the United
Railroads. beginning tomorrow, the
cars OF the Haight. Valencia and
Market street lines viii run eastbound
in Market street TO Twelfth. then TO
Mission street TO Fifth TO Market, 10
the ferry. The Hayes street line is
to stop at Market and Larkin, and the
AlcAllister street at Market and Jones
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
BEST RHEUMATISM RECIPE
Unusual Prescription by Renowned
Physician Is Producing Wonder
full Results.

Those who have tried this recipe de-
clare that 1T has no equal for quickly
stopping rheumatic pains, and event
ually curing the dreaded disease
One ounce syrup Sarsaparilla COM
pound; one ounce Toris compounds: half
pint of high grade whiskey. These to
be mixed by shaking them thoroughly
and used in doses of tablespoonful be-
fore each meal and at bedtime
These ingredients can be obtained
from any good druggist, who will make
the mixture or 1t can be mixed at home.
The good effects of this treatment are
said TO become apparent almost inn
mediately, but 1t should be continued
sufficiently long 70 eradicate the poi
a splendid tonic and will restore the
system to full vitality, and is especially
good for persons of declining physical
vigor.
Local druggists say. they have a con-
stant demand for filing this prescrip-
tion and have seen it produce remark
able effects in almost every case.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
DISH WASHERS LOVE
LEADS HIM INTO TROUBLE
Mark Chielovich Was Too At
tentive to Mrs. III. Meyer

Mark Chielovich. dish washer, was
sent to the county jail for six months
by Police Judge COnlan yesterday on.
a charge of disturbing the peace OF
Mrs. H. Meyer. ,proprietress Of a deli
catessen store at Bush and Fillmore
streets. Chielovich's troubles are due
TO unrequited love.
Mrs. Meyer testified that Chielovich
had been annoying her with his at
tentiOns for some weeks He would
look in the window and kiss his hand to
her and smile. On Sunday morning he
entered the store and made insulting
proposals to her and she grabbed a
butcher knife from the counter and
rushed at him. He ran out OF the
store. pursued by Mrs. Meyer till Po-
liceman McEachern joined in the pur-
suit
ChfelOvfch was overtaken and when
placed under arrest by McEachern he
showed fight and had TO be clubbed
into submission.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
ACROBAT OF YEARS
AGO PASSES AWAY
Ben Bogner Dies at Los Ange-
les From an Attack of
Heart Trouble
In Early Days of Olympic Club
He Was Seen in Brother
Act
Ben Bogner,

Ben Bogner, a
well known and
popular Olympic
club acrobat of 20
years ago, died
last Saturday in
Los Angeles from
heart trouble. He
was 81 years of
age. During the
early days OF the
Olympic club, when
it was located in
New Montgomery
street, Bogner and
] o h n Hammer
smith used to do
the brother act on
the horizontal and
parallel bars. and
scarcely an organ
ization in the city
at that time but
was under obliga-
ton to them for
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
How to Make a Home
Out of a House

4 HOUSE does not make home The adapta-
IN ton of furniture and accessories to their sur
zzzzzzz roundngS does. The Spring Fashion Number
of The Call, Sunday, March 28th, will tell how the
San Franciscan adapts his house furnishings as he
does his clothes.
The seasons newest models and latest novelties
taken from great foreign emporiums and modified to
suit the taste and purse of the home buyer, will be
described. Magnificent beds and hangings of the
Louis Sixteenth period will be Portrayed the ngenu-
ty OF a comfortable davenport couch used in differ
ent way will be pctured innumerable charming and
delicate conceits for table will be told about
and designed and especially fitted up for young
girls will be set forth in detail
For the country home and bungalow new varie-
ty of wicker is announced. With it, come hanginqs
In chinH and cretonne resembling an old fashioned
flower garden In their variety of lovely hues.
And as for the library, hall or bathroom; WE'LL
there many inventive and lovely things for these
that they dazzle the imagination For the living room
too there is curtain wrought in some shlmmering
stuff with frleze that gives the effect Of stained
glass window. The desk of this season has It's acces-
sories entirely style Startling at first they
grow
There is no hat rack for the hail. but something
has been designed take its place-unique and useful
both. And sometimes chalse-ongue is placed there
upholstered in fresh rosebud cretonne-charming
and springlike-and comfortable
These subjects and others closely connected with
them will be discussed in detail and much valuable
information given in the great Spring Fashion Num-
Der of The Call-Sunday, March 28th
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09

services. Bogner took the part Of a
clown and was regarded by acrobatic
authorities at that time as one Of the
best men in the county at that work.
For several years Bogner had been
in the bicycle and automobile repair
business in Los Angeles. Dewitt Van
Court is looking after his effects.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
MISSIONARIES GO
FURTHER AFIELD
Lack of Church Influence Is
Found South of Old
Mexico
WOman's Experience Makes Her
Shun the Bonds of
Matrimony
By Frederick Palmer

copyright, 1909. by Tribune Company. Chicago
Why do so many missionaries go to
Japan, China. India, Turkey and Korea
and so few to Central America? They
are as inconspicuous in all the country
between the Guatemalan border and
Panama as they are conspicuous else
where
Partially for distant lands can not
explain their neglect; for alaska is
most abundantly supplied. Is it pos
sible that the soul of a Caribbean In
dian in 25 cents worth Of cotton drill
is less worth saving than the soul Of
an Aleut in furs? Latitude can not
matter, else the Fill islands, which
have been well cared for. would be un-
der the ban.
Any excuse that Central America is
already a Christian country is incon-
sistent, if not otherwise untenable.
Mexico is a favorite field; and Mexico
is a Christian country-far more Chris
tian than Guatemala or Nicaragua. AL
though the Mexican state has made
war on the Roman Catholic church, the
Mexican peon is most devout religion
ist, reverent and superstitious.
All the missionaries in Mexico. where
the government is doing much for edu-
cation, are most enthusiastic over their
schools and their work in spreading
the English language. They are also
trying to teach the Mexican Indian
that when a man and a woman live to-
gether and rear a family OF children
a marriage ceremony is praiseworthy.
DrolOgue
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09
Attorney coNv1crEp-r.onis

ATTORNEY coNvIcTED-L,ouis DunkeIy.
attorney. Humboldt bank building was con-
victed by Police Judge Weller yesterday Of bat
tery and was fined $50 on February % he
had q dispute in his office with Attorney John
=. Merrill. 336 Pine street about bank
ruptcy proceedings and threw Merrill out Of
lis office and struck him in the face. breaking
his glasses The original charge was assault
with intent 10 Go grievous bodily harm.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09

ippines under Spanish rule. That woman
from her cleanly Manila was rightfully
homesick. visit of a delegation from
every Philippine province to Nicaragua
would be powerful object lesson.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-09

All the glowing reports of progress
hich are sent to the United States in
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-05
Who
Would Enjoy

good health, with its blessings, must UNI
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge Of what
is best, each hour Of recreation, of enjoy
ment, of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright.
Then the use of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under or
binary conditions in many instances a
simple, wholesome remedy may be ~invalu-
able if taken at the proper time ami the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-05
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By ANDRE BOWLE5 O.
COPYRIGHT 1908 BY CiAS ScR6NER3 SONS
1908 81 CHA ScRleNER3 SoNo

| chance to get away; take 1t. Bad as
you are, there are men in Medicine
Bend who knew you when you were n
man. Don't stay here for some OF
them to sit on the jury that hangs you.
If you can get away, get away. If
were your ~friend-and God knows
whom you can call friend in Medicine
Bend tonight couldn't say more.
| Get away before it is too late"
He was never again seen alive in
| Medicine Bend. They tracked him
next day over every foot Of ground
he had covered. They found where
he had left his spent horse and where
afterward he had got the fresh one.
They learned how he had eluded all
the picketing planned for precisely
such a contingency, got into the
Wickiup, got upstairs and burst open
the very door of McCloud's room. But
Dicksie had on her side that night
One greater than her invincible will
or her faithful horse. McCloud was
200 miles away.
Barnhardt lost no time in telephon-
ing the Wickiup that Sinclair was in
town, but within an hour, while the
two women were still under the sur
| geon's protection, a knock at the cot
tage door gave them a second fright.
Barnhardt answered the summons. He
| opened the door and, as the man out
side paused to shake the snow off his
hat, the surgeon caught him by the
| shoulder and dragged into the house
Whispering Smith.
Picking the icicles from his hair,
Smith listened to all that Barnhardt
said, his eyes rowing meantime over
everything within the room and men,
tally over many things outside it. He
congratulated Barnhardt, and when
Marion came into the room he apollo
gized for the snow he had brought in.
Dicksie heard his voice and cried out
from the bedroom. They could not
keep her away, and she ran out to
catch his hands and plead with him
not to go away. He tried to assure
her that the danger was over; that
guards were now outside everywhere,
and would be until morning. But Dick
sic clung to him and would take no
refusal.
Whispering Smith looked at her in
amazement and in admiration. You
are captain tonight, Miss Dicksie, by
heaven. If you say the word I'll lie
here on a rug till morning. But that
man will not be back tonight. You
are Il queen. If / had a mountain
girl that would do as much as that
for me l would"
What would you do?" asked Marion.
Say good-by to this accused coun-
try forever"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-05
SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang Of wreck
ers were called out to clear the railroad
tracks at Smoky Creek. McCloud, a
young o superintendent. caught Sin
ciair and his men in the act OF looting
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded In
nocence, declaring 1t only amounted to q
small sum-a treat for the men. McCloud
discharged the whole outfit and ordered
the wreckage burned. McCloud became
acquainted with Dicksie Dunning, a girl
OF the west, who came TO look at the
wreck. Whispering" Gordon Smith told
PRESIDENT Bucks of the railroad, of Nc
Sloud.s brave fight against 8. gang OF
crazed miners and that was the reason
sor the superintendent appointment TO
us office. McCloud arranged board at
sne boarding house of Mrs. Sinclair; the
ex-foreman's deserted wife. Dicksie Dun
nlns was the daughter of the late Fdch-
ara Dunning. who had died of a broken
heart shortly after his wife's demise,
ried hfe. Smoky Greek bridge was mys-
teriously burned. President Bucks noti-
neu smith that he had work ahead A
stock train was wrecked by. an open
switch: Later a passenger train was held
up and the express car robbed. Two men
q q posse pursuing the bandits Were
hiiied. Whispering Smith" approached
SINCLAIR. He tried to buy him on. put
failed. He warned McCioud that his life
was In danger. McCloud was carried
{orcibly into Lance Cummings presence.
Dunning rarused the railroad a right-of-
way. he had already signed for. Dicksle
lnlerfered 10 prevent a shooting ARRAY.
A'tthSie moi Mctt0u0 on Il lOnely tTdii- "
warn him his life was in danger. On his
way home u shot passed through his hat.
A sudden rise of the Crawling Stone rlV-
er created CONSERVATION Dicksie and Ma
rion appealed to McCloud for help. Whis-
pering Smith Joined the group. McCloud
took his men to fight the river. Lance
Dunning welcomed them cordially. Nc
Cloud succeeded in halting the flood.
Dicksie and Marion visited Sinclair at his
ranch. He tried to persuade his deserted
wife to return to him.. She refused. He
accused Whispering Smith of having
stolen her love from him. A train was
held up and robbed. the bandits escap-
ing. Smith and McCloud started In pur-
suit. At Baggs ranch Du Sang killed old
ten-year-old son. They came to Williams
Cache. Smith was certain the bandits
were there. lie importuned Rebstock.
king of the cache" to give up Du Sang.
Rebstock refused. Smith declared he
would clean out the whole gang, inclu-
ding Rebstock. Smith came upon the
bandits, Du Sang among them. Marion
prayed that he should come back alive
Smith learned that Sinclair, Rebstock and
an escaped bandit had joined forces. He
started after them with Wickwire. Smith
invaded the Williams Cache rendezvous.
He dexterously pulled himself out of a
tight hole. He arrested a horse-thief;
McCloud. Sinclair visited Dunning and
was given sympathy. Dicksie knew of
his presence. Sinclair started for Medi-
cine Bend. Dicksie reproYed her cousin
for not arresting Sinclair. She set out
In the storm for Medicine Bend. She
passed Sinclair on the way and was
thrown bruised and bleeding against Ma
doctor who attended her refused Sinclair
admission.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-05
IxnonraphicaI Union Led.

The first tuberculosis sanitarium to
be erected for the benefit of the labor
ing men was built by the Interna-
tional Typographical union in con-
nection with it's home at Colorado
Springs. The International Printing
Freshmen and Assistants union have
recently decided to erect a similar
sanitarium, and steps are now being
taken to open such an institution. The
International Photo-Engrayers' union.
while not conducting a sanitarium of
its own, pays for the treatment of it's
tuberculous members in institutions in
various parts of the country. The
International Boot Workers union are
recommending to their members that
they ally themselves with the various
organizations united in the fight
against tuberculosis.