The San Francisco call., 1904-02-05
TAX DEMANDS MAY AVERT
PENDING WAR IN ORIENT
japan May Be Called Upon to Dep1ete Her Store
of Gold to Rescue Sakauria From Ruin-Howl-
ing Hyena Makes Ferocious Threats in Court

he has arbitrarily extended his Juris-
diction over the public roadways
thereabouts, the shingle that holds
the ocean in check, the Cliff House
and even the seals that dive and sport
for the amusement Of the visitors
He was before Judge Mogan yes
terday on a charge OF battery. The
complaining witness was H. ]. Lewis,
a Chinatown guide, who, in pursuit Of
his lawful occupation. escorted a party
from Des Moines, Iowa. to view the
beauties Of the ocean beach.
According to the testimony, Loren
20 found the guide on a public road
with his party Of tourists and called
him nameIess names. Then he tried
10 make a bowknot out of a section
Of gas pipe by tying it forcibly over
Lewis head. The crafty guide duck
ed and side-stepped so adroitly that
he escaped serious injury, while the
Des Moines party ran to the oceans
edge and dipped their tippy-toes in
the surf to scape the wrath or the
town Constable.
Lorenzo told the Judge that his in
structions were 10 prevent all guides
from showing visitors the beauties of
Sutro Heights, and he really believed
his Jurisdiction extended to the road
ways and the beach.
We have a few stray laws enacted
under the constitution Of the United
States said the Judge, which may
possibly conflict with your instruc-
tons Some of them relate to the
rights Of private citizen and others
appertain TO the highways. If you can
show me an extraterritorial right
that makes you a governor and pIeni-
potentiary on the ocean beach. with
a three mile sea limit, 1 shall be glad
TO examine it. 1 will give you until
February to produce the goods and
If you fail l shall certainly find you
guilty of battery"
James Bailey. the cocaine hend who
escaped from the custody of police
man Tuesday morning and did a
swallow act around the Morgue build
ing. being finally captured by Deputy
Coroner Jim Murphy. appeared before
Judge MOgan yesterday on charge Of
vagrancy.
You may not be the getaway
kid, " said the Judge, but you are
certainly a hurdle racer. You remind
me Of that fireman in New York who
fell from a tweIve-stOry building, with
rubber boots on, and kept bounding
for five days, until a policeman shot
him 10 keep him from starving TO
death" The crowd in the courtroom
drifted out sadly after this and the
Judge continued the case until Sat
urday.
Arbitration was the keynote of
Judge Mogan's decision yesterday
when Charles Nelson was brought be-
fore him on a charge OF battery. Mel
son is a walking delegate of the Paint
ers' Union and he was accused of bat
tering the face and figure of ]. B.
Thielmans. The scene of the plot is
laid at a new building being erected
at Sixteenth street and Julian avenue.
Thielmans is the superintendent of
construction and had in his employ a
painter who was claimed to be a non
union man. ThieImans was asked
to discharge the doubtful man
Hhe refused, and during the ar
gument Nelson landed an effective left
on Thielman's eye. The foreman sent
in a call for the police and squad
from the Mission station was hurried
! in a patrol wagon to the scene of the
trouble. Nelson was the only one ar
rested.
Hasn't all this difficulty been set
tied satisfactorily TO you?" asked the
I Judge Of the complaining witness
] - ~
Then the case is dismissed" said the
Judge.
( A bench warrant which was issued
/ for A G.. Schumacher for failure to
/ appear. by Judge ConIan. Wednesday
I was recalled yesterday on a showing
made by the defendants bondsmar
and his wife. The truth of theil
I statements was further strengthened
/ by a doctors certificate and the testi-
mony of Detective MuIcahy that the
/ defendant was suffering from conges
ton of the lungs and that his appear.
ance in court would be suicidal.
schumacher is accused by Leor
Carrau of obtaining jewelry to tn,
amount of about 500 and disposine
of the same without making due re
turn. Technically it is called felony
embezzlement Other warrants wer,
issued one year ago, when the defend
ant was conducting a jewelry store il
the Palace Hotel building. wherein h,
was charged with defrauding hi
creditors to an amount approximatinj
$4,000 All OF these charges are un
derstood to have been dismissed, an,
the only criminal accusation is the on,
now pending in Judge Conlan's court
Osborne Is Fined.