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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
THE CITY

Strangers invited to visit the exhibits OF
California products at the Chamber OF Com
merce building, on Broadway, between First
and Second streets, where free information Will
be given on all subjects pertaining to this Sec
ticu.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
AROUND TOWN
Lecture on RacterioIouv

DR.. Carl c. Warden will lecture be-
fore the biological section of the
Academy of Sciences Monday evening
at the Pacific college, corner of DAILY
street and Mission road.
To Lecture at Y. M. C. A.
Homer B. Sprague formerly pro-
fessor in Cornell university, and sub
sequently president of the University
of North Dakota, will lecture at the
Y. M. C. A. this evening, his subject
being Wand and Scepter"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08

The Herald Will pay $40 in cash to anyone
furnishing evidence that will lead to the arrest
and conviction Of any person caught stealing
copies Of The Herald from the premises Of our
patrons.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
BREATH FROM HADES
AT BURBANK THEATER
REALISTIC PRODUCTION OF
"FAUST" BY COMPANY
A. Byron BeasIey Gives Excellent
Mephisto - Electrical cnd
Scenic Effects Are
Startling
THE CAST

FAUST" a play in fve-acts and seven
scenes, produced under the stage direction
of Gilbert Gardner.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
BY LESIUEL PARTON

Good staging, good costuming and
excellent acting combine to make
Faust" this weeks offering Of the
Burbank stock company, one of the
most noteworthy achievements of Mr..
Morosco's aggregation. The play is a
difficult one, not being easily adapt
able to modern stage usage, but the
Burbank cast admirably overcomes the
difficulties and in it's entirety the per-
formance is finished and artistic.
A. Byron Beasley:s Mephisto, while
retaining the bonhomie of the sanity
anarch. is melOdramatically sufficient
and is marked at all times by a
studied reserve. The judicious- do not
grieve and the unregenerate find a
sufficiency of hell fire and birthstone.
Faust is a drama which bears no
date mark. 1t was written for all
time. In our progress in intellectually
we often carry the personal and OBJ
jective over into the realm of allegory
and symbolism, but the fact that our
age has a different view of the Prince
of Darkness does not affect the un-
changing truth of Faust" or alter
the power and dignity of it's message.
We may have outgrown Elizabethan
conceptions of the supernatural, but
the underlying motive of the drama is
as deeply and strongly realized as on
the day it was written.
Two characters stand out viVidly in
the present production-Mr. Beasley's
Mephisto and Harry Mestayer's Valen-
tine. Mr. Mestayer puts a gloss and
finish on every part in which he ap-
pears. He crosses all his CPS" and dots
his "ts," but in Valentine he accom-
plishes something more than good
technique. In the scene with Faustus
he gives a revelation of certain and
masterful histriOnic power.
Miss Mary Hall makes her last ap-
pearance with the Burbank company
in Faust" Answering persistent calls.
she appeared before the curtain at yes
terday's opening performance, express
ing her regret at leaving Los Angeles
in felicitous little speech. That she
is highly appreciated by the Burbank
patrons was Enthusiastically shown. The
part Of Marguerite is prolific in oppor-
tunities for emotional acting and Miss
Hall makes the most of every occasion,
also seizing aptly the lighter interludes
in the garden scene and the momentary
illusion in the prison.
In point of lighting and scenic effects
the play is one of most ambitious and
the most successful yet undertaken by
Mr.. Morosco. The scene on the
Glocken would have been a good ad-
Junct to an evangelistic meeting, so
realistic was It's depletion Of the out
post Of hell.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08


The suave. monotony of "Babes in
Toyland," relieved occasionally by
some clever buffffonery and spirited
songs, drifts smoothly along at the
Majestic this week. The piece is the
usual musical comedy tumble of misft
gayeties, with an interspersal of some
really clever by-play in the stunts of
Gene Ormond, Eddie Redway and Gus
Pixley.
Pixley, who appears as Inspector
Marmaduke,l an eccentric detective
and picturesque bad man, is the living
prototype of Cruikshank's pictures of
Dickens characters. He works hard
throughout, and gets over the foot
lights with an exceedingly funny line
OF singing and dancing foolishness.
MISS Ormond is refreshing, almost in
spiriting, in the part of Jane, the little
girl who was lost in the woods with
Alan. Her song with Marmaduke.
Nursery Days." was decidedly the hit
Of the performance. Beatrice Fare
facts" also was a winning number.
The production now at the Majestic
IS noteworthy in the possession Of a
chorus that can sing-prObabIy chosen
for that reason. The chorus numbers
all were excellently given and pleas
antly devoid of the usual strident note.
One of the most pleasing bits is the
fight between Mephisto and the bear.
and 1t seemed unfortunate that the
very entertaining devil should have
been disposed of so quickly.
A number of good songs are given,
including Il Can't Do This Sum. -
''TOyland,' Beatrice Farefacts," "SfI- :
very Moon" and Before and After,
A matinee performance will be given
Friday.
The Ferris Hartman company began
the week with a highly successful
matinee performance of "The Girl from
Paris" The play was enthusiastically
received and is said to be one of the
best of the Hartman productions 1t
will be given more extended space in
Tuesdays Herald
1t was stated yesterday that Charles
Alphin, producer at Fischer's theater
was about to leave Los Angeles for
New York. Mr.. AIphin announces that
this is unture, and that ne will remain
with Mr.. Fischer Indefinitely The mis-
understanding arose from the fact that
Mr.. Alphin found the duties of musical
director in addition to those of play
wright and producer too arduous and
arranged to turn the orchestra over to
E. P. Foot who previously was in
charge of the music. Mr.. Alphin will
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
FIRE DRIVES Wild
ANIMALS TO OPEN
Mountain Hotel Guests Enjoy
Unexpected Pot Hunt as the
Terrified Game Flees

UKIAH, Aug 10.-Driven before a
forest fire which swept over Duncan
peak, near Duncan springs. a few miles
from Hopland, yesterday, hundreds of
bucks. does, fawns, rabbits, squirrels
and other game fed down into the
fields about the springs to become tar
gets for dozens of rifles, shotguns and
pistols. with which hotel guests and
employees turned out to join in an un-
expected pot hunt.
For several hours the hills rang with
the crash of musketry as though a
pitched battle were in progress. and
when the fusillade was over at dusk
IA fine bucks and brown bear were
numbered among the slain. Although
the fleeing and terrified animals passed
close to the skirmish line thrown out
by the hunters, hundreds of deer es-
capped, as the smoke was so dense that
they could not be seen when over a
dozen feet away.
The fire has been raging in the woods
on the lower slopes of the peak for
several days The hill itself is COW
cred with heavy growth of brush in
which game abounds. change in the
direction of the wind drove the fire
into this and the chase began, as a
ring of fire cut the animals off from
any retreat save into the open field
below
The wind shifted again in time to
save the Duncan Springs hotel.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
HAS MRS. HOBART
SUED FOR DIVORCE?
Society Gossip Whispers That
Millionaire's Wife Has Filed
Her Complaint
HOBART
VS..
HOBART
HOBART
VS..
HOBART

Was paper with that Inscription on
its back lying snug last night in the
county clerks safe of either San Fran
cisco, San Mateo or Marin county?
Walter S. Hobart, millionaire and
polo player, would probably know, but
he was in seclusion. Mrs. Walter S.
Hobart would surely be an authority
on the subject. but she was sequestered
at Bolinas.
But freely circulating among their
friends was the report that Mrs. Hobart
had begun divorce proceedings against
her husband and that the case was now
pending in the secluded archives of a
county clerks office. The rumor was
particularly powerful and speedy
flyer. because social gossip has paved
the way for the report.
For months the Hobarts have been
separated, and the husbands enemies
have been the wife's friends. Mrs. Ho-
bart lived with her sister. Mrs. A. s.
Lilley, in San Rafael, and recently she
leased the home of DR.. s. NJ. Augustine
and prepared for a long residence in
Marin county-a residence long enough,
it is said, to afford her ample oppor-
tunity to appeal to the superior court
of Marin county for separation from
the millionaire husband.
While his wife was living in San
Rafael, Hobart was Catching" at his
home in San Mateo, with only serv-
ants-valets, grooms, parlor maids,
house keepers, footmen. chauffeurs and
stable boys-to make life comfortable
for him.
Probably the divided domesticity of
the Hobarts affected Walters fine spun
nerves, for one day at a polo game he
recklessly tweaked the nose of Francis
Carolan. It isn't good form for one
polo player to take liberties with the
nose of an opponent unless it is done
according to rule on the field of valor.
Carolan grew angry and didn't invite
Hobart to the next house party given at
the Carolan country place lin Santa
Clara county. But he invited Mrs. Ho-
bart. and she and Mrs Lilley were
present.
other signs darkened the Hobart sky,
so no one was surprised yesterday when
it was freely reported that the Hobarts
had at last gone up before the court
to have their bonds cut away.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
ASKED TO
QUIET CAMfRAClUB
Excited Member Calls Officers
of Law to Prevent Homi-
eide at Meeting

Cries of blue murder and calls for
police interrupted the regular monthly
meeting OF the Camera club last night
when F. NJ. Heating, being somewhat
excited and fearing that in the heat of
the sQuabble over club business some
member would punch another. ran to
the police station. hatless and breath
less, pleading for help.
They are killing one another over
there" said Keating.
Detective Redmond and police de-
tail swarmed down to the club. They
found the rooms dark. This looked
suspicious. They pushed open the
doors and as they did so the lights
blazed forth again and while they stood
blinking and wondering a woman
stepped forth and began to recite
comic piece. At the sight of the police
pandemonium broke loose. Walter A.
Scott, president of the club, foreman of
the grand jury and recent storm center
of the club row, thundered forth. want
ing to know why the police were
breaking into a meeting of artists
Calm Surprises Police
Then Keating tried to explain He
was as much surprised at the calm as
the members were at the sight of the
police He wished to say that he was
acting for the best, but scarce had he
got half through his explanations
when yell of anger arose.
You bromider' yelled one man. The
women members screamed. Each man
appointed himself a committe of one to
say what he thought and the police de-
bated among themselves whether it
would not be polite to arrest some one
just for the sake of appearance.
The trouble started when a commit
tee brought in a report that it had been
decided to tax members for the use of
the dark room. The club members did
not want to be taxed A J. lie Breton.
philanthrepist. man of affairs. friend of
the downtrodden. jumped into the
breach.
lie Breton's Speech Stopped
He desired to know whether this OBJ
noxious report was to be accepted by
the board OF directors. Walter Scott.
the chairman, surmised that this was
the course to be pursued. Loud yells
from the main body followed Some
body put motion for something or
another: somebody else wanted to have
the motion rescinded. One member de-
sired to have the minutes of the last
Continued ON Pa~e > column
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
MEXICAN DIPLOMATS SON
MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED
Young Man Disappears While
ON Hunting Trip

Ell PASO, Tex. Aug. 10.-Guillermo
velasco, son of the minister of Mexico
to France, left his home at Saltillo,
Mexico, a week ago today for days
hunting. Since then he has not been
seen. nor has his body been found
Foul play is suspected and searching
parties are securing the woods in an
effort to find him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
GOLD DISCOVERED IN
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA
Deposits Similar to the Famous
Paud Formation

BULUwAYo, South Africa, Aug 10
Glowing reports have been received
here of the discovery in the Abercorn
district of British Central Africa of
gold deposits similar to the Rand for
nation, which are said to extend over
an area of six miles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
How New Scheme Works

If he succeeds in this the dresser
with the S5 per cent duty added will
cost the woman in Pacific avenue a
total of s145.5o. Now the American
manufacturer can undersell his French
competitor by $3.50 on this basis. Bv
the change in valuation, common
practice, the duty on the dresser has
in reality been advanced from 35 to
45.5 per cent.
But the difference between the for
eign and the domestic price is gener-
ally so small that it requires the most
meager advance in valuation to throw
the advantage to the domestic manu-
facturer. 1t may be a vase that some
woman desires to import to adorn her
drawing room. Say the price from
abroad is SIS and the local manufsc-
turer can not afford to sell the same
article for less than SIS. The vase
would take so per cent duty, but
this would still enable the foreign
manufacturer to lay it down in Amer
lea for $24, which would be 81 below
the domestic figure. A complaint TO
the appraisers might induce them to
increase the valuation to $50. which
would make duty of s12 and a total
price of $27, thus leaving the field free
to the American manufacturer. The
effect of this change in valuation
amounts to an advance in the tariff
from so to so per cent.
A change in valuauon can be made
by the appraisers at will. Although
the bill states that the value shall be
the controlling market or wholesale
price, the appraisers have in the past
added to the value when it seemed ad-
visable. Their discretion in this mat
ter is almost unlimited.
The new bill would work even more
severely against the foreign manufac-
turer than is indicated in the above
figures If the appraisers find it neces-
sary to raise the valuation per cent
no penalty is inflicted. If, however.
the value is boosted more than per
cent an extra 1 per cent of duty is
tackled on for every per cent increase
in value. When 1t is found necessary
to add SO per cent of valuation the
declaration is CLASSIFIED as fraudulent
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
Chief Forester Pinchot Asserts
Secretary Has Been Lax
With Power Trust
Calls Reversal of Withdrawal of
Public Land Play Into
Hands of Interests
Secretary of Inland Waterway
Commission Holds Up Oil
King as Model
fSpeeiGl Dispatch 10 The CAN

Q POKANE, Wash, Aug 10
y Thinly veiled thrusts at the
policy Of Secretary of the In
terror R. A. Ballinger with regard to
the disposal Of the water grants under
the jurisdiction OF the United States
formed the keynote Of Chief Forester
Clifford Pinchot's address before the
irrigation congress today.
Asserting that a gigantic water
power trust was at work to grab all
the free concessions offered by the
government, and naming the General
electric interests as the moving spirit
of the combination, Pinchot declared
that more liberal Interpretation Of
the law than adheres strictly to It's
letter without regard for its spirit was
necessary if the rights OF the people
at large were to be safe guarded from
the growing monopoly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
Bunch of Cormorants.

Be it said to the credit of some of
the members Of the businessmen's com
mittee that six OF the %, knowing
approximately what the slate was to
be. refused to attend the meeting at
'xsbich the businessmen's Endorsement
vas given to a buncn OF cormorants
that makes Ruefs paint eaters" look
ri1xe = cage full Of canaries. Five more
committeeman. unable to swallow a
:.rogram which was both raw and rot
ten. left the meeting before the job
was completed.
IT is beside the question whether
or not pledges were exacted of these
men. With one or two exceptions. their
politicsl records or the afhliations of
those who have no records, tell with
reasonable certainty what might be
expected from q lot of men. described
BY Tim" Sullivan as "a ticket which
can and will 90 something for San
Francisco"
II is headed by Gustave ". Bay
: reuther, plumber. He was picked by
Tim sullivan on the strength of past
o. performances. Bsyreuther lives on the
edge Of the thirtieth district and there
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
Recalls Controversy

Although he failed to mention di-
rectly Secretary Ballinger's name it
was apparent to those Of his hearers
who are familiar with his controversy
with the secretary of the interior that
this declaration anent the letter and
spirit of the law was a direct slap al
Ballinger's reversal Of former Secre-
tary Garheld's order Withdrawing vast
tracts Of government land from entry.
in order TO protect water power sites
of incaleulable future value from be-
ing absorbed by the great interests.
Secretary Ballinger is billed to
speak tomorrow. and it is expected
that ne will reply to Pinchot's asser-
tion that the water trust. fortified by
adroit legal advice, is preparing to
conclude a series of high handed rob
berries Of the government and the peo-
pie.
There could be no better illustra-
tion of the eager. rapid. unwearied alb
sorption by capital OF the rights which
belong to all the people than the
water power trust. not yet formed,
but in rapid progress Of formation
said Pinchot. This statement is true.
but not unehallenged"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
Curly Boss Would Scarcely
Have Dared to Put Up Such a
SupervisOriaI Ticket
Men Endorsed by Businessmen's
Committee Popularity CIassed
With the Paint Eaters"
Records Show What Sort of Ad-
ministratiOn the City Might
Expect With Such Material
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

CD HEF never dared do anything
half so raw" That statement
Nmade by an old organization
republican worker yesterday epitomizes
i 1e popular judgment passed upon the
scperviSoriaI slate indorsed by the
businessmen's committee of rs and Ia
beled the .businessmens ticket"
OLD stagers who have gone the politi-
ca route with Crimmins and Kelly de-
cline TO attempt to defend the super
visoriaI selections made for and by the
husinessmen's committee. They liter
ally hold their noses at mention of the
slate, which is condemned editorially
5y The Call this morning
The rag tag and ragmufin outfit put
- the running by Tim" Sullivan and
Johnny Lynch and indorsed by the
businessmen's committee has made no
public declaration Of principles. The
public would not believe what they
might say in any event. Some Of the
men groomed by Sullivan and his end
OF the county committee were crowded
or the businessmen slate. Those for
tunstes or unfortunates. according to
the viewpoint. assert that they we're
thrown down because they refused to
pledge themselves TO the dirty work Of
the public service corporations.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO Calls
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPONE KEARNY SO
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II. 1903
CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-west wind clear; maximum
temperature. 60; minimum, IS.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fair; somewhat
warmer; light southwest winds, changing TO
west. Page Is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
Corporation Dirty Work


ments boldly and without material
Qualification. Their statements may be
true or. again, they may be merely
spiteful. None has denied that the men
were cross questioned and in some in
stances the questioning was done by
men who claimed 10 represent the busi-
mems committee and invited investiga-
ton OF their credentials.
The truth Of these statements may
indicate that the men who were in
dorsed by the businessmen's commit
tee gave more satisfactory answers TO
the questions put by the sIeuths In
any event. the men who know the pol
itics and politicians Of san Francisco
are agreed that would be a waste of
valuable time TO question the men in
dorsed- Their records and their afilia-
tions are more conclusive of their will
ingness 10 do public service scorpoation
dirty work than any promises they
might give.
With few notable exceptions, the
petitions for the men on the business
mems supervisorial slate were circu-
lated by Tim" Sullivan. political SOL
der OF fortune and handy man for the
gas company. who has been in every
camp. He was shunted into the Her
rim camp last year by Johnny Lynch
when the big boss called his bank COM
missioner into san Francisco to sub
sugate the city.
The candidates were not all selected
By Sullivan. Some of the selecting
was done by Lynch himself. Indeed. in
one instance as TO a supervisorial can
didste. Lynch exercised his superior
authority and kicked Sullivans men
OF the slate. In justice 10 Sullivan il
should be said that the men kicked of
were shades better than those substi-
tuted by Lynch
Except for the changes made by
- Lynch the personnel of the business
mems supervisorial slate was known
for nearly three weeks before the in
dorsements were made. There were
those old in the game of politics who
believed that the businessmen would
draw back and refuse TO stand for the
mess cooked UP by Sullivan and Lynch
for their bosses.
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We are met at every turn by the in
dignant denial Of the water power in
terests- They tell US that there is no
community of interest among them. and
yet they appear year after year at these
congresses by their paid attorneys, ask
ing for your influence to help them re-
move the few remaining obstacles to
their perpetual and complete absorp-
tion of the remaining water powers.
They tell us it has no significance
that the General electric interests are
acquiring great groups Of water powers
in various parts Of the United States
and dominating the power market in
the region of each group. And who
ever dominates power dominates all in
dustry
Have you ever seen a few drops OF
oil scattered on the water spreading
until they formed continuous flm.
which put an end at once to all agita-
tion of the surface? The time for US
TO agitate this question is now. before
the separate circles of centralized con-
troll spread into the uniform. unbroken.
nation wide covering of single gil
gantic trust There will be little
chance for mere agitation after that.
No man at all familiar with the situa-
tion can doubt that the time for ef-
fective protest is short.
Urges Immediate Action
IF we do not use it to protect our
selves now we may be sure that the
trust hereafter will give small con
sideration to the welfare of the aver
age citizen when in conflict with its
own.
The most valuable citizen OF this or
any other country is the man who owns
the land from which he makes his liv-
ing. No other man has such a stake in
the country.
Therefore. no other question con
Germs US more intimately than the
question of homes Permanent homes
for ourselves. our children and our ns-
tion-this is the central problem The
policy OF national irrigation is OF value
to the United States in many ways. but
the greatest OF all in this that na-
tionaI irrigation muItipHes the men
who own the land from which they
make their living The old saying.
Who ever heard Of man shouldering
his gun to fight for his boarding
houseg reflects this great truth-that
! no man is so ready to defend his coun-