The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 2

1 CC THE SEW FRANCISCO EXAMINER? FRIDAY. MARCH TO. 7926 SMALLER CITIES SHOW HEAVIEST VOTE FOR DRY LAW Prohibition Bat tot Blank Nation-Wide Dry Poll Totals SENATE BEER i-Afe fou in favor of the existing prohibition law? PLACE Existing Prohibition Law Wine and Beer ffsMOM S. F. OPPOSES 1MACI ALL HOLDERS IN PETROLEUM Yes fror For.

Against WINE PARLEY California Total 1760 95,368 113,321 No- 2,884 1,343 78 1,287 13,440 1,908 2,794 ism 6,540 2,780 2,018 Washington State Orogod Nevada Arizona 65 il 1,144 1,140 2,014 2 Are toffl in favor of Modification of the Vol-rstead Act to permit the manufacture and Sale of beer and light wines? 1072 Pacific Coast Total- 115,524 139,800 TOQEiSTOCK Report Says 2 Shares of Standard Will Be Given for Each T534" 1,010 81,124 19.667 Titled Woman Identifies Papers lii Action td dust Brother as 1,579 21,424 2,904 944 Utah Colorado New Mexicd Montana 84,780 3,727 R-Val Districts', Outside Towns Record "Moist" Opfftiorty 2,884 Wets Aft-fed That Inquiry on Modification of Volstead Act Will Be Held In the Open 3,743 6,569 944 7,495 Trustee of Father, Estate Yes No One of California Company Poll Idea Wins Praise Mountain States Total 28,851 98.602 24,829 92,446 763 11,437 wASHINCff diH: March nr Mf 198 KSS ftfifl of General Pe The smaller cities of Northern trnlmitn PrirnnDltlon 125 Bar value By FRED VAN EVEN PER. Stuff C'rrriMyidnt l'nlril flrle. CHICAGO, March 18. Lady Mar and Central California1 coptinu fei Michigan South Dakota Ohio Iowa Missouri common stock outstanding, there 10,270 2,745 are in the hands or tr.e puonc -iierlte Hyde, the Countess 6f Snf Universal fotee in the Senate will opeii the major offensive in their drive for beer and wine next week with barrage at expert (estimo'fiy at publio hearings before the judiciary com 1 111 4.11. ahurH return tne largest votes in ravor or the existing prohibition1 JAW, "The Examiner" poll on the issue 6 Prohibition" reveal.

With San Francisco nYltrir mi A folk and Berks, took the. 12580 23,686 54,224 2,246 21,333 ,2,779 60,561 64,605 25,143 18,657 22,322 59,602 8,128 21,955 2,779 57,909 70,357 27,650 stana today at tne trial or tier suit 1,100 11,489 9,597 2,745 1,633 124 4,477 10,841 7,921 .9,927 Minnesota The average quotation today for Standard Oil of New York stock $S4. Figured on the exchange 1,632 124 3,231 10,358 td dust her Joseph Letter, aft a trustee and administrator of overwneimmg vote against tne law and in favor of modification ini imm1." mittee. (ftetfsler yottf oplmort hjf marking plainly hi titit lillti iQuari after each one of the question artX.) AddfesS Aftpr votinp cliD vour ballot and mail it to Illinois Wisconsin Indiana the estate, of their father Levi Chicago merchant prince. mu tne manuracture ana saie or llffht wines and neeiO thA tm11rif 7,842 She was the first witness called.

cities are increasm he tftrenrth? The countess. kIitidIv attired. In Middle West Total 48,402 of their, dry day by Aiys Th black, a suitable background to her 289,359 36,799 Biranu vi lUBirouo pearis, waiKea 257.157 62,392 18,278 rural districts outside the smaller cities, covered by the poll of "The Examiner," and co-operating papers are also definitely against the 68,820 18,795 gracefully to the stand, after Colin Fyffe had consumed a few hours in behalf of his client, William Warr, who was named as a trustee over the Prohibition Ballot Editor, The Examiner, New York City N. Y. Outside City-New Jersey Maryland Washington, D.

Massachusetts 13,641 Volstead act and in favor of light wines In the smaller" cities, while a large maj6rtty oppose the bone-dry the protests of Lady Hyde. basts under negotiation or two hares for one, holders of General Petroleum common would receive the equivalent of 6 a share for 1,141,443 shares, or $77,618,066. Merger Held Aid To Both Concerns IJDS ANGELES, March .18. (By Associated Press.) Announcements of the merger plans tf the Standard OH of New York and the General Petroleum Corporation were made after officials of the two companies had met today In a lengthy conference. Officials of the Standard Oil Company here In connection with the merger.

Include H. Pratt, president; P. M. Speer, R. P.

Tlnsley, treasurer; E. R. Brown, president of the Magnolia, Petroleum can Francisco. Tvorh vnfpr'a nnmA will hp. hplrf in sr.rirfi, onn 6,393 The spectators at tha court of law rind want modification, th4 496 8,420 1,496 535 607 248 18,907 2,023 5,477 10 4 21,431 343 7,849 1,324 413 460 195 13,307 1,855 5,302 8 13 2,377 fidetice.

Eacl. name will be cheeked for its Judge Denis E. Sullivan possibly had hoped td a titled" personage undergo a gruelling examination Pennsylvania 6,800 110,454 22,947 is noticeably smaller. SMALL CiTIES, 2 TO 1. validity.

ana an equally gruelling cross-ex San Francisco, for example, has 12,567 6,636 6,495 94,464 17,011 5,744 178 158 6,948 191 amination, but there was none of 7,748 No one may vole more man once. this. She' merely Identified several cast 665 votes to date in favor of the law, and 23,262 against it majority approaching 40 to 1. The Connecticut Maine Vermont New Hampshire West Virginia papers, concerning, the which were then offers! as exhibits. Smaller cities, however, now stand 185 160 6,227 190 If developed diirifl the testimony 4,670 for the law and 9,112 against It a majority almost exactly two Rhode island Company, a tubsldiary of the that the family squabble began In 1919, when Wafr was DEATH CALLS to On the Question of modification.

Atlantic Coast Total- 299,659 the working trustee Of the estate1. Representatives of the Enffllnh 83,446 75T the smaller cities Are a trifle wet- ter. In Sn Francisco rotier. 24.. Georgia Texas noblewoman objected strenuously to the annointment.

but in the slanar 38,654 1,131 7,001 1,032 310 .42 persons have voted in favor of beer and light wines, and 522 While the subcommittee at pointed (6 consider the question Of open hearings en the various liquor Mils failed to take official action today, it was leartied that the reduest of the wet will granted. The committee will meet tomorrow to perfect fclans for the hearings, Which it wae Agreed should be limited to proposals for modification 6f fh Volstead Act arid hot its repeat, A time limit of two weeks will be set on the hearing. the Wets weti elated ovsf tn proerieot. They had virtually aban- doned hope df getting public hearings And had determined td wage their fight en the Senate floor; It is understood that the dry-Were influenced in their decision td grant hearings by the sharp criticism from the wets that prohibitionists feared to face the lsue Senator Edge ef New Jersey, leader of the wets, will present A list of witnesses, including persona of national prominence, who favor Iltfht wine and beer. Coolidge Not to Fight for McCamant WASHINGTON, March 18.

(By International News ident Coolidge has decided td Ac cept defeat at the hands of the Senate in the nomination of 'Wallace F. McCamafit 6f Oregon, to a circuit Judgeship, it Was learried At the Whit House today, The Senate rejected McCamant's nomination without even a record vote, so overwhelming was the opposition to him, McCamant, As a dMegAte to the 1920 convention, was responsible far nominating Coolidge for the Vice-presidency. Advertisement. MAVIS CHOCOLATE) 6ATTCB always perfect. Serve hot or cold.

IP BURNS BANKER S.F. of the present day, Joe Letter and Mrs: Nannv Camnhell ald. "if ah Tennessee Mississippi againtft it a majority of nearly 60 to. one. In the smaller cities the 4 1 TQ MAI1rt.

didn't like It she could lump it." Attorneys for the heirs of Lord Standard; W. C. Proctor, treasurer, end H. Francis, general counsel of the Magnolia. Discussing the merger, Speer said: This merger would seem td be to the advantage -of both companies.

The Standard Oil Company hae a large foreign marketing business and needs petroleum products on the Pacific Coast where It has none. The General Petroleum Corporation largely a producing company without any extensive marketing facilities abroad, so that one company is complimentary to the other, with and .,108 against it, or six to one' Alabama Louisiana 262,928 Bjlf 7,077 3,048 421 .1,638 12,076 808 4616 6,106 6,452 1,339 Samuel Greene jltirphy, for many in opposition to the botie-dry Vol 6,704 1,033 310 373 1.27Q 232 3,148 3,836 4,717 272 10,821 3,049 679 2,092 12,025 846 5,947 10,434 6,893 1,368 Curzon alsd objected, but It went for nothing. An attorney appointed by the' court to protect the heirs hardly received notice. Thlrtes went from bad to worse Kentucky 299 1,239 256 3,179 3,904 4,717 291 stead 75,000 VOICE VIEWS. Northern California totals', Including San Francisco, the east bay district, where the Oakland "Post-Enauirer" is conducting a noil, the Florida Virginia years president bt the First National BanK 6f Sari FranciSco.

died yesterday frt New York, according fo Associated Press dispatches from the feast. Jliirphy was well known in the social and financial toftrid tit San Francisco drinr the until the present court action Oklahoma Other Southern States U. S. Webb tb Join Southern States Total. 60,051 22,650 23,359 161,800 48,322 776T77 decadei immediately before the Are.

ilirphf was 89 yeai's old and in August. 1916, at the s-se of 80, astounded his friends by mafyinf a Legal Fraternity Attorney General tf. S. Webi will Grand Total for U. CAPETOWN (tfnJdrt 6t South Africa).

March at tea was narrowly averted yesterday When a Wireless 8. S. brought a rescuing shlj in time to remove the passehge'rs and ccfew from the burning: British steamship Paparoa, 460 fnlles northwest of this port. The Paparoa, a vessel of 4,986 tons left Liverpool February 20 fer Brisbane, Australia. The fire brok out iri her No.

3 hold, the bunkers became Ignited and the flames spread rapidly, despite heroic efforts' by the crew. Distress calls brought the British steamers Barrabool, Diogenes and Aeneas racing to her assistance. The Barrabool took off the passengers and erew, and the Paparoa Was abandoned. 150,099 The California tote in detail will be found on page one. receive an honorary membership aiid eight neophytes of Hastings College of the Law will be initiated Smaller cities and the country now stand as follows: For the law jMi Against it 63,730 For modification 68,195 Against it 5,527 With approximately 75,000 ballots now tabulated, the ballots continue to pour in, although in a slightly diminished volume.

Thefe hf h6 decrease in the number of letters, however; Almost every second letter opened yesterday contained A Communication from the vote, setting forth his or her view on thl Widely-debted second time, eigrhteen months after the death of his first wife. His widow- f6fmerly Mrs. Jertnie Stafford, his Junior by about thirty-five years, survives him, as well as two daughters, Mrs. John M. Blddle of Washington, and Mrs.

Fred Roberts of London. neither being In competition. It was not announced under what name the new company would operate, or what changes, If any, would be made in the personnel. The deal between Standard and General Petroleum will, If completed, be another of several recent, consolidations between the large Interests of the petroleum industry. The last Was the merger of the Associated Oil Company of California and the Tidewater Oil Company of New York.

$226,326218 Bill Passed by Senate WASHINGTON, March 18 (By by Jackson, Temple of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, tomorrow afternoon in the chambers of the attorney ieneral in the Start building. Following the initiation a banquet will be served th new members at the Whitcomb Hotel. HETCHY SUIT NDT GUILTY Murohy Was a native of North Carolifia and a Confederate veteran. THREATENED SAYS HOW Associated Press.) The Interior William Barlow, charged with J3 The latest move of Adolph Uhl, wealthy business man, to Mock aiding Milo Eggers In his sensa 93- to tlonal escape from the custody of cdmpletion of the Heteh Hetchy transmission line to bring pbwer Department appropriation bill carrying J226.326.218 was paBsed by the Senate today. The amount Is $684,200 more than that approved by the House, but $227,283 less than the budget bureau estimates and $7,213,723 less than the appropriation for.

this fiscal vear. Federal officers here 14 months ago, entered a plea of hot guilt? yester ntw from Newark to San Francisco, was todttonatOXitmli A provision providing $500,000, of Watch our window display Suits- In form of a letter yesterday to City Auditor Thomas Boyle, threatening to sue him bii his" tjond" If he honored any demand bn the Hetch Hetchy fund to pftjjf for proposed plans and specification. The Board of Supervisors ISSt Monday yoted an brdinahce appropriating $20,000 for the preparation of plans and specifications for the transmission line, and City Auditor Boyle was prepared to act in accordance with the ordinance. Uhl has fought the project on numerous occasions. HiS letter yesterday said day When he was arraigned before Judge A.

F. St. Sure A in United States District Court. Bariow was recently arrested in Tacoma and brought here for trial, Eggers is also under arrest In Tacoma, but will be turned over to the Canadian authorities who want him On several charges, including one of piracy. After Barlow entered his plea the government asked for a continuance of 10 days before commencing trial, which was granted.

Theodore Eggers, a brother who is declared to have aided in the escape, is still being sought by the authorities. which fioo.vuo would -oe avaiiaDie immediately for reclamation on certain experimental regions to be selected by the Secretary of Interior, was passed without a record vote, despite objection by Senator King, Democrat, Utah. Mexico Bars Pastors. MEXICO CITY, March 18. (By the Associated.

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