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Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
CORNELL AND SYRACUSE
MAY RENEW H0STILITIES

ITHACA, N. Y, Dec. 14.-In making
plans for the next football season the
Cornell athletic officers are considering
a football game with Syracuse. Ath-
letic relations were broken by the two
institutions many years ago. 1t is
thought that it would be a good plan
to substitute Syracuse for Harvard,
and some people here believe Harvard
would play Princeton in such an event.
1t is also planned to secure a good
professional football coach who will
stay in Ithaca all the year around and
be assisted in the fall by squad of
graduates.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
METROPOLITAN GOLFERS
TO ADD JUNIOR TOURNEY

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Metro
politan Golf association, in annual
meeting last night, resolved to add a
junior tournament to the regular anna
teur and open tournaments.
II was pointed out that it lacked
young men in the tournaments and
that competitors, especially those from
the west, were much younger in years.
It is probable the new feature Will
be made an intercollegiate one.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
McFARLAND-ATTELL BOUT
APPEARS TO BE ALL OFF

CHICAGO, Dec. 14.--From present
indications the 10-round bout between
Paeky Mcfarland, lightweight, and
Abe Attell, featherweight champion,
scheduled to take place in New York,
will not be held, owing to the inability
of the fighters to agree on the club
before which they wish to fight.
Mcfarland has signed with the Fair
mont club, while Attell wants to fight
at the National Mcfarland said he Is
willing to fight before either club, but
does not intend to go east until the
final arrangements are made
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15

Local ring fans had plenty to talk
about yesterday on reading the news
of how Promoter Tom Elks handled
Monte Attell and Jeff O'Connen in
their attempted frameup at Oklahoma
City. Arguments for and against such
drastic action hourished in profusion,
and many were the incidents of similar
events told.
John Brink probably related the one
that brings the subject nearer home.
ct remember acting as referee for
Fraser and Began when they fought
before the old Los Angeles Athletic
club years ago." he began. We'll, l
nut over a better one than the Okla
homa promoter.
"The boys kept stalling and stalling.
I reminded them in almost every round
that they were there to fight but it
seemed to do no good. Finally, after
fifteen periods of milling had gone by,
it got too raw.
You fellows don't get a cent un-
less you do better I told them, but
the going was no better.
'Then came the end. At the conclu-
sion those boys were astonished to
hear me say: I declare this no con-
test and will devote the fighters purse
to charity
And that's what happened. The
next day we divided the sum they
would have received between the Cath
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
EMERYvlLLE ENTRIES

First race. Futurity course, selling-Presto-
lite Making, ll2; Clsko, Summertime, Red
Illaw. Copper City, Tender Bloom. los; Parlor
Boy, Bell Ciih, Amala, Velsini 1N
Second race, six furlongs, selling-sepulveda,
f12; Quality Street Miss Picnic, 1Os; Gypsy
Girl, Braxton, Donovan, lO4.
Third race, one mile, selllng-Tony Faust,
Marburg 1l2; Responseful Captain Burnett,
lOS; Fuietta, io7i Bonnie Bard, lOi.
Fourth race, six furlongs, handicap-Pay
Streak, 1Oe; Jest, 1O1; Frank Ferris. s5; Shoot
ing Spray, 92
Fifth race mile and seventy yards, selling
AIlness, Onatasa, 112; J. c. Glenn, Nettie Trav-
er. Nebulosis Nasmerito, ineberry. 109; Silver
Grain lO7; Buena. Tansy. Young Belle, Cam
era, 104
Sixth race, Futurty course, selling-Dargin,
Evran ia; Juan, 11O; Emma g., 1O7; Academ-
ist 9s Louise b., 80,
Clear; track heavy.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
LOCKOUT ENDS

LONDON, Dec l4.-The boilernak-
ers' lockout, affecting $4,000 men in the
yards of the shipbuildnig employers
federation. ended today with the ac-
ceptance by the men of the terms made
by the employers. The yards viii re-
open tomorrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
FINAL HEARING GIVEN

Final hearing was given the case OF
the North Fork Water company against
e. II. Spoor, receiver for the Bear Val
ley Land and Water company, and
others, before Judge Ross In the United
case affects the water supply of the
citrus orchards in the San Bernardino
valley
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
BOWLING SCORES

Last night on the Brunswick alleys in the
Electric league the Cans Bros. defeated the
CITY Inspectors, and the Pacific States defeated
the Newbery- -Bendheims. The feature OF the
evening was the bowling of Carr, a young
bowler introduced as a member Of the
Cans team. Hedges had high average. The
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
INTERNATIONAL B0WLERS
TO COMPETE AT ST. PAUL

ST. PAUL. MINI, Dec. lathe In
ternattonal Bowling association has de-
cided to hold it's annual tournament at
the West Side club here February IL
o. Entries are expected from several
middle western states and Canada.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15

If the veteran pitchers are in good
shape next year and some of the
youngsters make good the Pirate gal
leon should be dreaded as of old by
the other clubs
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15

You can buy It. perhaps at many places, but
place advertises.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
2ORound Bout Arranged Usher in 1911 Boxing Seaso1
FLYNN-CAPO BOUT ASSURED FOR
NEW YEARS DAY At VERNON ARENA

Chicago Scapper Finally Comes Terms with Manager MCCaey
and Transportation Is Immediately Teegraphed Local
Promoter Has Hopes of Securing Antoine La Grave
to Box Leonard Lauder in Semi-Windup to
Larger Men-Iohn Brink Tells of At
tempted Frameup Years Ago
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

company and showed him magnificent diamond
heart, valued-as it turned out-at $4,000.
Found this under corner of the rug in the COM
partment," she said "Felt it with my foot just as
about to leave She could have kept it with
very little likelihood of discovery. The owner, who
believed the ornament secure in the vault, was SO
much impressed by the conduct OF the actress that
she sent to her diamond as costly as the finest in
the heart And the two fast friends
Trembling with distress, widow told safe de-
post official that her bonds missing from her
box rented to her and her daughter jointly Two
days before, she explained, she had them IN the
box and the daughter had visited the vault in the
meantime. The mother wrung her hands IF my
child has yielded to temptation | shall die; know
| shall die she moaned
Going with her to the vault the oficial explored
the box Then the compartment searched But
there was no trace of the bonds Returning to the
vault he offered assist her in Putting the box back
in the receptacle, which considerably above her
head. To his surprise it. did not slide in smoothly.
Pulling it out. he thrust in his hand. There lay the
bonds. They had not been in the box at all, but be-
tween the box and the lining of the receptacle
Safe deposit men refer 70 such experiences "in-
cidents in our comedy of errors, But manifestly
what is fun for the boys may be far from fun for the
frogs. Complications are thicker. in case like the
following:
Antonio Cavalazzi, aged Is, and feeble in heart
and limb had box in vault Manhattan island
There he kept savings bank book his friends
knew especially his dear friends the fiddler, the chef
and the wine dealer. Had he not taken them, one by
one to the box and showed them the book and the
credit entries and did they not know that the total
was $1,185?
They were devoted to the venerable Antonio, and
he permitted them to call him Tony On every
nigh day or holiday the wine dealer sent him a
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

amnesia-bas been known to have comic bas relief.
There is shrewd businessman who went to the sec
retary of vault concern to complain that railroad
coupon bond was missing from his box. He had
looked everywhere for it, it must have been abb
stracted. The company should make good the loss.
Facing the situation calmly the official commune
Gated with the trust company that regularly paidth
coupons for the railroad; and when the next coupon
on this particular bond came in, the mystery was
cleared up. 1t turned that the fnancer had lost
not the bond but only his memory of the fact that
he had given the bond to pretty young woman liv-
ing in the lower sixties osthe west side of Manhat
TAM
When his recollection was refreshed by her state
ment to the trust company and the vault people that
Uncle Dudley gave it to me evening when he
was calling, he wrote a letter OF apology and the
matter dropped. There were those who thought the
incident amusing "The Uncle Dudleys of New York
often give bonds to their neces remarked the secre-
ary of the company, bu they rarely forget to make
the proper memoranda.
When you gofto the vault of properly conducted
safe deposit establishment examine your box you
requested take it out of the vault and into the
customers room"-sometime5 called the coupon
room"-and to make the inspection in OF series
of small compartments there.
In the compartment to which you are led by an at
tendant you find ordinarily table, chairs, rug, a
waste paper basket pens, ink, mucilage botting
pad sealing wax box of matches, scissors and 4
of the stationery of the You open
your box, examine the contents rearrange them, cut
off your coupons, write letters.
When you leave the compartment to carry your
box back to the vault an attendant usually enters Ii
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

confusion that heightened the charms of her widow
hood:
Il shall not need the box any more. | taking
out the casket to scatter the ashes the winds of
heaven | am engaged to be married soon"
There companies that maintain, in addition to
vaults arranged for safes and boxes, specially con
structed strong rooms where customer may place
a trunk with the company's guarantee against loss
through burglary, theft and fire. Last month con-
decided open trunk left years before in its
Silver vault and to sell enough of the contents to
quidate the indebtedness for storage
It's owner during the eighties and early nneties
much advertised American author, writing of
high themes and affecting the gorgeous style of Bull
Lytton. In the heyday of prosperity he rolled
around in wealth and a dog cart. Socially he was
the center of many "hacyon and vocifcrous pro-
ceeding." He crack gentleman rider in Central
park, but he cropper in various ways even
tually and did not recover his seat.
JUST PHOTOGRAPHS
What found in the trunk-svcr? No. Valu-
able manuscripts for posthumous publication and the
delight of later ages? No; but collection of 235
photographs of sctresses taken between 1880 and
1895, each bearing the signature OF the original and
kindly sentiment of auld lang syne.
Among them Ada Rehans as Rosaind, Rose
Coghlan in "a Scrap of Paper Marie Proctor as
Desdemona, supporting Salvini the great; Fay Tenn
pleton, slender cypress; Lillian Russell, Is and
at Pastors; Geraldine Umar, Marie Stone, Maxine
Elliott debutante at Days, Modjcska as queen
of Scots, Ellen Terry Portia, Marie Jansen Pau
line Hail. Sylvia Gerrish Georgia Cayvan fresh with
the hopes that filled her ere the shadows fell
All these and others were mixed in the trunk with
bizarre assortment of overused colored shirts, shoes
with frayed laces few tennis balls, ink stained
toothbrush and box of screws. Sentimentalists
might weep for tokens of friendship thus prostuted
Not with the vault officials 1t is to laugh they
said
Temporary failure of memory-a kind OF financial
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

bottle of chanti; the chef contrivcd often slip to
the old fellow crumb that had fallen from rich
mans table, and the fiddler never tired of playing
for him the melodies of Italy.
1t not difficult to understand either. Cava-
lazz had made them his foster children He had
taken them separately into his confidence
You, my dearest friend and favorite son., he had
said to each, can that long for this
world. And are you not making my last days COM
Portable? Well, then, i desire that you find a lawyer
and have will drawn for me, in which leave you
all. Keep your counsel 1t is my savings leave
you, and you will remember the old Antonio"
For each to get lawyer for each'to pay that law
for drawing Cavallazzis will Cavallazzi in
structed and for each to keep the existence of the
will under which he was sole beneficiary close
secret was easy for fiddler, chef and wine dealer.
Cavallazz was sterny true to his pledge of secrecy
to each The three lawyers in Cavallazzis presence
had given separately the opinion All the
devisee would have to do would be to go to the
vault with order of court after Cavallazz had
passed to his fathers take the bank book to the bank
and receive the $l185. And the interest murmurcd
the old man; don't forget the interest"
Cavallazzi lived comfortably for year or more
and much better than before His acquaintance IN
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

at once to tidy it up for the of the next Gus
toner. Naturally he glances around to see if you
have left anything valuable behind On very basy
days, however, customer may slip into the com
partment the instant you withdraw.
1t IS easy to believe that one might leave somc-
thing of importance in the compartment. AS mat
ter of fact, such happenings frequent. Nervous,
abstracted, iii haste or suddenly summoned, Gus
toner may become careless
On entering compartment just vacated by a New
York dame Questionable renown attendant found
pasteboardg box containing Six expensive sets of
false teeth One set was slightly moist A few min
utes later IN an adjoining compartment he noted
that the waste paper basket nearly third filled
with clipped coupons. The customer. had gone to
Europe before he could be warned and there was no
communication by wireless In another case at
tendant found carefully deposited in envelope in
the stationery case 5000 in so dollar bills. The
customer had taken the trouble to tidy up the table
for the next conner and had overdone the work
One of the swealthest of New York's multimon-
aire circle, from the far west, emerged one
morning from a compartment, which occupied
forthwith by another customer. On the atters with
drawal the attendant entered During the three
hours the compartment sheltered dozen persons at
intervals
A $4,000 DISCOVERY
Toward the end of the business day woman of
modest means, an actress used the compartment.
When she came out she went to the secretary of the
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

-
4 ty deposit appliances has devised what
German technician calls the best twentieth
century joke on burglars" 1t is designed
particularly foil the up date crook, who works
with drill explosive but with the oxygen aud
acetylene blow pipe.
This 'joke" is safe of steel in polygonal form,
having many angles, and set in a powerful stone
chamber upon axis and ball bearings On the clos
ing of the door the safe, moved by an electromotor,
begins revove exposing necessarily changing
surface at the point of the chamber used
trance when the safe is at rest.
Should burglar succeed in getting blow pipe
into operation the fame could not be brought to bear
upon any one spot long enough to disintegrate the
steel. If he try to check the revolution of
the safe number of alarm bells would ring loudly
and the watchman public police would do the rest.
Safe deposit comedy at the expense of the burglar
is comedy from the outside, but there is comedy of
the inside of vault that provokes laugh now and
again, though often it may seem next of kin to
tragedy.
Ignorance the part of large section of the pub
lie regarding the real objects of safe deposit
eceentricity in the to which vault space is put
by not few who rent it. carelessness of box or safe
renters, accidents disclosures that follow the open
ing of boxes safes by officers of the civil or cri-
nal courts, by the vault owners themselves under
the statutes-with all these phases of the business
there is bound up less that is humorous, as
any safe deposit will admit if you approach him
discreetly.
Some the phone for you, sir" said his
stenographer the secretary of the Union safe de-
posit company of Pittsburg. He took up the re-
ceiver
Voice the other end: "Is that the Union safe de-
pOsit company?
Secretary-"It is. What can we do for your"
Voice-"Td like to rent box in your vault I'm
iron worker, but nonunon, and l want to know
if that shuts me from the Union safe deposit"
With smile to his stenographer, the secretary ex-
planned that the Unions vault was an open shop for
Legitimate trade.
At the Office of concern in mid Manhattan
woman in deep black and with countenance as
funerea as her raiment asked to rent box The
officials than ordinarily solcitous and the
secretary personally escorted her to the vault
Plunged in abyssmal melancholy, she told him with
broken voice why she wanted the box From piece
of velvet she took small casket of steel.
1T contains the ashes of my beloved husband Gre
mated few days ago. / shall place it in the box;
nothing else is to GO th>:s. My thoughts remain
with his as.es through my lifelong widowhood. 1t
IS my sacred pledge to him on his deathbed This
vault is my Mecca for evermore."
Bowing profoundly the official led the stricken
one from the steel chamber to her automobile. Three
months later she made her next visit The morning
papers had announced her return from Europe the
Lusitana. Her costume was of the gayest. She
smiled brightly To the astonished functionary who
recalled vyidly her only other appearance in the
vault she said with certain shy, half simpering
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

the clutch in plain sight before him. Would his
presence OF mind be equal to it9
Every second OF this time vault official kept nj,
hand on the apparatus of the combination lock il,
order to throw the bolts instantly if the man within
even by accident should lift the clutch Himself OF
iron nerve, ne shook like leaf at the thought of
how much might depend upon his quickness
Almost on the stroke of his shout broke the srs
pense OF the watchers. "She gives; she gives" In
flash ne had swung the bolts, the massive door
opened slowly and the victim of what was almosr
grewsome tragedy rushed wildly from the vault black
IN the face, gaspng for BREATH in prodgious excite
ment, and offering to "lck" anybody and everybody
responsible for the job He had lifted the clutch
after studying the dial for two hours.
1t seems that he trapped because, contrarv 70
the rules, he had seated himself for the
OF his box just before the closing hour behind n,
desk temporarily in the vault and had not been no.
t1ced when the inspection was made He received
S5OO as compensation, and the company would hav.
given him $1,000 had he demanded it, Ii airs we'll
that ends we'll, this was comedy
Perhaps t IS on the same or similar pr;nc;rle
that most OF the blunders, misconceptions and &C.
centreities OF deposit vault patrons have
comic interlude.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
By ]. B. Livingstone

- NE of the most ingenious inventors of safe
ty deposit appliances has devised what
German technician calls the best twentieth
;ol-a Il &c ar
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

A Mob from Little Italy" Went to the
Vault to See the Fiddler Take Out the
Savings Bank Book
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
A $4,000 DISCOVERY

Toward the end of 5the. business day woman oi
modest means, an actress, used the compartment
When she came out she went the secretary of the
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-05
SISTER HELENA TO
RETURN ORPHANS
Departs for South to Bring Back
Waits Made Homeless
by the Fire

For the last fortnight there have
been many inquiries each day at the
temporary home of Mount St. Josepr' S
orphan asylum as to when the $50
children were to return from Los An
geles and Santa Barbara, where they
were sent after the fire which de-
stroyed the orphanage. Their depart
ure from the south was delayed until
Sister Helena, the superioress here. be-
came so grieved over the anxiety of
the parents that she determined to
bring them back herself. She left for
the south Thursday night and 1t is be-
lieved that she will arrive this morn
ing with all the little flock, although
she may not arrive until tomorrow.
School will begin Monday and the
children in the interval are amusing
themselves with outings when they are
not at their daily tasks.
Money still comes in for The Calls
fund for the orphans, one of the con-
tributions yesterday being from the
Sacramento division of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians with a letter of
hearty commendation for The Calls
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-05
OAKLAND NAN wins
SOCIETY FAVORITE'
Engagement of Miss AlOise deb-
hardt and Jefferson Moffitt
Admitted to Friends

An cement that will be sur
prise to society on both sides or the
bay is that of Miss A1oise Gebhardt'
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
G. Gebhardt of this city. and Jererson
Mofitt. son of the late Frank Morhtt OF
Oakland. The young couple planned TO
make the announcement at later date
but rumor has been busy with their
names for several weeks and the news
leaked out yesterday.
Miss Gebhar6t is a charming 5lohde
and ore of the favorites in the younger
set The family home in NalleJo
street has been the center OF many
entertainments since Miss Gebhardt
debut a season or two ego.
Jefferson Mofitt has as many rrishas
in this city as across the bay he IS
the only son of Mrs. Frank Mofhtt ana
since the death of his father several
years ago has passed most OF ms tlhe
with his mother. He was tormerIy
student at Cornell university ne
family home is in Filbert street. oak
land. but Mrs. Moffitt spends much OF
her ii ne in this city and in Europe
The date for the wedding mas NOT
been announced
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-05
OAKLAND MAY BE SITE
FOR AVIATION MEET
Subscription Mass Meeting to
Be Held Today

\ big citizens mass meeting viii be
held at the Palace hotel at IL o'clock
this morning. where. it is expected, the
s1e0. 900 to be offered as prizes at the
forthcoming aviation meet here VIII be
subscribed. The meeting viii be at
taended by the executive committee
(which has the affair ia charge, officials
and mcmbers Of the chamber of COM
znerce and Other commercial bodies
It is also expected that the executive
committee will today announce the
aviation site and grounds 1t is prob
liable that these viii be in Oakland, al
Though two sites down the peninsula
are ander consideration IT is known
F1hst the chamber Of commerce and the
Executive committee favor the city
across the bay
All moneys subscribed are to be ap-
plied to a guarantee fund, which will
be used for the purpose of securing
sviators, offering prizes and paying the
legitimate expenses of the meet, as de-
fernined by the executive board. The
receipts Of the meet are to be applied
pro rata 10 the repayment of money
subscribed to the guarantee fund.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-05
Two navy YARDS
FACE SCRAP HEAP
Portsmouth and Charleston on
List; West Would Be
Strengthened
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-Drastic re-
forms including the abolition of the
naval construction corps and the navy
pay corps and later on the abandonment
of several Of the navy yards on the At
lantic coast. viii be undertaken by Sec
retary Meyer of the navy department
upon the conclusion of his inspection
trip.
1t has just become known that the
project to abolish several of the navy
yards, concentrating the navy's work
at few of the largest yards. has al
ready been broached by Secretary Meyer
to the president and that Taft will
indorse whatever general plan his sec
retary prepares.
1t is asserted that Meyer, as a result
of his trip to various navy yards, has
become convinced that millions of dol
lars could be saved to the government
annually merely by more concentration
of work
1t is said to be likely that whatever
concentration of work is undertaken
necessarily will be at the Norfolk. New
York, Philadelphia and Mare island
yards, while the ak will probably fall
on the yards at Portsmouth and
Charleston.