The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1904, Page 7

THE A SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 'SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1904. RE1DS 4 LESSO FRON WKOWEN President Wheeler Addresses sStudents, Telling Them That They Must Eschew Gambling ! ek PROMINE MEN SPEAK et -y Regent F. W. Dohrmann and | Dr. Edward R. Taylor Talk About Success and Character isco Call, 15. Jan y of the late due his He upon the univer- be got by ylor, dean of Has- a W. Dohr- speakers. rength of char- is needed now contempt of es and the greed I rmann’s theme was 8 < ¥ was to be a 4 owledge. The thing ed as the ability to f ein a home P some 4 n in one’s i r what it happens MR TUNNEL ROAD AN AID TO CONTRA COSTA RESIDENTS W. A. Rogers of Walnut Creck Tells What San Ramon Valley People g ) ] H tunnel Walnut i to-day eek, Who W ates of the Costa road has proved very = Rogtes e peo- le 2on Valley consider for it gives them rough to Oakland. We ng for t r yea o closer and b fight s 1 outle he pro- of Contra ¢ he SALOON MEN THREATEN UP SUNDAY Assert That if Barkeepers Persist in Demand for Day Off Places Will Be Locked. LAND, Jan. 15.—Sunday clos- »eated by the saloon men ves is the Ilatest develop- T of the contest now on be- the saloon-keepers and the Bar- The saloon men have r 1t if the barkeepers per- their demands for one day a 1 close on Sunday. of Oakland do not tween tenders’ Uni week The saloc off they men putting a strange s for one or two to their Sunday and that they will yns on that day. o Bank for West Berkeley. BERKELEY, Sav 15.—The West gs F k has been or number of Berkeley 1 will open its doors pitable place for it can lirectors have pur- of the Emery- nk. which recently re- Berkeley The property from ss. These directors are M. P. W e, Fran Ferrier, G. A. Wanger 1 W. H. Waste. Mr. is president of the new enter- IR SRR IS RIS Would Sever Ties. AND, Jan. 15.—Suit for begun to-day by mililwright, against Sarah m on the ground of crue litor has asked the cour from George Molitor on 1 of«cruelty ai- L BRIDGEWORK ¢ Cost of Material at the COLLEGE CLINIC work r the personal super- professor of Crown and 1 guaranteed 22k gold aterials, Painless methods. Graduates oniy. xtraction free Week Davs. 9 to 9: Sundays, 9 to 1. PZST-GRADUATE DERTAL COLLEGE cess from | off proposition, but | Saloon-keepers’ | Beniah | | - {list contains the names of men noted Mountain Post and Lookout Mountain Women's Relief Corps installed of- | ficers last evening in Woodman Hall, an interesting ceremony accompany- ing. Past Commander Lamp installed | the following named officers of the | post: Commang@er, Charles T. Kerns; sen- ice commander, J. A. Thompson; E | fornia to teach. Their consent was se- | cured by Professor Leon J. Richardson, | { 000, DISTINGUISHED MEN T0 TEACH Professor L. J. Richardson Engages Instruetors for i University Summer School —_—— SIDENT GIVES A Sir William Ramsay, Famous Chemist, and Hugo de Vries, Great Botanist, Among Them NAME Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Jan. 15. President Wheeler announced to-day the names of the men who will give| instruction at the next summer session of the University of California. The in their departments of study and in- vestigation, and two of them are; world-famous investigators of Europe, who have consented to come to Call- dean-elect of the summer session, through correspondence and a trip to the East, from which he has just re- turned st of these is Sir William Ramsay of London, the most distinguished of living chemists, whose discoveries of a number of gases in the air and ex- periments with radium have given him fame. His lectures will be upon the exploration of the gases of the at- mosphere. No less famous in his particular de- partment of research is Professor Hugo | de Vries of the University of Amster- dam, who will lecture on botany. The Dutch scholars in botany are in ad-| vance of all others, and Professor de | Vries is first among them, this rank having been attained through his dis- coveries. Professor Arthur A. Stanley of the University of Michigan will glve & in usi The history depart- | ment will have Professor E. J. Turner f the University of Michigan, whose | ct will be “American History"; - H. Morse Stephens and d Moses of California. In Eng- lish there will be Professor Francis B. | of Haverford College and | ond Lamont, editor of the New York Evening Post. The Romanic languages by Professof F. de Bryn Mawr College, Spanish; Professor “harles F. Grandgent of Harvard Uni- versity, Italian. Professor B. L. Gilder- Johns Hopkins University will in in Latin, besides whom there will be in this subject Professor | course will be Haan of sleeve truct W. A. Me of California. Professor F, M. McMurray of Colum- | bia University will lecture on educa- tion, a subject that attracts many| teachers to the summer session every | vear. R 1 of the ‘Geological | Survey of Canada will instruct in phy»‘i GRAND INSTALL ARMY COMMANDS THEIR OFFICERS Lookout Mountain Post and Women's Relief Corps Join in Ceremonies - at Woodman Ha BERKELEY, Jan. ~-Lookout e commander, Henry Aver; a Captain N. L. Freeze; adju- Thomas Gilbert; officer of the , John Clough; officer of the guard, avid Polhemus; surgeon, G. A. Shep- ard; quartermaster, J. Avyer. Mrs. Cora Merritt, department counselor, assisted by Mrs. Waltz as conductor, installed the following named officers of the relief corps, the ceremony being carried out with the assistance of the flag service: Presi- | dent, Mrs. ttie A. Le Furge; senfor vice president, Martha Wilde; junior vice president. Maude Cunningham: chaplain, Pearl M. Baum; secretary, Sarah Gilbert; treasurer, Christina Anloff; conductor, Belle Payso; guard, Harriet Miller; assistant conductor, Lida Smith; assistant guard, Hannah Polhemus; patriotic instructor, O. Belle Arnold; press correspondent, Amy W. Hamlin; musician, Kate L. Coady; color bearers, Della Gilbert, Laura B. Nelson, Alfrida Neilson, Sa- dle Ackerman. ————— IS APPOINTED EXECUTOR OF DR. ROSENK'S ESTATE Sapho Rosenkranz of Germany Proves That He Is a Son of the Deccased. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—Sapho Rosen- kranz of Germany was to-day appoint- ed executor of the estate of his father, the late Dr. Gustav,K Rosenk of this y. It required some explanation and much interpreting to prove that the relationship existed. Rosenkranz he had not seen his father for forty years before his death. The estate is valued at about $50,- Three-fourths of it go to rela- tives in Germany, while the remain- der is distributed to friends of the de- ceased living here. The late doctor dropped the last four letters of his name 2s 2 matter of convenience when he came to this country. ————— Set Fire to New House. BERKELEY, Jan. 15.—Fire Chief James Kenney thinks that malicious persons or a thief looking for tools set fire to a newly built house at 2504 Etna street, belonging to J. A. Ansley, early this morning. as the house was empty and no one had been near it for several days. The fire broke out at 2 o'clock. It caused about $300 damage. —_—— Crusade for Clean Streets. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—A dozen ar- rests of persons charged with throw- ing rubbish in the streets were made to-day by the police as the result of Mayor Olney's orders that municipal ordinances covering street cleanliness shall be enforced. | BOARD RESTO TO RANK RES CLARK OF SERGEANT Police Officer Reduced to Patrolman- for Political Reasons and the Reorganization Is Again Advanced o | \ | BY AN U RIENDLY BOARD OAKLAND PATROLMAN WHO H.\é BEEN MADE A SERGEANT OF POLICE, THE RANK HELD BY HIM WHEN HE WAS REDUCED — IN 1901. " AR OAKLAND, Jan. 15. — Patrolman Charles E. Clark was to-day promoted to be sergeant of police by the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. This action restores Clark to the rank he held three years ago, before he was reduced, for political reasons, by a former board. Sergeant Clark has been a member of the police force since October, 1893, when he was appointed a substitute. | The following January Clark was en- rolled as a regular patroiman, a posi- tion he held until June, 1899, when he was promoted to be sergeant. Having fallen in disfavor politically, Clark was selected, in October, 1901, for decapita- | tion, but the Board of Police Commis- | H. Smith, the Commissioners havin sioners was persuaded to limit its <+ 1 action to a reduction. Sergeant Clark stands as one of the most competent men in the police department. This action to-day 1is the second step the present Board of Police Com- missfoners has taken toward a re- organization of the police, department. For the first time since Clark's re- duction there are two sergeants avail- able for emergency work, as well as patrol supervision of policemen on their beats. Police officers say a third ser- geant could be used to excellent ad- | vantage, a sergeant being much more | mobile than a patrolman confined to | the limits of a beat. | In abeyance is the appointment of a | successor to the late Policeman James | mot asreed on the man. ¢ - UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Jan. 15.—President Wheeler bhas appointed Nathan Moran his private secre. tary pending the readjustment of matters on ac- count of the McKowen defalcation and the se- lection of a successor to the late secretary. Victor Henderson is now acting secretary and unless he is elected secretary by the Board of Regents he will return to his old position as President Wheeler's secretary as soon as university secretary is chosen. While a student Moran was a newspaper man, fraternity men- ber and an officer in the cadet regiment. He | has lately been a practicing attorney In San Francisco. In order to accommodate the fire fighters lately chosen from among the students and the apparatus with which they will fight, a house i abgut to be bullt on the slope near the miuing building. Forestry Commissioner Schreck, who repre- sents the German Government at the St. Louis Exposition, was & guest at the university yes- terday. He wus particularly interested in the agricultural department, about which he was shown by Proft or Hilgard. The. rebates students that have been held up for more than a month on account of {he McKowen incident are now being pald to stu- dents mt the secretary’s offlce. Professor E. W. Hilgard, dean of the agri- cultural department, will bé relieved of a large part ‘of his usual work during the coming six months in ordcr that he may continue writing | & book on agricultural subjects, which he begun fome time ago. He will continue the active management of the department, but wiil not v iny lectures. z e Araaciation of Flectrical Engineers slact- ed ihe following narmed cfficers at a meeting jast night: President, Stanley Walton, '04; Vice president, G. G. Watson, '04; secretary, L. W, Sloiter, '04; . executive committee, R. Thelen and W. G. B. Euler; director Journal of Technology, C. W. Phare “The Glee (lub held a meeting in Stiles Hall last Wednesday njght and decided to hold try- outs for new singers in the same hail on the evenings of January 20 and January 27. ——epauis Lo Headquarters in Oakland. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—The Califor- nia Gas and Eleetrical Corporation, which now contgels the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company and many other corporations of like character, will move its headquarters from San Francisco to Oakland on March 1. This corporation controls many cor- porations in cities outside of San Fran- cisco. ———————— Bank Officials Elected. OAKLAND, ‘ Jan. 15.—The State Savings Bank of this city has elected the following officials: Directors—J. C. McMuilen, Dudley Kinsell, W. C. Moody, J. P. Lanktree and C. H. Jones; president, J. C. McMullen; vice president, Dudley Kinsell; cashier, R. J. McMullen. | Baptista Will Recover. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—Joseph Bap- tista, who took carbolic acid because his bride of a few months deserted him, will not die and is on the high road to recovery. —_—— Napa Patient Recaptured. OAKLAND, Jan. 15—J. M. Brown, | who escaped from the State Hospital at Napa yesterday, was recaptured to- day in this city and taken back to the institution. . it | covers were latd for the entire club. «| pointed: » EVENTS IN SOCIETY OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—The Linda Vista Club, which s now In Its eleventyh year of good. fellowship, was_entertained last evening by r. and Mre. Edward M. Walsh at dinne Their_beautiful home, on Monte Vista avenue. was prettily decorated, the dining table being especially attractive. Red carnations. m hair and asparagus ferns were graceful the large round table, on ranged on After dinner the members _enjoyes usual game of whist, N e the heavy sliver forks hich are always given as prizes being won by Mr, Walsh, Mre. Wiggins and Mr. Coffin. The Linda Vista Club bership consist | of Mr. and Mrs. John D. . Mr. and M {E. B. Fhnt, | Mr. and_M SMr nd M | Edwerd M. . and Mrs. B. S. Hul bard, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wiggins, Mr. and Mre., John A, Britton. Dr. and Mrs. E. I. Dow, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cotton, Mr. and M A. F. Coffn, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Heron, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butier, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ismon, Mr. and Mre. Giibert L. Belcher. $ e Miss Florence Taylor eh five hundred club yesterday, the: prine won by Miss Julln Summers. The tea “at Mrs. Murry L. Johnson's hom for Miss Geraldine Scupham, premises to be .a' brillfant affair. About two. hundred guests have been invited. The receiving party in. .cludes: Mrs. James Sheppard Jenks, = Mrs, James A. Johnson, Mrs. F. E. Wells ' B, Webater, Mis. F.' M. X ckle, Miss G. B. Playter, Migs Ellzabeth Scuphan, Miss Geraldine Scuph: Finch, Miss Ethel Jonnson, o i Anna B small the prize being Miss Marian Goodfeliow Is expected o on. the Korea, which 1s due nmp.;...u-r;wg Mi: Goodfellow has been In .the Orlent for several months. and as is exceedingly popular her return will doubtiess be the signal for much entertaining in er honor.. Her mother, Mrs. W. §. Goodfellow, s planning a iarge reception for the 26th, at which the wan- derer's friends will have ‘an opportunity — to ety April 11 is the date salected for the annual whist' tournament at Maple Hall, It will as usual be a very elabqrate affaj The following commitiees -have been Prentiss Selby, A. Folger. Mrs. Charles 1801 hairs—Mrs. E. cards—Mrs. ith: badges— ap- B Oscar Luning. Mrs. et Miow, James ;o Femillara, Mrs. Hugh Hogan; Robert Moore, Mre. Charles Smi Mrs. Ernest' Folger: tickets—Mrn. Rem! Chabot, Mrs. J. H. P. Dunn; printing—bire. Yailace Eversin: committee of arrangements rs. R. W. esney, Mrs. Huj Mrs. 8. A O'Neil. - s ne Several large functions will engage t) tention of soclety devotees to-m:'rm:! .e big “tea” which Mrs, David Rae is giving at the Metropole. Mrs. Murry Johnson's reoep- tion for Miss Scupham, a card party in the afternoon at Mies Alma Brown's and another in the evening at Miss Florence White's home in )ast Oakland, The affair at Miss Whit will include the men 100, 80 It is sure to be pleasant and brilliant t. g brides-to-be—Miss Burdge, Miss Moore, Misa re the honored ones. A, Boone ‘and Miss Barry- Ry Mrs, A, S. Larkey entertained a few quite informally thie’ afternoon in' honai ag her stster-in-law, Mrs. J. B. Tregioan of Am-: ador. who s h t. The artistic Webster-street e charmingly deco- rated and a game of flve hundred served to pass the time very pleasantly. The prizes were won by Mrs, H. 8. Kergan, Mrs. J, F, R, Webber and Miss Eva Yorker, About sixteen guests enjoyed Mrs. Larkey’s hospitality, The small *‘at home’ iss nd :c B _of honor, both R ’:S:-ullln m'mrn 1y dfhm lege me(n- the reunion was a pleasant ‘one. “Ufirs M. J. Laymance and Mra. E. R. Davis Commences| BOND REPORT NEAR AT HAND Mayor Olney Announces That | the Special Commrittee Will | File Document Monday Night —_—— COVERS A WIDE RANGE Chairman John L. Howard Ex- hausts Many Weeks of Labor in His Work of Preparation Oakland Office San Franciseo Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 15. Mayor Olney has announced that the report of the special committee on bonds, headed by City Councilman John L. Howard, will submit its re- port on Monday evening to the City Council. The Mayor made 'this state- ment at the meeting of the Board of Public Works this afternoon. His Honor has been in close touch with the special committee and has been keenly interested in furthering: the work as rapidly as a careful and laborious study of the many projects in view would permit. The report will cover recommendations of the committee touching the propesition of a muni- cipal water supply, street, park and general improvements, including a new City Hall and increased facilities for the Fire Department. The documents are very voluminous, and present the many subjects for the Council’s con- sideration in much detail. This is the first definite announce- ment that has come from any official source concerning the condition of the | committee's report and the time when it would be ready for the City Coun- cil’'s comsideration. Mayor Olney told his fellow Commis- siorersthat Councilman Howard had exhausted many weeks of diligent labor in the work of preparing the report. Until it shall have been officially laid before the Council, the report, in none all of the of its general or particular recom- mendations, will be made public. Closest secrecy has been observed in this connection, . especially concerning the municipal water supply matter. —_——— MAYOR OUTVOTED AS TO FIGHT PERMITS Objects to Granting of Application on the Ground of Many Contests During Month. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—Mayor Olney voted to-day in the Police Board against granting the West Oakland Athletic Club a permit to hold a box- ing contest on January 19. His Honor said he objected because there had been granted already two permits for other club fights this month, and he thought three fights a month were | too many for Oakland. Commissioners Turner and. McEl- roy voted to grant the permit. Tur- rer contended that the City Council | had passed along the question of fights to the Commissioners and that if the Council did not want fights to go on it should repenl the ordinance. The Mayor thought that the or- dinance gave the board discretion. “I should have vetoed the ordinance if T had believed it did not place dis- cretionary powers in the board,” said | the Mayor. There ‘was no objection, Mayor Ol- | ney explained, to the West Oakland Athletic Club, but he did protest against the number of fights permit- | ted in a month. ¥ S SN R e Never Too Old to Marry. BERKELEY, Jan. 15.—Mrs. Rhoda Amanda Dickele, aged 57 years, and’ Frederic Mitchell, aged 62 years, were | married last evening by Justice of the | Peace Edgar at his home in South | Berkeley. The ceremony was wit- nessed by the daughter and son-in- law of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Abra- ham Lester. The couple will reside in Los Angeles, the groom being a retired business man of that city. —_—————————— Says Husband Is Cruel. ALAMEDA, Jan. 15.—Minnie Moli- tor of this city commenced suit to-day | for a divorce from George Molitor on the ground of cruelty. They were married here in 1886 and have three children. It is alleged by the plain- tiff that her husband came home drunk at times and threatened her life. Mrs. Molitor asks for the com- munity property and custody of the children. > the hostess In recelving and both :::::“:lumuy gowned—Mrs. Laymance in a very becoming champagne colored samite cloth robe and Mrs. Davis in a fetching pink gown of crepe de chine. The hostess herselt was unusually attractive in”a pretty light gray crepe de chine. drs. Laugenour wore a | Randsome tan colored crepe trimmed with | gled lace, and Mrs. Leven's gown was of | clel blue muile cver taffeta. | Mrs. Laurle Adams, who has been 1Il for some time, was able to be present to-day and was very stunning in a brown cloth gown, hendsome fur hat, stole collar and muft. * Mrs. J. Walter Scott's beautiful chin- chilla furs were also much admired, her dress being a modish mixed brown and gray. . Burbank wore an elegant black toflet and Mrs. J. Warde Eaton's brown cioth gown With trimmings of geranium scarlet was mnuch red. m:-. ©. T. Mills was a distinguished guest to-day-and divided the honors with her former pupls, 'he residence was attractively decorated, red Perphene: perrics. and carnations entering Into the general scheme. Several of the ladies present to dinner and were jolned by thei tve hustands, and cards and dancing finished a very pleseant da¥, BERKELEY, Jan. 15.—The bda Theta Phi Sorority will give a dance eveaing in the Town ard Gown Club. The members are devoting this day to the decoration of the hall in_ an tion_of the affair. They are the Misses Downey, Elinor _Merrill, Ruth Groen, Adelatde Bangs, Loulse Eastman, Vesta ‘olby, Alice Powell, Wr Merrill, Ethel \ Rowena on. P e e By the meribers of remained ir respect] . given ‘Berkeley Presbyterian Church last e e Tiev. R. 5. Eastman, who recently a call to the church.‘An informal Programme of, music was given during the evening. 2 Tadles' Ald Soclety of the First Baptist chmh gave a soclal in the pariors of the church this evening. The guests of the soclety A programme of music and Mrs. J. M. Plerce was the 3 3 Intermediate Soclety of the Methodist Church_entertained its frie :‘"n',n ty mlfl&h church Dl'fl-Dl'lh s i g o :o‘r: ‘being Mrs, i f «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA o SIS THE GIRLS PREY ON GIRLS Morris C. James, Prinecipal| | of Berkeley High Sechool, Warns Thieving Students g, EKNOWS THE CULPRITS R e Pilfering of Books, Hatpins -and Other Things Raises Ire of the Vietims’ Parents Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Jan. 15. Petty thievery that has been going on for. a long time at the Berkeley High School profipted the principal, Morris C. James, to call the students together this morning and warn them that examples would be made of the culprits if they continued to prey upon their fellows. But worst of all was the statement by the principal that it is girl students who do the most thiev- ing, their own sex being the victims of their persistent work. “This stealing has been golng on long enough,” he said, “and the culprits are known to some of us and future of- fenses will be punished severely. It is a terrible reflection on the Berkeley High Scho¢! that thleves are among the students. but what will people say when I say that the piifering is more common among the girls than the boys. Those who do it are a discredit to their gex and if they are carght dismissal and disgrace will follow. “We have set watches and proved conclusively that it is students and not outsiders who steal. Some cf your pa- rents have complained to me about it, and now I propose to stop it.” The pilfering is of books, hatpins, ribbons, lunches and any of the little trinkets that happen to be out of the owner’g sight for a moment. B — GUARDIAN FOR CHILDRE OF THE WOMAN TRAMP Father Powers of Livermore Is Given the Custody of Lillian and Norma Hill. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—Rev. Powers of Livermore was appointed guardian to-day of Lillian and Norma Hill, the children of Mrs. Lena Hill, the woman tramp, arrested for ma- licious mischief at I rmore and now serving a thirty days’ sentence in the County Jail. They wiil be sent to St. Joseph’'s Home in San Franc ‘While the hearing of the case was in progress Mrs. Agnes B. Sheppard made a protest against the appoint- ment of Father Powers on the ground that she had sent her two children to St. Joseph's Home and they had he- | come covered with sores. From the testimony only her two children were affected that way and the Judge stated that he saw no reason for taking no- tice of the fact. at §10. —_————— In Board of Public Works. OAKLAND, Jan. 15 Public Works this afternoon called for bids, to be filed January 22, for plant- ing of American elms on Telegraph avenue, from Twentieth street to the northern boundary af the city. The trees will be planted sixty-five feet apart,-407 being required. A H. B. Mc- Gowan was elected assistant head gar- dener of public parks over John Mc- | Hugh, who got Commissioner McEI- roy’s vote. Bids of G. A. Scott, $77 and E. H. Lake, $8223, for comstruc tion of the new chemical fire engine- house on Santa Clara avenue were re- ferred to Chief Engineer Ball. The | City Council’s appropriation is $5000 and an effort will be made to bring the figures within the appropriation. ————— Infirmary Leper Dies. OAKLAND, Jan. 15. — Francisco Nunez, the only leper in Alameda County, who has been living in a small outhouse at the County Infirmary for years, died there to-day and will be buried in the infirmary cemetery. Nunez came from Livermore and has been at the infirmary since 1902. He was unmarried and without friends or relatives. —— e r— Opposes Billboard Fight. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—City Attorney McElroy has filed a brief in the Supe- rior Court attacking the injunction proceedings brought by Owens, Varney & Green, who are fighting the city or- dinance which prohibits the mainte- nance of billboards higher than ten feet. The City Attorney contends that the injunction is not a proper proced- ure. —————————— Powell Gets Insurance. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—Dr. A. J. Powell of Haywards was given an or- der of court to-day for a $2000 life irsurance policy taken qut by the late Captain A. R. Miller in the Railway Employes’ Association. Miller's fam- ily made a claim for the insurance, but it was shown that the doctor's claim was a legal one, the policy hav- ing been issued in his name. —_————— Marriage Surprises Parents. ALAMEDA, Jan. 15.—George Joost, son of Martin Joost, a local merchant, and Miss Emma Zarrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Zarrell of 611 Santa Clara avenue, were married at San Jose on Monday. The parents of the young pair received the information of the wedding to-day and were great- ly surprised. b —_——— Want Improvements. OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—The directors of the Home for the Adult Blind in this city have notified the State Board of Examiners that they desire to pay their proportion of the improvement Of Telegraph avenue, north of Thirty- sixth street. —_———————— Marringe Licenses. " OAKLAND, Jan. 15.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the ‘County Clerk to-day: Robert L. Wil- Mams, 31, Chicago, and Florence Mer- ryatt, 26, Oakland; Clifford P. Brown, 26, and Lulu A. Hayes, 20, both of Oeklan: 1 Father | Father Powers was | appointed forthwith and his bond fixed | —The Board of | —— . L. BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY | OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. | Tclephope Main 1063. BERKELEY. | 2148 Center Street. i Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Eagle 502. | ATS HIS W e S T DESERTED HIM | Dr. Clarence M. Selfridge Asks | Court to Sever His Marriage and Give Him Minor Child Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 15. Suit for divorce, on the ground of desertion, was begun to-day by Dr. Clarence M. Selfridge against Fannie E. Selfridge. He also asks the court for the custody of their 9-year-old daugh- ter. Mrs. Selfridge, it Is stated, is now living in San Franeclsco. They were married in this ofty in 1893. She was formerly Miss Fannte E. Scott, and came from Sonoma County, where her family is weil known. The plaintiff is the son of Dr. J. A. Selfridge of this city, and was connected with his father in the con- | duet of his practice heré. Dr. Grant Selfridge, a brother, is a Sap Fran- | cisco oculist. | To the intimate acquaintances of the | Selfridge family this termination of their affairs does not come as a sur- prise. They broke up their home in | Bast Oakland about a year ago, and | Mrs. Selfridge left Oakland, going to | San Francisco, while he took their child and went to live with his parents. | The cause of the separation is not | known. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. lot 3. block map northern addition to town | of Livermore, Murray Township: | .Charies A’ and Issure Schmitt to Morris Friedlander, line of Twenty-eighth | street, 102 W of Union, W 25 by N 100, Ouk- land; ‘$5. | Frank H. Graham (single) to Willlam H. lot_on S lne of Ninth street, 127:64 W W 22 by § 100, portion of lot " rherger's map, Oakland: $10. Same to John Ghigliotti, lot on NW cor Telegraph avenue and Fifty Afth stres by W 100, lot 27, Drexler Tract, Onkia: Same to Annie Peterson (wife of Eddy), lot e of West street, 25 8 of Thirty-sev- th, § 26 by E 100.35, iot 13, block A, map Given Tract, Oakland: §10. Willlam W. and Thomas W. Patterson (ex- ecutors estate of John D. Patterson) to Samuel Curtis, lot on W line of Telegraph avenue as at | | | present established. 100 N of Sycamore street, N 36:4 by W 120, portion plat 2. Kellersber- 85T, ™aP Ranchos V. and D. Peraita. Oskiand; A. and Emille Geandrot (Duchrany to Joseph P. and Mary Caroline King. lot on W iine of Wocd street. 50 N of Atlantic. N 25 by W 100, lot »on:;l x:;ru;vn of lot 32, bigrk 33, map land on aklan Point Rallroad = Fes tract 406, Oakiand; $10. . K Susanna 1. Edear (administratrix estate James Edgar) to Mark T. Ashby. lot on N line of Mariposa nu boundary line of Mrs. Ann Holmes' land inter- sects with same, thence N 135:6, E 49:9, 8 13§ W 62:7, portion Brumagin Tract, Oakland: $425. B. A’ and Dolores Schioh to Leonard Fossas, lot bexinning 240 E from SE comer of Milbury and Spring street: E along S line of by 120 by S 206, lots 5 and l.‘blm‘k 13, — "Fract. Highland Park, East Oakignd: gift. Mountain View Cemetery Association poration) to Emily L. Higgins (widow), | in_cemeterv, Ouakland Township: $120, Georgianna de R Baronidis fo Frank Con- nors, lot 16, block 13, map of Ho Tract, Berkeley, $10. e I T John Whalen (single) to John J. Ramos and Joseph T. Renas, lot on W line of Third street. 150 S ot University avenue, S 50 by W 133, lot | 7. block 92, tract B. Berkeley Land and Town 1 Berkeley: $10. | _Lyman M (or W.) Fairbanks to Sarah L. | Fairbanks, lots 10 to 12, block B, Edith Tract, { | | all interest in or where B Improvement Assoctation, Berkeley: ‘§10. D. R. McPherson to Henry Ruedy, lot 31, block E. map of Melrose Station Tract, Brook- Iyn Townshiv; $10. | Manuel and Clarp Joseph to Antonio T. Bet- | tencourt, lot on S line of Dutton avenue at NW corner of land conveyed to Frank Cale houn 164 D. 108, thence NE 40 by SW 116 Brooklyn Township: grant. Zipporah White (Frank) (widow) to J. %, Herrick, lot on N line of Pacific avenus, 546,78 | W from dividing line_between Aughinbaugh 223-acre tract and Chipman West 1ll-acre tract, W 30 by N 150, portion lots 30 and 3i, map of portion of Mestz propersy, Alameda 0. Franciscka and Mikal Olsen to Theresa A. Gorham (wife of Willlam 1.), lot on SW corner of Chestnut street and Alameda avenue, W by S 130, block 6, Bartlett 30-acre Tract, Ala- meda; $10. Alameda Savings Bank _(corporation) to George F. Sulltvan, lot on SW line of Central avenue, 1043 SE of High street, SE 50 by SW 125-6. Hawley Tract. Alameda: $10. M. H. and Rose Kilbourn to Marie de Font- ville, lot beginning at Intersection of Vicente street with N line of Miranda, E 75, N 104, 75, S 100, portion of lots 62 and 63, block G, Vicente Peraita Reservation Tract, Oakland, warranty deed: $10. Louls D. Reeb (single) to Percy B. Prebis, Tot on S line of Thirtieth or Campbell strest. 227:6 W of West, W 3::6 by S 140, portion of ot 7 and portion of Iot S, block B, map of Whitcher and Brockhurst Tracts, Oakland: 10, Ira and Charlotte A. Vaughan to Minnle K, Relley (widow), lot on § line of Eighth street, 126 E of Kirkkam, E 29 by S 146:5, block 533, map, Oakland: $10. "4 Emma M. Nye to _Albert 3 to 316, block V. Beulah Park Fast Oakiand: also strip- S feet perty, de lering the W line of sald lots 313 and 316, East Oakland; $10. Rosamonde Lundy (wife of E. A) to Caro- line_Quinters (wife of Jerome), lot on N Ifne of Cameron street, 180 E of Winter at int section of said line of street on subdivision 11, Cameron Tract, £ 40 by N 80, portion of sub- division of biock 11, Cameron Tract, East Oak- land; also lot cn N line of Cameron street. 125 NE from SW corner of blocx 11, E 55 by N 80, East Oskland: $10. J. or Jacob Goldberg (by Sol B. Goldbers, attorney) to Julia H. Bradley, all interest ac- Quired under 756 D. 273, entire fractional block 6. bounded N by E Tenth street, E by Third avenue, S by Easf Ninth and bay of San Fran- fisco and W by Second avenue, East Oaklasd, cepting that portion of sald ‘block described Tollows: Beginning at NE corner of sald Block, thence NW 100, S 240, B.100, NE 240, kiand: §1. B ire wnd Florentine de St. Paul Seitz Mary %. Harleson (wife of C. ML), lots 20 to . W. Langa line of ,‘r_flk\'-le 3 1 sto land of G_D. Pinneo. SE et Tia1s, NW 64:0, SW 57.90, N 20616 16 aginning. Brookiyn Township: $i0. Bath and Henry Boyle (husband) to Zeida Christensen (v of Hermam. lct on W iing of e . 275 S of Railroad avenue, e 50, Jot. . bloci 28, Hom ot Mary "Antonio Josephis to May Doy Gogel, Minnie Flelds (equal fotereat 15 1ot on S Mne of Seventh street. 15 W |of B W 25 by S 75, baing N % of lot 14, | block 2, Kellersherger's map, Oakland; also an in property of estate of Rosa Fleld 3 deceased: gift. and ¥ rt to Lo m,luo-wuuofun.-a wh averue, E by N &lk ‘Theological Calvin A, #nd Calvin R. Sha: Shaw to Sanford A. Ligeh or u‘xdllrfl sireet. by N Oakland; $10,