The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1903, Page 7

1THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SAN FRANCISCO - MAILERS’ UNION PREPARES FOR ANNUAL OUTING Members and Friends Will to Fairfax Park, Where Various Alluring Pastimes Will Be Enjoyed by Picnickers = & Join Excursion NIC IN IE COMMITTEE IN TO BE GIV. CHARGE OF ARRANGE- 1 N NEXT SUNDAY BY SAN i v NO. 18 LDVERTISEMENTS. eliei From Nervousness and Insomnia. Through Dr. Miles’ Nervine. I Use Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills For Headache. led greatly wtih sleep- rvousness for twenty-five have never taken Dr. Miles’ Nery- a long time but it never fails n I do take it Inaddition to at my general health is much y occasional use of Nervin was several years ago. 1 have u es’ Anti-Pain Pills for neuralgia and aches and have always ef. The headaches usually ervals in the moming and n Pill when I feel the head- ing on I can prevent the attack My husband is 2lso subject to nds the same relief from the at1do. We are perfectly should use our names be- nd in using —Mges. W. H. BEARDS n it grows worse loss of appetite, in- ng of nerve- Dr. Miles’ Nervine . rves 5o that sleep may come and fortifies the nervous system against the attacks of any or all nesyous disorders. All druggists sell and guarantee first bot- tle Dr. Miles’ Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co,, Elkhart, Ind. BACK EAST EXCURSIONS BY THE VB (Su nial JULY 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th. AUGUST 18th and 19th, 25th and 26th. THERE AND BACK ONE FARE. STOP-OVERS ©0-DAY LIMIT. e e— Ask Agents SANTA FE For Particulars 641 MARKET STREET i estigate at_onoc Gull o wrive dor ~BokLEr Mo, 1 MAGNETIC E.TRUSS CO., 33 West 24th Street, New Yous, N. Y. or 206 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal, ' g in readiness for the and it is confidently ex- year's excursion will be the history of the union. ncing are to be indulged prizes will be numerous. and web pressmen committee that it is d 1 he for 12:30 and 1:30, leave at 3:25 Fairfax | will g charge of the arrange- H. Parker, H. C. Littell, Jr., W. H. Denahy, R. | . Levy and E. Williams. } mbers of .ue union will act on | 1 and floor committees. @ i i @ SAFETY GATES TO BE PUT AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS | Permission Is Given the Railroad by Board of Public Works to Build the Devices. The Board of Public Works held a meet- ing yesterday at which all the members were present. | A permit was granted to the Southern | Pacific Company to erect safety gates at | the rallroad crossings at Twenty-fifth | and Valencia streets and at San Jose ave- | nue and the crossing. | J. H. Dignan, deputy in the office of the | Registrar of Voters, was given permis- sion to superintend . the building of a | warehouse for the election booths, the warehouse to be erected at Eighteenth | and Division streets. Bids were opened for supplying the | heating and ventilating plant at the Noe | Valley School, the bids being as follows: * R. Dalziel, W. Morgan & | $5980; J. G. Grannis & Co., $8632. Willlam Cronan filed six separate bids, ranging | from $3989 to $6300, each bid being for a different system. | The board referred the bids to the City Architect with a request that he file a | report as to which eystem of heating and | ventilating be accepted as being most | | suitable. The board will take action on | the bids on July 29, | —_———— | BREAK CAMP AND RETURN | HCME IN GOOD HEALTH | Members of th:Yaung Men’s Chris- i tian Association Back From [ Their Vacation. | Nearly 140 boys, members of the Young Men's Christian Association, returned yes- ; | terday from Korbel Canyon on the Rus- | i slan River, near Guerneville, where they have been camping for the last month. | The lads looked to be in splendid fettle | They were browned, healthy and hap youngsters had a delightful time. | They fished, swam, played, tramped and | enjoyed athletic sports for thirty days. The encampment was called Camp Mc- Coy in honor of the secretary of the as- soclation. The discipline was splendid. A. Claude Braden, secretary of the boys' | | department, was in charge of the crowd | and he helped make things lively for the | campers. The boys had good food and regular hours and were given medical attention. They were called upon to pay a nominal sum for their entertainment. —_—— ‘Warrant For Logan’s Arrest. Jesse S. Partridge, photo supply dealer | of 24 Montgomery street, swore to a com- | plaint before Police Judge Cabaniss yes- | terday charging Frank B. Logan with petty larceny. Logan was discharged from Partridge’s service about a week ago for drunkenness and it is alleged that yesterday morning, while there was no one in the office except a small boy, Logan stole §10 worth of photo supplies from it. —_——— Spring Valley Meeting Postponed. There was to have been a meeting of hareholders of the Spring Valley Water Company yesterday afternoon, but as there | were not enough shares represented to fulflll the requirements of the law an ad- journment was taken untfl Wednesday, July 28. HIGHLAND CATTLE. ! NEXT SUNDAY’S ! ART SUPPLEMENT. Framed closely with three or four inch plain Flemish Brown Oak will make a beautiful pic- ture for your study. Highland Cattle is by that celebrated Scotch artist,- WIL- LIAM WATSON. —_— | gress of the fire in the Ashworth, a room- | awakened at 6:30 o'clock by cries of fire, | | and it seemed the only way to leave the LEAPS FROM THE FLAMES 10 SAFETY Viola Waters Narrowly Escapes Being Burned to Death. Guests of Hotel Ashworth Have Close Call for Their Lives. Miss Viola Waters had a thrilling expe- rience yesterday morning during the pro- ing-house at 320 Mason street. She was and became bewildered and rushed through the smoke-filled hall. Unable to find her way out, she ran toward a win- dow in the rear of the building and gazed down into the lot, two stories below. The fire escape had been cut off by the flames burning building was by jumping. As she stood in the window, her hair streaming | and her face fllled with fear, she cried | for help, and the firemen below, unable | to reach her with ladders, warned her not to jump. The life net was quickly | brought, but the woman would not wait ' for it. With one despairing look at the | flames around her, she jumped and was | caught in the arms of members of the | | company. | by her expverjence She was greatly freightened and was taken to a place of safety by friends. Clothes were furnished her and later she was telling | her friends how she jumped from a sec- | ond-story window to safety. | Hers was not the only exciting escape from death. The fire was sudden and it came at a time when all the inmates were | asleep, and many of them had to leave their roems in a hurry. Scantily clad men and women rushed from the bullding. Many had to be assisted down the ladders by firemen, while others slid down the pipes. The excitement was intense, and but for the prompt assistance given by the firemen and police many deaths might have been recorded. STARTS IN CAFE. The fire started in Peters' cafe at 6:25 o'clock. It was discovered by Jordan Hall, a cook employed in the restaurant. He was warned by a Japenese that the draperieg on the plano in the front part of the eating-house were burning, and an effort was made to extinguish the flames, but without success. Police Officer Fen- | nell was in the vicinity and turned in an alarm. By the time the fire department arrived on the scene the flames werd | mounting to the roof. Chief Sullivan | saw the danger to the inmates and sur- rounding - dwellings and immediately turned in a second alarm. | Before the flames could be extinguished | the building and contents were damaged | to the extent of $10,00. Many of the roomers lost their clothes, but all were thankful for escaping with thelr lives. | The cry of “Fire” rang through the | halls. The guests were rudely awakened | from thelr slumbers and hurried from their rooms. Doors were broken open by | the police and firemen in order that no | person might be burned.. The hallways | were filled with smoke and the flames | added a lurid effect to the scene. Many | of the guests grabbed their valuables and | rushed from the buflding. Others only managed to get a few articles of clothing and dressed themselves on the street. | “Terry McGovern” Gaines, electrician of the Olympic Club, succeeded in making | his exit with a bathrobe and a Panama | hat. When danger was past and there | were no more lives to save Gaines re- turned to his room and removed the rest | of his apparel. NARROW ESCAPES. The guests suffered heavily by the fire. Valuable bric-a-brac, jewelry and cloth- ing were destroyed or ruined. Miss Louise Rosenberg of Los Angeles suffefed a heavy loss. Miss Sadie McClellan was | glad to escape with her life. She suffer- | ed the loss of valuable wearing apparel. | W. D. Kelly attempted to slide down the water pipe and was pulled into a room by W. M. Loudon, proprietor of the hotel. Kelly wanted to jump from the window, but was prevented. He subsequently es- caped from the building by means of a ladder raised by the firemen. Chris Peters was confined to his bed in the rear of the cafe by iliness. He was carried out of the place by a rear win- dow. Mrs. A. F. Wood had to make her escape as best she could. She was highly excited and was forcibly carried down the ladders by the firemen. E. C. Epps, another roomer, had time to put on his clothes and leave the house in good or- der. He assisted his fellow roomers to cape from the place. B. E. Prien oc- | cupied a room immediately over the cafe and he was awakened by the crackling | of flames. He made a hasty retreat from the place. Two causes are assigned for the fire. One is electric wires being crossed and the other that it was caused by the negli- | gence of R. Loti, a helper in Peters’ cafe. The cafe proprietor lays the blame on Ganuchi, his Japanese helper, who drop- ped coal ofl over the draperies that cov- ered the plano. The real cause, according to the firemen, was the negligence of one of the guests of the cafe. It is charged that this unknown person entered the cafe for breakfast and laid a lighted cigar on the piano. This ignited the draperies. | A peculiar thing about the fire was that it poured out of the front entrance and ignited the woodwork on the outside of the house. Eventually it played havoc with the interior of the cafe. Peters is a heavy loser by the fire. He | was not insured. Loudon’s loss is covered by insurance. ——————— Dr. L. M. Laib, dentist, has removed hi offices to 560 Sutter street. L] e S o e e s e o e oY FRANCAISES ARE VALUELESS The Wells-Fargo Company'and the Southern Pacific Rallroad Company filed applications with the Board of Supervis- ors yesterday for reduction of assess- ment on their respective franchises, the applications amounting to about $2,000,000. The Wells-Fargo Company has been assessed for $1,130,580 for personal prop- erty and its franchise, the litter being estimated at $450,000. In its application for reduction of assessment Wells-Fargo Company avers that its franchise has no tangible value, that its is a Colorado corporation and subject to the laws of that State. The express company last year filed a similar application for reduction and brought suit in the Buperior Court. A similar action was brought by the Call- | fornia Bank, which also objected to pay- ing taxes on its assessed franchise, Superior Judge Sloss declded against Wells-Fargo Company and the Califor- MISSING COUPLE’S WHEREABOUTS IS STILL UNKNOWN — SAN FRANCISCO GIRL WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR « SEVERAL WEEKS. - —— Josephine Reynolds and Her Suitor Cannot Be Located. e OSEPHINE REYNOLDS, the 16- year-old girl who disappeared from her home on June 29, probably in company with a young man named Vincent Mendoza, aged 19 years, is still missing and no positive information as to their whereabouts is known. The mother of the girl is grief-stricken and has had a warrant for the arrest of her daughter issued, so that every effort will be made to locate the missing couple. Miss Reynolds has always lived with her parents at 1718 Jones street and has been employed for a few months as a saleswoman at Marks Bros., on Market street. A year ago last March she at- tended a party given by one of her | triends, and it was there that she became acquainted with Vincent Mendoza, who was at that time employed as a driver for E. E. Gelsel, a grocer at 1206 Stockton street. Despite the protests of Mrs. Reynolds, the two young persons often have met by secret engagentents. On Monday, June 29, after leaving Marks Bros.’ store, she met Mendoza and | the two proceeded to the girl's home, at the junction of Pacific and Jones streets. Mr. Reynolds intercepted the pair and demanded that he cease his attentions to Miss Reynolds. Mendoza made some ob- jections and a fight ensued wherein Rey- nolds recelved some injuries, He then returned to his home and Mendoza and the daughter went in the opposite direc- tion. Since then the Reynolds family have not seen the daughter. In her efforts to find the missing girl Mrs. Reynolds received information that her daughter Josephine had told a girl acquaintance that she was going to Los Angeles with Mendoza. Mrs. Reynolds also learned from Henry Mendoza, a brother of the missing young man, that Mendoza had informed him that he was going to take Josephine to Los Angeles and that the girl would leave on the boat and he would beat his way down on the train. It is known that neither one of the travelers had any money, and it {s prob- able that the pair are at present in Oak- land or in the vicinity and are concealing their whereabouts. @ ik @ nia Bank and the cases are now on ap- peal in the Supreme Court. Pending a de- cision by the appellate court the two corporations have not paid any taxes on their franchises. E. Black Ryan filed the applications for reductions of assessments on the ferry- boat systems of the Southern Pacific Rail- road Company. The ferry-boat systems have ben assessed for their franchises in San Francisco and in the counties across the bay. Ryan's application states that the ferry- boat systems have no franchise of their own; that they are part of the eptire rallroad system, and that it is well known that the State Board of Equalization has and will assess the entire property and franchises of the corporation. The reductions asked for by the South- ern Pacific Company are as follows: One- half of the franchise of the narrow-gauge ferry system, $250,000; one-half of the ferry system of the broad-gauge route, $800,000. The petition asks that the respective franchises be reduced to the sum of $20. The Heine Plano Company, assessed for $16,204, filed application for a reduction of $10,000. The company alleges that its stock 1s worth $6100 and that it has cash on hand amounting to $194. The Assessor included $10,000 worth of solvent credits in the assessment. This is objected to by the piano firm. The applications will be passed upon by the Supervisors to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. TRUANTS MUST HTTEND SEHL Superintendent Lang- don Files Important Report. Board of Education Makes Appointment of Teachers. B s The Board of Education held a meeting yesterday afternoon, the first in some ‘weeks owing to the absence of two of the School Directors. All the Directors and Mayor Schmitz were present. Superintendent of Schools Langdon filed a report dealing with the compulsory edu- i cation law passed by the last Legislature. | The Superintendent snowed that accord- ing to the last school cengus 13,371 chil- dren between the ages of 5 and I7 years bad not attended any school during the last school year. Of this number it is es- timated that one-half were between the ages of § and 14 years—the age established by the recent compulsory act. The total enrollment of school children for the last year was 52,986, and the aver- age dally attendance was 36,965. The report classified the children who must be dealt with under the new law as children that have no aversion to school and that work for a llving or remain at home, and truants that roam the streets and acquire vicious habits. TO ENROLL TRUANT OFFICERS. The Superintendent recommended that the board form a staff of “attendance of- ficers,” whose duties will be to Investigate and report on all truant children and those that do not attend school. He pre- sented statistics showing the number of “‘attendance officers” in the large Eastern cities. The Superintendent then presented the following recommendations to the board: That five attendance officers be appointed. That the city of San Francisco be districted and an attendance officer be assigned to each dlstrict. That the work of enforcing the compulsory education law be commenced with the coming term, the Superintendent of Commcn Echools being directed to organize and supervise the work of the same. That a day truant school be established as 2 place for the speclal training of truants and incorrigibles between the ages of 8 and 14. That in such school shall be taught the reg- ular studies lald down for the public schools, special emphasis, however, being laid upon | | | manual training, physical training, military drill and music. That the Board of Education provide a teacher of rare personality and teaching ability to direct the work of such school at commen- surate pay. That a room or small building with large and somewhat lsolated yard space be provided at or near some manual training center for the purposes of said school. That the term of such school be that of the regular schools, and that the daily hours be from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. That the children committed to the school by the Superintendent on the consent of the parent be committed on an indeterminate sen- tence with the privilege of parole and return to the regular echool rooms as soon as they | seem fit. That this department gather careful truancy and non-attendance statistics during the com- ing year, as a basis for the future provision of euch ndditional agencies, parental boarding schools, etc., as may be necessary for the best enforcement of the act designed to protect the educational rights of children. The board took the recommendations | under advisement. APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE. | The board then passed the following res. | olutions: | That the request of T. B. White, principal of Washington Grammar School, to be placed on the retired list of teachers, be referred to the ~Public School Teachers’ Annuity and Retirement Committee. That T. H. McCarthy be and is hereby elect- ed principal of the Washington Grammar School, to take effect upon the retirement of T. B. White-from that position. That L. M. Shuck be and is hereby trans- terred from the vice-principalship of the Adams Cosmopolitan School to the vice-principalship of the Washington Grammar School. That Miss H. Phillips be and Is hereby elected vice-principal of the Adams Cosmopoli- tan_School. That Miss S. A. Langdon be and is hereby elected a special teacher in stenography and type-writing in this_department, and assigned to_the Commercial School, said assignment to take effect July 20, 1903. That Miss Helen F. McFarland be temporar- ily relleved from the vice-principalship of the Clement Grammar School and appointed act- ing principal of the Hearst Grammar School, during the leave of absence granted to Mrs. N.'A. Wood. That the superintendent be and {s hereby authorized and_empowered to expend the sum of §2000 for the purchase of books for indi- gent children. That in accordance with a Supreme Court decision Mrs. Mary Mead Morrissey, of the evening unassigned list, be and is hereby as- signed to the principalship of the Irvln! M. Scott Evening School, at & salary of $75 per month, vice A. J. Freese, resigned. CERTIFICATES ARE GRANTED. On the recommendation of the board of examination the Board of Education adopted the following rasolutions: That High School certificates be granted to the following: Miss Pauline C. Goetzee on diploma of grad- uation from the University of California, class of 1008 and recommendation of the faculty thereof, Miss Annie Silverberg on the same, class 1903, of < Miss Caroline L. Paine on diploma of grad- uation from the University of Michigan, class of 1800, and recommedation of the faculty thereof. That Grammar School certificates be granted to_the following: Hartford M. Stalnaker on State of life diploma, dated December 14, 1898, Miss Mary E. Cahill on an Alameda County Grammar Grade certificate, dated October 25, 1890. Miss Caroline Hortop on diploma of grad- uation from the California State Normal School (situated in San Francisco), class of 1908. Miss Idylwylde Marshall on the same (situ- ated in San Jose), class of 180S. That the High School certificate of the fol- lowing be renewed: Miss Adeline M. Loehr. That the Grammar Grade certificates of the following be renewed: Miss Lucy Wores, Mrs. Katherine F. Culle- nan (nee Lawlor).” Mrs. Lilllan McKibben Blake (nee McKibben), Miss Alice L. Marsh, Miss Beatrice Hawkins, Mrs. Julia S. Mayhew, Miss Julla F. Sullivan. That a permanent Grammar School certifi- cate be issued to the followins: Miss Beulah Kozminsky. Thal a special stenography certificate of the High School grade be issued to the following: Miss Dora Kozmineky. That the following be recommended to the | State Board of Education for Grammar School life diplomas: . Alice BE. Rowland (nee Bryant), Miss ‘A. Harvey, Miss Mary R. Parks. That the following be recommended to the State’ Board of Education for a special music life divloma: Miss Katherine T. Black. Oregon ADVERTISEMENTS. HAVANA CIGARS ADVERTISEMENTS. 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WHITE WHITTLESEY In a Great Production of Anthony Hope's THE PRISONER Evgs..25¢ to T5c; Mat.Thurs. & Sat.,15¢ to 50c. NEXT—MR. WHITTLESEY in the First San Francisco Presentation of Hall Caine's Famous Play, THE MANXMAN. AR\ | Seventh and Market Sts. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, POLITE VAUDEVILLE. The Great Zano; Robinson and Grant; The Newmans; The'Burroughs; The | Three Kuhns; Krafft and % Harry and Carrie La Kola; Clin- ton Montgomery and the Bioscope. PRICES—Night, 25¢, 20c, 15c, 10c; Matinees, 20¢ and 10c. Phone for Seats—South 1022. BASEBALL! PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE, RECREATION PARK, ——EIGHTH AND HARRISON— CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, 3:30 P. M.; SAT- URDAY, 3:00 P. M. SAN FRANCISCO vs. SACRAMENTO LADIES’ DAYS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Advance Sale, 5 Stockton St DeKolta; Bailey and Madison; Hodges and Launchmere and the Biograph. Last times of Charles Dickson and Company; Mosher, Houghton and Mosher; Young and De Voie; Julian Rose and MABEL McKINLEY, Favorite Niece of the Late President McKinley. Reserved Seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Box Seats and Opera Chairs, 80c. GRAND faize ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. = = LAST THREE NIGHTS = =« RBAYMOND AND CAVERLY And Our Superb New York Co. IN CENTRAL PARK NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT First Time in This City of the Famous Musieal Eccentricity, Secure Your Seats Now. 28c, S0e., Te. TIVOLI®SE Every Night This Week Saturdsy Matines. W ANG, ——NEXT WEEK— CAMILLE D’ARVILLB ‘Will Appear Under Special Engagement in “The Highwayman” With EDWIN STEVENS as Foxy Quiller. CALIFORNIA | Last Chance to See NANCE O’NEIL " To-night J“ELIZABETH.” | Friday, Saturday and Sunday Nights— “MACBETH.” Saturday Matinee— ROMBO AND JU- LIET.” Next Monday—NEILL-MOROSCO COM- PANY In {| INTHE PALACE OF THE KING Special Summer Prices—75c, 80c, 2Se. Advance Sale Thursday. COLUMBIA 225 “TREMENDOUS, STRONG, CONVINCING." —Bulletin. | THIS WEEK ONLY, MATINEE SATURDAY. AMELIA BINGHAM And Her Company, Presenting Haddon Chambers’ Powerful Drama, 'A MODERN MAGDALEN weex Amelia Bingham WEEK Presenting Clyde Fitch's BRILLIANT, BREEZY COMEDY, “The Frisky Mrs. Johnson.” Seats Now Ready—Math Wed. and Market Strest, Near Fighth. Phone South 53%. TO-NIGHT—LAST WEBK. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDATY. The Favorite Comedian, JAMES CORRIGAN In the Funniest of All Fares Comedies, MULDOOI}EJ{’ICNIC The new bill of this week is & corker, they say. ‘With speciaities, dances and new songs every day. It to Fischer's you go you are on the right track, For there's siathers of fun in their double sauge play. “UNDER THE RED GLOBE,” Corgbined with “THE A zrea RESERVED SEATS—Nights, 2Se, it combination of fun. Specilaities and Evening in muw TO-NIGHT. GALA AMATEUR PERFORMANCE ——Concluding With—— NEW LIVING PICTURES. TAKE A TRIP “DOWN THE FLUME” The Wonderful Scenic Waterway. 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