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ARTIST BRINGS
TROPHIES FROM
AFRICAN HUNT
John T, McCutcheon Arrives in
\u25a0>:'C\ty With First Personal
v Report o! Roosevelt
Former President's Guest Fails
to Secure Any Statement
.on Political Questions
Uctuming from tho land which broke
into tin? daily news through the ex
ploits of a strenuous hunter. John T.
McCutcheon, tho famous cartoonist, ar
rived in Francisco yesterday, and
.1i« will tliis morninß start on the last
l^K <>f a Journoy which, whrn completed
in Chi<-aj2:o. Mill have taken him around
the world. '
Peculiar interest atta<Mi<M to the vis
itor's arrival in San Francisco, as ho
was;. the. -first »>£ the chosen few who
(saw Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the
African jungle to arrive on the western
i-i^st of the I'nitcd States. Added in
«<rest was oxcitod by the hope that he
might have Komo information concern
"jnk thr: former president's comments on
she 7"aft adniinisiration generally or on
fßfSfiific- national questions.
HiriTAHITV OK ROOSEVKI/T
-.\u25a0 '^Q'Jiln discussion of conversations
( A : i|cfct.-he j bad with Colonel Roosevelt
.•l.s.firife the three days that their camps
i'd.jivineil c< n the Nzola river McCutcheon
Quickly, killed the hope that anything
j: : )f;lu !.<\u25a0> learned of the former presl
idru'Cs political view?, but related many
:.<ncli3*nts Jrtifcb tended to ishow that the
.•v.iv.i American could be elected royal
:ht.fil> n-abab of .the dark continent with
;-'_'"£ • th> Blightest trouble if lie would
"and.nviiig name to p«> i.efore the natlon
•^l • ./rin.V'-htioii.
"\u25a0\u25a0••Thf popularity of Colonel Roosevelt
•in, .Af rio.i and the interest in his every
|>Uov«jient : \yas. in * a y the least, re
... n^j kaUl. \u25a0;"' s.-nd McCutcheon yesterday.
\u0084;\u25a0•." ".The Entire continent peemed to be
\u25a0concerned tvlth his goings and comings
' ?\u25a0.!•?\u25a0'"! \u25a0'•'"•• '. lva;I i!lf> <•'»«- topic of conv>rsa
?i<>rt. at settlements and on transporta
;/ttHt '>inf s. '/Although they have lini
•/i:ev] .tV-|e S raph facilities in tlie jungle,
.VWJs-JaniC.'fieetned to have penetrated to
,r;;.-rj liuie hamlet, and the natives dis
/phaA-prf the greatest enthusiasm crhen
"."<\^r they heard «>f any of his exploits.
\u25a0,|ifTTrJe TROI BI.ICO WITH WORLD
:' ..-'".T ''««»> natives had never heard of
.rjirj^toplirr Columbus or George Wash
.J.nfcton, hiit almost every one of thorn
- *fj\riij'«a.o_f 'l'hoo,lore Roosevelt as if they
-"/;1 1^-'J kniiwn him personally for years.
Y. V.'CH-y <;^!iip on tiie Nzoia river in Brit
/.i.^f-Kasl • Africa adjoined Colonel Roos?
: -:-viJX"sy aiiit during three, days we had
'\u25a0•a^sYiiea-sjure of several conversations
."^v-.Vrh jifni. He was the picture of health.
vJi-J?". .^T^s were keen and he seemed to
'*h%, ttjorougrhly enjoyinp- himself. He
r.bid tetitef^d into the bunt with zest
va-:J.j •s*«>nied little concerned with the
•;;<]r.ir^rs .• and . troubles of the. outside
-'"••n'ft.r.ii"!.-. ' •
i>Jc*-W3s..iii.et him November 15 and he had '
. Vi-.jt . ' tl\en "hear'j of the death of Guv
..i;'i:n:i.r Jphnfun, about which he ex
•J'J'eVs^j keen resrret. -V : / : .
\u25a0NATIVES J'KOID OK ••TEDDY?
."- \u25a0"•"•CoLonfl Roosevelt sceried to be thor- !
.'\u25a0jiehly happy to be away from the I
;' : JVviyspaperp. and did not show any anx
- :.'<• ty • t (\u25a0> obtain any news of the political
.situation. If he did make any comment
\u25a0U'^ruational problems it was und.T such
;^andlUoti« that a repetition of what he
\u25a0•'..iwiifl -.vfoul.d be nothing less than an'un
.' iMpaVdoftable discourtesy.
:.. --iMiring. the three "days that our
«:{jn>ps.were. together we had a line op-
TpV>!"t unity to note his prowess and that
-/ol.'Jiis .--on K'-rmit. The colonel killed
i.ilir.p olpphants on one day's hunt and
\u25a0'\u25a0R-ermit brought <lo«-n another, all four
of «rhfc,b were for the Museum of Xat
'ufa! History in New York.
/\u25a0•We also noted the air of j»ri.le asu-
S turned by the larp:e retinue <if natives
.who accompanies the famous American.
• 'They (feemod to take the. keetiest do- '
•figlit In •Sictlng as his servants and did
not.. take much' notice, of other natives
\u25a0•\vh«t were employed by ordinary Anier
.'"UJIEATjIXTBItEST IN INDIA
.;• '.•"neniarkahle. however, as was • the
;" popularity; and ktrnwledsre of Koosevelt
..;n Afri.rj, it was .-till prreattr iti India,
;. jvherc. bis activities wore also discussed
with the deepest interest. Every j^crap
«'f information <-on--<>rning; liim was ea-
K^rly I'aupht up and passed around. It
: is no exaggeration to say that he was
. the sensation of the continent.
• : ''Another interest injr feature of
Koo«:«'Vf>lt : .s popularity- was the deep
jnierept shown by tlie natives of Java
In." -.Mrs. Douglas Robinson, the preel
«lejit!« sister, who was traveling there.
M.re. Robinson was accorded the higli
oKt • honors, not only because of her
own personality, but because of hor re-
LaliOMhipj to the man looked upon on
Bumy continents as "The American.'"
. McCutcheon arrived in San Francisco
yesterday on the steamer Asia with
Fred M. Stevenson, a noted millionaire
sportsman and hunter, with whom he
has ber-n constantly since sailing from
New York August 7, IZuU. The other
members of the African expedition
were CL K. Akely, taxidermist of the
Field musfum in Chicago, and his wife.
AT rORJIER I'RKSIDEXrs CAMP
The party arrived in Mombasa Sep
tember 16. and immediately departed
for the interior to keep an engage
ment with Colonel Roosevelt, who had
promised to kill a set of six elephants
which Akeley was commissioned to se
cure Xor the New York museum.
They met Roosevelt in accordance
with their agreement on the Guas
Kgish'a plateau, 100 miles northeast of
Victoria Nianza in British East Africa.
During three days the former presi
dent visited the camp of his fellow
Americans and received them at his
-'own in turn.
i'At the expiration of the three days
Roosevelt- continued on his ..original
co.urse. and McCutcheon, Stevenson and
•Mr. and Mrs. Akeley went in for big
game on their own account. The
peculiar feature of the expedition was
that McVutcheon, rated as the tender
foot of the party, secured five lions to
three killed by Stevenson, who has
hunted in many- lands and has an in
timate knowledge of the ways of wild
srame.'
HI.VTERS KIM. BIG «AME
V Rhinoceroses and other game were
added to the specimens of. the expedi
tion, of which Stevenson brought home
attout 90 and McCutcheon 50.
"..; The party left Africa February 1,
sailing from Mombasa for . Bombay.
Ten days were spent in India, a week
in Java, and Stevenson and McCutcheon
then started hurriedly to "complete a
number of short visits to Ilongltonsr.
Manila, Shanghai. Nagasaki, Kobe and
Tokyo, after which they sailed for. San
Fra'neisco.
Quite a stir was caused at the St.
Francis hotel yesterday when Mc-
Cuteheorf arrived there and superin
tended the unloading of three crates
Cartoonist Tells of Meeting
Roosevelt in Dark Continent
J John T. McCutcheon, the famous cartoonist, and his three "China" dogs. The sketch ivas drawn yesterday by
" Mr. McCutcheon expressly for The Call.
containing as many Chinese chow dogs,
which he sueerd in Hongkong. The
little fellows, resembling Teddy bears,
became the center of attractions, and
their antics amused a large crowd in
the lobby.
PUTS I.IKE TEDDY BEARS
"I have no idea "what I am going to
do with them, now that I have them,'"
McCutcheon remarked as he surveyed
his pots, "but when we were sailing
for home it looked as if we would be
lacking In patriotism to leave such
• lose relatives of the Teddy bear
among strangers, so I brought them
along. I guess 1 shall be mobbed if
I show up in Chicago with tlie whole
menagerie, but 1 am going to risk it."
McCutclieon recently received word
that he had been elected president of
the Indiana club and he will leave for
Chicago this morning to attend a ban
quet which will be given in his honor.
Un his arrival here yesterday he re
ceived a telegram from George Adf, a
close personal friend from boyhood,
assuring the traveler of a hearty wel
come home.
Stevenson probably will spend sev
eral days in .San Francisco and will
visit. William Kent of Kentfield, with
whom he his been intimately associ
ated. . It is Stevenson's hope that he
will "be able to persuade Kent to ac
company him on a hunting trip to
Africa next January. f
STOOD ON HEAD TO
COMPLETE DISCOMFORTS
Coach Passenger Thought In
sane Was Only Sarcastic
In tlie early days of traveling by
si<i£-e coach across the Rocky moun
tain the trip was likely to be relieved
of monotony by incidents of no ordi
nary occurrence. But the fatigue of
the journey was apt to wear upon the
nerves of the weak and timid. Some
times the passengers became so worn
out as to lead to a suspicion of their
sanity. Kt. Rev. D. S. Tuttle, in his
"Reminiscences of a Missionary Bish
op," describes an, instance in point:
One forenoon the coach rolled into
Denver, and the fix horses came pranc
ing up to the office of Wells. Fargo &
Co. A large crowd was 'assembled, as
the incoming and the outgoing of the
daily coaches were the great events of
the town.
At the stop, the only passenger
quickly threw open the coach door,
leaped to the ground, ran hurriedly
across the street, and, turning a hand
spring, stood on his head with his heels
up against a supporting wall.
Several men followed him, quite sure
that he was. another passenger crazed
by the long, sleepless ride. One said to
him. in a tone of sympathy, "Why,
cap'n, what's .the matter?"
Slowly coming to a right side up pos
ture, the man answered, "Well, my
friend. I'll tell you what it is. This
standing on my head is the only posi
tion which I haven't been in during the
lapt 24 hours in yonder coach, and I
wanted to make the thing harmonious
and complete all around." — Kansas City
Journal.
BATH DAY ISA BIG
DAY FOR ELEPHANTS
Circus Animals Get Weekly
Wash on Sunday
If an elephant could sing on Sunday
morning its refrain would be, "Oh, Mr.
Mooney, Turn the Hose on Me." But it
doesn't need to sing. Mr. Mooney is
the elephant expert 'with the Barnum
& Bailey show in Madison Square
garden. New York, and he knows what
an elephant wants. just as well as the
elephant does.
Sunday is bath day at the . circus
quarters. The hose is used on ele
phants, horses and ponies, says the
New York World. . First of all they
are lathered thoroughly with soap and
then are rinsed down and rubbed dry.
The elephants are then rubbed with
neatsfoot oil, which keeps their heavy
hides soft and pliable and adds much
to their comfort.
The lions, tigers, leopards and other
wild animals get a shower bath from
a spraying machine, the liquid being
a combination' of antiseptic prepara
tions. They dry themselves by rolling
about and lying on their backs.
Except for the time they are eating
most of the animals .spend the day. in
slumber. The elephant sleeps standing
up. but always has an eye open to all
that Is going on around him. . A seal
sleeps at full length like a human
being, and the chimpanzees and mon
keys usually lie on their stomachs like
babies, with one arm under the head.
JAPAX AND KOREA
The undersigned would take charge
of a party for a trip through the orient.
Have been employed by the . Japanese
government teaching English for some
time. I can easily secure economies
that will save my charges*. / 1 will go
for $50 a month. Berkeley references:
Rev. Father JlcKinnon, pastor /of the
Alcatraz Roman Catholic church; Rev.
Earl M. Wilbur, Hlllcrest road. '
Address CoL G. W." Turner, 2642 Ban
croft way, Berkeley, CaL
THE S&N" FRAKCISCO CALL, MONDAY,; M&Y 2, 1910.
BETTER PAY FOR
EMPLOYES OF CITY
Mayor McCarthy Declares That
the Time Is at Hand to
Fulfill Party Pledges
The resolution of the board of pub
lic works giving the employes of the
department a half holiday on Satur
days with pay, which was adopted at
a meeting of the board last month, will
go into effect this Saturday. This is
in, accord with the plans of the mayor,
as evidenced in a communication sent
to the board Saturday. The matter of
raising salaries of the department
back to their original figure will oc
cupy the attention of the board at an
early date.
The mayor's comunication is as fforl r
lows: '
In my opinion, the time is at
hand when 'the pledges made to
the people by the union labor par
ty, through its platform, can be
fulfilled. - .
TIMK TO RAISE PAY
It is befitting that the restora
tion of wages and salaries, and of.
conditions generally, covering the
employment of artisans, mechanics
and laborers employed by the, city
through your department be now
brought about and put into prac
tice.
It is my sincere aim, as 'the
mayor of this city and county, and
I know that 1 have your support
In the same, to live up to the letter
and spirit of the union labor plat
form, and by so doing bring to the
people of San Francisco that de
gree of progress and prosperity to
which the people are rightfully
entitled.
REQUESTS BOARD TO ACT
I, therefore, request your honor
able board at this time to proceed
immediately to bring about condi
tions of employment hereinbefore
referred to, so that the standard
of same affecting the different
subdepartments under the control
of your honorable board, in which
wages were reduced, may be re
stored and the time which was al
lowed employes, namely, Saturday \
afternoons, given back to them.
It is my earnest hope and desire,
which I know are shared by tho
members of your honorable board. -
to proceed at as early a date as
possible with the work of Install
ing tho salt water ' system and
other vital, public works that have
he,en approved by the people of •'•
this city and county, to the end that g
employment be. given the thou
sands of our. citizens who so earn- ,
rstly desire and need employment
and who are eager to -give value
fov the wages \ and salaries paid
them, which moneys will, in • turn.,,
travel through the chanels." of
trade, thereby relieving the very
.great financial strain under which
our city has for some time been
suffering.
WANTS PL.AX EXPEDITED
Believing that I you will- find it .
possible put these ideas into
operation in the same practical'
! and expedient manner in which you
have In the past discharged the
duties of your office, and in the
hope that our resident citizens will
in consequence soon find their con
tion improved, I have the honor to
remain, yours very sincerely, :
p. h. McCarthy,
Mayor of the City and County of
San Francisco.',
RELICS OF ROMANS
ARE FOUND IN SUSSEX
s— — . \u25a0 \u25a0
Large House Uncovered During
Recent Excavations
. Recent excavations near Pulborough,
in Sussex, have revealed the existence
there of extensive Roman .remains.
For some time past it has. been known
that a Roman colony had been estab
lished in the neighborhood, and as far
back as 1817 excavations have taken
place on the site, but; beyond clearing
a large: quadrangle nothing of : Impor
tance was \u25a0 done. ' : Last • year's work re
vealed the foundations of a large house
with a wall, nearly 218 feet long; says
the London .Globe.
A quantity of pottery has been found,
most of Samlan/ware, and dating, prob
ably from the early part of the second
century,; as well as some fine specimens
of Roman design. /The' rooms.; which
arc small, were . heated by the usual
means of; hypocausts. ; Up to? the pres
ent 12 rooms have been cleared and \ a
number of coins, mostly of -;thc: : time of
Nero and Hadrian, were found. '
The explorers -found /nothing ' later
than the 'second century A. D. and are
therefore of opinion that the house was
either destroyed, or,' what is ''Still more
likely, abandoned about that 'time. -
A balanced; grand piano: has been in
vented in England. -Onesldftjls a du
plicate .of the other .and .the lid _is
hinged- In', the center, so. as) to [distribute
Ihesound waves evenly. ; _
SURVEYORS LEAVE
TO MARK FRONTIER
Sturdy Band Includes Johnson
Poe, Famous Princeton
Football Hero
SEATTLE, May I.— Forty-two men,
members of the United States survey
party that is marking the Alaskan-
Canadian frontier, sailed for Alaska to
day. Thomas Riggs commands the
party, all the men of which are athletes,
20 being more than six feet tall. The
tallest is 11. O. C. Clark, -6 feet 6%
inches, and the most famous Is John
son Poe, once a star football player- at
Princeton and afterward a captain in a
Honduran insurgent army.
The survey ' of the' southern part of
the Yukon has been completed and
work to the/northward will be begun
this summer. The party will go >to
White Horse, take a stage to the Yukon
crossing, where the steamboat Cascade,
which has been chartered for their use,
will be waiting.
Tli/ Canadian party will-begin work
at tho same- time as the American
party and a joint party will decide upon
where the line shall be. One party will
go up the Porcupine river in the first
steamboat that was ever in the stream.
The party will be in the north until
October. Next year they will-remain
through the winter.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT
CLAIMS SECOND LIFE
Officials Unable to Explain and
Coroner Will Investigate
SEATTLE, May I.— 'Julia Leo Roch
ester, the 13 year old daughter of Judge
C A. Rochester, died this morning: from
injuries received in the accident on the
Seattle, Benton and Southern electric
railway at Rainier beach last night,
making the second fatality that has re
sulted from tho collision between a
runaway coal car and a heavy steel
passenger coach. Of the 16 other pas
sengers who were injured ft.ll are ex
pected to recover except J. C. Smith, a
laborer, 35 years of age. His skull was
fractured and his jawbone broken.
Mrs. W. C. Bell will recover. Her
husband. Judge "W. C. Bell of Harrods
burg, Ky., died last night. Twelve of
th<s injured are still at the hospital.
The officials of the „ Seattle. Benton
and Southern have investigated the ac
cident thoroughly, ' but have been un
able to find a satisfactory explanation
of the cause.
Coroner J. C. Snyder is making an in
vestigation and will hold an inquest to
morrow. None of the crew in charge
of the coal train has been arrested.
BOGS OF IRELAND
PROVE LIFE PRESERVERS
May Eventually Become. Health
Resorts of Society
. Tt is curious that it is In the bog
land districts of Ireland that the great
est number of pensioners are to-be
found. Bogs are said to be antiseptic
in their nature, and undoubtedly they
possess great preservative qualities.
Where bogs have old coins or weapons
in them for years they arc usually in
an excellent state of preservation when
brought to light.,/ > r
\ Castlerea district is famous for its
bogs; 'the smell of the turf seems to be
everywhere; and it is here that most
pensioners have qualified under the
new act, says the Philadelphia Record.
The list already passed totals 2,800. In
no. part' of England or Scotland could a
Bimilar'instance be found. . .
• /Then ;ln,the Gurteen district there is
another /great wild strip of moorland,
and, there,/ too, old age \u25a0-. pensioners
abound. In one famous case in'thaflo
cality there are five pensioners In .one
house— two brothers, two sisters and a
Vlfe.: ; They wiir have £65 a year com
ing to them .under 'the/ new^act. ,On a
piece of reclaimed bog they; have'passed
their calm and Y uneventful "lives^ ' and
now this great boon drops In to them,
and their old 'Jays* wi 11 close in com
fort and in a prosperity, that they never
knew before. / ;
.These"*, bog lands :are now proved' to
have- prolonged the ; lives of so many
people | that perhaps the time "may come
when r distinguished persons will. resort
to tthese, place's for their health' giving
properties. ( / . / . /
.In- proportion, to its' population, more
people earn" a liveliHoodby seafaring in
Norway;/ than >. in any *-:Other * country.
Britain comes 'next. , ;;
'^Many/African i tribes count shake flesh
amonir. the ;. and /John .Ward
s^ys:that .with, the • Australian natives
,',' a dishVof snaKesiJsf a .much /esteemed
luxury." / , \u25a0;-•;;
CONSCIENCE SENDS
MURDERER TO JAIL
Jealousy Mad Lover Who Slew
VBelle of Butchertown?
Gives Himself Up
Dodged In and Out of Dimond
Canyon for Three Months
Following Crime
Hounded and haunted by his con
science (luring a struggle of 90 days
and nights, dodging in and out of can
yons and ravines in county
and masked behind the disguise of an
unkempt and bushy beard, George Bes
sor," murderer of Eleanor Fieber. the
"Belle of Butehe.rtown," whom he killed
in her hom^, 371 Dore street, January
29 after a heated altercation, yester
day capitulated to that force which, he>
says, almost drove him to suicide.
Weary with the struggle, he made
his way to this city from* a ranch in
Dimond canyon. Alamefla county,
walked into his old haunts and
searched for Detective Sergeant James
Reagan, to whom he hoped to sur
render. #
JAir. BEATS CONSCIENCE
Within an. hour after his presence
was known he was •behind the prison
bars which: -he had so deliberately
sought, having heen taken into custody
by Policemen Fred Draper and O'Brien.
During his flight and hiding he had
been on the verge of ending it all by his '
own hand, obeying what would seem to
be an hereditary influence which has
already ended *the lives of other mem
bers of his family. His weakness in
the. struggle between a desire to take
his life or surrender himself to justice
finally broke him in spirit and physical
strength.
Bessor walked to the home of Charles
Sheridan, 35 Dore street, at about 3
o'clock, where he at one time occupied
a room. At sight of his drawn visage
and haggard appearance Mrs. Sheridan
was seized with terror and ran out Into
the street shouting for the police. The
arresting, officers responded "and the
fugitive murderer was taken into cus
tody. ...
At police headquarters Bessor made
a full confession of the crime and th<;
events leading up to it. He declared
that he had made an engagement to
take the Fieber. girl to a dtince on the
night of the murder. When he pre
sented himself at her home a man
named Jack Doherty was in the parlor
waiting to take her to another dance.
BUMjET MEANT FOR RIVAfj
An explanation led. to a wordy as
sault and Bessor. according to his story,
drew a pistol. At the same instant. Miss
Fieber blew out the lamp and left the
room in darkness. When Bessor dis
charged his pistol he intended to shoot
Doherty. Instead he killed the girl.
Since escaping from the city Bessor
has been hiding in Niles and Dimond
canyons, across the" bay, working, as a
laborer on any farm that needed help.
After making,his escape he declares his
conscience drove him' nearer and nearer
the scene of his crime.
Bessor was booked on a charge of
murder. His arrest was effected at his
mother's home, to which he had gone
after Mrs. Sheridan ran from her house
calling for the officers. He made no re
sistance. . '
NOBILITY'S FANCY IS
NOW KEEPING HOTEL
Many in Britain Have Taken Up
the Business
Hotel keeping is a fancy of the mo
ment. Besides Lord Leitrim. several
well known people have gone into busi
ness* in this direction. Lady Aberdeen
\u25a0is president of the Green Lady hostel
at LHtlehampton, Sussex, says the Gen
tlewoman. This is arranged for work
ers, who are charged $2.50 a week for
board and lodging. Lady Burton has
..built and fitted out a splendid hotel at
Aviemore, which commands a fine view
of the Cairngorm range in Inverness
shire, and the widowed. Lady Augustus
' Orr-Ewing has started a first rate hotel,
; with good golf links, at 'Dunskey, her
home, near Stran^aer in Wigtownshire.
- Lord Dunraven has built a hotel for
golfers close to Ada're Manor, his place
in Limerick, and Lord Inchiquin is the
owner of a hotel at Arranmore, Mill
town Malbay, also in Ireland. .
Then Lord Claud Hamilton takes a
keen interest in the Sandringham hotel
at Hunstanton in Norfolk, and Douglas
Tollemache," great uncle to Lord Tolle
mache, is much concerned in the wel
fare of the Felix hotel, Felixtowe, which
was built after the design of Helmlng
ham hall, Lord T v ollemache's place in
Suffolk. •
ELECTRICITY USED
FOR FELLING TIMBER
Experiment Has Not Proved
Successful in Germany
According to a statement issued by
the Siemens-Schucker.t company -of
Berlin -the felling of trees by means of
wires heated by electric currents, which
has been described in various newspa
pers, can not be accomplished in a prac
tical and economical manner, for the
following reasons:
The wire, to cut effectively, must be
very tightly stretched and it is there
fore very liable to 1 rupture, in conse
quence ,of its high temperature. The
red hot wire carbonizes the- wood, and
the charcoal, if allowed to accumulate,
protects the interior parts from the
heat of the wire. 3;-.:,' \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0..•
In order to. remove the charfcoal, the
wire must' be roughened and moved to
and fro lengthwise, so that the opera
tion is still a sort of sawing, and the
motion and roughening Increase the
ability to rupture. - /
A Breakfast
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JAPANESE LAND
ACT PROMULGATED
Forbids Property Ownership by
Foreigners Whose Countries
••• • .
Deny Right to Japanese
TOKYO, Wednesday, April 13. — The
law relating to foreigners* right of
ownership of land was promulgated
today. it provides that foreigners
domiciled or resident in Japan and for
eign presons .registered therein shall
enjoy the right of ownership in land,
provided always that in the countries
to which they belong such right la ex
tended to Japanese persons.
The law Is applicable only to for
eigners belonging to countries desig
nated by Imperial ordinance. In tho
districts of Hokkaido, Formosa. Kara
futo, and districts necessary for na
tional defense, foreigners are debarred
from land ownership.
In case a . foreigner owning land
ceases to be capable of enjoying the
right of ownership, through the with
drawal of that right from Japanese in
his own country, the ownership of such
land shall revert to the government,
unless he disposes of it within a pe
riod of one year. .
In case a foreigner, by reason of los
ing his domicile or residence in Japan
on account of withdrawal from tlie
country, ceases to be capable of en
joying the right of ownership in land
the period mentioned in the preceding
paragraph shall be five years.
Proper provision for compensation,
court procedure and other phases >*of
land ownership, in accord with gener
ally established practice, are made by
the act.
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Our extra fancy creamery, full Genuine Imported German China-
2 lb. sq... 60c ware. Blue figures on a white
Coffee prround/--. Artistic and decorative.
To introduce the superior quality Regularly sold for 45c 35c
of our regular 35c a lb. coffee, - Brass Wash Boards
we offer with every $1 purchase \u0084..,, , . , . , ,--.-%
:(3 lbs.), 2 large cans Carnation '»» out > st thre . e , of the other kl " d -
Milkr-.'.' ? .Free Reg. 43c, special ....30c
:t Tea . Wines, Liquors, Beers
' Importing the most desirable Californsa *\u0084i nes> well known beers
grades or tea in large quantities, ... . ...
we desire to educate the public" and ht l uors at P nccs whlch com -
to their true value. To do this, mand your attention,
we sell our regular 60c grades of Claret— regular 50c grade.. 3sc gal.
tea at. . ... 40clb. pab;t Mah j^^. 3 bot 55c;
balad Oil a dozen $2.10
Poppy Brand, reg. 25c. Special. .2oc Budweiser, qts $2.35ad0r.
Window Screens Budweiser, pts $1.45 a doz.
Well made and durable: regular Carroll Rye 80c a bot.
30c135c-40c, special at 25c-30c-35c Port and Sherry Wine. .2 bots ? 4sc
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MEN AND BOYS
HUNG BY THUMBS
Fiendish Tortures Reported as
Practiced in Nicaragua to ..
Wring Confession .>7 * ,
Indignant Citizen Writes to -
Washington Representative
of Atrocities
WASHINGTON, May I.— A letter
written to the American consul at Ma
nagua, Nicarauga. by Narcisco Arellane,
a citizen of Nicaragua, detailing Inci
dents of cruelties in that republic has
been forwarded here to Senor Sastrillo,
representative of the Estrada forces In
Washington.
In his letter Arellane says:
I think it best you should know
these people are at their work
a^ain. They are torturing men and
even boys at Mandalmo and at
Granada, whipping them, suspend
ing them from the thumbs with
t-ords — all this to wrench out con
fessions from them as to who car
ried provisions to Calixto Tala
voras" guerillas beyond Mandaimo.
TELLS OP CRUELTY
I herewith cite as an example the
case of Octavio Marenco. a young
man owning a ranch a few miles .;
from Mand-iimo, who was dealt 200
lashes with sticks at midnight on
the 6th of April at the jail in Gra- '
nada. He is now at the peniten
tiary in this town (Managua), and.
as it is a matter of common knowl
edge, you must have heard the
story from another source.
They have also burned property
and wrought damage to an incal
culable degree, but this we will
pass lightly out of mind. It is th*>
rest I lay stress on. lam ashamed
that such cruelties should be com
mitted by men who profess to be \u25a0
Christians and are Mcaraguans —
such ferocity is more the -work of
fiends than human beings.
We wish the state department
and the American public to be ac- t
quainted with these facts, as it
might help matters a bit. It Is a
real shame that such work is going
on with your warships a few miles
oft* Corinto harbor, when just a '
word from Admiral Kimball would
stop this devilish work. Should the
admiral send another mission to In
vestigate he would disclose a situa
tion of things unparalleled even in
the Congo Free State.
FURTHER ABUSES" REPORTED
Under date of April 10. from Ma
nagua, a subsequent note to the Amer
ican consul at Managua from Arellane
states that the author has received re
liable information of 17 cases in which
men have been hung up by the thumbs.
He gives the names of 17 victims and
the name of one man who was shot anil
two who were lashed.
Another floeument detailing these af
leg^d cruelties and mentioning specific
instances of insults to women by offi
cers, alleging in one case that a woman
was shot because she resisted a gov
ernment officer who tried to kiss her.
has been submitted to the state depart
ment by Senor Castrillo.
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MRS. J. J. YABLONSXY DIES— AlamcrU. May
1. — Mrs. Annie Yahlonakr. wlfp of J.;ha J.
Yablonsty of "524 Santa t'lant itTenue, :i well
known resident, died this morning Jn a local
hospital, was the mnthor of Miss Sarab
V. Yablonsky. She was a native of IrelanjJ.
aped 6T years.
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