KNIGHTS OF AIR
THRILL CROWDS
AT GREAT MEET
Mercurial Frenchman Attracts
Attention of Vast Throng
by Daring Feat
May Attempt Flight From Los
Angeles to San Diego
in Airship
IXiS AXGEL.ES," Jan. 13.— Every one
"n L.".-* Angeles tonlpht wants to po up
in an airship — not quite perhaps to the
Martian canals, but just low over a
soft turf course on a sunny day. It is
lair to fsay that if the science develops
js fast as it did today on aviation field
l.ero the craze will be almost as com
mon as golf.
Lrfjuis? Paulhan of France <fid not do
jinythinß' so wonderful today as seek
ing: a pathway to paradise, but he took
ur. two passengers, circled the field
v.iih them several times and cut cross
l-ns In what was considered an attempt
t«i slow down Glenn 11. Curtlss, who was
living 1 the regular course at the same
time for a 10 lap speed record. The
passengers were landed safely and 10,
000 women breathed sigrh? of relief.
AIRSHIPS A SPORTIXC- FACTOR
Flijrhts with one psss^nKer became
:.ii ordinary event. No speed or alti
tude or endurance records were broken,
hut the day's trials demonstrated the
possibility of the airship as a com
'.loroial. and at least a sporting: factor.
It may be true that within a few years
the idle. rich may escape the hot sum
;ncrs by taking: an airship to the north
Ourttes* manager. J. S. Fanouilli, pro
tested apuinst Paulhan's getting: in the
•v*iy of the Curtiss machine during the
J" lap trial and a congest may develop.
CurtiKS alt c flip ted to make a record for
tin-, but failed. His total time was
-4 minutes 54 2-5 seconds. Later Paul
iian tried to beat this, but failed by
l"v. seconds.
The events on the aviation field were
<-.;ips^<i late in the afternoon by a
stranjre j=isrht in the sky. Off over the
< cean a bright starlike apparition ap
1 cared. Thirty thousand necks stretched
l-ack and 30.000 faces looked in wonder
at the heavenly visitor.
Was It Halley's comet or a new air
.-hip from Mars come to mock? ;'AII
.:!(•!)? the fenc.-> line and through the
\illaß'*s. to *Lo.« Angeles •and on the
str^t corners of the city awed crowds
Mood.
LOOKS I.IKK AX AIRSHIP
"Its an airship." said a man on aj
s<-<;ip box. "I can see the smoke fxom (
::." cnpin<? and see the propellers
move."
On the n<>3d the r#-al ships were mov
i'i; with the r^gruiarity almost of an
• -x press train. It seemed as safe ap
• irivin^ the old mare to town over a
«pn>t country roa<l.
ricturf a white track marked on a
m lieM. A platform station. A
woman in a sealskin jacket, lier yellow
lialr bound close in an automobile cap.
waiting: impatiently. It is time for the
.-;. n Francisco limited.
: Around- the -corner of the field the
noise "of *an"-ehuin<3 is heard. With a
•lip and rush of a winged » car; of
silk Bide, planes stops at the platform.
Tiif .irivor louche? hi?» cap. and stands
;isitlo whilo the woman cljmbs into the
.•-cat begide him.
"We air- Jatc." remarks the driver.
A wave" of the hand, a shove on the
Sever and ll»e biplane rises in the. air.
iiixli«r anil faster, disappearing in the
•lirectibn of the rity.
MK.\K BK«'O3li:s COMMOX
TJiis was the scene many times dur
ing the afternoon meet.
Oiilv tho difference of a circular
course and a bank <tf humanity cheer
ing wildly us though a great thing
was happ'-nins.
Tiie fourth day of the meet bore
t.-u- features until the passenger car
rying flights of the late afternoon.
Curtiss made a qualifying flight to
ker-p liis'tim** from being penalized.
WUlard iron a pri;:e in a Curtiss ma
<hine for starting and landing within
the limits of a "0 foot square. Ham
ilton ma'do a circuit in a Curtiss ma
• 4iin<-. The Gill;Doscb entry from Bal
timore made, a short flight, but had to
rotiro until repairs could bo made to
the propeller. The K.isson monoplane,
a local machine^ burned its framework.
The Bl^riot monoplane hopped lamely
around tlic fu-ld. but did not appear to
iiavo prmrr *»nough to rise far.
>To scf these things an immense
tlMt.tig made a holiday. Gay parasols
.-irtd toy balloons dotted th«» crowded
grandstand. The clouds of the early
morning faded away into the moun
tains. All combined to giw- the sky
pilot ? a sicat opportunity.
LATHAM'S KECORD LOWBRRD >
Cortland V. Bishop, president of the'
A<?ro Club of America, received a ca
ii]<gram from the International aero
society in Paris during the afternoon,
saying: that Hubert Latham's record
for altitude was 3,444 feet, made Jan
uary 7, in France. The Judges.con
firmed Paulhan's record of 4,166 feet.
Hamilton during the day made a
flight with his rudder wheel tied to
show that the Curtiss machine could
be operated without the Wright pat
ents.
Clifford P. Harmon of Xew York an
nounced that he would start during the
*-cond week in February from San An
tonio. Tex., in his balloon New York
to attempt to break the world's dis
tance r'-eord. The record now is 1,200
wiles. Harmon also will try to lift
th<- l>ahm cup, now held by A. Holland
Forbes, with 693 miles. He is assured
<.f a sufficient quantity of gas in Texas.
machine: seemed amvk
In discussing his world beating
flight Paul ha n said: «•
"My machine seemed to have a soul.
I believe 1 could have gone to sleep
and my good machine would have car
ried me for hours and hours gently and
securely. .
"I suppose now that I have beaten
Latham he will hurri' his machine out
of his Paris shop and try to fly higher
still. If he does I will fly into Para
dise and defy him to follow, me there."
Curti6S showed his sportsmanlike
spirit in talking of Paulhan's feat. He
expressed pleasure that the record was
made in America and said:
"The credit for a night such as Paul
han made. belongs entirely to. the avia
tor and it is an evidence of his daring,
skill and confidence."
Silence reigned as usual in Curtlss\
t^nt over his program.
Tn the hotels the name of Paulhan
is on the lips of all.
The meet has been brought into
<|cfinitc shape now. A big blackboard
on th*> field gives each official event.
Megaphonemen announce it to the
grandstand. The judges require an an
nouncement from the aviators before
each attempt at speed, height and_>n
durance records. Each aviator who
LOUIS PAULHAN CARRIES TWO PASSENGERS IN HIS
BIPLANE IN LONG FLIGHT AROUND AVIATION FIELD
SUMMARY OF EVENTS AT
SOUTHERN AVIATION FIELD
I.OS A\<'i:i.l>, .Inn. 13. — The
feature* at the aviation nieet to
day were n* follow*:
Paulban net the mark at S:l6 1-3
In (h«> oflioial trial for three lapn
In the pnxsrncrr carrying con
tent, taking- with him Mmc. Paul
ban hh hln na'asengrr.
CurtlMN failed In his attempt to
lower the three lap record, which
be net yesterdaj".
The monoplane Butterfly was
pnrtlj- dPKtroj-rd hy lire.
Willard duplicated h ln feat of
Martlair. flying: around the courtie
once and landing In a measured
npace of 20 feet, winning; the
prize of |C£»O. '
Paulhan late In the day electri
fied the crowd hy Inking Mm.
Dick Ferris as a passenger and
flying low over the stands. He
made three laps, cut corners nnd
landed squarely In front of the
KTrand»tand. '
Paulban ascended with Inn
passengers and circled the field
several times.
Curtis* tried for the 10 lap
record, but failed. Ills total time
\u25a0nan 24:.*»4--5 and his mile aver
age 2:2J> 3-5.
Paulhan tried to break Cur
tiss* mark for the 10 laps, but
failed, making it in 24:59 2-5.
does not fly around the course at least
once a. day is penalized 5 per cent of
his best time.
Curtiss received a new machine at
the grounds this morning. It is of the
same type as his others. It was an
nounced at the Curtiss tent that he
would try to fly today in demonstration
that the Wright patents, over, which
court action has been taken, are not
necessary to the success of his ma
; chine.
Frank Johnson of Sari Francisco be
gan to assemble, his Curtiss machine
early today preparatory to flight.
Charles F. Willard brought his Cur
tiss No. 10 on the field and announced
that he was ready to fly at any # time.
Xew. wheels, have arrived for" the
multiplane constructed after two years
of hard work by J. B. Zerbe of Los
Angeles. Zerbe is* one of the most
enthusiastic aviators on the field. His
first attempt at flight with his machine
met with disaster, but he still main
tains that he will beat them all.
At noon clouds again overcast the
-sky- and the pilots of the, airships
feared then that the day would not
turn out well for any record breaking
feats.
As the time for the official events
drew near — 2 o'clock — the sun again
broko through the clouds. The wind
was barely stirring.
Hamilton aroused the delight of the
crowd, which had grown to as vast pro
portions as the day* before, by. making
a complete circuit of the field in his,
Curtiss biplane. On the home stretch
he approached as close to the grand
stand as the rules permitted, sailing at
a height of 50 feet.
He made three complete circuits, of
the pylons and landed at the starting
place easily. Xo official record was
made;
Curtiss and Willard\ brought their
machines out and prepared to ascend.
At 1:50 Curtiss started in a qualify
ing flight. After a preliminary circuit
he started on a time flight.
His time was 2:24 2-5, 10 seconds be
hind his record of yesterday, .which is
the record of the course. The second
lap was made in 2:28 3-5 and the third
in 2:32 1-5. He landed at the starting
place safely.'.
Paulhan intimated lj»ajt he . may yet
essay a fight to San Diego, which' lies
more than 100 miles southward in an
airline from the Dominguez aviation
field.
After enthusiastic visitors from the
southern city had presented Paulhan
with the $-500 silver cup trophy for his
thrilling achievement they . extended
him a pressing invitation to visit San
Di^go "at your convenience."
Paulhan replied: "Not mine, but my
engine's convenience."
When he was asked today if that
meant that he would attempt such* a
flight he answered:
"It is not impossible. In endurance
tests other aviators have traveled more
than 100 miles, though never between
cities that far apart."
Then he recalled the fact that Cur
tisß* machines have fuel capacities- for
flights of 10 hours' duration at 30. miles
an hour, and remarked that, as his
Farman biplanes were much larger,
with correspondingly larger motors and
tanks, he saw no reason why he should
not make such a flight.
Balloon Makes Long; Flight
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13.— With five
passengers, three women and two men."
the big balloon City of Los Angeles,
which ascended at Huntington park
today; sailed over the mountains and
was lost for seven hours.
The alarm was given and scores of
men were searching "the desolate hill
country northwest of the city when the
air voyagers arrived In this city to
night safe and sound. They had landed
nine miles . north of Bur bank, a village
at the ; upper -apex ;J of r the , San Fer
nando valley, and .found, the owner; of
an isolated ranch who was willing to
takev.ihem to the railroad s.tation ; in
a wagon.
.Mrs. Ida Gregory of Chicago, "one
of the passengers, .became violently ill
as the balloon swept, over the crest: of
the mountains, <but- recovered before
reaching the. city.; .ißeyond the fright
experienced while several, thousand
feet in the air, her: companions, Miss
Bertha Freund of Cincinnati,, and .Mfss
May Myers of San Bernardino, Cal., suf
fered;; no ill; effects. The women were
escorted to the city* by J. -C Mars, of
Oakland, pilot, of the balloon, and.;K;
L. Bernard of New York, a passenger.
Dirigible; Passes Over City it;.:-
CHATTANOOGA, Term., Jan. 13— -X
white" diriglbleV. balloon passed' over
Chattanooga l at 1 1 o'clock today. :• A
man was; seen : in'the'-'machlne.V •=-:\u25a0:\u25a0 It
passed, across the citY; in' about .10
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'the : san fkancisco; gall, Friday, January 14, mm
jScencs at the great aviation meet now being held at Los Angeles.
CHOOSES DELEGATES
TO CONFERENCE
Stanford Executive Committee
Meets; New Intercollegiate'
Agreement Pending
[Spec 'ml DU patch to The Call]
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 13.—
The most important business transacted
by the executive committee at its first
meeting last night was the appointment
of Stanford's representatives to the.in
tercollegiate agreement committee. U.
W. Barrett '04,. G. J. Presley 'Q7 and. D.
W. Burbank '03 were selected to. look
after the interests: of Stanford in the
formation of the new agreement
All the' boating equipment was
formally'passed over to the boat club in
accordance with the resolution of _ the
committee passed last semester.
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At -the assembly this morning Baron
Kikuchi,". a well known educator of
Japan, spoke very favorably of the re
lations between the. United States .and
Japan. He' said- that the !idea\of \u25a0'a-'war
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between the two powers was. absurd
and that the United States was held- in
the greatest veneration by "all classes
in Japan,*and at the present time'.lapan
had no hostile intentions against any
power whatever.' \u25a0_" .
G. F. - Morgan '10, president; of the
Nestorla literary society t has appointed
the following committees ; to serve for
the present semester:; Executive^-F. .11.
Hilton '11, chairman;,!!.' CJ; Nelson '10.
E..E. Tincher '12. Program — R.-.1. Mil
ler '11, chairman; G. D. Dltr '11>H.;R,
Person. 'l 2. ' . . \
The pulpit of the university chapel
will be filled Sunday, morning by Rev.
Dr. Joseph AY. Cochran of. Philadelphia,
who is to speak at the first regular as :
sembly next week. , . .-:
,\u25a0 .In anticipation^ of ; ; the .social/activi
ties jof theTsemester the date of the
Encina : "&t- : homes" and- tjie- committees
that are to haye charge -of .them; were
arranged last. night: '.The, dates. selected
are "January 29,-March s;and; April. 23.
The. committees are as follows: ; . '\ \u25a0' .
S<«-Ihl committee— B.';-. W. Uttcr.'lO.U'liairman;
J.- W. Flttinc "10, V. II Ward '12.<;.- Holcomb
'11.": G.. B.: U*ntK-'12... :
- Prwjfranicoinniittep-^. P.'Lcrj- "lO'.'rbairai'an;
R. M. Ford 'CKt.w. s. Port«r."U, P.-V. lUckPii-
Bfn'M2, O. H." Burr. , » . .... - •
InTitatloii c«mmltte«»-f !!.'<;..Warren'.'lo,*chair
man: H." J. Sharp MO.' K. It. Hilton 'lI.'G.VA.
Pieu-'li;; R.B.' Mills*)* '.12.V ;.;.-.
7 Pecor«tion»-^-J. C" Bobbins '10, chairman:; II."
O.'Tallant '11. A. A. Krost Ml. J. W. Vk-krrs
:12..;M.. F.'Urnshaw '12, -A.' I'rank .'l3, '-W.' F.
Dietrich' .MS. • - ' ; > • r. \u25a0' \u25a0
Airship AVeek
At»Los\Angeles. .' $18.70. round trip; via
Southern Pacific for?the 'great Ja^rin.
contests." ,% Tickets \u25a0: sold "^ January* 10 « to
16: return by ; Januarys 2o,"is;i9lo.'rATicket
offices; Southern .Pacific company,' Flood
building; . Marketer, street"; ferry iidepoi.,-
Third- andiTownsend^streetsydepot,' and
Broadway, and'-Thirteenthi streets;*, Oak
land/- • • • . .-; \u25a0 •
COOK FOUND DEAD
IN HAPPY VALLEY
Sheep Herder Discovers Body of
San Franciscan With Bui*
Jets in Head .
[Special Dispatch io The Call]
SAN ; RAFAEL. . Jan. , 1 3.— Consider-
able mystery surrounds the- death' of
Caspar Scharnweber, the San Francisco
cook, about 50 years of age, . whose
body was found by a sheep herder in
Happy valley this ' morning, with two
bullet wounds through tho; head* and - a
revolver -clutched' in tho right" hand.
\u25a0"jch'arn'weber ' was a member of the
German benevolent sueiety' of San
Francisco, ;in«l a receipt was found on
his person showing that he hadpaid his
dues-.^or-the month of December. Until
a week: ago he", worketl as - v a. cook '"at
Herbert's ', saloon in Powell-. > street.
When he ; left he declared his intention
of/going to Petahima.
Friends of.\the dead -manf. in San
Francisco say that [ he. often spoke of
having- a comfortable : bank account,
and the fact, that -no money, was? found
on his \u25a0 person has led to j the suspicion
of foul play. ' * '
The body was found by Frank Vera
while herding sheep five miles north of
here. .The corpse lay, face.u p under" a
clump^of,: trees. . The fact that the' dead
man'sfcoat was "removed .and "placed
under his , head 'as a Ipillow: seems ' :. to
indicatae tliat he riiade preparation for
suicide.' " -
V Coroner Sawyerhelieyea, the man has
been dead 'several \u25a0'days! • .
WIDOW OF COUPLING
VICTIM 5 GETS DAMAGES
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Mrs. Kate C. Putnam Gets Judg-
ment Against Ocean Shore ;
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/, A verdict awardinprMrs.:KateC. Put
nam; ' widow - of ; Frert ll. '"Putnam, 1 ' dam
age? in the' sum of- SIO,OOO, for. the death
of her' husband? was irendered" by . a jury
inTjudgre Hunt's court yesterday, against'
the Ocean :Khore"railrbad;,-;Putnam was
a':conductor-iri ; the' employ of "the ; cor-:
poration/ Ont Jlllv 14, 1907;. he" was in
charge .'of .a 'construction Strain .four
ca rs : i and } a n* engine , : near Ocean v V le w ;
and. owing' to- the. snapping^of a wooden
"club", tied ' to .the , brake . he "was ''.thrown',
between two' cars and.'crushed to death."
v The'attorneys for the: railroad argued
that 7 Putnanv had ;no right •to liuse ,-ther
club, huf,it, was. shown that otherwise
it- was impossible; to r operate;the .brake
while-; the train was: : going down thill.'
The ' wholerbfake.' appliance ;•: was ;• worn
and defective Uind; tho car * had- beeri j; inj
use ; mbre> tlifl n'^ two ; years," ' accordi ng " to
the^case for the plaintiff. /. \u25a0. '. .
s r As thft Ocear) "Shore .railroad is -in in
solvency :Mrs. I? ?Putnam will have 'to'^ in-,
elude jher judftmenttaihone: the» other
claims of 'cr editors.'-;- v ; - .
GRIMWOOD AND .WAYTE IN; COURT— CharlM
-•: IL7 firlmwofxl' ami Waltrr.-M.-.; Waytf"."; charced
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SEMBRICH SINGS
A GREAT PROGRAM
Diva Presents Songs of All
Schools and Countries to
Big Audience
By WALTER ANTHONY
Madam -,'Marcella Sembrich inarched
through the 'groves O f music-last night
and did not miss a single bypath. She
led us from the banks of the- Neva- to
the gates of Rome; she took us thence
to Paris and hack to Vienna; she led
the way to England and crossed the
seas to America.. About the only music
making country she did not visit was
Spain. •
I never heard a more universal pro
gram than that which, the great so
prano, the' successor of Patti and one
of the 'greatest living exponents of the
art of true song, gave us last night at
the Garrick theater. I doubt if -there's
an artist living who could duplicate it.
\u25a0Verdi, , Massenet, Handel, Schubert,
Schumann, Brahms, Loewe, Debussy,
'Arensky, Grieg, R. H. and
Gounod . are some of the composers
.whose songs the diva sang last night,
and then for additional good measure
she graciously came forth with encores
such- as.,- for. instance; Doctor Arne's
naive and' perfect - melody,. "The I*ass
\u25a0With tho Delicate Air." Incidentally,
Ma'dame Sembrich sings that. song. with
so delicate an air that, years roll back
and you arc willing to believe that she
was thcone for whom- it was written—
which, of course, as you aiyi I know,
she wasn't! . ,
. La Forge's addiction to Chopin, is, I
-say,- constitutional. : He under
stands the Pole and plays him with
tare delicacy and refinement. If there
is little of strength in his presenta
tions it is because La Forge sees the
delicate pattern 'of Chopin's musical
fabric and fears- to tear, the delicate
web. La Forge, . in his solo work is
entirely subjective, which is the more
remarkable because his accompani
ments, played without notes, are the
perfection of objective performances.
Francis Rogers .pleased the audience
with':' his \u25a0'interpretation -"of : Massenet's
aria from "Heroiliade," "Vision Fugi
tive."; which he sang with scholarly
.spirit.* His voice, while it lacks the
"color" of the Latin voice/ is large and
musical; though streaked with "white"
at times. ; '•, ; : \u25a0
("MaditiTiß( "MaditiTiß Sembrich turned enthusiasm
loose* wherj she sang "Ah. fors c Lvi"
from "La, TnVvlnta." - Tho perfect,pur
ity of, her lories 'and her wonderful
werejnanifest throughout
the 'nuniber. • Hef~Germart lieder. were
sung as though she hnfl neveiv left Ber- j
lin. .ami her. .American and English*]
songs .attested -the . truth of the state- j
ment' that 'music ,is the universal lan- i
guage. -..- Her" closing -number, "The \
Jewel Song"' from "Faust." ivns a tri
umph J of 'tone production , and musicalj '
beauty,' ; . and :it ; proved -that however [
well- the diva-sings "German lieder she j
is peerless when: she -just' opens J
her throat. to sitTg. glorious /nielody.
sMuny Ends
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, They, are ; particularly";
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OPIUM SMOKERS
START BIG FIRE
Carelessness With Matches
Results in Blaze Which i *
Threatens Conflagration
Apartment Houses Endangered,
but Saved by the Prompt
Action of Firemen
Fire, starting: at 644 PoTk street yes
terday afternoon, r wlped out nine stores
in that district, but the damage was
small, as the buildings were of frame
and only two of them were in use.
There- was no insurance.
It is believed. that the fire was started
by a-gang of opium smokers, who have
been, occupying tile rear of an empty
'store; as a meeting place. A number
of the pipe fiends were seen in one
Of 'the- stores yesterday morning, and
it is. presumed that one of them threw
a 'lighten. match on the floor. A stiff
wind fanned the flames ; with excep
tional rapidity, and, to add to the spec
tacular feature, a tar roofinjr produced
dense volumes of heavy, black smoke.
For" a time " it ' appeared as if the
fire would; ] spread to "the Gladstone
apartments across, the street, but. the
apartment house escaped, with no. fur
ther damage than. being badly smoked.
Among- the other nearby places -which
were slightly damaged by smoke was
the Hotel Brule at 671 Eddy street, a
restaurant at 678 Eddy street, the tail
oring establishment of B. Kaplan at
680. Eddy, "the saloon of It. G. Bull
winkel " across the street from the
burning buildings and Bare Brothers'
furniture, store. ...
In fighting the fire Lieutenant -*Vil
liam'Conlon of engine. No. 3 had a nail
driven through his foot and was taken
to the central emergency hospital. The
property belonged to Mrs. L. Huddle
stone.' ;? •*. '- ""- :'
Mysterious Explosion
An explosion that almost wrecked
the cottage of Albert Wood. 3224 Pierce
street and blew three windows out of
the adjoining cottage of Fritz Kerth
occurred while firemen were fighting
a" fire in the Wood cottage shortly after
2 o'clock yesterday morning. Wqod
said that the only thing that could
have caused it was. a five gallon can
of coal oil. The cottage was insured
for $2,500. The origin of the fire is a
mystery.
WE ANNOUNCE THE
QONTINUATION
OF OUR
& CLEARANCE SALE
We Are Offering Innumerable Price In-
ducements in All Lines
ANY OF THIS SEASON'S -^_
$30:00. $25.00. 520.00 QC
RAINCOATS NOW I * 52
IN * WORSTEDS, TWEEDS g
and CHEVIOTS
gVaEN'S SUBTS
WE QUOTE BUT A FEW OF THE MATCHLESS
VALUES IN HIGH CLASS GARMENTS
$25.00 Hand Tailored IO PC i $15.00 Wool Business 11 OC
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$30.00 Imported Fabric 1 Q QC i $20.00 Fine Dress 14 7C
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MOTHERS! MEN'S HATS
It Will Pay You to Investi- AU O ur High Grade
gate Our Bargains m n^
nAUfI! Clothing. Hats, $ 3 - 50 - $3 - 00 ' S2 - 50 OIC
PUJg Furnishings. Stiff or Soft Hats ... L- I J
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NEWHALL ELECTED
TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
Chosen President of Fire Corn-
mission for Ensuing Year;
' Sullivan Is Seated
Various Changes Made in Per*
sonnet of Department; Bo=
den Battalion Chief
GeoYge A. Newhall was re-elected
president of the fire commission for the
ensuing year at yesterday's session and
Mayor McCarthy's appointee. Joseph F.
Sullivan, was seated.
Xewhall asslgneH Sullivan to the
finance committee, whose main duty is
to negotiate with the supervisors'
finance committee and tho board for
funds and to see to their distribution in
the department work.
Captain M'eha«-l*Bo<"en of engine com»
pany Xo. 'Jl was promoted to ihe grade
of battalion chief in the place of Bat
talion Chief W. i>. Waters, retired. The
change along the line made Kred Grote
captain. Anthony Pltelan lieutenant and
J. W. Ellis hospman.
Would Complete Viaduct
Supervisors McLaughlin. "Lougherj*
and Deasy yesterday recommended to
the finance committee, which meets to
day, that J35.000 be set aside for the
work on the southern section of tho
Mission viaduct, between Marshall ami
Sprlngdale street*, and that $50,000 be
appropriated for the construction of the
main sower In Mission street* between
Silver avenue and , Bosworth street.
Upon Loughery's motion the commit
tee favored the immediate setting asitlo
of $2,000 to begin the repair and re
grading of Fifteenth avenue South, t'»
furnish a passable thoroughfare be
tween San Bruno ajul Railroad avenues.
Counting City's- Coin
Treasurer McDougald. Cor himself:
Auditor Boyle, for himself; Attorney
Albert Monfino of Cleveland Dam's staff
of assistants, for the mayor, and Bond
Expert H. A. Mason, for the supervisors'
finance committee, yesterday watched
the count of $1,930,000 paid over to th«
city for the last installment of bond*
sold and will continue the recount oC
all the municipal funds.
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