The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-01

ESAffSz bark, hardwood and
~ % ore. The steamer
ss Ssh brought 29 passen-
~ gers, of whom sew
49, eral were not al.
lowed to land on account OF having
trachomas
Among the passengers on the little
liner was Mrs. G. X. Friedberger,
daughter of Louis Kaiser, United States
consul at Mazatlan.
Kaiser sent his resignation to the
state department last fall. 1t has been
accepted but his relief has. not yet
arrived. Kaiser has been at Mazatla n
for many years ana until the construc-
tion of the railroad began the eonsuls
life was q happy one. With the rail-
road, however, came trouble. Many OF
the Americans who went there to work
decided that the climate was more
suited to resting. They found that the
dollars they took with them were worth
twice as much in Mexican money
This sudden doubling of their wealth
had the effect in many cases of making
the. owner of the coin imagine himself
sufficiently ahead of the game to spend
at least half of his money before go
ing to work. AS a very few dollars
buys large. quantity ef tequila: the
result was disastrous to the pride of
those Americans who did not indulge.
In MazatlAn the punishment for
drunkenness is a spell in the chain
gang lndI creams the streets. l0e CUM
pleXiop of the human links in the
chain gang has gradually hleached and
among those attached are now many
claiming American citizenship.
These are the people whose demands
for assistance have made the consufs
life miserable.
-Four days before / left" said Mrs.
-Friedberger, -four of these men came
money"
What money! inquired the consul.
stow that, said one of the men.
we know that the government sends
out of work 81 a day. and we want it,
Il, ordered the men: out of the conf
sulate and had the pleasure OF hearing
one Of them say:
That wonan's a devil -
w. II. Rupp. the leader of the Van
Ness. theater orchestra, and his wife
were passengers on the Curacao. Other
passengers were:
c. 'Saldierns1 and wife, @Eloisa de SAL
dlerna, Alfonso Schnabei. II. w.
Swantt, w. A. Grassie and Huberto
Jennings.
Capsized in the HarbOr
1t was warm along the water front
yesterday afternoon, and when the
thermometer in his ONCE registered
S5 degrees Elias Ellison, secretary of
the sailors union. shut his desk with
sailor. and member in good standing of
the union. TO take trip on the bay.
I'll show YOU. said Ellison, ''how
to handle a whitehall boat under sail"
A boat with two men in 1t just cap
sized out there" yelled small boy
through the window of the Crowley
boathouse at Vallejo street, and Dave
creWley ordered. a boat to the rescue;
on board the launch from the keel OF
the whitehall, which was takenjln tow
and brought in to the float.
THAT was an I'm fair wind" said Ell
lison with laugh as he stepped on
the boat landing and squeezed the
water from his clothes.
Yoke about it. Yoke about it, pro-
tested the wet and indignant Peterson
"Ay ban guide fallow and envoy a
yoke, but jumping in 1.-The bay is no
yosh, and ay tank you better leave ME
out next time"
All right, Peter" replied Ellison.
"I'll tell you something now. There
were only three men who ever could
sail whitehall boat and / know now
that they're all dead"
Sold whiskey ON The California
Joe Egan. 124 Valley street, A. L.
Murdoch and j. Kelly of 1856 Seven
teenth street engaged in the liquor
business yesterday on a remunerative
scale aboard the cruiser California
They went out loaded with whiskey in
nasks, which they sold to those en-
listed men who by reason OF vasious
falls from grace were barred from the
privilege of shore liberty.
Il
the TASKS were sold for as much as $40
each. BY the time those in authority
learned OF the traders visit and the
nature of their. wares the entire stock
had been sold and no bluejacket could
be found who would admit having dealt
with them.
On general principles however, the
three invaders We're locked in the
cruisers brig. and Lieutenant Com
ma nder n. A. McCuily, the CALIFORNIA;
executive officer, went ashore and told
his troubles to Captain Conboy. Cap
tain Conboy with. Sergeant Donovan
went to the California on the police
launch Patrol, taking Lieutenant Nc
Gully with them No evidence could
be gathered against the men on the
were taken to the harbor police sta
lion in irons and there Iectured
warned and dismissed.
Gulf steamer Wrecked.
Captain Paulson of the steamer
Curacao, which arrived yesterday from
steamer Alamos was wrecked at 9
o'clock a. m. April 49, on Tortugas
island, while on the way from Guaymas
to Santa RosaIia with. freight and
no. details beyond the fact that the
vessel would probably be g. loss and
that all on board were landed safely.
Burned by. Electric Wires.
Alfred Tolley of 1915 Oak street
hospital yesterday fa second degree
burns OF the abdomen. FOLEY is a
plasterer and was working in the ba Sc
ment of the Whitney building on Geary
street. He leaned against cluster Of
wires and received shock that threw
him down
Limpiag Along Coast of africa.
The French steamer Corse. which left
here February for Havre, has been
at reduced speed on account OF dame &c
to its propeller.
Notice To Mariners.
On and after May ] the time ball will
be dropped from staff on the north
east corner OF the roof Of the Fair
mont hotel and the one on the Ferry
building will be discontinued
Winter Front Notes.