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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
JAIL Term WAITS
A WILLING VICTIM
Gamblers Want Assistant in
Endeavor to Circumvent
Anti=PooIr0om Law

Wanted-A man willing to GO to jail
for period from month to year.
VIII be paid for time incarcerated.
Must have gambling tendencies and no
reputation.
Though no such want ad has been
placed in the newspaper columns, a
report is being circulated in Sausaliito
that Frank Daroux, proprietor of the
Sausalito poolrooms, is searching for
a man who is willing to bear the jail
penalty should a test of the walker
Otis anti-poolroom law fail before the
courts.
At present the big poolroom near the
San Francisco yacht club and it's COM
panion in Water street stand empty
and the golden stream flows no more
into the Daroux Golfers, but lawyers
have been retained to circumvent the
law and it is stated that they expect
to accomplish their task
First they want a man willing to go
to Jail, and when he is found they pro
pose to have him place a bet without
the pool seller registering it, on the
plan of the New York gamblers, who
OHiS WIilt tie OQuS against the nOTSeS
on the blackboard, while the bettor
registers his own wager on one of the
poolroom's tickets. The book makers
attorneys says there is no penalty for
a man to wager, and therefore the in
tent of the law would be defeated by
their scheme, but no one apparently
has desire to put it into practice. In
Marin county the poolrooms are not
popular and the poolroom men do not
care to face a jury.
When the necessary victim has been
found IL is the intention of the pool
room men to attack the validity of the
Walker-otis law, alleging that its title
is defective and that the prescribed
penalty of imprisonment in state
prison for misdemeanor is contrary
to the criminal law of this state.
where only felons are so incarcerated.
lesser crimes being punishable by jail
sentences.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
CONQU[RS
ILLS OF STOMACH
Remarkable Results From New
System of Treatment Being
introduced Here
San Franciscan Receivers Her
Health in Brief Time
After Short Trial

Following is an interesting statement
made by Mrs. J. C. Terwiieger of
1920 Church street at the Owl Drug
Store in the Phelan building relative
to the preparations which l. T. Cooper
is introducing in San Francisco at this
store. Mrs. Terwileger said:
Il suffered from catarrh of the
eat to some extent, had no real appe-
tite, and the food did not seem to give
me any nourishment. Last February /
had an attack of acute gastritis which
caused me intense pain and greatly
frightened me. l read of the record
made by Mr.. Cooper's medicines and
determined to give them trial 1t
was not very long after beginning the
treatment that I noticed change for
the better. Within a week the i'm
provement began to show itself. I
became more active, my mind was
made clear, and I no longer felt tired
and discouraged all the time, but per-
fectly able to attend to all my house
hold work without becoming worn out
and injuring my health more seriously.
At present l never have that uncom-
Portable feeling due to gas on the
stomach and my appetite could not be
better. I feel 20 years younger
and consider this the best medicine 1
ever heard Of 1t is the first I have
ever taken that really does what is
claimed for it."
In an interview Cooper said: "As I
have stated repeatedly. my medicine
acts directly on the stomach and bow
els, expelling from them all impurities.
and restoring them to a strong, health
full condition. I am convinced that
the stomach regulates the condition of
the blood and is the fountain head of
health or disease according to the mode
of living of the man or woman. My
medicine is intended primarily for the
regulation of the stomach, but IL is
no uncommon thing for persons who
have used 1t to come to me and ex-
plain that it has relieved them of
many ailments not generally recog-
nized as having their origin in
stomach trouble. 1t is very easy TO
verify this statement An hour spent
listening to what people who call to
see me. are saying about my medicine
will convince the most slSeptical. 1t
has already dawned on many people
here that I am not talking merely to
hear myself. A few thousand half sick
people are beginning to realize that I
speak the truth when say there is
but one thing the matter with them.
and that is their over worked and
poorly cared for stomachs. I can con-
vince anyone of the truth of my state
ment who will give my preparations a
trial"
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
WILL BE TRIED IN STATE
AND FEDERAL COURTS
Peculiar Situation Arises in In-
diCted Bankers Case
TSpeeioI Dispafch TO The Call

NAPA, May 6.--H. III. Brown, former
president of the Bank of Calistoga.
who is under indictment on three
counts charging embezzlement, will be
tried in the federal courts on two
counts and in the state courts on the
third.
Judge Gefford in the superior court
here overruled Browns demurrer to-
6ay to an indictment charging embez-
element of $500 in 1908, on the
ground that the Bank of Calistoga was
then a state bank.
He sustained Browns demurrers to
the other two indictments charging
embezlements of $4,000 and $4,000 in
1907, on the ground that the institu-
tion was then the First national bank
of Calistoga. and therefore under fed
eral jurisdiction
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
Estimated Value of Stock

.r understand that Colonel Burns has
estimated the value of the Jockey club
stock TO be about twice its par value
were liquidation to take place right
now. Just what he bases that estimate
on I do not know. l have heard that
the Jockey club has been offered $780, 900
for it's Ing1eside plant for realty pur-
poses, and 1t would seem that the Tan
foran plant. which st also owns outs
right. should be worth enough more to
bring the value OF its realty holdings
up to at least the amount OF It's capital
stock.
when Colonel Burns went into
racing it was not with the idea OF
making a large amount OF money out
of the sport Colonel Burns has a large
income from other sources and took up
the sport for the pleasure and recreation
that the breeding and racing of fine
horses would AFFORD him. He expected
that the indulgence of his tastes in this
direction would be source OF expense
to him rather than profit. and I know
that he is not in harmony with the way
in which things have gone
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
EVELYN NESBlT THAW
FACES TERM IN JAIL
Arrest for Contempt Ordered
by New York City Court

NEW YORK, May 6.-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. who gained much notoriety
when her husband. Harry X. Thaw.
shot and killed Stanford White, may
herself soon have to go to Jail.
An order directing the sheriff to ar
rest her for contempt of court in fall
ing to pay a fine of $3.50 imposed last
week. was signed in the city court
late today, following an announcement
that the appellate division had refused
to stay the proceedings.
The fine was imposed upon Mrs.
Thaw for her failure to appear in sup
Elementary proceedings on Judgment of
$3.50 obtained against her by Elsie
Hartwig a milliner.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
TRY THIS FOR
YOUR COUGH

Mix two ounces OF Glycerine with a
half ounce of virgin Oil OF Pine com
pound pure and a half pint of straight
whisky. Shake we'll and take In doses
OF a teaspoonfui every four hours. This
mixture possesses the healing. health
full properties of the Pines. and will
break cold in % hours and
cure any cough that is eurable. In
having this formula put up. be sure
that Your druggist uses the genuine
Virgin OIL OF Pine compound pure. pre-
pared and guaranteed only by the
Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati. o.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
rUAN MANUELo GRIJALvA,

YUAN MANUELo GRIJALvA,
whose family owned thousands
y of acres of the fertile land of
California before the gringo
came. has been obliged to have his
thirty-hfth child, offspring of his
fourth wife, placed in the charge
Of the Associated Charities.
Juan has been rich himself in ms
dav. and, although his wealth, as
measured in broad acres and round
dollars. has diminished year by
YEAR. until today, in his seventeen
wear. he is dependent to certain
extent on public charity. he has
nearly every year been blessed with
another addition to the accumula-
ton of heaven sent gifts. which
began as years ago with the ad-
vent of Guadalupe. the first born,
now himself a grandfather.
OF his S5 children, Juan has COM
pletely lost track of 10. and some
of these left so long ago that he
probably would not recognize them
if they passed him in the street.
Not that Juan is anything but a
loving father. Juan is small ana
lean and brown, but his heart is
big. and there is room for every
single one of his little ones. many
of whom are fathers and mothers,
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07

and two at least are grandparents.
Juan's love for his children was
demonstrated when he heard that,
little Dolores, a frail but beautiful
child, who had been taken to the
hospital, had died. His grief was
pitiful TO see. He wept and walled,
and his young wife, Rosa. joined in
his lamentations. They went to
the hospital and waited long before
they succeeded in reaching the
ward where they had left their in
fant.
OF course. Dolores was not dead,
or she would not now need a car
riage. There were several other
Spanish children there, and one
other was named Dolores The
American nurses were not accus-
toned to the Spanish names. and
had sent word to Miss FELTON, that
Juan's baby was dead. !.
When the couple learned the glad
truth they wept again--but for joy,
Juan was in the seventh heaven.
He could not be persuaded to part
with her again.
Now she is better and Juan Man
uelo Grijalva, descendant OF
Spanish grandee and land owner. is
seeking a baby carriage for his
latest and dearest-his thirty-fifth
child, who is herself a grandaunt.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
The California Promotion Comn:..ss

THE State Central Organization organized in
19o2-An association for the commercial and
Industrial development OF Californis)
PROMOTION: The act OF promotion. advance
ment, announcement Century Dictionary
TION OF California's interests. IL has nothing TO
sell. 1t fosters all things tending 20 the AID
vANCEMENT Of California. IL is an authority
on all matters relating to California II EN-
COURAGES the establishment OF new industries
desirable immigration. II presents the oppSSsl-
mites and needs OF all fields OF business 80
professional activity. 1t Is supported By popular
subscription and makes no charge for anf service
rendered 1t has affiliated with It 200 CONNER
cial organizations OF the state. with a combined
membership OF more than 10000. Meetings of
representatives OF these organizations are held
ssmiannualy In different parts Of the state
where matters OF Californias interests are dls-
cussed Headquarters OF the committee are
San Francisco CORRESPONDENTS INVITED.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
Colonel Burns in Nevada

Colonel Burns is at present absent
from the city on a trip to his recently
esta bHshed stock ranch in Nevada and
an interview with him is not obtainable
at this time. An intimate friend of his
who was seen had this to say: while
there is no question that Williams and
Burns are no longer on the best of
terms. I think Williams has nothing to
fear in so far as a fight for the control
of the Jockey club is concerned. | have
heard that Colonel Burns has said that
were he younger man he would be
inclined to take the bit in his teeth, but
that he had reached the age when he
disliked to engage I'm q contest of this
kind. and that he had come to the con-
clusfon that 1t would be better for him
to sell out and retire from the jockey
club. understand that Williams has
made him an offer for his stock which
is satisfactory providing that the cash
is forthcoming in full, but that he will
not sell on the terms offered to other
stock holders.
There have been reports in circuia
tion to the effect that Burns and his
associates would be willing TO pay $3.50
per share for enough stock to give
them the control when combined with
their own holdings, but / do not be-
lieve that there is any truth in the
rennrfs
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF
WYOMING CONSECRATED
Head of New Diocese Will Leave
at Once for Station

PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-In the
presence of many church dignitaries
and hundreds of clergy apd representa-
tive laymen from different parts of
the country Rev. Nathan Seymour
Thomas was today consecrated bishop
Of the new Protestant Episcopal dio-
cese of wyoming in the Church of the
Holy Apostles. of which he was rector.
Bishop Tuttle OF Missouri. presiding
bishop of the church in this country,
was the consecrator.
The conservation sermon was preached
by Bishop Talbot of central Pennsy1-
vania. The offering at the services will
be devoted to the work of the mission
airy district of Wyoming.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
The The! Red, Red, White
And other constituents OF your blood
are powerfully enriched and vitaIized
by Hoods SarsapariIls.

py 6coo'S SarsaparfIt4.
It increases the red corpuscles and
makes strong the white corpuscles,
and thus protects and restores the
health.
1t cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions.
catarrh, rheumatism. .anemia, nervous
ness, that tired feeling. dyspepsia, loss
of appetite, general debility and builds
up the whole system.
1t effects its wonderful cures. not
simply because it contains sarsaparilla
but because 1t combines the utmost
remedial agents OF more than 20 diff
ferent ingredients, each greatly
strengthened and enriched by this
peculiar combination. "s
Get It today In the usual LIQUID form or A
chocoiatsd tablet form called SarsAtAbs
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
SAN MATEO IS BOOMING
This Letter From Chas. A. Monaghan
Tells the Story
THE NJ. B. MoRGHAN OYSTER co.
Importers, Planters and Wholesale Dealers
No. $50 Brannan Street

San Francisco Cal, May ;, 1909
Mr. H n Royden care of George L. Deaey & Co,
129 Sutter Street City
Dear Sir: inquiries reference to the properly
termed Santa Ynez which you about to place upon ne
market -.
AS our oyster located off the Big Coyote near m
Park naturally very familiar with ITS location ana u.s.
- ,+rI,te yor mon the selection you made The
climate superb with the unobstrueted marine view anu
bathing facilities consider it ideal place for permanent
homes delightful IN "nte' inAH ~ ~
Park are greater any property on the peninsula anu
recommend highly purchasers
We intend erecting recreation pier with marine e@i
where oysters fish and may purchased fresh from
the
have the greates nopeS
for the future OF your property, we remain
very truly
The NJ B. Monaghan Oyster CO.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07

join free excursion next Sunday May
g. 1909, for pleasure and profit
We special that will leave Fifth and Mar
ket Streets every 10 minutes from 1880 to III 80
We will fried chicken luncheon and provide hne music
The absolutely free and you
Office until o'clock Saturday afternoon
will public auction 800 lots in the beautifully
Ynez Park the liberal OF $500 cash
on each lot, balance at $500 per month.
The property severed pipes laid streets graded and
graveled, all city conveniences
excellent the school, between the Railroad
Beach, OF great strategic value
The dateNSunday May g 1909.
Tickets-free--at office, 129 Suter Street
GEORGE |. DEALEY & CO., AuCtioneerS
Phone Douglas 2769 129 sutter St. near Montgomery
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
35TH CHILD IS
FATHERS JOY

baby carriage for little Dolores Griava months old
child of Galva Donors viii please COM
with MISS KATHERINE FELTON, Associated Charities
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
BiIi0usness

''I have used your variable csscarets
and find them perfect. Couldn't do
without them. I have used them -fsT
some time for indigestion and biliousnyss
and am now completely cured. Recon-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, you
will never be without them in the
family. Edward A. Marx, Albany, NY.
Pleasant. Pslatabls. Potent. Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe
10c, 25c. SOC. Never sold IN bulk The gen
uine tablet stamped c c. Suarantssd 70
cure or your money back. 929
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07

TAFT'S SON HoNoRED-New Haven, Conn.
May 6.-Robert a. Taft. Yale 10. son OF Presi-
dent Taft, has been chosen president OF the
university debating association.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
Dr.WOnqSung

Herb Sanitarium, S25
CLAY ST. cor. was-
erly place.
Diseases cured by
Chinese e Medicine.
over 5000 varieties OF
herbs in use This IA
nous doctor was for a
long time one Of the
leading physicians OF
the Government hospi-
tai in Canton. China.
Telephone China 500.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07
Secret known TO lew

Just how much the Emeryville track
has been making is a secret known
only to q very few. including President
Williams and Secretary Treat l doubt
if anybody else actually knows much
about the matter. If the jockey club
has no big surplus on hand those who
have been estimating its receipts and
expenses are poor guessers.
With the stopping or dividends,
some of the smaller stock holders are
evincing an interest IN the standing of
the corporation, and I personally know
of one or two that are disposed to ask
for an accounting. 1 also know OF
some who. while not inclined to part
with their stock, are willing to make
an arrangement by which President
williams will have the benefit Of it in
so far as its voting power is concerned.
1 understand that Williams. possibly
on account of his split with Colonel
Burns, is making strenuous effort to
get control Of as much stock as ne
can. 1t is said that he is disinclined
to rely upon any proxy arrangement
for the reason that it would be of
only a temporary nature. One man
that I know, who owns 200 shares, has
arranged TO make a temporary trans
fer Of his holdings to Williams so that
he may have full power to vote the
stock during the period which the
transfer covers, but the stock will re-
vert to him."
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-07

I asked further If there would be one,
and was informed that there might be,
later on.
Il did not sell my stock and have
made up my mind to put it away IN
the safe deposit vault to await devel-
opments. Ny brother David, who owns
10 shares, was offered $1,000 cash for
his holdings by a friend, but declined
to SELL as he had paid S1,275 for his
Ruled With Iron Hand
Another man who talked only on
condition that his identity be not re-
vealed made this statement:
Williams has beea ruling the turf
with an iron hand during the period
that he has had control. AS is natural
when the profits are large and seem
ingly assured for an indefinite period,
his associates in the jockey club were
quite content to give him free hand
He virtually had his own way with
nobody to say him nay. The stock
holders received their dividends Of IL
per cent annually and most of them
were content to let it go at that. There
were a few who wondered how it was
that the dividends did not increase
with the seeming growth in the patron
age of the track.
The general idea or tnose VINO old
give the matter any thought was that
a big surplus was being piled up. so
when notice came recently that there
would be no. more dividends, this con-
tingent of the stock holders were sur
prised. They figured that if the profits
of the racetFack amounted 10 anything
like they were popularity supposed TO,
the yearly distribution of $4,000 in
dividends should have left a handsome
reserve fund to draw upon.
Il learn on good authority that the
Santa Anita track, where the patron
age is not so good as at Emeryville.
was operated at net profit of about
$500, 600 the past season.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
OAKLAND'S WATER
HEARING is BEGUN
Contra Costa Company's Peti-
ton for Injunction Against
City Rates in Court

Oakland's population and the ade-
quacy of Oakland's water supply were
subjects of discussion yesterday after
noon before United States Commits
sioner Heacock at the resumption of
the hearing of the suit of the Contra
Costa water company against the city
of Oakland growing out of the water
rate controversies of the years 1901
and 1905.
The litigation has grown out of the
action of the Contra Costa company in
seeking to enjoin the city of Oakland
from enforcing the water rates estao-
lished by the city council for the fiscal
year of 1904 and 1905 and the, fiscal
year 1905 and 1906, and consists of two
suits of similar nature covering the
two years in question.
On the final settlement of the con
troversy hinges the question of the re-
fund to Oakland of the vast sum repre-
senting the difference between the es-
tablished rates and those collected by
the company for water during the
years in question.
Arthur l.. Adams. former manager
and chief engineer of the Contra
costa water company and present COIL
sulting engineer for the Peoples water
company. was the witness on the stand
yesterday.
Estimated on the number of actual
services in the company's system.
using the multiple 5 as a means Of de-
termining the result, he declared the
population of Oakland in 1904 20 be
approximately $4,000 and in 1905 10 be
1900, though he added that the post
Office census for 1905 gave 1t popu-
lation of 10000.
The average daily consumption of
water in the Oakland district, COM
prising ali the transbay section with
the exception of Berkeley and Ala
media was given by Adams as follows:
1877 million gallons during 1903. III
million gallons during 1904, 1872 mil
lion gallons during 1905, 1877 million
gallons during 1906, 1873 million gal-
Ions during 1907 and 1872 million gall
Ions during 1905
The hearing was continued Until
Monday afternoon at o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
EARTH CASTS ITS
SHADOW ON MOON
Perpendicular Squint at Astron-
Omical Wonder Gives Gaz=
erS Stiff Necks

There are 100000 cases of eclipsitis
mere medical way of saying that every
one is suffering with stiff neck. Last
night was clear, and the eclipse came
along slowly, to give Daddy chance
TO run out and view it, leaving the
children to Ma, after she had had her
fill of gazing.
The moon shone brightly on old
Kentucky street homes and all others
in the city until precisely 10 minutes
past IL O'Clock last. night. Then a
shadow began to steal over it, and by
IS minutes past 12 o'clock the lufninary
was covered completely. By ss min
utes after 1 o'clock this morning the
moon was itself again.
That all might get an equal. chance
Diana rose to the zenith before put
ting on her funeral robes, and this. by
compelling a perpendicular saEint at
the astronomical wonder, is assigned
as the reason for the epidemic of
eclipsitis Moon gazers were nom
plused at the darkening mystery. but.
it is reported. moonshfners were
buster than ever. They had two hours
and 13 minutes to work by the dark
of the moon.
So far as known there is but one
San Franciscan not satisfied with the
great free entertainment last n:ght
my, isn't this fine, said Charles C..
Moore. But why didn't it happen in
Portcla week."
According to the astronomers. this
is the first successful eclipse San
Francisco has given since October 16.
1902. Not that eclipses are extremely
rare, but the lunar events OF that ma
ttire for the last seven years have
been obscured by clouds.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
WALTER PARKER
ISACCUSFD OF
OFFERING BRIB[
Former Los Angeles Prosecutor
Reads Affidavit at Good
Government Meeting
City Clerk Says Machine Poli-
tician Proposed Payment
for Signing Ordinance
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Los ANGELES, Nov. ga tremen-
dous sensation was created at good
government meeting tonight in the
Boyle Heights district at which former
City Prosecutor Thomas Lee Woolwine
read an affidavit signed by Harry ].
Lelande, city clerk, which declared that
Walter F. Parker, Southern Pacific po-
litical machine boss and member of the
republican state executive committee,
had attempted to bribe that official
The offer of bribery. according to the
affidavit, was made in connection with
the notorious riverbed franchise deal,