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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
DRUGGISTS INCORPORATE
SEARBY MEMORIAL FUND
Pharmacists Express Esteem
for Late Professor

In the fling yesterday of articles of
Incorporation for the Searby memorial
fund. local pharmacists have ex-
pressed their love and admiration for
the late Prof William Martin Searby.
The corporation was formed to con-
duct the Pacific Pharmacist, a publ
cation founded by the decedent. as
we'll as TO obtain money for fund
to continue the educational work to
which Professor Searby devoted so
much of his life.
The stock holders of the Galen pub
fishing company. which published the
Pacific Pharmacist during Searby's life
time, met last month and voted to turn
their interests. amounting to $4,000.
over to the new corporation. They are:
Albert Schneider of Berkeley. editor
of the paper; ]. G. Munson Of San Jose.
H. B. Carey of San Francisco, John H.
Dawson of San Francisco; Fred l.
Lachenbach of San Francisco. manager
of the paper: II. d. Morgan of Mayfield
and ]. H. Flint of San Francisco.
These men will provide for various
additions to the druggists publication.
including a bureau that will have for
its purpose a closer union among
pharmacists all over the nation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
FOUR MILE LAW HELD TO
BE CONSTITUTIONAL
Supreme Court Sustains Act OF
Legislature

That il is illegal to operate saloon
or sell intoXicants within four miles
of a camp of % or more men engaged
in any public or quasi public work is
the decision of the supreme court, In
an opinion in bank yesterday, IN the
habeas corpus proceedings of L. w.
King
King, in his petition prayed for his
release from the sheriff of Kern coun-
ty, on the ground that the law on which
he was held was unconstitutional The
court held that the law was cOnstitu-
tional. but that it applied only TO the
itinerant saloon" and not to establish
ments that were permanently located
King was remanded back to the sheriff
The supreme court. in bank. in the
petition of d. C. Crockett against G
w. Matthews, auditor of Mendoclno
county, authorized the issuance OF
peremptory writ of mandate, requir-
ing the auditor to draw warrant on the
treasurer of the county for $40 due
Crockett for services as justice of The
peace of Ukiah township, for the month
of June, 1909
In the dispute relative to the payment
of salaries to the detectives employed
by District Attorney William H. Lang
don during the graft prosecution, the
supreme court refused to take further
action. This refusal sustained the pre-
vious ruling of the court. which in
structed that warrants be drawn and
the salaries paid
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
GERMAN INFLUENCE
SPREADING IN ITALY

Italy has a peril-and one which she
shares with Great Britain-a Gernaa n
peril. II Milan owes its modern archi-
tectural splendor to the DEGREES of Ma
poleon, IL owes a very large proportion
Of its prosperity. says the Bystander to
the enterprise OF German capital. Ger
many is going madIy ahead beneath
the shadow of the great white wonder,
Milan cathedral, and. in a lesser degree.
is spreading her influence, by the sim
pie process Of propa cation. in the other
cities OF northern Italy-Brescia, We
roma and Padua. How German is the
atmosphere Of the seaside annex of the
city OF Nenice is at once obvious. and
an Englishman has only to go there to
realize II for himself On the lovely
lsk Ike Of Gsrda you VIII see, as you pass,
German name after German name. You
refresh yourself on brau. You lunch at
a hof. and you take tea at a haus. And
unless You -sprech Deutsehr you run
the risk OF being seriously misunder-
stood in your simplest daily wants.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
REPAVING FLOOR OF
ST. PETERS IN ROME
Pope vii. Bear the Cost of This
Necessary Work

An important work in st. Peters has
Just been commenced. and win occupy
g period of about 10 years, SAYS the
London Globe. II is the repaving of
the vast edifice, which the feet of the
crowds of the faithful and others dur
ing succeeding centuries have worn
away.
The cost of this necessary work viii
be borne by the pope. 1t is estimated
that it will cost about 100000 TO re-
store the $4,000 square meters of pave
ment DANA ged. and this only repre-
sents about half the total surface.
The restoration Will be a work of
patience. for it is intended to supply
the place of each old stone with one
precisely similar. But it is here that the
dificulty presents itself Where are
the marbles to he obtained? Many
of the species used for the original
pavement are no longer obtaina BILE.
They came from the ancient Roman
temples. from the columns and tab
lets found buried in the earth: and
today such finds are very rare Never
theless, the Chapter Of St Peters has
been able to acquire some OF these rare
marbles. The remaining portions viii
have to be sought from the quarries
Of Carrara.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
DIFFICULTY IN FOUNDING
OF MUNICIPAL PAWNSH0PS
Pope Leo \ and st. Charles
BorrOmeo Worked for Them

Few persons viii require TO be told
that the Mont de Piete is the municipal
rawnshop Of France Almost every one
las some notion OF the Paris institu-
tion. but X viii perhaps come as sur
prise 10 many TO learn that there was
considerable difficulty in founding the
institution compared with its founds-
ton IN other countries, says the London
Globe
Monts de Piete owe their origin TO
italy. and this is as it should be. for
the Emperor Augustus has been de-
scribed as sn illustrious pawnbroker;
but the modern system can be traced
10 the patronage Of the Vatican, al
though no satisfactory definition Of the
term Mont de Piete has yet been forth
coming.
There was some controversy at the
beginning as 10 whether the church
should be identified with a scheme so
mundane Leo Y took the matter in
hand and threatened the opponents
with communication. Later St
Charles BorromeO urged the foundation
81 municipal pawnshops-
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
GREAT SATIRES HAVE
PROVED HARMLESS
Only Temporary Reforms Have
Been Wrought

Every little while some wise man
tells us that what this country needs is
a genuine satirist, which, of course, is
true. But he goes on to depict a scene
of quite incredible excitement-every
fool up tree, solemn folk exploding,
self-complacency punctured. vice pill
loried, humbug stripped and small
group Of very intelligentpersons (him-
self among them) beside themselves for
joy at the well directed cuts. bites,
stinGs. burns and rapier thrusts. Yet
he knows as well as we do that we
should all come off without a scratch,
remarks the New York Tribune
When great satire bursts upon the
world the surprising thing has always S
been its utter harmlessness. The vices
do not stink to cover" The fool does
not know he is being killed. The
wounds of vanity all heal by first in
tention, and the Debated pomposities of
our middle age fill again as naturally
as the lungs do.
While waiting for this man of genius
TO blow UP all the follies to the sky
a good many writer's might be doing
useful work at the reduction of literary
terms to the actual size of the thoughts
behind them Perhaps some sort of
shrinkage might in time be devised.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
SOCIETY PREPARES
FOR CHARITY PLAY
Thousand Costumes Being Made
for Many Roles in Extraya=
ganza PROF. Napoleon"

With the advent of the new year
the rehearsaIs for Professor Napoleon
are going forward earnestly and Sc
riousIy, but none the less merrily,
preparatory to the public performances
10 be given for five consecutive nights
at the Valencia theater.
Already the thousand costumes needed
for the various roles are under way
many OF them. together with the stage
scenery, having been imported from
New York especially for this perform
ance, in which all the city's leading
social lights will be represented
A few Of the principal parts have not
been assigned, although it has been
definitely decided that the genial pro-
fessor himself is to be impersonated
by Arthur Morgenstern, while Alden
Wheeler viii take the part OF professor
Phiz. the chemist, whose magic potlon
does all the harm, and ends by giving
so much pleasure. Joseph Rosborougn
is the wizard He was present yester-
day for his first rehearsal with the
witches. sprites, imps and college
groups The spooks also met for their
second time, and in the evening the
japanese groups assembled.
Under Mrs. c. O. AIexander's chap
eronage the Buster Brown chorus ana
the milkmaid seXtet also held meet
ing at the gymnasium attached TO MISS
Hamlin's school. Those in the former
chorus are: Miss Dorothy Cnurchiii,
Miss Lillian Van Worst, Miss Dorothy
Van Sicklen. Miss Kathleen Weston.
Miss Amy Bowles. Miss Harriet Alex
ander. George Wilcutt. George Leib, A.
J. Chalmers. Arthur Fennimore, Walter
Bush and Christian Miller
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
ARCHAEOLOGIST MUST
NOT REMOVE WINDOWS
French Government Stops De-
struction of Building

/. In a French village a citizen had
upon his land part OF an old build
ing containing two very beautiful
windows. says the Chicago News. He
was in debt and embarrassed and ca
gerly closed with the offer of a rich
archaeologist, who bought them. There
ing of the bargain. arrived lust in
time to stop the masons from dislodg-
ing the windows. 'Yon can not he
said TO the villager, sell antiquities.
my man. But. exceIlency. 1 have
used the money and paid my cred
itors. The villager was in despair
but the official was untouched That's
all right" he said. ''the money is safe,
the windows are no longer yours. But
the buyer can't move stone of them.
He can. however, come with a camp
stool and sit down and look at his
property as much as he likes
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
RANK OF COMMERCE TO
OPEN IT'S DOORS TODAY
New Financial Institution Starts
Business in Fillmore Street

The Bank of Commerce, the new
financial institution organized to fill
the vacancy caused by the discontin-
uance of the branches of the Swiss
American bank and the Scandinavian
savings bank in Fillmore street, will
omen its doors today in the premises
formerly occupied by the Swiss
American bank, 1852 Fillmore street.
me removal OF the two mentioned
branch banks left Fillmore street
without a bank of any sort. and the
promoters of the institution found lit
lie difficulty in securing the co-opera-
ton of the Fillmore street merchants.
The paid up capital Is $5o,ooo and the
hank already has paid up surplus
of $4,000. Following are the directors:
w. w. Barrett. Robert Davies, Arthur
Joel. Charles Loesch. David Livingston,
Otto Ottesen, Challen r. Parker, J. ".
Treadwell and Emile White
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
WAGES" OF ANIATORS
REACH ENORMOUS. SUM
Large Fees Paid Men Who
Navigate the Air

Almost every one knows the cele-
brated five canons which Adam Smith
lsid down, regulating the rates Of
u yes in different emplOyments. says
II 3 London Globe. Aviation is a new
plovment. and the fees of the aviator
szll come under either the second,
third. or ffth canon. viz. Difficulty of
attainment" "constancy or Inconsistency
~ employment" probability or i'm
uroba biIity Of success. For a week in
this country. according 10 French
journal. Farmsn is TO receive $1,000.
Sommer Il. 600 and Paulhan the same
amount. Bleriot for two conferences
and = little flight at Vienna received
Il 600 For his Berlin flights Latham
IS receiving flo. 600. one OF these ex-
plorers or The clouds saws that all being
well next year he viii realize 100000.
Verify. as our contemporary observes.
while the number Of aviatoTs is few,
gold viii rain upon them
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
COMPLETES HISTORY OF
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
Committee Appointed by Gar
Finishes Its Task

The committee appointed by the car
in 1906 TO write the history of the
Russo-Japanese war has finished its
task, says the London Globe. The work
comprises 5000 pages, with numerous
maps and plans of engagements. to-
gether with upward OF 10000 official
documents. The committee has also
wisely Incorporated extracts from the
reports and letters of leading foreign
correspondents, particularly Angus
Hamilton and Messrs. Barzini and Nor
rigarda.
The Japanese general staff. however,
declined to supply any information.
with the result that several important
events of the campaign are to some
extent left in obscurity.
The first volume of the history will
be published next year. The editor is
General Ronleike Gurke.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04

MERGER UNITES
VAST RESOURCES
Morgan, Ryan and Levi P. Nor
ton Link Hands in Big
Financial Deal
Largest Plan of Its Kind in the
United States Accomplished
in New York

NEW YORK. January 5.-J Pier
pont Morgan. Thomas F. Ryan and Levi
r. Morton linked hands in New York
today in q trust company merger which
unItes resources OF sI50.0eo.0eo. 1t is
triple combination. bringing the
Guaranty trust company, the Morton
trust company and the Fifth Avenue
TRUST company, all Of this city. under
one head. with the title of the Guaranty
trust company.
The merger is perhaps the largest
al its kind in the United states. Di-
rectors Of all three companies met to-
-assy and Informally approved the terms
n the merger. which viii be put in
more dennite form wednesday, when
another directors meeting viii be held
and the plan ratified by stock holders.
a formal vote viii not be taken until
later.
Levi P. Morton. president Of the Nor
ton trust company and of the Fifth
Avenue trust cOmpsny-both known as
Morton-Ryan concerns-has consented
10 act as chairman Of the board OF the
merger companies. No president has
been selected The name OF Alexander
J. Hemphill. vice president and acting
president of the Guaranty trust COM
panv. has been mentioned for the posi-
tion.
The new move in finance follows the
recent d bsorptiOn Of the Guaranty trust
company by the so called Morgan in
terests. but upon just what terms the
merger was made is not disclosed The
Guaranty trust company was organ
ized in 1891 and has total deposits OF
more tban sSS.0O0,000.
The Morton trust company. formerly
tie banking house ot Bliss, Morton &
Co. was orea nized in 1893. Thomas r
-J<Tan IS vice president. Its deposits
aeerecate more than s45.Oo0.0OO. Like
tne,t18arsrtr trust company, its capi-
faf and surplus are 3 0oe 600 each.
Tho Fffth Avenue trust company,
founded DO years go. - one Of the bet
.or known uptown financial iDstiru-
ro-r Witn capital and surplus Of
ST. l.010.dao each. il has paid large divi-
Geud- The capital stock OF the new
comnanr probably VIII be fixed al
81 100000. with perhaps ike amount
for surplus n is believed that the
merger vill involve ,arge stock and
.ssh dividend - the share holders Of
rle r1ree companies
Tie present Offices Of the Fifth Ave
nue. trust company viii be retained as a
branch cf the combined companies,
-t-re The larger Offices VIII have the
combined companies in the financial
q strict
n mss ranlored that the Morgan in
.e-esrs had acquired the holdings Of
omas F Ryan in the Morton trust
-rrsnE. but no statement on this
point MAS obtsinable.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
SEEMS TO SETTLE
GUINNESS MYSTERY
Assertion of Holder of Ray Lam
phere's Confession Regarded
as Highly Significant
ISeeeiaI Dispaleh 10 The Colll


CHICAGO, Jan. S.-A reply made by
Rev. Edwin A schen, president of
Iowa Wesleyan university today. in
the course Of an effort to obtain from
him the substance of the confession OF
Raw Lamphere. seemed 10 settle any
uncertainty there might be as 10 the
fare which overcame Mrs. Belle Gun
ness.
10 the question. Have the brother
and sister Of Jennie Olson a right TO
know whether the penalty has been
paid for the murder, have the sons OF
ole Budzberg a right to know whether
the woman who killed their father Is
still at larger" Doctor Schel replied:
L did not know there was any doubt
that il was Mrs. Guinness who perished
in the FIRE which burned her residence
at la Porte"
AS TO the confession itself, how
ever. President Schell made a final re-
fusal 10 reveal its contents, holding
dist clergyman TO be inviolate. He
the trust reposed in him as a Metho-
is unmoved by a nation wide desire TO
know the secrets Of the Guinness "mur-
der farm" and to be certain Of the
fate of Mrs. Belle Guinness, who ii rs
believed Iured more than score OF
victims to her death trap at Laporte,
Ind.
President Schell gave as second
reason for refusing 10 divulge the con-
fession. that it might bring sorrow to
the two sisters of Lamphere who live
at Laporte.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
CARRIER PIGEONS USED
TO EXPEDITE BUSINESS
Canvasser Sends Orders to
Store by Birds

Harry Harm, the son of a Columbia
grocer, has found a practical use for a
lot of carrier pigeons. says the Phila-
delphia Record. 1t used to take hin,
half a day to gather orders. half a day
to fill them and half q day TO deliver
but now thanks to the pigeons. the
work is done in one day. When Harm
starts he takes a crate of pigeons
along in his wagon, and after he Sc
cures a few orders he takes the du-
plicate order slips, which are of thin
paper. puts them in tiny roll on a
nireon.s leg and the bird is liberated
n at once flies to its loft at the store
where the clerks relieve it of its or
ders. This plan is followed until the
man covers his entire route. and when
he returns to the store the clerks have
the goods ready for delivery.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
POLICE PENSION BOARD
HOLDS REGULAR MEETING
Widow of PatroIman Killed Is
Provided For

The police commissioners met yes
teraav afternoon on pension board
and decided 10 allow the widow Of
Policeman Hammersley McMurray, who
was killed by a car while in the per-
forlnance Of his duty. pension of half
his salary. Policeman Thomas F. Hobi.
who was injured while in the perform
snce of his duty during the earthquake
and nre OF April Is. 1906, was retired
on 2 pension Al application OF the
widow Of Corporal Peter keyes. who
committed suicide. FOR about s55S paid
In ~ her husband At the rate OF 81 a
month. was referred TO the city and
county attorney
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
PILGRIMS FLOCK TO
CARLYLE'S BIRTHPLACE
Procession to Spot From All
Over World Increases

The pilgrimage to the house II Ec
clefechan where CARLYLE was born still
continues without abatement, says the
London Globe For the Il months to
August 81. 1,1S9 visitors had signed the
book, an increase of 50 from the pre-
vious year. OF. this number Sc came
from the United, from Canada, ~
from Australia. from South Africa, 4
from South America. 3 from China, ?
from Hongkong, . from New Zealand,
from India. from Germany. from
France and l from Switzerland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
MAXIM GORKY WRITES
FOR TEMBL0R VICTIMS
Book to Be Sold for Sufferers
i'm Messina

Maxim Gorky. who has recently re-
covered from an attack of pneumonia.
is staying a Capri. and is engaged in
putting the finishing touches to the
third part of his new novel entitled
chronicles of the Little Town of
Ckuroff- The first two portions are in
the hands of the printers. The preced-
ing parts have been written in cola bo-
ration with Professor Mayer, and deal
with the earthquakes of Reggie and
Messina The book viii be translated
into Italian, and sold for the benefit
of the victims of the disaster-London
Globe
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
FORMER PREMIER WILL
TRAVEL FOR KNOWLEDGE
Needs Study to Avoid Becom-
ing Ignoramus

Meeting Signor Giolitti by chance in
Rome. a correspondent asked the for
mer premier: is it true, Signor Gio-
Htti. that YOU are about 10 depart on
a journeyy' 1T is probable on
are in need of rest?'' NO, / am not in
any way fatigued. but / feel the need
of study When one remains long IN
power one is apt to become an ig-
noramus. simply because there is a
lack of time in which TO study, and
don't want to remain an ignoramus. -
London Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
Ice on Lake Merritt
Flood Damage Repaired

Los ANGELES. Jan. 3.-Both the
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe rail-
roads are operating trains tonight on
schedule time over all their routes
and much of the damage wrought by
the recent floods on their lines has
been repaired to the point where no
further interference with the move
ment of trains is anticipated.
The damage done 10 the tracks OF
the Salt Lake road in Nevada has re-
suited in a complete tieup of that
route, which will not be overcome for
some days.
Regular traffic has been resumed on
all of the trolley lines in this city, but
fnterurban lines to Santa Ana, Whit
tier. Covina and Huntington beach are
still under water.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
JACK FROST ON
WAY SOUTHHAS
CITY BY EARS
Mercury Drops to Sc Degrees,
Coolest of Season and in
7 Degrees of Record
Cold Snap Causes Suffering and
Death Among Work Horses,
Say Veterinarians

FIinging a final dash of frost in the
face of San Francisco. the cold snap
moved south this morning. or should
move south if it respects the feelings
of Weather Prophet McAdie. who early
yesterday warned the orange growers
of the southland to start fires in their
orchards Down in Arizona, he says, a
howling snow storm is on, due to
the cold wave that has been sweeping
the entire western half of the conti-
nent.
Locally, yesterday morning was the
coldest for over year, as the mer-
curry dropped to So degrees. The cold
January Is, 1888. when the thermome-
ter registered % degrees.
With the shifting of the wind from
northeast to westward, McAdie expects
the weather will become normally tenn
perate within the next few days.
While the cold weather caused little
annoyance to local humanity. 1T was
responsible for intense suffering and
even death among horses, according to
reports received by Matthew McCurrie.
secretary of the society for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals. All day
yesterday there were calls for the So
cietys two ambulances. Veterinarians
were kept busy with many cases. Many
animals were successfully treated, but
others either died OF had to be shot.
The cause of this peculiar circum-
stance, McCurrie says, was paralysis
from chilling. For two days the horses
had remained in their warm stalls un-
exercised, while given their full allow
ance of grain. In the large stables,
where proper care was given. there
were no cases of paralysis reported.
for there the animals are given short
food allowance on rest days and made
TO exercise.
Overheating combined with hard
yesterday to be stricken on the streets.
Ice on Lake Merritt
OAKLAND, Jan. 3.-Lake Merritt was
f1ecked with ice this morning, but even
the most venturesome lovers of skating
in Oakland were too much in awe of
the temperature of the water TO at
tempt the hop, skip and jump brand
of amusement which the pretty body
of water might have afforded 70 hu-
mans aboard of steel pair of gliders.
Prof Charles Burckhalter of the Cha
bot observatory says the thermometer
reached a lower mark this mornin g
than on any other day, save one, in
the last 90 years.
The mercury dropped to 80 degrees
above zero, two degrees below the
freezing mark. The previous record
here was 2S degrees.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
HIS RIBS BROKEN

HIS RIBS BRoKEN-whis crossing the street
at seventeenth and Mission streets last night
Mike Flynn a laborer living al the Working
mems hotel Eighth and Bryant streets. was
knocked down by a milk wagon and sustained
several broken ribs.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04

MACHINISTs' ORGANIZER INDICTED-BaIfi-
more Jan. S.-W. II. Ames. a vice president
of the machinists' national organization. and
four others under arrest in connection with
railroad bridge last Friday evening, were in
dicted today.