VOLUME CXIII.—NO. 41.
Down Town Reforms Under Way
Chamber Committees Make Record
Reports Read at Luncheon
Show Greater Achieve
ments Than in Pre
vious Years
WORK IS INDORSED
BY THE MEMBERSHIP
Merchants Aided by Traffic,
Street Repair and Improve
ment Suggestions
"What energy and enterprise has ac
complished for the betterment of the
downtown district was told at the
weekly luncheon of the downtown com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce.
The brief reports of the subcommittees
showed a record of achievement that
fiirpasses in accomplishment the ac
tivities of the merchants in previous
years.
Chairman W. D. Fennimore, who
presided at the meeting Wednesday,
commended the spirit of good fellow
ship manifested by the members, and
his commendation of the work of. each
committee brought applause.
Adolph Uhl, reporting for the joint
committee on street repairs, spoke of
what had been accomplished in regu
lating traffic of automobiles and other
vehicles. The new ordinance regulat
ing the opening of streets by public
service corporations and individuals, he
added, was of great benefit to the mer
chant.
Uhl also reported for the committee
on billboards, which has been instru
mental in obtaining the adoption of
matiy essential features of the new
billboard «jpdinance. notably the regu
lation of height and control by the
welfare committee of the board of su
pervisors.
AIDS TRAFFIC PROBLEM
Frank E. Carroll's report for the
street committee showed a constant su
pervision of the work of the street
cleaning and repair departments and
progress in the matter of keeping
streets and sidewalks clear of obstruc
tions to traffic. This committee alsn
has co-operated effectively with the
officers of the traffic squad in regulat
ing the movement of automobiles and
teams.
Paul Elder, chairman of the public
utilities committee, told of many con
ferences with city officials and officers
of the United Railroads with a view to
obtaining streetcar service on lower
Market street. The plan of placing:
extra conductors at certain points on
Market street during the hours of con
gested traffic originated and was car
ried through by this committee.
The recent reduction of fire insur
ance rates and plans for the beautifi
cation of downtown business street*
were reported on by Colonel Frank W.
Marston, chairman of his committee.
Better lighting in the downtown dis
trict, especially of Union square park,
deary street and small side streets, has
resulted from the efforts of the light
ing committee, of which John 11. Ham
mersmith is chairman.
WORK IS INDORSED
Andrew G. McCarthy reported, for
the police committee, efforts to sup
press dancing in uptown cafes, the
effectual protest against the granting
of licenses for many proposed saloons
in retail districts, the stopping of un
necessary night noises in the neighbor
hood of hotels, the arrest of violators
of the ordinance against opening auto
mobile exhaust mufflers and the protec
tion of the district against pickpockets,
shoplifters and beggars. The prosecu
tion of taxicab drivers and Chinatown
jruldes who have overcharged strangers
also has been carried on by this com
mittee.
Frank I. Turner, rnairman of the
luncheon committee, read a list of the
prominent visitors to the city enter
!Hin<-,i i,y the committee during the
year.
A vote of commendation and appre
ciation of the work of the officers of
the committee was passed by the mem
bership. Those thus honored were
Chairman W. l>. Fennimore: Frank I.
Turner and M. Van Vllet, vice chair
men; John I. Walter, secretary; Otto
I . svhiller, engineer, and Edgar D.
Pelxotto. attorney.
Others whose work on eommitteoe
•-pecially commended were Frank
': f'arroll. J. M. Kepner, Isaac I.iebes,
Samuel Dixon, Dr. George W. Merritt!
fa ill T. Carroll, E. Metzger and M.
(lump. •
CONTRACT FOR REMOVAL
OF SCHOOL PREMATURE
< ommrrcial High Mtmt Rrninfn In the
< Ivlo Center Vntil Library Lot
Iβ Vacated
Notice was given the board of works
by the public library trustees yester
day that the proposed letting of a con
tract for the removal of the Commer
cial high school from civic center land
to the library lot would be premature
and unauthorized at this time.
The communication explains that the
library trustees understand that an or
dinance has been passed by the super
visors authorizing the works board to
accept bids for the removal of the
high school building, but as no land
in the civic center thus far has been
eet aside officially for the new library,
and as the library trustees have not
consented to any exchange of lots, the
letting of the contract would be pre
mature
Secretary Churchill of the works
board has referred the communiqatioq
to the consulting architects.
FAIR AND CITY BONDS
WILL BE TURNED OVER
Former Issne Brings 91,046.657.30 and
Latter $324,100.70, Including Prin
cipal, Premium and Interest
City Treasurer McDougald will turn
over to the Bank of California today
for N. W. Halsey & Co., bond brokers
$1,000,000 of Panama-Pacific exposition
bonds and 1308,000 city hail bonds.
Both issues bear interest at 6 per cent
For the exposition bonds the treas
urer will receiVe $1,046,657.30, includ
ing principal, premium and interest,
which will be placed to the credit of
the exposition company when inci
dental expenses are deducted.
For the city hall bonds the city will
receiy« $324,100.70, including principal,
premium and interest. This is the last
*.f the $5,300,000 sold by the city July
1 of last year. There remain unsold
$4,000,000 of exposition bonds and
$f,,552,000 of city hall and civic center.
To Visit San Francisco
Without seeing A. Andrews' Diamond
Palace would be like visiting Europe
without seeing Paris. It is the most
magnificent jewelry store in the world.
Visitors welcome. 50 Kearny street.
"pen S a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Established
—Advt.
Chairman of the Downtown committee of the. Chamber of Commerce and three
of the comn:iiieemen whose work ''n the interest of the city was specially com
mended at luncheon.
HEIR WANTED FOR
ENGLISH FORTUNE
Doctor Says Certificate Was
Changed at Request of
Childless Woman
That the wife of Lieutenant Charles
H. i;. Slingsby and Dr. W. W. Fraser
will be charged either by felony com
plaint or by grand jury indictment are
the indications from the first results
of the sweeping investigation Into the
baby substitution case which has been
initiated "by District Attorney Charles
M. Picket*. Assistant District Attor
ney Louis Ferrari, who has been de
tailed to take charge of the case, sent
a request yesterday morning to Secre
tary Snow of the state board of health
for the names of all witnesses at the
recent board hearing and a transcript
of the testimony. As soon as Ferrari
receives this list he will issue subpenas
for all witnesses.
Out of the maze of intricacies of the
affair Ferrari hag not yet been able
to determine whether any one is pre
pared to swear to a complaint. If no
one is competent Ferrari will order
all witnesses before the grand jury in
an effort to ijidict Dr. \V. "\V. Fraser
of WeaverviHe on charges of falsifica
tion of records and Mrs. Charles If. It.
Slinssby, as particeps crlminis.
MOTHER MAY KSCAPE
"Whether or not any action will be
taken u gainst Miss Dillian Anderson,
whose child was bought by the Slings
bya, has not been determined as yet.
for it is not known whether she was
a party to the transaction or whether
it was conducted by Doctor Fraser
alone.
Ferrari investigated yesterday the
birth certificate at the local board of
health. The original certificate sets
out that the birth occurred #t Mc-
Allister street, but a month later, in
October, l!>10, this address was changed
to 960 Grant avenue, the doctor's office.
This furnishes opportunity for ' the
charge of falsification of records and
also of perjury.
A letter from Secretary Snow was
received yesterday by Ferrari. It con
tains a summary of the testimony
taken at the board of health hearing
at Sacramento. Doctor Fraser testi
fied there that he knew the child was
Miss Anderson's and had made out a
birth certificate with the true names
of Miss Anderson and Paul Corbin, the
chauffeur. He testified that at the
earnest solicitation of Mrs. Slingsby he
destroyed this certificate and made out
another in which the names of Mr. and
Mrs. Slingsby were recorded as the
parents.
Doctor Fraser explained that he had
aone this "because he saw the chance
af providing a decent home for the in
fant, and, considering its future and
welfare, he submitted to the solicita
tions of Mrs. Slingsby."
FAMILY WANTED HEIR
The story of the case is that Mrs.
slingsby became the mother of a still
born child at Victoria. Her husband
was the son of Rev. Charles Slingsby
»%Tor,k«hire. Kng., worth more than
and it was necessary to se
urt- the inheritance that the couple
have a son as heir to this fortune.
The Slinpsbys came to San Francisco
in the latter part of 1910 and adver
tised in the papers for a baby. The
advertisement was answered by Doctor
Fraser, and the child of Miss Lillian
Anderson, a Geyserville high school
girl, was gtven them and a birth cer
tificate issued by Doctor Fraser indi
cating the little one was the natural
son of Mrs. Slingaby.
District Attorney Fickert instructed
Ferrari to make a thorough investiga
tion into all angles of the affair, and
if net essary, to bring back the princi
pals from England, where Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. K. Slingsby have gone to
light for the Slingsby eftate. |
MANY COMPANIES
WANT PIER 36
Harbor Commissioners Hear
Applications for Dock
Just Vacated
i
The harbor commissioners were
given a practical demonstration yester
day of the demands that will shortly
be made upon them for wharfage ac
commodations. It was the announce
ment that Bates & Chesebrough would
abandon their Panama service and give
up pier 36 that precipitated the rush.
The applicants for pier 36 included
Parrott,& Co., who want it for the
-steamers of the East Asiatic company;
the Charles Nelson company, the South
ern Pacific company; J. C. V. Comfort,
who wants it for a line the name of
which he is not at liberty to make pub
lic for a few weeks, but which will
✓ ome to San Francisco if it can get
docking accommodations; the Lucken
bach Steamship company, and the Pa
cific Mail company, whose business has
outgrown its present accommodations.
President Dyer announced that the
applications would be taken under con
sideration, but that the wharf would
probably not be assigned at all, but
kept open for general use.
Plans and specifications were ap
proved for pier 41. which will be built
at the foot of Stockton street.
The board took under consideration
the request of the city health depart
ment for a building on Ihe Kmbarca
dero to be us«d as an emergency hos
pital. The frame building now used as
a branch postoffice will probably be
dedicated to this purpose.
LABOR BONDS ON WAY
Paper* Sent to Priaon for Tveitmoe and
Clancy to Sign
The Building- Trades council last
night heard from President P. 11. Mc-
Carthy a statement of what was done
in the matter of obtaining bonds for
the release of feugene A. Clancy and O.
A. Tveitmoe. Both bonds are on the
way to Leavenworth.
The council's law and legislative
committee wa*s instructed to examine
into the bill now before the legislature
to prohibit the use of stone or granite
or public buildings quarried and
dressed by convicts.
It was announced that the Santa Fe
has agreed to run a special train to
convey delegates to the State Building
Trades' convention, which opens in Los
Angeles January 20, and that the fare
will be a one , way fare for the round
trip.
Several Days Before Release
LEAVBNWORTH, Kan.. Jan. 9.—
Warden McClaughry of the federal
prison said this afternoon he had re
ceived no ilptiftcation of the acceptance
liy a federal court of bail bonds for
the release of Olaf A. Tveitmoe and E.
A. Clancy. If the usual procedure
were followed, he said, the completed
bonds would be sent by mail and sev
eral days must elapse before the men
could be released.
WILL BUILD FERRY BOATS
A contract for the construction of
another steel ferry boat to be a dupli
cate of the Alameda, now under con
struction at the West Oakland ship
yards, has been let by the Southern
Pacific company to the New Jersey
Ship Building works. The hull will
cost $98,000. The name of the new
vessel will be»the Santa Clara. ,A. third
contract will be let shortly for the
San Mateo. This fleet will be placed
on the broad gauge run. All of the
vessels will be of steel, including the
upper works. They will make the
trip from pier to pier in 12 minutes.
The Alameda will be placed in com
mission within six months. The two
wheels will he operated independently
by different engines.
THE mm CAUL
PLAYGROUNDS ARE
NOT YET PERFECT
Superintendent Schlitter Is
Anxious to Bring About
Several Improvements
Reports to Commission That
Certain Small Sums Are
Needed for Parks
Superintendent George A. Schlitter
presented the following report to the
playgrounds commission yesterday
afternoon, setting , forth the condition
of the various grounds and what has
been done in the last two week?:
"At North Beach playground work on
the bathhouse was started last Monday.
The gymnasium apparatus is now being
taken down. This lias been found ab
solutely necessary, because the bath
hou«* projects into the boys' play
g«t>p«d. It is better to take the entire
apparatus down and rearrange it than
to titke a part of it down. The expense
will be slight and H will mean a better
arrangeraent.
"In regard to the matter of installing
a pump at the powerhouse. I consulted
Engineer Russell of the bureau of ar
chitects. We went over the matter
carefully and obtained the following j
information: The water is pumped from
the bay at a temperature of 55 degrees;
it leaves the powerhouse at a tempera
ture of 66 degrees. By the time it
reaches the playground it will be a±>out
at its original temperature. Even after
filtration the water at the powerhouse
contained various foreign articles, such
as cabbage leaves, mussels, scrimps, |
etc.
WATER 3VOT FIT FOR I>E
"A sample which I obtained seemed to
me to be unfit for bathing purposes, and
I intend to have it analyzed. I consider
it much better to obtain the water from
i the high pressure system, as .there will
j be. no pumping expense. Tt is, *of
course, desirable to have the water
warm, but the eloper a heating system
is to the tank the better it is.
"Now that excavation has begun, the
water pipes running on the Lombard
street side of the grounds are above the
level of the bathhouse lloor and will
have to be lowered. The valve will also
have to be. changed to another part of
the grounds. The back Avail on the
iiandball courts is in need of repairs.
The asphalt surface on the courts has
worn away so much that the rock is
showing through, making: it almost im
possible to play a good game on the |
courts.
HOLLY PARK COURT
"At Holly Park I expected the asphalt
surface on the basket ball court would
bo installed by this time, but there has
been a delay, and 1 expect to start this
work tomorrow. The sandbox has been
installed and filled with sand.
"At the Southside playground the
grounds are in fairly good condition.
j although they have had hard usage
during the last two weeks.
"At the Jackson playground two
I drains have been put in on the Seven
teenth street side to relieve the flooded
condition of that part of the grounds
after a rain. These are working very
well. In front of the fieldhouse the
road was very Jow, making it wet and
muddy after rains. I had clinkers and
gravel placed there and the surface
lias consequently been much improved.
Plants have been received for the front
of the house and will be in place soon.
A basket ball court hae been arranged
in the auditorium of the fieldhouse for
,rainy weather and evening work.
"Progress is being made at Excel
sior and I have preliminary plans for
the fieldhouse.
"At the Hamilton grounds a wire
mesh has been placed around the baby
section. Considerable expense has
been incurred in the past in repairing
the lawn' swings and I am now trying
ball bearing connections and feel these
will give better results and lessen the
cost of repairs. The backstop of the
baseball diamond has been repaired
and the grounds and apparatus are now
in good condition.
TOO MANY BROKEN' WINDOWS
"At the Presidio Heights grounds
there has been continual complaint
about broken windows and the ball
playing on the grounds. In order to
put an end to these complaints and still
permit the children to play I found it
necessary to act at once and so erected
an additional screen fence on the west
side of the grounds.
"On Saturday night, January 4, the
Potrero Women's club gave a success
ful dance in the auditorium at Jackson
playground. Tonight regular evening
work with the boys and young men will
be started.
"Arrangements aro now under way
for a large dance to be given January
31 by the Jackson Playground Tennis
club. This Will be followed shortly by
a dance given by the younger girls ami
boys. The other grounds are organiz
ing the children into clubs with con
siderable success.
"My attention has been called by
some of the directors to the fact that
adults are frequentinsr" grounds too
much upon weekdays. Although signs
are now placed forbidding lounging,
these signs are so worded that they
give adults the impression they can do
anything on the grounds except lounge.
I would suggest that this condition be
• rectified by placing signs worded as
follows: 'Adults wiU be permitted the
use of these grounds only on Sundays
and holidays.''
The officers of the Catholic Schools
Athletic league sent a letter of thanks
to the commission for the assistance
rendered by Superintendent Sehlitter.
Ray Daugherty and Robert Lundy for
assistance rendered in conducting the
league's exhibition in the Auditorium
recently.
COAL AND OIL LANDS
SAVED BY GOVERNMENT
United States Mill Control Fuel Mar-
ket of World After Panama
Canal Opens
"Had the federal government not
withdrawn the coal and oil lands from
entry the big-, interests would have:
gobbled up everything," says Bernard j
S. Rodey, United States district attor
ney in Nome, who is spending a few
days at the Palace. Rodey was for
merly a member of the supreme court
of Porto Rico and for a number of I
years represented the territory of Xew
Mexico in congress. He fought for
eight years for the statehood of New
Mexico.
He has made a study of the fuel
question and predicts that soon after
the Panama canal is opened the United
States will control the fuel market of
the world.
"I look for the establishment of the
largest fuel stations in the world or»
either side of the canal," he said. "On
the Pacific there will be a larger sta
tion than is found in any district on
the Atlantic, and the big fuel stations
in the east will be increased immeas
urably. The opening of the fuel lands
in Alaska will bring billions of dollars
to the American people and wonder
fully assist in building up a great na
tional commerce."
Henry Ford Is Guest in City
Noted Auto Man Tours Here
San Francisco's Growth
Makes a Marked Im
pression on Big
Manufacturer
FACTORY SETS NEW
PRODUCTION RECORD
Local Dealers Plan to Hold
Truck Show Early
in April .
LEON J. PINKSON
Henry F~ord, president of the Ford
Motor company of Detroit, the largest
automobile manufacturing concern in
tho world, arrived in San Francisco
yesterday, having toured up the coast
route from Los Angeles in one of his
Ford models. Ford is accompanied by
his son Edsel, while Mrs. Ford, who
journeyed to the west with the noted
manufacturer, is in southern California
and will remain there until Ford re
turns at the end of his visit in this
part of the state.
On the way up from Los Angeles
Ford made stops at Santa Barbara,
Paso Robles and San Jose and was
most impressed with the journey de
spite the* cold weather that prevailed
and some of the rough roads that were
encountered.
Ford spent most of yesterday tour
ing the city with Manager J. B. Lund
of the local branch of the Ford, com
pany and was most impressed with the
development here. This is the manu
facturers first visit to San Francisco
since shortly -after the fire of 1906 and
he is amazed at the progress made.
While Ford's visit to the coast is
merely a winter pleasure outing, he is
keeping his eyes and ears open in the
inteVest of his company. He lost no
time yesterday in looking over the site
of the assembling plant the firm will
erect within the fear future at Harri
son and Twenty-first streets, and he
was well pleased with the location, as
it provides adequate facilities for the
rapid loading and unloading of trains
and otherwise caring for the increas
ing Ford business.
Ford is also keeping in close touch
with conditions at the factory, and he
learned yesterday that on Monday the
company set a new high mark for pro
duction when it completed and shipped
525 Ford model?. Ford says that be
fore the season is over the factory
will turn out as high as 1,000 cars a
day. He claims his trip to the west
has been one of marked educational
value and some features that will be of
material benefit to California Ford
owners will doubtless follow his re
turn to Detrdtt.
I'ord plnns to »%*y here some two or
three days before gpturning to south
ern California en""oute back to De
troit.
San Francisco to Have Motor Trn.k
Show-San Francisco is to have a mo
tor truck show. This decision was
reached at a meeting of the Motor < at
Dealers' association of San Francisco
on Wednesday night, and a tentative
date for the exhibition was hxed for
April 1. The show is to be given under
the auspices of the local dealers or
ganization, but will be rhanaged by U.
A Blanehard of Denver;, who has had
some experience in the show line. The
display will be exclusively for com
mercial vehicles, and as this will be
the first exhibition of the kvnd ever
held in this part of the country it will
certainly attract much attention. The
motor truck is fast gaining in favor in
this city and it is argued that a show
will Ktill further increase its popu
larity.
* * *
Ki-piiMic Tire Branch for Seattle-
Seattle is the latest coast city that will
get a branch of the Republic Tire and
Rubbe* company. John P. Clifford, who
for the last 10 years has been employed
at the Youngstown plant, has been se
lected for the post. Clifford was in the
city for the last few days and left last
evening to take up his duties in the
north The Seattle branch will be un
der control of Manager M. E. Murray,
coast manager of the Republic com
pany, with headquarters in this city.
CALIFORNIA CHAMPAGNE
GROWS IN POPULARITY
• oust Introduction Followed by Recog
nition Knstwnrd, According to
Little Booklet Issued
Within the last two months, accord
ing to an interesting little booklet
which has just been Issued by the
Italian-Swiss colony of San Francisco,
extra dry California champagne has
been listed in every important hotel,
cafe and restaurant on the Pacific coast
and is gradually'working its way east
ward, where it has been recognized bf
wine connoisseurs as equJr" to the best
products of France. The booklet goes
on to show that most of the claims
made l>y the importers about the magic
soil and climate of France are dupli
cated at Asti, Sonoma county, where
California champagne is made by the
Italian-Swiss colony. This wine is
known as the "Grand Prix" and was
put on the market about November 1
of last year.
Y. M. C. A. HOME FOR BOYS
Ken- Department Will Care for Home
less and Immigrant Youth*
To establish a home in San Fran
cisco where parentless boys will be
cared for, and where they will receive
an education that will enable them to
become assets instead of liabilities in
future years, the Young Men's Chris
tian association has been forced to ask
public subscriptions to aid in the work.
The work of handling the boy immi
grants who will land here by the thou
sands after the opening of the Panama
canal has been placed in charge of
Charles W. Blanpied, who will occupy
the newly created position of immi
gration secretary.
The new home, which will he in con
nection with the boys' department of
the Y. M. C. A., will be in charge of
a house mother, who will exercise home
influences over her charges.
I AM SJKANDtD
My house failed. I am stranded
here without a dollar. I must sell
the contents of my ten big sample
trunks to raise money to pay my
expenses to get back to New York.
My house, which was one of the
finest on Broadway, made nothing
but men's and young men's high
class hand-tailored suits and over
coats to sell from $20.00 to $40.00.
There are 250 garments in the en
tire sample outfit, and In order
to raise sufficient cash with which
to defray my expenses to New
York and pay my hotel bills I will
sacrifice the entire sample line of
garments all in a bunch or singly
at- $8.75 the garment. Sale begins
today at 9 a. m. and will continue
until Saturday night, 9 o'clock.
Storeroom will be open from t>
a. m. to 8 p. m.
Sale takes place in the vacant
store, 154 Mason street, San Fran
cisco, between Eddy and Ellis
streets, next to Ramona Hotel.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1913.
Henry Ford.
GUARD URGED FOR OPEN
SIDEWALK ELEVATORS
Supervisors Favor Ordinance
to Halt Sudden Lifting
From Beneath
To protect the unsuspecting pedes- j
trian from the sidewalk elevator that !
sometimes rises mysteriously from the j
lower regions and takes him off his
feet, the supervisors' street committee j
recommended yesterday that an ordi
nance which lias not been In force since
the lire be re-enacted. It provides that
no such elevator shall be opened except
from the top and that guards must be
placed around the shaft.
" Permission was granted the I'nited
Railroads to install a single curve at
California str-eot and Presidio avenue,
so that Jackson street cars may be
■witched to the Clement street car
barn.
A petition of property owners was
granted when the committee requested
the city engineer to institute proceed
ings for the widening of Virginia ave
nue from Mission street to California
avenue. The work will ne paid for by
the property owners under the assess
ment method provided in the recent
charter amendment. It is proposed to
increase the width of the street from
20 feet to 60.
Because of protests from a large
delegation of citizens the committee
postponed action for two weeks on the I
application of Mahoney Brothers, build
ers of the municipal railway, for per
mission to blast while grading Twenty- ,
sixth and Army streets between Ilnff- i
man avenue and Douglass street. The
contractors must file blue prints and a
statement showing exactly what they
• intend to do.
•
ROBS BENEFACTOR- -Oorge Petf-rs, 072 How
ard street, made complaint to the police yes
terday that a m ranker, who bepjjert him for
a night's l<xleinK. robbed him of $140 in gold
after lie took liiiu to share his room for the
nislif.
The Angel
Santa Fe's new train to
Los Angeles and San Diego
Leaves here daily 4:00 p. m.
On this train you will find
every appointment for comfort
and every facility for an even
ing of ease and a night of reft
The equipment, cuisine and service
is very out of the ordinary—
Santa Fe City Office: 673 Market St.
Phone Kearny 31 5
At Oakland it is 1218 Broadway
Phone Oakland 425
Schools and Colleges
Write to, or call upon, The Call's School and College Free In
formation Bureau, Call Building, for catalogues and facts about Cal
ifornia's best colleges.
Mount lamalpais Hilitary Academy
San Rnfael <We»t End). Cal.
An accredited ntgb whool. Grammar
grades. Junior school separate. United States
army officer —Infantry, caralry and mounted
artillery. New term begins January 6. Wl3.
ARTHUR CROSBV. A. M.. D. D.
Head Master
I
I THE WELfTrE OF YOUNG STUDENTS
,Of Stenography absolutely demand that they
I follow the advice of the ex[*>rt shorthand re
| porters and attend GALLAGHER-MARSH BLSI
j NESS COLLEGE. 1256 Market street.
MANZANITA HALL
& SCHOOL FOR BOYS—PALO ALTO, CAI»
Prepares for college and technical school. Re
opens January 7, 1913.
W. A, SHEDD. Head Master, ,
AUTOS' MENACE
IN PARK SHOWN
Residents Protest to Halt
Move Opening Panhandle
to Machines
Tell Commissioners That
Speeders Will Drive Out
Children
The park commissioners yesterday
afternoon met several residents who
objected to tli rowing open the pan
handlo of the park to automobile!".
The protectants were President T. P.
Martin. Frank P. Lansing , , C. H. Sher
man and Edward Keil of the Halght
and Ashbury Heights club, Mrs. O. W.
Colby and J. F. Huhne of the Gratten
School Mothers' club and officers of the
St. Ignatius university.
These opposed the move on trt«
ground of danger to pedestrian* from
careless chauffeurs, and It will drive
away mothers and children who tr*%*
querit that section to be out of dangp^
President Nelson said that the boarrf
is not pledged to the proposition, but
is willing to listen to any objection*
it comes up at the next meeting.
CONVBMEXCE STATION READY
The convenience station at Sloat
boulevard and the Great highway i«
now open, Superintendent McLaren re
ported.
He also said that several men are
engaged in thinning forest trees in the
park and that the brush is being used
to prevent sand drifting over the ocean
driveway.
Good progress was reported in grad
ing the slopes of the Buena Vista park.
At Lincoln park 2.000 feet of water
pipe is being laid and the grounds will
soon be supplied.
C. F. Adams on behalf of the Civic
League of Improvement Clubs requested
that the park commissioners have
a regular meeting day and hour to
enable persona to attend meeting?.
WOMEN'S THANKS FOR AID
The Woman's Outdoor league thanke.l
the board for assistance at the Christ
ines festival in the park.
The rontract for building the foun
tains donated by Charles Page and
relatives to the park was approved.
The Daughters of California Pioneers
were granted permission to hold a
meeting in the memorial museum Jan
uary IS.
J. >H. Wrston submitted a proposition
to sink an artesian *r*H in the park
that wiH give r>oo.ooo gallons a minute
for $20,000. but as this was not suf
ficiently explicit he was directed to fur
nish a more detailed proposition.
W 13 Brniis, the retiring commis
sioner, introduced S. Greenebaum, hi*
successor.
The retiring commissioner was com
plimented by President Metson and the
Other < ommifsioners on the faithful
manner in which he discharged his
duties. . '
President Metson stated that his com
mission had not been received, and for
that reason the reorganization of the
board and naming of committees were
postponed.
INJURED BY SNOWBALL.
Unique in the records Of the emer
gency hospital service was the case
yesterday of Miss Anna Cahill, a sten
ographer in a downtown office, who
was treated at the harbor emergency
hospital for injuries received from a
snowball thrown at her by a mis
chievous boy. She received a gash
over the right eye and bruises of the
lips.
A Military School for
Boys of 10 to 18
In its forty-eighth year. Located
In the foothills one mile from
Burltngame—high, dry, healthful.
Many successful Western men
have been fitted for college here,
spring term begins Thursday
January 9, 191.1. *
Send for catalogue. Visit the
school Telephone San Mateo 121.
San Francisco Office,
116 Chronicle Bldg.
ll<>v. XV. A. Brewer. Rector. |
CALL WANT ADDS BRI.VG RESULTS