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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
BARS FROM SAN QUENTIN
BAND PLEASE PRESS CLUB
Newspapermen, on Bay Jaunt,
Interview Those on the In
side of State Affairs

In continuance Of the celebration at
tendant upon the opening OF their new
quarters, the members of the Press
club went yesterday for a jaunt around
the bay on the steamer Caroline as
the guests of Captain W. g. Leale.
The trip was eFliVened by numerous
stunts, songs, sketches and monologues
OF a nautical character, but gloom per-
Vaded the decks when the man at the
wheel spun the spokes around and
headed for San Quentin. On approach
ing this charming spot the party was
welcomed by the San Quentin brass
band. which Whanged out the appro-
Wagon Now" Not to be outdone, the
musical members yoWled out a few
arias, including such gleeful refrains
as 1t May Be for Years and 1t May
Be Forever" and I'D RatheU Be on
the Outside a-LOokin In" to which the
convict leader bowed his thanks
What are you in for, old man?"
asked one from the boat. The man
did not answer.
Hes modest" said a delighted
guard. Hes in for killing his land
lord"
"Hooray!" shouted some of the in
cautious souls. their sympathy get
ting the better Of their sense of pro-
priety.
From San Quentin the party ran over
10 Angel island. Lunch was served on
deck and. at the conclusion of the
"trip, the entire party returned to the
club for dinner. Jinks followed the
dinner. Many Of the members were
accompanied by their wives and fami-
lies.
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MARRIED A WEEK,
JAILED FOR THEFT
Joseph Pearce, Charged by Em-
ployer With Embezzlement,
Ends Honeymoon in Prison
Bride Witnesses Incarceration
OF Young Spouse, Who Says
He Overdrew Account

When Joseph Pearce, commercial
traveller of this city, returned yester-
day morning from a weeks honeymoon
to the home Of his brides parents. IL
Harper street, Detective William Lam
bert was waiting with warrant charg-
ing him with felony embezzlement
Pearce was hustled to the city prison.
His bride followed and witnessed the
incarceration OF her husband OF one
week.
Pearce was a commercial traveller in
the employ OF Brown. Strauss & Co.,
wholesale confectioners OF 429 Wash
tngton street. The warrant was sworn
to by z. w. Brown before Judge Con-
Ian and made the specific charge Of an
embezzlement of $55.
L simply overdrew my account, said
Pearce at the prison.
There was known shortage OF $55,
and on that showing L had Pearce ar
rested" said Brown in explaining the
arrest. IT knew that Pearce had just
been married and that he had shown
no intention of escaping justice by
fleeing from the city, but 1 thought it
best to have him arrested first and in
vestigate his case afterward. | For his
sake 1 hope that his shortage is no
more than s55.''
The most pathetic aspect of the story
Is the recent marriage Of the young
man, who Is but % years old. A week
ago he and Miss Hattie Wilson OF II
Harper street were married. They
started on a joint honeymoon and busi-
ness trip. Pearce looked after the in
terests of his firm and the bride went
with him.
The Wilson family looked for the
return OF the young couple yesterday
morning. But Detective Lambert was
also looking forward to their return
He had a warrant to aid him in his
vigil. At an early hour he established
himself in Harper street, which is near
the top of the Sanchez street hill He
waited on the porch of the modest little
nome and when Pearce and his return
Ing bride stepped to the door he drew
the young man aside and whispered to
him that he was under arrest.
Mrs. Pearce. who had been standing
to one side. was informed by her hus-
band that he had to go down town.
The young wife insisted on accompany
ing him and thus learned that he was
to be put under arrest.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
FIRE IN LUMBER YARD
CAUSES $1,000 DAMAGE
Firemen Check Flames That
Menace Mills in Mission,
but Dwelling Suffers

Fire started at 1880 last evening in
the lumber yards of William Helbing,
in Twenty third street between Folsom
and Shotwell, and, before it was
checked. imperiled the immediate neigh
borhood, which contains other lumber
yards and planning mills. The Helbing
loss was $4,000 and the double dwell
ing at 921 and 921h Shotwell street,
owned by Henry Kuhn and occupied by
Kuhn and Mrs. Mary Miller, was dam
aged to the extent of $1,000.
1t is believed that the fire was caused
by defective electric wires leading to
the sawmill in the Helbing yard. Police
man John Casey turned in the alarm
and aided in the rescue of two horses
from a barn that was afterward burned.
At one time the flames threatened to
leap Twenty-third street and ignite the
paint and oil store of J. H. Krause and
the Krause lumber yard, but the fire.
men saved those places. The rear of
the dwelling at 271s Folsom street,
owned by g. Anderson and occupied BY
r. Paine, was slightly damaged.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
THUGS CAUGHT IN
POLICEMAN'S TRAP
Running Battle After Holdup
Results in Capture of
Two Highwaymen
Part of Gang Makes Escape De-
spite Efforts of Victim
and Officers

Through a trap set by Patrolman
Nicholas Reilly of the Mission station,
early yesterday morning. two of gang
of four holdup men were captured
after a running fight in Market street
between Sanchez and Sixteenth. One
of the thugs was downed by the Qfficer
with a flying football tackle when the
man refused to stop at his command
Reilly was on the lookout for the
gang, which had committed several
rohberies in the district, when he saw
four men at Sanchez and Market streets
lowering in the shadow in suspicious
manner. without dpprising them of
his presence. Reilly slipped into a dark
alley across the street and waited for
developments. A moment later Elmer
F. Tenant, a cement worker of 2217
Fifteenth street, came along, and the
gang surrounded him.
You haven't got a gun, have your
said one of the men with an oath,
while his companions went through
Tenants pockets and took out purse.
Tenant showed resistance and they
started to beat him. Reilly jumped
out from the alley and started for
them, firing his revolver into the air
as he ran, to attract the attention of
Policeman Mike Burke on the street
below.
Halt or I'll shootr shouted Reilly.
The highwaymen scattered on the in
slant. Two started up Sanchez street.
while the others ran down Market with
the officer In hot pursuit. Half way
down the block Reilly threw himself
at the heels of Frank Foley, one of
the men, and brought him down hard.
Before he could rise Reilly handcuffed
him and started after the other robber.
Patrolman Michael Burke, in Six
teenth street, however, had heard the
fracas, and he ran out and fired three
shots at James O'Brien, the second rob-
Der. Burke quickly nabbed his man
and handcuffed him. At the Mission
station Foley said he lived at S3 Ben
nington street and worked as a clerk.
O'Brien was a plasterer of 3153 Seven
teenth. They were charged with rob-
berry.
Reilly found Tenants purse where
the men had thrown it as they ran
and pair of black outer sleeves which
it is believed they intended to use as
masks. The police are looking for the
two members of the gang who escaped.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
THOMPSON BETTER
THAN HIS PLAY[FT
Actor at Orpheum Makes Most
of Piece Written by
Clay M. Greene
Katie Barry, With Character
Songs, Among Those Who
Score Hits
By Walter Anthony

Five new acts at the Orpheum this
week bid for favor, not to mention the
Patty Frank tumblers, Jean Marcels
models and William II. Osterfelt, the
spot light man and explorer of bio
graph land
OF the five before mentioned novel;
ties William H. Thompson's company
and sketch deserve first notice, not be-
cause they are so good, but because he
Is An actor is not always to be judged.
as other persons are, by the company
he keeps. Thompsons doesn't amount
to much and his playlet is obvious
sentiment A lad assumes the guilt of
fellow employe who is an embezzler
because the lad loved the guilty mans
wife long ago, and as she is about to
be crowned with motherhood the lad
doesn't want her to know of her hus-
bands dishonesty until-well, until
after the stork has flown away. Mean
time papa comes home-papa being the
father of the self-sacrificing lad. Pa
rent wants to know what is troubling
the boy, but the boy will not tell until
he is about to be arrested, and then he
owns up to his splendid self-abnegation.
Whereupon father takes him to his
arms and tells him what fine boy he
is-a chip. one would say, off the old
block. Clay NJ. Greene wrote the play,
and Thompson, superior actor that he
is. makes the most of it. That is more
than you can say of his support.
Tom Barry and Madge Hughes are
second on the bill in "A Story of the
Street" 1t is not really worth discuss
ing. 1t begins in harmless nonsense
and ends in an east side song. Vaude-
vile has room for such turns, no doubt,
and it is not the management's fault
that, like rain, they fall upon the just
and upon the unjust also.
The best of the new turns is that
supplied by La Vine, Cimaron and La
Vine. 1t is grotesque acrobattc stunt
and is full of excitement and ginger
The scene is placed in a physical cul-
ture school and the act is a tonic
Katie Barry made a big hit with her
audience yesterday afternoon in some
character songs. She arrived in the
most impossible of makeups and was
droll throughout the fifteen minutes
that she held the stage.
| Fred Singer in a one act musical
novelty does a clever line of impersona-
tions. He is supposed to be Amati, the
| fiddle maker of Cremona. He makes
his masterpiece and then falls asleep to
dream of It's fate. He sees the violin
| fall into the hands of Paganini, Sara
safe, Kubelik, Joaquin and others Of
the great violinists of later days.
These he hears play and the vision
| permits him time to assume the man
ners and appearance of the artists he
| impersonates. He resembles them least
in his playing which, though fair, suf-
fers in view of the comparison which
he invites. His tone and technique
would never supply the final evidence
of the presence of the violinists whose
| likenesses he takes on.
Jesse l.. Laskys production, "A Night
on a Houseboat," is retained for an
other week and was well received yes
terday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
THUGS WELD CLUB, BUT
MANS CRIES BRING AID
Victim Utters Scream for Help
Before Being Downed and
Robber Is Caught

Knocked unconscious by two men in
Howard street near Fourth, who struck
him on the head with club and threw
him into a vacant lot early yesterday
morning. Richard Heaton, q boiler
maker of 676 Howard street, uttered
one cry for help just before he lost his
senses which brought two policemen
hurrying up in time to capture one of
his assailantS.
Patrolmen Jack Tillman and John
Farrell heard the cry and ran to the
place. One of the robbers made off be-
fore the patrolmen were near him. The
other was so intent on going through
Heaton's pockets that he did not see
the officers until they were within a
few feet. He jumped up and ran down
Howard street, with the policemen
emptying their revolvers at him. They
captured him after a chase of a block
at Third and Natoma streets.
Heaton did not regain consciousness
until he was taken to the emergency
hospital. His injuries were not dan
gerous. The captured robber proved to
be John Foran, who was booked at the
southern station on a charge of rob-
berry.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
CITY GETS MORE TIME
TO ANSWER GAS SUIT
Preoccupation of Attorney Ha-
ven With Spring Valley Case
Results in Continuance

Assistant City Attorney Thomas D.
Haven and Attorney Garret w. Nc
Enerney have agreed that the city may
have further time in which to answer
the suit brought by the San Francisco
gas and electric company to enjoin
the enforcement of the 190S-1909 gas
rate. The case has been set for 10
o'clock this morning in the United
States circuit court, but McEnerney,
representing the corporation, has
agreed that a postponement to Tuesday
morning may be taken. 1t 10 possible
that the case shall not come to a hear
ing until late in the week.
Haven has been busy for several
weeks handling the city's interests in
the suit brought against it by the
Spring Valley water company and did
not conclude his labors in that matter
until late Saturday afternoon. He has
had no time to prepare the defense of
the city in the gas rate case. 1t is
not thought that the latter suit will be
as involved or as protracted as the
water suit was.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
WILL ASK BIDS
ON CITY BONDS
$3,240,OO0 of Recently Voted
Issue Will Be Placed on
Market at Once

The board of supervisors at its meet
ing today will pass resolution calling
Tor bids upon municipal bonds to the
amount of sS,24o.Ooo. The securities
to be offered include s1,Oo0,0oO OF the
new auxiliary water system bonds,
$1O0O.000 of the new school issue and
the remainder to be equally divided be-
tween the hospital and sewer funds.
This will be the first offer for sale
or any of the new issue OF $4,000, 900
which were voted for at the recent
election. The bonds which are to be
offered today will be put out largely to
see how the per cent municipal bond
appeals to the buyers. The rest will
be offered for sale from time to time
as the city requires the money.
Several of the large bond brokers
of this city have urged the board to
offer the entire issue at once. This the
supervisors have refused to do, fearing
that if they did so 1t would keep the
small houses from participating and
would enable the larger houses to form
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
RAISE FUNDS FOR
GRECIAN WARSHIP
Members of Local Greek Colony
Join Movement Begun
in New York

A battleship built in America and
paid for by the voluntary contributions
of the Greeks living in this country
will be presented to the Grecian gov
ernment two years hence while the
Olympic games are in progress in
Athens.
The local colony of Greeks has raised
more than $4,000 to assist in building
the Greek American, as the war ves-
sci will be christened, and last night
members of the colony gave an anna
teur theatrical performance at the
Colonial theater to raise an additional
sum.
Saying little but doing much, the
Greeks did not allow it to leak out
until yesterday that they had been
raising money all over America to pay
for the construction of the unique and
magnificent gift to their mother coun-
try. 1t became known yesterday, how
ever, that more than $4,000 had been
received by the Greek newspapers In
America and that a number of clubs,
associations and societies have been
raising large contributions that have
not been reported.
The movement was begun four
months ago by the Alantis, a Greek
newspaper published in New York,
acting on the suggestion of F. Skeko,
captain of the Grecian navy. The
suggestion was popular from the start.
B. Rally of the Rally commercial
company, New York; N Galanos, presi-
dent of the Greek steamship company;
L. Londos and Scion J. Vlasto were
appointed in New York to take charge
Of the fund.
The .warship is to be built on the
Atlantic seaboard and will be battle
ship of the second class. At present
Greece stands in the sixteenth place
among the naval powers, possessing
only three battleships of the second
class and eight torpedo boats. Two
other battleships are to be completed
in 1909. The Greek American will
therefore be a welcome and valuable
addition to the Grecian navy.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
syndicate and take the entire issue

syndicate and take the entire issue
at their own figure.
By disposing of the bonds in small
lots competition will be keener and the
supervisors hope to realize better
prices. In case all the bonds are sold
at once the city would be compelled to
pay interest. on $1s.000.000. when that
amount could not be used at the pres
ent time.
The per cent San Francisco munich
pal bonds are considered one of the
most attractive investments recently
put on the market. The issue has at
tracted the attention of all the local
financial houses as we'll as eastern
firms and keen interest has also been
shown abroad. Most of the inquiries
have come from local concerns. 1t is
a well known fact, however, that GER
tain groups of capitalists in New York
and Paris have instructed their agents
to send full details in regard to the
issue.
The supervisors have had $1,000. 900
of the bonds already engraved. but
only s3,240.OO0 is to be put on the
market at the present time. The gen.
eral opinion of local fnanciers and men
we'll versed in bond issues is that the
bonds will command a very liberal
premium.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
GAVE HORSE LATE MEAL. :
GETS BOTH LEGS BROKEN
Animal Insists on Regularity in
Feeding and Resents De.
lay With Kicks

Richard Frohm. stableman of 270
Fell street, has horse that insists on
regularity in its meals. Rather than
be five minutes late to dinner or three
minutes ahead of time to breakfast. the
animal prefers to wait until the NEXT
has been the keynote of it's existence
since early colthood.
Because Frohm forgot this peculiar
ity in his animal yesterday and started
in it's stall with an appetizing measure
of oats at 10 minutes after 12 O'clock.
the horse felt so piqued about il that
it dashed out with both heels and
caught Frohm with such force that
both his legs were broken below the
knee. The animal would have Injured
him further in its frenzy If Stable
hands had not quickly lifted the in
jured man. out of danger. He was
will not be able to feed his horse again
for several months.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
BODY IS DISCOVERED
FLOATING NEAR CRUISER
Passengers on Ferry Steamer
See Corpse, Which Is
Later Picked Up

A mans body was seen yesterday
floating near the cruiser Tennessee by
passengers on the ferry boat Berkeley
They reported what they saw to the
harbor police. In the meantime the
ever vigilant eye of Henry Petersen
had seen the object and he at once
put out in one Of his launches and
towed the corpse to his boathouse at
the foot of Mission street wharf.
While this was going on a big crowd
had collected. the coroner's wagon ar
rived and delegation from the harbor
police station also appeared.
The body was in a bad state Of de-
composition, having evidently been in
the water for six weeks. There was a
mark on one side of the breast which
had the appearance of having been
made by some dull instrument
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
SAVES 2 MEN FROM
DEATH IN THE SURF
Policeman Swims to Drowning
Bathers and Makes Gall
liant Rescue
Men Sinking for Last Time
When Reached by Pa
trOImar

Policeman Edward Nolan OF the San
Francisco department saved two men
from drowning at San Mateo beach
yesterday afternoon. Louis Renner a
resident Of san Mateo. while swimming
of the beach in the bay was suddenly
stricken with cramps, and Joseph
Gressen, a carpenter of the same city,
plunged into the waters to save Rem
ners life. But single handed Gressen
was not able to accomplish the task
and was being pulled under when
Nolan, attracted to the scene by the
cries Of several women bathers, swan
out TO the struggling pair and drew
both ashore.
Renner, who is a prosperous dairy
man with a ranch a mile south of San
Mateo. was unconscious when reached
by Nolan. Gressen, though almost
worn out with his eNertions In fighting
of the hysterical efforts of Renner,
pluckily aided Nolan in bringing the
all but lifeless body of the dairyman
10 shore. For IS minutes the people on
the beach worked over Renner before
he was resuscitated.
Nolan was on his vacation at San
Mateo. He is recognized as one of the
strongest swimmers on the coast
-Gressen, who lives at All North B
street, San Mateo. had not entered the
water, but was standing on the beach
fully dressed when he heard the dairy
mans cries for help. Throwing off his
coat and vest Gressen plunged into the
cold water and swan toward the dis
tressed man. When he reached him
Rehner was hysterical from fright and
the pain Of cramps.
In mad despair Renuer grasped
Gressen about the neck and several
times bore him under the waves. Some
women on the beach saw the helpless
ness Of the struggle and shouted loud
ly for help. Nolan had beeen strolling
on the beach several hundred yards
from the scene of the attempted rescue.
He heard the cries Of the women and
ran at top speed toward the water, dis
robing as he SKINNED over the ground.
Swimming TO the men he reached them
just in time to save both.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13

He gave hef All A1uus OI 51l'es -
j;saasa tor4nented her so she would
scTatch day and night Thon read
~ what Cuticura had done for ether
children. We used Cuticura Soap and
C1Ific,,ra Ointment, bandaEng her 80
that the eczema would not spread ovcx
her whole body. After using tho Cutt
cI1rn Remedies FOR month she started
10 improve. have used CueAcure
Soap for her since she was o0.n, Ana
thaf nth one box Of Ointment cured
her. / am glad she is cured. and
alwaw recommend the CuticurR ReuDe-
dies, Mrs. Lillie Bittner, SO Ontario
St.. South Bethlehem. Pa. March Is and
April Is. 1908"
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
DROWNED MARINE PICKED
UP BY POLICE LAUNCH
Missing Man From Yerba Bue-
ma Island Found to Have Met
Death in the BaV

Though the new police launch Patrol
has been in commission several weeks
it performed its first official act of
police service yesterday by discover
ing the dead body of NJ Szatovich. a
marine from Yerba Buena island. who
had been missing several days, in the
bay OF Mission street wharf CAPTAIN
COnboy in command and Patrolmen
Edward Davey and A f. Martien, the
crew, sighted the body at the same
moment
The marine had evidently fallen off
a. dock into the bay and been drowned.
After the body was taken to the
morgue IL was identified by the com
mandant at Yerba Buena
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
WOMAN'S LINGERIE MAKES
PATR0LMAN BASHFUI
Mcdonnell Finds Suitcase in
Doorway and Imagines
Men Grin at Him

J. J. Mcdonnell. Morse patrolman.
was overcome with bashfulness yester-
day afternoon when he opened a suit
case which had been lying in a door
way in Myrtle avenue near Larkin
street for several hours and found IL
filled with woman's dainty lInFerie
Mcdonnell didn't know what to do
When he picked up the suit case he
imagined that every man he met was
grinning at him and that every
woman in sight was glaring at him
Finally to get rid OF his embarrassment
he took the suit case to the ONCE of the
property clerk at the police station,
and it's there now waiting for the
loser to claim ii.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
KRE1G AND HALToNs WIN

! ALAMEDA. July 1.-THE Kreig and
Halton team defeated the Yosemites to-
day by score of IA to in a nine In
ming game. The Kreig and Halton
team entirely outclassed their oppo-
nents, Pitcher Marian throwing well
throughout the whole game. His catch
er was Daily Nand the battery of the
Yosemite team was Bowern and Nc
Cloud. There was some dispute as to
the rightful championship of the town
among the amateurs and the possession
of the pennant, which is held by the
Kreig and Halton players. The game
of today definitely decided the issue.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
WOMEN FLEE FROM FIRE

A fire which broke out shortly after
o'clock last night in the clothes closet
of the room of George Fulford, in the
Orlando hotel, $50 Howard street.
caused considerable excitement among
dodgers, several OF the women running
out of the building into the street. The
building is owned by o. Bozio. Miller
and Engelland conduct the house. Very
little damage was done.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
DRINK LEADS TO SUICIDE

With bullet wound through his
head and leaving two notes saying that
he was tired OF living when he could
not control his appetite for strong
was found dead yesterday in one OF the
baths at Harbor View, where he
worked. The dead man left a widow
and grown son living in Alameda.