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JAPANESE BANK
IS ORDERED TO
BE LIQUIDATED
Bank Superiatendent | Refuses
Any Further Delay in»Case
of Kimmon Ginko
Institution to Be PlacedliirHands
of Examiner W. G. Wat
son Today .
The endeavors of the stock holders of
the Golden Gate bank (Kinunon Ginko),
k&ffuna and Post streets, to secure a
further extension of time in order to
Place that institution in a perfect con
dition have not been to the satisfaction
of Alden Anderson, superintendent of
banks, and yesterday Anderson ordered
That the bank be liquidated and placed
Bunk Examiner W. C. Watson in full
charge of the affairs.
For more than two hours yesterday
afternoon a crowd of Japanese were In
consultation with Anderson in an effort
to persiude him to postpone action for
a few days, but Anderson thought that
sufficient time had already been con
sumed in the attempt to right the in
stitution, and ordered it liquidated.
Just how long it will take to settle
<:p the affairs of the Institution can not
b*» ascertained until a more thorough
examination of the assets has been
made. According to a partial report
made to the board of bank commission
ers several weeks ago many of the
securities taken for loans were worth
f*r Ipss than they were listed, and some
of them it would be impossible to
realize anything on. The majority of
the depositors are Japanese of the
working: class, and their savings have
row been tied up since last March.
CI/OSED AFTER lUJX
The bank was closed on the 29th of
that month by the bank commissioners
following a run. in which several thou
sands of dollars were paid out. The
<a.j>bier of the bank, Y. Xawa, said at
the tim*> that the bank was solvent, but
That the run would certainly ruin the
institution, and 'for that reason he. had
arlced the commissioners to take charge.
When a rursory examination had been
mad* it was found that the bank could
i>ot withstand a run. however small,
and it was ordered that the officials im
mediately begin to realize funds on
"oac of the securities taken for loans.
A committee of depositors was or
ganized and an endeavor made to secure
r efficient money to rehabilitate the
hank from the president, at that time
vn Japan. The president promised
money, but he wanted time In M-hioh to
pay it into the institution. The depos
itors would not stand for any delay,
stid a?k?d that he either pay imme
diately or allow the bank to be liqui
dated. He made several promises, hut
old not fulfill any of them, hence the
action of the superintendent yesterday.
BRANCH WILL, BE CLOSED
The institution has a branch in Los
Angeles and that branch will also be
closed, The southern bank, it is said, !s
perfectly solvent, and there is a possi
bility that It may be rehabilitated and a
sufficient sum realized to assist in the
liquidation cf the Institution In this
Hty. it is possible that a small divi
dend will be paid here in a few weeks.
WILL HAVE BENEFIT FOR
NEW ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL
Ladies' Auxiliary A. O. H. Has
Program for Tonight
Robert Emmet division No. 4, Ladies'.
Auxiliary, A. O. 11., will give an enter
taimnent and dance tonight in Ken
drick's hall. I'alencia and Sixteenth
streets, for. the benefit of the new St.
•lohn's school now being constructed in
St. Marys avenue adjoining St. John's
church.
Mrs. T. R. Huling. the chairman of
the committee on arrangements, is be
ing assisted by Mrs. James Cook, Mrs.
Tliomas Minnehan. Mrs. G. Wienholz
Mrs. A. O'Brien, Mrs. E. J. Fay and'
others. : : -%jv
Excellent talent has been secured
ft>r the program. John J. O'Connor and
*on will dance. Edgar Boyle, T. Flatly
R. R. Dinnigan, Mr. and Miss Flageo'l
let. 'Mrs. Robertson. T. P. Minnehan
and Master Tinney and Blarke will
King, and Dr. J. M. Toner, Mrs. C
Klanchfleld. Miss Levy and Joe Han
»nn will recite. The program will be
folowed with dancing.
CONCERT IN UNION SQUARE
BY PARK BAND TODAY
Attractive Program of Varied
Selections Will Be Rendered
\u25a0 The Golden Gate park band will
give its first concert in Union Square
park Fince the fire this afternoon at
2 o'clock, when the following pro
gram will b*> rendeed:
A..r1,.-m. -Star Spanpled Banner."
M«rrb — Coronation. "Queen of Sbeba" fioucor)
I\"8)tr — "Tojt rarin" .-\u25a0•- Waldteufel
OVERTCBn
Vrsimflp — "A la Uwt" Srbubert
Grand s^np. ••!* Htncdh-tlmi dfs rolgiurd*"..
• '• Meyerbwr :
r.\«frptg. •FiLU<f .Ooiinod
S*>xt«t. "Looia- 1 \u25a0 .I)onli»ttl
G^mc frrwu '"{mtpjisilp" ...Hfrbert
Idyl«. •Glnr.-.-»rni<-li«>a" I>i»tka
Mtrch — •'l»a'iKlners of America" Lampre
Notice to Passenger*
- • Round Trip .Transfer Tickets
Now on Sale.
Trunks (round trip). 75 cents each.
>-. . A saving of 25 rents.
*?:. • Morton Special Delivery.
3S Steuart £t. and Oakland Ferry Depot
Telephone ICearny 801 •
HELD OS EXEEZZIXKEXT CHARGE— Wil-
Yikk: J. Cornel!, farmer i**tntxrf sud (K-at^iror
of (i;r- PionMM- automobile oonipanr, was Iwld
for tvinl by I'o3lr«» Jmlpr Sbortall yesterday oa
mo cliarcr* mf. felony etnbpM!em«-n(. He U a c- j
<-u«<>d of cinbrzzllns altogftbPr about $10,000. ;
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OR
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1651 FILLMORE STREET
(NEAR; POST STREET)' -.
Apply to E. F>. GOSL^IINa,
ROOM 202, CALL- BUILDINO
PIteous Tragedy
Of Unhappy Life
'Sad , Tale of Young Woman Who Was Wife at
TenderfAge of Thirteen Years
MARY ASHE MILLER
Llttlef|Mr».\ Agnes SelkU— or Dursuid
— arrested on; a charge of polygamy,
waits in the city prison for the un
tangling*) of the twisted threads of her
matrimonial Mentures and. the decision
as to w\ietlwer\she must so to prison
for a term of y^ars, yield again to the
husband who is not a. husband, or
marry the man of her*, choice, who
says he Will stand Jby'her*. to the end.
A pitiful, rather sordid 3lttle tragedy
is the tale she tellsi— a . skd record of
wrongdoing without .intent to aln, of
law breaking' through-Mgnbrance of the
law. *
She says she feelst no fear of the
consequence of her arV«st, as It Is sim
ply a move made bjr Sain SeHka, to
whom she was . manned eight years
ago, to compel her to k-eturn to«hitn.
PATHETIC LITTLE FWSURE
She speaks with freedom of her life
and tells of the misfortunes In the
way of husbands that '.she has had
with apparontly no thougxht of guile or
concealment. She ie a pathetic little
figure, and the directness «of the glance
from her blue ey«s — set Wide' apart —
and her quaint straightforwardness of
manner have made* even police officers
and newspapermen believe, ; in her.
But 26 years old now. sSie has been
married half her life and has had three
children.
Seen at the prison yesterday «he said
that she was sure she was; not going
to be in trouble long and that she
knew she could never be niade to re
turn to Selka, who haa, sliks declares^'
ill treated her for years.
When Agnes Hilliard -wats 13 years
old she was married at her parents'
home in North Carolina with their
consent to a Frenclimann.ft.med E. P.
Durand, many years older than her
self and a worthless character. With
him she went first to Illinois, where
they lived, she, says?, in a shack. "I
used to cry then because I didn't have
enough to eat," she said. "Nothing
but bad bread and bacon, so awful I
couldn't eat it at all."
Later they, with their baby, born
before the girl was 15 yeaSrs old, went
to the Indian Territory and s there sepa
rated. She then joined a "carnival
show," which was a type of theatrical
organization, where she was, she pays,
"a sort of soubrette." In thi6 she
met Selka. who is a few y-ears older
than herself.
MARRIES SECOND TIME
Barely IS years old, slie was married
a second time, about six months after
she left Durand, Selka telling her that
the first marriage didn't count De
cause she was so young. She seems to
have accepted this with. a simple, child
like faith and to. have believed that
Durand's separation* from her ended
all legal ties.
She says that she told ,the clerk
when she went to marry Selka that she
had been married before and asked if
it made any difference and he said that
he didn't believe she was old enough
to be married even then.
"I loved Selka then," she said. "I
loved him as much as I hate him now."
Her life with Selka was soon as
unhappy as it coulQ be, according to
her story. She was forced to work
hard in the cheap theatrical business
that he conducted. "I had to work
something awful." she said. "Why,
he used to make me be a dancing girl
and a living picture and anything else
in the show that he happened to need —
all at one performance." When he
was not in the theatrical business he
was a jewelry faker, selling on the
street, but finally drifted into the
"legitimate jewelry business," she
says.
SHE WORKED; HE PLAYED POKER
They lived in Marysville, In this
state, for two years and that seems
to have been the happiest time of her
SAYS BURGLAR TRIED
TO BREAK INTO ROOM
Woman's Story About Diamonds
Discredited by Police
Mrs. C. Kelly. 1991 Oak street, re
ported that at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning some one attempted to force
her bedroom window open, but fled
when she screamed. She said she kept
$12,000 worth of diamonds in her bed
room, and this was the second attempt
to break into her home. Detectives
could not discover anything that would
lead to a suspicion that an attempt
had been made to force open the win
dow and declared their belief that Mrs.
Kelly was romanclnß. „ ' ,
Mrs Katherine Kilkenny, 1383 Baker
•street reported that her house was en
tered Thursday and jewelry worth . $90
stolen. Mrs. Marie, Gustafson's resi
dence 1572" N'oe street, was entered and
jewelry valued at $62.50 stolen. The
room, of Mrs. John. Fountain at 231
Montgomery avenue was entered and
jewelry valued at $114; stolen. ,
Mrs. Marie Nelson, 1271 Green street,
was relieved of a diamond sunburst
valued at $100 in a crowd in Dupont
street, Thursday afternoon. Miss -U.
Bachner, 1541 California street, lost a
watch valued at $22.50 on a Polk street
car. John Lansau, laundryman. Tenth
and O streete.Sacramento, while asleep
in a rear room in a saloon at 519 Jaclc
son street early Thursday -morning, was
relieved of his coat and vest and a
check for $350 on a Sacramento bank.
Andrea Sbarboro,
citizen, traveler and banker, says: VI
was astonished at the magnificent
grandeur of the scenery along ; the
Ocean Shore Railway. It is wonderful,
rivaling in beauty the famous Italian
railway along the Riviera from Nice
to Genoa." Ride over the. Ocean Shore
Sunday. Time table page 17. *
VIOLATED LiatJOß LAW— Angrto Galli." 180
Jtnloiv* street, and Thomas Cbapman, 57(£! Mis
nJon strpft. were each fined $100 yesterday for,
n'llins Uquor- without a license. . , \u0084
THE: SAN ;FMNCISCO ? ;aAJLL; -SATURDAY, JTJLYI7, 1909;
wretched existence. "We lived well
there, and I — why, I waa a Lady Macca^
bee there," she said with an innocent
pride. "Any one can tell you how
hard I .worked. I tell you I just put
my shoulder to the wheel- — and he
played poker most of the ' time. "
"He was so mean to me. he threat
ened to kill me, and he held it over
my head all the time that if I tried- to
leave he'd have It on me for that first
marriage. I told a lady next'door.and
she said to me. 'Dearie, Selka's so
mean to you, you ought to get a di
vorce from ' that other man so they
can't' do "anything to you. 'You get
your divorce right away.' " v
So,' worn out • with Selka'n cruelty,
she came to San Francisco last August
with a determination to remain here.
She earned her living at that. time by
getting jewelry at ; wholesale rates and
selling it to the' sailors at Goat Island
and; other, places.' iDuring .this time
she met Arthur Robins, a tailor on
board the Pensacola at Goat island, and
they became friends. This, ehe ex
plained, was' only because she had-firm
ly intended to .leave Selka. "As long
as I lived with him I never met gen
tlemen or let any. one pay me any at
tention at all. I was always true to
him."
She' and Robin* corresponded all the.
time, however, , when she. went 'north
to her parents in Portland, in November,
and she says she intends to marry -him
as soon as she gets" out of this dlfll
culty. : . . • '
Four months ago she got her divorce,
from Durand, -whose whereabouts she
does riot 'know, but thinks' he is in
Mexico. After that Selka compelled
her to return to him in Astoria, where
he has established his businessrbut her
lawyer explained to her that Selka had
no claim on her unless she choae to
marry him, and this she says she will
never do.
Last week she tired of Pelka's pleas
that she .remain with him until-. tie
got a girl to take care of the children;
so she and her brother, 19 years old.
came here, bringing her little son and
daughter, 6 and 3. respectively, with
her.
The dispatch from Selka reached
here two hours after her arrival and
she was arrested Thursday, evening.
\u25a0 Her brother has gone to work and
she had secured a. position in a large
department store and was to have.be
gun her work yesterday. '
HER LATEST FLAME
Robins she speaks of with the deep
est-affection. -"He is such a fine. man,
and, oh, so good to me. He will marry
me and'take care of my children just
as soon as I can get out of here. 'I
don't see why I should go to
Selka. I hate him and he is cruel —
says he will have me taken before the
commissioners of -luna.cy, and told my
mother he had sworn -to have reyenge
on. me and didn't know why he, hadn't
killed me. .Arid Arthur — he. is so dif
ferent. Why, I thbught maybe I might
have just a little happiness yet in the
world. I'm not very. old and purand
and Selka treated me so bad. • I've
never done anything- wrong in my. life,
and I thought perhaps this , was a
chance for my work to go for some
body who would be g good to me."
Her children are now imder : Selka's
care and with his friends. ?,' ;
Strangest of all is her utter inability
to comprehend that there has been any
thing disgraceful or wrong in her life
with Selka. She regrets it, bitterly,
but she is like a child who has in
advertently done a bit of .serious mis
chief. It is too bad, but she didn't
know— she thought, it was all right.
There is no realization of her position
in the eyes; of the world, apparently,
and when ! the pitiful tale of her life
was told it seemed a -merciful, thing
that- she, was apparently so childlike
in her viewpoint. -. "
SUTRO HEIRS DIVIDE
FURNISHINGS AND WINE
Apportion in Seven Parts Con-
tents of Mansion
, The seven heira of Adolph Sutro have
apportioned among themselves the fur
nishings and other contents of the his
toric Sutro mansion: overlooking the
ocean, and yesterday the superior court
was petitioned to sanction the distribu
tion according to the agreed plan. The
heirs have allotted: to; one another
everything in certain specified rooms.
The wines and spirits in ihe wine
cellar have been equally divided, each
taking about $300 -worth. The liquor
consists principally of California wines
Apart, from: the cellar, the. contents of
the house are divided as follows:
To Clara A. English, -part contents
of the small dining room and the base
ment of the stable. - J* c .
To ; E i d , B:ar A< Sutro - west room of
the stable, room i No. ,7 and the south
east room. ' < -
To Henrietta U' B. Sutro, outer al
cove off • the. parlor. . "-. \u25a0•-\u25a0\u25a0- -.
To Charles W.' Sutro, blue! room
northwest ante room off i, blue room.
To Kate Nussbaum, southeast room,
bathroom off southeast.- room, south
ante room. . ; . . ' ;r - \u25a0
To Rosa- V. Morbio, red room, south
west: ante room. .. ; .
- # T ?^ Emma ,,L-^Merritt, "part contents
or the^. small dining room,' room 'No*
9 of i the stables. - . .. . 1
The property ;thus distributed is val
ued at about 's7,ooo. ..: >
WOULD HAVE -TO QUIT
; J JOB TO GET HIS PAY
Southern Pacific Employe Ex
plains Employment System
•Tames Edward Clark, Who works in
the; Southern -Pacific yards at Newark
for $2.25 a 'day. whenirequfred to pro
vide money; for an: ; operation on liis
child '<Btfttcd'. that' he had .no money and
could get none .except by /quitting his
job. \u25a0\u25a0 : .. \u25a0\u25a0 >\u25a0;•= * / \u25a0,;, \u25a0 ' --. . .-\ : •\u0084 -.. •
. Asked. to explain, this he said lie/liad
been at work but: seven days, and that
it .was the: practice; of the- Southern
Pacific company; to ; keep l back the' pay
of - its laborers for^the first- 25- davs
worked. T: This plan ..was; followed in the
case of all .new men, "^ said Clark;- i; He
stated that if hel left he would. get' hia
pa y - for ;as 'long: -as 'lie :" had- worked
but that If .the 'continued witlii the cor
poration t there';: would-be V nothing^ com-
Ing to.him <beforeCAugust;2s.
. "1 would; advise*you nottoquityour
Job.'.\-; remarked Hhe 'judge.'., .^..vi'v ;
.s Further questioning, revealed the fact
that;Clark owns ?at lot worth. ss23, 'and
he .agreed -to l pledge Uhe 'realty Uo^ pay
the^hospital^forihis 1 child's treatment. 1
Clark : is being.-, sued .for divorce -by
Bessie Clark;. , | ,
San.Rflfael'llomr*tt<r»nt Bargain Prlc*'«
Compelled by S. F*. business Ho^'ralse"
cash/l-I -'.will .. s*ll\ 10;: lots" for.;" cash » and
10 on.^fair it^rms • aroundi my .. r home • in
Jiiiurelr.- Dells; tract,'; * San' -Rafael," Vat
•sacrifice prices, j!> 1 00 > an d •*. up. ;\u25a0 . >, -\u25a0! .'
.i^Everyjjlotflieayilya wooded,^ Bonier red-"
woo&ji trees ;£\u25a0 fine's soil; X grand* vie wvTAIJ
Improvements.*^' Df ed :ivV7.? to
15^ nilnutes'^walkijtoi'.'B'.'.rstreet? station
ori.to^my; temporary j: office opposite
i union .v:cl'cpot,T' : Sah\*Raf a el. •\u25a0'•'<> \u25a0 - .'•,;•
; W. Li Courtrijht; Owner." « No Amenta.'*
UNION STATE BANK
IS NOT INSOLVENT
Financial Concern in Good Con
- dition, Says Bank Superin
tendent Alden Andersoir
Former Manager W. C. Hays
Attorney About
Regaining His Position
Peace now reigns in the Union state
bank, or, the State savings and com
mercial bank; as-the institution is to be
known . hereafter. : -r. A. Bechtel has
be^P elected manager in the place of
W. ,C. Hays, and it has been decided to
liquidate; the Union state bank and .al
low, with State savings bank to con
tinue In!. Its present location' in the
Monadnock -building.
The reason of the trouble has been
theralleged lncompt?tencjv of Hays as
a banker. _ His effort to take over the
control of several other banks in thiß
city and his ; failure. . Including a loss
of several thousands of dollars to C.
T. Hasshagen and nis mother, are as
signed as the main reasons for'his be
ing deposed. - -• ,"•.' ": •\u25a0 » :
.Hays has- engaged the services of an
attorney to represent him in an effort
to recover, his. former, position, but- he
will -not get .back, »aya T. A. Bechtel,
who adds that the bylaws of the bank
«SiVe the directors • lull power to oust
any director found .to. be incompetent.
Edward C. Harrison nas been retained
by Hasshagen, and «tt is probable that
a civil action will be brought. against
Hays. In an endeavor -to. recover -the
losses . sustained by Hasshagen and his
mother. C: . :. . . .
, The solvency, of the Institution has
not been questioned. '•: Alden Anderson,
superintendent of banks, has placed
his examiner, s. P. Young,- in the bank
and ordered a thorough investigation
of the accounts and loans, and, accord-
Ing to a partial report by; Young, the
bank is in a good condition.
The report that Jlays had overdrawn
his account to the extent df more than
$1,000 was denied by Bechtel yesterday.
He said that such a thing would have
been .impossible. (
Hays arid the Union state bank were
made defendants yesterday in a suit
for $3,500 damages filed by Edgar A.
Mizner. i According to the complaint
Mizner obtained a- street paving con
tract for $145,868 from the city bf
Richmond,. Contra Costa county, last
September and arranged with Hays for
the bank to take over from him the
bonds .with '.; which the city paid for
the work, at .88 per cent of the par
value. This, he says. Hays refused to
do, involving the plaintiff in loss to
the amount sued for.
COURT CHECKS PLAYING
ON ROTATING PIANO
Onaip Company Claims Musician
Infringes Patent
To prevent j a young man from en
gaging In the uncertain pleasure of
playing a piano which acts like a pln
wheer was the effect of a rulingmade
in the United States circuit' court yes
terday by Justice Van Fleet, when a
restraining orders- was issued In the
case 'of. the Onaip corporation against
Frank L. Brzinsky. \
Brzinsky Is a musician who can play
horizontally, right side up. upside down
or 45 degrees off the perpendicular, and
Vie hag trained a piano, to rotate with
abandon. The^ Onaip corporation, a
New York concern, claims that the ro
tating pianist sold the patent on his
Invention and that after he had trans
acted .the deal he trained another in
strument to stand on its head on the
vaudeville- stage, infringing- on the pat
ent first granted. Through Henry
Schaertzer they secured an Injunction
to tie up Brzinsky and his act at the
National theater. * \u25a0
MRS. SARGENT'S SANITY TO
BE TESTED THIS MORNING
Assault Victim Will Be Exam
ined by Board
...Dr. C. D. McGettigan and Dr. Theo
dore Ret hers.- members of the insanity
board; will examine Mrs. Annie Sar
gent of 157G Ocean avenue this morn
ing at 10 o'clock to determine whether
or not the injuries she sustained as a
result, of- an attack made upon lier
Wednesday in a tailor shop at 1731
Haight street have resulted in.insan
!*y. ;\u25a0\u25a0;•' \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0.'.\u25a0 ; -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'-. - - . '. \u25a0\u25a0, ,
.The young ; woman .was recovering
from, a sever€: illnesa when the assault
was made. ; . : :--- \u25a0' ' • .-
.David Trachtenberg and - Henry
Brachmann. confessed . perpetrators^ o*f
the crime, are being held by- the police.
Try Mnrlne Eye nemfdjr'
For Red. Weak. Weary. Watery Eyes.
Murlne Doesn't Smart—it. Soothes. \u2666
\u25a0 FATALLY SCALDED WITH SOUP— Battlstc
(?an»!ta. Tthe .2 ypar old', jrirl who upspt a pint"
of hot soUp upon, her liead at her parents' Uome.
1711 tJrnnt, nveniiP.'Jnne 29, died yesterday from
the. effects, of, the burns., \u25a0 \u25a0•\u25a0'.. \u25a0\u0084-.:
We Garry the Largest Line in San Francisco
If you need a new Refrigerator buy; it XOW
and buy it HERE. We have received an extensive
shipment of -new Refrigerators from the factory, in-
cluding; two noted inajkes— Jewel and uMcCray— each
the' best of its classi Yoii can find one at the price
you desire to pay. • 1 lie best possible values tor the
THE JEWEL has" an ash case, nicely rounded .
\u25a0top, " vacuum insu 1 a tion, hoa vy tinned , wire in
food^ compartment; all, partsirembvable for cleauin 2:
purposes, absolutehv sanitary;
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I i Union Square, "Geary and Stockton Streets V-J
HAS LIVELY FIGHT
WIT H PICKPOCKETS
Alfred Roncoyieri^ Superintend'
ent of Schools, Robbed
on Streetcar
Gets Strangle Hold on Member
of Gang, but No One
Helps Him
-Alfred: Roncovieri, superintendent of
schools, had a thrilling experience with
three " pickpockets Thursday, night, ', and
although he grappled with ( and held
one of them for several minutes, not
one. among a crowd of men numbering
more than 100 went to his assistance,
and the thief, with tne aid of his two
confederates, made his escape.
Roncovieri and his wife had been at
the. Princess; theater and they walked
along - Fillmore street as far as O'Far
rell until a -car came along to take
them to their home at 2188 Green
street. The car was crowded.'. Witn
the assistance of her husband, 'Mrs.
Roncovieri was able to board the ear,
but | before* he could -follow; a - man
feigning drunkenness stepped between
them, a confederate was behind Ron
covieri, so he 'was jammed . between
two"; pickpockets. - '
Just asthe car started the man be
hind Roncovieri dropped off the car at
O'Farrell street and fled. .- Roncovieri
put his hand in his hip pocket and
discovered his^ purs«?, containing $100,"
was gone. The supposed drunk, who,
In an Instant was perfectly sober, at
tempted to follow his confederate, but
as .he . reached' the curb , Roncovieri
got a strangle hold on him and shouted
"Stop thief."
A crowd gathered «nd Roncovieri ex
plained that his purse had been stolen
from him and he had hold of one of
the gang. He asked them to assist
him. A former deputy sheriff blew a
police whistle, but no policeman ap
peared. An innocent looking youth
remonstrated with Roncovieri "for
choking the prisoner, and, seizing hold
of Roncovieri's arm, twisted it "so that
the prisoner was able to wrench him
self free. He ran" down Geary street
to Webster, Roncovieri and a crowd of
men following. He was lost to view
at Hollls and Eddy streets. •
PROMINENT BAPTISTS
TO VISIT THIS CITY
Eastern Divines Will Fill Local
Pulpits Tomorrow
Prominent eastern Baptists who have
been attending the convention in Port
land will arrive in this city today and
spend two or three days in visiting
the bay cities. In the party are:
Rev. Lemuel Call Barnes of New
York, field secretary of the American
Baptist Home Mission society; Rev;
Fred P. Haggard, corresponding secre
tary of the American Baptist Foreign
Mission society; Rev. H. G. Seymour of
Philadelphia, missionary secretary of
the publication society, and Rev. C. A.
Wooddy," Pacific coast superintendent
of the Home Mission society.
Dr. Barnes will preach tomorrow
morning at the First Baptist church,
and in thft evening at Hamilton Square.
Dr. Haggard will preach in the morn
ing at Hamilton Square church, and
in the evening at the First church. Dr.
Seymour will address several congre
gations in the Mission and elsewhere
during the day, and Dr. Wooddy will
also speak at various churches.
The Baptist Social Union will give a
dinner and reception Monday evening
to the visitors at the First church, -
Oakland, which is expected to \u25a0 bring
together a large and representative
company of bay Baptists. -From here
the party will proceed south for meet-
Ings in Los Angeles and elsawhere be
fore returning home
REPORT SHOWS MARKED
IMPROVEMENT IN PAVING
Inspection Bureau Demands
High Quality of Work
Vast improvement in the quality of
street paving since the inauguration
of the checking system-employed by
the bureau of inspection, of the Civic,
league is noted in the formal report of
the- bureau just issued. According to
the report the rigid inspection has re
sulted-In great .good. The report says:
'"The quality- of. work on streets; has
improved to a marked degree since the
bureau has taken up the inspection
of paving/ It is a matter of common
talk 'among the men lengaged in this
work that they would rather have the
entire inspection force of the board
of public works appear, than the rep
resentatives of this bureau.
"Several employes of the board have
preferred to leave the employ of the
city rather .- than ';.\u25a0' work-' under our in
spection. Many complaints have been
received .during § the . last*', month-, and
promptly adjusted to the satisfaction
of the parties concerned." :
Vote for Dr. C. C/ O'Donnell for cor-!
oner; the dead will be respected. Rep. •
"The New Way"
Hale's^'Sumirier' Sale— "The New Way" is an event
of importance and interest. It marks a new feature
in merchandising, in that new goods are offered in
tremendous lots at low sale prices at a time when
.clearance sales are generally held.
In many departments the prices of regular goods have
been considerably reduced. -
Men s r urnishmgs
High Grade Goods—Low Priced
Men's Handkerchiefs, 5c Each— Made of good quality
white cambric; cut full size and neatly hemstitched.
Men's Fancy Socks, 25c Pair— A complete new line
in solid colors and fancy patterns. This is an im-
ported lot, containing all sizes. The best socks ob-
tainable at this low price.
Men's Work Shirts, 45c Each— Fine garments made
of good quality cheviot and madras, with patterns
v in medium and dark colors. Each shirt isdit full in
. the body and well made in every way.. All sizes,
Women's Stylish Gloves
Regular $1. 75 Values
wJL•JL %J JL uir .
These'gloves afford a saving of 60c on each pair you buy. They
are regular $I'-75 values, marked down to $1.15 a pair. They
are 16-button silk gloves, made of best quality silk and have
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Embroidered Linen Scarfs
90c Values at 59c
A dainty assortment of White embroidered linen pieces with
floral or scYoll designs; worth 90c, selling at 59c.
Scarfs 18x54 inches
Squares 30x30 inches
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