The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1900, Page 7

' LS » THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1900. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. TELEPHONE MAIN 532, AMUSEMENTS. ‘ TO-MORROW. MATIN SHTS Opera, THE QUEEN'S LACE HANDKERCHIEF! or ul Cos he Prettiest Funniest and Most 5 er in the City. Next Week BOCCACCIO. USUAL PO} : PRICES. ¥ SEAT IN ORCHESTRA, Y MATINEE, 2 BRAN 1CK FFICE—EMPORIUM e LEADING ¢ A THEATEZ Every night (including Sun.) Matinee Sat. CONTINUING ALL NEXT W EK x KATHRYN CHARLES B JAMES KIDDER HANFORD any of 37 People. THE WINTLR® HOVSE AGAIN THE ARE RECORDS |BROKE “IN PARADISE” THE GREAT! EVER AT- TAINED BY THE FRAWLEY COMPANY. to the this Excru- BEST EHOW IN YEARS PAPINTA, the Mirror Dancer. S 0. BARROWS, HN LANCASTER JAME Opera Saturda and Sunday TIVOL! OPERA - HOUSE, “HOOT MON, IT'S NO FAIRY TALE!” | THE ST SENSATION IN YEARS!! THE ENORMOUS COMIC OPERA TRIUMPH | THE 1DOL’S EYE . EVERY EVENING. EVERY EVENING. MATINEE SATURDAY! | PRICES........ % ana 50 cents | PHONE BUSH », PEOPLE'S POPULAR PLAY FPHONE SOUTH 770. 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Cares when all sthers fall ALTS, w0 cther: Can Ve arsid i vt #1.00 5o the Roney. Circular Free. Addros £ 0., 884 Dearborn Kt., Chicage 4 Oakland by the Owl Drug Co. Dreams, Wasting indiscretions. Jards of Iusanity and ng VIT. Insist on & Bold in San Francisco Corner Fourth CAFE ROVAL 52 WINTER RESORT. SPECIAL ROUND TRIP TICKETS TO PASO ROBLES =% SULPHUR PRING 5. Most roted Mineral Springs in United States. Marvelous cures of Rbeumatism, Blood, Liver, Kidney. Stomach and other disorders. Apply FRANK W. ELY, City Agent, 640 Market st TO RUN NEWSPAPER AS CHRIST WOULD HAVE IT He Will Apply in : ‘Rev. Charles M. Sheldon Tells of the Tests His Forthcoming Experiment. L] . @ . R S I S8 *P--o-o dent of every success. requests for advertising space are continuing REV. CHARLES D0 +009000+0+000086+60 4040 +0+0+00020000 OPEKA, Kas., Jan. 25.—Rev. Charles M. Capital will be turned over for one week, beginning March 13, Christ would conduct a newspaper if he were on earth to-day, Advance orders for extra copies of the edition and e as e oo ol b e aa as e o2 ) SHELDON. Sheldon, to whom the Topeka to pour in. Mr. Sheldon will be in absolute control of the paper in its every department. Although he has always been opposed to writing for should not be published the Sunday issue will appear as usual. his plans he said: Sunday papers and has declared they In speaking of “I intend to publish all the news, but I will present it in such a way as to be entertaining and interesting, without ling details and trash, which appeal only to the passions of the readers. disadvantage during my control of the paper, as I have never had I intend occupying my time between now and March be at a any newspaper experience. its usual accompaniment of blood-curd- I will 13 in famillarizing myself with the work, so that I shall not be totally ignorant of it. well in Topeka as anywhere el The time is undoubtedly ripe for such a paper, and it would succeed as EXCESSIVE BILLS FOR FODDER AT THE JAILS | LARGE SUMS PAID FOR HORSE FEED. Sheriff Lackmann Says Thirteen Ani- mals Cost Five Times Their Value to Feed for Six Months. Sheriff Lackmann is of the opinion that the expenses for maintenance of branch jails 2 and 8 for the six months ending December 31, 1889, under his predecessor, were largely In excess of what they should have been. In going over the ac- counts yesterday he discovered that the forage bills for thirteen horses for the first half of the present flscal year aggre- gated $1506 90, which is nearly half of the total sum expended for the two institu- tions, amounting to $2953 14. The horse- shoeing for fifteen horses, including that for the two van horses, which are stabled privately, was $237 50, a total of $1744 40 for six months. The horses would bring about $2 each in open market and at this rate they have cost five times their value for six months. The cost for forage and shoeing for each horse has n nearly $25 a month and the Sheriff is of the opinion that $12 50 is a liberal estimate for these items for each horse. Some thirty-two acres of land §s under cultivation near the jails, but the Sheriff does not know whether any of the grain has been made available. He says that some was raised last year. Repairing_harnesses cost $242 5; black- smllfllng, 6 95; removing a dead horse, $, and carrying a horse to hospital, §6, making a_total of $2274 20 for expenses of horses and wagons. The other $/08 94 was spent_for ice, telephones and other inci- dentals. As a _consequence of the IBIFO expendi- tures, Lackmann finds himself with only for the next six months running | expenses of the two branch jalls, prin- cipally for the stable, and out of this the Board of Public Works wants $1000 for urgent repairs and locks for the cells. He is willing to concede a portion of this money, but thinks he will run short on a fund already cflgrled, Lackmann thinks that the forage bills may be reduced con- siderably and that at least $500 should be saved on that item alone. We stamp your name In gold letters free of charge on all pocket books and other leather goods purchased at our store. Trunks, valises and Mexican carved leather work a specialty. Sanborn, Vail 741 Market street. . S— et —— Japanese Illegally Landed. K. Hashegawa, one of three Japanese stowaways who arrived here on the steamship China, and held on board for deportation, escaped from the vessel last Monday night, by letting himself down to the wharf on one of the stern sheets of the steamer. REPAIRS IN INSANE DETENTION HOSPITAL BOARD OF WORKS HEARS RE- PORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. Draymen’s Association Petitions That Foot of Spear Street Be Repaired to Accommodate Traffic. At the meeting of the Board of Public Works yesterday a report was filed by F. W. Hatch, General Superintendent of State Hospitals, stating that he in com- pany with Mayor Phelan, Supervisors Dwyer and D'Ancona and Commissioner Manson had inspected the San Franclsco quarters for the alleged insane and made the following recommendations: The inside and outside of rooms used for patients should be painted white, as a sanitary measure and to lighten the rooms, which are now quite dark. The toilet, bathroom and kitchen should be re- moved from their present location and placed in the back corridor. The space thus created should be fitted up for the detention of the noisy and untidy \nsane who are a disturbing element by reason of their proximity to the quieter class of pa- tients. It would be advisable to build a partition at the north end of the present 100ms in order to keep visitors from run- ning along the hall and bothering patients. The report was referred to Superintend- ent Barnett for investigation. The board announced the temporary ap- pointment of 110 laborers in the Bureau of Streets, all of whom are hold-overs from "’.2 Fraxlefl){! adn;unlutnhunn. committee from the Draymen’ - sociation addressed the boar r:gs.'rdlA;[ the condition of the foot of Spear street and its being closed for repairs on that account. Complaint 1s mada that it is necessary to go over Harrison street hill to reach the Oregon dock, and request was made that the street be repaired at once. The board stated that there were no funds avallable for good plank driveways, but promised to begin the necessary rej as soon as possible. TEEN ty Engineer Grunsky was a to investigate the mechanical é’;\‘r‘fi:’.?& §. 8. Tilson for flushlni sewers, H. Gray appeared befcre the board In regard to the alleged nuisance maintained by Gray Brothers in their brickyard in the Castro street extension. He stated that the irndes of the land in that seetion had not been officially declared and that the blasting against which protest has lge’enk m}zde' is 15‘?'0 bmlleds away from the rick plant. e board will inv fu{‘t_‘her h;n.n uln m?t{:r.‘w s e resignation of W. Wilkins = ant in the Bureau of Streets, was aseupts ed, but the vacancy was not filled. —_————— Boland Is Gaining. Although he picked up for several John Farnham is again losing vote: i the recount of the ballots in his contest for the office of Public Administrator, Ten g;ec(ncts were counted vesterday, and ‘arnham made a net 10ss of twelve votes, @+04040404040404040 4040404 040404040 404040404 0404049 PO+0404040404040404040404040404040 991. Market Streef, Cormer Sixth. Strictly Reliable. Dr. Talcott & Co. Practice Confined to Men Only. Varicocele cured in one week at office, or four weeks’ home treatment. Stricture cured by painless electricity. Discharges cured by the irrigation method. All forms of weakness a spe- cialty. Correspondence Invited. 4040404040404 04040404040604040404 @404040 404040404 040404040 4040404 0404040404 04040+ | sistant. BIG WRECK ON COAST (OF NEWFOUNDLAND 'An American Vessel Driven Ashore. ALL LIVES REPORTED LOST g OFFICIALS WORKING TO FIND NAME OF VESSEL. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Jan. Z.—Advices | from Foxtail Point state that the wreck | of a large vessel, probably American, has been on the rocks for four days. Nobody | appears to be on board and no signs of boats are seen. The hull has been sorely buffeted either before or after striking the coast, and such portions of the wreck- age as lined the shore were split into frag- ments. The stormy weather prevailing has prevented boats from getting near the wreck. It is beyond reasonable doubt that all on board have perished, though who the unfortunates were and how many cannot be determined. The Government officlals have arranged to find out the name of the vessel if pos- sible. CADETS DANCE AND HAVE A MERRY TIME The members of Company K, League of the Cross Cadets, held their initial hop Wednesday evening in Mission Opera Hall. A large number of friends of the organization danced and made merry un- til an early hour next morning. The hall was prettily decorated for the occasion with Nile green and white festoons, the colors of the company. Every member of the company was in uniform, making a gay mixture with the gay colored gowns worn by the fair sex. Captain J. H. Rellly acted as floor man- ager and Sergeant J. Byrnes was his as- The floor committee consisted of Sergeant A. O'Farrell, Dan Meagher, £er- geant J. Morey, Joseph Mitchell and Wil- lam Augustine. The committee of ar- rangements consisted of Sergeant J. Byrnes, Lieutenant T. Branson, H, R. Brown, Musician L. O'Neill and Chris Buckley. The reception committee was composed of Lieutenant A. Hanley, Ser- geant P. Funcheon, Corporal T. Johnston, H. Pelletier, Otis Jones and J. Roonan. —_—ee——— CHILEANS AT OUTS. Ex-Secretary of the Consulate Is Charged With Obtaining Money by False Pretenses.” Hipolito P. Cadot, formerly secretary in the office of the Chilean Consul, was ar- rested on a warrant yesterday afternoon charging him with obtaining money by false pretenses, The complaining witness is Juan Astorga Pereira, Chilean Consul, and the particular charge is that Cadot obtained $88 from Sussman, Wormser & Co., as_excessive fees on invoices. It is claimed that the total amount will be considerable. Cadot says that his arrest is the result of a threat'made by the Consul toruin him because he refused to remain in the office. He was in the office of the old Consul and three months ago, when Pereira was appointed, Cadot agreed to remain on the understanding that his salary would be raised. He left January 1 and was per- suaded to return. He remained for a week, but as there was no appearance of a raise he quit altogether. "He makes a number of charges against Pereira of charging and pocketing excessive fees on invoices. He admits that $5 overcharge was made against W. R. Grace & Co. for extra work done by him, of which Pere- ira retained half. —_———————— _ VEXATIOUS QUARANTINE. Coal Importers File a Protest Against an Unprofitable Delay. Owners of vessels engaged in carrving coal from British Columbia ports to San Francisco complain of the delay caused by the rigid quarantine prevailing at this port. There is a scarcity of the fuel at resent in California, they say, and every Say's delay in unloading means great in- convenience and some financial loss to the importers. They forwarded vesterday to the Sur- eon General and the Secretary of the Treasury a strong protest, numerously signed, asking for the removal of the quarantine restrictions on their trade. In the protest they call attention to the fact that they are in the freight business, not in the passenger traffic, and for that rea- son the necessity for so strict a quaran- tine and so much delay is not apparent. They represent further that they are engaged in supplying the public with a necessary of life, and that it is for the ublic interest that the perfod of delay in urnishing the same should be reduced to the minimum. MLLE. TREBELLT'S POWER TO PLEASE Mile. Trebelli's power to please was abundantly tested last night at her sec- ond song recital. The audience was not exactly formidable in size, but filled the hall quite comfortably and was generous in its applause. Mile. Trebelli’s power to please may not be questioned, for she has some of the most eharming qualities that can grace a concert singer, an agreeable style, a charming personality, a good natural voice and considerable art. Yet she is far from being great and in some respects she is absolutely disappointing. 1 hesitate to judge the merits of asinger whom I have heard only in Sherman, Clay & Co.'s Hall, for the poor acoustics of the place are a serious handicap to contend against, as I know from having heard volces fail utterly to please there that elsewhere were enjoyable. But mak- ing allowances for the hollow mockery of the human voice that the hall treats us to there is a hard quality in the mezzo soprano of Mlle. Trebelll that must be ufinowledged by the unprejudiced. 1 could find no enjoyment in her declam- atory singing, which is delivered with lit- tle color and in which her tones are fre- uently of inequable piteh. If we dif- erentiate the attack and the production in her singing she may be commended for the first, but will be found at fault in the nd. In the parlance of aquatics she ::‘::ts her stroke well, but “finishes"” clumsily. ‘Neither is her phrasing artistic, nor her | breathing unlabored. For exampie, in the line “En ecoutant sa voix melodieuse et tendre,” from Massenet's “Il Est Doux, 11 Est Bon,” one does not like to hear a gulp between ‘“‘voix’ and ‘“‘melodieuse,” amr in that capital song of Clapisson, “Chanson de la Promise,” the marked hiatus between the words “liqueur” and “yermeille” may not be considered neces- sary, because it assists the flourish at the end of the phrase. T was disappointed, too, in Mlle. Tre- belli’s inadequate dramaticism and in her | two excerpts from Italian opera, “Caro | Nome” and the Baletella from “i Pagli- acel,” In which she might be expected to shine, she fell far short of expectations. And yet Mlle. Trebelli's power to please may, not be questioned. In the “Taran- telle” of Bizet and the “Ho Messo Nuovo Corde” of Gounod and, indeed, all num- bers that demanded spirited rendering, she was positively charming. Above all, | in the “Laughing Song” that she gave for a final encore her charm of manner, her delightful espieglerie won her the most com{;llmemary. sincere and well-deserved use. ause. avlglle. Trebelli will give a final recital on Saturday afternoon. The programme is, as usual, an Interesting one. PORTER GARNETT. The Original Little Beneficencia Publica Co. of San Frantisco. Drawing danuary 25, 1900. wins $3750; sold in San Franci 7744 wins §1500; sold in San Fran: No. 65508 No. cisco, Cal. 18393 wins $625; sold in San and Frapeiscd, Cal. - Nos. 87, 4532, 52006, 63680 4641 each wins $§2.50; sold In Alameda, Oak- land Sacramento and San Francisco, Cal STUDY OF HENRY CLAY—BY DR. F. W. SPEIRS. Copyright, 1900, GREAT AMERIC by Seymour Eaton. AN STATESMEMN Contributors to this course: Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor John Bach Mo Master, Professor Charles’ H. Smith, Dr. Frederic W. Speirs, Professor Andrew C. Me- Laughlin and others. XV. HENRY CLAY. | ing to cause s between | North and South ¥ had ap- BY FREDERIC W. SPEIRS, PH. D, | Peared as the champion of a high pro- g tective tariff. In a serie speeches An adequate biography of Henry Clay | fhore lfij’("“[ill;\*f;l:f::lfr:;‘rn e n:‘m would require as i rour erican system," it. e sketch of the | Al history In 1828 a still hi ities -ountry during the first half of t was imposed, a wral tury. As Speaker of the House of Repre- | South began to get ler a - system which the was sentatives, as foreign envoy, as Secretary | benefiting the manu Neorth | o¢ of State, as Senator and as perennial can- | their expense. When the tariff bill of 1532 didate for the Presidency the statesman s passed South Carolina, under the from Kentucky was a factor of command- | \€ad of Calhoun. made her famous nulli- ficatfon ordinance, declaring at the ing importance in every political struggle from the administration of Madison to the election of Buchanan, Early Career. Henry Clay was born in 1777 in Virginia. He received scant education, but he made excellent use of his limited opportunities and presently found an open road to the study of law. At 21 he decided to try his fortune in the frontler country of Ken- tucky, so in 1797 he became the adopted son of the State which he was destined to represent in Congress so long and so ably. The remarkable power of oratory which was later to sway a nation soon HENRY CLAY. manifested itself in the little backwoods town of Lexington, and Clay's practice grew apace. The brilliant young lawyer was very naturally attracted to a political career, and his talents joined to = winning per- sonality gave him easy entrauce to the political field. In 1503 he was elected a member of the Kentucky State Legisla- ture, and three years later he took his| seat in the United States Senate to fill an unexpired term. He was the youngest man who ever gained admittance to that body, which by general custom has al- ways been what the origin of its name implies, the assembly of the elders. In- deed, Clay lacked three months of the constitutional minimum of thirty years. At the end of his first Senatorial term he was returned to the Kentucky Legis- lature, and in 1509 he was again sent to the United States Senate to fill an unex- pired term. Meantime he was acquiring increasing influence in the national coua: cils, although his opportunity for great distinction had not yet come. In 1811 he became a member of the na- tional House of Representatives and wa immediately made Speaker. The transfer from the Senate to the House may seem a step backward, but the ardent young statesman found the larger body in closer touch with the people, a field more conge- nial as well as influential. The War of 1812. When he entered the House our rela- tions with England were assuming criti- cal form. Napoleon and England had been at war for several years, and the restrictions which the European belliger- ents had placed upon commerce With O ral mations had destroyed a consider- able part of our trade. Our feeble at- tempts at retaliation in the non-importa- tion act of 1806 and the embargo of 18 had failed. Meantime England was vig- orously asserting the “right of search and had impressed into her service sev- eral thousand saflors from our ships. Americans were exasperated and read for extreme measures. Henry Clay raise his eloguent voice in vehement denuncia- tion of English oppression, and in a se- ries of ringing speeches he demanded de- fense of American honor through aggres- sive W President Madison hesitated long, but the influence of Clay and his party carried the day and war was de- clared in 1812. The Missouri Compromise. When he next took the center of the political stage he made his first appear- ance in the role for which he is chiefly distinguished in American history—that of the “great pacificator.” In 18i8 Mis- o uri applicd for admission as a_State, and for the first time there was distinct alignment of North against South over the slavery issue, At that time only a few enthusiasts dreamed of interference with slavery in the States where it w: already established, but an influential party in the free North was determined that the new territory should not be pol- luted. A proposal that Missouri be a mitted on condition that no slavery exist within her borders precipitated the “irre- pressible conflict.”” It raged fiercely until Clay, the statesman of compromise, lent his powerful influence to the proposal of a Senator from Illinois that Missouri be admitted without restriction as to slav- ery, but that in all the rest of the terri- tory west of the Mississippi known as the Louisiana purchase slavery be forever rohibited north of the parailel 35 degrees B minutes, this being the southern boun- dary of Missourl. The Missouri compro- mise of 1520 is the first of three notable compromises between North and. South which stand to the credit of the “great plClflCa.lOl‘." Clay and Jackson. Soon after this Clay entered upon the heartbreaking race for the Presidency which was to last for nearly a generation. | The election of 1824 gave Jackson % votes, John Quincy Adanis 84, Crawford 41 and Clay 3. the House of Representatives, but as the cholce was confined to the three highest on the list Clay was out of the contest. Now arose a curious situation. Clay was supreme in the House, and although he could not procure his own election, the defeated candidate held the glittering rize he himself coveted at his absolute Rlsposal <o far as his three rivals were concerned. As President-maker he ignored Jackson, who had recelved the largest electoral vote, and chose John Quincy Adams. Adams made Clay Secre- tary of State. Tfin good hater, Andrew Jackson, now turned the full curent of his hate upon the man who had denied him the Presi- ! dency, and raised the cry of “bargain and corruption” over the appointment of Clay to the Secrell.ryshlfi"of State. In the bitter personal fight that followed the artisans of both leaders descended to epths of political depravity that had never before been sounded in American political life. The feud between Jackson and Clay ended only with death, and the personal strife had great influence in molding political results. The Tariff Compromise of 1833. The protective tariff was now threaten- As no candidate had received | a majority, the election devolved upon | tariff act was null and void within the boundaries of South Carolina, thus assert- ing the doctrine of State sovereignty and threatening secession The specter of disunion loomed large, and the country was in great agitation when, in 1833, the statesman_of compromise brought for- ward a tariff bill proposing a gradual re- duction of duties during a period of ten year, so that by 1842 the tariff on dutiable goods would reach a uniform level of 20 per cent. The adoption of the tariff com- B;:?lfi:dn![c 1s:fd shtiothed the South, and ored his secon great pacificator. - TR O The Struggle for the Presidency. Clay had now entered the Sen from that vantage ground he a;:d “:: Whig party fight against Jack- son and his admir- ers. Meantime he was enacting _the great tragedy of his political life, never ceasing, fru less attempt tain the Presidenc: In 1524 he had the office within his gift and had given it to Adams; in 1328 he had not been a can- didate, but in 1522 he received the mnan- ifmous nomination of the Whig party, only to be overwhelming- Iy defeated by Jack- son. In 1836 the Whigs were divided and dispirited, and went into the' cam- paign without mak- ing a national nom- ination. The result was Van Buren's election by a large majority. In 1840 Clay had & plurality of votes in the Whig nomin- ating convention at the outset, but by shrewd political trickery he was turned down fn_fa- vor of Harrison, The Whigs won the elec- tion, but their real leader was not in the Presidential chair. We can sym- pathize with Clay's comment when he read the news of Harrison's nomination: “I am the most | unfortunate man in the history of par- /s run by my friends when sure . eated, and now betrayed for a nomination when I, or any one, would be | sure of an election.” In 144 and 1848 his words were to re- ceive confirmation. In 1344 he was nom- inated by acclamation as the W didate, and he lost the election by fection of the antl-slavery vote in the State of New York. In 1848 he failed | receive the Whig nomination by majority, and for the second a | his party won the Presidency. | his 'last fight. When nominations 1852 were discussed his health was much impaired and his ambition was dead. Three times he had been through hard- fought campaigns, only to meet defeat, and twice he had narrowly missed nom- { ination when nomination would have meant election. He had sacrificed much for his ambition. In the main he steered a straight course during his long political life, but occasionally he veered from con- viction in a manner whf#&h forces the con- clusion that he was trimming his sails to catch a Presidential breeze. He had nobly declared in the oft-quoted phrase “I would rather be right than be Presi- | dent,” but his conceptions of right were sometimes molded, perhaps unconsciously, | ¥ the exigencies of his candidacy | The Compromise of 1850. | One great political service remained for | the statesman who was now approach- ing the end of his career. The relations between North and South over the slav- ery issue were under constantly incres ing strain. When the admission of Cali- fornia and the organization of the new territory in the Southw: which we had acquired from Mexico came under discus- | sion in Congress the controversy over | slavery became so violent as to portend | disruption. At this crisis Clay, now an old man in fast failing health, brought forward his third great compromise meas- ure, and in a two days’ speech, which at- | tained the highest levels of his wonder- | ful oratory, he urged mutual forbearancs for the sake of union. The well-known compromise of 1550, as finally adopted, provided for the admission of California as a free State, for the organization of | New Mexico and Utah without slavery | restriction, the prohibition of the slave | trade In the District of Columbia, anc finally a more effective fugitive slave law. | Clay’s Statesmanship. The end came soon after the last great triumph of his favorite policy of com- romise. In June, 182, Henry Clay died. ew public men have been more sincerely mourned. He had enemies in abundance, but even they recognized the great ser- vices of the veteran statesman. His long public life had revealed some inconsisten- cies and some concessions to personal am- | bitions, but on the whole his career ex- hibits a_singularly pure devotion to high | ideals of broad statesmanship. | "He was not a great constitutional law- ver nor a profound political philosopher. | In these respects he was distinctly infe- rior to his great contemporary, Webster. But his brilliancy dazzled when his logic did not convince. The matchiess charm and the moving power of his oratory swayed Congress and the %eople as they have rarely been swayed by any public man. The never !amnf courtesy of his manner and his skill in handlln% men made him the greatest political leader of his day, and I"l?ru“'l Clay is sure of | an honorable place in history among the very greatest of American statesmen, Philadelphia. [ @44+ 444444444404 44000 Mr. James C. MacInnes, but * a few days ago the Rev. James C. MacInnes, has writ- ten a long article for next Sunday’s Call explaining ex- actly why he has resigned from the ministry. Don’t miss the story! It will be on Page Four. GHHHE 4444444444454 40000 | —_——— Runaway Boy- | Several anxious parents have asked the | assistance of the police to trace thelr runaway sons, and yesterday Officers Me- Murray and Coleman of the Society for the Protection of Children were instruct- ed to look out for them. The boys are: Arthur Lee, 17 years of age, who left his | home in Atlanta, Ga., January 14; Earl Little, 13 years of age. from Seattle, | Wash.; Oscar *Gordon, alias Von Noy. 8 l%&:arfl of age, who left his home In Alta, ilare County, January 6, and Wile Snyder, 15 years of age, from Portland, Or., who was traced to Chico by his | mother. The boys are supposed to be in this city. —_————— Some men cut acquaintances while scraping them—barbers, w ttt ettt e ttttt ettt