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VOLUME CVI— NO. 147.
FRED NOLTING'S
WIDOW FOUND
DEAD IN BATH
Woman Leaves Note Under Pil
- low Telling of Grief Over
Murdered Policeman
Srother in Law Declares Heart
Disease Was Expected To
Prove Fatal Soon
Detective Remembers Letter Be
ing Written Shortly After
Killing of Husband
• |i HE bullet which pierced Sergeant
I Fred Nolting of the local police
force, when lie was murdered by
Private Jordan, an enlisted man at the
Presidio, January S, struck also at the
heart of his widow, who. after pining
away for 10 months, was found dead
at her home, 2424 Suttcr street, yester
day afternoon. Mystery hedges the
death. There is a question as to
whether it was due to natural causes
or whether the woman, sore pressed
iv her agony and grief, finished with
her hand the work which Jordan had
10 months before commenced. One
thing at least is certain. When Jordan
pulled the trigger which laid low Ser-
Keant Nolting. he gave to Mr 6. Antonia
Nolting her death blow.
Note Indicates Suicide
A note found under the pillow iidi
oated that she had committed suicide.
Therein -was penned the sorrow and
silent suffering of the widow; the
frenzy of her despair, the loneliness of
her lot. Jordan went his way to serve
a life sentence at San Quentin. The
world moved on. And the widow, left
absolutely without kith or kin, shut
herself up with her grief to mourn her
life and f strength away.
The peculiar part of the death is that
there was no material evidence to
carry out the tone of the letter left
behind, nothing: to show that she had
taken her own life. The note read:
V'The charm of life to me has gone,
and without my dear uusband ]Jfe can
never mean anything again. No" matter
when" or how the end comes I feel I
% will be better off with him. I believe
that more charity should be shown to
those, who, in such moments of sorrbw
as I have passed through, or despera
tion, take their lives. It Is not for us
to judge of their act or of the bitter
ness ot soul that prompted it.
"My feeling toward the murderer of
my husband is so great that I can not
but wish that he may suffer some of
the agony that his terrible act has
caused m<?«*'
Directions for Cremation
The letter then went on to give di
rections as to what should be done
with the body, her wish being that she
be cremated and the remains placed in
the same vault containing the ashes of
her husband.
Detective Hogan of ( the police force
and a close friend c/f Mrs. Nolting,
maintained that death was due to nat
ural causes and that the letter was
written shortly after Nolting was shot.
"Folowing Nolting's death," said
Hogan, "Mrs. Nolting began to pine
away. She had always suffered ~ from
a weak heart and the shock made her
condition worsel Slie realised that she
was 'liable- to die at any moment, and a
of months after her husband's
death notified me that she had written
a letter which she placed under her
'pillow and !n which she had left direc
tions for her^»urial.
Subject to Heart Trouble •
•'The other portions of the letter are
but the natural feelings of a woman
suffering as she did at the time. I wa«
at home today -when I was told that
iXrs. Nolting ha<T been found dead. . My
mind Immediately flew back to, the con-
versation we had about rip-Jit months
ago and In which sh<* epolie of leaving
a letter under a pillow and I asked
whether such a letter had been found.
J was told it had not. I sent the mes
senger ahead and when I arrived at the
house the letter was where I said it
would be."
Mrs. Nolting's body was lying in the
bathi The gas heater Mas ablaze and
there was no odor of gas. Neither
were there any traces of poison. E. S."
Bonelli. her brother in law, living In
the flat below, said that Mrs. Nolting
had been subject to heart trouble and
three weeks previous had been found
in a fainting condition. •
Body Found by Boy
"She lived alone," he said, "but we
tried to keep as close a wafTch on her as
we could, knowing her te> be a victim of
heart disease. Not seeing her ;. around
yesterday a boy was helped through a
u-indow to investigate -and*] he found
her dead. . #
"I dispatched the boy to 'Detective
Hogan's house, telling him of thedeath
of Mrs. Nolting, and when he returnedi
he told me of the letter to be found
under the pillow. I looked thercand
found it, the envelope being addressed
to Toe. Mrs. Nolting was aware of her
condition and had often given- me di
• rp-ctions as to, what she wanted' done
44 r i case she should die suddenly^*
The body was removed to th.c morgue,
and* an autopsy will be held some time
this week. *
The San Francisco Call.
EVERYTHING CONSPIRED
TO MAKE THE PORTOLA
FESTIVAL MONUMENTAL
ED WARD ROBESON T A YLOR
\Ma>or " of San' Kranolsco ;
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TKLKPHO>E KEAUXV 86
\u25a0 ' \u25a0 — i
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS'
YESTERDAV-^-Clear; northwest wind; rriaxi
mnm temperaturp, 80; minimum, 58.
FORECAST FOR TODAY — Cloudy, cooler; fog
in Use afterooon; Hgbt .northeast wind, changing
to fresh west. Page 13
EDITORIAL
Portola fiesta to" be made a permanrnt in
stitution. , • . Page 0
Giving bsck tbe Ebad. Page 6
The Tacatiou plant of California. Page 0
Vicissitudes of statues. Page 6
POLITICAL .
Crocker and other nominees are prepared for
strenuous last' week of the municipal cam
paign. Page 5
Heney declares he is anxious to talk to mer
chants an<l with Doctor Iceland is given cordial
hearing at democratic club. Page 5
Activity of dive Weepers furnishes key to sig
nificance of P. 11. McCarthy's *T*rl» of Amer
ica" promises. Page 5 j
PORTOLA
/ Members of Portola committee, are unani
mous in their decision., to make carnival . an
annual event. ' . . ' - . Page 1
Japanese cruiser Idzumo leaves for Monterey,
bearing' pift of flowers anfl. fruits from Portola
committee. - Page 2
Local Hollanders drink Joast to their queen
et reception held tj Minister Loudon. ' Paice 3
Balloon. City oT .Oakland - wins race with
Queen of ~ Pacific. each, carrying ..a .society.
girl. ' / Page 3
. Two • hundred \ tons jof confetti - swept from
streets used as railroad ballast. | - Pase 2
CITY
Police -"Sergeant Fred Xoltinjr's widow found
dead in bath - and note expresses grief over
murder. < Pose 1
Autumn meeting of convocation of San " Fran
cisco to be In St.. Stephen's church. Page 7
Mass meet ins: of socialists adopts - resolution
protesting against death of Francisco . Fer
rer. : . \u25a0 Page 7
SUBURBAN
Youth hits his father and fractures, bis
sknlL t*rv^s'v Page S
Pastor of First Baptist church In Alameda re
considers and withdraws resignation. Page 8
Oakland man robbed of |S2 after strugg-le with
pickpockets on crowded car. • Page 8
Society .women organize committees to assist
Fablola hospital benefit show. I'njcrc 8
Eurydice'clob- of Oakland to give first concert
of season Tuesday evening. - Pace 8
\u25a0 Former Governor Pardee calls on men to serve
the public and support those who fight corrup
tion. / \u25a0 '\u25a0' .PageS
Two yoting women' of Stanford badly hurt when
horse runs away and capsizes btig?y. - Page 1
- Jacob Suter. Alaska mtner, cays be and Mc-
Carthy brothers of Han Francisco saw Doctor
Cook attempt to climb Mount McKinley \u25a0 and
fall. Page .4
Stanislaus women are beautifying their-coun
ty by their efforts through improvement
dutw. " * Page 14.
Fifteen. year old lyonjt Beach lad grows four
and a half inches since January 1; heart trouble
feared. . Page 1
EASTERN
Miss Fiances Ineersoll of Boston admits getting
letters from Lieutenant Holden Evans, but says
he has not proposed. , . Page 1
Mystery, develops- on President Taft's train -in
the thrft of his 'possum, • j - I'ageS
New York pastors denounce Tammany and
Rchbi T\'i«e' dwlares time fraught with \ dan,-"
ger«. Page^S
Cufiix W. . Peckham. . justice .of ,tbe United
States supreme court, called by death. •'; Page l
Many delegates will be in attendance -at
opening of dry farming congress at Billfnffs,
Mont. »•• • - i -> . 'Page 3
Famous Chatham artillery! punch- f«>'lx« tried,
on President Taft ' dnring *. visit ; to;- ' Sava
nnah. '- s s : -.- \u25a0 • \u25a0 'Paire3
Bank of England raises rate nt , discount and
attracts attention of the" entire financial
world.'/.' .. ' -..:*\u25a0*\u25a0'. ,'jT '-'.'; * , Page' 4
Congrcfsnian Fowler -. challenges Kpnator'; Aid
rich to discuss, proposed central bank fn public
meetings.- .- \u25a0\u25a0/.; Page 4
FOREIGN -^ •
-Typhoon ' crosses northern Luzon apd . I>reaks
storm records. « : \;Page4
Spain to, abandon Morocco advpnturp, accord
ing to liberal paptr, and demonstrations against
former government policy. ~ ' ;• '; Page 4
Chile honors memory, of General Jose de Sari
Martin, who defeated Spain, jjjjj ' Page 4
•,Kative«; of, Congo- villages, tortured and-thelr
homes burned .by 'rubber company's -Inhuman
agents. Page 4
SPORTS ; • '
: Mlsflod ' club offers ?75,000 for the Jeff erieg-
Johnson battle., *' - . . Page 0
' . AntomoWllst* . plat ; to maintain Portola- road
race ; as, annual^vent. J V"i. > ' - Page 7.
British 5 , Columbia soccef*.te»m '.plays' Callfor
niens fast game, five goals to tie.- Page 0
Annual . tournament i for bay. .counties tennis
championship • begins on Golden Gate park
cocrta. ' S^alißSK*-": ""'\u25a0\u25a0/ j •" Pa K«' B . i
; GUb of Seattle, and ißanmbaugh of y Olympic
Starsat Irish ; Amerlcan club' meet. , '.Page 10
»Special» Special stake ii \u25a0 won h by Miss Luxor Vat Ingle
eldefcoursing;park:{., ".;. t;,:- .. •PagreO,
Vancottver J union. Uugby . team •arrives 1 :
for. 7 scries with Standford and Berkeley. ''Page 9
Beavers take' hard' fought^ afternoon: game/with
SeaU andbrtak crcn on'tbc.day. X \-_ : t Page 0
MARINE' ,-•.* *'• ";*/-*'"' '/' C ;' : : :;: '.i
•\u25a0 steamship; Fiticlarence- brings large : cargo -of j
nitrate from Iquiquc. .. Page 13 '
sa^ frMcisco; moot
The Portola festival, just
ended, stands by ' itself in the
history of San Francisco, for
nothing like it has ever, before
been here attempted, much less
carried out. /.It has assuredly
been a greater success than ever
dreamed of by its originators
and promoters ; and to ; them the
city owes a debt of gratitude.
It was the: happiest of inspira
tions to connect the- name -of
the- discoverer of our "bay with
- the celebration of the rehabilita-'
v tion of the city, for., thereby was
|' added the imaginative and stim
!; ulating features of personality,
!; while at the same time some
;!; pages of California history '
I' were opened to thousands Vho
! before had been blind to them.
I No less happy was the selec
\l '\u25a0 tion of the king and queen of
','> the carnival. .They not only
!; looked the parts to perfection,;
'; but they played them in a man-;
;! ner not only to satisfy but to
J ' gratify as well the ; thousands
!; who yielded them their , willing
!; homage. . - ' ,
\' Furthermore, the presence of
;! the foreign and our own war
!> ships, with their.- officers and
i| . crews, added the needed element
\u25a0j! of ceremony and' dignity,
|| out which we might 'possibly
! ; have had a mad revel . and but
[', \u25a0 little morei ' And >to this ele
;! ment of success' must assuredly
;\u25a0 *be added the. presence of ; the
I; minister- of Netherlands > and
!;'! ;' the . minister of • Spain. " As ' the
< history of California is inti
|! mately connected with ] the his
!;. To ry of Spain, and as from that
!; country, came those who have
( illuminated our past; with the
s. light of romance, nothing could
> ? have been - more appropriate
# than to} make a. delegate 'from
: Spain of high rank"a;part and
; parcel of the ; ; celebration. .In
] ;;,fact»;, everything^ conspired, v' the
! ; weather included, to i make the
'< ; festival worthj^and memorable^
; That this event should have
> been car/ied so successfully off
!j : as to become monumental in the
|; history of the city just before my
' !. administration is to^ come to a
;'> close seems almost like a crown
; \u25a0 upon it; and can not but be the
? source of the greatest gratifi<^a
>. tion to me. . - •.
STANFORD GIRLS
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Two Young U Women Thrown
From Buggy and One Suf
fers Broken Ankle
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 24.—
Miss Elizabeth.tL.ee Buckingham, grad
uate of StanfoYd university in '08,
prominent in college dramatics and a
member of the. PhU. Omega', sorority,
sustained a - compound; fracture of the
right ankle, and Miss Editlr;Hatch, a
teacher in the Cass Vallejo= school for
girls, was badly * shaken' up today, in
an- accident- which occurred when the
horse they were '^driving, on the" King
mountain, road became frightened * at'
"the au tomobi le of Dr. T. ; M. Wi lliams,
me,dical aclvlser/of . Stanford university,'
The young women were driving. into
Stanford from King- mountain this
afternoctg^.when they met Doctor
liams' "caplpn the t road.
The livery horse '\u25a0\u25a0wjiicli? Miss^Buck
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ingham' was driving immediately took
frighit at' the machine:* two girls
tried in A-ain "to control* the 'animal:
Turning repeatedly in the narrow road,
the horse tipped over the buggy, which
was demolished, and; the two occu
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pants were thrown out. /
'i Doctor Williams" immediately \ gave
emergency - treatment \u0084to \u25a0 the . injured
women "» and "took ; them in, his - car Uo
;the students' guild hospital.; ;The;se
rious nature of Misa' Buckingham's In-^
jury made * hospital" treatrhent^impera
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t,\ An operation \u25a0 was performed ; on "Miss
Buckingham's J and tliet fracture
was reduced.; s Miss Hatch's • bruisea
were not of a serious nature. .-'-• : V }\u25a0 :
The young .women : rented" the buggy
from -a T'alo Alto stable* Satu^ay^aßd
had-^driven to King mountain, wliere
they passed Saturday night.
- ;MisK. Buckingham's-home;is>lnJJen
\Vr."' She lives at 1143 Webster street;
j Palo 'Alto, and; has ibeen active In* Stan*:
j ford jlife \u25a0 since fher. arrival
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; Miss^llatch.is^popular. in; the college
life. .-.: Shr* is a to'nohor of 'English at
, the. Cuss, Vallcjo, school. 1 ; >»;
UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE DIES
Rufus W. / Peckham, 7 Noted
Jurist, Passes Away After
•Protracted Illness
Death Closes Long Life and Ends
'Many Years' Service oh
ALBANY/ N. T., Oct. 24.— Rufus W.
"Peckham, justice of the United
States supreme court, died at his
summer., home at rAltamont at 8:15
o'clock tonight. - '/
Justice Peckham' had been in ill
health for some time, but his condition
was" not considered- serious' until re
cently. : Following adjournment of the
May-term of the United States supreme
court .he" came on ; from -Washington
with :Mrs. Peckham' to spend' the sum
mer at Altamont; expecting, to* return
for, the, beginning of, the October term.
A few days ago his condition became
such that his physicians said he was
likely , to , die at any time, ; or might
linger .for several months. Up .toVa
few days ago Justice Peckham exhib-'
ited considerable strength and was able
to be about the house/ The ; circulatory
disturbance, -which contributed, to* his
death, was first noticed about six years
ago.'':*' \u25a0 - " v '«.
Official Circles Grieved
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.— The an-.
nouncement .of the death of ; Justico
Peckham, whi le \u25a0 ' expected, came "as
a' shock to his s associates on the
bench and in offlclar circles and every
where \u25a0'\u25a0 expressions'- of regret were
heard. '.• : -'--- ''\u25a0 .: : . : -.^ ,- ' .* 1- \u25a0
' Justice Peckham was a democrat and
before taking a seat on the bench gave
considerable attention '. to politics
New York. He was ,v born in .Albany,
N. V, ! , \u25a0 November :i 8. 1838, -and had been
on the' bench, statej and ' federal,'; for
25 years.'. He came from the court of
appeals- of ,his"natlveCsta\e.
Peckham's first .office ,r was - that ;of
district attorney of Albahycouhty. He
was . elected, to that ' position^ in M 868.'
He ';' afterwards •became,; in; succession;
a* corporation \u25a0 counsel- for-;* Albany,"
memberT'of the - t supreme court' of ithV
state and associate justice of the state
court of 'appeals..- He was .-the -last 'of
President | democratic : ap- v
pointees'tol the federal suprerrie^ court,
Chief Justice, Fuller/and Justice- White
being, the other two.: He took his seat
in January, 'lß96. ,:
His chief distinction was that of
giving 'his^ time exclusively :to the
duties of -the* court. , He ' accepted : no
outside appointments and'undertook rip
AvorkS not • connected - with the high
tribunal lie was in constant attend-^
ance on the court and'he gave the most
careful attention . to v all . matters' be-^
fore it. He "was married, .but went
little into society. He accepted no in
vitations to 'public functions and made
no " publjc addresses after -taking his
seat as a justice. ;..._" ;:
Cases involving the reports of cor-^
porations. received special consideration
at Justice Peckham's hands, and he was
the author of some of the court's most
noteworthy opinions of recent date
along this line. , ; .. :..';'.. ;
Many Noteworthy Decisions
'Among themlmaybe mentioned the
case of ! the;- Consolidated gas .; company
of. New York in which he held that,
while rates fixed "by -i the 'legislature
must a fair. ; return on invest-
ments, federal' courts could not inter
fere , to declare them invalid' 'unless,
they, were so unreasonably low as to be
conflscatory. One 'result of that de
cision was to, cause the return of' sev;
eral million dollars to consumers of. gas
in New York city.
/ Several of Peckham's corporation^de-;
cislons" dealt; with the Sherman anti
trust law as applied by, railroads: These
included; the joint ;t*ratnc 'and the : trans-
Missouri cases,; in both; of. which he
held the law to be applicable. He also
prepared and -delivered -the' opinion "of
the court in the case of.'Attorney'Gen
eral Young of Minnesota, -in .which he
held that : the* federal courts : could in
terfere withthe,^ execution by the" state
co urtsu rts 6f6 f an . unco ri s tit uti b nal s tate^lawl
VWhen: the) news of Justice; /iPeck-^
ham's death was' broken to the other
members of the supreme court* tonight
all' were: deeply/ affected. .* : ;\u25a0;-, : - 1,.?..
1:> Chief Justice TFuller expressed' ; , his
sorrow and said that ; the passing of
Justice Peckham was a; severe. loss .jto
'the. American v bench." \u25a0"•; . : *;
Praisedlby iHarlan ? 1
> Justice -'Harlan was '.overcome .with
emotion when he heard ; the t news. v -\ r"ltr "It
is -a^ 'great' >lbss'- to ', : .the : country ,".; :he saidl
"Justice; Peckham /was \ 'one''. of -the
ablest j jurists ! who. ever. -, sat , on- the'
American bench. He was absolutely
pure in mind and .thought. - : ':'\u25a0 V' ';
; , ' "'He" had f strong • political s 'coiiyictiori,
butVwhen on the bench' he knew no
litigant's - politics'^ andj^cared • -nothing
for them. His sole desire ; was -to ad
minister^, the law as ; it was "andftofgive
each party in every case his just
rights.' ' I had a ' great ; p*-r<«rtral "affe'e."
tion for him, and he was one, of^the
'purestjinen I ever' knew." , , , -• ,-'\u25a0 '
: other :members r6r; the "tribuilal
spoke in similar terms -of \u25a0 Justice
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Peckham's life^and services..
<ul n?'; the ? absence •; -.of - any ijoraer^t from
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SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE
THE CITY OF CARNIVALS
AND LARGE CONVENTIONS
CHATHAM PUNCH IS
BREWING FOR TAFT
Famous Artillery/ Concoction i to
Be :Tried Jon 'President
'While in Georgia
[Special.Dispalchlo The Call]-- - \u25a0_-. - -
, v SAVANNAH, ; .Ga., ; Oct. - 24.— -Chatham
artillery punch.a famous brew.is toi>e
tried on Presi^ntj Taf t\when he visits
Savannah November <\u25a0 4.- -The committee
in charge of ;';.-, entertaining
Taft is already preparing -to brew :th©
punch, for It. can not be. built" in a day."
Like :'many' other ";*goed : . things, it re
quires at' least seven" days in" thel mak
ing-. !\u25a0 ':(: : >'-\r : y.'-J- '!'' '' ' "' '•'\u25a0\u25a0 ' '';: > :"' '*
' Presidents,' statesmen, v governors and
naval officers "-liavei attacked •artillery
punch and •allihave-been;\vorsted." It'is
the regular, John L.. "^Sullivan of , drinks.
The most*; distinguished , .victim " , of
Chatham ". artillery punch \ was ' a - : former
president of'the 'United States. ; He* was
entertained* royally^ ln TSavannah' and
liked' the; artillery concoction.-: JHe'isaid
he'd never<drlnk:it again.
AiGeQrgla governor died; shortly, after
a?Sout ; with this- punch. /He^was over
trained ,\ the doctors said. , The most re
cent, distinguished victim of . the ~ punch
was 'Admiral \u25a0 Dewey. ' i Hejtook ' some
salad "and^chased htlwith punch.*. The
admiral laid his 'troubles "to the > salad.
; The artillery punch is a Savannah in
.ven'tion.*! It was first ; brewed * for the
Chatham- artillery.; It proved such a
good bit of ammunition that it has been
kept 1 in-the family and its formula has
been ch'erislied .as >a:, valuable, "token
from • one generation to another;. There
is • always \ in -the Gh'atham '( artilleryVa*
man; with 'the; secret.;" of "the * brdw
wrapped iip in his 4 breast. \u25a0-, The present
keeper -of this .great* asset '.of 'the Chat
hams"*lsi Lieutenant": Mariana '-Papy. /; .
LAD G^O^VS^SOf FAST <
; HEART ISIN DANGER
Fifteen! Yeaf| Old :>lvor -Newman
Is \ Calif ornia i Marvel
; i LONG. BEACH, -: Oct. , 2 1. — Tyor New-;
man.stho 15 : yeaf old son of; Dr. W. 11l
Newman, is growing- so fast that he_has
\u25a0ieenff orced|to.^*jult ; school on account
of a '.'resulting . heart .affection. . r-Hia
height has increased aiv lnch during the
:"iaißtis6^B^lfand^he^S':' 4 *4''Jnches*(taiiCT,
todayithan he was January i I.:, The aad
newsstands s ;fcpt'3Mn^hcsjandiia; fcpt'3Mn^hcsjandiia grow-;
Jn£/so|fast« t ha t- his . father, fears danger
i of serious injury.
Scenes in Chinatown 'yester- j
'day,' when the -enthusiastic Chi
nese marched - through the
; streets, . bearine the famous
1 "devil's head" that .was a, feature
T in the great Portola pageant. , j. i; J
CHINESE FESTIVAL
IN PORTOLA HONOR
i Hop Sing Tong Holds Celebra
i tion to Thank Oriental Mer-
chantslWho Aided Fete
!;'.';;That. the Chinese are still bubbling
over with. Portola spirit was mmanifestt t
ed yesterday afternoon In the .oriental
quarter when the Hop Singr, tong-, with
elaborate ceremoiilal,' thanked the Chi
r.ese merchants who had contributed to
their' festival fund. - . - . :
A picturesque oriental ceremony was
performed, in .which/ 52,000 was spent
on fireworks, arid several hundred dol
lars awarded as" prizes.
With oriental sorrgrs' and beating of
! torn" totns and cymbals, -75 * members of
the* Hop Sing- tong, together, with their i
"lion,", imported from China, began the
ceremony, t v *' . -^^V-/ "' . .•/ !
. .As each merchant was • visited and
thanked the "lion,*'r together .with " the
j music . and Jbanner carriers, com
j inence • his /. performance." • From' each
' building: were J strings ' of
I firecrdekers and as the "performers "did
j their various stunts ! these fireworks
I , were set off. .'.The. noise they, made.in
!.eluding .-.the • beating . of; gongs \ and * the
sing|ng." of ..weird^Chinese" songs, «at
tracted several -. thousknd- people. The
Chinese' were dressed- in-, lavish "\u25a0 cos
tumes. ; • : '. . \u25a0 ' . : I '
;c;; c ; The!; merchants, .besides hanging, out
their Iflreworks, * had long /strings sus-*
pended from' their roof s, to" which ' they
attached : some ] grqen' leaves -supposed
to feed .for the,, Hon. and the ", beast
.would -make ' r wild; 'springs ;. to obtain
each bundle* of . feed, which contained a
monetary * prized The banners : that were
carried .-expressed t good r luck * and • good
cheer for the-Americans{and,their^Por
tola .celebration.- -The v Chinese jj express
the ;hope that 'there : will;, be '' a i Portola
festival every, year, and 'promise. a" more
elaborate form of 'parade "at* the next
festival.;; ' .; f -._••-'•-/,--.; -'
RECORD BROKEN FOR
RAPID VACCINATION
Over •\u25a0••! JOOO : Immigrants Under
Knife in Eight Hours
NEW YORK,; Oct. * 24*.— All known
records for. rapid vaccination' are . be
lieved* to have been broken at this port
today.. The Greek 'steamer Themistocles
was (detained at quarantine .' from . 7:20
a. m. until 3:50 p.. m. until l,o4sJmmi
grantsfrorri.Patras and, other ports had
been /.vaccinated/ r The simplest calcu
lations-showed that, as there are only
510 j minutes between 7:20 and. 3:so thq
immigrants ,must have passed .through
the hands of the at the
rate of more than -two;in, a" minute.
SWEDEN TRYING TO .
CHECK'IMMIGRATION
Money, Will Be' Loaned for Pur-
chase of ' Farms
. STOCKHOLM. jj Oct.; 24.^Wlth'f a|y Hw,
to stemming l.the tide %\u25a0 of . ; emigration
Svhich: threatens to deplete' the country
of \u25a0•-. agricultural •; laborers, : a> national
subscription has'beien : started *to obtain'
funds i for 'loans %to 'laborers left * un
employed /after, the, recent big- strike.
Thej'loans <are intended *to * enable 'the
purchajse •of small "- farms • and 'will -- be
mado repayable within .' 10 ; yearsl - The
fund will be administered ' by- the anti
emicration societyjof Sweden.
yTo Keep Posted on^All
Relating to San
Erancisco Real; Estate,
'' THE SATURDAY CALL
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GREAT FETE
TO COME
YEARLY
Men Who Made First Portola
Possible" Are Unanimoas in ,
This Decision
ABUNDANCE OF MONEY
WILL BE AVAILABLE
Annual Festival Will Be Made
Distinctive Feature of New *\
San Francisco
AIRSHIP EXHIBITION
SUGGESTED FOR 1910
4 4 r T^ HE Portola festival must bo
j[ , perpetuated in Jan annual
fete. , If necessary we should
organize a corporation, choosing men
from prominent organizations to
compose it, and make the celebration
bigger and better than it was this
year. We have shown what San
Francisco can do, and henceforth
the city should be one of convention
and carnival. The big auditorium
must come next; that will make the
city the most desirable one in America
for gatherings of all kinds."
Weary but happy with the knowl
edge that the Portola festival was a
great success, that is the way the .
committeemen who handled the show
are talking. A half dozen of them
yesterday began preliminary plans for
a repetition of the fete next year, for
it is realized that 'the event -as one
the fame of whic.h ha 3 gone around
the- world.
Greater Fete Next Year
: "What we have done we can do
again, and we will have a. celebration
next year,* W. D. Fennlmore stated,
"that will make this year's gathering
seem small. We must have a change,
of course, each year. lam in favor,'
as are many of us, of making the sec
ond Portola notable for a great series
of airship races, one that would be a*
world affair and surpass in every way
the recent meet at Rheims, France.
We can do it, for we will have the
money."
* The matter of money, indeed, which
kept the hard working committeemen
awake nights while this year's fete
jyas being whipped into shape, will not
trouble the men who conduct the Por
tola festival for 1910.
Plenty of Money in View
- f "Twenty businessmen have said to
me," P. T. Clay, chairman of the fes-i
tival executive committee, said y ester-*'
day, "that they see now how great the",
festival was, that they contributed small.
sums, or nothing at .all, and that they*
feel .rather ashamed ~of themselves.
Further, they are anxious to contribute
handsomely, if our finances prove 'to "bar
In a bad way, or make a substantial
donation for .next year's celebration."
/ James Woods, W. D. Fennlmore , and
Andrew McCarthy make the same,,
statement, and It is certain that those
who held back this year will b* in the
traces next , October.
j This festival, then, which .will become
a part, and a great part, of San Fran
cisco's "\u25a0 history, began ; with six men.
all 'members of the Downtown asso
ciation. _W. D. Fennlmore was presi
dent of that organization when it gave
a" New Year's celebration last Janu
ary 1, and he called a meeting 1 of the
executive committee,. Paul T. Carroll,
Vincent i Whitney, Andrew : McCarthy,
John A. Hammersmith • and -P.. T. Clay, .
who was made chairman of the Por- *
tola executive committee.
Great Task- Was Tackled
The half - dozen men decided on the
October : celebration :- and called ' in.
Charles C. , Moore. Louis Sloss, Jamea
A. ; Johnson, Robert A. Itoos, James
Rolph Jr., Milton H. Esberg, Governor.
Gillett, Mayor Taylor and representa-*
tive nien from the various newspapers
to help them.
Homer 'Boushey was made secretary",
and Marshall Douglas, . newspaper and
advertising man. was given charge. of'
the publicity department, where, with +'
A. W.~ Williams 'and Charles White, he
began supplying* 1,800 papers in the -
east, north, south and middle west with
daily stories , of. what , San Francisco ;*
was going: to have, and giving a fuller
daily .service T to -900 papers of the*
western states. Magazine material was •
prepared 'and foreign' newspapers were -
sent'a^copy. . •\u25a0 . ' ~ .-\u25a0
"I have . talked with . globe trotters '
who have seen the famous _ carnivals ?
of ; the world,** said JameaJWoods, #*"and
they say they never . saw anything to
comnare wltii our celebration, I Liv»

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