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The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
IN
FUEL FRAUD
CASE GONE

An important balance sheet has been
Fuel company. and both the officers
of the concern and the government
prosecutors. Matt ]. Sullivan and
Theodore Roche. are searching the
records to find the coveted page
The sheet missing is for 1906, and
records all the details of the COM
pany's business for that year, as well
as showing the amount of coal on
hand at the beginning of the year.
Without this record one group of fig
ures important to the governments
case can not be verified.
HAD SHEET IN FIRST WORK
David c. Norcross. secretary of the
company. said today he has not seen
the paper since the books were sent
to w. II. Tidwell, special treasury
agent. several months ago. He did
not know whether the lost balance
sheet was In the documents sent to
the federal grand jury upon the recent
court order. The government had the
sheet during its preliminary work.
Prosecutors Roche and Sullivan are
at lass to account for the disap-
pearance of the papers.
ALWAYS GUARDED, SAYS ROCHE
when those documents have not
been In the courtroom. they have been
under lock and guard constantly" said
Prosecutor Roche
Tidwell, who worked up the Gus
toms fraud case against the eight in
dicted oficials OF the coal company,
will continue his testimony Monday.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
NIECE Of JUDGE
RICH MAN 'SBR|DE

Miss Anna NJ. Van Fleet. niece of
Judge Van Fleet. and Eugene S.
Thorne, son of E. B. Thorne. Oakland
realty millionaire, today secured a
license to marry in San Francisco.
According to announcement made
by their friends, the ceremony was
performed Immediately, quietly.
The match is the outcome of bust
ness romance. Recently the elder
Thorne turned his business, the Key
stone Land and Brokerage company,
over to his son. Three months ago
the latter was taken i'll, suffering
from throat trouble.
Miss'van Fleet was employed in the
offices as stenographer. The task of
keeping the business running fell to
her. The ability she displayed won
Thorne.
Thorne told the marriage license
clerk he was divorced.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
COURT ANNULS PHONE RATE ORDER
DRAMATIS PERSONAL
The Hero Sam Shortridge
The Index Finger. BY Itself q.
Act 1, Scene

Our hero enters. wearing a toga
and with the index finger concealed
in his right hand All about him is
the Great Listening Public: in fact.
some of our best little listeners are
there.
Our hero is surprised really aston
ished. He had not expected to be
called upon for speech and was to-
tally unprepared. but-and here the
index finger enters the plot-but-
and with this second But the Great
Listening Public is transfixed upon
the Impeccable Index Finger-but he
will speak a few words.
Our Heros face is solemn Not a
hint is given of what impends. Then
suddenly and without warning from
those lips come eloquence, wit. wis
dom.
The index finger utterly annihilates
the atmosphere, and on our Hero's
face comes a strange look. Can it
be the beginning of a smile? An
swer: 1t can, and perchance it is.
Read on if you would know. 1t
dawns upon the G. l. P. that Our
Hero is telling a funny story.
He gives the prelude. and the
throng filters in expectation. while
upon Our Hero's face that strange
look deepens. and at once we find 1t
not SO strange. In fact, we knew
it all the time.
He approaches the climax boldly,
index finger now fully warmed to its
work and swinging downward to an
awaiting palm.
There is pause-a hush comes
over the crowd. one moment of sus-
pense, and then-finger. fist and palm
come together with a resounding
smack. the point-of the joke, not the
finger-bursts from Our Hero's lips.
and the G. L. P. roars its laughter
across the room like South sea hur-
ricane.
And Our Hero? He only smiled,
but it was the Shortridge smile. The
world was glad The sun had risen!
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
SWEE: PING
VII; TORY
FOR BAY
CONCERN
Railroad Commission Powers
Limited by Decision Regu-
lating Rates in Long Dis
tanCe Connections

The supreme court today cut dowr
the powers of the state railroad COM
mission. in decision filed at noon
the state board is ordered to annul
the demand made upon the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company
several months ago to establish long
distance rates TO Tehama. and con-
Meeting with the bigger concern.
When the state commission arbi-
trarily made a schedule of rates for
Joint service and intermediate con-
nections between the independent
companies and the Pacific company
it overstepped lis authority. the de-
cision says.
Not POLICE POWER. SAYS COURT
The order involves an exercise OF
the power of eminent domain, and
not of the police power" the decision
reads The order provides no COM
pensation for the taking of the petit
toner's property. and therefore is un-
Continued On PAGE . Column 2
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
|bAT TIE To
GET GOLD
F()RTUNE:
On SHIP
S. O. S. Cry Brings Help irf
Arctic Night and Many Are
Transferred to ReScu-
ing Vessel

s. 0. S. signals thrown into the
arctic night over Queen CharIotte
sound saved the crew and passengers
OF the steamer Jeanie, bound from
Skagway to Seattle, which went
ashore on Calvert island and is being
pounded to pieces by the heavy seas.
The British steamer Esteran, hearing
the faint click of the radiograms from
the Jeanie. immediately FASTENED to
the assistance of the imperiled ship
and reached the Jeanie in time to
take off all members of the crew and
the passengers
The Esteran is standing by the
wrecked steamer, which is being rap
idly pounded to pieces, in the hope Of
saving the gold bullion on board and
some of the cargo. A brief wireless
from the Esteran told of the rescue.
The Jeanie is one of the famous
hoodoo ships of the Pacific. Six years
ago it ran into the steamer Dix in
Puget sound and caused a sea tragedy
in which so or so people were
drowned.
Formerly the Jeanie was a whaler,
and while in the whaling business
had collision with another ship in
which lives were lost During it's
whaling career it had mutiny
aboard, and has been in repeated and
various sea escapades- 1t was con-
verted to coast trading vessel after
ward and is now completing it's hoo
doc career by hanging it's hulk on the
island reefs.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Bohemian Clubman
Is Called bv Death

Following an operation for appen-
dfcitis, John o. Harron. Bohemian
clubman, diedslast night at the Hahne-
mann hospital He was taken i'll on
Wednesday and operated on the same
day. Harron was 64 years old and a
native of Sacramento. He was for
& Lacy Machinery company and after
ward founded the firm of Harron,
Rickard & McCone, of which he re-
mained the senior partner until his
death.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

A[|STS'
UNCLE HIT
BY TRAIN

REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 20.-william
Nj. Newhall, uncle of George A. New
hall and w. Mayo Newhall, San Fran
cisco capitalists and Hillsborough
clubmen. was fatally injured today by
freight train. While crossing the
tracks at Redwood City in a buggy he
tried to avoid one train and was
struck by another.
Newhall, retired San Mateo county
merchant, was in moderate circum-
stances. though his family's wealth is
great.
Both his legs were crushed and at
Huling's hospital DR.. J. L. Ross am
putated the right one Immediately.
On account of Newhall's age. rs, little
hope for his recovery was held out
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

OPERA HOUSE
vE : 7 D IS
UPHELD
But Alternative Ordinance
May Save Plan for City
Theater for S. f.

BY a vote of IA to 8, Mayor Rolph's $
veto OF the municipal opera house
ordinance was sustained by the board
of supervisors today This does not
mean, however. that the opera house
is lost to the city. as several super
visors favoring the bill voted for the
veto in order to clear the decks for
a new ordinance that will be intro
duced a week from Monday.
The new bill. according to super
visor Payot. will meet the objections
of the mayor and is agreeable to the
subscribers.
FOURTEEN VOTE FOR MAYOR
Those voting to sustain the mayor
We're: Caglieri A. j. Gallagher.
George E. Gallagher. Giannini, Hay
den. Hilmer, Hooks. Koshland, Mauzy,
McLeran. Murdock, Murphy, Nolan and
Payot
The three who voted against the
veto were Bancroft, Jennings and Nc
Carthy
In voting against the bill Payot ex-
way for the proposed new measure
and that 1t was necessary TO first get
the present ordinance out of the way
Paul Bancroft scored Payot and 9TH
oh fboir ,,af,,lc H.
declared the chances for securing the
opera house did not look bright, but
that he failed to find a single argu-
ment advanced by Mayor Rolph that
lagher and the Labor council a year
ago. Supervisor Mccarthy also took
exception to what he termed a change
of front of Payot and others declar-
tremely rare in the board of super
visors.
MAY USE EMINENT DOMAIN
City Attorney Long rendered an
opinion stating that the city would
have the right under the law of emf
nent domain to take over all the
property and special privileges of the
opera house, provided slight amend
ment was made to the code.
Payots new ordinance will remove
the Objectionable features which pro-
vide for a self-perpetuating board of
trustees and give the subscribers per-
petual right to certain favored seats
and boxes. Payot has been in con-
sultation with the donors and an
nounced today that the majority fa-
vor his new plan.
The amendment of Supervisors
Hayden and Giannini provides that
the city can take over the control of
the opera house at any time by con-
demnation, and also that the property
will revert to the city without any
membranes at the end of a period
of so years. This amendment was re-
ferred to committee.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
San franciscan to
Be Consul in France

President Wilson today sent to the
senate the nomination of Clarence
Carrigan of this. city for the consul
ship of Grenoble, France. Carrigan Is
the brother of Andrew Carrigan. a
member of the firm of Dunham, Car
rigan & Hayden He has been in the
diplomatic service for several years,
his first post having been at S. Johns,
n. B. Recently he has occupied the
position of vice consul at Lyons,
France.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Carried Into Court,
Aged Woman Wins Suit

Carried into court by her son,
Ralph, Mrs. Yetta Asher, a paralyzed
woman of 80, today won a suit against
her daughter. Mrs. Tilly Litzenstein,
before Judge Waste in Oakland. The
daughter lost by default.
Mrs. Asher sued to recover prop
erty worth $4,000 at Sixth and Fallon
streets, Oakland. decided to Mrs. Lit
zenstein last August.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
DR.. Currie Picked for
Shows Job on Board

Dr. Donald H. Currie of the United
States public health service. located in
San Francisco, was appointed by
Governor Johnson today to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
DR.. w. F. Snow, member and secre-
tary of the state board of health.
He probably also viii | be elected
secretary.
Doctor Currie has spent much time
diagnosing plague infection from
ground squirrels.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Henry 7. Scott Due
To Arrive Here TOdav

Henry T. Scott, chairman of the
board of directors of the Pacific Tele-
phone and Telegraph company. who
has been in New York on official busi-
ness. is expected home today. Presi-
dent Mcfarland probably will return
with him.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Works Presents Bill
to Repeal the Hetch
Hetchy Water Grant
By Associated Press.

By Associ ated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Declaring
that the Hetch Hetchy water grant to
the city of San Francisco was passed
''by the most insidious lobby ever as
sembled In Washington" Senator
Works today introduced a bill to re-
peal 1t. President Wilson signed the
bin making the grant only yesterday
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Congressman Pepper
Suffers RELAPSE
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CLINTON, Ia. Dec. 20.-Congress-
man J. s Pepper, convalescing from
a prolonged attack OF typhoid fever
here. has suffered relapse, z,sr,
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
HUE:RTA SAYS
He WILL
RESIGN
Provisional Presidents Terms
Refused by U. s., Is Report;
Garrison Deserts
BULLETIN

E LPASO, Tex, Dec. 20
Provisional President Huerta
has offered to resign on certain
conditions, according to inform
alton received today from au-
thentic sources. His proposition
was made known to President
Wilson, but the American gov
ernment has refused his terms.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2O.-The
rebels have not returned to the
vicinity Of ~Tampico since their
retirement on December IL. Ev-
-erything is quiet there today.
Teiegraphic communication IL
open between Tampico and the
federal capital.
WASHINGTON. Dec. :O.-Wire-
les from Rear Admiral Fletcher
mt TampicO received here today
read: ..Situation unchanged. Ches-
ter. suffolk arrived from Vera
Cruz"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
It'll Leave u. S. Next
Wednesday, "-ZeIava

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. - Former
President Zelaya OF Nicaragua now
says he will probably leave the coun-
try Wednesday. He Is going to Spain,
he declaxa&
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

production of his plays and through
having visitef the city little more
than a year ago
lie Is best known as the author OF
Alias Jimmie Valentine" which has
been produced here several times as
mas also "Salomy Jane" another of
MS plays. He was formerly a news
paper man. who as Right Cross"
made name for himself as a sports
writer. His versatility is shown by
the varying character of his plays,
which include, besides those already
mentioned, The Heir to the Hoorah."
Going Some, THE Escape" "A Ro-
nance of the UNDERWORLD and "The
Deep Purple" the latter play having
been written in collaboration with
Wilson Mizner.
Armstrong; first wife, Rolla Abel
Armstrong. brought suit for divorce
In the New York supreme court in Oc-
tober of last year on the grounds of
cruelty and infidelity The divorce was
granted His first marriage took place
in London. June "a. 1899.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
MAYToRENA. Sonora, Mex. Dec
19.-Deserters to the number of 500
from the federal garrison at Guaymas.
few miles to the south of the in
surgent camp here, were arriving to-
day.
Already IL officers have surrendered.
Among them was Major B. Figueroa, a
member of the staff of General Pedro
Ojeda, federal commandant at Quay
mas.
The enlisted men appeared in
groups of five and ten. dust covered
and suffering from hunger and thirst
The federal officers here say that
many are wandering from ranch TO
ranch or have become lost in the
mountains.
"DEATH FOR HUERTA"-ZAPAT
By Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 2O.-"The
traitors Huerta and Banquet, after
degraded and hanged from the bal
comics ef the national palace as a
warning to all The rest of the
cabinet will be shot after being
judged
Such is the sentence passed on the
executive and his official family by
Emiliano Zapata in circular dated
Milpa Alta, December 16. which ap-
peared in the capital today. 1t was
addressed to the inhabitants of the
City of Mexico. Zapata adds:
AT a war council 1t was resolved
to take the city by fire and sword on
a day which, for the better success of
the assault, is to be unknown until
the moment the fight begins.
The lives and interests of foreign
ers will be respected if they remain
neutral
"All officers and chiefsN of the so
called federal army will be shot with
out trial.
All executions will be public in the
Plaza de la Constitution Gn front of
the palace)."
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Wireless Saves Passengers
PAUL ARMSTRONG Is
MARRIED SECRETLY:
ACTRESS IS BRIDE
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
n E w Y o r K.
Dec. 2o.-P a u /
Armstrong, play
wright. and Miss
Katherine Calvert.
q Baltimore act
ress, were married
W e d n e 9 d a Y in
New Haven, Conn,
according to ad-
vices received here
today. The mar
riage was not un-
expected by the
friends of the
couple. though no
engagement had
ever been form
ally announced.
Paul Armstrong
is well known in
San Francisco.
both through the
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

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Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-18
The Poison of Envy
and Revenge
By WINIFRED BLACK.

a WESTERN woman wouldn't let
| ~ a seven year old girl come into
her yard and swing the other
day-even if the seven-y -year-old did
live almost next door, or maybe it
was because the seven -year-oId lived
next door.
Anyhow, the woman wouldn't hear
of her swinging, and told the little
girl SO quite plainly-but without
malice or anger. Then she put on
her new hat and her smart new
frock and went downtown shopping.
I When she got home She hardly knew
her own yard.
The new sweetpeas were all
pulled up, the nasturtums also. tine
rOScbusheS We're hacked down. the
Virginia Creeper was yanked of the
wall of the house. the rhubarb in the
back garden was pulled up, so were
| the radishes and the lettuce and the
young onions The various lowering
shrubs were hacked down, two little
hopeful cherry trees were hacked to
pieces.
The hens were chased off their
nests and all the eggs were broken
ticularly lively cyclone had struck it
and if a neighbor had not come in the
very nick Of time the little seven
year-old would have chopped the
furniture in the front parlor all 20
pieces.
Sweet child SO temperamental l
wonder what her poor mother thought
about II all.
l wonder what her training has been
at home Does her mother foster
envy and revenge Does she tell
what she'd like to do 10 the woman
who won't ask her to her teas on
at every woman who doesn't pay par
tiCular attention 10 her. Does she
try to make out every human be
ing, who is not currying favor with
her to be some kind of crank or
villain? I've seen women who do
that I know one in particular
Not longer ago than this very
month a woman told me as a great
joke how her twin daughters tore a
child's dress who sat near them in
school because the dress was new
and pretty and they were wearing
their old frocks. and she looked
amazed because ! didn't laugh al the
exquisite and charming pleasantly.
From the look in that woman's eyes
I'm going TO be careful what dress
wear the next time I'm going to
be where she is which viii be as far
away as | can possibly make it.
Envy, anger. revenge-when are We
going to trample out those eating
Corroding pOisons2
The worst use | can put a human
being to is TO hate him The most
hateful wish my worst enemy can
put upon me is that / shall let myself
really wish him harm
Take your high tempered. revenge
| full. wicked little girl 10 a good doc
| tor, poor anxious mother, that's the
| first thing to do. She's i'll. the poor
little girl. dreadfully III perhaps be
yond helping What have you had to
40 with making her So
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-18

D." lie health now If I ever have
-aose troubles again, I will take Lydia
T. 3Inl1ham's Vegetable COMPOUND. 8"
Mrs ED FERRON, SIS High St,
0-npewa Falls. Wisconsin.
evidence. R. II can not speak
100 highly of Lydia e. Pmkhan' s
''satable Compound, as It has done
wonders for me, and I would not De
"..aout it. 1 had organic dispiace-
".oA. and bearing down pains and
'-s"ache, and was thoroughly run
.'"H when I took Lydia E Pinkham' s
'ssetahle Compound. It helped me,
'A4 / am in the best of health at
p'esent. I work in factory ali day
'ohS, besides doing my housework so
you can see what It has done for me.
give you permission to- publish my
name, and l speak Of your Vegetable
-otnpound to many of my friends
As2 ABRn LAWSON, I26 Llppitt
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Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-18
"A F fashionable F ailing
By VIRGINIA T. VAN DE WATER.

ANY of us remember the an
-rer of the small boy who
W when his Sunday school
... asked him, What is a lie?"
r
a is an abomination in the
the Lord and very present
. rouble."
r ...r that it is supposed to be
.. mIaation in the eyes of the
-.. ..-srs few people from using it
-. sent help in trouble" Lying
Hluable failing.
.. .urse we do not always call
dining we do lying" That is too
. word for Us to use Comforta-
EEr give the habit various titles
. .ra more or less euphonious
.s harmless prevarication" ="
.-...r" white lie evasion, -
-sra.ug the devil around the
sunni. exc. Call il what we will, it
. .-. the same old habit in a diff
s.r+-r mise. We do not appreciate
r.s ..mmon il is until we pause to
.r..-ge or watch our own conversa-
,..r and see how often we make re-
marks that are not entirely truthful
Intelligent Frankness.
d. not advocate the speaking Of
,,rar--s4ry truthS-the telling with
... ~l0 son facts that should not be
-.f only q fool or a heartless per-
.ar u.u he guilty of this unkindness
I'm ..rE must we lie about things
trs, rHlly 90 not natter Why pre-
TEND tu have read the book of which
We have seen enough reviews to ena
baus to talk of it intelligently2 Why
rrp..na 90 have another engagement
when our friend asks us to go to a
lecture on anthrOpology?
Would one lose respect in the eyes
os the questioner if one said frank
E. ~Na. ! have not read the book
although ! have seen many reviews
os H." or. Thank you for asking
me bur really while l appreciate
v0nr kindness. I am not keenly in
reres,ea in anthropology? It would
he very undesira Bile friend who
would care the less for one because
" such frank declaration of facts
Consider for q moment II you would
dislike or be displea sed with the man
or woman who spoke thus frankly to
You instead of insulting your intelli-
Ee0re by telling you lie.
One of the great disadvantages
aoou lying is that it makes one
C9ub, others Higher than himself
.ln un man think" and when one Is
lu .1e habit of distorting he truth
r making false statements, one is
pretty sure to suspect that those with
whom one associates have the same
propensity. The remark, u have an
other engagement" will be construed
into "I DO not want to accept your
Invitation" So. after all, what has
he gotten one? One might as well
tell the truth and be done. with it.
We hear the social lie justified. but
10 is NOT necessary to make use of 1t
a- often as We think Why tell the
caller that YOU are delighted to see
her when YOU really dislike her and
are bored by her presence? AS she
is your guest YOU must throw the
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-18
Newman-Owen Wedding.

A wedding of interest TO many At
lanta friends viii be that of Miss
Leila Belle Newman and Walter owen
in Columbus next Tuesday afternoon
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs J l.. Newman. on Rose
Hul Mrs. Lawson Palmer Wealth
ers. OF Atlanta. win be her sisters
matron Of honor. and Miss Lois New
man will be bridesmaid The ribbon
bearers will he little Elizabeth Fort,
Julia Wilson, Harry Boyce and Irwin
Smith. Mr.. Frank Murray will be best
man, and the brides brother, Mr..
Chester Newman, will give her away.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-18

NNE - the strongest legends Of
antiquity is the Old Greek story
of Saturn. the father of the
gods DsIso called Kronos, or Time,
oevournE his own children. Some in
gcniogs srecuIators have endeavored
10 account for this curious tradition by
surnosIug that some of the ancients had
invented the telescope, and discovered,
thousands Of years before Calico, the
rings of the planet Saturn. But their
telescopes being small they only saw
The rings, as Calico himself did at first,
as aNpendages on two sides of the
planet which grew gradually larger and
asn slowly disappeared as if the planet
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-18
For Miss Clarisse Ryan.

Miss Airline Scullys bridge tea Sat -
urday afternoon complimented Miss
Clarisse Ryan. who leaves Monday
with her parents for residence in Fort
Riley kans. Prizes included gold
hat pin, new book, and a travelling
case. Mrs. Oliver Snyder presided
at a tea table adorned with yellow
and white dahlias Miss Scully wore
fame colored chiffon over white satin
and Miss Margaret Scully, assisting
wore white lace over yellow satin
Young men guests Joined the players
for tea.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-18

Circle No II Of the Joseph Haber-
sham Chapter, d. A. r.. will have
charge of the restaurant at The
House That Jack Built" Monday
Members of the circle are Mrs. J.
NJ. VanHarlingen, chairman; Mrs. J.
r. Watts, Mrs. Robert Zahner. Mrs.
William Donovan, Mrs. John G. CLARK,
Mrs James Austin Mrs Phillips Nc
Duffie Mrs. Marion Benson, Mrs. A.
F. Coles, Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin, Mrs.
w. w. Austell, Mrs. John Ashley
Jones, Mrs. John Means Daniel aud
Or. Rebecca Brannan.