Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 3

FIFY HFlim FIND TRADE WATER FRONT FIGHT ONUiM IS a Alive, Says Mayor Oakland Bank Statement Is Encouraging Jusft.ccs t0 Decide if The Oakland Hunk of Pavlnirs las ser.t to Its customers aiul correspondents in this part of the country, a careful resume of business conditions In a form, letter. The communication contains matter of Interest to every buslne.s analysing as It dues the eiutmm of- stability In local, Stale, renloiml and national trade. business conditions are good throughout the land, the eUUment aaserts, and the future 1 touched upon In sanguine vein. The etateuient fol- lows In full: The purchasing power of the people of this country Is greater today than ever MTry vT'V-i -i. the Improvement clubs, givinsr detailed information as to the doings of the administration.

The money-found by. Baccus was the balance of the salary of C. Stuart MacMullen, reenue expert, whose services to the city were terminated the first of this month. NEW MAJORITY CONTROLS. The sum of remained unexpended from this "revenue expert Haccus presented a resolution transferring this amount and from the contingency fund, making JiJoO transferred to the publicity fund.

On both resolutions making the transfers Commissioner Edwards and Mayor Davie voted no. The resolutions were passed by the new ma jority in the council. Plans and specifications for the extension of Seventh street from Bay street westerly to the bulkhead line, parallel' IIL1 IILIIIU LOSE I'lILL FIGHT Trust Clause Upheld in Contest for Bulk of Share in Estate. SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.

Th e'forts of J. Parker "Whitney nd his Fi Helen Beryl Whitney Wheeler, dtjjte the trust' clause In the will of their late father, Joel Tarkcr Whitney, who died at the Hotel Del Mont In 1913, have proved futile. This morning Superior Judge Coffey sus-talned a demurrer Interposed by the trustees to an action brought by the two children. The complainant are seeking to grain possession of their share of the estate, amounting to By his will their father had provided them with a legacy of 1300 a month' each for life, the same to be to their children or helrsl They were not, however, to obtain the principal. By the terms of the testament half of the estate was left to the wife, Lucy Anne Whitney, nd the remaining half to three chil- Vincent, J.

Parker and Mrs. to the roadway 'along the Oaklav i jjiolSLlarm-were ordered to be prepared by the city i He- handle our tremendous crops is a vltaJly the In this country, lne initial Important factor. That our crops will t.oat of the by-product oven i conslder-be tremendous Is generally conceded and after tha war the furnace men the total farm production will exceed In D1 ft' rnniftata both quantity mid value all- previous clalitT It will be impossible to conffete records. On the other hand coi oat i with the Imported products -r-wltnou and Bome the smaller crops will Pjjob-i auma tariff protection. The by-product llTr ZZX' present expectations could not be con- been In successful Here lor sldered a nalamlty as even with such re-' nearly'' 20 years, -ductlons our combined crops will Mm shipments of" western pine for record feet compared with The surplus reserves of the banks, all nnn nno feet of which can Be used to help move the 84.000,000 feet in May and 88,000,000 reel crops, exceed 730 million dullars, while in June of a last year.

No figures are last year at this same date we had only i available for the production and ship-41 million dollars in our surplus re- iumhr since March, in which serves. It is apparent that moving the me lumber since crops this year will not be felt In com- month the cut was 79fl.000.000 leet commercial circles as th bank uosltlon for Dared with 737.000.000 million feet a year Wheeler. Vincent was to receive $300 a month also, but to get the bulk of his share, when he attained the age of 35. No such provision was made In the case of the other two children and the contest followed. Judge Coffey today sustains the trust clause.

The property consists of stocks, bonds, the whole country is such that while the ag0 an(j shipments were 772,000,000 feet cropa are being moved ample funds wiU a R69JHfl.000 feet a' year be available for all legitimate commercial needs. This will be a novel situation as ago. moving has alwaysi brought about July domestic consumption of cotton a considerable financial pinch In manu- amounted to 498 000 bales compared with banks for July we bales a' year ago The nimerof only slightly under 15 billion dollars cotton spindles active during JUiy was compared with 14,493 million dollars for 31,194 compared with in July or July of last year, the Increase being iagt year three per cent. New York clearings Th.r- not be failure this year of were 8'195 million dollars compared 1 here not w. will SIS0 million d.ltarsn yir ago but out- any individual crop, although we win side of New York a decrease of one per perhaps have about 26 tier cent leBS coi-cent was shown from last year.

ton- 19 percent less apples and 10 per Business failures for July1 numbered! We have 811.000,- 151 compared with 1315 a year ago and "ent ieM s1ug" this 1117 two vears aso. The failures were 000 acres In the 14 principal crops this of less Importance, however, as the 11a- unities totaled only 17 million dollars compared with. 2d millions a year ago aim as minions two years ago. as tue assets of the failed concerns fox this-; July amounted to over 7 million dol ars i dollars I the net liabilities of failures were, less man in million uouars, uoriiuareu 11 million dollars a vear bko and. 16 mil lion dollars two years ago.

Disbursements of dividends and Interest for AiiB-ust will nlmoMt reaph 121 uirnuis, ueany iniiuuii uoimia, Income Continues By Aiiocimted Prpis. WAMUM.l'OX. Oct. 13. An annual reicnue to the govein-luent of (U'IhmkLs upon the outcome of arguments today before tlie Supreme Court of the constitutionality of the in-cunio tax.

The first cases to rtiach the court under the new of federal taxation and tlie first involving tlie construction of the Sixteenth Amendment were at issue. Attackiug tlie law were corporations objecting to the law In part and as an entirety; mining companies voicing objections to the tax on mining lnmmes; and Individuals, attacking principally, die additional tax on incomes in excess of The main defense of the law lias been prepared by the government. National Newspaper Week Is Well Observed by Merchants of Oakland. National Newspaper Window Display Week Is being observed in Oakland quite generally by the stores which are carrying national newspapers' advertised articles. More than 300 newspapers throughout the United 'States are doing their share in promoting this big movement, and the newspaper cause will ho doubt re- ceJve-a great impetus in the general National Newspaper Window Display Week is held to attempt to Drove to i general advertisers that retfll aeaTera are very much interested in pushing merchandi.se that Is advertised In newspapers.

Many of the leading stores lti Oakland are participating in this event, and the attention they have paid, to the feature has resulted In a great many very beautiful displays, i Kahn Eros, has glveyi up practically a dozen windows to the display of nationally advertised articles like Mu rising underwear. Nemo corsets, Fleischer yarns. Educator shoes, etc. Money-Back Smith has a very attractive Collegiate Clothes window one. also of Arrow collars and shirts.

Ramage are devoting their entire window frontage to a nnost creditable display of Steln-Bloch clothes for men. Nationally advertised drugs are prominently featured in the windows of the Owl Drug Bowman Drug Co. and Osgood Drug Co. Wearables for women 'such as Nemo, Royal Worcester and C. B.

corsets. Kayser silk underwear and hose, and other dainty lingerie of a woman's wardrobe are being displayed by Ab- rahamsons, Moss Glove Co. and Crescent Co. S. N.

Wood Co, has devoted a large show case to' the exhibition of Fownes gloves and Ide shirts and collars. The grocery line, particularly those commodities advertised in the dally papers, are shown- by E. C. Ambrose o. and A.

Sutherland, two prominent grocers. Victor talking machines and Columbia phonographs, two very essential articles In a well furnished home, are prominently displayed by the Wiley B. Allen Central Phpnograph Parlors, Oakland Phonograph Co. and the Hauschildt Music Co. The Schneider Shoe Co.

has a very attractive window of Shlnola, and Smith Bros, are making a display of Simmons cutlery and newspaper advertised fountain pens. WOULD TRANSFER STOCK TO INCREASE RESERVE oi ine amount oeing aiviaenas ana more trnde 64 million dollars being Interest. into every branch of domestic trade. This compares with dividend payments Heavy shipments of gold already arrived, of nearly o9 million dollars last year and jn transit and" in prospect from Europe Interest Payments of nearly 60 millions t0 tnls ountry, are putting us in a strong last year. Dividends on railroad stocks Thn will be 27 million dollars, onlv slightlv position from a monetary standpoint, rne less than last year; on industrials nearly general stock of money in the Lnltea 26 million more than a million states now exceeds $4,000,000,000.

dollars less than I last year, and on street I conditions generally are good railways, slightly qver 4 million dollars i Business conaiuo gci or a trifle less than a year ago. Total throughout the country and will improve disbursements foH the month of August ''as soon as the movement of crops is well of 'nearly 121 million doller's compare under way. The best conditions are with silently over 118 million dollars a found in tne Western and Rocky Moun-year ago. No dividend increases have th nnrirt.f rnndillons In been announced bv otner than mining tal" States and the poorest conditions in companies and bnly one railroad com- I the Southeastern States, in Central MiW pany announces a reduction in dlvl- York, Central Pennsylvania and on the aenus. Maturities or corporate lion dollars, most of which has already been provided for.

Full reports on July foreign trade are nm yei Hvanaoie out tne 1.1 principal customs 'districts handling over 90 per: cent of the foreign trade showed Imports for the .5 weeks ending July 31 I of 147 million dollars and exports of 240 i million dollars. The same districts for the first two weeks of August Imports of 67 million dollars and ex- porta of 100 million dollars. Cotton ex- ports during July were 244 thousand bales compared with lid; thousand bales) i miite; 1 III I I Oil I llu Pass Over and Crush Vic tim's Breast. WINTERS, Oct. 1,1.

K. Onada died from injuries sustained when he was thrown from a fruit -waaon after a team of horses he was driving had run 'away. The accident occurred in the hill cvnn-trv. Just over the border In Solano county. Onada was brlngir.e a lead of wood to his home In this city.

As he came down the hiH a tug on the harness became loose and the team started down the hill. A wheel ran over the victim's i breast, crushing it Death occurred after he was to a-sanitarium In Wood- saves a wife ana two chiwren. One -child, 11 years old. was also thrown from the wagon, tut was unhurt. Deceased was an employe of J.

L. Harlan of Winters. MILLS CLUB TO HEAR PROGRAM OF INTEREST The Mills Club of which many Oakland women are members, will hold a meeting at 53 "Sutter street, San Francisco, next Tuesday afternoon. After the meeting there will be a program for a number invited guests. It will include piano selections by Miss Daisy Foster; reading of a poem, "Wonderful Pan Francisco." by Mrs.

S. W. Burt-ehaell, and a group of songs wrlttn by Mrs. Leila Franc McDermott. rendered by Miss Mary F.

McDermott Mrs. John Perlne of Oakland is president of the Mills, Club; Mrs. Alexander Warner, treasure and Miss Amy Corder of Oakland, secrets 0ou Want a Smart "Hello, ohn It seems that you are in trouble." "Yes, I am. I bought a a truss from New York and it does not fit very well. It hurts me and does not hold the rupture as it should." "Well, John, I have no trouble with my.

truslI am wearing the Hitten-berger truss from II. II. 1 1 ittenberger 510 13th Street, Oakland. "It holds my rupture all the time and I hardly know -that I have' it on. He is very good in fitting them and you can always "come back to him and have it adjusted if it does not fit or if something goes wrong.

"He also is making other styles of Trusses and if you can not wear the Hit-tenberger Truss you can return it and try some other kind of truss that may suit you better. So you see it is useless to send your money to New York or elsewhere-when you can buy the proper truss for your case right here in town." I te y( we offering smart 1 Jr lMn If" 02, Guarantees 1:7171 Others at fJjk $95. IOw FRANKLIN I--'-" I Not Quitting While "When I quit on anything I have i started. It will be when I am dead." declared Mayor John Davie today, i when Commissioner Baocus quiz.ed him as to whether he had dropped his fight on the waterfront leases. "I have not dropped tl4s matter and don't intend to." "There is a general rumor about the.

street that you on the Dram lease." said Baccus. "How about the Crowley Launch and Tug Company? They are going ahead putting in their improvements." "I haven't quit." said Mayor Davie. "That matter is beirfg investigated by the city attorney's office, and they are pretty husy. When 1 quit it will be because of a change of heart; or when I am dead." "Politically?" queried Baccus. "I am not so dead as some people think I am," answered the mayor.

"You gentlemen are out of order," interrupted Commissioner Jackson. "We were talking about transferring the Produce Exchange from Its present location down near the waterfront." 1 PKODrCE EXC1IAXGE TRANSFER A petition had been presented, asking that the Produce Exchange at Eleventh street, between Franklin and Alice, be moved to the lower part of town. City Clerk L. W. Cummings "reported that by an ordinance passed in 1913, the present location of the' Produce Exchange was established as a wholesale district tor a period of three years.

The three years will expire May 26, The matter Was referred to Mayor Davie to see whether arrangements could not be made for a transfer to a location nearer to the railroad nd in the wholesale' district of Mayor Davie and 'Commissipher W. H. Edwards agaiji found theinselves In a minority position, with Commissioners Anderson, Baccus and Jackson controlling the affairs of the council. The vote was on a resolution presented by Commissioner Baccus to transfer funds to the entertainment and publicity fund to provide for the appropriation for the distribution, of 200D copies each week of the Qivio RePrter, semi-official weekly news. v-v- EXOUGH MONEY FOUN D.

When the ordinance appropriating this money was passed to print a week ago it was explained by Edwards that there was not sufficient money in the fund. Baccus today explained that he had "found" enough mopey to provide for the publication of offliclal proceedings and reports aiid the distribution of the Civic Reporter to libraries and other municipalities. The journal Is also to go to Operation MaKes New Record for Surgery By Asiociated Frets. PARIS, Ofct. 13.

An operation, unparalleled In surgical -practice, for the removal of the splinter of a shell embedded in the whole, width of the vertebral canal and suturing of the completely severed spinal cord has been, successfully performed by Dr. Emil Girou. In communicating the details of his achievement to the Academy of Medicine, Dr. Olrou he had un I dertaken the oDeration when the man apparently was dylrrg and that I it had resulted In a manner exceeding his greatest hopes. The patient.

Dr. I filrou said was now nhln rn mnv his legs; his sensory powers were gradually returning, and the wound, which ordinarily should have killed the man, was healing. The patient, the doctor added, was now entirely without fever. MilRmen Disturb Claremont Slumber BERKELEY, Oct 13. The harsh cries of rnilkmh, rtngi'nr through the Claremont air at 3 o'clock in the morning; proved soother of the sweet slumbers of Harry ManvtUe; Wright, master-ln-chancery In' the United District Court and momhar rf Via riaromririt Pnil ntrv (wv.iww vl tuv v.

i F3- Pole Finder Takes QuicK Drop to Sea NEW YORK, Oct. 13. Friends Rear-Admiral. Robert E. Peary, disr coverer of the North Pole, congratulated 'him- today upon The fortunate termination, of his first In an hydro-aeroplane, which ended in a volplane Into) the water- off Long; Beach, Long from a height of 1200 feet afteu.

the engine had stopped In mld-fllght. The explorer made the flight with Frank H. Burnside. OVERCOME BY GAS. SAN FRANCISCO.

Oct. IS. Frank Lester, an aged man of 6S2V4 Tennessee i street, was accidentally overcome by the I fumes nf tllumlnatini? iras. He was found SHORT BY SIMPLE IU1ETH00 Ings and scholarly. yet practical busi nesslike methods feppeal to they best class of young women.

The "tuition are moderate. The courses are so arranged that students jnay enter at any time. The address Is 629 Twelfth ele- vator Blake Block, 1121 Washington St. Advertisement. crease was reported In idle coal cars and jn the Coniifllsville distri -t coke ovens are burning; the production is running around 870 thousand ton per are about 10.000 i hv curs- per wook.

Xhe erection of oy product ovene 4r-iht production of coal tar products is- assuming good propor- been let for yon" nJ contracts jve several hundred ovens of this tjpe. i ne supplanting of the old type beehive oven certain but furnace men Insist that must have a protective tariff oa coal tar uroducta In order to develop year compared -with 301,000,000 acres year alto and 300.000,000 acres two conQiti0ns oh August 1 we? nj per cem auove iuo --v. the averaee the average of all farm prices was i yi cent higher than a year ago and 11 per i.tnk.nM tmn vnrs aeo. General domestic trade is Improving as the results of our tremendous exports are, through the expenditures for raw labor. finding their way Western edge of the Pacific slope.

Respectfully submitted, THE OAKLAND BANK OF SAVINGS. New Venire Reports in Schmidt Trial Anooi.ted TT r( LOS ANL.lvL,fc.S, Uct. 13. A new venire of talesmen reported, td Judge wiina hBn -tha. trial nf Student Injured in U.

Wrestling Bout BERKELEY, Oct. 13. While participating in a friendly "wrestling bout In Harmon Gymnasium yesterday afternoon, A. C. Walters, a freshman student at the University of California! was seriously Injured-and suffered concussion of the brain and a temporary paralysis, due to a shock to the spine.

Walter was taking part as a member of a wrestling class and during a bout fell to the floor over the back of another wrestler, He was unable to protect himself and his fall resulted In his striking the base of his spine to the flopr, He remained unconscious fof over a half suffering the while from a nervous twitching. Dr. Meads of the university infirmary was summoned and the patient was I removed to the infirmary ward. His condition is still serious. PIONEER-BUSINESS MAN, W.

W. TUCKER, IS DEAD Following an illness of over four years, William Wadswortah Tucker, one of Oakland's best-known pioneer business men, passed away at his home here. He had been for thirty-five years a business man of this city, esr tabllshing the firm of J. W. Tucker Son and later the W.

Tucker Company. He was prominent Identified with business affairs In Honolulu and other places. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Minnie E. Tucker; two stepdaughters, a sister, Mrs.

Nellie Green of Sacramento, and a brother, Chales A. Tucker, of Oakland. He was born In Merced, March 8, 1850. The funeral will be held tomorrow 29 Mesa avenue, Piedmont. DENIES WIFE'S CHARGES.

Arthur L. Hoffs.chneider, a wealthy electrotyper, whoseiwlfe, Minnie Hoff-schnelder, is suing him for divorce on allegations of cruelty, denied her charges In Judge Donahue's court this morning. He lodged a counter charge 1 against his wife, declaring that she had an arrinlty in the person of harles Garcia, 21 years of age, who lived with the Itoffschneiders as their adopted son. The case will be submitted for a. decision this afternoon.

FIRES AT PROWLER. R. P. Galinilo, 5 401 Telegraph avenue, fired several shots at a midnight prowler whom he heard on the rear steps of his home early this morning. The man fled and made' good his escape.

Oallndo Informed the police and the place was searched. No trace of the man was found. Gallndo and his wife had returned earlier in the evening and had found their back noor open I a year auo, and Imports were 3t thou-. sand bales compared with 24 thousand Matthew A. Schmidt, cnarged With bales a year ago.

murder An connection with the dyna- Bulldlng operations-in 150 cities for mitinK 0f the Los Angeles Times July indicate an expenditure ot iO mil- hnildinir firtnhr 1 1910 wn rel lion dollars compared with 2 million building, October 1, 1910 was re-dollars a year ago, the onlv section of sumed here today. The prosecution the country showing increased building also was expected to make formal reoperations being New England, where quest that 13 jurors be Impaneled to building permits ehowed an increase of hear the case 47 per The greatest declines were th th proseCution and the de-recorded In the principal cities of the tfc country; the onlv important cities show- 'pnse vnave, agreed to selection of ing increaaes being Baltimore, Buffalo. 1 an extra juror, who, will serve as a Washington, Minneapolis, Kansas City substitute in caseo7 illness or death, and Bridgeport. i Thus far four nel'maiient jurors have The production of pig iron for the been obtained, with five other tales-month of July was thousand tons for, cause compared with 1958 thousand tons in i me.n Pasaea ror cause. Julv last vear.

The daily output was! I nless some unexpected delay oC-nearly S3 thousand tons compared with the first witnesses In the trial 79 thousand tons in June and 63 thou- probably will be called early next sand tons In July of last year. There i week. engineer in a resolution passed by the council today at the request of the dele- tion of West Oakland citizens headed by Captain W. B. Parsons.

Edwards suggested that the money would not be available to do the work this year, but Baccus explained Oiat when the plans had been drawn they would be useful at any time. A communication from the Board of Education asking for the establishment of safety stations at the car tracks In front of the Oakland Technical Hlxh school and the Grand and Claremont schools was referred to Commissioner Baccus with the request that he prepare plans to have safety zones marked out on the paving and signs put up. Baccus was also directed to prepare an' estimate as to the cost a foncrete safety lone In front of the Technical High school -WANTS PIPE LINE LAID. Mayor Davie Introduced a resolution directing Commissioner Anderson to order the People Water Company to lay a pipe line In Nineteenth avenue which is about to be Improved, Anderson explained that he could give as many orders as he pleased but that the company would probably not obey unless directed to do to by the State Railroad Commission. Assistant City Attorney George Jackson recommended that a suit against the city for the recovery of $409 and costs of rmirt hrmirht bv, William MFurbush be compromised for $400, tbJereby saving the difference and the costs of court.

It was agreed that this recommendation should be carried out. City Clerk Cummings was directed to reply to a petition from thirty citizens asking that the city pass an ordinance providing for, the dimming of automoone headlights that the state law governing this matter will' go Into effect January 1, 1916. Final passage was given by the council to the ordinance amending the traffic ordinance altering the district In which re strictions are placed on the time automobiles are allowed to stand at the curb and extending the time limit from 80 to 40 minutes. Copies of the new ordinance can obtained from Commissioner Jackson in the near future. STREET RESOLUTIONS.

Resolutions were adopted as follows: Granting Catherine Carney permission to construct a sewer on the south side of 42d street from the end of the ex isting sewer east of Lusk street to a point 35" feet easterly tnereirom. Approving diagram of assessment district for the. Improvement of Maple ave nue between School and Hopkins street. Adopting plans and specifications for the construction of cement sidewalks adjacent to the Dewey, Frlck. Lazear, Man- zanltai-Tompkins and Fremont hllgn schools and the school department shop on East Fourteenth street.

Calling for bids for the construction of cement sidewalks adjacent to the Dewey. Frlck, Lazear, Manzanlta, Tompkins and Fremont High schools and the school department shop on East Fourteenth street, and directing the city clerk td advertise for said bids. Awarding contract for the construction of sidewalks and driveways adjacent to the Lakeview school to H. F. Sorenson.

Approving Assessment diagram for Im- provemenver High street between Brook-dale avenue and Fremont tract. The Best Food Must Not Only Be Nourishing, But Easily Digestible. In these davs when there are bo many fads and faddists on the food', Question, It Is not strange that the average person is rather at sea as to 4 I. V. mm V.

nnf it eat. It Is well to bear In mind, therefore, that there is one food upon which practically all health authorities agre as being i beneficial article of diet and thats whole wheat. Whuife wheat contains; more nour ishment than probably any other stlrple rood known, invanas wnen onvalesclng, athletes In training, and others requiring all the energy and strength they can get, are put on a diet of whole wheat. It makes rich, I red blood, is easily digested, and fills i one full of "pep." You will be Interested to know that the famous breakfast food known as "FORCE" Is no more or less than whole wheat, scientifically cooked and! blended with barley malt; then rolled, toasted and flaked. "Force" is the ideal food for everybody.

Try It for a few weeks and watch the results. At all Advertisement. A' Sore Corn And an aching tooth will start a grouch at any time. One ls about as painful as the other. No matter whether 'your pain ls in your head or, your feet, We Have the Cure Osgood's Corn Cure has bec.n getting in its work Here in Xlak-land for many years.

Uts prepared in our own laboratory and goes out to the purrrs of corns as a cure not a mere relief. PRICE 2oc THK BOTTLE, AND AT BOTH STOKES. OSGOODS' 7TII AT BROADWAY 12T1I AT WASHINGTON considerable land here and in and Colorado. J. Parker Whitney was first married to Miss Daisy Parrot, the wedding being society affair, as both bride and groom came from distinguished California families.

Subsequently Mrs. Whitney obtained a decree of divorce, and although there were rumors of a reconciliation, it was nevtij forthcoming and Whitney married migain. Whitney was given much notrlety when he was ar-. rested on a white slave charge preferred by MiRs'iGeneyieve Hannon, an actress, i He paid a large in the Federal Court. clJpvisbTheiof MAN A woman claiming to be a niece of tlie late John Springer, the aged rancher, who was murdered on his ranch near Sunol by William Wlck-ham spveral months ago, today telephoned the sheriff's office and announced that she had come to California from Germany to claim the esfcy of her uncle.

To Deputy Hherlff SamTn-l Vandervoort she refused to give her hame, saying that she would call on him later In the day. Springer, so far as known, left no heirs. lie was the owner of -a small ranch near Kunol and Is believed to have left quite a sum of money. The estato Is now In the hands cl the public administrator, itehr-mmin. Wickham pleaded guilty to the murder of the.

aged man and is now serving a life term tt San Quentin for Hhe. crime. SAYS wTfeTraTedT THATHE WOULD DIE Frank' A. Fritz filed suit in the superior, court today asking a divorce from Emma V. Friu on the allegation that she had deserted him after thi t'-four years of married life.

They jjiarfted to 1882. and he avers thai Tshe willfully deserted him on August 20 of last year. The couple have no children, hut Fritz asks to be awarded the custody of an adopted son, Clarence Fritz, ten years of age. Carl G. Friberg filed a divorce ac- "t'ton against Rose Friberg today, alleging tbat she prayed fervently that he would die.

She also called him im- i UA anva .1 .1 projjer uaiurs in ojo, later deserted him and lived with another man. They wefe married in 1912. Mike Oteenberg filed suit against Esther Oreenberg. alleelng desertion. A Quart's Dyspepsia Tablet Carried in Purse or Pocket Will Afford Protec-tion.

SENT FREE TO The men and women who are going to succeed today must have bodies, as well as their minds. In perfect working order Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are a necessity to those who would always have their bodies in subjection their wills. I Eat When I Will, What I Want, Trusting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets' stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets furnish lust tiKif elements pepsin and other ingredl the normal stomach secretes fof. we digestion of food. One or two of thesetablets will completely digest the nenruesi meal.

When, you want relief from Indigestion you wartt relief at once. Be armed against stomachHroubles by buying a 50c box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at any drug store, or Btend coupon below for free trial SIC ROUBLE A 'lne'Club. He hag complained, therefore. peti-t0 the city countiil, asking that a law be passe(i the delivery of de-1 milk in the daytime, The council this "niorning finally I repealed the dog-muziltng ordinance, Wright's communication was taken under A XT Trf A fl-1TO 1-v x. 4 ft mi was taken in order to increase the re- serve fund of the corporation follow ing a report by the Board of Underwriters rendered a month ago.

At that time It was pointed out that the reserve fund should be increased because o'f the large amount of employers' liability insurance that was being written by the company. The present move will mean the transferring of practically $100,000 from the capital stock to the reserve fund. MORE WED THAN SINGLE PERSONS ARE INDIGENT Married men and women composed the majority of those who applied to the Associated Charities of Oakland for aid during the last year, accord- lng to the report of the institution A Pacific Coast Casualty Company tioned the Superior Court today, filing a certificate for the purpose of creasing Its capital stock from 000 to $200,000 and the value of the shares from $75 to $50. According to the. secretary, E.

J. Swift, this action were, on tne tirst or tnis month. 23 furnaces In blast with a daily capacity of nearly 87 thousand tons against 218 In blast a month previous. The unfilled tonnage of the Steel corporation on the first of Auitust was 4929 thousand tons compared with 4678 thousand tons a month previous and 4159 thousand tons a year previous. The earnings of the corporation for the second quarter of were 28 million dollars compared with something over 12.

million dollars for the first quarter of Ihe year and a little over 20 million dollars for the second quarter of last year. The corporation's earnings have shown an, increase for each month of 1915 and the second quarter's earnings show a net surplus of over 8 million dollars compared with a deficit of over million dollars first quarter of the year. The deliveries of tin In July were 5:100 tons and for the year to date practically the same as last year. The Visible supply of tin on August 1 was 16.084 tons compared with 14,167 tons a year afto. The United States stocks of tin were 991 tons on the first of the month.

Shipments of anthracite coal for Julv were 4934 thoflsand tons compared with thousand tons a year ago. All colleries were closed during July because of the slow demand. The thre principal carriers report Increase in. soft coal handled for export. For the year ending July 1.

shipments on these lines totalled tons compared with 2S92 thousand tons for the same period of the previous year, a gain or over SO per cent. The buik of our soft coal has been going to Italy and Argentine, our shipments to Canada having materially decreased. Our total exports of bituminous coal for 11 months ending June 1 were- over 12 million tons compared with nearly 15 million tons a year previous and 14 million tons two years ago. We have recently been developing new markets in South America and In the neutral European countries for soft coal. The production, of gold In the Transvaal during July was 770 thousand fine ounces compared with 755 thousand ounces a month previous and 732 thousand ounces a year previous.

The value of the July output was approximately 16 million dollars compared with a value for Jul'- a year ago of something overy 15 million dollars. Commodity prices on August 1 showed a fractional decline as compared with Just issued. 'unconscious and removed to the Potrero It shows that 1569 married Hospital and it Is believed he will re-asked for help, and that only 84. of cover this number had been by i their annnsea The widows who asked for hllp numbered 517, while 156 widowers were in need of assistance. The Associated Charities cared-for 2824 cases during the year, these involving-8248 individuals.

ClvlB IjEADER GUEST. Mrs. Edward Dexter Knight, who Is president of the National Federation of-Women's Clubs, was a visitor in OflklftTlH vpstprrtnv whpn stio waa an me mourn imcvioub. uiii are sun ti1B ito than at any time previous to July 1 of late nome the deceased, at honored ghest at the Ebell club lunch- 1 As the result of many years of care-eon. Professor Arthur Upham training of expert stenographers, of the University of California and tne I1(wn Shorthand Institute has de-Mrs.

Pope shared honors of the OCca-velPel a very simple and efficient slon. Mrs. George H. Collins presided i method of learning the standard at the round table, where were seated, I shorthand systems either the Plt-beside the guests of honor, tha rettr-Iman or Qregg. ing officers of the club.

Following Tne fact 'that the teaching in this the luncheon a musical -program ls In 8nlaU Prlvate classes has given under the direction of enabled Mr' Ilsen to examine closely lam Sharon1 the learning methods of students. As an outcome of this patient investlga- SHOT PROVES FATAL. I tion there has been developed such an SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. -As the Interesting way of learning shorthand result of being accidentally shot by a that the student learns with half the rifle In the hands of his chum, Walter usual effort, with greater efficiency Werner, October 2, John Wismlewskl, i and surprising rapidity.

15 years old, died of pnuemonia today. A distinct feature of this school Is The Werner boy has been exonerated, I that the day classes are limited to but the coroner and nolice' will now young women. The refined surround- this year. So far as reported gross earnings of steam railroads for July show a decrease of about 10 per cent as compared with a year ago.the grain movement having been far below that of last year. The movement of cotton, while HkM, was somewhat ahead of July, 1914.

The gross earnings of all steam railroads for the first lx months of J915 were 1388 million dol- lars compared with 1430 million dollars for the same period last a decrease of -41 million dollars or nearly 3 per cent. Gross earnings for the same period last year showed a decrease of nearly 6 per cent as compared with the year previous. Net earnings are not jiet completely reported but on account of economics in operation they will make a much more favorable showing than did gross earnings. On the first of the month, idle cars numbered 264 thousand compared with 276 thousand a month prevljjijs and 197 thousand a year ago. An increase in idle box cars was largely due to lighter, grain shipments hut a considerable de- Free Trial Coupon A.

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SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 13. Donald W. Gay, Insurance agent, aged 23, died at the Riverside apartments this morning following injuries received in a collision between two.

jitneys at Post ana folk streets, September 3. "1 n. LiiJ LJ.