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JURORS SEE WORDS ON LARGE SCREENS Penmanship Teacher Quizzed in Case of Man Accused of Poisoning All day yesterday the defpn.ee and tie state questioned Professor Kspina. a teacher of penmanship, as to simi larities and differences of the hand writing- exhibits in the,retrial of Wal ter Wilson, charged with poisoning Harry K. The .toss examination by Assistant restrict Attorney Maxwell McNutt was particularly searching. But E.= pina. who is a volunteer expert for the de fense, marie few admissions of close similarities in originals or in the huge, photographic reproductions on the s< ree-ns arrayed on the wall before the The trial will be resumed at 0:30 k Monday morning. AMUSEMENTS FEPITv» &#ARRIOLA r*-^^2 fe«f -" SENSATIONAL . I^ST^^JfSJ BOY PIANIST i*s-!*N MOTTISH RITE Ww\ m/ AUDITORIUM t. •»■ \tV-2Jf' Van Nps» «nd Sntter. I- \^2^ Tomorrow ■ Aft. at 2:80 V'-." 1 *f-- iTii. '-r-And Sat. Aft., May 20. Ticket* $1..10. *1. 7.V. at Sherman. Clay & Tn.'r. Children under 15. BOc any seat. ICAKUN3 — Friday ■ *ft. Way 19, Ye Liberty I j, ■V. ■ ' Stelnw»:r.■Piano." • ' MARY GARDEN Snn.'.Vfls.. May 2125. Thur*. Night. .May 23 If 111 fIRIIFRS Tn W. L- Greenbaum. care IHAIU UnULilO Sherman. Clay & Co.. NOW. PRICES— »2. $1. r'^m !^Jb^HC^E|b9 Engagement _2jdMß ■LYE (if THE LE'DING HTTMCTIOMS - • MATINEE TODAY. . LAST NI<;HT TOMORROW OF BLANCMH hiINQ In the n<>llrhtfnl Musical Comedy. THE VAXKEE r.IRI, Commencing Tuesday Evening. May 16, Combined Stellar Engagement Extraordinary, MIL E. H. MISS'JULIA SOT HERN —MARLOWE IN SHAKESPEAREAN REPERTOIRE. _-'.-.." si: *•'•>■ <-i:i.i.iNr. now: AI CA7 A P Gutter and Steiner BELASCO * M.»ter. Owner!" and Managers. MATINEE TODAY. AST* TOMORROW. Tnnicht and Tomorrow Night t.a«t Times of [zetta Jewel, Sydney Ayres And the .. -car Company Id ■ -.'■ THE THIEF Henri Bernstein's Greatest Play. TRICES— Nigh!. 2.V to $1: Mat.. 25c to sOc. Seat* for Sale at Box Office and Emporium. NEXT WEEK—'THE CALL OF, THE NORTH," Jr. First Production Here. I LEAPING MATINEE TODAY 500 «eenn«l and I.ant Week Beglna Monday MATINEES WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. ♦ DAVID r.ET.ASi 0 SENDS -LILY NANCE O'NEIL-rCHARLES CARTWRIGHT .-and the Fammi.l Brlaseo Company.' Sun-lay. May H MATISEE and NlGHT—ll luatratfd I.e<-tnro. "Panama and the Canal Zone" BEATS 50c AND 25c. Coming -JOHN DREW in the Comedy "Smith." IN THE ' GREEK THEATER On CLASS DAY. MAY IS i At 8:15 p. m. MB. E. 11. . JIISS JULIA SOTHERN —'HMRLOMrE I Will Produce MACBETH . SF«.\TS NOW OX SALE At Sherman. Clay A Co.'*. San Fraoclgco and Oakland, and at ' tbe : usual sale places .In Berkeley. . .- PRICES: Admission $1. Reserved Seats $1.50 and $2. WEU"OME TO CONWAY. jBBRaSk ..' The Mo^t Popular Band in fP^%Qu ill America. " -. " 1/ , T^ 3RAND orENIN'i CON- IL% 1 CERTS TODAY AND ¥} *i>l TOMORROW. ife£>; ~J ' The only hand that erer l^:.''jj^ played 'three en;raKements it Idora. The hand that -». 'Kg ;'■-? „ *>ro<ce the attendance record jSaBSSmBL In 1900. Bigger than ever: Finer than rrer! I<lrert from New York' • ' - MBS.'JOSEPH PVXFEE. SOPRANO. Com*.today and BlTe Conway the greatest welcoming reception ever given a band leader, at Irtora. ' , - > .'--,•- •: .»■ MAGNIFICENT OPENING PROGRAMS. TONIGHT' j ' Mora Comic Opera Co. In THIS }■ : "FAXTAXA." .The fitn- AFTERNOON > niest opera ever written Comic Opera Season cloy - tomorrow night. O'TWRR^U. %Ii.S\OCVC\OH'tr ?O>NtU. - !-.™i hdii Aiom Ma^uiaceht Theater In America. retiree Every Day at 2:ls—Every Eve, at 8:15. The STANDARDofVAUDEVILLE eW. 11. MURPHY. BLANCHE NICHOLS and CO. - Presenting "From Zaza to Uncle Torn": M. (iOLDKR AND HIS KCSSIAN TROUBADOURS, I eattirloe the Balallka Orchestra;» ■■ JON and HEKLV; J. FRANCIS DOOLEY.CAMInted by I orlone Saylea: CLARICE«VAXCK; THE MAR VELOUS MILLERS; CLARK and BERGMAN; NEW DAYLIGHT MOTION PICTL-lIES. L«t Week SAM CHIP, and MARY MARBLE, in tbe Delightfully Quaint Comedietta. "In Old Edam." Eve. Price*. inc. 25c. We, tie; Box Seats, $1. Mat. Prices (Except Sunday*- and Holidays). 10c, I.V. r,(V. Phones Donglas 70. Home C-1570. LURLINE I BI'SII AND LARKIN STREETS OCEAN WATER BATHS Swimming ' and Tab > Baths * , Salt water direct from • the • ocean.. ■ Open every day and evening, including Sundays and holidays, from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. Spectators' gallery free. Natatorlum referred Tuesday, > and j Friday mornings from 9 o'clock; to nooc for. women Only. ■ ■:..:-.■-. : -■■ ■;■ .- '■ .' . i -.. ■ / "Filter** Ormii Water I'lnngell I [■ x COMFORTABLY HEATED. Hot Air' Hair Dryers - for Women - Bather*. " The ' popular ' resort far ■ a winter's ' day 'or evening. Temperature -of ■ building. adjusted 10 »ult weather. '. ='-■ - ■ •- -■"■ ■- i •■ BRANCH ■ TUB BATHS. 2151 • CEAET ST. .■■■■■.■■■■■■. > WEAR : DEYIBADEBO, Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys OSTERHAUS GIVES FAREWELL DINNER Social Events Mark Coming Departure of Mare Island Commandant [Special Dispatch to The Call] MARE ISLAND. May 12.—The ap proaching departure of Rear Admiral Hugo ORterhaus. U. S. X.. from this sta tion is being made the occasion for so cial affairs in his honor, one of which will he a smoker and a dance in the sail loft. » "At. his residence "in the yard this evening: the admiral grave, a farewell dinner to the officers of the station. Tomorrow evening: Lieutenant Com mander Dudl«; W. Knox. aid to Com mandant Osterhaus. who will also go east Monday, will give a farewell din ner. Lieutenant Kirhy R Crittenden. com manding the submarine boats Pike and Grampus, which are at present sta tioned at San Diego bay, ha» arrived for a short visit. Hull department officers have decide^ to construct coal lighters in the fu ture on the north side of dock No. 1 at the local naval station. The yard has been authorised to build four more of the wooden lighters. and the work on two of them will be commenced before June. Each of the lighters will cost approximately $20,000. ♦ • • The proposal of the Vallejo chamber ?k comm*rre to pump the mud from the channel on to the Vallejo tide lands is against the navy departments policy The city therefore will have to nnd some other way of reclaiming | her tide land. • • • Although Assistant Surgeon F S Rossiter is to take charge of. the navai dispensary next week, he • will only remain there for about two months, ai burgeon Harry Edward Odell. at pres ent at Cavite. is to have the billet, surgeon Rossite, w m take charge of the new hospital at Bremerton. * • • W h»n Captain Hugh Rodman be comes commandant of Mare island next Monday bis duties as inspection officer will be assumed by Lieutenant A. B. Reid. Owing to a lack of. funds the im provements to th« Mare island wire less station will not begin until July. * * * * Eight cranes removed from cruisers of the Pacific fleet last summer are to he- tsken from the yard by a San Francisco junk dealer. It is said that the cranes were given to the junkman to get them out of the tray. • • • The torpVdo boat destroyer Farra gut and th«» collier Justin left here to day for £an Diego. » • • Carpenter F. Johnfton has b»en or dered to this yard to fill the vacancy in the inspection department caused by the detachment of Chief Carpenter Walter Toler. • • • Superintendent T. P. Sh«e of the W. Concannon company of San Francisco left here this afternoon for Bremerton to takp charge of the construction of several new buildings. * • • The new ordnance storehouse will be completed in 10 days. SALE OF SPRINGS FAILS; SUIT RESULTS Vallejo Resort Owner Demands $8,800 of San Franciscans [Special Dispatch to The Call] VALLEJO. May 12— Manu*l Madrid. owner of the Vallejo white sulphur springs. 4 miles east of this city, has brought suit against E. E. Trowbridge and Joseph H. Scott of San Francisco. He asks for $8,800 damages, costs of the suit and $1,000 for attorney's feeg. Madrid alleges in his complaint that he ha« sustained the damages by the failure of the concern to keep their agreement entered Into February 2, 1909. to purchase th«» sulphur springs property, for which they were to pay $45,250. IRA C. WHEELER'S BODY RECOVERED FROM BAY San Francisco Contractor Was Drowned Sunday [Special Dispatch to The Call] VALLEJO. May 12. —Peter Ol»»n of this city found the remains of Ira C. Wheeler a contractor of San Francisco, floating near Dead Mans cave today. Wheeler was drowned near Bentcla Sunday, April 30, when his rowboat capsized. Members of hie yachting party made every effort to rescue him, but he sank before they could reach him. Wheeler was a member of the Msnons and of the Knights of Pythias lodges of San Francisco. HARD LUCK IN BUNCHES HURTS THREE BROTHERS Separate Accidents Occur to Gold Hill Men [Special Dispatch to The Call] GOLD HILL, May 12.—8y an odd series of accidents, one having no con nection with the other, three brother*, Joseph. Fred and William Thomas of this place, are suffering from injuries and under the doctor's care. .William has a broken arm. Fred, a head much battered, and Joseph, while working In the mine, accidentally drove his candlestick through his thumb. KENNETT BURGLAR GIVEN 15 YEARS IN PRISON He Had Served a Term for the Same Crime [Special Dispatch to The Call] KKPDING, May IJ._Fifteen years in Folsom was imposed today upon George Murphy, who broke into a hotel room In Kennett a month a»o. Murphy confessed that he had com mitted another burglary the same night. He had served a term in the Washington penitentiary for the same offense. SACRAMENTO POLICE FORM WIDOW'S FUND Benefit to Be $1,000 if Treasury Contains $4,000 [Special DUpalch to", The Call] : - ;| SACRAMENTO. • May '.' 12—A .widow's i and orphan's aid. association ■ has ■ been j formed by, the local: police. Harry M. Rible is president. i On the death: of a ! member the benefit will be $1,000 if I the treasury contains $4,000 and 500 jJf there is ; less than -. that \ amount in the fund. ■ • • • ■'•.'■ -;'\''Zi --• '' *' '' '"' • '* MINERS r AFFILIATED WITH rA. ?>,'.* OF ' L.— - WanblOKton,: May 12. —Th« ■. weatwn ■ federation j of ' mioeri • has ■ been - granted •" fall tffUittlan I.' Ith tie American' federation of ■ labor. ■■ ■ . • THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1911. FRUIT MEN ALTER PACK STANDARDS Cherries to Be Prepared for Shipment in Cartons by the Placer County Growers [Special Dispatch to The Call] NEW CASTLE. May 12.—The stan dard of the peach and cherry pack was raised yesterday afternoon "by the Placer county fruit nrrowers" associa tion, which met in this city. Tn pearh packing the 108 packages were elim inated, and cherries may be prepared for shipment In cartons five by six inches with the boxes marked desig nating the count. H "With the exception of Imperial*. St Johns. Triumph*. ■ Alexanders. Hale* and early' Craw fords, the 105 park will be allowed, while the others mutt be packed as 86's. .This Is for two tier boxes. ' It was also provided that peach boxes will xbe •; marked "84 '■ to 96" In stead of "96" straight. '- ;■ ' The association '■ Indorsed > the work -of State Horticulturist Commissioner Jef frey, : who attended, and ? also sent.' a resolution to the railroad company pro testing; "against the ■ Installation of larger fruit cars. •" ■ /•: '*■ *; *;v -:v;;' ■? '■ ASSAILANT OF STEAMER CAPTAIN TO ANSWER Henry Buhrz to Face Trial for Shooting [Special Dispatch to The Call] MARTINEZ. Msy I?.—Henry Buhrz. who shot and seriously wounded Cap tain Goodell of the steamer Capital City, was charged with assault with intent to commit murder before Jus tice of the Peace Hayden In this city today. Fred Swint. cabin watchman on the steamer, was the complaining witness. The shooting occurred Mon day night while the Capital City was off Point Edith in this county and con siderable difficulty was experienced in establishing jurisdiction. FOLSOM LIFE TERMER IS SEEKING PAROLE J. M. Reed of Fresno Confessed Slaying After Sentence [Special Dispatch to The Call] • FRESNO, May 12— .1. M. Reed, who is serving a life sentence in Folsom prison for .'an assault upon* his ,10 year old daughter and 4 who. It is alleged, has confessed to the killing; of Harry Van .Meter, a former Fresno police man. is. seeking a parole. Members of the police department who knew Reed, " and who were on the ■ force at the time Van Meter was killed, will oppose his release. ■ - : ■ "'i*'' « MARTINEZ TO HAVE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT Trustees and Businessmen Unite in a Plan [Special Dispatch to The Call] MARTINEZ. May 12.—1f the plans of the Martinez business men's asso ciation and the city trustees are car ried out this city will have a paid fire department. At the present each me>mj>er of the department volunteers his services, but hereafter those who do actual service at fires will receive compensation from tlje city trustees. RIVAL PHONE COMPANY WINS FIGHT IN CORNING Year's Effort Is Rewarded by Franchise Grant [Special Dispatch to The Call] CORNING, May 12.—8y a vote of three to two th* city trustees of Corn- Ing last night granted the application of the Tehama county telephone com pany for a franchise In this city. The company has been fighting for a year to enter this field, but heretofore" the vote has always been three to two against it. JOURNALIST APPOINTED ASSISTANT FORESTER Leonard Compton of Oakland Receives State Billet [Special Dispatch to The Call] SACRAMENTO. May 12._ Leonard Compton. a former newspaperman of Oakland, has been appointed a««l«tant ntate forester temporarily to fill the offlce 'vacated by W. C. Hodge, whose retirement a month ago has Just been made public. Compton has been work- Ing under State Forester Homans as a deputy since the first of the year. REFRIGERATING PLANTS TO BE TAXED BY STATE "Operative Property," Decision of Equalizers [Special Dispatch to The Cell] SACRAMENTO. May 12.—The «tat« board of equalization today decided that refrigerating plants shall be listed as operative property and must be taxed by the state instead of by the county. Officials of the Pacific fruit express company contended that the plants were nonoperatlve. Vallejo Brevities [Special Dispatch to The Call] _•_;-..-'.(' . -■; jACxrxs 1 EjrrEßTAiiatxxT ADVOCATED— j Vallejo. May Several businessmen are ad- ! ' "I v oca ting <■ an t entertainment for the * enlisted . men of the nary when the vessels of the Pa "elite fleet return to the yard next month. - : ntXIOKT "-' TXUT > BOAT , ENOAGED —' The '; - freight '- steamer -■ Telephone ; ; will >. ply •- between j ■ this city and San Francisco when the Vallejo v and. Northern , electric' road; Is built. between I i here * and * Sacramento. The "> Hatch • Brothers ' ' steamer* will 'carry * the • passengers . for - the '■. '•'■", road.:, ;*■'-" - :'- -' • .'■ s., .■ •; ;,it ■. ' ; HILL LEVELED FOX i TRACK BALLAST—The . ■ Southern - Pacific * has ,- purchased , 441 ■ acres ■ st * Army point, « and - two big : steam '■ shovels '< are I at work.cutting away the bill, using the ma terial as ballast 'for the roadbed of the double ■ track ' between Beoieia and Sijlsun. < Six trains are hauling, the earth, r, Several mile* of track were laid last week. „■'....... . . . , ..■>',.,.,. , KAKBAB COUTLX MAJUY IN ■ VALLEJO—EI m mer ■ Arner . and Miss I Elizabeth A. King were ' married' at the • home >of Dr. » M. *E. Arner. "brother of the bridegroom."today..; Rev. George ■ Adams officiated. v The young i people are from Kansas and will reside Id Oakland after their J honeymoon./ '!'/'. .'- .';."' (JPERVIBORB TO ATTEND * CONCLAVE- Sn< p«rrttors I>«Tid M. Fleming mid H. J. widen m>DO • are ■ preparing j to. attend > the < Mate i con- Tontlon 'of • itipenriscrs ■ which ' opens ■ in. Kara Monday. „".,.... ''. * ■ " - ■ STOCKTON URGES LAKE IMPROVEMENT Reasons for Dredging Channel Presented to Biddle for War Department [Special Dispatch to The Call] STOCKTON. May 12.—Colonel John Biddle of the corpa of engineers of the I'nited States war department met a large number of water front men and representatives of the navigation inter ests this afternoon. The city of Stockton has requested the government to make surveys pre liminary to dredging Fremont channel and Method's lake. The shipping busi ness has increased to such an extent that there are not sufficient harbor ac comodatlons. The government desires first to ascertain that the request is J. M. Eddy, secretary of the chamber of commerce, presented the case. He showed that formerly the channel was navigable for deep draft vessels and that the lake was the extreme in land terminal of tidewater navigation in California. One of the principal reason* for the improvement, he said, was that the Stockton Terminal and Eastern rail road, running from Stockton to Linden, through a productive agricultural sec tion, was extending to Jenny Lind In the heart of a rich mining district and had been granted a franchise down Miner Point to the north aide of Stock ton channel. ' The railroad company ex pects to improve this property within the present year and make it the water front terminal. FRESNO CAMPAIGN FOR CONTROL OF FRANCHISES Indeterminate Grants by City Are Proposed [Special Dispatch to The Call] FRESXO. May 12. — A movement to amend the city charter so ax to arive | the trustees power to grant lnt»rm» diate franchises has just been launched. T'nder the present law the Hty niv#s franchises for a specified number of varp. but under the proposed amend ment the city authorities may termi | nate a franchise at any time, for cause. | This practically gives the city controi of corporations. The amendment is being urged as a. renult of the trouble with the Pacific telephone and telegraph company, in which it is alleged that the company has be*n giving poor service and mak ing arbitrary rates. WOMAN WILL GET $4,000 FOR HUSBANDS DEATH Northern California Power Com pany's Wire Electrocuted Him [Special Diipakh to The Call] RED BLUFF, May 12—Four thou sand dollar* Is the amount of damages Mrs. Pauline Foley will receive from the Northern California power company because of the death of her husband in January, lflo;. She sued for $20.0n0, lost in a former trial, appealed, and obtained^ a re versal. The »4,000 was awarded by Judge Ellison at the conclusion of the second trial yesterday. Foley was killed by coming in con tact with a live wire. WOMAN MOTORCYCLIST HURT IN AUTO CRASH Man Demonstrating Machine Is Also Injured in Sacramento [Speci'oJ Dispatch to The Call] SACRAMENTO. May 12— Mrs. I^aura Banta, owner of a local cyclery, and George Prentice, an Oakland motorcycle demonstrator, were Injured la«t night wh»»n the motorcycle ■which the two were riding: eraahed Into F. W. Weat's fcutomoblle In the Folsom road. Mrs. Banta was severely bruised about the body. Prentice sustained a sprained ankle and his face was lacerated, he be ing thrown into the glass wind shield of the automobile. 9152 QI^SBI^E^ZBiI XBBBSQBBSX 1889 | FOR YOUR ' I Eastern Trip I lm\ ' ■ ,". '■' TRT;THB ■ '. •• "'■": : ;■.■■ M'■ ■■ -■■■"- *."■■■ * .* t >M . '*'*, .■■■■.'»■* -1- ',- y, ■■ "-, - M I 1l | HI | Take tbe Daytifht Trip on Po^et 0 I Sound from . Seattle to Victoria - |; and Vancouver, on the Mag-... 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