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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
BLOODHOUNDS SEEK
ROBBERS OF TRAIN
Four Missouri Bandits Elude
Posse After Search Extend
ing Over County

ST. LOUIS Jan. 22.-The four men
who held up and robbed the Missouri
Pacific train near Eureka, Mo-, last
night are reported tonight hiding in
this city.
Two hundred men and six blood
hounds covered the greater part or 81.
Louis county today in an almost fruit-
less search for the boat in which the
bandits are supposed to have hoated
down the Meramec river to point con-
venient to ST Louis 1T was stolen Fri
day night few miles from the scene OF
the robbery.
Rewards aggregating $1,000 were
offered today for the arrest and conVlc-
ton of the outlaws. who are believed 10
have obtained $4,000 in the robbery.
Governor Hadley offered the max
imum which the state allows $30O 1or
each man; the Missouri Pacific $500 for
each man. and the United States post
Office inspection department, $1,000 for
the taking of the men dead or aIlve
man was arrested here today as
suspect.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
ROAMS COUNTRY IN
HELPLESS CONDITION
Wealthy Young Man Suffers a
Mental Breakdown and
Disappears
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


NEW YORK. Jan 22.-Somewhere In
this country, with several thousand
dollars loosely stuffed into his pockets,
and eighty y-odd railroad tickets in his
possession, roams a young man, vic
tim of overwork and suffering from
loss of memory.
December %, shortly after his mar
riage, Charles Purdy, son of Henry
Purdy, a wealthy real estate operator
of Connecticut, drew from his bank
several thousand dollars and came to
New York for the purpose of settling
his accounts with the firm which he
represented in New England. While
ell route 10 this city, or Immediately
upon reaching the station, young Purdy
was stricken with loss of memory. He
proceeded to a ticket Office and began
the purchase of tickets, since which
time no tidings of him have come that
would tend to locate him.
His father Immediately took charge
of the boys affairs and has settled all
accounts He also has employed an
international detective agency in an
effort to locate his son. Through the
detective agency it was learned that
young Purdy purchased numerous tick
cts. including one direct to San Fran
cisco, where he is known to have had
business correspondents. and where it
may be that he is roaming without
knowing his own identity
A world wide search is being insti-
tuted for the missing son from whom
his people are anxious to hear. There
is no scandal attached TO his disappear
ance.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
WARRIORS DUPfD
BY SMOOTH VfNDfR
Army Officers Buy Shirtwaists
at Bargains; Will Know
Better Next Time

Discarding theories and practices of
war for the nonce, several army officers
connected with department headquar-
ters took a flyer in womens shirtwaists
yesterday They discovered later, amid
the deep scorn of their respective wives,
that the articles for which they paid
fancy prices to vender were the
cheapest of their kind.
why the shirtwaist .vender chose
the department headquarters for his
coup is inexplicable. He appeared in
the office of Major c. Z. Pickett unan-
nounced but confident. He was tall
and talked glibly.
i have here. he said impressively,
"shirtwaists-th finest ever Hand
made, all linen, worth $40, but l like
your looks and will let them go for
five bones apiece. Chance of your life
time, general. Miss it and you'll be
sorry"
Major Pickett did not know enough
about slfirtwaists to cause him any
worry and he fell. He bought two of
them and telephoned Mrs. Pickett of
his bargain. The man went the rounds
and disposed of his stock at IS each,
the last three being sold to Colonel
Webster Vinson, chief paymaster of the
department Then he eliminated him.
self
1t was only when the officers took the
shirtwaists home to their wives that
they learned that the wonders were
worth about 81 each and made of cheap
cotton.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
FORMER TAX COLLECTOR
is CHARGED WITH THEFT
Governor Frear Orders Prosecu-
ton in Honolulu
Especial Correspondence Of The Cali

HONOLULU. Jan. l5.-The dismissal
from the tax Office Of James L. Holt
two years ago was said TO have been
due TO his holding out commissions at
one time and putting them on an en-
ploye's pay at another. but behind that
was a charge of defaulting to the sum
Of $4,000.
Holt agreed to and did make up this
amount. Not long after IL was found
that he had brought suit for taxes
against 25 persons who had not paid
their taxes, secured judgment and col
lected the money.
The total amount was less than $500.
but when the matter was reported to
Governor Frear he ordered immediate
prosecution, with the result that indict-
ments have been found against Holt.
Now comes the rumor that the men.
including Tax Assessor Wilder who
succeeded Holt. are 10 he fired from
the tax office for Withholding the
knowledge Of the second embezzlement.
Promises are made that there will be
general cleaning out Of that and one
other department in the, very near
future
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
MISERY FROM A BAD STOMACH
and DYSPEPSIA WILL VANISH

with loss Of appetite. pressure and full
ness after eating. vomiting, nausea
heartburn. gripping in bowels. tender
ness In the pit OF stomach, bad taste Ia
mouth constipation, pain IN limbs,
sleeplessness. belching OF gas, bilious
r9ss sick headache, nervousness. df1si-
ness or many other similar symptoms.
II your appetite is tickle. and moth
ing tempts you, or you eeich gas. or II
you feel bloated after eating, or your
food lies like q lump Of lead on your
stomach. you can make Hp your mind
that at the bottom OF all this there u
but one cause-fermsntation Of undi-
gested food
Prove TO yourself in ave minutes
that your stomach Is as good As
any: that there is nothing really
wrong. Stor this fermentation and be-
gin eating what you want without fear
of discomfort or misery.
Almost instant relief is waiting for
YOU 1t is merely a matter OF how
soon you take a little Diapepsin-
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
Your out-of-order Stomach feels
fine five minutes after taxi
ing a little Diapepsin

Take your sour, out-of-order stom-
aoh-or maybe you call 1T Indiges-
ton, Dyspepsia, Gastritis or Catarrh
of stomach; it doesn't matter-
tak. YOUR stomach trouble right
With YOU TO your Pharmacist and
ask him to open a 50-cent case OF
Pape's Diapepsin and let you eat one
22-grain Triangule and see II WITHIN
ave minutes there is left any trace OF
your former misery.
The correct name for your trouble Is
Food ermentation-food sourlng' the
Digestive organs become weak there Is
lack OF gastric juice; your food Is only
half dieested. and you become affected
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
PIONEER WHO RAISED
FLAG IN ARIZONA DIES
William Kirkland Hoisted Old
GLORY at Tucson in 1856

PHOENIX, Ariz-, jan 22.-Word was
here yesterday of the death in
Winkleman of William Kirkland, who
in 1856 at Tucson raised the American
flag over what was then the Gadsden
purchase.
Kirkland. who was born at Fred
ericksburg. Va, in 1892. was one of the
first settlers in Arizona His eldest
daughter was the first white child born
in Phoenix.
Mrs. kirkland. whom he married in
1850, is still living.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
BIG APARTMENT HOUSE
LEASED FOR FIVE YEARS
Three Story Building Equipped
With Modern improvements

o. L. Mcmahon & Co. have leased
for the account OF W. r. l.. Campbell
the three-stOry modern apartment
house. covering 64x137 feet. in the
north line Of California street. 1909
feet east of Van Ness avenue
The building contains IS rooms. di
vided into three. four and five room
apartments, fitted with all the very
latest improvements. The rooms are
exceptionally large and are TO be I'M
ished in natural wood and tapestries.
The lease runs for a period of five
years in favor of Miss Z. D. Forbes.
The terms are private
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
DEATH CALLS s. p. AGENT
AT SHELLVILLE STATION
+ [soecioI Dispatch 10 The Call

TOpeLIdI IISPutCIT To 4 ITO s7''I
PETALUMA, Jan. 22.-J. B. Bacon,
for years station agent for the South
ern Pacific company at Shellville, dled
at Pasadena today He was promi-
nent member of Petaluma lodge of
Elks. and that order will attend TO the
funeral services. Interment will be at
Pasadena.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
Puget sound TerrItory

One night on the road will put you
there. Take Southern Pacific's daily
flyer, Shasta Limited See Agents,
Flood Building. Market Street Ferry
Depot. Broadway and Thirteenth ST.
Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
Over One-Third Off on
Silk Petticoats
for Spring
These Garments Recently Purchased VIII Be Of
tered for the First Time Tomorrow Morning

The entire stock and sample spring lines OF well New
York manufacturer By buying everything he had got
tremendous price concession. Following the Hale policy
this price advantage along San Francisco
Hghgrade silks made up the cevere models the maker
could originate for his tradegeting sanpehirred tucked
strapped and embroidered styles generously and having
deep ounces and dust fIes. The silk itself firm and of
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

Shasta Water for health.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

good weight, and every con-
ceivable color and shade is
represented. suitable for
wear with all the spring
street and evening shades.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
Children's Black Hose


corded SH
Cotton Box 8 Pairs H bicycle nd sn nj
are very elastic Speddo 0
Fine a
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

The walters union viii move 10 its
ncw headquarters at 81 Turk street
tomorrow from Larkin hall NJ Borren
las been elected superintendent of the
new place after > o'clock each after
noon and he viii be held responsible
Tor the enforcement OF the rules
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

The laundry drivers union wiz in
stall its new officers in Van Ness hail
"Wednesday night. The meeting win be
Followed by q high 5inks and smoker
with q program by professional talent.
There viii also be several boxing
matches. The affair viii be under the
direction OF J. Morrison. Edward T.
lIragen. r. Mosterett. Q. Anderson and
Paul \ Parker
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

The San Francisco labor council has
indorsed the petition TO congress. pre-
pared by the Vallejo trades and labor
council, asking that the present system
at the Mare island navy yard, known as
the Won Meyer system. be continued.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

During Thursday. February 10. every
chapel Of printers in this country and
Canada viii vote by referendum on a
proposition to increase the existing
mortuary benefits. as suggested by a
resolution adopted at the last session
OF the international typographical
union.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23

The marble WORKERS union Al It's last
meeting indorsed the Panama-Pacific
exposition and the suggestion that the
fair be held i'm the vicinity Of lngleside.
The union gave +. T. McGlade, who
served as president for six years. a sill
yer loving cup as q token of its appre-
citation Of his services. In order to en-
courage the purchase Of homes by mar
ricd members the union has decided to
give each buyer $40 toward the price
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
The Old Log Schoolhouse.
From the Portland Oregonian.

From the Portland OfegOnlan
The old log schoolhouse. like the ola
stage coach-at one time and for long adj
vance guards Of civilization In the wilder
ness-has practically disappeared from
the Pacific northwest. But two OF these
old houses, we are told. remain in service
in Washington county Probably not
more than that number remain In any
county OF the Willamette valley. Rude
devices reared by the pioneers OF past
era to shelter and provide educational adj
vantages for their children in the days
when an arithmetic. a copy book and
slate and pencil constituted the individ-
ual equipment for study for each child,
while two or more of the same family
book, these old log schoolhouses served
well their day and purpose.
Their architecture was of the most
primitive type. Logs cut from the
Astounding forest, with due regard to size
and symmetry-perhaps roughly hewn on
one or two sides, but quite as likely left
in their natural state; deeply notched by
the settlers ak at the corners, where
they were laid together; stick and mud
chimney and fireplace half across one
end; roof and door OF shakes riven
fl m straight billets of yellow fir at tho
other; low, square windows along the
sides, zach set with a sash and four
panes of glass; long sloping shelf run
ming along under the windows with Q
shelf underneath for slate and books; rude
benches in front of these shelves. a small
table on a slightly raised platform at
one side of the fireplace, and chair
with rawhide or splint bottom for the
teacher-this was the old log school,
house and its equipment for the comfort
of .the children of the pioneers as they
strove to master the simple rudiments Of
what was then known as common
school education"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Observation-Disclosures

I have done all that an intelligent man
could do. l have reconstructed my story.
Listen to 1t for a moment with me. All!
Your tea arrives. I see. / trust that you
find 1t in order. Permit me to drink your
health In another cup of coffee
He paid the waiter. and In a few mo-
ments they were once more alone.
81 was speaking" Leblun continued "of
a reconstruction. All that is SO simple.
We see, flying from that scene of vio-
lence In the Place NOire a few years
ago three persons and a monkey. We
see a man, the man whose identity we
wish to solve, clad in the garb of work
man. pushing q street piano. Fastening
along by his side. we see the hunchback,
to whom that musical instrument be-
longs. On the other side of it walks d
child-girl, perhaps, 1 should call her
who only a few weeks before had thrown
in her lot with that dwarf and was sing
ing In the streets for ner living. On the
top of the piano. reclining i'll a basket
and rudely shaken. I fear. by the speed
at which that barrow is being pushed. re-
poses the monkey Chicot They turn the
corner of the Place Noire. they are seen
somewhere in the Rue Pigalle, there is a
rumor that they pass through the Rue de
Faubourg Montmartre. After that. ST.
lence. Space swallows them UP. They
are gone"
(To be continued tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
FInrfEAPoLl5 JOURNAL

cannot tell" she moaned. II think you
are cruel. l do not want to go away
with you. ] want to stay here"
Want to stay here" he echoed, scorn-
fully. To stay here in this pail of
smoke, under this gray sky, in this sad
city! 1t is a disease. then, which bids
you stay. 1t is not life, it is not free
dom. it is not anything worth having.
Tell me, Christine, will you Gomez
She looked at him with the air of one
who has made a resolution. You ask
me too suddenly, Ambrose" she said. Il
cannot answer you. Give me a few
hours-until morning, say-to think 1t
over
He rose from his chair Very WE'LL"
he said, 81 will give you until tomorrow.
/ cannot give you longer, for Marcel is
in a strange way. He is half mad with
drink and fear. I am afraid every mo-
ment that he bill blurt out who he is and
all he knows. There are spies around
him at every corner, If he did but know
it-spies. doubtless. Of the great jacques
Leblun.'
It'll tomorrow morning" Christine fall
tered. Let me have till then, at least. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
The Work of Microbes.
Sir Ray Lancaster in London Telegraph.


Few persons can realize at first what an
immense number and variety Of microbes
there are. not only around us. in air and
dust and water. but also In US and on us
and in and on every living thing. The
work. the huge system of chemical change
and the circulation of the elements, car
bon oxygen, hydrogen. nitrogen and sui
phur which they carry on is tncessant.
varied and complex. Those five elements
are the main and essential constituents of
all living things. Supposing there Were
no microbes there would be no putrefac-
ton. no breaking down of the dead bodies
of animals and plants which were once
alive into gas and substances soluble in
water.
They. by a series of steps In which diff
ferent kinds of bacteria Or microbes are
successfully concerned. convert the pro-
teids and the fats and sugars OF dead
plants and animals into less elaborate
bodies, organic acids. aromatic bodies and
other compounds (some highly poisonous
to mani, and at last, when what were
highly complex combinations or hundreds
of atoms in each molecule have been re-
duced by the action of first one and then
of another kind of microbe into compare
lively simple substances of twenty or
thirty atoms to the molecule, the coup de
grace is given by certain special microbes,
which convert these later compounds into
still simpler combinations, namely. am
monja and nitrateS, which are fairly sta
BILE. sor that the whole elaborate chemical
fabric of living matter In few hours or
DAYS after death is broken down until it
reaches the stable mineral condition,
practically carbonate and nitrate of am
salts!
If there were no microbes this would
never occur The earth would be cum
bered with the dead bodies OF past gen
erations of animals and plants-undecom-
posed. And very soon all the organic
elements, all the carbon and nitrogen. If
not all the hydrogen and oxygen. on the
face or the earth would be fixed in these
corpses. and the green plants would perish
from the whole world for want of susie
nance. For 1t is the green plants which
feed on and absolutely must have as their
food the carbonic acid, ammonia and nj
trates into which the microbes resolve all,
living things when dead. 1t is the green
plants which from those simple COM
pounds build up again the more complex
molecules. the sugars. fats, albumens and
proteids, and provide for the nourishment
and increase Of the most complex of all
the living matter hidden In protoplasm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Foreigners Entitled to Reward.

The question as to whether the reward
for the apprehension and delivery of a
deserter is properly payable to person
not citizen of the United States was
recently raised in the case of an enlisted
man who deserted from the United States
Army and who was apprehended In Can
ada and returned to military custody In
the United States by Canadian pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Returning to Holy Land.

From time to time various colonies of
Jews have actually returned to the Holy
Land. There are records of Jewish settle
ments there as early at ITO, and in the
sixteenth century the city of Liberals,
where only Jews were to DWELL was re-
built. But 1t was not until comparatively
modern times that the founding of reg
ular colonies began. In 1878 the ideas Of
Laurence Oliphant and the Earl OF
Shaftcsbury took definite shape in the
purchas.. oe 100 acres of land by tie
Jews Of Jerusalem and the foundation of
the colony of Petah Tikwah. After the
Russian persecution of 1881 large num-
beers OF Jews emlgrated, and at the end
of 1888 there were about 5000 Jewish
coIonists in Palestine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Squirrel q Barometer.
From the kansas City Journal.

NUUHub
merchant In Ottawa has unique
barometer. 1t is a domesticated fox
squirrel. He keeps the little pet in big
paint barrel, all inclosed. with the excep-
ton of q small round hole for a door in
one end. Inside the barrel is a good sup
ply of straw. old paper and leaves. During
q run of weather of any kind. hot. cold.
wet and dry. the little animal Is in and
out Of hs house, keeping an open door. But
should there be a change coming, say
twelve or twenty-four hours on. he plugs
up that hole with the stuff from his bed
and keeps 1t closed until the (6nange
comes. He never makes mistakes" says
his owner. There are no false alarms
with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13

vincial detective. 1t was held by the
War Department that the reward for
the apprehension and delivery OF de-
serter is payable to any civil omcer or
whether or not such civil officer or civil
ian is a citizen of the United States.
New Uniforms Not Ready Yet.
All officers Of the army have been Of
ficially informed that the new olive drab
cotton cloth uniform will not be issued
to the army until the supply Of khaki
uniforms is exhausted, a period estimated
to be from eighteen months to two years.
In the meantime officers are authorized,
but not required. to provide themselves
with the new uniform.
instruction Of Militia Officers
officers Of the Cavalry, Field Artillery.
Engineers and Signal Corps OF the organ
lied militia are to be given a fine op-
portunity to acquire definite information
of a theoretical and practical nature con-
corning the material pertaining to their
respective arms, with view to prepar1ng
such officers for field service with the
arms to which they belong in the joint
maneuvers of the ensuing summer. To
that end Gen. Bell, chief OF STAN, has
ordered the establishment OF courses or
instruction for officers of cavalry and
field artillery at Fort Riley. Kansas. and
for officers of engineers and signal troops
at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas. These
courses Of instruction will be OF an Gle
mentary nature, arranged progressively
and limited to a period not to exceed
thirty days. terminating not later than
June 30, 1910.
Oficers of the organized militia while
taking these courses will be quartered in
camps and provided with the regular
messes at cost prices. They will receive
their pay and transportation from the
state authorities. but each OFFICER Will
pay individually for his subsistence.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-21
WE'LL DONE,

The present speaker of the Vermont
House of Representatives, writing edi-
toriallv in his newspaper, once referred
to Brattleboro as "the most public spirit
ed town I'm Vermont" This was a very
handsome compliment, and as a demon
stration that it was well deserved. I'VE
point with pride" as the political plat
forms say, to the cheerful announcement
today that the citizens Of this town have
raised $4,000 by popular subscription as
the prerequisite for securing the estab-
ishment here Of the Ford Dummer
Mills. a textile industry which will add
100 TO the population Of the town. The
special committee appointed by Chairman
Cowles Of the board of trade labored
yaliantly. but 10 was the get-togother
spirit with strong lift. which accom-
plshod the task which will give the town
prestige and impetus and mark a new
era in its industrial development.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-21

Senator John P. Dolliver of Iowa has
paid with his life the penalty of high
pressure effort in political life. He was
one of the few public men who possessed
the gift of oratory and the announce
ment that he would speak would fill the
public galleries in Washington. He en-
forced his argument with humorous ref
erences and had the rare faculty of al
ways keeping his temper in hot debate.
His speeches on the tariff at the special
session of Congress in 1909, severely criti-
cislng work of the finance committee, were
the best heard in either branch of Con-
gress. He was one of the leaders of the
so-called progressive wing of the Repub-
lican party of the middle West. DolliveI
narrowly escaped being President. He
was slated to be McKinley's running
mate, but Senator Platt insisted or
thrusting Roosevelt into second place tC
get rid OF him. What followed is q
matter of history.