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PART TWO
* VOLUME CX.—NO. 20.
“GRIZZLY BEAR”
HAS HIS LAIR
IN FAKE HOTEL
When a Place Is Big Enough,
• Music and Dancing Are
Unrestrained *
Dance Halls That Are Too Small
Prepare to Remedy Defect
Immediately
'' <'V
m ' Legalized law breaking" seems to
1"* the description most applicable to
the present state of affairs among- the
beach resorts and dancehalls,
A, municipal ordinances fixes 1
"dock as the hour for stopping the
music in hancehalls and then exempts
> from this regulation. Eighteen
rooms constitute a hotel. Therefore
every resort on the beach that can
•bring forward a house plan showing
" cms becomes forthwith a hotel,
possessed, under the law, of all the
• .rights and privileges of the St. Fran
cjsor the Palace; hindered by none of
the restrictions with which the law
haS bound the dancehall and the dive.
'. .It Is a paradoxical situation, grow
ing out of the decision by Judge Tread
well in the M. & M. case, in April.
Music and dancing after 1 o'clock, such
as was found and reported In The Call
yesterday morning, are directly charge
able to this decision, for within the
last few weeks practically all of the
beach resorts which had not already
hotel licenses, have either secured
them or given notice of their Inten
tions to do' so.
"BREAKERS" IX I__f_t
Of the four, places where there was
late" dancing Sunday night, three had
Kotel licenses. The fourth, a resort
known as "The Breakers," applied for
and.was granted permission last Thurs
day to add sufficient rooms to effect
'he .transformation from dance hall to
"hotel." %-'.::-:,.".-: ,:
The largest crowd found at' any of
the' resorts Sunday night and yesterday
morning was' that at Sheehan's cafe.
One o'clock came and passed - without
even' a glance at. a time piece, and the
entertainers-, struck up • "Steamboat
Bill." '' while the "! men and women
slouched out upon the floor, dancing
the "grizzly bear" and the "bunny-
lug."' with the customary nonchalance
of .night life habitues. At 1:40 o'clock
Police Corporal Charles J. Sheble of
the park station, was lounging in the
ioorway watching the dancers.
ID IS HIDDEN
There was certainly no sign of a
■lid" at Sheehan's. The utmost abandon.
of .the tenderloin " tainted the whole j
atmosphere of the place. El
* Several couples were dancing at the
™ Casino half an hour after one o'clock.
Negro entertainers played and sang,
wine flawed, cigarettes were held be
tween dainty fingers, and there was no
thought of the hour. The rude dances
of the Barbary coast prevailed there
likewise. )
At' the Breakers, further down the
coast, it was announced that music
-vol go on as long as anyone desired
—all night, if necessary. There were
hut three or four couples in the main
dan.cc hall, where they did the "back
walk" to music furnished by the enter
miners. The M. and M. cafe, which
.made' a test case in the -police court
trial, was still open at a few minutes
before 2 o'clock. Music was being
played and the entertainers Bang to a
single group of ■ wine-laden revellers
seated about a* table in the corner.
"LODGE" I.V BAD
". In the parlance of the beach, the
''Lodge." midway in the string of re
sorts, is "in bad." After 1 o'clock the
proprietor of this cafe was ready to
take off his apron and go home. His
musicians put away their Instruments
and the few visitors quickly departed.
Automobile crowds did not slow up
when passing the Lodge; they had the
tip from the chauffeur:
"Nothing doln'. The Lodge is in
bad." ..V . -■-O;-'
Aa Mies' cafe, farthest down the
Ocean boulevard, the piano was closed
and a single negro waiter Idled away
the time, alone in the dancehall. There
■mere no visitors. The Dibbles' resort
has been pranted a permit to become
a hotel by adding more rooms, action
I'ivlrir been taken on the application
. last Thursday, when the proprietors of
t'ne Breakers were granted a like boon.
Chief of Police White was asked yes
terday for a statement regarding his
opinion of the status of the beach "ho
• tels." but answered this question and
others on the same subject by declar
l ing that he had not a word to say.
SIX BIBLES IN WORLD
;• BESIDES SCRIPTURES
Oldest Is the Persian Zenda
■*" vesta of Zoroaster
. The world has seven Bibles. They
arc the Koran of the Mohammedans,
the Eddas of the Scandinavians, the
Tripltaka of the Buddhists, the Five
Kings of the Chinese,- the Three Vedas
of the Hindoos, the Zendavesta and the
Scriptures of the, Christians. ;
The Koran is not older than the
.seventh century of our era. It is a
compound of quotations from the Old
and New Testaments, the Talmud and
the Gospel of St Barnabas. The Eddas
of the Scandinavians were published
in the eleventh century, and are the j
most recent of these seven bibles. \\
■ The Buddhists* Tripltaka contain
• sublime morals and pure Inspirations.
Their author lived and died in , the
seventh century before Christ
The sacred writings, of the Chinese
are called the Five Kings, "king" mean
ing, web of cloth or the warp that keeps
the" threads In their places. They con
tain the choicest sayings of the best
ages on the ethlcopolltlcal "duties of
life. These sayings can not be traced
to-a period* higher than the eleventh
century. B. C. _3H_P«IS__HHH_WO|
•.The three Vedas are the most ancient
books of the Hindoos, and it is the
opinion of great scholars that; they are
older than the eleventh century, B. C. "
The Zendavesta of the Persians Is the
grandest of all the sacred book's - next
to the Bible. Zoroaster, whose sayings
IV contains, . was born 'in the '. twelfth
century B. C. ,
SANTA CLARA GRADUATION-Santa i Clara, j
,June ; in.— , graduating ; exercises of the j
Santa Clara. Academy of j Notre Dame '. will be
.held i'buraday ; afternoon "at ■ the j co-rent here.'
y\Hiabop O'Connell of Sao Francisco will" dellrer
the addresa and present« ileplomas to Miss
Florence 1 Smith, Miss Nellie " Stewart.„. Miaa
Clara Btidde. illaa Julia yuezada and Miss
Gertrude Pjle. .
Legalized Law Breaking Prevails Among the Beach Resorts
Eighteen Rooms Carry Right to Keep Open All Day and Night
SCENES IN SOME OF THE BEACH RESORTS FROM SKETCHES DRA WN BY H. M. STOOPS AFTER O’CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING.
EXPERT SAYS BANK
COMES OUT LOSER
Reports on Shasta County Insti
tution and Its Receipts
After a Loan
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
r REDDING, June 19.50 far as the
I public is informed there were no im
portant developments of the grand
jury's bank Investigation today. 'The
Terry loan of $205,000 is now under
crossfire. JE. Terry himself came
here this morning in response to a
subpena, but he was not called to the
stand. ~"
R. L. Hardy, his book keeper at, the
Bella Vista plant, brought Terry's books
and testified from them In respect to
dates and amounts of lumber shipments
made under the bank's agreement with
Terry. E. V. Benjamin, expert account
ant employed by District Attorney
Chenoweth. testified about his examina
tion of Terry's books.
There is a lingering notion some
where that the proceeds of all the
Terry lumber sales did not find their
way to the bank as per agreement G.
X. Wendling was trustee under which
the sales were made.* He is a warm
personal friend of Terry and it Is sur
mised that Wendling was trustee In
name while Terry was the trustee.
At any rate the accounting made by
Wendling to Bank Superintendent Wil
liams does not tally up with the ac
counting rendered to the Bank of
Shasta County. The difference is said
to run In Terry's favor several thou
sand dollars and Wendling, who is
waiting to be called before the grand
Jury, will be; given opportunity to ex
plain the discrepancy which Bank Ex
aminer Mitchell, who Is in charge of
the bank for Bank 'Superintendent Wil
lams, says dos exist.
The proposed - compromise whereby
Terry proposes to settle his $205,000
loan for $100,000 cash will come up in
the superior court tomorrow for Judi
cial approval. It Is popularly believed
that the court will approve that half a
loaf Is better than no bread.
There Is no inkling from official quar
ters as to who are the two parties In
dicted along with C. C. Bush, president
of the band. ■*.-'-, .< .
LATE WAR MINISTER
AN ACUTE OBSERVER
Might Have "Made Good" as a
Sherlock Holmes
A story is recorded in a Paris paper
regarding the late French war minister
which shows that had not General Brun
been a statesman he might have suc
ceeded in the profession which Sher
lock Holmes adorned. Last summer,
when he was at Marmande, he had the
idea of visiting Casteljaloux. There
he was received at the Malrie and had
a kind word to say to everyone, .
f The medical officer of . health claimed
the general's * acquaintance as having
been his classmate at the College of
Marmande. The general at- first -did
not recognize the doctor, but grasp
ing the situation, replied warmly to his
felicitations. Then said the general:
"And do .you still ride the oIJ grey
mare?"
"Oh, what a memory you have; gen
eral," was . the .'; doctor's comment
Later the officer who accompanied the
general asked him i how he could re
member so much about his old friend, v
"1 never heard l of him before," 'said
the general, "much less the gray mare,
but as he was In .riding boots and I
noticed some gray hairs on his coat* I
hazarded the. remark, which, as events
showed, was Justified."
DRESS FAD FOR WOMEN
MAKES HIT WITH DOLLS
If the new mode, of the JupeEculotte
Is not to be a,success iln the world of
fashion. It haw > found a considerable
favor In. 1 le monde dcs poupees, says a
Paris newspaper. V : '•
The Americans - are said to = show a
striking partiality for dolls clothed in
the new,, habiliments, and ! the . manufac
turers are *i obliged to fabricate -\ them
In ' thousands. \- rll^PiSo-o*ffi_BHS|
The Paris .paper draws from this
fact the < deduction that'the popularity
of these E*Jupey culotte toys in toyland
is a-favorable augury for the dress
makers.
THE San Francisco CALL
SAN FRANCISCO,: TUESDAY,, JUNE 20, 1911.
PIPE LINE WILL
REACH TO COAST
Guaranty Company Begins Work
on Its New Project for
Distributing Oil
[Special Dispatch to The Call] .
BAKERSFIEU), June 19.--Construc
tion work on the pipe line of the Guar
anty oil company from Maricopa to the
coast near Ventura' will begin on July
1. according to. officials, of that com
pany. The line will be about 70 miles
long and will j cross the Pine I moun
tain range at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
The building of about 20 miles of road,
which the company expects to:under
take, open a short route for auto
mobiles from the oil fields to the coast.
With the oil sand barely uncovered
the Associated oil company has a 300
foot well on section 30 in the Elk |
hills, which, it is . estimated, will pro- i
duce 300 barrels of 25 gravity odl ;
dally. It is believed that the well Is ;
in a much more prolific sand than was
encountered In the Assoclated's well
on Section 26 at a depth of 3,400 feet.
That well, which was the only strike
in that territory until the well on sec
tion 30 came in, has been deepened to
4,000 feet without developing any fur
ther profitable strata.
A great deal of Interest has been ex
cited by the secrecy with which "• it is i
sought to surround the operations of '
the Delano Consolidated company jln
new territory, 12 miles northwest, of
Lokern. The property is being fenced I
In and a water line is being built from I
an artesian well five miles distant. .
SOUTH AMERICAN
UNION PROPOSED
Movement Afoot to Restore Old
Grand Republic by Join
ing Five
WASHINGTON, June . 19.— -A. move
ment - afoot In South > America - looking
to the renewal of the old union of the
five republics which originally formed
the grand republic of South America
has been known to the state depart
ment for some time pas*t, though de
tails of .the extent of the agitation
have been lacking. '
Indications are that conferences will
be held in Caracas, capital of Ven
ezuela, just following the celebration of
the centennary of the independence of
that country next'month/' ~ E'" *»
.The state department for years has
wanted f the smaller republics in 3South
and t Central America j united In strong
governments, and would welcome such
a combination as that proposed, believ
ing that It would tend'to more stable
government. It is r feared, however,
that the personal ambition of different
leaders will militate to defeat f the ob
ject of the conference.
RIVER HEAD WATERS
WILL BE PRESERVED
Forest Reservation Commission
Meets in Washington
< ..WASHINGTON.. June 19.—The4:na- |
tional forest reservation "commission '
met here today to take steps for the j
preservation of the head waters of
navigable ,'rivers. \-.
The commission has 12,000,000 at Its
disposal duringE the current , fiscal • year
for * the . examinations survey : and '*< pur
chase !of land ( necessary to the ) regula
tion of the flow of rivers. A number of
maps i submitted .by ; the ■: secretary '-■ of
agriculture were examined. .'Another,
meeting will probably be ;. held next
week." - ' ■ \
The ' commission 'consists of : the "', sec
retaries of war, • interior and \ agricul
ture; Senators '-. Galllnger, New Hamp
shire, * and '.; Smith; Maryland;-. and 1 Rep
resentatives ■: Hawley, Oregon, and ': Lee,
Georgia. ■' *^^f[ff llyHß_s--!-_-_-n--BS
COUNCIL TO FIX KATES—Berkeley. June 10.—
■-•■; At•' it? ;. regular . meeting - tomorrow . night»the
t. Berkeley city..council t will; Ox • the , water; rate
, for tbe next year. V^J_SSKf_N'M__3__M__,
McDONALD WANTS
AN INVESTIGATION
Cashier of Kern Valley Bank
Charges Officials With
Frenzied Finance
; [Special Dispatch to The Call]
i BAKERSFIELD. June 19.—1n a state
ment made today, R. McDonald, cashier
of the suspended Kern valley bank,
: calls upon the; courts : and the grand
Jury to Investigate what appears , to
have been some up' to date frenzied
finance by his predecessors in " the
management of that institution, and
naming directly C. N. Beal , H. A.
Blodgett and Fay C. Beal, respectively
former president, vice president and
secretary of the bank, and tnferentlally
W. S. Tevis, as.the arch plotters In a
conspiracy to loot the bank, by using
,the depositers' money to finance and
< promote the Sunset road oil company,
substatutlng therefor unsecured and
worthless paper.
-In December '1905, under pressure
from the state superintendent of banks,
bonds of the Sunset road oil-company
to the amount of $450, were turned
over to the bank in substitution for the
personal notes of Blodgett and others.
McDonald claims that W. S. Tevls
became personally responsible to the
state banking officials for the bank
officials* paper prior -to the substitu
tion of the of] company bonds. . Mc-
Donald,' acting, under direction of the
'state banking superintendent, brought
foreclosure proceedings ' against the
Sunset road oil company. .:.i.V.':••".,
COAL DEPOSITIONS
TAKEN IN SEATTLE
Preliminary Proceedings on the
Charges Against Hunt Group
Claimants Begun
SEATTLE, June 19.Taking. of depo
sitions preliminary to the hearing; of
charges brought by. the United States
government against the 12 .claimants
of the Hunt coal! group, In I the Kataila
country of Alaska, was begun today
before a notary public in the Federal
building.
The claimants:' have been cited to
show cause why their claims should not
be recommended for cancellation be
cause .they were' taken not' for the
benefit of the; individual locators, but
for the Alaska petroleum and coal com
pany,' of which the 12 claimants are
stock holders.
: Henry R. Harrlman, • secretary « and
attorney Eof the company, was on the
witness stand all day, and was ', inter
rogated by Judge -; J. M. Witten. i chief
law r clerk >of : the ;general... land office,
and Special Agent F. H. Hinrlchs. Har
rlman denied that the filings were made
for the benefit of the company. The
claims are valued at several million
dollars. . -'.-'.'•'
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Today's Meetings of
i Improvement Clubs j
i -_———. i
' Green ! Valley Improvement
club, this evening, at Vienna, aad
Russia streets. EE>3Cfi_R__SSjJ3£ps>
; .West;, End ;' Improvement ■■• club,
this evening ' at 6540 Mission
street.
.Mission Height* and "Church
Street club, this evening, at Nine
teenth and Church streets."/-,v:-.-;
■i . Civic ■ Betterment ; league, at
Daly City.... 1
; Hollyr Phrk -improvement, club,
at 219 Crescent avenue.
' Sunset ;;: Woman's y t Improvement
club, ' at . Jefferson '" school, "> Nine
teenth avenue and '. I > street, *
! Park .; Richmond X improvement
club,'' 619 Sixth avenue. ; -
, Mission Merchants' association,
at 2337 Mission street. • E % ,
. J. (Clubs are requested to furnish
dataT for-.this column.) .--'.
HEAD OF FIRM IS
ON POLICE GRILL
Julius Gluck Questioned About
Origin of Fire in Lincoln
Building
• While Fire Marshal Towe and the po
lice '. were energetically Investigating
the fire which occurred • 'under sus
picious circumstances In the loft of
the Gluck-Hazell"hat and fur' company
In the Lincoln building Sunday morn
ing, Julius Gluck, one of - the proprie
tors of the firm was held at the police
station for several hours yesterday and
closely questioned, about the origin, of
the blaze. An effort Is being made to
trace Gluck'* movements on the morn
ing of the tire.
Detectives' Murphy £ and McQuaide,
who are handling the case at the re
quest of the officers of the fire depart
ment, j obtained an § admission from
Gluck that he was In : the - Immediate
vicinity of the building a few minutes
before the fire broke out. He said that
he: was on his way across the bay be
fore it was discovered.
The attention of the authorities was
directed to the case by-' a ' statement
I recently made to the district attorney
j by Isaac Silberman, Gluck's partner In
the business. Silberman came to this
city , from Chicago one year ago and
purchased a half interest In the con
cern from William K. Hazell, one of
the owners, for' $5,500. _ Shortly.after
taking over; his Interest he complained
that the sale had been made under
misrepresentations. Gluck assured him
that everything would ; prove satisfac
tory and, according to ■ Silberman, told
the new partner that" "perhaps there
would be a fire ; some day.'V '
: ; Gluck , says that Sllberman's state
ment was prompted purely by malice,
and says that he will have little diffi
culty In establishing his innocence.
COUNT GIZYCKI SAYS
COUNTESS DESERTED HIM
Nobleman Makes General Denial
of Divorce Complaints
-CHICAGO, June «19.—Count Joseph
Glzyckr today, made Eai general denial
of desertion made by Countess Eleanor
Glzyckl,' formerly Miss Eleanor Patter
son of Chicago, in a suit for divorce
recently filed here by * her. In Count
Glzyckl's answer, '. filed '» In the circuit
court, he charges that she deserted him.
He ; denied his wife's charges •, that he
had been guilty of indiscretions.
PSYCHOLOGISTS OUGHT
TO FIND THIS PERSON
Conscience .Hurts;., Him— a
Certain Extent
".. AE' man • who "■ confessed ..to.;. 38 ■ years
wrote to', the United States postofflce
department that he » robbed a certain
postofflce E when he was 17- He got $7
as booty, and >;he o will ■': pay It ' back
some day. M Meanwhile, will the depart
ment " accept : hisf assurance ."' of ~.\ peni- .
tence? "",'■'"'■.'.'. :,...-.';!,':..\' -,■ -' E. :-vV"
J Another man encloses $7 .as atone
ment -.. for something or - other, done
somewhere,' at some time, but further
than 5 that he does not specify..
• Another - correspondent ' encloses' ' a
two cent stamp 2 with i, the explanation
that* she—lt's - a i she ; this <time—several
years ago used over again on a letter
at stamp which had escaped disfigure^
ment jin coming through the mails. •
OLD BOOK LAYS PLAGUE :i?
TO ECLIPSE OF SUN
Sometimes Due to Earthquake,
* It Explains
An old work, a little book published
in Cologne In 1865 under the title, ac
cording .; to a' Paris* publication, "Gest
llche und Arzteney wider die
Pest,";" gives a" crude explanation of
the plague and its i ravages.^_sSHEg_M
We learn that it Is due to the eccen
tric ' movement of the planets, eclipses
of vthe :moon ';■*. or sun, > inundations,
earthquakes, famines and wars. Often,
also, It follows the bad i effluvium set up
by pigs, ducks and geese. . j
; It is frequently attributable to : the
anger ;of ( God i for E man's ;sins,] such, as
injustice ;In the law courts, ; the op
pression ?, of ». subjects by .their 'j rulers,
the'! dearness of goods, \ the dance and
gaming.
TWO MORE FERRY
SLIPS DANGEROUS
Use of Lower Aprons in No. 3
and No. 5 Stopped by the
Commissioners
The harbor commissioners yesterday
stopped the ; use of the lower aprons
in ferry slip No. 5. which is used by
the Santa Fe boats, and ; No. 6, which
is used by the Southern Pacific narrow
gauge. Harbor Commissioner Hill said
yesterday that the ■. commissioners were
uncertain as to what might >he the
effect if the pile supports'* of the con
crete piers, on which the aprons de
pend, should give way, and he did not
Intend to take any chances.
All haste will be made with the re
pairs to slip T, :which was used by the
creek route steamers of the Southern
Pacific. When 7 has been repaired the
narrow gauge steamers will probably
be assigned to that slip, and the creek
route will have to use the freight slip'
at Lombard street V /
• Owing to the heavy summer business
of the Northwestern Pacific, repairs
to slip 3 will;not be made until next
September. The six other slips will be
overhauled as the opportunity offers,
and In the meanwhile all the uncertain
piers will be kept under close observa
tion. . •
The eating away of the pile supports
was caused by • the washing away of
the mud Into which the concrete origin
ally penetrated four feet. In ' some
cases this mud line, leaves : seven feet
of the pile supports exposed, and. the
teredoes and limnoria are at liberty to
go as far as they please. '
' It has also been found that the wash
ing away.of the mud line extends back
under some of 'the'concrete arches on
which the building rests. The pile sup
ports of these arches are in good con
dition, not having been touched as yet
by the teredoes, and, as the board will
soon have' plenty, of money for repairs,
the situation' will be remedied before
there Is any danger.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF
LAKE CAUSES SURPRISE
Englishman .Wants to 1 Know
Who Dispossessed Lumbermen
Our British cousins have been accused
of being devoid of I humor for |so long
that the ■ following yarn Is j told to re
move the Imputation, In a measure, ac
cording to Outing: Not long'ago an
Englishman, ; Just across, E visited: Sand
point, one of the large lumbering towns
in the northwest Practically the entire
town I and country fare "owned by the
Humblrd lumber - company. The - Eng
lishman was taken to the great pine
forests, where Immense white . pines
tower on every side. • '
"To whom does this forest belong?"
he asked. ■■•'•..
•"< "To the Humbird lumber company,"
was the answer.',,' ■".
He was shown through the large lum
j ber plant and Informed that It belonged
I to the' Humblrds. The; fine bank build
j ing,'' the ' great"department E store, rows
upon' rows of .dwelling houses, all be-
J longing to the same corporation. "
• As a crowning treat he was taken for
a spin around Lake Pend d'Orvllle, In a
swift launch. Upon j their." return, while
standing upon the dock, he said: .
"May I ask who owns this lake?"
• "Oh.: It belongs to the people." "
"Aw, really, is that so? Now, would
you mind telling me how they managed
to get llt : away from Mr. Humblrd?" ,
LABELS; ON ENVELOPES
TO PROMOTE PEACE
Profits to Be Used in* Extending
Propaganda'
E M. Tittonl, the Italian. ambassador in
Paris,* has an Idea of a universal:peace
stamp. It Is really;:a- labels and not
a'- stamp.'; -^ The » suggestion Is :to pro
duce :highly, artistic.' labels „about< the
size lof* a r postage * stamp * bearing the
legend "Pax Mundi." These - will be
issued; at. 10:; centimes each, and It Is
suggested-that the ; , friends • ,of "r peace
should J purchase \ the* stamps and ' deco
rate | their envelopes with r them. \ The
profits on i the sale of the \ stamps ' are
, to ,be ' devoted .to '■ extension, of 'the peace
propaganda, ; and Fto * the publication vof
works 'advocating.universal!peace. One
thing is certain, and that is the 1 stamp
naving no fiscal value It^willr find little
favor,; among collectors. •..<.;■.■
PAGES 11 TO 20
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CHIEF WHITE IS
MEASURED FOR
BLUE UNIFORM
Head of Police Department Says
He's on the Job to Stay,
and Laughs
Prognostications of the Wise
Brigade Upset by Order
to Tailor
Chief of Police "Gus" White regards
his appointment to the chieftaincy of
the police department of this city as
one-involving a lengthy degree of per
manency. He laughs at the prognos- 1
ticators who predicted that his regime":
will be of short duration, and, laugh
ingly, he went to the tailor's «hop yes
terday and had his big form measured,
for a uniform of blue. Close mouthed
always, he refused to discuss things
sartorial. "
"Til be chief of police in - this city
for a long 'time." he said when he
returned. "I didn't take this Job to
be turned aside for some one who has
been selected as the pet of the ad
ministration. I'm here to stay. The
public will see."
When John F. Seymour resigned as
chief and White was given the appoint
ment, a statement was j issued by the
new chief •■ that- he would not ■ wear
either a uniform or a badge of office.
ESCHEWS OSTENTATION - -", ,- 1
"I'm not coming down here with
placards all over me announcing that
I am chief of police," White volun
teered. "I'll be chief In the way I try
to do . everything- in lifequietly and
with no ostentation." ,
This caused the tongues to wag. If
a■ chief of police had prospects of
holding his position for any length of
time, he would : order a uniform, the
wise ones argued. If he was to be a
really and truly chief, his friends
would, 'no doubt present him with a
handsomely engraved and beautifully
studded badge. Thus the whispered
deductions were made and White was
given'short shrift In the form sheets.
; But White upset all calculations
when he selected - a bolt of the finest
blue cloth I on tap and left his ■ order
for a suit that will carry gold trap
pings. An overnight chief .of ; ; police
Is not likely to Invest any of his earn
ings In a costume calculated to excite
the envy-of a parade drum major.
Besides that White has attached
to his.manly bosom the office shield
which distinguishes the chief of police
from all other mortals. . '•-'.
OTHER ASPIRANTS SHELVED
That is the situation as It stood yes
terday. All of the aspirants for tha
position whose names have been bar
tered back and forth in the public gos
sip were shelved yesterday so far as
the discussion of the situation was con
cerned. The names of Captain Harry
O'Day and former Commissioner Jo«
Sullivan were singularly missing from,
the small talk.
Only one change has been made In
the department lineup, where many
were expected "by those whose : seat a
are wobbly from New Tear day until
New Year eve. Sergeant Barney Har
der, -who. has been - on duty at the'
O'Farrell street station, was transferred
to the central station to take the place
made - vacant -by the appointment o_
Sergeant John J. O'Meara to the, office
of clerk;. to the chief. Harder's place
at the O'Farrell street station Is being
filled by Sergeant Frank Norman, who
was chief clerk under Seymour.
Other changes may come, but this ;
state of uncertainty 13" a chronic condi- •'
tion .in . police circles. Chief White;
says that there will be no Internal dis
turbances Just at present and clouds
his Intentions regarding a possibles
eruption in diplomatic. language. That;
is, he falls to say anything. Likewise,
he reserves his opinions concerning
needed reforms. He wants a few days
in. which to settle into the chiefs chair.
He can talk;to better advantage then,'
if he will, but the:chances are that ha
will not
WRONGED MAN COMES
EARLY TO AVOID RUSH
He Calls on Converted Million
aire at 2 A. M.
"I dined with Henry James. -the
American novelist," said a magazine
editor, "at his London club, the Athen
aeum. Over the dessert I reproached j
James for the. dreadful way he ■ roasts
the morals and manners of our million
aires in 'The Jolly Corner.' James said
they deserved roasting—and to prove
It he told me a story. "
"He said a New York multi-million
aire got converted one night at a re
vival, meeting, and, standing up,in his
place, -the rich 1 convert declared that
his conversion was, retroactive, and he
proposed -to ■ make restitution to any
one he had ever wronged. ; "•'-:,
"Well, . about , 2 o'clock that morning
the E" millionaire was awakened by a
long ring at the bell. : He put his
head out of the window. . '
„V«'.'.'l am. Thomas J." Griggs," was . the
reply. 'I heard about ; your conversion
and I'd like you ; to* pay me back that
$200.000.y0u cheated me out of In the
U. B. D. recievership.'^ggggn|ip_HM
;;" 'All right, I'll; pay you,' said the
millionaire. 'But why the duce," he
added, angrily, "do you want to ring
me up at this hour?*
" "Well, you 'see,*, was . the reply, . T
thought I'd come early and avoid the
rush.vrJß_________________H____Hßlfl
| LONGFELLOW'S JOURNAL
TELLS OF HIS "CONCEIT"
But That Feeling Was of Short
Duration
In Longfellow's Journal, in which
|he chronicled dally; things that came
under his observation, he notes .that
I upon a certain occasion he attended a
[church where the-minister took as his
j subject .."Progress." it
.Longfellow was" very, much nattered
I when ■'the pastor quoted about half of
the "Psalm of Life." .After .repeating
j the verses the. minister said:; "I could
never 5 read ' that poem without feeling
the inspiration with .which It was writ
! ten." To this incident '■ Longfellow
adds: E. •■-'<
- "But I had the conceit taken out of
me on the! evening *of that I day, \ when
I happened' to | meet a lady at Prescott's
and in our conversation she referred to
the ; sermon in the .morning.*; and added:
'He .quoted {some- beautiful I verses, but
nobody, knew from V whence'■ came the
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