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ALL PETITIONS
WILL BE BARRED
MR MIDNIGHT
Many Candidates Will File Their
Primary Election Applica
tions Today
List of Aspirants Will Probably
Exceed 170, Not Counting
So/cialists or Doodle Dees
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
The gentry lists for San Francisco's
first direct primary election will close
at 12 <J'clock midnight today. It will
lnclude 4 the names of approximately
200 citizens, from among whom the
partisans of San Francisco will pick
their partisan nominees and subse
quently elect 21 city and county offi
cer*.
The petitions of 120 candidates had
been filed with the registrar of voters
at the «lose of business yesterday. That
numbelf did not include three of the re
publican candidates for mayor, two
third? fit the supervisorial slates chosen
by th4|independent republicans and Tim
Sullivan, respectively. Neither did it
include any socialist or doodle dee can
cidatop.
MA\V PETITIONS DUE TODAY
The known republican candidates in
the fi*]d v. hose petitions will be filed
befcf midnight will swell the list to
150. Iv.'lth Francis J, Sullivan, the
nnica labor invader, and the demo
crat&l who have yet to present their
petitions, the list of candidates will
prob&bly exceed 170, without the so
cialists and doodle dees.
Out of the 120 petitions in the hands
cf the registrar last nieht. his deputies
had Icompleted the comparison of sig
r.atJres on 74. and as many candidates
verl assured of their respective places
en t/ie party ballots. Of these 34 were
republicans, 24 democrats and 16 union
labor party men. When the lists close
tonight the republicans will have a
field of five for mayor and about SO
cahers from which to pick their nomi
nees for SO places. The democrats will
have three candidates for mayor, the
union labor party two.
ACTIVITY AMONG REPUBLICANS
11 the republican camp there will be
frori two to five aspirants for every
nomination. The independent republic
an Islate includes candidates for every
off.cc except district attorney. Tim
Sullivan's slate will Include candidates
for every offlce. except possibly one or
twp places on the board of supervisors.
And for nearly all of the jobs there are
candidates who have the misfortune or
good fortune to be on neither slate.
Sullivan is doubtful about his abil
iiy to complete the petition for P. A.
Ber.gerot, attorney for the French res
taurants, who is slated for one of the
fttservisorial nominations. If he falls
dolvn on Bergrerot's petition he will
fcaye only 17 candidates for the 18 nom
inations, unless he dicides to stand for
or. of the men on the independent
re; üblicans' slate.
•ft *f *I"1 ¥ |Tl\X ATTF*
111 -^ l_ I^ljl *- » % j J IjA M »--*
' "irn Sullivan's "regular" slate in
clt dcs the following:
1 'or mayor, William Crocker; district
attorney. C. M. Fickert: city attorney.
B. .L. McKinley; sheriff. Fred Eggers;
treasurer. John E. McDougald: coroner.
R. jE. Hartley; county clerk. J. J. Greif;
pojice judge, Joseph Taaffe; tax col
lector. John W. Rogers; supervisors, F.
C. Hawes, G. W. Bayreuther; F. W.
Wflss. G. W. Bell, A. F. Dollln. C W.
Rabing, M. J. Winters Jr.. A. M. Wallen,
P. A- Bergerot, John Carson, : Fritz
Gercke, T. B. Galvin, 11. F. Suhr Jr.. F.
L... Hanson, Theodore Lunstedt, Herbert
Hothchild, Edgar W. Briggs, James C.
Bride.
THE I.MOX LABOR BALLOT
Thanks to the work of the McCarthy-
Casey secret conference and the ruling
of the election commission requiring
3 o^3 sifrnatures for a place on the union
laWor ballot, the contests for union
labor nominations will be few. Sul
livan will fight McCarthy for the place
at jthe head of the ticket and there may
he three candidates for the two noin-
Inatioris to the police bench. There
v!,JI be no union labor candidate for
iliftrict attorney, unless a dark horse is
developed today. Such development is
unlikely. The McCarthy-Casey combine
has passed the word to the faithful to
\u25a0wjite the name of C. XL Fickert on
thr-ir bzllots for district attorney.
Fickert. who is the son-in-law of'J. H.
W allace of the Southern Pacific, was
on the McCarthy salte and his name
would have been printed on the union
labor ballot if It had not been for the
supreme court decision in the primary
case. Fickert is on the Sullivan regu
lar republican slate and it is hoped
t^iat by writing his name on the union
If^bor ballot he may get the two nom
inations which were framed for him
originally.
The democratic primary ballot will
not include a candidate for district at
torney. The bourbons of the . san
I-'rancisco democratic club and many
cf the regulars will write in the name
of Francis J. Heney. who is a republic
an knd has announced that he will run
independently. The democrats figure
thftit in any event Heney will get the
democratic nomination and be assured
of a place on the general election bal
lot regardless of his Independent peti
tion. " .
* Rothchild is' the sole representative
of the independent republicans' super
visorial selections, on the Sullivan
slate. Greif and McDougald. for county
clerk and treasurer respectively, were
indorsed by the "independent republi
cans and Sullivan is for H. G. Mathew
son, who was indorsed by the indepen
dents for auditor. Johnnie Lynch Is
supposed to want the "regular" label
put on R. W. Dennis for auditor. Sul
| PLACE YOUR |
FOR THE
> GALL
MORNING
Send them to Main Of-
fice or through Branch
Offices or phone them
74 Candidates Whose
Names Will Go on Ballot
Here are the 74 candidate* Triune petitions . have been checked and
Trbose names hare been formally ordered to be " placed ; on the . official
primary bnllct*: '
Republicans
FOR MAYOR— David J. Grauman, R. H. Conntryman.
District attorney — Nathan C. Coghlan, Charles M. Fickert
City attorney — Percy V. Long. .
Sheriff — Frederick Eggers, Siegmund L. Simon, George Sheldon
McComb, George P. Adams.
Auditor— Robert W. Dennis.
Treasurer — John E. McDougald.
Recorder — John A. Halpin.
Coroner — Benjamin Apple, C. C. O'Donnell, Roland E. Hartley.
Tax Collector— David Bush, John W. Rogers.
County clerk— rjohn J. Greif.
Police judge — Edward P. Shortall, Benjamin I. Bloch, George M.
Lipman. .
Supervisors — J. F. Jewell, Charles Rubenstein, Theodore ,;Lund
stedL Louis B. Bernhard, F. L. Hanson, A. M. Wallen, H. Fred Suhr
Jr., Thomas P. Galvin, Charles A. Murdock, Paul Bancroft, W. E. BaL
come, George H. Roundey, Matt Harris.
Democrats
Mayor — Ralph McLeran, Thomas B. W. Leland.
Sheriff — Lawrence J. Dolan.
Auditor — Francis W. Smith.
Recorder — Edmond Godchaux.
Tax collector — Richard R. Dinnigan, Bernard Wurthmann.
County clerk — T. J. Glynn.
Public administrator — M. J. Hynes.
Police judge-r-Charles F. Conlan.
Supervisors — George James, J. Emmett Hayden, Henry Colombat,
John E. Brannan, William Broderick, George A. Connolly, James P.
Booth, A. Comte 'Jr., Daniel C. Murphy, Henry Payot, Oscar Hocks,
Thomas Jennings, James A. Johnston, W. W. Sanderson.
LJnion Labor
Mayoi- — P. H. McCarthy.
Sheriff — Thomas F. Finn.
Recorder — Harry D. Pohlman.
County clerk — Harry I. Mulcrevy.
Police judge — John J. Sullivan.
Supervisors — John O. Walsh, Robert J. Loughery, Frank J. Quigg,
John L. Herget, P. J. Noone, B. B. Rosenthal, Timothy P. Minehan,
Timothy B. Healy, John R. Knowles, Cornelius Deasy, William C.
Pugh.
livan's man for recorder is M. M. Stern.
It is given out mysteriously that Jere
Burke is behind John A. Halpln for
that job.
INCUMBENT SUPERVISORS
The petitions of all the incumbent su
pervisors who \u25a0will be candidates for
re-election have been filed, examined
and the petitoners' places on their re
spective party ballots assured.
Sueprvisor Pollok, who Joined with
his colleagues when they started their
petitions, has dropped out of the race.
The reason is not given out, but it Is
an open secret that the verification
deputies found many republicans
anxious to sign the petitions Of Paul
Bancroft, C. A. Murdock and W. E.
Balcom. but who refused flatly to sign
for Pollok.
Completed petitions were filed yes
terday for: William Tomsky, union
labor candidate for police judge; A. P.
Wheelan, democrat, for police judge;
Joseph J. Enos, union labor, for super
visor and James C. Bride, republican,
for supervisor.
Labor Party - Convention
The county committee of the union
labor party, William R. Hagerty, chair
man, has issued a call for the union
labor party convention, which will be
held August 30 in the Building Trades
temple. Fourteenth and Guerrero
streets. Five delegates have been ap
portioned to each of the 18 assembly
districts, making a convention of 90
delegates.
RAISES THE DICKENS
IN GRANT BUILDING
Assistant City Attorney Invokes
Fictitious Characters in Suits
Assistant City Attorney John F. Eng
lish is raising the Dickens in the Grant
building these days.
Soon through the congested corridors
of the superior courts building will
sound the familiar cries of "Wilkins
Mlcawber. come Into court!** "Uriah
Heep, come into court!" "Clara Peg
gotty, come Into court." ' s.
Recently It became necessary to have
printed for the use of the city attor
ney's office some bank pleadings in
eminent domain proceedings. In addi
tion to the names of the known defend
ants there must be inserted the names
of fictitious persons in order that all
possible claimants may be covered.
The legal custom is to • use the
threadbare pseudonyms of John Doe,
Richard Roe. etc., but English has had
the well known characters of Dickens'
novels printed in the blanks.
NEW TRUCK COMPANY
PROTECTS WIDE ZONE
Fire Department Station in
Sacramento Street Near Maple
Protection against fire for a wide dis
trict of homes was greatly Improved
Thursday \u25a0when truck company 10, re
cently organized by drafts from nu
merous stations, took up Its quartern
in the new building in Sacramento
street near Maple."
Chief Shaughnessy pointed out that
the nearest truck company had before
been at Post and Fillmore streets, two
miles away. He said the department
would soon install men in three other
stations now building, but that Thurs
day's reinforcement was one most bad
ly needed.
Theodore Kentzell will captain the
new company and Walter Creber be its
lieutenant. The 10 members of the
company follow: Driver Frank Josephs,
Tillerman . John Pyne and Truckmen
Frank Kruse, Frank Casassa, James
Ledden, John Clancey. George Stolzen
wald. John Murray, Frank Bowlen and
John Johnson.
FIGURES FROM RUINS
SHOW CITY HALL COST
City Treasurer Secures Interest
ing Volume; From Rubbish
City Treasurer McDougald yesterday
became a book i collector. From the
rubbish piles .about 5 his office he dug
forth a volume giving all the : expendi
tures upon the construction of the old
city 'hall between the years 1870 -and
1881. The*,book was slightly, scorched
from the fire,. but all its entries were
intact and: legible. I .
The: first transportation company re
turning to i the • familiar location so
well known "befqre the \u25a0 fire" Is the
Pacific Coast steamship company, whose
city ticket office ' is.: now permanently
located at the Palace hotel, ,653 Market
street;- San -Francisco, - Cal. Telephone
Kearny. 492. , ". •
KILLED . BY BOULDER— Kerada Cit j, July
16. — <;. \u25a0 Nochl. an I talimi employed at the Giant
King mine -near Washington. . was billed . yester
day by a _ boulder which rolled down the bill 8t
the . foot of which -be j was working \u25a0 and crushed
him. to dtata.'.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY; 17, 1909;
CUNNINGHAM'S TRIAL
FOR MURDER BEGUN
Slayer of Carolina Brasch Indi«
cates That Insanity Plea
Will Be Defense
James Edward Cunningham, who con
fessed to The Call that ho murdered
Miss Caroline Brasch in the office of
Gray Brothers, was taken before Po
lice Judge Daniel C. Deasy for pre
liminary examination yesterday. Little
progress was made, as the opposing at
torneys were not prepared to proceed
and the case was continued until Wed
nesday. -
Keenly alive to the peril of the po
sition in which he finds himself, the
confessed murderer counselled with his
attorney, E. E. Kirk, who indicated by
his cross-examination that the defense
would be based on a plea of insanity,
resulting from the murderer's worry
over his pay, which had been withheld
under the pay-check system in vogue
in Gray Brothers' office.
Dr. John R. Clark, autopsy surgeon,
the first witness, described the wound
which resulted in death. The prose
cution then called The Call reporter to
whom Cunningham gave himself up
when he learned that another man had
been accused of ttfe murder, and was
confined in the city prison with a strong
circumstantial case against him.
STORY OF SURRENDER
During a lengthy direct examination
by James C. Sims, who has been re
tained as special prosecutor, the wit
ness related the various circumstances
surrounding Cunningham's surrender,
and then went into the subsequent de
tailed confession in which the murderer
told of all his actions from the time he
ceased workng at Gray Brothers'
quarry April 26, until he gave him
self up. *
On cross examination Kirk questioned
the witness regarding Cunningham's
references to having been under mes
meric Influence at the time he fired the
fatal shot. He also asked for all of
the references made by Cunningham to
the girl named "Shlrls," who, -,th© mur
derer said, exerted a hypnotic influence
over him.
SELF-SLAUGHTER PLANNED
' When Cunningham was arraigned
Tuesday, Bailiff Al Williams saw some
thing glitter In his hand and discovered
that It was a steel eraser. . Believing
that Cunningham intended to attempt
self-destruction. "Williams took the in
strument from Cunningham and learned
that he got it from Mitchell Wright, a
fellow prisoner in the dock charged
with disturbing the peace. Wright had
taken it out of his. pocket to clean his
nails and Cunningham asked for It.
The matter was reported to Chief
Cook, and yesterday acting Captain
Tobin of Company H filed a charge of
neglect of duty against Policeman John
J. Clancy for failing to find the eraser
in Wright's pockets when searching
him after his arrest. "
ROOSEVELT SLAYS A
BIG HIPPOPOTAMUS
Animal Shot by Former Presi-
dent: Weighs Three Tons
NAIVASHA, British East Africa, July
16.— Theodore Roosevelt, who is hunt
ing on the south shore of -Lake Nai
vasha from the ranch of Captain Rich
ard Attenborough;" succeeded in bring
ing down a big hippotamus yesterday.
The animal is estimated to weigh
three tons. . ' . . -
SURVEYOR DROPS DEAD
AT COOPER COLLEGE
While Being Examined for Ill
ness Aged Man Dies
Harry Gordon, a surveyor,: 65 years
of age, dropped dead at the : Cooper
medical college ;/, yesterday- ; morning
while being undressed for examination]
Gordon' left his residence at AiZl Cali
fornia street with the statement that
he felt :ill. ; . and went directly to the
medical college. ' . ; *
-Take -an outing on the Ocean Shoro
Railway - and . enjoy 'the beautiful
beaches and grand scenery.^Train: serv
ice 4 to Tunitas Glen x <3Bl miles; from > San
Francisco) connects with: stage. for San
Gregorlo. c Pescadero -and- Pebble | Beach.
For* schedules i see 'published time 'card
in this paper.x.; , . ; ; .
ITALY IS ASKED
TO AID FESTIVAL
Commissioner Moore Interviews
Government Officials in Rome
Regarding Potola Fete
Robert Roos Stirring Up Chicago
to Join in Toast to San
Francisco
ROME, July 16.— C. Moore, presi
dent of the San Francisco chamber of
commerce, had interviews today with
Ambassador Leishman, the ministery
of marine and the foreign office regard
ing Italian participation in the naval
review next autumn at San Francisco
to commemorate, the reconstruction of
the city. He urged the sending of Ital
ian warships as well as special repre
sentatives of the Italian government .
Roos Is Enthusiastic
CHICAGO. July 16.— After having se
curd the acceptance of President Wil
liam H. Taft of an invitation to at
tend the Portola f e-stlval, which will
be held in San Francisco from October
19 to 23 inclusive, to' commemorate
the untiring efforts of the people of
the Golden gate city in their. work of
rehabilitation, Robei-t A. Roos, one of
three special commissioners appointed
by the committee in charge of the fes
tival to make arrangements to have all
the nations of the world celebrate with
San Francisco, arrived from Washing
ton today.
Mr. Roos registered at the Annex
and when seen today said:
"I am in Chicago to complete ar
rangements with Mayor Busse to have
the school children and all the people
of this oity drink a toast to the con
tinued prosperity and the speedy re
sumption of business of all kinds, Octo
ber 19 at the formal opening of the
Portola festival of. San Francisco.
School Children to Join
"The toast will be given the 19th at
12 o'clock, San Francisco time. Acting
Mayor McGowan of New York, has as
sured me that he will have the 650,000
school children in New York equipped
with glasses filled . with water with
which to join President Taft in his
toast.
"While President Taft has not yet
decided to say anything in particular,
it haß been suggested that 'three cheers
for San Francisco' would be appro
priate.
"Commissioner C. C. Moore, who has
been In Europe for the last three
months, has made arrangements with
all the countries that border or have
possessions on the Pacific ocean, to
have a representative at the festival.
NATIONS THAT HAVE PROMISED
. "So far Great, Britain, France, Hol
land, Germany, Japan, and China have
consented. Italy, on account of the
Messina disaster, is sympathetically
bonded with San Eranclsco and King
Victor Emmanuel, will be well repre
sented.
"After I have completed arrange- :
ments with Mayor Busse I shall go to
St. Paul and take the matter up with
the executive of that city. From St.
Paul I shall go to Seattle."
Old Time Homecoming
New York's California colony Is ar
ranging for an old" time "home coming"
to take place during the Portola fete
in San Francisco.
The New .York correspondents of the
three San Francisco morning . dailies
are busy preparing for a big dinner to
which every Californian in New York
will be Invited, and at which final ar
rangement for the "home coming" will
be made.
Robert Roos on his trip east had all
the correspondents of the San Fran
cisco papers to a dinner while in New
York, and so filled them with the Por
tola idea S that they volunteered to
bring the stray Californians together
and make certain the home homing in
Ootober. .
QUAKE IN GREECE
HAS 300 VICTIMS
Thirty Killed and Four Hundred
Houses Shattered in One
Village
LONDON, July 16.— Special dispatches
received here from Athens say that
300 persons .were. killed' or. injured by
the earthquake, that occurred yester
day in the . province \of Elis In south
ern Greece. The damage to property
also was very great. \ Hot water is
flowing today; from many of the springs
in the stricken district, while the wa
ter in the rivers and brooks has turned
a reddish color.
Thirty Lose Lives •
ATHENS," July 16.— The earthquake
demolished '400 houses: in the villages
of Havari^ in. Ellis province. Thirty
persons lost their lives: at 'that point
and a number were 'Injured. Neigh
boring villages 'suffered tgreatly. All
the houses of Amalaiya were rendered
uninhabitable. ' The shocks' .were felt
at Patras, Prygos, Malamasf and- Trip
oli, but outside- of Havari only, a few
deaths or. injuries' have reported.
A volcanic upheaval .is said : to " ha.ye
occurred at the. village "of Ponhioti.
Shock iNear. Lisbon
LISBON, July 16:— A 'severe earth
shock was,- experienced last night at
Benavente, a seaport, -27 miles north
east of Lisbon.' The population was
thrown into a panic, but the damage
Santa Barbara Shaken
"\u25a0SANTA' -"BARBARA.* JuIy 16.— A sharp
earth tremor was felt here at'*l:2B this
morning. It shook .buildings. :but no
damage was done, so far as* is known.
YON LOBEN SELS SUE^
BANK FOR SUM OF $100,000
Contractor ''' Alleges Savings
Union Failed: to/Keep':Prbrriise>
\u25a0On the ground that the San. Francisco
Savings Union. refused to agree', to the
terms of :. an* alleged contract and lend
him. money when called, upon, P.. J. yon
Loben Selsi has -brought' suit' in the
superior court for : $100,000' 'personal
damages. His contention is that, owing
to the bank's '\u25a0' refusal to ; letihim have
the money,: his, reputation for integrity
and honesty .was damaged arid ; several
suits were brought against' him : by. his
workmen. V. •\u25a0 ':\u25a0.'.-. \u25a0•--'\u25a0 •'• .
Take That Scenic Trip
On :the 'Ocean '/Shore •„ Railway — see a
country that is 'destined: to become fa
mous for its scenic : beauty * and *; re-^
sourcefulness. Go Sunday., Time table
Bond Resources of the
U.S. Treasury Ample
;' M'ASHIXOTOX. July 16.— The bond re»onre«» of the treanury depart
ment are ample, declares Secretary MacVeagb, and eien' If congrniM
authorizes 3 per cent bonds to corer, the* entire coat of the Panama canal,
less the amount already Issued, the bonds "will only be issued as required."
The statement follows:
The conference yesterday 'over the matter of bond legislation
in the ne.w tariff bill was not held at the suggestion of the secretary
of the treasury. The bond resources of- the treasury department
are at present ample," including $45,000,000 of Panama
bonds and $100,000,000 of unissued 3 per. cent certificates.
The finance committee of the senate decided to let the matter
go over until the next session of congres3, when it was supposed
that the banking and currency question would be considered.
The decision of the finance committee was' acquiesced in by
the treasury department because it was a matter of comparative
indifference to it. The consultation yesterday was due to the fact
that the question had come to bo considered by the conference
committee, and the treasury department was asked for its views.
The preference manifested for an# authorization of 3 per cent
bonds to cover the entire cost of the Panama canal, less than the
amount of Panama bonds already issued, was entirely acceptable,
a3 it would confirm the policy of paj-ing ultimately the entire cost
of the Panama canal out of bonds. It goes without saying that even
if such authorization is made the bonds will only be issued as
required. ' •
This explanation is made- because of some misunderstanding
of the attitude of the treasury department
PANAMA CANAL BOND
ISSUE DISCUSSED
Cabinet Considers the Proposi-
tion to Buttress the Gov
ernment Cash Box
WASHINGTON, July lfi^-«h© pro
posed Panama canal bond issue to meet
the needs of the treasury and buttress
the government cash box in view of
the diminished revenues occupied most
of the time of the cabinet session
today.
Secretary MacVeagh presented the
draft of a measure prepared by him,
which authorized the issuance of bonds
to the full extent of the cost of the
canal, Including the $30,000,000 already
authorized for that purpose.
The bonds are to bear 3 per cent in
terest and fun for 60 years.' There
will be no Issuance of the entire
amount' immediately, and it was said
that while the situation warranted im
mediate steps to safeguard the govern
ment by securing authority for the
bond issue, " no decision has been
reached as to issuing any amount of
the bonds and a. change in the tide. of
the revenue might make it unnecessary
to put any of them on the market.
The 3 per cent interest is a maximum
proposition, the purpose being to au
thorize interest of not to exceed 3 per
cent. This' is regarded by those.con
cerned In the plan for bond authoriza
tion as better than a. flat limitation,
permitting as it does the fixing of less
than 3 per cent, if found feasible,; while
meeting the objection raised as to.t he
present nonmarketabillty of Buch bonds
at such a low figure as 2 per cent.
It is left to the secretary's discretion
within that" maximum limit and in case
the issue of any part of the amount is
determined upon at any time, or from
time to-time, the marketable conditions
of course will govern. •
The provision In the proposed legis
lation that will govern the tax on cir
culation will follow the existing law.
national banking • associations having
on deposit United States bonds bearing
2 per cent a year interest, including
the bonds for the construction of the
Panama canal to secure its
notes, " have to pay. the United States
treasurer in January and July a tax of
one-fourth of 1 per cent each half year
upon the average amount of such of its
notes in circulation as are based upon
deposit of their bonds.
On such bonds paying more than 2
per cent interest the tax is one-half of
1 per cent each half year.
FOUR YEAR SENTENCE
FOR YOUTHFUL BURGLAR
Edward Friel Sobs When Judge
Orders Him to Prison
Edward Friel. 23 years old, was con
victed of robbery by a jury sitting
before Judge Conley yesterday and
sentenced to four years' imprisonment
in "Folsom. \u25a0 The ; young man sobbed
and wept in a .heart .broken manner
when the sentence was imposed. Friel
broke into the store of I. Spovick.
11SS -Howard street, the . evening of
May 3, 1909, and stole some shoes, a
Shirt - and a hat. He was followed by
a man living behind the store- and
shot in the shoulder, but escaped, and
was afterward arrested In a rooming
house. He admitted the crime during
his trial, but pleaded that he was
drunk. ' '...-..
"Friel was left an orphan when young
and served four years in the Preston
School of Industry during his minority.
Judge Conley seemed surprised when
Friel said he learned no trade In the
Preston school, but worked- in the
laundry. . • -• .
"I am giving .you a light sentence
now -in the hope you . will reform,"
said Judge Conley. "but I. have no
great expectation that you will. You
seem to have given yourself up to a
career of crime." .
BANKERS' CONVENTION
REPORT IS; PUBLISHED
Proceedings Are 'Set Forth in
Attractive Volume
Advance copies of the Sprinted report
of the proceedings of the fifteenth
annual convention^ of . the . California
bankers' association, recently held > at
Del Monte., have ;been ; received ; by, Se
cretary Welch. The book contains 320
pages bound; in- cloth^ the California
poppy., being stamped in- gold leaf on
the cover.' \"-.:-. - - \u25a0 : ' v :
' Th ere' are - many \u25a0; thi ngs *of interest
in the verbatim report;of \u25a0 the -proceed
ings among them .being;' the 'speeches
of Governor, Glllett, .Lieutenant Gov
ernor .Porter and Alden 'Ander
son, superintendent' of .banks,
-The reports "of officers? are also!pre
sented, as well \u25a0as • the constitution and
bylaws- of .the" association,-, the \u25a0. rules
of ; the ' protective committee, , a • list \of
516 % members,* a listv of .'delegates aiid
visitors' who attended \the • convention,"
and *a : - record .*\u25a0 of ; deaths ' of *' California
bankers during 1 the lasfyear. "The new
state banking ; act is .printed as .an
appendix:.;^ "\u25a0- -- - K:''--**p/2'ii''A*_': \u25a0':..'
• CHESS '\u25a0 EXPERT : SAILS-^-Xew York. ; July IR.
Before J sailing for . V Cuba ; r Jose? R. -Capablanca,
the chess champion:", who defeated - the j American
master, v j Frank \u25a0 i.'t Marshall. \u25a0. reeclYPd a ; challenge
for sa£ match ' for. 15 ? game* i ln » N'ewi York \u25a0: from
Rudolph w Pokorney."-;champloniof: t New '"Mexico.'
Capablanca *: said • he .would s probably j retura I lo
October p to accept • the ' challenge, »\u25a0,"..•.--.'
"ASSAULT TO MURDER"
IS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Alexander Mangeli Shot Self,
but Told of Robbery
Alexander Mangeli shot himself in
the head early. yesterday morning while
in his room at the corner of Hinckley
and Plnkney alleys, and then, repent-
Ing of the deed, appeared at the Mis
sion emergency hospital for treatment,
where he told a wild tale of having
been held up by footpads, "one tall and
one short," robbed of $20, and shot. His
condition Is serious, but he will prob
ably recover.
Deteotivea Esola and Murphy, after
questioning the man, went to his room
and found there a note in Italian,
signed by Mangeli. in which he states
that he had decided life not worth
the living.
The man was employed by Callaghan
& Maneta, decorators.
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ROCKER
jp THE "%,
fl SENSATION
Several months ago we startled the fur-
niture world by offering brass beds at
prices* never before heard of in this
" neck of the woods.'* Now before the
smoke of that first explosion has passed
away we are springing another "mine."
A Turkish Leather Rocker— the great,
big, luxurious kind, in which you can
bury yourself and your troubles. The
very personification of comfort. The
; seat and back of genuine leather — the
. outside in imitation leather. This mag-
nificent rocker for $12.50.
Have you ever heard anything like it be-
fore. Think of the smallest price you've
ever heard named on a Turkish* Chair
before — and figure up the difference.
Chair or rocker at same price.
AND STILL YOUR CREDIT IS GOOF
Between Bush amd Pine Sts. . San Francisco.
Exclusive Agents for the World's Best Farnitnrc—
••CRAFTSMAN*'
Jlartinitsut
Broadway & 33rf St l
..." NEW: YORK CITYV
Special Rates of
> $1.50 Per Day and .Up-
\u25a0 During Summer Mont h&;
WEALTHY WOMAN
CAUGHT SMUGGLING
Mrs. Fremont Chesbro Cheats
Uncle Sam With Doable
Bottom Trunk
Goods Brought in by Owner of
Steamer Line Recovered and
Offender Indicted /
NEW YORK. July 1«. — An indictment
for. smuggling was^ handed down today
by the federal grand Jury against Mrs-
Fremont Chesbro, owner of the
Chesbro coastwise line of steamers
running out of Boston.
The case was placed in the hands af
the United States district attorney of
New Jersey following the discovery
of a double bottom in one of the trunks
which Mrs. Chesbro brought to this
country with her on the Kaiser Wil
helm II last May. Wearing apparel
appraised at several thousand dollars
was found in this hidden compartment
together with bills and invoices Indi
cating the .purchase abroad of a pearl
necklace valued at $23,000. The neck
lace was not found among? Mrs. Ches
bro'a effects, hut was yesterday turned
over to the customs officials by Mrs.
Chesbro's attorney. .
Mr. Chesbro is aald. to be pros- *
trated over the incident, and Is con
fined in a sanatorium In Pennsylvania. '
GOVERNMENT TO DESTROY
WHITE HERON PLUMES
Smuggled Feathers Can Not Be
Sold in Gotham
. NEW YORK, July I«.— The solicitor
of the treasury has decided, that plumes
of the white heron, called aigrettes,
and worn mostly on the hats of women,
can not be sold even by the - govern
ment in the state of New York.
Collector Loeb had announced that
aigrettes valued at about $1,000. which
were smuggled into this port from
Brazil were to xbe sold at public auc
tion. A member of the Acdubon soci
ety wrote a letter to the collector pro
testing that the sale was "against the
public interest."
\u25a0 Under the laws of this state It Is a
misdemeanor to sell the plumage of
the heron and the solicitor held that
the aigrettes should be destroyed.
pR. YOUNG
* The famous Chinese Herb
Com pan v has removed to
1844 SUTTER STREET
Between
\\ r ebster and Buchanan.
All Diseases Successfully
Treated. Using Herbs Onlyl
Office Hours 10 a. m. to 12 m.
1 to 5 and • 8 to S p. ta. *
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