The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 30, 1904, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1904 START A BOOM FOR FRUITVALE Merchants and Business Men of That Section Form a Board of Trade| —— REAL ESTATE IS ACTIVE Homeseekers Are Flock- ing to the Cities on the FEastern Bay Shore Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 9. The merchants and business men of Fruitvale have recently compieted the | organization of a commercial body whieh is to be known as the Board of Trade of Fruitvale, and the first regu- lar meeting, at which officers and di- rectors will be elected, will be held next Tuesday evening. Fifty prominent merchants and firms in the vicinity of Fruitvalé are siready members of the crganization and it is expected that as #con as permanent organization is ef- fected many others will become mem- bers The work of organizing the Board of Trade was first taken up by W. E. Ru- | dell and De Loss Pratt, and as soon as | the project was fairly launched others | quickly became advocates of the new organization and little difficulty was | experienced in securing members. It is expected that Adolph Lorsbach will be elected president of the new organiza- | tion at the meeting next Tuesday even- | in The other officers have not yet | been selected. The first meeting will | be held at the office of W. E. Rudell, corner of Fruitvale avenue and Wash- ington street. Mr. Rudell, a prominent real estate dealer of Fruitvale, in dis- | cussing the new organization, said: The merchants of Fruitvale believe that the organt; £ a Board of Trade here will ult in & great deal of good, and will Iy the development of thi mity. It will at a business men into er and this alone can of us. There are in the organization and meeting we hope fo enroll many m REAL ESTATE MARKET. The present gituation in the local real estate market is most encouraging and dealers are well satisfied that the sum- mer of 1904 will be the best so far ex- nced. Large numbers of Eastern | sing property in and are erecting handsome cézy cottages, proving that | to make Oakland their | , of course, will result in an | 1 business of all kinds, and present rate of increase in popu- maintained during the next ths, Ogkland will have good >ud of its record at the mer ving statements by real es- n in various parts of Oakland, jerkeley and Alameda prove that pre- nditions are satisfactory thoroughly sent ¢ Oakland val erty are steadily adva umber of ing of Frultv Fruitvale end to e are purchasin 1o purpose of erec these are ce. Pacific | t The proposed change of the Southerr Company’'s Seventh street local 1 electric _rosd w wvalue of Fruitvale property n £ , the an- Douncement that such a change would be| gade has already caused a slight advance. 1| bave hed several inquiries for factory sites on the canal front lately, and I think that be- fore long several factorfes will be started in | Fruitvale. 1 believe that the arganization of th of Trade of Fruitvale wiil bave & stimulating effect on the real estate market F. F. Porter of Oakland: been good for the last month, with a good outiook for the coming month. ' We experience more trouble in finding desirable property at reasonable prices than finding buyers. The nquiry for medium-priced property @lally good. With the advent of the Business has Route in Oakiand to purteenth street the w hotel proposition and other substantial sprovements about to be realized, Oakland will enter into an era of prosperity equaled by mo other city on the Pacific Coast, and it will not be of the mushroom variety. = Any in- vestment in Oakiand realty, properly made, s as safe the as United States bonds, with y, for after the November election and va- tion time have passed the present prices are sure to advance BERKELEY SITUATION. BERKELEY, Mav 29—In conse- quence of the approach of the summer months there is a slowing up in the numbet of real estate transactions. This does not mean, however, that there i€ not still considerable buying and selling. Some people are shrewd enough to know that the best time to buy is when trade is a little slack and they are just now driving the best bar- gains. A number of people have al- ready purchased in anticipation of the reopening of the college year in Aug- | second street. | this city. ust, having planned to get their fami- lies well settled before then. Buyers are manifestly more inter- ested in the north and south extremes of Berkeley than in the other parts. Thye seem to think that the most de- sirable portions of town are away from the business center. Therefore the tracts of land that have hitherto re- mained almost barren are now being filled up with residences of the most desirable kind. F. C. Johnson, a S8an Francisco lum- ber merchant, has just arranged through Juster & Baird for the bulla- ing of a residence of the colonial type of architecture on Benvenue avenue. It is to adorn one of those tracts spo- ken of in southeast Berkeley, at the foot of the hills. The cost is going to be about $6000. Joseph J. Mason has just sold four Jots in the n.mi district to purchasers who promise t0 build fine homes on them. The lots front on Webster street and are near Judge Garber's beautiful country home. The purchas- ers are Alexander Bowmann, Mrs, Shrout, Mrs. Fannie Martenstein and Lorin Bricker. Mr. Mason has also sold to Mrs. F. H. Lee of Chico the res- idence at 2204 Dwight way, the pur- chase price being $5600. Mrs. Lee is coming to Berkeley to stay while her son attends the university. A number of lots in the Berry. Tract bave been sold recently by F. H. Lawton. This tract is in the neighbor- hood of a lot of handsome residences und is very desirable. One of these lots was =old to T. E. Hicks, an East- ern lumber merchant, who will build a $5000 residence at the corner on Russell street und Benvenue avenue. Five $avenue, ANGER PROMPTS GIRL'S SUICIDE Abbie Sherlock, Piqued at Parents, Kisses Little Sis- ter and Swallows Poison TOLEAVEFAMILY WAN Refusal of Father to Per- mit Her to Secure Clothing Cause of Her Rash Act Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 29. Abbie Sherlock, 21 years old, commit- ted sulcide this afternoon by drinking carbolic acid at her father’s horse-trad- ing camp, East Twelfth street and Twentieth gvenue. The young woman had quarreied during the afternoon with her parents, and piqued by the differences went behind the camp wagon and took the fatal draught. Miss Sherlock had desired to leave her parents, but her father hid her trunk and refused to allow his daugh- ter to get her clothing. It was after this disturbance that she drank the poison. Just before the desperate girl quaffed the fatal dose she kissed her baby sis. ter, affectionately bidding the littie one good-by. Other younger members of | the family witnessed the scene, but did not give the young woman's action spe- clal thought. They did not realize it was the girl's last farewell. There was a scurrying for assistance physicians could not save the patient’s life. The young woman died at 5:15 o'clock, less than an hour after she took the poison. Coroner Mehrmann has charge of the case. The family, composed of Martin Sherlock and his wife and ten chil- dren, came here three weeks ago from T.os Angeles. They are itinerants, mov- ng from place to place as fancy and | business, that of horse dealing, dictate. The dead girl was a native of Iowa. B LAST RITES ARE HEL OVER GEORGE S. EVANS Friends Mourn at Bier of Young At- torney, Whose Untimely Death Is Much Deplored. OAKLAND, May 29.—The funeral of the late George S. Evans was held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Evans residence, 536 Twenty- Many friends of the young attorney attended the services. Representa the Alameda County Bar Association and from the Board of Free Library Trustees, of which Mr. Evans was a member, gave testimony by their presence of sym- pathy and grief. Beautiful flowers in profusion filled the parlors. The services were very simple and were conducted by the Rev. F. L. Hosme: minister of the First Uni- tarian Church of Berkeley. The pall- bearers were John de Lancey Jr., John W. Stetson, Clarence Crowell, Jesse G. Franck and Edward R. The remains were cremated. —————— Good Templars’ Meeting. Dibert, HOLY GHOST CELEBRATION AND TRINITY SUNDAY OBSERVANCE AT PLEASANTON Ten Thousand People Gather to Witness Interesting Ceremonies of the Day, Then Remain to Enjoy a Grand Ball at Nevis Pavilion in the Evening, and Fireworks lllumine the Sky | NES AT PLEASAN' TY SUNDAY. TEN PROCESSION TO THE PLACE OF N YESTERDAY PRINCIPAL CEREMONIES. DURING THE GREAT HOLY GHOST CELEBRATION AND OBSERVATION OF TRINI- THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED AND HUNDREDS OF LITTLE GIRLS IN WHITE WERE IN THE | SR N B BERKELEY, May 29. District Lodge No. 5, Good Templars, will meet | to-morrow at Odd Fellows’ Hau in After the credentials com- mittee has reported and the reports of the officers are read, appropriate Memorial day exercises will be held and addresses deliverd by J. W. Webb, P. G. C. T., of Fresno and other Good Templars. The executive committee is composed of the following officers: A. C. Banta, district chief templar; J. H. Robins, district counselor; Mrs. L. Saunders, district vice mplar; Willlam Kriess, P. D. C. T. C. R. Sain, district secreta C. West, dis- trict marshal; Mrs. S. Funston, dis- trict guard, and A. Patterson, district sentinel. 5 other lots have been sold by Mr. Law- ton to people intending to build on Grove street, which is now being looked upon with favor by many new comers to Berkeley. ALAMEDA DEALS. ALAMEDA, May 28.—There has been a noticeable improvement in the tone of the local realty market during the last week, especially In the demand for houses to rent. This in a measure is due to the annual hegira of people from San Francisco and other places to Alameda to spend the warm season, as this city in many ways offers all the pleasures of a seaside resort and has the advantage of being close to the me- tropolis of the Pacific Coast. The de- mand for houses to rent from others seeking permanent residences here has also been brisk, and to the latter the real estate men have given preference as against the ‘“butterfly tourists” who just flit In for a short time and fiit away again when the summer days are over. Concerning the condition of the real estate business local agents expressed themselves as follows: William Hammond Jr. of Hammond & Ham- mond—We have had numerous inquiries for bullding sites for homes, and most of these have buen for lots of fifty feee or more front- &ge. The majority of the seekers after thess lots plan to bulld, and are not speculating in property. We look for an Increase in the building boom that Is now on. Any one that erects & modern cottage will have a host of people seeking to rent it when it is completed. During the week we sold the residence of Dr. C. W. R, von Radesky on San Jose avenue and Oak street, and we have other deals in process of negotiation. Frank N. Dodd of the Alameda Land Com- pany—Although this is the season of the yem. when one expects realty deals and building be light, there s much doing in Alameda. Many homes are in course of erection, ditional contracts are to be recorded. We are building &n_eight-room house on St. Charles street for Mr. Newton, a colonial cottage for W. E. Bowditch, a five-room cottage on San Jose avenue, a six-room mouse on Briggs two two-story residences on Centrai venue. @ six-room cottage of Paru street, ana are closing a deal for the transfer of a $12,000 residence on Grand street Charles Adams of Charles Adams & Co.- Business with us has been lively during the last week. We have had more demands for houses to rent than we could meet. Many o these have been for cottages located through the central section of the city, between Mas. tick and Grand-street stations. Any capital- ist with money to invest could reap a good interest by investing some of his surplus casn nd ad- jin the construction of modern cottages. They always rent for good money and sell. A. R. Denke—Real y and buildi -rehwmlu-tmwmmlmn# - PLEASANTON, May 29.—Nearly ten thousand people gathered at Pleasant- on to-day to witness the Holy Ghost celebration and observance of Trinity Sunday, which was held under the auspices of Peixotto Council No. 15, L D. E. S, and the St. Isabel Society of Pleasanton. The celebration was opened last night with the removal or the Holy Ghost crown from the resi- dence of Joseph P. Rosa, its custodian, to the Holy Ghost Temple, on St. John street. After the procession to the grounds there was a splendid display of fireworks and the evening's enter- tainment closed with a grand ball at the Nevig Pavilion. The celebration to-day began with a parade from the headquarters of Peix- otto Council to the Holy Ghost grounds, where the crown was placed in the hands of little.Marie Vereia, the crown bearer, and the march to the church was begun. The procession was headed by the members of Peixotto Council, led by Grand Marshal Antone C. Avilar and Michael E. Silva. Following. the council were the ladies of the St. Isa- bel Society, under the leadership of their president, Mrs. Marianna M. Rosa. Mrs. Marie Gomez acted as marshal of the society. LITTLE GIRLS NUMEROUS. After the St. Isabel Soclety came fifty little girls in white dresses, who acted as malds of honor to the queen of the celebration, Miss Marie Silva, and the crown bearer. The line of march was from the Holy Ghost Tem- ple, on St. John street, to Rose street, to the church on Rose street, where | the service of the Holy Ghost was held. After the services, which occupled more than an hour, the procession re- formed and marched once more to the Holy Ghost Temple, where the crown was returned to the custodian. Immediately after the ceremonies a grand barbecue was held on the grounds, and following this a prome- —pe nade concert was rendered by the Plea- santon Band. The concert continued until 5 o'clock this evening and closed the largest Holy Ghost celebration ever held in Pleasanton. GRAND MARSHAL ASSISTED. Grand Marshal Antone Avilar was assisted by President of the Day Mi- chael E. Silva and M. M. Rodrigues as aids. The members of the committee of arrangements for the celebration and barbecue were: Michael E. Silva, president; Joseph M. Rosa, vice president: Antone Avilar, Joseph P. Ser- pa, Manuel A. Andrade, Manuel F. Silva, Frank S. Romalho and Frank Pine. The fireworks display and the ball last night were in charge of the follow- ing committees: Committee of arrangements—J. C. Serpa, J. J. Costa, Miguel I. Silva and J. M. Rosa. Reception committee—Miss Marianna Fra- ger, Miss Maggie Bernal, Miss Eldora Locke, Mrs. Mary Gomez, J. 8. Soito, J. M. Rosa, J. Soares, F. S.. Romalho and F, de Mello. Floor director—Thomas H. Silver. Floor managers—Manuel A. Andrade, Jose V. Pereira, Frank Pine and A. C. Avilar, CIVE DISCOURSE 10 METHODISTS Camh L Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 29. The Rev. H. A. Buchtell, D. D. chancellor of the University of Den- ver, preached this morning at the First Methodist Church. This evening the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. Hugh Johnston, D. D., formerly pastor of the the Metropolitan Church of Washing- ton, D. C. Both of these prominent clergymen were delegates to the quad- rennial conference of the Methodist church at Los Angeles. Vesper services at 5 o’'clock this aft- ernoon took the place of the regular evening worship to-day at the First Congregational Church. Devotional ex- ercises were held in connection with an elaborate musical programme by solo- ists and a chorus of fifty voices.. Miss Helen Dunham Sutphen of Alameda gave violin numbers, including an obli- gato to an “Ave Maria” sung by Mrs. Grace Davis Northrup and the chorus choir. A number of selections appro- priate to Memorial day "were rendered. A special musical service was held this evening at the First Baptist Church by the Young Men’s Christian Association orchestra, conducted by Miss Winifred June Morgan. The Rev. Owen Hotle, pastor of the Eighth-avenue Methodist Church, will begin a series of Sunday evening ser- mons during June on ‘“The Four Di- mensions of a Man.” The first sermon will be preached June 6. The topics are as follows: June 5, “A Man and His Manhood”; June 12, “A Man and His June 19, “A Man and His Chil- June 26, “A Man and His Friends.” At the tent meeting at Fifth and Peralta streets this afternoon the Rev. Ernest E. Baker, pastor of the First Preshyterian Church, delivered an ad- dress to men. The meetings will con- tinue evenings this week. The Rev. L. P, Hitchcock of Alameda preached this morning at the First Congregational Church. The Rev. Frederic H. Maar, pastor of the Fourth Congregational Church, preached a Memorial day sermon this evening. ¥ At the First Presbyterian Church t evening the pastor, the Rev. E. Baker, gave a discourse to the Grand Army of the Republic. : A Memorial day address was deliv- ered this morning at Golden Gate Pres- byterian Church by the Rev. Fred Johnston, the pastor. Colonel George French, commanding the Pacific Coast division of the Salva- tion Army, gave a talk to-day before the Men’s Sunday Club at the Eighth- avenue Methodist Church on ‘“The Practical Work of the Salvation Army."” The Rev. J. C. Colyar of Alameda occupied the pulpit this evening at the Thirty-fourth-street Methnfllsxlhurch. The Rev. Thomas P. Boyd conducted services to-day at the Tenth-avenue Baptist Church. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN POST TO HONOR DEAD BERKELEY, May 29. — Lookout Mountain Post, G. A. R., and the Woman Relief Corps will join in a memorial service in honor of the sol- dier dead to-morrow evening in Shat- tuck Hall. For that occasion an elab- orate programme of patriotic numbers has been arranged and the hall has already been draped with American flags and hung with the pictures of heroes of the late war. The follow- ing programme will be carried out: PMyer, the Rev. B. F. Sargent; “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address,” S. D. ‘Waterman; song, “Columbus,” Della Gilbert; song, “The Vacant Chair,” quartet; recitation, “How Uncle Moses Counted Eggs,” Gladys Smith; war songs of '61, Captain W. R. Thomas: address, T. O. Crawford; violin solo, . M. Pausch; song, ‘‘Battle Cry of Freedom,” the audience; flute solo, Clarence Merrill; “Sheridan’s Ride,” J. R. Ayer; piano solo, Professor Eng- quest; “Bury Me With My Grand Army Badge,” Miss Ethel Barrows, ac- companied by Miss Navone; remarks, “We Deck Their quartet; trom- Captain E. J. Martin; Graves Alike To-Day, bone solo, W. B. Well of the Republic,” Mrs. Sword of Bunker Hill"; sketch, George Drum; song, “Papa’s Gone to War,” Mrs. Tracy; “America,” the audience. —_——————————— Fair Attendances Increases. ST. LOUIS, May 29.—According to the officlal figures jssued to-night by the department of admissions of the ‘World’s Falr, the attendance last week was larger by nearly 50,000 than for any previous six days. ; BOND ELECTION IS POSTRONED Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 29. The municipal bond election will not be held uptil after the summer vaca- tion. Various causes have contributed to further delay in the preliminary proceedings, most important of which are the changes in some of the plans that have been made concerning the items to be submitted. City officials who have been exerting themselves to hasten the preliminary proceedings have canvassed the situa- tfon and have settled upon a provi- slonal date, about August 1, for the election. The intention had been to hold the election June 20, but postpone- ment is absolutely necessary that the required legal procedure shall be ob- served. City Attorney McEiroy has an- nounced that the many changes that have been made in the bond ordi- nances force a delay. In view of these conditions the decision has been reached that it will be very unwise to call the election to be held during the summer vacation, when many inter- ested persons will be away from the' city. Rather than endanger the vote on the bonds it is thought advisable to wait until August. ————— BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT FOR OAKLAND PRESS CLUB Vaudeville Show on Large Scale to Be Given Thursday Night at the ‘ Macdonough Theater. OAKLAND, May 29.—A monster vaudeville entertainment will be given Thursday night at the Macdonough Theater for the benefit of the Oakland Press Club. , On the programme will be representatives from nearly all of the theaters on both sides of the bay. The theater has been reserved from orchestra to gallery and seats have been placed at the uniform price of 50 cents. Tickets are on sale at the Oakland theaters and at the news- paper offices. These tickets may be. exchanged at the MacdonoughTheater. VETERANS HEAR MEMORIAL TALK Joe Hooker Post Members Attend Services in Body at First Baptist Church COMRADE IS PREACHER Rev. Gilman Parker Speaks Kindly of All the Brave That Fell in Civil War — ALAMEDA, May 29.—Memorial ser- vices for the nation’s departed defend- ers held in the First Baptist Church this morning were made notable by the attendance in a body of the members of Joe Hooker Post No. 11, G. A. R., and of the delivery of a sermon by the Rev. Gilman Parker, pastor of the church and himself a veteran of the| Civil War. Patriotic hymns were in- cluded in the selections rendered by a special choir, and there were also songs by a class of children, each little singer holding a small flag. An address to an old Dbattle flag, “Touch Lightly the Tatters,” was recited by Mrs. E. G. Smith. Rev. Gilman Parker’s sermon was en- titled “The Hand That is Stretched Out Upon Nations.” In delivering it he said | in part: Thers Is a supreme God that watches over | the affairs of men, an infinite will that has | to do with the destiny of nations. a master | mind that shapes all things toward a definite | vith an eternal purpose and builds all things after a perfect plan. His hand, wh is the emblem of infinite power and omnipo- tence, is stretched out over the nations of the earth What shall we say in memory of our fallen comrades and of the great struggle in which they s0 nobly figured? The hand of which we have spoken was manifestly with them, work- ing out the great purposes of the Almighty and the destiny of the nation. Surely in the light of the present greatness of our country among tae nations of the world we may find_words of priise for the men that sacrificed their lives for the [reservation of liberty in America. ,GOD ENDED SLAVERY. We believe that the hand of God wrote the emancipation proclamation, which forever settled the guestion of human slavery on earth, aud that Abrabam Lincoln, acting as his divinely appointed private secretary, put it on paper and proclaimed it to the world There were some very significant matters in connection with the Civil War in which we observe the hand of God clearly manifested First, in the frenzy and impatience of the people of the South to open the fight and precipitate their undoing. There is an old say ing “‘that whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.” The people of the Soyth were mad for the strife and so they the shot that began the terrible war and abolisked their pet Institution from America. Second, their arms were almost generally victorious up to the time of the issuing of the emancipation proclamation. But after that the Union forces prevailed mightily This signified that the hand of Ged was upon the nation. and that if we did not put away slavery he would wipe us from the face of the earth In making these references God forbld that 1 should by any word the veterans of the South. me to do so. They were worthy of our steel They fought under more u: orable conditions than did our men: they p their all upon the altar and got nothing in return for what they contended. They were brave foes and we had to sorrowfully acknowledge it on many battle- Their officers were in the main, gen- 1t would for flelds tlemen, brave, efficient and capable. be wrong to rank them below our men, they were our brethren, and have since that awful loyalty by standing side by For our departed comrades 1 will say were part of the most magnificent army mustered on our globe and the like of which the world may never see again. TRUE TO NATIVE LAND. They had come from the influences of good homes: they had been born of parents In whom ‘the elements of patriotism innately re- posed: they had been raised amfd the influences of splendid religious training and they had not | been effeminated by the slave system. fought, bled and died, true to God, to home and to native land. Now, my comrades, hey in view of the truth that our time is short, and the end of the | march in sight, let us get ready for the home going. Let us be certain of our peace with God and sure that our names are on his muster-rell. Let us put on_the uniform of righteousness when we put off our faded suits of blue. Our time is short. Next year sur- viving comrades may place flowers on some of our graves. Taps will soon sound for us; lights will soon be out. Some of us may even now be very the roll in heaven. It is called loud there and can be heard on earth. On the battle- fleld® of Antletam a soldier lay dying from wounds. A chaplain pa: the familiar words: ‘“Here ing to the prostrate man he you want? Can help yoi spended the brave fellow whose life was ebbing away, “I just heard my name called in heaven and was answering to it. Good by, chaplain.” —— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. SATURDAY, MAY 2. Andrew and Clara Swanson to John H. An- derson, lot on SE line of Glen avenue, 40 SW of Linda avenue, SW 40 by SE 120, belng sub- division 2, in lot 36, map No. 3, Glen Echo Tract, etc., Oakland; $10. Holcomb Land company . (Heron-Holcomb Company) to S. H. Jackson and W. W. Whit- more, lot on N line of Sixth street, 87:6 E of Brush, B 37:6 by N 100, lot 27 and portion of ;l;tofl, block 70, Kellersberger's map, Oakland; Wellmen, Peck & Co. (corporation) to Eliz- abeth C. imer, lot on N line of Hillsborough street, 150 W from E line of Plat 12, Watson Tract, W 50 by N 85:7k, being SW portion of subdivision 2 of redivision of Plat 12, Watson Tract, Oakland; $10. Harry J. and Jessle C. Knowles and Bell McKee (as trustees under the will of Julia M. Coleman) to John Ludemann, lot on SE corner of West and Ninth streets, S 100 by E 75, lots 5 to 8 block 95, Kellersberger's map, Oakland; $3875. The Belden Bullding and Investment Com- pany to Cass L. Gilson, lot on S line of Syc- amore street, 566:8 W of Telegraph avenue, W _33:4 by S 100, Oakland; $10. Emily F. Dunn (wife of John M.) to Wil- lam H. Sammis (single), lot on S line of Al blon street, 317:7 E of Grove, E 35, S 140:8 W 35, N 140:6%. being E 10 feet of lot and W 25 of lot 37, Alden Tract, Oakland; $10. James S. and Lizzie C. Naismith to Sam Bell Wakefield, lots 26 to 29, 31 and 32, block 82, map Northern Addition to Brooklyn, East Oakland; $10. James and Agnes Potter, John and Matilda Potter to Josenh Potter, lot on 8§ corner of Eighth avenue and East Fifteenth street, SW 50 by SE 110, block 59, Clinton, East Oaklan. also 1ot on SW line of East Fifteenth street. 110 SE of Eighth avenue, SE 40 by SW 100, block 89, same. East Oakiand: $10. Jarvis L. and Eva B. Smiley to W. E. Gil- man, lot on W line of Watts street, 158 N of Forty-fifth, W 125, § 138, E 125, N to begin- ninz of lots 10 to 12 and portion of lot 9, block 3, map of portion of Coggeshall Tract, W ot San Pablo avenue, Oakiand Township; 1750. San Francisco Savings Union to Walter A. Gompertz, lot 8 map Peralta Park, Berkeley: 1 1 ariow P. Bancroft o . Z. Howard, ot 3 block G, map Santa Fe Tract No. 2, Oakiand deed and agreement: $10. 3 Mountain View Cemetery Association to De. los Pratt, lot in cemetery, Oakland Township: $135. | E. Thelen, | Rockwood and Mary A. Flint to lot on NE corner of MoGee and Virgina streses E 40 by N 100, lot 11 and portion of lot 10, block C. Edith Tract, Berkeley: $1350, E. and Fanny Thelen to Horace A. Johnson same; $10. FETE » Alice Crittenden (widow) to same, same, clajm deed; $10. Bn BN Vo't £ 2 Vine, N by E 1. Wheeler Tract. Berkeley: 100 1ot 3, block Realty caite (a corporation Wilkinson, lots 7 and 18, bleek 2 e s survey, Tract, D?rflfi;l plat 67, Kellersberger': B. C. Hawes (administrator estate Henry M. Scudder) to Jerome C. Ford, I ¢ ( ) ot on N line of street, 214:3 E of Third ave. quit- hastily fired | or insinuation belittle | No, far be it !rrwm; near to the sergeant who calls | o« NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF AILAMEDA »© BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. CALL AGENCY REMOVAL NOTICE. On June 1st the Oakland agency and news headquarters of this paper will be removed from 1118 Broadway to 1018 Broadway, Oakland, Cal. 7 SR S R SRS e EDUCATORS To TALK AT FAIR Prominent Men to Speak at St. Louis Gathering Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, May 29. As president of the department of higher education of the National Edu- | cational Association, President Wheel- b | er of the University of California has received acceptances from the heads of universities in various parts of the country to discuss two great subjects at the annual meeting to be held this summer at the St. Louis Fair. These men are to address themselves to two | main topics of discussion, “Coeduca- | tion in Relation to the Gther Types of College Education for Women"” and | “The Present Tendencies of College Athletics.” .The meeting is to extend | over two days, June 29 and July 1, | when the following programme will be carried out, coeducation having been reserved for the first day and athletics for the second day: President Charles F. Thwing, West- | ern Reserve University, “The Women's | Annex versus Coeducation.” | President Charles W. Dabney, Uni- versity of Tennessee, “The Experiences of the South in Regard to Coeduca- tion and Other Forms of Education for ‘Women."” President R. ., University of | Missouri, “Coed: tion as It Has Been Tested in the State Universities.” | __President G. Stanley Hall, Clark | University, and President James B Angell, University of Michigan, sub- | Jects not yet arranged. Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews University of Nebraska, “The General | Tendencies of College Athletic: Chancellor Frank Strong, Univers of Kansas, “The Highest Standards College Athletics—Outright Amateur- ism.” EVENTS IN SOCIETY OAKLAND, May 29.—The picturesque home | of Mrs. A, M. Rosborough presented an at tractive appearance yesterday afterncom dur- ing the garden musicale planned by her son, Joseph Rosborough. Seats were convenlently arranged on the lawn in front of the houss | and the guests made themselves comfortable | there while listening to the music and enjoy- | ing_light refreshments. The windows of the music room face the garden and were thrown wide open for the oceasion, so, though the musiclans were in v doors, they were quite distinctly heard b: those outside. No lesser lights in the musical world than Dr. H. J. Stewart and Edward Xavier Rolker contributed several very de lightful instrumental and vocal numbers. Joe Rosborough, who is himself ome of Omkiand' s sweetest singers, and Oscar Frank also sang The eye as well as the ear was pleased at | this charming affair, for a number of pretty sirls from both sides of the oay wers pres- | ent and in their dainty summer gowns added effectually the general _picturesqueness el Toy came om San Francisco t nd the gard y and was very stun- Bz in a blue and white polka dot foulard and a big black hat with pink roses. Isabelle Kendall and Ada Keuna both wore striki gowns of white. Dollie Tarpey of Alamed Laura Sanborn and Bessie Palmer were aiso ous in this charming coterle of girls. of the others present were Mrs. Henry rbee, Mrs. T. C. Coogan, Miss Coogan, Mrs. Charles Houghton, Miss Ruth Houghtou., Mrs R. Burnbam, Miss Lueretia_Burnham., Miss Viva Nicholson, Misses Reed, Mrs. Lou.s Tashiera, Mrs. E. B. Sanborn. Mrs. Georze Carr, Miss Grace Balley. Miss Edsis Maxwell, Q. A. Chase, Miss Helen Chase, Miss mon, Mr. ana Mrs. C. P n, Miss H a4 Mr Shepherd. Major Fre A.; Dr. Lawrence, U. & A.: Philip Paschel, Ross E. Lavis, Louls A len, Oscar Frank, Richworth Nicholson, U. S. A., and Sumner Hardy. erick Johnson, U. S. Mr. and' Mrs. James Tyson entertatned in a deiightful manner at their home in Alameda last night, their guests being the members of an evening five hundred club. Those present' were Mr. and Mrs. Felton Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lovell, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cole Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. M Searles, Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Willlamson, Mr. and s, Roy Mauvals. i, B Two weddings of more than ordinary intersst are scheduled to take place on June 22 - those of Miss Lulita Wasiey and Frank M- ;\.vnnlnd Asa Mendenhall and Miss Florence atch. Although both will be home weddings, the details are being planned on an elab- orate scale. e Y Mrs. F. I Kendall is going to Mighlands, San Bernardino County, mext week © for & short sojourn. o g Mrs. W. W. Standeford has returmed from Santa Barbara. BERKELEY., May 20.—The loan exhibition of the Hillside Club yesterday rnoon _and evening in the Hillside schoolhouse was all of the success that the club wished it to be. There was a large attendance throughout. The Tegret is that the exhibition could not have been spread over two or three days so that many more people could have had the oppor- tunity to see the collection of rare ornament Tt would be hard to estimate the education: the exhibit. Seventy-five famun contributed the relics and hefrlooms of a cen- tury and naturally they were ail worth seeing. There were rich tapestries and embroideries, rare collections of china and valuable pieces of‘pottery. These were all arranged as nearly as possible according to the lands from which they came. 8o that visitors could readily note the kind of work each country produces. To a committee of lndies of the club, assisted b the suggestions of Chbarles Keeler, its presi- dent, is due the success of the exhibition. These ladies are Mrs. Willlam J. Monro, Mrs. C. M. Perkins, Mrs. John Galen Howard, Mrs. James M. Plerce, Mrs. Almeric Coxhead and Mrs. Bricker. The engagement is announced of Miss Mamis C. Dortmund, daughter of Mrs. Kats Dort- mund of San Francisco, and Charles J. Craw- ford of Derkeley. No time has yet been set for the wedding. —— e ——— e Investigating Suspicious Fires. Charles Davis, a roomer at 100814 Market street, discovered a fire under the stairway at the address given about 9 o'clock Saturday night and ex- tinguished it with a bucketful of wa- ter. He discovered that the carpet lin- ing had been saturated with coal oil and set on fire. The place is conduct- ed by Mrs. Addie Adams, who says that a fire was started in the same spot a few nights previous. Fire Mar- shal Towe has been notified and will make an investigation.