davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-02

TT seems to me that our new maid
ought at least to know how to serve
water. II she was six years with her
last employer"
We'll, it's not surprising, dear.
know her last employer"
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-02
SEVEN
(. YEARSaOF
MISERY
All Relieved by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.

Sikeston, No. -"FOr seven years /
suffered everything. I was In bed
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-02
Is Your Health
Worth 10c?

That's what It costs to get a-week's
treatment-of CASCARETS. They
do more for you than any medicine
on Earth. Sickness generally shows
and starts first in the Bowels and
Liver. .CASCARETS cure these ills.
It's so easy to try-why not start to-
night and have help In the morning.
cAscARErs roc boz for . weekS 4
IN the world Milton bozes . month.
Gilpin observer., 1911-02-02

pATENTe ,s::ss Sc G:s;sis:.TTs G:s:: i:.:. T:s
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
BOYS TO DIE
FOR KILLING man
Two Other Lads Sentenced to
Life in Prison for Staying
Farmer

CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-Four boys were
found guilty of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to death and two
others were given sentences of life i'm
prisonment tonight for the murder of
a truck farmer on the outskirts of the
city month ago.
The four sentenced to death are
Sommerling and Thomas Schultz The
two sentenced to life imprisonment are
Frank Kita and Leo Suehomski, both
16 years old. None of the four on
whom the jury visited the death pen
atty is of age and the youngest of
them is s years old.
The victim of the youthful thugs
was Fred w, Gruelzow. He was mur-
dered while on his way from his truck
farm to the Chicago market with a
load of produce. Two Of the boys had
revolvers. two had butcher knives and
the other two clubs.
The evidence showed that Gruelzow
pleaded for his life on his knees, of
fering the boys all his possessions, be-
cause he had a wife and baby a
month old at home. The answer of the
youths was to beat him into uncon-
seriousness with the clubs. SO that his
skull was fractured his jawbone
broken and his nose dubbed nearly off.
When the man was unconscious he
was stabbed four times in the neck and
his throat cut. The body was dragged
into nearby thicket. a club was
jammed down the throat and several
bullets fired into the lifeless body.
The boys were arrested while trying
to sell some of the booty. One of them
had on the farmers boots.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
VENTURAATTACKED
BY FOREST FIRES
Residents Fight Desperate All
Night Battle and Finally
Subdue Flames

VENTURA, Nov. 2S.-The forest fires
that started far down the coast in the
mountains girdling Santa Monica swept
UP to the skirts of this city last night
and today and burned barns and other
small buildings in the yards of fright
ened residents. The flames came with
in 10 feet Of the skeleton of the new
county courthouse, but were beaten
back by the fire fighters. who labored
all night, against the odds of an un-
favorable wind. At 1890. o'clock all
danger to city property apparently had
passed.
When the flames reached Foster park
during the night the whole town turned
out as volunteer fire fighters. Armed
with shovels, picks, spades and plows,
the people fought doggedly until long
past dawn, but were gradually forced
back until well inside the city limits.
Ten thousand dollars is the estimated
damage within the city limits.
Realizing the danger to Ventura last
night when the forest fires suddenly
shifted across the low hills adjacent to
the city, so residents of Oxnard sprang
into their automobiles and dashed 10
miles through the night to aid In fight
ing the flames.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
SEVEN MINUTE HEARING;
PRESTO! DIVORCE GIVEN
Rich Mans Second Wife Says
He Is Bigamist

ST. LOUIS. Nov 2S.-Mrs. Charlotte
Bente Drummond, second wife of
Charles r. Drummond, wealthy real
estate man. today divorced him after
hearing lasting seven minutes.
Drummond is under sentence in st.
Louis county on a charge of bigamy
and is said TO be either in Los Angeles
or Hawaii.
Drummond on January %. 1870 mar
ried Miss Bente, a daughter of Prof.
Frederick Bente of Concordia, widely
know Lutheran educator. a month after
his first wife divorced him. 1t is al
legged that while. still the husband OF
the woman who today divorced him he
married Miss Charlotte Vincent on De-
cember s.
He pleaded guilty to bigamy, was
fined $500 and sentenced to Jail for
six months and paroled. The parole
was revoked on charges that he took
young woman to New York.
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BEATTIE WROTE FRIEND
NOTE ON EVE OF DEATH
Wife Slayer Thanked w. III.
Gates for Spiritual Advice

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 2s.-w. III
Gates of this city. who took deep in
terest in Henry Clay Beattie Jr. while
in prison, today made public letter
from Beattie, the envelope of which
was postmarked a. m. the morning of
the eIectrocution of the young wife
murderer The letter follows:
Dear Mr.. Gates: am unable to
think of words that would fully ex-
press my appreciation of the inter-
est which you seemed to take in
irving to prepare me for the great
beyond, though | can assure you
that your efforts were not all in
vain. SO many things in the bible
YOU explained to me which I never
understood before ! only hope and
pray that you will be able to en-
tighten others, so that they may be
prepared. If I were free I would
ask for no greater joy than to
bring others to God.
one night I will never forget, and
that was the occasion when your
wife and dear little girls sang for
me. Give my love to them. and re-
member that I am praying for you
all that God be with you till we
meet again." Farewell.
HENRY BEATTIE JR.
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Richard Harding Davis Reaches
London; Finds Sister Has
Gone With Husband
[Special Gable 10 The Call

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-Richard Harding
Davis arrived today on the Mauretania
to see his sister, Mrs. Frederick Perci-
val Farrar. whose bitter experience has
excited the deepest sympathy. lie Will
take her to America.
Mrs. Farrar who was Nora Davis. is
not in England. She left for the contin-
ent last week with her husband. i'm
mediately after the cancellation was
announced of his appointment as do
mestic chaplain to King George and
Queen Alexandra.
The Calls correspondent learns from
Sandringham the pathetic fact that
when Farrar was denounced and actu-
ally threatened with prosecution. his
wife's confidence and belief in him re-
NAMED unshaken. Finally, when he
left the rectory at Sandringham week
ago yesterday, she accompanied him in
their automobile. They motored to Har-
wich, took the night boat for Holland
and are in Austria now. it is believed.
Richard Harding Davis has been in
communication today with his brother
in laws intimate friends and relatives.
They could not enlighten him as to Far
rar's whereabouts.
"I intend to find my sister and bring
her back TO America, said Davis to
The Calls correspondent. '"The subject
is too painful for me to discuss pub
licly.o
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BELMONT son IS
STABBED in RESORT
Heir to Millions Lands on Pro-
priet0r's Jaw and Is Hurt
i'm Return
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Returning
from the horse show Friday night, Ray
mond Belmont, son of multi-million-
aire August Belmont, accompanied by
a party of friends in evening dress, en-
tered the resort of Walter Sweeney, in
the tenderloin and engaged in discus
sion that ended in an alteration.
Sweeney reached for liquor bottle
whereupon Belmont felled him with a
right swing to the jaw. Sweeney then
stabbed Belmont twice in the neck. The
young sports were hustled out of the
place.
August Belmont authorized state
ment that the boys were not inside the
resort, but outside and were approached
by Sweeney, who he says was intoxi-
Gated. Pater Belmont says Sweeney
suffered more than his son, who is not
badly injured.
At the Belmont house it was said to-
night the wounds in Raymond's neck
are healing nicely.
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GIRL RECEIVES
WARMING notes,
But DISAPPEARS
Police Start Search for Pretty
Young Actress of Ocean
View
Eighteen Year Old lHss Van
ishes After Receipt of
Threatening Letters

Have white slavers made good their
threats OF one month ago and kid
naped pretty IS year old Helen Nelson.
an actress of ocean View?
The young girl has disappeared and
the police OF this city have begun a
search for her.
-Four weeks ago Helen Nielsen. living
with her parents at 136 Cain avenue,
received two letters. sent from Los An
geles, in cipher code. The letters
warned Miss Nielsen that an organized
gang of white slavers were watching
for chance to steal her. 1nvestiga-
tions by the police showed that the
communications were genuine.
On Monday afternoon Miss Nielsen,
accompanied by her mother. left Ocean
View and came to visit F. A. Nielsen.
the father. an employe in spaulding's
photo gallery, Eddy and Larkin
streets.
The young girl waited outside on the
steps of the store while her mother
paid a visit to her husband. When
she came out the girl was gone.
Search was Immediately begun for
the girl. but no trace of her could
be found.
Detectives detailed on the case by
Captain Wall believe that Miss Nielsen
was kidnapped or voluntarily went away
with an unknown person
Since receiving the cipher commune
cations. another one has reached the
home in Ocean View.
William Snyder, foster brother of
the missing girl. suspects that a man
named Barley has something to do
with the disappearance of Miss Mel
sen. He said Il think Bartley is in
some way connected with Helen's dis
appearance Helen met this man
Bartley two weeks ago last Sunday In
the Panama theater at Mission and
Brazil streets.
"Since that time he has persistently
followed the girl and forced his at
tentions on her.
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MOVEMENT TO RECALL
SUPERVISOR STARTED
Petition Charges E. Pacheco of
NoyatO With Discrimination

NOyATo, Nov. 2s.-A movement to
recall Supervisor e. Pacheco on the
ground that he is showing discrimina-
tion in the exercise of his official duties
in his district is said to be under way
here in the form of a petition which
has been signed by a number of resi-
dents. 1t is understood that the petit
tion is on file at a local store. but the
names of the signers can not be learned.
Pacheco won his Office in the recent
election by close margin. and it is
rumored that the alleged discrimination
is against those who piled up so large
a vote for his opponent.
A petition for the recall of Town
Trustee Charles Gagan of San Anselmo
on the ground of incompete etency is also
being circulated by Charles Wilson, an
architect.
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MISS WILLIAMS AND
FAUST ARE MARRIED
Wedding of Former San Fran
cisco Girl Is Quiet
Sncciol Dispatch 10 The CoLl |

Especial Dispatch 10 he CdtJ
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Miss Cert
rude Williams. daughter of Gardner
Williams, recently of San Francisco.
was married today to Frederick de
Courcy Faust Of this city at the Will
liams residence in Sheridan circle
Owing to the mourning into which
the family was plunged by the death
of the brides mother last summer.
the ceremony was quiet and attended
only by relatives of the couple and
other personal friends. A younger sis
ter of the bride, Miss Dorothy Will
liams. was maid of honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faust left this after
noon on their wedding journey. They
will spend the winter in this city at
the Williams home.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
SAMUEL B. AXTELL WILL
BE SENTENCED TO-DAY
Prisoners Chief Counsel Gives
Out Statement
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

ISpccfdi Dspdfch 10 ne SduJ
STOCKTON, Nov. 2s.-S. b. Axtell,
convicted of having murdered his fell
low townsman, Charles Sollars, June
is last, will appear before Judge Nor
ton tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
for sentence. There is considerable
speculation as to whether his attorneys
will appeal the case or whether Axtell
will take his life sentence.
Attorney A. II. Ashley. the prisoners
chief counsel. gave out the following
statement today:
ION behalf of counsel for Mr.. Axtell
respectfully state that no statement
as to what course will or will not be
pursued. has been or will be made.
no matter what may or may not be
rumored or said to the contrary. What
we have had to say has been said in
open court and the proceedings of the
court will continue to be the only
means by which our purposes arc dis
closed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
SNAKE WRAPPED AROUND
NECK PREVENTS COLDS
Mariner Wears Red, White and
Blue Reptile

BOSTON, Nov. 2s.--John Mcdonald,
an officer of the steamship Kalomo.
just in from Calcutta. has an unusual
remedy for coughs and colds He
brought with him a red, white and blue
snake about FIVE feet long which he
winds about his neck on nights when
cold threatens him. An Indian soldier
sold him the reptile.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
POOR NEW MEXICOi
MERCURY BELOW ZERO
Coolest November Day Since
1880 Is Recorded

SANTA FE, n. NJ. Nov. 2s.-The cold
est November day since November II.
1850. was recorded here today by the
weather bureau, when at o'clock this
morning the temperature at Santa Fe
and at Las Vegas had dropped to three
degrees below zero.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
PACIFIC CRUISER FLEET
ARRIVES AT HONOLULU
Vessels Under Admiral Thomas
Left Here Nov. II

HONOLULU, Nov. %. The Pacific
cruiser feet which sailed from San
Francisco November p arrived here
tonight. The fleet is composed of the
South Dakota, West Virginia, Mary
land. Colorado and California. The
vessels are in command of Rear Ad-
miral Thomas.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
ALLEGATIONS ABSURD, is
REPLY OF ROOSEVELT
w. Barker Charges Teddy Knew
of 1907 Panic in Advance,
but Took No Action
CAPITALIST TALKS TO
u. S. SENATE COMMITTEE

EW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, while at
tending tonight performance
by the Irish players, was shown
n synopsis OF Wharton Barker's tesu-
mony in Washington today In which
Colonel ROoseveIt's name figured promt-
nentIy. He read the statement carefully
and then declared;
Il mould as soon discuss pipe
dream NTH an out patient Of BedldH1
as discuss such nonsense.
Colonel Roosevelt would not add 10
this statement, only repeating 1t later
with added emphasis. if anything, when
pressed by other questionerS for an
additional expression.
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GLACIER is ORDERED
TO TAKE ON STORES

MARE ISLAND, Nov. 2S.-Orders
were received this afternoon by Com
mandant III. II. Mayo to load the refrig-
orator ship Glacier with stores. This
vessel will arrive at the yard from san
Francisco before the week is over.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOUND ON THE PRISONERS
Plant" Declares Defense, but
Prosecution Hints at Expo
sure of Source; $4,000
Bail Furnished
ALLEGED BRIBE TAKER
Is STATE WITNESS
by Associated Press)

= OS ANGELES, Nov. 28.-The
ugly smirch Of suspected
A bribery was trailed today
across the trial Of James B.
Mcnamara for the murder of Charles
J. Haggerty. victim of the Los An
geles Times disaster. Tonight a
pleased prosecution and dumfounded
defense took stock of the days work
of Samuel L. Browne, chief investi-
gator of the state, who arrested three
men and stacked District Attorney
John d. Fredericks' desk high with
yellow bills taken from their pockets
in Fredericks' presence.
Bert IL Franklin. a for,ssrr 'les''fF
United States marshal, now employed
BY the defense as an investigator, re-
leased late today on $4,000 cash bail,
is to appear in court tomorrow to
answer to charges of bribery and at
tempted bribery sworn against him
by Browne, while George N. Lock
wood. an unsummoned vcnireman, and
c. +. C"Cap'') White, an alleged
stakeholder, both arrested, are at lib
erty and, according to District Attor-
ney Fredericks. will appear as wit
nesses against Franklin.
Big Sum in Pockets
The sum of $500 taken from Lock
woods pockets is declared by the
prosecution to have been the first pay
ment of sum which he was to have
received if he would prevent an adj
verse verdict in the Mcnamara case.
and $3,500 found on White was declared
to be the balance to be paid when the
jury was discharged
Rumors of a grand jury investigation
to see where the money came from flew
thick and fast throughout the day In
vestigator Browne would go no further
than to say that no more arrests would
be made today, although earlier in the
day, amid the excitement of the ar
rests, he predicted other more impor-
tant ones to follow.
Arrested in Street
There was nothing stereotyped about
the arrest of Franklin. 1t was no
saloon or hotel room scene familiar to
followers of exposes. A deputy United
States marshal for years, with what
ever acquaintance with criminal meth
ods and the methods devised to catch
criminals his work may have given him.
Franklin was arrested on street cor
ner in the heart of the Los Angeles
wholesale business district in broad
daylight while one detective, disguised
as a laborer, stood unscreened close
enough to him to hear what he said
and Browne himself, sheltered by a
building, also was close enough with
his assistants to catch the three men
before two of them could take their
hands out of their pockets after. it is
alleged, they stuffed the money into
them.
So, hands in pockets, they were
marched to the hall of records, where
the Mcnamara trial is staged on the
eighth floor, and District Attorney Fred
ericks waited for them at the end of a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
COLLIER JUSTIN AT
NAVY YARD FOR REPAIRS
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

MARE ISLAND. Nov. 2s.-The naval
collier Justin arrived today from the
Panama canal zone. shTe collier is I'm
need Of two months repairing and may
be placed out Of commission In Dcccm~
ber
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
CBy Associated rress.,

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-whsrton
Barker. a retired banker of Philadel-
phia. sprang a sensation on-the senate
committee on interstate commerce to-
day when he alleged that New York
fnsncier told him in 1904 that the finan-
ciaI interests would support Theodore
Roosevelt for president because the lat
ter had made a bargain" With them
.'on the railroad question:
Barker.s statement came in the midst
of vigorous attack on the money
trust" in which he alleged also that
President Roosevelt had been given the
details Of the impending panic of 1907
several months before it happened. but
took no action to prevent it. He de-
clared that the Aldrich currency plan
was the handiwork not of former SEN
ator Aldrich, but of Warburg of the
banking firm of Kuhn. Loeb & Co. OF
New York. and that a fund of $1,000
600 had. been started to insure its adop-
ton
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by men and women.
Will Reduce Habit

The crusade will do much, 1t Is said to
stop the spread of the drug habit, as
the present law, ii enforced, protects
the innocent victim of physician S
criminal carelessness from contracting
the habit and the authorities have put
fear into the hearts of druggists.
Gleason, a druggist of 81 Third
street, was arrested yesterday after
noon on a warrant charging him with
illegally selling narcotic drugs to Fred
erick NJ Sutherland. chief drug in
spector of the state board of phar-
macy and the man who has collected
the greater part of the evidence used
by the board in It's far reaching cruz
sade against Illicit dealing in opium.
morphine aid cocaine.
We have the strongest possible evil
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-29
Druggist Arrested as Opium Rings Leader
Harness Shop Raided and
Another Source Of
Supply Found
Proprietors Are Accused o
Doing Brisk Business
With ~Sideline"

Edward III. Gleason, the druggist, who
Is regarded by the state board of
pharmacy as king" or at least a
crown prince" of the opium ring, was
arrested yesterday afternoon and
charged with a violation of the state
law relating to the sale of narcotic
drugs. His arrest is thought to be the
most important made in the present
crusade against Illicit dealers In opium,
morphine and cocaine.
An innocent appearing place. a con-
ventional harness shop at 696 Octavia
street, was found to be a depot for
dangerous habit forming drugs and two
harness dealers have been arrested for
violating the state law. Four convic-
tions of men and boys caught in Sat-
urday's raid were made in the police
court yesterday. In all 1t was busy
day for the men who are seeking to
put an end to the fla agrant sale of mar
cotic drugs and maintenance of dens
where drugs may be purchased and used
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MuIcts Public of $500, 100000

The railroad man added Barker said.
that under the latter authority, it
would be possible to add from $780,,
100000 to $4Oo. 900 to the total
freight charges paid by the American
public.
I told him did not believe Roose-
veit had made any such agreement"
Barker said, ''but when the annual
message of 1905 went to congress, he
recommended most of those things.
wrote to President Roosevelt and told
him what I heard and that I had
thought the man lied but now ] must
believe he had not. It was the only
letter of mine Mr.. Roosevelt failed
TO answer"
Members of the committee asked
Barker to give the name Of the finan-
cial man who told him that Roose-
welt was to be elected
I can not do it, Barker said, but
subsequently somebody was alleged to
have stolen some correspondence be-
tween Hartman and the president.
telling Of s25oOOo put up for election
expenses in the city OF New York
Referring to the panic of 1907, Bar
ker said a man who was present at
a conference at ]. P. Morgans house
in May came to him in Philadelphia
and wanted him to use his influence
with President Roosevelt to stop
plan that had been mapped out. he al
legged, by financial leaders. The man
was a captain in the Rough Riders, he
said, and had used his own influence
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Abandoned Parker

Three or four weeks before the cleo
ton Of 1904" Barker said. "I was walk
ing down Broadway when I met one of
the most distinguished money kings in
New York. man now dead. He said
to me. we are going to elect Roose-
velt.' I expressed surprise and asked if
he had given up the support of Parker.
He said yes; that they had frightened
Roosevelt so he had made bargain
with them"
Members of the committee looked
somewhat incredulous and Barker add
ed:
II wish Mr.. Roosevelt were here"
Il wish he were.' Senator Townsend
said. TT would be interesting"
Barker said that the financial giant.
whom he declined to name, told him
Roosevelt chad made bargain on the
railroad question" Barker continued:
He is to holler all ne wants to-
he told me, "but by and by a rail-
road bill will be brought in with the
recommendation Of the president, cut
ting Off rebates and railroad passes,
which suits us who own the railroads,
permitting the railroads to make pool
ing arrangements. and providing for
maximum"
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Y OS ANGELES, Nov 28-The
ugly smirch Of suspected
IL bribery was trailed today
L. u