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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
IRELAND'S SITUATION
CRITICAL AND HOPEFUL
Redmond Forwards Manifesto
to T. p. O'Connor

LONDON, Dec. John f. Redmond.
leader Of the Irish party. has for
warded a manifesto to 7. p. O'Connor.
presideft~of the United Irish league of
Great Britain, who is now in NelS York.
addressed to the friends Of Ireland I'm
the United States and dealing with the
British political crisis, in which he
SAYS:
Never has the situation confronting Ireland
been AZ the same time more critical and more
hopeful.
As between the two great English parties in
this contest, the Irish party Stands absolutely
independent. : Not for 100 years has such an op-
portunity been offered 70 ireland. The lords
veto has been recently described by Roseberv
and Lansdownc the only remaining safeguard
against the granting OF home rule 10 Ireland
All that is necessary 10 enable Ireland TO profit
by this opportunity IS that the unity discipline
and efficiency Of the party be maintained
But the Irish party Is threatened with grave
dangers. Against il arrayed great and
wealthy interests. and unionists have declared
their intention Of naming candidates in every
constituency in Irelsd. with the avowed pur-
pose Of exhausting the party's funds This DoI-
icy tried against Parnell in 1856 and failed
igDominiousiy. thanks 10 Americas generosity.
So far as voting Is concerned. It will fail more
ipnominioueiy now than IN 1886. but the extra
expenditure involved will severely tax the
psrty's resources We, therefore. would wei
come the evergener0us support Of our friends in
America. and trust it viii not fail us until vic
tory has been won-
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
PRESIDENT WANTS
LANE TO CONTINUE
Reappointment of Interstate
Commissioner Sent to Sem
ate for Confirmation
Confidence Inspired by Fairness
and Legal knowledge OF
Railroad Problems
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


WASHINGTON, Dec. THE presi-
dent today sent to the senate the name
of Franklin X. Lane to be interstate
commerce commissioner for another
term.
Lane has charge of the most impor-
tant branch of the commissions work,
that of enforcement of the laws, and
in carrying forward his work he has
antagonized some of the strongest
railroad influences in the country. On
the Zother hand, he has impressed all
sides with his fairness and has won
the confidence of the president and the
cabinet.
President Taft has conferred with
Commissioner Lane more than with any
other commissioner and relies upon his
judgment and legal knowledge for ad-
vice in formulating the proposed
amendments to the interstate commerce
laws.
One or two senators in a position to
know were asked tonight regarding
Lanes appointment and they expressed
the belief that he would be promptly
confirmed.
President Taft also sent to the sem
ate list of about 1900 other nomlna-
tions to federal offices. Practically all
are recess appointments that have been
announced from time to time as made,
and the greater part of the list IS mads
up of postmasters in the smaller cities
and census supervisors. Sanford 3.
Dole, former governor of the Hawaiian
islands, has been named as United
States judge for the territory OF Ha-
wall.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
FINLAND WILL FEEL
RONHANDOFDUKE' ;
Emperor's Cousin Given Full
Charge OF Grand Duchy to
Complete SnbiugatiOn

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch. second
cousin of the emperor, was today
designated to take full charge of af-
fairs in Finland Major General Zein.
acting governor general of the grand
duchy, will be under his control
The appointment of Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaivitch to take full
and direct charge of affairs in Fin
land will be viewed generally as an
other important move in the imperial
plan which will find accomplishment
in the annexation of the grand duchy
to the empire and the thorough Rus
sianizing of Finland
The grand duke is no stranger to the
Firms, who will expect from him what
ever measure may be necessary to sup
press open resistance to the deStruc-
tion of Finland's nominal Independence
As commander of the military district
of ST. Petersburg and later as presi-
dent of the council of national de-
fense, he exhibited an inclination and
ability to deal firmly with disturbing
elements.
A half dozen attempts upon the
grand dukes life have been made bv
the revolutionists, and one such con
spiracy resulted in the execution of
seven. The grand duke was retired
from the presidency of the council for
national defense by the emperor a year
ago and forthwith took command OF
the summer army maneuvers at st.
Petersburg.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
Aimed at Telegraph Merger

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA concurrent
resolution was introduced today by
Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska,
directing the secretary of commerce
and labor to have the bureau of cor
porations prepare a statement of the
physical valuation of the property of
the Western Union telegraph company
the Postal telegraph company and the
American telegraph and telephone COM
pany. The data is to embrace the sub
sidiary concerns and to include the
capital stock, the bonded debt of each
of the three corporations and approxi-
mately the market value of the stock
and bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
HAPPY IN EUROPE, BUT
DIVIDED IN AMERICA

BOSTON. Dec. IA unique divorce
action was begun in the Worcester
county court today by Henry G. Fangel,
who seeks legal release from his wife.
Mrs. Henrietta Weaver Fangel Of
Berkeiey, Cal. The couple were mar
RED IN London and lived there and in
Paris for number of years. Then they
decided to come to America, and here
their domestic difficulties began
MRS Fangel elected to live in Cali
fornia, Fangel chose Massachusetts.
That was three years ago. During that
time the Fangels have lived 5000 miles
apart, and the husband declares his de-
sire to have the matrimony bonds sew
cred.
Fangel in his suit today claims de-
sertion as the cause on which he should
secure a divorce.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
"BLACKHANDERS" LEAVE
GENEVA FOR AMERICA
Swiss Police Say Blackmailers
Seek New Field

GENEVA, Dec THE police today
confirmed the report of a wholesale
exodus of members of the black hand,
who seem to find a new field of opera
tion in America. 1t developed that so
of these characters, of whom 40 have
been expelled from Switzerland before.
are making their way by circuitous
routes to the. United States.
These men formerly were a part of
the gang of 1000 Italians employed in
the construction of the Loetschberg
tunnel through the Bernese alps.
The scene of industry became a hot
bed of so called "blackhanders," 40 of
whom are now in custody awaiting
trial on charges of blackmail, assault
and murder.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
VOLCANO OF SAVAII
WONDER OF WORLD
Noted Biologist Found PhenO-
menon at Crater in One OF
the Samoan Islands

The volcano on the island of Savai1,
of the Samoan group, which burst into
activity in 1905, is now one of the
wonders of the world. according to
Prof. Henry E. Champion of the Uni
versity of Columbia, who arrived here
yesterday on the liner Alameda
Professor Champion, who is a biologist
and anthropologist of note, associated
with the American museum of natural
history and the Carnegie Institute, left
here May 20 on the liner Mariposa and
has been engaged ever since in research
work among the islands of the south
seas.
1t was in course of his travels that
he visited Savaii, of which little has
been heard of late. The lava from the
volcano has flowed to the sea, into
which it has built a solid wall which
extends for five miles along the shore
and projects about half a mile into the
sea.
Professor Champion spent a night at
the rim of the crater. The lake of fire,
formerly level with the crater mouth,
now lies 400 feet below the rim. 1t is
half mile in length and a third of
that in width Half a mile away il was
possible to read by the glare reflected
from the sky AS spectacle, the pro-
fessor said. it was tremendous
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
SULTAN PAWNS JEWELS
AND LOSES THE TICKET
French Court Postpones Sale,
Despite Money Lenders Plea

PARIS, Dec. THE sale of the
jewels belonging to the Sultan Abdul
Aziz, which was to have taken place
yesterday, was adjourned.
Ell Mokri, representative in Paris of
the Moorish government, went to the
headquarters of the government pawn
brokers with 100000 francs to re-
deem the jewels, but the pawn ticket
had been lost. FL Mokri consequently
appealed to the courts
Notwithstanding the opposition of
the pawnbrokers. the judge ordered the
postponement of the sale for one
month.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
DEMAND FOR REFORM.
IN PRUSSIAN SUFFRAGE
Petitioners Quote the Kaiser's
Promise on Opening Diet

BERLIN, Dec. IA demand upon the
government for reform of the Prus-
sian three class property qualification
electoral system was published today
The demand is signed by 600 persons
of standing and representing the prin-
cipal cities of Prussia
The paper quotes the speech from the
throne delivered on the opening of the
Prussian diet October 20, 1908, in which
a reformed electoral system was prom
ised and describes freedom of the so
called Bluebook, the conservative and
clerical commissions as the vital ques-
tion Of the hour.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
After Corporation Legislators

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Legislation
aimed at corporation lawyers in con
gress, particularly those representing
railroads, is the object of a bill intro
dueed today by Senator Borah of Idaho,
and referred to the senate judiciary
committee.
Mr.. Borah would prohibit senators,
representatives and delegates in con-
gress from representing as attorney or
otherwise corporations, companies or
persons doing business over which
the government exercises regulatory
control
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
Could Hardly Hear
senses of Taste and Smell Were Also
Greatly Impaired

Greatly Impaired
I was afflicted with catarrh." writes
eugene Forbes, Lebanon, Kansas. II
took several different medicines, Civ
ing each fair trial, but grew worse
until / could hardly hear, taste or
smell. | was about to give up in de-
spair. but concluded to try Hoods Sar-
saparilla. After taking three bottles of
this medicine l was cured, but decided
to take two more and have not had
any return of the disease"
Hoods Sarsaparilla effects its won
derful cures, not simply because it con-
talns sarsaparilla, but because it COM
bines the utmost remedial values of
more than twenty different Ingredients
There is no real substitute for it. If
urged to buy any preparation said to
be Just as good" you may be sure it is
INFERIOR, costs less to make and yields
the dealer larger profit.
Get Hoods today in usual LIQUID form
or tablets called Sarsatabs.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

The dolcette, which is probably one
of the newest musical instruments
placed on the market. is a harp played
on a keyboard similar to that OF a
piano. The lower half of the instru-
ment somewhat resembles the piano
and the upper portion is like an Italian
harp
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
OIL DECISION ALTERS
COPPER MERGER PLANS
Separate AmaIgamations Will
Now Be Effected

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-The recent
federal court Standard oil decision is
said today to have changed the plans
of the proposed copper merger, and
there may be some delay in effecting
the combination.
1T was stated that the new plans
provide for separate amalgamations
which will embrace the Cole Ryan and
Amalgamated properties on one hand
and the Guggenheim copper proper
ties on the other.
These two combinations. it is
stated, will be the preliminary step to
the greater consolidation.
nrass materials are sold Nv wagobt
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

Concrete itself is very old. The con-
crete stairs of Colchester and Roches-
ter castles still show the marks of the
incasing boards: the dome of Agrippa's s
pantheon. which is 1z2 feet in diameter
is of concrete. and fragments of con-
crete buildings are found in Mexico
and Peru
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
ENJOYS TO PASS
ON zfLAYA'S GUILT
Mexican and American Diplo-
mats to Adjust the Nicar=
aguan Question
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
MEXICO CITY, Dec. Authoritative
information was obtained here tonight
that Mexico will exert her good offices
toward an amicable settlement of the
Central American imbroglio. Enrique
Creel. formerly ambassador to Wash
ington and now governor of the state
of Chihuahua, is now on his way to
Washington as a special : am bassador
representing President Diaz.
Charles E. Magoon, formerly gov
ernor of Cuba, viii be appointed a spe-
cial envoy by the United States to
meet Senior Cree1, and Creel and Ma
goon will take UP the adjustment of
the Nicara guam question. Magoon's ap-
pointment will be officially announced
at Washington within the next few
days.
The first question that CreeI and
Magoon will consider will be the kill
ing of Groce and Cannon by order of
President Zelaya. They will make a
thorough investigation of the butchery
of the two Americans and fix the
amount of indemnity that must be paid
by Nicaragua. The report of Creel and
Magon will be final, and Mexico and
the United States will see to it that
Nicaragua observes the rules and regu-
larions that may be decided upon by the
special envoys.
MARTIAL LAW IN HONDURAS
WASHINGTON, Dec. THE govern
ment of Honduras, experimenting an
armed invasion, has proclaimed martial
law throughout the republic. This in
formation reached the state department
today, but no indication was given as
to the source from which the invasion
was expected.
1t is believed, however, that Manuel
Bonilla, former president of Honduras,
who was deposed by President Davilla
through the help of Zelaya, may be
taking advantage of the situation in
Nicaragua to seek revenge. For some
time it has been expected among
Central Americans that Davila was in
sympathy with Zelaya in his efforts to
crush the revolution under Estrada
and it is thought that Bonilla's threat
ened invasion of Honduras at this time
would serve the double purpose of pre-
venting any aid being given Zelaya
and at the same time render possible
the overthrow of the Davila govern
ment
Bonila is said to be at Belize, B. III.
II he has a large following, it is
thought, 1T is made up of Hondurans
dissatisfied with the Davila govern
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

complete within a reasonable time the
many projects under consideration.
The Borah bill does not contemplate
any approp alton from the treasury
for the redemption of the bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

Diamonds, Jewelry on Credit
Charge accts. Weekly or monthly in
stalm'ts. BrilTiant's, 704 Mkt. r. 611-12..
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

Cut Glass. Nothing nicer for Christ
mas giving. Our new Crystal Room is
now Open Sorensen Co, jewelers., IFS
Market St
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

The students of Queen Margaret's
college, Glasgow, Scotland, have estab-
lished the first college paper to be de-
voted to the cause of equal suffrage
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

Four minutes, forty-f1ve and a half
seconds is the under water record.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
Dauila in Fear Proclanns
Martial Law in Honduras

of the Nicarapuan
Bonlla believed
Davla, the present president proclaimed
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08

Dress materials are sold by weight
in Japan.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
Domestic Science Bill
$4,000, 900 for Irrigation

WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.-Provision for
a $So,o00,oo0 revolving fund to be used
in the completion of government irri-
cation projects is made in bill intro
duced today by Senator Borah 1t pro-
vides for the issuance OF per cent
bonds to the amount named. payable
out of the reclamation fund at any
time not earlier than 10 years from
the date of issue and not later than
90 years.
The irrigation commission. which
visited practically all of the projects
during the summer and fall. has not
Endorsed the Borah plan and sharp
controversy is anticipated in the efforfs
10 have It enacted.
Senator Borah declares the public
land fund aggregating revenues of
about ss.0oo.000 year, is insufficient to
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
Practical icehouse.

space sufficiently large, that the aides
Of the building are kept from becom-
ing warm by the cool current which
passes from the ground up and into
the ice chamber. A 12x1S-inch blind
at each gable permits free circula-
ton of air and Is In my estimation
better than a cupola as there is more
Of draft over the ice. AS Is shown
in the cut there are double doors four
feet wide extending from the founda-
ton to the caves. A 4x4inch scantling
put in the peak for attaching a double
pulley, facilitates the handling of the
Ice; the man in the wagon sets the
tongs in a cake and another man in
the doorway seizes 1t with his tongs
as It Is drawn up; in this way only
three men are necessary at the build
Ing, one to unload and two to pack.
Beneath the building q number Of
eightinch tiles are set on end with a
little piece of board over each; on the
dirt floor is six inches of sawdust. The
cakes Of ice are set on edge, each tier
being finished and covered with a
layer Of sawdust before another is
begun. 1t .is better not to have the
cakes too close together, 80 that the
sawdust will sift down between. Saw
dust is better than cracked ice to fill
in with, as 1t does not leave air spaces
and also prevents the cakes from
freezing together so solidly. When fill
ing, loose boards are placed in front
of the doors and about ten or twelve
inches back of them Is filled in with
sawdust. Our icehouse Is filled from
a pond about mile away. Ice saws
are used, and the cakes cut from 25 to
35 inches square; common wagon
box will hold two tiers, 30 cakes Of 49,
inch ice. The capacity Of this Ice
house is 40 tons, but Of course any
size could be built on the same plan,
and larger one would keep the ice In
q much better condition.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
BARLEY AND OATS.
Experiment Of Growing Mixed Crop by
Ontario Experiment Station.

Barley and oats grown as a mixed
crop at the Ontario experiment sta
ton, gave in 1907 the highest yield Of
grain, 1879 pounds per acre. where
four pecks of each were used per acre.
The mixture Of Manshury barley and
Daubeney oats has been found to ripen
well together and to produce q lrge
yield Of grain. The results with crop
mixtures of IL and eight kinds Of
grain, in combinations made up Of uni
form weights of seed, or Of quantities
in the same proportion as when the
crops are grown separately. showed
the supremacy Of Manshury six rowed
barley when used in this way. In the
average Of six years work and the re-
suits of "a tests this variety repre-
scented 17.6 per cent in the mixture.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
MORE ABOUT ALFALFA.

The value of alfalfa is seen in some
such facts as the following:
An acre in hay brings $25 to $35 a
year according to yield, for feeding
purposes.
There is always a good market for
alfalfa hay, which yields more than
double that of timothy.
Land that will grow Alfalfa luxuri-
antly is worth double that Of land that
will grow only timothy hay.
Four times cutting year Of alfalfa
hay, which is usual on good land
means five tn seven tons per acre.
Alfalfa is not only great for live
stock feeding, but as legume gath
ers nitrogen from the air and greatly
enriches the soil.
Great is alfalfa!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
A NOTABLE VICTORY.
Farmers of Wisconsin Help Secure
Law for Building of Good Roads.


A notable victory was won in Wis.
consin, largely by farmers, at the elec'
ton in November 1t was the adop-
ton OF the amendment to the state
constitution authorizing state aid for
the building Of roads. The state con-
stitution forbade the legislature to APP
propriate any money for internal i'm
provements, but this state-aid amend.
ment went through by majority OF
10000. A great change was wrought
in the sentiment Of the farmers, says
the Hoard's Dairyman, as soon as they
came to see the following facts:
/. That up to the present time
farm property has had to bear all the
expense Of making country roads.
2. That 1t is nothing more than
fair that city, village and all other
property in the state should bear a
just share of the expense OF making
better roads.
8. That we never will have good
roads as long as We continue in our
present state.
The farmers saw the point and rose
to the occasion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
COUNTRY ROADS.
They Should Be Improved So as TO
Leave q Walk Along the Side. /.

The neglected condition Of our roads
and the fact that we are not building
them according to law, greatly assist
the hard roads advocates lin their ar
guments for hard roads. writes an ILL
nois correspondent OF the Prairie
Farmer
School children and other footmen
are daily trespassing by going through
the fields because there are no walks
provided. Where the roads are 60
feet wide, no more provision IL made
for q walk than where they are re-
duced to 40 feet and the whole width
Is used up with the grades and bitches.
We can't get to q neighbor when 1t Is
muddy without going through barb
wires or hedges and yet some people
wonder why some OF our youngsters
are so anxious to get to town.
These conditions prohibit women on
foot from using the roads, whereas, II
they were built according to law they
could wheel their baby carriages to
their neighbors' homes with satisfac-
ton. even when the wagon track is
muddy.
II this one condition were remedied,
the fine made SUFFICIENT, and enough
wardens provided to protect the walks
from injury It would be great move
ment toward improving our roads.
I think all of the grades, walks and
the boundaries of the roads should be
determined by competent engineers
whose duty 1t shall be to mark the
same with suitable stones wherever 1t
Is necessary.
The benefit and satisfaction derived
from such improvements would greatly
overbalace the small increase OF our
taxes In the country.
Should our lawmakers bring this
subject before the legislature they
would certainly be so well pleased with
the support that they would get from
the farmers that they would enact q
law that would put the above provis-
ions into effect.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
A PRACTICAL IcEHoUsE.
There 10 Yet Time to Build and FIJI
One.

The usefulness OF ice on the farm
can scarcely be exaggerated. and ]
wonder that such a small percentage
OF farmers possess q convenient stor-
age. We have stored ice for about fif'
teen years. Five years ago the Ice
house was remodeled and the follow
ing Is description Of the present. plan,
writes q correspondent Of Rural New
Yorker. It is 12x14 feet and u feet
high on a two.foot stone foundation.
The studding is oak. 2xS inches,
sheathed on both sides and filed be-
tween with sawdust. From the stud
ding a two-inch Turing projects out
with the siding on this, making an air
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
Low.Headed Trees.

Keep your trees headed down so
that they will not reach up to the
moon. We have seen old apple trees
that were certainly 30 feet tall. 1t Is
az much as q mans life is worth to
pick fruit on such trees.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

ALAS, fear that We shall lose the
old home place!" wept the Eskimo. as
the spring sun commenced to shine on
his houss.-stsnfcFd University Chap
arral.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
ROAD ON HILLSIDE.
Plan Of Construction to Prevent Wash
Ing Out Of Roadbed.

To guard against washouts on a
road that winds along a hillside, q
judicious planting Of shrubs is advis-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
GRIP is PREvA-

LENT AGAIN. A
prompt remedy is what
every oneis looking for.
The efficiency of Peru.
nais so well known that
its value as a grip rem
edy need not be ques-
toned. The grip
yields more quickly if
taken in hand prompt
ly. If you feel griPPy
get a bottle of Peruna
at once. Delay is almost
certain to aggravate
your case.
For free illustrated booklet entitled
1.-THE Truth About Peruna," address
The Peruna Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Mailed postpaid.