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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
coNvIcrs FROM SHANGHAI

w. Hubert O'Brien, marshal of the
United States court in China over
which Judge Wilfiey presides, arrived
Yesterday on the liner Mongolia, en-
route to San Quentin with two prison
ers, who were sentenced by Whitley to
serve two years for circulating con-
federate money in Shanghai. The men
would have served their time in the
United States prison at Shanghai but
they walked out one day through a
f1imsy wall. They were recaptured by
Chinese police before they got beyond
the shadow of the Jail. They were put
in irons and at the first opportunity
shipped to San Quentin. The men were
convicted under the names of o. Bishop
and J. c. Gould.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
Personal Mention

Rev. W. L. Clark of Benicia is at the
Stewart.
William II. Lee. publisher of New
York, is at the Fairmont.
Attorney Frank II. Short of Fresno
is staying at the Fairmont
Mr. and Mrs W. P. PAIL of New York
are guests at the St. Francis
George N Herbert. a real estate man
of San Jose. is a guest at the Stewart.
Captain j. W. McAndrew and wife of
Washington, D. c.. are at the Jefferson.
John Chase of Boston and ]. Lin
coin of Calistoga are at the New Lick
house.
T. d. Torrey and Mrs It. F. Torrey
of Scranton are guests at the St.
Francis.
Harry f. johnson of the United
States rural mail service is at the
Stewart.
". f. Sperman of Troy, n. Y, are at
the Hamlin.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Esser and Miss
Esther II. Esstr have apartments at
the st. Francis.
J. II. Murphy. lumberman of Ia
coma. is at the Stewart accompanied
~ . 4'i vi PHJ.
Among arrivals at the Dale yester-
day We're c. McCray of Redding and S.
f. Menlick OF Napa
Among yesterdays arrivals at the
Blair were e. Fink of Dixon, Cal, and
w. II. Brown of Sacramento.
c. c. Schepmoes, publisher of New
York, accompanied by Mrs. Schepmoes,
is staying at the Fairmont.
of Mendocino county, and Judge l.. G.
Harris of Suisun are at the Audubon.
o. r. Woodward and wife of Wood :
ward, Cal. and G.. w. Bowen of Pasa-
dena registered at the Victoria yester-
day.
Among the arrivals at the Colonial
yesterday were Mrs. W. Wright of
Reno, New, and Mrs l. Patterson of
Pacific Grove.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
YOUNG LADIES' INSTITUTE
PLANS GRAND REUNION

A grand reunion of its membership
to be held in the California club rooms
May 9. is being plapned by the Young
Ladies' institute
from 7:30 D. m. to 9 p. m. and will be
followed by banquet and literary
and musical program On the follow
ing day the outside members will be
the guests of the members of this CITY,
ST. Johns institute No. Is of Napa,
Dominican institute No. 56 of Benecia
and Vallejo district institute No. 13 of
Vallejo were the guests Of the Young
Mems institute of Crockett last Sun
day. Five priests assisted at the high
mass. which all attended. The head
quarters committee is considering the
proposition of purchasing a lot on
which to erect ite eWn building.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
GABRIEL HINES FINED
$40 FOR VULGAR WORDS
Testimony That Women Heard
Would Have Made Penalty
More Severe

Gabriel Hines, proprietor of Kragen's $
"workingmen-s store" failed to appear
in Police Judge Cabaniss' court yes
terday for sentence on charge of dis
turbing the peace He was convicted
of using vulgar and profane language
TO Attorney Roland j. Becsey on Feb
ruary 26 in the presence of the cash
ier for the receiver and two women
clerks at the store.
When the case was called yesterday
Hines attorney asked for a continu-
ance as Hines. he said, was engaged
in another court and could not be pres
ent. The judge said he had already
granted a continuance at the request
of the defendant and refused to grant
any further delay. The order of the
court would be that Hines bail of $40
be forfeited The judge remarked that
the penalty would have been more Sc
we're if il had been clearly proved that
the women clerks overheard the Ian
guage complained of.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD
URGES LARGER SALARIES
Commissioners Agree to Recom-
mend Increase for City
Eupiueer and Others

The public works commissioners met
in executive session yesterday morn
ing to consider estimates for the sew
eral departments under their control
during the coming fiscal year.
The commissioners will recommend
to the supervisors that provision be
made increasing the salaries as fol-
lows City Engineer Marsden Manson.
$4,000 to $4,000 year; City Engineer
Thorp, $4,000 to $4,000; Assistant Sec
retary Chester Keogh. $2,100 to $4,000.
On, motion of Commissioner Eagan
recommendation will be made that the
salaries of the bridge tenders and oilers
and store keepers In the corporation
yard be. fixed at 500 month. Az pres
ent they range from $50 to $95.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

deck. as the rhythmic sound of the ex-
haust was heard. Five minutes later
the car hove in sight and was brought
TO a standstill by the shouts of those
who had been waiting hours to re-
ceive it.
Those who had gone down on the
pilot car and those who weer aboard
the car which represents LItalia Daily
News had lain down for a nap with
their clothes on. expecting that if the
racer went on they would take up the
journey to the north. Those who
greeted the Zust and its crew in the
pilot car Tourist were A. Pedrini; w.
F. Hunt of the Santa Clara county
automobile club and pilot to the Garden
City; c. w Sahl and r. R. lHom-
medieu, representing the automobile
club of California. In L'Italia car were
I. +. Patrizzi, Max Vanzi. L. Liati and
g. B. Applegate. After a short rest of
from two to three hours the word was
passed along to start. The morning
was frosty. the sun had not yet risen.
and the cushions were carried into the
living room of the hotel and thawed
out. The run from Bradley to Jolon
lies over rolling ground and was
covered IN an hour and a half. Then
came the climb over the Jolon grade
to Soledad, where a stop of half an
hour for luncheon was made. The next
place passed was Salinas, where the
san Francisco enthusiasts began to ap-
pear.
After passing over San Juan the car
passed through Sargents. Here Cheva-
lier Rocca, the Italian consul. was
waiting for the car and Joined the
racer. taking second place in the line
At Gilroy the main street was packed
and a stop of 20 minutes was made.
From Gilroy it was an easy run into
San Jose for dinner At the Cotton
place the Italian colony had prepared
an extensive banquet, in which the
Italian touring club took a prominent
part A stop was made at the Garden
City for the night The start to San
Francisco will be made at a. m, going
by way of Oakland. and taking the 10
O'Clock boat for the city.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
Gossip of RailNayren


MY heart bled this morning at per
haps one of the most pitiable sights 1
ever encountered. observed E. NJ.
Pomeroy when he entered his office
yesterday. There was a small boy
sitting on doorstep and laborfously
cutting chunks of dry bread from a
stale loaf with a broken penknife."
lis that your breakfast l asked
him.
Yes. sir. and my lunch and din
ner too and the tears coursed down
his pallid cheeks.
Il was so touched with his abject
misery that gave him dollar
What time was that?' asked Buck.
About o'clock"
Well replied Harry. slowly, II
guess he was eating his lunch at 10
o'clock. for l saw him myself in the
very same act. Your dollar is prob
ably helping TO buy country real
estate"
Henry Miller, the multimillionaire,
and probably the largest land owner in
the west. for several days believed he
was a ruined man on the highway to
the poorhouse and blamed the South :
ern Pacific and his foreman, Bob
Springer, for his future destitution.
Bob shipped up to the city a train
load of beef cattle from Gilroy and
when he unloaded at the stockyards
was one short. Miller was in high
dudgeon. He vowed that the railroad
company and the foreman were in col
fusion TO ruin him. that the loss of
that steer would be the cause of his
going into bankruptcy and in order
to emphasize his grief flung his hat
in the air and then jumped on it.
Did you count the steers when you
loaded them, he said.
"Of course / did"
Then the railroad company has
robbed me OF a steer" shouted Miller.
Bob went round the car to avoid
hearing any more complaints. and no.
hair was sticking to the sides.
Il bet" he murmured to himself.
that the steer fell out of the car
On his way back to Gilroy Bob kept
sharp look out, and when nearing
San Jose saw a steer grazing. He
hired saddle horse at San Jose.
picked up the animal and drove it
home.
He wrote Miller about it and re-
ceived reprimand for not examining
the car.
Between you and the railroad" re-
piled the cattle king, Il shall die in the
almshouse, and l don't suppose either
of you care red cent what becomes
of poor old man"
t. ]. Hudson, who was general traffic
manager of the Illinois Central. has
resigned. The reason for this is said
to be that he was a Fish man. The
department of which he was head has
been abolished and F. B. Bowes, freight
traffic manager, will have entire charge
of freight matters.
A recent bulletin of the American
Railway association shows a reduction
of 1881 idle cars between February 10
and March 4, or a total decrease since
February of 2S,936 cars or s.4 per
cent.
William McMurray, general passen-
ger agent of the Hartman lines in
Oregon, declares that the entire north
west will pour down into San Fran
cisco when the feet arrives. A round
trip rate of s25 from Portland has been
put in and the reservations are al
ready beyond the most sanguine ex-
pectations. He says that every sta
ton and town in the northwest is
plastered with the fleet posters and
there is not a hamlet in Oregon or
Washington that is not interested in
the arrival of the battleships.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
FRENCHMAN AT BAKERSFIELD

BAKERSFIELD, April 3.-The French
car De Dion in the New York to Paris
International automobile race, with its
crew of three, arrived here at 1925
o'clock tonight after IA hours ride
from Ballarat, one of the best days
record Of the trip. The foreigners re-
port a hard trip. but are hopeful of
overcoming the lead of the American
car in Siberia, where they say the real
test of the race is to be made The
car will remain here over night leav-
ing for San Francisco early in the
morning. What their route will be
after leaving the bay city they cannot
say. they having reached no decision
yet.
OGDEN. Utah. April 3.-The German
car passed Corinne, 20 miles west. at
1870 o'clock this afternoon. An all
night ride is expected.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
REPORTS DEMANDS
FOR FEDERAL LAWS
Conference of National Unions
Advises Labor Council of
Protest TO Congress
Committee Secures Promise
That School Department Will
Use Union Made Goods

~~aep MNn7> The San Francisco
ST616f 6fsIJr.osico0 5 co0scIIl labor council, Pres
\lSlJ 10y ident J. w. Swee-
ney presiding, at
its meeting last night received a re-
port of the recent conference of na-
tional unions held in Washington. D.. c..
1t shows that 1T was decided to pre-
oare memorial protesting against tn.
inaction of congress in the matter of
legislation in the interest of organized
labor, and setting forth the demands
of the representa- tives of labor.
The report calls attention to the re-
cent decisions in injunction suits and
suggests that the Sherman antitrust
law be amended so as to afford relief
to labor organizations. 1t was referred
to the committee on injunctions.
The report on supplies purchased for
the school department was that the
desks are union made. also the brooms.
and that the board will hereafter. in
calling for bids, announce that it will
not accept convict made or nonunion
goods
The secretary was instructed to in
vestigate a charge that the Hahne-
mann hospital. which last year received
5000 from the city, employs Chinese and
japanese, and If he finds such to be
true report to the board of super
visors
A request from the central labor
council of Washington, ID. c., that the
local council urge the California rep
resentatives to vote against any meas
ure looking to the establishment of
prohibition in the district OF Columbia
was granted.
Ernest L. Reguin, j. I. Nolan and
the secretary were appointed a commit
tee to wait on the park commissioners
to make another effort to have the
price in the ehildrens playground re-
duced.
The council authorized the bond COM
mittee to ask the supervisors to pro-
ceed without delay to build sewers and
public buildings. leaving the issuance
of bonds to the board.
The printing pressmen's union No.
"a has elected the following officers for
the ensuing term: =. Doggett, presi-
dent; George Spooner. vice president;
George w. Whitman. secretary; A. T..
Roche, reading secretary; J. r. Lyons.
treasurer; George Peterson, sergeant at
arms.
d. J. Murray, financial secretary of
butchers union No. Is. having recov-
cred from a severe attack of illness.
was at his station last Wednesday
night. The union is continuing its cam
paign in Chinatown as to butchers who
buy meat there. The committee will
present its report at the next meeting.
The union has called off its picnic for
this year.
The only business transacted at the
session of the mattresses union last
Monday was the reception of seven pc
titions for membership and the initia-
tion of five elected candidates. At the
next meeting the members will be ad-
dressed on the subject of Equal Pay
for Equal Work.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
The Paragraph Pulpit
Unitarian
The Unitarian Message

Thousands of men are practically
out of the Christian church today. Its
message to them has lost its power and
persuasivenass. 1t may receive their
financial support, but it cannot COM
mand their loyalty of heart and mind
To these men the Unitarian church has
clares that the main thing in religion
is not the acceptance of any particular
salvation scheme, but is the living of
life. 1t teaches that religion is life
life. 1t insists upon character as the
absolute essential in righteousness
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
CHECK PROVES WORTHLESS

Tom Dillon. halter. obtained a war
rant yesterday for the arrest of W. F.
de Ruiez on a charge of passing an
alleged fictitious check on him for s6,
drawn on the City and County bank
March 2S. 1t is said that De Ruiez who
represents himself as member of a
syndicate that is to build big thea
ter in the North Beach district. has
passed similar checks on other busi-
nessmen.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
INSURANCE COMPANY sETrI.Es

Suits brought against the Trans
Atlantic insurance company to recover
on property losses sustained during
the fire and earthquake by the B. F.
Goodridge company. A. Eisenberg COM
pany. Louis Metzger, Ruby Hill yine-
yard company. the Brilliant furniture
company, Shreve & Co. and Emanuel
Mandel ct al, were dismissed yester-
day in the United States circuit court.
The Insurance company settled the
claims out of court.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
COURTS CHANGE QUARTERS

The district court of appeals viii
move TO its new quarters on the eighth
floor of the Wells-Fargo building. Sec
ond and Mission streets. on Monday.
The supreme court is moving to the
same building. The justices will leavf
for Los Angeles on Saturday and be-
gin the southern session Monday morn-
ing.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
SECOND FUSE EXPLOSION

For the second time in two days q
fuse of a McAlMster street car ex-
pIoded at Buchanan street yesterday
morning, and in attempting to escape
from the burning car Albert Ersktne.
1854 Grove street was forced through
a window Both his arms were lacer-
ated He was taken to the central
emergency hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
STANFORD PARLoR DELEGATEs

Stanford parlor No. 76. N. S. G. W.,
has elected c. d. Steiger. ]. J. Van
Nostrand, T. I. Fitzpatrick. L. III. Nc
Mahon, F. II. Stanle and Frederick II.
Jung as delegates to the grand parlor.
This parlor will have a theater party
at the Princess theater April 20.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

Above the Italian racing Zust which will reach San
Francisco this morning Below the pilot Tourist which
the Bradley the racing machine and the
right the White which carried representatives OF aa
Daily News
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
ExpEoroRAToRs ARREsTEn

Steve Kovacovich. waiter, was ar
rested yesterday for expectorating in a
Market street car and Joseph Calcagno,
laborer, for expectorating in a Kearny
street car
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
ITALIAN CAR HAS
REACHED SAN JOSE
Auto in Race to Paris viii
Reach San Francisco
Before Noon
Met at Bradley by Pilot Car,
Consul and Representa-
tiyes of L'ItaIia
sraeIAL pIsrArcH no rHE cALL

SAN JOSE April 3.-The best DAYS
run that the Italian car has made s.nce
II entered California was finished when
II rolled down First street of san Jose
last evening after covering $50 miles.
At 1910 o'clock Yesterday morning the
lookout from the pilot car Tourist
which had worked its way south as far
as Bradley. shouted for all hands on
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

recent bulletin of the American
Railway association shows a reduction
of 1881 idle cars between February 19
and March 4, or a total decrease since
February of 2S,936 cars or S.4 per
cent.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

Bosfon Il thia time. when the
Bnest fIeat aver assemhled uraer one
1lae ~. rfartad y, ~ rsccr6. .hre.h ~ |,
yovsre. 4 4 interastinr "a record fhe
.passine a. the Isst ~ "a vesseIs thst
made m fhs rnuadron mrder cornmand
OF Commodore Perry when he sailed
into the japanese harbor az Yedo n
July 1853. =
.oueen az TIA f,re vesse,s Of the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04
lIE 81 cH Old
SHIP 5 ATOCA

1.300, 900 sotlIs. We had no idea We
had fr1ghtenod the empire 30 badly,
e. the capital was 20 or 50 miles away
from our anchorage. As we proceed.
cd up the harbor. boats ned away from
~ q though In mortal fear.
aBy the time We were well anchored
and shipshape the city oficiaIs took
heart swarms Of picturesque man
darinS cams on to challenge the
strange arrivals and to draw around
the fleet the customary Gordon OF
guard boafs. They even tried to make
fAst their boats 70 our ships.
cThis began to look like being In
custody. The American ambass8do
had not come to Japan to be put under
sentries. He notified the msndarins
that his vessels were not pirates and
need not be watched. They pleaded
Japanese law. He replied With Ameri-
can law. They still insisted. He noti-
aed them that II ths boats were not
instantly Withdrawn he would open
his batterfes and sink them. That was
entirely convincing. The guard boats
stood not on the order OF their going. I"
.The fre vessels OF the western bar
barians are coming to defile the holy
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

sent again to the African coast, dur.
ing the civil war. Farragut and Shu-
brick commanded her at different
times during these operations.
At the close of the civil war the
sloop was not considered At for active
service. Therefore, she was ordered
to Philadelphia, where she did duty
as training ship and receiving ship
for many years. In 1889 she was
turned over to the state as school
ship, and, under Joint supervision of
state and city, she made annual
cruises.
The stout old warrior continued
these voyages until last February.
when, outside the harbor, she met .
terrible storm. 1t strained the ancient
timbers until the water began to pour
in at innumerable points, and she was
In dire danger Of laundering. It was
shortly after that the navy department
ordered an inspection.
The old fighter was condemned and
ordered to be sold as junk.
Commodore Pefry's Record.
Many consider Commodore Matthew
Calbraith Perry to have been great
er naval man than his more famous
brother. Commodore Oliver Perry. In
fact, the two are often confused. Be
sides opening up Japan to American
trade and to western civilization, he
was the greatest naval educator Of his
time. His life may be briefly summed
up as follows:
1-While yet a lad he was naval
ofiicer In the war Of 1872.
2--He chose the location of the first
free black settlement in Liberia.
3-He was the father Of the steam
navy.
4-He first demonstrated the efIi-
cheney of the ram as weapon of OF
fence In naval warfare.
5-He founded the naval apprentice
ship system.
: 6--He was leader Of the campaign
to extirpate the foreign slave trade on
the coast of Africa.
Tile commanded in 1847 the
largest squadron which had ever A.
sembled under the American nag.
This was In the gulf Of Mexico.
She opened Japan to the world.
The Perry family furnished more ma,
val oficers to the United States than
apyeother American family. with one
exception. The sturdy commander OF
the Saratoga was survived BY three
daughters. one Of whom became the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

= S,.ss | !. az - r..., ..r.,ca .r1 - ~, M,
tne rsrr- - ~ sSmirs, Tha seven
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

rsa. ~ M sh,n. os sud Su 1e sa,, osr.hs % the o
~,rd - nrora, ,hsm
n vedSo there wa. terror worse
th.r daeth Her os0 ooo souls rnaw
the fear ~ .unernatnr.I things with
s,s-,esd s.cs. az raor,a ,hscr.ad -
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

( 'oz>en onouIo pe prou9he - SepeA
oupmodore Perry informed them tnet
e suoh 2 clause were put a Ae would
y n1Faio % retn5n @ Ames,eA tneFe'
1per ~ was goa numor me clause
- stricken out ana tns treaty of
commerce wes neneds throwing open
the ports OF Snimoqa ana Hakodate
carees of the oaratoga,
The saratora was buiIt n Kittery
Ne "a 1s4s when New Eneland was
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

It is wonderful what strength Of pur-
pose and energy and boldness of will
are reused by the simple assurance
that we are doing our duty.-Scott.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

FITS, st. vitus DANCE and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free 500
trial bottle and treatise. DR.. r: H. Kline,
Id, o3l Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

"Ars you still troubled BY your
neighbor's chickensf. asked one man
Of another.
mot : Bit" was the answer. "Thsy
are kept shut up now"
). ~How did you manage itr'
why. every night put . lot Of
egss in the grass very carefully, and
every morning. whom my neighbor was
looking. went out and brought them
in~ .G
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

ONLY ONE sBROArO QUININE~
That IL LAxAT1Yn RRQNQ Q0lNlNn. Look for
ths agnssure Of - ". qR0yE u.sd the WoEA
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

In the spring the gardeners fancy
turns to thoughts Of green goods.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-04

\ An excuse Is seldom ! justinable sz.
cuse.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-27
YOUTHFUL SWlNDLER.
Roy i'm His Teens Held for Operating
Get Rich Quick Scheme.

Chicago, Aug. PA dispatch 10 the
Tribune from Memphis Tenn, says:
The mysterious E. Gately, arrested
in New York after a long chase by
United States officers, will be tried
here for an audacious attempt at
swindling for one of his years. Gately,
whose real name is David Steinberg, is
a boy still in his teens. and for Is
omnths he has been sought for misuse
of the mails. Steinberg had corre-
spondence with a Chicago tanning
company in regard to a shipment Of
hides worth $500. While working
for S. Steinberg & Co., wholesale hide
dealers here, the boy, who was dis
tantly related to S. Steinberg, is al
legged to have rented typewriter, pur-
chased stationery, and in the back
room of a squalid lodging house start
ed the business of the Memphis Hide
& Fur company. Study of business
letters is said to have enabled him to
learn the way to frame his corre-
spondence. and with a reck1essness
which ended in his undoing he started
to furnish the hide trade with sensa-
tional quotations.
He obtained money orders on al
legged forged bills of lading forwarded
from Memphis and is said to have real
lied considerable sums or money. Tne
government officials were never able
to discover how much Steinberg ac-
cumulated, for discovery of the alleged
fraudulent concern was made by his
employer who dismissed him from his
service. Those who know him believe