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OCEAN SHORE HAS POTRERO IN ITS GRIP Franchise Gives Company Right to Operate Freightcars Through the Avenue Residents and Property Owners Lose Fight to Stop Noise and Nuisances Tho Ocean Shore Railway company has the right under its franchise to haul freight over its road and also to haul cars of the Southern Pacific, Santa Ke arid Western Pacific railways, ac cording; to an opinion rendered to the supervisors yesterday by City Attorney Long. Residents and property owners along ne of the road in Potrero ave nue have protested vigorously against the hauling of freight oars, saying that the noise keeps them awake nights, that property values are injured and that tenants will not rent apartments in the district because of the dis t itrhance. S) ••■ Iflc objection* were made to the hauling , of rock and manure and to heavy freight cars in general. The cit izen? affirm that cars of great weight the roadbed and cause adjoining houses to tremble. President C C. Moore of the Panama-Pacific Expo sition company, a director of the Ocean Shore, recently assured the protestants at a meeting of the supervisors' street committee that their complaints would receive al! possible redress. Long, in explaining his opinion, said that the company had the right to haul freight, hecause it was a commercial ani not a street railroad, and that it. received the right both from its fran rhise and from subdivision 8 of sec tion 465 of the civil code, and that the civil code also permitted the Ocean Shore to lease to other companies any part of its road, or all of it. SCHOOI- AMEXDMEST FILED A proposed charter amendment pro viding for a reorganization of the school department was filed with the supervisors yesterday by T. IT. McCar thy, as chairman of a committee of school principals. The amendment would Increeee the salary of the su perintendent of schools and other of ficials and give the -superintendent a vote with the board of directors. The | superintendents status is now that of an ex officio nonvoting member of the board. As at present the board would consist of four members appointed for term* of four years by the major, each at a szlary of |3,3 M a year. By the proposed amendment the superintend ent's salary would be raised from $4,000 to £5,06fl a year. His four deputies Irould be called assistant superintend ents and get $3,364 each. The secre tary of the board would receive $2,400 Instead of $1,800. The committee appointed by Mayor Kolph to arrange the Columbus day ,ceF?>hration for October 12 lias chosen ~*fnhn J. O'Toole chairman and "E. F. Jloran secretary. A committee of ppven. appointed by the chair, will re port a program at the next meeting, ■tt'rdripsday evening. Exercis-es will be hold at the Scottish Rite hall and Judge Mclaughlin of Sacramento will be orator of the day. Memb.-rs of the Lanihardi opera company will b«» asked to sing. Tsidor Golden. Auditor Thomas Poylp, Paul Kingston and A.,#Oliva were appointed to request the super visors' finance committee to aid with fund?. City Attorney Long; a'lvised the civil service commission yesterday that Ma chinists Brown and Moholy of the fire dppartmnct. who held their positions at the time the charter wont into effect, ■ - lPg-ular members of the department .since they continued to hp employed by the fity under the reorganization of the department. HI PERVISOR WUff AMTH WIT An exchange of wits, upon Which the fate of a car line depended, occurred between Supervisor Giannini and Chief Engineer T-Agere of the United Rail roads yesterday before the street com mittee, terminating in a compromise wherein the supervisor woo the higher honors. The net result of the argu ment was that the United Railroads will pave California street with crushed rock between Tenth and Thirty-third avenues and continue to operate its cars thereon, although the franchise has expired. R. H. Norton, representing the Rich mond Federation of Improvement clubs, launched the discussion by urg ing that the United R.ailroads be ; to pave the street, which at present is covered with a soggy mix f sand, dust and black oil. c the United Railroads is oper its cars on this street without a franchise." sard 'riannini, "it might be we!! for this committee to pass a resolution directing the company to lay » neat asphalt pavement forth with." "if you do that." responded Engineer **we will be forced to withdraw from the street." "I think we will try you on that i c if you mean it." said Giannini. 'You had better not try us," an swered L,agere. • "Then you rather would take off your cars than pave the street?" in sisted Giannini. "We wou,ld," said "since we could operate those cars just a block below, in Clement street. But the peo pi<» would have to walk a* block far ther." W. S. Maxson, representing the Civic L/eague of Improvement Clubs, re marked that while L-agere, as a rule, was most obliging, he seemed arrogant in this matter. "We will fix up the street, but not with asphalt," agreed the engineer more argument with Giannini. ■Crushed rock, rolled," suggested Giannini. •\\'f will have to get a roller," par ried Jy'igcrf, and he added that the work < ould not. be started for 30 days. C/iannini /aid that the people had waited long enough. "Start next Thursday," demanded (iiannini, and Lagere agreed. The committee referred to the police department for investigation a report that a school lot on the east side of Thirty-first avenue between Geary and Anza streets had been cut down far below the official grade by unknown persons who have been using it as a quarry. MREET XAMED FOR MAYOR In approving the map of the Crocker- Amazoo tract the committee found that a strort had been named Rolph in honor of the mayor. GJannini wished thr real estate firm to place Rolph's name on a longer and wider street in the tr»ct. contending that the street -elected %\as too narrow to com meraor»te the broad principles of the rliief pxecntive. It was stiown that this would necessitate alterations in the deeds and other iegal romplioattons. map was approved in its original forui. Ad Men Expand Work <$> ■,»■• «$> ••■■ # <$> $> <$> <$> <§> New Chief for Retail Business FOLLOWING the re moval of the Cooper Advertising com pany into new and larger quarters in the Bankers' Invest ment building. 742 Market street, comes the announcement that W. L. Cook, formerly advertising manager of Pragers, of this city, has associated himself with the firm, taking entire charge of its retail copy de partment. In the past the Cooper company has engaged little in local business, because of the difficulty of ob taining a man familiar enough ■with local trade conditions to handle successfully the advertising end of the progressive retail es tablishments of San Ffancisco. In Mr. , Cook, how ever, the Cooper com pany has , a man who will prove capable In every way. There are few men in San Fran cisco so thoroughly familiar with retail advertising and With the local newspaper situation. For five years he was asso ciated with two of San Francisco's news papers, and during W. L. Cook, who has taken chafge of the retail copy department of the Cooper Advertising company. that time acquired a thorough knowledge of the reportorial and art end of the business , . He has been with the Prager company for the last six years and was actively con nected with the firm's growth. Mr. Cook is a Californian by birth, and is a typical hustling and progressive westerner. The Cooper Advertising TWO TOWNS WAR OVER ANNEXATION San Jose Opposes Sunnyva Proposed Incorporation to Insure Its Own Plans [Special Dispatch to The Call] SAN JOSE, Oct. 3.—Believing: the proposed Incorporation of the town of Sunnyvale, with limits extending across the northern end of the county between San Jose and the bay, ie merely a plan to checkmate the pro posed annexation by this city of ft portion of the South bay shore for har bor purposes, local merchants will op pose the movement before the county board of supervisors tomorrow morn ing:. The San Jose annexation project was Inaugurated several months ago to take in a narrow strip of road for a boulevard and railroad between San Jose and the mouth of the Guadalupe creek, just west of Alviso, a distance of nine miles. Subsequently Santa Clara started a proposal to annex Alviso and a strip of intervening territory five miles long. Two ago Sunnyvale petitioned the supervisors to call a (special elec tion on the proposed incorporation of their town, with limits extending northeast across the strip that San Jose proposes to annefc to the limits of Alviso. The nature of the incorpora tion project at Sunnyvale was brought to the attention recently through an article in The San Francisco ('all and a committee was selected to oppose it. NEW THEATER PLANNED -Chioo. O«t. 3— The tSftb thpator foi Chirr, is to tw? iti»tal!e<l ■within tb» famine month. Rp4 Bluff and Chleo ppoplp having formoi n <-orapanj- to open a pUvhotwP In thp SilbPr-stcin blo'k. The theater will !i«r* a sf-atinjr capaoiir of 1.000. it j s ruprrfd that it will be opened by Thanksgrir lng day. Where to Go For a Week-End or Longer Reduced Round Trip' Rates From San Francisco And Time Limit of Tickets. SAXTA CRIZ Sf**"*, 8 " *!?&*'W'IHK Sun. Exeur. Cliff Dnw and Meunteint. 1 3.60 Fri. to Mon. IV&gf " d }^, B 'fe -i£Sr{ » I": life PASO EOBLES p "° ertU Gei? et ****"' BJW 30 d ay« SAMA BABBARA »4* .* month PA Auto to Sod* Spriafs. 2.*0 5 days ST. HELENA Be,t " d 3«> * a«ys CALISTOGA uZTSA/TgL*. *** 5 daye SANTA BOSA 8«nom» County Ewrti. Z3& Sat. to Mon. BYRON Byren Hot Spring*. 2«SO Sat. te Mon. CISCO •*.I.J S r k «- | « ? t« rm Qct 3m LAKE TAHOE fo H da? 8 Mon - Include* Lake Tri». U5.59 Oct. 31st SIMS I r CfSTELLA L t.. 8& fig , CASTLE CRAG f r»kin» in Veper Sac- -1 1340 Oct. 31st CASTLE ROCK ra«ento fciwr. IIN Oct. 31«t DDNSMUIB J 12ee Oct 31sl SHASTA SPRINGS , Fri. to Mon. SISSOS SSrffVIBS: "•« mteMon. KLAMATH Duck Hettar ee.KUmth . niiig Lak*. Fiahiar in WU- 17.00 Oct. 31st r ALLS lUnifOß ii»«r. Towmit* Hfttionftl Park, MERCED «d 33J8 3 monthß Star* in Park. LOS ANGELES- i.t Cuter. Electric 25.00 Oct. 31st line* to all BeackM. Hotels or comfortable quarters at reasonable rates at all these places. Reduced Rates to Many Other Points. Southern Pacific BAN FRANCISCO: FloM Building. Palace Hotel. Ferry Boildin*. Phone. Kearny 31*0. Tblrd end T»wds«oil Streets. Phone Kearny 180. OAKLAND: Thirteenta and Broadway. Phone Oakland 162. Sixteenth Street Station. Peon* Oakland 1458. First and Broadway. Phone Oakland 7960. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1912. company is congratulated by the trade upon obtaining the services of such an able man, as there is not a doubt that with his knowledge and executive ability he will bring much new busi ness to the Cooper Advertising com pany, increasing that firm's prestige in the advertising world. CUPID BUTTS INTO POLITICAL AFFAIRS Stockton Couple Mix Registra* tion and Matrimony in the Same Office [Special Dispatch to The Call] STOCKTON", Oct. S.—lt was lucky for Adelia Kinney and William P. Slusser that Miss Kinney postponed her regis tration until today, even though she had to register twice to be sure of voting in the November election. She went to the county clerk's Office today, registered, gave her age as 56 and started to leave the room. Then she met Slusser, an old sweetheart. "eYs. Will. I've registered and noth ing can ever make me lose my vote," she announced. "How about matrimony?" suggested Slusser. The woman was quickly convinced that Slusser meant that as a proposal. Without leaving the registration office they went back to the same desk and took out a marriage license. Then they were married. "Now that T have changed my name will I have to register again?" asked the bride anxiously. "Yes," she was told. So together the newly married couple hastened to the same old fortunate desk, and there Mrs. Slu&ser reregistered. The couple will reside in this city— Mrs. Slusser has to guard her residence or she'll lose that precious vote. They will take no honeymoon that will ex tend beyond November 5. PATIENT SUES PHTBICIAK —ChI<v>. Ort. 3.—. Allee'nc malpractice in both bonp* of his rijrbt forpann. J. T. Brppn, a rural mail carrlpr. is suing Dr. H. T. Enlop, * prominpnt pb.TsiTiar. of this city, for $10,000 damagps. AEROPLANE BARRED AS SMUGGLERS'AID McNab Brings Out Singular Point in Prosecution of Accused Trio Rapid fire proceedings under direc tion of United States Attorney John L. McNab marked the trial yesterday in the United States district court of Adolph Adolphson, Billy Sundgren and Wong Ott for smuggling Chinese. Judge John J. de Haven presided. It is alleged contraband coolies were landed at Halfmoon Bay June 1. Neither Adolphson nor Sundgren took the stand. Innumerable charac ter witnesses, ranging from the barber who shaved Sundgren to masters of vessels were called. Each, however, admitted he did not know the reputa tions of the men in southern Califor nia, where they had been identified with shady smuggling transactions. It was brought out that Sundgren wps the cat>tain of the launch Kate, which figured so prominently at the time of the McNamara dynamiting, and also in the escape in the launch of an absconding Los Angeles banker. W. P. Humphreys, attorney for the defendants, wanted the trial discon tinued and the jury instructed to re turn, a. verdict in favor of his client? without leaving the jury box, because the law provided that the smuggling must bp "over land." 'If there has been any smuggling of Chinese In this case,'.' he said, M it was by water." McNab answered that since th,e act was passed there were several amend ments and that as it now stands the law wotrtd prevent landing by airship. The prosecution called many wit nesses and forged a chain of evidence from the time Wong Ott purchased the launch Karl X from the California Shrimp company until the night It was beached at Halfmoon Bay. The Mexi can blankets, bearing the oap of lib erty and the eagle of the southern re public, and which came from Ense nada, Mex., where the Chinese were taken aboard, made a bargain counter display of part of the courtroom. These blankets and Chinese clothing were taken from the Earl X while stranded at Halfmoon Bay. Wong Ott. the Chinese defendant, testified that he had purchased the Ear! X on a speculation and that he sold it to Adolphson and produced a photographic copy of a mortgage for the boat made to him from his co defendant for $2,000. He denied any knowledge of the smuggling trip and insisted Adolphson went to Ensenada without his knowledge or permission. An adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock this morning, when the jury will be instructed. CORBIN ON STAND IN BANKRUPTCY CASE "William Corbln. secretary of the Con tinental Building and Loan association, occupied the witness stand in the bank ruptcy court yesterday morning for an hour when an adjournment was taken until tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. Corbin identified papers and stock is sued by the company. Join the Moneymakers MHBB W% Come to. Richmond Annex Sunday and pick out a couple of ■ I choice building sites in this popular new subdivision. The I I $2,000,000 Inner Harbor is to be in front of Richmond I I Annex. Buy now and receive the profits this harbor will I I bring to every property holder in I I A tk% iliSMJfliH ,<, 'A Si I Every Purchaser Receives Absolutely FREE- I ■ . complete sanitary sewer system with outlets, oiled macadam c 1 ■ Finest paved streets, curbs, concrete gutters, cement sidewalks, water free H I mains, storm sewers with catch basins, and shade trees along the i mprove . H I rTents in parking etrip. FREE to every purchaser. These $600,000 improve- ments in m I Richmond ments now being installed as rapidly as good workmanship will Richmond B ■ I permit. a Right Now You Can Buy a Building Site in Richmond Annex for as Low as I ■ Smal" down A I ■ I M M H to pa - v for B ■ I payment. | U# 4 A AM • »» | two years. | H - « « I From Richmond Annex you will reach San ■ HOW tO Reach Richmond AnneX Francisco in 40 minutes; fare 10c—Oak H PROM SAN fHANCISCO—Take Key Route Boat and piedmont train and land in 1 7 minutes ; fare sc—and UriT- H get off at Fortieth and San Pablo avenue—or Southern Pacific broad gauge versity in Berkeley in 10 minutes* ■ and California loop train to Forty-ninth and San Pablo avenue—Take J - ■ "Richmond-Pullman" car going out San P»blo avenue; it takes you direct tare be. Uur rree Maps and Lit- H to Richmond Annex. Be sure and ask the conductor to let you off at the erature give very interesting S^ County Line. . . . , : , ' a, ■ FROM OAKLAND—Take the Richmood-Pullman car on Broadway, which information and facts about . . ■ goes out San Pablo avenue. This car runs along Richmond Annex for Richmond Annex. ■ jJ^v^ ■ nearly a mile. Get off at the County Line. | SEND FOR THEM. a^ H FREE Excursion Ticket to Richmond Annex by calling at San Francisco Office. E. J. HENDERSON /$?// ■ Rooms 305,306,307/308,309,310,311 First National Bank Bldg., Oakland, Cal. g£ / / / ■ San Francisco Office, Rooms 208-209-210 Balboa Bldg., Second and Market Sts. $ >*" ;*'" ..*"^ I AND ON THE TRACT / DEEDS WRONGFULLY EXTRACTED BY JURY Dentist Regains Possession of Property by Ruling of Court Setting Aside Verdict The verdict of a jury depriving Dr. Lawrence J. O'Neill, dentist, of prop erty worth |25,000, returned several months ago, was set aside yesterday by Judge A. I. McSorley of Calaveras county, before whom the case was heard In extra sessions 2. Tfre judge ruled that there was no evidence of fraud or undue Influence on the part of Doctor O'Neill In ob taining deeds from Dr. Thorilda C. Park O'Neill, his wife, as alleged by Thusnelda E. Ingram in her temporarily successful suit to have the deeds set aside. Mrs. Ingram, sister of the late Mrs. O'Neill, charged that Doctor O'Neill had mystic power over his wife. Judge McSorley stated that the Jury was misled by prejudice or passion in annulling the deeds and depriving Doc tor O'Neill of the property. Hβ further held that the plaintiff has no to /imend his complaint. The action* of the court causes the property to revert to Doctor O'Neiell and the plain tiff's only remedy is an appeal to a higher tribunal. Judge BfcSorley ruksd that the testi mony of Fred Ingram, husband of the plaintiff, to the effect that Doctor O'Neill seemed to hypnotize his wife by telling her that "the O'Neills were kings in Ireland," was not relevant, if true. He stated that the testimony had ryri bearing on the case and should been considered by the Jury. CHINESE WOMAN ALLEGES HER WARD WAS KIDNAPED Methodist Home Superintendent and Mrs. Toy at Odds The benevolent kidnaping of 12 year old Lav- Lang, known as Helen I,au. a Chinese girl, from an Oakland cannery by Mrs. Carrie G. Davis, su perintendent of the Methodist oriental "home here, was legalized yesterday by Judge Thomas F. Graham, when he is sued an order giving Mrs. Davis tem porary custody of the child until guardianship proceedings may be in stituted. Meanwhile Judge Frank J. Murasky granted to Mrs. Josephine Toy, wife of a reputed wealthy New York Chinese merchant, a writ of habeas corpus em powering her to gain possession of the girl. The writ was made returnable this afternoon. when oriental and Caucasian philanthropists will 4 contest for custody of the child. According to Mrs. Toy, the child worked in a cannery near Second and Wood streets, Oakland, until she be came thin and emaciated. The Metho dist mission became interested and Mrs. Davis took the child to the local mission. Apple Iμ Kins at \VatM»ni'lH<* October 7th to 12th. Don't miss the big Apple Show. Reduced rates via Southern Pacific. Tickets on sale Oc tober 2d: return limit October 18th. Ask agents for detail's.—Advt. KAHN TELLS HOW G. O. P. AIDS STATE Congressman Explains Methods at Capital to Woman's Political League The methods of legislation in the na tional capital and some of the benefits accruing to California from the present administration formed the su-bject of an address given Wednesday afternoon by Julius Kahn, Taft candidate for congress, before a meeting of the Cal ifornia Woman's Political league. Kahn said that California was one of the richest states In the Union and at tributed its marvelous progress in the last few years to the protective policy of the republican party which enables California to compete in eastern agri cultural markets with the countries of southern Europe. He also attributed a portion of its advance to the pure food law. Kahn reviewed the history of thf> Panama-Pacific international exposition from 1904, when it was first pro posed to hold an international expo sition on this coast, until the present time. Hβ recalled the struggles of the California representatives to secure the celebration in this city, and declared that its people would never realize the victory until the ports should open and the great wave of immigration and agricultural progress sweep over the country. Regarding the presidential campaign, he reviewed the position of the three parties and expressed his regret at the present methods of political cam paigning. "Abuse," said he, "never helps the cause of the man who uses it. When a man is forced to throw abuse in $, campaign, he has s neither law nor facts to support him. I am hoping that even in this campaign we will come back to right and justice, and will state our political opinions and those of our opponents without per sonal abuse or derision of the candi dates. ,. KATHLYN SMITH DENIES EMBEZZLEMENT OF $1,200 Blames Muddled Condition of Books for Shortage The second trial of Miss Kathlyn ! Smith, former bookkeeper at the San \ Francisco Art Glass works, on an em bezzlement charge was beprun before a jury In Police Judge court j yesterday afternoon. The first trial resulted in an acquittal. .The complaint was brought by E. T. White, expert accountant, and he was the first witness for the prosecution. He said that Miss Smith was short $1,200 in her accounts. "W. H. John son, manager of the concern, testi fied that Miss Smith represented her self as an expert accountant. Miss Smith denied having embezzled any money from the firm and blamed the muddled condition of the books [ when she went there for the apparent j shortages. She also testified that she changed i certain figures in the books at the el- j rectton of Johnson, who wished the j business to appear less prosperous. The I trial will proceed this morning. Standard Q Alkaline Natural A Water A Standard Delightful flfij A Remedy Water Dy s P e P sia with Stomach Highly Troubles Medicinal Sj§j£L>, and Qualities Gout i Owned by and bottled under ihe direct 8 control of the French Government £ Women Must Have help at times, if they would avoid headaches, backaches, lassitude, extreme nervousness. The really superior remedy for them — known the world over and tested through three generations —is B EEC HANTS PILLS Sold everywhere In boxes 10c., 25c. 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