The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1906, Page 20

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1906. CETS CONTRACT - FOR CITY'S ROAD C. E. Loss Company Receives the Award to Reconstruct the Geary Street System THINK PEDDLER S A BURELAR Daniel W. Clark, Now in Prison, Suspected of Being the Busy House-Breaker| FRANCHISE IS GRANTED Amended Ordinance Chang- ing Route of Ocean Shore Branch Is Finally Passed MANY CRIMES ON LIST Thefts in Many Residences‘ Laid to Hands of Man Who | Pretended to Sell Wares | i Hicks and Alfred k station yesterday | capturing Daniel W ey belleve to be respon- large number of burglaries | been tted recently in The irecord of iescription for forty- us to the arrest of | and the method same, except in a door was pried lonzo The Board of Supervisors last night swarded the contract for the recon- struction of the Geary street road as an underground conduit electric sys- tem to be operated by the municipality to the C. E. Loss Company, the lowest bidder, for $847,000. The public utllities committee filed a report recommending the award of contract to the Loss Company, which was adopted. The board finally passec the amended ordinance granting the Ocean Shore Railway Company a franchise for a | term of fifty years to operate an elec- | tric branch road connecting with its | main line at Army and Vermont streets | in the residence seiling a patent cos- apnounces his pres- door, but passes to end, if the door 18 |and running along designated streets, without knock- | with a terminal at Market and Twelfth er his arrest he Was | strests. v n at whose he amendment as finally passed | en of this char- | police are in possession of nd the investigation | day. Clark protests he changes the original route of the road | trom York and Hampshire streets to | Potrero avenue between Twenty-fifth | and Mariposa streets, the two first| named streets being deemed too narrow | for a rallroad The conditions upon which the fran- chise is granted are incorporated in the | ordinapce and have been already pub- lished. The company has already filed a walver of its right granted in the | original ordinance to use York and Hampshird streets. McGushin was the only Bupervisor to vote against the or- dinance. The following business patched; The board accepted a deed to land donated to the city by the Sharon Es- tate Company for the opening of Haw- thorne and Annle streets The board ordered artificlal stone sidewalks built on Highland avenue be- tween Mission street and Holly Park avenue where not already laid. Grades were ordered changed on Cal- | ifornia street between Seventeenth and | ineteenth avenues; Pennsylvania ave- | nue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets; Waller, Washington, Filbert, Chestnut, Croke and Cherry streets and | Buena Vista avenue. treet and sewer work was ordered on Pacific avenue between Walnut and Laurel, Third street between Berry and Channel, Walnut street -between Cal- ifornia and Sacramento, Greenwich street between Larkin and Van Ness Vermont street between Six- and Seventeenth and Hayes t between Ashbury and Clayton. The o nce licensing persons who or hire guide or escort people about | he city was finally passed. Similar ac- taken on the bill authorizing lding of a conduit tem on | on street between Fifth and Sixth. | The amended ordinance requiring all interfor work of Class B bulldings to be metal lathed and plastered was passed to print. im of $8000 was ordered paid to itney for a lot forming part of the Park and Presidio extension. The petition of property owners that a sewer be bullt In Serpentine Terrace between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, which was indorsed by the Health Board, was referred to the street committee. | A. J. Merle was granted a permit to extend the spur track on North Point street between Jones and Taylor. The petition for the appointment of Alfred V. Hall as Fish and Game War- den referred to the joint finance and police committee. The petitions of the ambulance driv- ers and stewards of the emergency hospitals for increases in salaries was referred to the finance committee. The Building Trades Council sub- mitted resolutions Indorsing the pro- posed acquisition of & municipal water supply. A Dbid for the printing of the delin- quent. tax list was opened from the Organized Labor Publishing Company at 4% cents per assessment and re- ferred to the printing committee. —_——— | WILL FORM NEW JOIN loitering about in| of Tremdnt avenue and | reet b the detectives in | another man. The two | and Clark wes followed & several blocke. When he are that the Jetectives were rted to run, but er a short chase. He false statements when first and said he had been in the It was ascertained 1 who works Franklin street, | he has been keeping | has been in the city seen was dis- ame acquainted with him Angeles, where the same manner as has a wife in C 1 t with his his a dresses | ppear- | Churchyard. Service at lona r al memorial serv- pressive a COUNCIL OF TEAMSTERS Vice President of the vational Body Here to Settle Differences by a Reorganization. | A new joint council of the Brother- | hood of Teamsters will probably be | established here. Secretary Young of the International Brotherhood of | Teamsters is In town to straighten out | the tangle caused by the establichment | of 2 newly organized joint council, of which John P. Roe is the head. This body is forbldden by Young to Go busi- ness vice president proposes to scttie the | trouble by recalling all charters and organizing a new Jjoint council under the authority of the National Brother- | hooa. The Piano, Organ and Musical Instru- night with the following officers: secretary, George Longinetti; treasurer, Y\\'Hharn J. Folz; trustees, L. J. Kelly, | Samuel Smiley, F. X. Mayers and Otto By Rex E. Beach Wellnitz; business agent, Supervisor This is a story written by a‘;y:l::ns Kelly; conductor, Gustave West- strong man, of a strong man, for | The Waiters' Union wilk give a nE - dod . ploena i , | smoker Thursday night at Lyric Hall. e Ie & g P MEN 10| 1he following labor organizations have ead. It is a tale such as is told | signifiea their intentions of participat- ing in the social: Pacific Coast Wait- ers’ Association, Cooks’ Union, Local No. 4, Pacific Coast Cooks’ Association; Bartenders' Union, Local No. 41, Local No. 110; Geneva Waiters' Union, Cooks an perhaps once in a life- | time—a tale of impetuous emo- | tion, of brute strength and cour- of swift and passionate 10ve | ana Waiters' Unton, Local No. 31, and and hate—a tale which tells it- | Bartenders' Union, Local No. 25 of self without fine \\'ords—\'igcr-flo“m"d'g"_...._'_ forceful, mighty. There is| SEWER BREAKS ON FOLSOM room for the wviolet conven- | age, no STREET, TYING UP CAR LINE tions of society in that robust | Workmen Tap an Old Pipe and the 1,_“’1 where ¥ Place Is Flooded and Roadbed e Undermined. » A sewer broke yesterday shortly be- Never 2 law of God or Man| .} 5o b Foisem street, between runs north of Fifty-three.” Sixth and Seventh streets, tying up the = % car line for at least a day. The only law is the law oh‘ The Pacific Coast Construction Com- a 2 e : pany has the contract for laying the possession, of individual con- |20 4o¥er on Folsom street, and in science, and of hunger—the hun- | some way some of the workmen tapped g the old sewer, and a flood of water ger for gold dl_gf!e'd out of the began to flow down the deep trench. hills, and the blinding hunger of | The roadbed of the Folsom-street car 3 s |llne was undermined, and it was man for woman and for woman’s | 40 50000 (o Tun the ears over the love. It is a story of today, but | dangerous ground. An exchange sys- 3 i tem was r.dopted and passe ‘were it goes back to the root of things, v Erenators il et N and is true of all men and all |over the dangerous place. O of = H i the construction company stated Wes- real women since time began. terday that they hobed to heweians HARPER & BROTHERS | =% e e e il v esimea row night and trafic will be resumed over the trenches i | the scene, and the chorus made up as | stockbroker and ex-actor. in the name of the teamsters. The | ment Workers’ Union was organzed last | CHORUS QUITE FETCHING IN “BABES IN Opening Night Plenty of musie, striking stage pictures, a large chorus mainly made up of ‘nodl lookers who can sing in tune and Wflh‘ volume, clever principals and the usual | amount of {mprobabilities of the musical | comedy order were found in “Babes in| Toyland,” which opened to a full house at the Columbia last evening. The Herbert music is lively and strik- ing. The book by McDonough holds to- gether very well. Gene Luneska, ‘“Con- trary Mary,” has a good voice. ine Bell as Jane has a song about Can't Do the Sum” with a lot of vers that caught the house strongly. Robert | Burns and James Wilson as the two| villains of the story danced cleverly. Ig-/| naclo Martinett; was entitled to have | saather- | 1| | his name in the big type accorded in the | programme, having & great deal to do, and making an excellent figure for the whole story to revolve about. There were French dolls, fiends, but- terflies, a gigantic spider that weaves a web, bears, etc. The chief charm of | “Babes in Toyland” is the scenery. The | spider's forest and the floral palace of the Moth Queen are the two more | striking scenes. In the Queen's domain | a procession of butterfiles is cast on| butterfiles is stunning. There is good pictorial material in the Christmas tree scene in Toyland, where an array of mechanical dolls marches to and fro. In the toymaker's castle there are the usual transformations. The size of the company and its general efficlency, vocally and otherwise, fills the promise in the advance notices to satis- faction: Incidental to the story are Jack and Jill, Bobby Shaftoe, Boy Blue, Tom- my Tucker and other celebrated charac- ters dear to the minds of children. Indeed, “Babes in Toyland,” while not infantile, furnishes enough variety to be pleasing to a juvenile audience, while the older auditors see much to applaud and to laugh over. The stage pictures brought out rounds of applause. Gus Pix- ley as the detective and Edward P. Sulll- van as the master toymaker were accept- able and useful in developing the tale. While there were long walts between the acts last evening, there were very few dull moments when the stage was set. There were enough people to make the stage seem full most of the time. Alcazar. The farce comedy “Are You a Ma- son?”’ was the attraction at the Alcazar Theater last night and the large au-| dience was kept in fits of laughter from the rise to the fall of the curtain. Every member of the clever stock company seemed to be admirably suited to his or her part and the result was almost perfection. Everything went with a swing and the services of the | prompter were not called into requisi- | tion. The situations are comical in the extreme, and most of them come so un- expectedly. The simple way in which the tangles are mmraveled is cleverly worked up. Charles . Waldron was capital as Frank Perry and John B. Maher as Amos Bloodgood, his father- in-law, was in his element. A clever plece of character work was the Ham- ilton Travers of Lee Baker and his re- citations in the second act were heart- 1ly applauded. Ernest Glendinning was surprisingly good as George Fisher, His imper- sonation of the French girl was very fine. George Osbourne made the most of the part of John Halton, gentleman farmer, and Harry von Meter was good as Ernest Morrison, the real Mason. Miss Adele Belgarde scored a success as Mrs. Caroline Bloodgood, the moth- er-in-law, and Miss Edith Evelyn, Miss Juliet Crosby and Miss Effie Bond as her three daughters, were charming. Miss Nera Ross did an excellent char- acterization of Lottie, the cook. The other parts were well sustained. Alhambra. For thrilling climaxes, scenery and marvelous mechanical electrical effects the “Queen of the Highbinders,” as presented at the Al- hambra last night, stands forth strong- lv. The play can easily lay claim to Leing Theo Kremer’s cleverest creation, and for sensationalism ecMpses all of his former efforts. Herschel Mayall was | a convincing George Stuart and True Boardman was acceptable as Charles Webster. Agnes Ranken as Alice Stu- art, the persecuted heroine, gave a most pleasing performance. Lillian Elliott as Sarah Buttinsky and James Corrigan as Ikey Isaacs furnished the comedy and kept the house convulsed with mirth. Henry Shumer as Kal Tong and George Webster as Harry Arlington were responsible for all of the villainy. Genevieve Kane made her reappearance after several months. She was effective as Bettina Otls, the queen of the high- binders. and her gowns were of re markable beavty. The largest first night house of the season filled the cozy theater to the doors, and the enthusi- asm was unbounded. sensational and Central. “Dangers of Working Girls” was the sensational melodrama which enter- | tained a very large Monday night audi- ence at the Central last night. It is | an up-to-date thriller and contains all | the elements of a modern melodrama. Landers Stevens as Barnard Branton, king of cracksmen; Elmer Booth as Isador a fly thief, and Edna Crawford as Hilda Murevale, were all good. In fact the entire cast was excellent and a good week’s business will be the re- sult. The vaudeville specialties are specially entertaining. McEvoy and May, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hagen, Miss Flo Morrison and the moving pictures | all made hits. Next week’s bill will be | the pastoral melodrama “Saved From Shame.”, « Chutes, A troupe of Russian dancers and sing- ers made a great hit at both per- formances at the Chutes yesterday and Ted E. Box, an English comedian, whistler and mimie, brought down the house with his amusing work. Frank Jones and Lillian Walton proved pleas- ing in their rustic comedy, “Our Coun- try Cousin,” and James Hughes, a bary- tone new to this city, was warmly ap- planded for his illustrated songs. Bothwell Browne's Galety Girls in their lively musical extravaganza, “Mikado on the Half Shell,” and the animato- scope, showing the latest noveltles in moving pictures, completed a\ capital programme. The amateurs have a lot of surprises up their sleeves for Thurs- day night and there will be the custom- ary cake walk at the Chutes on Satur- day evening. e. ‘Walter E. Perkins in the funny skit. “Who Goes There?” drew a crowded Majesti | vitation to all of the school children ot TOYLAND." Good Music and Stage Pictures Are Abundant at Columbia Show. Comedy Wins Large Audience in- the of Engagement. thirty-five people present some catchy songs and a couple of fairly good turns. The company is known asthe “Cherry Blossom Burlesquers,” and it presents two little sketches, “The Wrong Count g‘ohncco" and “Quarrelsome Nelgh- ors.” bl Tivoll. Miss Timidity” was played again last night to a most appreciative audi- ence, and this evening the bright work Will be presented for the last time. To- MOrTow evening what the management terms, “The Musical Tomfoolery—The Show Girl,” will be presented. Orphenm. The Orpheum bill this week has caught the fancy of the patrons of the popular house. It is a bright, clever bill with plenty of variety. —————————— CENTRAL PARK SKATING RI Professor C. L. Franks and Little Daughter Greet School Children. Little Miss” Lilllan Franks, who is the youngest fancy skater in the United States, has issued a special in- San Francisco for vacation week mat- inee on Wednesday next at the New Central Park Skating Rink, Market and Eighth streets, when she will do her prettiest exhibition with her father, Professor C. L. Franks of Bos- ton. This couple have been giving an exhibition of faney skating at the new rink since its opening and they will continue every evening with matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sun- days until the close of their engage- ment next week. Little Lilllan is but seven years of age and she has already stormed San Francisco with her exhi- bition and her winning ways. COLLINS ASKS THAT HE BE FRUED ON (CRIMINAL CHARGE Asserts That Conviction Is Tllegal Be- cause In Violation of Interna- tional Law. With every word carrying that -flash of genius that has marked him as the most famous technical lawyer of the West, George D. Collins, convicted of perjury uttered in defense of his biga- mous marrfage with Clarice McCurdy, presented argument on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus before Su- perior Judge Murasky yesterday morn- in; 2. The position Collins has taken ismot a new one, but its present application partakes of that picturesqueness - that has characterized Collins’ defense ever since Le was delivered by the British Columbia authorities to the State of California for trial upon the charge against him. Collins was extradited upon a charge of perjury, committed, it was alleged, when he verified an answer in the ac- tion for maintenance instituted against him by Charlotta Newman Collins, his first wife. . His trial upon this charge resulted in a disagreement of the jury. Then he was reindicted upon a charge of perjury alleged to have been com- mitted by him during the first trial, and upon this charge he was convicted. Collins now asserts that his convic- tion was illegal, as he was not con- victed uron the eharge for which he was extradited. Before Judge Murasky yesterday he contended that the two charges were so closely identified that conviction could be had alone on the first, and that so far as the second was concerned the doctrine of res adjudicata must prevall. His trial upon the sec- ond charge, he asserted, was in viola- tion of international law and that the State of Califgrnia had no jurisdic- tion over him on any charge but the one for which he was extradited. If his petition is denjed it is Collins’ in- tention to go to the Federal courts to test the question as to whether or not the treaty between this country and British Columbla was violated when California secured possession of his body on one cuarge and convicted him upon a second growing out of the same circumstances. Judge Murasky took the petition un- der advisement and will decide it late this week. ————————— ST. IGNATIUS GYMNASIUM BENEFIT BEGINS STRONGLY Excellent Programme Is Presented on the First of the Three Nights of Entertainment. A three nights of musical and liter- ary entertainment. for the benefit of St. Ignatius Gymnasium began in St. Igna- tius College Hall last evening in the presence of a large and delighted audience. Mayor Schmitz made the opening address. He referred to the | secure a betterment of the street rall- | road service. | doubtedly to be wished for and your | found than by the ordinance proposed.” REDUCED FARE |CALLERY CODS | TRY T0 RAISE . BILL DEFEATED, START A RIOT Board of Supervisors Holds|Effort of Policeman to Re- It Has Not Legal Right to Fix-a Three-Cent Rate DISCUSSION IS HEATED| Duffey Says Result of the Proceeding Means Political Déath of His Associates The Board of Supervisors, acting on the recommendation of the judiciary com- mittee, last night indefinitely postponed action on the proposed ordinance intro- duced by Supervisor Duffey fixing a fare of three cents to be charged passengers on street cars during the busy hours of the morning and evening. The defeat of the measure came after a long and heated discussion, during which some acrimoni- ous words were indulged in by some of the Supervisors. The report of the judiclary committee, which. was adopted by the board, was as follows: “We have reviewed thoroughly the cases cited by the City Attorney and the counsel for the United Railroads and are | of the opinion that this board has no power to reduce rates on franchises granted before the adoption of thé®char- ter, when the rates are designated in the franchises. We regret to find atirselves at variance with the contentions of the City Attorney, but in cases like the pres- ent, where the issues are first received | by him and he assumes the positian of an advocate rather than as judge, hearings and considerations of argument before us would be a mockery were we to follow his views without exereising our own in- dependent judgment, based on the law and the facts as presented by both sides. “Your committee suggests that there would be grave doubt of the successful or profitable operation of the municipal Geary street rallroad on a three-cent fare. The California and Union street lines as well as the United Railroads asserted to your committee that thelr roads would be forced into practical bankruptey if the rate were reduced as proposed, and offered to allow your committee an expert and detailed ex- amination of all their books for a ver- ification of thelr statement. “We understand that the prime ob- ject of the proposed ordinance was to This result Is one un- committee will be glad to co-operate in' ‘securing it, but other means must be DUFFEY TAKES EXCEPTION. Supervisor Duffey took exception to some of the statements contained in the report of the judiciary committee. “I wish to deny a published statement that the City Attorney persuaded me to Introduce the ordinance to fix a three- cent fare,” said the Supervisor. ‘I desire to say that I took the initiative in this matter myself. It would have been well for the judiciary committee to adopt Tirey L. Ford's brief against the validity of the ordinance. Outside of one member there is not one of the committee who knows as much about law as I do. “The committee has quoted Ford's brief in several particulars, but has paid no attention to any of the points raised by the City Attorney to prove the validity of the ordinanceé. The service given by the street railroads is wretched and should be improved. “We as members of the Union Labor party promised the people to reduce fares and water and gas rates, but this com- mittee’s report does not bear us out. I say to vou that if you adopt this report it means the political death of all of you. This {s a workingman's measure and the workingmen are all interested in it Be- cause it makes their 60 cents equal to che rich man’s dollar.” Supervisor Coleman said the committee had carefully weighed the arguments of both sides and came to the econclusion that the city could not reduce the fare without the consent of the street railroad companies. “Even if we had the power to reduce the fare,” said Coleman, “‘the poor man would be the loser, because the fransfer privileges would be abolished. The great supporters of union labor have advised us not to reduce fares, and the statement that the workingmen will suffer if we fall to fix a 3-cent fare is erroneous.” Supervisor Wilson said the passing of the ordinance would plunge the city into endless litigation, with no chance of win- ning the case. SAYS CARMEN OBJECT. ‘“The Carmen’s Unlon is opposed to a reduction of the fare,” saild Wilson, “be- cause the members say they do not want pennies introduced here. If you fix a 3- cent fare your transfer privileges will be abolished, and the workingman will be | compelled to pay 6 and 9 cents to get to his work.” Supervisor Rea sald he favored a re- duced fare as a matter of policy, but he did not think the plan advisable at pres- ent. Supervisor Gallagher said he was surprised at Duffey’s attempt to force his colleagues to violate their oaths of of- fice in the interest of mere partisanship and without regard to the points of law involved in the proposed measure. Gal- lagher said the city in granting franchises had entered into a contract in which the | move Disturber Ends in a Mix-Up at Alhambra 'OFFICER BEATEN BACK Arrests Are Made With Aid of Qutside Patrolmen Aft- er End of the Performance A riot occurred in the gallery at the Al- hambra Theater last night just at the be- ginning of the last act. Percy Schneider, a special policeman, attempted to eject a nolsy young man and was pounced upon by a hundred others. The whole house rose in an uproar. Cool heads prevailed and after the arrest of the ringleaders of the mob quiet was restored. The play, “The Queen of the High- binders,” was in progress. The young sleuth-loving populace was -present and filled the large gallery. Some of the mel- odramatic action of - the ‘plece was in- stilled in the blood and thunder loving boys. One lad, 16 years of age, John Mc- Guire of 136 Clara street, annoyed the actors and the audience by giving utter- ance to rhany weird and uncanny noises. Catcalls dnd hoots at the actors and actresses jbecame highly offensive. Special Policeman Schneider started to put McGuire out and was immediately | surroundeg by a howiing mob. He tried to drag tReiyouth to the door, but met with a flerce resistance. The disturbance in the gallery atttracted the attention of the whole house and every one was on his feet in a moment. Pandemontum reigned. jThe special was forced to re- lease his'hold on his prisoner. Cries of “Mob hizh, kill the cop” were chorused by the gallgry. Schoeider retreated, Mo~ Guire r¢sumed his seat and finally quiet was restored. The njanagement sent out for police aid and at Yhe close of the show McGuire was taken /into custody. Policemen Smith and Séhneider were followed to the pa- trol pox by an angry mob, intent om helpifig the prisoner to escape. The po- licerfen drew their clubs and fought off the ‘crowd, arresting another lad named Eugene Folliver, who tried to strike Schneider. The officers used their sticks freely and many a sore head was the result. Great -difficulty was experienced in holding the crowd at bay until the ar- rival of the wagon. The boys were book- ed with resisting an officer and disturb- ing the peace. —_——————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST McKinlay's Sacramento River Irrigation | Bill Passes the House Without Opposition. ‘WASHINGTON, April 16.—Represent= ative McKinlay's bill granting to the Central Canal and Irrigation Company the right to divert 1000 cubic feet of water per second from the Sacramento River for irrigation purposes passed the House today practically without op- position after a brief explanation by McKinlay regarding the provisions of the measure. The House passed a bill appropriat- Ing $400,000 for the improvement of the mouth 6f the Columbia River. Sir Leonard Lyell, a celebrated Eng- lish geologist, was presented to President today by Director Wolcott of the Geological Survey. Sir Leonard is in America to study the geological for- mations in the Yosemite Valley, to- gether with the canyon of the Colorado and the Yellowstone Park. < —p companies could charge not to exceed five cents, Court had decided that the companies and not thecity granting the franchise had the right to fix the rate of fare to be charged. “I have stood by the labor unions all my life,” declared Gallagher. “but when a labor union or any other body asks me to violate my judgment on a question of law, I tell you I will not do it, for I would sooner retire to private life with my selfs respect.” Duffey denied that he was trying to confiscate the property of the railroad companies. “I want to say that Mayor Schmitz told me he was in favor of this ordl- nance,'” sald Duffey. “It is strange that the Mayor has never sald so publicly,” Gallagher replied. “*His Honor is certainly well able to speak for himself and I do not think that he so expressed himself.” “The Mayor told me so and I am mak- ing it public now and I don’t want you | to question my veracity,” rejoined Duf- fey. 'y"You are supersensitive,” gher's retort. Supervisor Davis said that a 3-cent fare would probably result in lower wages for street car employes and plunge the city in industrial strife. Fourteen Supervisors present voted in favor of the indefinite postponement and Duffey’'s was the only vote recorded against such action. ——————— BURGLARS FAIL TO ENTER GROCERY. Fred H, Rahlmann reported to the police yes- terday that an attempt was made to enter his grocery and saloon at Raliroad avenue and was Galla- Bay View street on Sunday morning. The bur- | glars had climbed over the fence in the rear and had removed a wire screen from a window, when they were evidently isturbed. the | and the United States Supreme | VESUHLS FOND Representative Italians cf €ity Plan to Get Money for the Voleano Sufferers THANKS THE AMERICANS Consul General Count Fabri . Eloquently Acknowledges -This Country’s Good Will Count Attilio Fabri, the local Italian Consul General, called a meeting of representatives from all the Italian so- cleties last night to consider ways and means for the relief of those who are | suffering from the Vesuvius disaster. In an eloquent speech . Count Fabri thanked the American press and the American people for the sympathy they had shown for the suffering brethern of the thousands of Italians who have become citizens of this country. An executive committee was appointed to recelve subscriptions for the sufferers. The Consul announced that 12,000 lira had already been dispatched to the un-, fortunate Sicilians. The Italian American Bank, the Swiss American Bank, the Bank of Italy, the Columbus Savings and Loan Soclety, and Theodore Bacigalupi were named as the executive committee. Circulars will be sent out into all towns in the interior where there are Italians, explaining the situation and asking for contributions for the sufferers in the mother country. The feasibility of giving a grand benefit concert was discussed. Several of those present thought that it would be possible to get Signor Caruso to sing at the benefit, as he is a Sicillan, but it was impossible to learn anything definite about this last night. Nothing in this direction was decided upon last night. A baseball game will be given for the cause on Monday. . In opening the meeting Count Fabri sald: ‘‘Before taking up the business of this evening I feel it my duty to thank the American people and the American press. There are gathered here the rp- resentatives of all the Ttallan associa- tions of this city, directors of banks and commercial houses, editors of Italian newspapers, professional men and labor- ers in many of the important industries of this city and the surrounding towns, all ready to lend all assistance in their power to their stricken brethren and to discharge a duty of patriotism and of charity. “The attitude of the American press and people pleases me because it shows that they are convinced that the Itallan im- migrants are honest, law-ablding people, whether they be artists, laborers or pro- fessional men, and that they bring to this land culture, reflnement and other desir- able attributes. “The Italians here do not forget the land of their birth. the country that during the middle ages spread the light of civilization over the earth, the country that gave to the world sélen- tists, artists and poets. But, however proud they are of the land of their birth, the Italians of this country try to deserve the good will of the people in the great nation where they have made their homes. “The contemplation of men grieving for the suffering of those they love, for cries they do not hear, for wounds they do not see, for distant miseries divided from them by mountain and by sea, has touched the American people. Their sympathy moves me deeply, for it dem- onstrates that humanity progresses and that the idea of the brotherhoed of man is not utopilan. “In behalf of the committee we ex- tend the heartfelt thanks and the grat- itude of the Itallan colony to the American people and the American press.” Others who spoke were: Andrea Sbar- boro, F. N. Belgrame, A. Cogliandio and E. G. Cevasco. Dufing the meeting a subscription of $100 was received from La Merchionale, an Itallan soclety. The following notice has been received from the American Red Cross Soclety: “In accordance with a telegram just re- ceived from the national central commit- tee of the Amerigan National Red Cross, this appeal is issued for contributions to be sent to the Italian Red Cross for the relief of sufferers from the Vesuvius dis- aster. The public is informed that con- tributions of money will be received by Andrea Sbarboro, president of Italian- American Bank, 460 Montgomery street, San Franeisco. “Such contributions will be promptly forwarded to the national committee and by that committee to the Itallan Red Cross Society at Naples. “WILLIAM W. MORROW, President. “MRS. THURLOW McMULLIN, Secretary. S — Parents Prevent Marriage. Irate parents prevented a marriage yesterday. William J. Smith, a shoe clerk of 1216 Valencia street, secured a license to wed pretty Mary O'Keefe of 601A Fell street, but the girl's parents intervened and persuaded her to break the match. Their objection to Smith was that he drank. Joseph O'Keefe said: “My sister saw Smith drunk last Saturday night and when she told us about it we were firm that she should not marry him. I went to the County Clerk’'s office and had the license can- celed.” Ti UP TO DATE = AN good work of the gymnasium and the advantages it offers. Every number on the programme won an encore. The programme was given in the fol- lowing order: 4 March, “Triomphale,” (Gounod); ad- dress, Hon. Mayor E. E. Schmitz; the favorite operatic soprano, Camille d’Ar- ville; Del Costa Quartet, (a) Scene and Prayer from ‘Cavalleria Rusticana” | (Mascagni), (b) quartet from “Rigolet- Alpine, F. N. Irwin, W. C. Deusing; The Arkansas Humorist, Press Woodruff, F. F. A, Sizilietta (v. Blon); monologu Barney Bennet; second act of “Martha,” Alde Hemmi and company, Miss Alda Hemmi, Miss L. T. Clarke, B. Boronda, J. Allen Preisch; singing ventriloquist, Al Hazard; terpsichorean sketch, Josie and Willie Barrows; “Tales of the De: ito” (Verdi), Miss S. Dixon, Miss O. Mc- ! and delighted house at the Majestic last night. It will run during the re- mainder of the week. California. There is a new bill at the California Theater this week. A company of ert” Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kemp, con- cluding with the only complete moving pictures ever made of the Hopi Indians’ Snake Dance. * There will be entertaining pro- grammes tomorrow and Friday even- ings in the same hall, { Srm X