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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
MRS. |. M|CHAE[ Is
AOTO WIRE ECKED.
Machine Backs Into Post,
but She Miraculous1y Es-
capes Serious Injuries
CLINGS TO THE SEAT

Mrs. Leopold Michaels, wife of the
president of the San Francisco Coke
and Gas Company, is confined to her
bed in the st. Francis Hotel the victim
of an automobile smash-up which came
near costing her her life. She is suf-
fering from bruise on the back Of
the head and from nervous shock
The accident happened yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Michaels was making
calls in her automobile. She stopped in
front of the residence of Ludwig
Schwabacher, 1900 Jackson street, and
sent her card to the door by her chauf-
feur. The young man had just reached
the steps of the house when the brakes
of the automobile gave way. The ma
chine started to back down the hill rap
idly.
Mrs. MichaeIs stood in the back seat
screaming for the chauffeur to come
and stop the machine. Before. he could
reach her the automobile backed about
fifty feet, careened heavily across the
street and crashed full into an iron
lamppost
Mrs. Michaels clung to the front seat
when she saw that the machine would
strike the post, and she was not thrown
out. She was severely bruised, however.
and had to be taken home in a carriage.
The machine is badly wrecked,
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
WILL CONSIDER LIABILITY.
Meeting of North German of New York
Claimants Called.

Rollins & Rollins have written a
letter from New York in which it is de-
clared that the purpose of the North
German Insurance Company of New
York is to go into insolvency If it's
offer to pay 25 cents on the dollar in
full Of all claims is not accepted. This
letter, which is addressed to w. J.
Herrin. confirms the reports that have
been previously received through S. W.
Levy. representative of the company.
who was sent to San Francisco to con-
fer with the claimants
The Policy League turned
down proposition of 80 cents on the
dollar. Levy has gone East. The
policy-holders have been called to at
tend meeting to be held Thursday
afternoon at o'clock at 1901 Post
street. Then and there the question of
the liability of the stockholders for the
losses of the company may be inquired
into. The provisions of the policies in
this respect are claimed to be invalid
where the policies contain a waiver.
Some of the policies have no waiver.
The North German Company of New
York has reinsured its outstanding
business with the Cosmopolitan Com
pany. question has arisen whether
the reins surance is valid, as the assets
of the company which is now pleading
insolvency to its policy-holders were
taken to pay for the reinsurance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
BANK OFFICIALS
ARE ON THE TRAIL
Officers Of Hibernia Pursue
Inquiry as to Identity of
Spreader of False Reports

Business has resumed its natural
condition at. the Hibernia Bank. There
is no longer crowd before its doors,
and yesterday the deposits were far in
excess of the Withdrawals.
The bank officials are firm In their
refusal to reopen accounts with those
who were credulous enough to believe
In the malicious reports that were
spread about the stability OF the In
stitution. The officers Of the Hibernia
feel they are justified in their action
as they did not hesitate to meet the
demands of the timid depositors and
gave them their money without the
customary time notice of withdrawal.
The bank officials, notwithstanding
the fact that the furry has ceased,
have not given up the task OF trying
to discover the author or authors of
the defamatory rumors concerning the
safety of the bank. According to one.
high in authority tho officers of the
Hibernia have direct clue as to the
identity of the person who for the past
three weeks was busy in spreading
abroad malicious rumors as to tn A.
nancial standing OF the bank.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
PHELAN AND MAGEE HOME.
Make Record Run In Auto to McCIou'
River and Return.

James D. Phelan and Thomas Magee
have returned from an automobile run
to the McCloud River country. Incl
dentally they broke the automobile
record to and from McCloud and Mr.
Phelan killed a deer and Mr.. Magee a
bear. a
The. party left San Francisco at 10
o'clock Saturday morning a week ago
and arrived at Red Bluff that night,
traversng the west side of the Sac
ramento Valley. From Red Bluff they
ran to Delta, and from Delta, the third
day, to Mopp, in Siskiyou County From
Mopp the run was made that afternoon
to the McCloud Club, where the party
remained three days.
The start from the McCloud Club on
the return. trip was made Friday morn
ing They arrived at Redding that
night, having ferried the Sacramento
River in q rain storm. The run to
Marysville was made the next, day.
They ran yesterday from Marysville to
this city.
The automobile covered more than
500 miles without stopping except for
two punctured tires, making a total
delay of about an hour. This is tire
record automobile trip to and from the
McCloud country. Altogether, twelve
counties were visited and six days
spent on the road.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
AROUS{s
MAYOR TO ACT.
Jam the Cause of Sundays S
Car Accident and He Says
Overcrowding Must Cease
TO PREPARE A LAW

The plea of Motorman r. G.. Feud-
ner that the crowd was so jammed
about him that he did not have room
to pull the brake lever and stay the
rush of his car down the hill on De-
yisadero street in his effort to prevent
collision with the Turk-street car
Sunday afternoon. has stirred Mayor
Schmitz to an announcement that he
will have an ordinance prepared to stop
the overcrowding on the United Rail-
roads lines. The measure is to be sub
nitted to the Board of Supervisors at
an early meeting.
Two deaths and the serious injury Of
a score of persons, several of whom
will be MANNED for life, is a grewsome
page in San Franciscos record of street
car accidents, says the Mayor, and he
ascribes the cause of Sundays collision
unquestionably to the overcrowding
of the car. The ordinance that he will
propose will in all probability make it a
misdemeanor for the company to allow
more than a certain number of pas
sengers aboard. Prohibiting the COL
lection of fares from those who cannot
be accommodated with seats is another
method under consideration. A munich
pal inspection of cars has also been
suggested.
Motorman +. G.. Feudner, who was
in charge of the Twenty-ninth and
Mission streets car tells the following
story:
when 1 saw that the Turk-street
car had not gone far enough around
the curve to allow my car to pass,
endeavored to stop my car. The people
were crowded about me. and as 1 at
tempted to throw on the lever 1 did
not have a chance to pull it back, as
the passengers were jammed like sar-
dimes around me. / called for them to
move back but they did not do so.
Il reversed the power, but as my car
was only motor car it would not gen.
crate its own power. The fuse blew
out and the accident could not be
averted."
The attendants at the ST. Francis
Hospital, where most of the injured
persons were taken, say that they are
progressing fairly well. George Eng
lish, one of the injured. was removed
yesterday from the Central Emergency
Hospital to the French Hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
LEVY SUES FOR $4,000.
Asserts This sum Is Due from Insur-
ance Companies for Service.

s. w. Levy has brought suit against
four insurance companies for $1,000 he
claims is due him under the terms of
a contract entered into with them for
the operation of a local agency begin
ming April 1. The insurance companies
made defendants in the suit are the
CaledoniRn Insurance Company of Eng
land, the Rochester German Insurance
Company of New York, the Caledonian-
American Insurance Company of New
York and the Scottish Underwriters of
England.
Levy alleges that he entered into an
agreement with these companies to
represent them in San Francisco for
salary of $1,000 per month, dating
from April l, and that he opened Of
fees at 323 California street for the
purpose, but that no money has been
paid him. He asks for the salary for
five months services.
George B. Benham has brought suit
against the Northwestern National In
surance Company for $3.50 on a policy
covering printing Office supplies de-
stroyed in the fire in building at 1867
Market street.
Gottlieb. Marx & Co. have filed an
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
RELIEF COTTAGES COMPLETED.
Little Homes Ready for Refugee Occu-
pants in Hamilton Square.


The first lot of the 60o0 cottages to
be erected by the Relief Corporation to
shelter the refugees this winter has
been completed They are on Hamilton
Square, facing the west. Already on
the same square, facing north, the
frames OF a large number are up, and
each day from now on will see more
of them completed.
The cottages thus far built In Ham
ilton Square are of the larger size.
They contain three rooms each and cost,
under contract, $50 each. The greater
part of the 5000 to be put up will be
Of this size The remainder will con-
tain two rooms only, and cost 500 each.
Rent of about 81 month will be
charged for the cottages. At the end
of twelve months all who can show a
years rent receipts will be presented
with the, cottage they have occupied.
Under arrangement with the Park Com
missioners, the cottages must be re-
moved from the public squares at the
end of twelve months.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
ON TRIAL FOR FORGERY.
Men Charged With Presenting Bogus
Inxurance Claim Reforc LurY

Men Charged With Presenting Bogus
Insurance Claim Before Jury.
The trial of Joseph Di Ryana and
Attilio Carlo, charged with forgery,
was begun yesterday in Judge LAWYERS
court, the entire day being spent in the
selection of a jury. The two are ac-
cused of having forged the name or
Pasquale Soiimena to a claim for $1,000
insurance against the Hamburg -Bre-
men Fire Insurance Company. The
claim was made on a policy held by
Solimena on a planning mill at North
Beach, and the money was paid.
Di Ryana and Carlo went shortly
afterward to New York and extradi-
tion proceedings were necessary to
bring them here again.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
RAILWAY TRAVEL.
California
Limited
To Chicago in5Days
Leaves daily at go a. N.
With Diners and Sleeperx.

1870 AN. For Stockton, Merced (direct
connection for Yosemite VAL
ley), Fresno, Hanford, Visa
lila, Bakersfield and Inter
$500 PM. mediate points
ESQ A. M.-california Limited, days
to Chicago. Leaves every day Direct
connection to Grand Canyon.
$3.50 A M--valley Limited tor Stockton,
Merced (dfrcct connection with Yo-
semitic Valley. Fresno. Hanford. vi
salia, bakersfield and points on Sier-
ra Railway.
1855 AM.-For Stockton, Riversbank.
Oakdaie and points on Sierra Railway
400 p. M----For Stockton. Fresno and
intern ediate points
500 p. M.--Overland Express for Dem
yer, Kansas City, Chicago and Grand
TICKET oFFICES-Ferry building.
San Francisco; 1112 Broadway, Fortfeth
st., and San Pablo ave. Oakland; Uni
versity ave- and West ST.. Berkeley.
HOTE.-Yosemite Valley R. r. trains
leave Merced for Yosemite Valley at
$50 A. NJ and 200 P. NJ every day
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
ROBBERS STAB VICTIM
WHEN HE RESIsTS THEM

Henry Hoover, a Horse Trainer, Is
Painfully Injured by Thugs and
Left Lying ON Street.
STOCKTON, Sept 17.-Henry Hoover,
horse trainer, was found early this
morning lying on the sidewalk pro-
fusely bleeding from stab wound in
the thigh.
He was removed to the Emergency
Hospital and a police investigation de-
veloped that he had been robbed of
500. He was first sruck on the head
and was stabbed when he resisted. He
does not know his assailants. His
wounds are not serious.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
PETALUMA MAN DIES AS
RESULT OF A BEATING
Thomas Edwards Passes Away and
Peter ST. Martin, His Alleged
Slayer, Is Surrendered.

PETALUMA, Sept. 17.-Thomas Ed
wards, who was badly beaten in a fight
on the night of Saturday. September 8,
died at his home this morning. District
Attorney Pond, with his assistant and
stenographer, came down from the
county seat Sunday and took the state
ment of the dying man.
Peter st. Martin. who is under arrest
for the crime, was out under bonds of
$4,000, with local men as sureties. When
they learned of the condition of Ed
wards on Sunday evening they surren-
dered the young man to the police. ST
Martin claims that he is innocent and
can prove an alibi.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18

The possibility of fraudulent suits
being filed under the law governing
process for the restoration of title to
property for which the records were
destroyed in the fire makes 1t necessary
-or property owners to take every pre-
caution to safeguard their interests
Suits of this nature may be brought by
persons having no rights to the land
and carried through without the
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18

knowledge of the true owner unless all
dlings of new suits are closely watched.
The Call Title Bureau undertakes to
keep this watch on new filings and no.
tify property owners in case fraudu-
lent suits are commenced to secure title
of their holdings. Fill out the coupon
and send 1t to the Title Editor, The
Call, and you will be notified immedi-
ately If action is brought to secure
title to the land you describe.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
ELECTRIC POWER GIVES OUT
AND THE STREET CARS STOP
Tie-Up of Twenty Minutes on Market
Street Adds to Discomfort
of Public.

The United Railroads is experiencing
considerable trouble In operating its
electric system, a fact the officials at
tribute to insufficient power being re-
ceived from the company that has the
contract to furnish it, and the power
company in self defense lays all the
trouble to the alleged faulty conditions
Of the railroad corporations electric
plant.
AT any rate there have been frequent
stoppages of the cars during the past
few days that have contributed to the
discontinue of the travelling public.
Last night, shortly after IL o'clock, the
electric power suddenly gave out. The
entire car service on Market street was
at a standstill for twenty minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
CORONER WALSH FILES
ANNUAL REPORT OF DEATHS
Casualties for Year Numbered 21e5, OF
Which 42S Resulted From
Earthquake and Fire.

Coroner Walsh yesterday issued his
annual report of the deaths for the
year ending June 80, 1906. Walsh fig
ures that there were 42S deaths report
ed caused by the earthquake and
fire; 343 deaths were accidental, 1T
were suicides, 36 homicides. 1900 died
from natural causes. a total of 2195
for the year. OF the III suicides 142
were males and thirty-five females.
Carbon monoxide asphyxiation claimed
sixty-five Of the suicides.
The causes of suicide follow: Bust
ness trouble, 8; despondency IL; dis
grace, /; death Of sweetheart 2; death
of wife, 1; death of mother, /; drink,
"a; domestic trouble. 12 financial woe,
49,. gambling, 5; grief. /; insanity, 1s;
jealousy. Z; lack of employment, 8,
love, Z; pique, /; sickness, 81; unknown
causes, II.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18

insurance suit for $1,000 against the
Caledonian Insurance Company of Ed
inburgh. Scotland. on the furnishings
and paraphernalia of the Columbia
Theater.
Fannie L. Refs has brought an action
against the Germania Fire Insurance
Company for $4,000 on a policy of in
surance covering building at S35 CAL
ifornia street destroyed In the fire.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
STILL HAS THE WHISKY.
Relief Corporation May Get Out Licens.
to Sell 1t.

HeueI corporation May Get Out License
to Sell 1t.
The Relief Corporation finds 1t nee
essary to take out license and go
into the wholesale liquor business OF
the stores left over at the Moulder
warehouse were thirty-eig barrels
of whisky. in addition to 164 cases of
the same liquor. There has been con-
siderable discussion in regard to the
whisky. Finally Rudolph Spreckels of
the Department of Camps suggested
that the liquor be sold. and 1t was de-
cided this should be done.
But the corporation has run up
against the internal revenue laws. To
sell whisky one must have a license.
Captain Kilian still has the whisky.
Yesterday 1T was removed from the
Moulder warehouse to the relief ware
house at the corner of Geary and
Cough streets.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18
OCEAN TRAVEL.
Hamburg-fmerican.

Twin Screw Passenger Service.
PLYMOUTH, CHERBOURG, HAMBURG
Deutschland Sept 20 Buecher .....O Oct. 4
G. waldersee Sept q Pennsylvania Oct s
Amerika ..-.-. Sept. 27 K Aug. Wet Oct. II
Mediterranean Service.
TO GIBRALTAR. NAPLES AND GENOA
lOceana Sept. 20 Hamburg -. Nov Is
P: Adalbert Sept. % sdoltke -.-.. Dec. 4
/ lHamburg ..... Oct 4lIHamburg ..Ian 10
H HsMoltke ..... Oct. % Deutschland Feb 4
Calls Gibraltar. Has Grillroom and Gym
nasium
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Great variety of special cruises and
trips by superb passenger steamers to
the ORIENT, MEDITERRANEAN md
ADRIATIC SEAS, WEST INDIES, JA-
MAICA. ITALY and EGYPT.
Travel Bureau r. r. Tickets. hotel accom-
modations and general information about for
eign travel.
TRAVELLERS CHECKS ISSUED BY
THE COMPANY.
HAMBURG-AMERICA LINE,
1855 broadway, Oakland, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18

AMERICAN LINE.
Observation-Disclosures pton
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINE.
NEW YORE-LONDON DIRECT.
HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE
NEW YORK, ROTTERDAM. via BOULOGNE.
RED STAR LINE.
n. T., DOVER. ANTWERP, LONDON. PARIS
WHITE STAR LINE.
NEW YORK-QUEENSTOwN-
INSTRUMENTATION
TIE T3 MEDITERRANEAN AzohES xIA
FROM NEW YORK.
Cretic. Sept. %, noon; Nov. 3: Dec. 6
Republic. Oct. is noon; Dec. from Boston,
Cedric. ...... Nov. 20; Jan. 5: Feb. 16 21 00O
Celtic. c................Jan. 10; March TONS.
FROM BOSTON.
Canopic. Oct s. 1890 D. M; Nov. II
Romantic. Oct. %. $40 a m: April ~
C. d. TAYLOR, Passenger Agent Pacific Coast
405 Monadnock Building.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-18

SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION-Depot
Quartermaster's Office. San Francisco. CAL.
September 8. 1so6.-The following mentioned
depot. 320S Van Ness ave, at IL o'clock a M.
THURSDAY. September 20 1905. viz: PIG
single sets wagon harness. lead: single sets
wagon harness. swing. and 50 single sets am
bulance harness. lead. Terms of sale. cash in
United States funds c. A. DEVOL. Depot
Quartermaster. United States Army.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-29
TASTES IN CIGARS.
Some Men Like Their Tobacco Mois.
and Some Like Il Dry,

and Some Like II Dry.
Tho public taste for cigars varies In
different localities and countries. and
In all tho large factories cigars arc
conditioned to suit the demands of the
country to which they are to be sent.
In Europe. more especially in tho Brit.
ish isles, the consumer Of cigars re.
quires TINT they should be dry-in fact.
almost brittle. 1t Is common incl
dent In that country to see a smoker
take his cigar and place It to his ear
to see II It will give forth cracking
sound. and IL 1t does not crackle the
cigar Is considered too moist. Pipe
smoking tobaccos, however, are re-
quiicd very moist.
In the United States tho proper con.
dillon for cigars and pipe smoking TO.
bnccos Is Just the reverse The Ameri.
con smoker requires his cigars in such
condition that the wrapper, binding
and filler will yield to the pressure OF
the fingers without cracking or break
Ing the wrapper. while, on the other
hand, the smoking tobaccos, especially
the granulated tobaccos, must be mod.
efutely uTy.
Various methods are employed 70,
keeping cigars and tobaccos in tho
proper condition, but up to the present
time no method has been devised that
will act automatically. Both manufac.
turcd tobacco and cigars are suscepti.
BILE to climatic conditions, and 1t re-
qulres the constant attention Of the
manufacturer and dealer to regulate
the moisture in his stock cupboard or
showcase. In retail stores great trou-
BILE Is experienced in keeping the air
in the showcases In the proper condi.
tion. especially when these are con.
stantly being opened. In warm wet
weather more moisture is admitted
than is needed, while during the cold
winter months the cigars are apt to be.
come too dry, especially in the upper
part of the showcases. --Science.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-29
Eirst Printing Press.

The first printing press In the eastern
settlement OF America was set up in
163S In the summer Of that year n
ship bearing n printing press, printer
and three pressnen arrived on the
shores of New England, the printer
being Stephen Daye. In the same year
the press was set up ut Cambridge.
One of the earliest and perhaps the
most celebrated of the issues was "The
Bay Psalm Book" 1t Is interesting to
know that the actual press is still pre-.
served. After various wandcrlngs in
Boston. Connecticut. New Hampshire
and Vermont 1t was found In Windsor
county and presented to the Vermont
Historical society.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-29
KARL HAU IS CRAZY
OR PRETENDS INSANITY
Prisoner Before District Court charg.
ed With Murder of Mother
In-laW.
(BY AssocIntcd Press.a

N1~F noooShttSo i0oo.J
LONDON, Nov. 28.-Karl Hau,
alias Ste;.. professor of Roman law in
the George Washington university,
was. who had been arrested here since
Nov. Z on the charge of numbering his
mother.in-law at Baden-Baden, was
again brought up on remandtory
grounds in the District Court today.
The prisoner has apparently lost his
reason or is fetgning insanity.
For several days he has been con-
fined in the prison infirmary and
closely guarded to prevent suicide.
until this morning Hau did not or pre-
tended he did not recognize anybody,
even his lawyer MIR. Wilson. When
Mr.. Wilson addresse dthe pris-
oner as Hau, he angrily
added. Why call me Hau? MY
mime Is Durham Eddine Effendi'
the name OF favorite son of Sultan of
Turkey.
The magistrate could not get any
thing from the prisoner except the
repeated statement. IL don't know
what It's all about"
Finally the case was again remand
ed for II week.
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officers on the OCCASION being afraid,
and clears this question. on review
Of facts he finds the persistent at.
tempt OH the part OF some to make
martyrs Of any portion OF the dis.
charged men would be appalling, II
1t were not grotesque. The conspira.
cy OF silence on the part OF Mi mem.
bers OF tho battalion prevents tho
government from furnishing those gull.
~ Of violence and murder He be-
lieves no other course than the one
pursued was open to the president.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-29
Heavy Guns Of Friends and OWl.
ers Of Merchant Marine
do Great Service.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FAVORs IT
VIII Come Out Strong for ship Sub.
sldy in Coming Message to Con-
sress. speaker Cannon and Rep
resentatlve Burton Oppose Bill.
Organized Labor's Attitude.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-The
friends of the Ship Subsidy bill
have been doing yeomen work dur
IN the recess of congress and when
the national legislature meets next
Monday. Speaker Cannon and ltep-
resentative Burton, Of Ohio. who
have in the past been consistent
opponents of the legislation, will
find oil the heavy Siege guns OF
the owners and friends of the mer-
chant marine trtained on them.
The measure, which passed the
senate last session. was left slum-
berinS In the committee on mercn-
ant marine and fisheries during the
long summer recess, but It's friends
did not slumber at all, and tons
upon tons Of printed matter have
been distributed with a view to
arousing sentiment and encouraging
u patriotic enthusiasm for the bill.
The friends of the bul subsidy bill
In the senate are numerous. Prac-
ticaily NIL the Republican leaders
believe that 1t should become law.
but the Speaker and Mr.. burton
have stood solidly against 1t In tho
past. and thus far have given no
Induction of change of attitude.
President Gompers or the American
Federation of Labor Is opposed to
the bill. and while the labor leader
did not make n particularly goou
showing in the campaign just closed
there Is no disposition to charge
wildly against his ramparts. How
ever. the friends of the Subsidy
bill have not neglected the labor
interests In their propaganda and
as result, many, even of the mem.
bers OF Mr.. Gompcr's federation, 1t
is asserted. now favor the bill
The president will come out strong
ly for the bill in his forthcoming
message. and there Is scme reason
to believe that the influential op.
ponents OF the measure in the
house will yield to the combined
pressure, and that the Subsidy bill
may b eplaced on the statutes before
March L.