The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1903, Page 6

'NINE MORE SURVIVORS OF WRECK THE AT PIERCES EOINT ARRIVE IN CITY Seaman Fred Birkin, He and Eight Ot Who When the schooner Scoti from Bowens Landing, entered the ba early yesterday morning she was met ch that had been chartered steam Call to at her wharf the nine survivo: \cois Coppee, Who passengers, had been inter- meet her, and ere she wer looking group of sea- lined up before the camera. of them was completely them were coatless without shoes or hurry to leave the doomed ship they did not consider their ‘;vemnu appearance or think of supply- in,S themselves with extra apparel, but tunabied into the lifeboat in the scanty attire. Which they had hastily donned when ordered on deck for the last time several days before. When picked up at sea DY the Scotia they were very wet and Very cold, but the people aboard the 1iftle steamer had no cloth- ing to spare. So as the mariners ap- peared when they left the Coppee’s &ide so did they appear when they stood on the Scotia’s deck yesterday morn- iny - ;h. men who. were saved by the Sco- tia are Fred Birkin, William Taylo Bdward Anderson, James Webb, Iv Gousier Jean Niepl, August Hillion, Reyes £smael and Fred Olesen. All of them ©ld practicelly the same story of the! experience during and after the weck, and all of them expressed sin- cere regrel over the loss of Captain Inrye, whom they pronounced an able and humane officer. Fred Birkin, the men that only Amerjcan. in.the Coppee's crew, | told the. mest comprehensive tale, and his comrades verified every word of it. He sald: \ WHEN THE BARK STRUCK. - I pras at the wheel about 11380 o'clock Jast Fridey nizht when land suddenly loomed ‘Wi in the dense fog abead of us and the capfain ordered ull bands to 'bout ship. I jammed the helm down, while the men squared the majn and fore yards .and let go the headsails, but the maneuver was to0 late to be effective. As the bark was ‘ewinging ‘around the heavy breakers caught her and cast her on the rocks. SCOTTISH BOWLERS WILL DO BATTLE TO-DAY Golden Gate Park Will Be the Scene of a Spirited and Exciting Contest. The Scottish bowlers of the Oaklard and San Francisco clubs will meet for the second time to-day.’ In the first meeting, which was across the bay, the Oaklanders had just formea and were consequently mnot very formid- eble. The local players had been prac- ticing for some time and the Oakland- ers were beaten badly. 3 The return match to-day will be played on the Golden Gate Park green. The local club will be represented by entirely new men this, time. While they are not as strong as those v Mo competed in the first interclub contest, they are expected to give the Oakiand | men all they can do to win. No man who played in the first contest will be on the Frisco team. _ The Oakland club has picked its strongest players to cross the bay and represent her to-day. They have had the benefit of considerable practice since the last meeting and feel con- fident of carrying off the honors to-day. The fact that they will ‘play on 32 strange green will handicap them some, but they are determined to win. The men who will captaln the Oakland’| team are Hugh Forgie, James Hut- chison, James Patullo and A. Proctor. Hutchison and James Taylor are con- sidered the strongest men across the bay and the Oaklanders expect a great deal of them. The following men will represent Oakland: Hugh TForgie, James Hutchison, James Patullo, A. Proctor, J. Rankin, J. Moir, R. Dalzlel, J. Laing, Peter Spalding, Dr. Crawford, James Taylor, William Thompson, John Orphison, ‘William Chalmers and B. E. Collins, The Oaklanders have not decided into which ranks these players will be di- vided. X The representatives of San Francisco will be divided into ranks as follows: Rank 1—A. Mackle, J. M. Earsman, D. L. Dunn and Robert Park. Rank 2— All bands saw in an instant that we were hopelessiy wrecked, for a gale was blowing from the southeast,-the seas were tremendous d the fox was dense. Yet every man. re- ed cool and awaited orders, and when the captain ordered the boats lowered .there no confusion whatever. Thirteen of us detafled to enter the starboard boat, Lut only nine of us-remalned in her, the other four being frightened by the terrific Commanded Lifeboat Picked Up by the Scotia, Tells of How the Francois Coppee Was Lost and How hers Managed to Escape Death in the Angry Sea French consulate and Leon Blum, the local agent for the Coppee’s owners, were notified of the men’s arrival Shortly after noon they were sums moned to -the consulate, where Mj Blum and Acting Consul Lanel inter- viewed them. First Officer Molines m‘ STLAr SCHOONER SCO7TIA Y JLLIAM TAYLOR + A Ll e | SURVIVORS FROM THE WRECK OF THE FRANCOIS COPPEE AND | MASTER OF THE VESSEL, WHICH IS PICTURED, THAT BROUGHT | THEM TO THIS PORT YESTERDAY. 3 ” — tly preferring to stay with the | hances. 1 took charge of the ng neither mate nor captain eeing that we werse in dange g ed by remaining alongside I cut_the rope and we drifted away i fog. In a minute we lost sight of tne aw her again, Fat during night 1 saw twp flares as of & torch b waved, and heard a crask that was proba- caused.-by the.fadiing mainmast. Bo we very far &way from the baiic at ray night. cames or as “niuch day were not as ¢ blanket, we looked all d and could see-nothing but the great hat thréatened constantly to swamp us. | |'We heid a councll and decided to keep away from the dangerous cosst and take-a chance of up by a vessel. About 4 tnoon we heard a f in a yell ‘that w That's the siury. NO MUTINY ABOARD. When asked if there hiid been any insubordination_aboard the (oppee or dissatisfaction among the men, Birkin stated that he had never sailed with a | better or more himane set ot offlcers, | and that at no time was there a serious } complaint from the rorecastle. | When the Scotia-reachedher dock at the’ foet of Lombard street the nine Andrew TForeman, J. Scott, M. L. | Crowe ~nd ‘S8” Ir\'{ng, «Rank 3—George | C. Patterson, H. Tickner, W. Stewart | and Alexander Hay. Rank 4—W. Wat- yson, J. Reid, A. Villkie and J. Webster. | The San Francisco players have not decided upon their “skits” yet. While | these are not the very best men that | could be picked out of the club, they are all above the average, and unless the Oakland players have Iimproved wonderfully, the local players on their | own green should :emerge victors. At | any rate it is safe to say that the con- tests will be close and Interesting. At_the conclusion of “the ‘interclub match ther will be some géod im- promptu practice matches between the | best players. | —————— PHONOGRAPHIC REPORTER LBEAVES FINE POSITION premie Court to Engage in Private Business. E. A. Girvin, for sixteen years phono- | graphic reporter of the State Supreme | Court, has resigned to devote his at- tention to private business interests. | 7he Justices and all others who have had professional dealings with Girvin |'greatly regret his departure, for his work has been both efficient and faith- ful. { W. J. Nicholson will succeed Girvin | as reporter. L. A. Washburn, recently 1 promoted to a full secretaryship from Nicholson's present position, wlll.not ©e affected by the changé, which will take place December 1. . In an order issued yesterday and signed by all the Justices, Girvin is highly complimented for his past work, and regret is expressed that he finds it necessary . to leave the scrvice of .the State. The position is an important one and carries-with its dignity an-annual salary of $3000. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—The question of the disposition to be made of the - cruisers Cleveland and Denver, which after being given trial trips were found lacking in contract {Agenc Blum and the remaining four- | teen, having signed only for the voyage from Newcastle to this port, will stay { here until they are | brave the dangers of the ocean. | survivors remained on board: while:the. o 4 B e e e e e e e B — Seamen August Victor and Daniel | O’'Netl, who have been in the city since | yotween Clay and Washington streets. Monday' afternoon, were also at the consulate, and after the conference was | over all the seamen were informed by | Mr. Blum that they would be equipped | with comfortable clothing and boarded | | and todged in a decent hotel at his ex- | feet. pense until next Saturday, when they | will be pald their wages. Three of the French seamen will be | sent back to their native land by again ready to No more* bodies have come ashore pear the wreck, and Captain Jorgenson o1 the Point Reyes life-saving station is of the opinion that the remains of the men who perished have either been carried out to sea or may be washed ashore farther north. Wreckage is con- stantly drifting ashore, and yesterday afternoon it was reported that the wreck was rapidly breaking up. POLICE SEARCHING FOR YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN Mrs. Dorah Smith Mysteriously Dis- appears, Taking Her Little Girl ‘With Her. Arthur Smith, a barber at 47 Third street, reported to the police yester- day the mysterious disappearance of his wife Dora and three-year-old daughter Ella. Smith said that his wife had been ailing for some time and on November 17 started from her home at 1003 Natoma street for Dr. Rosen- stein’s office, taking her daughter with her. She did not return, and Smith ascer- tained that she had not called at the doctor’s office. What puzzles Smith is that she did not go to her mother’s house and her parents are as much in the dark as himself as to her where- abouts. He says there was no quarrel and he cannot account for her absence. Mrs. Smith is described as 22 years of age, of medium height, dark com- plexion and hair and wore a black suit, gray hat-and blue veil. ) Insurance Company Wins. United States Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday gave judgment for the. de- fendant in the case of J. M. Conner et al. versug the Manchester Assurance Company of Manchester, England. The suit was brought to recover $3300 insur- apee on a crop of grain burned in So- lano County. The grainfield took fire from a pasture that was being burned by order of the Board of Supervisors to destroy grasshoppers. The policy contained a provision exempting the company from liability where loss is caused, directly or indirectly, by order of any civil authority. e College Students Give Entertainment. SANTA CLARA, Nov. 2%5.—A very suc- cessful entertainment was given to-night in Santa Clara College Hall. The students produced several scenes from ‘‘Hamlet,” and also gave a farce, “The British Tour- ist.” The performance was highly cred- speed, bas been copaidered far some time by Secretary Moody, who bas décided to recom- mend fo at the regular session a re- ! mission of the penplties. . itable an s enjoyed by a large and fashionable ahdience, - ~ | SAN FRANCISCO T0 SNE CITY FROM EXPENSE Property Owners Will Grade Three Blocks on H Street. Board of Works Refuses to Grant a Permit for Spur Track. SR . Through the generosity of property owners on H street, from Forty-fifth to Forty-eighth avenues, in Oceanside, the city will be saved an expenditure of $2,600 for grading the three blocks descriped. Petition had been made to the Board of Works by Sol Getz and others to grade the street, but they were informed that there were no funds available to grade the city’s por- tion, the cost of which was estimated by the City Engineer at $2,600. At yesterday’s meeting of the board Getz' stated that the entire expense would be borne by the property own- ers, thus relfeving the city of any ex- pense. General Manager Chapman of the United Railroads said that -the street car tracks would be lowered pight feet as a result of the grading, the necessary permit for which was granted by the board. G. F. Chapman, general manager of the United Railroads, appeared before the board in support of a protest against the proposed change of grade in California street, between Twenty- seventh and. Thirty-first. avenues. Chapman said the proposed maximum grade of 5.42 per cent will make it inr- practicable to. operate cars with the present equipment of steam engines. The board overruled the protest, but gave the corporation one year's time to prepare for the grade changes. City Engineer Grunsky reported that the work of reshaping the roadway of Second ayenue, between California and Clement streets, and the first applica- tion of crude oll had been completed. The contract includes subsequent ap- | plications of ofl and the maintenance | of .the roadway for a period of three years, Regarding the abolishing of sidewalk widths on Sixteenth street, easterly | from Seventh, the City Engineer recom- mended that those on the southerly side of the street be fixed at eight feet. In the Southern Pacific franchise bill now before the Supervisors it is pro- vided that the outer edge of a viaduct on the north side of Sixteenth street, between Seventh and Illinois streets, is to conform to the official curb line thereof. The roadway, therefore, of Sixteenth street cannot be widened on the northerly side without further con- cessions are made by the company and other property owners along the street. Arrangements have been made to se- cure the widening of both Kentucky and Sixteenth streets where most re- quired. Grunsky says it would be well to extend the proposed widening of Sixteenth street, from Seventh to Kan- sas, or San Bruno avenue. Bids were received for the paving with basalt blocks of Clay street, be- tween Franklin and Gough, the lowest being $460 from the City Street Im- provement Company. Permission was given to W. F. Han- rahan to repave under private con- tract the roadway of Wetmore place, Grades were ordered established on Parnassus avenue and Cole street. The board recommznded the reduc- tion of sidewalk widths from First to Tenth avenues, from nineteen to fifteen The protest against the paving of Clay street, from Cherry to First ave- nue, and that against repaving I street, from Ninth to Tenth avenues, was sustained. Rev. 'Father Mulligan, secretary to Archbishop Riordan, appeared before the board and urged that the permit for a spur track on Filbe:: street be granted to connect the Gibraltar ware- house with the belt road. The board refused to grant the permit, because the Labor Council has filed a protest against the privilege being granted by the Board of Supervisors. —— SEEES TO COMPEL THE PAYMENT OF LICENSES Tax Collector Smith Notifies Auditor to Withhold Demands of San Fran- cisco Gas Company. Having been notified by Tax Collec- tor Smith that the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company is indebted to the city for license in the amount of $66, Auditor Baehr yesterday withheld payment of a demand in favor of the company for $70 68 for electric current furnished the Fire Department corpo- ration yard. Action was taken under a charter provision that “no demand shall be allowed by the Auditor with- out first deducting the amount of any indebtedness of which he has notice.” Smith says that the Pacific Gas Im- proyement Company, which was ab- sorbed by the San Francisco company, refused to pay license for the quarter beginning October 1 on the ground that it is now under a different' manage- ment. The San Francisco company is willing to pay its own license, but Smith holds that license for the Pa- cific company should also be paid and he has taken the means described to compel payment. The Civil Service Commission has notified Auditor Baehr that it disap- proves the temporary appointments for Nevember of G. J. Berger, N. J. Barry, ‘W. F. Horan, E. A. Calegaris, Arthur Garms, F. Ruddy and W.- H. Lamb, employes of the Health Board, because they have been made In violation of the rules adopted by the commission. The commission also states that the Department of Electricity has not yet submitted the list of any temporary appointments for November and con- sequently they have not yet been ap- proved. R ‘WOULD FIGHT THE PATENT FOR OILING ROADWAYS Supervisors of Sacramehto County Ask Local Board to Share Ex- pense of Suit. M. J. Dillman, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County, fent a communication yesterday to the local Board of Supervisors asking It to share to the extent of $100 the expense of ‘a suit instituted against Sacramento County by De Camp & Mosher on an CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 1903. HIGH TIDE CARRIES THE SAUSALITO _ OFF THE ROCKS OF ANGEL ISLAND Ferryboat Again Reaches Deep Water and Steams to Shipyard in Estuary, Where it Is Found She Is Damaged to Extent of $10,- 000, Rudder and Sternpost Being Torn . — Away and Keel Smashed | —p The North Shore ferry-boat Sausalito, which ran on a roeky point on An Island during the dense fog Tuesda night, is afloat again. She slid off her perilous perch at 4 o'clock yesterday morning during high tide. She steamed immediately to W. A. Boole & Sons’ shipyard, where it was ascertained t her rudder and sternpost had been car- ried away, her keel badly damaged and that a big portion of ner dead wood had been smashed. Captain Lucky and his crew remained by the vessel dur ing the time she was ashore and as soon as she S off and it was ascer- tained that she was not leaking to any extent her head was' turned toward the estuary and she was placed In the slid- ing ways. In the afternoonm she was hauled up high and dry on the modern marine railway, where she now lies. - WHERE SHE STRUCK TUESDA PLUCKILY SAVED HER WITH B et S infringement of letters patent in the use of crude petroleum oil in the con- struction of roadways. The communi- cation states that every county desiring to improve its highways with oil is in- terested in the suit, because if the pat- ent is held valld De Camp & Mosher will collect royalty at the rate of $15 for each mile of oiled roadway in the State. Attorneys have been engaged to fight the patent and the cost will not exceed $1000. SRR A GRANTS TEACHERS USE OF MISSION HIGH SCHOOL Board of Education Also Accepts Resignation of Miss Alice Wolfe of Rincon Grammar. The Board of Education yesterday granted permission to the California State Teachers’ Assoclation and the Teachers’ Institute to use the Mission High School. during their annual con- vention next month. The afternoon ses- sions will be held in the Alhambra Theater. D. J. Fry was appointed assistant teacher in the Humboldt Evening High School during the leave of Joseph P. Baloun. The resignation of Miss Alice M. ‘Wolfe of the Rincon Grammar School was accepted. Leave of absence was granted to Miss Mary Ahern. \ President Woodward informed the board that the injunction and restrain- ing order brought by Miss J. A. Dwyer and Mrs. Irene Reeves, who were re- moved from their positions in the de- partment, had been dissolved by the Superior Court. e e GRAND JURY’S RIGHT TO SECRECY STILL DEBATED Arguments on Objection to Affidavits in Eppinger Case Are Not Finished. The arguments of counsel on the ob- Jection raised by Attorney J. C. Camp- bell to the affidavits filed by Herman Eppinger, W. W. Topping and Henry Ach in connection with the motion on behalf of Herman Eppinger to quash the indictment charging him with ob- taining money by false pretenses were continued before Judge Lawlor yester- day. The importance of the arguments lies in the fact that the question is involved as to whether the doings of the Grand Jury are subject to review. Attorney Henry Ach spoke for two hours and a half yesterday for the de- fendant and he was follawed by At- torney Campbell for the people. At 4 o'clock Campbell sald it would take him some time to consider his argu- ment, and by consent a continuance was ordered till December 4. The Judge speclally invited.the at- torneys to enlighten him on the point as to whether he was required to re- celve evidence to determine wheth- er or not the constitutional rights of the defendant had been in- vaded by making him a witness be- fore the Grand Jury and, as' was al- leged, compelling him to answer ques- tions, even though the statute itself did not axoresalv mrahibik i4 VIEWS OF BIG FERRYBOAT AFTER SHE HAD BEEN FLOATED FROM THE ROCKS OF ANGEL ISLAND, Y NIGHT, AND PORTRAIT OF THE MASTER OF THE VESSEL, WHO | OUT ASSISTANCE. el PUBLIC POUND la UNDER FIRE Evidence That Deputies Took Money to Re- lease Cattle. Deputy Poundmaster Pierce gave some sensational testimony yesterday before the Supervisors’ joint Commit- tee on Finance, Police and License, which resumed the investigation into the charges flled by the Pacific Hu- mane Society against Poundmaster H. O. ITrwin. on many occasions received money for failing to impound roaming cattle and had kept it for his own use. He fur- ther testified that other deputies were in the habit of receiving money from cattle owners, which was never paid into the city treasury. When asked as to the names of the people who had pald such moneys and the amounts thereof Plerce refused to answer on the ground that it might i{ncriminate him. Pierce said that he and a former dep- | uty poundkeeper, F. Dantz, who had previously given damaging. evidence against Irwin, had divided money for releasing cattle on the road and no receipts had been given. Plerce said that Irwin was unaware of the wrong- doing. Irwin was put on the stand in his own defense, and testifled that he had not received any money from M. Marty for releasing twenty-three cattle be- }gnging to the latter. Irwin sald A. enny had told him he was going to drive Marty’s cattle into his own fleld in order to get damages from Marty. Irwin said he issued wunofficial receipts as duplicates of the official receipts and he turned all the money he received into the city treasury. He sald he did not know he was violating the law when he issued unofficial receipts, but had discontinued the practice since the beginning of the investigation. Irwin sald he had released a Aumber of animals at the request of Abe Ruef and others, but refused to answer Brandenstein’s question as to whether he was not violating his duties as poundmaster in so doing. Brandenstein said the fact that Irwin had refused to submit his expense account would be counstrued as unfavorable to Irwin, but the latter agreed to file the account next Friday, when the committee will deliberate as to what action to take regarding Irwin’s alleged direliction. Foreman Larsen Is Blamed. A verdict of accidental death was re- turned yesterday by the Coroner’s jury in the case of Harry Miller, who was killed last Tuesday in a mill at the cor- ner of Hooper and Sixth streets by be- ing caught on the shaft. The foreman Plerce ‘testifled that he had‘ It took exactly fifteen minutes to haul her out of the water after the props to the ways had been adjusted. Upon | examination it was found that she had been far more seriously injured than was at first supposed. Instead of run- | ning into the sand, as was reported, | it appears from her damaged state that | she must have struck rocks, and it | not at all surprising that the passen- gers rebelled when they heard that the captain intended to back her off and start for Sausalito. DAMAGE IS $10,000. The vessel's rudder and sternpost were twisted awayv like a pipe stem, | while thirty feet of her keel is smashed | into splinters and her dead woed looks |like a bunch of kindling wood. She | was only leaking slightly. The repairs | will probably necessitate her being on | the ways for a week at least. A con- | servative estimate of the damages {'would be $10,000. Captain John Metcalfe, Lioyd's ma- rine surveyor, was on hand when the l vessel was pulled out of the water and gave orders that all the damaged por- tions be stripped away. | Captain Lucky reiterates the state- | ment that he saw a scow in his way | and was compelled to suddenly change | his course to starboard and that when | he had passed the obstacle he changed | his course back to port. In the mean- | time he thinks he was struck by the ihenvy tides that run in that channel and he thinks his vessel must have taken a sheer that he did not ca late on. COULD BARELY HEAR BELL. The fox was dense and the captain could see nothing and could barely hear the fog bell on Angel Island. The ship was running at half speed at thg time, otherwise the mishap wou!d have heen far more serious. Captain Lucky has been in command of the Sausalito for a year and a half and has been commanding different vessels in the harbor for the last thirty- three years. He was at the helm at the time the acecident took place. Bolles and Bulger, the United States inspectors of steam vessels, Will make a full and complete inquiry Into the | cause of the mishap and the manage- ment of the North Shore Railroad will also institute a careful and searchinz investigation to try to ascertain the cause of the accident, Which might have caused serious loss of life, and also the possibility of the destruction of the vessel herself. The Cazadero and the Tamalpais will be in commission dyring the time the Sausalito s under- :olng repairs. 3 —_— | f = | - «THE ROAD THAT MIA CHOSE.” A Story With a Strange Ending. BY SARAH COMSTOCK. | NEXT SUNDAY CALL. | S 2 was blamed for having failed to ,’I struct Miller as to placing the belt“ony the elevator drum. The verdict doed not mention the foreman's name, but it is C. W. Larsen