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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
DIAMOND RIMS WIN

The official reports from the first American de-
mountabe rim contest which recently was held
By the Chicago automobile club in that city have
reached here. The reports give the Diamond de-
Inountable the victory for changing and readtust-
ing of four rims. Time. $3.50 %. The object Of
the test twofold. First, to determine the
speed Of changing the different rims. four on
each car; second. to determine the reliability of
these rims as judged from 100 miles of road
travelling over dusty, gravel and stone roads at
an average pace of 20 miles an hour
The technical committee Of the club found II
impossible because OF the absolute lack OF previ-
Gus contests OF this nature, TO take into considera-
tion any other than these two phases Of the rim
contest, and its awards were based solely on
these two angles. The changing took place within
distance of A. miles of Chicago the remainder
of the trip being used to determine II the rims
as placed held securely, an examnat tion taking
place at the end of the run. The finding of 4
loose nut or a creeping rim at the finish required
the crew TO tighten up such conditions which
time used was charged against them In the con-
test. The fastest individual time was made BIZ a
crew from the Fisk factory, which changed -four
rims in 1856. The quickest time made on the
Diamond when the wheel was handled In
50 2-5 seconds The changes OF the four rims
averaged as seconds per rim. In the final exam
inRtion 1t was discovered that four OF the nuts
holding these rims had loosed, which was penal
lied "a 2-5 seconds By the rules.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
WARNS DEPOSITORS
TO RETAIN BOOKS
Receiver Of Market Street Bank
Scores Securities Company
for Buying Bonds

The experts that Were placed in the
Market street bank by the district at
torney have completed their labors.
They were ready to report to Lang
don yesterday, but the district attor-
ney was across the bay all afternoon.
Who viii handle the case for the dis
trict attorneys Office has not been
stated. William Hoff Cook is busy in
conducting the prosecution in the
Treadwell case and will probably not
finish for several weeks. II is rumored
that Assistant District Attorney Robert
Harrison will present the case to the
grand jury if the findings of the ex-
perts warrant it
Reports which have been circulated
to the effect that spectators are bid
ding for the bonds and books of the
bank at 80 cents on the dollar were
the cause of Receiver Mooser issuing
warning TO the depositors to hold
on to their books and bonds. In the
warning Mooser makes severe charges
against the organizers of the Market
street securities company, which mad
for its apparent object the restoration
TO solveney of the bank.
'-The securities company" Mooser
said. lis accomplishing its object. Hav-
ing a lot OF discouraged hond holders
tied up through assignments for five
years il is an easy matter TO gather
in the bonds at low figures. with prom
ises of a good return on the other
speculation. This very company will
block every plan so far proposed to
put the bank on its feet" To regain
all the assigned books, would in
Mooser's opinion. cause endless litiga-
ton.
George H. Bahrs. attorney for the
depositors' association, is working or
plans for the protection Of his clients
The depositors are to hold another gen.
eral meeting next Sunday in the CO.
lonial theater
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
sUCCEssFUL run TO souTH

z. Schultze has returned from a very success
full round trip journey TO Los Angeles in his
White steam touring car He was accom- pa ri ed
by his father mother and sister When the
southern metropolis was reached the motorist
went for fishing trip to Catalina and his sister
assumed charge OF the auto. She is very clever
driver and took her parents on several delightfui
runs about Los Angeles. The 500 mile trim soufh
was made over the coast route. The worst
stretch on the whole trip said SchuItze ..wss
encountered SO miles out Of Los Angeles. Cen
orally speaipg the highway conditions are excel
lent. The car gave perfect satisfaction and our
trip could in no way have been improved upon. -
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
WANTED IN Los ANGELES

Joseph B. Jardine Jr., whose father
is proprietor of the Machinery and
Equipment company, 693 Mission
street, was arrested here yesterday hy
Detectives Regan and O'ConneIl on 4
warrant from Los Angeles Charging
him with passing fictitious checks. II
is alleged that last month he passed
checks for $500 and $50 on firms in
Los Angeles, which proved worthless
He left Los Angeles on July "a in an
automobile with his young wife Chiet
Kern was notified of his arrest.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
Personal Mention

G. NJ Peacock of Australia is at the
ST. Francis
NJ. Blair and wife of New York are
at the Majestic.
Miss Snodgrass Of Kansas City, Kan,
is at the Stewart.
]. H. Leggett and family of Oroville
are at the Baltimore.
John ". Mitchell of Los Angeles is
registered at the Fairmont.
DR.. r. n Craig of Phoenix. Ariz.,
is a guest of the st. Francis.
f. ]. Mccullough of Davenport, Iowa,
is staying at the St Francis.
Florence Box Bosworth of Philadel-
phia is a guest OF the Fairmont-
NJ Barclay OF Norway is in San
Francisco staying at the Fairmont.
Dr. and Mrs. Mcdonald and family of
Albion, Cal, are at the st. Francis.
A z. Sprague of Los Angeles and N.
McPike of st. Helena are at the Savoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Landley of Port
land. Ore, are guests at the Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. s. Long OF El Paso.
Texas, are staying at the Fairmont.
G. Webb Huston of Texas and DR.. w.
". Good of Carson City are at the Hol-
land.
r. B. Wilson and John R. Stanton
Of Chicago are registered at the St
Francis.
r. Dos Passos and Joseph ]. Schmidt
of New York are registered at the
Fairmont.
J. II. Vandecar of Detroit. Mich. and
T. Rogers and wife of Oklahoma are at
the Hamlin.
Mrs. Charles D. veite and Miss Minor
of Los Angeles are in the city and reg
istered at the Stewart.
Among yesterdays arrivals at the St
Francis were Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Hard
of East Liverpool. Ohio
Among late arrivals at the Jefferson
are John Hicks and family of Detroii
and Miss n Biggart of New York
P. c. Thede OF MADEIRA and Mr.. and
Mrs. John 3. Keating of Redding ar
rived at the Fairmont yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Gribble OF Dali
las, Texas, reached San Francisco yes
terday and went TO the st. Francis.
DR.. and Mrs (. c. Palmer. r. F
Armstrong, c. A. Carey and /. c. Cop
page of Philadelphia are al the St
Francis.
Among yesterdays arrivals at tn.
/ Imperial are c. r. Hughes of Portland
Ore. and Z. L. Smith and wife of Lo:
/ Angeles.
Mrs. A. n Duncomb and party of St
/ Thomas, Canada, are among the tour
lists who arrived at the st. Franci:
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs ]. W Berdan of Pat.
erson, y. j.. and DIR. and Mrs. d. A
| Sinclair of New York are guests OF
the St Francis
Clarence c. Knight. Miss H. A
Knight and Miss H. NJ Hall of Santa
Barbara are in the city and are regis
tered at the St. Francis.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
OUTING CLUB WILL
GIVE ANNUAL BALL
Members of Several Parishes
Will Re=establish Custom
of Before Fire

The annual ball of the San Francisco
Outing club, which is composed of the
members of the Sacred Heart. Holy
Cross, St Charles and other parishes,
will be given August 81 at Hendricks
hall, Sixth and Valencia streets.
Prior TO the disaster of April, 1906
the club gave monthly socials. which
will be the first gathering since the
fire. The committees are as follows:
L Floor. ]. Connor, P. Riley, F. W.
Joesten, f. Ref;man, 7. Rodgers. J. Madden.
]. Meade, J. Riley. II. Twomey. ]. Sullivan,
f. Conley, +. Hansen and ]. MeCanG.
Reception-Afiss ]. Madden, Miss G. Joseph,
Miss NJ. Patch, Miss ". Powers, Miss L.
NJ Ward. Miss F. Madden, Miss /. Fuller.
Miss G. Russell. Miss NJ. Burke Miss A. Me
Donald, Miss F. Tully and Miss N. Brennan.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
MOTORISTS WANT
AMATEUR EVENTS
Lack of Interest in Programmed
Contests Ascribed to Pres
ence of Professionals
By x. x. PHOmmedieu

The passing up of the holidays from
September 5 to has caused some dis
cussion between the automobilists, who
figure on the future of the vehicle as
a mode of pleasure. 1t is seldom pos
sible for the businessman to practically
get the FIVE days vacation permitted
by law as holidays. In any other pas
time or sport such holiday is the signal
for an extended program. Among the
yachtsmen of the bay at this time q
big pleasure fete has been arranged
for Santa Cruz, time permitting of sail
ing down the coast and back again.
In tennis, golf and practically in every
other branch OF recreation, the follow
ers will come together. Yet in automo-
billing, the most modern and advanced
and what might be claimed the most
intellectual sport, demanding more than
ordinary brains 10 understand, there is
a lack of enthusiasm Many of the
owners of automobiles, who are spend
ing their leisure with this modern We
hicle, have given up their fayorite
recreations for it, yet on an occasion
like this they are going their own ways
alone. There is something radically
wrong, for these men enjoy coming to-
gether in competition and in friendly
way. The only solution that seems
feasible was brought out yesterday.
when the situation was being discussed
in automobile row, TO the effect that
up TO the present time automobile
contests, even OF the most simple ma
ture, have been dominated by the pro-
fessionaL An amateur owner has felt
himself handicapped out of the contest
before it begun, and therefore has lost
interest in road races, hill climbs, en-
durance or reliability contests. The
automobile needs these gatherings, for
more enthusiasm is engendered for
good roads and proper legislation than
all the club and association literature
sent out in cold type through the mail
The fact that an owner takes his pleas
ure alone, on all occasions, no induce
ment being offered otherwise, tends
TO nourish the selfishness in mankind
and make him inconsiderate. He dashes
along the road, kicks up dust, on q
hunt for his own free pleasure. disre-
| garding every one and everything but
self. The sooner those who control
the clubs and associations realize this
fact and segregate the professional and
mi-professional from the purely anna
teur driver. the quicker will cease the
cry that programmed events cannot bs
! held on account Of the lack of entries
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
ASKS SUPERVISORS FOR
COMMERCIAL SCHOOL
Board of Education Plans to
Acquire Additional Land to
Old School Lot

The board of education yesterday
adopted a resolution calling on the
board OF supervisors 10 erect COM
mercial high school on the site of the
Harrison school and also 10 buy addi-
tfonal land on both sides of the old
school lot to give the necessary size to
the site. One lot TO the east Of the
present holdings win be 25 feet by 120
feet and the other TO the west is 81 feet
inches by 30 feet.
The location is on Grove street. be-
tween Larkin and Polk. The board of
education regards the necessity of hav-
ing a new commercial high school
building as the most pressing PROPOSE
ton that confronts il.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
RoBBED BY HER SERVANT

Mrs Helen Dibble of the Glenwood
apartments. 416 Turk street. obtained a
warrant from Police Judge Conlan yes
terday for the arrest of Winiford LIE
Vique on q charge Of grand larceny.
She accuses the girl, who is 19 years OF
age and was employed by her as a
servant, Of stealing from her on August
IS an opera cloak, set Of furs and
other articles of the value of 1925. She
disappeared with her booty Mrs Dibble
said the girl had been ruined by keep
ing bad company.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
WOULD STOP PRICE CUTTING

The tire manufacturers in the east have had
several meetings trying to come 10 an under.
standing whereby it viii be possible to stop the
cutting Of prices on their output. At the last
that the best method or stopping the price cuf-
ting would be by cutting the dealers perrenfar "a
OF profits thus giving him no opport1Ipitv To
slash TO the consumer Nothing win be done
however until the next meeting, which viii he
held September 1. II is expected that prices
will be shaded a little at that lime Anx
changes in the list prices OF tires Will 90 in
effect then and any changes in dealers discosm r
viii also be announced at that time
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
CHARGES AGAINST POLICEMEN

Lieutenant Tobin of the Mission dis
secretary of the police commission
against Policemen NJ V. Burke and
Nicholas ]. Reilly OF unoffIcerlfke con-
duct. Il is alleged that the two police
men approached Attorney Walter
Thompson and his clerk, W. O. Henry.
with the suggestion that money might
do something toward iessening the ef-
feet OF the prosecution against Patrick
Foley and John O'Brien. charged with
robbery.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
Old Man of the Sea

A peculiar profile rock formation on
the shore of Lake Tahoe Ask the
guide on the lake steamer to point it
out TO you when you go on the South :
ern Pacific's excursion August %
Round trip rate from San Francisco.
Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. 50,
More rates from other points. Tickets
good, for five days trip. Boating. fish-
ing. hunting. mountain climbing Tick
ct offices. SS4 Market street, IL Powell
street, Market street ferry depot :
and Thirteenth and Franklin streets.
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
NATIVES IN COUNTRY DANCE

FL Vespero parlor No. lis of the Ma
tive Daughters of the Golden West is
to have an old fashioned country dance
in Kendrick hall tomorrow night under
the direction of the social committee,
Nell Reilly, Louise Costello and Ger
trude Norton. All the members will
wear rural togs.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
IRON WORKERSLOSE
MANY MEMBERS
Union Hopes to Retrieve Loss
by Urging Use of Label
on All Work
Electrical Local No. Is Will AS
sist in Compiling Statistics
of Accidents and Deaths
IL sEM

81 1ESrE Local union No. rs
ETE15Es ico1SST1 (inishers) of the
~ S5T1STssS international asso-
citation of bridge
and structural iron workers has
adopted a uniform for the parade on
Labor day and voted TO give each
member a hat and cane, TO be paid for
out OF the general fund
The numerical strength OF this union
by reason of lack OF enterprise in the
steel building line has fallen from
1,soo a year ago to $50, with steady
work for less than half of that num-
ber James Green, a prominent mem
Der of the organization, says; Many
may not be aware that ours is a mixed
local union. and that at this time a
year ago we had over 500 shopmen
carrying the card OF our international
organization, but this number has now
fallen 10 less than $50. However.
neither our members nor the local
fabricators have yet given the signal
for retreat, but all hope by the
use OF a union label on structural and
ornamental work 10 successfully flaunt
the standard OF unionism and equal op-
portunity in the faces Of the massed
forces Of the American bridge company
and the erectors' association Though
poor in pocket, we are still proud and
high in spirit and shall not abate one
jot or title of our just demands, but
shall continue 10 press our standards
ever on and upward"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

Andy Mason, a seaman, is wanted by
the police on charge of criminal as
sault upon Lucille Jones, II years of
age. who lives with her parents at 1I3
Lundy lane II is alleged that on July
% he took the little girl to a hotel
near the beach and outraged her.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
sHnnrs sELr THRouaH HEAnr :.

ego Aug. 20--Horton Burleigh. 81 wears old
employed in the public library where his mother
is in charge. shot himself twice through TIE
heart this morning soon after the library cI2eaed
He died within few minntaA
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21

MINE OWNER DRowEs-Paterson. n J..
Aug 20.-Peter Burns. So years old. retired
Alaska mine owner. who had come east 10 visit
friends. was drowned last night in Lake Hopa-
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
THE JENNIE MORROW LONG COLLEGE OF

VOICE AND DRAMATIC ACTION-Geo. E
Lask. stage director OF the Princess theater.
principal and director. Evening classes Tor
stage training SO month; students have pro-
fessional stage experience while studyings ire
quent public performances; students may reg
isfer at any time. Special attention given op-
cratic training. Miss Nurel Arndt graduated
May 90, Immediately Joined the Ethel Barry
more company. address all communications TO
the president JENNIE MORROW LONG. Gold
en- Gate Commandery building. 2l3T sutter ST: +:
telephone West 2573-
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
THE PAUL 6FRsOH DRAMATIC SCHOOL, .,,..',, =

Largest training school Of acting IN Ansri,a
Six months graduating course. Positions secured
for graduates Professional experience wEsIc
studying Call OF write for catalogue COUN-
TRYMAN BLDG. Van Ness av- and Kills ST.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
HELP COMPILE STATISTICS


Electrical workers union local No. Is
has granted the request Of the depart
ment Of electricity of this city TO fur
nish il statistics relative TO accidents
electricity, to assist the department IN
replacing records on this subject, that
were destroyed by the great hre OF
1906.
in Oakland at 3 o'clock in the after
noon. Of representative Of the locals
Of this city. Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin and San Mateo counties to con-
slider a working agreement that has
been prepared 10 govern all locals.
The local received communication
from the department of electricity ex-
planatory Of the new rules on switches
and cutouts. At the next meeting all
the mem bers will have these read 10
them and they viii be instructed TO
sit up and take notice
J. T Moran of Springfield. one of
the shining lights of the international
body Of cooks, walters. bartenders and
hotel helpers. who at the last con-
vention led the opposition, and was
elected grand supreme simon pure of
the simon pure fraternity Of the organ
iZation. arrived in this city yesterday
from the north. where he was IN at
tendance on the grand aerie OF the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles. He paid visit
union in the afternoon and made him
self wise as to conditions IN this city.
He viii remain here until the close of
the current week
DECLARES AGAINST STATE BRANCH
Walters union No. 30 at its last
meeting had a referendum vote On the
proposition OF the international body
20 establish a state branch in Calffor-
MIA. The vote was unanimous against
the proposition
At the next meeting a vote viii be
taken on a resolution 10 levy an assess
ment Of 25 cents for September and foI
October in order TO replenish the
funeral fund. from which claims had 10
be paid to the beneficiaries of flve
members who died in the last five
weeks This viii be the first assess
ment in Il months. Three eligibles were
initiated.
The union will not parade on Labor
DAY. as that viii be an unusually busy
one for walters.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
Miss Heads School,

2sss CHANSIsG WAY. BERKELEY
efSt year. BeSius Monday Aug 10. 1905
Accredited for University OF California stanford
yassar Smith.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21

A Great school In a Great City. Write
rrx for Information About Our Courses.
and About Opportunities for Trained
OHiee Men and Women In the New City,
SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS COLLEGE.
-3y Fillmore ST.. san Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
MISS RANSOM'S SCHOOL

Wednesday August 19 Single daily session from
$40 10 ! O'Clock New one story sehoolhouse
built around open court
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
| SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
;,'I'i ;,'I'1 Heart HEART COLLEGE

Demonstrates that good teaching counts The
Instructors at Sacred Heart Conege-the Cnris.
education. II is their liz work
LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC and COMMERCIAL
courses. Special training IN voice culture and
dramatic art. Course OF study forwarded on ap-
plieatio1. BROTHER LEWIS. +. S C..
President
Classes reopen Tuesday. September 1.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
Polytechnic Business College

And school sf Mines and E.gineering Oakland
Cal tine stock S10o. .OoO3- CaI-fornia's Greatest
business Framing School. Finest building and
equipment IN America Write for cataiosus.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
SMELL SEMINARY

272i Claiming way. Berkeley-Girls' boarding
and day school Certificate admits 70 Cniver
sity OF California Stanford and eastern colleges
SON PRINCIPAL
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-21
THE CHANDLER SCHOOL

Los Altos. Cal, opens Aug. 20 An ontdoor
school for girls. Grounds cover acres in the
foothills 81 miles from Stanford University
Address MRS. MARY CHANDLER. Mountain
View r. +. ID.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-27
DONLIN MAKES A HIT
AS A REAL ACTOR,

Any one who heard the yell that went
up at Hammerstein's Victoria, New
York, yesterday afternoon and last
night might have imagined that Mike
Donlin had made a three-base hit. As
a matter of fact, it was a hit in which
both the popular baseball player and his
wife, Mabel Hite, figured, for they APP
peared for the first time in vaudeville
in a musical skit called stealing
Home" and got a rousing reception.
At both performances the house was
packed, and the applause began long
before either of the performers APP
peared on the stage. Both got a guam
tity of flowers, one design being in the
shape Of a baseball with two baseball
bats seven and a half feet long.
There was a little dance by both Don
lin and his wife which was not ex-
pected, and which brought out wild en-
thusiasm. There were SO many cur
tain calls that finally Mrs. Donlin had
to appeal to the audience to allow the
rest of the program to be carried out.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-27
MORE CHANGES TO BE
MADE in TIGERS LINE

cuse game, Roper showed none of his
tactics. During the few periods when
the Tigers We're in possession of the
oval, they stuck to the straightest kind
of old-fashioned football. Some of
their trick formations are evidently be-
ing saved to be served quite fresh To
the Army, whose scouts took in the
Syracuse game, while others will be
aired for the first time against Yale.
Coach Moffatt sent the scrub through
much the same style of work as that
ordered for the regulars. After the
practise the squad was sent out on a
half-mile jog in the rain. AS a result
of the last two games, there is likeli=
hood of more shifting in the Tiger line.
Eve are thinking seriously of sew
eral changes said Coach Mum, of
East Orange, yesterday. They will
probably be made during the week.
What the changes are to be was not
divulged. But there is not much doubt
that the pivotal and extreme positions
will be affected. Clark for Cass at CEN
tire looks highly probable, while a start
ling shake-up is looked for at end.
There is a possibility that Read will
be moved up to the line n replaced
by Coke, who will move from fullback
to halfback with McCrohan's reappear-
ance in the lineup.