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adway goes 10 Helen W. | A certain mortgage and promis ncte of Mas. Sarah W. Little is | cagiceled’.and the remainder of the es- “ tate-d i directed. ——— Franchise. 1.—The City :-cent Saxton; FRANCISCO CALL, -V :DNESDAY. MARCH o NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA « [KILLS HINSELF |ABSORBS PLANT SEES DEFICI N FINANCES “Alameda County’s General “Fund Is Nearly Exhausted | and Bills. Cannot Be Paid 3 — AUDITOR WORRIED Agks for Opinion. of the| District- Attorney as to Restrictions on Expenses Gakland Office San Francisco Call, 3 1118 Broadway, March 1. ¥he .« . the county’s finances i ng to trouble County Auditor on, and’ this morn- ing he written opinion from L Allen as to what- the v expenditure” meant znder the M A large deficit is staring tF of Supervisors in the face, an of this ye: bills paid with next will be will be r's Auditor t that the have to e nd aid for. at the Boa more esti- The of Supery expend Auditor’s s of the expenses for thé ye: the first six months. There is ini ‘of indebtedness to be t the end of this com- next fiscal year, of July, that the county's s wil usly crippled when vear ses come to be paid if the beard is held down to this himit £ The Board of Supervisors has been that “expenditures” The en t contracted. v that the limit has b putting off the paying I are now %0 of bills, for the first invoice of $18,000 to be paid ng plant just com- Allen stated to- Auditor's query indebteds hich would become a logal m’ within the cified s inunthi.” - Tt is an opposite view rr..m; Thé ené rning - the present tice of .ike board, and is likely to di Arcange its. cal tions, Th exact slate f .the s finances cannot -be determined unul lh¢ middle of the present month,” when County Tax Col- r the second in- which cannot as yet lector Barber turns ove staiiment_ of taxes fund of $480,000 8 _nearly and very little rooney” is B VALUED ABOUT $60.000 Mrs. Phebe ‘T. Watkins Divides Her Property Between Her Children AT 5 and “Theirs. | OARLAND, March 1L—The will of be T.. Watkins, filed to- left an estate val- She divides th children—John 0. Sarah “W. Little and Helen nd leaves a fourth, which .2one to hér son, Mahlom deceased, to his four chil- Phebe T., Joseph S. and dren—Pitney Henry €. Watk The estate con- | £t of real’ propertiy, stocks, mertgages bank, Mrs. Watkins’ home for hearing ipplication of the Oakland and San Jose Route ferry) for a franchise tracks on Linden, Spring. Foitieth-and other streets con- necting with- the present system. Carl Engiehardt heads the. protestants. Marri OAKLAND, March 1.—The following | matriage licenses were issued by the County. Clerk 1o-day: ~ Paul Williams, . San Francisco, and Mili- 21, Osakland; : Paul M. 22, and-Lelia G. Coopér, 19, both Jonées, . of B-rlela\ " .Wéree was begun —_—— llege Negleet. OAKLAND, March ~ to-day by Frances Copeland “against A. Copeland, whom .she charges with failure to provide. A " divorce ‘was granted to-day to Eliza . Butte, Montana. bougiit o Jay Ballard frogm William Ballard, whem she charges with desertion. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. mnnmmx 'nl'mu'\--mu Merpicide. < . Use Newbro's - Frederick . Manuell, 5t & Dottie of ok bro's Herpicide April 4, ‘43, e Hse it for entire baldness.’ The hair fu)- L‘."‘: ln;‘::::‘hl& wefie not ‘dead dnd in ir all over h tb‘;-he wites. “and to-da e as 1 as any one could e e e oy sne - old principle and with anew Qiscovery the You remove ('IP ef-! on hand 1-Suit for aj-| to-day my hair is | NEW QUARTERS FOR-HOME CLUB tion Is Given Location by F. M. Smith, Borax King MANY ARE INTERESTED [Men and Women Unite for | the Improvement of Life About the Hearthstone LA A Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March. 1. | The Home Club, which was organ- |ized a few months ago and includes among its members soine of Oakland’s most prominent people, both men and | women, is preparing to move into the | splendid new headquarters recently jerected by J°. M. Smith. The edifice is situated on Fourth and Cottage ave- nues and is an imposing two-story building, containing an auditorium, with stage, a reception-room, smoking- room, library, banquet hall, kitchen and dressing-rooms. ‘The Interior is handsomely decorated and furnished and its windows command a splendid view of Oakland and the surrounding on the lines of a social club, was found- ed with a purpose, that is, the “better- ment of hom The thought and study of the club is to be devoted not only to the homes of its own members, | but to the homes of all classes and to vy phase of home life—social, ethi- > and practical. The offi- honorary president; Miss Henry Wether- Franklin Bangs, . 8. Goodfellow, At the last meetimg of the club the | | following resolutions were passed: Death has b from vs one roken our circle and of our beloved mem- Whereas That in the passing from this life Kelly the Home Club has lost and an earnest which we are Lo | & devote co-worker 1 and ait 1 I membe: in cause for | we Ived, That in this time of deep sorrow e to the bereaved husband and son our und sympathy The new clubhouse will be 2 at an early date. ———— BOYCOTT AGAINST LOG | CABIN BAKERY ENDED H. Ward Yields to Demands of Union—Striking Longshoremen | Object to Presence of Police. | - OAKLAND, March 1.—The boycett that was placed on the Log Cabin Ba- | kery four weeks ago by the local Ba- | kers' Union to enforce | w. | of the union that a man employed by | l\\'. H. Ward as a superintendent take no part in the work of the shop has removed, Ward agreeing to his bakery. Following is letter to the union: AKLAND, Feb. 29, 1904 In consideration of the ing boveotts and the title I hereby agree to umionize the bin Bakery. Truly, W. H. WARD. ‘ The longshoremen are still on strike at the Humboldt Lumber Company’s ard and police protection has been | supplied to the non-union men who | have taken the places of the strikers. The strikers have objected to the presence of the police, but without avail. | been unionize | Ward’s —_— e Ladies’ Night at Reliance Club. OAKLAND, March 1.—The Reli- ance Club will give a ladies’ night about the middle of this month and the members of the club are now making preparations for the event. The arrangements are in charge of Arthur Magill, and he has already pre- | pared a number of interesting features | for the evening. Music will be fur- | nished by the Reliance orchestra un- idrr the direction of George Lehner. —————— { Major Poulter Is Re-elected. | ‘OAKLAND, March 1.—Major C. T. | Poulter of Oakland has once more | been elected major of .the First Bat- talion of the Fifth Infantry, National Guard of California. The election was |held at the California Hotel, San | Francisco, and the vote was by bal- |lot. Captain M. W. Simpson of Ala- was \!.‘jor Poulter's opponent | for the office. } ——— | Annual Accounting Made. OAKLAND; March 1.—The estate of the late John s«-hum‘acher, according to the-first annual account filed to- day, is valued at $166,898 40. Near- Iy the entire estate has been converted into cash. A piece of realty in San Francisco was sold to A. Rosenshine for $87,750. Decedent’'s home at 1117 Myrtle street in this city sold for $9000. e L s | Plans for a New Church. ALAMEDA, March 1.—Plans are be- ing prepared for a new religious edifice, to be erected for the First Congrega- tional Church on the site occupied by | the present old structure, at the south- west corner of Central avenue and Chestnut street. Rev. L. Potter Hitch- cock states that the proposed building will cost $25,000 and will be modern in | every. feature. . ¥ Fire n.-.‘u w ALAMEDA, March 1.—Fire broke out’ last midnight in the home of Mrs. Do- mingas Gomes, at the east end of San 1 Josc avenue, and badly gutted the e Unique Oakland Organiza-| [hills. 1t is easily accessible by the | | Fourth-avenue cars. The Home Club, though organized dedicated | the demands | STUDENTS SAVE COLLEGE MONEY Estimates Show That $1575 Worth of Work Was Done on Paths of the University FIGURES TELL STORY Labor Day Turns Out to Be a Boon to the Tax-Payers, Who Foot All the Bills WEIPARCEERA o Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, March 1. By their work yesterday on the cam- pus the students of the University of | California saved the treasury of the in- | stitution a comfortable sum. This is estimated at $1575, the figures being based on what the work would have cost had it been done by private con- tract. The cost for the several paths | constructed has been estimated to be | as follows: Botany building to College avenue, 50 feet, $275: Hillegass tract, near bridge, 300 feet, $180; Hillegass tract, near Hearst Hall, 400 feet, $300; Hillegass | tract, near Bancroft way, 400 feet, $300; physiological laboratory path, 400 feet, 200; Philosophy building to library, 250 feet, $155; Faculty Ciub, 300 feet, $75. The total length of paths construct- ed, according to this schedule, is 2350 feet. EVENTS IN SOCIETY OAKLAND, March 1.—An Oakland high school fraternity, the Lambda Theta Phis, en- joyed a jolly reunion last Friday night at the heme of Mrs. Frank Brigham. The boy friends of the members of the fraternity had | been invited to join. them and dancing was the order of the ‘evening. Among those that participated in this very delightful little affair were: Misses Gladys nd Beulah Brigham, Ruth Houghton, Patile ickering, Ray Morrow, Gladys Coffin, Edith fin, Laura Havens, Madeline Clay, Susie | Harrold, “Marjorie Coogan, Alice Eari,” Hazel | Palmanteer, Muriel Kelly, Katherind McEl- | rath, and ' George Vesper, Maurice Walsh, | Andrew Homer, Edgar de Golia, Sade Havens, Carlton Cushman, Sam Havens, Malcolm pbell berts, Colin Cra; nrad Rued, lie Oliver, Lioyd Harrold, Liloyd Vernie Sheehan and Whist Club_was entertained Mrs. R. P. Dey. Mrs. F. J. Bartholemew were the lucky The Harmony last Friday by Todd and Mrs. prize winners. Mrs. Todd and Mrs. George W. Humphrey were substitutes at the last meeting. Mrs. Joseph Hunt's name has been added to the list of permanent pers. M “red Dorsag will entertain the club nex: day. Our Neighborhood Club | . | The members ‘of | e Bledmant Clubhones This joily club ‘is | composed of cld friend and thelr social meet- ings are always characterized by a_ most de- lightful and enjoyable informality. The pretty little clubhouse at Pledmont was tastefully decorated last night, and an orchestra supplied music duripg the dinner and later tempted willing feet {nto the merry mases of the dance. Our Neighborhood includes among its mem- bers Mr. and Mrs. William Letts Oliver, Mr. { and Mrs. George Cope, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. | Corgan, Mr. and Mrs. Hayward G. Thomas, | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yale, Mr. and Mrs. W. S Baxter, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Neison, Judge and Mrs. Charles Snook, Mr. and Mrs. William Mor Mr. and Mrs’ F. 1. Kendall and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cofe Burnham, Mrs. W.W. Standeford returned Sunday from | a very pleasant visit to San Diego and other southern peints of Interest Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Williams and their young son, Harold, have gone to Los Angeles, which they will make their home in the ful ture. Mrs. Williams is a sister of Mrs. M. L, Broadwell of Vernon Heights. oS Mrs. Q. A. Chase was hostess yesterday at the regular meeting of the Cosmos Club, Mrs. Paul Lohse and Mrs. Andrew Mosely made the highest scores at whist Mrs. Thomas Prather entertained informally to-day, in honor of Mrs. M. J. Hawley. —_————— GERMAN SHIP CADFETS VISIT THE UNIVERSITY Students on Training Ship Herzogin Cecilie Become Guests of Pro- fessor Carl Schilling. BERKELEY, March 1—Fifty naval cadets from the German training ship Herzogin Cecilie, which lies at San Francisco, came to Berkeley this after- noon as the guests of Professor Carl Schilling of the German department of the University and visited all the points of interest. They were escorted about the university grounds, their guides taking them to all the buildings and to the Greek amphitheater. The roads built by the students yesterday and the story of the day interested the visitors greatly. Afterward the visitors were enter- tained by Professor and Mrs. Schilling at their home, 2331 Le Conte avenue, where a luncheon was served. ————— Says Water Company Overcharges. OAKLAND! March 1.—H. S. Rob- inson, an attorney, has filed charges against the Contra Costa Water Com- pany with the City Council, claiming that he has been overcharged for wa- ter used in lawn irrigation at his res- idence. The Council has directed the water company to explain. ——— Grocer Retires From Business. OAKLAND, March 1. — William Walsh, who for more than twenty- five years has conducted a grocery at Seventeenth and Peralta streets, has recently disposed of his interest to O'Dea & Boyle, who have been his as- sociates in business for a number of years. ———— Suspected Burglars Arrested. March 1.—Edward | 1 Morton and Harry Childs, suspected of implication in recent burglaries in this Oakland- department. Late Shlppmg Intelligenoe. gave a dinner and pformal dance last night | Receiving Hospital. HORSE STRIKES AGED PREA AND KlLLS HIM +* AGED RETIRED MINISTER, WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN OAKLAND. + The Rev. Willi:-m T. Beale Is Victim of Accident in Oakland. OAKLAND, March 1.—The Rev. Wil- liam T. Beale, an aged and retired preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church, was knocked down and killed at 3 o'clock this afternoon by an Oak- land Parcel Delivery Company's team, driven by Rollin Blakeley. The accident occurred at the crossing of San Pablo avenue and Twenty-first street. The clergyman was walking in front of the team and Blakeley did not see him in time to prevent one of his horses from striking the aged pedes trian. The old man was thrown heavily | to, the ground. Assistance was quickly at hand, but the sufferer died, apparently from the shock, before the police got him to the The surgeons could find no external marks of injury. Coroner Mehrmann took charge of the case. Blakeley, resides at 632 Telegraph avenu®, was arrested and charged at thé City Prison | with manslaughter. Police Judge Smith released the young man on his own re- cognizance. In explanation of the accident Blake- ley said: Just before 1 got to the Twenty-first-street crossing, Arlving south on San Pablo avenue, 1 torned half around and put my whip on the top of ‘the wagon. The horses were only jog- ging aleng. One of them swerved a little and must have struck the old man, knocking him down, but away from the team. 1 did not see him: until after the wagon passed him, ly- ing_in the street. Then I stor the team and helped to get him to the sidewalk, while some one called for the police wagon. The deceased preacher had been off the active list for several years. He re- sided with his daughter, Mrs. Charles M. Stegman, at 942 Myrtie street. He had been employed as a collector for Hills Bros.,, wood and coal dealers at 1383 Eighth street. The deceased clergyman was a local preacher connected with the First Methodist Church of this city. He was born in England in 1815 and came to California in 1853. His life has been quiet and un- eventful. The surviving children are ‘W. W. Beale of Inyo County, J. S. Beaie of Maltby, Contra Costa County; Mrs. C. M. Stegman of this city and Mrs. A. J. McMurtry of Manila, Iowa. There are nine grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. - British Consul's Son Dies. ALAMEDA, March 1.—Wellesley Ziel Moore, the only son of Wellesley Moore, the British Consul at San Fran- cisco, and Mrs. Bertha Louise Moore, passed away last evening at the family residence here, 1622 San Jose avenue. He was a native of California, aged 8 years. Funeral services will be held in the German Emanuel Lutheran Church to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. In- terment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. i e REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda (.‘o-nt) . TUESDAY, MARCH 1. Home Security Loan Socictv (Home Security Buliding and Loan Assoclation) to F. Elza- beth Bishop, lut on N line of Plymouth avenue (College) at intersection with dividing line be- tween lots 01 and 92, thence N and_ paratfel with E line of Andover street 183, i 50, § 13, along B line of lot 91 to point 11§ N from N line of Plymouth avenue, E 5, S 116, W to be- ginning, beine all of lot' 91 and portlen of iot B of Pacific Theological Seminary Tract No. 2, Oaxland: $10. Hugh 8. Aldrich to Carra S. Aldrich, undi- vided half of lot on W line of Linden street, 180 N of Twenty-fourth, N 50 by W 152, block €10, Boardman's map, Oakland; gift. Rebecca Schwartz (exeeu(rtx 0' estate of Louls Schwartz) to Flora A. Morrell( wife of S F). all interest in lot ofi E line of Pi mont avenue, 80 N of Lsm.i:lzs.un W to beginning, lots 8 and 9, subdivison of lot 4, in Glen Echo Tract, map No. 2, Oakland, 1860. A._ Holman (by“Mercantile ’tnm of San Francisco, trustees) to Edward Company ¢ an) and . J. and S. M. who is 19 years old and | BESIDE WIFE Newton W. Bullet Into Brain While His Consort Lies in Sleep e e OVER ILLNESS BROODS Apparently No'Reason Why Man Should Have Resorted to the Desperate Deed gL ST Berkeley Office San Franeisco Call, 2148 Center Street, March 1. As his wife slept by his side at their home, 2430 Fulton street, Newton W. Mallery, a dealer in physicians’ sup- plies in the Crocker building in San Francisco, drew a pistol from beneath his pillow early this morning and shot himself in the head, inflicting a wound from which he died almost instantly. The horrified widow, stili stunned by the desperate act, is unable to account for its commission, and the most ac- | ceptable theory is that the man had | decided upon suicide while in a deep fit of despondency, the outgrowth of a nervous iliness from which he had suffered for a long time, though the malady was not painful or menacing. Mallery was cheerful enough when he retired last night. He had been to the Lycewm Theater with his wife and [ Miss Alice Woods and seemed to be in his usual mood. The party arrived at their hcme on Fulton street about 12 o'clock and retired an hour or so later. Following her custom, Mrs. Mallery read a book for an hour or so after going to bed. Her husband apparently had gone to sleep immediately after retiring. Finally Mrs. Mallery dropped her buok and went to sleep, leaving the light burning. She had been sieeping but a few minutes, when she was awakened by 4 shot, followed by a groan. Starting up, she saw that her husband had shot himself. The smok- | ing pistol was still clutched in his right hand. Mrs. Mallery called the other mem- bers of the household to her assistance and a physician was hurriedly sum- | moned, but the man was dead before | \dsslslamo could be secured. The pis- | | tol bullet had entered the back of the { head and shattered the brain. Mallery is not known to have had any business or family troubles and his suicide can only be attributed to fear that his illness might make him an invalid. He was well known among the physicians of San Francisco, who | patronized his business extensively. He was a native of Massachusetts, 50 years old, and leaves, besides his widow, a son by a former wife, Walter Mallery of Erie, Pa. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. An inquest will be held by the Ccroner. C 4 | Oakland, also lot on E line of Broadway, 960:3 of Moss avenue, N 2i8:0 by E 360, and lot on S line of Fortieth (Amet nue, 412 E of Broadway, E 132, S 62039, 609:3, Oakland; $10. | phie M. Snyder (wife) to John Murray, lot on N_lime of Twenty-fifth or (Laurel) strect. 430 W of | Telegraph avenue, W 62 by N 100, Oakland; deed and agreement, $10. | Thomas F. and Rhoda G. Fish to Joseph Martin, lot besinning at a point 30 W from SE corner of Lot 2, block 10, W 15 by N portion of Sot 5 ok 10, Pacific Homestead, Oakland; $300. John A. and Emma Gustafson to Christian . lot on W line of Filbert street, 50 N th, N 30 by W 10v, block J, Market Street Tract, ete., Oukland; $10.. C, Gazley to Minnie B. Gazley (wife), on W line of We 06 N | teenth, | _Laura A. and Charl | Dessum (wife of Wi Chestnut street, 1 ) ave w J. and and Margaret lot E 99; block 345, Boardman's §i0. { ‘Thomas A..and Addie A. Williams to Lillian I Sward twife of J. W} lot on N lne of Charter avenue, 489 ] raph ave- nue, W 25 by N 120 . half_of lot 36, Tuttle Homestead Trac $10. Vililam A. and Nancy E. Donaldson to Christen Christianson (singie), n SE line oi Thirteenth avenue, 75 NE of Twenty- second street, NE 50 by SE 100, block 140, Clinton, East Oakland: $ Mountain_ View Cemetery Philip H. Bradbury, lot in cemetery, Townshi] 1 Jacques and “Annie L. Loeb (wife) to Mary G. Campbell, lot on NW corner of Cedar lln_cl and Euchid avenue, W I N 110, E 63 S to beginning, portion lots 1 and 2 B Wheeler Tract, ete., Berkeley; 310, Mary E. or Mary Elizabeth Wjlson to Fred Wilson (son), lot on N line of Addison street, 23058 E from E line of right of way of Cali- Nevada Railroad Company as con- 256 D, 281 and 268 D. 24, ‘W 36, portiom plat 64, K!Ilsnhtrgfl”l map le‘ho V. and D. Peralta, Berkeley; ift. F'Il-belh ‘W. Morgan (married) to Helen L. Thayer, lot on SE corner of Channing way and Warring street, S8 50 by E 100, vortion lot 2, b of block B, Berk!ley Assoclation (o Oaklund preperty, ete., Homestead Loan Assoclation of Berkeley to George Sterling, lot on W line of Sacramento street, 150 § of University avenue, said point of beginning being Intersection of said line of Sacramento street with line drawn at right -n.n to University avenue, thence W 198, 192. N 153, portion of lots 1 and 2, . Shaw Tract (deed given to correct n 8§49 D. 6%), Berkeley; $10. Georse 'and Carrle R Sterling lo Bealty Syndicate (corporation) same. Ber) : $10. Realty Syndicate (corporation) to ceorn E. Pratt, same, Berkeley; §10. Georze and Carrie R. Sterling (wife) to Realty. Svndicate (corporation). lot on § line mento Pratt, same, Same to same. two acres heginning at a point on S line of Plat 64. distant SW 2004.7 mmrmnemxnmns 8. 66 and o! m\a u-mm ey = Jeed to I-cmlyn 97 D. 17 and m 454, thence along said line of Plat SW 240.8%, NW 302, NE 26195, SE Mffi w beginning of pomun of Plat 64, Kel- 1 s survey V. ‘and Peralta Berkeley: !Itn Sterling (wife) - to ). lot beginning AT LIVERMORE | Mallery Shoots (n]]forma Gas and Electrie Corporation Gains Control of the Town System DINGEE SELLS INTERE Deal Gives Big - Company Complete Control of Light- ing Business Around Bay ——— LIVERMORE, March 1.—The Liver- more Water and Power Company, owned by William J. Dingee, which supplies water and light to Livermore and also supplies the town of Pleasan- ton with electric light, was transferred to-day to the California Gas and Elec- tric Corporation, and ‘this deal gives thé company absolute control of the electric light and power distribution in the central portion of the State. The transfer of this plant to the Cali- fornia Gas and Electric Corporation was made very quietly, and no ome knew that the change had been made until the representatives of the corpora- tion took charge to-day. The officers of the new local company are: President, C. W. Weller; secretary, Eugene J. de Sabla Jr. Daniel -Murphy, who man- aged the affairs of the Livermore Water and Power Company for Mr. Dingeg, will be retained ‘as manager by the present owners of the plant. The new company is capjtalized at $120,000. William J. Dingee, the former pro- prietor of the Livermore Water and Power plant, has disposed of his hold- ing on account of ill health. The sale of the Livermore concern -deayes Mr. Dingee interested in but one corpora- tion in Alameda County, this being the Contra Costa Water Cnmpany of Oak- land. The purchase of the Livermore Water and Power Company, following as it does so closely upon the absorption of the Standard Electric Company and the | United Gas seems to prove that the California Gas and Electric Corporation has made thorough preparation to gain complete | control of the distribution of electricity | for lighting and power in all the cities on this side of the bay, as well as | those in the Sacramento and San Joa- quin valleys. The Livermore Water and the town of Livermore from 'its own plant, but the power used in lighting | the town is secured from the lines of the Standard Electric Company. Under the new management this system will} remain unchanged. The new company will also continue to supply light and power to Pleasanton, but as that town has its own water supply the change will make no difference in this respect. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, March 1.—The English Club of Stanford has invited ““The Jealous Wife'" to g0 to Palo Alto and show off before the students of that college town. There is some doubt about whether there is a sufficiently large | place at Stanford in which to present the play, but otherwise there is no bar to it, and ihcse who presented it here are willing to un- dertake the trip. Stanford has notified the intercollegiate de- bating committee that it has decided to defend the affirmative side of the question recently submitted by California for the intercollegiate debate in April. The question ls: = “‘Resol That in cities of aver 40,000 inhabitants a sy tera of municipal government concentrating the executive and administrative powers in the Mayor should be arf pted.”” " California will now have until April 23, the day of the contest, to select its team and prepare the defense for the negative cide of the question.. The Republican Club has adopted a new con- stitution and it has been left at the Co-opera- tive store for the sismatures of members who wish to approve it. The club will hold a meet- ing soon, when a prominent Republican orator will be secured to deliver a culogy on the Hte of Marcus Hanna AUSTRIAN TRIES BUNKO GAME AND LOSES COIN Stanisiaus Buchek, Machinist, Causes Arrest of Six Men in Notorious House on Dupont Street. Stanislaus Buehek; an Austrian ma- chinist, residing at 1010 Montgomery street, complained to the police last night that he had been fleeced of $280 in 2 bunko game at 406 Dupont street. Detectives Ryan and Taylor were detailed on the case and arrested six men for alleged connection with the robbery. Tweo others they sought to arrest escaped. The men were placed on the detinue beok at the City Prison and gave the names of . Jacob Schubner. Charles Altment, Edward Downing, W. J. Burt. Edward Gregg and Thomas Henry. ‘The first three were identified by Buchek as the men that induced him to bet his money on the game. The others were arrested on suspicion of having been accomplices in the | crime. John Ryan, a former bailiff in Judge Cook's court, and Ted McDon- | ald; who, with Schubner, condueted the game, escaped through a side door when the place was raided by the po- lice. The police are looking for them. Most of thé money taken from the Austrian was recovered from the ar- rested men. Buchek was detained as a witness and as soon as the officers can ‘determine what charge should be placed against the six prisoners they will be booked. The game run at 406 Dupont street has been watched by the. police for some time, numerous complaints hav- ing come to their ears from people who lost- money in the place.. The and Electric Companyl Power | Company furnishes the water supply to| ed, | { BRANCH OFFICES - F THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELFY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North . ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. - Telephone " Eaglé m MAKES APPEAL Berkeley . Sinoothed . Send Suggestions to -~ Friends I i l | POET GIVES THE IDEAS e s Charles. Keeler Lays Down Rules for Softening Land- scape of a . College Town Berkeley Qffice San Francisco' Call, : 2 48 Center Street, March L If the women.of. the. Hillside Club of Berkeley have their way there will be ro more paintéd: houses- in this town; no more high, ungainly- looking houses: no more bare yards. They ara after beauty unadorned, and.they. want io see the intellectual hub of California | show off in soft, dreamy, burnt-leather lines, architecturally and vtherwise, “The ideas of the ciub are embodied in a letter that has just been prepared for. them by Charles Keeler, the attist and poet. -The ladies thought.- of. Mr.. Keelér and his artistic temperasment and dsked [ him to tejl them how the hard profile of Berkeley architecture could be softened, and so abpealed to him to help them.: | His suggestions, needless to say, were fletmwd with ynanimous tavor, “henee | the létter: Here are a. few things pray'ed. for | Streets’ winding ub “the ‘hills initead | of the' right-angléa’ species: . preserva-" { tion. of the .trees;. uniformity in tree planting; lots no- less tha—n fifty Teet front for one h!"u"f“ equestration of ai .- least a part of the: garden, Italian and- | Japanese. gardens being preferred: sifn-" plicity and gerinineness in architecture: | sincere ornament: low houses instead of’ | high ones; wide eaves instgad” of ‘the narrow kind; unpainmq shingled . houses, that will ‘harmonize. with the- landscape: lower story sog(hnrrr porches. sheitered with vines. | These and a great many more are the suggestions _ that the ‘ Hillside. Ciuir | would have the intending homeé-~builder take note of. ‘He is admonished to.hire only a good architect, and if one ¢annot be afforded the club itself will help qut by showing a number of points And de- | signs that may be followed. ! ——r— MRS. ELIZABETH R.\DJESKT | DROWNS HER BATHTUB i | ‘While Disrobing She Is Sefzed With an Attack of Heart Failure and - | Suddénly (‘onppacn. Elizabéth Radjesky, an igéd widdw, = | was found dead yesterday afteinoon in'a bathtub at §22 Turk street: where | she had beengresiding for seine- time: The tub was full-of Wwater and Mrs. Radjesky. was -lying.- face ' downward {in it with hér might gown ‘on. The discovery Was made at’ about .ngon by Mrs. Solomon,: the landiady. The ! deceased was.a native. -of -Germany; | 78 years of age. : Dr. A. S. Tuchier," tha Xangily. phy. sician, informed Deputy Corener. Mc- | Cormick vesterday that he had bBeen’ | treating “Mrs. Radjesky for some time for heart disease. He. arid- her rela- tives .express ‘the” opinion' that. while | preparing to- take a Bath' she ivas seized with a 'spasm of. the Heart and fell. unconscious into the tulh ‘and .was drowned. Her ¢lothing . was' neatly folded -on a’ chair.” | R _— Sister Julia’ I Boy's G[“m‘n_ Sister Julia }lendersun of the Shel- ter ‘Armis Home-af 579 Harrison street was yesterday appointed guardian’ of Harold P. Ferslow, the.little boy who was badly burned by being -placed upon a hot stove by his.grandinother some weeks agd. - She claims to, be: the child’s godmdther and for this reason Judge Kerrigan'made her his guardian in preference to M. J. Wehite, secrefary of the California Seciety for’ the Pre- vention-of Cruelty to.Children, who | Charles ang Ella; Thall, childfen of the - late tHeatrical manager, . Mark- Thall, who- preferred charges of mis- conduct. agaifist M: H. Mayer, executor of their father's will, and asked that he be suspendéd; met with defeat -in the Probate Court yestérday. Mayer's demurrér to their petition .was sus- tained. 3 The Aw feet. quut d:'-‘tny- the gérm t trian became entranced with the game Berkeley: m and bet his money promiscuously in ity Wmm’ to George E. | jarge amounts until it was gone. The Josenh x house was formerly a notorious dance Swezey, block N. Laurel "ARRIVED. Tuesday, March 1. Stmr Bonita, Gielow, 64 hours from Newport '-:cm“’s-m-. Madsen. 16 hours from Caspar. v SAILED. 5 Tuesday, March 1. Tug Dauntless, Shea, Astoria. mm 1.‘ hair, and nn.'u;' building, besides ruining -considerable h the cause gone the | of the furnishings. There was no one & 'nlr in the house when the blaze started. It M. Cole. Alden” Tract at | Strect to Miranda E. Tucker 'nlofxwohn (g-“’l;-m;; Westlake ““’"" 13, am lots 3. 4 and Buchek came to this city three months ago. He had $280 in the Hi- | bernia Savings Bank and yesterday . The Rev. M. C. Harris, D. D., will | afternvon drew it out, intending to go Veiteh to same, §10. . mmh]“clm-mfln! half interest in lot 33,° etc., Oakland Town- March 1. —George Caine was fined $20 to-day by Mc- Judge Samuels as nhmw«'t"