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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
rBv Associated Press ]

time the Pope Hartford crossed the line
a winner, was leading Lozier almost a
lap. Both cars finished in the order IN
which they stood at the time when the
Pope Hartford won.
Besides winning the second place In
the biggest event Of the day, the Apper-
son car also won the second race, ne
gotiating the distance in 8 hours Il
minutes SO seconds.
Lozier Given Second Place
The Lozier car was given second
place in the second race, confining the
winners of the day to the three cars,
the Pope Hartford taking the first race
Fleming made by far the best time
in the second race as well, but was not
entered, and so could not take the
contest. This led to some confusion
and it was generally believed that
Fleming had taken the whole trio OF
races. The Pope-H Hartford won the
first event of seven laps.
The actual running time of the Pope
Hartford today was 64.51 miles an hour
breaking the worlds record established
at Santa Monica of 64.44, and that OF
the Vanderbilt cup race of 64.42.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
WELL KNOWN DRIVERS ARE AT
WHEELS OF WONDERFUL CARS
tBy Associated Press ]

OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 23.-seventeen
racing automobiles starting at reg
ular intervals of a few minutes each
today, over the twenty-one and half
mile circuit, formed by the Oakland
san Jose country road, and the Hill
boulevard, began the Oakland Portola
road race, the first of the kind ever
given in northern California.
Although all of the machines started
almost simultaneously, they were en-
tered in three distinct contests The
first, for a distance Of seven laps of
the course, or an approximate distance
of 150 miles, was for cars of 231 to
45O inches piston displacement.
The second class racers covered 215
miles by making the circuit ten times
These cars were of stock chassis with
a piston displacement of 451 to 900
inches.
The third race, constituting the grand
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24

prize event of the day. was for racing
cars and machines having a piston dis
placement in excess of 600 inches. This
race was also open to cars which
qualified in the foregoing events. The
distance for the big race of twelve laps
was approximately 25S miles.
Dienitaries All There
With seventeen cars in competition
at the same time, the grandstand oc-
cupied by thousands of spectators was
constantly passed by the roaring flame
and smoke-spitting racers. One section
of the grandstand was reserved for
Don Gaspar de Portola, and Queen
Vergilia who were escorted by Gov
ernor J. N. Gillett, Mayor E. r. Tay-
lor of San Francisco, Mayor Frank X.
Mott of Oakland, and a number of the
foreign ENJOYS, who are attending the
Portola festival.
A section was reserved for the Off
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
Wants $50 More

The Lord Motor Car company have
their order in for $50 of the various
models and have been striving the
mast week to increase their allotment
without success.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
GERS and sailors of the visiting war
ships.
Well Known Drivers in 1t

Among the well-known drivers in
the race were Harris Hanshue, who
broke a worlds record with the Apper-
son "Jackrabbit" at Santa Monica;
Harry Michener, at the wheel of the
Lozier with which he has won a num-
ber of notable races in the east;
Charles Soules, who has made name
for himself on road and track in the
east, and Jack Fleming, the well-known
local driver of the Pope Hartford.
The names of the cars, with their
drivers and the order in which they
started, follow:
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
POPE-FIARTFORD BREAKS
ALL WORLDS RECORDS
ON OAKLAND COURSE
Eclpses Vanderbilt Cup Race Fastest Record-MakeS
Average Speed of IS Miles Per Hour for 25S Miles
and Goes at Terrific Speed for Many Laps

Competition and 100000 Spectators Are Present.
Including Don Gaspar Portola and Queen Vrgia Who
Were Escorted by Glett and Mayors of Oak
land San Francisco Foreign ENJOYS and Naval
Officers of All Nations with Great Drivers
at Wheels of the Machine
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
CHURCH REALIZES
HANDSOME PROFIT
Richmond Congregation Sells
Lot for $4,000 That Was
Purchased for $500

How would you like to buy piece
of real estate for 500 and sell it for
$4,000?
That's what the Richmond Congre-
gational church has just done, and 1t
shows the possibilities of real estate in
the Richmond district But this profit
has not been realized over night. 1t
was in 1884 that the church organiza-
tion bought the property at the south-
west corner OF Clement street and
Seventh avenue, when the district
was thinly settled There is a. frontage
of 12O feet in Clement street and 10
feet in Seventh avenue, covered by
large wooden church structure in front
and a small building in the rear, the
original church edifice.
The German savings bank has prac-
tically closed the deal with the church
for the property, and will use SO feet
of the Clement street frontage for a
bank building The deal was made
through the office of G.. B. Fitzgerald.
To escape the noise and hustle of its
present location the church has bought
a site at the southwest corner of Sew
enth and Point Lobos avenues for
about SO. 500. An attractive ediflce will
be erected at once. The deal for the
new church site was made through the
agency of Shainwald. Buckbee & Co.
Landgrebe. MacNevin & Jones have
leased the southeast corner of Turk
and Taylor streets with hotel of %
rooms to one tenant for a period of 10
years at a gross rental of $4,000. The
hotel building has three frontages in
Taylor. in Turk and in Opal place. 1t
is five stories high, constructed of
brick and has basement The lot is
4Ox77:6 feet. and is entirely covered
by the building. The owners are Riv-
ers Brothers.
A deed has been recorded conveying
to the city and county of San Fran
cisco 50x119:6 feet in the north line of
Sacramento street. IS feet east of
Drumm, for the sum of $1,000. The
sellers are Augusta c. Osmont and
others.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
Personal Breyities

Sssson Of Bakersfield is at the Savoy.
prank Blake OF wyoming is at the Holland
FRED n. Bigby Of Long Beach is at the st.
Francis.
senator Prank P. Devlin Of Vallejo is at the
ArRonauf.
Judge J. W. Lee-Jones Of HongkoOg is at the
ArROBaut.
". P. suIiy. vsncouver civil engineer. is at
]. E. springer Of Los Angeles is registered at
the Stewart
william Rielv. an attorney Of Chicago is at
the Fairmont.
n. E. wheeler Of Seattle is guest at the
Union Square.
Sr. aud Mrs. E. ]. Robinson Of Los Angeles
are at the Manx.
II. N. Young and wife Of Santa Barbara are
at the Dorchester.
A B. Humphrey. rancher Of Sacramento, Is
registered at the Stewart
O. Y. Woodward. proprietor OF Woodward's
island. is at the Stewart
Captaiu and Mrs. v s. Nelson Of the navy
ere guests at the St Francis
Mr ana Mrs. I. W. MacKinnon OF Vancouver
are staying at the ST. Francis
John T. HaIlinan of Victoria, Tex. cattle
man. Is registered at the Fairmont.
Elmer T. Smith Of Merced has taken apart
menfs at the Manx with his family.
M and Mrs Julius Kr1ttschnitt and Miss
Krutfschnitt are guests at the Fairmont.
ca,fain H Cook. a salmon packer OF wash
inefon, is registered at the St Francis.
captsfn J. C. de ST. Hubert. vfneyardfst Of
Hoiiister is STAYING at the Union Square.
Alfred RoSensffrn. tie real estate man. has
returned from the east and taken apartments at
the 81 Francis
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
PLAN REPETITION OF BIG
NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
VIII Garry Out the Project on
Larger Scale

Encourag ged by the success of the
demonstration last New Years day
ihe Downtown association is planning
q repetition OF the event this year. II
is intended TO carry out the annual
celebration on a larger scale than be-
fore.
The streets will be Illuminated, nu-
rnerous bands VIII play at street cor
ners and the merrymakers will be in
zited TO dance the old year out and the
new wear in The main attraction,
however win be parade in which the
seven monster electric floats which
were used on the last night of the
Portola festival viii be exhibited once
more.
Apart from the floats will be the
automobile parade. Several valuable
,,rizes have been offered for this event
and entries are rapidly being sent in
particular attention is being paid to
me arra gements for the entertain
rnent and accommodation of the thou
sands OF revelers in the downtown
hotels and afes.
During the year the downtown cafes
have more than doubled in number and
lie lack OF places Of entertainment
which was one of the distressing fea-
lures Of the last celebration has been
eliminst ted
THOSE IN charge of the affair from
tbe Downtown association are: Paul
r Carroll. Horace Allen, L. A. Gould,
r Clay. W ID. Fennimore, John A.
Haunerstnith A. g. Mccarthy and Otto
r. Schiller.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
FINALLY ADOPT
STREET NAMES
Supervisors Enact Murdock's
Lists; Open Meeting Thurs
day for Last Changes

The new names for the streets of
Richmond Sunset and the southern
section of San Francisco and for the
elimination of duplicate titles were
adopted by the board of supervisors
yesterday in two ordinances finally
passed. Chairman Murdock apnounced
that this action was really final as re-
CARDS the chosen appellations for the
Sunset and Richmond districts and in
the general list, in all of which cases
full conferences have been held. but
that the names selected last week for
the numerical avenues of old South"
San Francisco and finally" approved
yesterday would be changed upon rea-
sonable objection.
Thursday morning the commission
will hold a final session. Murdoch said
to give an opportunity for all such
sugges tions.
This invitation was largely in re-
sponse to the protest made Yesterday
by Father Sullivan and others against
the adoption of new names for the ave-
nues in the southern section and espe-
cially against, the particular names
chosen in some cases. He did not en-
ter into details on the latter count,
of depriving South San Francisco of it's
numerical titles when the district had
so named its avenues ahead of Rich
mond and Sunset.
Deputy Madden of the postof1ice de-
partment explained that the changes
were for the good of the district and
the ending of confusion in mail deliv-
cries. Upon this understanding and
the chance to revise the southern list
ha Il y
the measures putting into effect the
commissions recommendations
First avenue and Forty-eighth street
in Richmond and Sunset become Ar
guello and La Playa respectively III
street becomes Lincoln way: East
street. north and south, the Embarca-
dero; Montgomery avenue, Columbus
avenue; New Montgomery avenue re-
mains.
Paine street and about so other
expectations lead precarious existence
In South Francisco until Thursday
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
TOM FINN'S FRIENDS
REMANDED TO CUSTODY
Hundred Dollars Cash Bail Too
Small, Rules ShOrtal1

If you are a desperate character and
have been charged with entering a
mans room, robbing him and striking
him over the head with a blackjack
do not despair if the police arrest you.
Be particularly cheerful il the man
you are charged with having assaulted
positively Identifies you as the assail-
ant, for if Tom Finn is a friend of
yours you may get out of prison on
500 bail.
Joseph Kid Egan, Thomas Healy.
john Desmond and John Mccarthy ap-
peared before Police Judge Shortall
yesterday on the charge of having en-
tered the room of Charles Kline, 16I
Sixth street, taking $50 from him and
attacking him with blackjack. Judge
Shortall learned that the quartet were
out on bail, and on inquiring the
amount was astounded to discover it
was 500 cash each. He found that
Judge Weller had released the men.
who went to Judge Weller to get
the bail set?" Shortan asked.
Tom Finn, Egan blurted out
On motion of Assistant District At
torney Duke the defendants were or
dered back into custody and their bail
fixed at $4,000 bonds or $1,000 cash
each.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
MISSION ASSOCIATION
WANTS ROADS IMPROVED
Would Have District Benefit
From State Bonds

The Mission promotion association
appointed a committee of three last
night, consisting of James Rolph Jr
Matt /. Sullivan. Eustace CuIlinan, and
Supervisor George /. Center, to inves-
tigate the plans for improvements at
Islais creek basin.
committee was also named to as
sist in the dedication of the Mission
grammar school on January I6 1t was
also suggested that night classes be
held in the school.
The association took the stand that
a portion OF the proposed SIS, ,0OO. 900
good roads bonds should be expended
on highways in. the Mission district.
"A committee was chosen to assist In
selecting a central location for an ar
mory and auditorium. A request was
ordered sent to the United Railroads.
asking that cars be routed from Cort-
land avenue down Mission street to the
ferry by way Of Kearny street and
Broadway.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
FAMILY COUGH SYRUP
Cures Any Cough in Five Hours.
NEW PRESCRIPTION HERE.

Here is given the most effective
cough prescription known to the
medical world. 1t is a mild laxative,
too, and this is what body needs
when suffering with cough and cold
on the lungs A cough or cold indi-
Gates poisons in the system, causing
inflammation and congestion. Nearly
all cough syrups relieve, but make the
trouble worse by their constipating ef-
fects. This prescription not only re-
lieves quickly, but it cures any cough
that is durable. Get one-half ounce
fluid wild cherry bark. one ounce
compound essence cardiol and three
ounces syrup white pine compound.
Mix in a bottle. Take for acute cough
or bronchitis twenty drops every half
hour for four hours. Then one-half to
one teaspoonful three or four times
daily Give children less according to
age. few hours treatment will cure
and heal the throat and lungs of all
but consumptives. Cut this out and
give 1t to some friend who may need
it to be saved from an early death by
consumption.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
PREPARE TO TEST NEW
LAW GOVERNING STREAMS
Supervisors Right to Pass Orr
dinance Disputed
Especial Dispotch 10 The Cal

SANTA ROSA, Dec. 6-Joseph Ruise
and Jay Cole. who were fined 500 or
SO days In the county jail by Justice
of the Jeace A. j. Atchinson last week
for seining in the Russian river in
violation of an ordinance passed by
the Sonoma county board of super
visors. was released today on a writ
Of habeas corpus.
They were at once rearrested on a
new complaint. A new writ was se-
cured. returnable tomorrow after
noon.
The writ was secured in the first
place to test the constitutionality of
the ordinance, 1t being alleged by the
defense that the supervisors have not
the power TO make laws governing the
streams, that being a right and power
Of the legislature only.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
EMBEZZLER SOUGHT TO
PROTECT WOMAN'S NAME
Hamilton Offered to Confess if
Terms Were. Granted

OLYMPIA, Wash, Dec 6.--.Ifamilton
said he would come through il we
would protect the woman,s name" said
Governor NJ. +. Hay on the witness
stand late this afternoon at the trial
of Ortis Hamilton, former adjutaflt
general, on a charge of larceny by en-
bezzlement.
Governor Hay related in detail how
Hamilton had been called to his Office
May 5, 1909, and there in the presence
of himself and w. p Bell, attorney
general, admitted his shortage Gov
ernor Hay said tlatshe first warned
Hamilton that anything he said would
be used against him and that he did
not have to answer unless he wanted to.
The state expects to finish its case
by tomorrow night. The defense has
called no witnesses as yet, but an
nounces that four will be subpenaed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
NOON MASS ON HOLY
DAYS AT ST. PATRICK'S
Service Recently Inaugurated
Will Be Permanent Feature

The practice of holding a noon mass
on holy days, recently inapgurated by
the clergy at st. Patrick's church. will
be continued permanently, there being
an evident desire on the part of the
workers in the business sections of
the city for such a mass
In accord with this policy mass will
be held at II O'Clock Monday, December
s, the feast of the immaculate con-
ception, besides those which will be
celebrated at s, Z, 8, and 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon On the occasion of
the MONDAY mass November "a large
congregation filled the old church.
There was, however, some doubt as
to whether a similar mass would be
held the coming Monday and theaclergy
of the church were swamped with in
quiries regarding it, 1t is now def
nitely stated that a MONDAY mass will
be celebrated on every holy day of the
year in st. Patrick's church.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
GOVERNOR GUEST
OF FRUIT GROWERS
rendered Reception by Dele
gates Gathered in Watson
vile for Convention
Session Gives Promise of Being
Most Important in His
tory of Association

WATSONvILLE, Dec. "a recep-
ton rendered tonight to Governor Gill
lett by the Watsonville members of the
California fruit growers association
informally began the thirty-sixth an
nual convention of the body. tomorrow
being the date set for the opening of
the four day business session. Gov
ernor Gillett will deliver the opening
address and will be followed by State
Horticultural Commissioner ]. w. JEFF
frey, William NJ. Holmes of Medford.
Ore; E. j. Wickson of the University
of California, o. E. Bremmer of Sacra-
mento, Mayor p. X. Walters of Watson
vile and Frederick Maskow of Long
Beach. Nearly all of the speakers ar
rived today and were present at the
reception, as were the majority of the
$50 delegates
The program arranged for the con-
yention contains many features of in
terest to the fruit growers of the state
and vital questions touching the in
dustry Will be discussed during the
session. Great interest has been mani
tested in the work of the body this
year and the convention is regarded as
giving promise of being the most i'm
portant gathering the association has
ever known
Among the speakers who will occupy
the platform during the convention are
United States Weather Forcaster Nc
Adfe, who will talk on Fighting
Frost; A. G. Briggs. president of the
California state board of trade. whose
subject is ''Sulphuring. Fruits; John p.
Irish, who will speak on After Pro-
duction What?"; State Engineer EIlery.
State Forester I.uII Prof a Y Stubeu-
rauch of the California university farm
and many others. Ellery will discuss
the relation of the statewide good roads
movement to the fruit growing indus
try and Lull will talk on the CONNER
cial imnnrtance of euca l.-rat1,. cr,.c.rr.i., Q.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
INSURANCE GRAFT
SCANDAL DISCLOSED
Phoenix Company Is Under In
vestigation for 81, 100000
Irregularities
State Examiners Involved in
Frenzied Finance Tangle
With the President

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-The Phoenix
fire insurance company of Brooklyn is
under investigation for irregularities
which are believed to have impaired
it's surplus at least S1.OOO.O00 and to
have resulted in grounds for criminal
action. superintendent Hotchkiss of
the state insurance department today
laid the case before the district attor-
ney.
1t is charged the president has over
drawn his salary. that he has unloaded
doubtful securities on the company and
that he has used the company's assets
as collateral to secure his own private
speculative accounts. Nor do the di-
rectOrs escape censure.
ISSUES STATEMENT
In formal statement issued tonight
superintendent HOtchlSiss does not be-
lieve the capital CT the company is i'm
paired, and thus far there is no evil
dence that its securities are not in
tact, but he admits that the present
investigation is still uncOmpleted-
In the last IL years. it is alleged.
members of the state insurance depart
ment whose duty it was to supervise
the company. have accepted collateral
loans from it, made to them by Presi-
dent Sheldon. IN amounts varying from
$4,000 to S100,0 000.
LOANS TO OFFICERS
Among the loans 10 officers of the
insurance department specified are the
following:
To James Pierce, in the period he was
state superintende of insurance, loans
aggregating S39,500.
To Isaac vanderpool. in the period he
was chief examiner of insurance com
panies. loans aggregating 100000.
To Robert III. Hunter. in the period
he was first deputy superintendent OF
insurance loans aggregating 5000
To William r. Buckley, in the period
he was third deputy superintendent OF
insurance. loans aggregatt $4,000
1t was announced tonight that at q
meeting of the board of directors Presi-
dent sheldon was removed from Office
and that W. T. Gray, formerly auditor
of the Continental insurance company,
was elected president.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
DE LARA EN- ROUTE EAST
TO DEMAND AN INQUIRY
Political Refugee Talks to q
Stockton Audience
Especial Dispoteh 10 The ColI1

STOCKTON, Dec "a large audience
was addressed last evening at Build
ing Trades Council hall by L. Gutter
rez de Lara, the Mexican political
refugee recently released at Los An
geles, where he was arrested upon ad-
vices from Mexico.
He is en- route to Washington, d. c..
in company with ]. B. Osborne. the
blind orator to demand a congressional
investigation of the cases of the Mexi-
can political refugees now imprisoned
in this country. In his address De Lara
said Senator Ia Toilette had promised
to take up the demand for an investi-
cation.
Stockton was unusually interested in
Da Lara's case, for the reason that he
was the man who, at the risk of his
life, accompanied John Kenneth Turner
former Stockton boy, through Mexico
and pointed out social and Industrial
conditions from which Turner obtained
data for his sensational articles on
"Barbarous Mexico"
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
ROOSEVELT PLANS TO
RETURN HOME IN JUNE
Mrs. Roosevelt Will Join Him
at khartum

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-word has
been received here from former Presi-
dent Roosevelt that he and his son
Kermit are in the best of health and
that they expect to return to the
United States some time next June
Mrs. Roosevelt will leave here early
in February to meet them at Khar-
tum, on the Nile in the Egyptian
Sudan, the middle of March.
They will proceed to Europe, where
the former president will deliver ad-
dresses in Berlin, Paris and London
sailing from the latter city for New
York early in June.