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STORM KING IN A
RAGE AND WHOLE
COUNTRY SUFFERS
Heavy Toll on Life in Great
Marine Disaster Fifteen
Miles South of San
Diego
vored section, the thermometer regis
ters 24 degrees at midnight and grow
ers are turning the irrigation pipe open
In the hopes of reducing the fast lower
ing temperature.
Not more than 10 per cent of the
ranches here are provided with smudg
ing- pots and even if all were, little good
could be done, as a difference of only
cix to eight degrees can be made by
that method.
At Colton another section which has
been hitherto immune from the devasta
tion of frost, the water pipes are frozen
and though growers are making heroic
efforts to save their crops little hopee
are entertained that great damage can
Le averted.
Vessels arriving , today at Los An
geles from both northern and southern
ports reported having encountered
yesterday one of the most severe
storms ever experienced south of San
Francisco.
The British steamer Craftsman, from
Antwerp by way of South American
ports, was 12 hours late. It had en
countered a 50 mile gale, which struck
it full in the bows, according to Cap
tain Mavcock.
The steam schooners Phoenix and
Fairhaven, from Eureka and Grays
Harbor respectively, were rlelayed
.slightly by the storm. The Phoenix
reported an extremely heavy sea, which
dashed over its bows and kept its
decks awash.
Launches Washed Ashore
SAUSALTTO. Jan. s.—Strong wind
and Jilffb -waves marked today's storm
on the Sausalito shore, and four
launches were washed up on the beach
after breaking loose from their moor
ings. One of these power boats, be
longing , to Peter Hanson, a contractor
and painter of San Francisco, was com
pletely smashed. The larger boats in
the harbor all threw out extra anchors
and escaped damage. Large wave?
washed high against the sides of the
houseboats off Sausalito, but none of
them was injured.
Coldest Night in 15 Years
SACRAMENTO, Jan. s.—Sacramento
is experiencing the coldest night for
15 year*. The temperature was 27 de
preps above zero this morning and the
ary hovered dangerously near the
iegree mark tonight.
According to NL B. Taj'lor, local
weather forecaster, the temperature
was 19 degrees above zero on January
li, ISSS,
Record Day at Stockton
STOCKTON*, Jan. s.—This has been
the cojdest day that the local records
reveal in the history of Stockton. The
temperature at 7 a. m. was 24 degrees,
at 3 p. m. it was 36 and at 9 p. m. the
thermometer registered 28 degrees.
Pools of water that formed into thin
layers of ice this morning remained
coated all day long and the streets
and places of amusement were prac
tically deserted throughout the day.
A high wind added to the discomfiture
of the populace.
Railroads Still Tied Up
SEATTLE, Jan. 5.—A minimum tem
re of 27 degrees above zero was
recorded by the weather bureau in Se
attle today, but with a fair sky and
no wind the cold caused little dis
comfiture.
The Great Northern transcontinental
line is still tied up by an avalanche
which destroyed a snowshed near the
west portal of Cascade tunnel Friday,
and overland trains are being routed
over the Northern Pacific to Spokane.
Wire connection with the summit has
not been restored tonight, and Great
>Tortbern officials were unable tr> say
when traffic over their line would be
resumed, although they were hopeful
of having the line open before tomor
row night. Great Northern trains from
the east were reported eight hours
late. Reports received at Milwaukee
headquarters from near the
summit of the Cascades, said the snow
was 14 feet deep.
WIND PLAYS HAVOC
WITH SMALL CRAFT
Chill blasts from the north, chang
ing into the northeast, kicked up the
hay yesterday afternoon enough to
make the eyes of the launchmen and
tsmaH boaters "water."
With the choppy high tide, moorings
were cast adrift, barges and other
small craft carried from anchorages
and piled ashore, and several
craft dragged anchors. With the ther
mometer playing between 32 and 4$ In
the teeth of blaste running 10 to 25
miles an hour, even the old shellbacks
in their southeastern were driven to
cover during , the morning , .
Thlrty-fiv'j degrees Fahrenheit was
registered yesterday by the govern
ment Instruments on the roof of the
Merchants' Kxchange building. Th'a
was the coldest "weather experienced
in San Francisco for several years.
The high wind also damaged crops
all over the state, according to the
government experts. At Point Reyes
the temperature dropped to ?.2\'» de
grees, while at Mount Tarnalpais it
went to 21 degrees. At the summit of
the Sierras the government thermome
ter registered below zero.
The most serious marine mishaps in
the bay were, tho sinking of two der
ricks which fouled anchors and col
lided in the basin off the new section
of the seawall between Harrison and
Bryant streets find the fouling of the
ill fated Pacific Mai! linpr Newport by
the stearn<;r Lewia Luckenbach, which
dragged from its anchorage off the
Mail docks.
Other mishaps wore the drifting
ashore of the sloop Nada at the Black
point yacht harbor and of numerous
barges and small craft between Hunt
ers point and the Union Iron works.
The pilot sloop Pathfinder lost *t»
for'ard gaff and was forced to put into
the harbor.
The Pacific Mail ship Kansas City,
flocked at Kolsom street wharf, came
near sinking at the dock Saturday
night when the float of Launchman
Harry Johnson's moorings broke adrift
and, piling- up against the steel hull
of the tteamer, dented a plate. But for
the prompt Action of Johnson, who had
been on the lookout for such accidents,
the landing might have pounded a
hole In the sidf of the liner.
Johnson, with a couple of men, and
at the risk of hie life, reclaimed the
moorings. The men and even the look
out of the Kansas City were asleep
and knew nothing of the accident.
In the construction work on the new
section of the seawali, between Harri
son and Bryant streets, much havoc
was wroughj. Two of the huge der
ricks broke adrift and piled up togeth
er, stoving in their sides and sinking:.
Later in the day they were pumped out
and floated by Crowley launches. Much
of the piling in the new work was torn
down.
The barometer, read in bay sections
and at the S. K. Farallon. .showed a
slight rise, recording 30.1 G at 5 ..o'clock,
BAR HONORS CHIEF JUSTICE
Gift of Portrait by Attorneys of the City
Portrait of the chief justice of the supreme court of California, painted by Fred Yates and presented to the
chief justice by the San Francisco Bar association
Painting of Judge William H. Beatty by Fred Yates, the
English Artist, to Be Exhibited Today
PORTER GARNETT
court of California since 1889. wb'ch
has been presented to the chief justice
by the members of the San Francisco
Bar assoclatio'n, will be placed on ex
hibition today in the gallery of Vickery,
Atkin3 & Torrey, 5"-0 Slitter street. It
will remain on display one week.
Yates also shows two charming Eng
lish landscapes which during the re
cent Bohemian club exhibition were
praised as possessing a high sincerity
expressed in a restful and poetic mood.
These pictures show the Barbizon influ
ence that may be observed in all Eng- j
lish landscape art except the most an- •
cient and the most recent interestingly
combined with the artist's personal
The tiling , to be noted above all else
in such a portrait as this of the chief,
justice is that it conveys what Burne- .
Jones had in mind when he spoko of
"the expression of character and moral
quality, not of anything temporary,
fleeting and accidental."
Those who visit the gallery in Sutter
street will find there 150 photographs
of portraits by Yates in which the
exceptional merit of his work, par
ticularly in "the expression of char
acter." is manifest. This seemingly
large number of portraits is in reality
only a small part of the total Yates
las produced—a total which is about
2.000.
Among them will be found the por
traits that he painted during his visit
to San Francisco In 1897 of Collis P.
Huntingdon, Charles H. Crocker, Irving
M. Scott, C. 11. Bishop, Thomas Brown
and General W. H. L. Barnes.
These portraits are only part of the
evidence in support of Yates* assertion
that, although he Is an Englishman by
birth and present habitat, his career j
was shaped in Pan Francisco. He first
came here in 1877. He is an honorary
member of the Bohemian club, and
took an active part in the early activ
ities of that organization.
In ISSO he went to Paris, traveling
steerage and returned in 18S2, when
he founded the first life class in San
Francisco, a modest organization
(though considered quite the contrary
by local Mrs. Grundys), which subse
quently grew into the association
known as the Art Students' league.
In 18S5 he again went to Paris by
way of the isthmus , of Panama and
again traveled steerage. He did not,
however, form the habit, as might be
supposed. He usually sits at the cap
tain's table now.
The year 18S7 saw him once more
about .14 rise, indicating a slight
moderation. The bay wind report was
20 miles from north by east, and at the
Farallon station, 24 miles, north by
east, veering east.
The norther worked havoc among the
fleets of small pleasure craft anchored
in the cove off the foot of Van Ness
avenue yesterday and the total damage
will reach $10 000, according to mem
bers of the South End Rowing club and
the Dolphin Swimming and Bathing
club, members of which organizations
own most of the boats at anchorage
there.
Early in the day 100 heavy piles, In
tended for use in erecting the new ealt
water high pressure power plant, were
set adrift by the high surf. These
acted as battering rams and stove in
the sidf>s of several of the launches,
which sank at their moorings. Other
launches were torn from their anchor
age and dashed upon shore. All told,
four launches were sunk yesterday and
two went ashore. A 50 foot sailing
yacht, considered one of the finest
boats of the type on the bay, was
driven ashore and its Bide stove in.
Another launch, belonging to AI
Lawson of Greenwich street, was
driven ashore New Year day and yes
terday the constant pounding of the
water tore the light boat in two. Its
owner salvaged the engine Saturday.
Another launch., which was driven
;ishore New Year eve, also broke up
y«ster<lny.
lif'th boathouses were badly damaged
!»y the force with which the derelict
piling: was thrown aguihst the water
sides of the buildings.
THE SAN FRANCISCO GALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1913.
j!n San Francisco, where he remained
! until IS3O, when he was called to
! England to paint the portrait of the
i marquis of Devonshire. It was dur
j ing his next visit, in 1897, that he
painted the Important portraits men
i timed above.
During a trip to the orient, which
ihe made in 1597, he painted no fewer
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, than 60 portraits. In 1911 he returned
to San Francisco, having been sum
moned to America to execute several
commissions for Frank A. Vanderlip of
New York. During: hie visit in 1911
and since his recent return Yatee has
painted several important portraits.
Chief among these is a portrait of
President elect Wilson for Princeton
university. He also made drawings of
Mrs. Wilson and of her daughters.
Other recent sitters for Yates have
been former Secretary of the Treasury
Gage, G. W. Fishburn of San Diego,
Miss Ellen Scripps. founder of the bio
logical station at La Jolla, and Charles
Sweeney of San Francisco.
Yates expects to leave San Fran
cisco for Colorado Springs !n February
to paint an official portrait for the
university, and before returning to
England will attend the inauguration
of Woodrow Wilson.
We like to think in San Franeieeo
that Yates belongs to us; none of his
i friends will combat the statement that
I we holong to him.
COAST WOMAN IS
"HURRY UP" DIVA
Los Angeles Singer in Two
Hours' Notice Takes Car
olina White's Role
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
CHICAGO, Jan. s.—There came to
ligrht today the story of how a Cali
fornia woman without rehearsal, ward
robe, makeup or previous notice, made
good In grand opera here last night.
The woman is Enrica Clay Dillon,
daughter of the late Judge H. C. Dillon
of Los Angeles.
It is almost too much like fiction to
be true, but it is, and those who heard
the performance are remembering the
beauty of the new voice, and acting
that saved an entire act from aenemia,
and are toasting the new singer with
the wish that she may be heard again
under more favorable circumstances.
Two hours before the time for the
curtain to go up Andreas Dippel re
ceived notice that his prtma donna,
Carolina White, was afflicted with se
vere hoarseness and could not appear
In the role "Aida."
At once he bethought himself of En
rica Clay Dillon, who has had 10 years
operatic experience In Europe.
Mme. Clay, as she is kuown on the
stage, has been in Chicago for weeks
seeking a ro'.e in the Chicago company.
Always has she been refused. Two
weeks ago Dippel heard her sing, but
he did not present her with a con
tract.
She has sung "Aida" in Italy and
Germany, and she was the manage
ment's only chance.
Mme. Clay's addre.°s was found in the
file and she was rushed to the theater
and rushed into the role. She wore no
makeup, there was no time for that,
but the rare rendition of the p*art was
pronounced by critics a grand success.
FLATS DAMAGED BY FIRE
Flames, Driven by the High Wind,
Threaten Row of Frame Dwellings
Four flats, 100-108 Webster street,
were badly damaged by a fire last
night, which originated in the coal bin
of 104 Webster street, tenanted by C.
D. Rodemaker. The flames , , driven by
the high wind, spread rapidly to the
other flats and for a time the entire
row of two story frame dwellings was
threatened.
Four small children of Clem V.
Rouse, a contractor, were taken from
102 Webster street by Mr%, Rouse be
fore the flames reached that structure.
Mrs. Helen McCloud, the aged widow
of Daniel McCloud, a wealthy con
tractor, living at 106 Webster street,
was prostrated by shock and it was
necessary to remove her to the home
of a neighbor.
The fire was discovered by Mrs. Rob
ert Brunig, living at 108 Webster
street, who gave the alarm. Another
tenant was Mrs. Pratt, 100 Webster
street. The owners of the buildings
are Mrs. Robert Brunig and her sister.
Mrs. C. A, Sandegran. The damage
to the four dwellings is estimated at
$1,200.
ALEXIS VISITING RESORT
Russian Crown Prince .Arrives Secretly
In Southern France
PARIS, Jan. 6.—According to a Nice
dispatch to the Journal, the Russian
crown prince, Alexis, arrived secretly
at Mentone. 14 miles from Nice, on
Friday night He proceded to Cap
Martin, a noted winter resort of south
ern France, where he will remain to
complete hie convalescence.
Grand Opera Coming West
Tour Arranged for Spring
(Special nispatcb to The Cal , )
PHILADELPHIA, .'an. s.—The
Rocky mountain states and the
Pacific coast !e to have rread
opera thin spring. Director An
drea* Dlppel of the Chiea*o
Grand Opera company has about
completed plane Jor an exten
sive far western tour to start
the close of the eecond season
In this city, which begins on
February 3 and will end on Feb
ruary 26. A tour of a month to
six weeks will be made. Per
formances will be given In Dal
las. l,om Angeles, San Franelaco,
Seattle, Portland, Denver, Omaha,
Kansas City and St. Louis and
probably Salt Lake City. The
company will stay four days la
Dallas, a week In Los Aageles
and two weeks In San Francisco.
FIRE FIEND RAGES IN
.FASHIONABLE DISTRICT
Berkeley Apartment House
Swept by Flames —Guests
Have Narrow Escapes
Continued Front Par* 1
rushed to her apartment, only to be
cut off by the fire.
Within a half hour the entire struc
ture was ablaze and a general alarm
was sent in. For blocks the north
wind carried blazing brands. Both
the First Presbyterian and Congrega
tional churches were in danger, sparks
catching in the window sills and eaves.
COfD HANDICAPS FIREMEN
The greatest difficulty encountered
by the firemen was the intense cold,
which froze the water as soon as It left
the nozzle of the hose. The rear wall
of the building fell in at 11 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Homseker and their
daughter had a narrow escape from
death. They occupied apartments on
the third floor, where Mrs. Homseker
had been confined for the last six
weeks with heart disease.
They were rescued by the firemen
and taken down the ladders to a place
of safety and were removed later to
a sister of Mrs. Homseker's. A man
whose name could not be learned was
also rescued. The other occupants of
the building escaped before the flames
coulrl cut off the exits.
Caught in their apartments In the
third floor and by flames.
George K. Wetzel. a Berkeley printer,
with his wife, had no , way of escape
and seemed doomed to be burned to
death until the firemen caught sight of
them and put up a ladder to the win
dow, dov.-n which they were brought to
safety. Mrs. John Tolsch, whose hus
band is chief draftsman for the Oak
land Traction company, was trapped in
a similar manner in a third floor apart
ment and waa rescued the same way as
Mr. and Mrs. WetzeL
SENATOR DAVIS BUHIED
LJTTLE HOCK, Ark.. Jan. 6.—Simple
services characterized the funeral to
day of the late Unified States senator,
Jeff Davis. Besides the congressional
delegation and men prominent in the
affairs of the state, several thousand
persons attended.
HOTEL CLERK DIES
IN PISE AT SUISUN
Cigarette Starts Conflagra
tion That Threatens to
Wipe Out Town
Dispatch to The Call)
SUISUN, Jan. 5.—A lighted djaretto
dropped carelessly by William Blythe,
clerk of the Arlington hotel, coet him
his life and started a fire that threat
ened to wipe the town of Sufsun off
the map early this mornlnST- By hard
work the fire department wai able to
check the flames in SDite of the strong
north wind, and the loss was kept
down to about $25,000.
The fire started shortly after 1
o'clock in the room in the annex of the
Arlington hotel where Blythe was
sleeping: and completely destroyed that
structure, as well as an adjoining resi
dence and the interior of the Union
hotel, owned by M. Philes. The Ar
lington hotel, in the same block, was
badly damaged.
Had it not been the hour of high
t!de the whole town would have go'
up in smoke. At low tide the elougn
alongside the block where the fire oc
curred is empty, but this morning tie
firemen were able to pump from It
water sufficient to save tha city. FoT
lowing , the first alarm calls were ser.t
to Vallejo, Napa and Benicia for help,
but these calls were countermanded
shortly afterward when the water was
discovered.
J YESTERDAY'S FIRE RECORD
Box 144, at 2:53 p. m.—Two story
frame structure at 217 Shotwell etreer,
owned by John Center, and occupie I
as a dwelling by C. Dryhl. Damage to
building was considerable; damage to
contents was slight. The fire was
caused by sparks from the chimney
falling on the shinprled roof.
Box 15, at 5:36 p. m.—Taxicab burn
ing at the corner of Clay and Ea*t
streets. The machine was the prop
erty of the California Taxicab com
pany. Damage to the machine was
slight. The fire was caused by a leak
ing gasoline tank.
Box 318. at 8:04 p. m.—Two sto-y
frame residence at 2409 Scott strt-er.
Damage to building estimated at $11
to contents nominal. The fire was
cau'-er? by a defective flue.
FOUND BY
A MICROSCOPE
The curability of Bright's disease Iβ
l not a matter of opinion, but a fact I
'.Nature. One factor in determining it is
j the microscope.
Casts are flecks of kidney ttfaut that
'flew away from the degenerating kid
! neye in Bright's disease. They can only
!be found by a microscope. If an asr' , -!*
, has been evolved that counteracts Re
; nal degeneration, then the casts mast
I pradually disappear. That Fulton*
! Renal Compound gets these results <-an
i be proven by any scientist who cares to
I take the time.
It is a mild infusion and can be taken
with or without the usual heart and
eliminatlve treatment given to sustain
patients down with Bright's disease.
I There is no conflict. Recoveries have
been reported In thousands of capes.
If our ideas are high and if only a
half or a third of the 90.000 annually
I dying from this disease can live on In
comfort to other terminations, who can
estimate the value of this Compound to
j humanity?
At druggists. For pamphlet write
1 John J. Fulton Co.. San Francisco.
