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Grand Jury's X-Rays Expose Telephone Briberies
Chiefs of the Home and Pacific
Companies Will Be Indicted
Inquisitors, Amass Complete
Evidence Against Officials
The Grand Jury is on the last stretch of the investigation
involving the briberies"* of the Board of Supervisors by the Home
Telephone and the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph com
panies. Yesterday the affairs of the latter company were gone into
in detail, and "when the jury meets again tomorrow the loose ends
will be drawn together in the cases against the officials of both
companies end indictments will then
b« voted on. Monday the fight trust
bribery will be investigated.
There arc but few details now lack
ing In the evidence that has • been
:amassed against the givers of the ele
;phone bribe*, and the prosecution ex
pects confidently to secure what Is
during the session tomorrow.
'The testimony taken during the past
•two days has been of a detail nature
*nd corroborative in its substance.
The facts divulged yesterday before
'the Grand Jury turned entirely on the
telephone grafts. The main Quest of
the day was the tracing of the bribery
'.funds of the Pacific States Telephone
'and Telegraph Company from the time
•the bribe was arranged for until the
;monpy reached the hands of the Su
pervisors, as was done in connection
.\u25a0with the Home Telephone Company's
jfunds during the investigation on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
With the exception of one witness.
iJames N. Martin of Los Angeles, all
those called yesterday had been before
;the Grand Jury before. They •were
iagain subpenaed to add to \u25a0what they
Ihad already told concerning the trans
fer of money for the telephone bribes,
'and the Los Angeles bankers and tele
phone officials were examined for the
'Inn time and finally dismissed.
A. B. Cass. president of the Home
Telephone Company of Los Angeles,
was kept on the stand for over half an
,hour. More details of the correspond
ence between officials in this city and
Los Angeles at the time of the transfer
of thp bribe money were divulged, al
though Cass continued his denial of
any knowledge of the boodle deal.
J. S. Torrance of Los Angeles re
peated in part his story of Wednesday.
He declared that \u25a0while he assisted in
Setting the $100,000 sent from the Los
Angrles offices of the. Home Telephone
Company to the Oakland banks, from
which ft was paid over to the city, the
only funds of which he had any per
sonal knowledge were those paid
through the legitimate channels for the
franchise itself.
James N. Martin, who delivered the
$1 00.000 sent by the Home Telephone
Company from Los Angeles to Oak
land, attempted to hide his identity
when he left the Grand Jury room.
posing as the private secretary of
Sidney Salisbury Is Found Dying
With Gas Tube Held in His Mouth
Drink and Despondency Lead Young
Society Man to Self-Destruction
SiGnpy J. Salisbury, son of Monroe
Ealisbury, one of the beet-known horee
n»en on the coast, and of th« late Mri.
Salisbury, former society leader in San
Francisco, and himself a prominent
flcure in the city's smart n^t, was found
dying in a tub at the Kadee Hammam
Bath*. 1303 Gough street, yesterday
Rft*»rnoon. a victim of *:««, which with
suicidal intent be had inhaled through
a rubber tube, one end of which was
attached to a wide-open gas jet and the
oth^r hold at his lips.
The young man's plans to end hie
J!f«» had b*»*>n laid with rare and delib
eration. He had removed his coat and
Vast R*id after lying down in the empty
tub had thruet the rubber tube under
Jjlr shirt ««o that when be should be-
Sme unconsciou* it would not fall
jm his relaxing lips.
Manaß-pr C. F. Hosier detected fumes
of gas at 2 o'clock. He burst open the
floor of room 3 and found ' Salisbury
unconscious. Dr. Joseph Henry of ISII
Cough ctreet was summoned and on
arrival called fin ambulance, which
conveyed the dyin*? man to the Clara
Barton honpital, lJtfiO Post street. Dr.
Morris Herzstein wm railed and took
charge «f tli«v oas*>, and the relatives
w*»re notified.
A. D. Keyes, a brotbT-in-law, at
torney for the Humboldt Bank, with
offices In the Monadnock building, ar
rived soon afterward with Mrs. Keyes,
r sister of Salisbury. Everything that
knedical rkill could suggest vas done,
but at i lat* hour last night Dr. Herz
trtein held out no hope for bis patient's
recovery. .
"We are at * loss to explain this
rafh act," said the brother-in-law last
Eight. "Sidney had no financial
troubles that we know of, and we have
never heard of any love affair in hie
life. He was subject to fit* of despond
ency, but tbe*e usuUly wore off,
"Of late we have not seen much of
him. Ten days ago I met him for the
first time In about two months. It was
ml the P&lsvc* Hotel and be was trying
to I engage a room there. He seemed
*£ that time to be in good health and
rplrlts- We have notified his other Eia
ter, Mrs. T. Daniel Bo&rdman, by wire
pf this awful tragedy. She Is at pres
ent in New York, where she is attend-
Inr her father. 2£onro* Salisbury, who
Is seriously I1L" . •
I Salisbury, who Is 25 years old, lodged
trlth a friend, Arthur S. Brown, at the
bachelors* Club, 2620 L*.g-una street.
Members < there state that be < has not
been seen about the place lor the last
f «w d&ys. He Is a. member of the
Oreeoway Dancing Club and Is the best
kkater at Mrs. Tnez Shorb White's Mon
day nlßht parties.
Brown, the roommate, denies know
ins any reason for tbe suicide. It is
understood, however, that when Salis
bury applied for attention at the Ham
mam Baths "Wednesday afternoon he
had be«n drlnklns; and Key«s thinks
It possible that a contributing cause
to th« despair which suggested suicide
was the depression resultant from his
condition:
It was learned last night that Salis
bury's despondency of late dated from
the time. of tbe arrival of one of . the
ttastern managers of the National Tube
Company, -by which Salisbury was em
ployed. TJ>e ' manager, it is claimed,
took him to task for bis extravagant ,
mode of life and warned him to keep
within hit means.
Mrs. Keyes wai prostrated last even-
In? as a result of & call on her . by
& Coroner's deputy, who hed been In-
President Patrick Calhoun of the Unit
ed Railroads. He was finally forced
to admit his connection with the
Adams-Phillips Company, the Los An
geles broker*, who floated the Home
Telephone Company's bonds. While his
testimony related to the bringing nortn
of the money It was In no way incrim
inating, as it showed that the money
he bad handled was that used for the
purchase of the franchise, whereas the
boodle money had been paid over some
time previously, the delivery of the lat
ter funds being about February 23, two
months prior to the voting on the
franchise.
Percy Morgan of the California "Wine
Company and a member of the execu
tive committee of the Pacific States
Company gave interesting testimony
despite the fact that it shed no addi
tional light on the Pacific States Tele
phone bribery itself. It did, however,
develop the fact that the controlling
powA of the company was practically
in the hands of one man, and that
deals of great Importance and involv
ing considerable sums of money could
be made without the knowledge of the
members of the executive committee.'
Morgan was associated on the commit
tee with Homer S. King, the banker,
and Frank G. Drum, manager of the
Teyis estate and holder of a large In
terest in the San Francisco Gas and
Electric Company at the time the tele
phone money was paid,, into the hands
of the Supervisors. Morgan was In the
East from November, 1905, to April,
1906. and declared that he had no
knowledge of what took place during
that period.
George Beanston, former auditor and
at present a member of the bookkeep
ing department of the P.ac.lfic States
Company, and John A- Mallon. statis
tician for the same company, were ex
amined as the last witnesses. .They told
of the methods of the company in con
ducting its business, describing the
procedure in the paymepts of money
and the issuing of checks.
The Grand Jury adjourned to meet
at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
when the final telephone witnesses will
be examined. King and Drum, mem
bers of the executive committee of the
Pacific States Company, will probably
be called, and new matters taken up.
formed that the young: man was dead.
At the baths It is stated that Salis
bury came in at 3 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, had a bath, and about 7:30
went out to get something to eat. He
returned about 9 o'clock, and Attendant
J. P. Bowman says that be. noticed
nothing unusual about the young man.
Salisbury went at onre to his room. He
arose early yesterday morning and
•went out for breakfast, returning about
9 o'clock. That was the last seen of
him until Hosier found him.
MILLIONAIRE ENDS HIS
LIFE WITH A BULLET
William A. Proctor of Cin
cinnati Finds Life Not
Worth While
CINCINNATI, March 28.—^William A.
Proctor, president of the Proctor '&.
Gamble Company and son of one of the
firm's founders, died today from a bul
let wound, self-inflicted, at his home in
Glendale, a suburb of this city. Coroner (
Cameron began an investigation of the;
circamstanoes of the shooting, and in
the meantime refused to make any
statement except to say- that Proctor
had died from a. bullet wound.
Proctor was widely known In busi
ness circles and was a prominent lay
man in the Protestant Episcopal church,
to which institution he was a liberal
contributor. His wealth was estimated
at many millions, most of which had
been made by himself. He was noted
for the co-operation scheme for a divi
sion of profits with employes that he
had designed for his company.
TOKIO, March 29. — It was made pub
lic today that General Kuroki would
represent the Japanese army at the
Jamestown celebration.
Why Many People Suffer
From Constipation
A Sure and Safe Relief
Constipation. Is most oft«n caused hy
a. torpid liver or failure of the stomach
and bow«ls to perform their proper
functions. The condition is- commonly
due at first to irregular habits of living ;
and improper food," and if properly
treated can be readily relieved. It it,
however, too. often.; aggravated and
made chronic by the use, as medicine,
of powerful: and expensive drugs,
which purge and .perhaps give' tem-
porary relief, but are mo drastic in ef-
fect as to damage the tender, lining
of the stomach and bowels, leaving, a
condition worse than at first. ' This
can, however, be avoided, and the bow-
els .gently and thoroughly opened by
the use of- Nature's own remedy— the
famous Natural Mineral Laxative
Water— HUNY ADI JANOS— which has
been relieving suffering mankind ; all
over . the world for, nearly ' half a cen-
tury. One . dose, half a. tumblerful,
drunk on arising ,' In the.: morning
(rlitrhtly warmed for best results). will,
within an hour, bring. a. delightful and
ref reehln p relief. A whole . bottle costs
but a trifle, and it is best to keep one
always on* hand. Every Druggist
keeps it. .- . !
ICTS::;.SAA T -'FJ^<!n:SCO;xoai^\^--^I^AY;.:M^CH:::.-29;. 1907.
SON OF BURNS IS ON
THE TRAIL OF DETWILER
Detective Believes Indicted
Briber Is Hiding In
or» Near Toledo
SENSATION IS SPRUNG
Associates Say the Fugitive
Was Induced to Give
Money by Lawyers
TOLEDO, Ohio, March., 2S. — With a
vlpw to locating A. K. Detwiler in or
near Toledo, Raymond J. Burns is in
this city. He is a son of Detective
William F. Burns of San Francisco;
who is working up the graft cases for
Attorney Heney, special counsel for
the prosecutor, and has been working
quietly in Toledo for the past two
days. It is said on' good authority that
Burns Is confident A. K. Detwiler is In
hiding in or aboujt Toledo, and that'he
is not en route to San Francisco as has
been believed. He has beeri working
In connection with the local police.
Burns declined today to make a state
ment as to what he has accomplished,
but it can be said 'on good authority
that Burns is confident A. K. Detwiler
is in" hiding in or near Toledo. The
Chief of Police is of the same opinion
or that DetwUer Is close to San Fran
cisco and in communication with the
attorneys of that city.
A sensation was sprung today by the
business associates of' A. K. Detwiler
when they made the assertion. that. the
lawyers of San Francisco were directly
responsible for his present position. It
is alleged that Detwiler's attorneys ad
vised him the best way to secure a
.franchise at the golden city was to
purchase it, and it is understood here
that the lawyers handled every bit of
the cash.
Mrs. A. K. Detwiler is still in the cit3'.
Some expresisons of. sympathy for the
indicted man are being heard. The com
ment Is that at his advanced age, 65
years, a prison term, if found guilty,
will kill him. However, his friends say
he will be acquitted.
Abram -K. Detwiler, the :Toledo.mil
lionaire and "handy man" of the Home
Telephone Company, against whom thir
teen Indictments have ben returned by
the Grand Jury for bribing Supervisors,
was declared yesterday to be a fugitive
from justice. When his case was called
before Judge Lawlor it was announced
that he had not been located. Judge
Lawlor then ordered that a* bench war
rant Issue on each of the thirteen in
dictments and. that the bond be fixed at
$10,000 on each, a total of $130,000.
When the case was formally called
yesterday Assistant District Attorney
Heney said that it had been impossible,
to bring Detwiler tw bar, and added that
there was a divergence of opinion as to
his whereabouts. Thereupon Detwiler
was declared to be a fugitive from Jus
tice.
The movements of Detwiler. are In
volved in mystery. Despite the fact
that Heney announced that Detwiler
had not been located, Special Agent
Burns later in the day said that he be
lieved he had . located Detwiler in a
email city near Toledo.
After the Indictment of Detwiler It
was reported that he was in Cairo,
Egypt He had been traveling abroad
with his wife and had been traced to
the Egyptian city. Later he returned
to the United States, however, and vis
ited New York and from there jour
neyed to Toledo. Just where he went
from Toledo is not known. The reports
from there said that he had "gone
West." The "West" is large and ac
cording to some descriptions stretches
from Chicago to San Francisco.
Burns does notappear to be worried
about the disappearance of Detwiler.
Burns has a way of placing his finger
upon the man he wants, whether he be
in Manila or Siam.
PIONEEK' EDITOR DIES — Lo» Aneclcs.
March 27. — Josppb E. Lynch, founder of the
I/>» Angelas Herald, diwl today, aped 64 year*.
Mr. Lynch bas been enraced in newspaper work
nearly half a century. . He began hit career in
New York.
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I MAKING OF- ALL CLUETT
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WHITE AND EXCLUSIVE .
FANCY PATTERNS.
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COFFEE
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cheaper than poorcoffee.
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like BchllUa«'B B*«t. '
PROPOSALS.
PItOPOSAI^ FOR WOOD. COAL, FOEI/'oiU
MINE KAI> OIL AND GASOLINE— Presidio of
8w Friaclseo, Cal.. March " 2,- 1907. — Sealed
proposals, In . triplicate." will . be : recelTed bere :
ana at office of > Qoartermssters/ until : \u25a0\u25a0 11 ;
a. m." April 1, 1807,* and , then opened, for fur-
.. nlshlog, during the . fiscal \u25a0 year .' commencing
Jnly 1, 1307, . wood, • coaL fuel oIL '• mineral oil
and caeollne . for Fort \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Bosecrana ', and Pre-
eid Jo of Monterej,; C«J.; also at same time,
at thl« office only, ; for : wood, \u25a0 coal.- fuel oil. i
miners 1 oil and gasoline < for . Alcatrai j Island,
Kort Baker, , Benlcia Barracks, Kort i Mason,
Fort ? McDowell, ' Fort • ' Mlley, Presidio -of
Ban Francisco. • S«n "Frandaco, Cal., and
Depot of BecruiU and \u25a0 Casual*, Angel 'Island.
Cal., and mineral oil , and , gasoline \u25a0 for r Fort
BaiTy. .Point Bonlta, Cal., during • tlie fiscal
year commencing July. I. 1007. "- Preference gWen
. to : articles : «f American prodnction.r conditions
of quality and price (Including In the price of
foreign productions » the f doty ;v thereon) •* being
«jual, and ' such preference giren : to articles of
American *, prodqetton . produced 'on [-. the , Pacific
. Coast to extent of consumption i required , by tbe
public 'service .there. Information, furnished on
application to ; quartennaiteni at r Fort Rose-
• crans and » Prenidio of ' Moaterey, or >to under-
iigced. JNO. U CLEM, Cblef Qoartermaster.
"Money First; Privileges After," Was the Rule
of Ruef-Schmitz Gang of Boodle Receivers
Great Sums Extorted From Corporations and
Fight Trust Before Supervisors Voted
"Money first; privileges after."; was
the rule adopted... \by \ Jluef, Schmitz,
Gallagher and the. Supervisors. s
This rule, according. : to testimony
brought out before the Grand Jury-yes
terday by Langdon and Heney, . was
adhered to in every municipal holdup
planned by Ituef and carried, out by
him and his colleagues in graft.
Eddie Graney, it was established,
carried the fight trust's • sack of $20,000
to Ruef's office before the Supervisors
gave their official sanction to: the hold
ing of, bouts. ' '-"' ; ;": ?
The Home Telephone Company's
$200,000 was likewise in Ruef's posses
sion before the franchise was granted
to that corporation on April 23. :
The; $450,000 that, the United Rail
roads contributed for the overhead
trolley franchise voted by the Super
visors was also-in Buefs keeping be
fore the grant was] made. : .
Ruef would guarantee none of his
graft promises until he felt the coin in
his hand. Langdon and Heney said last
night that yesterday's testimony \u25a0] be
fore the Grand Jury was remarkable
for this fact.' They would not; go -Into
particulars on the evidence given by
the witnesses, but they ' said that it
showed that Ruef was as distrustful of
the big corporation, men, from '-whom
he accepted bribes as -he .was of: the
men with whom he -divided the;boodle.
. "Ruff discredited -credit In all his
deals with the corporations," ; declared
Henej-. "The bribes he accepted were
In hts possession months \u25a0 before, the
votes of the Supervisors ; clinched his
'promises. He was always paid before
he allowed them. to act."
Heney's principal witnesses before
the Jury yesterday were bankers, ac
countants, bookkeepers and -others
with knowledge of the flnances'of the
homfl Telephone Company, the Pacific
States Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany, the United Railroads: and 'other
corporations that paid bribes to Ruef:
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I Sailors' and Russians, Values jss and $6 s— - |
I* ;'; These little suits are ideal— Not • only'are the .patterns prett>; but the color 8
combinations, in emtroidery^ andv trimmings are rich, effective and tasty. They I
) are built on a roomy and .-.graceful line-—^nd ; for the ; little: fellows from three -to 1
• eight nothing ".prettier has been sHowntbis season. ; Some of them are worth $6 •
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j J&; ' , Solid Gold Fountain Peris V I
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The "testimony 'of /these J witnesses as
sisted the prosecution materially, in
quiring Into the methods of Ruef in
levying " tribute .on ' the V- corporations
and was \u25a0 significant chiefly; for its fund
of detail.' ; Checks that went . to Ruef
and , the Supervisors were traced \u25a0 from
the time they were issued until . the
time they, were cashed, and the prosecu
tors were able to add considerably to
the documentary evidence ', which they
are preparing- for ' ultimate presenta
tion in court. The books of two big
banks in San Francisco and two 'more
Many Informers Ready to Tell of
Grafting in Police Department
Expose Will Surprise Chief Dinari and His Men
When the full story of the hunt for
evidence \u25a0 against Boodler Ruef is |told
it will be found that the ; Supervisors
are not the only victims 1 in the plot
who have been 'talking. When' the Po
lice Department finds itself in the flr
ing zone it .will discover, that the name
of the informers is multitude.
Ruef may, be able later toexplain to
the 1 department how it happened, or if
the -department Is' unwilling to wait
until -that time it might reflect that
Ruef made friend and , foe pay the
Barrie ; price • for '• favors received. That
Is a fact well within the knowledge of
Dinan and"oth»rs ab"ove and below him
in rank. The father-in-law of the Cor
oner and*the men who had- delivered
the goods at the; polls- paid the same
sum: as the : latest arrival from the
East when it ; came to a j license | to be
granted or other, official consideration
to be dispensed.
Ruef's heelers , objected to being held
up" in "such* an" undiscriminating fash
ion. They 'were answered that busi
ness was business, and; there was no
.respect. of persons. They paid, but it
hurt. " '..'.. \u25a0
;.' In the present juncture these
wounded feelings, are counting heavily
in. Oakland will be among this evidence
presented against RueX . 3£c&@£3iSKjB
HEMRF FUND ESTIMATES
March 28. — Estimate's
for .relief .work ln.San Francisco'dur
ing March aggregated $688,000. Half of
this amount is apportioned to the Red
Cross and the 'other half to the local
relief fund. The chief item in this es
timate is $309,000 for. the completion of
cottages. An estimate of $200,000 is for
rehabilitation. . J*
against Ruef. If he were not shut off
from communication from the wounded
ones " he v might manage to partly mend
the ; difficulties. In . some cases it
would already be too late. But he
might stop" others from telling what
they, know: In this matter the prose
cution-holds that ; Ruef did them '\u25a0 a
great service .when" he escaped to Troc-^
adero and made it possible for them to
render him Incomunicado.
The amount of evidence of the
smaller grafts that ;has been collected
in this way. will astonish even the gen
tleman .who is incomunicado- when he
hears 'its recital. The fact is that
Ruef s methods were too raw to stand
the test of any thorough investiga
tion. Boss Buckley once told Ruef
that, and now Ruef may "reflect on the
truth of the advice which he did not
heed. SHHntiBSKBI
How Things Were Rlghte*
San Francisco's merchants and men
of affairs tell their own stories of bow
business was readjusted after the dis
aster of April IS, 1906. in the April
number of Sunset Magazine. It is a
great - number, ; and finely. Illustrated,
and every one should read it and send
it. to Eastern friends. '•
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The present outlook, with over half
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A remarkable advertising plan thls.-
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None but a good piano gets valtxaola
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in their respective grades than is com
prised In the following list:
The Hazleton, for three generations
the. piano of the wealthiest and most
exclusive New York and Eastern homes.'
The genuine Pecker has been in use!
on this coast for fifty years with grati
fying results.^ The Kimball still con
tinues to ; grow in its unprecedented
popularity. The Hobart M. -Cable is
even more beautiful in design and ex
quisite tone than ever before. The
Story & Clark, the Schumann, the Smith
& Barnes, the Schubert, the Halnes
Brothers and the Bailey have all been
tried during a long series of years and
have hosts of followers.
Prices Lower Than Ever
\u25a0 Every, one of these instruments^ has
the advantage of old established repu- ;
tation and has always maintained
many friends. Every one of them has,
been handled by other dealers before,
we took the agencyj at prices ranging,
from* $75 to $150 more than we regu
larly ask for it. but during this sale
we are enabled through the liberality,
of. the manufacturers to establish prices
lower than ever* )
All $550 and $600 grades are being
sold at a reduction, of practically $200'
on- each :. piano. Styles that have reg
ularly brought $450 and $500 in the
past are now reduced to $322, $286 and
$269, and pianos which have never been
sold- before as low as $375. n0w go for
$246 and $228. A piano which another
house advertises as a rare bargain at
$276 you can get here for $21?., These
prices are for cash, but you can have
liberal; time in which to pay by mak
ing' a sniall' deposit and the balance tn
monthly payments. JS a month gets a
fine piano, a more^laborate style* at
$8 or $10. and the more costly one* **
$12 and $15 per month.
A Real Guarantee
Don't be deceived by a "guarantee'V
wblch Is meaningless. Many houses ;
sell a cheap piano with the understand-?
inpr. that" if it .is not satisfactory * they*
will exchange it for another .lnstru-,
ment. When you come to make^the'
exchange the\% will ask you $100 or'
$200 more to get the kind of instru-r
ment you Intended to buy. in the,b«-|
ginning. The Eilers guarantee means
your, money back If you are not satis
fied. When 'we. sell a piano we sell It
for a; lifetime, and every instrument
must give or there is- no
sale.' Such a 'guarantee absolutely pro
tects the .buyer. . No other San Fran
cisco piano house will give it.
You Must Act Soon
.- At; the rate these pianos are selling
now -this opportunity will not "be. open
for many' days: more. : If you .want to
be one - of the* fortunate ones you • will
have -to -act quickly.
- EIL.ERS MUSIC COMPANY. Biggest.
Busiest rand .Best. 1130: Van : Ness 'Ave
nue. "> 1220 Fillmore ; Street, San Fran
cisco; ; 1075 Clay Streets Oakland. Other
stores at Stockton, San Jose, Eureka, etc.
Columbia Talking Machines
If you wish to
ADWRITISE
IN THE
SOUTHWEST
Use, the
LOS ANGELES TIMES
: San • Francisco .Office
MIDWAY BLDG.
i 779 Market St.
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