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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
THE HOME PHYSICIAN
This Recipe Makes Splendid
Remedy for Coughs

4
The homemade remedy described be-
low will be found a very handy and eff
fective thing to have in the house
ready for use. 1t is simple. pleasant
to take, easy to prepare, and lasts a
family a long time. 1t wipes out a
cough quickly
Take a pint of Granulated Sugar. add
one-half pint of warm water, and stir
ABOUT two minutes. Put two and one
half ounces Pinex ESQ cents WORTHY in
a pint bottle and fill up with the Gran
uIated Sugar Syrup. Take a teaspoon
fll every one. two or three hours.
Cough preparations, as a rule, are
mostly syrup. Granulated Sugar SyrIr
is both cheap and excellent. Pinex is
the most valuable concentrated COM
pound of Norway White Pine Extrac ct
and is rich in all the healing pine ele-
ments.
None of the weaker pine prepare
tions can compare with the real Pinex
itself. If your druggist hasn't it, he
can easily get it for YOU
This recipe is also splendid for chest
pains, whooping cough, hoarseness.
bronchitis, etc.
Strained honey can be used instead of
the syrup, and makes very fine honey
and pine tar cough syrup.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
WRECK CAUSED BY
EXCESSIVE SPEED
Board of Inquiry Attributes the
Smashup Near Benson to
Fast Running
Engine Went 800 Feet After
Jumping Track Over Rough
Ground and GullieS

BENSON. Ariz, Dec. 2o.-That the
wreck of the eastbound Golden State
limited near here yesterday was caused
by the train running at excessive speed
on curve was the conclusion reached
today by board of inquiry composed
of two business men and three South
ern Pacific officials.
According to the boards findings the
engine went 500 feet after leaving the
rails, going over very rough ground
and crossing two gullies. 1t turned
over and tore through the ground on
its back for a portion of this distance.
The mail car, baggage car and
tourist sleeper followed the engine
when it left the rails, while two Pull
mans and the observation car remained
on the track and travelled $50 feet be-
yond the place of derailment
In the wreck the engineer and fire.
man were Killed and dozen persons
were painfully injured
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
SCHUMACHER ASSUMES
CONTROL OF OFFICE
Western Pacific's Vice President
in Charge of Traffic Here

T. Fl. Schumacher. vice president in
charge of traffic of the Western Pa
cific and the Denver and Rio Grande
railroads, returned to San Francisco
yesterday morning and at once as
sumed active control of his new Office.
All during the day he poured over
various tariffs with w j. ShotwelI.
general agent of the Denver & Rio
Grande. refusing to even discuss or
consider new appointments.
Schumacher, since he was in this
city last month. has severad his con-
nections with the Ell Paso and Texas
road.
Questioned about a reduction of
rates on deciduous fruits to points east
of Chicago. Schumacher declined to
answer saying that his absence in the
east had not given him an opportunity
TO study rates. The story from the east
to the effect that Schumacher and
Horace r. Clarke. general manager of
the Denver & Rio Grande. had clashed
over their respective control. was
denied by Schumacher.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
BIames Santa Fe for Wreck

FLAGSTAFF. Ariz Dec. 20.-The
coroner's jury at Winona. nvestigat-
ing the Santa Fe collision in which
Mrs Alice Bennett was killed and so
passengers injured, returned a verdict
today, after a four days session, that
the wreck was caused by criminal
carelessness on the part of the Santa
Fe railroad company and recommended
that it be taken UP by the next grand
jury. Mrs. Benefits money, which
was not found after her DEATH leading
to the belief that the body had been
robbed was discovered today sewed
in the lining of her skirt. 1t amounted
TO $40.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
The California Promotion Committee

(The State Central Organization organized in
19o2-An association for the commercial and
Industrial development OF California
PROMOTIONS: The act OF promotion. advance
ment. encoura cement. s-Century Dictionary
The committee has for Its object the PROMO
TION OF California's interests II has nothing 70
sell 1t fosters all things tending to the AD-
VANCEMENI OF California It is an authority
on all matters relating to California Il EN-
COURAGES the establishment OF new industries
and fosters those already established. Il invites
desirable immigration IL presents the oppor
tunties and needs OF all fields OF business and
professional activity. IL is supported By popular
subscription and makes charge for any service
rendered. Ii has affiliated with it $50 CONNER
cial organizations OF the state with a combined
membership OF more than $4,000. Meetings OF
representatives OF these organizations are held
sfemiannually in different parts OF the state.
where matters OF California's interest dis
cussed- Headquarters OF the committee
maintained in Merchants Exchange bldg. San
Francisco. CORRESPONDENTS INVITED.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
CIVIL SERVICE TESTS
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED

The United States civil service COM
mission announces that the following
examinations will be held in San Fran
cisco, Cal. commencing January 19,
1910
Assistant chemist, department Of agriculture,
salaries ranging from 200 TO 81 600 per annuni.
Assistant organic chemist. department of agri
culture salary 81 500 per annum
chronological assistant fmale), salaries rang
ing from 81 900 10 50. 750 per annuni.
Agricultural assistant lmalel. salaries rang.
ing from $40 10 81. 500 per annum
Telegraph operator (malel. navy yard Pensa-
cola Fla. salary 81. 50 per diem.
Engineer in wood preservation fmalel salaries
ranging from 81 600 10 81 300 per annum
For application blanks the further
information concerning these examina-
tions, apply to the secretary, Twelfth
civil service district, postoffice building
san Francisco. Cal, indicating the name
Of the examination.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
WILL PLACE DAUGHTERS
IN FINISHING SCHOOL
Chinese Ministers Family In-
terests Washington Society

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-For the first
time in many years, in fact, as far back
as the present generation is able to
remember, the Chinese legation has two
young girls who not only have acquired
an excellent English education, but
have permanently adopted American
dress
Nine. Chang Yin Tang, wife of the
newly appointed minister, has worn
American dress several years, and her
daughters have adopted the same
fashion.
1t is the purpose of the minister and
his wife to place their two daughters
in a finishing school, either in or near
Washington, and it is not unlikely that
they will ultimately participate in the
social gayeties at the capital.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
10000 ACRES OF LAND
WITHDRAWN FROM ENTRY
Government Aids Proposed Leg
isIation Affecting Deposits

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-Announce-
,,ent was made az the interior depart
:-,rerf today of the withdrawal from
en+rv Of about 10000 acres of public
land in the west
IN aid Of proposed legislation affect
ing the disposal of phosphate lands,
go acres have been withdrawn in
.=I-tah and 57.474 acres have been tenn
-,,~a rilz- withdrawn in Colorado in aid
af proposed legislation affecting pc
4rjoIeum deposits
IN aid OF legislation afIecting the
afenosal Of water power sites. Secre-
fsrv Ballinger has Withdrawn tempo
4arflv 1868 acres in Idaho and 1852
.seres ia California. For coal classifi-
cation. approximately ze,isS acres nave
been withdrawn in Montana.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Holiday Adjournment A

WASHINGTON. Dec 20.-Both SEN
ate and house concluded their labOrs
at 2 o'clock today. Tomorrow a hOIi-
day adjournment for two weeks will
be taken.
Aside from the confirmation of the
nomination of Horace Fl. Lurton of
Tennessee as an associate Justice of
the supreme court, the principal feat
ure of the senate proceedings was a
speech laden with optimism and good
cheer for the Christmas season by Sen
ator Depew.
The address of the New Yorker was
called forth by what he characterized
as the pessimistic predictions in Sena-
tor La Follette's magazine and in many
newspapers as to the effect of the
tariff upon prices and as to the waste
of natural resources.
For the first time since the F'itz-
gerald rules providing for 'unani-
nous consent" calendar were adopted,
that rule was invoked today in the
house and one joint resolution making g
available a small appropriation for the
Improvement of the Tennessee river
and bill of local interest were passed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
REHEARSAL s FOR PROFESSOR NAPOLEON"
DELIGHT INSTRUCTOR OF PREF TY GROUPS
Songs and
Dances Quickly
Mastered

From ? o'clock yesterday afternoon
until after IL o'clock last night one
group after another thronged Maple
hall in Polk street for their parts in
the rehearsals of Professor Napoleon"
several hundred people getting in line
to practice and for the many songs and
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
NEW CHINESE MINISTER
is PRESENTED TO KNOX
Chang Yin Tang Will Meet the
President Tomorrow

WASHINGTON. Dee. 20.-Wu Ting
Fang. retiring Chinese minister. pre-
sented to Secretary Knox today his
successor, Chang Yin Tang. 1t was
arranged that the new minister should
be presented to the president tomor-
row at 2:30 o'clock, when Doctor Wu
will present his letters of recall and
take his leave of the president
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Silent on Brownsville

WASHINGTON, Dec 2O.-The silent
phalanx of Brownsville still remains
impregnable. so far the court of in
quiry into the shooting up of the Texas
town has been unable to get any of
the witnesses who have volunteered to
appear before it. with view of get
ting a clean bill of health under the
Foraker act, to divuIge the names of
the soldiers said to have participated in
the shooting. Today Corporal Web
ster, in charge of the guardhouse at
the time of the shooting. was on the
stand. His testimony failed to develop
nv e1ridenca
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Denies Corruption Charge

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2O.-Represen-
tative Hardy of Texas in addressing
the house today in support of his reso-
luton asking for the investigation of
printed charges of corruption of mem
bers of congress and of the subsidizing
of the press in connection with the
ship subsidy, vigorously assailed the
papers that had printed the. charges.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
TAFT Is DISAPPOINTED


Taft. it Is said reluctantly admitted
The disappointment Of his hope that the
country at large would accept as final
MS own vindication of Ballinger in his
dismissal of fhe charges brought against
The secretary OF the interior by L. r.
AGlavis.
BaIinger's attitude in this matter has
the support of leading republicans in
both branches of ongress-senators
and representatives-w feel that en-
tTely part from the merits of the
= eontroverss itself. a fostering sore OF
this character must poison the whole
system of the party in power, and that
81 is high time TO resort to the lance.
Ballinger told the president. ii is said
that The situation had become intoler-
able 10 him and that he could not
longer sit supinely by and, in justice tc
himself. he felt compelled to insist upon
.an investigation.
FOUR IMPORTANT ASPECTS
-Four important aspects OF the situa-
lion are taken into consideration by
party leaders:
First-The effect upon the future OF
the republican party and of the Taft
admini stration if attacks upon the in
tegrity Of a member of the president $
of5ciaI family may he made with i'm
puaity and allowed 10 pass unanswered
even unchallenged.
SeCOnd-The possibility of the contro-
sersv between adherents and opponents
-ef .Ssec,ctaI1- BaIlingcr becoming so bit
ter as TO endanger party legislation.
Thirl-The practical standstill Of the
whole policy of conservation Of natural
resources IN the present conflict among
those in whose hands lies the admins
Jration of that policy.
Fourth-The desire TO DO justice to-
ward the cabinet officer whose personal
ANA official integrity has been assailed
So The decision has been reached TO
sift the entire matter to the bottom.
1T remains only to settle on the details
of the program. All parties understand
shat the investigation must be of such
u character as TO leave in the public
mind not the slightest doubt CT its
.1aoroughnoss and impartiality.
EAILINGER Is INPATIENT
VI Ballinger is impatient Of delay and
N-s said 10 have urged that a resolution
providing for congressional investi-
cation be presented in the senate to-
. morrow IT is understood tonight that
he has been overruled on that point
and that the exceedingly complex task
Of determining the form Of inquiry will
be fhrashed out between now and the
reconvening Of congress January 4
one thing appears certain: The in
vestiz tization-whoever makes it-must
he relentless and everybody seems
agreed that II must be absolutely pub
.lic: il is admitted that anything in the
nature Of star chamber proceedings
would satisfy no one.
Il is positively declared that the in
ferests Of the department OF agriculture
and its forest service, OF which Clifford
Pinchot is chief. viii be recognized as
having an important stake in this busi-
= ness. since much OF the unhappy con-
.-froversy has concerned matters IN
which the forest service was more or
less directly involved.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
PILOT IN TROUBLE

PILOT IN TRoUBLE-A warrant was issued by
of W. NJ. Randall pilot. for plotting the
steamship Ella in San Pedro and san Fran
cisco bays without state certificate. Randall
has a United states certificate.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Strike in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.-Follow-
ing the example of their sister workers
in New York, several thousand shirt
waist makers of this city went on
strike here today for Increased wages
and better working conditions.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
S3O.OOO.OOO for Streams

WASHINGTON, Dec. Cove will re-
port general river and harbor bill
about the first of January" said Chair
man Alexander of the house commit
tee on rivers and harbors today
How much is it likely TO carry, from
S30,000,00 upward?" he was asked
1T will be much more than that, he
roOlied
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
SANTA BARBARA PIONEER
PASSES AWAY, AGED 90

SANTA BARBARA. Dec. 2o.-Edward
g,ison. aged 90. one Of the pioneers Of
4 lis CITY and formerly capitalist cf
New York city. died here YESTERDAY. he
was = member Of famous family OF
Glasgow, Scotland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21

CHECK PAsSER PLEADS GUILTY-Pat Mesa
od nd chsc sia ~ asses who hoat
United States marshal. pleaded guilty yeste..
day before District Judge de Haven by whom
he will be sentenced today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21

OWLS TO ELECT oFFIcERs-Tbe American
Order of Owls. San Francisco nest No 154
will hold It's annual election of officers for the
ensuing year at its regular weekly meeting in
cid Bohemian hall. Ellis street near Webster
next Thursday evening. The order viii hold a
high jnks in the same hall January 49,
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21

A Tom Dillon hat or umbrella order
always acceptable ZIP Market street,
opposite Call building.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21

BANK TO ESTABLISH BRANCH state
Bank Of Pomona has been granted permission
br tho superintendent Of banks TO establish 4
branch institution at Lordsburg.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21

What is home without Old Kirk
whisky HOtaling's best on the market
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
TAFT CONSENTS
TO BALL|NGFR
INVESTIGATION
Party Leaders Insist That There
Must Be Public Overhaul
ing of Land Office
Four Important Political Aspects
of the Situation Have Been
Taken Into Consideration

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2o.-President
3.aft today Welded to the demands OF
10th Secretary Ballinger and his critics
for public investigation of the whole
subject matter underlying the so called
Ballinger-P -Pinchot controversy.
Balhnger this afternoon served upon
tie president virtually an ultimatum TO
The effect that such an investigation
was indeed the price of his remaining
in the cabinet.
The sun., 1909-01-24

from beneath the strings a diamond and
ruby bracelet. A servant Of that house,
hold was even then languishng In the
Tomts on the charge OF having stolen
that bracelet.
when bangle bracelets were fsshions-
BILE used often to find. between the piano
a rines and even sometimes underneath
the keyboard small coins and medals
that had been lest from the bracelets. A
famous Chicago woman. prominent In
society in this country and abroad, suf-
fered such less while visiting at the home
Of New York family.
1T was a small gold Roman coin. with
the head Of Domitian, valuable from the
numismatic point Of view but of many
tims greater value TO the Chicago woman
because il had been given to her by Ger
men Sylvia. the Rumanian Queen. She
had lost it from her gold bangle bracelet
Of antique coins.
Il found the coin underneath the key.
board of the grand piano in the house
at which she had been visiting here.
several months after she had missed II,
When the coin was restored to her the
lady sent a most heartfelt le%ter Of thanks
and a substantial check. The letter
an intimation that ] might do
pretty well as piano tuner in Chicago,
which didn't stir me TO any wild depths
Of enthusiasm: however, for I'd been to
Chicago once"
The sun., 1909-01-24
MERELY 4 Duck STORY.
Nothing About II Suggests Fish-Except
Its size.

Dick is the name this time not Of a
man nor Of dog but of duck, a big
drake mallard living on Mud Lake in
Arkansas and there acting in the ca
pacity Of live decoy to his fellow web
footers and Of friend to duck hunters
just as soon as you get in boat and
go after ducks Dick appears" declares
the Nashville Banner on the authority
of Brode Finley, local sportsman.
He'll ait up there with you and look as
wise as anybody until he sees drove Of
ducks way of in the distance. Then he'll
jump out Of the boat into the lake, get in a
good feeding pocket and raise a terrible
fuss, quacking and Tapping his wings.
The ducks will decoy right in to him
and it's easy 10 get several out Of every
drove. II they don't decoy. Dick just
gets right up out Of the water and goes
away. You think he's got dlsgusted and
the decoy business, but tell you you don't
know Dick, He goes of with the ducks
and pretty soon he's ahead Of the lead
duck and leading the drove himself
They 20 on out OF sight. You say to
yourself. 7Good-by, Dick but just wait.
The first thing you know here comes that
big drove Of ducks right into the lake
from another direction. and the lead
duck ls Dick
and brought them back to the lake. Be-
fore they get in good shooting distance
Dick heads them over us and then he
drops out Of the drove. just as soon as
you kill fifty. the limit. Dick will get out
OF the water. sit on the seat by you and
won't decoy another duck. That bird
beats anything you ever saw
The sun., 1909-01-24
CASES ron the .N-R.ti.
When Failure TO Use II May Make q
Doctor Liable for Damages.

The question Of the duty of physician
or surgeon in regard TO an X-ray eS.
animation of a supposed fracture or dis
location is discussed in the Medical Rerien
OF Reriers by prominent New York ex-
pert in such matters; radiologist is his
professional designation. '
He quotes a foreign authority on Tie
difficulty Of making a correct diagnosis
OF injuries, especially when in the neigh
borhood of Joint.
-Notinfrequcntly an injury is diagnosed
as a fracture and the part placed in u
splint. Later a radiogHph demon-
strates the absence of fracture, but the
presence Of a dislocation which was nct
suspected and which had been made
permanent by failure OF reduction, iri-
IN obi lization, etc.
There are, in fact, many cases whsrs
IL is impossible TO make an early diaanos
on account Of the pain and swelling, an =
very often the injury. even after III,
swelling has subsidized, is Of s,l,h rstirn
a~to mislead-the beat su=--s,:E In thSst
cases II is very easy 10 estahli' h A correct
diagnosis by means of the E-ray.
The physician need not Of cp':rsc
make the X-ray examinatioH hi.'lse J.,
but to be on the safe side he shout :,
TO consult a photographer, for while 4
hematoma, swelling and pain werl
formerly accepted by tho courts a. "A
excuse for the on-recosrition OF fr4s1
tire, etc. such is not the case now Thy.
sicians who neglect 10 advise the employ.
TO en action for 6anaees, IN I"
which thew will he accused Of neglect N
sxercise the reasonable care and skin
which is required by Law
The sun., 1909-01-24

so the photograph Of Nine. Cslve as
Chsrubiao is ell that came OF one attempt
to revive the opera,
Nine. Calve did not go 80 far as this in
carrying out her promise to appear as
the Countess when Mr. Conried announced
revival Of lie Nozze di Figaro" during
his first year at the Metropolitan. She
was not even photographed in her cos
tune nor did she attend rehearsal.
She simply declared that she would not
appear es the Countess in spite Of her
contract.
Nine. Calve was the last Of the capri
cious prima donnas in these commercial
days, and she paid for that eccentricty
by forfeiting her fee for seven appear
ances since she was 10 sing the part seven
times. She is the only woman who could
sing with as much vivacity as Eva Tan
quay Il don't care"
Marie Engle was a sweet voiced page,
with blond beauty, blue eyes and pale
The sun., 1909-01-24

blow. From in the morning until $50
at night ! had stood in a room rooted
with netting to keep out the oees-only
the netting was broken and the bees came
In anyway-and slid preserved peaches
down a stick into bottle Suddenly my
little stick snapped and couldn't go on
working
For ten minutes while the forawoman
hunted1p another stick sat doing moth
ing. watching the others get ahead OF
me. The girl next 10 me never turned her
head. The fat dripping halves con-
tinued 20 slide down the stick and form
clean, yellow half moons up the side Of
the bottle
Don't you ever feel like packing them
wrong side up?" | asked, Just for
No she said simply and began on a
new bottle, That d be stupid
She had been sliding peaches down that
stick for two months That was why
quit. She frightened me was afraid
that very soon too would think it was
stupid to slide the peaches in upside
down.
The sun., 1909-01-24
IMMENSE CONtRETE PIERS.
Those OF Glover Bar Bridge May he
Largest In the World.

The concrete piers Of the Clover Ber
Bridge on the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail
way are said 10 be the largest all con-
crete piers in Canada. and perhaps in the
world, says the Edmonton Bulletin.
There are four Of them, two Of which arc
i4O feet high and the others seven feet
less in height The bridge from abut-
ment to abutment Ii |, 800 Feet in length.
The piers extend forty feet below the
surface OF the water.
The concrete work was undertaken In
midwinter. This was one OF the diff
culties with which the constructing COM
pany had to contend. To work with con-
crete during cold weather II is necessary
TO use heat
Houses were constructed around the
piers and these we're heated with steam,
which was conveyed by pipes from p
plant on the river bank. After placing
and packing the concrete in its molds, il
was also necessary that 1t should be
kept heated for at lest a day, and then
allowed 10 be 10 set gradually.
The sun., 1909-01-24

blue satin breeches that seemed to ft
tightly only because no trousers could
possibly have helped it. Trousers that
fitted any other way on Marie Engle could
not' have been thought Of Miss Engle
was strangely enough very slim and
graceful Juiishe or Martha in her trail
ing skirts. but she seemed very plump
Cherubino.
Suzanne Adams was Of all the Ameri-
can Chorubinos the least masculine. She
had ever n suggestion Of New England
femininity and primness about her.
Sweetly as she sang Vol che sape,e-
there was always the suggestion that
IL might be a graduate OF school or COL
lege singing her little piece TO show what
she had learned from her teacher. There
was nothing amateurish in the leas.
degree about her singing, She was un-
commonly finished in her methods. but
her Cherubino always seemed to have a
New England conscience.