The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1904, Page 14

1HE FR EISCO CAFY, - T SDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1904 SPECIAL TAXES |REFUSE SCHOOL |CHILDREN ~START INTERFAMILY FIGHT THAT LEADS TO ARRESTS [0 BE REPAID Those Protested to Be Re-| funded at Once and Rest| Will Be Granted . Relief FIX AUTOMOBILE RATE Supervisors Finally Pass| Ordinance Regulating the; Charges for Motor Cars The Board of Supervisors yesterday, acting on the recommendation of the ! Finance Committee, took steps to re- fund the ial taxes of 15 cents levied W » for new schools and a clared invalid by the Of the taxes collected was paid under formal e $240,000 was paid without »ard adopted che fol- n the subject rela- 5 tituted by taxpay- very of the taxes paid: vears eceipt in favor of the who did not iat the City At- t legally returm A to that effect was resolution adopted ROOFS TO BE FIREPROOF. A proposed ordinance, submitted by Hocks, regulating the construction of fireproof roofs and the repair of roofs 1 certain limits and defining the was referred to the Fire Com- The ordinance provides that »f shall have been damaged extent of 40 per cent it shall be red with fireproof materials only. At Eggers' request the Board of | Works was requested a second time to report on the condition of the Channel- | street sewer and what steps are nec- essary to reconstruct it. The Associated Oil Company was granted permission to lay an oil pipe line from its tanks on Seventeenth street along Seventh street to a point midway between Second aud Thirad | streets on Townsend street. | The roadways of Fourteentn street | Al “astro, Hugo s First and Second eet between Fourth and visadero_street betw Du- | e and Fourteenth sireet and | r between Devisadero and k were accpted. ution s passed to print or- et and sewer work in Park Il avenue, Tilden and South Broder- street, Twelfth avenus, Vallejo between Broderick and BaRer, venth avenue, Duboce avenue, Sev- th avenue, Central avenue between | te avenue and Turk, Waller str between Clayton and Ashbury, | and De Haro street between Twenty- | H ik treet third and Twenty-fourth. The amended ordinance providing for a rease in the height limit of fireproof buildings from 200 to 230 | feet was finally passed. The amend- | ment will enable M. H. de Young to 1ding bu dition of equal height to at Kearny and Market his re ordinance formally adopting the | for State pur- | . The rate for | yse J , of which $112| y expenditur: Permission 3ong Kon to yus plac 1d religious ceremonies es in Chinatown during coming week. w Grades certa and re ordered changed at on Mission street, France | nues nces declaping the track | sessment purposes of the | mileage for Southern Pacific, Central Pacific and | Pullman companies were finally | passed. The amended ordinance fixing rates to be charged for automobiles at $3 for the first hour and $1 for each suc- ceeding half hour, the time to be com- | puted for going and returning, including detention ordered by passengers, was passed to print. The ordinance is de | signed to put a stop to alleged exorbit- ¢ ant charges now in force. | WHERE CARS WILL STOP. | Supervisor Lunstedt withdrew his proposed ordinance requiring streetcars to stop on the near side of intersect- | ing streets to prevent confusion. Lun- stedt explained that he had conferrea with the railroad officials and they had agreed to gost the following notice in all the cars end after November 15. 1004, all cars will 1o take on and let off passengers at the ross-walks of ecting streets, except plates are displaved The American Federation of Labor petitioned that the City Hall dome be flluminated and the streets decoratea during its convention in this city on November 14-27, 1904. The ordinance fixing the width of sidewalks on the north side of Clay | street, between Sansome and Battery, at ten feet and on the south side at eight feet was referred to the Street Committee. near where stop-signs or sto FOR JAPANESE Supervisors Say They Have Neither Power Nor Money for Separate Institution RONCOVIERI INDIGNANT Declares Responsibility for Accidents Rests With| Board That Refuses Funds ————— The Supervisors’ Finance Committee yesterday denied the petition of the Board of Education that funds be pro- vided for the establishment of an in-| dependent school for Japanese pupils. | Several Japanese, with the members | of the School Board, were present at| the meeting. The committee was not long in de-| ciding that the Supervisors were pow- erless at this time to establish the| separate school, claiming that the mat- ter rested with the Board of Educa- tion. D’Ancona said the petition of School Board was similar in character to the barricading of the Phelan pave- ment by the Board of Works and was done for political effect. “It is ridiculous to send a communi- cation of this kind to the Supervisors,” said D'Ancona, “as the funds were all apportioned last June and the only fund available now is the urgent ne- cessity fund, which is being rapidly | exhausted. We have no authority to prescribe where childre: shall be edu- cated, and I move that the Board of Supervisors be advised that it has no authority to provide for the establish- ment of separate schoots for Japanese children President Roncovieri of the Board of Education said he wanted to correct some misstatements made by D'Anco- | na, but he had not proceeded very far | when Brandenstein said: “I am weary of this humbug.” “You can apply the gag-rule if you choose,” said Roncovieri indignantly. “With you rests the responsibility of | any accidents in outhouses such as happened in the East a few days ago, or from bad results owing to unsani- | tary conditions. If you had allowed us enough money last June we would | not be here to-day asking you for ad-l the | | ditional funds.” D’Ancona said that the board could not stand for any possibility of an ac- cident, but thought all formalities chould be waived and money allowed from the urgent necessity fund to re- pair the flooring in schoolhouses so as to prevent children from falling into the vaults. Roncoviert thought it weuld be a waste of money to patch | the floors up, as it would cost $85,000 to repair ‘the vaults. It was finally agreed that the School Directors secure | estimates of the cost of doing such re- pairs as would prevent accidents. School Director Boyle submitted a' tatement showing that there are 288 an 66 Chinese and 2 Korean pu- pils attending the public schools. The enrollment at the Chinese school is 161 In the high schools are 51 Japanese pupils. Replying to Brandenstein's charge | that the petition had not been made in goed faith, ‘School Director Altmann said that the matter had been brought to the attention of his board by the principal of the Polytechnic High School, who said that white pupils had to be excluded from work at the lathes | because of the previous enrollment of Japanese pupils. | Roncovieri produced a number of bills for gas furnished the public| schools, which he said his board had held up because they were double what | the city was paying for gas in other departments. The committee directed the appearance of the gas company’s representatives to explain the alleged excessive charges. i E. P. E. Troy appeared before the committee with a long list of ques- tions which he desired the Inited Railroads to answer. Troy alleged that the company was turning from Post | into Kearny and from Eighth avenue into D street without having permits | or franchises for the same. The com- | mittee decided to take up the matter | next Thursday at 11 a. m. —_———————— Travelers Need Trunks and Valises. Traveling bags, toilet cases, trunks and everything needed by travelers. No such an assortment of good things else- where. All leather goods lettered free of charge. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street s sy B | Katzauer Obtains Release. | Judge Hebbard yesterday granted | the writ of habeas corpus applied for | by Max Katzauer and ordered his re- lease from custod Katzauer was ar- rested for buying 2000 cigars from an unknown thief, who stole them from a Southern Pacific car. The theft was committed on April 12, 1903, and the | complaint against Katzauer alleged that he received the goods “on or be- | fore May 21" of last year. The com- plaint was held to be faulty in the use of the word “‘before,” the court being | of the opinion that such an indefinite wording as to time would permit the arrest of a man for the commission of an act years previous. ——e———————— SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 26.—Porto Rico's 1007 public schools opened to-day with | 67,000 pupils emrolled. In the first school year | during American occupation there were 800 scheols, with 25,000 punils. _ADVERTISEMENTS. ' { A Short Cut to Health If you want to enjoy vigorous health take ERhL They are a veritable short cut to lasting and Sold everywhere in perfect health, Boxes, 10c. and 25¢c. | only weapons were his rists. | ing the public welfare. Offspring of Cattle With Progeny of Mothers and Fathers Become Involved After the children of Lawrence Mur- phy, cattle buyer, had quarreled with the offspring of Daniel J. Leahy, con- tractor, the mother of, the Murphy yeungsters and the maternal relative of the Leahy juveniles clashed and then the two husbands and fathers mixed in. It was an interfamily con- flict when the arrests were made. Mr. Leahy testified before Police Judge Cabaniss that Mr. Murphy struck him on the head with a slung- shot, but Mr. Murphy averred that his He also insinuated that he would not consider himself much of a man if he felt it | necessary to resort to the use of dead- ly. weapons in order to defeat Mr. Leahy. The to the countenance of Mrs. Murphy, but Mrs. Leahy did not seem to relish it, nor aid it serve to trarquilize the acerbi- tous facial expression of Mr: Leahy. Each family. accused the other of | having provoked and pressed the fight | and the testimony wa= so very con- flicting that the Judge candidly con- fessed inability to ascertain with any degree of exactness where the primal r=sponsibility rested. Mr. Murphy's story was the clearest. He was enjoy- ing a post-prandial snooze, he sald, at his home, 3124 Twenty-fifth street, when sounds of warfare wafted through an open window and awaken- ed him. Identifying some of the an- gered voices as belonging to his house- hold, he leaped from his couch and, without taking time to don either shoes or coat, flew to the scene of strife. There he found his progeny helding its own against the ~Leahy ditto, but opposing his better half were both Mr. and Mrs. Leahy. What else could any man in his place do than the thing he did? He smoie Mr. Leahy, but not with a slungshot. The accusa- tion that his hand contained aught but fingers when it i landed upon Mr. Leahy's -head only served to convict the accuser of malice most unscrupu- lous. Would the court kindly remem- ber that? Without promising to remember any- thing, the court dismissed the case. e s e After dismissing the case of the Auto Livery Company against L. J. Crowell, who was charged with having refused to pay $25 automobile hire, Judge Mogan expressed regret that | Max Rosenfeld, the chief complainant, was not in court to hear something concerning himself. “Several months ago,” sald his Honor, “this man Rosenfeld, as fore- man of the Grand Jury, took occa- slon to censure this court, alleging that 1 dismissed too many cases with- out considering their merits or consult- His comments were published in two newspapers, and I went before the Grand Jury and re- futed them and challenged him to sub- stantiate a single one of his statements. That challenge was never taken up, and I heard no more of Mr. Rosenfeld until last Thursday, when he ap- proached this bench and requested that 1 dismiss the case in which he as man- ager of the Auto Livery Company was complainant and L. J. Crowell the de- fendant. He stated that as Mr. Crow- ell’'s mother had paid the $25 he had no further desire to press the case. In other words, Mr. Rosenfeld asked me to do the very thing which he had cen- gured me for doing while he was fore- man of the Grand Jury. He tried to use this court as a collection agency. In dismissing this case I want to have it understood that my action is not pompted by Mr. Rosenfeld’s appeal, but because I consider the defendant a decent gentleman who resented what he sincerely regarded as an attempt to extort.” . Grace McNaughton also settled a case out of court and then sent notifi- cation to Judge Conlan that she would like to have him order the delivery to a pawnbroker of a certain ring, the possession of which was in dispute. The Judge, however, informed the young woman's attorney that the ring would not be given up to anybody un- till she appeared in person and ex- plained what she meant by utilizing the court as an intimidatory machine. » Acting Fire Chief Dougherty, who had Herbert G. W. Meyerfield arrested for summoning the department to pump out a flooded cellar, accepted the defendant’s plea that neither mischief nor malice prompted the turning in of the alarm. “At the same time, your Honor,” said the Acting Chief to' Judge Cab- aniss. ‘I would like to have the public notified through the press that only in case of fire or a collision between trains or street cars is it legal to call out the Fire Department. Many good citizens apparently labor under the de- lusion that the department may be summoned to serve as a pumping corps in the event of flood, and I would like to have them understand that they are mistaken as to the scope of the de- partment’s functions.” The case against Mr. Meyerfield was then dismissed. . . Hot Box Suey, a forlorn looking Chi- nese, denied that he was attempting to commit arson when a policeman caught him in the act of starting a bonfire upon a wooden floor and against a wooden partition in a Washington- street rookery. His defense, as fiitered through an interpreter, was to the ef- fect that several years ago, while em- ployed at an Alaska salmon fishery, he acquired a cold which has clung to him ever since, and that it was with intent to mellow his chronic chill, and with no incendiary motive, that he made the blaze which might have re- sulted in the destruction of Chinatown if it had not been quenched in its in- cipiency. Judge Mogan opined that prison would be a good place for Hot Box Suey to nurse his cold, and prom- ised to fix the term to-a;lay. Thomas Moore averred he could trace blood relationship to the Irish bard of that name, and even offered to quote fifteen stanzas of “Lalla Rookh™ if Judge Conlan would like to hear them. Judge Conlan declined the offer, in- formed Elocutionist Thomas Moore that he was a hopeless and oft convicted vagrant and sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment. e e S Julia Grant was singing *“‘Hannah,” with appropriate dancing accompani- ment, when Patrolman Skelly arrested her at 11 o’clock last Sunday morning on Fourth street, near Howard. Folk returning from worship were horrified by Julia’s vocal and terpsichorean performance, but it was of mild sinful- ress as compared with her conduct after the law’'s heavy hand was laid upon her. Judge Mogan gave her six months. ORI Phil McKittrick and William Bal- linger, butchers, ordered hamburger sandwiches in a Ninth-street restau- rant and when the viands were served Mr. McKittrick expressed a desire to have a tamale substituted for his sand- || 4 insinuation brought aj | smile of admiring approval Buyer Murphy Clash Contractor Leahy and wich, but Mr. Ballinger dissuaded him by pronouncing the tamales kept in that particular establishment of de- fective quality. The disparaging criti- cism was overheard by Theodore Loss, proprietor of the place, and at the, con- clusion of the three-cornered fight that ensued the two butchers found them- selves in custody. Judge Cabaniss, how- ever, considered them entitled to dis- missal on the ground that any res- taurant patron has a right to criticize the quality of .the food set before him. CIE G. M. Stevenson and H. S. Brown, | electricians, appeared before Judge Mo- gan with badly battered faces and it was explained that they were arrested while fighting with two unknowns in a | saloon at Golden Gate avenue and Fill- more streets last Saturday evening. One of them broke a bottle of vermouth and when the bartender asked that he be paid $1 damages the fight began. : Sentence to-day. . | “By Right of Sword.” Three milkmen arrested for violating the new ordinance which prohibits the ! eonveyance of lacteal fluid in uncovered | | vehicles informed Judge Mogan that it | was impossible to comply with the law | without visiting great hardship on both dairymen and consumers. They were; advised to lay their plaint before the| Board of Supervisors and the cases | were continued in order to give them time to do so. . Mark Augenblich will be sentenced next Saturday for having sold liquor in his store at Jackson and Polk streets after his license had been revoked. He averred that he did not know of the revocation. L Patrolman F. M. Black arrested Clarence Zafif, a soldier, for annoying women at the ocean beach and stated | that military mashers are becoming . quite a nuisance out there. The son; of Mars will be sentenced to-day by Judge Mogan. e Suits-Shuman Company’s State Direc- tory for 1904-1905. Contalning over 1700 in California and every | person and concern in business in the State arranged alphabetically in their respective | towns; also raliroad fares, population, names of all county officials, banking, etc. Indispensable to the business man and lawyer. Informa- tion found in“a moment that will take days | to obtain otherwise. A postal to Suits-Shu- man Company, 738 Mission street, or phone Red 6825, will bring agent with book for in- spection. 1 B ————— New Organist at Stanford. | STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept.| 26.— Dr. Benjamin Coleman Blodgett | has been appointed organist of the! 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There is a shy sert of sat- | isfaction, a vicarious revenge on the | terrible Tartar of the snow-soaked drama we have so long.sat under, in Not that there s not a hint of Siberia among the per- Is of the hero, a lively duel, and frank | fuss about some secret police machina- tions. But these things wear a rather good natured than strenuous air, ex- cept in the frustration of the very up- to-date and thrilling attempt upon the | Czar’s life. | The comedy comes in in the atti- | tude of the wonderful American hero, Richard Hamilton, who, in the first | act, disguises himself as the Russian | heroine’s brother and is confidingly | accepted as such by the whole popula- tion of the play. Hamilton lets him- self in for all sorts of things by reason | of the disgulse—from intrigue, nihil- ism, to the name of Alexis Petrovitch. Accept the possibility of the disguise, however, and you will have a good | time with “By Right of Sword.” In- deed one can simply waliow in the con- fusion of the ‘‘skis” and ‘*‘vitches” by the American, who walks away with all the honors of war while smoking a | cigar. He saves the life of the Czar and “jollies” the villain with equal ur- banity. Even the solemn Judge, who is to sentence him to death, is poked in the ribs with his infinite jest. There is plenty of other fun and a thrill or two. The scene in the ob- servatory, where the imported German anarchist turns on an electric switch | to derail the Czar’s train, is excellent good melodrama. Nor do I remember. a prettier fight than the sword play of the second act. But there is not a dull | moment in the comedy. If the villain | is not on deck there is the adventuress, | both of the best old kind, with secret police, military gentlemen, a rattling good comedy valet, a plausible an- archist, a sugar and spice ingenue, all doing things to amuse. And the scenery is worthy of the somewhat chromographic splendor of the play. Ralph Stuart, who is pleasantly re- i i hero. He will be recalled as more of the romantic actor than a comedian, | and though he plays his part here with spirit and notable sang-froid, his| comedy, from a not entire tempera- mental accord with the genre, be- comes sometimes slightly farcical. I do not think, for example, that the playrights three, Mrs. Charles Dore- mus, Leonidas Westervelt and A. W.| Marchmont, would object to Mr.| Stuart’s showing a slight seriousness in the courtroom scene. The entire ab- sence of it conduces to a not wholly desirable mirth. But it is a dashing| and virfle impersonation and Mr. | Stuart makes a very personable picture | and his fencing scene is worth seging The company in support is reasonably capital; Frank H. La Rue furnishes a | melodramatic villain with a melodra- matic outfit; Martha Mayo, a Cali-| CHE PARTINGTON. Alcazar. Augustus Thomas’ stage version of Richard Harding Davis' “Soldiers of | Fortune’” was greeted at the Alcazar the performance was well received, al- | though the hinges creaked somewhat. ‘White Whittlesey's breezy personality finds congenial material in the charac ter of Robert Clay, railroad engineer and soldier of fortune, but the author by | to | Hope Langham is | fight hardly at all. a personation that affords Virginia Brissac ample scope to display her | clever work as an ingenue, and she | did not neglect it. There is hardly a | allow Eugenie Thais Lawton scope for her talent, but the rather small part of | Madame Alvarez gives her an oppor- | tunity to exhibit two or three very | and to thrill the | house with a very intense love scene less exciting third act. Mr. Hilliard's | Captain Stuart was fully up to the | standard of his best work. George Osbourne, artistic in make-up and in speech, delighted the critical ear with a correct Spanish accent. Harry Lew- ellyn’'s Captain Burke was a strongly the applause it received. Fred Butler, Harry Byers and Miss Ruth Allen rendered good support—in fact, all that there was of it. Central. The revival of “The Danites” at the Central Theater last night proved an unqualified success. The stirring drama of the days of the pioneers, particularly of the times when the ‘destroying angels’” of the Mormon church harassed | the caravans of the gcld seekers, has lost none of its power to thrill and; charm. The large audience that saw | the production by the clever Central company showed as much interest and | enthusiasm as if the dramatic adapta- tion from Joaquin Miller's famous | story were being witnessed for the first time. The play is admirably mounted and staged and the people of the cast uniformly merit commendation for their pleasing efforts. Seldom has the house nut forth a more acceptable and worthy attraction. In the character of “Sandy” McGee, the sturdy, big-hearted miner, Herschel Mayall gave a splendid impersonation, and Ethel Clifton per- formed the most excellent work of her engagement in the role of the unhappy Nancy Williams, whose life is sought by the mysterious ‘“‘destroying angels.” Others of the company did cléver work. Columbia. “The Wizard of Oz” is now in its second and last week at the Columbia Theater, where the extravaganza will be seen for the last time next Sunday | night. The piece seems to have met with popular favor and is doing good business. (There will be a matinee on Saturday. San Francisco theater goers are as sured of an attractive ‘offering in t! engagement of Frank Danielg in “The Office Boy,” which begins at the Co-| lumbia Theater on next Monday even- Charles B. | Frank Daniels has always | been a local favonite, but it is expected vward Knowles Company, 24 Second street. * | rest. | Wrestling Elephant” and other inter- | capital programme. The amateurs have | PRAGERS On Every Purchase Of $1.00 or Over There Will Be “Something Doing”’ To the Amount. of $1.00 Free Paon Velvet. A YARD-—Persian Striped 08 Paon Velvet, in_light and dark effects. They aref suitable for waists, fronts or trimmings. This material sells| at our silk counter for $1.50 alf yard. Women’s Skirts. 98C They are cut full and extra long. with crocheted yoke; fin- ished at the bottom with shell scallops; in bright combination stripe effects. Worth $1.25 each. Wool Poplin. This is a black wool Poplin, the | best fabric of its kind made. 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Action was taken under the provisions of an ordinance passed by | the Board of Supervisors on Octoberi 18, 1899, prohibiting the sale of shrimps caught in the bay near Butcnertown. Investigations prosecuted at that time disclosed that the shrimps fed from the offal from the slaughter houses and as a result of bacteriological analyses Dr. | W. M. Lawlor, at that time Health Of- | ficer, filed a report in which he said: “The deadly nature of shrimps caught off Butchertown is such that their sale should be at once prohibited.” Health Officer Ragan has made Law- lor's recommendation a part of his re- port on the subject. Ragan instructed Deputy Health Officer Levy to send a | communication to the San Mateo Shrimp Company, which maintains a shrimp camp near Butchertown, call- ing attention to the ordinance men- tioned and directing the concern to stop selling shrimps, under penalty of ar- The company is composed en-| tirely of Chinamen who have plied | their trade for years. The Health Board will also investi- | gate into the operations of oyster com- panies, although preliminary inquiries show nothing wrong in the quality of | the oysters sold in the market, the | board simply desiring to insure their | absolute purity. Health Officer Ragan ordered the hearing to-day at 4 o'clock of charges of insubordination against Assistant Emergency Surgeon Carl Wilson, pre- | ferred by his chief, Dr. J. 1. Stephens. | The trouble between the two officials | occurred during the Knights Templar Conclave. ——,—————— Alleged Murderer Arrested. George C. Frank, who shot and killed George Dewey at Sherlock Creek, Mariposa County, on May 29, was arrested yesterday by Detective Thomas Gibson. At the City Prison Frank confessed to the shooting, but maintained that it was done in self- defense. Dewey was shot from be- hind. s S PR The Paraiso Springs are always open. * - —_— that he will add greatly to his laure when he appears in “The Office Boy, which was one of the great successes of last season in the East, particularly in New York, where the rotund comedian appeared for three months last winter. The sale of seats for Mr. Daniels’ engagement begins Thursday. Chutes. Jeanette Laurelle presented a beauti- ful spectacular dance entitled “La Ciel” at the Chutes yesterday and scored al hit at both performances. Gus Leonard extracted all kinds of droll music from | odd instruments. Pete Baker, a clever| dialectician, brought down' the house with his humorous stories and songs, | and Daisy Harcourt, the coster singer, repeated her success of last week. Eddie Weston and Bessie Beasley, who | succeeded Johnny and Emma Ray in A Hot Old Time”; Mabel Lamson, the | popular illustrated ballad singer, and | the American biograph, showing “The | esting animated pictures, completed a many surprises in the way of living pictures in preparation for Thursday night. The Tivoll. A large audience greeted ‘“The Serenade” at the Tivoli last night. - The popular piece should have a long run. Fischer's. “Miss Mazuma"” opened gn its last week at Fischer’'s last night and was greeted by an appreciative audience. We want to print your next booklet. Ed- FRAUD ORDERS AGAINST TWO MORE CONCERNS Agents Stationed in Interior Towns to Transact Business by Express for Barred Companies. Another fraud order affecting con- cerns in this city was issued yester- day by Postmaster Fisk by order of the Postmaster General. The con- cerns which have thus been deacunc- ed as unlawful are the American Mu- | tual Investment Company and the American Mercantile Company and their officers and agents. These com- panies are conducting business on a similar plan to those against which fraud orders have been already is- sued. They offer an extraordinary rate of interest to their investors. The American Mercantile Company named in the order issued yesterday is a tontine diamond concern, formerly doing business in the Parrott building and recently in the Grant building, at Seventh and Market streets. Its busi- ness was taken over a short time ago by the American Mutual Investment Company, so that yesterday's order ap- plies really to only one concern. Postoffice Inspector O'Conneil called attention last night to the fact that the order had no reference to the American Mercantile Company of 420 Battery sfreet. 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