The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1903, Page 4

4 THE. ‘SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 25, . 1903. = NE —_— BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1063. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. | | Telephone Eagle 502. { | CHURCHES WILL BE THRONGED Special Musical Programmes | to Be Rendered at Many of the Houses of Worship| R DINNERS FOR THE HUNGRY —_—— Members of Both Berkeley and | Alameda Congregations Will | Hold Interesting Services ST | San Francisco Call, | Oakland Office 1 Broadway, Dec. 34. With a complete suspension of busi- ness, with feasting and merry-making for old and young, with sacred ser- vices in the churches and with gen- | erous pouring of the fortunate to | those in need, thus does Oakland pur- pose to celebrate to-morrow the greatest festival of the Christian world | Postmaster Thomas T. Dargie has ordered delivery of mails to-mor- row morning, and the general deliv- ery office the postoffice will be open u 10 a In the Catholic and Episcopal | churches elaborate services will be held in observance of Christmas day. | The t mass at St. Mary’s will be | sung a o’clock in 1h morning. | Christmas songs will be given by the choir of St. Mar School, under the s. Adolf Gregory. r masses will be at 6, 8 and and the solemn high mass will 10:30 a. m The music at the mass will be under direction of - reiides Gregory. It will be Weber's G, rendered by an with organ and chestral acc t. The offertory will be “A S Benediction | will follow ately after mass, at which will ‘O Salutaris,” by ozart; “T " by Schoepf, Hayad “Laudate - Domi- ill be Reyv. Dr. Can- Morrison; sub- | G:; master of v Be! Dr Dr. Lyman. Rev. Dr. ach. ass will be Miss Belle King, Miss ent will b rvatc Oakiland C: y Orchestra. Vio- Schwartz, Gi Howard Baxter Johnson and .Mr. | Mrs. There Columba’s Church, a solemn high morning A large- been secured, adership of Mi ging at the high mass. llivan of San Francisco | astor, Father Heslin, in the services during the holidays. Following is the programme of spe- cial Christmas music to be rendéred to- morrow at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, at Fourteenth and Harrison streets: and “Moderato” from einberger) ; processional Angels ' Sing (Mendels- | “*Gloria. Patri™ (Stanford): <O Little lock In the lock will as Herald te” (Turle): Deum.” in B flat n F (Tours): intro (Redner): “"Kyrie” (Men- Tibi” (Fickenscher); an ounod). the solo by Low- Worship_Christ. the mond), Mrs, Carrie them ell Redfie New-Born Ki (Pickenscher) : Brown Dexter ¥ Agnus Del” (Tou Gloria_in JExcelsis, old chant; retroces: Angels “from _the Realms of Glory™ postiude,” *“Toc- | cata” from Symphonie No. 1 (Widar). Christmas services will be held at| Trigity Church, Twenty-ninth street and Telegraph avenue. Holy commu- nion at 7:30 a. m.; morning prayer, ser- mon and holy communion at 11 o'clock. The programme of music is as follows: Processional, *“Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"* obn): Venite in F (Danks); Te Deum Jubllate in G (Danks); Introit, | “0 Little Town of Bethlehem” (Hawiey); | hymn, It Came ¥pon the Midnight Clear” | (Willig); offertory, ‘‘The Birthday of a King” | Neidlinger): communion hymn, “Bread of the | World"” (Hodges): recessional, Angels f!om’ the Realms of Glory” (Regent Square) The Christmas programme will be repeated on the Sunday after Christmas. At St. John's Church holy communion will be celebrated at 7 and 8 o'clock, and at 10 o'clock the high celebration will take olace, with full choral and sermon. Following is the musical pro- gramme: Hymn, “Adeste Fideles": introit, psalm No. 8 1 Bring You Good Tidings” (Goss); hymn Came Upon the Midnight Clear”; them, “‘Gloria in Excels! f Twélfth Mass”: hymn, “O Saving Victim hymn, ~Angels From the Realm of Glory.” The music of the communion service is by Sir John Stainer Rev. O. St. John Seott, rector of St. Andrew’s Protestant Episcopal Church, at Twelfth and Magnolia streets, will hold Christmas services to-morrow in| the following order. At 7:45 a. m., celebration of the Holy Eucharist, at 11 a m., prayer and sermon by the rector, the subject of which will{ be “Joy of Angels.” In connection with the Christmas services at the Church of the Advent in East Oakland a special programme of music will be rendered by the church choir. Special Christmas services will, be | held at St. Paul's English Evangelica) | Latheran Church to-morrow morning. The subject of the Rev. W. A. Larson's “Kyrie Eleison” (Hall); sequence, ‘‘Behold, It | Police Believe Him to Be Person | have been making complaints and from | him to hold him for a while and in | who have been molested will be inter- [e— | of the Eighth Avenue Church gave an | of volunteers from the lodge. THIS MAN MAY BE THE HUGGE - . Charles Cramer, a Husky Va- grant, Is Arrested at Eme'ry- ville for Frightening Women OLD LADY IDENTIFIES HIM Who Has Put His Arm Around Belles of the College Town e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 24. Charles Cramer, a follower of the races, was arrested at Emeryville this afternoon by Marshal Lane for bother- ing women in the neighborhood of the racetrack and he is believed to bé “Jack the Hugger,” who has been frightening the belles of Berkeley by squeezing their waists. The statement made by Marshal Lane and Recorder Coburn of Emeryville is to the effect that Cramer has been identified by Mrs. Rossler of that place as the man who entered her home yes- terday unannounced and demanded money of her. She is a sufferer from paralysis and was unable to move from her chair. She, however, observed Cramer closely and identified him to- day as the man who came to her house. | He did not trouble her after finding out that she was ill Lane states that women along the road between Emeryville and Oakland the description given of him he was en- | abled to arrest Cramer. He says Cramer came here from St. Louis. A charge of vagrancy was placed against the meantime the ladies of Berkeley viewed with the idea of finding out whether Cramer is responsible for the disturbances in the college town. -+ sermon will be: “Behold I bring’ you good tidings of great joy.” The Rev. Dr. Carlsen of Haywards will conduct a Scandinavian Lutheran Christmas service at the Y. M. C. A} hall, corner of Twelfth and C's treets. at 7:30 o'clock to-morrow evening. Needy families will receive many gifts from organizations of tae various churches of this city, which will ht’lp" to brighten the Christmas season. The | King's Daughters of the First Presby- an Church sent out more than fifty | s of Christmas provisions. The nbers of the First Methodist Church | the Eighth Avenue Methodist | number of boxes of gifts for the inmates of the Fred Finch Orphanage. The children and | Church have prepared a entertainment last night for the benefit of the little ones at the orphanage. More than 400 boxes of Christmas provisions were distributed to poor families throughout the city to-day by the Oakland Lodge of EIks. The distri- bution was under the supervision of Clay Hawbaker, assisted by a number | Through the generosity of the organization at least 1600 people, who would have otherwise been denied a share of the good things of the season, will be as- sured of a merry Christmas, The Salvation Army has sent out more that 150 complete dinners to poor families of the city, and in addition | they will provide a Christmas tree for | poor children at the army headquarters | | | next Saturday evening. Each of the children attending will be presented with candy, nuts and tovs. | On Christmas day the Volunteers of | America will serve a dinner to the poor | at the headquarters on Eighth street | and Broadway. The music for Sunday morning at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Four- teenth and Harrison streets, wiil be the same as on Christmas except that the offertory will be sung by Miss Louise E. Feldhein. Followipg is the pro- gramme: | ““Chorale” (Kirn- Shepherds | * (Tansur); in Sunday evening—Prelude, Flock ‘Gloria Patri’” F (Lioyd); “'Nuno Dimittis" fertory. Bethlehem™ (Coombs), N anthem, “'Calm on the List'ning Ear of Night (Parker), the solo by Miss Eubank; | barytone Lowell Redfield; cantata, “Christmag_Eve” (Gade), the solos by Mi Eoujse E. Feldheim; retrocessional, *'It C: ; Upon the Midnight Clear” (Willis); postiude, | “‘March Pontificale’ (Trombelle). -Miss Wini- fred June Morgan will play violin obligatos to the solos of Miss Eubank and Mr. Redfieid. Organist, Arthur Fickenscher; dircctor, Edwin | Dunbar Crandall The Christmas services of the First | English Lutheran Church will be held Sunday morning and evening. Follow- ing is the programme of the services: prelude, “‘Procession of Nuns” (Oesten); chorus, ‘‘Break Forth Into Joy”’ (Stmper); psalm “Gloria Patri"”; contraito solo, ‘“The Night of Bethle- hem” (Buck), Miss Bertha Marvin; Scripture reading; anthem, “The People That Walked in Darkness’” (Rogers); hymn No. 110, ‘‘Joy | to the World""; prayer; anthem, ‘“‘Behold I Bring You Good Tidings'. (Simper); Chrl mas_sermon; prayer, Lord’s Prayer (chanted); offerings_organ voluntary, ‘‘Prayer.” opus 81, No. 9 (Von Wilm); soprano solo, ‘‘Rejoice Greatly,” ‘Messiah” (Handel), Miss Clara Diana Stacy; hymn No. , ““Come 'Hither, Ye Faithful”; benediction and triple amen; silent prayer; organ postlude, ‘‘March Trione- phale” (Strelezki). Evening: Part 1—Organ prelude, ‘Norwe- gian Shepberd Son” (Oesten); hymn No. 229, Morning—Organ (selected), rk! What Mean These Holy Volces?’ psalm 100 pastor and congregati foria Patr” in D major; hymn No. 231, he Notes of Joy"; prayer; N Im on the Listening Bar ’ prayer, Lord’s Prayer chanted; offerings; organ voluntary, * " (Herzog): trio, “‘Lift Thine Eyes. ““Elijah” _(Mendelssohn), Mrs. Clara Diana Stacy, Miss Bertha Marvis Mrs. John C. Walling. Part 2—A Christm: cantate, ‘“The Word Made Flesh,” music by Thomas G. Shepherd, (text and narrative -se- lected from the Holy Scriptures), solos by Mrs. ra Diana Stacy (soprano), Miss Bertha Mar- | v , Bradford Peck (tenor), 0. J. Wi- liams (bass); - benediction, triple amen, silent prayer; organ postlude, “Une Fete a Trianore” (Roubler). ALAMEDA, Dec. 24—Five masses will be celebrated at St. Joseph’'s Church Christmas day, commencing at 5 o'clock. -There will be one every hour 5 the last mass, until 9 o'clock, and which will be a Solemn high mass, will start at 10:30 o'clock and will Ve supg | by an augmented choir. Follnwm;‘u the musical programme: “‘Kyrie Eleison” (Marzo's First Mass); “Gloria_in Excelsis’ (Marzo ““Veni Creator” (La Hache) First Mass); “*Sanctus’ (Gounod ’H Mass): “‘Agnus i ‘Adeste Fideles”! (Thomas) | Episcoval Church will be held at 10 | Catholic Church will begin with YULETIDE SEASON BRINGS MANY ALAMEDA COUNTY COUPLES TO ALTAR Though the Early Part of December Was Characterized by Dearth of Marriages, Christmas Time Will Add a Large Number.of Weddings to the Record e ' (Verdi ““Laudate D Composing thec hoir are: Sopranos, Miss Rebecca Rich, Mrs. E. T. M. Ecl “Tantum Ergo’ um’ (Gregorian). (Lambilotte) ; ert, Mrs. M. A. Campbell, Miss Tottie | Jones, Miss Rae Fowler and' Miss L. Bannerman; altos, Mrs. B. Young, Miss A. Wilson and Miss Sophie Koordt; tenors, W. W. Geggin, Arthur Gale and J. B. Didier; bassos, E. T. M. Eckert, A. de Bernardi, G. A. Hagy, B. Burrell and Ralph Elster; director, E. T. M. Eckert; organist, D. A. Dickie. Services will be held at Christ Epis- ¢opal Church to-morrow morning, be- ginning at 10:30 o’clock, when the fol- lowing programme will be given: Processional hymn, ‘O Come All ful";; “‘Adeste Fideles” Venite’ Smart); Te Deum in D ( ¢ bilate” in D (Garrett); ‘‘Credo” (Cruickshank); anthem, “‘Blessed Be the Lord God” (. Barnby) “Gloria Tibi" (Cruikshank); hymn, From the Reulms of Glory” tique de * (Noel); In Excelsis™ " (Loyd); re- | ““Hark! the Herald Angels n). Uda Waldrop, organist (Cruickshank) trocessional hymn, Sing” (Mend, and choirma: At the German Lutheran Church, on Haight avenue, there will be a Christ- | mas tree to-morrow afternoon, to which the little folk of the city and their & = . FOUR YOUNG WOMEN WHO BECAME BRIDES IN THE YULETIDE. | 4 3 OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—Weddings have not been very numerous this month, parents as well have been invited. Children of the First Congregationai | Church will receive a visit from Santa | Claus in the church parlors next Mon- | day evening. | This afternoon -the Catholic Ladies’ | Aid Society, the Alameda Women'’s | Charitable Association, the German La- | dies’ Relief Society and the Oakland | Lodge of s distributed many dinners and boxes of good things among the | deserving needy of the city. BERKELEY, Dec. 24—St. Mark's Episcopal Church will hold three ser- vices on Christmas morning. The first | will be at 6 o'clock, when communion | will be given, with music by the choir. At 8 o'clock another communion service | will be given, but without music. The regular service. will be held at 11:10| o'clock. The choir will sing “Sing and Rejoice” (Barnby) and ‘“‘Sanctus” (Gounod), Whitney Palache being the soloist. Communion service by Eyre. The only service at St. Matthew's o'clock, when the Rev.. John Gasso- ay will. officiate at a communion ser- vice. - Miss Resch-Pettérson will sing. The services at St. Joseph’s Roman the celebration 0f mass at 5 o'clock, to be followed by masses at 6 o'clock, 7 o’clock, 8:30 o’clock, 9:30 o'clock and 1 5 o'clock. The Rev. Father Mi- chael O'Riordan will be the celebrant. The young people of Trinity M. E. Church enjoyed themselves with a Christmas tree in Stiles Hall last night. Mother 'Goose and “A Peep Into Santa Claus’ Land” served to amuse them for several hours, and then presents were distributed to all. Miss Grace Piatt was the Mother Goose. A The teachers and pupils of the Sun- day-school of the Westminster Pres- byterian Church had a Christmas party last night in Fraternity Hall. The phogramme was contributed by Miss Maud Gerrior, Mrs. Gerrior, Miss Fdith Palmer, Miss Brown, Walter Palmer and Miss Lena Stewart. The Sabbath School of the Park Congregational Church held a Christ- mas party at Lorin Hall last night. Twenty-five children were presented with presents. The children of the First Congrega- tional Church held their Christmas tree party last night in the church. After a short programme the chil- dren were treated to refreshments and presents. ! The members of the First Presby- terian Sunday-school not only re- ceived gifts at their annual Christmas tree last night, but remembered many not so fortunate as themselves. The children all brought presents, that will be sent to the San Anselmo Or- phan Asylum for distribution among the children. ——————— The Brazilians drink coffee as the Ger- mans arink bedr: A great many cups are drunk each day by the average man and Women. The coffee is mdde very strong eand very sweet but there are a number of young peo- ple who have decided to link their lives together during the Christmas season. Colonel L. P. Crane and Miss Hattie J. Elliott were wedded last week and are now on their honeymoon. They will be at home to their friends at 529 Nine- teenth street after January 1. Colonel Crane has been connected with the ad- vancement of California for a number of years, at’ first in Los Angeles and later in the bay district. He is now a member of the International Realty Company and is connected with the Pa- cific Coast Petroleum Miners' BEx- change. Mrs. Crane has been historian of the Woman's Press Club for a num- ber of years, and has been prominently connected with educational work in this State. . . The wedding of W. E. Watkins and Miss Hattie English took place last week at the residence of the bride's parents, 549 Valencia street, San Fran- cisco, and after the holidays the young couple will take up their residence in this city. The wedding was quiet, Miss Edna Watkins, a sister of the groom, acting as bridesmaid, and Ward Las- celles acting as groomsman. Both of the voung people are well known on this side of the bay. Mr. Watkins was for many years connected with the Oakland Transit Company and the Car- men’s Benevolent and Protective Asso- ciation, and is very popular on this side of the bay. « = Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. McMillan have returned to their Alameda home after their wedding trip and have taken up their residence at 2111 Alameda ave- nue. The young couple are very popu- lar in Alameda, the groom being a member of the firm of Transue & Mc- Millan of Alameda. The bride was Miss Jessie M. Bavles of Alameda. The hon- eymoon was spent at Monterey. b BRdgety A honeymoon upon the high seas is the lot that fell to Captain and Mrs. Arthur G. Smith of Berkeley. Captain Smith is the master of a salling vessel, and after the ceremony was performed at San Pedro, in this State, they board- ed the vessel and sailed away over the Pacific Ocean. The bride, who was Miss Laura Pearl Spencer of Berkeley, Is well known in the college town. She graduated from the Berkeley High ‘School and is the granddaughter of Mrs. L. A. Spencer of Berkeley. N . Miss Irene O. Still, the daughter of ‘William E. Still, owner of the Liver- more Echo, was married last Tuesday to William G. Sinclair, a well-known and wopular member of the Oakland Wheelmen. The ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. E. R. Bille in his 'study at the First Methodist Church, Fourteenth and Clay streets. —_—— The honesty of lots of men has never been tested. ’| ——— REVERED VAN BORNE T0 REST Funeral Services for the Late Professor Felicien Paget Are Held at the Family Residence e Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Dec. 24. Many of the associates and former students paid their last respects to- day to Professor Felicien Victor Paget, late emeritus professor of Romanic lan- guages at the university, whose fu- neral was held at 2 o'clock this after- noon from the late residence, 2727 Dwight way. They had gathered around his bier. to look once more upon the face of the revered old man who had deveted his life to the art of teach- ing and inspired them in their days of study and struggle. There were be- sides hests of friends of the French colony, who had become intimate with him during his twenty odd years of residence in California. The services were very simple, con- sisting merely of a brief funeral ser- mon by the Rev. Joseph Worcester, a friend of the family and pastor of the Swedenborgian church of San Fran- cisco. It was rendered more sad by the serious illness of Madame Paget, who was uvable to bear up under her | bereavement. The pallbearers were four members | of the university faculty who wel- comed Professor Paget to the univer- sity when he began to teach in it six- teen years ago. They were Professor Irving Stringham of the mathematical department, Professor William Carey Jones of the department of jurispru- | dence, Professor Frederick Slate of the physics department and Professor Gus- tave Faucheux of the French depart- ment. The interment was private, the re- mains having been taken to Oakland for cremation. ——e————— DESPONDENT SALOON MAN COMMITS SUICIDE E. H. Drews of Haywards Shoots Him- self Five Times Before He Fin- ishes Work of Self-Destruction. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—E. H. Drews, proprietor of the Louvre saloon at Haywards, committed suicide this aft- ernoon in a rear room of his saloon by shooting himself five times with a pistol. Four of the bullet wounds were in the region of the heart and the fifth was in the abdomen. Drews’ body was found on a lounge at 4 o’clock. A note left by the saloon-keeper showed that he had contemplated suicide because he was despondent. Drews leaves a wife and four children. He was a na- tive of Germany and was about 40 years old. The Coroner has charge of the case. . —————————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Edward Rose, 58, San Francisco, and Etta B. Wil- son, 51, Meadville; Henry Speed, 43, and Alice L. Lectere, 32, both of San Francisco; John B. Guglass, 37, and Effle Alt, 27, both of San Francisco; Louis F. Gilmore, over 21, and Mabel C. Martin, over 18, both of San Fran- cisco; Roy W. Cloud, 27, and Sophie H. Robelt, 20, both of Redwood City; Charles E. Sutherland, 37, Fresno, and Mary C. Dow, 37, Oakland: Les- ter E. James, over 21, and Elizabeth G. Serens, over 18, both of San Fran- cisco; Andrew P. Stotts, over 21, and Ellen Brendemahl, over 18, both of Dimond; Frank Gularte, 23, Oakland, and Anna Gularte, 23, Haywards; Robert Olsen, 35, Oakland, and Min- nie Breuss, 32, Germantown; Freder- ick D. Love, 56, San Francisco, and Mary Fenton, 30, Portland; Waller F. Vance, 23, and Emma J. Haskins, 22, both of Oakland; Frank F. Rob- erts, over 21, and Mamie C. Galvin, over 18, both of San Leandro; Albert ‘W. Olsen, over 21, and Mattie J. Phar- is, over 18, both of Oakland. ——— e Lots of Presicential timber will go by the board. CRUEL HUSBAND GETS SENTENCE s George Sousa, Self-Confessed Wife-Beater, Is Given Limit by Justice of the Peace Cone EXPRESSES NO REGRET Defendant Says He Thrashed His Helpmeet Because She Made Bread Hard to Chew LRl Ty Py ALAMEDA, Dec. 24.—Six months for brutally beating his young wife and three months more for failing to pro- vide for his three little children were the sentences imposed on George T. Sousa by Justice of the Peace F. S. Cone this afternoon. The defendant pleaded guilty to the first charge and was found guilty of the second accusa- tion by the court. Sousa’s spouse, who confessed to but 20 years and who said that she was married when 16, was barely able to take the stand because of the unmerci- ful beatings administered to her during the last four weeks by her inhuman husband. She related how Sousa had refused to furnish food or clothing for herself and children and stated that when she begged a dollar from a kind neighbor, Mrs. Annie Lawrence, with which to purchase medicine for her sick baby, her husband knocked her down and took the coin from her. She further testified that Sousa had threat- ened her life and that she had fed from her home, on Jackson street, clad only in a night dress, to her father’s residence, on Bay Farm Island, to es- cape punishment by Sousa. According to his wife’s testimony, Sousa had pro- vided her and their three children with one head of cabbage in four weeks, and that was the extent of his generosity. Sousa did not deny thrashing his wife repeatedly, but asserted that he did so because she made bread that he could not bite. When he remarked to Justice Cone that he was sorry that he had not beaten his wife more often, the magis- trate remarked: “Well, I will give you the limit of six months and regret that I cannot make it longer.” _——— FINAL ACCOUNTING IN LARGE ESTATES APPROVED Erastus Bartlett and Frank Garcia Properties, Both of Great Value, Go Into Other Hands. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—The final ac- counting of the Erastus Bartlett es- tate was confirmed to-day by Judge Hall. The estate is valued at $500,- 000 and is situated in seven different States from California to Maine. Bartlett died in 1902 and the Judge took occasion to compliment Richard | Ayer, the executor, for the diligence displayed in the closing up of so large an estate in so short a time. That part of the estate situated in this State is valued at $141,741 25. The property goes to an only daugh- ter and her children. The final account of Charles D. Al- len in the matter of the foreclosure proceedings of Thomas H. Varney et al, vs. Frank Garcia et al. was approv- | ed to-day. Garcia was once reputed to be wealthy, but lost everything and | mortgages aggregating $200,000, cov- ering a large amount of realty, have been foreclosed. —_———————— MAJOR GEORGE W. ALBRIGHT LAID IN THE GRAVE Friends Pay Last Respects to Mem- ory of Well-Known Officer of Quartermaster’s Department. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—The funeral of Major George W. Albright, who died yesterday at his residence in Fruitvale, took place at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the family home, 1251 Twenty-seventh ayvenue. Th rvices were conducted by the Rev. William Carson Shaw, rector of the Church of the Advent of East Oakland, of which Major Albright was a member. The pallbearers were J. P. Meehan, A. Z. White, and four representativ from the Quartermaster’s Department of the United States army, with which the deceased was connected. The in- terment was at Mountain View. Boy Has Heavy Fall. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—Willie Kuhl, 14 years old, a cash boy at Talf & Pen- noyer's, was seriously injured evening while engaged in a friendly scuffle with Joe Belagno, another cash boy, who lives at 1371 Thirteenth street. The boys were skylarking in the basement of the store when Kuhl was thrown, his head strikking heavily on the cement pavement. The boy was removed to East Bay Sanitarium. Dr. Carl Krone said he could not tell until to-morrow whether Kuhl's skull was fractured. Kuhl lives at Fifth and Fallon streets. i GOOK BOOK Another shipment ‘will arrive about January 21, 1904. .In order to satisfy the demand for this premium we have ordered another carload of these books, and all persons sending to The Cook Book Depart- ment of this paper a six months’ subscription to The Daily and Sunday Call may secure one of the Twentieth Century Cook Dooks at the premium rate of 30c. Out-of-town subscriders should remit 28¢ additional to prepay transportation this | WS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA ACCISES ORE0 OF THE CRINE Gratiano in a Dying Statment Charges the Prisoner With Firing the Fatal ots SON CORROBORATES SIRE | Murderous Assault From Am- bush Follows Closely Upon Quarrel Between the Two Men oA A e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 24. Jealousy and a quarrel over momey are the causes which led to the shoot- ing early this morning of Louis Gratia~ no, who was fatally wounded by bullets fired from ambush near his home at 4160 Glen avenue. An hour after the report of the shooting was received at police headquarters Captain of Police W. J. Petersen had arrested Louis Oreo, the accused ambuscader, at M. Bertola's house, Forty-seventh street and Tele~ graph avenue. Gratlano identified Oreo at the Fabiola Hospital and de- clared that Oreo was the man who had shot him. As soon as the police knew of the affair Captain Petersen sent Detectiva Kyte to Fabiola Hospital, where Gra- tiano had been taken. The wounded man made a dying statement. and charged Oreo, his former boarder, with the crime. A few minutes later Peter- sen, with Kyte and Policeman George Ely, were on the trail of Oreo and quickly traced him to Bertola’s. Despite the positive identification by Gratiano, the arrested man denies that he fired the.shots which probably will end Gratiano's life. The wounded man’s statement was corroborated by his son, 11 vears old, who was with his father when the shooting occurred, and de< clares he saw Oreo step from behind a tree and fire two shots, both of whickhy wounded the elder man. Gratiano and Oreo are Italian labor« ers. Oreo is unmarried and had been a boarder at the other’s home for some time. Last night there was a quarrel | between the two. Gratiano told his roomer that he intended to move soon to a new house and that Oreo would have to find another boarding place According to tt e prisoner in his state- | ment to the police, Mrs. Gratiano was the first to advise him of the proposed | change of residence. He went to the husband and demanded payment of $48 he claimed Gratiano had borrow Thereat, claimed Oreo, he was attac ian(l stabbed by his landlord sew | times in the head. After the alle quarrel Oreo declared Gratiano and his son left the house. Oreo said he also left, but return later with his father and got his effec taking them to his father's residence in Alden. After that he went to Ber- tola’s, where he was arrested. Gratiano and his son went out after the quarrel to find a policeman, they claimed. It was while they were cross- | ing the corner of Forty-first street and | Broadway that the shooting occurred. | “I did not stab Oreo,” said Gratiano in his dying statement. “He hurt his head by falling. My son and I saw Oreo step out from behind a tree and shoot me twice.” Oreo is 24 years old and the wounded man is thirteen years older. Dr. Der- rick, who attended Gratiano, found that ome pistol bullet ,had severeqd the | windpipe and the other had passed | through the right lung. Friends of Gratiano say he suspected Oreo was trying to pay attention to | Mrs. Gratiano, and that this was the | reason the boarder had been ordered to leave the house. | — e————— | CARMEN WILL GIVE ; BALL IN FEBRUARY i(‘ommhtre of Arrangements Has Sew | cured Maple Hall for Next Social | Session of Organization. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—TheCarmen’s Social and Benevolent Society had completed plans for a ball, to be given at Maple Hall, on Fourteenth and Franklin streets, on Thursday evening, February 11. The members of the general ars rangements committee are: E. B. Booth, chairman; G. Bacom, ]“‘illiam Watkins, George Crane and | 8. A. Swanson. | | | | | | { | | The Street Metal Workers’ Union | entertained the members of the Plumbers’ Union at a smoker last night at Kohler and Chase Hall. An enjoyable programme was rendered, —_————————— | WATER COMPANY WILL PREPARE STATEME | | President Dingee Gives Promise of Ald to Council in Fixing Rates (\ for Next Fiscal Year. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—Councilman Cuvellier has stated that at a recent | conference with President Dingee of | the Contra Costa Water Company he | succeeded in getting President Dingee | to promise that the company would | furnish an explicit statement of its finances for the guidance of the City Council in fixing the next fiscal year’'s | water rates. | The Councilman also said that he [ would soon confer with representa- | tives of the water company in order to give them an idea of what the Council wants in the way of a state- ment. AR e =S Sl B SR High School Aegis Is Out. OAKLAND, Dec. 24—The Class Aegis, a semi-annual paper pub- lished by the graduating class of the Oakland High Scheol, was issued this week and it is a tasty little booklet containing engravings of the class and | the school athletic teams and fraternai | organizations. Charged With Peity Larceny. OAKLAND, Dec. 24—Joseph D Lake was arrested this morning on 2 charge of pettr larceny. The com- plaint was swern to by H. K. Snn\(( agent of the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company, who alleges tha! Lake collected $5_from a customer ir Alameda, after he had left the em- ploy of the company.