The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1904, Page 38

AY, FEBRUARY 28, 1904 a ~ NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF .ALAMEDA CORSET DISPUTE BITTER BATTLE |STATIONS WIN FIRST VICTORY! TOWARD RELIEF PUZILES COURT Justice Tappan Listens to Testimony Given by Stout Women and Lighter Ones| REACHES XNO DECISION Continues Hearing of Case] That More Feminine Ex- perts May ALAMEDA Feb. forms and corsets were exploited at length during testimony taken to-day by City Jus- tice R. B. Tappan in the case of Mrs. €. E. Eibes, a maker of against Mrs. Francis Blanchard to re- cover $7 50 for a corset built for the named, but which she refused accept, claiming that it was not nstructed according to the plans and specifications agreed upon, and that it would prove a “death trap” if she got into it was brought out in the hearing t the defendant weighed 215 pounds, and that it was necessary for her to have ki corsets comstructed to order better insure comfort to the wearer #nd improve the appearance of her form “When I first received this corset,” testified Mrs. Blanchard, as she held up the article so that the court could see it, I knew right away that it was not made as 1 had ordered it. There was no rubber band at the bottom and the ‘spoons’ were too close together. It would have been a death trap for me if I put it on, and I am satisfied that 1 can buy a corset for $1 50 that would form betger and afford me more comfort than this one.” Why, I have supplied the same pat- corsets to a number of fat ving on that wouldn't fit last women and théy have all been pleased with them,” said Mrs. Eibes in replying to Mre. Blanchard's statement. “At the end of a year's wear these women have »een_greatly reduced and are nice:and The reason for putting on rset i to compress the hips and im- prove the contuor of the waist. put on these bands unless or- , 88 we find that the corset can be compressed enough by tight lacing.” McClure, a friend of Mrs. and who acknowledged that she wore corsets and was quali- fisd to tell a comfortable one when she saw it, was called to the stand and saw the corset Blanchard re V. M. Th pson, “Mrs. Blanch- 1 never put that on, as it is not a woman of her .Mpr After listening to further testimony and arguments by Sure for the 0. G Attorney A. F. St defendant and Attorney Heaton for the plaintiff, Justice Tappan remarked Well, there is more in these corset cases than 1 r expected to find am unable to decide yet whether this orset was made as ordered or whether will fit Mrs. . Blan rd comfortably. 1 will continue the matter until next Thursday for the purpose of securing additional expert testimo: —————— BAILWAY CONDUCTOR! WILL MAK MERRY Third Annual Ball of the Order Be Given at Maple Hall Next Monday Evening. OAKLAND, Feb. The commit- tees in charge of the ball to be given ext Monday evening by Division No, 64, Order of Rallway Conductor ave completed the arrangements for affair, which will be the third an- nual hall given by the local division. 1 who live in Berkeley, Alameda and East nd West Oakland special cars will be run to all these points from Twelfth street and Broadway at the conclusion of the ball. The committees in charge of the affair are: Arrangements—W. F. Heckre, L. L. Stev 2nd H. W. Moore. Reception—Mrs. E. J. Burns, Mrs, N. B. Allen. Mrs. A. Hughes, Mrs. E. Rathburn. Mrs. D. W. Nutting, George McHugh, A. Hughes, L. W. Cummings, In order to accommodate those R. P. Wyllie and B. Spicer. Fioor—E. W. Rivers, H. C. Watson, E. J. Burns, E. L. Bair, F. Ackerman, H. A. Clark. James” Kilpatrick, H. C. Hubbard, . W. V. Stafford and J. D. Moffitt. - Sentenced for Simple Assault. P. H. Hestings, who was awaiting | trial in Judge Dunne’s court for an assault with a deadly weapon, was al- lowed to plead gullty yesterday to sim- ple assauilt and was sentenced to serve | three months in the County Jail. On November 15 he attempted to stab John Davis, a satlor, at 32 East street with a knife. —_————— Consul for Bolivia. Jose Aguirre Acha has been appoint- ed Consul for Bolivia at this port. __...____.___ EW YORK. Feb. 27.—Mrs. & 3 bilt, who has been in fll he-nh ro.- several weeks, is reported to be on recovery. Be Examined | — Corpulent | the | corsets, | San Antonio avenue, | bands at the lower part of the | We | in dispute before | ved it and said to | 1! will | IS LOOKED FOR Sugar King’s Nephew Terms Slander Suit Against Him an Attempt at a Hold-Up READY FOR LEGAL FIGHT | | |'W. A. Havemeyer Denounces | Special Policeman Hitch- cock’s Action for Damages | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadwav, Feb. 27. | There is going to be a fight before | Special Policeman Hitchcock suc-| ceeds in separating W. A. Havemeyer from $25,000 or any part df the same through the action begun in the| courts here yesterday, in which Hitch-| cock asks that amount for alleged | slander. Hitchcock alleges that Have- meyer called him a thief in the pres- ence of witnesses and has slandered him to such an extent that he has se- riously injured his reputation. His| opponents state that Hitchcock, im- | pressed with the‘name of Havemeyer and the amount of coin supposed to! be stacked up behind the nephew of | the great New York sugar king, is at- tempting a hold-up. Two of the best known attorneys in this city have been employed by the opposing parties and it is believed that a three-ringed cir- | cus tent would not cover the ground | to be torn up in the coming scrim- | mage. Havemeyer himself will say very lit- | tle in regard to the matter and will | undertake no explanation in. regard to the occurrence that was the cause of the hostilities. In an interview this | | evening he said: I do not care to talk about the matter. I have em- ployed George W. Reed as my attorJ ney and outside of what he may wish 1o make public 1 have nothing to say,” “Would vou mind saying whether you ever had any trouble with Police- | man Hitchcock?” was asked. “I do not care to state,” reply. “Do yvou employ Hitchcock tn pa!rol | your premises?” | “He patrols in front of them,” swered Havemeyer. Attorney Reed, when asked in re- gard to the matter, said: “What my. client said to Mr. Hitchcock he 1is| willing to stand for. What he said he | supposed he was saying to him as| man to man. Hitchcock says in his | complaint that he was called a thief | in the presence of G. M. Burnham | and Themas O'Donnell. All that oc- | curred took place at the residence of | Mr. Havemeyer at 173 Santa Rosa | avenue. If those witnesses were there | my client knows nothing about it and | the men must have been hidden in| the shrubbery. What ‘one man says to another is not llbel. In this case it looks like a hold-up.’ Attorney M. C. Chapman represenls Hitchcock: e PARLI" 1ENT CLUB DISCUSSES MOR‘!O\]&M was the an- OPEN Members of Y. M. C. A. Talk of Scat- ing of Senator-Elect Smoot. Sacred Concert. OAKLAND, Feb. 27.—"Christianity and Mormonism™ was the topic of the | weekly discussion of the Open Parlia- ment Club of the Union Men's Chris- tian Association to-day, special refer- ence being made to the seating of | Senator-elect Smoot of Utah. A sacred concert will be given by | the association orchestra under the di- | | rection of Miss Winifred June Morgan | at 3:30 p. m. to-morrow in the Y. M. | |C. A. auditorium. Following is the programme. Hymn; psalm and prayer, { Charles T. Walkley; ficale” (Hardy), by viola solo, largo from “Merschbilder” | (Schumann), Eugene Colley; “Hearts | and Flowers,” by the orchestra; clari- | net solo, with orchestra, “For all Eter- | nity,” Henry Leber; barytone solo, “To ! Paradise” (Robert C. Ross), Lowell Redfield, orchestral accommpaniment; | trombone solo. with orchestra, “O | Shining Light,” Bert T. MacBain; of- Rev. | “Marche Ponti- | the orchestra; | fertory, “Feast of Lantern” (Bennett), | by the orchestra; cello solo, “Ro- mance” (Lopper), William Leimert; paraphrase of “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” by the orchestra; flute soio, | selected, Charles Neale; sextet from “Lucia di Lammermoor,” by the or- | chestra; contralto solo, “O Divine Re- deemer,” Miss Ruth Waterman, violin obligato by Miss Winifred June Mor- Zan; national airs, by the orchestra. B R O AN Marringe Licenses. OAKLAND, Feb. 27.—The follow- | ing marriage licenses were issued by | the County Clerk to-day: Willlam | | Gifford, 40, San Francisco, and Evelyn ’ Barnum, 33, Stockton; Frank C. Lib- | by, 21, and Alice K. Green 18, both of Oakland: Edward A. Noble, over | 21, Danville, Contra Costa County, | and Bertha Schultz, over 18, San | Francisco; William L. Todd, 33, and | Clothilde XK. Estudillo, 21, both of Oakland; Giuseppe Borgno, 34, and Lizzie Jurss, 27, both of Oakland: Theodore Schwindelauf, 26, Oakland, and Freda Bourner, 18, San Francis- co; Henry W. Attenborough, 37, and Susie Leathorn, 30, both of San Fran- cisco. ORDER FOR THE GREAT TWENTIETH CENTURY COOK BODK, Mail This Order to The San Franeisco Call With 75c. The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, Cal.: copy of Cents is The ers to the daily and Sunda; to prepay shipping charges. SIGNET BTRBET ....cococaspromsnsssssansssssp. srovbsspbsnaboosnosa CITY oones STATE Inclosed herewith phne find The Call's | trol of the stations. | tomary Defeat of Secretary Wilson’s Measure Brings Rejoie- ing at the University —_— - BARD CARRIES THE DAY Clause in the Agricultural Appropriation Bill Threat- ens Life of the College Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Feb. 27. Through the rejection by the Senate in Washington yesterday of the clause in the agricultural ap- propriation bill practically hand- | ing over to the Secretary of Ag- | riculture supreme control of the agri- | cultural stations, the allied agricultur- | gl stations of the country won their first brush with Secretary James Wil- son. disguised satisfaction at the Univer- sity of California, as it was fully recognized there that the agricultural college had had a narrow escape from being absorbed by the United States Department of Agriculture. The objectionable clause is an in- nocently couched thing that would de- ceive any oné mnot familiar With the legislative coast. Apparently it would | simply assist in systematizing the ag- ricultural investigations qf the coun- try, but in reality it would give the Secretary of Agriculture absolute con- It reads: “The Secretary of Agriculture Is hereby authorized and directed to co- ordinate the work of the several sta- tions with the Department of Agri- culture, to the end of preventing un- necessary duplication of work, of in- creasing the efliciency of the stations and the Department of Agriculture, and to unify and systematize agricul- tural investigations. in the United States.” ! The heads vf the stations everywhere took up arms against this measure and fought it bittefly.’ Professor E. W. | Hilgard of the agricultural department of the university did his share of the | work by addressing Senators Bard and Perkins, and it was Senator Bard who succeéded ~ in: havisg’ the clause stricken ouf Vvesterday.’ Said Dr. Hilgard te-day: “I suppose now that Secretary Wil- son will oppose the Adams bill now pendlnt before tlié Hottse. 1t calls for an increase in the appropriation for agricultural stations from_ $15,000 to $30,000.” The Adams bill is receiving the sup- port of agriculturists all over the Unit- ed States, but it is likely to die a natural death, as -influences are at work, so Dr."Hilgard says, that wil prevent it ever reaching the Senate. e e— COSMOS CLUB HONORS - MEMORY OF WASHINGTON Annual Dinner Brings Together a Large Company in Handsomely Decorated Clubhouse. The Cosmos Club celebrated Wash- ington’s birthday by giving the cus- dinner at the clubhouse last night. The decorations of the club and dining-hall were placed entirely under the supervision of Rear Admiral 0. W. Farenholt, United States Navy. Henry Eickhoff Wwas. master of cere- monies and introduced the different speakers. Admiral Farenholt, in re- piying to the toast “The Navy,” made the star speech of the evening. Major Willis Dodd was very happy in his re- marks for the army, and Fred Myrtle gave an interesting dissertation on club | life, Those present were: O. W. Farenhelt, H. A. Frederick, George H. Smjtn, C. H. Maddox, L. J. Hart, E. Peterson, C. H. Hilbert, N. A, Judd, Frank L Jeffrey, H. A. Markey, Charles E. Miller, Eugene T. Wilson, W. G. Richardson, James M. Allen, H. . Stratton, George P. Beardsley Jr., A. E. Phelan, J. Wilson Shiels, W. F. Bowers, H. de C. Richards, J. Henry Barbat, George C. Farrell, W. G. Lodd, P. G. Eastwick Jr., Henry Eickhoff, E. R. Ellis, Thomas Godwin, P. K. Gor- don, E. J. Vogel, Frank L. Brown, L. W. Secly, A. B. Grossé, Fred S. Myr- tle, Charles A. Lee, A. B. Bowers, T. B. Lyman. Fred Ward. William L. Hughson, E. T. Cahill, H. C. Garner, E. T. Niebling, C. R. Cheney, George n. Hu)t Wiillam W. Taylor, U. 8. A.; M I‘uuw U. 8. A, and W. T, Con- \\a) L' __—_.....— BRITISH-AMERICANS MEET AROUND BANQUET BOARD Many Prominent People Gather as Guests of Uplon at a Down- Town Restaurant.. The British-American Union held a banquet last night at a downtown restaurant. A number of prominent members and men of note from the city were present and an excellent time was enjoyed. The Alcazar Quar- tet, composed of Charles O. Henley, Alfred McMillian, Walter Kniess and Paul Ligda, rendered several fine se- lections under the leadership of Charles Henley. The following was tbe programme as rendered: Introductory remarks, Frederick W. d'Eve- yn, president British and American Union; e President of § the United States,” Court- Benne: B. M.'s Consul ral; ey Horiliiam Rader, San Fran. n nited States of erica,” Tallesin San Francisco Chronicle; *‘The The news was received with un-} INITIAL STEP iJudge Hall Recommits Ten Patients to the Home for FeebleMinded at Glen Ellen INSANE HARMLESSLY AL G Improved by Lunacy Board e e Oakland Office San'Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 27. j The second step in the move to clear the State Hospitals fer the Insane of all those patients which can be classed as the harmless insane and put the en- these institutions on a better basis was taken this evening, when Judge S. P. Hall made an order recommitting ten patients from this county to the Feeble-Minded Home at Glen Ellen. In exvlanation of this action Attor- ney John W. Stetson of the State in an interview: *‘According to the law prior to 1898 it was not made compulsory for coun- ties to bear the expense of the patients sent to the State asylums. Things have become very much tangled and the Lunacy Commissioners are making a move to put the entire system on a better basis. ‘To this end those pa- tients sent from Alameda County to the Glen Ellen Home prior to the pas- sage of the recent law were recom- mitted to that hospital to-day. From now on the State will collect $10 a month from this county for the pa- tients sent to the home. This proce- dure will be pursued with every coun- Ly in the State. “Much criticism has besn expended upon the method of conducting these institutions and it is purposed to do away with much of the ground for complaint. In the first place the num- ber of harmless insane in these hospi- tals runs up into the hundreds. The State asylums are not for such as these. Then there are a great many free patients whose families are well able to pay for their support. The State intends hereafter to collect for these patients from the counties from which they came, and it will be up to the county officers to get the money for their support from the family of the patient. ““This is only the beginning of a gen- ‘er’*l movement which will extend all over the State. ~The commission be- lieves that the State asylums are large ‘#nough to accommodate all the pa- tients that it is necessary to confine, ‘but there is to be a general weeding out of the harmless ones, whose _proper home is the poor farm. |+ The necessary order made by Judge Hall was the outcome of a conference between him, Superintendent Dawson of the Glen Ellen Home for Feeble- minded Children and Attorney Stetson of the Lunacy Board. shoremen are still on strike at the Humboldt, Pacific Coast and Bay Shore Lumber companies’ vards, but | have returned to work at-the other lumber yards affected, claiming that the tallymen in those yards have come to terms and joined the Lumber Hand- lers’ Union. There is a possibility that the strike may be settled to-morrow morning, as a committee from the Building mittee from the Council and an attempt will be made to arbitrate the differences between the Lumber Clerks’ Union and the Longshoremen’s Union. —_—e———————— PLANS NEW THEATER FOR ISLAND CITY ALAMEDA, Feb. 27.—F. N. Dela- noy, a local business man, has nego- tiated a contract for the erection of a theater in the rear of property own- ed by him on-the east side of Park avenues. The proposéd playhouse will be 50 by 100 feet and will be so arranged as to comfortably accom- modate 800 persons. It will be con- | structed entirely of steel and iron and will have four exits, all on a level with the main auditorium. The main en- trance will be on Park street. Dela- noy states that work will be begun on | the theater in a few days. —_————————— GERMAN BARON ESCAPES FROM CLUTCHES OF BEAR PORT ANGELES, Wash., Feb. 27.—It | transpires that the report regarding the killing by a bear of Baron Martin von Schlosser at Solduck Hot Springs was entirely without foundation. Von Schlosser arrived at Port Crescent to- day, alive and well. An apparently reliable report was received here Monday that Baron von Schlosser, a German nobleman, had been killed during a fight with a bear near Solduck. It was also stated that Von Schlosser had drafts on his per- son drawn on New York, Chicago and Portland, Ore.,, banks for a sum ex- ceeding $100,000. C. | —_———— West Esq., American Arbitration, D, Edward: Collins Esq. president Caiifernla Bank. Oukiand: “The 2 John Mokehent Bed:, for which send me one Cook: Cdru Preuhmmeu-llmdx paper, and the additional 23¢c is '| ston Esq.. Prucl-co Call; “*Ou editor l(ercnr —_——————— Myrtle Lodge, Knights of Pythias, has arranged for a novel “at home" to its members and ladies in Pythian Cas- tie on next Tuesday evening. The com- mittee having the matter in charge an- ‘nounces that this will surpass anything in that line ever undertaken by the PERKINS WANTS COLLIER BUILT AT MARE ISLAND WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Congress- man Needham to-day, by unanimous consent, introduced and secured the passage of a bill granting the Pioneer | Mining and Trading Company the right to build a free bridge over Catella Creek, Alaska. Senator Perkine has proposed an amendment to the naval appropriation bill requiring the building of one of the two colliers provided for in the bill at a naval station on the Pacific coast, which would mean, if W Wfl. it would b.w:mt at Mare System of Handling Those Mildly Deranged Will Be | tire system of committing patients to | Board of Lunacy Commissioners said | e — LONGSHOREMEN ARE STILL, ON STRIKE OAKL.\A\'D,_Feh 27.—The long- | Trades Council will meet a like com- | Federated Trades | | street, between Central and Alameda | MAT TRANSEFER BENSON CASES Representatives of Govern- ment Favor Suggestion of the Defendant’s Counsel| BE CONVENIENCE Accused Offers to Surrender to California Authorities and Have Hearing Here WILL | NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—The exami- nation of John A. Benson, charged by Harlan and S. A. Volk, clerks in the | Land Office at Washington, was.con- | cluded to-day and a motion was made I by the counsel for the accused to dis- miss the charge. This motion was | based upon the evidence of Harlan| and Volk, both of whom testified that | | the money Benson paid them had been for work and services rendered him in | 1899 and not to divulge the result of an examination made by the Land Of* |fice of Benson's method of securing | titles to California and Oregon school | lands, as alleged by the Government. ' | United States Commissioner Shields | said in view of the evidence he would | | read over the testimony and render a | decision later. Evidence was taken on the second ! charge, wherein Benson was charged, | | together with Frederick A. Hyde of San Francisco, with having conspired | to defraud the Government in securing titles to school lands. Benson placed | in evidence his contract with Hyde | concerning the lands in question, showing that Hyde had secured title to the school lands before Benson be- | came interested in the deal and that Benson was only to profit through the | sale of the property. 3 Judge Campbell, representing the | accused, said that in view of the fact that all of the Government's witnesses were in Califorhia, it would be more | convenient for all concerned if the ex- | amination were held there and offered to surrender Benson to the California authorities and then have the exami- | nation in that State. Those represent- | ing the Government said the sugges- | tion would be acceptable and adjourn- | ment was taken until Tuesday to af-| {ford time to consult with the Wash- ‘L;Zsmn authorities. i DENIES HE GAINED FORTUNE BY INFLUENCE | | Dr. Henry Welles Horn Says He Dld' Nothing to Win Old Lady’s | Affection. | OAKLAND, Feb. 27.—There was no undue influence used with Mrs. Ellen B. Musser to induce her to leave Dr. Heénry Welles Horn a fourth of her | estate, valued at about $30,000, ac- | cording to an answer filed by him in | the will contest to-day. In a petition | }to have the will set aside Mrs. Laura | Dodge and Mrs. Catherine® Colburn, sisters of the deceased, state to the | court that the doctor caressed and fondled their sister while she was sick in a sanitarium and being an old lady 67 years of age, she was won over by | his attentions. The two sisters were only left $10 each. | Horn, in his answer filed to-day, | | denies he was unduly affectionate to- | ward Mrs, Musser or that his conduct was in any way improper. He admits that she made two wills while in the hospital, but asserts that it was of her own accord and that nothing was done to-influence her in the disposition of | her property. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Feb. 27.—If it rains Monday, the labor day celebration will be postponed until a more propitious cceasion. This announcement was | | 1nade to-day by John A. Britton, act- ing president of the university, in the | absence cf President Wheeler. - Uni- versity excrcises in the Harmon gym- nasium will take the place of the labor day exercises in case this action be- comes necessary. The executive committee of the As- | sociated Students has decided that the | | assistant coach for next year’s football eleven shall not receive a salary in ex- cess of $500. Three assistant coaches | may be engaged at not more than $300 | each. This decision will be sent to| Stanford in a few days by Frank | McConnell, 95, secretary of the com- mittee. The Agricultural €Club has elected the following new officers: President, Samuel Stow: vice president, Miss Alice R. Thompson; secretary, Frank | Kellogg; treasurer, W. W. Bullock. The club is preparing to make a num- | ber of trips into the country for the| purpose of visiting ranches and dairies and inspecting the methods in actual | | practice upon them. The university orchestra - will give | the concert in the Greek Theater that | has so often been postponed en ac- count of rain, that is, unleu it rains | again to-morrow. i — Funeral of W. E. Dargie Jr. OAKLAND, Feb. 27.—The funeral of William E. Dargie Jr., who died at the home of his parents yesterday, will be held Monday morning. Fam- ily services will be held at 9:30 a. m. {and at 10 o'clock public services will | be held at St. Francis de Sales Church, where requiem high mass will be cel- ‘ebrated by the Rev. Father Sweeney. The pallbearers have not yet been named. —_——— Trojans Win at Basketball. i BERKELEY, Feb. 27.—The Trojan ‘basketball team of the Oakland Young | Men’s Christian Association defeated ‘the sophomore team of the university | after a lively game in the Oaklanders’ gymnasium, the score being 13 to 12 in the flirst half and 28 to 25 at the end. The teams were made up as fol- lows: Trojans—Hugh Corcoran, Vernon | Irwin, Steb Teal. Dalton McLeod, Har- ‘old Baker, Rollin Egerhoff. mores—Goldsmith, . i & the Government with bribing O. A.,, | Lieutenant Sidney Burbank's Alleged BILL FEARED BISIGAR MEY Re])re%enmtnes of the Plant- | ers Oppose Extension of the New Shipping Rules| HAWAIITANS I\TLREbTED Aver Coastwise Law, if It. Includes Philippines, Will | Raise Rates on Commodity WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Opposition to the Frye and Littlefleld bill extend- ing -the.coastwise laws of the United | States to the Philippines developed to- | day in ‘the hearing béfore the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisherfes. W. C. Smith and W. M. Alexander, representing Hawaiian | sugar planters, made the statement that the $32,000,000 invested in the sugar | Industry in those islands earned only 300,000 last year. They believed that if the coastwise laws of the United States were extended to the Philippines vessels in the Hawaiian trade would be withdrawn and the freight rate on sugar increased. In answer to this, Marvin, repre- | senting the shipping interests, submit- | ted a list of thirty-one American steamships and 100 sailing vessels that | were available for the Philippine trade and that were now engaged in the Ha- waiian trade. The committee was | asked to hear the cordage interests in opposition to the matter at a later date. —————— CITY OFFICIALS INSPECT THE ALCAZAR THEATER Mayor and the Works' Commissioners | Confer With City Architect Re- | garding Important Alterations. Mayor Schmitz, Commissioners of | Works Herbert Schmitz, Casey and | Woodward and City Architect Shea | made a visit of inspection to the Al- cazar Theater yesterday. Plans for | | the remodeling of the interior of the theater so as to. comply with the theater ordinance had been submitted to the board by the architect of the building. but they were considered un- satisfactory. It was decided that the building architect and City Architect Shea con- fer on the changes to be put into effect in the interior construction, the plans | to be submitted by next Tuesday. It | is intended to build a slightly inclined |runway from the street line to the | theater proper and do away with the | existing stairs. More exits will be pro- vided and the -aisles will be widened 50 .that the theater will be made safe in every .detail. e ST S R S JUDGMENT GOES AGAINST POLIC A IN LIBEL Judge Daniels Finds for Defendant, Who Accused Peter Whalen of Not Paying His Bills. Justice of the Peace Daniéls has | given judgment in favor of John Gue- | SUIT | tersloh, who was sued for libel by | Peter Whalen, a police officer. The | testimony disclosed that Guetersloh, | who keeps a grocery at 1632 Baker street, accusel Whalen publicly of not | paying his grocery bill. The accusa- | tion was the culmination of a trouble | which involved Gutersloh's trial before the Police Commission on the alleged strained to give judgment to Gueter- | jots sioh in the libel suit because no evi dence was adduced that Whalen had paid the grocery bill, so Guetersloh's | assertion was apparently true. ————— SANTA CLARA'S SCHOOL PREPARING FOR ST. Pupils Arranging Fine Exhibition Showing That County Possesses Rare Educational Facilities. SAN JOSE, Feb. 27.—A fine educa- tional exhibit of Santa Clara County for the St. Louis Exposition is being prepared. Every institution of learning in the county will be represented. The work is being done under the direction of City Superintgndent” Shumate and County Superintendent Bateman and a | committee. The exhibit will be com- posed of views of the schools and the ! work of the pupils. | A twelve-foot panoramic view of Stanford University and a thirteen- foot paneramic view of Lick Observa- tory at Mount Hamilton are being made by A. P. Hill, the artist. Besides the panorama there will be groups of views of all the buildings at Stanford University. The State Normal School of this city will aiso be represented in panoramic views. Everything will be | included in the exhibit that will tend to show the greatness of the educa- ticna! interests of this section. FILIPINO WOMAN WILL i FIGHT OFFICER'S PETITION LOUIs i Wife Secures Counsel to Defend Her Against Soldier’s Charge. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Feb. 27.— Mrs. Concepeion Vasquez, the alleged Filipino wife of Lieutenant Sidney Bur- bank, Sixth Infantry, U. S. A, has, | through the War Department, retained Attorney Neldling of this city to look after her interests. To-day the attor- ney filed in the District Court a mo- ticn questioning the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case filed by Lieu- tenant Burbank September 27, 1503, ask- ing the court to set aside and *declare null and void an application for a mar- i riage license and a marriage certificate, | which the woman asserts prove that she is the wife of the officer and that he is the father of her child, a son. ' ————— Army Officers Approve of Hash. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—The com- missary general of the army is in re- ceipt of reports from subsistence offi- cers who had to do with the recent ex- periments with hask. The reports were J. M. Ferguson, L.| pearly all in approval of hash as an i P. Wherry, R. B. Baker, C. E. Keyes. army food. ~ undivided one-qu: | 8 line of O'Farreil street, | nyside; $10. | of Brazil | Koenig | BRANCH OFFICE OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAK 1118 Broadway. ! Telephone Main 1083. | BERKELEY. * 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Eagle 3502. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, FRIDAY, FEB. Thomas W. Brannan te Otto F. lot on SE corner of Washington streets. E 100 by 8 102:8%: $10. Eizabeth B. Fremont to Henry W. Brad r Interest in lot corner of Van Ness avenue and Lewis W_400 by 275.. $10. Henry W. Bradey to Annie L. and James McKinstry, undivided one-sixth interest same, $10. Same to Betsey E. Bradley, twelfth interest in same. $10 Almira T. D., John D., Franklin P ard C. .n-l Jennie D. ven F and undivided Lena. Tnaac and Lillie Wolf ta W same; ]1" Estate Company to Frank L. Gunts line of Oak s 1 N 120, E 32:8, lot on N W 77:6, Annie 8. Fretwell to C! o 25, S 80 ries G. Ames, E of Fillmore . lot en Fillmor: een street, 142:6 E of :6; $10 Jacob and Margarethe Lerner and Valen Weber to Conrad Gatsert, ot on W Fillmore street, 18 N of Sut ~ 100: $10. Max Goldberg to Martin H_ Wilkens, 6w a7 W 25 by S 160; $10. Walter B. Cope to A. F. Morrison, lot corner of Baker and Broadway, S 1376 | 50; $10. T. Morrison to Charles of Baker a A Sehl, Broy F. singer. way, E 50 by in B and Lealie de Ruyler to same, sa quitclatm deed, $10. Annie M. and Christian Je Boutei, lot on NE corner of (Central avenue) streets, E 1 Neils Jorgensen to Ann: E line of Boyce street, by E 120; gift. Giovani Solart to Bruno Roman, lot line of Waehington street, 165 E of Spru v 27 8% : $10. and John C and May lot on § Fitschen, Edna Dukes to Mary A K1 lot on S line W of Mission, W 37:6 by S $5:6; alsc line of Twenty-fourth street, 135 W o W 125 by S 114; $10. John E. and Mary J. Quinn to Peter F. a 1da A. Augustiny, lot on E line of Valen street, 160 N of Twentieth, N 25 by E 50, § Sibley to Hattie B: Sitley, correr of Sixteenth and Landers stre €9:6 by W 530: gift. Harry and Li hwartz to John A kowsky, lot on e of Treat avenue, of Twenty-fourth strest, N 26 by W 10 Agnes D. Litton to Artonia and Cath Arvigi, lot n W line of Howard street. 30 2 S of Twenty-fourth, S 34:10 by W 115: $10. huber to Mabel Freema er etrest. 182:2 W of Lo- 114 $1350. Fitschen to Edna L. and Charles T. S line ¢ y-fourth street e, W 100 by B 114; also lot on S m street, 45:10 NE SE 137:6; $10. Mary A. Kluge (Schneider) and Sherard an Ida A Dukes (Symonds) to same. same: $10. Ferbando Nelson and Julia A. Neisom t Dominic k. lot gn N 1 ¢ fourth street, 240 I of Castro, $10, Susanna and Otto Thies to Giova Anna Perazzi, lot on § line of Lombar 116 E of Leavenworth, E 27:6 by S 1 Annle S. Fretwell to ries G. Ames on S line of Stevenson street, 295 W of Third 20 hv 70: $10. nnle Douglas. Marian D. lersen to Cectlia Willia: on SE corner of Fifte E 65 by S 75 grant Samuel P. Smith to John W. Flnn, ot NW corner of Eighteenth avenue aad ( street. W 240 by N 100: $§10. Herbert F. and Mae P. Ward fo Carrie F Allen (wife of Georze W.). lot on W line 4 of Point Lobos avenu 120 $10. Allen to Carrie E. Allen sam and Anni lot on City Reaity Company ta topher ers, lot on NE corner of Fifth avenue a street i 5 - . Same t on N rm charge of selling liquors to minors. | of Fourtn avenue dnd 1 street, 38 by Guetersloh was cleared of the [ charge, but blamed Whalen for his | Fourth .'f’.ni'-'"l?."s‘.'fv"p’q trouble and stated at the time that it | = ®: $10 |he had a gun he would “finish™ | o 1508 Whalen. ; Judge Daniels was con- i a block 11, Charles G. and Belle D. Clinch to Bernha Getz, lot on s W line of Paris street, 150 XE NE 50 by NW 160, iot 6, b Ex, r Homestead: $10. James G. and Louisa J. Mag: Stubr, lot on N W 3:9 & of block i " E 75 by N 100, Park: $10. to Caroiine George Street Homestead Market As Max and Jessie € Building and Loan As: of Tobos_street, 340 E Pollock to ¢ selation, lot on N of Orizaba, E 50 by N )ntinent 12, lot 7. bieck O, Rallroad Homestead Ass clation; $10. George A. Clough to Oliver J. Tobin. « interest In deed 2088 D. 179 and interest deed from Mizner to Tobin, dated February 19¢4; $10, Joseph Furrer to Joseph Baumann. line of Bellevue street, 178 W of O W 178 by N 213, jots 180 and 190. W Homestead: $10. Arthur J.. Alexander. Eleanora F. and Car lina Frauenholz to Gustav Woe lots 324 and 325, Silver Terrace Home: Bay View Land Company to Investor . Jot 17, block 861, Bay Park Hom Blanche -nd Gaston Mathieu Jr Heyman, lot on SE line of Chenery stn SW of Miguel SW 25 by SE 100 Herart subdivision' of block 9, Tract; $10, Builders’ Contracts. B. Langendorf (owner) with Hangon & Jones icontractors). architects McDougall B alterations and _additions except painting and wiring for two 3 mouth. SW 25 by SE 165; $213 Augusta M. Triebel (owner) with G G Gil- lesple (contractor). architects Salfiell & K herg—All work for a two-story fram# bulldir (flats) on S line of Fell street, Steiner, W 10 by S 137:6; $9250. Martin J. Holler (owner) with Charies J (contracter), architects same—Excava tion. brick. conerete, carpenter and mill ar marble work. hardware, glazing. tinning. lath ing and plastering for a two-story, attic basement frame buflding on S line of Ja street, 111:3 E of Laurel, E 25:10 by S 127 $760S. Same owner with Gulick & Wetherbes tractors), architects same—Plumbing. ting and sewerage for same on same. $i. ——— Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Saturda: February 27 U 8§ stmr Bear. White, 9 days from Diego (Sausalito direet). SAILED. Saturday, February 27 Schr Albion, Olsen, Siuslaw River. Stmr Naticnal Clity, Hammar, Fort Brags DOM¥STIC PORTS. AllRDEIN-—A"I\d Feb 27 -Schr Fanr Adele, hence 14 Sailed Feb T She Charles E. Falk. ! San Francisco; stmr Centralia, for San Ped: e i, Major Poulter Re-elected. The inspection of the staff and flell officers of the Fifth Regiment, N. G. C.. was held last evening at the Cali- fornia Hotel, after which the officers balloted for a successor to Major Charles T. Pouiter. By a unanimous { vote Major Poulter was elected to Suc- ceed himself. The fleld and staff in- spection of the Second Brigade, N. G. C., was also held at the same place last night