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their arrival the quickly cleared of all except
attaches directly with the Rue police offers
and newspapermen
HAAS MANACLED AND THROWN ON FLOOR
Until the arrival of the police Haas had been under of
deputy sheriff and policemen in of the
behind the box He thrown there sight Of the angry
crowd and with his wrists manacled forced to lie flat
the floor against the wall. There he his
spoke the significant the
which undoubtedly aroused partial
reporters knelt Call from
the Chronicle
from The Ca?" he questioned don't like that
paper It's the wrong side Then turning his "You
from the Chronicle? It's all right l like it,
Even thn while the everberations of the scarcely
died the Haas talked calmly almost quietly Of
his His speech that of the carried
deed long deberated and with every detail
quence thought There scarcely
his voice and his unshaken He
questions they to him without hesitation and his only
display anger when he tried suddenly and
back roughly to the floor.
my name he said answer to questions
48 old and born Germany
but liquor dealer time ago only in the
few minutes before shot him. I've gun
II years 1t 38 Smith & Wesson I've
children at The children from years"
the information volunteered;
the questions asked Then why
.:4+1I+ +1,ao
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Trains leave Third and Townsend for
Bay Shore Schwerin addition. 11:15
a. n, 2:10 p. M, Sunday. See page II.
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SENSATIONAL DAY
HITS BUSH STREET
New York Makes Unsuccessful
Attempt to Bear Combi-
nation Fraction
New Broker Calls Bluff and
Stock Closes Strong at
9l Cents

New York interests made deter
mined but Intellectual effort TO bear the
market at the Bush street mining ex-
change yesterday, but the blum was
called early in the day. and the fight
that followed made one OF the most
sensational episodes the exchanges has
seen for many long day.
Combination Fraction was the stock
under pressEre. This stock closed at 50
the night before. and on opening yes
terday the bears became busy The
bulls met the movement immediately
j. r. Young. u new broker in San Fran
cisco, grabbed up all New York had TO
offer and called for more As a result
Combination Fraction started upward
New York met the move with a bluf of
Offering 10000 shares. The blur was
called and but little of the 10000 were
sold. The stock finally closed strong
at 81 cents
Peace negotiations in Goldfeld and
the well deemed rumors that the miners
had agreed to go back TO work at the
Tonopah scale caused general i'm
provement IN the market Goldfield
Consolidated jumped from s5-111s TO
$3.50. Florence closed 10 points better
than its opening. which was $3.50.
Daisy made small gains. and the rest
Of the market was steady
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

H. Pauline Dinan to Katherine T. Dinan,
lot at SW corner of Sacramento and HYDE
streets. s rs by w 91:8: gift.
Kate J. Casey to William II. D. Dixey. lot
in NE line Of Langton street 215 SE III
Folsom, Sc 50 by NE S0 $40.
Edw. T. Reynolds to John NJ Reynolds. LOT
in W line of Laguna street 22:i18 81
Willow avenue. s 22:1H. w ,77:6. %, E
to beginning; So
John N. REYNOLDS and wife to Sara E. STRAIT,
Excelsior realty and investment company sc
Harris Weinstock. lot at Sc corner OF Twenty,
fourth street ana Treat avenue, 62:6 BY s
7. B. Potter realty company to John a. Vol
lers, lots and 3, block Is; lot 4, block "a
Robert Martin to John D. Hon ct al. lot.
2s to 81, block %: lot 8. block o, Refs tract;
$40
George Hammersmith to Edward Alert LOT IN
line OF Lotta street, 100 Of Sprinfdale
rs BY 100s SO.
Alice Mounic 10 Charles H. Hook, lot in 81
line of Minna street, 275 NE OF Seventh, M
Alex ". Mcdonald to Thomas A. Cor. Io
In " line OF California street, 1913 w of Baker
n 25 by N 9O:2A $40
Douglass A. Chelor to Ruth J. Shelor 10,
in s tine Of Post street, 125 w OF Deyisaiero
" 125. S TIA. %. TIA; gift 81
Thomas Cooney and wife to James Dorar
and wife lot in N line of Elizabeth street lO(
Of Diamond, E % BY 100: s., 800
Alice de Martini to William @. de Martini
lot in line Of Valley street, 155 OF Noe, ]
2 Juiis Brs;sisr to N. J. stsnper. lot IN LIN.
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DEATH INTERFERES
WITH REBATE PROBING
Passing of Attorney General
Webb's Relative Causes
Postponement'

Investigation into the alleged rebat-
ing tactics of the Southern Pacific and
other common carriers in California was
postponed again yesterday. The in
quiry was discontinued until Tuesday
because of the death Of Judge John
D. Goodwin, father in law of Attorney
General Webb.
The members of the commission.
Loveland, Irwin and Summerland, and
representatives of the shippers gath
cred yesterday morning in the rooms of
the chamber OF commerce. but at the
opening of the session it was an
nounced that because of the death of
his relative Attorney General Webb
could not be present TO conduct the
investigation, hence the hearing was
postponed.
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ment concrete building in Sansome street near
Bush, 10 Washauer Brothers, for five years, at
total rental OF nearly $40. 900.
For Levi Strauss realty company to Judd
Brothers, the ground door and basement In the
five story class A Levi Strauss building in
Battery street south of Pine. The lease Is for
fve years and at total rental of $4,000.
For the Levi Strauss realty company, In the
same building. the second floor to Charles J.
Leighton Co.. for five years, at a monthly
rental Of $4,000
the second door In the building in Sansome
street Bush. for a five year term at q
total rental of So, 600.
For Louis and Henrietta Gassner. the third
Kearny street to the Stanford University club
for i've years. at a total rental OF 50. 900.
For the same owners TO Neary & Dubuc, one
of the stores In the same building, for total
rental OF $1,000 on a lease for i've years.
For Morgan G. Allen. the front loft on the
second floor OF the four story building at 45l
Bush street. to the Dettner- Travers press for
i've years, at total rental of SO. 900.
For Arthur Rousseau to client. the apart
ment house now In course Of construction in
California street west of Larkin, containing 4t
rooms and baths, for 10 years, at total rental
OF SAL 900.
For F. A. WILL the store at s1s Van Nes.
avenue near Eddy street, TO J. c. Dabcovich, for
fve years.
For Elizabeth Herrick. the building at 771-77s
Ellis street to the Columbia chemical company,
for five years.
For MT Raphael and julius Auerbach, the LOT
at Second and Brannan streets. for i've years
to c. A Brutt
Wolf & HOLMAN have sold for Ben and
Larkfn to client. who will Immediately com
mence the erection of large apartment house
The price $500.
They have also sold for client to f. A.
Houseworth the residence and lot in the west
line Of Ashbury street "a feet south Of Fred
erick. 1856 by 106. for Sl2, 600.
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Plenty Money Hand and Buyers Rush to Obtain Investments Good Income Paying Property

and that penal provision OF drastic
severity be provided for violations
He then took up the subject of say
ings banks, drawing distinction be-
tween the savings bank" and the saw
ings and loan society. de said that
the term savings bank" was a misno-
mer. for it was in reality simply COM
mercial bank
Judge Sturtevant said that the fail
ure of the California safe deposit and
trust company could not have taken
place had that concern been a savings
and loan society instead of a savings
bank. for the reason that it was inn
possii lie because OF legal safeguards for
a lawfully conducted savings and loan
society to become insolvent- He urged
the enactment OF a law to prevent 8
savings bank having deposits with q
commercial institution
The session of the legislative bank
ing committee in Los Angeles is ex-
pected to last three days, the committee
returning to San Francisco TO meet
again Thursday.
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SUBURBS BOOMING
improvements and Building
Progress at Beach Tracts

Reports from the district along the
Ocean Shore show that the hard wealth
er of the last week did not IN the least
interfere with improvements going on
in the new towns south of the city.
From every locality comes the story of
Improvements under way Houses are
being built, streets parked and pave
ments laid, water systems installed and
sewers placed.
In view of those facts the demand for
property in these suburbs has been ac-
tive all week, many new buyers appear
ing in the dealers Offices
The City Street Improvement COM
pany of San Francisco has the contract
for completing a lot of street work at
Edgemar and already has begun laying
sewers, cement curbs and sidewalks.
The Ocean Shore railway delivered
the first carload of pipe this week fol
the water system.
The Halfmoon bay land company has
sold out the Kelly avenue and Ell Maj
tracts, also most of the Highland Park
tract The firm is preparing to install
water and sewer mains on its proper
ties.
Brighton Beach entertained Compa-
MES H and L of the national guard, the
band and signal corps during last
month. Both in camp situation and en-
tertainment this was one Of the mos,
enjoyable encappments ever held.
Building operations at Salada beach
are progressing steadily. Foundation.
are now being laid for the $4,000 resi-.
dence for j. ]. McCloskey, the attorney
The structure viii be of reinforced con
crete blocks, and is well located on {
! fine slope and will command an excel.
! lent marine view
improvements are progressing rapid
| ly at Rockaway. Work of macadamizins
the streets and installing first clas:
water system is now under way The
parking of the beach boulevard will b.
completed in 10 days.
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Concerning mortgages. the Circular
says:
During the month of February there were se5
mortgages recorded against San Francisco real
estate for total Of S2O7s.947; 3ss releases OF
mortgages were recorded during the same period.
The large mortgages recorded during the month
we're as follows: Hibernia savings and loan
society 10 George d. Toy. on the southeast
corner Of Geary and Powell streets 800 600:
Balfour-Guthrie investment company to Henry
T. Scott. south corner of Mission and Fre-
mont streets, 100000; Mary Gesvret and others
ket street. 80 west Of Sixth, 100000; Ex-
eelsior investment company to the Forrest es-
west Of Sixth, 100000; George W. Hooper to
the Macdonough estate company. the corner
Of Market and Front streets, $S5 coo; Beverly
Macmonagle to ". r. Payne, on the south side
OF California street between Battery and Front
$50 600; L. y. aud E. r. Jesson to the Mac
donough estate company, on the northeast corner
Of Sutter street and Grant avenue. 100000
The bank mortgages recorded during the
month were practically uniform on the basis Of
tax. while the loans made by private indi-
riduais were at a higher rate OF interest Two
outside sources Of money have appeared during
the month with interest rates st per cent net
This is considerable break from the ruling
rate OF Z per cent net for money. The
parties having this money state that nothing
less than 500, 900 loans viii be considered, and
ii is stated that loans will be made only on
completed and rented buildings, and they re-
quire larger margin than has been usual on
loans here. The result OF several applications
made 10 these representatives OF outside money
Bonffeld. Jeffres & RYAN have sold
for the account OF the Techau tavern
company the site OF the former Techau
tavern. in Mason street north of Eddy
The consideration is about $4,000 Al
though uninproved, the property af-
fords q good concrete basement, and
the new owners contemplate the erec-
tion Of a handsome six story building.
In view of the fact that several i'm
portant sales recently have been made
In this locality. realty owners and
operators are now watching this Sec
tion with good deal of interest
LOAN MARKET ACTIVE
Through the loan department of
Baldwin & Howell a number of trans
ing the past week was a loan of
500. .000 to Mrs. ]. W. Stevens and 9TH
ers, secured by mortgage on big
lot in Market street southwest OF
Sixth The loan was for two years. the
rate of interest being per cent The
money obtained from the loan by Mrs
Stevens is to be employed in the con-
struction of q six-story modern build
ing, plans for which are now being pre-
pared by Macdonald & Applegarth.
A loan of $32.500 was obtained for
Mrs. Emma Rose on the lot 90 by % u
feet. north side Of Bush street, SO feet
east of Battery.
Baldwin & Howell have also placed a
number of small loans ranging in
amounts from $4,000 to 1900. They
also effected loans secured by bonds
and other collateral IS follows: One OF
$40 900. one Of $4,000. and another one
Of $4,000. In no instance was the rate
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-07

Handwriting Expert Theodore Kytka
is erecting handsome new residence
OF modern style of architecture in Pre-
sidio heights at the northeast corner of
Union and Broderick streets. The home
Is situated on an eninence overlooking
the Golden gate and the bay. and it
viii be complete in every detail. The
estimated cost is $4,000.
A unique feature of Kytka's resi-
dence will be the laboratories and
studio. to be located in a wing built
especially for the purpose This wing
viii be rooted with skylight windows
and will contain Photographic and
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chemical apparatu and other para
phernalia used by the handwriting wiz
ard. Here Kytka will continue 10 con-
duct the experiments which have made
him famous. and in studio attached
will write his experiences of the chiro-
graphic art into a work which will
probably stand as textbook on the
subject. The volume will be entitled
"Forgeries and Experts"
Surrounding kytka's house will be a
tropical garden, and this will be con-
nected TO the house by a glass covered
passageway in which hothouse flowers
will be grown. On the north side,
facing the bay, is marine view, and
in the center of a terraced hillside
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-07
LEGISLATORS TILT
| OVER BANK BOARD
Wolfe's Desire to Question Ex-
aminers at Once Stirs
Anger
Judge Sturtevant Proposes
Drastic Laws to Safeguard
Savings Depositors

The Legislative bank committee heard
a series of important recommendations
for improvement of the banking laws
yesterday from Judge Sturtevant of the
superior court. and adjourned to meet
Monday in Los Angeles Prior TO ad-
journment the proceedings were en-
livened by spirited passage between
Senators Wolfe and Leavitt, in which
the latter repudiated in torrid language
an imputatfon by Wolfe that the conf
mittee was 10th to take up an investi-
cation to determine the reason the
bank commi ssion had not prevented the
tangle that resulted from allowing the
California safe deposit and trust COM
pany to go on so long after il had be-
come doomed to wreck
The clash occurred at the close of the
session Wolfe had moved that subpe-
mas be issued for the former members
of the bank commission which had per-
nitted the safe deposit companysto op
crate unchecked. The other members
of the committee also desired to take
up the investigation, but Leavitt, who
was chairman, said that the date should
be determined after the committees re-
turn from Les Angeles Wolfe jumped
up.
II do not like this way of putting
this matter off" he said. IF we are
going to summon these commissioners
why not set a date now and issue sub
penas, instead OF dwadling along into
the indefinite future?"
81 don't like your language. Mr..
Wolfe Levitt rejoined hotly- You
have no reason to impute that | nor
any member of this committee is try
| ing to get out of this investigation. 1
demand. however, that we select a date
when we will have full quorum, and
we cannot determine that now"
| The advice given the legislative COM
mittee by Judge Sturtevant was of i'm
portance and the reforms he recon-
mended were broad In scope. He said
that the greatest evil of the present
system of banking permitted by exist
ing laws was the conducting of mani
fold business interests by $50 called
banking institutions" He urged that
the laws granting articles OF incorpora-
ton be so amended as to require that a
banking institution which sought to
engage in the trust, safe deposit, saw
ings and commercial banking business
| should conduct each division as sepa-
rate department and that special IL
censes should be necessary for each de-
| partment.
Judge Sturtevant recommended that
such corporations be required to keep
| separate accounts for each department,
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leading down to the water will be
built the den.
The house will be three stories, OF
brick and concrete. and on a lot 9I1z
by 10 feet Large windows have been
arranged. and the building is so situ-
ated that some portion will have sun
light from dawn to sunset.
The roof, the porch and the passa ge-
way 10 the garden will be constructed
of massive crossed beams, and these
when covered with training vines. will
harmonize with the general appearance
OF strength and solidity which the
residence will present.
The building was designed by Archi-
tects Newsom & Newsom.
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Fo7loWIng the activity Ia sales Is
the matter Of building contracts. con-
cernine which the Real Estate Circu-
lar says.
During The month Just closed building contracts
.-ere recorded for total Of s.. .662- 145
This Is heavy increase oFer the figures Tor
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Wand. auickIr nextrnred

by Call Want Ad. All the bargains
of any consequence will always be
found in the Calls Great Want Col
umns Read them carefully and get
what you want.
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Private individuals.
Hibernia savings and
loan society.
Savings and Loan soc'y
French savings bank
German savings and loan
society ---.
Humboldt savings bank
San Francisco Savings
Union ...-........--
Security savings bsnK {.
Mutual savings bank. j.
Columbus savings and
loan society y-.....-
Union trust company. .
Central trust company 4.
First Federated trust CO
Mechanics savings bank
Bank Of Italy--.....
Mission savings bank. j..
Building and loan asso-
Citations -..
Financial institutions in
California outside OF
San Francisco. .-.
Eastern financial insti-
tuuons .-.---.---
Totals .-....
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During the month Of February 595 sales OF
real estate were recorded, representing total
Of 81 So 23s. Although February is 6 short
those Of January by $4,000. and the number
Of sales recorded exceeded those OF Jauua RI
hv 81 Illustrative Of the fact that there is
better feeling In the real estate market the
figures for the past eight months are here
given:
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the month OF January. It is higher than the
figures for auy month since October. 1907
The monthly building operations since January
]. 1907. were follows:
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10 Amount So-I Amt
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%. Frame Brick AIterstionl Totals
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OTHER LEASES

In addition to the recently negotiated
lease for the Spring valley water COM
pany Wolf and HOLMAN report the fol-
lowing leases Of downtown property:
For Caroline Land, the four story and base.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-09
WILLIAM DAVIS DIES
Unfortunate Man Succumbs to an
Attack of Typhoid Fever.

Tho death of William Davis, aged
siXty-five and well known in Gale
donia and vicinity, occurred at his
home in that town Tuesday evening
at s o'clock. Death was the result Of
a short illness with typhoid fever.
The deceased had met with various
financial difficulties in recent years
and died penniless. For the past few
years he had made his home in a
small room located over a Caledonia
blacksmith shop and had gained a
living by working at odd jobs. IL
was well known as "Uncle Bill' and
everybody had a kind word for him.
The Claridon township trustees took
charge of the body and viii have It
inferred The funeral will be con-
Quoted al O'clock "wednesday even
ing and interment will take place in
the Caledonia cemetery.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-09
MUST INCREASE Size
OF PARK PAVILION
Work will not be Begun Be-
fore Next Spring.
Service Board Holds a Meeting and
Attends TO a Number of
Matters.

Park superintendent Addison Balm
recommended TO the board of pub
lie service last evening that the
pavilion at Lincoln park be enlarged.
He explained that the little pavilion
Is not one half large enough to prop
erly accommodate the skaters, dane
ers and picnickers who use It, ut
is the most needed Improvement in
the park line and | feel as though We
should have IL at once" remarked
MIR. Balm. The board was unani-
mous in its opinion that the pavilion
should be enlarged but considered II
best to postpone the Improvement
until next spring when there will
probably be more cash In the city's
till.
The question OF street repairing
was discussed at some length. The
board instructed street supsrintend-
ent Blum to effect repairs on the
pavement on North Main street and
to have the work completed before
fair week Mr. Blum was also In
structed to have catch basin con-
structed at tire west end of Chase
street on the north side.
Bills aggregating $1,071.14 were
allowed at this session. All men,
hers OF tlpa board were present and
the business OF the session was
rushed through with great alacrity.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-09
AUTOMOBILE
IS WRECKED
Three of the Occupants were
Injured.
REFUSED TO TURN OUT
Driver of a Vehicle Respon-
sible for the Wreck,
All Other Cars In the Race Reach
Columbus and Leave This Morn
ing for Cleveland.

One OF the roadaters in the en-
durance run, which passed through
this city Tuesday and stopped over
here at the noon hour, driven by
Gideon Spicker, of Toledo, waj
wrecked south OF this city abou,
eight miles, Tuesday afternoon. The
car was brought back TO this city
almost total wreck and was plac-
ed at the local Auto Inn. Two OF
the riders were also brought back
to this city but We're found TO be
uninjwed. Following the wreck
they wanted no more endurance runs
and asked TO return to Marion with
the car
The only man injured to any
extent was II. II. Hover, who acted
as official checker in this city at
the noon control. lie suffered a
sprained ankle and an injured
shoulder but refused tc return to
this city and was picked up by the
Maxwell car and carried on in the
race.
The accident came about south
of this city, owing to a driver in
a buggy refusing TO give the road
The auto was in turn compelled to
turn aside, while going at the rate
of forty miles an nour, and was
advancing toward an iron bridge
ahead. Seeing that he could not
make the turn and gain the bridge
Spicker turned TO go into another
road and ran into the fence and
so into the ditch. The front left
wheel snapped off while the car
continued TO slide and skid. The
occupants of the car were thrown
from their positions In the car
All of the other cars made the
"trip well and arrived in Columbus
near their scheduled time. The
Pilot car broke down ON the road
and thereafter the Mora acted as
the official ear. At $3.50 this morn
ing the machines left Columbus and
are enroute TO Cleveland by way oil
Wooster and Canton. The noon stop
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-09

bar-roOm, gambling cen and brothel.
That's the kind OF ride | like to
take. Paul was the first abolitionist
and it, took this nation two thous-
and years to catch up with the
movement Only a few mcnths ago
the one hundredth anniversary of
the first temperance society was
hdd When organized, the members
who got drunk had 10 pay a fifty
cent fine unless II was CIn a
holiday. Though Washington was a
great man with ideas far in advance
OF his time, 1t is necessary today
Tor man to believe in prohobi-
tion much more strongly than no
did or he could not even be elected
alderman in a town like Toledo =
Mr.. Howard cited an instance of
a church dedication eighty-nine years
ago where quantities OF liquor were
provided for the preachers. |Now
they couldn't get into most churches
ON probation ami not into the
Methodist on suspicion. The world
Is catching up with the temperance
procession. The president OF the
Great Northern Railroad was the
cause of having so many saloons
closed that the Milwaukee brewers
asked to have him removed from
Office. Instead they promptly re-
piled that he had done them u