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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
BONDING IND0RsED
BY LABOR BODIES
Iron Trades Council, Car
riage Blacksrniths and
Pressnen Approve
Six Meetings Tonight al
Which Proposed Issue
Will Be Discussed

Three or the largest bodies OF orr
ganizcd labor in the city got into line
as favoring the bond issue for street
railway extension at their meetings
Monday night They are the Iron
Trades council. the Carriage Black
smiths and the Printing Pressmen.
The committee of 1907 is working
hard for the success of the bond issue.
Meetings are being held in various
parts of the city practically every
might.
At meeting OF the Mission Heights
Deveneck hall Twenty-fourth and
bars, f. ]. Heney, E. E. Pfaefie and
Eustace Cullinan spoke.
Mayor Rolph and @. F.. Minor ad-
dressed a meeting at the First Presby-
terian church, Sacramento street and
Van Ness avenue.
meeting also was held by the
Park Richmond club at the McCoppin
school in Seventh avenue. The speak
ers were C. L. Seidenberg and T. w.
Ransom.
Meetings at which the bond issue
will be discussed are scheduled for to-
night as follows:
Columbia Heights Improvement club. Lake
View and San Jose avenues; South OF Viaduct
Improvement club, 1875 Silver avenue; Yerba
Buena school, Fillmore and Greenwich streets;
Nurses' settlement Nineteenth and lows streets;
South of Civic Center improvement club. 1243
Folsom street; Ocean View Improvement club,
Employees association at Pythian castle, Market
and Valencia streets.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
DR.. WHEELER GETS
FIRST VACATION
u. of C. President, on Job ID
Years, Is Granted Six
Months Leave for Tour

President Wheeler of the University
vacation by the regents yesterday. the
first holiday he has taken in the IA
years he has been In Berkeley.
Doctor Wheeler has been in Germany
this summer and probably will remain
abroad during the fall
New appointments to the university
faculty have been made for the term
which opens next week, among them
several in the agricultural college.
Oily J. Kern. superintendent of Win
nebago county schools. Illinois. has
been made assistant professor of agri-
cultural education; Leslie Theodore
Sharp, assistant professor of soil chem
istry and bacteriology. and Harry Percy
Barrows of Brigham City, Utah, In
structor In agricultural education.
Ralph Tallant Stevens was appointed
assistant professor of landscape gar
dening. William c. Matthews instructor
in scientific illustration and DR.. c. T.
Lewis secretary of the correspondence
division OF the university extension
work. Joseph Fl. Quire, senior stu
dent and managing editor of the Daily
Californian, was made secretary of the
bureau of information and municipal
reference.
Adverse recommendation was made
by the acting president to the regents
regarding a communication by the at
torney for Allan F. Williams. a student
who was denied admission to the uni
versity for failure to comply with the
vaccination requirement
Contracts for the work of building
the Sather campanile on the campus
was reported, $72.500 being set aside
for the granite and $4,000 for struct-
ura1 steel.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
HUSBAND POSTED
'W|F[s WORK HOURS
Was to Arise at S O'clock
and Cook Breakfast for
Ranch Hands
Notice Giving Hours for
Hired Men Included Mrs.
Hohstadt's Name

The workmen on this ranch will
have breakfast at a. M, dinner at IL
m. and supper al s p. m. These hours
wife, who will arise at o'clock to
cook breakfast
This notice, posted conspicuously In
the dining room of the ranch OF John
r. Hohstadt. In Mexico, rs miles from
Douglas, Ariz. caused Mrs. Hohstadt
to leave her husband and sue him for
divorce, according to her testimony
yesterday before Judge Van Nostrand
AS Hohstadt, who Is reported to be
wealthy, failed to follow his spouse
the court gave Mrs. Hohstadt an inter-
locutory decree Of divorce for desertion.
Mrs. Hohstadt is staying at the Hotel
Henry
Mrs Hohstadt testified that she was
expected to work at the ranch in ac-
cordance with rules laid down by her
husband She told the court that IL
she failed to have 6 meal ready on
time her spouse would throw the dishes
on the floor or hurI the food against
the wall. Her testimony was ccrrobo-
rated by the plaintiffs sister, Mrs T..
II. Porter Of Eureka. The Hohstadts
were married at Salinas on July 20,
1898. and the wife left her husband on
May 10, 1904.
Judge Graham yesterday granted an
interlocutory decree of divorce to Mary
e. from o. e. Eklund of TIT Hyde
street upon her testimony that he beat
her. She added that he was a big
man and powerful.
Wasn't there anything there with
which you could hit him?" asked the
court.
Mrs. Eklund replied that there was
not. She received her decree and $50
a month alimony.
Complaints filed:
Edward 81. against Lillian NJ. Mason cruelty;
John e. against Amelia r.. Num- desertion: Ada
against Eugene Deatherage. desertion: Pearl
against Simon Sax. cruelty: J. c. against r. E.
Mick. desertiou Nellie against Alfred Hansen,
desertion; NJ. Madeline against Orville r Jack
son, crueltys Oliver G.. against Mary B. Taylor.
for annulmentA
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
DAUGHTERS SAY
WILL IS BOGUS
Matthai Sisters in Affidavit
Seek to Contest Estate
Document

Charges that the will of John H. G.
Matthai had been tampered with and
that spurious testament had been
substituted for presentation to the
superior court for probate, are con-
tanned In an affidavit by Louise and
Rose Matthai, daughters of the late Mr..
Matthai, before Judge Coffey yesterday
to support their motion for continu-
ance that they might file contest of
the will.
The aff1davit sets forth that Attorney
Walter ri. Linforth, representing Rich
ard Matthai, a son and executor of the
estate. showed them document pur-
porting to be their fathers will, and
that later when they went to the ONCE
of the county clerk, they discovered
that the document presented for pro-
bate was not the one they had viewed
at Mr. Linforth's office.
Attorney Llnforth declares that there
was only one will.
The aff1davit closes with the state
ment.
The fastenings of the will on file
showed that they had been removed
The mutilation appears on the fasten-
ings."
Judge Coffey continued the case until
Friday. The estate is valued at $780,
o00o. The Misses Matthai live at 1919
Mission street.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
F0RG0TTEN MURDERER IS
TO GET DEATH SENTENCE
Soldier, Convicted Before
Fire, Saved From Penalty
Seven Years by Accident

August Geber. former soldier. who
practically had been forgotten by the
local authorities since his confinement
In San Quentin penitentiary In 1905. will
be brought before Superior Judge
Frank Dunno Saturday morning to be
sentenced to DEATH
Geber was convicted of hrst degree
murder before the fire and sentenced to
be hanged. He appealed and the rec
ords were burned. He was taken to
San Quentin and in 1917 the appeal was
dismissed. Since that time he had been
forgotten.
Yesterday 1t was brought to~the at
tentfon OF Judge Dunno that Geber
never had been resentenced. Dunno or
dered that the murderer be brought be-
fore him Saturday. when. the death SEN
tence will be passed.
July 10. 1904, Geber shot and killed
Charles Hartman at 321 Third street.
Geber also shot George Hartman Jr,
brother Of Charles. and inflicted serious
wounds on their mother. George Hart
man, the father. yesterday told Judge
Dunno OF Geber's confinement at the
prison.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
WIFE ALLEGES BRUTAL /
HUSBAND THREW HER OUT
Bride of a Few Months
Files Secret Divorce
Against Spouse ..M

That Dan n BisfsI m employs -
the state railroad oommissiou. IN txUabs
ed Eleanor r. Bigley, Ids VITA. 30 that
she was compelled to Sock the ssrvioss
of q physician. and ths4 hs refused
to summon the doctor At her urgent
request. are charges contained in
suit for divorce nlsd saorsE1y IN the
superior court yesterday BIZ MrA Big-
ley.
The wife declares th&t her husband
returned home to their apartments at
an early hour and pulled her out OF
bed, thrust her forth from the house
and threw her clothes after hsr She
says she was compelled to return to
the home of her parents, having left
them to marry Bigley. April - OF this
year.
Mrs. Bigley charges that her hnsband
refused to give her money with which
to purchase the necessaries Of nfe. and
that she has been compelled to support
herself She asks $7b q month alimony
and the privilege to resume her maiden
name of Eleanor Ruth Blake
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
NO MORE NIGHT POLICE
CALLS ON MRS. CAMPBELL

Acting Chief OF Police Mooney yes
terdas investigated the complaint of
Mrs. w. II. Campbell of the Oceanside
district who said that the police were
annoying her by visits at late and
unusual hours and ringing her door
bell. Captain Anderson explained that
the police had not been given orders
to annoy Mrs. Campbell. but were told
to see her while patro1ing the section
to inquire II she had any complaints
to make Mooney decreed that Mrs.
Campbell may be seen by the ofhceds,
but not late at night or early in the
morning, s they have been doing
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
HEIRESS PETITIONS TO
LEASE REAL PROPERTY
Miss Elizabeth Parker Hastings Has
Oner Of e8S,O00 for Ten Year Term
NJ East and Clay Streets

Attorney l.. M. Hoefler. guardian Of
Miss Elizabeth Parker Hastings, yes
terday petitioned the superior court
for permission to lease Miss Hastings
property at East and Clay streets for
10 years at $50, 900 to Charles H. Hol-
brook Jr. and William l. Mcguire. so
that he can pay Miss Hastings an all
lowance of $500 ordered by the courts.
Mr. Hoefer declares there Is but
$S,479.44 In cash In the estate besides
the property. The terms of the pro-
posed lease include the erection OF a
brick building which will go to the
estate on the expiration of the lease.
The property Is part of the estate of
the late Judge S. Clinton Hastings,
and one-half was recently sold for
$4,000. Mr.. Hoefier lately withdrew
Miss Hastings share from sale.
Judge Richards ordered the hearing
OF the petition on August 27.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH
Air Reservoir at Exposition Grounds
Blows Cover Into Building

Seven men narrowly escaped death
yesterday morning at the grounds OF
the Panama Pacific exposition when the
air reservoirs of the air compressor
plant used by Lang & Bergstrum. con-
tractors for the palace of education,
exploded. The crown of the reservoir
was blown out through the adjoining
structure occupied by the modelers of
the architectural ornaments OF the ex-
hibit palace and passed within a foot
of the head of one modeler and barely
missed the rest. The palace of educa-
tion was not harmed.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
OFFICERS ARE REELECTED

Of1cers of the San Francisco Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
mails were reelected yesterday at the
annual meeting Of trustees. They are:
President, John Partridge; vice presi
dent, George NJ Mitchell; treasurer, j.
s. Hutchinson. Mathew McCurrfe was
appointed secretary; assistant secre-
tary, Irwin c. Foster; attorney, John "A.
Percy: veterinary dentist. Ira Barker
DalzieI: canine and feline specialist,
Oscar j. Kron. veterinary surgeons, w
f. Egan, G. Masoero, j. B. Boomer and
Iver Jacobsen
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
NAMENTS AT TERMINAL
WANTED FOR GEARY LINE
S9pervfsors Ask Plans for Fancy Lights
at Beach End of Road to
Attract Business

City Engineer OShaughnessy was re-
quested by the supervisors lighting
committee yesterday to prepare detailed
plans for ornamental electric lights to
be installed at the beach terminal of
the Geary street road as means of at
tracing patrons to the city railway.
1t is also proposed to install an I'M
proved system of lighting in the Rich
mond district.
The committee recommended that the
street lighting in the Potrero be changed
from electricity to gas, and that in
Golden Gate avenue between Market
and Fillmore streets gas lamps be sup
planted by electroliers. both changes
being requested by property owners of
the districts mentioned
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
ALLEGE SCHOOL is UNSAFE
Complaint Made by Improvers Against
Use of Shakes

Complaint was made to the super
visors public buildings committee yes
terday by delegation from the Po-
trero and Southeasterly Mission I'm
provement association that the shakes
covering the exterior of the Starr King
school. in course of construction, make
the building f1retrap. They declared
that the city architects should have
recommended shingles. Architect John
Reid Jr. disagreed with the protest
ants. pronouncing the building safe.
Supervisor McLeran was delegated to
inspect 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
MORE OUT FOR OFFICE
Declarations of Candidacy Filed by
Incumbents and Others

Additional declarations OF candidacy
were filed with Registrar Zemansky
yesterday for the municipal primary
election, the nominating petitions be-
Ing principally those of incumbents
Among those seeking reelection are
City Attorney Percy " Long, Public
Administrator M. j. Hynes. and Super
visors .. c. Murphy, Byron Mauzy and
Ralph McLeran. Others out for super
visors are Fred Suhr Jr.. Thomas j.
Duny and w. p. Buckingham.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-13
5000 Leather SITS
Suit Cases

Russet and tan leather suit oases. oow~
hide and sheepskin suit caseA tWpnty.
four inch side with steel frame r1veted
either with or without strap. These oaSes
have been sold at $6- We are closing out
little lot OF them tomorrow ~ ok7H.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02

her, and when he again was ordered
abroad, his child was sent to America
with another friend, Cameron McKen-
zie.
She met Robert Brownell when they
both lived in Central Falls, r. l..
They were married just three days be-
fore the first shot was fired in the war
between the states. Brownell was
one of the charter members of the
Mechanics Rifles of Providence. He
took his bride to visit his mother, and
while they were there, his company
was called to the front Mrs. Brown
ell, the blushing three-day bride said
that if he went to war. she also would
go.
The young soldier husband forbade
her, when he saw that this would not
do, he tried to dissuade her, telling
her that regiment of men was no
place for a girl.
"A good woman can be good wo
man in hell, IL she wants to- said
Mrs. Brownell, and she went to war
She Joined the regiment. obtained q
uniform and fought through the war
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
POLICE LIFE rs ONE
GREAT BIG GRAFT
According to Developments in the
investigation Now Going on
by Whitman

.IU,fted Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, March 1.-Police life
in New York is one graft scandal af-
ter another, according to late develop
ments. District Attorney Whitman.
after touching the edges of the gamb-
ling-disorderly house police alliance,
struck new lead when he called to
his office John Mustard, of number
one Manhattan avenue, president of
one of the district organizations OF
the liquor dealers of Manhattan.
Mustard is declared to. know all
about the levying OF assessments on
the members of his organization
whereby the enormous total OF $780,
900 was extorted for the benefit OF
the police ring.
This graft was paid for the pur-
pose of permitting saloons to run
their back rooms and side doors wide
open on Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
Indian Punishment.

BOMBAY, March L. Hundreds of
letters are being received by the news
papers from natives, apparently writ
ten with the idea of emphasizing their
loyalty to the British government, sug-
costing various methods of Furnishing
the would-be murderer of viceroy
Lord Hardinge. when caught
One contributor thinks that good
effect might be produced if the re-
mains of the bomb-thrower We're to be
distributed among the public museums
throughout the country. Another, a
Parsee. would have him rrolled for an
hour each day in a cask studded with
sharp-pointed nails. and salt. rubbed in
the wounds" After this treatment
has continued for a year, he should
be "brutally hanged
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02

but little. Most unfortunate of all
for the neurasthenic is his ay medi-
cal study of nervous disorders. These
students come to the physicians with
a well imagined diagnosis. Still worse
is 1t when the wife makes the diagno-
sis of her husbands ailment
Nervous people should not marry
each other. Neuresthenics are fond
of being together and discussing their
affliction. This is most harmful. This
peculiar attraction often leads to mar
riage between a couple who can new
er get along together no matter how
much and how sincerely they love
each other.
"As a rule the rich are the worst
off when suffering from nerve trouble
because they can have every notion
gratified. and try out every remedy
and method of cure
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
Society Circles Stirred.

MUNICH, March 1.-The action OF
the police authorities in sending four
criminal inspectors to watch over the
Munich Press ball. one of the big
social events of the season, has stirred
society circles to such an extent that
the municipal government may have
to make a new head for the police.
The elite of Munich society was at
the ball Four officers appeared and
said they had instructions to see that
the moral code was not violated. One
of these walked about on the floor and
frequently shouted to a dancing
couple don't shove" or don't hug"
under threats of having them remov-
ed from the floor. Several couples
we're arrested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
OLD ROMAN DAYS
COME TO AN END
Several Brooklyn Youths Have Hur-
rledIy Left Home For
the West.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, March THAT sew
eral indictments will result from the
grand jury investigation of the de-
baunchery Of girls of tender years by
a band of gilded youths of Brooklyn
is considered certain. Already a suf-
ficient supply of evidence has been
uncovered SO that the jury knows Just
who the youths are who have been
active in this nefarious practice.
where they met and the houses to
which they lured their victims
AS result of the revelations to
date a number OF the male members
of the Brooklyn Smart set" have
disappeared from their usual haunts.
1t is said they have gone west for
their health and they are not expect
ed to return until the present investi-
cation ends, and some will hardly
ever come back.
Police are watching two houses,
one in the exclusive Flatbush section
and the other in Gates avenue, near
IoculOtu StiSCl, lpi SOunS men w liz
are wanted by the district attorney to
answer questions regarding certain
happenings during the last few
months. Automobile parties have
been entertained there in the small
hours of the morning coming from
the cabaret show places in the bor-
ough, many of which are run in the
back rooms of saloons.
A list of names of young girls who
have been members of the automobile
parties was obtained by Assistant
District Attorney Goldstein from
three young women who admitted
they had been members of the merry
parties. These girls will be interro-
gated by the prosecutor and il their
stories warrant they will be taken be-
fore the grand jury
Martha Kohler, daughter Of Mayor
Gaynor's former secretary, was too
i'll today to be taken before the grand
jury While she still insists that she
will not give any testimony against
the realestate dealer she accused
originally Of Turing her 20 hotel,
she has prmised to tell all she knows
about other members of the band of
gilded youths who, with the aid OF
their parents cash, have successfully
turned night into day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
Shot az 4 Spy.

BELGRADE, March IAN investi-
cation has been ordered into the exc
cution of Princess Soshowicka, a
polish woman who was recently court
martialed and shot at Uskub on the
ground that she was a spy. She was
engaged as a volunteer nurse in the
suskub military hospital. The woman
is said to have been an Austrian citi-
zen and the foreign office in Vienna
is reported to have interested itself
in the case. The Seryians declare
that the woman was not princess,
but was known as a White Slave traf-
fcker.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
To You,
Mr.. Advertiser

this appeal is addressed. You
want your advertisements to ap-
pear in the best paper. Did
you over stop to think that you
have something to do in max
ing the best paper? You have.
This is how you can help:
Give your advertising copy to
the printer at the earliest pos
sibIe moment, a day at least be-
fore it's appearance. That gives
the printer time to give the adv.
its proper mechanical atten-
ton. 1t permits time to show
proof and assures accuracy and
satisfaction.
This is how you can harm:
Hold your copy until the very
last minute. Such procedure
necessitates quick composition,
prevents showing proof Of adv,
takes linotype operators off
regular news matter and there
by causes loss In the
amount Of news that otherwise
would have been set. Late adj
vertislrs copy is very harmful
and real hardship to news
paper making in kcokuk, as
extra printers are not available.
Nov won't you please CO.
operate and help us make the
best paper because your adver-
tisements are worth more to
you when they appear in THE
BEST PAPER.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
$4,000 Blaze.

/ UNITED Press Leased Wire Service]
CHICAGO, March Fire caused
by spontaneous combustion burned out
III eupper stories of four story
building occupied by the Marks
Brothers department store at Mohawk
and North avenues and resulted in
damage of $4,000
The Wahpeton times., 1913-03-06

estra, who was to have been here
Tuesday evening, cancelled her
engagement on account of ILL
ness.
Owing to the severe storm last
Saturday the high school facul-
ty postponed the party for the
Seniors until Saturday, MarohSS.
Last Friday night one Of the
most interesting basket ball
games of the season was played
with the Lisbon teams. The
girls won by score Of 6 and s.
and the boys won by a score 7of
so and ii.
After the games Friday niRht
the Junior and Senior girls en-
tertained the visiting teams at a
banquet at the high school. The
rooms were tastely decorated.
and under the supervision of Miss
Trautman the banquet was III
deed success. Covers were laid
for seventy-flve guests. Erwin
VanBuren acted as toast master.
and responses were made by
Sup4. Sweet, Otto Oien, Frank
Billings of Lisbon and Margar-
lite Patterson.
The Wahpeton times., 1913-03-06
HIoH SCHOOL NOTES

The class play books have ar
rived and everyone is busy, COM
mencing to learn their parts.
Elsie Hamer, formerly a stu
dent Of our high school, visited
school on Wednesday.
Kathrine Murray is pianist fol
this week.
Martha Oien is again at school
after a long siege Of lagrippe.
Wednesday night the Brecken.
ridge teams will play our teams
The contest will be spirited and
we promise you very excellent
games.
Don't forget the Wahpeton.
Hatton debate to be held ih th,
high school auditorium Friday
March 7th. This. is our secons
debate, 80 give your own suppor
and help Us win It.
Miss Ohrman, the soloist O
the Minneapolis symphony orch.
The Wahpeton times., 1913-03-06

card-other buttons at SC and
for SC.
oYSTER3. See GILES q Hank
ins when in need Of fresh :oys-
ters. Adv.
Mrs. G.. L. Harris returned
from the cities Friday morning.
Miss Emma Eckes is again at
tending to duties in the county
superintendent's Office. She has
been at home sick for nearly a
month.
A big line of embroidery, in
cluding the regular flouncing
worth up to 35c a yard-your
choice at per yard 1Oc-at the
Fair store.
''The Man Hunt" in two reels
by Pathe. A story that always
holds interest. This one vividly
told in pictures by the clever
Pathe' players. At the Braun
Theatre Monday and Tuesday,
March 10 and ii.
Hay, oat straw and corn fodder
for sale reasonable. Union Trans
fer Co. Adv.
Julius Anderson has sold his
farm implements and stock and
will, in the near future, move to
Montana, where he thinks the soil
is richer, the air purer and tie
brighter than any other
place in the whole country.
GILES & Hankins have fresh
oysters every day in the week.
Try them. Adv.