The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1899, Page 2

AY, MARCH 13, 1899 THE SA MO CHURCH ARRAYED AGAINST THE GAMBLERS. BEORORORONORORORONORORORO LRl R el ettt S el Wut R u mit ml m it M R e e e e e e T e R e R e AU s TR LR m U m L s me A m A m L K wi e DREROROBORRORORORALINO # 3'7 HOPE THIS EVIL WILL RECEIVE ITS DEATH BLOW.’ ““OUR CITIZENSHIP SHOULD ARISE IN MIGHTY SUPPORT OF THE SUPERVISORS.” RALLY TO THE SUPPORT OF THE SUPERVISORS.”% FRANCISCO CALL, (g&fi)&Q&Q ROSRORCBOL 5334 230 o2 9 2 ST TS 8 8 The Rev. Frederic C. Lee, pas- Dr. Charles Edward Locke, at the Central Methodist Episcopal 8 At the Howard-street Meth- & 8 tor of the California-street Meth- Church, last evening discussed the - - ~ theme, “A Chain Is Ne Stronger 25 odist Episcopal Chur nA last ;:sy odist Church, added his words Than Its Weakest Link.” His text was James ii:10, “Whosoever shall Sg night the pastor, x:::‘l. (?1»[-:!!)111‘2 $ vesterday to the crusade of the keep the whole law and yet offend in one point he fs guilty of alL.” A % A. B. Wilson, in prelu ;‘ ‘B P 8 clergymen against the Ingleside large audience crowded the church in every part so that even standing 8 sermon on How “" > 1 S ‘_”]“ 3 racecourse. The reverend gentle- room was at a premium. The sermon was a character 3 Againg epoks (D Ve ot v & man spoke in part as follows: } study. During the course of his argument, when referring to the 2 10ws: : S £ ‘Ingleside or the right slde— disastrous influence of bad habits, Dr. Locke asked the question, g #At. one important poinit in & which? “Shall we stand by the Board of Supervisors in their effort to des 8 our wide open town the Super- Board of Su- | | el et el A n e e m A m w m A e i B i o answering his own question used RORORORORI ORI URORIALN “] am glad that a movement inaugurated against The be is beiag race gambling in our city. to authorities seem i ! . . coursing parks of this city which were introduced and ‘passed to print’ by our Supervisors last den of thieves and robbers, ‘shall be knocked cut.” The Supervisors have a great opportunity, and when the work is held in ‘everlasting remembrance’ by a grateful and long-suffering public.” accomplished they will be e women gladly testify. It cures all blood diseases, as thou- & Y 7 : “All hail to our stroy racetrack gambling?” And in <] visors have called a halt upon a pervisors. All honor to Dr. Per- the following language: “The Board of Supervisors has § variety of infamy by r\flssmf an rault for his resolution concern- perpetrated a genuine surprise upon the city. While tr;eré are & mnn i Against T elling e I]n[,ixfisxdv(ld?]dpr:l;.“:gl(llj.unllz;fl some persons who consider this another illustration of a ‘falling out 3 Sgeri Bonaianis e S ki 4 among thieves,'jand freely charge the ulterior motive, of personal § A year ago one of honora e youth and innocence. spitefulness, yet this pulpit is in- clined to the view that enough of 5 lineage, prominent in °society “Perhaps not any one of these the Supervisors are sincerely in fa- vor of the action taken last Mon- &8 & and holding a high fiduciary £ sentlemenwill care one whit about dut o aiilletie SpdiiEns fo aite M e e & 3 position, went v]n\\'n‘ un¢v|n|« the ] my 4-nmmend‘alion, but it is no as to prohibit the abomination of racetrack gambling in San Fran- g b influence of this cination and % more than fair play for us to ex- S et il S e Gl 2 is now a et But how S5 g Foress ot dapproyal and ron il printed last Tuesday was good reading, Indeed. The -whereases’ & 2 many hundreds of less promi- & public to show 1ts appreciation, contain the strongest reasons for ek Sl he Ve i g nent persons have committed & & when our city offlcials do the ing evil, and they are precisely the e Cosa il bl R & embezziement, led on by this & right thing. While we et good citizens for these many years. TGemblRals any forn hust ol §~ same infatuation? ,Th action = qu.u'k-(«,- Ilnd.f:!.nll dl‘]fl m;)_Tk(u;x; ways be an unmixed evil. It is to et dbepls idenlored ek Fihpre | dre gz bEthe Bupervisors isia Bteb n G L ihinEs i ME S D e @ still some short-sighted church au- thorlties that have not suppressed the right direction. But if they ¢3 recognize the righ ot be toc & raffles and grab bags, et I 5 £ Loy this f i CAImADce c ST B o hind ags, C a church fairs: for in permitting > put teeth into this ordinance {8 ‘stinted in our praise. Tl_lf!,l ;ht form of kindergarten gambling ane YonthE hve hacn- G ainad tos £ Rev. J. A. B Wilson, Howard-Street M. E. and secure a rigid enforcement, jj racetrack gambling is a S Rev, Frederic C. Lee. regard games of chance as harm- less; and, finally, led into the fascl- & Church it will raise a storm fr ml'm‘ E (l‘r‘:(;)‘u{:«(:nd(;‘nx .n';rhl‘ll e 1:u-|»§n‘n g % nating grip of the gambling habit. “Our citizenship should arise in g3 8 1 1 Bo ot ¥ nd e of all moral % responsible for the downfall of more men and women than any other one ?:, mighty, massive support of the Su- pervisors in their proposed action. & 2 manage this busir 15makefhes L i & cvil in the community the police and penitentiary records can prove. I g g Shersils absolutely,np defenss for racetrack gambling. It has been g SRS i his thievery that has S Tish it to be distinctly understood that’I have nothing of the narrow- & £ ureed that pool selling encourages Dr. Charles Edward Locke the breeding of fast horses in our g& are huntreds of housacteguoiumin e i e % gauge, single track in my make-up State; but, when it can be shown that the gambling spirit debauches G Fodans e "‘I;”‘(“‘ bl "];”,,L‘,_:} kel & “I'do not expect the city of San Francisco to be run under the ? % our citizenship by leading to lying and theft, to drunkenness and licentiousness; that it defiles and desrades g 1 - te ur incorruptib «lxlli als. I put th pulpit to-night in 2 Methodist discipline. I recognize that the discipline is for those who é 2 our youth; that men and women are devoured by an inordinate passion for this fascinating forr of gamblingi & both, to yuin our incorruptible officials. 1 put his pulple (R I g g 0% "oy right leaves off just where the right of somebody else be- § & that vice of the most hestial type festers as a certain concomitant of this kind of sin; I say, when it can be & nination to s the = De ’x ors "!;M:x‘v :‘m nml"llv oport it $ gins. I am free to confess that like the majority of Methodist minis- g @ demonstrated lh_a: the racetrack gambling breeds all the evils of the decalogue, and defies good nrdz-r. _m a g ertily and grandly vour meral SDOR (0 & 8 fore'T am fond of a good Horse—a two-thirty “one’ preferred. I do not § § thousand ways, is It not time to inquire whether it is not better to train our youth and encourage our cltizer- g St 2 '!‘ s g '1' Christian people & deny that there is a large amount of honest fun and excitement in a E ; ship into true manhood and womanhood and prepare them for the honorable positions of useful and respectable Q D genuine horse race. If I was on the road and another man tried to give 3 members of society than to breed a few fast horses? For shame that California horses are better protected & :;"\'m“l"'l e it £ e his dust the only way he could do so would be by having a horse that . & § than California’s native sons and daughters! y im ity for the nce O = & A in s o v clas e, “What a hord esti ity 5 ' W ity, W i what trotted in a faster class than mine. § at a horde of bestialized humanity follows the racetrack! What profanity, what intemperance, Wha h Rt of) ebribling . caniot Pel g “There is a silly impression abroad among Christians and non~ é B ribaldry, what profligacy! It is the rendezvous of the Iibertine and the harlot! It carties its victims by short and hoveless demoralization of gambling cannot be { & oy oians alike that whatsoever things are stupid, whatsoever things are # § routes and quick paces to prison cells, to brothels, to irremediable disgrace, to the hangman and to premature It means ruln both fo the BULLY AR 80 K R e fu. B8 =iow, whatsdever fhings iarel dull andtdyspeptic, jout af date endilahing el ‘erayent in cleaner ci Zive s oral & por Su- i . : “hristi: 5 r reli & “ 3 cliever x» Hel aner ‘,\v give hi rr\) T il_”l\{fll ‘x“ (th e o & 5 the age are pre-eminently pious and Christian; that everything [ellzlnug E_& If to own a little good horseflesh means the menacing and corrupting and destruction of thousands of 2 hoshave had e R D D 8 £ io'in slow metre and carried on to the tune of the ‘Dead March In Saul. £ § our citizens, In God's name, let us have sense enough, and courage enough, and patriotism enough, to stand by 2 reants. But the cure for this and j“,hf’ sins ”““f i T: ‘“L," @ & Therefore the preacher in riding his circuit should drive a ring-boned, & & the Supervisors in their commendable undertaking! e e e ‘3‘)“}{:”;‘;‘1'. ‘A\,‘qm}-m{;‘i t:;‘(\:”(‘ % P spavined, sprained, coffin-jointed ‘skate’ This same reasoning would g% 2 “As good citizens let us arise in our might and throw off the reign of devils! Let manhood become one of @ O Ihermublectiof e ey e L Il R e P08 & compel Christians to cross the ocean in a tramp sailing vessel in place of & @ the most conspicuous products of our magnificent State. With the most Versatile climate in the world, with & g2 aman he born of water and of the spirlt, ye cannot see the kingdom g 'fi an ocean greyhound; to travel across the continent on a ‘mixed local’ in- gs £ our nills stored with the richest minerals, with our valleys the most productive with our fintts' the: mostdall. .‘;; God." (John iii:14.) %, # stead of a Pullman vestibuld, and insist on Mi Crittenden, the mil- g % cious, with our snow mountains the most picturesque, with our broad armed ports the most hospi 1ble. with ? O OO OO0 O GO £ lionaire evangelist, hitching his private car to a way freight and not to & our future the most promising, let us arise Perseus-like and decapitate the Gorgon Medusa who enthralls us: &8 OROBC RO 2ONO[OZL0OITI L Col =) :5 the Cannon-ball Express or the Sunset Limited. o x i g & or, change the figure, let us bravely assail this hideous octopus of vice and lawlessness whose long tentacles ;‘:‘. g “Is it any fous ide behind a horse going in 2:10 than i > R over the h hoohiie S sohool jand. the ‘statehouse. and which hs ctually Hitimidated 2 E THAT E IN THE FI N 2 Is it any more impious to rid in 2:1 t 3 reach out over the home, the church, the school and the statehouse. and which has actually S""MORE POWER TO THOS H éR HE FIGHT § © s to ride behind a locomotive going at the rate of 1:502 Nonsense! §! & even the best citizens into lethargy and acquiescence, and declare like modern chevaliers that we will rear and § 2 g Norih-i i G Sleepiness is not synonymous with sanctity. Laziness is not to be mis # protect our native sons and daughters in true manhood and womanhood and noblest patriotism! g £ The Rev. J. George Gibson, '5‘; 3 taken for piety. Christian character is not developed or improved by urg- 3 & “Yes, let us stand by the Supervisors! Gentlemen of the bcard. be assured of our sympathy, our confi- % £ xrmm.mzl g o r(»k {;,r & ing a lyruk-'nd\n;]\dr*dh‘D"b‘hiflt‘ gucha ‘r“T@t"f“lY "”“g_ at ‘fh‘it“t‘“ L “;;fi g dence and our prayers. We are with you— his text the words in Proverbs, miles an hour. Ve have fast yachts, fast steamships, fas rains, 8! s “« For S p = is o 2 f r the cause that lacks assistance, 8 xiv:12, “There is a way which 2 cruisers. By all means let us have fast horses! Let us have improve- ? S 2 B 2 % iy 5 & *Gains e wrong the eeds resistance ? emeth right unto a2 man; but 8 £ ment all along the line. Breed better stock and increase their useful- 88 A;\‘t.;“(‘!n:li ‘f‘ir“t’o"ry ‘i:“:h'; ity 8 S‘ are the ways of 3 ness at every possible point. More eggs from our hens, more wool from g g o s e P ] 8 ing to the race- o our shgep, more milk from our cows, more beef from our steers, more & & £ % 2 £ S £ Lprea from our Rorses. But no one will make the pretense that this 18 £ S T e e R ) 2 v good Christian should 2 g being done at Ingleside. In place of improving the animal it degrades & o~ Db v o | 5 ; 5 that the fight against the the human. Horses here are merely the gambler's tools—his loaded dice & & “ ” | concerning the disappearance of the ‘;2 racetrack has begun. There g and ‘brace box,” with which he robs his victims. Here man’s best friend g 2 SHOULD AROUSE EVERY HONEST CITIZEN. g!f\fi‘;;‘g\\vfe“,{,';;}‘fi;rg“‘_égl;hgfi’}f};;m at whieh G never was a sadder and truer ;9 g is turned into his worst enemy, which, Mazeppa-like, dashes away with g — e : 3 5 ik =ibia ) article than appeared in The < 2 him to shame and ruin. I hope our honorable body of Supervisors will ev. T. H. Woodward, pastor g/ pj ) b Call last week. If any disease ] 8 at their session to-morrow give this evil its death blow. Then let the g of Trinity .\»Ie(hudlst Episcopal §1 WORK OF TWO laid low so many people we R & better element of our city come to the support of the Supervisors and % Church, in his s rmon .lz\stk n- & SEATTLE FOOTPADS would all be taking measures $ £ demand that this law be enforced to the very letter; that our police be ing wpon “Temptation,” sai; 2 s it. This racetrack has Pd compelled, by the force of public sentiment, to enforce the law and shut §2 “The exposures by The Morn- & Hold Up Three Men and Keep Th D! it 3 Pl & P eep Them o ed to go on for years. @ up these deadfalls and not wink at the violation of the law in letter and % ing Call of the damning and s Bound for Upward of Two @ 61 thoys Hove Deeriicaving e & in spirit. g soul - destroying work of _the g i {; churches, women their homes g “What we need in our city (as needed in every city) is not more law, § ‘bookmaker’_and ‘poolseller’ as 8 ooy (o IR L 7 $ and men their offices. People but a faithful enforcement of the laws we haye. I find that it costs the & carried on at Ingleside should T L Want, Mare .—One of £ have tried to convince mé Q taxpayers of San Francisco nearly one million dollars’every year to fun & arouse every honest citizen to inccurred s ‘em -;p's on record g%’ that San necisco contained g % its police force and Police Courts, and what are we getting in return? § an uncompromising hostility, G it w”fl-({ltgs__ - Two footpads © so many poor people. I could & Are there fewer criminals than there were five or three years ago? Are g E & and every effort possible should 5 ;11 A ity TR hul‘d“ a ri‘:fl"le part g not believe it when I lived on § there fewer places of evil resort—where crimes are brocded and hatched be made to support the hands of £ | i, i‘lmm hl:'m ed r\m t lrs_se é“er: £ Mission street and saw the ca 4 by the black breast of lust and greed? Are the number of brothels, & the Supervisors in putting a £ |22 P : nd for upward of § Mission street and the cars g ¥ : | two hours. When the fourth victim © carry thousands of pas- 2 ¥ gambling dens and opium joints less than before? If not, then in the stop to this - nefarious werk:of & |70 ROtEs Wiher. t1e (foreth wictin ;‘2 senge But as § & name of outraged decency and slaughtered innocence, what are we pay- demoralization and death. BTD Songers opa i c.gmrbena::flr)e' o e g ing for? ] “This prolific source of crime gwtwo of the victims. Sanders said the & out to me not paid g . .“‘Simply for the privilege of being allowed to iive? Thankful for not 2 b= threatens the integrity and sta- {other man was so badly scared that he & their re for their 3 fi being dragged from our beds at midnight, or murdered in broad day- ¥ g bility of everything essential to would not tell his name. The footpads 8 Clothes, nor even for their food. Rev. J. George Gibson. ® Jight upon the streets? Is the entire population criminal? Is it half g % morality and prosperity. It not got about $2. 8B In debt, yet going to the races! @ 8 criminal? Is it not true that the number of professional crooks—the real % % only makes thieves of our citi- Ttalian CM;“ Wacauud 2 “Young men have not encugh money to gamble. They borrow and & criminal class—is only a very small proportion of the population? Does 4 zens, prostitutes virtue, despoils &s g 9 >, P 4 Y 8 Y AN 3 : . Special Cable to The Call and the New York g steal, hoping to pay back before discovered. But the races are not con- £ £ it not appear, then, that there Is something rotten ;" Denmark’ when so our homes of boys and girls, de- §| Hemla copyrighted, 18%, by James Gor- ducted on the principle that the many will make money. The few grow @ small a minority can terrorize over so large a majority and compel the grades woman and fills our pris- | on I:!ennen. . s rich, the many become poor. This is the plan. It is evident, everybody 2 & honest, industrious, law-abiding citizen to pay sc high a price for the % ons, but it threatens to corrupt fi VBLTI;‘;IE\Ol?al;;;k:]‘::usige:rgeer::na.scMarch $ knows it, vet people get such a love of the races that they will go. Ex- & % peace and protection—which he does not get? = and boasts that it can.buy our 2, I s mosca ran ‘g_ cept for the excitement they might as well fling their money in the f S ‘;’; “Are the number of murders any less? Are the crimes against life Qé lawmaking bodies and thus de- :355’:r'éi,f‘2é?fg°&";'§§%fi I‘tm!ls h}?;g:; § _and watch it melt. Gambling is called a delusion. There is no delusion g & and property any less than they were a year ago? If not, why not? Is & stroy the very foundations of é';m serious damage was done. O "about it. People like to be focled. The deep desire to get something for & & it not true that the police know every crook and blackleg in town? Have a % civic righteousness. A more 4 € rothing is at the bottom of it all. Even some of our church people are & %’ they not his photo and record in their possession? Do they not know & G omablofhine e 2 E touched with this desire. If we called cur church rolls and asked each g & every dive, ‘dope den’ and gambling hell in the entire city? If not, why 8 e | ADVERTISEMENTS. © one if he had ever bought a lottery ticket the answer might sury £ £ not? Istand here to say that a Chief of Police wearing no one's tag, and 8 & “The fires of hell turned loose —_— b “It is time we were setting our face against gambling in ali its forms. & calling no man master, such a Chief could clean up two-thirds of the 8 g on our city would be preferable i = & To ece the women and girls hanging on the cars and sitting on the steps open shame and secret vice of our city, or else let his employers—the S fiatwelleiothed Aleek gari- W1 on!y the Efst S‘tep g as they go to the < is a vision to sadden any sensible heart. How our people—know the reason why. . Aav T i Weednard bling devil—with his. diabolical & | % American women are changing! In a few years will it be possible to 3 “Again I say, all hail to our Supervisors—may they complete that )2:; < Get ' methods and his utterly heart- g I D, . Py 8 fina a woman who loves her home and thinke it an honor to be a good g & which they have begun. Three cheers for Dr. Perrault—may his tribe & é et comtemplation. of his dlsgraced and deafl viotims—which the eity of 3 'S [fftcult‘ Bt and mothers Add e e R e T SR £ & San Francisco permits to flourish within its gates and fatten upon the ¢ 4 1 ing home a little boy said: ‘2 I mpn eellins HebeRb AL = ] % money stolen from honest toilers and business men by the unfortunate, The ftrst step in Sprtng % races’ Yes. butltisa question many a tme of selling a life. More GOR OO ORONORGROROEORORONOR O HORORAROBOROROROWOLORARG & infatuated wretches of the Ingleside racetrack. The fires of hell might el b § rvower to those who are in this fight against the racetrack! 2 8 g # be quenched by the waters of life flowing with full ffur(‘e——an% we \\'o\;‘l'd & shou d be to cleanse Nature’s . 5 fr & a ¢ rewarned i a P—] this . ’ 23 ORI 2 @ “ ” . know their source, and ‘to be forewarned is to be forearme ut % . g i ?3 2 LET NOT THE PLEA BE IN VAIN. o e Tt and Prince Albert coat and high collar and & | house from Wiinter’s accumu g IT IS AN ENEMY THAT MUST BE THROTTLED. 2 8 & long cuffs, insinuates himself with the graces f an angel into the good g lations. Hoad s Sarsapartlla 3 _— & §© Rev. Dr. Woods is giving, at 2 @ Wwill of the unsuspecting until the awful work of _demoralization and §| . 5 4 Among the many local § & the First Baptist Church, a damnation is done and the poor victim crawls off in the brush to take & | does this work easily. It is (‘m;fl;mw it . e é g course of Sunday evening ser- i % é his own life or stands before the bar of justice a broken-hearted, ruined ‘America's Greatest Sprz’ng s et e < 2 mons on the life of Christ.” Last | g 2 man ; ; ; g g SOnEERy “}"““aj‘ i ‘i:: g 8 evening his subject was “Christ's i g g omething ought to be done and something will be done to wipe this & | pr, fz.z) I vifles :the 5 i )n" “l. 'Fm;” = prm; % Throne of Judgment.” In apre- | g % unmitigated evil out. To permit such a den of thieves to exist is to in- &8 i . 1 pu S SRV Y DLl b % o is ser! S i as ;. perjury, bribery, robbery, suicide and wholesale demor- ‘1 Staive norial United & & lude-to his sermon he spoke of | vite blasphemy, perjury, bribery, ro Y, S n ] ood, as millions o 0. e R hm'nlé m:;fi 5 the Supervisors and the race- | 2 alization to our homes and places of public trust. We do not believe that £ | f people Pr\::’“:“[“‘;“i l‘l‘]"""“' Vg g track something as follows: g g the citizens of this city will longer permit this evil; neither do we thmfi | say. It makes the weak ' % “The resolutions prohibiting that the honorable Board of Supervisors who so nobly began the attac erend gentleman sald: S betting at the racetracks ‘and § will cease to advance and stand by their guns until Ingleside, with its g strong, as nervous men and K é 2 | o Rev. W. E. Dugan. victories over the darknes: ol the past, the racetrceks of our city and-their blush deeply with shame. they are? Young men just starting in foundation for a successful life and a earnings and improving their time, th their spare money on dog races? moral. ought to go to feed his children go on Worse still is the fact that the mother, shame, fumilies are wrecked and homes practice of pool gambling Is a menace Will you picture to yourself the home and molder of the young lives intrusted to her—she to be the glory of humanity—is found debasing herself by dabbling in this crude and savage pool gambling. Oh, mothers, do you think more of the dog race than the child of your breast? “At these pool gamblings young girls are seduced city aroused on the subject and The Call is making a commendable attack this horrible I deem it the duty pulpit and Christian people to unite with the press to stamp out a business that is against sgusting in the extreme and a blot on the fair city of San Franciser “Proud civilization of the nineteenth century holds her head high and looks with a feeling of complacency on her ut when she turns her eyes on nefarious gamblings she must facts as life who ought to be laying the happy home by saving their ink of them spending much of that valuable time by dabbling in race pools, think of them spending all “Ah. that is not the worst, for when-their own money fails too often their employers’' is turned into the same channel of hell, and then be- gins the rapid descent that ends in defeat, ‘Worse still, too often the married man's financfal, intellectual and hard earnings that the swift wings of the race, the intended goddess of the who ought into lives of are rulned. This nefarlous to all honest business enter- prise and stifiing to all honest indlvidual effort; it strikes at the foun- dation of all morals and {8 an enemy that must be would save thousands of our young men from the vagrant’s life, In the name of the God of honest, in the name of religion, in the name of clvilization, in the name of fair San Franciseo, the pearl Pacific, in the name of all that is noble and elevating, let us trample to the death this writhing, poisonous serpent of hell,” throttled it we of the 0 0 R G O O O A BT 8310188 TN Sy S IR B S S N e 0 T (0% £ 80108, week certainly commend them- selves to all good citizens. It is true here, as in other cities, that this custom has re- sulted in loss of character and financial ruin to large numbers of young men and in debauch- ing young girls and women who but for this influence would have been virtucus and respectable members of society. This is a growing evil in this city, and the number of boys and young men who are coming under its influ- ence is very large. “The ordinary gambling dens are outlaws and hide themselves in dark corners out of sight and knowledge of the general public. But the betting ring is by far a greater evil. It does not hide itself, but openly and above hoard it does its work. Women and boys, as well as men, are being corrupted by it. Betting at the racetracks ig in fact a school of instruction in gambling. This work is carried on in vio- lation of law and our Supervisors have the power to crush this giant evil, and with the power there is the responsibility for its use. It is their duty to guard the interests of this city. It is not the guilty, hard- S"ed ones who are the greatest sufferers, but innocent women and chil- ren, “I belfeve it is the duty of every‘ Christian minister to speak out boldly concerning this terrible evil. It is surely the duty of all good citizens to join in this demand for the suppression of this source of pollu- tion and ruin, “Th 1blfe press hasg the power to mold public opinion to a large degree, Lo us hope that it will speak with one voice in favor of the actlon proy sed by the Supervisors, Let all who have the good of our clty at heart unite in creating a public sentiment which will not tplerate this ruinous vice, ‘‘Gentlemen of the Beard of Supervisors, we urge you fearlessly to perform ‘the duty you owe to this community, Your responsibility is Rev. Dr. Woods. great; the power is in your hands; the youth and the homes of our fair cltiy l;nake to you their plea for protection. Let not their plea be in vain,’ SISO 0 200 BB X SO S OSSN S S SR S RS IR OETIR ORI IR ORORORORONTRON: SRR ORI LORTRIRORONO | " JAPAN WILL HAVE NO STATE RELIGION Unfounded Rumor That the Island Empire Was to Adopt Christianity. WASHINGTON, March 12—Much in- terest was manifested to-day in reports to the effect that the Japanese Govern- ment is discussing a plan to adopt Christianity as the state religion. So far as it has been ascertained, h rer, the statement lacks credibility or foundation in fact. The published re- port was to-night shown to Jutaro Ko- mura, the Japanese Minister, who was asked to make a statement on the sub- ject. In reply, through an attache, he spoke substantially as follows: “The statement {"at Japan cussing a plan to adopt Christianity as its state religion is not true, and there is ‘no possibilit~ of this being done. Unlike Russia, England and other European countrics, the Japan- ese Government has no state religion. but, according to the constitution of the countrv this religion is given the Jiberty to exercise its functions so long as it does not interfere with or dis- turb the peace, order and good morale of society.” QUEEN VICTORIA ARRIVES AT NICE Customary Honors Paid Her Majesty and Municipal Authorities Pre- sent a Floral Tribute. NICE, March 12—Queen Victoria ar- rived bfl special train from Boulogne Sur Mer thls afternoon, When passing through Toulon, Her is dis- | | | | | | ) l | | | | | | Majesty summoned the sub-prefect and expressed her sympathy with the fam- | ilies of the victims of the explosion of the | powder magazine at La Gou- bran early last Sunday morning, promis- ing to send a donation to the relief fund, All_the customary honors were paid Her Majesty on her arrival. The streets were thronged with people cheering heartily, and the municipal authorities presented a magnificent bouquet in the form of a gondola mounted upon a_tripod and surmounted with two vases and other emblematic devices. AUSTRIAN BANKER TAKES HIS LIFE Accuses a Member of the House of Lords of Having Led Him Into Crime. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gor- don Bennett. VIENNA, March 12.—Herr Krazanow- ski, director of the Kredit Bank of Lem- berg committed suicide vesterday. The residents of that town first thought his act was the result of acute melancholia, but a letter was subsequently found in which Krazanowski accused a co-director, Herr Machwicki, a member of the Aus- trian House of Lords, and an intimate friend of Herr Bederis, with having been the cause of his ruin by having led him to embezzle the bank's funds. A on the bank followed. On account of the social and political position of Machwicki, the news has | caused a tremendous sensation. Miss Weichsler Found. NEW YORK, March 12.—Miss Henriette ‘Weichsler, the young woman who has been missing from her home in Brogklyn since Wedgesday last, was found in Man- hattan borough to-night at the home of & midwife on East Fifth street. Albert Smith, the navy yard postal clerk, who took a dose of poison on being questioned { | | sands of cured voluntarily write. It is | just the medicine for you, as you will gladly say after you have given it a fair ‘trial. Pimples—*“Headaches, nose bleed and pimples made me so weak that I could not work. Hood's Sarsaparilla gave me good sleep. strength, and cured me.”—AR- THUR M. EHRENTRAUT, 1941 West Fayette Street, Syracuse, N. Y. Pure Blood—"My work was formerly a burden, but now it is a pleasure, and ail because Hood’s Sarsaparilla gave me new, pure blood. I now have good color and eat well."—MRS. ALFRED A. 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