The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1906, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1906. ALK WIRELESS San Francisco and Oakland Are Now Joined by New System of Telegraphy MAYORS OPEN SERVICE Schmitz and Mott Send Each Other Congratulatory Mes- Achievement res on the sa means of by send- was fol- Frank - ARGUE AGAINST VALIDITY oF ROPOS Supervisor, Fix Sharbore Will Go te Milan. Sbarboro has been appointed s e Manuf: urers’ and s s t lifornia at y. He will ¥y accredited. ADV FRTX\F\I} \'TS. BABY COVERED. WITH SORES Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh Unless Hands Were Tied—Wasted toa Skeleton—Awful Suffering for Over a Year—Grew Worse Under Doctors—Skin Now Clear, WOULD HAVE DIED BUT FOR CUTICURA. “My little son, when about a year a half old, bflgzm to have sores comse out on his face. I had a phy- sician treathim, but the sores grew worse. Then they began to come on his arms, then on other parts of his body, and then one \ came on his chest, worse_than the others. Then I call- ed another physi- ew worse. At the end tay nd a half of suffering 50 bad I had to tie his hands at night to keep him from t g thefiesh. to be & mere skeleton, and alk. My Aunt ura Soap and So great was her faith in e gave me a small piece of & ap to try and a little of the Oint- o «'L I took it home without any faith, but to please her I tried it, and it F»med to dry up the sores a little. “I sent to the drug store and got & ke of the Sosp and a box of the ment and followed the directions, st the end of about two months m},p sores were all well He has never had any sores of any kind since. “He is now strong and healthy, and I can sincerely say that only for your most wonderful remedies my precious child would have died from those terrible sores. 1 used only one czke of Soap and about three boxes of Ointment. (signed) Mrs. - bert Sheidon, R. F. D., No. 1, Wi ville, Conn, April 22, 1905.” Complete Externe] and Internal Trestmect for Every umor. trem Vimpies to Serofuia, from Intapey to Agé, Somsiating ot Cuticurs (i form of Chocoleie Coated Pills, 25c. ‘per vial et ofien curen. by ..;ybecn:otéuc . A s g & G, Corp o Pt S Maiied Fvey Eow o Case Baby Humers” - ACROSS THE BAY D ORDINANCE -~~~ | bitter coutroversy | the second. wife out-of their share of the | inherjtance. | him ' (Delmas) for the purpose of further- | ing the ends of the contestants. | ately. | engaged | terms as’ you think best. | torney Hoefler. | this | man’s memory."” R | o 11882 he collected $5000 for me and demand- | who 1& now one of the.attorneys for the ACCUSES OF CONSPIRACY. DELMAS 3 | The opening of the second trial of the Yoell will contest in Judge Ker- | rigam's court yesterday resolved itself into a controversy be- | tween Attorney D. M. Delmas and Attorney L. M. Hoefler. Delmas was | mccused of being in a comspiracy with the children of the first wife of | the deceased capitalist. He declared the charge a maliclous falsel - — Attorney L. M. Hoefler in Yoell Will Contest and Lie Is Passed. Makes Bitter Charges ™ 3 | | TR 72 fi b - % A £ { OF ALEXANDER THE_ CHIBF BENE- DER HIS WILL. - 8| +| | The second " trial .of the spit to break | the will of J. Alexandér Yoell, the eccen- | tric San Jose lawyer and capitalist, began | yesterday before Judge Kerrigan with a | between Attorney D. M. Delmas, 'Tepresenting the children of | the - first wife, and. Attorney' L. M. Hoefler/ representing the children by the | second wife, who' were practically. disin- | herited by. the document. i In_his opening address Hoefler accused Delmas of lending his" genius.to further | a conspiracy to defraud the- children of { Delmas accused “Hoefler of uttering a malfcious falsehood, almed at Both - lawyers were bitter, Hoefler in a | heated way,- Delmas quietly and delfber- { Among other accusations in his opening_ statement- Hoefler declared that he woujd prove that Mrs. Evaline Levy, a daughter by the. first wife, who inher- ited the bulk of the estate, had caused | her father to dismiss all his legal counsel with the exception of Delmas. He de- clared that he would prove that Delmas and J. Alexander, Yoell were at one time in. a bitter legal contest over funds which Delmas had withheld from Yoell, but the difference was patched up by Mrs. Levy, “for . her own wicked ende.” In a short time the aged capital- ist was penning letters to Delmas, ad- dressing him as “my dear” Delmas and “my sweet” Delmas. Hoefller's accusations came like thunder out of a clear sky. - Delmas did. not in- terrupt them, but: when Hoefler. had con- cluded Delmas demanded the right to make his opening argument that after- noon. This was granted by Judge Ker- rigan. “Geptiemen ofithe jury,” began Deimas, | “it is' 2 remarkable thing to make an | opening argument 'in this' manner. I, call on you-to-place the stigma where it be- longs when thils case is’done, and in such is not diffi- cult to refute these charges. Turning to Hoefler he sald: . “Did you make the statement that I 'was sued by Mr, Yoell for moneys” that /I withheld from him?” *That was my statement,’ replied At- “Have you documents to prove this?"” asked Delmas. 1 have, and will present them at the proper -time,” replied. Hoefler. “Now, I know lh&t the statement you have made is' & falsehood” declared Delmas. “With positiveness I can say that | | it 1s a faleehood, a wicked and malicious falsehood, and you know it. Yoell never brought such a sult against me, but in ed $2000 as commission. I protestéd agalnst exorbitant commission, and in a fit of anger he filed suft against me. But the records of that case are now among the forgotten rubbish in thé office of the County Clerk: of Santa’ Clara County.” Delmas was particularly bitter against Attorney E. E, Cothran of Banta Clara, contestants./ Delmas declared that Coth- ran, after being befriended by Yoell for years, “came at the end to stab the old Cothran. interripted- the - denunelation with the remark, “The evidence will] show the fruth when the time comes—not any galiery play,” Tielmas was nerlm.en( in hl- denuncia- | Drown N MAY FIGHT FOR H5 SHARE Suit to Break Will of Colonel F. Preston, Millionaire Lawyer, May Be Brought A contest will be begun before long to break the will of Colonel E. F. Preston, the wealthy attorney who dled several months ago leaving an estate’of about $2,000,000. The contestant will be Ran- dolph Preston, a son by the first wife of the *deceased attorney. Colonel Preston's ‘will was filed for pro- bate in Redwood City. The country home is located in San Mateo County. The will | leaves the entire estate, consisting of stocks and bonds, to.the second wife. There are thrée children by .the second marriage: Frank ' Preston, Mrs. ‘Willard and Mrs. Worthington Ames. Though none of these was, left anything by.the will, it is understood. that:they had already been provided for. Randolph Preston was not_mentioned in the will, nor did he ever receive anything from the estate. Both Randolph Preston and his attor- ney, Hiram Johnson, maintain the utmost secrecy ‘concerning the proposed = suit. Preston is at Aetna Springs with his mother. When asked about the contest he referred the questioner to Attorney Johnson. The lawyer declined to discuss the proposed suit, but did not deny that one is to be brought. ‘What the grounds are nelther attorney nor client ‘will say. Randolph Preston has been llving with his mother at 836 Bay street. The ‘second wife, who Inher- its the large estate, is at her city. resi- dence, 2336 'Broadway. The suit, if it is instituted, will have to be conducted in San Mateo County, where the will was filed. ——————— Buraw’ Perjury Trial Resumed. The trial -of Policeman Willlam I. Burne on. a charge of perjury, alleged to have been committed while he wa3 testifying for the-defense at the trial of Charles Wyman, the convicted bal- lot-box sfuffer, was .resumed before a jury in Judge Lawlor's court yester- ¢éay. The witnesses examined were W. J. Foster, election clerk,” apft Theodors Kytka, the handwriting expért. A long argument occurred-as to thé admissi- bility of certain evidence at the Wyman | trial, and the Judgo reserved his de- cision on the point till this morning, tion of Yoell's second wife. 4 “We ‘will have this Infamous woman here that the jury may see her for them- selves,” sald Hoefler. - ““That is merély the froth of excited and folled malignity,” said Delmas, Hoefler and Delmas’ continued to cross swords all afterncon in the same fash- ion. Among other accusations Delmas declared that Cothran wanted $2500 to | take the stand for the proponents. CotH- ran brands the charge an absolute false- hood. The daughters of the aged capitalist by both wives were present. The estate in controversy is valued at about $200,000 and consists of real estate in this city and in San Jose. The case will be continued at 19 o’clocik Mon —_———— The Easter News Letter. The News Letter this week wnhhll an™in- teresting article on some grotesque Easter cus— toms fn some parts.of the world; & s by Trygon on an episode of the o6 ylgbn'r:::-lg iife; fome inside facts about thmnbeflutofl.l situation, and some fiction. . The Lookar On tells of some recent doings In the Club of_Oakl some happeliiugs in. the Se SR e St o T Districe Attorney Langdon fooled the b :Z [ et R e, Sow m"“""“‘..,a i Tenderioin were afboclated by & ° and many other things of m local | LI! STREETS FILTHY, SHY MERCHANTS Retail Houses Have to Close 'I‘helr- Doors in Busiest Shopping Hours of Day SPRINKLERS NOT USED Sweepers Use Brooms With- out Dampening Pavement and Shoppers Are Choked Because of the blowing of dust into their stores many of the merchants of San Francisco have to close thelr doors gurlnx the\most Important hours of the Y. Merchants on Post street are contem- plating hiring sweepers to keep the street in front of their stores clean. Thousand of dollars’ worth of dam- age Is being done by the dust blowing in!in great clouds in some of the dry go0ds houses in the central portlons of the city. That the streets were never in such a filthy condition as they are at the present time.is the general opinion of the proprietors of large retall estab- lishments. A 'representative of The Call who investigated the condition yester- day afternoon found nothing but bit- ter complaints at the treatment the merchants tere receiving from the Board of Public Works. Where the Streets are swept the complaint is that the sweepers employed by the city do not use their sprinkling cans and the use of their brooms only makes condi- tions worse. In fact many of the mer- chants would rather have the streets 80 unswept than, as they claim, see the dust transférred from the street into their stores by the sweepers, who for some unknown reason will not wet the pavements before starting to brush up the dirt. DUST FLIKS EVERYWHERE. The condition of the streets is sup- posed to be the cause of the amount of dirt fiying.. I never saw the streets in such a condition,” said Raphael Weill; “they are worse than at any other. time in the history of San Fran- cisco.” The general wish of the retail merchants is that the streets should be repaired at once, as not only is their stock ruined by the dust blowing in and settling upon it, but the dust flying in all directions makes it disagreeable for women, ,who on this account will not come downtown shopping. This is what some of the prominent business men sald yesterday afternoon to The Call representative: Raphael Weill, president of the White House —The streets of San Francisco were never in a worse condition, These improvement and beau- tifying committees -are entirely out of place at the present time. We .must have clean streets before we have anything else. We can- not have clean streets unless we first repalr them and get them In good condition. The first thing a stranger notices is the condition of a city's streets. Look at San Francisco. What kind of an impression would ‘a forelgn or Eastern tourist have of this city, judging it by its streets? The sWeepers employed around here use no water for $prinkling and as a Temult they sweep the dirt right Into our store. R. W, Costello of the firm of O Connor, Mof- fatt & Co.—We are getting the full benefit of the dust In our store. There isnot half enough sprinkling to keep the dust Sidney Liebes of the firm of Liebes & Co.— ¥ the Board of Public Works will only put Post- street in a good condition the merchants in the nelghborhood will guarantee to keep the street clean by sweepers which we will pay for at our own ex . Post street is in such a terrible shape that coachmen driving private carriages hardly dare to drive down here. A. L. Peyser, manager of 8. N. Wood & Co. —Ask any of the salesmen on the floor. They will tell you that the dust from Market street Just pours Intojour store and settles on the stock. There is only one way of preventing it and that is for the Board of Public Works to sprinkle and sweep more. The streets are in & terrible condition. omas J. Lynch, floor manager of Hale Bros.—If we did not have revolving doors on our Sixth-street entrance I do not know what we would do. Take a look at Sixth street for yourself and see in what condlition ft is: A. Peterson, general manager of Raphael's (Inc.)—The: dust -is so bad that we have:'to close our doors often in the busiest time of the day. The dust on Kearny street will al- most_choke a person. SPEAKS FOR WORKS BOARD. The Board of Works fully realizes that ‘the streets of the city are in a deplorable state, but gives several rea- sons thich it claims are'the causes of the bad conditlons, that ex{st. When notice was brought to the board yes- terday regarding the constant com- plaints coming from citizens generally of dirty streets in ‘il districts of the city, Works Commissioner Eagan, speaking for his colleagues, said: The accumulation of dirt and refuse on the streets s largely due to the fact that at the present time more streets are torn up for the carrying out of improvements under the bond issup and otherwise than ever before in the history of the city. Then, too, the light and er corporations and the United Rallroads have torn up the streets for their construation work and all this tends to hamper the " haca In its work of cleaning up the refuse, It is impossible to sweep some of the strests at all, owing to this construction work. The dirt that ds piled almost mountain high. is blown about by _the high winds in all directio The bad weather, that prevailed previous to ten days ago caused a great' accumulation of dirt and we have been trylig to clean the streets as best we can with the inadequate equipment at our command. We need more wagons, sprinklers and sweepers, as the sec- ond-hand apparatus which last Board of Supervisors purchased for us s not equal the task of doing the work properly. May' and June are the worst month: year 0 far as the cleaning of stree cerned. We were compelled to ask the Board of Bupervisors to allow us $20,000 additional for street cleant pria- tion is tnadeq; amount and the mnc« “loft Ih the appropria: tion we hope to_improve conditions in the course of a few days. The public must remember that a large num. ber o streets have been added to the territory to be swept, with no corresi increase in the appropriation. We will wz twenty more street sweepers at work to Improve conditions. As to the obstruction of the streets and side- walks by bullding materials, T grill say that ts a matter for the pollee to gorrect. The ordi. nance prohibits . more half of the nds- walk and one-third of e stroet o be. ob- in the structed by bullding material and the pol(o. should see that the ordinance {s enforced. We have not the funds to emp!oy men to do police duty for that pu GIVE LOVING CUP TO THEIR DEPARTING SUPERINTENDENT — Carriers of The Call Unite to Express Regret at Retirement of J. M. Cremin. J. M. Cremin, the retiring superinten- dent of circulation of The Call, was the recipient of a pleasant demonstration last Wednesday on the part of the carriers of the paper. They called upon’ him in a body and presented him with an engraved silver loving cup. Paul Fra- tessa acted as” spokesman for the do- nors. He spoke feelingly of the pleas- ant relations that had existed between Qreml- and the'carriers during his eight years' service, and expressed the regret of the latter at having to part from him. Cremin accepted the cup with a Telicitous little speech, and the assem- blage then dispersed. Constipation, - the t:u!&tuluum- of many. other uick!; cured by taking I‘lhl*; tters. g WILL REPORT ON OBDINANCE 'l'lu Eupervlm‘ hallflt Gflg(fi.\mfl!fl mw-ed orflimco n‘flnflu Qm& ;l:o‘-firohlhlilnt tb' '.h in '.h. Laundry. 1004 | Try the umt.a musm ISR u Market street, :Telephs \ LOOP QUESTION DEFERRED ACAI Harbor Board Puts Over for Another Weelk Application to Replace the Turntable — N FAVOR OF JOINT USE A Vi Spear Presents Amendment Giving All Lines Equal Rights on Ferry Tracks The Harbor Commissioners yesterday postponed - action for“another week on the resolutien granting to the United Railroads a license to replace the turn- table at the ferry building with a' loop. At the meeting were C. H. Spear, presi- dent of the board, and his fellow com- missioners, Henry J. Crocker and John D. Mackenzie. The city of San Francisco was repre- sented by Mayor Schmitz, Engineer Woodward and City Attorney -Burke. The Merchants’ Assoclation was repre- sented by L. M. King and the Municipal League by E. P. Troy. Interests of the United Railroads were guarded by Vice President Thornwell Mullally, Chief At- torney Tirey L. Ford and Manager George F. Chapman. James B. Stgeson | and Engineer H. E. Holmes spoke for | the California-street road. The pro- posed conduit ‘electric system to be es- tablished by Claus Spreckels, Rudolph | Spreckels, James D. Phelan and others | was represented by James M. Bowie. ‘W. H. Davis, the board’s attorney; Lot D. Norton, engineer, and Richard J. ‘Welch, Wharfinger of the Harbor Com- missioners, also attended the session. A. M. Johnson and E. P. Troy filed with the board a . written protest agalinst granting farther terminal priv- ileges to the United Rallroads. J. M. Bowle asked the commissioners to postpone action for one week. He said that owing.to the absence of Charles’S. Wheeler-and James D. Phe- lan Le was not'ready to submit the plans of the Spreckels electric railroad. Mayor Schmitz remarked that he was present to protect the rights of ‘the Geary-street rallroad. In order to bring the question ditect- 1y before the ‘board Commissioner Crocker called uR his resolution grant- ing the'license to put in a leop to the United Railroads. MAPS ARE INSPECTED. A general discussign of the proposi- tion then ensued. Maps and plans were inspected. The Mayor insisted that the propose¢ loop would only afford a clear space of twelve feet between the Sacramento street llne and the Market street system at the curve near East street. There was general talk about the ne- cessity of exercising power granted by the Legislature for acquiring for public use the point at the intersection of Market, East and Sacramento street, so that the cars of the Sacramento street line would not cross the sidewalk on the north side of Market street. The Mayor and Mr. Mullally expressed the belief that steps might be taken at once to acquire the property. In answer to a direct quebtion by ;g, ayor Mr. Mulally said the United {iroads proposed’ to continue the use of the cable system on Market street. The Mayor sald he regretted to hear that such was the decision of the com- He had hoped that the conduit pany. electric plan would be installed. The Mayor in substance declared: “Weare going down to the ferry with the Geary street railroad. That is settled. Now I am willing that action shall be postponed for one week in order that plans in detail may be submitted. The plang should show the switches on Market street by which the California street.and Geary street lines may reach the terminal at the ferry building. It is a physical impossibility under the plans now shown by the commission for lines other than those owned by the United Rallroads to reach the loop Great danger will be caused by the limited space between the tracks of the Market stredt system and the Sacra- mento street tracks.” James B. Stetson contended that the 'California street cars had a clear right to come to the ferry over the Sutter street line. Mr. Stetson placed in the hands of Mr. Foy, secretary of the com- mission, the following resolution: Resolved, That the California-street Railroad Company is hereby granted the right to con- struct their tracks in front of the ferry build- ing as shown by their plans now on file. CONSIDERS OTHER ROADS. President Spear introduced the fol- lowing amendment to Commissioner Crocker’s original resolution granting the license to the United Railroads: Provided that the faid licensee, its succes- sors and assigns, shall permit all other street railways to use such portions of its tracks and roadbed and appurtenances thereto as are or may be upon land or premises under the juris- Slotion and control ot the State Board of Har- bor Commissioners; sald use to be equal to that enjoyed by tl licensee, its successors and assigns; provide however, that every Sireet Tallway so using waid tracks, etc., shall pay to sald licensee itn pro rata share of the cost of maigtaining the same during the sald use and Its pro rata shaze of the interest upon the cost of construction of such tracks, road- bed and appurtenances. The - foregoing resolution was dis- cussed in free and easy style. Mr. Mul- lally told the Mayor that the United Rallroads could not accept it. “We will be compelled to withdraw our application,” sald Mr. Mullally. ‘T take it that the United Rallroads made an application that ought to be granted for the benefit of the traveling public,” sald Commissioner Crocker. “It seems now that the troubles of the company are beginning." “It seems to me that the amendment s -absolutely correet,” said Mr. Bowie. I am agalnst that amendment,” Com- missioner Mackenzie remarked. will ask that the matter be lal dover one week,” Crocker said. “The Spreckels people request a continuance and the Mayor asks for one week.” ‘The president of the board then de- clared a postponement of the question until next Thursday at 1:30 p. m. conm; FOR WHARF. The Commissioners awarded to Gray Bros.,, the lowest bidders, the contract for bullding- section 12 of the seawall. This firm.agrees to do the work and furnish 150,000 tons of rock for $108,500. Bids as follows for the construction of a new whart at Lombard street were received: The imissioners in exe ange of views noted that {ne figures were high, but the recent advance in theyprice of lumber was taken into consideration. The board voted to award the contract to the wv-'nbnm Company, the loWest bigder. - Privilege of maintaining launches and but- at Howard-street wharves Nos. 1 and 2 wummd to 'l'hcmu Crow- ley & % ———-”——_ CAPTAIN DAVIES EXONERATED.—Cap- tain, F. w.vmrxnn of the steamship States. - Comn ‘Manley. mww to It was proved on e g S Are Flaflerecl bv the crowds of Young Gentry who have been in our House this week. Simply the young gen- tlemen and their fond and doting, mothers have crowded our Ju- venile Floor to over- flowing. The Styles have met with/well mer- ited response. The Eas- ter Fashions have been handsomely received by the Young Gentry of San Francisco. Coupled with that, our Souvenirs of Easter have been more than handsome, and have been distributed with a lavish hand. They are Souvenirs of a costly or- der and out of the com- mon, and will again be distributed Friday and Saturday. Friday and Saturday will find some very un- usual attractions in high-class garments for Easter Wear—for Big Lads, for Little Lads and for Tiny Lads. All at .RARHAEL'S interesting prices. The Varsity Chap Model Qur New Double- breasted Model which we picture op- posite is a gem for Young Chaps be- tween the ages of 6 and 16 years. It is a manly little coat with broad shoulders—traces the form—and has all the new kinks that Men’s Clothing has. A lot of these Suits in the NEW GRAYS that are regularly $5 our will be specially priced for this FRI- DAY and SATUR- DAY, $3.50 The French Sailor One of the prettiest Sailers we are showing is the FRENCH SAILOR— Partic ularly Fetching an d Smart for little chaps between 4 and 10 years In_the \EW’ GRAYS. Will tell you right now that Gray is almost a Craze—A n d these Grays are Par- ticularly Pretty; and the Gray Mixtures are also pretty. The Blouse is cut in the = Double- breasted Model—Gen- erously’ loose; and the Trousers are Knicker- bocker model. Suits that are usually marked $5.00 will be this FRI- DAY and, SATURDAY