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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
POLICEMAN A. ]. ROCCA
ON TRIAL FOR BATTERY
His Wife Tesh6es as to Severe
Beating He Gave Her Last
Sunday Night.

The trial of Policeman A. j. Rocca
on charge of battery committed upon
his wife Jennie on Sunday night was
commenced before Police Judge Mogan
yesterday. After Mrs. Rocca and her
sister had testified the trial was contin-
ued till Monday TO enable the complain
ant to bring a disinterested witness.
Mrs. Rocca testified that she obtained
an interlocutory decree of divorce from
Rocca last August, and on Sunday
night while she was going home, ac-
companied by four persons, Rocca
sneaked up behind her on Turk street
rear Scott, grabbed one of her arms and
pulled her around a corner, where he
pressed her against wall, struck her
ten times on the face, blackening her
eyes and drawing blood from her nose,
and then pointed his revolver at her
head and threatened to kill her. Itswas
not the first time he had struck and
checked her, she swore, and she had to-
call in a physician. She denied that she
was habitual tippler.
Miss Mary Burns, sister of Mrs
Rocca, corroborated her as to her con-
dition when she returned home. accom-
panied by Rocca. When the witness re-
mcEstrated with Rocca he said he was
sorry, but his temper had got the better
of him.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28

IN ECAUSE her requisition was not
* typewriter Mrs. A. OBrien was
IL sent from the relief warehouse at
Golden Gate Park down to relief
headquarters at Geary and Cough
streets to have her order gotten up to
suit the technical gentleman at Golden
Gate Park who turned her away. This
was bad enough, but as the unfortunate
woman had four children along with
her. one months old and the others
2, and years respectively, the case
became particularly hard.
Mrs. O'Brien, who had deserving
written all over her, lost everything in
the fire which burned her home at
Hyde and Vallejo streets. A month
later her baby was born. Late in June
she received her requisition for sup
plies. She has been seeking to get
them whenever the health of the baby
has permitted.
Yesterday she was turned away. she
says, because her order was not type
written. She appeared at headquar-
ters, the ailing baby in her arms. The
sight of the baby's wee, pinched face
caused many a man and woman to
turn away, for in the baby's counte-
nance was the look of death.
And" said the poor woman with
sob in her voice, "it was such a fine,
healthy baby when 1t was born"
Her requisition corrected, she went
out into the street with her four babies
to resume her weary work of getting
the requisition filled.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Soup Kitchen Men Reap Harvest.
Big Profits in
Ticket Trading
Refugees Pay Dearly
for All Raw Food
They Receive.

~ IXTY per cent is the profit soup
kitchen proprietors have been
~ making off those who have been
trading their meal tickets for
raw food. This state of affairs has
been brought into the limelight by
Investigations being conducted by Lieu
tenant Henry H. Scott, department su-
perintendent of camps.
Lieutenant Scott was given authority
on Thursday to stop trading of meal
tickets for raw food except on an or
der from a physician. The arrange
ment brought number of protesting
soup kitchen proprietors to relief head
quarters yesterday. Close questioning
brought out the statement of the profits
they have been making.
For 15-cent meal ticket they have
been giving three eggs, worth cents,
and loaf of bread worth 3H cents.
which foots up 91a cents.
For these they have received from
the refugees a meal ticket which they
have turned in at relief headquarters
for Is cents, giving them a clear profit
on each transaction of 51s cents, or
about so per cent.
This has got to stop" said Lieuten-
ant Scott yesterday. 80 long as the
commission lasts no more trading of
this kind is to be done without physi-
clans order"
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
WORK FOR REFUGEES.
Tehama County Fruit Growers Would
Welcome San Francfscans.

RED BLUFF, July 27.-The fruit
raisers Of this section are confronted
with the problem of securing sufficient
help TO handle their fruit crop this
summer Nearly every grower would
welcome some action which would
bring a number Of San Francisco refu-
gees to the fruit belt of Tehama
County. Women and children who are
willing to work are needed. The labor
is not hard. Most OF the work for the
women and children is done under cool
cutting sheds. The ordinary youth can
make from $l.50 TO 50 a day. and those
who are apt do much better.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
MAYOR SIGNS RESOLUTION
FOR REMOVAL OF TRACKS
Ocean Shore Company Begins Work of
Taking Up Rails on Howard
and Steuart Streets.

Mayor Schmitz yesterday signed the
resolution passed by the Board of
Supervisors calling on the railroad
companies to remove the temporary
tracks on Howard, Davis, Battery and
other streets within forty-eight hours.
The resolution recites that If the notice
is not needed the Chief of Police is to
arrest the officials of the companies
that fail to comply with the order. 1t
will then be the duty of the Board of
Works to tear up the TRACKS at the
expense of the companies.
The Ocean Shore Railway filed a
formal notification with the street COM
mittee of the board that 1T will COM
mence to-day to take up its temporary
tracks on Howard and Steuart streets
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28

n n AJOR ]. H. GASTON. superin-
MI tendent of camps. has made a
4-report to the relief commission
on the condition of the soup
kitchens. Major CASTOR points out that
abnormal conditions exist in this city
and that in his opinion the kitchens
are now necessary and will continue
TO be until houses are built and rented
at reasonable rates. He states that
sanitary conditions gould be very much
improved, and that while the food IS
uniformly good, a better meal could be
secured for the price charged. To i'm
prove conditions the major suggests
that the kitchens be placed under the
immediate supervision of some one
bureau.
Regarding the situation CASTOR says:
II desire to state that these kitchens
should be kept in a much better and
more sanitary condition than they now
are. We must recognize the facts.
The present abnormal conditions will
not be remedied until houses are built
and rented to laboring people at a
reasonable price. AS soon as that OBJ
tains, strenuous efforts should be made
to force all working people out of the
camps into SUCH houses, and those who
are found unable to work, for any
reason, and unable to support them
selves, will have to be provided for by
a poorhouse. 1t will be found that
there are quite a large number in this
city who will necessarily be placed in
that class, and in order to prepare for
this I would earnestly recommend the
immediate building of a poorhouse of
at least 1000 capacity"
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
w. HI. DEMMING WILL ERECT
FINE SEVEN-sTORY BUILDING
Structure to BE at stockton and Post
Streets and Intended for Stores
and Offices.

w. H Demming, one of the junior
members of the old firm of Demming &
Palmer, flour manufacturers, will i'm
mediately begin the construction of a
story brick and stone building on
his property at the southeast corner
of Post and Stockton streets. 1t is to
be a modern structure, fitted for Of
fees and stores.
Mr.. Demming has already received
$4,000 from the insurance companies
on his building, which stood on the old
site, and expects to receive the re-
naming $4,000 to-day.
His plans for the new building are
completed and he will begin work at
once. He and his wife have been tour
ing the southern part of the State for
the last three weeks and are staying
at the st. Francis until their home on
Broadway and Fillmore street has been
renovated and reftted.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
STEAMER PUEBLA'S CREW
REPORTED ABLE SEAMEN
Seattle Inspectors Find That the White
and Japanese Sailors Are Com
petent to Man Boat.

Supervising Inspector Bermingham
received yesterday the report of United
States Local Inspectors Whitney and
Turner at Seattle with reference to
Andrew Furuseths complaint that the
steamer City of Puebla had not had a
fire and boat drill on her recent trip
and that the white and Japanese men,
bers of the crew were incompetent.
They reported that they found the
charges unfounded, that the drills had
been held at Broadway wharf in this
city just before the steamer sailed and
that the crew were competent.
Furuseth filed a complaint yesterday
with Acting Customs Collector William
B. Hamilton alleging the steamer Pomo,
under freight registry, had carried pas
sengers on a recent trip to Point Arena.
The complaint was referred to Deputy
Collector N. S. Farley for investigation.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Scalp Almost Torn or.

Frank Salvar, an employe of the CAL
ifornia Casket Company on. Mission
street, was caught between the eleya-
tor and the wall yesterday, and his
scalp was nearly torn off. He was re-
moved to the Central Emergency Hos
pital, where fifty stitches had to be
taken before the wounds were sewed
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Motorman Is Assaulted.

Fred A. Dinsmore, motorman on a
suburban car, reported to the police
yesterday that while his car was on
Mission street. between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth, on Thursday evning
an unidentified man jumped on the
dummy and struck him on the head
with piece of gas pipe. The man then
ran away. Dinsmore- knew of no cause
for the assault. He had his wounded
scalp dressed at ST. Luke's Hospital
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
One Hundred Tons OF Hay Burned.

CORNING, July 27.-Shortly after
noon today bunkhouse on the Foster
ranch, west of here. caught fire and be-
fore the flames could be subdued they
spread to a large haystack and de-
stroyed 100 tons OF newly cut alfalfa
hay. The fire is supposed to have been
caused by a pipe which one Of the
ranch employees was smoking
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Inspects California; orchards.

SAN JOSE, July 27.-wilIiam' A. Hig-
gins. president Of the New York Dried
Fruit Association, is spending several
days in this valley inspecting fruit con-
ditions and pospects. He states that
the Eastern market is almost bare Of
dried apricots, peaches and prunes.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Mazamas ON the March.

BELLINGHAM. July 27.-The Mazama
mountain climbing party. headed for
Mount Baker, started at 11:30 this
morning on it's twelve mile tramp from
the terminus of the Bellingham Bay
and British Columbia Railroad to the
site of the permanent camp, which will
be reached tonight. The party left Bel
lingham by train at o'clock this
morning.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Sells Liquor without License.

A warrant was obtained by Police
man Joseph Speck from Police Judge
Mogan yesterday for the arrest of
John Doe" Knutz, grocer, on Chesley
street, near Eighth, on a charge of SELL
ing liquor without a license Speck
said Knutz was keeping open house and
made no secret of his illegal traffic.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
NAVY ORDERS.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The follow
ing cable was received today from
Rear Admiral Train. Asiatic fleet,
Chefoo
Surgeon D. N. Carpenter goes to the
Raleigh, Surgeon c. P. Kindleberger
to the naval station at Olongampo,
Ensign /. E. Bass is detached from the
Villa Lobos to the Ohio, Midshipman
M. F. Draemel is detached from the
WISCONSIN to the villa Lobos.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
PORT TOWNSEND TO LOSE
CHINESE DETENTION STATION
Headquarters of Immigration Commits
siOner Sergeant to Be Trans
ferred TO Seattle.

SEATTLE. July 27.-The Chinese de-
tentioh station now located at Port
Townsend will be moved to Seattle as
soon as the Great Northern Steamship
Company can erect a new lodging
house to accommodate the Chinese
travellers. The transfer of the deten-
tion station to Seattle means that the
headquarters of immigration Inspector
Sergeant will be moved to Seattle.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
DIPLOMAS ARE GIVEN
TO Bible STUDENTS
Commencement Exercises of Berke-
ley Seminary Are Held at
Garfield Park.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SANTA CRUZ. July 2S-The COM
mencement exercises of the Berkeley
Bible Seminary were held this evening
at the tabernacle at Garfield Park. The
exercises opened with a procession of
the trustees, the faculty and students
The addresses were delivered by Rev.
r. P. Shepherd and Rev. H. ]. Loken
and the invocation by Rev. A NJ
Mccoy. Dean Van Kirk presented the
diplomas.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Almost victims of Gns.

Andre Depianti and Giovanni Mas
taglio were found unconscious in their
room at 2971 Harrison street early yes
terday morning with the gas turned on.
Policemen Mullen and Foley took them
to the City and County Hospital in the
patrol wagon. Drs. Mooney Minch and
Gundry worked on the two unconscious
men for several hours till they were
out of danger. When retiring for the
night they accidentally turned on the
gas
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
ALLEGED MURDERER FREED
BY GARDEN CITY JURY
Indictment Against SanhIippO Dismiss
sed Because Members of Grand
Jury Talked Too Much

SAN JOSE, July 27.-Judge welch to-
day set aside the indictment against
Salvatore Sanhlippo, who is in jail un-
der a charge of having shot his wife
TO death some weeks ago. 1t was shown
that one of the grand jurors, previous
to that body taking UP the Sanf1lippo
case for consideration, had expressed
the opinion that he was guilty The
case will be presented to a new Grand
Jury.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28

ASKS FOR DAMAGES.-Francis Gordon
brought suit yesterday in the Superior Court to
recover $4,000 damages from Alexander W. Bond
for goods that taken from the plaintiff s
delicatessen store at 12031s Golden Gate avenue
on April 25. The goods were valued at $40
and in addition Gordon wants $4,000 as dam
ages.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
RICH GOLD STRIKE MADE
AT THE SCORPION NINE
Ledge of Ore Averaging S760 a Ton
Uncovered on Old Property.

REDDIEG, July 27.-One of the rich
est strikes ever made in the French
Gulch mining district was made yes
terday at the Scorpion mine, under
lease to John Cannon. A big ledge of
ore averaging $3.50 a ton was sencoun-
tered. The Scorpion was owned many
years ago by p. Crowley. former Chief
of Police of San Francisco. who made
a fortune out of it and sold it to Will
liam T. Coleman.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
One MIlllon shingle. Burned.

BELLINGHAM, July 27.-The dry.
kiln Of the Miller shingle mill and one
million shingles were destroyed by fire
at ClearbEook, twenty miles north of
here, today. The latest report is that
the effort to save the mill itself will
succeed
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
The GInnt Foreat.

Thousands OF trees, two hundred TO four hun
dred feet high, fifty to one hundred feet around
On the border OF the famous Kings River
country. Short stage trip over Government road
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28

WANT STREETS REPAIRED.-Propertyo own
ers on Howard and Shotwell streets, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth, yesterday petitioned
the Supervisors to repair the roadways and sew
ers in the blocks described.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
CASTOR Favors
Soup Kitchens
Reports That They Are
Necessary, but Can
Be Improved.

n n AJOR ]. H GASTON, superin-
MI tendent of camps. has made a
L 4report to the relief commission
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Woman S Weary
Search for Aid
Red Tape Prevents Mrs.
0'Brien From Secur-
ing Supplies.

IN ECAUSE her requisition was not
typewriter Mrs. A. O'Brien was
L. sent from the relief warehouse at
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
Plan Of Relief
Work Outlined
Report Of the Executive
Committee Adopted
by Directors.

A T THE meeting yesterday after
IN noon OF the directors Of the San
L \ Francisco Relief and Red Gross
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NOTES OF INTEREST.

Rev. F. B. Meyer frankly credits his
success at Christ church, London, to the
Pleasant Sunday Afternoon movement
which has brought under the influence
of the church thousand men each Sun
day from whom members and recruits
have been won.
1t was announced that John D. Rookie
teller had made to the American Baptist
Home Mission Society a conditional gift
of $4,000 toward the rebuilding Of de-
stroyed and injured Baptist churches in
and about San Francisco. The cOndi-
ton is that the society shall raise as
much more by April next.
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THE LIBRARY.
A MANUAL OF THEOLOGY By Josor,
Agar Beet, D. D. 56S PIP. $2.75 net A
Q. Armstrong & Son, New York.

1t can never be true, whatever the worl,
may say, that theology is an obsolete AND
forgotten science. And it can never ba
true that the church of Christ will ceaSO
to study the oracles of God and brino
forth treasures of truth, both new and
old. The Church of God welcomes each
new study of the great doctrines of tho
Word, and rejoices in the spiritual Light
and life of each new presentation of tbs
everlasting Gospel. DR.. Agar Beet is an
accomplished Bible scholar and an aba
theologian. He has clear style and
logical method of marshaling his well-or.
dered discussions. We can at this time
give only the titles of the elven parts oftbe
new book of Outlines of Theology: Ma.
ture and God, Christianity and Christ
The Sacred Records, the Father, Son and
Spirit, Man: Created and Ruined. The
Gospel Of Pardon, Through Jesus Christ
The New Life in Christ, The Divine HUI,
man Christian Life, The Church of Christ
and The Last Things.
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THE APOSTLE JOHN AND THE ROB
Der CHIEF.

DR.. Johnston Ross, at Mortified.
1t is told that when st. John, the
bishop, was travelling around Ephesus
he came to one congregation summoned
before him, and in the congregation he
saw young lad about the age of the
younger M mt Hermon boys, whose
personal beauty and whose intelligent
look fascinated the gaze of the old in
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telligent bishop. He spoke to the lad
and seems to have had his heart drawn
out toward him as the heart of the Lord
was drawn out to the rich young ruler,
and st. John said to the bishop of the
congregation:
Il place him in thy charge as spec
1al deposit; take care of the lad for me
as I would take care of him for the
Lord" And some time after st. John
was making a second visit of the great
churches and came to this congregation,
he asked the local minister:
What have you done with the treas
ure that l begged you to take care of
for me?" The minister thought there
had been some financial matter that he
should have taken care of.
mo, no, it was not that. 1t is the
lad; you remember"
"Oh!" said the minister, 'he is dead"
What" said ST. John, "dead?"
WELL, said the minister, che is dead
to God. Since you were here he has
fallen away from his Christian profess
sion, in spite of the instruction we gave
him in preparation for his baptism
He has fallen away into sin and become
very reckless, and in order to quiet his
conscience he tried to do something
reckless and make himself captain of
band of robbers in this district
What" said St. John, 'the lad en-
trusted to you! Where is he?"
81 know not" was the reply; she is
out somewhere in this district. They
have cave and he is the leader of
the robbers"
And you have not gone to find
him?" said st. John.
Then" said he, 'get me a horse"
Nothing would satisfy but that they
get him horse, and he rode away to
where he was told this robbers cave
was. The robbers had sentinels out
at various points, and when challenged
he said: "I want to be arrested and
taken to your chief" and the sentinel
took him to the cave. AS soon as the
robber chief saw him he trembled and
would have run away, and st. John said
to him.
"My son, why did you run away from
me? Come back. Aye, come back to
me in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
who calls you back to Him." and the
robber chief came back to st. John and
went on his knees before him in penf-
tence for his sin, but always kept his
right hand at his back. There was
something in his life he was still I'M
willing to surrender.
"My son, give me that blood-stained
right hand, and very reluctantly, as
though parting with the last thing, the
right hand was extended to st. John,
who took his hand and said: "In the
name of our Master announce the for
giveness of your sin. He is calling you
back to Him; come back to Him now"
And quietly and submissively the lad
went back to Ephesus with him and
lived to be a minister and bishop in the
Church.
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O-EION. 20. $500.
Our lesson is on temperance, and is
taken form the prophecy of Isaiah. This
prophet lived more than $50 years B. G.
The time of this denunciation of strong
drink was probably during the reign of
Ahaz; the reigns previous to Ahaz had
been long and prosperous, and this had
tended to luxury and worldliness, and in
temperance is the usual accompaniment
of this social condition.
The prophet is very strong in his de-
nunciation of intemperance; but all sane
men are-it is denounced by heather
statesmen who care for the prosperity
of their State, as well as by Christian
ministers who care for Gods honor and
the salvation of souls. Every good is
ruined by intemperance. Great men,
great causes, great ideas, great virtues
While all recognize and abhor the degra-
ldation that follows in the wake of strong
drink, such is the deceitfulness of sim
that men daily with it instead of fleeing
from it.
In discussing what government act for
shutting up of public houses would be
wise, the Scotch workman expressed it
tersely when he said "The best shut
ting-up act is to shut your own mouth"
That is so simple and so safe that we
marvel that any will refuse to act upon
it.
But it is less of marvel that any weak
man-and who isn't weak? will fail to
take Christs offer of His infinite strength
to meet our every weakness. Christ's
gospel is the hope of the world for the
conquest of intemperance, as it is for
all other sin. For it not only reveals
the sin to us, and gives us a noble long
ing to be free from it, but it gives us
pO10er to overcome it.
Childrens minds do not have to be
filed with pictures of the horrors of
drunkenness; trusting Gods love- obedi-
ence to Him always means securing our
own happiness, for it is impossible that
He should fail to plan the best for us.
Children can and do grasp that truth.
so that knowing what their heavenly
Father wants them to do they can give
a joyful obedience. To be pleasing to
one you love is a stronger motive than
fear of the penalty for wrong-doing
But we have need of bringing every
motive to bear upon our conduct-so easy
is it to fail; only to tender, responsive
young hearts we must put the highest
first, with prayer that the love of Christ
may always constrain them
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GRIFFITH JOHN. The Story of Fifty
Years in China BY R. Wardaw
Thompson. limo, 544 PIP. $500 net
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Far Cathay" is not as far away as it
was a generation past. 1t has been open.
ed to the Western world, and brought near
to us by the marvellous changes of a
mans lifetime. Nor it is true to many
of the servants of Christ, as it was to the
English poet laureate.
Better fifty years of Europe than a
cycle of. Cathay." Many brave and loving
missionaries have chosen to bide IN China
to the end of their days, for the glory Of
God and the blessing of China DR.. Crit
fifth John, the well-known English Con-
gregational missionary, has had long
and richly-blessed service in the great
Empire Of the East, and the story will be
read around the world with the profound
est interest and profit