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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26
BARTHE WILL NOT ATTEND
GRANDNEPHEW OF FULTON
AFRAID OF NEW YORK.
He Is "a Years Old, But Has
Gone to a G.. A. r.
Reunion.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BRISTOL, Conn. September 25.-Joseph
Clement Barthe, grandnephew of Robert
Fulton. will not attend the Fulton cele-
bration. He is eighty-four years old.
but he left here today to attend the re-
union of his civil war regiment in Spring
field. He is afraid of the crowd and the
crush, and, therefore, decided not to go
to New York for the big celebration. Full
ton was uncle of Mr.. Barthe's mother,
who died when he was eight years old.
Mr.. Barthe was born in York, Pa, June
ID, 1926. His father was Gen. Peter D.
Barthe, one of the military commanders
in that state. His father was resident
of Pennsylvania and died there in 1870.
Mr.. Barthe's mother was Mary T. Glenn
ent and her grandfather was Joseph
Clement. who was born in Bordeaux,
France, and came to this country with
his mind that the United States was good
enough for him, SO he remained His
granddaughter. Mary Clement was the
mother of Barthe. Mr.. Barthe's aunt.
Elizabeth, his mothers sister, lived for
years with the great inventors sons fam
four sons into the Union army during the
civil war, and two of them were killed in
the battle of the wilderness.
Served in Civil War.
Mr.. Barthe spent his early years In
York. and when young man came to
Connecticut to visit his brother Peter.
then living in West Suffield; from there he
drifted to Massachusetts and lived there
for some time. When the civil war broke
out he was in West Suffield, and enlisted
in the 18th Connecticut Volunteers.
Mr.. Barthe took part In the battles of
Kingston. Goldsboro and White Hall. and
returned to Massachusetts, after the war.
Mr. Barthe's wife is living and was
Catherine c. Cornwell. She also was born
In Pennsylvania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26

Falls Church, returned to his duties in
Panama Tuesday. Miss Clara Luttrell,
who has been visiting her sister in New
York, has returned home. Miss Matte
Gundry left Thursday for q two-week
stay at the Hot Springs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26
Served in Civil War.

The old soldiers OF Doddridge county,
W. Va. held their annual reunion on the
j. NJ Gribble farm. near West Union.
Addresses were made by Col Romeo H.
Freer and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26

on the inside with sharp-pointed nails, SO
that no matter how slight a movement
Blu Hamara might make, some of the
points would be always sticking into
him. Lying down was impossible. The
shirt was forcibly placed around the
naked body of Blu Hamara who, in his
cage, was placed on exhibition.
Tainted Poor Victim.
Thousands called and spat upon the
pretender. threw dust in his eyes and
tainted the poor victim until. driven to
desperation by the constant pricking OF
the be-spiked shirt. Blu Hamara fell faint
ing, the sharp-pointed nails penetrating q
vital spot and causing death. In this con-
dition the cage was placed upon a float
and paraded through the streets to be
viewed by the thousands of loyal SUBJ
jects of the sultan.
It Is reported that the victim is not tho
pretender, but some one else. but the sui
tan wished the report circulated that It
was the pretender. This. however. can
not be confirmed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
Taft to Be Guest of
City and Mrs. Martin
Mayor Taylor Favors Holding
Official Luncheon for Presi=
dent in Ferry Depot

If Mayor Taylor has his way about
1t the official luncheon given President
Taft upon his arrival here will be
served in the ferry depot probably in
the parlor set aside on the nave floor
: as woman's waiting ROOM The
Union League club wants to play host
to the official head of the republican
party Mayor Taylor thinks that San
Francisco should play host to the presi-
dent of the United States and that the
feast should be spread in some public
building
Knowing that the claims of the re-
publican club would ne likely to carry
the day unless he had some definite
plan to offer as a substitute, the mayor
appealed to the haroor commissioners
to help him out. President Stafford,
as a stalwart republican, and Commits
sioners Teller and Dennison as mem
bers of the Union League club natu-
rally. would wish the honor of enter
tanning the distinguished visitor to
fall to the republican club. AS mem
bers of state commission, however,
they were equally desirous of pleasing
the mayor and yesterday they nobly
laid aside their allegiance to their
party and club and rendered to the
mayor the use of any and all parts of
the ferry depot on the occasion of Taft's
WISH LUZ dHy puIpoSc lie saw III 10 use
it. President Stafford made only one
stipulation.
When the Atlantic fleet was here"
he said. "some of our friends used the
roof of the depot as a grandstand. AS
result we had to replace a great
many states. / do hot think it would
be wise to make any arrangements that
would require that roof to support Mr..
Taft. Otherwise, the building is his
In addition to rendering the use of
the depot to the mayor the commits
sioners directed Electrician Whorf to
illuminate the depot and tower during
the presidents visit.
Last night Mayor Taylor said that
he had referred the whole question to
his official reception committee, which
will meet this afternoon. The commit
tee is expected to decide Immediately
one way or the other
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
ACCIDENT BRINGS
A RIGID INQUIRY
Coroner Investigates Death of
Two Laborers Beneath Wall

With the coroners office the board
of public works and the police work
ing together close watch is being
kept on the lot at pa Eddy street,
where two men were killed yesterday
by a falling wall, to prevent the cover
ing up of any negligence of which the
contractors. Caldwell & Co, may have
been guilty. Chief Deputy Coroner
John A. SKennedy, on telegraphic in
struction from Coroner T. B. W. Lee
land, is making a rigid inquiry. He is
acting on the theory that the men
were standing in trench IS inches
wide and were caught like rats in a
trap without chance to escape on
account of the piles of cleaned bricks
on the cement floor. around which they
would have been compelled to run.
Kennedy believes the trench so
weakened the foundation of the wall
that it gave way under the pressure OF
bricks piled high on the adjoining en-
bankment.
to restore conditions as they existed
at the time of the accident said Ken
nedy yesterday. Then the coroners
jury which viewed the bodies Will be
taken to the scene
The accident has brought about a
widespread cooperation between own
ers and the board of public works and
many old walls which were to have
been left standing will now probably
be torn down, among them the ruins
of the old Poodle Dog in Eddy street
at Mason.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
OFFICERS PREPARE
FOR RIDING TEST
Preparation Made to Begin
Jaunt October 4

The next Roosevelt 90 mile riding
test of officers of this department will
take place October 4. The following
officers have been ordered to appear be-
fore the medical board at the Preside
for physical examination, and if sue
cessful will ride in the test:
Colonel Edward B. Pratt Thirtieth
infantry: Lieutenant Colonel Leonard
A. Lowering, Fourth infantry; Lieuten-
ant Colonel Nat P Phister. Thirtieth
T Harris medical corps; Major Joseph
p. O'Neil, Thirtieth infantry; Major Ed
ward p. McGlachlin Jr., Fourth field
artillery; Major Frederick r. Day. Thir-
tieth infantry. and Major Leon s.
RoudieZ. Thirtieth infantry.
Lieutenant Thomas II. Cunningham,
Fifth cavalry. has been ordered to
Kawaihapai. Oahu, Hawaiian islands.
from which point he will proceed with
his observations connected with the
progressive map of the United States.
General J. T. Weston Is reported TO
have greatly improved in strength yes
terday, and Major Kennedy, in charge
of the general hospital at the Preside.
expects 10 have his patient out before
long.
L. Z. Lamprecht, who has been as
sistant chief clerk at the department
headquarters for the last four years.
will leave next week for Vancouver
barracks. Wash. where he will be chief
clerk of the department of the Column
bia- now under command of General
NJ P Maus.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
WOULD APPOINT THE
POLICE JUDGES

The appointment of the police judges
by the mayor, instead of the present
method of election, was advocated in a
communication calling for the neces-
sarv charter amendment sent to the
board Of supervisors yesterday by Sec
rotary William Mooser on behalf of the
grand jury. That body. having gone
thoroughly into an investigation of po-
lice court methods, sets forth in the
letter the evils resulting from obliging
the police judges to campaign for cleo
ton ana proposes that the office should
be made appointive to secure greater
independence upon the part of the
judges
Justin Carroud informed the super
visors that the street cleaning depart
nent of the board of works let the
street in front of his property, the
Richelieu, a the southwest corner of
Guerrero and Twenty second streets,
become so dirty that ne would under
take its cleaning if the city would only
furnish metal receptacle for the
refuse.
The labor council sent a commune
cation indorsing the Outdoor Art
leagues proposal that the Telegraph
hill. Bay View and Glen park improve
ment projects should be put before the
people when the Geary street railway
and civic center propositions are again
put forward.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
Mrs. Eleanor Martin the Only
Hostess to Entertain Taft on
His Visit Here 4

The query whether President Will
local hostess has been agitating society
without surcease since the definite an
nouncement that the chief executive
was to be visitor in this city Octo-
Der 5, and the answer is out that
Mrs. Eleanor Martin is to welcome the
be given at her home in Broadway.
There is a doubt about the manner of
the entertainment since the president
will be subject more or less TO the ar
rangement of the Portola committee.
1t is reasonably certain, however. that
he will find the time to accept the hos
pitality of the Martin home. and the
hostess is awaiting the final program
for the day before announcing the
exact compliment to be rendered the
head of the nation.
The question of the guest list is the
latest gossip in society and il there
are TO be heart burnings they will be
the inevitable sort that must accom-
pany any sort of a function where the
guest list must of necessity have a
limitation. Mrs. Martin is famous for
her tact and cleverness in this regard
and it is reasonably certain that she
will not create the heart aches that
another hostess might with less fnesse
and experience.
The speculation must continue, how
ever, until the aftermath of the dinner
party, since Mrs. Martin has not taken
any one into her confidence, and the
only revelation will be in the guest list
where it is limited that not more than
20 names will find q place. The
friendship between the president and
the Martin family has been a topic of
society discussion at various times
since the library table at the Martin
home is adorned with an attractive
photograph of President Taft upon
which he has written a personal mes
sa ge with his autograph
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
MISSION VIADUCT
COMPACT REVIVED

The Mission viaduct proposition was
considered yesterday by the supervis-
ors street committee and General
Manager Black of the United Railroads
and Chief Engineer Rodgers of the
Ocean Shore assured the members that
their companies now stood ready TO re-
enter the agreement whereby the for
mer was to supply $4,000 worth of
labor and $4,000 cash and the latter
900 in labor toward the project *
the city would furnish the additional
$4,000 needed. The committeeman
stated there was now $4,000 In the
treasury available for the purpose and
more definite plans for the work will
be passed upon at next weeks meeting.
The matter of regarding Beale street.
recommended by the Merchants associ-
alton. will also be gone into then. and
the board of works will be asked to
report what may be done to improve the
streets in the vicinity of the Mail dock.
Pollok introduced resolution CALI
ing on the health board to destroy by
fire or otherwise the old sheds of the
Mail dock as insanitary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
EXPRESSMAN SLEEPS
IN WATERING TROUGH
Takes Four Policemen to Drag
Him Out of 1t

Frank Gordon. an expressman. i'm
bibed too much liquor Wednesday night
and stretched himself out in a watering
trough at Ninth and Brannan streets
to have a sleep. His loud snoring at
tracted the attention of a policeman,
who tried to drag him out of the
trough. but failed.
He whistled for assistance and three
other bluecoats responded. 1t took
their combined strength 10 pull Gordon
out. as he had been firmly wedged in.
Yesterday Gordon appeared before
Police Judge Conlan on a charge OF
being drunk in public place. but as
he had not sobered up the case was
continued till this morning Gordon
said he had no recollection of getting
in the watering trough and was sur
prised TO hear it,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
WAIT ASKS CHARITY
AND TAKES JEWEL
Nurse Takes Wayfarer Home,
but Gets No Thanks

Harry Melvin, waif. was taken in by
the Associated Charities, given clean
clothes. hustled over 10 the tubercu-
losis clinic. tested and found well, given
q new hat and underwear and taken
into the home Of Miss Edna Shuey,
visiting nurse at the clinic. He was
also given a job, and Tuesday night
this same Harry Melvin gathered to-
.eether 10 the Shuey household a gold
watch. gold chain and a diamond and
oDal ring and vanished. Nor has
be or the loot been seen since
Miss Shuey and Miss Lucy b. Fisher.
supervising nurse Of the tuberculosis
clinic. Of the san Francisco Society for
line study and Prevention Of Tubercu-
,osfs 1874 Stockton street would like
earnest inquiries for him-through po-
lice channels.
Young Melvin, who is unnaturally
fhin. tai. and evidently about is years
Of age. with a cadaverOus face calcu-
lated to arouse pity. appeared at the
A Associated Charities headquarters Sat
urdav dressed IN a suit of clothes COM
l,arsb bic only with the tramp attire OF
Ire vaudeville actor Miss Shuey agreed
70 recommend him 10 her brother who
conducts a creamery in Berkeley. Mel
vim was TO drive the wagon, and he
did SO with Indifferent success for two
DAYS
The fugitive stated that he had an
uncle in ogden and A relative employed
in bar at San Rafael
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
PARENTS ARE KILLED
CHILD is THE ONLY HEIR
Three Year Old Girl Inherits an
Estate of $4,000
Especial Dispatch 10 The Cali


SAN JOSE, Aug. 26.-Through the
death of both parents I'M an auto acct
dent last week, year old Nellie Del
mas Lefranc, who lies at the O'Connor
sanitarium with fractured skull and
broken hip bone, is the sole heir to
property valued approximately at
$4,000.
In will dated August 8, 1904, Henry
Lefranc left all his property, which
included San Francisco real estate val
ued at $50, 900. negotiable paper valued
at $4,000 and San Jose real estate
worth $4,000, to his wife and named
her as executrix. In case of her death
before that of her husband it was di-
reeted that the property should go to
the mother, the brother and sisters of
his wife, and that his friend and legal
adviser, D. M. Burnett" should act as
executor.
In codicil dated August IS. 1908.
after the birth of the only child. Lee
Franc confirmed tire will and repos-
ing implicit faith in his wife to prom
erly care for their child, made no spe-
eial provision for her.
Celine H. Delmas, sister of Mrs.
Nellie Delmas Lefranc, has petitioned
Cor letters of administration of the
latter's estate, which consists of an
Interest in the estate left by her hus-
band. This means that the entire estate
of both parents will fall to the little
girl.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
POLICE INVESTIGATE
MYSTERIOUS FIRES

Al the request of Fire Marshal Towe
Detectives Gallagher and Burke are in
vestigating the cause of two fires at
a house, 2244 San Bruno road. that &C.
Cured Wednesday afternoon. The
house is occupied by Louis Juvan and
J. Meyer and is insured for $500 and
the contents $500.
The first fire started shortly before
l o'clock. when one of the women in
the house knocked over a pot filed
with boiling grease from the stove. The
IRE was put out before any damage
was done. Shortly after o'clock an
alarm was turned in for the second fire
and before it was extinguished about
s400 damage was done
The firemen told Policeman G. c.
Coats that the fire had evidently
started in the attic and a neighbor
told him that he had seen one of the
women carrying a quantity of things
out of the house before the fire alarm
was rung.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
FAMOUS EXPERT
HANDWRITING
DIES AGED "a
Daniel T. Ames, Noted Through
out Country for Penmanship
knowledge, Passes Away
Testified in Dreyfus Case and
Many of Most Famous Trials
in United States

lOFCItut GlSputIH SVtl
MOUNTAIN VIEW. Aug. 26.-Daniel
T. Ames. handwriting expert, who has
testified in some of the greatest trials
in modern times. died here this morn
ing at the age of "a. a keen analyst,
backed by a lifetime of experience, he
was called TO work in cases that ranged
from San Francisco to Paris.
Ames was the first TO detect and
prove fraud in the famous Garfield
Morey letter. He was also called be-
fore congress in the investigation of
the Findley letters. In the Fair will
contest, the Cordelia Botkin murder
trial the Dreyfus case in Paris, the
Davis will fight in Montona, involving
$4,000 estate and the MolineauX MUIR
der case in New York he gave the
deciding evidence.
Ames was native of Vermont. where
he received an academic education. In
1861 he established business college
in Syracuse, \. Y, later absorbed by
the Bryant & Stratton people. But his
early taste and talent for penmanship
led him into the profession of hand
writing expert. which he reduced to
an exact science. His strict integrity
was one of his most valuable assets.
In one case in Vermont his testimony
turned case against five witnesses
who claimed to have seen the forged
document signed. the jury remaining
out for only Is minutes.
Ames had been in poor health for
some time. He leaves a widow; son.
George Ames. and daughter, Mrs.
Charles Oliver of Mountain View. AT
the time of his death he was busy pre-
pairing evidence in the appeal of John
Walter Wilson, found guilty of pois-
Oning Harry Boas in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
AN ITCHING PALM
No Cure for II. other Forms Of itching
Preferable

There is no cure for an itching palm
the money kind Even poslam. the new
skin discovery. can not help it. But
when it comes to eczema, the most an
moving Of itching skin troubles. poslam
viii stop the itching at once and cure
the worst cases in few days. So with
hives, rash. seabies. split toes. piles and
scaly scalp. all Of which are different
forms cf eczema. accompanied by severe
itching and caused by imperfect diges-
ton ara careless diet.
Poslam comes IN two dollar Jars. but
fifty cents worth VIII answer in curing
any OF the diseases mentioned. 1t can
be had of any druggist. The owl Drug
Co. make a speciality OF it.
That results are Immediate will be
amply demonstrated overnight by the
use OF the experimental sample which
the Emergency Laboratories. 80 West
Twenty-hfth Street New York City.
viii send free by mail in plain wrap
per. to any one WHO VIII write for it,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
JUDGE DEVLIN URGED
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
May Be Candidate for Congress
in New District
fSpecidl Dispatch 10 The Call

VALLEJO, Aug. 26.-With the tip
from republican headquarters that So
lano county will be cut off from the
third congressional district by the
working of the census of next year,
local players of the political game are
already talking about prospective can
didates. Judge Frank r. Devlin, for
merly of the superior bench of this
county and twice representative of So
lano county in the state legislature is
being put forward for representation.
Mare Island navy yard is the greatest
federal institution in the north of the
bay counties, and ii is figured that the
congressman should come from here
A district including Solano, Napa.
Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, and pos
sibly Contra Costa, would have the re-
quired population for a district with
interests that would be much the same.
POSTAL APPOINTMENTS Washington Aug.
26.-Joseph Fl. Shepard has been appointed rural
carrier and J. h. Shepard substitute for route
nj EncinitaS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
SUITS FOR INSURANCE
TO BE TRIED TOGETHER

against the Alliance assurance company
began yesterday before District Judge
William c. Van Fleet in the United
States circuit court. The plaintiffs in
the action are: S. and II Lachman.
$4,000 on the Lachman block at Mar
ket and Fremont streets; Carlson Cur
rier company, s4.697.27 on property in
Suffer street between Sansome and
Montgomery streets; Edwards linotype
printing company. $4,000, Leidesdorff
and Pine streets; Dunham, Carrigan &.
Hayden. $32.3T5 on property al II. 10.
PA and go. inclusive. in Beale street
The cases were punched and will be
tried together to save time
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27

William H. Singer, Who Recent
ly Gave Children S4,0O0,00O
Each, Auto Crash Victim
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


PITTsBURG. Aug. 26.-william H
Singer, one of the most famous of all
Pittsburg's iron kings, and head of the
Singer-N imick company until its abb
sorption by the trust and now a direc-
tor in the Carnegie steel company and
the Crucible steel company, was fatally
injured last night in an automobile ac-
cident at his summer home near Provi-
dence, r. l.
One year ago the wealth of Singer
was estimated at $50, 100000. He was
approaching the age of three score and
ten when he appears TO have had a
premonition that he might meet with a
fatal accident or death in some form
suddenly.
He decided to provide against this
contingency by disposing of the major
part of his wealth to his children, four
in number. Accordingly he sent out in
vitations for the strangest family din
ner party ever given in Pittsburg.
One of his children was brought from
Norway to take part in the dinner The
one favor found by the plate of each of
the four children was a paper giving
absolute transfer of $4,000. 900.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
Will Fly at Fair
ISoeciol Dispaich 10 The Cali

SACRAMENTO. Aug 2s.-Lyman Gil
: more the ColfaX aviator. came 10 terms
+ today with the committee handling Sac
~ mento realty day at the state fair
r and has agreed 10 make fights with
, his new model aerOplane every day of
the coming fair The flights viii be
:. made from a specially constructed plat
form at the racetrack.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
SHERIFF INTERCEPTS
WOMAN IN FLIGHT
[Speeial Dispaleh % The cain

SANTA ROSA, Aug. 26.-Deputv
Sheriff Mcintosh took Mrs Lillian Sim
merly of the train from Ukiah here to-
night. She was accompanied by one
infant and owing to domestic troubles
she was leaving for San Francisco
with the child and this is said to have
been in violation of an agreement