The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1904, Page 6

FRANCISCO .CALL, SATURDAY JULY 2, 1904. OQNEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA DO IRY T0 TRACE MAN'S PRESENCE Scientists” at the University search Potter Creek Cave for Remains -of Humans BONES PUZZLE EXPERTS William -J. Sinelair Tells \bout - Relics: -That May Reveal -Ancestry of Race| Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center: Street, July 1 | )id human beings roam the wastes fornia- in a prehistoric period, 1:000,600 and 2,000,000 years the whole topographical e country was different | from ent state? This question | the scientists of the Unfyersity of Cali- triing ‘to solve through a stud he fossil remains found in the | mestoné caves of the State. They are ( ndetermined whether the remains ose of huiman beings or of gigan- | ct animals. | In pursiihg ‘their researches the sci- | have preferred to study the and fragments exhumed from | tamous Potter Creek cave, in Shas- « v;.which has- yielded some Epe ns of prehistoric life that are.of value - to. the scientific ults of these investiga- en to the pubiic for the a bulletin issued by the, day . under the title of | tion" of the Potter Creek The-author is Dr. William 'J of - the - paleontology = depart- | e the s He received | aluable assistance ln his work from | : Jobh. C. Merriam. Dr. C. ,-Dr. David Starr Jordan says that much time was | & the search of the va\c‘ rude imple- the ends and | is° of beveling and f ers show distinct notches | >, and 1l others are | onsideral depth -at hens iwere found in un- | h indicate that they are vent origi D ROUGH 13MPL she rough smplements from anas of ornid. Di archaeologist, believes originally n break- hed for beve.ed by often begr n one _side. itle, as far as possible regarding the nature &nd shed bones, every vercd during the excavation was preserved. These frag- afterward submitted to ation for traces of polishing and | Many specimens show dif- 1t _degrees of polish and consider- | all ques- origin of | fragment | of | ave w able variety of form. Some of- the agments, however, bear no relation | known form of implement, “seg this suggests the idea that they have | all’ been de in some other way than | through agency of man, the rough implement-like form being purely a | chance occurrence. The polish i8] thought to be due to the assoviation the - b action ¢ es-with dripping gravel, the which gave them gloss and While the explanation of the presence | of the polish may readily apply to the irregularly shaped objects, Dr. Sinclair thinks the beveled edges or notched bases of others convey a strong impres- sion of definite purpose.in their fash- jon Concluding his opinions on this su!-)u( he says: “The writer does not feel justified in asserting positively the human origin of the relics, believing that we require stronger evidence than it has yet been possible to-obtain before such a state- ment can be made.” \ Much of the material collected in the) cave cousists of sharp-edged bone splinters. which were found at all depths in the - bone-bearing deposits. | Of these Dr. Sinclair says that, since | other suggestions fail tv explain them satisfactorily, it i not beyond the lim- its of possibility that they were made through the agency of man. The sug- gestion that they are the work of man seems open to the fewest objections. NO HUMAN REMAIN No trace of human remains was found in the cave by the scientists. It is possible that early man may have been in existence in the region and his remains yet have escaped preservation. On this subject Dr. Sinclair says: The cave may have been easily accessible to ay have been so far from his habita- | nur that he would prefer mot to visit it fre- | quently A fragment of modern Indian basket | work was found on the surface near the top, | ndicatiag that the ‘entrance chambers may | have been used occasionally in recent years | a place of storage. There wge mothing to | they had been used in prehistoric ndicate times. It seems probable that the main cham- ber of the cave once had free communication | with the surface, thus serving as a pitfall to | catch unwary snimals. The accumulation of h n remaine in such a pitfall would be of occurrence, Gepending - upon accidents ageinst which the superior intelligence of mllnI would protect him The ve fauna is not too old to negative the \dea of contemporaneity with man. There can be little doubt that If man reached the North American contiaent during the Quaternary it | was by way of the land bridge which then united Alaska with Siberta at Bering Strait This land conncction permitted the migration | of many of the mammals now ccmmon to the ! most northern parts of both continents, It | seems reasonable to expect that eome of the | carllest traces of man in North America would be found on the Pacific Coast, where the oli- mate was congenial and food supply IWMI“[J while the eastern portion of the continent was submerg-d beneath the lce sheet. Glaciation in California has never been general, occurring | only at the higher altitudes. At its maximum the coast was almost as well adapted to human babitation as it is to-day, In order to fix the age of the cave as definitely e€ possible Dr. Sinclair has made comparisons with the fossilerous deposits at Silver Lake, Or. The Suverl Lake fauna is quaternary, estimated to be between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 years old, and the cave is probably of ebout the same age, as the ion - of living to extinct species is practically | the same. The cave lies on the crest of | & spur that is now 1500 feet above the | | ments, | ments | the | the | did new |-Chur | Mrs. AIMS CHANGING ‘LSOCIAL SETTLEMENT PLANS Mayor Discusses Plan With Brother Members of the Board of Public Works FAVORS APPOINTMENTS TG T Scheme Purposes to Remove the Commissioners From the Elected Officials’ List AT Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 1. Informal discussion was had to-day in the Board of Public Works concern- ing a proposition to submit amend- ments to the city charter to vote of the people. Mayor Olney and Commis- sioner Turner were of the opinion-that the City. Council might be invited to take hold of the matter, that an elec- tion might be called immediately after the bond election shall have been held. Commissioner ~ McElroy suggested that the furtfer consideration of the subject be laid over until the bond elec- tion had been disposed of, and that was the action. First in the list of proposed amend- as indicated by Mayor Olney is one to make the Boards of Police and Fire Commissioners and of Public Works appointive bodies, instead of elective, as they have years. Under- a former charter the Commissioners . were named by the Mayor. It is also in the mind of the or to urge a number of amend- looking toward a revision of the. charter provisions covering the regulation of street construction. These are in a tentative condition as yet, but the project to radicaily revise some time in the official thoughts. FAMILY REUNION. By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, July 1.—There was a little fam- rennion last night at the Curdts residence Merrimac street t Otto witness the marriage of Curdts and Miss Blanche Chrisman. g people had made up their minds A previous to thus end an engage- open secret for some San was formerly been residing with her sis veral months and came to Oakl to visit the groom's parents, Curdts € took place and the new mem- ily was welcomed with the spitality which is a well known a Quinn tied the muptial knot Judge those Who Witnessed the ceremohy were Among Dr. Abe the latter offi- and Mrs. H. B. Mehrmann, Mr. and Mrs. Leach and Dr. Carl E. Curdts, clating as best man. ed the bride. The groom is a successful young contractor and builder of this city. He and his bride will make their home here. Virginie de Fremery clever musician who has for some t acted as organist for the First Presbyterian Church, has resigned. ‘The fact that the splen- organ at the First Congregational is without & presiding genius since Will King's récent resignation may have some thing to do with Miss de Fremery's action, if report is true. It i rumored that Mis _ Mr. and Mrs. W.' A. Schrock and their little daughter, Etta, are rusticating at McCray's, on | the Ruesian River. James P. Taylor and his sister, Miss Grace Trevor, have just returned from that resort. Robina Henry, the little daughter of Mrs. Malcolm Henry, is visiting Mrs. John Charles Adams and Miss Bobbie Adams for a few days. Adams has not entirely recovered from her recent illness yet, but is able to be about. Dr. and Mrs. G. Erwin Brinckerhoff leave in a day or so for Mendocino County for two weeks of rest and recreation. Mr. and Mrs , Harrison Clay have returned from a delightful visit with the Will Prathers in Montague, Shasta County. Earl Bingham went with the Sierra Club the Yosemite. ————— TAKES PLEDGE AND IS RESTORED TO DUTY to Thomas Merrick Promises Not Drink Intoxicants and Is Reap- pointed to Be Policeman. OAKLAND, July 1.—Having signed a pledge to refrain from the use of intoxicating liquor, former Policeman Thomas Merrick was restored to-day to a position in the Police Department by the Board of Police and Fire Com- missioners. Mayor Olney and City At- torney McElroy voted favorably upon the resolution to reappoint Merrick. At his own request City Engineer Tur- ner was excused from voting. Merrick was dismissed from the de- partment on a charge that he was in- toxicated while on duty. The case was reopened and testimony was of- fered that the patrolman had taken a heavy dose of paregoric and rock and rye, medicinally, on top of liquor he drank with his supper. Mayor O'ney sald he was willing to believe that the paregoric. might have caused the trou- ble and he voted to give Merrick an- other chance. —_——— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, July 1.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-da Willard H. Fisher, over 21, San Francisco, and Bertha D. Olszewski, over 18, Omaha; George H. Brevoort, 28, Melrose, and Ada Darling, 20, Ala- meda; Walter S. Snow, 42, Oakland, and Ellen M. Tonson, 34, San Lean- dro; Frank Smith, over 21, and Mol- lie E. We'“or, over 18, both of Oak- land; William F. Pfeiffer, 25, and Ada M. Olofson, 25, both of San Francisco; Willard G. Hostetler, 24, Elmhurst, and Frieda Munk, 25, Vallejo. ——— Names New Street Inspector. OAKLAND, July 1.—William Blair, superintendent of road construction at Mountain View Cemetery, was to-day appointed street inspector by Mayor to Olney, to take the place of N. W. Den- ton, who resigned. - a — sea level. At the time when the cave deposit was accumulating the Mec- Cloud River flowed at a level not much lower than the bottom of the cave, but the changes in the topography of the country caused by earthquakes and voleanic upheavals has caused it to) sink to a much lower level been for eight | charter has been shaping itself for | It was at their home | Miss Eda Curdts attend- | INTEREST WEST BERKELEYANS Prominent Citizens Give Energies to Promulgating the Work and Signs Are That Ample Funds Will Be Raised to Carry Out the Desires of Its Friends trylng the people interested in the + — -+ 1 | { i | | (! | i | | H | | Prorsssor [ ‘ Wremsors | | i CLARE /078 BEOHELEY | [ | [ | | { | | Do Bernsier e Socus | IErrL s | | [ il | - - — - \\'PST BLRKE] EY SOCIAL SETTLEMENT AND SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE INTER ED IN THE CAMPAIGN WHICH | ; | N INAUGURATED TO SECURE FUNDS TO CARRY ON THE WORK \\Hll H WAS BEGUN UNDER THE |1 IATR"]\,\(.F OF MRS, PHOEBE A. HEARST. |+ - Z S BERKELEY, July 1—Without halt | AYS FATHER KIDNAPED SON Arrest Follows Removal of Boy Who Had Been Given Into Relative’s Custody Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 1. James H. Howard, a market hunter, was arrested this morning at Liver- more by Deputy Sheriff E. J. Sweeney and turned over to the Oakland police on a charge of kidnaping his own son, Vernon R. Howard, 10 years old. How- ard was detained at the City Prison. The charge against the father is made by his former wife and mother of the boy, Mrs. Mamie Kolloster. In a contest before Superior Judge W. E. Greene several days ago for the cus- J. Howard, his Honor gave them into the guardianship of their maternal grandfather, Charles L. Badger. It is charged that Howard ignored the order of court and took his son from the Ladies’ Relief Society home at Alden the day after the battle in court ended. Mrs. Kolloster followed by swearing to a complaint charging her former husband with kidnaping. Howard and his former wife were di- vorced six years ago. Two years after- ward the father got possession of the children and placed them in the Alden home. Mrs. Kolloster claimed that the father had not properly cared for the children, having allowed them to roam about the country with him too much. Vernon Howard and an older brother were left at a camp near Livermore. Officers were sent to take charge of them. The girl is with heg grandfather. —_——————— HEAVY DELINQUENCY LIST. Contra Costa Company Will Not Pay on Large Assessment. OAKLAND, July 1.—This was the last day for the payment of delinquent taxes. There are about 1100 parcels more in the delinquent list this year than last. One of the chief of these is a large part of the properties of the Contra Costa Water Company, which has allowed its taxes to go delinquent on account of a $1,000,000 assessment placed upon the water in its reservoirs. To-day County Tax Collector Jame: B. Barber appointed W. R. Barstow, A. Webster and John Gallegos Jr. as deputies during the coming busy season. The amount of taxes delin- quent on the first Monday in April, at which time the last total was made, was $153,537 21. Of this amount con- isiderable has been paid and it also includes about $80,000 due from the iContra Costa Company. tody of the boy and his sister, Martha West Berkeley Social Settlement have already got promises of support, moral and financial, from many of the friends of the institution. The campaign hag | not been fully launched yet, but whed it starts many others are ex- pected to yield to the influences being brought to bear in behalf of the great | work. Hart Greensfelder, one of the resident workers at the settlement, is the leader of the campaign committee and has received encouragement from numerous sources. A board of trustees, | numbering among its members some of the most prominent of the people ! of Town and Gown, has been selected, too, to assist in the perpetuation of the work. “It is surprising,” Mr. Greensfelder says, “the number of people interested | in the work. I find that there is a unanimous advocacy in its behalf. The ! settlement has influenced the whole | West Berkeley district and it has come | to such a pass now that it can-| not stop. “It cught to be an easy matter to raise $2500 to support the settlement for a year. We ought not to fold our | arms simply because Mrs. Hearst has | withdrawn her support, I think we will be able to show that the friends | are so0 loyal to the settlement that they | are willing to make some sacrifices and help us finance it. Perhaps in the fu- ture the burden will not be so heavy. It will take all ¢t the $2500 to be raised to pay for materials used by the children of the settlement and the thousand and one incidental expenses. Through Mrs. Hearst's generosity many | expenditures will be avoided. She has | relinquished all her interest in the | property of the home, which includes | the lot at Ninth and Addison streets, | the tennis court, gymnasium, printing room and house fyrnishings, so that it will only need the money for actual running expenses to carry on the work. The settlement will be managed by the board of trustees, on which the fol- lowing persons have been asked to serve: President Wheeler, Professor Ernest C. Moore, School Superinten- dent S. D. Waterman, Professor Adolph | C. Miller, Thomas Rickard, Frank M. Wilson, Professor E. J. Wickson, the Rev. E. C. Parsons, A. W. Naylor, Paul Needham, 8. J. Sill, Friend W. Richardson, J. T. Renas, Thomas F. Dowd, Christian Hoff, J. J. Donohue, C. Engebretsen and Postmaster George Schmidt. ——————— WIFE RESENTS HUSBAND'S SLAP.— | Berkeley, July 1.—Mrs, Frank Wetzel had her ; husband ‘arrested this morning on a charge of battery. She says she wiehed to resent the slap her husband gave here when she pro- | tested against being locked out of their home | on Curtls street. The husband, being unabl {5 turnish bail, was taken to the County Jail I:BTAT!: TO CHARITY.—Oakland, Jul'\ The will of the late Georgla ho admitted to probate to-day. leaves an es- | [ tate valued at about $2600 to A. E. Bolton for , «wharitable purposes, { innocence of the crime. HULSE DOONED 10 LIFE TER Slayer of W. E. Tibbett at Bakersfield Convieted of | Murder in Second Degree | & EnE AR a BAKERSFIELD, July 1.—Al Hulse, convicted of murder in the second de- gree for killing W. E. Tibbett in the | with Outlaw Jim McKinney at | house in this city April 19 of | year, was sentenced to-day by Judge Mahon' to life imprisonment in Folsom. When asked if he had anything to i say why sentence should not be pro- nounced upon him, Hulse arose and stoutly declared his innocence. He said: “I have been convicted of the crime of murder by twelve men who should be my peers, but I still maintain my I lay blame for my conviction to the newspapers and the Sheriff's office.” When sentence was pronounced he sank into his seat, clenched his hands and gritted his teeth, and as the crowd filed out he commenced talking rapidly to his attorneys. He has given out the statement that he is sorry the verdict was not murder in the first degree, with the death penalty. —_—— HIGH OFFICIAL'S SON WILL WED CONSTABLE'S DAUGHTER Young Man Quarrels With Father Over Politics and Is Now Work- ing in Plumbing Shop. TACOMA, Wash., July 1.—Anton J. Craayo Kuyper, son of the present chief magistrate and Prime Minister of Holland, will be married next month at Everett to Grace Degus, daughter of Constable Degus of Ever- ett. Young Craayo is a graduate of Utrecht University and was elected magistrate of Zutphen. He quarreled with his father because the latter would not appoint him to a higher office a year and a half ago. He is working in a plumbing shop. The young man is 23 years old. —_—— RELIGIOUS PRESS COMPANY.—Oakland, 1 July 1.—A copy of the articles of a religious corporation of Mountain View, County, in which a number of Oakland people are interested. was filed here to-day. It is known as the Pacific Press Publishing Asso- clation. The directors are W. T. Knox of Shonotsin’ View. G H. Jonen M. C. Wikcos: E. A. Chapman, W. B. White and H. H. Hall of Oakland, and A.'S. Kellogg of Healdsburg. There is no capital stock, as the corporatior: Is Santa | in | Constable Cramer was notified and NEW BUILDINGS MAKE RECORD Extensive Opemtlons Mark the Fiscal Year Which Is Ended With Last of June HEALTH BOARD REPORTS e Figures Show That Oakinn(l! Had Low Death Rate Dur-| ing Last Twelve Month 1 | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1016 Broadway, July 1 | During the fiscal year closed June 30 there were 753 buildings constructed | in this city. Such is the record from the | Health Department. The structures are divided in the fol- lowing classes: Churches 2, halls banks 1, factories 2. private dwellings stores and dwellings 2i, additions ¢¢. new work in old buildings 16, warehouses 1. flats 133, This record is far in excess over any previous year. Compilation of the sanitary. and hyvgienic statistics shows a death rate for the year of 12.82 to each 1000 of population. These figures are based on an estimated population of 83,000. The expenses of the Health Department for 1903-'04 were $15,702 85, which is $1089 I thau the preceding fiscal year Auditor Breed has in hand the stat ment of municipal finances for the last fiscal year. It will show a satisfactory condition. ——————— VICTIM'S LACK OF MONEY DISPLEASES HIGHWAYM hoepitals 1, theaters 1 Footpads Beat Charles Gilmartin After Relieving Him of All the Cash in His Pockets. Berkeley Office San Francisco Ca 2148 Center Street, July 1 Not satisfled with taking all of Charles Gilmartin's money, thres masked highwaymen last night beat him into insensibility in a lonely part | of West Berkeley. The thugs w evidently displeased with Gilmar because he had only $2 in his pockets | and so proceeded to take some satis- faction out of his person. Gilmartin was set unon late in the | evening while going from his duties ¢ at the West Berkeley Ink Works. The men jumped out from a dark place in the street and leveling revolvers at him compelled-him to give up his $2 | cash. One of the thugs took the money with an oath and then knocked Gilmartin down. The man's com- panions followed his example and | helped to kick and beat their victim. | Gilmartin came to his senses some | time later and made his way to his home. His face bears the marks nf the highwaymen's blows. P AT e TGN ROB COUNTRY STORE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO OAKLAND, July 1.—Report of the robbery of the store of Andy Carlston on the San Leandro road, situated just | opposite the Lockwood School, reached | the Sheriff's office this afternoon and |3 the police are now on the lookout for | two suspicious characters who slept in a haystack near Elmhurst last night. The men had no money and early in | the evening were ordered out of sev- | eral saloons and it is believed that they | are responsible for the depredation. Carlston was away from his store | for some hours last night and when ke returned he found the place had | been entered and about $50 worth of cigars, tobacco and other things taken. now on the search for the characters seen about ther | —— g Pays Dearly for Drink, OAKLAND, July d.—For the theft of one aquart of vin ordinaire Charles M. McDermott went to jail this mor ing for 100 days in default of the pay- ment of $200 fine imposed by Police | Judge Samuels. McDermott was tempted by the sight of a measure of red wine enticingly standing on a shelf at Cardona’s winery on No\en(h‘ street. He emptied the vessel amdf started away without offering an equivalent. Cordona called the police and the thirst-slaked wayfarer went to jail. —_————————— Delegates Not Cnosen. OAIZILAND, July 1.—The Congres- sional committee met this afternoon, but adjourned without having accom- plished the work it had on hand. It was the purpos: of the meeting to appoint thirty-five delegates to the coming Congressional convention from | the outside districts. The meeting adjourned, however, without these having been decided upon and will meet at the call of the chair in the near future, when they will be ap- pointed. e et ST e Death of Vineyardist. LIVERMORE, July 1.—Julius Paul Smith, bother of F. M. Smith, the “bo- rax king” of O:«kland, and owner of the Olivina vineyard, died Wednesday night from paralysis, after six months’ illness. Mr. Smith gave close atten- tion to his business and had estab- lished a high reputation for the prod- uct of his vineyard. The deceased wine maker was 62 years of age, a | native of Wisconsin. A wife survives. | The remains were incinerated in San Francisco. — e Mrs. C. S. Hurley's Death. ALAMEDA, Julr 1.—Mrs. Clemen- tine Salome Hurley passed away this afternoon at her home on College ave- | nue. She wes .1 vears of age, the wife of Joseph G. Hurley and mother of Mrs. Higley, _Irs. Frank Fole).. Mrs. John Bridge, Joseph C. Hurley, | Edward A. Hurley and Willard Hur- ley. —_—— RESIDENCE RANSACKED.—Oakland, July | not conducted for b At ARG L STRUCK BY CAR.—Oakland, June 1.—H. E. Wolcott of the real estate firm of Merritt & Wolcott, 952 dway, was struck by an Qler:tflc car this morning while crossing Tenth Street ay on a bicycle. Wolcott was bruued and cut. 1.—E. Anderson's residence, 3618 Grove street, was entered by a burglar yesterday afternocn and $10 was stolen. —_——— DALTON GARNISHEES. —Oakiand. July 1. County Assessor Henry P. Dalton'to-day gar- ». is | I nisheed the June salaries of 175 city employes to collect poll tax. ey BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY 10~ Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1433 Park Street. Telephone Alameda’ 339 | | 1 !“" P 2 e — REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. FRIDAY JULY Mae E and George F. Hardy to Francis R. Wardie, lot o corner of Montgomery and John stree 00 by B 1 7 and 8, block 3. an n’ Howe Tract. Oakland; $10 George to 3 #. Wright. Isabella and E. O portion land; $10 Wilhelmer Oakls Aaron A Brockhurst e MacArthur. srtion ot on NW avenne (singley ap Montgomery David U. and N Dickie and W A Shasta or Fifty-fitth F 40 by & 1ot 4 | Oaxiand: $10. K whe ption i and” St 8 contained w o8 por sald . Ber avenue W%, plock £10. Probate Havens Will. OAKLAND, July l.—According to the compromise arrived at last’ week the last will of the late Gertruade Goe- wey Havens was admitted te pyobate to-day The four Goewey brothers. who had contested the pfobating of the will, withdrew their opposition for $2600, and the will, leaving an in-. terest in the Goewey Estate Company valued at $30,000 her. infant son. was admitted to probate by Judge Greene ————— DIVORCE MA RS.—Oakland, July Suit for divorce was began to-day by Wil N. Benedict against Hinda C. 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