The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1907, Page 16

TUESDAY] FEBRUARY 19 FEDERAL X HANGS [T OVER HEADS OF GUSTOM HOUSE SUBCHIEFS, Appraiser Dare Will Follow Chauncey St. John to Retirement | ACCOUNTS IN TANGLE| Bad Bookkeeping a Cause of i hundred thousand workers. EMBERS of the Teamsters’ Union, several thousand strong, will turn out on “Cleaning-up day” and help cart away the rubbish that will be gathered by organizations in the city yill help to the extent of providing refreshments for the volunteers. The success of the movement is assured. All women’s | + Union Readily | Promise to Provide { Complaint and Many | on Anxious Seat P Iy on the announc - xclue published in yeste * ury Depar at We requekted ¢ M. St Survevor of the Port: wo r e erday on the floor of the z ise that Senator Perkins Dare na- Appraiser John Department « ready to reason Dare, it cus- alser of leasing to > time past g ween vari- € t heads of whic s ms with each es of an- work of Uncle ste that of Han long ridi- kept and Ic toosevelt e unts was t prominent in accounts, We which that part has ended in the re hn’s and Dare’s resign: atter of bookkeping.” admitted yesterday | on was probable. He | intended going into the before the fire, but his plans. “I ex- id, “at the end of ear, to hand in my| but it will be entirely vol- the Port Stratton, with has been at loggerheads terday that he had mal or informal in-| ning St. John's or “All I kpow about the hat I read in The Call,” he | irveyor Weodward, who John as his personal rep- also denied having had any rom Washington orl elsewdhere | the official decapitation of St. am B. Hamilton and Charles | chief boarding officer, were | divided in their St. Jobn's removal. They| i :em to regret the fact, but with others might have been perturbed sentiments | es to how far and wide the ax was going to be ewung. | Some of the officials are seriously| contemplating a correspondence course | in bookkeeping and the science of ac- counts. —— ORDINANGE LEGALIZES FIRE-TRAP THEATERS Supervisors Pass Measure Requiring Apparatus to Be Installed The Board of Supervisars passed to print yesterday an ordinance which is designed to legalizé the maintenance f certain inflammable one-story struc- tures or fire-traps now being illegally used as theaters and against which the Grand Jury has commenced a vigor- ous crusade nce simply requires one- v buildings without galleries used | s theatres to be equipped with gal- vanized iron water pipes of two inches open diameter on each side of the stage. The pipes must be connected directly with the street mains and kept con- stantly filled, to which shall be at- tached at least fifty feet of rubber hose. The ordinance also requires two casks to be kept constantly filled with water on the stage together with two | buckets, four axes, four hooks and three portable fire extingulshers close at hand All of the apparatus described must be installed under the supervision of | the chief engineer of the Fire Depart- | ment and in such positions as he may direct The ordinance also provides as an| adaitional fire protection that the ap- paratus for throwing caleium lights on | the stage must be encased in asbestos one-eighth of an inch in thickness or lined with sheet metal. The penalty forwiolating the ordi- nance is fixed at $500 or imprisonment for #ix months. The ordinance was presented by the fire committee which, however. had not previously met in! public session to consider it. Under| the ordinance the illegal theaters will be permitted to continue operations if the owners installsthe apparatus noted in its provisions. i ki STREET NAMES IN SIDEWALKS -Supervi- sor Ren. chgirmsn of the street committee. will lwld s conference with the Merchants' Assoei- ation with 2 view to uUrging property owners to comply with the ordinance irfug that the unmes of streets be unprmled In concrete xide- walks at thewcorvers wfll purchase IOM Res says the Supervisors sigos designating the names: of streets. generation. | Its Quota ot Men Members of the Teamsters' Union, in meeting last evening, unanimously and enthusiastically adopted resoiutions in- dorsing “Cleaning-up day.” The union promises the support of the organiza- tion and will help to a man to make the cleaning a success. Chairman A. W. Scott Jr. of the treet Repair Association addressed the union and explained the necessity of aring the streets in order that the iation and Board of Works could a1 the ruts that had been a menace to the lives of drive since the great fire. The men, whose trying experience dur- ing the past ten months has made them realize that something must be done quickly, saw the merit of the move- ment and without hesitation entered into the spirit of it. Scott explained that it was necessary to select a Sunday for the work, as upon that day all able-hodied men and women of the city could lend a littl without pecuniary loss to them- Public health and public moral- pon the broad principle nf “lean- ss is next to godline in- Salved;: Bt yas. intenfisa thit! msn should do for himself those th 2 bettered the general conditic and animals, and it on the Sabkh day : to make life less burden- The teamsters' als will cor with the general committes of *C ing-up day.” and whatever is necessary »e done in instructions from thesc »n- officers. There was much ap- plause when Scott flnished talk and the resolutions were adopted. INTERESTS SCHOOL CHILDREN aning day is a ne v In- s it will help remove some of 1thful conditions that menace school children, the man about ssi town, the laborer, the mrchant and every person who has to live in the city and help build it up. For this reason Chairman Scott has addressed a the ter schaol to teachers of n which he urges that they app: to their scholars to help keep the city tidy. The children ought to be given a lesson letter asks the schers to tell the children to give ntion to their homes during their sure hours and to remember that a an city means clean men and women, ally and ph The letters were sent to every teacher in San Francisco and personal opinions concerning “house cleaning day” were requested from those who have the ng of the minds of the rising An advisory committee of men who, | because of practical ~experience, are able to direct big operations of the sort projected has been named. These men and firms are A. E. Buckman; provement Company, Gi some Construction Company, Coats, Michael Casey, B. M. Cram, George Duffey, L. Keane and George Ci hapman The: resent all branches of municipal activi Chalrman Scott, accompanied by T. A. Riordan, secretary of the steamfitters’ union, visited the Unfon and Risdon Iron Works during the afternoon and Scott talked to several thousand men, all of whom were much interested in his explanation of the great cleaning- up proposition. Scott told his listeners that he wanted their co-operation, and that while it might be impossible for | some of them to take a direct part in the general cleaning up, they could help much by giving their sidewalks and the streets in front of their homes| a good sweeping. The men were| | pleased with the idea and there will be no one of the army of workers to whom the address was delivered who will not | | do something to make a better San| | Francisco. BUSINESS MEN HELP Communications from business houses | {are coming in so fast that it is im- possible to give space to all that is| said in the scores and hundreds of let- ters. If there is a business house in the wholesale or retail districts that is not going to do anything toward mak- | ing the biock in which it is located or he street in front of its location as| clean as a whistle then It is yet to be| heard from. Some of the wholesale | houses are going to undertake the| cleaning up of their respective com- munities themselves and relieve the committees of the growing responsi- | bilities of their worthy work. Many | big houses are going to furn dut their| full working forces, and where the em- ployes have been approached on the| subject they have taken hold of the| idea with a vim that is both gratify- ing and surprising. No one of the contractors, unions, business houses or construction com- panies would want to be understood as making the one. Let every man feel that he is giving such help as he can give, as free as the air of heaven, with absolutely no | strings on his desire to work a whole | day, a half-day or a few hours. i RAILROADS IN LINE General Manager Chapman of the United Railroads has made a handsome offer to the general committee. As a preface he will issue one hundred thou- sand car tickets to those who can come downtown to work. The company will | place cars, tools and all its street sweepers and sprinklers at the service of the committee. As the repair of| Mission street and rehabilitation of the | car line thereon are in progress.it is| the intention of the United Railroads to make an especial *flrt to haye the! work done by the ..me the géneral| clean-up is"begun. Four thousand men | will be put at work on the street and | tracks. { Manager Chapman says that with the | assistance of the steam railroad com- | panies he will cail in all of the debris | cars and have them on the spur tracks, | available for the removal of dirt. It is planned ‘to have fifty cars on Howard] street, from the ferries to Fifth street,| and incidentally this thoroughfare is| to be given a thorough cleaning. t The following circular letters were | sent out yesterday by the Street Repair | Association: To the Contractor—Dear Sir: to be San Freacisco’s Housecl e want all the Mapes PRl e R s | for clesning that you possess or can borrow. All | the drivers will donate their day’s labor for Ihe} good cause. All team owners are placing erey teany ve at our disposal. The whole £lty. % goipg to twm eal. Do r sbare | us at voce. say hfln“ an nd | Iy Next Blll!dl}' is W Al furnish and wliat v 0. Do 1t pow.” The work. Is fmmense o st Tust. We will give detalls’ Inter nm'r REPAIR ASOCIA N, By A. W. SCOTT , Chajrman. ROLL UP YOUR swmm To the&-unfir—l’ur Givesj | were |the Works Board yesterday tv let a | ground at North Beach and suggezted movement a compulsory | TC! wm Teamsters Offer Services Cause of Clean City . | iz, the cleaning and improving the streets ot | | this’ elty. You must have noticed In the press that oll S sco is to turn out on Sunday n ha Housecleaning Day” on every se to sweep and clean every tior- To aid this we request | nday ‘you have all stray material | nto tweet cleancd up and piied so we can clean | d it to ndvantage. | 10 yourself on Sunday and help. Ask your | help (you will find they will all teer) and clean up all the dirt and debris | in ll\t\ treet and on the sidewalk in front of | v ding as well as you can. Give us your effor The whole city Is going to roll up its sleeves and clean up. Do your part also. Let us hear from you. Respectfully, STREET REPAIR ASSOCIATION, By A. W. SCOTT JR., Chairman. OBJECT TO THE DAY Methodist Preachers Favor Cleaning of the Streets, However The association of Methodist preach- | ers of this city and vicinity met yes- terday in Wesley Church. A paper on “Aggressive Evangelism in San Fran- cisco” was read by Rev. J. E. Squires of the Centenary M. E. Church South. He advocated the holding of meetings of an interdenominational character, having for their purpose the cleansing | of the moral atmosphere of the city. During the session Rev. Dr.. Bane of the Howard Street Church, Rev. Mr. | Raley of the Richmond«/Church and Rev. George W. White of Wesley Church spoke of the movement for the clean- ing of the city’s streets. All present announced that they would be willing to devote a day to the material clean- ing of the city if any day but Sunday selected. - AUTHORIZES BUILDING OF NEW SCHODLHOUSE Board Orders the Immediate Construction of the- Monroe Primary The Board of Supervisors authorized contract for the construction of the Monroe Primary School building at London and China avenues at a cost not to exceed $81,000. It was announced that all the'plans for the proposed new school houses would be completed soon and that work would be rushed on the McKinley, Sun- nyside and Bergerot schools. Rea said that $360,000 was available for the purchase of a children’s play- that the site of the Presentation Con- vent in Powell street, between Filbert and Greenwich, be secured. .The sum of $160,000 out of available bond neyvs will be used to rehabilitate the Seventh street playground and the finance committee will cons\der Rea's suggestion at once. The plans for the new Public Library {to be erected by the library ‘rustees in Van Ness avenue, between Fell and Hayes streets, were referred to the Works Board for a report thereon. Thasopinion of the Gity Attorney that the Supervisors might utilize $75.000 to repave Sutter street if the Sutter Stceet Assoclation purchased municipal bonds to that amount was placed on file, as the opinion was never asked for. The board took the ground that no such assurance coulg be given. Tne request of the Police Commission that the license of restaurants in which liquors were sold be reduced from $1000 to $750 per annum was referred to the license committee. Eight claims aggregating $8500 for personal property alleged tp have been confiscated during the April disaster were rejected. o WILL BUILD FINE HOTEL A. A. Louderback Is to Put Up Struc- ture at Cost of $125,000. Application was made yesterday by A. A. Louderback for a permit to erect a four-story brick hotel building on the southeast corner of ¥ddy and Leavenworth streets' at a cost of $125,000. Mrs. James Coughlan asked for a per- mit to erect a $30,000 building on the south side of Market street, near Fifth. Other applications were filed by Charles Josselyn, Sacramento street, near Montgomery, $10,000: F. Wi Reich, Julian avenue, between Fifte:nth and Sixtéenth streets, Qm,(‘lfi. S 1 w Wi lon ‘Ernest 200 | more 1n Promment Women Take Active Part in the Popular Scheme Weomen met in Calvary Church yes- terday afternoon to form committees to superin&nd the distribution of cof- fee and sandwiches on “Oleaning-up da In the evening those interested held conferences to arrange details for various downtown sections. where the heaviest work by the volunteer clean- srs will be done. 3 Committees will wait upon restau- rant men in the downtown districts and ascertain whether or not they will be willing Yo.lend the use of their kitchens that coffee may be prepared. Already a number of restaurant men have not only offered their kitchens but have agreed to provide the coffee hemselyes. Yesterday's meeting was under the (uspices of the outdoor art section of he California Club. Among the vomen who took great interest in the rroceedings was Mrs. Ynez Shorb White, who is not a member of the ‘alifornia Club but was determined to end her aid to the plan to make the ity discard its mantle of dust. Several ladies probably will donate he use of automobiles to the commit- ees. The first to set an example in his respect was Mrs. H. H. Noble, who ill place her motor car at the service f the general committee of ladies. Donations of coffee, sugar and sand- iches are requested and all who are illing to lend a helping hand by giv- 1g food and drink are requested to >nd communications to Mrs. Thomas ache, 900 Bddy street. Each dis- leader will go to her district to- morrow to investigate conditions and report. Much credit is due Mrs. Lovell White, whose splendid executive mind made it possible to bring about speedy and effective organization. Mrs. White has | worked hard for the movement and her services have® been invaluable to the Repair Association. intensely gratified that nearly all the women of the city are taking hold of the s¢heme and are promising to aid to the very best of their ability. The following statlons where the ladies will have charge of the good things to eat were selected and others will be” named ldter: First and Market streets—Mrs. Ynez Shorb White. Third and Market—Mrs. A, D. Sharon. £ Fifth and Market—Mrs. ‘W. Scott. Eighth and Market—Mrs. Charles A. Warren. Third and Townsend—Mrs. C. A. Freeman. 5 Fifth and Brannan—Mrs. W. W, ‘Wymore. Sixth and Berry—Mrs. E. Z. Rolker. Eighth and Folsom—Miss L. Eaves. Market and Steuart—Mrs. T. H. Palache. Califor .and Montgomery—Mrs. A. 8. Farrar. Kearny and Commercial—Mrs. M. C. May. Fourth and Howard—Mrs. James | Shea. Sixth and Minna—Mrs. A. Kellogs. A woman's meeting has been called | for tomorrow miorning at 10 o’clock in Calvary Church, at which all club women are requested to be present. The North Beach section of the city is expected to be represented at the general meeting. This part of the city has shown such wondertul courage in rebuilding that the ladies are anx- ious that it receive its share of at- tention. et SRS T AT Y MASHER FOUND GUILTY Assertion That Women Were Friends of His Proved Untrue Victor Manners—never was man appropriately - surnamed-—was found guilty yesterday by Judge Shortall of haying insulted women in the street. Manners was arrested ten days ago in Flllmore street by Police- man Schmidt, who found him follow- ing two voung women. Manners claimed | the women were friends. Judge Shortall granted him ten days in which to prove this assertion. The ten days having elapsed and the women having failed to appear, Manners was remanded into custody and will be sentenced Wednesday. —_— UNITED RAILROADS SUED A suit for $30,000 damages against the United Railroads was filed yester-| day by Mrs. Florence E. McGorvin in behalf of her 6-vear-old daughter,| Dorothy E. Thornton. One of the; child's legs was cut off in a street car accident at Eighteenth and Kentucky streets on December 23, 1906. A su for $10,000 was filled against the same company by D. Rocca, who was thrown from a car which he was attempting to board at the ferry depot in September. His hip was broken. Mrs. White is | - | left last Saturday ~ him since the fire. on | ; Bureaw, Southern Pacific, or of C. W. Kelley, W. J. PATTOSIEN SAILS FAOM GITY AND BLONDE STENOGRAPHER MISSING Former Furniture Dealer’s| “Departure for Panama , Under Alias WOMAN ~WITH HIM Suspicion That Miss Kniest Was His Companion in Flight ‘W. J. Pattosien, for years a furni- ture dealer at Mission and Sixteenth streets, more recently conductor of a skating rink near the same corner, left the city on February 9, and the day he | departed Miss Sophia Kniest, formerly | of Eureka, for six years his stenogra- | pher, also departed from her home, 535 | Alvarado street. It has been established | that Pattosien took passage on the Pa- | York, via Panama, accompanied by a | young woman travellng as his wifer| and as the lawful Mrs. Pattosien Is | now in San Mateo the persons about | the skating rink and others suspect | that the youn® and blonde Miss Kniest | sent citizen. ‘When Pattosien left San Francisco he did it without hurrah. He even went €0 far as. to hide himself under the less unusual cognoman of ‘Peter- son.” His passage was engaged by | telephone, the agents of the company | having no intercourse save over the wire with the traveler. The curiosity of the steamer people was aroused, though, by the unwonted desire of the | man to know the exact hour at which | the steamer would leave in order that he might reach the deck just at the| last moment. who offered to inform him in proper | time for sailing. Charles F. Hintz of 2676 Twenty-first street, a brother of Mrs. Pattesien, is said to have been the first to suspect that there was an lllicit romance be- law. Last night Hintz was ceen and ! opinion, but as the denial was made in_the same breath that Hintz denied | | his own identity the contradiction lost | much of its force. | he did not know positively that Pat- | | tosien had left with a girl, | wanted to assume that he had not. i “He has gone to Germany to collect | $10,000 insurance,” said Hintz, “and it is not likely that he would take a girl | with him. T know Miss Kniest. worked in the furniture store at the | | time she was there, too. Her people |live in Eureka.” At the house in Alvarado street Miss | Anna Kniest, | stenographer, was emphatic in her de- nial that her sister had eloped with| he married Pattosion. “Any one who would say that must| be crazy,” she cried when was repeated to her. planning to go East ever since spring, {but the fire changed her plans and| | she delayed her trip until nes aying that she going to Minneapolis, where she has| friends. her off. None of our friends were| there, but she got her ticket, she told me. I did not see the ticket, but I am positive that she has not gone with Pattosion, or any one. She had worked for him for six vears, but so far as I}| can say their relations were always| that of empldyer and employe. I never | knew my sister to go out with him.”| Pattosfon is a large property owner| in the vicinity of Mission and § teenth streets, and all the buildings on the northeast corner were erected by Early in February he leased his skating pavilion, known as the Garden Rink, to William Clifford, who is now conducting i.. About Feb- ruary 7 Clifford took charge, and on| Saturady, February 9, the lessor left the city. Before a week had passed an | attachment -was placed on the rink, but was quickly raised by the action of | Frank Gould, the attorney who had been intrusted with the full charge of Patiosion’s affairs. Clifford is now_op- | in the glass office. which had| housed the pretty, blonde stenographer, Miss Kniest, until she left the cit: simultaneously with her employer's de- parture with a woman yet to be posi- tively identified. —_— Home Life at Del Monte While_the city is overcrowded take your fam- ily to Hotel Del Monte, by the sea, mear Mon- terey, and enjoy every comfort. There is plents of room there and plenty to do for recreation and health. Parlor car leaves San Francisco S a. m. | and 3 p. m. daily, direct to hotel. Special re- | duced round-trip rates. Remember, you can eas- | fly transact business in San Francisco and live | at Del Monte. For details inquire Information irl 780 Market street; phone Temporary 2751. < —_—— | ST. JOSEPH'S ELECTS OFFICERS_The an- | nual meeting of St. Joseph's Benevolent Socie was held Sunday at 1330 Page street. The au- diting committee’s report was favorable. 'rhn‘ following officers were elected: , Dr. Jerome | Hughes, physician: William Murasky, ‘presiden Martin O'Brien, vice president; Michael Dolan, secretafy; A. F. Bernard, treasurer. S e R RAILROAD MAN PROMOTED-EIl Paso, Tex., Feb. 18.—A. R. Oster has resigned as superin- tendent of the eastern division of the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad manager of the Sonora Pacific branch, running from Guaymas. will succeed J. A. Naugle, who bas resigned. Carpenters and busily occupied in re- building San Francisco will find Ghirardelli's Co- coa an unfailing source of strength as well as a most delicious beverage. Itadds much to the pleasure and value of breakfast to drink a cup of all other work-- ers who are satisfying cific Mail steamer San Juan for New 8§ is the companion in flight of the i\b<l 3 hind the trip made by his brother-in- | |deniea having ever utterea such an | Hintz admitted that | § but he | {1 18 sister of the Pattosion | the rumor |4 “My sister was | I was not at the train to see | | erating the rink and there is another | f 7 ORDER TO MAKE LOANS B'nai B’rith Grand Lodge Funds May Be Had by Subordinates The District Grand Lodge of the In- dependent Order of B'nal Brith at yes- terday’s session of the annual conven- tion decided to permit the loaning to| subordinate lodges of grand lodge funds on B'nai B'rith securities. The beneficial members of the order| had the April and May assessment Yor | 1906 remitted. This applies to all mem- bers who were residents of this city during those months. It was decided to accept the opinion of the Constitution Grand Lodge in the matter of the per capita tax of $1.50| and not pay it. The money received for insurance on the B'nai B'rith library was set aside! as a fund for a new library. The salary of Grand Secretary I J. Ascheim was increased $50 a month. All laws relating to the youths’ aux- ries and women's auxiliaries were ricken from the book of laws. A proposition to make members who have not served in some office eligible | to the presidency of a lodge was lost. FOREHAN IS A THIEF Reports -a Theft and Is Himself ,Locked Up for the Crime Detectives Ryan and O'Dea recovered yesterday the last of the $700 worth { of fixtures stolen from the house of, D¥. Leonard at Octavia afd Post streets, and as a result Matt Breen. the sus- p»ued thief, was charged with grand Construction Company. charge of the construction of the hous from which the goods were stolen. After the disappearance of the article | Breen himself reported to the-~palic that the goods had been stolen durin his absence. The loot had been dis- posed of by Breen to various fixture stores about town. recommended a vote of s to c-ramlé Orator Voorsanger, Rev. M. S. Le Grand Secretary Ascheim for their ser vices in the relief work. : The election of officers for the ensu- ing term will be held today. The good of the order committee! 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