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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-24

The Jeanette Wolf auxiliary will
hold the next whist tournament Thurs
day evening. April %, in the vestry
room of the synagogue in Geary street.
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Pretty Fortune Teller and Affinity" Are Ac-
cused of Attempt to Kill Husband

OAKLAND, Aug. 24.-Charged with
having attempted to poison her hus
band after the efforts of a hired as
sassin had failed, Maria Merino. pret
~ dark eyed fortune teller of royal
Roumanian lineage, and queen of
band Of gypsy adventurers, whose camp
is pitched in the rear of the baseball
grounds near Emeryville, was ar
raigned today before Justice James G..
Quinn. She protested her innocence
and declared her arrest was the out
come of a scheme hatched by her
spouse to rob her of her trinkets and
savings and prevent her from secur-
ing divorce so that she could live
with the man she loved.
In the picturesque attire of her tribe,
and with her > year old babe held close
to her breast. the woman narrated her
part of the story that has aroused the
whole of local gypsydom. She alleged
that Joseph Merino. her husband, had
beaten and in other ways cruelty treat
The woman termed false his statement
that she had either personally or by
paid assassin tried to end his life.
The gypsy queen was arrested yes
terday on complaint of her husband.
who declared that she had first con-
tracted with her aHnlty, creek named
Nikko, to kill Merino, and that she had
later undertaken the task herself when
the nerve of the assassin failed him.
The woman was taken into CUSTODY
by Constable Bert Hampstead at Sew
enth and Broadway streets, where she
had kept a fortune telling arbor with
two other swarthy purveyors of mys
terious love charms and potions. Her
bail was fixed at $4,000. and when told
so she asked that she be accompanied
to her home, saying that she had saved
enough in gold, trinkets and other
valuabLes to cover the amount Con
stable Hampstead escorted the woman
to her dwelling, but she found that her
entire savings, together with a pair of
diamond earrings and other valuable
jewelry had been stolen. She at once
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accused her husband of the theft, but
Merino denied the charge, saying that
Nikko was the culprit.
One of the principal witnesses is
Sterio, who says he was companion
of Nikko. Through an interpreter. he
today declared that he was told by
Nikko. the gypsy, that the Roumanian
queen had asked him to kill her hus-
band and shoot him on sight" Sterio
said that his companion had revealed
the whole plot to him in confidence,
and that he would give all the testl-
mony required of him at the proper
time.
The interpreter, whose name is not
known, but who was called chief of
the gypsies, declared that he knew the
gypsy woman had entered into a plot
to kill her husband He said that
Nikko had been followed by. the brother
of Joseph Merino, and that the queen
and her affinity had met often and
planned to. kill the husband so that
the two might then live together. He
said that Merino was innocent of the
battery charges made against him by
his wife.
Milan Jan, the father of the fortune
teller, visited his daughter at the
county Jail today. He asserts that she
is innocent, and that the charges are
the result of a quarrel that took place
between the two recently.
The entire gypsy camp near Emery
VILE has taken up a search for Nikko,
who is shoemaker with shop in
Third street, San Francisco. Nikko met
the gypsy queen while she was telling
fortunes and the two became close
friends. They were seen often at the
camp. The woman today said that had
she placed poison in her husbands cof-
fee cup, as alleged, the whole family
would have died, as they drank to-
gether.
The trial was this morning set by
Justice Quinn for September /. In the
meantime, every effort will be made to
locate Nikko, who will be arrested as
an accessory.
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baker. fled u petition in bankruptcy yester-
day, fixing his debts at sS,299 and assets at
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HUSBAND KILLED
IN DUEL over Wife
Jealousy Leads to Mortal COM
bat in Which Bullets
Fly Fast
Woman and Her Father Wound
ed, but the Alleged Affinity
Escapes Unscathed

GREENFIELD, Aug. 24.-During a
desperate duel last midnight. in which
Frederick w. Becker and n. F. Tognaz-
dents of King City, were the princi-
pals, and revolver, rifle and shotgun
the weapons. Becker was killed, Mrs
Becker his wife, and her father, w.
d. Fowler, Were wounded.
Becker and his wife, very pretty
young woman, separated a few days
ago after a violent quarrel over Tog-
nazzini's attentions TO her. TO which
the husband objected. Tognazzini left
to Salinas. Becker stationed himself
at the railroad depot and watched the
trains from Salinas for the. return of
Tognazzini, whom he failed to see when
he arrived on the last train.
Infiamed by jealousy, Becker then
armed himself with shotgun and
supply of shells and drove to the home
of his father in law here, where his
wife was staying.
Peering through a window of the
house, which is little more than a
shack, Becker saw his wife and her
father. w. d. Fowler, asleep in sepa-
rate beds in the same room, while Tog-
nazzini slept on the floor.
Without warning he opened fire
through the window, wounding his
wife and Fowler.
TognaZZini returned the fire with an
automatic revolver, and when that was
emptied seized a rifle and discharged
number of shots at Becker. one TAX
ing effect in the abdomen.
Becker crawled TO his buggy, fatally
wounded, but kept up the fire with his
shotgun. holding the people in the
house at bay until overcome by weak
ness. The shooting aroused the entire
community, but no one dared approach
the place until Becker ceased firing.
Becker died at o'clock this morn
ing. He formerly conducted a hotel
at King City. but recently leased il to
Tognazzini and the Iatter's brother He
was about 80 years old, and was vet
eran of the Spanish-American war
Tognazzini, who is under arrest, is a
much younger man.
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without ceremony and attired in ora
binary clothes, John Ennis, 6S years old.
a contractor and builder of Stamford.
Conn.,. completed his walk from ocean to
ocean last night. beating Edward Paw
son Weston's record across the conti-
nent by "a days. Ennis arrived at the
ferry at o'clock in the afternoon. He
was met by his son. and after a short
rest insisted on completing his journey
to the Pacific ocean.
Il want to bathe in it, he said, lust
to take a little plunge so can actually
say that l walked from ocean to ocean.
You see, I left the waters of the Allan
tic from Coney island May 23''
Ennis rode out to the beach on the
streetcar, took his plunge and returned
on foot to make up the distance of the
trip across the bay. After an evening
spent with friends he left for Alameda
where he is staying at the home of
Mrs. Loretta Stephan. at sos Union
avenue.
When asked to give an account of
the trip Ennis said:
This is really my first long cross
country tramp-and my last L have
been in a number of six day races, but
nothing like this. To be frank / did 1t
for fame. 1 wanted to beat Weston S
record, to show everybody that there is
more than one of US old fellows good
for walk like that
Il didn't take any particular count of
the time | made from point to point or
OF my average, because the principal
thing In my mind was to get from one
place to the other as soon as 1 could.
The most interesting thing that /
did was to swim across the Mississippi
river at Clinton, Ia. Interesting be-
cause / swan the river at exactly the
same place just so years ago"
Ennis carried a number of letters to
Mayor Mccarthy, chief among which is
that from Mayor Gaynor of New York.
The missives will be presented today.
Ennis expects to remain here three
weeks and then journey back comfort
ably. lecturing in different cities on
the benefits OF long distance walking
Gray hair restored to natural color by
Alfredum's Egyptian Henna. A harmless
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LAPSE OF TIME BARS
CLAIM TO PROPERTY
Decision Rendered Under Me-
Enerney Act After Judgment

Because she allowed six months to
elapse before beginning suit to re-
cover property in Dolores street near
Fifteenth worth $4,000, Dolores v.
Stephens, a niece of the former owner,
has lost all claim to it. By a decision
of the court of appeal handed down
yesterday the property remains part
of the estate of James B. Boland, a
former florist Mrs. Micaelis A. de
Morgan was the former owner.
According to w. NJ. Cannon, attorney
for Mrs. Stephens, Boland made love
to Mrs de Morgan, who was 90 years
his senior, and obtained deed to the
property and several thousand dollars.
After Mrs. de Morgan's death he mar
ried, but died during the litigation that
ensued
The Boland estate brought a Nc
Enerney suit in 1907 and was given
a clear title to the property
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CLUB PROTESTS
WITHOUT CAUSE
Improvers Informed That Jack
son Primary School Will
Not Be Moved

The board of education was visited
yesterday by a committee from the
Haight street and Ashbury heights i'm
provement club with a protest against
the removal of the Jackson primary
school in Oak street near Stanyan to
the lot on which stood the California
woman's hospital in Sacramento street.
The board announced that it had no
intention of moving the school to that
Site nor removing the school out of
the district in which it was located.
The committee was informed that the
board wanted to get the children out
Of the shack schoolhouses and had the
money with which to build the school,
but no land. It was suggested that the
club get an option on a site no smaller
than two so varas and report to the
board
NEW EVENING SCHOOL
An evening school will be opened in
the Bernal schoolhouse September H.
Pupils of the polytechnic high school
who have completed two years in
French or German will be allowed to
take the third and fourth years work
in the same language and receive credit
therefor toward graduation.
The following certified teachers were
appointed emergency substitute teach
ers for the day schools: Genevieve
Mckinley. Hazel c. Lewis. Mabel Deve-
lev. Elizabeth Dowd, Manuelita Koe-
foed. Dagmar Skavlan. Christina B.
Bruce. Ellen King, Nora Evans, Alice
Gibson. Martha Ijams and Caroline B.
Pritchard, and the following for the
evening schools: Roy f. Warren, Mary
c. Donnelly, Mrs. G. w. Pendergrass,
Marian Ward. Miss NJ. B. Bingham.
TEACHERS TRANSFERRED
The following transfers were or
dered: Mary K Garigan, from the
Hawthorne to the Spring Valley
school, Mary Hewitt, from the Lafa-
yette to the Columbia school: Agnes
Carroll, from the Franklin 10 the Jean
Parker school, and Sara III. Allen from
the Oceanside to the Hamilton school.
On the recommendation of Katherine
Ball Audley B. Wells was appointed an
emergency substitute and temporarily
assigned to the place of NJ. McKil1op
during her leave of absence from the
drawing department.
on recommendation of Miss Lew
Ball. supervisor of primary grades. May
Wilson and Adele Harrigan were Sc
lected as first grade teachers.
SALARY FIXED
The salary of the teacher of domes-
tic science at the girls high school
was fixed at 500.
Vera E. Caglieri was assigned as a
teacher in the Washington evening
school.
Mary E. keegan was assigned from
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the substitute list to the Starr King
school subject to the two years pro-
bationary period.
Leave Of absence was granted to
Elizabeth Kersell, Elwara Coleman and
William Blake, and extension of leave
was granted to Jennie l.. Powers,
Robert i. Mann and Francis M
O'Neill.
The request of Miss A. M. Loehr for
reinstatement as a teacher was de-
MED
Jennie Standley substitute teacher,
was dropped from the roll for failure
to report for duty.
Margaret Sullivan was designated as
yard assistant at the Portola school,
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SLEEPING CARS TO
Be USED AS HOTELS
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

NEWMAN, Aug 24.-By arrangement
with the officials of the Southern Pa
cific, a train of standard and tourist
sleeping cars will be stationed on a
sidetrack at this place to accommodate
the crowds unable to secure rooms at
hotels during the West Side fair. The
railroad has made a special rate of
fare and a third to Newman from all
points between Bakersfield and San
Francisco or Sacramento. The old Russ
house has. been purchased by Huber
and Johnson, who are planning to erect
a $40, 200 hotel on the site.
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SLEEPING BOY is
SEIZED BY COUGAR

WESTON, Ore, Aug. PA large
cougar entered the tent where the
young son of j. L. Frankum of WalIa
Walla was sleeping with one of his
fathers employees in the hills near
Weston yesterday morning and seized
the child. The man was awakened by
the noise and frightened the animal
into releasing the boy and fleeing. As
the cougars teeth had been fixed in the
lads clothing he was unharmed.
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Gray hair restored to natural color by
Alfredum's Egyptian Henna. A harmless
dye-conVen't, quick, sure. All drugstss
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KALAMAZOO MORE THAN
DOUBLES POPULATION

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-The popu-
lation of Mobile, Ala, is 51.521, an in
crease of 1852 or 33.9 per cent. as
compared with SS.469 in 1900. The popu-
lation of Kalamazoo Mich. is 3s,437. an
increase of 1898 or 61.6 per cent, an
compared with 24,640 in 1900
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SALVAGE WORK BEGUN
ON CRUISER BEDFORD

TOKYO, Aug. 24.-Salvage work on
the British armored cruiser Bedford,
which was wrecked with loss of Is
men on the Samarand rocks. off Quel-
part island Sunday while running at
full speed through a dense fog, was
begun today.
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rHINFSE PRINCE SAILS
FOR SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI AUG. 24.-The steamship
srs5-buria, which sailed TO-DAY Tor san San
rrsncfsco, has on board frliiee i1al tsa
is15 mission which VII spend some
~ - in america studying the United
states navy
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RECORD OF WESTON
BEATEN BY BUILDER
Journey From New York to San
Francisco Made in 81 Days
Instead of l04
Pedestrian Completes His Task
by Taking a Plunge in
the Ocean
Comparative Records Of
Trips Across Continent

EDWARD PAYSON WESTON
60 years old.
Left New York March Is, 1909.
Arrived San Francisco July IA,
1909.
Time, 1O4 days; 1000 miles.
JOHN ENNIS
6S years old.
Left New York May IS, 1910.
Arrived San Francisco August
"a, 1910.
Time, 81 days; 1000 miles.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-05
s0FT-VO|cED THUG
CH0KEs WOMAN
Mrs. J. H. Cooper Says Nan VINO
Attacked Her Near Police Sta
ton Spoke in Gentle Tones.

Within the shadow of Canfeld-ave.
station, Mrs. Joseph II. Cooper was
roughly seized by a gentle-voiced high
wayman. Tuesday. shortly before mid
night and thrown into the hedge that
separates the street from the lawn
that adorns the Stoepel residence, at
Woodward and Garfield.
Fortune favored her. The police
heard solitary groan that escaped
her In spite OF the fingers that cruel
fy clutched her throat. Her assailant
fed across the Stoepel lawn. taking
with him a pocketbook containing less
than a dollar.
Mrs. Cooper, who lives at No. 1913
Canfield-ave. east, was on her way TO
her home from a meeting OF the ladies'
OF the Eastern Star lodge, which meets
In the old Pingree homestead. She
left her friends at Woodward and
Garfield and proceeded east on the
north side OF the street.
She had reached a giant tree that
stands within so feet Of the police sta
ton. when two long arms protruded
from the shadow OF the tree and two
strong hands encircled her work.
WAS / frightened?" queried Mrs.
Cooper. as she told OF her experience
over the telephone, Wednesday morn
ing. We'll, who wouldn't be? But that
fellow had one Of the incest. softest
voices | ever heard. He hurt me ter
ribly by choking me 80 hard, but he
was real decent. anyway.
He said: Now, II you don't scream.
I won't hurt you. But II you do, l will
have to use violence
Mrs. Cooper didn't scream, but she
succeeded in making a noise that
sounded to the police OF Garfield sta
ton very much like a groan. Pre-
cinct Detective Holland hurried over
and found Mrs. Cooper lying In the
hedge. The man had disappeared
She could not give much OF de-
scription, but she thought her assail-
ants hands are still on her throat.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-05
Gilman PLAN WITHDRAWN.
Vernon Civil Service Measure Only
One to be Voted On.

President Gilman, of the common
council, took the floor during Tues
day evenings session. to withdraw his
resolution for submission to the peo-
pie OF civil service measure differ
ing from that framed by Aid. Vernon
last spring. The Vernon measure fail
ed of approval by the council. because
II took certain patronage away from
the aldermen and gave the deciding
vote I'm the examining board to the
mayor instead of the president OF the
council Petitions were then circulat-
ed by the Municipal League, COMPEL
ing the submission Of the Vernon
measure.
Had both plans been submitted to
vote, 1t Is probable that the resulting
confusion would have caused both to
be defeated. Aid. Gilman decided to
withdraw his plan after The Times
had pointed out its weaknesses.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-05
YOU CAN INTEREST HIM
Any Man over Fifty.

You can interest any man over nifty
years of age in anything that Will
make him feel better, because while
he may not as yet have any positive
organic disease he no longer feels
the buoyency and vigor OF twenty
five nor the freedom from aches and
pains he enjoyed in earlier years, and
he very naturally examines with in
terest any proposition looking to the
Improvement and preservation OF his
health.
He will notice among other things
that the stomach of fifty Is very
different one from the stomach he
possessed at twenty-five. That great
est care must be exercised as to
what Ia eaten and how much OF 1t,
and even with the best of care, there
will be increasing digestive weakness
with advancing years.
A proposition to perfect or improve
the digestion and assimilation of food
is one which interests not only every
man of fifty, but every man,
woman and child OF any age, be-
cause the whole secret of good health,
good blood, strong nerves, Is to have
q stomach which will promptly and
thoroughly digest wholesome food, be-
cause blood, nerves, brain tissue and
every other constituent OF the body Is
entirely the product OF digestion, and
no medicine or health" food can pos
sibly create pure blood or restore
shaky nerves, when a weak stomach
is replenishing the daily wear and
tear of the body from a mass of fer
menting half-digested food.
No, the stomach itself wants help
and in no roundabout way either; II
wants direct, unmistakable assist
ance, such as Is given by one or two
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after
each meal.
These tablets cure stomach trouble
because their. use gives the stomach
a chance to rest and recuperate; one
OF Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets con-
tains digestivel elements sufficient to
digest 5000 grains Of ordinary food
such as bread, meat, eggs, etc.
The plan of dieting is simply an.
other name for starvation, and the
use of prepared foods and new
f. tangled breakfast foods simply makes
matters worse as any dyspeptic who
has tried them knows.
Az Dr. Bennett says, the only rea-
son can imagine why Stuart's Dys.
pepsia Tablets are not universally
used by everybody who is troubled In
any way with poor digestion il be
cause many people seem to think that
because q medicine Ia advertised or
is sold In drug stores or Is protected
by a trade mark must be humbug
whereas as matter OF truth any
druyVist who Ia obseryant knows that
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets have
cured more people of indigestion,
heartburn, heart trouble, nervous
prostraticn and run down condition
generally than all the patent medi.
cines and doctors prescriptions for
stomach trouble combined.
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week giving an address to men only.
Friday evening, In Bethel church, Mt
Elliott and Hendricks-ave.. and speak
ing In the same edifice again on Sun
day evening He will tell OF his work
in combating this tremendous evil. and
on Sunday evening will bring facts
home to Detroit, whose white slave
traffic, DIR Mortensen thoroughly in
vestigated within the past year.
In his fight with the organized bands
of depraved men and women engaged
In this wholesale slavery. DR.. Morten-
sens life has frequently been endan-
gered and he actually bears the marks
of violence and Of wounds from pistol
shots, the result of tracking down sew
eral of these vile traffickers. DR.. Nor
Jensen Ia said to be an earnest, force
ful speaker. brimful Of facts about his
life work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-05

persons TO receive the books through
the mail when unable to 20 TO the
hbreryA
swhes Greek meets Greek, thsn comes
the tug ~ war" o. . saying which
IL being exemplified by two factions
hghting over the position OF Greek
teacher In the Everett night school.
Owing to an apparent misunder-
standing. A Anaetases and Andrew
Pantos. the latter living At No 81
Charlotte-ave.. are In a mixup over
the appointment Anaetases was APP
pointed teacher for the class on pre-
senting n petition. but Pantos. ac-
companied by committee OF Greeks.
waited on Supt. Martindale. Tuesday,
and protested that he was supposed
to have received the appointment.
The superintendent explained that
Anaetases Is entitled TO the position,
inasmuch as he had drummed up
class OF Greek boys after being APP
pointed. but told Pantos that an APP
pointment would also be given him
II he got together a class OF Greek
boys. as did Anaetases. The latter
has TO pass an oral examination as TO
his ability TO speak English before
he Is officially Installed as teacher,
and the friends OF Pantos say he will
never be able to qualify. Anaetases
was not ION the job" Tuesday night.
and the class had no teacher. The
superintendent. however, thinks
Anaetases will take the examination
and resume the teaching.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-05
ROMANCE is SHATTERED.
J. p. Thomas Won Bride by Fraud,
It's Charged; Loses Her Now.

It's Charged; Loses Her Now.
James p Thomas has had very
sweet romance with a southern belle,
but he finds II shattered now. He is
in the county jail. awaiting trial on
forgery charges. He is said to have
won his bride. the daughter of Col. r..
M. Johnston, editor of the Houston
Post, by means OF forging his name
to will, purporting to leave him $4,-
100000.
Investigation by the young woman's
father disclosed alleged perfidy OF the
young husband. He Is also charged
with having forged checks on the
Wayne hotel and is wanted In st.
Louis on similar charges Mrs. Thorn
as has returned to Houston and says
she will secure divorce.