The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1903, Page 11

THE SAN FRANGIQCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903. 11 STUDENTS WILL DON THE SOCK AND. BUSKIN TO PRESENT ARISTOPHANES' IMMORTAL GREEK COMEDY “THE BIRDS” / : * MAYOR'S PHPER | PLEASES PUBLIE, Widespread Interest in Message on Water Supply. o Officials Await the Time Limit on Offer to Contra Costa People BENLE acisco Call, n extent documents the ex- | sour op s and s of water | r 25,000,000 vv.vmtlre-!\ of course, of engineering | which will be | city’s experts the municipal water fonal, data, EVENTS IN SOCIETY| The wedding fessor ¢ Miss nes, etill bearing | were interwoven med the top and t of which was | yills or the wedding only | ir_return | ixteeat | Raymond belonj s of Oaklan e of the Oakland High and charming woman Supervisor John Mit e me the rriage occurred th was informally rty gues “at calling Lon- ig events Miss Georgle S Herbert Johnsor heon complin and to-morrow Miss the hostess at a small ary to Miss Ruth Kales. The Wednesday Morning Musica! Club will resume ite work in September, the first pro- gramme to be given on the 16th Mrs. Q A se and her daughier, Miss elen Chase. roing for the Bast s bot h missed In soctal o A4 they expect to remain away for at ast three months Mise Gertrude Mansfield Is in Hollister visit- g friends and expects to return to Oskland ut Baturday B —— REVIVES ORDINANCES «FOR CITY’S IMPROVEMENT | OAKLAND, Aug. 19.—In line with the efinite policy of a complete overhauling 4 city’s streets and sidewalks in interests of~cleanliness and the con- of the public Mayor Olney h: ector of Streets Denton to jately to the Board of Works | | ordinances covering side- | the structed I report imme Inspector Denton has aiso | e from the Contra Costa | ¥y to immediately repair isorder because of exca- ations for laying. Dally district nspections of the city are in progress with the end in view of enforcing as peedily as possible all of the ordinances vering the use of streets and sidewalks. The Board of Public Works has decided this policy on the ground that the ty hes long since passed the village tage and should be handled as a city 1 fact as well as in name. —_—————— To Contest Will. OAKLAND, Aug. 15.—The beginning of contest in the courts over the estate f the late Catherine Hahn, who left roperty valued at §120,000, was begun to- At the final accounting of the ex- tors objection was made by Rosemary Bouveroux, one of the heirs, to a $3000 ¢ charged against the estate by the ex- ecutors for their attorney, Benjamin Grif- fin. This item was cut by Judge Hall to $150. The case was them comtinued to Beptember 15. | it has alwa Berkeley Undergraduates Plan a Monster Theatrical Entertainment Lasting Three Days 3 L o DIES SUDDENLY OF Hi5 WOUND Bullet Fired by Son-in- Law Kills William H. Lafferty. Victim Lingers More Than One Week With Hopes of Recovery. | Oakland Offica San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, Aug. 18, William H. Lafferty, who was shot at Point Richmond on August 11 by George C. Henley, his son-in-law, died at the Berkeley Sanitarfum to-night. Death | came suddenly at a time that Lafferty was supposed to be on the high road to recovery. Lafferty was shot through the neck, and while the bullet did not cut an artery it passed so near that the membrane covering was injured. It fafled | to heal properly and to-night the artery burst and death came very shortly. Henley, the son-in-law who did the shooting, was in Point Richmond at the time, having been released upon $2500 bail for assault to murder at the time that Lafferty was expected to recover. When it was announced that the wounded man had died Henley'at once | gave himself up and was charged with murder. Lafferty was taken to the Berkeley San- itarium two days after the shooting and ys been supposed that he would recover from the wound, so that the death to-night was very unexpected. He was being attended by Dr. George W. Davis of the sanitarium. There were no relatives present at the time of his death, but P. L. Winchell of Vallejo, another son-in-law, arrived to- | night and will take charge of the funeral arrangements. The inquest will be heid in Berkeley on Friday, death having oc- curred in this county. The deceased was 5¢ years of age and a native of New York. ——— CLUB WILL SECURE ILI?B! INSTRUCTORS Many Improvements Will Be Made in Arrangement of Reliance Club Rooms. OAKLAND, Aug. 18.—The Reliance Ath- letic Club is considering a numbér of pro- posed improvements in the Interfor ar- rangements of the club rooms, which will add to the accommodation of the mem- bers. An additional number of instructors will be secured to assist in the gymnasi- um and a se¢ries of tournaments in bowl- ing, bllliards and handball will be ar- ranged to take place soon. Owing to pressure of business, Director J. B. Dean has tendered his resignation, but until a decision is reached as to his successor it will not be accepted. Vizws rreors sus ( OrRE SR JHEAITR . i / for the Opening of the Newly Completed Open Air Theater. w0 — {3 | NEW OPEN-AIR GREEK THEATER ON CAMPUS OF THE SITY OF CALIFORNIA, AND PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS WHO ARE ARRANCING FOR THREE DAYS' DRAMATIC FESTIVAL. e 3 UNIVER- } ERKELEY, Aug. 19.—The open- | air Greek Theater, which is the oficlal name that has been adopted for the amphitheater presented to the university by William R. Hearst, will be dedicated next month with a three days’ | dramatic festival, It is proposed to give lish play, the actors to be selected from | among the students of the University of California, and professors to act as the instructors. | Only the general arrangements have been made, but these genéral plans are sufficient to show the magitude of the three days' dramatic. festival. Three members.of the faculty will have charge of each day, and these committees are already perfecting the details of the event, which will shortly be given to the public. At present only one definite play and cast has been selected, that for the first day, September 22 This will be the Greek day, and it has been decilled to present ‘“The Birds,” by Aristophanes, :ng of the most famous of Greek come- les. AMPLE TIME FOR STUDY, Rehearsals have already begun for this, and as the play is not to be given for a month there will be ample time for the student-actors to commit their parts well. In the meantime those having to do with the play will make the most 1 | @ Greek play, a French play and an Eng-, — elaborate preparations for a perfect pro- duction of this old play. It is a play that affords exceptional opportunities for the presentatlon of brilliantly costumed choruses and to make its stage pictures effective it will be necessary to spend considerable time and effort in the traln- ing and costuming of the players. The stage properties will be arranged as far as possible to conform with the dramatic canons of the ancients. Although the cast is not yet complete the principal speaking parts huve been assigned. These will be taken by Will H. Alexander, Ivan M. Linforth, H. B. Dewing, Beverly Allen, W. A. Brown and Barry H. Cerf. In addition to these players there will be an acting chorus of twenty-four men, which will be re- inforced by a singing/ chorus of about thirty men. The singing chorus and the orchestra, both of which will be under the leadership of Dr. H. J. Stewart of San Francisco, will be concealed from the spéctators’ view. The music will be that which was composed by Dr, John K. Paine expressly for the Harvard Uni- versity produetion of the play. The training of the actors being di- rected by Professor Leon J. Richardson, assistant professor of Latin; James Tur- ney Allen, assistant professor of Greek and classical archaeology, and Dr. Wash- I(;wton Prescott, instructor in Latin and reek. is a satire on human so- observed by Aristophanes, and its humor can be as weil appre- ciated in this day as it was centuries ago by the Greeks. It deals with the trans- formation of a‘certain number of mortals into birds, who look upon human soclety from an external point of view, thus glving new opportunities for fresh points of satire and amusing incidents. PRODUCTION IS RARE. The play has only been given twice in modern times. It was revived for the first time, after its abandonment by the | ancients, In 1883 in England, when Sir Humbert Perry wrote n\ep mustc for it. | Ten years later it was ‘played by the | students at Harvard University, so now it is reserved for the University of Cali- fornia to produce it for the third time. On the second day of the festival Ra- cine's famous tragedy, “Phedre,”” one of the masterpleces of the French dramatie genius, will be presented. It will be in charge of a committee consisting of Marius J. Spinello, Charles H. Howard | and Carlos Bransby, all members of the department .of Romanic languages. An old English play will be given on | the third day, though it has not yet been, selected. It may be the blunk verse| tragedy “Ton,” by Sir Willlam Noon Tal- ford, or Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night.” The play, whatever it is, will be given under the direction of Professor Charles Mills Gayley, head of t:‘ department of English; Professor Chafncey Wetmore Wells, assistant in English composition, and Victor Henderson, .lecturer in Eng- lish. ————————— BODY OF AN UNENOWN RECOVERED FROM BAY | ALAMEDA, Aug. 19.—Frank Mirandi re- covered the body of an unknown man from the water off the south side of Bay Farm Island to-day, It is thought that the remains are those of a sailor. He was about 6 feet 2 inches in height, dark complexioned, with dark hair, wore a dark woolen coat and vest, blue over- alls, hght underclothes, heavy socks, tan leather slippers and heavy leather belt. In the pockets were found four brass buttons bearing the Inscription, “Liver- pool, Brazil and River Plate 8. M. Co., Ltd.,” and also a monogram with “L and H” in it. From its appearance it is judged that the body has been in the wa- ter for three weeks or more. i et Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Aug. 19—The following muArhv licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: William H. Cas- well, 28, and Cassie F. Huff, 2, both of Sacramento; Timoleon Polirier; 6, and Ellen Kitto, 67, both of Oakland; Murray Laidlaw, over 21, and Carrie C. Akerly, over-18, both of Oakland; Charles W. Macartney, over 21, and May A. Donovan, over 18, both of Oakland: Harvey E. Jackson, 44, Oakland, and Lucille H. Er- win, 3, Portland. MorIMER flf&lzm;flxfii’ r N GREE e Picio, Jeters T BIRDS LOGAL SCHOOLS ARE ATTRAGTIVE Many Non Residents Apply for Admission as Pupils. City Superintendent McCly- monds Objects to Large Classes. —_—— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 18. The Board of Education has under con- slderation the applications of between 200 and %0 non-residents for permission to enter the public schools as pupils. Ac- tion on these requests has been deferred until. the enrollment of resident ajtend- ants shall have been completed. The board exacts a tuitlon fee from all non- residents who are granted the privilege of entering the Oakland public schools. This rule can only apply this year to primary and grammar school pupils and such high school students as shall come from districts where high schools are es- tablished. Those applicants who reside in districts not provided with high school facilities must be accommodated without expense of tuition fees. Superintendent of Schools MeClymonds has ‘received complete reports from the several schools of the city showing that organization for the présent schools term has been effected. There has been heavy crowding at the Durant School. The others are well filled, there being through- out the department an average enroliment of forty-eight members to a class, exclu- sivesof the high schools. Superintendent McClymonds declares that the maximum limit, the way outside figure, should show not more than fifty members to a class, that anything approximating proper at- tention by the teachers might be given to the puplls In their charge. The Superintendent sald; It is this large class enrollment that is dis- turbing us. Our facilities are so inadequate that we are compelled to form much larger A classes than we should ocare to oreanize. teacher cannot exercise the individual over- sight that is required to do good work unjess the number of puplls is kept within reasonable ‘bounds. By reducing the number in a class you prevent overcrowding and give a teacher some chance to impart knowledge. To remedy this condition of affairs we must have some new school bulldings as socon as possible. ——— . . Improvement Club to Meet. OAKLAND, Aug. 19.—Matters of inter- est to the people of West Oakland will be discussed at a meeting of the West Oakland Improvement Club which will be held. to-morrow evening at Hansen's Hall, corner of Wood and Goss streets. - ORGANIZED LOCAL GARBAGE TRUST Scavengers Get IntoBad Odor With School Directors. Alameda Officials Refuse to Meet the Demands of the Merger. ALAMEDA, Aug. 19.—Local scavengers have organized a trust and as a result of their first move to increase their divi- dends the garbage men have got them- selves into bad odor with the members of the Board of Education. Seeretary Charles C. Hughes of that body has been instructed to break the refuse merger if he can. While he realizes that it may prove one of the strongest tasks he has ever tackled, Hughes asserts that he will stay the effarts of the garbage monopo- lists or feel after he has done his best like & man in the “dumps.” It develond last night when the bids for removing the waste material from the public schools were opened that the scavengers of Alameda had evidently heard of the business tacties pursued by John D. Rockefeller. Andrew Carnegle and other famed financiers of modern times and that they had formed a com- bine to gather in more coin for gather- ing in banana skins, orange peels, muti- lated sandwiches, scrap paper, lead pen- cil shavings fractured slate pencils and the assorted debris that is generally to be found about educatlonal Institutions. The lowest bid submitted last night was ten times greater than what the Board of Education has been paying for two years for having the same work done. Heretofore a scavenger has been allowed $350 a month for removing the garbage from all of the publie school premises. Last night Luigi Farnando & Co. offered to take the contract for $35 a month. B Findle & Co. would do the work for $38 50, and A. Mussi wanted $& a month to dis- pose of the garbage. All of the bids were rejected, and Secretary Hughes was or- dered to make other arrangements to have the waste material taken away. In speak- ing of the scavengers' trust Hughes sald: I received the three sealed bids yesterday, but was not at that time aware that the garb- age men had formed a merger and raised the rates. One of the envelopes enclosing a bid bore on the outside the words, - scent.”” T did not smell the rat then, but later I detected the meaning of it all. It was not a very fragrant punm, but it might have been worse, 1@ is possible that we may have the garbage removed from the schools hereafter by the city’s teams. s amt MBS I SR SR Must Face Accusers. OAKLAND, Aug. 19.—A telegram re- ceived at the County Jall to-day says that Julius Jorgenson, the absconding Danish bank cashier, must return to the scene of his alleged crime and stand trial for his offense. He has been in the hopes that his case could be compromised, but the negotiations in this regard have evi- dently fallen through. He states that the Danish Consul has offered his companion, Johanna Moeller, a position that will serve to keep her and her child from want. Jorgenson expects that he will be- gin his return journey by next Sunday. ———— “CURVED LALL” MYSTERY CLEARLY EXPOUNDED “De Kids” Enow More About the “Physical Phenomenon” Than Do Professors. “There is one science which is under- stood and described with as much en- thusiasm by the boy of the street, with his peculiar vernacular, as it is by the learned college professor.” remarked a man who takes more pleasure in study- ing the percentages of the ball teams than any of the other weighty national and International problems. “That is the science of the curved ball. Here is how it was explained to me the other day by a youthful participant in a very warm game at the foot of the Washington mon- ument: “*Ah, dat's easy. All yer got to know is dat de ball skates after its twist, and den get yer. fist trained to do the biz If yer wants ter fool de guy wid de stick by de drod whirler yer jest pass it out under dese two fingers after yer spit on yer hand to make de top spin. Turh her over de top fingers, and de flying ma- chine goes up. When she is ter waltz jest outside de reach of de stick de twist must be on de dead level, swinging out. If yer wants to puncture de guy in de ribs do de level twist on de inside, and dat's all’ ““These are the four curves properly de- scribed according to the accepted expla- nation of the best professional twirler, and mean, when translated, that the ball fallows its nose. If it leaves the pitch- er’s hands revolving downward on a hori- zontal axis it is bound to drop. If it leaves his hand revolving upward it fol- lows its nose and rises. When the ball travels on a vertical axis, revolving out- ward from the batsman, the outward curve is the result, and, similarly. on a vertical axis with an inward revolution, the inshoot is caused. The outdrov is the result of the ball traveling on a slant- ing axis with an outward revolution, and S0 on. “All of these young enthusiasts are scientists of the first water, and they are undoubtedly the embryo professors of a few years hence.”—Washington Star. —_—————— : Broke It Gently. A North Missouri editor received a note the other day telling him that one of his subscribers was dead, and asking that his paper be discontinued. A few days later the editor met the “deceased” subseriber on the street, and told him about the nete. “I wrote that note myself,” re- turned the subscriber. ‘What for?" asked the editor. “Well, 1 wanted to stop yer paper,” said -the subsecriber, candidly, “an’ know- in’ how bad you need the money I didn't have the heart to come right out an’ do it. So I jes’ wrote you the note about bein’ dead.”—Argonaut. ——————— Few people get high enough up the lad- der of fame to make them dizzy. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS FROM FOUR STATES. 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