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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
HIGH SCHOOL BOY
DROPS FROM SIGHT
Searching Parties Made Up of
His Fellow Students Hunt
for Him
DR.. John R. McMurdo Thinks
That His Son Vincent Has
Run Away From Home

Squads of school boys are search
ing for Vincent McMurdo. the 15 year
old son of Dr. John r. McMurdo. who
disappeared from his home at lis Beu-
lah street, in a fashionable residence
district near Golden Gate park, Sunday
night with s23 belonging to his father,
the clothes he wore and an extra pair
of trousers. The aid of the police has
also been invoked by his anxious pa
rents to find him.
Young McMurdo was a student at the
Polytechnic high school, where he was
popular with both teachers and school
mates. He had attended the school
for about year, and with the open
ing or the classes a week ago he reg
istered for the term. When Dr. NC
Murdo visited the school yesterday he
was told by the principal and teach
ers that Vincent was one of the best
students they ever had and that he
had never had any trouble about the
school.
DR.. McMurdo reported the disap-
pearance of his son to sthe police last
night, and Chief of Police Biggy took
personal charge of the search. The
chief was deeply interested in the case.
Detectives Mackey and Ball were in
oll AClcu 10 Q6NOt6 IutlI GAblIS IlliC
to trying to find the young student
and orders were issued to patrolmen
in all the stations to keep watch
for him.
The doctor is convinced that his son
has run away, though for what rea-
son he can not resign. All day Sunday
Vincent was at fhome with his parents
and 1T was not until evening that he
disappeared. When he failed to return
home his mother became sick with
grief and is on the verge of nervous
prostration. At first DR.. McMurdo feared
that the boy had been kidnapped until
on search he discovered that $23 which
had been in the house had disappeared
together with an extra pair of trousers
belonging to Vincent
So much was the boy liked by his
schoolmates that they have organized
unofficial search parties for him. Com
ing so soon after the untoward death
of young Vernal Revalk, the disap-
pearance of McMurdo has caused a stir
in school circles.
Some time ago McMurdo visited a
sister living in Gridley, Cal. In the
hope that he might have gone there
again, his father telegraphed last
night, but the answer that came was
that he had not been seen there.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
WOMEN LEAP FROM
BURNING BUILDING
Two Escape Uninjured, While
Father Who Jumps With
Babe Is Hurt
Brave Rescuers Hurl Bedding
Out of Windows for Fugi=
tiyes to Land On

Panic stricken at the approach of fire
to their bedchambers, and cut off from
other avenues of escape, two women
and a father with his infant baby in
his arms jumped from the second
story of a crumbling lodging house,
called the Hygeia, at 2042 Mission
street, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
Blankets, mattresses and other fabrics
were thrown out of the windows to af-
ford a soft landing place for the i'm
prisoned victims.
Fred Jefts, who occupied with his
wife and year old little girl, Myrtle,
an apartment in the rear of the house,
after descending as far as possible on
a water pipe fastened to the surface OF
the wooden structure, jumped with the
baby in his arms to the ground. He
landed on his left arm and severely in
jured his elbow. His wife followed,
leaping to the ground without injury
CONSERVATION reigned throughout the
premises. The halls of the house are
narrow and high and the fire, breaking
out in the rear basement, where the
Mission Louvre restaurant is. conducted,
swept insidiously aloft until the front
passage way was mass of flames.
Passersby were attracted by the hys-
.
who has a room in the front of the
building. George Smith, another room
er, managed to gain access to her room
and threw to the sidewalk mattresses
and blankets. Mrs. Marshall then was
prevailed upon to jump for safety. She
struck the bedding and was uninjured.
Vincent Tomacish jumped from a rear
window and sprained his right ankle.
He was removed to ST. Lukes hospital
His room mate slid down the water pipe
in safety to the ground. Fred Malitz,
who conducts the lodging house, made
perilous attempt to escape through
the hall ways, carrying his months
old baby and accompanied by his wife.
Mrs. Malitz tainted in the struggle and
had to be carried by her husband The
party reached the open air after many
dangers of fire and smoke and falling
walls had been encountered, and having
deposited his burdens in safety/wi
friends Malitz swooned into uncon-
sciousness, overcome with smoke.
There were 80 rooms in the house,
nearly all of which were occupied by
families. The alarm was turned in
from box 141 and repeated at box 279,
and later another alarm was rung in
from No. 141
The cause is supposed to have been
crossed wires in the rear of the res
taurant conducted by Hage e. Koch.
The flames spread to the sausage fac
tory of H. M. Wolter, in the rear of
203S Mission street, and to the delica-
lessen managed by ]. Weimann in the
front of the building. On the east the
fire damaged the plumbing shop OF
Charles Rehm at 2034 Mission street
and on the west to the Struven furni-
ture company, 2044 Mission street The
total loss was about $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
UNITED RAILROADS
MUST PAY CASH
Cannot Use the Terminal Faeili=
ties Free, Is Opinion of ATT
torney William H. Davis
Hereafter the State Will Place
a Toll on Every Car That
Goes to Ferry

Attorney William III. Davis, legal ad-
visor to the board of harbor commits
sioners, yesterday filed with the custo-
dlans of the states water front prop
erty in this port an opinion in which
the commissioners were assured that
the law gave them the right to exact
tolls from the United Railroads for the
terminal privileges enjoyed by the
transportation company on East street
AS a result of this assurance the
United Railroads will be placed on the
same roofing as shippers, ship owners
and others who make use of state
property The method of levying this
Toll mas not been decided, but will
probably take the form of a charge on
each car each time it rolls around the
ferry loop or comes to stop at one of
the other terminals. The United Rail-
roads, however, will not be the only
owner or vehicles tnat will be called
upon to pay for the privilege of using
state property. In the attorneys opin-
ION the board has the legal right to
assess toll or license or impose a rental
on streetcars or other passenger vehi-
cles doing business on East street.
w nen the size of the toll and method
or assessment have been arranged the
state collector will call impartiaIly
upon owners of streetcars, owners of
automobiles, hacks. hotel buses and all
other vehicles that have permanent
stands on East street
The law holds" says Attorney Da-
Wis, that safe and convenient ter
minal is as much for the benefit of a
railway company as it is for the peo-
pie"
Yesterdays meeting was a continua-
ton OF last Thursdays session, when
the absence of a quorum compelled the
declaration of a recess. All the bids
for building the road to connect the
new Pacific Mail wharves with the city
streets were rejected. as they did not
CONFORM with the specifica tions. Sec
retary Thorpe was directed to read
vertise and the specifications were
amended to call for an eight inch in
stead Of six inch curb. The contract
with Robert Wakefield for the con-
struction of pier No. 40 was signed, and
his bond for S152.000 was approved
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
Personal Mention

Mrs. j. Hart of Fresno is at the
Baltimore.
j. L. Mcdonald of Canton, o., is at
the Stewart.
Miss NJ. Sweeney of Goldheld is at
F. r. Berry of Shanghai is guest at
the Fairmont.
James Rosenberger of Victoria is at
the st. Francis.
Charles r. Woods of Philadelphia is
at the Fairmont.
Won Meyer Zu Knonow of Berlin is
at the ST. Francis.
A. E. Bent of Denver is staying at
the st. Francis.
g. E. Herring of Chicago is staying
at the st. Francis.
N. Goldstein and wife of Oroville are
at the Dorchester.
Bracey Curtis of Nogales, Ariz., is
at the st. Francis.
George A Blaisdell of Denver is a
guest at the Fairmont.
George E. Hammond of Port Jervis,
N. Y, is at the Stewart.
w r. Hamilton Holmes of Bombay,
India, is at the Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cannon of Seattle
are guests at the Stewart.
Mrs. W. l.. Littlefie1d of Washington,
D. c., is at the Fairmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank ]. Towle of st.
Paul are at the Fairmont.
United States Senator Francis G.
Newlands is at the Fairmont.
Mr. and Mrs e. H. Crippen of Los
Angeles are at the st. Francis.
Mr. and Mrs. w. C. Soule of Portland
arrived at the Stewart yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs W. A. Simpson of Stock
ton are guests at the Fairmont.
P. Hanna of St Louis and Max Hern-
helm of New York are at the Imperial.
H. S. Fletcher of Watsonvile and
r. Huston of Chicago are at the Hol-
land.
B. G. Lee, G. P. Lee and Mrs. S. L.
Phillips of Memphis are at the st.
Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rex c. Kelley of In
dianapolis are registered at the st.
Francis.
Mrs. Edwin H. Sawyer and Brooks
Sawyer of Santa Barbara are at the
Fairmont
Registered at the ST. Francis are Mr..
and Mrs. D. B. Gamble, S. D. Gamble
and c. j. Gamble of Cincinnati.
R. Matthieas, wife and daughter of
OF Copperville, Mo-, are at the Hamlin.
Thomas Moody and family of Manila
and Mrs. S. E. Halstead of Honolulu
are among recent arrivals at the JEFF
ferson.
Mrs. J. A. Gilman, Miss Cordelia Gill
man and Miss Marjorie Gilman of Hon
olulu registered at the Fairmont yes
terday.
Mrs. A. D. Chapman, Mrs. c. Brem-
ser and Mrs. c.. w. Glorin of ST. Louis
are among recent arrivals at the ST
Francis.
DR.. Schmittman of Dusseldorf, Otto
Lorentz of Bielfeld and w. w. LieheI
of Kirchen, Germany, are at the ST.
Francis.
Among the arrivals at the Savoy
last night were George Davidson Of
Illinois and E. M. Williamson of Los
Angeles.
Ernest N. Parker of Honolulu and
his stepsisters, Miss Campbell and
Miss B. Campbell, are among the latest
arrivals at the Stewart.
e. Myron Wolf, state insurance com
missioner, left last night for Los An
geles to attend the convention of the
National Association of Life Under
writer's.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
CAPTURE A BANDIT
AFTER HOT FIGHT
Much Loot in the Form of Gold
Watches and VaInables
Is Recovered
Proceeds of Robbery of Govern
ment Mail Found in a
Hidden Bag

Ten gold watches and pay checks for
more than $500 on the Bank OF Chico
and the Sterling City bank. part of the
loot found in bag belonging to Matt
Jackson. alias Julius Carlson. were the
means yesterday of Identifying him al
highwaymen who last week held up Is
lumberjacks on the Feather river
bridge near Sterling City.
Jackson was arrested on the stairs
of the Royal house. Third and Folsom
streets. yesterday morning by Detec-
tives Mackey and Bell after a warm
fight. in which Jackson. burly fell
low, used his fists vigorously before he
was overpowered and handcuffed. The
detectives later found the bag in n
downtown saloon. 1t was heavy with
loot.
In addition to the watches and checks
it contained q revolver recognized by
Sheriff Buchanan OF Chico as having
belonged to one of the men held up. a
number of postal money orders. bank
checks taken from the mails, $500 in
postage stamps and vouchers for SIS
600. Postal Inspector James O'ConneI
after examining this stuff said he be-
heved ii had been taken while in tran
sit as mail
Two weeks ago a stage between
Forest Grove and Tillamook on a lone
ly Oregon road was held up by a lone
bandit From the nature Of the loot
Jackson is believed to have been tha
man who did the job. He will be-
taken TO Chico today by Sheriff Bu-
chanan and confronted with the 15
men who were robbed OF more than
$1,000.
Until six months ago Jackson was
bar tender in a Howard street saloon.
The police are looking for his partner.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
SNAKES HAVE NO
TERRORS FOR THEM
Board of Supervisors Departs
This Morning for Hetch
Hetchy Valley

Twelve members of the board of su-
pervisors will depart this morning at
$40 o'clock from the ferry building for
their 10 days trip to the Hetch Hetchy
valley and Lake Eleanor. Supervisor
Payot had planned to accompany the
party, but on account of the tragic
death of his lifelong friend and former
business partner, Isaac Upham, in San
Jose he has given up the idea. Super
visor Johnston will also be detained,
but may join the expedition later. City
Engineer Manson has made all ar
rangements to provision and transport
the party to and from the valley,
Crockers being the base of supplies.
On account of the abundance of rat
tlesnakes along the lodges and their
activity at this midsummer season due
precautions are to ibe taken on the
trails. No danger is apprehended for
the men when on horseback, but the
members of the party have been warned
against the possibility of suddenly rum
ming upon the reptiles, their propensity
to use the trails in passing from the
surrounding walls to the valley itself
making encounters all the more prob
able. All of the party will be equipped
with heavy surveyors boots and leg
gins.
The wives of some of the supervisors
Will uldhS luS lIlps dl 1edSl dS lar DIS
Yosemite, and some may persist in un-
dertaking the more adventurous and
arduous journey beyond. The entire
party under Manson's direction will
number 80, and the task of preparing to
care for them for a week in the granite
wilderness has not been a small one.
The board held its final August ses-
sion yesterday, when the sum of 1000
was set aside for three permanent fire.
near Sansome, O'Farrell near Stockton
and Sacramento near Maple. For the
cleaning of the Channel street sewer
$4,000 was provided.
Mayor Taylor and the board members
Joined in expressions of sorrow at the
untimely death of ex-Supervisor Stat
ford, and resolutions of their respect
and admiration for his character were
adopted by a rising vote.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
MILkMAN SUES JOBBER
FOR HIS CONVICTION
Dealer. Fined for Selling Impure
Article Brings Action
for Damages

Leo Anthenien, who was fined 500
for selling adulterated milk, puts all
the blame on the Bay Counties dairy
company, from whom he bought the
milk, and yesterday sued the company
for S4,100 damages. Anthenien for the
two years prior to July, 1908, bought
all his milk from the Bay Counties
dairy company under an agreement
which, he asserts, called for the supply
of a pure. sweet, marketable and un-
adulterated article. On July 21, last
year, an inspector of the board of
health seized sample of milk from
his wagon, which was analyzed by the
chemists of the board and found to be
adulterated, and Anthenien was con-
TD;d yieted al and fined 500 In suing the Bay
counties dairy company for 81, 100 An
thenien claims he was damaged $4,000
by the ealumny and disgrace of his
arrest and $4,000 by reason of the loss
of good will and customers.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
TO ATTEND IRRIGATION CONGRESS

The trustees of the chamber of COM
merce decided to send a delegation to
the national irrigation congress at AL
buauerque, n. NJ, at meeting held in
the chamber yesterday. The report of
the engineers of the federated harbor
Improvement clubs was indorsed, as
also was the work being performed by
the San Francisco milk Improvement
association. The ways and means COM
mittee on the reception of delegates to
the Trans-M Mississippi commercial con-
October, will meet in the rooms of the
chamber of commerce this afternoon
at $3.50.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
COUPLE BEAT WRONG MAN

Robert F1nlay, S24 Twenty
street, obtained warrants from Police
Judge Shortall yesterday for the ar
ting on a charge of battery. Fin1ay
said his folks are out of town and he
went to a boarding house at 406
Twenty second street for his dinner
last Sunday. He was introduced by
the landlady to Mr.. and Mrs. Petting,
and says that suddenly Mrs. Petting
exclaimed, That's the fellow" Pet
ting grabbed hold of Finlay and his
wife struck him over the head several
times with long steel file. Finlay
thinks they mistook him for another
man.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
MRS. DUNN GETS CONTINUANCE

Mrs. Sarah Dunn, better known as
MIS- Ducksey'' Rosenbaum, was tardy
IN appearing in Police Judge Shortall's S
court yesterday to answer charges of
6attery and malicious mischief pre-
saloon keeper, Powell and O'Farrell
streets. She was not in court when
the cases We're called and after while
explained to the Judge that Theodore
j. Roche, her attorney, had been COM
peiied to leave the city for some days
ana ne asked for continuance. Mrs
Dunn later appeared and the continu-
ance was granted.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
ALcAzAR
old Man of the Sea

the shore Of Lake Tahoe. Ask the
guide on the lake steamer to point it
out TO you when you go on the South
Round trip rate from San Francisco
Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley, So.
More rates from other points. Tickets
ing, hunting, mountain climbing Tick
ct offices, S64 Market street, IA Powell
street. Third and Townsend streets:
and Thirteenth and Franklin streets,
Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
CRUSHED BY ELEVATOR

While Benjamin Cutler, employed at
the st. Francis hotel, was in the ele-
vator shaft making repairs shortly be-
fore noon yesterday an elevator de-
scended on him and crushed him to the
basement floor. Culler's skull was
fractured, his jaw broken and he re-
ceived internal injuries from which he
Is expected to die. He lived at 1135
Turk street with his family.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
condon. Marie Howe and Richard siam

Condor, Marie Howe and Richard Stan
favorites filling out the bill. The plot Of
kidnapped" centers around an Irish
family in the suburbs of New York, a
German dude" a policeman, a hero
painter and a villain of a Frenchman
whose somewhat forced knavery gets
more Kisses than it really deserves The
kidnapping itself is pictured by the es-
cape of Claire Sinclaire. as the wife of
the villain, from an insane asylum,
where she had been railroaded The
play does not lack for incident, and the
settings in the second act picturing the
Brooklyn bridge and the East river with
rising moon We're a genuine surprise.
ALCAZAR
White Whittlesey as Eric in Hearts
ease was given fine reception last
night at the Alcazar in the romantic
play. The production will be reviewed
at length in tomorrow's Call.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
wireless From Squadron

The Pacific squadron, composed of
the cruisers Tennessee, Washington,
Pennsylvania and Colorado, which
sailed Saturday from Puget sound for
this port, sent in a wireless message
late last night that they were 800 miles
north of this port. The message came
to the United wireless company.
A message was also received from
the steamship Watson, stating that the
vessel had passed Mendocino at 2
o'clock p. m. and would be due at this
port at o'clock this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
CAN PROCEED WITH WRIT

Relative TO the writ of habeas corpus
in the case OF J. L. Murphy. arrested in
southern California for an infraction
of poolroom law, the supreme court
decided that the writ could be proceed
with without the presence in court OF
Murphy. This decision was returned
on the ground that Murphy was now at
large on $4,000 bail.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
KEY ROUTE BONDS UNDERwRITTEN

Jose consolidated railway company has
secured the backing of the Union trust
company for $750o,e0O issue of 80
year 8 per cent bonds to take up two
spectively to allow for further con-
struction. A deed Of trust covering all
its properties and in favor of the Union
trust company was filed yesterday at
the county recorders.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
FERRIS HARTMAN
ROYALTY WELCOMED
Return of Popular Comedian
Causes Big Demonstration
at the Princess
Idol of San FranciScans Makes
Same Old Hit in "The
Idols Eye"
CAST OF CHARACTERS
IN smith and Herbert's Musical Comedy.
"The TdOFS Eye"

Abel Conn. an American eeronaut, trav-
eSs,s - India Ferris Hartman
Ned Winner. an American novelist
Wallace Brownlow
rsv,ie WcsnuHv Walter Catlett
Don Pablo Tobasco. q Cuban planter:
ro-1o-al o'Flannaesn Walter de Leon
First Brahmin ....-.- Charles I. OoutuIe
Second Brshmin. -Ollver Le Noi1
Third Brahrnin. Hubert Whtenead
Damayanti favorite Nautch girl OF the
Peiab of Jabalpur. Zoe Barnett
Maraouita daughter of Don Pablo, IN
love with Ned Evelyn Frances Kellogg
Chief priestess Of the Temple Of the
Ruby NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Serah EoWaIos
lieutenant Desmond Maybelle Baker
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18
sLUGGING POLICEMAN CHARGED

Captain Duke yesterday filed formal
charges of unofficerlike conduct against
Ginley complains that Collins attacked
him with a blackjack last Thursday
afternoon in a saloon at Golden Gate
avenue and Larkin street without
cause.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-18

Reliable Relief for Eyes That Need
Care. Murine Eye Remedy Soothes.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-29
BRYAN'S ITINERARY
PUBLISHED BY MACK

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-Chairman
Mack, OF the Democratic national com
mittee, made public today the speech
program Of VIM. Jennings Bryan In his
big campaigning tour. The schedule
shows he will speak in many OF the
large eastern cities, reaching New
York on Sept. H. On Oct. 16 he Will
speak in Rochester, following the ad-
journment OF the state convention in
that city. The itinerary follows:
Sept 8, Peoria, ILL.,; Sept. 10. Evans.
Vile, Ind, Sept. IL. West Virginia
(place not determined) Sept. IL, Cum
berland. Nd; Sunday, Sept. l3, TO be
spent in Washington. ID. c.; Sept. IA.
Baltimore, Md; Sept. Is. Wilmington,
Del; Sept. 16, Rochester; Sept. II.
New York city; Sept. 49, Providence;
Sunday, Sept 90, Mr. 9ryan VIII at
tend some church in New York; Sept.
q. Buffalo; Sept. -, Michigan
(place not yet determined) Sept. %,
"a. various places in Ohio; Sept. %,
places in Indiana; Sept 26. Madison
and Milwaukee, Wis; Sept. ~. Mitch.
ell, s. d. The remainder of the cam
paign will be conducted, on Mr..
Bryan's part, at his home in Lincoln
Nah
The Detroit times., 1908-08-29
GOOD SALE ON
WOODWARD AVE.
HOMER WARREN & co. CLOSED
sis,5oo DEAL WITH
'/l MOTOR co.

Sales aggregating 100000 were
made by Homer Warren Co. the
past week. The property involved I'D
these transfers comprises both i'm
nroyed and vacant In some instances
brought excellent prices. The list ih'
cludes one piece OF Woodward-ave.
frontage at the northeast corner vi
Woodward and Vienna, when Was
sold for the Mary w. Mckinsty es'
tate TO the American Electric Motor
Co. The company Is planning 10 I'M
prove the property In the near future
The lot is 1862 feet on the avenue
by 100 feet deep. and while the terms
OF the sale are private the price Is
understood 10 have been In the nelgn-
borhood OF SlS.500. The company
sales for the week are as follows:
Two lots on east side OF Fourth-ave.,
near Holden. 20x100 H. each, for Thos.
Dillon, for 81 200: house and lot on
east side or Cnene-st-, between 1ftfofii-
bly, and Abel. 33Xl20. for the Palms
estate 10 Alexander Lisinsh,1 for ~,
700: two lots on southeast corner OF
Kirby and Hastings, 20 IT, on Kirby
by $50 IT. on Hastings, for Mrs. Frank
LIGHT. to Anna Becker for sl,3O0;
house and lot on east side OF May
bury Grand-ave., between Warren and
Putnam-aves.. lot 30xl30 IT,, for Louis
n. Paddock TO Louis L. Love. for 81.
$50: double house on the west side OF
sixteenth-st.. lot 30X100 IT, for Mary
Fayette. to Homer Warren, for $1,000;
house and lot on east side of Brook
lyn-ave.. between Calvert and Willis,
lot 3lx90 IT,. for X. A. Piatt. for $1,000
cash factory site on east side OF
Third.ave., corner OF Bohemia, size.
100 #. on Third by 2i5 IT. in depth, for
Chauncey F. York. To L. +. Farnam.
for $3.50. to be occupied as a coal
yard by Mr. Farnam: 136l2xl20 fl. In
depth on the northeast corner OF
Woodward-ave. and Vienna-st. for
Mary w. McKinstry estate, TO the
American Electric Motor Co. on
private terms. in neighborhood OF $751;
500 southeast corner OF Highland
Park-sts.. property having 40 IT. on
High. by 90 II. on Park, for Or. VIM.
f. Kier. 10 Thos. F. Dillon, for $500;
three pieces OF acreage. as follows
l-acres- Hamilton boulevard in
township Is acres on the
River Rouge, at the intersection OF
Div-ave; acres on south side OF
Fort-st, just west of River Rouge. for
81 900 per acre, or $4,000 for the
three parcels. This piece was sold
for Robert ID. Noble. of London. Eng.
land, 10 Mr.. James S. Mckay and
Homer Warren