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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-24
no DISSOLVE ASSOCIATION

a voluntary petition for dissolution
was made to the superior court yester-
day by the Masonic hall association OF
san Francisco. The application states
that on August "a. at a meeting att
tended by the holders Of more than
two-thirds OF the subscribed capital
stock, IT was unanimously resolved to
apply for dissolution. The association
has paid all its debts. and all claims
against II have been satisfied. The pc
tition is signed by the following direc-
tors: Henry E. Davis. Edward Pea
body. J. G. Lubold r. ". Van Sichlen.
Charles r. Patton J. II. Nen and Ed
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ESCAPES PRosECUTION

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Nov. 2s.-
After considering all the facts. Charles
]. Bopaparte. attorney general of the
United States. has decided that A. VIII
liam Nelson of Bingham. Utah is not
the agent of national bank Accord
ingly Nelson Will not be prosecuted un-
der the indictment found by a federal
grand jury charging him with embez-
element of $10S.450 from the Utah na-
tional bank OF Salt Lake City in Janu-
airy. 1908
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-24
SOCIETY TURNS OUT
AT CHARITY SHOW
Fashionable Audience Attends
Benefit Performance for
Old Ladies Home
Clever Amateurs Score Success
in Comedy, ''The Price
OF Money

The clever amateurs who presented
The Price of Money" last evening at
the Valencia theater We're a success
even beyond the expectations OF their
friends and the financial success was
assured days before fthe last rehearsal
OF the comedy. The proceeds are TO
be devoted to the fund for the Protes-
tant Episcopal old ladies' home and
society agreed to make the evening one
TO be remembered in the history o
drama for charity's sake. Every box
was taken and among the interested
audience were many friends of the
amateurs and many more who con-
tributed their applause as admirers OF
q clever production
The complete cast of characters was
as follows.
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F R E E
P | L E
c u R (
Sent to Demonstrate the Merits Of
Pyramid Pile Cure
what Ii Has Done For Others. II Can
Do for You

We have testimonials BY the hun
dreds showing all stages kinds and
degrees OF piles which have been cured
BY Pyramid Pile Cure.
If you could read these unsolicited
letters you would no doubt 20 TO the
nearest drug store and buy a box OF
Pyramid Pile Cure at once. price nifty
cents.
We do not ask you 20 do this. send
us your name and address and we will
send you a trial package by mail free.
We know what the trial package
will do. In many cases it has cured
piles without further treatment. n ia
proves It's value TO you order more
from your druggist. This IS fair. is it
notZ simply write MS a letter giving
your name and address and we will
send you the trial package by mail IN
plain wrapper free. Address Pyramid
Mich
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Mr.. aud Mrs. William AIR. and Mrs. Harry
Mayo NewhaIi Babcock
Mr. and Mrs. William Mr.. and Mrs Bruce
Gerstlc Porter
Nr. and Mrs William Dr. and Mrs Grant
r. Sherwood SeIfrfdae
Mr.. and Mrs William Mr. and Mrs Mount ford
Hlnckley Taylor Wilson
Mrs. Carter p. POHeroy Mr. and Mrs Henry
Miss Christine POmeroyf Dutton
Mr. and Mrs. James Mr. and Mrs Ira Pierce
Otis iDr and Mrs Rro.~ral
Misses Otis Mr.. and Mrs John Ian
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman ders
McLaren Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tai
Mr. and Mrs Charles liant
Jossclyn Mrs r. r. Sanchez
William Bourn Rev. D. Chas. Gardner
Mr.. and hrs. Edgar sfr. and Mrs Frank
Wilson Deerlnr
Miss Helen Dean Mrs NJ A IIuntinrfon
Mr.. and Mrs Lansing Miss Huntington
Kellogg Mr.. and Mrs Willard
Mr. and Mrs Frederick Drown
Fenwick Mrs c. o. Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miss Harriet A1axsnder
Tubbs Mr. and Mrs Farguhar-
Mrs Henry L. Dodge son
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Mr.. and Mrz SelAv
Davis Hanna
Mr.. and Mrs. George Miss Leonera Shicls
Lent
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Do You Want $5.OOs

Do lou " INT Tl-UUF
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page II.
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The house was crowded with one of
the fashionable audiences of the season
and scores OF attractive gowns were
worn. not only in the boxes but among
the parties in the orchestra. where
many well known people entertained
guests. number of informal dinners
preceded the performance
Among those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick McNear enter
tanned the following guests: Mr. and
Mrs Jack Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
EastIand. Mr.. and Mrs. Worthington
Ames
In another box party were Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Monteagle. A. y. Drown.
Miss Newell Drown. Mr. and Mrs. Sam
uel Boardman
Mrs. Phebe Hearst had a party OF
friends IN her box, and among them
was Miss Conchita Sepulveca OF Mex
leo. who Is guest at the Hearst home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey BoaFdman en-
tertained a party OF friends In their
box. and among the guests were Mr.
and Mrs Alexander Keyes, Mr. and
Mrs Danforth Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard Wayman.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick sharon enter
tanned party OF friends. and among
their guests were Mrs. William Tevis.
Rev Edward Morgan and others
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Boardman
were among those who entertained a
party OF friends in their box.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. H. de Young enter
tanned a number OF guests in their box.
Mrs. Frederick " Woods and . her
three attractive daughters. the Misses
Maude. Lottie and Dorothy Woods, were
in the audience
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clarence Bree-
den were among those present. and
Mrs Breeder has been among those
most interested in the success of the
evening.
Mayor and Mrs. Taylor brought a
party of friends TO see the clever
comedy.
Mr. and Mrs Edgar Wilson. with
their attractive daughter. Miss Maud
Wilson. entertained a party OF friends
at dinner and afterward AT the play.
Among the guests were Miss Suzanne
kirkpatrick, Harry Brett and William
Gring.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28
TWO QUAKES RECORDED
Duration of Temblors Noted at
the Weather Bureau

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Two
great earthquakes were recorded at the
weather bureau last evening. The first
shock was much heavier than the sec
ond and began with great distinctness
at 6:09:22 p. m. The second shock be-
gan with equal distinctness at
10:45:22 p. m.
The duration of the first preliminary
tremors in the first shock was exactly
the same in all four records and
amounted to minutes and sec
onds. The first preliminary tremor
in the second shock lasted only
minutes and 81 seconds. The distance
in eachAcase would be about 2, 400 miles.
This distance agrees so closely with
that of the earthquake recorded March
% as to suggest that all three of these
quakes originated in nearly the same
locality. The strong motion of the first
earthquake lasted from about $40 to
$50 p. m. and both disturbances pro-
duced vibrations in the earth that last
ed for over an hour and a half, the
maximum motion in the second disturb
ance being much less than in the first.
What officials describe as very
heavy earthquake also was recorded at
the coast and geodetic survey observa-
tory at Cheltenham, Nd, at practically
the same time as noted by the weather
bureau.
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ANOTHER LEAGUE IN FIELD
Republicans of Fifteenth As
SembIy District Form Branch

OAKLAND, March 27.-Men promi-
nent in republican politics in the fif-
tieth assembly district organized the
fiftieth district Lincoln Roosevelt
league tonight at Maple hall officers
and an executive committee, the latter
headed by Dr. H. B. Mehrmann, were
chosen Work on a complete precinct
organization throughout the district
will begin at once. The officers are as
follows: President, DIR. H. B. Mehr-
mann; first vice president Frank w.
Bilger; second vice president, DR.. j.
Maher; third vice president, Thomas M
Robinson; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Walter
B. Fawcett. The executive committee
is composed Of the officers and Dr. A
S. Kelly, A. II. Breed, w. H. ]. Mat
thews and DR.. H. P. Carlton.
The executive committee will select
other men at headquarters and name
precinct leaders. With this branch
formed, three of the largest districts in
the county, the fiftieth, ffty-firs and
f1fty-second, will have been well or
ganized by the league. The constitu-
tion of the league was adopted tonight
as that of the fiftieth district branch.
Among those present were:
DIR H. B. Mehrmann, Guy. c.: Earl, F. Q.
Harry W. Puicifer g. spaulding abert
Elliott, c. e. Shook, G.. W. Vandergrift. George
G. Ross, Abe P. Leach, John Tisch, H. i. Breed
DR.. o. T. Wilson, G. B. Daniels. NJ. K. Miller
c. E. Cotton, F. B. Dallam, w. w. Blair, Eddie
J. Smith, NJ. T. vogt, F. w. Bilger, Leo J. Nc.
Carthy, DIR. HAYWARD, G. Thomas, ]. H. Simp.
A. S. Kelly. Calvin NJ. Orr, A. d. Smith, George
G. Gage, Sam Short, Walter Taylor, L. e.
Parker. James Z. Cone. Dr. J. Maher w H. J.
Matthews. Frank Galmarino, DIR. William II
Irwin, Norman H. Denton, Thomas NJ. Robinson
George w. Dornin, Leo Well, Emil Fritsch, n
G. Chapel, F. H. Allen, DR.. 81. P. Carlton and
Clarence Crowen.
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AMERICAN WOMAN DIES
Mrs. Emma Jeannett Dorvilie
PeriSheS in Theater Panic

CITY OF MEXICO, March 27.-Mrs.
Emma Jeannett Dorville, an American.
lost her life in a panic in the Tiburcio
theater in the city of Vera Cruz, which
followed the earthquake of last night
News OF the panic and the one death
which resulted reached this city to-
night. When the quake came the audi
ence rushed for the exits and many
persons were severely bruised, but only
one was seriously injured. Mrs. Dor
vile dropped dead from fright.
In this city a gendarme was killed
and Is persons were slightly and one
fatally injured by falling beams and
walls. All OF these belonged to the
working classes.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28
SUSPECT CAMPERS OF
POSTOFFICE ROBBERY
Sheriff's Force Tries to Trace
Them, While Inspectors
Fix I oSS af 5000

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, March 81.
The sheriff's force of the county
gathered today to work with the local
officers on the postofflce robbery per-
petrated at o'clock this morning.
Sheriff Robert Chatham, F. F. Bartlett,
E. Daneriand and NJ. F. Boland went
over all possible clews. The officers
strongly suspect four young men who
were camping near cabin above Mill
brae and who left early this morning
for San Francisco. Inspectors ]. F.
Fogarty and J. O'Connell went over
the postoffice records with Fred Cum
ningham, a nephew of the postmaster.
Fogarty placed the loss at less than
$500.
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Personal Mention

r. E. Hamilton of Chicago is a guest
at the Fairmont.
Colonel A. Hirsch of Owensboro,
Wis, is at the Fairmont
E. T. Kruker of this city has taken
apartments at the Colonial.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Griggs of Tacoma
are guests at the Fairmont.
J. E. Bush. prominent mining man
of Redding, is at the Stewart.
H. B. Guthrey, prominent oil man
of Los Angeles, is at the Stewart.
w. NJ. Phelps, an automobile man Of
Hartford Conn, is at the Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Dickson and Miss
Dickson are guests at the Fairmont.
w. L. Harding of Portland, Ore, and
M. B. Bosworth of Fresno are at the
Dale.
F. L. Lusk, an attorney of Chico, is
among the latest arrivals at the Fair
mont.
r. G. Caldron, a furniture manufac-
turer of Grand Rapids, is at the st.
Francis.
Allen Wilson of Plainield, N. J., and
]. F. Mcguire OF Jamestown, N. Y, are
at the Hamlin.
Matt Hoveck. prominent Nevada
the ST. Francis.
Among the arrivals at the Audubon
yesterday were Mrs. J. H. Barker and
Mrs. j. Sewell of Ukiah.
]. r. Ruth and wife of Chicago and
Mrs. C. Goode of CloverdaIe registered
at the Jefferson yesterday.
A. f. Coats and B. F. Johnson, promi-
nent lumbermen of Aberdeen, Wash,
are guests at the St Francis
Recent arrivals at the New Lick
house are A. ]. Bear of San Jose and
S. J. Beecher of Portland, Ore.
Frank A. Miller, manager of the
Glenwood hotel, Riverside, and Mrs. F.
A. Richardson are at the st. Francis
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Allen and Mr..
and Mrs B. C. Allen of Chicago, who
are on an automobile tour of the west,
have apartments at the Fairmont.
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that a number Of towns have been de-
stroyed. Reports from points north
OF the capital indicate that the damage
was not as great as south of the city,
although communication has not been
restored with several towns.
CHURCH FALLS ON wORsHIPERS
JUAREZ, Mex. March 27.-At the
federal telegraph station in Juarez to-
day 1T was announced that the villages
OF San Jose. San Lorenzo de Morena,
Querenos and Oaxatical, all in the i'm
mediate neighborhood of the city Of
Chflapa, had suffered heavily, and that
in the town of San Jose an old church
tumbled down. when half a hundred
worshipers were inside the place at
prayer, injuring many of the worship
ers and killing several All of these
villages are practically suburbs of the
city of Chilapa, which was reported in
flames after the quake.
No damage was done between here
and Mexico City, although the shock
was felt far this side of Guanajuato,
the northern terminus, according to last
nights dispatches. Mexican Central
railroad dispatchers were advised today
that the shock was felt as far north
as Torreon.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28
LEAGUES CAMPAIGN
SUCCESS ASSURED

Continued from Page 4, Column
represent the people and not the corpo-
rate interests which have dominated
state and city government and shamed
San Francisco and California before the
world.
The preliminary work of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league has been slow, but 1t
has been sure. With Infinite pains and
not without some temporary disap-
pointments the league leaders have
spent weeks in harmonizing and band
ing together for the common cause the
republicans who are opposed to ma
chine rule but who were separated by
the last municipal campaign. The first
great step was the selection of the
members of the state committee from
San Francisco.
LEADERS CONVINCE PEOPLE
When the work in San Francisco was
placed in the hands of Byron Mauzy,
w. D. Fennimore, George L. Center.
DR.. Hugh Lagan and Marshall Hale,
who was succeeded by Rolla v. Watt,
the people of San Francisco were con-
vinced that the Lincoln Roos evelt
league was exactly what it purported
to be- The personnel of the executive
committee was absolutely insurance
against corrupt boss domination and
against the fear that the league after
winning a victory at the primary polls
might be subjected to the personal
ambitions of some self-seeking poll
tician. The republicans of San Fran
cisco knew that the members of that
committee could not be bossed and
that they would not betray the peo-
pie.
The work of the executive committee
in selecting the local committeeman is
the best evidence of its good faith both
with the rank and file of the party
and with the so-called factions within
the party. All the factions have been
recognized in the appointment of local
committeeman, but personal reliabili-
ty was the first and the last test ap-
piled to every man considered for
place on the leagues local committee.
CHOOSE PROVEN MEN.
The executive committee spent weeks
in the selection of its local committee.
1t left nothing to chance or luck.
Every man chosen by it has been
proved. The executive committee did
not attempt to assimilate the men who
have posed as the bosses Of their re-
spective districts. It did search for the
men who had fought the peoples
fights and who were ready to Tight
again.
The list of 16 district committee
men and 20 committeeman at large IN
cludes the names of prominent pro-
fessional and business men and of rep
rsentative working and union labor
men, Some of them have been prom
inently identified with antimachine pol
itics Others have worked less con-
spicuously in the ranks against cor
rupt machine domination. All OF
them can be trusted.
The preliminary work done by the
league justifies the confidence the pub
lie has reposed in the men at the head
Of the movement. The list will not
be satisfactory to the machine minori-
ty on the county committees, nor to
their friends outside the councils. of
the party organization. 1t includes sew
en- members of the county committee
John ]. Cass, Harry Beasley; 7. P. Mar
tin, chairman of the campaign COM
mittee; Samuel A. Clark, r. l.. Hath
orn, William H. HAZEL and Chairman
F. H. Dam.
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STAND IS ONLY CRITERION

Among the committeeman who were
prominently identified with the inde-
pendent republican organizations are
Thomas e. Haven, C. L. Field, William
H. Hammer, John Ralph Wilson,
Joseph E. Cutten and A. G. Boggs. In
no instance was committeeman
chosen because he had been identified
with one or another faction. Each
selection was made on the basis of
what the man stood for in politics
The executive committee expects to
make its appointments in the thirty
third and forty-sixth districts Monday,
and the entire local committee will be
called together Tuesday or Wednesday
to prepare for the immediate launch
ing Of the campaign.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28
AUTO STRIKES AGED MAN

Henry Palmer, 80 years old and a
member of the society of California
pioneers, was run down by an automo-
bile at Fourth and Market streets yes
terday afternoon and painfully in
jured. The machine was driven by John
w. Mitchell, who took his victim to the
central emergency hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28


and many who heard 1t declared that
it was the most telling speech that
Johnson had made during his practice
in this city. With singing invective
Johnson pictured the condition of San
Francisco after the earthquake and
fire Of 1906, with Ruef and Millionaire
William S. Tevis in the foreground
plotting against the city. In part
Johnson said:
"One and a half years ago the most
celebrated criminal libel suit in the
history of the United States was begun
by District Attorney William Trayers
Jerome of New York city in behalf Of
the editor of Town Topics against Col
lier's Weekly. The case was brought
to trial and was fought bitterly. At
the conclusion of the trial William
Travers Jerome arose and advised the
jury to bring in verdict of not guilty
and told the jurors that the editor had
not been libeled, but that he was ac-
tually guilty of the charges made
against him by Golfers and accused
Colonel Mann, the plaintiff, of rankest
perjury.
CALLS BEAL PERJURER
That gentlemen Of the Jury, should
be the case in this libel suit. Not only
charged by the editors of the Bulletin
is and was true, but we have caught
this c. N. Beal, the Tevis handy man,
in perjury after perjury and the plain
tiff. William S. Tevis, has remained In
hiding, fugitive from subpenas
Can a more low and degrading con-
diIlon of man be imagined than this
multimillionaire Tevis, plotting and
planning with Ruef, this political boss
who had fallen so low that he earned
his dollars from the poor fallen women
in the municipal brothel at $40 Jack
son street, and who had sold out the
city time and time again to add to his
already illgotten wealth?
Gentlemen. this is your fight. It is
no longer quarrel between the Bulle-
tin and Tevis 1t is fight for all of
us, where not only we are involved
but generations after generations fol-
lowing us are involved. It's chief issue
is the most vital question that has
ever come before San Franciscans-
that of obtaining an adequate water
supply. These defendants have proved
far beyond any reasonable doubt the
truth of their allegations, and on this
overbalancing evidence we ask you to
bring in verdict of not guilty"
Following Hoff Cooks rebuttal, the
court instructed the jury, which occu-
pied about half an hour. The morning
mary of the evidence before the Jury
by Attorney Matt I. Sullivan. who like
wise attacked Beal scathingly.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28
SHARP SHOCK AT ST. THOMAS

ST. THOMAS, D. W. L, March 27.-A
sharp earth shock occurred here yes
terday afternoon and created much
alarm. No damage, however, is re-
ported.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

Lurline Baths, 2157 Geary street, near
Scott. Hot and cold ocean water tul
baths, with showers.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

c. H Jasper, travelling agent of the
San Joaquin, division of the Southern
Pacific, is in the city
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

During the last 10 days $50 carloads
of wine have left San Francisco for
New York by vessels sailing around the
Horn.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

Phil X. Gordon of the Washington.
sunset route is in Los Angeles on bust.
ness.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

]. f. Hixon, agent of the Southern
Pacific in Los Angeles. is in the city.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

Y. NJ. Smith. who is chairman of the
entertainment committee of the Trans
portation club. has selected w. w.
webster and Bode K. Smith to act as
his associates.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

F. ". Thompson of the Rock Island
returned yesterday from the southern
part of the state
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

c. L. Garfield of the Chicago. Milwau.
kee and st. Paul is In Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28
BULLETIN wins IN
Tfv|S LIBEL SUIT


Continued from Page /, Column 8
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28

The barley shipments for the season
have been completed with total of
about $4,000 tons, which moved en-
tirely to ST. Louis, Chicago and Mil
waukee for brewing purposes. This
was an extraordinary movement, which
occurs only about once in eight or ten
wears. owing to the extremely good
quality of the California product.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28
RAE
TOWNS IN MEXICO

Continued from Page /, Column 3
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-28
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

THE rag, paper and junk shippers to
the east, both by steamer and by rail,
have been interfered with by the
state board Of health said railroad
man yesterday, land it would seem to
no purpose. On February 1 the board
issued a circular forbidding the trans
portation companies to receive ship
ments of rags, paper and junk without
first being thoroughly sterilized. This
was done under the impression that
these shipments were received for San
Francisco and Immediately used with
out this precaution being taken, though
the fact is that the rags are all thor
oughly sterilized here by such mat
tress factories as use them, and also
the paper. The only result of the order
so far is to cause large stocks to accu-
mulate in the various towns and to
block the eastern movement, which is
considerable. Steps are being taken by
the dealers here to influence the board
to withdraw it's decision"
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Continued from Page 1, Column 1
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
Merchants Should Boost

Editor Call: / desire to applaud
with both hands and both feet the
editorial in your paper of the 21st
inst, entitled "The Los Angeles
I Spirit eyes, and whistle a little
bit). / am a San Francisco bust
nessman, but since the fire my in
terests have forced me to live in
Los Angeles, where I have become
inoculated with that boosting
spirit. and let me say that the
lack of cooperation among the
San Francisco businessmen is
what is the matter with business
and not the aggressiveness of the
graft prosecution. If Mr.. Mer-
chant would congratulate him
self when his brother succeeds
and say, What helps you helps
me and I will boost your game
because 1t helps boost mine" he
would find that his business Inter-
ests would be better served than
when he howls, Down with the
prosecution!"-it hurts business.
l would suggest that the San
Francisco boosting committee de-
serves the hearty support of your
citizens, just the same as the graft
prosecution. If the people would
get behind the boosting game as
they have behind the graft prose-
cution and push both to "a fare
thee Well YOU would soon have
the best city, commercially and
morally, in the United States.
Yours very truly,
J. r. GIBSON.
Los Angeles, III stimson block,
Dec. "a, 1908.