The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-14
WARRANTS ARE OUT
For Selling Cigarettes TO Children
Under 10 Years Old,

The crusade of 1HE CALL against Gig
arettes has resulted in no small degree in
stirring matters up all over the city. In
this direction Frank J. Kane, secretary of
The Pacific Coast Society for the Suppress
sion Of Vice, has lent a material hand.
Yesterday afternoon he appeared in Judge
Contains police court with a list of fifty
i've names of persons and firms who un-
lawfully sold cigaretts to children under
IL years of age. Eighteen warrants were
issued by Judge Conlan and q like num-
Der by Judge Joachimsen. The following
are on the list for arrest tomorrow.
Charles S. Kern, Market and TAYLOR
streets; John Wunhead, Hayes and Lar
kin streets; c. Alpers. Howard and Thir-
teentn streets; Theodore Helm, Howard
and Fifteenth streets; A. Vessels. 1871
Mission street; Boyken. Mission and
Tenth streets; Often Il Dreers. Hayes and
ana Thirteenth streets; j. A. Foster,
Market and Sixth streets; A. ii. Appa-
RUS. Howard ana Fourteenth streets;
Brown. 202 Fourth street; III. S. Bill
winkIy. 72l Folsom street; Hayes 81
Marion, 773 Market street; NV hitehead,
% Third street; NJ. T. COncaDnon, Fol
som aud SIKH streets: F. o. Raabe, 152
Second street; Charles FogeI, Mission aud
Fifth; Goldberg, 785 Market; ii. Wichman.
Ritch and Folsom A. Zeigler. 81 Folsom :;
Charles Michalitchke, Mission and Third
streets; II. Foreman, 200 Sixth; Charles
Fetr, 931 Folsom; +. h. Arnold, Market
and Fourth: Lemser Bros. 100 Sixth; NJ.
j. Curtin, 923 Howard; also fonr persons
owning stores on Howard and Sixteenth,
Howard and Fourth. Mission and Bond.
Mission and Eleventh.
Besides this list there are nineteen other
persons against whom warrants will be
sworn out In Judge Lows court to-mor-
row. Bail on each warrant has been set
at $50, and those unable to put up the
amount will 90 to jail until their cases are
called in court. which will probably be on
Thursday next.
When the word that warrants had been
sworn out was passed along the line
general feeling of uneasiness prevailed.
+. L. FliegeT, secretary of the Retail Gro
GERS Union, called at Mir. Kane's office
last evening and asked to have the case
against Theo Helm, Howard and Fiji
tsenth streets. dismissed. lie explained
that 1t was the first time In his life that
MIR. Helm ever sold cigarettes to a minor
After listening TO his case. Mr.. Kane
informed him that the case would not be
dismissed. Several others called on a like
eTrand, but were all kindly, yet firmly
told, that no cases where there was proof
would be dismissed.
Some of The persons for whom warrants
are out will have very hard time trying
TO explain away why they they sold cigar
cites to minors. One firm. Often 81 Drews,
Hayes and Polk streets, when selling the
cigarettes to Mr.. Kane's boy took occasion
to ask him how old he was The bov
truthfully replied that he was not yet 10
years of old. The clerk then handed out
the "pack," as he said. "Well, you are n OF
old enough. but. l guess, I'll trust you"
Several other cases are similarly booked.
Tomorrow evening. in company with an
officer Mr.. Kane starts on a tour of war
rant-serving and arresting, and will not give
i'll their proper places.