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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
AUTOMOBILE DEALER
UNABLE TO PAY DEBTS
Robert L. Coleman Has $4,000
Liabilities and 1923 Assets

Robert L. Coleman, who calls him
self an automan. filed a petition in
voluntary bankruptcy in the United
states district court yesterday in which
he gives his assets a 1923 and liabili-
ties at $4,000 on loans made to him
by Louise L. Coleman of Is Gramercy
park, New York city
These loans were on promissory notes.
one flor $4,000 being made in March.
1907, and the second in October, 1908
Ills only property consists OF securities
valued at $S25 placed with Lunstedt
Brothers 10 secure the lease of his
auto shop.
Ben Wade waddle. iaborer of
Delta, failed yesterday for s1,211 with
no assets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
GOOD SHOWING MADE BY
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC

MONTREAL, Feb. 1.-THE directors
of the Canadian Pacific railroad com
pany today declared a dividend OF 2 per
cent on the preferred and per cent on
the common stock for the half year
ending last December. payable April l..
1t was decided that half of l per cent
on the common stock also would be
paid at that time out of the interest on
the proceeds of land sales. There is q
surplus for the half year ending De-
cember last of s10.61ts17.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
INJURED PAINTER
SUES IRON WORKS
Asks $1,000 for Accident While
at Work

jury was empaneIed in Judge
Hunts court yesterday to try the suit
of William r. Sanders. a painter,
against the Moore & Scott iron works
for $10.624 damages for personal in
juries. May 16, 1908, Sanders was
painting the side of the vessel Boveric.
standing on a ladder the foot of which
was resting on Hunters point dock.
while the top was leaning against the
side of the ship. The defendants were
loading the ship with planks. when
rope broke, throwing the planks against
the ladder and precipitating Sanders
TO the dock He states that he has sus-
tanned permanent injuries to the spine
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
MAYOR TO BE GUEST OF
DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION

At the regular meeting of the Down
town association, to be held during
luncheon at the ST. Francis hotel to
morrow Mayor p. II. Mccarthy and his
secretary, E. c. Leffingwell, will be the
guests Of honor. The report of PAM
T. Carroll chairman of the insurance
committee, on the reduction of IRE
rates will be read. Much other imnor-
tant business is scheduled to come I'D
at the meeting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
SEATTLE NEWSPAPERMAN
is MARRIED HERE

In the private .parlors of the Hotel
Holland last night Francis P. Goss.
city editor of the Seattle Post-Intelii-
gencer. and Miss Marie Antofnette
Lieber of Seattle We're married, Rev.
Kirk Guthrie. pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, officiating After a
short honeymoon in San Francisco Mr.
and Mrs. Goss viii return to Seattle
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
DESPONDENT BARBER
DRINKS FATAL DOSE

Despondent because of falling off
in receipts. John Livingston, a barber.
SO years old. committed suicide last
night a. his home, 1905 Fifteenth
street, By drinking the contents IF a
phiai Of carbolic acid. He leaves
widow The body was taken to the
morgue.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
Mashington's birthday R.t.-

At one and one-thiTd fare for the round
trip 10 ali points in California where
the one way fare is $40. 90 or less vie
the Southern Pacific Tickets sold Feb
ruary -. 20. 81 and %. Return by Feb
ruary %. See Agents Southern Pacific.
Ticket Offices: Flood Building. Market
Street Ferry Depot, Third and Town
send Streets. and Broadway and Thir-
teenth Street. Oakland.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
A GOOD COUGH MIXTURE
Simple Homemade Remedy That Is
Free from Opiates and Harmful
Drugs.

An effective remedy, that will usu-
ally break up cold in twenty-four
hours, is easily made by mixing to-
gether in a large bottle two ounces OF
Glycerine, a half ounce Of Virgin OIL
or Pine compound pure and eight
ounces of pure Whisky. This mixture
Will cure any cough that is durable,
and is not expensive. as it makes
enough TO last the average family an
entire year. Virgin Oil OF Pine COM
pound pure is prepared only in the
laboratories Of the Leach Chemical
Co, Cincinnati. Ohio.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15

For the time being the Marin count,
authorities, who are endeayoring I,
solve the Mount TamaIpais murde
mystery. are ferreting out the histor,
of James Mckay. who is believed t,
have had in his possession at one tim
the watch found on the victim Franl
Wanske, a jeweler of Eureka. ha
stated that the watch was brought I,
him for repairs by a man of that name
The questions now awaiting solution
are: Who is James Mckay? Where /:
he now? What light can he throw OF
the mystery? What was the relation
snip between him and the murdered
woman?
The name. James Mckay. is not an
uncommon one. This fact has led t.
much confusion. Nevertheless it is the
policy of the police, both here and in
San Rafael, TO check up every one
bearing the name From Portland
came lead yesterday which NAV be
productive of results. 1t was in the
form of message to T. F. Phillips
local manager of the Thiel detective
service company, from d. L. Clouse,
the Portland manager of the agency.
This communication states:
MCKAY WAS IN PORTLAND
Il notice that positive identifca ton
of the watch found on the woman S
skeleton, recently discovered on Mount
Tamalpais near San Francisco, was
mace by Frank Wanske. ieweier, TO
whom il was sent for inspection. The
latter states that the books show tina
1t was brought in BY man named
James Mckay
would state in this connection that
I am informed that in 1892 a James
Mckay was u boss in lumber mill at
there and had considerable trouble
with her and left her. Soon after he
went to San Francisco and enlisted in
the Fourth cavalry under his right
name, which is William Tuggle
In 1905 he arrived with his company
at Walla Walla, Wash He got into
some trouble there and deserted. He
then changed mis- name to James Nc
Kay again and went to Montana With
brother named Robert and q man
named Schank he went south with some
kind of show, travelling through Col
orado.
About two and half years ago he
married a woman in or near Pue bio.
Colo, who had some few thousand dol
lars in money. He and his wife left
for southern California about two and
=
or where they are at present l do not
know.
His brother Robert is, or was two
months ago. in Miles City. Mont, run
ming cigar and confectionery store
Schank was two months ago a clerk In
the Grand hotel. Billings. Mont. and is
probably there yet. 1t is known that
Robert Mckay gets letters occasionally
from his brother James,"
While the authorities are not in the
possession of any evidence to indicate
that this is the James Mckay who had
the watch repaired. they will neverthe-
less follow the clew.
A James Mckay has also been located
on ranch in Round valley in the
northern part of the state He has a
sister, Mrs. Partitt, whose husband is
employed at MERGED.
Former State Senator John d. Irish.
superintendent of the San Quentin lutte
mill, has advanced the suggestion that
the murdered woman might have been
a widow, who was at one Tins a client
of his Irish conferred with the Marin
county authorities last night. but no
further light was thrown on the case.
REER REPLACES SARE u.ski,~.o. r. a.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15

PREDICTED WOMAN'S
DEATH BY DYNAMITE
DR.. Burke Alleged to Have Said
He Expected Dramatic
Suicide
Efforts to Hush Up Inquiry in
the Earlier Stages Proved
TO Be Futile
Continued from Page L

edy any more than to be associated
with maternity There is fundamen-
tai incongruity in her alleged relations
with the old doctor or, as his attorney
delights to call him. the venerable
humanitarian"
This is the story Of the girl and the
CID man, as il is told by her, by the
county officials and by witnesses who
viii be summoned al tie trial of the
case
Lou Eta Smith says that she has
known Doctor Burke practically all her
life She is now about 40 years old,
and today is in an emaciated. frail,
bloodIess condition a state Of i'll health
which may be attributed largely TO the
treatment she received at the rest
cure resort. The woman looks every
week Of two score Furthermore, she
appears TO be the Inevitable spinster,
narrow chested. angular. Seen today
al the county hospital. she was nerv-
Gus. but not irrational in the slightest
q gree. Her eyes were sunken and lus
treless Her complexion was sallow
In 1907 and 1905 Miss Smith was a
special student at the University II
California taking a course in philoso-
ply Her library of today is some
what different from the requirements
of an orthodox college course, but the
books show a leaning toward intellec-
tuaL rather than toward emotional
pleasures.
According 10 William T. File in whose
home, at 2516 Hilgard street. Berkeley,
Miss Smith lived while at college, the
girl had no nien friends who visited
her. but once a week she went 10 the
San Francisco Office of Doctor Burke,
for whom she then expressed the deep
est admiral ton
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15

BEER REPLACES sAKE-washington. Feb. "A.
Beer is apparently taking the place OF sake as
figures furnished the department OF commerce
and labor by z G. Babbitt American vice
consul general at Yokohama.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-15
Letter Tells of Marriage

In July, 1908 Miss Smith left Berke-
ley and subsequently the Files family
had letter from their former boarder
IN which she announced that she had
been married. Later she sent them
word Of the birth Of her child.
The child was born i months ago.
The mother declares that II is the child
of Dr.. Willard P. Burke. Doctor Burke
has condescended TO say that such a
statement proved the woman 10 be in
sane.
For many months since the birth of
the child the woman has lived at
Burke's sanatorium. positive in her as
sertion regarding the paternity of her
infant. She also holds letters written
TO her by Burke in the alluring diction
which is a combination of esoteTic phil
osophy and affection.
During the months Immediately pre-
ceding the explosion Doctor Burke es-
tablished a public opinion regarding
the girl at the sanitarium. He had il
understood that she was insane
Then he incuIcated the suggestion
that she was about 10 commit suicide
by dynamite. Why the woman would
select that medium when she was an
inmate Of an institution which had a
chemical laboratory and poisons to
which she could have had access easier
than TO dynamite has not been ex-
planned.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
cow, CALF AND BICYCLE
NOT HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS
Board of Appraisers Sustains
Former Ruling

1t has been decided by the board of
United States general appraisers that
a COW, a calf and bicycle can not en-
ter this country as household effects"
and therefore free of duty. says the New
York Times. The claims for free entry
were filed by John Douglas and Fred
Elliot. and were directed against the
action Of the collector of customs at
Port Huron, who exacted d 20 per cent
duty on the animals and a 40 per cent
duty on the bicycle as manufacture
Of metal"
General Appraiser Hay, who writes
the decision for the board, does not go
into details or discuss the protests at
any length Tke general appraiser
finds that the ficles are not house
hold effects" as Ihe term is used in the
tariff and following former case de-
cides in favor of the government.
The board has adjusted a controversy
between the government and Gray
Brothers regs riding the classi flea tion of
cork bath mats in favor of the i'm
porters Collector Loeb eXacted duty
at the rate of 20 cents per square yard
and 20 per cent ad valorem, as cork
carpets" Gray Brothers alleged that
the articles should be allowed to come
in as manufactures of cork" and this
claim is held correct by the reviewing
officer, General Appraiser de Vries.
Under the Importers contntion the duty
is % per cent
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
SEEK MISSING men
IN HFOB[RG CASE
Aberdeen Authorities Believe
Fugitive Pair Hold Key to
Murder Mystery
Suspect Prisoner Is Said to
Have BOasted of Crime
While in Liquor

ABERDEEN, Wash. Feb. 6.--To as
certain the whereabouts of two men
and to trace their movements is stated
to be the principal object of the city
and county authorities at present in
connection with the case of William
Gohl, who is under arrest on a warrant
charging him with the murder of Will
liam Hedberg.
These men, the authorities believe,
possess knowledge both of the Staying
OF HedberS and the disappearance of
John Hoffman, though the authorities
say they do not think they We're direct
ly implicated in either case. One of the
men, it is suspected, has fed to Canada
or Mexico.
Gohl is man who assumed a brag-
gadocio air on all occasions, especially
when he was under the influence of
liquor. When in this condition, it is
stated by the police, he Dragged of his
acts openly. How much of this was inn
agination and how much truth is what
the police have not so far determined.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
SUPPOSED MOLLY CODDLE
PROVES TO BE REAL BOY
Mothers Boy Happier in Fight
Than Otherwise

The GOOD little boy had been shop
ping with his mother and was home
ward bound in an electric car, says the
Boston Transcript. He sat solemn eyed
beside his mother, dangling his short
legs some distance from the floor. Said
his mother, You should be a very
happy little boy. because you have
bought all those nice things, clothes
and gloves and things. so that you are
all fixed up fine"
yes, mother" the parrot like voice
repeated, 81 am very happy little boy,
because I've bought all those nice
things ! am very happy little boy"
And" continued the mother. you
should be very sorry for those poor
little boys and girls who do not have
parents to buy them things. and who,
perhaps, do not even have any Christ
mas presents.
YES, mother, I feel very sorry for
those poor little boys and girls who do
not have nice things, perhaps not even
any Christmas presents. Yes, mother,
/ feel very sorry for the:i,' and so on
and so on, conversation SO stilted and
unchildlike that one listeners attention
was strongly held in spite of himself
for it sounded like lesson prepared
for the occasion,
The next day the listener had occa-
sion to walk through street in Brook
line near where the good little boy
and his mother left the electric car the
day before. group of small boys,
yelling and 1ostling each other, at
tracted the listeners attention, and on
investigating the cause of the commo-
ton he discovered in the midst of it
two youngsters pummeling each other
with fierce fury, and behold one of
them was the good little boy of yester-
day,
Mothers darling was sadly trans
formed, but somehow he seemed more
like a natural boy in this bantam
rooster fight, which was soon declared a
draw without serious damage on either
side and during which the conversa-
tion was quite unconventional and
spontaneous. than he did when seated
by his mothers side in the car re-
spending dutifully in the little set
speeches tha. had been drilled into him
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
BILLIARDISTS DUE
TOARR|VE TONIGHT
DemareSf, Cline and Cutler Viii
Be Seen in a Series of
Exhibitions Here

Three Of the brightest stars of the
billiard world are due to arrive in this
city from Chicago tonight. They are
Champion Harry Cline of Philadelphia,
former Champion Calvin Demarest of
Chicago and Harry Cutler of Boston.
The big three viii mix in both cham
pionship balk line matches and eN-
hibition games in the Graney billiard
room for the next two weeks.
Cline has only been champion for
five days. He wrested both the title
and the worlds championship cup from
Demarest in Chicago last week. De-
marest. the former champion, won the
last New York tourney from the fast
est and classiest field that ever started
in a similar event.
The Boston member of the party,
Bert Cutler, finished third in that tour
nament. and when at his best figures
TO have a good chance with either
the Quaker or the Chicagoan.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07

PROPOSED CHANGES IN
FOOTBALL RULES IN
HANDS OF COMMITTEE

New York. Feb. G.-Here are
the proposed changes upon
which the subcommittee of
the Intercollegiate football rules
committee will report at it's
March meeting.
First plan
l. Seven men on the scrimmage line.
>. No pushing or pulling of the man
with the ball
s. Prohibition Of diving tackles.
4. Ends going down the field not to be
body checked
.. Players going down the field under
punt not to approach nearer than five
yards TO catcher or punter until he has
touched The ball, and then not to tackle
him charge forward unless he starts 10
run with the ball.
q. Eliminate on side kick.
.. First man receiving tho ball to be
allowed TO carry it anywhere.
$ Forward pass allowed over any part
of the line TO men on ends Of the line
or behind the line when the bali is put
in play.
Second plan:
]. Divide the halves as already speei-
fed, play to be resumed by the side in
possession ot the ball when the preceding
period closed
>. Seven men on the line OF offense and
three backs 10 be at least -four yards in
The rear Of the line. This would elimi-
nate the tandem play. perfected by Har-
rsrd.)
.. Forward pass To be made and caught
only by players standing behind the line
when the ball is put in play.
!. In offensive plays between the two
- yard lines the team with the ball must
advance it 10 yards in consecutive downs
or forfeit possession. on this article the
committee states itself open to further
advice.
Third plan:
l. Seven men on the line Of scrimmage
with the bsckfeld Of ofense limited to
four mon. center rush always in the CEN
Ter and no interchange OF players permit
ted.
> Eliminate neutral zone and on side
kicks.
8 No runner with the ball TO receive
any help until ne has reached the line of
scrimmage. This would reduce the weight
Of the attack.
+ Distance to be gained seven yards
in four downs.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
RETIRING BURGLAR
VISITS PITTSBURG HOME
Steals Bedstead, Springs, Pill
lows and Blankets

The burglar in the long ago farce.
vino annexed q red hot stove, fire and
all IS at his old tricks. lie has just
,-isffed 2 North Side home. where he
has stolen a bedstead with the springs
Eve pillows. two blankets, bedspread
and a baby's cradle. II there had been
: baby in the cradle he probably would
nave taken it too, says the Pittsburg
Gazette-Times.
This IS reducing the science of house
b~ea king to merely utilitarian level
that all true connoisseurs should pro-
test against To steal a GainsbOrough
rortraft or a Gainsborough hat may be
excused as a vagary Of the artistic
tempera ment or the desperate act OF an
fnnpecunious husband. To steal a bed
stead IS almost as objectionable as to
steal loaf or bread What does
burglar want with a bed. anyway? He
is supposed 10 be up and doing at the
time when that article OF furniture is
fn use lie can not afford to let golden
opportunities go by while indulging
himself in siothful slumber. No wide
awake burglar has any use for a bed,
or pillows. or blankets.
still worse is the purloining of a
cradle. What possible use has a live
burglar for a GRADER Almost any other
piece OF furniture would be OF more
service in his business. A stepladder
or q piano lamp might do him some
good. A manicure set might serve to
nick locks or stab meddlesome watch
men. But a cradle, The housebrealxer
who is grooming a gentle lullaby when
he ought to be out with jimmy and
dark lantern deserves TO be summarily
expelled from the ancient and honor
able guild
IT is TO be feared that the noble pro-
fession Of burglary is degenerating. It's
palrny days are past. The bright lumi
narfes That adorned its roster in olden
dsvs have taken to other pursuits
where they can get the public's money
"a sier This explains why the cost OF
living is 50 high. Those who still linger
in The urfremunerative and despised vo-
ration are the psriahs who would
stoop 10 anything. Even they seem to
he ol, the verge Of abandoning their
evil waxs. The burglar who would
steal apedstead has clearly made up
his mind TO retire.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
CAVITY IN WOODEN LEG
USED AS A MONEY BOX
Sister of Owner Has Coffin
Opened to Get Treasure

novel version of the hidden treas
ure story comes from Brussels. In a
provincial town man possessed of a
wooden leg died and was buried. saws
the London Globe. After the funeral
his Will was found, and it announced
that his personality. consisting of notes
for 5000 francs would be found in a
cavity of the wooden leg. The sister
applied for an order for eXhumation
and the notes were found as the tes-
tator had Indicated Had this happened
in the time of Cartouche, whose story
is so entertainingly told by Thack-
cray, we can easily imagine that bandit
stopping the man with the wooden leg
on the highway and demanding, "Your
leg or your life" Such an adventure
would have appealed to this educated
scoundrel and embelhshed his life's
story.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
GERMAN CITY SPENDS
BIG SUM FOR POOR
Milk Given Away for InValids
and Infants

The Frankfort association Tor the
poor has just published its annual
statement. from which consul General
Richard Gueuthcr summarizes
The association expended last year
$4,000 marks "a mark equals 23.S
ceuts1 The receipts consisted Of dOna-
rions. subscriptions from 1898 members
uf the association, from endoWments,
contributions from atonement cases in
private libel and insult suits, etc This
sum does not Include the value OF
clothing fuel. fOodstuifs, etc, donated
boy private parties The report contains
"a strong appeal for financial aid. as the
demands upon the association are ur-
gent and increas sing-au the more dur
iue the winter season. when so many
people are out of work and many IN
#ustries are contracting production and
charging employees.
The Frankfort poor association last
year distributed = .293 liters "a liter
equals 1857 ouarts) Of milk to invalid
persons and 1924 bottles of sterilized
milk for infants. OF the total eXpendi-
rure a3.@-2 marks cash was given in
1857 cases as assistance toward paying
house rent. railroad tickets for INDECENT
travellers and residents in need of sup
port. Besides the distributed cash,
65.O52 marks was expended in proYid-
Ing clothing. fuel groceries, food ETC.,
the year 20 carry on the establishment
amounted TO SO 902 marks. OF which
1870 was paid in wa ges and pensions
10 officials and employees; 14,0S4 marks
for house rent. taxes, heating. printing
etc. 1906 marks was paid for wages
10 INDECENT persons employed in sweep
ing the sidewalks.
In Frankfort many OF the property
owners contract with this poor associa-
lion to take charge Of this duty Of side
walk sweeping and sprinkling. paying
therefor 2 stipulated sum. This branch
Of activity is doubly benehcial-in fur
nishing employment and wages TO weak
and idle persons and in being valu-
able item of income. The report men
lions S1.9l3 marks received for work
done" which presumably refers to this
source.
The extraordinary large increase or
expenditure is attributed to the effects
Of the business crisis which made it
self acutely felt during the year 1903.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
PENNY POST INCREASES
MAIL MATTER IN FRANCE
Post Cards Show Correspond
ing Diminution

The introduction of the penny post in
France for letters has greatly increased
the number of such letters passing
through the postoffice. The Oficiel
states that for the year 1908 the num-
Der of letters dealt with was 1,1SO,977,-
sol. against SS4,59s,449 in the year 1905
This shows an increase of 2963S1. .052
letters, or 30 per cent. But, on the other
hand. the postcards have had more than
a corresponding diminution, and it is
said that they have practically disap-
peared. The real increase in the num-
Der of objects carried is 2S7.23S,077, and
the postal revenue has declined by
9 1000, 900 francs, or f360,00O.