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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
GERMANY INCREASES
BANKING BUSINESS
Rise From Lowest Business Ebb
Has Been Rapid

The first six months of the present
year showed a striking increase of
notable feature of which is the need of
further capital to meet the many un-
dertakings and enterprises upon which
German banks have embarked.
Since 1906, which for banking as for
many other forms of business was a
most fruitful year, the demand for
capital has never been so marked as
at present. Practically all the capital
assembled at the commencement of the
year through the establishment of new
corporations has, according to the
Trade Register, been absorbed. The
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
Dye IS COMPETING
With The Hen

The city health authorities will make
a determined effort to stop the adul-
teration of cakes with nahtho1 yellow.
Health. officer DR.. W. F. McNutt will
assign large force of inspectors to
this work.
In place of eggs many dealers, it Is
said. substitute yellow dye, which puffs
the cake. giving it a rich look. While
the flavor of the dye is not tasted by
cake eaters to any extent it's presence
is prejudicia1 to health, especially in
the case of children.
The excessive use of yellow dye, ac-
cording to Doctor McNutt, calls for de-
termined action and offenders will be
vigorously prosecuted.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
MARION DERRIG
BADLY Wanted
in BURKE TRIAL
Prosecuting Attorney Declares
Woman Disappeared After
Buying Ticket to Japan
Witness Needed to Explain Re-
IatiOns of Lu Eta Smith and
the Physician
ISeee.al D.ee.eh le The Call

loPecdl DlSpc.ch tc he Call
SANTA ROSA. Dec. 24.-After a
search extending throughout the en-
tire country District Attorney Lea,
prosecuting DR.. Willard P. Burke, has
come TO the conclusion that he must
give up all hope Of finding Marion
Derrig. the woman Of mystery, and OBJ
tanning from her certain facts which
he believes would clear up much of
the doubt surrounding the relations
between the physician and Lu Eta
Smith.
Ever since the trial began the name
of Marion Derrig has been brought up
I'm ii time and again, but her connec-
tion with the affair was of an ex-
trcmely vague and underlined charac-
ter The woman appeared on the scene
nTsteriously and then as mysteriously
disappeared.
according TO Lu Eta Smith it was
Marion DerTig who purchased her a
ticket to go 10 Japan and secured from
her signatures TO blank sheets of
paper which later were used in forged
letters generating Doctor Burke.
SEARCH PROVES FUTILE
on first receiving this information
the district attosney began TO search
could be When the news of
tle h-ut aided Detective Frank
Browne OF .-os Angeles came to the
fore with news OF her.
He traced her as hailing from Chi
ca5o and living in Los Angeles, but
while he was fairly successful in run
ming down her past nothing could be
discovered as TO her present where
ao0ufs. There Is a belief in the minds
Of the officials that she is living in San
Francisco. In endeavOring to run her
down the district attorneys office has
learned that she was prolific in the
matter Of names, changing from one to
another with perfect ease
HANDSOME BLONDE SPEEDY
THE woman" said Lea, lis one of the
most mysterious characters ! have run
across AS understand she is a hand
some blonde. a little over so years Of
ace. and has the faculty Of making men
do her VIII. She bObbed into the Burke
case with the utmost mystery. We have
discovered that following the explosion
and the Indictment of Burke she went
to the sanatOriUm, took a. hurried trip
10 Los Angeles, and then shot up
again in san Francisco, buying a ticket
20 Japan for Lu Eta Smith. Whatever
her relations were with Burke they
were rapid. TO say the least.
Then she disappeared / had hoped
until the very last that she might be
found so that we could get from her
a few facts. but I do not see any chance
Of getting her now"
When this trial opened Doctor Burke
declared that Marion Derrig would be
produced as a witness before it was
over. His attorneys, however, say they
know nothing Of the woman and that
they are as anxious to find her as is the
district attorney.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
AMERICAN STYLE OF
SHOE MADE IN EUROPE
Germans Are Studying Methods
and Patterns of United States

American shoe manufacturers should
be brought to realize that their Euro
pean rivals are closely studying Amer
lean methods and patterns, even to the
extent of employing experts from this
country to reOrganize and supervise
continental and English factories along
western lines, says Consul H. Albert
Johnson, Liege, Belgium Foreign made
shoes are very widely advertised abroad
under the popular signatiOn of
American" footwear, and foreign max
ers are becoming able to recognize and
supply the characteristics which are
commended in American shoes. More
over. the European public appears to
attribute a higher quality of durability
to shoes made in the United Kingdom.
and elsewhere abroad. than to the more
finely finished American article. The
foreign market for shoes made in the
United States may easily become more
restricted within a comparatively short
time if these facts are not borne in
mind by American manufacturers.
In delivering a speech, be careful not
fO set the wrong address
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
Aviation Rates

for the great meet at Los Angeles. One
and one-third fare for the round trip
from all stations in California. Tickets
sold December 24th to January Sd in
elusive. Return by January 9Th, 1911.
Run down and see the bird men do
stunts. For details see Agents South
ern Pacific. Ticket Offices. Flood Bldg,
Palace Hotel, Market Street Ferry De-
pot, Third and Townsend SITS. Depot
and Broadway and 18th St. Oakland. :
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

BEGGAR sENTENCED-Arrested for begging in
the shopping district, James McCabe, who Is
known to the police as a professional mendi-
cant, appeared before Judge Shortall yester-
day morning and received sentence of 90
days In the county jail. McCabe was ar
rested at Kearny and Sutter streets.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

Probably nothing disconcerts a girl
more than to brace herself TO meet the
shock of a marriage proposal that
fails to materialize
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

VETERAN KILLED-Napa, Dec. 24-J. Ran
kin, civil war veteran. was killed by an cleo
trio car at Wilton station near here. He had
been an inmate OF the veterans home.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

BLAZE IN HENLEYS HoME-A FIRE in the
home of Attorney Barclay Henley yesterday
morning caused 500 damage. The blaze
started in defective fue.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

DOG FRIGHTENs BURGLARs-Burglars rob-
bing the residence Of Peter B. Garcot early
yesterday morning frightened away by
: the barking of a dog after they had effected
an entrance TO the house through a rear win
dow. Hearing the disturbance. Garcot went to
investigate and saw one Of the men disappear
ing over fences In the back yard
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

In delivering a speech, be careful not
to get the wrong address.
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12

toe composed Of j. Il. McMenam1n, Ed.
j. Walsh and John ] Boyle, who were
given a vote OF thanks for the splendid
success Of their efforts at the conclu-
sion of tire proceedings. Ed. j. Walsh
presided az toastmaster. Addresses
We're delivered by Michael Dowd, r. L.
Mccormick. Colonel James M. Ashton,
J. ]. Anderson, :ohn Leo, Colonel
Doolittle, j. H McMeramn, j. j. Ma
lone, 7. j. Cannon and George E. Gar.
rett. George T. Seane and J. P. Hous-
ton We're also anloEg the entertainers.
James Garvey, the secretary of the
Friends of Ireland club. formerly lived
in Rochester,, this state, Ed. J. Walsh
is Wisconsin hoy. John Leo, an at
torney. is from Faribault, and others
who might be named. formerly lived
in this pant of the union.
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12
WHY 1T DOESN'T PAY.

One of the reasons the postoftice de-
partmenl is being run at loss is that
the government is paying the railroads
too much for the carrying of the mails.
Congress has just appropriated Sac
100000 to pay for the carrying of the
mails in the fiscal year 1911. This sum
is more than double the amount the
express companies pay for carrying d
similar amount Of like matter
But another and more serious COM
plant can be justly made against the
business methods of the postoffice de-
partment in the rental of postoffic e
cars from the railroads of the country
In addition to paying the railroads so
much pound for the hauling of the
mails, the government in it's unexampi-
ed generosity also hands over $780,
900 each year for the rental of the cars
in which the mails are hauled. \ paral-
lei would be one which would require
a person to buy railroad ticket to Il
certain point. and then pay fee for
the privilege of sitting in the car while
being transported to the destination
stamped on the ticket
The most ridiculous feature of the
car rental situation is yet to be told.
however. While the entire cost of con-
struction and equipment does not ex-
coed $1,000 each, the government pays
an annual rental on these cars of 49,
$3.50. The average lifetime OF a mail
car is ten years. For a $1,000 car the
government pays $30,751 in rentals.
Is there surprise that the postoffice
department Is not self-sustainin9 I'M
der such business methods?
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12

of j. L. d. and Villanova the degree OF
Phi. D. in 1907. In 1878 he began news
paper work, and he was successfully
reporter, subeditor, and editor until
1888, when he was called to the chair
OF English literature in the University
of Notre Dame. where he remained un
til 1895, when he went to the Catholic
University of America in Washington
as professor of literature. In 1907 he
was appointed by President Roosevelt
envoy extraordinary and minister
plcnipotcntiary to Denmark.
AS novelist ftr Egan will be re-
membered in a particular way for four
novels. three of which appeared in
serial form in the Ave Maria These
are: "rhe Disappearance of John
Longworthy," Success OF Patrick Des-
mond.' and THE Vocation of Edward
Conway" The fourth. "A Marriage Of
Reason" was published in the Rosary
Magazine. AS poet DR.. Egan ranks
with the best in American literature.
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12
HAS ACCOMPLISHED MUCH.

From facts and figures recently sub
mitted to the Twenty sixth annual
meeting Of the national directory it Is
quite plain to be seen that the Unite.l
Irish League represents the political
views and aspirations Ct the vast ma
jority Of the people ot Ireland. The
number Of branches now afflliated is
1876, being an increase of PAS as COM
pared with the previous year and thir i.
ty-nine in excess of the highest record
reached since the league came into
existence. Wonderful progress has
been made In ali directio as in
dicated by these figures for the past
year. The Unionist assertion that the
United Irish League is practically dead
is thus disposed ot. Covering the same
period Of time the fees amounted to
over $4,000, being almost $4,000 above
that of 100. and much in excess of the
preceding five years. The earnestness
and self-sacriflce Of the people is we'll
set forth from the results thus obtained
Following the passage of the WIND.
ham purchase act TIE prediction was
freely made by tho U:licnists that the
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12

sOrs from tie seminary. whether due e
illness, or death, CT any other cause
never Occas!Oned serious interference
with the progress OF studies; for the
rector was always resourceful in de.
Vlslng ways and means to carry ON the
work in Which lie was so deeply inter.
ested. He himself, though burdened
with many executive cares and admin.
istrative duties besides the work -:
his own classes, ne*er hesitated to
take UP tho lecture work of any other
professor when it became necessary.
Indeed, not unfrequertly when sickness
kept some priest Of the faculty awav
from his class room Doctor Heffron
quietly took up the work of the invalid
even when his own health was DELI
cate
Though generous in risking his own
health whenever occasion called for
sacrifice, The rector has been exceed
ingly careful about tie physical we'll
being of the students. His liberality
in providing gymnasium and recreation
grounds with every needful equipment
has done much to keep the health of
the student bcdv in splendid condi
ton. The invalid student is practically
unknown :c st. Paul Seminary.
Father Hcfrron's chief cares, how
ever have always centered about the
moral and spiritual growth Of his
students. The csreeu! arrangement Of
religious exercises indicates his con-
ception of the real work of the semi.
nary. His earnest lectures are never
more earnest than when they turn
upon spiritual topics. His zeal never
CLOVIS more wildly than when he talks
to the seminarians i'll the spiritual con-
ferences they have learned to love 60
we'll. 1t is then that the stern reserv.
OF the rector melts away and the ardor
of a father]y affection IS revealed. More
powerful than his words, however. has
been is example in forming the lives
of the levites entrusted to his care
His uniform self-control and the au-
stere simplicity OF all his tastes ia q
plea for the poor il spirit which can
not fail to impress students and clergy
alike.
On the occasion Of Doctor Heffron's
silver jubilee in December, his modesty
would not permit any elaborate ar
rangement to be made; yet stld,nts
and professors found ways to express
the filial respect and enthusiastic
veneratlon which his years of labor
among them has inspired.
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12
REAL MEANING OF HIGH PRICES

An announcement of 20 per cent
decrease in wages would probably
cause the worl<ingmen of the country
to instantly arise in revolt. Yet it is
fully within the bounds Of conserva-
tism to say That the real meaning Of
the IS per cent increase in the cost Of
living since 1896 is a 20 per cent re-
duction in wages.
Money wages are merely nominal
wages. The goods the workingman is
able to obtain for his money wages,
form his real wages. Since 1896 the
purchasing power of a dollar in the
United States has been gradually
dwindling Wages have advanced too,
but have not kept pace with prices.
prices go up tine elevator; wages climb
the stairs"
What is the result? Workingmen and
their families have been gradually but
surely forced to trifle lower standard
of living each year. Real wages have
been lessened by not less than 20 per
cent.
The wages of the British Workingnan
are lower than those of the American
workingman, although the difference is
OF nearly as great as the protection.
lists assert. Yet the British worker, un>
der free trade. is the highest paid
workingman in the world when mis-
salary is measured by it's power to pur-
| chase the necessaries of life. In the
report Of the United States Commits
sioner Of Labor for 1903 it was es-
! timated that the English laborer could
buy the necessaries of life for one year
With eos days labor. while it would
require 225 days labor for an Ameri-
can to do the same thing The diff
| ference must be even greater now, be-
cause since 1903 prices have advanced
faster in the United States than in
Great Britain.
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12

Irish tenan. farmer would drop out
from further political agitation, leav-
ing to others the work Of securing the
right Of Self government. But he has
done nothing of the Kind. Contrary
to this he has done the direct opposite
The tenant farme- may he little more
conservative, but he las not lost g.
whit OF his patriotism and the Land
Lcagu" has no more earnest National
list. That the lessons Gf the past have
in no Wis.,. been forsCtten is clearly
indicated IN this steady increase which
has thus taken place in the branches
of the United Irisl. League. The work
party or political i!ncs. 1t is national
in what may be termed the broadcast
sense. The only requisites really need.
ed to insure The sympathy and expert
encel COUNSEL rr tic League is to he
an Ir!shmhr. and to neet! assistance and
advice. No distinction is thus made
between Tie Unionist Orangelnan Of
Ulstor and 'he Nationalist tenant far
mcr Of Munster.
Further on in the eague's annual
report il is noted tia. fully 5000 of
the farms lost to tenarts through evic-
ton Lave either been restored them
or given others jus: AS good. In all
these cases the statement is also made
that they have hcen furnished with
grants to build o. repair their dwell
lings and 20 stock their farms. During
the year 10000 claims for pensions
have been dealt with in the League
bureau under the provisions of the
old-age pension law and thousands of
laborers who now have their homes
at nominal rert OF % cents per week
can praise the United Irish League
for results obtained. 1t is a splendid
showing. of which that organization
can we'll feel proud.
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12
PUT A STOP TO 1T.

The coming of st. Patrick's day d.
reefs attention, in the minds of many,
to a matter which has long been en-
dured by the Irish people. In some OF
the places of business, particularly in
stationery, confectionery stores and at
news stands, articles are exposed which
give offense to every person with Irish
blood in his veins. The Irish Standard
does not mean to assert that trades
men purposely carry these goods with
the intention of offending or causing
displeasure. 1t is more reasonable to
assume that they mean to please their
customers, but the opposite to this re-
suits. 1t is only fair and just to say
Of them that no people have a greater
fund of humor or more readily appre-
ciate an apt caricature than the Irish,
but the grotesque and obscene both
offends and disgusts, and naturally
causes resentment.
In all probability there are 100000
people with Irish blood in their veins
in the United States. They can and
ought to make it unpopular and I'M
profitable for merchants to display Of
fensive articles as here referred to. 1t
is time something was done to abate
this practice. A self-respecting people,
the Irish know we'll how to resent an
insult, whether ignorantly or inten-
tionally offered.
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12
MADE BISHOP
Very Rev. p. r. Hebron to Sueesed
Bishop Cctter.

Very Rev. Patrick Richard Heffron,
rector of the s.. Paul seminary, has
been confirmed as the new bishop of
the diocese of Winona in succession
to the late Bishop Cotter. Notice of
FIR. Heffron's appointment was receiV-
ed from Rome by Archbishop Ireland
last Saturday. Father Heffron was
notified and was Immediately over
whelmed with the congratulations of
his brother priests and his friends. He
is one of the best loved priests in the
state and has host of friends since
the time he was pastor of the Cathedral
parish in st. Paul. He was born in
New York city, June /, 1860, and at
tended the elementary schools there.
Coming west with his parents he went
to the public schools Of Ripon, Wis,
and on coming to Minnesota, was a
pupil at the Mantorville high school.
After that he attended a business COL
lege and law schoo: at Rochester, MINI.
He was connected with st. Johns COL
lege, Minnesota, in 1878, and then
studied for six years at the Grand
seminary at Montreal. He was or
dained priest DEG. %. 1884, and spent
two years abroad, for the most part in
Rome. Going to S.. Paul he succeeded
Bishop JOHN Sharley as pastor of the
Cathedral parish, the largest Catholic
parish in the west. He was made vice
rector of the st. Paul seminary in 1895.
and the next year became rector of
that institution.
AS head of the provincial seminary.
Father Heffron has gained a wide rep
utation as an administrator and edu-
Gator, and the success of the instit,1-
ton has been due in no small measure
to his answering loyalty to the high
est ideals Of priestly training. While
his zeal for scholarship has led him
to give close attention to the curri-
culua Of studies it has kept him ir
constant touch with all the classes. No
matter what emergency arose Father
Heffron never allowed the class work
Of the seminary to he interrupted. This
absence OF any of the reverend profes.
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12

oile feature OIL inc results OIL the eleC-
ton will be easily understood in Amer
lea. Mr.. Bryan Was badly beaten in
1895; but lie has Often declared, and
quite truly. that a few thousand votes,
properly and judiciously distributed,
would nave made him president in that
year. examining nov. the returns in
England a similar fact is quite evident.
Here. as IN .Ameri.s, the body of voters
are attached to one or the other of
the two great parties ard will vote for
the party C. their choice whatever its
program and whoever its candidates.
n very much sn',!'nr number, who hold
themselves ready TO change sides. give
victory TO one or the other. 1t is, after
in proportion to tie whole electorate
1t takes tc DO this. A few thousand
votes more properly distributed would
have given the Liberals an overwhelm-
Ing victory, and few thousand more
on the other hand similarly distributed
and given against them would have
given victory to the Tories. These
facts are plain on the surface of the
returns. l mcntion them here to illus
trate the immense influence and i'm
portance of the Irish vote at present
in England and Scotland. Roughly
,ef I,o
million Irish of tie first and second
generation in great Britain. They
live mostly in the industrial centers
and in London. They are thoroughly
organized in the United Irish League.
They are not irrevocabl bly, attached to
elther English party; they are under
able leadership. o'hey are willing and
determined to subordinate all CUES
tions to the vital one for which their
fathers suffered ard they have been
made exiles-th" freedom of dear old
Ireland. Almost this entire vote is
subject to control, and at the word If
command aan be thrown to one side
or the other In general election.
Upon this vote, it i- estimated by both
English parties. That close on a hum
dred parliamentary sea is depend. This
Irish vote ia Great Britain will, there.
fore, exert an immense influence in
the present struggle and for sore
years to come. 1t is independent Of
Ordinary English politics, and it ,s
therefore, all Independent vote that
can be thrown on enc side or the
other. In manner, it will be "a
potent for the cause of Ireland. if not
even more SO at times, than the Irish
party itself. Boil. taken together will
certainly for some time to come deter i.
mine to q great extent the fate OF
English policy and politics"
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12
RECIPIENT OF LAETARE MEDAL

In an announcement recently made
from Notre Dame, Indiana DR.. Maurice
Francis Egan, author, educator, and
diplomatist, at present minister of tn,
United States to Denmark, is this wears
recipient of the Laetare medal. The
medal is annually conferred on some
man or woman wha has achieved dis
tinction in art, literature, science. or
philanthropy. The award to DR.. Egan
Is made for distinguished services to
literature and education. During the
years that Dr. Egan spent in literary
work before his appointment to the
court of Denmark, he found time to
publish several important works OH
literary criticisms which are held in
high esteem by university men,
DIR. Egan was born in Philadelphia
in 1852. He was graduated from La
Sale college in that city in 1873. He
received the degree of master Of arts
from the University of Notre Dame in
1878 and LID. from Georgetown univer-
sity in 1879. In 1891 the University of
Ottawa conferred on him the degree
The Irish standard., 1910-03-12

The spasm of indignation that char.
acterized the resolution of the execu-
tive council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor condcmning the execu-
ton of Ferrer has recently been ex-
planned by John Mitchell, who was
present and voted for the resolution,
At the time the country had heard on,v
one side Of the story. He says had
the men known then as much as thov
DO now the resolution would never
have been passed.