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San Francisco Call, Volume 105, Number 125, 4 April 1909
Issue Contents
Article Text
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Masthead
MRS. SELBY MAY CAUSE SENSATION
INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY
FRANCE FIRST, ITALY SECOND, AMERICA THIRD
EQUAL SUFFRAGE MEMBERS LINE UP FOR BATTLE
CALIFORNIA WOMEN JOIN TIGHT AGAINST HIGHER TARIFF ON STOCKINGS
H. D. SCRIBNER ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET
DEATHS MAY FOLLOWHER JUMP FROM CAR
"BUCK" WILBUR IS SUED FOR DIVORCE
WAR SECRETARY WANTS ECONOMY yIN BUREAUS
OBJECT OF CONSPIRACY IS REVEALED
PRESIDENT TAFT INTENDS TO VISIT SAN FRANCISCO
APRIL FOOL'S DAY' JOKE NOT SO FUNNY
BRIDEGROOM SAYS' RICE SHOWS COAT WAS STOLEN
CHIEF CRAZY SNAKE IS ASSUREDLY NO FOOL
COLLEGEV STUDENTS GO OUT ON STRIKE
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LOVESICK MAIDEN COMMITS SUICIDE
HELPED TO FLEECE BANKER WALKER
STARTS ON LONG TOUR OF ALASKA
OIL COMPANY ASKS ANOTHER HEARING
NORTHERN PACIFIC LOSES COAL LANDS
"SHOE LACE" MAN COUSIN OF CAINE
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WOMAN PICKED UP UNCONSCIOUS; LATER VANISHES
JOURNAL DEVOTED TO FELINES OF HIGH DEGREE
'I.LOYD S. BRYCE SLATED FOR AN AMBASSADORSHIP
ADDITIONAL COAST SHIPPING
Campaign for Sanitation Waged In State Board of Health Car
WHITE PLAGUE IS STILL AT THE HEAD
MAN ELECTROCUTED AT PHONE IN HOME
ARRESTS JAPANESE AND LOSES HIS JOB
$2,500 VALUE OF STOLEN ARTICLES
CONGRESS WANTS OLD LOAN REPAID
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EASTER MONDAY IS DATE FOR WEDDING
Miss Arlie Nelson, Will Be Bride of Local Singer
CUMBERLANDS WIN FIGHT FOR CHURCH
MUSICAL FESTIVAL EASTER SUNDAY
;Elsa Thornsyard, Who Will Sing in Concert
SLAYER TO SUPPORT VICTIM'S CHILDREN
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MERCHANTS SEND IN FLOOD OF PROTESTS
SALT LAKE CITY PAYS HONOR TO FIGHTING 808
Personal Brevities
Gossip of Railwaymeri
STARTLING ATTACK BY CRITIC OF BIBLE
WANTS DEEDS RECORDED ANEW WITHOUT CHARGE
WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF FORGING LEASE
CHICAGO'S MAY WHEAT SOARS TO RECORD; PRICE
WOULD SUPPLY BEER TO SUNDAY'BATHERS
Your 'Jj
HELP TOTS TO SEE NEVER, NEVER LAND
COOK IDENTIFIES TWO .V AFFECTIONATE THIEVES
THIS WORK IS TOOL CHEST OF THOUGHT
SAN MAT.EO ELKS NAME OFFICIALS FOR NEW YEAR
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LEAGUE OF JUSTICE MEETINGS PLANNED
GIVES SPURIOUS CHECKS FOR USE OF AUTOMOBILE
Mclaughlin estates CASE IS POSTPONED
THREE LEQaED DOG IS NOT WHOLE DOG, SHE SAYS
CHURCH CORNERSTONE WILL BE LAID TODAY
EMPLOYERS HERE ARE COMPLIMENTED
WASHINGTON CLUBWOMEN PLAN TO CLEAN STREETS
PALO ALTO TO HAVE NEW MASONIC TEMPLE
RUMORS OF REVOLUTION IN COLOMBIA REPUBLIC
Army Orders
STAFFORD JUSTIFIES FERRY DEPOT WORK
FORGES INITIALS OF REV. G. A. HOUGH
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ORGANIZE TO WAGE ANTI-SPEEDING WAR
FAVOR PROPOSITION FOR BAY SHORE BOULEVARD
GERMAN AMERICANS PLAN BIG ASSOCIATION HOUSE
PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT TEACHERS INSTITUTE
Untitled
Music iir the Park
REDVOOD IS PROMISED GATES ON NEW RAILROAD
SAVED FROM FIiAMES BY ENQINE'Sr THISTLE
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CHURCHES ARRANGE SPECIAL SERVICES
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Dramatic Editorial Society The San Francisco Call
IT PAYS TO BE FUNNY
Gossip About the Theaters and the New Dramatic Offerings
LEANDER LAMB AT THE VAN NESS
*PETER PAN" COMES AFTER "PRETTY PEGGY"
OTIS SKINNER IS TO PLAY HERE
THE CHUTES
IS THE QUEEN OF DUSKY SINGERS
This WeeMs Mttrmctions
ALCAZAR OFFERS OLD FAVORITE
BOOMERANG THROWERS AT EMPIRE PLAYHOUSE
ZELIE DE LUSSAN AT THE ORPHEUM
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PROPOSED CHANGE IN TRADE SCHOOL
Big Shoestore Returns To Downtown Quarters
ARTISTIC HOME FOR BIG SHOE COMPANY
STOPS ADVERTISING ' ON STARS AND STRIPES
NAPA RECORDER UPHOLDS ROCK CRUSHER CONTRACT
COTTON TO BECOME STAPLE OF HAWAII
New Dramatic Offerings and Gossip
"NANCY BROWNE WILL : REMAIN IN TOWN
SHORT AND LONG MARCOS ARE AT THE* NATIONAL
ADOLPH ZINK WILL ' APPEAR AT THE WIGWAM
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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
Free Trade With the Philippines
More Trouble In the I Caribbean
Raising Prices on Stockings and Gloves
The Heart Pliistiys. The Brok^riHeart j
EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF CALHOUN CASE
Duel Led to Organization
PRIZE OFFERED FOR MOST BEAUTIfUL^WOMAN IN STATE
Seeing the Animals
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
Impertinent Question No. 97
CALIFORNIAN'S PLAY SCORES A SUCCESS
HIGH GRADE PHOSPHATE ON SOUTH SEA ISLAND
Sacred College is Depleted by Death
FLOUR IS IMPORTANT INDUSTRY IN FRANCE
In the Art World
WOMEN AS AERONAUTS OVERTAKEN BY DISASTER
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SOCIETY
POETIC TRAGEDY AT GREEK THEATER
CAST OK CIIAKACTEBS "The House of Rimmon" By Henry Van»l»yk«». '.
Fairest Women of West Enter Contest
PORTOLA CROWN IS SOUGHT BY MANY
CREMATION IS ON INCREASE IN GERMANY
BUNDLE OF STICKS REACHES STOCKTON
Fourteen Blocks Burned
TAFT PLAYS GOLF TO FORGET TARIFF
THIN MAN WANTED FOR NEW REFRIGERATING CAR
I RELATIVE OF DIVINE SARAH IS FOUND DEAD
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FRENCH HOSPITAL CONTEST REVIVED
GABRILOWITSCH WILL RENDER MASON'S PIECE
CROWNED HEADS TO HONOR ROOSEVELT
BONES OF PATRON SAINT OF HUNTERS DISCOVERED
LIQUORMEN'S HEGIRA AROUSES FAIR OAKS
PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE BRITISH WAR VESSEL
DISCOVERS CURE FOR NEURASTHENIA
THEATERS HELD AT TOO HIGH FIGURES
PARIS NOW CLAIMS WORLD'S BIGGEST CLOCK
SELL TICKETS FOR r."MYTHICAL BENEFITS
COAL MINERS IX THE NORTH OUT ON STRIKE
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Sporting Section The San Francisco Call
Game Is Ragged and Blue and Gold's Freshmen Add to Distress of Rival Universityrs LJejeat
CALIFORNIA NINE LOWERS COLORS OF STANFORD
FORKER'S INDIAN SIGN PUT ON CARDINALS
PITCHER FORKER'S INDIAN SIGN
AMATEUR. ATHLETICS
TWEXTI'-SEVEX:-HITS;-. 19 HUAS
CARDINALS MORE CHEERFUL OVER PROSPECTS
iriel Rowing Clnb Needs a New Clubhouse v
Berkeley Relay Carnival •'
OXFORD VICTOR IN A STIRRING RAGE
SEATTLE 9IGXS CAPRO.V
NEW GRANDST AND DEDICATED BY HORSEMEN
SAX • LBAXDRO DEFEATS HAYWARD
MILLER ABSENT, GLARNER HAS A SNAP
Dual Meet of Sonoma Boys Closely Contested
Great Gridiron Battle at. Yallejo Today.
THE CALL'S SPORTS NEWS
FISHING HAUNTS CALL ANGLERS AGAIN
?Yanfpires and Thistles Will Clash Again
ACTO XOTBS
Santa Clara Track Team Bids Fair to . Make Its MarkM^
SAND CRABS TAKE LEAD IN FIRST INNING
ST.OTDIXG OF THE CLT7BS
RESULTS OP GAMES
AMATEUR BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOL LADS TRIM COLLEGE TRACKMEN
.Wheelmen's Annual Novice Raw at Radium
IN A TIGHT FINISH THE SEALS NOSE OUT OAKS
" STANDING OF THE CLUBS
RESULTS OF GAMES
Rev. Joseph P. McQtiaide, Who -Favors Athletics
Baseball Notes
Retrenchment Is Ordered By Jockey Club –
H00T... WINS. MXDAV KACB
FATHER McQUAIDE PUTS SCHOOL IN LEAGUE
Public Forgets All About Jeff and Flocks to Ketch
FIGHTING FOR THE TOP
The Call's Form Chart of Races at Emeryville
Emeryville Entries
Workouts at Emeryville
Thomas Colts Victorious in Rich Stages at Both Tracks
'Flying Squirrel, at Top Weight Leads Big Field All the • Way in Gebhard
Polls, a Maiden, and Sir Ash ton Run One,. Two, in Colin Stake' at Arcadia
ARCADIA RESULTS
Arcadia Entries
History of the Qebhard Handicap
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Automobile Dealers Start Plans for Twice Around the Clock Event
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR ENDURANCE RUN
IMPROVEMENTS IN AUTO ACCESSORIES
PAIGE JOINS THE GOODYEAR FORCES
AUTO IS BETTER THAN RAILROAD
DROWiyS IN BAY WHEN KNOCKED FROM WHARF
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Will Study Street Problem on the Water Front
CITY AUTHORITIES TO INSPECT FRONT
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
Memoranda
Weather Report
NEWS OP THE O CEyl >'
Time Ball
Sun, Moon and Tide
I. S. Branch Mydroernphli; Ufllce
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
SAILIXG DATES
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK" REPORTS PROFITS
URGES COOPERATION WITH THE CHURCHES
REPUBLICANS GATHER AT VERITABLE LOVE FEAST
GLIMPSES OF OUTSIDE WORLD DELIGHf* LEPERS
REALTY DEALERS BURY HATCfIET AT LOVE FEAST
KENTFIELD PLANS MAY DAY FESTIVAL
ACREAGE OFFERED FOR USE OF NAVY
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EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO
AD MEN WILL AID OAKLAND BOOSTERS
BUILDING TRADES PAYS TRIBUTE TO McELROY
WOMEN ACCUSE CLERK OF SPYING UPON THEM
URGES COUNCIL TO HAVE RIGHT OF WAY CONDEMNED
HALF HOUR OF MUSIC AT THE GREEK THEATER
Suburban Brevities
Devoted Admirers Of Composer Bach
SPECIAL FEATURES THE BACH CONCERT
MAMMOTH RESERVOIR IN NEW SOUTH WALES
COUNT ZEPPELIN TELLS OF HIS TRIP TO MUNICH
JAPANESE JAILED ON KIDNAPING CHARGE
JUMPS FOR HAT AND SUFFERS FATAL INJURIES
McELROY'S WILL LEAVES ALL PROPERTY TO WIDOW
ANOTHER CHERISHED > BELIEF IS SHATTERED
CHAUFFEUR ROBBED BY TWO MASKED MEN
Answers to Queries
Machine Men Desperate at Forderer's Winning Fight
ALAMEDA FAVORS CITY WATER PLANT
ALIENTISTS EXAMINE, BERKELEY DENTIST
STOLEN PROPERTY TRACED TO COAST
BIG BROKERAGE FIRiM FORCED TO SUSPEND
MfcS. B.^: GASKILL DIES • AT^HER OAKLAND HOME
POLICEMEN ASSERT SERGEANT IMBIBED
FRENCH WRITERS' OUTPUT GROWS GRADUALLY LESS
News of' Society Across the Bay
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LAST DASH WINS GAME FOR REDS
FAULTY VENTILATION AND DUST SPREAD DISEASE
PATHER WITH RANSOM HEARS OF BOY'S DEATH
KEATS-SHELLEY HOUSE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC
FRUIT SELLER KILLED BY HIS COUNTRYMAN
White's Suffer Defeat in Opponent's Final Fierce Rally
TRYING TO BRING OLYMPIAD HERE
WILL SEEK TO UNEARTH ANCIENT CITY'S SECRETS
DENY THAT LUMBER MARKET HAS FALLEN
LITIGATION OVER WATER RIGHTS IS DISMISSED
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN RICHMAN'S NEMESIS
MARATHONS THROUGH TOWN MINUS CLOTHES
MME. MODJESKA'S LIFE IS EBBING RAPIDLY
MRS. BALLARD GAINS POINT INROAD SUIT
LEGISLATORS RIOT OVER PROHIBITION
NEWTON MAY NOT PLAY IN GOLF TOURNEY
MARK TWAIN AT RAILROAD FEAST
TELEGRAPHERS PUZZLED OVER CHARGE FOR WORD
WALKED LONG DISTANCE TO PROVE EARTH FLAT
Will Pay for Seized Schooner
PRUNE GROWERS TO FORM ASSOCIATION
VALUES THAT OBTAIN IN DOMINION'OF CANADA
Telegraphic Brevities
ADMIRAL CERVERA IS DEAD IN SPAIN
MODEL OF GUILLOTINE SEVERS OWNER'S NOSE
PREHISTORIC REMAINS ; OF HUMAN BEING FOUND 1
Bii-»In«*»!» <>iip»rtunitl^<i
COMMERCIAL AND MARKET NEWS SPECIALLY REPORTED FOR THE CALL
Plethora of Money Influences the Speculators to Hold for Rise
SUMMARY OFTHE MARKETS
LOCAL MARKETS
STOCK MARKET
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Gossip of the Track
SCOTTISH BOWXIXG
Additional News of Sports Events
40 YOUNGSTERS WILL SAIL FOR AUSTRALIA
Billings' String of Trotters Leaves for Enrope
TIIXDSOR STAKES AWoi'XCED
Sports Brevities
JULY DATES SET FOR YEARNS BIG MEET
St. Mary's Wins Relay Race at Stockton
FIRST CRICKET u25a0 GAME
CRACK TENNIS MEN ARE TIRED OF IMPOSTS
Corinthian Yachts Will Be Towed Ont Today
Judge Leigbton to Manage Victoria Meeting
IiAXGFORD DROPS TVIUJS
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RICH MAN MUST TAKE BACK WIFE
INTERCEPTED NOTE MAY RESULT IN DIVORCE SUIT
SPIRITS EVIDENTLY HAD NO USE FOR TIMEPIECE
"El Casabel al Gato"; Is the Hay to Be Stagal
SPANISH CLUB TO PRESENT A COMEDY
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY'S WORK FOR CHILDREN
WESTBOUND MAIL BURNED IN WRECK
Do Yon Know
DRIED GRAPES WILL RIVAL THE TURKEY
VALUABLE GIFT 01; BOOKS : TO MECHANICS' LIBRARY
SPORTING REPORTER IS AMONG THE MISSING
ASK FOR STOVE PIPE AND ROB A STORE
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Classified Ad Section The San Francisco Call
MRS. TAFT SETS NEW FASHIONS IN WASHINGTON
First Lady of the Land Changes Social Uses of Lenten Season at White House
WATER PLANT'S VALUE STATED IN CITY'S BRIEF
ESTIMATES-OF-VALUE OF SPRING VALLEY'S PLANT
SUPERVISORS STAND PAT ON WATER RATES
MIDNIGHT BATTLE AROUSES LARKSPUR
PIA GETS LIFE FOR ATTACK ON GIRL
PALO ALTO "TO HAVE ' AfMUNICIPAL PLANT
GENERAL CARTER GIVEN THE COMMAND OF LUZON
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HEAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
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EUREKA OFFERS BONUS TO ROAD
EXPERTS TO MAKE STUDY OF EUCALYPTUS POLES!
EDWARD W. PURSER . IS ADJUDGED INSANE
The San Francisco Sunday Call Magazine Section
Masthead
Untitled
CONFESSIONS OF A RAINED NURSE
ihyDoWe Celebrate April Fool?
HOW SAN FRANCISCO REAL ESTATE HAS GONE UP!UP!UP!
THE PHANTOM SHIP .OF? O0AT« ISIiiAINE)
STRAWBERRY V^VUIiEY'S NAME
WHAT I WOULD TELL A MAN— IF I DARED
"ASK YOUR FATHER!"
Picked Up Abroad
STUDIES IN DISCONTENT
San Francisco Girl In New York
THE NEW ORPHEUM
FACTS ABOUT THE ORPHEUM
THE JERRY, WHERE HUMAN NATURE SHOWS ITSELF
INFATUATION A NOVEL BY LLOYD OSBOURNE
"Infatuation" by Lloyd Osbourne
"Some New Literary Valuations"
'Our Benny"
"A Prince of Dreamers"
"The Climbing Courvatels"
"Why We Love Lincoln"
"BiU Truetell"
"Imorooer Prue"
"The Passingiofi the Tariff"
"The Qlory of the Conquered"
New Books Briefly Noted
BOOKS REVIEWED
Gossip of Books and Writers
Books Received
Untitled
Comic Section of The San Francisco Call
Masthead
Untitled
THE BLACK BAG
A PAGE FOR MISSES
DAINTY GIFTS FOR EASTER
BEAUTY HINTS FOR YOUNG GIRLS
New Designs in Work Bags
Handsome Combination Belts for School Wear
Fringe on Veils
THE MODERN HOUSEKEEPER'S PAGE
MOTHER, IS IT YOU? POINTED LITTLE STORIES OF CHILDREN
Here Are the Prize Winning Ideas and names of Prize Winners
CashPrizesforHouseholdldeas
HINTS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER
Attractive Models in Spring Suits Show Tendency to Line.
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