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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. . -'.-'.'•' — _-=j 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 < i »HHMHnnmg