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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24

RAILWAY MAY Fight
CUT IN reno RATE
William R. Wheeler, Head OF
Merchants Traffic Bureau,
Predicts a Contest
Interstate Commission Order
Makes No Material Differ
ence to San Francisco

The cut in railroad rates from east
@ern points to Reno, New, which will go
into effect December 1. under an order
issued by the interstate commerce COM
mission Saturday, will make no mate
rial difference to the shippers and JOB
bers of San Francisco according to
William r. Wheeler, head of the traf-
fic bureau of the Merchants exchange
of this city.
Wheeler believes. however. that the
railroads will fight the rate by injunc-
tion, and if that course is taken the
case will be put over and Ultimately
transferred to the court of commerce,
which is about to be created.
.'At the time this Reno rate goes into
effect" said Wheeler, another, from
Sacramento to Reno, will be put into
operation. When the Reno merchants
asked for cut in rates from eastern
points the traffic bureau of the Mer-
chants exchange of San Francisco
asked for reduction from Sacramento
to Reno in proportion to the other.
FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE
'Inasmuch as most of the shipments
here are made on commodity rates and
would not be influenced by Reno s
fight was more for the principle in
volved than anything else, for we did
not wish to see this rate made basis
for future rates from San Francisco.
DIFFERENCE IN RATES
I'VE were partly successful. The rate
from Sacramento to Reno was reduced
to IS cents from s1.29 a hundred pounds
on first class shipments, and the other
shipments were graded in proportion.
However, even with this reduction the
rate from east to west is only one
fourth of that from west to east On
this account 0e are protesting, and
should the railroad enjoin the COM
mission-as it undoubtedly will-we
will intervene in the suit.
"As / have said there will-be no ma
terial change in business conditions by
the proposed Reno rate. The danger
lies in another of Reno's demand for a
reduction in the commodity rate. This
latter rate is based on sea competition,
and hitherto, on account of its geo
graphical position, San Francisco has
made up its disadvantages from being
so far from the eastern shippina points.
This is our advantage as against
Reno's of being near the eastern
points. If Reno is allowed the value
of its geographical position it is emf
nently just and fair that San Francisco
should be allowed the advantag ges acru-
ing from it being on the sea coast.
The commodity rate is based on the
theory of haul around the horn.
therefore a rate to Reno from eastern
points should be the rate to San Fran
cisco by water plus the rate to Reno"
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
LOW MUSIC HATH NO
CHARM FOR SERPENTS
Only Sounds of High Pitch At.
tract CObra's Curiosity

Barnard concludes from his per-
sonal observation of cobras in Ceylon,
says the Scientific American; that the
serpents traditional love. for music is
a pure fable, and that the only effect
of music is to arouse the reptiles
curiosity, which is excited by. any loud
and acute sound. The cobra protrudes
its head from its burrow alike on
hearing the snake charmer's flute, the
rafting of a chain or the sounds made
by beating the ground with a switch.
It appears to perceive only sounds of
high pitch, for 1t pays no attention to
the low notes of the flute or the beat
ing of the drum. Barnard also con
firmed, in Ceylon, the results of OBJ
servations made in the London zoologi-
cal garden on the supposed power of
fascination exerted by serpents upon
birds, and he concludes that this power
of fascination is also purely imaginary
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24

regime and proclaimed new presi-
dent.
ION the steamer was about $15,00d,-
600 in Nicaraguan money, which was
divided between the officials, and they
left the boat at various points alons
the coast and exchanged it for Span
ish and Mexican gold.'
Secrest said that the men who ex-
Changed the money met some weeks
later in Guatemala and delivered the
Spanish and Mexican gold into the
hands of the deposed leaders
II have no friends in the United
States" he continued but as soon as
word of this trouble reaches the ears
of friends in Nicaragua I will have
help When 1 am given hearing in
court 1 will tell of all the circum-
stances surrounding my ordering the
notes printed in the United States 1t
will be long story and probably will
hurt some prominent persons
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
OCEAN SHORE RAILWAY
RUNS THEATER TRAIN

Residents in nearly a dozen towns
along the Ocean Shore railway were
given their first theater train Saturday
night. The train was operated as a
special excursion, for which arrange
ments had been made by committees
and businessmen in the towns along the
route. 1t arrived in San Francisco at
80 p. m. and pulled out a. midnight.
arriving at the farthest station at 80
in the morning. The towns included
were Halfmoon Bay, MTamar, Granada,
Princeton, Moss Beach, Farallone, San
Pedro Terrace, Salada and others. Ar
rangements will be made for other ex-
cursions for theaters and dancing par
ties during the winter.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
ST. FRANCIS CHURCH
TO GIVE A BENEFIT
Annual Entertainment Will Be
Held October 2S

The annual vaudeville entertainment
which will be given by the ST Francis
church building association will be
held Friday, October 2S, in the church
building. Vallejo street and Columbia
avenue.
A program has been arranged which
will include many talented artists.
Besides being the annual entertain
ment of the association. the affair will
be noteworthy. as the funds realized
will be given overAto the church, of
which Rev. Father Terence Caraher is
pastor.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
SHOOTING CONTEST
PLANNED FOR 1915
Panama-Pacific Exposition to
Have Biggest Bundesfest in
History of World

Confident that San Francisco will Sc
cure the Panama-Pacific exposition, the
San Francisco schuetzen verein, one of
the richest and most powerful organi-
cations in coast shooting circles, is
preparing to hold the biggest bunder-
fest in the worlds history at the Shell
Mound targets in 1915.
Speaking for the San Francisco
schuetzen verein yesterday Captain j.
D. Heise said:
"Of course we want the exposition TO
be held in San Francisco. and if we are
granted the big show the shooters of
California will show the world that we
can conduct a bundesfest that viii be
a credit to the state. 1t is the inten-
tion Of the San Francisco schuetzen
verein to take the lead in this matter
and the members have already ex-
pressed a determination to hold the
greatest shooting tournament of the
century in this state during the expo
sition.
COAST CLUBS TO COMBINE
Our society is anxious to subscribe
a substantial amount for prizes and, IN
conversation with the directors of the
other California shooting clubs, l have
feeling that we should offer sufficient
inducements to shooters in the Panama
Pacific tournament for the best marks
men of the world 70 participate.
TT will not be the affair of one club
only, but the entire shooting paternity
of the Pacific coast win combine to
make the tournament. a grand>success.
WORK FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
At meetings of the board of educa-
ton and the, campaign committee of
the Panama Pacific international expo
sition company today plans will be
completed for making the youngsters
of the state active campaigners in be-
half of the two constitutional amend
ments by means of which San Fran
cisco will be enabled to go before con-
gress in December with a subscribed
capital of sI7,500.0 900.
The board of education has promised
to inaugurate course of civic study
during the next few weeks which will
give the students of the upper schools
thorough knowledge of the subject.
After studying the amendments the
scholars will hold an election, at which
the consensus of opinion in the schools
Will be obtained.
On election day the boys of the
schools will be stationed near the cleo
tion booths to impress upon the voters
the vital Importance to San francisco
of gaining the 1915 exposition. The
preliminary arrangements for this
campaign will be made by the board of
education today.
The committee of the exposition COM
pany will take steps to make this
movement general throughout the state.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
PROBATION OFFICER
ATTACKED BY HOODLUMS
M. M. Elias Badly Hurt While
Protecting Old Man

M. NJ. Elias, 119 Point Lobos avenue,
who is employed as probation officer
by the juvenile court, was attacked by
four hoodlums ranging from 15 to II
years old in Point Lobos square, Lom-
bard street, yesterday morning. and
before he could escape received a broken
jawbone and severe cuts about the
head. Elias detected the young thugs
in the act of beating an old man and
intervened to protect him. One of the
boys struck Elias with a stone, infict-
ing a bad scalp wound, while another
struck the officer on the jaw, breaking
the bone. Elias was taken to the CEN
tral emergency hospital for treatment.
The police are looking for the young
assailants
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
NEW RIFLE SILENCER
USEFUL AS BAYONET
Attachment Removes Objection
of Army Officers

The latest contribution to the gentle
art of numbering your unoffending
neighbors under the guise of war is a
combination OF the Maxim silencer and
the regulation sword bayonet. =
Objection is made to the silencer
for military purposes because of it's
added weight and the fact that the
bayonet had to be removed in order to
attach it to the gun. The new scheme
overcomes this defect.
The bayonet is made hollow, allow
ing the bullet in emerging from the
gun barrel to pass out through 1T. The
inside of the bayonet is surrounded by
a series of spiral fms which retard the
gas as 1t leaves the barrel, thus doing
away with most of the noise of the
explosion.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
PARLIAMENT PROHIBITS
INSURANCE GAMBLING

The Britisher's favorite gambling is
insurance gambling. He will take out
a policy against anything from the
death of the king to the loss of a horse
race by a thoroughbred. Marine in
surance gambling by those who have
no direct interest in the safety of a
ship or its cargo grew into such abuses
that parliament has been compelled to
pass drastic act to prevent such gam
bling on marine accidents and losses
by those not otherwise concerned
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
EDNA LOTUS Is A
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Steward Says She Imbibed Too
Much Liquor

All the taxicab drivers in San Fran
cisco are not enemies of pretty Edna
Lotus, the actress wife of Harry
Rheinstrom, the millianaire brewer S
son of Cincinnati. Although she was
recently jailed for defrauding one of
the clan, another went to her rescue
yesterday morning at 4 o'clock when
she was unable to care for herself and
carried her to the Park emergency
hospital
Edna is of athletic build. and al
though she disturbed the serenity of
the hospital she was placed on the
operating table by Steward William
Maloney and her stomach was pumped
out. 1t was found that she had almost
incapacftated herself by imbibing too
much liquor.
She was placed on hospital cot and
held until 10 o'clock, when she was
removed in an ambulance to the Ger
man hospital, where she received treat
meht last night.
We all talk about saving money!
but most of us let if go at that
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24
COATED COPPER SHEETS
TRANSMIT HEAT WELL

Experiments which were recently
made at the Worcester polytechnic
show that copper sheets which have
been electro deposited with copper pos
sess much greater heat transmission
properties than the ordinary copper
sheets which have not been so coated.
1t is suggested that this property may
affect the design of condensers, radi-
ators. etc.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24

There is said to be professor of
language in an eastern college who has
mastered all the modern tongues-ex-
cept his wife's.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24

If there is anything nice to say
about a man it is always said at his
funeral.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-24

We all talk about saving money
but most of US let it go at that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
ALL THE KELLEYS WORRY
GIRL OF CLAN SUED FOR
BREACH OF PROMISE.
But Tilted Architect May Have
Feelings Hurt If Lady Grows
Explicit.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
POUGHkEEPSIE. n. Y. February o.
There was a conference today Of mem.
bers of the Kelley family. The suit fol
$4,000 for breach of promise brought by
Leicester ii. Pond against Miss Eliza
beth Kelley was fully considered.
Eugene Kelley, n brother of the fair
and youthful defendant was telegraphed
to by his father. William Kelley, to come
home from Boston, where he is studying
law in the Harvard Law School. He ar
rived last night and spent the greater
part of the day in consultation with his
sister and parents.
Miss Kelley is greatly distressed by. the
publicity which Architect Ponds suit has
given her. The thought of being drag
ged into court in controversy with
former lover is nturally disturbing.
Miss Kelley was asked today If the suit
would be defended. She refused to say
anything for publication.
Mystery has been added to the affair
by Architect Ponds quoted allusion, In
an interview, to gossip he heard after
his return to Spokane, following the
breaking of the engagement with the
Poughkeepsie heiress, which made him
wonder"
Curiosity is expressed as to what the
gossip was and why 1t made him curious.
No light was thrown on this phase of
the case by members of the Kelley fam
lily.
Friends of the kelleys denied today
that Architect Pond had spent $1,000 in
presents to Miss Kelley, and travelling
expenses in coming east for the mar
riage which never took place. They said
that two trips which hes made from
Spokane to Poughkeepsie cost him at the
most $500. and that he only made two
gifts to Miss Kelley. one a twelve-dollar
rug and the other a diamond ring, which
was off color and had flaws in it.
Local society is all in f1utter over the
breach OF promise suit. 1t Is limited that
If Miss Kelley decided to break her vow
of silence that Architect Pond may be
described in terms not flattering to his
vanity, and that Miss Kelley will fully
justify her act in breaking the engage
ment.
Before Architect Pond left Spokane
last June Miss Kelley sent him three tel
egrams telling him not to come. They
did not arrive until after his departure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
McMILLEN Is ACQUITTED.
Jury Accepts Insanity Plea in Case
of Wife-Slayer.

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa, February g.
Frank E. McMillen, who was on trial in
the Blair county court during the greater
part of this week, on the charge of muir
dering his wife, was tonight acquitted by
jury, which was out six hours. McMi-
len found his wife in company Of another
man. and it is alleged that In attempting
to shoot the woman's companion the bull
let from McMillen's revolver struck the
wife instead. McMillens defense was
temporary insanity.
The trial was marked by a sensational
incident. McMillen had been admitted
to bail while on trial, and at the close of
the first days proceedings he disappeared.
After two-day search he was found in
the mountains, exhausted. The trial was
resumed, and McMillen explained that his
flight was caused by temporary insanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
YOUNG WOMEN AS GUESTS.
Dinner Under Auspices Of Y. w. C..
A. Committee,

Under the auspices of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association extension COM
mittee of the bureau of engraving and
printing, dinner was given Thursday.
Mrs. Ludema Ball was toastmistress.
After she had explained that the object of
the committee, each member Of which is
employed in the bureau, was to extend
among the women of the bureau the
knowledge of the advantages of the as
sociation, brief addresses were given as
follows: Girls, Wise and Otherwise"
Miss Mabel Nelson Thurston; What the
Association Offers Miss Florence NJ.
brown; "Untrodden Paths DR.. Ada r.
Thomas, and a reading by Miss Ema-
We've Rose. Miss Mary Johns Hopper,
territorial extension and Industrial secre-
tary of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Del
aware was present and brought greetings
from the young women of her territory.
Mrs. w. H. Bayly. president of the Young
Women's Christian Association, and Miss
Elisabeth Pierce. chairman of the extern
sion department spoke briefly.
Those present, besides those mentioned,
were Miss Helen C. Woodward and Miss
Margaret Taber Johnson of the board of
managers: Miss Ruth SVEN. physical di-
rector: Miss Edna Frizzell, teacher of do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
OFFICERS ARE REELECTED.
Meeting of Soldiers and Sailors
Temporary Home Managers.

Col Thomas S. Hopkins was unani-
mously reelected president of the board
of managers of the Soldiers and Sailors
Temporary Home at the monthly meeting
Of the board last evening at the institu-
ton, Sd and streets. The other officers
who were similarly honored are Col. Ben
jamin F. Chase, vice president: Capt
Israel w. Stone. secretary, and Rev. j.
H. Bradford, chaplain.
Col. Chase presided in the absence of
President Hopkins. Attention was called
to alleged Misrepresentation that have
been made by Wilson Post members
against the home. and John II. Hennis,
who represented that post on the board,
was dropped from the directorate
The report of the superintendent of the
home, Capt. A. A. Maxim, showed that
the calls on the institution during the
month of January by INDECENT soldiers
and sailors was quite heavy. He fur
nished 2,7O4 free meals and LII lodgings.
There were - original admissions and 81
renewals.
Those present at the meeting, in addi-
ton to the officers named. were Richard
Wheeler. J. E. Clifford. S. w. Bunyea,
A. B. F'risbie. J. W. Andrews, Edward
A. Keller. II. w. Burss, Gustave E..
Rausch of the Spanish War Veterans and
B. j. Northcett of the Sons of Veterans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
FIFTH AVENUE UNSAFE.
Fashionable Thoroughfare Said to
Be Infested With Pickpockets.

NEW YORK, February 5.-Fashionable
9TH avenue is so infested by pickpockets
and street workers that it is unsafe
according 20 Magistrate Cornell. for a
man with any considerable sum of money
IN his pockets to walk at night from Del
monico's to the Waldorf. The magistrate
held Jessie Miles IN $1,000 bail today on
complaint of John Thomas Russell, treas
urer OF the New York Taxicab Company,
who says she forced her acquaintance on
him i'm front OF the Waldorf and picked
his pocket of $50 before he could get rid
of her.
Tell your captain said the ma sistrate
To the policeman who made the arrest,
first recalling the recent case of Warner
NJ. Van Norden who was similarly robbed
Of S2S,GR. that present conditions on a
street known the world over and when
should be the pride OF New York, must
change"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
LOSES FAITH IN JOHN D.
Dutchman Now Wants Morgan to
Drain the Zuyder Zee.

NEW YORK. February 5-Having, as
he says, lost his faith In John D. Rookie
Teller, Peter Alexander de Vries, the &C.
centric young Hollander who has been
vainly trying to raise $soOOO,GO0 to drain
the Zuyder Zee, today turned his atten-
ton to ]. Pierpont Morgan to enlist his
aid in the Accomplishment of this plan
..If Mr.. Rockefeller wants to see me
now he will have to CALL, said de Vriez,
who created a sensation at the Rockef<l-
Ter home in Cleveland last summer by
his spectacular methods to meet Mr..
Rockefeller. MIR. Rockefeller has def
nitely refused to help me and I now ap-
peal to the American people to subscribe
and send the money to Mr.. Morgan"
De Vries admitted that he had not OBJ
tanned Mr.. Morgan's consent to the plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
THEATERS HAVE CENSORS.
Plain Clothes Men to Take Notes of
Performances Today.

NEW YORK, February "a policeman
In plain clothes will sit as censor in
every theater, moving picture house and
dance hall in the city tomorrow, in pur-
suance of an order issued today by Po-
lice Commissioner Baker. They will no,
interfere, but they are to report to the
commissioner, who in turn will consult
with the corporation counsel on the pres
ent observance of the Sunday blue law,
which was upheld yesterday by the APP
psllate division of the supreme court.
Interest in the new decision centers to-
day on Mayor Gaynor's attitude, for 1T is
virtually left to the mayor and his add
ministration to determine whether here
shall be Sunday performances at the
theaterS or not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
SALE OF COAL LANDS.
Two Big Plants Will Be Erected by
Eastern Capital.
,cial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
Cumberland Md, February 1.-THE
kalbaugh, Jameson and Fredlock tract,
consisting of 500 acres in Ella district.
Mineral county, w. Va, was sold at pub
lie sale to DIR. z. T. kalbaugh of Pied
mont and William A. Liller of Keyser
on their joint bid of S25.45O. The decree
for the sale was made several years ago.
but the heirs succeeded in holding it
until now, with the result that they have
secured a much better price.
The purchasers now own about 1000
acres of adjoining coal land in that vicin-
ity. They are to turn over their holdings
to eastern capitalists, who are to erect
one of the largest coal plants in West
Virginia, at the mouth of Stony run, and
another plant of considerable size on
Howelrs run, two miles from Shaw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
Mrs. Sarah S. Hays Dead.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, February o.
Mrs Sarah S. Hays, widow of DR.. VIII.
liam w. Hays, who was a prominent sur
geon in his day, died this morning at her
h0ne in Hagerstown, aged eighty-two
years She was a native of Norfolk. Va.
and a distant relative Of John Hays Ham
mond. Mrs. Hays was d member of St
Johns Protestant Episcopal Church and is
survived by three daughters. as follows
Mrs. John B. kiefer and Miss Helen Ash
Hays, both of Hagerstown. and Mrs. Ed
ward Ballard of California. Mrs. Hays
was . sister of Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks
and Rev. DR.: John Parks, both prominent
Episcopal clergymen of New York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
NEW BILLS BARRED.
Virginia Legislature Agrees to Call
Halt February 10.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, February 5.-Both
branches of the general assembly will
shut off all new bills after February 10,
unless measures presented affect the
states revenues. This was agreed to
this afternoon. The date is tire weeks
before adjournment, and will afford the
members a chance to clean up the bills
which are now before them and to dis
pose of the measures already on the
calendar. Before February 10, however,
several hundred bills will be offered in
both branches of the legislature The
general appropriation bill will consume
at least week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
HooKWoRM IN CHINA.
Kwang Tung Hospital Finds Ninety
in One Hundred Affected.

Prevalence Of the hookworm disease
in China is told in a letter just received
in Washington from DR.. William H. Dob
son, in charge of the Forman Memorial
Hospital at Kwang Tung, $50 miles
southwest of Canton, China.
The hospital is under the Presbyterian
board of missions. DR.. Dobson Is en-
deavoring to have the natives make il
self-sustaining.
In letter to his father, DR.. II. A
Dobson of Washington, he writes that
the people in the vicinity Of the hospital
are considered listless and lazy. He has
discovered that nearly all of them are
afflicted with the hookworm disease.
"Out of 100 cases examined in this
hospital, writes DR.. Dobson, ninety
were found to have hookworm.''