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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
CONVICT JAPANE Sc
AS GIRL STEALER

MARTINEZ, Jan. 24.-It required two
hours for jury in the Superior Court
yesterday to convict Sam Fukuchi. the
young Japanese. for abductins 14-year-
old Florence Williams from her home
at Alamo in November. Attorneys Al
bert P. Wheelan and T. I. Fitzpatrick
of San Francisco. who defended the
prisoner. will move for new trial on
the ground of faulty information, and
If their request be denied by Superior
Judge Wells they Will appeal the case
to the Supreme Court. Sentence will
be imposed on February 4.
Florence Williams, the girl plaintiff,
said after the case had been concluded:
'I don't care what they do with him
now. I am awfully glad it is over for
it worried me terribly" Her mother.
Mrs. Annie Williams, expressed her sat
isfaction at the verdict and said she
hoped the Japanese would be given a
long term in prison.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
DEFENDS TRUSTS;
F[AYS LABOR
Chancellor Day of SYRIA
cuse University Again Ad-
vocates Swollen Fortunes
ATTACKS UNIONISM

NEW YORK, Jan. 24-The four
teenth annual dinner of the Manufac-
turers Club of Brooklyn was held at
the Union League Club in Brooklyn
tonight The principal speaker was
chancellor Day of Syracuse Univer-
sity' who said, in part:
The man who is shouting himself hoarse over
take his place in history with the men who
suiasheu ArkWrtghts loom and Whitneys cotton
motive.
1t makes little difference whether you destroy
tne great forms Of business by direct enactment
AS long as the people are taught wickedly
taught by the agitation of various types, that
corporations have as their purpose the robbing
business will be obstructed and the people Will
suffer severe penalty. The mechanics and
spirit of rampant investigation and perse-
cution today far more than those of the great
1t is piece of insolenee Of the individual to
insist that the corporation shall be disbanded
because 1t sells me goods cheaper than he can.
This new doctrine that you can legislate un-
successful men into success by legislating sue
eessful men out OF success is piece of absurd
The modern millionaire loves to invest and to
spend and to give away his money.
Prosecuting attorneys are yelping like wolves
at every corporation In the land Judges and
10 convict
MlilonS nave taken tne place OF nunuIeuS VI
thousands as measure OF wealth. Billions Will
dlsplace millions before the century closes.
The source Of fear which cannot be exag-
gerated is the entrance of labor uniOnism into
politics and its adoption of socialism and an
archy as creed and doctrine 1t is despotsm
which threatens domestic instincts 1t
clutches by the throat planest and most
fundamental liberties. 1t makes the absurd
boast Of having produced the wealth of the
world by the labor of the hand.
How much WAS there in the world as long as
the hand was the only thing that worked? 1t
was only after the brain began to work and men
discovered ways of developing the resources Of
this earth by the forces of nature and by a
thousand inventions-which the man who worked
with his hand tried TO destroy-that hand work
did anything beyond the rudest forms
The labor of this world today is brain labor,
and the hand toiler has the easier job thou
sandfold. The brains of wealth furnishing
the laboring man with his chance to work
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
NEW BUILDING TO
COST $4,000

The E. 1. GoIdstein Company hled
an application yesterday with the
Board of Works for a permit TO erect
a four-story brick building at the
southeast corner of Sutter and Goush
streets at an estimated cost Of sl19'ooO-
The Woodward Company fled an aP-
plication for a permit to erect four
story building on the corner of Turk
and Taylor streets. which will cost
$4,000 ,s
George Howard asked leave to oulid
a $4,000 structure on Sansome street
near Clay.
Applications were filed by Maurice
Rosenthal for a permit to erect build
ing on the southwest corner or Cole
and Haight streets TO cost sS5,OVO' oy
Miss L. Middleton. Washington street.
near Van Ness avenue. $4,000; Lee
Lung Tong, Waverley place, near Clay
s25, $50: ]. NJ. McGee. southeast corner
of Broadway and Stockton, S22,0O0'
Andrews, Beele & Locke, Front street
near California. s17.5Oo; Mary J. Hack
ett. corner of Guerrero and sixteenth
streets, S13,160.
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PRESIDI0 RESUMES IT'S OLD
TIME LIFE AND ACTIVIT'
Lieutenant Henry Ii. Scott, Superin
tendent of Relief Camps, Departs
4 to Join His Company

Things are lively at the Presidio
and everything is going on in the same
fashion as before the fire. The regu-
lation drills of cavalry and infantry,
which We're temporarily suspended, are
proceeding with renewed vigor The
Third Artillery Corps band is giving
its regulation concerts on the alameda
and at the General Hospital.
Lieutenant Henry H. Scott u. s. A.
who has been superintendent of relief
camps and warehouses during the sum-
mer, departed yesterday to join his
company, the Fifty-first Coast Artil-
lery, at Fort Hamilton, n. Y.
Captain John j. Bradley, u. S. A.,
has been made Judge advocate of the
Department of the Columbia. Captain
Bradley is well known in this city,
where he has served in both division
and department off and on for many
years. He was sent here Immediately
after the fire and placed in charge of
the relief supply department at the
Crocker school, He resigned that po-
sition when it was made a paid office
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
STABLES MAY Be
TORN DOWN

The Supervisors health committee
requested the City Attorney on Wednes-
day to render an opinion as to whether
1t has the power to cause the removal
of stables for more than four horses
in cases where no permits have been
granted for the same or where the
granting of the permit is in doubt
The action taken was the result of
protests having been filed against the
maintenance of stables at 1858 Seven
teenth street, 3247 Mission street and
341 ClementinaN street on the ground
that they were a nuisance and a
menace to health.
Secretary Burnett of the Grand Jury
urged the committee to deny permit
to J.. Morehouses who wants to MAIN
tain stable at Turk and Larkin
streets and against which many ad-
joining property owners have pro-
tested. Chairman Lonergan, who has
had a taste of the methods of the in
quisitoriaI body in a rigid examina
tion relative to alleged municipal
graft, took occasion to say that the
health committee was not the Grand
Jury and desired to give every one
concerned a hearing. The matter was
then laid over until next Wednesday.
A. R. Allen applied for a stable per-
NIT at 272 Harriet street and it
developed that he had already built a
Darn unOer a permit from the WOfhS
Board on the adjoining lot, which he
had leased to a man from Stockton.
Supervisor Furey took Allen vigorously
to account for using the committee
for his financial benefit and said he
would vote against the granting of the
permit. The committee laid the matter
over one week.
A lonely bid for doing the laundry
of the Almshouse and emergency hos
pitals at $175 a month was rejected,
as the city will do the work with
union help for $115.
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GRAHAM FAILS At
RECONC|L|AT|ON
Mrs. Mary Allen Tells Him
She'd Die Rather Than
Return to Her Husband
DIVORCE IS GRANTED

Il think you would better decide to
drop this matter, make up with your
husband and go back to him again.
Won't your"
"Who-me?"
YES, you. Won't you forget the past
and start over again?"
Me go back to that man? Youll
see me dead firstT
The dialogue took place yesterday
morning between Judge Graham ana
Mary G. Allen, who had brought suit
for divorce against Anthony Allen a
longshoreman, on the ground OF cruel
ty. The Aliens were married In 1888
and have two children, 16 and 10 years
old respectively. Mrs. Allen is living
with the children in refugee camp
and Allen Is working in Oakland
Mrs. Allen declares that her nus
bands disposition was such that they
could not get along together under any
circumstances. on one occasion re-
Gently. she testified, he wished to go
to bed at $3.50 o'clock, while she wished
to sit up, the result of the controversy
being fight. He then threw her out
doors in the the rain, she says. and she
was forced to seek refuge with a
nelghDor Mrs. Allen dld not ASK LOT
alimony, but only for the custody of
her children, explaining the omission
of the usual request for funds by as
serting that she did not wish to be
bothered with her husband any more,
even to the extent of accepting money
from him for her support. The divorce
was granted.
Divorces were granted by Judge Gra-
ham TO Henry c. Videau from Ella
Videau on the ground of intemperance
and to Mary E. Blick from Peter c..
Blick for desertion. Blick is mem
Der of the police force.
a petition for annulment of marriage
on the ground of coercion was filed
yesterday by CherubbinO Cecchini
against Kate Cecchini. to whom he
was married in Sacramento on May 16
of last year.
Suits for divorce have been begun by
Thomas c. Kern against Julia 4. Kern
for desertion, James c. Sinclair against
Sarah j. Sinclair for desertion, Tim
othy ]. Moloney against Catherine Mo-
loney on statutory grounds, Nikela
Sigrist against Annie Sigrist on statu-
tory grounds, and Abbie L. Moreno
against Leonard F. Moreno for habit
ual intemperance.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
FORMER BOOKKEEPER OF
SEED COMPANY ON TRIAL
Preliminary Examination of Fred L.
CIeaves, Accused of EmbezzIement
and Forgery. Is Begun

The preliminary hearing of Fred l.
Cleaves, former cashier and bookkeepeI
of the z. j. Bowen Seed Company, ac-
cused of forgery and embezzlement
was begun before Police Judge Shortall
yesterday Cleaves is accused of hav-
ing misappropriated in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 by Osgood Putnam, ad-
ministrator of the estate of E. ]. Bow
en-, deceased. The shortage is COW
cred by five complaints, four for en-
bezzIement and one for forgery.
The complaint taken up yesterday
covers a shortage of $2S4.57 alleged to
have been converted by the defendant
to his own use on September 19. 1906
The prosecution placed witnesses on
the stand who described the methods
of bookkeeping of the seed firm and
also witnesses who testified of deposits
made by the defendant Cleaves in his
own name In the Portuguese-A American
Bank. Expert accountants who looked
over the books formerly kept by
Cleaves will be examined at-the session
of the court today.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
HIGHBINDERs DEPORTED

Two Chinese. who were serving a life
sentence in the penitentiary at San
Quentin for numbering a fellow coun-
tryman in a highbinder feud, were de-
ported yesterday on the Hongkong
Maru. Their names are Jung Waung
and Quan Sick. They were pardOned
by Governor Pardee because of the ex-
cellent records they had made in the
prison since 1888, the year in which
they were incarcerated.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
RECOMMEND REDUCTION
OF SIDEWALK WIDTHS
Supervisory Committee FavOrs Widen
Ing of ROadways of Streets In
south of Market District

recommended yesterday to the board
that the width of sidewalks in Steuart,
Spear, Main. Beale, Fremont, Fifth.
Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth,
Berry and King streets be reduced
from nineteenth to fifteen feet, so as to
widen the roadways.
A committee of First-street prop
erty owners opposed the proposed re-
duction of sidewalks in that street,
which they held would be of no bene-
fit, and the committee decided to visit
the ground before taking action.
The street committee referred to the
Board of Works the petition of the
Hayes Valley Club that the width Of
sidewalks on Hayes street be reduced
to twelve feet.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25

KENEsETK ISRAEL ELECTS OFFICERS
The congregation Keneseth Israel elected Off
GERS for the year at recent gathering as fol-
lows: A. Axelrod. president; s. Glaser, vice
president; l. gaer hats secretary; G;no,s A. Gaick'
sky, w. Goldman, A. Shenson, NJ. Monash and
G. s. Brilliant, directors. T. Skootsky win be
collector.
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Oakland Girl Again Leads
in the Gold Contest
Newsboy Of San Jose Gets His First
Turndown--New Candidates

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OF any contestant whom( the subscriber
may desire to assist in getting a share
Of the money. The contestant receiv-
ing the highest number of such votes
during any contest period will receive
the largest purse; the one receiving the
second highest number OF votes the
next largest purse. and so on until the
number OF prizes allotted for that pc
riod is exhausted. The same rule will
apply to the final distribution of the
larger prizes given for the highest ag-
gregate scores.
VOTING POWER OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
The following table shows the sub
scription rates OF The Call and the
voting power OF subscriptions for any
period paid for:
DAILY CALL, INCLUDING SUNDAY
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25

KNOCKED DOWN BY RUNAWAY run
away team. the owner Of which Is unknown
struck a pedestrian, II. Gibson or - StIee,,
at Larkin and Hayes streets ABOUT II Ociock
Yesterday Gibson was rendered unconscious
and was removed to the Central Emergency
Hospital where he now lies In a comalOse conoi-
ton His recovery is doubtful
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25

DRY FARMERS CoNvENE-Denver, Colo,
Jan. 24.-Sixteen States west Of the Missouri
River are represented In the Trans Mississippi
Dry Farming Congress, which convened here
today. Colorado Kansas and Utah sent the
largest delegations.
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she hopes to win a higher prize:
SANTA CRUZ. Cal. Jan. %.
To the Contest Editor Of the San Francisco Cal:
I take this opportunity to return my sincere
sonville and other cities who so generously as
sisted me IN my efforts IN securing subscriptions
TO The San Francisco Cqll, thereby enabling me
70 win fifth nlaca in the contest hv which 1
secured 500 United States gold coin.
Being in the contest only two weeks, feel
more than paid for my work. I am going to en-
ter the second series and hope TO win a higher
place.
i also wish to thank The Can Tor the kindness
shown me during the contest
GERTRUDE BRIODY.
GOT MORE THAN HE EXPECTED
Howard L. Sargent of San Jose makes
the following acknowledgment:
SAN JOSE, Cal, Jan. 23 1907.
Contest Editor. San Francisco Call:
Dear Sir-I received your welcome check for
$50 unexpectedly, IS ] only expected so at the
most. Now, ] wish 10 thank you and one and
all Of my friends who helped me win the prize
~ the weather and my school work viii per-
NIT me to enter in tie next two contest periods
/ viii only be too willing.
Again thanking you- / remain
HOWARD LEROY SARGENT
CONTEST PERIOD
The contest is divided into three
periods, constituted as follows:
FIRSp-November 19 to January IS,
eight weeks.
sECOND-January ls to March 3.
seven weeks.
THIRD-March to April u. six
weeks.
THE PRIZES
There are twenty prizes 70 be
competed for during each contest pc
riOd. consisting of twenty purses
OF gold coin ranging in amount from
$50 up to $500 and making a total of
$1,000 for each period.
There viii also be twenty FIVE special
purses or grand sweepstake prizes for
the twenty-five contestants making the
best scores during the entire contest.
the largest OF these purses being $1,000
and the smallest $40, and amounting to
$4,000 in the aggregate.
The final distribution OF the prizes
viii be made on April IS. the first an
niversary Of the San Francisco fire.
The twenty-five purses for each Of
the three contest periods and the TWEEN
ty-ive special sweepstake prizes make
a grand total Of 100 prizes amounting
10 $4,000 to be distributed among the
winners. Each contestant has the op-
portunity TO win not only one but four
purses aggregating any sum up to
32b00-big pay for the amount Of work
and length OF time required TO earn It
HOW AWARDS WILL BE MADE
Subscribers to The Call will have
the privilege Of electing the winners
OF these prizes by preparing their sub
scriptions for any length Of time that
may be convenient. each prepaid sub
scription counting for certain num-
Der Of votes that may be cast in favor
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25

ANTILoBBY BILL PASsED-Jeferson City,
| Mo-, Jan. 24.-The House today passed the
antilobby BILL which was amended last Monday
| to conform to the New York statute. 1t was
| then reported to tha Senate and given Hrst
| reading.
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OF
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has made wonderful progress in re-

has made wonderful progress in re-
cent years.
The headquarters of the champagne
Industry are in the Lake Keuka region
of New York where about two-thirds
of all the American champagne is
now produced.
5s The Chautauqua district. in Western
New York, with its $4,000 acres of
vineyards, yields a large output, both
of wines. and grape juice.
There is large acreage of vine-
yards and a number of wine cellars in
Northern Ohio
CALIFORNIA VINEYARDS
California is the banner State of the
Union In the area of its vineyards, In
the number of its wineries and in the
output of wines and brandies. This
great State, with It's vast stretch OF
over 700 miles along the Pacific coast
and with it's great variety OF soils and
climate, is splendidly adapted to grape
culture In California all the we'll
known wine grapes from the Old World
flourish and reach perfection.
The wine industry in California has
had steady. and at times a rapid,
growth during the last ten years. In
that time the output Of wines and
brandies has about doubled. Thus, the
yield in 1898 was about 100000 gal
ions OF Ory and sweet wines and l.
$4,000 gallons of brandy. In 1904 the
production was about 30,000,000 gallons
OF wine and 100000 gallons of brandy.
Naturally the handlingGand crushing Of
grapes in many places In California is
carried on on large scale. There are
machines that stem and crush 800 tons
OF grapes day, and the biggest tanks
hold from 10000 to $4,000 gallons of
wine.
At the head of the industry is the
California Wine Association, with the
main Office at San Francisco. This con-
Germ alone owns and controls many thou
sands OF acres of vineyards and some
twenty different wineries. It's largest
vineyard in Fresno County contains
$500 acres. It's winery at St Helena
is the largest stone wine cellar in the
world. The association has branches
in the principal cities and agencies In
London, Hamburg and Yokohama.
Another great organization Is the
1talian-Swiss colony of Asti, Cal, where
II has about 1900 acres. Here Is the
largest cement tank. which holds 600,-
600 gallons OF wine. The colony has
large vineyards and vines at MADEIRA
and Lemoore.
In Southern California grow the
grapes which give the rich and full
bodied sweet wines, such as port,
muscatel, malaga and sherry.
The largest and leading winemakers
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific coast
are united into an organization called
the american Wine Growers Asso-
ciation.1
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
SUNDAY
Subscription Rates

For periods of more than one year
the voting power of the subscriptions
will be as follows: Daily Cali, 5000
votes for each year.; Sunday Call $50;
Weekly Call, 500.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
BAssITY INCORPORATES FIRM

Jerome Bassity is the moving spirit
in a firm which filed articles of incor-
poration yesterday under the title of
the Jerome Bassity Mercantile Com
pany, organized for the purpose of con-
Quoting a real estate and manufactur-
ing business, conducting theaters and
places of amusements, and the doing of
several other things of a widely varied
nature. The capital stock of the cor
poration consists of $4,000 shares at 81
each, which is fully subscribed. Jerome
Bassity is credited with having sub
scribed $4S,s99 OF this amount, f. NJ.
Colby has a $1,000 interest and James
Bassity is down for 81. The attorneys
for the firm are Humphrey & Hub
bard.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-25
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TEST MILL RUNS

Machin
will frankly the
100000
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
A Long Lost Dollar Found.

Mr.. Thos. Harvey, this morning
showed an idle crowd the first silver
dollar he ever owned and which was
preserved for him in 4 very novel man
ner.
When he was four years old m un-
Gle gave him the coin which he lost
and although diligent search was made
It could not be found Last summer
the porch Of the old home place was
being repaired an dthe dollar was
found lying on a sill. On side-"tails'
is as bright as when coined, owing to
il being down on the sill, while the
heads" side is badly discolored. The
coin remained in its hiding place just
AZ years. 1t is dated lsG0.-KiRston,
Free Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
TAKEN AT Ms woaD.
Ms. Blank Gladly Accepted ths Iequa-
cIous BARRIERS Offsr.

ME Blank 6A9ofy $Gcepxeo ~ &c41A~
eIcvs Barriers offsr.
The chance for an argument between
the bcuacious barber and q somewhat
impecunious patron resulted from o
very simple remark which the tonsoria.
artist intended TO be funny.
Would you Ike a shave without
PAIN - he inquired Is he tammed his
victim down into the depths Of the
newly patented chair.
why, certainly. I'll take all that
kind you ian give me-" responded the
customer. smiling slyly TO himself.
During the operation the glib tong~ed
razor wielder entertained his helpless
patron with all manner OF small talk
about the live topics Of the day, throw
ing u an occasional suggestion as 70
the ACCESSIBILITY OF q shampoo and the
benefit of hair smuggling. with eloquent
side remarks as TO the virtue OF Lett
heads hair tonic and kindred prepare
tons that are always 50 insinuatingiy
placed before the man IN the chair.
When he had been shaved and busted
by the porter the wearied customer
SI3rteQ OWdTU U1c uOUf "ItHOub oACA
ing to pay. The barber, thinking II
was a Ease OF observation-disclosures, halt
ed bin with. "Oh, Mr.. Blank, didn't
you-oo-oo forget something"
Il believe not" said Blank snno-
Gently.
We'll, do you want me TO charge that
shaver"
why, what are you talking aboutF
responded Blank. Didn't you ask M
when l sat down IL l wanted a shave
without paying? Well, l took you q,
your word. and I'm very much oblige'
for the favor"
The faceticusly inclined barber tr!e
TO explain ...at lie meant ! pain!cs
shave, but he was compelled to adm,
the shave was on him. ana as he caSE
ed up a check 10 the head push he re
married:
There are lots OF little skin games
in this businCrS. THIS experience put
me in mind - the chap who asked IN,
how much | would charge for shaving
one side of his ace.
Five cents l replied unsuspect
ingly.
""Well, I'll have the outside shaved.
was the reply, and he got a shave for
half price."-Detroit Free Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
STOPS IMPROVEMENT

Railway Company Deems it Inadvisa-
BILE to Try to Raise Money al This
Time.
Richmond, Va, June &c. D. Lang
horne, the Virginia contractor. j c.
Carpenter and Company and Matthews,
Curtis Company Of Clifton Forge have
been ordered to quit their construction
work in connection with the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway company IN
July 1. The Chesapeake and Ohio
have been doing considerable tracking
lowering of grades and Strengthening
curves. The reason assigned for dis
continuing this work is that further
money would have to be raised for its
continuance and in the conditions of
the market at this time it would not
De desirable to float new securities.
Two thousand men are affected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-02
UNDER POLICE SURVEILLANCE

Walter Swinburne Hancock Suspected
of Poisoning His Wife.
London. June 27.-Walter Swinburn
Hancock, formerly an E~piscopahan
clergyman of a fashionable church in
Chicago, whom his bishop inhibited
On account Of scandal with women,
is under police surveillance here. He
is suspected of having poisoned his
wife. who was the widow Of Paul
Townsend Jones of New York, allega-
lions to that effect having been made
in the Kensington coroner's court.