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GAMBLERS FLEECED VICTIM Man Arrested for Vagrancy by Phoenix Club Wins Court's Sympathy "When Joseph Daville. charged with vagrancy, took the- witness stand In his own behalf in Judge Khortall's court lie disclosed a condition of affairs that won sympathy for him and secured his immediate dismissal. He had been arrested by Pat Atkinson, door keeper for the Phoenix club, who claimed that Daville had loitered around until he had become a nuisance. "It Is Just 10. days since 1 left the hospital," said Daville.

"I was formerly head book keeper for a wholesale house in thU city, but I lost most of my money in that poker club down there in Third street. I am suffering from tuberculosis of the bones and am in a Jiad way. When I got out of the hospital I went back to the Phoenix poker roams. I thought that I might win a little money and pay my bills. ''When my money was gone Atkinson, who Is the bouncer In the place, threw me out.

I was regularly enrolled as a member of the club, but that didn't make any difference. I Only had 65 cents left, and that Is why they, put me Into the After acknowledging that George Bender, was the president of the Atkinson said that Davllle was really a vagrant and should be In jail." Said Judge Shortall: "This man Davllle tells a pretty good story and I think that you are doing pretty well. Atkinsorr, that you are not a defendant. I want -to warn' you never to come Into ray court' Charged with being a vagrant. It will not go very easy with 1 you.

Daville Is dismissed and he has ray sympathy." PROFESSOR MEYER TO A. M. Meyer of Stanford university will deliver lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, at Cooper college tonight at o'clock. Professor Meyer will talk on the "Factors Which Influence Human Form." Jean Thurnherr, a Former Trouble Once More IMPORTANT CORNER SITES ARE SOLD Montgomery Corner and Old Fife Home Place Change Ownership The sale of the northwest corner of Sutter and Montgomery streets by the Savings Union bank affords opportunity for an interesting comparison of Montgomery street values. The.

price paid for this property. $185,000, is considered conservative, being slightly less than $5,500 a front foot in Montgomery street. It represents $90 a square foot. The site of the Union trust building at Montgomery and Market streets sold since the fire at $117 a square foot- for the ground alone. The First national bank site brought a front foot in Montgomery street.

The buyers of the Sutter street corner are W. N. Drown. E. T.

Osborn, J. F. Leicester and' Sudden of the lumber firm of Sudden Christensen. The purchasers will erect a 10 story office building on the property. The southwest corner of California and Jones streets, 103 feet in California by 137:6 in Jones, has been sold for $60,000.

This is the old Fife residence I site. A large and high class apart! ment house will be built. The property lls on the top of Nob hill. It was sold by the Nob hill company through Trei vor Co. The buyer's name is withheld for the present.

H. Flathman has sold 60 feet in the I south side of Turk street, feet east lof Polk, for about $20,000. The lot has i a depth of 85 feet. The 45x100 foot' lot in the north side of Bush street, 45 feet east of Taylor, was bought, by M. Redding from Mrs.

Caroline Hlldebrand through the.agency of J. W. Wright Co. for about $18,000. The Union street" business property I north side of the street, 122 feet west of Octavia, with a frontage of 100 feet and a depth of 137:6 feet, has been sold, by Adolph and Morris W.

"Tlosenshine to Moses' Fisher for approximately $30,000. There are some frame dwellings and stores on property. DYNAMITE DESTROYS HOME OF A NEGRO Two Children Killed by Explosion at Night MUSKOGEE. March home of Zeb Mac key, a negro at Taft, near here, was blown up- with dynamite last night while Mackey and his family" were asleep. Maekey's two children, aged 10' and 14.

were killed. Taft is exclusively a negro town of about' 1,000 inhabitants. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, -MARCH. 24, 1911. GIRL BURGLAR IS AGAIN ARRESTED Woman Who Mystified Berkeley Police by Eight Burglaries Resumes Life of Crime BERKELEY, March eight months out of penitentiary, where she was sent nearly two years ago for burglary, Mrs.

Jean Thurnherr, former cowboy and hobo, has been arrested by the police and faces a charge': of petty larceny and a prior offense. This makes her theft of two gold watches and two cut glass bowls from a Shattuck avenue Jeweler amount to a felony, the maximum penalty for which is five years. "I did not want to steal, but I Just had to," the "pretty brunette explained, to Chief Vollmer after i her arrest' this afternoon. She" admitted her crimes and declared 'that she; had been trying to lead a good life since her freedom from the penitentiary last July, but was unable to do so. For several months past Mrs.

Thurnherr, whose, husband Is a driver for, a local cleaning and dyeing company, has been employed In the office "of; the probation oirlcer of San Francisco, I doing clerical work. She was given the position to aid her In the past and beginning a new life. Early this month she began to frequent the Jewelry. store of M. jO.

Ray, 254 7 Shattuck avenue. She a point of examining a number of articles of Jewelry and called at the place several times. On March 17 Raj' missed a lady's gold watch shortly after Mrs. Thurnherr had left the place. He lost a sec-" ond one following another visit: on her part.

Ke then set a trap and today caught the woman stealing a cut glass bowl valued at' several dollars. She was allowed leave establishment with the stolen property, but was later arrested at home In Haste near Ellsworth. At first she denied ail knowledge of the thefts, but under pressure broke down and confessed. She was immediately booked and will be held trial. Few women have had such a career "as Mrs.

Thurnherr. As Jean Gordon she ran away from home at the age of 12 years, played the part of hobo in men's clothing and later drifted to Arizona, where, attired as a man, she broke horses with the best of- the vaqueros. She came to San Francisco eight years ago. sought employment, as a bell hop and had several love affairs. Later she was arrested for theft and placed She soon broke her word and was.

again in the toils of the police. Two years ago, shortly after she married young Albert Thurnherr, she mystified the police by committing no less than eight burglaries here. For several months Chief Vollmer was unable to find the culprit. But she "fell" when she attempted to forge a postoffice order. HtfHHBHHBtfVVMSI In spite of the plea for probation, the, woman was sentenced to a year In the penitentiary, but was soon released on account of her good conduct.

For the last eight months she has been apparently living the life of a housewife and the police had thought that the prison sentence had brought reform. Watch for the two pretty Tulsa, girls Monday morning on the streets of San Francisco selling The San Francisco to make their expenses around the world. PISTOLESI SUED BY PARENTS OF WIFE Annulment of Marriage Demanded Because Her Age Was Misrepresented As the result of a visit made "Wednesday to Judge Murasky by Mrs. Emma A. Snowden and her 13 year old daughter, who Is the wife of Joseph suit was begun yesterday the parents of the child- for annulment of the marriage.

who is 41 years old' and a nephew of L. C. Pistolesl, a supervisor of Marin county, married Edna Olive Snowden at San Rafael January 25. When Mrs. Snowden saw Judge Murasky he directed her to see, the district attorney.

The lawyer for i the parents in the yesterday is i Rolanl Flckert's Pistoles! took' his child wife to San I Diego, where were arrested. Pistoles! said that; the girl told, him she was 20 i years; old. 'He has been held for trial In; San Rafael on a charge that he committed perjury when i swore Edna; Snowden was 20, although "the license clerk said she looked that age. Isadore Less, the one 'of the founders the union labor, party in this city, was granted a divorce yesterday by Judge Mogan Annie Less on the ground that she' deserted him A divorce was granted by Judge Mo- gan to Policeman William from Delia Moltke on the ground of cruelty. He testified that was the habit of staying out all night and dancing with strangers.

Corlnne Johnson sued John C. Johnson, to 5 have their 'marriage annulled, charging that at the time of the marriage the defendant had a former wife living. Divorces were granted yesterday By. Judge Heine from' Hugo Heine, Lucas from Julia Lucas, desertion. i By Judge Van 1 Berlin from Samuel Berlin, desertion.

Suits for divorce were Antonee Colle against Josef Colle, cruelty. Sier against Joseph Sler, desertion. 1 Elisabeth Feno against John F. Feno, habitual Intemperance. tmiVERSITY BUILDING March early, this morning (destroyed the mechanical arts building Missouri state university, causing a loss estimated at $.10.000.....

JOHNSON TO BURN SPEED UP IN AIR Heavy Weight Champion to Give Up Autos to Escape the Police Jack Johnson, about to give up the i automobile for the airship, given up his fight to evade the consequences of the violation of the city speed laws. When he appeared before Acting Police Judge yesterday morning charged with speeding he Immediately entered plea of guilty and asked for Saturday" was fixed as the day for the pronouncement of the judgment the court, "I'm all through." said Johnson. "I'm going now where Policeman Mounted' Policeman Dolan can't get me. The next; time they see me speeding I'll be up in, the air. Airships'for mine after this.

I speed as fast 'as I care; to go up there in the air and I won't; be violating I any laws. If those policemen catch; me after this Itfwilhi be in a basket. don't want any jury trial this time, judge. I'll you've, got to give. There's no I was the I was? trying to catch this gentleman, it' wasn't no use.

Johnson pointed sto J. M. Burg, a demonstrator' for the Simplex auto company of 124 Van Ness avenue, who was driving the machine that led Johnson a merry chase 'to the ocean beach late Wednesday through park. Burg had been demonstrating the fine points of; his car M. Hicks, capitalist of who a prospective purchaser.

Johnson, driving, one of his speed' came from -behind. i Hicks yelled an order Into Burg's ear to put on i all i speed and keep ahead of the "Johnson car to the' beach or there would no sale. 7He agreed-, to pays all" expenses -if anything went wrong. And Burg 1 obeyed orders. "''Hicks and his driver, were first at the finish.

Johnson had taken the Kentueklan's dust. But when the two machines had come to a halt Policeman Dolan, mount foaming, galloped up. He; placed both parties under STTPEHVISOks: EECOMMEND contract to do the city's i official advertising i for the coming year '(yesterday reeom-l mended to be awarded to the Bulletin 'by the i printing committee. That' paper i submitted the lowest' of the three bids i 7 AMUSEMENTS MIWEU. CrTOW Uft Safest and Host Magnificent Theater In America.

Mat. Every Say at Evening at 8:15. The Standard of Vaudeville! C. WILLIAM KO LB And a Complete Company In "The Dellcntewen BTI ART BARNES, the Prince of Monoloflata: THE FRRY TWINS: MISS HAMID ALEXANDER: MERRILL OTTO; THE SIX fLYING BAN YARDS; JAR ROW; DAYLIGHT MOTION PICTURES. Last Musical Hit.

ROLFE AND HIS ROLFONIANS. "The Lawn Fete." Evening 2.V. TV. Box Seats IK Mat. Prices (Except Sundays and Me, Be, COc.

Phones. Douglas. 70: Home 1570. No Phone This KS meat. Curtain nt 8:15 sharp.

ONLY TWO NIGHTS MORE MATINEE TOMORROW Henry W. Savage Offers the MERRY WIDOW Starting Next Sunday Nlglit. i MARIE DRESSLER la the Musical Comedy Event. MILLIE'S NIGHTMARE SEATS READY NOW! attraction will not appear In I or other California cities. A I rA7 A Sutter and Steiner I hone IVA Home Phone 4242 BELASCO MAYER.

Owners and Managers. LAST THREE NIGHTS. MATINEE TOMORROW AND MAX FIQMAN And the Alcazar "Flayers in Mary Jane's Pa Mr. Firman's Successful Starring Hediam Last Season to $1: 25e to 50c. Seats tat Sale at Box' office and Emporium.

NEXT TIGMAN as Swlreller In "The Old Curiosity Shop" An borate and Accurate TH LEADING I Mason THIS AND NEXT WEEK i-Matinee Saturday Only In His Own Comedy Success THE BACHELOR'S BABY ST. DENIS. Her Furor Treating Dances, direct from New York. MISCHA ELIAN POET OF THE VIOLIN SCOTTISH niTE'AUDITORIUM Ness and Sutter. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT NEXT THURSDAY EVENING and SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 2.

Tickets $2. .11,80. $1. at Sherman. Clay A I niKlnNfl YE LIBERTY FR f.

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC UNION PACIFIC TICKET OFFICES: Flood Building Palace Hotel 42 Powell Street Market Street Ferry Depot Broadway and Thirteenth Street, Oakland STATEMENT OF, THE CONDITIONS AND AFFAIRS OF THE" Globe and Rutgers Insurance Company OF" NEW TORE. IN 'THE STATE OF NEW' on the 31st day -of December, 'A. D. 1910, and for the year ending on that Pub- lished pursuant to the provisions of section 611 of '1 the Political Oode and compiled from the annual statement filed with the I Insurance Commissioner of the. State of California.

CAPITAL Amount of capital stock, paid up in cash $400,000.00 ASSETS Real estate owned by company $72,945.00 Loans on Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by 4,825,060.50 Cash in company's 41.913.11 Cash In banks 137,602.61 Interest due and accrued 21,178.76 Agents' i balances representing busi- rf ness 'written subsequent, to October 1.1910..............V........ 834,231.1 I Due from other companies for re- i insurance on leases already 13,724.03, Total Losses adjusted and Losses in process adjustment or in suspense 218,001.00 Losses resisted. Including expenses. 52,670.00 7 Gross premiums on fire risks, run- ning one year or less. reinsurance, 50 per 1,352.586.06 Gross premiums -on Are risks run- ning more than one year.

reinsurance pro Taxes due or accrued 1: 15,000.00 Commissions and brokerage due or become' 17.456.53 i Due and to become due for borrowed money lS5.ooo.oo All other 3,000.00 Total liabilities ..7........,..: 52,489,998.73 I Net cash actually received' for lire premiums Received for interest on 5,180.93 Received from Interest and dividends on' lmnds, loans; and from all other sources 185.981.70 I Received for 5,592 00 Gross 'profit on tale or maturity of -7" ledger assets 9,933.15 Total wBBRfIBQB EXPENDITURES Net amount paid for fire losses including $269,315.72, losses of pre, vlous Expenses of adjustment and settle' ment of 414 98 to stock Paid or allowed for commission or- 682 356 21 Paid for salaries, and other for 109 232 Pa Id i for state, national "and local taxes 23 952 79' Gross loss on sale or maturity of ledger 1.. ,7 041.20 Paid on aceoontof borrowed money! Rn'ooo'oo, All; other expenditures 87.252.26 Total expenditures $2,724 055 Fire Losses incurred-during the $1,702,132.90 RISKS AND PREMIUMS" Fire Risks Premiums' Net of risks written during the $382,682,433 $4,809,106.04 Net amount of risks expired during the year r. i 363.933,242 4.193.787.10 Net'amoont in fores December 31, 19.10.. 311.563.471 3.732.324.13 E. C.

W. H. Secretary. Subscribed and sworn'- to. before." me this day.

of February, 1910. WU. L. LINDSAY," Notary Edward Brown Sons: 202-204 Sansome San Francisco, Cal. is to Your House? i 7 i I WANT ADS I v- 'v.