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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15
CnMMITs suIoInE-

COMMITS SUICIDE-Los Angeles Aug. IA
After pawning bis watch for dollar, which he
spent for poison, Morris G. Smith. a solicitor.
% years of age, went home today TO take it,
but decided there easier way TO die and
turned the gas.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

DR.. Alexander Garceau has resumed
his practice in the Shreve buldg., suite
Sos; hours Hip. 25; phone Kearny g.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15
MuRpHY CASE coNrIN

MURPHY CASE CONTINUED cases of
Frank Murphy and Eugene A. Platt, charged
with grand larceny in connection with the theft
of papers from the office of William ]. Burns.
were called in Police Judge Deasy's court yes
terday and by consent continued till October 0.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

San Francisco Business College.
Market and Eddy. The best equipped
and best lighted business college on
the coast. Write for information.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
Men and Women
Suffering With
Nerves" Read This

The Impairment OF the nervous force
in men and women is first manlfested
by extreme nervousness. sleeplessneSs,
dread. worry and anxiety without rea-
son. trembling of the hands and limbs.
with the slightest exertiOn. heart palpI-
tation. constipation, kidney trouble and
a general inability to act nationally at
All times as others with health in their
bodies do This. il neglected, leads to
despoudency. melanchOlia and lost am
hilton. making the likelihood OF a cure
more and more difficult. while fire.
uuently loc0motor ataxia. blind stag
gers" paralysis and even insanity are
a direct result Of neglecting to increase
the life giving nerve force.
A simple home treatment has been
provided which, IL taken in time, viii
Certainly work wonders. The mixture
can be prepared at home by obtaining
the four ingredients separately. and the
embarrassment or timidity which most
sensitive people abhor Is thus avoided.
various prescriptions.
In a half pint bottle get three ounces
of syrup sarsaparilla compound and
add TO this one ounce compound fluid
balnWOrt. and let stand two hours
then get one ounce compound essence
cardiOl and one ounce tincture cadO-
meme compound (nOt cardOmOm). mix
all together. shake well and take a tea
spoonful after each meal and one at
retiring.
This contains no opiates whatever
and may also be used by men and
women who suffer with their nerves
with absolute certainty OF prompt and
lasting benefits.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
Entries for High School
Swimming Tourney

The Academic league swimming
tournament at the Olympic club to-
night is attracting a great deal of at
tention among the high school ath-
letes, and it gives promise of exciting
sport. There are nine events on the
card, including three for the Olympic
club members. Following is the list
100 yard dasl-CaIdwe1. Cogswell; Edge,
Healdsburg: Aforser, Lick; Dunn. Oakland; Sal
field Wimerding; Meyer, Lowell.
80 yard scratch race for members Of Olympic
club, first heat
Oakland; Margo Lick; Miller, Lowell; Litchaeld.
Water polo game between Olympic club
teams.
go yard special race between Mcwoods and
$50 yard dash--cowan. wilmerding; Kitto,
Oakland: Litchield. Lick; Dobe, Cogswell Mil
Ter and Johnson. Lowell.
Final heat of SO yard scratch race for Olympic
club members.
22o yard relay race, in which teams from
Lowell Lick Wilmerding, Cogswell, and Oak
land will compete.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
CONTRACT IS LET
FOR NEW WHARF
Western Pacific Advances Check
ON Is Year Lease to Pay Cost

The harbor commissioners at their
regular meeting yesterday morning re-
ceived Engineer Ralph Barkers report
on the condition of Broadway wharf
No. /, let the contract for pier 81, re-
ceived $167,73o from the Western Pa
cifc with which to pay for it. and
called for bids for the construction Of
a combined wharf and freight ferry
slip to be known as pier So
Broadway street wharf No. !, some
of the supports of which were found
to have crumbIed away, was accepted
for the state by the board of which
Charles Spear was the president. It
was one of the earliest acts of the
board In his report Engineer Barker
says:
IN the majority of cases the cylinder
and pile have disappeared entirely. In
one place the pile has disappeared
leaving about two feet of concrete
hanging to, the cap. and in two or three
Instances the pile is still there with
five or six feet of concrete still ad-
herring to its top. All of the other cyl
lnders are in good shape, as far as can
be observed above low water, the con-
crete having a fairly smooth surface
and appearing to be strong"
Parker places the cause of the COL
lapse Of the nine cylinders on careless
ness IN filing in the concrete.
The contract for building pier 81 was
awarded to the Associated contracting
company. The new wharf viii be
leased to the Western Pacific for 10
years and the company's certified
check for s167,790, which was handed
in yesterday represents advance rent
for that period and also the cost of
construction.
James Tyson, manager of the Charles
Nelson company. filed with the board
application for the space soon to be va
Gated at Sixteenth street by the floating
drydocks. It is likely that the lease
of this space viii be offered to the
highest bidder, as in addition to Ty-
sons request the board received a pc
tition signed by more than so local
lumber firms asking for the establish
ment of q lumber wharf open to all at
this location
Secretary Thorpe was directed to ad-
vertise for bids for the construction
of pier 30. which viii be a reinforced
concrete structure combining a freight
slip and wharf. Tie completion of pier
3e viii make possible the operation Of
the Belt railroad on the south side Of
Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
UNITED RAILROADS
WILL PAVE TRACKS
Manager Black, Notified OF
Needed Work, Promises to
Proceed With Diligence

General Manager Black of the United
Railroads appeared before the super
visors' joint judiciary and street com
mittees yesterday and promised to i'm
prove the condition of the pavements
between the tracks Of the companys
lines
Since receiving the list of highways
needing attention" said Black. eve
have made a beginning in Sacramento
and Kearny streets. The work viii
be pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible- We can not now repair the
Twenty-fourth street line, as L under
stand all the pavement of that thor
oughfare is to be relaid'
To Connolly's query as to the jammed
cars at all hours of heavy traffic Black
said the congestion could not be
helped. "A car comes by loaded. but
the people will get on it instead OF
waiting for the next"
You can not blame them. said
Booth. cit might be the last car they'd
have a chance to get'
Colonel Josiah Howell Of the Down
town association and Secretary /. NJ
King of the Merchants association pro-
tested against the dusty condition of
the downtown thoroughfares. Super
visor Pollok held the chief blame Law
with the contractors who left their
materials in the streets. President
Day of the works board said 20 teams
were put to the work of cleaning I'D
Sunday and that the Pacific improve
ment company would be given the job
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
Pine Contract Not Awarded

The pipe contract of the auxiliary
fire protection system was not let by
the board Of works yesterday, and
whether or not the United states cast
iron and foundry company's bid will
be accepted depends on whether the
railroads will give the city a trans
portation rate under $40.
The exact figures Of the bid. COM
puted yesterday, follow: The iron pipe
per ton f. o. b. at the eastern rail ship
ping point. s20.67: at shipside in east
ern harbors s21.77: delivered in San
Francisco. s33.75. For the 44.536.7 tons
Of the contract these charges would
total $500, 1856. s970,O00.91 and $780,
2OI96 respectively.
Assistant City Engineer Connick said
Yesterday that the rate around the
Horn would be IS. With the neces-
sary additions for drayage here, in
surance. etc. water transportation
would approximate $40. If the rail-
roads will meet this tariff. it is under
stood that the board viii probably
close the contract with the United
states people; If not new bids may
be sought to see what the English,
Scottish and Belgian manufacturers
can offer. The matter will be decided
before next Wednesdays meeting Of
the board.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
Clark Proves Surprise in
Billiard Tourney

Clark was the big surprise in the
amateur billiard tourney last night at
The Hague. He got away to great
start in his game with Strohmeier. and
won in so innings by score of 80 to
21, making a high run of 9. Strohmeier
was looked upon as one of the likely
winners of the tourney, but last nights
defeat puts him out of the going.
Clarks showing was remarkable one.
He played a great game throughout.
and now he is regarded as one of the
most dangerous men left to compete
for the prize.
The game was witnessed by a large
crowd and the fans showed lively in
terest. Most of the wise ones plunged
on Strohmeier and when Clark won
the upset was felt keenly.
There will be another game this
evening, after which the players Will
take a lay off until Monday night.
light remain to fight it out for the
championship.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
DISCOVERS SMUGGLED
CIGARS IN TRUNK
Customs Officers Mathematical
Eye Detects False Bottom

customs Inspector Enlow has a
mathemaical eye and reach OF such
precision that 1t makes the graduations
on a foot-ruie look like wild guesses
When he searched the baggage Of
Gustav John Schultz. who had landed
az spear street wharf from the liner
san Jose, his eye detected a distended
sock and when he reached his arm TO
the bottom Of Schultz's trunk he esti-
mated that the bottom of the receptacle
was either eight inches thick or that
there were two bottoms
in the distended sock he found $50
cigars which Schultz frankly admitted
that he had not declared. As the gov
ernment allows the traveller to bring in
only so cigars free OF duty and as
Schultz by falling to include the
smokers in his declaration had for
feited the privilege of paying duty.
Enlow confsea1ed 400 Of the cigars.
Now" said Enlow. 'Is there any
thing else in this trunk that is duti-
ableT7
There is not" replied Schultz.
How about this double bottom p"
queried Enlow, at a hazard
"Oh yes. the trunk has a double bot
TOM said Schultz, but there is
nothing in it."
.'Nothing?.' queried Enlow-
Nothing
"Guess II take look anyway de-
cided the conscientious inspector, lift
ing the contents from the trunk
Under the circumstances" said
Schultz with resignation, I may as
well admit that ! have. 250 more cigars
hidden there"
The cigars were seized and Schultz
may be prosecuted for his attempt 70
smuggIe Schultz has been on Clipper
ton island. on the coast of Costa Rica,
for nearly three years employed as
watchman by a company that holds the
phosphate concession. His home is in
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
Heavies Head the Fighting
Card This Evening

The amateur boxing show at Dream
land pavilion tonight should be rat
Ting good one. as Match Maker
SchuIer has signed a fine aggregation
of boxers There are three heavy
weight goes. a middle weight, one well
ter weight and three lightweight bouts
on the program. The novelty of six
heavies appearing in one night of box
ing is attracting much attention
The lightweight go between Harry
Stremmel and Tony Silva. which will
come as the windup, promises to be
one of the hardest fought battles seen
in the amateur ranks in some time The
boys are evenly matched and as each
carries a stiff wallop they should fight
a nip and tuck scrap. The complete
card is as follows:
Al Kreiger VS.. Bill ElberfieId 200
pounds: Jack Sieberg VS.. Walter Mon
ahan, 100 pounds; Jim Crane VS.. Fritz
Fry. $50 rounds; Willie Carter fcoI-
ored) vs. Oscar Hoberg, 145 pounds:
mounds. Harry Smith vs. Ed Williaras
135 pounds; Barney Barnes VS.. Walter
Scott, 1870 pounds. Frank Schuler will
act as referee.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
.CAPfRS OF SOCIETY
GIRLS RILE VISITORS
Hiawatha Dancers in Yosemite
Hotel in Scant Attire
Shock Easterner
Traveller Threatens to Report
'.ScandaIous Soirees" to In
terror Department

Young women dancing about the
plaza of the Sentinel hotel of Yosemite
valley in scant costume and emitting
weird shrieks is not a sight A. w Opp
man. a wealthy retired brewer of C1eve-
land. o.. expected to bring home with
him as a reminiscence of the scenic
grandeur of California. In fact, Opp
man and his wife were shocked at the
wild Indian dance daily witnessed at
the government hotel, all the more so
because among those who pirouetted
about in the manner of an aboriginal
Hiawatha were some of the most prom
inent social favorites of San Francisco.
So incensed was Oppman that he
threatened at the Hotel Manx yesterday
just before he took a carriage for an
eastbound train to bring the attention
of Secretary Ballinger of the depart
ment of the interior at Washington to
the scandalous soirees of the smart set
in the government reservation.
Oppman's ire was probably further
intensified by the fact that on the sec
ond day of his stay at the hotel his
wife and himself were made the tar
| gets of a SNOWFALL brigade, number
ing a host of society people, some of
/ whom he remembers and whose names
will be submitted in his report to Sec
retary Ballinger. During the fusillade
Mrs. Oppmans glasses were broken.
seriously endangering her sight. De-
spite their protests the retired brewer
and his wife continued to be the
marks OF the rollicking crowd and
| only escaped harm through the speedy
action of the driver in getting his team
/ away
! A daughter of a retired admiral, now
| living IN San Francisco, is mentioned
| as one of the foremost of the offenders.
! Oppman was very indignant over his
| treatment during his first visit to this
| state and said:
The scenes witnessed daily at the
! government Sentinel hotel in Yosemite
! valley are disgraceful Society women
| of San Francisco attired in seanty cos
tunes dance around the hostelry like
wild Indians. / do not care to mention
the names of the women, but one of
them is the daughter of a retired ad-
miral living in San Francisco. My
wife and ] were subjected to many in
dignities at the hands of these women
and on one occasion when we were get
ting into a carriage to make a tour of
the valley were made the targets for a,
lot of snowbaNs thrown by these society
folks. / intend 10 report the matter TO
the department of the interior at Wash
ington.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
PERMIT GRANTED TO
RUN THROUGH CANYON
Forest Service Acts on Request
of Power Company

The forest service has allowed the
Nevada California power company a
right to run a second transmission line
through Silver canyon, in the White
mountains. with the understanding that
the concern shall make any changes
in construction that may be necessary
to allow the Owens River water and
power company TO operate a line
through Silver canyon. The first
named company operates a 113 mile
line to Tonopah and Goldfeld.
The McCloud River lumber company
has put into effect grazing regulations
on their timber holdings that are prae-
tically identical with those in force in
national forests.
A few years ago this company put
into effect a system of fire patrol out
lined by the forest service and demon
strated not only the practicability but
the economy of organized patrol. The
company discovered that the expense
did not compare with the losses with
out this system.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
LEGGFTT OBJECTS
TO BEING CHIDED
commissioners Clash During
Trial of Policeman James
Skelly
Cutler Asks Question Which
Other Said Had Been
Answered

Police Commissioner Leggett does not
like to be treated as big baby boy. He
said so himself last night at the meet
ing of the police commission and he
said it with clenched fist and flashing
eye. The object of his wrath was an
other police commissioners. A. D. Cutler,
whom Leggett accused of "chiding'
him like a child"
The clash between the two commits
sioners came about during the trial of
Policeman James Skelly on a charge of
unoff1cerlike conduct. Detective Ar
thur McQuaide was on the witness
stand. Cutler asked him question
which caused Leggett to remark test
lily:
We've had all that before. I don't
see any use in answering that question
a dozen times
Cutler turned on him angrily and re-
torted:
I'm asking him the questions-not
you And | want an answer from him
and not from you"
Leggett grew red in the face and
tl1umped the long desk with his fist.
Il don't see why / should be chided
like a child.' he shouted II am merely
trying to shorten this session and I'm
not going TO be treated like a big baby
boy"
'All right said Cutler shortly with
sarcasm. when / want to ask a ques-
tion of a witness hereafter I'll first get
your permission
The board then went into executive
session, and as the two commissioners
walked out of the room they glowered
a. each other darkly.
Skelly was found guilty by the board
of the charge of unofficerlke conduct
and fined SIS. His accuser was b. Vim
cent. who alleged that SkelIy, who is
a large, handsome man, had broken up
his home. Vincents wife is the daugh-
ter of Charles j. Rousseau, the well
known architect.
Three clubwomen from the North
beach appeared before the board to
protest against the encroachment- of
denizens of the Barbary coast. The
trial of Corporal Jerry Dinan was post
Doned one week A liquor license was
granted to j. M. Soldanels, proprietor
of the Trocadero. Licenses were de-
MED the following:
Dennis ]. Roche, Twenty second and
Florida streets; John Banner, Twenty
fourth and Bartlett streets, and T.. S.
Ragoss, Fifth avenue and b. Street.
Arthur w. Hextrom was appointed a
regular policeman.
The police commissioners received a
letter from the warden of San Quen
tin prison, in which he thanked the
local police department for its preferred
help during the San Quentin fire.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
WIDOW is OPPOSED BY
THOMAS BELLS CREDITORS S
Objections to Family Allowance
and Account of Estate Filed

The creditors of the estate of Thomas
Bell filed yesterday an objection to the
payment to Mrs. Teresa Bell, the widow
OF $4,000. applied for by her as a
family allowance. This estate was
increased several hundred thousand
dollars in value by the sale of Santa
Barbara oil lands last year. A eompro-
mise was then arranged between the
creditors of the estate and Mrs. Teresa
Bell.
The creditors do not say that Mrs
Ball is not entitled to the $4,000. but
say that she has applied for it too
early. They contend that she is not
entitled to draw anything from the es-
tate until the creditors have been paid
on the basis of the compromise agree
ment.
The creditors objected to the account
filed February q by Mrs. Bell as ad-
ministratrix. They take exception to
certain disbursements made by her to
the California safe deposit and trust
company totaling about $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
FORECLOSURE UPHELD
IN WATER POWER SUIT
Minority Stock Holders of Two
Companies Lose in Contest

Judge Morrow, in the United States
circuit court, overruled yesterday the
demurrer in the suit instituted by the
Knickerbocker trust company against
the Stanislaus electric power company
the StaniSlaus railway company, the
Tuolumne water power company and
the Union construction company
BY this decision all obstruction to
the foreclosure proceedings have been
wiped away. The demurrer was filed
by a minority of the stock holders OF
the companies concerned. 1t is under
stood that as soon as the legal pro-
ceedings are over the powr companis
will be improved and will furnish
power for the United Railroads OF this
ity.
The demurrer was filed in the fore
closure proceedings on account of the
default in interest on the bonds held
by the trust company.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-12
THIEF GIVEN FIGHT
BY AGED COBBLER
G.. Arcuri Resists Assault OF
Man Who Demands His
Money
Warning From Companion Saves
Thug From Receiving
Knife in Back

A thug entered the shoe shop of C.
Arcuri who is 20 years of age. at 1920
Webster street Wednesday afternoon
and pointing a revolver at him de-
manded his money. The old man was
so astounded that he could only gaze
at the footpad with open mouth The
footpad seized the old man by the
head, dragged him off his bench and
struck him with the butt end of the
revolver and threatened to kill him If
he did not at once give up his money.
Arcuri in his desperation reached
out and. seizing a cobbler's knife,
raised it to bury it in the back of
the footpad A companion of the rob-
ber who was standing on the lookout
shouted, Look out for the knife and
Arcurfs assailant released his hold on
him suddenly and rushed out of the
shop Arcuri struggled to his feet
and shouted for help, but the footpads
had disappeared.
DESCRIPTION-FURN
Arcuri gave an accurate description
to the police, who believe it is the
same man who entered the notion
store of Mrs. C. Nester, an aged
evening and compelled her at the point
of a revolver to hand him the con-
tents of the cash drawer, about $9
Mrs. Clara Phillips, 364 Pierce
street, saw a well dressed woman
Wednesday morning stealing a shirt
waist from her yard. Mrs. Phillips
caught the woman before she left the
yard, but after a sharp struggle the
thief broke away.
Mrs D. Davenport, 34S Pierce street,
saw the thief and gave chase, over
taking her at Oak street. Mrs. Daven-
port was more than a match for the
thief and compelled her to hand over
the shirtwaist. The thief broke away
from her and ran down Oak street.
sAGENTS- AT WORK.
Developments yesterday showed that
there is more than one man repre-
senting himself as an insurance agent
or deputy tax collector and stealing
anything he can lay his hands on.
1t was thought that Charles w. Diet
rich, arrested Wednesday, was the
only one.
man called at the residence of
Mrs. b. Lenahan, 1872 Sacramento
street, Wednesday soliciting insurance
and after he left she missed a satchel
containing $3.50.
The same man called at the resi-
dence of Mrs. William Clark, 1924
Green street, saying he was tax coll
leetor. Mrs. Clark said she had paid
her taxes and then the man said he
was an insurance agent. After he left
she missed a gold watch valued at 500
A call was also made upon Mrs. 3.
McElroy, GA Hayes street, and a
satchel containing $500 was stolen.