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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07
THREE PUBLIC SERVICE
RATE CASES CONTINUED
Suits of Power, Water and Light
Companies Put Over

Three cases to determine rates to be
charged by public service corporations
were continued by consent in the
United States circuit court yesterday.
These suits are the Metropolftan
light and power company against the
city and county of San Francisco: a
similar. one against this city by the San
Francisco gas and electric company
and an action against the city of San
Rafael by the Marin water and power
company
AL will go over for this term of
court. the postponement having been
secured in each instance by the de-
fendant.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07
CALIFORNIA CITY"
Scene OF ACTIVITY

While San Francisco is in gala attire
making ready to celebrate the anniyer-
sary of California statehood. the car
nival spirit already prevails among the
thousands of persons who daily visit
California City'-the exhibit of state
manufacturing products of the Home
Industry league of California-on the
fourth floor of Hale brothers store,
The miniature manufacturing metrop-
oils entered upon it's sixth day Of
existence yesterday and its streets and
lanes teemed with women from early
morning until late at night. It's popu-
iarity Is becoming greater as the state
holiday approaches and thousands who
are down town to view the illumination
Of the streets stop to inspect the ex-
hibit and go home loaded with samples
of good things.
The street nomenclature has heen
arranged and now FL Canine Real,
Alameda avenue, Yuba street and
Solano place are fixed thoroughfares in
the little exposition. Decorations have
been added TO the booths and the streets
have been restrung with cordons of
evergreens. The great demand on the
stocks of the booths has necessitated
the use of a space in the rear of the
floor for the temporary storage.
The average attendance at the exhibit
has been in excess of 5000 daily. at a
conservative estimate. This number is
becoming greater and last night the
largest crowd since the Inauguration Of
the exhibit jammed the streets and
made walking extremely dificult.
Chairman r. E. Queen of the publi-
city committee and President Fred c.
Parker of the league declared that this
the initial step of the league to promote
the interest of California manufactur
ing and industry, was a complete suc-
cess. The exhibit will remain omen
until September 10, so as to give the
crowds of visitors during the HOLIDAYS
chance to see the exposition.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07
BIG DEAL IN AUTO
ACCESSORY TRADE

The members of the firm Wntock Nichols company phch
yesterday took the Moore supply this city, Nth
branches in Oakland and Los angeles
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07
TWO PAINTERS HURT
IN PECULIAR MISHAP
One Falls, Landing on Back OF
the Other

Two painters working on a house at
235 Pierce street were seriously in
jured yesterday afternoon and one of
them fatally. Harold B. Daniels was
working on the third story when he
dropped a hook weighing about 100
pounds. He tried to catch 1t but lost
his balance and fell, landing on the
back of ST. Leon and crushing the lat
ter to the ground. Daniels suffered in
ternal injuries and several of his ribs
were broken. He died last night. st.
Leons injuries were not so serious. ST.
Leon lives at 1909 Ellis street and
Daniels at 1857 Twenty-second street.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07

]. w. Leavitt has returned from the
Overland factory brimful of enthusi-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07

FALL MAY BE FATAL-Porterville, Sept. s.
Louis Nj. Harp, aged 20 years, a resident of
this city, fell from tall pine tree at Noun
tain Home while on an outing yesterday and.
dashing so feet TO the rocky ground below, re-
ceived injuries from which he will probably
die Harp suffered a broken right hip, the
fracture of both arms and compound fractures
of three ribs
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-07

Oakland. has sent word that be will com
mence work here October I. He viii take the
place Of Rev. G. H. Hobart pastor OF Golden
Gate Baptist church. who resigned the mis-
siOSary office 10 take up pastoral duties.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
0kLAHOMA'S INCREASE
MORE THAN 100000
Baby State Follows Closely
After New York in Pop
uIaiOn Gain

The unofficial estimates OF the pop
ulation Of the various states. publish
ed by the ditector Of the census, like
those OF the cities authorized by Di-
rector Durand yesterday, are based
Upon the first reports of the ennmera.
tors teegraphed to the census office
as soon as a rough computation OF the
figures could be made.
Iowa lost more than 10000 citizens
IN the last ten years, and is the only
state III the Union 10 show decrease
Of population.
All the states but Iowa show In
creases, and In New Yotk. oklahoma,
and pennsylvania the increases
amounted to more than a million,
New York heads the list with an in
crease of l,59G,s2S, with Oklahoma,
rext, showing l,2S3,1S3 more citizens,
and Pennsylvania next, with l,044,OO2
additions to the population While
not in the million class Illinois Is
very close TO 995,19S, and New Jersey
comes fifth, with 520,94S. Next TO
Iowa, which Is estimated to have lost
Just 43,605 citizens since 1900, Nebras-
ka shows the lowest census score, her
increase being but 3,644 with Yer
mont next, showing 11,219 Increase.
and Deleware fourth from the bottom,
with 16,242 more than the last cen
sus.
In o'dNr to prevent further mlsun-
Gerstanding the figures issued by his
bureau, Director Dnrand stated thtt
the computations were based upoa
the best data on hand at this time.
These figures are estimated by the
census bureau to show the estimated
reputation on June, 1870 said MI
lurand "Of course, the actual count
ing of the returns from the census
taking has not been completed, and
these figures are unofficial They
Nere given as unofficial.
These estimates naturally will not
tally exactly with the returns from
The count and in some cases may
show considerable varianct They
we're, however, computed in the cen
sus bureau, upon our data here In the
method which has been found TO bt
the most accurate possible.
The officials of the census bureau
said taat It might be several months
before the final official figures taken
from the count would be available
and that the advance lignres rs SEM
out are The most nearly accurate es
timate that can be made before thai
time.
The census bureau makes a specia
practice of estimating population
and in the bureau are data collected
during many years for this purpos'
1 The experts have perfected the sys
TEN to a remarkable degree and TN
advance iIgures in most cases have
teen nearly Identical with the late
cficial statements.
Following 2 table showing th'
estimated population OF each state an'
I'm iuarpaQa stiurp InuU,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
No ExcusE FoR uaLY FAoEs.
5lotehes, Red Noses and Pimpes May
Bs Quickly Bsnished.

1t is very easy, after all, to be rid
of unsightly pimples. inflamed skin,
blotches, red noses, hives, fever bls-
ters and othe blemishes, as a few ap-
plications of poslam, the new skin
remedy will quickly Danish these
troubles. Being naturally flesh-colored
and containing no grease, poslam can
not be detectd on the face in the day
time The actual healing and curing
process is accomplished readily and
without inconvenience. the skin being
restored to its natural color.
Poslam can be had Of any pharma-
scst who handles pure drugs. particu-
larly The postoffice Pharmacy, J, M
Wallace and Sigman Pharmacy.
Fifty cents worth will answer
either for the minor troubles men
toned, or in curing ordinary cases
Of eczema. for which disease il Is the
accepted specific Itching stops at
once.
Anyone who will wite To the Emr
ergency Laboratories, No. 80 West
rwenty-fifth street, New York City
can secure BY mail A suppiyetaon
can secure by mail, free Of charge,
a supply sufficient TO show overnight
results In clearing the complexion or
semoyine pimples.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
kOTHING DISASTROUS
EXPECTED FROM CONTACT
Spectacle viii Commence
Shortly Before Ten and
Last an Hour


The earth will pass the tail of Hal
ley's comet next Wednesday evening.
Astronome. and physicists will be
watching intently for any manifesta-
tiCns OF the passage, while great
many people will be wondering
whether the cyanogen gas in the
comets tail will leave its deadly
fumes In the earth's atmosphere.
This fear is declared to be wholly
gronndless. The earth passed
through the tails Of the comets OF
1919 and 1861 and no bad results fol
lowed.
Charles Edward Gulllaume. joint
di. ector OF the international bureaus
of weights and measures, writes
that there Is likely to be so little
accession of poisonous gas to the at
mosphere that it can be detected only
by chemical process. He suggests
that we look among the residues OF
liquid air plants for traces OF it. Al
ter saying that cyanogen undoubted-
ly forms a part of the tails Of comets
Mr.. Gullaume goes on to say:
"Cyanogen, which is the base OF
prussic acid, is a ter ibe poison, but
the rarefaction of the gaseous mass
that will come into contact with our
atmosphere removes in advance all
the frightful details of this substance.
ut will be interesting, none the
less. to study the consequences of the
capture by our astronomers of an ap-
preciable quantity Of cyanogen. We
should beae in mind that its density
is about Is, with relation to that OF
the air: that it liquefie5 ATS de-
grees and solidfies at "a degrees (;
that il is combustible,. and that fin
ally it dissolves in water and decom
poses rapidly.
Several times already comets
have brushed against our atmosphere
but since the last time there has been
change in our knowledge of the
composition of the air and in our pos
session OF powerful methods for pur
suing its study
Fifteen years ago the air was sup
posed by every one to be mixture
of nitrogen and oxygen, with traces
of water vapor. There was mention
made to be sure, of the gases escap
ing from c.aters, but il was always
added that their traces defied anal
ysis
To-day the known atmosphere in
cludes a new family. that Of the "in
ert gases, as we name them argon
the principal member OF the series
with ts superior neighbors, neon ant
hellum. The last is celebrated FOL
particular reasons; il is at once Tho
final term OF the disinteregatlon o
radiu and the most permanent gar II
existence
The process of obtaining thes'
rare gases is dependent almost whol
" on Industrial plants for the lique
/ faction OF air What the liqneIaetlol
of air has done for krypton and ken
on. il may also do for cyanogen. II
by diffusion into our atmosphere, cy
anogen reaches us in appreciate
quantities, the liquefaction apparatu
will catch and keep it, And as som
machines now operate In such fasl
1 ion as to turn out G,000 cubic fee
OF oxygen hourly, a mll0nth of cy
anogen by volume would leave abou
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
HEALTHY TWINS AT AGE OF 1oi
Special to Daily Leader

Special to Daily Leader
kingfisher, Okla, May '17-Wonders
he West might show them gave Eli
ard John Phipps material for dreams
when, in 1920. the l7-yearold twin
boys moved from Virginia to Indiana
With their mother and father. But Eli
says now that neither he nor John
dreamed of living In tlre lands as OK
lahoma or Iowa nearly a century ago.
The Phipps twins were horn in
1903. NeXt ebuary they will be l0S
years old Eli now lives in fennes-
sey, this county He says he has new
en- been i'll enough TO need a physl-
cian. John lives in Shenandoah, Iowa
and, according TO ELI, his health IS 50
good he doesn't appreciate IT, In
1853 the mother of the twins died at
their home In Indiana at the age OF
sS. The family moved TO Putnam
county, Missouri, where Jesse Phipps,
The father, died of small pox at 10.
Eli married Rebaeca Griffith in Mary
vile, Mo, and came to Oklahoma six
teen years ago John moved TO Iowa
Until last fall Eli worked a farm,
four miles southwest OF Hennessey
Now he has moved into town and
says he means to rest The remaindef
ol his life.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17

two grams in the apparatus every
hour"
Comets Tails Measured
Tails of comets are certainly at
tenusted almost beyond conception,
and the oarth'a atmosphere foms a
perfect blanket Of protection against
any encounters such as collisions
with matter more or less finely divid'
ca. which may occur" writes Direc-
tor w. w. Campbell of the Lick OBJ
sefyatofy, "The-earth passed tn! ougll
the tail Of the great comet Of 1861
On the night of June 80, 1861. Sew
eral observers reported the existence
Of a faint glow resembling an aurora
light at that time.
There was not even q meteor
showei, and we have no strong rea,
so TO expect that our senses will not
any effects other than possible faint
glow in the night sky Even this
glow is not definitely predicted. TN
doabtedly the earth has passed
through the tail OF scores or comets
in the past centuries Astronomers
favorably situated will be wide awake
to note any phenomena which may
transplre."
Transit to Begin Late in the Evening
The transit of the comet across the
face Of the sun will begin shortly be-
fore 10 O'Clock, Kansas City time
Wednesday evening, and will last
about an hour. During this HON,
and probably some time before and
after, the earth will be passing
through the tail of the comet The
transit will be visible on the Pacific
coast, but the sun will be too low
in the West for taking observations
adyantageously.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
A SUGGESTION ON ECZEMA.

1t Is suggested that eczema suffer
ers ask A. E GRAY druggist oil this
city What reports he IS getting lom
patients who have used the OIL
of wintergreen liquid compound, ID,
D. ID. Prescription. Ask some OF the
cured patients what happend the
very minute they washed the skin
with this soothing OIL
Your itch can and Will be taken
away Instantly if You Win try spe-
cial bottle In a special offer at only
25c; INSTANT relief We KNOW.
tRegula bottle $1,000 VIII Won Try
a 25c bottle en- our assurance GrayS
Drug store, lHS West Oklahoma Ave.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
PERMANENT SURVEY COMPLETE
apecial to Daily Leader

special 10 DAILY lAeduer
saltwater Okla, May III. j.
Lalnpke, the promoter OF the intefur-
ran system from Saltwater to various
cities Of Payne, Lincoln, Logan, No
lde and Pawnee counties, announces
! at grading viii commence at Nor
y an, in Noble county on May 25, on
) \ first line into Saltwater. Among
+ citleas and towns to be touched
I'm that system are Perry, Pawnee,
MtlTie. Perkins, Ripley, Glencoe
,kale, Coyle, Gushing and Chandler
The engineer In charge of the sur
vey at the present time is r. A. Stur'
geon. chitf engineer late of the Mexi'
tan Central aud Orient railroads, and
u. II. Campbell of McAlester is as
sistant engineer and + A. Brown con
struction engineer
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
Drummer & HALL
City Garage
Phone II3. 100 E. Cleveland.
INDIANS TO SELL
DRINKING WATER
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
III Reno. Okla, May 17--Students at
the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian
schools at Cdldo Springs, in this
county, have evolved a novel method
to earn spending money during the
summer. Through the assistance OF
Indian Agent Freer they have secured
a large sized tank wagon and will de-
liver drinking water at &C per gallon
10 customers in this city who fear to
use the water supplied by the wateI
company DR.. w. B. Viets, +. M,
analytical chemist of Cleveland, Ohio
who short time ago gave the water
al Caddo springs thorough analy
sis, pronounces its qualities as abso
lutely. pure and wholesome. For ~
years 1t has been the only drinking
water nj Fort Reno.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17

We don't rely on book knowl-
edge when you entrust your ma
chine to lis to be repaired Our
repair department is in charge
Of one Of teh best mechanics in
the Southwest, who is thoroughly
experienced and reliable. We can
guarantee satisfaction at most rea-
sonable prices. Let us do your re-
pair work and be assured OF
satisfaction.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
Read This.

Hutchinson, Kas. After trying
doctors and different medicines for
kidney bladder and rheumatic trouble
Halls Texas Wonder eu,ed me. It Is
the best medicine on earth.-Walter
E Perry, 20 S. Main ST. Sold by all
druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
transit to nealo Late in the EVENING.

Never hesitate about giving Cham
berlains Cough Remedy to children.
1t contains no opium or other narcot-
les and can be given with implicit
confidence. AS a quick cure for
coughs and colds to which children
are scept lie, it is unsurpassed.
Sold ~ all dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-17
TWO INCHES or RAIN

Enid, Okla, May II Drizzling rain
las been falling In this vicinity for
The last three days, amounting to ful-
ly two inches, which mas helped all
crops considerably.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
NEARLY AN INCH
OF SNOW HERE

At 10 o'clock this morning six
tenths of an inch of snow had
fallen since the beginning of the
storm. The weather man thinks
that the snow will continue falling
tonight and tomorrow, although it
is prOphesied that the temperature
will be little warmer tonight.
In some parts of the country, es-
pecially in the middle west, reports
say that the heaviest snowstorms
of the year are falling. but Spo-
kane is not included. The heaviest
fall here this year was on January
81, when the flakes fell to the
depth of 2.6 inches.
Northern Pacific trains are run
ming about six hours late today on
account of the weather. A train
due here this morning at $50 is
now scheduled for $3.50 this after
noon. 1t may be even later. An
other train, due at 4:30 this after
noon, is not expected until late to-
night.
The Great Northern trains have
experienced no difficulties so far.
Practically all of their trains had
been on time up till 1 o'clock this
afternoon, and no complaints of the
snowfall had been heard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
G ONTIN u Z u
10y r O -
r "A G E O n r
HE INSISTED ON ALL
RULES.

that Colonel Abercrombie, as COM
handing officer at Fort Wright,
was constantly embroiled with the
other officers at the fort and had
heaped alleged indignities upon a
number Of officers with whom he
did not get along This condition
of affairs had become notorious
throughout the department of the
Columbia, 1t was stated, and Gen
eral Maus taking cognizance of It,
ordered the inspector general of the
department to make an investiga-
ton Of the reports and complaints
that had reached department head
quarters. Acting upon Information
furnished him by the inspector gen.
eral, General Maus issued an order
transferring Colonel Abercrombfe
to Fort Lawton.
"A MOLEHlLL," SAYS MAUS.
When seen today, General Maus
reluctantly consented to talk about
the order directing Colonel Aber-
crombie's transfer from Spokane to
the Seattle post.
The matter was never more than
molehill," said General Maus, but
the Spokane authorities and the
press have made mountain out
Of it.
"The trouble that arose over
duartering Spokane prisoners II the
Fort Wright guardhouse had all
been amicably arranged to the en-
tire satisfaction of the war depart
ment and had no bearing upon the
order transferring Colonel Aber-
crombie to Fort Lawton.
THE removal of a commanding
officer from one post to another is
a frequent occurrence with the de-
partment commanders. and the
widely published report that any
thing other than good order and eff
ficiency was the motive for Colonel
Abercrombie's transfer is absurd"
PRATT'S CHARGES.
1t was reported at department
headquarters today that the mayor
of Spokane had announced his in
tention of filing charges with the
war department against General
Maus on account Of his alleged Of
fensive conduct while in Spokane
several weeks ago investigating the
placing Of civil prisoners in the post
guardhouse. The officers here are
UNFOLDING the department COM
mander's action in the case.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
SECOND ROBBERY
IN TWO Weeks
SPOkOMA HOTEL SCENE OF
SEVERAL BURGLARiES.

For the second time within two
weeks the Spokoma hotel was loot
ed by burglars last night. Follow
ing the robbery the police are max
ing an Investigation, which will
probably lead to the arrest Of sew
Ieral suspicious characters within
the next few days.
Room in the Spokoma, which
was occupied by Ed Hart, yielded
"a tidy sum of $55 to the footpads
last night, while from room 70,
which was occupied by j. F. Chris
.tensen, was taken suit case con-
tanning clothing and valuable
watch.
Two alleged burglars, accused Of
robbfng store room in the Ross
land house, at 307 Main avenue,
were taken into custody last night
and booked with the charge Of
robbery. Two telescopes full of
plumber, consisting of second hand
clothing, tools and cheap knick'
nacks, were brought to the station
as evidence. The men gave their
names as Ernest Freeberg and
Tom whitley. Freeberg is well
known by the police.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
g O I'll u E d
--F r o
p A @ T. O n E
TUERKE Is UNFIT FOR
OFFICE

J. Stanley Webster as the youth
full county prosecutor, was called
upon to prosecute the murderer.
Jet was convicted and sentenced
to life Imprisonment for the MUIR
der of James B. Martin, and SEN
fenced to be hung upon his convic-
ton for the killing of James Cock
rill. The supreme court ordered a
new trial on the second charge and
it was after Jett had been returned
to the Cynthiana county jail to wait
a second trial that the confession
was made.
Jet declared that the Hargis
clan had deserted him, giving him
no money for a defense, and that
he. desired to make a clean breast
of the whole matter. Prosecutor
Webster took stenographer and a
notary to the Jail and secured the
confession. After signing the pa
per Jett stated that he wished to
sell it to newspaper, and against
the. strenuous objections of Web
ster, the papers were sold to the
Louisville Courier-Journal for $500.
Webster states that the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, angered because of
the scoop, charged the district at
torney with selling the confession
and profiting by the sale.
THE DIVORCE
r. M. Webster states that soon
after reaching Cynthiana to pay
his brother short visit, the dis
trict attorney discovered that his
wife was false to him and that
Bailey d. Berry, his law partner,
was carrying on criminal relations
with his wife of four years. Web
ster's first desire was to kill Berry,
but the brother persuaded him to
let the home destroyer live, and
also persuaded him to pursue his
own inclination of keeping the
matter from the public.
While away on a visit to Wash
ingtOn, where r. NJ Webster had
taken him for few days after the
frightful discovery, Webster heard
that his wife and her relatives and
friends were circulating reports
concerning his abandonment of
her. He Immediately returned to
Cynthiana and divorce proceedings
were instituted.
Judge Webster came to Washing
ton a short time after that, broken
down in health. After a year he
recovered sufficiently to resume
his practice of law and rose to the
bench in this county, a position
which he holds at the present time
although still young in years.
His Kentucky wife secured a d.
vorce year after Webster left
that state, the wife alleging aban-
donment and Webster consenting
to the proceedings.
While R. M. Webster prepared
the statement for the public, Judge
Webster has signed it, corroborat-
ing every statement made in the
article.