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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
LOCOMOTIVES REPLACED
WITH ELECTRIC CARS
Germany Establishes a Motor
System on Railroad Lines

Consul General Richard Guenther of
Frankfort writes that after lengthy
experimental tests the German govern
electric motor car traffic on 80 sections
of the railroad lines in Prussia and
Hesse. The estimated average speed
will be 81 English miles an hour,
which, however, can be Increased to
37iz miles. More new cars are to be
built during this year i norder to ex-
tend this method of traction.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
SOD TO BE TURNED
FOR NEW RAILROAD
Sacramento-Sierra Electric Line
Will Push New Road to Tahoe
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
SACRAMENTO, May 23.-The first
spade of earth in the construction Of
the Smith Sacramento Sierra electric
railway will be turned Monday morning
at Orangevale.
roed wLich js 70 tan tha ricS tin,har
lands of the Sierras and connect Sacra-
mento direct with Lake Tahoe. was
awarded a few days ago and the build
ing of the road will be rushed to COM
pletion.
The Smith company has purchased
about 100 acres just north of the South
ern Pacific shops and at the junction of
and will build thereon the depot, rail-
road shops and a planning and paper
mill.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
COINS TURNED OUT
BY GOLD DRfDGfRS
Butte Creek Miners Unearth
Pieces of Money Minted in
1920, 1852 and 1853
[speeidl Dispatch to The Calf

CHICO, May 23.-Unearthing chunks
for dredgers in this part of the state,
but a dredger operated by the Butte
Creek consolidated company working
at Butte creek scooped up some rare
old coins yesterday. One of the coins
was of the mintage Of 1920. Other old
coins dug up were dated 1852 and
1853. AS there was q stampede in Butte
creek in the early sos 1t is believed
the coin found it's way there by that
means
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
Raffles Fake Exposed
By a Portland Paper
Chronicle Game the Same
rs Once Played in Seattle

THE Raaes fake, completed by the San Francisco
Chronicle has thoroughly ventilated by the Telegram of
Portland Or where similar disreputabe affair
Telegram information the who
"Rales" fraud in Seattle That fraud had for its
Harris Donohoe the who played the title
the San Francisco Chronicles imposition Donohoe and
his we'll known the newspaper world and reputable
selfrespectng journals will have nothing do with them
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
MAKES $1,000 NET FROM
TWO ACRES OF CHERRIES
CourtIand Rancher Makes Big
Profits From Crop
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

SACRAMENTO, May 2s.-That there
is money in being an orchardist when
crops come out to suit ones expecta-
tions is demonstrated in the success OF
Ernest Cannon, a rancher near Court
land. He has two acres planted to
cherries, which ripened unusually early
this year. He shipped the fruit to the
eastern markets and his net returns
from the sales was $4,000. Some of the
boxes brought S4Seach in Philadelphia.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
CORNERSTONE is LAID
FOR SACRAMENTO BATHS
Building to Be Erected by Pop
ular Subscription
TSnrcfoI DiSnofeb fo The CoU1

SACRAMENTO, May 2s.-The corner
stone of the new baths that are to be
built on the banks of the Sacramento
river through popular subscription from
Sacramento citizens was laid yesterday.
The baths are to cost in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 and the equipment will
cost about $4,000 Officers of the va
rious civic organizations made ad-
dresses at the Law of the first stone
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24

Tothe East
Plan Now
DATES OF SALE

May 15-16-2o-21-22-3l; June to 4.
IA to 19. rs to 27s June "a and %
additional dates to St. Paul. July l
TO 2; August 9 to IS.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24

The Mccartney Apartments, Second
avenue and Lake street. are plastered.
Mccullough would be pleased to have
you call and look them over.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
TOURIST SLEEPERS

To Boston and East-Thursdays.
To Omaha, Chicago and East
Wednesdays, Thursdays. Sundays.
To St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Jo-
seph-Tuesdays.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
THROUGH STANDARD
SLEEPER SERVICE

daily to Omaha. Chicago, St. Jo-
seph, Kansas City and ST. Louis
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
ROUND TRIP RATES

To Chicago $3.50; St. Louis $3.50.
Omaha, Kansas City. St. Joseph
5000; ST. Paul $3.50.
$500 higher via Seattle.
Three daily through trains from
Denver, east, morning, noon and
night, commencing May 23d-
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
SCENIC COLORADO

Burlington Route through service is
via Salt Lake and Denver. Inquire
about the variety of desirable routes
offered by the Burlington via Den
yer, Billings, ST. Paul, Omaha and
Kansas City.
No tour of the East is complete with
out the Burlington as a part of it.
Consult us We are located on the
Coast to help you Burlington
through trains form a conspicuous
feature of the journey East
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24

Tom Dillon just received another
shipment of swell straw hats.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
TO GET HAMID'S HOARD
ABOUT 81. 800, 900 FOUND.
Turks Nay Seize Foreign Deposits
=Adnna Commission Starts.

ConstantinoplA Nav S-The sum OF g. 5Oo.o10 has
been found so far In the treasury boxes OF HlidlS
Kiosk. Two and a haK million dollars Of this Is
cash. while S5 900 Is in marketable securities
Furthermore, papers found indicating thS1
Abdul Hamid has deposit in Germany. England
France and the United States upward OF Sl9'VV'vVV
It is understood that the Cabinet takes the aIti-
tude that all these foreign deposits as wen as t'e
treasure at the Yildz are the property or tne
state. Two courses open to the goVer"hle,i1
respecting these foreign deposits: one Is to OBTAIN
them through legal process. and the other through
authorization from Abdul Hamid himself 1t Is not
believed that Abdul Hamid will refuse 70 oire1'
hts agents to pay these sums. for the reason
that as q prisoner II ia quite Impossible TOT MN
to make use of the money. while by giving II W
he may obtain advantages during his cap'Ni'y anu anu
possibly receive share OF the torelEh uep'S
and investments for his family
The military commission which the government
is sending to Adana Asiatic Turkey to iilFes'l
gate the recent Armenian massacres III 'io' ~
trict left here to-day by steamer. by way u ~
sna and expects TO reach Adana on May To- =
Il con,nosad of Kenan Pacha, as president, ana
seven other army officers. The men were selee'so
by Schefxet Pacha commander of the lniiu 49,
Corps with extreme care. and they have peen ia
str,icted 10 try under martial law the civilians anu
soldiers responsible for inciting the TURKS 10 te'
auti-racial crimes They will decide also whether
the provincial governor and the commahder d 'e
troops were negligent The phrase so ofteh use'
bv Schcfket PAcha "Order is the foundation Oh
liberty" may be regarded the principle eului"s
the commission. The commissioners nave oeeh eau
TONED against being Influenced by local sentiment
and assured that their authority viii be suppo''eu
by ten battalious from the constitutional torces ~
Constantinople. Two of these battaIiohs aIredu'
are at Adana and the other eight are on their way
there Kenan Pacha will thus have about 6'"o
troops on whom he can depend completely 10 re-
Mace the garrisons in the Adana district
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
!FNGLHND,S GREAT OPTION
EJVU Control $4,000. 900 Of Ne7c
Spanish Ships an Case of Var.

sfa6rid April S7.-The decision Of the Spanish
h<overu-nent 90 rebuild the Spanish navy at cost
q Szaooooo0 was taken primarily with = view 70
restoring spains dignity the but also for
the purpose Of encouraging revival Of the Span
nsh shirbuildinz industry
The decision has particular importance for Eng
i,snd IS the contract probably viii go TO Vickers,
Are English firm, and Great Britain retains op-
E-ior upon the ships until they completed, not
Notwithstanding the fact that they 10 be built in
tSpznish yards by Spanish workmen- In other
words, during the pending naval rivalry between
| Great Britain and Germany the former, without
expense he's q feet Of new ships under way when
Iran be taken over should clouds suddenly
lSsrazenl the horizon
II g. moreover, understood here that Great Brit
IN IN IS pressing Portugal to execute agreement
snter~d into by the late King Carlos whereby four
fls-xe nev berthfng docks capable OF taking 24.e0o
! ton ships 70 be constructed on the Tagus'
sS,rvostte the site OF the present arsenal. These
docks are 20 be available for British ships in Ger
tain contingencies
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
NEW FRENCH BOOKS.
Paris. April 30.

tarlS. Aprn 50.
Amateurs of powdered wigs. pigtaiIs and red
heels as we'll as of the caprices Of frisky
beauties and the rigors Of court etiquette viii
find many topics OF interest in the Memories
du Connte Dufort de Cheverny. Introduction des
Ambassadors. 1731-1787," carefully edited and
annotated by NJ Robert de Creveceur Issued
to-day by the Librairie Plon-Nourrit It is
palatably seasoned dish Of the old regime I'm
which history is served with rich hut digesu
BILE sauce of gossip and anecdote.
"a Travers Paris by NJ Georges Cain. Gu
ator of the Carnavalet Museum illustrated with
14S sketches and 16 maps, published by the
I.ibrairie FIammsron. is an accurate handbook
of ready reference for American and other trav-
eIlers who wish to know Paris from historical
and archaeological standpoints. 1t is free from
pedantry. and the information is given in an
easy, fluent conversational way that facts
are conveyed without fatiguing the reader
The Librairfe FasqueIIe brings out Pour la
Paix" by NJ. Frederic Passy, the veteran founder
Of the International Peace League, who
presses in this solid little volume Of 329 pages
his conviction that the saying Of Michelet-"In
the twentieth century France will proclaim the
peace OF the worlds not g. mere utopian the
ory NJ Passys book appears at timely mo-
rnent when the Turkish Empire is undergoing
French Senator. D'Estournelles de Constant, has
accomplished the task Of delivering a speech at
Berlin in the Prussian House of Lords urging
rspprochement between France and Germany as
the essential basis for the pacification of Europe
c. J. b.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
NORRIS GAINS A SE4T.
Partial Results of the Election in
Newfoundland.

St Johns n T.. May s-only two constitu-
cncies returned tonight the result of the polling
in to-days Parliamentary general election TN
Newfoundland. One of these. Carbonear elected
Goddison. n supporter OF Sir Edward Norris. the
Acting Premier, by a. votes to the seat which hs
lost by % votes the last election in November.
In BriGus. the other constituency heard from.
Warren, a Morris adherent. retains his seat by
ma atority reduced from la to %. In view OF the
overturn in Carbonear the Morris faction tonight
is hopeful that the general result will favor them
At the last election in November evenly di
Vided Legislature elected. half of the hirtysN
members favOrng Sir Robert Bond. who then
Premier and the remainder being supporters OF Sir
Edward Morris. Since then the Legislature has met
g dozen times, but unable to elect Premier,
and new election ordered by Governor Nc
Gregor. Sir Edward Norris is present Acting
Premier Sir Robert Bond resigned
II will be several days before today's result will
be known. the ballots will have to be brought to
this city from the towns all over the colony. many
of which isolated from railroads other rapid
means of transportation The campaign closed yes
terday amid the greatest excitement and enthusi-
asnL
(F'or description OF Newfoundland elections see
parf Of Trih \
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
NEW PLAYS IN PARIS.
Nine. Rfiane in lie Refuge
"Bacchus a Weak Performance.

rgpeciaI by French Cable The Tribune
Paris May S.-Mme. Rejane has at last got a
really good play for her theatre. 1t Is lie
Refuge" an up-to-date. mundane drama ny
Dario Niccodem 1t is the story Of a guilty
wife who atones for her fault by sacrificing her
self TO secure the happiness Of her husband and
a young woman whom he loves. Never has
Nine Rejane displayed more powerful tragic
emotion, and the part Of the husband is ad-
mirably acted by NJ. Garry.
The French adaptation. by NM Remon ana
Chalencon Of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's s
Fam at the Theatre des Arts, has proved a de-
cided success. 1t is we'll played by Mile. Su-
zanne Avril and NJ Durec.
'Bacchus," the new opera composed by Mas
senet 10 accompany the poem Of the late Catulle
Mendes brought out with most ella borate set
ting Of scenery and costumes at the Opera. Is a
dismal failure despite its attractive ballet danced
by Mile Zambelli. "Bacchus' IS q wlshy-washy
continuation Of "Ariane," by the same authors
The first act takes place In hell and the second
and third are In Nepaul. where Bacchus, seeking
"a impose the Olympian mythology upon Bud
dha- ls loved by Amahels, the Indian queen. as
wel as by Arisne. who finally sacrifices herself
and is waited TO heaven, where she Is trans
formed into comet. c. J. Z.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
BUYING AMERICAN BONDS.
Large Investments of British Cap-
taL-The Causes.
Especial by French Cable 70 The Tribuns.I J


London. May S.-AmericaR securities espe-
cially bond issues are eagerly sought by Eng
lish investors While there is abundant sup
ply of cheap money. 1t is not going into new
British enterprises but into foreign issues. This
Is one of the results of the budget which is con-
sidered more or less socialistic. Probably Its
effect is exaggerated by politicians and news
papers. but there is temporarily a strong pref
erence for foreign investment Not only the
insurance companies but private investors are
looking for sound per cent bonds which can
be kept abroad with chance of appreciation IN
value. The higher stamp duties may also help
to send British capital abroad and keep 1t there.
There has seldom been better opportunity
for American railways and other enterprises 10
borrow money on a large scale in England
Moreover, this favorable period ought TO last at
least twelve months, since the most astute
Unionists. Mr. Balfour among them are credited
with the sagaciOus purpose of allowing the
budget to go through without interference from
the Lords so that the heavy additions TO taxa
ton may work quietly for year and effect the
expulsion of the Liberals from power by i'm
mense majority
Sir Weetman Pearson. the prominent Liberal.
whose money was made largely in foreign rail-
way contracts, has attempted to prove how un-
founded is the notion that land investments are
unsafe by buying the famous Cowdroy estate, in
Sussex without reference to the new arrange
ments for taxing unearned increments and land
values. LandhOlders without doubt are fright
ened by the new proposals for land taxation
which Will form a basis for local rating. The
Duke OF Bedford is considered by them lucky
landhoder in having a chance OF disposing OF
the bulk Of the Thorney estate through a Crown
purchase for small holdings. I. n F.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

London. May s-A lively campaign has been
started by a section of the press against the sue-
gested public subscription for the purchase Of Hol-
bein's Christina of Denmark Well known
artists and experts are warmly denoUncing certain
letters which have appeared I'm the newspapers as
AN attempt exploit public sentimentality to fur
ther a cool and calculating business proposition
The consensus seems to be that the picture is not
worth anything like the price asked for #, which
is about double the highest figure previously paid
for any HoIbeiu. and apparently represents profit
or $4,000 for some one the Duke of Norfolk sold
the canvas for $S05o0o-
The storm Of controversy which ragged several
years ego when the public induced 10 sub
scribe $4,000 for the purchase OF Velasquez's +
Venus and Cupid by the report that the picture
was in danger of being taken out Of the country
has been revived, exactly the same tactics are
being pursued in the present instance.
We are now familiar with that mysterious
anonymous American millionaire who IS waiting TO
snap up these national treasures writes critic
when the public was induced to purchase the
Velasquez Venus doubling Thomases made every
effort TO discover the Woudbe purchaser. hut this
was futile on the present occasion the public ap-
pears unlikely TO take much hand IN the deal with
ont q showdown.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
MONET'S NOTABLE WORK,
Exhibition of CostumeS-A Sale OF
Rare Books.
Especial BY French cable to The Tribunt.l


Paris. May s.-Claude Monet. the admirable
open air painter whose flower garden at Giverny
is famous. exhibits forty-eght exquisite pct
ures. devoted exclusively to water lilies Inc
changeable capricious reflections OF hght are
renewed with prodigious virtuosity. Ihe sun
water and the opal atmosphere lend mystery
and fascination to these masterpieces ana the
exhibition at the Durand-Ruel Gallery Is
thronged daily with art amateurs.
The exhibition Of ancient French costumes III
the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in the LouVre
affords unusual interest for intending American
visitors, King Edward spent two hours there
Thursday. and remarked that 1T was the pest
exhibition of it's kind that he had ever seen
The show comprises not only costumes put car
riages harnesses. stable and hunting equip
ments Of the reigns Of Louis XIV, Louis AV
and Louis XVI, collections of fans and snuff
boxes. Marie Antoinette's sleigh. embroidered
corsets of the reign of Henri Cuatre, the we'd
ding gowns Of Marie Louise and of Josephine
wastcoats worn by Robespierre and by Marat'
and sabres of Murat and Kleber. The corona
ton robes of Napoleon I and Charles X are
among the thousand interesting objects In the
show.
The collection Of some two thousand books
which formed the library of the late Dr. r. L.
Hamy member Of the Institute and curator OF
the chronological Museum Of the Irocaoero'
among which are exceedingly rare and in many
cases unique works pertaining to pre-Columbian
history of America, are to be sold by auction at
No % Rue des Bons Enfants, in Paris, from
May II TO %. Among the works are the com
plete annals OF the National Museum Of Mexico,
the letters and documents collected by Joaquin
IcazbaIceta for q detailed history of ancient
Mexico and all tho codexes of the archaeological
Investigations and explorations Of and d1scov-
cries pertaining to Aztec lore. & l. b.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
ARMEN1ANs START RELIEF FUND.
Speakers at Mass Meeting Denounce Those
RESPONSIBLE for Massacres.

About five hundred Armenians men, women anu
children gathered last night at Masonic Han
Sixth avenue and 23d street, and listened 10
speeches of protest against the massacre OF tleli
conpatriots in Armenia A fund was started 1or
the aid of the sufferers. The speakers denounceo
the perpetrators Of the atrocities going on IN tue
nrovinces of Adana and AlepPo They also ue-
nounced Abdul Hamd, the deposed Sultan OF IuI-
kew whom they charged with the responsibility
for the present state of affairs
When DR.. a Ayvazian, who presided introouCeu
thu first speaker there some applause, quickly
s,,pnressed with Kisses. The chairman addeo MS
rebuke by saying that the occasion was one lor
mourning and no. applause.
some of the speakers were Colonel Mesrop New
ton formerly secretary of the Persian Legation at
Washington: the Rev II. G. Benneiau. OF Boston
and the Rev C. NJ Papazian, who is HauVe
Of Adana Colonel Newton decried government
by massacre" and suggested that the Armenians
must be the first to render aid TO their ariicted
neorIe If they would expect aid from men of other
nationaHties "
Several hundred dollars was collected Iast night
NJ which the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
gave $500
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
LONDON ADJUSTMENTS.
Changes at TheatreS-A Successful
Hid We$t Shotc.
rsp.elsI hx French cable 70 The Tr.sun..I

Especial bv French Cable The Tribune
London. May S.--George Alexander has re-
verted to Bernsteins Thief at the ST James's
Theatre, Mr. Masons comedy Colonel Smith
not having drawn we'll Miss Billie Burke win
appear at the Haymarket next week in Love
Watches" and Schnltzler's Light of Love" will
be produced at the Afternoon Theatre.
The pageant season has been opened with un-
affected simplicity by the Stepney school chill
dren at Whitechapel. and a series Of scenes in
the history Of London has been enacted with
vivacity and splendid effects in color. The
work has Interested East End audiences so deep
" that additional historical masques have been
planned for the autumn
The new exhibition, THE White city" viii
not he opened for fortnight but one likely to
rival It has started to-day with bright prospects
at Earls Court This is The Golden West and
American Industries Exhibition" which the Lord
NIavor and sheriffs have opened with pomp and
circumstances In the presence Of an immense
holiday threng eager to a substitute for
Buffalo Bits" show. Empress Hall is a
smaller amphitheatre than formerly used
but there was good sport In il with Red
Indian camp and dance bronco bust
ing" and steer roping. cowboy recreation and
scenes Of frontier life. The most thrilling scene
was an attack by band Of Indians upon q set
tiers house, with a sorte by American troops
after tremendous fusilIsde. II Is an excellent
show. with real Indian braves, squaws and pap
pooses. and highly picturesque cowboys and
coggirls from the wild and wooy West There
ere thrills without number accessible on the
Midway with q Coney Island Deluge a San
Francisco Earthquake South Dakota caverns
seesaw slips. autorais and scores of other
sideshows Many of these sensational features
ire entirely new to Loudoners, and the success
of the we'll organized exhibition is a foregone
conclusion. The fortunes of Earl's Court have
revived under American management
~
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
LONDON SOCIAL SEASON.
The Kings neutrality-suspicious.
for RoydL Visitors.
Especial b. French Gable - Tho Tribuusl

rspscal b. French Cable - The Tribune
London May S.--The London season, as usual
e backward about coming forward. Apart from
noliticsl and charity functions and tho opera.
there has been little real gayety. with danctug
lady Evelyn Guinness will have ball with
rovaI guests next week. and the Countess Pap
re1hefrn and Lady Manners have arranged
dances but the great houses have not Yet been
onened except for charity concerts
The King however, has returned to give a
h1Iin TO the backward season. His time Will he
taken I'D with racing. social and public engage
r,ents for several months. The only important
court function this month Is a levee. The third
and fourth courts will be deferred until June
The Belgian suite of apartments at Bucking-
han, Palace originally designed for King Leo
roId has been redecorated and put in order for
the reception Of guests Of the highest rank
The car and Czartna may be entertained at
the palace during the summer, and the Crown
Prince and Princess of Rumania among the
expected visitors. The date Of the Queens re-
turn from the Continent is not definitely
nounCed.
other royalties are actively employed as
patrons of charity functions at Grosvenor
House and elsewhere. Among these the most
delightful has been a production Of The Mol
lusc' at the Kingsway Theatre with Mrs. Will
lam James and Mrs. Stuart Anderson IN the
leading parts The opera Is receiving substan-
tiaI support. the lighter French music being
cepted as an agreeable change from Wagner.
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