The San Francisco call. [volume], December 05, 1913, Image 9

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VQLTTME 115.—N0. 5
COLLECTOR
MISSING
AFTER 2
DAYS
Bert P. Hartman Absent Since
Wednesday, but Employ
ers' Faith Unshaken; Po
lice Making Search
Bert P, Hartman, a young collector
of J. W. WWright & Co., the realty
firm, has been missing since Wednes
day, and despite a systematic search
he h#.s not been found. Detectives
searched a number of vacant houses
in the Mission district tins morning,
fearing foul play. His mother is ill
over his absence, while his father, F.
H. Hartman, an inspector in the city
engineer's ..office, .together with the
boy's' two sisters, is assisting in the
eearch. *
WWhile the detectives working on
the case scout the foul play theory,
the members of J. W. Wright & Co.,
where the .young man was employed,
are confident that he has met with
lltirtrnan '-disappeared Wednesday
afteraoon while collecting for his firm.
The young man had at that time $245
on his person, while he had a number
of-larger amounts still to collect.
The last- place the young man col
lected was in ,Noe street near Twen
ty-fifth*"- That was at 2:3* o'clock in
the* afts'Vnoon. His horse and buggy
were "found- in' this neighborhood
shortly "afters o'clock.
Harlnjun'" is 20 years old, and is
third vice.president of James Lick
parlor "of the Native Sons. According
to his 'sfst,ers, he is a. domestic youth
remaining ■at -home reading nearly
«n er\* e\-«n,ing. His employers declare
that the young man was an efficient
( employe. W, E. Wright ot Wright
*:rothfcr.'s M is of the opinion that the
young"---collector has met with foul
■ ' jUay: .»''* •.* *
Contract for Jail
Construction Is Let
* -.The * tfbntßact for the inner steel
*=* torfstruction of the new Oakland city
Jail was a warded, to the: Pauly Jail
Construction company by the Oakland
city -•council yesterday, after an ex
kttfl,Te session. The bid of the PauJy
HARRY J.. KEMP, HOBO
POET, DtNED IN LONDON
' .TJOXDOX„ Dec. s.—Harry J. Kemp,
American hobo poet, who reached
England as a stowaway and had a
taste of British prison life, was a
guest at the London Po%try society
dinner last nignt at a little Bohemian
restaurant.
S*i\ k firi7Zr\ c* Hr\ Great Sale of Women's Suits
J&I m/m/■ Mm ■ a ■ B ■ Not a suit In stock now marked above $24.75. All suits divided into three
I $14.75, $18.75, $24.75
bSn rranCISUU and 4th Sta. I and 11th Sts. UdMallU I Irrespective of former markings. Great economies.
v, ■ = — '
12,000* XMAS CA r
}\M Four=in=hands
. * ifffi! I II (if Rack after rack-full; hundreds and hundreds of dif-
MlI7 1 I ift \ llUllf (' / ' ferent shades and weaves and patterns for choice in
} l these attractive silk flowing-end four-in-hand tics that
"*./ If! -y w --l solve many a woman's Christmas problems on the
\ V^^*^^l jifc s P ot - O ur 50c neckwear is already famous. These will
Blanket Robes $2.95 to $12.50
inß sYrMtil! I i 111 ill mm Fleecy an< l in an endless variety of colorings. With
j Itf II | Hose-and-Hdkt Sets $1.35
I I ill I \ Vf ■Hi il Ir 1 BmW mlml M U ' "° 5C ' Handkerchiefs- and Tic, in colorings he'll like.
N fflsssWiLlssU \\\mtM\ 1- Suspender Sets-= Special
J/f^uNimlHHilll ■11 In ffiff /I' y" -( US^i n oo S^i r 5O^ anfiS < ~' arters ' in ancv holly boxes'.
\l|B fl Hllf '4 Men's Classy Siik Shirts
IsgTtOjLi IM P I mWp " Im< Always acceptable. THE MANHATTAN marks the high-water
jjPJ ' MM! mark of reiitK'nieiU in shirtdom. Classiest silk effects. and
lif [ I pli " lull ''jlllfllil Merchandise Orders
1 |J J \ |r :: May mean much or little, according to the value of
• • .' ' I fi— < the name upon them. Orders for S. N. Wood & Co.
*V w/v f •_ apparel are always prized as gifts. They imply a desire
I to offer choice from only honest, dependable goods and
, are a com pliment both to giver and recipient.
Mil \ : j - Store stays open till 10 p. m. tomorrow. *
PART TWO
3 OF SHIPWRECKED CREW ARE HERE
SAILORS IN OPEN BOAT FOR 26 DAYS
Here is
lifeboat in
which
El Dorado's
crew
sailed 2,500
miles
from Easter
island to
Papeete,
being 26
days in
voyage
Boy Injured While
Saving Child's Life
Seeing a small child about to cross
the street in front of a speeding team,
Lester Wolfe, captain of the Lowell
basket ball team, lifted the child to
safety yesterday at Hayes street and
Masonic avenue, but was thrown him
self. He was not badiy injured.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
Ship Loses Propeller;
Aground in Red Sea
BOMBAY, Dec. s.—The Holt liner
Thesus, bound from Swansea, Wales,
to Shanghai, with 800 pilgrims .from
Port Said on board, last a propeller
when she went aground ner.r the isl
and of Jibelter ln the Red sea today.
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1913
El Dorado crew. (Left to j
right) Captain Nels Ben- j
son, Steve Drinkwater
and Alex Simeneau. |
"Talk about experiences. We
surely had 'em. Stormbound, water
logged ship, gales and castaway,
then starvation in open boat for 28
days—l guess those are about all the
elements found in a shipwreck. And
just to make it look like a real story
book, seven of the men married
dusky belles on Easter island and
are living in grass thatched huts."—
Captain Benson of the abandoned
schooner El Dorado.
Three sea tanned, silent men stood
by the rail on the liner Moana when
the vessel passed through the fog
shrouded Golden gate, this morning.
Behind them, upturned, was a bat
tered ship's boat. They were Captain
Nels Benson, Steve Drinkwater and
Alex Simoneau, formerly of tlie four
masted schooner Xl Dorado, now a
j derelict in the south seas. The ship's
boat has carried them over more than
3.000 miles of open seaway to a haven
of refuge.
Seven members of the El Dorado's
crew are still on Easter island, where
they are married and happily estab
lished in their native huts of thatched
grass.
April 13, Captain Benson sailed his
charge out of Astoria harbor, bound
for Antofagasta. with more than
1,000,000 feet of lumber.
June 13, Captain Benson and hig
small crew left the El Dorado in a
ship's boat. They took farewell of
their vessel in a raging gale 2,700
miles off the coast of Chile.
As time passed on and the El Do
rado was unreported she passed be
yond tlie ken of the seafaring folk,
save her scant mention as another
1 mystery in the annals of the sea.
1 Today Captain Benson is in San
Francisco with a remarkable story of
shipwreck, starvation and hardship
and the subsequent return of himself
! and his two subordinates to the
I haunt.- of men.
Ul'IT SCHOONER IN <;.%T.E
After leaving Astoria, the El Do
rado encountered fair weather until
the tropics were reached. June 13 a
gale became a hurricane. The ship
sprung its seams. Masts and spars
went by the board. Captain Benson
summoned his men and told them of
their predicament.
They took to the sea in an open
boat, the only one remaining, the
other tender having been smashed
against the lumber. Water and food
were at a premium. Necessity had
j forced them to leive their water
logged ship with such haste that they
did not have time to batter down
jammed doors to reach their supplies.
Captain Benson bt»fely obtained sev
eral cans of condensed milk, soup and
soda biscuits from a locker in his
cabin.
For nine days, watch in and watch
out, the men in their tiny craft bat
i tied in the vortex of a South sea hur
ricane.
When they had just about resigned
themselves to their fate they sighted
Easter Island, Oa lonely atoll. But
the sea ran so high that they were
unable to land. At the end of ,two
days a final dash and they reached
the surf. Once on the beach, they
threw themselves on the sand, too
exhausted to do more than to crowl
beyond the reach of the sea.
Then searching parties were or
ganized. They were headed by the
mates. At first their exploraUons
were futile until they discoverer! a
Samoan village. With characteristic
native hospitality the wanderers were
fed and sheltered.
Captain Benson and his men were
in a pitiful condition by this time ow
ing to exposure and constant submer
sion in salt water. They suffered
particularly from swollen feet and
hands.
" CREW WED NATIVE BELLES
Gradually they recovered their
health only to confront the necessity
of reaching a port of ship's call. At
first they expected that some mlgra-
I tory trading vessel might pick them
I up, but as time passed and no sail or
smoke appeared on the horizon this
hope was abandoned.
The men resigned themselves to
their fate. They adapted themselves
to the life of the natives, taking part
in their pleasures and assisting them
in their labors. Several romances de
veloped. One of the crew married,
i Several more followed. Finally but
| few of the men remained single.
On the one hundred and fifth day
of their sojourn on the island Cap
tain Benßon announced that he was
going to attempt to reach Papeete ln
the; ship's boat. The crew endeavored
to dissuade him. He adhered to his
plan and called for volunteers.
2tl BAYS IN OPEN BOAT
Then, October 7, Captain Benson
Shnoneau and Drlnkwater once more
took to the sea. For 26 days they
rowed and sailed, through storm and
calm, until the island port was
reached. There they boarded the
j Moana. *
"Talk about experiences," said Cap
tain Benson, as he lovingly patted the
£21 Dorado's lifeboat. "Storm, water
logged ship, gales, starvation, in an*
open boat with scarcely no provisions,
24 gallons of water and all other ele
ments found tn a shipwreck. The
men obeyed me implicitly at all times.
I was frank with them and always
told them just what they were up
against. The trip from the El Dorado
to Easter island was about 1,000
miles. The trip from Easter Island
to Papeete was 2,500 miles'. The pros
pect was almost »timht*>«r. but we
made U»"
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1 If a Man Bought Clothes Often |
1 He'd Be Careful of the Price I
§ ¥F a man bought a suit or over- I
I coat as often as he buys eggs, I
1 he'd be careful to buy where he I
I could get the best for the least I
I money; but a man visits a clothing I
I store three or four times a year, and 1
1 because it's an infrequent transac- I
I tion he doesn't use the same dis- 1
I crimination as he does in his daily I
I dealings. 1
: 1 DUT a man that buys three | I REALLY pay more for, 1
II suits at the high rent * the suits I sell at $15 than I«
I clothiers can get five of the the high rent clothier pays ,
I same kind for the same for the suits he sells at $25. "
I money if he but come to j While the materials are the I
■ i Eddy and Taylor, and if you same, I'm more careful about ;
..j look at it in that way you'll the makings and the linings, f I
H see how well paid he is for and yet I only call them $25
jn the little journey off the suits, because I'd rather un- i
I beaten thoroughfare. | derstate than exaggerate. j •
I It's All a Simple Matter of Arithmetic I
• 1 I conduct my business with small expense; my rent is 1
[ j practically nothing compared to the business I do. I M
|*j don't need as many salesmen to wait on the same
\ 1 number of people, because my stock is so large I don't . §
\ I have to waste time persuading a man to take what he \
I \ doesn't like, because it's easier and quicker to show ? i
H him what he does like, and in the correct size. : ;
I IDo Business With the Cards Face Up 1
£j If that's the kind of game you like to play, Fli be glad
m to see you. There isn't anything that you have a ;jj
M right to expect from the best clothing store but that | k
II I am well equipped to supply it. j
Hjs
I I'll give you as fine a full dress or tuxedo I
I suit as any swell merchant tailor can I
I make, or I'll give you the most stylish i
1 overcoat or most beautiful tailored suits, I
1 always the very best that any high-rent I
| clothier sdls at $25.00, but my price is I
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