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The San Francisco call., 1910-08-02
NOTED OSTEOPATH
SETS GIRLS HIP
Demonstration of the Lorenz
Method interests Gathering
of Medical Profession


Before 500 people,. in the colonial
ballroom of the st. Francis hotel yester-
day afternoon, DIR. Henry Forbes of Los
Angeles performed the famous LorenZ
osteopathic operation on 5 year old
Vera Sternemann. daughter of Leopold
Sternemann of Oakland. The little girl
was born with a dislocated hip, and
when she was measured before the
opera ton it was found that her left
leg was two inches shorter than the
right. Just one and a half hours later,
when Doctor Forbes finished the. blood
less but somewhat grewsorne opera tion,
the little girls hip was in its normal
condition and the leg the proper length.
DESCRIBES DIsLOCATIoN
Prior to his demonstra tion of oste-
opathy Doctor Forbes explained that
the little girl had been under the treat
ment of Doctor Frazier of Oakland, in
order that the muscles might be in: the
proper condition for the terrific ordeal
of his operation. He described the
nature of the dislocation and spoke of
the different phases of the Lorenz
system. The little girl was then
brought to the operating table, the
snesthetic having been administered in
another room Assisted by DIR. IT. j.
Ruddy. DR.. Curtis Brigham and Dr..
Alice ChafIe. as weI1 as corps of
nurses and attendants, he began his
work by pulling and stretching the
muscles of the hip with numerous mo-
tions He stated that il was necessary
to tear these muscles apart in order
to place and keep the leg bone in the
socket where IL belonged. After con
siderable stretching he severed the
muscles with several blows of the
hand
CAN BE DONE Quickly
Only slight clicking indicated that
the hip was nearing its normal state.
While working Doctor Forbes said:
This operation might be accom-
plisheJ in two or three minutes, but
the results are much better when 90
or 80 minutes are taken. The muscles
which / am tearing apart will grow
together again as good as ever, but the
operation is so painful that it is
necessary, to use nearly three times
the ordinary amount of anesthetic."
After all of the physicians had worked
on the leg for a few moments Forbes
announced that the bone had slipped
into place and that before the plaster
cast was applied but one thing was
left, the grinding of the bone and the
socket with a circular motion so that
they would knit firmly. When this
was done the cast was applied with
the utmost care and the little girl was
removed to another room to recover
from the anesthetic. Doctor Forbes
expressed himself as satisfied with the
operation and said that with proper
care success was almost certain.
OsTEoPATHs MEET
Prior TO the remarkable exhibition
the California branch of the American
osteopathic association held the first
meeting of the convention, which will
open formally this morning at the St
Francis and will end August Z. The
Lorenz operation was the biggest fea-
ture of the gathering, but on Thurs
day a paper will be read by DR.. Dain
l.. Tasker of Los Angeles, in which
great interest is being shown.
Today the program for the conven-
tionists is as follows:
9;So a. m.--Welcome address by Dr.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-02

other persons he accused of having
bestowed opprobrious names and epi-
thets upon her. AS consequence, she
became sick, and on November II, 1909,
was forced to leave Smith, the COM
plant asserts, 1t is also charged that
on frequent oeoa sions Smith: returned
home late al night in highly intoxf-
Gated condition.
Mrs. Smith is living at the Palace
hotel with her daughter. Two weeks
ago she obtained from Judge Van Nos
trand an order restraining ~her HTS
band from annoying her there, alleg-
ing that he had many times called her
up on the. telephone and insulted her
Lippitt & Lippitt of Petaluma and
Reuben g. Hunt are her attorneys. :.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-02
MILLERS WARNED NOT
TO BLEACH FLOUR
Uncle Sam Orders Stoppage
Pending Court Decision

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Miilers must
stop bleaching flour, pending adjudi-
cation by the higher courts, or stand
criminal prosecution for each shipment
made in interstate commerce, according
to a decision reached here today at q
conference between officials of the de-
partments Of agriculture and justice.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-02
Three KILLED
BY DISCHARGED
FIRE FIGHTER
Maniac Leads Firemen Into
Death Trap, Then Murders
Wife and Child
Slayer Ends Night Pursuit by
Committing Suicide; Two
Victims Are Dying

Victims OF Bert S. Durham, San
Diego murderer. who committed
suicide:
The dead.
Donald f. Grnnt, engineer.
Mrs. Bert s. Durham and child.
The wounded:
Peter SaInpseII, captain of
: hose company, mortaIIy wounded.
Guy Elliott, driver, has a
chance 10 recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
A Costly Victory.

A new complication enters into the
British political situation with the an
nouncement that Premier Asquith, feeling
bitterly disappointed as a result of the
elections, has left London for the con-
tinent on holiday trip, in the course
of which he will consider the question of
resigning his ministerial leadership 1t is
recalled that he explicitly stated before
the election that he would not continue in
office unless the country gave him full
authority to carry out his policy for deal
ing with the house of lords BY no
stretch Of the imagination can the re-
turns from the country be construed as
conveying such instructions.
With only twenty-eight constituencies
to hear from, the standing of the parties
at the closing of the ballotng yesterday
was: Unionists 26A. liberals 263. laborites
10 and nationalists "a. 1t is expected that
the final majority of the acknowledgements
tionalist coalition will be 122. as against
$50 at the close of the balloting four years
ago. At every turn the ministry will be
dependent upon not only the laborites.
whose interests are now In the main
identical with those Of the liberal party,
but upon the nationalists, who are not q
unit on the question OF the budget. 1t is
expected that at least ten OF the Irish
members will be mustered into a guerrilla
force lighting against the finance bill and
the leadership of Redmond While these
ten votes cannot affect the situation. they
will serve to render the position Of the
ministry at all times embarrassing.
The possibility Of ASQuith's 5esiSnation
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Cold Storage and Prices.

When some years ago methods were de-
vised for the keeping of food products
in cold storage they We're regarded as an
economic advancement of advantage To
all the parties in the food consumption
transaction. The preserving of meats
and other foods. il was held, would per
nit the maintenance of an equable range
of prices and prevent failures of the sup
Ply. In practice, however. cold storage
has meant. if the bitter complaints of
,-.e consumer are we'll founded, the
maintenance of high prices and the pre-
vention of low prices. If any average
has been preserved it has been, the con-
sumers claim, a high one. The packers
have had the situation we'll in hand at all
stages. They had only to increase their
production for time, fill their storage
houses. and then resume a normal aver
age of production. keeping always In re-
serve certain quantity, the dispensing
of which in times of material shortage
was not permitted to affect the price In
short, the public complains that ii was
never allowed to gain any advantage
from overproduction In the cattle mar
ket. but always paid the penalty of short
supplies from the ranches.
u Is now proposed to limit to certain
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period the length OF time for which meats
and other food products can be kept In
cold storage. The government can pre-
scribe such rules only on the basis of in
terstate commerce and on the score OF
the public health. It cannot well prohibit
cold storage as an economic device. 1t
may be questioned whether this measure
will surely serve the purpose desired. 1t
may, Of course be advantageous to the
consumer from sanitary point of view
to prohibit the cold storage of foods more
than a certain number Of weeks, but he
Is guaranteed nothing as to effect upon
the prices by any time limit SO long as
it remains possible for the packers to in
crease their cold storage facilities. to fill
their cold vaults with meats. to sell al
ways from the stores of longest preserva-
ton and thus retain a sufficient quantity
of food materials in stock to supply the
market demands during the entire period
of limitation.
If a consumers strike or meat boycott
could be practically maintained for six
months the packers would be placed in a
position of serious embarrassment. as
Stunning that half a year was the limit OF
cold storage prescribed by the law. Under
such system the packers would be TAX
ing their chances upon public abstinence
from meat consumption lasting long
enough to leave them with an uncon-
stunned stock on their hands. The shorter
the period Of cold storage limitation pre-
scribed by law the more effective would
become the public measures of coercion
and the more precarious the packers in
sistence upon a range of high prices.
These considerations must be taken seri-
ously into account in the framing of any
legislation that may be proposed as a
remedy for the undeniably evil conditions
with which the consuming public is at
present confronted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
Good News From Paris.

The word that comes from Paris this
morning is reassuring. The height of the
flood appears to have been reached and
the waters are now subsiding. Although
the situation remains desperately bad,
with a large part of the city actually
under water, with the subway system
flooded and with foundation walls under
mined and buildings trembling, the food
supply short and the water supply a
matter of the most serious difficulty, the
French capital has probably escaped
the threatened record-breaking catastro-
phe Another day with the Seine
continuing TO rise and Paris might have
suffered one of the greatest disasters in
modern history. Already the damage in
hicted by the rising waters is beyond
computation. The estimate of 500. 600 600
mentioned in the cables a few days ago
has since been exceeded, but no one now
ventures to measure the calamity in even
approximate terms of money value. Prob
ably 1t will be many months before an
accurate inventory of losses can be
made. The undermining OF buildings by
the flood may not cause immediate col
lapses. and not until the foundation walls
have dried and their exact strength test
I'd can il be ascertained how far Paris
has been affected by this inundation.
In such cases subsistence of the waters
is always much swifter than the rise, and
unless additional rain falls in the upper
watershed of the Seine il is not likely
that Paris will suffer from a repetition of
the terrors from which it is apparently
now escaping The French people are of
an elastic temperament, and always make
the best of bad situation. so that
probably with the falling of the Seine
Will come a reaction of cheerfulness and
courage. II, however. there should be
need of foreign assistance, funds will not
lie lacking TO meet any necessity. The
people of the United States stand ready
10 give abundantly upon the first call
for help. They have watched the prog
ress of this disastrous inundation most
anXiously, and are today inexpressibly
gratified at the falling of the waters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
An Automobile Police.
from the Portland Press.


Over in Massachusetts bold, bad men
are said to be riding around the coun-
try in automobiles, stopping here and
there to crack a safe and rob post Of
flee. The marauders find that the motor
wagons enable them to elude the vigil
lance of the police authorities. The prac-
tice of the robbers suggests that an au-
tomobile may be used to catch an auto.
Perhaps in the future rural automo-
bile police force will be maintained in
states like Massachusetts,. Then party
of hard-lOoking characters found riding
in the dead of night might be held up
and made to account for themselves if
they could. A couple of policemen in an
automobile could cover considerable
extent of territory. Pending the time,
which is coming, when it will be neces-
sary to have an aerial police department
skyshooting around in airshipS this idea
OF an automobile rural police is worth
considering in those states where the des-
peradoes have adopted the benzine wagon
as handy means OF getting about on
their nefariouS errands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
The Tragedy of Paris.
From the Baltimore American.

Not since the days of the commune,
when Paris was swept by bayonets and
bullets, has there been such desolation
and woe in the city that for centuries has
challenged the interest of the world. The
very nerve center of civilization, the
metropolis where life is lived in its cos
mopoitan extreme as nowhere else, the
city of palaces and novels. of art and
misery, of religion and license. Paris car
ries the mind along the majestic-at times
appalling-march of Europe through the
present era, from the break up Of the
Roman empire before the devastating
flood of Goths. Visigoths and their kin
barbarian hordes. The city in which the
rise and fall of empire has been written
In imperishable records, the city that has
signally held itself In the van of world
movement is undergoing calamity the
proportions of which stagger the imagi-
nation and impoverish language. 1t could
be worse. 1t could be infinitely worse;
but its proportions are far beyond those
of any former devastation of the same
nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
Geography and Democratic Honors.

1T is generally and probably safely, as
sumed that a democratic House will mean
the promotion of Mr.. Clark to the speak
ership and of Mr.. Underwood to the lead
ership on the floor. And that will mean
the supremacy Of the south in the d.
rection of the business of that body.
In the Senate the south. which now
holds the minority leadership, may sur
render 1t at the close of this Congress
Mr.. Money will retire at that time, and
Mr.. Shively, next in line. will have claims
upon the place. Although a new senator
he is not new to public life. and he pos
sesses ability as a speaker and debater
He would fill the post well.
With the south and the middle states
thus recognized in the distribution OF
national democratic honors. what about
the west and the east? Should we see
them furnishing the two men for the ma
tlonal ticket? In such matters geography
will assert itself
When we speak of the west and de-
1nocracy everybody thinks of Mr.. Bryan.
He is of the west, western. He stands
for all the things which have come out
of that section to startle the country
these past fifteen or twenty years. His
democracy is SO distinctly western, east
ern democrats call him a populist. 1t is
in vain that he shows the strawberry
mark on his left arm. He has no thought
of changing his domicile. Talk of his
moving to Texas is unwarranted. He
declares he entertains no such idea. Mr..
Bryan would be justified in adapting a
famous French line. and in saying, 1.-The
western democracy? 1t is l."
If Mr.. Bryan enters into the calcula :
ton at all-and how can he be ex-
cluded?-it must be for first place.
MacGregor, at that board, belongs at
the head. But if he declines the place
will it be in favor of another western
or an eastern man? And what man?
None of Mr. Bryan's western lieu
tenants are accepted as of presidential
size, and all eastern democrats of that
size are antr-Bryan.
But who is there in the east even Of
vice presidential size acceptable to Mr..
Bryan? Judge Gaynor? Maybe. But he
has just embarked on the sea of poll
tics; and a mighty troublous sea it is.
What condition he may present two
years hence is a question. In Office
by Tammany's efforts. but indisposed
TO be Tammany's man. he has good
chance for shipwreck; and if the
waters do roll over him he will never
be seaworthy again.
For some years much has been said
about "a good southern man" for
President. But all efforts to go south
for the democratic candidate have.fail-
ed The suggestion has lost interest.
There are some very attractive men
in the south, but they have never re-
sponded to the approaches of their
eastern brethren. They have seemed
to think the overtures were loaded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
A Fish Out of Water.

Representative Fish of New York, a
| Republican who voted to deprive the
Speaker of the power to appoint the
House members of the Ballinger-Pinchot
investigating committee, in a letter home
explains his vote by saying that he con-
sidered the matter in controversy of a
moral rather than a partisan nature.
That is to say. he would have trusted
the Speaker in a partisan matter, but in
order to keep partisanship out of this
matter thought it best that the power
of committee appointment be turned over
to the House.
High ground for Mr.. Fish, but how did
the result justify his aspirations? In
order to win he had to ally himself with
the opposition party, which furnished
eight-tenths of the votes of the success
full combination. Did his allies meet
him in his endeavor? Did they, as he
was doing, struggle against PARTISAN
ship, and seek men whose standing
guaranteed a strictly judicial discharge
of their duties?
AS we all know, the democrats, ap-
praising the matter as strictly partisan,
selected two of their most aggressive
members for committee service. The par
tisan record of one was so Objectionable
on that account the republicans refused
to accept him. Even the insurgents balk-
ed. Mr.. Fish was of the number that re-
fused Mr.. Rainey. He drew the line at
him, and probably would have been glad
to draw it also at Mr.. James.
The republican members turned out to
be the men the Speaker might have named.
Good partisans about partisan ques-
lions, they met with no criticism even
from the opposition. Both sides accepted
them as altogether worthy of the work.
If the Speaker and the House will par
don the figure of speech, Mr.. Fish swap
ped the devil for a witch-a trade under
the ban Of philosophical advice. The
House did not improve on the republican
end of the committee. while the Speaker
would have greatly improved the demo-
cratic end SO far as Mr.. Fishs desires
were concerned. Neither Mr.. James nor
Mr.. Rainey would have been picked by
| the Speaker, as the current speculation
showed.
Here, in small, is an illustration of what
would happen If the general power OF
committee appointments were taken from
the Speaker and bestowed on the House
A mess would certainly result. The plan
works very we'll in the Senate, where only
few changes at d time are necessary
But in a body of nearly four hundred
members, where a complete recasting is
required every two years, the work II
| thrown into caucus would meet with a
| thousand difficulties, and defy the best
skill and intentions. Both sides would &C
! out for wool, and both return in meas
| ure shorn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
The Pace that Kills.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
1t is not always dissipation that is
meant by the phrase. the pace that
kills Diversion that is morally in
nocuous may come in time to deplete
ones store of physical vitality and nerv-
Gus energy almost as seriously as fla
grant persistence in vicious courses Peo-
pie who are Gin society may pretend
that they can turn night into day, burn
ing the candle at both ends in their
protracted festivities, with no fear of the
arrival of a day of reckoning. but nature
with severe impartiality arraigns at
length not merely the hardened roue or
debauchee, but the person whose "recre-
alton has been of an entirely innocent
nature and yet excessive in amount. 1t
looks as though society would soon
have to come to an understanding regard
ing the number of engagements its dew
otees are expected by its unwritten laws
to make and to keep within twenty-four
hours. Societies for the prevention of
cruelty have been formed, but what or
ganization is there to prevent cruelty to
societyo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

increases the prospect of an early dissolu-
ton of the parliament just elected and
another appeal to the country. The un-
ionists cannot fail to be greatly encourag-
ed by their large gains, and despite differ
ences in their ranks on the tariff question
they will probably show a united front
against the budget and all plans for the
curtailment Of the power of the lords. 1t Is
believed that the crisis will come with the
Offering OF a motion to define the limita-
tons imposed upon the upper chamber In
the matter of fiscal legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
A Hunter.

He never shot a lion,
He never hunted bear;
He never chased glub-giub
Or a boojick to it's lair:
He never tanned a snortle
Or laid a yapper low.
And yet he Is hunter
Whom it's worth your while to know
In GREATNESS expectation
He creeps on hands and knees.
On unfamiliar pathways,
Afraid to even sneeZe
He Is indeed hunter,
A martyr of the chase,
Who hunts his collar button
Underneath the dressing case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
Upside Down.

81 am shocked to learn that some of
my ancestors wore wooden Shoes said
the gilded youth.
"And am shocked replied his father,
ITO see some Of their descendants reters-
ing the order by being blockheads.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

New York Is rubbing its eyes as 1t con-
templates a state Of affairs which makes
the city hall a more important center OF
municipal government than Tammany
Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

Some of the suffragettes claim that
newspapers ought to be edited by women.
This means orders to the foreman to cut
down the sporting page and make room
for more fashion articles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

The m-meat idea came a
little too late to be classified as a New
Year resolution; but this fact can hardly
be regarded as lessening its chances for
survival
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

Any superstitious arrangement that
puts the blame for unpleasant conditions
on sun spots or comets should prove
a relief to the weather officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29
Pessimism,

The springtime will ere long appear.
What futile hopes we often nurse.
The storms which now seem SO severe
In March will probably be worse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

The wife of a New York waiter who is
suing him for a divorce says he gets
800 a week. He can afford to pay more
alimony than some of the guests who
have been tipping him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

Another question is whether beef boy
colt will leave enough cows onslaught
tered to bring down the price Of milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

In all the varied guessing as to the
whereabouts of DIR. Cook, nobody thinks
of trying to locate him In Copenhagen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

tian picturesQueness that has been forced
upon 1t.
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The Herbaceous Diet.

"There is Observation-Disclosures eating grass
like an ox!' said one courtier.
Let's hope for the best" replied the
other. Maybe he's trying to get even
with the Babylonian beef trust"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

Unlike many witnesses in great in
vestigations, Mr.. CLAWS is willing to ex-
ert himself to the utmost to tell all he
knows.
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Not the Olive Branch.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
1t would hardly be correct as yet to
refer to the House as the olive branch
of the national legislature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

Some of the winter resort hotels pat
ronized by Senator Aldrich may make
the currency problem seem to him more
vital than ever.