The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1904, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDA BALLINGER MAY YET BE TRIED JULY 21, 1904 EPPINGER CLAIMS PARTNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FRAUD Bernard Ettlinger Is Accused of Having Negotiated Loan From the International Banking Corporation for Which Nice Point Is Raised Con- s A : i > Fel Ch nodted With' His Balakse Aged Grain Broker Is Now Being Tried on Felony Charge on Writ by Judge Graham | jacon Eppinger, who for a quarter - :of a century enjoyed the fullest con- - NN | fidence of the business men of the J[ DGE Dll\r\h OBJECTSszte, leaning heavily on the arm of his son, Joseph, walked to the witness stand yesterday to tesufy in his own | defense on a charge of defrauding the Holds That the Defendant Been Illegally Set international Banking Corporation. Has Z .| Knowledge of the fact that one of the Free and Must Face Juryi o s e o ! the world was to take tne stand at- A nice point of law and practice has | tracted a crowd of onlookers to the PRAGERS There Will Be Something Doing at, PRAGERS CRIPPLED MOTHER CREATES A POLICE COURT INCIDENT Shocked by the Unkempt Appearance of Son Who Awaited Trial on Charge of Cutting Her With a Knife, She Orders Him toStep Out of Prisoners’ Cageand GetaShave ————— n Tassel, arrested on July | that he was abruptly ordered to leave ng his aged and crippled | the witness stand. Lux is a blood rela- a knife, did not present a | tive of the famous cattle baron of that title, hope that you will give us other busi- ness at 5% per cént.”” “Did either or both of you go to the cashier's desk?” was asked. “No,” was the reply. Attorney Dunne then read the testi- mony of Cashier Eastwick in which he stated that the conversation regard- ing the loan took place in front of his desk and asked if any such conversa- tion had taken place, to which the wit- ness replied in the negative. After leaving the bank he visited his office and reported the transaction to his 1t appearance yesterday morn- sat among the caged miser- Poll Judge Mogan heard further testi- mony in the assault case of Claude | Alexander, inventor and manager of the “floating lady” illusion, recently at the Chutes, who is charged with having brutally beaten W. H. Nicholson, his | assistant in manipulation of the mys terious performance. Alexander testi- | fied that he had caught Nicholson tak- ce Judge Comlan’s court. had reduced his avoir- d made misfits of his gar- complexion was bad and bore & thick growth of tawny Of all the unhappy-looking there was not a less lovely 1 George Van Tassel. } € mother of the man hobbled the courtroom her dim e scanned the cage and “No, sir.” s iates until a pained expression | mangeq an ex ! leased on a writ of habeas corpus. On | munity, who stood on tiptoes at the Rl ¥ planation he was st 3 Did you ever go back after Feb- shing over her features indicated | with s bucket wielded by Nicholesn | JUn€ 14 the case was assigned to Judge | rear of the courtrocm Or strained their | O T - 9 ° she re ized her ONSPrINg. | whom he was compelled to strike i | Dunne's court for trial. The Writ Was | necks from less advantageous posi- | «No, sir” on lss b W ver intentic | y g S 4 hatever intention to prosecute she | seif jefense. The case will be decided | Eranted by Judge Graham. | tions in the low seats, eager to hear | The loan on the worthless warehouse . may entertained was quickly rnal sympathy, for there 1 her voice when she spoke. ag & sot “Why, George,” she exclaimed, 84- | graa © aiag thenernced ago Colonel T. F. Barry, was that it must have been Bernard - ) ite, to six “Do you know where Bernard ng t | » 3l ntinued 1 art: % ™ | — vancing thé barred mclosure“and months’ imprisonment for burglary. Ballinger, asked that it b; col & e_ i Ettlinger, the missing partner, who ne Ettlinger is at present?” was the next | ex £ a hand that trembled, “hOW | Richards stole some lead pipe from the PeNIng the decision on the applica-|gogiqteq the loan on the fraudulent | guestion rib u I vrit. e plainly % e o Spat bled his | PASEmeNnt of a Sutter street residence. | ;:"f'“::;rhll:em:::: P abplicn, | Warehouse receipts. “He is some place in Europe.” _ peorse bowed his head, fumbie s | S RS | her | Joseph Eppinger, the last witness for | “When did he go?” nft and sald ‘mothing. Then the| tion had been made before another f authority—the tone which he prob- respected ere drink began to dull senses and fillal love. ‘George Van Tassel, you get right shaved!” she commanded. the yia who fact of ss to add that she refused kindly undertook to ex- omean's tone of pity gave way to that | ge couldn’t obey, of course, flnd‘ old lady had a‘ ing measurements of the paraphernalia | used in presenting the illusion, his evi- dent intention being to duplicate it, and that when he (Alexander) de- | to-day. Judge Conlan sentenced John Rich- Inga Olesen, wife of an industrious | porter, residing at 5 Freelon street, was | sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for neglecting her two children, aged 4 years and the other 12 months. Judge Mogan pronounced the sentence fact that the woman proved herself ut- terly worthless. . When the case of Young W. Casteel, charged with having shot and attempt- ed to murder R. W. Durham in a busi- one | { there and go and get your face | yng jts severity was prompted by the ! | case for trial on July 23. arisen in the case of George T. Bal- | linger, who was held to answer on al "charge of felony embezzlement and re- | ‘When the case was called to be set in Judge Dunne's court about three weeks | representing | Judge, and Barry explained that it hndy been made before the case was as- signed to any court. A continuance was granted till yesterday, and when | the case was cailed Barry moved lhatl the information be dismissed on the | ground that the defendant had been discharged on the writ. Judge Dunne curtly denied the mo- tion and made an order setting the Meantime he instructed Assistant District Attorney Whiting to look into the status of the courtroom. They were not men of the ordinary ‘“bench-warmer” class, but men prominent in the business com- ! every word spoken by the accused man. Eppinger’s plea, briefly summed up, the defense, following in the footsteps of his father, also laid all sins of omission or commission at the door of | Bttlinger. And Ettlinger is not here to clear | himself of the charges made against him. PLAYED THE RACES. Joseph’s manner of recalling specific transactions created considerable mer- riment in the courtroom. Although he partner, Bernard Ettlinger. “Did you go back to the bank omn April 107" was asked. receipts was, the bank on April 10. “Last January.” “Did he tell you he was going?” “No.” This closed the direct examination and on cross-examination by Attorney Campbell the witness was asked: “What were you doing on April 102" “I can't exactly say.” “Whom did you see? “The people at the office.” “T understand you to say that you did not see Colonel Beck between February 25 and April 10. Is that a fact?” according to the testi-| mony of Colonel Beck, negotiated in! | To-Day. ALWAYS RELIABLE lflragvrfi MARKET ST..ox t rosec George, whose pl was 5 2 had worked for the firm for eighteen £ s 1 ”\t: c ;t:n.:umfpl{rr !:am; \‘\1:: at»cal- pess college on Golden Gate avenue, | case. There Is a clash of authority be- | years the only business transaction he Yos AMUSEMENTS. Fii e i SEEEE i “cas e Simkisil iast i called before Judge Mogan the de-| tween the two Judges, one discharging | coula distinctly recall was the one on The witness further testified that he > George was escorted straight to a bar- | [COOA0t'S attorney obtained a continu-| the defendant and the other Insisting | which his father was being tried. He |12d only seen Bernard Ettlinger once ber shep. He had been arrested on)] 2°C until to-day by stating that h|s‘ upon the case going to trial. emembered it because on that day he since the failure. On that occasion mmm mplaint of his sister, who stated that | €Nt Was il and unable to appear in| Ballinger was bookkeeper for the'haq agked Ettlinger to give him a | they met in the office of Referee Wads- i G g <> Sy oty 45 (e | COBTE. e | California Art Glass Bending and Cut- cpeck. Ettlinger refused and Joe took | WOFth. When asked if he had not f s DOUBLE BILL. ” y home, 12 ry street, ting Works and was arrested on com- | ¢g) from the cash drawer, charged it quarreled with Bernard on that occa- CHARLES FROHMAN Presents © o Denaiis \.',\Irs. Annie Caesar and Mrs. Freda | plaint of William Schroeder, president | 1, his father and played it on a horse | $ion because the latter threatened to HTEHEIL, case Adolph Goldman having shot R. W. Snow, f Oakland, was calied urt the defi er, who live in separate houses in the 700 block of Vermont street, shook hands yesterday in Judge Mogan's courtroom and agreed to call a halt on the estrangement that resulted in the arrest of Mrs. Caesar for disturbing the peace of Mrs. Scaler. This happy termination of what seemed to be an interminable feud was brought about through the united efforts of two at- of the company, on a charge of em- bezzlement. He was held to answer | by Police Judge Cabaniss on April 9. | On May 9 an information was filed in | the Superior Court against Ballinger and the case was assigned to Judge Dunne’s court on June 14. On the same day that the informa- | tion was filed a writ of habeas corpus was applied for and was made return- | testimony regarding the books. at the Oakland track. The horse came in third. At the morning session little was accomplished. Frank s. Mitchell was recalled to the stand and gave further This showed that $270,000 had been drawn from the firm's funds by Jacob Ep- pinger which was not charged to him. tell all he knew regarding the failure Eppinger said: and he would not talk.” BACKS UP HIS FATHER. Joe Eppinger was next called to the stand and Attorney Dunne stated that he could prove by this witness that it was Dernard Ettlinger, and not Jacob Eppinger, who borrowed the money. *I tried to talk to him | ROSE COGHLAN & CO.; Julian Rose; Harry Seeback. ! aay, | and 50c, Saturday and Sunday. Prices—10c, VAUDEVILLE’S ZENITH! The Mysterious Zancigs and Musical Kleist. Last Times of Le Roy and Clayton; Estelle and Babette D’Arville; Cunningham and Smith and Regular matinees every Wednesday, 'nug; BARRYMORE In Hubert Henry Davies' Comedy, COUSIN KATE Followed by the Ome-Act “Study,” “CARROTS” Beginning next Monday, July 28, CHARLES FROHMAN Presents the defensive torneys and the Judge, and was prob- | able before Judge Graham. The hear- An early recess was taken that the ex- | Joe was then carefully led through his | commencing NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ‘ of William BEtt- ably precipitated by notification from a | ing was continued from time to time, 3Mination of the 'derendant might be | movements tor the entire day on which The Sensation of Two Continents, :l-'ENRY MILLER e Judge Fritz for | opytaple physician that in the very|and it was not until July b that the | PToceeded with uninterruptedly and at | the mofiey was secured up to the time Ana hi in Mad C. Leider, a mail carrier | poay future the stork will visit the | arguments were heard. On July 142 ©'clock he was called to the stand. | he went across the bay, on the advice | anRMlON i Gt Ten e T ddy st , went to bed | g o1or home. | Judge Graham granted the writ on the | Attorney Dunne conducted the direct of his brother-in-law, and bet on the| one night recently and —_——————————e | gr i f inatio: nd his first move was to | wrong horse. He corroborated the tes- ! The World's Most Graceful and Daring | ground that the evidence was insufi- €xamination a g 5 e trying to woo Morpheus was sud- YOSEMITE VALLEY. cient to hold the defendant and or. impress upon the jurors the age and | timony of his cousin, Josua, regarding | P e SEATS NOW READY restored to full wakefulness by a | | A low rate of fare: dered the defendant released from cus- feebleness of the defendant. When Ep- the transaction with Beck, saying that 5 sugges comotive ex- 1 The Santa Fe | tody. pinger’s name was called he turned to | Josua had returned from the bank, valve ti Yosemite Valley, first-| The point is that the filing of an in- | Joe and said: “Joe, help your father | whither he had gone to settle a matter | OPERA t of the el ;r\y $28 50. This saves the | to,mation prior to the hearing of an | to the witness stand.” Joe complied | of insurunce, and reported that Beck muss between | traveler . application for a writ of habeas o readily with the request and in a few | was anxious to loan money on Califor- s -| 2 No sieeping-car berth required: | 2PP s Corpus " g | Evenings at 8 Sharp. THE GREAT LAUGHING SUCCESS, a 2 e P,‘fn:‘(,u The rail journey is made enhtirely in the for the release of a prisoner on the moments the elder Eppinger was seat- | nia wheat. The only other persons Promenade Circle 34 Floor, Bmokers’ Para- al fellow lodgers ns found ngth of the find day time and the tra the eler 18 not put to expense of a Pullman berth. This saves § ia Big Trees seen without augias without side ride or extra | the prisoner. ground of the insufficiency of the evi- dence takes away that privilege from Prior to the filing of an | writ would then be in order, but as ed on the stand, nervously twirling his handkerchief and fumbling his cane at intervals, When the questioning began gave his nativity as Germany, his age present during this conversation were | Joe and Ettlinger. The cross-examina- | tion by District Attorney Bylngton regarding the fixing of dates he said: dize. Elevator Always Running. M.’! 2 WEEKS 1A Lucky Stone” | | By Collin Davis and Frank Witmark. sums > % v , The Piggest Musical Hit in Y ums {de ride- Santa Fe Yosemite stages | information the defendant is held on a all signs of nervousness vanished. In |showed a peculiar state of mind on the | e B oid Packed With Novelties and Bpeciajties g upon his side ss directly through two groves of commitment from the lower court. A answer to preliminary inquiries he | part of Joe. In answer to a questlon -uw‘u A Cast of Genuine Burlesque Artists. | DOROTHY MORTON. 1 NORA BAYES. St 5 wmagerate soon as the information is filed the as 67 years and sald he came to this| “The day after the indictment was | [T o0 "> | RICE and CADY, German Comedians. nta Fe line to Y proper mode of procedure is for the country in 1855. He first worked in | found I told Josua that the indictment ; t Cast BOBBY NORTH, Hebrew Comedian, most toothsome and cost on Grea EDWIN: CLARK. .md T6c each. These Drices are reason- defendant to move for its dismissal in Sacramento as a butcher boy and later, | was on a false charge, as it was Ber- || | and the BEN DILLON 4 save the traveler on the round- | the court to which the case has been in company with his brother and Ber- | nard Ettlinger who made the deal. I ||| Beauty Chorus | GARRITY SISTERS. it $15 00, | assigned. nard Ettlinger, embarked in the gen-|gpoke to Ettlinger about it and he Prigze Beauty Chorus of Thirty. arg 0 1 Usual Tivoll Prices—28¢, S0c, Next Attraction— THE WHIRL OF THE PR e i aohe f‘a’il‘? -l e e eral merchandise business, first in El | promised to come up to the house and | | seats Always Selling—Only" satinee Bat. 2 T O : g S | MR. DOOLEY DISCOURSES Derado County, later in Solano County, | fix it up, but never did so.” i 2 S Soestetitee Mudteons. attorney pleaded | anq most comfortable Tunning into the i TR and opened up an office in San Fran- | «whom else did you tell?” i defied the prosecu- \..Rllx ‘Tha \.n ik At m;On the Political Situnation in The Call cisco in 1866, which was continued until “Attorney Ach.” &l--cuffllvfl ything else. His Yosemite V Santa Fe stages go up| July 24, the failure of the firm on June 6 of last | «Wwhy did not you inform the District ALCAZA "“"";::.. OPERA 1 with the | into_Yosemi “. alley l‘hf' rw,.y the river Finley Peter Dunne, the famous year. Attorney’s office that your father was ARREeT, : w ‘,: )\L:Yr:d“‘m s‘\:;;- % r“‘:cr? 'Tn:'x«p s by )_arut]ge g;:::_l; | creator of the more famous Mr. Doo- CONTRADICTS BECK. falsely accused, and you knew the TO-\IGHT—ALL w 3 HOUSE e - 2 ' l.eliffs and waterfalls seen on no other | ley, is now, ATURDAY. find himself a | line. without doubt, the highest Regarding his relations with Colonel guilty party?” MATINEES TO-DAY AND LAST THREE NIGHTS | paid wri i 7 3 v ' testimony was a 1 did not consider it my place to do| Evg., 25c to T5¢. Mats. Thurs. & Sat., to . 1sed of burglary. was The “Double Loop”: By an unique | P2id Writer in the world. At a tre- Beck the witness' , t f )h 4[:.(‘:14; ;‘l L‘rflupd T ng Santa Fe passengers are kngcn mendous expense The Call has se- | flat contradiction of that given by Beck | so. I considered the proper parties to WHITE And the Alcazar Stock Co. MATINEE SATURDAY O alley one way and out another, | cyred exclusive publication of a new and Cashier Eastwick of the bank. |inform were the lawyers.” THE COWBOY 7, that first attracted to him £ Mr Leider and was it a complete change of scenery for s. This makes the grand- of Dooley articles, which will Eppinger said that he had known Beck “Can you remember who negotiated WHITTLESEY gt i S in the world | discuss public men and affairs duri for about ten years prior to April, j any other loan?” ' B Tmnanen. - s "i‘f“;‘":" "“’;_ TIS WORTH WHILE TO TRAVEL |the coming year. The enorm:u,";,',r;:f 1903. Shortly after the International| “No.” In Anthony Hope's Famous Ro ” :r{‘fu':‘ h‘ ';um it T”E_._.Y...__—. | ularity of Dooley justifies this unusual Banking Cor oration opened for busi- In answer to further questions the ! S vt oy iy AR lay for a daily paper. There wil] ness in September, 1902, Beck and Ep- | witness replied that, although he was | THE PH‘S“"ER nF ZE““A t el suspicion of felonious | CHINESE IS ARRESTED Fenipa ; e he street and Beck ask- | ORIGINAL SUN. MATINEE v prose on, however, | FOR CHILD STEALING | | be one article a week and every article Pinger met on t cashier of the firm at the time of m:‘l NEILL COMP'Y “EXT hat the ged slumberous deep breathing ym S0 nervous as uncontrollable. ¢ the he lent it to San Yen Foo Denies the Charge and | Is Corroborated by the Boy on the steamer. His father, W. James, | contained | will be close to the news. | discuss present day events. ———— TAILOR ASKS THE POLICE Dooley will in a house at 244 Elsie ed Eppinger to give him some business, to which the letter replied that he would if he could. “About the 26th of February,” con- discussed the rate of interest. I did fallure and had been connected with it for eighteen years, he did not know who negotiated the loans. With the conclusion of Joe's testi- — e Bankrupt Watchman. “Beautifully staged."’—Chronicle. Mond: “RUPERT OF HENTZAU," Sequei to Prisoner of Zenda. .ROBERT EMMET.. 5—MR. WHITTLESEY in July 2t Trne A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE Special Summer Prices—15c, 25e, Best Reserved Seat in Orchestra, 80c. 80c. en himself untill in Question. TO RECOVER FURNITURE tinued the witness, "I saw Colonel | mony the defense rested, and unless X ‘,'l_r' the cs!‘e | San Yen Foo, a Chinese cook, was Beck alone in the office of his bank. | the prosecution calls witnesses in re- M::’lnzn MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS. s b: £ | v ve E “el ¥ 5 bstance I told him that I was | buttal the argument will begin with B arrested by Detective Egan on the ar- |Jacob Feldman Finds His House In substan e ndeavorfng to re- | rival of the steamer Queen from Seattle | Stripped and the Woman He Left | g:;“;n;:s 3fl:°‘i‘;;""u‘)‘;d§‘n"c 151::;5 b ::sr::r;:mg of court at 10 o'clock this | b Fe= BE T Eighn. Phose s.,um BASEBALL. i nlan ;".h‘“’" :Hcaslorda) morning. He was taken to in Charge A“ISSI_“& | American Bank wished me to take up T LTI CH OO AN TO-NIGHT—ALL THE WEEK. Oakland vs. Scattle ' € \\'\ Aél ]-:\r& the City Prison and booked on a Jacob Feldman, a tailor at 1066 a loan of $83,000 before March 1 in or-| ‘“As a man thinketh, so is he.”” As a man Matinees suumnyh nd Su‘ndxlr)"l. - AT RECREATION PARK, Aerie No. 61, Fra- 3 £ + A]l. Howard street, has asked the assist- i " axes drinketh, so is he. Drink Gilt Edge Whiskey | Massive Production, of the Grea - Eixhth and Harrison sts. of which W AEYRES 0L FUUIR Mesling. . The boy, AY |ance of the police in recoveri s | der torsuoil HERE t,“eg on He ' ond you'll be good. Wichman, Lutgen & Co., torical Drama, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, . trinket was | fonse James, 11 years of age, whom 2 ' ering the gasked what the loan was on and I told | 2531 Battery st., San Francisco. 3:30 P. M. for $50, and | the Chinese 1s accused of stealing, was | [Ur0iture and other effects that were ! him on grain in Portland. We then SATURDAY. 3 P. M. SUNDAY, 2130 P. M. LADIES FREE THURSDAY and FRIDAY. | h ® W ' | street. He estimates their value at 't want to pay over 5 per cent, but Emil J. Coret, a watchman, resid- | dvance sale of seats at 5 Stockton st. 2 desire to get|a cook at 2235 W umngt?n SLESSLShas | $560. { :;tw;uéd 6. pHye finally agreed to let [ing in San Francisco, filed a petition | ‘Herschel Mayall in the Title Role. . o one "“‘""""‘”' - like it, and | charge of him. The boy's parents are | “poiqman says that about ten months | me have the money at 5% with the |in insolvency yesterday in the United | Brilliant o oo ‘,‘;g“',?,‘:‘;::mit,’.:"’ MISCELLANEOUS. S3ve that person n rity 0. @ | haif Chinebs a5 hall Spanish. lago he furnshed the house and proviso that I should give him the bill | States District Court. He owes $435 | yics 'api Heeld by the Champion Gaelic - Diee. af 1, ,98_Re the court to| San Yen Foo was the cook on the |, . ;¢ Minnie Aberman to keep of exchange when the grain. was|and has no assets. He took “the pau- Dancers of America. ol 10 Daw to VeSIOSS SCl st - PSUADS: ¢ Do Ways ihe bflyihouse for him. He was astounded shipped. As I was going out Beck |per’s oath” to avold paying the clerk’s | PRICES Eionine:- = him, es S was anxious to go to sea, so San got | when he went home on Tuesday night ' said: ‘Now that we have started, I|fees. N The pRWnbIY him & job as cabin boy. San spoke |, 4,3 the house stripped of its fur- er hand, states that when Schwartz|t, the captain and was told to bring| jichinoc"and the woman gone. | cm———————————————————— -pawned the badge he did =0 at Laws' | ¢ne 1ad aboard for a trial. This state- | . "io teq an investigation and | ADVERTISEMENTS. cAlIFuanA request, who was ashamed to DOrrow | ment was corroborated by the boY,|ioarneq that In the afternoon three 2 money on the security of a token pre-| wp, gaid he did not want his father | o sented to him by his brother Eagles. It is not the intrinsic value of the em- blem, Laws says, that makes him grieve over its loss, but he treasures it incalculably on account of the senti- ment it resents. The case will be heard to-a B i Judge Mogan held Thomas P. Geer and John Nelson, the youthful burglars who were nabbed by Mrs. William Blythe while they were ransacking an apartment in her lodging house at 511 Taylor street, to the Superior Court, with ball fixed at $3000 apiece. . . Judge Conlan dismissed the charge of larceny entered against Walter Lux by Algernon Graham, who complained that he had been robbed of $43 by the defendant. Graham's testimony and demeanor displeased the Judge 8o much Get the lttle Wellvilie,” book, kg. World's Falr exhibit, Space 103, Agricultural Building to know he was going to sea. The cook and the boy were arrested at Port Gamble anl taken to the Seat- tle jail. Detective Coleman went there with the papers for the cook’s extradi- tion and sent him and the boy back in charge of the purser of the Queen. —_————— Ye Olde English Inn, 144 Mason st. Music by the great Pan- American Quartet. MYSTERIOUS NOTE COMES TO CHIEF OF POLICE Writer Threatens to Drown Herself Because of a Young Man With a Panama Hat. Chief of Police Wittman received a letter yesterday morning from some one who said she was about to com- men had driven up to the house in an express wagon, and, directed by the woman, had loaded and carried the household goods away. i —_——— GIVES JUDGMENT AGAINST THE COLUMBIAN BANK Judge Daniells Rules Institution Was at Fault in Refusing to Pay Check. Justice of the Peace Daniells yes- terday gave judgment for $208 10 in favor of Charles B. Whilden, who sued the Columbian Banking Company for $299 damages. The evidence dis- closed that the bank refused to cash a check for $55 67 signed by Whilden on the ground that there were no The Double Cross funds to his credit, when, in fact, he had enough money in the bank to MATINEE SATU‘RDAY. 1al Season a{ Melodrama bysm . BELMER WALTERS COMPANY, Presenting: the Phenomenal Success, A THOROUGHBRED TRAMP l-na.y—:un mvcx WB Commencing wnn . Sunday COMING —FLORENCE ROBERTS. AII iha Gunvmncas Of a twentieth century kitchen will not do away with the trouble incident to washing and ironing, but a post card or telephone call, South 420, will bring ‘our collection service to your doors, re- move the cause and return the articles " | cash the check. The bank's defense ‘V oh S High-Olass Bvery Afternoon | ¢, voy fn a condition to elieit your ;T,:;:Xcol:e;h{:hw:‘l:n;:?:::dl?.an ::d was that the refusal was due to a new Thomas - Lawson tells Wl'lO gOt lt m the and "“" in the Theater. praise, however critical your ideas. K. Novelty Manufacturing Company, | clerk's error- Amalgamated Copper deal in the August —ro-mexT— 2 Hardie place, and read as follows: . Dear Sir: When you receive this letter I will be dead and gone to where I will be happy. A young man with a light suit and a Panama hat cause of all my trouble. When you this, look for my body in_the waves of the bay. N. E. The signature was printed in pen- cil. The H. and K. Novelty Manu- facturing Company were engravers who had a place of business at 3 Hardie place until six months ago, when they removed. Persons hav- ing offices in the same building say that the firm kept their doors closed and did not have anything to say to the other inmates of the building. The firm under that name does not appear in the city directory. Pass Worthless Checks. Harry Spencer, proprietor of a lodging-house at 393 Sixth street, re- ported to the police yesterday that one of his roomers had given him a check for $8 on Monday, drawn on the First National Bank and signed P. C. Ward. He received $2 change. The check was worthless. Mrs. Mary Barry, who has a lodging-house on Sixth street, reported that on Monday a man giving the name of Willlam Wallace called on her and gave her a check for $11 on the Wells-Fargo Bank to pay her expenses to San Luis Obispo. He asked for and got a dollar on the check, which was worthless, L 4 erybodys agaziie Last month thousands couldn’t find a copy. '~ GET YOURS NOW n:hedi.:dun‘nof .;llde July number of E;nr:mfi Macazine was soomo o) out in a few da or we are prin| s 'mnd. lhfl &‘l new thousands more in the ho story also appears. Foxur of meeting the on all gews-stands. 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