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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21
CONSUMERS TO AID
CR|lDRFN'S CAUSE
Bay Cities League Will Gather
Statistics and Seek Bet
ter Conditions
Prominent Men to Address Big
Public Meeting Tomorrow
Night at Palace

The case Of the children against pres
ent day conditions in education and in
dustry will be vigorously prosecuted
by the Bay Cities Consumers league of
California. Statistics OF births and chill
dren's deaths Will be gathered. The
causes of illness among minors. occu-
pations in which they are engaged and
influences 10 which they are subjected
are TO be determined.
An important public meeting will be
held by the league in the ballroom or
the Palace hotel tomorrow night at
o'clock and nOtabl speakers have been
secured. ". V. Stafford. former com
missioner Of labor and president of the
league. will preside. and talks will be
made by Harris WeinstOck. Walter
Macarthur. Alfred ROncOvieri and j. c.
AstredO on The Consumers League
From an Employers Standpoint" The
Consumers League From the stand
point of Union Labor. The CompUl-
sorry Education Law and Its Enforce
ment in California and Child Labor
in California.
The league is ready to maintain that
the United States neglects 10 provide
even bare elementary education for a
half million native born children. and
through invests cation and agitation IL
is hoped by the organization that laws
lettering labor conditions for children
may be passed and education given
every child. Much trouble is expert
enced from parents who swear falsely
10 the age of their children in order
that the youngsters can be put TO work,
and a strict accounting Of births with a
careful supervision of the children viii.
il is thought. make this impossible.
officers of the league are
W V stafford. president
Harris Weinstock. vice president
Mrs Warren Cheney. secretary treasurer. Z
Board OF directors
Rev Bradford Leavitt r. B. Hale .
Robert R. Deviin Rev C. r. Brown (
DR. JeSsica PeixOttO Warren Gregory r
Rev Z. l. Parsons Walter Macarthur
II. c. Capwen o. r. Cushing
Prof ". c. Mitchell Mrs J. W Orr
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21
STATE TELEGRAPH
CONTROL IS URGED
Special New York Legislature
Committee Recommends
Strict Supervision
Advocates Commission With
Power to Regulate Telegraph
and Telephone Companies

ALBANY, n Y, March 20.-State
and telephone companies by the public
service commission, second district. is
recommended in a report to be sub
mitted to the legislature tomorrow
night by the special committee ap-
pointed last year to investigate the
subject.
The committee believes that the
commission should have power to
regulate rates and service, the merger
of telephone and telegraph corpora
tions and properties within this state,
the issue of securities and the pre-
ceeds from the sale of which are to
be used in extension or betterments to
property situated in New York. The
telegraph business in the United
States. according to the report, is con-
trolled by the Western Union and Pos
tai telegraph companies The commit
tee points out that the rates on mes
sages within New York state were
raised about three years ago by both
companies.
so far as the committee has been able
to learn, but the increase was made
after conference and consultation be-
tween representatives of the different
companies, so that there was at least
an understanding between the repre-
sentatives of the respective companies
amounting TO what is commonly known
as gentleman's agreement, and
this understanding is being faithfully
carried out by both concerns
OF the independent telephone COM
panies the report says: There have
sprung up throughout the state several
telephone companies doing business in
opposition to the Bell system. These
companies call themselves independ-
ent' telephone companies and claim TO
be doing business in opposition to a
monopoly. 1t appears clear. however,
that the parties back of these COM
panies are seeking TO build one monop-
oily to take the place of another.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21
|NfAR DEATH TWICE
IN BALLOON FLIGHT
Aeronaut Saved Once by Para
chute, But Is Dashed to
Street by Gas Bag
Collapsed Silk Forms Cushion
and BaII00nist Is Prac=
tically Unhurt

LOS ANGELES. March 20.-Twice
during fall of 800 feet today Henry
Savage. an aeronaut. escaped death.
Once his parachute saved him. Then
his collapsed balloon fell on him. dash
ing him upon the asphalt pavement, but
formed a cushion that saved him from
serious injury. Savage was so little
hurt that he did not go TO his bed
The balloon burst before the aero
naut cut loose the parachute and his
body started down with the speed of
meteor. - But when il seemed to the
hundreds of horriied spectators that he
would be crushed in another instant
the parachute opened and checked the
fall.
Then the empty gas bag enveloped
both parachute and man and dashed
them to the street. Savage was un-
conscious when picked up but recov-
cred in a few minutes
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21
pass FEW VILLAGES

We passed few villages. whose al
most ked Inhabitants, toiling TO pro-
duce the necessar ries of life, stopped
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21
ROBBED OF S2I5 ON
SUFFER- STREET CAR

Herman Menesini. who lives at 1924
Stockton street, reported TO the po-
lice last night that he had been robbed
of S215 in gold coin while riding in
Sutter street car. He did not miss the
money until he was getting off the car
at Polk street
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21

At the end of Is hours and min
utes of continuous dancing the police
yesterday afternoon at 3:09 O'Clock
stopped the ito a finish Marathon
dance at Dreamland pavilion, while
FIVE couples were on the floor The
record of IA hours and AZ minutes es-
tablished at Puckett's two weeks ago
was broken. The dancers gamely con-
tinued dancing after the police had
stopped the music
But that did not satisfy the throng
at the ''ringside.'' When the police
stepped in and ended the conflict
against nature hundreds of the spec
tators thundered against their author
ity, hooting, jeering, rioting. The
crowd, wanted the dancers to continue
until they dropped in their tracks 1t
was thumbs down for the Marathon
dancers At prizehght spectators
will call upon the police to end
struggle, but not at Marathon dance.
STRUGGLE AGAINST SLUMBER
In a roped square. with sides so
feet long. five couples were struggling
against sleep and. exhaustion. They
had not left the inclosure since mid
night On a platform an orchestra
droned away waltz and hating two
steps Overhead shone the light of a
constellation of incandescent globes,
beating down on the glazed eyes of
the contestants. Around the ring sat
and stood a thousand and more men
and women, cheering while they
watched the giddy gyrations of the
dancers.
seven couples had entered the bout
At the end of IL hours and IL minutes
Ida Meccha. a pretty black haired girl,
living al $50 Haight street developed
a pulse of $50 That was little. too
much of a pulse even for a Marathon
dancer to have and she and her part
ner, Joseph Bertolucci, 1927 Pacific
street. We're ordered out of the arena.
LINIMENT PUT INTO SLIPPER
For two hours the six couples re-
manning danced on to the weary waltz
ing. and the halting twosteps. Then
Jessie GerWood, 1l01 Pine street,
pretty blonde girl of 20, began to have
trouble with her feet She was dancing
in pain, but the ringside crowd
wanted her to continue.
When the judges and physician
swent to the girl to question her on
her condition they were hooted. The
girl had burning feet. An attendant
followed her around as she danced and
poured liniment into her slippers.
The judges saw the condition of the
girl and wanted her TO stop, but the
crowd was merciless. It was thumbs
down and the survival of the fittest.
Huge punches of carnations were
/ handed the girl and these inspirfted
her.
Again and again Manager Sid
Grammar and DR.. NJ. B. Mooslin spoke
TO the girl, but each time the crowd,
hooted and jeered The girl showed
marvellous pluck.
DANCER CARRIED FROM FLOOR
Finally one of the judges announced:
The lady of couple No. 4 is dancing
in great pain, but she begs. Mr.. Grau-
man TO let her go on until she had
broken thes existing Marathon record"
= That suited the crowd.
So the pretty, pallid girl in Nile
green danced and staggered on until
she had been on the floor for IA hours
and "A minutes. Then she was carried
off. Her partner was in little better
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21

work 10 stare curiously al the passing
steamer. The glorious evening was
spent on deck, the stars seeming IKE
jewels hanging aloft in the sky yThe
desert was orange in the mellow light
shed by the half moon and the scene
was engulfed in impenetrable silence.
which the party broke only in -whis-
pers.
Arriving al SheIlal. we received the
greetings Of the Egyptian government
Lady Wingate. wife of the sirdar, sent
Mrs. Roosevelt a beautiful bunch OF
roses and African flowers, which were
presented by the Egyptian command
ant, who had decorated them with
penny American flag, the only one he
could obtain after a frantic search.
Roosevelt was engaged early in the
morning answering his mail and tele-
grams and seeing several missionaries
and the representatives of the railroad,
who had arranged q special train for
him
To the former he expressed regret
that he could not visit their station,
explaining that engagements prevented
and calling attention 70 the number
Of Presbyterian stations already visited
or which he intends TO visit.
The American people hardly can
realize the profound and touching char
acter Of the JOY of the Roosevelt fam
ily over their reunion or the charming &
picture on the Ibis OF Colonel Roose-
Welt surrounded by his family, each
manifesting in a hundred dinerent
ways the pleasure Of being together
again Roosevelt had not seen his
daughter or wife, and the latter had
not seen Kermit or his father for near
" a year Ethel has changed as much
TO Roosevelt as Kermit has 10 his
mother. Ethel is a lively, sweet girl
of fine disposition, quiet and different
= fn sc m
vivacious and sprightly.
MAKES MANY FRIENDS
Ethel is equally popular in her own
way and has made many friends in the
Sudan and Egypt. who are preparing
70 make pleasant her stay at Luxor
and Cairo.
Kermit has broadened out and wears
a struggling mustache- He bushes
whenever reference is made to any par
ticular deed Of daring on his part. such
as jumping into stream where croco-
dies were after drowning native,
which leaked out only after IS hours,
and then only through native chatter.
He is not so good shot as his father.
but better hunter. the latter cheer
fully admits, through his ability to run
longer and faster. He does not know
fear and in the beginning frightened his
father half 10 death while going after a
beast where the latter had more ad-
vantage. According to his companions
in the expedition, a charging lion or
elephant had absolutely no effect on his
nerve He got more wisdom the
hunting progressed.
Kermit is not looking forward TO his
return as his father is. preferring. boy
like to resume his jungle experiences.
His mother naturally takes great pride
in his conduct. but gets no news from
him and has to turn to his father for
Information.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21
Hamilton Makes Flight

TACOMA, March 20.-Charles +.
Hamilton, an aviator. made three
flights in his Curtiss biplane today be-
fore a crowd of 10000. Hamilton re-
mained in the air about 10 minutes on
each flight and handled his machine
easily. The starts were made al the
Athletic park and involved some dan
ger, as Hamilton had TO clear a fence
within 400 feet. Each time he rose
from the ground within 200 feet and
went sailing away high over the fence
and trees outside of the park He
will repeat his exhibitions here to-
morrow.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21

All the choice wines displayed al the
pure Food Exposition. at the Auditori-
um. BY the Italisn-Swiss Colony this
week. are guaranteed TO be absolutely
pure under the National and State Pure
Toed Act, Series 4l5p.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21
RooseveIt's Last March

GONDoKORO, March 20-It was no
easy task for those who followed
Roosevelt through the wilds of Africa
/ His last march was from Nimule 10
Gondokoro. a distance of about 100
miles. The journey occupied 10 days
and it was made over difficult roads,
with a terrific heat almost binding the
eyes at times. and on occasions in a
storm that blew with tropical fury.
It was fixed and unbroken rule of
Roosevelt's procedure to permit no one
outside the regular members of his
party and his attendants to accompany
him on saferi. But no restrictions were
Of the expedition or following on be-
hind-at a reasonable distance.
The first camp from Minute is at the
Asswa river. 10 miles distant. The ex-
petition found the road hilly, stony and
waterless. but well wooded. The river
though 100 yards wide. was easily ford
well constructed grass houses put up
specially for their use The next
marches were 10 Kirif, II miles over
an undulating country. and to Una
Khor 19 miles farther. There were evil
dences of much game, and the recent
spoor of elephant was frequently
passed. The heat was terrific, such
medicines as saiol. castor oil capsules
and menthol being melted into a con-
giomerate that played havoc with the
receptacle in which they were carried.
On the evening of the third day a
heavy wind and rain squall suddenly
came on. ripping one of the tents to
ribbons.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-21
NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH

on the march TO Nyonki Jardin, the
correspondent of the Associated Press.
chanced upon the tracks of elephants
that appeared to be no more than an
hour old. The safari was sent on and
the services of a local trackere were
engaged Soon. il was discovered that
there was one big bull in the herd and
few calves. The footprints told this
tale plainly. In all, the tracks of one
bull three calves and fifteen cows were
made out. These were followed with
great caution over the country leading
toward a range of wooded hills. Pres
emily partially dried river was
reached. and the pursuit was continued
through a fairly open country. dotted
here and there with mimosa thorn
trees.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-20
SACRAMENTO FOR JOHNSON
SAYS CANDIDATE BENEDICT

Returning from Sacramento, to
which place he went as deputy
county clerk to file the petitions for
senatorial and assembly nominations,
Henry Stanley Benedict, Lincoln
Roosevelt candidate for nomination to
the assembly in the Seventy-second
district, says that Lincoln Roosevelt
Republicanism is strong in the north
ern end of the state and that Hiram
w. Johnson is invinclble in every sec
ton Every township and every noun
tain county in which Johnson has been
heard is waiting to throw its enthusl-
astic support to him, says Benedict.
Declarations in his favor are to be
heard from every direction. That the
machine is decidedly in a hard row
is the general concession in Sacra-
mento.
Benedict declares that Sacramento
will show itself solid for Johnson and
that the county will evidence a telling
majority for him when the polls are
opened. Curry is conceded second
place, with Anderson in the third and
Stanton far behind, because he is not
we'll known in the north.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-20
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN
WILL BE DINNER GUEST
James A. Lloyd of Missouri Ar
rives Here Monday

Chairman Norton of the Democratic
county central committee has an
nounced that arrangements have been
almost completed for the informal din
ner to James A. Lloyd, congressman
from Missouri and chairman of the
Democratic national congressional
committee, which will be given next
Monday evening at Levy's cafe.
Mr.. Lloyd, who will pass Monday
and Tuesday in Los Angeles, will
speak at the meeting. Among other
speakers who will deliver addresses is
Professor Handley.
Tickets for the dinner must be pur-
chased before Saturday noon, as places
will be provided for those who have
their tickets at noon Saturday and fol-
no others. Tim Spellacy, George Pat
ton. Prof. Lorin A. Handley and T
%. Cibbon will speak. Speeches will be
limited to ten minutes each.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-20
SONS OF REVOLUTION
WILL HOLD MEMORIAL
Rev. Baker P. Lee Will Conduct
the Service

The California society, Sons of the
Revolution, will hold a memorial SER
vice Sunday morning at IL o'clock in
Christ church, Rev. Baker P. Lee,
chaplain of the order, officiating. The
service will be in memory of the fol-
lowing members, who died during the
past year:
Brig. Gen. Edwin Byron Atwood, u
S. A.; Brig. Gen. John Green Balance
u. S. A; Franklin Walton Moore, John
Charles Fremont Hull and John Austin
Stevens, the founder of the society.
In order that full significance may
be given to the rite in honor of the men
who in gallantry on the battlefield and
in private life responded to the inspira-
ton of revolutionary ancestors, FRANK
Clarke Prescott requests each member
to wear the rosette of the society.
A general invitation has been issued
to the members of the Societies of Co
lonial Wars, Loyal Legion, Naval and
Military orders of Spanish War. ano
officers of the Seventh infantry, N. G.
c., to attend.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-20
CHINESE MAKE MERRY AT
CONGREGATIONAL PICNIC
Asiatics Enjoy Ninth Annual Out
ing Given by Church

One hundred and fifty gaily clad
Chinese women and children were the
guests Of the women of the Congre-
gational churches of Los Angeles yes
terday at a picnic given at Eastlake
park. It was the ninth annual outing
given by the Congregational churches.
Automobiles and a special car carried
the guests to the picnic grounds.
To many of the Chinese women the
annual picnic is the grand event OF
the year, and the high-class Chinese
women of Los Angeles were present
yesterday clad in their gayest gar
ments. One noticeable feature was
that most of the children were at
tired in American fashion.
The merry -go-round was a great at
traction for young and old alike. while
boating was another popular diversion
The Conservatives with their wealth
of beautiful flowers were much ad-
mired.
At noon a bountiful luncheon was
served by the Congregational women
The picnickers stayed until late in the
afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-20

tricts electing members of such
party to the legislature"
The rubber stamp signature, the
error in the second question as to
the plain meaning of the simple
law, so plain that anyone who
runs may read" consisting in the
aggregate of less than one hun
dred words, and the absence of
your office stationery, proves to me
conclusively that you neither die
tated the letter nor authorized the
placing of your name thereto. The
copy of the letter received by me
through the mail is identical with
the, original, a copy of which was
published in The Herald today.
Your plain, simple character, fear
less disposition and love Of open,
above board dealings are a denial
of your authorship, for If 1t had
come from your hand it would
have been on your office stationery
and would have borne your sigma
ture thereto. Your great ability
to grasp and analyze the written
text of the law, coupled with your
rare experience as q judge of the
highest court of this state, court
whose decisions are quoted by the
greatest tribunals in the English
speaking world, on account of their
accuracy and learning, absolutely
preclude you from being respon-
sible for so glaring an error, at
once apparent in an even casual
reading of the text of the pri-
mary law on the United States sem
atorship question.
WHO WROTE LETTER.
eIr
ask likewise, wrote. the letter in to-
days Herald? You are not a resi-
dent of the senatorial district in
which / live and therefore not en-
titled to PROFOUND the thirteen
questions contained in that letter
When someone writes such a letter
to me for the purpose of obtaining
information to enable the casting
of an intelligent vote, or when the
rubber stamp author of the anony-
nous letter in question steps for
ward and gives to that letter a
birthright, a name and an honor
able standing, sufficient to ent1tle
it to consideration at your hands
or mine, 1 shall be pleased to di-
rectly answer the questions con-
tanned therein.
I recognize no distinction between
good Lincoln Roosevelt and good
regular Republicans. My father
and his father before him, and so
much farther back that "the mem
ory of man runneth not to the con-
trary," have been Republicans, be-
lieving in clean politics, and L am
making my fight for state senator
on the Republican ticket in the
Thirty-eighth senatorial district on
the same principles. And, regard
less of the occasion that has called
my reply forth, let me assure you
and all others in the contest in
which am engaged, as the only
candidate not trying to secure or
hold two or more offices at the
same time, I stand for clean poll
tics and clean political methods,
and as the reasons that I have Civ
en- herein are sufficient in my mind
to brand that letter as unworthy
of further attention from either
you or me, so I give you credit,
without question, for that upright
ness of method and character and
for that legal learning so justly
attributed to you both in and out
of court.
And 1 believe that shall receive
at your hands and from your
friends and supporters the same
faith that I give you. Sincerely,
GEORGE L. SANDERS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-20
ASKS If WORKS IS
AUTHOR Of LETTER
Sanders, Out for Senate, Chal-
Ienges Authenticity of Cam
paign Communication
CALLS ATTENTION TO ERROR
Declares Stationery and Rubber
Stamp Prove Judge Was
Not the Writer
CALLS ATTENTION TO ERROR

Replying to a letter sent out b!
Judge John D. Works to candidates
for the state legislature, Attorne!
George l.. Sanders, an aspirant fo
the regular Republican nomination TO
the state senate from the Thirty
eighth senatorial district puts in ques
tion the authenticity of the letter
Calling attention to the rubber staml
signature and other features abouS
the letter, he expresses doubt that !
was written by Judge Works. An er
ror in the Interpretation of the pri
mary election law is contained in thu
letter, according to Mr.. Sanders:
SANDERS LETTER
LOS ANGELES, July 10, 1910.
Hon. John d. Works, Attorney at
Law, Los Angeles, CAL:
Dear Slr-An open letter adj
dressed to me and purporting to
have been signed by your hand
appeared in full in today's Her
ald propounding certain questions
to me and threatening that should
l fail or refuse to make answer to
each of the thirteen questions
therein contained that you would
feel at liberty to go abroad
throughout the Thirty eighth SEN
candidate for the state senate, and
announce that l have answered any
such question or question in the
negative I have examined care
fully the original of this letter so
published and observed that while
1t is on letter size stationery, the
stationery does not bear your name
or office number and that the let
ter itself Is not signed by your
hand, but bears your signature af-
fixed by a rubber stamp.
I observed that the second ques-
tion of that letter reads as follows:
"Will you vote for the candidate
for United States senator that re-
ceives the highest number of votes
in the whole state?"
This question should be read in
connection with the whole text Of
the primary election law on that
point, which is so brief that take
the liberty to set 1t forth in full,
and 1t is as follows:
ADVISORY VOTE
1.-THE vote for candidates for
United States senators shall be an
advisory vote for the purpose OF
ascertaining the sentiment of the
voters in the respective senatorial
and assembly districts in the re-
spective parties; provided further,
that members of the legislature
shall be at liberty to vote either
for the choice of their respective
districts, expressed at said primary
election, or for the candidate for
United States senator who shall
have received the Endorsement Of
their party at such primary cleo
tion in the create number of dis
trices electing members of such
party to the legislature"
This, it will be observed, has
nothing to do with the majority
vote In the whole state. 1t might
easily happen that the candidate
receiving the highest vote in the
aggregate throughout the state
would not be the one "who shall
have received the Endorsement of
their party at such primary cleo
tion in the greatest number of dis