The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1904, Page 14

14 COLLINS FLAYS HIS ACCUSERS| Attorney Whose Disbarment Is Sought by Local Bar Association Files Reply TOBIN GETS A GRILLING | Supreme Court Must Ponder Over Document Before an Opinion Can Be Rendered | torney ‘George D. Collins filed a hing answer yesterday to the pe- that he be disbarred from prac- Supreme Court. In his akes serious charges against of the the San Francisco Bar The document urges that on against @ollins be dis- nswer to the charge that er disowned his wife v as to the maternity jor s can serve < s been said some- ths of infamy com- which, hurt hers, makes , and studies outshines it- very low or- to make and inous stuff as firet rageous and vi ses the charge in the arrant e Bar Association and char- it as “pseudo.” He attributes position in the matter to the alleged fact that the latter has fre- quently been defeated by the accused forensic battles. conclud his answer to the first charge of moral turpitude in respect to his fl“v"asi‘d wife Collins denounces the cusation as an attempt to descend the grave and summon the dead judgment int b reply but deferred rendering until time shall have been to ponder over the biting docu- e Chewing Gum Kills a Boy. Gustave A. Peterson, nine years old, | ng with his parents at 673 Kan- swallowed a piece 6f chew- ast Monday and died of ap- vesterday morning. He ate mushrooms on Thursday complained of burning abdomen and it was t at he was suffering from oom poisoning. Dr. Bacigalupi the autopsy yesterday that caused by the chewing was P C—— Eastern Crook Arrested. George Sheridan, alias Duncan, as DeCourcy, an Eastern pickpocket, arrested at Ocean Beach Sunday by Policeman Dolan and City n Sheridan was mas Thornton, alias three charges of ng against him for ond pins from passengers Some of the victims to call at the prison to identify Sheridan. e sllo ey Red Eyes and Eyelids, granulated Eye- 13ds and other Eye troubles cured by Mu- rine Eve Remedy. Murine doesn't smart.* —_—— Fallon Sentenced to Be Hanged. Judge Lawlor yesterday sentenced Thomas P. Fallon to be hanged at San | Fallon was | Quentin on January 6. convicted of murder in the first de- gree for shooting and killing his wife, Agnes, at 9493 Mission street, April 1. They had been living apart and jeal- ousy was the cause of the murder. Falion had been employed as a switch- man by the Southern Pacific Company. —_———— s & Co. figure on your near Market. * Let eatalogue Edward 24 Sec e California Postal Changes. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—The post- office at Los Nietos, Los Angeles County, has been discontinued and will be superseded by a rural free de- livery. Lloyd W. Hiatt has been ap- pointed postmaster at Lytton, Cal. Hibernia Bank | rently de- | is brief Collias de-| | Supreme Court received the ac- | h | Prison, | Captain A. W. Stor_le Surrenders at Call of Death Messenger - -~ -+ i VETERAN DETECTIVE WHO DIED AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY | YESTERDAY. ks — Captain Appleton W. Stone, noted in the early days as the most clever de- tectivesin the West and a member of San Francisco’s police department for almost thirty years, passed away early vesterday morning at his home, 2827 Mission street, from a paralytic stroke that came some time Wednesday night and held him speechless amd helpless till his death. He was in his seventy- seventh vear. Four years ago he had his first touch of paralysis. Captain Stone. Though he achieved | fame in running criminais to death and | his career was devoted to relentless | pursuit of hardened and desperate men, | his gentleness and correctness of habits | were nronounced qualities that were as strong the day he was retired on a captain’s pension in 1885, as when he became a patrolman in 1865. He served as a detective for many years and it was in this capacity that he won distinction. Many a burglar |and thief who had covered up his tracks in a baffling manner owed his term in prison to the modest Captain Stone. In those days Wells-Fargo & Co. were frequently the victims of stage robberies in the mountain dis- tricts, and it became a common prac- tice in particularly hard cases for them to ask the city’s Chief of Police to al- low them to employ Detective Stone. In this manner he became intimately associated with James B. Hume and John Thacker. Stone was absolutely without fear and had many arrests of robbers to his credit. He rigorously | adhered to a rule of his own that if there was only one man to take only one man should go after him, and he { handed exploits. In 1878 a safe was robbed in Los Angeles of $10,000 and the police gave {up the effort to find a clew. Stone's fame had spread, and he was sent for. The lock on the safe had been broken. The detective spent a day in critical examination of the lock and from the | dents and scratches he demonstrated that it had first been opened by some person who held a key and then broken for purpose of deception. A man named Phelps was connected with the firm and it was he that discovered the robbery, notified the police and later urged that Stone be employed. It was Phelps that the detective accused of the robbery and a confession fol- lowed in a few days. Phelps was wealthy, stood high in the community and his arrest was the sen- sation of the day. It developed that ADVERTISEMENTS. [ 4 Yesterday we were crowded to the doors, because when we advertise reduced prices, we make reduced prices, and the people know it. We are offering these prices because the three new floors on our building are not completed, and we must make: room for our holiday stock. Our prices are reduced from one-third to one-half on sale goods; the most liberal of credit is &xtend- ed to all; and we will hold them for you on any small deposit for three months, if you so desire. A Few of the Prices We Speak ot: $1.75 Hangi $15 Golden $12.50 Chiffonier .. $60 Empress Dresser . :zs enn. Closet, Oak . 50 Mission $28.50 Elegant Buffet $10 Roycroft Chair .. ‘i{.g Rack .,fi:gg :75 Maho, resser .. 89, 70 Oak Folding Bed .....#! i .$8.25| £26 Oak Folsing Bed . .$41.50| $43.50 Oak Sideboard . $19/| $175 Hall Rack in Oak. _‘29‘-;3 :;x On;z, Dining Table . .:;.;g 6y TR ..87.25| 850 Qak .$9.75 ‘aso y Buffet ...... Table. ... .. 817.85 $36.50 Set. . 8155 Set. Dining Dining Table. Few men are more beloved than was | ! was singularly successful in his single- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL TUESDAY, OC'TOBER.% 1904. SUPERVISORS ASK FORRETAINS HAUGHTY SPIRIT - o Pilkington, British Subject, ty-First as Date for Re- ceiving Sealed Proposals L2 PROPOSED ORDINANCE FINDS SMALL FAVOR Protests Against Prohib- iting Delivery of Bills The Board of Supervisors yesterday | finally passed the ordinance providing | for the sale of a portion of the bond | issue, aggregating $5,600,000, and fixing | Monday, November 21, 1904, as the date for the receiving of sealed bids for the | securities. | An amended ordinance regulating the numbering of buildings was passed to print. The ordinance provides that one | Hundred numbers shall be alloted to each block and that one number shall | be allowed for each one-fiftieth of the | frontage in each block between two j main streets, except in blocks having | & frontage of less than 400 feet, where | the allowance shall be on the basis of one number to every eight feet of frontage. The amended ordinance imposing a | graduated license on junk dealers of | $6, $3 and $1 per quarter, according to the business done, was passed to print. The existing licenses are $8, $6 and $4. A demand for $991 50 was drawn in | favor of Phillips & Co. for ballot paper | furnished to the Department of Elec- tions. | Grades were ordered changed at cer- | tain points on Greenwich and Lincoln streets. | Street and sidewalk work was or- dered on Hancock street, between San- chez and Church, and J street, be- tween Fourteenth and Sixteenth ave- nues. Ordinances were finally passed auth- orizing the Auditor to appoint thirty | additional temporary clerks and pro- viding for the acceptance of Mission | street from Onondaga avenue to the }coumy line; Jersey street, between | Castro and Diamond; Washington street, between First avenue and Cherry street; Chenery street, between Thirtieth and Randall, and Dorland street, between Guerrero and Dolores. The ordinance accepting the offer of the Southern Pacific Company to dedi- cate for street purposes certain tracts of land, sixty feet in width, along and adjoining the bay shore right of way of the company, between Twenty- | fourth avenue south and Twenty-sev- enth avenue south, was finally passed. The ordinance prohibiting the distri- butien and circulation of handbills and advertising matter upon the street or sidewalk or in any doorway or en- trance to any building or premises was re-referred to the Street Committee. The San Francisco Labor Council and the San Francisco Typothetae filed pro- ‘!ests against the passage of the or- | dinance, claiming that it would be un- | American and destrctive of the liberty of the press. The committee will meet next Wednesday at 3 p. m. to consider the protests. ) ’ The Finance Committee took no ac- tion on the demand of the F. M. Yorke Company for $3727 for repairing - bitu- minous pavements during September. The bill calls for the resurfacing of 48,484 square feet of bitumen at 4 cents per square foot and 7876 square feet of bitumen and concrete at 10 cents. The | prices and computations on all areas are marked as correct by Bookkeeper Leavy and Inspector Boone. The de- | mands of the company for August have | been disapproved by the Finance Com- mittee in §,report which was not read at the board@’s meeting, but placed on file. y ————— | Jones Accuses His Roommate. | Henry L. Jones, a conductor, em- ployed by the United Rallroads, se- cured a warrant from Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday for the arrest of John O. Perry on a charge of grand larceny. Perry was also a conductor, but was discharged on Saturday night. He and Jones roomed together at 1145 Pacific street. Jones alleges that while he was asleep on Sunday morning Perry went through hjs clothes taking $89 in cash and a gold watch ana chain. - Perry has not been seen since. —_—— The most elegantly appointed hotel and cafe in San Francisco. Rooms single and en suite; | 54 private baths; phone in every room. Hotel Clarendon, 543 Post st., opp. Olympic Club. * ‘i L for years he had engaged in thefts and | that he had kleptomania developed to a high degree. Stone was promoted to captain of po- lice and the last three years of his service were spent as keeper of the city {prlsnn. It was generally believed that he was assigned to this position of ob- | scurity because of jealousy on the part of his superiors whose records he was overshadowing. He came to San Fran- cisco in 1854 from Massachusetts, and was a millwright by trade. The widow and one daughter, Mrs. Daniel E. Easterbrook, survive. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from 2666 Mission street. Chief Wittman has detailed Captain Anderson, two lieutenants, two ser- geants and forty-eight men.to act as an escort. The chief has also detailed Sergeant W. H. Williams and Police- men R. Judson, James O’Connor, Wil- liam Henneberry, Hiram Smith and W. T. Hooper to act as pallbearers. EKnocked Out With a Soup Plate. Julius Noisat, a fireman, living in a rooming house at 634% Broadway, got a warrant from Police Judge Fritz yesterday for the arrest of Peter Car- ridbn, a teamster, on a charge of as- sault with a deadly weapon. Nofsat's face was covered with bandages. He said that he and his wife had some words with Carrion, who also rooms in the house. At dinner Sunday night Noisat asked Carrion if he would have 1some soup and Carrion picked up a scup plate and struck Noisat on the face with it knocking him out. Car- rion also struck Mrs. Noisat on the face with his fist. Noisat and his wife were taken to the Harbor Emergency Hospital for repairs. Noisat's nose ‘was broken and his face badly cut. ———— Courts Have Two Opinions. - A double opinion was handed down yesterday by the United States Circuit Cdurt of Appeals in the appeal of John BIDS ON BOND Board Sets November Twen-| City Fathers Direct Honor- ISSUE ing of June Demands on Firemen’s Relief Fund WANT WATER MAINS JOINED BY HYDRANTS Labor Organizations File' Commissioners Ask That Fire Protection Be Pro- vided in the Reis Tract The Board of Supervisors yesterday adopted a resolution directing the Au- ditor and Treasurer to pay the June pensions of retired members of the Fire Department, aggregating $1960, out of the surplus fund of 1903-1904. There was a deficit in the firemen's re- lief fund, notwithstanding that the Charter - provides that the Super- visors must :nnually levy a tax sufficient to pay all demands upon the firemen’s relief fund. The sum of $666 82 is available to pay the June 1demands, so that $1293 18 will have to be taken from the surplus fund. The payment of the pensions in the manner noted was sanctipned by May- or Schmitz. The board passed to print an ordi- nance ,providing for the appointment by the Election Commission of a care- taker of the election booths and vot- ing machines at a salary of $125 per month. He will be appointed from the civil service list, but must demon- strate his ability to do both machinist and carpenter work, or the appoint- ment will be made outside of the civil service list. Evidence was presented to the Finance Committee that a sav- ing would be effected, as it cost $2357 37 to repair election booths in the last foir months. The West of Castro Street and Point Lobos Improvement clubs filed pro- tests against the proposed ordinance limiting the speed of street cars to eight miles an hour. John Pfenninger submitted a propo- sition for the creation of a new pub- lic park in the Bay View district, bounded by Thirty-third avenue South, Railroad avenue, A street and San Bruno road, at a cost of $250,000. The Fire Commissioners sent a com- munication to the board asking that some arrangement be made with the Bay Shore Water Company to connect the company's mains with the Fire Department’s hydrants Tract for fire protection purposes in that district. The company has built a reservoir of 500,000 gallons capacity and offers to set each hydrant for $40. The company was granted a boiler permit by the Supervisors for the operation of a pumping plant. The Fire Commission also submitted th@ draft of a proposed ordinance ad®pted at its last meeting providing that no more than 325 passes or badges be issued annually for admis- sion into the fire lines and making it a misdemganor for any person to falsely represent himself to be a mem- ber of the Fire Department. Bids were received for printing the municipal reports from the Commer- cial Publishing Company at $1 67 per page; Hayden Printing Company, $1 55; J. M. Torres, $1 30; Phillips, Smythe & Van Orden, $1 69, and J. B. Mclntyre, $1 24%. The prices are less than in the former bids, which were relected. The board ordered the return of protested special taxes to Bartlett Doe and Lippman Sachs, who obtained judgments against ' the city for the same. TFhe Board of Education filed peti- tions signed by 2400 voters in addi- tion to 27,000 previous signers, ask- ing that proposed charter amendments relative to the conduct of the School Department be put on the official bal- lot. —_—————— SAILOR SUES FOR WAGES.—Nick Berg, a saflor, filed a libel sult yesterday in the United States District Court against the American sloop yacht Rover te recover $109 alleged to be due him as wages. ADVERTISEMENTS. House of Curtaz The best proof of the integrity and reliability of the House of Curtaz is the famous pianos which they represent. Such in- struments as the Chicker- ing, Vose and Sterling and the honorable career ofi the oldest house on the coast should decide the question of whom to trust when purchasing a piano. Benj. Curtaz &son 16 O’Farrell St. Sheet Music at Popular Prices. in the Reis | Again Poses in th W BOASTS OF TWO COA T. G. Pilkington, who proudly boast- ed that he has dwelt more than two score years in the United States with- out relinquishing his allegiance to the British crown and constitution, gazed with lofty contempt at his environ- ment yesterday in Police Judge Mo- gan’s courtroom. He was arrested last Friday eveninpg for hurling oral abuse at the attaches of the Central police station, and, when arraigned Saturday morning he haughtily in- formed the Magistrate that he did not care a d—n whether he was sent to Jail or not, because he was tired of this country and everything and everybody in it. A second charge of disturbing the peace was immediately filed against him and he was remanded for further examination till yesterday, when he showed that his spirit had not been in the least subdued by his forty- eight hours’ incarceration. With folded arms and head defiantly poised, he sat aloof from the other prisoners in the ! crowded cage and watched the court proceedings as if he was bored. When his name was called by the bailiff he languidly rose and sauntered to the defendants’ stand, flicking some dust specks from his shabby-genteel coat as he faced the Judge. “What do you think of yourself this morning?” his Honor inquired. “There has been no radical change in my self-rating since I last saw you,” was the answér. “I was born a gentle- man and in the old country would be treated as a gentleman.” “Bven if you were to behave yourself as you did the other day?” “My dear sir. a gentleman once is a gentleman always. I can show two coats of arms and trace my ancestry a thousand years.” ““My dear sir, 300 coats of arms or a distinct lineage extending to the flood would not condone the blackguardism of which you stand accused. In this country a man is less honored for his ancestry than for his progeny. For your own sakKe it is to be regretted that you cannot appreciate the grossness of the insult you addressed to this bench— an insult which no American gentle- man would utter if he were similarly placed in a foreign tribunal.” “Maybe I did go a little too far,” said- Mr. Pilkington. “You went a great deal tao far,” said the Judge. “I will sentence you to-morrow." L. Judge Cabaniss sentenced P. Marsi- cano, convicted of renting the prem- ises at 1129 Dupont street for immoral purposes, to pay a fine of $500 or serve 125 days in the County Jail. In pro- nouncing sentence his Honor said that he did not take into consideration mdre than was necessary the moral phase of the case, but acted strictly in accord- ance with the gpirit of the laws made for the regulation of the social evil “Yet,” he added, “it must be admitted that any man who allows premises owned or leased by him to be put to immoral use degrades himself and must love money over much. No man could retain his self respect and profit from the uses to which the premisés leased by this defendant were put with his evident knowledge and consent.” . The united strength of six stalwart policemen was requisite to overpower James Wallace, arrested for disorderly conduct at the laundry blaze on Eddy street last Sunddy morning, and in the struggle Patrolman Crowley had sev- eral fingers broken by the muscular prisoner. Wallace will be sentenced to-day by Judge Fritz. ¥ g Thomas Dolan, accused of cruelty to his five minor children, has been placed by some of his friends in ay in- stitution for the cure of inebriates. Since his first arrest he was twice re- leased to aid the police in finding his wife and on each occasion he gave his escort the slip and was drunk when recaptured. Secretary White of the California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children appeared before Judge Mogan yesterday and stated that Mrs. Dolan had been found living at the home of an acquaintance and that she did not seem to be responsible for the neglect to which her offspring | had been subjected, as she was com- pelled to work to supply them with food and lodging while her husband “electioneered” and got drunk. The complaint against the woman was dis- missed and the man will be tried as soon as he is able to appear in court. He was recently appointed a special policeman, but the appointment has been revoked on account of his con- duct. . s Charles A. Rath, vagrant, hoped that Judge Fritz would not order his compulsory departure fromi the city, as he was afraid a sudden change of climate might injure his health. He came here from San Mateo, he said, and found the climatic mutation very beneficial to him. “I must order your deportation,” said His Honor, “and I would advise you to walk back to San Mateo, so as to avoid the sudden change of atmos- pherfc condition that a trip on the train would mean. The slower you walk the less abrupt will e the chufge. e N Herbert Freeman, a colored youth, was nounced a “sassy kid” by Patrol n Isaacs, who arrested him for disorderly conduct last Saturday on Powell street, between Union and Green. When the officer advised Mas- ter Freeman to comport himself in a manner compatible with the neighbor- hood’s reputation for orderliness ne was “sassed” in return. ““Tek off dat yah stah,” Master Free- man was alleged to have said, ah'll do ye quick an’ in hansum style.” The boy's mother was ready to swear that a nicer boy never lived, but she arrived too late to get in her char- acter testimony, and the boy will be | sentenced to-d.ly b! Jn.dn Mogan. Thomas Martin, who pleaded ab- sent-mindedness, was convicted of neglecting to turn over to John Wil- son the $9 for which he pawned that gentleman’s watch. He forgot he had the money, but in some remarkable m r he remembered that it would urchase whisky. Sentence to-day by glldle Fritz. B g Three deep-water tars were ed by Patrolman Joy for imbibing the contents of a large milk can that they picked up from the doorstep of a Pa- cific street restaurant early Sunday e aSpply of acial Aaid: the ren day's supp! u e res- tat mul‘? declared, but the mariners ted that .it was water they As the milkman who de- live not t to ufii‘h the character of product, an as there was no 1 evidence to belie the plea of the Fritz dismissed the defendants, Judge .e‘. e Police Court ARMS AND NOBLE ANCESTRY could not tear himself away from the Market street phonograph parlor in which he was arrested, but lingered there all day and far into the night absorbing the sweet sounds rolled off various cylinders. The policeman tes- tiffied that ere Mr. Gangloff acquired the free music habit he had mastered the art of procuring free lunch and was rated an Al bum. Sentence to-day by Judge Mogan. e e Miss Fannie Holden, whose wide- brimmed hat was draped with a brown and then charged her with vagrancy. | Holden to Judge Mogan, is a person who can prove no honest means of miaintenance. If my inter- pretation is correct this policeman has | made a most serfous blunder, for hun- work in a dance hall and earn as much money as any girl in the Qusiness. As for my character, the fact that I| never walk home alone, but had a| gentleman piano-player as my escort when I was arrested, goes to show that a mistake has been made. However, I am not of a revengeful disposition, and if this charge is dismissed I will let bygones be bygomes and abstain from getting even with this police- | man." | Bailiff Hickey afterward opined that | it was Miss Holden's eloquence rather than her magnanimous promise of for- giveness that induced Judge Mogan to dismiss her. o5 Louis Gracce, a one-armed Italian, laughed heartily when hi$ wife tried to inform Judge Fritz that she had been cruelly treated by him. He point- ed to the stump of his amputated arm and fairly roared with merriment as he asked the Court to look at it and explain to him how he could beat an able-bodied woman like the complain- ant with one hand. He ceased to chor- tle, however, when his Honor remand- ed him till to-day in order to find out if this cruelty to his wife did not con- | sist of failure to support her as well as diseiplining her by physical force. | The Gracces live at 300 Montgomery street and since he lost his arm while | working in a brickyard the man has not worked at all. S Patrolman B. Malone testified that | when %he arrested Mary Anderson last | Saturday evening at Sixth and Natoma | streets® she playfully tapped his head | with one of her shoes, which she had | taken off in order to perform with more light-footed grace a pas seul which she was doing on-the side- valk for the edification of an admiring crowd largely made up «° small boys. Se fond was she of danci.g, the officer testified, that she had become a pest to residents of the neighborhood, who did not desire to see a woman of mid- dle-age and buxom contour cut pigeon- wings and other fancy terpsichorean figures every time they looked out thelir dcors or windows. She will be sen- tenced to-day for disturbing the peace. —————— - MURDERER WOODS FIERCELY ATTACKS HIS CELLMATE Resents the Intrusion of Fred Block, Who Is Under the Care of City Physician.* Fred Block will not be able to ap- pear in Judge Cook’s court to-morrow to be tried on a felony charge. He city physician.” Owing to the crowded condition of the County Jail Block had to be put in the cell occupied by Fra Woods, alias “St. Louis Frank,” who is waiting the result of an appeal to the Supreme Court against the sen- tence of death passed,upon him for the murder of Pollcex‘{lan Eugene C. Robinson, January 21, 1902. Woods had fixed up his cell nicely and resented the intrusion of Block. Last Friday he insisted that Block should scrub the floor of the cell. While Block was on his knees Woods jumped upon him and fiercely struck Woods kicked him on the face and Block was In a body with his feet. badly battered condition when res- cued by the jail attaches. It will be some day8 yet before he can be taken to court. —_———————— ORDER FRIENDLY INQUIRY INTO THE TAX OFFICE Supervisors to Ascertain if Improve- ments Can Be Made in Collec- tion of City’s Revenue. The Supervisors’ Finance Commit- tee decided yesterday to hold a friend- ly investigation this afternoon of the conduct of the Tax Collector’s office as to the revenue derived by the city from taxes and licenses. Tax Collec- tor Smith will be present to give the information desired, it being the in- tention of the committee to ascertain if the licenses require revision or al- teration. Comparison is to be made with the licenses collected in other cities. The investigation will deter- mine the putting into effect of any improvement in the collection of the city’s revenue that may be deemed proper. Coughs. Colds, Moarseness. Biom- 85¢; 50c AT ALL DRUGGISTS _CURES IN A DAY automobile veil, wondered what Patrol- | man Joy could have been thinking of | when he “pinched” her last Saturday | night at Pacific and Kearny streets | “As I interpret the term,” said Miss | “a vagrant | dreds of witnesses can prove that I| | Sperry Flour |and taken | State has been generally interested in is at present under the care of the | at his face with both fists. Block rolled on the floor yelling for help and | in order to secure definite information | — WILL DISCUSS WHEAT PROBLEN Conference of Leading Men From the Interior to Be Held at St. Francis | GRAIN LACKS GLUTEN Millers and Bankers Asked to. Imvestigate Subject and to Suggest a Remedy —— A meeting of importance will be held in this city In the St. Fra Hotel on November 4, at which an o fort will be made to devise a plan secure for California more milling wheat than it is now producing. Some time ago the California State Board of Trade called a meeting at wh practical flour millers and others tes tified that there is not enough gluten in California wheat to-make the sort of flour that is needed for the expor: trade. Since then a great deal of dis- cussion has followed. A committe appointed by the California Board of Trade, including N. P. Chip- man, Professor Shaw, Mr. Hogg of the Company, Arthur R. Briggs and T. C. Friedlander has met some testimony and the to State e subject. n‘Alter ’consullaflfm it has been deter- mined by those who are concerned in improving the quality of California wheat to have a meeting of represent- ative millers, bankers from the inte- rior and others. 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