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The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Red Cross Seals on
Sale Until Christmas

The sale of Red Cross Christmas
seals will continue in the Oakland
postoffice until Christmas day, ac-
cording to an announcement made
yesterday by postal authorities.
The following women are stationed
In the building disposing of the
stamps: Mrs. l. A. McReavy. Mrs
Charles S. Chamberlain. Mrs. S. H.
Greene. Mrs. John Nicholson. Mrs.
Eva Bradwe1l. Mrs. J. V. Fraser. Mrs.
c. A Lind. Mrs. r. f Estell, Mrs. r.
r. Chadwick. Mrs. John Gordon, Mrs.
H. L. Whitehead. Mrs. Nellie Nelson
and Mrs. A. l. Frick.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Cured Cancer With
Radium in China

Among the passengers who arrived
today on the liner Persia from the
orient was DR. Arthur Morgan owen
of London and Shanghai, who is max
ing remarkable progress In China in
treating and curing cancer with ra-
dium. Doctor Morgan-Owen Is max
ing his Investigations independently
of any medical Affiliations He ex-
poets to return to China in the near
future.
AT present 1 have about $4,000
worth of radium In China" said Doc
tor owen. I'm treating cancer have
had a great deal of success, particu-
larly in cases where the disease is
not in an advanced stage"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Give Theafer Party

Richard st. John and Ashton Gar
diner entertained group of friends
at a theater and supper party Sunday
night. Among those to enjoy the
affair were Captain and Mrs. Martin
Crimmins. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus
Farnham. Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Porter.
Miss Dorothy Deane. Miss Elsie Cliff
ford. Miss Carmen St John. Miss Ger
aldine St. John, Garner Smith and
Ward Monteagle
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23

Mr. and Mrs Charles W. Yolland
and family are planning on leaving
Oakland the first of the year to live
permanently in Los Angeles. Sew
eral farewell parties are being given
for Miss Villa Yolland to mark her
departure for her new home.
Logan T. Griffiths was host at a
party and dance held in his honor
last week at F'riedberg's hail, Oak
land. There were-75 guests present.
The hall was beautifully decorated
with green ferns and palms. Follow
ing the dance the guests proceeded
to the banquet hall. where a banquet
was served. Miss Adelaide Harlow
rendered a few solos on the violin,
while Albert Webber entertained the
crowd with his ragtime piano play
ing. Miss Bessie Moore sang a few
of the latest songs.
After having been a house guest of
Miss Margaret Pewtress at her Ala
media home, Miss Marguerite Cardell,
society girl of Los Angeles, has re-
turned to her home.
Mrs. Bert Glover, the former Miss
Lucille Stitt of Berkeley, has come to
California for the holiday season and
is a guest of her mother at her home
in Berkeley and ranch In Vacaville.
For the remaining days of their
honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. henry
Guerin have gone to the Yosemite VAL
ley to enjoy the winter season there.
Upon their return they will make
their home with Mrs Connor, mother
of the bride.
One of the society events of the
new year will be the coming out party
of Miss Helen Angus. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Angus of Hayward.
The affair will take the form of re-
ception and dance at the Angus home
in Hayward, which will be attended
by several hundred young persons
from both sides of the bay.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
Day in Berkeley, Rev. William de
Witt will claim Miss Harriet String
ham as his bride January 6. A re-.
ception in honor of the couple will
be given by Miss Carol Day at her
home New Years day.
& :.
Friends of Mrs Albert C. Heunisch
of Boulevard way have been invited
to greet the new year at a party De-
cember 81. which will besfeatured by
games. music and other forms of en-
1ertainment.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Going to Tennessee

Miss Leslie Page will take her de-
parture from California toward the
close of the week for Tennessee.
where she will visit her cousin, Mrs.
Temple Brfdgman. for several weeks.
Later she will go to Washington to
enjoy brief sojourn as the guest of
her aunt. Mrs. John Hays Hammond.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
To Depart For New York

Miss Marie Louise Black will not
remain in California to complete her
first season, but will depart soon for
New York. Later she will sail for
Europe to remain some time. One of
the pleasures of her European sojourn
will be her presentation at the court
of King George V and Queen Mary.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
GOSSIP OF THE DRAWING ROOM

Mrs Hale. who has been i'll and
confined to her home for the last
fortnight, is now completely recov-
cred. Miss Linda Bryan, who re-
Gently underwent an operation for
appendicitis, is rapidly convalescing
and will soon be able again to par
ticipate in the gaietes OF the younger
set
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Stork Brings Son

Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Abbott are
receiving the Congratulations of their
friends. owing to the advent of son.
born last week. This is the third
child in the family. Mrs Abbott was
formerly Miss Florence BracKeTT. sis
ter Of Doctor Bracket of this city.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
New Comets BrilIianCy
Steadily Increasing

BY AssOclated Press.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Dec. 23-Ob-
servations of the Delevan comet re-
ceived at the Harvard observatory
from Cordoba, Argentina, and from
the naval observatory at Washington
indicate that the celestial visitor is
increasing in brilliancy and can now
be seen through a small telescope
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
FREEDOM ron CHRISTMAS

SACRAMENTO. Dec 23.-Anthonv
Curtin. sentenced to 10 years for a.
burglary In San Francisco. will be re-
leased from Fosom Wednesday, Gov
ernor Johnson having commuted his
Imprisonment. John E. Burke, con-
victed in Sacramento of robbery and
sentenced to 25 years. who has served
10 eyars of the sentence. has been
granted pardon
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
DINNER E For F. ), CAPTAIN POTTS.
General and Wife Entertain Son at Presidio|
Elaborate Function at Army
Post; Other Social Notes
g. of Bay Cities

General and Mrs. Ramsay d. Potts
entertained at an elaborate dinner
Sunday night at their home in the
Presidio in compliment to their son,
Captain Douglas Potts of the Six
teenth infantry. Among those to en-
JOY their hospitality were Lieutenant
and Mrs. p ". Hammond and Mrs.
Marguerite Murphy.
Lieutenant Hammond has just come
TO the Presidio from the military
academy at West Point. where he was
coach for the army football team.
Mrs. Hammond will be remembered
here as Miss Birdie Yost, youngest
daughter of the late Daniel Yost Mrs.
Murphy CMiss Marguerite Yost) will
spend the winter as the guest of her
brother in law and sister at their
home in the Presidio.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Gets Lot WiIIed Him
By Lifelong Friend

Timothy Reardon, superintendent of
the city hall, got Christmas present
today when Judge Graham admitted
to probate the will of his life long
friend. Michael Roche. The latter
died at st. Marys hospital, September
/, He willed Reardon a $500 lot in
Langton street
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Return From Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pagan returned
from their honeymoon trip Sunday
and are established at their home in
Broadway. Mrs. Fagan was formerly
Miss Marie Russell, eldest daughter
of Mrs. Eugene Lent.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Arrives i'm Sam Diego

The United States steamship Cali
Diego bay and will reach San Fran
cisco December 81. Ensign Bryan. U.
6. N, who is attached to the Cali
fornia, will be entertained by his
mother, Mrs. Prentiss Cobb Hale, dur
ing his sojourn here.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
May Change Name of
Avenue of Presidents
By Associated Press.

BY ASSOCIATED Press
WASHINGTON. Dec, es.-The Ave-
nue. Of the Presidents. the fashionable
boulevard that extends from the
White House northward into the sub
urbs. will cease to exist by that name
II the senate allows the action of the
house, which has just voted to re-
store the old name of Sixteenth street
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
To Give Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. William Sproule will
entertain at a dinner dance at their
home in Pacific avenue, January 6. in
honor of John Baldwin. the son of
Mrs. Sproule.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Mr.. Coryell Recovering

Joseph Ballou Coryen. who has been
seriously i'll at the Lane hospital.
where he recently underwent an op-
GRAFTON, is slowly recovering Mrs
Coryell is staying at the hospital with
her husband
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
To Spend HOLIDAYS Here

Mrs. A. B. Dyer. wife of Colonel
Dyer, Z. S. A. retired. has come up
from Fresno and will visit in San
Francisco over the holidays as the
guest of Miss Genevieve Cook at her
home in Leavenworth street.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Foregoes Social Pleasure

Captain Harry Rowland, L. S. A,
has been obliged to forego all social
engagegents during the last week
owing to a severe cold, which is still
cinflning him to his quarters in the
Presidio
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
To Entertain Friday

Miss Edith Sneyd- -Kynnerley will be
q tea hostess Friday afternoon. when
she will entertain a group of friends
at the home of her aunt, Mrs. William
Hood. 2O2O Broadway.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Stag Dinner Postponed

The stag dinner which was to have
been given last week in compliment
to Thomas C. Van Ness Sr. has been
postponed until after the holidays.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Returns From Tonopah

Mrs. John Kirchen has returned to
her home in Berkeley. after a visit to
Reno and Tonopah with Mr.. Kirchen
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
At Yosemite

George Cadwalader has gone to the
Yosemite National park on a business
trip and viii be away several days.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Returns From South

Mrs. Joseph Kellogg Hutchinson
has returned to her home in this city
from a weeks visit in Los Angeles.
Mr.. Hutchinson is still in the south,
having been detained on business. but
viii join his wife before Christmas.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Returns From San Mateo

Miss Augusta Foute returned yes
terday to her home in this city after
a week end visit in San Mateo as the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. FELTON, Elkins
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs stephen j. Sill of
Berkeley will open up their new home
in Northbrae New Year day at
house warming TO which several of
their friends have been invited The
evening will be spent in dancing.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS AND
SUBSCRIBERS

Hereafter all copy for display adver-
tisements will have TO reach our office
BY 10 a. m. in order to appear in The
Eagle on that day. Owing to the short
winter days, and in order to give the
best possible service to subscriber
and advertiser alike, this arrangement
will be strictly adhered to. Parties
not receiving their paper by 6 p. m.
will please notify the office. Telephone
No, 80. Local and want ads must be
brought or teiephoned In not later
than 2 p. m.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
J. m. CALDWELL

or civil life diffuse?
A day will come,
When, through new channels sailing.
we shall clothe
The Californian coast, and all the
That stretch from Anian's Straits to
proud Japan. 80 .
The prediction in Dyer's poem. writ
ten $50 years ago. are being completed
In this. our day. What did Dyer have
IN mind when he used the phrase,
Steer our bold fleets" etc? By the
word our" ! presume he was not
referring to dreadnaughts. Did his
minds eye perceive fleet of British
warships forcing their way through a
sea level canal under the provisions
of the Hay.P auncefote treaty; or prob
ably flying the Union Jack in defiance
Of this land?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

the affair with zest and make II a
great success. We know they have
the goods. both farm products and live
STOCK and have it within their power
70 make 1t just whatever they wish.
Proceeding on the firm conviction
that our farmers will do their best.
tne Eagle hereby pledges itself to give
the exhibit wide publicity, to bring the
crowds on the two days of the fair
and to aid in every other way pos.
side that will contribute to its sue.
cess.
Now let everybody get busy, the
time is short and there is not a min.
ute to lose.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
When PenIeY Tried Erench.

Cyril Maude tells the following story
in the Strand about his old friend
W. S. Penley:
Penley was stopping at country
house in Brittany, and the morning
after his arrival, finding no looking
glass in his room, rang the bell.
"Apportez-moi un cheval." he said to
the maid who answered it.
The maid, choking with laughter,
ran down to her master.
Monsieur" she cried, your friend
who arrived last night is mad. He has
nothing on but his dressing gown and
he asked me to bring him sorse!"
The host ran up and asked PenIey
what on earth he wanted "cheval"
for.
We'll. dear old boy.' was Penley's
reply, 1--WE talk of cheval glass at
home, don't we. I thought .chaval'
was the French word for mirror"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
sRAzos COUNTY FARM ExHls,r.


It pays to advertise. This fact has
been demonstrated ten thousand
times. It Is not ony true in the mer.
camille world. but, everywhere else
Whatever directs attention to any.
thing. any industry. any business, any
state. any county. any section, is ad.
.vertising and gives prominence to the
thing brought into the public notice.
II this public notice is ,unfavorable, II
makes against the thing or place ad-
vertised; If favorable, it brings it into
prominence and dignifies it and en-
hances 1t in the public estimation.
Brazos County is to have an exhibit
of farm products and livestock at the
court house in this city on November
IL and 10. The value of this exhibit
as an advertisement for the county.
as demonstration of its resources, to
make our lands more valuable and
more sought after, depends on the
quality of the exhibits. If we have
commonplace exhibits, poor opinion
Will be created; If we have exhibits OF I,
the highest class, then an extraordin.
airy good opinions VIII be formed and
the county will be greatly benefited.
These facts are evident to all and
are beyond dispute, therefore the SEN
sible thing to do is to have. the very
best exhibits in all lines, it is posi-
Bile to secure. The Eagle hopes the
farmers of the county will enter into
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
SOME TRUE-6LUE OFFICERS.

City Marshall Joe Keller of Terrell
was shot to death Monday. He had
Deen a peace officer for years and
years and was a fearless man. He
had brother James Keller who was
sheriff of Kaufman County for sew
eral terms, and James Keller found
himself In many tight places and he
never Haunted the white feather A
third brother, John w. Keller. was
commissioner of Charities of the CITY
OF New York for eight years and. was
Tammany Hall leader. Prior In b;s
office-holding he was the editor of the
New York Recorder morning news.
paper that became power while II
lasted and then passed away. There
We're noted city marshals in Texas
when the writer made his advent here
Captain James Lucy, of Austin, was
one. James c. Arnold, OF Dallas. an.
other, and Joe Keller, of Terrell. a
u' hSoe were the friends of the
Pinkertons, father and son. They
we're the friends of Larry Harrigan.
Tor many years the noted. chief of
police of st. Louis. They were friends
If the famous Inspector Byrne, of New
York. Captain Lucy is the last OF the
'oterie. He arrested the famous Ben
Thompson, of Austin. despite the as
'ertion of that noted man-killer that
le would never submit to an arrest. |
'aptain Lucy is very affable, polite |
very reticent and very
lose-mouthed. He visits Fort Worth
ften. He is about the height of Cap. |
ain Bill" Mcdonald. few pounds |
eavier and he has the steel blue eye
nat looks you through and through.
ears ago he gave up being peace
fficer. He is on the road. now, most
the time, and is a walking encyclo /
edia of Texas and Texans Hugh
LUCENT Fitzgerald in Fort Worth Rec
I'd.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
BUSINESS CHANGE
Mr.. A. 3. Ewing Takes Charge Of
Cleaning and Pressing Department
at Brandon g. Lawrences./

Mr.. A. B. Ewing, popularity known
as Ewing the Tailor will in future
be found at Brandon & Lawrence's.
Mr.. Ewing will have complete charge
of all cleaning and pressing intusrted
to this firm, and no garment will be
permitted to leave this store without
his thorough inspection, and absolute
guarantee. Additional equipment is to
be installed, among which might be
mentioned Two dry cleaning ma
chimes, one steam press and electric
irons. Mr.. Ewing has had wide ex-.
perience in the cleaning and press
ing business, and all garments from
the finest silks to the heaviest wool.
ems will be taken care of.
Mr.. /. Rohm, as therefore,, will
handle all alterations, devoting his en-.
tire time to this feature of the bust
ness, and in this way the most deli
cate alterations will be turned out
with promptness and satisfaction
Much of his time in the future will
be devoted to ladies tailoring, in
which branch he is past master. as
many Of Bryan's ladies can, and will
testify.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
FARMERS or UNITED STATES 90
NOT PROPERLY BALANCE
NATIONS RATloNs.

The problem that confronts the
American farmer next In importance
to distribution is diversification, for
what is needed is as necessary infor-
nation to the farmer as where 1t Is
needed. Many States and countries
boast of their powers of diversified.
ton, but very few of them exercise It.
In this article / shall use Texas to
Illustrator conditions which exist in
all other states.
Build wall around Texas and we
would starve to death. This statement
is made in defiance of gilded phrases
used by orators and stock expressions
employed by sensational writer's in
picturing the glories and achievements
of Grand Old Texas. The idea that
Texas is now an independent indus
trial empire is a phantom thought that
should be driven from the life of this
State. While the. Texas farmer is
blowing his field he boards in Europe
or takes his meals with his neighbors
a thousand miles away. We should
diversity our products so we can dine
at home and enjoy the comforts and |
Iuxuries of home life.
have before me a balance sheet of |
rexas production and consumption
by the Texas Commercial
Secretaries ard Business Association,
showing that out of thirty-three agri-
cultural products which we produced,
md of which we also consume, we
rave surplus production in only two
cotton and rice.
We lead all other States in the I'm.
on in production of cattle, yet our
i've stock statisticsishow a net loss in
over production of $4,000.
Ter annum, due to heavy consumption
+ pork and other meat products which
re shipped in from other states. What
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
OLD POEM PREDICTED CANAL.

tLetter to The New York SUM-
John Dyer, the British poet, in his
poem (175O entitled THE Fleece, .
predicted an interoceanic canal as fol.
lows
Must it ever be thus? or may the hand
OF mighty labor drain their gusty
lakes.
Enlarge the Frightening sky and.
peopling warm
The opening valleys and the following
plans?
Or, rather, shall We burst strong OAR
lens chain.
Steer our bold fleets between the Glow
en- rocks,
And through the great Pacific every
joy
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

New York Lawyer is suing the
former wife of Edwin Gould for s29 900
for legal services in obtaining her di.
vorce. The practice of law in New
York City seems to be something
evolved from a combination of grand
larceny, train robbery and plain and
fancy burglary.-Houston Post.
Looks like $4,000 for one divorce is
little high. In this county the cost
is about equal to crap game or plain
drunk.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

Mr. James Turnipseed, one of our
prominent farmers from the Wildcat
neighborhood, was in the city yester-
day and left dollar at the office of
The Daily Starter, in payment on his
subscription.-Texas Starter
That's pretty good for a starter.
What the Starter needs. however, is
for Mr.. Turnipseed and the rest of the
agricultural family to keep on a comm.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
Is true OF Texas applies with local va
ration to all states and to the nation
as whole.
Tessss Clothes the World but Buys
Bread from Other States.

Our civilization has charged Texas
farmers with the responsibility of
clothing twenty per cent of the popu.
lation of the globe, but the burden of
providing raiment for 100000 900 PEG.
pie is not a valid excuse for our beg.
ging bread from door to door of our
neighboring states. / hold that every
farmer should live at home. We cab
and should, as rule, produce on the
farm all the things we consume. as
well as supply home markets, and
when this is done, we have made rapid
progress toward eliminating waste and
inefficiency in living. As farmers, we
must study the pantry of our commun-
ity and nation and see that its wants
are supplied. Radfora.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

The Houston Post heads an editor
ial Running for Office in Mexico .
Move to amend, by substituting Cum
ming for Running. Dallas Demo-
ocrat.
Don't mention the word cunning in
Connection with Houston. You are
liable to cause shake-up in the police
department.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

We all believe in patronizing home
enterprises; at the same time home
enterprises should keep in the public
eye and not hide their light under the
bushel of on-progressivenesc
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

It seems to be hard matter for the
tariff and the manufacturers to get
together on the question of lower
prices.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

Politics, 1t is said, makes strange
bedfellows. Politics however, does
not make the aforesaid bedfellows
sleep soundly.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

1t is better to be missed after you
are dead than to have your wife throw
things at you while you are alive.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

Some men are proud of the fact that
they have insomnia, because they
imagine 1t indicates excessive brain
work
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04
Bryan Power Company

mas discontinued its Electrical Supply Department The
local dealers will hereafter supply lamps at list prices AS
agents for the General Electric Company the Power Com
pany is arranging to keep on exhibit full line cooking
and household electric necessities Selections made there
from can be ordered through local stores
JORDAN T. LAWLER
Manager.
hoTEFor the convenience the Com
Pany will keep fuses for sale at office latter
fuses be obtained night. will be cash.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

Chop out the goggle.eyed culverts
and chop down the hump-backed
bridge.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-04

Nine out OF ten men who claim to
have been driven to drink trotted up
to the trough of their own accord.