The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
Goes DOWN
IN RIGHT MERRY
NE|GHB0Rs' ROW
John Farrell Precipitates
Hostilities With DR.. Bob
F. D. TAFT by Ripping
Up Obstruction
COMBATANTS ARE
PARTED BY POLICE
Owner of ''The Gables" Says
He Will Fight His Bat
tie in Courts

The War OF the Lattice Fence"
yesterday.
Behind. or to be exact. on either side
of The War of the Lattice Fence
are apartment houses owned and man
aged by the respective generals in
chief
John Farrell, who fired the FIRST gun
and followed up the attack with a
crowbar, is owner of the Farrell apart
ments in Larlin street.
DIR. Bob r. Dudley TAFT. whose of
! fees are in the Butler building, and
who owns the exclusive apartment
house at Larkin and Clay streets
known as 1.-THE Cables" was defeated
in the hrst engagement. but not van
quished.
Several years ago the doctor erected
he handsome Gables" A few years
ago Mr.. Farrell built the sturdy Far
rell
DOCTOR ARTISTIC
In building "The Gables the doctor
indulged his love for the artistic. hid
ing from view the omnipresent trades
mems entrance and the back stairs
with its cans and--weu, everything
that's generally on the back stairs.
Il l.
ment house he INDUCED his ideas on
the economy of space. With careless
abandon he ordered the outside piping
the light wells. kitchens and other
things inartistic to be placed on the
side facing "The Gables"
Peaceful relations between Doctor
TAFT and Mr.. Farrell ceased immedi-
ately.
Doctor TAFT applied for permit to
Z b,fi1d lattice uor1< fepra Ha mil :
cation was granted. the fence con-
| structed.
SILENCE BROKEN
| For three years Mr.. Farrell suffered
| in silence. Tenants came and went
but the fence stayed on forever-untiI
yesterday. when Mr.. FarrelPs suffer
| ings ceased and his silence was broken
| With the assistance of lone Iaborer
Mr.. Farrell sawed his way through the
lower part of the lattice work, chopped
down the props, hitched ropes to the
upper part of the fence, gave one or
two vigorous jerks and THE War OF
| the Lattice Fence" was on.
| Doctor ''Bob," armed only with q
hatchet. rushed to the fray. He espied
his ancient enemy-Farrell--on ths
other side of the lattice fence.
/ Doctor TAFT pushed one way; Mr.
| Farrell pushed the other.
| Honors were even for three full
minutes, then the tide OF battle went in
favor of Mr.. Farrell. With a crash
that awakened the neighborhood and
brought crowd of interested specta-
tors who bet on the outcome Mr.. Far
reli, crowbar in hand, burst through the
| frail lattice work and confronted the
doctor
"HIT HIM WITH THE CROwBARr
/ Hit him with the crowbar, pa: hii
| him with the crowbar," came a voice
high pitched and earnest, from q win
dow of an upper fat.
| Hit him with the hatchet, Bob
came another voice from the opposite
| direction.
| A clash WAS imminent when the
police arrived and chased Mr.. Farrell
back through the hole In the lattice
| work.
| Later, when Doctor TAFT was seen In
| his apartments, he was as calm as q
Monterey twilight.
| Before ] get through with Farrell
| he will find that he has started some
| thing which he will not be able to
| fnish," said the doctor.
| Mr.. Farrell. tempestuous as the seas
! off Point Lobos. stood on the safe side
of the lattice work and said, the doe
| tor is no gentleman
| Doctor TAFT says he will fight his
battle in the courts. Mr.. Farrell de-
clares he is willing to fight his in OF
out of them