The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1904, Page 35

SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY JULY 3 1904, MARINE COMMISSION FORMATION Desires Only Facts, Not Hstory. Panama Rallway's contracts ship companies, and notably Mail Steam- figure mpany, mey the week when the Commission, com- States Senators and in Congress, begins to resentative citizens how erchant marine in over- be re-established. will arrive in San Shasta route at 9 nesday morning. The to a t Newhall of the er of Commerce in, secretary of include United Gallinger, Repre- or and wife, Thom- i daughters; W. E. e, Secretary Marvin flicial stenographer ng present the H have been secured s Hotel. The business ission will be held of the San Francisco erce on Thursday SEEK BUSINESS FACTS. Secretary Marvin wrote to President Newhall of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, part, as follows: “It is assumed that two days will probably be rec d to hear the im- portant maritimeé interests at the Chamber of erce and that August 4 and be the days for the business session. At Seattle, as elsewhere, the commission has heard considerable testimony that is simply history. What is especially desired is specific suggestions from practical men &s to the best methods by which the American merchant marine in over- seas trade may be re-established. The commission desires to hear mnot only the representatives of your great steamship companies, but also the rep- resentatives of sailing ship interests, #0 powerfu! still on the Pacific Coast. Representatives of the sailors and fire- men and other seafaring men and also of workmen in the shipbuilding yards will be welcomed most cordially. It will be rendering & great faver to the commission if you can invite to the hearing all those who, in your opinion, are agreeable to give intelligent, prac- tical counsel and give it in brief and business-like form.” During the past week conferences have been taking place in this city be- tween representative transportation and business men In which the basis of discussion was the opening up of the Panama Railway to all sea car- riers. For many years freights have | been diverted from the sea and com- pelled to use transcontinental railways 2s much as possible and this condition still exists and bids fair to exist in- definitely unless the Panama Railway in the immediate future and the Pan- ama canal upon its completion are thrown open on even terms to all car- riers of freight by sec. A live issue of greatest importance is therefore on hand in the near expiration of the con- tract between the Panama Railway and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The advantages that may be conferred upon all shipping by gi~'~¢ it a fair chance to carry freights which are now SEEKING IN largely, in \ mony that is given in this city | letter received | | | MEMBERS COMMISSION TO | | THE MERCHANT MARINE | OF CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATE == 2 | cornered by the transcontinental rail- ways and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company are apparent. Shipping men will undoubtedly call this to the atten- tion of the members of the Merchant Marine Commission with other matters | of importance. INVITED TO ATTEND. Secretary Scott of the Chamber of Commerce has sent out invitations to | the following representatives of vari- | ous interests connected with shipping | to appear and testify before the Mer- chant Marine Commission: Williams, Dimond & Co.; Charles Nelson; Good- all, Perkins & Co.; George W. McNear, { Risdon Iron Works, Union Iron Works, ‘Fullon Iron Works, J. D. Spreckels & | Bros. Co., W. A. Boole & Son, H. D. | Bendixen Shipbuilding Company, Oak- |land Board of Trade, Merchants’ Ex- change of Oakland, Dollar Steamship | Company, Pacific Mail Steamship | Company, Occidental and Oriental ‘Eleamshlp Company, Secretary An- J drew Furuseth of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, Board of Marine Under- { writers of San Francisco, Milton An- | dros; Page, M¢Cutcheon & Knight; Assoclatioy of Masters and Pilots of | Steam Vessels, Association of Licsnsed | Officers of Sail Vessels, H. E. Pennell, |Captain W. H. Tibbetts, George | Hooper, George E. Billings, Hall Bros." | Marine Raillway and Shipbuilding | Company, George D. Gray, W. B. | Godfrey, J. R. Hanify, W. C. Mugan, | Captain Harry Goodall, Captain J. Jensen, W. H. Talbott, W. F. Stone, A. }P. Lorentzen, California Shipping | Company, the Merchants' Exchange, |1 E. Thayer, A. F. Pillsbury; Hind, | Rolph & Co.; Marine Engineers’ Bene- ficlal Association, Marine Cooks’ and Stewards’ Association. | President Newhall and Secretary of Commerce have addressed com- munications to members of the cham- ibe" and also to the shipping men of {the port. Some extracts from these communications are as follows: DEFINING PURPOSES, “The commission is required by act ot Congress to investigate and to re- port to the Congress on the first day of its next session what legislation, if lnny. is desirable for the development of the American merchant marine and American commerce, and also what change or changes, if any, should be made in existing laws relating to the treatment, comfort and safety of sea- men, in order to make more attractive ; the seafaring calling in the American merchant marine. “We are notified by the secretary that the commission will welcome not only the American shipowners and Ibuuden and merchants of your city 1 interested in maritime affairs, but also representatives of sailors, firemen and other seafaring classes. It cannot be emphasized too strongly that the com- mission is committed to no one idea, but is conducting this investigation entirely open-minded. It looks for- ward to important results from 1its vigit to your city. “Realizing the great importance of Scott of the San Francisco Chamber | WantstoHear | pear before them and present such| subjects as you deem pertinent to the | occasion.” | present at | city other men prominent in commer- | All Classes Briefly. ¥ —_———p the work of this commission we re- spectfully request that you will ap- In addition to this it is especially requested that all who intend to be the meetirigs of the com- mission to take part in the proceedings shall notify retary E. Scott of such intention as soon as possible. Before coming to this city the Mer- chant Marine Commission has visited Tacoma, Seattle and Portland on this ccast and suggestions have been re- ceived at each of these places. Yes- terday the commission was at Port- land. In addition to those enumerated in the list of persons and firms who had been invited, up to last night, to appear before the commission in this| cial life may be présent. —_———— ROUND UP CHILDRE. WORKING IN CANNERIES Truant Officers Have Singular Experi- ence in Enforcing the Compul- sory Education Law. Truant Officers Floyd and Campion made a descent yesterday on the Code-Portwood cannery, located on Bryant street, between Ninth and Tenth, having been, informed that a number of children under the age of 14 years were working in the place In violation of the compulsory education law. The alarm was evidently given, for at the appearance of the officers some forty girls disappeared as if by magic and for a time the officers were unable to find them. The girls were finally located behind a heap of boxes, where they were huddled together and trem- bling from fright. They were all un- der 14 years of age and were served with notices that they must attend school or else be haled into the Ju- venile Court. The gatekeeper of the cannery was also notifled that he must not admit the children, under penalty of the law. The officers are visiting all the canneries in their efforts to enforce the compulsory education law. ———— Mint Fireman Severely Burned. John Cawley, a fireman employed in the United States Mint and living at 1730 Howard street, was severely burned yesterday afternoon about fhe hands and face. While feeding the furnace with fuel oil he started to give an additional supply by turning a valve in a feed pipe. The oil caught fire, sending a flash ‘of flame against his person. The burns were dressed at the Emergency Hospital by Dr. Carl Wilson. The injuries to Cawley are painful, but not of a serious char- acter. He will be confined to his home for several weeks. —_—— - Take a Trip Over the California Northwestern Railway and Get a Deer the Next Morning. This is easy. A few hours’ ride over this road will take you right into the deer hunting grounds. Deer never before were mo plentify] in Sonoma and counties as they are this year. They bave been carefully pro- tected during the closed eeason. Yes morning the northbound train nearly ran down a splke Buck near Ignaclo. Between Ukiah and Willits deer are frequently seen on the right of way, and, as it Is fenced, there is great scampering. Only a few there were five &t one SAVES TWENTY FROM DEATH ST T S Captain Paulsen of Curacao Rescues Passengers of a ‘Wind-Forsaken Schooner —_— SIX CHILDREN ON BOARD People ofi Kitty of San Diego Found Dying of Thirst and Picked Up by Steamer Captain Paulsen of the steamship Crracao, which arrived yesterday from | Guaymas, on the outward voyage saved a score of people, six of them chil- dre, from a lingering death in a wind- abandoned schooner off the coast of Lower California. # Two days before the Curacao reach- ed Ensenada the schooner Kitty was sighted near Geronimo Island, be- calmed and flying signals of distress. One of the Curacao’s officers boarded the salling vessel and found there a | distressing state of affairs. On board the Kitty, in addition to the crew, were fifteen passengers, in- cluding J. Smith, wife and six chil- dren and several Mexican men and wo- men. The Kitty was from San Diego and bound for Lower California. She had been becalmed for eighteen days where the Curacao found her. The food supply was exhausted, the last drop of water had been consumed and death in one of its most dreadful forms seemed inevitable when the white hull of the Curacao loomed up over the horizon. The children had been the greatest sufferers and their pleading for “a drink of water” had added many fold to the pangs of their grown-up ship- mates. 4 The fifteen passengers were trans- ferred to the Curacao and tenderly cared for. Two days later, when the steamship reackRed Ensenada, where the fifteen were landed, most of them had recovered from the effects of their experience on the Kitty. From the steamship’s stores Captain Paulsen replenished the larder and water tanks of the Kitty, which was left in charge of the crew to await the belated breeze. —_—— GARNETT MURDER TRIAL IS AGAIN POSTPONED Reason This Time Is That United States Consul General in Paris ‘Wants His Fees. The case of Alexander B. Garnett, charged with the murder of Major J. W. McClung on November 25 in the rooms of Mrs. Elizabeth Hitchcock- Coit in the Palace Hotel, was set for trial yesterday in Judge Lawlor's court, but has again been continued till August 8. Attorney Grady said he had received | a letter from the United States Consul General in Paris, France, asking for the fees for taking the testimony of Mrs. Colt. He requested the Judge to make an order on the City Treasurer for the Consul's fees, but the Judge de- clined, as it was outside of his juris- diction. Grady demurred, saying it was hard that a man charged with murder and penniless should be compelled to pay $50 for procuring testimony, but he promised to send the money and asked for a continuance till September 1. Assistant District Attorney Ferral protested against any further delay. The Judge continued the case for trial till August 8, agreeing to continue it if a proper showing were made at that | time. —————————— “BUSINESS FIRST” IS THE MOTTO OF KUBLI Finds Room Full of Gas, but Does Not Turn It Off Because Customer Waits. Casper Kubli, proprietor of the gro- cery at 8695 Sacramento street, is a man of business and his testi- mony yesterday before the Coroner’s jury showed that death has no ter- rors for him when somebody wants to buy a loat of bread. It was he who found the dead body of Ernest R. Williams, his clerk, with the gas turned on last Friday morning. His testimony was that he did not turn off the gas because a customer came to the store to buy a loaf of bread and Kubli went out to wait upon him. He admitted that he did not know whether or not Williams was dead or only unconscious, and on being asked by the Coroner why he had not shut off the flow of gas replied that he would have done so had he not been obliged to return to the store to sell the customer a loaf of bread. * A verdict of suicide was rendered. —_— e Dougherty Gets His Freedom, On motion of Assistant District At- torney Ferral, John Dougherty was discharged from custody by Judge Lawlor yesterday. Dougherty was em- ! pleyed by L. Bergovich of Oakland and on January 15 sold a quantity of sacks to P. A. McDonald, coal dealer of this city, for $78 75 and appropriated the money. He appealed to the Supreme Court and was granted a new trial on the ground that the elements of crime were lacking. The prosecution had no further evidence to offer and moved for a dismissal. Eppinger Cases Continued. When the case of Jacob Eppinger, charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, was called in Judge, Lawlor's court yesterday to be set for retrial District Attorney Byington sug- gested that it go over for two weeks. Attorney Ach suggested three weeks and the Judge, with the consent of both paities, continued the case til) August 23. The same disposition was made of the case of Herman Eppinger, %°| which was on the calendar for trial, ODD FELLOWS PLAN ) | | | | | | | | | | —p PLAY DURING THE . F., AND THE GRAN! MILITARY DI LODGE, L O. 8! 0. HEAD OF THE PATRIARCHS MILITANT WHO WILL HAVE CHARGE OF PHE | ESSION OF THE SOVEREIGN GRAND MARSHAL OF THE PARADE. JUDGE DUNNE | CROWS TESTY Expresses Himself Foréibly on Proceedings Regarding the Ballinger Controversy | Judge Dunne has taken another weel | to reach a conclusion in regard to the | case of George T. Ballinger, charged | with felony embezzlement on complaint of William Schroeder, president of the | California Art Glass Works. The case | is on the Judge's calendar for trial, but Ballinger has been discharged by Judge | Graham on a writ of habeas corpus. | torneys Barry and Barrett for the | efendant submitted a motion two | weeks ago for the dismissal of the in-| formationm ito Judge Dunne, but he seems determined not to grant it if pos- sible. The point at issue is whether or not the writ of habeas corpus was applied for prior to the filing of the informa- tion, both having been done on the same day. At the pfevious calling of the case Deputy County Clerks Doran and Wells | testified that the application for the| writ was made in the morning and the | information was filed in the afternoon. Yesterday Louis Ferrari, assistant in the District Attorney’'s office, testified | that he was in the habit of filing infor- | mations in the morning, but sometimes he did it in the afternoon. He had no | | independent recollection of the Bal- | linger information. | The defendant’s attorneys objected to Ferrari's testimony, and the Judge testily said that he desired to find out the whole course of the proceeding. “I have carefully gone through the! records,” said the Judge, “and I am | satisfied that a public offense has been committed. You can object to the whole proceedings if you like, but T am | going to instruct the District Attorney | to proceed and do his duty.” 1 There was no further evidence to of- fer and the Judge continued the matter | for a week. —_————— IRRIGATION DISTRICT 1S TO BE ABOLISHED Steps Are Being Taken to Retire mei Escondido Bonds and Clear the | Lan4 Titles. | SAN DIEGO, July 30.—There now is every reason to believe that the Es- condido irrigation’ district will be abolished, the bonds retired and the clouds lifted from the titles to the lands that were bonded, the® trustees of the district having received a prop- er petition from the owners of 90 per cent of the valuation and have called an election to be held August 23, at which the question will be submijtted to the district. The 30 per cent se- cured indicates that the vexatious dis- trict regime will be abolished, i { legea laboratory, says the lads of th -+ (ATS_HONTED FOR SCIENCE Hayes Valley Lads Raid the| Backyards and Allies for the ‘Able-Bodied Felines Cats are shy in Hayes Valley—shy in numbers, shy in disposition. Only an occasional kitty, hurried and fear- some, prowls through the sunlit alley- ways. The midnight meow and cater- waul sound pianissimo from the back | fences of Western Sutter street. The | golden canary can hop from his cage | with neither Tom nor Tabby there to | stalk him along the soft carpet, and the mouse, grown overbold, plays to a | circuit of catless houses. | This unusual state of affairs, accord- | ing to the Haves Valley ladies who | once owned blue-coated Malteses and { bluesblooded Angoras, is because Dr. Dudley. Tait has used up the surplus | felines in the interest of science. Vivi- | section, with a big V, they call the | doctor’s crusade against their house- hold pets. They fail to allege in their | complaint whether his research into the circulation of the departed pussies | was along the line of physiological or pathelogical investigation, but in the statement they voice their objection to his increasing an already obese fund of scientific knowledge at their ex- vense. They are opposed to his contin- uing the experiments of Galen and Harvey through the blood channels of | cat systems. The doctor moves on in | his cold, scientific way, hence their | tears. | it is only fair to Dr. Tait to credit him here with a denial positive and | absclute. He intimates that the func- tions of a cat's nervous system. | whether sensory, motor or reflex! perve action, is not a subject of ex- perimental inveetigation with him. But | the housewives in Hayes Valley find | that the mousers are disappearing in a mysterious way; domal rodents bold- ly invade the pantry and the tender | melodies of Tom's serenade are heard | no more. Mrs. Lawrence, who lives on street, not far from the doctor's valley are rapidly achieving wealth | through his liberality. They put in al | the time out of school, legitimate or by | “hooky,” picking up Saturday Chutes | money in the doctor's employ. The | schedule of prices runs thus: Able- bodied adult cats, full blooded and full of war, 50 cents apiece; medium size, | or with the thinness of fasting, 3u cents: primary Kits, 25 cents. Silken- | coated Angoras with pedigrees reach. | ing back to the days when Persia shiv- ered her spears against the phalanxes of Alexander are valued at 75 cents and two green trading stamps. There is one solitary cat in the local- jty, Mrs. Lawrence avers, and every { pro | of 500, A GREAT DISPEAY Ten Thousand Members to Parade. All Branches of Order in Lane. Fellows durf tember by the vereign G ¢ Odd t Order this city, assisted ntire State, will be of consider: agni- tude. The entire cing September 19, will be given up to the entertainmen of the Sovereign Grz 30,000 visitors who are expected to be during that period Thursday, w be taken | up by the Re f the order, that day & sary of the this State. The will hold a re the Sovereign tiv and in ably be posed to inent ‘days of t On Friday grand parade, 12,000 membe! will take sented the bekahs. th archs Mi California and Lodge of the The I i number of n The chairman Past Grand He Marshal General with the members part mittee, are bending the end that this e £ the week shall be the st sing Odd Fel- lows’ parade ever known in this State. From Alameda comes the ation that the lodges that « have 1000 in line, ith three ba: music. Santa Clara County p 600, with two bands; Sacra ty will have 630, with two bands, while Stockton wlil have a numerical showing with two bands. While other counties have signified that the lodges will take part in the parade, the num- bers that will appear have ndt yet been announced. The committee on military display, of which Brigadier General H. O. Brower will be the head, has made all arrange- | ments for the comfort of the chevaliers | of the Patriarchs Militant, who will be ; here from every section of the country. | Tents have been secured and accommo- dations arranged for in the Pav 1500 canten members. The several can- tons that have entered the list to com- pete for the principal prize of $1000 in cash and a valuable trophy are drilling continuously, as each expects to be the winner. In addition to this prize there will be several others worth competing for. On Wednesday, September 21, thers will be bay excursions for the benefit of such of the visitors as may desire to see the grandest bay in the United States. A number of special features are be- ing considered by the general commit- tee, and these will be announced as soon as plans shall have been perfected, —_———————— License May Be Revoked. S. Epstein of the Bouffet Zinkand, 929 Market street, has been summoned to appear before the Police Commis- sioners on Tuesday night to show cause why his liquor license should not be revoked. This action is taken in consequence of Epstein’s arrest on July 16 on a charge of exhibiting a deadly weapon in a rude and threaten- ing manner. The complaining witness was George Cornet, a canvasser for a get-rich-quick concern, id to be con- trolled by Epstein on Montgomery street. 4 # fifteen minutes of that cat's nine lives is a most unhappy quarter of an hour. It has been stalked by the youthful feline head hunters night and day. Its nine-fold vigilance is unceasing and its nerves are set on a hair trigger. The wreck of one ear and the loss of of its tail tell of narrow esc past. It is said the doctor cat and the price he has 1 is beyond the dream of a Haye ley boy's avarice. The women go further and complair of the manner of the disposal of the bodies after the avterial circulation of he felines is no longer of interest to science. They have frequently chased the boys out of the alleys where they have gathered to inter their dissected prey. The women ob ject to their back yards being turnec into graveyards for the household pets of which they have been bereft. There is a sound of women weeping for theii Kkittens in Hayes Valley, and their tear: will not Pat Polks—I reduce? my weight T¢ pounds, bust 6 inches. waist § inches and hip 14 inches in a short time by a guarantee barmless remedy without exercise or starving. will tell you ali about it. Inclose stamp. Ad dress MRS, G. RICHARDS, - 226 East Ninth strest, Riverside, Caly