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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
TEACHERS PREPARE
To ORGANIZE

Final plans for the organization of
the public school teachers of San Fran
cisco will be presented at a meeting
to be held in Plymouth Church, Post
street, near Webster, at 10 o'clock on
Saturday morning. December s. The
committee appointed for the purpose
has received full description of the
teachers organization in Chicago, and
the plans that will be su mitted at
the meeting will probably be along the
lines Of the Chicago body. The COM
mittee declines to make public the de-
tails of the report that it has pre-
pared
Margaret Haley was a leading factor
in the formation of the Chicago or
ganization and it is she who has sent
the information to the local instructors.
While the contents of her letter have
not been given out, it is learned that
she tells of the .affiliation of the teach
ers of that city with the American
Federation of Labor.
A part of the work of the local COM
mittee has been to interview various
leaders in the labor movement of San
Francisco regarding the possibility Of
the teachers afs1liating with them. The
result of these conferences will be
given in the report to be submitted
at the general meeting next week.
Members of the committee decline to
state If they will be permitted to be-
come associated with the labor or
ganizations, but they admit that they
have received the good wishes of those
with whom they have conferred, to-
gether with much valuable advice on
the subject of Organization. Their
conferences were not simply with the
officers of labor unions, but with many
of the influential members.
| So complete has been the work of the
committee that If the teachers at their
meeting adopt the report, they can
practically effect complete organization
at that time and be ready at once for
action regarding the recovery of the
salaries that have been withheld from
them by the Board of Education.
/ 1t is anticipated that legal action will
| be taken against the city for salaries
| of the teachers soon after the forma-
/ ton of their organization, unless the
| Board of Education complies with the
request of making good what has been
| withheld for vacation time.
1T was claimed yesterday by some
| of the members of the teachers COM
mittee that the application Of the Board
of Education for $160,000 with which
| to pay teachers is in such form as to
prevent its being paid by the Board OF
/ Supervisors Thus, the teachers say,
| the money which should have come
| to them has been used for building
| houses, and the Supervisors can legally
| reject the application for the money
| for wages on technical terms. 1t Is
Inferred that this is regarded as a
! trick to prevent the payment of the
i salaries as requested
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30

The stauncn ship County of Inver-
ness arrived in port yesterday, after
a passage of 1914 days from Liverpool,
one of the storniest on record. Gales
and hurricanes innumerable that buff
feted the vessel over several oceans
and a battle of the crew against what
seemed a conspiracy of the elements
to work the ships doom form a story
that the Inverness can tell in proud
boast of her good seagoing qualities.
So fierce were the wind and the sea
that the captain could not approach
Cape Horn by several hundred miles.
and he was forced to lay his course
by way of Cape of Good Hope. Even
then his craft was not spared and
much of the time it rolled and wal
lowed in snail-like progress.
But after all her terrible experience
the Inverness arrived here not much
the worse. Seldom is there such a test
of a vessels capacity to Withstand the
gatherings of wind and wave, and the
success of the Inverness precludes the
possibility, it would seem, of her ever
being quoted for reinsurance again
She had been on the list the last few
days at II per cent and approximations
were becoming grave.
Captain Gray felt the full effects of
the winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
The furious blasts of wind drove snow
and sleet with them and the deck of
his ship was frequently well-nigh i'm
passable for the crew. Off the Platte
river he found it impossible to force
the Inverness farther south. For days
he tried. but strive as he would with
his crew, no progress could be made
! His or1y resort was to turn to the
long mouths by way of Good Hope. II
was on July I, while a blizzard was
raging. that he set out to CROSS three
oceans to reach his destination.
During the terrible storms the decks
were awash much of the time. Great
waves now and then came tumbline
over, and one life was sacrificed. Pau
Joy. a sailor. while standing near the
cats head, was struck by a tremendous
wave and swept into the sea. Every
effort was made to save him, but
the waves were rolling so high that
he disappeared instantly.
Sails were frequently swept away
and two of her boats were stove in
| After the vessel had changed heI
course she experienced fairly good
weather until she was off st. Pau
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
ITALIAN VICE-CONSUL Is
TRANSFERRED TO PITTSBURG
Change Is n Promotion as Result of
Work Done for Countrymen
After the Fire

Count Attilio Fabbri, vice-consul for
Italy in San Francisco. has been pro-
NOTED by his home government to hold
a similar position in Pittsburg, which
is larger and more important sta
ton. This recognition of Count Fabbri's
services is the result Of the excellent
work he did in behalf of his country
men in this city after the earthquake
and fire.
This is the second time that the
Italian Government has shown its ap-
probation of the work of the local
vice-consul, for gently 1t bestowed
upon him the title of Cavalier, which
is rank of more than ordinary dis
tinction. The count and countess, the
latter being an unusually charming
Greek woman, will leave for their new
home in few days. Signor Ricciordi
will then take charge of the San Fran
cisco post.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
NEW ST. JosEPH's CHURCH
WILL BE DEDICATED SUNDAY
Archbishop Riordan Will Perform the
Ceremony Mt 1880 O'Clock, After
High Mass

st. Joseph's Church, the first to. be
erected in the burned district, will be
dedicated by His Grace Archbishop
Riordan next Sunday morning at 1920
o'clock. Rev. Father Mulligan, the
pastor of st. Joseph's, has been untir-
ing in his efforts to rebuild the edifice,
which was largely destroyed in the fire
following the earthquake of April 18.
After several months of constant work
the task is completed, and at o'clock
next Sunday morning the first mass
and the confirmation of the children
of the parish will be held in the new
house of worship.
Directly after the high mass the
Archbishop will denver sermon ap-
propriate to the occasion Due prepa-
rations are being made for the SER
vices.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
DEFECTIVE BRAKES
CAUSE TRAGEDY

Defective air brakes on an inbound
Mission-street car were responsible for
the death yesterday afternoon OF mss
Jennie Cough. aged 2s. who lives with
her family at 11S5 Treat avenue. In
company with her half-brother, A. An
derson. Miss Cough was crossing the
Mission road, near Sickel avenue. ct
sis. when she was struck by a car in
charge of Conductor J. B. Uniuh and
Motorman w. E. Gray. The young
woman was knocked to the ground and
the wheels OF the car passed over her.
mutilating her frightfully. She was i'm
mediately taken to the st. Luke's Hos
pital, where she died soon.
Miss Cough was on the tracks before
she noticed the nearness OF the car and
was too dazed by her danger to step
aside. Had the brakes been In condi-
ton, the motorman would have been
able to have. checked the car and
averted the fatality.
Policeman e Golden arrested Gray
and booked MIN at the O'Farrell-street
police station on a charge OF man
slaughter. The motorman was subss-
quently released on $50 cash bail
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
ATTEMPTS To KILL
WIFE AND BABY
Drink Crazed Man Attacks
Family With an Ak and
Fiercely Fights the Police
BATTLE IN A SHACK

The piteous cries Of a woman beg
ging for her life, the wailing of an
infant and the curses and yelis of a
drink-crazed man drew crowd about
cottage No. in Jefferson Square,
where q brutal murder was attempted
last night by Frank Rodgers, an up
holsterer-
Rodgers. swearing. raving drunk and
armed with a sharp AK, was battering
down the frsil kitchen door of his
home while his wife. with 6-weeks-
old babe in her arms, pleaded with him
not to kill her child.
Horror stricken, the women of the
surrounding cottages listened to the
blows upon the flimsy door as the in
furiated man chopped his way to the
trembling object of his wrath. lrres-
olute the men waited and then ran in
search Of a policeman. One cottager
Drawer than the rest banged on the
front door of the cottage TO distract
Rodgers attention.
Special Oficer Joseph Meier came up on
the run. On calling on Rodgers to come
out the man ceased hammering upon
the kitchen door and defied the special
to come and take him. Meier adj
vsnced. but a threatening sweep of the
gIittering ak drove him back The
special then sought the assistance Of
Patrolman c. J. Ward while the up
holsterer again turned his attention to
the Kitchen door.
Just IS Ward came up a neighbor
broke in the glass in the kitchen win
dow Of the Rodgers home and the baby
was handed out to waiting hands by
the frantic mother. AS Mrs. Rodgers
was preparing TO climb through the
window to safety the kitchen door
gave way. and with yell of triumph
Rodgers made for the woman.
At this moment Ward. followed by
Meters, dashed into the cottage. With
drawn revolver Ward grappled with
Rodgers, while Meier seized the AK.
over and over on the cottage floor
rolled the three and for a time it
looked as though the strength of the
madmsn would conquer. While a des-
perate battle was going on in the front
part Of the house Mrs Rodgers was
dragged through the kitchen window
to safety.
Finally Ward was able to bring his
revolver down on the head of the
struggling man and Meier wrenched
the ak from his grasp. Still strug-
Cling and cursing, Rodgers was
placed in the patrol wagon and taken
10 the Bush-street station, where he
was charged with drunkenness, dis
turbing the peace and resisting an
officer. His pale and frightened wife
refused TO place charge against him
of threats to kill
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
SURVEYOR WOODWARD WILL
HELP IMPROVE THE HARBOR
Goes East to Urge Upon Congress
Necessity for Enlarging Facilities
for Docking Vessels

United States Customs Surveyor Wood
ward started Wednesday night for the
East for the purpose of familiarizing
himself with the manner in which bust
ness is done in the Custom houses of
New York, New Orleans and Boston.
He will be in Washington to attend the
session of Congress. and will do what
he can to further the movement to
improve the harbor conditions of the
Pacific Coast. principally of San Fran
cisco. He says that there are four or
five miles of deep water front on Mis-
sion Bay that could be made available
by the use of a moderate appropriation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
.An Artist,s Conceptiop

Most wonderfully carried out is the
street. near Sixteenth. which opens to
the public Saturday night In this
fsiryland resort w J. Pattosien has
provided the public with the most novel
and beautiful amusement place in the
world. The appointments and the COM
forts for patrons are revelations of
what taste and thought can produce.
Mark what we say, the Garden Rink
will produce q sensation when IL opens
Saturday night.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
PLUMBER FALLS OFF ROOF

J. Booth, a steamftter living in Ala
reda and employed here by the Wilson
Plumbing Company. fell from the roof
of the National Ice Company's build
ing at Eighth and Townsend streets
last night. He was treated at the
Central Emergency Hospital by DR..
Goodale for fractured loft arm, abra-
sions and contusions of the body and
8 possible fracture OF the skull.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30

B. Arditto Of 2520 Mission street
while returning from the Chutes last
night on a Mission and Twenty ninth
street car was taken with an epileptic
fit and fell from the car. He was re-
moved to the Children's Hospital and
later to the Central Emergency Hos
pital. where he was attended by Dr.
Hill In addition TO bruises on the
body, he was suffering from a hem
orrhage of the ear, and was held for a
possible fracture of the skull
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
Rank CIearinss

During the business week ending at
noon wednesday the clearings again
showed a marked increase over the
same week of last year. The San Fran
cisco hanks cleared for the week end
ing "Wednesday noon, November %, a
total Of s40.0S5,593.46, as against 1884,
141.1o2.52 for the same week Of 1905. The
increase of 1924. 10000 was 24.71 per
cent better for the fiscal year. During
the same week the banks OF Oakland
cleared >. total of S2.734,104 making
q total for the cities about the bay of
S42,S19.69S.38.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
WITS LICENsE REvoKEp

A Coroner's jury held an inquest
Wednesday on the death of L N. Moore,
who was run down by an automobile
driven by Frank Lees, at Geary and
Cough streets. The jury found that
Moore's death was an unavoidable ac-
cident. but recommended that Lees
State license as a chauffeur be re-
voked on account Of previous acci-
dent for which he was to blame
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30

Rabbi Bernard Kaplan Will deliver
the sermon to the Congregational
Emanuel at its present place Of wor-
ship. the First Unitarian Church, Geary
and Franklin streets. on Saturday. De-
cember !.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
CAR CONDUCTOR Is STRUCK
BY H-STREET TROLLEY POLE
Charles Stranded Suffers From Concus-
sion of Brain Resulting From an
Accident on Ocean Beach Line

Charles Stranded. a conductor on the
Park and Ocean line, had a narrow es-
cape from death on H street at 1890
yesterday morning. While on his way
TO the beach he leaned from his car
10 watch the operations of a refractory
trolley wheel and was struck on the
neck by a pole along the track.
The force Of the blow was terrific
and knocked Stranded unconscious. He
was directly removed to the Park
Emergency Hospital. where it was
found that he was suffering from a
conclusion Of the brain
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30

and poems by various authors, including John
Vance Cheney, Elizabeth Grinnell. Alberta Ban
croft Adeline Knapp, Edwin Emerson Jr In
the CHRISTMAS Number of Sunset Magazine, on
sale at all news-standS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30
See Niagara Falls

On your way East BY using one Of the many
trains OF the New York Central Lines from
Chicago. Write me regarding rates. routes, etc.
Carlton @ Crane, Pac. Coast Agent, Ferry Nave,
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30

Buy your awnings. tents and wagon
covers at f. Thoms. 1909 Mission st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-30

FTER Liverpool with battle Of
the Counyo yesterday mg the
feaHo he safty S listed for II
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-12-13
Moonshine by wholesale.

FROM the Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
The discovery OF an So0-salion moon
shine still In the woods eight miles
east OF Eatonton has led To n
most complete rounding up I'm the vicin-
ity. and United States Deputy Collect
ar G. J.. vigal and Deputy Marshal
Dave Riley have since the still was To-
Gated managed TO capture six nen. all
OF whom have been connected with this
single case. Arthur Clements. the only
white man connected with the charge
that has faced the authorities up TO
the present. came to Macon TO get Ave
negroes released and was himself held.
Clements is n prominent farmer. The
stu was said To have been found upon
his place. The negroes were all farm.
ers on Clements place. The alleged chief
operator. n white man known In the
community N Wild Bill. has not been
captured.
The officers found the still down on
the borders OF n big creek. and as soon
as they made a survey OF the plant ~
was pronounced the largest ever oper-
ated within the central portion OF the
state. An upright steam boiler was
used In the distilling outfit. and large
quantities OF beer and meal were de-
stroyed when the officers used their
axes In demolishing the plant. When
the discovery was made by the officers
the community was very much sur
prised at the extensive operations.
Large quantities OF meal were shown
to have been brought 10 the spot from
Eatonton.
The amount captured by the officers
revealed that an immense business was
carried on. and the officers themselves
were slow To believe their own eyes
when they walked into the place.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-12-13
(continued Next Week.)
MYSTERY OF TREE GROWTH.
Whence and How d, Comes No Man
Can Tell

From the Montgomery. Ala. Advertiser.
one OF the most wonderful among the
many incomprehensivc mysteries OF
earth II tree growth. Everything con-
nccted with life and growth. animal
and vegetable. ~ mystery. for that
matter. for all human knowledge fails
to penetrate the hidden operations OF
nature. or To tell the why and the how
OF life. We see two plants growing side
by side. fed from the same sources
below and above the ground. so far as
we can determine. yet one produces a
beautiful rose and the other an ill.
smelling and ugly opposite. One tree
produced n delicious peach and another
"A sour crab. yet 40 far as we can SEQ
the same elements sustain both. We
see and realize the difference. but fail
TO understand II.
But there are some things about tree
growth. aside from leaves. flowers OF.
fruit. that IN as deep mystery aH In
anything connected with animal life.
An acorn. for example. IN planted In tho
earth aud In due time II sends down
roots and sends up "a tiny sprout. IL
not interfered with Il continues TO
grow. and In the course OF many years
becomes tree. During this time the
roots have been attracting moisture
and food from the earth and the trunk
and limbs have been obtaining some
thing from The air. Each year a new
layer OF wood IL added. and so Il con-
ilnues TIL a great CLAN; OF the forest is
the result.
The material for all this wood has
been obtained somehow and from some
source. but how II is done ls the mys-
terry. IL may be- one OF many great
trees growing almost against each
other. and each has managed To absorb
many cords of wood from some hidden
recess OF nature which man cannot
fathom. We can search the earth and
the air with all our powers and with all
the Instruments and appliances at our
command, but we viii fall To detect tho
tree germs.
Nor Is this all Of the greatest niya-
terry. Two trees grow up side by side.
fed from the same source. yet the wood
OF one is the soft yellow poplar and the
other hard white hickory. one may be
beautiful bird's-eye or curled maple
and the other pitch pine or oak. There
is another mystery that man cannot
penetrate. Somewhere or somehow the
alchemy or chemistry of machinery OF
nature carries on It's tireless and cease
less work. and the result is before u.s.
That II all man knows. and probably
all he will ever know. on the subject
All nature IN n mystery. and the growth
OF trees Is not the least.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-12-13
ny DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS

THAT Is very nat,ering. said she. And
then went bravely on suppose there
kn't anything you'd stop al !" order 10
gain your end"
Nothing" said !. and Z compelled her
10 meet my gaze
She drew n Ions breath. and ] thought
there was a sob In u-likc frightened
child.
PUT I repeat" I went on. that " You
wish a, I shall never try to sec you again.
DO you wish ii7''
'I-don'i-know." she answered slowly.
Il think-noi"
A. she spoke the last word. she hfied
her eyes Go mine with n look Of forced
frlendllncsF IA them that I'D rather not
have seen there ! wished TO bc blind 20
her defects. 90 the stains and smutchcs
with which her surroundings must have
suilied her And that friendly look
seemed TO me an unmlstakable hypocrisy
In obedience 20 her mother However. "
had the effect OF bringing her nearer 10 my
own earthly level. OF putting me ai ease
with her: and for the few remaining min
ates we talked freely. Indifferent wheth-
or my manners and conversation we're cor
rect A. ! helped her into their carriage
pressed her arm slightly. and said Va
voice for her only. Until tomorrow.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-12-13
NO EDICiNE
nut Change of Food Gave Final
Relief.

nut Change of Food Gave Final
Relief.
Most diseases start In the alimcntary
canal-stomach and bowels
A great deal OF our stomach and
bowel troubles co;ne from eating too
much starchy and greasy food.
The stomach does not digest any Of
the starchy food we cat-white bread.
pastry. potatoes. oats. etc.-these things
are digcsted In the small inicstlnes. and
IL we eat too much, as most OF us do.
the organs that should digest this kind
OF food are overcome by excess OF work.
30 that fermentation, Indigestion. and
n long train Of ails result.
Too much fat also IL hard 90 digest
and this Is changed into acids. sour
stomach. belching gas. and n bloated.
heavy feeling.
In these conditions change from In
di;estlblc foods 20 Grape. Nuts will
work wonders I'm not only relieving the
distress but In building up u strong di-
gestion. clear brain and steady nerves.
A Wash. woman writes:
About five years ago ! suffered with
bad stomach-dyspcIsia. indigestion.
onstipation--caused.I know now. from
eating starchy and greasy food
II doctored for two years without
any benefit. The doctor told me there
was no cure for me. could not eat
anything without suffering severe pain
in my back and sides. and became dis.
couragcd.
"a friend recommended Grape Nuts
and began TO use IL. In less than two
weeks began TO feel better and inside
OF two months was a well woman aud
have been ever since.
II can eat anything wish with
pleasure. We eat Grape-N Nuts and
cream for breakfast and are very fond
OF H." Name given by Postum Co. Bat.
tie Greek. Mich. Read the little book.
The Road 10 MELVILLE" In pkgs.
There's a reason"