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once, and having one day fatty contradicted
inc ,ouliy on some point connected with tne
quickest way to turn in dead eye, Dan had
threatened to click him like q. sack av, ne
DIDN'T keep his tongue a'tween his teeth, "a
threat to which the other paid not the slight
est attention
Lets take yere knife while I fill my
pipe, Fred" said this engaging gentleman,
rather to Fred's surprise, as he was hurrylng
,o Now Fred was anxious to get away on the
low-water slack"-if you know what, that
means-but he wanted to be accommodating
az az well, So, handing over his large single
pladed Iack-knife, he stood with his pals on
one arm, waiting impatiently for young MIR.
Lesaary to finish his task.
lhtey tell me that it's goin' to say we're
wantIn' to do. remarked Dan, very deliberate
iy pairing off the thin shavings of tobacco. =,
Laws replied Fred, rather curly, tor mt, MI
as he spoke. ''Tm thinking of going some
time; but hurry little, please, Dan; | want
to get through the 'narrowS before the tide
as coolly. shutting the knife he put it in his
own own pocket, and began .stuf6ng the tobacco
to reminder the young chap by, that said he
cud larn me, as has foller'd the. say these four
year how to turn in did-eye."
mad clear through" But he saw that Dan
only wanted to pick quarrel with him, and
though Fred had physical courage enough for
stand-up. fight with bully, if it became a
question of right or self-defense, he had the
kind of moral courage which is ashamed Of
personal encounter with rowdy or black
guard, on any other grounds than those have
mentioned.
Keep it, then" said Fred, shortly, turning
on his heel. cts no more than would ex-
pect of fellow that was kicked out of the
Kentuckian's forecaste for stealing sailors
go-ashore clothes"
know that this retort was wrong, but,
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then, Fred was fesh-and-blood boy, who had
yet to learn, through bitter experience, that
whose keepeth his mouth and his tongue,
keepeth his soul from evil
Dams naturally ford face grew still red
der, for, unfortunately, the charge OF TINS
learned it by the merest accident day OF
two before.
Dropping his pipe he sprang into the road
before Fred, who quite naturally stood on the
defensive, and as his Uncle Tom, who haa
been one of the best boxers in college, had
riyen him considerable instruction in the man
" art Of self defense" his attitude seemed to
take his wrathful antagonist rather aback.
eur two cints," roared Mr.. Leary, rap
idly revolving a pair OF clenched lists, not not
90 round We like copper would a cask!" and
he began to dance up and down, advance and
retreat. in a matter calculated to strike terror
10 his young opponents soul.
HYou Dan!" suddenly called shrill voice;
"what you was pen up to now?-fghtin',
eh?"
49, And to Fred's great astonishment a thin,
Tried -up-looking woman, of undoubted Ger
man origin, suddenly. ran out of the house,
with a broom in her hand.
put though small of stature, it was plain
that Mrs. Leary had the determination of a
ssF;ghtin'. eh?" she repeated, fiercely whack-
inc her hopeful son with the brush end of the
broom over his red head. "Now chust you
get inter der house, und pring my woot in, to
hid init der fre!" and then she thumped
him again, with such hearty good will that
l ha yefreated in great confusion, closely pur-
, M in the rear by the enemy, to Fred's great
1Snd unbounded delight.
ut II was nearly sunrise by the time he got
10 the town pump,
"if leave my pals on the platform here, /"
ba said to himself, dan will play some
mean trick with them while Pm away!"
Mr.. Soues old shoemaker shop stood close
by. STOPPING down Fred thrust the pals
under one end of the shop, and FASTENED to
And now, while he is pulling his light
thirteen-foot dory down the harbor toward
The wide-reaching sea, with long regular
strokes, let me tell you briefly little more
about Fred Mason.
His mother only lived few years after the
disappearance of her twin son. and Doctor
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At first the message was merely rolled
up tightly, waxed over, to protect it from
the weather and then attached to a feather
in the birds tail But it was soon found
that the Irvine which kept the missive in
its place cut or damaged the paper, and there
fore, in order to protect it from being pecked
by the pigeon, and from being injured by
wet, the dispatch was inserted in a small
goose-q quill two inches in length. The quill
redhot bodkn 50 ass as no to SPLIT i # S %Sp IA
the holes waxed silk threads We're inserted
to afix it to the strongest tail-feather. By
attaching the message to this part of the birds
body, its flight was not in any way interfered
with
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Skipper Fuller, who had taught him the bear
ngs of many hidden reef and shoal, came to
mind.
For ever so far out from land there are shall
low places, sometimes of great extent as
Georges Bank" or the we-known "Banks
of Newfoundland" where fish are found in
great numbers.
1t was a rocky, bottom that Fred was in
search of-Brown's Reef in fact, where
ledge rose foot or two above the sea at low
water, while at flood tide its location was
marked by the sheet of white foam which
continually surged above and around it.
| do not know whether you have ever seen
"dory," but let me bear testimony to the
fact that, despite their unpleasant suggestive
ness in shape to coffin, sldllful fisherman
will keep one afoat when a large boat would
ed and littleish,S as the boys say, you would
be astonished to see how buoyantly they ride
the long seas, even when loaded within six
inches Of the gunwale with fish.
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| for little store accounts. There may be diff
ferent opinions in regard to what meanness is.
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CHAPTER II.

LEFT Fred pulling steadily sea
ward.
Bring the lone pine on Rocky
Neck to bear north-northwest from
the light" he said, half-aloud, as the
well-rememharad ;nstr,,otions Of old
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How Pigeons Carry Messages

HE general notion that all that has
to be done in forwarding dispatch
by pigeon is TO catch the bird, tie
lNWSNI a letter to its leg, and then liberate
tsSsSg it, is utterly fallacious, as the meth.
cd of attaching the message is OF
great Importance. Besides, to be of much ser
vice, the birds must have been thoroughly
trained otherwise, if the distance TO be ira
versed be great, the pigeon will in all proba
bility lose its way. as it depends more upon
observation than anything else for guidance
in its flights.
Prior to the siege of Paris, the method of
affxing the message 10 the bird had not re
eeived that attention which it demanded, and
consequently many dispatches were lost in
transit
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
SAYS HIS WIFE Is CRUEL
TO HER STEPCHILDREN
Jenkin Evans, Connected with Gas
Company I'm This City, Begins Suit
I'm Oakland for Divorce

OAKLAND, Nov. 19.-Alleging that
his wife. Mrs. Susie Evans has been
very cruel in her treatment of his
children by a former wife, Jenkin
Evans, who is employed by the San
Francisco Gas and Electric Company,
filed suit today for a divorce. The
plaintiff states that his wife drinks to
excess.
Evans had his lawyer draw up the
divorce complaint a month ago and
told his wife he would file It IL she
did not treat her stepchfldren with
kindness. He claims that she failed
to correct her conduct in this regard
and therefore he began the action.
William E. White began suit this
afternoon for divorce from Lobina
White The plaintiff Is an Oakland
contractor and alleges that he was
deserted two years ago.
Cupid has regained sway In the do
mestic affairs of the Harry Sparbers,
and today the husband, who secured an
introductory decree for divorce a year
ago, dismissed his action against his
wife. Sparber is a hardware merchant
on Broadway. A reconciliation was
effected recently between the couple
and they have gone back to live with
each other
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
POST MASTER FISK
CRIES STOP Hin"

For failing to stop when shouted to
after running down Clarence Isaacs, a
special delivery boy employed at the
postoffice. Postmaster Fisk. Judge Ker-
rigan and Policeman Reavis, gave a
chauffeur named George Marshall an
exciting chase last night, and after
capturing him had him booked at the
Bush-street station for battery and for
violating the automobile speed limit
The boy was in front OF 799 Van
Ness avenue when he was struck by
the automobile. He was knocked
down, but not seriously injured All
efforts to make the chauffeur stop were
in vain, and he only increased the speed
of his machine, evidently thinking that
he could escape arrest
It happened that Judge Kerrigan
and Postmaster Fisk were in a restau-
rant at the time end saw the accident
Their indignation was aroused They
lost but little time In getting into
Fisk's auto and giving, chase, taking
the policeman with them.
1t was a wild ride for a little time.
but their efforts met with SUCCESS
The careless chauffeur was captured at
Golden Gate avenue and Leavenvorth
street
When taken before the police iudre
Marshall was severely reprimanded for
failing to stop and see what had hap
pened to the boy.
Marshall is employed by Woodruff q
Co., contractors.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
POLICE SEEK MISSING LADS

OAKLAND. Nov. 19.-Ra1ph Kelly. a
10-year-old boy who lives with his
mother at 565 Sixteenth street, was re-
ported to the police today as missing
from his home since November IA.
Charles White of 921 Fillmore street,
San Francisco, reported to the Oakland
police the disappearance of his 9-year-
old son Freddie. The boy was put on
train at Stockton and the trainmen
were requested to put him off at First
and Broadway, Oakland. When search
was made for him at that point he was
not to be found.
B. T. Stewart of Selma, Fresno
County, asks the assistance of the
local police in locating his son Robert,
whom he declares was enticed from
his home on November IA by young
man named Roscoe Morris, also of that
town. The father thinks the two were
headed for Oakland
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
NEW CEMENT COMPANY WILL
BUILD THREE-MILE RAILROAD
Articles of Incorporation Filed for Line
Which VIII Connect With Works
In Southern California

OAKLAND. Nov. 1s.-Incorporation
Of the Crescent City Railway Company
marks a second move in the develop
rhent OF the Southern California c.
ment Company, which is preparing to
erect an extensive cement plant near
Riverside. The enterprise is financed
by William G. Henshaw, president Of
the Union Savings Bank of this city
It has been bonded for $1,oO0,00O. II
is said that the new factory's output
viii be taken as rapidly as it can be
manufactured for Southern California
construction work.
The railway company will operate
from Crescent City. San Bernardino
County, the townsite of the cement
company's plant, to the works, which
are three. and a half miles from River
side on the Jurupa Rancno. The dis
lance is ten miles. The incorporators
are Cecil T. Walker, Henshaw's pri-
waite secretary. and George w. Reed,
P. c. Black, Clarence Reed, of the law
firm of Reed, Black e. Reed of this
city, and 3. RfGrif1ns.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
CHRISTIAN PLEADS HE Is
HALF-BRoTHER OF MRS. KUREN
Gives This as Reason to Court for
Taking Her and Children Away
From Husband

ALAMEDA, Nov. 1s.-John Christian,
who is accused by Mike Kuren of San
Francisco with having broken up his
home and of having stolen his wife
and two children, appeared in the City
Justice Court today to answer to a
charge of disturbing the peace that
had been placed against him by Kuren.
Christian pleaded not guilty and de-
clared that he was a half-brother of
Mrs. Kuren and that she had asked
him to protect her from her husband
The latter denied that any relationship
existed between Mrs. Kuren and Chris
tan.
City Justice r. B. Tappan continued
the case until Wednesday morning In
order to allow Christian time in which
TO Secure witnesses TO prove that Mrs
Kuren was his half-sister. For fear
that his enemies may do him bodily
harm Christian nightly patrols the
premises that he and Mrs. Kuren and
the latter's children occupy on San
Jose avenue, near Mound street. He
carries shotgun while on sentinel
duty.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
AGED MAN KILLED
BY STREET CAR

OAKLAND, Nov. 1s.-Though q brave
attempt at rescue was made by Charles
E. Thomas, who risked his own life by
his action, a south-bound Telegraph
avenue car knocked down and fatally
injured Clancy W. Dempster, so years
old. at Thirty-frst street and Teie-
graph avenue this morning.
Thomas from his position on the
front Of the car saw the aged man
start 70 cross the tracks ahead of the
car, and grasping an upright he leaned
far out and tried TO avert the accident.
The speed of the car was so great
that he failed In the attempt and saw
the victim crushed under the wheels
One leg was severed below the knee
and at the East Bay Sanitarium, 10
which the aged man was taken, it was
found that he had sustained severe
internal injuries. He lived but a few
hours after the accident
The deceased was a member of the
commission firm of Dempster & sons
Of San Francisco and was well known
in business circles. He lived at Sal
Albion street
Motorman S. z. Willoughby, in
charge of the car. surrendered himself
TO the police and after having a charge
of manslaughter placed against him
was released on his own recognizance
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20

Husband Attempts to Stay Wife
and Babe, Then Suicides
Bullets Strike Woman
as She Holds Child
to Her Breast

OAKLAND, Nov 19.-Enraged be-
cause his pretty young wife had re-
FUSED TO support him at the expense OF
her own honor, declaring that as long
as her two-months-old babe lived she
would do nothing 70 disgrace IL, Frank
Dfstefano. SIS years Of age, this morn
Ing attempted to murder the infant,
and in shielding the child from the bull
lets of her maddened husband the wom-
an was wounded in the face and hand,
and her husband a moment later COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the head.
The attempted murder and suicide
were committed at a notorious dive at
49, Rose street conducted by Mrs. Josie
Harper. where Distefano had taken
his wife last Friday night
The couple formerly lived IN Alden,
but the husband few days ago In
sisted that his wife earn not only her
own living but that Of her husband
and child as well and the next day
was attempted. This morning the cou-
pie were heard quarrelins bitterly,
and a moment afterward three shots
rang out, followed by the screams Of
the wounded wife.
The woman ran from the place with
blood streaming from a wound IN her
face, and when neighbors reached the
house they found Distefano dead on
the floor and the babe, with it's face
and clothing powder burned. growing
and laughing on the bed. The police
were notified. and after a delay of more
than an hour the woman was removed
to the Receiving Hospital The body
of Distefano was removed to the
morgue-
At the hospital Mrs Distefano, who is
but % years old. informed the detec-
f~rAr = 4 -
to murder their child and that she had
been shot in trying TO preserve the
life of her little one. She said that
Distefano had become enraged at her
refusal to comply with his demand that
she sacrifice herself to gain a living
for him and herself and. believing that
the child was the cause of her refusal,
he had attempted to end its life
Two of the bullets fired by the mad
dened man struck the woman as she
lay across the body of her child, the
first striking her in the right hand,
shattering the bones, and the second
tearing its way through the bridge Of
her nose and her left cheek. Distefano
then turned the revolver against HIM
self, the bullet entering his head near
the right ear and making its exit above
and to the back of the left ear. He
fell to the floor dead.
Mrs. Distefano arrived In this city
in September, 1905, from. her home in
Italy, and a few months later married
Distefano. Almost Immediately their
troubles began, and since that time her
husband has persisted in his demand
that she give. herself up to life of
shame, her refusal finally resulting in
the tragedy today. The chiid is in
charge OF Matron Baxter of the City
Prison, and a suitable home will be
found for Ii.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
bULGER AND BOLLEs
FAIL To AGREE

Horns are locked between United
States Local Inspectors Bolles and Bull
ger over the question as to the blame
for the grounding of the steamship
Mongolia on coral reef at Midway
Island. BolIes wanted to censure Cap
tain Porter for the accident and Bull
ger blamed First Mate Martin for fall
ure to report soundings promptly.
The crisis arrived yesterday after
noon when Bolles submitted his type
written decision to Bulger. who refused
to concur. The decision was there
upon handed to United States Super
yising Inspector John Birmingham,
who after having read it lin silence
and without visible emotion, announced
TO the representatives of the press that
there was nothing to report.
The inspectors have disagreed
was all the announcement that he
would make. He added that in a few
days after proper cogitation of the
matter he would announce the result
In the meantime he will receive from
Mr.. Bulger a written opinion of his
view of the case and with the sword
of Solomon will cut the tangle one way
or the other.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
COM|PANY'S ASSETS
co To RECEIVER
SPECIAL pIspArcH mol rH

sFEClAL DlSPAICH TO THE CALL.
CHICAGO. Nov. 1e.-Funds Of tbe
German Insurance Company OF Free-
port, ILL.,, will tomorrow pass into the
hands Of the Chicago Title and Trust
Company. which was today appointed
receiver for the bankrupt COMPANY
and which will conserve the Interests
or all its creditors, including the San
Francisco policy-holders. The credit
ors probably will receive about 40 cents
on the dollar The open business ~
the company has been reinsured in tha
Royal Insurance Company of LfverpooI
which will also employ many OF the
field men and clerks formerly with tbe
Freeport corporation
The defunct company was organized
more than fifty years ago as tor
nado insurance institution. It's can't
talization was small, it's profits large.
and 1T prospered
The San Francisco disaster resn1tad
in a total loss of 100000 to the two
companies, the German National los
ing about $1,500,000 and the parent or
ganizatfon $500, 900. A plan was sre-
gested by the two companies whereby
these should increase their capitaliza-
ton s75O.000. sell the stock at 5000 a
snare and pay their losses at the rate
of so cents on the dollar
The offer of settlement was reiactas
by the San Francisco claimants ana the
omclals reinsured the company's bust
ness in the Royal Company and went
into bankruptcy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
WANT GOVERNMENT
AID FOR HARbOR
Owners of Property Along
Oakland Water Front to
Ask for Federal Help
MEETING Is CALLED

OAKLAND. Nov. 1s.-Property own
ers along Oakland harbor will meet
Thursday afternoon at o'clock at the
Chamber of Commerce 10 discuss plans
for enlistinE further Federal aid in the
Improvement Of the harbor. United
States Senator George c. Perkins and
Representative J. r Knowland will be
present Invitations have been sent to
ali OF the members Of the California
Congressional delegation to attend the
meeting.
In the call for the conference Hugh
Hogan. chairman of the Oakland har-
Dor committee Of the Chamber Of Com
merce. sends forth the following:
The committee is DESTROYS of pre-.
senting TO its representatives from CAL
ifornia in the Congress of the United
States. the actual improvements neces-
Eary 70 properly care for the increased
business now being transacted and to
be located in Oakland Harbor. The ex-
ceptfonally rapidly -roWth of Oakland
Harbor In manufacturing Importance
makes II necessary that an appropria-
ton be asked from the pext Congress
of the United States and the har-
Dor committee is DESTROYS of having
all representatives from California con-
veTsant with the actual necessities that
they may aid Senator Perkins and Con-
gresham Knowiand in securing the
requisite appropriation.
Among the plans 10 be considered are
the deepening Of the channel west of
Fallon strickland the extension Of q
seyeuteen-foot or deeper channel
the shores of which have been located
many large manufacturing plants.
These enterprises are seeking deep wa
ter facilities for the handling of mer-
chandise and the output Of their fac
tories.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
OAKLAND To HAVE
LOOP SERVICE

OAKLAND. Nov. 1s.-Further details
OF the plans OF the Southern Pacific
Company to electric it's lines running
from the Alameda Mole, one into this
city and two through Alameda, and Of
the project 70 construct an electric
line on Twentieth street from Frank
lin street 70 the company's West Oak
land lines, as published exclusively in
The Call, are being worked out The
Southern Pacific Company has prac-
ticslly decided 70 ask the City Council
for franchise to install an electric
line on Franklin street from Second
70 Twentieth.
The local trains from the Alameda
Mole that az present run along Web
ster street 10 the depot az Fourteenth
and Franklin streets VIII, after the
electric system Is installed, run over
Second street from the Alice-street
bridge and thence along Franklin
street 10 Twentieth street This sys-
tenn OF track connection will give the
Southern Pacific Company a loop serv-
ice from the Alameda Mole to the Oak
land Mole, directly into and through
the heart Of Oakland's business center.
II Is probable that the railroad COM
pany viii retain its present steam
tracks on Webster street for freight
purposes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
SPELL Of COUGHING
CAUSES DEATH

BERKELEY. Nov. 1s.-Mrs Mary
Baudler. IS years old, died this morn
ing as the result of a coughing spell,
which began at O'Clock last night
without apparent cause and continued
for four hours. A physician was sum-
moned, but no relief could be given the
woman. Her suffering ended only with
death
Mrs. Baud1er resided with her aged
husband at 1920 Fifth street. They
were refugees from San Francisco
Their golden wedding anniversary was
celebrated. Mrs Baudler was SEEM
ingly in good health. She was not
troubled with lung disease or any COM
plant that might be supposed to in
spire a cough 1t was not believed by
her husband that she swallowed any,
thing which interfered with her breath
ing. She simply began TO cough in a
natural way and continued the cough
ing until she died. An inquest will be
held tomorrow.