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14 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, APRIL, 5, 1914. LOCAL BIDS FOR THEATER REJECTED Playhouse Under Construction Here Is Reported Leased to Eastern Syndicate. ' TRANSFER TO BE FOUGHT legitimate Bookings Proposed for Broadway House and Name of S. Morton Colin Mentioned, but His Connection Is Denied. Ixcal theatrical men., "who were bid dine; for the lease on the Broadway Theater, being erected by the Blodgett Company, on the southwest corner of Broadway and Stark streets, have been notified that their bids have been rejected and that J. W. BlocUtett has closed negotiations direct with a the atrical syndicate in the East. One of the local bidders a leading moving picture magnate until a day or so ago apparently stood excellent prospects of getting the lease for a 20-year term, but someone went straight to Mr. Blodgett himself at his home in Grand Rapids and presented liis offer in such a way as to clinch the lease. Details' of the lease arrangement have not been announced, but it is un derstood that the lessee plans' to book legitimate road attractions for the Portland house. P. S. Brumby, ' the agent of the Blodgett Company in Portland, would make no statement last night regarding the signing of a lease in Grand Rapids by Mr. Blod- eett. Former Portland Man Mentioned. A persistent rumor was current in Portland yesterday to the effect that S. Morton Cohn, formerly of Portland, but now of New York, had obtained the lease, but it was impossible to verify the report. Mr. Cohn recently pur chased the Mat Reiss circuit of the aters which stage high-class road plays. It includes 47 theaters in the States of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Cecil H. Bauer, one of Mr. Conn's attorneys, said last night that he had heard nothing of Mr. Conn's in tention to enter the Portland theatrical field and that he did not believe a Portland house could be operated in conjunction with his Eastern circuit. Whatever disposition is made of the lease, a law suit Is likely to ensue as a result of the death of Thomas J. Moonan, formerly of Chicago, who originally entered Into a lease agree ment with the Blodgett Company. The late Mr. Noonan, on his death bed, assigned the lease to his brother, Robert F. Noonan, a member of the local realty firm of Condon & Noonan. For a time, it is said by Mr. Noonan's attorney, the Blodgett Company ac cepted the younger Mr. Noonan as the lessee, but later repudiated him and invited bids from Portland theatrical men. It is understood that five bids "were made. Transfer to Be Opposed. Meanwhile, Robert J. Noonan placed the matter in the hands of his attor neys, C. W. Fulton and Jay Bowerman, who are preparing to fight any transfer of the lease. Mr. Fulton said last night that probably they would file suit this week contesting a second disposition of the lease. "The settlement will depend upon the court's interpretation of the terms of the original lease made with Thomas J. Noonan. said Mr. Fulton. "The lease called for the personal services of the late Mr. Noonan during the con struction of the theater and after it was built, and It stipulated, among other things, that he insure his life for $100,000 after a certain date. There was also a clause in the lease statins that the terms of the lease were bind ing upon the heirs and assigns of Mr. Noonan. "Naturally, it is impossible for the late Mr. Noonan to comply with the ac tual terms of the lease, but his assignee, Robert F. Noonan, is here to take his place in giving his personal serv ices to the work, and he has insured his life for $100,000 within the time specified in the lease. We maintain that he has lived up to every term of the lease-and that he Is entitled to hold it. while the Blodgett Company contends that the death of the late Mr. Noonan nullifies the contract." ORPHEUMS WILL REST MR. COXSIDINE SAYS THERE'LL BE AO SHOWS Dl-Rixa SUMMER. Head of Theatrical Firm Also Explain That Real Eaitate Wan Xot Sold With Empresa Honea In orthirtsl. That the Orpheum theaters of the Northwest will be closed temporarily luring eight or ten weeks of the com ing Summer and that the firm of Sulli van & Considine ha retained its pos nesslon of the real estate and the build ing improvementa included with the Kmpress houses of the Northwest was revealed yesterday by John W. Consi dine. who was in Portland. "So many people are out of the city luring the Summer months that we have concluded it would be economy for is to discontinue the Orpheum per formances during eight or ten weeks beginning in July," said Mr. Considine. "After August 1 I will have nothing to do with the management of the Em press theaters and for the first time I will be able to devote my time ex clusively to the Orpheums. "The impression seems to be abroad that we sold the Empress Theaters of the Northwest, the ground upon which they stand and all. On January 1, 1914 these Kmpress Theaters were leased to the Empress Theater Company, of Washington, for 10 years, with an op tion of 10 years' renewal. By buying stock in the Empress Theater Com pany, a corporation of the State of Washington. Marcus Loew has merely purchased the ownership of that lease." Mr. Considine left last night for Seattle, the headquarters of the Sulli van & Considine circuit. INSURANCE DAY IS PLAN Governor Will Xante Anniversary of San Francisco Fire. "Fire Prevention day," for studying methods of preventing fire, and clean ing up combustible rubbish, will be in stituted in Oregon this year, accord ing to a promise Governor West made yesterday to representatives of the Oregon Civic League and the Credit Men s Association. April 18. the eighth anniversary of the San Francisco fire, .-will be set aside for this purpose by -e formal proclamation. Mayors of Ore gon cities will be asked to issue local proclamations. California has dedicated this day, during the World's Insurance Con gress in San Francisco, to the preven tion of fire. Several other states have followed California's lead. The Oregon Civic Lecgue will devote its luncheon at the Multnomah Hotel on April 18 to discussing fire preven tion. Other improvement clubs and in dividuals are urged to join In celebrat ing the day and in making sugges tions for lessening fire loss. Sugges tions should be mailed to Arthur M. Churchill. 1229 Northwestern National Bank building, chairman of the Ore gon Civic League's committee on fire prevention. "The fire loss in Oregon." said Mr. Churchill yesterday, "is from $40 to $50 a family. "Of this loss about B0 per cent Is preventable. Europe's fire loss Is about one-tenth of that. Our heavy loss is due in part to the public confidence that the fire department will put out the fire if It starts and in part to our feeling that the insurance company Is the loser, anyway." BeeCuItareArousesHolets, Nest at Albany Rrferrndum A Hkrd on Prohibitive Ordinance, But Many Inxlat on Seeing Only Comical Situation. ALBANY, Or.. April 4. (Special.) "To bee or not to bee" is the dom inant question in Albany. The passage of an ordinance by the City Council prohibiting keeping bees within the city limits has nruJsed well, if the traditional nhniHA w .t- "ti.o'. 1 n stead of "hornet's nest" the figure "wu'u ppiy aumiraDly. The referendum has been invoked on the new ordinance and while the re mainder of the state may be discussing free tolls on the Panama Canal, watch- vuiue me opening games of the Pacific Coast League or taking DOU"! miereai in me merits or the numerous rnnHfHatAa fw Albany is discussing bees. 1 ne Dee controversy has not yet riv alled the dog question, when the city divided into two schools of thought a year ago over an ordinance preventing dogs from running at large in the city and which finally resulted in the abro gation of the free and uninterrupted use of the city's streets by canines. When the ordinance was presented to the City Council arguments for the affirmative were presented by neigh bors of a fancier who has a score or more of stands of bees In his backyard. These people asserted that the bees came into their kitchens in search of food and often became Insolent in their demands. One woman told a member of the Council that the bees ruined all of the blossoms on her cherry tree each year so that she got no cherries. The Council took the view that the bees were a nuisance and passed the ordinance. Comparatively few paid any atten tion to the ordinance at first, but now. with a popular vote on the question impending the matter is arousing dis cussion. Many people, however, insist on viewing it as a Joke and one face tious resident called up police head quarters yesterday, requesting that an officer be sent to the eastern part of town to arrest a bee that was at large. GLASGOW OFFICERS COMING Assessor and Magistrate of Scotch City to Visit Portland. Alexander Walker. City Assessor, and Thomas McMillan, senior magis trate of Glasgow. Scotland, will visit Portland the middle of May, Assessor Reed announced yesterday, to study various phases of Oregon government, but more particularly the methods of assessment. The tWO Official! fire mglrino- . of the United States as special repre- ui ineir municipal govern ment, investigating government and administrative plans and policies with the object of taking the commendable features of our institniin,.. , in their own government. The visit ors proDaoiy win be in Portland and vicinity several davs. Mr ..u arriving May 14. unless their plans are ' etaoin IDLE LEADER SENTENCED "General" Kelley Remanded to Jail for Six Months. SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 4."Geil. eral" Charles Kelley, who started on a march to Washington at the head of an unemployed army of about 1400, was sentenced to six months In the county Jail today on a charge of vagrancy by Township Justice darken. Kelley was arrested by the officers Just before his army was routed from its camp on the sand lots here by the use of a fire hose and pickhandles. MARY PICKFORD TO BE SEEN IN A FAIRY PLAY Famous Players Film CompanyJReleases Charming Production, Little Devil,' Done by Original Cast. 'A Good i " - - I 111? 1 , i ? 1 V: ' - FOREMOST among the notable re leases of big features is "A Good Little revil." by the Famous Play ers Film Company, by arrangement with David Belasco. it is truly a mas terpiece of motion pictures and will undoubtedly take rank with the other fine productions for which this Com pany is famed. The fact that the original cast which played this charming, modern fairy play on the speaking stage to Immense and enthusiastic audiences all season is used in the picture lends added in terest. It also serves to show how the screen can reproduce for the millions at a nominal admission fee a play that cost thousands of theatergoers $2 each to see. Furthermore, the limitations of the theater which compel an artifi cial setting with painted scenery no longer exist when the outdoor scenes are taken in Nature's studio as in this picture. Many scenes referred to only In words on the stage are actually seen in the picture version, thus enhancing the color and interest of the story and permitting of more artistry In the vis ualization of the spirltuelle character of Juliet, the sightless child, which role is interpreted by Mary Plckford with a wealth of pathos which appeals straight to the heart of even the most seasoned reviewer. The picture Is unusually full of ac tion and. every gesture has a meaning all Its own. Special mention should be made of the wording and arrange ment of the titles, which do not Insult the intelligence by the obviousness of the message they convey as so many titles nowadays do, but rather lend charm by their poetic conception and aptness in selection. They are clearly the work of that genius, Bennle Schul berg, whose versatile gifts are fast carving out for him an enviable niche in the hall of fame. The wicked old aunt is played by a man on broad comedy lines: and at first seems Incongruous amidst a set ting wherein the other roles are acted in all seriousness, but as the story de velops, and fairies are Introduced it is seen that the aunt's tactics are a neces sary foil to Queen Mab and her Court, so why wield a scalpel on a phantasy, for of such idyls dreams are made, and who would analyze a pleasant dream? Perhaps where the spirit of Charles' better self Is rehabilitated In his clay tenement and revisits the scenes of his youth the illusion which ia momen tarily destroyed where he rlimh through the window, could be more eveniy maintained, but on the whole the double exposure effects are cleverly obtained. The well-arranged musio that goes with the picture does much to emphasize Its charm. DR. PIERCE WRITES Sanitarium to Be Abandoned and Case Dropped. AID TO HELPLESS, HIS AIM Hospital Intended as Retreat for All Tubercular Patients Who, He Says, Are Driven From Pillar to Post by Outsiders. PORTLAND. April 4. (To the Edi tor.) I am asking you to give me space in your paper briefly to explain my position regarding the establish ment and conduct of the hospital at 600 East Twenty-eighth street. Being in need of a place where 1 could surround my patients with mod ern treatment, I found a location at 600 East Twenty-eighth street and was pleased with it, believing that it was well suited for the purpose. I con sulted several physicians and sani tarians and they 'pronounced the place safe and well adapted for the purpose of a hospital where tuberculous and other patients could be treated with entire safety. To make sure In a legal way, I had the City Health Officer and City Sanitary Inspector visit the place and they also approved it. I then purchased the property and put it In first-class condition, both in side and out. and have been conduct- "PEG 0MY HEART" STAR PICKED FROM 400 Peggy O'Neil, Leading Actress in Romantic Irish Play, Is Herself Irish, and Her Life Has Been Rich in Romance. HEN Oliver Morosco. the man ager of "Peg o' My Heart," made it known through the newspapers recently that he was in search of a talented, ambitious young girl, whom he would make his protege and develop into a star, his offices were literally besieged. Girls came in droves from every point of the com pass no less than 400 of them In all! From them all the manager picked out a little 19-year-old, winsome slip of a girl, with great, wondering, Irish eyes, coal-black hair, a mouth like the bud of a Killarney rose, and a wistful lit tle pointed chin. He knew at once he had picked a winner. Her name was Peggy O'Neil. The "Peg o' My Heart" company was then being organized to tonr the large cities of the Middle and Far West. Little did Morosco know, how ever, that he was choosing for the chief role of that delightful comedy In Peggy O'Neil not only a clever lit tle actress, but a real Peg. whose short life was an absolute embodiment of Mr. Manners' fictional character. Miss O'Neil's father was a splendid type of Irishman, who. like Peg o' My Heart's, could do anything in the world but make money. Her mother had been a lovely English woman, who had shocked her semi-aristocratic family by running away and marrying her fine young Irishman. But they snapped their fingers and laughed at Grim Care, and a year later baby Peg was born at Kildare. Shortly after wards the little family came to Amer ica, and made their home In Buffalo, where Peg's father was employed by the New York Central Railroad. All went well until one black day. when the father went to work and never re turned. After the funeral it was found that he had bet their house on the last Presidential election, and his candi date didn't win. When little Peg was 13. her mother, who had been strug gling to make a living for the two. quietly closed her eyes and passed away. There waa nothing else for Peg ti j; j: V.-:::::"-. ; -: 1 !. . 1 Peggy O'Neil. Appearing O Sly Heart" Her to do but go to her aunta, who tried to be good to her in their snobbish, condescending way, and to remodel her after the fashion - they "thought was proper and correct. But Peg was Irish. She stole away one day on her way to high school, and went to San Francisco as a dancer with a musical show. Last year she turned for a liv ing to dressmaking, and opened a tiny shop on West Forty-eighth street. New York. Today there is a "To Let" sign in the little shop, while the proprie tress is receiving the ovations of audi ences all over the country. "Peg o' My Heart" will be the Easter week at traction at the Heilig Theater. Elev enth and Morrison, beginning next Sunday, April 12. ln a hospital there since September 2, taking both tuberculous and non-tuberculous cases. Owing to ignorance of the conditions leading to the contraction of tubercu losis, the people living in this neigh borhood have been leadlnir m,n. meant but ill-advised campaign against the hospital. I might ask where these expect patients to be treated If not in a modernlv pAnHnrtait v. .,... n i Well Informed persons will admit that "i is iar more dangerous for patients to be at large than to be under medl- -"1 sanitary supervision In a hos pital. Phyalclana Are Handio Under the present ordinance It be comes impossible for any physician properly to treat any person who may be so unfortunate as to become af flicted with some of the many forms of tuberculosis; such as hip-joint disease, spinal disease, or tuberculosis of any of the bones, tuberculous glands, tu berculous kidney, tuberculous perito nitis or various other forms In which tuberculosis may occur. Many of these conditions require treatment which can oe given only In a hospital. " necessary for me even to "issmi ine ieanul amount of suffer ing and increased death rate and spread of .the disease that would re- . n me eniorcment of this cruel and ordinance, i would like to ask these well-meaning people where they would have these patients go The Government has not seen fit to set apart an island for the reception ot ....cc unionunate people as it has in the case of leprosy. In support of what I have said I quote from the ordinance a. September 19, 1913: Section 1. That It shall be unlawful to establish or cause to be establish. h or to conduct or maintain, within the ;""'la l l"e -ity or Portland, any san itarium for the treatment or rr nr persons afflicted with tubercular dis eases. . "Section 2. That all sanil.rhm,. established, conducted or maintained within the limits of the City of Port land for the treatment or care of nor. sons afflicted with tubercular diseases shall be removed from, or the mainte nance tnereor discontinued in. the City of Portland within one (1) year from mo oaie ot tne passage of this ordi nance. Section 3 provides for a fine not ceeding $200 or imprisonment not ex ceeding 90 days, or both, for each day's violation of this ordinance. The above ordinance is aulte in con trast with the state law of Massachu setts, which requires the establishment of a municipal hospital for the treat ment of tuberculosis cases in every city of the state, believing it to be both a safeguard and of great educational aiue. wnicn .opinion and practice Is shared by most of the great cities of the world. Case. Will Be Dropped. The hospital property was inspected by the city health office on March 13. 1913, in response to an order from the City Commissioners, the report being that the hospital and its surroundings were perfectly sanitary and not danger ous to the public health. Notwithstanding the fact that the de cision of the Municipal Court was ad verse. I am still confident that I am well within my legal rights, but. owing to the fact that the women and children are becoming anxious and excited over this matter, I cannot consent further to add to their anxiety and mental dis comfort by continuing this case. I therefore have instructed my attorney not to appeal the case and am arrang ing for the removal of all the patients, after which a most rigid and thorough disinfection of the entire premises will be undertaken. T started this hospital in the hope of being able to render some aid to a rew ot those unfortunates who are kicked from pillar to post when they admit they have the disease, but who, when they deny It or are ignorant of their true condition, are allowed to go unmolested and . spread the disease broadcast. E. A. PIERCE. Bridge Franchises Are Refused. SALEM. Or., April 4. (Special.) Olvlng as Its reason that until the in terstate bridge from Vancouver to Portland is completed and turned over to the state it will have no Jurisdic tion over it, the State Railroad Com mission today returned applications for franchises submitted by the Washing- lOD-uregon corporation and the Ken ton Traction Company. NEW STREETCAR LINE ASKS GRANT System Would Construct Rail way Which Would Cost $450,000. EAST SIDE RIGHTS SOUGHT Brandies Would Itadiate From Vnlon Avenue and Morrison Street, Kast Third and Stark and East 12th If Allowed. A new streetcar system rtinrfii,. from Fifth and Alder streets on the west Mde Into various sections of the East Side is proposed to be 'built if the City Commission will grant a fran chise. Formal application for the fran chise was made yesterday by the Port- iana & Oregon City Railway Company, a company of which Stephen Carver Is president and which Is affiliated, it is said, with the Clackamas Southern a line extending out of Oregon City The application for the general fran chise was made to City Commissioner Daly and was referred by him to City Attorney LaRoche. who Is looking over the papers to see that they are In legal form. If they are found to be in proper shape the application will be taken up formally by Commissioner Daly and submitted by him to the Council. The general line which the company desires to construct at a cost of $450 -000 is described in the application as follows: Line to Start Froui Weat Side. Commencing at Fifth and Alder streets, thence east on Alder to Front, south to Morrison, east over the Morrison-street bridge to East Third street, thence to Paciflo street, to Occident, to Wheeler, to Vancouver avenue, to Co lumbia boulevard. Another branch will commence at East Third and Stark streets and ex tend easterly on Stark street to East Fifty-fifth. Anotner branch will commence at East Twelfth and Stark streets and tend north on Twelfth to Holladay, to -cc4ilxl una Ainswortn. Still another line will commence at Union avenue and Morrison street, ex tend south on Union avenue to Salmon, thence to East Twelfth, to the in tersection of that street with Ladd avenue, thence along Ladd avenue to Division street, on Division to East Twenty-first, to Powell street, to East Twenty-sixth, to Rhone, to Thirty fifth. District Xot Well Served. The plan of the company as an nounced to Commissioner Daly la to extend car service into districts not now served by the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company. The line on the West Side will be a trunk line serving the branch lines on the East Side. In the franchise the company asks for the common use with the Portland Railway. Light & Power Com pany of the tracks on the streets cov ered by the franchise, in which the Portland company now has tracks. It is probable the company proposes to use the line in conjunction with the proposed lnterurban line from Oregon City to the West Side by way of East Seventeenth street and the Hawthorne avenue bridge. The franchise for the lnterurban line waa granted recently by the City Council, but is being held up now by reason of the fact that per sons objecting to the service Invoked the referendum on the franchise ordi nance. In the franchise as sought the new company agrees to sell six streetcar fares for 5 cents; to maintain regular service on all the lines; to pay 3 cents for each car operated over the city's bridges; to confine freight service to the East Side, and agrees to commence the work of construction within 80 days of the date of f'nal acceptance of the franchise and to have the sys tem completed within 18 months. The entire plan" of the company has not been revealed as yet, but it Is thought a general streetcar system to compete with the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company Is outlined. The routing as outl.ned In the pro posed new franchise connects up In a number of particulars with the inter urban franchise granted. In that pro vision was made for a terminal at East Third and Morrison streets and for TOCSO MAN HELPS BUILD UP SU.NDAV SCHOOL. L i jllai? il If fl'l a 'ti rJhfJ1 st i,r t aa.i? I 1 ,:H SS 5 ? tf'pi rrj ptu w i7j I - r C A. Mulr. C. A. Mulr. superintendent of the Sunday School of the Third Presbyterian Church, is a young man to whom credit is due in his efforts for the upbuilding of the church in the community in which it is located at East Thir teenth and East Pine streets. The school will rally to the support of the pastor, Rer. A. L. Hutch inson, in his special meetings, in making Easter and Go-to-Churcb Sundays a success. The Sunday school officers are: C. A. Mutr. superintendent; Wll lard Rucker. first assistant su perintendent; K. A. Holloway, second assistant superintendent; R. D. Hewitt, grade superintend ent; Dr. C C. Vinton, educational superintendent; Freeman McNary. secretary; Bert Guiley, assistant secretary; Margarette Whitten, librarian: George Thompson, treasurer; Evelyn E wart, pianist; Earl R. Abbett. choirlster: Mrs. Ewart chairman music commit tee: Mrs. G. A. Rockwell, super intendent beginners' department; Miss Erma Ewart, superintend ent primary department: Miss Mabel Mark ell, first assistant. Hotel Multnomah affords you enjoyment to the utmost Sunday evening TABLE D'HOTE DIXM.R I. the . Arcadlaa Oardra. from alx ualll elKkt. ia prepared vtlta a view of plea.laa the t aiarrlmlaatlBK. Heller's Orrkntn mmA .RAD CONCERT la Ike lobby from elaht . lalrty natll " y Heller'a Augmented Orchestra aad Mrs. Welaatela. These eoaeerts have becoaae am tastltntloa. and those car tas for the best la mnsle will be found here. AFTER-COXrr.RT SVPPEB. la the Arcadia. Garde, la the settlaar together of those who have attended the rearert or theater. The splendid aad the masle brings to a clese a. enjoyable evening. THE JIAV.IGKMEVT taken nleasare'l. InvltlnK ran to p.r " fhla programme kaowlna: that your eafh.slasm will Justify the effort, made t. year behalf. if A 1.. P. ItKY.VOLDS. At Mar I. Delicious Menus Only foods of the finest quality, carefully and tempt ingly prepared by a skilled chef and his corps of trained assistants, are served in the delightful dining-rooms of The Portland The service itself is of the highest order courteous and punctilious; every surrounding speaks of culture and refinement. Table d'Hote Dinner 5:30 to 8 Covers $1 weekdays; $1.25 Sundays Noon Luncheon, 11 :30 to 2 Afternoon Tea, 3:30 to 6 Orchestral music every afternoon and evening; Sun day evening concerts are rendered in the lobby. The Portland Hotel G. J. Kaufmann, Manager HOTEL NAVARRE COR. ELEVENTH AND A I. mill STS. New modern brick building, beautl rully furnished throughout. Outside rooms l.oo a day up. SPECIAL SUMMER HATES BV THE MONTH. $15. 20. $25. with bath privilege. Rooms with private baths. 25. J3o. 3a, 40. Two rooms, with bath, 5o. T. H. OtOXXER, Mar. service on Fourth street on the West Side. The new franchise routing; con nects up witn these two lines. Publishers Accused of Fraud. PENDLETON, Or., April 4. (Special.) Representatives of school supply houses are alleged to have obtained a number of orders flora directors of rural districts in Umatilla County through misrepresentation and fraud. They are said to have presented bogus letters of Indorsement from County School Superintendent Young and Rural School Supervisor YeaRer. Both offl cers deny l aving written the letters. H1P Bee. EG EH few H;" EC EE EB EH CEEBEBEH EEEEEB EB EEEEFBES I WHEN IN SEATTLE Alakt Tour Hr-4-CCJUlcrra at tl Hotel Savoy "Twelve Ptorira ... (Solid Comfort" A trtctty 1 1 r proof. Btel. eo crcto nd mar i buildlnr. right z tb eonter of Mi eity activities wiihla two nil' vtf walk tboaters, t r and siamh. vhtrrti. fcLKOfKLAN PLAN rer Day l p Calais : l p Entire New Management. Newly decorated and re furnished throughout. I T .00 pr Dr " n Witfc B.tl. tl.OO mr CALIFORNIA HOTELS. 1 RT HOTEL SAU FRAIiCISGO Geary Street, above Union Square European Plan $1.50 a day up American Plan $3-50 a day up New steel and brick structure. Third ad ditioa at hundred rooms now building. Evary modern copTonif Moderate rates Canter of theatre and retail dis trict. On carlinee trartf errrnr. all over City. Electric ssisirisi istt trsi sad ttetajTa. HOTEL ALCAZAR S56 O'Farrell Street. SAN FRANCISCO New. nothlnit finer In the ctty. A quiet place to rest; one block to theater and shop ping dlatrlct. Ueak phones in every room. Ice aerved all lioura. A lirat-claaa rrlll In connection. Oui!d rooms $l a day up. Special meekly ratca. fl.io aad up