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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1913-07-03
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1913-07-03

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binterbraht mur6en. Ser Bater ll16
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1913-07-03

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ben.
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patres na6 CANADA eingei@ifft. @S
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6orf aus ser @r3oio5eie Colin nno
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tbenen miro auf 100000 gei@abt.
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gel6memmt. Die 8einberge iino 1tel<
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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
PROPOSALS AND BIDS

PROPOSALS FOR STEEL. TURSTABLE W.T.
rifed Conduit. yitrided Sewer Pipe. Galvanized
Iron Steel, steel Wire, Horeshoes Nails, Nuts
Wire-rope Clips ChfseIs. Hammers. Yellow
Metal. Hasps. Hinges Files. Hack saw Blades.
Rronze-wire Cloth, Tool Handles. Painthrnshes.
Whitewash Brushes. Coal Baskets Water Coolers.
Metallic Tapes. Manila Rope. Marine Rawhide
Belt Lacfrg. Hose. Packing. Cotton Canvas Rail-
way Flags and Bunting. Lumber Crayoas, Cali
cfum Carbide Chloride OF Lime. Rock Salt
Soap Soap Polish. Lfnseed OIL. Gasoline Turpen-
tine. Tarnish. Japan Drter. Lamrblack Shefiac
Paints. Creosoted Lumber. and Creoscted Piles
Sealed proposals win be received at the Office Of
the General Purchasing Officer, 1sthmfan Canal
Commission Washington. D. c. until 1890
q. m, August %. 1913. at which time they will
be opened In public. for furnishing the above
mentioned articles Blanks and general informa-
fion relating to this Circular mo 1857 may be
obtained from this office or the Offices OF the Az
sfstanf Purchasing Agents. "a State Street New
York City: 614 Whifney-centra1 Building New
Orleans. La. and 1856 North Point Street San
Francisco. Cal. also from the e. s. Engineer
Offces IN the following cities: Seattle wash |.
Los Angeles. CAL. Baltimore. Nd. Philadelphia
\. r.: Cleveland. Ohio; Cincinnati. Ohio: Chi
caso. H.: St. Louis No.; Detroit Mich: Mil
waukee. Wis: ST Paul. Mimi. Chattanooga
Tenn: Louisville. KY. Mobile Ala and Calves
ton. Tex Commercial Club Kansas City No. .
Chamber of Commerce. Quincy. III. and CONNER
cial Club. Tacoma. Wasb--F. G. Boxgs Na3or
Corps 81 Engineers, G. s. A., General PurcSas-
Ing officer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Marriage Licenses
SAN FRANCISCO

The following marriage licenses were issued
Tuesday. August L. 1913.
ANDREoTTT-BISTo-Ita Andreottf. 81. As
Girard street, and Pasqualina Bisio, 20. 2zo
BENNETT-MEIsNER-J W. Bennett. %.
Kenton. O.. and Mary Il. Meisner. q. HeaidE-
BERNARD-KozAKoyA- J. Bernard,
x5, o15A Minna street, and Phenia N. Koza-
koya. 19 922 Arkansas street
BI0NDA-NONELLA-Em Bionda. %. u5s
hearny street. and Evelyn Ncneiia. IS. So
BoNAR-JANrszEws Bon.r. al.
90 Bradford street, and Brunisiava Janis-
sewska. "a. S44 California street.
ssssAsscHH.EEYNoLDs-w.Itss sss E sraseh. q.
nclds. IS, 871 Fair Oaks street
BUCKLEY-FLINT-Henr Buckley, 40. ana
Blanche H. Flint, 80, both Of 1877 Jones
UPPLEs-JoFNs-Jay e. cuppIes. 80. ses
Valencia street. and Lulu s. Johns. IS. Sscra-
D0oLDY-FRANcIs-D Doo,ey. ss. Irwin
hotel and Lois T. Francis. 80 s47 Golden
GEIB-CHINN-Leon E. Geib. %. 22 Richiand
avenue. and Blanche Chinn. IS. Oakland.
~. both Of Hanford, Cal
HAYASHI-KAINO-Tok Hayashf 80.
and Kichiyo Kaino. 80. both OF San Diego
HUTCHINS-MERCHEDE w. Hutchins.
20. Oakland. and Lena III. Aerchede. %, Los
NsoN-REvARE-Richard ". johnson. n.
and Rhoda Revare, 20, both Of 1914 Taylor
KENNEDY-McGURL-T Timothy J. Kennedy. IS,
26S Lexington avenue. and Mary McGurl. 20.
KESsEL- KesseI IS, Vallejo.
and Mary G. FARO. 26, sausalito.
LIsTMAN-LozIER-Ed Listman. q. ana
Mary A. LnGier. 10. both Of Richmond.
MNoR-MINOR-BenJamin B. Minor Jr. 90.
1872 jackson street, and Grace p Minor. 27.
Indianapolis, Ind.
kURATA-SEITOKU-To Murata. 81. ana
o'TLANAGAN- BUHKENMichseI o'Fianasan.
30, 512 Mississippi street, and Bridget Burke,
sCHwEIyHARD-CASEY c. schwein-
hard. "a and Lulu A. Casey. 70, both Of Z
Willow avenue.
nuba, Cal. and Lillian Hansen 80. "a Norton
SMALL -BEoYLEs-or. small. Is. and L.tsis
rRIMBLE-KING-Benj r. Trimbie. IS.
TownsyiIIe. Australia.
80. and lima Arima, 25 both Of Manloye.
wARNER-LAUGHLiy- warner, ~. scs
Taylor street, and francesca p Laughiin. 81.
SILAND-BERGLUND-E b. WestIsnd.
"A; and Betty Bergiurd. n, both Of Los An.
Y7MANURA-oIsHI-s Ysm.mms- q.
and Taeno oishi. 70. both Of Reedley.
OAKLAND
Ths following marriage licenses were issued
Tuesday, August II. 1918:
CHARLEs-CHRIsTENSE D. Charles
Jr.. 81. Concord, Contra Costa county and
ENKE-MeDoN1ID-H Milton Ente, "a,
Bsnicia. and Marguerite Mcdonald. IS. Oak
yoHNsox-ALIMAN-Aurust johnson. "a and
annie Alfreida Altman. "a. both OF Oakland
KNIGHTLINGER - -PACKER-William LINCOLN
KniEhtlinser, 50, and .. Theima Packer. 2s.
MIrOHELL-wELCH-sr Mitchell. 50, and
Mary Welch. II. both OF Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
SUPERVISORS PRAISED
FOR BILLBOARD ACTION
San Francisco Center Writes
Letter to Payot, Giannini,
Hayden and Murdock

The action OF Supervisors Payot, Clan
mini. Hayden and Murdock OF the pub
lie welfare committee In recommending
that 20 foot billboards be reduced to
the legal height OF 10 feet was COM
mended by the San Francisco Center In
a letter received by Supervisor Payot
yesterday.
The letter follows:
The directors and members of this
association join with me In thanking
you for your report and actions In the
billboard matter. In our work we feel
q help when we know others sympa-
thize with our endeavors. Yours very sin
cerely MAYE c. BOURN TUCKER,
President San Francisco Center"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
OBITUARY NOTES
MISS RUTH BRITTON is
DEAD IN OAKLAND HOME
Niece Of General Manager OF Pacific Gas
and Electric Company Yields to
Extended Illness

Miss Ruth Britton. aged 81, niece of
John A. Britton. vice president and gen.
eral manager OF the Pacific Gas and
Electric company, died yesterday at the
home OF her aunt, Mrs. W. D. Smith. in
Hill Lane avenue, Oakland. following
an Illness of four or five months sue
ceeding a bad cold
Miss Britton was an orphan.
She was formerly employed In the
Oakland office of the Pacific Gas and
Electric company. She lived with her
aunt. Mrs. Smith, who is sister OF
Mr. Britton.
William Greeves. IS years old. died at
his home in Vallejo yesterday. He
was associated with valIejo's his
tory from its earliest days. When
he settled there as a young man tho
town consisted of but a few strag-
Cling houses and shanties. Mr..
Greeves was born in Philadelphia
He came to San Francisco in 1853
and to Vallejo in 1854 He was one
of the founders of the Bank of VAL
leJo and was the president of the
first board of trustees OF Vallejo.
David 5. Johnston, aged rs, president
of the Eilers music house since it's
consolidation several years ago, died
Monday evening at his home in Ta-
coma He spent nearly all his life in
the piano business, going to the
Pacific northwest in the eighties He
had many friends IN California and
leaves three sons and two daughters
David NJ. league. SO years old. a re-
tired rancher of the Santa Clara VAL
ley, died from heart disease yester-
day at his home near Mayfield He
was found dead in the grounds OF his
home by Mrs league. He Is survived
by widow and three stepdaughters,
Mrs. Neil Fraser. Oakland; Mrs. John
Revier. Alfalfa, Wash, and Mrs A
H. Ramage. Northfeld. Mimi The
funeral will be held this afternoon
from the Mayfield Methodist church
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
McCREERY TAKES $500
FOR 5000 MOVES NOTE
Mateo Man Fron Undergoing
Bankruptcy

Judge Graham yesterday authorized
compromise between the estate of
Walter A. McCreery and John H. Noyes
Of San Mateo. In the matter Of a iudg-
ment for $1,000, which Attorney H III.
McPtke. as guardian for Mrs. McCreery.
recently obtained against Noyes on a
note for $1,000. signed by Noyes and
indorsed by McCreery. The petition
OF Mrs McPike for permission to ac-
cept the compromise recited that Noyes
had declared that he could not pay
$4,000 and that unless the McCreery
estate accepted 5000 he would be COM
pelied to go through bankruptcy
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
PROPOSALS AND BIDS

PROPOSALS. FOR SHOES Depoe ouartsrnas
ters once. 1859 North Point st. San Erancisco
Cal, August II. 1918 Sealed proposals. n tr1p
4 m. September 10, 1913, for furnishing 2o0,.
COO pairs russet shoes # either the Boston. New
YORK PhiladeIphia, Chicago. St Lnuis g. Sar
rrancssco Depots Of the Quarterrasterss Ourps,
Information on application mo. 7. KNIGHT
Depot Quartermaster
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13

ANDERsoN-rn Oakland. Cal. August 10. 1913
Mrs Caroline Anderson. beloved sister OF
Christine Anderson loving aunt Of Mrs J. A.
Bruner and Edmond A. Watkins, q native Of
New Orleans. aged IS years and II days.
Friends are respectfully invited to attend fhe
funeral services at her late residence 214 West
Estudfllo avenue. San Leandro. Cal, today
wednesday,. August 10, 1913. at o'clock
D. n.
1919 Louise BelIani. beloved wife Of Albert
Bellanf Of Sacramento Cal
Remains at the parlcrs OF the James Taylor
Company. Fifteenth and Jefferson streets, Oak
land. C1l-
uLooW-Tn San Joes. August IL. 1918. Mrs
Yetto Bloou, beloved wife Of the late Isaac
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
HORSES, HARNESS AND WAGONS

AAA-SHETLAND PONIES
just arrived. new consignment OF Shetland
ponies, carts and harness; all gentle. broke come
and pick one out 40 yslencta 81 -
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
J. ". WRIGHT 4 co.
Us Montgomery ST

fToo-Big bargain: lot 5oxIoo. near car lire: ia
the Mission District. owner must sell terms
ran be arranged HOMESTEAD REALTY co.
INC. T04 Market 81. room 202.
$500 down viii buy new bungalow fats: grand
marine view- must sell. 200 Dowaey av- near
Frederick and Ashbury sfs.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
COUNCIL or SURVEYORS
ORGANIZED IN CITY
society For Closer Relations Between
builders Elects Omcers At
First Session

A meeting. presided over by william
Mooser, an architect to organise . San
Francisco council OF the American In
stitute OF Quantity Surveyors was held
last night in the Palace hotel
The committee report on work al
ready accomplished and embodying sug-
gestions for further action was made.
after which the officers were elected.
The objects OF the society are to en-
courage better methods OF estimating
and dealing with bids and to provide q
forum where architects. engineers. con-
tractors and owners may meet on COM
mor ground and discuss business prob
lems.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE

A NONE 7 MAKER FROM
THE DAY YOU GET 1T
Suffer county land near yuha City snd Narys-
vile produces fortunes In fruits and alfalfa :
rhis land Is devoted 10 Intensified farming and
gardening The land Of sunshine and early
fruit" Price $50 per acre Is cash balance
Fesrss near electric ard transeoutinsntal
railroad lines.
Equitable Building Syndicate
lTzs Broadway. Oakland. Cal
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
BIRTHS

FoLET-In this city. August o. 1918, to the
wife OF William Foley formerly Maude
Queen). daughter
POwERS-In this city. August Z 1913, to the
wife Of Frank Powers, daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13

FREE FREE FREE
Send or call at once for nv FREE FRUIT
BOOK telling all about orchard raising on my
choice snd 10 acre fruit ranches In tn.
famous TACAVILIE section. SoIano county:
eniv $500 for q acre ranch whole piecs) and
or terms Of S5e cash and IS month until
pads NEVER MISS IT terms plant cur an
orchard IN PROVEN land. close TO s. F. and
huy from owner; dan't pay an agent Inflated
Prices. Apply CHAS. l. PADDON IS Mont
Eonery st. 8 z. RON 13s
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
MARRIAGES

SCHULTZ-KLINGER-I this city. August 10
1913, by Rev. Herman Gehreke Ferdira D.
Conrad Schultz OF San Francisco and Aim,
Margaret Kltnger OF Alameda. Cal
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13

CONTRA COSTA REAL ESTATE
LOTS FOR SUMNER HONES-Permanent home
srd camping IN Redwood canyon right on the
new 0akisnd-Antioch railway: 800 and up on
easy payments: only II minutes from BROAD
wsy. Oakland send for map GEORGE W.
AUSTIN. 1422-24 Broadway. syudfcats build
ing. Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
BERKELEY REAL ESTATE,

CALIFORNIA; MODERN INDUSTRIAL CITY.
located steam and electric railroads between
Los Angeles and It's harbor- For information
relative TO business oppor tunities real estate
Investments aud factory sites write KARL
BREHME. 1o31-s7 Phelan building; phone SUIT
ter 1899
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
GOYRRNMENT LANDS

HoMEsTEADs. southern Oregon; fine farming
land near railroad under construction; plenty
of water; we pay transportation and fees; act
promptly Farm & Home CO.. 5o3 P2eihc bldg.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
OAKLAND REAL ESTATE

IF you want a home IN the best location o.
terms the same as rent. us We have theD
in all prices. MENHAM PAUL, 1444 Sa
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13

and IN fhe best locations: terms rent
wENHAM & PAUL, Iz44 San Pablo av-. opp
city hall.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13

INSIDE Oakland realty for good per cent
oskIsnd.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13

20 acres silt foam soil, Sonoma county near
SchellytIle. this land viii produce anything;
50 ESQ. terms II desired. u. W. KENT, 1910
Broadway. Oakisnd-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-21

There was white yacht with blue flag In the
foreground had paid little attention to the card
when received It usually does to those little
lodges to get out of letter writing but the picture
had nevertheless been perceived and recorded by nv
brain The fact that the sounds etc. on the bridge
also seemed familiar probably due to the circum.
stance that Twas accustomed to such an environ
ment on large bridge.
To those who hold that such cases OF paranraa,a
are intimations Of Immortality there is no explana.
ton, believe, unwelcome the one have given
above count several members Of this persuasion
among my acquaintance. and bitter indeed are their
protests to common view OF their ayerd az.
pertences" They assure me that there was not the
slightest chance OF resemblance to previous for
gotten incident causing the Illusion They had never
been in any situation remotely resembling the
in question.
1t is easy to say SO. and sure they thought So
But there many elements In every situation
that we must have many repettons friend OF
mine, for instance tells me that she had the feeling
of de5a WI day when she walked down a path In
Central Park where she had been before Every
thing seemed familiar though she had considered It
an exploring tour She finally discovered, upon ana
lying the elements In the scene that there was faint
odor of honeysuckle in the air. upon which she i'm
mediately realized that there had been hedge OF
honeysucke her home in childhood and that
she had been reminded of that.
feel convinced myself that such similarity In odora
is frequent cause Of deia Unless an odor is
very strong We are rarely definitely conscious of It.
We may think how sweet the air Is to-day" without
perceiving that we are walking past field of new.
mown hay And later occasion we pass
hay wagon. Again do not definitely perceive the
odor. but 1t awakens the old memory and we say "I
have lived through this before" Then IL any one tres
to tell that the feeling is due similar or analo
gous elements to a previous experience" we Insist
fervently that no such similar elements are present
and prove 1t to him. But all the time, course we
do not think Of the smell. because really
of it
So slight noise special clearness in the atnos
phere. particular emotional mood serves to recall
occasion in which It previously appeared. II the
past experience is entirely recalled This
minds of Y II II is ndstinctly recalled we merely
think How familiar x. seems!" And sometimes. when
1t is poorly recalled. excla!m 81 have here
before!"
At least that is the theory prefer to hold.
What do you think about 1t?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-21

"Ony IUSON Psychology SaysNOT Proof Of PREVIOUS LIFE

actual fact. then deta is caused by 'shadowy
recolections OF previous existence"
But under circumstances should or any one
say "Snce have this feeling Of already seenness
then there must be such thing reincarnation to
account for It,"
For there are other explanations far more probable
One which is somewhat related to the previous ex-
istence theory is that Of Sir
M. D. He regards the experience as revival of
heredarily transmitted acquired in new and
special combinations" His idea is them not that A
meets situation X, dies, is reborn again situa
ton and has feeling Of recognizing it because of
the facts of his previous life; but that father meets
situation X 1t makes impression his brain cells and
this impression is transmitted A, when
meets something like X it seems familiar to
him because of the hereditary modification in his brain
This sounds plausible, but it is generally admitted
nowadays that such impression could be
mitted from father to son.
Turning to the purely psychological theories we
have several to choose from Before giving them how
ever, be we'll to explain technical
termstt will be necessary to use
The first question usually asked class in psychol.
ogy Is What is the difference between sensation and
perceptions" This must be clearly understood before
go very any psychological discussion
But 1t is difference to grasp easy reme-
ber The sensation is simply the message brought to
the brain from organ, such the eye or ear
and the perception is the Interpretation the mes
sage. We look at orange, for instance. If we were
little newborn babies with eyes just beginning to TO-
Gus, we would get pure sensation of the orange-a
blob o. Brightness of different intensity the sur
roundinss. AS 1t is get that same sensation, but
insananeously recognize from our previous expe.
rence that the blob is round yellow and opaoue
the good old orange of our breakfast table Thus we
have perceived the orangesensation has merged into
perception 1t is safe to say that are never con.
scious of pure sensations Always we have previous
experiences by which we interpret them rightly or
wrongly and SO instantly turn them into perceptions
AnJel based his explanation of the deja WI on this
connection between sensation and perception In the
case of the illusion. he Claims perception has not fol-
lowed sensation closely The sensation has
into the brain and registered ITSELF but the in.
depreciation is delayed. Consequently when this 10
accomplished the result already known That
is we have feeling of two where ordinarily
have only one.
This explanation is rather involved but It is sim
ported by the fact that most apt to exner;enco
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-21

the illustion when one is fatigued,
and when in consequence the brain
might be supposed to work more
slowly.
Lalande's theory seems to me a
trifle clearer. According to him
the case is this: A in a moment
Of Observation-Disclosures perceives x
without becoming entirely conscious
of 1t. The next instant AS brain
clears OF It's abstraction, he be-
comes conscious of x. and immedi.
ately feels that bo has known It
before. He actually has known It
before. Of course, without knowing
he knew it.
That this state of mind Is quite
possible know from my own ex-
perience. For instance, last night
as l sat reading my wife asked me
the time. l was engrossed in my
article and only realized that she
had asked me something. didn't
know what. / finished my sentence
and said, What did you say?" Be-
fore she repeated her question 1
found that l had my watch in my
hand. Without being conscious of
her request I had perceived it
clearly enough to respond to 1t.
Several explanations Of deja WI
are based on such unconscious or
subconscious mental action. They
do not need special comment, for,
though they trace the illusion
variously to the "subliminal SELF"
to doubling Of personality" or to
"dissociation," they can be re-
duced practically to the same foun.
dation as the theory of absent-mind-
edness given above.
The explanation which 1 find most
reasonable is that "the illusion re-
suits from the presence of certain
similar OF analogous elements In
the situation to some previous and
forgotten experience" In other
words, the situation z, which meet
today, resembles in some respect
Y, which 1 met ten years ago. 1
have forgotten Y. but the impress
sion 1t made on my brain remains,
and on the entrance of similar
impressions from x there is a
quick feeling of familiarity.
l have been able to trace most of
my own feelings Of deja WI down to
such facts. For example,: When