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2 DEATH LIST IS FI PROMINENT MEN LEADING IT Lloyd's Surveyor One of These Who Perished When Ship Went Over in Water bark'lies deep in OCEAN BROADSIDE Body of Cabin Boy and Sailor Taken From Rigging Last Night Her her position, anil she went over. "it was unfortunate indeed. Every -1! ins , looked so well for us and we Were M elated by our success in again I her in deep water that this blow is hard to bear. I would not mind it RQ much but for the loss of so many fine men, not only my own good sailors, but those who represented the engineering company and the under writers. That ie what is pulling at my lieart now. "I don't know what I shall do. I will be up and around in another day, and then I shall await the Instruc tions of my owners." The Mfmi is a total wreck. Little ■will be saved for her owners or the Insurance companies. Wreckage strews the beach for miles, and shipping men on the scene declare It will be Im possible again to right the hull. The Alimi has sailed her last voyage. List of km>\\\ bjead The known dead include Captain Albert < "rowe of Portland, surveyor for Lloyd's; Russell Blackman, secretary <••" • i Fisher Engineering company; O. P. F.stes of Brighton, Ore., employed by the engineering company; C. W. Sibb of North Plains, Ore., employed by the l n?ineering company; Jack Fitzpatri. k. UrigTiton. the fireman on the donkey engine used on the deck of the Mimi to help get her off the beach. Willie Kusehons, cabin boy; an unknown sailor died from exposure and about 13 sailors of the Mimi. The bark Mi;ni (tea In deep water, SOU feet from the point where ehe rested on the sand spit for nearly two months. She went over broadside to the shore, and the m:ists are extended to the, shoal nearer the shore. At low water several feet of the hull is ex posed over the water, but at high tide the breakers at times dash over the wreck to a height of 30 feet. The life saving crew succeeded to-; night in securing the bodies of Willie Kuschons, the cabin boy, and William j C. Koenen of Portland, an employe o< the wrecking company. Captain West phall said it was Koenen, and not a eailor. who, with the cabin bojr, was lashed to the rigging. No ofher bodies havr been recovered. Captain Pillsbury Safe BKUKKLKY. April 7. — Mrs. A. V. Pillsbury of 1547 Spruce street reported today that her husband. Captain A. F. Piilsbury. was not lost in the wreck of the Mimi at Astoria sound, as re ported from Portland. COOK ON A RAID ALL BY HIMSELF Commissioner, Missing Howard Street Incident, Has China town "Find" c Commissioner Cook is not going to be left behind when it comes to unearthing , plots against law and order overlooked by the patrolmen. The veteran of the police force is reported to have been walking along Kearny street when he heard a racket In Chinatown. He ran forward, as was his wont when he "was one o* the finest." and came upon what he thought was a nest of highbinders. Shots were popping like a machine gun in action and into a deep trench leaped the former police chief. When he got down among the brick ~nd the long grass growing among the debris in a Stockton street found a Chinese infant with a box of matches and a bunch of fire crackers making a noise like ay tong I >:\ d.i.' , said the infant. ''To Confucius with you:" ejaculated Cook. And now Max Kuhl, Doctor Shumate nn.l rhief White have one on the only absent member of the recent Howard eireet raiding forces. FATHER JAILED FOR "KIDNAPING" CHILDREN MarMnc/. Man, Reconciled to Wife, Aγ- irolril \fter < haxc for Taking. Boys I Tom San Mateo Orphanage SAX MATF.O. April 7.—Charles Ben pen'S attempt to remove his two chil dren from the Armitage orphanage was temporarily frustrated today by Ch'.ef of Police Boland after an aotomo'oUe ;ip tli'- Midliefield road. The BeViSons live in Martinez and were Te < ently separated, only to be reconciled hy friends, although the divorce mat ter was not dismissed from the court < ateadar, Beacon appeared at the orphanage nnd took his boys, Berger and Chester, into the car. The officers of the asylum believed that the two children Were kidnaped and notified Chief of n<l. r.rfon a.nd the children were over fra tiled in Burlingame. The father rested aad the children returned to the orphanage. T>ater Benson ob a court order from Martinez Riving him the custody of the chil < tiit wis himself released from jail. OUAKER BALKS AT OATH Hi- «.<•«- Itrflitnm] ritv Marrinsr l.iirnsr U lirn Up \tiirniH I liNpHtch tr> The Call) REDWOOD <'|TV. April 7. -When Wesley 8, Beatty, a Quaker, 67 old, and TSfi«h Rose C. Bejjtfer, .''.7. wero lining :\. marriage license here today My refused to fcwear to the truth of tatenients :i w<\ the procei d :.efl until he consented to to their tsorrectaess. The couple i.! me it on ;-';i p .losf. l/irna Doone of Oaklaad and I,.ans<-. ford Oliver obtained a licinse, Oliver Cave his age as |Q and his companion'a 9. oilier licenses: ■Joliii 1 , . O*MaH«y. L' 7, end Anna Tlar ,vfy. 24; James K. Spence 21, and Grace j< v Peadon, lh; AuKust Jf'.oygr, 31, and Alabel Curlett, 21, all of San Francisco. GOLDBERG'S GUY Copjrleht, 1913, by R. L. Goldberg. LADIES SIT CALM AS FIREMEN IRK Hostess Investigates as Her Guests Discuss Many Good Things < on! I nurd From Page 1 under glass are not to be idly laid aside because <>f a fire on the roof. So voted this hostess daughter uf a Forty Ntner. Within five minutes the fire jenglnes arrived, the firemen chopped a hole in the rowf, hauled hoses hither and yon, deluged the blaze with great streams of water and succeeded in attracting a crowd of about 300 persons. Among those thus Informally present were not, however, to be- found the members of the board of directors of the woman's auxiliary of the Society of California Pioneers. SKXDS PIREMEX MESSAGE Mrs. Martel, cool and unhurried, but thoughtful of the comfort of her guests, sent a message to the firemen request ing that she be notified if matters threatened to Income serious, as she would not ( are t<i have her friends hurried unduly in their departure from her home. Secure in the promise that they would know in time jf it became expedient to flee the flames, the Martel luncheon party developed Itself, into one of the charming social events of the season, as well as a. band of Iron nerved, placid and most unusual women. Within a short time it was announced that the fire was extinguished, Miss Martel and Mrs. Holladay returned, un flurrled, and recounted the tal>- of things to the others. After it was all over, some excite ment prevailed but not sufficient to mar the progress of the luncheon. The fire is supposed to have started from a spark on the roof and the dama ge was slight. The flames in the roof were seen by two small girls passing by who rang the doorbell and informed the Martel household of the danger. Among the guests were Mrs. Martel's Mrs. Joseph M. Masten, Miss Adele Martel and the following mem bers of the board: Mrs. Timothy Guy Phelps, Mrs. Robert White, Mrs. .lohn M. Uurnett. Mrs. George J. liucknall, Mrs. Jerome Madden, Mrs. K. Burke 'Holladay, Mrs. Henry P. It. Tricou, Mrs. C. A. Fhurtleff, Miss Caroline A. Snook. Miss I-. A. Hathaway, Miss Josephine F. ]>;•• ; e]. s , Mrs. A. E. Buckingham, Mrs. Romaine, Mrs. lOmma L» Hunt, Mrs. William T. Fonda, Mrs. James W. Burnham. PROMOTION FOR S. P. AGENT SAX .IOSK. April 7. — Recognition of years of faithful service resulted inday in the promotion of Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent <"'. l<. McFaul of this city by the Southern Pacific com pany to the position of district freight and passenger agent of the state of Utah. Mr. McFaul leaves tomorrow morning for Salt City to assume the duties of his new position. Rehenralns for Three Act Drnma — Under the leadership of Father Town ley the members of the newly organ ized dramatic club of St. Dominic's parish are rehearsing their parts in the three act drama, entitled "The Parish Priesr." Among those who will par ticipate in the performance are Miss lsabelle Muen, Miss A. Peters, Miss j Aileen Buckley and Mr. William Kee gan. The affair will be staged on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, April 9 and 10, in St. Dominic's hall, Pine and Steiner streets. Booklet Tell), of Cenrcli Work —An interesting booklet elaborately illus trated has just been turned off the press for the Ocean Vi»w Congrega tional church of this city,, The booklet is entitled "Our Work" and vividly de scribes the work of the church in be half of the congregation. The illus trations show the. auditorium, gymna sium, Sunday school room and par sonage. Rev. G. A. Charnock is pastor of the church. Talk on White Slavery Tiie white slave traffic will be discussed by J. <'. Westenberger of the whosoever Will mission Thursday evening at the Cen tral Baptist church, US Kureka .street near Eighteenth. James Mad rOS Heady will speak on "Stripes" Friday, Satur day and Sunday evenings. l,c«-»nrc mi Old Air — "Old Age, Hβ Causes and Prevention" is the topic of an illustrated lecture to be given this evening by Hanford Bennett at the Mlf> sion liisb school, Dolores and Kight-., eenth streets. The lecture ie one of the series by the department of educa tion uf the free public lectures for adults. Petition in Ilniikrnptcy --T!ip Ainpii cain Packing Company of San Francisco tiled a petition in bankruptcy yester day in Hip United State*'district court. The liabilities of th*> firm are Bched* uled :it $?,,;S9l, with $1,35* in available assets. Supplementary EnlrHnrm —A rosnlii tion waa adopted by tb« board .of su pervisors yesterday declaring it to he the policy of the board In th<- construe. tlon of tunnels to permit entrances to be constructed from buildlngrs to the bore. / TTIH SAX FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRTL 3. 191H, PLEA FOR COLUMBIA PARK BOYS' CLUB Sydney S. Peixotto Declares People Do Not Realize Its Importance SIDNEY S. PEIXOTTO Columbia Park Boys' club Is 17 years old. I have shaped Hs career and led the 5,000 boys who have enjoyed Its membership from the time It was founded. Three years more and It will reach its manhooJ. The question facing all who are Intimately con cerned In Its welfare is, "fan It live three years more?'" PARADOXIC* I- C'OXDITIOV From rfn intimate knowledge of city conditions I am frank to say thafc this wonderful boys' work is at once the i»ost unpopular and the most popular of our local philanthropic efforts. It is the least understood. Thousands of our citizens still believe it is an orphan asylum or a home for boys or a re formatory of gome type for bad boys. Perhaps thin lack of knowledge is my fault, or perhaps not. All I know Is that the clubhouse is 20 minutes' ride fi'Mit most any part of our city and very few people seem Interested enough to Visit ami Bad out what it does really stand for. Almost since Its beginning , our club boys have Riven of themselves to help along every type of civic enterprise by tending their services gratis In any capacity as bands, choruses, dramatic acts, military, athletics, vocal singer*, entertainers. There is hardly an insti tution that has called on our boys thai has not found a ready response. It has cost nothing. SPI,KM)IU HKCORD MADK Of the fi.OOO boys who Jiave been members, most all have later followed \he highest lines of effort. It is a mat ter of record that only three of these r>,ooo folumbia Park boys have ever |mg before the Juvenile court. The boys, having had this happy boyhood, where all their multitudinous talents have been brought forth, grow up to be a courteous, kind and energetic class of men. We have established the fact that the San Francisco boy, under the lead ership of men who have the spirit of love and labor behind them, can do as fine things when they are boys as the boys of any nation have ever be»n led tn iin. BEST IX THr: WORLD !(pr,p we have in our San Francisco a club so trained to do everything that San Francisco could challenge the civ ilized world aiirl find It hard to get a worthy competitor. It is up to the present, a small affair, but. why not use this wonderful power in our com munity to make all our San Francisco boys like these boys of Columbia park? I am willing, and a host of my older boys are ready to begin a citywide cam paign for BaCh an end if our citizens will only get behind the parent organ ization a.nd lift it above the danger zone of finance. Until this fight for financial existence is ended, it It un wise to try for the larger growth. MOXKV I R«ENTI,Y XF.KDKO The club funds today urgently need $4,000. To raise this sum wo have hurriedly prepared a demonstration by our boys in Dreamland rink, Wednes day evening, April 9. Not one cent of the proceeds of this is to be used to further my travel trip. That is well taken care of. The Sells com pany, moving picture makers, are to accompany us on our tour and arc helping financially. The Panama-Pa cific directors have voted a substantial sum in return for our services in telling of the wonderful boy city that it is proposed to conduct during 1915. The boy* of the party have supplied the fvit ds to buy their suits and uniforms. Other cities will have, boys join our party and are raising funds to cover the expense of their boys. Bo we are assuring all our loyal friends that every cent paid will be for the botnt club. If S.non Ban Franciscans, who BtatM for the best there is in life, who be lieve in boys and who arc on the light ing line for a nobler race, t more self contained • lauhdod. win attend tWs mass meetiilr, I can leave <>n my tour of the world with my devoted I , and of boy followers and feel that this life work of mine will have a roof over its head when I bring honm ohc California boys triumphant. In the name (hen of what I have dedicated my Me in San Fran cisco to for the last :;;! years, I ap peal to our best people for help. • STREETCAR MEN 'STRIKE BUFFALO, N. V., April 6.—Streetcar traffic In this city and along the Ni agara frontier was completely tied up today by. a Alike <.f niotorrnen and conductors. An intermittent service was maintained during the day, but late tonight, every car was withdrawn because of hostile demonstrations. MUNICIPAL LINES AS ESTIMATED BY CITY'S ENGINEER Official Furnishes Figures on 'Transportation to Fair Grounds During the Exposition City Engineer M. OShaughnessy has added his book of data to the mountiUii of statistics already prepared by Bion J. Arnold on the subject of extensions of municipal railways to provide transportation for the Panama- Pacific exposition. The city engineer summarizes cost of con&truction, oper ation, probable revenue and number of passengers to be transported, together with a Buearestlon that expedition be observed Kf the administration in al lowing work to be begun on the Van Ness avenos and other lines. Four months will be required for the preparation of plans and specifications, he says , , and 12 months will see the completion of the Van Ness avenue line after tlfe contracts for the delivery of material Is entered into, and the re maining' lines, with the exception of Church Street, in 16 months. This will make the time necessary for building the Van Ness avenue line 16 months after the preparation of plana and j specifications is concerned and 20 | months for others'. LARGE SUM REftl IRED It will .require $479,200 for building | the Van Ness line for ordinary opera tion, he estimates, $504,600 for joint operation with the United Railroads and $1,090,900 for operation under extraor dinary conditions, namely, for the heaviest traffic of the Panama-Pacific exposition. From Market street to. North Point! street in Van Ness avenue the line will be 2.07 miles long and cars can be operated at half a minute headway, carrying a maximum of 12,000 passen gers per hour. For ordinary operation Mr. O'Shaughnessy recommends an equipment of 12 cars, with a maximum carrying capacity of 3,000 per hour. If it is decided to operate independently of the United Railroads at the capacity of 12,000 per hour, 62 cars will be re quired, and it Will be found necessary to construct a loop from Van Ness ave nue and Fell street to Frinklin, thence to Oak street and thence returning to Van Ness avenue in order to load and unload passengers without interfering with the headway. CONNECTIONS REQUIRED Should operation be made In con- Junction with the United Railroads, connections will have to be made with that system at Market street. If the Fillmore tunnel is put through, addi tional connections between the tracks of the two systems will not be neces sary, hut without it there must be turn outs at eight streets. Mr. O'Shaughnessy's reply given yes terday to the request of the board of works for definite information on the question of municipal railways also presents the following general Infor mation regarding the amount of traffic which will be handled in connection with the exposition, showing , a sum mary of the number of passengers and the revenne to be derived from them. The total p*td attendance at the exposition is estimated at 8,640,000 (17.85 times the local population), a daily average of 30,000, which will reach 40,000 when the gross attendance is counted up. ESTIMATED KEVEXIE Dnlly streetcar traffic 1 as been set | at $3,000, totaling $864,000. Adding to j this the fares of 10,000 workmen dur- j ing the year 1314, and 2,r>00 during the ! yo«r after the exposition closes, with gross revenues each year of $300,000 and $7,">,000 respectively, a grand total of streetcar revenue has been estimated to be $1,239,000. I # Operating expanses are expected to eat up two-thirds of this vast sum, so that a gross profit of $413,000 is looked j forward to. The city engineer eliminates the T'rankltn-Broadway-Gough route for the reason that the maximum grade, 15, 4 pel* cent, is too groat to permit of the safe operation of cars under a half-minuto headway, and that after the dose of the exposition such a line would not be a profitable investment en account of beini? near and parallel to the proposed Van Ness aver.u<; nul [*Clk str« et lines Mr. O'Shaughnessy recommends three combinations of routes. No. I—Assum ing the construction of tunnels in Fill more, Broadway and Stockton streets. No. C—Broadway and Stockton tunneia without the Flllmore. No. S—Stockton tunnel alone without those rf Broad way and Killmore. Tlje cost of the three routes, fir?t. under ordinary circumstances after the exposition; second, under exposition conditions, and third, under joint oper ation with the United Railroads ns fol lows: i ■ Coodltiona. Dppration Dombioattos 1 BxceM i>1 co»t <iv«'r cost, for ordinary t>p< THtlrm. . Combtnatioo 3 Bseet* r,r cost ov« cost ff>r ordinary oporation.. ['nuihlnatton ;; Kxcpss of cost ovpr cost for ordinary operation. . $2,742,006 S,Se5>900 $5.S2,-..70O 3,085,700 r.. 231..TOO 2,ee6,e00 4.3.">4.900 1,017. 71K) $3.017.200 375.200 2.830.900 His carrying- capacity totals are as follows: . Ordinary Maximum Capacity GfepacUy Combination 1. . . .18,000 per hour G3.000 [>rr boor This can he attained if suitable ar rnngements are made with the United Rallroadi to stop the operation of the Broadway and Powell street cars during rush hours, otherwise the carrying ca pacity will he reduced '4.000 per hour, cutting the, total to 59.000 per Ifour. Ordinary Mnshiiiim < ••parity Capacity Combination 2. . . .16,609 per hour f>2.500 per lent This is provided that. Broa*lw;i\ :mm! Powell cars are not operated oa Colum bus avenue during , rush hours, and 48,500 per hour if Broadway ami Powell street cars are operated on Celumbus avenue. Onlinarr Miiviiiiiim CctMcKy <-«pn.uy ComMnati.m :;. . . li;.:kW |»t hour 4O..Vut per hour This is with the limitation that the maximum Will be cut to 36,500 per hour if tit" Broadway and Powell ears are not stopped. JAIL THREATENS SPEEDER Hi»rhrr« r»>nr of Mcnlo Pnrk \rr«-<*fert for 'Miird Time in Two Montlin liivpetrh to Tht Call) BCRONOAIOBt April ~ -Herbert I'aynr, son of a wealthy family whose honii- is in IfenJo Park, was ftlT*Stcd for apeedlng for the third lime within two months today by NtotorcycU OJQcer Mm Begar. lie wys takon before City Jii-.-or<!rr Meyer aad will !>• caJted to morrow. At the time of his last ftrrect .luptlco of the I'racp J.anipkin i!ciarfil that if Payne itaa bruusht before him again for a etrotlar offense be wettld him to the eoanty Jal'. Pnppnß at I'orllanil- U"ml was re ceived yesterday thai Peter Panagoit, I alfaa Pappae, is. under arrest at Port land, Ore. Detective Jamea Gallagher will leave today to tn-ing , the prison;] back. Dp is wanted here to stand trTiil for obtaining money under faftie pre tenses. ? I CELESTIAL BABY, BORN ON LINER, HAS NOVEL IOCS Passengers Sacrifice Silk Petticoats and Pajamas to Provide Wardrobe For Waif of Sea (oiidniicd From PajE* t and tli.it they bad really tried to fol low it." i:\<;i.isrr woman smokes The Hon. Mrs. Maurice Gifrord. widow of Lord Gifford of Boothby hall, I/!ncolnshire, Eng., who arrived from the orient on the liner, is a noted horse woman and hunter of big game, and. when at home, takes personal charge of the 2.000 ftcr« estate from which slip derives , her income. Mrs. Glfford prides herself on being what she calls an "all around sport." Hor husband wma director of a British Columbia railroad and she is now on her way to Vancouver to visit" old friends. The estate she owns was hers before she married. "When not managing the ranch she spends much of her time hunting. She has hunted lions in South Africa and alligators In South America. She has been on the trail for months at a time. steeping in the open and undergoing hardships such as few women would care to tackle under the guise of sport. She is a crack shot as well as a darin? horsewoman. She is an inveterate smoker and one of her hobbies is coloring merschaum cigarette holders. Although she does exactly as she pleases she does not believe in suffrage for women and be ing a land owner naturally lias an aw ful grouch against Lloyd-George. BOARD AGAINST MEASURE FOR FILLING IN STREET Supervisor Nolan Will Go to Sacra- tnento Today to Irse Ojtjer tionn to Hill Th« board of supervisors went r 'n record yesterday as opposing the bill now before the state legislature pro viding , for the filling in of Channel •'street" from Second street to Seventh. Supervisors Nolan, George E. Galla gher and Gianninl introduced the reso lution setting forth the board's opposi tion to the closing of the channel. v< - lan "will go to Sacramento today to represent the city in fighting the meas ure. A large delegation of ImsineM men whose establishments line the water way went to the capital for the sauie purpose yesterday. William A. Harris of the Van Ars dale-Harris dumber company spoke for this delegation before the supervisors yesterday. In answer to questions from Mayor Kolpii he stated that he had beard of a plan on foot to use the chan nel as a dumping place for the earth to be taken from Rincon hill if it should be cut down. DR. SHUMATE SWORN IN; GETS FIRST COMPLAINTS Yew Police Coniinleslojier Helps Re voke Saloon LJcenfte and Repri mand Special Officer Dr. Thomas B. Shumate was sworn in as police commissioner by Kayor Rolph yesterday afternoon, and at the evening , session of the board appeared with Commissioners Kuhl and Cook, the former acting president, to hear the usual list of complaints. The commissioners learned how Emile Borati had violated his lieensf by having immoral quarters over hia saloon at Geary street and Forty-fifth avenue. The. commissioners revoked his liquor permit. Special Policeman Pefty was placed on the carpet to show cause why he entrusted his revolver and club to a friend who jokingly refused later to give them up to him. Defty w.-,s rmt on duty at the time of the incident. He escaped with a reprimand. TO VOTE FOR GOOD ROADS Automobile I'armle In San Matro in I iKeri-Niv of Bond l'.lc-r i«iii Today (Sfwclel Dlcpatch to Tlip Cull) SAX MATKO. April 7.—\n automobile parade was heM this evening throUjfti the streets of San Mateo, BttTlinffarne and the neighboring liamlets to biinn' out the full voting strength of jmniity at the bond election tomorrow. The citizens will be asked to vote $1,250,000 for good roads. A campaign has been going on for several we. ks to educate the public in tiio advantages of good roads and their determining force in making for commerce and pleasure. TRUANT QIRL IS SOUGHT P. F. Grainger of Half Moon Bay appealed to the police night to find hie 17 year old daughter, Kdith Grain ger, who disappeared from her home Sunday night. According to Qrainffer, his daughter was seen yesterday morn- Ing at Twentieth run! Mission streets talking to Krnest Spetger. who works ;it S4S Van Ness avenue. Mr. Qrainger said liis wife was almost prostrated over tho abtWKie of the girl. Xmm&k'k SIXES Appeal Because: Ten-Inch Upholstery gives easier riding. Easy step, clear running to board, and wide doors make it easy iir to get in and out. Low lines give more women grace f ul appearance. Appeal Because: Have best built, best installed electric motor starter and lighting to system. More rugged chassis. Stand up under harder service. Four Speed Men Transmission, Disc Clutch, Seven j Bearing Crank Shaft, and many other advanced mechanical features. "Fours and Sixes' $3600 to $5100 the Jjtcmokle co. t>f America SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND . Van Nets Aye. and Twelfth and Harrison Hayes St. Streets », ALCAZAR DEFERS 'MAN IN THE CASE' Good Work Even if Stars Do Get Out of Their Fixed Orbits WALTER ANTHONY When Grace T luliipitou Furnlss wrote "The Man in the Case" her ini tial intent was to prepare another farce for a fun lovins public, but, womanlike, her fluent mind could not withstand the temptation to make a romance of her play. Vigorously op posing , this bit of indirection in her plans she injected some melodrama, and called the result "a farcical comedy." The Alcazar staged the piece last night and gave it a beautiful produc tion and a smooth interpretation. That the piece is a worthy successor to "The Million" may not be said; it is much too obviously "built" for farce and not coherently constructed for comedy purposes. The melodrama is merely introduced. And, to complete the sense of bewilderment that the mixed character of the entertainment sets up, the stars are out of their orbits. Charles Waldron is scheduled as the lead, but E. L. Bennison's role is "fat ter," and that most excellent player takes the piece completely away from its principal luminary in the second act Iby a legitimately performed role —the i role of the real detective, Betterton, } whose indentity is assumed by Carroll Iti-mpsey, whose name sufficiently in dicates h'm as the hero. Waldron, of course, was Carroll. UKWISOX'S ADVANTAGE Bennison's entrance as Betterton Into ] i the household of gives him ! the advantage from the start, and though the,"key" In which his detective Is played is exactly in tune with that of the "copper" in "The Million," the opportunities afforded him in this week's offering are much greater. He would have to deny his actofial nature —which no good actor can be expected to do—in order to avoid an inevitable triumph. Telling the detective yarns for Demp sey, the millionaire whose identity he has at that worthy's request assumed, Is one of the best things Bennison lias ever done and makes of the second act one long delight. Noisy, vulgar, out rageously ignorant, Bennison tells the thrilled young women of the Longacre household the exploit of his friend Dempsey, wiio masquerades as the de tective. And though one may wonder how a eleuth of the type, that Bennison discloses could ever achieve the fame of the playwright's Betterton, the in quiry 4s stilled by the joy of watching Bennison do it. AGREEAm.Y HEROIC Charles WalQron's Carroll Dempsey is ily heroic and wins his lady leva under the guise of his assumed detec tive's name, in spite of the fact that he is worth $30,000,000. It is this money that offends pretty Nell, who is wooed and won by the copper king because she thinks him poor. Nell Is played gracefully by Made leine Louis; A. Butt Wesner, as Long acre, the man who stole his wife's jewels, is. as nlways, an effective figure; Thomas Cbatterton, as the familiar Juvenile, is an impetuous lr>ver of Kitty, who is played by Rhea Mitchell with many a frill and frock and much too much observance of her audience. John A. Butler's "Spinkry" Is a good character bit, though "Fpinkey," liko much else in "The Man on tl)p Case,' , 5s a hard tug on the already elongated leg of coincidence. TOP OF THE WORLD 1 AT SAVOY THEATER T-ife in the frozen north la por- j trayed just as it happens by the won derful motion pictures, "At the Top of the World." which are being- shown j at the Pavoy theater, beginning yes- | terday afternoon, and continuing every afternoon and evening for two weeks. Ther-e pictures, secured at a cost of more than $200,000, are a Liberal edu cation by themselves. Nearly 7,000 feet of is accessary to present the wonders ami grandeur, the pictur esfjue weirclnfsp am! scenic beauty of Alaska and Siberia, to say nothing of the habits of the people of that region of .almost perpetual snow and I Hunting scenes, domestic scenes and mining views are all presented in rapid : order. One of the scenes shows the midnight ' sun just above a fringe of dark cypreas trees. The effect is magnificent, show ins as it does the natural colors of j the aurora borealis, which can only be obtained - either through a personal, trip to the far north or by Witnessing these pictures, which have never b shown before In San Francisco. Am Interesting trip, wafeh is pre sehted cU'Mrly In detail, takes tlie au dience from Seattle to Skaxway by boat. th< n over the Camoua White Pass and along- the trail ttt to Dawson, showing- en route the habits of the natives and various aspects of life which can only be appreciated by being seen. . In the fourth scene—there ari six altogctlipr—a polar bear is swimming: ■10 miles from land. Hunters on the deck of a small whaling - vessel per sue the animal and finally kill him with a harpoon. Later on, the method of killing , sea lions and walrus is shown. Dog trams racintr for prizes, and a wonderful scene portraying a storm on Bering: sea complete the series. "At the Top of the World" is a mo tion picture particularly adopted for those who never expect to see Alaska, and for school children. GOVERNOR SIGNS ABATEMENT BILL RECENTLY PASSED Promised Opposition to the Measure Does Not Ma terialize —No One Opposes It SACRAMENTO, ApVH Hiram W. Johnson signed this after noon the Grant-BoKnett redlight and abatement bill. The pon was presented by him to Mrs. Sara J. Dorr, president of the California W. C. T. V. Two o'clock this afterrtoon. the hour set by Governor Johnson for a final hearing in his office on tbe merits or the bill, found the room filled with scores of men and women ready to speak In behalf of the measure, but none against. C. B. Callahan of San Francisco, who had asked for the hearing, failed U appear, and after waiting 10 minute* the governor announced to th« waiting proponents that further discussion would be useless, after all. •Will you sign the bill?" he was asked. ~ . .. "I will sign the bin." replied the governor, and he did. HLLLETIX BILL DEFEATED Senator Caminettl's plan to have a "legislative bulletin" published each session during the constitutional recess, to contain a summary of the contents I and objects of all measrures pending ! before the legislature, met with sudden ! opposition on the floor of the senat* ■ this afternoon and was defeated by a I vote of 21 to 15. The bill provided that -when bills were introduced they should be accom panied by a statement not to exceed 200 words in length, setting forth their purposes and objects. TRAIN LAW AMENDED The Boynton amendment to the "full train crew" law. extending the provi sions of that law to electrio trains ami cars or trains operated by gasoline motors, was approved by the senate without a dissenting vote. Other bills passed were as follows: By Gates —Prohibit!.Ip the shipment of live poultry in crates or coops too flat to alloy the birds to stand up- By Gates —prohibiting the sale or purchase ot old or disabled horses un fit for work. P,y Oerde.-—Renulrlngr all factories to keep a "first aid" kit of medical and surgical appliances. By Cogswell—Authorizing th« hoard of control to establish rules for the payment of wages to inmates of any state school or reformatory, and pro 'icimsr for the payment of such waffes. STATE BVDGET LAW The senate Judiciary committee gave favorable recommendation today to Caminettl's proposed constitutional amendment providing- for a "state budget" that would do away with countless appropriation bills Intro duced each session in the legislature. The amendment provides that thn ways and means committee of the as sembly shall prepare a budget con taining such items of appropriation as are required to pay the salaries of the state's officers and appropriations for the usual current expenses of th-M state government, and the institutions, J boards, commissions and publlo works under the exclusive control and man j agement of the sta.te. Senator Caminetti egtlmates that the ; luidjret would take tUe place of DOO ap j proprlatlon bills. FEIIItV AT VALLEJO A bill permitting the government em ployes at Mare Island navy yard who live In Vallejo to operate a co-oper ative ferry system in going , to and : their work wns introduced by for Campbell. It. te stated that ",00"> employes at the yard are required jto pay %2 each for montiily COmißUta- I tion tickets when they could run their own t'i • ■: ■■• at an spense otf 30 cents a i month each. . Muoney I>cnle«« ««»nf cation — R» that M de Martini, convicted huriknnisn, had made a complete con feesion to Captain of DetectivesMn > for the purpose (if securing l poj - Immunity was denied yesterday by officer. PAINLESS DENTISTRY ALL WORK GUARANTEED SPECIAL PRICKS FOR .• :;i» i» v\s o.\i.\ t Gold Crowns, $3 Plates $4 Hold Fillings, $2 Silver Fillings 50c GUARANTEE DENTAL CO. 1007 MjMUUBT W. Nfsr Sixth S(. Now, In Time of Health Provide for Sickness* or Accident It is the object of th* Grace Darling Hospital Ass'n ( Incorporated > to k*rr» yon-tvHl. nnd t-> rare for you in the be*t poeefsle way 1* slck ness 'or accident should befall you. 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