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, 1913-02-26
FORTUNES IN SHIPS.
95 1000, 900 Profit From 500 Vessels.

It is estimated that the 500 vessels be-
longing to the port Of Cardiff earned a clear
profit of nearly 100000 last year. The
following are d few authentic instances of
rapid money-making:-
Mr.. Edward Nicholl, of the Cardiff Hall
Line. bought the Welbeck Hall five years
ago for 911,OOO and recently sold the vessel
for 913, 500, after making ELS, 600 in freight
profits. mainly in the last two years,
Messrs. Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, and Co.,
with thirty vessels, made a profit last year
of $500, 900.
Messrs. W. J. Tatem and Co., twenty
steamers, profit 9211,00O.
Messrs. W. and G. t. Jones, Ltd, eleven
ships, profit EOS, 000.-Idi0.
, 1913-02-26
Fl. 900 FOR TOY DOG.

Just over ego an ounce has been paid for
a miniature black pomerani"n in America.
The dog, whose name is "Wee Blackie,''
was bred by Mrs. W. H. Bowler, of Purley,
Surrey, and, weighing three pounds, has
been sold for FL 900.
He has won six championships in Eng
land, and has been carrying all before him in
America for some time past.-I6id.
, 1913-02-26

preceded the resignation Of the Cabinet
yesterday.
Enver Boy and Talaat Bey had given ,ex-
plict orders that no blood should be she'd,
but Nazim Pasha's aide-de-camp fired from
a window of the Porte at Enver Bey and his
companion, and they returned the fire.
Their bullets killed Nazim Pasha himself.
Ia spite of this tragedy, there was no
disturbance of order elsewhere.
Special Gable to The New YORK TIMES.
LONDON, Friday, Jan. PA revolution
has followed the decision of the Turkish
Government, backed up by the National
Assembly, to accept the peace terms of the
Balkan allies.
Adrianople, which has been the point Of
greater difficulty throughout the London
negotiations, has provoked It new crisis
which, it is thought in many diplomatic
quarters, only O. renewal OF the war can
settle.
A military and Yong Turk combination
has overthrow Kiamil Pashu's Cabinet, and
taken up the reins of power with a declared
policy of no surrender. Adrianople, accord
ing to Talaat Bey, one of the militant Nom
bers of the Young Turk Party, must be kept
at all costs.
Mabmud Shefket Pasha, the new Grand
Vizier, was the leader of the revolution which
deposed Abdul Hamid. Enver Bey, another
hero of that military upheaval, has taken an
active part in bringing about the present
dramatic expulsion of the Kiamil Cabinet.
The news of the coup d'etat at COnstan-
tinople reached here late yesterday after
noon. DR.. Daneff, chief of the Bulgarian
peace mission here, stated that if matters at
Constantinople were as bad as was reported
the allies had only one course open-to de-
nounce the armistice and begin war anew.
The Balkan delegates will meet to-day to
decide on their course OF action.
While the news so far to hand from Con-
stantinople is not sufficient to permit of an
accurate estimate OF the strength and effect
OF the war movement, it is known that the
Committee of Union and Progress young
Turks)ha recovered a good deal of it's lost
popularity owing to the Ottoman reverses
during the war, and that the army at Tchat-
alia is thirsting for another chance for re-
trIeVing its fortunes.
Kiamil Pasha's reluctance to accept the
allies terms of peace without first obtain
ing the sanction of the Grand Council
was based on fear that the army might
march from Tchatalja upon Constantlnople
Evidently his hope that the authority OF the
National Assembly might obtain the acqules-
ceuce of the army and the populace Ill the
cession of Adrianople was baseless.
The ten per of the new rulers Of Turkey is
that of desperate men, and the conditions
under which they have assumed power seem
to make a resumption of hostiIities ineyita-
hln ibid
, 1913-02-26
PAUPER'S HONESTY.

81 don't think we should find many peo-
pie 80 honest" remarked the chairman of
the Newton Abbot Board of Guardians on
Wednesday when a relieving officer report
ed that one Of the paupers had been left il
legacy of $500 and was willing to repay the
amount she had received from the rates
during the past six years.-Z6id.
, 1913-02-26
MARRIAGE OF MISS HELEN GOULD.

New York, Jan. %.
Miss Helen Gould, one of the richest
women in America, who is beloved for her
many philanthropic actions, was married to-
day to Mr.. Finley Shepard at "Lyndhurst,"
her house in Tarrytown, New York The
, 1913-02-26

CONsTANTINOPLE, Friday, Jan. "a
1t has just become known that Nazim Pasha,
the ex-War Minister and commander in
Chief of the Turkish Army, was shot dead
in the course of the demonstration which
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-07

IL BE GLAD IF IT CAN
COOPER
ladies of the jury would not discrim-
mate against the Examiner for any
body.
How many women are there on
the jury, Mrs. Jones?" asked a.
curious reporter.
WELL" she said, 'Tm not quite
sure. It's somewhere between eleven
and fourteen, but they're all very I'M
biased"
Who is to be prosecuting attorney
Mrs. Jones?"
Mrs. Jones ran back to the room
of the secret session, and came back
in state of high excitement.
''There!" she said, chat shows
how unbiased we are going to be.
There's lady in there in tears,
pleading for Judge Cooper's wife!
Noww
did you find out who is going to
be prosecuting attorney" persisted
reporter.
ooh yes, forgot. think it prob
ably will be Antoinette Funk"
Don't you know, Mrs. Jones?"
''Of course not" said Mrs. Jones,
Indignantly. mo jury ever knows
what it is going to decide. Don't you
know how juries do? And, by the
way, before forget it, 1 made mis-
take a little ago. 1t wasn't Mrs.
Brown who was elected forelady of
the jury. It was DR.. Lillian Thomp-
son. Mrs. Brown was elected treas
urer of the jury"
A reporter gasped.
What does the jury want with a
treasurer" he asked.
81 don't know" said Mrs. Jones,
''but you never can tell. 1t might be
necessary to pay the prosecuting at
torney, although l think she will
volunteer"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-07

the Auditorium Hotel today, was only
slightly less ridiculous than the first.
This time the meeting was in
secret, and so it is not known
whether or not there was riot. But
the same old story of pre-arranged
program went through.
The avowed purpose of today's
meeting of the self-appointed com
mittee headed by Mrs. Minona S.
Jones was Ito select a jury to try
Judge Cooper"
After the secret session had been
going on for about an hour, Mrs.
Jones bounced out of the meeting
room to where the reporters were
waiting.
'Well, it's all settled, she breathed.
'Yes?" said the reporters, land
whom have you selected for the
jury?"
We've decided to be the jury our
selves" said Mrs. Jones.
"Oh,' said the reporters.
'tAnd Mrs. E. Freeman Brown has
been made forelady Of the jury, and
will so act"
Anything more?" asked the re-
porters.
ooh, yes" said Mrs. Jones, 1--WE
had to have a judge to conduct the
trial, you know. And so, after a very,
spirited election between Belle
Squires and myself, why 1 won. You
know my name, of course?-Mrs.
Minona S. Jones?"
What is the next step, Mrs.
Jones?"
why, We'll send letters to States
Attorney Hoyne and Judge Cooper
telling them about it, and the trial
will be held next Saturday afternoon
in some court room"
Asked if Judge Owens had offered
the use of his court room yet, Mrs.
Jones said he had not hut that the
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

In enumerating a few of the note
worthy estates the following names
become prominent: The old d. o.
Mills place, to the north of Burlin-
game hills, now owned by Mrs. White
law Reid and Ogden Mills; the new
Elizabethan home of c. Frederick Kohl
in Burlingame hills, said to be the
finest on the peninsula, the exterior
being carved stone and tapestry brick.
set amid 40 acres of trees and flowers;
the Easton residence in Easton, done
in the new French chateau style, sur
round by a hundred acre park; the
new Italian renaissance home of Harry
n. Stetson, the grounds surrounding
which are partially in Hillsboro and
partially in the new Burlingame hills
district; the new home of Templeton
Crocker in Hillsboro: the elaborate
country dwelling place of George New
hall; the wonderful new place of Will
liam H. Crocker, with it's hundred
acres of gorgeous flowers, terraces,
rare old oaks and old English land
scapes. and the Italian villa of Joseph
Continued ON Next Page
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

its plush seated travel, bathrooms and
valet service. Think of the old time.
thin. iron wheeled buggies. the rut
strewn roads and the plank bridges as
against the modern train running over
a perfectly ballasted road. and you
get a perspective that fixes definitely
the amount of discomfort which the
Journeys that these men of wealth
undertook for few breaths of coun-
try life
This untenanted land of the PENN
sula was bought, like all other land
in and around San Francisco, for a
comparative pittance. San Francisco,
then in an amorphic stage, offered
enough home ground for community
dozens OF times its size. 1t was only
the man of means who gave thought
to the country, and when he bought a
country place he bought by the thou
sand acres. So it happened that this
very desirable property in the penin-
sula passed in title to a few families,
estates so large as to rival the hold
ings of the lordly land owners in Eng
land and continental Europe.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

AS San Francisco grew, moving
slowly westward and southwark. lit
tie or no thought was given to the
peninsula. except by the owners of
the large estates there. These men,
when they occupied their country
homes. led a life that excluded inter-
ruption or trespass from the outside.
Such a thing as direct contact with
the outside world was practically un-
known. Occasionally the friends of
the original holders. after entertain
ment in a peninsula country. home,
would induce the host to sell portion
of his vast estate. A few hundred
acres would be Topped off here and
there and another settler added. This
would bring in it's train more active
social intercourse and a more general
cultivation of the land-not cultiya-
tion along agricultural lines. but
Identification with flowers and trees.
But the high standards of exclusive
ness were never broken. BY a. pro-
cess natural to all communities, a
local socalled aristocracy was formed.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

idea of the owners and that these
colonies are practically sequestered
from the general public. This is no.
ticeably in contrast to the open for all
spirit that prevails in southern Cali
fornia.
MILLIONS IN HOMES
These magnificent homes, some of
which reach the million mark for
building cost alone. are not to be
seen during a quick automobile ride
over the many fine roads that inter-
lace and intertwine the wooded hills.
There is but one real way to get
comprehensive vista, and that is from
an eminence commanding the general
view Even then the densely forested
portions and the turn of the hills
prevent a complete unfolding of the
cultivated grounds and houses. The
stranger who does not know the lay
of the land will pass over the roads
in an automobile and see but a small
percentage of the homes themselves
1t needs an experienced guide, an
actual resident familiar with the es-
tates, to get even anything like an
adequate superficial inspection.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

other well advertised sections of
southern California, wonder at the
general prevailing ignorance about
this section within a half hours ride
of the metropolis of the Pacific coast.
Realizing the publicity propensities of
southern California. they marvel that
this ultra district, with its country
mansions. is not generally heralded
throughout the United States. They
marvel at the ignorance of San Fran
ciscans themselves in this remarkable
country, where the roads are tree
lined and as smooth as the big steel
rails over which the modern heavy
railroad train runs. Only after So
cial mingling do they realize that the
privacy of the home is the dominant
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

The result of this competition is the
most beautifully parked and highly
cultivated country residential district
in the entire state. Only at Monte
cito, set in the purple hazed noun
tains of Santa Barbara overlooking
the wonderful Santa Barbara bay, is
there a real rival What is generally
denominated southern California has
nothing in breadth and scope to offer
like the extensive estates now found
in Hillsborough. Burlingame, Burlin-
game Hills. Easton and contiguous
country in San Mateo county.
VISITORS BECOME BUYERS
Fasteners who are entertained in
the more pretentious homes in this
district after a visit to Pasadena and
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22
with the barriers set against outside
GROWTH WAS GRADUAL

with the barriers set against OUTSIDE
incursion.
GROWTH WAS GRADUAL
So intimately bound up is the in
terchange of property on the penin-
sula with the advancement and pro-
gression of San Francisco. that the
movements of both have kept an
equal pace. Every large spread of
the town itself over a great area
meant an increased interest in Pc
ninsula property on the part of those
who met with affiuence. but no great
change came about until the late
eighties and early nineties. when the
Buringame colony was formed. Then
actual competition in country home
building seized San Francisco's elite.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22
Il 5 ate S of Early
Ca1ifornians
Cut Up

In the days of Comstock-V Virginia
excitement, when the bonanza kings
and the great four-Huntington
Crocker. Stanford and opkins-were
ruling figures in San Francisco and
California. the socially elite of this
city fixed upon the lower peninsula
as a retreat from the turmoil of the
metropolis. Below the IA mile circle
from San Francisco they found
country of rolling hills and beautiful
forests-a country freed from the
mutilating hand of man.
In those times men like W. C. Raj
ston. D. o. Mills, the elder Easton, the
Crockers, the Floods. moving in the
one direction of easy access. settled
upon this attractive country for out.
of town homes. Here weekends were
spent. vacations. holiday jaunts
around Thanksgiving time and
Christmas week. 1t was no easy
matter to go back and forth from
these homes, set amid spacious
grounds. even when the weather
favored. The story is still handed
down how W. c. Ralston, with a re-
lay of horses and teams. journeyed
from his desk In the old First Cali
fornia bank TO his secluded peninsula
home, returning again the next day
TO dig into the financial and specu-
lative problems of this fast growing
community.
ENDURED DIsCOMFORTS
Ralston was always a fast driving
man. Those peninsula trips, viewed
through the lense of time, must have
been severer tests on a mans patience
and desire for fieshly comfort than the
transcontinental trip of today. with
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-02-13
Manhattan Manners.

"Roofers are said to be going out
of fashion. Know what a "roofer" Is!
1t is the letter you write to people,
after you have been a guest at their
house, telling them what a delightful
time you had under their hospitable
roof" and thanking them for all the
generous favors you enjoyed at their
friendly hands, and expressing the sin
cere hope that the baby has got over
her cold. Nowadays, instead OF writ
ing this graceful letter, you generally
call YOU friend up on the telephone
you tell him that the train made good
connections, and you add: my that
was a bully time I had out there, old
mani" Not so nice as the old episto-
larry way, but better than nothing; for
when you have had a friend at your
house and he has taken his departure
you do not like to feel that he has
gone into the outer void that he has
fallen off the edge Of the world into
echoless space. That is what 1t
amounts to when he gets home and
writes not nor telephones and gives
no sign.-New York Mail.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-02-13
DEAF AND DUMB SWEETHEART
Another Proof Of the Truth Of the
TIme.Honored Saying That Love
VIII Find q Way"

The way In which deaf and
dumb people make love is rath
er queer. A gentleman belonging to
a deaf and dumb asylum tells Of a
courtship recently carried on between
mutes.
During the progress of the match"
he says, the young man experienced
but n difficulty, and that in a short
time he surmounted. The thorn that
lay in his bed OF roses was a gas-jet.
which, as he, Of course, conversed
with his adored one in the sign-lan-
guage, 1t was always necessary to
keep ablaze-a woeful embarrassing
thing for lovers.
Finally they discovered that they
could utilize their sense Of touch In
declphering their sign-language. Buy
holding one a%nother's hands they
found that they could carry on a con.
~versation with tolerable facility. and
in about a week were adopts. Thus,
deaf, dumb. and practically blind, they
enjoyed all the pleasures OF love-
They have spread their discovery
among their friends. and I believe the
discovery has taken fast hold upon
deaf ami dumb lovers"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-02-13
Monroe Doctrine.

In his annual message in 1898 Pres
ident Monroe made this statement Of
what has come to be called the Mon
roe dostrine": I'VE owe 1t to candor
and to the amicable relations existing
between the United States and the
allied powers to declare that we
should consider any attempt on their
part to extend their system to any
portion Of this hemisphere as danger
GUS to our peace and safety. With
the existing colonies or dependencies
of any European power we have not
i%nterfered, and shall not interfere; but
with the governments who have do
clared their independence and main
tanned it. and whose Independence we
have, on great consideration. and Just
principles, acknowledged we would
not view an interposition for oppress'
ing them. or controlling in any other
manner their destiny by any European
power. In any other light than a. .
manifestation of an u%nfriendly disposi.
non toward the United States"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-02-13
NOT QUITE PROPER TRIBUTE
Elusive lndIanlan Rather Spoiled
the Effect Of Praise Bestowed on
"Joe" Jefferson.

Jefferson was once strolling through
the corridor of a hotel in Terre Haute.
Ind, when a very pompous man came
up to him and, extending his hand.
said: Mr.. Jefferson, you do not
know me. but know you very well.
sir. l am very glad to see you in our
city. You are a great actor. ! have
seer you ever since I was a little boy"
he looked fully as old as Jefferson
and I have always looked forward
to our visit to this place" Presently
Jefferson interrupted the stream OF
praise to say: II thank you very
much. You are very kind" II the In.
cident had only ended here! But the
Terre Haute gentleman went on: Il
tell you, everywhere in this town peo-
pie are glad to see old Josh Whit
comb" There was q moment OF 81.
lence, and then Mr.. Jefferson sand:
81 think you are mistaken. play Rip
Van Wrinkle. You must mean Mr..
Thompson; he plays Josh Whitcomb"
The effusive gentleman paused long
enough 10 collect his wits, and then
said cheerfully: "Oh. yes. 30 you
are the old fellow who played Rip
Van Wrinkle? Well. you're good. too
Mary Shaw in the Century.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-02-13
Unable to Prevent Theft.

Despite the precautions which are
taken to prevent theft. It is said that
gold to the value Of $4,000, 900 is an.
nually stolen from the mines on the
Rand, South Africa. This thievery Is
done systematically, and although a
corps Of detectives are employed for
the purpose of detecting theft, there
have been no convictions for a long
time. There is q woman who has
grown very wealthy in the business
of buying gold, and although the Of
ficials are sure of her nefarious call
ing, all efforts to trap her have been
unsuccessful. Special laws have been
passed to meet the requirements OF
the gold mines. but even that has been
Intellectual.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-02-13
Ban on Reading Rooms.

The outcry of the public libraries
against the women who mutilate or
steal the periodicals in the reading
rooms reminds one that in the eight.
zenith century the public newspaper
reading room was an illegal institu.
ton. In September, 1870, three pro,
prietors Of such reading rooms were
prosecuted by the stamp once author
tiles and were each fined e5 for a.
lowing the use Of their rooms and
newspapers to the public on payment
Of Id for admission. The stamp ONCE
derived q large income from the
stamps which had to be afixed to ev'
cry copy Of a newspaper. and 1t was
decided that by allowing the use OF
one paper to several persons the
stamp act was being circumvented.-
London Chronicle.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-02-13
Perfection In ehIpbuIldlng.

The giant liner Imperator. which 10
rapidly approaching completion at
Hamburg. was recently subjected to
rigid tests to determine the strength
of her bulkheads. which proved that
the vessel would Withstand the OF.
perience which befell the Titanic. New
and efficient mechanism 10 being In.
stalled for launching lifeboats under
unfavorable conditions. Antkrolllng
tanks In the vessel will remove the
danger Of the lifeboats being crushed
against the sides Of the ship while DO.
ing lowered. One Of the lifeboats II
equipped with a wireless telegraph
system having u range Of 200 milss.
the antennae being q telescope mast.
This lifeboat will serve as the hAg'
ship Of the feet Of life boats In case
Of . wreck.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-02-13
GASCONADE ITEMS.

The Tarbutton saw mill has re-
sumed work after a lay off of a few
days on account of the pond being
frozen.
There are several little lambs in
our neighborhood it looks like it
would be some times before they
gambol on the green.
The entertainment given at the
close OF the Claxton school was a
grand success,
James Wilson has been improv.
ing his already good looks with a
set of false teeth. DR.. Calhoun OF
Norwood did the work.
The teacher of the Getting school,
Miss Yandles, goes to Springfield
this week to have her eyes treated;
her sister, Miss Laura, teaches dur
ing her absence.
Several new barns are being con.
structed in this community, also
a silo on the farm OF GA. Gulschke.
Grandma Crider is quite sick
again at this writing, also Mrs. w.
T. Pallock.
We will watch for the mixers with
interest.
Success to our new editor and
his wife.
Hog killing was the order of the
day at Matlock's last Monday. -
Our Wolf creek merchant, G.. w.
Privitt, has gone to Douglas county
for a few days.
Singing at J. NJ. Frost's Wednes.
day night.
WANNETA.