The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1902, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCIECO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1902, # KEEP THE PUMPS IN COMMISSION FOR LAST TWO WEEKS OF VOYAGE Schooner Western Home Loses Her Deck Logd and Spri'ngs' Heavy Leak as Result of Damage Sustained in a Howling South- wester——Reaches Port With Crew Worn Out From Hard Work BALOMIN ANNEX CHRNGES HANDS Buyers Agree to Pay the Sum of $450,000 : for Property. L3 HE schooner Western Home, which arrived yesterday, sixteen days from Coos Bay, had one of the hardest trips made by a coaster for many months. When the reached port all hands were worn out with constant service at the pumps and the schooner herself was wracked, weather-beaten and leaking freely. The schooner encountered heavy weather from the beginning of the vovage and on December £ at 4 p. m., | 5 north, longitude 12446 west, in a very heavy cross sea and strong southwest wind, she lost her deckload. The seas which swept away the lumber carried off the forward scuttle caused the schooner to spring a-leak. From that time until port was reached A's(erd‘aY the pumps had been kept going. The heavy weather continued and the fact thet the vessel was already strained and leaking bly handicapped Cap- tain Lembke in navigating his vessel. Under the circumstances latitude 44.25 | he made fair| | time and brought his charge to port in | zood condition. e Denies Captain’s Story. J. Schildrop, late first mate of the schooner Otelis Pedersen, declares that when Captain Hansen said to a Call reporter “that if his first mate had not been a coward of the worst kind the Pedersen could have been saved,” he sajd what was not true and did Schilirop a great injustice , Captain Hansen made the statement on his return from Japan. Schildrop's story, which is confirmed in all its essential points by his discharge, signed by the United States Consul &t Nagasaki, Is as follows: The schooner was zbandoned by the orders of Captain Hansen. He went aboard the TUnited States gunboat Princeton, which was lying by us, and on is return to the Pedersen P the question .of leaving the schooner or wonderfully siaying by her to & vote of the crew. All of the crew, with the exception of two men, voted to Jeave her and go aboard the gunboat. I did not join those VOUNE to leave her until among | Pedersen was crippled on Sep- | the Jast. The tember 25, 1902, by losing her rudder and was navigated as best we could for ten days with guch steering gear as we could improvise from the material on board. We were without bolts or spikes or iron from which to make it, or we might have rigged up a jury rudder. The captain was the first ‘man to propose 1o leave the schooner and the first to vote to do go. He never told the crew or me of the assistance offered by the captain of the Princeton, and if we had known of the offer at the time I do not think that any of us would have consented 10 leave the vessel, even under orders from the captain. Captain Hansen was wholly to.blame for the abandonment of the Pedersen, gs his to the American Consul at Naghsaki and the discharges of the crew, as well as the report of the captain of the Princeton, will ehow. —_—— All Took a Bath. Ten @runken sallor men diving in unison into the cold waters of the bay and ten other mar- iners, also drunk, daring the divers to do it again was the exhibition which on Monday night attracted a large crowd of water front frequenters to the Crowley launch float at the oot of Vallejo street. 7The sallors had been shipped as & crew for the British ship Ancona, which cleared yesterday for Victoria, B. C. They hafl bad their parting cups and their high #pirits and the bad liquor got away with them while awaiting the launch that was to carry them to Ssusalito, where,the Ancona was an- chored. The escort of boarding-house at- taches proved all too inadequate for the emer- . and if it had not been for the fact that < keeps on hand a liberal supply of boathooks and drag mets the Ancona muster zoll would hawe shown a number of blanks. Some of the sallors were pulled out of the water half a dozen times, and by th- time the twenty tars were loaded aboard a launch with hatches battened down every man jack was wet to the skin snd shivering for more whisky. The Ancona will sall to-day. His Seventieth Birthday. ‘William McClure, chief engineer of the sieamship City of Peking, celebrated his seven- tieth birthday on October 8, while the vessel ‘was tied up at Kobe. The Peking’s junior en- eer officers presented him with a sflver loving cup and other officers and friends ashore remembered the anniversary with appropriate tokens. A dinner was given in his honor on board the steamship. Guests from Kobe were invited and the McClure banquet went on rec- ord as one of the smartest affairs in Kobe's social world. Chief Steward J. H. D. Joh son, under whose supervision the feast was #pread, had bullt for the occasion a special :":’ldfi( mkes. the chief decoration of which, iniature Swiss chalet, now adorns Chief Engineer McClure's stateroom. e Engineer Rescues Oiler. Loule Williamson, first assistant engineer of the steamship Peru, jumped into the day yes- terdey and seved Thomas Patton, an oiler, employed on the same vessel, from drown. ing. Patton lost his balance on & plank while CRrTying mshore two filled buckets. When Wililamson got him the ofler was unconscious. He was attended to on board the Peru, aithough suffering from the shock of his in- be all right in a day or ——— Reinsurance Changes. The Tate of reinsurance on the German shiy: Paul Rickmers was advanced Yesterday to 70 lfl;nfll‘z rate on‘the St. REnof)l ‘was cent. The Gays From Bangkok for Gormans. Enoch s out 234 davs from Hamburg The Columbia, out 107 iphia, for Hiogo, remains at E | Unusual Recording of Docu- ments Discloses Big Transaction. The recording of two contracts to sell and buy property yesterday disclosed a | big transaction in' realty in the proposed transfer of the Baldwin Annex property, adjoining the new Flood building on Powell and Market streets, from E. J. Baldwin to A. Aronson and A. Green. The buyers have deposited $20,000 and the transfer will be completed within thirty days, during which time the in- tending purchasers will assure themselves 1 of a clear title. When Willfam Magee, of Thomas Ma- | 8ee & Sons, who engineered the deal, was ;aeen in regard to the transaction, he rsn!d that it was unusual to record con- | tracts to sell and buy, but explained that { it was done as a matter of precaution to bind both parties to the contract. “Mr. Baldwin desired to sell the prop-| erty,” said Magee, “and we have found | a purchaser at his figure. By recording | the papers they are legalized and the | partles thereto are bound more securely | to_carry out their agreement.” On April 9, 192, E. J. Baldwin entered jinto a contract with Thomas Magee & | Sons to sell the property known as the | Baldwin Annex at the price of $420,000; | the contract to run for a term of six months. If not sold in that time the price was to be $450,000 for the f\lrlher‘ term of six months. The first term of six months expired, but before the expira- tlon of the second term purchasers were found. Another document dated December 23, 1%02, shows a contract to sell in which | Baldwin and Thomas Magee & Sons ack- nowledge receipt of $20,000 from A. Aron- son and A. Green on account of and as a deposit to secure the sale of the Bald- Wwin Annex at the price of $450,000. The sale is made subject to the existing lease on the ground floor .and basement, Tk-‘:NcBDB‘BB | which expires April 1, 194. All the fur- niture in the second and third stories of the building is distinctly reserved from the sale, as it is the personal property of the seller. The property begins 186.6% feet north- easterly from the intersection of Market and Eddy streets, extends 63.10% feet on Market street, thence running 107.8 feet at right angles and 41 feet northerly to El- lis street, thence 25 feet on Ellis street, Waters at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by official au- thority of the Superintendent, NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the helght of tide is the same at both places. n sets g 6 BARK WHICH HAS BEEN HOV- ERING OUTSIDE THE HEADS TWO DAYS. [OVS——— e Folsom-street whartf yesterda soldier passengers left her while the day was still young. As a result the water front launchmen reaped a golden harvest and from Melggs whart to Folsom street could Le heard the jingle of military money starting out on the first stage of its tour of circulation. afternoon, her French Bark Outside. The French bark Gemeral de Nesrier was sighted outside the heads yesterday by the tug Monarch and later in the day was seen from Point Reyes. The Neghier has been hovering off the port for several days. She has re- fused all offers of assistance and it may be several days before ®he finds the kind of wind for which she is looking. Another Deep Sea Tow. The tug Defiance, which just returned from towing the French bark Danlel from San Diego to Astoria, will start to-day for Asto- ria with the French ship Ville de St. Nazaire in tow. The Nazaire goes north to load wheat. Her charter calls for 26s 3d. Caught Smuggling. Mrs, Raake, wife of the chief baker of the City of Peking, and Mrs. Wadleigh, btter balf of the liner's scullion, were yesterday caught in the act of smuggling and placed un- der arrest by Customs Inspectress Adams. Mrs, Raake had a dozen silk handkerchiefs concealed in her stockings and a search of the folds of Mrs, Wadleigh's gown revealed two silk shawls. NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. The French ship Ville de St. Nazalre was chartered prior to arrival for wheat from Port- land to Europe at 26s 3d. The barkentine Mary tered for lumber from (terms private). Exports for Britjgh Columbia. The steamer City of Puebla, which sailed on Morday for Victoria, carried an assorted mer- chandise cargo consigned to the principal Brit- ish Columbian ports, valued at $14,836, and in- cluding the following: 21,215 1bs dried fruit, 7000 lbs raisins, 100 Ibs nuts, 1665 Ibs meals, €5 gals wine, 30 cs champagne, 1960 1bs tobacco, 17 cs honey, 540 Ibs chocolate, 234 Ibs cheese, 67 pkgs fresh veg- etables, 151 pkes fresh fruits, 81 pkgs groceries and provisions, 65 cs canned goods, 128 Ibs coffee. 32 pkgs and 2 bars steel; 6 bars and bdls iron, 7 cs arms and_ammunition, 30 kegs powder, & pkgs leather, 5 pkgs electrical ap- pliances, 3666 Ibs sheet lead, 2 pkgs mechinery, 2412 pigs lead, 6 cs nails, 1051 Ibs bone ash, In addition to the foregoing the steamer carried 85,625 Ibs dried fruit, valued at $1756, en route to' Winnipeg, Manitoba. i AR Notice to Mariners. HUMBOLDT BAY—CALIFORNIA. (List of Beacons and Buoys, Pacific Coast, 1902, page 33.) Notice is hereby given that the second-class nun buoy, R. & B. H. S., which marks a spit between the channels golng into N South bays, Humboldt Bay, Callfornia. rrte);mr‘l:g adrift November 17, was replaced December 12, in 28 feet of water, about 250 feet ENE. of its former position. Tree on Red Bluff, SE. % § Humboldt Bay Entranc Light o oYy ptrance Range Rear Beacon % W. ‘Winkelman Portland is char- to Tahitl Humboldt Old Tower, N. by W. By order of the Lighthouse Board. J. B. MILTON, Commander, U. §. N., Inspector Twelfth Lighthouse District. SAN FRANCISCO BAY—PRESIDIO SHOAL a3 e GAS BUOY. (List of Lights and Fog i Coast, 1902, page 16, after Moo 20 'l}le? ns and Buoys, Sacific st of Pacific Coast, 1902, page otice is hereby given that on or about Jan- pary 20, 1903, a gas buoy, painted fed and biack, in horizontal stripes, and showing a fixed white light during periods of ten seconds, sep- arated by eclipses of ten seconds’ duration, Will be substituted for the first-class can buoy, in twenty-six feet of water, now marking the miadie of Presidio Shoal, orl the southerly side of e rance to San Franci Vs the Golden Gate. B g i Alcatraz Lighthouse. NE. 5-16 E.: Anita Rock Spindle, S by E & E.; F house, EW. by W, 3 W, ort Foint Light BLOSSOM ROCK GAS BUOY. (List of Lights and Fog Signals, Coast, 1902, page 16, after No. 32; List of Dea_ cons and Buoys, Pacific Coast, 1902, page 25.) Notice is hercby given that on or about Jam. uary 20, 1903, a gas buoy, pated red and black, in horizontal stripes, and showing a fixed white light, will be substituted for the first-class can buoy, in twenty-nine feet of water, now marking Blossom Rock, about seven-elghths of a mile eastward of the east. grly end of Aleatraz Island, San Francisco y. Fort Point Lighthouse, SW. by W. 13- ; Alcatraz Lighthouse, W 7% N:’Quury llgor:'t,' Pacific NNW. % B (L. H. B” Bulletin No. 138, par. 123.) Bearings are magnetic ahd. given approxi- mately: miles are nautical miles: Teferred to mean low water, T OcPths are By order of the Lighthouse Board. GEORGE C. REMY, Rear Admiral, U. 8. N., Chairman, Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Cosst and Geod — Times and Helchts of Hish ang tow City Puebl: Puget Sound ¥ 1 s Dec 23 Amer. Maru..| China & Japan P Ea Y ect S Dt MnialSier Sew an Merivoes T | " DIAMOND HEAD—Arrived Dec 23—Bark | TO SAIL. Big Bonanza. from Manila. thence at right angles and parallel with Powell street 114.11% feet, thence south- easterly 62.8% feet to the point of begin- | ning on Market street. The property thus | brings more than $7000 per foot on the | Market street frontage. Thomas Magee & Bons are to have 1% per cent of the purchase price, or $6750, when the sale 1s consummated. | Time| J’rlme‘ Ft. |- Ft. JH W| PReMOD Realty Company Incorporates. The Crocker Reaity Company was in- corporated yesterday with a capital stock of §5,000,000. The directors, each of whom have subscribed $100, are W. H. Crocker, G. W. Kline, H. T. Scott, C. E. Green | and C. H. Shaw. © il @ NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day In the order of occurrence as to time; the fourth tim® column gives the last tide of the day, except when there are but three’ tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights given are In additicn to the soundings of the United Stdtes Coast Survey Charts, except when a minus §—) slgn precedes the height, and then the number | given is subtracted from the depth given by | 3 It i fieiohris . The'pius B¢ refersuios Y simpmpan g Stmr Phoenix, Odland, 18 hours from Men- ocino. Stmr Queen, - Hall, 64 hours from Victoria Time Ball. and Port Townsend. 2 Branch Hydrographic Office, U, S. N., Mer- | . Schr Western Home, Lembke,. 16 days from chants’ Exchange. San Francisco, Cal., | €008 Bay. — - Detember 23 1502, Schr Lily, Nelson, 10 days from Umpqua The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry | River: bullding was dropped exactly at noon to-day, | _Schr Bender Bros, Wetzel, 13 days from i. e, at noon of the 120th meridian, or at 8 | Sluslaw River. p. m. Greenwich time. Schr Mayflower, Gudmansen, 9 days from 5 J. C. BURNETT, Coquille River. Lieutenant, U. S. N., in charge. CLEARED. Sl Tuesday, December 23. Stmr_Ramona, Glelow, San Pedro; Pacific Movements of Steamern. Coast Steamship Co. 2 Stmr_Pomiona, Shea, Eureka; Pacific Coast TO ARRIVE. Steamship ll?o. % RERLA R e Stmr Columbia, Doran, Astoria; regon Steamer. | From. I Dus. | Bemr and v o Gz Br ship Ancona, Robbins, Victoria; T, [ess > : 3 X 3 Coronado-- | Graye Harvor . More & Co. : Py e e e Schr Defender, Helingsen, Mahukona and Titanis Nenaidlo Hana; Hind, Rolph & Co. San Pedro. ..., Humboldt SAILED. Newburg.....| San Pedro Tuesday, December 23. Hermonthis. .| Beattle Stmr Pomona, Shea, Eureka. Leelanaw Oyster Hi Stmr Glpsy, Leland, Santa Cruz. Tacoma, Seattle Humboldt Stmr Emalre, Nelson, Coos Bay. SPOKEN. No date, lat 8 N, lon 26 W, Br bark Inver- Nigrier, from Junin, for San Francisco; Fr ....| Honolulu : ) NS K v Zdalgooi Fopan ; | garr, from Newcastle, England, for San Fran ] g"m'xm:?ti'h hului i | _Per tug Monarch—Dec 22, lat 7:30 p m, 16 > 2 q::")'gfl;m g 2 ! miles WSW of Point Reyes, Fr bark Gen de l2e i San Diego & Way Arena| < | bark Brizeux, from Honolulu, for San Fran- B A 2 e s oy | cisco. Wind light, SSE. Coptic - | China & Japan.. | § 1 TELEGRAPHIC. G. W. Elder..| Portland & Astoria. POINT LOBOS, Dec 23, 10 p m—Weather Alltance..... | Portland & Way Ports| hazy; wind NE, velocity 14 miles per hour. Astec.. | Tacoma . DOMESTIC PORTS. Pt }'\’1?:5;’1““? ity FORT BRAGG—Arrived Dec 23—Stmr Na- tional City, hence Dec 22. | " PORT BLAKELEY—Arrived Dec i ship Ditton, hence Nov 25. 23—Br Monica. Grays Herbor Eureka. Humboldt ... Salled Dec 23—Stmr Point A 1 Umatlilia Puget Sound Ports. lpsiieg Deo e et Wyefleld «{ Nanaimo ..... 1 TACOMA—Arrived Dec 23—Stmr Tampico, Neko. - | Hamburg & Way Ports| from Seattle; stmr Aztec, hence Dec 19. 1sis -| Hamburg & Way Ports| Sailed Dec 23—Schr Philipnine, for San Crescent City | Crescent City ......... | Pedro. Sonoma......| Sydnev & Way Ports. COOS BAY—Salled Dec 28—Stmr Homer, for Ramona..... | Newport & Way Ports! San Francisco. State of Cal..| San Diego & Way Pts. GRAYS HARBOR—Arrived Dec 22—Schr (é“x" River :{\’,01"‘} A‘l;:"lpnfi ;1.1"0“- Sophie Christianson, from San Pedro; schr Columbia....| Portiand & Astora. YT BLAKEL R i | Passed inward Dec 23—Stmr City of Seattle, from Skagway, for Seattle. Destination. i tiasti| Batls. jpmaex Passed outward Dec 25—Bktn Katie Flick- = * | tnger, for San_Fedro. December 24. | | ier 13 | . TATOOSH—Passed in Dec 23—Stmr Santa e | & BmiBicr 13 | Barbara, hence Dec 20, for Seattle. A Seattle & 8 mlFler | Passed out Dec 23—Ger bark Artemis, from Lok Mg S bl 3| Port Gamble, for Queenstown; bktn Skagit, Grays Harbor . % PmipPier 10 | from Port Gamble, for San Francisco: schr Qoos Bay e | 8 PB[Bier 19 | Commerce, from Tacoma, for Cape Town: Br Newport & Way...| 9 am Pler 11 [44nc Invermore, from Tacoma, for Cape Town. Columbia| Astoria & Portland|11 am|Pler 24 | PATK IAvermors, from Tacoma, fo Cape Town. Phoeatx... | Mo bes B5. | & il 1p | Brentlos, for San Prantise Eureka ~| Humboldt... .1 9 am|Pler 13 | P:}:‘ved Dec 23—Tug Collins, from San Alblon Riv | Pt Arena & Alblon| 6 pm|Pler 13.| ~'yyy s pcOM—Salled Dec 23—Schr A M Bax- | JDecember 26, i ter, for San Francisco. Dhahahs. L (ias SR dpmiPler 2| "SAN PEDRO—Arrived Dec 23—Schr En- ‘orona. Humbol . ve R ST | B Blewe & Wis'S w{pier 1t | gomvon, from Tacome; simr ook from lecember i A e G. Lindauer! Grays Harbor ... .| 5 pml(Pler — | Schr Maweema, from Grays Harbor: stmr e B ;| # pm|Bler 18 | Sailed Dec 23—Stmrs Coos Bay, Fulton and Salicomian | NenTREE ipmpier 2 Newsboy, for San Francisco; tug Collls, for Coronado..| Grays Harbor . pm(Pler 2 |~ : Peking.. hloa & Japan 1 pm(PMSS | faf.}:filuwg&(m—m [Palion it 25 DY Euumn ealandia..| Honolulu .. pm|Pler & = Queen. Puget Soupa Ports(il amipPies 10 | SHATTLE —Alrived Dec 25—stmr, Clly of S RO o Sailed Dec 23— Stme Shawmut, for, Manila. ' EU —Atrived Dec 23—Stmr Aberdee: o e o G uy|'p amipier 2¢ | from Grays Harbor; schr Ottillie Fjord, hen B o g0 & Way| § amiPler 11| Dec 21: schr Bertha Dolbeer, from San Dies e an ey, | BrnEedr | § ArmiPler 15 | schr Lottie Carson, from San Diego; schr Idu Alliance. .. | Portland-Coos Bay| 4 pm|Pier 16 | $£7% Lot}le Cation, Joe H”’“;,';"" o Safled Dec 23—Stmrs Westport, Corona and o H Pler 13 | San Pedro and schr Emma Claudina, for San Setoria & Portland|ll am|bler 3¢ | Francisco; schr Azalea, for San Pedro. Stors ot by G g MENDOCINO—Sailed Dec 23—Stmr Point Beattle & Tacoma.|10 am(Pier 2 , MENDOCINO—Salled ' D Doneai a0 CASPAR—Salled Dec 23—Stmr Gualala, for Humboldt J13 “mipter i3 | ¢ CAREARUCS: ecem g : Hermonthis| Hamburg & Way.| 2 pm|Pler 34 EASTERN PORT. January 2. NEW YORK—Arrived Dec 23—Stmr Alll- Umatilla.. | Puget Sound Ports|11 am|Pier 19 | anca, from Colon. Nevadan:_.| Hopolulu-Kahulul | 8 pm|Pler 20 FOREIGN PORTS. | “January 3. b % Coptic.....| Chins & Japes....| 1 pmipuss | ANTWERE —Atrived Deo 10—Ger bark Als SanJuan..| N. Y. via Panamali2 m|pMss | YfO8Tmc Bence ANE 4 o Fr bark L/Her- mitte, for San Francisco. FROM SEATTLE. YOKOHAMA—Arrived Dee 22—Stmr China, bence Dec 3. Steamer. For, Sails. | DELAGOA BAY--Sailed Dec 25—Ship St Frances, for Newcastle, Aus. Dirlgo........ | Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 25 | * SUEZ—Arrived Dec 23—Br stmr Omba, from Santa Ana...| Valdez direct ........|Dec. 28 | Manils Al-Ki.. Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 25 OCEAN STBAMERS. City Seattie. .| Skagway & Way FPorts.|Dec. 25 | Npw YORK-.Salled Deo . 25_Stmr . Bor- Cottage City. | Skagway & Way Ports.[Dec. 31 | , NEW YORK=Safled Dee 38-stmr Bor- Farallon.....| Skagway & Way Ports.[Jan. 2 | SooE T J e O es and Geno Arrived Dec 23—Stmr Amsterdam, from Rot- Shipping Intelligence. terdam and Boulogne. 5 Mo QUEENSTOWN - Arrived Deo 23— Stmr Tuesduy, December 23. | Rud proceeded. S e Stmr Alblon River, Bash, 12 hours from Al- Blon. via Point Arena 10 hours NAPLES—Arrived Dec 23—Stmr Calabria, from Margeilies, for New York. TRUMPS A PASTEL IN WATER COLORS BY OSCAR HOLLIDAY ANGHART The fourth of this CELEBRATED SERIES of DAINTY CREATIONS will be offered - FREE «VEFH ‘THE.. “When Hearts Are Trumps.” Srfrsdrrin el sfacirer shrolpofrslenhishrab 35 A picture 1 1x16 inches, absolutely the richest and most expensive art sup- plement ever used for newspaper purposes. A portrayal of one act of that never-uninteresting and always exciting game of Love, w ut & ot s This set of cartoons in color, individually and collectively, are proncunced by the best judges to be the strongest s:ries of pictures that have bzen brought out during the lastten g years. ! Delicate in color, art'stic in hard- linz, combined with a dash of style and smaitness, thsy are the vogus throughout tha countiy at present, The BANGHARTS arzon sale at the leading art stor:s at $1.00 each; their value is be- yonrd question,and to miss this subject would be exceedingly disappointthg. - You can avoid this by giving your. order to-day for THE SUNDAY CALL. “When Hearts Are Trumps” will bt a part of it next Sun- day, December 28. BRRRRPRRRRRRRRRRR £ All News Agents on the Facif'c Coast Handle The: Call s s s s s o o s s % 3 ***mmwwwwmwmwm*mw*wm&wwmww*wwwwwwrbwm s s s o s s s o o o 0 o s s S s MAY DI A NEW AIVER CHANNEL State Will Be Asked to Improve the Sacra-- mento. Three-Quarters of a Million Wanted to Expend on California Streams. An appropriation of $750,000 will be asked from the Legislature at its com- ing session for the improvement of the rivers of California. The largest “hll— rovement proposed is the cutting a Dew channal for the Sacramento River telcw Rio Vista, the cut to be about two miles long and 1300 feet wide across Sher- man Island. This island is a reclamation district and separates the lower end of the San Joaquin River from the lower end of the Sacramento River. The request for the appropriation will be made by the River Improvement aso- clation, of which Frank Miller of Sacra~ mento Is the president; George F. Mec- Noble of Stockton, vice president, and T. H. Sullenger of Grimes, secfétary. In the general committee of the association are J. W. Browning and John Coughlan of Colusa County; John Hart, E. Poffenber- ger and L. Tarke of Sutter County; A. C. Bingham of Yuba County; G. W. Chapman and B. G. Peart of Yolo County; P. J. Van Loben Sels of Oak- land; B. Ettlinger and Fred W. Zeile of San Francisco; Peter Cook of Solano Ccunty; A. T. J. Reynolds of Sacramento County: J. H. Glide Jr., A. L. Shinn and Fred H. Harvey of Sacramento County; J. | P. Sargent, W. B. Matthews, John N. ‘Woods, B. F. Rollerson, E. L. Wilheit, | W. C. White and George F. McNoble of San Joaquin County. A circular was issued yesterday by the executive committee of the River Im- provement Assoclation, consisting of Messrs. McNoble, Van Loben Sels, Tarke. Glide, Peart and Harvey. In the circular the foregoing purpose was announced. The circular is, in part, as follows: “The flood mark in the Sacramento River is fourteen feet above the mean low tide of Suisun Bay and the flood mark of the -San Joaquin River is seven feet. A {fall of five feet can be had through the new channel, adding thousands of fertile acres to the tax rolls and -opening the lnver to better conditions of navigation. The San Joaquin River will not be raised above the existing flood mark; the dis- charge of the new channel being at a free tidal outfall. “Appeal i3 now made to the people of thisy State, to the newspapers, to insti- nm$ns of learning, to all engineers, to Chambers of Commerce, to the Water and Forest Assoclation, to the California Promotion Society and to all other bodies, | that they shall carefully consider the | reeds of the rivers and bays of this great State. Interests of far greater import- ance to the State than the loss of the transportation service are at stake. The State and the United States should ex- pend on permanent improvements large; sums than have been spent heretofore.” This movement originated at a meet- ing of people Interested in swamp lands, which was held at Sacramento May 6, 1902. At that time it was set forth that there were 1,000,000 acres in California that are subject to overflow and that all this land, with the exception of some lakes, has surface elevation above low tide in Suisun Bay, but one-third of the land has an elevation of less than ten feet above low tide. It was also asserted | that the great valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin' rivers, together with the counties surrounding San Francisco Bay that are traversed by navigable streams and estuaries which need improvement in the interest of reclamation and drainage, represent three-fourths of the assessed value of the State of California. TRAVELERS WANT CHANGE IN THE MILEAGE SYSTEM Meet for Purpose of Asking Southern Pacific and Santa Fe for Concessions. The commercial travelers of the Pacific Coast held a meeting yesterday afterncon | in B'nai B'rith Hall for the purpose of | petitioning the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroad companies for a modification of the mileage system now in vogue. | The travelers object in particular to the rebate phase of the system and also to the fact that their script books are not | recognized by the conductors. They claim that the mileage system is so hedged arourd with red tape as to cause great inconvenience to the commercial travel- ers. By reason of the rebate large sums of their money are kept continually in the hands of the railroad company. The modifications which are desired are | set forth in a resolution which wil be ; presented to the railroad companies. | The resolution is entitled, “An Appeal W | of the Members of the Combined Com- | mercial Travelers’ Associations of the Pa- | cific Coast to the Southern Pacific and | Santa Fe Railroad Companies.” It is as | follows: | _“Be it resolved, That the traveling pub- | lic desires to be granted the concession of having the rules of the Transcontinen- | tal Script Bureau amended so as to abol- ish the rebate now in vogue; that the script books now in use be honored by conductors and that the old 3000-mile book be again placed on sale at the old rate.” A committee was appointed to seek the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade and other com- mercial bodies in inducing the railroads to grant the concessions. ——— COURT DEALS WITH THREE YOUTHFUL HIGEWAYMEN One Goes to Whittier, the Others Are Taken by Aid Society. Willie Mullaney, John Wadleigh and Charley Blackman, the boy footpads, ap- peared before Police Judge Fritz yester- day. Frank Jacobs, 1270 McAllister street, the boy they robbed of $5 in Golden Gate FPark Sunday afternoon, and his compan- ion, Frank Flittner, testified to the rob- | bery and the Judge held Mullaney to an- swer before the Superior Court, so that he can be sent to the Whit Reform School. The officials of the ys’ and Girls’ Ald Soclety refuse to have any- thing further to do with him, as he is in- corrigible. Wadleigh and Blackman were again placed in charge of the soclety. Patrick Murphy was held to answer by Judge Fritz on a charge of robbery. In the early morning of Decembér 1§ three men attacked David M. Little of Los Angeles as he was leaving 41 Eddy street and robbed him of $8. Murphy and Fred Eksward were arrested for the robbery. but Eksward was discharged by the gud.e. as there was no evidence against im. —_——— L Say They Have No Certificate. Two complaints were sworn to before Police Judge Mogan yesterday for the arrest of Luigi Gardini and George Her- bein on a charge of practicing medicine without a certificate. Dr. Dudley Tait of the State Board of Medical Examiners was the complaining witness against Gar- dini and Dr. George G. Gere, secretary of the board, - gainst Herbein. Dr. Tait also swore to a complaint before Police Judge Cabariss for the arrest of Charles Cas- sarcia on a similar charge. They were ali arrested and released on $100 cash bail