The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1906, Page 16

16 I'HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 30 2906. fions are foward giving he Disirict Atforney independent means of investigation and in favor of bringing civil suits Recommend District Attorney Be Given Special Fund and Detectives. SAY POLICE ARE BEST IN WORLD IF WELL OFFICERED Administration of Ex-Sheriff Also Subject to Heavy Censure. BUILDING OF A NEW ALMS- HOUSE DECLARED URGENT g Judge Gra was dis- when the Commissioners desire to ascertain whether gambling they do €0 at a time when that China es e ney will most llkely get results or that they 2 dividually, as was done by former ts of the report are as nere, and was generally attended by When the man who is now e United States occupied a posi- ork City similar to that held by Commiesioners he did not find it out- e of the power or requirements of his office make such personal investigations as we ve recommended SUPPORT DISTRICT ATTORNEY. This indirect expression of the stand of the Grand Jury in the fight between Langdon- and the Police Department is the Distri mmendatio ct Attorney’s office. r made that the District Attorney be allowed.a fund and four de- tectives are eloquent of the jury’s sup- port of the contention of the latter that he be allowed to work individually and | outside of the police. These recommenda- y | tlons are made in the following language: As in prior administrations the prese:t Dis- rict Attorney's office is severely hampered in s effort to suppress crime In the lack of factli- es for conducting investigations. We urgentiy nmend to the powers that be the creation fund of not less than $5000 per purposes. We aiso recommend n of the positions of detectives in fice and recommend that at least pro- be made for the employment of four 1l be appointed Ly and gnswerable District Attorney that he may be stitute and carry out a campaign he Judges n their at- - e H hat | 88ainst any form of vice without the informa- F - recommend that | /o, "oy oue of his office watil the perpetra- 00 fOr & NEW |tors are under arrest. The necessity of the ngent fund is self-evident when it is real- at the District Attorney cannot even | telephone out he city or send a telegram | In"regard to any business unless he pays for it ont of his‘own pocket | EX-SHERIFF CURTIS SCORED. | The administration of ex-Sheriff Curtis gets the compliment of-hging given the biggést space in the report. The jurors do not mince words in their expression of disapproval. They find that the scales | of the Commissary Department were “de- liberately fixed to weigh four pounds in the contractor’s favor’; that supplied was below the standard fixed by IIl;e Board of Supervisors; that the meat | furnished was but half of the quantity paid for; that blankets paid for as weigh- ing six pounds weighed only four; that the hay furnished for the horses *‘could much better be used for beds for the pris- oners”; that the prisoners were not given the regulation amount of clothing | blankets, and that the method of keeping | account was extremely lax. The censure of the jury is unsparing. ‘“We do not hesitate to state,” it says, “that the late administration of the jall should be spared no censure and have left no op- portunity for commendation.” The ju: ends with the following recommendations: The jury as a result of its Investigation finds itself unable to ask for a criminal prose- cution against firms and persons responsible, but we present our books, flgures, etc., to the jury and suggest that 1t all be placed in hands of ‘the City Attorney with recommendation that he institute civil proceedings against said firms and persons to recover the loss sustained by the city, We cannot condemn too sirongly agant and wasteful expenditure of ¥'s money and the inexcusable neglect of the prisoners. The members of the jury were: Robert §. Atkins, blishment of a law li- Justices of the Peace, the steel cabinet and a safe Collector’s office, the fur- filed in before ge yomas F. Gra- its report. Judge Gra- urors and thanked and honesty les. ness r du p Department, follow- ction between the latter and upon the gam- part which was curiosity. The nended the police as considers the police force as he country and elieve that men ves for the protection called upon would when placed upon the dot; r ful y it in baving them commendation is followed by a ommissioners Poheim and O'Grady, who protested at a late meeting the .commission against the independ- t v of the District Attorney. The | s thus @0 Mot think that it adds any to the ment for any of the ides and try to siueld is committes found nt. We also sug- 3 Specials FRIDAY AND SATURDAY At Brown’s Albert M. Bender, Jokn C. Brickell, H. J. Byrne, Edward J. Camplon, Caswell, Georg N. A, Hewson, L. - 4 McFariand, E. R. Myrick, Matthew J. O'Neil, Richard L. Radke, Henry S. Russ, J. 8. Sala, E, Schnut- enhaus, Charles Sutro Jr.; Edwin H. Mitchell, chalrman. ———— SECRET SERVICE MEN LOOK FOR COUNTERFEITERS GANG Deserted Cabin on Bernal Heights May Have Been Working Place | of Orooks. For the last two weeks secret ser- vice men have been watching a desert- |ed cabin on Bernal Heights, where tools that might have been used by ounterfeiters were found. The “lay- out” was discovered b Policeman Walter Mitchell of the Mission station. Captain Burnett immediately referred the matter to United States Secret Ser- vice Agent Hazen. Hazen hoped that | the former occupants might return at any time, and had the place watched day and night. He declined to discuss the affalr, as he still hopes that the man or men who own the “layout” may return. “The outfit may not have been used for counterfeiting,” he said, “but it could be used for that purpose. There is nothing to warrant an arrest, even if we do locate the people who lived in the house and left the stuff there.” —— (as a 2 Defent Does Not Dismay Collins. brown or black. Special, The Court of Appeal declined yester- day from the bench to grant Attorney George D. Collins his freedom by rea- $2.85 ,soun of the alleged technical errors per- / 1Z o | tatning to £he defendant's second trial, ooeewese D1.45 Svit Nothing daunted, Coljns filed another : E petition with the Supreme Court. No Mercerized, form-fitting under- | action was taken in the matter last wear for men, Flesh color only, || night. " The overmarried lawyer smil- made with new French neck. It ingly informed the court officials that looks like and wears better than silk. | | P¢ had not yet really commenced = to Other stores sell this grade under- fght. He projects ail. #6r1s of aotions wear at $200 and $2.50 a suit. Brown’s special price for the suit in the courts of the United States, and is preparing an appeal to the-Canadian (shirts and dra»\crs},$l 45 Friday and Saturday.. o silk-figure $3.50 Hals, $2.85 Friday and Saturday of this week will sell any of our $3.50 Men’'s s for $2.85. You will find in . New Flat Brim Stiff Hats in black or brown, Soft Hats in Dent Crown, Fedora or Telescope shapes (as shown above), in tan, we Hat th ea Friday and Saturday, Brown's MERCERIZED | | | tribunals on the ground that he was i fllegally extradited. & | —_—— Men’s 25¢ Hose, - c.;::-g. "’“ '::' :';m' i : = stere ssoni, mother the late and stripes, 3 pairs for Achille Massoni, who died recently, et~ ot oA leaving an estate valued at.$8400, filed a contest yesterday to the will of the deceased. Massoni left his entire estate to his wife, Elena, and the contestant, who resides at Pieve San Paolo, Italy. says Elena unduly Influenced the de- céased to leave her his entire estate, The contestant says she is old, poor and too feeble to work and is justly en- titléd to a portion of her son’s estate. gl!l!! co St Below Montgomenry St than clinched when the report dis- | The | the food | or | | TYREE'S PLACE STILL SECURE The California directors of the Conti- | nental Life Insurance and Investment Company have made the discovery that | they have no power to remove Hiram Tyree from the office of president of the insurance company. A meeting was to have been held by the California direc- tors yesterday for the purpose of vot- |ing whether Tyree should go out. Storms on the roads have impeded travel, and some of the directors did not arrive, so there was a lack of quo- rum. While the directors were talking | matters over informally the fact was developed that the most that they could | do would be the recommendation that Tyree should be removed. Vice President McGillicuddy, who has been in California only a few months, was, possibly, the most surprised of any one when he found that the directors | have no power to appolit or remove ‘ofl]cer& “It is a new wrinkle to me,” he said after the meeting. “The stock~ holders and not the directors elect offi- cers for the Continental Life Insurance Company. - That is the plan of the or- ganization.” Tyree was not in the city yesterday. He is reported to be in Chicago. Stock- holders from the East were in B8an Francisco, and visited the offices of the Continental Life Insurance Company. and of the allied Western Securities Compdny in the James Flood building, to make inquiries. In the last few days stockkolders in Denver have written to this city that they wished to be rid of the “discordant element” in the com- pany. To this Vice President McGilll- cuddy 1is reported to have an-| swered in . a caustic way and to have asserted that if the company could unload a few “financial highbind- ers and gold brick artists” the effect wculd be good. No person was specified- as a “gold brick artist” or "hlzhblv- er.” 3 Next Monday the California directors will make another attempt to meet, then and there the status of President Tyree will be discussed with thorough- ness and possible-heat. ———— MRS. MATTIE THAL WANTS . § TRUNK LEFT BY HUSBAND ‘Widow of Jull Thal Obtains Search ‘Warrant, Relatives Heing = Defendants. Mrs. Mattie Thal, 661 Fillmore street, whose husband. committed suicide in a hotel at Dunsmuir-a few days ago, ob- tained a search warrant from ‘Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday afternoon to recover possession of’a trunk which belonged o her husband and contains articles of the value of $40: Mrs. Thal said.that the trunk had been in the office of the Colonial Pack- ing Company, 1128 Howard . street, her husband having been a trayeling sales- man for the company. "It was claimed by Phillp and, Harriet Tg:,.\. her broth- er-in-law and sister-in-law, and hand- ed to them by the company on.Wednes- day. They now have it at their home, 2951 Washington street, she . declares, and refuse to deliver it to her. . She also complained that. her broth- er-in-law and sister-in-law had refused to allow her to see the,body of her hus- band before interment. —_——————— Bank Case Trial The suit instituted by the State of California on relation of Attorney Gen- eral Webb to oust the Central Trust Company of California from the en- joyment of certain rights claimed in its articles of incorporation went to trial vesterday before Judge Seawell. The suit was brought to test the right ot one company doing a banking business to invest its funds in the shares of similar corporations. The questions to be decided are entirely legal, there be- ing no disagreement:.as to the facts’ The State 1s represented by Assistant Attorney :Sturtevant and the defendant by ;Gavin McNab and others. i ckanm A SR LT The World’s Beauties. ing within its boundaries the most beauti- o ntings and flashing gems. The pleasure of a visit will linger with you always. Col.. A. Andrews’ miamond Palace, 221 Montgomery st, * . — San Franciseo has the distinction of hav. | the ful store in the world. It is beyond dazzling lights, beat & . against the firms that have benefited in the peculations of the ex-Sheriff’s administration. O 30'::7 -, RS 2 LETH AITCHELL; * OFFICERS OF THE GRAND JURY WHICH PRESENTED ITS FINAL REPORT YBSTERDAY. GRAND JURORS BACK LANGDON AND MORE PROFITS SLAP AT POLICE COMMISSIONERS. The Grand Jury presented its report fo Superior Judge Graham yesterday and was discharged. Iis main recommenda- FOROL K Uncle Sam Establishes New Flash Test That Will Give Rockefeller the Trade PRODUCERS ALARMED R Great Monopoly Alone Turns Out Article That Meets Department Requirements ——— The Federal Department of Commerce and Labor has issued an order, a copy of which has been received by the local United States Inspectors of Steam Ves- sels, that fixes the flash test on petroleum to be carrled In storage at 300 degrees temperature. The news will cause con- sternation among California of] producers and will probably give rise to strong op- position. In 1908 the California Legislature had the subject of the flash test for petroleum before it. A movement that originated with the/ California Petroleum Miners’ As- soclation resulted in the introduction of a bill in the California Senate to raise the flash test from 110 degrees to 150 de- grees. This brought out a great amount of testimony. It was developed that while the crude petroleum used in Cali- fornia had been extensively empioyed in manufacturing and as fuel on steam- ships and rallroads for steam making, there had been but one explosion in Cali- fornfa, that on the Progreso, and that was not due-to the absence of a flash test. Local oll men say that the ruling by the Department of Commerce and Labor plays directly into the hands of the Stand- ard Oil' Company, and that it threatens all the independent producers, who do not refine anything Hke 300 degrees flash test oll. They say the order is likely to ruin their business unless it can be changed or set aside. Ferry-boat: steamships of all classes, sailing vessels that carry oil in cargoes, craft of all kinds, in fact, are to be included in the provisions of the or- der. Every shipping man will receive a copy of the ruling of the Department of Commerce and Labor and will be given time in which to comply. At the offices of the Standard Ofl Company it is sald that only the Standerd Oil Company pro- duces, in California, 300 flash test oil. Fuel oll is not required to meet the 300 de- grees test. et g e OIL MEN TO BEGIN FIGHT. Owners of Wells Select Quarters and ‘Will Pull Together. The fight of the California Oil Pro- ducers’ Assoclation for better prices for oil is about to begin in earnest. Within the past few days the association has filed articles of incorporation in this city and in SBacramento, and it is given out by the insiders that the preliminary moves have all been taken and the association is ready to work for the interests of the producers in the Kern County, Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, Fresno County and other oil fields where there are mil- Hons of galions of ofl that cannot be taken out and sold under existing con- ditions at a profit to the owners of the wells, about all of whom are Californians. Some statistics have been gathered. President Morshead wili appoint men whose duty it will be to collect all facts that tend to show the conditién of the ofl market and of the ofl flelds. The headquarters of the association will be in the Crossley building. The offices will be open next week. Assessments that have been laidgby oil companies on their stock in the last few weeks are reported to have been paid quite generally, stockholders expressing confidence that something may be accomp- WORAN ACCUSED OF PECULATIN Besides having trouble with her hus- band, the millionaire lumberman, Mrs. ‘W. H. Talbot i{s annoyed and worried over the actions of Mrs. Lizzie O'Brien, her cook. Mrs. O'Brien was arrested on Wednesday by Detectives Cody and Riordan on two charges of petty lar- ceny. Mrs, O'Brien has been -cook ‘at the Talbot: home for two months. A few days ago Mrs. Talbot became suspicious that Mrs. O'Brien had. been stealing articles and she coramunicated her sus- picions to . her. attorney,.Samuel M. Shértridge. - He advised- her 'to.notify the police. Accompanied by Mrs. Talbot, the de- tectives went to the residence of Mrs. Merlick, 1370 Eddy street,. where Mrs. O'Brien had lived before-going to the Talbot residence, and found a large quantity of fine toweling and shéeting, bedspreads, women's underwear and a set of cuff buttons and studs, besides several botks, a mandolin and a violin, which Mrs, Talbot ‘identified as her property. When they went to, the residence of Mrs. J. Grotty, a friend of Mrs. O'Brien, at 306 Hickory avenue, they found six men’s, fancy shirts, several overshirts, and two misses’. dresses. In Mrs. O'Brien’s valise at ‘albot resi- dence .they found' a quantity of fine underwear for womeri, hosiery, six fine silk underskirts, . handkerchiefs, fans and veilings, all packed and ready to be carried away. ; Mrs, O'Brien declared that Mrs. Tal- bot presented her with all of the ar- ticles, the value aggregating ovér $500, but ‘Mrs, Talbot indignantly denied that, she had ever presented Mrs. O'Brien: with a single article. By a singular coincidence Mrs. O'Brien is also suing ‘her husband fof a diyorce. She iIs a buxom woman 32 years of age. . —_—————————— BENEFIT CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN AT MILLS COLLEGE — Proceeds of Entertainment Will Be Turned Over to Library Fund of the Institution. A concert will be given at Mills Col- lege tonight for the benefit of the li- brary fund of the institution. The af- fair will be under the direction of Uda Waldrop and the programme is 3 at- tractive one. He will be assisted by Mrs. Ashley Faull, Miss Irene Walcot, Miss Belle Sanford, Miss Mabel Stewart and Lowell Redfleld: The News Letter In Spicy. Full of ginger. s this week’ in which Trygon has another ‘Fable for the Frivolous,” anent -"fluk :rug:nt ehi.:fl'; Henry Christeen” Warnacl a strange story ?mfi.‘u““'"”‘ mu-vtrA ; the strained at tween District the Police Commission are discussed by one *‘in know''; the Town Crier makes some hot of timely interest; the lished to restore earning capacity to wells that have been either shut down because of low prices or have been pumping in a very limited way. ‘The work of the Cali- fornia Oil Producers’ Association will be carried on secretively. The information to be accumulated will be given only to the members of the association, as a basis of joint action. ADVERTISEMENTS. DISFIGURED WITH ECZEMA Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow- der—Under Physicians Six Months But Grew Worse — Some Said Face Would Be Marked for Life— Now Without a Blemish. CUTICURA REMEDIES WORK WONDERS. but did not get any mbody It ;u,a on my and on my feet so thick that I could hardly 'Fut on me *» zema. My face was ws came out, and 1 then went to Cuticura. thing, but that he thought that said that was a very good my face would be marked for But ticura did ifs work and my face is as clear as it ever was. brother-in-law told me about the wonderful Cuticura remedies. 1 took his advice and got the Ointment, Soap, and Resolvent. I washed with flm(&:fimmflonplndthan‘ ied the Ointment, and took Cuticura e , AT whenm{ had taken 6.:0 bottle of Resolvent I could brush the scales my face like a powder. When I taken four bo my face was as clear as ever. 641 Emma White, 7 April 25, 1905.” ' Camden, N. J., COR. GRANT AVE.AND GEARY ST. Corner Grant Avenue and Geary Street. s It will interest the public to l.mow that the firm of Greenberg & Greenberg has now reorganized and will henceforth be known as the GREENBERG-WILSON CO. The entire store has been remodeled and restocked with the freshest and most up-to-date lines, the corner store being devoted exclusively to the new Cloak and Suit Department It will be the aim of the Greenberg-Wilson Co. to - serve the public with ready-to-wear garments that are the best values _in quality of material, tailoring and style at the very lowest prices. The Greenberg-Wilson Co. is equipped with every facility for such ser- ™ Cloak and Svit Display Ready Tomorrow, Salurday, March 31 Suits From $12.50 up Coats From $7.50 up , Watch for advertisements in Sunday papers. EUREKA OBJECT Stabbed During Fight. Andrew Lopas, marine fireman, 310 Jackson street, was stabbed with a knife on the right wrist by Vincent Otiro, a saflor, during a fight on Powell OF RAILROADS People of Humboldt Me- tropolis Enthusiastic Over - Propositions to Build| T e st Eureka is now the center of prospective rallroads. The people of the metropolis of Humboldt County are enthusiastic over | two propositions to extend railway lines into their city. | The Oregon Coast and Eastern Rallway, | with a capitalization of $28,000,000 to carry | through its plans, intends bullding from | Portland, Oregon, via Eugene, Drain and | Coos Bay, direct to San Francisco, | through Eureka. It has in mind another | line, tapping Eastern Oregon and Idaho | and connecting with this system al Eugene. E. B. Cooper, chief engineer, ha: been through the country looking up | right of way matters. Twenty-eight sur- | veyors are due to arrive in Eureka about | April 1, ‘and they will begin work at; once. § F. L. Evans is said to be the father | of a transcontinental system. He is the, man who recently created a stir at Sausa- 1ito by his application for street and wa- | ter rights for his California and Inland Empire Rallroad. He has appliéd to the | City Council of Eureka for rights of way | over certaln streets to tide water. Evans | has succeeded in interesting Eureka cap- italists in his scheme and they have as- sured him that as soon as he completes his road they will pay him a large bonus, It is said that Evans has not givem up | his idea of a Sausalito terminus for his | Inland Empire line and that the Eureka | road will connect with it at Redding. | WARRING RAILROADS | KEPT IN STATU QUO| Judge Morrow Puts Both% Under Bestraint Dur- | ing Appeal. The situation between the Southern Pa- cific and Western Pacific rallroads will | be kept in statu quo. till the appeal which | the Western Pacific is going to make to | the Circuit Court of Appeals has been | passed upon. That is to say, the de- cision made by Judge Morrow on March | 20 in favor of the Southern Pacific will not be executed, and the restraining orders under which both companies were put at the beginning of the action will be con- tinued until the decision upon the appeal. Judge Morrow announced this yester- day afternocon to the attornmeys on both sides and his orders will be issued today. | The American Dredging Company will be allowed to contlnue Iits work under the contract it has with the United States Government. The attorneys present in court were: A. A. Moore and John B, Foulds, repre- | representing the Western Pacific, ‘Warren Olney, representing the American Dredging Company. McEnerney asked that the original re- straining order be continued till the ap- peal had been decided. ‘“‘According to section 93 of the equity rules,” he sald, “there can be no appeal from a decision refusing an injunction. We are going to appeal, however, from the decision grant- ing the Southern Pacific an Injunction against us. Meanwhile, however, we are deprived of protection from the acts of the Southern Pacific. We ask for a con- tinuance of the original restraining order until the appeal is decided.” Judge Morrow agreed with the request and will make an order in harmony with it tomorrow. —_———— Calhoun Makes Promises. A meeting was held xesterday after- noon In the office of Patrick Calhoun of the United Rallroads, at which mem- bers of improvement clubs were ad- dressed by President Calhoun. - They | were told that the United Rallroads was at work upon plans for the bullding of new lines and the improvement of many of its old lines. that the company was prepared to accept a certain number of franchises under the present charter of this city and to spend eight or ten mil- lions in improvement of the transpor- tation facilities of San Francisco and that the interests of San Francisco and the interests of the United Rallroads were one and the same. Mr. Calhoun also said that the United Rallroads was willing to do its full share toward the development and progress of the city. —————————— Joseph G. Mywell Dies. Joseph G. Mysell, a well-known busi ness man of San Francisco, died at his home in this city ltnlnn mrlythour yes- erday morning age of 5 Jor i ysell - haa . been - conriected for many vears: with the firm of ‘Mysell- Rollins Com] » of-which his son, .\W. C.. Myséll, 18 president. £t [ street, morning. Otiro was arr Circle of the Ladies of the Grand the Republic will give a_whist party near Pacific, early yesterday ted. —_———— It’s the Way of Americans 0 seek the best there is. That's why Evans’ Ale has made such great strides; 120 years of honest ale brewing. ShHer- wood & Sherwood. PARTY FOR LADIES. —McKinley Army of eeting place n Pendo Hall on Seventeenth reet. It will be an open meeting for those who enjoy the game, The Overland Monthly For Easter EAD the April issue of the OVERLAND MONTHLY. It is exquisitely illustrated and the reading matter is espe- cially good. . Some of the Features are “THE MIRACLES OF SANTA YSABEL,” by Eloise J. Roorbach, a dainty sketch most appropriate for the Easter season, accompa- nied with beautiful drawings by the author. “AN ITALIAN QUARTER MOSAIC,” by J. "M. Scanland, deals with the always interesting “Latin Quartier” of San Francisco, written i a breezy, chatty man- ner, and describing the actors and audience of the “Pisanelli Famig- liare Circolo.” Illustrated. “DEATH AND LIFE” bty Virginia Garland, touches on a theme always of vital interest to the world at large, written in a vein that gives a new color to the questionings and problems syn- onymous with this subject. The fiction and poetry in this number are written by well-known Western authors. All Dealers—I5 Cents 4% ORDINARY DEPOSITS LOS ANGELES TIMES SAN FRANCISCO OFFICH RCOM 41, CHRONICLE BLUS. t-uno::n-’up. The Times is the advertising of the Southwess,