The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1904, Page 6

FRANCISCO CALL, THURS X JULY 14, 1904 «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA » PASTOR DOUKTS POLICE RECORD Declares It Blackens the Good Repute of a Leader] in Prohibition Fields GOES TO THE DEFENSE Arrest of Supposed Editor of California Voice Re- opened by a Clergyman Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1016 Broadway, July 13. Contention has arisen between police of Oakland and friends of the Rev. Wiley J. Phillips, editor of the Celifornia Voice, State organ of Prohibitionists, and for many years a leading clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church. The battle wages because the police records of this city show that “Wiley J. Phillips, 67 years newspaper man, weight 140 pounds, rative of Virginia, resident of Los An- geles, was arrested June 23 for drunk- enness.”” The saul¥ record shows that Wiley J. Phillips forfeited $6 bail when the case was called the following day in the Police Court. Now comes the Rev. Frank S. Ford, pastor of the BEastside Congregational Church of Los Angeles, with a defense of Phillips. The preacher declares that the editor of the Voice has been a total abetainer from intoxicating beverages for many years; that the clergyman- editor had been waging a warfare in Los Angeles for morality that had made him a target of abuse and at- tack from the vicious element; that he was threatened with all manner of per- sonal violence unless he should cease his crusade. Phillips, says his clerical defender, did not waver in the good fight, and was therefore the victim of a despicable plot to ruin his fair name and good repute. According to the Southern Califor- nian, Phillips was impersonated by a man who had followed the editor to Oakland while he was en route to the National Prohibition _convention at Indianapolis, and that the false editor Phillips thus caused contumely to be heaped upon the real worker in the cause. The real Phillips was innocently traveling eastward, according to Pas t Ford, when the evil scheme was operating against him in Oakland. The police dispute this. Policeman James Mulgrew, who arrested the man that gave his name as Wiley J. Phillips, it positive that his intoxicated prisoner was none other than the Los Angeles editor. Mulgrew said: “The day after I arrested this man people from the Prohibition headquart- ers in this city came to me and showed me a photegraph which they said was that of Wiley J. Phillips, editor of the California Voice. It was a photograph of the man I arrested. There isn't any doubt about it at all, and I do net see why they are keeping things stirred up. The old*man was drunk, and he had a bottle \of sherry in his pocket, from which he invited me to take a darink.” On the prisoner’s person were found saiiroad passes issued to Wiley J. Phil- Bps, copies of the Voice and credentials tssued to Phillips as a delegate to the National Prohibition convention. At the City Jail the man vociferously in- sisted that he was Wiley J. Phillips and he furthermore signed a receipt in 2 firm hand for the return of his doc- uments when he was released from jail in the morning. : [ — WILL NOT ATTEMPT ANY CONSOLIDATION Members of Plymouth-Avenue Church Decide Not to Join Fourth Congregational. OAKLAND, July 13.—The officers of - the Plymouth-avenue Congrega- tional Church decided this evening not to consolidate with the Fourth Con- gregational Church, which is located at Thirty-sixth and Grove streets. The consolidation ef the two churches was suggested shortly after the resignation of Charles W. Hoag, the former pastor of the Plymouth- avenue Church, who is suspected of having eloped with Mrs. W. N. Bene- dict. \ Committees from the churches dis- cussed the matter last Monday even- ing, but could come to no agreement on consolidation, and it was voted at 2 meeting of the Plymouth-avenue Church this evening that the report of the committee be accepted and that no consolidation be attempted at pres- ent. ————— Arresied on an Old Warrant. OAKLAND, July 13.—Edward Foley, who was held to answer before the Superior Court a few days ago on @ charge of grand larceny, was re- arrested at the County Jail this af- ternoon on an old warrant issued February 28, 1903. The warrant was sworn to by J. L. Howard Jr. and charges Foley with burglary com- mitted at the Howard ehouse, at the foot of Myrtle street. The crime for which Foley was held to answer was that of holding up two men at the corner of Third and Filbert streets and taking a watch from one of them. —_—— Thrown From Gragde. OAKLAND, July 13.—Deputy Sheriff P. L. White and wife, who are away om a camping trip, nearly met with a serious accident yesterday. While tryving to pass a heavy hay wagon on & narrow grade their ve- hicle was overturned and both were thrown into the creek below. The depth of water saved them from a se- rious injury. Doth were. unharmed except for their unexpected ducking. —_——————— Marriage Licenscs. OAKLAND, Ju'y = 13.—The folloy- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Guy R. Freeman, 26, Flint, Mich.. and Grace B. Edson, 25, Oakland; William Waldeck, 42, and Elizabeth Weber, 35, both of San Francisce, the | the | AGENT ACCUSED (BOYD PLUNGES |NIGHT OWLS 6! OF BIC THEFT [Cha ree of Embezzlement Made Against F. Denning | by Manufacturing Concern $2000 SRR SHORTAGE IS { g Man Charged With Crime Has Left City and Police; Are Trying to Track Him ik bl Oakland Office San Franecisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 13. l F. W. Denning, who has acted as so- | licitor and collector for the Singer Man-! | ufacturing Company, 510 Thirteenth' | street, for the last three years in this } city, was to-day charged with the em- i bezzlement of $2000 by A. W. Nolite, ! the Pacific Coast agent of the concern, | | and the Police Department has taken | the case in charge. | Denning was very well known here and was popular among his acquaint- an; ie worked over the entire county and solicited a great deal of | trade for his employers. He also col- lected much money. A portion of this, he turned in and, according to the com- plaint filed against him, a large amount | he placed in his own pocket. Denning disappeared in the latter part of May. Where he went no one seemed to know until his housekeeper, Mrs. F. Thompson, of 816 San Pablo avenue, received a letter from him writ- ten from an obscure town in Kansas announcing his intentign of going to Mexico to aveld prosedution. In this letter he confessed guilt but said that he had offered to make good his pecu- lations by weekly payments. This offer, he says, was refused and he re- sorted to flight. While the complaint charges Denning with the theft of:$2000, Mrs. Thompson avers that the amount stolen by the former collector does not amount to more than $400. This afternoon Noite, who has been in this city for three weeks investigat- ing the matter of Denning’s alleged shortage, appeared before Justice of the Peace Geary and swore to the em- bezzlement complaint. Nolte stated tkat he -did not know where ac- cused was at the present time, but the police have reason to believe that he is sojourning in an adjoining county and two officers will make a search for him to-morrow. WILL DISCUSS FAIR By Zoe Green Radcliffe. DAKLASD, July The return of our World's Fair Commissioner, W. H. Weilbye, and his wife is the signal for a round of in- formal affairs in their honor. They have come | home for a breathing spell and will return when St. Louis has cooled off a bit. In the meantime their friends here are giving them a hearty welcome. Mrs. Fred Mors: has invited a few intimates to meet them at dinner to- morrow evening and, ‘although it is really informal, Mrs. Morse’s reputation as a hostess insures a delightful time for her guests Be- sides the Weilbyes, there will be present Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bull, Mr. and Mrs. I A Beretta and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Schrock. es. Mrs. Schrock and. her little daughter Etta at on Russtan River. If there are few summer kland soclety folk as up there seems Mrs. Schrock’s mother, ys. Mrs. The Old Homestead'® | | have returned from a delighttul sojourn {an | reports are true, s 0 popular with rays. W, Hammer goes to visit her other daughter, Mrs. Duvernet. R 2R T. Veitch is still & lingerer there. Mrs. ew York next month to Mrs. D. Edward Coll entertained a few friends yesterday. They enjoyed a soclable game of 50, the pretty little prize being won by Mrs. Seldman of S sco. The players were Mrs. Trevor, Miss Grace Trevor, Mrs. Seldman, Miss °~ldman, Mrs, W. A, gchrock, Mrs. Hammer and Mrs. Herbert Gas- S aee Alexander Young is expected home Honolulu on the Sonoma next Monday. May Young le a busy little damsel just now, preparing for “that September day” when Dr, McNab will claim her for his bride. And what a winsome bride she will be! The wed- ding day is stll o far away that plans for it are somewhat indefinite, but, of course, Miss Bertha Young will be her sister's maid of homor, and since the engagement first ex- isted jt has been understood that Anita Oliver and Marietta Havens, two of the prettiest giris in society, by the way, were to act as bridesmaids. Miss Havens is expected home from the East Friday night; Thursday is the Youngs' day at home, and since the pleasant weather began the hiliside neighbors have made a habit of dropping in for a game of tennis at Rose Crest. The court, with #ts adjoining cozy retreats, Is an ideal spot In which to pass a warm after- noon. A the tennis enthusiasts are gen- erally to be found Jane ‘Barry, Noelle de Golia, Ada Kenna and Marian Waish, although ust at present the Walshes are ail at Ben Lomond. _Since the recent arrival of Miss Isabelle Burrell, Miss Kenna's devotion to tennis is rather on the wane, much of her 1:1:( being given to that very charming little lady. e T Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Barker are home from the East. Mre. J. T. Barraclough is making a tour of Southern California, Mexico and the Eastern States, Mg T Miss Florence Selby and Miss Coralie Sel sre returning home after an absence of three years in New York and Europe. Miss Florence has been studying art in the metropoifs and Miss Coralle has abroad with Ber grand- mother, Mrs. Thomas Seiby. v Mrs. William H. Creed is spendin 1 weeks in the Yosemite Valley, s osh ALAMEDA, July 13—Mrs. T. G. D has returned from Bartlett Springs, .n.?i"i‘n': spent four . C. Eschen and family of 1303 Mrs. J. line street have returned from an Caro- pussed at Brookdale. b -3l Mr. and Mrs. William Patton arrived home last evening from their ranch In the Santa Cruz Mountains near Wrights, where they were g Bave: retiirned fromn 5 outing SHeRC st cons Taylor. ! i Julius P. Smith’s Will. OAKLAND, July 13.—The will of the late Julius P. Smith of Olivina, near Livermore, was filed to-day, and according to the petition for its pro- bate he leaves an estate in the county | valued at $100. He was the brother of F. M. Smith, the borax king, who is a millionaire. Upon the letterhead which Smith used to write his will his name ap- pears as the proprietor of the Olivina vineyards, with wine vaults at 1, 3 and 5 Leonard street, New York. All the property he has is left to his wife, Sara B. Smith, who iIs made executrix of the estate without bonds. ————— Old Man OAKLAND, July 13.—John K. Burke, 77 years old and feeble- minded, is missing from his -home, 4011 Lusk street, » T0 HIS DEATH Oakland Butcher Falls Two Stories From Window in Home and Dies Soon After ACCIDENT A MYSTERY TWO M en Hold Up Unfortunate Man Found on Sidewalk and Expires on the Way to the Hospital —_—— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 13. Samuel Boyd, a butcher, 34 years old, plunged to his “death from a second- story window in his home at 259 Ninth street early this morning. Just how the acident occurred is a matter of con- jecture, some believing that the unfor- tunate pan was 2 somnambulist and others that he lost his balance while trying to close the window. Boyd was found on the pavement in a gemi-conscious condition and Dr. W. W. Kergan was called to attend him. Joyd’s right arm was broken and three of his ribs fractured and he sustained internal injuries. Everything possible ! was dome to relleve the injured man and at dawn the ambulance was called to remove him to the Providence Hos- pital. He died In the conveyance and | his body was removed to the Morgue. The sill of the window from which Boyd fell is but one foot from the floor and the possibility of an accident is apparent. Boyd leaves a wife, from whom he was separated, and two chil- dren. e s e T ESTATE PROVES OF RICH WORTH Appraisement Is Filed on the Possessions of the Late . Martin Kellogg Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1016 Broadway, July 13. Thrift marked the steps of the late Martin Kellogg, former president of the State University, and an appraise- ment of his estate filed with the County Clerk to-day shows that he possessed property to the value of $185,030 38. Of this amount $5363 is in cash, $20,000 is invested In stocks and bonds and the remainder consists of valuable real es- tate in Berkeley and Oakland. { Among the well-known pieces of realty owned by him was a lot at Bushnell place and Hearst avenue in Berkeley, valued at $15,000. Another piece at Hearst avenue and Oxford street is valued at $20,000; and a third plece at Cedar avenue and Oxford street is valued at $90,000. ‘ Professor Kellogg was president of the University of California for a few years and was succeeded by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, the present head of the institution. ——————— EARLY MORNING INTRUDER FRIGHTEN JAPANESE GIRL Residence of Thomas Prather Is En- tered by Prowler, Who Forces Open Window. OAKLAND, July 13.—A Japanese cook named T. Takicu was caught at an early hour yesterday morning in the act of entering the residence of Thomas Prather, president of the Union National Bank. Prather was awakened by the screams of his cook, a young Japanese girl, and rushing downstairs he caught Takicu, who had forced open a window and was trying to climb into the house. The police were syynmoned and the intruder taken to the police station. ‘Whether the intention of the early morning prowler was an attack upon the girl or an attempt to rob the resi- dence is not known. Prather’s home is at 404 Harrison street. Organist Takes New Place. OAKLAND, July 13.—Miss Mabel Hill," formerly organist of the First Methodist Church, has been appoint- ed organist of the First Preshyterian Church. YOUNG GIRL ATTACKED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT Screams of the Vietim Attract a Crowd and the Assailant Escapes. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 13.— Twelve-year-old Rose Stocker was the vietim of an attack by a young white man on the outskirts of the city at noon to-day. The girl fought and screamed until her assailant became frightened and fled. A /large crowd quickly gathered and went in pursuit, but the man escaped. The police be- lieve, however, they know the man and expect to capture him. The girl's condition is not serious. ——— GROVER CLEVELAND SLIGHTLY INDISPOSED Former President Is Confined to His Room at the Summer Home of Joseph Jefferson. > BOSTON, July 13.—Mrs. Grover Cleveland arrived in this city to-night from the summer home of the family at Sandwich, N. H. e A dispatch to the Herald from Buz- zards Bay says that Mr. Cleveland has been slightly indisposed for the past three days and is now confined to “Crows Nest,” the summer home of | Joseph Jefferson, in that town . —————— Cruiser Chicago Becomes Flagship. WASHINGTON, July 13. — The cruiser Chicago has been assigned to duty as flagship of the Pacific fleet in place of the cruiser New York, which is to be brought around to New York for duty on the North Atlantic sta- tion. FACE GUNS OF ROBBERS ——— a Saloon, Getting $100 in Coin. Are Cool and Determined in Their Daring Work of Looting. Four Occupants of Prominent Cafe Put Up Hands and Watch Masked Thief Empty Cash Register. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 13. Two masked robbers, armed with pistols, held up four men at 11:20 o’'clock to-night in Henry Wieking's saloon at the southwest corner of Eighth and Washington streets, stole $100 from the cash register and escaped. The robbery was doubly, daring, as the =aloon is iu the very heart of the city, at a transfer point for street-car pas- sengers, Electric lights glare and make the corner almost as bright as day. Trolley cars pass on both streets every few minutes and the Seventh-street railroad trains run only a block distant. The bold pair took the saloon by storm, and before the surprised occu- pants had awakened to what was doing the robbers had accomplished their purpose. The men were seen as they departed, sauntering quietly along Eighth street west, toward Clay street. As quickly as possible the police were notified. Captain of Police Wilson sent out posses of men with excellent de- scriptions of the robbers. TAKEN BY SURPRISE. “Throw up your hands,” sounded by a pair of husky voices in tinison, was the cry that startled the people in the saloon as the double doors at the side entrance on Eighth street swung open and #wo men, their faces masked with red handkerchiefs, stepped inside the entrance, pointing pistols at the sur- prised men within. At a card table di- rectly in front of the entrance sat William Wieking, a brother of the pro- prietor, reading a newspaper. Oppo- site him was another man, a stranger, who jumped as quickly as Wicking did when he heard the command. Up went their hands. Behind the bar was Al Springer, the bartendenyg who was talk- ing to Fred Jo: elyn, - customer who was leaning on the counter. Their arms also flew heavenward. A fifth man had just stepped into the front door, but he dodged out when he saw what was going on. ‘With all hands up, the taller of the two robbers stood guard near the side door, while his companion, shorter than the other, rushed over to the cash register, his pistol covering Springer and Josselyn. The tall man's weapon took care of Wieking. The strange man slipped out by the side door. It is suspected he might have been a confederate. The short robber nervously fumbled the register key in his hurry to open the till. As soon as the drawer responded he grabbed handfuls of coin and shoved the money into his coat pocket. In his eagerness he let a few dollars in dimes and nickels drop on the floor. Then he backed away and the two robbers left the place by the same way they had entered. Springer said he had a square chance to see the short man and would have no difficulty in identifying him. Wieking declared that the taller one's red mask slipped and exposed his face 80 much that he could be recognized. The robbers wore dark sack suits and sleuch hats. —_———————— WORK OF CONSOLIDATING RAILROAD OFFICES BEGINS Richard Koehler, Manager of the Southern Pacific Lines in Oregon,. Reported to ve Resigned. PORTLAN uly 13.—The work of cons general of- fices of the Bou in this city Railroad and rn Pactfic Company Ir those of the Oregon n Company was commenced 67 I of the recora: of the former c iny being trans- ferred from the old offices of the Southern Pacific Company to Oregon Raflroad and Navigation headquarters in the Worcester building. It is reported that Richard Koehler, manager of the Southern Pacific lines, has resigned and will leave for Eu- rope shortly. General Manager Cal- vin denies that Koehler has resigned, but admits that the representative of the German stockholders in the Southern Pacific is on the eve of a lengthy visit to Germany. —_———— BLOODHOUNDS ON TRAIL OF VICIOUS ASSAILANT CLAYTON, Mo., July 13.—A posse of farmers, armed with rifles and re- volvers, accompanied by two blood- | hounds, is searching the woods in the vicinity of Fenton, Mo., for a young man who is charged by Rosie Schleis- ner, 16 years old, the daughter of a prominent farmer, with having dt- tacked her. e e Army Tender Is Christened. SEATTLE, July 13.—With appro- priate ceremonies the new United States army tender Major Evan Thomas was launched at Ballard Tuesday. The vessel was ch- ed by six-vear-old Natalie Fisher, grand- daughter of Ma! Evan Thomas, who was killed in a battle with Modoc In- dians thirty-one years ago, and for whom the ¢ “ft was named. ‘ VES PRAISE 10 “PARSIFAL” Professor Albert A. Stanley Says That the Opera Is Not Work of Senility OPPOSES THE CRITICS Intimates That the Great “Composer’'s (reation Has Lost in the Reproduction e st Berkeley Office San Franeisco Call, 2148 Center Street, July 13.- Professor Albert A. Stanley, profes- sor of music at the University of Mich- igan, does not agree with those critics who say Richard Wagner’'s “Parsifal” is the least to be admired of all the great composer’s works. It s not the greatest of his compositions, to be sure, but it does not deserve the slings and arrows hurled at it by the@®ritics It does not deserve to becalled “senile” and it really carries a great lesson to humanity. Professor Stanley’s views were ex- pressed in a lecture with “Parsifal” for the subject before a gathering of summer school students this evening at the University of California. In the beginning Professor Staniey devoted fome time to a review of the contro- versy that ensued over the appearance of the opera in New York, which, he said, was necessary to a discussion of the subject in a sane and impartial manner. To Herr Conried, who first presented the opera in this country, he attributes honest motives, saying that he knew there must be many who did not question the advisability and eth- ical right of producing “Parsifal” in America in the face of the opposition of the Wagner heirs. Professor Stan- ley said: Up to Christmas eve, 1903, ‘Parsifal” had remained sacred to Bayreuth, but its produc- tion in New York en that date has precip- itated discussion that makes it necessary for us to consider the question opened by that performance, One may acknowledge that “Parsifal” is not Wagner's greatest work without thereby implying or botdly stating that it Is senile. It is possible for one to admit that ‘“‘Parsifal.’’ minus Bayreuth, |is not as effective as ‘‘Parsifal” plus Bayreuth. One may grant that the audiences who have listened to its performance in New York have displayed neither irreverence nof lack of ap- preciation and may further acknowledge the artistic strength of the performances. If “Parsifal’” in Ms proper emvironment has been a gtimulus to those who have journeyed thither for inspiration, not because it was a “‘fad,’”” what great good has been accom- plished by destroying the illusion, and the dis- regard of the composer's dying wish be looked upon as an act of reverence toward the creator of the work? With many worthy operas still unperformed, or carelessly given, might not some of this Ereat effort have been diverted from the ‘production of the works of those modern writers who seem to glory in the “seamy side” of Mfe, to the adequate re- babilitation of neglected operas, instead of bringing a work that was designed for a pecullar environment into such surroundings as must surely tend to accentuate its weak- nesses and destroy its effect? “Parsifal” was intended for the peculiar en- vironment of Bayreuth and no other, and placing: reliance upon that environment was in consonance with one of the fundamental concepts of Wagner's theory. By environment 1 refer neither to the restaurants nor to the often vulgar display made by the Wagner family and satellites, but the state of mind feit by one who considers all that Bayreuth has ‘stood for, who is influenced by the as- soclations of Wagner's grave and the resting place of the prophetic Jean Paul, or who, fn other words, Is old-fashloned enough to have ideals and give himself over to them. If we then get the real effect of ‘‘Parsifal” why should we rob the work of all these contribut- ing causes and then wax eloquent because It is no longer effective? Personally, considering “‘Parsifal” purely as music, I would not dream for a moment of ranking it among his greatest works, but it is one of the most portant when heard under the right conditions, even if in loving it we are obliged to forgive much. “‘Parsifal’’ is full of Wagner's most pro- nounced mystical, pseudo-philosophical, quaei- religious Ideas, but where is there any setting of this motif that is not surcharged with these elements, with greater or loss weight laid upon this or that aspect according to indivdual bias? Wagner was in_many respects,a nineteenth century pagan, and no one has sudceeded in sat- isfactorily demonstrating that through ‘Parsi- fal’’ he became Christian, aithough the attempt has been made: but, on the other hand, It is equally impossible fo feel that in his art he was_consciously immoral. ‘‘Parsifal” is not a great epic poemd from any point of view. The stress lald upon cer- tain details that are repulsive to modern no- tions of ' womanly purity and manly honor would be unwarranted were it not for the fact that they are merely incldental to the great lesson of the poem, that the negative virtue of the “gulleless fool”™ ecan never furnish an antidote for sin, and that only by resisting temptation can- virtue become positive and thereby conquer. Contrast this with the in- sistence of Ibsen in many of his plays, who dwells on morbid concepts of love, generally unrelieved by the atoning wirtue of Tepentance and made more repulsive by the acceptance of suic the recourse of those who have sinned. In “Parsifal” are fixed certain con- cepts of the great lessons of repentance, self- control and purity. It rests with us to em- phasize the points that are helpful in our endeavor to attain the higher ideals of life. Such ideals forbid our Awelling on ignoble epi- sodes, excepting In their relation to the nobler aspects of the life we seek to attain, for in the last analysis our ideals are of our own making. As to Wagner's music, it hardly deserves the sweeping condemnation of those who de- ery it absolutely: neither is it equal to his most inspired scores. Instead of being ‘“se- nile,” may it not be true that In attempting to depict even a mediaeval concept of religion, in which there is much that s extraneous, he was not so thoroughly at home as in other subjects, or may it not be another proof that dramatic expression Is not the fitting garb In which to clothe religions ideas? UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, July 13. — Professor Hexry Morse Stephens will deliver a lecture to-morrow evening In Hearst Hall on “The Capture of the Bastile as Related by Modern Historians.” To-morrow being the French national holiday in commemoration of the fall of tha famous prison it is expected that the lecture will be attended by many members of the French colony Clark Sullivan, a junior in th Mininy, sustained a severe injurs of 1 - recently in the Forest mine, in Tuolonmus County, where he has heen,'working during the summer. A pile of earth Yell from the top of the shaft, catching him in such a way that a large strip of flesh was torn from his Hmb. He is being tremted at the mining company s ho=pital. Henry Quinan, who has been studying in Successful this Paris for some time, bas year in having six of his k drawings accepted at the whgdo:ez‘g in April. Quinan was formerly a nent D TraTas et 18 fog e many_ ot s S 16 He was ome of the of “Joun e first comic oublication started in the univer- =ity News has been received of the serious iilness of Burbank Somers, a . graduate student, who is now in a San Francisco hospital. There is sald to be no hope for his recovery. While at the Im&lrll" Somers was active in all student affairs and was one of the leading members of the Giee Club. OAKLAND, July 13.—Suit for ai- vorce was begun to-day by Christina | Lewis against W. A. Lewis on the ground of desertion. Gertrude Swan- son has instituted divorce proceedings' against Carl G. Swanson on the grounds of desertion and fallure to provide, FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL Thomas Howard Expires in Alden Loek-Up, l’resl!m- ably From Too Much Drink IND ARRIVES SUDDENLY A B Policeman Who Comes to Take Prisoner to City Jail Discovers Him a Corpse Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, July 13. Thomas Howard, arrested to-night by Policeman Ely for drunkenness, was found dead In a cell at the Alden lockup by Patrol Wagon Officer Wal- ters, who responded to a call to remove the prisoner to the City Jail. Only half an hour had elapsed from the time Ely took the man to the lockup and when Walters arrived to find him a corpse. Policeman Ely’s attention was called to Howard by Rose Burton, 11 years old, residing at 4608 Maple street. She told the patrolman that a man had been pursuing her and some girl com- panions. They had seen him on Forty- eighth street, near Telegraph avenue. Ely found Howard sitting on the ‘edge of the sidewalk, apparently under the influence *of liquor. The policeman got the man on his feet and walked with him to the lockup on Telegraph avenue, a block from where he picked up Howard. The policeman put his prisoner in the cell and telephoned to the City Hall for the patrol wagon. At that time, 8:45 o'clock, Howard seemed overcome with liquor. Policeman Wal- ters reported that as he entered the lockup Howard gave a gasp and top- pled over dead. Detectives Kyte and Quigley investigated and reported that death was probably caused by aleo- holism. Howard had been arrested a number of times. On June 22 and on July 2 he was in jail for drunkenness. He was 35 years old, a native of this State, un- married and without a permanent res- idence. The coroner took charge of the body. ——————— TWO MEN ARE KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT Touring Car and a Train Collide With Fatal Results at a Railroad Crossing. ROCKVILLE CENTER, L. I, July 13.—James Snyder of Brooklyn and Frank J. Correll of Amity, Ill., were instantly killed and a man believed to be J. W. Jewell of Brooklyn was so badly injured that he died soon after as the result of a tollision.between a big touring automobile and a train on the Long Island Railroad at Merrick road crossing to-night. The Merrick road and the railroad tracks run for a long distance side by side, but in Rockville Center the road crosses the tracks at an acute angle, making an unusually long and danger- ous crossing. The automobile with its occupants was apparently racing with the train and was ahead as it ap- proached the crossing. Persons fa- miliar with the road who watched the race expected the car to slow up, but instead its speed was increased. The flagman at the crossing waved his flag as a warning and the engineer of the train, which was going at full speed, reversed the engine and blew his whistle, but the automobile shot on into the turn and uppn the track.. The man believed to be Jewell was thrown high in the air and landed sixty feet from the rails. His skull was crushed | BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY | | | | | OAKLAND. " | 1016 Broadway. | Telephorie Main 1083, BERKELEY. | 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 559. SAES COMPANY 1S BLAMABLE . { Coroner’s Jury Holds That Horton's Death Was Due to Bad Telephone Wiring OAKLAND, July 13.—The Coroner's Jury, in the case of Horace A. Hor- ton. who was accidentally electro- cuted last Thursday evening at his home at 1220 Thirteenth avenue, while attempting to disconnect a telephone wire, found that the accident was caused by the negligence of the tele- phene company in running its wires so close to the ground. The portion of the verdict which places the responsibility for Horton's death upon the telephone company foi- lows: “It is the opinion of the jury that had the said Pacific States Tele- phone and Telegraph Company not run its wires so close to the ground the said accident would not have happened, and we find that the above named com- pany is therefore responsible for the death of said Horace A. Horton.” The verdict was signed by the follow= ing jurors: C. W. Courtwright (fore- man), A. F. Haas, Lea Burchard, Chris Phillipson, Charles Goodall, A. C. Read, D. B. Barker, J. Anderson and J. Me Donnell. ————— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. -~ = Alameda County. George D. and Clara J. Bris and Kathrine Berim, lot on S line street, 250 E of Occidental, E 30 by S 6, block G, Paradise Park, Berkeiey: William M. Butters Jr. (single) to McCall Biiss (wife of Percy l.) lot ¢ line of Santa Fe avenue, 630 — of its inters tion with W line of San Pablo avenue, W 3 by N 106.62, lot 23, Map No. 2. Willlam M Butters Tract. Oakland; $10. Clara F. Hamilton (widow) to Nancy E. Batchelder, lots 7 and S, block B, Bay View Homestead. and adjoining property on N, Oak- land; grant. - Q. A. Bonestell (single) to Arthur K tin, lot on NE line of East leventh avenue, Jacob to of Feiton lot Mar- eventh st NW 25 by , Bast Oakland Alice M. or Allie M.' Porter (Pearson), Apgle, to L. A. Spencer. lot on S line of West Eight- eenth street, 00 W of Mar! W 50 by 3 111:8, lots 35 and 36 block map of Mar- Ket-street Tract, betw and Eighteenth streets, Oakia line of East $10. East Oakland; $10. Casimir Bielawski to John Lavelle and Cor- nelius Donovan, lot on NE corner of Stuart and McGee streets, E 120 by N 135 lot 8, block 4, State University Homestead Association No 3. Berkeley; $100. us Johnson to Charles M. Trubody, line of Easex street, 30 W of Wheel by N 105, portion of lot 13, Biocik ed Map of E porfion of Newbury Tract, in plat 51, Ranchos V. and D. Peraita, Berkeley; $10. George J. and Sarah J. Phillips (Willlams) Matilda_Birdsall, lot 11, biock €, property ead Association, Berkeley, 3 to Luella F. and W. G. Black to lot on S Line of Delaware Milvia, E 80 by § 13431 Anmie L. Steel, streat, S0 E of lots 17 and 18, block Sea’ View Park, Rerkeley: $10. James H. and Carrie E. Safley to G Lubben, Iot on E line of Seventh 8 of Pacific avenue, E meda; $10. David and Luigia Vassalio to Joseph Faure, lot on W line of Pear] street, 120 N from N line of land formerly belonging to Clark and Carpentier. afterward to Leweiling, W 133, N 10, W 10, N 31, E 143, 8 41 to beginning, Alameda; §10. Joseph F. Mullender to Virginia R. der (wife). lot on N lne of Pacific avenue, 73:6 W of Sherman street. W 36:8 by N 110, lot 9 and portion iots 8 and 10, block F, map eorge D. Mullen- in, one leg was broken and he was otherwise injured. He died an hour after the accident. The car with its other two occupants, crushed in the wreckage, was carried 400 feet on the cowcatcher of the loco- motive and then dropped down and was dragged some distance under it. e et OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST ‘Washington Departments Make Post- office Changes and Issue Army and Navy Orders. WASHINGTON, July 13. — Post- masters appointed — California— Hoopa, Humboldt County, Brousse Brizard, vice Alex Brizard, dead; Pine- land, Shasta County, Helen Hall, vice Hiram G. Works, resigned. Army orders—Major James C. Bush, relieved from duty with his battalion, to take effect upon his arrival at San Francisco, and he will proceed to Fort ‘Warren, Mass. Navy orders—Chief Gunner E. C. Evans is detached from the Buffalo to the .ordnance department at Mare Island. e ——— e AWFUL DEATH LIST OF SLOCUM DISASTER Total Number of Victims That Died by Fire and Drowning Reaches Nearly One Thousand. NEW YORK, July 13.—The tota] deaq in the destruction of the excursion steamer General Slocum on June 15 is given as 958 in the final report ‘pre- sented to Pplice Commissioner McAdoo by the inspectors in charge of the in- vestigatiog. Only 857 of the dead were identified, 62 were reported missing and 61 unidentified, while 150 wére injured and only 235 out of the nearly 1400 on the steamer escaped uninjured. As- suming that the unidentified dead are among tHe missing, all but one person has been thus accounted for. —_——— for Auriferous Gravel. REDDING, July 13—If the grayel within the corporate limits of Redding prove as rich as it is believed it will there will soon be dredgers in operation on it. Fred H. Dnunh.o!m put a driller at work to-day prospect- ing the ground known as the Dakin Tract, consisting of 400 acres lying along the river within the Tmits of the city and on the edge the city proper. He claims that the en- tire tract will be prospected for aurif- be £ = | 144 Ipts in Page Tract, Alameda: gift. Charles and Theresa T. Shep- pard, lot on SW corner Railroad avenue 'venth street, W S3:3 8§ 107:3, E 83:3, 11, lots 25 to 27, block 489, map No. 2, Tract, Oakland; $10 am R. and Susan E. Young to Louis fot on S line of Thirty-fourth 148:3 W of West, W 32 by S 100, 4 and 15, block K, property Cen- Oakiand: $10. California Guarantee Investment Compamy (a corporaticn) to Roderick Tibbetts, 37:4 on ® line of Peralta street by 113. being lot 4, Block 663, Peraita Homestead, Oakland; $10. Hetty T. and Willlam G. Henshaw (husband and as attérney) to D. T. and Nettie MeAr- thur, lot on W line of West street, 104 N of Thirty-eighth street, N 40 by W 116.64, lot § and portion of lot 6, biock F, map Major Given Tract, Oakland; $10, Mary E. and Samuel D. Nesmith to Leo L. Nichols, lot on N corner of East Fiftesnth :‘F} .“'l’ls';dmg‘:'n avenue, NW 50 by NE . lots 11 a lock 20, San Antoni & Oakiand: $10. ey Hannah M. Chrystal (widow) to Cecelia C. Chrystal (single), W 25 feet lots 7 10 10, block 16, map subdivision block 25, Daley's Scenio Park, Berksley: gift. 1o Waldemar Thomsen to Gertrude Brown, ot 9 block F, map Crystal Spring Tract, Berkeley: $10. - Jose and Carrie B. da Costa Coxelles to Da- vid Moss, lot on W ifne of Tenth street, 130 N of Channing way, N 50 by W 130, portion lots 1 and 12, block 122, corrected map Raymond Tract, Berkeley; $10. —_—— Many a first-class kitchen mechanie is made over into a thirty-third class actress. pertion lets tral Land Company. ete. A RECOMMENDATION Of our work will be given by any one of treated. the many we have Ml{ % are we! All are well pleased because al served. OUR TEETH ON PLATES Are m‘lllsyelt achievement of that branch of . '——DENTISTRY—— They look well and wear well. Perform all the functions of the natural teet) with comfort to the wearer. Full Set on Rubber, $3.00. Post-Graduate