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LET us give thanks. If the cost of living is high, some of us who
have turkeys and prunes to sell are getting the rewards of
industry and perseverance. There are, as Governor Gillett
— remarks, no "floods or devastations" to afflict
his people, unless the recent flow of oratory
may be classed under these heads. The crops
are abundant and the harvest prosperous. The
farmer laughs in the midst of smiling plenty
and goes out to buy him a devil wagon with which to affright old
Dobbin on the country roads and make that patient animal stand
on his hind legs snorting and cavorting like a Russian dancer in a
\u25a0 fit of bad temper. Surely it is the farmer's turn to set the pace.
The birth rate in the bay cities is high. Even the cold statistics
'of a board of health may give us cheer as well as assurance that
the favorite gospel of the colonel has aplenty of disciples in this
jour California, beloved of the gods, the home of art and beauty and
jthe stamping ground of "the robustious turkey.
We have elected a governor of the right sort and are at peace
;-vvith the world and his wife. We entertain great expectations of
the new legislature, tempered, it may be, by past experience, but
still hopeful as always that the hour of regeneration is at hand, and
in this confidence let us give thanks without a string to them.
Some
Reasons for
Thankfulness
THE commercial and general status of San Francisco continues
to be an object of national interest and wide comment, and
this is the natural result of the strenuous and surprising rehabil
— itatiori of the city since it was ravaged by
fire and laid in ruins four years ago. At that
time San Francisco was supposed to have had
a population of perhaps 450,000, more than
_ half of which was compelled to seek other
places of residence for lack of houseroom. The census demonstrates
that we have almost completely recouped the loss of population,
while at the same time we have fulfilled the portentous undertaking
of rebuilding in four years a great city that it had required half a
century to create, and in the result the new town is handsomer,
more substantial and, of course, more modern in every respect than
the old San Francisco.
7 hese surprising and unexampled facts inspire the Omaha Bee
When the bay city lay buried in its ashes in- 1906 plenty of people
\u25a0were ready with their dire predictions for the future, but they did not
know the spirit of San Francisco. They know it now,, perhaps", -.and know \u25a0j
that the metropolis of the Pacific coast has more than "come back."
And there is eve.ry probability that San Francisco will remain the
metropolis of the Pacific coast, the prodigious growth of Lo6 Angeles
notwithstanding. For that matter, who knows what San. Francisco might'
have done but for the disaster of 1906? Or what city could have done
what this one has under such a blight? Its recovery from the effects. of
that earthquake and fire is its own guarantee for the future.
Ycsi San Francisco has come back to stay and the interesting
fact remains that our gains have not been made at the expense of
our neighbors. Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda, which i received
large accessions of population consequent on the disaster of 1906,
have been able to hold the increase as a result of tlieir. natural
growth due to their commercial, manufacturing and residential
It is a fundamental fact that the economic conditions
of all the bay cities are bound up one with the other, and the growth
of each means advancement for all its neighbors.
The Country'
Watching
San Francisco
AMERICAN capital is invested in great volume for the develop
ment of Mexican resources, mining and pastoral, and by con
sequence a close watch is kept on political conditions that
.might endanger these investments in the
southern republic. It has been known for
some time that an organized movement, having,
its headquarters on this side of the border,
was in active operation from Nogales and Los
JAngeles. An extensive propaganda was maintained and magazines
'' &nd newspapers in the United States were filled with articles more
pr less true describing the tyrannous rule of Dijiz.
Apparently this movement was well financed and.was buying
supplies of arms. But the Mexican government and ourVown were
not idle, and both were fully advised of what was in hand.
There is no doubt that the Mexican government maintains an
extensive secret service on this side of the border. It is, for example,
commonly believed in Los Angeles that some of the police detectives
in that city are in the employ of the Mexican government, and the
manner in which some of the Mexican revolutionaries have been
repeatedly arrested on trivial charges lends support to' this theory.
- Being fully advised of this movement, the Mexican government
has exercised the strictest supervision for more- than a .year past
over the importation of arms from this country. The rule was so
strictly enforced . that American mining engineers on their way
south had their firearms confiscated on the frontier."
Knowing the situation it will be found that Diaz is fully prepared
to handle the insurrection under Madero, which has for its program
The release of all political prisoners.
The welcoming of all political exiles.
The establishment of a popular government.
The capture of all custom houses.
Removal from office of Diaz and his adherents.
This is a moderate program measured by American ideas of
popular government and would find favor here were it certain that
a stable administration would accompany such measures of freedom/
but the impression prevails, whether well or ill founded, that its
success in Mexico would .mean a constantly recurring series of
revolutions and popular disturbance. ~-- \u25a0- >
However this may. be, the important ; American financial ! inter
ests concerned in Mexico are not alarmed over ; ;the :future and: are
Extent of the
Mexican
Insurrection
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
confident that Diaz will quickly re-establish order. A New York
dispatch onthe subject states the' situation there * . ' •
Representatives of important- mining interests,, whose- headquarters'
are in Colorado and California, are in the xitjj today, evidently, seeking \u0084
additional capital for the purpose" of exploiting mineral resources in
Mexico. These men are enthusiastic with respect to the mineral develop
ment of Mexico and the relation which American capital. is to have to
that. Their own recent investments are in the neighborhood of $1,000,000,
not a. large sum, relatively considered, but looked upon by them as no
more than a preliminary investment.
They can not conceive it possible there should be any seriqusf"
disturbance in Mexico affecting American interests, because our invest
ment of capital in the southern republic is-so great and the promise of
. future investment is of such consequence to the leading men of Mexico. =
President Stillwell of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient rail
road, now under construction from Kansas' City to the proposed
terminal at the harbor j of Topolobampo in the gulf of California,
states, as the result of a recent visit on the other side of the border;
that the investment, of American capital in the country served by
his road, is proceeding^extensively and is, in his opinion, safe. At
the same time it is obvious that the insurrectionists are in consider
able numbers, although^ the organization appears to be mostly spo
radic and confined to v a few of the states, mostly those along the
northern border of the republic^ . ,
It may be assumed, further,' 'tjiat reports of disturbances are
exaggerated, because that is always a consequence of a rigid press
censorship. / '
Incredible \ Brutality
Willis— Under- this year's football
rules you can't assist the man with the
ball.- -*.V -, ' .
Gillis— Great Scott! What do theY
do— stand around and let ;hlm die?—
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PERSONS INT HE NEWS
GEORGE GATES of San Jose. ; inrentor of the
concrete railroad . tie, is staying at the St.
Francis. Gate* recently sold out his concrete
railroad tie patent to an eastern syndicate
and is working now on a nonwarpable rail. '
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MABCTTS TALBOT, manager of .': the : Alaska-
Paelflc steamship company, -who has bis.head
quarters at Seattle, is registered at the St.
Francis.' ' ".':•/"", ' : -.^ '-.'•' S? : -'
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LAFFEKTS KNOCK, an insuranceman of Hong
kong, China, Is at the Palace. '.He' ls^ return^
. Ing to the orient after a ; trip ' around the
world.'. . .'\u25a0 ' . -.: "t. ;"- '/\u25a0
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FAT/X. BBOWKSON, author magaslne
, writer,' who has his residence at San - Diego,
Is staying at the Union Square hotel. —; > :^j
P. JORDAN and ' E. Sternberg, lumbermen of Eu
reka, are In • San ; Francisco for a' brief visit
and are registered at the- Argbnaut.'V '
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LOUIS F. BREUITER of Sacramento, one of the
highest In the ' Masonic order in California, Is
"staying at i'tbe St.": Francis. .
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BRADFORD RAULSTON, a prominent.business\u25a0
\u25a0 man of Ororllle. and Mrs. Uaulston are stay -
: . ing at the , Palace._ \u25a0 :^^&B^^^^^^^^
lanrTENAKT Z. E. ; BRIGGS of the. United
'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0' State* ' navy ; and ' Mrs. - Brlggs are ' stiying at j
the ' St.* Francis.' , , \u0084 . r '\u25a0 ""'•'
DR. F. J. DRAKE, a physician of Ogden, Utah,
is staying at \u25a0. the St. Francis. -He is touring
the coast. . -'-\u25a0 : -.- .- .; -. ' '\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0•X- r< ; ' \u25a0". :^'.-, ',_ ,\
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T.\. D.' FBAZIER, V son of Bartlett ' Frazier, a
prominent _ broker of ' New York, Is at . the St.'
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GEORGE L. HOXIE, who has real estate inter-
X ests at Cottonwood, Cal., \is registered ' at the
.Palace. . - r .:--' : , J-y_: :*'.'>; .' '\u25a0\u25a0-.' \u25a0
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GEORGE ' B. i ROGERS, ' an * implement ntauf ac^.
: x turer ' of ; Greenfield, '< Mass. , is ' staying . at " the*
. . P«i«ce, . - > . .-.:-•.-. -'.\u25a0jrA.'.i;.'.
Let Us Be Thankful
The American Way
Microbe on Apple— Who is yonder
man eating in such a tremendous
hurry?. . '.'\u25a0'\u25a0' •;'.; .\ \u25a0,< .. •. \u25a0
\u25a0 \u25a0 Microbe on Pear— Appointment 'with
his doctor. He is taking treatment fof
Indigestion 'Jurlng his lunch hour.— -
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. FHANK L. POLK, Harry B. Long and Joseph
Call, throe Pbllsdelpblans prominent in the
athletic world of the east, are . In B an Fran
cisco to take In the Nelson-Mof an bout. They
.are regljtered at the. Fairmont.
I JUDGE EaSKIKE M. ROSS of ; Los Angeles,
S who rirrlted In this city Tuesday/and;regls
tered at the Fairmont,, was Joined there -yes-,
terday by Mrs. Ross.
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JUDGE R." L. JOHWB,* an attorney of. Goldfleld,
f: NeT., Is staying at the St. Francis. = :U; f v
EDGAR ' HOFEK, a fruit grower of Medford,
Ore., Is euying at the St., Francis. \u25a0 [,".-'
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C. H. WIDEMAJT, owner of sis general stores in
.. . Monterey county, is at the Turpin. -- " .
BENJAMIN CHIMBILL, an oil ' and real estate
- man>f Fresno," Isat the Stanford.
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W. H. HOLABERG, a real estate dealer of Lot
"Angelei, is staying at. the Palace. , i
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3. T.EOYCE, a wealthy land owner of Turlock,
0 ; Cal.,; Is staying at ; the Argonaut. • . /
WILLIAM TARITtrM,'. brother of Dustfn Farnum.
the actor,, is at the St.: Francis.
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GEORGE W. HEINT, a railroadman of Salt
Lake City,, is at the Palace. -
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,F. P. BTEELE,: representing, the Interstate auto
company, isat the Palace. 1/ >. ' /-^
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FEED StTTTOH,' P nftne owner from Sonora. is'reg
'- '•- istered at the . Turpin. ' .;, . . v ' ..-.'.
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J. M. BESBE, a grain broker of King- City, Is
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MR. and MBS. M. . LEIDMAIf or Boston aw f*t
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H. f BARON, a - lumberman of Willits, Is : at ; the
Colonial.' ; ' ; ;, ; ; . {'-.'<V':
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Answers to Queries ]
KILKENNY CATS— A. O. T. S., City. What
Is the origin of the saying. "They fought like
Kilkenny cats"? r
The following: Is given as the origin:
"During" the rebellion In Ireland In
1803 Kilkenny was garrisoned bjr'a
troop of Hessian soldiers who amused
in barracks by tying two
,cats together by their tails and throw
ing, them across a clothesline "to. flght.
The officers hearing of this cruel prac
tice | resolved .to stop it and deputed
one of their number to watch. The
soldier 8, on "their part, set a man to
watch for the coming officer. One day
the sentinel neglected ~ his duty r and
the heavy tramp of. the officer .; was
heard .ascending the stairs. 'One of
the troopers with, .his sword cut the
tails of the cats as they hung*: across
the line, \ and the'; felines^ minus their
tails, escaped through an open window.
When^the officer noticed the two bleed
ing : tails on the^ line he was coolly
told, that the two cats had been fight
ing and had, devoured each, other all
but the tail." - \ . .
PRECIPITATION— A. S., City. Why is It
that • there Ms more rain .in - th« rbelt of the
equatorial cahns than In the tropical calms?
•'\u25a0 The weather bureau; of this city says
that In, "the.Y equatorial calms the air
moves upward, cools and, precipitation
follows, while In the tropical calms the
reverse is the .rule.' .
DEER— S. L-. 8., City. While out hunting
how can the banter distinguish & male from a,
female deer and a" fawn from both? . - ,
"The male has antlers and the female
doe,s not." It is frequently . impossible to
distinguish fa, fawn,' as' the hunter sel
dom gets near enough. V _
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HOTTEST DAY— lnquirer, City. .What Is the
record for ' the hottest day in San ; Francisco?
•Was it idnr!ng : the, Knights Templar condaye?
. September 8,; 1904, when . the ther
mometer went up to 101; The con-i
clave was being held in j this city at
that time. - '
PUBLICATION— Author, City. If a tun has
written a story or <\u25a0 norel and sells • It to a
newspaper or a publisher does he ; lose all
rights to It?
.If, he sells it; outright he does. -
WIRELESS^H. 'm ., City; -The 'wire
less' company 'ofj which you; make - in
quiry has gone out of existence.'
Abe Martin
' '\Tipton ; Bud ' has fsold ; his shotgun; an*,
'll^quit 'i tryiti'jtt'-? raise 'chickens.' : Ther's
too many . f olkVin^this country that" jlst
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CRIMINAL CATCHER'S WORK
CALL TO PUBLISH STORIES
IT is pretty generally admitted that Isaiah W. Lees was the greatest
criminal catcher the west ever knew.- Certain it is that during that term
of many years, in which he figured first as captain of detectives and later
as chief of police, there occurred in San Francisco amazing criminal mys
teries which chainedlhe attention of the whole country, and l in P« c " cal £
every case it- was Chief Lees who solved the mystery which those xases
presented Le£ was the "old master." .William A. ftnkerton who jas m
San Francisco the other day, spoke feelingly of his old friend, and said the
country never knew another just like him. Pinkerton knows just how great
3 d Th^ e übrc S eve e mually learns a good
handled by the police. But not often is the reading public able to »oo<
behind the scenes and follow those cunning and absorbing processes, by which
big results are achieved. :.vi'- , . . i »u^* ««*cttnri
• How did Lees do it? Thousands of people h» ve "^^^JSSSJfS
Just how did he prove that the butler-hero was a coldblooded murderer.
That it was the German baron who committed the baffling murder of the
rich widow in Geary street? That the "nobleman" who came from abroad
to marry the "affinity" of whom a prominent lawyer had tired was only a
link in a conspiracy hatched by* the infamous /Red Spider ? Ho* did he
carry the church murders home to Theodore Durrant?
One- living man can answer all those questions better than anybody else.
He^is O. H. Heyneman, who for 10 years was 1 private secretary and con
stant companion to the great detective Heyneman was at the side of Lees
in'every case that the "old master* took hold of Heyneman kept the most
minute record. Heyneman was always at the chief s elbow watching. Me
had a rare opportunity to observe % and he never neglected his opportunity
for a moment. Chief Lees was- a real Sherlock Holmes in fl«h yd blood.
O H: Heyneman was the flesh and blood Doctor Watson who noted the mar
velous ways and methods of his chief; yes, noted them and wrote them down
at the time. Chief Lees has been dead eight years. Heyneman mourned for
him as for a father. Now he would erect his personal monument to the
memory of the chief. . . . • . , •*•***. ,^,t,<-
Heyneman has written a "series of stirring articles concerning the. works
and working methods of the great Lees. In each article one of the big,
mysterious cases is taken up and the story is retold— from the inside! How
Lees unraveled the mysteries is explained. No Sherlock Holmes story could
be more interesting, for Heyneman tells in most interesting fashion of the
details of procedure. No hunt is more exciting than a man hunt— the hunt'
for an unknown man. Lees- was- the surest of hunters Heyneman tells how
he hunted, how he tracked and trailed, how he overtook the fugitive and
made his kill in the name" of the sovereign law.
P These are great stones. Read one and you 11 wait eagerly for the rest
of them. One will appear in The Sunday Call each Sunday. The first, Butler
Matlock, Hero," will be published next Sunday In most of the stones the
names are thinly disguised, but every case will be # instantly recognized by
people who have lived for some years in San Francisco. People new to the
city will find the stories a series of absorbing detective tales. Tbetr truth is
apparent, even to a reader- who never heard of one of the cases. The stones
are full of revelations. You will get a new impression of the. Durrant. case
and of "other cases.'. These stories will make a healthy sensation. They will
prOV Read S "BuU?r rC Matlock, Hero," and how Chief Lees unmasked him,, in
The Sunday Call next Sunday. ':•'.\u25a0 \u25a0
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher
Columbus stood before the queen, and begged
that she-would aid him. He was attired in gar
ments mean — no royal tailor
made- 'em. No clanking sword,
no jewels brave, no plumes or
braid adofiied him. "You need
a haircut and a shave," her
1 — ' majesty had warned him. And
yet he had a noble mien, as he enchanted kept her:
"I beg you, oh most noble queen, to soak your crown
and scepter; ransack these stately regal halls and
all the basements tinder; go through your husband's
overalls, and hand to me the plunder. I tell you
that 'neath yonder sky, where only birds have hoy
ered, some rich and lovely islands lie, that wait to be discovered.
And if you'll dig up sundry plunks, all grouchy prophets scorning,
I'll pack my Saratoga trunks, and sail tomorrow morning." "In
sooth/ the stately queen replied, "thou art a goodly fellow, and I
would; aid, but, by St. Bride and James of Compostella, thou art
some seven hours late; some agents (drat the varmints!) came to
me with a goodly freight of hats and new spring garments — "
Columbus gave, a little squeal of anguish, deep and bitter, and then
he turned. upon his heel, for, though he was no quitter,. he knew it
was no use to.talk, and' walked away disgusted ; the queen had met the
agent flock, and so was surely busted, c^othim. m* ** • VVv * <*«* .
COLUMBUS
The Morning Chit-Chat
"Lord, for the erring thought, riot into evil wrought;
Lord, for the foolish will, betrayed and baffled still;
For the heart from itself kept, our thanksgiving accept."
t . — William Dean Howells.
fpWELVE years ago next Sunday night the steamship
X Portland, a passenger steamer plying between Boston
and Portland, disappeared from the sight and ken
\u25a0of man. \u25a0
It left Boston at 6 o'clock at night, carrying 170
passengers. It was^ sighted at 8 o'clock off Thatcher's
island, and that was the last that, was ever seen or heard
|of it. There was not a single survivor, and it has never
been known where the ill fated, ship went down.
Probably you are wondering why, on Thanksgiving
morning, I am recalling such a grewsome disaster as that.
Well, I'll tell you a little anecdote connected -witH'
this "event; and then maybe you'll understand.
to be living in Boston at the time and was
near' Vhe' Eastern steamship wharf the hour the ill
starred ship sailed. Just after the gangplank had been pulled uo and the
Portland-had begun to back put, a carriage dashed up to the wharf and a man
leaped out and tried =to jump to the boat, which was then about 20 fact away
Two men on the wharf stopped^ his insane attempt and he stood there '
alternately insisting that the boat had- sailed five minutes too early and shrine
his : unvarnished- opinion ; of the cabman, who "had got caught in that fool
blockade and made him miss the boat.
A day or two later I read an interview, in a Boston paper with this man
telling about his;narrow escape * and expressing his thankfulness for the dis
pensation pf'Proyidence.thatmadehim miss that boat. iThere was no men
tion, of, the "
Why^not make this Thanksgiving, in the year of our Lord 1910, a little
unusuahbyV recalling totmind some of these happy Vit might have beens " by
giving ' thanks; f or : \Vthe ; erring .thought 'not into evil 'wrought,^ by admitting
ihat: sorne^ of, the .things we» have fought against hay s proved blessings and
r bestiOfall,\by c lookmg at/some of bur present worries* in the light of this •
NOVEMBER 24, 1910
WALT MASO3I |
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