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16 PROPOSED LAWS HIT PURSE Supervisors Will Oppose ficiency" Tax and Juvenile Court Bills in Legislature Two bills before the legislature likely to make inroads on the municipal treasury if adopted were condemned in a resolution the finance committee pre: for the supervisors' lay, and the San Franlelegatlon will be asked to de- Teat the measures. Auditor Boyle called the committee's i attention to the fact that $714,000 would have been lost to the city during the last ten years if Senator Black's i bill discarding the additional payment 1 of "deficiency taxes" when not more than 10 per cent of the amount paid to. the assessor had been law. Boyle said" that while the loss last year would liave been but $27,597.79, some years it would have been greatly in excess tof this. By deficiency 'taxes is; meant "the di(Terence between the sum by the, assessor in advance of the supervisors' setting the', unsecured personal property, and the fum dua wherever the board I increases tlie rate over that of the previous year.

Black would remit when not over 10 per cent of the assessor's collection. juv.nilo court bill, tntr. Ivman Griffin r.f was also objected to by the supervisors the grounds that it would in- Anthony F. Gomez, Son of Prince of The Punjab, India crease the expense of the probation offorce about a year. For a city of San Francisco's class the bill would provide a probation officer at 1200 a month, two assistants at $150, 16 at 1100 and a clerk at $75.

It also allows mileage for the juvenile court judge and for the chief probation officers and incidental expenses at the court's order. Last year's salary hill of $18,300 woulJ be increased to over and as the measure makes no provision for raising the money, but throws the Jmrden on the city budget, the finance committee called for mercy. ELEVEN INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY Papers in Four Cases Placed on Secret File Eleven indictments were returned by the federal grand Jury yesterday, and the papers In seven cases were placed on the general and four on the secret file in the United States district court. Charles W. Steffke, saloon watchman on the liner Siberia, Is charged with attempting to smuggle six tins of smoking opium.

Charges of counterfeiting in Sacramento were made against Peter Bauers, alias Fred Foster; Edward Peterson, alias Harry Randal and Harry Cecil Tarrants, alias Frenchy. The charge of importing women for immoral purposes was made against Phillip Lavoie, Ah On and Hariizo Ultta. Chin Tong was fined $200 by Judge Farrington for receiving and concealing smoking opium- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1911. PNEUMONIA FATAL TO NAVAL VETERAN Anthony F. Gomez, Former ploye of Pay Office, to Be Buried Tomorrow Surrounded by the members of his family, A.

F. Gomez, for 44 years connected with the navy pay office in this city, died yesterday morning at his home, 2622 Gough street Hie was 74 years old and contracted a slight cold a few days ago, developed into pneumonia. Gomez was a Parsee, the son of an Indian prince of the province of Punjab, and was born in Lahore in 1837. He left India at of 12 and went to London. He was given an education in that city and in 1860 made his home in Brooklyn, N.

Y. Rev. Henry Ward Boecher, who took the young man in hand and was training him for the ministry, changed his name from Conjee liustumjee fohoujee Bey to Anthony Frank Gomez. In 1863 Gomez entered trie navy and served for two yean during the" WAV. Me- i ame to San Francisco in 1567 ami in the employ of the government ever since.

When tie it years old Gomez married Miss Suzanne Dutreux. Besides his widow Gomez is survived by a family of four: Mrs. Charles H. Singleton, wife of C. 11.

Singleton, assistant secretary of the Ciaremont country club; Frank A. Gomez, Mrs. Charles W. Painter of Los Angeles and Miss Marietta Gomez. Burial with full military honors will be given Gomez by the General Thomas post, G.

A. tomorrow morning. Interment will be at the Presidio. GROCERY EMPLOYES GIVE BALL Young Men and Women in Goldberg, Bowen Co. Trip Gayly Employes of Goldberg, Bowen stores in this city and across the bay held a successful dancingparty Thursday night in -the ballroom of the San Francisco lodge of Elks.

The affair was the first of "Its kind held by the employes, but Is planned to repeat these parties. In addition to the attractively iarranged ordir of dancing there was -an excellent program entertainment during the night, which included vocal and Instrumental; solos. Members of the firm added materially to pleasure of the evening-, giving a bountiful supply of the delicacies served at' the refresh-' ment -1 POSTMASTERS Feb. IT. The following 'California appointed: Kinkley, San Bernardino Charles D.

Eaftery, 11. tiing, resigned; Oak. Shasta county, John C. i BuWtr, vice Agatha Bunbelt, resigned. WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH FROM LINER Body of Miss Alice Duryee Not Found by Manchuria After Fatal Plunge Miss Alice Duryee, a missionary who has been stationed at Amoy, China, and who was on her way home on the liner Manchuria, committed suicide by jumping overboard from the liner early in the morning on January 26.

Her body was not recovered. She Is said to have been suffering from mental trouble brought on by overwork. She was coming home for medical treatment and was accompanied by her two sisters, Miss L. N. Duryee and Mrs.

A. Fahmy. Dr. A. Fahmy, her brother in law, was also in the party and they ha 4 with them two nurses to look out for the sick woman.

The party boarded the liner at Hongkong. The day before sailing i Richter, the Manchuria's surgeon, at their hotel to see thp wick woman, but was not allowed to do mo. Her relatives, the ship's officers say, concealed from those in authority 00 mchuria the fact that Miss Alice Duryee was insane. On the way to the ship at Hongkong she tried to jump overboard, but was restrained by her nurses. About 4 a.

January 20, Uip night nurse either left her patient or went to sleep. Th" sick woman climbed through the porthole of the room and a few minutes later her absence discovered. Before the officer bridge Aras notified of her disappearance the entire ship was searched and by the time it was decided that must have gone overboard the liner was miles from where she had jumped into the sea. It is usual in transporting Epmne people by sea to lock themAup overnight, but as the ship's officers were not notified of the nature of the woman's illness this precaution was not taken and the safeguards provided by her relatives proved inadequate. Doctor Fahmy, his wife and her sister are on their way to their home in Newark, N.

J. BOARD OF WORKS LETS RAIL HAULING CONTRACT McNab Smith Get Job at $2 a Ton The contract for hauling the first consignments of the Geary street road rails was let yesterday by the board of works to McNab Smith. The price will be J2 per ton upon the 1,400 expected to arrive by sea within a few days. The delivery is to I points aloncr the route Richmond from the wharf, and the commission expects within a few weeks to construction work In progress in laying the tracks. ORDER HAS PLANS FOR A GYMNASIUM District Grand Lodge, B'nai B'rith, to Hold Fortyeighth Convention In addition to a proposition to establish a grymnasium for the members of the local lodges of the Independent I Order of B'nai B'rith, that is to be presented at the convention of district i grand lodge No.

4, which is to convene I in B'nai B'rith hall tomorrow morn- I ing in iprty-eighth annual session, an effort Will be made to secure the session of thf! constitution grand lodge for this city in 1915. First Vice President Otto Irving Wise in accordance with a time honored be to); "of grand president, and Second Vice President I. M. Golden will succeed him as first vice president; for the "office of second vice president the candidates are Jacob Nieto and Samuel Weisskopf. Secretary Israel J.

Aschheim and Treasurer Joseph Ia Goldsmith will be continued "in their respective offices. trustees are to be elected there are four candidates: a Max Goldberg, Henry Mauser- and Jacob Kallman of this city and Morris Schneider of Oakland. SESSION OMBX TO PUBLIC The first night of the convention Rabbi Dr. Martin A. Meyer, the grand orator of the district, deliver a rfublic in B'nai- B'rith hall, to which 1 women and their escorts will bo' welcome.

There will be several; high class musical" numbers. Monday night there will be a class" initiation of 50 candidates in the convention hall, after which a lunch will servpd in the lower hall. The work will be done a picked The reports will show that during year every lodge" except 1 one, made a grain, the one in Portland showing a net increase of '156. DELEGATES TO CONVENTION Following are the delegates who will attend the Life members. past grand Greenebaam, Abraham Jonas, Wallace A.

Wise, Joseph Bien. Edward I. Wolfe, M. H. Wascerwitz, William Raalbitrg.

M. Stein. Hugo fK. Asber, Frank Sperling, Ben Schloss, I). S.

i Ilirsliherg, Sig Siclit'l, George Black, Albert Lucius L. Solomons, If. R. Lery, Jnseph Rothschild, George Samuels, Edmund Tauzky. 11.

Merzbaob. Marcus Rosenthal. Life members by Harris," Max SlarcQse, I. .1. REPUESEXTATIVES Ophlr, No.

Daintier, Isaac Kolhuau. K. Launsky, 1 Herman Ktljaru, No. Hlrscli. Aaron Nathan, M.

8. Wabrbaftlg. Abr. Wilson. Modi a.

No. William. Kmil Cohn, Sam i Flyshaker, Henry Mauser, Samuel Meyer, I'hnrlM Bteinfels, Phil Stern. Pacific, D. Jacob (Jans, William Oelot, Henry.

Schwartz. No. SI run B. Siorrts LeTi, Jacob Lewis, Manhoim I'aviii Michael, Jesse Marks, Harry K. Wnlff.

No, Sol Hope. No. tW Albert K. I'ohin. Louis Isaacsr M.

Mem Columbia, No. C.unzberger, Isaac Otto Irving Wise, Vice President of Lodge Jaiob Kallman, Charles, Loeffler, Milton Meyer, David Moses, Leon Salomon. Aaron W.wh. Adolf Wolfe. Gate No, Anerhacb.

Phil Cohen, David A. S. i WlUlatn Fest Joseph L. Goldsmith, Isaacs, S. Kalialsv Newburgh; Isidore Stein.

California No. A. Berliner." David Colien, Henry Epsteen, Max Goldberg. I. Golden Julius Louis A.

Lazarus Robert Mann, Felix Scheyer. Paradise Anker, Jacob H. Jonaf na Art! eOrEe f- Alexander, A. J. Oakland H.

Coffee, M. Frledlaptier, Marcus Erring Ludwie Michaels. G. C. BlngoUky, K.

ftlttlgstc Mowl? Schneider, Bt Sllverstein, I. Woltlo Unity No. Caiman, DaTid Colian Loots Llpman, Louis 1,. Michaels. Simon Jacob Nieto, David Sanders.

Herman Wallet stein, Otto Irving. Wise. 11. A. Zeklnd Tlieodore UmU No.

Solis- Cohen. John l.Gevur«..M.-Gilbert, S. L. GoldscUmWt David aN. Mosesdohn, M.

Mnsessohn M. OBtrow, 3. M. Rlcen, ilicen A Isaac Swett. Z.

Sweit! Cremieux: No. Bayer, A. Glass man Richard B. Gutstadt William TJssner. Samuel Occidental No.

i Kelrenbnnn A SI. KoiUbcrg, Uarry Lesson, J. Mikuor 100 Year Leases Meet Defeat in Assembly, Dispatch to The CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC-" RA 51 TO, Feb. S. Braediet's bill to permit letuies on city and town lota for received Its In the assembly today when: It fell short of necessary 41, i' the rollcall showlngr 37 to The" present law limits the life of lease to 30 years.

Objection was made to Benedict's bill on: the Kround that It would sanction leases of unnecessarily Ions: periods. i Prescott, W. C. Vrorvagtr. E.

A. Wasserman. I Laskcr No. I. Fox.

Adolph Lerl, I Rudolph Schiller. Portland No. H. Bauer, Jacob S. W.

Herrman, Qjto J. Kraemer, Leaser Prager, i Slg. Slchel. Baron de No. H.

Blumkln. H. Krucger, Meyer, Ed T. Frf" nd Albert Granpe. WUUam I.

"phi 6 ers" oine Hlr9Ch! nan Blg. Simon, 'd! Abraham No. Barman IfTlne, Ronenfmupt, J. A. Schiller.

talk. 1,, Angeles i No. Black. R. Black.

Emannfl H. W. Frank h. Hamburger. Marco Heil! HlldMhelmer No 403-F.

Palk. J. Gflttstein. Kohen Hurwiu. H.

Ke.al,r, h- M- FriHenthal. Otto' S. E- Morgenstern, E. Samuel Schnltt. SOCIALISTS Feb 17-The socialist party will told a mass mMUngSwday aftsnioon at Rloe hall In protest i njtaliist the convict on of TViek edito- nf iwJSTi" WotI(1.

'of. Captain of H. Morgan, John, J. D.Osborn*. Tucks raw in bt- fore the iup.re? court on appeal from denla! 8 "fter iv llm OUT TOMORROW 1 extraf Iff pa JL 11C XtA vJll Llll oCLIIUIh J.L LIIC Wr Sunday Call.

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