The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1903, Page 16

TH E MORE | FIRMS ARE | Harbor Co mmissioners Revoke | FIRE SCENES WILL THRILL PATRONS OF BIG BENEFIT 'Exciting Display to Be Given at Grand Opera-House in|poiice Jail Highbinders Who Aid of Widows’ and Orphans’ Association in Which Apparatus and Trained Horses Will Be Utilized Permits to Use Wharves “fl; State for Sale of Products| and Dealers Receive Notice| | Crer G | WHOLESALERS AGAIN {1 DENY JURISDICTION | SRS L SEwEys Voo Board Makes Answer in Court the Attorney Other Counsel for the Law and Requests General and to Help Fight rpose of rimination d purchase he Harbor ngs were called as n the subje: sta 1sh by dged that and - can- voked and can- nd cancella- before ‘the foners were opened rry building there s present with the commissioners, their nd attaches of the board and men. present and paid strict at- ion to what was done In one case and then went away. { ground an answer to the citations to his clients to appear that the board had no jurisdiction to investigate or regu- late that do not take place on »erty of the of When Harbor proceedings the exception of the attorney newsp: e Harbor Com- reads the an- violation of the o ts on the State wharves. its eaid d that able produ said no- | The denial in the case of each firm = r gate such | cited to appear was identical in sub- TE stance follows: made before £ald e law sell place so the right or ju- gt ring that tnok t g estigate or regu- aking fror ! the State of f t ir permit to s th ge of violation of he said firm to sell perty we deny that nswer it upon the board has any al of answer s. pro a charge. of the parties that were cited to ap- pear. No one Attorney Reir legal documents and made no response. His attitud charged ered. | swer that had been submitted by him ~n~mnn~so | in writing for each of the firms. or refusing to sell the State wharves. appeared. { selling products on two witnes Nick Funda Only of 122 Ninth street. Fundas testified in accordance with the statements made by him in an affi- davit filed last week. The allegations contained in the affidavit of Fundas and also the affidavit of Graves were made the basis of specific charges relative to the refusal of wholesale dealers to sell perishable products in their places of business to Fundas and Graves on the ground that these two persons were not members of the Retail Fryit Deal- ers’ Assoclation. Fundas testified that he had been refused goods for which he was ready to pay the cash price at the stores of | G. Berti-& Co., Garcia & Maggini and Mitchell & Goodall. Graves testified to a like experience at the store of Ivancovich & Co. The board directed Secretary Foy, in each case, to call for each of the de- fendants to come before the board and also to inquire if any one desired to | cross-examine the witnesses. 'No one responded to these invitations. The commissioners settled down to the consideration of what they should do. They promptly revoked the selling permits of the several firms named in the foregoing. They also instructed Attorney Davis and Secretary Foy and the chief wharfinger to carry into effect | the orders of the board and prsvent any | of the firms whose selling permits were revoked from doing any more business on the wharves of the State in this | city. Complaints against other wholesajers who are still selling perishabl= products on the State wharves will probably be | filed soon. fought out ultimately in the courts. —_—— Tsoucas Convicted. | James Tsoucas was convicted by a | Jury yesterday in the United States | District Court of conspiracy to manu- facture counterfeit coins. Judge de Haven ordered him to appear for sen- | tence this morning at 11 o'clock. Tsoucas was associated with two other Greeks, Chris Patrikioupoulou and George JRose, who are now serving terms in the penitentiary, they having pleaded gullty. CHANCE T0 BUY KAST'S SHOES HALF PRICE The Creditorssay they must have the money right away—no matter what becomes of the shoes. .- EOME: . At once and save money on your shoes, as we are going to wind up this sale as soon as possible. A full line of LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN'S SLIPPERS suitable for Christmas Gifts are included in this sale. 104-110 GEARY STREET A. JOSEPH, Receiver ~————OPEN EVENINGS _____ Attorney J. B. Rein- | State and also de-| | | | \ 4 i He took the | %™ 3 The fire scenes to be presented by picked men of the Fire Department at their big benefit for the Widows’ and Orphans’ Aid Association at the Grand Opera-house next week will be the most thrilling ever seen upon a stage here. The firemen have secured the Grand HEAD OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF HIS ABLE AS- SISTANTS, WHO ARE TAKING AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN PREP- ARATIONS FOR THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' BENEFIT. | PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. W. C. Reid of Madera is at the | Grand. Dr. J. K. Barrett of Winnipeg is at | the Palace. by refusal ‘o sell per- | E. 8. Cooley, a merchant of Marys- ville, is at the Lick. L. A. Blasingame, a stock raiser of | Fresno, is at the Grand. W. A. Junker, manager of the Paso anbles Hotel, is at the Palace. | terda; John D. Mackenzie, Harbor Commis- sioner, has returned from Arizona. Dr. J. B. Morris apd wife of Lewis- ton, Mont., arrived at the Palace yes- e H. Weinstock, a member of the well | known dry goods firm of Sacramento, | Salt Lake road, is up from Los Angeles | tein went on reading | and is staying at the Palace. Secretary Foy called aloud the names | s at the Palace. Ferd K. Rule, general auditor of the Henry M. Gillig of New York is in n behalf of the wholesale | San Francisco to attend the Christmas produce men was outlined by the an- | high jinks of the Bohemian Club. Willlam P. Hammon, head of the No | company which is engaged in dredger testimony was brought in relative to|mining near Oroville, is*registered at perishable | the Palace. P. D. Lowell, until recently connected These were | wiih the Portland Hotel, is at the Pal- as, a retall dealer in pro-|a.o on his way to Monterey, where he duce on Third street, and J. D. Graves | ' {, take the position of chief clerk | of the Hotel del Monte. The entire matter will be | Eugene A. Elliott, representing the firm of Collbran & Bostwick, who are financiering for the Emperor of Korea his many big enterprises, is at the Pal- ace. He is here on his vacation. Thomas and Fred Couch, sons of the late Captain Couch, who was promi- nently identified with California min- ing. arrived from Butte, Mont., yester- day and are registered at the Palace. ” Luther §. Kelly, familiarly known in the Western frontier as “Yellowstone Kelly,” for many years a military scout and latterly engaged in that capacity in the Philippines, returned yesterday from the islands and is registered at the Occidental. William A. Solomon of New York, chairman of the board of directors of the Baltimore and Ohlo Rallroad, ac- companied by Mr. Meulen, a prominent banker of Amsterdam, whose house is interestéd financially in the rallroad company’s holdings, is on his way to this city, which he is expected to reach on Friday. —_———— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The follow- ing Californians are in New York: From San Diego—B. Scott and wife, at the Raleigh. From San Francisco —C. Gillespie, at the Imperial; H. Al- brecht, at the Grand Union; J. W. Coffroth and Mrs. J. Coffroth, at the Herald Square; R. Daggett, at the Im- perial; H. C. Hacke, at the St Denis, and O. C. Stine, at the Impe- rial. From Los Angeles—D. L. Du- rand, at the Murray Hilll, and F. A, Pollock, at Broadway Central. ————— 0 Accused of Withholding Coin. A. M. Mehany, representing the Pa- cific States Telephone and Telegraph Company, secured a warrant from Po- lice Judge Conlan yesterday for the arrest of “John Doe” on a charge of misdemeanor embezzlement. It is al- leged that one of the young men em- ployed as a collector of nickels from telephone boxes has been in the habit of retaining for his own use a small part of each collection. — Opera-house for the entire week, com- mencing with the performance next Sunday afternoon. The regular attrac- tion, “The Little Outcast,” will be play- ed by a New York company, but the | firemen will be the principal feature of | the bill. ) There will be scenes 8howing the in- tericr of an engine-house, with its ap- paratus, horses, sliding poles, tele- graphic instruments, bells, harness and sleeping quarters of the men. The first part will be descriptive of a “midnight alarm.” The bells will | sound for'an “inside box" and the fire- | men will respond. They will jump from | their beds, put on their working clothes, | slide down the poles to the &pparatus, hitch the prancing hcrses and dash off to the fire. The big stage of the Grand Opera- house will enable the scenes to be given with remarkable realism. The appar- atus will run out on Jessie street and then turn and come on at a gallop in | 609 Dupont street. | hammers. | door much stronger than the wall and a } CHARGE THREE WITH MURDER Are Accused of Killing Gee| Gum at Chinese Theater . e am— FOUR OTHERS ARE TAKEN Officers, Unable to Budge Door, Break Hole Through Wall of Room With Sledges Three fighting men of the Hop Sing tong have been positively identified as the murderers of Gee Gum, the musi- | cian at the Chinese theater on Wash- ington street, shot and killed an Sat- urday night in. the presence of an au dience of about 500 Chinese while play- ing in the orchestra on the stage.| The names of those arrested are Mah | Lick, Lee Sem, allas Ah Hong, and Louie Yow, alias Ah Wing. They were | arrested with four others in one room. Late Monday night Detective George McMahon and Sergeant Sylvester of the Chinatown squad discovered that several highbinders belonging to the Hop Sing tong were making their head- quarters in a room in the building at Yesterday morn- ing McMahon and Policemen Earle and Owens of the Chinatown squad went to the room and demanded admittance. There was no response. KNOCK HOLE IN WALL. Owens and Earle were armed with | heavy sledge hammers and they tried to batter down the door, but foun their efforts useless, as it was firmly | bolted and barred and covered wit sheet metal. They were determined | to force an entrance and attacked the wall near the door with the sledge | The Chinese had made the | hole big enough for a man to crawl| through was soon made in the latter. McMahon was the first to go through | the hole and he was followed by Owens and Earle. Seven Chinese were | found in bunks, feigning to be asleep. They were lined up against the wall and searched, but no weapons were found on them. A search was then made of the room and a big revolver, | a Winchester rifle and a sandbag were | found. The search was continued and | under the flooring four more big re- volvers were found and two boxes of cartridges. About fifty pawn tickets were also discovered. | IDENTIFIED AS MURDERERS. | The police took possession of the! weapons and other articles and| marched the seven men, who were rec- | ognized as notorious highbinders of the | Hop Sing tong, to the City Prison, where they were placed In the tanks. | | The names of the four not charged | with murder are Sup Poy, Louie Bing, Lu Gin and How Soo Chy. The last named is a photographer at 17 Spofford alley and it was in the doorway of his | place that a Sen Suey Ying man w @ttt b @ | full view of the audience. The second scene will show a three- | story house on fire, with a squad of Chief Wittman's policemen handling the crowds. The fire apparatus will get | to werk, hose will be coupled, water | pumped, ladders and trucks run up and everything done as at a real fire. The most exciting part of the pro- gramme will be the “life-saving” scene. Imprisoned men and women will be brought down from the building by the firemen, who will crawl up with Pom- pier scaling ladders. Women will jump from the top of the building into life- saving nets held by the firemen and, | with the excention of the ‘“stage flames,” the whole scene will be just as real as the work done at a genuine | conflagration. | Chief Sullivan and Assistant Chief | Dougherty are working hard to make the affair a success. The men and horses are now training at the theater | and there will be a private rehearsal | next Friday for the press. ADVERTISEMENTS. | Dainty Princess Cheval Dressing Table in the fam- ous ‘Chippendale design. A long French plate bevel glass that swings to any angle like a che- val mirror, an ex- quisitely curved piano - polished top and daintily twisted legs make up one of the prettiest gifts that fered. In [/ Golden Oak, Special, $27.00. In Ma- ““The Credit House*’ “TO SEE OURSELVES” Sriedmon b asotherssee us, these days, we use a mir- ror. And the mirror that once was a flatterer to our vanity is now a con- science to our pride. It threatens us if we do notlook no friend thanks us so heartily when | shot by | Large Audience Attends Excellent En- | The Loring Clyb gave its second con- | tive Sons’ Hall on Mason street. | reflects great credit on Director Loring. | | Bruch), SILK SALE. Commencing this day, December 16th, we will place on Special Sale about 2700 pards Novelty Silks at 00C a1 /3¢ e These Silks are in Noveltg Stripes, Checks and Brocaded Effects. Are in @ good variety of colorings, in- cluding Black and White, and are + very suitable for Ladies’ Waists and Skirts, The former prices wers $1.00, $1.25, $1.50-and $1.75 pard. | Crer20s QRPORAY, ‘\‘\ w2 o 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREEL. Hop Sing men on Saturday night, December 5. Three musicians at the Chinese the ater called at the City Prison yester- Mechanics’ Institute Meeting. The trustees of the Mechanics’ stitute held their regular meeting last In- day afternoon and positively identified lr’:h"fl” g - : 9T s o Mah Yick, Lee Sem and Louie Yow e affairs of the lbrary were dio- cussed and found to be in excellent as the three men implicated in the kill- ing of Gee Gum on Saturday night.{ condition. The election for the new One of these musicians, Dare Fook, | members of the board of directors swore to complaints before Police i takes place shortly. There are more Judge Fritz, charging the three men | than thirty nominations. identified with murder, and they were | N City Prisc n the = L::I:;g at the City rison o | ADVEREE ) Detective McMahon says that Gee ! 5 ' - Gum did not belong to any tong and the only reason he can assign for his murder is that he was mistaken for another man. —————————— GIVES ITS SECOND T OF SEASON ¢ 5555 Weathered 0ak ' Flemish Oak Golden 0ak { FURNITURE cert of the season last night at Na-| tertainment Given by the Loring Club at Native Sons’ Hall. This is the twenty-seventh season of the | club's existence. David W. Loring di- | | rected the singers. | The large hall was crowded to the| doors with an enthusiastic audience and the efforts of the singers were ap- plauded again and again. The club sang extremely well and its good work welTere From Regular Prices DINING-ROOM The programme was as follows: | “Roland’s Horn” (Markull): A. McCurda: barytone solo, ‘‘Adieu, Foret: Davis Northrup: de Noel (Ads tenor solo, A chalkhammer y). Mrs. Grace Night,” cantique soprano solo and O Holy e Adam), chorus arranged for male voices, piano, organ and orchestra, for the Loring Club; soloist, Northrup; ‘The Sallor's Herbert Boatmen, with bass solo by G. ringer's Daughter’” (Reinthaler), solo and chorus of men’s voices; Grace Davis Northrup; delssohn), Those who assisted the singers were: - # Mrs. Grace Davis Northrup: B. Jaulus, | first violin; F. Forde, first violin; Wm. | Gh"stmas ls coml“g von der Mehden, se-con&1 violin: W. | Lewis, viola; F. Bracamohte, "cello; S.| 2 Brown, bass; F. C. Zeh, flute; C.| Haren an uys Schneider, clarionet; O. Schiott, horn; | Miss Ruth W. Loring, planiste; J. C.| Fyfe, organist. sololst, “‘Festgesang”’ Mrs. (Men- ireams of 1 at prices Here is where the youngst Santa Claus are materfalized a that are most attractive to pa is entirely new and teems with up-to novelttes. McDonnell Indicted Again. T S Grand Jury | The United tates ry e e e | yesterday returned an indictment Boxes of Groceries? r}:::“'h".. acies in D cases against George T. McDonnell, alias ples and Delic: H. Epstein, alias Rev.! J. B. Tay- m‘flt prompt delivery. $2.50 to lor, pastor of the Church of the Redeemed at (Emeryville, charging We supply anything for your house or yourself. During your Xmas shopping. drop In for a sample cup of our Tea or Coftee. OPEN EVENINGS. Smith’s Cash Store 25-27 Market St. him with having used the mails for the purpose of defrauding Clay A.| Straley of Cottonwood and C. G. Pope of Alturas out of $12 50 each. A for- mer indictment was quashed. ——————— Reduced rates on howsehold goods to & from | {he East & South. Bekin's, 11 Montgomery st. * | gt Eiamtinig ALWAYS RELIABL PIANOS Teachers Arranging Reception. A number of teachers constituting the reception committee for the an- nual convention of the State Teachers’ Association to be held in this city at the end of this month met yesterday to make the preliminary . arrange- ments for the reception of delegates to the convention. Superintendent Langdon presided and a programme was arranged for the entertainment 233-235-237 Post. St. of visiting teachers. —_— — — All drugsists seil ADAMS' Irish Moss Cough Balsam under a positive guarantee. 23c, 30c. *