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The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-12-09
City to Bolivia or Brazil that can not
be mailed to Brooklyn?

City to Bolivia or Brazil that can not
be mailed to Brooklyn?
Is it not humiiating comparison that
the German domestic post will convey
a parcel weighing 40 pounds, ours one
weighing only four pounds? Is it not
discreditable to us as practical peo-
pie that our postoffice, in its polite de-
sire not to annoy the Express Trust in
its golden monopoly, will not carry
eleven pounds of merchandise for you
one mile unless you divide it into three
portions and pay 81. 70 postage, while
the German post will carry it anywhere
within the country for twelve cents?
John Wanamaker as postmaster gen.
eral found four reasons why we did not
have in his day a parcels post the
Adams. American, United States and
Wells Fargo Express Companies. To
day there is but one reason The Ex-
press Trust. Public convenience, bus
mess economy and the honor OF the
nation among civilized communities
can not much longer be halked in the
growing anger of the people by such a
barrier. New York World.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-12-09
r,;.copal Church Notices

G. Andrews Episcopal ehurcn, ' r
Sunday in Advent. KEY Ill, v" Comm,n
; i~. a. M; Sunday school. ~ a. H. NJ
NOsnne song and sermon; 7;so p, . M a.
EveM ,;nn and Sermon at Walton S;S oc
He ;tsnv and Instruction Wednesday i'o0
C,.a aTymation class Thursday at ..
Inc ne win winter services at St. PAU
up tn sens T' church Walton on SUNDAY .l.;!
Ep "s%per lith, at $780,. Services o WI,
i.,s bald on End Sunday In each ~o"''
until further notice.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-12-09

Mrs. w. L. Keefer and daughter,
Lucille, were week end visitors in Wa
basso. Mr.. Keefer joined them Sun
day morning and returned with them
Sunday evening, r ~ NFf7'1 ?
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-12-09

The demand for Hills Florida Art
Prints this season is greater than ever.
AS Christmas gifts they are exquisite.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
Petitions in Bankruptcy
MONROE MARKHAM WINS
IN FIGHT OVER ESTATE
Sisters Contest of Will of Har-
riet Miller Dismissed

Harriet Miller's will leaving the bulk
of her estate of $4,000 to Monroe
Markham was sustained by Judge Gra-
ham yesterday the contest of Mrs.
Margaret Mitchell, sister of the testa-
triX, being dismissed. The will was
admitted to probate, and Markham,
who is a brother of former governor
of California, will in due course re-
ceive the entire estate with the excep-
tion of some jewelry of small value.
willed to the sister
Markham and Mrs. Miller first met
on the steps of an office building while
viewing the Labor day parade of Sep
tember 5, 1908. They subsequently ar
ranged to marry after Markham Sc
cured a divorce.
Mrs. Miller died July 3, 1909, before
Markham was divorced. Judge Gra-
ham found that there was no evidence
that Markham exercised undue infiu-
ence over Mrs. Miller or that she was
of unsound mind.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
KILLS WOMAN AND
ENDS OWN Life
Man Madly infatuated With An
others Wife Murders Her
and Commits Suicide

Spurned by Mrs. Domenica Notarfra
he was infatuated. Vito Sposito shot
and killed her yesterday morning and
then committed suicide. The double
tragedy took place at 81 Prescott
street, North Beach, where Sposito's
victim lived with her husband and
three young children. The woman was
shot through the head and died almost
instantly. Sposito walked into an alley
and fired a bullet into his breast, dying
on the way to the harbor emergency
hospital.
The murderer was employed at Mare
Island navy yard. The NotarfraneesiO
family lived in Vallejo until eight
months ago. when, owing to Sposito'S
annoyance of the wife. the family re-
moved to this city. Last Sunday the
and children stopping at Vallejo and
the husband going to Napa. Sposito
met the woman and, il is said. urged
her to desert her husband. A violent
quarrel ensued, Sposito threatening to
kill the whole family.
Yesterday morning Sposito called at
the Notarfraneesio residence, after the
two elder children had gone to school
and the husband had gone to his work
at the American biscuit company's
plant. Angry words were heard and
Mrs. Notarfraneesio ran out to the
porch in the rear. Sposito followed
her. Standing on another porch about
10 feet distant. he fired. Joseph Basa-
martino, a lodger. heard the shot and
ran out to the porch. He carried the
dying woman inside and she expired in
his arms.
Then Sposito, after coolly walking
downstairs and through the alley, fired
the bullet into his breast. The husband
knew nothing of the tragedy till he
went home to his lunch, and collapsed
when told.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
Barbecue to Boost Site

A barbecue for $4,000 people and an
all day celebration to set forth the ad-
vantages Of the location as the site for
the Panama-Pacific exposition is
planned by the Bayview improvement
club to be held May in the hills west
of the district in the vicinity of Four
teenth avenue. Supervisor Nelson out
lined yesterday the plans Of the club.
He said:
1--WE propose to give monster bar
becue at the site itself The club in
tends TO take care of as many as $4,000
people and we hope to have that many
people at the celebration. 1t will be a
good old time feast. The city, state
and federal authorities will be invited
We propose to have the mayor present
and extend an invitation to as many
Of the citizens of San Francisco to at
tend as can come.
The Bayview district offers in the
hills above Fourteenth avenue the
grandest possible site for the exposi-
tion and we propose to bring the people
out there to see for themselves"
Nelson is the chairman of the COM
mittee arranging for the celebration
T L. Sharman being the president and
Fred Zimmerman the secretary OF the
organization.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
NATIONAL BANK WINS
LITIGATION OVER STOCK

The supreme court decided in favor
of the National Bank of the Pacific
against the Western Pacific railway
yesterday in suit for 1000 shares of
capital stock of the railway. The stock
was originally owned by J. Dalzell
Brown, who sold it to the bank. The
stock was not entered upon the books
of the corporation until a month after
the sale and was attached at that time
in suit of the railway against Brown
for $4,000. The Western Pacific re-
fused to make the transfer of the
stock on the ground that its own lien
was paramount in the matter.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
BIG CONCERN TO ISSUE
$I5,O0O,OO0 IN BONDS
Nationals Interests Transferred
to Mercantile Trust

There was placed on record yester-
day an agreement, chattel mortgag ge
and deed of trust by which the Natomas
consolidated of California transfers to
the Mercantile trust company its in
terests in Sacramento and other coun-
ties. as the basis for the financiering of
a s15,000,000, 20 year per cent bond
issue. E. ]. de Saba Jr., as president
OF the Natomas company, and A. E.
Boynton. as it's secretary, executed the
papers in favor of the trust company,
Vice President ]. D. Mckee and Secre-
tary c. Ellinghouse attesting them for
the latter
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
JURY ACQUiTS III. HAAR
OF CHARGE OF MURDER
Defendant Pleads Harry FOwitz
Attacked Him

Herman Haar. accused of the murder
of Harry Fowitz, was acquitted by a
jury in Judge Cabaniss' court yester-
day. The killing took place February
13, 1910, in a saloon at the corner of
Laguna and Fulton streets. In fight
Haar was beaten into insensibtlity.
Upon recovering consciousness he
armed himself with a large kitchen
knife II was testified that Fowitz ad-
vanced toward him to gain assault him
and that Haar stabbed his assailant,
inficting fatal wounds.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
BUSINESS SHOW MANAGER
GIVEN TIME TO EXPLAIN

When the case of Louis F. Benton,
manager of the business show at the
Auditorium, charged with passing a
fictitious draft for 500 on F. F.
Wright, was called in Police Judge
ShortalTs court yesterday, Wright
stated that most of the money obtained
by Benton from him belonged to the
manufacturers he represented. He had
no expectation of getting the money
back, but wanted Benton to produce a
statement of accounts. Benton promised
TO do so and the case was continued
till April II.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
Edited by o. M. BOYLE

bership, this money to be used to carry
on the campaign for the eight hour
day. The lodge was advised that the
Oakland lodge has taken similar ac-
tion.
The lodge paid $40 to members on the
sick list, and made the usual weekly
donations to several organizations 1t
has been assisting for months.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
ROADS TO CRYSTAL
SPRINGS ARE GOOD
Local Automobilists on Tour
Find Highways Thereabouts
in Excellent Shape
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

The roads to Crystal lake are in good
condition. Henry d. Mccoy of Chans-
Ior & Lyons, with his wife and Mr..
Peerless cars over these roads the early
part of the week and found them good.
They went by way of Toms Cabin and
returned by way of San Mateo.
George w Root. agent for the Pierce
Racine motor cars, reports that there
S------------------ will be shipment
Cars to Arrive Wednesday for de- =
The Haynes auto sales company will
move into its permanent home at the
,-77-.- e9rnsr efrast snd Of Tyrh Vgh
se% the HH%f haynes eor Car Ness avenue about
~---- -. - July l. The plans
have been accept
ed, and the building when finished will
be one of the finest on automobile row.
1t Will be of mission design, of dark
red brick, striped with white. mortar.
ment both for the care of cars and
customers will be installed.
delivery of >Hupmobiles to G. H. Mower
of Napa, r. d.
Of Gnpmohile. 5g0 TS1ng to Of MGSesto, sseFEe
q
three and a "3O'
Oakland to the Ray machine company
of Fisalia, DR.. j. w. Peck of Berkel ey,
NJ. J. Mcclure of San Francisco and one
to T. K. Oguri of Tokyo, Japan.
The boy mayor, Benjamin Katz. is
availing himself of every modern con-
venfence in per-
Boy Mayor forming the siren
Tses Chalmers uous duties at
tached to his Of
fee. He has at his
disposal. among other things. a beau
tifully equipped, time making Chal-
to him by Z. P. Brinegar of the Pio-
neer automobile company and was used
yesterday by the boy mayor in MAX
ing his various tours of inspection
throughout the city
1t is quite gratifying to those who
foresaw in the present season a record
Record Business precedented auto
of Howard Firm mobile business to
----------A see their highest
expectations n o W
being realized and even surpassed. The
business of the Howard automobile
most phenomenal, and totally eclipses
all records ever made by this concern.
The books of the Howard company
show the delivery of 159 Bucks during
the month just closed. compared
with Ill for May of last year. which
was previously the record month for
the record year.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
The Union sugar company of San
Maria valley have just taken delivery
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
WEHE TO MAKE 40.
CENT COMPROMISE
Two=thirds of Creditors Said to
Have Consented

A. Wood Wehe, the real estate man
whose affairs are now in the bank
ruptcy court, expects to compromise
with at least two-thirds of his unse-
cured creditors at 40 cents on the dol
lar Attorney NJ. L. Carey said during
the examination before Referee Green
yesterday that this number had agreed
to the compromise.
The session was taken up in the
cross examination of Mrs. Wehe, who
failed to throw any further light on
the alleged fraudulent transfer to her
of 100000 worth of land near Red
wood City by her husband. She in
sisted that she was satisfied to accept
it in full payment of whatever money
was owing to her, but was unable to
tell even approximately what sums her
husband had borrowed from her
Petitions in Bankruptcy
Petitions in bankruptcy were filed in
the United States district court yester-
day by Walter Packard, an Oakland
laborer, who has no property to offset
debts of $2,359; n. P. Little G. Son of
Lodi, whose liabilities are $2,27S and
assets $2,06S, and by William A. Otey,
a Siskiyou county saloon keeper. with
debts of s3,4S4 and assets of s2,S57.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
SENDS STOLEN SHOES
BACK FOR LARGER SIZE

Louis K. Schwartz. who says he is in
the real estate business. was arrested
yesterday by Policeman O'Brien on a
charge of petty larceny. He is accused
of stealing a pair of shoes from the
White House on Tuesday. Finding
they were too small he sent a boy yes
terday with note purporting to be
signed by Mrs. Stelter, asking that
the shoes be exchanged for a pair two
sizes larger Policeman O'Brien was
notified and he followed the boy till
he met Schwartz, who was waiting
around the corners The police say that
Schwartz has been stealing from other
stores.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08

FALLS FROM BUILDING-Edward. Price a
carpenter. fell from the top Of the Pacific
Union club building while at work yesterday
afternoon. He sustained lacerations OF the
scalp.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08

Whereas, the city of San Fran
cisco is now endeavoring to secure
an international exposition, and
Whereas. we, the members of the
Sausalito promotion, Improvement
and good government club, desire
to express ourselves as heartily in
favor of the project and realizing
that the earnest cooperation of
every Californian is necessary to
insure success; therefore be it
Resolved. that we request our
board of town trustees to select a
committee to officially tender to
the city of san Francisco the as
surance of our loyal support and
give to the Panama-Paciflc inter-
national exposition committee
every aid and assistance possible;
and be il further
Resolved, that the town of Sau-
salito earnestly appeals to every
other municipality in the state to
adopt this or some similar step
and give to San Francisco the sin
cere and enthusiastic backing of
"a united California"
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
Record Business
of Howard Firm

NOTES OF THE AUTO
The Union sugar company of San
Maria valley have just taken delivery
Of another Autocar.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08

1t is quite gratifying TO those who
foresaW in the present season a record
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08

brea king and un-
precedented auto
mobile business to
see their highest
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
New Home for
the Haynes Car

ed and the building when finished will
be one of the finest on automobile row.
1t will be of mission design, of dark
red brick, striped with white mortar.
Every modern appliance and equip
ment both for the care of cars and
customers will be installed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08

The Haynes auto sales company will
move into its permanent home at the
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
FEE TO DIRECT
PUBLICITY WORK
Southern Pacific Official Sue
ceeds Moore on Exposition
Exploitation Committee

Charles S. Fee. passenger traffic man
ager of the Southern Pacific company
and one of the big men of the western
railroad world. was choesn yesterday
as chairman of the committee on ex-
ploitation and publicity of the Pana-
ma Pacific international exposition to
succeed Charles c. Moore, who has
taken over the craftsmanship of the fin
ance committee.
Fees appointment was made and his
acceptance given at a special meeting
of the board Of directors of the eXposi-
tion company held yesterday after
noon in the headquarters in the Mer-
chants Exchange building. Frank l..
Brown was elected vice chairman of
the committee. and Charles w. Hor-
nick of The Call, Dent H. Robert of
the Examiner and Charles de Young
of the Chronicle were named to COM
plete the committee.
WILL BE ON EVERY TONGUE
Fee accepted the important task of
directing the exploitation and adver-
tising of the exposition with an an
nouncement that the work would begin
without delay and would be continued
TO the end that between now and 1915
the name of the Panama. Pacific inter-
]
miliarly known in every part of the
civilized world.
Our first step" said Fee. will be
TO secure the active support of the
governors of every western and middle
western state and to convince them
that we want. need and expect the
hearty cooperation of themselves and
all their constituents. Next we will
turn our attention to the eastern states
and there will be no letup until every
man. woman and child in the United
States knows what we are doing here
and what this exposition is going to
be. Not only that. but we will ex-
! plot this undertaking abroad We in
tend TO reach the ends of the earth.
| There will be no limitations. We are
4 starting in to make this the best ex-
position ever held anywhere and to
/ put it in a class by ITSELF
James McNab, who has had an active
part in all the preliminary exposition
work. was elected to the position OF
chairman of the legislation committee
I This work already is well under way.
/ 1t was through this committee that the
! official organization was accomplished
and to ii will now be delegated much
/ Of the task of securing outside state
| government and foreign recognition
! and participation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
Boy Mayor
Uses Chalmers

disposal. among. other things. a beau
tifully equipped, time making Chal-
mers automobile. This car was loaned
to him by Z. P. Brinegar of the Pio-
neer automobile company and was used
yesterday by the boy mayor in MAX
ing his various tours of inspection
throughout the city
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
sAUsALITo INDoRsEs PROJECT

An enthusiastic Endorsement of the
exposition project was received yester'
day in a communication from S. T
Holden, secretary of the Sausalito pro
motion. Improvement and good gov
ernment club, containing a copy of the
following resolution:
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08

S. G. Chapman reports the sale and
delivery of Hupmobiles to G. II. Mower
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
More Owners
of Hupmo obiIes

Oakland to the Ray machine company
of Visalia, DIR. j. W. Peck of Berkel ey,
NJ. J. Mcclure of San Francisco and one
TO t. K. Oguri of Tokyo, Japan.
The boy mayor, Benjamin Katz, is
availing himself of every modern con-
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08

street and Van
Ness avenue about
July l. The plans
have hpen acc ant
Arizona republican., 1910-12-06

nestle tobacco. Production is free as far as any tax is concerned, and the leaf grows SD abundantly that prices on the manufactured article are kept down to an inconsiderable figure.
 "A five-cent bag of cheap Ameri- can smoking mixture costs the equiv alent of 15 cents in Mexico. The duty is four cents an ounce, as evil denced by a revenue stamp that has to be affixed Jo each package. For eign cigars run so high that no one thinks of using them.
 America of course retaliateS, and remember an amusing illustrati )n of the difference in price that cus- tom house can impose. At Nogales, border town, there is an interna- tiOnal street. one side of which is in Arizona and the other Sonora. On the Mexican side there is a tobacco store, where one can obtain an eX- cellent brand of cigar at five cents apiece. Immediately opposite is an American store, which displays few boxes of the identical cigar at 15 cents. It is done to attract atIen- tion, as no one would dream of buy ing his Mexican smokes in Arizona, but the fact remains that in order to make a profit the American dealer has to charge 15 cents for an article that can be obtained for One-third the price not 20 yards away New York Sun
Arizona republican., 1910-12-06
SAYS MOBILE SKIRT IS JOKE.

Miss Louise Dresser. well-known actress who has brought back from Paris some stunning gowns, says that the hobble skirt is a joke per petuated on the American woman by Paris She says. the American wo- men in their mad effort to be fash ionable. rather than lovely. grab frantically at anything that is Outre. Beauty and grace and appropriateness have nothing to do with it., a cer- tain class of American women want the unusual The Paris dressmakers know this and take advantage Of it.. This is how the little trick is accom- plished. All of the fashionable cos tuners employ people whose sole duty is to secure free advertising
 When these special and absurd fash
 ions are originated for the American market. the agents get up dress parade and models are employed to wear these styles. which are never seen elsewhere in Paris The hobbIe skirt was worn in Paris this year. it was seen at Auteil and at Long
 champs. but it was worn only by these paid models of the big estab- lishments Then the fashion papers of this country are flooded with pie lures and the American woman who knows no better wears the atrocities"
Arizona republican., 1910-12-06
Finances and Markets

New York, Dec. 5.-Operations in the stock market today were quiet and fea- tureless. Prices backed and filled within fractional limits for the most part and the days business was limited to the professional party. which at the moment seems indisposed to make a move in either direction. Little at tention was paid by Wall street to the reassembling of congress and the pro- posed method of tariff revision.
 The progress of the British general election excited even less attention but a continuance of the torrential floods in France was referred to in its bearing on our exports of food stuffs to that country. Crop conditions in the west were improved by a. heavy snow fall in Kansas, which probably came in time to save much wheat planted in october.
 Some light was thrown on last week S meeting of the steel and iron men by unofficial advices from Pittsburg. which declared, in substance. that the conference was called at the instigation of some of the leading railroad officials who were insistent in their demands that prices be revised downwards. It was intimated that some -readjustment would probably come with the early part of the new year.
 Bonds were steady. Total sales. par value. s1.295, ,OOO. United states bonds were unchanged on call.
 STOCKS.
 Amalgamated, 64; Smelling, 74lz;
Arizona republican., 1910-12-06
METALS.

New York. Dec. 5.-Standard copper was easy; spot and December. s124O@ 12.5O; January and February. S12.45@ 12.60. London was weak; spot. ( 5t 1Ss sd; futures. G57 15s. Local deal CTS report an unchanged market. Lake s13.00@1S.25; electrolytic. S12S7ls 6 1900; casting. s12.50@12.75. Customs house returns show exports of S,7S7 tons so far this month.
 Tin was easy; spot s37.4563775: December. January. February and March. sS7.37h 63762k. London, weak spot f170 17s Sd; futures, e171.
 Lead. quiet at s4.456455 for New York delivery. and at s4.306437k for East St. Louis delivery. London, e13 3s 3d.
 Spelter, easy at s5.sOG59O for New York delivery. and at s4.7Od5.S0 for East St. Louise delivery. London, G24
 lron-Cleveland warrants, 4ss sd in London. Locally. the market was quiet and unchanged
Arizona republican., 1910-12-06
THEY GROW
Good Humor and Cheerfulness From
 Right Food and Drink.

Anything that interferes with gooC health is apt to keep cheerfulness and good humOr in the background. A Washington lady found that letting coffee alone made things bright for her She writes:
 Four years ago I was practically pected to live long. My nervous sys- tenn was in a bad condition.
 But I was young and did not want to die so I began to look about for the cause of my chronic trouble. I used to have nervous spells which would ex- haust me and after each spell it would take me days before I could sit up in chair.
 'I became convinced my trouble was caused by coffee. I decided to stop it and bought some Postum.
 ''The first cup. which made accord ing to directions, had . soothing ef- feet on my nerves and I liked the taste. For a time 1 nearly lived on POstum and ate little food besides. am today a healthy woman.
 My family and relatives wonder if I am the same person I was four years ago. when I could do no work on ac- count of nervousness. Now I am dO- ing my own housework. take care of two babies-one twenty and the other two months old. I am so busy that l hardly get time to write a letter, yet do it all with the cheerfulness and good humor that comes from enjoying good health.
 T tell my friends its to Postum I owe my life today"
 Read The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
 Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine. true, and full of human interest.