The San Francisco call., 1906-05-22

customed profundity Police Judge Ca
baniss elucidated certain changes in
the code of street car etiquette that
are necessitated by traffic and social
resultant Of the recent upheaval.
Since the carrying capacity of the
United Railroads is no longer ade-
quate to meet the demands of feet
sore sishtseers, especially on Sun
days. he said, I'VE must stage our
conduct TO conform with the incon-
veniences thereby erected. 1t is our
duty to board a car with all possible
alacrity, patiently submit to the
squeezing and pushing TO which we
are unavoidably subjected while we
are abroad. and to disembark in way
that shall convey the least discomfort
to the smallest number of our fellow
martyrs. And we must remember
that the conductor can no longer be
relied upon to adjust or arbitrate our
contentious. for his wrestling with a
mob is continuous performance,
and it Is physically impossible for
him TO respond to every ones beck
and call. Even a Samson could not
be ubiquitous in an overcrowded car.
Let US therefore eschew our wonted
irritability and endeavor to be ami
able even when trampled upon. Each
OF us may find solace in the ref1ec-
or, might say, aboard the same car
and that what is exasperating for one
is not exhilarating for another"
His Honor's homily was addressed
to Thomas ]. Moseley. building
contractor, who was accused of hav-
ing threatened ia slay with a knife
one T. r. McCausland while that
gentleman and Miss Alice Ames were
endeavoring to Chamber abroad at Six
teenth and Mission streets a car to
which passengers clung like flies to
a molasses barrel in midsummer.
Me and my lady friend" Mr. Nc
to the car when this man, in front
of US, said, Stand you back and
when I objected to his command he
forced me back by pressing the point
Of a knife against my chest No.
he didn't ask me to step aside and
cease crushing his little daughter"
Miss Ames corroborated Mr. Nc
Causland's tale In toto, and then Mr..
Moseley acknowledged that he ex-
hibited the knife. but pleaded that he
was prompted to do so by paternal
solicitude, as Mr. McCausland at that
moment was squeezed against It.
year-old Miss Moseley in such a way
as to project her head over the
shoulder of a strange gentleman and
thus cause her embarrassment, not to
mention physical discomfort. But
before I drew my knife" Mr.. Moseley
averred, ST said to this man, Brother,
can't you ease up a little?' and he
acted as If he were deaf, so I dis
played the knife more for the pur-
pose of making clear my words than
with intent to stab him. No, he is
not my brother. Since the 18th of
April 1 have addressed every man as
brother"
Twas then the Judge delivered
himself of the address above quoted,
and at its conclusion he dismissed the
charge against Mr. Moseley.
An inkling of the keen rivalry that
exists between the towns OF San Ra-
fael and Mill Valley, adjacent in
Marin County, was conveyed to the
congregation in Judge Conlan's court
by his Honor's sharp resentment of a
misdemeanant's assertion that he OBJ
tained intoxicating liquor in the first
named burg last Sunday.
Walter Watson, teamster, and
Alexander Patton, milkman, were of the
thirsting many who crossed the bay
to obtain liquefied exhilaration, and
they were heavily freighted with in
ebriety when Patrolmen Buckley and
Mahoney arrested them for disturbing
the peace on Market-street car.
Where did you acquire your intoxi-
cation?" the Judge asked Mr.. Watson,
and promptly came the reply, Mill
Valley"
Now there is no more patriotic resi-
dent of Mill, Valley than the Judge him.
self, and the suddenness with which
he f1guratively flew at the throat of
Mr.. Watson literally took that gen
tleman's breath away. You did noti'
he thundered. Il know whereof
speak when / say that, for l spent the
Sabbath in Mill Valley, and I'm ready
to make oath, if necessary to crush
your libel that not a drop of intoxi-
eating liquor has been touched, tasted
or handled in that model town since
the refugee invasion began"
Further Interrogation of Mr.. Wat
son elected the confession that he
was not very familiar with Marin
County's geography, and that his jag"
probably was acquired in San Rafael.
mo probability about it," the court
shouted in tone of ringing triumph.
That's where you got tin San
Rafael-the same San Rafael that is
willowing in despair over the futlity
of it's efforts TO emulate Mill Valleys
chastity or to besmirch Mil Valleys
1dlr lane-Ine Same san hdlael
that
I'm purity sure it was in San Ra-
fael that we got our load,' Mr. Wat
son propitiatingly interrupted, after
holding brief whispered colloquy with
his counsel.
You are. Ell? Well. your temporary
lapse of memory costs you and your
companion twelve hours toll on the
municipal rock pile" was the unex-
pected pronouncement.
Mr.. Watson was subsequently over
heard to opine that Mill Valley
mightn't be as virtuous as some people
cracked her up to be.
A feud of eleven years standing be-
tween John Sterling and the Issen
brothers, Robert and Albert, was
brought to issue last Sunday after
noon by the arrest of the duo for
disturbing the peace of their enemy
at his new residence on Fulton street,
between Stanyan street and First
avenue.
Me and my brother" Robert testi-
fed before Judge Mogan, ARE wendin
our way