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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-30
Comparison of Figures

The situation presents itself for easy
ANALYSIS through the 2S municipalities
in the county outside the city OF Los
angeles. Pasadena. for instance. is as
sessed for city purposes at $36.154,207.
When It comes TO the county assess
naent, on which the state also Ievies.
the valuation falls TO s2s,sss, ,617-a
sudden drop Of Ss.z57. $50. The Pasadena
situation is further involved by an ap-
praisement Of se5.O0O.oO0 made by
James H. Adams & Co. the bond house.
The county figures appear therefore to
be on only Al per cent basis. The
state standard is 60 per cent.
Long Beach, according TO City As
SCISSOR Boynton. shows roll of sI7 1862.
SsI County Assessor E. W. Hopkins
hgures but sI2.52s.s5s on the same
property. difference of s4,s3s. .s32. The
loss is almost entirely on real estate
valuation City Assessor Boynton said
that his figures were on a so to so per
cent basis. That carries Hopkins down
10 about 40 per cent
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FOOD SHORTAGE IN CITY FEARED

Railroads still washed and if they opened soon
be There cons
laid without
being unidentified for Identification br
bodies nc be
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'Vagaries of Assessors

The case Of San Pedro shows even a
greater discrepancy City Assessor
Pearson returned a total Of se,22S,5o1.
but stated that il was on 40 per cent
basis for real estate and less for i'm
provements. County Assessor Hopkins
found s4.7z7 .250. which places san Pedro
on basis Of about 30 per cent. or just
half the 60 per cent upon which the
state board of equalization insists.
ocean Park property totals s5.5Se. .ss2
on the city assessment roll and ss.lsI.-
SIS on the county roll. a difference of
s2.42S.027.
santa Monica and Pomona show sim
liar vagaries. Whittier is on the county
roll at 90 per cent basis, South Pasa-
dena at 81. per cent and Monrovia at IS
per cent. The Redondo assessments are
Ia better shape
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LOW VALUATION
FOR COUNTY IS
LOSS TO STATE
Los Angeles Has Two Systems
of Assessment in Its Is
municipalities
City Taxes Levied on Higher Es-
>imates Than Presented to
Equalization Board
One MeIflOd Reserved for Home
Use Exclusively and Other
for General Purposes
CITIES EXCEED
COUNTY VALUES

Los Angeles county has tDo sus-
TENS Of assessing. One is for home
use exclusively. The county assess
Hlents, on Dhich the state lepics. ore
far bclOw the valuations on phicH
municipal revenue is raised. The
practice is general among the %
municipalities IN the county. 4 fen
instances are here gipen:
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testimony Is Conlicting

The conflicting testimony offered by
the figures Of County Assessor Hopkins
and those OF the city assessors affords
an fneontrovertible method Of showing
the undervaIuations. of the county roll.
The city assessors rarely go above so
per cent. ana Assessor Hopkins cuts far
laader this in almost every case.
In defense Of the inequalities it is
said that charter limitations OF bonded
Indebtedness oblige municipalities to
assess high. This viii hardly meet the
issue. San Francisco is city and
county in itself and can not differen-
tiate. It's city rate is at once ftscounty
and state rate Sacramento's city as
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNr So
MONDAY. AUGUST 80. 1903
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-Cloudy; west wind; maximum
temperate ture IS, minimum 80.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fair; moderate
west wind. Page Is
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EASTERN

Early morning |
trict Of Seattle.
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EDITORIAL

Equalizers nutter the rich tax shirkers Of the
south. Page 9
Ballinger unfortunate in his friends. Page 6
Indications OF the trade barometer. Page 8
Examinations of banks and their securi-
ties. Page q
The ideal bsttleship. Page
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
FIRES AT OFFICER.
Syrian's Workmanship is Bad ard
He's in Jail.

MONROE. Mich. Dec. 20.-In n NJ
Of anger Ellis Aboohamed. proprietor
OF the Family theater, fired several
shots from a revolver AT Policeman
Isadore Sancrainte and then thinking
hc had killed the officer. he turned the
weapon upon himself and fired three
shots. The policeman was not
touched and Aboohamed only graZed
his right temple i'm his attempt NJ self
destruction The latter is in jail and
will probably be charged with assault
with intent 10 do great bodily harm.
Aboohamed had some trouble with
a Young man connected with an oppo-
sition theater and put the latter ont
of his playhouse The elected man
complained TO the sheriff Meantime
officer Sancrainte happened along and
the Syrian opened fire on him. The
officer ducked and fell and Aboohamed
then tried to end his own life.
Aboohamed has been a prosperous
fruit dealer here for some years and
recently fell heir to about 100000
left him by his father-in-law In Syria.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
SHIP BRINGS 3,747 PERSONS;
$3.50 ARE IMMIGRANTS
president Grant" Breaks All Records
for Number Of Passengers Car
ried on a Single Trip.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-The largest
number of human beings that ever
travelled from Europe to America on
a single shir arrived here on the Ham
burg. g.American liner President Grant.
Including passengers and crew, there
we're on board 3,747 persons. Two
died and were buried at sea on the
voyage over.
One less than 5000 immigrants ar
rived on the ship and it took five
barges to convey them from Hoboken
to Ellis Island
The immigration authorities are at
loss TO explain the cause for the
large increase in the number Of inn
migrants at this time They can only
account for il on the ground that
the word of returning prosperity has
spread about Europe Unofflcially il
IS known that the immigration from
Europe for December OF this year is
already many thousands ahead OF the
same period OF last year.
The President Grant was two hours
I'm quarantine while the doctors were
scanning everybody on board. Several
cases OF measles were found and as a
result 1888 persons were taken of and
sent to the quarantine station.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
$4,000 NECKLACE
LYING IN THE GUTTER
Lucky Finder, Who Reads Newspaper,
Collects a Reward OF
$500

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O-It isn't on
record that necklaces with 10 pearls
are often found lying in the gutter.
But that il where the one referred to
in an advertisement was picked up.
II was returned TO Mrs. Carl II. De-
Silver of No. 43 Pierrepont-st.. Brook
Ign.
Mrs De Silver visited Manhattan TO
call on some friends. and upon reach.
Ing West Seventy-sixth-st., discovered
she had lost her necklace. which was
valued at $4,000. She hurried home
and told her husband. who is retired
broker. president OF the Brooklyn Eye
and Ear hospital and director in
the Philharmonic society.
Mr.. De Silver notified police head
quarters in Brooklyn and Capt. Cough
lin sent word TO the main Office in this
city. Tiffany was also communicated
with and the $500 reward offered Mr..
De Silver also decided to put an ad
Tiffany's with clipping OF the adj
vertisement in one hand and the neck
lace in the other. He said he found
the chain of pearls In the gutter In
Fifty-third-st. He received the re-
ward, -but was no happier than Mrs
De Silver was when the Jewels were
handed back TO her.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
Reform Mayor May Mayor 1t From
Behind Prison Bars; Accused Of Libel

SALEM. Mass. Dec 20.-Shaking
the dry bones of Massachusetts IA
nous witch city" as they have not
been shaken since this old town was
the first American seaport. Arthur
Howard. six weeks voter, who came
here II months ago without Il dol
lar" has just been elected mayor
after the most spectacular campaign
in the history OF the BAY state. AS
he IL under two indictments for libel.
II is not impossible that the most Of
his term OF office may be passed in a
cell
When Howard arrived here Il
months ago he came to start a paper.
Falling 10 purchase the Gazette. an
old newspaper. he started new
sheet the Dispatch For the first
few weeks OF It's existence the Dis
patch barely circulated and the editor
nearly starved. Then Howard dlScov-
cred graft In the city affairs He at
tackled It bitterly. and within ten days
his circulation grew. and he went
hungry no more. Two libel suits. one
instituted by an alderman and the
other by the editor of a rival paper.
were instituted
Howard was arrested and twice
sent 10 jail. He issued his paper from
his cell. last October the brother
of another alderman Howard had as
sailed attacked and beat the editor
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
SHE PROVED THAT SHE
is A CAPABLE WHIP
Mrs. Smith. Turned Cabby TO Sup
port Family, Thrashed Hsckman
Ohio Offended Her.

MIDDLETOWN. n Y Dec. 20
Mrs Amelia Kate Smith cabby. was
arrested here for horsewhipping an
other hack driver. His name is Cor
nelius d. Delamater. but he is a hack
driver for all that Mrs Smith didn't
deny that she had chastised Delama-
ter She said that he had maligned
her and she was justined in bringing
him TO book
Mrs. Smiths husband, Arthur, is a
hack driver. fIe fell III some time
ago and Mrs. Smith took his place
to earn the family living. She has
had such success that other cabbieS
have been Jealous. Some OF them
have said mean things about her and
she heard Of H. When she thrashed
Delamater. she did it at the depot.
where a lot of people saw and en-
joyed it.
Mrs. Smith was permitted To go on
her own recognizance. Her hearing
was set down for tomorrow.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
GIRL is RESURRECTED
FROM A LEGAL DEATH
Miss Burns, Of st. Louis, Missing II
Years. Appears After Court Had
Ordered Life Insurance PAID.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 20.-Miss Nellie
Burns. missing IL years. and three
DAYS ago declared legally dead by the
st. Louis circuit court, turned up awe
today. AS a consequence the girl s
foster mother, Mrs. Annie Bosse, re-
signed letters of administration grant
cd her by the probate court and caus-
ed TO be dismissed n suit in when
She had already won Judgment
AGAINST a life insurance company.
Mrs. Posse and Miss Burns met to-
day for the first time since Oct. lS,
1898. when the girn, then eight years
cid. disappeared She was thought 10
have been Kidnapped
Il was on my way 10 school, Miss
Burns explained, when two men, my
father and my uncle, seized me and
drove with me to house on Dayton
81. Father told me | wonld never see
Mother Bossc again.
Il grieved for time. then. like
most children. forgot my troubles. La
ter We moved to East ST. Louis. II
my legal death had not been reported
in the newspapers | might never have
seen Mrs. Bossc again"
The girls father is Daniel Burns,
an engineer. He and his wire were
liyinb apart when the latter died, di-
recthg that Nellie be given into the
care OF Mrs Bosse.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
ZIP! GOES BOY WHO SET
FAT MANS PAPER AFIRE
Little Joker rs Tossed Through Cor
Window-PoIiceman Called to
CuelI Victims Wrath
SOUTH NORWALK. IA

SOUTH NORWALK. Conn, Dec. 20
excitement was caused
at the railroad station in this place
when boy named James Walker set
fire to a corpulent gentleman's news
paper. The man, Harry Howell. OF
Pittsfeld. jumped mp in rage and
tossed young Walker out of the car
window II required the services OF Il
policeman to quiet Mr.. Howell before
Walker could re-enter the train. Mr.
Hovell's hands were quite badly
burned The paper made a big blaze
and frightened the. women in the car
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
FOUND COINERS MAKING
BAD MONEY ON STOVE
Men Accused Of Flooding East Side
With Bad Quarters Caught
by Chief Flynn.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Three men
who are accused of flooding the east
side pushcart peddlers with spurious
coin i'm the last two weeks were ar
rested M 30. 394 Water-st by local
Secret Service Chief William j..
Flynn and Agent John Henry Ac-
cording to Flynn, they were busy at
their work when captured. They made
no fight.
The were taken TO the Oak-st. po-
lice station. where they gave their
names as James OBrien a cloth cut
ter; Alvin Clark and George Costello.
who said he lived at No. 129 East
One Hundred and Fortyfourth-st.
They were locked up on the charges
OF counterfeiting and possessing
counterfeit money
"These men, said Flynn. have
been operating for two weeks in this
city OBrieu. whose real name Is
John Tanning. is the leader Of the
outfit. He served term for the same
offense seven years ago. He moulded
the money Alvin Catlin and George
Carl are the right names of the other
prisoners They were the showers.
"We received a number OF com
plants from pedlcrs in the neighbor-
hood Of Canal and Grands-sts. ON the
east side that they had been Sung
on bogus twenty-five and fifty cent
coins We trailed flaming 10 the
place where nc bought the tin, copper
antimony and silyer-plating used
I'm their manufacture, and then learn
ed that he was doing the work ar
no 39I Water-st. I'VE broke in there
and found them boiling the metals on
n small stove There were about
fifty coins--very good counterfelts-
lying on bed Nearby on the floor
were several moglds'
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
SAYS WIFE OGLED AND
SANG TO kid" Mccoy
Then She Left Husband at Rector's
and Took Prize Fighter Away
In Their Automobile.

NEW YORK. Dec 20.-Isa willard
Helm a member of Valentine Bros.
exporters, OF No AZ Broadway, OBJ
tanned a writ of habcas corpus from
Justice Scabury in the Supreme court
commanding his wife. Mrs. Edna Val
eutipe Helm. TO produce in court their
fve-year-Old daughter. Jacquelne
Helm asks the custody of the child on
The ground his wife is not tt per
son TO care for Il, because She as
sociates with Kid Mccoy. the prize
fighter, and other persons the husband
does not approve of.
Mrs. Helm is the daughter or Wash
ington S. Valentine. head OF the firm
to which Helm belongs. Helm says
that he lives with his mother Mrs
Frances Helm. OF No West Eighty
seventhst., and would be able To give
his child every advantage.
Incidentally Helm says that his wife
has sued him for a divorce and that
he has brought counter. action,
charging her with misconduct with
half a dozen men, while she was on
a trip abroad.
one of the things Of which Helm
complains bitterly is that his wife
made eyes at kid Mccoy in Rec.
tors one night when the Helms were
dining there. Helm said he left the
table for a moment. and when he re-
turned found the prizefghter sitting
with his wife.
THE orchestra was playing Love
Me With Your Eyes, Helm charges.
"and my wife looked lovingly into his
eyes and sang 10 him" After they had
finished dining. the husband averred'
his wife left him there and took Nc
Gov ont riding I'm his (Heins) auto
mobile. and did not get home untll
early in the morning.
Helm admits that when his wife be-
gan 10 make ewes at other men he
also became indiscreet and afterward
confessed TO his wife She forgave him
everything. he said. after which they
lived together in the Hotel Ansonia.
But they could not make a 20 OF II.
Mrs. Helm denies all the charges her
husband makes.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
Says poet Watson is insane.

NEW YORK. Dec Robinson
Watson, a brother Of Wm Watson, the
English poet. in statement tele
graphed to the Evening Mail, says his
Brother who wrote the poem. The
Woman With the Serpents Tongue.
is insane from oyerwork. The state
ment was brought forth by the re-
peated attacks made on the English
writer because he has declared Miss
Asuuith TO be the object of ridicuie
In the widely-discussed poem. The
poets brother. who lives in Montreal,
says he believes the hallucinations are
only temporary.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
WHERE LIFE IS
WORTH LIVING
rhe .lstieth anniversary Of the Taber-

The SIxtieth anniversary Of the Taber-
nncle VI. r. church was obEerNed sun
day with n series OF special services
throughout the day. About sl,5o0
was subscribed for an Improvement
fund.
The Rev. Peter O'Donabue, recently ap-
pointed assistant pastor OF So Anse's
Roman Catholic church, assumed his
now duties Sunday. and was well
coined Ivy large congregations. Fr.
Donahue came TO Detroit from Port
i,ambton. ont.
SrnekerIm VI. bishop, the Arme niRn
4. Of VI. student. whose wife recently
h'od n bill for the annulment or their
marriage has fled an answer to her
charges He saws the marriage was
decided upon on IN" advice OF
physician. and claims that his wife
was over l8 and not under that are,
a. she alleges
~ the Museum Of Art. sunday after
noon. Director GT1fhth pictured
switzerland as q land 81 industry. in-
stead or the world show park. as
most believe u 10 he. While he adj
mltted that along the braten paths
th, people are lnnkecpefs and wait
cfs. in other sections of ia" country
tNeN are enEaE Ecd ln the tI1nitdctur"
of toys and watches ana Ia aRrlrul
tu~C Nsty little % the work 10 done
u factories. most of the people set
ting up Workshops ln tt"T own
homes
"The bible thunderS tts rebukc into the
ears of those responsible for the
sweat shop. which IL is % be hoped
will he wiped out or existence by
wise legislation and well directed
huna nitarian EFFORT said Rabbi leo
NJ Franklin in Temple Beth III. sun
daN morning, ia sermon on Labor
and rcst 1T IS ono 81 the danger
points ~ modern civilization that we
are cultivating two extreme classes.
tho eo-called leisure class and the
other, those who never rest
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
TELEPHONE GIRLS MUST
GIVE UP PUFFS AND RATS
Also They Must Quit Chewing Gum
and Enunciate More
Dist tInctIy

CHICAGO. Dec. 20-Puffs, rats,
curls. and also transformations what
ever they are-will be shorn from the
heads of the thousands Of telephone
girls under a new rule just promul-
gated. They are also forbidden ~
chew gum during business hours.
The branch managers had reported
that the operators spent too much
time replacing loosened wisps OF
tresses when their fingers should
have been busy with the plugs.
Here is the way the operators were
instructed not 10 talk over the tele-
phone:
"Nummerpleeze. Phone taken.
out.
No fault is found with their enun-
citation OF Drop nickel. please"
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
DENTIST DROPS DEAD.

BENTON HARBOR Dec. 20.--"My
heart Is bad Something tells me
am liable to die shortly" spoke DR.. 7.
\. Lowery, dentist OF this city, while
working on patient in his office.
Half an hour afterward he was
stricken as he was nearing his homo,
dying in the arms OF his son, Or. II.
4. f.owery. For some time Or. Low
cry had been n sufferer from. heart
disease. He was one OF the oldest
practicing dentists in the county. com
ing 10 Benton Harbor from Niles. his
boyhood home.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
TRIES TO END LIFE
Grand Rapids Tailor is snstehed From
Death by Turnkey.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 20
Arrested on drunk and disorderly
charge. Frank Warner tailor. made
an unsuccessful attempt at suicide by
hanging himself in cell In the police
headquarters The matter was sup.
pressed by the police.
CHANGING to pass the cell Warner
was occupying. Turnkey Patroe heard
"a gurgling noise Hurrying into the
cell he found Warner hanging by his
handkerchief from the bars near the
ton OF the cell. Three physicians fin.
ally revived the prisoner after work
ing over him an hour.
Following his recovery. Warner was
transferred 10 the county Jail where
he was closely guarded all night. He
Is also wanted by the local police for
alleged wife. beating.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
Want "CIosed Shop Z"

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Dec 90
J. J. Stratton. representative OF the
International Association Of the Ma
chinists, and G. 4. Penz, vice-presi-
dent of the National Pressmen's m
ion. bring the news that the Duplex
Printing Press Co. must either union.
ize or ebarred from the metropoli-
tan competition, which would be 4
body blow 10 the industry. Forther-
more n S45000 rotary press just An
ished orthe New York World, can
not he delivered unless the company
ceases 10 allow an open shop"
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20

TO HAVE NEW HOTEL,

GRAND RAPIDS Mich. Dec 20.-
Plans are under way secretly for the
erection OF new hotel in the bust
ness section Of the city 10 cost $500
600 when completed Although there
is a movement TO organize a stock
company to promote the deal. no de-
tails Of the affair can be learned
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
warrant for Joseph sehuItz.

Ioseph Schultz who tearfulIY con-
fPssed Friday % lOoting roOmiug-
houses on CClumpia-st. and To commit
rng various other thefls WIS
,.rraigned before Justice Stein Satur-
day on a warrant secured by Marcolla
O'Reilly. charging him with larceny
from q dwolling in the day time. lie
viii have an examination Dec. 81. Bail
was fixed az $500. two surcties.
schultz secured a $40 watch belonging
20 Bert O'Reilly in this instance.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20

A weeping woman is mourning
ing Leopold while Europe trembles
lest she claim his fortune. What W
III he the future of the Baroness
Vaughan. the dead rulers morgantic
wife, And what will be the future
OF her children? Will she sometime
lead revolution TO put one of her
boys on the throne?
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
HIS DOG REPAID KINDNESS.
Miller Sheltered the Animal and II
Saved His Family.

STRATFORD. Conn, Dec 20.-A.
Miller found a small yellow dog one
cold stormy day. and. taking pity on
II. took II home. Yesterday morning
az O'Clock the dog repaid Miller by
saving the family from death
Miller. awakened hy the dag. saw
tongues of flame coming through the
noor. Finding the hallway a mass OF
Aames. Miller made a rope Of bed
clothing and lowered his wife and
three sleeping children from a win
dow. Before jumping himself he
dropped the dog into the arms OF his
wife. The floor caved in a few
seconds latter
job Printing done right Times
PRINTING Co. 1b John RS Ph. 1923
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20

When Leopold fell prey 10 the be
auty Of the baroness, who was
French Ianitor's daughter and herse
II barmaid, no one dreamed that ne
would be married by legal ceremon
y. But now that it has been provenn
that she is his legally married wife,
her future will be fraught with inn
portance othe Belgian people.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
Jail chastens Mans Spirit.

John Kasenow, the man who scvCral
days ago thanked Judge Murhn for
sending him TO jail and declared that
he would never give money TO his
wife. was brought into court Saturday
very much chastened Hc paid a sum
of money for his wife and promised
that hereafter he would give her a
weekly allowance.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20

Nalpey SHOE Companys cor. Farmer
st and Gratiot-ave. great Holiday win
dow and store display Of footwear.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-20

At the G. G. Becker Shoe store. base
mont No % Gratiot-ave Saturday.
There's q reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01
MEETS DREADFUL DEATH.
Veteran Impaled on Spikes in Fall
From Skyscraper.

PHILADELPHIA October 1-FaIling
from one of the upper floors of a sky
scraper office building near Broad and
Chestnut streets yesterday. Robert
Bradbury. aged sixty-six years. met
horrible death in sight of hundreds of
spectators. Mystery surrounds tho
cause of the fall. When lie attracted
the attention of spectators by his
screams he was rapidly falling through
the air in the rear of the buildings on
small thoroughfare known as Watts
street. When he finally landed on a
spiked fence his body was literally
torn TO pieces. 1t is not known from
which of two buildings. both of them
more than twenty stories high. he fell.
His son believes the fall was acct
dental. as his father was Q sufferer