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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
OORY CARRIES men
ON PFRILOUS SEAS
Three Mariners Land at Graz
NADIA After AZ Hours in
Open Boat
Leave Two Disabled Craft to
Be Wrecked Off Half
moon Bay

Safely landing through the surf at
Mira Mar beach near Granada, Half
moon bay. after periious AZ hours in
dory, Captain R. H. Lawton, 1855 Oc-
tavia street, this city, and T. c. Pres
ton of Santa Cruz, engineer of the ex-
cursion launch j. c. Elliott, with j. P.
Conwell, sailor, Of the two masted
gasolene schooner Spray, ended their
desperate adventures just after mid
night yesterday morning. The small
boat, in which they had spent two days
and two nights without provisions or
water grounded in good shape on the
sands.
At the same time, approximately,
the two disabled and derelict vessels,
the Elliott and the Spray, grounded at
points below Halfmoon bay, the Spray
off San Gregorio and the Elliott at
Long Bridge.
The three mariners, after their tor
turing experience in the open boat,
showed little effects of the exposure,
and after they had been given food
and chance to sleep came on to San
Francisco yesterday afternoon over the
Ocean Shore. The two crafts were left
in the hands of the salvage men.
Lawton and Preston were on the
launch Elliott, which was coming north
from San Pedro. towing the Spray.
Conwell was at the wheel OF the tow.
When off San Gregorio the engine of
the Elliott became disabled and the
launch and its helpless crew were at
the pitiless caprice of strong wind
and a flowing tide. rhe men saw that
they were helpless on the heavy
launches. Before Dawn Monday morn
ing they tried to attract the attention
OF passing vessels by burning signals
on the deck of the Elliott. They set
fire to the bedding of the vessel, and
part of the fore rail caught fire from
the signal lights. About dawn they
sighted an Italian fishing smack, but
no help was offered.
All the time the launch and its cum
bersome tow were drifting toward the
reefs and rocks, and the men saw their
only chance was to get off in their
dory.
They were in this small boat two
full days and a night and a half.
After dark on Tuesday night their
boat drifted inside the reef at Half
moon bay, but there were no crafts
IN the inner bay able to give relief.
Watch fires were lighted on the beach
and under their red glare the men
steered their frail little dory toward
the shore. through the pounding surf
and onto the sands, where they landed
alive, but on the verge of collapse.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
UNITED COPPER BOOKS
FOUND IN NEW YORK
Heinze's Private Papers Still
Kept From Prosecutors

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE missing
books of the United copper company,
sought for in connection with charges
against f. Augustus Heinze regarding
his handling of Mercantile national
bank funds. are today in the possession
of the United States district attorney.
These records were found late last
night packed in two steamer trunks in
a house in West Fifty fifth street. A
third trunk said TO contain what Heinze
called his private papers" is still miss
ing and the federal authorities are
looking for 1t.
Assistant District Attorney Smith said
he had traced a trunk, which he be-
lieved contained the books, to Spring
Lake. n. J., and later to a New York
hotel. where the books were repackeA
in two smaller trunks and left in
storage. They were taken from the
hotel and lost track of until found last
night.
Arthur P. Heinze was before the
grand jury this afternoon, but IL was
understood the district attorney was
unable TO gain information regarding
the books still missing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
TEN STORES ARE
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Blaze Works Its Way Among
Buildings at Van Ness
and Bush
Loss as Result of Conflagration
Will Reach Twenty Thou
sand Dollars

A fire. the origin of which is being
Investigated by the police broke out
in ladies' tailoring establishment at
1884 Bush street at 6:25 o'clock yester-
day evening and damage to the extent
OF more than $4,000 was done be-
fore the fire department succeeded in
getting the flames under control The
had only occupied the building a few
days ago and no one connected with
the premises could tell who were tn
proprietors of the tailoring shop.
The blaze spread rapidly toward Van
Ness avenue and by the time the de-
partment had it controlled 1t had
eaten its way into 10 stores, many of
them unoccupied. The millinery estab-
iishment of Marie L. Sweeney, 1896
Bush street, was Quilted and the stock
damaged to the extent of about $1,000;
the vacant stores at 1882. 1880 and 1928
Bush street were practically destroyed;
Mrs. j. Sheehan, a milliner at 1926
Bush street, sustained a loss of $4,000;
Louis Gassner, a furrier at 1924 Bush
street. suffered to the extent of $4,000,
and the two vacant stores at 1888 and
1910 Bush street were Quilted.
At the corner of Van Ness and Bush,
occupied by the Heine piano company,
the crowd of onlookers carried out 100
pianos before the blaze reached the
shop; as 1t was, a loss of $500 was
caused by smoke and water. The store
formerly occupied by I. Magnin &
Co at Van Ness and Austin avenues
was also damaged. The building in
Bush street is owned by William Blatt-
ner and the Magnin building by the
Behlow estate. The damage to the
Blattner property will amount to more
than $1,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
TWO ITALIAN LABORERS
LOSE THEIR SAVINGS
Bunkoed by Three Men, One of
Whom Is Arrested

Two Italian laborers who had saved
$3.50 arrived here yesterday morning on
their way back to Italy, intending to
deposit the money in the Bank of Italy
for few days.. were bunkoed out of
the whole amount while on their way
to the bank.
They met fellow countryman on the
street and asked him about the bank.
The stranger took them to saloon In
jackson street near Kearny, where
they were introduced to two other men,
and a game of 'bocci'' was proposed
They started to play and soon lost the
$3.50. They complained and the trio
of bunlko men ran out of the saloon
Detective Louis f. Balletto arrested
Carlo Rossi. Rossi is known as one of
the cleverest bunko men in this part
Of the state. Balletto and Detective
Riordan are searching for the other
two men.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
CUSTOMS OFFICERS WANT
TO KNOW WHO MAN is
TidweII Is Coming From WASH
ington, but Why?
is ~. Tidwell2

Who is Mr.. Tidwell?
The question was asked many times
yesterday in the custom house. There
is certain mystery about Mr.. Tidwell,
it being ascertained by wireless, or
otherwise, that he is on his way from
Washington, D. c., to take Special
Agent J. Johnson's place. 1t was also
rumored that Mr.. Tidwell, initials I'M
known. has been in port for several
days and has just been lying low and
sizing up the situation before pre-
senting his card.
Special Agent Johnson has been the
representative of the treasury depart
ment since the recent death of Colonel
West, who was in. charge of the office
for many years. Since Johnson took
charge there have been stories about
from time TO time that the government
was not just satisfied with the results
of the office.
Now word comes that Mr.. Tidwell Is
TO replace Johnson. The officials at
the custom house spent hours paving
over old registers and rosters from
Washington for his name, but without
avail. So when night came they all
went home still wondering who the
mysterious Mr.. Tidwell is and if it
is really true that he is to be the
special agent at this port.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
WEDDING ELIMINATION
OF COLLEGE ROMANCE
Pretty Wedding Unites Popular
Stanford Graduates

REDWOOD CITY, July 1.-THE mar
riage of Miss Mildred Smith and Fred
erick Nobs, which was celebrated this
afternoon at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs B. p. G. Smith.
was an event of more than ordinary
interest to Redwood people on account
of the popularity of the young couple.
The ceremony, at which Rev. d
Charles Gardner, chaplain of Stanford
university, officiated, also marked the
elimination of another college ro-
nance.
Mrs. Nobs was member of the 'Oe
class and later became a member of
the Stanford faculty as instructor in
the Romantic language department.
Nobs graduated from the geology de-
partment in 1905 and holds a position
with an English mining syndicate in
Zacatecas, Mex. where the young peo-
pie win make their home.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
TWO SWEDISH SINGERS
TO APPEAR IN CONCERT
Both Are From the Royal Opera
in Stockholm

Nine. Anna Hellstrom- Oscar, prima
donna soprano of the Royal opera,
Stockholm, and Herr Martin Oscar,
primo barytone, Royal opera. Stock
holm, are to be heard in concert at
Maple hall, Polk and California Streets
Saturday evening under the auspices
of the Swedish American Patriotic
league.
This is the fourth visit Nine. Anna
Hellstrom- Oscar has made to the
United States and her second visit to
San Francisco. The couple are on their
way to Seattle. where they are to give
series of concerts at the exposition
Both rank very high among the yo-
calists of Stockholm. Their concert in
this city Saturday night promises to be
one of the musical treats of the sum-
mer
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
FOR SMALL ESTATE SHE
BLASTS MOTHERS NAME
Sensational VIII Contest Filed
at Santa Rosa
Especial Dispatch to The CALI


SANTA ROSA, July IA sensa-
tional will contest was fled here today
in the superior court by Mrs. Virginia
L. Earps in the estate of the late
George B. Wilcox, who died in Sonoma
July g., 1908 Mrs. Earps, In her con-
test, alleges that she is the natural
daughter OF decedent as the result of
his relations with Mrs. Sarah Ann
King, with whom he lived for more
than two years in the seventies, while
she was separated from her husband,
John Hampton King.
The contest of the will is based on
the ground that her father was sick
and i'll for months prior to his death
and that he was not Of sound and dis
posing mind and not capable of making
a will at the time the purported VIII
was drawn. She also charges Mrs.
with entering his home as his house
keeper and poisoning his mind against
her and in favor of herself and two
other nieces, Mrs. Frances J. Morrison
and Mrs. Lillian Chamberlain.
BY the terms of the will, which was
admitted to probate August 10, 1898,
George Long was named executor. me
nieces secured the entire estate, valued
at more than $4,000. with the excep-
ton of trif1ing requests.
Mrs. Earps in her contest sets forth
Ann King, who had been married for
more than eight years prior to 1870,
separated and King left Sonoma coun-
ty During his absence. she says, VIII
cox and Mrs. King lived together for
more than two years, during which
time she was born. Later, when KING
returned, he and his wife were recon-
ciled. She was taken by King with
his wife and treated as a child until
after her mother died, when wilcox
appeared and wanted her as his daugh-
ter.
She claims that Wilcox agreed with
King to adopt her and leave her all his
property.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
CIVIC LEAGUE ASKS
SUPPRESSION OF VICE
Legislation Against Social Evil
Is Recommended

The Civic league. after an exhaustive
discussion on the social evil, covering
two meetings, passed a resolution last
night at the St. Francis hotel recon-
mendinr to the grand jury more
stringent legislation. DR.. Julius Regens-
burger and Chief of Police Jesse b.
Cook addressed the league. 1t was
also recommended that the grand jury
call upon the state board of health for
additional information.
John Ginty presided. Winfield S.
Williams, chairman of the committee
on supervision of public improvements
and expenditures, opened up the topic
of Delays in Contracts in City Work"
which will be taken up for general dis
cussion at the next meeting of the
league
Charles Alsop of the Ingleside inn
provement club called attention to the
sewerage drains in Lake MERGED, which
waters, he said, were apparently not
used for consumption, but nobody
knew when the Spring Valley was call
ing on this reserve.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
LEADS TO
SHOTS BEING FIRED
Walter Kilenn Finds Stranger
C0nversing With His Wife

When Walter Kilenn went to his
apartments at 1913 Mission street about
$50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon he
found his wife talking to another man.
Ktlenn demanded an explanation and
when 1t was not satisfactory he pulled
a revolver out of his pocket and fired
two shots, which were heard by Pat
rick Glynn, the landlord.
Glynn notified Policeman Maloney
and Nash and when they entered the
apartments of the Kilenns they found
Mrs. Kilenn, who positively refused to
say whether the shots were fired at her
or at her male visitor
They were unable to see Kilenn, who
and did not return Mrs Kilenn de-
clined to give the name of her visitor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
Illegal Liquor Selling

OF his own career Johnson had some
thing to say when being interviewed.
He confessed that when working for
Pratt & Tierney in San Francisco he
was arrested for selling liquor without
a license. OF his parentage he gave no
hint, but said he was born in San Fran
cisco. quit school at the age of IL and
led a rowing life. He was once en-
ployed on coffee plantation in Cen
trail America, and worked as a bar
tender when in this state. Prior to his
arrest here he was idle for two weeks.
Meanwhile it is a part of the superior
court records that this confessed pick
pocket got his liberty partly on the
request of Superior Judge Mogan of
San Francisco, assisted by United Rail-
roads employees and an employee of the
Post-Globe newspaper of San Fran
cisco, and 1t also remains a part of the
superior court record that employment
for Johnson is to be given to him by
Calhoun's corporation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
DOCTORS CERTIFICATE !.
NO TROUBLE FOR JOHN
Hawaiian Decision Opens Door
to Thousands of Chinese
Especial Correspondence of The Call

Especial Correspondence Of The Call
HONOLULU. July Immigration
officials here state that the result of
the Thayer decision, recently made, is
to open the doors in Hawaii for the
entry here of from 1000 to 5000 Chi
nese.
The Thayer decision was to the eff
feet that a Chinese with permit to
return to Hawaii after visiting China
could re-enter, even if his time was
overrun. provided that he could pro-
duce a physicians certificate that sick
ness had prevented his earlier return.
There are thousands of Chinese at
home now with permits to return here,
although overrun in time. 1t is sup
posed that securing certificates of sick
ness for them or for substitutes would
be the least of the orientals' trouble.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
Plea of Guilty and Payment

Johnson was chased by A. v. For
tune of 1917 Devisadero street, San
Francisco, and when nabbed at San
Pablo avenue and Twenty eighth street
said in surly tones to Fortune:
why do you take the trouble to
chase me? You lost nothing.
Having pleaded guilty, Johnson, who
gave no bail, did not fear that these
matters would be pressed against him,
and, according to the police. set about
summoning aid to free him from
penalty.
The first act in the program was a
repayment of Perry's loss. The money
came from Johnson's family, which had
raised a little for his defense. The
police do not know the accused mans
kinsmen, having only a statement from
johnson that two sisters are married
and that a brother is driver in San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
PICKPOCKFT SHOULD
GO PEN|T[NTIARY
Statement Made by District At
torney in Discussing Case
of Gus Johnson
Probation Officer Admits nesi-
tation in Recommending the
Risk to Court
Continued from Page 1

f1rmed criminal he would have been
in trouble before that time. He may
have had guilty knowledge of the pick
ing of Perry's pockets. but 1 doubt II
he had more than that. He is an I'M
fortunate and poor risk on proba-
ton. but 1 hate to think what he would
have been on coming out of the peni-
tertiary. 1 had no great interest in
the case and was not in court yes
terday when disposition was made of it.
Il am not overanxious to saddle my
office with poor probation risks, but
on Johnson's promise to give up tending
bar and engage in manual labor, with
the maximum term on probation I felt
that he was entitled to what he got.
He is the first pickpocket to secure
probation, as do not favor that class
as risks. / do not know how he Sc
cured the intervention of Judge Mogan,
as Judge Mogan did not see me. Had
anything approximating pressure been
brought to bear on me, 1 would have
reported adversely to Johnson
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
FOSSIL REMAINS FOR
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM
Students and Professors Visit
Virgin Valley in Nevada
Especial Dispotch TO The Call

RENO, July 14.-There are a number
of professors and students from some
college in California now in Virgin
valley inspecting the great petrified
forest and fossil beds in that section.
The party has some very interesting
specimens of petrifed bones of pre-
historic animals, skulls resembling an
elephant and rhinoceros, besides the
bones of animals not found in the
country at the present period. These
fossil specimens are being shipped to
California, where they will be placed
in a museum
Thousand creek is an interesting
section of Humboldt county, for it is
there that DEMO and associates located
deposit of opals that has the prom
ise OF exceeding anything of the kind
ever found in the United States.
Virgin valley is situated in an iso-
lated section of this county, bordering
on the Oregon line. and is veritable
wonderland and paradise for curiosity
seekers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
PROMINENT RANCHER
THREATENS ATTORNEY
E. M. Piercy Arrested for Draw
ing a Pistol

SAN JOSE, July 14.-E. NJ. Piercy.
prominent rancher, who lives on the
Monterey road. walked into Attorney
W. A. Beasly's Office in South First
street this afternoon and drew a pistol.
Attorney Ray Fry, who was in the
room at the time, sprang forward and
disarmed Piercy. He was placed under
arrest and subsequently released on
s., 900 bail. The attempted assault was
the result of a business disagreement.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
WILL NOT MARRY MAN
WHO PROVED ANNOYANCE
Yountville Girl Says He Need
Not Wait for Her
ISher;nl D;shnEch 10 Tie Call

NAPA, July 14.-MabeI Ruth Col
burn of Yountville, a IA year old girl,
who secured a marriage license to wed
Gus Bromser has denounced her for
mer flance Bromser was charged with
perjury for misstating the girls age
at the time of securing the license, but
the case against him was dismissed
Friday.
Miss Colburn and her mother have
now Joined In a declaration that a re-
port that the girl would wait until she
is Is years old and then marry Brom-
ser is untrue.
Miss Colburn now asserts that she
does not care for Bromser, that he is an
annoyance to her and that she would
not marry him under any conditions
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15

VETERANS HOME ELECTIoN-Napa. July
1.-THE directors Of the Veterans home have
elected the following officials Vice president
Hugh NJ Burke; commandant, General Woodruff;
treasurer, c. de Colmesnel; surgeon, DIR. c. H.
Buison assistant surgeon. DR.. A. H. Reinstein;
chief engineer. Thomas W. Lawrence secre-
tary. ]. F. Sheehan; quartermaster, ]. J. Lyon;
assistant secretary, B. J. Scoville. General
S. ". Backus has been reelected president of
the hoard of directors.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
TEACHER FOUND DRUGGED
LIVED IN KINGS COUNTY
Antecedents of Man Who Took
Poison in Chicago Hotel

HANFoRD, July 14.-Clarence Rug
giles, said to be Denver school
teacher, who was found yesterday
morning unconscious and evidently
suffering from the effects of poison
in the Chicago hotel at Chicago, is be-
lieved to have been a former resident
or this county. He was principal of
the Lemoore school and taught other
Kings county schools for many years.
He was candidate for county clerk
at the last election, but was defeated.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
Johnson's Word Disproved

Reports in the possession of Cap
tain of Detectives Petersen give an
outline of the life of Gus Johnson. as
well as throw light on the robbery of
Perry, the Livermore farmer John
son, when given the police inquisition
after his capture, denied that he was
an accomplice In the pocket picking,
but contradictions in his assertions
were found aplenty. He endeavored
to cast the stigma on a mysterious
person whom he named as Harris, and
described as a loafsr in a saloon at
which Johnson admitted he had been
bar tender. The saloon is supposed
to have been that kept by w. T. Hef-
ferman at 1881 Fillmore street, San
Francisco.
The police, guided by Johnson's dec
larations, investigated on that point
and ascertained that there was no
such Harris as Johnson described.
Another statement which the police
consider disproved was Johnson's pro-
test that he and McCauly, who was
charged with completely in the Perry
robbery, were chance acquaintances
who had met casually on the San Pab-
10 avenue car, from which both leaped
and ran when Perry missed his purse
of $780,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
Flight Indicates Guilt

Johnson denied that he and McCauly
went to Emeryville together, but the
police are positive that they did. Their
fight was deemed evidence of guilt.
When Perry missed his purse he rose
from his seat on the car and started
after McCauly, who leaped to the street
and took to his heels. Johnson delib-
erately showed Perry back into his seat
to delay the robbed mans pursuit. Then
the trio started in a chase through the
streets, and McCauly, going in direc-
ton opposite to that followed by john
son, was run down by Humane Officer
Osborn in a grocery at San Pablo ave-
nue. and Thirty second street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15

Are you out of employment? Put a
little ad under Employment Wanted
in the classified ad section Of The Call
and you'll find a position. 10c is all
a costs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15

San Francisco business College
Term opens August in new quar-
tiers, Market and Eddy streets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
SENATE CLIQUE
RALLIES TO AID
LOCAL GRAFTERS
Robert T.. Devlin's appointment
Held Up to Quash Case
Against DR.. Perrin
Calhoun, Agents Join in Effort
to Win Over important
Witness

80 the defense and enlist his active
sympathy in Perrins behalf. Attorney
Louis P. Boardman. representing Smell
also declared that overtures OF the same
kind had been made
Smell asserted that the principal Of
fers OF the allied senate and progreft
organization had been made to him
through the agency OF E. c. Borden and
othe ragents OF Doctor Perrin. Bor-
den. he said. had approached him on
several occasions ard had promised him
that he would be protected If he would
turn against the prosecution and would
make sworn statements tending to in
jUre Francis J. Heney. William J.
Burns and United States Attorney Dew
lin. Borden represented to Smell that
he could settle all trouble existing be-
tween the latter and Doctor Perrin.
and is said by Smell to have claimed
that Perrin was no longer opposed to
him. but was after Heney. Devlin and
Burns