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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
VISION OF VIRGIN
SEEN OVER C0FF|N
Twelve Bear Witness to APP
pearance of Sanity Figure
in Death Chamber
fSnecial nisnafch TO The Cain

Especial DlSpatcn TO Ine eCdIn
OAKLAND. April 25.-Glowing in
supernatural beauty. vision of the
Virgin Mary appeared at the foot OF
the coffin containing the body OF
Robert Lavery and was witnessed by
IL persons. according to the accounts
Of the strange occurrence they gave to-
day in the Lavery home at 1869 .Thfr-
teenth street.
-Four hours the vision remained. fill
ing the room with radiance and she'd
ding benign light upon the face be-
meath.
Robert Lavery was a pioneer wharf
niger OF San Francisco and he died
Monday evening, 70 years OF age. At
3 o'clock Wednesday morning daugh-
ter. Miss Susie Lavery. entered the
room. AS she bent over his features
In her grief. she was, impelled to look
up. Above her, at her fathers feet, she
saw the Virgin standing.
MY sister. Mrs. Maud Hart, came
into the room." said Miss Lavery to-
day Look said to her..
The sisters summoned their mother,
who gazed upon the figure In awe.
Then others. of the household were
Hart, Thomas McGinnis
and Mrs. McGinnis. Holland sDownes
and Mrs. Downes, Mrs. w. F. Barbee.
and three grandchildren, Robert
Downes, Maude Downes and Tommy
McGinnis. To all, young and old. the
apparition was plainly visible, they
said
Thomas McGinnis is a deputy in the
office of the board of supervisors in
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
CARDINAL O'cONNELL TO
SAIL TODAY FOR ROME

Boston Churchman VIII Proceed From
Naples to Eternal City, visit
ing Pope Pins
BOSTON, April 25.-Following the
custom OF members OF the sacred col
lege of cardinals to pay an occasional
visit to Rome, Cardinal O'Connell will
sail tomorrow for Naples. proceeding
thence to the Eternal City. He will
examine the work being done In his
titular church. San Clemente: partici-
pate in celebrations In Rome marking
the sixteen hundredth anniversary Of
the Constantine edict, and later make
his onlcial visit to Pope Plus x.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
POPE is MUCH BETTER,
BISHOP is INFORMED
VIII Give an Audience Today to the
American PiIErimaRe-Attnck
of Grippe

ROME, April 25.-Pope Plus was
much better today. Cardinal Merry del
Val informed the Right Rev. Joseph
Schrembs, bishop OF Toledo, that the
quences of an attack of grippe. which
would have passed unnoticed If it had
affected an ordinary person" The car
dinal will give an audience tomorrow to
the American pilgrimage under Bishop
Schrembs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
BAR OF SALOON is ALTAR
Wisconsin Grog Sellers Offer shops for
Revival Meetings

PLAINFIELD, Wis, April 25.--Nearly
SO men knelt and prayed before the bar
of saloon here tonight while re-
vival meeting was being conducted by.
three ministers. Saloon keepers offered
the use of their barrooms and a series
of meetings are to be held in dram
shops.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
FREE APPEARS WITH
RECORDS FROM COURT
District Attorney of San
Jose, Asserting That He
Has Documentary Evil
dence Against Detective
Esola;, Sticks by Declara-
ton That He Laid Before
Mayor Rolph Facts In
eliminating Members of
S. F. Police Department

HeraIded as the queen of the bunko
ring" Irma de Pietro hated her title
and the publicity it brought. and SO
attempted to leave San Francisco incog
nito, but was captured last night just
as she attempted to start for New
York. A royal shower of epithets in
her native tongue it was she turned
loose on her captors. Detectives Harri-
son and Dolan and John A McGee of
the district attorneys Office.
She was finally acquitted and allowed
to catch her train, but the grand jury,
in special session. did not adjourn with
out result. for Lilo Pelligrini, said to
have acted as go between for the bunko
. men and detectives, was indicted for
7 grand larceny.
s"HOUNDED,- SHE ASSERTS
MCGEE learned that the De Pietro
woman had bought a ticket for New
York, and so she was taken into GUS
tody just as she was boarding the Santa
Fe boat. Upon reaching the grand
jury rooms she denounced the police
placed on the stand, but strenuously
protested that she knew nothing, and
was permitted to go.
She figured in the Dondero case some
months a go and was brought back from
New Jersey at that time. but later was
acquitted.
SPECIAL SESSION HELD
To take up officially the investiga-
ton Of graft charges made against
eight detectives in the San Francisco
police department by three confessed
bunko men, as we'll as several others
now in San Quentin, the grand jury
yesterday afternoon held a special ses-
sion to delve into the mass of evidence
accumulated against Pelligrini. who
skipped out some time ago when it be-
came imminent that an investigation
would be started.
According to District Attorney
T-ckert, the Indictment against Peni-
grini will be formally issued Monday
ins Judge Dunnes court. 1t is based
upon Pelligrini's connection with the
heecing Of ]. Minnini by Frank Corri-
gan Minnini was robbed of $4,000 in
stockton, and, 1T is alleged. was point
ed out to Corrigan by Pelligrini.
HOLDS LONG SESSION
THE grand jury began its session
Yesterday afternoon shortly after 2
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
ANDREAs DIPPEL is OUT
Resignation of Chicago Grand Opera
Company Manager Is
Accepted

CHICAGO. April 25.-The resignation
of Andreas Dippe1 as general manager
of the Chicago grand opera company
was accepted at meeting of the ex
ecutive committee here today. Mr..
Dippel gave no intimation as to his
plans for the future and members Of
the committee were equally secretive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
'BUNkO QUEEN
FORCED To CO
BEFORE CRAFT
|NVEST|GATO ORs

Irrna de Pietro, Taken by
Detectives On Eve of
Flight to New York, De-
nounces Captors, Refuses
; to Testify and Is Allowed
to Leave; Lilo Pelligrini,
Go Between, Indicted;
Sheriff Trafton Tells of
Dealings With Victim
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
MISS BORDEN is FOUND
Missing Daughter of Millionaire Is
Located in Boston Hotel

Especial Dispatch to The Call,
NEW YORK, April 25.-Ramona Bor-
den, the missing daughter of Gail
Borden, has been found in Boston, ac-
cording to the Boston office of a de-
tective agency.
"A telegram to Mr.. Borden at the
Manhattan hotel shortly after midnight
told him that his daughter, with two
women supposed to be Mrs. w. J. White
and Mrs. T. A Baeke of Brooklyn, had
been located In the Hotel vendome.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
NOTED GOLDSMITH KILLED
Froment-Meurice and Wife Perish 1,
Wreck of Dwelling

PARIS. April 25.-The residence of
Emile Froment-Meurice, in one of the
most aristocratic quarters of Paris,
collapsed tonight. killing its owner and
his wife. M. Froment -Meurice was one
OF the most celebrated goldsmiths in
Europe. He was a descendant OF the
painter Rubens.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
MARKET CART FOR 500, 800

LONDON. April rs. Thomas Gains
borough's painting. The Market Cart"
out of Sir Donel Phillips' collections.
was sold by auction today for 500. 800,
= rscord price for q Gainsborough.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
SWEETHEARTS LEAP TO
DEATH IN NOTRE DAME
Antwerp Pair, Arm In Arm, Climb
Tower and Jump $50 Feet in
Suicide Pact

ANTWERP, Belgium. April 25.-A
youth 1s years old and 10 year ola
girl were the principal characters in a
love tragedy enacted here today.
Arm In arm they climbed to the clock
gallery in the tower of the Notre Dame
cathedral and from a height Of $50 feet
leaped into space. falling at the feet Of
passersby.
Every bone In the bodies of both were
broken. As they hurtled through the
air several men and women who wit
messed the sight tainted
According to the police. the leap from
the church tower was In accordance
with double suicide pact.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
ONE MILLION FOR MISSIONS
Religious Worker Leaves Money to
Spread Gospel He Preached

CHICAGO. April 25.-Almost the en-
tire estate of 100000 of William
c. Borden, the young missionary who
died in Cairo. Egypt, April 9, is left
to foreign missionary work, according
to the terms of his will, filed for pro-
bate here today. The largest bequest
is that of s25o,ooo to the China island
missions, Philadelphia
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
PANAMA CANAL MADE DRY
Water Only Will Flow In Vicinity oi
Big Ditch

PANAMA, April 25-By direction of
Lindley n Garrison. secretary OF war.
the Panama canal zone will be. with
out saloons during the coming fiscal
year. At the present time there are
IS saloons III zone towns.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
GIRL SAVED FROM FALL
FROM STATUE OF LIBERTY
Gladys Revere Catches Dress or Com.
panion ns She Slips From
Ledge Of Monument

NEW YORK, April 25. Eighteen year
old Margaret Donovan was saved from
800 foot fall from tho head Of the
statue Of liberty today by her chum,
Gladys Revere. who caught hold Of her
dress Just as she was slipping from the
window ledge that surrounds Miss
Liberty's crown.
Screaming for help, Miss Revere held
on to the dress with both hands until
other sightseers came to the rescue ana
dragged the girl in sfeet first.
Miss Donovan ventured out on The
ledge on a dare and became dizzy
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
IS BODIES ARE RECOVERED
More Dead Found I'm Wrecked Mine
Near Pfttsburr

PITTSBURG, April 25.-The work of
removing bodies from the Cincinnati
mine OF the MononEahela River Con-
solidated Coal and. Coke company In
Finleyville. wrecked by an explosion,
progressed rapidly today. When dark
ness fell SIS bodies had been taken out.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
.MAGNATE, SUED
FOR s1,500,000,
WAS SQUEEZED
FOR MILLIONS

Henry Clay Pierce, Head of
Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany, Meets Charge of
Converting to Own Use
$4,000 Shares of Nash
vile Terminal Company
Stock, Representing Secur-
ity, by Saying That His
Misplaced Confidence Cost
Him the Sum of $780, 900
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-26
BAROMETER OF BUSINESS

ne bank clearings Of San Francisco for
the week ending April 24 showed
GAIN OF 81, ,323, ,247
over the same week of last year.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-14

start, and making his own way in the
world - -.
The legatee in question listened to
the slow, measured tones of Lawyer
Jones like one in dream. The read
er of the last will and testament of
Jepthah Blair, stern, practical man as
he was, cast a mournful and sympa-
thetic look at the young man. He
liked Blair immensely, as did every
one else in the town, unless it was
Hugh, Telford, seated also in the
apartment. He smiled viciously and
triumphantly. He was safe ashore.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-14
ONE CENT CAPITAL

BY Mildred Caroline Goodfidge.
and to my second nephew, Ronald
Blair, as a reminder of his remarkable
powers of memory, Ileave the munifi-
cent sum of one penny. AS he has
seen fit to initiate my peculiarities in
private, so may he copy my diligence,
beginning life on one cent capital,
which is more than l had at the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-14


waters. The blair Plat" was to be
given to Telford, together with stocks
and bonds valued at $4,000.
Il suppose you feel like cursing
Uncle Jepthah," insinuated this pre-
cious young schemer and spendthrift.
Ronald was pale; disappointment
and chagrin showed in his frank,
sensitive face. It hardened as he
fixed his clear accusing eyes upon his
sneering relative.
mo" he replied steadily eff l
was of the cursing sort you might
come in for your share, for-I under
stand, now"
He left the lawyers Office as he
spoke and shade of anger and fear
crossed the features of Telford. Rom
aid had to admit that he had expect
ed substantial legacy. He has every
reason to anticipate it. 1t was cruel,
after all his hopes and plans, and his
heart sank like lead as he thought of
Ruth Mason, his fiance.
Where should he go for comfort
save to her? 1t was his privilege, his
right, and half an hour later he was
seated by her side on the porch of
the Mason home.
''H must be between you and me-;
all that have to tell you, DEAR" he
said to the plying angel at his side
1.-TWO years ago when Hugh and 1
were at college there was a character
play. In it was a misery old fellow,
in dress and actions so fully coun-
terpart of Uncle Jepthah that many
recognized it. This came to his ears,
and that will was made. In reality
Hugh had made the suggestion of the
character to a chum, and rather
gloated over showing up the old
skinflint,' as he called his uncle Then
when the matter got public he be-
came frightened and told uncle that
was the culprit."
"But you told me that later every
thing WAS axnlained tn Mr. Rlair %
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-15
EAT CABBAGE, FISH,
SAUSAGE, NEW BREAD
'Pape's Diapepsin" Digests
Food When Stomach
Can 't-Cures Indi-
geStiOn.

Do some foods YOU eat hit back
taste goOd, but work badly, ferment
into stubborn Jumps and cause a sick,
sour gassy stomach Now. Mr. or
Mrs. Dyspeptjc. jot this down: Pape's
Diapepsin digests everything, leaving
nothing TO sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick.
SO certainly effective. No difference
how badly your stomach is disordered
you will get happy relief in five min
utes. but what pleases you most is
that 1t strengthens and regulates your
stomach so you can eat your favorite
foods without fear.
Most remedies give you relief some
times-they are slow. but not sure.
"Pape's Diapepsin" is quick, positiv e
and puts your stomach in a healthy
condition so the misery won't come
back.
You feel different as soon as "Pape's
Diapepsin comes in contact with the
tomach-distress just vanishes-your
stomach gets sweet, no gases, no
belching. no quotations OF undigested
food, your head clears and you feel
fine
Go now, make the best investment
you ever made, by getting a large If
ty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from
any drug store. You realize in FIVE
minutes how needless it is to suffer
from indigestion. dyspepsia or any
stomach disorder.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-15
Library is an Undepeloped Mine
For the Larger Part of Citizens

Elsa Denison's encyclopedia Helping
School Children" than which nothing
could be completer for its purpose,
and The Problem OF Vocational
Guidance" by David sheldon. a rec
ognized authority.
Miss Wilson's advocacy OF using
schools as social centers brought
subject into popular notice which has
long been discussed and which is very
thoroughly treated in Perrys Wider
Use of the School Plant" a volume
accurately named.
Now that Richmond is 10 have a bu-
reau OF municipal research. many will
grow more interested in the general
problems OF social investigation and
study for them there are arranged
choice list unusually complete; "A
New Conscience and An Ancient Ev-
ill.," by Jane Adams: Twenty Years
ar Hull House" also. of course, by
Miss Adams; The Promised Land"
by Mary Antin, that extraordinary
immigrant girl: The Almshouse," by
Alexander Johnson; Social Adjust
ment." by Scott Nearing. a student
who has had experience in adjust
ing"
Three good books on shade trees
may De hdd, ne TIuHIHA doom. u!
L. H Bailey, famous agriculturist;
The Care of Trees by FernlOw. and
Shade Trees in Towns and iCties, -
by SOlotaroff.
On sewerage. there is Folwell's
Sewerage" and on city water sup
ply Allen Hazen's Clean Water, and
How TO Get It.; and Turneaure's
Water Supply"
tuberculosis is dealt with in three
books that should be in the hands of
every citizen: Fluck's "Crusade
Against tuberculosis" F'rancine's
pulmonary Tuberculosis" and HUI
ber's Consumption"
All students of civic affairs will
have no reason to complain OF a pub
lie library that offers so complete a
list as this
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-15
Good Books BY Best Writ
ers Upon Every Subject
Are to Be Found in Rich
mOnd's Public Institution.
BY n. L. HAYWOOD.

10y ~ - TN w WV
editors Note-The first half Of this
book list was published in Saturdays
edition)
The library is an undeveloped mine
for the larger part Of Richmond citI-
Zens. Those who care to get an inside
view Of this great public institution
Will find much TO interest and instruct
in Bostwick's we'll known American
Public Library" and in John Dana 3
"A Literary Primer" These should
be Of especial value to club women.
Now that cluster lighting has come
to the fore, Louis Bells excellent trea-
tise on The Art Of Illumination" will
throw considerable light on the sub
ject for Richmond councilmen.
If any have concluded with the
indianapolis News that municipal mar
kets are the thing to give US partial
relief from the pressure Of the high
cost of living let him go into the sub
ject by reading Blacks "A Terminal
Market System" and MIXERS Munich
pal Market Policy"
The problems Of municipal owner
libraryship are many and perpleXing.
The library has listed five up-to-date
volumes dealing with this vital topic.
Here they are: The British iCty'
by Frederick Howe; The iCty. the
Hope Of Democracy" also by Howe;
Principles and Methods of Municipal
Trading" by Knoop; The Dangers OF
Municipal Trading" by Porter; and
Municipal and National Trading" by
Avebury.
Those who go in for parks and park
ing will discover much of interest in
Publication Facilities" put ont by
the American Academy Of Political
and Social Science, while those caring
to preserve the appearance of the Gem
etery may find guidance from Weed S
Modern Park Cemeteries"
To the chief of police The Enforce
ment of Law in Cities by Brand
Whitlock, one of Americas most pro-
gressive executives, is respectfully rec
commended.
Citizens who puzzle over the tangles
OF public utilities and their manage
ment should read Clyde Kings
thorugh work, THE Regulation of Mu-
nicipal Utilities" one of the newest
and best; The Control of Municipal
Public Service Utilities" by the Am
erican Academy; and Delos Wilcoxs
well known masterpiece municipal
Franchises"
VI pdleuIS, I6dCHeIS anu all OIu-
ers concerned with furnishing the
right kind of play facilities there are
five very readable and suggestive
books: The Spirit of Youth and the
City Streets" by Jane Adams; Pub
lie Recreation Facilities" by the Am
erican Academy; Folk Dances and
Singing Games" by Eliz Burchenal;
Education by Plays and Games" by
T. n n n o.
with a very complete photography on
the subject, and STORY Telling" by
Edna Lyman.
On street and road building and
there is nothing better
than Harwood F'rost's THE Art of
To those who had
never thought of road building as an
art this will come as a surprise and
revelation.
On schools and school methods
there are two books in the new list:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-15
"American and Immigrant Blood"

Edward Alsworth Ross, professor of socol-
ogy in the University of Wisconsin, contributes
to the Century for December an article under the
above caption. 1t is described by the editors as
lone of the gravest and most important consid-
erations ever laid before the American people,"
and by the Survey, than which no magazine is
better informed the question, as, perhaps
the most sweeping indictment yet published of
national policies toward immigration from
eastern and southern Europe" That it is indeed
sweeping will be discovered from the following
resume:
Southeastern Europeans are very 1literate
and easily become the ignorant tools of corrup-
ton. The lands of ignorance discharge into our
midst millions who not read or write or count
to twenty. THE foreign-born between twenty
and thirty-four years of age, late corners of
course show five times the illiteracy of native
whites of the same age
The vast hordes of these ignoramuses Tester
ing in our great centers account for the saffron
hue of many of our metropolitan newspapers
whose claptrap and sensational methods are de-
signed to meet sub-Amercan mind.
Owing to their Ignorance of the language
laws and customes of the country they easily fall
a victim to the Vaccinations of labor eXploiters
and so have given rise to peonage which has been
discovered in every state save Connecticut and
Oklahoma, having developed into its most aggra-
waited form in Maine
Such inflammatory and un-American labor
organizations the Industrial Workers of the
World largely composed and managed by
these aliens. The Federation of Labor, largely
representing native workers, is at constant war
with the anarchistic organizations.
The millions of debased aliens drag down the
status of women. The peasant philosophy of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-15
Spare the Clerk and Save Your Temper

There remain but eight more shopping days
until Christmas; eight short sharp days of prep
aration for the grown folks; eight long, but ex-
citing days for the kiddies and eight ---
kind of days for the storekepel and the clerks :?
what kind of days for the storekeeper and the
clerks?
How will you fill in the blank, Mrs Shopper?
VIII you wait until only two or three days are
left and then pile into the stores and make the
brief interval between then and the merry sea-
son reign of terror for the servants Of the pub
lie?
Getting our shopping done before the last
day or two is not only a convenience to those
who wait us, it is a moral duty which we
owe quite as much to ourselves as to them.
If gift is to be real gift and not mere
present offered as offers aims to a beggar
it will have individuality, it will be carefully Sc
1ected to please the taste of the recipient, and
not chosen or prepared in a swift mechanical
way that keeps the spirit out of it. But how are
gifts to express ouselves and carry the message
would have them carry if to wait un-
til it is necessary to plunge into seething
of femininity surging about store counter when
must make what grab he and be content
with the culls left after more judicious shop
pers have had their choosing?
We owe it to the storekeeper, ALSO to avoid
the final crowding. He has ben months in prep
aration for this season, has studied the whims
and idiosyncrasies of his trade with eye to
please them, has worked to surround his good
with the atmosphere of cheer and the Christ
massy spirit that makes the seasons shopping
delight. Is it fair to compel him to heap his
carefully selected goods pel nell on his counters
with tired clerks to show them and exasperated
women digging and pulling and twisting at them
until they hardly fit to show?
But above all, it to the employees of
the stores to them the rack which has
completely changed their attitude toward the
hallowed season. More than have heard
a saleslady say, What relief it will be when
Christmas is overt I have to dread it as
plagued"
Not a one of us has right to rob these good
souls of their own holiday. But when wait
until the last moment and then storm their coun-
tiers like a swarm of Mexican rebels, that is just
what doing; are taking the cheer of
the day away from them effectually as if we
had them locked in jail the while. day behind
the counter with ones stock, always carefully
tended, thrown in promscuous and frowsy heaps
about on the display tables, with score of mad
dening women demanding the carefulest atten-
ton, with the everlasting noise and catter of the
store buzzing about one like mammoth hive. of
head aching as if the last day had come, such
day would cure any person of the vice of shop
ping late for Christmas