The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-03
COURT WILL Be
ASKED TOPASS
ON FILTRATION
Berthiaume RosenthaI Affair
Brings Battery Charge and
Damage Suit
Doctors Wife Admits Youth In
PRODUCED Self After Re-
ceiving Smile

70 the Berthiaume-R osenthal airta-
ton destined TO take a place in Cali
fornis Jurisprudence alongside the IA
nous Evans-osborn Christmas kiss?
II took divorce suit and a naval
board Of inquiry to determine whether
OF not the Osborn kiss was an indis-
cretion- 1t has already taken a punch
IN the jaw and an arrest. and viii
lake a trial for battery and a suit for
damages 10 establish whether or not
Charles ROsenthal Jr. was even guilty
OF flirting, in the full sense of the
Term, with pretty Ms Barthiaume.
Since Dr. Berthiaume afforded extra
e1tertsinment TO Inc crowds pouring
on Of the Orpheum Saturday afternoon
by calling young Rosenthal aside after
his meeting with Mrs Berthisume and
q year old Ethel BevelI. and smash
TX him n the mouth. many things
ave happened
Rosenthsl has announced that be-
SIDES pursuing The battery case
ag2insI Berthiaume. he viii begin suit
for da IMAGES
SMILE BRINGS MEETING
MS Berthisume who at first an
nounced that she had been formally in
trOdUced 10 young Rosenthal by Miss
Bercii TWO weeks ago now admits that
she smiled a. him and that he came
Toward himself: that Miss Bevell met
rim, a. The same time. and that they
ncCE knew bin as Claude Duval. 4
well 10 do student whose parents were
abroad They had been interested in
rinl FOR several months. but had never
MI him. she says
BeHhiaUme declares that the firta
tiea OF Rosenthal with his wife vas
bar ihe elimination OF a series OF fin
taco1s WIKI other Young men. and
thst RosenthsI was made more OF less
NJ scspegoat for the others
Ms r1bisune, who was before
her marriage Mss Gobie. daughter Of
wei TO do restaursteur IN Post
stree1 before the fire, inherited money
from heT father and is the real owner
Of the suros in the Owl garage oper-
arsd 5r her husband She states that.
although she believes the battery
chsrEe q Rosenthal 10 be justified.
The damage suit would he futile. as
D. Bertha urne has nothing. She. how
eve Owls property II Rhode Island.
svhe-e IRE couple we're married u
years age
Af-S- Berf h5sune says Rose1thsl met
5er unconTentionally al the OTpheum
TWO weeks ago She was led 70 be-
liere from his statements she says.
thy his name was Duyal a young
F-ercH Student whose parents were
abroad His lack OF knowledge OF the
F'-encr language IN which Mrs Ber-
thiaUme is proficient. he ascTihed to
having been brought up IN America
without z French nurse" she says but
n proof of his Gallo genoa logy he ex-
fibile5 sea ring with a coat OF arms
sr6 q French motto, which Ms Der
.aurce says contained the word
r55ce-
soRRK FOR TOUSG Man
= ADM. that ] WAS foolish" said
NJ Berthiaunle yesterday in the pres
ence or her husband I should never
have given The boy any encours cement
TO sceak 10 me and I'm sure he never
would have done SO. l have seer him
a. Ire Orpheum and other theaters
as vel as Al The skating rink and in
The streets for the last six months He
neye~ 6lrfed with me-5ust looked at
ne
Il have always thought him quiet
and well behaved young man. ] sat
or the same side OF the Orpheum as
ne in the front roW-his regular seat.
WAS rot until my husband repeatedly
aroused ne OF being friendly with him
thai became more than merely inter
estade in Nj Rose3thal. and after I
spoke TO hir- 7 thought him well edu
- ted and engaging gentleman ] have
spoken 10 him only three times
= admit that Miss Bevell and myself
remained in the entrance Of the Or
M h-G
chased our tickets for next week, but
II was simply to say How do You do,
and we had no engagement The doc
tors conduct was entirely unwarranteo-
and ! am very sorry for the young
man
Miss Ethel Beve1l. who. the doctor
asserts has been used by his wife to
attract young men 10 her side. Vigor-
ousIy champions young Rosenfhal ano
VIII appear IN court this morning in
his behalf She says the acquaintance
Of Mrs. Berthiaurne and the young man
s. OF the most casual kind, although
She admits that they were waiting to
see him AZ the entrance of the Orpheum
When the doctor hit Rosenthal-
This young maSher can sue all he
rants to- said DR.. Berthiaume yester-
day. and then III begin II be is so
innocent and wanted to avoid trouble
he could have avoided it easily. He
was very bold and took hold OF my arm
when J asked him out into the street
He got no more than he deserved