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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
WORK IS BEGUN
ON FINE EDIFICE
Moss Building to Be Home of
the Largest Shoe Store
in the West
SOmmer & Kaufman Viii Have
Establishment at Grant and
Union Square Avenues

Ground has been broken and the
foundations laid for the building which
when complete Will house the largest
shoe store in the west, according to
Sommer & Kaufman, the firm which
is TO occupy the place The structure
will be known as the George A Moss
building and will be situated on the
southwest corner OF Grant avenue and
Union Square avenue 1t Is being erect
ed by the MacdOnough estate. and
Baldwin 6 Howell are the agents for
the building.
The Sonmer & Kaufman store will
have floor space Of 5000 square feet
and two entrances. The main entrance
will be in Grant avenue, opening into
store with 40 foot front and a depth
OF lao feet The Union Square avenue
frontage will be 35 feet. A long lease
has been taken by the firm. and the
sum of $225,0O0 will be paid for the
leasehold. The commodious basement
OF the building will be included in tha
lease.
The Moss building will be four sto-
ries in height and finished in light
brick and terra Gotta 1t viii be q
handsome addition to the row Of splen-
did structures that lines Grant avenue.
Before the fire Sommer & Kaufman
operated two stores in this city and
when the new one Is occupied in the
early part OF January, 1909. the firm
will have four places. the store in
Grant avenue, the large permanent
store at S3S Market street and the
shops at 1928 Fillmore and 1430 Van
Ness avenue.
The interior OF the Grant avenue
store will be handsomely Outftted- It
will be furnished with special re-
gard for the comfort of the patrons
and the convenience of the employees.
In the windows particular attention
will be given for attractive displays OF
footwear.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
WILL COMPLETE HOTEL
Burbank Company Secures
Money for Construction

The w. L. Burbank realty company,
which is erecting a handsome hotel at
the corner of Post and Stockton streets
where the Union league club was at
the time of the fire. which was formerly
the home of the Pacifc-Union club.
fell short of money to complete the
building. though there has been no de-
lay to construction, for $4,000 was
loaned to the firm by the German saw
ings and loan society.
The corner at the other end of the
block, northeast of Post and Powell
streets, is also being improved by Levi
s425,000 he received from the Hastings
estate for the sale of his building in
Battery street.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
GROWING SALE OF HOMES
No Particular Locality Is Fa-
Yored in Selections

The sale Of homes is growing steadily
and does not appear TO be confined to
any particular locality. For instance,
Burnham & Marsh report that during
the week they made sales in the West
ern Addition as well as in the Mission.
and there have been several sales made
In Ross Valley, Marin county,
Among these sales were:
S. Canehe 70 S. Spiro. north line Clay street
S6;10 east Of Battery, 20:2x45s1O, 81 600: gene.
We've B. Marsh TO Joseph Tregoning south line
Sixteenth street, $50 west Castro 25x1OO. SI $50.
John J. Crone to Edwin Schneider north line
Grove street, 1858 east Stanyan, 25xI25 50 $40.
street. 1i4.6 east Powell. 23x676 g. Sc $50 and
the following loans: John Hammond 10 n
Kytka, 5000 at per cent, northeast corner
broadway and Union street; S. J. Burnham II
V. Francho $1,000 on lot north line CaIifornis
street. 1876 feet east Of Sixth ayenue, 25xlOI
al . per cent.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
INCOME PROPERTY
IS BEING SOUGHT
Better Tone Generally Is Re-
ported by City Real Estate
Operators
Downtown Holdings Naturally
Desired and Inquiries
Are Frequent

A better tone generally is reported
by real estate operators, and there is
an increasing demand for all classes OF
Sncome bringing property. This IN
uuiry is not confined to residents
of the city but people from the interior
are investigating conditions, and by
their statements show considerable
knowledge Of the real estate market.
Downtown property is naturally
sought after. and there is also inquiry
for Chinatown holdings. In discussing
this matter l. S. r. Holmes Of Lyon
& Hoag said:
In the last few days we have had
several inquiries for investments from
SIS. 900 TO 100000. For instance, there
was a client of the firm here last
Wednesday, who said if he could get
anything producing fair rate Of inter
est anywhere in the business section he
would be willing to buy at once.
I also had a man here a few days
ago from San Jose who is looking for
city investments, and said he had
money which was idle and which he
wished to earn something. He pre-
ferred Chinatown property, as he re-
garded il as a safe investment He
added that he had studied over the
situation and had arrived at the con-
clusion that a man could not possibly
SALES IN THE COUNTRY
I'VE have sold a number of lots in
BurIingame lately to persons who pur-
chased the more expensive ones, and
intended to erect handsome homes
They are willing TO spend from $1,000
70 $4,000 on houses.
The fact that we sold more than a
dozen lots in the last few days al
Burlingame is proof that business is
picking up. 1t is also to be noted that
in the last few days we have sold
some Of the most expensive lots in
Bakers beach. on which people are al
ready preparing to build. This does
not look like hard times.
In addition TO what I have told you
about the higher priced purchaser
there is a marked eagerness by the
small home seeker to invest in lots
from $4,000 to $1,000.
HIGH PRICE FALSE POLICY
The whole situation hinges on the
owners of improved and unimprove6
property. At present owners insist
on maintaining high prices. This is a
false policy. Eventually they will have
TO sell at a cheaper price than what
they are now offered, and I am salts
fed that if people only will realize
that rents are going down and that
there are good many vacant houses
in town they would sell now and would
be able TO do so at the right price.
Many are insisting in holding tc
prices which are absurd, and which
they viii never get. If they are rea-
sOnable trades can be made. The
quicker some OF these owners realize
that new flats are superseding old
houses; that many are under course OF
construction, and that an old house
fixed up is never so attractive as the
modern fat. the sooner Will the mar
ket resume its normal condition"
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
GIANNINI WILL LECTURE
ON WATER SUPPLIES
Supervisor Will Tell of the
Merits of Hetch Hetchy and
Spring Valley Systems

DIR. A. H. Giannini, chairman OF the
public utilities committee of the board
of supervisors, will throw light on
some important facts and phases OF
The Water Problem of San Fran
cisco" in an address at the regular
meeting Of the Berean society in CAL
vary Presbyterian church. Fillmore
and Jackson streets, Monday evening,
July 81 at o'clock. DR.. Giannini
has made an exhaustive study OF the
respective merits of Hetch Hetchy and
Spring Valley and the ctty's needs
George A. Mullen is president OF the
Berean society and w N holiday re-
cOrding secretary. The public has been
invited TO attend the meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
FIREs IN TwO HOUsEs

Incipient fires yesterday created
much alarm In two homes. A defective
fiue caused one Of the blazes at 2403 -
California street in a two story fiat
owned by Milton Eisner and occupied
by Mrs. Josephine Posie. The other, In
a four story frame lodging house at
279 Thirteenth street owned by James
Allen. was started by the overturninS
OF a rasoline lamp. Both were extin-
guished after slight damage had been
donA
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
DIED OF BLOOD POISON

street, Oakland, died at the Scobie hos
pital last night from the effects of
blood poison which had set in his right
leg after an injury sustained last April.
The doctors at the hospital amputated
the leg at the thigh, hoping to save
his life, but the operation came too
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
Building Contracts
PICkPOCKET CONyICTED

Fred Lutz, youth of 19 years. who
stole $50 from the pocket of Martin
Danielson on a Mission street car on
April 5, 1908, was convicted of petty
larceny by jury in Judge Cook s
court yesterday. He will be sentenced
next Friday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25

Twenty IA, with a triangular denth
w and running to point: SO.
Frederick w. Burgers ct al to William Es.
tiers Won krakan, lot at SD corner of Twenty.
sixth and Bryant streets, 100, s 100; $40.
Mary c. Burns ct al TO Hannah Dempgey lo,
$40, gift map 3; $40.
Fernando Nelson and wife to Edward Saun.
ders and wife, lot in E line of Fifth avenue
200 Of street, s % by 12O; S1O.
Annie Poole to Harry E. Wells and wife lo,
in SW line Of Laidley street 525 NV of Fair
mount, NV SO by SW 10; $l0
Louise Schoenberg and wife to Louis Heilmanr
ct al, lot in w line Of Second avenue az 8 M
Fl street, 20 by W S2:0S $10
Charles l.. Hinkel and wife to w Fl Harva,
and wife, lot commencing BAT feet s OF Nine
teenth street and 105 w OF Eureka street "
20 by 24:6; $40. '
Building Contracts
William Mensor with Z. RothbIum-Au worl
except plumbing and electric work for alterations
and additions for two story frame h,ildins
So, 1880. " "a
Jennie Falk with Continental fire proo6ng com
pany-An work for two story and basement
building in s line of Washington street Is5. II.
of First avenue, 2S:5% by S 127:S1I: 81 900
Henry D. Stirn with Happy Home bnildina
company-An work for a y story frame bniId
ing in line of Eighteenth avenue. 175 n N
Point Lobos, y % by f 100; 81 $50
Majestic improvement company with w w
Anderson and S. Levi wood working companv
Mill work, painting, cabinet and woodwork for 9
seven story and basement building in W line OF
Powell street between 0'FarrelI and Geary- viii
facing on OFarrell street; 1882.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-25
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP

The A. K. realty company dissolved
partnership, Leo G. Kaufman taking
over the real estate end OF the firm
under the name of beo G. Kaufman &
Co, 573 California street. while Sam
Altshuler took over the insurance de-
partment, 251 Montgomery street
producers and dealers give full weight,
or. at least, tell their customers how
much they are getting for their money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
KNOWS OF NO "CoMBINE."
Papermaker Cowles Denies Knowl-
edge of q Trust.


This investigation will have to be
brought to a close within the next few
days: If we are TO make report at this
session of Congress. said Representative
Mann. chairman efIthe- special House
ceTnuIrsee inquiring into the wood pulp
and print paper question. today. Il have
letters from a number of people who
wish to testify, but we will not have
time TO hear them. The taking of testi-
mony probably will close Monday or
Tuesday,
David S. CoWles. the paper manufac-
turer who testified yesterday, resumed the
stand today.
man Mann. the cost Of production per
pound at the Lisbon paper mill in 1907
was ~. 1870 and the net selling price was
81. 1871. a difference of - ten-thousandths
of cent. Is that all the profit you
made?"
Yes" responded the witness; lit was
bad year in paper"
Mr.. Cowles said but very little of his
paper was now going abroad. Foreign
competition was responsible for his get
ting out of the foreign fields.
Mr.. Cowles said he had no knowledge
of any combination. agreement or under
standing among paper manufacturers to
fix price for paper, nor did he know
OIL any UNDERSTANDING or agreement among
manufacturers or sales agents not to
compete in order to obtain the business
of a paper which had contract with
some other manufactured
Mr. Cowles claimed that there was a
concerted effort to break the paper mar
ket.
In reply to a question by Mr.. Sims
the witness said eventually he would
go out of the paper business unless the
price of paper went up. He further said
thai he was opposed to placing wood
pulp on the free list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
TO SUE THE COAL ROADS.
Attorney General Bonaparte Pro
poses to Test New Law.

To facilitate the final decision on the
constitutionality and construction of
the commodities clause OF the railroad
rate law Attorney General Bonaparte
has addressed letters to the United
States circuit court judges of the third
judicial district stating that it is pro-
posed to institute in the name of the
United States In the circuit court at
Philadelphia a number Of suits against
certain railroad companies engaged in
the interstate transportation of anthra-
cite coal from the mines in Pennsyl-
vania in violation of the commodities
clause of the Hepburn act. The Attor-
ney General says that the defendant
railroads desire to appear and plead or
answer promptly. and with permission
of the court the cases will be submi ted
and argued upon the pleading and
agreed statements of facts. The Attor-
new General asks the judges to agree
upon a date after the 18th of Jane
next for a hearing of these cases by all
two or one of the circuit judges. as
their engagements may permit. The At
torney General also notifies the judges
that he will appear personally and ar
que the cases.
This application is made in accordance
with arrangements made with the at
torneys for the companies which will
be defendants in these cases. and in
furtherance of the purpose announced
by the Attorney General some time
ago of securing, as expeditiously as
possible, the final decision on the mat
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
CAUGHT AFTER LONG SEARCH.
Illinois Man Held for Passing
Many Alleged Worthless Checks.

CHICAGO. May 16.-After six months
travelling about the country, during which.
it is alleged. he passed more than $50
worthless checks aggregating $1,000,
Frank H. Tyler, twenty-six years Of age,
of Western Springs. H., was arrested yes
terday.
In his meanderings Tyler has covered a
good part of Illinois. Iowa, Ohio. Indiana,
Wisconsin, Texas and Missouri. Hotel
keepers were his chief victims.
Outside of Chicago. where the greater
number of the alleged forged checks were
passed. Tyler represented himself as q
travelling salesman. In nearly every town
he visited he had new name. The
amount Of the checks ranged from $50 to
$50 and in most instances they were passed
upon hotel keepers In payment of his bills
1t is charged by the detectives that Tyler
would write letters to himself. addressing
them TO towns he visited and inclosing the
fraudulent checks
Upon arrival at a hotel he would call for
his mail, which he would open. letting the
check drop out on the counter to attract
the attention Of the man al the desk, it is
said. Most of the checks and drafts were
drawn on the Hanover National Bank OF
New York and the Western Trust and
Savings Bank of Davenport, Iowa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16

| the men are loyal to the union and We eX-
pect them to stick by the union until We
| win. There is TO doubt that we will win
| in the end.
Il believe the public is on our side and
realize that our men have been treated
unfairly by the traction company.
We have stationed pickets at every
car barn. These men will try to per
suade any one who shall attempt to run
cars cut of the barns to quit work. They
will do this by persuasion. by peaceful
methods and not by violence
''Rioting will not be tolerated" declared
Chief of Police kohler Any outbreaks
on the part of street railway men or any
attempt to interfere with cars running
will not be permitted and shall be dealt
with severely
Statement by Traction President.
President Dupont of the Municipal Trac-
tion Company gave out the following to-
day:
I'VE have been ready from the begin
ming of the trouble to arbitrate all differ
ences between the employees and the COM
pany. The offer of arbitration came from
the union and we accepted it. We in
tended to carry 1t out in the utmost good
faith
AS to the men who have been dis
charged, that was rendered inevitable by
the merging of the two systems. We laid
off old Cleveland Electric and Forest City
men impartially. From the time the Mu-
nicipal Traction Company took charge
there was a spirit of disloyalty and insub-
ordination on the part of some of the old
employees making their service inefficient
and subiecting patrons of the road to in
toerable discour,esy and Inconvenience.
Such discharges as We're made were made
for cause.
The Municipal not only raised the
wages of the men one cent an hour when
it took over the system. but it gave them
free uniforms. This made the maximum
pay in Cleveland p cents an hour. There
are only three or four street railroad sys-
TENS in America that pay as high as
this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
THREE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH
TRAGEDY NEAR FREEHOLD, N.
J.. REVEALED THIS MORNING.
Farm Hand Finds Bodies With Bull
let Holes in Their Breasts.
Baby Fatally Injured.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREEHOLD N. j.. May 16.-The bodies
of William Shepherd. well-to-do truck
farmer; his wife, and their servant. Miss
Jennie Bendy. were found this morning at
their home at Wickatunk. six miles north
of here. by one of Shepherds farm hands.
All three had been shot. apparently with
a rife. and instantly killed. Beside Mrs
Shepherds body lay her one-year-old baby
Muriel. The child had been fatally in
jured and was moaning pitifully from
deadly wounds on the head and body.
The farm hand who made the discovery
was going to work this morning. as was
his custom. and reported first at the
house of his employer. Entering the yaro
outside the house. he stumbled over the
body of the servant girl. She had oeen
shot through the breast. and her body was
lying SQuarely across the path.
Bullet Holes in Their Breasts.
Entering the house. and just inside the
hail. the farm hand came upon the body
Of Mr.. Shepherd, and a few feet beyono
was the body of Mrs. Shepherd. shot IN
the same manner. with bullet hoies
straight into their breasts. Both must
have died instantly.
Ihe 1arm han0, 100 terTlneu W iooh
about for the purpose of seeing Whetnel
the murderer still fingered about. rusneo
to the nearest neighbor. and In lew
minutes the entire neighbOrhood was
aroused. search was made for the
child. but no trace of 1t could be found.
The bodies were still warm. and the
murderer could not have been long gone
But he had left no clue behind him ana
the search which Immediately began
showed nothing which would indicate
where he had gone.
The prosecuting officer of Monmoutn !
county was at once notified at his once
here. but it was late in the morning De,
fore he and the county detectives reacheo
the scene.
So far as could be learned this mornlns
there were no Indications that roooery
was the motive for the crime. -
A Polish man of all work. who was ~
the employ Of Mr.. Shepherd. is missing
and the authorities will make every ef-
fort to find him. He had been dlscnarBeo
for incompetency, and 1t Is declared ne
had been hanging about the place threat
ening revenge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
AFTER POPULAR BANDIT CHIEF
Brazilian Governor Plans to Break
Up Desperate Gang of Robbers.

PERNAMBUCCO. Brazil. May l8-The
long career of Antonio Silvino. the pic
turesaue Brazilian bandit and raider who
has been ikened 20 Raisuli. of Morocco.
at last threatens to come to sudden
close. The new governor of this province
has issued a proclamation saying that
the capture of the bandit would be his
first care. and news has just come In
here of an encounter between the forces
o: the state and the main band of Sill
vino's desperadoes.
Silvino's men were outnumbered and
were forced TO flee. They carried their
wounded with them. but left two dead on
the field. They also had to leave a num-
ber of rifles and much ammunition be-
hind them. The government forces are
still pursuing the bandits.
Silvino and his followers have been ac-
tive on the territory around Pernambuco
for several years. As a rule he levies
tribute from the wealthy. and his consid-
Grafton o. the poor people has won him a
certain popularity in the country dis
trictS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
GOULD DEFEATS MILES.
American Retains the Tennis Cham
pionship at London Contest,

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, May 16.-The keenest interest
was taken In the contest between Eustace
II. Miles and Jay Gould for the court
tennis amateur championship at the
Queens Club grounds this afternoon. E.v-
cry seat was taken in expectation of a
splendid battle. There was much specu-
lating upon the result. Gould was the
favorite over Miles to the extent of to
Miles performance Wednesday against
Pennell showed that he must play much
better today to regain the championship
The rivals will have another opportunity
of meeting next week at the Olympic
tennis tournament.
Gould won the first set by a score OF
e..
Gould won the second set by score OF
60
Miles won the third set by score OF
S1.
Gould won the fourth set by score OF
6-1. thus retaining the championship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
NO RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
Announcement Made to the House
by Mr.. Burton.

The announcement that there will be
no river and harbor bill at this session
of Congress and that no surveys will
be authorized until the next session was
mad. today by Representative Burton OF
Ohio. chairman OF the committee on rivers
and harbors. in response to inquiries made
BY Representative Moore of Pennsylvania
in the interest of lat least 30.OOO.OOO peo-
pie interested in the proposed inside
passage from Boston to Key West"
MIR Burton stated that there will be
merely an administrative bill at the pres
ent session slightly modifying plans al
ready approved but carrying no appro
priations and authorizing no surveys
This bill will comprise certain modifica
tions and amplifcations of projects af.
fecting Chicago harbor. Mobile harbor the
mt nth of the Mississippi river and Duluth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
WRECKED THE PORCH.
Another Bomb Explosion in Chicago
OCCUPANTS of House Escaped.

CHICAGO. Nay ia bomb placed
under the front porch of house al 40
North Albany avenue. exploded last nisn..
II demolished the porch and broke HI
the windows in the front part OF 'ne
building. No one was injured In the mousse
which is occupied by Albert Oison ano
Albert kuntz. the former ivins IN ne ne
basement. The explosion tore out The
front door.
Olson's family includes his wife and
three children: Kuntzs consists OF MS
wife and two children. ;.
Olson. who owns the little properly. -
a wodworker. and the suggestion was
made by the police that perhaps the dll-
ficulties between workers and carpenters.
rival unions-might be at the bottom OF
the trouble However, Olson was not IN
clined to give this theory much creoence.
The loss Is $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
FLEET DEPARTURE DELAYED.
Plans Changed on Receipt of Orders
From Washington.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 16.-The Pa
cific fleet. instead of leaving port yester-
day, as had been the scheduled program.
changed its plans at the last moment on
orders from Washington, and 1t was an
nounced that the reason for this delay
was the desire OF the Navy Department
to have the gunners' trophy recently won
by the Maryland transferred from the
Illinois while both vessels were in the
harbor. That ceremony will therefore
take place today.
The trophy is beautiful bronze tablet
engraved to represent fighting ships
thrashing through the sea at a swift pace
and bearing on its surface the names of
the Oregon, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois,
the previous winne4s OF the prize. Pres
ident Roosevelt offered this trophy to
the best gunners of the navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16

sunshine of Gods protection upon them.
| believe they will! do the next best
thing. and do it in secret. That is not a
threat: it is prediction Any attempt
to weaken the laudable American eff
forts to uplift the workingman will be
unsuccessful There is more intense
feeling in favor of association of work
ingmen since the courts declared or
ganized labor a trust than ever before"