The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1906, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1906 IS CONTRAGTORS McHugh Is Jailed After Trying TORUSHWORK. = to Deny Identity. Realty OwnersComplain ‘Says He Tried On]y of Slowness of Those “to Reason” ‘ Who Do City’s Jobs - ; e ith ; NEED OF sewgrs| it Edlin ARTIN McHUGH, an account| Works of whose alleged attempt to prop- “hold up” Har N. Edlin, a grocer, on a relief claim was published exclusively in The Call several days ago, was arrested vesterday afternoon on Gough. street v Detectives Mulcahy and Armstrong. warrant for McHugh's arrest was d by Police Judge Mogan on a sworn statement by Edlin. McHugh was very much surpgised v the officers took him into cus- first he attempted to deny but when the detectives ered him to cease his effort at de- ception he admitted he was the man wanted. McHugh was locked up in the O'Far- 1-street statfon on default of $500 cash bail or $1000 bonds. He was very reticent when pressed for an explana- tion, but, finally stated that he would be able to clear himself as soon as he saw “his friends.” McHugh sald that Edlin’s claim was a false one and that he tried to reason with the grocer, instead of attempting to He also t thirty of his hold him up for money. McHugh i he was one of the men who Edlin's store on the morning 20, and sald he had orders adquarters to secure supplies. ng to Edlin’s story, McHugh a week ago Sunday and m that his claim for $4000 would go through if he would consent to give $600. Edlin refused, whereupon, is alleged, McHugh threatened ' to ld the claim, telling Edlin he dy “fixed” several merchants d to_come to his terms. etectives Mulcahy and Armstrong of the opinion that McHugh may i league with some one ner workings of the bureaus. They are theory now, but so able to copfirm their KT T =< < S h was discharged from his as special policeman for the mmittee several days ago. nce and relief officials say that was running.a. big bluff and & about the - affairs of| An investigation failed to| further facts. —_— MILITARY FUNERAL ARRANGED FOR LATE MAJOR SCHOFIELD After Formal Services the Body Will Be Cremated at the 0dd Fellows’ Cemetery. With full military honors the re- |4~ - - o mains of the late Major Willlam B. the army who cide yesterday afternoon f, will be buried to- | h funeral taking place at 10| ck. aplain Hart will officiate at the! services, after which the remains will be taken to the Odd Fellows' Cemetery and cremated. The remains will be taken from the | late home of the deceased, 3947 Twen- ty-third street, at 9 o'clock, and at the Lombard-street entrance to the Pre- sidio they will be met by four compa- nies of coast artillery, and the coffin, wrapped in an American flag, will be transferred to a caisson. The funeraly procession will then proceed to the post | chapel. where the last sad rites will bo‘ o'clo Ch OVER WOMEN. Private Hooker Seriously Hurt at Presidio Gate As the result of a drunken brawl over two notorious women in a saloon near the Greenwich-street entrance to the | Presidio, Private James Hooker of the Twenty-second Infantry lies near death in the General Hospital at the post and | Musician Washburn of the same regi- | ment is confined to his bed with a large |gash in his head. Private William e e T et pEAL | Hyde of the Sixty-seventh Company of b B Coast Artillery was placed under ar- Damages Asked for Failure to Purchase | Fe5t shortly after the fight and is held Property Negotiated for Be- fore the Fire. H. Grim and Anna D. Joost t suit yvesterday in the Superior ainst H. P. Umbsen for the re- of $34,815 damages they claim due for failure to earry out a administered. The following officers will | pallbearers: Colonel W. A. Simpson, Daniel M. Appel, Major C. A. Devol, Captain George a. Nugent, Cap- tain F. R. Day and Captain A. P. Buf- over the city The board act as ing further developments. Private Hyde was in the saloon when the other two men entered, accompanied by Bell Raymond and another woman. Hyde, who was already drunk, made \some remark about the women, which {'was promptly resented by the other two | soldiers and a fight followed. The men liam brough Court 2 cover: contra According to the complaint, on April 10 a contract was made by which Umb- agreed to purchase from Grim and Joost sixty-nine acres of land near Schwerin and Walbridge. streets. The purchase price was fixed at $150,000 and of this amount $15,000 was paid down. The purchaser 'was & allowed thirty days in Which to. examine the title. Following the fire it is sajd that the defendant refused to live up to the | they immediately retired to the side- walk, where Hyde rushed upon his two opponents, knocking Washburn down with a pair of brass knuckles and stab- bing Hooker just below the heart with a pocket-knife. Hyde then returned to the saloon, where he was later found by Sergeant Grove. | 'Hvde objected to arrest and attacked hoves Intiffs admit that the | the Sergeant with his brass knuckles. O e the | The sergeant felled Hyde with the butt courts to award the difference between SR ofamum . he ori o ralue. the original price and the present value JRfi_\'mond ke ot heldl sibokers United Rallroands Claims Too Much, head, but the other woman had disap- Much. | peared. Attorney James A. Devoto yesterday | The two injured soldiers were de- filed with the Board of Works an opin-|yailed at the Presidio to take a cours jon that the United Raflroads is entl- | {1 +po cooking school and would soon tled to occupy for its tracks not more |, ... jeft for American Lake to join than forty feet under its franchises on their company. Hooker may die as the Market street from Sansome street| oo “CeHi o g east to the ferries, and 17 feet four | inches on Market street from Sansome | T TR to Castro. The corporation had claimed Honeymoon in an Auto. a 45-foot right-of-way for its tracks on| Herbert L Choynski, the attorney, Market street east of Sansome. | and Ethel Berger, sister or Sam Bey —_———— | ger, pugilist, were married yesterda. ‘Werner Bros., | They left in an automobile for the Expert watehmakers & jewelers, 2106 | southern part of tne State, to e gone mento.* & month or six weeks. Colonel _ho- g wcmm | ynski and his wife will visit Mexico Plea of Gullty Not Accepted. before thelr return. t be determ due. GRANT INCREASE IN PAY. president of the| Club, ad- e question avenue, That | sewered and re- | e menace to three children | oard voted to | | Marry Crawtord wanted to plead | A7 BPPTOPTIa- | ity befose Judge Dunne in the Su- Friecke Recelves Sentence. io1 | Paul Friecke pleaded guilty before perior Court yesterday to a charge of burglary, but the latter refused to ac- cept the plea. Crawford was arrested on a charge of entering the home of Ida Walcom at 2248 Bush street July 10. he Super- e bond is ) ason and Hyde Judge Cook yesterday to an attempt to commit burglary on the might of 'March 13 by entering the saloon of H. Frese & Co., 501 Market street.” He | aske f‘ tha : b When questioned yesterday he sa was sentenced to two and a haif years | the hen questioned ¥ ¥ id he ol 1 that the board ol wag f skilled labor ad no lawyer and Judge Dunne passed in San Quentin °f| he case until Saturday and appointed — Injured and Musician | in the guardhouse at the Presidio pend- | were separated by the bartender, but| HER TROUBLES ARE NUMERDUS. | Mrs. Wild, Eter Losing Husband and Son, Is Forced From Home 'BECOMES REFUGEE Troubles come not as single spies, but in battalions. Fate has proved extremely unkind to }Mr& Bertha Wild of late and the cli- | max of a series of misfortunes was the loss of her husband about three weeks ago. She thinks that he has willfully | deserted her. Yesterday morning she | appeared at the relief headquarters to | tell her troubles and to see if any means can be taken to locate him. Mrs. Wild was formerly a Mrs. Bur- gess. Her husband died and left her without funds' to support her four lit- tle children. Finding that she was un- | able to support them, she had three of them sent to the San Anselmo Orphan- age, and the other went to work as an | elevator boy in one of the large build- | ings in this city. Last spring she met| John Wild, who represented to her that he had money in the bank, she says, and was willing to marry her and support her. He was 65 years old and more than twice her age, but she accepted his offer and was married to him after an acquaintance of only two | | months. One month after the wedding the| | earthquake occurred, and then her boy | was found to be missing. He was 18| vears of age and although she has wor- | ried much about him, she does not| think that he has met with any serfous | accident. She believes he left the city| AEANER WILL BIVE NAME TO MR Refuses to Tell Supervi- sors Who Said Galla- gher Accepted Fee DENOUNCEDAGAIN| George Renner, manager of the Draymen’'s Association, spent an un- comfortable hour yesterday before the Joint Supervisors’ finance and street committee. Renner had been cited to appear to prove his charge, recentiy | made in a speach before ine Howard | Street Protective Association, that “At- | torney” Gallagher had received a fee | of $1000 for putting through a spur track permit before the Board of Su- | pervisors. Renner failed to prove his | accusation. He sald his charge was | based on information received from a | third party. Renner refused to divulge | the name of his informant, but ex- | pressed his willingness to tell his name to_the Mayor. Supervisor Gallagher again branded Renner as a llar and scoundrel, and | Renner said no man would dare to call | him such on the street. WITNESSES ARE SWORN. The investigation of the charge as- sumed the nature of a court trial, for | every witness examined was solemnly sworn to tell the whole truth by the | finance committee, which has that pow- | er under the charter. The first witness was Edgar Painter, secretary of the | North Central Improvement Associa- tion, whose name had been previously mentioned in connection with the rafs- | ing of a sack to put through a bill in | the Legislature giving boards of super- visors the power to grant spur track | f,ermns. Renner began to question | | Painter about specific permits for spur | in the confusion that followed the fire:| tracks, when Gallagher remarked that | ried some time she discovered that her | Ehantetcas e pahne o do witnd | husband did not have as much money | e A uREY tavand | as she had been made to belleve, and| the $100 which she'knows he possessed | . " he took with him on departing. Herhg: TLaLTAn . t.:",?,g‘“t‘;’".,p“;,"se“ifig! aged husband was infirm with rheu- (o0 nEMEICTS UDIon to opp matism and when he left he said he | STgRtnE - : . |~ M. J. Casey, president of the union, | was going to get aid from the Odd Fel-| gonjed ‘that such was the case, and the lows, he being a member of that order.|gtatement was ordered stricken out, Before her husband departed they | 5 were living at 5s. Grove street, and| RENNER ON THE GRILL. after he left the rent was raised and| When Renner was put on the stand she, having no money with which to|he replied to a question of Gallashtrl meet the demand, was compelled to|that he had been incorrectly quoted | move into a tent in the park with the|!n the papers, as he had not accused refugees. She is living now in tent| Supervisor” Gallagher, but “Attorney 317, Jefferson Square. Gallagher, of taking a fee o. $1000. | . Renner admitted that he did rot know | Stace Ber Bpaband's depatture, Mr& | the stateniont wes true when ho.made] Wild has been constantly In search of | tne statement was true when he | him, but has failed to find a clew to his| 1%, 0% e Nad SOt & seeond-hand. | whereabouts. She has decided now to b 1 place the matter before the officials of | Sallagher. “How did you get your in- the local Odd Fellows' lodges, and ask | formation?” i | “I refuse to divulge the name of my them for aid in locating her hu‘b“‘d"ln!ormant.” replied Renner. | | “Then you are a scoundrel,” said Gal- & lagher. “I want a square deal,” shouted Ren- ner. “I am not going to lose my tem- per, but no man on the public streets e —— | will say that I am a liar without my | resenting it. I will submit my au- | | thority to Mayor Schmitz. My inform- | |ant is a respected citizen and not a { ] | ‘hobo,” and the Mayor can sacrifice him, l as I have been. When I made my state- | _ R | ment I aid not know thnt”"Anorney'" ;Unsalarled Rehef Leader‘Gsllagher and “Supervisor” Gallagher | Costs City He Came e. Painter In his statement charged that | | were one and the same. I did not know | in my own mind that my informant was correct, and I admit that . made a x mistake in taking it for granted that to Aid a Large Sum|what he told me was true CALLS RENNER SCOUNDREL. Dr. Edward T. Devine received no| “Is it not your duty to bring him lary for his services in this city, but | 687" asked Gallagher. salary for > “No, not to be slaughtered as I have | for the first three months that he was | been,” sald Renner. “I will give his | engaged in the relief work his expenses | name to the Mayor to decide if the | amounted to the tidy sum of $6231.52.|source of my Information was cor- | From this must be deducted $1000, the [rect. The same man told me that Abe | iamount which he paid for the fine| Ruef took fees for putting measures | | $2753.50 automobile purchased new for | through. I never said that John Breu- | | relief work soon after the fire. This | ner had pald Gallagher a fee of $1000." | |leaves $5231.52 charged up against De- | “Any man who repeats something he | | vine for expenses to July 20. His ex- |has heard reflecting on the honor of | | pense bill since that date has not been | another man is a scoundrel—and, lur. | acted upon and is not obtainable. | Renner, you are that man. I say it to The largest item charged against the | your face now and will say it any time doctor is $2753.50 for the automobile. | You come to me,” shouted Gallagher. When Dr. Devine wet East the execu-| “If T am a scoundrel” said Renner, tive committee proposed to give him an | “point me out an honest man. I did | indefinite loan of the machine, but he | not say it was a crime nor call it a | refused the gift and finally paid $1000 | bribe for an attorney to take a fee.” for it. Thus for the three months that | - Gallagher sald a Supervisor who is | Dr. Devine used the machine $1753.50 | an attorney has no right to receive a | was paid out of funds charged against fee for any act done in the .ne of his | the relief of the ecity. Dr. Devine's|duty as a Supervisor. | automobile expenses were not _large, Renner's examination was declared | only $5.55, but there is charged against | ®nded. and he asked if the charge | him $33 for automobile hire, while |38ainst Ruef would be taken up. | automobile supplies added $247.50 to| Chalrman Rea sald Ruef was not a fi =tooung f?::el‘io&rgc;:] tdnon By t:xcenggmr‘:llt:‘: 57.25, w 2 S g b aniine Omuc|Rea then announced that' the commit. | | Aixtures added $158.97 to- the account |t8e would file lts repprt.on the Inquiry | and books and stationery $133.24. The |3t Next Monday's meting of the board. doctor spent $81 for office postage, | $25.95 for office supplies, $19.65 for car- Accused of Indecent Writing. | penters’ supplies, $11.60 for express| Because of his alleged penchant for cartage, $24.75 for typewriter rent, etc., [ impolite letter writing Emile Benjamin and $21.40 for messenger service. Be- | was arrested at San Jose last Tuesday | sides all this there is a charge of |night by Deputy United States Marshal | $1528.36 for sundry expenses. . | Paul Arnerich. He furnished a bond| | These sundry expenses represent|for $1000 and was released by a Santa | house rent, traveling expenses, living | Clarad Justice of the Peace. The com- expenses and incidentals. In some | Dlainant is Miss Lizzie Perry of Stock- | cases they include the expenses of his | ton, who swore to a complaint before | unsalaried assistants—E. P. Bicknell, | United States Comnassioner Heacock E. C. Moore, William Mitchell, Lee K.|accusing Benjamin of having mailed an Frankel and Lillian Brandt. indecent letter to her address. His pre- The living expenses of the five from | liminary examination has been set for | April 19 to June 15, including rent, ser- | August 23. vice, telegrams, telephones, etc., came TR e T T | to $951.90. This does not include their “A';':':‘::":l'":':n‘““m":"“::":"ue-uh | traveling expenses, which for the e fir ot (Sondxs: acw] | period amounted to $215. Their living | At® a% Fotel Dot {1Pe(5 MRt Sendar. s | expenses for the twenty days ending | many enthusiastic motorists will be there. * | July 20 amounted to $414, a trifle more than $20 a day. Bunko Agent at 'Work. The police are looking for a bunko man - who is soliciting subscriptions for a magazine and offering valuable prizes to subscribers. The Emporium com- | pluined vesterday that several orders| | for goods had been presented by house- wives during the last week, all of which | were bogus. B 0T SRR ‘Woman Robbed in Car. Mrs. J. M. Pike, 1946 McAllister | street, complained to the police yes- | terday that she was robbed of a gold watch and chain valued at $100 while riding on an Ellis-street car on Tues- day night. chase of grade suits. terials: Etons. LOT 1—75 suits, sale for LOT 3—140 suits. Great Sample Suit Sale! Our New York buyer made a remarkable pur- 318 Sample Suits of one of the leading New York manufacturers of high- These suits consist of the following ma- Broadcloths, Panamas, Serges, Cheviots, Mo- hairs, French Voiles, etc., in all the leading shades— blacks, navies, white, tans, reds, resedas, Alice blues, old rose, solids, checks and shadowed plaids. They are made in "all the leading styles, as: Prince Chaps, Semi-Fitting, Long and Short Coats and Some with silk drops (alone worth $10). These suits we have assorted in three lots: well worth $18. $20, $25, will be sold at - LOT 2—100 suits, regular prices $27.50, $30, $32.50, will go at the sample suit Would be cheap at $35, $37.50 and $40. Will be sold for the ridiculously low price of We place these sample suits Come early and select your style and size. THEMODEL CLOAK and SUIT HOUSE " SW. Cor. Van Ness Ave. and California St. $12.50 $15.00 $19.50 on sale TODAY. o IS NOW LOCATED AT 1211 Sutter Street NEAR VAN NESS AVENUE 1906 Models on Hand Supplies for All Makes of Machines BIRD s D0G ouss A. C. ROBISON 469 McALLISTER STREET. All Orders Promptly Attended To. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Seud oo REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. STACET sear Dosadinr PARCELLS SAFE CO. PARCELLS BUILDING 523 MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO. L. HEILBRONE FORMERLY 518 ELLIS ST ow 1632 DEVISADERD ST., BET. POST AND SUTTER CREDIT TO ALL VoaR“eri™ WEIRNG APPAREL M. TRAUNER : : LADIES® TAILOR : 3 706 Sutter Street, now 2332 POST Open for Business. GHARGES HUSBAND WITH BIGAMY. If Mrs. Adolphe Danziger can prove the allegations in her answer to her husband's suit for divorce, it is prob- able that Dr. G. Adolphe Danziger, formerly a prominent dentist and lit- terateur of this city and recently | United States Consul to Madrid, will spend a part of his time behind prison who was formerly Bertha M. Levy. daughter of the re- tired real estate dealer, Marcus B. Levy, alleges that her husband has married a second time in New York and left her and her two children on their own resources. Both families are prom- inent in San Francisco and the Jewish circles of New York eagerly await de- velopments. bars. The wife, aMALL BOYS GATCH WANDERLUGT. Peter Glarita and Henry Stevens, lads who have not yet attained their elghth year, were found wandering along Mission street near Twenty-first yes- terday morning by Policeman Me- Mahon. The boys were holding hands and conferring in a .aysterious man- ner. McMahon took it upon himself to ask a few questions and the boys willingly told him they were about to start out to see the world. Their sole capital consisted of two 10-cent pieces. They told the police- man it was their plan to go to Oak- land and from there “way back East, ever so far.” The policeman put a damper on -the glob-trotting schema | by locking them up in the Mission sta- Mrs. Danziger says that when she re- | monstrated with her spouse about his conduct he abused her and that on June 16, at 1131 O'Farrell street, he at- tempted to kick her down two flights of stairs. This was on the occasion, says Mrs. Danziger, of her visit to the house when she knew her husband was in an apartment with a woman calling herself Mrs. Ida Danziger. Mrs. Danziger further alleges that while in New York Dr. Danziger mar- ried Miss Ida Silbert and that since that time she has been avoided by her hus- band. She asks for alimony pending the litigation and the custody of tne children. According to Mrs. Danziger her hus- | band is now in Eureka. but acquaint- | ances of the doctor say he has not left the city. tion. The boys were unable to give any information as to where they belonged or who their relatives are. Later a woman called for them, telling tha police she knew their parents and vol- unteered to take them home. They were turned over to her. — e Redfern, Warner and R. & G. corsets: fall stock: corsets fitted: at t.. near Van Ness ave. Dora Cuatrow!t fe Hendy. * —— i Involuntary Bankrupt. Cahn, Nickelsburg & Co., Friedman & Son Shoe Company, Mauzy & Reed and George H. Young filed a petition vesterday in the United States District Court asking that J. Arena, 2 merchant ot Oakland, he declared an involuntary insolvent. They allege that he owes more than $6000 and that he has at- tempted to prefer one creditor over the others. " | Jumes Brennan to look after the in- terests of the alleged burglar. _———— New Companies Incorporated. Articles of ineorporation were filed as follows yesterday: . Boyer Motor | Car Company, for the handling of au- | tombbiles, incorporators, G. A. Boyer, | F. M. Boyer and Lawrence T. Wagner, | capital stock $50,000 of which $20,000 is paid in; the Irvin Machine Works, | incorporators, Irvin Silverberg, Charles | Mitchell and Melville Sjlverbers, capi- | | tal stock $15,000, all paid in. | the Summit | —_———— asked permis- | Killed by a Car. k at Bush and| , .. 1cjieved to have been J. R. d by private | Commissioner | that this be| was instructed | t effect, | he board | will | UNDERSKIRTS A snap for the early shopper, as we only have a few dozen in stock. They are made of an extra quality of Chambray, so that the I give the remain- the increased scale. representing Company. a spur t { | St to lagilitate the re-| [ ivis was Killed vesterday afternoon. Wl with a deep flounce. Colors =Bl yiig ‘ g being run down by u southbound De- | e Cement Workers' Union askeq | visedero-street car at Fell strest. He | Blue, Gray, Green and Tan. ghted from a northbound car and| Al e X oS Sl They were bought to sell for t the board adopt the union ws ali ony . was struck by o ale. The board granted the requ A *Re of Telegraph Hill ooent [site direction. The man's skull was 8 $1.00. . that 3ros. be compelled to | fractured and Loth arms s\;\ 1;;:1 w;rp‘ - hey ‘wer 1 papers to¥nd: in his| c blasting there. They were broken. Several | ia“:‘“ the nswer that Gray B;Z? poesession contained the name J. R.| ai-no permit to do any blasting, ang | D&vis- WS SRRl S e ceman shoulg arrest them aid. | Stevedoring Company Formed. acts were awarded to the City| The United Stevedoring Company, Improvement Company for paving on|which has for its purpose the conduct. Van Ness avenue, and to the Bar-|ing of steamboat lines, or other bus Asphalt Company for similar|pess along the water front, flled ar- on Valencia street, between | ticles of incorporation yesterday. The | 1teenth and Nineteenth. incorporators are: E. J. Dodge, F. M. e board will meet again at 2| Fenwick, James Tyson, Robert Dol-| o'clock this afternoon. |lar, J. H. Bennett, Miles Standish and e ———— C. R. Johnson. The capital stock is Eyes Infiamed by Dust and Smoke? $100,000, of which $700 has been sub- Marine Eye Eemedy Soothes, Quickly Cures. * scribed. . Special 65¢ | J \ Use PEROLIN An Anti-Dust Sweeping PowdeJ and W GLOVES Positively for TODAY ONLY, we offer one-clasp velvet finished MOCHA GLOVES FOR LADIES. They come in the RUCHINGS We are showing the very latest and daintiest assorted patterns of Ruchings. They are sold in boxes of six neck | pew shades of Gray, Brown lengths. You will agree with | and Tan, and are sold regu- us that they are excellent | larly for $1.25. For wearing qualities these Gloves cannot be equaled. $1.00 per pair value at'the price we quote— 25¢ per box PILLOWS These Feather Bed Pillows are 18 by 25 inches, and go 214 Ibs. to the pillow. We seil them under a positive guar- antee that the filling contained in them is ABSOLUTELY ALL FEATHERS thoroughly cured, cleaned and purified, and free from odor or adulteration. 50c each The Newman & Levinson Midweek Special , Note: UNDERWEAR We never exaggerate values in our advertisements, but here is really a case where we are tempted to seli-praise, for we have cut the price in haif. BOYS’ BALBRIGGAN UNDERWEAR, strong, dur- able and well finished. Usually sold at 50c the garment. To close at 25¢ each