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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
JAIL SOCIETY MAN
ON GIRLS CHARGE
Charles KnickerbOcker Accused
of Attack on Thirteen Year
Old San Jose Miss
Especial Dispatch TO The Calf

SAN JOSE. March 1e.-Charles
Knickerbocker, holder of responsible
position in the San Jose ice company.
divorced man and a well known au-
tomobilist, has been arrested on the
charge of assaulting the daughter of
Mrs. Jennie Weeds. The girl is only
Is years old. The police and district
attorney are in possession OF an as
sortment of evidence against Knick-
erbocker, which they say is over
wheIming. He was released tonight
on $4,000 bail.
Mrs. Weeds is widow and lives
at 27s East Julian street She charges
that the crime was committed on the
22d of last September, when her daugh-
ter visited. Knickerbockers office in
company with a IA year old chum
named Lena Gratapaglia. The charge
against Knickerbocker is the result of
an investigation made by people who
live near the ice company's office and
who have seen many young girls cali
there nightly during the last two
years.
Detectives raided the Office tonight
and seized mass OF incriminating evi-
denee against the young man.
Bit by bit, the whole OF the mans
astounding history is being picked up
by the detectives. He is thoroughly
frightened. and is duplicating promi-
nent people of San Jose in his disclos-
ures. Five fashionably dressed young
girls called at the police station today
to see him.
Kniekerbocker is about 80 years of
age. and was divorced five years ago.
His family. one Of the most prominent
socially in San Jose, is prostrated by
the disclosures.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
STANDARD NEED
NOT DRAW TO
PAY BIG FINE
Judge A. B. Anderson Instructs
Jury to Return Verdict of
Not Guilty
Rockefeller Has for Time Being,
at Least, Saved His
Millions
DECISION KNOCKS
ALL TARIFFS OUT

CHICAGO. March TO-
The folloping statement mas
made this evening By C. NJ.
Grassland. in charge of The tariff
bureau for the interstate COM
merce commission:
.If Judge Anderson is right In
holding that the government has
not proved n legally published tar
in I'm this case, then practically
every tariff that has been filed with
the interstate commerce commis-
sion prior to January Of this year
is not legal. Ninety-fivc per cent of
the tariffs filed quoting class rates
refer to some one or more of the
three cIassificatioDs, the official,
western or southern, or to cIassi-
fcatiops issued by various state
bodies like the Iowa or Illinois
classiflcations. They do not refer
TO any specific document and the
classification sheets or books are
constantly changing.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
BARON BAROTEAU
SEEKS HIGH HOME
Snail Farming Entomologist
Plans to Build House in
Lofty Trees
ISpeciol Dispotch TO The Call

ALAMEDA, March 10.-"Baron' Al
fred A. Baroteau, snail farmer, ento-
mologist and one of the characters OF
Alameda, is planning to desert terra
firma and live like a man up a tree
He has residential aspirations higher
than the ground and is to build a
domicile in two tall trees in Lincoln
avenue near Hibbard street. The aerial
habitation will be 80 feet above the
earth and will be reached by ladder,
which Baroteau says he will draw up
at night to prevent any intruders from
invading his arboreal home.
Baroteau has long been known as a
breeder of snails and an authority on
how they should be prepared to please
the palate of the gourmet. He is a
finished chef, and his unique dinners
have made him famous among high
livers who are constantly seeking new
dishes.
MY main reason for building roost
in the treetops is ito get closer to ma
ture,' said Baroteau. There is Moth
ing so exhilarating as the breezes- of
the night as they rustic through the
leaves, carrying to the human being
so fortunate as to inhale them vim,
vigor and vitality. Our arboreal an
cestors were wiser than we give them
credit for being. They enjoyed good
health and this was due to the fact
that they lived out of doors and let
nature care for Them"
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
BIG GAS BILLS
COLLECTED TO
MAKE SURPLUS
Scheme Evolved by Company to
Accumulate Money and Pay
Passed Dividends
Meter Rental, Collection Charge
and Inflated Accounts Cause
Complaints by Consumers

That the explanation for the mys-
terious increase in gas bills throughout
the city lies in the secret plan of the
corporation to pay accumulated divi-
dends is the opinion expressed by men
in the financial district who have fol-
lowed the course of the company. Not
only does the San Frnacisco gas and
electric company intend to place itself
upon dividend paying basis. accord
ing to these authorities, but it has
evolved a scheme to reimburse itself
at the expense of the public for its
earthquake losses under the guise of
deferred profits" accumulated divi-
dends," or something of that descrip-
tion.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
DOCTOR TREATS SAILOR
ON SHIP VIA WIRELESS
Aerial Prescription Is Sent Ves-
sci Out at Sea

EUREKA, March 1O.-oil steamer
Asuncion. en- route from San Francis
co to Portland, hove to 100 miles north
of this bay this afternoon and notified
Fort Humboldt wireless station of the
injury of sailor who had fallen from
the rigging to the deck. sustaining
serious injuries. Medical advice was
asked Fort Humboldt communicated
with DR.. Charles Falk, who pre-
scribed treatment to give the injured
mariner. This was sent to the Asun-
cion via wireless. The steamer re-
manned hoye 10 until late this evening,
then steamed up the coast.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
STUDIES MEDICINE To
PLEASE DEAD SPOUSE
Mrs. Henrietta Damkroeger In
tends to Practice Here

( CHICAGO, March 1O--In keeping
with her promise to her husband. a
physician, who died some years ago in
San Francisco, Mrs. Henrietta Dam
lxroeger is one OF four women taking
the civil service examinations for in
ternes In county institutions. II she
is successful she will remain here un-
til she has served the 1S months re-
quired. and then viii enter general
practice in San francisco
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
EXPLOSION KILLS MINER
AND INJURIES BROTHER
Damage Thought Caused by
Drill Hitting Missed Hole"
TSpeciol Dispotch 10 The Call

REDDING. March 1O.-An explosion
in the Balaklala mine at Kimberly, IS
miles north of this place. instantly
killed Frank Witchett and his twin
brother, John, was so badly wounded
that his recovery is doubtful. The ex-
plosion occurred at about 1890 o'clock
Tuesday night while the brothers
were attending to drill. It is be-
lieyed that the drill penetrated a
missed hole Frank witchett was
blown to atoms and John witchett re-
ceived a fractured skull and other in
juries- Tons of earth were torn loose
by the blast.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

CHICAGO. March 10.-John ID.
Rockefeller has saved his 9,240, 600.
The governments case against the
Standard oil company, in which on pre-
vious trial the colossal fine had been
imposed, came to an abrupt end to-
day when the jury.- ng upon the
instructions of JudB n ,B. Anderson,
returned a verdict of7nof guilty This
result was not unexpeefrsd, In view of
the ruling of the court that the proof
relied upon in the first trial was in
sufficient. While the federal prosecu-
tors are unprepared to say what ac-
tion will be taken on behalf of the
government, it was announced that the
department of justice was anxious to
carry the issue to the United States
supreme court
The specific charge against the
Standard oil company was that it ac-
cepted rebates from the Chicago and
Alton railroad on shipments of oil
from Whiting. Ind, to East st. Louis
Ill. The government contended that
the legal rate was Is cents per 10O
pounds and that the Standard had
been granted special rate of cents
Judge Anderson held that the prosecu-
ton had failed to prove. that the is
cents rate had been legally published
and established. The IS cent rate
appeared in the general classification
tariff sheet, but the court held that
there was no evidence of special oil
rate of Is cents which could be con-
strued as the lawful and binding fig
ure
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
Inquiry Is Ordered

So serious has become the situation
that the board of supervisors has or
dered an Investigation into the sudden
imitation of gas bills. The inquiry
viii be conducted by the committee
on artificial lights, of wich Dr. "A A.
dAncona is chairman.
The evidence that the company is
laying careful plans to build up a great
surplus dates back to the period fol-
lowing the fire. Now the company has
come forward with a claim for more
than 100000 for depreciation, has i'm
posed meter rental, a connection
charge and has rendered bills showing
sudden increases of from so to 200 per
cent. At the same time it is collecting
a 81 rate under temporary injunction
issued by Judge Van Fleet
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
St. Francis Waiter Caught
Robbing Patron in the
Hotel TeaT0Om
Rich Loot, Stolen From Guests and.
Hostelry, Recovered in Room
OF the Criminal

~ Effected in the of stealing gold purse be-
longing Mrs. w. P Fuller in the white and gold
tearoom OF the St Francis hotel yesterday after
George Bohmer. boy, employed at the hotel
for several months arrested and held the
city prison. The police believe that he knows much
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
Hotel Employe
SkWul Thief

George Bohmer, the waiter under arrest for
plfering from guest the St. Francis hotel, and
suspected by the police Of knowing much about the
disappearance of Miss Jennie Crocker's S35,000
pearl necklace.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
Figures Are Disputed

The company represented before the
board of supervisors that under the
IS cent rate for 1907 it had made a
profit of only s157.7O7 According to
the Financial Chronicle the company
showed net earnings of sS11.0S2. and
the financial papers figures tailed in
every respect with those of the cor
poration except as TO earnings.
OF the s2o.oOo,0oO athorized stock of
the San Francisco gas and electric
company there is s15.S4S,433 outstand-
ing About 97.17 per cent of the stock
is held by the Pacific gas and electric
corporation. the parent organization
which was organized in 1906 and had
begun to pay dividends at the time
of the fire. The first and last payment
was made on April Is, 1906, of liz per
cent on the preferred stock.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
Plan to Pay Dividends

1t is now the intention, say those
who should be qualified to Judge. to
use the earnings of the San Francisco
gas and electric to resume dividends
and to make payments in lieu OF the
suspended dividends since 1906.
The San Francisco gas and electric
is saddled with bonded Indebtedness
of $s.O2S,OOo. carrying AZ per cent in
terest. There are also s1,149, 600 bonds
of the Pacific gas Improvement COM
pany and 1928. 900 in bonds of the Edi-
son electric light and power company,
both of which were absorbed by the
San Francisco gas and electric.
The statement of the company for
the year just closed showed revenue
from sales of gas amounting to $2,3O3,-
210.SO. Rats 'in suspense" amounted
to $116,SS1.S5, making total of 50, 420,-
O92.s5. The revenue from the sale of
electric current amounted to $685.
304.0S, making a total revenue of
s5,OOS, 1850. BY the company's system
of fguring its net revenue was reduced
20 eA7e 5oo TX
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
Attempt to Show Deficit

The company proceeded to convert
this balance into a deficit by deduct
ing s52s,25O for interest and sinking
fund, and while the company is insist
ing upon 81 gas, concerns in Los An
geles and other cities are making big
money at rs and so cents.
A new tax which the company has
evolved came to light yesterday in
the complaint of Mrs. Katherine A.
McGivern of 1917 Shotwell street. who
was forced to pay $19 for the privilege
of gas and light connections. She had
paid for the gas mains from her home
to the street, but the company insisted
that she pay for the street mains as
well.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY SO
THURSDAY. MARCH II, 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wind: clear; maxi
mum temperature, 81; minimum. 50.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fsir. slightly
warmer: light north winds. Page IL
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
Tariff Sheet Not Admitted


District Attorney Sims and Assistant
District Attorney Wilkerson argued at
length for the admission of the c1assi-
fication tariff sheet, but their plea was
denied. Then Attorney Miller, on be-
half of the oil company, moved for an
instruction of not guilty. This was
ordered by Judge Anderson in the fol-
lowing charge:
Gentlemen of the jury: 1 have made
up my mind to end this case. You, as
jurors, have a perfunctory office to per-
form and the evidence you have heard
as presented by the government may
have given you some opinion of your
own as to how this case should be
decided. You have no arbitrary power.
Neither have I, as a federal Judge, any
such power. II am bound by the law
as you are.
when the United States court of ap-
peaIs lays down the law we are bound
by our oaths to obey this law.
"The Standard oil company has been
indicted and the government AYERS in
it's indictment that a rate of Is cents
per 100 pounds on shipments of oil was
fixed standard and that. regardless Of
this, the Chicago and Alton railroad
gave the defendant concessions, allow
ing the defendant to ship oil over its
road at a rate of cents. The govern
ment failed to prove this charge
@The STANDARD oil company is charged
with a criminal offense, and therefore
before a jury can find the defendant
guilty it must be satisfied beyond all
reasonable doubt that there was a
definitely fixed rate of Is cents.
Charge Not Supported
THE proof offered by the evidence
does not support the charges relative
to the Chappelle, Ind, shipments Con-
seauently the defendant can not be
found guilty on charges that embrace
shipments from that point to St Louis.
Proof of publication has not been
made with reference to the alleged
illegal shipments of oil from Whiting,
Ind, and consequently the defendant
can not be held on charges of accept
| ing rebates on shipments from that
place.
altogether. ! feel that the govern
r,oufsuued nm page . CoIx,n,n .
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
SUBURBAN

University siee and mandolin clubs going ol
tour. Page 1
Master bakers institute 10 be held At th'
state university Page {
Solomanson in court facing charges of receiv
ing stolen goods from messenger boy Page &
Calvin explains water front agreement in lettel
to chamber of commerce. Page {
Snail farming entmoloslst plans TO build hom'
in trees. Page
Hardwaremen Of state hold annual convention
in Oakland Page
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
SPORTS
MARINE

Waves from Mariposa's wireless apparatus viii
disturb serenity Of atmosphere in the South
Pacific Page 13
LABOR
Molders to ask for new set of shop rules in
foundries. Page 5
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11

The vote vas as toIIoWs. i.
For A. blocks:
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11
Charge Not Supported

Continued ON Page ?, Column 2
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-11


The policy OF jsmming the public Page
Business and Industrial recovery Page
overcharges by the gas company Page
Kill the '.police board BILL Page
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-21

Fostoria G NJ Co.
Foell. John a.
Fox. william.
Ferguson, Mrs NJ .
Free American G.
Gold Coin Mines
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-21

Ellery, G w 49,.
Extension NJ & NJ
Eldorado Mig Co. .
Parrish, John B. +.
Feehan, Ed.
Four Mile Gulch {
Mg Co.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
ECZEMA LODGES IN THE SKIN.
Not a Blood Disease-Cured by Oil
of Wintergreen Compound.

For many years eczema was sup
nosed to be blood disease and was
enormously treated as such, but now
the best authorities agree that ecze-
ma is only a skin disease and must be
cured through the skin. The emil
uent skin specialist, DR.. D. D. Den
mis-. first discovered the eczema germ
and his discovery was quickly taken
mn in both Germany and France.
To kill the eczema germ and at
the same time heal the skin, DR..
Dennis compounded oil of winter
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a LIQUID, not a more salve, hence 1t
sinks right into the pores OF the
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ergreen compound seems to take the
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drop away and the disease dlsap-
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proven it's absolute merit and we 40
not hesitate to express our conh-
dence in D. D. D. Prescription as
used with D. D. D. Soap.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
S1OO Reward, 500.

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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13

This is just the time of the year
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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
Twas a, Glorious Victory.

There's rejoicing in Fedora, Ienn'
A mans life has been saved. and now
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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
w,sb;npton's Plague Spots

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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
DOING THEIR DUTY.

Scores Of Orangepurg Readers Are
Learning, the Duty Of the Kidneys.
To filter the blood is the kidneys
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When they fail to do this the kid
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New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION.
Very Low Round Trip Rates to
Washington viz Southern Ry.

Accounts Presidential Inaugura.
tion the Southern Railway will sell
round trip tickets to Washington
D. c., from all. points at greatly re-
duced rates. Tickets to be on sale
February 25th and March 1st, End
and 3rd, 1909, good to leave Wash
ington returning not later than mid
night of March Sth, 1909.
Round trip rates from principal
Doints as follows:
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
Scared With a Hot Iron,

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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13

&C. R. Kluger. the Jeweler, 1860
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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13

There is not any better Salve
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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
VERY LOW RATES
To New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola
Birmingham, via Southern Ry.

Account Mardi Gras Celebration,
the Southern Railway announces
very low round trip excursion rates
to New Orleans. La, Mobile, Ala,
and Pensacola. Fla Tickets will be
sold February 18th "22nd, Init
ed for, return up to and including,
but not later than midnight, March
1st. 1909.
BY depositing ticket at New Or
leans, Mobile or Pensacola and pay
Ing fee Of s1.O0. ticket will be eX-
tended until March 18th. 1909.
To Birmingham, Ala.
Account Laymen's Missionary
Movement. Presbyterian church in
the United States. Birmingham, Ala,
very low round trip rates have been
authorized, tickets to be sold Feb
ruary 14th and 18th, good to leave
Birmingham returning not later than
midnight of Fcbraury Goth. 1909.
For rates, schedules and detailed
Information, apply to Southern Rail
way ticket agents or address,
]. L. MEEK, A. g. p. A.,
Atlanta, Ga.
J. C. LJSK, D. P. A,
Charleston, S. c.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13
Pneumonia Follows La Grippe.

Pneumonia often follows la grippe
but never follows the use of Foley's
Honey and Tar. for la grippe coughs
and deep seated colds. Refuse any
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Dukes
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13

Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds
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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-02-13

Foley's Orine Laxative cures con-
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Orine is superior to pills and taolels
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WHY take anything else? Lo"n'"h
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