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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
The Calls Fund
For the Orphans
Goes Above $4,000

Yesterday mas great day for
the little orphan girls pho mere
burned out BY the Mount ST Jo-
scph's asylum fire last Sunday.
No popular subscription ever ap-
pcalcd so strongly TO the syn1pd-
thies of the people of San Fran
cisco. The fren1en alone con-
hibuted more than ST.. 900. Fol-
lowing is the complete list:
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13

PERIsEFD TRAII,-seattie. oct. I2.-Rear Ad-
mirai John A. Rodgers. L. s. n, retired, has
arrived from Alaska convinced that his miss
ing son. Alexander. who went norin IN me
summer ~ 1909 persisted on the faldez-Fa air
hanks trail after leaving rosdhouse 40 miles
from Fairbanks, 10 which town he was nound-
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13

LIBRARIANS WILL MEET-San Rafael. Oct
I2-Delesafes OF tbe third district Of the
California library association will meet IN
convention at the new free library pulldlng
here Saturday Tho speakers viii inciuae har
Green Of oakland aud Miss May Cooper
Thirty delegates are expected.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
RENO'S REVELS
REVEALED BY
RACY ROMANCE
Miss Leslie Curtis Completes
Story Based Upon Life in
Nevada City
Convincing Candor of Writer
Creates CONSERVATION
Among Heroines

THE amusements of the divorce
colony of Reno. with its orgies,
- amours, entanglements and night
life of abandonment, with it's loves,
cross loves and counter affections, with
its fancies, frills and fights, are to. be
soon published in book form by Miss
Leslie Curtis. who is at the Hotel Re-
gent in Sutter street working on the
last pages of her manuscript after
having spent several months among
the divorces. studying their ways and
marking their characteristics.
News of the coming book has reached
Reno and in the divorce colony there is
a Mortified inclination to scurry for
cover, for of late the. excesses have
exceeded even the unblushing limits
of a divorce town. The pioneers and
charter members of the colony walked
circumspect1y. avoiding the public gaze
and seeking nothing more than di
vorce; but as the fame of the convent
ence grew. New York began to dump
from its matrimonial heaps others who
were not SO particular-women who
blushed not. and men who looked not
for bushes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
N RS, LUM mis-
SEEKS CUSTODY
OF Children
Contents of Authors Famous
Diary Likely to Be Kept
Secret From Public
Trouble Has Gone Too Far for
Reconciliation, Says the
Scientists Wife

With Charles Fletcher Lun1mis su-
thor. scientist and musician. contented-
ly strumming his guitar and playing
cavalier TO his housekeeper and feni-
nine secretary in Los Angeles. and hts
wife coming out with the direct state
ment that affairs had progressed too far
for reconci1ia ation, what little hope
there existed among their friends to
bring them together vanished yester-
day.
That there will be divorce action is
taken as a matter OF course. but the
famed diary will not be used as evil
dence. according to the present indica-
tions. When questioned regarding it.
Lummis said:
''If there is such a diary. tt was ed
tied for me and not by me-"
Which the other side takes 1t to
mean that if the diary is produced in
court they will have TO go to the
trouble of proving that what is written
therein is not the mental meanderings
of romantic writer. but the actual ex-
periences OF the author. AS a liter
ary light Lummis is licensed to delve
into the imaginative and conjure up
visions of love in such fancies and
shapes as please him and which he
believes will please his publishers; and
if he chooses to do so in diary form.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
HUSBAND HELPS MAKE EASY. DIVORCE
SUIT BEGUN BY VIRGINIA HARMED
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

RENO, Oct. 12.-That there will be
nothing on the face of the record. either
in the shape of jurisdictional deficien-'
cies or in the way of issues OF fact to
prevent Virginia Harmed Sothern, the
actress from obtaining bullet proof
divorce decree from her equally well
known actor husband, E. H. Sothern,
was shown today in the fling OF Soth-
ern's answer to the complaint
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13

Sothern's answer was signed in New
York city on October 6 last. The an
swer admits all the formal allega-
tions comforting jurisdiction. even in
Guiding that one in which the actress
says that her husband is now and for
a long time has been a resident of the
county of Washoe.
1t even admits the allegation of de-
sertion on June 80, 1906.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
Wallace Released

whether this vessel was used to tran,
port dynamite to this port.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
Previously Acknowledged S2557.34
san FRANCISCO FIRE
DEPARTMENT 11O5.75

The splendid contribution Of the
hremen TO the orphans fund came
from the following divisions of the
denarfYuerf.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
Boredom Vanishes

The newscomer came to be bored,
she found, but the boredom lasted not
long. The other fellow and the other
maid were in. the same boat and every
one was intent on rocking the craft.
There were house parties given by di-
vorcees, where men escaping from
their wives, met, whispered, intrigued
and f1irted openly and brazenly with
wives escaping from their husbands.
They came to sing the battle cry of
freedom, but flushed with the fumes of
a new liberty, turned to yelping license.
All was marked down in her little
notebook and the divorce colony is
wondering just how much she wit
messed.
AT first, said Miss Curtis. Il was
taken for divorcee until / was forced
to publish an advertisement that I was
not married. never had been, and did
not contemplate matrimony. Then 1
was let alone to pursue the even tenor
of M yway My book will not please
every one, but L have kept strictly to
the truth-and that will be revela-
ton"
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
Weary Wait Transformed

The six months legal stay was con-
verted from a weary waiting into one
glorious hulabulloo, with wines, pic
mics, Joy rides and erotic thrills. The
men of the western town, accustomed
merely to bloody murder, seven up,
sudden death, chuck a luck and other
pastoral pursuits. blinked in wonder
at the imported New York villainies,
marve1ing at the new type of bad men,
and marveling still more at the bad
women. While the six months froIic
was at Its height Miss Curtis went to
Reno. Keen ,sss.2settve, clever. she
worked herself into the innermost cir
cles with little difficulty and then be-
gan making notes and gathering ma.
terial for her book. A full account has
she of automobile rides to Meana
springs. of bathing parties at Laugh
toms. of reckless hours in Rick's road
house with a piano wnanging into the
silences of the desert night. of secret
trips to Lake Tahoe and peculiar
dances at Coney island. According to
her manuscript. the divorce colony was
almost unit in divorcing reason from
their beds and wedding the wine maid.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
Demands Children
Aided Her Husband

Much OF his success. his wife said.
has been due to her efforts. At the
time he married her he was news
paperman. she said, but lacked the con-
centration and ambition necessary to
lift timsef ant ax tha Tut. Shs also
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13
LITTLE ONES in
SOUTH LONG TO
RETURN HOME
Children Sent From Destroyed
Orphan Asylum Beg to Be
Taken Back
Sisters Busy Preparing New
Building and Funds Are
Urgently Needed
} athletic appeals that they be

permitted to return to San Fran
= cisco have come from those chill
dren of the Roman Catholic orphan asy-
lum who were sent to southern cities
and towns when their home in South
San Francisco burned last Sunday.
Although they were made the guests
of honor wherever they went, their
hearts are turning back to the memo
ries OF their happy days here and they
refuse TO be comforted.
Fund Great Aid
Preparations are going on here to
gather them together again as rapidly
as possible. but always the question Of
osity of those who have responded to
The Calrs announcement of a subscrip-
tion list to aid the sisters, much has
been made possible
But how many have as yet made no
response to the prayers or the little.
homeless children that they be reunited
soon, and to the longings of the fathers
or mothers who. are separated from
their children?
Sister Helena, superior of the asy-
lum, said yesterday:
Il must hurry to get the children
back to San Francisco. Think of the
hea artaShes of the parents separated
from their little ones, 1t is so hard
for mother, widowed and working, to
have her dear little children away from
her. Many a father is broken hearted
at the absence of the little, motheriess
daughter he has given into our care. It
is wrong to keep the children in Los
Angeles. Santa Cruz or Santa Barbara.
Everything must be done at once to
get our children together again Money
is our first need, of course. With
money so much can be done at once.
Please thank those who have been so
good in sending money to The Call for
us. We will think of them and remem-
ber them in our prayers of thanksgiv-
ing. God will take care of us, and the
means will be Forthcoming, 1 am sure,
to re-establish. us"
Sister Mary Returns
Sister Mary, who accompanied the
children to the Los Angeles orphanage
has returned here to assist Sister Hell
ena in making ready the building at
Franklin and Ellis streets, where the
orphanage will be reopened. She told
of the enthusiastic and kindly recep-
ton given the little band of homeless
children there. The sisters and children
met them with every expression Of af-
fection and sympathy. The children,
girls from Z to IL years old, bewil-
dered still from the danger they had
passed through SO miraculously, worn
from fatigue and loss of sleep, their
eyes and lungs burning and painful
from the stinging smoke which had
almost overpowered them as they fed
in the early morning down the wide
corridors of the blazing building, were
made to feel they had reached a second
home. Baths and fresh new clothes
were given them and beds where they
might lose in peaceful sleep the MEM
ory of their trials
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13

n EMO, New, Oct 12.-Folloving
TX duel TO the death between Will
- - A Flowers and his father, Will
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-05-07

should it be? There is no form ..
sin which is SO destructive, so IN Z
sidious. There is no form Of temp
tation that is made SO attractive
as is this, and the tendency Of so
ciety to-day, with its license laws
and its privileges to wicked men
to sell the thing that will DESTROY
character and worth and wealth,
is to treat lightly the whole sub-
ject, and to look upon it as one of
which we have heard enough. ct
us not be misled in any such Wy
Let us. on this Temperance Sun
day, each one who is a teacher,
speak one earnest word OF wd.ii-
ing to boys and girls as to what
must be the certain effect of play
ing with wine or beer or anything
OF which alcohol is constituent
part. for alcohol q a demon, and
when it once takes possession OF
human soul it makes it fit only
to dwell with demons.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-05-07
NORTH EAST

Messrs. |. II. Ford and L. S.
rerhune are having extensive i'm
provements made to their prop
erty on Back street, and every ef-
fort will be made to have the irive
made TO the cemetery respec-
table thoroughfare, instead OF the
present dilapidated one.
Each class at the North East
school planted tree Friday after
noon, Arbor Day, with appro-
pirate exercises.
Mrs. Emma Dietrich, OF New
York, temperance evangelist, de-
livered we'll attended and inter
esting lecture in the NJ. L. Church
last Wednesday evening.
The funeral OF Miss Jessie Kerr,
who died at her aunts Mrs. Vii
liam +. Bryson's. last Tuesday,
was held on Sunday, with inter
ment in the NJ. +. Cemetery.
Mr.. James Doak is having a
family vault built in the NJ. F..
Cemetery, where he will have the
remains OF his wife removed from
Philadelphia. soon.
The organization OF the Me-
thodist brotherhood was con,-
pleted on Tuesday evening, and
will continue the good work be
gun some time ago, when much
good was done by the Brother
hood.
Mrs. Byron anduscn. OF boy
lestown, Pa, spent the week with
her sister, Mrs. W. X. Burr. AT
the parsonage.
Mr., and Mrs. J. NJ. Clark, OF
Washington, ID. c. spent the
week with their parents.
Our Shad OILERS SO Tar have had
a poor season, and while the price
is good, the catch is small.
Mr.. Patrick RLedy, OF Balti-
more, spent the early week here.
Robert Reynolds, represented
the Red Men here in the Great
Council of the State held at OK
ford. Md, this week.
MIR. Asa Rambo, OF Whining
ton, Del, is visiting his daughter
Mrs. ]. H. Shippers.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Carter, OF
Philadelphia, spent the week with
her parents.
Mrs. John Baker OF phladel-
phia. is visiting Mrs. George Rey-
nolds.
Mrs. George W. Williams is
visiting in upper Cecil county.
Mrs. Marion Rose. OF Baltimore.
is visiting her mother here.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-05-07
BLYTHEDALE

MIR. John Craig has made his
mother a present OF a nice four
year old colt.
Miss Fanny Jacks m, OF Woou-
lawn, was entertained by Mr.. and
Mis-. Robert Jackson. on Sunday
MIR. and Mrs. Osmond Bur
roughs and daughter, Ethel, wcr.
guests OF Mrs. John Jackson, o.,
Sunday.
Mrs. John Good and children
were entertained on "Wednesday
by Mrs. Orion TAYLOR.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-05-07
Sabbath School
NOTES BY R. s. HOLMES.
Lesson VI. May 8, 1910.
TEMPERANCE LESSON.
prov. "a: 2o-35.)

Golden Text: AT the last it
biteth like serpent and stingeth
like an adder" Prov. 20: 80.
Everyone knows these verses,
that begin WHO hath woe? Who
hath sorrow Who hath redness
OF eyes We have written notes
on them two or three times in the
past. They are the most graphic
description of the ruin and wreck
which Intoxicating drink makes OF
humanity that is to be found III
literature. We write no notes to-
day, but instead, homily. Per-
haps someone can get from it that
which will be of service in the
Sunday school hour.
Drunkenness begins so easily.
The temptation to drink once, just
once, to young fellow just go
ing out into lile, is very great.
Men do it. Other boys do it.
Other clerks in stores do it. Other
men in mills do it. Other young
fellows i'll college do it. Why not
we who 90 out from home for the
first time to try life for ourselves !:
We will never be drunkards. We
have no such thought. Appetite
will never control us. We can do
just as we please. We can drink
or not drink, and can stop when
ever we get ready" That is the
way young Fellows talk. But here
is one thing eternally true, no
young man or young woman ever
became tie victim OF intoXication
that never drank. If you let the
first drink alone and do not take
it, you will never be victim. Ii
is the bright, alert, self-conhdent
young fellow who loves popular
itv, who wants to be hail fellow,
well met with every other one,
who, having taken his first drink,
has taken his second and his third,
and who las at some time been
drunk ioi the first time, and tt II
once again. How conscience
Smites after such experiences.
How rcmorSc takes us. and we
say we viii never do it again, and
then we do. and so it is again and
again. until the bright, alert,
warm-hcartcd. wcll-dressed. ac-
tive. ambitious Young fellow be.
comes the shalnblng. ragged, dis
graceful. disreputahle vagabond,
who ends his life in the gutter or
in the prison or on the gallows.
That has been Tie story over and
over and over
These are the men who have
woe, WHO tarry long at the wine,
who have rcdncSs of eyes.
Is it not strange that Young
people will not profit by the ex-
pericnce oi their elders? Is it not
a singular thing that each man,
each woman wants to try even the
worst sides OF lie just to see what
there is OF it? Women are kept
from this with more caretulness
than are men, in most OF the cir
clcs of our lie. But there are
girls WHO grow up without social
advantage, without much cduca-
ton, in families that are poor, in
localities where they are beSct by
temptations OF every kind, who
seem TO be as headstrong as al
young men, and who seem to be
bound To go wrong. Many start
even as do young men, and the
tendency OF young life to reject
everything that experience can
say, and 60 for itself, and learn
Tor itseii, is something fearful in
these days. The cities are full OF
this sort o. { Ill.
Drunkcn c$s means no home
no none, i ter while, no occu-
patton. Tie great railroads will
not employ ncn who drink. There
are great industrial institutions
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
Feels Real Touchy

Commenting upon the recent meeting
Of county commercial organizations. at
which this city stood out for the privilege
Of making . display under the Rocky
Ford banner at the Eighteenth National
Irrigation Congress, the La Junta Tribune
last week gets of the following wall:
Rocky Ford ought to have a little Chi
nsss wall built around her so she could flock
by herself and keep all Of the outside world
from poaching upon her preserves. The
people Of that community seem to think
that Rocky Ford is the only pebble upon
the Arkansas Valley beach worth while
in an agricultural or any other kind Of
way. notwithstanding the fact that can't
aloupes raised in North La Junta almost
without exception take the first premium
at the annual grabfest held in that city
known to fame as Watermelon Day."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1910
Subseripdon Ratea
LOCAL ITEMS

Fire Chief Ksrpe is the happhest man
in town today. because Of the arrival Of
4 son and heir at his home yesterday.
Morning services only will be held in
tho Christian church next Sunday. The
sermon theme will be 1.-The Abiding Mes
sage of Jesus" A union service will be
held at $50 p. m in the M. E. church.
At the Methodist church on Sunday
morning the pastor will preach. At 8
o'clock there will be union vesper praise
service. BY request Dr.. Rollins will re-
peat IAN Evening with Isaac Watts. :"
conducted by the Methodist choir.
Miss Letha Shumate was the charm
ing hostess Of delightful hunting and
fishing party on her extensive ordway
ranch all last week. The guests were
r. S. Bsall and family. Miss Ethlyn
Maeksy Of Kansas City. Miss Helen
Glenn Of Pueblo. and Edmund Bsnnst Of
Denver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
$500 OWEN AWAY
The Biggest Thing Of the Kind Ever
Proposed In Colorado

The Rocky Mountain News announces
= school ehildrsn's educational competition
70: series Of cash prizes amounting to
$500 in gold.
This contest Is open to all pupils Of
schools in the state. 1t will begin in The
News on Sunday. July 10. and continue
until September 9. It is not necessary
that contestants shonld Be subscribers
or readers Of The News.
A series Of sixty-two puzzle pictures.
one each day. will be printed in The News
during the above period. These pseturss
will represent the names Of animals.
names Of famous paintings. names Of
natural history exhibits. names Of fish.
names Of plants and titles Of popular and
well-known songs. All that is necessary
is to tell what each picture represents,
giving the name Of the animal. plant or
song. etc. Children may receive help from
their parents or other Rrown-up friends,
and the child who gets most Of the solu-
tons right will receive prize Of $3.50 in
gold. There is long list Of other prizes.
So that all may have an equal chance
The News has prepared q booklet con-
containing list Of all the names used for
the pictures. This booklet can be had by
sending o cents 10 cover cost and postage
to the Educational Contest Editor. Rocky
Mountain News, Denver.
Full details Of the contest will appear
from day to day in The News. School
children everywhere iu Colorado should
get busy at once and prepare to win
some Of this money.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
Notice of Adjustment Day

Estate of John L. Whitehead. Deceased.
The undersigned. having been appointed
Administrative of the Estate of John L..
Whitehead. deceased, late Of the County OF
Otero. In the State of Colorado. deceased.
fore the County Court OF said Otero County.
at the Court House In La Junta. In said
County. on Monday. the 1st day OF August:
A. ID. 1910, ut the hour of 10 O'Clock A. M. OF
said day, Mt which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified and
requested TO attend for the purpose of hav-
Ing the same adjusted. All persons indebted
TO said estate are requested to make inmedi.
ate payment to the undersigned.
Dated at Rocky FHrd, Colorado, this 2ird
day OF June. A. D. 1910
MARY X. WHITEHEAD Administratlix
of the estate of John l.. whitehead.
deceased.
Glenn, Beall 4 Goblin, Attorneys. !
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Department Of Colorado VIII Nee
In This City Next Year.

Department Of Colorado VIII Meet
In This City Next Year.
@. Harvey Norton and F. W. Smith re-
turned home on Wednesday from Color
ado Springs where they had represented
the local post in the annual convention
Of The Department Of Colorado. U. S. ".
w.. on July 4 and s. They brought back
with them the good news that Rocky
Ford Post, the youngest in the ddpart-
msnt had been signally honorsd in this
convention. As not only was one Of its
delegates elected to = department Office
but this city was chosen as the eonvsn-
ton city for 1911.
In the election Of officers g. Harvey
Norton was the unanimous choice for de-
partmsnt chaplain. an Office that he will
undoubtedly fll with credit 10 the local
post and the department.
The U. S. W. v. joined in the big Fourth
Of July celebration At the Springs and re-
esivsd great praise for their ereditabls
showing. the display Of the Lair Of the
Ssrpsnt-ths ''play order" Of the Vstsr-
-slieiting admiring attention.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
Serial O7562.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior,

U. s. Land ONCE at Pueblo. Colo,
June II. 1910.
Notice Is hereby given that Tempa
May Eggleston. OF Denver. Colorado.
who. on February "a, 1908. made Des-
ert Land Entry No. 1910. Seri;l No.
07562. for VIZ Sec. 81. Twp. IS s.. r.
IS W.. 9Th p. Meridian. has filed notice
Of Intention to make final proof. to es-
tablish claim to the land above de-
scribed. before the United States Land
Office. at Pueblo. Colorado. on the
18th day OF August. 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: Hem
ry +. Eickhofr, J. c. BOllinger. OF Tim
pas. Colorado. Harvey 8. Rainwater.
J. d. Matthew. of Mount Morrison.
Colorado.
Not coal land
8. A. ABBEY, Register.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
Serial 0156i.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior.

U. 8. Land ONCE at Pueblo. Colo.
June II. 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Effe Z.
Allen. OF Tfmnath. Colorado, who, on
February "a. 1908. made Desert Land
Entry No. 1912. Serial No o7ssl, for
Lots l.. 2. Sh NE Ia. M Sc 1-4,
Sw Ia Sc Ia. Section ;. Township
es s.. Range IS W.. 9Th p. Meridian,
has filed notice Of Intention to make
final proof. to establish claim to the
land above described. before the Uni
ted States Land Office. at Pueblo. Col
orado. on the 10th day Of August, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: Hem
ry F. Eickhon. of Timpas. Colo: II. l..
Brannon. Of Rocky Ford. Colo: Chris
tena +. Lafrerty. Of Timnath. Colo:
william A. Lafrerty. Of Timnath. Colo
RADIO.
Not coal land.
s. A. ABBEY. Register.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
Bugolc giSt Leaves

E. c. Marsh. our local government en-
tomoloQist who has been with Us . year
or so. working to limit the bug pests that
infsst oUr beet and melon crops. left last
evening for San Francisco. whence he
sails shortly for Honolulu. There he will
tackle the pineapple and sugar cane bug
propositions, under the direction Of the
territorial government Of Hawaii.
Mr.. Mcmillan, his official successor
here. has already entered upon his duties.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-08
Again the Cost Of Living

A young lady who taught a class Of
small boys in the Sunday-sehool desired
to impress on them the meaning Of return
ing thanks before meal. Turning to one
Of the class. whose father was a deacon
IN the church. she asked him:
"William. what Is the first thing your
father says when he sits down to the
tabls?'
HE says, Go SLOW with the butter.
kids; it's forty cents . pound'." replied
the younRster.