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SHERRIF AND CORONER ARE SHOWN TO BE DISQUALIFIED
Affidavits Prove the Necessity
of Elisors for Jurors.
Judge Dunne Is Convinced of- the Urifitness
of O.'Neil and Wajsh to. Act in Ruef Trial
-
"TThat chance has Ruef got against
c man who puts in evidence like that!"
Such was the remark of an attorney
after listening to the ! affidavits filed
yesterday by the prosecution to show
the bias and prejudice of Sheriff Tom
O'Xell and Coroner Walsh. 'lt was. ap
parently a simple business to shuw
that O'Xeil and Walsh were nothing
but Ruef gangsters. Most lawyers
would have done It by simply alleging
that O'Neil and Walsh owed their nom-,
ination and election to Boss Ruef. But
the He'n'ey method, as evinced* by the
affidavits read by Hiram Johnson, is
different. It was the same method that
secured the conviction of a. United
States Senator In Oregon, but it 'was
the first that San Francisco had seen
of the method. It was the- first evi
dence put in in open court by this pros
ecutor, who does things in. a. .remark
ably thorough way. .
There were affidavits showing that
O'Neil and Walsh had been present at
the meetings of . the so-called Municipal
League. That was not hard to get.'
But there was also an affidavit by the,
president of this, league avowing that_
its purpose was to bolster up the power"
of Ruef and sustain the present admin
istration. There was an affidavit" from
the man who had ' collected * the funds'
specifying the exact amounts
O'Neil and Walsh had contributed. And
following this there were affidavits
from two detectives who had listened
to conversations to . /which* O'Neil and
Walsh had declared their bias out of
their own mouths.
"Isn't he satisfied when he has his
man's head under water?" asked one
who listened. Evidently*' not, for the
deluge continued.
RUEF IS HARD HIT
There haa been a good- deal of "talk
about \u0084Ruef looking discomfited about
his being held and about his being
prematurely gray. The fact Is Ruef has
b«en in* his characteristic mood of Jocu
larity throughout the trial — until he
heard those affidavits read. True, it
was a small matter to disqualify a
Sheriff and a Coroner who had been
elected by the boss, but it is not an
overstatement to say that Ruef aged
ten years in. the -hour which: it took
to read those affidavits. He realized
as he had never realized before what
he was .up against. His -. confidence in
himself amounts to Insanity. He had
hoped that the prosecution would fall
from the very weight of the task it had
undertaken; that mutual bickerings
would bring its end and that be would
escape! But while Hiram Johnson was
reading the affidavits in which his
own men — Coleman, furey-and the rest
— testified against his henchmen, he lost
all his hope. Ruef was discomfited.
He will not look any whiter, grayer
or. more bald when he stands to hear
his sentence.
Ach shared his discomfiture. He
looked the picture of distress. He
looked, in fact, «is he did when he "re
cently asked a friend how he could
get out of it. and the friend told him
that if he deserted Ruef the people
would applaud, but the bar would con
demn him, and he knew that he must
stick it out and take hi# medicine.
Thle was a foretaste of what Is to come,
and Ach and Ruef knew it.
That a special venire will be sum
moned and that it will be "summoned
by an elisor in whom the people, and
not Ruef, have confidence goes
saying. A special venire, after the
names in the box have been exhausted,
is; the ordinary and regular proceed
ing, asd that the Sheriff and Coroner
will be disqualified is now a mathe
matical certainty. Ach has been given
till Monday to reply to the affidavits,
but his cleverness can produce nothing
more effective than the noting of an
exception. Ach's genius has been
turned to bitterness. He gets a reason
able amount of that bitterness into
"noting an exception," but it is not
an. aggressive form of procedure, or
one that Is destined to produce large
results. '
The elisor •who will be appointed will
not only select the men who are to be
examined as to their qualifications to
Bit In judgment of liuef, but \u25a0will also
have charge of the jury after It has
been selected. This was included in
the motion made. Perhaps it had
something to do with Ruef's discom
fiture.
ARRAY OF AFFIDAVITS
The affidavits which were presented
in 'support of the motion were made
by"; Edward Coblenz. Daniel G. Cole
man, Louis Levy, John J. 'Furey, John
G.^l^awlor, C F. Oliver and Francis J.
Heiiey. Their reading consumed over
an hour.
Heney's affidavit laid down the gen
eral proposition that O'Nell and Walsh
were Ruef gangsters. It recited the
fact that when the Grand Jury was be
ing drawn in Judge Graham's court
room Ruef had commanded a deputy of
the Sheriff to search him, Heney, and
that the deputy had carried out the or
der. It recited the facts of the orgran
j ization of the "Looters* League" and
> the meetings of that organization of
I municipal employes at the Dreamland
I Rink and at the Novelty Theater.; *It
i alleged that the Sheriff and the Coroner
I were members of this league and that
If either of them were given the task
of , summoning a special venire they
: would select biased and prejudiced per
i sons alone. Appended to it were copies
of tho epeeches. made at the meeting*
of the looters' league as they appeared
in "the Evening Post. Ruefs speech,
Coleman's speech and all the others
were set forth at length. Ruefs own
batteries had been turned against hint;
and the evidence was apparently con
clusive.
An affidavit made by Coblenz, a re
porter, set forth the fact that O'Neil
and Walsh were present at these meet
ings. ;3jnM ' .
Then followed the affidavit of Cole
man, Bupervlsor # and president of the
league,- which -he "alleged xir&a organ-j
ized for the purpose of continuing the
present administration in power and
sustaining the prAtige of Ruef. He
alleged that the Sheriff and the Coroner
were members of the executive commit
tee of the league. KfcgP
Lievy'e affidavit added the fact that
the deputies of the Coroner acted as
doorkeepers" at the meeting at the
Dreamland rink, and ended with the
statement that "we were all there with
a\ good heart to give a reception to
Schmitz."
PILES IX EVIDENCE
John J. Furey. Supervisor, alleged In
his .affidavit that the leagug had been
organized at * a meeting in Mowry*s
Hall; where Coleman had been elected
chairman, and that : afterward a fund
of *?<B00 : had been" collected. He * de»
posed that he. in company with George
Bergert and John" McGlynn, had; been
appointed '\u25a0 a committee of : three to : so
iicit the fund, and that he had 'collected
from the Sheriff ,S2OO and- from the
Coroner $50 for this purpose, i
John . G. . Lawlor; a .re porter.. who ; has
been in. the employ 'of v ßurn* for.sev
eral alleged In' his -'affidavit
that "he -had conversed with Coroner
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i-V^alsh ta-a-feaKßj*, Nirt^n Walsh had
said of the prosecution:
"I "believe that It is a political con
spiracy batched. ur> to send honest men
to" : 6asi Quentth.";-- "ti >^-" ,*P«-.v5
G.-.F. Oliver, set. forth^ that he had
ov«rhcard * a converta'tioTr?" between the
Sheriff and^one _pf v ,.hjs^frjends during
the e^iTmTnatibn "of "the^gTand Jurors,
aryl when Alfred Greenebaum was on
-the^-^ltnji.ssu.atand^^Creenebaum r had
.testified^ that he_ was a member of no
oEher organization' savi tho Merchants'
Exchange jy :''\'.'i ? w S»>'.'v~ ' ••
,-:'3rhat s f€llow "ls-.a -d—i—r lying — -
-^\u25a0:~£> -^— ," •\u25a0obsVryed the Sheriffs
freind. "He is a member of the Citi
zfens' Alliance, and. lie * has" r a titket of
the Citzens' Alliance in' his ppcke.t."
"Is that so?" the Sheriff had an
swered. "Well/ hurry' over and tell
Ruef that, and. ire wlll.catch him-with
the poods- on him and »we won't do a
thing Xo him." -• -: . - :•\u25a0
Evidently, the .. Sheriff and the..Gor
oner are biased.- -.The evidence seemsto
leav-e -little doubt.'of -that.- \u25a0 \u25a0
Hirana.- Johnson-was ''so-, confident* that
he asked. '\u25a0 the. court- to- rule ; at once.
"unless these gentlemen want to 'resist
it/' hB- added.'- • \u25a0\u25a0•• \u25a0 -•\u25a0^•--•. •- »:
• Ach pulled \u25a0• himself 'together and
said: " * • * U- \u25a0•' >\u25a0 \u25a0 ;
"It will be desperately- resisted, forci
bly resisted." His'cht)lce of adjectives
•was unusual, but' the circumstance had
disarranged his vocabulary. . \
Judge Dunne ruled that the defense
would be given until' Monday to reply
and added that" he was convinced
both the Sheriff and the Coroner-were
unfit 'persons- to' perform the minis
terial ; act of drawing slips o"f_ paper'
from a tin box. l ' * " : .'
""We note an exception to the remarks
of r the, court," exclaimed Ach, who by
this time had so far recovered that he
exhibited, his Tisual form. . * ..
An adjournment was taken' until
Monday. '''\u25a0'-' : .-'{^.
Error in Commitment Saves
Sam Shortridge From Prison
District Court of .Appeal Declares
That Fact'of Ruef Being Fugitive
Was Not Recited
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Through an error in the commitment
papers Attorney Samuel M. Shortridge
will not be compelled to serve twenty
four hours in the County Jail for con
tempt in Judge Dunne's court on
March 8. This is the ruling of the
District,. Court of Appeal \u25a0, in. response
to Shortrldge's petition for a. writ of
habeas corpus, which was. granted- to
<iim yesterday. If the commitment
had contained the fact, yester
day' 3 decision says, that Short
ridge's client, Abe Ruef, was a
fugitive from jj justice at -the time, of
the alleged 'contempt the sentence of
Judge" Dunne would have been - sus
tained by. the Appellate Court. . . .
Daring, the examination" of -Coroner
William J. Walsh, who ; had failed to
bring Ruef .into court, * Shortridge In
sisted; .on being heard by the Judge,
although the latter \u25a0 had' warned him
several times to be silent. The Judge
finally ordered that Shortridge be con
fined for twenty-four hours In : Jail -for
contempt of court. -The attorney" im
mediately filed a petition for a writ of
habeas corpus. ';\u25a0'<\u25a0> '
Had Ruef been present at the time
Shortridge incurred the anger of Judge
Dunne* the mere fact! of his interrupt
ing the court would not have constitut
ed contempt, according to the* de
cision yesterday. The. decision in this
regard reads as' follows :*v
Eridently the statement that the petitioner
Interrupted the proceedings -1h based upon the
fact that. -he addressed the- court, for no other
concrete fact is set forth. The mere statement
that he Interrupted the proceedings, without stat
ins? what he did, doea not comply with the plain
mandate of the law. • that the facts mast be
f rated Erery Interruption of -the proceed
ings of • court Is not a contempt, nor unlawful.
nor necessarily Improper. \u25a0 Many interruptions
are lawful and proper. Erery time an attorney
in performance of his duty objects to a question
asked a witness, or objects to any other proceed
ing In the action, he may be said to interrupt
the proceedings. .•...' . ? .
So the .question U>TolTes the single proposi
tion: . Does the simple fact that . an attorney
for a party to an action before a court, ; while
a witness Is being examined, persists In ad
dressing the court, although admonished not to
do so, constitute a contempt of court? We
think it does not. • y \u25a0• • •
. Haying- settled this phase.o f the. case,
the decision draws attention to the, fail
ure of the commitment to mention -the
fact that Ruef was .a fugitive . from
justice. , In the argument- of the case
before the court the fact that Ruef re
fused to be present was carefully pre
sented by the District 'Attorney; but
the Appellate Court •;. Insists that *• it
should have been 'mentioned >in the
order.
FEAR OVERTAKES HOME
COMPANY MILLIONAIRES
Xbs Angeles Men Retain
George A. Kjiight as
; '; Their Counsel
-Continued from. Pagre 1, Column 1
ttiejt :•%**'? caltfed ii6"tt^itpciiy:toicom
plete**fKe" giving of. their. -•, testimony
concerning Home Telephone i Company
affairs. Knight explained that he ad
vised the refusal to testify -because he
understood that his "clients were ; to" be
indicted, regrardless of what their addi
tional testimony might ; divulge. He
satd:;» - : <-..*?\u25a0' \u25a0% :y.;^.iy y. \u25a0
*•» -•-.\u25a0 - . »'L. >- \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-.
• \ T«s; ;"*I -am rettipkd'fbsg the . Hqffle ' Telephone
: p<H3tJltf :ot i Loft-. Aagtlear. ii Its wisi'undM my ad-
Tice that A. B.Cass, J. S.-Torrance and J. 11.
Adam* ' availed tbomsf-lres of \u25a0:, a" riyht that : Is
Rruarantcfd by \u25a0 our ' conrtitntlon :, and laws \u25a0 and
Is as . old as ciTlllzed gorernment. . Erery
pen-on who reads our Kan. Francisco papers must
have noticed anianthofized publication by some
one who Is not I sworn to keep secret | eyery tblng
that : happens , in the Grand -. Jury; room '. to . the
effect that \u25a0 my . clients \u25a0 wore to be indicted : any
way; ~ and • I ; could \u25a0 see ;no ~. reason , why, : under
*the circumstances,^- they should not avail : them
selves, for the; present at least, of a : constitu
tional right.
In the language of a Call editorial, "the con
ditions in • San Francisco . are * unique and' un
parallrfod": .find, to meet * these conditions, , an
open ' trial before | a court will place I every | one
that/,IR under. investigation i in '. their • true - i>osl-:
tlon. . Messrs. < Cbes,' Torrance and Adams • are;
men of Integrity and business prom lnence .in
Los A npelcs, • and are earnest In : their \u25a0 statement
that ; tine - will vindicate tbem.r- My.' belief : In ,
their," Innocence Is ftotlhe result 'of niy employ- !
tni>n t. . I ; believe - In ' them i and '-, their . cause, - au-t
I fet.-l that here* In -San Francisco they. will get
what theyare; entitled' to — a fairj trial" and* fair
reports \ of , It."- and" In i that i way -. remove *'
. «Jodice f that . might - hare £ arisen . from"' their
action under : adriee .< of . counsel, u to which \u25a0 they
reloctantlr 1 yielded.* .., \u25a0:'-\u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0... \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0-.-% -.-^~
HOESE HUNS XJTTO f TßAl»— Alameda. April
12. — Andrew .( Johnston ; and : Samuel 5 Baxter < were
thrown wjt \ of •\u25a0 a: cart . In t a rimaxay ' last ( night
In '• Lincoln ; arenne,^ n«ar i Bay • etreet.-^ Tbe] horse
attacbf d - to . the ; yehide * collided * with >'a i local
train and i mar have ; to ". be 5 shot. v Johnston ? and
Baxter. eecajwd wltli a Xeir alaor bralsefc';.
THE :SAISr:- FRANOISGO/: CALLJ SATUBDAY, APRIL^ 13, 1907 c
SEEK TO COLLECT FOR
WORK NOT PERFORMED
Demands of Contractors for
-Street ' Repairing; Are ; :
. „. Questioned >
HORTON FIGHTS SHY
City Auditor Refuses to
Approve Bills Until After
Investigation J \u25a0
Believing that -an attempt ". has \u0084 been
made to collect* money for street work
noi- performed, .City Auditor- S. W. Hor
ton Is conducting an Investigation that
may uncover an administration \: scandal
involving the Board of Public Works,
of . which George* F. . Duffey, former
booi'dling Supervisor, Is -president.
Demands of three contracting : firms;
aggregating' $21,000, were held up near
ly. two weeks ago, and \u25a0 thus ! far only
one of the firms has succeeded in con
vincing the Auditor that' its claims
were just As to the other firms, they
are. still under. fire. and Horton does not
hesitate to say : that one of \u25a0 them ; has
not done the work for which it asks
pay.
The City. Street. Improvement Com
pany, Charles S. Harney and ;Flinn &
Treacy Tvefe called on for explanations.
Fltrih & Treacy made a satisfactory
showing and their demands were
audited yesterday. The City Street
Improvement Company, .by its presi
dent, will make its showing today, and
the Auditor reserves \ - r expression . \u25a0[' of
opinion until he has made personal In
spection of its work. Charles S. Har
ney occupies a different position. Au
ditor Horton has taken . a good look
at" several blocks Included', in Harney' s
bill and his conclusion is that most of
the 'work- is still to be done.- Harney
has ! twenty demands : ! in all ' and" the
amount he seeks is $7235.22. : All these
demands were approved by George P.
Duffey. and E. I. Aigel linger of the
Board of Public "Works, the finance
committee of the Board of Supervisors,
of which James L. Gallagher is chair
man, and Mayor. . Eugene E. Schmitz:
The inspector who passed on Harney"s
work was W. R. Mac Govern. ' ' -
Auditor Horton made the following
statement yesterday: " -
On April 1 a lot of demands for street work
came into ' the office. They footed up about
$21,000, and I thought I -would hold them up
and; lnrestlgate. Since then I \u25a0 hare Tlslted
quite- a ; number of the> places .mentioned;: in
the -' demands.- Finding \u25a0 that Flinn & Treaty
had done their work and that It -\u25a0 looked - like
good work, I audited their demands. I still
hare the demands of C. S. Harney and the City
Improvement Company - and :am not satisfied
with them. . I hare called in the inspector who
passed the. work, and tomorrow I am going out
with J. W. McDonald of the City Street ' Im
provement,. Company and give him an oppor
tunity to point out Just what his firm has don«.
At-for- C. ;£., Harney, ' I have ..-inspected the
blocks off Fillmore street that figure In his de
mands and the work has . not : been, done.' - When
I called his attention to the block on O'Farrell
street, between \u25a0 Fillmore and Steiner, he • said
a mistake had been made and that the O'Farrell
street work, for which $653.20 is asked, should
have Included all \u25a0 the " blocks between ' Fillmore
and Scott \u25a0. streets. :\u25a0. • \ • ' '
Harhey's j demands : are for work in
several portions of the. city. "/.The
charges., for repairing <in the , neighbor
hood of Fillmore strrfet are as follows:
O'Farrell street, ; between Fillmore and
Steiner, $683.20; street, be
tween Webster _and- Fi11m0re, ;|? 636.7 4;
Eddy street, between Fillmore and
Steiner, $305.06; Turk ; street,' between
Blllmore and Steiner,' ,sss2.l6. /; '
Inspector Mac Gover n/went -before
Auditor. Horton . yesterday v alfternoon
and- tried to, explain, but didn't; meet
with much success. He had noknowl
edge of any ~ mistakes, even the one
which . Harney, admitted. Showing a
notebook .to. Horton hej said: "I meas
ured the work every day, madeTa/
rough note of ; what was done, ; and at
night: copied the figures: in this book.".
Horton scanned the i record! a '\u25a0_ minute
and replied: "Mac Govern.i that: is a
new book. You have fixed it, up for. the
Occasion, but you are"' not wise! 'You
should have rubbed it In the 4lrt awhile
to make it look; old." \u25a0( \ ;^ J: L
Charles S.iHarney; said; last 'night
that aside from \u25a0 the -mistake already
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Four new* S6pVano«Solos f 6y. Gefaldine Farraf.
*\u25a0'"' Three Baritone. Solos' by >Mario»Ancona. * - , ,
V '-Madame vB uttw^
_-\u0084;? Two Duets by :Dalmores and Journet. ' \u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0 '"\u25a0\u25a0 -\u25a0•' ' J^^^^f
PETER BACIGALUPI (S» SONS
1 1113-1115 Fillmore Street
Detwiler Flees City Before
Indictments Are Found
Home Telephone Briber Goes Into Hiding at
-First Definite Disclosures of Graft f
fit -was not -the* actual' filing ; of
teen \u25a0•;. indictments charging him with
bribery that caused Abram K. Detwiler,'
the! Toledo, Ohio, millionaire and Home
Telephone promoter," to , take to hiding/
Detwiier's " desire to "place himself • be
yond -the ' reach V of . ofQcers of the law
who "might- be sent to arrest ' ; him* dates
back v much,. farther than the, time -of
tlxe.unH^ig^ of « the- . indictments j against
.him, -and * h.e : was ; > actually... in j hiding
long before, the. true bills, against him
wereireturned^V ;,—..;/; .;/:'
' : . Detwiler; was. in liJan; Francisco -last
fall,"; when: the first definite; graft l dla->.
closures .iwere ; made..\ <He-w as staying
with ' a friend at the Olympic Club at
the • time, but at - the- very ? first f alarm
connecting; the name '• of i;Jiis> company
with'the investigation he left the city.
,. Detwiler' s^ actions have been through
out," In , the eyes of the prosecuting of
ficials, "\u25a0; an admission of guilt.*3The:evi
dence against; him is said ,tobe incon
trovertible, and it. is known that; he' is
mentioned his .demands .were errorless.
'•'We 8 have done the " work," *he = added,
"and |if I there Is any question ; about*, it,
I 'am; willing/ to : leave it to any expert
who will go over the ground and meas
ure .the work." \u25a0: ?'...." \u25a0 • ( , •'\u25a0 -
Ruefs Lawyers Make Further
Pleas to End Elisor's Power
\u25a0 Abe Ruef's attorneys filed additional
points -of legal - authority ;in the Su
preme Court yesterday to. support their
contention ';' that the indicted 'boss
should bet aken from the care^of Elisor
Biggy. and : : placed in the hands of "the
Sheriff/* The -"document 'filed contains ;a
reference to* section 4192 of the Political
Code, which says that "process andior
ders In 'an action or, proceeding may, 1 be
executed by,; an ' elisor." The attorneys
for Ruef. contend that -this . shows that
the duties of. an . elisor. are . limited \u25a0"' to
"process: and orders." Arguments/ in the
document ; : attack the ' constitutionality
of section 1129 of the Penal', Code, be
cause v the ;\u25a0 State . constitution -. contains
no I provision that bail shall ' be refused.
Phillips Wires Prosecutors
From Resort in Arkansas
i Thomas W. Phillips of the. Adams-
Phillips | Company of Los \u25a0 Angeles, who
has been' wanted for some ; time a
witness before the Grand/<Jury ' and
whose whereabouts had until yesterday
been : a matter of mystery, is? at a; re-
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If^ARRdWcoLLARI
*s§m The Clapeco process, an exclusive Arrow feature, insures long life faffi
faJW \u25a0}'-''\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0 '•\u25a0'\u25a0 and most accurate Quarter Sizes "
200 STYLES IN QUARTER SIZES; 15c EACH; 2 FOR 25c n||J
IV^ " '\u25a0" Clnett, fealiody & Co. . Troy. NJ V.; Makers of Cluett Shirto : V^
familiar. ;with the nature of much of
this evidence. '•\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 ."\u25a0;\u25a0 ; . \u0084.
: It was arhortly . after the ; iiripanelment
of -the" Grand " Jury.; last fall,, and jat the
time when', sensations . were^ following
! fast upon: thej heels of other sensations
aiid'when rfintSj-of.the : expected; tele
phone ~ exposures r were' becoming, rife,
thaVDetwilerJmade his .unostentatious
departure.^ \u0084; [\u25a0'\u0084::: %.^.' x-~-\x -~-\ '•
ii s There were' no,; "good-bys" said. to .his
friends at" the Olympic. Glub.r. He .quiet-;
ly.packed up;aifew belongings and left
between ;'t wo ;days. , Some , of \u0084his; par- 1
soiial effects-, still sremain' in the club
quarters.:./; '>:.!•; 11 :•.••• tl-.t 1 -. ••.'. •'\u25a0;. .: ;\u25a0•;.\u25a0..\u25a0 ' ,
| 'rDe'tWiler's "days ''" as 1 a if ugitlve from
justice^are' .numbered,"., however, and lit
is* practically;" assured that 'he-will be
in\the«hands 'of . th^-atithftritles" in this
city within- the' ; rfext \fdur.\or,; five', days.
While ;hls , exact .whereabou|s may not
be.' known! to;* Burns.T the j latter/ has
traced, him, from place: to place, is fa
ralliar. .with his plans and is ready to
have vhim .' taken ; into at. any
time, on, twenty-four,, hours* notice! ...
near > Hot \u25a0Springs, V' Ark. Phillips
notified I the | graft prosecutors here : that
he would leave ' at jOnce for San Fran
cisco. - ;' \ \u25a0 • .- .';'-\u25a0 "; - -' \u25a0-;>'-
' He disappeared, about, the time, the
Investigation of. the affairs of the Home
Telephone 'Company "of Los Angeles 'as
sumed a serious phase and ; if was be
lieved that s he . had gone East to meet
A." K.'Detwiler, the: indicted Home Tele
phone Company official, and was in hid
ing with him. , ....
Native Sons Favor the Plan to .
Rid Organization of Grafters
.MARTSVILLE, April 12.— At a larg
ly^attended meeting of the' Marysville
Native Sons last night and at which
nearly 100 candidates were initiated.
District Attorney / Fred > Greeley, past
grand president of the order, while act-
Ing '"\u25a0: as;'.the "• toastmaster/ | delivered a
ringing address in which he called upon
the delegates chosen by .the Marysville
parlor -to the; Napa gathering to do
their 'duty/in the ridding of the order
of the: men who had been shown
as grafters by. the San Francisco Grand
JUry.v 4 - Thß i meeting .was attended rby
members of the* Native Sons from all
parts of this section and Greeley*s ad
dress was:; cheered repeatedly. "." -.'\u25a0' '.
REALTY /COMPAHY INCORPOEATES—Oak
land," /April /12.-^Articleß" of incorporation , wer?
filed today ; by; the. Loeb: Realty Company. . wnlch
will ' engage in the .' real estate ' business In Oak
land.--The capital* stock Is to b« $480,000. of
which* s3o,ooo; has been paid in. . Gabriel Loeb,
Frederick , Kahn . and Henry . S. Manheim are di
rectors. ....\u25a0\u25a0 - : -.*; \u25a0 - a • \u25a0 .•
Alv^ Ithe Best
Tliis Year Better Than Ever
'""^hBPPb • 3 ars to^ acco cro P * n Porto Rico
W^^^S is the finest ever grown. Only the choicest
liiPipl se^ ect^ ons are use<^ to make the El Toro.
Ws§o^sM or these reasons the El Toros now on the
IP^^liii mar^ et are particularly recommended.
illlt^llf Two has always been the fjnest 5-cent
j f|§|fej|jl value Porto Rico produced — this year
llilitlSlll th 6 )"' 11 * 6 better than ever.
The increased cost of genuine Porto
v Rican leaf has brought forward many
Isipislsl brands which are made largely from tobac-
gjy|^^3|l co grown in the United States — so you
•ffjEsSSS can't be too particular to see that you get
Ell TORO
• liiftiiii *^^^ s s t^ ie one c^ r y° u can t« sure
I J s S en^ ne P° rto Rican — in quality as well
|||||||||f as name. Made in Porto Rico, of Porto
Wjs§gjM Rican tobacco exclusively, in a thoroughly
T|l||lir modern factory -with facilities far superior
to those of 'any. other manufacturer-— i£?
-— i — i.Toro represents the. best 5-cent cigar that
el toro • Porto Rico can produce.
- . AW El Toros 2xq nozo banded. The
{Exact stze and , _ . . . -. ' *«*-
shape) best oc. cigar made.
Also mad* in Porto Rican-American Tobacco Company
Panetelaand Hunfa.etnm, Saa Jaan, Port* Rleo
Fanctela Finos g. BACH3IAN A CO.. Inc^ Dlatri&atora.
— — -J - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
iSr* 8 Saturday P.M. Only I
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m , Our first Saturday Special In the new Carpet and Rug Department |l
H bids well to outshine our most successful half-day Furniture Event. |j
19 - Beautiful ' "Wilton ' Velvet Rugs, size 27x54 Inches, worth . 12.50, >j
Ea will be offered at $1.65 from Itosp. m. today. Eig-ht different pat- 13
t'jl terns to choose from — rich reds, greens and Oriental effects. ' All O
WM of excellent quality and fringed at botn ends. At this price we ji
wM- could -not possibly 'deliver them for . you, but they, will roll. -Into a 'H
19 small parcel'-which can -be easily .carried. No telephone or mail t-j
§ S 3 : orders accepted and not more than two rugs will be sold to any one \u25a0Tt
P' 1 ! , purcfisiscr. .\u25a0 . . * , \u25a0 - * \u25a0 j%l
BB : An inducement for you to visit our. Carpet Department— the JJ
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i ST^ Cor. 1 4th ' S
13 WTiere the Flllmore-htreet Cars Cross Market Golms to Mission. S?j
."First; Aid" to^the;
Bowels ,
WHEN Hearlburn, Souf
Stomach, Headache, Bad
ißreath,,i Breath,, c oat e d . Tongue,
. ; Belching of Stomach, Gas,
or any of these forerunners of Indigestion
appear, Old Dr. Cascaret wants to be right
on the spot In your pocket.
-- , Dr. \u25a0' Caacafet guarantees to cure rih«
most 7 obstinate - cases of ; Constipation and
Indigestion, without discomfort or Incon-
venience, v ps.
His medlcino does not grip© nor purge,
- but j exercises naturally , the muscles that
•line the walls of the Intestines and Bowels.
•-Want of Exercise weakens and relaxes
the : Bowel - Muscles, \u25a0 Just as it weakens
'Ann'and Leg rhuscies.' ,
\u25a0Wd Dr. Cascaret . goes directly after
these; Bowel-Muscles^ He: wakes them up
Just as a cold bath would wake up a laay
person, vs.- / \u25a0
i Then he .works them (through -the*
nerves) till -they, get so strong -from that
Exercise that they don't need any fhoro
help to do their duty. /
Heavy - dinners, late >uppers,Ywhlskey,
wine or -beer drinking^ nervous excitement,
I sudden exposure to cold or heat and a dozen
[\u25a0 other * everyday likelihoods 'tire' the Bowel-
| Muscles. 'C
[ \: ln such' cases a -little Cascaret In time
4ls4 Is worth fifty; dollars'worth of Treatment
: : later on,': to *\u25a0 say \u25a0 nothing of the suffering, j
: discomfort,: loss of Business ; Energy,' and i
loss of [ Social Sunshine It saves. -
j \ ; : j Little" thin \u25a0 Cascaret Box,- shaped so you
i don't 'notice* its presence in purse or vest-
Itpocket.. - . :\u25a0 ' '_'\u25a0\u25a0 -.:-\u25a0' \u25a0'-[_- \u25a0'\u0084.. ;v •; V ','
J \u25a0 Contains r slx Candy Ten
Cents a Box at any; Druggist's.
! :2 Be sure you get the genuine, made only,
i by • the^Stwling^Remedy^^mpany,"*: an'd
! never sold ; in" bulk. % Every, tablet ; stamped
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