The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
LOCAL BREVITIES

c. E. Herriek. 6I3 Merchants Ex-
change building, swore to a warrant
yesterday for the arrest of B. F. Gay
lord on a charge of passing an alleged
bogus check for S162.
warrant for the arrest of F. A. Bal
ley was issued by Judge Crist on COM
plant of J. NJ Patrick $50 Market
Street, on a charge of passing an al
legged $50 worthless check.
Martin V. swager, a motorman. was
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon yesterday on complaint of
James Lane. 1925 San Jose avenue, who
. says the motorman hit him over the
head with controller bar during an
argument on a Guerrero street car.
Two warrants for the arrest of men
accused of passing fictitious checks on
the Emporium were issued yesterday
by Police Judge Shortall at the in
stance Of Charles Calling, SCI Hyde
street. One warrant charges W H.
Curtis with passing a SIS bogus check
and the other is directed against s. J.
Harris who is accused of passing a
$40 worthless check
Mum Choye. Chinese student at
the University of California, was ar
rested yesterday and charged with vio-
laung the speed laws. He is accused
Of driving his automobile at a fast
rate of speed in Golden Gate park.
4 tour of inspection to view the prog
- ress of the work will be made at the
silk culture station at rutherford
farm Tuesday, July p, by the Ladies
silk Culture Society of California. The
boat will leave the ferry at 9 O'Clock.
A basket luncheon will be served.
J. r. Parker, 1914 Forty-ninth ave-
nue., returned home with his wife at ?
o'clock yesterday morning TO find
prowler in the house The burglar ran
out the back door Nothing was taken
from the residence.
The boIne Of >. w. Ragan, So Cen
tral avenue, was entered by burglars
late Friday night and s244 worth of
jewelry stolen.
j. f. Thomason, living at IL Carl
street, reported to the police yesterday
that thieves looted his home of Jewelry
valued at $113.
Burglars broke into the home of J. NJ.
Grauer. 1899 Pierce street early yester-
dav and escaped with Jewels valued at
SIZE
Hong Hoy, a jesvelry salesman living
at 1858 Grant avenue, was held up by
three Chinese, armed with pistols, in
the hallway Of his lodging house and
robbed of s42.50 in cash.
The stateroora of c. Hammond, stew
ara on the steamer George w. Elder,
was entered and articles worth $3.50
stolen.
Despondent, Mrs Mae Sommerville, 25
years old, waitress living at 1850
Golden Gate avenue, attempted to end
her life early yesterday morning by
swallowing poison. She will recover,
Several hours after he had fallen six
feet, landing on his head and getting
up apparently unhurt, William A. Sam
ueIs a laborer living at rs Third street.
was found unconscious in a bathroom
and removed to the central emergency
hospital early yesterday where he died
without regaining consciousness.
An informal get together meeting of
the Missouri Society of California will
be held in the Young Mems Christian
association hall Thursday night.
Pastor George II. Burlingame of the
First Baptist church has returned from
the international Christian Endeavor
convention in Los Angeles and will oc-
cupy his pulpit today. An echo meeting,
to include addresses by delegates to
the convention. is being arranged for
next Sunday afternoon.
Sir Knight Robert Kendall, chairman
of the horse and equipment committee
of California conmandery of knights
Templar, viii depart for Denver August
20 prepare for the triannua1 conelave
there during the week of August 12.
when the sir knights from all over the
world will congregate.