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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
GARDEN CITY WILL
WELCOME VISITORS
Display of Motor Cars Attracts
Enthusiasts From Points
Around the Bay
[seecieI Dispatch to The CsIl

SAN JOSE. Feb. 19.-The California
automobile club Of san Francisco Is
making arrangements to attend the
San Jose automobile show In body
Saturday. according to a letter received
here today from the secretary Of the
organization. The communication is
in answer to an invitation TO the Bay
City automobilists to be present san
Francisco night"
A ferry boat has been chartered To
carry the ears across the bay to the
Oakland side. This viii be done. as
the highways on the eastern side are
in fair shape and. barring rains. viii
be in perfect condition for motoring
Saturday.
Manager V. A. Hancock Of the j.
Charles Green company, promoting the
show. is assured that 90 machines are
already lined up for the run, and in all
probability 100 cars wiz make the trip
TO this city
The Green company OF San Francisco
will give its employees a half holiday
Saturday and the expenses of all Of
Its men will be paid to and from the
San Jose show.
"A NUMBER or sales have already been
made through the automobile exhibits.
and demonstrations. and many "SOld"
signs were placarded on cars today
by the show management.
The exhibitors and exhibits are:
Harrison p. Smith. Inc.-StOddard Dayton.
REQ and kissel kar; Wallace Bros.-RambIer
Regal, Pope Waverly electric; Osen & Hunter
AliteheiI; Letcher's garage-Cadillac, Peerless,
Apperson and motor boats; WintOn auto com
pany-Winton; San Jose garage-Olds. Buick.
Chalmers-Detroit N. B. Charles-Stevens-Du Dur
yea. Palmer singer. Studebaker T. NJ F.. Woods
electric; Garden City implement company-Inter-
nailOnaI auto buggy; San Jose rubber works
Nulcanizing process; Victory motor car com
pany-Sunset cars; J. II. Bennett-TOurist ears:
Ford auto cOmpany-FOrd automobiles. Norman
din Campen company-Franklins: Reed Ignition
commandments: A. C. Banta-Indian mo-
toreycle: California eOmpounding company-12S
different kinds of oils; William +. Bracher-Ex-
celSior and Pierce mOtorocyces
Tonight a great crowd Of people
most prominent in san Jose society at
tended the show. the evening being
dedicated TO their entertainment Spe-
cial music had been provided and the
dealers were allowed to decorate their
booths with flowers and greeneTy. The
record crowd is expected tomorrow
evening-San Francisco night.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
DELIBERATELY LEAPS
IN FRONT OF TRAIN
Man Believed to Be James
PostIe Is Ground to Death

OAKLAND, Feb. ia man about 40
years of age, whose name is believed to
have been James Postle, leaped in front
of a Southern Pacific train at the foot
of Tenth street in West Oakland this
afternoon and was ground to death.
The address and occupation of the dead
man are unknown He was identified
by receipt issued by Murray & Ready
employment agents at Sixth and Frank
lin streets, and made out in the name
of James Postle.
The man was dressed in rough cloth
ing and it is supposed that he was la
borer. cheap watch and SO in coin
were found In his pockets. The re-
mains We're taken to the morgue.
After two vain attempts to end his
own life, Frank McCue, miner who
recently arrived in this city from Ne
vada finally succeeded in carrying out
his purpose last night, when he drank
carbolic acid in his apartment in the
Vendome hotel. Ninth and Washington
streets.
McCue died before he could be re-
moved to the hospital.
McCue was widower and 49 years
of age.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
ONE PRISONER RETURNS
TO CELL IN CITY JAIL
Police Fail to Find Trace of Any
of the Fugitives

OAKLAND, Feb. 19.-Although the
police force has been securing the city
today in quest of the gang of petty
criminals who escaped from the city
prison last night. no trace of any OF
the fugitives, save William Wilson, has
been found.
Wilson had almost finished serving a
sentence for theft. After taking a triu
around the city he repented and decided
to try to get back into Jail without
being detected.
He climbed back over the rear fence
of the prison yard, and crawled in
through the hole by which he had
previously sought liberty, but greatly
to his discontinue he was imme-
diately pounced upon by the police.
Wilson had secured a quantity OF
morphine, to the use of which he is
addicted, but told the police that he
went TO the home of his mother. and
that she urged him to return to Jail.
saw her son last night.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
MISSIONARY TELLS OF
KOREANS INTELLIGENCE
Prof. II. B. Hubert Says Nov.
able Types ASiatiC Invention

OAKLAND, Feb. 19.-Korea as the
home of people who closely approx
mated the Anglo-Saxon race in the bal
ance which they struck between head
and heart. and which resulted in intel
lectual achievements which placed
them in the ranks of the greatest ben
efactors of the world, was the theme of
a talk by Prof II. B. Hubert at the
FIRST Presbyterian church tonight.
Professor Hubert. with 20 years ex-
perience as teacher in Korea, was
one of three speakers at mass meet
ing held in the interests of Presbyte-
rian missions in Korea.
In, the course of his address Profess
sor Hubert said that Korean history
ran back 1000 years before Christ He
said that Koreans made the first font
of movable metal type and invented an
alphabet which for phonetic range and
simplicity never has been surpassed.
DR.. II. G. Underwood and Rev O. r.
Avison followed with appeals for as
sistance in maintaining and extending
Presbytertan. missions and schools
Rev Frank l.. Goodspeed presided.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
| MCCLASkEY SENDS
. THREAT OF SCANDAL
Former Pastor of Methodist
Church Promises Exposure
on His Return

ALAMEDA, Feb. 19.-Rev. w. P. Nc
Claskey. who resigned from the pastor
ate of the Santa Clara Methodist church
while under fire, has bobbed up in
Fresno, belligerent and ready TO battle
with some of his accusers, according to
H. L. Gregory, who has written to
friends in Alameda
The former pastor announced that
he had selected B. L. Lick, one of the
church deacons and a prominent busi-
nessman of Alameda as the special OBJ
ject of his wrath. Gregory quotes Nc
Claskey saying:
When 1 get to Alameda 1 will give
my side of the story. and if it's scan
dal they want they will certainly have
their fill. l have nothing to lose now
Speaking for her husband, Mrs. Lick
said
We have been in Alameda for IS
years and are not in the least afraid
or any statement that a discredited
parson can make l have heard the
reports before. but believed the preach
er was still in Denver and that we
should hear no more from him.
Mr.. Lick did all he could to shield
McClaskey and his companion and that
is the return he is TO get for his serv-
ices. l refused to believe the reports
circulated about the couple, and on ac-
count of it Mrs. McClaskey even tried
TO break up the affair after had found
that the rumor was true"
MRS. McClaskey obtained a divorce
from her husband, alleging. among
other things, that he had been too
friendly with Mrs. Eleanor Bross.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
SERIES OF LENTEN
LECTURES ARRANGED
Prominent Churchmen to Speak
on Interesting Subjects

BERKELEY. Feb. ia series OF
Lenten lectures at St. Marks church OF
this city has been announced by the
st. Johns Mems club OF the Episcopal
churches as follows. under the general
head of the churches OF today:
February 2S. The Church and Poli-
ties" Rev. c. n. Lathrop OF San Fran
cisco; March Z, The Church and Heal
ing" Rev E II. Benson Of San Fran
cisco; March IA, The Church and Edu-
cation Prof. H. II. Fairclough. STAN
ford university; March 81, The Church
and the World Civilization" Rev l. r.
Paddock, bishop Of eastern Oregon.
March %, The Church and Social Serv-
Ice, Rev. y. B. W. Gallwey, San MateO:
April a. The Church and Modern
Thought Rev. II. L. Parsons. Berkeley
Regular monday sermons will be
preached during the Lenten season at
the rooms of the chamber OF cOmmerce
of this city by members Of the Berxe-
ley ministerial union, permission hav-
Ing been granted to Rev. l.. A McAfee
last night by the chamber OF commerce
directors.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
SAYS SPRING VALLEY
SPOILS WATER SUPPLY
PIeasanton Rancher Amends
Complaint for Injunction

OAKLAND. Feb. 19.-E r. Lilienthal,
a ranch owner In the Pleasanton val
ley, has amended his complaint against
the Spring Valley water company
along lines suggested by Superior
Judge Waste recently. Lilienthal with
others sued for heavy damages, and a
permanent Injunction restraining the
company from draining an under
ground lake from which water for ir-
rigation was derived.
Judge Waste, though sustaining spe-
cial demurrers against the complaint.
announced that the plaintiffs had a
good cause of action. The amendments
consisted of positive assertion that
the irrigating water was drawn from
the source which Spring Valley activi-
ties We're alleged to have unduly low
cred.
Through the alleged lowering of the
underground lake, Lilienthal claimed
that his artesian wells had ceased to
flow and pumping failed to bring the
amount required.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
CLEARS MYSTERY
OF GIRLS IDENTITY
Companion of Thieving Marie
Strong Is Clara HoIgate
of Oregon

OAKLAND, Feb. 19.-Claire Curtiss
the girl at the county Jail awaiting
sentence after pleading guilty to a
felony charge. who refused to reveal
her identity to Superior Judge Brown
when she entered the plea. has been
identified as Clara Holgate. grand
daughter of former well known at
torney at Corvallis. Ore.
The identification was made certain
today by the receipt of dispatch from
Corvallis. which dovetailed with the
details of a confession made yesterday
in the police court by Miss Marie
Strong, alias Brown the "Curtiss" girls
companion in escapades.
The mystery regarding the identity of
the girls commenced when they were
arrested on complaint of callow youths
who had been misled by an assump-
ton or verdancy by the girls, and who
afterward missed various articles OF
value. as they said. Miss Strong, urged
70 tell her story by her brother, w. III.
strong. an attorney of Portland. made a
confession which cleared up the mys-
terry. with the aid of the dispatch re-
oeiVed today. though she made every
eHort TO shield her friend. She said
that she had left her home at Mon
mouth, Ore, after becoming acquainted
with Miss Holgate at business college.
and had gone to Los Angeles to visit
friends. Meeting Miss Holgate at Los
Angeles, they afterwards came to this
city, where they lived double life.
posing In San Francisco as sIenograph-
ers employed in this city. They came
here daily.
Miss CCrtiss left her home as a
traVellns companion to friend. The
HoIgates are well known at Corvallis
and Miss Holgate was known there as
an aXAmnlarN ,-o1nr- rr-n-aan
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
WILL REGULATE THE STOMACH
MAKING INDIGESTION VANISH

Does 1t ever occur TO you how busy
that little stomach of yours is? 1t
actually only holds three pints, though
In one year you force it to take in
1900 pounds of material digest 1T and
prepare 1T for assimilation to the blood.
DO you wonder at the number of cases
of Indigestion and stomach trouble?
You crowd 1t with steaks and pastry
Irrltate its juices with spices and acids
and expect this little four-ounce mill
to do its work
is there any wonder that your food
passes undigested, or lays like a lump
or lead in the stomach? That every
thing you eat turns TO acid, Stomach
gas and Stomach poison, putrefying
the intestines and digestive canals.
causing Biliousness. Headaches, Dizzi-
ness and Indigestion, Heartburn, Nau-
seous Breath, constipation and other
more dangerous symptoms7
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
FORCES THE NAME OF
HIS HOSTESS TO A CHECK
Fred PIagg Arrested While Be-
ing Entertained

OAKLAND. Feb. 19.-Whne he was
being entertained in the apartments of
Mrs. Emma Rubenstein, proprietress of
the St. Nicolai apartments. Fifteenth
and Clay streets. last evening Fred
Plagg. who claims to be a scion of
a prominent family in Spokane and
says that re has been employed as an
paper company. was arrested on foe
charge OF forging the name of his
hostess TO check for $156.
The complaint was sworn ia Nv
Henry Mosher receiving teller at the
Central bank, who alleges that four
other checks, aggregating SI25 were
also cashed by Plagg in the name of
his benefactress.
Mrs. Rubenstein was taken com
pieteiy by surprise at the news Of her
guests perfidy but when the cbanbs
were taken to her she was compelled
10 acknowledge that she had been
duped.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
ROYAL ARCANUM MEMBERS
HONOR SUPREME REGENT
Robert Van Sands of Chicago
Entertained at BANQUET

OAKLAND, Feb. 19.-Members of the
Alameda county councils of the Royal
Arcanum attended a banquet given in
honor of Supreme Regent Robert Van
Sands and Mrs. Van Sands at the Hotel
st. Mark tonight
Van Sands delivered a short but in
terestlng address. Charles Bradford
of Alameda was toastmaster, and DIR.
+. s. Brush of Alameda Dr. A. X.
Crawford and A. Fl. Merrill of Oak
were speakers.
About $50 guests attended. The ar
rangement of tables for individual
which was favorably commented upon.
An elaborate menu was served and
musical numbers We're also introduced
van sands Is prominent figure in
legal circles of Chicago. being aftornev
for the Chicago board of trade.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20

Call your disease what you will
Indigestion Gastritis. Nervousness,
Dyspepsia, Catarrh of stomach, ETC.
you know the real name, the real dis
ease is fermentation of the food you
eat-a sour Stomach. which belches gas
and erupts undigested food or causes
feeling of nausea and misera bleness
All these miseries Vanish promptly
when you stop this food fermentation
Take fifty cents to your Pharmacist
for case of Pape's Diapepsin. Eat
triangUle. and five minutes later your
Stomach will do what healthy Stom-
ach should-that is, turn every bite
you eat into bodily nourishment and
without you realizing that you have
Stomach. One triangule will Ligest all
the food you eat without the aid of
the stomach, because it contains Just
the elements found in good, strong.
healthy stomach.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
YOUNG MAN AND HIS
WIFE TO BE DISCUSSED
Rev. Charles r. Brown Resumes
Series of Sermons

OAKLAND, Feb. 19.-Rev. Charles r.
Brown of the First congregational
church will deliver his sixth lecture
in his series of The Young Man and
His Affairs Sunday evening The
series was broken into by the request
for Rev. Mr.. Browns lecture on Lin
coin. which was given last SUNDAY.
night. A thousand people were at thar
time turned away and 500 stood listen
ing for an hour and a half. For the
last few Sunday nights the trustees Of
the church have reserved the center
of the church for men only. This same
reservation Will be made for SUNDAY
night. when the pastor will speak on
The Young Man and His Wife,.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
TIDE LAND CLAIMANTS
MAY AGREE TO GRANT
Mayor and City Attorney of
Oakland to Meet Opponents

OAKLAND. Feb. 1s.-Mayor Frank K.
Mott and City Attorney ]. f. McEIroy
returned this afternoon from Sacra-
mento. where they went in the interests
of the bill to grant to the city of Oak
land 500 acres of tide lands on the East
Oakland water front, in the estuary
and in Lake Merritt.
They report that the city is in a
fair way to overcome the opposition
on the part of the present claimants to
the land
meeting between the city officials
and claimants will be held at the city
hall Monday afternoon, when IL is
thought, that arrangements will be
made TO withdraw all opposition to the
grant and insure the passage of the
hill
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
PIONEER ENDS HIS LIFE
BY BULLET IN MOUTH
John j. StachIer Was Partly
ParaIyZed and Despondent

OAKLAND. Feb. 19.-John ]. Stach-
Ter, "A years old, pioneer of Oakland.
committed suicide this afternoon at his
home, S67 Center street. by shooting
himself in the head with a revolver.
The old man fired the weapon after
placing the muzzle in his mouth. He
died a few hours after the shooting
which occurred at 1:30 O'clock He
had been partly paralyzed for a long
time and was respondent.
Stachler was a native of Germany.
He came to California I'm the early
SOS He leaves two children. CITY
Councilman Eugene Stachler and Emil
Stachler
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
PICKETING BY WATERS
UNION is HELD Lawful
Judge Ellsworth DissoIves In
junction and DismiSSeS Suit

OAKLAND. Feb. IA decision OF
great Importance TO labor unions was
given by Judge Ellsworth today under
OF the state regarding pickets
Joseph Davis, a restaurant owner
sued the cooks and walters union
for dana ges and a permanent fniunc-
tion against boycOtting and Dicketing
his place of business.
Judge Ellsworth decided that the
union people had not used violence or
intimidation or cOngregated in crowds
and as the two pickets had not ac-
costed patrons or attempted 10 turn
them away the picketing was Iegitf-
mate He dissolved the Injunction and
denied the claim for damages.
PASTOR RETURNS-BerkeIev Feb 10
Rev j. A. B. Fry, pastor OF the Epwortb Meth
oiist Episcopal church South returned to this
city today after three weeks trip east
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
MRS. EMILE NJ. CHABOT
HEADS FABIOLA HOSPITAL
Directors Elect Successor to
Mrs. John YuIe, Resigned

OAKLAND. Feb. 1s.-Mrs. Emile M.
Chabot was elected president of Fab
lola hospital association today by the
board of directors.
Mrs. Chabot succeeds Mrs. John Yule
who resigned after % years of service
on the directorate Mrs YuIe's de-
cision to retire was received with great
regret
Mrs Chabot was the natural success
sor to the presidency, as she has been
vice president for several years and
Institution.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
LOCAL OPTION TO BE
DECIDED BY PRECINCTS
Question Will Be Submitted al
Alameda Spring Election

ALAMEDA, Feb. 19-The city coun-
Gil. in committee of the whole, recon-
mended tonight that a precinct local
option proposition be submitted to the
voters at the spring municipal election
cinct shall decide whether saloons shall
be licensed in that precinct A propo.
sition to create public school teachers
annuity fund for pensions was also
recommended for submission to the
voters.
WANT LIBRARY IMPROVED DLAlameda. Feb
19.-Citizens of the west end and the Alameda
Improvement club have addressed communica-
tion to the library board asking that a better
reading room be provided for that section of
the city. The present arrangements of circuIat-
ing books is also said to be unsatisfactory and
the club asks that 1t be improved.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
THEATER BENEFIT
FOR LETTER CARRIERS
Oakland Branch Makes Arrange
ments With Ye Liberty

OAKLAND, Feb. 19.-Branch No. 76.
national association of letter carriers.
of Oakland. will be given a benefit
theater party TUESDAY evening, Feb
ruary 20, at Ye Liberty playhouse, when
Richard M. Hotaling will appear in "A
Midsummer Nights Dream"
The carriers are to receive the bene-
mt of the tickets they sell themselves.
Ihe committee in charge is as follows:
Charles M. Herkenham, chairman: E
Meyers Thomas j. Gallagher. Joseph
kenney William Bailey, William J.
OConnor, b. Gelke
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
BOYS DISAPPEARANCE
MAKES MOTHER ILI
Joseph Beamish Missing and
Appeal Made to Police

OAKLAND. Feb. Is.-Ill from anxiety
caused by the disappearance Of her Is
year old son. Joseph. Mrs. A. Beamish
Of 1916 Thirteenth avenue, san Fran
cisco. has. through friends. appealed to
the police for aid in locating the miss
ing boy. Beamish is small for his
Ee. weighing only SS pounds, and has
dark brown hair and eyes
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
PELICAN PECkS
AT MERE MAN.
Coed Publication Is Replete
With Gibes, RetOrts and
Satire

BERKELEY, Feb. 19.-The coed S
one chance in the year to answer the
quips of Mere man" was well taken ad-
vantage of this afternoon, when the
Woman's day Pelican appeared as a
heralder of Woman's day next Monday.
Pelican is replete with gibes, retorts
and satire from the coed pen as well
as many. cartoons to make the effect
greater. Under "Maxims of a Pelly
to Coed" the women students have
repaid old scores, which have been pill
ing up during the year, as follows:
Hearken not unto because of his crushed
plug and bagged corduroys. but rather hearken
unto the jingle of his pocket and learn to dis
tinguish the nail from the nickel.
Don't be misled by the smile of college man.
1t may be but the gilded mouthpiece of po-
Ltical machine.
If your escort desires TO smoke, permit him to do
80, for where smoke ariseth speech is choked
Look not 100 proudly upon the present pompa-
dour for haply it may be but the temporary
concealer of a future bald spot.
Think not 100 ardently on the broad shoulders of
nan, for hey are put and off the
shoe and the glove, and where the coat hangeth
here likewise hangeth the shoulder.
When thou goest TO the dance with thy suitor,
laud thou not, neither extol the Tuxedo lest
thou embarrass him who is its tenant for one
night only.
Flatter thou him who hath ink spots his ear
and is called editor for when thou givest
party he shall noise it abroad and where thou
art not invited he will stick thee in.s
Admire thou not the barn dancer as he setteth
his feet fantastically upon the hoor Lo! the
vulgar ashman showeth likewise a we'll trained
foot and much pedal ingenuity when he walk
eth with holey shoes among the puddles.
Cheer thou not the who kicketh the pigskin
at the point of his boot, for what thou lowest
ne loveth. thine alma mater, and he that
rooteth not is unworthy hog.
Smile not too broadly on the colleger who giveth
you his seat in the car; he musteth alight at
the corner.
The Pelican staff follows:
Editor in chief-Irms Bromley.
Associate editors-Maud Cleveland, Frederique
Roth, Alice Southworth
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-20
FlREMEN AND ENGINEERS
GIVE THIRD ANNUAL BALL
Large Company of Maids and
MatrOnS Dance

OAKLAND, Feb. 19.-The third an
nual ball of the brotherhood of loco
motive firemen and engineers, Z. c.
Fellows lodge No. 14s. in Rice Insti-
tute hall tonight. was a very elaborate
anair, and large. company OF pretty
maids and attractive matTons danced
away the evening with the members
of the order.
The ball was prettily decorated with
streamers of ribbon, signal flags and
lanterns of all the hues used by the
railroadmen in their work.
The committees in charge of the ball
were:
Floor Manager A. H. Lightner.
n ASSISTANT FLOOR MANAGERS
+. G. Adamson Fl. E. Schroeder
J; c: Anton r. Mcpherson
II. r. Rilea
FLOOR COMMITTEE
F. E Costello If T. RYAN
~ Blankenship z. j. Rafferty,
W. c. Wilson r. Ward
V. p. Busch lC Perdue
r b smith r. p. Cornell
1. u. Rosa ~. F. Fitzpatrick
RECEPTION
All members of the lodge
DECORATION
F. c. Adsmson, chair J. A. Hawthorne
man g. F. Ruley
f. Heritage ~ NJ Coins
j. McAannis H. b. Cone
C. A, Mckenzie a J. COons
B. F. Roberts o. p. WOoten
II. B. Arey
ARRANGEMENTS
F. E Reilly, chairman L. d. Brooks
L. Henry u E. Wanslev
A. Fl. Lightner