The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1904. SLAUGHTERED CHICKENS MRS, GON/ALES [ELLIS DENIES AND SUSPECTED CAT. “CAUSES OF NEIGHBORHOOD ROW Prospect Avenue Housew ives Wax Wroth at Being Compel!ed to Abandon Home Tashs and Holiday Shopping to Testify. BY JAMES C. CRAWFORD. Miss Pear] Cafiish, 16 years of age short of stature, denied having ast with intent to do dily harm to Mrs. Myrtle Brown the three small ch that matron newspaper as material of her complsint. ragment of broom- and y took fr tr wrapping and preser evidence in suppor: That she did hurl a stick at Mrs. Brown's cat Miss Caflish admitted, but pleaded stress of provo- . cation, the feline being notoriously +* + of the Caflish assinated and Browns are 200 block of box of urt was who had been before they were the case any of them nierrogmied their indig- d undisguised ne here and g to do, here I've since 10 o'clock, Do you call that ¥ explained that he iy away from her holiday buying, suggested that she transfer son directly re- vation of those she rejoined, Honor by arraignment that he pun on Mrs. Josephine ish's anouncement that she was of Pearl” and eager to testify a Zennerman of 1055 eet told Judge Mogan of how been annoyed by Mrs. Annie penchant for borrowing she caused that lady’s arrest for ing her peace. Mrs. Zennerman and Mrs. Demestine dwell within a few doors of each other on Folsom street, and Mrs. Zennerpan testified that every time she received & neighborly call from Mrs. Demestine the latter borrowed provisions or fur- ni e or cooking utensils, none which was ever returned. Mrs. Zenner- man bore her losses meekly, even re- fraining from expostulation when Mrs. Demestine helped herself to tips from the gas burners and uttering no ob- jection when her baby's raiment was carried away to be worn by the Demes- tine infant. “When she came in and saw my baby’s new dress,” narrated Mrs. Zen- “she said, 'Oh, what a dear gown—I wonder how my pet ok in it. I’ll bring it back in nutes!’ But she never brought she ha Demestine’s ere Mr. Zennerman, a tallor, also told of Mre. Demestine’s passion for embellish- cuse and her table and her at his expense. He never went he averred, that he did not find abroad £o and inquiry invariably disclosed the fact that it had been appropriated by | Mrs. Demestine. Th Dem specific charge against Mrs. was tha of having ine ADVERTISEMENTS. SIGK HEADAGHE CARTERS| =% Titie Fitis, They also relieve Dis- tress from Dyspepsia, In- ITTLE |agestionend Too Hearty IVER |5 [ Pi * | the Mouth, Coatea ‘ Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They reguiate the Bowels. Purely Vegetabie. SMALLPILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CURE SICK nbAvaune. of | € missing when he returned, | | scratched Mrs. Zennerman's face be- |cause Mrs. Z. denied that she owed Mrs. D. a sum of $10 which had been | borrowed. Case continued. W. F. Buttle of 2971 Twenty-sixth street, who witnessed the shooting of Joseph McGown by Joseph Smith, was cross-examined by Attorney D. J. Murphy, for the defense, and testified that he saw McGowan put his hand through the rail gate of the yard in which the killing subsequently occurred and push Smith backward, and that when McGowan entered the yard Smith “made & pass” at him and was rushed to his knees by McGowan. Judge Mogan continued the preliminary ex- | amination of Smith till next Wednes- |day. | } A bull in custody of two vaqueros en- tered a vegetable garden cultivated by Chinese in Visitation Valley and was driven therefrom by an Italian, who incidentally threw rocks at the cus- todians of the animal and was arrested | for battery. In pronouncing the de- fendant guilty and fining him $10 his | Honor Fritz muttered something about a bull in a China garden and a bull in a China shop. . Alexander Solomon, a milk distribu- tor, was deprived of a customer by a | business rival, and the latter alleged that bottles of lacteal fluid deposited by him upon the doorstep of said con- sumer were removed by Alexander, with evident intent to regain his lost patron. Judge Conlan is weighing the testimony. 'd yer puy mine doys, mine lofely doys? Carl Retss, a German comedian out of a job, was singing the appeal as well as his catarrhal cold would permit, when Patrolman Dowd arrested him for disturbing the peace of Market street, between Stockton and Powell, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. The route to prison_was made vocal by Mr. Retl and all night long he dis- turbed his fellow prisoners by melodi- ously imploring them to purchase the + | + he hummed his commercial proposition until Bailiff Laws squelched it. When placed before the bench Mr. Reiss explained that his warbling was merely an ebullition of the Yuletide | spirit stimulated by a combination of inebriety and impecuniosity. “Midould verk und midouid money,"” he said, “mine heart felt so sunk down dot I yoost yodied ter boost id oop.” “But you had no toys to sell?” queried the Judge. “Serdaindly nein,” was the haughty response. “I vasn't a peesnis man—I vas an ackdor.” Dismissed, after promising to ab- stain from venting his Christmas spirit in song. Five rooms of Mrs. Maggie Sharp’s boarding house, $14A Larkin street, were occupied by the family of John Nicholson, saloon-keeper, last Sunday evening, and in her complaint accus- ing Mr. Nicholson of disturbing the peace Mrs, Sharp averred that from § p. m. till midnight of the day men- tioned he cursed and threatened his wife so Joudly as greatly to annoy a young lady who was sick abed. Mr. Nicholson, when arraigned be- fore Judge Mogan, denied that his voice | was raised to sufficient pitch to be audi. | ble beyond the confines of his own apartments, or that his alleged berating of Mrs. Nicholson consumed as long a period as the complainant averred. While seated at dinner with his family, Mr. Nicholson explained, he mildly re- proved one of his children for convey- ing food to its mouth with a knife, whereupen Mrs. Nicholson bridled up and declared that she, being as con- versant with proper manners at table as he was, and also being solely re- sponsible for the teaching of social graces. to her offspring, must protest Disclaiming ifftention to contest her household suprefnacy, he still insisted | that the universally conceded purpose ! of table knives was to cut food, not to carry it, that mission being assigned {to forks, and hinted that unless she | desired to train her progeny to be sword-swallowers she ought to amend their table etiquette. To prove to her | the correctness of his claim, he quoted from volume laconically entitled “Don’t,” and it may have been his perusal and elucidation of certain ex- cerpts that attacted Mrs. Sharp’s at- tention and impressed her with the be- - CONTESTS WILL . Widow Waits Until Last Mo- | ment Before Attacking the | | Testament of Her Husband i [SAYS MIND WAS WEAKE i [Alleges That False Stories| Abont Wife and Daughter Unduly Influenced Him Rl N TS With only a few hours of the year | remaining in which she could begin proceedings, Mrs. Edle W. Gonzales last ! evening filed her promised contest of | the will of her late husband, Dr. Ma- | riano E. Gonzales. The day, until after | the hour for adjournment of court, had been occupied In argument before Judge Kerrigan upon her petition to set aside $75,000 worth of land as a| homestead. To protect herself against | the possibility of not receiving the acres | applied for the contest was filled. The County Clerk's office had been closed, ! but the document was received, as in | another day the action would have been | | barred. | _The contest sult is against Robert F. | Johnson, trustee of the Gonzales es- | tate; Anita Gonzales, the daughter by a former marriage, and the forty grindchildren of Francisco Rico, who | was a half-brother of Gonzales. In the | will the property was left to Johnson in | trust, with directions to divide the in- | come among the daughter, the widow | and the Rico heirs, the widow’s interest | to last only so long as she remained | | unmarried. H Gonzales died December 6, 1903, and | the will was dated November 13 of the | same year. The widow makes the | usual allegations of defective execu- ! tion. Bhe also charges that he was not | mentally competent to make a will and | on this point alleges that he was weak | in health and In constant fear of death. | Thereby his mind was deranged; he | | was subject to hallucinations and easi- | | Iy susceptible to influences and preju- | | dice. She declares that unknown per- | sons poisoned his mind by telling false | stories about his wife and child. oAl jury trial is demanded. Her attorneys ! are Bishop, Wheeler & Hoefler and William F. J. Bowe, : Judge Charles W. Slack, who repre- sents Anita Gonzales in opposition to | the application for a homestead, sald | vesterday that he had not discussed | with his client whether she would op- | pose the contest. It has been rumored that the daughter is willing that the | will should be broken, in which event the third interest of the forty Ricos would revert to the widow and Miss Gonzales. If the homestead applica- tion is granted, Mrs. Gonzales might ! abandon her contest and then the! daughter would probably try to break ! the will. | i —_————— { FIRE COMMISSIONERS HOLD REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING £ e e John T. Titus and Charley Thoney Are | Scored by Board for Their Money Transactions. The Fire Commissioners held their regular weekly meeting yesterday. President J. George Boyne, Henry P. Weeden and J. S. Parry were present. First Assistant Chief Dougherty also took part in the proceedings. John T. Titus, hoseman of Engine 6, was up before the board, charged with having assigned his pay account to a money broker, in violation of the board's rules. A charge was also brought against him by the United Un- dertakers’ Association that he had re- fused to pay a claim of $59. This claim was for the funeral expenses of his brother-in-law. The account had been standing a year and a half. The board ordered Titus to make ar- | rangements for settling the within twenty-four hours or he would be placed on the suspended list. Act- ing Chief Dougherty scored Titus heav- ily for his actions. Charles Thoney, driver of Truck 7, was before the board on a charge of borrowing $20 from John Kilkenny on | — claim | HE ATTACKED - CHIEF e et SR SEYMOUR IS INDIGNANT Fear Expressed Police Investigation Has Been Started WITTMAN That Impending Wrong. | uI could have got into print. I not understand how it could secrets of the conference. Ellis. CANNOT understand how a statement such as that which credited me with having told ex-Captain Sey- mour that Chief Wittman gave me ‘secret orders’ or to the Grand Jury or to any one else that Chief Wittman gave me ‘secret orders’ not to raid the Chinese games. That was a terrible charge to make agalnst Wittman, and I can- instructions I ever received from the Chief werethose just was stated in The Call yesterday morning, that are desig- nated the ‘regular written instructions’ and which are issued from time to time to the Chinatown and other squads. “I was before the Grand Jury again last night, but I cannot repeat any of the testimony that was there given. You know that it would not be proper for me to tell the I cannot say whether I was ques- tioned about my alleged attack on the heads of the depart- ment, but I can say that I have never accused them as has ' been charged.”—Statement by Police Sergeant Thomas P. never said to Captain Seymour have gained credence. The only Developments in the police scandal yesterday seemed to point to a con- spiracy within a conspiracy. While there has been circumstantial evidence to show that some sort of corruption fund has been collected in Chinatown and that some sort of tribute is levied on the women of the under world, there has thus far been little to show that any one high in authority in civic ad- ministration is involved. Opportunity to arrive at an Intelligent investigation of the alleged bribery of police in the districts mentioned seems to have become hopelessly entangled in the meshes of misinterpreted law and the nets spread by disgruntled persons to trap the unwary object of their in- dividual wrath. This much was learned from Sergeant Ellis yesterday: “I have not made any statement in- criminating Chief of Police Wittman, or any other head of the police depart- ment. “I have not told Captain John Sey- meur, ex-chief of detectives, that I had evidence incriminating the Chief and members of the administration. “I am simply defending myself against what I think are unjust accusa- tions. I do not want to involve any one; I am not looking for trouble, I only want to get out of it.” | To further complicate matters the jur- | isdiction of the police committee of the | Grand Jury has been questioned. | Friends of men who have been sum- | moned as witnesses have called atten- | tion to the fact that the committee, ! acting independently of the main body, has no legal right to subpena wit- | nesses or hold out a witness, as they did in the Ellis case. Rooms have been | engaged by the Grand Jury in the Mills building, although quarters are provid- | ed for that body in the City Hall. This is =aid to be unusual. The members of the Grand Jury, on | the other hand, say that they have im- , portant work before them and that it is necessary for them to meet at some down town office that can be easily | reached from their respective places of business. is paying for the rooms—the city or public-minded citizens. ' SERGEANT ELLIS’ POSITION. | Sergeant Ellis is much care-worn and | almost prostrated. Yesterday morning . he was told to report at the Harbor | Police Station, but the Grand Jurymen | took the position that he was not sub- ! ject to the orders of the Chief of Po- + lice so long as he was a witness before that inquisitorial body. Here is where the question of the police committee’s — the Grand Jury. The commission then put the matter over indefinitely. “By the time the Grand Jury |is through with its investigation of the police conditions that have prevailed | in Chinatown .it will make, the recom- mendation that a large part of the force be made up of new policemen,” said District Attorney Byington yes- terday. It was a very significant re- mark and indicates that in his judg- ' ment the inquisitorial body is on the trail of a good case. i The District Attorney was in attend- | ance on the Grand Jury yesterday aft-| ernoon, but he was no less wary of the press representatives than the jurors themselves. He had heard the general discussion of the work of the police committee, but refused to divulge any- | thing. | He expressed the opinion, however, ! that it would be some time before the! Grand Jury would take definite action | concerning the police scandal, and that ' the public would have to wait patiently | for a considerable period for informa- tion as to what was being done in the investigation. This statement gave! the impression that no strong case has | yet been made out, and particularly that the statements of Sergeant Ellis | were not of the clinching character re- ported. | Captain John Seymour, formerly at| the head of the city's detective force, | was mentioned yesterday as a personal | i {GETS i slon with the committee. REDDING YOUTH ADMITS CRIVE Pleads Guilty to Charge of Holding Up and Robbing Chinese Grower of $1 70 SHORT SENTENCE | Court Considers )Iit.ig‘a.tingi Circumstances and Sends| Him to Jail for Two Years| REDDING, Dec. 23.—Willlam Jones, | a Redding youth, held up a Chinese vegetable grower on the Anderson road, | three miles south of Redding, last Sun- | day to get money for a woman with whom he was infatuated. He got $1 70. | Sunday afternoon he was arrested and | stoutly maintained his innocence 3 Tuesday he was preliminarily examined | and an attorney made a hard fight to prove an alibi. This afternoon young Jones appeared in the Superfor Court' and pleaded guflty. | In sentencing him to but two years’| imprisonment Judge Head said that| because of the youth of the prisoner | and other mitigating circumstances a | sentence of two years would answer the ends of justice. ! —_—e— ‘ Death of a Well Known Telegrapher. | CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Thomas Ryan, for many years in the employ of the Assoclated Press and widely known among telegraphers, died here to-day. Deceased was born in Staunton, Va. * 3 declared that the utmost harmony prevailed. Sergeant Ellis had another brief ses- Attired in full uniform he came under the care- | ful guard of Juror Bowes. On one occasion Ellis ventured a remark to the newspaper men and was roundly lectured for it by the juror. | Sergeant Christlansen was a witness last night. The others called were Policemen McGrath, O'Brien, Munn, Heinz and Farrel. They all sald they had received no secret instructions from Chief Wittman or any one else as to the games in Chinatown. Nogh- ing important was accomplished and the proceedings had an air of much ado about nothing. That the iron is not waxing hot was indicated by the fact that the com- mittee adjourned without a day. A special meeting may be called Tues- day or Wednesday, but Foreman An- drews sald the committee would prob- ably not meet again before the ses- sion of the full Grand Jury next Fri- ay. An indictment was found against George T. Ballinger, the bookkeeper, who s accused of embezzling over $4000 from the California Art Glass Works. They decline to explain who The case is an old one and was up before the last Grand Jury. Foreman Andrews was authorized to employ an additional stenographer. LA R, SEYMOUR DENIES IT. | SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST “Sergeant Ellis has made no state-| PATROLMEN IS DISMISSED | ment whatever to me,” declared Sey Policemen Berrie and McGorty Escape St 5 A1e tamd fo, ma for. advin Dismissal From the Forec when Commissioner Hutton preferred on Tie Vote. the charges of neglect of duty against| ne charges against Patrolmen John o ;‘lndh‘u“l :"d to say to him was p, Berrie and Cormac McGorty that to tell the truth. He did not tell me! they accepted a bribe from George that Chief Wittman gave him secret o~ orders regarding the games in China- °r0: & saloon-keeper ';"D';“;er I e Ak o T Eolies Ootiinion’ yasterday: tend to incriminate any one. From ex- o A perience I have learned that this thing HoWell and Regan ‘:;“-";'8 for lth“mfll SN et and of Melotng Srbely | ictian. The'tis Vote Manes Tor 4o- out of trouble is b policy. As I, & 2 would tell any other friend who ap-|duittal and the patrolmen returned to pealed to me for my opinion and ad- | their dutles. 5 vice I told Ellis to tell the truth.” i George Mero; his brother, Edward “Did Sergeant Ellis indicate to you L!em, and Dan Donolnixe. a bn.rkeeivert. that he had been withholding the Were the vflnclv(u b meue;_hm' o Bl g sy SOYIOE yae Aaked ;gl\:y :rcec:e” :un:?n;olm ::;key ume’ e in “He did not.” { “But your advice to him .makes it the rear of McDonald & Mero’s saloon appear that you thought he had some- 2nd the patrolmen took exception to thing to tell and had been withholding | their manner of operating the game it?” !and threatened to report them for friend to whom Ellis had confided that Chief Wittman gave him instructions not to molest the gambling games in | Chinatown. The captain is not involved in the affair. August 27, 1904, which he refused to | pay. jurisdiction was brought up, and it | was contended that under legal circum- “You can assume what you like. Ellis never said a word to me of what had been going on in Chinatown. He shaking dice for money. To save the license of ‘the place, Mero sald, he gave Berrie $2 and McGorty $2 50. against his usurpation of prerogative.' Thoney said he only owed Kilkenny $3. The evidence of E. Malarkey and Patrick Doran substantiated Kilken- ny’s statement, aithough Thoney’s lit- {tle 14-year-old son swore that the amount Kilkenny had given him to hznd to his father was only $9. Thoney was ordered to square the ac- count on December 29, otherwise he would be under the ban. Commissioner Parry scored the dif- | ferent members of the Fire Depart- ment who were continually getting into trouble by having their accounts brought up for settlement before the | board. | —_———— Small Tax Rate for City’'s Schools. School Director Roncovieri yester- day received the annual report of State Superintendent Kirk and ascer- tained therefrom that San Francisco fixes the smallest tax rate for the sup- port of the public schools of any county in the State. But 9.6 cents on every $100 of assessed valuation was allowed for the purpose in 1904. The highest rate was that of Sierra Coun- 1y, 48 cents. Mariposa comes next, with 47 cents; Alameda, 26 cents; Loa| Angeles, 22 cents; San Joaquin, 18 cents, and Sacramento, 13.8 cents. I —_————— A dream of pleasure, the new two mrl quarter size American, $2 75 box 25. * ! — o | lief he was visiting oral abuse upon his better half, although he was per- fectly sure that at no time was his voice elevated from its ordinary level or his tone vitriolic. | Then the Judge gave him twenty- four hours to remove his family and furniture from 814A Larkin street. | - - . | Harry Koblitz, a fledgling attorney, who engaged in altercation with the proprietor of a Market-street restau- rant and was charged with disturbing the peace, will have a continued hear- ing to-day before Judge Conlan. While leaving the cafe he accidentally col- lided with and smashed a gas fixture used for cigar-lighting, and his re- fusal to pay for the damage led to’' heated argument and his arrest. ——— Don’t Give Trash. Give her a Light ‘lhnal‘u' 'Da-ufi the sewing machine home. mestie Co: 1031 st. near 8th. * stances the sergeant should be at his post of duty and not held in the back- | ground at the city’s expense. Late in the afternoon the sergeant appeared at | the Harbor Station and greeted his | comrades of the force there. | sympathy is felt for him, as he is sup- | posed to havé been annoyed by the | persistent efforts of his temporary friends to say something that would | substantiate charges brought by Hut- | ton. “I cannot talk,” said the sergéant, 1 iam ncew on my way to the City Hall and I am under orders to keep quiet.” The sergeant did not care to say any- thing about his conversations with Hutton or any other of the Police Com- | missioners. He would not, of course, | divulge the questions put to him by the | committee of the Grand Jury. He is, as The Call has already explained, sim- | ply on the defensive and has not made {any chargé that‘implicates his supe- | riors. | The mystery now is—who has been | attempting to turn the opportunity of ! bringing the Chinatown investigation {into a farce? HUTTON IS WAITING. Police Commissioner Hutton may be able to teil something about the in- vestigation instigated by him some weeks ago, but for the present he will take no steps in that direction. Until the Grand Jury is through with its prebing he will remain to all visible signs, passive. For the present the Po- lice Commissioners will have to pass| y; v yesterday the police scandal was | of both I the matter over, as it would not be legal for them to question witnesses that have been told to appear before the jury to answer queries put to them cos police affairs. After the jury finishes with its witnesses the Police Board may see fit to resummon At an adjourned meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners yesterday afternoon the Sergeant Ellis matter was casually mentioned. Commissioner Drinkhouse asked his associates on the board what action they intended taking regarding Ellis’ alleged confes- sion, whereupon Hutton spoke up and Much | The accused policemen, however, told straight stories of their dealings with Mero; testified that they called at the saloon to see if gambling un- | der the guise of a turkey raffle was proceeding, and, suspecting that luchi as the case, but being unable to ob- tzin direct evidence, they subsequently | called at the saloon and warned Mero that the place would be reported to| the captain of the district if any fur-| ther ground of suspicion was diu-; covered. did not mention the name of Chief] Wittman, Abe Ruef, Mayor Schmitz, Detective Jerry Dinan or any one else. He simply came to me and said he was in trouble and wanted me to tell him what was best to do. I did not want to know of what he might tel for 1 did not wish to mix up in the matter, and he did not offer to tell me anything. We have been friends for many years and I simply gave him the | best advice I could—to tell the truth.” | “Again you indicate that you be—l i lieved that he had not yet told all and The witnesses for the prosecution your advice indicates that you were hopelessly - contradicted themselves urging him to make a clean breast of and one another, with the result that the situation in Chinatown.” | the patrolmen were acquitted. “I did not know a thing about it. I e T hadn’t the remotest idea whether he in possession of damaging facts or He said he was in trouble and I| dered an op! Street May Be Expunged From !np.‘ City Attorney Long yesterday ren-| injon in which he advises | not. | advised him to do as I have already | the Supervisors that while in his opin- | stated.” ion the board has no power under the | “Do you know what Ellis has told provisions of-article§, chapter 2, sec- | the grand jurors?” 1tion 27 of the charter to vacate or “I do not. I believe he has told them | close a street having a width of forty something that is important, but just! feet or more than forty feet, he can what it is 1 haven't the remotest idea.| See no legal objection to passing a res- I don't care who is hurt, so long as my | olution expunging that portion of WILLIAW'S TAX (REATES FUROR cense Demanded for Trad- ing in the Marshall Group TALK OF RETALIATION ey Journals Comment on- Ger- many's Manuer of Tighten- ing Grip on the South Seas 30 L SRR VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 23.—Differ- ences have arisen between the com- monwealth of Australia and Germany with regard to the exclusive policy adopted by Germany in the South Pa- cific. The question arose after the steamer Ysabel had been held by the Germarns until an exorbitant license of $2250 per month was paid for trading in the Marshall group. Then a duty of $8 a ton was imposed upon copra shipped in the group on British vessels which trade from Australian ports. Australia is considerably aroused over Germany's interference with the commonwealth’s commercial activity in the South Seas and there is talk of re- prisals. Negotiations are expected to take place regarding the matter, Aus- | tralia having presented her grievances to London. Australian papers publish strong ar- ticles regarding the manner in which Germany is strengthening her “octopus grip” upon the South Seas. German exclusiveness in the Carolines, Solo- mons, Samoa, New Britain and part of New Guinea is instanced. —_——— French Forces Meet With Reverse. PARIS, Dec. 23.—Private reports re- ed here say that the French mill- tary force of occupation Iin Central Africa has suffered a serious reverse, accompanied by heavy losses, near Timbuctoo. There is no official com- firmation of the report. —— e Attached to Russlan Embassy. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23.—M. de Sibert, second secretary of the Rus- sian legation at Brussels, has been appointed to succeed the late Andre Bobroff, second secretary of the Rus- sian embassy at Washington, who died at Riga, Russia, to-day. ADVERTISEMEN Heat your office at, once This weather causes pneu- monia, grippe, colds, ete. [If your stenographer, book- keeper or clerk gets sick, lays off for one day, 1t loses more money for you than a dozen heaters cost. Then, too, how about yourself? Isn't your own health of some value? We can warm any office, store or house quickly and economically with Phone Exchange 8 for our expert. Don’t wait to write. Quick action our style. OnceiYear friend Ellis tells the truth. The whole | Shipley street between Elizabeth place | During the season of feasting and gdod matter is of no interest to me. You ean say without equivocation that Ellis | to me and that the report to the effect that he told me Chief Wittman gave him secret orders is utterly without foundation.” At the afternoon session of the Grand | rot taken up formally. There was .l general discussion of the investigation that is being conducted by the police | committee and the members of it were given every encouragement to go ahead with their labors. Strict secrecy was observed as o what occurred. POLICE COMMITTEE MEETS. The police committee of the Grand! Jury was in session four hours last| night and a number of policemen who have been members of the Chinatown squad at various times were called to testify, but there were no important developments. A. M. Davis, one of the members of the committee, left | early and the report was that he had and Ritch street from the official mpi of the city, for the reason that the public street or highway. The new musical instrument called the Re- ginaphone at Sherman,” Clay & Co.’s ought to be seen. This !s a combination of a music box and a tal machine, gives all the advantages | run.ents. . TEACH THLEC CHILDREN A deliclous dentifrice makes the tooth orush lessdn easy. SOZODONT is a fra- ,mcmm.mgum crevices cf the teeth it purifies them. SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER polishes the delicate enamel, but does nov scratch, thus it prevents the accumulation of tartar, without injuring the enzmel. 2 peoperty feund only in SOZODONT. amuwm.mtm cheer the laundry question presents prob- lems for the economist ‘hat “good will™ The only sane solution is our meth- ods—our _cleansing. ironing. polishing. delivering—methods that add to the lifs of your linen and decrease the wrinkles in your brow. Phone South 420 makes them yours to command. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY | will not solve. never divulged any incriminating facts' same is not a dedicated or uctpted%