The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1904, Page 6

TH SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL t2 1904, TELLS OF CIRL OF FICTIONIST . Robert Dupouey Believes French Heroine Is Often Truly Painted in Novels| AUTHORS LIKE MATRONS| \ | Hyde Lecturer Says Strong | Woman Is an Entirely New; Thing in Modern France! M —_— | Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, | 2148 Center Street, April 22. M. Robert Dupouey, the French lec-; turer in the Hyde series for 1904, ad- @ressed a large gathering of the French colony and students in French at the University of California this afternoon. *The Young Girl in Contemporary Fic- tion” was the subject of his discourse M. Dupouey pointed out that the present French novelists very rarely make the French girl the principal oh oter in their novels. They prefer to study the married woman, whose character more defifite, more com- plete. However, wandering through the books of to-day one now and then comes upon the presentation of a girl character. Are these girls of the novel the girls of real life? In these creations ©f the novelists do Frenchmen recog- wize their sisters or their sweethearts? To answer this question M. Dupouey Epoke a number of tj girls among those descr ture, analyzed these types by means of examples from the celebrated x and having defined the type he compared reality. Thus he guished first se whom he girls—Henriette Seill, f »es of young most thus with r I Bourget's “Terre Prc weak girls, most Gyp's and vost's: fi lly: strong girls, bdern France » graduai fall- f man In Paul Zola's irely new in Paris” mples he strong girl uey’s opinion the novelists measure presented these girls pon the whole have k and his sec severity his lecture the stu- ond lec- be given wh Minis Harvard —————— ATTACK MAPDE UPON SECRETARY FAWCETT Circulated Public Stories Are Concerning Board of Works Office. Unwarranted Dentist. Committed d ted to erind this to-day € insane here Napa In- i by over the re € drink ¥ an has becom im vietin the Governme is shout rim through horns telling him to make away with himsell. He testified to- day that these messag came to be #0 strong at times he had filled his ears with cotton to get away from the sounds and finally gave himself up to the polic o SO SO Removes Bullet From Mrs, Werren, April 22.—The bullet | fired into Mrs. Elizabeth Werren last Sunday night by highwayman was removed from the woman’s back to- day by Dr. J. Edson Kelsey, the at. tending ph sn. The bullet s of thirty-two caliber and wifl be heid as | evidence in case the highwayman is | caught. | GRAPE-NUTS. i WILL DECIDE 15 T0 BONDS Voters of Oakland School District to Cast Their Ballots on Proposition POLIS AT THE HOUSES —_——— Board of Education Makes a Statement Concerning a Million - Dollar Projeet it Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 22. A bond election will be held to- morrow to determine whether Oakland school district, comprising the city of Oakiand, and a small part of the sub- urbs in Claremont and Piedmont, shall issue $960,000 in bonds, with which new school buildings and sites and enlarge- ments to present school buildings and sites shall be provided. The polls close at sundown, 6:52 p. m. The dis- trict has been divided into twenty-one precincts, polling places having been established at the various schoolhouses. To the pupils of the public schools there has been distributed circulars de- scribing the boundaries of precincts, the purposes for which bonds are de- sired and the Board of Blucation’s of- ficial statemeént on the subject. The proposition has been submitted ae a blanket one. Thus the voter will record his ballot either “for” or ‘against” all of the bonds. Specifically the items call for enlarge- ment of the following school sites: Lafayette, Lincoln, Grant, Prescott, Harrison, Grove street, Temescal, Tompkins and Cole school lots. Pro- vision is made for the purchase of new schoolhouse alities siteg in the following lo- neighborhood of Sixtieth and the neighborhood of ne in the nelgh- ty-third avenues Lynn; one in the and College ave- Claremont > cost of new sites and enlarge- f old is to be $200,000. BUILDINGS AND ADDITIONS. For new buildings and additions the wing provisien is made: to take the place of the destroyed by fire; Lincoln School take the place of the Prescott an addition to the Lafayette i one to take the place of ihe 501 butlding; an addition to the e ated in the neighborhood e stroets an addition to er ated $760,000. its tement to the public the Board of Education says | vercrowded. Many of the | w occupied for school fe places in which to have rooms in the base. r building | purposes, tempora well adapted for ucted in & ver and we manner ary to in 14 ana sar, from tes besides keeping soms now fn use, ! butidings dition that will f the schools be ana 1 district is an abso- ARE POOR. idings nt b nee to poorly repair of which t drain upen th ur board desires hig time of sup- gs vith modern e time is not fa children wi ted with du. ruected, BUILDINGS Most of the now in use in ave been con- ight, heat too, in danger from T otherwise has been prepared taxation necessary 1o within the forty Foars f the district for the estimate is & s of estimat shows that at the énd of d_valuation of Oakland 1t shows $94, 000,000, ment of $1005, 20l bonds, on an’ agsessin ases rapldly, and ten years thé amount of money 4 §1000 assessment, in’ order to pay nds in forty years, 1s 82 cents. < to decrease until finally, at the the amount of money paid is 26 cents. Or. to pu perron who pave for wwed valuation wil] it =tili another way, a_person a 06 who pAYE on an averige @) c tax required 18 will be vears befere all of the fm- d under this bond issue can cevers provements prope be made Sdvcation Is advised d and sold as - Thix of the Board of the erection of these wildinzs in the order in which the necessi- jes of the several localities demund, such ax the Franklin £chool, new school af Sixtieth and Genoa streets and new school at Fortieth |and West strects. — e Palm Secures Time, OAKLAND, April 22.—Charles W. Palm has been given three weeks more in which to raise $2085 and some other securities that he is supposed to have belonging to the Warren D. Heaton estate. He has been in jail before Judge Greene on a charge of centempt of court for not having turned over the money. Palm hasn't the money and his attorney has se- curad several days in order to give him time to raise it ————— Troubles Over Alleged Loan. OAWLAND, April 22.—Edward Dal- ton, a Southern Pacific Company em- ploye, wae arrested to-day on com- plaint of Joseph Hawley, an insurance agent, who charges battery. The men quarreled about the alleged failure of Hawley to return $40 Dalton claims was borrowed last November. Mprs, Dalton yesterday caused Hawley's ar- rest on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Dalton did not learn what his wife had done until this morning when he geturmed from a raflroad trip. * He met and upbraided Hawley. Then the trouble began. buliding: an addftion to the uilding; a new building in the | f F nd Weet streets; a rented rooms | constructed | ALAME | A N and Sturdy Gifts mE 1 CISES AT ALAMEDA, WHILE CHILDREN SANG, 1Y PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN TO LOVE UL GIFTS TO MAN. AND PHOTOGRAPH OF TH THE NOBLE TREES FOR TH % | 2 JENTLY TOLD 3 QUALITIES AND MANY U, BREAKS BONE | = e - AT BASKET-BALI | | 4 | —————— { 7 ; | Berkeley Office S8an Francisco Call, ! 2148 Center street, April 22. Miss Florence AtKinson, a junior in | the college of sciences at the Univer- sity of California, is lying a victim of the game of basket-ball at her home, 39 Dwight w Nobody would ever | think that such a mild, ladylike game | a baskot-ball would hurt a body, yet | it turned out to be r in this case, and Miss Atkinson’s injury congists of a fracture of one of the | bones of her right leg below the knee. | The thjury was received while she was al dangerous playing in a game against the Mills | College girls at Mills College last ]'l'"PFdl\y for the championship of the | State. 1t is really not the basket-ball game that is to blame for the accident after | a1, though it cannot be denied that if { | Miss Atkinson had not been there she would not have been hurt. It all hap- pened in a \*ny simple way. Just as | the ball wag put into play Miss Atkin- #on ran after it and threw herself for- ward to intercept it. As she did so she stepped upon a board in such a way lthal she received a sudden wrench and the hone snapped. At firet Miss Atkinson thought she { had only received a strain. Local rem- | »dieg were applied by Mrs. Mills, and Miss Atkinscn returned to her home | after the game. The limb continued to pain 80 much, however, thet a physi- % | cian was called in. Then the discovery. -vas made that the bone was fractured. Miss Atkingon is recovering rapidly. —_——e—————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, April 22.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Wiillam Cas- 'serly, 30, San Francisco, and Nora Coghlan, 28, Oakland; James Stuart, 24, and Margaret McGucken, 20, both of 8an Francisco; Olof P. Lonn, 26, and Wendela C. Nordstrom, 24, both | for the last week awaiting a hearing , of San Francisco; Manuel D. Silva: 24; and May A. Dutra, 16, both of New- ark; Willilam G. KropKe, over 21, Ashs land, Ore., and Grace E. Morey, ovef 18, Oakland; John B. S|lvgrlu. 22, and | Josephine Viera, 17, bbth of Oakiand} | Calvin B. Scott, 24, and Emma G, | Welch, 19, both of Oakland; John W. McAtee, 24, and Margaret Lierman, 20, both of Oakland. Philippine Cases in a Court. WASHINGTON, April 22.—The cases of Thomas E. Kepner, Fred L. Dorr and Secundo Mendezona, all from the Philippine Islands, were ar- gued to-day in the United States Su- preme Court as one case. They in- volve the right of the Philippine Gov- ernment to appeal criminal cases te a higher court in case of failure te convict. The defendants contend that the practice is contrary to the consti- tution of the United States. ALAMEDA, April 22.—The city's sec- ond annual Arbor day celebration was | held to-day, and was on a more elab- {orate and impressive scale than that | of last yeur. Exercises were conduct- |m| at all of the public schools, the pro- grammes at the six grammar schools | beginning at 1 o'clock in the afternoon | and at the Alameda High School one | hour later. Colonel John P. Irish delivered the addre of the day at the Alameda High School, and his pithy and wi remarks were received with the closest | attention aud keenest .pleasure by an interested audience cemposed, for th areater part, of students and teachers, Colonei Irish was escorted to the Gf hig speechmaking, the rear steps the Alameda High School ding, by hig old friend, Colonel B. Maslin, and was introduced to the assemblage i by President Frank Otis of the Board | !of Education, A TALK ON TREES. | | | Colonel Irish, in the course of his ora- | tion, sald: f?fi)‘s and Girle: I feel ltke one of you to |48, 1 am here to talk about trees, tiat you | may the better know how much you depend jupon them for ihe comforts and nace: of life. The books that many of | your hards are made from trees, (the musie sheets from which you have sung. if the trees are not preserved the time may gome when boys and miris wili have no books. When I taught school, and that wus many years ago, trees were put to another use. I trimmed the trees to teim the boys. That is another reason why boys in particular skould understand the value of trees. I notl .| that here you have planted palm trees, which cannot Well be made use of in the way that the trees were of which I have spoken, I have a bpok made entirely from paim leaves of trees that grew in India. The printing | O ihe leaves was dohe with a_stylus. and 0oks are in u y 1 timilar books are in use by one of the mncient Trees have contfibuted to the sheiter oter yout heads. Your homes are made mostly of | trees. Maple sugar. tar, turpentine, camphor and breoms are among {ha producis of irees. {3 you had in Alameda & man with the power to give you s méany gifts as the trees vou Would carefully guard him and be very so- | leltous about his heaith, and you Would fael | a gréat loss and sorrow when he died, You should feel the same way toward the trees To atudy all trees would be to study the world 1 khew the founder of Arbar day, the late Honorable W, Sterling Morton of Nebrask intimately. He was a dear old fellow and o ‘of the plonsers of that sectioh of our country. When he settled in Nebraska {t was then a primitive State and consisted of level prairies that weére wind-swept In winter and dry and brown in summer. Mr. Morton was a close abserver of the results Wwrought by the winfs and hurricanes in Nebraske and he judged rightly that trees would break the force of the #inds and improve the fertility of the region through conserving the moisture. So he cried out and continued to ery, ‘Plant trees! Plant trees!” Now Nebraska is covered with trecs. Her climate is improved, her rofl richer, and becausc of this planting of trees the \farm lands of that State are extending westward at the rate of three miles a year. I eannot carry to your comprehension all that Arbor I | | day means, but Mr. Morton did great the world tarough his advocsey of trec | | planting. ! LEARN TO LOVE NATURE. H The trées we plant here are 1o beautify your city, and these exercists are to implant in your Nearts a love for the trees. I want you to look upon them as dne of the great of iife which the Creator has the ice of lon of the trees, It that we have been and saving them. £roves on the mountains the fertility of the valle; because the water subply al , State, county ve begun to n:l'h:rm Should be. planteq &o are now tmnln:mmn( hae lately been discove Gareless In caring for forest §i MARRIAGE s | never been married. To support this | ! marital rights. HEL) 10 BE VALID Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 22. An irreguiarity in the process of a marriage license ddes not invalidate a marriage contract, according to a de- cision handed down by Judge Ogden to-day. In a divorce action it was pleaded by Henry N. Pedersen, in reply to hiz wife's charges, that they had| he showed that a license had been pro- | cured in Alameda County and that the ceremony had been performed by a clergyman in San Franeis: He said, theretore, that no voree could be granted, and that the woman whe said she was his wife was not en- titled to alimony. Judge Ogden found that the mar- riage was sound, although the minister in performing it laid himself liable to punishment under the statute. The Judge granted Mrs. Matlida Pedersen a divorce and awarded her $100 attor- ney's fecs and $20 a month alimony. In summing up his opinion Judge Ogden said: While it is true that a strong argument can be madé In suport of the iavalidity of the marrfage in question, yet a sound public policy demands that the ceremony should, it possible, be construed as valld rather than invalld, especially where the cerémony has followed by a mutusl sssumption ot e wrong committed In this instance was by the minieter of the gospel and not by the parties; indeed. the Legisiature Was vested a heavy penslty upon every person authorizeéd to solemnize any marriage who makes a falee record 6f any marriage return. +* men and boys in forestry, and it is & nobie calling, as it brings one into direct touch with natore, and ther: is everything sweetening, ennobling and uplifting In the study of nature, And now in conclusion I would say, be kind 10 thc trees and plants. and never permit them o suffer. FOUNDER REMEMBERED. President Otis, in introducing Colonel Irish, paid a tribute to the memory of the founder of Arbor day, and also thanked the ladies of the Adelphian Club and the representatives of the Alameda Advancement Association and the West End Tmprovement Associa- | tion for the funds they contributed to make the purchase of the trees pos- sible. Frank O'PBrien responded to Colonel Irish's address on behalf of the Asso- ciated Students, and Mrs. P. 8. Teller of the Adelphian Club did likewise on behalf of the organization she repre- sented. Mrs. Teller said: ve of the Adelphian Club pride A date in the matter o ires beer: X3 iof, and chiefly instrumental in the establ ::‘t :::m- day in Alameda. We do not 1T to allow the men to get ahead of mmmaawrmin:hhz.'u '3 kful to the Board of S0, o i AV o by iy purchusing the .remn o thing erows weil in Alameda, partieularly toys and wirls. When I 100k around me end St In sosertm th"«'vs-”mm of the ‘Ader. Thian CE Dulfand Dettsr than they acae” Songs were rendered by the students of the Alameda High School during the DENNETT GOE T0 AN ASYLUM Violently Insane and Court Holds He Is Dangerous PHILANTHROPIC CAREER George S. Montgomery Saysl the Afflieted Man Gave Thousands te Charity Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 22. Alfred William Dennett, famous; throughout the country for his “rapid | lunch” restaurants, was committed to Stockton Insane Asylum to-day, a vio- lent maniac. He has been erratic, ac- cording to his friends for some months past and has wrecked his business in Los Angeles through his insane acts. He engaged in a terrific struggle with hig attendants this morning and it took the combined efforts of three men to strap him to his cot. The court found that he was dangerous and a fit sub- ject for the State institution, In speaking of Dennett's career, George 8. Montgomery, the well-known philanthropist, said to-day: “Probably no other man in the United States has had so remarkable a life as Dennett. He has been a sailor and cook; he has been worth $1,000,000 and has given away hundreds of thou- sands for charitable purposes. No one knows the amount of money he has given away. He knew the restaurant business as no one knows it and had a mind that could grasp a big idea. He did not deal in small things, but always went at ventures on a large scale. He incorporated his restaurants in New York City, Brooklyn, Balti- mere, Boston and other places for over $1,000,000 and they were bringing him in a royal income, with which he was lavish. “He closed his places on Sundays, conducting them on the temperance plan. He padi the highest wages, but exacted the utmost cleanliness from his employes. He was blind in one eye, but he could take in everything with the other. When he came to the Pacific Coast he was virtually broke. He gave away such vast sums that he logt control of his corporation in the East and he was frozen out. But he could make a success anywhere. He was a wizard in this respect. I think his present condition is due to his being knocked down by a car on Fourth street in San Francisco about a year ago. “While he seemingly got well, he has been acting strangely ever since. His son, George, has written to me from Los Angeles, stating that the business has been wrecked there by the way his father has been conducting things.” ——— MYSTERY OF WOMAN’'S DEATH INCITES OFFICIAL INQUIRY Relatives of Mrs. Catherine Grady Complain to the Police and the Coroncr. An element of mystery still sur- rounds the death of Mrs. Catherine Grady, wife of a patrol wagon driver connected with the Park police sta- tion, which occurred at the Waldeck Sanatorium on Sunday last. Mrs. D. I. Saunders of 506 Kearny street and Mrs. D. I. Simons of 1426 Market street, sisters of the deceased called on Captain of Detectives Mar- | tin last night and reiterated the state- ment that they had previoysly made at the office of Coroner Leland. This statement was to the effect that a quarrel had taken place in the home of Mrs. Grady at 717 Devisadéro | street on the night of March 22, v hl('hl culminated/in W. D. Grady, father-in- law of the woman, striking her on the head with a chair. In their statement to Captain Martin both of the women emphasized the declaration that, in their opinion, this blow caused the death of their sister. That there was a row in the house there seems to be no question, but whether on not Grady struck his daughter-in-law, thereby causing her death, appears to be much questioned. Grady denies the assault and is sus; tained by Dr. W. G. Mianer, who says: Wken I was first called Mrs. Grady com- plained of a headache. After an examination I decided she was suffering from kidney trouble and when he temperature aross to a rerious degree [ advised her removal to the Waldeck Sanatorium, where she could wecelve more intelligent treatment than one can at home. She grew ranidly worse and finally it was evident that her kidneys had ceased to work altogether. Medical treatment proved {inavailin and she died from uremic poison- ng. ‘The story that her skull was fractured is absurd and In my opinion is a tale engendered throuzh a family row. There —was not a brufse or laceration on her heal to indicate violence and the manner of her death could not have been caused by blows or a fali. Dr. C. W. Card, who was called to attend the unfortunate woman before she died, was positive in his an- nouncement .that her skull had not been fractured, although he found an abrasion of the scalp. When asked if this abrasion might have been sus- tained by a fall Dr. Card said that it was scarcely possible. ————— PREPARING FOR SOEDER'S TRIAL.— The County Clerk brought the box contain- ing the names of all the talesmen selected by Superior Judges to Judge Ccok’s court yes- terday and 250 names were drawn. They will be subpenaed to appear on May 2 the trial of n ler, charged with the murder of Joseph Blaise, his brother-in-law, | | f— — exercises. - Twenty palms and nna' hawthorn tree were planted on the ' grounds. These were placed in the’ ground previous to the exercisés, s At the Wilson School the speaker was | Rev. P. C. Fletcher; at the Porter School, Rev. I. Potter Hitchcock: at the longfellow School, Rev. William N. Guthrie; at the Mastick School, Harold W. Fairbanks; at the Everett School, A. W. Mock, and at the Haight School, Senator J. R. Knéwland. The following ladies from the Adelphian Club also spoke at the grampar gchools: Mrs. I. N. Chapman, Mrs. H. A. Hebard, Mrs. A. J. Samuel, Mrs. G, W. Emmons, Mrs. M. F. McGurn, Mrs, I H. Ehrenberg, Mrs. H. L. Bastman and Mrs. Waldo Parkhurst. s« NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA DANS REMEMBER ARBOR DAY D HEAR COLONEL IRISH’S ADVICE Orator Tells Young People to Learn to Love Trees, Which Are Man’s Unfailing Benefactor, and They Are Eloquently Praised for|Restaurant Man Becomes Their Sweet Influences, Ennobling Power ————— S ——— BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street Telephone Alameda 4592 —— ey PRINCE'S VISIT 1S SIGNIFICANT WASHINGTON, April 22.—Prince Pu Lun, nephew of the Emperor of China and head of the Chinese commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, will arrive in Washington to-meorrow. For three days he will be entertained as have few visiting dignitaries in re- cent years. He will be shown especial consideration by President Roosevelt. Secretary Hay will give a dinner com- plimentary to the Prince Tuesday night and the President will attend the func- tion. It will be one of the most bril- liant affair8 of the season and will be notable for the galaxy of distinguished men attending. - All this gives rise/ to much specula- tion whether there is not a great deal of-international politics involved in the visit of the Prince. It is stated that he has no official mission in this coun- try, save to visit the exposition. Nev- ertheless, the attention which the Pres- ident and Secretary Hay will bestow upon the visitor has an indirect con- nection with American-Chinese rela- tions. President Roosevelt believes that the best way for American commercial prestige to be heightened in the mar- kets of the Orient lies through more cordial treatmemt of the Chinese. He is, of course, opposed to the admission of coolie labor to the United States, but radical Chinese exclusionists declare that he and.Secretary Hay are strongly inclined to replace the present strict immigration treaty, which will be abro- gated Deecember 7, with one more lib- eral in definition of Chinese profes- sional and merchant classes which may be admitted. While, of course, Prince Pu Lun will have no authority to rep- resent the Chinese Government in a diplomatic capacity, the good impres- sion he is expected to carry away of the attitude of the President and Sec- retary Hay toward his country is re- garded as excellent food for an in- crease of close commercial relations between the two Governments. —_—— CALIFORNIA ORGANISTS WILL PLAY AT ST. LOUIS W. Sabin of San Francisco and A. Scott Brook of Los Angeles Selected. ST. LOUIS, April 22.—A World's Fair official bulletin issued this even- ing announces the engagement seventy-flve prominent organis cluding W. Sabin of San Franc play the great organ in Festival Hall Sabin has been engaged for Maj and 28. The only other Californi engaged is A. Scott Brook of Los An- geles, who will play November 28 and 29. Al the seventy-five organists Americans except one, A. Guilmant Parig, who will play from August 15 until September 24. ——— FINANCIER ARRESTED ON A FELONY CHARGE Fred J. Abbott Is Accused by Mining Promoter of Obtaining Money by False Pretenses. Fred J. Abbott, who says he financier and lives at the Clarendon IDtel, v arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn to by J. E. Kerr. a mining promoter in the Rialto build- ing. charging him with obtaining money by ialse pretenses. leges that Abbott on January $80 by representing that he had account with his father, a wealthy resident of London. Abbott gave Kerr a draft for the amount on Abbott Sr., and it was returned dishoneored. Detectives O'Dea and Muleahy, who arrested Abbott, say that about a year ago they arrested him for pass is a al- got T 11 ing a.fictitious check for $40 on H Leonhardt, proprietor of the Casino Twenty-fourth avenue and ' Fulton street. . He was detained in pfison for some hours at that time and was re- leased when friends paid the amount of the check. .. Late Shipping Intelligence. SAILE Friday, April 22. Bimr Scotia, Johnson, Bowens Landing. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT TOWNSEND-—Sailed April 22—Br ship Holywood, for Melbourne. FOREIGN PORTS VICTORIA, B C—Arrived April 22—Stmr Cottage City, from Skagway. ol AMERS. Aoril 22—Stmr La —Arrived Aoril 22—Stmr Pa- . from New York, via Plymouth. PLES—Sailed Aoril 22—Stmr Nord America, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON—Sailed * April St Moltke, {rom Hamburg, for New York, Cherbours. Teeth Without Plates Why wear a bulky plate when you can have bridgework for the cost of material? 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