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TROUBLE BREWING
IN REPUBLIC OF
SALVADOR
Election of Sigucroa to the
Presidency Cause
a Revolutionary Outbreak
BUSINESS IMPAIRED
BY DANGER OF WAR
*
Private efivlceß from the Republic of
Salvador state that the country Is on
the verge of a revolutionary outbreak.
Business ie reported to be pcrlously
Impaired and the populace restless and
preparlna; for an uprising. Information
to this effect was contained In a letter
written In San Salvador on Christmas
tfay. The letter said that President
Escalon, against the popular will, was
determined that General Sigueroa
should succeed him. The selection of
Slg-ueroa as President, according to the
letter, would certainly lead to a revo
lotlon.
A cablegram received yesterday by
Consul E. Mejia of Salvador eald that
General Sigueroa had been elected
President and would take office In
March, when President Kscalon -would
retire. The cablegram stated that all
\u25a0woe peaceful In the republic.
ProFident Escalon has not been pop
ular In Salvador owing to his auto
cratic ways. It is charged that he en
deavored to make himself dictator and
In a measure succeeded. He had the
support of the army through General
Eigueroa. wlio served for a time in the
flold and later as Minister of War.
Escalon's militarism alienated the
commercial interests of the country,
•u-hich had planned to elect In his place
a man more In sympathy with repre
sentative government. Slgucroa was
Escalon's personal choice for the Presi
dency and his election insures a con
tinuation of the policy of the latter.
HER WEATHER
FOR TODAY
The reign of the winter king in
these parts is about over. His con
spiracy with the coal trust made him
more than unwelcome, and he has
moved on to the Kast, where he be
longs. He will leave sunny skies be
hind him to warm a populace that
has shivered about coalless firesides.
There will probably be showers today,
accompanying the change to a more
comfortable temperature.
McAdie puts it that the storm cen
ter has pone eastward, carrying *he
rain and enow \u25a0with it. That was the
parting shot at San Francisco, he ex
plains, when a fiurry of snow
whitened Bernal Heights ajid Twin
Peaks yesterday morning.
The frigidity of late lias been due to
the cold wave that swept down from
the north upon the entire continent.
Snow has fallen in all the counties of
the northern part of the State. The
cold wave is scheduled to invade the
orange district of the south this morn
ing, and warnings have been sent out.
Rain fell in that section yesterday.
The mercury took a decided drop in
this city yesterday and fell as far aa
the freezing point. The highest tem
perature was 44 deprees. The people
of Marin County are beginning to won
der at the arctic weather vouchsafed
thmm. Eleven inches of snow has
fallen on the top of Tamalpais and
the thermometer Is still at freezing.
The storm center Is at present over
the valley of the Colorado River.
PASSIiIXGEUS MIAKi;V IP
Two or three passengers in a Hyde-
Ptreet car were severely shaken up
about 1 o'clock yesterday by the break
ing of a roller in the gTip, which
brought the car to a sudden stop. The
car was going north on Hyde street,
between Pine and California street,
When the accident occurred. No one
was injured and the repairs to the car
\u25a0were made In a few hours.
BADLY AFFLICTED
WITHJECZEMA
For More Than Two Years — Tries
. Physicians, Patent Remedies, Old
Women and Quack Cures and
Found No Belief. iui£
lISES CUTICURA AND IS
SOON SOUND AND WELL
S "1 was Tery badlr afflicted eo-
tema for more than two reara. Ths
parts affected were my limbs' below
tb* kneea. I tried all tbe physicians
in tbe town and some in the eurround-
iog towns, and I also triad all the pa-
tent remedies that I heard of, besides
fJI the cures advised by old women
and quacks, and found no relief what-
fver until I commenced using the Cu-
ticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and
Cuticura Insolvent. In the Cuticura
Bemedies I found immediate relief,
and w&e soon sound and well. C V.
Beltz, Tippecanoe. Ind.. Nor. 15, '05."
DANDRUFF KILLS HAIR
Cuticura Soap Kills Dandruff
"I was troubled with dandruff on
ray head ever eince I was twelve years
old. 1 had beautiful hair up to that
time. The dandruff destroyed my
hair. I tried everything I could hear
of. I had no doctor, but I went into
a drug store where I was -well acquain*
ted and asked the druggist if he knew
of anything that would be good for ,
me. 'B.e said: 'Of course I do. Just
get a cake of Cuticura Soap.' I got
it. and it did my hair good the first
itime I used it. My *ist«T-in-law
' couldn't keep the dandruff off the top
of her baby's head, and the hair
wouldn't grow. I was there, had a
cake of Cuticura Soap with me. I
told her about it, and gave her the
Cuticura ftoap,* and in about three .
months I went there again, tbe child's
head was 'covered with hair and not
a 6ign oT"dandruff. My plster said it
was tbe Cuticura Soap. The child is
not past three years old and has a
lovely head of hair. Mrs. E. W. Shigley, .
Columbus, Fay ', Oct. 25, 1905."
' <*oißp)*t« E«t-TT>«l «od Intrasl Treatment for Every
Jl umr.r <A Ir.f»rU.C'h!;dr«£i, ted A du'.U eomifU of Cut !rm 1
fcou> (S&c) to Cietmr Uc (skin, Cutkun Ointment (Me)
to H«i tbe fckin, *nd Cuticun Kaalvent (*"c.), (in Ik*
term of Cheeoltte Coated PUli Me. pa tUI M «0) «O rortfT
IM Blood, fcold throughout the world. I'oU«r Vnt «
GkMB. Corp^ hole Frop»^ Boftoo, Nm.
LAWYERS generally and the Bar Association' in particular have evinced deep interest iiv,,
the strictures of Former Governor Pardee on the tactics of Attorney Henry Ach. Par
dee in his farewell message pointedly referred to Ach's own testimony that he had
blocked the courts by delay. K r
Pardee's Slap at Attorney Ach
Finds a Kesponsive Echo
Lawyer's Boast of
Use of Delajr
Recalled
Although the suggestions for nu
merous reforms contained In the re
cent message of former Governor
Pardee may have fallen upon ears In
the State Legislature not altogether
sympathetic, one of his recommenda
tions at least has awakened keen In
terest among the legal profession.
Pardee. it will be recalled, referred
to the mockery made of the law by
tricky practitioners in San Francisco,
and suggested remedial legislation.
He mentioned the case of the no
torious George D. Collins, and con
tinued:
"No one has forgotten how, only
a Fhort time ago. another attorney,
in suing for a fee, publicly set forth
how, by means of dilatory motions
and an endless trickery with the ma
chinery of the jaw, he had so de
layed the bringing of his client Into
court that the matter had become
outlawed."
REFERENCE TO HEXRV ACH
The reference Is to Henry Ach, chief
of counsel for Abraham Ruef. Ach
by his own testimony stands con
victed of having used his profession
to block instead of to aid the admin
istration of the law.
"While attorneys throughout . the
State have given more or less con
sideration to the words of the former
Governor, the Bar Association in San
Francssco has given special heed to
his suggestions. Members of the as
sociation favor reform. They 6howed
this before Pardee took up the sub
ject by Instituting disbarment pro
ceedings against Collins. The case of
Ach was found more difficult to
reach. His offense is not specifically
covered by the code. Although dis-
I barment proceedings may be begun
| for 6uch infractions as an attempt
ito mislead the Judge by an artifice
or false statement of fact, the law
has never been rigidly enforced.
j Ach, according to his own testi
! mony, made use of every artifice
j'known to the profession to delay the
case to which Pardee made reference.
The issue was somewhat complicated,
and goes hack to July, 1903. The to
bacco trust, under the name of the
Havana' Commercial Company, had 'at
that time just established itself In
San Francisco. It was putting, forth
special brands of cigars, and, In its
| zeal to protect its own goods, charged
j that independent dealers were illegally
| pubstitutlnw one brand for another.
Herman Heynemann. the representa
tive of the trust in San Francisco, de
| elded to press the matter la the
! courts. He called in Henry Ach to
I conduct the case.
DELAY OF TIIREE YEARS
The story is told that Ach suggest
ed that the only \u25a0way to find the real
offender was to make a blanket charge
accusing half a hundred independent
dealers. Suit was brought, therefore.
In the name of the trust against fifty
one defendants.
The defendants not only denied their
guilt, but showed a disposition to
bring counter suits for damages. The
first to bring such an action was S.
Cahen, a cigar dealer on Montgomery
street, who asked for damages in the
sum of 525,000.
Ach defended ' the trust. He figured
that if Cahen should win his suit the
fifty other independent cigar dealers
also would be awarded damages. There
fore he determined to compel constant
delays, so that by tbe time the suit
of Cahen should be decided the statute
of limitations would have run against
the fifty others. Ach successfully pur
sued tbese tactics, delaying the case
three, years. His bill to Heynemann
was 52500. Heynemann refused to pay
and Ach sued, for his fee. It was In
this suit that Ach, himself, took the
witness stand and boasted of the man
ner in which he had juggled with the
law.
HIS OW.V TESTIMONY
An excerpt from the testimony given
by Ach on that occasion follows:/. "
J **\ Rdvlurd Mr. Heyncmann that per
haps <be best w«y to msnact that salt
vrould be to an* every- mean* available
In order to delay It. so that there should
not be a verdict against him in that
case within the statutory, period of two
years, for which the bond was given. Irt
order to prevent the other parties who
were made defendants ' in that case,
with the exception of threeor four who
had signed a Ftipulation of dismissal,
from instituting a suit' of like char
acter against the Havana Commercial
Company and Mr. Heynemann. i
"Mr. Heynemann told me to go on
and use all -means at my command .and
all means and ingenuity that I-pos
sessed and ability on my part to con
duct th« case In that way. Acting upon
those instructions, I filed the demurrer
to the complaint of Bishop fr*Wheeler
and a motion to strike out. ~-'V f ~
COXTI.VUAI-LY POSTPOXED
"I appeared In court seme six or
right different tlmea after tbe nult was
ißKtltutrd and after the demurrer and
the motion were filed, la order to have
It postponed, and I succeeded la \u25a0« do-
"Finally the matter came up; for
argument In Judge Kerrigan's court I
had looked up the law on the subject
then upon the motion to strike out. I
argued the matter before Judge. Ker
rigan and submitted the motion and tbe
demurrer. * In due time there was a
decision, and my recollection is that the
•most of the matters* were decided and
the demurrer overruled.'
"I thereupon obtained time — >ueh time
«h I could kH— ld which to answer. I
prepared m stipulation extending the
time In which to file 'exceptions to
Judge Kerrigan's decision for the pur
pnor. In 'line with, what Mr. Hrj-ne
iniinn directed, then to ieo 1o the Su
preme Court upon It for \u25a0 further time,
in the event that ray judgment was.
correct and that the matter should be :
stricken out, and I so advised Mr.
Ueynetnann. .
"Thereafter I called upon Mr. Heyne
mann and explained the situation to
him and suggested to him that it might
be wise to take the deposition of Mr.
Cahen, who was claiming injury to his
business, and that under the law < I
could examine him and I could look
into his books aqd ascertain how much
money. If any. he had lost by reason
of the injunction being granted re
straining him from stuffing the "cigars'
of one. man in another man's boxes,
and that I could ascertain j^what his;
profits were r 4nd how. much "'bis busi
ness had beeol affected.-, :./
CHAIN. OF DKLAYS
, "Mr Heynemann directed me to go on
and have' that deposition taken. I
thereupon , prepared; a. notice" of the
taking oi the deposition and an affi
davit for the taking of the deposition
THE SAN FRANCISC6*£ALiX WEDN
and the subpena and caused. thorn to be
served upon Mr. Cahen and his attor
neys and proceeded to take the depo
sition. :>£>?!
"I went on and I filed an' answer.
After obtaining all the time thai I
»ould. an answer wan filed and after
some time the attorney* on the other
side moved in xlrlkc uul portions of
ihni answer . and demurred to other
portion* of the answer, and I advised
Mr. Hejroemann of that fact. Those
motions, In line with the policy deter
mined upon, were likewise delayed
from time to time. I appeared In court
a ntimber of time* for the- purpose of
getting those delays, and finally the
matter was argued before Jihlki- Troutt_
and It consumed, to my recollection,"
about two tin j .» In tbe argument. ' \u25a0
| "I prepared a brief In the case, from
'fifty to one hundred pages - long, arid
the matter .was submitted to . Judge
Troutf for consideration. Judge Troutt
held the matter over for, about three
or four weeks and" he finally deqWed
It and he ruled in favor of the otheF
side upon apart of my motion; but left
enough in the answer" to make a de
fense. " . . ....
"After that date the case went to. the
jury calendar and I devoted altogether.
In time from J>ly, v 1903, until some.,
time In -1906 -ln^ny services upon' that
case." i- '-,—\u25a0-''-.:., — \u25a0-''-.:.- 'i. :.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-,'..\u25a0
uses' rvery stratagem
The ;-<estlmohy.yOf other lawyers In
the case not only, bore' out that lof Ach,
"but added some;Jllumiriatlng"-feat'tfres.
Ach cajoled-* th'e attorneys on' the other
side by- every; means. in.'Jils power -In to
granting .hint 'delays. pleaded'sick
pess: promised to resume the. case at -a
certain date,' and then would be, called
unexpectedly . out of tovrn."^ %galn', -on
the day set. for." the resumption' of the
hearing he wotild -send 1 a, tearful note
begging. forVmore?tlme v jZQltcn he
pleaded that' he«had. been .forced to sit
up all night 1 , and .'was! unable\~to work
the following day.". It .was not doubted
that -Veh'had ,sat up, all-- night, -but^t
was not always' at : . his Jaw; table*'. ''.'?;\u25a0..
' Among local Attorneys the opinion is
general that "time-consuming; delays
should be poslti vely.!denied In. court, g It
Is pointed out that: delay doea^not nec
essarily take the form of an adjourn
ment of the case, but while apparently
moving forward In- court a case can
yet'stand stilL. J _'. '.*-?•\u25a0
DELAY IX GRAFT • CASKS
' In .Pardee's message;" allusion was
made to the San Francisco graft prose
cutions'as follows:
The San Francisco officials who have
beeiW Indicted for crimes .against the
public good are either . = inocent or
guilty; and in the Interests of public
morality that Innocence or guilt should
be S quickly , established, and justice,
either. In- vindication' or- severe punish
ment, should be swiftly v and., surely
meted out to the accused. Yet ; we see
the courts . blocked and day,, after, day,
week after week,,'- spent in the""lnter
position of dilatory motion upon dila
tory motion, followed 'by time-corisumr
Ing argument after argument, until; it
would eeem almost as .If v there was
some truth in the public suspicion' that
the courts are sieves* whose- meshes
are large enough to 'let through
with sufficient' raone> and • Influences ;"-.
'Again did the -finger of, the State exr
ecutive point to Henry Ach.- If 'a' small
damage suit could be protracted -over
three years It is argued that a big trial
involving the 'boss and Mayor of a city
could be 'extended -over fifty years.' In
tbe meantime' the 1 statute of limitations
may run , twenty times \u25a0 over < again' in
the other ', being piled -•••up
against 1 Ruef and Schmllr.;-' . • />.;";;
Sixty-one days 'have already^ 1 elapsed
since the first Indictment was returned
by the Grand Jury. .In those; sixty-one
days the^defense has pr6ved - nothing
save Its own- desire :to fight itbe^issue
as Ach fought. the Cahemdamage*,sult.
;V PARDEE'S SUGGESTIONS;
*' In~ his 'desire -forput ; an. end* to » such
legal Jugglery; Pardee addressed t.the
Legislature -as follows: /: ' -••
] It: Is a serious matter, ; one that ap- v '
peals to us all,^ that -justice -may bo
thus laughed at, the .' courts mocked •'
and the protection -of our laws against
criminals and criminal acts . thus ' de
fled. No one 'of as is safe, 1 either; in
life, liberty or x>roi>erty. -'if/ those v ac-
cus'ed'of crime 'may thus; stave off trial
until witnesses forget, are bribed: or
disappear,*- or until,' by^the t very - be
devilment'-bf ,thft "record,'- some ?error is
made upon- whicft the technical ; courts
appeal may hang,- a reversal .of con
viction." - , • ' ..-. v'- '; \u25a0 v ' .'
.I- commend this/ whole fsubject . mat
ter also to \u25a0 the. careful and .patriotic
attention lof .the Legislature, -hoping
that such changes in our criminal pro
cedure <wlll he made at .this session as
will prevent the spectacles that .have
within . tjbb past two years brought
disgrace upon "our -la/v^s andTplaced a
premium upon dishonest, shameful and
indecent trickery.. Tße the fault, where
it may be, at th<t" bar,* In the, trial courts
or in the, Appellate 'or>.Supreme courts,
let; the ; proper remedle.s -be- applied, so
that those" accused 'of ;-.'crfrne,. .shall be
compelled to/ go : to. trial vwitnlnsa rea
sonable time;, and 'let> ; thatV trial be
upon the merUs,<npf,the fine-spun tech
'nicalitles of the'ease an'd^the law. Let
a crime be quickly .: followed '.by
ishment, and not ; by 'judicial .legerde
main afad wcarisom'e.'^justice-'refusing
technicalities.; • -^ ."" \u25a0• \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0'%•' ;\u25a0;•'
PHILIPPINE PESOS
TO BE RECOINED
, VA~; shipment of >$l;600,000; In pesos ar
rived. 1 from * the on the
transport^ Logap7 yesterday^: for ; recoln
age'in newr'formi'.by,the.. mints.' of *»this
country. The coins '.filled- 1003 large
cases -> and • weighed *• \u25a0 altogether sixty
tons.-. -.". . : ?j>y ' <\u25a0-,::. . ;\u25a0• - -_'.'-\u25a0•"- >\u25a0' ..
The'recolning ofrtlie silver, is neces
sary because^ tho "Chinese .have • been
importing : great- quantities , of ; ;: the
: money [ x - from the Philippines ;ari*d . melt
'ing^lt^up.; ,T.o prevchtr the threatened
depletion of ; ,,tne .'money i-suppjy" of : the
'Islands; the Government f has decided to
have * the ? pesos- recolhed'. with the in^
trinsic 4 value v su.fflclently..'«deereased.
red crops' prepares tto send
shipload;of>food*to chlva
JHilllon* ;of "> Mongolians \ Face
starvation neforr ". .SprliiK v Because '\
%.£&\u25a0'*?< °' Destfnctlonv of Crops :, ..'
; .;Brcsldent'^: James ''lJ.vPhelan )of the
Cal lf ornla*\ v branch ','oft ' . the
National .Red Cross reports;- that i. the
Red> ; . Cross has Issued Van appeal "for
$150,0p0 for the purchase/of - a shipload
of floiir and corn; irieal! to; be ; sent to
the \u25a0 relief » of , the"; mlllfojis;" along * the
grand canal In China* who' are. in dan
ger of starvationfbecause- of \ '.the de
struction r of their " ~
; Reports, from . Shanghai , are ;^to the
effect, that: the -devastation * is 'terrible
in : ai. district, covering '40,000 J square
miles* and having -.a I *populatfon r 6f .-'ls,'
000.000.:-Mt is-- certain , thati- half -7©f
these- Chinese" will be pn' ; ther.vergevof,
death from . hunger, before -spring un
less relief ~be , sent.. '_> of
houses have been /destroy ed and " armies
of i*ufEerprs.-have, : left,"? their -homes tb
beg*^ elsewhere. . Some *; have \u25a0 thrown
tiieirichildreh into rivers ; to drown { and
have;then -coramitted^suicide; - others
have sold thei^ypurig^for the 'price of
a- few, days' "supply'vof rfood. v-.A .-.vast
lake, r . caused' :"-!by*tho- summer -rains,
occupies. th« icenter>of .- the stricken
territory.-/' ,*\u25a0** i^iftf^. '.•'-} r
: SubscrlptlpisL" 1 will'^be received 'by.
Allen ;\u25a0 Knight, T: treasurer of •' the , local
branch of-the'tße'd' Crbss,Vat?so3 Cali
fornia.'street. ':\u25a0*•: >:-\u25a0 ''-*\u25a0?/& \u25a0^\u25a0'' yi* '"" %
i. \u25a0 .There C: are siniany ' \u25a0• standards ; n ; Schil
ling's best;is! the Standard for* tea and
coCfeeln -the United States. \u25a0- : : -'-•:-\u25a0 '\u25a0* -,-
\u25a0 \u25a0 'For/]LnfantB
Rind Yo^HavrAiwa^:Boight
\u25a0 /Bears, the \ \. j^lm^ //S^'j J^-
•' 'Sguitare of C^lo^^ *<<^U^S
LEVENTRITT MUST
FIGHT FOR HIS
$ 100,00 LOT
Newman Cohn Slips Aiiciefat
Deeds Into Record. ,for
Geary - Street Property
ADVANTAGE TAKEN.'
% OF McENERNEY> ACT
Marlon Leventrltt most find out
through court proccaa whether he really
holds the title to realty on, the north
line of Geary street, 66 feet: and 6 Inches
Treat of Grant avenue, where Kast's
shoe store once stood. An a stimulus to
his Interest In this direction may be
mentioned the fact that the land Is esti
mated by trood judges of values in San
Francisco to be worth 9100,000.
SulJ. hasbeen brought by, Newman
Cohn under the McEnerney act> to gain
posseslon of the property- by court de
cree. So far Leventritt has not been
notified of the proceedings, and this
statement is probably news to him.
The property was acquired in 1862 by
Mendel Yaretzki, who conveyed it to
trustees and provided that the profits
should be devoted to the support. of his
four minor children. • Right was re
taliied by Yaretzki, however, to sell the
property, and this right he availed him
self of :arid the title passed on to Mor
rlaTVurkheim for;$9000. The trustees
nude record that Yaretzki had acted
with their^dvice and consent, and so,
seemingly, put aside all ground for
question regarding the validity of the
sale.
Then the property fell into the hands
of other parties, who mortgaged It. to
the Masonic. Bank. At this point, it ap
pears, Yaretzki's children attacked the
action of the trustees in consenting' to
the- sale of the property by their father
and succeeded in having the transac
tion'declared illegal. The court held
that the' Masonic Bank, as an innocent
party, was entitled to satisfaction of
its mortgage. The claims of the Ya
retzki heirs were also disposed of, and
then the property was made, free of
cloud again. It was thought, by the ex
ecution of a Sheriff's deed* # . : «
After all this trouble and 'after sev
eral changes in ownership the property
finally came into Leventritt's posses
sion. He was sure that he owned the
property at 'the time of the tire last
April.
On August 7, 190S, "-however, three
deeds were placed on record in the Re
corder's office whereby three of the Ya
retzki children purported to convey the
property to Newman Cohn. The Instru
ments were not acknowledged by the
makers; but were proved by Ed J.
Smith as a witness before Lee D. Craig,
notary public.^ The deeds were dated
September 18, .ISBB.- They were not re
corded for eighteen years.
Cohn has brought suit under the Mc-
Enerney act, and alleges'that he is the
owner of the land and is in actual pos
session. The affidavit that the act re
quires to be filed with the suit has dis
appeared. An Interesting fight is now
expected to take place in the courts..-
SCORNED BY WIFE;
HE SHOOTS SELF
"I was married too young, my trou
bles began too soon," said Harry Wake
fleld, aged 24, who shot himself near
the foot of Strawberry Hill yesterday
afternoon. The bullet entered his body
Just below, the heart. and pierced the
left lung. Grieving over separation
from his young, wife and the loss of
her love led Wakefield to desire to
end his life. . • . •.<
The young 1 man • was- married four
years .ago to MJss Nelllfi Higglns.
daughter of Mrs. John Hlggins of '3330
Sixteenth street. Wakefield was mana
ger of Davenport & Co.*s,wholesale and
retail grocery at>so7-511 Castro street
and has lived at 560 Castro street. His
wife left' him recently and went to
live -with her-, mother.
brought suit v f or divorce last; week on
the ground of cruelty. T n © only child
of the couple died last July in Merced.
Wakefield drew $115 from his,'d.eposit
in - the bank on Monday and went-, to
the- Emeryville racetrack, where he
left.. $65 of the sum with the book
makers. Yesterday •' morning he took
his two insurance policies, aggregating.
$2500 in value and payable to his wife,
andjstarted toward -the place where
she lived. On the 'way he met her
brother, John Hlggrlns;". and- gaye him
$50^ for the wife. Then he threw the
insurance- papers; \u25a0; inclosed . In ah. en
velope, on the front* stoop of his .wife's
dwelling. . : | ..'"-\u25a0;,. • -^.--
. That provision ''being "mafle Wake-;
field went to the'piirk and after select
ing a secluded spot* off the south drive,
near Strawberry Hill, .: shot • himself.
Special Offlcer # P: O'Hynes heard the re
port'of the -revolver and hastened to
the place. - . '_..'\u25a0:\u25a0:'.[* ',' ? y \u25a0- -'•*>< \u25a0'•>• \u25a0•'\u25a0•.
- Finding "Wakefield^ mortally wound
ed the policemaj^notifledthe Park Sta
tion s and .the, man. _wwars r re|hoyed to the
Central Emergency "Hospital,' \ where
Chief Surgeon -Millar vand^Dr.C. H;
• / This^Week Take Your Choice of
MEN^^pkJITS
This week we, will'sell^allibibken lines
: and sizes o£3len's:slß:pp Suits
mm at^ one -price— -$14^00.-" you'^really save
$6.00 to*: $11.00 ' on : bne v of i these" Suits, be-
cause' our : regular prices are from $2.00 to , : %
Vv/ $5:00 less- than you ' can-buy 'equal qualities^
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: $*> OO SpedW^tif A-ifIKC Soft *^ StWf 50 .35
\u25a0?£ y Union Made * $3.00 ? ri^QL;l,O • Latest Styles
X Better- be "The Earl y? Bird." ,
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VAN Iffii^^Vi;^cor^FAßßELL
From Porto Rican Tobacco
1 sgggm^ That's one thing that's sure about El Toro
-§§3msm cigars— something extremely doubtful about
: .lßom the many so-called "Porto Rican brands.
The recent increased cost of Porto Rican
WffifcWk leaf is responsible for the many brands of
: , doubtful quality now being rushed on the
Wmsm w* If I *4L
Cigar— s Cents
is the one cigar you can be sure is genuine
|||||p|p Porto Rican — in name and quality.
||||l§p|§ El Toro represents the best 5-cent cigar
WIMMm tnat Porto Rico can P roduce * Smokers
'\u25a0\u25a0 j^S^Hi'OfEl 'Toro cigars know how far superior
P^^^ this brand has always been to any cigar
|||i|§|P sold for 5 cents.
This year's Porto Rican tobacco crop is
WIMSm better than ever before and onl y the
W^^^M choicest selections are used in the El Toro.
ivmS^ For this reason the El Toros now on the
ySjSw market are particularly recommended to
\u25a0 Every El Toro is novrfanded. This is
EL TORO the cigar that has done so- much to
. Breva-Finas popularize Porto Rican cigars among dis-
iExa slapV nd criminating smokers.
Also made in _ Porto Rican-Axneiican Tobacco Company
Panetela and , Manufa.eturer, San Joan, Porto lUeo
fanetela fmas s BACHMAX A co^ i oc . t ni«*Hbator«.,
1 \u25a0 SAX FHAXCISCO, CAI.. "\u25a0"•-* \u25a0 J ' : '
TO ASK THE POPE
FOR COADJUTOR
It is stated by the cathedral clergy
that no steps will be taken toward the
selection of a Coadjutor Archbishop for
several months. The decision to apply
to Rome for a successor to the late
Archbishop Montgomery has been made,
however, and when the appointment
does come it .will carry with it the
right .of succession . to' -the arch
bishopric.
It is| pointed out by Father Philip
Ryan . that \ the place of coadjutor is
not a permanent office and that there
upon, properly speaking, a vacancy
has not been created by the death of
the Incumbent. It lies with the Bishop
or Archbishop whether he shall ask
for a helper. Nothing will be done in
the matter ot, selecting a successor to
the dead prelate, therefore, until Arch
bishop Riordan shall have first signi
fied.his wish to. the Pope..
\. Father Ryan said yesterday that the
Archbishop had decided to ask for a
coadjutor, but that the matter would
be held in abeyance for several
months, during Which time the Arch
bishop-would have to depend for 'as
sistance at confirmations and In other
ways from the \u25a0 Bishops of the adjoin
ing diodeses.
-When the request is made to the
Pope it will be necessary to decide
whether a coadjutor having the right
of succession- is wished. The late Co
adjutor Archbishop had this right and
would have succeeded to the arch
bishopric with jut an election if he had
outlived the present Archbishop, and
it is understood by the clergy that his
successor will be of the same rank.
Aft;er' the Pope shall have granted
the request it "will be in order for the
council and irremovable rectors of the
province to meet and select three names
to be forwarded to Rome. The Bishops
of the adjoining diocese will meet At
the same time and likewise select three
name's; -< The two sets of names will be
forwarded \u25a0to the Vatican and from
them the Pope. will make his appoint
ment.'. '..\u25a0 ' , '.':'/,-
\u25a0 As this process bfJ selection will con
sume some months' it; is not expected
that Archbishop Rlqrdan's. coadjutor
willbe consecrated "within : the present
year. \u25a0\u25a0 • • ' }'\u25a0 \u25a0 ' '\u25a0 iZ/iTtf* ,** ~y<
PROJECTING NEW RAILROAD
'• Otto'E. Bashore,- president of the
Sierra Pacific Railroad Company, was
in thel>Uy yesterday, in the interests
oft 'the line which his company proposes
to 'build, irom Port Harford eastward
across, the Sierra through the Tulare
and VPQrterville country.
White Star Laundry Company
Have resumed buslness.Tel.Market 2047*
Pinkhami" 'performed an operation in
hope 01-saving the man's life. He died
at 10:15" o'clock last night.
GET BOX OF ROCKS
INSTEAD OF SILK
Instead of receiving half a ton of
silk goods from Chicago, valued at^
several hundred dollars, Livingston
Bros., merchants in Van Ness ave
nue, received a large dry goods box
yesterday containing cobblestones.
As a result, the detectives of Chicago
and San Francisco -were notified to
try to discover who stole the silks
and filled the box with rocks.
George Betchel, a driver who deliv
ered the box, was taken into cus
tody last night and locked up at the
Buah-street police station on sus
picion. He" denied that he had any
knowledge 1 of the substitution.
The Chicago shipping clerk and
others who handled the box will be
questioned by the detectives.
SUES TO RECOVER LAXD
OAKjuAND, Jan. 15. — Nellie Batim
berger. an inmate of the Stockton State
Hospital, today filed suit, through her
guardian, against James Baumberger,
her brother, 'and Bertha L. Vollmer.
her niece, to recover title to a piece of
improved realty in the town of San
Leandro. The plaintiff claims that she
was induced to deed the property to
her brother while she was Insane and
before she was committed to the asy
lum. The property" was subsequently
deeded by her brother to her niece.
I The California Safe Deposit
and Trust Company '
. \u25a0 - • ,j
i \u25a0 Pays 2 per cent in-
terest on depositf"
i subject to check and
I. \u25a0 *
Invites You to Open
<: an Account
At, its hoin.e. office or
! ' - the branch tnost con-
venient for you.
'\u25a0; Home Office — '
California and Montgomery Sts.
"West End 8ranch... 1531 Bevisadero
Uptown Branch 1740 Fillmore
Mission Branch 937 Valencia
i ,
San Francisco Relief
and Red Cross Funrls
Department ol Rehabilitation
Notice to Those Who Heed Houses
Persons who own or who can bay a
lot on iastalhnents can receive a cottage
at moderate cost, and pay for it in
installments.
The cottages with plumolnjr Install**
cost from $300 to 1800 Perafni n«Ji!t d
i&TJS fflp '» ..SPSSiBSSi
This, Payment •
May.Be Made in Installments
mmm
-AppHcatlons will be recoivM v«
r&JdNTOIBiNDIRYCO:. 1
Bet^L^ S^^ RD STREET.
I *»erwe«ii Seventh . and Kl r ht*
,-, San FrancUco. ****"*^
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