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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
FIREMEN HURLED
BY GAS EXPLOSION
Blaze in Chinatown Results in
Thrilling Incident With
No One Hurt

A gas explosion furnished a thrill
ing incident to a fire at $40 Grant
avenue early yesterday morning, and
at the same time resulted in one of
the most unique accidents in the an
mails of the local fire department. No
one was hurt beyond few scratches.
Terrified Chinese women were plead
ing to be rescued from the top story
of the structure when the explosion
occurred, and a panic followed.
A gas pipe leading to a meter in
a hallway open at both ends was
melted by the heat of the fire, though
no flames were near the pipe. Thomas
Collins OF fire engine No. discovered
the break and was attempting to stop
it up with rags when Lieutenant f.
James of fire patrol No. 3 came up
the stairs with an oil lantern. Opera
tive William Parry of the Pacific ave-
nue. fire station was a few steps ahead
of James. The flame of the lantern
caused the explosion. Both men were
hurled down the stairs out into an
alley Collins was thrown the other
way and landed in Grant avenue. All
three were stunned, but recovered
quickly. None suffered more than a
The fire started at e:35 yesterday
morning in the bazaar of the Wing
Hing Lung company, $40 Grant avenue,
1t spread through to the store of Shun
Wing Pung, 942 Grant avenue. and
also to the lodging house of Among
Lum Pee, next door, and the head
Quarters of the Along Long company.
Many men and women were rescued
from the burning structures by the
firemen. Two other houses were set
afre and the occupants escaped in
light attire.
The force of the gas explosion
knocked Lieutenant Jerry Collins of
engine No. 2 off a ladder, where he
was leading a hose to the flames. The
ladder fell, but Collins and those near
were uninjured.
The building at $40 Grant avenue
where the fire started, was totally de-
stroyed, and its owner. Dong Toy, es-
Inmates his loss at $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
WOMAN ESCAPES
JAIL BY APOLOGY
InsOlence to Judge Wins "a
Hour Sentence Which Is
Later Modified

Bessie Kirkwood, the divorced wife
Standard oil company's barge. was in
solent to Judge Graham yesterday, and
but for an abject apology would have
spent "a hours in Jail. Partly under
the influence Of liquor she appeared
in the courtroom about noon and pc
the. custody of which was awarded to
Kirkwood. Judge Graham told the
woman to come back in couple of
days when perfectly sober and he would
listen to her application.
You'll get yours before the day is
out," threatened Mrs. Kirkwood men
acingly as she turned to leave the
court.
Take this woman into custody and
have her confined in the county Jail
for "a hours" Judge Graham ordered
Bailiff Simpson.
Simpson obediently conducted the
woman out OF court, but in the cor
ridor she began to cry and prevailed
on the soft hearted bailiff to take her
back before Judge Graham. In a broken
voice and with streaming eyes she
apologized to the judge and the pun
ishment was remitted.
Kirkwood, at the time he was grant
ed a divorce, testified that he returned
to his home unexpectedly one New
Years eve carrying presents for his
baby and found his wife entertaining
a strange man.
This defendant has done all in his
power to prevent the plaintiff herein
from exposing her adventurous career,
of which there is documentary evidence
in existence antedating her deliberate
capture of this uniformed and unfore-
warned defendant" In these words
NJ M. Foote, an attorney, who has been
sued for divorce, begins an incoherent
answer to his wife's suit which he
filed with Judge Graham yesterday. He
calls his wife 1.-The unwise, golden
haired plaintiff,' and, inventing a new
verb, charges that Mrs. Foote "afinned'
with a vegetable peddler. Her attorney
Foote describes as this utterly de-
praved scoundrelly divorce lawyer"
who charged 500 for his incompetent,
ill advised services in promoting dis
cord between this plaintiff and defend
anti
Several pages of the xtraordinary
document are taken UP with criticism
Of his wife's methods of running a
boarding house. .Inexpert women al
ways shove butter on first and kill all
profit" he says. Women, women, God
never maze Lnen LOT boarding mouse
cooksi"
If his lucubration gets into the public
press Foote threatens to form an anti
adventuresses' association or an anti
divorce association.
Suits for divorce were filed yesterday
by Mary j. Boneti against Encidio Bo-
neti desertion; Charles J. Walters
against Carrie Walters, desertion; Mar
garetha Wacnitz against Otto Wacnitz,
desertion; Abraham E. Nelson against
Irene l. Nelson, cruelty; Ella May War
rens against Ben Franklin Warrens,
cruelty; Helen NJ Zwicker against
Frederick p. Zwicker, cruelty; Thor
wald Thorsen against Margaret Thor
sen, cruelty
The following divorces were granted
yesterday: BY Judge Troutt-Joseph
Keller from Mary Keller, desertion BY
Judge Graham-Helena o. Neumann
from Reinhold Neumann, cruelty BY
Judge Cabaniss-Alice. Kelley from
Edward Kelley. habitual intemperance
| BY Judge Seawell-May A. Cavanagh
from George w. Cavanagh, desertion.
L IL
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
ANNUAL CITRUS FAIR
OPENS IN CLOVERDALE
Exposition Designates Sunday
as San francisco DaY

Cloverdale is holding its annual
citrus fair. which opened yesterday
and viii close February %. This is
the seventeenth anniversary. The OBJ
ject of this annual fair is to call the
attention of the world to the fact that
oranges are grown in the northern
part of Sonoma county and that the
south is not the only part of Cali
fornia with the soil and climate neces-
sary for raising this fruit. Southern
California grows oranges in profusion,
but to do so il is necessary to irrigate.
AT Cloverdale the oranges are grown
without irrigation. the winters rain
fall being ample to provide the neces-
sary moisture.
Another contrast is that down south
the groves extend over tracts of level
land, whereas at Cloverdale oranges
are grown not only in the valleys, but
also on the sloping foothills.
The fair managers. for the first time,
agreed to keep the fair open Sunday in
order that San Francisco people may
have an opportunity to view the ex-
hibits, which are many and taStefully
arranged. Sunday is San Francisco day
and the Northwestern Pacific will run
an excursion at low rate that day
and in addition will sell tickets at re-
duced rates Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day to Cloverdale and return.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
WESLEY GORDON is
STILL HELD IN JAIL
Salesman Charged With Embez-
Element Fails to Gain Release

by the Sherman Clay company of Coos
county, Oregon, who was arrested here
on an information charging him with
the embezzlenient of $50, and who has
been ordered extradited to Oregon by
Governor Gillett failed to secure his
release yesterday on writ of habeas
corpus, Judge Cabaniss ordering him
remanded to custody. The point was
ney. that as the complaint is on infor-
nation and belief it is not sufficient
warrant for holding the accused man
Judge Cabaniss said the point was a
close one and he granted a two DAYS
stay to allow of Cook petitioning the
district court of appeal for writ Of
habeas corpus
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
GEORGE ID. COLLINS WIFE
KEEPS SON FROM SCHOOL
Objection to Compulsory Vac
cination Given as Reason

Mrs. Charlotte Collins. Franklin and
Union streets. wife of Attorney George
d. Collins, who was convicted of per-
jury by denying his marriage to her and
who is now in the county jail waiting
the result of an appeal tor the supreme
court was served by Policeman Hiett
with a subpoena yesterday to appear be-
fore Judge Murasky in the juvenile
court today TO show cause why she
does not allow her son, IL years of age,
TO attend school When she was served
with the subpoena she told Hiett that
school was that she objected to COM
pulsory vaccination. Her other two
children are beyond the school age
limit
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
ANNUAL REQUIEM MASS
FOR JONATHAN COUNCIL
Service to Be Held in SodaIity
Chapel, St. IgnatiuS Church

The annual solemn high mass of
requiem for the dead members of Igna-
tian council No. 35, Young Mems In
stitute. will be celebrated in the So
dality chapel Of st. Ignatius church,
corner OF Hayes and Shrader streets.
Monday morning, February 22 at 8
O'Clock. The officiating clergymen will
be Rev. NJ. J. JOY. S. J.. chaplain of
Igna tan council. and Rev. r. Collins
and Rev. c. Z. kennedy. The sermon
viii be preached by Father Harvey of
ST. Patricks seminary. Menlo Park. A
special choir and music have been ar
ranged for the occasion.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
CAMERA CLUB TO VIEW
SLIDES FROM ITALY
Rev. George A. Hough to Show
Recently Acquired Collection

The California camera club will hold
its two hundred and nineteenth illus
trated monthly lecture tonight in
Christian Science hall. Rev. George A.
Hough, who has Travelled extensively
through southern Italy and who has
collected many interesting slides de-
picting scenes in that country. will
lecture. The club will move into new
quarters in March. 1t is also planned
to hold the first outing at an early
date.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
WATCHMAN CHASFS
ROBBEROv[RROOF
Hello, Bo," Says Burglar, and
Laughs When Revolver Fails
to Answer Trigger
Guardian of Hotel Manages to
Discharge Pistol but In
truder Escapes

AS usual thing Matthew Coughlan
and criminals do not mix any better
than oil mixes with water, but early
yesterday morning Matthew mixed
with a burglar for Is minutes and did
it so enthusiastically that three po-
licemen. an engineer and four belated
pedestrians were attracted to the scene
of the commotion.
Matthew guards the Hotel Norman
die. at Sutter and Cough streets. While
patrolling the building early yesterday
morning he discerned a ladder leaning
up against the rear thereof and his
watchful instincts were aroused.
''HELLO," SAYS BURGLAR
Matthew summoned Augustus Bran
derachedel, night engineer of the hotel,
and thus reinforced advanced to the
foot of the ladder and shook it Shortly
head appeared and remarked affably,
Hello, Boz
Hello yourselfw roared Coughlan,
and he pulled his A from back pocket.
took careful aim and pulled the
trigger.
Neither sound nor bullet issued from
the revolver, as it refused to explode.
But the burglar saw the action and
sprang half way down he ladder.
Matthew and Branderachedel thought
the miscreant intended to come all the
way down, and opened their arms and
braced themselves to receive him, but
suddenly the man swung to one side
and vaulted to the roof of shed be-
hind the Clara Barton hospital, which
stands back to back with the hotel.
With a hoarse laugh the burgler dis
appeared over the shed.
WATCHMAN FALLS DOWN
Matthew in turn clambered up the
ladder, vaulted to the shed, and. as
he saw the burglar dropping over the
roof to the ground, pulled the trigger
again.
| This time the revolver went off, but
the bullet failed to wing the burglar
The shock of the discharge threw
| Coughlan off his footing on the steer
and slippery roof, and he came down
upon the shingles with force that
slIidded him to the ground, almost or
fthe burglars back.
| The criminal. was startled by the ex-
plosion, and sprinted through the hos
pital grounds and out on Post street
with Coughlan in full cry behind him
Every now and again the watchmar
stopped and pulled the trigger of his
revolver at the burglar.
WOMAN SLEEPS DURING VISIT
Once the pistol was discharged again
but again it did no damage. Dowr
Franklin street burglar and watchmar
raced, and then the house breaker dis
appeared in Fern alley.
| The man had entered the room o1
Miss Margaret Fennelly. house keeper
of the Normandie. but had taken moth
| ing when discovered Miss Fennelly
was not awakened by the rumpus, ano
slept until aroused by the police.
PICKPOCKETS ARRESTED
Four well known pickpockets were
arrested by Detectives Taylor and
Macphee while working the street
| cars William O'Brien and Edward
Wishard were arrested on an Eddy
street car yesterday morning. and Arris
Henry and William Jeffreys on Sut-
! ter street car late Wednesday night
while the crowds were returning to
their homes from the Kirmess. Theii
names were registered on the detinue
book at the city prison. Henry was
| out on bonds while waiting his trial ir
| the superior court.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
pICKPoCKETs ARRESTED

LOSES VALUABLE PAPERs-Madame Ire.
baol Of Los Angeles called at police headquarters
yesterday and asked for assistance in tracing a
handbag containing valuable papers and photo
graphs which her husband Jean Trebao either
pawned or lost in this city February IL. He
has since been committed to an insane asylum.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19

DR. McNulty resides at the Won Dorm.
His office will be at Kearnys street. He
is busily engaged rewriting his
novel, "Theodosia,'' the manuscript of
will run for the Office of mayor at the
His office will lbe at Kearny street He
coming election
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
Special High Class Party East

Leave San Francisco February "a for
Washington, D. c.; Baltimore, Philadel-
phia. New York, Boston. See New Or
leans and Inauguration Washington.
Lowest rates. Through cars. Write or
call at once s74 Market street, Flood
building. p. K Gordon, Agent Wash
ington- Sunset Route
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19

TWO COAL MINERS KILLED-Tacoma, Feb
1S.-John Marvin and James Ross. miners. were
Carbonate coal company in this county last
night The bodies were recovered
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
srFAIs FRnM RT

STEALS FROM REsTAURANT-John Pc
shake who says he is a real estate dealer, was
booked at the city prison yesterday for petty
larceny. Annie Copeland. waitress, who was
arrested with Peshake. was released from Gus
tody. Peshake has been living with her and il
is alleged used to call at the restaurant and
carry away silver ware.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19

of the mayor. When it was admitted
the spokesman addressed him some
thing like this:
Your honor. on top Of yon city hall
dome flies a large sign on which is
printed the names of vulgar pugilists.
together with the announcement of
their meeting place tomorrow night
1t is a shame and disgrace that such
an outrage be permitted. AS law abid-
ing citizens we strenuously protest
and appeal to you for aid"
The mayor was stunned He had
neard or many and varied stunts dur
ing his seat in the official chair. but
none of them compared with this latest
breach of municipal etiquette. He ran
MS fingers through his hair three or
Tour times, and after thanking the com
mittee for its trouble and its civic
pride. he called officer Skelly to him.
Officer" thundered the mayor. "ta ke
corps of janitors with you and have
that offending sign removed from the
dome of the city hall. Who ever heard
of such disgraceful act? To think
that one of our public buildings should
be the resting place Of an ADVERTISE
ment for low prize fight. See to it,
sir, that the officious sign is removed
Immediately. even if you are compelled
to call out the Chinatown squad
JANITORs GET BUSY
And SO officer Skelly and his band
got busy, while hundreds upon hun
dreds looked on, some awe stricken,
some amused. The more sportive
members of the assemblage were will
ing TO lay odds that the janitors never
could show enough speed or endurance
to scale the, dome of the hall and tear
away the placard, but these lost out
eventually, for the janitors performed
their strenuous task after half an
hour of toll.
Thus 1t was that the names of john
ny Murphy, Al Neil, Kyle Whitney
and the others We're forcibly erased
from the municipal hall of fame,
though they are probably the only
prize fighters that have ever been
known to be heralded from the dome
of any city hall in the world for even
half a day.
Twas enough to make the goddess
OF liberty go to work for the first time
in her life and kick the sign to pieces, .
unused Skelly when the job of hauling
down the sign had been completed.
Thus far nobody seems to know who
put he placard on the dome, though
every effort was made to find out last
night
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
Lowest Rates East

II you want best route east or TO
Europe. see me or write. giving full
particulars. Special excursions
p. K Gordon S74 Market St :
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
HELn FoR FnRGERY-

HELD FOR FoRGERY-Harry James col
lector for ]. c. Westenberg OF the Whosoever
VIII mission, was held for trial before the su-
perior court yesterday on a charge of forging
Endorsement a check.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19

DrC.W Decker, PheIan bid; rms. 30s-9
10. 760 Market ST.: phone Kearny 1880. .
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-08-19
Notice of Sale of Bonds of the
Independent School District
of Emmettsviiie.

Notice is hereby given that the
board of trustees of the Independ
ent School District of Emmetts-
vile, of CANYON county, Idaho,
will, OH the Goth day OF Septem-
Der, 1909. at their Office in the
Wardwell school building Emmett,
Idaho, at eight O'Clock p. m. of
said day, sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash, gold coin of
the United States of America, the
following described negotiable
coupon bonds of said school dis
trict, towit:
Fifty( 50) bonds Of the denonina-
ton of FIVE hundred (S500) dollars
each, to be known and designated
as School Improvement bonds. pay
able in twenty years (2O) from
September 1st, 1909, or at any time
after ten years from SAID dare.
at the option of said school
district, in gold coin of the United
States of America, of the present
standard of weight and hneness,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-08-19

for the county of Canyon. and to
answer the complaint filed therein
within twenty days Exclusive of
the day of servedJ after service on
you OF this summons if
served IN this judicial dis
trict, otherwise within forty
days.
The said action is brought to
determine claims of the said de-
PENDANTS, adversely to the plain
tiff's, in and to that certain piece
or parcel of land in CANYON county,
Idaho. described as follows: Lots
two (2) and three (3) n Section
eighteen (l8) in township SIX 60
North Of Range two (2) west of the
Boise meridian: to compel the said
defendants TO produce their title,
if any they have. to said premises,
and that the same, and the pretend
ed claim, right, title, interest and
estate of said defendants, and each
of them, in and to said premises,
and every part thereof, may be adj
judged and decreed TO be invalid
and void. That the said defend
ants. and each of them, may be
barred of and from all right, title.
interest, and estate in and to tie
said premises, and every part there
of. That the said plaintiff 5 title
may be adjudged and decreed to be
a good and valid one as against the
said defendants, and each OF them,
and all persons claiming under the
said defendant and each of them,
and for such other and further re-
lief as shall he lust and equitable,
as the case may require. as will
more fully appear by the said COM
plant on file herein, to which ref
e1ence is here made.
And you are herey notified. that
if you fail to appear and answer the
said complaint. as above required.
the said plaintiffs will apply 10
the court for the relief demanded
in the said complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal OF the district court of the
seventh judicial district of the state
Of Idaho, in and for the county
# Canyon this 7th day of July
909. Finley Monroe, attorney
|or plaintiffs, residence, Emmett,
idaho.
o. V. Bailey, Clerk.
By c. w. Within, Deputy.
(SeaD
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-08-19

Date OF the sale, and IS acconpa"1-
ed BY certified check for five per
centum of the amount bid therefor
as evidence OF good faith. Said
check 10 be made payable to the
Independen, school district of En-
mettsville, without condition. and
such check to the successful bidder
to be forfeited as liquidatel dam
ages to said school district immedi-
atelv upon failure to pay the re-
naming portion of the sum bid for
said bonds upon tender thereof.
The trustees reserve the right to
reject any and all bids and 10 sell
said bonds at private sale if they
deem it best for the interests OF the
said district.
Bids NAV be directed to the clerk
of said district. at Emmett, Idaho,
and marked: ''Sealed bids for the
purchase of school bonds >
Dated Emmett, Idaho, Aug. 18th
1909.
Finley Monroe, President Board
of Trustees.
Attest:
V. T. Craig, Clerk.
(Seal)
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-08-19
Notice for Publication
Final PROOF

\
I, Perry NJ. Spratt, assignee of
Frank w. Hunt, of Emmett. Ida
no, who made entry No. 80. under
the provisions of an act of the leg
lslature of the State of Idaho, com
monty known as the Carey Act, -
approved March 2. 1899, which en-
braces lots and 4 and e 4 of swz
of section 81. of township IN, of
range ! west Boise Meridian. do
hereby give notice of my intention
to make final proof to establish my
claim to the land above described,
and that l expect to prove that |
have resided on, reclaimed and Gull
tivated said land as required bv law,
before representative of state land
board of Idaho at Emmett, Idaho,
on 4th of September, 1909, by two
of the following witnesses.
William E. Bell. John Burger,
John T. Booher, Frank E. Graham,
all of Emmett. Idaho
Perry NJ. Spratt. Entryman.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-08-19

hydrants, stop-cocks, tools or other
things pertaining to the water
works system of said City of EN-
nett
Section Z. Any PRISON or persons
violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeabor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars.
Section 8. This ordinance shall
be in force and take effect from
and after its passage, approval and
publication.
Passed this 16 day of August,
1909.
Approved this Is dav of August.
1909.
f. NJ. Reilly, Mayor.
Attest:
D. NJ. Stokesbery. Clerk.
(SeaD.
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ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the district court of the
seventh judicial district of the state
of Idaho, i'll and for the county of
Canyon.
Andrew Jensen and ]. W. Grant,
Plaintiffs VS.. Edmund Holmes,
Golda Holmes and Symboline
Holmes. heirs of Katie Holmes,
deceased, and the unknown heirs
of Katie Holmes, deceased. defend
ants.
The people of the state of Idaho
send greeting to the above named
defendants.
You are hereby summoned and
required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above
named plaintiffs in the district
court of the seventh judicial dis
trict of the state of Idaho, in and