The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1906, Page 5

BOHEMANCLUBHOLDS|TO EXAMINE ANNUAL ELECTION MY REMODEL FLO0D BUILDIN ——— dumor Persistent Afloat [hat Owner lnlll('lll]llalt‘i F"fdfric I/I/. Hfl// ]5 Changing Offices Into Hotel COST WILL BE HEAVY Albert Pissis, the Architect, Refuses to Answer Any Questions on the Subject for th to convert nto a mod- deny s Flood SOME STUNNING PICTURES AT THE NEW ARTROOMS —— Artists, a banded together and their own presented its first wnspeople last night i together under t Knock up quite the ag- nd some exhibi- hade, with augmen- ngs that e Marston 3reenbaum'’s nd B C P v Rasch 7 and tation ¢ tic environ- muley cow A balky accompaniment my dear Mr. the e grass of whom 1gs, which he unpretty by strative work), Froelich, Nefison, Judson apel en from now until ceases to be in- never, since t of towns. CAPITAL, SURPLUS & PROFITS $3.000.000.00 Ve are glad at all times to confer templating making a WILL and to give them every pos- sible masistamce and advice with persons con- either in person or by corre- pondence. CALIFORNIA Safe Deposit & Trust Company California and Montg: Sts. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA “ASSETS- OVER TEN MILLION DOLLARS RRR: es Sprains, Bruises, Mosquito Bites, Stings of Sunburns, Burns, Toothache, Headache and | | | FREDERIC W. HALL, WHO WAS YESTERDAY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE { BOHEMIAN CLUB TO SUCCEED WILLARD T. BARTON, WHO RETIRES AF- | TER SERVING IN THAT POSITION FOR THE LAET YEAR. i { | 1dent, | withal ’fHE ‘SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 2 4 WEDNESDAY, AP Chosen President to Succeed Willard T. Barton. 2 z B P25 9049000 vy (U 4 The annual meeting and annual elec- tion of the Bohemjan Club took place yesterday. The following officers were chosen without opposition President, Frederic W. Hall; vice president, Hotaling; secretary, Willlam H. ; ‘treasurer, F. G. Sanborn; directors —Paul Cowles, Thomas 8. Wiison and H. Maginnity The holdover = directors, who were chosen one year ago to serve for two vears, are: John McNaught, H. A. Mel- vin, C. J..Dickman and Dr. Louis Lis- ser. The officers elected yesterday and the holdovers comprise the board of direc- tors. Fred W. Hall, the newly elected pres- served on the directory during the administration of F. P. Deering and was vice president of the club under the last administration of James . Pheln. He is a lawyer, possessing ex- cellent business attainments and 15 a Bohemian of progressive ten- | dencies. | of two years, | Election | B. Treadwell. Wiliard T. Barton, the retiring presi- dent, submitted to members In annual meeting an elaborate report relating to financial and other affairs of the club. The report contains. these para- graphs: The following constitutes the membership of the club: Seven hundred and twenty-one reg- ular members,.134 new non-resident members, 48 transient army members, 10 transient navy members, 33 transient facuity members, 72 as- soclate members, 27 honorary mempors, 14 life members, 14 honorary life members, making a grand total of 1073 members. (On March 20 seven regular members were elected, making the regular membership 728.) Our clubhouse site has been leased to the | First Church of Christ, Sclentist, for the sum of $0000; $1500 of the above rental was ad- vanced by the church to place it in good re- pair, leaving a net rental of $4500 for a period which amount will about pay our interest and taxes during that perfod, and the date of the expiration of the lease will give ample time for us to bulld before the expira- tion of our present lease. During the year certain members of the club have mcquired eighty acres of land adjoining the grove. done to prevent encroach- ment by campers and to protect our present holdings. Announcement is made that E. F. Schneider and George Sterling have the coming midsummer jinks in prepara- tion. Among the old-time Bohemians at {the club yesterday were Willlam Phil- | ipps Edwardes of Tucson and Charles Warren Stoddard of Monterey and San Juan_Capistrano. Stoddard is a poét and Edwardes is a singer. Both may tarry to attend the festivities next Sat- urday evening in honor of Uncle George Bromley's eighty-ninth birthday. S e ey MAYOR WILL NAME TWO ELECTION COMMISSIONERS Successors to Leflingwell ‘and Devoto, Who Resigned, Wil Be Appointed in a Week. Mayor Schmitz stated yesterday that it will be a week before he announces the names of the successors to former Commissioners Devoto and Leflingwell, who resigned to accept more lucrative positions in the city government. There will be no-lack of aspirants for the vacancles. Among those who would be willing to accept appointment are Frank Conklin, who ran for Auditor on the Union Labor ticket two years agoe and was de- feated, and former Police Judge A. The two appointments will probably go to ~members of the Socialist and Democratic parties, to which Leflingwell and Devoto were re- spectively credited. Emmet Barrett will resign as secre- tary of the Board of Education to- morrow, the resignation. to. take ef- fect May 1. Lefingwell will succeed Barrett as the board’s secretary on that date o - HEAR REPORTS FRUT CANNERS President Fries Reviews Events of Year, Which Was a Record Breaker The annual meeting of the Califor- nia ¥ruit Canners’ Assoclation was held yesterday. President Willlam Fries read his report. which announced that 1905 had proved the banner year of the ussociation, not only in the size of pack and the total volume of sales, but in the net protits, which amounted to $463,955. The usual monthly dividends were +paid, completing a total to the end of the flscal year of seventy-three consecutive dividends, amounting to $1,259,737. The surplus and reserve now aggregate $1,161,770. The fiscal year closed free from all bank indebtedness and with a normal stock in good condition. Referring to the entry of the association in the dried fruit and salsin business, the re- port stated as follows: For many reasons we deemed it advisable to add to our canned fruit busness that of dried fruit and raisins. We are pleased to say that the initial venture has worked out very satis-- factorlly, and we propose to.extend our opera- tione considerably the coming year. We shall act along conservative lines, and propose to eliminate the speculative feature of the dried fruit business as far In fact, our policy in the dried fruit and raisin business will be -identical with that which we have followed in our canned fruit business. Our policy In rebuiiding our plants has been to build substantially, bearing in mind the future as well as the present. Also, in the matter of equipment it has been our endeavor to equip as rapidly as possible all of our plants with up-to-date, economical machinery: A continuance of the well-established aggressive policy of the association was advocated. The following officers were elected: President, Willlam Fries; vice president and treasurer, §, L. Goldsteln: second vice presi- dent, Fagncis Cutting;. third vice president, Percy T. Morgan; secretary, Charles B. Carr. Directors—Franclg Cutting, 1. Bentley, F. Tilmann Jr., Wyatt H. Allen, William Fries, Percy T. Morgan, M,_J. Fontana, G. H. Bent- ley, Joseph Hyman, S. L. Goldstein! W. C. B. de Fremery. Executive committee—Willlam Fries, 8. L. Goldstein, M. J. Fontana, R. L Bentley, C. H. Bentley. Finance committee—Percy T. Morgan, Wil- liam Fries, F. Tillmann Jr. Gerieral manager, R. 1. Bentley; general su- perintendent, M. J. Fontana; assistant general superintendent, T. B, Dawson; manager sales 'ment, Bentley. i o 4 I EAGLES SELECT SPOT AMID REDWOODS FOR FAMILY NEST Clubhouse and Cottages for Themselves and Families Will Be Erected in Plcturesque Place. The Eagles of San Franclsco are to have a nest among the redwoods of Somoma County. At & spot a little north of the Corbel winery, Which 15 not far from Cloverdale, they will erect cottages and a clubhouse that they and their families may enjoy /the good old summer time where nature smiles and the trout leaps. o al trains carrying 2000 members of the two local aeries were hauléd over the California Northwestern line to the chosen spot on Sunday. The Eagles enjoyed the day under the trees and declded to accept. the offer of the place as a Nm It 1s likely that the clubhouse will be e at once and the butlding of many cottages will follow. The Russian River ‘makes a bend at the tract, lending picturesqueness and furnishing boat- ing and bathing facilitie~ - - CALIFORNIA'S -~ NITER BEDS —_— Government Soon to Get Supply at Home, Dependence on Fields of Chile May Now Be Obviated. Deposits Recently Discovered in Death Valley Are to Be Investigated. Now comes the State of California with the declaration that the United States shall be independent. Once the Golden State played a conspicuous part in hold- ing the Union intact, and now, after building its commonwealth for fifty years, she says the country shall be dependent no more on a foreign land. Gunpowder, in the last analysis, is the sine qua non of a stable government, and as the niter used in its manufacture in this mightiest of nations can be obtained in quantities only in Chile, dependence bhas been absolute on the narrow South American republic. But down In Inyo and San Bernardino counties, in this State, deposits have been found offering vast supply, it is belleved, of the stuff that is required to make the guns boom in the assertion of the majesty of the Stars and Stripes. State Mineralogist Aubury has commu- nicated to the Government at Washington the fact of the existence of these niter beds, and if the investigation that is to be made of the fields results favorably the United States can forever renounce her dependence on the trust and o the strip of a republic. The California beds are lo- cated in Death Valley, and for climatic reasons the earliest time that the exam- ination can. be made by the Geological Survey will be next October. SECRECY MAINTAINED. The fact that the country has to rely wholly on the Chile niter field has long been a matter of concern at Washington. ‘What might be the result in case of a protracted war is readily apparent. The utmost effort has at all times been made to keep secret the country’s dependence on Chile, and never a word is published of the appropriations by Congress for the plirchase of 'niter supplies. If the fields of this State prove to be satisfactory in quality and quantity, as it is belleved they will, California may proudly lay claim to great service to the country. The following is the letter Mineralogist Aubury forwarded to Senator Perkins at ‘Washington calling the Government's at- tention to the deposits in Death Valley: “I noticed in a dispatch from Washing- ton that Hon. Robert 8. Waddell made a statement to the sub-committee of the Senate committee on appropriations to the effect that this country is wholly depend- ent in times of war or peace on one gi- gantic trust that has the absolute and ex- clusive monopoly for the manufacture of all the powder that the Government re- quires for offensive and defensive pur- poses. If the statements contained in the dispatch are correct and the commjttee on appropriations Intends to pursue this sub- ject further, there is a matter which I would particularly call to their attention and which to my mind is deserving of much consideration. FIELD IS LARGE. “To begin with, the supply of niter, which material is the basis of all pow- der compounds, is obtained wholly from Chile, and in the event of war with a forelgn power the material becomes contraband. As It is my belief that a comparatively small stock of niter- is to be had in this country for powder manufacture, it would appear that this Government might be placed at great disadvantage in a long war. “My purpose In writing this is to call your attention to the large de- posits of nitrates which were dis- covered some time since In Death Val- ley, Inyo, County, California, and also certain deposits In San Bernardino County, California. I caused an inves- tigation to be made:of these deposits and a report of the same was made under my direction and is embodied in bulletin No. 24, ‘Saline Deposits of Cal- ifornia, which bulletin has been for- warded to,you.” ! “Owing to the small amount of our appropriation which could be devoted to the examination of these deposits, it was not possible to go into the mat- ter with as much detall as I desired. However, it will be seen from the re- port that they cover a large territory and are in some places of a very high grade. RAILROAD NEAR DEPOSITS. “One of the reasons for the non-de- velopment of the deposits has been lack of transportation, but there is now building from Ludlow. on the Santa Fe Rallroad, what is calléd .the Tonopah and Tidewater Rallroad,” which is backed by F. M. Smith and English capital. This road so far has pro- gressed to Soda Lake and to the junc- tion of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Rallroad, and Is being rushed forward from that point northward as rapidly as possible. This road was designed to furnish transportation from the borax flelds and will enter the territory covered by the nitrate deposits, so that the transportation problem is practi- cally settled. “While it is not supposed that the deposits will produce as large a per- centage of nitrates as those in Chile, I have had experiments conducted on the very low grade material, with satisfac- tory results, the production averaging ten per cent. e “I belleve" there is no question re- garding the economical manufacture of the low grade material. ‘What remains to be done is to ascertain the total area, depth and value of the deposits, to determine their econdmic . value. Many of the deposits have -been lo- cated from time to time, but .no prac- tical prospecting of them has been car- ried on. In vlew of the Investigation already made by this department, and that the Government might be placed in an independent position, it appears that the subject is .worthy of govérn- mental investigation.” WALCOTT WILL ACT. In reply. Senator Perkins wrote to Aubury that he had called the attention of both the War and Navy departments to the fact that there’ are nitrates in California, but that it will be neces- sary for private parties to develop the Imlnu. and the Government cahnot do . He also promised to take up the X | street entrance. setfrom . . . - boleros, many pretty styles with See the New Scarfs of crepes figured effects. Jardinieres " Fine preserved Palms that keep their color and always look nice. 5-leaf 35c Palms . . 270 6-leaf 45c Palms . . 33e 8-leaf 60c Palms . . 42¢ 10-leaf 90c Palms . . 69¢ Extra Fine Jardinieres — Highly glazed, shaded browns and greens, worth” almost double our special Easter prices. 7-inch 75¢ Jardinieres . . . 8.inch $1.00 Jardinieres 9cinch $1.15 Jardinieres Q-inch $1.50 Jardinires $1.00 Black. Wrought Iron . . 8500 200 to 360 Dress Shields Slightly mussed ‘in manufac- ture, but not injured at all for use, pair . . . . 10€ PRISONER UNLIKE . PIETRO TORTURICI Photograph of the Suspect Arrested in Portland Is Received Here. Chief Dinan received from C. Gritz- macher, acting Chief of Police of Port- land, Or., yesterday a photograph of Fred | Sibaldt, the Itallan who was arrested there on suspiclon of being Pletro Tortu- ricl, the murderer of Blaggio Vilardo. Si- bald} is as unlike Torturici as any human being can be to another, and how the Portland detectives could have been hood- winked Into placing Sibaldi under arrest is a mystery. Chief Dinan-at once wired that Sibaldi was not the man wanted. Gritzmacher in his letter to the Chief said: ‘We bave arrested this man on information obtained from an Itallan here who is pretty well known and claims that he knows he is the man, although there {s some discrepancy in the description of this man and the circu- lar fssued by your department some time ago. ou wiil observe from the picture, this man not_thick lips: 1s & very good-lioking fel- As ha low: speaks English and is at the pres- ent ‘time 25 years of age. He is short, stout, very muscular and claims that he never was in San Francisco. We have told our in- former that this description does not answer with the description of Pletro Torturici, but ke etill says he is sure that he,is the man and that you will identify him in San clsco. P D s — Easter Hats Now on display. Marie L. Sweeney, 121 Post street. No cards. B — Collins Files Another Writ. George D. Collins made his usual ap- pearance at the Court of Appeals yester- day with a voluminous petition for a writ of habeas corpus. His complaint this time is that Judge Graham erred in ordering him back to jall after only a day of freedom because his bonds were irregular. —_——————— JAPANESE PROCURER ARRESTED.— -United States Immigrant Inspector A. H. Gef- feney of Seattle arrested in Fresno yesterday N. Nomura, a Japanese, on the charge of hay- ing tmported Ko.Nomura, his alleged wife, for immoral purposes. She will be deported. matter with the Geological Survey. Senator Perkins has now forwarded to Aubury a letter he received from Director Walcott of the Geological Survey, as follows: “The importance of a detailed ex- amination of the nitrate deposits of the West has been realized by me for ‘some time and the matter has been given careful consideration. Until very recently these deposits were so inac-; cessible that a really serlous survey of | them would have involved very heavy expenditure. ~With the prnlpactlvei ‘railroad facilities it will be possible to cover the field much more rapidly than could have been done two years ugo.l Wwhen the matter was first brought to my attention. “It fis still, however, a piece of very expensive field work, for it will be necessary to place in the district not only a geologist, but a chemist, with an outfit for field determination of the composition of the different salts and nitrates. Plans for the field work of present season have not yet been but if possible an examination of | these nitrate deposits will be included ‘in our work for this year.’ " New Easter Neckwear See the hundreds of pretty new styles in the Neckwear Section, fourth aisle, left of Market sleeves, priced from . $2.50 10 $27.50 both narrow and wide, either plain colors or See the new Chemisettes, some with half sleeves, some with cuffs, elaborately designed of lace and of lawn and of pretty embroidenes. Easter Sale Palms an $50.00 Our Great Special For Easter, af . « « These really beautiful Eton Suits were made by the manufacturer to sell bought by us to sell as an extra good value at $50, but we offer them as the best Easter Dress Special we have ever had at Thirty-Seven Fifty. Made of h fine French voile, the i e excmedegdmglywhh narrow bands of double row of narrow Val. lace. The deep silk girdle ives the full circular-pleated ere is a full taffeta silk dr Eton jacket elaborately taffeta silk, daintily suit. The colors are helio, reseda and rose. handsome Easter gown, $5 Silk Our Great Special For Easter, aft . . . The fist 200 ladies that Eton Suits $37% They were for $50 or more. skirt. a Princess effect. skirt to match each black, white, navy, Alice blue, you want an exceedingly see Petticoats $3.95 reach our Ladies’ Fumnishings De- partment (second floor) in time to-day will secure a Silk Petti- coat to wear with their Easter costume at a quarter less than are made line. Regular $5 values; Stocks—Without tab, or with medium tab, or with very long tab, made of embroideries and laces, pretty, new effects . 25¢ to $2.50 Coat Sets—Beauties made of lace and batiste; revers and cuffs of fine pique, embroidered linen and madras effects, ranging in price per . .. 25ctw 37.;3 Boleros of lawn combined with lace; linen com- bined with lace; embroidery boleros, lace or_without bons. A lot ly and mulls, Hats in the most ors; Milan trimmed with wi $10 Sugar—The best cane—fine, granulated, 20 Ibs. . .40c; 5 lbs. - . Maple Syrup—Old % gallon 'G5 gailon 40c Teas—All flavom, for the 2 Peaches—] .. $2.857 tn Manse, 3 CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- WANAAR RAARAL ARNAANR TAXARA XA DARANS, AAAARL RRAARAR AXRAAARRAAAR A AR Aanaaaa ATTORNEYS ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL ACTION Stand Charged With Having Unduly Influenced an Aged Woman. Attorneys Emile Leiss and Cameron H. King stand accused of having un- duly influenced the late Ida Thomson in a contest of the will of the deceased, instituted yesterday by her niece, Liena Kock. The deceased left the bulk of her $107,000 estate to two nieces in Germany, gave Leiss $4000 and devised King $2000. The contestant was not mentioned in the will. The contestant alleges that the two attorneys named prepared the will and secured the signature of Mrs. Thom- son without disclosing the contents of the document to her. When she - ecuted the will Mrs. Thomson was 8§83 years of age. It is alleged that she was feeble in mind and body, bedrid- den, addicted to the use of intoxicants and the possessor of a memory Sso weakened by age that she did not know her heirs or relativs It is further averred that she had no knowledge of | legal affairs and had lost the power to read, being practically blind. facts, asserts the contestant, the attor- neys took advantage of and after con- spiring to enrich themselves caused her to sign the document now In dispute. —_————— BURGLARS' VISITS REPORTED.—Edward Arnold reported to the police yesterday that his room at the New Atlantic Hotel was en- tered during the night while he was asleep and $2.30 taken from the pockets of his trous- ers, which he had under his pillow. Fred W. Mattfeldt, 1498 Kentucky street, reported that they can buy the same garment for in a regular way. They a pretty shot silk in navy, green, gamet, jasper and seal colorings. Have deep combination flounce with under ruffle of best grade of A Charming Easter Hat for $7.50 Trimmed Dress Hats made of chip, Milan and Proxolyn braid, trimmed with pretty wings, quills, flowers and those who want pretty, modest priced hats. - - - - - $5 and $7.50 Trimmed Leghorns, Chips and Horsehair becoming rote, light blue, white and a dozen two alike, at prices ranging from " Grocery and Liguor Savings For Today and Thursday S Prunes—Fancy Santa Clara, 3 lbs. E:crfl——x;l:fh"-];muf. 3.1b. tin - . 650 . 81.25 . 38¢ $1.25 days 200 his show window was broken early yesterday morning and six pocket knives were stolen. flareanduccordimpluted placed on sale to-day at . § nib- trimmed for shapes, in old other 2y \ and fancy quills; hundreds of hats, but:ne ‘to $25 Table Salt—10-lb. sacks, 3 for - . 250 or - . A'.zag Marquette Rye—Regularly 95¢ bet- Red Cross Gin—Spe. o 930 ed Cross Gin—. . qt. e Hock Wine—Good qully So. s O sy Beaver Run Whisky — Worth $2.50 Malt Nutrine—Dozen - Otd Jordan Bourbon— Washing Soap — special, 3 f % N o WRARRAR AARAAA AAARARA AAAAAARAAALE AAAAAE ARARAAR CARARARRARAR AR CARARR WAARER AAR AT OBJECT TO BLASTING ON BEACON STREET Property Owners Complain That Roadway Is Being Cut Down Below Grade. A delegation of residents and prop- erty owners in the vicinity of Beacom street, between Diamond and Castro, complained to the Board of Works yes- terday against the blasting operations now being carried on in their neighbor- hood by Gray Brés. P. J. Healy stated that the street was being quar- ried below the grade, and asked that the board stop further blasting. As the official grade has not been established, the board referred the com- plaint to the City Engineer, with in- structions to make a survey with a view to fixing the officlal grade. If the blasting is lowering the street be- low the official grade yet to be deter- mined the board will order it stopped. —_—————————— $30.00 To the Grand Canyon of Arizona and back. Special excursion party will leave San Fran- cisco April 25. This is an especlally low rate | and those whe wish to see this wonder of won- | ders should secure These | fu their reservations early. . Prince, city ticket nt, 640 Market street, San Francisco. * CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of TOURIST CARS Mean Comfort, Economy, Careful Attention to Every Want.. Through Cars From SAN FRANCISCO—CHICAGO Southern-Union Pacific it. Will Pay You : 20 Debwisiadti. A. S. Mann, D. P. A, 8 P. Co. 613 Market St.