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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
"THRIPS" PEST is DOING
ORCHARDS GREAT HARM
Growers Will Be Advised i'm DR.
Towards Report

Orchardists will be much interested
in the report which will soon be dis
tributed among them by the bureau of
entomology, which was inaugurated at
the instance of the California state
board of trade for the investigation
and eradication of the "thrips" pest.
When the investigators first began
their campaign against this form of in
sect evil, the pests were found to be
confined to the bay district, but later
reports of great damage by the in
sects came from different parts of the
state. Nearly all forms of fruit trees
were being destroyed by the "thrips''
pest when the work of the entonoI-
ogists was started.
The spread of the insects throughout
the state alarged the state board of
trade and assistance was asked of the
department of agriculture with the re-
suit that an additional force of experts
was sent into the field and the exter-
mination of the pests is now being car
ried on with greater persistence.
DR.. Howard, the chief of the bureau.
says that the situation is alarming and
he will make some valuable sugges-
tions to fruit growers in the report
which will soon be put into circula-
ton. These reports may be obtained
at the rooms of the state board of trade
when issued.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
FRIGHTfNS WIFE
TRYING SUICIDE
Drowning, Gas, Chloroform and
Scissors Used in Vain At
tempt at Self-Destruction

OAKLAND, July 29.-wading into
the shallow waters of Lake. Merritt
over his shoes Howard Melville Wilson
made a desperate attempt to commit
suicide by drowning and got himself
wet to the knees. said Mrs Mabel VIII
son in complaint for divorce.
Going home he fingered outside the
house for time and then appeared and
frightened her badly. She once found
him lying on the bed, very drunk, but
with the gas turned on. and he remon-
strated when she turned it off.
Another time Wilson was trying to
cut the veins of his wrists with mani
cure scissors which his wife took away
from him. He had a suicidal mania
when she demonstrated with him for
drinking. He tried to jump out of a
window and to drink lysol, she said.
Wilson confessed that he had tried
the chloroform route in San Francisco,
but had failed and been sent home.
Judge Waste issued an interlocutory
decree for habitual intemperance today.
William C. Moran, postmaster, club
man and realty dealer at South Berke-
ley, was finally divorced from Lille
c. Moran on motion of an attorney who
represented Mrs Moran. He had Sc
cured an interlocutory decree in Janu-
airy. 1908, but neglected to have the
final decree entered. Moran said she
left him, went to Los Angeles and re-
fused to see him when he followed and
sought to induce her to return. Com
munication had to be carried on by
messengers. She made no contest to
his suit. Judge Ellsworth tried to
learn whether Mrs Moran planned to
remarry, but could get no information.
Arthur T. Davis made three attempts
to cut the throat of his wife. Minnie.
and wound up by kicking her down
stairs She secured an interlocutory
decree of divorce today.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
GREAT WESTERN POWER
co. TO GET FRANCHISE
Oakland Council Committee Fa-
vOrs the Application

d. OAKLAND. July 29.-The Great
Western power company will probably
get franchise 10 run it's power lines
through the city. After a second con-
sideration by the ordinance and judi
c5ary committee of the city council
this evening the committee recon-
nnended that the application be granted.
Two additional clauses were inserted
In the franchise bill The first pro-
yided that the city should have the
ri ght 10 run its own wires for power,
light and heat on the conpany's poles.
The second amendment compels the
company 10 sell power TO the city at
the same rate as that charged any pri-
vate consumer of electric current.
Vice. President Sinclair Of the. power
company objected 40 these amendments
as unjust" but after conference with
Guy C. Earl. the company's general
counsel, accepted them. President
Pendieton Of the city council explained
that. the second amendment was aimed
10 prevent the company from doing as
the water company had at one time
done-sold water to the city at much
higher rates than some Of its favored
private patrons had paid
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
WANT E. j. LIE BRETON'S
TESTIMONY IN CONTEST
Battling for Position in the De
Laveaga Will Fight

The fl ght in the De Laveaga will con-
test is centering around the endeavor
Of the proponent of the will, Maria Jo-
sefa Cebrian. TO have z. j. lie Breton,
the banker and philanthropist, give his
deposition. An order was issued by
Judge Trout July %, 1909, on the mo-
ton of Mrs. Cebrain's attorney, limo
thy J. Lyons directing LIE Breton to
furnish a deposition before notary
public.
The contestant of the will Miguel
A. de Laveaga, gave notice yesterday
through Attorneys Pillsbury, Madison
& Sutro of a motion to set aside that
order. The motion is based on the
technical grounds that the court had
no power TO make the order; that the
affidavit upon which ii was made did
not state sufficient grounds, and that it
was not shown that lie Breton is the
only witness who can testify TO the
facts alleged to be material.
lie Breton is a relative by marriage
of the Laveaga family, and for many
years has been closely associated with
Miguel A. de Laveaga. He advised De
Laveaga in the administration of the
estate of Maria Conception de Laveag ga.
whose will is now being attacked. His
testimony is regarded as important by
both parties to the contest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
FOUND ON MARSH.
HAS WEIRD TALE
Skulking Villains, Bottled Drugs
and Barred Windows Figure
in Narrative

OAKLAND, July 2e.-The tale I'M
folded by Herbert Tate, a 10 year old
San Francisco lad who was found in a
fit in the Alameda marsh today, put
the police on tiptoe for while. Three
mysterious men, with a foreign accent
no conscience, and a liberal supply of
chloroform administered behind barred
windows, were the characters, the see
mario, the stage and accessories and
the element of suspense in the melo-
drama which the lad sketched to de-
tectives. Investigation of the plausible
ject TO epileptic fits and had encoun-
tered brooding Williams in his dreams
before.
Captain of Detectives Petersen placed
no credence in the remarkable nara
tive 1t was told at the police station
after the boy had been released from
the receiving hospital, where he was
taken by H. w. Lang, a trained nurse,
who found him In a fit on the marsh.
Tate said he lived with his mother.
Mrs. Martha j. Tate, at 1869 Post street,
San Francisco. He is Is years old a
schoolooy, and is employed at e. Metz
gers butcher shop, 1917 Suffer street,
during the vacation. He said yester-
day morning he went to deliver meat
to Doctor Blohm of 1924 Bush street.
In dark alley three men seized him,
gagged him, put him in covered
wagon and transported him to a house
across the bay. There he was locked
in room while his captors ate.
After their meal, he said, the three
men took his gold watch, then drugged
him with chloroform, and when he
woke up he was a t the receiving hos
pital
DR.. w. H. Irwin diagnosed the case
as epilepsy.
Inquiry of the San Francisco police
brought to Petersen the Information
that Detective Wren once investigated
one of the lads vagaries. Young Tate
was sent home.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
FOUR ARIZONA BEAUTIES
CAUSE STIR IN HOTEL
Young Women Are on Way to
Seattle Exposition

The bell boy gasped. The hotel
clerk stared. The porter gazed. And
into the orderly calm Of the Hotel
Stewart there crept a ripple of sheer
delight yesterday as there swung into
the lobby four Arizona beauties, with
one chaperone. and one mere man joy
ously guarding his charges.
The man was Joseph l. COhn, bust
ness manager for the newspaper, the
Bisbee Miner. and the beauties, four
Arizonans whom the paper is sending
10 Seattle to electrify the throngs at
the exposition. They are Miss Lillian
Burr. Miss Pearl lie Monde. Miss Leta
Salisbury and Miss Yda Paff, each the
demure possessor of a charm distinct
and separate from the others. Mrs.
r. NJ Burr is chaperoning the girls.
They stayed in San Francisco but a
few brief hours.
The bell boy sighed. The clerk
sighed. The porter sighed. And into
the peace Of the Hotel Stewart there
crept a tinge Of sadness as four Ari-
IONA bauties. with one chaperone and
one contented business manager,
passed through the doors on their way
10 the north.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
Fist Fight Is Narrowly
AVerted at University
Inspector and Foreman Clash Over the Use
of Cement in $4,000 Sather Gateway

ing which the concrete was dumped
on the roadway. the men separated.
Giet Fastening to report to Prof John
Galen Howard. the supervising archi-
tect in charge Of the construction of
the buildings of the greater university.
Ward Esterley of the Esterley con-
struction company, which is doing the
concrete work on the new gateway,
was informed of the trouble and in
stalled Frank Hedgpeth as foreman in
charge to replace Weaver.
According to the statements of Giet
the trouble was due to the fact that
weaver had left the concrete too long
in the barrow, with the result that it
was too hard and dry to be placed in
the forms for the gateway. Giet re-
monstrated with Weaver about it, but
the latter was obstinate and insisted,
according to Giet. in placing the con-
crete in the forms. although IL would
have to be removed again.
Giet then endeavored to stop the
wheelbarrow, which brought on the
controversy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30

BERKELEY, July 29.-Only by
narrow margin was a controversy be-
tween the university authorities in
charge of the work of supervision on
the $40,0 900 Sather gateway and the men
employed in its construction ended
without resort to fisticuffs this after
noon when H. Giet. university in
spector, and T. Weaver. foreman In
charge, wrestled over a wheelbarrow OF
concrete for the new gate at the Tele-
graph avenue entrance to the campus
The men, one on each side OF the
heavy wheelbarrow, wrestfed and
pulled at it and 1t seemed to the mem
bers of the faculty and student body
of the summer session gathered to wit
ness the disturbance that an open rup-
ture would occur, the men employed on
the gateway taking sides against the
university inspector, whose business II
was to see that the specifications were
followed.
After pushing and showing the wheel
barrow about for several minutes, dur
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
OPPOSES DRASTIC
PRO FRAT" MOVE
Pi Delta Kappa Grand President
Makes Recommendation as
to Stand on Legislation

OAKLAND. July 2s.-United action.
II any action be taken against the re-
cent anti high school fraternity legis-
lation in this state was advocated this
morning at the session OF the ANNUAL
convention of the Pi Delta Kappa fra
ternity in this city.
A warning against individual pro-
tests was contained in the yearly re-
port OF Grand President Young OF Port
land The general tenor OF the re-
port. however. was against opposition
10 the law. advising rather a con-
certed effort to mold public opinion in
favor of the fraternities.
Owing to severe Illness the grand
president. vice president and grand
secretary were unable 10 attend the
convention and G. Westendorfer OF
Santa Cruz. presided over the cOnclave
This evening a banquet was given the
visiting delegates in san Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
OLD MAN is BRUTALLY
BEATEN BY POLICEMAN
Conduct of q. H. BeiseI Will Be
Investigated

Henry Bordeman. so years of age
presented e pitiable sight in Police
Judge Deasy's court yesterday when
he appeared TO answer charges Of as
sauIt with intent TO do great bodily
harm and disturbing the peace His
eyes We're badly discolored and
swollen. his tongue was split and there
were wounds on his forehead and
scalp.
Mounted Policeman G. H. Beisel
the complaining witness. made a
statement TO the Judge that Bordeman
was with Mrs. Bridget herrigan OF
1912 Carolina street in San Bruno ave-
hue Wednesday evening and was rails
ing disturbance. Beisel dismounted
ard Bordemsn told him that he had no
right 10 interfere with him. Borde-
man pulled a revolver out Of his
pocket and during the struggle for
its possession Beisers little finger
was sprained. He had 10 use force in
taking the weapon from Bordeman.
BOrdeman declared that Beisel beat
him numerically in the patrol wagon
while being taken to the Potrero sta
tion and that pulling the revolver out
OF his pocket was only a bluff" as il
was not loaded Fhe Judge continued
the cases Till next Tuesday and mean
time BeiseTs conduct viii be thorough
y investigated. A charge Of disturb
ing the peace against Mrs. Kerrigan
was continued till the same day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30

go AY," said the artless railroad
man, "ain't it a fact that bath
ing girls don't wear much Of
anything?
I'm bit rusty on the subject, seeing
that L have not been down to Santa
Cruz lately, as Fred Swanton is getting
a trifle slow on the invite business.
Perhaps Dick Hotaling is getting kind
of quiet on the free show end, now
that he and Billy Rank are going to
build a transcontinental line on $780,
000
MY, it takes some money to build
road over a few mountains. and,
therefore, they have to get in all the
nickels they can. So you see am shy
on the bathing girl, question"
81 have not given the matter that
close attention" observed Hercules
Erasmus Jarman, that possibly l
should have But as 1 am married and
can only superficially view such things.
am inclined to the belief that bath
ing girls are rather scant in their at
tire.
AT least this is my impression. I
would not like to be quoted in the
natter 1t may be awkward for me
" answer QucStiOhS ct hOiiC' JoU uAA =
derstand."
We'll. then, think you are dead
wrong" said the artless one.
How SOP" interposed Ed Torpey, who
had just concluded telling an admiring
group the last witticism of his six
months old heiress.
This is why. The great and only
General Morrisey is going to have II
bathing girls show at his house, and
what do you suppose the excess bag
gage of those IL bathing girls amounts
TOT"
Half an ounce, I bet,'' said Torpey,
the ready guesser.
Bah. 1t is exactly 1880 pounds"
Then what do 1 want to go to that
show for?' cried Hercules Erasmus
Jarman. I'm not going to see dry
goods establishment And then he
clapped his hands to his mouth and
asked that the remark be forgotten.
E. H. Hartman has ordered for de-
livery not later than the last of the
present year rolling stock for the
Southern Pacific alone amounting to
So, 933, 900, irrespective of $4,000 for
81 locomotives which will be used over
the hill between Sacramento and
Truckee. The total sum to be paid for
rolling stock amounts to s4,563,000.
This does not take into account an
order for 439 miles of steel rails which
amounts to about $4,000 tons.
Tho order is as follows.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
GEARY STREET ELECTION
ASKED FOR OCTOBER Is
Association Requests Supervis-
ors to Fix Early Date for Vote

The Geary street railway association
decided at meeting last night to ap-
pear before the supervisors Monday to
urge that the bond election be set
for October Is. Monday will be the
boards last meeting before it's annual
vacation, and the association wants to
get the Geary street question before
the people while it is hot.
Chairman W. c. Shepard, Robert A.
Laurin, o. l. Scott and Frank B.
Crooks spoke on the need of an early
election, based on these reasons:
The people are now thOrouzhIy
aroused on all municipal questions
while apathy always follows an cleo
ton Meeting halls are now easy to
secure and easy to I'LL. Candidates will
get in behind city ownership before the
general election, while afterward they
are likely to lose interest
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
SEVERELY INJURED IN
COLLISION WITH A CAR
Teamster Is Thrown to Street
and His Skull Fractured

Pitched from his seat when
Valencia street car struck the wagon
he was driving. Henry Nellman, 1856
Twenty-ninth street, was picked up IN
conscious from the pavement yesterday
evening and taken to the Mission
emergency hospital. where an exam
ination showed him to have sustained
several decorations and a possible frac-
ture Of the skull
The accident occurred in Valencia
street near Twentieth
J. S. Brown, 20 years of age, died at
the Lane hospital last night from in
juries received the night before when
he was struck by a street car at Sac
rameu9O street and Grant avenue.
Brown was mechanic and lived az
1851 Folsom street
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
PROFESSOR SMITH WILL
MEET NEW STUDENTS
To Confer With Intrants at the
Mission High School

Conferences will be held at the Mis-
sion high school today by Principal
Walter o. Smith with the new students
or their parents who desire to consult
him in reference TO the course of study.
Professor Smith announces that he
will be in his office from $3.50 o'clock
in the morning until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. The school offers CONNER
cial courses in addition to the usual
studies leading to the universities,
normal schools. and colleges of law
and medicine.
The $4,000 addition to the Mission
high school building, which is now be-
ing planned, will, it is stated, make
further provision for courses in applied
science, manual work, domestic art.
and architecture 1t is the hope OF
those interested in the school that an
indoor swimming tank will be a
feature of the annex.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
SERVICES HELD OVER
AUTOMOBILE VICTIM
Business Associates Attend Fu-
neral of Herbert p. Mackie

BERKELEY July z9.-The funeral
Of Herbert p. Mackie. a young realty
man. who died as the result of injuries
received in a collision between his
automobile and the Claremont avenue
Key Route car two weeks ago. was
held this morning from the Mackie
residence in CIaremont Park.
Rev John Rowland Lathrop, minis
ter Of the Berkeley Unitarian church.
and members OF the local real estate
exchange. acted as pail bearers The
body was cremated- Maclkie was a
graduate Of the University Of Cali
fornia and well known in Berkeley.
He was 30 years old and native of
Australia.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
SHOOTS REVOLVER IN
STREET AND is FINED
Police Judge Warns Cigar Sales
man to Stay Away

OAKLAND, July ga F. Robert
son. a San Francisco cigar solicitor.
was fined s26 by Police Judge Smith
this morning on charges OF being
drunk, carrying a concealed revolver
and shooting within the city limits. He
was admonished to stay out of Oak
land while drinking.
He drifted into town from across the
bay late last night, halted at Twenty
second street and Telegraph avenue,
and Just as a Key Route train pulled
by drew the revolver and started
shooting.
Policeman Mulholland was near at
hand. and arrested the exuberant
gentleman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
Observation-Disclosures

Notwithstanding the depression
shown in Oregon and Washington, ac-
cording to report, the lumber business
in California is showing a decided inn
provement over any period since No
vember, 1906. The movement of cut
stock, siding and holding, as well as
of shingles, is increasing steadily and
demands from the east at the present
time exceed the capacity of the manu-
facturers Numerous small mills
throughout the state, which were
obliged to suspend operations last sea-
son, are opening up this year. and
several projects for opening new dis
tricts and the establishment of new
mills are on the way. One railroad
alone has routing orders for over ZOE
cars of mill machinery
An investigation of the dockets of
the interstate commerce commission by
the Railroad Age Gazette shows that
the complaints directly attacking the
freight rates of railroads have dimin-
ished by 40 per cent, the total number
of the first 10 months after the taking
effect of the Hepburn law being 433,
while the total number for 15 months
ending March 81, 1909. was 262 only.
Half of these were dismissed by the
commission. Few of the remainder, it
is declared. are of essential Importance.
as far as rates themselves are con-
cerned. growing principally out of the
rivalry of different companies and
competing manufacturers and mer-
chants. a decision either for or against
the complaints having little or no eff
feet upon the prices paid by the con-
sumers of merchandise. The records
indicate that the commission has main
tanned fairly well a judicial attitude,
but it is alleged by the compiler that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
ADVOCATING SCHEME OF
TUNNELS UNDER ESTUARY
Improvement Clubs Plan to
Abolish Bridges Over Stream
[Special Dispateh 10 The Call

[Special Dlpdtch 10 The Call
ALAMEDA. July 29.-Supervisor j.
NJ. Kelley addressed the West End i'm
provement club this evening on the
scheme of tunneling the estuary, so
that the railroad bridges can be re-
moved.
A small audience was present.
The club announced that an effort
would be made to secure the attend
ance at meeting several weeks hence
of Senator Perkins and Representatives
Knowland, Kahn and McKinIay.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30

Take an outing on the Ocean Shore
Railway and enjoy the beautiful
beaches and grand scenery. Train serv-
ice TO Tunttas Glen (Ss miles from San
Franeisco) connects with stage for San
Gregorio, Pescadero and Pebble Beach.
For schedules see published time card
In this paper
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30

MILK LAW VIoLATED.-Sorum & Gunder
son O. K restaurant 200 Guerrero street were
fined $40 by Police Judge Deasy yesterday for
selling watered milk.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30

Carpenters union No 4S3 has con-
tributed 500 to the Santa Clara build
ing trades council for the benefit of the
men locked out in Santa Clara valley.