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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
CAPITOL BUFFETS
AROUSE MINISTERS
Protests Made Against Private
Bottles Used by Thirsty
legislators

BERKELEY. Feb. 24.-Resolutions
protesting against the existence OF
liquor within the capitol walls have
been passed by the Berkeley federation
of churches. and they viii be forwarded
to Sacramento to the solons who are
alleged to have buffets for the free dis
tribution Of liquor for thirsty legisla-
tors. In the giving away Of liquor
the clergymen of this city forsee an
effort being made to defeat the local
option bill. which is before the legis-
lature
The resolutions. which bear the sig
nature OF Rev. I. n. AcCash, president
OF the federation. and Rev A. j. Ken
nedy, the secretary, follow:
Whereas it is reported that intoxicating
liquors are being vended in the lobby OF the
state ate capitol at sacramento; and -,
whereas, the code OF California f0rbidS the
sale, gift disposal OF intOxicants IN any state
Institution. on the grounds thereof; and
Whereas. 1t seems that the purpose Of the dis
trloGton or sueh liquors at this time is to defeat
pending legislation which proposes 10 give to the
people of the state the right given the citizens OF
every state or the union except seven. TO deter
mine whether saloons shall exist locally or not;
Resolved that the Berkeley federation OF
churches deplOre the condition under which our
legislature transacts its business while allowing
bufets ia the lobbies Of the house and senate.
and that depl0re the example set by our leg
lsiators before the youth OF the state; and that
we ask the immediate Punishment OF the bunet
from the state house; and that protest
against any and all extraneoUs influences used to
delay thwart needful legislation.
Among the members OF the federation
who were present at the special meet
ing of the federation last night We're;
Rev. J. K. Mclean, president OF the
Pacific theological seminary; Rev j. H
Lathrop. pastor of the First Unitarian,
church; Rev. W. r. II HOdgkin. pastor
Of All Souls chapel; Rev. a ]. Han
sen. Rev. r. s. Eastman and Rev. A NJ.
Kelsey. besides the president and ser
retary.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
IRON WORKS FOREMAN
GETS SEVERE SHOCK
Both Arms Were Badly Burned
by Heavy Electric Current

BERKELEY. Feb. 25.-J. George. an
assistant in the Mechanics building at
the university. and foreman in the iron
works, was badly burned this after
noon by 1000 volts of electricity, which
passed through his arms.
He was inspecting insulation for a
dynamo at the Mechanics building on
the campus. and ii is supposed that lie
touched some part of the machinery
which was imperfectly shielded.
The shock knocked him senseless and
burned both hands ana arms badly He
was taken TO the students infirmary.
where DR.. George Reinhart attended
him. He will recover.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
BLIND STUDENTS WILL
STAGE A MERRY FARCE
Too Much Married. to Be Pre-
Sented at Institution

BERKELEY, Feb. 24.-Blind student
thespians of the California Institution
for the Deaf and Blind of this city
will present merry farce. TOO Much
Married" in the assembly hall of the
school Saturday night
Miss Marjorie French winner of the
interscholastic~ debating championshiD
last year. will assume the leading role
She. will be supported by a cast. in
Guiding Miss Margaret Keough. Everett
Deekard, George j. Sullivan and Ray
mond W. Henderson.
"A musical program rendered by
blind students and outside talent will
supplement the play. Among the con-
tributors will be: Hother Wismer. the
San Francisco violinist; Prof Otto
Fleisnner, musical instructor of the in
stitution; Miss Gussie Mast Soprano.
Miss Mildred Jameson. Miss Hazel Pi-
per, Miss Ruby Finerty, Miss Marguer-
ite Graham and Valentine Miller
George j. Sullivan is mana ging the
entertainment.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
LARCENY CHARGE
FOLLOWS ACOUITTAL
S. q. Henderson Rearrested for
Felony EmbezzIement

OAKLAND. Feb. 24.-Acquitted by
Judge Harris instructions on a charge
of felony embezzlement. S. c. Hender-
son was afterward served with war
rant charging grand larceny, sworn TO
by Mrs. Lucy B. Alison. She was the
complaining witness in an action
charging Henderson with felony en-
bezzlement, as she said he had taken
$500 from her to consummate q realty
deal and had gambled the money on
stocks and racehorses. The acouitfai
was reluctantly returned by the iurv
today after several hours deliberafion
though specific instructions We're given
by Judge Harris. The jurist's action
was based on a highly technical argIl-
ment advanced in behalf of Henderson
by Attorney A. L. Frick. Henderson
was Immediately ordered into the Gus
tody of the sheriff pending the Issuance
of the warrant for his arrest.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
ROTARY CLUB TO HOLD
ITS FIRST BANQUET
San Franciscans to Be Guests of
Oakland Organization

OAKLAND. Feb. 24.-The Tricity ro-
tary club will hold its first banquet
tomorrow evening at the Hotel Athens
beginning at o'clock. The president
of the club. Frank w. Bilger. will be
toastmaster, and the speakers will be
Mayor Frank X. Mott, Homer W. Wood
president of the Rotary club at San
FRANCISCO; Ng Poon Chew, editor of the
Chung Yai Sat Pc; Rev. e. E. Baker
and III. c. Capwell. The banquet will
be Informal, guests having been noti-
ned that business suits will be the
proper attire.
The Rotary club is formed along the
lines of the original organization of
that name at Chicago. A similar club
is being formed at New York, and the
San Francisco Rotary club has 100
members.
Several members of the San Fran
cisco Rotary club will be guests The
banquet committee in charge of to-
morrow nights affair is made up of
George III. Vose, Frank A. Leach and
Robert Robertson.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
MAY ARREST BUILDER FOR
BLOCKADING STREETS
Failure to Move Barn Arouses
Ire of V. M. Frodden

ALAMEDA, Feb. 24-A warrant has
been issued for the arrest of H. H
Henderson. president of the Hender-
son company of 1906 Broadway, Oak
land, al the instance of " M Frod-
den, superintendent of streets of this
city, on charge of blockading the
public streets. Henderson obtained
permission to remove the Ivy L. Bor-
den barns from the tract on High
street recently purchased by the CITY
for a playground, but for the past
main on the public streets The two
barns were taken across Park street
at Central avenue few days ago
after considerable delay had been oc-
casioned to local traffic, but having
crossed the main thoroughfare of the
city no further attempt has been made
to move them.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
MULGREW PRESIDES
AT COURT HIGH JINKS
Foresters Indulge in JolIity at
Orion Hall

OAKLAND. Feb. 24.-Chief Ranger
j. j. Mulgrew presided at high links
held by Court Merritt No. 233, Forest
ers of America, at Orion hall. An in
troductory talk of forestry was made
by G. ]. B. Reboli, following which
was given a musical program bv the
u. P +. c. band and the Melrose or
chestra. Interspersed in the program
were violin selections played by VIII
liam Galabec and Fred Kaiser, and vo-
cal numbers by John Lynde, j. Pacheco
and Lee Webb The new court was
addressed at the close of the meeting
James Ryan and l. N. Cobbledick
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
MAYOR MOTT PRESENTED
WITH SILVER GAyFI
Father of the Park System Hon.
ored by City EMPLOYEES

OAKLAND. Feb. 24.-When Mayor
Frank K. Mott called the board Of
works commission to order for the
weekly session this morning he was
presented with a silver mounted gayeI
made of wood from one Of the old oak
trees at Adams park, north of Lake
Merritt, this morning. The presenta-
ton speech was made by Frank w
Bilger, and the mallet was given on
behalf of the employees in the public
works department
Inscribed on the gavel are the
words:
From the employees of the board of
father of the park system"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
SLAV DYNAMITERS
HELD FOR TRIAL
Men Are Accused of Blowing Up
Home of Una Hartman

MARTINEZ, Feb. 24-George Mara
cich. George Barnov1ch and Lawrence
Maracich, the three Slavs arrested for
the dynamiting of the home of Una
Hartman at Crockett. were examined
before Justice. of the Peace O'Neill at
Crockett and held for trial this morn
ing Bail was fixed at s5 900.
Attorneys Hiram Johnson and D.
Y Campbell appeared as special coun-
sci for the prosecution. They were
retained by the American Hawaiian
sugar. company, whose foreman Hart
man is.
The prisoners were defended by Will
liam S. Wells, former superior Judge.
and Attorney j. E. Rodgers.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
PLAN WAR AGAINST
THE WHITE PLAGUE
Speeches Will Be Made Tonight
at EbelI Club Rooms

BERKELEY, Feb. 24.-The organiza-
tion designed to carry on a warfare
against tuberculosis will be perfected
tomorrow night in the parlors of the
Ebell club. Harrison street. near Four
teenth. Oakland. DR.. Harry Sherman n
of San Francisco will be one OF the
speakers of the evening.
Among the Berkelyans who are in
terested in the formation of athe So
ciety to fight the white plague are:
Mrs. J. B. Hume Mrs r. o. Moody
Mrs. A. 6. Freeman Frank Wilson
Rev. L. A. MeAfee Prof. Warning Wilkinson
F. W. Foss DR.. Frank Simpson
DR.. C. W. Page Dr. A. r. Gillihan
DR.. c. II. Denman DR.. Louis Nicholson
DR.. r. o. Moody Mrs. Kate Bulkiey
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
PYTHIAN SISTERS HOLD
EXHIBITION DRILL
Dancing and Music Add to the
Evenings Pleasure

OAKLAND. Feb. 24.-Calanthe temple
No 6, Pythian Sisters. gave a ball this
evening in Pythian castle, Twelfth and
Alice streets
A feature of the evening was a fancy
exhibition drill by the degree team OF
Calanthe temple. Those who drilled
were:
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
STUDENTS APPEAL
FOR NEW BUILDING
Efforts Will Be Made to Secure
Appropriation From the
Legislators
BERKELEY Feh.

BERKELEY, Feb.
IA campaign of
education to inn
press the legislat-
ors with the need
for a new building
to house the col
lege of a agriculture
of the university
was commenced to-
night at a meeting
of the agriculture
club of the students
called by President
M. T. Emmert Jr.
The entire matter
was gone over and
that immediate ac-
tfon is necessary to
prevent the killing
of the legislative
bill for a new
building was the,
consensus of opin
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25

STUDENT MINES TO MEET-Stanford Uni
versity, Feb. 24.-The varsity nine will line up
against the tossers of Santa Clara college in the
second campus game played with the Catholic
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30
STAND WITH TAFT.

The Sioux City journal, which is
unalterably opposed to political pro-
gress, has only derision for those who
labor in the cause of good government
and, particularly detests the progress
sive republicans of Iowa, South Da-
kota and Nebraska, publishes dis
patch from it's Washington cores
pondent calling attention to the votes
of the South Dakota senators on oil,
iron ore, coal, hides and lumber, all Of
which President Taft wants admitted
free of duty. Since the journal never
fails to instruct its employees to color
news stories to match the hue of its
own policy, this dispatch, though in.
significant in size, must be accepted
at face value. 1t is freely stated that
the two South Dakota senators voted
for free oil, free iron, free lumber and
free wood pulp. And, while they
voted with the minority in each of
these instances, except the last, they
have the satisfaction of knowing that
the record of their votes puts them
squarely in line with the presidents
position in his controversy with Cam
non and Aldrich.
1t will be recalled that Senator
Crawford early in the session deliver
ed long speech in which he declared
for free raw materials, not only as a
matter of downward revision, but also
for the purpose of conserving natural
resources. At that time every hostile
newspaper in South Dakota ridiculed
that speech, in accordance with their
custom of attacking whatever he does.
1t was even made the object of sar
casm by the special privilege Wash
ington correspondent of the Saturday
Evening Post. Since Senator Craw-
ford was subjected to TO so much
abuse for daring to stand with the
minority against the Aldrich program
it is simply matter of justice to
him TO call attention to the fact that
President Taft now stands squarely
where he placed himself Sioux
Falls Press.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30
A SOURCE OF DANGER

If we accept the facts the reports of
the commercial agencies and other
authorities on business conditions and
prospects we must admit that the
prolongnation of the tariff discussion
is not cutting the figure that it was
feared it would. The fact seems to
be that the consumptive demand of
the country is so great and the yield
of the fields SO generous that busi-
ness is going ahead with less hesita-
tion on account of the as yet unsettled
tariff questions than previous exper-
ience had led most of us to expect.
The high tariff advocates view this
situation with peculiar satisfaction
and, relying upon the evidences of re-
turning business activity, assume that
the country will be so busy and so
prosperous that the people will put
up with whatever they get in the way
of tariff, glad only to get down to
settled conditions, no matter what
they are.
To some extent that expectation
may be realized Busy factories may
make contented manufacturers and
big crops at high prices may satisfy
the farmer, and heavy traffic may
keep the transportation lines busy and
their employees. at work, but there is a
good deal of the lifting of ones self
by ones bootstraps about all that.
Sooner or latter, and possibly sooner
rather than later, because they are the
last and the least to profit by high
prices, the great consuming class who
live on wages and salaries and the
meager profits of small establishments
are going to realize that they are
paying most of the freight. The con-
sumner is not a negligible quantity in
the making of tariffs, and while he
may belong to great, unorganized
mass, with no hearing before the tar.
iff-making committees, he is on earth
just the same and must be reckoned
with. That's the deplorable feature
of one-sided tariff - it is "a menace
to every commercial interest because
it can't last. st. Paul Dispatch.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30
! 75o, 900 Acres Government Lands

open for registration daily July 18th
to August 9th, in the Occur d'Alene
Reservation in Idaho, the Spokane
Reservation in Washington and the
Flathead Reservation in Montana.
These lands are to be opened under
the Z. S. honest ad laws at ST .25 per
acre up to 81, payable in easy annual
insta!Iments. Registration takes place
at Spokane and applications may be
sworn to at Coeur d'Alene, Spokane,
Kalispell or Missoula. Round trip
homeseekers tickets at special low
rates via the Chicago & North Wes-
tern Ry. July 10th and August Bird
For information apply to ticket agents
the Northwestern Line.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30

Justice BREWER, of the u. S. su,
preme court evidently does not favor
an income tax. AT a speech in Mil
waukee he expressed himself in
accord with the ideas of John Mar
shall when that gentleman said, "the
power to tax is the power to destroy
Continuing, Mr.. Brewer said:
IF once you give the power to the
nation to tax all the incomes you
give it the power to tax the states,
not out of their existence, but out OF
their vitality"
Such an argument coming from a
member of the supreme court will
not tend to increase the respect OF
the people for the courts ability. Ii
is only another instance of man oc-
cupying great position without the
ability to carry the load. Since when
has the nation not exercised the
power to tax? From whence come
the hundreds of millions required an
nualIy to run our national govern
ment, if not from tax levied by the
federal government And does not
the tax levied through the tariff not
only give the nation the power to tax
the vitality" of the states when that
tax is collected from the masses OF
the people without regard to their
ability to pay the tax, and men OF
wealth allowed to escape the burden
except in the same degree as the peo.
pie without wealth are taxedi Add
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30

The warm weather of the first three
days of the last week seemed to be
our share of a general atmospheric
disturbance that effected the whole
country. Duluth experienced cloud
burst, and other towns in Minnesota
and Wisconsin were cut off from com
munication by either wire or rail. The
damage ran into the millions. Along
the gulf coast the hurricane was ter
rifle, and only the immense sea wall
constructed at Galveston, Texas, after
the destruction of part of that city
in 1900, saved that city from destruc-
tion on the 2lst At several points in
North Dakota hail did heavy damage
to the crops.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATIONS.
State of South Dakota, County of Kings
bury, IS.
In County Court
In the matter of the estate of Albert s.
Rowcliffe, deceased.
The state of South Dakota sends greet
ing to Emma Rowcliffe, Harry Rowcliffe.
Minnie p. Rowcliffe, Alta g. Rowcliffc,
Willis Rowcliffe, Earl Rowcliffe. Henry
Rowcliffe and Frank Rowcliffe, Lima
Boundy, Lucy Boundy, John Rowcliffe
and Ella l.. Belson, heirs at law and next
OF kin of Albert s. Rowcliffe, deceased.
Notice il hereby given that Ella l.. Bel
sen has presented to and filed with the
Judge of this court her verified petition,
praying that letters of administration of
the estate of Albert s. Rowciiffe, deceased
be issued TO f. NJ. Andrews, and that
Tuesday, the 18th day of August. 1909. at
ten o'clock inthe forenoon, at the court
room of the county court in the county
court house, in the city of iie Sniet.
South Dakota, has been set as the time
and place for hearing on said petition.
when and where any person interested
may appear and show cause why the
said petition should not be granted.
Dated at De Smet. South Dakota. this
2sth day of July, A. ID. 1909.
Attest. Judge Of the County Court.
Clerk of the County Court.
Warren & Warren. De Smet, =. D., Attor-
SEAL. - 4s-st
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30
LOW RARES TO SEATTLE

Special low reduced rates daily via
the Chicago 81 North Western Ry. to
the Exposition at Seattle, the Yellow
stone Park, Yosemite, Colorado, and
the Pacific Coast. Choice of routes.
illustrated folder descriptive of the
exposition, booklets, maps and itener-
aries of personally conducted tours
to all points of interest, free on APP
plication to any ticket agent, the
North Western Line.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30

Barney Garland was over fsen
Manchester Wednesday.

Barney Garland was over fram
Manchester Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Harthorn returned
Saturday morning from her vacation
spent in the Black Hills.
Mrs. l.. A. Dunklee returned
Sunday evening from visit to friends
at Madison and Arlington.
Mrs. F. Schaub departed Tues
day morning for Minnesota points
where she will visit her mother and
friends.
The young people gave Ray
Corbett surprise at the home Of
Mrs. Hattie Hunt Monday evening.
All enjoyed the event.
Fathers John and Anthony
O'Hora, the first from Ipswich, the
second from west of Pierre ar
rived Sunday evening for visit with
the O'Hora families in this city and
Mathews township.
w. III. Warren last week became
the possessor of a new swarm OF bees.
We tried to make him believe that it
was just at that time that Chas L.
Dennis, down by Lake Thompson,
lost swarm, but w. H. says that he
has eye witnesses to prove the flight
of the new swarm from the old hive
to the plum tree in his yard.
AT the Minnesota state fair on
Sept. 9th will be given production
representing the First Minnesota
regiment in that memorable charge
at the battle of Gettysburg. The
State Fair News gives an incomplete
list of the survivors of that famous
regiment and asks for information
concerning any others who might
have participated in that event as
members of that particular regiment.
In the list of names, which numbered
thirty-'our, we noticed that of.our fell
low townsman Chas. K. Ely. A spe
cial invitation to the memb RS will be
extended for this occasion.
The writer spent Saturday and
Sunday with a brother at Volga.
Crops in that locality are said to be
better than for three or four years
past, but, with the exception of corn,
we do not consider them as good
as in this vicinity. There has
been too much moisture there for sue
cessful grain raising. We noticed
farmers have turned to milking COWS
to greater extent than ever before.
The short crops and and high price
of feed has driven them from hog
raising to quite an extent, and dairy
ing has been taken up in its stead.
The cow is the old stand by through
agricultural prosperity and adversely
The fact is that the cow and the hen
are the basis of all permanent agri-
cultural prosperity.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30

ed to the tax thus derived by the
government is a still greater sum
drawn from the vitality" of the
states by the protected interests
through the tariff. 1t is not so much
Brewers concern for the vitality"
of the states as it is his concern for
his friends Of the monied class. The
reading public will agree with Senator
Brown, author of the income tax
amendment, when he declared that
the remarks of Justice Brewer were
nothing less than senile.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30

PRESIDENT TAFT has given an ulti-
matum to congress that he will ex-
pect decided downward revision of
the tariff bill now in the hands of the
conferees. The high protectionists
are inclined to be peaved at the presi-
dent for what thev call "butting in"
and there is likely to be some warm
times before the bill is finally agreed
upon. Brookings Register
The warm times before the bill is
agreed upon will seem frosty as COM
pared to the times some will exper-
ience later on if the tariff is not re
vised downward.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30

DISPATCHES from Washington state
that free hides is one of the greatest
stumpling blocks encountered in the
tariff conference. There are enough
senators from western states who say
they will not vote for any measure
providing for free hides to assist the
opposition todefeat the tariff measure.
These senators care little about any
hide but their own. Eastern manu-
facturers using leather declare that
the packers through the leather trust
are driving them out of business.
President Taft has Investigated the
matter and does not believe that the
interests of the cattle raiser will be
materially injured by placing hides
on the free list. In this we believe
he is right. But few senators fear
their seat will be taken from them if
they vote for free hides, and how to
bring them into line is the question.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-30

In personal letter to the writer
Congressman Charles III. Burke, says
we mistated his position on the oil
schedule as passed by the house. Mr..
Burke has sent us copy of the Con.
gressional Record of April 9th, which
records both Mr.. Burke and Mr. Mar
tin as voting against the proviso for
counter prevailing duty on petro
leum, or its products. The original
bill placed petroleum and its products
on the free list, and the proviso was
introduced later for the benefit of
Standard Oil. This record places
both Messrs. Burke and Martin in
favor of putting oil and its products
on the free list Weiare glad to make
this correction. Congressmen gener-
ally have enough to answer for with
out being compelled to assume re-
sponsibility for that of which they
are not guilty. The same record
shows tnat Congressman Burke, of
Pennsylvania, voted for the duty ON
oil, and this undoubtedly accounts
for the mistaken impression regard.
ing our own congressman.