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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
WRITs pIsMIssEn

The writs OF habeas corpus applied
Harry Middlemas and John johnson.
four mysterious "sleuths" who were
arrested some months ago on charge
of trailing and interfering with the
work. of William ]. Burns, special agent
in the employ of the city, were dis
missed yesterday by Judge Muraskv
The matter has been under submission
by the judge for some time
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
PALAssou WRIT REIEcTEn

Peter N. PaIassou, Waiting In the
county jail for trial in the superior
the United States district court for a
writ of habeas corpus. He set forth
that a prompt trial had been denied him
and his rights under. the constitution
of the United States were being abused.
Judge Van Fleet refused to consider
the petition.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
NEW BANK ron HAWAII

WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-The comp
troller of the currency has approved the
application of John James f. Wood.
George G. Watt. II. II. Renton and J.
Atkin Wight to organize the Kohala
National Bank Of Kohala. Hawaii. with
a capital Of 5000.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
naRR CASE coNrrNnEn

broker. charged with felony embezzle-
ment on complaint of III. III. Norwood.
stock broker. was called in Police
Judge Deasys court yesterday and by
consent continued till January s.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
LENDS FIRE ENGINE

One of Alameda's fire engines being
crippled, the San Francisco fire COM
yesterday loaned an engine to
the transbay city for few weeks and
Chief Shaughnessy was instructed to
see to the transfer.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24

Birth. marriage and death notices sent by mall
will not be inserted. They must be handed In at
either of the publication Offices and be indorsed
with the name and residence of persons author
lied TO have the same published. Notices re-
| strcted simply the announcement of the event
| are published once In this column free of charge
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
rFEzTY WITH zRGENTrNA SIGNED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Secretary
Root today signed an arbitration
treaty with Senior Potela, the Argentine
minister, for the settlement of disputes
between the two countries. He also ex-
changed ratifications Of the arbitra-
tion treaty between this country and
Switzerland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
0AEL iEsfEEAkzE N1 kAAIIEBK 5ffRvFTHAlE
REAL ESTATE
FRUITvAI.E REAL ESTATE

WANT to sell my home in Fruitvale: an acre
OF land; large, modern house and furniture;
flower garden, small fruit gardens. vegetable
garden hennery, pigeon runs. stables, horse,
carriages; everything for sale in complete
order; price $4,000. w. z. BOWDITCH, 3217
Boston ay.. Fruitvale.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
BIRTHS

MARKEY--lu this city. to the wife of F. A
Markey. daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24

S.. .J00-On one Of the very best downtown cen
tral business streets; improved and renting fol
$50; will probably sell for $4,000 in months
great chance for the bargain hunter. t63s9
GEO. ". AUSTIN. l0Is Broadway. Oakland
or l. W JEFFERSON REALTY COMPANY
$50 Market St. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24

NE corner Of Lake street and Sixth avenue E &c
by 81; SO.
Alfred Olsen and wife 10 7. NJ. Robertson and
wife. lot in line OF Clayton street. 1864 y
Of Ashbury. \ %. 2 131:3S SW 1876, SW
1895, w 110:26: SO
J. NJ. Robertson and wife 10 Robert E.
FszaherIey. same; $40
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
oAKLANp REAL EsrArE
5 s SIS s s s
FOUR SPECIALS.
$500.

S $500.
: New. modern cottage, rooms and bath:
situate in 4 good residence district; just of {
car hne, East Oakland; terms $500 cash, and
you can arrange the balance; immediate oc-
; cupaacy given.
s2,T5O.
s Two story. large rooms; modern plumb
s ing; Just good new: large barn and
s water plant; plenty OF sun: fine location in
East Oakland; on car line; bituminized
streets and cement sidewalks; So. 500 would
be reasonable. but for a quick sale can be s
s had for 50, $50; easy terms.
Two story. large rooms and bath; mod
5 ern IN every respect; very sunny: situate on
north side of street fine residence district,
S blocks east of Telegraph avenue and
blocks from Key Route; owner going east.
s willing 10 sacrifice for quick sale; terms
s 500 cash. balance s25 per month; including
per cent interest.
$500
INCOME SIS PER MONTH.
Modern house. large and bath:
s rents $40 per month; pair OF fats; 3 and |
rooms: all modern Improvements: rents S35
per month: large lot: located on north side
Of street. this side OF 31st. east Of San Pablo
s av.; this property is without doubt the
best income buy in Oakland; terms half cash,
balance arranged.
Tue above properties are a few OF our !
genuine bargains under exclusive contracts.
II you are looking for nice home in s
Eestment 1t will pay you TO call and see us
at once.
HOLCOMB REALTY co.
(Investor Of Capital.
306 San Pablo sv.. Oakland.
s s
READ THIS BARGAIN.
Five room. high basement cottage; lot 25Kl1t
feet; blocks from car line; 10 minutes from
14th ana Broadway; price $I,1OO; will accept
part cash or trade for good horses
D. NJ. JOHNSON.
Buckeye Stables. 18th and Broadway, Oakland
14th 81. and walking distance Melrose local
price only 81 500; 500 or $500 down, balance
Sls uonfh See owner and builder. W. II
MOORE 1000 26th St, f. Oakland; Home
phone B1SSe.
$500 CASH AND $40 PER MONTH
Buys cottage and lot in Claremont tract; 81 500,
before Janusry l. Owner. PA Union Savings
Bank building. Oakland Cal
RENT payer. listen. 500 down. $50 per month
viii buy a 81 400 room cottage: street work.
sidewalks IA. Address 1920 Broadway, Oakland.
HOMES on monthly payments; banking interest;
we will build buy you home. Pacific
Home Building Co. 952 Broadway, Oakland.
LOT in Piedmont Vista. 39xli2 feet; block
from Oakland ay. carline and about blocks
from Piedmont station OF the Key Route This
Is an ideal location for home. is situated on
high ground and has a beautiful view. Terms,
$3.50 cash and balance OF $500 in monthly pay
ments of So. including interest Address box
1916. Call office San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
Building Contracts

s. \. Wood & Co. with Butte engineering
eompsny-Ail work except lamp lighting fixtures
and refectors for mezzgnine floor OF Pacific
building AT Fourth and Market streets: 81 80.
A kraus administrator estate of Babetta
hrsus) with J II. Munster-To erect a three
story frame building at SW corner Of Treat
avenue and Twenty fourth sHeet, As feet on
Treat avenue by 1925 feet on Twenty fourth
street; $21 COO.
Mrs. Maria and virgilio Podesta with Norio
Caraglia-An work except mantels. shades gas
and electric fixtures, baccns CRATES electric wir-
ing. cement and mosaic work. for three story and
basement frame building three fats In W
line OF Stockton street, 1916 Of Filbert, n
% by w 1926; S4eS0
J. st. Denis with Burke concrete company
Composite construction for building I'm line
Of Pacific street, 1917 " of Learenworth. w %
by \ so: 50. 0o0
James Resry with J. johnson Repairs and
alterations to cottage in S line of Fulton street
20o:3 from Lyon; 81. AZ.
S. n Wood & Co. with H NJ. Scarrett-Ce-
ment door. wrecking old vault and building new
for store in Pacific building at corner OF Fourth
and Market streets. 81 1855
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
CLUBBED BY BEoTHER IN LAW

Fritz Anderson. "a painter Of S6 Tif-
fany street received a fracture OF the
skull as a result of being struck on the
head with club in the hands of his
brother in law. Emo Larsen. Anderson
and his relative had an argument over
some work. which eliminated in the
attack. Treatment was given the in
jursd man in the central emergency
hospital. The police are searching for
Larsen, who escaped
Do You Want S5.0Os
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page II.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24

$Z,5U0-
New. modern cottage, 5 rooms and bath:
situate in a good residence district; just of
car hre, East Oakland; terms $500 cash. and
you can arrange the balance; immediate oc-
cupaacy given.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24

Frederick s. Blanche of the New
York Central lines was the victim of a.
thief who entered his house last Tues
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24

S2,f50
Two story. large rooms; modern plumb
ing; just as good new: large barn and
water plant; plenty OF sun: fine location in
East Oakland car line; bituminized
streets and cement sidewalks; SO. 500 would
be reasonable. but for a quick sale can be
had for 50, 750; easy terms.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
TOWN MEETING TO RULE.

There is also slim chance of there being riots
at the republic the Pacific Coast. Some
of the emigrants from Freeville have been
through this phase Of democratic upheaval at the
original Junior Republic and their respect for
law and order has become confirmed The last
riot Of the George Junior Republic was the sec
ond in its history. For hours the citizens fought
and smashed everything in sight.
Daddy" George watched the battle. calm in
the assurance that somehow the young repub-
lioans would eventually work IL for them
selves to the best end He right. for the
comba1ants finally sank to earth inert from
the loss of breath and blood When the powers
of speech returned, the reyOUtionSts fell to dis
cussing with great earnestness just who should
be arrested and jailed for starting the bruising
For time of the citizens in Jail than
but finally the crime expiated and
since that day riotng has never threatened the
republic.
Like the form of government which the boys
and girls have finally established at Freeville
the California republic is have the oId-fash-
ioned town meeting" its type In earlier
stages of the George Junior Republic the citi-
maintained a full Congress and Cabinet,
with every office known the outer republic
Almost every citizen consequently, found him
self herself several kinds of a officeholder,
and interest in the government fell off at once
While the elders tried to throw some light on
the difficulty in vain the citizens stood about in
groups and considered il. Finally lad of
fourteen cried out, Say. why don't you make it
like our town meetings up homer" The idea
took. and since the republic has governed
itself with by OF a regularly con-
vened town meeting.
Expert bakers. carpenters. printers. farmers.
laundrymen, plumbers. cooks and housekeepers
most of the California colony have already be-
come in the modern shops and establishments OF
the little community d FreevilIe. The girls are
already able take charge of the cottages Of
which a junior republic is formed and the boys
will set up a farm and the shops. When
the new junior republic is last established an
other state may be Of dozens of boys
and girls being changed from incorrigibIes 10
useful citizens every year.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

Kirby wrapping himself in the American flag and
diving 70 slow music
Kirby was once the most popular actor OF the
Bowery and he was best in iea tn scores wake
ne nm u,ban Kirby dies was injunction Of the
sleepy members of his audiences 1t became one
of the sayings OF his time.
One of the most noteworthy pianos ever Designed
in New York was executed for the Chicago World
Fair exhibit of a prominent piano company When
the exhibition closed the instrument was brought
back to New York and eventually found a Pur-
chaser in II. Cohen, rich East Sider' VINO saNe
1t as a wedding present TO his daughteF- II was
the pride and amazefrent OF henry S''ee' ''
years.
Another handsome piano made by TINS same
house lies at the bottom of the ocean now L. WAS
pure Empire in style and was put III 'he i'uS''
room of a pleasure yacht that SANK
When painted pianos first became the rage 'heio
was a great deal of mystery about them 1t was I'M
possible to get photographs of thenn ana 'he mum
Der made was limited. The owners OF uie pidhos
feared their exclusive designs would De COPIED anu
reproduced in stock instruments The exact design
exec,.ed bv Edwin H Blashfield for piano for
Mrs Anthony Drexel. of Philadelphia. was close
. secret for a long time. Music Is the 'ieiiie u
this 5ecoration the band being divided into panels
each OF which typiies some particular class oi
u1rsic-military. ecclesiastical, classical, etc
A late achievement in piano decoration Is Inc
Rheingold" now on exhibition at a piano mouse
on Fifth The whole top OF the piano Is
thrown into picture, composed IN such way
as TO fit the arbitrary form OF the instrument Inc
Rhine Nadens are seen in the depths OF the water
circling round their hidden treasure. whlch sehoS
I'D its yellow glare, tingins and frradiatlns thelr
floating forms and draperies, The ugly o"arl
with his sordid, voracous face, forms an e1ectiVe
foil for the beauty OF the nlaidens. Near the top
Of the picture three four fish, unconscious OF
their supernatural companions are complacenuy
basking the sunlight that filters through the
translucent waters. The peculiar opalescent oliVe
light that a diver sees when he opens his eyes un-
DER water is the prevailing color note or the picture
On the piano legs and Tyre reeds gllded ana
tinged in greenish hue carved in rehe1' ana
elsewhere the sculptural ornamentaions Oh 'le III
strument are made UP of these same reeds
Among the Americans who have notable pianos
de luxe are Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt George
Gould, William L. D. Stokes, Mrs. George DreSe
ex-senator William \. Clark. Mrs Thomas ocolt
and Mrs. James L. Flood. Sir Donalu oii'lll w
Canada, also has a costly instrument
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
PRIMITIVE METHODS PAST.

The dealers work begins with the loading OF
the docks of the coal companies Along
the west shore of the Hudson and down the Jer-
sey coast at several points are immense docks TO
which the railroads bring their thousands of tons
from the mines Every day in the year the ugly.
unSraceful coal scows huddled in and around
these docks They filed with coal. and tugs
with much barbarous noise. pull them through the
harbor and both the rivers to the riverside pockets
Unloading these vessels might be a simple propo-
sitinn II New York not always in a great
hurry for its coal, but it is i'm hurry II the old
fashioned methods suddenly to be re-estap-
lished, the city vouki be in the thrces OF a fuel
famine In less than two days As in many another
industry. in the delivery of city's coal steam
and electricity have had o mans aid
One modern coal handling plant at 18th street and
the East River supplies illustration OF what has
been accomplished in this direction Here it is
possible load d thousand tons trucks in one
day of twelve hours The pockets have a storage
capacity OF 400 tons and about DO 90 tons pass
through them in a year.
First in the process comes the unN Nadins of the
scow. \ ''clamsheI' bucket. moved perpendicu-
Iary and horizontally by steam power digs down
into the vessel brings up 2.00o pounds of coal at
every grab. and is emptied into hopper at the
end of the pier. The bucket unload 100 tons
hour.
An endless chain of iron buckets runs under the
bottom OF the hopper, and into these the coal
falls. There are lS5 buckets the chain and each
one holds 20 pounds They take the coal out OF
the hopper at the rate of about "a minute.
This bucket conveyer as the endless chain IS called
the whole length of the plant-hfty seventy
five yards-above and between two lines OF pockets
A movable iron chute each side of the conveyer
can be placed SO al lead into whichever pocket
II is desired to fill
There are many varieties of coal. and each pocket
is used for some special variety. Upon the variety
that is being taken out OF the hopper depends the
position of the chute. BY simple device which
forms a part of the mechanism every one of the
hen In hes The ChrIfa iz
and is relieved OF lis entire load.
The brittieness Of anthracite coal. which forms
the bulk OF the tonnage for this plant makes need
full a method for letting the coal down easy. So
instead OF being dropped ten. twenty thirty feet
Hom the movable iron chute. the black diamonds
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
TOO FAT FOR CELL.
Connecticut's Prize HeaUysceight,
40 Pounds, an jail.

Hartford Conn, March 7.-"Dan' WadsWorth'
Hartford's heavy man. and said to be the fattest
man in New England. is in JAIL serving q SEN
tence of sixty days But Wadsworth Is not IN
a cell, neither does he wear the regular JAN
uniform. The reasons are obvious. He weighs
40 pounds, and there is not a uniform in the
jailer's outfit which he could get into. At pres
it is just possible for him to squeeze through
a cell door, but the jailer realizes that IN the
peace and quiet of a CELL with wholesome focd
and little exercise, Wadsworth's inclination 20
take on flesh would meet with unusually favor
able conditions. And though he might be
squeezed in, at the end of sixty days it is a
question if he could be got out without pulling
down the cell wall
Daniel s. Wadsworth is a lneal descesd dant of
William Wadsworth, one of the founders of
Hartford, through his son, Captain Joseph
Wadsworth, who hid the charter of the colony
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
GOVERNMENT ALREADY PLANNED.

Their leader. a clean-cut specimen of young man.
hood, is encouraging the coloHists to form their
plans for establishing the new junior republic
The George is founded the leaving of every
thing the initiative of the young citizens them
selves. and in all the fourteen years Of sef-SoFer-
Freeville the juvenile democracy has never
gone far wrong The boys and girls Of the budding
California republic have already made plans for a
jail. judge, police chief and president 10 regulate
the affairs Of their government. Work and wages
u a basis of competence for the industrious and
starvation for the suggard have been mapped out,
according the invarlable law of Freeville
There is to be eighJ-hour legislation at
tempted in the California offshoot Of the George
Junior Republic juvenile agitator came to
the Freeville republic not long ago and did not
till he had carried away voting majority
Of the boys with the idea Of union hours An
eigllt-hour law was accordingly, put on the
statute books, against the solid vote of the girl
citizens. The boy workers knocked off at ) that
night, reyelled in extra hour of football, and
trooping in. hungry for supper Every
kitchen and dish lay cold stone and
table Its after hours cried the
girls so you won't get us TO get supper" Hun
cry and disllusioned, the citizens TO man
rushed to the town hall and repealed the labor
law
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
NEW JUNIOR REPUBLIC
EeUriHe Band to Settle on F0-
cifc Coast.

All the way from Freeville to Frisco dozen
boy and girl citizens of the George Junior f'e-
public are now journeying to form In Cahlor-
MIA the nucleus for the first Of a natlonai syS-
ten, Of -,,nior republics Daddy" George, who
has spent the last fourteen years in the hlIls ci
Tornpkins County perfectiug this system or allow
ing Youngsters to straigftcn out for themselves d
crooked start in life, is preparing personally 70
supervise this first step toward putting the 1dea 's
= nat orai basis Following the efforts of this little
hand Of pioneers on the Pacific Coast ana TWO
similar colonies which just gaining footing
il Connecticut and Maryland many states may IN
time possess junior republics like that which In
New York State has turned hundreds OF careers N
the right direction.
Nat Bedford. q graduate Of the miniature re-
public has for months been organizing and tram
ing the California Colony" which he and his wife
are TO supervise when the new republic has been
set up on the Coast The enligrants have been Sc
iected from among the younger and more pronls-
ing citizens Of the boy and girl movement with
Nat and his wife. they have been grouped To-
getaer il one cottage colony on the bleak hills OF
the parent republic to have working organization
ready when they find themselves cut on the sunny
slopes Of California.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
YARDS IN MANHATTAN TOO COSTLY

First of ALL no single factor has been more pow
erful than the mounting of real estate values In
the interior of Manhattan Island, where build
ings soaring further and further toward the
sky. there is place for coal yards. There are
some left it is true. away from the river fronts.
but they very few, and their disappearance is
only a question of little time They used
only. sort OF reserve. in of unforeseen
circumstances. 60
Every ton of coal put into an interior yard
is a ton twice loaded and unloaded. The ton
that is delivered from a river front plant is
loaded once and unIoaded The inference
is easy: The coal dealers still in Manhattan
all making for the river fronts The coal is
delivered to the plant in a scow put into a
pocket, falls from the pocket into a truck. and
from the truck into the consumers cellar.
The excessive value of land makes it impossitIe
to store great amounts of coal on Manhattan ISL
and. The trade during the busy season is in a
liquid state-that is. the coal has be brought in
steadily day after day. by the railroads and is
as steadily consumed by the city's thousands Of
furnaces. In the summer there is, of course a.
decided let-up but it is not in proportion to the
change in temperature For the big office buildings
and hotels, with their elevators busy day in and
day out. have to keep the steam up hot as well
as cold weather. The exhaust steam which goes
to waste in summer is used heat the Offices in
the winter The demand for domestic sizes how
ever. drops almost the point when the
warm spring breezes begin TO blow.
The expense Of doing business in New York has
driven of the retailers TO establish their
storage and unloading facilities across the Hudson
in New Jersey Thence they send the ccaI across
the ferries Manhattan. This means a very
Ions haul in every instance but it has proven more
economical. in the opinion of many. than paying
rent on the crowded island One of the two largest
dealers in New York City delivers the most OF his
coal in this way from New jersey.
Though this scheme is q great rent-saver. IL has
its disadvantages in cope tion with pockets scat
tered along the Manhattan river fronts. for these
pockets comparatively close TO the consumer
and it Is possible for anybody who in d hurry
for his coal to get ii with promptness So the
question reduces itself TO this; Which is better-to
pay low rents in Jersey and have long hauls. partly
by ferry, TO pay high rent in Manhattan and be
in easy reach of the people 10 the coal? Diff
ferent dealers have answered the question diff
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
WANTED HUDSON RIVER SCENE

why he painted the Brooklyn Bridge with one
Of BOZ Evans's battleslups coming under the
arch Tit" said the Pennsylvanian. adnirins-
ly. That's the sort of art I want. Now this
piano let US have the Hudson River. with the
Palisades in the distance"
The piano maker groaEed he booked the &C.
centric order
Have your artist paint in q steamboat two.
ore OF The Day liners. for instance. the part
ing instruction ~ like plenty Of life and motion
Most piano artists have little admiration for the
great gol5 and white piano that decorates the
White House. The houses exquisite instru-
5-ent The panels from the brush of T. ~
OewinE If the decorations stopped there all
would DO we'll but they don The coats Of arms
of the various states have been plastered the
instrument until the last inch is utilized
..Ft reminds ne of old Joe Kirby said recent
visitor 70 the White House, after gazing on the
oYerGecoraIed wonder.
And who Joe Kirby?" interrupted a youth
fui member Of the party
You oid not let finish. said the critic y
was sbout TO say the piano reminded me Of Joe