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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR
LEPROSY EXPERIMENTS
Mice, Oraug Outangs, Etc.
Please Apply to DIR. Blue

All white rats. white mice. guinea
pigs hares, South American and OLD
world monkeys and Orsng outangs' who
would ike. to sacrifice their fair young
lives in behalf IF humanity are re-
auested 70. report 70 DR. Rupert Blue,
marine hospital service. 4O1 Fillmore
street From there they will be sent
10 Kslawao, the leper settlement OF
AI0lokai. H l., TO assist DR. Donald II.
Currie IN his Ieprosy Investigations.
The paradise OF the Pacific" is not
All paradise, Doctor Currieis brute vol
unteers will learn. Their lives will
pass IN an experiment station that
smells like an operating room. Each
martyr viii 1--we n his own little pen.
where his symptoms may be recorded
in q chart.
The orang outsng. above his fellows.
may feel solemn Satisfaction in the
fact that he is the nearest in structure
and feelings to the sightless, dead
feehed creatures that grope under the
cliffs OF Molokai. Perhaps, after hum
arede OF brother oTang outangs have
zone the way of countless white mice,
rats. guinea pigs. hares and frail mon
KEYS. HIS own living decay may be
stopped by some new drug or new ap-
plication Of an old drug
The dull formslities of this martyr
dom will be gone through with at 10
> M January 2e, when Doctor Currie
viii open bids at Kalawao- Contractors
may meanwhile consult Doctor Blue as
20 the specifications.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
STO(kHOlDfRSAR[
IN FAVOR OF SALE
Unanimously Indorse Tender of
Spring Valley Plant to the
Municipality

The stock holders of the Spring Val
ley water company ratified yesterday
the offer of the corporation to sell its
plant to the city for $35, 5,000,000. The
original tender was made by a commit
tee chosen from the directors of the
company In order that no question
might arise as to the legality of the
offer it was deemed advisable to SUBJ
NIT the matter to the stock holders for
approval.
The city attorneys office and the at
torneys for Spring Valley were agreed
as to the advisability of the action. 1T
was pointed out that in the event of
the purchase by the city some dissatis
fed stock holder might seek to enjoin
further proceedings.
A resolution covering the situation
to the satisfaction of the citys legal de-
partment was drawn up and presented
at yesterdays meeting. 1t recites at
length the action previously taken and
quotes the letter sent TO the city offer
ing to sell for $35,000,000. 1t concludes
by approving this tender
S P Eastman, assistant to the presi-
dent, occupied the chair in the absence
of President William B. Bourn. Of the
100000 shares in the corporation 233,0O0
were represented, either by owner or
BY proxy Some of the more ambitious
stock holders raised the point that. the
price might have been made higher.
However when the question was put
the vote in favor of the $35,000,000 fig
ure was unanimous.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
ORPHEUM CROWDS
WELL ENTERTAINED
Holiday Week Program Offers
Novelties in European and
American Acts

OAKLAND, Dec. 2s.-All is gayety at
the Oakland orpheum this week. The
holiday crowds are packing the big
theater afternoon and evening. enjoy
ing to the full. the light sparkling
Vaudeville fare, which the orpheum
management is setting forth for the
delectation of the Yuletide throngs.
It is a very nice blend of European
and American novelties that the pro-
gram contains.
A minstrel act with an unusual snap
to ii is contributed by Fay, Two Coleys
and Fay. Harry Fox and the Miller
ship sisters make a trio of sprightly
entertainers. Carl Nobel, the Scandi-
navian ventriloquist. is one of the big
hits. Eva Taylor with her company of
players is staging new sketch
DreamOna." a fantastic comedy trav-
esty. which goes very big The Klein
family of aerobats from abroad are
also prominent on the program Flor
ence Bindley, known al the girl with
the diamond dress,] has very pleas
ing melanEe of songs, dances and mus
ical bits. The four Floods, gFotesque
comedy acrobats, create a gale of gay
ETY. with their antics. Stella Morris
inFs wonderful leaping Siberian wolf
hounds and her other performing ami
mails constitute a novelty.
The mana agement is making prepara-
tiOns for the annual coming of the
great Orpheum road show. which be-
gins its engagement at the Oakland
Orpheum Sunday afternoon, headed by
La Titcomb, the famous singer on
horseback" and Ida O'Day in "A Bit
of Old Chelsea"
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
MAKING READY FOR
NEW YEARS EVE
Merry Makers VIII Be Provided
With Program OF Amusing
Performances

OAKLAND, Dec .2s:--No. one win ':be
allowed TO leave Oakland on New
Years eve. secqrding to the order
given out today blythe New Years eve
entertainment committee Of the cham
Der Of commerce., Wne declared that
members of the iconittee. would. be at
All the principal stations to arrest ard
bring before kangaroo; court ali mis-
creapts who try to absent themselves
from the celebratipu.
The kangaroo epurt and the arrest
Of deserters win he only one. small
phase of an evening Of pleasure that
has been planned. An Imitation bull
hgtt at Fourteenth. street and Broad
way VIII be one feature. Matadors,
ztoreadors, pieadors and bulls have al
ready been provided and costumes of
the most gorgeous prepared for the
men who VIII fight the bulls.
A dance in Eleventh street between
Broadwax and Washington win be an
other feature. A skating contest at
BROADWAY and Fourteenth Will he an
other. Sensa uonal# aerial leaps and
NaudeyilEe acts by good, performers.
who have already been secured; will
-etAN 10 Nise -sAAtt IL stLlG AI3WuS-
Much money has: been: spent by the
entertainmert committee for the free
distribution of masks to all those who
. want them on New Years eve Red
IRE and other fireworks. viii be in
abundance The merry makers are eX-
pected 70 provide themselves with con
fetti. however, and signs are already in
evidence that dealers are preparing to
meet an enormous demand.
Arrangements age being made by the
transportation companies to handle the
s great crowds that are expected TO come
. 10 Oakland Tor the. occasion. Many
persons in particular. are expected
from the districts reeentEE annexed TO
Oakland, q great fiumber of whom
Eave been accustomed to cross the
bay heretofore for their merry max
ing
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
OWNERS BLOCK WAY
OF NORTHBRAf LINE
S. P. Prefers to Change Route
and Avoid Condemnation
Proceedings

RKELEY, Dec. 2S.-The Heason for
the proposed change in the route of the
Southern Pacific company in Northbrae
and territory south of here, for which
application was made a week ago, was
discovered today in the inability of the
corporation to acquire certain rights of
way which it contemplated purchasing
a year ago.
Attorney j. T. Burke was present at
the meeting of the city council this
morning and explained that engineering
difficulties stood in the way of the COM
pany's progress over the route proposed
under the franchise. He asked for a
new franchise with the privilege of
abandoning the one granted November.
1905.
1t appears that property owners in
California street between Cedar and
Ada refused to sell their land to the
company for railroad thoroughfare.
Other property owners in Northbrae
also refused TO sell, except at an exor-
.bitant figure, and rather than commence
condemnation proceedings the railroad
asked for a new franchise
According to the franchise now in
force the Shattuck avenue line branches
in Henry street at Bergman, thence to
Eunice street, across Sutter, Hopkins
and Eldorado streets and the Alameda
by private rights of way to the city
line of Albany. The California street
loop branches at the Alameda and
travels along Monterey avenue to Ada
street. across a private right of way to
California street at Cedar.
The proposed route cuts out the line
across the private right of way in
Northbrae and seeks travel on streets.
The route follows a private right of
way connecting with the Shattuck ave-
nue. line, thence to Sutter street at
Yolo, TO Los Angeles avenue, thence
over private right of way to Solano
avenue TO Colusa. There the California
loop branches into Monterey avenue to
California street at Ada.
The new line will extend further
north into Northbrae and make bigger
loop there and will act as a barrier on
the eneroachment of another road
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
CHINESE ASK WRIT
Of HABfAS CORPUS
Accused Highwaymen Declare
Arrest Is Due to Plot of
Yee Family

OAKLAND, Dec. 2S.-Habeas corpus
proceedings to secure the release of
Ow Sing Duck, Kong Ben and Wong
Dep, three Chinese who were accused of
highway robbery, were instituted in
their behalf today. The trio are men,
bers of the On Yick tong, while their
accuser Yee 10y, is a member Of the
Yee family, with which the tong has
been carrying on feud for several
months. The accused Chinese declare
that their arrest is part of a conspiracy
against them on the part of the Yees.
The application for the writ of
habeas corpus is based on the conten-
tion that the complaint against the
three Chinese is defective. Yee 10y,
the complaining witness, who says the
defendants held him up and robbed
him of 500 in Melrose, made his mark
when he swore to the complaint, and
1t is alleged his mark was attested to
by only one witness, whereas the code
provides that there shall be two in
such cases
Judge Brown. before whom the. ap-
plication for the writ was brought,
made it returnable tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
REMARKABLE OXFORD
BIBLES ARE MISPRINTS
Old Copies Saved for Their
Curious Aspect

Writes Falconer MADAM in a brief
account of the Oxford University press
Among the remarkable bibles and
prayer books of the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries are the famous
Greek New Testament of Dr. J. Mil
(17e7), which was absolutely the first
to provide an apparatus criticus: the
Vinegar" bible of 1717, so called from
an error in the running title at St
Luke Xxx, which should have been
Parable of the Vineyard as is found
(corrected) in some copies; the first
oxford Hebrew bible, edited by Ma
thaniel Forster (1750).
There are also the Folio bible edited
by DR. ]. Blayney In 1863, which was
for many years the standard for the
text of all oxford bibles, though it was
itself by no means immaculate: the
small plea octave reference bible of
1924, which has ever since been the
standard.
Several editions have nicknames from
unfortunate misprintS, such as the
Vinegar bible, the .Murderers' bible
of 1901 esMurderers'' for .imurmurers'
in Jude 15), the Ears to ear bible.
1907 tMatthew xiii.43). and the WIFE
hater, bible of 1910 (.-wifen for life
in Luke xiv:26).--London Globe
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
STAKED HER LIFE
ON LOTTERY---LO
Body of an Unknown Woman
Victim of ChIorofOrm, Found
Lying Across Grave

Stalking her last hope against the
odds of life in two lottery tickets that
failed to draw prize an unknown
woman. past so years old, still hold
ing the worthless slips of blue paper,
killed herself with chloroform in Cal
vary cemetery at some time during the
last three weeks. Her body was found
stretched across an unmarked grave
yesterday by George p. Gorella. a
hunter, who had tracked a wounded
coyote into the cemetery from the Sutro
forest.
In her desire to die the woman had
first placed large piece Of cotton
across her mouth, on which poured the
deadly. fluid. Owing to the time she
had been dead the woman could not be
identified by her features
In her worn purse, showing refine
ment, was a pair of gold rim eyeglasses.
attached to a slender gold chain. Her
outer garments were plain but good,
consisting of a black dress and a short
black jacket. Her under clothes were
good, being embroidered by hand. The
lace shoes showed signs of long wear
There was no mark on the grave
where she was found. She had gone to
a deserted part of the old burying
grounds. The cemetery authorities
were notified and the body removed TO
the morgue-
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
Personal Brevities

A. E. Cheney, an attorney of Reno.
is registered at the Palace.
w. e. Blair, mining man of Reno,
is at the Manx with Mrs. Blair.
NJ l.. Effinger, a mining man of Ell
dorado, is guest at the st. Francis.
t. H. Lynn, a merchant of Sacra-
mento, is registered at the Argonaut
Leon Bly,, mining engineer of Red
Bluff, Is at the Stewart for few days
Rear Admiral Brownson and, Miss
Brownson are guests at the Fairmont.
Samuel E1more, a salmon packer of
Astoria, is staying at the st. Francis.
Samuel Storrow.' an attorney of
Pasadena, is registered at the St. Fran
els.
g. W. Esterlin. a business man of
Guerneville, is staying at the Argo-
naut
C. H. Hamilton steamship owner.
is registered at the Stewart from Sc
attic.
j. j. Brown, mining man of Dem
yer. is among the recent arrivals at the
walter Techow, mining man of
Tonopah, is at the Fairmont with Mrs
Techow.
DR.. f. w. Sawyer. manager of the
Paso Robes hot springs, is staying at
the Palace.
Arthur III. Lewis, assistant. manager
of the Hotel Coronado, is. staying at
the st. Francis.
Harry White, formerly mayor of
Seattle, is among the recent arrivals at
the ST. Francis
Captain G. w .Weoley of the United
States steamship Mars is at the Manx
with Mrs. Wooley.
C. A Judkins. proprietor of the
Mount Kineo house in Maine, is at
the Palace with Mrs. Judkins.
Clarence. Grange. vice president and
manager of the Metropolis trust and
savings bank, left yesterday for Los
Angeles. where he will remain for sew
eral days.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
Suburban Brevities

RAIDED BY BURGLAR-Oakland. Dec 2S-A
H. Guidiee of $50 Sixteenth street complained
to the police this morning that burglar got
into the house last night and carried away a
rife a shotgun and jewels. all worth $S5.
TO OPEN HoSPITAI-Paio Alto. Dec. 2s-
The board Of directors Of the Peninsula hos
pifal has definitely decided 10 open the in
stltntion TO the public on next Monday, Jan
uary =
MERCHANTS TO GIVE DINNER Oakland
Dee 2s-Tbe Merchants exchange win give
a dinner at the Hotel Metropoe next Monday
evening in honor Of Homer Boushes secretary
elect Of the chamber Of commerce: Edwin
Sharp. former secretary or the old board Of
: trade,
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
WILL OF HENRY MOHR
FILED FOR PROBATE
Bequeathes Estate to Wife and
Daughter
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

lOPcCtdt 0tSPoteH ~ hc (1fJ
STOCKTON. Dec 3s.-The viii of the
late Henry Mohr of Bethany was filed
today, along with a petition for pro-
bate of the same. The estate of the
deceased is appraised at $4,000.
The will was written by the deceased
August 1, 1885, and in it he bequeaths
the community property, share and
shar ealike, to the children. He di-
rected that his wife. Dorothea Mohr.
have and receive the income derived
therefrom and during her natural life,
for the support of herself and the edu-
cation of the children"
There remain only the wife and one
child. Mary Mohr, aged 81 years.
There were two sons who about three
years ago. participated in one Of the
worst tragedies in the history OF the
west side. One shot the other and
then ended his own life by shooting
himself
Mohr died December rs.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
WOMAN SALOON KEEPERS
LICENSE is REVOKED
Charge That Policeman Solicit
ed Bribe Is Refuted

The police commissioners met yes
terday afternoon and heard COM
plant made by Policeman Thomas
slattery against Mrs. Marie Rossi, sa-
loon keeper, 255 Arkansas street, that
she allowed music TO be rendered in
her place after one o'clock in the
morning about week ago.
The woman testified that Slattery
offered not to make the complaint if
she would give him s5, which Slattery
denied.
Captain Colby testified to the
woman's good character and several
policemen were also present to give
similar testimony.
The board took no stock in the
woman's charge and revoked her Ii
cense for a week
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
HOTELMEN TO ORGANIZE
AGAINST DEAD BEATS
National Protective Association
Is to BE Established

Kirk Harris. manager OF the Grand
and Hamltn hotels, will go east IN
January TO Chicago TO represent the
Western hoteImen's protective associa-
ton al 3 conference to be held with
~. asfsso,,,-i ana Kansas hotel associa-
tfo,S for the purpose Of establishing
national association Of hotel inter
esfs.
Harris was selected Monday at
meeting OF the executive and protec-
i've committees Of the Western as
xacjstion held at the St Francis no.
tel
L. was further determined 10 buile-
tin every bad check passer ana deAo
beat throughout the west
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
DYNAMITE SHIPMENT
FOR USE ON ISTHMUS
Vessel Carries 100000 Pounds
of Explosive

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-when the
steamer Phyllis recently arrived at the
Panama canal zone her cargo is said
TO have received even more respectful
attention than that of the steamer that
shortly before arrived in Colon loaded
to the rail with American congressman
The Phyllis had aboard 1,0S2, 900 pounds
of dynamite.
A portion was placed on lighter for
shipment to Porto Beilo.
The remainder was loaded on train
OF II cars to be taken to various points
along the line.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
MAN SLAIN BY OFFICER
NOT ESCAPED LUNATIC

STOCKTON, Dec 2S.-Supervisor
Austin of the Stockton state hospital
telephoned Superintendent Fred P.
Clark this evening that the man killed
by Policeman Bigelow in San Fran
cisco, was not NJ. ]. Mccormick. who
escaped from the state hospital for
the insane where he was committed
after dynamiting a 9caboose on the
Santa Fe road.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
MAMMOTH CARNIVAL. 80
PLANNED AT STOCKTON
king Noise" Has Issued New
Years Proclamation
eeeiaI DispoIeh b ~ CalIl !

STOCKTON, Dec. 2s.-King Noise.
ruler of StOcktOn's New Years carni-
val,s has issued his prOclama tiOn. and
the various committees in charge OF
the preparations for the festivities are
hard at work
Linemen are engaged in strtnging
incandescent globes in Main street
from Center TO the Southern Pacihc
depot in Sacramento. and on Weber
avenue and cross streets from Ell Do
RADIO to American.
The>AnterOs club members, who viii
have charge OF the parade features
announce among the floats thes follow
ing: The $50 foot dragon. steam cal
liope, bell wagon, noise wagon, group
of hoyribles, and minstrel troupe.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
MAJOR B. b. RAY TAKES
WIFE TO eSANAT0RIUM
Expects Spouse to Recover Her
Health in Sacramento

Major Beeclier B. Ray, paymaster's
department. L. s. A.. left yesterday for
Sacramento with mis- wife, who is Sc
riousIy III Mrs. Ray, who is suffering
from an Illness contracted in the Phil
Eppines, viii be placed in a private san
atorium near Sacramento. Major Ray
Will return 10 his duties at Honolulu
early next month
Major James n Kennedy. in charge
Of the general hospital a the Presidio,
who took L insane patients to Wash
fngt0n, -. c. early this month, IS eX
pected back at the Preside the first
part Of January
General J: T. Weston is still at the
general hospital suffering from rheu-
matism. His condition is not changed
since he entered the hospital six
months since.
Army Orders
The following officers Of the medical
corps and medical reserve corps are
relieved from. their respective stations
and viii sail from san Francisco about
March 5 fer Manila for duty in the
Philippines
Cabtain Charles l. Foster, general
hospital PresiGio. san Francisco. Cap
tain samuel J. Morris. Fort Washing
ton. Nd. :. First Lieutenant Henry C.
Coburn Jr.y Fort slocum, Ky; First
Lieutenant Corxdon 9. Snow, Fort
Iseavenz6rth Kan; First Lieutenant
Norman L. McDiarmid, Jefferson Bar
racks. No. First Lieutenant Warren
r. Kershner, Fort Hancock. y. J.; First
Lieutenant John c. Griffin. Fort How
. ard Nd; First Lieutenant Robert II.
ITeterfck. Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, and
First Lieutenant Roderick W Brown,
Fort Monroe, Va
Captain Walter C Babcock. Thir=
teenth cavalry, IS relieved from tfeat-
ment at the general hospital, Presidio,
san Francisco, and ordered to Fort
Bayard, n NJ, for treatment.
The board Of officers, TO consist Of
Majors William +. Hurviance. Weston
p. Chamberlain and Albert T. TRULY,
medical corps. is appointed TO. meet at
Manila for examination of officers Of
medical corps for promotion
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
OAKLAND

OAKLAND CUSTOMS RECEIPTs-oakla
Dec 2s.-The annual report prepared by Den
ufy Collector OF Customs Frank W. Gushing
for the year Of 1900 shows that $26. 1886 is
was collected at the port of Oakland In the
past twelremonth- The largest monthly col
lection was in March, when S7,s75.0I was
taken. in, and the smallest Ia june. with
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
BABY BROWNS IN
CHANNEL AT STOCKTON

STOCKTON. Dec 2S.-eseorge NJ
Thompson. a s year old boy, fell into "a
deep water hole in Miner channel near
his home. this evening. and was
drowned before neighbors could rescue
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
CITY MAY REJECT
ALL PROPOSALS
Irregularity Bars Lowest Bid
der From Construction of
New Pumping Station

The city attorney advised the. board
of works yesterday. that. it could not
enter into contract with Hansbrough
Brothers & Co. for the construc-
tion of the. Townsend and Second
streets pumping station of the ire pro-
lection system.
S. L. Hansbrough made the lowest
proposal for the work and was
awarded the job in a preliminary reso-
luton, but Long held that the submits
sion OF the offer by corporation and
the signature of an individual rem
dered the bid Irregular and would de-
bar the city from receiving damages
Long advised the board it could
either make the award TO the next
lowest bidder or reject all proposals
and call for new offers
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
Fire Boats Pass Inspection

Judge George W. woodruff and City
Engineer Manson made an early in
spection of the two fire boats, Dennis
T. Sullivan and David ScanneH. yester-
day morning before Judge Woodruff
left for the east. He expressed his sur
prise to Manson that vessels of their
power in small compass and special
construction could have been ecOnom-
ically built here and was well pleased
with their performance
The Sullivan's twin screws and steer
ing apparatus had been readjusted and
Manson stated that at all speeds she
obeyed the helm perfectly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-01
EMERGENCY CASES.

Each week brings new and sad list OF wants,
which could not be met It not for the birthday
gifts received. The widow whose daughter Is out
Of employment was aided with her rent; an East
Side member, returning from her days hard work
had severe fall and fractured two ribs 4 free
doctor attended her, but being deprived OF her
work meant hunger and a landlord clamorinx for
rent. A Brooklyn widow, with two children, Is
deprived Of her regular work because one of her
little ones has chicken pox. and they ara not al
lowed so to the day nursery, viii the doctor
permit her to go TO her days work. although she
could get reliable woman to look after the child
To be compelled to remain at home and perhaps
lose her place lie hardship for this disheartaned
woman. The husband OF poor member had the
misfortune have his foot crushed at his work
and he is now in the hospital. The wife must
leave her small children II the OF an older
girl and go out 70 scrub offices, for which she gets
IS week-not enough 10 buy food and pay rent
Another widow, with three children. who cannot
get wosk enough Go support her family although