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FRESNO GETS ANOTHER { RAISIN PACKING-HOUSE| California Canners’ Company Plans to Handle the Entire Output of | That District. L FRESNO, M the breaking Raisin-growers’ C 12—As a result of | of the mpany and the sub- seguent com; on among the pack- for control of the raisin erop for g (wo years the ( omp:.m which d for raisins egun the erec- ing-house here. 50 by 110 feet and will con- nd machinery aisin crop of this Conservative estimates place this y raisin crop 76,000 tons and s dding t has been going packers has advanced ins in the sweal-box and 6 cents and layer raisins MRS. LE DOUX’S STORY | IS BEING INVESTIGATED Authorities Anxious to Know If Man She Is Accused of Having Killed Secured Divorce From Her. OAKLAND, May 11.—Sheriff Walter F. Sibley of San Joaquin County has addressed a circular letter to the County Clerks throughout the State ssking them to examine their records snd gscertain if ther record of divorce proceedings which Mrs. Le Doux says were in ed her by her husband, whom d with having murdered. g of Albert Vicar Stockton and the conceal- ment of kis body in a trunk createc on at the time. Mrs. makes claim that McVicar Emma s against she is charg The killi at got & divorce from ber in this State, and any record of any such ley wants to kmow it marriage to McVicar, which took place at Bisbee, Ariz., Sep- $02, her name was Emma Prior to her mar- tember 1, 1 Theresa Williams. ge to McVicar she had promised to| t. y a man by the name of Barret ithout apparently having got a di- vor Mrs. McVicar married Eugene Le Doux, THREE-FOURTHS OF MEMBERS | LOST ALL IN BIG FIRE United Ancient Order of Druids Regis- ter Many Members Burned Out of Their Homes. | he Junior Order of American Me- e Daughters of Lib: of both orders r and all but § were burned out. extended by States throughout ng been denied thing by the general No deaths have as , but wo members of Lincoln Council were k by falling chimneys e shake, ser fent Order of Druids, at Twenty-fifth and alencia streets, has up to date regis- tered 338 members of groves and members of ves of Druidesses wh sre In distress. Money received from e East has been expended in reliev. ing the immediate wants of those reg- tstered there and at the main station, 914 Golden Gate avenue. Every grove of this order has lost its meeting place nd property. McKinley Grove has secured new quarters at Twenty-second and Fol- streets, and Monteverde Grove Twenty-eighth and Church streets. e the first two to resume som ot These business, Three hundred seventy-two subordinates of various fraternal or-| @ers have lost thelir meeting places and | records by the fire ————————————— and California | g Hur is endeavoring to locate its mem- Newton Me-| INDEPENDENT FORESTERS GIVE SUBSTANTIAL HELP Order Makes Arrangements to Enable Burned-Out Members to Re- sume Housekeeping. The Independent Order of Foresters s city has hit upon a plan for sisting its members in & manner t will be of practical benefit. It has sent to Los Angeles $3000 of the | moeney vested given to such of its members as have | donated for relief to be in- in housekeeping sets to be lost thelr homes by fire. Each outfit consists of & bed and mattress, three sheets, and a kitchen utensi four pilloweases, six chairs sufficient supply of china and s for six persons. has already with In addition, the order assisted more than 500 persons ions, clothing and shoes, se aided having been outside of its membership. Colden Gate Companion Court this or has declded to remit all cecurt s for April and May, and to isiness in Franklin Hall 1 Parlor of the Native Sons ted all dues of members, in- up to July 1, when new accounts will be opened. Mizpah Court of the Tribe of provi Ben and for that purpose has opened registration office at 26! treet. Mission Rebekah Lodge of the Mis sion district, has quite a number members not yet accounted for. They are requested to communicate with Mrs. O. F. Barney, financial sec- retary, at 122 Guerrero street. The Woodmen of the World have appointed & committee to quarters in which the various . local mps can meet. In the meantime olden Gate Camp will meet in De- visadero-street Hall. The Royal Arcanum will carry members for April and May. This or- der lost ome member by death during the shock—E. M. Tedigo, who was rushed by the collapse of a house in Santa Rosa. Twelve thousand cash has already been contributed to all members in distress and more is com- ing. Gus Guzendorfer, supreme repre- sentative from this State, has gone to Old Point Comfort. Virginia, tend the Supreme Council session and explain conditions resulting from the double disaster. The headquarters of the TRoyal Neighbors of the Modern Woodmen of America have been from Steiner street to 612 Oak street. All members of the Companions of he Forest of America are requested | to send their present address to. Grand Secretary Agnes D. Bremar‘ b | 823 Central avenue, Alameda. e | FOURTH-STREET BRIDGE IN NEED OF REPAIRS | General Superintendent Hibbs of the | United Railroads Says Cars Cannot Reach 8. P. Depot. E. D. Hibbs, general superintendent of the United Railroads, reported yes- terday that all trolley lines aiready opened were running well, but there was urgent necessity for the re- pair of the Fourth-street bridge. a Hibbs found that it was 4 inches out of line and that until it was shored up and repaired it would be impoesible to run cars over fit. When these necessary repairs shall been made, the railroad compan be able to run cars to Third an Townsend streets and the depot of the Southern Pacific Company. The repairs will also expedite travel south of that point, which will be a great accommodation to the public. e —— TRANSPORT WHARF NOwW HAS SPRING VALLEY WATER Supply of Precious Fluid Will Soon Be} Distributed Through All City Front Faucets. A grateful rush of Spring Vallay water now follows the turning of taps on the faucets located on the army trams- port wharf, foot of Folsom street. On account of the government’s urgeat need | a special effort was made to restore the water supply on this wharf., In a few days the city fromt water supply will be as it was before the skake | of April 18 ruptured the big mains and left Ban Francisco helpless fuel fur the | flames. Well-Known Publisher Here. William Bryan, general manager of many | of 21 Dev Naderol i of | engage | all | to at-| transferred | that | After | careful inspection of that structure | RED CROSS EMH.oVMlfl'r BUREAU DOING GOOD WORK Labor Commissioner Stafford Makes Interesting Report on 'Existing Conditions in City. The following report concerning his work has been written by Labor Com missioner Stafford: “Dr. Edward T. Devine, special rep< resentative American National Red Cross, San Francisco, Cal.: “Dear Sir—I beg to report to you that the Red Cross employment bu- ireau in the Hearst Grammar Schoo! | has registered to date 2400 men and {120 women. | *“We have succeeded in obtalning | employment for 400 men and twenty | women. “In addition to these numbers no | doubt two or three hundred men have located employment through the bui- letin notices posted in and around the school rooms. “Applications for skilled artisans have been referred by us to the Build- | | | ing Trades Council of the eily and filled from ‘their headquarters. Fully fifty mechanics have been furnishea yment through this medium. special feature of our work has een to select married men who were ntirely burned out by the fire for rst choice, so that while we do £ot make a high showing in numbers this | burean has been very effective in re- empl | ducing the ranks of those dependent upon the relief funds. “Contractors are beginning to g2 busy all over the city and orders for | help are rapidly increasing. “I have arranged for a very compe- tent man to make the rounds delly; of the employers for the purpose of! | soliciting their help, and' we shall call | upon the relief camps to furnish men as rapidly as they are needed. | | “The cheerfulness with which men | of every conceivable oceupation preAi vious to the fire accept employment as) ordinary laborers is very gratifying and is a good evidence of the courage and optimism of even the most unfor- | tunate of our citizens. “Yours very truly, (Signed) “W. V. STAFFORD, “Labor Commissioner, j “P, S§.—I estimate that more than 20,000 men are at present engaged ln‘ (lenmng up and in reconstruction ln; | the burned district.” H i R 4 \Llfl“j DAMAGE 18 FOUND N P! ALONG THE COUNTY LINE {1 f Unufiull Activity Among the Potrero .Mnll. nd Factories, Which Are ‘ow in Fu.l Operation. ortion south of Sixteenth ave- outh to the San Mateo County | Mne, including what is known as Gold- en City, suffered less damage thanany other part of the city and county. | Only one building, the Six-Mile House, | a large frame structure, near the coun- |ty line, moved off its foundation. A gang of house movers is at work re- storing it. The large electric and power plant | designated as the Blue Lakes power house was not so much shaken but | that it resumed full operation imme- diately and furnished power to run | the cars of the Kentucky-street line to the terminus of the road. One of the difficulties of the people in that district is the procuring of wates. The Bupply 1o L= Inmes Favss voir in that section has been exhaust- | ed, and for ten days past the residents | have been forced to secure water from | wells. The pipe line which supplies this reservoir has been shattered, so the residents are digging wells, being able to obtain a reasonable supply at {a depth of fifteen feet. On the Potrero there is unusual ac- ‘,tivlty. all mills and factories being run ! s usual. The California Canneries is \L.uildmg on Eighteenth street, near | \ Kentucky, and displays a large sign to | the effect that five hundred women and girls are wanted for employment, —_——— T OLYMPIC CLUB DIRECTORS REDUCE MONTHLY DUES/! | Athletic Organization Will Be Occu- pying the Lent Residencs CALL subscribers receiv- ing their paper by maii aie respectfully requested to for- ward portien of any one wrapper recently received showing name and address 1o THE CALL, care of Circu- lation Department, No. 1016/ Broadway, Oakland. This is necessaty in order to insure prompt dispatch of paper. [i impossible to send wrap per, send last receipt. engine in good order, alao 7§ k. w. Westinghouse gener: D. Ghirardelli Co. 940 North Point Strest, aear Fort Mason. N. W.HALSEY-¢ GO., Bankers, Dealers in Ronds, FRANKLINAND @’PARRELL SIS., SAN FRANCISCO. {NEW YORK - 49 Wall m PHILADELPHIA . . . CHICAGO Real Estate Trust B!dx. « 153 Moarpe m Asbestos in One Week. At a meeting of the Olympic Club directors on Friday it was decided to | reduce the monthly dues from $6 to $2 until the new building on the club’s Post-street property {s completed. The Lent home, on Eddy street, will | GUARDSMEN FROM SOUTHLAND |iyo pPerkins Press, which includes the|be occupied by the club members in TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES | OAKLAND, May 12—Brigadier Gen- | eral Robert Wanskowski of the Na- tional Guard of California has issued orders that will return to their homes in Southern California the Seventh| Begiment Infantry, troop D, cavalry, and the First company, signal corps. The latter force bas been on duty in| Secramento, The Seventh Regiment| bas served In San Francisco. These| organizations will leave for the south mext Baturday. | General Wanskowski will review the troops, and in addition three bat- talions of the Fifth Regiment, the lat-| ter being companies made up of men resident in Ozkland and Alameda. The members of the Fifth Regiment will continue on duty in this city and Alameda until further orders are is-| sued. | The review this afterncon will be held on the boulevard on the shores of | loke Merritt and will begin at 430 o'clock. 1 o Reception to Graduating Class. BERKELEY, May I12—Announce- ment hes been made at the universi- ty that President and Mrs. Wheeler | will hold the annual reception to the | graduating class in the new California | FHall on the evening of Commencement day, May 16. The faculty room and the office of the president and au.ns' z&joining will form the center of the reception space, and the atrium and sdjoining offices will supplement it There will be this year no cards of in- vitation sent out, but all members of the faculties and all of .« greduating L‘- are lnvited to be present ‘Tncomn Daily Ledger, the Tacoma Daily News, the Olympia Daily Re- corder, the Olympian, the Everett Daily Herald, the Everett Morning Tribune and the Bellingham Daily Herald, is a visitor in the city. s Sk B Diamonds bought. W. J. Helthal 950 Pierce st. R i s Mass Meeting for Young Men, A grand rally of the members ot the Young Men’s Christlan Associa- tion and young men in general will be held at the headquarters tent of the association, Market and Eleventa Bt today at 8 o'cock. J. S. Tiche- nror of New York will preside and short addresses will be made by Rev. E. R. Willis and H. J. McCoy. There wil be 'good music and al young men are in- vited. one week. This will probably be their headquarters for the next two years. —————— The Family Need Not 8tay in San Francisce This summer while the city rebulids. The Southern Pacific announces low, long-time excursion rates to all Cali- fornia resorts—mountain, ocean and springs—from San Francisco and bay points. Rooms and board can be se- cured for the summer at remnnblo rates. - School Census Is Completed. OAKLAND, May 12.—The school cen- sus is completed and shows an increase of 250 children of school age, the total being 19,820 children between the ages of five and seventeen years. The fleld work was completed April 30. The totals do not include a large number of children from San Francisco. RUMFORD THE WHOLESOME Baking Best of the High Grade Powders. 15 cents half pound can. Powder Fire-Resisting Roofing And Sidings for temporary and per- manent bulldings. Affords greater fire protection and is more easlly and quickly handled and will LAST LONGER than galvanized iron. Abso- lutely waterproof. Guaranteed. Deliveries made lmmediately upon receipt of order. H. W. Johns-Manville Co. 1301 Golden Gate Ave. cor. Filimers, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, T.Brilliant Furniture Co. Temporary Office 1206 Golden Gate Avenue Permanent location, NW. cor. Gald- en Gate ave. and Hyde st. Will be ready for business June 10, A.RUEF Engine For Sale! 100 h.p. Wheeler - Corliss | ator, almest new. Apply to Family ANNOUNCEMENT We beg to announce that our Sewing Machine Busmeu Has been established at 783 Haight St., and 1156 Valencia, San Francisco The business relating to SINGER and WHEELER & WILSON Special Sewing Machines for Manufacturers Is at 1056 Washington Street, Oakland Needles for all makes of machines; parts and supplies for all Singer and Wheeler & Wilson machines, SOLD ONLY BY SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY NOTICE . . . That Man Pitts Formerly 1008 Market Street. LOCATED NOW AT 1123 Fillmore Street Near Golden Gats Avenue, Stationery, Cutlery and B ar bers’ upplies. MA ERY Ooccidental Machinery and Engineering Co. Temperary Offices 2303 Pacific Ave. Several Carloads Compressors, Hoisting Engines, Steam and Hlectric Standard Safety Water Tube Boilers, Hunt Industrial Rallwey Track and Cars, Rlectric Generating Sets and other machinery on the way and ready for shipriiat. Specifications, estimates given ocea- tractors for complete plants. 2363 Pacific ave , San Francisco. The 'James H. Barry fo. All Kinds of PRINTING. A Speclaity of BRIEFS AND TRANSCRIPTS. We Have Lhotypn 2145 Conter Strest Berkeley Mm“fl- PRAGERS Hesdquarters at 2826 Washington street, “SHANNON The Real Estate Man” LEASES A SPECIALTY. 2415 CALIFORNIA ST, Nn Pilimere. The Law Offces of Chas. S. Wheeler Are Now Located at 2413 W. ml‘l‘.l 3 (Near Flimere.) MW‘I.O. The office staff comtinues as formesly. CAR‘ON GLOVE CO. FACTORY, 8AN RAFAEL. Cutters report ready for work May 16. Opmuu report ready to work May 3 COMMUNICATE BY MAIL, I.I.m Rh-mym All firms havin upimt trator, will be in constant sttendance. rendor lunmonls boforo thl fin F. W.BRAUN C0. Are open for business at 3513 Twen- | ty-fourth street, San Francisco, oppo: site carhouse. Orders will havi prompt attention. 15th inst. RE!» Bno s oporatlon. - Architects Tnmy.flfl-, 2325 Gough St. Photo En raving We have the equipment to handle phote engraving at short notice. Place erders with A. L Miner, Supt. S. F. Call Engraving Dept. 1016 BROADWAY CentralJrustCompan of California Will reopen for business at its former location, No. 42 Montgomery Street On May 20, 1906 All current business now attended to at our temporary offices, 2121 Laguna Street. We will take care of the proving up and colleo- tion of insurance losses for our customers free of eharge. HENRY BRUNNER, Cashier. Business Men of San Francisco YourCreditlsGood We have sold and delivered ever 850 Oliver Standard Visible Typewriters Sinee the fire, and nowv have ready for delivery 200, including wide and inter~ second-hand eh-ngubko‘m.pl. Also Call or Mall Your Orders 10 Our Main Office 907 Fillmore JStrest, San Francisco W. G. Chamberlain mwm Fred W. Vanghan @. Co. == UNION OIL CQ - OF CALIFORNIA ounces ‘that It Is repared to a full ‘of refined oils, lnof\’u:u Gasoli osene !no D!stmaws. etc, g _ ery at Oleum, Cal.,, not damaged — in full SAN FRANCISCO - Sixteenth and lllinois Streets.