The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 13, 1903, Page 35

S | | i E’agzs 35t0 48 | The Samvane SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1903, TAMALPAIS PARK IS HOPE OF MARIN COUNTY SOCIETY Lagunitas Club Takes Steps to Preserve Forests, Then Holds Barbecue to Celebrate the Event. Association club grounds unt Tamal- the occe of and diands of delegation was hes and camp a prominent advo- an. As one ing he feit Lagunitas der the auspices of ociation, a great work. NATURE CALLS MEN. Whates justice if But we d many the proper con- we fight people hence our apparent t is & public need. our ~uninvited guests 1 tions running back to sand lots d vigilance committees make the same old mistake of confusing anarchy with independence, lic with liberty, and all of us are to blame. BEARS ARE PETS. ““The history of Yellowstone Park shows | how easily people may be trained to de- cency in their treatment of nature. Even the bears of Yellowstone garded as pets. When the competitive {ve is removed there comes a higher yment in watching wild things than 2 destroying them. ‘I would go very far with peas in my shoes to see an inch or two of bayonet applied to some vandals I have met, but ; sure that 90 per cent of the now .ss public would appreciate and en- pe application to the other fellow. ¢ other fellow would be eliminated by mere presence of authority. That authority for Imany reasons hould be the authority of the national ment F Firet and foremost, because the park we going to secure is a forest park and because under the wise and devoted jce of our distinguished guest, Mr. chot, the nation is developing a mag- cent bureau of forestry. In connec- tion with the regular work of this bureau there is an urgent call for our great uni- ersities 1o up practical foresters, and in all the State of California there is one place where the problems of tree Iture and water conservation can be so eously studied as on Mount Tam- is. PARK SCHEME GOOD. Subdivision, bullding of houses and or- ed suburban improvements st Tamalpais will do more to Fuin County than any other catastrophe ble. A broad, comprehensive park will be of incalculable financial ary M benefit. ‘I have sald enough. »ut what is the use? Every motive im- Is toward this consummation. I have ed this plan in general for years; I e talked it in detail for weeks. I have never found an objection to it. If T were fant-hearted I might listen to those timid I could say more r the purchase | Franciscans attended | { and he said | We have | the ! Park are re- | FREPARING THE e//p[,w‘.r-sm’f Al AT Q?’/ ) KL, e |out flaw or blemish, cheeks that would | Willlams, the rival beauty doctors, who | fect Greek nose: | | | |as time went on my face became worse | GRECIAN NOSES VER3U JUSTIGE Manufactured Beauties Div.de Honors With the Law. Warring Complexion Artists Bring Their Handiwork Before the Bar. sty L Cheeks of peachblow tint, cheeks with- put to blush the rosy streaks of dawn— | these were the uncontrovertible evidences f the skill of M. Ella Harris and Leon | were brought before Police Judge Ca- baniss yesterday to add their welghts of testimony to the teetering scales of Jus- | tice. Before the open-mouthed crowd of | court hangers-on there were displayed by the witnesses to the skill of the warring complexion artists such a galaxy of per- shell-like ears and rosy | tints of flesh as has rarely fllumined the prosaic seats of the law. Mrs. M. Ella Harrls, whose beauty workshop is situated at 780 O'Farreil | street, was the aggrieved specialist in | classic features, who had charged “Dr,” | Leon Williams, aer rival practitioner, with libel in circulating as an advertise- | ment a glowing letter of indorsement, wherein her reputation is thrown into a | rather unfavorable light. THAT CRUEL LETTER. The letter in question Is as follows: “SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 1903. | “Dr. L. Willlams—Dear Sir: I wish to | testify that I came to you with a face covered with pimples and small boils and | so frightfully red that I could not appear on the street without a double veil. The | above defects were caused by a treatment | I had taken from M. Ella Harris. I went | to her to have a few wrinkles and | freckles removed. I still had the wrinkles when I finished with her treatment and and I concluded to consult Dr. Williams (yourself). I am happy to say that you | have entirely cured the bolls and pimples | and the redness is changed to fairness. | My skin is smooth and free from all| roughness. I remain, yours gratefully, “MISS HAMILTON."” “P. 8.—If this letter would be of any use | to_you to show it, pray do so. Miss Hamilton, the author blesome compliment to “Dr. powers, was the star witness. As Mrs. | Margaret Thatcher, her present name, whith through modesty had been kept from the eyes of the world in the com- f the trou- Willlams’ | | mendatory epistle, she took the stand to | testify to the marvel of how under the | careful hand of Willlams her face had | risen, phoenix like, from the ruin which she claimed had been done to it by Mrs. | Harris. | _FEven His Honor was moved to | ovine that her face was better than an | advertisement in the street cars at $30 a FARIECTLE—, | 2 ever wish-to be of service in the world, if | | we realize that we owe any duty to pos- terity, in spite of the fact that posterity never did anything for us, here is our chance. Never again will the gates of op- portunity open so wide, never will that 1thway of beneficence be €0 plain. Never ain can we do so much good as by de- voting time, our ability and our means to giving to all the people the great | treasure which mother nature so evident- ly dedicated to them.” Chief of the United States Bureau of Forestry Gifford Pinchot was then intro duced. He said in part: OUGHT TO BE SAVED. “When I first saw the forest of Mount Tamalpais it occurred to me at once that it ought to be saved.e Although I have been up the mountain but twice or three | times I am convinced that it should be | | used by every one and not be enjoyed by a few individual owners. All great | | cities are now purchasing parks and for- | ests for the recreation of the residents of | these big cities. Forest parks are, in my | | opinion, the best of all parks. I know a | little town in Missouri which recently | purchased = =mall forest that would not | for a moment compare with the Tamal- | pais reserve, yet every Sunday you can find the place thronged all day with chil- dren and men with their wives getting a little taste of nature. Vienna, Paris and the big cities all over the world have pur- chased forest parks, but I cannot recall one park which in my opinion can com- pare with the forest which you are now contemplating buying. | “A good forest conducted in a scientific | manner costs nothing. The trees are | growing all the time and the selling of | the timber alone will pay all the neces- | sary cost of guarding the park. You have | |a superb opportunity and you should | avall yourself of the chance to buy this | property. The question comes up, How is | this park to be obtained? It is useless to | ask the United States Government to buy | it; it is purely a State affair. Congress | would not be willing and you must re- | member that the United States has al- ready been asked to buy the Calaveras grove. The only way for you to do it is to purchase the property by individual | enterprise and public spirit. | GIVE IT" TO UNCLE SAM. “As a private citizen, I think that the United States would accept the property should you purchase it and donate it to | the Government. Uncle Sam would then take it under his care and guard it in so that it could be | | | | every possible way used by the people.” President David Starr Jordan was the next speaker. He said: 3 “I am very glad to be here and to bear witness this afternoon. You ought to | have the park and I hope you will get it. You know all about it—perhaps a great deal more than I do, but those of you who don't only have to climb up back of this mountain and you can get an idea what a beautiful park it can make. | “Time changes everything, even timber. I remember when I was a boy back in New York how people uged to look upon | forests, or rather they called them woods |in those days, with horror. The forests used to cause fires, and were the place for harboring wild animals which used to come down and kill the sheep. The great thing in those days was to get rid of the forests as fast as possible. Then people would cut down the trees to sell the lum- ber for firewood and to improve their ouls ~vh 3 their time in scenting |land.~They could not understand that z;i;ul:;.o ;;E, peop;ermm‘enen.ll] on a | their land was worth less after the timber P SCENES AT ROSS VALLEY YESTERDAY DURING THE VISIT OF THE ] LAGUNITAS CLUB AND THE TAMALPAIS FORESTRY ASSOCIA- TION AND THEIR INVITED GUESTS. back track. If we here gathered together , was cut down. Nowadays every one} | the Forestry Bureau has achieved more - bilitles are $132,218. knows that the Government is preserving | all the forests possible, for when the tim- | ber is cut down the watersheds are gone | and the lower land is continually flooded. TEN MEN TO THE ACRE. | “For every ten men there should be an acre of land for them to use when they eed a breathing spell. We will say that the population of San Francisco is 300,000 | or 400,000, so we certainly ought to buyl 30,000 or 40,000 acres for taem to recreate in. Every living creature wants elbow room. “Up in the Calaveras grove an old man | told me that he had counted on a stump | eleven thousand rings. That tree was as large at the fall of Rome as it is to-day. These trees are too valuable monuments | i se. The United States Government in the | last twenty years has been developing. its bureaus. It has put bright men in| charge of these bureaus, and I think that than a hundred battles of Manila.” Chairman Kent asked for a motion to make the organization permanent. The motion was then proposed by Seward B. McNear and seconded by Charles Webb Howard Jr., with an amendment that the association should be known as the Mount Tamalpais Association and that the chair- man should appoint a committee of three who should at once take active steps and have full power to purchase the property. The motion was carried. Among those present yesterday were: Mrs. F. F. Foster, Mrs. T. H. Watters, Mrs. K. J. C. Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Sillwood, Mrs. John Rea, Frank J. Symmes, Miss McDonald, Mrs. Duft Green, Mrs. Winslow Anderson, Lovell White, Willlam Magee, Charles Spiney, Mrs. Charles Webb Howard, Charles Webb Howard Jr., Supervisor James Booth, Judge Lenpon, Attorney Hawkins, Thomas Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. §. B. Cushing, Louis L. Janes, Charles Runyon, C. Augustine, Mrs. K. Pohli, Harry Dodge, R. W, Johnson, Frank J. Murray, Robert E. Graham, C. J. Dowd, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Botkin, Dr. and Mrs. A. Warner, Misses Alice and ElcanorWar- ner, Superintendent of Instruction of Ma- rin County Davidson, Miss Allen, Attor- ney Eells, Clinton Jones, C. C. Olmstead, Mrs. Harry Allen, Mr. Pixley, Mrs. Fan- nie Lent. ————— SUPERIOR COURT STAYED IN THE GRAVES CASE Judge de Haven Saves the Bankrupt From an Obnoxious Order of Examination. An order was made yesterday by United States District Judge de Haven staying all proceedings under the order of the Superior Court of this city and county in the case of W. P. Wilder vs. Robert N, Graves, requiring Mr. Graves to appear at 2 p. m. on September 12 before Eu- gene W. Levy, referee appointed by the Superfor Court, to answer concerning property which the petitioner is alleged to have refused to apply toward the satis- faction of the judgment in said action. Judge de Haven's order, in addition, en- joins the Superior Court from taking.any further steps in the case until the further action of the United States District Court. Mr, Graves has been adjudged a bankrupt by Judge de Haven. Hls lia- Mr. Wilder's claim is for $14%4, alleged to be due on a judgment for a promissory note. | acid rubbed in with a brush at the hands | | er—part of the stock in trade of “Dr.” | leged month, Mrs. Thatcher stated that when she went to Mrs. Harrls she had some freckles | and a few wrinkles which marred the | cthereal beauty of her countenance, but when she had received two treatmants of of the Psyche manufacturer she still had the wrinkles and freckles, plus a flery red tint and boils and pimples various. PHOTOGRAPHS PRODUCED. Upon cross examination, she did not re- member how many of these unpleasant | excrescences of the skin she owned; there may have been seventy-two, certainly more than six, At the instance of the attorney for the defense. two photographs of Mrs. Thatch- Willlams—were produced to show the al- shocking effects of Mrs, Harrls’ treatment. One had been retouched by the photographer, 5o as to make the sub- ject a model of beauty and the twain were used to exemplify the “before and after taking” mode of advertising, claimed to be used by Williams. Mrs. Harris herself told her story of ag- grievement before the court and Mrs. An- na Cole, Mrs. Mary Crawford and Colonel E. D. Berry, together with Williams, the defendant, also testified. The case will be resumed on September 25. Meanwhile | Mrs. Harris has instituted civil suits to recover $20,000 apiece from Willlams and and Mrs. Thatcher in Department 3 of the Superior Court. —_—————— IMPORTANT WITNESS IN DILLARD CASE ARRESTED Louis Den, a Chinese, Arrives in Port With One of the Alleged Forged Certificates. Louis Den, an important witness in the Dillard case, was arrested last night by United States Marshal Shine and will be held awaiting the outcome of Dillard’s application for a new trial. It will be remembered that Dillard was the colored deputy clerk in the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue who was convicted before Judge de Haven and a jury of forging Chinese certificates, Den went to China on one of these cer- tificates and upon his return to port pre- sented it for the purpose of gaining a foothold in this country. The Federal au- thorities were apprised of this and the United States Marshal was Instructed to take the man into custody. In the event that Dillard secures a new trial United States District Attorney ‘Wopdworth will place Den on the witness stand and by his testimony hopes to con- vict the negro. ———————— THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC EXCURSION TO YOSEMITE The Only Route Via Wawona and Mariposa Big Trees: The Southern Paclfic excursion to Yosemite Valley Beptember 17 goes in by Inspiration Point and out by Glacler Point. One day at ‘Wawona and the famous grove of . Big Trees, The rate, $48 50, 1s for five daye’ trip and in- cludes raliroad and sleeping-car fare both ways, stage fare, hotels, carriage.in valley, horses, guldes and all_necessary expenses. Personally conducted. Itinerary at Information Bureau, 613 Market street. . e ——— Verein Arion Concert. The German musical soclety, Verein Arion, will give its first concert of the season 1903-04 on Thursday evening next in Natlve Sons’ Hall. There will be twelve numbers on the programme, which will be rendered by a male chorus, a la- dies’ chorus, Mrs. Eve Koenig-Friedhofer ana Paul M. Friedhofer. The last named will perform on the cello, rendering *Adagio” and “Dance Napolitaine.” The majority of the vocal selections will be in German. Freredick Zech will act as conductor. ————— *cents st The Novie.Cater 300 Fine stroeh at e Cafe, ::::: Sansome and Battery. 8 . ERWIN DETERMINES TO FIGHT HIS CASE IN LOCAL COURT AMUEL KNIGHT, whom James W. Er- win has retained to defend him in - the proceedings which will be brought against him by the Govern- ment, announced yesterday that he will certainly clear his client here in San Fran- cisco without the necessity of his having to stand trial in Washington. He hopes to present such evidence of Erwin’s innocence before United States Court Com- missioner Heacock that the committing magistrate here will feel justified in with- holding an order of re- moval. Knight wmaintains that the indicted postal of- ficial had no hand in the securing of contracts or distribution of shares of the Postal Device and Im- provement Company. Col- onel Daniel S. Richardson, who is.thought to have tes- tified against Erwin at Washington, is anxiously azwaited here by all parties | | interested. f— | AMES W. ERWIN, formerly assis-| tant superintendent of the San Francisco special delivery system | and at one time finspector of the | rural free delivery system on the coast, | is confident that he can clear himself of the charge brough against him by the Federal Grand Jury of the District of, Col- umbia on Friday. He will make a fight to have himself cleared by testimony giv- en before the United States Court Com- missioner of the Federal courts in San Francisco and thus preclude the necessity of a trial at Washington. Attorney Samvel Knight of the firm of Page, McCutcheon, Harding & Knight, ‘whom Erwin-has retained to defend him, declared yesterday that he will make a vigorous effort to have the committing magistrate here refuse to grant an order of removal after reviewing the evidence | brought before him. According to legal procedure, the first step taken after the arrival of a certified copy of the indictment will be for United States District Attorney Marshall B. Woodsworth to file a complaint before | United States Court Commissioner Hea- | cock. It will be Heacock’s duty then to review the allegations in the instrument, calling witnesses both for the Govern- ment and for Erwin to testify upon the facts of the case. Erwin’'s attorney hopes | to bring such conclusive testimony befora the Commissioner's court that the Com- missioner will see fit to recommend to the committing magistrate that he withhold an order of removal and thus, unless Er- win voluntarily went before the court at ‘Washington, he would be cleared of the crime imputed against him. EKNIGHT OUTLINES DEFENSF- When seen yesterday, Attorney Knight outlined the legal policy which he will fol- low in the case and gave some strong opinfons upon the injustice of the charge as he considered it. He said: “It is shocking—this filing of an indict- ment against a man who is entirely inno- cent, Of course, Mr. Erwin can clear himself without a shadow of doubt, but the very fact that he should have been under suspicion works a hardship on a man whose integrity and faithfulness to duty have been unimpeached heretofore. “Erwin’s only connection with the Pos- tal Device and Improvement Company upon which there can be possibly based a charge of fraud was the trip which he took to Washington with Daniel 8. Rich- ardson, superintendent of the local post- office. At that time he had an interest in the postal box device as part Inventor of it and merely went to the capital to bring this contrivance before the eyes of the department as a public benefit. He exhibited it and praised it with an en- thusiasm born of his part in its invention, but he had absolutely no knowledge of or connectfon with the arranging of con- tracts with the Government there or the distribution and disposal of stocks here. “The Government has tried to make this postoffice investigation far reaching, but that is no excuse for involving in it a manifestly innocent man. George W. Beavers and August W. Machen undoubt- edly are justly Indicted; I belleve that there is a gullty party in the San Fran- cisco postoffice, but Erwin is certainly not the. man and should not be made the scapegoat. WILL BE CLEARED HERE. “When the indictment arrives Erwin will be heard before Commissioner Hea- cock. I will then bring all the evidence we possess before the court. The Gov- ernment will naturally have to produce its witnesses and I doubt not that Superintendent Richardson will be the man upon whose evidence its case will rest, since he evidently testified against Erwin before the Grand Jury at Wash- ington. “My client is not afraid to face the court at Washington, but he feels that his innocence can be so conclusively es- tablished here that to go before the East- ern tribunal would be but superfluous. It the charge against Erwin is made to stick, then each and every one of the stockholders in the Postal Device and Improvement Company is equally culp- able with him, for he has had no more complicity in the alleged frauds than the nt’;l?;uhc the news comes from Wash- ington to the effect that Erwin has been dismissed from the position of assistant superintendent of special dellvery of San Francisco, the formal announcement of such action has not yet reached him and yesterday he was-at his desk in the Ferry building./ - When _interviewed _concerning the measures he has taken to acquit him- self of the charge brought against him, he said: “To Attorney Samuel Knight I have turned over the whole question of pro- cedure in the accusation which is brought against me. I have received gratifying ‘agsurances from a host of prominent peo- ple in the city that they consider me in- nocent and I feel that I can soon prove that their confidence is not “In addition to the statement made by me I will say that my onlv con. Hopes to Be Cleared by a Hearing _ Before a Commissioner. — LOCAL POSTOFFICE OFFICIAL WHOSE STATEMENT ON POSTAL INVESTIGATION IS WANTED. - - nectign with the Postal Device and Im- provement Company is through the pos- session of 600 shares out of a total of 40,000 shares of its stock, which was given me | as a recognition of my services in per- | fecting the invention. I have never had | any connection with the company as a director or officer, nor have I ever been present at a meeting of the company or its governing board. I have therefore never participated in any way in the dis- tribution of stock, and the only profit I have derived has been from two divi-| dends on the stock held by me, amount- | ing In the aggregate to $%. In no way have I ever conspired with any one to| defraud the Government in this or in any | other case.” MONTAGUE REITERATES. United States District Attorney Wood- | worth said that he does not expect the| indictment from Washington before to-| morrow. When he receives it Marshal| Shine will immediately serve it on Erwin, who' is prepared to put up the bonds to! insure his presence at the trial. | Postmaster W. W. Montague, whose | rumored connection with the alleged | fraudulent dealings of the Postal Device | and Improvement Company have occa- | sioned reports that his resignation would | be forthcoming, was at his desk for a| short while yesterday morning. He reit-| erated very positively the statement made | by him on Thursday that he had no in-| tention of resigning and that he had no| connection with the Postal Device and | Improvement Company other than that| of a nominal shareholder. Daniel S. Richardson, superintendent of the San Francisco postoffice and presi- | dent of the company whose alleged fraud- ulent sales to .the Government have caused the indictment of Erwin, is still| en route to his home - from Washington. | The local postal authoritles are eagerly | awalting an explanation from him of his| part in the investigation which resulted | in the issuance of the wholesale Indict- ments by the Federal Grand Jury of the District of Columbia. T S Canada to Hold Suspect Stern. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—In the case of Leopold Stern, the Baltimore contrac- tor under indictment in connection with the postal cases, the Canadian authorities have agreed to hold Stern for some time and the State Department will fogward the necessary papers in support of its report of extradition as speedily as possi- ble. Conrad and Bonaparte, the special counsel for the Governmient in the prose- cution of the postal cases, to-day filed with the Attorney General the report of the consideration of the charges made by ex-Cashier Tulloch of the Washington Postoffice. R S At Schebel Is Arrested. ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—The Postoffice Department has been informed that O. E. Schebel of Toledo, who was recently in- dicted here for complicity in the postal frauds, was arrested at Toledo yesterday. He walved a preliminary hearing and was put under $10,000 bail. —_—— Dr. Koenigstein's Red Salve belongs in every household. Nothing like it for cuts, burns, bruises, etc. . —_——— Rebekahs to Drill. San Francisco Rebekah Drill Corps No. 2, composed of ladies of the several Re- bekah lodges of this city, will give a military and fancy display drill in Union Square Hall on next Thursday evening. This is to be followed by a ball. The young ladies are better drilled than ever before and a number of novel features will be introduced in the display drill which will make it the most attractive that has-ever been given by this body. On October 5 the corps will leave for Paso Robles, and will, during the session of the Grand Encampment of the Patri- archs Militants, enter into a competitive drill for a trophy = —_——— Reduced rates on househoid goods to & from the East & South. Bekin's, 11 Montgomery, * | language. BURGLAR'S TEARS " AFFECT JANITOR {John Patrick Nolan Is Found in Attorney’s Office. John Patrick Nolan, a young man from New York, is locked up in “the tanks” at the City Prison, and just how maoy charges of burglary will be booked against him the police do not know. They have not concluded thelr investigation. On Tuesday night Nolan visited the of- fices in thie bullding on the southwest cor- ner of Sacramento and Kearny streets. While in the office of A. B. Treadwell, at- torney, the janitor saw him and asked him what he was doing there. He replied that a friend had been arrested and he had called to see Treadwell about bailing him out. The janitor noticed that a glass case where Treadwell kept a lot of curios had been opened, and he charged Nolan with being up some mischief. Nolan burst into tears and sald: “Don’t let the police get me. My parents ars both sick, and as I can't get any work I am forced to steal to keep them from starving. Think what you would deo if ygu were in my place All the time he was talking the tears were running down his cheeks and his scbs were heartrending. The janitor was 8o affected that his tears began to flow, and in a choking voice he told Nolan to &0 away and try to lead an honest life. Wednesday was a holiday, and when Treadwell went to his office on Thursday morning he discovered that most of the curios had been taken from the case, and also a pair of diamond cuff buttons that he had put there temporarily. He values the stolen curios at $100. He notified the police and Detective Freel was detaded on the case. Freel discovered that the doors of most of the offices in the building had been forced open. In the office of the | Typographical Union the secretary’s desi had been broken open and $2 which he had failed to take away with him on Tuesday night had been stolen. Nothing of value was taken from any of the other offices except Treadweil's. Freel got a description of Nolan from the janitor and arrested him on Friday, plaging him in the tanks for further de- velopments. He says that Nolan served a term In New York. Treadwell says he will defend Nolan if he returns the dia- mond cuff ‘bu!!ons. ———— Disturbed the Audience. James Johnson and C. H. Betts from Monterey were In the Grand Opera-house on Friday night in an intoxicated condi- tion. During the performance they amused . themselves- by throwing their hats in the air and shouting. The police were summoned and when the defendants were placed under arrest for disturbing the peace they made use of offensive They appeared before Police Judge Mogan yesterday and were com- victed and will be sentenced to-morrow. They expressed regret for their conduet, but the Judge said he would make an example of them. ———— ' Victims of Alcohol. Andrew Gorman, a varnisher, aged 30 years, went on a spree on Labor day and kept up the debauch until yesterday morning, when he was found dead in bed in his room at 192 Shipley street. Alco- holism and heart disease were the causes of death. Frank Miller, a clerk, 55 years of age, was found dead yesierday on the floor of the bathroom at 2121 Sixth street. He had -been on a spree since the G. A. R. celebration. Death was due to natural causes. ——————— Has Lost Her Reason. Miss Virginia J. Thornton was ad- judged insane yesterday and sent to the Napa State asylum. The occasion of the trouble is alleged to be grief for her dead father. Her malady takes the form of strange hallucinations, and recentiy she has become despondent, and her brother feared she would take her lifey so she was committed to the asylum. ’ N