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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905. CAT’S CLAWS PLAY HAYOC WITH YOUNG MAN'S FACE Feuh{ [\ Ld t Jti Him by Woman | in a Rage. It Clings to Head and Vigorously | Scratches ! —e Sore Visage Looms| Before Police | Magistrate. ’ BY JAMES C. CRAWFORD. ra of Italian dinners did Jesss Litch fleld and Benjamin Brown, putative news paper illustrators, attribute the reckless- they “lifted” several red lanterns which had been placed as danger signals on mber stacks adjacent to the site of the posed St. Francis Hotel extension, on vell street, near Post. The arresting policeman told Judge Fritz that when he met the two young men they were laden with lanterns, which they swung a la Indian clubs, | mated illuminative effect that was pretty ers of vehicles, it for warnin were .I‘L its in the dflrk'lrsl s it alvszh impulse that led you aps?’ the Judge 3 one of em replied he added, “if we had been sober t have borrowed them at all” e told of the commixing of beer red.” 1 intend to do with your— fnquired the court. were going to visit a friend of o had a Christmas tree at his answer, “and when we k ns we thought they would well or tree. Of course, we didn’t to steal the things.” clined to believe that you wers i mischievous instead of larcen- | ous prompting,” said his Honor, “and my yrder of dismissal is-accompanied by an inien that it was unwise of you to in- luce a mait beverage to the tipple ed with Italian dinners, which, though price, is & haughty and unso- wine.” was t in « s Mrs. Laura Harris, who abandoned her usband, a horticulturist, and two chil- was released by Judge Fritz at re- t of her brother, who promised to her back to Mendocino (‘ounl,\' and and Kln. Judgn. is of Mre. Mary Strong was dining with | her daughter and son-in-law, P. King, at the home of the latter, 3337 Twenty-sixth street, and so deeply en- grossed were the two ladles in what they Mr. King became wearied of his iso- lation and exclaimed | “For goodness sake, can't you Wwo- | = save your cackling for some other Mrs. King angrily For two pins I'd"— t she intended to propose to do | two pins was never disclosed, for chop hurled by Mr. King struck the mouth and barred | re- she r = fe whick her full upon e | further utterance. Then he smashed [ pussy see | dinner plate by bumping her head in-sacqued and picture-hatted, King recounted in fuller detail ng domestic incident to anigs, before whom she ac- husband of battery. “I was the butter to mamma,” she added, “when he told me to shut up and not talk so much. ‘Mer-cy! says bad, I'm sure, that one can't to one’s mamma one's With that he ups with the k chop and hits me on the mush”— Beg pardon?” the Judge interrupted, terrogatively. “Hits me on the mush—the mouth, »ou know,” Mrs, King elucidated. ‘Ah, yes,” murmured the court. “Then he ups with the plate,” Mrs. King resumed, “and breaks it on my I, ‘it's to. say a w at own tabl p Really, you must pardon me again,” Teo an indiscreet mixing of plebeian heer | quoth his Honor. “Where did the plate with the patrician vir erved to con- | strike?” | “On my nut—my head, you know," Mrs. King explained, peevishly. “He DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES, has pulled three guns on me and 1 ve one of them and sold the others. We've been married ten years”"— A year and a half, you mean,” Mr. OPEN PUBLICITY THE BEST | GUARANTY OF MERIT. | When the maker of & medicine, sold | King put In softly. e S e - . mmugh drugg! r family 1 said ten years,” Mrs. King re- 1 joined firmly, “and I repeat that we've 1y shing broad- | heen married ten years.” on §ts bottle ol Wrappers, st of all its ingredients in plain all come out in the divorce Mr. King Informed her, 1 s ac n ¢ " {Z;q‘;.«»;’:“ i a“ljdtg]rcn | “You bet it will,” she rejoined, snap- possi n ishly. to have the ses : ‘K “?9 he s sy, ndrtoneh oS Mr. King did not deny the battery, ond thet “ Wil Geat the fullest serutiny but pleaded that it was more than jus- oo “the ‘most thorough investigation. | tified by the epithet addressed to him by the complainant when he mildly re- uested her to talk less and eat more. keep a rooming-house,” he added, “and when I proposed that we divide the property and separate she told me | she would take nothing less than the | whole cheese.” “By which she meant?” plaintively said, with an rn Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for the ure of the weaknesses, periodical pains and fanctional der mg‘-mvnh of the or- gons distinetly feminine, is the only med}- eine put up for sale through druggists for woman’s €pecial use, the maker of which ts not afraid to uxn his patients into his full confidence by such open and honest publicity. A glance at the published fngredients on each bottle wrapper, will show that It is made wholly from native, American, | medicinal roots, that it contains no po sonous or ha forming drugs, no nar- cotics and no alcohol—pure, triple-refined glycerine, of proper <treng'h being used ;| which to either effect a reconciliation {nstead of the commonly employed alco- | or declde to dwell apart. bol, both for extracting and preserving SBh: 1k o the active medicinal pmpemee found in Twenty-five thousand dollars aplece he roots of the American forest plants | was the bail fixed by Judge Mogan ved, It is the only medicine for | when he held Frank Hastings, alias women’s pecular diseases. sold by drug- | Sheehan, and John Welch, alias Con. glste 'hm does not contain & Ianta]pe don, for trial In the Superior Court, centage of aicobol, which Is In the long | on charges of assault to commit mur. der, assault to commit robbery and plain robbery. They are accused of having waylaid, shot and attempted to rob Frank Si- mon of 513 Potrero avenue on the night of December 10, and of having robbed E. N. Winslow on California street on the night of December 12. They are young fellows, and several other young fellows tried hard to en- able them to prove an alfb! In the Si- mon case, but failed to do so. Mr. Si- mon positively identified the defend- his Honor inquiring that she would take the whole property or nothing, of course,” Mr. King explained, with a pitying glance at the_bench. The® Kings were given ten days In run so harmful to woman’s delicate, n-rv Now, glrveerine is perfectly ous system th effect the other Ingr«dmm.s entering into the “Favorite Prescription.” Some of the ablest medical writers and teachers endorse these views and praise all the several ingredients of which " Fu- vorite Prescription” is com ommending them for the cure ol zh« yery same diseases for which this world- famed medicine js advised. - No other medicine for women has any such NS us RIS ekNaIN. - fessional endorsement—worth more than ‘William E. Jackson of 415 T street kicked his wife Margaret while she was dressing their little daughter to attend a Christmas church festival, and subsequently followed them to the church and behaved In such a disor- derly manner that he was arrested. Drunkenness was his plea to Judge any number of ordinary testimonials. If interested, send name and address to Dr. E. V. Plerce, Buffalo, N. Y., for his little .pok of exiracts from the works flne’:‘ m?fillul writers and tmh jorsing the several ingredien teln ust Wh“ Dr. Plefee’s medldnu of. IVa free for the ssking. s of spirit that possessed them when | and thus created an ani- | n at Ukiah to elope with a negro bar- | granting | George | were saying to each other that | NAPOLI SPEAKS N OWN BEHALF Accused Murderer and Bravo Is Placed on the Witness | Chair to Give Testimony |HE SEEKS EXCULPATION | | Did Not Help in the Killing Angelo Napoll, wrestler and flsherman, accused murderer of Giuseppe Brogardo, was put on the stand by his attorney at the third day of his trial yesterday after- noon. He sat squarely in his chair, his short body bunched up in lines of squat power. His hands, which are the hands {of a wrestler, muscular almost to de- formity, were clasped tight between his knees. He talked with an Italian accent | and venementlv. As on the first day, he | was =till under the torture of a high col- |lar, and his head jerked from side to side, his lips twitching. His story, which To the defense is truth nd to the prosecution a manifest le, | was unshakable to Assistant District At- torney Whiting’s best efforts. Napoll ssid that, at I1 o’clock on the night of the murder, Strano, he went to the fish store of his brother, Matt>o Napoll, and there par- took of boiled crab and some fried oys- ters. At 11:3) they started home. On Ma- son street, a block and a half south of the barber shop' of Pietro Rala, they stopped to talk to a friend named Sano. Streno left, saying he was going home. Napeli remained, talking, about ten min- utes longer, and was still on the spot | when a fusillade of shots rang in the di- | rection of the Rala barber shop. “I hear shot,”” sald Napoll. “I hwk and #ee lots of people running in front of the barber shop. Lots of people begin run- | ning down the street, and I run, too, after them. I run to the corner of Fran- | etsco. Lots of people there. I say ‘What's ds mattah, what's de mattah? They say, ‘I don’t know, I don't know.’ Then a po- |licaman he come and say, ‘One Italian man dead. Do you know? I go with him to Vandewater street, and Brogardo | is there, dead. Rosario Domini, his friend, | is there, and he begin to cry. The police- | man sav, ‘Do you know him, the man |that's dead?” I say, ‘Yes, that's Bro- | gardo.’ * SAYS HE INTERPRETED. After that, Napoli claimed, he was one | in their investigation, and he helped them by Interpreting. Under cioss-examination he stoutly held to his story, very restive to the prodding of repeated ‘quesflons. He denied ever having had trouble with Bro- gardo before: said he knew him by sight only. He denied that he had ever com- ned of having been driven out of Rala, the proprietor of the barber shop, where was taking place the celé- bration that ended in the bloody trag- edy. Ralia said that twenty minutes after the fusillade that ended in Bro- | gardo’'s death Angelo Napoli came into the shop and asked the = barber to shave off his mustache. Rala demurred at first, saying that it was too late and that he was not sober, then oon- sented and clipped them oft. This dovetalls with the previous testimony of Thomas Shea. Thomas Shea is the young machine hand who, with W. E. Welsse, was given the custody of Sal- vator Strano by Policeman Fenner while that officer ran on in pursuit of Andrea Brasilo. The prisoner was torn out of the hands of the two oiti- zen custodians by a man whom they | claim was Napoli. Shea testified that | at the time of the forced deliverance | Napoli had a thick, black mustache, but that when he saw him again an hour later the mustache was gone. | Raia testified also that he heard | Napoll when put In the patrol wagon, | say to his fellow-suspects, “Boys, be careful what you say or it will be worse for yo A few weeks after the murder Napoll came to him and they talked about the affair. Rala | told Napoli that Gualappi had said that he, Napoll, was gullty of the murder. On the spot Napoli dictated a note to Rafa to be given to the acouser. The note was introduced as evidence. It is scribbled in Itallan and unsigned. | Translated, it reads, “Now boys, don't talk different. If you do it will be worse for you GLOOM IN COURT. | One of the most interesting bits of | testimony was that of Mrs. D. An- dreas. It brought into the courtroom some of the gloomy atmosphere of the night of January 22. Mrs. Andreas | lives at No. 8 Vandewater street. in the house before the gate of which | Brogardo ended his desperate flight in death. Mrs. Andreas was In the front bedroom of the house at the tfme and Fritz, who continued the case till to- day. vl . Mrs. Minnie Stewart, music teacher, re- siding at 1004B Golden Gate avenue, was arrested for shoplifting on compiaint of Roos Bros., clothiers, but when she was arraigned before Judge Mogan the com- plainants asked for leniency, as the woman has a respectable son whom they dald not desire to suffer punishment through her disgrace if she were sen- tenced for larceny. She was allowed to go on probation for one month. D Ty When the case of Paul Wells, accused of having stolen rings from a Chinese, was called before Judge Conlan, an at- torney stated that the defendant had committed suicide by cutting his throat, and his remains were then in the Morgue. VICHY CELESTINS It is always sold in bottles like this The Natural Cure for Standard Preyentative & ‘Drink in the Morning and at Meats € Says That He Was Only by| Accident in Vieinity and | | | | RRERRERR ERERRER RRRR Y ZRRRRE Save One-Quarter, One-Third or One-Half Now On Many Remaining Short Lots Holiday Goods Christmas shopping means wear and tear on our goods. Picking up and handling and admiring,and passing on o the next. Many of last week's Choicest Goods are now reduced One-Half, others One-Fourth and One- Third. 1If you have “Return Gifts” to makeat New Year's this is your opportunity. Among the reduced goods are Calendars, Aprons, Hand Bags, Bronzes, Cut Glass, Ornaments, Chinaware, Metal- ware, Fancy Boxes, Toilet Sets, Toys, Games, etc., etc. Men’s Suits $15 Suits that are wonderfuily good values here and are certainly the equal of any $20.00 Suits in town. See them. Better still, try on one and note the fit and good style to these perfect $15.00 Suits. Double or single breasted coats, choice of fine quality heavy serge in fast blue, nich black cheviot or thibets that will stay black, fine quality fancy worsteds or cheviots in the newest shades. Sizes for all men. The suit must become you and fit perfectly, or you cannot take it from the store. Unmatchable valuesat . . $15 Other Suits $10 to $30 House Coats About Half $6, $7, $8, $9 Coats Ail Now $4.00 These are broken lots left from the Christmas sales, only a few of each kind, but hundreds of coats in the assortment and your size am them. They are made of plain and figureg cloths, worsteds and velvets in light, medium and dark colorings. The same good styles that have been selling from 5600 to $9.00 each; beginning this morning and while acccmpanied by Salvator of the crowd that followed the policemen | RRERRR RERRRRY IRERRRR RRLRRRR RERRRY RERRRY, RERRVY, RERRERE RRRRRE. RRERRE R RRRR RRERRRLS RERRERR RN, LRRRRR RERRRRRY. RERRERR KRR quantity lasts, your choice at . - they are “samples.” supply at, a pair. . - Claster R.-Ilhll*Far the table, 3 . 20c; 5 crown, Ib... 2&:' Hb -Ib. carton, Mince Meat—Atmore’s, ln pu:hp. 3 fu( 28¢; jar, 65¢, 90cy 21bs .- 25¢ Mince Meat—Heinz, 5- b ne ok Plum Pndalng—G. & D. o Amore's, h. 22: tin; 2s, 40c tin; 3s, tin “ Nuts—Mixed, the best quality, 2. Chestnuts—Imported Italian, Ib. i pi | st aska by Brogardo, and affirmed that| Figs—White or black California, 3 Ibs- 25¢ \\\]h‘u::n ;laska‘he and Brogardo worked Dltu:le\;l;ied‘d-m. package. . =fi for different companies in different parts B e i .. of the country. B 250 e tox. """‘,IJ"' -‘lx lm " ;s The most important testimony for m,“,Mumm.h,, the prosecution was that of Pietro Popcorn— iy tit Snd —A M(d- delicacy, E’é an—’ln o O box ?o‘;o Burt & Packard Men’s Shoes $3.50 and $4.00 Styles Hundreds of pairs of these famous Burt & Packard “Burrow-Jap” Shoes, sizes 674, 7 and 7‘4—- complete Fall and very latest shapes, bo every patticular, of course, because Hyouwentnyofdle‘enzu lay in a season’s Our New Year’s Offerings Wines, Ligquors, Groceries Here is a list of Holiday Foods and Drinks at prices which will interest every home economist within reach of this big store. Quality reigm lupleme: 1 Soerst 1. 514D .. 75¢ Qne-n 0llve|‘L-u= qu-m 40c; 10-ounce buul- -84 Fuil Sample Line $285 pair inter Sample Line, no two pairs alike. tKh:ghmdlowcu«udpafec«m $2.85 Jell-0—Assorted flavors, 3 Cr-nbcrfluAC-gg Oranges—Fancy navel, Apple Batter-in one ,au..l“‘“"’""' pple T, cre R Lemons—Fancy,doz .. ...... ... Yellowstone Rye or Bm.lm Special R iner, bovds, 81700, un.ldvl. ) Br-nay—ceohu.nori (Continued Ncn Colum:) Free Delivery Within 100 Miles. Ask Us About it. CALIFORNIA'S LARGFST- Other Overcoats $12.50 to $35 Sweet Wines—Angelica, Muscatel, Port, Sherry or Niackire, 3 ovs. abd bt B0C cam | di.-. 85,0 Gilka Kmol—Cnmu» special, bot.....$1.08 Zinfandel or Sauterne — A good hH- ‘wige, gallon -75¢ Maryland Club—Pure Rye, bottle herries In C‘o‘:' m‘manllno—Hnlf pints, 25¢; pa:, Tipo Chianti—Red or ‘wines hm canter, nndzby!hhmu S\m- lu]in Cnlnny— Half pint, 25¢; case 48 bottles. ... $11.00 bottles.. $8.00 Pints, 35¢; case 24 Quarts, 60c; case 12 bottles. Club Cocktails—Any kind, bottle, Champion Whllky—C-nnhz old reliable, mel- Port o St e culy Sosoms Coity dx yeun old: Tequiar, galon, sz"i'g‘; Pnr Rye Whis! Mount Ve 2! e 3'-'. ey} - fernon; h-:tu 3 Aorieot BeanZy—A vy Hieh s Port or Sherry. Whisky—Paul Jones or Wilson, bottle Whisky — Hermitage or Old AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE Long Overcoats $10 These are excellent values. Cut long and loose and have broad shoulders and velvet collar—belt back or plain, dressy plaids or mix- tures in dark and light colorings. All sizes at the remarkably low price, each New Year’s (roceries and Wines—Continued. $10 AARAARAARAAA RARAAR ANRRAAL AAANR AR A AL AAAAA AR AARAAR AR ARLR AR AR RS A l’lfl- Table Wines—Of Crosta Vintages. RED WINES dozen $8.00 ' qts, $1.25; case | doz. $12.00 SAUTERNES AAAARA AALRRA AARARA S GAAAAA ARARAR ARAACa Aaa R R AWARARA ARRLAE AARARLR RARARE NARAAL L RURUINE RAARAXRE RAR XA R LR NRER WUR QR R LRARAER TRA RN R AN DR VR R DR AR QN a R ananan T e e e e e e —————— retired. “I heard flve shots,” she sald, “then one more. The Jast was mnearer than the first five. Then I heard steps as of a man running down the street, and I Imagined I also heard him pant. I heard the gate slam to, and then there was a great si- lence. Farther off there was a noise of feet and loud shouting. This nolse came nearer, I heard many men run- ning, and they stopped before the house. They seemed to scuffie with something and then a man began to moan. I can’t remember whether had not yet I heard men running off again, but I can still hear that man moan. I will always hear ft. After a while, when the moaning had stopped and everything was qulet, I woke my son and we opened the front door. A man lay dead across the gate. He was lying on his right side, his hand grasping the gate as If he had made a desperate effort to get inside before he died.” The son who, with his mother, wit- nessed the grisly sight, is now dead, and Mrs. Andreas wore a heavy crape veil which she pulled down over her face as she finished her testimony. By 4 o'clock yesterday the prosecu- tion and defense both rested on their cases. To-day testimony will be brought in rebuttal, and then the argu- ments will take place. ————————— MAY SIGN ANOTHER MAN’S NAME TO RAILWAY TICKET Precedent Established by a Decision Rendered by Court in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The right to sign another man’s name to a rall- road ticket which has been sold by one passenger to another was affirmed by the Supreme Court here yesterday. This decision establishes a precedent in the exchange of railroad tickets. The decision was given by Justice Leventritt in the case of Archibald C. Newburn, accused of having forged the name of George E. Whitcomb to a rail- road ticket. Whitcomb was the origi- nal purchaser of the ticket and sold it to Newburn. The ticket was for a round trip between New York and Indianapolis over the New York Cen- tral, Big Four and Lake Shore ralil- roads. Newburn was arrested when he signed Whitcomb's name to the ticket. Justice Leventritt held that the mere sale of the ticket carried with it the purchaser’s right to sign the name of the man from whom he bought it. —ee————— JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY HONORED BY TEACHERS Indinna Poet the Subject of Laudatory Addresses at Indianapolis Con- vention. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 28.—The after- noon session of the Indiana. State Teachers’ Assoclation to-day was. & tribute to James Whitcomb Riley. Ad- dresses were delivered by Senator Al- bert J, Beveridge, President Hughes of Depauw University, Henry Watterson of Louisville, Ky., and Meredith Nichol- son, ‘the author. Riley was present and responded. Watterson sald in part: But the other day a famous company in New York celebrated the seventieth birthday of the moat_fameusaf our proes Sretiere’ s’ ia lnr: are celsbrating the nooutide of ourgrest , our mnelghbor and ffiend; and, nmu en T have. tought. throughont my ite against sectionalism in al 1ts forms, I cannot repress a kind of sneaking satistaction in the thought thl! the Bast, havi exhausted its supply, has had to come West for a fresh crop of poets and humorists and noveluu—flndiu most’ of them, by the way, in Indiana—even Howells in Ohio, and the satisfaction rises into Itation when I reflect that the stan o iterature of my country, thus following the Star ‘of the empire, are NElA by hands o stal wart as those of Mark Twain and Will Dean Howells and James Whitcomb Riley, With the Tarkingtons, the Majors, the Dunnes and the Ades to bring up the supports and | take their places when they are gone, ——————— Banker Gets Four Years in Prison. ! MANKATO, Minn., Dec. 28-=Living- stone Quackenbush, the banker who wag convicted recently of recelving deposits in his bank when it was in- solvent, was to-day sentenced to four yeaza in the penitentiary, MONEY TAKES A HIGH FLIGHT Call Loans in New York Go Up With Rush to Hundred and Twenty-Five Per Cent NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The call money market opened strong again to-day. The first loan reported was $2,800,000 at the rate of 30 per cent per annum, and this was followed almcst immediately by an- other loan'of $200,000 at 60 per cent. The advance in the interest rate was sensa- tionally rapld. From 60 there was a quick advance to 75, 90 and then 100 per cent. ‘When 100 per cent was touched all rec- ords since December, 1899, were broken. In that year 186 per cent was paid for call loane. After landing at 100 per cent to- day there were loans at % per cent. The % per cent quotation did not last long, and at 11 o'clock 110 per cent was paid for funds, and shortly afterward a loan of $400,000 at 125 per cent was reported. Although brokers were compelled to pay the highest prices in years for cash with which to carry their stock, there was lit- tle excitement over the situation. Many Stock Exchange houses provided them- selves several months ago with time loans to carry them over January 1, which is a time when money is always in great de- mand for dividends, interest and other year-end settlements. These time loans are not affected by the call money mar- ket. Somo stocks were sold out during the morning hours, principally industrials, but In the main stocks held well in the early trading, considering the market's usual sensitiveness to money conditions. On the Stock Exchange the view was taken that the stringency is temporary, and that easier conditions will prevall immediately after January L The demand for money started within fifteen minutes after the opening of busi- ness. until after 11 o’clock. To-day a loan was made early at 80 per cent. This was re- garded as an effort to keep the rate down. Immediately afterward bids were raised between quotations. A request for accom- modation at 40 per cent brought no offer. Then the bid was raised to 5, with no better results. The next was 60, at which figure a second loan was made, one of $200,00. No more money was offéred at that rate. The third loan was made at 70 ver cent. 23 Then the demand for money rrm? brok- ers, as a result of heavy calling of loans by the banks, in order to make arrange- ments for the January 1 disbursements, became urgent and most of them were apprehensive as to wlether they could re- new their loans at all. The call rate then climbed rapidly to 80, 80 and 125 per cent. The top rate yesterday was % per cent. Russell Sage, through his representa- tive, was reported to have louned $3,000,- 00 at 9 to 100 per cent. More than the usual discrimination was shown by the banks in the collateral accepted by them for loans. The rate for sixty and ninety day loans to-day was 6 per cent, and a commission, making such loans really equivalent to § ! per cent. By noon the demand for money seemed to have been largely supplied. Toward 1 o'clock the demand for funds seemed to'‘have been pretty well satis- fied and money was lent at 6 per cent. Just joon as the money tension seemed to have been relieved the stock market started to advance, led by a sensational movement in Anaconda. This stock rose rapidly to 275, against 239 earlier in the day. There was no definite news to ex- plain_this Advumc, except the reports of & rich strike in the company’s mines. As a rule nothing is done in money. ARMY COURT TRIES TAYLOR Sergeant Butler Describes His Humiliation by the Lieutenant in a Theater i LR Epecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Lieutenant Roy L Taylor, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth United States Coast Artillery, was tried by court martial in the army building, ‘Whitehall street, to-day on the charge that he had compelled an enlisted man to change his seat in a theater so that he would not be directly in front of the Meutenant and ladies. The technical charge was conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. The decision of the court will be submitted to General Grant to-morrow. Coming, as it did, on the heels of the campalign begun by the Army and Navy League to compel theater managers to allow reputable, well-appearing soldlers and sallors access to any part of a the- ater, the trial was watched throughout the country. Sergeant Butler testifled to-day that he heard a voice in his ear: “‘Sergeant, you had better change your seat.” He half turned, to see Lieutenant Tay- lor with several women. The lieutenant was In civilian evening dress; the.ser- geant wore his uniform. He sald: “Lieutenant, I paid $150 for this seat. All the rest are sold: I can’t get another seat.” “Yes you can, ‘was the answer. “Take / 4 known weaves. TAPESTRY BRUSSELS — or without, border. ral; suitable for with or without, square yard [CORDES| 245-259 GEARY ST Hundreds of patterns, embracing all the well- Low prices prevail. for any room in the house; an excellent grade colorings; with or without border. hry-d PEERLESS BRUSSELS—A choice selection of this designs; d«nfl.bra;yro::hfioh_ ; with er y BODY BRUSSELS—A weave that will stand the test of time; choice designs, both Oriental and Flo- or, living-room and hall; er. Per yard INLAID LINOLEUM - The kind Mgoa clear throuzh to the back; in tile effects. Per your coupon to the box office and they will give you another seat.” He got a seat on the other side of the house. “Were you commanded to do thist™ asked Captain Skerret. *“No, sir; but as he was my commanding officer I thought I had better comply.” “What words did he use?” *“‘You had better." " Lieutenant Taylor testified that he had only wished to keep a family party to- gether and had told the sergeant that his asking him to change his seat was not an order, but a personal request. He had thought the matter ended until Butler had written a letter of complaint. He sald it was furthest from his mind to embarrass the sergeant. “Would you have made the same re- quest of a citizen?” asked Captain Sker- ret. “Yes,” was the answer. “Suppose you were sitting in a theater and the sergeant asked you to change, what would you do?” “I don’t know—er—a—I suppose I would suit my own convenlence.” Questions on cross-examination in this line finished the examination and the taking of testimony soon ended. —_————————— ONE-THIRD OF DEATHS DUE TO CONSUMPTION Number of Victims of the Disease in New York State Is Ine creasing. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 23—Dr. Bu- gene L. Porter, State Commissioner of Health, !s preparing to take a census of the consumptives of the State. The primary object of this undertaking is to stamp out this disease or to reduce the number of fatalitles to a minimum. Dr. Porter's attention was directed to this matter by a. review of the State records, which show that fully a.third of all deaths in the State are due to tuberculosis. The New York. City list of eonsum tives seems to be Increasing, acco: Ing to dally reports. Designs uihble soes 550 81%¢ $L12%4 3125