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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30
FOLK songs ar NoIr

The rr,rrt publication Of yuIuW'
If negro minstrel mrindl., has again
brought out The frequent assertion that
the songs Of STEPHtN & IOsTiT arr
tplk songs Mr. fpSTrRS mcl"dl,- may
Ia beautiful IN thrmSrlyr. strongly
national m their nature. and they nm
duubtrdly reflect the chlra"terl-tI,- of
large section Of the population ut
ia" nltrd States. But they ar" Ger
talnlv not folk songs IN the sens" that
word - understood by MUSICIANS
II - not enough To- rntItlr Mr. Eos
rEK'S songs tn the description uf folk
songs that they have been recognized
from one end Of thus country to th"
other ~ u most characterised, CuntrIbu-
tl"n u American music, perhaps the
most charaCter IN all original music
of tins country'S national school Nor
~ their musical composition. however
-Impl" that may h." sufficient 70 mas" a
compost on so essentially song OF The
I~ople that II deserves IN" special nam"
of folk song. which IN musical literature
has a specific meaning tn" m"r" fact
that a song NAV have clear and fluen;
melody. br composed without harmonic
IntrIcaCy and bo sung bv Who'll" p.o-
pie, does not Yet serve 10 put II m ia"
category OF folk songs a. they arr under
stood by musical authorizes
Folk tunes. as on" authority has
POLITICALLY expressed n. ar" Nh" Mid
flowers IN the realm Of muse. They
spring up from an" lIt" of tu" people,
and their origin ~ no "a~t"r 10 tra'"
than IN" caus" of the wr"d - growth.
No composer. Therefore. Who d"hh"r-
at"ly sets 10 work to roWpO-" a song
can ever call { a folk song. however
o. may b.. oi rh" ,raracirr
OF Vcoplc He may rompo>" melodies
that ar. ~ the form Of folk songs, and
noted composers hav" Interested them
selves m experiments Of tins Nrnt
Sometimes they A." a sever" '"-' % a
composer mu-l,-ansh'p and scientific
skill But whatever "lsn they may be-.
th"y cannot h., call"l 'olN songs T. i
tn" deliberate and artificial birth OF
STEPHEN c FnSTrR- song that k""Is
them out Of tins lass
On the other hand. g"uuu" folk -onE4
hay" often inspired rpmpp-"r- 20 som"
81 their nobl"st "Tort, H'NpN. who
diSdain"d nothing that cam" - his hand.
made Use Of folk song, and - IN
later century did fRtNI LISZr. Franz
SCHU BERT also found spark 10 uilam"
his genus in the same kind Of Hungarian
melodies that LIST had employed, and
80 did JOHANNES BRAHMS CHOPIN,
TsCHAIKOwsKY. DvORAk and GEIFG
impaired Ia their compositions som"0f
the perfumes from th"-" wild flowers.
and the RreaSr BEETHOVEN I'D NOT
ignore thls same inspiration. Vet the"
went Ia the songs that had
sprung from the hearts Of the, r"opl"
They were not satisfied to seek their
Inspiration from any copie. nf them OF
from any works Of composers who had
successfully caught the spirit and char
irtcr Of gcnuIn" folk MUSIC
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J~nrT tHs To1I9r Ihr3Hss
The usbanas have No descendants nov - ne
indians whom tolumbus found there They
grrrr carried ava, by the SpaniAris 10 Work In
mines snd pearl fisheries elsewhere when they
srr~ not ruthiessy cSterminAtrd ~ the white
l.ngHlsupn many are the descendants - the 10y.
AI-u, ~ Georgia and south Carolina who fed
H.th"r Vh"n The Tinted stairs bcrame lndrpcu-
drr' 10" h'acaS speech prr-ents one specially
,4'ipns feature thsy exchange their " and ~.
-srru' ~ the ionion~r DID when Mr. Weller
l.s'. Tod upon su-iIng hi name With We"
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elections l. not denied What j. sought
la h. done there and 80 far successfully.
- "a minimize the force IF the Fifteenth
Amendment by an enactment that Dis
franchises the ninety and nine. bat all
mltS the onc-huudrrdth to tho suffrage.
II l. a discrimination that Itl-t ESCAPES
being unconstitutional bv finely drawn
tr,hncalty
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Nu"u a stat" Of anarchy exists, IL i
claimed, that consular and military
office, have boon attarked Harmless.
travellers rubbn1. and caravans have
become the prey Of rowing band, II free
/ bu"t"r-. Tn" British Government has
tl'"i frequent protests. but nothing b"-
NoUi promises hny" come Of them.
For all administrative PURPOSES. Sav-
th' London Times tn" Persian Govern
m"Ht has ceased 10 exist south of l-pd-
han. and ~ shows NJ signs uf rcgaInng
control
Nh important aspect OF this nrw
policy ami tn. one that - interesting
Germany Is that th" duties Of the police
viii lie outsld" Of the technical sphrr"
Of interest assigned TO Great Britain
bv IN" Anglo-Russlan agreement OF
49,. til" routes from BuIshirr tn l-pa-
han and from Mohammcra AT the head
OF m" Persian Cult To ispahan. as well
"a, a part of th" rout" from Teheran 10
Bagdad. ar" within th" neutral zone
Ia" assent Of Russia 10 "A British force
IN thS section ~ held a. evidence of an
understanding b"t w,.nn the two coun-
'rIr> To go h.vond the original spheres
of interest and eventually to occupy the
entire of Persia.
The Persian Government has shown
little inclination to exercise authority in
tn" south While the present is con-
sIdcr'i the most efficient Government
thar the country has had since the new
order of things, n has paid 30 much at
t"u'Ion 10 affairs az rrheran that II has
permitted outlying provinces TO take
car" vi themselves The lack of funds
j. gwen a. the initial difficulty IA the way
Of maintaining order Persian repre-
s"u'aty"- ar" AT present IN Europe
"ud"lNoriuE to float loan through the
Imperial Bank should they succeed this
obstarl" would To- removed But Eng
land asks wouid this fund be- applied 20
tn" parliIoa,Iou of an" country.
Persia ha~ vet three months in which
To- rr.tpr" order but Judging from IN"
past th"r' seems &, b. lItt." reason -
b"lI"y" rha' IN" Will better ,ondi'ipu-
~ NJ" south The British the, accord
INK - th" present programme. wl!l I'M
dcrtak" 20 police a." country Ia dong
80. Hrll they b. taking m" first stop 'o-
tn" PARTITION Of Persia, such Cour~"
would c1u-.' ur.asIu'~s ~ \fghaulsiau
and other interior N-latIc States. and
~ ih' tv-'"rI"' on OF the Independence
Of The .u'v.I",' Ia. head of Islam would
Imp'-rl BRUSH rr"~'iG" IN m" Mo~l"m
World. OF which England rules such
Ia - part II wouii extend the border
Of th" Indian tmpur" into a region wh"r"
thor" i No natural frontier Hitherto
Russian and British pn~~"--ipns haN"
nowhere Touched. but have been SOP
arat"d bv great deserts or lmpaSSabl"
mountains. TN" partition Of Persia
would mean that IN" border guards If
the" empires would look INTO the whites
of each Others ewes for the first tune.
and thai the British and Russian terri
tory would for IN" first time in history
b" contiguous for hundreds of miles.
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-lou no longer have a frontier. sad
. foreign visitor At Deadwood. who mad
retd i"eplv ~ - vi " eSi"rn ttIss and wls
a disappointed a. find ne no open gambling
dane" halls. ur long haired cowboy shoot
ing ~; IN" town Ha might hav" gpr.
further and found more evidence IT,.
saloon men M tn. Indian lands Of north
"rn MInu"-,ta complain that business -
poor h"r1H-" IN" rn,i man spends no money
for -nr"wa'"r. nut buys -hawl- for hi-
old woman and candy for rt- pap
ur.-a Md ul.' % western Idaho ilov
rpIEht q uu--" thief .lIv" and gave h.m
. trial uy ury
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\ monum-n, to Father Corby a, G-u.,bura

Co. THF IptrpE DF THF SrS So Yesterday
there Nas dedicated 81 Gr'tysburg q monument
10 |r'rrr rurr - 10" Eighty eighth NrW YORK.
-af.r Genera. - th~ order - the ~acrcd Hear.
~ Nufrr Dame Ind who standing ~ rock
rru.sr .r, 100 Tho ate Afternoon ~ July , Iyi1
gH.. ab4uIItinu - the irish brigade and inr
tlrrfaIE the other 'rop9, ~ taidWrH.s First DlyI
...u = HHurprh.s SrrpGI corps before fhsy
plunged 10 tho rrurf ~ NirElss Thcr l'ft one
Third ~ their uumb'r un 'Ir pr'i
INrDu B'iL'pH
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ar glad NY Hoo-Fyyfr T. beginning - be
~ f.s~ - Ne Arr already beginning to ook un
the colonel - D'r.raic .-8rIHU r17dif4'' 'oT
a1g"r's
Referred to the Republican State COM
mite" Tier" j. still tim" To- circulate n
IN poster form throughout the doubtful
districts
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viii not .ay that the campaign O.. grAnt. but
will ,ay ihA' 70 IL gloomy ami peculiar Fn'risr
: l !
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How can q h.. otherwis. than grandS
Would n" Governor refer 20 BEyERIDGE
a. the Glopmv and Peculiar Young Man
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09

reported unfavorably on it. The Ken
daHs then obtained their lease and the
colonization plan was abandoned.
According to statements of the Kanos
1t had never been intended to found
any sort Of religious sect. Mrs. Star
buck had manifested interest in the
welfare of the Japanese whom she en-
ployed, and at one time had been i'm
pressed with the creed of the Japanese
priest Suto. Suto's religion has for its
fundamental principal the veneration
of ones ancestors. Mrs. Starbuck, said
the Kanos. soon lost interest in Shin
toism.
The Kanos first met Yamagachi
about year ago. when he visited
them with a number Of Japanese
friends of the philosopher. They met
that he was "temperamertal." He
seemed artistic in his tastes, but had
no great liking for religion He often
complained, they said of insomnia and
of illness.
A short time before they first knew
Yamagachi the Kanos had met Mrs.
Starbuck when she was looking for a
quiet house in the hills. Later they be-
came well acquainted. Mrs. Kano spoke
thinking ranch life would benefit his
health, and he later applied to Mrs.
Starbuck for work there. He was en-
ployed for several months cutting tan
bark.
STATEMENT REITERATED
At the time of the murder, from
Mrs. Starbucks statement, reiterated
yesterday. Yamagacfi was not in her
employ. About month ago Mrs. Kano
was In Santa Rosa, making bust of
Luther Burbank, and learned there
that Yamagachi was returning to the
Cazadero ranch. Upon arriving in Oak
land she told Mrs. Starbuck that it was
dangerous for him to go there, for she
had heard of the antagonism that ex-
listed between the Kendalls and the
Japanese. Mrs. Starbuck told her then,
said Mrs. Kano, that he must have gone
voluntarily. This feeling of disquiet,
according to Mrs. Kano, was in reality
a fear for magachi's safety, for she
felt that the feud would break out
sooner or later and would end disas-
trously for the Japanese.
Mrs. Kano and her husband visited
Mrs Starbuck Sunday and again yes
terday afternoon endeavoring to OBJ
tain a statement of the facts from her
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09
WOMAN DEFENDED BY
CAPTAIN PETERSEN.
Mrs. Starbuck Has Been Open and Frank to
Police, Declares Head of Oakland
Detective Force

OAKLAND, Aug. s.-A nervous
breakdown, which may make Mrs.
Margaret Starbuck an invalid for
days, came this forenoon. when an
anonymous letter was delivered at the
Starbuck home. 116 Lake street, ac
cusing the woman OF cofcealing facts
from the authorities investigating the
Kendall murders.
The anonymous letter was received
this forenoon by Miss Crystal Lee.
daughter of Mrs. Starbuck. The girl
tried to keep the nature of it's con-
tents from her mother. but failed.
Attorney Brunk put the letter in the
hends of Captain of Detectives Peter
sen, who denounces IT as prepared by
some one not versed in the Kendall
case for the purpose of harassing the
woman. This Petersen declares from
the contents of the letter. which he
has promised not to make public yet.
II consider that this sort of thing,
with the circulation of the stories of
japanese inclinations and a bent to-
ward oriental occultisnn, is unwarrant-
ed said Petersen. 'I believe Mrs.
Starbuck has been sincere in her atti-
tude in this case.
Il she were implicated. as the anony-
nous letter declares. she would never
have told about Yamaguchfs visit and
of his terse confession:
"1 shot them I shot them all
That statement by Mrs. Starbuck
was the only thing that put the Sonoma
authorities on Yamaguchi's trail. If
it had been to Mrs Starbuck's interest
to hide the facts. there would not to-
day be a clew to the supposed mur-
derer.
Even if Yamaguchi were caught and
confessed, there is not now evidence to
convict His confession would be evil
dence only with corroboration, and
there is nothing to substantiate the
fullest confession. AT the present time
the district attorney could, hardly
prove that the Kendalls are dead. 1t
is true murder was committed; 1 be-
lieve the bones found are those of the
Kendall family: but a few bones, with
no means of identification, will never
prove a corpus delicti
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09
SINGERS REHEARSE FOR
THE GREAT SANGERFEST
Voices From Organizations of
This City and Oakland

There was a rehearsal by members
of the Verein Arion. Alpenroli. Har-
monte, Teutonia Gesang verein, Grutli
verein, Hessen Gesang verein, Wal
halla Gesang verein, San Francisco
Maennechor, Freundschaft Sanger
bund, San Antonioris Maennerchor
and San Francisco turn verein, gesans
section, city, the Oakland turn
verein and Maennerchor singing So
cieties of Oakland, to the number OF
800, in Germania hall last night.
They rehearsed choruses for the
sangerfest to be held by the German
singing societies of the Pacific coast
in the Auditorium in this city Septem
Der l to inclusive.
A. Classen of the Brooklyn On. Y)
singing society, who is to be the gen
eral director, will arrive here next
Sunday to drill the local singers, and
then will rehearse the singers from
Los Angeles, Sacramento, Stockton,
Tacoma and Seattle.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09

Furthermore, to catch a criminal and
TO prove his guilt motive must be
shown. / can evolve only one theory
of Yamaguchis guilt. That is that he
had regard for Mrs. Starbuck as a
woman who had been kind to him Let
us suppose he was caught on the Star
buck ranch by Tom Kendall. Kendall
struck him or insulted him, and rage
hate which had lain dorwant in the
Japanese's mind sprang UP. There
came the desire to serve Mrs. Starbuck
and Yamaguchi shot the Kendalls.
Even if Mrs Starbuck sent the boy 70
the ranch TO spy. which she denies, she
would not be implicated.
Statements have been made which
imply that Mrs. Starbuck was affected
by oriental philosophy. In my opinion.
she took only the interest in oriental-
ism that every intelligent man or
woman takes; perhaps only made
comparison of the PHILOSOPHERS of ori-
entail religions with the philosophy of
the Christian faith Regarding this as
every other point in the case. she has
been open and frank in all her official
statements. She has even offered to
send me her mail unopened, that /
might know she was not in correspond
ence with Yamaguchi.'
Hunting still for the fugitive Jap
anese, the police have found nothing
1t has been proved that Yamaguchi
was a student at the Polytechnic busi-
ness college in 1905, but he can not
be traced by the records, which have
no address. Like many Japanese at
tending Californian schools. he made
out no complete record for his peda-
gogues. Yamaguchi was graduated
from the college, but his instructors
lost track Of him. None recall him per
sonally.
H F. Starbuck said today that his
wife is in a precarious condition He
gives as the cause the harassing she
had undergone in the last week. Joined
with the delivery today of the anony-
nous letter which is now in the hands
of the police.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09
MAY BE
CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
japanese Poet and Philosopher Advances
Theory in Kendall Murder Case

"Bushidoism," a term descriptive of
apparently had been inculcated in the
character of Henry Yamaguchi from
the time of his birth, was probably
the power which impelled him to slay
the members of the Kendall family at
Cazadero, according to the theory of
Takeshi Kano. the japanese poet and
philosopher. and his American wife,
Gertrude Boyle, the sculptress.
At his home on the ranch of Joaquin
Miller yesterday, Takeshi Kano ex-
planned that "Bushidoism'' was now
fast dying out the Japanese empire.
The word describes a state of affairs
similar to that existing during the
age of the feudal barons. butt implies
additionally a profound fealty of the
serf to the master. No sacrifice. even
that of life itself, is too great to per-
form service for the master.
Takeshi Kano and his white wife
believe that Henry Yamaguchi regard
ed Mrs. Henry F. Starbuck, the owner
Of the ranch, as his mistress. They de-
clared II possible that in an insane
frenzy to effect a result he thought
would be pleasing to her, he attacked
the kendalls. with whom he knew her
to be at outs. He had been a witness in
a suit between the Kendalls and Star
bucks at Santa Rosa, and knew that
Mrs. Starbuck was desirous of getting
the Kendalls off the Cazadero ranch.
According to Mrs. Kano's statement,
Mrs. Starbuck, being less intimately
acquainted with the Japanese charac-
ter, did not perceive this devotion and
Is even now unable to comprehend it.
MRS. STARBUCK is ILL
Mrs. Starbuck is seriously i'll at her
home In Lake street, Oakland, as the
result of reports which tended to con-
meet her with the crime She spent
the greater part of yesterday In bed
and refused interviews. Attorney
Brunk. her legal representative, was
with her most OF the afternoon. but de-
clined to be interviewed.
Mrs. Starbuck has taken great inter-
est In the Japanese boys whom she
employed on her ranch to cut tan bark,
and at one time considered the possi-
bility of establishing a colony of a
socialistic nature on the Cazadero
ranch, where various nationalities
might take up small patches of land
for cultivation. This scheme was sub
mitted to Kano and his wife, who made
trip to Cazadero a year ago. They
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09

in high fever, and it was possible
that he might have gone to some hos
pital for treatment.
Detective Bailey was detailed to ac-
company Sheriff Smith and his deputy,
but they were unsuccessful in finding
any trace of the Japanese. Since July
% only one japanese had been admitted
to any hospital, and that was four days
ago.
The sheriff will have circulars
printed at once containing the photo
graph and full description of Yama-
guchi. He expects the governor to
offer a reward for the arrest of Yana-
guchi. He has asked the local police
and Oakland police to cooperate with
him and he has received their assur-
ance that whatever men he needs will
be at his disposal.
Woman Informs Police
ALAMEDA, Aug. S.-Acting on in
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09

formation given them by a woman
resident the police are keeping a look
out here for Henry Yamagachi, the
Japanese suspected of having mur-
dered three members of the Kendall
family near Cazadero. The police re-
fuse to make known the name of the
woman, but say that she related how
she employed a Japanese as cook
eight days ago and how the Japanese
disappeared suddenly last Saturday
night The police say that the woman
gave a description OF the Japanese
that tailed well with the description
of the supposed murderer. The police
queried C. Yamapuchi,, who lives at
1924 Park street, to ascertain II he was
relative of the wanted man. The
local Japanese said that he did : not
know the Henry Yama gachi for whom
the authorities are looking. The
Japanese quarters here are to be
searched thoroughly by the police.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09
YAMAGUCHI HAD HELP, DECLARE C0UNTRYMEN
COULD NOT HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES ALONE
Great Interest Aroused
In San Francisco
japanese Colony

asked them especially if they ever
knew of such a. case in which a Jap
anese was involved. but not one could
recall any such incident.
MUST HAVE HAD HELP
This fact leads me to believe that
If Yamaguchi did have a hand in the
murders he must have had help. at
least in disposing of the bodies. My
belief is that others besides Yama-
guchi are involved in the crime
r. Koba, a Japanese interpreter,
who lives at 1909 Bush street, knew
Yamaguchi in business way when
the much wanted japanese was act
Ing as a salesman for the Del Monte
Heights real estate company Speak
ing of this acquaintanceship. Koba
said:
"Yamaguchi came to see me in re-
gard to purchasing some lots near
Monterey. He came often and I got
to know him quite we'll He told me
that he was graduate of an Oakland
business college and was book
keeper for N Bussan company. but
had to give UP that work as he was
too nervous and because he suffered
to omuch from pains in his head.
Yamaguchi explained that he had
ben through an attack of typhoid
fever and since that time had suffered
very bad pains in the head | think
Yamaguchi was too weak a man to
commit the crimes alone, and if he
tcsk part in the murder he must have
had help
WILLING TO AID POLICE
S. Kuma,. secretary of the San
Francisco Japanese association, said
that his organization had not been
asked by the authorities to aid in
locating Yamaguchi. but that they
would gladly assist in any way pos
sible If asked by the police.
If the police cooperate with
the various Japanese associations
Yamaguchi it should not take long to
locate him. said Kuma. "All Japan
ese are anxious to see him arrested
and get the true story. as the general
! opinion among my people is that he
was not alone in the matter. We know
that he would get fair play and
! would like to have him located"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09

in order that the conflicting rumors
might be set at rest
Yesterday Mrs. Starbuck was in no
condition to discuss the case and
upon the advice of Attorney Brunk de-
clined to do So Sundays visit accom-
plished little, for Mrs. Starbuck would
only say that she had nothing to do
with the murder, that it must have
been the result of fight between
Yamagachi and Tom Kendall. She de-
MED, however, any intention of organ
izing religious cult for the settle
ment of the ranch.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09

and that will be done early in the
morning by Newton Grieder and Arthur
Trosper and other men on the hunt for
clews
From the shape of the bullet, the
nearness to the surface at which it
rested, and the fieck of clothing or
thread which clung to it, it is pre-
sumed that the lead had passed
through a human before it reached the
wall.
The bullet is of 38 caliber rifle, it
is thought. The trailers today extended
the track of blood, or rather traced it
farther along the creek toward the
house from that point. where it was
lost yesterday.
This trial of blood on the Kendall
place was first found by Arthur Trosper
near the gate that leads into the place.
Last week it was traced down the hill
side, through the underbrush to the
creek. and there lost. This morning it
was again picked up, and it was found
that it led along the fence of the Ken
dali house. 1t may have been that the
murderer of the Kendalls was on the
other side of the house at that time
and Tom Kendall had tried to dodge
him and enter the dwelling where his
rifles were kept. The trial is lost within
view of the porch of Che house, on
which, 1t is thought, that some member
of the family Was killed