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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
NATIVES TO RALLY
TO BOOST THE FAIR
Big Mass Meeting of Both Or
ders Will Be Held at Gem
trail Theater Tonight
Thousands of Postcards to Be
Distributed Free and Sent
Everywhere

With Daniel A. Ryan at the head OF
affairs, the Native Sons and Native
Daughters of the Golden West will
give a decided impetus to the Panama
Pacific postcard wave tonight when
they will assemble at the Central the
ater to receive postals and begin send
ing them out to their thousands of
friends in the east
notice was sent out by Ryan, pres
1dent of the order, and by Mrs Peyton,
grand president of the Daughters, call
ing upon the members of their respec-
tive orders to take official hand in
bringing the exposition to San Fran
cisco. Such was the enthusiasm with
which the announcement was received
that j. Emmett Hayden, secretary OF
the postcard committee of the Native
Sons, ordered 10000 postals for distri-
button atethe meeting.
HUNDREDS WILL ATTEND
The indications are that the attend
ance will pack the theater, for not only
have the Native Sons and Native
Daughters of San Francisco declared
their Intentions of being present, but
others from across the bay and down
the peninsula have decided to join in
and make the movement one of the
most gigantic ones of the fight for the
exposition
Every member is requested to bring
fountain pen or pencil. Stamps will
be on sale at the theater, and the
postals will be free. Many have pre-
pared lists Of eastern friends before
hand. taking their time over the task
sosthat all may be remembered.
The meeting will open at p. m.
sharp. Daniel "A. Ryan will open the
event with a speech explaining the
need of the Native Sons to act as a
body In the fight for the exposition He
will point out the work which is to
be done before the December. session
of congress in order to bring the ex-
position to California. Ryan will be
followed by Mrs Peyton, who will out
line the work to be accomplished by
the women of California and the part
they are expected to take in the fight.
That the women of the state can be of
immense benefit sending postcards and
letters to their friends in the east
will be emphatically brought out.
CARDS ARE FREE
The situation as 1t exists at the pres
ent time and the efforts necessary by
the people of the state as a whole to
win the exposition for San Francisco
will be made clear in the addresses by
prominent members of the Panama
Pacific exposition company.
The postal cards will be distributed
at the conclusion of the speeches. Thou
sands will be addressed, stamped and
mailed. All that the audience is ex-
pected to do is to address and stamp
them. They will then be gathered up
by the officials of the exposition, who
will look to mailing them.
The concerted movement of the Ma
tive Sons and aNtive Daughters, it is
thought will make a distinct hit in the
east The work will not stop with the
meeting, but will be carried on as long
as the fight lasts and victory is gained
in Washington.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
Los ANGELES ENTRY
FOR v. PROBABLE
Negotiations Will Probably Open
With New Steamship Line
Within Few Days
Palatial Liners Harvard and
Yale Are Contemplated as
Connecting Link

Is the Western Pacific railway to OBJ
tain an entrance into Los Angeles
through the new steamship line that is
to operate between this city and that
port when the crack steamships Yale
and Harvard reach the Pacific coast?
This question. which has gone the
rounds Of local traffic Offices for the
last week. seems about to be answered
In the affirmative. Since the announce
ment was made last week that Bennett
& GoodalI had leased the Yale and
Harvard and that these vessels would
leave this port and Los Angeles every
day the Western Pacific traffic officials
have been seriously considering pro-
posing traffic exchange agreement be-
tween the railroad and the steamship
line. Up to yesterday afternoon no
negotiations with such an agreement
in view had been opened. but it was
intimated by prominent passenger of
f1clals that such negotiations would
probably begin within the next few
days.
WOULD BENEFIT BOTH
The Importance of such an agree
ment has received the serious consid-
Grafton of both the .railroadmen and
the steamship officials and it is realized
that it would be a big benefit to both
companies The Western Pacific has
no line entering Los Angeles and up to
date has been unable to make any
agreement with lines running into the
southern city for through passenger
rate from points along the Western
Pacific. Such an agreement would per-
nit of the Western Pacific selling
through tickets to Los Angeles, and
making almost as good time as is now
made between this city and Los Ange-
les by rail on the Southern Pacific.
/. Such an agreement would also be of
much benefit to the new line of steam
ers. as it would then be certain of all
traffic destined for Los Angeles when
the point of origin was on the line of
the Western Pacific railway.
IS HOUR SERVICE
According to information from the
office of the steamship company, it IS
purposed to run the Yale and Harvard
between Los Angeles and this port,
leaving each place every evening at s
o'clock and arriving the following day
at noon, an g hour service. The best
time between San Francisco and Los
Angeles is now a little more than Is
hours.
The officials of the railroad company
have SO seriously considered the open
ing of negotiations with such an agree
ment in view that yesterday they ad-
mitted that an attempt would soon be
made to meet with the firm of Bennett
& Goodall. The Yale and Harvard,
while built principally for the passen-
ger business, are capable of, carrying
several hundred tons of freight and
with small freight shipments it would
not be difficult to load and unload the
steamers-in the few hours they will re-
main at each port.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
WESTERN PACIFIC WOULD
BUILD WOODEN BRIDGE
Supervisors Doubt the Expedi=
enCy of a Permit

The Western Pacific company's appli-
cation for a permit to build a wooden
bridge over Mississippi street between
Twenty-seeond and Twenty-third was
taken under advisement by the super
Visors' street committee yesterday
Representatives of the road asked
leave for five years, saying that the
money at present appropriated was in4
sufficient to put upsa steel and concrete
structure.
Supervisors Mclaughlin, Loughery
and Deasy agreed that this was all
very well. but the chairman added
that the city might have trouble get
ting the company to remove the wood
en- structure when the five years
were up.
City Attorney Long informed the
supervisors hospital committee yes
terday in response to an inquiry that
the stable permits granted by the
board were to be construed as given
to one owner for one location, and not
in either matter transferable. He
added, however, that the conduct of a
stable might be turned over by an own
er to any party he saw fit.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
SAM FranciscoV vs.. New Orleans
Money Gives Titleto Exposition

sources to Louisiana's one. The saw
ings deposits of the states are IL
to 1 in California's favor, ranking
California fourth in the union In
this respect and Louisiana twenty
fourth.
San Francisco's 2oo,o savings de-
positors have 1854, 900 tucked
away; New Orleans shows $4,000
such depositors with only s17,o00,o00
laid up against that rainy day. San
Francisco's savings banks paid their
passbook holders in interest in the
year covered by the report upward
of $5.o00,0o0; New Orleans savings
depositors in the same period were
credited with a little more than
quarter of million.
According to the report OF the
comptroller of the currency, the ma
tional banks of San Francisco in
creased their total resources $103,-
100000 in the year 1909-10; New
Orleans national banks increased
a little more than S2,0o0,00o.
Below are the precise figures:
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
PANAMA-PACIFIC BADGE
PROVES TO BE TALISMAN
Keeps Woman Who Wears 1t
Out of Jail

A Panama-Pacific button pinned to
her faded necktie saved Kate Croder
from Jail sentence, after being found
guilty of drunkenness before Police
Judge Conlan yesterday. The Croder
woman had been arrested in Jefferson
square the previous night and pleaded
guilty. When she stood up for SEN
tence Judge Conlan noticed the button
on her tie.
Whats that button you have there?'
asked the Judge
'T don't know what it is judge"
she replied, "but 1t must be a bad luck
sign, as I have been in lots of trouble
since ] found 1t a month ago."
Judge Conlan was moved by the pa
thetie way in which the unfortunate
woman spoke of the little button and,
after explaining what the button sig
nified and extracting a promise from
her not to imbibe again before the
time for celebrating the opening of the
fair, he sent Mrs. Croder on her way
rejoicing
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14

With no design to lay bare a
rivals hard circumstances, but to
ASCERTAIN definitely the relative and
comparative ability of California
and Louisiana and of San Francisco
and New Orleans to finance and
handle a worlds fair, the Cali
fornia exposition committee has
been looking into the banking fig
ures of the two states and two cities.
The showing is tremendously against
Louisiana and New Orleans.
Herewith are some items that
ought to tell heavily as financial
arguments for San Francisco. They
are taken from the report of the
National monetary commission and
relate almost wholly to conditions
on April 2s, 1909. That they are
exact and authentic there can be no
question.
The results of the comparison are
striking. For example. with prac-
tically equal populations, California
has. four dollars of banking re-
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
MASONS COMMEMORATE
w. F. PIERCE'S MEMORY
Memorial Service for Dead
Grand Master Held by Lodge

The morning session of the grand
lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
yesterday was devoted to the consider
alton of minor reports
In the afternoon a special memoria
service was held in memory of the late
grand master, William Frank Pierce.
with musical numbers by w. Egerton
Smith. Samuel D. Mayer, j. C. Hughes
and W. c. Campbell.
This morning officers will be elected
for the ensuing Masonic year, and the
report of the finance committee will
be presented. 1t is expected that the
work of the session will be closed this
afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
BAKER AND SALOONMAN
VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTS

Charles W. Bauer, the owner of an
Oakland bakery. yesterday petitioned
the United States district court to de-
clare him bankrupt. He owes S2303.
with assets worth 1912. H. W. Lewis,
formerly in the saloon business in this
city. also asked to be declared bank
rupt. with s2,525 owing and no assets.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
WATSONVILLE CAN NOT
BE GIVEN FIRE ENGINE

The request of the city of Watson
vile for the loan of a fire engine, it's
own being temporarily disabled, had to
be refused by the fire commission yes
terday.
President Dillon instructed the secre-
tary to write that the city had no extra
engine available.
The commission appointed John J.
Toomey and Thomas w. Muldoon hose
men yesterday from the civil service
list
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
watsonv1lIe Apple Annual

Great Parade Friday, October 14th.
Grand reception and entertainment
Saturday. Sacred concert Sunday aft
ernoon. Most wonderful apple display
ever held. Low week end rates via
Southern Pacific. Ticket offices: Flood
Building, Palace Hotel, Market Street
Ferry Depot, Third and Townsend De-
pot. and Broadway and Thirteenth
Street Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
Iz5.OOO Cards Distributed

OAKLAND, Oct. 13.-The clubwomen
of Oakland organized themselves into
a small army today and distributed
$4,000 postcards advertising the Pan
anna Pacific exposition for San Fran
cisco The schools of the city nave
called for $4,000 cards, and Berkeley
wants $4,000 more. Alameda has called
for an additional supply of 10000. Mrs.
r. r. Chadwick and Mrs. John Gordan
together gave out 5000 in Oakland.
The movement begun under the gen
eralship of Mrs. Cora z. Jones, 1t is
estimated. will result in more than
400. 900 cards being sent out by Oak
land and surrounding cities. The OAK
land bank of savings and Gustav
Mann are distributing hundreds of
cards every day, already stamped and
ready for mailing.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14

postals can be obtained.
Oakland, which had women's day
yesterday. sent for $4,000 additional
cards, and Alameda asked for an extra
shipment of IL, 5000. To date more than
1, go 900 have gone into the state out
side of this city and half a million
have been given out in this city.
One of the most gratifying features
of postcard week has been the whole
hearted manner in which the southern
part Of the state has taken hold of the
campaign and boosted for San Fran
CISCO Los Angeles took the lead with
an initial call for 100000 cards. Only
two days have elapsed before the lOo'-
GOO order was duplicated. San Fran
cisco has also received splendid support
from Pasadena, San Diego, Azusa, Co
vina, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Gatos,
Monrovia, Ocean Park, Venice, santa
Monica Ontario, Orange, pomona,
Riverside. Redlands. Redondo, San Ber-
nardino. Santa Barbara, Upland, Ven
tura, Puente and other cities IN Inc
southern part of the state.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-14
EVERYONE WILL JOIN

All social and fraternaI organizations
are requested to set aside part of their
time at meetings to addressing exposi-
tion pOstals to eastern points. By
sending a messenger to room 1880
Merchants exchange building, lots of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27

We carry a full line of automobile
complete stock just re-
ceived. LOWREY & DAVIDSON.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27

rear carrying a load that in itself
is stupendous.
Even if he does lead dogs life
most of the time, however, he has
himself to thank for most of it. If
ne dies aboard ship he receives as
good a funeral as any passenger.
true, we bury him at dawn, on ac-
count of the feeling of the passen-
gers, but he is buried in a coffin, has
the old flag spread over him while
the service is read and is bent over
In the presence of a general muster
OF the crew. That is how they treat
a mail boat stoker. But on the
tramps-oh, no. There the stoker
is the real poor dog. When you
come to that he is a dog at all times
at sea. I've seen more than once on
the liners half the, stokers. simply
broken down by the terrific heat.
But they care; they do the best they
can. Aboard the tramps-"
He stopped and shrugged his
shoulders. Didn't / tell you-yes,
| did-that half a dozen stoker
deaths were nothing during a tramp's
voyage. On the Gold coast and in
the Congo trade, for instance, the
stokers are coast negroes. When
one of them pegs out a firebar is at
tached to his foot and he is slid over
board in the darkness of the night.
1t is customary in mail ship service
to stop the engines as the body goes
over as "a mark of respect In the
tramp trade they also stop the en-
zines, but this is to prevent any
chance of the man, chain and CRATE
bar fouling the propellers.
A harder life?" the former en-
gineer went on. NO, you can't
think of one. Nothing harder and
more brutal can be imagined. And
we engineers must drive them. It's
our job. If we didn't they'd never
do a bit of work. Their idea of
heaven is drink, and more drink.
and still more drink.
For while we tried to make the
men keep comparatively sober on
sailing day, but results weren't very
satisfactory We carefully scanned
each man as he came aboard. but
no suspicious package seemed to ac-
NOAl pdHy any Ol them. " nat was
even more puzzling, they seemed to
get worse after they had been aboard
an hour or two. We searched the
hunks, lockers, wash houses and
every other PLACE we could think of.
but without avail. Eventually we
unearthed the culprit, and I'm
blessed if he wasn't the leading
stoker Apparently he had been car
rying on prosperous little side line
in rum, the firemen and coal passers
giving him $3.50 when paid off for
the bottle of 80 cent firewater he
supplied them on sailing day. Of
course we hadn't thought of search
ing the berth or baggage of this man,
but we lost no time in disrating and
firing him"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27
FIREWORKS IN HIS INTERIOR.
Torpedo That Boy Swallowed Elk.
pIOded in His 'NJidst"

Torpedo That Boy Swallowed Ex-
ploded in His midst"
A Madison, Wis, dispatch saws a
near fatality resulted in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Oslen from their
six-year-old son swallowing a tornedo
on July 4th. Instead of exploding
the torpedo in the usual manner he
put 1t in his mouth. In a moment
OF torgetfulness, or possibly thinking
1T candied delicacy, he swallowed n
On the following Wednesday CIar-
ence had extreme pains in his stom-
ach. He became unconscious and
there were indications of serious
trouble. The swelling became so
great that he could not keep his ewes
open and food was given by iniec-
tlons. For time the boys life was
despatred Of but the poisons finally
were neutralized by toxins. The III
tie fellow is now doing well. and is
expected to be out playing in a few
days ~
The explanation offered by the doc
tors is that the torpedo contained
potassium chloride and nitro-gIvcer-
Inc, and that it was exploded Inv the
little fellows activity
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27

alarmed by the displays that accom-
pany an electrical storm Much of
the dread experienced by man is
founded on ignorance, but not all of
1t can be eliminated by an under
standing of the laws that govern the
elements. The author considers that
1t probably is a relic of the prehis-
toric day in man that makes electri-
cal storms inspire a bit of awe even
IN the most philosophical scientist
However, there is no occasion for
the abject fear that is evinced by
many of the timid. Mr.. Shafer ex-
plains in very plain terms what a
thunderstorm is, how it acts and Just
how little harm it is likely to do in
spite of it's threatenings. He shat
tiers some Of the superstitions that
are commonly accepted, such as that
of closing the doors and windows to
avoid a draft as a measure of pro-
lection. He shows by a recital of
facts that the chances of being struck
by a bolt are almost infnitesimal
and his showing should be reassur-
ing to those who have suffered from
the fear of thunderstorm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27
Robbing Thunder Storms of Terrors

An article in the current number
of Country Life in America should
be comforting to those who are I'M
duly alarmed during thunderstorms.
The author, Donald Cameron Shafer,
presents an array of scientific data
to show that there is less danger of
being struck by lightning than is us
ually supposed by the apprehensive.
He quotes census figures to prove
that more people are killed by be-
ing frozen to death than are stricken
by lightning in this country. During
1906 there were 1863 killed by light
ming in the United States. There
were 203 who died from freezing,
1853 who were the victims of sun
stroke and 1895 who were drowned
that year.
While he deals with the subject in
a technical fashion he presents his
facts in an interesting and reassuring
way. He considers that the fear of
lightning and it's accompaniment,
thunder, is Unborn. Men are not
alone the victims of the terror in
spired. Animals and even fish are
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27
CIRCUITS SWAP COUNTIES.
Miller to Go Out of PatauIa Circuit
and Calhoun to Come in.

The state senate has refused on
sentimental grounds to change the
plan of indicating the judicial cir
cults of the state, and decided to
keep the present names instead Of
numbering them.
With that and several other
amendments the senate passed the
bill without material opposition and
sent it to the house.
The bill as passed makes the fol-
lowing changes in the present judi
cial circuits: Bulloeh is added to
the Atlantic, Calhoun is transferred
to the Pataula, Miller is transferred
to the Albany, Franklin is trans
ferred to the Northern, and the fol-
lowing counties were added to the
Toombs circuit; Clascock, Lincoln,
Taliaferro Warren and Wilkes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-07-27

OF TWO of the better natured will
eventually go below, and, as q mat
- toi Vi course and instinct, will look
" see the condition of all the fires
II would surprise you or any 9th
er man to see the boiler rooms of q
inner at the moment a shin sails
tou should look at the crowded
uecKs sWarming with cheering mas
sengers' hear the band PLAYING and
all the other excitement and com
pare 1t with the silent boiler rooms
"here half dozen men are keening
"dVcn over a dozen furnaces apiece,
AS she gets under way and glides
uo"n the river the men struggle he
low and divide the work. all hands
WORKING on the fires. Of course if
would be too much to expect any,
tnlIlg ike a full watch below for the
IirSt tWenty-four hours. as even If
the men should be comparativeIv CO
per-too much to hope for-tba
neat, added to the weakened condi-
ion following the debauchery of
shofe life for them, knocks them
ne former engineer lit a fresh
cigar and started to tell stories of
MS own experiences. When he got
to talking of the tramp fremen little
thrills of borrow went up and down
the spine of his listener.
Tramping' is freight carrying j"
ne SAID. The tramp fireman is US
ually several degrees worse in char
acter than the liners fireman. #
was the custom on sailing day on
the tramps on which | have worked
TO go forward and drag them from
thelr hunks, chase them down below
and stand over them until the shin
was clear of land All of them
would be more or less drunk, and it
was a case of dragging out the men
VINO had been foolish enough to re-
traIn from getting absolutely helm
less.
lhese men are as their job makes
them. On the tramp a few miles a
DAY more or less doesn't matter. as
there are no mails or. passengers to
demand speed. So the tramp fire
man joys along pretty much in the
same manner as his ship. He NAV
be away a couple of months or a
couple of years, and it is seldom he
knows just how long the voyage will
be when he signs on the articles. #
would amuse you to see just how an
English fireman arrives aboard on
sailing morning. His approach is a
stately procession, and usually con-
sists of porter carrying his sea-bag,
another carrying his 'donkey's break
fast or bed, while he brings up the