Labor Would Dictate Fusion Terms
UNIT FOR LANGDON BUT
SPLITS ON MAYORALTY
Thirty-ninth Delegation Is
Torn Asunder Between
Taylor and Ryan
STILL NONPARTISAN
Ryan's Friends Fear Charges
of Inconsistency or -
; . Job Hunting
George A. Van Smith
• The thirty-ninth district republican
delegation is a unit for the nomination
'. of District Attorney Langdon, but al
most hopelessly divided between Mayor
Taylor and Daniel A. Ryan for mayor.
That the thirty-ninth district delega
tion to the republican convention In
tends so far as may be to live up to its
nonpartlsan pledges to the people was
amply demonstrated at a meeting of
the delegation held last night at the
:' residence of Marshall Hale. £010 Lyon
.' street.
•• " The meeting was called for a free
discussion of candidates and no attempt
'.\u25a0was made to secure a 'delegation in
dorsement of any candidate. The dis
.cussloa disclosed, however, that the del
egation will be a unit for District At
'.lerney ,William H. Langdon and | that
' : If the formality of indorsement Is not
;;. attempted the thirty-ninth will be vir
tually unanimous for the nomination
::'iiy the republicans of Assessor Henry
' -Washington Dodge and for the nomina
tion of R. E Webstej- for public ad
"ministrator.
: *. On the question of a mayoralty can
didate the delegation is evenly divided
. -between Taylor and Ryan. The opposl
. tton.' to the nomination of Taylor Is
; based on purely partisan grounds and
is in no sense personal. The opposi
. lion.. to the nomination of Ryan also
\u25a0' is .without a personal animus. The
, -ijelegates who are opposed to the noml
'. .-nation of Ryan at the head of the re
.. -publican ticket are not unanimously
:-'4n\ favor of the nomination of Taylor.
,-•' These men are Ryan's friends and
='. jaire -.wljllng to admit that he would
\u25a0tnake an excellent mayor and are gen
\u25a0.*raliy more than trilling to admit that
.'it -nominated he would be elected, but
: '.they Insist that nomination of their
j reform leader at the head of thelrticket
•: -would expose them to a charge of in
. consistency and Invite attacks upon the
' regular republican league as an aggre
gation of job chasers rather than the
disinterested advocates of good govern
.. rnent, in vrhich guise they successfully
t" ppealed to the voters.
They point, too, to the fact that Ryan
-.-nes not sought the nomination and
\u25a0 argue that they do not wish to go into
: '.he convention pledged to the nomina
• ton of one who might decline to accept
the honor. The men on the delegation
who are for Ryan first, last and all the
iime admit that Ryan has not- sought
the nomination and also are willing to
'•.admit that the president of the league
tay be unwilling tw accept the place,
hich, from the number of delegates
_.jw pledged to ( his nomination, will un
.' rjuestionably be offered him by the con
vention. But these men say that Ryan
must be forced to head the ticket If he
shows any disposition to refuse.
.. . Wnile the civislon of opinion touch- :
; ing the mayoralty is so nearly equal
• -as to make the ultimate agreement of
'; the delegation upon either Ryan or
Taylor rather a remote contingency,
.-.-the members 6f the delegation believe,
.or pretend to believe, that they will get
: together on a candidate for the head
..of the ticket at a meeting which will
'. be held next week.
•\u25a0 '. The unanimity with \u25a0which the dele
: ftates agreed that the nomination of
-^District Attorney Langdon was not an
i.<?pen question was not surprising, but
agreement upon the wisdom or de
• \u25a0pjf ability of giving the republican
: ;heininalion to Assessor Dodge was not
; . to- tie expected. Dodge is Gavin Mc
..'..Nab'S. prize candidate and was at one
• tlbie; suggested as the major portion
V^fi. the price the republicans would be
. called upon to pay for a fusion ticket.
! '-.:.*f~_-. H. Webster, the delegation's
''chpjce for public administrator, is a
. republican. He is- deputy superinten
dent of schools and formerly •was su
('-perlfltendent.( '-perlfltendent. Strangely "enough he was
K>?€a±ei» for re-election by William H.
! X-angdon, then a democrat and An
'^\u25a0'ed'nesatbr.
j Undertakers Seek to Take
v. ":."•' Coronersbip From Doctors
J two Applicants Already Out for
Job of Opportunities
r* 'For many •rears it has been custom
fery for political parties to give their
! nomination for coroner to a physician,
ibut this time the undertakers want a
[chairce. Two members of the somber
[•profession ha-v« already removed their
iTrhlte gloves and are industriously
\u25a0 shaking hands . ! with delegates and
i f rieeds of delegates. Both would pre-
I f er two nominations to one. P. J. Me
' Cormlck, & former deputy ooroner, is
I looking w his old friends -of the de
: jnocracy, and Al White is going him
•lone better. /White. has a taps In each
' hand and !\u25a0 taking the , measure of re
i publicans and union laborltes two at a
' time. Els friends say it is a satin lined,
.| silver sailed cinch that he. will land at
least one nomination,
.-\u25a0 White knows the opportunities of the
' coroner's office. The coroner has from
two to three hundred Jobs for under
"i takers ©very year. In the days of Cor
soner Hawkins the "patronage" not
divided among the various firms en
' png-f d in the burial business, but was
! given to one firm. White was a mem
t ber of that firm. In the language of
I his rivals, he wu the "official under
j taker." There is nothing' In the law to
< prevent a coroner from giving all his
! "patronage" to himself, and by »o do-
Ing he can add from $8,000 to $1 2,000 a
i year to his Income. White has said
, nothing about dividing up with his fel
: low undertakers, and consequently they
; are not enthusiastic over. his candidacy.
! One of them who recalls the Hawkins
* regime has even been so unkind as to
; refer to him as a "morgue wagron
chaser."
Every woman prides herself on the
.appearance of her table linen, which
livill be faultlessly white if
IBoap" is used. •
.TIES PLACED ON TRACK J
DERAIL WHEELS OF CARSi
Attempt to Wreck : Southern Pacific
. . Train Near Pajaro Station Is
Partly Successful"
'pALINAS, Sept. 4. — A partly* success
ful attempt to wreck southbound train
No. 18 on the Southern Pacific was
ma.de last night near Warners lake,
one Jjaile this side of Pajaro station.
Two ties had been'placed on the track
i and one of them threw some of the
wheels on* the rails. The train pro
ceeded on its way "after three hours'
delay. .'
STRAIGHT UNION TICKET
IS PLAN OF LABORITES
Eagan Says Fusion Under
. Present Platforms Is
Impossible
AGAINST ALLIANCE
George Berger Says He
Stands for Unionman
for Mayor
By John Taylor Waldorf
"I think the action of our conven
tion will result in a straight union la
bor, ticket."
That was the answer made yester
day by Thomas F. Eagran, chairman of
the . labor party county committee,
when asked to express an opinion on
the probability of a fusion of laborltes
and democrats.
"It would be impossible for the
union labor party to make a fusion
agreement, unless some other party
Adopted a set of principles practically
the same as its own," continued Eagan.
"We could not indorse the principles
for^which the republicans now stand,
nor could we Indorse those of the
democrats. We fought fusion two
years ago and fought it successfully.
This year we are prepared to meet two
opponents or one — it Is all the same
to us. The only fusion in which we
could take part would be one In which
all the parties got behind the same
candidate, but tha/ is not likely to
happen.
"Of course, we could indorse some
broad minded citizen who Is not a
member of our party, but we wouldn't
like to win the election and then lose
the man. The members of the union
labor party demand some one on whom
they can rely Implicitly. I have sev
eral candidates In mind, but that Is not
saying that I am f avoring any one of
them."
When. asked it he were a candidate
for mayor, Eagan replied: "I am not a
candidate In the sense of seeking the
honor."
"Has any delegate been asked to
present your name to the convention?"
"Not that I know of," answered Ea
gan. "If any one has made such a re
quest he acted without my consent."
George Burger, secretary of the labor
party county committee, came out
flatly against alliance with either of
the old parties.
"I am not in favor of fusion," he
said. "The sentiment of -the delegates
seems to be for the nomination of
some one for mayor who holds a union
card and a straight union labor ticket."
It is known that some of the dele
gates if left to their Individual pref
erences would favor a fusion with the
democrats, but from present Indica
tions such a scheme could be put
through only In the event of the con
vention getting away from Its cap
tains. Ex-Mayor Eugene E. Schmltz
naturally wants to see District At
torney Langdon beaten, and would not
hesitate to Indorse fusion, provided he
thought It would accomplish the de
feat of the man who made his convic
tion possible.
This might make a big difference In
case of a conflict of opinion, but
Schrnltz no longer has jobs to give out
and gratitude for past favors never
goes very far In any kind *bf politics.
It is the man that eSrpects a favor who
sticks the longest and fights hardest.
In any event. It takes two to make a
bargain, and there is no certainty that
the democrats would agree to "ignore
District Attorney Langdon, even though
the labor party offered them the mayor
alty and half of the remainder of the
ticket as a reward. Langdon the man
Is not popular with the average dem
ocrat, but Langdon the sentiment Is
looked upon as a power which if un
heeded might play havoc with its op
ponents.
The convention of the union labor
party will hold its first session Thurs
day evening, September 19, in Dolores
ball, but after choosing n cnalrman
and transacting other routine business
the delegates will adjourn for a week
or two. H. M. Alexander is being
boomed for the chairmanship, and
party leaders predict that the honor
will be his. Alexander is a member of
the typographical union. He was ap
pointed a member of the police com
mission by Mayor Schmitz, but after he
had obtained his bonfl It was found
that he had not lived In San' Francisco
long enough to qualify and his appoint
ment was -withdrawn.
KILLS WIFE AND CHILD
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
Portland Teamster Wreaks Awful
Vengeance on Family From
Whom He Was Parted
PORTLAND, Sept. 6. — Charles Brad-
ley, a teamster, tonight shot and killed
his wife and 12 year old daughter,
Rhoda Bradley. . Bradley then shot
himself to death. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley
have not been living together,; and she
has been supporting herself and daugh
ter by working In a laundry.
m> rCLLL IVOVeLiIGS in %jU,IIS r\f The Mission Fur*^w
I CLtld Coots niture Bargains
\\ L%3ffi'*\ = ; Tre axe now offering are attracting
r Three-quarter coat iSnlt,;: loose/ arid -tight/ ] widespread^ attention* for -ono' rea- ; :
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THE SAIST cFR&NCISCO OALL^iERIDA^, SEPTEMBER;; 6, 1907;
SOUTH IS SUPPORTING
PRESIDENT'S NAVAL PLAN
Democratic Senators Favor
Cruise of the Battle- v*
1 ship Fleet
LONG VOYAGE LIKELY
Warships Will Visit Philip
pines and Return by
Way bf/Suez \ ;;\u25a0
Special by Leased Wire to The Call
WASHINGTON, Sept. :! 5.-- r Southern
democratic senators ;; continue V to^align
themselves with the administration? as
regards \u25a0 the . dispatch oorf r the /battleship
fleet to the Pacific \u25a0=\u0084 Senator ; James ;B.
McCreary; of Kentucky,!who'ls(&'mem
ber of the committees 6m foreign 'rela-;
tlons and'the Philippines,-: said 4 qiTl his
arrival in 1 Washington J yesterday /that
he favored the trip /of tha'.. battleships
to the , Pacific and could not see where
Japan could take offense." . :
"The Unitedv States.; has ; a/great
navy," 1 said the senator. /.."Our. 1 battle
ships, excepting the; Oregon, .Wiscoh-,
sin and Nebraska; have /cruised ' only
in the Atlantic heretofore. ,: I am. -in
favor of sending-, as proposed, 16 bat
tleships and 8 cruisers^ to; the Pacific.'
They will attract ; the /attention \ of »_the
world and the; serviced will;- give '.our.
officers and ' men : valuable • experience."-
laiiEET NOT TO BE ,Dlvir»ED
It is announced authoritatively at
the navy ; department .that . President
Roosevelt does not" intend the creation
of two i battleship \ fleets ; nor does Sec
retary-Metcalf nor \u25a0* 'even 1 the general
board,/ which is . supposed -to represent
the extreme view in naval development,
favor either, the division of th,e | present
magnificent fleet under Admiral ; Evans'
command or ,;the creation/of i/.another
fleet In order that th'ero may be a for
midable American navy on both oceans
the Atlantic^* and Pacific. /On /,;;the
contrary/ it is ;> regarded '"at /the . navy
department as better? policy?: to 'main-'
tain, . one perfectly " equipped/;* well
drilled 'fleet, \u25a0 free ' to move: at' will: to
any. part of the globe at short notice,
and the present plans contemplate the
increase of} the strength ?of 'the'exist
ing Atlantic fleet from 18 ' to 28 battle
ships. : \ \u25a0'\u25a0' - \u25a0: •>;'\u25a0 : ;_\u25a0]•/ '-'-. .' : "
This will afford a-'command; as ' large
as can be directed properly by, any one
oflicer and it will; test the^ capacity, of
ports and drydocks'in "any! particular
section of the world. It Is
positively at the department 4 that*there
is not the least -intention .of. "keeping
the battleships; which;, will go to ; the
Pacific permanently tin those waters.
That ; fleet, it is -, added.' will : surely re
turn to the Atlantic^ seaboard after it
has fulfilled its mission and demon
strated the feasibility of transferring
such a vast naval force from ocean to
ocean.
WILL CIRCLE THE GLOBE
NEW YORK, Sept. s.— Some Interest
ing information bearing .on the,-dis
patch of Admiral/ .Evans' ..battleship
fleet to -the Pacific is Jn ',\u25a0 the
Times today and is credited;; to. a. high
authority. The j, administration, " it"» is
stated, does not mean to cojifine the
fleet's movements to -the Pacific coast.
The president's plan is to send ; the
warships on to Hawaii and then to the
Philippines after their visit to Califor
nia ports. When orders are Issued. for
their return the route designated .will
be via the Suez canal. Thus the fleet
will circumnavigate the globe. , ' •
Is. learned further that in.: the
meantime the Atlantic coast will not be
left- unprotected, but that ; at the in
stance of President Roosevelt the. navy
department [ has already ; begun i to ' plan
the , mobilization : of " another fleet to
replace . that under "Admiral " Evans. - t
The , New San Francisco
v Fifteen full page, engravings.. finished
in the duotype process, -from, photo
fraphs and architects' drawings of. new
ulldings in course -^ of construction or
contracted for, are shown In thevSep
t ember ; number of Sunset Magarine.
These.are Accompanied by -a beautifully
lllustlated article by Hufus Stoele on
"The Spread of San Francisco," a story
of the enchanted -garden- down .the
peninsula and the developments* which
make it possible as a home site for city
toilers. - • - : •. r
COPPER KING WILLIAMS
DIES IN LOS ANGELES !
Old Age Claims One. of the Most
. Beloved Men the , Southwest :.
Has . Ever Known .- * ;.'.; .'. -
Special by Leased Wire to The Calif
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6.— Lewis Wii-.
Hams, known \u25a0 to the • Mexican : popula
tion from El 'Paso* to the* Pacific as Don
Luis, and' universally I "esteemed- by
them" for . prospector, * discoverer :?and
maker ' of ;\u25a0 the r famous " Copper ?. Queen!
mlning'company^in-Arizond, died in his
home In Los *An geles ; today, : aged ; 73.
Few men '.were : more : ,widely '\u25a0 known In
the ; Padflc southwest,.: and z few had . a
greater number " of : friends; * : ' \u25a0
JVelsh parents came
to the west early in v life and for " years
struggled hard for a' living.",; : :i He won
one ' fortune and : established/ himself fas
a I copper expert in San : Francisco, and
in that city, opportunity .came to} hlmi in
that : he secured ; title \ to "\ mining) claims
which were j the foundation of the fa
mous Arizona . town of ; Blsbee. 1 " ,)
Persian Minister Comes West to See
True American in His Native Haunt
Points *Out-New Trade
Field for k Conquest
. by^ Americans
'> General ,.. sMorteza}/ Khan, -minister
plehlpotentiary.-;from-; the^ kingdom r of
Persia) to: the; American; continent, .who
has been^making; a^tourj of ; the*,western
, Uni ted " States, 'arrived ; at \ the Fairmont
v from^; Portland. V^Khan" will
end '" his ; long : trip ) from ;at
Mexico "i 1 City,* --i^where v he;;: will . notify
; President- Diaz i officially^ sof5 of acces
sion ) of ; Mohamed 'All \u25a0 Shah\ to - Per
sian throne. ",jThe former, shah of Persia
died January- 9,' and after, the accession
of i the • new ; ruler,' July ; 17; Khan called
on^President ' Roosevelt -; at \ Oyster '\u25a0. Bay
as j the>accredlted ! representative sof * his
country , to - notify." him "of the [accession
of ; the_- : new - shahl*- •"*'" V~i\ \u25a0 ; j. : -*~-i - ' '
* Khan said' yesterday at the Fairmont
that ; 1 1 * wai " his _ desire to establish per
manerit;' commercial % relations i between
the rUnlted ; States 'and' Persia.-; He' said
there j was ; a" large' market; (there! for
cotton!- and implements.'
The \u25a0 minister,'' who \u25a0:. has .been : two \u25a0 years
In \u25a0 the : United i States, has * come , west
partly^ to "•> dlscover^the v true \u25a0 American.'
;Testerday}he declared»that he had not
"met ';\u25a0 the / real -' and typical 'American : in
; "Washington }Is cosmo-,
politan/'i said' he,! "and;l have /come" out
here' to see the -'American as >he \ is." \u25a0•\u25a0 r.^
\.\u25a0:.'.He" Holds i' that / there ' are strong . in-,
ducemehts'for..' American In
Persia, and * says; ; that while -the ge6'-.
graphical, positions of : two ! coun-;
tries are* sucli " as •to \u25a0 prevent them from
ever . becoming- politically,- related there
Is nothing 'to *tahd : in, the .wayof busi
ness 'relations. Z ?'As we did ; with : our
Persian j rug soSwe '.want \u25a0 you i- to \do
with", your "agricultural implements: and
your^cotfon,"he'sald. v.v
j^'JTen 5 ' years; ago rug; was
unknown * here. England j. and" Russia
now: have- the bulk \of i the .trade with
Persia, but Germany :? Is beginning to
get : a foothold. .. '' You Americans '• send
your ; commercial \u25a0 agentsj almost every
where, j Why not to Persia? By J secur
ing a foothold in; Persia" American mer
chan tsVwould. have all 'of [central Asia.
San Francisco; is nearer.; to," Persia ; than
South ; America. , It* v ls only "about 25
days to * Teheran," v while' the Journey, to
some parts of VSouth .America is 40
days. .;\u25a0,.; ;./ ', .•. • *_ \u25a0\u25a0 / \u25a0'/ " ' . . '
VThls country, buys Persian rugs in
Constantinople .and ; ; London, .^paying
about "three times the price they cost
In - Persia..: .* Why,^ not f.. buy/; them , and
other things .'difect?/- Imports ; and^ ex
ports :' of > Persia ; - ' amounted rj. to $100,
000,0001 last ; year. . .' Of this amount only
about i $500,000 was interchanged i with
the United . States." : Khan fis j affluent
speaker and said that after being two
years in . America . he . : was . impressed
with ? the daring \u25a0 and^ audacity of the
Americans in. carrying out large ;enter7
prises, which fairly took- away his
breath, he said.
Ten Days of Sport at Hotel del Monte
From . Saturday, -.August 31, •; to Mon
day, September. 9,- inclusive, r tennis and
golf ' experts and 1 automobile enthusi
asts will have" everything their .own
way at Del Monte; =' Special - golf con
tests, with handsome \u25a0\u25a0; trophies, ? have
been arranged and' the .twentieth an
nual ~ tournament '• of i the - Pacific States
lawn tennis association- offers ,- many
features that will \u25a0 attract air lovers of
this alluring game.' The Automobile
Club of California : Is planning a run
to cover the Admission day. holidays. A
special one • fare, < round trip railway
rate; for all participants :in golf and
tennis and 'their:, families; has /been
made..' To /secure! this ( rate ; ask . tot *
.receipt-certificate In buying. first, class
one way -ticket: this .certificate, .when
indorsed at the hotel; will secure : a re
turn.ticket;without charge. These oer
tiflcates can be obtained from : August
25 to September • 9, :\u25a0 inclusive, ; and - will
be honored for. return ?trlp -* up to : Sep
tember. 12.' : For the = public generally
a special round*-. trip \u25a0: railway- rate of
one and a third fares from practically
all points in California has been made.
This means $4.75 round "trip from San
Francisco, \u25a0 $15.20 from Los Angeles,
87.36 : from - Sacramento,- '$7.35 from
Stockton and \.v $11.90 -\- from Fresno.
These tickets will be on sale Au
gust '30 and' 31 and September 5 : and
6, good to return until : September 12.
It Is- expected that: May- Button,' the
tennis champion," will .be there, as •, well
as " other * well \u25a0 known ; golf and -tennis
players. ' The . management . requests i all
who " are planning >to ;go> to Del Monte
for. this occasion to make hotel reser
vations 'as ; early . as .possible. Parlor
car " from San Francisco \u25a0 dally. - Inquire
789 Market street. Phone Temporary
2761. \u25a0< \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 -\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0;:\u25a0;: - ' :.?.'-i
STOCK IN* NEW BANK
IS QUICKLY ; SUBSCRIBED
Ripon to : Have : Fourth New Financial
Institution Recently Formed in
San Joaquin. County^
Special by Leased^ Wiro to The Call T
STOCKTON, Sept." 6.— With •, the "or
ganization of a new bank at Ripon, San
Joaquin county can boaat of the insti
tution of : * three" new banks 'within -, six
months. : ; Stockton bankers and * busi
nessmen attended ; a ' " mass " meeting
called : by J citizens of j Ripon last night
and inlialf .an'hour^thermajorlty of s th«
stock \u25a0\u25a0 was 1 subscribed.'; Stockton bank
ers wiir Incorporate 'thie^bank.*' ,
ROOSEVELT NAMES CHIEF
i. OYSTER; -BAT,- ; Sept. 6. — .president
Roosevelt today appointed Lety Ttger
as chief of the five tribes of Creek In*
dians, to succeed \u25a0 Chief Pleasant Porter^
who died fat- Muskogree, I^T.- ) recently* ;'- v
• General Morleza Kahn,-' minister • of
Persia: to) the 'American continent, xoho
' says he ' has \u25a0 come . Toesl to discover . the
\u25a0 % 'true .
RUMOR THAT A LABORER
TRIED TO KILL EMPEROR
Officials at Vienna Brand
the .Startling Story
as" False r /
.VIENNA, Sept. s.— lt Is reported here
that an attempt was made to assassi
nate '. Emperor Francis Joseph this
morning, but he escaped unharmed. The
scene of the attempt Is said -to ; have
been .' Klagonfuit, a town of Austria-
Hungary, , about 40 miles from Laibach,
and the capital ; of Carinthia.
,The would.be assassin is described as
an Austro-Italian laborer and the time
of .his attempt is' said to have been
9:30 a. m; ' "V
; It is 'officially" stated that^there Is no
truth", in the reports of the attempted
assassination of Emperor Francis , Jo
seph. . An \u25a0 old peasant carrying a > cane
attempted to approach the emperor for
the | purpose 1 of presenting^ a petition,
which*, led to * some ? confusion ' and the
circulation ,of the £ rumor:- that Van at
tempt had been made on the life of his
majesty.: - . I
;: Pri vate- Information 'on the subject
corroborates the official ' statement -that
no; attempt was; made v to kill the^em
peror." -',V-- : -V -\u25a0'•\u25a0- \u25a0*»•"-'•-
.You. are. attracted' by the advertise
ment in; this .paper; you read it and
make up : your mind s that the goods ad
vertised are what you want.: You enter
a store to make your purchase.: Be sure
to get* what you i ask for,'. even, if the
dealer, tries to sell you something justi
as good. Avoid substitutes. " . , '
POREIGJfERiS BUT '-CARS
_', NEW^TORK,; Sept. s.— Contracts ag
gregating $2,000,000 have". been awarded
to American conoerns for, rolling: stock
to by rforeiffn : railroads. The
American locomdtlve works,' the Bald
win locomotive "works and the St. Louis
car will supply nearly 100 lo
comotives and J 300 * cars, \, Including ; a
numberjof - motor; cars, for Japan, Mex
ico arid fthe';West Indies. '
IT xi c oovs S t ore I
I/^P Our fall styles are here. We j
V^^^^ \u25a0 are manufacturers selling diredt g
Ik WMwk to th c cons umer, saving you the 1
* -I :: ml dclleman s proht. 1 hat s the |
| .^^^^^ reason our boys' department is |
\u25a0 ,^^^ always v busy. We pidure the ®|
I* Harvard double breasted sack i
in all the new fall woolens. §
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8 SAN FRANCISCO/ DOWNTOWN STORE OAKLAND |
\u25a0 Fillmore arid Ellis, / 730 Market 11th and Washington |
DfSGARDED IINES OF
Extraordinary High Grade Pianos to Go
Some Half Price========some' Under Half
Last week we began closing out all/discarded lines of Pianos as
!well .'as "instruments taken. in part payment for -Kranich & Bach Baby
Grands,: Everett -Baby : Grands , and interior Piano Players. All used
Pianos have" gone through our* workshop and have been entirely rebuilt
arid refinished.' -Most of them cannot be told from new.
{ . Many>of the prices are but one-naif their actual worth — others less
than half. .The conditions make .the sale different from. the ordinary—
soni/e .of the: Pianos ha.ye been "scarcely used, at all— some are brand
new— and the; scarcely used Pianos come/to us to be sold at a fraction
of -their worth:"* 1 . Many people are purchasing \u25a0 Kranich & Bach Baby
Grands arid/Everett Baby Grands and/Kurtzmanri Player Pianos and
are discarding Pianos .that are absolutely satisfactory — that are jest
/as good r aY", new. / / .._
A few r of the instruments are still tn*«old that we have been adver-
tising f6r;th*e past several days. As all will be closed out. before Satur-
day night come;early today if you want a choice of the few that remain.
R SPECIAL TERMS FOR THIS SALE
All instruments priced at $200.{X)or underrslo.oo cash and $6.00
monthly.'-.; Over $200.00 to' s3oo.oo, SJO.Oo»cash and $7.00 monthly.
Over $300.00," $15.00 cash; and $10.00' monthly. As all qiir Pianos
: arc priced on a cash basis- (fictitious values being eliminated), in-
"terest at. the rate of 8 per cent per annum will be charged on deferred
'payments./- . . ' •
CLARK WISE & CO.
1420 Van Ness Avenue
ELEVEN LOSE LIVES IN
NORTHERN HOTEL FIRE
Hostelry at -Shel ton, Wash. 5
Proves a Terrible
Deathtrap ,
\u25a0\u25a0;:TACqJIA,^Sept. s.— Fire destroyed
the.Webb hotel at Shelton, 26v.. miles
from Tacoma, last night. Eleven per
sons perished. . *
The dead: Miss Ida Slay. Bailey,
waitress; William^ Holmes, master me
chanic, in the Peninsular road shops;
Lera Dideaux,. bar Render; Pearl F. Lar
son, butcher's boy: Mrs. Gay, employe
"of the hotel; D. J.- Henescy, logger,
Seattle; Sam Holt, Mrs. Mudge. Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Westvall. An' unknown man
jumped from the third story through
the sfiylight to the kitchen floor and
was killed. '
Among the- more seriously injured
are th«"follawing: ..Miss Mudge., fatally
burned^; Douglass' Grout, night . clerk.
Injured internally; Miss Mary Brask.
Portland, limbs burned, leg broken, will
probably, die; James Moreland, Alaska,
. badly : burned, may die; Joe Nichols,
collarbone 'broken- and, badly bruised;
J. G." Bond, back broken, and 'shoulder
fractured. \u25a0 will probably' : die ; • Charles
Garrett, badly burned on body; L. E.
Thout, 4 badly burned about head and
hands. -^nHSPfIBHI
The fire, was discovered about 1:45
o'clock this morning. ,;. It had started In
the hotelannex, probably from a light
ed cigar dropped in the sample room.
The hotel waß,a' three story" structure.
"Within]^ few moments the hoteT was
a mass of flames. Screams and cries
for, help were coming from almost every
window and dozens of people 'risked
thelr^own ' -. lives help" bring out the
unfortunates.
"The hotel occupied a corner of a
block in the center. of the city that was
! solidly built. of frame structures. Those
in -the upper stories were ..entirely cut
off from the'stairway and at'least seven
or eight jumped from the wfndows be
fore help could reach thenV :;
FIRE STARTED BY MOB
CAUSES $3,000,000 LOSS
Troops and Police Aid in
Checking Conflagration
in Antwerp
ANTWERP. Sept. s.— The flre which
was started In a lumber yard by rioters
last night necessitating the calling out
of troops to. assist firemen In fighting
the flames was still burning this morn
ing, threatening the destruction of tha
lumber and warehouse district of the
city, and help was summoned from
Brussels and Ghent. ~
With the assistance of firemen from
other cities the flre was under control
at midnight,' but .-only after desperate
efforts ' upon the. part of the' firemen,
militia, police and civilians.
The loss Is estimated at $3,000,000.
The maritime federation has rejected
the labor minister's proposal to arbi
trate the dispute between the shipping
companies.- No disorder occurred today.
I) Infos: Car Service
Breakfast may be obtained In dining:
car carrf%d on Southern Pacific's 7:00
a. m. Santa Cruz train, luncheon on 9:00
a. m. train* for Santa Cruz and San Luia
Oblspo, dinner on 5:20 p. m. train to
Santa Cruz, also on 5:20 p. m. train
from Santa Cruz. •
WILL IrSEl r SE POLAR BEARS
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 5. — Captain
Roald Amundsen, who In 1905 conclud
ed the navigation of the northwest pas
sage, Is making- plans -for a larger ex
pedition to the polar regions. He la
credited with the, Intention of using
polar bears in the same manner as
dogs are used now.
STOPS RAILROAD WORK
MACON. Qa.. Sept. s.— As a result of
the reduction In the passenger rates
and the general condition of the money
market so far as railroads are con
cerned, all Improvements have been
ordered stopped by President K. F.
-Hanson of the Central of Georgia rail
way.
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