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The lady who led a wooden dog up and
down Market street has been caught. See
photos and her account of her exciting experi
ences in THE SUNDAY CALL tomorrow.
VOLUME GVIIL— XO. 74.'
MAN THOUGHT TO
BE ASLEEP, DEAD
Bar Tender Discovers Customer
in Sitting Attitude Is Vic=
tim o! Heart Disease
Edward M. J. Selzer. said to be a
doctor, died from heart failure In a
saloon at 1512 Eddy street early yes
terday morning. i>elzer. who has been
lodging at 1237 Kearny street,
dropped into the saloon just after 8
o'clock Thursday night and, after pur
chasing two drinks went to the rear
of the saloon and seating himself in
a chair apparently dropped » off to
sleep. Just before 3 o'clock yesterday
morning. John Kenny, the bar tender,
attempted to arouse Selzer, only to find
him dead. An autopsy showed death
was due to valvular heart disease.
Selzcr was about 62 years of age and
from papers found In his pockets was
at one time a practicing physician.
Body of Captain Found
The body of Captain C. N. Jensen,
owner and commander of the river
fcow Evelyn, was found floating in
the bay just off Sixth and Channel
streets by a. passerby early yesterday
morning. Inquiry by the morgue offi
cials developed the fact that Jensen
had been along tho water front drink
ing in various saloons until an early
hour of the morning.. The theory is
that Jn attempting to get back to his
boat be fell from one of the wharves
and was drowned.
Woman Drops Dead
Mrs. Kate Mathews of 20 Flora
stree,t, dropped dead in the yard back
of her residence just before norm yes
terday. Mrs. Mathews. who was the
wife of Samuel Mathews, a harness
maker, has been suffering for several
months past from heart disease which
finally caused her demise. She was 50
years of age.
Gunshot Wounds Fatal
R. K. McLaughlin of Dorris. Cal..
died at the Lane hospital yesterday
afternoon from accidental gunshot
wounds inflicted near his home early
Jn July. McLaugrhlin was brought to
the hospital from Dorris on July 19
suffering from a bullet wound in the
arm and jaw. He explained that in
ihe accidental discharge of a rifle, the
bullet tore through his arm and lodged
In his jaw. Death was due to compli
cations resultant from the wound. At
the hospital nothing is known of Mc-
Laughlin's family or affairs.
WOMAN TELLS POLICE OF
PRINTERS* SUICIDE CLUB
Telepathic Message From Dead
Man Given as Authority
Miss M. McDonald, address unknown,
thinks that every printer in the city
is "sore" on the world and is pledged
to tak*> his own life as soon as it can
be done without attracting the atten
tion of the police. Fearful that such
a plan, relentlessly carried out, will
deprive San Francisco of its news
papers, Miss McDonald has written to
Chief of Police Martin asking him to
hunt out this suicide club and "nip it
in the bud."
j^aid she: "Their song is 'I want to
die, says Widow Oreen, I want to quit
tills earthly seen*-' I have obtained all
this information through mind reading.
Please frighten the club out of its wits.
Girls are joining."
The young man who killed hirfiself
in the park telepathed the. information,
according to Miss McDonald.
The police believe that Miss McDon
ald is mentally deranged, but Chief
Martin has placed "Literary Bob" Cur
tin on the scent with instructions to
bring her to police headquarters for
examination.
BETTER FIRE EQUIPMENT.
WANTED IN THE MISSION
Promotion Association Urges
Protective Improvements
Many improvements in the ijre fight
ing equipment of the Mission and con
tiguous districts are urged in the an
nual report of the committee on water
supply of the Mission Promotion as
sociation.
The report recommends that more
volunteer fire departments be organized
in outlying districts. \u25a0 One has been
formed "in Visitacion valley, and Glen
park and University Mound will short
ly have stations. It is aske.l that one
be located at Nineteenth and Vermont
streets.
Sweeping alterations in the fire box
system are urged, connecting all dis
tricts by underground wires and put
ting in many new boxes. Plans for
many hydrants for the Reis tract are
included.
TWO SONS OF FRESNO
CITIZEN DIE IN ONE DAY
Typhoid Fever Carries Off C. R.
and Henry Blasingame
FRESNO, Aug. 12. — Death paid two
visits to the home of A. A. Blasingame
in this city today and deprived him of
two sons.
Henry Blasingame. the first of the
victims, passed away -this morning
shortly after 1 o'clock as the result of
typhoid fev^r contracted while in the
Taft «il fields last June. Henry was
accd 25.
.r-^out seven hours later Chester
rtowell Blasingame, a 14 year old
brother of Henry, also died of the same
disease.
DESPONDENT WOMAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Despondent because of .a recent 111
nesF. Irene McHenry of IG4OB Howard
street, niade a desperate effort to end
he rlife by swallowing laudunum early
last night, and is now in a-precarious
condition in the central emergency hos
pital . She was- found unconscious in
her roo mand was removed In this.con
dition to the hospital where restora
tives were applied •to no avail. Her
chances of recovery are considered very
ALLEGED TRAIN WRECKER
IS ACCUSED -liN COURT
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 12.-rS. Vismara,
accused of having, attempted to wreck
' a train near Firebaugh last Tuesday
night by laying a heavy tie across the
tracks, was formally charged with the
offense : today in the , JustiCv€ court by
District Attorney Church.
The San Francisco Call.
Governor Offers $500
Reward for Capture
SACRAMKXTO, Aujr. 12. — Gov
ernor <>illett today filtered a re
wnrd of *.%(>!> «>„ behalf of the
Mate for the nrrext and convic
tion; of llcury Ynmncuchi, _ the. "
Jnpaneße xuspectcd of ' the mur
der "f the Kendall family ~-nt
On/.iulero. The proclamation of
ferfnc the reward vras made by
the covcrnor following his rc
turu from Svnoma rounty. where
he was seen by ihc slicrifl ;ind
district attorney, who nought the"
niil of the ntnte to help capture
the fugitive..
RAILROAD SHELVES
DR. ELIOT'S SHELF
Former Harvard President's
Library Too Classic for
Burlington Passengers
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CHICAGO. Aug. 12.— Dr. Charles
William Eliot's famous "five foot shelf
of books." heralded far and wide as
being the quintessence of the world's
classical literature, was abandoned to
day on limited trains operated by the
Burlington railroad.
The famous library will be displaced
by another library of books, largely
modern, which the railroad officials
think make a more direct and hearty
appeal to the modern traveler's mind.
The Burlington railroad has been ex
perimenting with the "five foot shelf
of books" for more than a year. The
library was installed on the limited
trains last summer. The classical
works retained the gloss of their new
ness as winter rolled around, and O.
L. Dickeson, member ,of President Mil
ler's staff, personally investigated to
what extent they were being taken
from their shelve^ in the cars by pas
sengers.
Then he set about selecting a new
library.
The four trains from which the in
stalled "five foot shelves • of books"
have been taken out operate' between
Chicago and Denver, 1,026 miles. Each
carries, the railroad officials say. about
450 passengers, .all of whom have had
access to the library of the train. The
books were locked up and were ob
tained upon being ordered of the por
ter. The ' porter kept a careful list,
showing what works were taken and
how long they were kept.
This record shows that from Novem
ber 21, 1909, to. January "16, 1910, on
four cars of trains Nos. 1 and C there
were only 35 removals of UJie "five foot
sheW of books."
During the same period the railroad
installed for experiment on . me same
trains the following volumes:
"Captain Courageous," ."Ivanhoe,"
"The 'Strategy pf Great Railroads."
Shakespeare (12 volumes), "The Pilot,"
"The Vicar of Wakefield." "Treasure
Island" and "Railway Statistics of the
United States, 1904-08."" .
These eight volumes were # taken out
of the train library 37 times. "Treasure
Island" holds highest honor's, having
been taken out seven times. Shake
speare and "Captain Courageous" were
each taken out six times.
'"Haven't you something by' an up to
date author?" the travel tired passen
ger would Inquire * plaintively. "1
would like so much to get a book I
could read."
The car attendant would then show
the passenger the "stored lore of the
ages," stamped OK and commended by
Dr, Charles William Eliot himself.
"Oh, pshaw," the passenger would
yawn, "this is too much like a grave
yard. Haven't you got something in
teresting — full .of vim and vigors
something that wakes you up, makes
the blood circulate and yanks the cob
webs, out of the attic? I don't want to
read any of that heavy stuff."
KING OF BOGUS MASONS
UNDER ARREST IN BOSTON
San Francisco Man Fleeced by
an Impostor
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BOSTON, Aug. 12.— Darius . Wilson,
known as king.- of bogus masons', -is
again in the clutches of the law, hav
ing been arrested in Brockton for Bos
ton postal authorities on a charge of
using the mails to. defraud.
Wilson is alleged to have been Im
plicated in a scheme to defraud
through his usual bogus Mason schVme
and it is charged that June 17, ; he'be
gan a deal by which he made A> n.
Eastwick of San Francisco," a full
fledged Mason in the same way that
President Taft was' made a Mas'on^y
the Ohio grand lodge.'. ; \u0084 ;.
Eastwick paid Wilson's' charges arid
then found that genuine Masons in
San Francisco would -not - recognize
him. . *-•' \u25a0- ' '\u25a0' v, ; '"; v : %
Wilson .told, him they were 'jealous
because Eastwick. bad' not;, paid .their
lodge $100 or so for initiation' fees, but
Eastwick finally concluded that he had
been swindled. * V; '\u25a0 \u25a0 -
IT'S NEVER SO BAD BUT
THAT IT CAN BE WORSE
In, the Savoy smoking room. tlie other
night, according/ to London "-.Opinion,^
George ' Tyler v was /telling ' how his
scenery for "The • Dawn ' of .Tomorrow,"
the next? Garrick - prodi*tfon;"-fwasS on
the Mi ri"nehaha;.the/liner;that^g : 6t' 1 piled
up 'on one of the Scilly^islands.S "it
might . liave been / worse," : said i George,
philosophically. .. "1 ;fnlght .haveiihad
the whole on board. I .'; "Where-,
/upon a' cynic rejoined: ";;\u25a0 "Oh; : I.^don't
know; the: scenery's a' serious :"thln"s~
but you. ; can 'always get;actors!"; ; ' , ; ; /
SAN ;PRAN£ISCO^
MYSTERY OF DEATH
IN CABIN DEEPENS
Sheriff Discovers Empty Cart 3
ridge on Floor, Probably
Placed There Recently ,
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN JOSE, Aug. 12.— -Developments
came thick -and fast in the * Oscar A.
Wjtlier's case during the coroner's in
quiry this afternoon. When half tha
witnesses had been examined. Assist
ant District . Attorney "Sex" moved /.for
a postponement to secure time to work
out new developments] .
\u25a0 That some one entered the lonely
cabin in Black Bird valley, where the
wealthy stockman was killed the night
after the body was r^moveJ, shot . a
hole through the pillow and placed an
empty?3sl caliber shell on the floor
seems probable in the light of testi
mony this afternoon. ' .'
The disappearance of tho bullet and
shell which would have been in evi
dence in easie Withers committed sui
cide yvere puzzling features and led to
the /present investigation when re
ported to Sheriff Langford by Coroner
Kell. • . .
When the sheriff went to the scerip
lie found three v empty cartridges for the
351 caliber automatic rifle outside the
cabin. One was directly. under the only
window and the others were some four
feet away from the cabin.
HOLES IX BOTH PILLOWS
A dumdum bullet, and probably the
one which tore through the dead man's
head, was found in a feather pillow
on the bunk. The empty .cartridge
shall which Coroner Kell and/his party
were unable to' find was discovered by
the sheriff on the floor of the'eabin, in
view where it could have been hurled
by the recoil of the gun operating the
ejector. ;•\u25a0 . -
Withers was in the habit of sleeping
with 'two pillows and two:holes were
found in the top one, which was cov
ered with blood. . .
The bullet found in the pillow could
not have made both holes and its pres
ence there is still a: mystery.
• \u25a0 Henry Lafranz' of 351 Golden State
street, Ingleside, who stopped with
Wjthers the night before he.was killed,
testified that he had not fired his 3-51
caliber rifle within eaght miles' of
Withers* place.
Alvin Withers, son of the dead man,^
who went to the scene of the tragedy"
with, the coroner, testified that he
searched for the bullet which went
through his father's head, and for the
empty shell that must have been in
the room if it were a case of suicide.
He found neither,, although he looked
over the- bed and floor carefully.;
: AUTO TO UniST XEAIV SCENE
Another important bit of evidence
was that an automobile tourist, with-a
35 caliber, automatic^gun, just, like L*
Franz*, was seen- within a 'mile., of
Withers' cabin , the | evening /before; th,e
shooting. * ;.«'>,,
Witnesses- examined today- told of
mountain feuds, 'one between Martin
Fenton and George Frost,; which , re
sulted In a rifle duel' four months ago
and the wounding of Fenton. -.'- /
Henry' Lafranz said that the. night
before the tragedy Withers told him
that'he (Withers) would have no trou
ble with Fenton, if it were not for the
"other fellows." Just what this trou
ble was did not develop.
Edlung Quincy Burke, who came to
town yesterday with Fenton, said that
a man on a horse might have. rode by
the window over Withers' bed and
killed him, -but he believed that it was
a case of suicide. ,
FENTOX CAUSES A SCENE '
Martin Fenton started a "scene" in
the room when lie found that there was
a- motion before Coroner Kell looking
to a week's postponement of thehear
ing. ' Fenton protested volubly that : he
had to ride . so miles Into: the hills each'
trip and that he also. had to. care for a
lot of Withers' stock that might reach
his heirs in good condition. This caused
some, surprise, it not being generally
known "that lie and Withers had been
partners in oneUot of stock. .
Fenton testified that he last saw
Withers alive Saturday morning. He
did not see him again until he put a
blanket over the .body and closed up
Withers' cabin. . •
"This big kid you call .Lafranz came
tearing : into my . place, crying that
Withers had been shot with his, La
franz's, gun, and that he was going
to hang for it, - and we went -back to
the' place with the-boy," testified Fen
ton. v - .--.;.; . i \u25a0 ./' T. :. ,\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'-
"I never had any trouble with With
ers, but others did. I don't know of my
own- knowledge -who the others -were.
That is, I do know, but I can not prove
i it. .Some of them tried driving cattle
behind my. back, and any time .they do
that there is a shooting scrape." .
GENTLEMEN'S GENTLEMEN
HAVE NO REPRESENTATION
Almost a Million ofiThis Class
• . -in I France
In France there are, we learn nearly
1,000,0001 menservants of one: descrip
tion and another, or, to be precise, the
numberJs 938,404, without any repre
sentative in parliament to protect their
interests. The gentlemen's gentlemen
wished to place themselves, 'says a
Paris I contemporary, r,on ; an equality
with the. miners! and advocates, who
are fully represented' in the chamber
of deputies.; They tried to improve
their position and ran a candidate in
the eighth- arondissement,' one M. J.
B. Medard, who followed the ; occupa
tion./which "Humphrey . Clinker"/, dis
charged, with such success.';- This, part
of Paris is said to contain the largest
percentage of domestics, of x both sexes,
but. 3 they, were not sufficient . to .return
their ca ndidate. ;• M. - Medard has taken
his defeat .philosophically. ; H e "says
thatrhe had but slight; hope' of success
and that has .fallen, like l the latest-rain.
17,258 MEN LEAVEFRANCE l
TOUvbIDICONSCRiPTION
Exodus in Year Represents Dis=
'Concerting Figure. C
One of /the, indirect consequences Vor
compulsory military, service ; is/; illus
trated by some statistics just published
by .the French .war/office.*., Tlie", number
of;young[men/who^le4ve"the T countfy;at
the £ time,' when ithey^ should VjoinMhe
•army," and t apparently/ for. ithe "express
purpose of evading their'obligations^ ia
steadily and .; rapidly V on/ the -increase.
In? 1907 there/.were; only t 4, 905 :of : them:
InU9oß.the'Tnumber/amountedrto*dl,7B2; 1
andlin.l9o9 the; dlsconcertingSfiguVeTof
17,2582 w'as' reached. 'fiThere?couId?ibefno
more * of *, the* unpopu-
' larity }of ; *' the Vduty,. or - of <~ the / headway
! madejby the militarist- propaganda;*
Bakers Pound Short as His Dozen's Long
Average Loaf of Bread Weighs 13.25 Oz.
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Loaves of bread from five leading -San Francisco -bakeries, .shotving the exact number of ounces in each. \Nbt one
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STAFF OF LIFE
LOSING WEIGHT
Board of Health Scales s Show
Surprising Lightness in
Staple Foodstuff
A 5 cent loaf of bread is a 3 3-4
cent article. . •
And 1 3.25 ounces is a- bakers
pound; not 1 6 ounces. .
' .While 13 ;^ eggs may ' be a-bake-Y's
' dozen, 16 ounces. is far^ from. a baker's
pound, according to atest made<^estpr
day of ; fiyeof the most importaJitwhoie
: sale; and "retail bakeries in San Kxari
ciscp. Not oi,ly did ,'the." result denton
• strate that- a, 5' cent loaf of, bread is a
short weight commercial fallacy,- but it
further illustrated~the '.trendi-of ;busi
nes ethics. The "rich-man and the poor
raan who imagine they are ' receiving a
16 ounce loaf 'of bread for 5 cents are
in reality paying for anything froml2
to 14 and 1-10 ounces of the most staple
of foodstuffs. '; • -, : '
Not in one instance was a 16 ounce
loaf of bread sold in the five different
places where ithe purchases were made.
So that every - field Oof con-_
sumption might be included in the test,
milk loaves were in- two down
town estal lishments, the . Vienna bak
ery at 139 Ellis street, and the Cali
fornia bakery ..at „ Powell near Ellis
street, another loaf t at the California
bakery compaiiy . : on „ :- Fillmbro- street,'
from which place a; wide, territory in
the AVestern addition •is served, while
at the Homestead .bakery/ at Nine
teenth and > Shotwell streets, , and , the
Home bakery at 3151/ Sixteenth street,
two establishments* that serve the. Mis
sion .district,; ;thc; final* ; telltale//"five
cent loaves of bread't were procured. ;
..... In eacli 'instance^ a .special request
was made! for a "fresh"' loaf and at
each place a guarantee- was' given that
the bread/ had/beenybaked during tlie
day. When all five/ loa*ves 'were depos- \u25a0
ited at the'offlces^pf thetboard of health
and placed .upon t the delica-te scales in
the: chemical- laboratory %by*. Chief As-,
sistant Chemist F.Westdbwas'disclosed
that the : bakerV*cbnception *of -a. pound
loaf of bread amounts .to 13.25. ounces,
just 2.75:, ounces •- uhd«r. the'/' standard
weight. ; It .was irnposs"lblep.that the
difference could /have ..'resulted-, from
evaporation during .the Vbaking jprocess,
as ; the /further precaution • was'taken
that the test should be'made^ with fresh
moist/bread, precluding. '.the chance J"of
testing v with -bread ~ .which, had been ex-"
posed 'to7the 'action ?of ; the atmosphere."
-'The short wcight^bread is.Hot a com
mercial" fraud. -.It: is. purely an; ethical
one; ; because: there is; no law •in "the
state or in ''the \city ; reg : ulating; . tlie
weight of a % lbaf of bread. ; If the-baker
wished - fill; his/ dough with baking
powder, 'turn out" of his oven' an/ eight
ounce loaf and' sell.it" for' 5 cents, the
public must buy it;, orhisejno .bread. As
the price of labor increases the laborer,
pays more for. 'his 'loaf *of and
untilsome statute is, written' 1 and some
ordinance-. spread* on the law-books:reg
ulating the weighty of .t bread ''the .' i n
crease' 1 in >ithe / cost/ of 7 materials /can
ever r -befm'etby v the jbaker" through the
diminishing ioaf. - /' - : ' :
-Mission 'househouldefs/ receive ; -the
largest loaf,- the -\yhblesaile firm of Jthe
Homestead .baking/company distribut
ing in that; territory,^ a '14:1 ' ounce imilk
loaf." The;" Mlssidnite' purchasing from
there'tafl^store and'bake"ry of 'the /ilome'
baking- company "at/ 3151 Sixteenth
street/gets .about trie/ second _^best, the
loaf : from- this place 'when : placed on
the^scale/ showing 113.75^ounces. ; ; The
California /baking company, >at 'Eddy
and'' ; F.Tllmore streets, sends a 12.5 ounce
loaf ••'through ahe^westeni''^ {"jadditloin,
while the .Calif ornia/bakery.'iin Powell
street^- is i guilty" of \u25a0a,l2,ounce|loaf;j/ /; ]
" : ; ;Th e'rei; i s"" no ""[ cheatji no? f raud;} no ; de-
; . Cont l ntied ob' Page] 2, Column "•, J %; -!s> s
SLbaf, of ' bjcadc6n~th^ board: (The '
scalesrar^kset'to^wTigh^onefpouh'di^buiH^ of
thai '\u25a0 Weighty -\u25a0 ,~ J * • ; ?v^;; % j • '\u25a0 . - •/ \u25a0% --> -
LOFTY ALASKAN VOLCANO
IN A VIOLENT ERUPTION
\u25a0 SEWARD, 'Alaska, "Aug. 12.— The
steamer Corwln ] arrived! from Nome to- .
day ."; with'-the - report *. that Mount Shi- \u25a0
saldin, the highest, volcanic peak in the^
Unamak islands, is "again in eruption. '
Early in July; Shisaldln. was very active,'
but .after a. short .'time the ' l eruption'
ceased. | ; " "
Officers ..of the Corwin say that when
they: passed the island a few, days ago :
the volcano was * more" active-; than in
the former eruption. A' great column
THIEF FATALLY SHOT MAY
BE ASSAILANT OF WOMAN
[Special -Dispatch to: The Call]
f^SACRAMENTO^ *Avar. 12^--Patrolman "l
Ma ley n chased and. fatally shot a ; bicycle :
[thief-tonight who is ; now believed ,the' '\u25a0'.'
footpad 1 whothas'held^up a. number of (
Avornen^in.various^sectiqns.'. of/the city. : . '
.duringHhe last, fewl nights' The man, :J1
"wlio J gly i es the"name_of Charles. Brown,'- '
iisjnoWdyingat the county hospital. '\u25a0'- :
,'r} Maley -discovered; him >in the.act of • .;:
ste"alihg;a \u25a0•" bicycle at '\u25a0'' Second ' v and.L : ;
streets jtonight" and shouted to ..him to ;: <
MARRIAGE LICENSE MEANS
FORTUNE TO GROOM TO BE
\u25a0";: / .. J-} ' [Special Dispatch to Tht Call]' *' . ( ;,..->
.1? SACRAMENTO,: Aug.:l2.—By seeur- .
ing 'a'^marriage license^ today, . Alivan
SUvaVtook the- first step^ward fulfill- £
-•-.-• \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- \u25a0\u25a0 \: ,' - \u25a0 .*. ..• . -
in^^cc>nmtion^of^
cleV' w.ill, and when-h*e>is married he
wil\ i receive '. fOr;;,himself';and bride
?5,500'. in gold-'and propertylwhich have
WHAT bIL^HAS DONE)! '
::;;•;; for:: kern county
$37,000,000^Increase):irii;: Assessed
; ', YaliiatiohVirilO Years
[Special ) Dispatch } to}The~ Call]
:SBAKERSFIEIip. -.-Aug. : I-'.'-— O. : -K.
stands for* oil-king ;in - Kern /county,
but •'Coal i Oil fJohnny" at; the^height; of
his -prosperity *wou 1 d hay c fou nd I t har d
to^kee*p v pace ; wi th Kern'- the J lastly ear.'
/ ..Figures at hand : sho\v.]thatUhe'. wealth
of \ the has; lncreased^-$8,600,000
diiringAthat/pcfiod. V*; ? . .;.'•-'• .
|i;JOilvwasJdiscoverediin;,the Kern river
| neld>in'^lS99 • andVih r.the ;10iyears from
i 96o f 't6>'i9i6*itlieTasse*ssedJvaluation of
Kern *county,ihasl increased": $37,000,000,
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represen tingh? the -difference \u25a0j.ybetweeh
$15,000,000 ' and ?52, 000,000 in -round-rig-;,
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YES TERDA Y— Maximknr^ fenperafor^s6^
.minimum, 48. "\;\£N J*t
FORECAST; FOR TOPA^Fgr; h'gh£
fog in the' morning; someiPriaKjva»ne£* light
, south winds, changing to brisk w£sJ^'<. •
of fire,shot Jiigh Into the air and. vast
volumes of smoke poured - from the
crater. . \u25a0 • '\u2666 "" ' *
The snow, which at the time of the
previous eruption had : not melted, far
from the crater, has entirely
peared from- the sldes'of the mountain.
Long before the Corwiri- approached
the island the vessel was covered with
white 'volcanic ash that, had been
thrown out' by the eruption and was
carried along in the heavy clouds of
smoke. '.'.
halt.. j'TJieVfellow jumped on the wheel
and -started "to; get away. Ma ley took
another bicycle and gave chase, firing
a*'number of shots at him. One. shot
.took effect." -This is believed to be fatal.
'Three* women-have been 1 held up on
.three nights .of late and have
been beaten by, an unknown thug. .'...'The
man Maley } shot answers ,the descrip
tionjn*; every .way of the.thug'and the
pollce/be^ieye' they -will:; be' able "to se
cure.aconfcssion;,-'. -„\u25a0— -7 \u25a0 ,- -\u25a0\u25a0' \u25a0 -.
been waiting'for him for-more than a
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&^ ie condition^f; the ;wili;ieft by the
uncle, who died in Boston, J was that
was 21 years and 6 months old.
"''The bride, .to be'is Miss Verna E.
"Reviod.. -"- , •'
W4LLIAM-.WETHERED IS
; BADLY HURT'INvRENO
MJss^A<la R. ; Cheney AJsb^ln-
in Accident .
[Special Dispatch to, The. Call]
'^RENO,'. Nev* "Aug. ; 12.— Thrown: from
a -surreS" ' while, turning 'in, front of
Judge Cheney/s , residence in^South\ VI?
.gipiaVstreet,: Miss Ada R." Cheney.' ffb
years^of . age. and _WillianT Wethered.
a . San t Francisco « merchant j and *• brother
in law. of 'Judge Cheney, sustained.seri
ous- i njiiries \u25a0; to is , evening. V:f The i'occu
pantsTof nhelyehicle^were 'thrown -vio
lently .v-toV 5 the pavement'lwhen itfover
turned.^ Miss Cheney \u25a0'\u25a0 sustained ?a.\ bad
scalp? wound; on -the back>ofithe head
and-?severe .injurlesVito\'her. J hip,>arm
andshoulder.siWethered's/injuries'con
sistedfof j a* broken j nose,' a scalpiwound
"andrcontusions fabbut ; the f ace.and-legs.
,Wethered^hadVlreturnedt to lieno^ v«*s
terdayJfr6m;Lake'.Tahoel: . .". ' .^"')
PRICE PIYE CENTS.
BRISTOW REPLY
SCORES ALDRICH
WITHOUT MERCY
.... m
Kansan Senator Riddles State
ment of Senate Boss About
Duty on Rubber
Further Expose of Plot Which
Has Laid Heavy Tax on .
til the Public
Aldrich Shown to Profit Enor
mously by the Impost on
Manufactured Goods
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ILWAUKEE. Aug. 12.— Senator
Joseph L. Bristow ol Kansas ia
his speech here tonight, which
he stated was' In reply to the letter
of Senator Nelson W. .Aldrich. defend
ing himself against the charges of the
Kansas senator relating to the tariff
on the rubber. launched into the sub
ject by saying: •
"Senator -Aldrich declares that the
Inter-Continental rubber company is
not a trust, and at the same time ad
mits that it is a holding company."
What Aldrich Admits
Senator Bristow then took up . Mr.
Aldrich's declaration that neither he
nor his family had profited directly or
indirectly by the tariff on manufac
tured rubber, saying: "Yet he admits
that he is producing millions of pounds
of crude rubber per annum, selling it
to American manufacturers and that
he increased the duty on their products
when -they did not need it for protec
tion."
Then referring to his own speech at
1 Winfleld. Kas., July 0, Senator Bris
tow declared that Aldrioh took excep
tion to his remarks on the rubber duty
"He ignores the other features of my
speech," Mr. Bristow sald._
Organizing^ the Trust
Going 1 into the question of orsranlza
."on of the luter-continental rubber
company. Senator. Bristow quotes from
his own speech, saying that the Con
tinental rubber company was organized
under the laws of New Jersey, January
29. 1003. and that the Continental rub r
ber company of America was organized
under the laws of Xew Jersey. January
5, 1906. and further that Aldrich says
"that the first two companies named
were subsidiary companies of the In
ter-continental rubber company and
that it owned all their stock, and that
they were organized for the sake of
conveniences."
Bristow asked, "How could they be
subsidiary companies of the Inter-con
tinental rubber company and organized
for its convenience when both of them
were 'organized before it was?"
Bristow's Speech
Air.*" Aldrich declares that the
later-Continental rubber companjt
. Is ' not a trust and at the savne
time admits that it .is c holding
company that controls numerous
subsidiary organizations that were
organized for the purpose of
handling the . crude rubbed busi
ness in various parts or the world-
He says that' neither he nor his
family ;has profited directly or in
directly by the tariff on manufac
tured rubber; yet, he admits that
he is producing millions of pounds
of crude rubber per annum, selling,
it to American manufacturers, and
that^he increased the duty on thei?
products when they did not need,
it for protection and when they a!
• ready had control of the American
market ajid were exporting rub
ber; that is. he Increased the duty
enabling the manufacturers to ad
vance the price to' the Americas.
.consumers, and admits that they*
did advance the price, yet he says
that neither he nor his family has
profited directly or indirectly.
He admits that.dividends had not
• been paid before the consolidations
...of- the various companies into one.
. and that after the consolidation
enormous dividends were paid, as
-stated in my speech.
In my speech at Winfleld. Kan.,
July 9,; I criticised the Payne-Aid
rich tariff bill, referring especially
to the duties on lead and lead prod
ucts, cotton cloth and woolen, es
pecially referring to duties on cot
ton cloths and manufactured rub
ber.. I declared that the duties on
these 'various commodities were *
" fixed, not in the interest of the peo
ple, but of certain trusts, combina
tions and speculators.
What Aldrich Ignores
Mr. Aldrich, in a signed state
menC takes exception to my re— .
• marks on the rubber duty espe
cially.He ignores the other feature*
Vof my. speech." '"He also made a num
ber'of t sarcastic references to my
self and other republican senator?
-who 'saw fit to vote In the interest,
of our constitii'jiits utic.-r than .v
, Mr. Aldr'-li «\u25a0>:,»..' us to. ills
opinion of . myself- and the', other
. senators is of : llttle consequence.
. but I desire to call special atten
tion to-some of the statements of
Mr. Aldrich made in his explana
tion". - - ,
He. says: "It is .true that an in- (
. crease in /the rate, took place in '
paragraph 463. which includes eer- "
1 tain = manufactures ,- of India . rubber
" with" other ite"ms. and It is true tha-t
* 1 am astockiholder and director..in
: the ' Intercontinental rubber eom
-pany: but none of the other, state
-ments. referred to contain a- s*ngl^
\u25a0"'element of truth." 9£&n
\u25a0; Now, what werethe other state
ments I; made? "— :
I stated • that the ' ContlnentaJ
> rubber; company was organized un«
'Tder^theilaws of^New Jeraey Janu
.ary J29." IS*3:; that the/ Continental
- rubber -company, of "America was .
"organized under the laws of New