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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-14
AYERS NURSE HAS
THE BANkBOOk.
Friend of Noted Dane to
Institute Proceedings
Against Mrs. Halvers

OAKLAND. July ds-Millard F. La
Grange, who has petitioned for letters
of guardianship over the person and
estate of Nicholas Sonnichsen. former
Danish Consul at San Francisco, is to
institute proceedings to, recover from
Mrs. Pauline Halvers property belong
ing to the aged man, which 1t is al
legged she has appropriated.
Mrs. Halvers, who has acted as nurse
for the former Consul, according to La
Oranges claims. persuaded him to give
to her part of his personal property and
also turn over his bank book to her.
Sonnichsen is well known in the
Danish colony, having served as Consul
in San Francisco for many years. He
is the father of Albert Sonnichsen. a
newspaper man, who met many thrilling g
adventures while in Bulgaria among
the bandits.
Mrs. Halvers, 1t Is asserted. has
cared for Sonnichsen for mouths while
he was helpless from old age. She will
probably resist La Oranges petition to
be appointed guardian.
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COUNTY NEWS

REFUGEE FOUND DEAD.-Oakland. July
13.-Herman Webb, 60 years old, a refugee was
found dead last evening In tent on Lake
Shore avenue
JUDGE WASTE ON VACATION Oakland.
July 13.-superior Judge William II. Waste left
for Chico tonight to spend week at his for
mer home near that place.
PAINTERS WILL PARADE.-oakiand. July
13.-Painters' Union No 127 has arranged to
make an elaborate showing in the Labor day
parade. The painters will march behind their
own band
PRIEST PROMOTED-oakland, July 13.-
The Rev. Father Praught, assistant at Sacred
Heart parish. has been appointed by Arch
bishop Riordan pastor of the Catholic Church
SOCIALIST VILE LECTURE.-oakland July
13.-Austin Lewis. the writer and lecturer, will
Telegraph avenue, on Socialism and Organ
tied Charities
WILL NOT CELEBRATE July 1a.
There will be celebration tomorrow of the
Fall of the Bastile. The French colony in this
city decided to abandon public demonstration
owing to existing conditions in San Francisco
OBJECT TO SHOOTING.-Berkeley, July 13-
of y te h
provcment Club, and that organization has de-
cided to appeal to the authorities to have the
practice stopped
WILL BUILD NEW FERRY -BoAT.-oak-
land, July l3.-The Key Route has let a con-
tract to J. w. DIckie for new ferry-boat to
replace the Claremont which was burned at
the Union Iron Works, where the machinery
was being installed.
SUSPECTED OF INSANITY. Oakland, July
I3.-Ida Bergman, 30 years old, is detained at
the Receiving Hospital for examination by the
Lunacy Commissioners. The woman has attempt
ed TO injure herself bodily. She has been prom
inent in Salvation Army work.
ELECTION SET FOR AUGUST. BERKELEY,
July 13.-The Town Trustees have fixed the date
of the annexation election, when voters will de-
eide whether the Claremont District and certain
lands to the north OF Berkeley shall become part
of the college town, on August 10 and 10, re-
spectively.
GHIRARDELLIS WILL PRoBATED.-oak
land, July 13.--On the refusal of Domingo CHR
ardelli to act the executor of the will of
his brother, Joseph, Judge Harris today ap-
pointed the widow, Mrs. Ellen Frances Ghirar-
delli, as executrix. The application made by
the widow to have the will admitted TO pro-
bate was granted.
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"GOOD-BY, old man."
WRITES SICK JOURNALIST
Then He Swallows Laudanum In
Quantity Sufficient to
Cause Death.

OAKLAND, July 1S.-After having
suffered for fifteen years with asthma
Eugene Hahn, a newspaper man, ended
his life last night at his rooms. 1923
Franklin street. by taking laudanum.
A two-ounce bottle of the drug, from
which about a-quarter OF an ounce was
missing, lay upon a chair near his bed,
plainly indicating the mode Of death.
note from Hahn to Harry Startling,
employed in the Builders Exchange,
was sent through the mail and opened
when Starting reached his office at 10
o'clock this morning, requesting him TO
care for inclosed papers and closed with
the words. "GOod-by. old man"
Startling at once went to Hahn's
rooms and found that he was too late
TO aid his friend
After inquiry the Coroner stated there
was no doubt that il was a case Of sui
eide. evidently provoked by i'll health
Hahn leaves wife in San Mateo.
Hahn worked for years in San Fran
cisco as a newspaper reporter, but
dropped out Of the field some time ago
after his health broke down.
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GREAT CATHEDRAL
TO ADORN CITY.
Episcopal Edifice Soon
to Rise on Crest of
California Street Hill

EoUaling in grandeur the Cathedral
OF St. John the Divine, that rises over
Morningside Heights in New York and
SURPRISING Il for beauty Of location,
will be the Episcopal cathedral that is
being planned for the summit of the
California street hill. The site selected
for the magnificent church is the prop
erty OF the Crocker estate. Before the
work Of construction is begun, how
ever the land must be decided by the
estate to the EpiscOpalian diocese.
When the great fire that followed
the earthquake swept over the Cali
fornia street hill the palatial home
that was erected by Charles Crocker In
the early 7O's was devoUred. At that
time the house was unoccupied except
by the servants. The residence of Mrs
". H. Crocker adjoining the Charles
Crocker home was also destroyed
The transfer of the property is
looked upon as a natural result of Mrs.
CrOcker's deep interest in the welfare
OF the Episcopalian denomination in
this city The details of the transfer
are yet to be arranged. The block on
which the cathedral viii be situated
is bounded by Taylor. Jones, California
and Sacramento streets.
The plan for the erection of a cath
edral has been in contemplation by the
Crocker estate and Mrs. William H
Croker for some time, but IT was not
until the houses were destroyed that
the idea took definite shape.
Ample consideration has been given
the plan, but as yet no papers have
been signed and the representatives Of
the CrOcker estate and Bishop Nichols
OF the diocese are reticent regarding
the proposed cathedral. At the present
time both Mrs. Crocker and Bishop
Nichols are out Of the city and no
definite steps viii be taken until their
return.
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wARNocK GETS $4,000.

OAKLAND. July 13.-John warnock,
a nephew OF William Napier. is richer
by $4,000 than he was before Judge
Waste Of the Superior Court admitted
TO probate Napiers will. with codicil,
today. Napier was a saloon man who
died on April 13, leaving an estate val
ued at $4,000. Before his death he
added a codicil to the will leaving War
mock $4,000. the youth having cared for
Napier In his last Illness
The codicil was destroyed by the fire
in San Francisco. Napier's attorney, R.
l. Simpson, having the paper in his
possession. Sufficient testimony was Of
fered today to convince Judge Waste
that the codicil had been made as al
legged, and the order probating the will
was accordingly made.
The remainder of Napier's estate goes
TO relatives in Ireland and to several
Plea s5nton churches
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M|LLMEN' s STRIKE
MAY SOON END.
Trades Council Officials
and Employees Trying
to Settle Difficulty
WANT LESS HOURS

OAKLAND, July 13. = Conferences
looking toward an adjustment of the
labor trouble at the California Sash
and Dood Companys mills at West
Oakland are in progress between a
committee of the Building Trades Coun-
ell, composed of P. H. Mccarthy of San
Francisco, ]. B. Bowen and Edward
Thompson of the Alameda County
Building Trades Council and the mill
mana agement.
All the mill employees walked out to
enforce a demand for an eight-hour
day. Plans looking toward the union
izing of the factory are under dis
cussion. A schedule of wages and
hours is under consideration.
The chief difficulty Is to handle the
large number of boys who are en-
ployed at the mills. The committee
hopes to effect an early settlement.
Four hundred employees of the Cali
fornia Sash and Door Company tonight
indorsed the Building Trades Councils
committee report at meeting at the
Building Trades Hall. The committee
announced that a conference Will be
held tomorrow morning at the COM
pany's Offices, 20 Drumm street, in San
Francisco. at which time 1T is expected
q settlement will be erected.
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END OF WAR OVER STREET
FRANCHISE Is IN SIGHT
Southern Pacific and Union Belt Line
of Sacramento About TO Patch
Up Differences.

SACRAMENTO. July 13.-An AMIGA
BILE adjustment of the differences be-
tween the Southern Pacific and the
Union Belt Line Railroad Company Is,
probable. Some weeks ago the South
ern Pacific asked for a franchise to
cross street. 1t was claimed that this
would supply the last link in the
Southern Pacihc's river freight chain
and the Belt Line was formed by local
tobbers 10 save a portion of the citys
harbor for future railroads. The city
has been excited over the matter for
weeks and much pressure has been
brought to bear upon the City Trustees.
II is understood that the Southern Pa
cific will grant the Belt Line conces-
sions which viii remove objections to
the franchise across street.
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CHLOROFORM USED To DRIVE
SWARM OF BEES FROM HOTEL.
Search Following Removal OF Insects
Reveals Sixty Pounds of Honey
Between Walls.

SAN DIEGO. July 13.-This mornin 3
the management OF the Robinson Hotel
was called upon to cfiOroform a colony
of bees that had established itself In
the partition between two rooms on the
Third-street side of the house. Every
year colony of bees finds it's home IN
this place and although they have been
chloroformed and removed each year
another colony comes back. Altogether
nearly 500 pounds OF honey have been
removed from the home OF the bees.
The harvest this month was over sixty
pounds. 1t took nearly three pounds
of chloroform to render the bees harm
less today.
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WATER RATE FIGHT
ON IN COURT.
Judge Hears About Fifty
Per Cent Raise OF
Mill Valley Company
CASE is CONTINUED
spEcIAL DISPATCH no THE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
SAN RAFAEL. July 1.-THE hearing
OF the order to show cause why an or
der should not be issued restraining the
town OF Mill Valley from bringing
suit against the North Coast Water
Company TO secure a forfeiture Of It's
plant for noncompliance with the new
water ordinance came up before Judge
Lennon this morning Attorney Moran
asked for a continuance because OF the
illness of Charles s. Wheeler. attorney
for the petitioners Joseph X. Haw-
kins. Town Attorney of Mill Valley. OBJ
jected strongly TO a continuance on the
ground that the North Coast Water
Company had increased It's rates 80 per
cent since the temporary restraining
order was issued, and was collecting
the increased rate from the water con-
sumers, thus working a hardship He
introduced affidavits and he and Attor-
ney C. w. Durbrow of Mill Valley tes-
titled that the new rates had been
charged and collected. Hawkins asked
that the temporary restraining order
be dissolved, and Moran objected and
asked for a continuance until Wheeler
could appear. Judge Lennon dissolved
the temporary restraining order ard
continued the hearing until Monday,
July 6.
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OAKLAND ADVANCES
WITH RAP|D|TY.
Chamber of Commerce
in It's Call for Meeting
Notes Improvements
POsTOFFICE BUSY

OAKLAND, July 13.-The quarterly
session or the Chamber of Commerce
will be held Tuesday evening. In the
call for the meeting Edison F. Adams,
the president, says:
The. Oakland relief committee was
FORMED In the Chamber of Commerce and
doors were never even closed. while for
ABOUT six weeks the committee trans
acted all the relief work In these rooms.
many ofncers ana members of the cham
per were actively assisting this good
Work, hence not as much of a showing
or the actual work of the chamber has
peen made during the past quarter, for
the reasons above mentioned. However,
the showing is an excellent one.
Ihrough your cooperation the cham
Der has been prime factor, with the
1WSsiSb,ance Wsabin OF our representatives II in
tor of internal revenue tly
located In this city
More than a score of factories and
very many temporary warehouses and
buildings have been located with the
assistance of the several committees of
the Chamber of Commerce.
many mercantile houses have been
located and in each instance your off,
GERS have sought to temporarily at
least, II not permanently, locate these
nrmS TO their satisfaction
register of the locations and pres
ent addresses in Oakland of corpora
tions, firms and professional men
burned out in San Francisco was started
within few days of the fire and has
SINCE been maintained by the Chamber
many thousand people having business
with said firms
The list of more than 5000 firms and
professional men was furnished the
postomce department to prove beyond
question the necessity of additional let
ter-carriers and collectors.
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NAM nIvoRcE cAsEs.

OAKLAND. July lathe following
were granted divorces today: Maud E.
Perkins from George NJ. Perkins, an
introductory decree, for desertion; The
resa Salisbury from Edward A. Sails
bury. an interlocutory decree, for fail
ure TO provide.
Bertha Edwards filed suit for a d.
vorce from William Edwards on the
ground that he is serving time for fell
ony In San Quentin. The couple were
married IN 1902 and Edwards was SEN
fenced from Los Angeles in December,
1904 II. n. Cooper sues Fannie NJ
Cooper on the ground Of desertion Ma
bel T. Burnham filed suit for divorce
against Walter W. Burnham on the
ground OF cruelty and failure to pro-
vide
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mAcKAY,s DONATION REcrrvrD

z BERKELEY. July Is. - President
Wheeler Of the State University has
turned over to the finance committee
Of the Board of Regents 500, 900 which
Clarence Mackay had sent TO him from
New York. The gift is from Mr..
Maekay and his mother, and is to be
used in founding chair of electrical
engineering at the university in mem
ory Of John w. Mackay Jr., brother of
Clarence Mackay. The gift was con-
templated by Mr.. Mackay for "a long
time, according to President Wheeler
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NAPA HOSPITAL TRUSTEES
TO ERECT NEW BUILDING
Decide to Use Recently Acquired Funds
for Structure to House Special
Patients.

NAPA, July 1S.-The board OF man
ayers of the Napa State Hospital scom-
pleted a two days session today. The
most important matter discussed was
the erection Of a $4,000 building with
funds allowed the Napa State Hospital
by the recent Legislature. 1t will be
a two-story frame building. and will
be used for special treatment of pa
tients. 1t is proposed to provide ac-
commodations for about sixty patients
The entire structure will be supplied
with all the latest and most modern
hospital conveniences. superintendent
E. E. Stone will consult with leading
architects about plans, and as soon as
they have been drawn up and agreed
upon work will be commenced.
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FIVE COMPETENT MEN QUIT
BERKELEY POSTOFFICE
One Becomes a Carpenter, One Police
man, and Third Fire-Fighter.
Uncle Sam Works His Men Hard and Makes No
Provision to Pay Them for Extra Toll.

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TALcoTr w1rHnRAws.

OAKLAND, July 13.-Supervisor j.
r. Talcott has formally declined to be a
candidate for reelection from the Sec
ond Supervisorial District, after a SER
vice Of twelve years in the board.
With the expiration of his term, Jan
uary 1, 1907, Supervisor Talcott will
devote himself to his private interests.
which have become important since the
fire.
The action by Talcott leaves a free
field for candidates for the Republican
nomination. and there are no less than
twenty in prospect.
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GERMAN LUTHERAN SYNOD
HOLDS THREE MEETINGS
Accepts Theological College In East
Oakland, Which VIII Be Ded-
icuted TOmmOrw.

The convention of the California and
Nevada district of the German Evan
gelical Lutheran Missouri Synod held
three meetings yesterday at the st.
Paul Lutheran Church. All were large
ly attended. Rev. George A. Bernthal
spoke at both day sessions on the theme
THE Dire Calamity Which Has Be-
fallen This City
Five congregations were admitted
into the synod. They were Zion's Church
of this city, Christ Church OF Los An
geles, lions Church of Long Beach, st.
Luke's Church of Santa Rosa and
Emanuel Church of San Jose.
The theological college which the
committee had selected in East Oak
land was accepted. by the synod. 1T
will be dedicated tomorrow and will be
called the California"
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RETURNS WITH A BRIDE.

BERKELEY, July 13.-E. A. HugiIl.
ground superintendent of the State
University, has returned from a two
weeks tour of Southern California, and
accompanying him is a bride, who was
Miss Grace Creider. Superintendent
Hugilrs friends had not been given a
hint OF his intentions, and the marriage
news accordingly was a surprise. The
couple were married in San Jose on
July by Rev. ]. ". Coombs of the Pres
byterian Church. Their tour included
a visit to Riverside, the home of the
brides parents. Their home will be at
1887 Telegraph avenue, Berkeley.
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the businesslike methods pursued In
caring for their brothers Inheritance
AT the time the trust was created
Aldrich was in a State hospital. He
was discharged several years ago and
began a battle to be declared competent
to handle his own fortune, but met de-
feat.
Under the terms OF the trust Aldrich
was to have sufficient for his needs,
a suitable allowance until he should
be restored to legal capacity He has
contended that his discharge from the
hospital operated to restore him to
competency. but the decisions have been
against that contention.
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LAW CouRTs RnsY

OAKLAND, July I3.-with the OPEN
ing Of the departments of the Superior
Courts today Judges Harris, Ogden,
Ellsworth and Waste found their hands
full with the great number of cases
that have been piling up within the last
few weeks. BY the enactment of a law
at the recent special session of the
Legislature yesterday was the first law
and motion day since June 10, and the
appearance of the probate calendar.
with more than 200 cases, indicates that
the five departments Of the Superior
Court Will be busy for some time to
come
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OAKLAND'S SOCIETY
WELCOMES MANY
ACQUISITIONS.

OAKLAND, July 13-Miss Gladys
Maxwell, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Maxwell of Piedmont, has re-
turned from pleasant visit to Los An
geles. Miss Maxwell is one of the
cleverest girls IN Oakland, and equally
ambitious. She is attending the sum-
mer school at the university so as to be
advanced course when the college
classes are resumed.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sterling of Pied
mont have returned to Carmel-by-the
Sea after weeks visit with Oakland
friends.
Robert C. Newell accepted fine po-
sition with the new real estate firm Of
Breuner-Bowes Company in San Fran
cisco. Mrs Newell was Miss Frances
Warfield Of Fruitvale, an elder sister
of Miss Gertrude Springs, whose mar
r!age with George Friend was a nine
days topic of unusual interest re-
Gently.
little son were guests of her parents,
the Gilbert Curtisses Of East Oakland,
for day this week.
DIR. and Mrs. John Rogers Clark (nee
Muller) of San Francisco returned last
Sunday from a fishing excursion to
Webber Lake.
Quite a little colony from the San
Francisco smart set is summering at
Belvedere, including the billie" Whit
tiers. Miss Pearl Landers and her
brother. the Fred Tallants, the Fred
Knights. the Gordon Blandings and
Mrs. Coleman.
William Mears, an Eastern capitalist.
has taken the George Eaton home in
Piedmont for six months. Mrs. Mears
is charming woman and an acquisi-
tion to Oakland society.
Nine Trebelli (Dolores) passed
through Oakland Tuesday en- route to
Australia, for which place she sailed
Wednesday. She was entertained dur
ing her short stay by Walter Leimert,
the popular Oakland society man, an
informal dinner at his Piedmont home
being one enjoyable feature. On this
occasion Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Havens
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Newell were
also guests.
Among the attractive new homes GO
ing up in Piedmont is the residence be-
ing built by r. H. Pickering of San
Francisco. It is of most graceful de-
Spanish architecture and the Swiss
chalet.
The San Francisco disaster is daily
adding new names to the list of society
people who are building out Piedmont
way. Mrs Agnes J. Jones is erecting
a home on Montecito avenue, and Miss
Lavinia Hoffacker's friends are rejoic-
ing over the rumor that after her mar.
riage with Mr.. Splivalo of Belmont in
the fall they. too, will build in Pied
mont
The Stephen Castles will make their
home In Oakland soon. Miss Norma
Castle is a very attractive girl and will
be a welcome addition to the social set.
Among Oaklanders who enjoyed the
symphony concert at the Greek Theater
Thursday were Mrs. George Marsily and
party. Mrs. Girard, Miss Elizabeth
Simpson Mrs. Florence B. Langworthy.
Xavier Martinez, Fred Maurer and Mr..
Del Mar
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STATE PRINTER SHANNON
CRITICISED BY UNION MEN

SACRAMENTO, July 13.-Because he
put up a small addition to the State
Printing once with the aid of his own
employees State Printer Shannon has
brought upon himself some opposition
from union men. who assert that he
should have given out the work to the
unions Shannon says the work cbst
only S495 and that before entering upon
IL he learned that no objection would
be raised. George Duffy. business
agent of the Building Trades Council.
declares no move against Shannon has
been authorized and II individuals are
finding fault II Is on their own account.
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NEWS OF '%zSzS %S THE BA Y 'sszss szssne4 COUNTIES
George Aldrich Renews Battle to
Get Control Of Big Fortune.
Man Who Kept Courts Busy for Ten Years Is Anxious
to Relieve His Two Sisters of Control of $50, ,000

OAKLAND. July 1s.-George A. Aid
rich. son of the late William A Aid
rich. who has fought for ten years to
get possession. of a fortune left in
trust for him, has added another chap
ter to the long roll of litigation by
appealing from the last decision
against him, which was rendered re-
Gently by Superior Judge Ellsworth.
Involved is $150.000, which is under
the control OF Mrs. A. A. Barton and
Mrs. Helen A. Dunning, Aldrich's S
sisters. For many years they have
guarded the trust and repeatedly have
received high judicial compliments for
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NEW TRUSTEE TAKES SEAT
IN MILL VALLEY BOARD
San Francisco Disaster Cause Of Two
Changes Among COuneilmen
of the suburb.

MILL VALLEY. July 13.-Wi1liston
w. Davis, who was appointed by the
Board OF Town Trustees TO I'LL the va
cancy caused by the resignation OF
Trustee David Craelius, has taken
his seat In the board. Craelius. who
suffered heavy losses from the fire IN
San Francisco. has accepted a respon-
sible position in the assaying depart
ment of a Southern California mine.
This makes the second Trustee to re-
sign within the last two months on ac-
count of the fire in San Francisco. Trus-
tee c. d. Bunker. the. well-known GUS
tom-house broker. was the first c. r.
Cormac was appointed In his place.
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PROFESSOR GOES EAST.

BERKELEY, July 13.-Professor VIII
liam Dallan Arnes of the department
of English at the State University is
to leave for Harvard IN a few days He
VIII spend a year In research and spe-
cial work at the Eastern university
His place as chairman OF the univer-
sity's musical and dramatic committee
is to be taken by DR.. A. e. Taylor.
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VIII Omen New Hotel.

Henry walter has leased the new
Maxon Hotel, on Page and Laguna
streets, and will open ii to the public
August l. 1t is to be called Walters
Astoria The hotel contains 200 large
rooms and on top is roof garden.
Walter was the auditor and cashier OF
the ST. Francis. and was also connected
with the waldorf-Astoria In New York
for many years